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FRANK BASHORE CARTWRIGHT,
a successful farmer of Green township, this county, was born in that
township on Oct. 15, 1884, the son of Willis and Elizabeth (Bashore)
Cartwright, the former a native of Highland county, and the latter
born in Clinton county. They are the parents of three children,
Bertha, Eva and Frank Bashore, and are now living retired in
Wilmington, to which place they moved in 1907. Mr. Cartwright
is a Republican in politics.
Frank Bashore Cartwright was reared on a farm
near Antioch in Green township and was educated in the public schools.
He has always been engaged in farming and owns a farm of one hundred and
thirty-five acres in Green township. He also rents one hundred
acres of land near Antioch, besides the Amos Fisher farm of one
hundred and thirty-five acres. Mr. Cartwright is a general
farmer and stockman.
On Oct. 18, 1906, Frank Bashore Cartwright was
married to Elizabeth Fisher, who was born on the farm where
Mr. and Mrs. Cartwright now live, Oct. 9, 1884, the daughter of
Amos and Ruth (Terrell) Fisher, the former of whom was the son of
John Fisher and the latter the daughter of John Terrell.
Amos Fisher died on January 28, 1906, at his death having been the
owner of about three hundred acres of land. John and Hannah
Fisher are both deceased, the latter dying in 1904. Mr. and
Mrs. Frank B. Cartwright are the parents of three children,
Virginia Ruth, born on Oct. 7, 1907; Vera Ione, July 3, 1901,
and Homer Russell, July 2, 1913.
A Republican in politics, Mr. Cartwright has
served as a member of the school board. Fraternally, he is a
member of the Modern Woodmen of America at New Vienna, Ohio.
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HENRY GILROY CARTWRIGHT,
one of the well-known lawyers of Wilmington and Clinton county, who has
been in partnership with Joe T. Doan for many years, is descended
from pioneers of this section of Ohio who had a conspicuous part of its
early history. Some of his ancestors were prominent
Abolitionists, and before the Civil War assisted in the maintenance of
the "underground railroad." Mr. Cartwright himself is a man
who was well trained for the practice of his profession, and who, as one
of the leading Republicans of Clinton county, has been active in the
political and civic life of the county.
Henry G. Cartwright was born at New
Burlington, in Chester township, this county, on Sept. 24, 1873, a son
of Henry G. and Mary L. (Harrison) Cartwright the former of whom
was born at Front Royal, Frederick county, Virginia, on March, 1837, and
died on Nov. 8, 1803. The latter was born at Springfield, Ohio, in
February, 1839, and died on April 2, 1907. Mr. Cartwright's
paternal grandparents were Lawrence W. and Lucinda (Tobin) Cartwright,
both of whom were natives of Virginia and of English descent.
Lawrence W. Cartwright learned the tailor's trade, and was engaged
in that vocation at Front Royal, Virginia. In 1850 he and his
family removed to New Burlington, Clinton county, Ohio, and there he
conducted a general store and served as postmaster for many years.
In the early days he had been a stanch Whig, and later became identified
with the Republican party. His family were active members of the
Methodist Episcopal church, and he was an officer in that church.
He died at the age of seventy-nine, while his wife died in middle life.
After her death he was again married, and his second wife died a few
years later. There were three children by each marriage.
Mr. Cartwright's maternal grandfather was Peter Harrison, a
native of Yorkshire, England, whose wife a native of Mississippi.
He was a cabinetmaker, undertaker, and a lay Methodist Episcopal
minister. He came to the United States at the age of eighteen and
located in Waynesville, Ohio, later removing to Springfield, from which
place he came to this county and lived at New Burlington for many years.
He was a strong Abolitionist and was identified with the "underground
railroad" movement in the year preceding the Civil War. At the age
of seventy years he removed to Hall county, Nebraska, and Harrison
township in that county, where he homesteaded a quarter section of land,
was named for him, and there he died at the age of eighty years.
