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JOHN
F. RAPP (Deceased). The Rapps were
among the early settlers of Clermont county, and several
generations have made it their home. They are
representative citizens and have down much to help
forward the general welfare and progress of the region.
The late John F. Rapp was a native of the county,
born Feb. 20, 1849, and died Nov. 25, 1905. He was
a son of John and Rebecca (Roudebush) Rapp.
John Rapp, a deceased farmer of Jackson township,
was born near Straight Creek, Brown county, Ohio, in
1810, and was a son of Jacob and Mary (Heizer) Rapp.
Jacob Rapp was born in Virginia in 1772 and died in
1846, and his wife was born in 1789 and died in 1868,
and both are buried in Stonelick cemetery, formerly
known as Rapp cemetery, the land having been donated by
Jacob Rapp and used as early as 1816.
John Rapp was a farmer in early life but in his
later years bought and operated a saw mill on the farm
still owned by members of the Rupp family.
This farm was his home until his death. He and his
wife had eight children, all born in Clermont county:
Mary, deceased;
Samantha, of Monterey;
Olive and Jacob, deceased.
Emma at home;
John F., deceased;
W. D. Rapp, of Sabina, Clinton county, Ohio;
Sallie, at home.
The parents of these children were members of the
Christian church, in which the father served as elder.
He was married in 1838 to Rebecca Roudebush born
in Stonelick township in 1813, and died Dec. 22, 1891,
two days after the death of her husband, and both are
buried in the same grave in Rapp cemetery. Her
father, Mr. Roudebush, was born at Hagerstown,
Md., and her mother in New Jersey. He came to
Clermont county about 1800 and he and his wife had ten
children:
Daniel married Elizabeth Rapp, and both
are deceased;
Mary married Michael Cowen, and is
deceased;
Rebecca married John Rapp and is deceased;
John, deceased;
Paulina married James Rapp, and is
deceased;
James married Paulina Maderis, and is
deceased;
Ambrose married Ellen Patchell;
Sarah, deceased;
Francis J., who was familiarly known throughout
the county as F. J., is deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Roudebush were members of the
Baptist church. The Roudebush and Rapp
families were located in Clermont county before 1810,
cleared their land a little at a time, and were hard
working and industrious citizens. John Rapp
carried on farming eight years near Branch Fork that
opens into Stonelick creek, and lived there for eight
years, then located on the farm of two hundred acres
which is now owned by his three unmarried daughters.
He erected a very fine brick residence and in 1851
erected the mill. He was a Republican in politics,
and for some time served as justice of the peace.
He received a common school education and was so eager
to learn that he made it a practice to study on the way
to and from school. Throughout his life he
retained a great love of reading and was an intelligent
and clear thinker on subjects in general. He was a
man of liberal ideas and was interested in everything
that stood for the good of the community.
John F. Rapp was educated at Lebanon, Ohio, and
remained with his parents until he attained his
majority. He was a merchant in Illinois at the
time of his marriage, Nov. 5, 1874, to Miss Laura
Watson, born in Boston, Ga., Nov. 9, 1854, daughter
of H. S. and Julia (Wood) Watson, whose history
is to be found on another page of this work. After
marriage the young couple lived until 1877 at Iola,
Ill., then they located near Monterey, Clermont county,
and engaged in farming. Mr. Rapp was an
energetic and industrious farmer and won success in his
undertakings. He won the respect and esteem among
his neighbors and at his death was made in many circles.
He was buried in the Odd Fellows cemetery at Owensville.
He and his wife became members of the Christian church,
of which he was secretary. Both were much
interested in good works, which they felt would be for
the benefit of the community and both had many friends.
In February, 1910, Mrs. Rapp and her son moved to
their present farm of eighty acres, where they built a
beautiful home, selling the old place near Monterey.
Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Rapp:
Frank W., born at
Louisville, Ill., Apr. 16, 1877, died Aug. 2, 1898, and
is buried beside his father;
Harley, born in Clermont county, Nov. 20, 1881,
is a graduate of Valparaiso (Ind.) College, and carries
on the farm. He is a young man of good habits and
follows modern methods of farming. He is a
Republican in politics and has held the office of county
surveyor one term, as had his father. He is a
member of the Christian church and stands well in the
community.
Source: History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio
- Vol. II - by Byron Williams - Publ. 1913 - Page 785 |
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DR.
