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J. I. ADAMSON, of
the firm of Schoppert & Adamson, lumber merchants, at Ostrander, was
born in Randolph County, Indiana, April 16, 1867, and is a son of
Ira and Nancy (Willmore) Adamson.
The Adamson family is of English extraction.
The grandfather of J. I. Adamson was Abraham Adamson,
who was a pioneer in Indiana, where he became prominent in public
affairs. The maternal grandfather was a native of Virginia.
He married Eliza Love, whose mother was a Harrison,
belonging to the old Virginia family from which came two presidents of
the United States.
Ira Adamson, father of J. I., is a highly
respected retired citizen of Winchester, Indiana. He served as a
soldier in the Union army during the Civil War and is a member of the
Grand Army Post at Winchester. He was a successful farmer for
many years and for 15 years prior to retiring from active life, he was
engaged in the bee business. He is a Republican in his political
views and has frequently held township offices. He married a
daughter of William C. Willmore, of Winchester, who still
survives. For 14 years Mr. Willmore was a county
recorder. Mr. and Mrs. Adamson had 10 children, namely:
Willis A., residing at Saratoga, Indiana; Mary E.; Sarah;
Jesse W., residing on the home farm; Alice A.; John W.,
deceased; J. I.; George W., residing at Everett,
Washington, was clerk of the court there for eight years; and
Hannah and Edith. The parents of this family are
members of the Baptist Church, in which the father has been very
active for many years, frequently occupying the pulpit. He is
now in his 77th hear.
J. I. Adamson was reared in Indiana and was
educated in the Randolph High School and the National Normal
University at Lebanon, Ohio, remaining in the latter institution for
two years, after which he returned to Winchester and taught in the
public schools for the next five years. Failing health compelled
him to abandon teaching and for the seven following years he engaged
in farming in Scioto Township. In 1891 he came to Ostrander and
entered into partnership with J. A. Hayes, in the hardware line
under the firm name of Hayes & Adamson, which continued two
years, when Mr. Adamson closed out his interest. For some
four or five years he then conducted a restaurant. In the fall
of 1905, he bought a farm of Albert Huntley, but returned to
Ostrander in a few months and entered into partnership with his
present associate. The firm operates a portable sawmill, to
Dayton, Ohio. Mr. Anderson was one of the organizers of
the Ostrander Banking Company, at Ostrander, and with the exception of
one year, has been one of its directors ever since its beginning.
Mr. Adamson married Minnie Manville, who
was born in Scioto Township, Delaware County, Ohio, and they have one
daughter, Lois Ellen. In politics, Mr. Adamson is
a stanch Republican. He is a member of Ostrander Lodge, F. & A.
M., and of Edinburg Lodge, Odd Fellows, of which he is past grand, and
has also held the office of district deputy grand master. He is
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WERTER
B. ALBRIGHT was the son of Jacob S. Albright and Nancy
Albright. The father was a minister of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and the mother a faithful helpmate in her
husband's calling. The subject of this sketch was born on the
twelfth day of October, 1858. He was educated in the public
schools of Delaware and at the Ohio Wesleyan University.
Mr. Albright studied law and was admitted to the Bar in the year
1885. He soon thereafter opened an office in Delaware, and
began the practice of his chosen profession. Mr. Albright
gave special attention to the law of real estate and he became an
expert in that particular branch of his profession. He was an
untiring student and prepared an abstract of title to all the lands
of Delaware County at a cost of hundreds of dollars and several
years of labor to himself and employes. This work had just
been completed a short time before his death, which occurred on the
eighth day of January, 1893. |
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DR. FRANK ANDREWS
located in Cheshire after the death of his uncle, who was an able
practitioner. He graduated in 1883 at the Starling Medical
College, and came direct to Cheshire. He sold to Dr. H. C.