Henry G. Cartwright was thirteen years of age
when his family came to this county and here he received a good
education. When a lad he worked as a clerk in the John Grant
general store at New Burlington, and at the Beginning of the Civil War,
enlisted for service in the Second Ohio Artillery, serving until his
discharge for physical disability. In the spring of 1874 Henry
G. Cartwright opened a dry goods and shoe store in partnership with
John C. Cook, at Wilmington, and a few years later purchased the
interests of Mr. Cook and operated the store alone, under the
name of the "Eagle Store," continuing as proprietor of the store until
his death in 1893. He was a Republican and took an active interest
in all local public affairs. The family were all members of the
Methodist Episcopal church. Of the four children born to Henry
G. and Mary L. (Harrison) Cartwright, Harry died in infancy;
Henry Gilroy is the subject of this sketch; Aurora C. is a
resident of Wilmington, and Charles B., also a resident of
Wilmington, where he works in a dry goods store.
Henry G. Cartwright as a lad lived in Wilmington
and there attended the public schools. He was graduated from the
Wilmington high school in 1892, and subsequently entered Wilmington
College. Still later he became a student at Ohio State University
at Columbus and was graduated from the law department of that
institution in 1895. For several years he practiced his profession
alone, but in 1904, formed a partnership with Joe T. Doan, which
still continues. Mr. Cartwright served as city solicitor of
Wilmington for two years, and for twelve years has been a member of the
Wilmington board of education. He has served as a delegate to many
conventions of the Republican party, with which he has for years been
prominently identified.
On November 25, 1896, Henry G. Cartwright was
married to Anna G. Gallup, who was born in Wilmington, the
daughter of Horace and Frances H. Gallup, the former of whom is
deceased, but the latter of whom is still living. To this union
one child has been born, a son, Herman G., born on March 19,
1898, who is now a student in the Wilmington high school.
Mr. and Mrs. Cartwright are members of the
Presbyterian church. Mr. Cartwright is a director and
secretary of the Union Loan and Savings Company, of Wilmington, and is a
member of the Masonic lodge, including the chapter, the council and the
Order of Eastern Star. He is also a member of the subordinate
branch and uniform rank of the Knights of Pythias, besides the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Mr. Cartwright is a man well versed in the law
and is familiar, not only with the fundamental principles upon which the
law is based, but with all the modern decisions of practically all the
courts in which he practices, besides the higher courts. He is a
wise and fair counsellor and a successful practitioner in court, his
firm enjoying a large practice, which has been built upon honorable and
fair dealing with the public. Personally, Mr. Cartwright is
highly respected by his fellow citizens, and is popular among the people
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HARVEY W. CLEMENS, a
prosperous farmer of Richland township and a conservative business man of
this county, owns sixty-five acres of land, one-half mile west of Sabina,
the farm formerly owned by his father. Mr. Clemens has had
this farm for eight years and, during this time has erected a house, barn
and out-buildings and made many improvements on the place.
Harvey W. Clemens was born on Oct. 13, 1857, in
Richland township, this county, the son of Robert and Mary (Bishop P.
Clemens. Robert Clemens was born on July 4, 1816, in
Fluvanna county, Virginia, and died on June 23, 1882. On April 30,
1835, he married Mary Bishop, who was born on June 14, 1815, in
Albermarle county, Virginia. Robert Clemens, who was a farmer
by occupation, came to Ohio about 1846, and brought his family with him.
The were members of the Presbyterian church. Mrs. Robert Clemens
died on Aug. 3, 1891. Robert Clemens's father was Robert
Clemens, Sr., a farmer, who moved from Virginia to Missouri in an
early day and there spent the remainder of his life.
Harvey W. Clemens received a common-school
education in the public schools of this county. He was married on Aug. 15,
1883, to Ella Spurgeon, the eldest daughter of James W. and
Harriet E. (Lyons) Spurgeon, life-long residents of Sabina,
Richland township, and devout Christians, members of the Methodist
Protestant church, both of whom have passed on to their reward.
Mr. and Mrs. Clemens have no children.
They are members of the Friends church and have hosts of friends, among
whom they are held in high esteem. Mr. Clemens is a
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and prominent in the work
of the society. |
 HON. FRANK M. CLEVENGER.
