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Logan County,
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BIOGRAPHIES
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - w/ some illustrations and
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GEORGE
F. BAILEY (Liberty Twp.) cooper; West Liberty; is
the son of James and Catharine (Vandergrift) Bailey;
his father was born in Harford Co., Md., Feb. 10, 1795,
and his mother in the same county July 7, 1797; they
came to Ohio in 1840, settling at Cambridge,, Guernsey
Co., and in 1844 came to Licking Co., settling in
Alexandria, where the father is still living, the mother
having died June 24, 1865; she was the mother of Mary
E., George F., Edwin and Sarah A.; the
father was again married; his parents were
Presbyterians. George F. was born Jan. 13,
1826, in Harford Co., Md., where he spent his boyhood
days attending school. At the age of 15 he began
learning the cooper's trade with his father, which he
continued until he was 21 years old; he then started on
his own resources, having a few tools, only, to begin
with. He situated himself at Roscoe, Coshocton
Co., where he remained until Nov. 2, 1849, when he went
to California, there engaging, during the summer of
1851, in the gold mines, and at his trade in Sacramento
City. In September, 1851, he returned by water,
and again worked at his trade at Roscoe. July 1,
1852, he went to Licking Co. to visit his parents, and
on Aug. 20, 1852, he came to West Liberty, where he has
since remained. He was married June 28, 1853, at
Alexandria, Licking Co., to Susan Van Buskirk, by
whom he had four children, two of whom survive -
Oleeta and Donn C.; his wife died June
12, 1859; was again married July 22, 1860 to Ann M.
Van Buskirk; by her he has one child - Van
Buskirk. He enlisted in Co. G, 132 O. V. I.,
and ranked as Sergeant; was elected to the town council
for nine years, and is now serving his third term as
Justice of the Peace and Township Trustee. He was
early identified with the Whig party, having voted first
for President Taylor, and at the organization o
the Republican party he entered its ranks, and has been
a valiant soldier in the cause ever since. He is
now a member of the Republican Central Committee, and is
now a local member of this township. Mr. Bailey
has a remarkably good memory, and has been for the past
few years writing up his trip to California, which is a
very fine production. He was one of the sufferers
of the great fire during the summer of 1880, but he is
not given to despair, and is now rebuilding some
magnificent buildings.
(Source: History of Logan
County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 -
Page 705) |
Liberty Twp.
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ENOS BALDWIN,
hardware and grocery; West Liberty; was born July 22,
1818, in Champaign Co., O. He obtained a limited
education - as much as was afforded in the log cabin of
those days. At the age of 11 his parents moved to
Logan Co., settling in Monroe Twp., where our subject
engaged in rural pursuits. His father, Daniel,
was born in 1793, in Tennessee, and came to Highland
Co., this State, when a mere boy. His mother,
Hannah (Williams) was a native of Virginia and
emigrated to Logan Co. at an early day. The
parents of Mr. Baldwin remained in Monroe Twp.
for seven years, transferring then to Hardin Co., where
the mother died in 1848. The father was again
married, to Sallie Stewart, and removed to Logan
Co., in 1858 or 1859. By his former marriage he
had eleven children, nine of whom survive - Enos,
Mary (deceased); John, who was four years in
the 82 O. V. I. during the Civil War; Uriah (was
also out in the war), Frances J. (deceased),
William H. (was in the 100 days' service),
Philander R. (was in the service from Iowa),
Richard C. (stock-dealer in Merrick Co., Nebraska),
Jesse (was in an Iowa regiment), Nicholas W.
(was in the 13th O. V. I.), and Elizabeth A.
The boys who served in the war returned uninjured, save
one slight wound, received by Nicholas W., at the
battle of Chickamauga. The father served in the
war of 1812; was once Associate Judge of Hardin Co., and
some time Justice of the Peace, which positions he
filled with credit to himself and to those who chose
him; he and his wife were members of the Methodist
Church; their parents were raised Quakers. Enos
remained on the farm until he was about 19 years of age,
at which time he began teaching school, which he
continued but a short time. In April, 1843, he
sought a helpmate in the person of Sarah J., a
daughter of Henry and Abigail (Brown) Buckmister,
natives of New Hampshire, who came to Wyandot Co., O.,
in 1828, and afterward to Hardin Co., where the mother
died and the father is still living. Mr.
Baldwin had by this Union two children; only one
survives - Enos L. His wife died in 1868,
and he was again married, December, 1870, to Margaret
Jane, daughter of James and Mary Jones, by
whom he had two children - James H. only living.
