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ROBERT
D. DARLING, Wayne twp., post office, Fredericktown; born
in Wayne township, this county, in 1845, and was married in 1870
to Clotilda Lyon, who was born in Wayne twp., this
county, in 1846. They have four children, Nellie,
born in 1871; Frank, in 1875; Nina, in 1877; and
Willie, in 1879. Mr. Darling is a farmer by
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JACOB
DAVIS, Monroe township, was born near Hagerstown,
Maryland, Apr. 4, 1800, and came to Mt. Vernon, Knox county,
with his father, Henry Davis, in 1815. He married
Elizabeth Downs, daughter of George Downs, of Knox
county, April 3, 1827, and moved to Monroe township, wher ehe
purchased land and erected a saw-mill on Schenck's creek
in 1828. Shortly afterwards he erected a grist-mill and
added a fulling-mill and carding machine. Being an
enterprising business man he not only ran his own mill but owned
an interest in the Monroe mills, Gilcrest's mills and
Shamon's mills. Mr. Davis died Sept. 12, 1837,
and was buried in St. John's Evangelical Lutheran cemetery, the
ground for which was donated by him. He was the father of
nine children, of whom James Woodbridge David was the
youngest. He was born June 9, 1849, at the old homestead
on Schenck's cree, and reared on the farm. He
married Jennie Daymude, daughter of William Daymude,
of Monroe township, Dec. 14, 1876, and has two children,
Elmer S. and Herman.
SOURCE: History of Knox County, Ohio
- Mt. Vernon, Ohio: A.A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page 648 |
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JAMES
W. DAVIS. This name is one known throughout Knox
county, for here Mr. Davis has passed his whole life and
here his parents lived for many decades. He was born in
Monroe township, June 9, 1849, a son of Jacob and Elizabeth
(Downs) Davis. The father was born near Hagerstown,
Maryland, on the 4th April, 1800, and died on the 12th of
September, 1857. He was a son of Henry and Christina
(Swope) Davis. The former was born in Germany, and
there learned the tailor's trade, but when a young man he left
the home and friends of his youth and came to the United States,
locating in Maryland. In later life he engaged in the
milling business, owning flour mills on the Potomac river.
In 1808 he made his way to the Buckeye state, locating in Knox
county, and a short time afterward he was here joined by his
wife and family, his son Jacob being then a lad of eight
years, and they made the journey on horseback. After his
arrival in Knox county Henry Davis opened a flour mill in
Mount Vernon, and as the years passed by he became known as one
of the prominent and leading business men of the county.
Jacob Davis, the father of our subject, became
his father's assistant after attaining to mature years, and from
that time until his twenty-seventh year he had almost entire
charge of his father's extensive business interests. In
1827, after his marriage, he removed to Monroe township, where
he was engaged in the milling business on his own account.
Success abundantly rewarded his well-directed efforts and he
soon took rank among the leading business men of his locality.
He became the owner of three flouring mills, a carding mill, a
woolen factory, where he was extensively engaged in the
manufacture of cloth, and also became the owner of about one
thousand acres of land, but he latter was taken from him through
a partner's loss and by going security for others.
Although not a member of any religious denomination, he was a
liberal supporter of all churches, the cause of Christianity
ever finding in him a firm friend. His political support
was given to the Democracy, and for many years he held township
offices. Mr. Davis was married in Mount Vernon,
Miss Elizabeth Downs becoming his wife. She was born
in Clinton township, Knox county, a daughter of George and
Rebecca (Thrift) Downs, both natives of the Old Dominion.
After coming to the Buckeye state the father acquired
considerable land in Clinton township, which is now known as the
Sperry farm, and also became the owner of six hundred and forty
acres in Monroe township. Mrs. Davis was an
excellent business woman, and after her husband's death she
succeeded in retrieving many of his lost possessions. They
became the parents, of nine children, five of whom are now
living, namely: Catherine, the wife of Silas Young,of
Monroe township; Harriet, who makes her home with her
sister, Mrs. Young; Margaret, the wife of W. R. Young,
also of Monroe township; Christiana, the wife of
John McArdle, of Buckeye City, Knox county; and James W.,
the subject of this review. The mother of this family
passed away in death in September, 1873.
