BIOGRAPHIES
* Source #1: History of
Fayette County, Ohio
Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen & Co., 1914†
Source #2 - History of Fayette County,
Ohio & State of Ohio
By R. S. Dills - Publ. Odell & Meyer Publishers, Dayton, Ohio -
1881
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| CLARENCE N. BAER |
EDWARD BAHAN,
son of Edward Bahan, sr., native of Ireland, was born
in Kings County, Ireland, April 18, 1824, about forty-five
years ago, crossed the ocean, with his widowed mother, four
sisters, and three bothers. They crossed the briny
deep in twenty-one days. They remained in New York
nine years then came to Fayette County, where he has since
resided - about thirty years.
November 8, 1863, he was married to Hannah, daughter
of Darby and Honora Ring, a native of Ireland.
They Eliza, Mary Ann , Nannie, Bridget, Margaret, Peter,
Nellie and Katie; they also adopted John Hurley, and
raised him from infancy. The deceased are two infants,
and Edward. Eliza with his wife of William Foley
and resides in Pickaway County. Mary Ann
teaches school to the great satisfaction of her employers.
She has a b right mind, and during the recent year, taught
ten months, successively, without missing a school day.
Mr. Bahan and wife are members of the St.
Coleman's Catholic Church, at Washington. He is a
democrat, but does not expect office. He owns one
hundred acres of land on the Glaze tract, nicely improved.
He has a tile factory, and only one in the township, when he
started six years ago, and makes a large quantity of
tile a sufficient guarantee of good work.
* Source #2:
History of Fayette County, Ohio & State
of Ohio -
By R. S. Dills - Publ. Odell & Meyer Publishers, Dayton, Ohio -
1881 - Marion Twp. |
GEORGE
J. BAILEY, liveryman, Washington, was born in
Newport, Rhode Island, Dec. 8, 1848. He is a son of
James E. and Harriet Bailey, natives of Rhode Island,
where they still reside. They have two children:
Joseph H. and George, our subject, who was
married October 2, 1873 to Miss Elizabeth Hathaway,
daughter of John and Ann Hathaway, of Clarke
County. They have two children: Joseph P. and
Charles S. Mr. Bailey served one
summer's cruise on board a government steamer, under the
command of Lieutenant Miller. He and his wife
are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He
received his education in his native place, leaving there at
the age of thirteen years and clerked in Boston and New York
City for three years, when he came West and engaged in the
livery business, which he has followed since.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio:
Odell & Mayer, 1881) |
JACHOMYER
BALDWIN (Madison Twp.), farmer, is the fifth child,
and second son, of Jonah and Mary (Bland) Baldwin,
natives of Virginia. He was born Aug. 20, 1815, near
where he now resides. His parents and grandparents
came to Ohio from Virginia, in 1812, and settled on Paint
Creek, on what is known as the Baldwin and Wallace
survey, and where Jachomyer yet resides.
Our subject is of a family of eight children, three
sons and five daughters. The sons were John,
Jachomyer, and Joseph. The last-named lives
in Adams County, Indiana. John died some years
since. Nancy, the youngest daughter, married
Benjamin Corson, and died in 1854, leaving four
children. The biography of her son,
Jonah B.,
appears herein. Our subject's four sisters still live.
He enjoys the reputation of a hard-working, honest man.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio:
Odell & Mayer, 1881 |
ISAAC
F. BARGER. The Bargers were originally
from Germany. Phillip Barger and his wife, the
grandparents of this subject, were born in Virginia, and
coming to Ohio about the year 1800, settled on a tract of
four hundred acres of land on Lee's Creek. The land is
now owned by his grandson, Isaac. Their bodies
were buried on the farm, Their children were Polly,
Phillip, John and Lewis.
John, the father of this subject, married
Elizabeth Pavey July 4, 1832. She was the daughter
of Isaac Pavey, one of the early settlers of Highland
County, Ohio. They were the parents of two sons and
three daughters: Polly (1833), Ann Maria
(1835), Philip (1837), Isaac F. (1840),
Nancy Elizabeth (1842). These all died in early
life, except the subject of this sketch.
Isaac F. Pavey was born September 18,
1840. He married, October 25, 1864, Isabel A.,
daughter of Samuel Pavey, of Highland County.
Mrs. Pavey was born January 2, 1846. Five
children have been born to this union, three only of whom
are living: John Willard, born March 6, 1868;
Harry Quincy, born Dec. 18, 1871; Leroy
Taylor, born June 7, 1880. Two other sons died
in infancy.
Mary Barger is an
extensive farmer, being the largest producer of grain in
Green Township. He raises and deals largely in cattle
and hogs. He owns nearly one thousand acres of land in
Fayette and Highland counties, all of which gives evidence
of careful tillage and excellent supervision. Mr.
Barger and his wife have been members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church since 1874.
The father of our subject was killed by an accident,
May 28, 1877; the mother died March 16, 1879. They
were both Methodists.