ISAAC REDROW. Dr. Isaac
Redrow is known throughout Clermont county, Ohio, as
an able professional man of experience, ripened by years
of practice in his profession, and the result of this
experience gives ample proof of the esteem and confidence
in which he is held in the community where he has
practiced for forty-four years. His birth occurred in
Cincinnati, March 1, 1840. The parents of Dr. Redrow
were Enoch and Mary Jane (Snowhill) Redrow, the
former of whom was a native of New Jersey, but who came to
Ohio when quite young. While still in New Jersey, he
learned the shipbuilder's trade, which he followed in
Fulton, and later in Cincinnati. He lived an active life
and died in 1861, at the age of fifty-five years. He was
of the Methodist Episcopal faith. Mary Jane (Snowhill)
Redrow was born at Lebanon, Ohio, and died in
Cincinnati, in 1840.
Dr. Redrow was reared at
Fayetteville, Brown county, Ohio, attending the public
schools of that place, taking up the study of medicine
with Dr. W. C. Hall, 1865 to 1869.
September 11, 1861, Isaac Redrow enlisted, in
Cincinnati, in Company B, Fifth Ohio cavalry, as a soldier
and corporal, serving three years and three months. He was
in twenty-three important engagements, including Shiloh,
Hatchie, Holly Springs, Coldwater; Lexington, Corinth,
Pittsburg Landing, Davis Mills, Lebanon, Missionary Ridge
and others.
A remarkable fact is that in all these battles Dr.
Redrow was never once wounded.
Returning from the war, Dr. Redrow again
took up the study of medicine, and began to practice in
Fayetteville in 1868, continuing for one year, coming to
Williamsburg in 1869, at which place he has resided until
the present time. The marriage of Dr. Redrow
to Miss Katie Leffingwell
was solemnized in 1875. Mrs. Redrow is a
daughter of Sidney S. and Melissa (Byron) Leffingwell,
who owned and operated the grist and saw mills at
Williamsburg from 1848 to 1861. He also turned out chair
material, probably the first ever made here. His father,
Capt. Samuel Leffingwell, was in the
government service and received as his remuneration some
1,100 acres of land within three miles of Williamsburg,
which includes the farms owned by Mr. McKeever, Mr.
Reed and others. He was a merchant in Williamsburg, coming
here in 1832, from Norfolk, Va., where his wife's decease
occurred in 1810. The Leffingwell family was
founded in America by Thomas Leffingwell
about 1636. Mrs. Redrow is one of nine
children who grew to maturity, and is the only one who
remained in Clermont county. The others are:
Mrs. Harriet C. Richards, of Lawrence, Kan.
Mrs. Olive B. Warden, of Choctaw City, Okla.
Charles H. Leffingwell, of California, who was a
soldier in the Civil war.
Mrs. Judith P. Wageman, of Texas.
Horace Leffingwell, of San Marcus, Texas.
Dr. Redrow had one sister, Mrs. Matilda Lake,
who died in 1873; one half brother, William
Redrow, of Company B. Fifth Ohio cavalry, who was
wounded at Shiloh, from the effects of which he died
later.
To the union of Dr. and Mrs.
Redrow have been born two children:
Walter L. Redrow was graduated from the Ohio State
University, class of 1900. He received the degree of
Bachelor of Laws from Georgetown University, Washington,
D. C, 1903, and the degree of Master of Patent Law from
George Washington University in 1904. He is now in the
patent office at Washington, D. C. He married Eleanor,
daughter of George Daugherty, of Washington, D. C,
and they have two children—Eileen and Allen.
Clara Redrow was graduated from the Ohio
State University in the class of 1903. She married
William Ireton, who is in the mail service.
They have two children—Carl and Eleanor.
In political views, Dr. Redrow is a
Republican, but does not care to hold office, believing
that his first duty is to his profession. He is a member
of the Clermont County Medical Association, and was
formerly a member of the Ohio State and American Medical
associations, and is also a Mason. Dr. Redrow
is a member of the J. H. Jenkins Post, No. 242,
Grand Army of the Republic, in which he has filled all the
offices. He has given his life to a profession which is of
eminent service to his fellow men, and his zeal and
enthusiasm in his chosen calling have won for him the kind
regard from all. He lived during the Nation's peril and
offered himself with courage and energy in her defense.
His life has been one of usefulness to others.