The force of heredity is not always so easily traced in the lives of
public men as in the career of the Hon. Frank M. Clevenger,
one of Wilmington's best known attorneys and a man of interesting
and forceful personality. The fact that his grandfather was justice
of the peace for many years, and his father postmaster, at least
shows a predisposition in the family for public service, as well as
the possession of those personal qualities which are necessary to
merit the public confidence. For three generations, this noted
family have won the respect of their fellow-countrymen, evidenced by
honors which, perhaps, reached their culmination in the election of
Frank Clevenger to the state Senate to represent two districts.
Mr. Clevenger is now associated with Simeon G. Smith in one of
the best-known law firms in this section of the state. He is the son
of William, and Martha (Compton) Clevenger, and was born on a
farm in Washington
township,
Clinton county,
Ohio, on March 8, 1865.
Enos Clevenger, grandfather of our subject, was
the type of pioneer who leaves his impress upon his times. Born and
reared in Frederick
county, Virginia, he remained there until after his marriage
to Christina Crouse at
Winchester, Virginia,
in 1824. Soon after this event, they packed their scant household
goods on horses, and started northward, penetrating the forests of
the new country. The young wife, being of German extraction, had the
racial qualifications of the helpmeet of a pioneer, for she had love
of home, courage, contentment and faith, all of which were needed in
the trying years that followed. Traversing miles of attractive
country, the horses of these early settlers were not stopped except
temporarily, until they reached Clinton county, Ohio, which became
the future home of the family. Here Enos Clevenger became one
of the influential men of the community, and was justice of the
peace during nearly all of his residence in the county. He died near
Wilmington in
1867, his widow passing away three years later. Both the subject of
this sketch and his father were born on the farm on which the old
pioneer settled.
William Clevenger, although seventy-nine winters
have passed over his head, is now, and has been for the past
twenty-three years connected with the Irwin Auger Bit Company of
Wilmington. From 1885 until 1890, he was postmaster of the town, and
served with satisfaction to both his own and the opposing political
party. During these years, the devotion of his faithful wife, who
was a native of
Indiana, was no small element in either his happiness or his
success. Their five children are all boys. The eldest, George, is
now living near North
Yakima, Washington;
Frank was the second-born ; William W. resides in
Santa Anna,
California;
the two youngest died at the ages of four and seven, respectively.
The career of Frank M. Clevenger is of more than
ordinary interest, because it records activity in the great world of
affairs; it registers the thoughts and deeds of a man who has helped
to mold public opinion, as well as the laws effected thereby.
Although born on a farm, he did not remain there after his
eighteenth year, when, with an ambition which presaged well for his
future, he took up his residence in Wilmington in order to attend
school. Graduating with honors from the high school in 1886, he
began the study of law the following year, was admitted to the bar
in 1890, and has been in active practice since that time. For six
years, he had his own law office, then establishing the firm of
Slone, Martin & Clevenger, he practiced with them until 1899. In
November, of that year, he went into partnership with Simeon G.
Smith, and together, these noted lawyers have made their firm
one of the strongest and best known in this part of the state.
Mr. Clevenger, while attending to professional
duties, has always been an active politician, and as such, has made
his influence in the community felt. From 1909 to 1911 he
represented the fifth and sixth districts in the
Ohio state
Senate, these districts comprising the counties of Clinton,
Fayette,
Greene, Ross
and Highland. While serving his constituents in this capacity, he
was the author of a number of important bills, and was chairman of
the special committee appointed to investigate the subject of
taxation in Ohio,
which investigation resulted in the present law. Although Mr.
Clevenger filled the office of state senator with credit both to
himself and to the Republican party, under the present system of
"rotation of office," now existing, he was not a candidate for'
re-election.
Notwithstanding his busy professional life, and his
public services, Mr. Clevenger has been true to the religious
training of his God-fearing parents, and both he and Mrs. Clevenger
have been active in the work and worship of the Methodist Episcopal
church, of which the former is a trustee. Realizing, too, the
benefit's to be derived from organization on the social side of
life, Mr. Clevenger has allied himself with a number of
fraternal organizations, these including the Masons, the Odd
Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Elks lodge. In all of these,
affiliation has meant to the noted lawyer not merely membership, but
helpful co-operation.
