JOHN B. PADEN was born in Cumberland County, Penn.,
on the 15th day of August, 1800. He came to Champaign
County in 1833, and settled in Wayne Township his present
residence, in 1837. He was a weaver by trade, but gave
most of his time to farming. Served the township six
successive years as Constable. Married his first and
second wives in his native State. Married his third wife
in the year 1841, in this county. His two sons, Ross and
James E., did honorable service as soldiers in the war of
1861-65, being members of Company H, sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry. Mr. Paden is a full cousin of James
Buchanan, fifteenth President of the United States.
Source: History of Champaign County,
Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881 |
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BENJAMIN W. POOL, farmer and stock-dealer; P. O. De Graff, Logan Co.; born Jan. 9, 1848,
in Logan Co., Ohio; is a son of William R. Pool, a native of Shelby Co., Ohio, who lied there until he was 28 years of
age, then moved to Logan Co. where he has been engaged in farming and
carpentering until a few years ago.
He now lives retired in Bellefontaine, the county seat of Logan Co.
Benjamin W. was reared a farmer and
never learned a trade, but is very handy with tools, and does all his own
carpentering, blacksmithing and harness-making.
Feb. 1, 1872, he married Miss Mary
A., daughter of Cyrus Makemson,
of Logan Co., and, in March of the same year, they moved upon the farm where
they now reside, located in the north part of Adams Twonship, Champaign Co.,
containing 400 acres, of which 170 acres belong to
Benjamin W. He makes a specialty of raising
and shipping stock. They have two
children – Laura A. and
Loren W.
Source: History of Champaign County,
Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881
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