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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Delaware Co., Ohio
Publ. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers
1880
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Radnor Twp. –
BENJ. F.
DAVIDS, farmer; P. O.
Radnor; is the son of Sylvanus and Margaret (Evans) Davis [sic],
natives of South Wales, and was born in the year 1846. His father’s
family consisted of eleven children, six of whom are yet living; the
father came to this country in 1797, and first settled in
Westmoreland Co., Penn., but afterward, in 1810, removed to Radnor,
Ohio. Ile was united in marriage, in the year 1826, to our subject’s
mother, who had come to Ohio in 1817. Our subject passed his youth
on his father’s farm, and when he became 20 years of age, commenced
doing for himself, although still living with his parents. He was
united in marriage to Lucy E. Humphreys Oct. 22, 1875; one
child was born them––Mary, born Jan. 1, 1878; she died Oct.
22, 1879. Our subject’s father died Feb. 23, 1872; the mother
followed him Sept. 19, 1878. Mr. Davids is a Republican. He
enlisted in the 100-day service, but afterward for three years;
being but 15 years old, his father recalled him. He has imported
some fine Clydesdale horses, and at present has some of the finest
ones in the county, and takes great pride in improvements of this
kind. He owns 178 acres of well-improved land, pleasantly situated
on the banks of the Scioto River, and within easy reach of railroad
and post office. Both he and his wife are members of the Baptist
Church, and are universally respected.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 753
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Radnor Twp. –
DAVID S.
DAVIS, stock-raiser and
farmer; P. O. Delaware. The parents of our subject, James and
Mary (Jones) Davis, were natives of Breconshire, Wales, where
they remained until 1842, when they emigrated to the United States,
and located in Radnor Township, Delaware Co., where they have since
resided; they are the parents of eight children; the father was
always engaged in agricultural pursuits; he has for a number of
years been a confirmed invalid, but has borne his misfortune with a
degree of patience only possible to those who have ever lived
exemplary lives and who have a full assurance of peace and rest
hereafter. Our subject was brought upon a farm, receiving a good
common-school education. During the late war, he served his country
three years and eight mouths in Co. E, 66th O. V. I, participating
in the battles of Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Port Republic, and a
number of lesser engagements; after his return home, he began
farming, a business he has since followed. He was married, Feb. 8,
1866, to Miss Mary Williams; she was born in Delaware Co.,
Ohio; July 28, 1843; four children are the result of this union––James
L., Ann N., Perry R. and William F. Our subject has for a
number of years had sole charge of his father’s nicely improved farm
of 142 acres; politically he is an uncompromising Republican, and,
to use his own expression, “believes in voting as he shot.”
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 752
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Delaware Twp. -
FRANK L. DAVIS,
hotel-keeper, Delaware, was born in Freeport, Ill.; his father,
Gershom S. Davis, was a native of the State of New York; his
mother’s maiden name was Lloyd; she was a native of
Pennsylvania; was married the first time to Dr. Clifton, with
whom she moved to Iowa, where he died within two years after their
marriage; she then returned to the Quaker boarding-school in Mason
Co., Ohio, which was kept by Jessie and Cynthia Harkness, at
which place she had made her home for some time prior to her
marriage; here she met Mr. Davis, a widower, whom she
married; Frank L. was their only child; his parents moved
South before the rebellion; his father was drafted into the
Confederate army near the close of the war, and served as fifer for
a Louisiana regiment; he died at Navasota, Tex., in 1867, of yellow
fever; the mother and son then came North to Ohio, and, in 1868,
selected a home in Delaware; they bought property on North Sandusky
street in 1876, and, in August, 1879, opened the Central Hotel.
Mr. Davis entered the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1876, and
completed the sophomore year, in the meanwhile teaching four months
in each school year; he was a member of the Class of ’81.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 622
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Radnor Twp. –
WILLIAM
DAVIS, farmer; P. O.
Radnor, was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, Feb. 9, 1836; is the son of
John and Margaret (Thomas) Davis, natives of Wales, and is
one of twins, his brother Robert being the other. The parents
came to this country at an early day and settled in Troy Township,
Delaware Co., Ohio. The father was industrious and hard-working, and
owned a saw-mill near Delaware; he died when William was a
child. After his death, the mother married Mr. Jenkins; she
died in July, 1875. Our subject worked by the month on a farm, had
no educational advantages and was misused by his stepfather, but
managed in eight years to save $1,400, which he afterward lost. He
was married to Catharine Penry Feb. 2, 1860, who was born in
Radnor Township Dec. 5, 1824; her parents were William and Mary
Penry, both natives of Wales, who came to the United States in
1819; they were the parents of nine children, two of whom are yet
living. There were four children in William’s family, and two
are yet living––Stephen and John W.; the other two
died in infancy. All the family are Republicans, and all belong to
the Congregational Church. The family is well known and universally
respected.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 751
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Scioto Twp. -
SAMUEL D. DEAN, retired
farmer; P. O. Ostrander; was born in Highland Co., Ohio, Nov. 5,
1810; the sixth of a family of eleven children of James and
Hannah (Cunningham) Dean. His father was a native of
Pennsylvania, and a farmer; the mother was a native of Ireland, but
came to this country when quite young; they were married in Ohio in
1800, both having come into the State some years previous to its
admission into the Union; they removed from Highland to Franklin
County in 1821, and from there to Delaware County in 1829; the
father died in 1841, and the mother in 1858; they were truly
pioneers, and did much to improve the country. Dr. Dean
was brought up to farm labor; he was united in marriage with
Nancy W. Flanegin Sept. 7, 1837; she was born in Allegheny Co.,
Penn., Oct. 6, 1813. Mrs. Dean's parents came from
Pennsylvania to Delaware Co., Ohio, in 1816; the father died in
1875, at the age of 89; the mother died in 1820. Mr. and
Mrs. Dean have had four children, all of whom are now dead.
Their only son, James W., was born in 1841; on the
breaking-out of the rebellion he enlisted in Co. D, 20th O. V. I.;
from overexertion and exposure during the battle of Shiloh, he was
taken sick, soon after which he was removed to Camp Dennison, Ohio,
where, on the 14th of May, 1862, he died; his remains were buried in
the Ostrander Cemetery; he was a faithful soldier of the Cross and
of his country. Mr. Dean began life as a poor
boy, and what he now has been due to the economy and industry of
himself and wife; both have been members of the Presbyterian Church.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio -
1880: Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 |
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Porter Twp. –
LEVI DEBOLT,
JR.,
farmer; P. O. Kingston Center; is a son of Levi and Delilah
(Lair) Debolt. His father was born in Pennsylvania in 1800, and
emigrated to Ohio about 1807, settling in Licking Co., and settled
in Knox Co. about 1822 or 1823, and is still living and is the
father of thirteen children, twelve of whom are now living. Levi
was born in 1834, in Knox Co., Ohio, and remained with his father
until his 18th year, when he began learning the plasterer’s trade
with Ed. Watson, at Westerville, continuing with him three
months, and then commenced for himself at Hartford, Licking Co. Was
married, in 1859, to Miss Blaker; she was born in 1840, in
Knox Co.; by her he had five children––Elizabeth, Emma, Joseph,
Orlean and Hayes. They settled after marriage in Morrow
Co., where he bought eighty-nine acres, which he sold in 1865, and
then worked on his father’s farm, in Knox Co., for one year, and in
1866 he bought his present farm of seventy-five acres; it is well
improved and finely adapted to stock-raising; he built his present
brick house recently and did all the work himself in one season. He
follows plastering yet for the public, and is one of the most expert
hands in the country. He has been connected with some small offices,
and he and wife are members of the Baptist Church at Centerburg.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 821
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Scioto Twp. –
FREDERICK DECKER,
farmer and miller; P. O. Delaware. Among the citizens of Delaware
Co. who have become a part and parcel of it, and have been
identified with its development and improvement, there is none more
worthy of mention than Frederick Decker, who was born Sept.