Kious in 1885, of Columbus, and moved to Westerville, where he
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JOSEPH H. ANDREWS,
a well-known resident of Delaware Township, Delaware County, Ohio, who
owns and operates a fine farm of 50 acres, was born July 27, 1869, in
Concord Township, Delaware County, and is a son of Dr. Hugh B.
and Mary E. (Dall)) Andrews, grandfather of J. H., was
born in 1781, in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio when
12 years old. He served in the War of 1812, being with Hull when
he surrendered, and after the war settled in Fairfield County, Ohio,
where he followed the trade of tailor and later took up farming, which
he continued until his death.
His son, Dr. Hugh B. Andrews, was born Oct. 6,
1819, in Fairfield County, and in the spring of 1852 came to Delaware
County, where for many years he practiced medicine, but subsequently
settled on a farm in Concord Township consisting of 85 acres, where he
has sine carried on general farming and stock raising.
Originally a Whig, Mr. Andrews is now a Republican. He is a
member of the United Brethren Church. Mr. Andrews was married to
Mary E. Dall, who was the daughter of James Dall, and
five children were born to this union: John and James H.,
who are deceased: Nettie E., who is the wife of
David Bailey of Concord Township; Maggie, who married
Adron Cook of Concord Township; and J. H.
J. H. Andrews received a common school education in
his native township, and spent one year at Lebanon, Ohio, and two
years at what is now Ada University. He taught several terms
before entering the last named institution. He left school to
make his campaign for the office of county recorder, to which he was
elected in 1899, and in which he served until September, 1906.
On April 1, 1907, he purchased his present farm of fifty acres in
Delaware Township, where he gives special attention to the raising of
corn and hay, selling most of the latter, while the former is fed to
his fine Chester White hogs.
Mr. Andrews was married to Jessie C. Cutler,
who is the daughter of Orange D. Cutler, formerly of Jerome,
but now of Delaware, Ohio. One daughter, Mary Stiles, has
been born to this union. Mr. Andrews and his wife belong
to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Fraternally he is connected
with Delaware Lodge No. 76 of the Elks, of which he is esteemed loyal
knight, and the Odd Fellows at Jerome, Ohio, of which he is past grand
and of which he was district deputy grand master for four years; and
at one time was a member of Delaware Encampment No. 52, of the Odd
Fellows. |
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GEORGE ARMSTRONG,
who was born at Sunbury, Ohio, May 26, 1843, died at Ellsworth,
Kansas, Jan. 29, 1886.
The late George Armstrong was educated in the
Sunbury schools and Delaware University. On Apr. 16, 1861, he
enlisted for service in the Civil War, entering Company C, Fourth
Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. This regiment was connected
with the Army of the Cumberland, and Mr. Armstrong served as a
faithful soldier being promoted from the ranks too be corporal of his
company, until he was honorably discharged, in August, 1865.
After the organization of the Grand Army of the Republic, he became
identified with it. He was a member of the Baptist Church and
served on its Board of Deacons. In politics he was a Republican.
He belonged to the Masonic fraternity.
The parents of the late George Armstrong were
Charles and Elizabeth (Slocum) Armstrong. They were
born in Pennsylvania and came to Delaware County, Ohio, and Charles
Armstrong bought a farm near Sunbury, on which he died in 1870.
His wife died in 1897, at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs.
Kimball Sedgwick, in Sunbury. For two terms he served as
treasurer of Delaware County. Of his 11 children, his son
George was the fourth in order of birth.
George Armstrong was married (first) April 3,
1867 to Emily Kimball, who died Apr. 27, 1875. Two
children of that marriage survive - Burt D., residing at
Delawre, Ohio; and Mabel, who married V. E. Brevoort. Mr.
Brevoort is engaged in business at Columbus. Mr.
Armstrong was married (secondly) May 24, 1876, to Mrs. Irene
(Kimball) Sedgwick. A son, Charles O. Armstrong, is
assistant cashier of the Sunbury Farmer's Bank. Mrs.
