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OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS
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Gallia County, Ohio |
BIOGRAPHIES
Source: History of Gallia County
Publ: 1882 - H. H. Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago & Toledo
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Perry Twp. -
ROBERT N. KELLER – was born
in Perry township, Gallia county, Ohio, Jan. 22, 1837, and died Aug. 14, 1877.
His parents were Abraham and Susanah (Newsom)
Keller.
They both came to this county at a very early date.
His father was born in 1787, and died July 11, 1846.
His mother died Mar. 21, 1851.
An obituary printed in the county paper at Gallipolis,
in 1846, gives the following: “Mr. Abraham Keller,
aged fifty-nine years, died at his residence in Perry
township, this county, on Saturday, the 11th of
July. On the
Monday previous, about an hour or two before sunset, he
commenced cutting grass on his meadow with a sharp scythe, and
with smooth ground and good grass, he indulged in te pleasure
of seeing how much he could cut by sundown.
The consequence was, with the thermometer at ninety, he
became very much heated, and took large draughts of cold
spring water, after which he laid down on the fresh cut grass,
where he remained until nightfall.
On getting up he felt a vivid pain in his back and went
to his dwelling, complaining of great prostration.
Medical aid was procured, but to no purpose.
A reaction could not be produced, and he gradually sank
until the Saturday following, when he closed his eyes in
death, leaving a wife and seven sons and seven daughters to
mourn their irreparable loss.
In the various relations of life Mr. Keller
performed his duty with strict fidelity.
He had for many years been a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church, and died with a full assurance that he had
received in his last sickness an evidence that when the
trumpet shall sound summoning the dead to judgment, that he
will hear the welcome sound, ‘Enter though into the joy of thy
Lord.’”
Robert N. Keller was married to Adliza P.
Ripley, in Perry township, Aug. 9, 1855.
She is a daughter of Ammon and Pamelia (Rekard)
Ripley, and was born in Perry township, Gallia
county, Ohio, Aug. 11, 1837.
She is mother of the following children:
Mary, born Aug.
4, 1845, resides at home; Calvin L., Nov. 23,
1857, resides at Oakdale, Antelope county, Nebraska;
John, Aug. 28, 1859, resides in this township;
Anise, Oct. 31, 1861, resides at home; Robert
A., May 4, 1867, at home; Birdie,
Oct. 6, 1871, at home; Rosa G., Mar. 14,
1875, at home.
Robert N. Keller was in the 100-day service
in the late war, under Captain Amos Ripley.
He took part in a few skirmishes with bushwhackers, but
was in no regular engagements.
Joshua Ripley, the grandfather of
Mrs. Keller, an early settler of Perry
township, served in the war of 1812.
Orville Ripley, a brother of
Mrs. Keller, served as drum-major in the 4th
Virginia Volunteer Infantry, Company G, for three years, and
then reenlisted for another term, but was discharged at the
close of the war.
He contracted a disease of the lungs of which he has been a
great sufferer ever since.
His clothes were sot full of holes, but he received no
wounds. The
address is Sprinkle’s Mills, Gallia county,
Ohio.
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Ohio Twp. -
CORNELIUS W. KENNEDY - is a native of
Gallia county, born Feb. 1, 1826. His father,
Cornelius Kennedy, was born in 1790, and died July 3,
1833. His mother, Jane (Waugh) Kennedy, was
born Oct. 8, 1795, and died Sept. 2, 1865. They were
among the very earliest settlers of this county, coming here
in 1800. In the boyhood days of the subject of this
sketch, they had to go to Raccoon creek, a distance of
fifteen miles, on horseback, to have their corn ground;
through the woods they had to mark their path by blazing.
The grandparents of Mr. Kennedy had to pound corn for
bread, and when the corn was soft they had to grate it on a
tin grater made from some old pan. All their clothing
was made from flax wool, and when they threshed wheat they
laid it on the ground and had their horses tramp it out, and
cleaned it with a linen sheet. Mr. Kennedy was
about twenty-one years old before he saw a cook stove, his
mother becoming the possessor of the first in the
neighborhood. The house in which Mr. Kennedy
saw his early days was constructed of hewed logs, was 16 by
18 feet, and still stands on his farm. It was the best
house in the neighborhood at that time. Their
principal food was corn read and venison. They would
chase deer with dogs into the river and there capture them.
All their trading was done at Gallipolis and Guyandotte,
West Virginia, seventeen and twenty miles distant. The
first physician in the neighborhood was Joseph Shallcross,
and his first patient the father of Mr. Kennedy.
