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BIOGRAPHIES
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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX FOR SOURCE #1:
The History of Clark County, Ohio :
containing a
history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., general and local
statistics, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, history
of the Northwest Territory, history of Ohio, map of Clark County,
Constitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, etc., etc.
Chicago: W.H. Beers & Co., 1881,
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BIOGRAPHICAL
INDEX FOR SOURCE #2:
A Standard History of Springfield and Clark County,
Ohio: an
Volume 2 - Publ. 1922
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Springfield Twp. -
DAVID
H. ACKERSON, slate and composition roofer,
Springifield; he was born in New Jersey, April 12, 1833;
came to Ohio and to Clark County with his parents in 1848,
and located in Springfield. After working some three
or four years on the farm, he began the carpenter trade, at
which he worked about seven years. In 1861, he
established the business of slate and composition roofing,
and was the fist to start that branch of trade in this city;
at first his work amounted to about $500 or $600 per year;
it has so increased that now it amounts to $10,000 per
annum. He was married, in April, 1859, to Mary E.
Gram, daughter of John and Betsey Gram; they are
the parents of five children. Mr. Ackerson is
one of the Trustees of the First Baptist Church of this
city; his parents were both natives of New Jersey; his
father was a brick-mason by trade; died in 1855, and the
mother in 1868.
SOURCE #1: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W.H. Beers &
Co., 1881 - Page 779 - Transcribed by Sharon Wick |
Springfield Twp -
THOMAS
C. ACKERSON, slate roof contractor, Springfield, is a
native of New Jersey; born in Monmouth County in 1829.
His father, John Ackerson, removed to the vicinity of
Springfield in 1848, but Thomas, being an apprentice
at the blacksmith's trade in this vicinity until 1861, when
he entered the 16th O. V. A. in which he served three
years. After his return, he spent a short time
recruiting his health. In the spring of 1867, he
engaged in business here as dealer and contractor in slate
and composition roofing, which business he still continues;
his office is on Limestone street, and he is doing a very
satisfactory business. He married, in 1873, Mary J.,
daughter of Louis C. Huffman; from this marriage have
been born two daughters. Mr. Ackerman's
residence is No. 68 East Mulberry street; he is a member of
the High Street M. E. Church, and a respected citizen.
SOURCE #1: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W.H. Beers &
Co., 1881 - Page 779 - Transcribed by Sharon Wick |
GEORGE C. AGLE
has been one of the hardest working citizens of Clark
County. He toiled during his youth and early manhood to earn
his own living and help support the family. For many years
he was a farm renter, and gradually progressed to a point
where he was able to acquire land of his own, and he is now
dwelling in comfortable prosperity, owner of a fine farm on
rural route No. 1 out of South Vienna, in Harmony Township.
Mr. Agle was born in Bethel Township of Clark
County, May 12, 1858, son of Philip and Elizabeth (Kriegbaum)
Agle. His father was born in Germany in 1832, and was
brought to this country in 1835 by his parents, who located
near Springfield. Philip Agle was put on his
own resources when a boy, worked in brick yards, and
subsequently established a brick plant of his own at
Donnelsville in Clark County, and lived there until he was
accidentally killed in 1867, at the age of thirty-five. His
wife was a native of Germany, came to the United States at
the age of nineteen, was married in Springfield and then
moved to Donnelsville. The parents were Lutherans, and the
father was a republican in politics. Of their seven children
two are living: George C. and Philip, the
latter a farmer five miles south of Springfield. George
C. Agle was born at Donnelsville, and acquired only a
common school education. While in school he worked on
holidays and during the summer season, later worked in a
brick yard for his board and clothes and for two years was
employed in a tile factory. He also did farm work for
monthly wages, and later rented and farmed a place three
years. He operated a farm of ninety-six acres on the shares,
living there with his mother and sister for two years.