His present wife was born in 1837. His life was
spent in rural pursuits until 1861, when he entered into
the hardware and grocery business at this place, which
he continued alone until 1866, when he enlarged by
taking in Mr. Elliott as a partner, and since
that time has merchandised under the firm name of
Baldwin & Elliott, having now a full line of all
kinds of hardware and groceries. He has served as
Township Trustee, Councilman and Cemetery Trustee, and
has held office in the Presbyterian Church, of which
denomination himself and wife are active members, as was
also his first consort. He has always been
identified with the Republican party, having cast his
first vote for W. H. Harrison. In all the varied
experiences of the above hastily sketched life, its
possessor has been particularly fortunate. He
started life with $500, given him by his father, with
whom he had remained five years after attaining his
majority. He now possesses, outside of his present
large business, 125 acres of well improved land in Logan
Co., and 80 acres in Iowa. Though now his years
are nearly three score and ten, he retains the
appearance and activity of those twenty years his
junior. The hand of time has touched him lightly.
(Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 706) |
HENRY
BALLINGER (Perry Twp.), farmer; P. O., East
Liberty; was born June 17, 1814, in Zane Twp.; is the
eldest of a family of two children born to Henry and
Patience (Bishop) Ballinger. His father's name
was Joshua, who emigrated to this county during
its first settlement, and settled in the woods south of
Middleburg. Henry's father died before he
was born, his mother marrying again. She raised
her son to maturity, and Nov. 23, 1837, he was married
to Rebecca C. Moore, who was born in New Jersey
April 15, 1817, and came west with her parents, Henry
and Sarah (Custer) Moore, when she was five years of
age. Her grandfather attained a ripe old age.
Sine Mr. Ballinger's marriage he has resided in
Perry Twp. When he located, it was one dense
growth of forest. Wolves and wild game were in
abundance. He first purchased eighty acres of
Duncan McCarthy, of Chillicothe, and the
surroundings at the present time give but slight
testimony of the inconveniences and obstacles that
attended the settlement of these now productive lands
that respond annually to the demands of the husbandman.
Mr. Ballinger is now in the decline of life, and
is enjoying the fruits of his honest toil in quiet and
peaceful retirement. HE has been for two score of
years a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and
has endeavored to ornament his profession by a
Christian-like walk and conversation. Four
children have been born to him - Mary, Laynon, Thomas
and Henry.
(Source: History of Logan County
and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 645) |
JAMES
W. BALLINGER, (Zane Twp.) contractor and builder;
West Milddleburg; was born at Camden, New Jersey, August
21, 1827, and at the age of 18 came with his parents to
Perry Twp. His father, William, and mother,
Beulah (Ward), were natives of New Jersey. The
subject of our sketch received his education partly
here, and partly in his native state, but his present
broad and liberal culture comes from assiduous reading,
and his keen observation of men and facts. His
father by trade was a carpenter, and James when
16 years of age, also began to learn the trade, working
for his father for several years after becoming of age.
On November 17, 1850, he married Angeline Curl, a
sketch of whose father appears in another portion of
these biographies, and from this union there were ten
children - Warren, Joseph, Bulah, Lewis, Ulysses,
Asa, Ira, Perry, Jose and Maria Gertrude.
Although a carpenter by trade, he owns a farm of 42
acres, good land, well improved, and upon which he makes
a speciality of raising fruit; James W. was in
the 132nd O. V. I., under Col. Haines. He
is a Mason, Lodge 247, Chapter 60, Logan Council, No.
34; he is at present Township Trustee, and is eminently
respected by both parties for his honesty and integrity.
In politics he is a Republican.
(Source: History of
Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 -
Page 629) |
L.
G. BALLINGER (Perry Twp.), farmer; P. O. West
Middleburg; was born March 23, 1843; son of John and
Margaret (Daugherty) Ballinger, John Ballinger
was born in New Jersey, Oct. 7, 1796, and emigrated to
Ohio, locating in Zane Twp.; his wife was born May 29,
1811, and she being his second wife. They were
married on the farm now owned by Levi, whose father died
Aug. 14, 1868; and mother, March 29, 1870. Seven
children were born to them. During his life he was
a member of the Free Will Baptist Church. At the
age of seventeen, Levi enlisted in Co. C., 17th
O. V. I., and served three years, and was a true and
worthy soldier; he was wounded at battle of Chickamauga;
was struck in the neck with a Minnie ball. The
Federal army falling back, he was left on the
battlefield and fell into the hands of the enemy.
