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ISAAC
ALEXANDER is a farmer of Clark township, this county, who was
born in 1845 in Brown county, Ohio, the son of Hugh and Clarinda
(Covolt) Alexander, natives of Virginia and Brown county, Ohio,
respectively. The paternal grandparents of Isaac Alexander
died in the Old Dominion state and his maternal grandparents died in
Brown county.
Hugh Alexander was educated in the schools of
Virginia, and emigrated to Brown county, Ohio, some time before his
marriage, and in that county he and his wife spent the rest of their
lives. They were the owners of fifty-acres of land and reared a
family of fourteen children, of whom four sons, Robert, Abraham,
Johnson and Jeiel, were soldiers in the Union army during
the Civil War. Robert and Abraham died of camp
diarrhea shortly after their return home and the other two sons
survived the effects of the war.
Isaac Alexander was educated in Brown county,
Ohio, and shortly after his marriage, moved to Fayette county,
where, for three years, he rented land. At the end of this
period, he moved to Clark township, Clinton county, and there
purchased fifty acres of land, where he now lives. He and his
wife have a comfortable home and are highly respected in the
community in which they live. They are the parents of four
children, Stella, Walter, Frank and Mary. Mrs.
Alexander, before her marriage, was Sophia Rhonemous and
was married to Isaac Alexander in 1877. She was reared
in Jefferson township, Clinton county.
Mrs. Alexander has always been a member of the
Protestant Methodist church and is prominently identified with all
of the activities of that congregation. |
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CHARLES F.
ALLEN. By his indomitable enterprise and progressive
methods, Charles F. Allen has come to be one of the most
successful men of Sabina, Clinton County, Ohio. He is a man of
most genial nature, but nevertheless painstaking and careful in his
business relations and today is one of the most prosperous citizens
of the community.
Charles F. Allen was born on May 5, 1852, at
Bainbridge in Ross county, Ohio, and is the son of George and
Amanda (Fort) Allen, the former of whom was born in 1818 in
Highland county, Ohio, and the latter of whom was born in Bainbridge
in Ross county and died in 1863. George Allen was the
son of George Allen, Sr., who was born in New Jersey and who
came to Ohio in 1815 or 1816.
George Allen, the father of Charles F.,
was educated in the common schools of Ross county and when a young
man learned the carpenter trade. In 1858 he came to Sabina and
spent the rest of his life in this town. He was a contractor
and builder and in 1875 established a lumber yard which his son,
Charles F., still operates. He was engaged in the general
retail lumber business until his retirement in 1807. He died
in 1904.
George and Amanda (Fort) Allen were the parents
of the following children: Ethan, never married;
William, married Lydia Barlough; James; Charles; Emma,
married C. B. Hill; John, married Ann Uptegraff;
George; Ella, married Lewis Lappe; Henry, died in
infancy; and another son died in infancy. The late George
Allen was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and as a
Republican served many terms as a member of the town council.
Charles F. Allen was educated in the common
schools of Sabina and when a young man engaged in the lumber
business with his father and became a partner with his father in
1875 and in 1897 succeeded his father in this business. In
1914 Mr. Allen's son, Ross, was taken into the firm.
It was started originally on a capital of seven hundred and fifty
dollars in 1875, and it has grown to a business with a capital stock
of seven thousand five hundred dollars. The firm handles
lumber and building materials of all kinds and has a large and
valuable patronage in this part of Clinton county.
On November 25, 1874, Charles F. Allen, was
married to Anna Drake, who was born on November 10, 1856 in
Clinton county, Ohio, and who is the daughter of Daniel Drake.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen have had three children: Harry R., who
married Evelyn Robison, has one child, Arthur, and is
engaged in the wholesale lumber business at Columbus, Ohio; Ross
W. married Eva Leffel and they have one child,
Russell; Charles J. is unmarried and lives at home with his
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen are members of the Methodist
Episcopal church. Mr. Allen is a member of the
Knights of Pythias. He is an ardent and enthusiastic
Republican. |
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FRANK O.
ALLISON, who for years has been the popular station agent of
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company at Blanchester, this county,
was born in New Vienna, Clinton county, on June 27, 1872, a son of
Jesse Hunt and Sarah (Miller) Allison, the former of
whom was born on Dec. 26, 1839, in Rush county, Indiana, and the
latter in Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1844.