January 21, 1886, Mr. Agle married Flora
Seifert, who was born in Greene County, Ohio, in October
1861. After his marriage Mr. Agle rented a 170 acre
place for two years, then a farm of two hundred and two
acres in Madison Township for four years, and subsequently
took another place of two hundred and fifty-two acres in
Harmony Township. He was located there fourteen years and
still later moved to a farm of 306 acres, where he also
lived fourteen years. During this time he purchased his
present farm. Since then he has lived on his own place of
two hundred and fifty-eight acres. Mr. Agle
has been very systematic in his farm management, and much of
his prosperity has been gained by the growing of hogs. He
was at one time a breeder of Poland Chinas, and his present
stock is largely Durocs. While on the farm of two hundred
and fifty-two acres his good wife died, in May, 1905. She
was the mother of nine children: Glenna E., Blanche E.,
Edwin C, Ralph N., George J., Clara M., Nettie M.,
Mary B. and Fannie M. All are living except
Mary B. The children are all graduates of the Harmony
Township High School, and four of the daughters became
successful teachers. The family are members of the Lutheran
Church but attend the Christian Church, and Mr.
Agle is a member of the Board of Trustees of the
Plattsburg Church. He is affiliated with the Knights of
Pythias and Elks Lodge of Springfield, is a republican, and
has taken an active part in public affairs, serving two
terms as township trustee, has been a member and farmer
treasurer of the Clark County Agricultural Association, and
for twenty-six years was a member of the Board of Education.
SOURCE: A Standard History of Springfield and Clark
County, Ohio by Benjamin F. Prince, 1922 - Page 175 -
Transcribed for Ohio Genealogy Express by Cathy Portz |
Pleasant Twp. -
AARON ALLEN, physician, Catawba. He
is a son of Aaron, Sr., native of Plainfield, N. J., who came to Ohio in
1812, and located at Cincinnati; was a machinist by trade he afterward went to
Pittsburgh, Penn., where be was engaged as foreman in the building of the first
steamboat that sailed down the Ohio River to Cincinnati; he was engineer of the
boat on the first trip. He worked in Pittsburgh and Cincinnati until 1832, at
which time he moved to Clark County and located in Green Township, where he
purchased land; he erected a saw-mill, and put in the first steam works that
were run north of Cincinnati; he was engaged in the milling business for thirty
years. The subject of this sketch was born Feb. 22, 1824, in Cincinnati, lived
in the city until 8 years of age; when 15 years old, he began the study of
medicine, and when he attained his manhood he entered the Ohio Medical College
at Cincinnati, and received his diploma in 1850; began practice in Frankfort,
Ky.; he is now living in Catawba. He was twice married; first, in 1844, to
Sarah Shickle. His second marriage was celebrated Oct. 3, 1853, with Miss
Lydia Baker. They had four children—Emma, Aaron T., Charles R. and
Oliver E.
SOURCE #1: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W.H. Beers &
Co., 1881 - Page 971 - Transcribed for Ohio Genealogy Express by Cathy Portz |
Springfield Twp.
BENJAMIN
ALLEN, jeweler, Springfield. Mr. Allen
has been for a number of years actively engaged in business
here; he was born near Mt. Jackson, Shenandoah Co., Va.,
Feb. 6, 1810; son of Benjamin and Hannah (Walton) Allen.
Mr. Allen, Sr., was a native of Chester Co., Penn., born
in 1757, but removed to Shenandoah Co., Va., when a boy; his
deceased occurred in Belmont Co., Ohio, in 1838, he being
nearly 81 years of age. Mr. Allen was born in
Berkeley Co., W. Va., in 1768, and died June 4, 1865,
in her 86th year; her parents removed to Frederick Co., Va.,
near the Shenandoah County line, about 1776; both Mr. and
Mrs. Allen were members of the Friends' Church.