James W. Davis acquired his early education in
the common schools of his locality, and afterward became a
student in the Ohio Wesleyan University, entering that
institution with the intention of preparing himself for a
profession, but after two terms there spent he was called home
on account of his brother's sickness. In accordance with
the wish of his mother, he then took up the quiet duties of the
farm, which has ever since claimed his time and attention.
After his marriage he located on a tract of one hundred and
fifty acres of his present homestead, a part of which was willed
to him by his mother, and the remainder he secured by purchasing
the interest of the remaining heirs. In 1882 he also
purchased the old home farm of one hundred and thirteen acres,
and in addition he owns a tract of seventy-five acres in the
northeast corner of Monroe township, all of which is under his
immediate supervision. His home farm is one of the best
improved in the township, and the many valuable improvements
which now adorn the place stand as monuments to his thrift and
ability. He is very enterprising and progressive in his
methods, and his well-directed efforts and unfaltering
perseverance have succeeded in winning for him a handsome
competence.
On the 14th of December, 1876, was celebrated the
marriage of Mr. Davis and Miss Jennie Daymude, a
native of Monroe township and a daughter of William Daymude,
who was called to his final rest in 1861. The home of
Mr. and Mrs. Davis has been brightened and blessed by the
presence of five children, four of whom still survive,- Elmer,
a prominent farmer of Monroe township; and Herman, Belle
and William at home. Mr. Davis casts his
ballot in favor of the men and measures of the Democratic party,
and for over twenty years he has faithfully served his township
as clerk. In his social relations he is a member of Mount
Zion Lodge, No. 9, F. & A. M., of Mount Vernon; Clinton Chapter,
No. 26, and Clinton Commandery No. 5, also of Mount Vernon; and
of the Grange, No. 874. P. of H.
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 266 |
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JESSE
DAVIS, farmer, Liberty township, was born in Cecil
county, Maryland, Oct. 16, 1812. His father, a native of
Ireland, emigrated to the United States when quite young.
He served in the War of 1812 under Commodore McDonouth, and
received a wound. He was a man of considerable
attainments, taught a select school for some years, and married
a Miss Mary Neabb, a native of York county, Pennsylvania.
They had nine sons and one daughter, all of whom are believed to
be dead except Jesse Davis, who learned the blacksmith
trade, which he followed for some years.
When about twenty years of age he went to Ohio county,
Virginia, where, in April, 1835, he married Rosanna Frazier,
who was born in Ohio county, West Virginia, Jan. 9, 1808.
They remained in Virginia until 1850 when they came to their
present home. There were born to these parents four
children in Virginia, viz: Samuel H., Robert F., Mary,and
James W., Samuel H., Robert F., Mary, and James
W. Samuel H. and Robert F. enlisted in
Company G, Twentieth Ohio Volunteer infantry. Samuel H.
was taken sick and died May 30, 1862. While sick he was
commissioned second lieutenant, but was never mustered.
Robert F. was discharged in the fall of 1863, on account of
physical disability. He is now bookkeeper in the First
National bank, of Canton, Illinois. Mary and
James W. are on the farm.
Mr. Davis was captain of company D, One hundred
and Forty-second Ohio National guard. When the regiment
was called out some of the companies were consolidated.
Mr. Davis was transferred to company A, which company he
commanded during his enlistment.
SOURCE: History of Knox County, Ohio - Mt. Vernon, Ohio: A.A.
Graham & Co., 1881 - Page 648 |
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MRS.
JOANNA DAVIS, Liberty township, was born in Milford
township, Nov. 30, 1829. She is the daughter of Smith
Bishop and Mary Ann Jeffries, of whom mention is made
in the history of Milford township. They had a family of
eight children, six sons and two daughters, viz: John J.,
Joanna, the subject of this notice; Henry A., Benjamin
F., Gilford D., Allen S., Clark N., and Adaline L.,
wife of James Ray, who resides near Columbus, Ohio.