Mary H. Robinson, a native of Frederick county,
Virginia, became the wife of Mr. Clevenger in August, 1890,
the ceremony having been performed at her home in Win
Chester,
Virginia. In their home two children have been born, Agnes
Virginia
and Russell Robinson. Mrs. Clevenger has been a
devoted wife and mother, and the circle of friends and acquaintances
gained through her husband's prominence in public life, has only
added to the number of those who respect and admire her.
Mr. Clevenger is considered one of the ablest
lawyers in the state
of Ohio. His keen insight, his ability to strike the correct
theory of a case, his power of logical thought, and of facile
expression, all go to make up what is known as "the legal mind." And
the crowning tribute to such a man as he, is that his gifts have not
been limited to the -furthering of personal desires and interests,
but have been considered by him in the nature of a trust to be used
for the common good. With what success this ideal has been attained
may be judged by his usefulness and prominence in the community in
which the name of Clevenger has been honored in the past, as
well as in the present generation.
Mr. Clevenger was appointed by Governor Frank
B. Willis, on June 21, 1915, a member of the Ohio state board on
uniform state laws, for the term ending June 5, 1918. The object is
the outgrowth of, a movement made by the bar association about ten
years ago. The object is for each state to provide a board which
will formulate plans to bring about' uniformity of laws throughout
the United States. They shall collect data as to the prevailing law
in the United States and other countries, upon special subjects
where uniformity is important, and especially on the following
subjects : Conveyances—form and execution ; commercial law,
including bills of lading; corporations; insurance, fire and life ;
negotiable instruments; partnerships; trade-marks; unfair
competition; warehouse receipts; labor, uniform hours of ; marriage
and divorce; wills, execution and probate.
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HARRY L. CONNER.
The Conner family has been represented in Clinton
county since 1831, in which year Jacob Conner, born in Maryland
in 1801 and his wife, who was Susan White, also a native of
Maryland, came to this county and located in Union township, where they
became established as among the best known and most influential
residents of that section of the county. Jacob Conner was
the son of Patrick and Mary (Lannem) Conner, also natives of
Maryland. Patrick Conner was a blacksmith, held a captain's
rank in the army of the United States during the War of 1812 and at the
close of that war did not return home, the presumption being created
that he was numbered with the unknown dead. His widow accompanied
her son to this county and spent her last days here. Susan
White's father, also a blacksmith, was a soldier during the War of
1812, and he, too was reported among the missing. His widow spent
her last days in Maryland.
Joseph Conner, father of the immediate subject
of this sketch, a son of Jacob and Susan (White) Conner, was born
in Union township, this county, receiving his education in the district
schools of that township. He always has been a farmer and has been
quite successful, most of his life having been spent in Washington
township, where he now resides. He has given much attention to
public affairs and is regarded as one of the most public-spirited men in
the township, his services as ditch commissioner, and road supervisor
for years having given an impetus to highway improvements and drainage
in his community that has resulted in vast improvements in this
direction. He is now, and for some time past his been,
commissioner of drainage in Washington township and his effective
administration of the affairs of that office has met with the approval
of all concerned, he being generally recognized as a man of large
usefulness in the community. Two of Mr. Conner's brothers,
Jesse and Charles, performed valiant service in behalf of the
nation during the Civil War, as soldiers in an Ohio regiment, and
survived that dreadful struggle between the states.
Joseph Conner married Eliza Ireland, who
was born in Warren county, this state, a member of one of the old
families of that county, and to this union two children were born, both
sons, Harry L., the immediate subject of this sketch, and
Walter S. Mr. and Mrs. Conner are members of the Christian
church and their sons were reared in their influence ever having been
exerted in behalf of all movements designed to elevate the standards of
living thereabout.
Harry L. Conner, son of Joseph and Eliza
(Ireland) Conner, was born on the home farm in Washington township,
Clinton county, Ohio, and his entire life has been spent in that
township. He received his education in the neighboring district
school and was reared as a farmer, to which vocation he early gave his
serious attention. In 1808 he bought the farm of one hundred and
two acres in Washington township, on which he since has made his home,
and has prospered, being regarded as one of the most substantial farmers
of his neighborhood. Energetic, industrious and enterprising, he
has done well those things which his hand found to do, and is now very
well circumstanced, approaching middle life with a fair competence, well
fortified against the future chances of fortune.
