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(* SOURCE: History of Knox County, Ohio
Mt. Vernon, Ohio: A.A. Graham & Co., 1881)
† Source 2: The
Biographical Record of Knox County, Ohio
Publ. 1902
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Source 3:
History of North Central Ohio : embracing Richland,
Ashland, Wayne, Medina, Lorain, Huron and Knox Counties
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JOHN
S. ABBOTT,
farmer, was born in Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, June 18, 1826.
In 1855 he emigrated to Knox county, Ohio, locating in Mt.
Vernon. In the fall of the same year he purchased the farm
on which he is now livign, in Clinton township, located on the
Granville road, two miles from Mt. Vernon, and has sine made
farming his occupation. February 15, 1865, he married
Miss Mary E. Johnston, born in Clinton township, Knox
county, Ohio, March 11, 1842, daughter of James and
Mary J. Johnson. They moved on his farm, where they
are now living. Their union resulted in one child, a
daughter.
Source: History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its
Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers,
1881 - Page 583 |
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L.
B. ACKERMAN,
insurance agent, Fredericktown, was born in Knox county, Ohio,
August 17, 1839, and was married September 20, 1871, to Ella
Cook, who was born in Wayne county, June 12, 1848. They
have four children, viz: Ida C., born July 8, 1872;
William A., December 26, 1873; Ernest Lee, March
13, 1875, and Edith E., March 31, 1879. Mr.
Ackerman received a liberal education and has been engaged
in teaching, having taught school twenty-three years. He
was principal of the Fredericktown union schools during the
years 1877 and 1878, and has the reputation of being one of the
ablest instructors of Knox county. He is at present
engaged in the insurance and collecting business. He has
been a citizen of Fredericktown for three years, and is one of
the intelligent and enterprising men of this township, and has
done much to promote the standard of education in Knox county.
He has also taken quite an active part in political matters.
Source: History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its
Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers,
1881 - Page 583 |
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HARVEY
ACKERMAN, Middlebury township, farmer,
post office, Levering, born in Middlebury township, July 14,
1850; married in 1872 to Ara Smith who was born in
Coshocton county, Ohio, in 1852. They have two children -
Blanche, born Jan. 10, 1874, and Carle, born July
2, 1877. Mrs. Ara Ackerman died April 2,
1878. Mr. Ackerman has been engaged in teaching
school about ten years.
Source: History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its
Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers,
1881 - Page 583 |
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ARTHUR
ADAMS, blacksmith and horseshoer, Mulberry
street, between High and Vine streets, Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
Arthur Adams is a native of Mt. Vernon, and was born Nov.
6, 1858, and received his education in the public schools of the
city. He learned his trade, blacksmithing, with his
father, Mr. Adam Adams. Serving three years as a
apprentice, he worked one year after instructions in his
father's establishment. He then opened a shop in
Fredericktown and worked two years. He then returned to
Mt. Vernon and entered into partnership with his father for some
two years, and then took charge of the shop for himself, which
he still conducts. The business amounts to about two
thousand dollars per year. Horseshoeing is a specialty, he
having a thorough knowledge of the theory of shoeing truck and
draft horses, and of all departments of shoeing. He took
the first premium at the Knox County Agricultural society's fair
in 1873. His father, with whom he learned his trade, also
took a first premium from the State Board of Agriculture at the
fair held at Cleveland some years ago. He does all kinds
of repairing on short notice, and for reasonable terms.
All his work is warranted to be first class. Mr. Adams
in 1863 enlisted in warranted to be first class. Mr.
Adams in 1863 enlisted in company R, One Hundred and
Twenty-first Ohio volunteer infantry, in which he served until
the close of the war. Mr. Adams has represented his
ward in the city council.
Source: History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its
Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers,
1881 - Page 584 |
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GEORGE
ADAMS, deceased, was born in Redgrave,
a village in Suffolk county, England, March 16, 1797. He
came to America in 1853, first settling in Gambier, where he
lived one year, and then removed to Mt. Vernon, where he resided
up to the time of his death, which occurred about noon on
Thursday, December 4, 1879, in the eighty-third year of his age.