Jesse Hunt Allison is the son of John and
Eunice (Hunt) Allison, both natives of Highland county, Ohio,
the former born in 1807, and the latter in 1811. John
Allison was a son of William and Nancy Allison, pioneers
of Highland county, where they both died. Eunice Hunt
was a daughter of Asa and Marion Hunt, also pioneer settlers
of Highland county. John Allison emigrated to Rush
county, Indiana, in 1835, and later to the Wabash country, near
Lafayette, where he died in 1844. Later his widow and family
returned to Rush county, Indiana, and after being there for three
years, came to Clinton county, settling near New Vienna.
Mrs. John Allison died in Rush county, Indian in 1901. She
and her husband were the parents of six children, Asa H., Ashala,
Isaac R., Jesse H., Thomas G. and William G. Of
these six sons all served in the Civil War, except William,
and all are now deceased, except Jesse H., the father of
Frank O.
Jesse H. Allison was married in 1869 to Sarah
Miller, a daughter of Samuel and Charity P. Miller, who
emigrated from Columbiana county, Ohio, to Clermont county, and
afterwards to Clinton county, and whose remains are buried in the
cemetery at New Vienna. To Jesse H. and Sarah (Miller)
Allison the following children were born: Frank O.,
Veda, Henrietta, William Logan, Mary A., Jesse Augusta, who died
at the age of nine years, and Harry J. and Fred D.,
who died early in life, the former having drowned. Jesse H.
Allison was a soldier in the Civil War, having served in the
Forty-eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, successively as a
private, surgeon and lieutenant. He was discharged in 1864,
and is now living retired in New Vienna, Ohio. He is a
Democrat in politics and has held various political positions of
trust and responsibility, and is a member of the Grand Army of the
Republic. He and his good wife are members of the Methodist
Episcopal church, in the various beneficences of which they are
actively interested.
Frank O. Allison was reared in New
Vienna and was educated in the public schools there, finishing his
educational training in the high school at New Vienna. He was
station agent at New Vienna for several years for the Baltimore &
Ohio Railway Company, but in 1908 was transferred to Blanchester and
since then has been station agent at the latter place.
In 1905 Frank O. Allison was married to Clara
Driscoll, of New Vienna, a daughter of Charles and Mary Jane
(Curren) Driscoll. Charles Driscoll traveled overland to
California during the time of the "gold fever" in 1849, and had
several narrow escapes form capture or death by the Indians.
He died in 1912, at the age of eighty-two years, and his widow died
in 1914, at the age of sixty-nine years. Mr. and Mrs. Frank
O. Allison are the parents of two children, Gaylin Dean
and Thelma Louise.
Although Mr. Allison is actively identified
with the Republican party, he has never aspired to office.
Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
the Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks,
the Modern Woodmen of America and the Sons of Veterans. Mr.
and Mrs. Allison are members of the Methodist Episcopal church
and take an active interest in all good works in and about
Blanchester, where they are held in high esteem by many friends. |
JESSE H.
ALLISON, a well known and prominent citizen of New Vienna, this
county, who served as a soldier in the Union army during the Civil
War, was born on December 26, 1839, in Rush county, Indiana, the son
of John and Eunice (Hunt) Allison, the former of whom was
born in Highland county, Ohio, in 1807, and the latter in the same
county four years later. John Allison was the son of
William and Nancy Allison, pioneers of that county, where both
died. Eunice Hunt was the daughter of Asa and Marian
Hunt, also pioneers of that county, where they spent practically
all of their lives. John Allison was a farmer, who
emigrated to Rush county, Indiana, in 1835, and later to the Wabash
country, near Lafayette, where he died in 1844. Later, his
widow and family returned to Rush county, and after being there for
three years, came to Clinton county, settling near New Vienna.
Mrs. John Allison died in Rush county, Indiana, in 1901.
They were the parents of six children, Asa H., Achasa, Isaac R.,
Jesse H., Thomas G. and William G. Of these five
sons, all served as Union soldiers during the Civil War, except
William, and all are now deceased, except Jesse H., the
subject of this biographical sketch.
In September, 1861, Jesse H. Allison, then
twenty-two years of age, enlisted in the Forty-eighth Regiment, Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and served, successively, as a private, sergeant
and lieutenant. For a time he commanded his company.
