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HUGH E.
TERRELL, a representative of one of Clinton county's prominent
families and a well-known stockman of Wayne township, is descended through
his grandmother, Eliza (Bernard) Evans, from Pocahontas, daughter
of the Indian chief, Powhatan, who married John Rolfe, of
Varnla, Virginia, April 5, 1613 or 1614. Grandmother Evans was a
representative of the seventh generation in direct descent from
Pocahontas and John Rolfe. Hugh E. Terrell not only owns
a splendid farm in Wayne township, but he is a well-known stock breeder,
who raises standard-bred horses, and who has been raising Shorthorn cattle
for twenty years. Prominent in the educational circles of his township, he
is a member of the Wayne township school board and has striven earnestly
as a member of that board to increase the efficiency of the public schools
and to raise their standard of excellence.
Hugh E. Terrell was born on November 19, 1848,
on "Woodlawn Farm," In Wayne township, this county, the son of David A.
and Mary J. (Evans) Terrell. His father was born about one mile south of
Highland in Highland county, Ohio, on December 5, 1820, and died in April,
1909. His mother was born near Hillsboro, in Highland county, the daughter
of Hugh and Eliza (Bernard) Evans.
The line of descent from Pocahontas and John Rolfe to Eliza (Bernard)
Evans is as follows: Pocahontas and John Rolfe were married in 1613 or
1614, there being some doubt as to the exact date, and they had one son,
Thomas Rolfe. (1) Thomas Rolfe married Jane Poythress, and they had one
child, a daughter. As is well known to all readers of early colonial-
history, John Rolfe took his Indian bride to England, where her death
occurred a few years later. Her son, Thomas Rolfe was reared in England,
but in 1640 returned to Virginia and lived on his property called "Varnia,"
sixteen miles below Richmond, near Henricopolis. Thomas Rolfe and wife had
a daughter, Jane, who married Col. Robert Boiling in 1675, the latter of
whom was born in 1646, and who died in 1709. The wife of Colonel Boiling
lived but one year after her marriage, her death occurring in 1676. She
left one child, a son, (3) John Boiling, who afterwards became a colonel
in the American army. Col. John Boiling married Mary Kennon, daughter of
Doctor Kennon, and with his family lived in his beautiful home on the
Appomattox, called the "Cobbs." Col. John Boiling and wife were the
parents of six children, one son and five daughters: (4) Major John
Boiling, born in 1700, was the father of nineteen children, died in 1757;
(4) Jane, 1703, died, 1766, married Col. Richard Randolph, and was the
mother of nine children, and the grandmother of Randolph Roanoke, who was
of the sixth generation; (4) Mary, 1711, married CoJ. John Fleming, of
Mount Pleasant, who was born in 1697, the son of Charles Fleming and
grandson of Sir Thomas Fleming, who, in turn was the son of Sir John
Fleming, first earl of Wighton; (4) Elizabeth*, 1709, married Dr. William
Gay; (4) Martha, 1713, married Thomas Eldridge, and died October 23, 1749,
and Anne, who became the wife of James Murray.
Col. John and Mary (Boiling) Fleming were the parents of the following
children: (5) Thomas, who was a captain in the Second Virginia Regiment in
1758, and afterwards colonel in the Ninth Regiment of Virginia in the
Revolution, married a Miss Randolph, and was killed in the battle of
Princeton, January 12, 1777; (5) John, who was a major in the Revolution,
was killed at White Plains; William, born on July 6, 1736, married
Elizabeth Champe, and during his life filled a number of important
judicial positions in his native state of Virginia, died February 15,
1824; (5) Charles, who was captain of the Seventh Virginia, and
lieutenant-colonel of the line, and Mary, who became the wife of William
Bernard, and was the mother of ten children. The Fleming family was of
Flemish descent, one of whom, of high rank, settled in Scotland in the
reign of David I. The connection is direct from Sir Malcolm Fleming,
sheriff of Dunbarton under Alexander III. This was a singularly
distinguished family, friends of Robert Bruce and favorites of successive
kings.