Our subject has been a member of Leesburg Lodge No. 78,
F. & A. M. since 1878. He is a man of rare business
activity, and has been prominently identified with the
affairs of his township for years past. He occupies
the fine residence, built in the year 1880, at a cost of
$8,000.
Mrs. Barger's father met with a violent death,
May 3, 1879.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio:
Odell & Mayer, 1881) |
JOEL
BARRETT, painter and paper-hanger, Washington,
was born April 14, 1843, at Newmarket, Highland County,
Ohio, and is a son of Thomas and Sarah Barrett.
His father is a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother of
New Jersey. Their family consisted of four children.
Joel, our subject, was married June 26, 1866, to
Miss Mary E. Johnston, daughter of Samuel B.
and Rebecca Johnston, of Highland County. They
are blessed with seven children: Lizzie, Ellen,
Nettie, Jennie, Ralph and Ida, living, and
John, who died some years ago. Our subject
enlisted in Company B, 60th O. V. I., and served one year,
when the whole regiment was captured at Harper's Ferry, and
subsequently paroled, when he re-enlisted Company B, 2d Ohio
Heavy Artillery, and remained with them until the close of
the war. He was mustered out in 1865, came home, and
engaged in painting and paper hanging alone until 1880, when
he formed a co-partnership with Mr. Curtis; and since
that time, under the firm name of Curtis & Barrett,
they have been doing an extensive business. He is an
Odd-fellow, and a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Received his education in Highland County, where his life
was spent up to the time of entering the service of his
country.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio:
Odell & Mayer, 1881) |
JOHN
BAUGHN, the subject of this biography, was a native
of Virginia, and was born on the 22d of September, 1824.
He was the second son, and fifth child, of Moses and
Sarah (Yowell) Baughn. The Baughns came to
Ohio, from Virginia, in 1832, when John was eight
years of age. They settled near Washington.
Our subject was married, Dec. 31, 1855, to Melinda
Mitchem, fourth daughter of William and Catherine (Wort)
Mitchem. The nativity of the Mitchems is
Virginia. Moses and Sarah Baughn had born to
them: Harriet, Joseph, Maria, Catherine, John,
Rebecca, Sarah, Matilda, and Mary Ann.
William and Catherine Mitchem were the parents of
seven children: Elizabeth, James, Lucinda, Sarah,
Melinda, Mary and William. John and
Melinda Baughn had born to them seven children:
Sarah E., born September, 1856, married Joseph S.
Baldwin, Dec. 31, 1874; Joseph H., born Feb. 10,
1858, married Emma Shough, Dec. 24, 1880; William
Moses, born Oct. 2, 1861, died Feb. 2, 1879; Rosilla
Catherine, born June 5, 1865; Lucy May, born Oct.
25, 1874, died Oct. 26, 1874.
Mr. Baughn, in the year 1868, bought the farm of
one hundred acres, on which his family still resides.
He continued to improve it until the time of his decease,
which occurred, Feb. 25, 1875. He was a man much
esteemed for his good qualities, and his death was greatly
lamented.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio:
Odell & Mayer, 1881 |
JOSEPH
H. BAUGHN. This subject is the son of John
and Melinda (Mitchem) Baughn, and was born in this
county, Feb. 10, 1858. He was ordinarily educated, and
at the age of twenty-two, Aug. 14, 1879, he enlisted in the
regular army, and was assigned to the First United States
Infantry. In a few days after his enlistment, the
command to which he belongs was ordered to Fort Snelling, on
the way to the Black Hills. Reaching their
destination, they were at once assigned to duty, and for two
months scouted on the plains with the hostile tribes.
They then crossed into Montana, on foot, and for months the
command campaigned in the mountains and plains of the great
West, traversing Dakota, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, and
parts of the British possessions northward. Many of
the adventures of this command are full of startling facts
of romance and adventure.
Mr. Baughn's term of service lasted fourteen
months. He was discharged at Fort Meade, near
Deadwood, and returned to his native state in August, 1880.
He was married, Dec. 25, 1880, to Emma, daughter of
John and Sarah Shough, of this county.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio:
Odell & Mayer, 1881 |
DAVID
BEALE. (Madison Twp.) Of the substantial
farmers of the northeastern part of this county, none are
better entitled to favorable mention than David Beale
who lives on his well improved farm of two hundred and sixty
acres of land, two miles from Mt. Sterling, on the Columbus
road.
He was born, Nov. 1, 1840, in Pleasant Township,
Madison County, Ohio, and is the third son, and fourth
child, of S. S. and Harriet (Elmore) Beale, both born
in Westmoreland County, Virginia. They came to Ohio in
1832, having been married the year before. Their
children were: Charles H., Mary A., Jeremiah, David, John
W., George, and Smith.