1, 1812, in Morris Co., N. J., and is the son of Aaron M. and
Mary (Vandroff) Decker, both of whom were natives of New Jersey,
and the parents of four sons and four daughters; the parents were
married in New Jersey, where they remained until 1828, when they
came West and located in Crawford Co., Ohio, where they remained
until the death of the mother in 1840; soon after this, the father
removed to Ogle Co., Ill., where, in 1860, he departed this life; he
was, in every sense, a pioneer of the West, an intelligent Christian
gentleman, and died as only those can who put their trust in the
Lord. Frederick’s youth and early manhood were passed on a
farm; he received such education as the schools could give; when but
18 years of age, he left home and began for himself; his capital at
this time consisted of an indomitable will, robust constitution, and
an earnest desire to succeed in obtaining a goodly share of this
world’s goods; he began working in a mill––a business he followed
some time, and then began erecting mills; it was not long, however,
until he had an opportunity of buying a mill, which chance he did
not lose, paying but little or nothing down; this was the
turning-point in his life, and here again did his industry and force
of character manifest itself, for it was but a short time before he
had, by close attention, saved sufficient to pay off the
indebtedness on the mill; from that time until the present, he has
been identified with the milling interest of this and adjoining
counties; he has in his lifetime, built, owned and managed eleven
different saw and grist mills; there is not a man in Central Ohio
who has done more to advance the milling business than Mr. Decker;
it was he who built the large and commodious Stone Mills of
Delaware, and under whose management it became one of the leading
industries of the county; he at the present time owns the Millville
Mills, among the best in the county; of late years, he has devoted
but a portion of his time to milling, the greater part of it being
employed in transactions in real estate, and the rearing and
breeding of thoroughbred cattle, hogs and sheep; his cattle, of the
short-horn breed, are as good as are to be found in the county.
Mr. Decker is at present the largest land-owner in the township,
owning upwards of a section of land, all of which is under a high
state of cultivation; his home farm of 416 acres is nicely situated
on the west bank of the Scioto River, and is one of the best
improved in the county. He has been married twice, the first time
to hiss Annie Townsend in 1834; she was born in New Jersey
Aug. 27, 1812; from this union there were nine children––Clark,
Sallie A., Julia A., Henrietta, Aaron M., Leroy, Margie C., Samuel
R., Alvin O. and Frederick N.; Mrs. Decker
departed this life Dec. 12, 1855; in her death, Mr. Decker
lost the faithful companion of his early life, his children a kind
and loving mother, and the community a refined, Christian lady;
Mr. Decker was again married May 25, 1856, to Mrs. Elizabeth
G. Runnells; she was born in Vermont April 3, 1820; the fruits
of this union are four children––Frank E., Alexander N., George W.
and Willie N. Mr. Decker is a man of very firm and
decided principles; he is a Prohibitionist, and an earnest worker in
the temperance reform; after the repeal of the Missouri Compromise,
he was among the foremost in advocating the formation of a new
party, and he was one of those who helped to organize the Republican
party in 1854; he continued with the party until a few years ago,
when his sense of right and justice led him into the ranks of the
Prohibition party; he is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Source: History of
Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical
Publishers, 1880, pp. 723-724
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Delaware Twp. -
MOSES DECKER, Delaware, was born in Sussex
Co., N. J., July 10, 1790; his father died when Mr. Decker
was quite young, and he was placed in the hands of his grandmother;
at the age of 17, Mr. Decker commenced learning the trade of
a wheelwright, which he followed some three or four years, when he
worked at the carpenter and cabinet-maker's trade; in 1820, he, with
his wife and two children, Opera and Sallie, came West
in wagons, and located in Kingston Township, Delaware Co.; here
Moses Decker held several office of public trust; was Township
Clerk eight years, Postmaster seventeen years, and Justice of the
Peace six years, offices which he filled with honor and credit;
after remaining in Kingston Township until 1864, the family moved to
Delaware; in 1866, Mrs. Decker died nearly 66 years of age.
Mr. Decker was a soldier of the war of 1812 (of which war he
is a pensioner), under Col. Seward, doing duty principally in
Sandy Hook; Apr. 16, 1815, he was made a Lieutenant of the New
Jersey Militia; his father-in-law was a soldier in the Revolutionary
war, and his son, John P. Decker, was a soldier in the late
civil war, enlisting in the 15th U. S. Regulars, of which he was a
Second Lieutenant, and participated in a number of battles and
marches; he died Sept. 1, 1863, from disease contracted in the
service. Mr. Decker is a member of the Presbyterian
Church, of which he was an Elder for a number of years in Kingston
Township; he is one of the five that first organized a Sunday school
in Kingston Township; he also started the first temperance society
in that township. Of the Decker family, there are now
living nine children; as an old and highly respected settler of
Delaware Co., Moses Decker will long be remembered.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 - Page 621 |
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Scioto Twp. –
A. B. DE
GOOD, farmer and
stock-raiser; P. O. Delaware; was born in Knox Co., Ohio, March 25,
1848; is a son of Thomas and Rachel (McLaine) De Good; the
father was born in Frederick Co., Md., Sept. 15, 1806; his parents,
in 1807, removed to Washington Co., Penn., and from there to Knox
Co., Ohio, in 1832. Thomas De Good was twice married; by the
first wife there were six children, and by the last, five. He was a
well-educated man, and for a great many years was Colonel of
militia; he recruited and drilled soldiers during the war with
Mexico. In 1852, he, with his family, came from Knox to this county,
where he remained until his death. He was a Republican, and up to
the time of his death held the office of Justice of the Peace. His
widow survives him, and resides on the old homestead in Scioto
Township. Our subject passed his youth and early manhood on a farm.
When 16 years of age, he enlisted in Co. C, 121st O. V. I.; he
served with distinction in this regiment thirteen months, when, on
account of sickness, he was discharged. After remaining at home
about two months, he again enlisted in Co. B, 48th O. V. I., and
served until the close of the war; he was a good and valiant
soldier, and struck many a blow in defense of his country. After his
return from the army, he engaged in farming and stock-dealing, which
he has ever since followed. He was united in marriage with
Elizabeth Pierce Nov. 2. 1871; she was born in Morrow Co., Ohio,
Oct. 26, 1846. Mr. De Good began life as a poor boy, and is
to-day one of the prominent and promising young men of the county.