Mr. Adams was twice married. By his first wife he
had thirteen children, seven of whom are still living 0 five
sons and two daughters - Mr. Adam Adams, of the firm of
Adams & Rogers, hardware merchants, being the
eldest. Besides these, he leaves twenty-four grandchildren
and seven great-grandchildren. Mr. Adams' death was
sudden. He had been engaged in wheeling tanbark from the
street in to his lot, and at diner time his wife found him in
the front yard, lying on his back, dead. Apoplexy is
supposed to have been the cause of his death.
Source: History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its
Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers,
1881 - Page 583 |
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JACOB
ADAMS, Berlin township, farmer, post
office, Fredericktown, was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania,
in 1822, came to Ohio when fourteen years of age, and was
married in 1850 to Sabra Brown, who was born in the
township in 1830. They have six children, viz:
Annetta, born in 1854; Alice M., in 1856; Sabie
C., in 1858; Mary E., in 1860; Duddie,
in 1863, and John E., in 1866. Mr. Adams is
a prosperous farmer, and a careful, judicious financier.
Source: History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its
Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers,
1881 - Page 583 |
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JAMES
ADAMS, Monroe township, deceased, son
of John and Ann Adams, was born in Frederick
county, Virginia, Nov. 22, 1792. He accompanied his
parents to this county in 1811, who located near Mt. Vernon,
where they deceased - Mrs. Adams in 1827, and Mr.
Adams in 1829. James Adams was reared on
a farm, and followed farming as his vocation through life.
Oct. 10, 1815, he married Miss Eleanor Newell, daughter
of Hugh and Margaret Newell, who was born in
Washington county, Pennsylvania, July 27, 1798, and came to Knox
county with her sister, Mary, wife of Judge McGibeney,
in 1820. Mr. and Mrs. Adams settled on a
farm in Monroe township, known as the Hunt farm, and
remained until 1836. They then moved on farm in the same
township, located on Schenck's creek, now owned by their
son, Allison Adams, where he deceased April 1, 1838.
His companion survives him at the age of eighty-two years, and
is living on the home farm with her son Allison. He
served in the War of 1812. He filled the office of justice
of the peace in Monroe township about ten years. He was
the father of three children: John, born Aug. 5,
1816; Allison, born Nov. 6, 1818; and Mary J.,
born Nov. 12, 1820. John and Mary I. have
deceased. Allison Adams married Miss Phebe A.
Paige, of Monroe township, who deceased Oct. 10, 1854.
He was then united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth E. Dowds,
in Nov. 1855; born Dec. 27, 1834; daughter of Elijah Dowds,
deceased. They settled on the Adams homestead, where they
are now living. They have a family of six children - three
sons and three daughters. He has made farming and stock
raising his vocation. He owns a large farm in Monroe
township. He enlisted in company H, of the Sixty-sixth
Ohio volunteer infantry, and served about ten months in the war
of 1861. He was in the battle of Stone River Dec. 31,
1862. He has served the people of Monroe township as
justice of the peace since Oct., 1865.
Source: History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its
Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers,
1881 - Page 584 |
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REV.
MORTON D.
ADAMS, pastor of the Disciple church,
was born at Vincennes, Indiana, May 24, 1856, and received his
preparatory education there, and at Butler university,
Indianapolis, and completed at Vincennes university, from which
he graduated in 1875. In 1876 he entered upon pastoral
duty at Vandalia, Illinois, where he remained one year, and then
went to Massillion, Ohio, and served the church there one
year. In 1879 he came to Mt. Vernon and took charge of the
Disciple church of this place, in which he has served with
acceptance to the present, and during which the church has been
greatly revived and built up, having had forty additions during
his pastorate.