Mr. Kennedy was married in Harrison township, this
county, Nov. 14, 1850, to Francis E. Smith, was born
Aug. 15, 1786 and died Nov. 26, 1849. Her mother,
Margaret (Waugh) Smith, was born Dec. 22, 1794, and died
June 6, 1860. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy
are: Sallenima? A., born Oct. 18, 1851, resides in
this township; Franklin M., Dec. 27, 1853, resides in
this township; Charles D. March 25, 1856, resides in
Oregon; Andrew J., Dec. 29, 1858, resides in this
township; Elizabeth F., Jan. 8, 1865, resides at
home; Emma F., Nov. 12, 1867, resides at home;
Leslie W., Mar. 12, 1872, resides at home; Fannie M.,
Aug. 11, 1875, died May 18, 1877. The grandfather of
Mr. Kennedy, George Waugh, died Mar. 8, 1858, aged 88
years, and Susan his wife, May 10, 1855, aged 93
years. The father of Mr. Kennedy was a soldier
in the war of 1812, and the subject of this sketch was a
soldier during Morgan's raid in Ohio. He is a farmer,
with his address at Swan Creek, Gallia county, Ohio.
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| CHARLES
W. KERR - a resident of Springfield township, is a
son of John N. and Caroline (Cherington) Kerr, and
was born in this county April 22, 1851. His wife,
Ibbie J., daughter of Ross S. and Susan (Bunger)
Watts, was born in Greenbrier county November 6, 1873.
They have four children, all of whom are at home: Frank,
born August 20, 1874; Homer, April 24, 1876; Ross,
February 5, 1879; Merrill, November 16, 1881.
Mrs. Kerr's parents settled in this county in 1852.
Mr. Kerr has a grocery and provision store at Kerr
Station, on the Hocking Valley & Toledo Railroad.
He is employed by that railroad company as ticket and
freight agent, and is also postmaster at that station, is an
active and honorable business man and is like by all who
know and deal with him. Address, Kerr
postoffice, Gallia county, Ohio. |
Gallipolis Twp. -
JAMES M. KERR - residing in
Gallipolis, is a native of that city, born in 1835. He
is a son of John N. and Isabella (Morrison) Kerr, who
were both born and live in this county. Emily A.
Andrews, born in Gallipolis in 1850, became the wife of
Mr. James M. Kerr, in the place of her nativity, in
January, 1880. Her parents were William C. and Kate
(Haward) Andrews, both deceased. By a preceding
wife Mr. Kerr had the following children:
Frederick H., born Dec. 30, 1860; Mary E., Sept.
13, 1865; Nora B., Dec. 6, 1868; James M.,
Apr. 5, 1870. Mr. James M. Kerr was United
States ganger for eight years under U. S. Grant.
His grandfather, John Kerr, was a soldier in the
revolutionary war. The subject of this sketch is a
wholesale and retail hardware dealer, and his postoffice
address, Gallipolis, Gallia county, Ohio. |
| SAMUEL
J. KERR - has been twice married. His first
wife, Sarah E., daughter of Benjamin F. and Agnes
Mills, was born November 6, 1845, and died Oct. 21,
1872. Two children were the result of this marriage:
Benjamin F., born Mar. 6, 1868, resides at home; Anna
B., May 20, 1871, died April 12, 1873. His second
wife, Margaret A., daughter of Ross S. and Susan
(Bunger) Watts, was born in this county, May 23, 1853.
Her parents came to the county in 1852. She was
married to him in Gallia county, Ohio, November 10, 1874.
They have three children, all residing at home: Nellie M.,
born March 27, 1876; Augustus P., December 26, 1878;
Ibbie, July 7, 1800. Mr. Kerr was born
in this county, January 25, 1854. He is a son of
John and Isabella (Morrison) Kerr, who were born in this
county in 1804. He served in the late war, enlisting
in the 7th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, August 28, 1862. He
was taken prisoner at Rogersville, Tennessee, November 6,
1863, and confined in the following Southern prisons: First,
at Belle Island, Virginia, where he remained four months.
He was then taken to Andersonville, where he was kept about
seven months; thence to Savannah, Georgia, from there to
Millen Station, at Camp Kotton, then again to Savannah,
where he was paroled, November 26, 1864; returned home,
remaining there until exchanged, when he returned to his
regiment, and served to the close of the war receiving an
honorable discharge July 7, 1865. Mr. Kerr is a
resident of Springfield township, and his occupation is
farming. Address, Kerr postoffice, Gallia county,
Ohio. |
| JOHN
NISEWANGER KERR - a resident of this township, has
been married twice. He married his first wife,
Isabella Morrison, in this county, April 11, 1827.