He owns seventy acres of well-improved land, which he has obtained
by economy and industry.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 724
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Scioto Twp. –
ALMON C. DE
GOOD, farmer and school
teacher; P. O. Ostrander; was born in Know Co., Ohio, July 30, 1849;
he is son of Benjamin and Maria (Brokaw) De Good; the father
was a native of Pennsylvania, and the mother from New Jersey. The
De Goods came West in 1835, and located in Knox Co., where our
subject’s father was married and resided until 1852, when he removed
to Delaware Co., where he has since resided; he is the parent of
eight children, five of whom are now living. He has held a great
many positions of trust, and is an honored and respected citizen.
Our subject’s early life was passed on his father’s farm; he
received quite a good education and when quite young began teaching
school, a business he has followed of winters for the past ten
years. In the summer, he devotes his time to agricultural pursuits;
he has a nicely improved farm of fifty-six acres, located three and
a half miles north of Ostrander, on the “Burnt Pond Pike.” His
marriage with Lydia A. Wilson was celebrated Oct. 8, 1872;
she was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, Sept. 5, 1853; she is the
youngest daughter of a family of eight children of Joseph and
Mary A. (Atha) Wilson; the Wilsons are among the early
settlers of the county, mention of whom is made in another part of
this work. From our subject’s union with Miss Wilson, there
is one child––Bessie Belle, born June 25, 1875. Mr. De
Good is one of the best instructors in the county, and his
services are highly prized. He is at present Township Trustee; he is
a Democrat, although quite liberal in his views He takes a lively
interest in all enterprises.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 724
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Delaware Twp. -
THE DELAWARE CHAIR COMPANY
is the largest manufacturing establishment in Delaware, and among
the largest in Central Ohio. This corporation was organized and
commenced business in 1870, on the present site, in a frame building
32x60 feet, two stories high, receiving their power from an adjacent
planing-mill, through the medium of an endless wire cable. Ten hands
were employed, with a monthly pay-roll of about $200. From this
small beginning their business has steadily increased, with a
constantly growing demand for their chairs, until they find
themselves cramped for room and facilities to meet the volume of
orders that is crowding in upon them. This, too, notwithstanding the
fact that they have increased their capacity until, from the small
beginning, they have grown to occupy a building 74x100 feet, two and
one-half stories high, and employ about one hundred and fifty hands,
with a monthly pay-roll of about $2,500. In 1879, the Company put in
their own steam-power, and, from the limited variety of fourteen
styles of split-bottoms, they have grown to the production of 100
different patterns of cane-seat chairs. At the Centennial Exhibition
in 1876, they were awarded the first grand prize medal and diploma
for the utility, strength, comfort, and cheapness of their chairs.
The Company is composed of T. E. Powell, A. Lybrand, R. G.
Lybrand and S. Lybrand. The latter is general
correspondent and financial agent, and R. G. Lybrand business
manager. The Company are contemplating a removal to new quarters,
the large stone building formerly occupied by the Delaware
Manufacturing Company. This will afford room to carry on an immense
business, with plenty of power and all the adaptations necessary for
the conduct of every department with cheapness and dispatch.
However, from the growing popularity of the goods produced by this
establishment, it is not improbable that, in the near future, the
Company will find a demand for all the space their new quarters will
afford.
Source:
History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 1880, p.
623
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Delaware Twp. -
THE DELAWARE FENCE COMPANY
was established in the year 1868, by A. J. Richards, the
inventor of the fence manufactured by the Company; Gen. Eugene
Powell, being satisfied of the advantages and general utility of
the invention, associated himself with Mr. Richards in the
manufacture of the article, and, in 1875, became the sole owner of
the establishment. Since coming entirely under the General’s
direction, the facilities have been increased, and the business has
gradually but steadily grown until their productions are commanding
a sale in every direction. The fence manufactured by this Company is
superior in almost every essential particular; it combines strength,
durability, beauty and cheapness, and is fast driving its
competitors out of market where-ever it has been introduced. It is
made from the best wrought iron and ranges in price from $1.50 to $3
per lineal foot. Another article of utility manufactured by this
Company, and which finds a ready and extensive sale, is Fritchy’s
patent wrought-iron shifting rail for carriages. Carriage
manufacturers and blacksmiths throughout the country find it an
article of great convenience and ready use. Being made in sections,
any part can be easily replaced in case of breakage, or it can be
attached to the carriage as a whole by the purchaser without any
difficulty. The business of this establishment is in a prosperous
condition, additions having been made to their shops in order to
accommodate their increasing trade. New articles of manufacture are
being added, and, with Gen. Powell at the head, it is
destined to be one of the largest manufactories in Delaware City.
Source:
History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 1880, p.
622
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Concord Twp. -
AURELIUS DEPP, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O.
Jerome, Union Co. His father, Abraham Depp, was a
native of Virginia, and a blacksmith by trade, having worked for
forty years in one shop, commencing when 9 years old; inn 1834, he
came to Ohio, stopped in Columbus, where he worked some at his
trade, being the second smith to work in that place. In that
year, he purchased the present homestead, at that time containing
400 acres. Having returned to Virginia for his family, he
started with them for Ohio, in 1835; before reaching their
destination his wife died. About three years after settling
here, he married Chaney Ellis. At his death, his
property was valued at $30,000; this, excepting 100 acres of land on
which his widow lives and holds during her natural life, was divided
among his children. Aurelius Depp was born near
Richmond, Va., Oct. 20, 1831; his boyhood days were divided between
work on the farm and attending school; at the age of 22 years, he
entered Oberlin College, which he attended for two years; his father
being in ill health, he was compelled to return home and take charge
of affairs. Sept. 9, 1858, he was married to Catharine
Letchford, daughter of Pleasant Letchford, an early
settler of Columbus, who was the owner of 226 acres of land within a
mile of the city, and was a prominent colored man of the county of
Franklin; at his death his property was valued at about $25,000.
After Mr. Depp's marriage, he moved on to his present place,
which contains, he moved on to his present place, which contains
sixty-acres; he also owns seventy-seven acres within a mile of the
city of Columbus; nine children are the fruit of their marriage.
Ardemian, Mary E., Abraham L., Freeman W., Catherine
and Queen Victoria are still living; Martha E., Aurelius
and Victor Emanuel are dead; the latter and Queen Victoria
were twins. In September, 1864, Mr. Depp enlisted in
the 12th U. S. C. I.; he was in the two days' battle of Nashville,
also at Franklin, Tenn., and Decatur, Ala.; since the war, he has
been a successful farmer and stock-raiser; he has filled some of the
township offices, and is an active man in his neighborhood.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio - 1880: Chicago: O. L.
Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 - Page 741 |
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Orange Twp. –
C. A. DE
WITT, boot
and shoe maker, Lewis Centre; born in Pickaway Co. Jan. 9, 1842; is
the eldest of ten children, born to Francis and Sarah (McLean) De
Witt, the former a native of Richland, and the latter of
Pickaway Co. Charles came to this county with his parents
when he was 10 years of age, and was raised on a farm until his
entry into the United States service, Aug. 20, 1862, in Co. K, 121st
O. V. I, as a musician; he served until the close of the war; was in
the battles of Perryville and Chickamauga; his health becoming
impaired, he was placed on detached duty; upon his return home, he
carried on a store some time. Dec. 31, 1865, he was married to
Emily B. Goodrich, born in Liberty in 1844, and a daughter of
Clark Goodrich; he subsequently moved to Paulding Co., where he
lived until 1869, then returned to this county and set up in
business; they have one child––Lester C., born Jan. 24,
1869. He and his wife are both members of the M. E. Church; he is
also a member of the I. O. O. F.; Mr. De Witt is of a
mechanical turn; does stone and brick work, also plastering, and
carries on his boot and shoe business and general repair work to
order, and in a satisfactory manner.
