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BIOGRAPHIES
* Source #1: History of
Fayette County, Ohio
Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen & Co., 1914
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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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THOMAS
F. GARDNER, editor, Washington, was born in
Newmarket, Ohio, February 18, 1832, and is a son of Seth
and Elma S. Gardner, natives of Ohio, who had a family
of three sons: George B., Mills, and
Thomas F., our subject, who was married August 4, 1852,
to Miss Susan Evans, daughter of Richard
and Isabella Evans, of Washington. They have
three children: Nannie B. and Charles F.,
living, and one who died in infancy.
Our subject enlisted in the 1st Ohio Cavalry, and after
getting his hand broken was discharged, and afterward
re-enlisted in a company of sharpshooters in the 60th
Regiment, in front of Petersburg, where he remained until
the close of the war, then he received an honorable
discharge at Cleveland, in 1865, when the general discharge
was made.
In 1849, he and his brother published a paper, the
present Register and when he was away he left his
brother in charge of it. He afterward sold out to Pierce,
who died, when the paper went into the hands of Samuel
Pike, and he sold to W. G. Gould, and he to
Beesley & Simmons, when Beesley died, and
the administrator sold it to II. V. Kerr, who has since
departed this life, and the paper is still continued by his
son.
Our subject commenced his present paper September 17,
1879. He has filled the office of mayor and justice of the
peace, which he resigned on going into .the army. After
returning home he engaged in different kinds of mercantile
business, until he started the paper of which he is now the
editor. lie is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Received his education while working at his trade, not
having the advantages of the schools, and stands to-day
among our self-made men, an honor to any one. His youth was
spent at Newmarket. In politics he is a staunch Republican.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio:
Odell & Mayer, 1881) |
SHRIEVE
GASKILL. The Gaskills were
Pennsylvanians, and came to this state in 1809, settling two
miles east of Waterloo, in Pickaway County.
Shrieve, the subject of this sketch, was the son
of Caleb and Elizabeth Gaskill, and was born June 8,
1806. He married Cynthia, daughter of Thomas
and Mary (Harvey) Barton, of Virginia. Their
marriage took place Jan. 5, 1827. Mrs. Gaskill
was born July 28, 1812. To his marriage was born ten
children: Elizabeth, born Oct. 6, 1828, wife of
Warford Young; Harriet, born June 2, 1830, wife of
Laban Timmons; Mary Ann, born Jan. 23, 1832, wife
of James Young; Lewis, born Jan. 30, 1834,
died Oct. 29, 1835; Sophronia, born April 22, 1836,
died Jan. 4, 1837; James W., born April 13, 1837,
married Mary Lysinger; Orrelius J., born Sept. 19,
1839, died Aug. 4, 1851; Vincent H., born Aug. 5,
1842; Warford Nilson, born Nov. 19, 1844, died Aug.
24, 1861; Artie, born June 19, 1846, died Aug. 8,
1867.
Mr. Gaskill accumulated considerable property
during a busy life time, and died in 1875, at the age of
sixty-three years. He was a man of sterling qualities,
greatly esteemed for his character, which was that of an
upright, consistent Christian. He was a member of the
Christian Church at Waterloo, and in the support of the
ministry and other expenses of the church, he was liberal to
a fault.
During the years of the rebellion, he was known as
a man who stood firm for the right, and in word and deed
went in for a vigorous prosecution of the war.
His son, Vincent H., was fairly educated in the
common schools, and at an early age evinced a taste for
books. He began reading medicine in 1860, completing
his studies, in 1863, graduating at the Old Berkshire
Medical Institution, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in November
of the same year.
In the following January, he entered the United States
service as assistant surgeon, ranking as first lieutenant.
He did duty at Mound City and Cairo, Illinois, till the war
closed. Following this, he engaged in the practice of
medicine in Waterloo, meeting with deserved success.
His reputation and standing as a physician, place him in the
front rank of practitioners of this county.