Source: History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio
- Vol. II - by Byron Williams - Publ. 1913 - Page 30 |
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O. F. RICE.
Mr. O. F. Rice, the genial general merchant of
Felicity, may be termed one of the self-made men of
Clermont county, Ohio, for by his ambition, great
integrity and honest dealings, he has reached the ranks
of the well-to-do men of his village. He was born
in Felicity, Ohio, July 12, 1867, and his parents were
J. W. and Amanda (Lanham) Rice.
Mr. J. W. Rice was born in Clermont county,
Ohio, in 1838, and died in March, 1912. He was a
stirrup maker early in life and later was a day laborer.
He was a stanch Democrat and served as street
commissioner in the corporation. He was a man of
honorable character and industrious habits, considered
one of the substantial citizens of Felicity.
Amanda (Lanham) Rice was born in Clermont county
in 1835 and is now residing in Felicity. Notley
Lanham a brother, was a gallant soldier in the Civil
war. Mrs. Rice became the mother of eight
children, six of whom are now living:
Alice, died in infancy.
Lewis, is a resident of Felicity.
Ada is the wife of Edward Melvin,
of Cincinnati.
Rebecca married Joseph A. Donnelly, both
of whom are deceased.
O. F., our subject.
Bertie is the wife of C. W. Ross.
Charles is a resident of Covington, Ky.
Kate is the wife of Walter Scherar, of
Cincinnati.
Mr. O. F. Rice attended the public school of
Felicity during the winter terms, leaving school in
March of each year to engage in work on a farm, in this
way assisting in the expenses of his education.
For a period of two years, Mr. Rice was employed
as a porter for Waterfield & Son, general
merchants of Felicity. At this time he was
promoted to a clerkship and in this capacity spent
several years. He was also employed as clerk for
M. Solomon and for W. G. Richey of
Felicity. His next venture in the business world
was for himself, when he opened a meat market, and in
this business continued for one year, when he embarked
in the grocery business in his present store room.
In 1893, Mr. Rice, starting in on a larger scale,
opened a general store in the same location on Main
street. He has a splendid business and is well
fitted for the occupation.
On Jan. 1, 1890, Mr. Rice was united in marriage
to Mrs. Bird Phillips, who was born in Clermont
county in 1874, and is a daughter of John D. and
Sarah J. (Bredwell) Phillips, the former was born in
Tate township, and is now deceased. He was a retired
farmer for several years prior to his death. He
was a Democrat and was trustee of Tate township for a
number of years. His wife was also born in
Clermont county and is a resident of ethel. She is
in her seventieth year and is the mother of five
children, four of whom are living:
Granville resides near Mt. Orab, Brown county,
Ohio.
Georgia is the wife of E. L. Fisher, of
Clermont county.
Bird is Mrs. Rice.
Pet is the wife of P. C. Morehead of Bethel.
Granville and George Phillips, uncles of
Mrs. Rice, were soldiers in the Civil war,
enlisting from Ohio.
Mr. Rice is Democrat in politics and has filled
the responsible position of township treasurer, being
appointed to the office. He possesses the genial
manner and spirit of good fellowship necessary to a
public life.
Mrs. Rice is a member of the Bethel Baptist
church, but attends the Christian church. She is
an active worker in the church and both Mr. and Mrs.
Rice give liberally of their means to the support of
the denomination.
Mr. Rice is a member of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, and is active in all affairs of the order.
The business career of Mr. Rice was started with
no resources other than his good habits, energy and
pluck, which are capital enough for any young man.
He has accumulated a reasonable amount of worldly
possessions, being the owner of his pretty home and the
store building in which he conducts his general store.
The building is a three-story red brick, which was
erected in 1857. The third floor is occupied as a
lodge room for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Mr. Rice has been ably assisted by his wife and
they have worked together toward the same goal, and they
are now enjoying many of the comforts of life which they
so well deserve.
Source: History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio
- Vol. II - by Byron Williams - Publ. 1913 - Page 701 |
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J.