Benjamin was the youngest of eight children who attained
majority, four of whom still survive, the three older being
upward of 70 years of age. About 1810, Benjamin's
parents made up their minds they would find a free community
in which to raise their children; accordingly, his father
came West with a view of locating land in the Miami Valley,
but turned back on his arrival at Spring Valley, Greene
County, where he had relatives, on account of becoming
alarmed at the prevalence of ague; on his return, he
purchased a tract of land in Belmont County, upon which
there was a small opening and a cabin 16 x 18 feet to which
he removed his family, arriving in November, after a
wearying journey of twenty-one days. Mr. Allen, Jr.'s,
first recollections are of scenes on this farm, the first
being a fight between a wolf and their dog, assisted by the
nearest neighbor's dog, which fight took place after night
and within fifty feet of the cabin door; when 5 years of
age, he began to attend school at the village, about two
miles away; more than half this distance there was but a
mere bridle path; during these school days, he heard many
incidents of pioneer life, as the village was a place of
rendezvous, and story-telling was the greater part of their
entertainment, except "muster-days," when the rougher
element was out in force, and wrestling, horse-racing,
fighting, etc., became the principal attractions; when 11
years of age, his labor was considered more necessary than
further education, and Benjamin therefore assisted
his father on the farm until 21 years of age without further
school privileges. After he arrived at majority he
hired to a carpenter at $8 per month, and continued to work
at that trade, his wages gradually increasing, until he
received $26 per month, as foreman; during this time, he
superintended the construction of some of the first
threshing machines made in that part of the State, and
continued to follow his trade until 1842, when, on account
of failing health, he was compelled to seek some lighter
employment, and took instructions in repairing watches, and,
being a natural mechanic, soon became proficient, and, in
1844, started business for himself in a small village.
Nov. 20, 1846, he married Elizabeth Adams; she was
born in Loudoun Co., Va., Jan. 24, 1824; her parents were
William and Margaret Adams; in 1832, her father being
deceased, her mother removed her family to Belmont Co.,
Ohio, where the mother died in 1867, being 75 years of age.
In 1848, Mr. Allen removed to Indiana, where he had
bought a farm, but sold out and returned to Ohio the
following winter, and in April again engaged at the
jeweler's trade; in October, 1853, he removed to
Springfield, and purchased a stock in the room now occupied
by Leo Braun, where he carried on business until
1864, when he sold his stock to J. P. Allen;
subsequently engaged in same business with M. P. Davis,
occupying the room directly opposite his present place of
business; his nephew, whose name is also Benjamin Allen,
joined this firm. In 1866, circumstances compelled
Mr. Allen to take the stock of the firm; in 1868, Mr.
C. C. Fried took an interest with him, and they removed
to his present stand, 35 East Main street, in April, 1869;
this partnership continued until 170, when Mr. Fried
withdrew, and Mr. Allen has since continued the
business alone at the same stand. Mr. Allen is
one of the few now living who represent the connecting
generation between the early pioneers and those who known
nothing of the trials and hardships of those reared in
pioneer days, without school advantages, and when the "best
families" were compelled to labor to keep the wolf from the
door; he is a quiet unassuming man, who would have been much
more successful in life but for the loss to a great extent,
of his bearing, which began to fail about 1842; bur
nevertheless, he has accumulated sufficient for the wants of
his declining years, and gets, as he deserves, the best
patronage of Springfield.
SOURCE #1: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W.H. Beers &
Co., 1881 - Page 779 - Transcribed by Sharon Wick |
Springfield Twp. -
DANIEL
D. ALT, farmer; P. O. Springfield. Mr. Alt
was born in this county Jan. 9, 1837; he is the son of
Adam and Maria E. (Drew) Alt; his father was a native of
Maryland and settled in this county in an early day.
Daniel lived with his parents until 23 years old; in
1861, he enlisted in the 44th O. V. I, during the late
rebellion, and served to the end of the war, when he was
honorably discharged; in 1863, the regiment was veteranized
and changed to the 8th O. V. C.; for account of battles in
which said regiment was engaged, see history of the late
rebellion. Mr. Alt was married, Oct. 29, 1868,
to Ellen H. Hinkle, daughter of John and Mary
(Way) Hinkle (see biography of Michael Hinkle
for sketch of her parents); four children have been born
unto them, viz., Michael W., Adam S., John
H., Charles L. Adam departed this life
April 21, 1872. Mr. Alt is one of those quiet
good-natured farmers who practice the golden rule.
Politically, he is a stanch Republican.
SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ.
Chicago: W.H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 781 - Transcribed for
Ohio Genealogy Express by Cathy Portz |
Springfield Twp. -
GEORGE W. ALT, farmer; P. O.