She was born in Gallia county, Ohio and died September 16,
1845. His parents, William and Ann (Ireland)
Morrison, are both deceased. The following are his
children by this marriage: Mary A. (Powell),
born January 23, 1828, resides in Gallia county, Ohio;
Augustus P., August 12, 1829, died April 8, 1878;
John R., April 25, 1831, died February 13, 1841;
Maria C. (Ealker), Sept. 27, 1833; James M., Dec.
15, 1835; Susan C. (Blake), August 6, 1838, resides
in Gallia county; William M., July 22, 1840;
Samuel J., Jan. 25, 1843, lives in Gallia county.
His second wife, Caroline, daughter of John and
Ruth (Knox) Cherrington, was married to him in this
county August 25, 1846. She was born in Gallia county,
Oct. 6 1821. Seven children are the result of this
union, namely: Charles W., born July 15, 1847, died
July 8, 1848; Harriet I. (Mills), July 10, 1849,
resides in this county; Charles Warren, April 22,
1851, lives in this county; Fannie H. (Hutsinpiller),
February 4, 1853, resides in Ironton, Lawrence county, Ohio;
Edward E., March 16, 1855, lives in Gallia county;
Cassius C., April 15, 1857, residence in this county;
Aleri M., Jan. 27, 1860, died Aug. 15, 1865.
Mr. Kerr's son Samuel, enlisted as a private in
the late civil conflict, Aug. 28, 1862, in the 7th Regiment
Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. He was taken prisoner at
Rogersville, Tennessee, Nov. 6, 1863, and was confined in
the following Southern prisons: First, at Belle
Island, Virginia, where he remained four months. He
was then taken to Andersonville, where he was kept about
seven months; thence to Savannah, Georgia; from there to
Millen Station, at Camp Kotton; then again to Savannah;
there he was paroled, Nov. 26, 1864, returned home,
remaining there until exchanged, when he returned to his
regiment and served to the close of the war. He was
honorably discharged July, 1866. Mr. Kerr is a
son of John and Christina (Nisewanger) Kerr, and was
born in this county December 15, 1804. Both his and
his wife's parents settled here in 1802. His father is
one of the earliest settlers in this county, and cut the
first tree in Green township on the farm where he lived.
John N. Kerr held the office of county commissioner
for twelve years. Business, farming. Address,
Kerr postoffice, Gallia county, Ohio. |
| FREDERICK
H. H. KEYE - son of Henry and Frederica
(Nierenberg) Keye, was born in Hasselfeld, Brunswick,
Germany, Feb. 10, 1824. His wife, Christina F. W.,
daughter of ____ and Wilhelmiena Kroter, was born in
Rothzithe, Warningerrode, Germany, 1828. They were
married in Hasselfeld, Brunswick, Germany, June, 1852.
She died in 1867 in Germany. Their children are:
Frederick G. T., born Mar. 19, 1855, at home;
Charley T. F., Mar. 22, 1857, at home; Frederica J.
W., Mar. 8, 1859, died June 13, 1859; Wilhelmiena A.
J. (Rose), April 27, 1860, lives in Gallia
county; Dora W. K., June 10, 1863, at home.
Mr. Keye removed his family (all of his children having
been born in Germany), from Germany to Gallipolis in 1868,
living there four years, when he bought a farm in
Springfield township, and has been farming ever since.
His son, Charles T. F., was elected supervisor in
Springfield township, in 1879, for one year, and was again
elected in 1882. Address, Heatly postoffice, Gallia
county, Ohio. |
Gallipolis -
MOSES A. KING - and Margaret V.
Pollock were married in Gallia county, Ohio, Nov. 19,
1844. He is a son of Enos and Phebe (Pugh) King,
both of whom are deceased, and was born in Preston county,
West Virginia, Jan. 23, 1820. Mrs. King was
born in Wheeling, West Virginia, Sept. 25, 1819. Her
parents were Stephen and Anna (Denham) Pollock, both
deceased. The children of Mr. and Mrs. King
are: Stephen E. born Jan. 21, 1846, deceased;
Thomas A., Aug. 31, 1847, resides in West Virginia;
Mary S., Mar. 1, 1853, deceased; Charles C.,
Jan. 8, 1856, resides in West Virginia; Mordecai W.,
Mar. 26, 1858, resides in Gallipolis. Mr. King
filled the office of trustee in Ohio Township for two terms,
from 1865 to 1867. His son, Stephen E., was a
soldier in the late war, enlisting in November, 1863, in
Company I, 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was lost on
Hunter's retreat from Lynchburg, and it was supposed he was
killed in the mountains near Newcastle, West Virginia.
Mr. King came to Gallipolis in 1881, where he is a
proprietor of the Ecker house, where he should
be addressed.~ Page 44 |
Clay Twp. -
WILLIAM A. KING~ Page 27 |
Walnut Twp. -
FREDDRICK KLAGES~ Page 25 |
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