His brother, David D., was in the same company,
and was shot dead on the field, and was never seen
afterwards. Levi, after being in the hands
of the enemy a short time, was exchanged, and returned
to his regiment. Upon his return home, he resumed
farm labor, and was married in 1864 to Mary
Sprague, who was born Sept. 9, 1845; she was
a daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Green) Sprague.
Mr. Ballinger has 100 acres of land.
Five children have been born unto him - Franklin,
Thomas, Delomo, Eda? M. and Louisa. The
Ballingers are true Republicans.
(Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 646) |
OLIVER
S. BALLINGER (Perry Twp.), farmer; P. O., East
Liberty; was born Sept. 14, 1839; is the fifth son and
seventh child of Joshua and Delilah (Jackson)
Ballinger; Joshua was born in February, 1802, in
Burlington Co., N. J., and emigrated to this State with
his father, Samuel Ballinger, who settled in what
is now known as Zane Twp., in 1809, where he remained
until his death, which occurred on Sept. 8, 1873.
His wife was born in 1808, in Zane; they were both
members of the Protestant Methodist Church. At the
age of 22, Oliver enlisted in Co. C, 17th O. V.
I., and served three years, and was a true and valiant
soldier, who participated in nearly all the prominent
battles in which his regiment was engaged; he was
wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, and was there
taken prisoner; he received his discharge, and returning
home, engaged in farming pursuits in connection with his
brother. At the age of 29, he was married to
Louisa A. Garwood, who was born in November, 1851,
in Zane Twp., she is a daughter of Lemuel and
Angelina (Warren) Garwood; they have four children -
Lydia I., born June 5, 1871; Samuel, June
26, 1873; Augusta, June 28, 1875; Angelina,
May 30, 1879. He is a member of the A. F. & A.
M. He and his brother have 450 acres of choice
land.
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 646) |
SAMUEL
BALLINGER (Zane Twp.), farmer; P. O., West
Middlebury; a son of one of the earliest settlers of
Logan Co., was born Nov. 2, 1835. His grandfather,
Samuel Ballinger, was a native of the Old
Dominion, and was one of the pioneer settlers of Logan
Co., settling in Zane Twp., on the edge of what is now
Middleburg, as early as 1810. He raised a family
of nine children. Joshua, the father of the
subject of this sketch, was born in Virginia in
February, 1803. He married Miss Delilah Inskeep,
the eldest daughter of John Inskeep. He
first settled on the farm upon which Samuel Ballinger
now lives in 1826. This farm, consisting of 450
acres, is one of the best farms in Logan Co. Well
watered, with an excellent under-drainage consisting
1,200 rods of tile, it is adapted to the raising of all
cereals, besides being especially favorable to the
propagation of stock. Samuel Ballinger and
his brother Oliver run the farm conjointly,
owning and sharing everything in common. They are
farmers in all that that word at present implies.
They are energetic, taking a deep interest in all that
appertains to the welfare and growth of agriculture.
In 1861 Samuel married Mary Runyon, who
was born in Pennsylvania, April 9, 1839, and came with
her parents to Ohio, settling at Troy. He has a
family of six children - two boys and four girls.
Jenny, born in 1862; William, 1863;
Edward Everett, 1864; Edith, 1873;
Gertrude, 1874; Lydia Jane, 1878. He
has occupied several positions of trust and honor, and
in politics is a Republican, having cast his first vote
for Fremont.
(Source: History of Logan County
and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 630) |
WILLIAM
BARRINGER (Lake Twp.), job printing;
Bellefontaine; was born in Pennsylvania, Dec. 25, 1829.
He came to Ohio at an early day, having come to
Bellefontaine in 1840, where he was engaged in working
at his trade as a printer in the office of the Logan
Gazette. He, in company with Coates Kinney,
in 1850 and '51 was engaged in publishing the West
Liberty Banner, at West Liberty, Logan Co.
After working at his trade as a printer, Mr.
Barringer was, for some seven or eight years,
engaged in the photograph business. He is also
known among the professional rope-walkers as being one
among the best in the country during his day.
Mr. Barringer followed rope-walking for a number of
years, traveling through Indiana and Ohio, walking for
agricultural societies at fairs. His last walk was
at Canton, O., where he fell from the rope thirty feet
from the ground, breaking his right arm in two places,
suffering for some two months. In 1868 Mr.
Barringer commenced his present business of job
printing, where he is prepared to do all kinds of work
usually done in a job office. His place of
business is located on Main street, opposite the Court
House.