Source: History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its
Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers,
1881 - Page 584 |
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WILLIAM
B. ADAMS. One of the able and
representative agriculturists and stock-raisers of Knox county
is the gentleman whose name introduces this review. He is one of
the native sons of the county, his birth having occurred in
Monroe township, on the 8th of August, 1857, a son of Allison
and Elizabeth E. (Dowds) Adams. His paternal grandfather, James
Adams, came from Pennsylvania, his native state, to Knox county,
Ohio, on foot at a very early day, and soon after his arrival
here he entered one hundred and sixty acres of land, one hundred
and eighteen acres of which is still in the possession of the
family, while the remaining is known as the Hunt farm. In 1836
he purchased the farm where our subject now resides, and there
he spent his remaining days. He became an extensive property
owner in this county, and was a leading and highly esteemed
citizen. His wife was a native of the Old Dominion, and she,
too, made the journey to this state on foot, coming here when a
girl with her parents. She bore the maiden name of Newell, and
was one of seven children, all of whom lived to be over eighty
years of age.
Allison Adams, the father of him whose names forms the
caption of this article, was born in Monroe township, Knox
county, in 1818. He was bereft of his father's care and advice
at the age of nineteen years, and he then purchased the interest
of the remaining heirs in the old homestead, also acquiring
ninety acres in Putnam county which his father had owned. Mr.
Adams continued to make Monroe township his home until his
death, which occurred on the 21st of December, 1892. He was a
practical and progressive agriculturist, and at the time of his
death his landed possessions consisted of four hundred and
thirty-seven acres. The Democracy received his political
support, and for many years he was a leader in the public
affairs of his locality, having served his township as its clerk
for a period of twenty-one years, while for thirty years he held
the office of justice of the peace, and he has repeatedly
solicited to allow his name to be used as a candidate for a
county office, but he steadfastly refused. He was a veteran of
the Civil war, having served his country as a member of Company
H, Sixty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
William B. Adams, of this review, began the active
battle of life for himself at the early age of sixteen years, at
which time he began buying and raising calves, but this
occupation not proving as remunerative as he desired, he began
purchasing steers when two or three years old and feeding them
for the market. At the age of twenty-one years he took charge of
the homestead farm, at the same time continuing his stock
business, and this he has gradually extended until he is now
recognized as one of the leading buyers and shippers of Knox
county. He has also added to his realty possessions until he is
now the owner of two hundred and eighteen acres of land, all of
which is under a high state of cultivation and is supplied with
all the improvements and accessories known to the model farm of
this period. He enjoys an enviable reputation for business
sagacity and uprightness in all his dealings, and all honor and
esteem him for his manly and straight-forward course in life.
On the 25th of September, 1880, occurred the marriage
of Mr. Adams and Miss Ollie Young. The lady is a daughter of W.
R. Young, one of the prominent farmers of Monroe township. Unto
this union have been born two children: Harry C., a teacher in
the district schools, and Hattie M., who is devoting some
attention to music. Of the Democratic party our subject is a
stanch supporter, and for two terms he served as a trustee of
his township. His life has been well spent, and his activity in
business affairs has been rewarded by a well-merited competence.
He forms his plans readily, is determined in their execution, is
progressive and resolute, and as the result of his capable
management he has gained a place among the substantial citizens
and most highly esteemed business men of his county.
(Source #2) (Contributed by Sheryl McClure) |
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M. H. ADRIAN.
Success comes as the legitimate result of well applied energy,
unflagging determination and perseverance in a course of action
that has once been decided upon. She smiles not upon the idler
or dreamer, and only the man who has won her favor justly and by
unflagging effort does she deign to crown with blessings. In
tracing the history of Mr. Adrian it is plainly
seen that the success he enjoys has been won by the commendable
qualities just mentioned, together with many others which have
gained him the high esteem of all who know him. He is the
largest landholder in Jefferson township, and ranks among the
leading agriculturists of this part of Ohio, where his labors
have been so well directed that he is now most prosperous.
Mr. Adrian is a native of Knox county,
his birth having occurred in Harrison township, on the 14th of
August, 1855. His father, Isaac Adrian, was born
in Jefferson county, this state, and coming to this county at an
early day took up his abode in Harrison township, where
throughout his active business career he carried on farming. His
death occurred when he was seventy-seven years of age, and thus
terminated busy and useful career. He married Cynthia
Harrod, who was born in Harrison township upon the farm
which is yet her home. She is now eighty-one years of age. She
has performed a noble work in the world, having reared a family
of ten children, all of whom reached adult age, while nine are
yet living and are a credit to their loved and venerated mother.