Springfield. He was born in Moorefield Township, this
county, Jan.19, 1820; worked on a farm until 21 years of
age, when he began the trade of carpenter, at which he
worked fourteen years, carrying on the business for himself
in Springfield part of that time; he moved to his present
home, and has since then followed farming. He is a son of
Adam and Maria Alt. They came to this county from
Maryland in 1815, and settled in what is now Springfield
Township. Adam died in 1876. Maria is still living at
the advanced age of 81 years. George was married, Jan. 9,
1845, to Jane G., daughter of Matthew and Jane
Wood, who were natives of Kentucky, and came to Clark
Co., Ohio, in 1810, and settled on the farm where our
subject now lives. Matthew died in 1830, and his wife
in 1856. Of Mr. and Mrs. Alt’s
six children but four survive. George’s first wife
died in 1860, and, in 1862, he was again married, taking for
his second wife Mrs. M. J. Moody, widow of Peter
Moody, and daughter of James and Matilda Tanner.
Mrs. M. J. Alt has always been a very active woman,
giving her services willingly and cheerfully on occasions of
festivals, suppers and other public entertainments for
benevolent purposes; she also took a very active part in the
crusade. Mr. Alt is also a stanch temperance
man, and, since the crusade, has been a faithful worker in
the temperance army.
SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ.
Chicago: W.H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 780 - Transcribed for
Ohio Genealogy Express by Cathy Portz |
J.
FRED ANDERSON. For over ninety years the
Anderson family has been identified with the substantial
interests of agriculture and farm husbandry in this section
of Ohio, and while J. Fred Anderson was born on a
farm, he chose the legal profession for a career. His father
died when he was seven years old. His work since becoming a
member of the Springfield bar has proved him one of the
keenest minds and ablest members of the local profession.
His grandfather, David Anderson, was a native of
Scotland, and as a young man came to the United States about
1827. He soon afterward located near Selma in Clark County.
He married Juliana Stewart, whose people were among
the first and also among the best settlers of that locality.
David Anderson was a skilled cabinet maker, and he worked at
that occupation in connection with farming. He was a devout
Presbyterian of the old school, very strict in his ideas of
religious duty, was upright in his daily conduct, and his
community held him in high esteem. He was a radical
anti-slavery man and his home became a station on the
underground railroad and there he assisted many fugitive
slaves toward freedom. One of his sons, Oliver Hazard
Perry Stewart Anderson, served as a soldier in the Union
Army during the Civil war. David Anderson and
his wife had thirteen children, several dying in infancy.
Not one of these children is still living in Clark County.
The eldest was John Stewart Anderson, who was
born on the home farm near Selma, October 12, 1836. He
became a farmer, and was regarded as one of the most
successful stock men in this part of the state. He was one
of the first to import full blooded Percheron horses. He
served a hundred days’ enlistment in the Civil war, was a
republican in politics, and was devoted to his home and
family. His farm was in Greene County, just over the line
from Clark County, and he died there February 22, 1888. He
married, January 23, 1861, Elizabeth Tindall, who
survives him. Of their seven children four are living:
Mrs. Robert E. Corry, residing at Yellow Springs, Ohio,
mother of six children; Mrs. Harvey S. Collins,
living near Xenia, Ohio, has four children; Miss Cora A.,
a teacher in the Springfield High School; and J. Fred.
J. Fred Anderson was born at the homestead near
Clifton in Greene County, February 14, 1881. He attended
local schools there, later Cedarville College in Greene
County, from which institution he was graduated in 1901 with
the degree of Ph. B., and in 1907 received from the Law
Department of the Ohio State University the degree of LL.B.
He was admitted to the bar June 18, 1907, at once began
practice in Springfield, and in October, 1907, formed a
partnership with his old schoolmate and roommate at Ohio
State University, E. F. McKee, and the firm of
Anderson & McKee, maintaining offices in the Bushnell
Building, represents not only a congenial personal
association, but a combination of legal abilities and
experience that gives it special prestige in the local bar.
Mr. Anderson is a Presbyterian, a republican, is a
member and former secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, and
is a Knight Templar Mason.
On September 20, 1911, he married Christle Reichard,
daughter of Dr. George W. Reichard, of Springfield.
Mrs. Anderson died October 17, 1912, leaving a daughter,
Elizabeth Reichard Anderson. Mr. Anderson
married, August 19, 1922, Leona Braun, daughter of
the late Leo Braun, well known as a jeweler in
Springfield for sixty years.
