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BIOGRAPHIES
EZRA LAMBORN came to Ohio from
Pennsylvania in 1835. He bought a tract of 700 acres of
land, west of Brush Lake, east of Cable, paying $2.50 an acre
for it. He had three sons and two daughters - Marshall,
Nathan, Ezekiel, Margaretta and Rebecca.
Marshall married Mary Cone; Nathan married Laura
Burnham, and Ezekiel married Ella Gray.
Margaretta married Ephraim Woodward; Rebecca married
David Edwards.
Source: History of Champaign County,
Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881 |
WILLIAM
LARY, born in 1800; came to Ohio i 1826, and the same
year settled inthe northeast part of the township, near the
present residence of Sylvester Spain. The land was
owned by his cousin, Thomas Lary, and, in 1829, was sold
for $1 per acre. Mry Lary moved with his family, in
1829, to the Peppermill, in Salem Township. Afterward he
again became a citizen of Wayne, and lived for thirteen years on
the Camby farm, now owned by John Tehan,
in Mingo Valley. In 1843, he bought fifty acres of land of
Reese Miller, southwest of what was then Mead's
Mill, near the Big Spring. Here he resided until the year
1861 when he died aged sixty-four years. He had seven
sons. Of these, John H., James M. and Ira W.
are well known citizens of the township; the others are
non-residents. He had two daughters - Martha died
in Mingo in 1879; the other married George Allen, and is
a resident of Middletown.
Source: History of Champaign County,
Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881 |
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Adams Twp. -
JAMES LINE, farmer; P. O. Tawawa, Shelby Co.
Mr. Line was born July 24, 1834, in
Shelby Co., Ohio,
near Port Jefferson; was raised and educated a farmer, and has always been
engaged in that way. He is a son of
Abraham Line, a native of
Kentucky, who came to Ohio
in the year 1812 and located near
Cincinnati.
He lived there several years, then moved to Shelby Co., and is living near
Pemberton at present.
James Line moved to Champaign Co. in
1865 and located in the west part of Adams Township. His farm contains sixty-one acres,
with good improvements. His marriage
was celebrated in December, 1865, with
Miss Amanda, daughter of Nimrod
Monroe, a native of Virginia. They had five children, all deceased.
Source: History of Champaign County,
Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881
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