David, gave the years of his minority in assisting
his father on the farm, and enjoyed the benefits of the
common schools of his neighborhood. He was married,
Dec. 30, 1863, to Hannah A., oldest daughter of
Dr. William and Hannah (Reeves) McClintock, of Madison
County. They have had born to them three children:
Flora A., born Nov. 3, 1864; Everett, born June
24, 1866, and Ross, born May 6. 1870.
Mr. Beale, has served the township well and long ad
trustee, and is always in the front rank of the march toward
public improvement.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio:
Odell & Mayer, 1881 |
ELIZABETH
(HURLESS) BEATTY, (Jefferson Twp.)
daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Geller) Hurless,
who were married in Oct., 1825, in this county, and reared a
family of four children. He was previously married to
Barbara Coil, who born him one child, and died Dec.
16, 1820. Mr. Hurless died May 31, 1871.
His second wife died Sep. 9, 1858.
Our subject was married to William Beatty, March
7, 1861, who died at Nashville, Tennessee, June 29, 1863,
while in the service of the Union army. He was a
member of Company C, 90th O. V. I. They had but one
child, William S., who is at home with his mother.
She has a home of ten acres, well improved, situated one
mile southwest of Jeffersonville, on which they live.
She and her son are highly respected people, and good
citizens.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio:
Odell & Mayer, 1881) |
CHARLES
C. BLAKEMORE, sewing machine agent,
Washington, is a son of William H. Blakemore, who was
a native of Virginia, but came to Ohio about the year 1824,
and bought and settled on a farm in this township, where the
village of Culpepper now stands. He married Miss
Ann Millikan, daughter of Captain John Millikan,
who died at Chillicothe, of cold plague, during the year
1812. They were the parents of ten children, five sons
and five daughters, three of whom died in infancy.
Frank L. and Wyatt D. both went West at the close of the
war, being single at the time, but married and settled in
Taylor County, Iowa, and are engaged in farming, occupying
positions of honor and respect in their county.
Keziah C. is the wife of Colonel H. B. Maynard,
whose biography appears in this work. Amamda J.,
married to C. A. Beery, of Chillicothe; Emma,
married to W. E. Bonfoy, of East Walnut Hills,
Cincinnati; Anna M., married to Nathan Snyder,
who is now deceased. She remains a widow, and lives in
Xenia.
Charles C. Blakemore, our subject, was born in
1839, and is a native of this county. He spent his
first years with his parents on the farm, but removed with
them to Washington at the age of ten, and has been a
resident of the town ever since. For more than twenty
years Mr. Blakemore has engaged in the sewing machine
business -indeed, he is the pioneer sewing machine agent in
the county. He married his first wife, Miss Jenny
Cox, daughter of Isaac Cox, of Hamilton County,
in 1865, with whom he lived nine years, when she died.
Mr. Blakemore remained single three years, when he
married Mrs. Phoebe J. Haus, daughter of John
Mallow, Esq., of Ross County. They are
residing in Washington on Main Street in a nice residence of
their own, and are without children. Mr. Blakemore
has been quite successful in the selection of amiable
wives. He is a man of some peculiar traits of
character, possessing an inherent love for fine horses,
which seems to have been a trait of character possessed to a
great degree by his father. Few men in the county are
so fond of a good horse as is he, and but few men are
capable of handling one so skillfully. He is a
straightforward, honest, upright man. In politics he
is a Republican; in religion, a Methodist. His father
served the county as coroner and sheriff, and died July 20,
1870. His mother died May 3, 1874, at the house of
Colonel H. B. Maynard, in Washington. The
Blakemores are regarded as one of the prominent families
of the county.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio:
Odell & Mayer, 1881) |
JOSEPH
G. BLOOMER. (Madison Twp.) Nehemiah
Bloomer, of English descent, a native of New York, and a
tailor by trade, married Elizabeth Ketchum, of Welch
descent, in the State of New Jersey. They lived
successively in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio,
coming to the latter state in a very early day. Their
seven children were: John, Daniel, Benjamin,
William, Joseph, Phoebe, and Jesse. The
sons were farmers, and more than one of them dealt largely
in live stock.
John and Daniel remained in Tennessee; the
remainder of the family are named among the pioneer settlers
of this county. The year of their coming to the state
cannot be accurately stated.
William divided his time between tailoring,
farming, and building mills.
Phoebe was a pioneer in the millinery business.
She married Col. Aaron Johnson, who was sheriff of
this county, and who, for a number of years, kept a hotel in
Washington. They removed to Indiana.
Joseph Bloomer was born in Virginia, June 30,
1786. He married Mary Robinson, daughter of
Nicholas Robinson, a pioneer of Jefferson Township, near
Jeffersonville. His oldest daughter, Rebecca, was
born there, Aug. 27, 1808, the Indians at that time being
his nearest neighbors. Tow other children were born to
them - a daughter and son - both of whom died early in
life.. The wife and mother died in the year 1822, aged
thirty-five years.
He married for his second wife, Mary, the
daughter of Captain Thomas McDonald. Captain
McDonald was a soldier and spy under General Wayne,
in 1794. He was a brother-in-law of General Duncan
McArthur, a justice of the peace, and at one time a
member of the Ohio Legislature.