The sixth child and third son of this family is M.
H. Adrian, whose name introduces this sketch. In the usual
manner of farmer lads of the period he spent the days of his
boyhood and youth, and when the farm work was over in the autumn
he entered the public school of his neighborhood and there
acquired a good English education. He was married in Union
township, November 19, 1879, the lady of his choice being
Miss Delia May Parsons, a sister of
Dr. Parsons, of Brinkhaven. The young couple began
their domestic life at Democracy, Ohio, and he engaged in
farming in Pike township for five years, on the expiration of
which period he removed to Union township, there remaining for
two years. He then purchased the farm upon which he now resides
and which comprises two hundred acres of rich and arable land,
which when placed under the plow yields excellent harvests in
return for his labor. He also owns another tract of eighty acres
one mile north of his home place, and one hundred and twenty-six
and a half acres in Union township, known as the Parsons farm,
so that his landed possessions aggregate four hundred and six
and a half acres, making him the most extensive landholder in
Jefferson township. Throughout the greater part of his life he
has followed stock-raising in connection with the tilling of the
soil, and for two years he was engaged in merchandising at
Buckeye City, and for one year at Brinkhaven. Energy is one of
his marked characteristics, and has been an excellent foundation
upon which to rear the super-structure of his success.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Adrian has been blessed
with five children: Lauris N., Lewis I., Ivan L., Virgil H.
and Leila O.
Mr. Adrian and his
family have a wide acquaintance in the county where they have
always resided and their circle of friends is quite extensive.
He votes with the Democracy, and socially is connected with the
Knights of the Maccabees, with which he has been identified for
five years, and in which he has filled all the offices. He is a
member of the Baptist church in Tiverton township, Coshocton
county, in which he is serving as a deacon, a position he has
filled for eight years, and in its work he has taken an active
part. He is well known in the county as a respected citizen,
whose word is thoroughly reliable, whose business is conducted
along lines of the strictest honesty, and whose worth is widely
acknowledged by his fellow men.
(Source #2) (Contributed by Sheryl McClure) |
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CHARLES
E. ALER,
travelling agent, post office, Fredericktown. He was born
in Virginia in 1850 and came to Ohio in 1877. He was
married in 1875 to Eugenia B. Linfield, who was born in
North Carolina in 1855. They have two children:
Margaret V., was born in 1877, and Claudia I., in
1879. Mr. Aler has been a very successful book
agent, and is still engaged at that business.
Source: History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its
Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers,
1881 - Page 584 |
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ASAHEL ALLEN
Source: History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its
Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers,
1881 - Page 584 |
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FRANCIS M. ALLEN
Source: History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its
Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers,
1881 - Page 584 |
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JAMES
ALLEN, farmer, Middlebury township,
post office, Fredericktown; born in Monroe county in 1832,
married in 1855 to Mary E. Devore, who was born in
Belmont County, Ohio, in 1836. They have the following
family, viz: Josephine C., born Jan. 17, 1857;
Adalaide V., June 10, 1864; Jennie A., Feb. 7, 1867,
and Lillie I., Jul. 29, 1870. Mr. Allen came
to Knox county in 1867, and located in Middlebury township,
He owns a well improved farm, and is one of the active and
energetic men of the township.
Source: History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its
Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers,
1881 - Page 584 |
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W. P. ALLEN
Source: History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its
Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers,
1881 - Page 584 |
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BENJAMIN
AMES. That the plentitude of satiety
is seldom attained in the affairs of life is to be considered a
most grateful and beneficial deprivation, for where ambition is
satisfied and every ultimate aim realized--if such is
possible--there must follow individual apathy. Effort will
cease, accomplishment be prostrate and creative talent waste its
energies in supine inactivity. The men who have pushed forward
the wheels of progress have been those to whom satiety lay ever
in the future, and they have labored consecutively and have not
failed to find in each transition stage incentive for further
effort. Although in his youth Mr. Ames did not meet that
laborious struggle which falls to the lot of many men who later
win success, his energy and resolution has not been less marked
than theirs, and in the successful control of various business
interests of magnitude he has displayed marked business ability.