On February 3, 1888, Harry L. Conner was united
in marriage to Minnie May Stephens, who was born in Union
township, this county, daughter of Frank and Sarah Drusilla (Gallaher)
Stephens, the former a native of Warren county, this state, and the
latter a native of Washington township, this county.
Frank Stephens was the son of Obadiah and
Susan (Ireland) Stephens, the former of whom was a native of New
Jersey and the latter a native of Warren county, this state.
Obadiah Stephens came to Ohio when a lad about seventeen years of
age, locating in Warren county, becoming a farmer and later operating a
distillery in that county. About the year 1830 he came over into
Clinton county and bought three hundred acres of land in Union township,
becoming one of the most substantial farmers in that section of the
county, and there spent the remainder of his days. His son,
Frank Stephens, married Sarah Drusilla Gallaher, of
Washington township, this county, daughter of Harvey and Ann
(Williams) Gallaher, the former of whom was the first white child
born in Warren county, who later became a resident of Washington
township, this county, where both he and his wife spent their last days.
One of their sons, James Gallaher, served the Union as a soldier
in one of the Ohio regiments during the dark days of the Civil War and
survived that great conflict.
To Harry L. and Minnie May (Stephens) Conner
thirteen children have been born, namely: Armeda Emaline, Eva
Eliza, Edwin Leslie, Leo Ray (deceased), Otto Neal,
(deceased), Harold Joseph, HErbert Franklin and Ruby Rotensis.
Mr. and Mrs. Conner are members of the Universalist church and their
children have been reared in that faith. They ever have taken an
active interest in the general welfare of the community in which they
reside and are held in the highest regard throughout that whole section
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THOMAS E. CRAIG, M. D. -
Dr. Thomas E. Craig is one of the leading physicians of Sabina, this
county, and, in a county which takes just pride in the personnel of its
professional men, especially its physicians, he has won for himself an
honorable position in the hearts of his fellow townsmen. Good
intellectual training, through professional knowledge and the possession
and utilization of these qualities and attributes have made Doctor
Craig locally eminent in his life calling.
Thomas E. Craig was born on Oct. 26, 1865, at
Stanton, in Fayette county, Ohio, the son of Thomas J. and Susannah J.
(Rosebrough) Craig, the former of whom was born at Greenfield, in
Highland county, Ohio, and the latter a native of Fayette county, the
daughter of John Rosebrough, who emigrated from New Jersey to
Highland county, this state, and who married Sarah Ann Cooley.
They had six children: John, Williams, Thompson, David, Mary and
Thomas J.
Thomas J. Craig was educated in the common schools
of Highland county, Ohio, and when a young man worked on a farm.
Later he operated a wholesale notion wagon between towns, also owning a
general store at Stanton. During the later years of his life he
lived on his farm of fifty acres. Thomas J. and Susannah J. Craig
had nine children, as follow: John, who enlisted in the Civil
War from Iowa, where he was living, died on a forced march and was buried
at Little Rock, Arkansas; Nancy, who married George Rowe;
Josephine, who married I. N. Rowe; Williams, who died young;
Mary Alice, who married S. S. Cockerelle; Parthenia, who became
the wife of J. L. Lines; Eliza, who is the wife of Eldridge
Cockerelle; David S., who married Grace Wilcox; and Dr.
Thomas E., the subject of this sketch. The father was an ardent
Republican in politics and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Thomas E. Craig began his pursuit of an
education in the common schools of Stanton, Ohio, and when a young man
taught school, later attending the normal school at Ada. Upon
reaching his decision to become a physician, he entered Starling Medical
School at Columbus, Ohio, and later was a student at the College of
Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, Maryland, from which latter
institution he was graduated with the class of 1892. He began
practicing in Sabina in July, 1892, and has practiced there ever since.
In 1893, Doctor Craig was married to Mary A.
Adams, daughter of Elias and Sarah B. (Bentley) Adams,
and to this happy union have been born three children, Sarah Helen,
Thomas Eugene and Carl.