Joseph Bloomer was elected sheriff of this
county in 1828, succeeding his brother-in-law, Colonel
Johnson. He held the office for two terms, and
after a retirement of two years, was again elected to the
same office, and was again re-elected, serving in all, eight
years. He was an excellent public officer. He
died on his farm, five miles above Washington, July 9, 1859,
aged seventy-three years, leaving a record of a busy, well
spent life. His widow died, Jan. 22, 1852, having been
born, Aug. 18, 1803.
They were the parents of nine children: Joseph Gatch,
born 1824; William Johnson, born 1826; Allen
Trimble, born 1828; Eliza, born 1831;
Thomas Marshall, born 1833; Phoebe, born 1835;
Nancy Ann, born 1837; James Hinton, born 1841;
Effie Jane, born 1844.
Joseph Gatch Bloomer, the oldest son, resides
with his family in Madison Township, midway between
Bloomingburg, and White Oak. He has been a resident of
the county all his life. He located here in 1867.
His education, which is above the average, is the result of
a close application, and the careful improvement of the very
meagre opportunities of the unfavorable times of his youth.
From the year 1845 to 1855, he was an efficient teacher of
the county. Since that time, he has given his time to
farming and stock raising. At the age of twenty-seven
years, he was married to Elizabeth Jane, daughter of
Henry and Abigial (Davis) Dewitt, who were the
parents of sixteen children: Benjamin Franklin,
born 1810; Catherine, born 1811; Henry, born
1813; Asa, born 1815; Sarah, born 1816;
John, born 1818; James B., born 1820; Mary,
born 1821; Abigail and Nancy (twins) born
1824; Elizabeth Jane, born 1826; Rebecca, born
1827; "Allen McArthur, born 1831; Mahala, born
1832; Ellison, born 1834, and Lewis, born
1836.
Mrs. Bloomer was a teacher in her early life,
and is a cultured lady of the substantial kind. To
their marriage eight children have been born - five sons and
three daughters. These are all living except one son,
Joseph Clinton, who died in the sixth year of his
age. In his death the family circle was first broken.
His you7thful spirit was the first to enter within the vale
as the forerunner of the family. May the whole family
finally e permitted to share with him the bliss of
immortality.
Mr. Bloomer has been a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church since 1858, and his wife has been in the
same church since 1848.
NOTE - Joseph Bloomer, it appears from the
above, served as sheriff from 1828 to 1830, and from 1832
until 1838, and then was succeeded by Williams.
See Page 456 of this Book.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio:
Odell & Mayer, 1881 |
JOHN
J. BLUE (Paint Twp.) was born Oct. 16, 1820, in this
county, where his early life was spent. On Feb. 13,
1845, he united in marriage with Miss Margaret, daughter
of William and Martha Raborn, of Madison County,
Ohio. The first three years after their union were
spent in Madison County. From there they removed to
Fayette, and located in Paint Township, where they have ever
since resided. They have five children living:
Martha J., Clinton D., Marcus L., Lizzie B., and
William C. Clinton and Marcus are married, and
settled on part of the home farm.
John's father was a native of Virginia, and came
to this county about the time the territory was formed into
a county. He married Miss Pensie Reeves, of
Pickaway County, by whom he had eight children - five
living. He served his country in the war of 1812.
John our subject, owns a farm of nearly three
hundred acres, well improved, in Paint Township, upon which
he resides. In politics he is an uncompromising
Democrat.
Mr. Blue's father was born in Ross County, but
her grandfather Raborn was a native of Virginia.
Mr. Blue's brothers, Josiah and Wesley,
are dead. His sister Margaret died young.
The living sisters are: Elizabeth, married to John
Yates, of Pickaway County; Ann, married to
Casey, of Indiana; Mary, married to Little,
of this county, and Jane, who married David
Baker, of Illinois. Her husband and son died in
the army.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio:
Odell & Mayer, 1881) |
GEORGE
D. BORDEN. Anthony Borden settled in
Greene County, Ohio, near Bellbrook, about the year 1803.
He was a native of New Jersey. His children were
Thomas, Enoch, Wesley, Asher, Margaret, and Sarah.
Enoch, the father of this subject, was a tailor by
trade. His wife, Ellen Stoby, was a native of
Scotland. Mr. Borden died in August, 1875; his
wife died in September, 1879. They were the parents of
seven sons and five daughters: Margaret, William, George
D., Andrew, James, Mary Jane, Ann Amelia, Louisa,
Christopher and John (twins), and
Ida. William married Martha Ann Benegar; is
a teacher, and lives in Green Township. Andrew
married Amanda Mooney, and lives at Ada, Hardin
County. John married Fanny A. Puckett.
Ida married Russell Fishback.