Dr. Gaskill has been
twice married; his first wife, Frances Messmore, died
January, 1876; she bore one son, Pliny E. To
the present wife, he was married March, 1879. T this
marriage has been one child, Ralph, born January,
1880.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio:
Odell & Mayer, 1881) |
MATTHEW
GILMERR. Enumerated among the progressive
farmers of Wayne township, Fayette county, Ohio, is
Matthew Gilmerr, who has a farm of two hundred acres on
the New Holland and Good Hope pike, about nine miles
southeast of Washington C. H. He has been a resident
of this county practically all of his life, having come here
with his parents in his boyhood days. He comes from a
splendid family, one that always stood for right living and
industrious habits, for education and morality, and for all
that contributes to the welfare of the commonwealth.
His whole life has been characterized by industry,
perseverance, temperance and integrity, and he has worked
himself from an humble station to a successful place in
life, attaining an honorable position among the well-known
and highly esteemed men of the locality in which he resides.
Matthew Gilmerr, the son of Martin and Sarah (Bybee)
Gilmerr, was born July 27, 1858, in Ross county, Ohio.
Martin Gilmerr was a native of Hardy county,
Virginia, and located in Ross county when he first came to
Ohio, and later settled in Fayette county. Martin
Gilmerr was the son of Matthew and Elizabeth (Shobe)
Gilmerr, and had a family of ten children, Emily J.,
Elizabeth, Levi, Matthew, Nettie, Clara, Anna, Henry E.
and two who died in infancy.
Matthew Gilmerr received his education in the
public schools of Ross and Fayette counties, working on the
farm during the time he was not attending school. Upon
his marriage, in 1888, he bought out the other heirs to the
paternal estate, and has lived there for the past thirty
five years. He is a practical and systematic farmer,
giving his personal attention to every detail of the farm
work, and in the raising of crops and live stock he has been
highly remunerated for his efforts. His life ahs been
one of unceasing industry and perseverance and the notably
systematic and honorable methods he has followed have one
for him the confidence and regard of all who have formed his
acquaintance.
Mr. Gilmerr has been twice married, his first
marriage being to Elizabeth Ater, daughter of
Abraham Ater, and to this marriage were born two
children, Bessie, who married Jesse White, and
has one daughter, Edith Annabel, and Matthew, Jr.,
deceased. After the death of his first wife, in 1897,
he married, i 1901, Mrs. Mary Bryan the widow of
Darius Bryan, and to the second union no children were
born.
Fraternally, Mr. Gilmerr is a member of the Free
and Accepted Masons and also holds his membership in the
Order of the Eastern Star. Mr. Gilmerr is
enjoying life on his farm, realizing, as the public at large
are realizing more than ever before, that the farmer today
is to be envied above all other men. He has worked his
way from the foot of the ladder, a fact which renders him
the more worthy of the praise that is duly accorded him by
his fellow men.
(Source: History of Fayette Co., Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - 1914) |
J.
S. GOLDTRAP, supervising agent Singer Manufacturing
Company, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, July 13, 1844,
and is a son of Thomas and Mary M. Goldtrap, both
natives of this state, and who had a family of twelve
children, all of whom are living but two.
John S., our subject, was educated in Clermont
County, where his youth was spent. He was married, February
22, 1873, to Miss Emma B. White, daughter of Dr.
H. P. White, of Cincinnati; she was born May 22, 1854.
They have had one child, Bessie May, born April 29,
1878. Mr. Goldtrap is a member of Temple Lodge, No.
227, L O. O. F. At present, he is engaged as supervising
agent for the Singer Manufacturing Company, with his office
on Court Street, opposite the Arlington House, where he is
doing an extensive business; his sales amounting to fifteen
hundred dollars per month. he handles only the genuine
Singer Machine, whose merits are well known all over the
world. The sales of the company which he represents, during
the year 1880, amounted to 538,609, being two thirds of all
the machines sold in the United States, and an increase over
their sales of the previous year of 107,442. Mr. Goldtrap
keeps a full line of machine attachments, needles, etc., at
his office.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio:
Odell & Mayer, 1881 |
REDICK
THOMAS GOODSON, farmer and stock-raiser, Washington,
is a son of James Goodson, who was a native of
North Carolina, but came to Clinton County, Ohio, and
settled on a farm a short distance north of Sabina, where he
lived and died. He was the father of five children, four
sons and one daughter: Ozias, married and moved to
Missouri; Elizabeth, twice married, and lives in
Greene County; Belshazzar, married, and lives in
Highland County; Everett, died at the age of twelve.
