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DANIEL
EBRITE was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on
the twentieth of July, 1816. His father was John
Ebrite, a German, and his mother was Catherine McElroy,
of Irish descent. He emigrated to Adams County when a
young man. He received a common school education.
He was born and reared a Democrat but Identified himself with
the old Abolition party, and after the abolition of slavery,
he became a Republican. He has been a Trustee of his
Township for a number of years. He has been a member of
the Methodist Church since 1840 and has been a steward nearly
all of that time.
He married Rachel Cooper on December 23, 1841.
He has three sons and four daughters. His sons are
John W., Albert O., William T., and one daughter, Effie
Sydney, who resides at home.
(Source 1: History of Adams County, Ohio - by
Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers – West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B.
Stivers - 1900) |
GEORGE
WASHINGTON EDGINGTON was born Dec. 23, 1849, on
Donalson Creek, in Monroe Township, Adams County, Ohio.
His father, Morris Edgington, was born in Adams
County, near Manchester, in 1825. His mother's maiden
name was Nancy Bradford, a daughter of Jacob Bradford,
of Kentucky. His father and mother were born in
1845, and his grandfather, Absalom Edgington, born in
Pennsylvania in 1776, located in Adams County early in 1800,
and died in 1853.
Our subject was reared in Manchester, and went to
school there until 1863, when his parents removed to
Portsmouth and he attended school there a short time.
His father returned to Manchester in 1864, and in 1866,
George W. Edgington left school to begin work. He
learned the stoneware business with Pettit & Burbage
and afterwards with John Parks. Pettit & Burbage
were succeeded in business by Arch Means, and in
1870, our subject bought out Arch Means, and
conducted the business until 1876, when he sold out to
Mark Pennywit, and from that time to the present, has
been a steamboatman. His first venture was with the
Handy No. I in the Maysville trade. He ran her a year
and then she was destroyed in the ice. This
discouraged him somewhat and he sold the wreck of the Handy
No. I and went to farming for two years in Kentucky, at the
end of which he sold his farm for thirty acres of land in
the west end of Manchester and lived on it. However,
the career of farming was too slow for him, and in 1878, he
went on the Fleetwood as watchman and second mate. He
remained on her for two years, when he bought a third
interest of the steamboat John Kyle and put her in
the Vanceburg and Portsmouth trade for one season. He
sold his interest in her in the Fall and went on the New
Handy No. I as pilot. He was on her and along
the side of the Phaeton when it blew up in June, 1881, in
which explosion eight persons were killed and he was one of
the injured. Afterwards, he went on the steamboat
Return, in the Manchester and Portsmouth trade, as pilot, in
1881. He also piloted the Maysville ferry-boat for a
few months, and then went as pilot of the Clipper, and ran
her from Ripley to New Richmond for a short time. He
then bought the Katy Prather from James
Foster, and made her a packet, and ran her from
Maysville, to Manchester from 1883 to 1888. In 1888,
he built the Silver Wave. That was a prosperous year
for him. He sold the Silver Wave to Captain Webb
for seven thousand dollars, having made four thousand
dollars in fourteen months. In 1890, he ought the M.
P. Wells for $8,300, and rebuilt her in 1897, and now runs
her from Portsmouth to Cincinnati, leaving Portsmouth every
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 10:30 a.m., and leaving
Cincinnati every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 5 p.m.
In 1894, he bought the Reliance of Captain A. W.
Williamson, and ran her in the Portsmouth and Rome
trade. She was sunk at Higginsport on the twenty-fifty
of July, 1895. In 1802, he bought the Bellevue, and
made her a tow-boat between Buena Vista and Cincinnati until
1895. He sold her for the Silver Wave, rebuilt her and
kep0t her in the Vanceburg and Maysville trade until July,
1897, when she was burned up, lying at the bank for repairs.
The M. P. Wells ran from Augusta to Maysville and
connected with the Silver Wave. From the wreck of the
Silver Wave he built the William Duffie, and sold her
to Michael Duffie, at Marietta, for the Rob Roy.