Source: History of
Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical
Publishers, 1880, p. 709
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Radnor Twp. –
VALENTINE
DILDINE, farmer and
stock-dealer; P. O. Radnor; was born in Radnor Township, Delaware
Co., Ohio, Aug. 22, 1821; is a son of Ralph and Effie (Minter)
Dildine. The father was a native of New Jersey, where he was
married and remained until about 40 years of age, when he came to
Ohio, locating in Montgomery Co. Soon after their arrival in that
county, his wife died, leaving five small children to his care.
During the war of 1812, he served his country under Gen. Harrison;
in 1812, he came to Delaware Co., where for the most part he
remained until his death, in 1855. The mother of our subject (the
father’s second wife, and mother of five children) departed this
life in 1859. The parents, for a number of years previous to their
decease, resided with Valentine and his brother William,
upon the farm they first located upon, and which the two brothers
now own; it consists of 175 acres of nicely improved land.
Valentine was united in marriage with Miss Mary A. Thompson,
of Delaware Co., Ohio; from this union there were eight children,
five of whom are now living, viz.: William H., Mary J., Charles,
Newton and Harriet; deceased, Lucretia, Rebecca A.
and John B. Mrs. Dildine was born May 30, 1831; she
died April 25, 1870. Mr. Dildine was again married Oct. 16,
1872; this wife, Miss Maria Shoemaker, was born in Ashley,
Delaware Co., Ohio, July 12, 1836; by this marriage there is one
child, Ralph. Both Mr. Dildine and his brother
William are stanch Republicans, and consistent members of the M.
E. Church; they take an active part in all public improvements, and
are men of much more than ordinary ability. Our subject has done
much to improve the roads of the county; he held for some years the
responsible position of President of the first turnpike road built
in Radnor Township.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, pp. 751-752
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Thompson Twp. –
SAMUEL
DILSAVER, farmer and
stock-grower; P. O. Richwood; was born in Union Co., Ohio, March 29,
1844. His father came from Virginia to Union Co., at a very early
day, and his mother was born in Union Co. Our subject resided with
his parents until he was of age, working on the farm; he received a
limited education, but, by applying himself in that direction in his
leisure moments, has acquired knowledge that enables him to do
business in a business-like way. He was married, Aug. 16; 1865, to
Miss Bethena Graham, whose parents were old settlers of
Delaware Co.; she was born Dec. 9, 1844; from this union there were
three children, two of whom died in infancy; the one living is
Eva, born Oct. 19, 1871. Mr. Dilsaver made the most of
what he now possesses by his own hard labor; owns a farm of sixty
acres of well-improved land. He has resided in Delaware Co. since
about 1865, and has always followed farming and stock-raising for a
business. Politically, he is a Democrat.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, pp. 801-802
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Troy Twp. –
DAVID DIX,
farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Delaware; is a son of David and Mary (Main)
Dix. His father was born in Vermont in 1771, and moved to Wayne
Co., Penn., when 10 years old; in 1807, he came on horseback to
Delaware Co. and bought some land, and in the same year returned to
his old home, and in the following year married Mary Main,
and moved by team to this county; he farmed the first summer in
Liberty Township, and then in the fall began erecting a log cabin on
the land he bought in Troy Township in 1807; this was the first
house built in this township. A man by the name of Cole had
been living in the township in his wagon, for a short time, when
Mr. Dix’s father settled in his cozy little cot; his father died
on this farm in 1834, after having made many improvements and
experiments, of which we mention boring for salt a distance of 365
feet, but failed to meet his object. A man by the name of Jackson
now enjoys a beautiful spring, the effect of this boring. His father
was once Captain of a militia company, Major, and Justice of the
Peace for eight years. Mr. Dix was one of eight children––Matilda,
Drusilla, David, Polly, Peres M., Elijah, Stanton, Stephen; was
born Dec. 1, 1814, in Delaware Co., on the farm he now owns, the
pioneer home of his father; he was married Jan. 19, 1837, to
Margaret A., a daughter of John and Catharine (Wise) Pool;
her parents were born in Pennsylvania, and emigrated to Belmont Co.,
Ohio, among the pioneers, where they reared seven children to call
them blessed––Philip, George, Mary, Nancy, Jane, Louisa and
Margaret A.; the latter was born April 21, 1820. Her union
with Mr. Dix blessed them with twelve children––Mary A.,
married Albertus McNeil, now of Carson City, Nev.; Alfred
J., married Jane Sherman, living in Chillicothe, Mo.;
George N., married Esther Wallace, living in Cumberland
Co., Ill.; Sarah J., married Moses W. Pettey (she is
now dead, leaving one child––Maggie E.); America,
married Elisha Bishop; Clark A., married Amanda
Bishop; Louisa, married Reuben Wattring;
Charles D. F., married Sarah Price; Peres, married
Mary A. Wallace; Clarence, at home two infants died
unnamed. Mr. Dix has 150 acres of well-improved land, 140 of
which was given him by his father. He has served a full share of
township offices––as Township Clerk fifteen years, Justice of the
Peace two terms, Trustee one year, and other minor positions; he
paid about $600 for the war; has always voted the Democratic ticket.
His wife is a member of the M. E. Church, to which he once belonged.
His two grandfathers, Dix and Main, were Revolutionary
soldiers, and were in the siege of Yorktown, which terminated in the
surrender of Cornwallis; his father was First Sergeant in the Light
Horse Company of the war of 1812.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L.
Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, pp. 772-773
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Oxford Twp. –
JOSEPH
S. DIXON, cooper,
Ashley; was born Jan. 25, 1832, in Rockingham Co., Va., the son of
Wm. and Elizabeth Dixon; his father was born in Virginia, and
his mother came from England; Mr. Dixon came with his parents to
Ohio in 1842, and settled in Gallia Co., near Gallipolis; when 16
years of age, he went to Ironton, Ohio, and worked in a brickyard;
at the age of 18, he went to Gallipolis and learned his trade,
working two years; he afterward ran on the steamboats of the Ohio,
Mississippi and Arkansas Rivers in various positions; worked at his
trade several years at Chillicothe, and then as a journeyman cooper
in Cincinnati, St. Louis, La Salle, Peoria; Beardstown, Naples,
Milwaukee and Chicago, back to Cincinnati, then to Columbus, and
back to Chillicothe––this took about three years. He was married,
May 12, 1854, to Sarah A. Campbell, and remained in
Chillicothe until 1861; then came to Ashley, opened a shop and
bought town property. Enlisted in August, 1864, in the 176th O. V.