F. RICHARDS. Among the native sons of
Clermont county who have helped materially in furthering
the general progress and prosperity, J. F. Richards
deserves prominent mention. He belongs to one of
the oldest families of the region and was born in
Franklin township, June 26, 1862, a son of Robert and
Bena (Smith) Richards. The father, also a
native of that township, was born Aug. 11, 1825, and
died July 29, 1908, and the mother, a native of Germany,
was born in 1823, came to America at the age of eighteen
years, spending thirty-five days on the water, and died
in March, 1898. Both parents were buried in
Calvary cemetery. The father was a farmer and a
prominent citizen of Franklin township, where he father
had settled in an early day. The grandfather
Richards was one of a family of nine children, and
his wife was one of nine children. Robert
Richards was one of four children, and is now
deceased. The others of the family were:
Caroline deceased, was the widow of Gideon
Winterood; William and Thomas, deceased.
These four children children all formerly lived near
Felicity, and all bore an honorable part in the affairs
of the neighborhood.
To Robert and Bena (Smith) Richards five
children were born, namely:
Stasia;
Anna, formerly a teacher in Clermont county, lives
with a younger brother in Cincinnati;
Addie, wife of M. A. Wood, lives at Mt.
Carmel, Ohio; J. F., of this sketch; D. S.,
a teacher in the Oyler School, Cincinnati, one of the
best elementary schools in the world and well known in
educational circles.
J. F. Richards remained with his parents until
his marriage, receiving his education in his native
place. In 1894, he was united in marriage with
Miss Caddie Moore a native of Moscow, Washington
township, Clermont county, Oct. 12, 1861, daughter of
J. E. and Anna (Smith) Moore. Mr. Moore
was born in Belmont county, Ohio, Apr. 16, 1825, and
died in 1906, and his wife, a native of the same county,
born May 24, 1824, died May 3, 1883, both being buried
in Felicity cemetery. Mr. Moore had been a
local preacher. He was one of twelve children and
eight children were born to him and his wife, namely:
James E. E., born Nov.
30, 1847, died at the age of twenty-five years;
Lucinda Anna, born Aug. 7, 1852, taught school many
years in Clermont county, Ohio, and in Chicago, Ill.,
and now resides with her sister, Mrs. Richards;
Sarah Isabel, born June 5, 1854, died young;
Elizabeth Jane, born Mar. 20, 1855, died at the age
of thirty-two years; Eva Josephine, born May 7
1857, died at the age of three years; Rachel Eliza,
born May 19, 1859, is the wife of Charles S. Warner,
a minister living in Oklahoma; Clara May, born
Oct. 12, 1861, Mrs. Richards; Belle Smith, born
Jan. 10, 1865, died at the age of seventeen years.
The father's brother, Eugene Moore, served in the
Civil war from Ohio.
Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Richards
located on the old Moore hometead, of which he
inherited two hundred and fifty-one and one-fourth acre.
He carried on general farming and pays especial
attention to stock raising. He has been very
successful and has established a reputation for
integrity and industry. He is actively interested
in public affairs and is a Prohibitionist in politics,
although reared a Republican. He and his wife are
members of the Methodist church, in which he has served
as trustee and steward for some time, and for many years
was superintendent of the Sunday school. They are
much interested in various measures for the public
welfare and for the uplifting of the race. They
are among the bet known people of the community, being
natives of the county and members of prominent families.
Two children have blessed the union of Mr. Richards
and wife:
Dorsey Smith, born July 8, 1895, attends
Woodworth School in Cincinnati, and is taking a course
in domestic science;
Robert Moore, born Oct. 1, 1903, attends the
local school, which is on a part of the old Richards
farm.
Source: History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio -
Vol. II - by Byron Williams - Publ. 1913 - Page 833 |
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THE
RICKER FAMILY is of pure English extraction,
tracing its lineage through the celebrated Wentworth
family to Rynold (Reginald) de Wynterwade, a baron of
great wealth, renown, and power, who lived at the height
of his greatness in the year 1066, the time of the Norman
invasion.
After twenty-eight generations, we find Elder William
Wentworth, the first of the name in America, 1639. Mary
Wentworth, fourth generation from Elder William
Wentworth,
married Jabez Ricker, and they had ten children, of whom
Samuel Ricker married, 1790, Susanna, daughter of
Benjamin
and Mary Jewett. They were the first of the family to
settle in Clermont county, Ohio. To them were born, Rufus,
who laid out the city of Davenport, Iowa, where he was a
judge for ten years; Jabez, who taught the first school
in Union school house, in Monroe township; Benjamin
Jewett; Samuel; Susanna, who married John
Fitzpatrick; Eben, who married Harriet
Pompelly.