William Bernard and Mary (Fleming) Bernard were the parents of the
following children of whom there is record: (6) John, who was the father
of several children, who, after the death of their father, moved to
Lynchburg. Virginia; (6) William, born in 1750, was a lieutenant during
the Revolutionary War; (6) Robert, served as a private in the War of
Independence under Morgan; (6) Thomas, 1756, married Mary Hicks, and came
to Ohio from Virginia in an early day and settled in Highland and Clintbn
counties; (6) Richard, 1767, who married Polly Walker and from whom is
descended the branch of the family to which H. E. Terrell belongs. William
Bernard, with his brother, John, emigrated to America from Ireland some
time between 1735 and 1740. Col. Charles Fleming, a brother of Mary
(Fleming) Bernard, was reimbursed for military service by being given a
grant of land in Kentucky comprising fifty-four thousand acres. Richard
and Polly (Walker) Bernard, who came to Ohio in September, 1805, from
Rockbrldge county, Virginia, were the parents of the following children:
William P., Joseph, Richard, Eliza and Caroline. It was this Eliza, who
married Hugh Evans, who was the grandmother of H. E. Terrell. The Bernards
of Clinton county are all descended from Thomas and Mary (Hicks) Bernard.
The paternal grandparents of Hugh E. Terrell were Pleasant and Esther
(Haines) Terrell, the former of whom, born in Virginia, died in 1837, and
the latter of whom died in 1846. Pleasant Terrell came to Highland county,
Ohio, from Virginia when only a boy, accompanying his parents, who stopped
for a time in Cincinnati. While in that city, he learned the brick mason's
trade and after reaching Highland county with his parents, built the first
saw-mill and the first grist-mill at Highland. He worked at Ills trade all
of his life, passing away in 1854 or 1855 on the farm. Pleasant and Esther
<Haines) Terrell were the parents of six children: John, Israel, David,
Mary, Narcissa and Ruth. The members of this family were connected with
the Society of Friends. Pleasant Terrell was one of a family of eight
children, born to his parents, David and Mary (Anthony) Terrell. David
Terrell was born near Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1763 and died in 1858. His
wife, who before her marriage was Mary Anthony, died in 1858. David and
Mary Terrell were the parents of eight children: Pleasant, Christopher,
David, Joseph, Mary, Judith, Sarah and Elizabeth. The father of these
children served for many years as justice of the peace in Fairfleld
township and was, therefore, one of the foremost citizens of that section.
He was a well-known hunter and spent most of his life in the wilderness.
David Terrell, the great-grand-father of Hugh E. Terrell, was the son of
David and Sarah (Johnson) Terrell. Sarah Johnson was the first wife of
David Terrell but he was subsequently married to Sarah Clark and still
later to) Martha Johnson. He was the father of nine children. He was the
son of David Terrell, who was born in 1675 and died in 1757. The first
David Terrell and his wife reared a family of twelve children. He was the
son of William Terrell, who was born in 1650 and who came to America at
the age of twenty in 1670 with his two brothers. These three brothers were
sent to Virginia by King James II as explorers and hunters and, for their
services, were granted a large tract of land in Virginia.
David A. Terrell, the father of Hugh E. Terrell, received his education in
the common schools of Fairfleld township, Highland county, Ohio, but his
educational advantages were meager. The only reader used in the schools at
that time was the Bible. During his early life, while living at home with
his father, he did much hauling. After coming of age, he purchased cattle,
with his father-in-law, Hugh Evans, and drove them through to Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, a trip requiring forty days. In some instances, they had
three hundred cattle and as many as sixteen hundred head of sheep and
thirty-five or forty horses, and it required about thirty-five men to take
care of the stock while driving them through the woods. Until 1854 David
A. Terrell purchased hogs and drove them to Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a
stockman all of his life. At the age of twenty-one years, he had come into
possession of two hundred acres of land valued at seven dollars an acre,
but later increased his land holdings to one thousand acres. In 1868 he
moved back near Highland, where he spent the remainder of his life. There
he purchased a part of his grandfather's old farm. To David A. and Mary J.
(Evans) Terrell were born seven children, of whom Hugh E., the subject of
this sketch, was the eldest, the others being as follow: Anna, who is the
wife of Frank Rhodes; Martha, who became the wife of Oregon Bonnie; Cora,
who married Henry Bailey, a minister at Tampa. Florida; Harry, who married
Etta Fenner; Imogene, who is unmarried, and Rutherford, who married Hattie
Thornburg. All of the members of this family are still living with the
exception of Martha. Mrs. Mary J. (Evans) Terrell was a member of the
Methodist church. David A. Terrell voted the Republican ticket.