I., and went to the Army of the Cumberland; he remained with the
regiment until the close of the war, and was mustered out at
Nashville, Tenn.; the regiment took part in the battle of
Nashville. In the spring of 1868, he sold his property in Ashley,
and moved to Stanton, Ohio, and went into the huckster business on a
large scale; he failed and came back to Ashley, bought lots in town,
built him a house and soon after a shop. He has been Constable and
Councilman, member of the School Board, Street Commissioner, and is
now Marshal of the town. Mr. and Mrs. Dixon have had five
children––William Fullerton, born Feb. 12, 1855, and died
Jan. 19, 1875; Sarah Elizabeth, born Sept. 10, 1857;
Charles Roney, born April 20, 1859; Josephus, born Dec.
7, 1860; Alice Belle, born Jan. 12, 1873, but died the same
day. Sarah Elizabeth was married, May 24, 1874, to Frank
H. Clay, now with G. O. Griswold, of Warren, Ohio, as
book-keeper. Mr. and Mrs. Dixon are members of the
Presbyterian Church. He is a member of the orders of Masons and Odd
Fellows.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 790
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Liberty Twp. –
WILLIAM O.
DIXON, farmer; P. O.
Lewis Center; was born in this township Feb. 27, 1841; son of
Abel Dixon; his mother’s name was Lydia Clark before
marriage; Abel was born in Vermont, and his wife in New York.
William’s father died when he was a mere lad, and he was left
to look out for himself; his mother was poor and not able to
maintain him, and he started out to do for himself. Nov. 7, 1861, he
volunteered his services in defense of his country, and was out over
four years in Co. B, 46th O. V. I., and no better soldier was in the
regiment than William; he participated in all the battles the
regiment was engaged in, with the exception of one, and that took
place while he was a prisoner; his first battle was at Pittsburg
Landing; he was at Vicksburg, Jackson (Miss)., and Mission Ridge :
he veteraned [sic] while in Tennessee, and went immediately
on the campaign, and was at all the battles of the Atlanta campaign,
and was taken prisoner while on a foraging expedition in North
Carolina; was taken to Libby Prison, and from there to Annapolis,
and from there he was sent to Columbus, where he got his discharge
in June, 1865. Jan. 1, he was married to Phoebe L. Lowry,
born in this county Aug. 30, 1848; daughter of Andrew J. Lowry.
After their marriage, they moved to Ashley, remained two years, and
in the fall of 1868 moved to the place where he now lives, and
bought thirty-seven and half acres of land. They have five
children––William A., born Nov. 2, 1866; Alice J.,
born Dec. 29, 1868; Henry B., born Jan. 8, 1870; James F.,
born Dec. 8, 1872; Mary, born Dec. 1, 1874.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, pp. 659-660
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Scioto Twp. –
ROBERT A.
DODDS, merchant,
Ostrander. Among the names that are familiar with the people of
Delaware Co., and are identified with its early development and
growth, none is more conspicuous or worthy of mention than that of
Dodds. Andrew and Polly (Cochran) Dodds, the
grandparents of our subject, were natives of Pennsylvania, and the
parents of eight children; they resided in Pennsylvania until 1813,
when they removed to Ohio; in 1815, they came to this township, and
located on Little Mill Creek. There were no settlements on the creek
at that time, and the trials and hardships they underwent during the
first few years are almost without a parallel; the year of their
coming, the mother died, and five years subsequently, the father
went to his reward. Our subject’s parents, James and Nancy (McIlvain)
Dodds, both natives of Pennsylvania, were the parents of ten
children, four of whom are living. The McIlvains, as well as
the Dodds, were natives of Pennsylvania, and among the first
to settle in this county. Mr. James Dodds and wife are among
the oldest living residents of the county; they are Christian
people, and have done a great deal to improve the county morally,
intellectually and otherwise. Our subject was born in Delaware Co.,
Ohio, March 13, 1831; here he passed his youth and early manhood,
assisting his father on the farm; he received such education as the
schools afforded; he commenced for himself at 21 years of age by
engaging in the huckster business; he followed this some years, and
then took a trip through the West, selling dry goods in job lots; he
has for some years been engaged in farming and the mercantile
business. He was united in marriage with Cynthia Long Dec.
20, 1855; she was born in Vermont in 1836. From this union there
were four children, three of whom are living––Annie C., Rosa B.
and Hope S. Mr. Dodds is a much-esteemed citizen.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 725
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Trenton Twp. –
MATILDA
DOMIGON, Condit; was one
of the first white children born in Berkshire Township, which took
place in 1813, and was raised in Sunbury; she is a daughter of
Norman and Sarah (Williams) Patrick; her father came to Ohio
from Pennsylvania on horseback, and died in 1874. She married
John Domigon, who was born in Franklin Co., Ohio, in 1810; he
died Oct. 2, 1869, and was a member of the M. E. Church. They had
two children––Sarah, married Thomas Jackson; H. C.,
who was born in 1844 in Delaware Co., was married May 5, 1872, to
Sarah, daughter of Samuel Alden, who was born in New York
in 1800, and came to Ohio about 1820 or 1821, settling in Johnstown;
he was one of the first settlers of the place, and died in 1862;
there were in the family thirteen children but four are now living;
she was born in 1844 in Johnstown, Ohio; has taught twenty terms of
school, and is a member of the Presbyterian Church; Mrs. Domigon
has also long been a member of the same denomination.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 830
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JOHN W. DONAVAN, Delaware; manager
of the Donavan’s Original Tennesseeans, was born in
Shippingsburg [sic], Cumberland Co., Penn., Feb 18. 1833, son
of L. K. and Mary (McConnell) Donavan, and a brother of
Dr. M. W. Donavan, a leading physician and a prominent
politician of Baltimore, Md.; when a lad, was engaged in clerking in
his father’s hat store, where he remained until 1853, when he came
to Ohio and located in Mt. Vernon in mercantile business; in 1864,
he moved to Delaware, where he continued in mercantile business
until 1873, when he was engaged by Dr. R. S. Rust, one of the
leading workers of the Freedman’s Aid Society of the M. E. Church,
to organize a colored musical troupe, the proceeds to go for the
building of a freedman’s school, at Nashville; he immediately went
South, and after visiting a number of Southern States, selected a
company from the cities of Augusta, Atlanta and Nashville, known as
the Tennesseeans, and after five weeks of practice had on the road a
band of colored singers that astonished the people; he traveled with
this company through the leading cities of the United States,
receiving the highest praises from the very best people of the land
for years, and making the snug sum of nearly $18,000 for the M. E.
Church Freedman’s Aid Society, which was employed in the erection of
the Central Tennessee School of Nashville, Tenn., the leading school
of the Freedman’s Aid Society; in 1876, the company was disbanded,
and Mr. Donavan took charge and became sole manager of the
Tennesseeans, doing a good business in the United States and parts
of Canada; they are acknowledged to be the finest as well as the
best-organized company of colored singers on the road. Mr.
Donavan was married in Shippingsburg [sic], Penn., in
1855, to Miss Kate L. Trone, of Cumberland Co., Penn.
Source: History of
Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical
Publishers, 1880, pp.