He bought the Charles B. Pearce in 1899 and rebuilt
her. She is now engaged in the Portsmouth and
Cincinnati trade, leaving Portsmouth at 10:30 a.m. on each
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and Cincinnati each Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday at 5 p.m.
Our subject in master of the Charles B. Pearce.
He was married Dec. 20, 1869, to Nannie E. Scott,
daughter of Andrew Scott. His eldest son,
John Emery, is the master of the steamboat M. P.
Wells; his son, Arch D., is pilot of the M. P.
Wells and his son, Robert W., is clerk. His
son, Andrew Morris, is pilot on the Charles B.
Pearce; his daughter, Edna Mary, is the wife of
Edwin Smith, of Augusta, Kentucky, who is clerk on
the steamer Pearce; his daughter, Estella, is the
wife of Robert Hedges, clerk on the M. P. Wells.
His two youngest sons, Earnest, age nine years,
and Roy, aged six, are at the family home in Augusta,
Kentucky.
In politics, Captain Edgington is a
Republican. He is one of the most energetic,
industrious men, anywhere in the river trade. He has
operated independent lines of boats between Portsmouth and
Cincinnati since 1876. He has been able to obtain the
good will of all the people along the river and make money,
in face of the great opposition of the White Collar Line.
As a steamboatman, he has been very successful and his
career will compare favorably with that of Captain
William McClain, who, in his day, was designated as the
price of all steamboatmen of his time, or any other time,
since the first steamboat went down the Ohio in 1811.
Captain Edgington will not, however, be content with
the title given Captain McClain, or with a reputation
equal to his. If he lives steamboatman of his time, or
any other time, and he will have his whole family and his
posterity in the same business.
(Source 1: History of Adams County, Ohio - by
Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers – West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B.
Stivers - 1900) |
EDWARD
FREDERICK WILLIAM ERDBRINK,
liveryman and transfer agent at Manchester, Ohio, was born
in Baltimore, Maryland, September 23, 1864. His father,
Herman Erdbrink, was born in Hanover, Germany, as well
as his mother, Caroline Schnitker. They were
married in Germany in 1865, and came directly to the United
States on their wedding trip. They located in Baltimore,
Maryland. Mr. Erdbrink's father was an exporter
of tobacco for the German government. Just before
leaving Germany, he obtained a contract from the imperial
government for furnishing the government with tobacco for five
years; and came to this country to purchase and send it to
Germany. His contract was by the pound, and he shipped
over five thousand hogsheads of tobacco each year. He
retained the contract by renewals, until his death in 1871, in
New York City, where he dropped dead on the street, suddenly.
His family were residing in Baltimore at that time, and the
mother of our subject is still living in that city.
Our subject was the fifth child of six children.
He was educated in the German Lutheran schools of Baltimore,
Maryland, until the age of thirteen. He attended the
Public schools for one year and then left school. At the
age of fifteen he went to clerking in Baltimore, and remained
in that work until 1884. He then undertook to travel
over the western part of the United States as a salesman of
rubber goods, and remained in that business for fourteen
years. He came to Manchester on business in 1891, and
made that his home thereafter. He was married in
Manchester, on the June 29, 18921,
to Miss Icie Stivers, daughter of Lyman P. Stivers,
a former sheriff of the county.
He bought out the Trent Brothers' livery
business, and from that time gave his attention exclusively to
the livery business. He bought out the Perry and
Swearingen stables in December, 1899, and consolidated
their business with his own. He now has what is known as
the Lang Stable, with the most complete livery in town.
He has the transfer agency for the C. & O. Railroad, and takes
passengers and baggage to and from the station in Kentucky.
He has two children, Lorena Matilda, aged seven; and
Carl Wayne, aged four. In his political views, he is
a Republican. He is a member of the German Lutheran
Church. He is a Knight of Pythias in the subordinate
lodge and in the uniform rank.
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1. Corrected date.
(Source 1: History of Adams County, Ohio - by
Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers – West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B.