SOURCE #2: A Standard History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio; Vol. 2;
Benjamin F. Prince, 1922 - Page 400 - Transcribed by Sharon Wick |
Green Twp. -
JAMES
ANDERSON, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Clifton. For
more than half a century Mr. Anderson has been
identified with the business interests of Clark County,
being one of those men whose labors have been crowned with
financial success, and his life has been characterized by
that earnestness in all his affairs that makes it a success
in every phase. He was born at Milnacraig, Scotland, July
22, 1815, and at the age of 4 years, emigrated with his
father, James Anderson, to the United States,
settling on "Clark Run," in Greene Co., Ohio, where they
lived five years; removing thence to Clark County, and
locating on the northwest part of Sec. 27, on the old
Clifton road. In 1827, his father removed to a farm in Sec.
33, which he had purchased, and there resided until his
death, in 1864, at the advanced age of 84 years. The subject
of this sketch grew up under the paternal roof, and his
education was obtained in the log schoolhouse of the
primitive days, to which he added that more practical and
servicable education that comes from experience with the
world, and gives more certainty of success in life. For ten
years he owned an interest in a stock of merchandise at
Clifton, and from a life of industry, temperance, economy
and good management, he has accumulated a considerable
property in Green Township, Springfield and Greene County.
As a neighbor and citizen, he is highly esteemed, being
generally chosen as the arbiter of differences among the
people of his vicinity. Politically} a Republican, and a
member of the Presbyterian Church, be has held, among other
public trusts, the office of Township Clerk for twelve
years, had been Justice of the Peace the same length
of time, discharging every duty to the entire satisfaction
of the people and with honor to himself.
SOURCE #1: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W.H. Beers &
Co., 1881 - Page 1048 - Transcribed by Sharon Wick |
HARRY
R. ANDERSON, whose well improved and ably managed
farm of 104 acres is situated in Moorefield Township, on
Rural Route No. 10 from the City of Springfield, has won
distinctive prestige as one of the progressive
agriculturists and stock-growers of his township and county,
and in his farm enterprise he is giving special attention to
the breeding of registered Poland-China swine and Jersey
cattle.
Mr. Anderson was born in Springfield Township on
the 6th of May, 1877, and is a son of Joseph B. and
Serena (Dunseth) Anderson, the former of whom was born
in the State of Pennsylvania, in 1828, and the latter of
whom was born in the beautiful Walnut Hill District of the
City of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1848. Joseph B. Anderson
was an infant at the time his parents came to Ohio and
numbered themselves among the pioneer settlers in Clark
County, where he was reared on a farm in Moorefield
Township. He eventually became the owner of an excellent
farm near Villa, this township, and in the course of his
long and useful life he contributed much to the industrial
and civic advancement of Clark County. He remained on his
home farm until his death, and his widow still resides in
Clark County. Mr. Anderson was a man of high
ideals and sterling character, was a strong supporter of the
cause of the prohibition party, and was an active member of
the Presbyterian Church, as is also his widow. Of their
children the firstborn, Forrest J., is deceased;
Charles B. resides at Springfield, and Harry R.
is the subject of this review.
The activities of the home farm early enlisted a share
of the helpful service of Harry R. Anderson, and
after profiting by the advantages of the district schools of
his native township he continued his studies in Wittenberg
Academy until his graduation in the same. He has to his
credit a record of successful service as a teacher in the
rural schools of his native county, but his chief vocation
has been that of farm enterprise, in which he has won
substantial success. He is one of the leaders in the civic
and industrial affairs of his community, served seven years
as justice of the peace, and was for a number of years a
member of the School Board of his district. His political
allegiance is given to the republican party, he is
affiliated with Anthony Lodge No. 245, A. F. and A. M., at
Springfield, and he and his wife are active members of the
Presbyterian Church in that city.
On the 18th of March, 1903, was recorded the marriage
of Mr. Anderson and Miss Florence E. Sanfer,
and the children of this union are three daughters: Maude
S., Mildred and Miriam. The two youngest
daughters remain at the parental home, and Maude S.,
the oldest, is the wife of Benson E. Baker.