622-623
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Oxford Twp. –
HARRISON DOTY,
runs a planing mill in Ashley; was born at Woodbury, Delaware Co.,
Ohio, Nov. 6, 1840; when 14 years old, he became an apprentice of
H. L. Cross, at Ashley, Ohio, learning the wagon-maker’s trade;
in 1858, he purchased an interest in Lincoln Township, Morrow Co.,
where he remained until August, 1862, when he enlisted in Co. C,
96th O. V. I, and entered the army of the Mississippi; he was in the
battles of Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post; in 1863, he was placed on
detached duty, and given charge of a saw-mill to saw lumber for
pontoon bridges for crossing the swamps west of Vicksburg; he was at
the battle of Port Gibson, and helped to construct the floating
bridge over Bayou Pear, from the dwelling-houses of Port Gibson, and
was at the battles of Champion Hills, Black River Bridge; the charge
of Vicksburg from 11 A. M. to sunset; he also participated in the
siege and capture of that place; at the battle of Grand Chateau he
was taken prisoner, and was held fifty-three days; he afterward took
part in the capture of Forts Gaines and Morgan, at the mouth of
Mobile Bay, and unfurled the first regimental colors in front of the
last-named fort; he was with Gen. Banks up Red River; his
brigade fought in the last engagement of infantry at Whistle
Station. In July, 1866, he married Miss Phoebe Benedict, who
died in December, 1870, leaving one son. Dec. 21, 1871, he married
Miss M. E. Carpenter, and in 1873 moved to Ashley, and
engaged in the saw and planing mill business. His parents were of
the first pioneers of Delaware. Co. He is a member of the
Presbyterian Church.
Source: History of
Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical
Publishers, 1880, p. 790
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Oxford Twp. –
JOSEPHUS F. DOTY
was born March 16, 1843, at South Woodbury, Morrow Co., Ohio; in the
spring of 1857, he went to Ashley to learn the blacksmith trade with
S. B. Morehouse; in the winter of 1858, and until the fall of
1860, he attended school at Mount Hesper, in Morrow Co.; the
following winter taught school in Delaware Co., Ind. In the spring
of 1861, he returned to Ashley, and upon the first call for troops
enlisted as a private May 1, 1861, in Co. C, 26th O. V. L, under
Capt. Jesse Meredith, and was made Corporal at the organization
of the company, and promoted to Sergeant after the battle of Stone
River, where he was slightly wounded. On the 20th of September,
1863, at the battle of Chickamauga, he received two wounds; one of
the balls he still carries in his body; being unable to perform
service in the field, during the winter of 1863-64, he was on
recruiting service at Todd Barracks, at Columbus, Ohio. In April,
1864, he joined his regiment, when he was made color-bearer, and
served as such during the Atlanta campaign. July 25, 1864, he was
discharged, having served three years and three months, lacking five
days. On the 11th of April, 1865, he again enlisted in the 9th U.
S. V., under Maj. Gen. Hancock, and on the 16th, arrived at
Washington, D. C. On the 8th of the following June, he was
appointed First Sergeant of Co. B, and on the 10th day of July,
Sergeant Major of the regiment, and on the 17th day of same month
was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the regiment, and promoted to
First Lieutenant the 1st of the following November. The 24th of
March, 1866, he was appointed by the Secretary of War Regimental
Quartermaster of the same regiment, having served as such from the
December previous by special order. The 2d of May, 1866, he was
mustered out of the United States service, and settled at Ashley,
Ohio. On the 20th day of August, 1865, while in the service, he was
married to Miss Millie Baxter. Oct. 15, 1867, he was
appointed Assistant Revenue Assessor of one of the divisions of
Delaware Co., which he held one year. At the spring election of
1868, Mr. Doty was elected Justice of the Peace in Oxford
Township, and resigned the position the following fall. At the
October election of 1868, was elected Auditor of Delaware Co;
entered the office March 1, 1869; was re-elected in 1870, and again
to the same office in 1871. November, 1873, returned to Ashley, and
in a few weeks buried his wife. In April, 1874, was elected Mayor
of Ashley. In January, 1875, purchased of M. B. Shoemaker
his hardware store in Ashley, which he is still managing. June 24,
1875, was married to Miss Mary E. Pierce.
Source: History of
Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical
Publishers, 1880, pp. 789-790
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Troy Twp. -
JAMES DOWNING, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Norton;
is a son of Samuel and Margaret Downing, whose sketch appears
in this work; he was born Nov. 3, 1838, in this township. He
remained at home with his parents until Oct. 24, 1867, when he was
married to Mary E., a daughter of John and Madaleen
(Haggerty) Long. Her parents were born in Washington Co.,
Penn., and came to Ohio in 1864, and settled in Morrow Co.; they
have five children - Mary E., William C., Emma, James, John; Mrs.
Downing was born July 12, 1845, in Pennsylvania. The fruit
of this union was four children - Jennie, born Aug. 17, 1858;
John H., July 19, 1870; Mary M., Mar. 18, 1874;
Emma A., Nov. 19, 1876. In 1876 they bought the present
farm of 169 acres of Ashford Barnes, paying $70 per acre; it
is well improved and finely adapted to stock-raising. Mr.
Downing was drafted and hired a substitute; he takes great
interest in educating his children, and in all township and county
enterprises.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio -
1880: Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 -
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Troy Twp. -
JOHN DOWNING; farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Delaware;
is a brother of Samuel Downing, whose sketch appears
elsewhere; was born Sept. 10, 1822, in this county, on the farm
where he now lives; was married, Aug. 1, 1847, to Margaret, a
daughter of Jesse and Mary Foust, who are mentioned very
prominently in Oxford Township; her mother was married to Mr.
Lowther, prior to her marriage with Mr. Foust; by the
first she had two children - Samuel and William,
and by the last union she had four - Christina, Margaret, Jacob
and Emily; she was born Dec. 28, 1828. They have no
children of their own, but have raised three - two of his sister's
children and one for Mr. Morris. They have 148 acres,
valued at $60 per acre, attained by buying out the heirs; he has
been Trustee for several terms and held other small offices.
They are members of the Presbyterian Church at Radnor; he always
voted the Democratic ticket - cast his first vote for James K.
Polk; he paid his share of the township draft. Lowther,
spoken of in this sketch, was a trumpeter in the cavalry in the war
of 1812, under Col. Crawford.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio -
1880: Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880
- Page 771 |
Troy Twp. -
SAMUEL DOWNING, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O.
Delaware; is a son of Samuel Downing, born Aug. 23, 1785, and
Elizabeth (Giffin) Downing, born in July 1784, the former in
Lancaster Co., Penn., and the latter in Ohio; they were married in
Belmono., and moved to Virginia, and from there they emigrated to
Delaware Co., Ohio, in 1816, and lived one summer in Radnor
Township, and in 1817 they finally settled in Troy, where the father
died in 1823, and the mother in 1846, having blessed the world with
nine children- Samuel, Mary, David, Elizabeth, Jane, Ann,
William, Nancy and John. Our subject was born Sept.