Stivers - 1900) |
REV. L.
G. EVANS, of Blue Creek. The ancestors of
Rev. Evans, Thomas Evans, and Elizabeth Greene,
came from North Carolina to Virginia, and thence to Fleming
County, Kentucky, where he was born June 18, 1838. His
ancestors all lived to a ripe old age, his great-grandmother
Hunt dying at the extreme age of 112 years. In
1846, he came to Adams County, and remained until 1858, when
he returned to Kentucky, and at the breaking out of the
Rebellion he enlisted from Rowan County, November 20, 1861,
and was mustered into the service at Lexington in the
following December for three yeasr as a private in Company
F, Capt. Blue, 24th K. V. I., Col. Hurt.
He was at Shiloh, Corinth, Perryville, Knoxville, Buzzard
Roost, Resaca, Peachtree Creek, Atlanta and Jonesboro, and
was made Third Sergeant at Shiloh. Was honorably
discharged at Covington, Ky., Jan. 31, 1865. April 1,
1860, he married Miss Nancy E. Markwell, daughter of
Joel and Esther Rice Markwell, of Rowan County,
Kentucky. Two daughters were the fruit of that union,
Rozella and Salllie.
Rev. Evans is a regularly ordained minister of
the regular Baptist Church, but from throat trouble has not
had a regular charge for some years. He is Chaplain of
Baily Post, G. A. R., NO. 610, at Blue Creek.
(Source 1: History of Adams County, Ohio - by
Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers – West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B.
Stivers - 1900) |
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EYLAR, D. C. |
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EYLAR, Daniel P. W. |
DAVID
SHAFER EYLER. He was born July 10, 1831,
in Winchester, Adams County, the ninth of ten children of
the first marriage of Judge Joseph Eylar. He
was taught what the District school could give him.
His father was a tanner and he learned the trade under him.
In 1852 to 1857, he conducted a tannery in Locust Grove.
In the Fall of 1857, he was elected Sheriff on the
Democratic ticket and re-elected in 1859.
On May 30, 1858, he was married to Miss Martha
Cannon, and began housekeeping in West Union. He
moved to Locust Grove from West Union in 1860 and has
resided there ever since. From 1860 and 1865, he kept
hotel in the property formerly occupied by Mrs. Jeremiah
Cannon. In 1865, he took the present Eyler
Hotel and conducted it until his death. For some time
after returning to Locust Grove he carried on farming.
He was Justice of the Peace of Franklin Township from
1875 to 1878 and from 1881 to 1896. He was the father
of Nine children as follows: Jennie, married
James C. Copeland and resides in Locust Grove;
Oliver Rodney, physician, located at Cynthiana, Pike
County, Ohio. He graduated as M. D., Apr. 12, 1900
from Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio. He was
married to Miss Lilly B. Newland in 1885. The
second daughter, Hettie, married R. D. McClure
and died in 1890, leaving one child. Elizabeth
married Jacob Randolph Zile, Ex-Commissioner of Adams
County, and a prosperous farmer. Oscar
Coleman married Laura Rearick and is a farmer
near Locust Grove. Ella and Ruth reside with
their mother. Alverda died at the age of
four years. John Randolph, the youngest,
resides with his mother in the old home.
In politics, Mr. Eylar was always a Democrat.
He took and active part in all the contests in which his
party was engaged. He usually attended all the
conventions and was active in the caucuses and at the polls.
He had a fascination and love for political contests.
He was not religious in the sense of church membership, but
aimed to deal fairly with all men. He was a heavy set
man, over the medium height, of a dark complexion, dark hair
and broad, with a saturnine expression. While he could
laugh and enjoy humor, his usual mood was serious and
earnest to an unusual degree. He was kind to his
family and loyal to his friends. For his enemies he
cared but little. He aimed to do the best he could for
those dependent on him and that is the best any one can do.
He died March 11, 1897.
(Source 1: History of Adams County, Ohio - by
Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers – West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B.
Stivers - 1900 ~ Page 736) |
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