Benjamin Jewett Ricker, born at Poland, Maine, was married
November 24, 1816, in Campbell county, Kentucky, to Mary
Reed Wilson, born in Durham, Maine, February 12, 1800. He
died in October, 1861, and she died in December, 1859.
Their children were: Elbridge Gerry Ricker, born in
Clermont county, Ohio, July 31, 1818; Susan, born in Rush
county, Indiana, in 1821, and married Joseph R. Foster;
Adaline, born in Rush county, Indiana, 1824, married
Benjamin Frazee; Mary Ann, born in Rush county, Indiana,
married Jacob Clark, and William Wilson
Ricker, the
youngest child, born in Clermont county, Ohio, married Mary
Doane.
Elbridge Gerry Ricker was liberally educated in the best
schools in Southern Ohio. He made farming his profession,
and became one of the most noted agriculturists in the
State.
He was a very well known and active politician, being a
warm advocate of the rights of the negro slave, and
helping to found the Republican party in Ohio, in 1854-55.
In 1855, he was elected a member of the legislature of
Ohio, and in 1858, left his farm at Locust Corner, Ohio,
to become a member of the board of directors and professor
of agriculture of the Farmers' College, of College Hill,
Ohio, where he successfully operated the experimental farm
until the beginning of the War of the Rebellion. In the
war, he was major of the Fifth Ohio cavalry, and won a
glorious name by his gallant conduct. He was elected
treasurer of Clermont county in 1863, and served
efficiently for a period of two years. On December 13,
1836, he was united in marriage to Margaret Foster,
daughter of Lieut. Thomas and Sarah (Holly)
Foster, and a
granddaughter of Thomas Foster, who was a son of Nancy
Trigg, she being a daughter of Col. William and Jane
(Smith) Trigg, the former of whom was a son of Abraham and Dosia (Johnson) Trigg.
Abraham Trigg came from Cornwall,
England, in 1725, to Spottsylvania county, Virginia.
Leonard Raper, the maternal grandfather of
Margaret
(Foster) Ricker, received his education at Oxford College,
England, and came to America with Lord Cornwallis, acting
as the latter's secretary until the surrender of Yorktown,
after which he became loyal to the States government and
was appointed surveyor of the Second district of Ohio. He
first lived at the old block house, but later moved to
Williamsburg.
To the union of Elbridge Gerry and Margaret (Foster)
Ricker were born seven children:
Benjamin Jewett, who was born September 14, 1840, and was
major of the Thirty-fourth Ohio volunteers. Following the
close of the war, he studied law, and was admitted to the
Clermont county bar. He died at the home of his brother,
Dr. J. T. Ricker, at Glen Rose, Ohio, September, 1907.
Rosella A., who was born April 1, 1842, married
Dr. Edwin Freeman, a prominent surgeon of Cincinnati, who rendered
gallant service to his country as a member of the Ninth
army corps, and who afterward filled the chair of
professor of surgery at the Eclectic Medical College. They
had two sons and one daughter: Foster Freeman, unmarried;
Dr. E. R. Freeman, who became professor of dermatology in
the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati, and was a
member of the staff of the Seaton Hospital, dying
unmarried in 1912, and Rosella Margaret Freeman, married
Alan Ross Raff, and to them have been born one child,
Rosella.
Thomas Foster, lost his life as a result of a wound
received while serving his country during the Civil war.
He died unmarried, 1874.
Maria, who was born July 24, 1845, died July 8, 1872,
unmarried.
Edward, born October 8, 1846, died unmarried.
Joseph Trimble, born May 18, 1848.
Sarah Foster, born November 22f 1855, was educated at the
Wesleyan Female College, at Cincinnati, Ohio, and married
William T. Simpson, of College Hill, Ohio, who is vice-president
of the American Rolling Mills Company, of Middleton, Ohio,
and to them was born one child, Robert, who died in early
childhood.
There is perhaps no family in Clermont county who has more
intimate knowledge of the history of the county, its
advantages, improvements and advancement than the members
of the Ricker family, who for many years have witnessed
its growth and through long years have taken an active
part in the progress that conserves commercial development
and general prosperity of the community.
Source: History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio
- Vol. II - by Byron Williams - Publ. 1913 - Page 45 |
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W. O. ROBINSON.
William O. Robinson, the enterprising and
energetic merchant and postmaster of Perintown, Ohio,
was born in Batavia township, Clermont county, Ohio,
Mar. 20, 1862, his parents being Oliver and Laura A.