George D. Borden, the subject of this sketch, was
born in Greene County, Ohio, Nov. 19, 1844, and is a farmer
by occupation. He was brought up to farm labor; and
availing himself of common school advantages, attained a
fair education. He enlisted in Company G, 73d O. V.
I., Oct. 11, 1861, and shared in all the eventful battles
and campaigns of that regiment, fist in the Army of the
Potomac, and afterward under Sherman, in his eventful
campaigns. He was mustered out with his regiment, at
Louisville, Kentucky, July 20, 1865, having made a proud
record as a soldier of the Republic. The Borden
family have resided in New Martinsburg since Feb. 2,
1854.
* Source #2:
History of Fayette County, Ohio & State
of Ohio -
By R. S. Dills - Publ. Odell & Meyer Publishers, Dayton, Ohio -
1881 - Page 795 Perry Twp. |
WILLIAM
CLAY BOSTWICK, one of the most energetic
farmers in this county, is the third son, and fifth child,
of Oliver and Malinda (Thomas) Bostwick) of this
county. He was born in Madison Township, near his
present residence, May 28, 1844.
William Bostwick, the grandfather of William
C., came to Ohio, from Vermont, about the year 1805,
settling on lands in the vicinity of Yankeetown, from which
circumstance this place took its name. He was the
father of Adonriram, Frederick C., Joseph, Sarah,
William, Lucy Ann, and Adley Bostwick.
Oliver's children were: Morton, Francis, Marion,
Annette, Eliza, William C., Elvira, Sarah, and Jane.
Our subject was ordinarily educated, and at the age
of eighteen, enlisted under Captain H. Z. Adams, in
Company G, 113th R. O. V. I., August 1862. He served
with his regiment with efficiency, until the close of the
war, and was discharged at Columbus, Ohio, July 6, 1865.
His regiment campaigned in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama,
Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, and
participated in the grand review at the nation's capital at
the close of the war.
Mr. Bostwick was married, Nov. 6, 1873, to
Clara, daughter of Isaac N. and Margaret (Hidy)
Beatty, of Pickaway County. Mrs. Bostwick
was born in Pickaway County, Oct. 22, 1852. She has
but one brother, Scott Beatty, living in Pickaway
County. A sister died in infancy. Her
grandfather, James Beatty, came to this county from
Virginia in 1818. He was a son of Charles Beatty,
and a grandson of George Beatty. James
Beatty was a soldier in the war of 1812, and about the
year 1847, served as associate judge. He died A. D.,
1879, at an advanced age.
To the union of Mr. and Mrs.
Bostwick have been born two children: Harley
Oscar, born Oct. 10, 1875, and Oliver Newton,
born May 6, 1880.
Mr. Bostwick owns a large farm of excellent
land, lying in this and Pickaway counties, and its condition
indicates careful oversight. Mr. Bostwick is a
staunch Republican, and is always outspoken and decisive in
his views on public topics.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio:
Odell & Mayer, 1881 - Madison Twp.) |
WILLIAM
M. BREAKFIELD. John and Susan (Harmon)
Breakfield, the grandparents of this subject, were
natives of Virginia, but were of German stock. The
husband died in Virginia of fatherless children, came to
Ohio, and settled temporarily in Pickaway County. In
1827, the widow came to Fayette County, and purchased a
tract of one hundred and forty-four acres of unimproved land
in Perry Township, for which she paid four hundred and fifty
dollars.
John and Susan Breakfield had twelve children:
George, Barbara, John, Katie, Peter, Henry, Jacob,
Sallie, Elias, Susan, Eliza, and Mary Ann.
Jacob Breakfield, the father of our subject, was
born in Berkeley County, Virginia, in March, 1802. His
wife was Lydia Miller. To them six children
were born: Jeremiah, Susanna, Harriet, Sarah C., William
M., and Joseph H.
Our subject is the fifth child of the family, is a
farmer and stock raiser, and was born Oct. 31, 1842.
He was married Jan. 16, 1869, to Olive Welsheimer,
daughter of William H. and Mahala Welsheimer.
Her father was native of Virginia; her mother was born in
Ross County, Ohio. Mrs. Breakfield was born
Jan. 4, 1847.
Mr. and Mrs. Breakfield have had born to them
two children: Harrold E., born May 18, 1870;
Minnie M., born Jan. 20, 1873. Our subject served
during the late civil war, for a term of four months, in
Company I, 168th O. N. G., from May, 1864, till Sept. 1864.
His company was commanded by Captain Lewis Painter.
Mr. Breakfield has been farming on his own account
since 1867. He owns a fine farm of one hundred and
twenty-one acres, on Survey No. 660, Christian Febiger
original proprietor. He built a fine house in 1879, at
a cost of three thousand dollars, and now lives at his case.
A fine barn was also erected, and all the surroundings give
evidence of taste and comfort.