Politically, Doctor Craig is a Republican.
He and his wife and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
He is a member of the Ohio State Medical Association and of the Clinton
County Medical Society. |
CHARLES CURL, mayor of
Wilmington, is a splendid illustration of success won through
self-reliance and earnest endeavor, having worked his way up through the
successive stages of printer's apprentice, drug clerk, reporter and
editor, and has been given the highest office it is in the power of his
city to bestow. When only fifteen years old he learned to set type in a
newspaper office, and since that day, the odor of printer's ink brings
memories of the time when he had not yet learned to fear the "blue
pencil."
Charles Curl was born while his mother
was on a visit to Winchester, Frederick county, Virginia, February 29,
1844, although his parents were, at the time, residents of Clinton
county. The father and mother were natives of Virginia, he being Daniel,
and she, Harriett (Hackney) Curl, both of Irish ancestry. The
former came to this county in the early days of 1838, his father being a
grocer in Wilmington during the Civil War. Daniel died in 1881, and his
widow is dead also.
The Curl home was one of integrity where the
highest principles of life and conduct were inculcated, but it was also
a place of strenuous work and struggle against the physical conditions
that all parents of large families must face unless they are unusually
blessed with this world's goods. Of the eight children of this home,
four are still living. These are Mrs. Jennie L. Drake, of New
Vienna, Ohio; Robert H., secretary of the Typographical Union at
Cincinnati; Mrs. Mary L. Lewis, of Mt. Auburn, Ohio, and Charles,
the subject of this sketch.
What education was obtainable to Charles Curl
before his fifteenth year, he acquired in the schools of Wilmington, and
on August 1, 1859, he secured employment in the office of the Clinton
Republican, where he remained for three years, being glad to work at a
salary of seventy-five dollars a year. This apprenticeship was followed
by a trip to the city of Cincinnati, where he worked for the Cincinnati
Enquirer for two years, at the end of which time he took up the duties
of a drug clerk in a store at Sixth and Walnut streets, in that city.
Having gained considerable experience in this vocation, Mr. Curl
returned to his home and was employed in the drug store of P. R. Way
& Company, where he remained for two years.
But again the newspaper field called the young man,
and, journeying to Washington Court House, he worked in the offices of
both the Register and Herald. On April 23, 1869, he returned to
Wilmington and entered for the second time the office of the Clinton
Republican, which was then owned by William B. Fisher and
Addison B. Russell, then secretary of state. This proved a long
period of service, for not until he took the chair of mayor did he sever
his connections with the paper. This was on January 1, 1914, he having
been elected the previous fall. Since being elected mayor, Mr.
Curl has done considerable general newspaper work, being local
representative for several out-of-town papers. The present honor
conferred upon Mr. Curl is not the first political office
he has held. For twelve years Mr. Curl was clerk of Union
township, a position which might be considered a stepping-stone to his
present office. He was also a member of the city council for six years,
this including the period during which the opera house and city hall
were built, and to both of these civic enterprises, Mr. Curl
gave his best endeavor.
On December 28, 1869, Charles Curl was united in
marriage to Martha Matilda Marble, a daughter of David Marble
of the famous family of Marblehead, Massachusetts. The mother of
Martha Matilda Marble was a Vandervort, one of
the most widely-known families of this county, and a family of great
influence. Of the children born of this marriage, Edgar died at
the age of five weeks; Harriett Eliza married the Hon.
R. E. Holliday, United States Consul to Santiago, Cuba, for the past
twelve years, and recently promoted from fourth-class to second-class
consulship, and they have three children, Martha, Margaret
and Mary.
Mr. and Mrs. Curl are prominent socially
in Wilmington society, and they have always stood for those substantial
values which have to do with the higher life of the community. They are
members of the Friends church, and give both their time and their means
to build up their denomination.
Mr. Curl is a Republican, and has since
youth had the interests of this party at heart.
Mr. Curl has a genial nature, a strong,
forceful personality that both attracts and retains friends, a keen,
analytical mind, and those qualities of leadership which inspire
confidence and respect. Although a man much in public life, he is not
self-seeking, for the honors which have come to him have been more in
the form of recognition of public service than as "political plums." Mr.