Mr. Bishop died in 1866. His wife survives
him. Joanna was married to Joseph P. Davis,
Nov. 18, 1861. He was a native of the State of New York,
and died in 1877. They had three children, viz: Anna
Mary, born July 10, 1862; Cora Estelle, born Jan. 10,
1866, and Ellen Adaline, born Sept. 26, 1868.
Mrs. Davis is an estimable lady.
SOURCE: History of Knox County, Ohio - Mt. Vernon, Ohio: A.A.
Graham & Co., 1881 - Page 648 |
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JOHN
M. DAVIS, farmer, Miller township, was born in Clinton
township, Sept. 28, 1853, is the son of George W. and
Margaret Davis, nee Morton.
Mr. Davis spent his youth on his father's farm, and, like
farmers' sons generally, he worked during the summer, when old
enough, and attended school during the winter. On the
twelfth of January, 1876, he married Miss Lucy W. Baxter,
daughters of J. W. Baxter.
Mr. Davis is an energetic and enterprising farmer
and an estimable citizen. They have two children, viz:
George W. and Daisy M.
SOURCE: History of Knox County, Ohio - Mt. Vernon, Ohio: A.A.
Graham & Co., 1881 - Page 648 |
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JOSEPH
S. DAVIS. (Joseph Slocum Davis) By the death of
this honorable and upright citizen the community sustained an
irreparable loss and was deprived of the presence of one whom it
had come to look upon as a benefactor and friend. Death
often removes from our midst those whom we can ill afford to
spare, whose lives have been all that is exemplary of the true
and thereby really great citizen. Such a one was Mr.
Davis, whose whole career, business, political and social,
served as a model to the young and an inspiration to the aged.
He honored the city which honored him with many positions of
public trust. His labors proved of great benefit to the
public and by his usefulness he created a memory whose
perpetuation does not depend upon brick and stone, but upon the
spontaneous and freewill offering of a great and enlightened
people.
Mr. Davis was born in Pickaway county, Ohio,
Nov. 21, 1812, a son of Henry and Avis Davis. His
father was a native of Cornish, New Hampshire, and was married
in Wilkesbarre, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, to Avis
Townsend, who was born in that place. Subsequently
they removed to Ohio, locating in Ross county in 1808, while in
1811 they went to Pickaway county and in 1815 took up their
abode in Hillsboro, Highland county, where the parents of our
subject spent their remaining days. The father was a
merchant of Chillicothe, and through the conduct of his
commercial pursuits provided for his family. He had four
sons: Dr. Edwin Davis, of New York city, now deceased;
Rev. Werter Rennick Davis, a minister of the Methodist
Episcopal church, who spent most of his life in Baldwin City,
Kansas, where he was president of the Baldwin University; Dr.
William Davis, of Peru, Ohio; and the subject of this
review, who was the second in order of birth. All were
students in GAmbier College, in Knox county, were Episcopalians,
with the exception of one, in religious faith and all have now
passed away.
Joseph Slocum Davis, whose name introduces this
review, spent his youth in his parents' home and in early life
assisted his father in the store. His preliminary
education, acquired n the common schools, was supplemented by a
preparatory course in Gambier, Ohio, where he began his studies
in 1829. He afterward entered Kenyon College, in which he
was graduated in the class of 1835, and then, having determined
to make the practice of law his life work, he began reading in
the law office of Benjamin S. Brown, of Mount Vernon.
In 1836-37 he was a student in the Cincinnati Law School and in
the latter year was admitted to the bar. He began practice
in connection with Hon. Columbus Delano, but owing to a
severe illness was obliged to retire after some years of
practice. An analytical mind, strong reasoning powers and
keen intellectuality made him a powerful lawyer at the Knox
county bar. He became identified with journalistic
interests in 1848, being the first editor of the Line Whig,
which paper advocated the election of General Zachary Taylor
as president. In 1850 he was appointed deputy United
States marshal and took the census of Knox county, while in
1849, 1850, 1851, 1866, 1868, 1870 and 1871 he was elected mayor
of Mount Vernon. It is certainly an indication of his
ability and the confidence reposed in him that he was several
times recalled to the office after retirement therefrom.