* Source #2:
History of Fayette County, Ohio & State
of Ohio -
By R. S. Dills - Publ. Odell & Meyer Publishers, Dayton, Ohio -
1881 - Page 821 Perry Twp. |
JONES
BROOKS, a Methodist Episcopal minister, in 1811 came
from Virginia to Jasper Township. His time was
occupied for several years in preaching and farming.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio:
Odell & Mayer, 1881 - Page 710 - Jasper Twp.) |
ABNER J. BRYANT. A man who occupied a
conspicuous place in teh life of his community for many
years was the late Abner J. Bryant, who lived a life
which endeared him to everyone with whom he was associated.
He was successful in his life work and left the impress of
his personality upon the community where he resided.
In his daily walk of life he conducted his affairs in such a
way as to reflect credit upon himself and, being upright and
conscientious in everything he did, it is justly fitting
that his history be included among the representative men of
his county. He will always be remembered as a man who
had the interests of his fellow citizens at heart, and in
everything he did he was also actuated by the highest
motives.
The late Abner J. Bryant, the son of Gideon
and Anna (Mouser) Bryant, was born in Ross county, Ohio,
near New Holland, on the 22d day of August, 1860, and died
in Marion township, this county, on teh 16th day of October,
1910. His father was born in Virginia and was one of
the early settlers of Ross county. Twelve children
were born to Gideon Bryant and wife, John,
William, Frank, Charles, Ida, Laura, Rena, Maida, Cora,
Nathan, Benjamin and Abner J.
Abner J. Bryant received a good common school
education in the schools of Ross county and remained on the
home farm until he was married. After his marriage he
continued to live in Ross county until he was about forty
years of age when he removed to Fayette county and located
in Marion township near New Holland. He bought a farm
in this township and continued to reside on it until his
death.
Mr. Bryant was married on Feb. 11, 1882, to
Flora Bennett, the daughter of John W. and Joanna (Karney)
Bennett. John W. Bennett was a native of
Pickaway county, and was one of the largest land owners in
this section of the state, owning more than twelve hundred
acres of land in Pickaway county. Six children were
born to John W. Bennett and wife; Mrs. Sarah Dick,
Melton, Flora, one who died an infant. William
and James. Mr. and Mrs. Bryant are the
parents of five children, Iva, Oma, Opal B., Audrey
and John Bennett. Iva married Harry V. Heath;
Opal is the wife of Warren Briggs, and has one
daughter, Charlene, while the other children are
still unmarried.
Mr. Bryant is a devoted Methodist in faith and
lived a life consistent with the teachings of the church.
Politically, he was a Democrat and, while taking an
intelligent interest in political matters, yet was never an
aspirant for public office. He was a man of kindly
impulses, devoted to his family and friends, and throughout
his log life was interested in everything which might better
the community in which he resided.
Source #1: History of Fayette County, Ohio -
Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen & Co., 1914~ Page 586 |
JOHN
H. BRYANT, farmer, was born in Ross County, Ohio,
Dec. 24, 1824, and in the following year removed with his
parents to this county. His father was Benjamin
Bryant, who married Susanna Harper; by her he had
eleven children, nine of whom are living. The family
settled on Compton Creek, on the land now owned by Robert
Gilmore. Being poor, the elder Bryant was
unable to purchase but little land, to which he added,
however, from time to time. Six years later they
removed to the North Fork of Paint, on the present
Speakman farm; then removed to Washington, where he
(Benjamin) died. He was born in 1794, and died in
1869; his wife, born 1802, died in 1866.
Our subject was married in 1847, to Mary Carder,
of Ross County, who bore him seven children; Susanna,
Cornelius, Charles E., Anna, and George W.
The deceased are Franklin Pierce and Eliza Jane.
Mrs. Bryant was a devout member of the Christian Church,
and departed this life July 9, 1879. Oct. 18, 1880,
Mr. Bryant was married to Susan, daughter of
Mathew Gilmore, of Ross County. Of his children,
Charles married Emma Louderman; Cornelius
married Mary Mallow, of Ross County; Susanna
married Elwood Porter, of Pickaway County.
Mr. Bryant is a member of the Christian Church,
at New Holland; a Democrat politically; contributed toward
carrying on the late war; owns one hundred and five acres of
land, on the New Holland road, which is nicely improved;
farms chiefly to grain, and raises hogs successfully.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio:
Odell & Mayer, 1881 - Union Twp. - Page 844 - Wayne Twp.) |
JOHN
SERGENT BURNETT, farmer and stock-raiser, Seldon, is
a son of Robert and Susanna Burnett, who were natives
of Virginia, came to Ohio in 1810, and settled for the
winter on the waters of Herod's Creek, in Ross County, where
they remained until the spring of 1811, when he removed to
this county, and settled about half a mile east of Sugar
Creek, where Henry Bush now lives, on the south side
of the Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railroad, remaining
here for some two years, when he removed to a farm about one
mile northwest from Jasper Station, where he remained until
his death, which event occurred Dec. 9, 1878, in the
ninety-first year of his age. His wife died in 1839.