During the Vicksburg campaign, he was an aide-de-camp, attached to
the brigade staff. Among the more noted engagements in which
he participated were the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg and
Jackson. He received his honorable discharge in 1864.
After coming home from the war. Mr. Allison engaged in
business at New Vienna, where, for many years, he conducted a
hardware and agricultural implement store, doing a very successful
business.
In 1869, Jesse H. Allison was married, in New
Vienna, by the Rev. Charles Bowers, minister of the Methodist
Episcopal church, and the Rev. John Henry Douglas, the
Friends minister, to Sarah Charity Miller, who was born in
Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1844, daughter of Samuel and Charity
P. Miller, who emigrated from Columbiana county, to Clermont
county, this state, and then to Clinton county. Their remains
are buried in the cemetery at New Vienna. To Jesse H. and
Sarah Charity (Miller) Allison the following children have been
born: Frank O., Veda Henrietta, William Logan, Mary
A., of Detroit, Michigan; Jessie Augusta, who died at the
age of nine years; Earl M. and Harry J., who died
early in life, the latter having been drowned.
Mr. Allison was an Abraham Lincoln
Republican until the campaign of 1806, when he became a William
Jennings Bryan Democrat. He served as treasurer of Green
township and as corporation treasurer, also as a member of the
school board for a number of years. He is a member of Carey
Johnson Post No. 405, Grand Army of the Republic, and was commander
of the post for some years. Mr. and Mrs. Allison are
members of the Methodist Episcopal church at New Vienna. |
C. ALLEN
ATLEY, a progressive farmer and thresherman of Liberty
township, this county, is a man of likeable qualities, who is keenly
interested in all local enterprises. He was born in this
county on July 5, 1865, the son of John and Eveline (Sanderson)
Atley, the former of whom was born in Adams county, Ohio, and
the latter in Liberty township, this county, the daughter of
Henry N. and Sarah (Earley) Sanderson. Sarah (Earley)
Sanderson was a daughter of Solomon Earley, who was one
of the early landholders of Liberty township. Henry N.
Sanderson was an early settler in Clinton county, a school
teacher and farmer by occupation. He owned four hundred acres
of land and operated a private bank at his home in the country for
the convenience of his neighbors and was otherwise active in local
affairs.
John Atley was the son of Henry and Sarah
Atley, natives of Kentucky. Henry Atley's
grandfather and two of his brothers came from France with
Lafayette during the Revolutionary War, and after the close of
the Revolutionary War, settled in Virginia. In earlier times
the Atley name was written "De Atley." While
Henry Atley was still single, he moved to Adams county, Ohio,
where he entered two hundred acres of land, which he held during the
remainder of his life. He was a soldier in the War of 1812,
and died at the age of ninety-four. He and his good wife had
seven children, one of whom was John Atley, father of C.
Allen Atley. John Atley left Adams county at the age of
twenty years and came to Clinton county one year before the breaking
out of the Civil War. He prospered here and was the owner of
one hundred and fifty-three acres at the time of his death.
The family, however, held over four hundred acres, a part of which
had been inherited by Mrs. John Atley from her
parents. John Atley died in 1910 and his widow is
still living. They were the parents of six children, of whom
C. Allen Atley, the subject of this sketch, was the
eldest, the others being Nelia, Elie, Ellie, Anna and
Effie. Ellie married Harvey Garber and lives in
Liberty township, this county; Ellie married George Drake
of Wilson township; Anna married E. P. Stotler, of
Green township, and Effie married Henry Sprague, of
Richland township.
Mr. Atley was educated in the public schools of
Clinton county and has always been engaged in farming. In 1913
he remodeled his barn and owns his home farm one hundred and
eighty-two acres. During the past three years he has been
engaged, in partnership with two neighbors, in the management of the
threshing machine. Mr. Atley married Nettie Rockhill,
who was born in this county, the daughter of John G. and
Lydia Emily (Green) Rockhill, and to this union four children
have been born, John C. (deceased), Earnest Vernon, Earl
Russell and Allen Denver, all of whom live at home with
her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Atley are members of the Methodist
Protestant church at Port William and are regular attendants at
Sunday school. Mr. Atley is a member of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, including both the subordinate and encampment
branches, and is also a member of the Daughters of Rebekah. He
takes an active interest in local affairs and is a member of the
board of education. Although Mr. Atley is nominally a
Democrat, he is more or less independent in voting. |
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