17, 1805, in Ohio Co., Va., in which county the five first children
were born. His younger days were devoted to attending school -
his first place of that resort, in this county, was in an old log
house in Radnor Township; the second was in a similar one, now the
present site of Judge Norris's orchard. He was married,
Oct. 11, 1832, to Margaret, a daughter of Henry and
Elizabeth Willey; she was born Apr. 14, 1814, in Washington Co.,
Penn., and emigrated to Ohio early with her parents; they had eight
children - Maria, Henry, David, James, Elizabeth, Harriet,
Margaret J. and Esther A.; they settled the present farm
in 1832, buying 84 acres of the Government, getting the patent from
President Jackson. He has, by strict economy, been able
to purchase some land for his children; Mr. Downing was once
Captain of militia, for many years after the close of the war of
1812; he has been Township Trustee and Justice of the Peace; has
always voted the Democratic ticket - casting his first vote for
Jackson. A part of the family belong to the
Presbyterian Church. His grandfather, Robert Giffin,
came over from Scotland before the Revolutionary war, and helped to
build a block-house where Wheeling, Va., now stands.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio -
1880: Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880
- Page 771 |
Troy Twp. -
WILLIAM DOWNING; retired farmer Sec. 16 P. O.
Radnor. Perhaps no one is better known to the people of Troy
Township than the gentleman whose name heads this article;
everywhere we can hear him spoken of as jolly old Uncle Billy,
and it is justice to say that his mind is a history of itself; we
hear him speak of chasing the fleeting deer, of the early pioneers,
of the times when he would climb the bushes in fear while his
brother would slay the deer with his knife, of the jolly times
attending the pioneer schools, which are fully noticed in the
township history. He was born April 13,3 1818, in Troy
Township, where he has always remained; at the age of 14, he cut his
ankle, which crippled him for two years; at 17, he began farming in
partnership with his brother John. He was married, in
1840, to Catherine, a daughter of Peter and Elizabeth
Coonfare; her parents were from Pennsylvania; she was born in
1815, in Pennsylvania, and emigrated to Ohio in 1816, settling in
Delaware Co., in 1832 or 1833. They settled on the present
farm of 66½ acres, which they have
attained by their own labors. He started life with nothing but
one fatted pig; perseverance has brought him to prosperity in his
old age, which he enjoys like a boy. He has worked at
carpentering for thirty years, commencing in 1842; he also followed
shoemaking to some extent for twelve years. The creator has
given him seven children - Eli, Oliver C., Gabriell, Sarah C.,
Rufus W., Louisa I., Adaline. Mr. Downing has served as
both School Director and Supervisor for twenty-one years, and has
also been Constable. He paid out considerable money for the
Union cause; his son Eli enlisted from Van Wert Co. Our
hero once belonged to the Sons of Temperance; he has taken great
interest in reading; has a compilation of almanacs from 1807 - 1814
- quite a novelty, considering their date. His wife's father
was in the war of 1812.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio -
1880: Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880
- Page 771 |
Delaware Twp. -
MICHAEL DOYLE,
merchant, Delaware; is one of the leading merchants of Delaware; he
was born in the county of Carlow; Ireland, about 1850 or 1851; he,
with his mother and family (his father having died in Ireland),
emigrated to America, and came to Ohio, locating in Columbus; here
our subject set out in life, learning his trade as a marble cutter;
he worked there for some years, and then went to Memphis, Tenn.,
where he worked at his trade a short time; he also worked at Girard,
Penn., and at Cleveland, Ohio: from there, in about 1860, he came to
Delaware, and formed a partnership with John Shea, in the
marble business; this firm continued for some five years, when
Mr. Doyle embarked in his present business, flour, feed, and a
general stock of merchandise; his flour and feed store is 20x60 feet
in size; his grocery, etc., is 20x80 feet; the two stores adjoin,
and are located on East Winter street. Mr. Doyle started in
life a poor boy, but, with industry and good management, has
accumulated a good property. He was married, in June, 1863, to
Miss Mary Leahy, a native of Ireland, she having come to America
with her parents when she was about 7 years of age, and to Delaware
in 1852.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 623
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WILLIAM H. DUCKWORTH,
Lewis Center; was born in Harlem Feb. 22, 1840; son of James and
Rebecca (McClara) Duckworth, the former a native of Maryland,
and the latter from Licking Co., Ohio; they located in Harlem, where
they still reside. William received good school advantages,
completing the same at Central College; began teaching at 16, which
he has continued at intervals up to the present time, having taught
in all forty-four terms; was two years in Columbus in charge of one
of the wards in the insane asylum; also some time in the employ of
one of the prominent publishing houses as general agent, introducing
school-books. Nov. 8, 1863, was united by marriage to Miss Vinnie
Brighton, born in April, 1846, in Shelby Co., Ill., daughter of
James and Rebecca (McClara) Brighton; natives of New York; in
1865, Mr. Duckworth moved to Union Co., remained until 1874,
where he was engaged in teaching and farming; since that time, he
has been a resident of this township; has 100 acres of land, which
is under first-class improvements; has two children––Minnie R.,
born July 20, 1866; James, Oct. 11, 1870. Mr. Duckworth
is Democratic; has served as Township Trustee, and was a candidate
for County Commissioner and was only beaten by a small majority, the
county giving a Republican majority. He and wife are members of the
Christian Union; is a man, generous and social in his nature, a
liberal patron of the public journals, and well posted on the issues
of the day.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 699
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JONATHAN DUNHAM,
Alum Creek; is a representative of one of the early settlers, and
has been a resident of the county since his birth, 65 years; was
born in Berkshire Township Nov. 4, 1815, and is a descendent of
Puritan stock. His father, Jonathan Dunham, was born in 1783,
in Northampton, Conn., and married Lydia Butler and moved to
this county in 1807, subsequently to Berkshire, where he died in
September, 1858; his mother April 13, 1869. Jonathan remained
at home until he was 25 years of age, when he married Elizabeth
Hardin, born in Pennsylvania in 1823; came here with her parents
when a child; after their marriage, they lived several years on the
homestead, and, about the year 1855, came to this township and
located on the pike, where they have since lived on his farm; they
have had ten children, all living––Avis, now Mrs.
Davenport; Linn M. and Laurens R. (twins);
Ampudia A., Hamer, Silas P., Err H., Ernestine, Elizabeth and
Alice. Mr. Dunham is now serving his third term as
Justice of the Peace; was recently elected Land Appraiser. He is a
man that is well read in history, and is a liberal patron of good
literature.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, pp. 698-699
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Delaware Twp. -
ALBERT W. DUMM,
physician and surgeon, Delaware; was born in Monroe Co., Ohio, Dec.
1, 1847; son of Milton and Sarah J. (McComas) Dumm, who came
to Ohio at an early day; his father was a farmer, and here, on the
farm, Dr. Dumm remained until about 23 years of age, when he
began the study of medicine with his brother, Dr. S. C. Dumm,
a leading physician of Delaware Co.; he also attended lectures at
the Starling Medical College, and graduated from the Columbus
Medical College, in 1876; he then came to Delaware and began the
practice of medicine, and, after eighteen months, went to Missouri
and practiced in that State for two and a half years, when he
returned to Delaware, where he has been engaged in the practice of
his profession ever since. Dr. Dumm married Miss Emma A.
Sparks, of Ohio, in 1877; they have one child, a daughter.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 622
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Radnor Twp. -
JOSEPH H. DUNLAP, stock-dealer and farmer; P.
O. Delaware. The grandfather of Joseph Dunlap was a
soldier of the "war of 1812." It was while in the army he saw
for the first time the beautiful valley of the Scioto; in 1813, he
quit the army and came to Delaware Co., Ohio, and entered a large
tract of land, upon which he moved the following year. Col.