His administration was ever practical and progressive. He
supported all measures which he believed would prove of public
benefit which were not of an extravagant nature and was always
found on the side of reform and improvement. His labors
proved very helpful and acceptable to the city and well did he
deserve the honor of being seven times called to be the chief
executive of his city. He was twice elected probate judge
of Knox county, his last term expiring in 1861. In 1864 he
was appointed by President Lincoln a paymaster in the army and
for a quarter of a century he was a member of the school board
of Mount Vernon, acting as its president for nine years.
The cause of education found in him a warm friend and he did all
in his power to raise the city. In 1869 the directors of
the Cleveland, Mount Vernon & Delaware Railroad Company elected
him secretary and he held that position for quite a number of
years.
Mr. Davis was united in marriage to Miss
Sarah Moore, of Connelsville, Pennsylvania, a daughter of
Dr. Robert Moore, who came to Ohio at an early day, but
afterward returned to Connellsville, following the failure of
the Owlcreek Bank. There he soon died. His family
later again came to Ohio and here his daughter became the wife
of Joseph S. Davis. By the marriage were born four
children: Henry who served in the Unionh army during the
Civil war as captain of Company H, Twentieth Ohio Regiment,
afterward located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was a very
prominent Mason and died Jan. 1, 1901, at the age of sixty-four
years. Mary Davis died in 1886. Rollin H.
Davis, the second son, learned the jewelry business with
William Brown of Mount Vernon and afterward located in
Warren, Pennsylvania, where he conducted a jewelry store until
his death. The daughter, Anna Davis, is now the
widow of John W. Hall late of Columbus, Ohio, in which
city he owned and edited the Industrial Union. They had
two sons, Rollin Davis and Joseph John, who are
now in business in Mount Vernon. Their mother, Mrs.
John W. Hall is now living in this city in her father's old
homestead.
The death of Joseph H. Davis occurred in Mount
Vernon in December, 1884, when he was seventy-two years of age
and his wife passed away May 3, 1879. They ranked among
the most prominent citizens of Mount Vernon. Mr. Davis
was a man of firm convictions and was prompt and conscientious
in the discharge of public and private trusts. His was a
sturdy American character and a stalwart patriotism and he had
the strongest attachment for our free institutions and was ever
willing to make any personal sacrifice for their preservation.
He was of stern integrity and honesty of purpose and despised
all unworthy or questionable means to secure success in any
undertaking or for any purpose or to promote his own advancement
in any direction, whether political or otherwise. Not even
the tongue of calumny ever uttered a word to the contrary nor
did the malevolence of detraction date to assail his good name.
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 67 |
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JOSEPH
SLOCUM DAVIS, Attorney at law and secretary of the
Cleveland, Mt. Vernon & Delaware railroad company, Mt. Vernon,
was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, Nov. 21, 1812. He is
the third child of Henry and Avice Davis, nee Towne.
His father was born in Cornish, New Hampshire, his mother in
Wilkesbarre, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, where they were
married, and came to Ohio in the year 1808, settling in Ross
county. After a residence there of three years they moved
into Pickaway county, remained there about four years and then
removed to Hillsborough, Highland county, Ohio, where they lived
until they died. The father was engaged in mercantile
pursuits.
The subject of this notice, when not at school,
assisted his father in the store. In 1829 he entered the
preparatory school at Gambier and continued two years in that
department. He then entered the freshman class in Kenyon
college, passed regularly through the several college classes
and graduated in 1835. He read law with the late
Benjamin S. Brown, of Mt. Vernon, and in the winter of
1836-37 attended the Cincinnati law school, and was admitted to
the bar in 1837. He commenced the practice of law in
company with the Hon. C. Delano, and continued for
several years, abut after a severe attack of pleurisy his health
failed to such an extent that he was compelled to retire.