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 590) |
Miami Twp. -
H. H. BARR, plasterer; DeGraff;
was born in Belmont Co., O., Apr. 14, 1846. His
father, Wm. Barr, was born in Harrison Co., and
was a blacksmith by trade, through since 1862 he has
been engaged in farming. At that time he moved to
Rush Creek Twp., Logan Co. Here he remained seven
years, when he moved to Missouri, where he still
resides. He is of Scotch Irish descent.
Mr. Barr's life has been full of vicissitudes.
His mother died when he was but six years of age, and
during the next dozen years he went with his father into
different localities in five counties of this State -
Belmont, Morrow, Marion, Guernsey and Clinton.
When but 17 years of age he enlisted into Co. A, 17th
Vet. O. V. I.; his regiment formed a part of the Army of
the Cumberland, and Thomas' corps of Sherman's
army. He joined his regiment at Chattanooga,
Tenn., and was with it through all the Atlanta campaign,
the march to the sea, remaining until the close of hte
war, through a line of exciting battles, bringing a
succession of victories, in many respects the most
glorious of the war. He was in the battles of
Peachtree Creek, Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, Kenesaw
Mountain, Jonesboro, Bentonville, besides other minor
engagements. During his term of service he was
relieved from duty six weeks, thought not in the
hospital; other than this he was always ready for duty;
he was mustered out at the close of the war and
immediately returned to Logan Co. During the two
following years he attended school in Rushsylvania - a
union school - in which was taught, part of the time,
normal studies. Since that time he has
taught school for about four months of every year.
In 1868 and 1870 he served his apprenticeship as
plasterer, and in that trade has always had more than he
could do. Mr. Barr settled in DeGraff in
1876, and the following year was elected Justice of the
Peace and Mayor of the village. To the latter
office he was re-elected at the conclusion of his first
term of office, and this position he now fills with
credit to himself and satisfaction to the community.
HE was married Aug. 14, 1871, to Miss Mary E.
Stilwell, of Rush Creek Twp., who died in the month
of Sept., 1874, leaving one son, John Barr.
Mr. Barr married again, Dec. 25, 1875, Mrs.
Lizzie Ellis, of DeGraff. They have had two
children, though one died in infancy, while the other,
Luella, is now about three years of age.
Mr. Barr was also in office before coming to
DeGraff, in Rush Creek Twp., Clerk for six years
and Trustee for two years. As a faithful servant
of the people he is sure to receive greater honors in
the future.
(Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 773) |
CHARLES
E. BARTRAM (Perry Twp.), merchant; was born in
Marion Co., O., Aug. 25, 1854, and is the son of J.
W. Bartram who was born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., Feb.
25, 1831, and came to Ohio in 1837, located at Marion,
and learned the trade of a tailor, which business he has
continued in from 1843 till the present time, and to-day
is perhaps the oldest tailor at the trade in the city.
Our subject came to Bellefontaine in 1867, entering the
merchant-tailoring business, which he has continued ever
since, with the exception of a short time that he was in
the hat and cap trade. His place of business and
merchant-tailoring establishment is located at No. 7 W.
Columbus St. Here he occupies two rooms on the
first floor 18 x 70 feet, where he keeps a full line of
gent's furnishing goods, hats, caps, and a complete
stock of American and imported cloths, and is recognized
as The Tailor.
(Source: History of Logan County and
Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 590) |
F.
O. BATCH, (Lake Twp.), merchant; Bellefontaine;
was born in Marion Co., O., in 1845, and is the son of
J. S. Batch, who was a soldier in the late civil
war, having enlisted in Co. K., 42nd O. V. I., he died
in the service at Ashland, Ky., in 1862, with heart
disease. Our subject commenced to learn his trade
of harness-making, in Marion, O. After learning
this trade he worked in several places in Ohio and
Indiana. At the breaking out of the war he
enlisted for the three months' service in the 4th O. V.
I., but after going to Columbus he was rejected on
account of being too young - then only 16 years old; he
returned to his work, but re-enlisted in Co. K., 42nd O.
V. I., where he served some three years and two months,
having participated in most of the leading battles and
marches of this regiment. We may here mention that
Mr. Batch had two other brothers in the
Rebellion, R. J. was a member of the 13th O. V.
I., W. W., a lieutenant in the 191st. In 1867
Mr. Batch commenced the harness and saddle business
in Bellefontaine, and to-day is the oldest in this line
of business in the city. He commenced business a
poor boy, but with hard work and attention to his
business he has accumulated a good start, and enjoys a
leading trade; he is now occupying a room on Columbus
street, where he employs some four men in the
manufacture of harness and saddlery; he also keeps on
sale a full line of trunks and valises. Mr.