Mr. Ames was born in the family home on High street,
Mount Vernon, in 1870, a son of the Rev. John G. and Elizabeth
(Delano) Ames. The former, a native of Vermont, devoted many
years of his life to the work of the ministry as a
representative of the Episcopal clergy, but is now living
retired in Washington, D. C. He married a daughter of the Hon.
Columbus Delano, one of the most distinguished lawyers and
citizens that Ohio has produced. Their son, Benjamin Ames,
pursued his education in the public schools and in the Columbian
Preparatory School in Washington, D. C, and afterward
matriculated in Princeton University, in which institution he
was graduated in 1892. He then took charge of the estate and
affairs of his maternal grandfather, capably controlling the
extensive business associated therewith. He is now the president
of the Republican Publishing Company and the Mount Vernon
Milling Company, and is a director of the First National Bank of
Mount Vernon. He is also carrying on extensive farming interests
in this county, and he resides at his beautiful country seat,
Lakehome, in Clinton township.
In 1896 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Ames and
Miss Isabel Kirk, a daughter of D. B. Kirk, of Mount Vernon, who
is treasurer of the C. O. Cooper Company. They now have two
children, Kirk Delano and Elizabeth Delano. Fraternally Mr. Ames
is a Mason, and has taken all of the degrees of the York rite,
while of the Mystic Shrine he is likewise a representative. He
holds membership with the Knights of Pythias and in politics he
is quite prominent, being a stanch advocate of Republican
principles and a member and treasurer of the county committee.
He does all in his power to promote the growth and insure the
success of his party and actively co-operates in many movements
and measures calculated to advance the material and intellectual
interests of his native county. In his business affairs he
displays marked ability in not only planning but in successfully
directing important enterprises, and his unassailable reputation
in commercial and industrial circles has gained for him a
foremost position among the leading citizens of Knox county,
although he is yet a young man.
(Source #2) (Contributed by Sheryl McClure)X |
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WILLIAM
P. ANDERS, Morris Township, farmer,
post office, Fredericktown, born in Ohio, and married to
Martha M. (daughter of Joseph Ebersole), who was born
in Knox county. They have one son- Webster J.
Mr. Anders with a farmer, owns a beautiful farm on
the Vernon road, with good buildings and under a good state of
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MRS.
ALICE B.
ANDERSON, who has been in charge of
the Children's Home at Mount Vernon, for the past ten years, is
one of the most highly esteemed and honored residents of the
city. Many years of her life have been devoted to this noble
work, and her untiring efforts have proved very effective.
Rev. Sidney Shontz, pastor of the Congregational
church, was largely instrumental in establishing this
institution, and previously to that lime the children were
confined in the county infirmary. The first trustees elected
were Mr. Boner, deceased, Dr. Holbrook, Mr. Montgomery,
deceased, and Rev. Charles Cooper; while the present board of
trustees consists of Dr. Holbrook, Mr. Sperry and Kirk McKee,
The institution was opened with twenty-seven children, and since
that time eighty-five children have found homes within its
doors. Since the organization of the Children's Home, in 1891,
Mrs. Anderson has been in charge of the institution, and the
commendable course which she has pursued has gained her the
confidence and love of all with whom she has been brought in
contact.
Mrs. Alice (Bell) Anderson is a daughter of R. G. and
Sarah Bell, and was brought to this city eleven years ago. Her
husband is a native of Clinton township, Knox county, a son of
David Anderson, who came to this locality from Pennsylvania when
a young man. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are worthy and zealous
members of the Presbyterian church, and in the community where
they have long made their homes they have many warm friends.
(Source #2) (Contributed by Sheryl McClure) |
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ROBERT
C. ANDERSON, a prominent contractor
and builder of Mount Vernon, was born in Clinton township, Knox
county, Ohio, in 1850, a son of David McCord and Hannah (Hamill)
Anderson. Robert Anderson, the grandfather, became a very early
settler of Franklin county, Pennsylvania, and there spent the
remainder of his life, passing away in 1823. His wife bore the
maiden name of Jane Hay. Our subject's paternal
great-grandfather married a Miss McCord, in whose honor McCord's
Fort, in Pennsylvania was named. Her family was killed by
Indians but she was saved by being placed between two ticks.
