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OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS
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WELCOME to
ADAMS COUNTY, OHIO
HISTORY & GENEALOGY
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BIOGRAPHIES
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PETER
LEE was one of Massie's surveyors and was a native of
Mason County, Kentucky. He possessed a large fortune
and was reported a liberal and honest man. He was
unostentatious in his manner and respected by all who knew
him. He was never married.
Peter Lee was one of Col. Robert Todd's
expedition in June, 1787, which marked out Todd's
Trace. He was still living in 1826 and testified in
May of that year at Georgetown, Ohio, in a case of Martin
v. Boone and McDowell 2 Ohio, 237.
(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
581) |
JOHN
CUNNING LOUGHRY was the son of John Loughry and
Elizabeth (Cunning) Loughry, born at Circleville, on May
2, 1831. When he was nine months of age, his father
removed to Rockville, Adams County, where he spent his
subsequent life. In the forties, he attended Carey's
Academy at Cincinnati. Afterward, he engaged in
steamboating, owning and commanding the steamer "Jefferson,"
in 1852. In the Fall of 1855, he assumed his father's
business. He was married to Miss Sallie Brown,
daughter of Captain Wash Brown, in Nov., 1857.
They took up their residence at the present homestead in
Rockville, where he resided until his death on the ninth of
October, 1894. He united with the Sandy Springs
Presbyterian Church, September 20, 1873. He was a
trustee of the church for many years, and was an elder in
1887. From 1891, until his death he was Superintendent
of the Sunday School of Sandy Springs Church.
In his political views, he was a Democrat, but never
sought or held any public office or took any part in
politics.
He was a good neighbor, an ideal gentleman, generous,
gentle, hospitable, and refined. He was a constant and
generous friend, and in his passing away the community lost
a man faithful to every duty.
(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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