(Lytle) Robinson.
The boyhood days of Mr.
Robinson were spent on the farm and he was educated
in the country schools of the county. He then
taught school one term, after which he went to Lebanon,
Ohio, where he attended school in the summer, but taught
during the winter terms in the country schools. He
kept this up for three years, having for a teacher,
"Daddy" Holbrook." He continued teaching,
later attending the summer school at Valparaiso, Ind.,
for two summers. By constant application to his work,
Mr. Robinson earned a first class life certificate
to teach, in which profession he was engaged for
twenty-one years in Clermont county.
In 1904, Mr. William Robinson desiring a change
of occupation became an employee of the Union Central
Life Insurance Company, when Mr. John G. Pattison
was its president, and at the time the latter was
elected governor of Ohio. After spending three
years in the insurance business Mr. Robinson came
to Perintown, where he purchased a stock of merchandise
and was appointed postmaster.
In 1864, when Mr. William O. Robinson was two
years of age, his father died, leaving two children, our
subject and a sister, Lillian. His mother
married again and her second husband was James Hitch.
To this union two children were born, Harriet and
Frank. The stepfather being an invalid, it
became necessary for William to help in the
support of the family when he was quite young, which he
did by teaching.
Lillian and Harriet became teachers, the
latter following the profession until her marriage to
Monroe Wiseman, of Ironton, Ohio. She
has two children, Franklin and Robert.
The half-brother, Frank, is a graduate of the
State University, and is city engineer of New York City.
The mother and step-father of Mr. Robinson
are still living in Batavia, Ohio.
Mr. William Robinson is not only a staunch
Democrat, but has been a delegate many times to the
various conventions, and refused the office of county
treasurer in 1912. He is a member of the Methodist
church, and has for many years been a teacher of the
Bible class. He is well known in the fraternal
circles of the county and State, holding membership in
the Free and Accepted Masons, and is past worshipful
master, representing his lodge at the grand lodge for
two years. He is also a member of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows at Amelia, No. 99, being past grand
and representing his lodge for three years at grand
lodge. He was district deputy for two years,
installing officers all over the district, including
Clermont and Brown counties.
Mr. Robinson is not only a self-made man,
but he has been the main support of the family as they
grew up, helping materially in educating those younger
than himself. He yet contributes to the needs of
his mother and step-father, and to any who are in need
of assistance. He has been a great benefit to the
young of his locality, is very well read, and is
informed on all the subjects of education and political
interest.
Source: History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio -
Vol. II - by Byron Williams - Publ. 1913 - Page 476 |
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DR.
JOHN GEORGE ROGERS. Dr. John George
Rogers was one of the most noted of the physicians
and surgeons of the pioneer days of Clermont county,
Ohio, who practiced at a time when it was necessary for
great sacrifice of personal comfort, for the taking of
long, arduous rides over poor roads in sparsely settled
districts. The birth of Dr. J. G. Rogers
occurred near Camden, New Jersey, Apr. 29, 1797, his
parents being Dr. Levi and Anna (George)
Rogers, who came to Clermont county in 1804,
settling first at Williamsburg. In 1810, the
family removed to Bethel, where the father died, Apr. 4,
1815, in his forty-seventh year, and his wife, who was a
native of New Jersey, passed away at Batavia Oct. 13,
1856.
After having acquired the knowledge usually taught in
the schools of his day, John George Rogers was
placed under the instruction of his rather at home,
where he received most of his literary education, and
where the deep and broad foundations of his professional
life were laid. His father, having a large
practice, was often away form home and many of the
duties were placed on his son, who in boyhood acquired
great dexterity in extracting teeth, bleeding and many
of the operations of minor surgery, as well as
dispensing medicine in the absence of the father.
When fourteen years of age. William Goble,
a farmer near Bethel, Ohio, was severely and thought to
be fatally wounded by a cut from a scythe upon the back
and shoulder, which in the absence of his father, the
boy was compelled to attend. He took eleven stitches, an
inch and one-half apart. in the wound, with such success
that the next day, upon examination, his father
pronounced a perfect surgical job.
Upon the death of his father, Dr. Rogers applied
himself closely to the study of medicine, under the
instruction of Dr. William Wayland,
for two years, receiving instruction also from Dr.