Curl's tastes are refined, and his influence is always on the
side of right and justice.
(Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio -
Indianapolis, Ind. :: B.F. Bowen & Co., 1915 - Page 729) |
ALLEN ALBERT CURTIS,
now a well-known farmer and stockman in Green township, this county,
where he owns a farm of one hundred and twenty-five acres, was born on
Jan. 28, 1855, in the township where he lives, a son of David and
Martha J. (Truitt) Curtis, both natives of Virginia, the former born
in 1827 and the latter in 1837.
The paternal grandparents of Mr. Curtis were
Christopher and Sarah Curtis, pioneers in Highland county, Ohio, who
later moved to Clinton county, where both spent most of their lives,
where both died. Upon coming to Clinton county, they settled on
what is now known as the Higgins farm. Mr. Curtis's
maternal grandparents were George and Abigail (Applegate) Truitt,
the former of whom was a son of William Truitt, a pioneer of
Clinton county, who died at the age of about ninety years.
George and Abigail (Applegate) Truitt were pioneer farmers in
Clinton county, where both spent most of their lives, and where both
died, the latter dying in the house where her grandson, Allen Albert
Curtis now lives, in 1906, at the age of eighty-four years.
The late David Curtis was a farmer by
occupation, a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Baptist church.
He and his wife were the parents of nine children, of whom Allen
Albert is the eldest, the others, in the order of their birth being
as follows: William, Sarah, James E., Jennie, Frank, Lula,
George and Lucy Of these children Sarah, Jennie
and Lula are deceased. Lula, who was the wife of
Frank Steele, died in March, 1908. Lucy is the wife of
Oscar Matthews. David Curtis died in 1898, and his widow is
still living. Allen Albert Curtis was reared on his
father's farm and was educated in the public schools. For many
years he has lived on the farm of one hundred and twenty-five acres
which he owns in Green township.
On Jan. 2, 1879, Allen Curtis was married to
Ollie West, a native of Clinton county, who was born in Wayne
township on Mar. 17, 1861, daughter of Edmond and Jane (Bernard) West,
the latter of whom was the daughter of George Washington Bernard,
mentioned elsewhere in this work. Edmond West was born in
Wayne township, the son of a pioneer farmer of that township. To
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis twelve children have been born, Winnie,
William, Edna, Harley, Jennie, Howard, Carrie, Jessie, Fred, Mary, Mabel
and Stanley, all of whom are living save William.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis are members of the Christian
church at Centerville and are regular attendants and active workers in
that church. Mr. Curtis votes the Democratic ticket.
(Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio -
Indianapolis, Ind. :: B.F. Bowen & Co., 1915 - Page 729) |
FRANK CURTIS. Among
the industrious farmers of Liberty township, this county, is Frank
Curtis, who was born in this county on May 6, 1866, the son of
David and Martha J. (Truitt) Curtis, the former of whom was born in
Virginia and the latter in Clinton county, the daughter of George and
Abbie (Applegate) Truitt. George Truitt was a farmer
and large landowner in Clinton county. The paternal grandparents
of Frank Curtis were Christopher Curtis and wife, who were
natives of Virginia and were married in that state. After their
marriage, they came to Ohio and engaged in farming in Clinton county.
They were devout members of the Baptist church.
David Curtis, the father of Frank Curtis,
was still a young man when he came from Virginia to Clinton county with
his parents. In time he came to own six hundred acres of land,
having been a very successful farmer. Although not a member of any
church, he was an attendant at the Baptist church. He died some
years ago, and his widow is still living in Green township, this county.
They were the parents of nine children, of whom Frank, the
subject of this sketch, was the fourth in order of birth. Three of
the children, Sarah, Jennie and Lula, are deceased.
The other living children are A. A., William, Elzie, Lucy
and George.
Frank Curtis, who was educated in the common
schools of Green township and was reared on his father's farm in this
county, was married in December, 1886, to Lucinda Morton, who was
born in Clinton county, the daughter of Isaiah and Jennie (Lieurance)
Morton, farmers in Green township and life-long members of the
Baptist Church. After his marriage, Mr. Curtis located on
the old home farm, where he lived until about seven years ago, at which
time he purchased the farm of one hundred and one acres, where he now
lives and where he is profitably engaged in general farming.