The subject of this sketch was born October 3, 1818,
and married Sela Sharp, daughter of John
Sharp, who resides near Sabina, Clinton County.
Eleven children have been born to them, three sons and eight
daughters: Martha Jane, married, and lives in
Indiana; John, married, and lives on the home farm;
Dicy A., unmarried, and died at the age of
twenty-five; Mary, married, and deceased; Keziah,
married, and lives in the neighborhood; Belle,
married, and lives near her father's residence; Lydia,
Rebecca, Moab, and Rosetta, single, and
remain at home with their parents. Mr. Goodson
owned and lived on a farm in Clinton County for some
twenty-five years, situated two miles south from Sabina, on
the Greenfield pike, Nine years ago he disposed of that
farm, and purchased the one where he now resides, known as
the Fultz farm, being three miles west from Washington, on
the south side of the Plymouth pike. This farm contains one
hundred and nineteen acres, in a good state of cultivation,
and is one of the many excellent farms of this township. He
paid eighty dollars per acre for this farm, and considers it
a bargain at that price. In politics he is a Republican, and
in religion a Methodist. A well-to-do and much-respected
family. He is without an early education, but a man of
sense and excellent judgment.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio:
Odell & Mayer, 1881 |
| THOMAS GREEN
was born in Hampshire County, Virginia, in the year 1784. In 1807 he was married to
Margaret Jobe, and in the following year the young couple, accompanied by a man named
Jury and his
wife, removed to this state. They came in a four-horse wagon; the country was scarcely
traversable, and frequently were they obliged to cut their way through the almost impenetrable
forests; at other times they constructed rafts that they might cross the many streams. The party
settled near Hillsboro, in Highland County, where they remained until 1810, at which time the
Greens removed to this county, locating four miles southeast of Washington, on Buckskin.
Green
was a member of the jury that was empaneled by the first court ever held in the town of
Washington. He hired a substitute to go out in the war of 1812, but volunteered as teamster and
hauled supplies for the American army. In 1816 he removed to Greene County, thence to Clarke;
in 1826 he returned to this county. He frequently hauled pork and produce to Zanesville and
Cincinnati, exchanging them for family supplies; being usually accompanied by Philip
Moore.
Green was captain of a home militia company for a number of years, and also justice of the peace
of Paint Township. He at one time owned about fourteen hundred acres of land and was an
extensive trader in cattle and hogs. His wife died in 1840; he in 1871, aged eighty-seven. His
son, Hamilton, who was born in 1811, yet resides on the farm formerly owned by
Adam Funk. |
ACE
GREGG, judge common pleas court, Washington, was born
October 4, 1845, in Jefferson Township, and is a son of John
F. and Mary J. Gregg, both natives of Ohio, who have a
family of six children, three sons and three daughters.
Ace, the subject of our sketch, was married, in the year
1871, to Miss Amelia J. Jones, daughter of Reuben and
Matilda Jones, of Bloorningburg. lie is a member of Temple
Lodge No. 227,1. O. 0. F., Washington, and also a member of
the Royal Arcanum. He received his education in the Normal
School at Lebanon, and his law lectures at Ann Arbor,
Michigan University. Read law at Washington, with Hon. M. J.
Williams, and commenced practice iu the year 1870, under the
firm name of Gregg & Corcoran, until 1880. During his
practice he was prosecuting attorney for six years, lie was
elected judge of the common pleas court in the fall of 1880,
and went on the bench on the first Monday in November, 1880,
where he now presides.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio:
Odell & Mayer, 1881 |
LEVI
GRIFFIN. (Madison Twp.) The subject of
this sketch gave his life that the country might live.