John F. and Martha C. (McKinnie) Dunlap, the parents of our
subject, were both natives of Franklin Co., Penn., and the parents
of five children, four of whom are now living; Col. Dunlap
was a surveyor, and a great portion of the lands in Radnor and
adjoining townships were surveyed by him; he was one of the most
energetic and learned men of that day; held the offices of County
Treasurer and Auditor at an early day, and was for a number of years
Colonel of the State militia; he departed this life in 1857; the
wife died in 1873 at an advanced age; one of their sons John N.,
died at Vicksburg, Miss., while in the service of his country; he
was a commissioned officer in the 69th O. V. I. The mother's
father, Judge Josiah McKinney, came from Franklin Co., Penn.,
to Marietta, Ohio, in 1800, and from there to Liberty Township,
Delaware Co., Ohio, in 1803, where he remained until his death; he
was one of the first white men to locate permanently in Central
Ohio. Our subject's youth was passed on a farm; his father
removed to the city of Delaware when he was quite a lad; there young
Dunlap had the advantages for obtaining a good education,
which he was not slow to improve; he soon became a proficient
scholar; after the parents' return to the farm, the father dealt
largely in horses, cattle and sheep. Our subject when quite
young was entrusted with droves of horses, cattle and sheep, and
went with them overland to the principal markets in the East.
It was at this time he conceived a great liking for the stock
business, and the greater portion of his life has been spent buying
and shipping stock; his experience when young has been of great
advantage to him, as can be attested, for he is one among the few
successful stock-dealers of the county. Mr. Dunlap and
Thomas Watkins have together greatly improved the horses of
Radnor and adjoining townships by importing and keeping some of the
best Clydesdale horses ever owned in the county. Mr. Dunlap
was united in marriage with Josephine Latimer Oct. 2, 1873;
she is the daughter of Sylvester Latimer, a native of
Connecticut, and one of the early settlers of Delaware Co.; he was
united in marriage with Miss Harriet, daughter of Col.
Forest Meeker of Stratford Township, this county; from our
subject's union with Miss Latimer there are two daughters,
Grace and Martha L. Mr. Dunlap owns 120 acres of
well-improved land, is a stanch Republican, and one of the prominent
and influential men of the county in which he lives.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 - Page 752 |
Radnor Twp. -
WILLIAM DUNLAP, farmer, P. O. Delaware; was
born in the city of Lancaster, Fairfield Co., Ohio, May 29, 1822;
his parents, Robert and Susan (Jones) Dunlap, moved from
Rockingham Co., Va., to Fairfield Co., Ohio, in1818; the father was
a hatter by trade, a business he engaged in soon after coming to
Ohio; he had been a soldier in the war of 1812, and was a man much
respected by all who knew him; he died soon after his coming to the
State, and was followed by his wife in 1831. Our subject
received the rudiments of a common school education; soon after his
father's death, he went to live with an uncle in Licking Co.; he
remained with his uncle until 15 years of age, at which time he
entered a flouring-mill in Licking Co., where he remained several
years, working in the mill and hauling flour from the mill to Mt.
Vernon, Newark, and other places; while working in this mill and
during his stay in Licking Co., William Rosecrans (who
afterward became the famous Gen. Rosecrans) was his constant
companion, and together with him did nearly all the teaming for the
mill; after leaving the mill, our subject for some years ran on the
canal and drove stage. He was united in marriage with
Elizabeth Seever Oct. 14, 1847; she was born in Fairfield Co.,
Ohio, May 9, 1825; her father, Peter Seever, came from
Virginia to Fairfield Co. in 1807. From our subject's marriage
to Miss Seever there were five children - Susan and
Hannah (living), Martha A., Mary C. and Oliver P.
(deceased). Mr. Dunlap has held a number of township
offices, in all of which he was a popular and efficient officer.
He is a Republican. He owns a nicely improved farm of
seventy-five acres, which has obtained by his own hard work.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 - Page 751 |
Concord Twp. -
WILLIAM D. DUNLAP, farmer; was born in this
county Nov. 16, 1836. He was married June 28, 1855, to Miss
Susan Evans, when himself and wife, together with his parents,
David and Sarah Dunlap, removed on to the place where he now
resides, occupying the house and living as one family; after his
father's death, his mother continued to make her home with her son.
Nine children have been born to Mr. Dunlap and wife, all
living; their names and dates of birth are as follows:
Sarah R., born Aug. 16, 1856; Joseph A., Mar. 4, 1858;
James F., Mar. 12, 1860; Charles E., Jan. 10, 1862;
Richard A., Oct. 13, 1863; John W., May 24, 1865;
Thomas J., July 2, 1869; Ida E., Mar. 29, 1873; Harrie
E., May 30, 1879. Mr. Dunlap's farm contains 95
acres and is situated three and one-quarter miles southwest of
Delaware; he is a member of Olentangy Lodge, No. 53, I. O. O. F., of
Delaware.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 - Page 742 |
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Genoa Twp. –
CAPT. JAY DYER, farmer
and stock-raiser; P. O. Galena; is a son of Jonathan Dyer,
who was born Jan. 6, 1792, and, when 3 years old, his parents moved
to Vermont and located in Rutland Co. Oct. 15, 1818, he married
Hannah Dwinnels, of Washington Co., N. Y.; they located close to
his parents, where Jay was born Nov. 30, 1819; when quite
young, he entered the University of Vermont; in the spring of 1838,
his parents moved to Ohio, locating in this county; Jay was at that
time attending school, and, in June of the same year, graduated, and
then joined his parents in Ohio; remaining a few months, he went to
Illinois, where, with a surveying party, he went to work on a
railroad, but only remained with them a short time, when he was
transferred to a party that was surveying the Illinois River, from
Ottawa to Peoria; on account of sickness, he gave up his position,
and, in the fall of 1839, returned to Delaware Co. and taught school
one year; he then returned to Illinois, locating at Plainfield, Will
Co., where he remained five years; in 1845, he returned to Ohio,
and, Oct. 4, 1847, was married to Miss Hortense Norton; she
was born Jan. 1, 1829, in Connecticut; when 5 years old, her parents
came to Ohio, locating in Berkshire Township; when 15 years old, she
commenced teaching, at which she continued until her marriage; they
have had four children, of whom Alfred C., born Aug. 22,
1858, and David N., Jan. 20, 1862, are living, and Stella,
born Sept. 2, 1852, and Eudora, Aug. 5, 1855, deceased.
Alfred C. graduated from Kenyon College, at Gambier, Ohio, in
June, 1879, and is now teaching in Delaware Co.; David N. is
now attending the State University at Columbus, Ohio. After his
marriage, Mr. Dyer located on his present homestead. In the
fall of 1856, he was, elected County Surveyor, and in 1859, was
re-elected. In August, 1861, he resigned his office, and enlisted in
the 32d O. V. I., Co. I, and was commissioned Captain, but, on
account of poor health, he resigned in 1862. In 1868, under the firm
name of Dyer, Armstrong & Co., he engaged in the manufacture
of cheese; in 1872, he sold out, and since then has devoted his time
to farming and stock-raising; he now has about seven hundred head of
fine merino sheep; his farm contains about five hundred acres, part
lying in Genoa and part in Berkshire Township, on which he has good
buildings and other improvements.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, pp. 849-850
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