He was twice elected probate judge of Knox county on
the Republican ticket, this last term expiring in 1861.
In 1849-50-51 he was elected mayor of Mt. Vernon, and
again in 1866-68-70 and 71.
He was the first editor of the True Whig, a
newspaper established at Mt. Vernon in 1848, to advocate the
election of General Zachariah Taylor to the Presidency of
the United States.
In 1850 he was appointed deputy United States marshal
and took the Federal census of Knox county.
In the winter of 1864-5 he was appointed by
President Lincoln paymaster in the United States army - was
ordered to Washington city, mustered into the service, and
remained there until July after the close of the Rebellion.
He has always taken a lively interest in the public
schools, and has been connected with the city board of education
twenty-five years, or since its organization in 1856, is now and
has been for the last nine years president of said board.
In 1869 the directors of the Cleveland, Mt. Vernon &
Delaware Railroad company elected him secretary of said company,
which position he still holds.
Mr. Davis is esteemed as a frank, candid man, of
scrupulous integrity, modest and retiring in disposition,
affable in his manners, reserved in speech, honorable in his
dealings, and a reliable friend, but firm and decided in his
opinions, prompt and conscientious in the proper discharge of
every public or private trust committed to his care.
Mr. Davis was married to Miss Sarah B. Moore,
who was born in Connellsville, Fayette county, Pennsylvania,
Mar. 1813, the only daughter of Doctor Robert D. Moore.
They have had four children, two sons and two daughters, all of
whom are living. Captain Henry M. Davis resides at
Santa Fe, New Mexico. Anna C., married to John
W. Hall, lives in Washington city. Mary A. and
Rorlin H. are at home.
SOURCE: History of Knox County, Ohio - Mt. Vernon, Ohio: A.A.
Graham & Co., 1881 - Page 649 |
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W. SCOTT
DAVIS, farmer, Berlin township; post office,
Fredericktown; born in Berlin township in 1852, and was married
in 1874 to Mary Morriston, who was born in Wayne
township, in 1854. They have three children:
Robertie Bell, born in 1875; Steward, in 1877;
Daisy Dell, in 1878. Mr. Davis is a farmer, and
resides on the old home farm.
SOURCE: History of Knox County, Ohio - Mt.
Vernon, Ohio: A.A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page 648 |
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THOMAS
DAVIS, Berlin township, farmer, post office,
Fredericktown, born in Loudoun county, Virginia, in 1809; was
married to Jane Jenkins, who was born in 1815 in Loudown
county, Virginia. They had six children: Sarah,
born 1838; John in 1840; Martha, in 1841;
Eliza, in 1844; Margaret, in 1847; Stephen
Taylor, in 1859.
Mrs. Jane Davis died in 1850. Mr.
Thomas Davis married again, his second marriage being to
Elizabeth Baker, who was born in Wayne township, Knox
county, in 1820. They had two children, W. Scott,
born in 1852, and Charlotte Ellen, in 1855.
John Davis was a soldier in the late war.
He enlisted in the One Hundred and Twentieth regiment, and
continued in the service until his health failed. After
his health was restored he again enlisted, but was again
discharged on account of ill health. His health improved
again, and he again enlisted, and received an honorable
discharge at the close of the service.
Mr. Davis came to Ohio in 1838, and located on a
farm in Berlin township, Knox county. He owns a well
improved farm and has been identified with this county for
forty-eight years. He has been a Methodist for fifteen
years, and has been a Republican since the organization of the
party.
SOURCE: History of Knox County, Ohio - Mt.