He married his second wife, Catharine Caylor, in
1844, who died in 1876. By his first wife he had
eleven children, six sons and five daughters. Sidney
died when a young woman; Harry married, and lives in
Clinton County, near Sabina; Rebecca is the wife of
Jacob Mark, Esq., living near Jasper
Mills; Naoma was married, but is now dead; Thomas
married, lived in Washington, and died in 1870, and his
widow and children still remain in the same place;
Catharine, wife of Joseph Plum, lives in
Washington; Elihu married and removed to the State of
Iowa a few years ago; Absalom married, and lives in
Peru, Indiana; Susanna married, moved to Allen
County, and died; Jesse was a twin brother to John
S., and died in infancy.
The subject of our sketch was born October 21, 1817,
and married Sarilda Feagins in February, 1846.
She is the daughter of Richard Feagins, who is
one of the pioneers of the county, being in his eighty-fifth
year. He lives with Mr. and Mrs.
Burnett, who now own and occupy the old homestead, where
Mr. Feagins has lived for so many years. Mr.
Feagins has been much of a man in his day, but now is
becoming quite feeble, both in body and mind.
Mr. and Mrs. Burnett are the parents of three
children, two daughters and one son. Mary Catharine
married David Toops, and is a widow. They
had but one child, Oliver Edwin, a sprightly lad,
eleven years old, living with Mr. and Mrs. Burnett,
who are much delighted with him. Richard Henry
married, and lives on his father's farm, and is without
children. Susanna married Barton L.
Stevenson. They live in the house with Mr. and
Mrs. Burnett, and have one son, Alonzo Edgar,
four years of age, a child of superior intellectual
development for one of his years.
In 1849, Mr. Burnett was elected to the office
of county surveyor, in which official capacity he served for
fifteen years. He was elected justice of the peace for
Jasper Township in 1846, and served for three years.
He taught school for a number of his earlier years.
Was educated at Athens, in this state, and is an
intelligent, well-informed man, being more than an average
in this respect with the men of his age. He owned and
lived on a farm but a few miles north of Jasper Mills most
of his married life. In the year 1876 he disposed of
it, and purchased his father-in-law's farm, on the east bank
of Sugar Creek, in Union Township, a little north from the
Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railroad. This farm
contains one hundred and twenty-one acres of choice land.
The family moved here in the spring of 1876. Mr.
Burnett is a Republican in politics, a Christian
gentleman, kind and affable, and much interested in the
Sunday-school, education, etc.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio:
Odell & Mayer, 1881 - Union Twp.) |
ABRAHAM
BUSH, farmer and ex-county commissioner, was born in
Fayette County, Ohio, Nov. 10, 1816, and is a son of
Abraham and Phoeba Bush, both natives of Virginia, who
immigrated to Ohio, in the year 1810. He came to
Fayette County, in 1811, and cut the road through the
wilderness from Washington Court House to Sugar Creek, and
the original farm still remains in the Bush family;
they had a family of seven children. Abraham
the subject of our remarks was married, in 1839, to Miss
Catharine Bush, daughter of Daniel and Susanna Bush,
of Fayette County. They have four children: Annetta,
Gilbert L., Charles F., and Serepta. He was
elected county commissioner, in 1871, and held the office
six years, and was also, township clerk for eighteen years
of Jefferson Township, and two years a trustee. He is
now farming three hundred and fourteen acres of land, in
Jefferson Township, and raises a great many cattle and hogs.
He received his education in Fayette County, where he has
lived from his birth.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio:
Odell & Mayer, 1881 - Union Twp. - Jasper Twp.) |
EDWARD
L. BUSH. It is interesting to note in the
personal histories of many of the representative citizens of
Fayette County, Ohio, that a large number of their
forefathers fought in the War of 1812. Ohio was a
battle ground for many years between the whites and the
Indians and from the organization of the Northwest Territory
in 1787 to the final treaty of General Wayne in 1795, there
was hardly a year passed by when there was not a pitched
battle between the two races. However, the Greenville
treaty of 1795 did not put an end to Indian depredations,
the British constantly inciting the Indians to murder the
few pioneers scattered over the state of Ohio. During
the War of 1812 practically every able bodied man in the
state enlisted for service and the Ohio troops served with
gallant distinction wherever they were placed. The
first members of the Bush Family settled within the
present limits of Fayette county, Ohio, early in the
nineteenth century, and this representative, Daniel Bush,
the grandfather of the immediate sketch, was a soldier in
the War of 1812. His widow was one of the very last
pensioners of that war in Fayette county, where she lived
until over ninety-four years of age. Daniel Bush
was born in Pendelton county, Virginia, and his wife
Susan Baughn, was a native of North Carolina. They
both emigrated to this county with their parents and were
married in Fayette county and lived here until their death.
They had a family of fourteen children, thirteen of whom
lived to maturity, married and reared families of their own.
John S. Bush, the father of Edward L. Bush,
and one of the fourteen children of Daniel Bush, was
reared in Fayette county, where he was born. He was a
mere youth at the opening of the Civil War, but this did not
deter him from offering his services to his country.