David Morris. He spent two years reading
medicine with Dr. Zeno Fenn, an eminent physician
of Clermont county. At the age of twenty years,
Dr. Rogers settled at New Richmond, June 11,
1818, where he soon became a noted and successful
physician.
In 1824, he was appointed by the General Assembly, with
others as a censor, to organize the First District
Medical Society of Ohio, composed of the counties of
Clermont and Hamilton. When the Ohio Medical
College of Cincinnati was fully organized, in 1825,
Dr. Rogers attended the lectures by
Professors Morehead, Slack, Cobb
and Whitman, graduating with the highest honors
in 1826. He was the main instrument in the
organization of the Clermont County Medical Society, on
May 11, 1853, and was its first president, in which
capacity he again served in 1859 and 1867. He was
a member of the Ohio State Medical Society and attended
many of its annual meetings, and took an active part in
the famous meeting at White Sulphur Springs. He
was a member, also, of the American Medical Association,
attending the sessions at Washington, Baltimore,
Louisville and other points. He performed many
important surgical operations, for which he was
commended by the medical journals. He was the
family physician of Jesse R. Grant and officiated
at the birth of Ulysses S. Grant.
On Oct. 19, 1820, he was married to the accomplished
daughter of United States Senator Thomas
Morris, Julia Morris, by whose
death he was left with five small children, who were
Eliza H., Levinia, Lydia Ann married Jacob
Ebersole, Rachel M. married Thedore Griffis,
of Connersville, Ind., and Dr. Levi M.
The second marriage of Dr. Rogers
occurred Nov. 19, 1833, to Sarah Ann Molyneaux,
of Scotch-Irish parentage, born at County Antrim,
Ireland. Her family sprang from the French
Huguenots, who escaped from France to Ireland after the
terrible massacre of St. Bartholomew. Her parents
immigrated to America about 1820, settling at Point
Pleasant,
Clermont county, Ohio.
Dr. Rogers was a member of Clermont
Social Lodge, No. 29, of Williamsburg, Free and Accepted
Masons. He was a member, as was his excellent
wife, of the Presbyterian church,
and throughout his long and eventful life was identified
with all movements for the advancement of Christianity.
In politics, he was originally a Jackson Democrat, but
in his later years was identified with the Republican
party. Although he never held office he always
endeavored to advance
the moral and educational interests of the community in
general.
Dr. Rogers was one of the most
influential and unflinching opponents of slavery and
lived to see his cherished antislavery principles
adopted and carried out by the government. During
his long and honorable career he was an advocate of
morality, religion, education, humanity and science and
a man worthy of the proud line of which he was an
illustrious descendant.
Source: History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio -
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LEVI
M. ROGERS. Mr. Levi M. Rogers, who
is conducting a confectionery business in Milford in
accordance with the progressive ideas of the modern
commercial world, where he is numbered among the
foremost because of his unremitting diligence and his
employment of methods that neither seek nor require
disguise, is meeting with well merited success.
Besides the business in Milford. Mr. Rogers
makes trips over a large section of Clermont county,
handling a wholesale trade. He was the choice of
the people in 1913 for county treasurer. He
resides on Cleveland avenue, his home for the past
twenty years.
Levi M. Rogers was born in the east end of
Cincinnati, on the 26th of November, 1870, and is a son
of Dr. Levi M. and Anna (Ebersole) Rogers, of
whom mention is .made else where on these pages. Mr.
Levi M. Rogers was reared in Goshen township,
Clermont county, where he received his education,
remaining until his twenty-second year, when he removed
to Milford, which has since been his home.
The marriage of Mr. Rogers to Miss Jennie
Mullen was celebrated in Cincinnati in 1895.
Her parents were John A. and Louisa (Kincaid) Mullen
the former of whom was a contractor and builder, who was
born in 1841 and passed away in February, 1896.
His widow is now residing at Milford and is seventy-one
years of age, her birth having taken place in 1841.
Mrs. Rogers's maternal grandmother lived to the
advanced age of ninety-one years, while her husband
lived to the age of ninety-eight. Mrs. R. T.
Ashurst, of Georgetown, Ky., and Mrs. John H.
Stephens, of Milford, Ohio, are sisters of Mrs.
Rogers.
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers are the parentsof six children,
and the family circle remains unbroken. They are
as follows:
Louise M., was born in 1897.
Mildred L. whose
birth occurred in 1899.
