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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J.
B. TEMPLETON. This gentleman is a native of
Perry Township; was born Feb. 28, 1833, and is the son of
Robert R. Templeton. He served in the 168th O. N.
G. in the rebellion, and, with his regiment, was captured at
Cynthiana, Kentucky, and paroled, after which he was kept on
duty in Cincinnati.
Oct. 8, 1856, he married Catharine Lucas, whose
father, Ezra Lucas, was born in Marietta, Ohio, Apr.
16, 1789. It is thought that Mr. Lucas was the
first white child born in Ohio. He was a lineal
descendant of the Puritans of Plymouth. His parents
came to Marietta in 1788 with the fist immigrants, and
remained two years, then went to Washington County, Pa., on
account of the depredations of the Indians. Ezra
Lucas came thence to Ohio, probably in 1810, and was
married to Isabel McKinzey, Apr. 2, 1811, and settled
in Ross County. To them were born twelve children, of
whom Mrs. Templeton is the youngest. Mr.
Lucas died in Sept., 1861.
Mr. Templeton, as well as his wife, is a member
of the Presbyterian Church at Greenfield, of which he has
been a deacon eight or ten years, and has recently been
elected elder.
He has three hundred and nine acres of excellent
land, well improved. His family consists of six
children: Melva J., Albertus L., Annie I., John C.,
Robert E., and Katie E.
* 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. |
ROBERT
R. TEMPLETON, the subject of this sketch, was born
May 14, 1894, in Washington County, Pa., and came with his
parents to Ross County, Ohio, in 1812, settling near the
site of the town of Kingston. He was married to
Miss Jane, daughter of John Beaty, of New
Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, on the 23d of November,
1820. Mrs. Templeton died in 1872. Mr.
T. is the father of eight children, Mary Ann, Eliza
J., Agnes T., David W., Margaret, John B., Robert A.,
and J. Carnthers. Of these Mary Ann and
Margaret are dead. Mr. Templeton came to
Perry Township, (then a part of Wayne and Green) in April,
1822. He here lived on a farm ten miles south of
Washington and three miles east of Martinsburg, until the
death of his wife, when he sold his home farm and has lived
with his son John on the farm adjoined to the one he
sold, until recently. His son Carnther's wife
dying, the father, sympathizing with his son in his great
loss, and wishing to minister to him in his affliction, went
to reside with the stricken one.
Mr. Templeton has been an elder in the
Presbyterian Church at Greenfield for over forty years.
In early life he was a Whig; in later years a Republican.
He is decidedly anti-secret society in his sentiment, and on
the subject of temperance and the use of tobacco, he gives
forth no uncertain sound.
* Source #2:
History of Fayette County, Ohio & State
of Ohio - By R. S. Dills - Publ. Odell & Meyer Publishers,
Dayton, Ohio - 1881 - Page 820 Perry Twp. |
ALFRED
TODHUNTER, farmer and stock raiser, with born on the
farm which he now occupies, one and a half miles southeast
of Martinsburg, on the 22d of July, 1819. On the 28th
of May, 1846, he married Elizabeth, daughter of
Rev. John King. To them have been born five
children: John T., Sarah P., Robert, and
James are married, and reside in this township; and
Rachel lives with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Todhunter are consistent members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. He belongs to the
Odd-fellows, having regularly passed all the chairs in a
creditable manner.
Though they commenced life poor, by industry and
economy they have amassed a competence, and own one hundred
and twenty acres of good land, well improved, and
beautifully located. In addition to this, they have
one hundred and thirty-eight acres near Martinsburg, on
which his sons live, and one hundred acres in Kansas.
Being out of debt, Mr. Todhunter is contented and
happy.
Mr. Todhunter's father, Richard Todhunter,
a native of Virginia, came to Ohio probably in 1810, and
died in 1867, ninety years old. His mother survived
her husband a few years.
* Source #2:
History of Fayette County, Ohio & State
of Ohio - By R. S. Dills - Publ. Odell & Meyer Publishers,
Dayton, Ohio - 1881 - Page 823 Perry Twp. |
LEVI
TRACY. Wornel, Solomon, and William
Tracy, sons of John Tracy, of the State of
Maryland, came to Ohio about the year 1805, and settled
first in Jefferson County, and each took a part in the war
of 1812. John, the father, resided thirty miles
from Baltimore, and it is said of him that he rolled into
the city the first hogshead of tobacco ever offered to the
market.
Wornel, the father of our subject, married his
first wife, Lemmons, in Maryland. She died in
that state, leaving three children, Sallie, John, and
Tempy. After coming to Ohio he married a
Babb, by whom he had nine children, Rebecca, Jasper,
William, Levi, Elizabeth, Hannah, Joseph, Nancy, and
Mary. The Tracys were of Scotch
descent; the Babbs were from Switzerland.
Our subject was born near New Martinsburg, Fayette
County, Ohio, May 4, 1811. His education was of the
pioneer kind, and was obtained in light doses, in attending
the old-fashioned log school house. More attention was
given to clearing up the farm than storing the mind with
knowledge. He was married May 17, 1832, to
Catherine Smith, daughter of Peter Smith, native
of Kentucky. She died Sept. 16, 1864, having borne
eight children: Harriet, Martha, Lydia, Wesley, Asbury,
Maria, Miranda, and Lawson.
Mr. Tracy married his present wife, Jan. 23, 1866.
She was Mrs. Lydia Branch nee Brown, daughter
of Lemuel G. and Anna (Trowbridge) Brown. The
Browns were among the early settlers of Marietta,
Ohio. She was born May 19, 1826. By her first
marriage she had five children: Henry, Charles, Lemuel
E., John, and Lucy. Two daughters have been
the fruits of her marriage to Mr. Tracy.
Our subject located where he now lives in the year
1832, having partially cleared the tract some years
previous. He is thoroughly versed in the usages and
customs of the early days, and never tires in reciting the
thrilling incidents of his backwoods experience. At
his first marriage, he began the erection of a house in
which to move, and, without assistance, had it ready for
occupation in thirty days. He was converted and joined
the Methodist Episcopal Church, Feb. 25, 1846, and has ever
since been found in his place, bearing a large share of the
burdens of the Cochran society, in which he held, for
many years, the position of leader. He has lived to
see the wilderness of his boyhood blossom and bear rich
fruit as the results of honest toil on the part of the hardy
pioneer and his successor.* 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. |
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