SOURCE: A Standard History of Springfield and Clark
County, Ohio; Vol. 2; Benjamin F. Prince, 1922 - Page 379 -
Transcribed for Ohio Genealogy Express by Cathy Portz |
Moorefield Twp. -
MATHEW ANDERSON, farmer; P. O.
Springfield. Born in the north part of Ireland, about six miles from Giant’s
Causeway, in August, 1798. Emigrated to America in the year 1820, and located in
Franklin Co., Penn. Was married, May 26, 1825, to Jane Brown, who was
also born and raised in Ireland, coming to this country before Mr. Anderson.
By this union they have had seven children, all grown to maturity and all
living, viz., John, Martha, Agnes, Joseph B., Mary Jane, Sallie B. and
Margaret A. Mr. Anderson, after his marriage, lived in Franklin Co.,
Penn., until the spring of 1832, when he removed to Ohio, locating in Clark Co.
He lived on rented farms for some years; he then bought a farm of 100 acres in
Sec. 20, Moorefield Township, where he resided twenty years, when he purchased
the farm upon which he now lives and has since resided. The two farms consist of
191 acres of land, with good buildings and improvements. Mr. Anderson
started in life a poor boy, and by his own industry, economy and good
management, he has acquired a good home and property. He saw much of the
hardships and trials of the early pioneers, but has lived to see the growth and
progress of the county, which now stands among the first counties in the State
in good farms and manufacturing interests. His wife died May 26, 1875, on the
fiftieth anniversary of their wedding day. The “golden wedding” was to have been
celebrated that day. The invitations had been sent out for 200 guests, with the
anticipation of an enjoyable occasion. But He who rules the universe saw fit to
call her on that very day to a happier and better world, “where they neither
marry nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.” She
was a worthy member of the United Presbyterian Church for more than half a
century, and raised her children in the fear and admonition of the Lord, and saw
the fruits of her labors in the good works of her children, they all becoming
members of the church while young and before leaving the parental roof. Mr.
Anderson is now past 82 years of age; has also been a member of the same
church for more than fifty years, and an Elder in the same for over forty years;
and we trust that their teachings and good works—the seed they have sown—will
continue to spring up and bear fruit for generations to come.
SOURCE #1: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W.H. Beers &
Co., 1881 - Page 981 - Transcribed for Ohio Genealogy Express by Cathy Portz |
Springfield Twp. -
NAHAM
H. ANDREWS, merchant, of the firm of Andrews, Wise &
Putnam. This establishment dates back to about 1850, with
W. S. Field and Nathaniel Stone as proprietors;
they were succeeded by Rice & Co. in 1865 and they by
Wilson, Wise & Putnam, they by Wise & Putnam, and they by
the present firm; the character of the stock was at first
seeds and iron, afterward agricultural implements was added,
seeds dropped, and a line of hardware and stoves were kept;
recently, the present firm have added furniture, making it a
stove and house-furnishing establishment; since removing to
their present quarters, Nos. 34 and 36 South Limestone
street, they occupy two rooms, one of which is devoted to
furniture, of which they make a large display; in the other
is found a great variety of heating and cook stoves, ranges,
queensware, and all necessary culinary utensils, together
with a line of shelf hardware. Mr. Naham Andrews, the
senior member of this firm, is an experienced merchant; he
is a native of Massachusetts, born in 1830; early in life he
began a business career as clerk in Boston, and remembers
when he received $4 per week, boarding himself—this, too,
after he had become of age; but, by perseverance and
fortune’s favor, gradually rose in the financial scale until
he became a proprietor. He came to Springfield in 1865, and
has since been identified with the business of Springfield,
except about four years, when he was absent doing business
in Galion. He married, in 1853, Miss Lavina S. Maynard,
also a native of Massachusetts.
SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ.