Educated in the common schools of Wayne township, and at Ohio Wesleyan
University at Delaware, Ohio, Hugh E. Terrell was a partner with his
father on the farm, where he now lives, until 1874, since which time he
has been farming for himself.
On December 23, 1873, Hugh E. Terrell was married to Hattie Finley, who
was born on December 29, 1848, and who died on January 28, 1901. She was a
daughter of Robert and Jane (Russell) Finley, and at her death left five
children: Arthur, who married Mary Seward, and has two children, Hugh and
Ruth; Russell, who died at the age of twenty-seven; Frank, who married
Dorothy Book, and has one son, Russell; Jane L. and Lillian Esther. The
Terrell family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which Mr.
Terrell is a trustee.
Politically, Hugh is a Republican, and is at present a member of the
school board of Wayne township. For the last few years Mr. Terrell's son,
Frank, has been a partner with him in the operation of the home farm. |
Clayton A. Tribbet, M. D. -
Among the prominent physicians of this county the well-known citizens of
Westboro, is Dr. Clayton A. Tribbet, the president of Clinton
County Medical Society and a member of the Ohio State and National Medical
Associations. He has been a practicing physician in Westboro for
nearly thirty years.
Dr. Clayton A. Tribbet, who was born near
Goodhope, in Fayette county, Ohio, Oct. 8, 1854, is the son of James
and Elizabeth Ann (Dick) Tribbet, the former a native of Ross
county, Ohio, and the latter of West Virginia. The paternal
grandfather of Doctor Tribbet was John Dick, a native of
West Virginia, who immigrated from that state of Wabash county, Indiana,
where he engaged in farming and where he died.
Left an orphan at a tender age, James Tribbet,
the father of Dr. Clayton A. Tribbet, was reared by friends of the
family in Ross county and later in Fayette county and finally in Highland
county, Ohio. Subsequently, he moved to Clinton county, in 1880, and
located one and one-half miles east of Westboro, where he followed
farming. To James and Elizabeth Ann Tribbet were born
eight children, of whom Clayton A. was the fifth in order of birth,
the others being as follows: Dr. John C., who for thirty years, was
a practicing physician at Montezuma, Iowa, but who is now deceased;
Lemuel, Glendora, James M., Elsworth and ELmer, the latter of
whom is general manager of the American Laundry Company, of New York City.
Clayton A. Tribbet received the rudiments of an
education in the country schools and in the Greenfield high school, where
he pursued his education for a period of five years. He also took in
addition to this work, a course in Greek. Later he was a student at
the South Salem Academy for two years, and then taught school for seven
years, six years of which were spent in Fayette county, Ohio. During
his last year in the school room, Doctor Tribbet was principal of
the Westboro high school. After finishing seven years in the school
room, he entered the Miami Medical College of Cincinnati, and was
graduated, with high honors, with the class of 1886. In April 1887,
he took up the active practice of his profession at Westboro, and since
then, a period of almost thirty years, has established an enviable
reputation as a physician and surgeon, and is highly respected as a man
and a citizen in the community where he has lived so long.
In 1888, Dr. Clayton A. Tribbet was married to
Letta Jackson, a daughter of Thomas and Isabel Jackson,
of Westboro. To this union was born one daughter, Mabel
Elizabeth, who died on May 2, 1914. Mabel E. Tribbet was
graduated from the Westboro schools and later from the Blanchester high
school. Subsequently she was a student at Ohio Wesleyan University,
at Delaware, Ohio, for a period of two years, and then attended Wells
College, at Aurora, New York, from which institution she was graduated
with high honors. While working for her Master degree in the year
following her graduation, she was assistant instructor in chemistry in
Wells College, and this position was open to her at the time of her last
sickness and untimely death.
Fraternally, Doctor Tribbet is a member of the
Modern Woodmen of America. Both Doctor and Mrs. Tribbet
are faithful and earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal church and are
held in high regard throughout the whole Westboro neighborhood. |
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