Vernon, Ohio: A.A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page 648 |
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S. R. DOOLITTLE,
merchant, and son of Philo Doolittle, was born
in Fredericktown, this county, in 1838. In 1865 he came to
Gambier, engaged in the mercantile business, and has been
actively engaged in that business since that time. He
constantly keeps on hand a full assortment of every thing in his
line, such as dry goods, groceries, notions, hardware,
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CHARLES DOTY,
Pike township, farmer, post office, Democracy, born in Stark
county, Ohio, in 1823, and was married in 1854 to Ann Tharp,
who was born in Wayne county in 1834. They have two
children - Elizabeth and Stanton W. Mr. Doty
came to this county in 1841, first located in Jefferson township
and in 1872 came to this township. He is a farmer, owning
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DOWLER,
B. F., St. Louis, Missouri, dealer in horses, Nos. 20 and
21 Market street; born in Knox county, Ohio, in 1830, and was
married in 1850 to Miss Hannah Ridgers, who was born in
Wayne township, this county, in 1830. They have two
children, Adelpha and Freddie. Mr. Dowler
has been quite extensively engaged in buying and shipping horses
from this county to eastern States and cities. He has
moved to St. Louis, owns two farms near the city, and still
continues shipping horses.
SOURCE: History of Knox County, Ohio -
Mt. Vernon, Ohio: A.A. Graham & Co., 1881 ~ Page 655) |
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DAVID
DUDGEON, farmer and wool-grower, post office Gambier;
fourth son of Simon and Nancy Dudgeon, born in Harrison
township, Knox county, Apr. 11, 1820. He received an
education, and at the age of twenty-one years he went to Allen
county, and remained about five years. In 1845, when in
Allen county, he purchased two hundred acres of land, then came
back to Knox county, and then went to farming for his mother.
About a year after returning home he sold his land in Allen
county to his brother Thomas, for the sum of nine hundred
dollars, and then purchased a share in the home-place, where he
continued to remained and farm, purchasing shares in the home
farm. This he continued about eight years, by which time
he had become the owner of three hundred and fifty acres.
On Feb. 10, 1848, he was united in marriage with Mary J.,
a daughter of Asa and Catharine Freeman, born in Knox
county, Butler township, Aug. 2, 1831. Their union
resulted in eleven children, viz.: Martha, Eunice, Ann,
Lydia, William, Jessie (died May 21, 1863), Andrew,
Caroline, Lee, Reuben, and Jane.
In April, 1880, he purchased seventy-four acres in
Pleasant township, Knox county, at a cost of three thousand
seven hundred dollars, which he deeded to his daughter, and
which she now occupies.
SOURCE: History of Knox County, Ohio
Mt. Vernon, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 ~ Page 656 |
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MOSES
DUDGEON, farmer and stock-raiser, post office Gambier;
fourth son of Simon and Nancy Dungeon, born in Harrison
township, Knox county, Jan. 31, 1818, where he was reared
and enured to the hardships of a pioneer life.
The subject of this sketch remained with his father
until the age of twenty-six years, when his father gave him a
quarter section of land in Allen county, which he owned about
three years, when he exchanged it for an interest in the old
homestead in Knox county, where he at present resides.
Dec. 26, 1844, he was united in marriage with
Hannah, a daughter of Benjamin and Mary Devare, born
in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, where she was reared until
at the age of eight years, when her parents both died. She
was then brought to Knox county by Daniel Sawyers, with
whom she lived.
Mr. Dudgeon is at present the owner of two
hundred and forty acres of land, and has also held quite a
member of offices of trust in said county and township, being
county commissioner, justice of the peace, and treasurer.
The union of Mr. and Mrs. Dudgeon resulted in
five children, as follows: Mqarvin, Lyman, Mary, Simon
and Angie, who are all living.
SOURCE: History of Knox County, Ohio
Mt. Vernon, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 ~ Page 656 |
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WILLIAM
DUKE, marble cutter, Fredericktown, was born in
Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, in 1849. He came to Ohio
in 1863. He commenced the manufacture of gun stocks with
Hoover & Fisher, and worked at that business till 1865.
In 1871 he went to Newark, Licking county, and engaged in the
manufacture of tombstone. He was married in Newark in 1874
to Emma J. Sasser, who was born in St. Louis. They
have two children, viz.: Luther James, born Nov. 22,
1874; Cora Mabel, Mar. 17, 1877. Mr. Duke
came to Fredericktown, Apr. 1, 1879, and is engaged with John
Getz, in the manufacture of monuments and tombstones.
He is a good mechanic, and an active citizen of the county.