All that was mortal of Levi Griffin fills the grave
of a heroic soldier of the Union, and awaits the reveille of
the martyr. He was born on the 18th of May, 1828, and
was the son of Caleb and Martha (Pliley) Griffin, of
Indiana. He came to Ohio with his parents when a
child, and on the 22d day of October, 18439, he was married
to Rebecca V., seventh child of James and Rachel (Cartmill)
Nutt, of Clarke County. Caleb and Martha
Griffin had but two children: Levi and
Harriet. James and Rachel Nutt were the parents of
thirteen children: Sarah, John, Elizabeth,
Catherine, Nancy, William, Rebecca, James Monroe,
Hannah Jane, Lucinda, George W., Matilda D., and
Madison Willis.
To Levi and Rebecca V. Griffin were born
five children: George V., born Aug. 30, 1855, died
Aug. 30, 1856; Laura Jane, born Jan. 3, 1857; John
Franklin, born Oct. 22, 1858.
Mr. Griffin answered the country's call for
troops by enlisting in Company G, 113th O. V. I., in August,
1862. His regiment was a part of the second brigade,
second division, fourteenth army corps, and participated at
Chickamauga, Kenesaw Mountain, Bentonville, and many other
hotly contested fields. On the 27th day of June, 1864,
while charging the works of the enemy at Kenesaw Mountain,
Georgia, Levi Griffin was instantly killed,
and was buried on the field after the battle. His
bereaved widow makes her home in Waterloo, and by the
assistance of a pension from the government lives
comfortably. His children are the wards of the nation
he died to save.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio:
Odell & Mayer, 1881) |
ALEXANDER
GRIM, (Madison Twp.), farmer, is the youngest son and
fourth child of Jonathan and Betsey (Long) Grim.
He was born in Ross County, this state, July 25, 1815.
His father's family consisted of four sons and four
daughters: John, Jacob, William, Alexander, Polly, Susan,
Elizabeth, and Sarah.
Our subject was married in the year 1836, to
Elizabeth Cochran, of Ross County. They had four
children: Mary Ann, Susan, Margaret, and
John. Mrs. Grim died in Ross County, in 1840.
Mr. Grim was again married, in the year 1844, to
Jane Dick of this county. By this marriage eight
children have been born: William, Charles, Martha J.,
Ann, Jacob W., James M., Laura Alice and Evan.
Mr. Grim has been a resident of this county since
1840. He owns a farm, and is comfortably fixed for
life.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio:
Odell & Mayer, 1881) |
OLIVER
M. GRUBBS, blacksmith, Washington, was born August
30, 1823, in this county. lie is a son of Stephen
and Diana Grubbs, —both natives of
Ohio,—who were the parents of eight children, seven of whom
are living: Sarah, Oliver, Lorena,
Harriet, Eliza, Manford, Louis, and
Thomas, deceased.
Oliver, our subject, was married May 14, 1856,
to Mary Jane, daughter of Arthur and
Elizabeth Patton, of this county, who has borne him
three children: Henry, Percival, and Jessie
R.
Mr. Grubbs received his education in this
county, lived on the old home farm until seven years of age,
and at eighteen commenced blacksmithing, which he has
successfully followed to the present. Politically he is a
Republican.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio:
Odell & Mayer, 1881) |
MANFORD.
B. GRUBBS, contractor and builder, Washington, son of
Stephen and Diana Grubbs, was born in
Washington C. H., February 21, 1838. His father was a native
of Virginia, and his mother of Ohio. They had a family of
eight children.
Manford, our subject, was married, July 31,
1860, to Miss Ella D., daughter of Moses
and Rebecca Adams of New Holland, Pickaway
County. Five children are the fruits of this union :
Werter, Charles, Stephen, Bessie,
and Mamie. Mr. Grubbs was reared in
this county, and taught school for ten or twelve years. In
politics he is a Republican.
(Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio:
Odell & Mayer, 1881) |
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