David McCord Anderson, the father of him whose name forms the
caption of this article, was born in Franklin county,
Pennsylvania, in 1814, and when twenty-eight years of age he
left the place of his nativity and came to Knox county, Ohio,
locating on a farm in Clinton township. There he made his home
until he was called to his final rest, dying in 1897, when
nearly eighty-four years of age. He held many positions of honor
and trust in his township, and was one of the leading and
influential residents of his locality. As a companion on the
journey of life he chose Hannah J. Hamill, who was also born in
1814, a daughter of John C. and Nancy (Stewart) Hamill, who
removed from near Parkesburg, Chester county, Pennsylvania, to
Clinton townships Knox county, about 1820. The maternal
grandfather of our subject participated in the war of 1812, and
his older brothers took part in the struggle which brought
independence to the American colonies. The Hamills were among
the first and leading members of the Upper Octorara Presbyterian
church in Chester county, Pennsylvania, which was established in
1720 by Scotch-Irish settlers. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were
born five children, namely: Anna Adeline, of Mount Vernon; John
H., who, with his wife, has had charge of the children's home in
this city since its inception; Thomas M., of Clinton township,
Knox county; Robert C., the subject of this review; and
Elizabeth, the wife of G. W. Bell, of Bangs, Ohio.
Robert C. Anderson was reared to manhood on his fathers
farm in Clinton township, and after taking up the battle of life
on his own account he engaged in contracting and building in
Mount Vernon, which occupation has claimed his time and
attention for thirty-one years. In his chosen line of endeavor
he has indeed met with flattering success, and many of the
finest buildings of the city and surrounding country stand as
monuments to his thrift and ability. For his wife he chose Miss
Alice E. Wilkins, of Clinton township, a daughter of Francis and
Emeline (Williams) Wilkins, also of this township. Both the
Williams and Wilkins families were among the early pioneer
settlers of Knox county. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson has
been blessed with three children, Walter Stewart, Clarence
Hamill and Stella May. Mr. Anderson is recognized as one of the
leading contractors and one of the reliable business men of his
locality and enjoys the high regard of all with whom he has been
brought in contact.
(Source #2) (Contributed by Sheryl McClure) |
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W. B.
ANDERSON, Howard township, farmer, post office,
Howard was born in Pleasant township, Knox county, Aug. 3, 1852;
married June 2, 1877 to Mary F. Cory. They had one
child born Mar. 19, 1878. He built a fine little cottage
on his farm in 1879, in which he now resides. His
father was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, Jan. 12, 1811;
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LYMAN
W. ARMENTROUT, M. D. Dr. Lyman Wright Armentrout, who
is successfully engaged in the practice of medicine in Mount
Vernon, where he located in 1887, was born in Pike township,
Knox county, September 14, 1844, and traces his ancestry back to
Germany, where occurred the birth of Henry Armentrout, his
great-grandfather. Leaving Germany he crossed the Atlantic to
the new world and took up his abode in Virginia. When the
Revolutionary war was inaugurated he espoused the cause of the
colonies and fought for the freedom of the American people.
Philip Armentrout, the grandfather of the Doctor, was born in
the Old Dominion and after arriving at years of maturity wedded
Mary Fluke, also a native of that state and of Holland lineage.
Emigrating westward they settled upon a farm in Pike township,
Knox county, Ohio, where the wife died at the age of fifty
years, while Philip Armentrout passed away in 1859, at the
advanced age of eighty-five. Among their children was Simon
Armentrout. the Doctor's father. He was born in Rockingham
county, Virginia, in 1810, and was brought to this county by his
parents when only seven years of age. Amid the wild scenes of
frontier life he was reared and upon the home farm he early
became familiar with all the duties incident to the life of the
agriculturist. He married Rachel Phillips, whose paternal
grandfather was a native of England and sailed thence to the
United States, taking up his abode in Maryland. He married a
Miss Frizzel and among their children was William Phillips, the
father of Mrs. Armentrout. He was about eleven years of age when
with his parents he removed from Maryland to Cadiz, Ohio. He was
married in Knox county to Miss Polly Walker, who also came from
Maryland.