To Frank and Lucinda (Morton) Curtis twelve
children have been born, of whom one, Russell, is deceased, the
living children, in the order of their birth, being Lonnie, Roy,
Carl, Elzie, Chloe, Sarah, Alice, Lucy, Martha, Opal and Burdsal.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis are popular citizens of Liberty
township. Mrs. Curtis is a member of the Baptist church and
active in the various works of the church. Mr. Curtis is a
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
(Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio -
Indianapolis, Ind. :: B.F. Bowen & Co., 1915 - Page 802) |
WILLIAM H. CURTIS now a
prosperous farmer of Green township, this county, who is also engaged in
the stock business and who is now residing in New Vienna, was born in
Green township, this county, on Jan. 24, 1858, son of David and
Martha (Truitt) Curtiss, natives of Virginia, who were born in 1827
and 1837, respectively, the farmer of whom died in 1898, and the latter
of whom are still living.
The paternal grandparents of William H. Curtis
were Christopher and Sarah Curtis, pioneers in Clinton county and
early settlers in Green township, who settled on what is now known as
the Higgins' farm. The maternal grandfather, George
Truitt, who was the son of William Truitt a pioneer of
Clinton county, who died at the age of about ninety years, married
Abigail Applegate, and both died in this county, the wife in the
house now occupied by her grandson, Allen Albert Curtis, in 1906,
at the age of eighty-four years. David and Martha
(Truitt) Curtis were the parents of nine children, namely: Allen
Albert, who is referred to in a biographical sketch presented
elsewhere in this volume; William H., the subject of this sketch;
Sarah, deceased; James E.; Jennie, deceased; Frank; Lula,
who married Frank Steele; George, and Lucy, wife of
Oscar Matthews, referred to elsewhere in this volume.
William H. Curtis was reared on the farm and was
educated in the public schools of Clinton county. He owns two
hundred and fifty-three acres of land in Green township and, until Oct.
8, 1904, lived on the farm. At that time he moved to New Vienna
and engaged in buying and shipping stock. Mr. Curtis owns
property in New Vienna.
On Apr. 4, 1879, William H. Curtis was married
to Martha Elmira Jane McVey, who was born in 1860 i the state of
Illinois, daughter of Robert McVey, later a resident of this
county, now deceased, and to this union four children have been born,
namely: Clyde, who lives on the home farm in Green township,
married Beatrice Cline, daughter of Edward Cline, of New
Vienna, and has five children, Helen, Robert, Evelyn, Audrey and
Marcile; Martha, who married Charles Rulin, a rural-route
mail carrier, living at New Vienna, and has three children, Harry
Harriet and Charles Edmond; Harry, who is engaged in the
furniture business in New Vienna, and Abbie, who married
Robert Rulin, who is engaged in the bakery business in New Vienna,
and has two children, William Matthew and Curtis Robert.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis are members of the Friends
church. Mr. Curtis is a Democrat and is a member of the New
Vienna town council. He has served as a member of the school board
and as township trustee in Green township. Fraternally, he is a
member of Dalton Lodge No. 578, Free and Accepted Masons.
(Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio -
Indianapolis, Ind. :: B.F. Bowen & Co., 1915 - Page 911) |
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HON. FRANK M. CLEVENGER.
The force of heredity is not always so easily traced in the lives of
public men as in the career of the Hon. Frank M. Clevenger,
one of Wilmington's best known attorneys and a man of interesting
and forceful personality. The fact that his grandfather was justice
of the peace for many years, and his father postmaster, at least
shows a predisposition in the family for public service, as well as
the possession of those personal qualities which are necessary to
merit the public confidence. For three generations, this noted
family have won the respect of their fellow-countrymen, evidenced by
honors which, perhaps, reached their culmination in the election of
Frank Clevenger to the state Senate to represent two districts.
Mr. Clevenger is now associated with Simeon G. Smith in one of
the best-known law firms in this section of the state. He is the son
of William, and Martha (Compton) Clevenger, and was born on a
farm in Washington
township,
Clinton county,