Harold L., was born
in 1901.
Anna Catherine was
born in 1903.
Kenneth G., was born in 1906.
Wilbur A., was born
in 1908.
Mr. Rogers has ever voted in support of men who are
pledged to uphold Republican principles. He is
deeply interested in all affairs that affect his
townsmen and has served as land appraiser and as a
member of the board of public affairs. He is a
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of
the United Commercial Travelers’ Association.
Mrs. Rogers is a member of the Methodist church, of
which denomination her paternal grandfather was a
minister, in Indiana. They are people who are
highly esteemed in the community in which they have
lived for so many years, having made a large circle of
warm friends. At the election of Nov. 5, 1912,
Mr. Rogers was elected treasurer of Clermont county,
being one of three Republicans who were elected in the
county.
Source: History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio -
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DR.
LEVI M. ROGERS. No biographical review of
Clermont county would be complete without mention of the
life record of Dr. Levi M. Rogers, deceased, who
for many years was prominent in the medical fraternity
of New Richmond, Ohio, and the surrounding country, and
Cincinnati, where for more than twenty years he
practiced in his profession. He was also prominent
in military circles, having been a captain of Company C,
One Hundred and Thirty-ninth regiment, Ohio volunteer
infantry, in the one hundred day service in the Civil
war. He was of a family of physicians, his father
and grandfather having been distinguished physicians and
surgeons.
Dr. Rogers was a son of Dr. John George and
Julia (Morris) Rogers, his mother being a daughter
of Thomas Morris, who for twenty-four consecutive
years was a member of the legislature and senate of Ohio
from December, 1806, to 1830.
His residence was at Bethel, Ohio. Mrs. Rogers
was an accomplished lady of much intellectuality.
The father was one of the most noted physicians of
Clermont county in his day, and was a native of New
Jersey, his birth having occurred at Camden, Apr. 29,
1797.
The paternal grandfather of our subject, Dr. Levi
Rogers, was a native of Maryland, and in early life
was an itinerant Methodist minister, who soon after his
marriage to Anna George, only daughter of John
and Sarah George, relinquished the itineracy
and studied medicine, attending lectures at Jefferson
College, in Philadelphia, under Professors
Shippen, Rush, Wise, Wistar,
Barton and other eminent men. He became a
surgeon in the Nineteenth regiment in the War of 1812.
The maternal grandfather of Dr. John George Rogers,
the father of this mention, was first a private in the
First battalion, second establishment in the State of
New Jersey, and was sergeant in the same battalion from
Jan. 1, 1780, in Capt. Aaron Ogdon’s company,
First regiment.
Dr. Levi M. Rogers was united in marriage to
Miss Anna Ebersole, Oct. 15, 1851, at her father’s
home at Oakley, Hamilton county, Ohio. She was
born at the mouth of the Little Miami river, Cincinnati,
a daughter of Christian and Theodosia (Webb) Ebersole,
the latter of whom was born at Newtown, Ohio, near
Cincinnati, she being a daughter of Gen. Clayton Webb,
who served two terms in the Ohio Senate, also prominent
during the War of 1812. His wife was a daughter of
Bethnell Riggs, who served during the War of the
Revolution.
To the union of Dr. Levi M. Rogers and wife were
born ten children, of whom four are now living:
Lida H. is Mrs. Cassius M. Fisher, of
Cincinnati, her marriage having taken place Dec. 18,
1883. Mr. Fisher was previously married on
Oct. 25, 1877, to Julia Ann Rogers, who died Dec.
12, 1882, leaving one son, Willis W., assistant
city engineer at the new Cincinnati Water Works.
His birth occurred Feb. 7, 1879. Mrs. Fisher
is a member of the Daughters of 1812, the Daughters of
Veterans, and of the National Red Cross, besides being
prominent in other clubs of her home city. She is
a devoted member of the Knox Presbyterian Church of Hyde
Park.
Charles E., a
resident of Cincinnati.
John George, of Brown county, Ohio.
Levi M., a resident of Milford, where he
conducts a wholesale confectionary business.
Dr. Levi M. Rogers attained a high rank in his
profession and although he was but in his fiftieth year
of life when the grim hand of death ended his successful
career his fame as a physician and surgeon was far
reaching. The memory of his good deeds and upright
conduct will ever live in the hearts of his children and
the large circle of friends.
Source: History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio
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