Unto the Doctor's parents were born the following
children: William, a resident of Mansfield, Richland county,
Ohio; George W., a resident farmer of Shelbyville, Missouri;
Simon, who resides near Valparaiso, Indiana; Olive, wife of
Cyrus Hunter, of Pike township, Knox county; Samantha, the wife
of George Mahaffy, formerly of Knox county, but now of
Shelbyville, Missouri; and Lucinda, the wife of John McGinley,
who was at one time a resident of Knox county but is now living
near Valparaiso, Indiana.
Dr. Armentrout, the other member of this family, was
reared upon his father's farm in the usual manner of farmer lads
of the period, his time being devoted to the work of the fields,
to the duties of the school room and the pleasures of the
playground. After leaving the common schools he determined to
make the practice of medicine his life work and continued his
education in the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, for a
time, completing his professional preparation in the Detroit
Medical College, in which he was graduated in 1871. He then
located for practice in Belleville, Richland county, Ohio, where
he remained until 1882, when he took up his abode upon a farm in
this county, remaining there until 1887, when he removed to
Mount Vernon. Since his graduation he has given his attention
entirely to his professional duties with the result that he is
well qualified for his work and receives a large and lucrative
patronage.
The Doctor married Miss Maria Tulloss, a daughter of
the Rev. Benjamin Tulloss, of Morgan township, who has devoted
much of his life to the work of the ministry as a preacher of
the Baptist church. He was born in this county. Dr. and Mrs.
Armentrout now have two children, L. Vance and Lina. The son is
a graduate of the high school of Mount Vernon and spent two
years in the Ohio State University. In 1898 he enlisted for
service in the Spanish-American war in Company L, Fourth Ohio
Regiment, which company was formed in Mount Vernon, and saw
service in Puerto Rico, He is now reading law in the office of
Judge Wait, of Mount Vernon.
In his political views the Doctor is a Democrat,
but has never aspired to public office. Socially he is connected
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Masonic
fraternity, and his religious faith is indicated by his
membership in the Baptist church. Not only in Mount Vernon but
in the adjoining country the Doctor is known as a skillful
physician and surgeon, one who has given years of thought and
painstaking preparation to his profession and who is thoroughly
qualified for his practice. Nature endowed him with the
qualities necessary for success as a practitioner, for he is
sympathetic, patient and thoughtful, and in the hour of
extremity cool and courageous. Though his practice engrosses
much of his attention he still finds time to keep posted upon
the practical details in the improvements of the science and
avail himself of every development in remedial agencies, thus
maintaining his place among the leading physicians and surgeons
of his native county.
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ROBERT
M. ARMENTROUT, Pike township, farmer,
(post office Democracy), was born in Pike township, Knox county,
Ohio, in 1853, and was married in 1878 to Eluetta Marshall
who was born in Brown township, this county, in 1859. They
have one daughter, Julia Cleona, born Nov. 18, 1879.
Mr. Armentrout has always been identified with this
township. He is a member of a pioneer family, and is a
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THOMAS
B. AUTEN, Berlin township, farmer,
post office Fredericktown, born in Liberty township, this
county, Sept. 12, 1847, and was married Oct. 11, 1877, to
Lucretia L. Foote, who was born in this township Sept. 12,
1858. They have one daughter, Eva Dell, who was born April
4, 1879. Mr. Auten came to this township and with
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AUSTIN,
B. D., Fredericktown, ticket agent,
was born in Knox county in 1857. He is now engaged at the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad office at Fredericktown. |
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J. M. AXTELL, Fredericktown, dealer in groceries and county
produce of all kind, was born in this county Sept. 12, 1832, and
was married in 1857, to Almira J. Hellis who was born in
this county Aug. 20, 1835, and died Feb. 6, 1880. They had
one daughter, Eliza Bell, who was born May 9, 1859, and
died Aug. 12, 1859. Mr. Axtell established
his business in 1879. He is a practical business man,
having been identified with his business interests for many
years in this county. Combined with experience he has
superior qualifications, and is fully prepared to meet all
competition. All who wish anything in his life will be
well to give him a call. |
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