Armstrong was born in Marion County, Ohio, Sept. 21, 1843, and is
a daughter of Elias and Irene A. (Ticknor) Kimball,
natives of Lebanon, New Hampshire, who came to Marion County, Ohio, in
1839. Elias Kimball was a merchant, and in 1844 he
engaged in a general mercantile business at Sunbury, which he
continued until 1864. At that time he practically retired, but
resumed business activity in 1872, when he became one of the
organizers of the Sunbury Bank, of which he was the first president,
remaining such until his death, Dec. 23, 1872. |
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J. ARNOLD, (Berkshire
Twp.), merchant, Galena; the only son of Ira and Sarah M.
(Ingham) Arnold; is a native of Galena, this county, and born
Aug. 17, 1845; he received the advantages of the common school of
his day, and entered upon the duties of a clerk in Galena, at the
age of 20; his attention was next directed to building and farming;
in 1873, he engaged to G. B. Carpenter in the lumber
business. Aug. 8, 1874, he married Emma, the daughter
of Mr. Carpenter, and to them, May 25, 1877, was born their
child - Mamie. Mr. Arnold subsequently became
the owner of the lumber business, which he continues; under his
administration it has been prosperous, and has grown in volume; in
addition to the stock of lumber and house-building material, he
keeps salt, lime, coal and drain tile; also buys grain and wool; he
will soon have completed a new business building, two stories high,
dimensions, 40x25 feet; he owns a fine residence in Galena, with
twenty-five acres adjoining, also forty-five acres well improved in
Berkshire Township; he is a member of Galena Lodge, No. 404, I. O.
O. F. Himself and wife are members of the M. E. Church,
in which he has been an active member, also served as Superintendent
of Sunday school of the same denomination. Mr. Arnold's
father was born in Vermont in 1794, and came to Ohio about 1810 -
11, experiencing the hardships incident to pioneer life; he died
about 1839. He was married twice, his second wife, the mother
of the subject of this sketch - was born Dec. 31, 1799, the daughter
of Abraham Ingham, and came to Ohio by team in 1810; previous
to her marriage with Mr. Arnold, she had been married to
Mr. David Berge; she is still living with her son in Galena, and
is lively and interesting. Has been a church member the most
of her life. |
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CHARLES ARTHUR,
farmer and stockraiser; P. O. Delaware; was born in Frederick Co.,
Md., Feb. 5, 1813, and is the eldest son of a family of four
children of Charles and Elizabeth (Smith) Arthur; the father
was a native of France, and a soldier under the First Napoleon; he
served seven years in the French Navy, and it was while in the
employ of the French that he was shipwrecked off the coast of the
United States; he was rescued and brought by an American vessel to
the city of Annapolis, Md., where he afterward married and remained
quite a number of years; he removed to Delaware Co., Ohio in 1837,
where he remained until death, which occurred in 1862; his wife died
in 1857. The subject of this sketch passed his youth and early
manhood with his parents; at 18 years of age, he entered a shop, and
served an apprenticeship of three years at blacksmithing; he
remained in Maryland working at his trade until 1836, when he came
to Delaware Co., Ohio, and, for a number of years, worked at his
trade, farmed, and dealt quite extensively in live stock; he was one
of the first men in the county to encourage the manufacture of
woolen goods in its limits; he now owns a one-fifth interest in the
Delaware Woolen Mills of Delaware; beside this, he owns a nicely
improved farm of 190 acres in Scioto Township, where he now resides;
he has held the office of County Commissioner six years; was a
member of that body when the late drainage law was passed, and it
was greatly through his influence that it was put into effect in the
county. He was united in marriage with Harriet A. Mealy
March 9, 1834; she was born in Frederick Co., Md., Sept. 19, 1815;
from this union there were five children, four of whom are now
living - Charles W., Ann V., Francis T. and Edward N.,
the name of the one deceased was Mary E. Mr. Arthur
began life a poor boy. |
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