Chicago: W.H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 781 - Transcribed for
Ohio Genealogy Express by Cathy Portz |
Springfield Twp. -
THE
ARMSTRONG FAMILY. The family bearing the above
name is, strictly speaking, one of the pioneer families of
the vicinity of Springfield. The head of the family,
Oliver Armstrong, was born at Bennington, Vt., April 26,
1783, and was united in marriage with Annie Hanes in
the year 1802, when but 19 years of age. In 1812, he
emigrated to Ohio, settling in the Maumee district, away
from which locality he was driven by the Indians in the year
1813. He started for the village of Urbana with a sick wife
and four small children, in a cart, with two oxen. The
journey was attended with great privation and danger, and
extended over a period of six weeks. On reaching Urbana, he
had only 25 cents, but found in Judge Reynolds a warm
friend, who loaned him great assistance. In the year 1814,
he removed into Clark County, where his wife died March 11.
Their children were Oliver, Cyrus, Phidelia
and David. One year later (1815), Mr.
Armstrong married Mrs. Lucinda (Paige) Muzzy,
widow of Joseph Muzzy, and sister of Judge Ira
Paige. She was born in Hordwic, Mass., July 28, 1780.
Two of her children by Mr. Muzzy—Lucius and
Franklin—are now residents of Springfield. To the second
union of Mr. Armstrong and Mrs.
Muzzy, there were born the following children:
William, Ominda, Louisa and Lucinda;
the latter two are residents of Springfield; Louisa,
the wife of Benjamin Furniss, to whom she was married
in 1857, both having previously been married; to this union
there were born three children, namely: Edward,
Frank and Mary. Mr. Furniss was
born in the State of New York in 1811, and Mrs.
Furniss was born on the old homestead known as
“Greenside,” in East Springfield, in the year 1822.
Lucinda was born at the same place August 4, 1824; was
also raised and married in the same house; married to
George O. C. Frankenburg, September 17, 1845. The
grandchildren of the Armstrongs and Muzzys
number fifty-eight. Of Mr. Armstrong’s
children by his first wife, Cyrus was for twenty
consecutive years Treasurer of Clark County.
SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ.
Chicago: W.H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 952 - Transcribed for
Ohio Genealogy Express by Cathy Portz. |
Madison Twp. -
GEORGE
R. ARMSTRONG, druggist; P. O. South Charleston;
was born in the city of Pittsburgh, Penn., July 5, 1841.
His education was obtained at the Fourth Ward School and
Western University. In 1865, he was apprenticed to the
drug trade, and was engaged in that business in his native
city till 1874, with the exception of two winters, one spent
in Philadelphia, Penn., and the other in New York. His
marriage was celebrated Dec. 15, 1873, with Miss Margaret
Langden, of Steubenville, Ohio.. On the 1st of
January of the following year, he moved to Cincinnati, and
in February of the same year in Milford, Ohio, where he
remained till September following. He then located at
South Charleston, Clark Co., and served in the capacity of
General Manager of the store of Ira Athearn, and then
William Cheney until March of 1876, when the present
firm of the Armstrong & Co. purchased the business of
William Cheney, and have since conducted it with
success. Mr. Armstrong was elected Recorder of
the village in the spring of 1878 by a small majority, and
re-elected in the spring of 1880 by an almost unanimous
vote. He became a member of the American
Pharmaceutical Association in 1871, and on the 2d of
September, 1872, assisted in organizing the Ohio State
Pharmaceutical Association at Columbus.
SOURCE #1: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ.
Chicago: W.H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 1059 - Transcribed by Sharon Wick |
Harmony Twp. -
E.
H. P. ARNOLD, merchant; P. O. Springfield, Ohio.
Mr. Arnold was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., June
1, 1836. In 1860, he went to Kentucky and taught school
there until 1863, when he moved to Harmony Township, Clark
Co., Ohio. He was united in marriage to Miss Sarah
Gillespie, of Bourbon Co., Ky., July 1, 1862; as a
result of this union there was one child, viz., Lula,
born April 22, 1863. Mrs. Arnold died in
Kentucky May 4, 1863. Mr. Arnold was married
the second time to Miss Martha A. Blee, of Clark Co.,
Feb. 18, 1863. Mr. Arnold taught school in
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Illinois and Ohio for some
twenty years. Mr. Arnold was engaged for some
years with Ackerman Bros., of Springfield,
Ohio, in the slating business. Mr. Arnold’s
brother Thomas was one of the first men to introduce
the slate-roofing business into Ohio. Mr. Arnold’s
father, William, was a merchant for a number of years
in Pennsylvania. He has a brother there now in the grocery
business. Mr. Arnold commenced the grocery
business in Harmony, Clark Co., January, 1880, where he
keeps a stock of groceries, such as is usually kept in a
country store. Mr. Arnold and wife are members
of the M. P. Church at Harmony.
SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ.
Chicago: W.H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 954 - Transcribed for
Ohio Genealogy Express by Cathy Portz |
Sprinfield Twp. -
THOMAS
L. ARTHUR, dealer in lumber, Springfield; is a native
of Pennsylvania, born near Pittsburgh in 1827; his father
was a woolen manufacturer of Pittsburgh, but, during the
boyhood days of Thomas L., sold out and engaged in
the lumber trade, and, in 1847, removed to Ashland, Ohio,
where the subject of this sketch was engaged in the lumber
trade a number of years. Mr. Arthur removed to
Springfield in 1867, and in connection with Mr. Vorhees,
built the planing-mill at the corner of Pleasant and
Limestone streets, and has since been identified with this
establishment, now being sole owner and proprietor; his
experience of more than thirty years enables him to know the
wants of builders, and he is enjoying a flourishing trade.
He is a member of the United Presbyterian Church, and a
useful, respected citizen; his residence is No. 335 South
Limestone street. He married, in 1855, Miss Judith T.
Liggett, and has a family of five children—William H.,
now an accountant in his father’s office; Flora B.,
Daniel H., Edwin C. and Isabella M.
SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ.
Chicago: W.H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 781 - Transcribed for
Ohio Genealogy Express by Cathy Portz |
Pike Twp. -
J. M. AUSTIN, physician, North
Hampton. The father of Mr. Austin was born in North Carolina in 1808,
moved to this State with his parents in 1812, and settled in Clinton Co. He was
married to Elizabeth Darby in 1837, and had by her seven children, of
whom our subject is the youngest. He was born in 1848, and spent his boyhood
days on the farm of his parents. He received a common-school education, taught
school three years, and then commenced the study of medicine with Dr. J.
Watkins, of Clinton Co. He graduated from the E. M. Institute, and, in 1874,
commenced the practice of his profession in Westboro, in his native county, but
left there Nov. 19, of the same year, and located where he now lives. He was
married, in 1874, to Miss Florence Hodson, of Clinton Co., and had born
to him three children—Pearl H., Grace I. and Howard H. Of these,
the oldest died in 1876.
SOURCE #1: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W.H. Beers &
Co., 1881 - Page 1011 - Transcribed for Ohio Genealogy Express by Cathy Portz |
Pike Twp. -
M. R. AYRES, farmer; P. O.
Christianburg, Champaign Co. The subject of this sketch is the son of Caleb
and Esther Ayres, who were natives of New Jersey; they were united in
marriage in 1816 and emigrated to Ohio in 1818, but did not settle permanently
until 1828, when they located in Pike Township, on the farm where his son, M.
R., now resides; Mrs. Ayres departed this life Aug. 20, 1835, at the
age of 46 years; they were both Seven-Day Baptists. Mr. Ayres celebrated
his marriage with his second wife (Lydia Babcock) in 1837. M. R.,
the subject of this sketch, was born in New Jersey Dec. 5, 1817; his boyhood
days were spent at home, assisting his father with the duties of the farm and
going to school during the winters. He was married to Margaret Priest,
born Oct. 28, 1812, the daughter of Elijah and Hannah Priest, who settled
in this county in 1818; they (Mr. and Mrs. Ayres) are the parents of one
son and four daughters, all of whom are now living, viz.: Sarah, born
Aug. 21, 1840; Louisa, born Oct. 4, 1842; Elias, born Aug. 16,
1846; Maria, born May 26, 1850; Margaret P., born April 20, 1853.
As an evidence of the popularity and esteem with which he was held in the
community where he lived, he was elected Trustee of his township and other
offices, the duties of which were discharged by him to the entire satisfaction
of all concerned. Mr. Ayres is a member of the Christian Church, and
holds several offices in the same. He has always taken a deep interest in
politics, and his principles are identified with the Democratic Party.
SOURCE #1: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W.H. Beers &
Co., 1881 - Page 1012 - Transcribed for Ohio Genealogy Express by Cathy Portz |
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