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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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ISAAC WAMSLEY
born in Germany, settled first in N. Y., then Horsehead, N.
J. To this county 1796; married Leah STOUT and
had 5 children.
(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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ORVILLE
C. WILLS proprietor of the Place Hotel, at
Bentonville, was born Mar. 8, 1863, on Eagle Creek in Brown
County, Ohio. He is a son of Richard and Nancy
(Edwards) Wills. Thomas Edwards, grandfather of
our subject, came from Scotland to Virginia, where he
married Sarah Jacobs in 1786. He soon
afterwards removed to Ohio. He purchased a thousand
acres of land where Aberdeen now stands. His second
son, James, grandfather of our subject, was born in
Jan. 1800. In 1806, he removed with his parents to
Byrd Township, on Eagle Creek, and settled on the farm now
known as the William Edwards farm. In August
1821, he married Nancy Jacobs, and they reared a
family of thirteen children, all of whom grew to maturity
and married. James Edwards as a Justice of the
Peace for a number of years. His wife died Feb. 26,
1848, and in the Spring of 1850, he sold his farm and removd
to Russellville, where he engaged in tanning for fifteen
years. On Dec. 1, 1859, he was married to Rachel
Linton. Nancy A., a daughter by the first
marriage, was born Jan. 1, 1837, and married Richard
Wills. She died Mar. 26, 1898.
Our subject received but a limited education in the
Public schools. He chose the occupation of blacksmith
and served for three yeas in the S. P. Tucker shops
at Manchester, at the expiration of which time he engaged in
the same business for himself.
On January 15, 1885, he was married to Florence
Myrtle Roush, daughter of Michael Roush, of this
county. They have two children, Flossie, aged
nine years, and Dean. Mr. and Mrs. Wills are
members of the Union Church at Bentonville. Mr.
Wills moved to Bentonville in 1896 and opened a livery
and feed stable in addition to his blacksmith shop, and in
1898 opened the Palace Hotel.
By industry and strict attention to business, he has
built up quite a large hotel and livery business at
Bentonville. He is a very excellent citizen and a good
business man, enterprising, and an important factor in the
community.
(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 898) |
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