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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HARRISON
LIMES. Harmon Limes, the grandfather of this
subject, was an Englishman, and his wife, Nancy Campbell,
was a native of Ireland. They were married in England,
and coming to America, before the revolution, settled in
Maryland. They had four children: William, Henry,
Harmon, jr., and Margaret. William, the
oldest the family, was born Oct. 2, 1778. He married
Atha Doster, of Virginia, and became a resident of
this state in 1810 Their children were: Henry,
Harmon, Harriet, Harvey, Hester, Harrison, Huldah,
Henrietta, and Heresa.
Harrison Limes is the fourth son and sixth children
of William and Athalia (Doster) Limes, and was born
July 20, 1816. He was meagerly educated in the common
schools of the pioneer days of his time; but they
application has added to his scanty store of book knowledge
much valuable learning, which classes him among the
intelligent men of his township. He is married, April
7, 1841, to Eliza, first daughter of Mathew and
Hannah (Kinley) Aber, of Highland County, this state;
she was born Dec. 15, 1823. The fruits of their union
have been four sons and three daughters: William H.,
born Feb. 16, 1842; Harvey E. E., born May 20, 1843;
Harriet Ann, born Aug. 14, 1845; Charles W.,
born Sept. 17, 1850; Hannah R., born Jan. 9,
1849; Winfield S., born Jan. 22, 1855; Atha Eliza
J., born Nov. 22, 1860.
Mr. Limes has served Perry Township as clerk for
several successive years, and is at present serving as
justice of the peace, on his fourth term of three years
each. His reputation as a magistrate is an excellent
one. He practices veterinary surgery extensively
throughout the country.
* Source #2:
History of Fayette County, Ohio & State
of Ohio -
By R. S. Dills - Publ. Odell & Meyer Publishers, Dayton, Ohio -
1881 - Page 813 Perry Twp. |
WASHINGTON
LOUGH. No profession has made greater
advancement during the last century than the agricultural
profession, and practically all of the disadvantages which
surrounded the pioneer farmer have disappeared with the
introduction of labor-saving machinery. It now takes
less labor to operate a farm of fifty acres than it did to
operate a farm of ten acres fifty years ago, and inventions
are coming into use every year which are helping the farmer
to increase his efficiency. Ohio is recognized as one
of the best farming states in the Union and no county.
Among the hundreds of farmers who have made this county
famous as an agricultural section there is no one more
worthy of a place in this volume than Washington Lough
the proprietor of two hundred and twenty-two acres of fine
land in Wayne township.
Washington Lough, the son of John W. and Mary
E. (Mains) Lough, was born Feb. 16, 1879, in Buckskin
township, Ross county, this state. His father was a
native of Franklin county, Virginia, and after serving
throughout the Civil War in the Confederate army under
Gen. Robert E. Lee, came to Ohio and located in Ross
county. John W. Lough and wife reared a family
of six children to maturity, Bert, George, Ada,
Washington, Charles and Margaret. Bert, who
is deceased, married Medora Rogers, and left his
widow with one daughter, Dorothy B.; Ada, deceased,
was the wife of Arthur Parrett; George married
Elizabeth Lavery, and has two sons, Richard and
Weldon, and a daughter, Mildred E.; Charles
married Mary Beatty; Margaret is the wife of
Arthur Kline and has two children, Louise and
Harold.
Washington Lough received part of his education in
the district schools of Ross county and completed it in the
Salem school in the same county. He spent the summer
seasons of his boyhood days working for his father on the
home farm and remained under the parental roof until he was
married, at the age of twenty-nine. He came to Fayette
county in 1894 and located on his present farm of two
hundred and twenty-two acres in Wayne township, where he has
since resided. He is a progressive farmer, believes in
introducing modern methods of tilling the soil and has met
with marked success in his efforts. He handles a large
amount of live stock each year and has been very successful
as a stock raiser.
Mr. Lough was married Sept. 2, 1898, to Mary
C. Douglas, the daughter of James M. and Rose
(Porter) Douglas. Mr. Douglas was born in
Highland county, Ohio, where he is now living the retired
life f the farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas were
the parents of two children, Laura L. and Mary C.,
the wife of Mr. Lough. The one child of Mr.
and Mrs. Lough, James Norman, is deceased and is
buried at Greenfield, Ohio.
Politically, Mr. Lough is an independent and has
never taken an active part in political matters. He
and his wife are loyal and consistent members of the
Presbyterian church, in whose welfare they take a deep and
abiding interest and to whose support they are liberal
contributors. Fraternally, he is a member of the
Greenfield lodge of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Source #1: History of Fayette County, Ohio -
Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen & Co., 1914 - Page
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