SOURCE: History of Knox County, Ohio
Mt. Vernon, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 ~ Page 656 |
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J. DUN,
farmer, Howard township, post office, Howard was born in
Wheeling, Virginia. His father came to this county in the
early days of his son's life, and died shortly after.
Mr. Dun has lived all his life in Knox county. He was
married in 1865 and settled in Howard township. He had
five children, two of whom died in infancy, and the other three
are still living.
SOURCE: History of Knox County, Ohio
Mt. Vernon, Ohio: A.A. Graham & Co., 1881 ~ Page 656 |
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JAMES
DUNCAN, JR., teacher, Fredericktown, was born in Beaver
county, Pennsylvania, in 1846; came to Ohio in 1857, and was
married in 1871 to Lucy A. Mitchell, who was born in
Richland county, Ohio, in 1848. They have two children -
Cloyd, born in 1873, and Bessie, born in 1875.
Mr. Duncan was educated at Washington and Jefferson
college. He is now superintendent of the union schools, of
Fredericktown. He enlisted in the late war as a member of
One hundred and Forty-second regiment, Ohio National guard, and
served out his time and received an honorable discharge.
SOURCE: History of Knox County, Ohio
Mt. Vernon, Ohio: A.A. Graham & Co., 1881 ~ Page 656 |
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WILLIAM
H. DUNCAN, mechanic, Union township; post office, Gann.
He was born Mar. 7, 1829, in Baltimore, Maryland. At
twelve years of age he enlisted in the United States navy,
remained five years, and then went to Cincinnati and remained
five years. He then went to the Mexican war and was gone
two years. After being discharged, he went to Cincinnati,
and then to Baltimore, then to Mt. Vernon, and worked at his
trade eighteen months. In 1855 he was married to Miss
Swats, and settled in Mt. Holly, and remained there until
the Rebellion, when he went out with Colonel H. B. Banning
One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio volunteer infantry, and
remained until the close of the war. Since that time he
has paid strict attention to the boot and shoe business.
He was married to Miss E. Johnson in 1865, and she only
lived about ten years after. In 1877 he married Miss H.
Comstock. He has the following children: William,
Margaret, Louisa, Margaret, Benjamin, Ira M., Cora Lee, and
Lucy Fisher. His grandchild, Viola Minnie,
is living with him.
SOURCE: History of Knox County, Ohio
Mt. Vernon, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 ~ Page 656 |
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PIUS EUGENE DURBIN, who is
the representative at Danville of the Refiners Oil Company, is
numbered among the energetic young business men of Knox County.
He was born at Mt. Vernon, June 3, 1907, the son of Peter and
Mary (Swingle) Durbin.
Peter Durbin was born in Knox County in 1873 and
his wife was born in 1876. He is widely known as a
successful farmer and stockman of Howard Township. His
father, John C. Durbin, was born in Knox County and spent
his entire life in this section of the sate. He is
deceased and is buried in the Catholic Cemetery at Danville.
Christopher Swingle maternal grandfather of Pius
Eugene Durbin, resides at Danville and is 82 years of age.
To Mr. and Mrs. Peter Durbin were born eight children:
Christopher, lives at Chicago, Ill.; Pius Eugene, the
subject of this sketch; Ralph, lives at Barberton, Ohio;
Walter who is studying for the priesthood, at
Springfield, Ky.; Lucy, who attends St. Mary's of the
Springs, Columbus; Kenneth, Arthur, and John, all
students at Danville High School.
After his graduation from Danville High School in 1925,
Pius Eugene Durbin spent two years at Ohio University.
He began his business career with the Goodrich Rubber Company at
Akron, and spent 18 months as mechanical inspector. Upon
his return to Danville he became proprietor of the Refiners Oil
Company's local service station.
On Aug. 5, 1930, Mr. Durbin was united in
marriage with Miss Mary C. Gardner, the daughter of
John and Josephine (Durbin) Gardner, who are residents of
Howard, Ohio.
Mr. Durbin is affiliated with the Knights of
Columbus, Danville.
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