He enlisted twice and served with distinction until the
close of the war. He died in 1893, while his wife died
in 1877, being only about thirty years of age at the time of
her death. They had a family of six children:
Elmer E., deceased; Cena, the wife of D. F.
Osburn, of Milledgeville, Ohio; Edward L., whose
history is here recorded: Corwin C., of Waubay, South
Dakota; Almeda, unmarried, and Armetha, widow
of Dr. J. O. Lieuellen. Almeda and Armetha
were twins. The ;parents of Jane Creamer, the
wife of John S. Bush, were Henry and Isabel
(Burnett) Creamer, natives of Ohio and pioneers of
Fayette county. Henry Creamer taught school in
the early history of this county and in alter life followed
the occupation of a farmer. Henry Creamer and
his wife were the parents of three children, Jane, Corwin
and May.
Edward L. Bush, one of the six children born to
John S. and Jane (Creamer) Bush, was born in Union
township, this county, Sept. 19, 1869. He was reared
on his father's farm in Union township, received the best
education which the district schools afforded and then
entered the Ohio Normal University at Ada, Ohio. After
leaving he university he taught school for five years in
this county, and in the meantime reading law with the
intention of entering the legal profession. He was
admitted to the bar on October 24, 1894, being twenty-five
years of age at the time, and immediately began the active
practice of his profession, locating at Jeffersonville, this
county. He moved to Washington C. H., Dec. 16, 1902,
to take the office of prosecuting attorney, to which he had
been elected. He served in this capacity for two terms
of three years each, after, after which he opened a law
office in the county seat, where he has since practiced.
He does a general legal business and is recognized as one of
he ablest members of the Fayette county bar.
Mr. Bush was married June 5, 1895, to Edith
O. Carman, a daughter of Isaac H. and Rhoda (Hyer)
Carman, and to this union has been born one daughter,
Mabel Dorothy. Mrs. Bush, as well as her
mother, was born in Fayette county, while her father was a
native of new Jersey. Her parents are now living in
Union township, where they have reared a family of eleven
children: Mrs. Myrtle Harrop, Etta Hyer (deceased),
Edith O., Alden G., William L., Mrs.. Eva Braden,
Earl, Fred D., Mrs. Charlotte Eichelberger, Madge
(deceased) and Paul R.
Politically, Mr. Bush is a Republican, and
has always been active in the affairs of his party in this
county, which honored him with two nominations for county
prosecutor, and his subsequent election following each
nomination bears ample testimony of his popularity as a
citizen and his standing as a lawyer in the county.
Mr. Bush is connected with many of the business
interests of the county, and is a member of the board of
directors of the Farmers Bank of Jeffersonville, the Fayette
County Creamery and the Masonic Temple Company.
Fraternally, Mr. Bush is an active Mason and a member
of Jeffersonville Lodge, Fayette Chapter, Fayette Council,
Garfield Commandery, Knights Templar, and Royal Chapter,
Order of the Eastern Star.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - B. F. Bowen &
Company, Indianapolis, Ind. - 1914 - Page 455) |
JACOB
BUSH, the oldest child of Leonard Bush, was
born in Pendleton County, Virginia, in 1804, and accompanied
his father to this township from that state. HE
remained with him till 1828, when he married Catherine
Bond, of Union Township, who died, in 1838. A
little more than a year afterwards, he was again married, to
Lucy Leach, of Brown County, who is still living. By
these marriages Mr. Bush became the father of eleven
children; two of which are living with their father at
Jasper Mills.
Mr. Bush at one time owned an extensive farm in
Jasper Township, but a few years since he divided his
property among his children; reserving only a small
homestead at Jasper Mills, which he is spending his
declining years in improving and beautifying.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio:
Odell & Mayer, 1881 - Page 710 - Jasper Twp.) |
LEONARD
BUSH was born in Pendleton County, Virginia, Dec. 4,
1778, and came to Ross County, this state, in 1809, locating
near what is now known as Convenience Station, on the D. &
S. E. Railroad. He was married in Virginia, to
Catherine Bowers, in 1803, and four children were born
to them prior to their leaving that state. He remained
only two years in Ross County, when in the spring of 1811, he
removed to Jasper, locating on land now owned by James
Beatty.
Mr. Bush bought one hundred acres of land from his
father in Jasper, on which, in March, 1811, he erected a
round log cabin, which he occupied without a floor till June
of the same year. With incessant labor, he cleared
fifteen acres of land the first spring, which he planted in
corn, breaking the ground with the old fashioned wooden
mould board plow. After this, having built a shop soon
after his arrival, he followed his trade of wheelwright for
seventeen years in connection with his farming, when his
son, Jacob, on whom the management of the farming
until now had largely devolved, marrying, he was compelled
to devote his whole attention to his farm, which had then
increased to three hundred acres.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio:
Odell & Mayer, 1881 - Page 709) |
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