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JAMES
J. WAGES, Fredericktown, blacksmith, was born in
Baltimore county, Maryland, in 1821, and came to Ohio in 1827.
He was married to Catharine Brown, who was born
in Pennsylvania, and died in January, 1848. Mr. Wages
was again married January 6, 1849, to M. W. Drake, who
was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, in 1822. They had six
children, viz: Catharine, born in October, 1849.
She is married to O. F. Crall, and resides in Ashland,
Ohio; Paxton (deceased); Martha J. is married to
F. Marble, and lives in Michigan; Clara B., and
Mary E. are dead; Clement was born in March, 1867.
Mr. Wages is a blacksmith by occupation, and has
been engaged in that business since 1849, and is a good
practical mechanic.
Source: 1803 History of Knox County, Ohio, Its
past and present - Publ. 1881 ~ Page 828 |
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SOLOMON
WORKMAN, Brown township, farmer and stock raiser, post
office, Danville, son of David Workman, born in Alleghany
county, Maryland, May 7, 1813, was brought to Knox county by his
parents when a boy thirteen years old, his father locating in
Howard township, on Jelloway, where he erected a rude log cabin
to shelter his family; then by the help of Solomon, the
subject of this sketch, they went to work clearing the land and
making it ready for tilling. This they continued until
they had a very good and comfortable home.
At the age of twenty-five years he married Mary A.
Brandbury, June 8, 1837, she being a daughter of Richard
and Mary Brandbury, born in England, Feb. 14, 1818.
His father gave him eighty-five acres adjoining him, where he
then moved and set up housekeeping, remaining about five years,
when he exchanged said farm with his father for a farm in Brown
township, where he now resides, it being a very pleasant and
comfortable home. By their marriage they became the
parents of ten children: Elizabeth, born May 27, 1838,
died Aug. 17, 1860; Richard, Sept. 23, 1839; David,
July 25, 1841; Mary, Sept., 1843; Barbara, Oct.
14, 1845, died in Aug., 1880; Jerusha F., Junuary
1, 1848; Marilah H., January 9, 1849; Normanda F.,
Nov. 16, 1853; Columbus J., July 31, 1856; Amos C.,
Feb. 22, 1859. He and his companion are consistent members
of the German Baptist church of Danville.
Source: 1803 History of Knox County, Ohio, Its past
and present - Publ. 1881 ~ Page 841 |
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