Batch is now Adjutant of the 7th Ohio National
Guards, he being a member of the Guards for the last
five years.
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio
- Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers,
186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 589) |
CHRISTIANA BATES,
widow; (Bokes Creek Twp.) West Mansfield; was born in
Washington Co., Pa., in 1825. In 1842 she married
Gradiner Bates, of Rhode Island; her maiden name
was Christiana McDonald; her grandparents were
from Scotland, and came to the United States prior to
the birth of her father, which occurred in 1778, and his
death, in 1844. Her mother was born in Washington
Co., Pa., in 1793; was married in1812, and died in 1863.
The McDonald family consisted of eleven children
- eight of whom are now living - George, James,
Daniel A., William G., Mary, Christiana, Rachel and
Carolina. The last is the wife of a Mr.
Ballinger, of Elkhart, Ind. Christiana,
the widow of Gardiner Bates, is the mother of
five children, three of whom are now living, whose names
are Clara, Christiana G. and Albert G.
Her eldest daughter, whose marriage occurred in 1862,
died, leaving one child, a daughter. Mrs. Bates
is a member of the United Brethren Church, and has
sustained a membership for thirty years.
(Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 659) |
Bloomfield Twp. -
HENRY BAUGHMAN, farmer; P. O.,
Bloom Centre; was born in Franklin Co., O., Dec. 28,
1807, a son of Samuel Baughman, of Pennsylvania,
who was one of the first settlers of Franklin Co., O.
He was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Fip, who
was a native of Pennsylvania, on Aug. 28, 1832. He
moved to Bloomfield Twp. in 1836, and bought of the
government 400 acres of land, and has devoted his life
to the improvement of the same. Their children are
- Gordon, Emma (wife of George Robins, Esq.,
of Shelby Co., O.); Eliza Ann (wife of
John Hosie, Esq., of Logan Co.) Mr. Baughman
has, for a number of times, filled the offices of the
township, but has always sought retirement. He has
never belonged to any of the different societies or
churches, but is one of "God's noblest and best works -
an honest man."
(Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 729) |
Bloomfield Twp. -
A. M. BAYER, manufacturer of drain
tile; Bloom Centre; was born in Maryland, in 1853; he
came to Ohio in 1873, and settled in Bellefontaine in
1878, afterwards moving to Bloom Centre, and with his
brother, D. B. Bayer, who was also born in
Maryland, in 1849, entered into the business of
tile-making. They employ four men, and are
manufacturing all sizes of tile at their works, where
they are always glad to see their many friends. He
was married to Miss Lucinda Deitrich, daughter of
Philip Deitrich, Esq., of Logan Co., O., Dec. 25,
1879. They own their house and 2 acres of land,
tile-kilns, etc. He is a Democrat in politics.
(Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 729) |
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Milton Twp. -
JOHN BICKHAM,
farmer; P. O.,
Huntsville; is one of the
prominent farmers of this township ; he was born May 26,
1841, in McArthur Tp., and has always been a resident of
this county. His father, Robert Bickham,
was born May 17, 1805, in Bourbon Co., Ky., and served under Gen. Wayne
as a spy during the Indian troubles. He came to this
county at a very early day, and helped his parents to
clear and improve a farm near where Huntsville now stands. He was married to
Mary Prater, of
West Liberty, who was brought there by her
parents when she was 5 years old ;they lived on leased
and rented farms for several years, and soon as able
bought a farm of new land in this town ship, on which
they ever alter lived. She died Nov. 20, 1865, and he
was afterwards united to Elizabeth Bennett,
of this county; he died June 20, 1879. John commenced
for himself when of age, and soon after enlisted in
Company I, 96th Reg., O. V. I., and served nearly three
years ; he was in nine battles, and on receiving his
discharge returned to this county, where he has since
been a farmer., He was married Nov. 3, 1865, to
Kate H. Bennett, daughter of James and
Dolly Bennett; she was born April 17, 1844, in
this county. Seven children have blessed their union -
Mary E., Dolly E., James R., John R.. Emanuel B.,
Benjamin L., and Fannie A.
Both he and wife are members of the Disciple Church ; he is a member of the Patrons of
Husbandry, and has held every office but Secretary ; has
always been a Republican and a member of the County
Central Committee for fifteen years.
(Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 798)
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ABRAM
BLACKBURN, farmer; P. O., Zanesfield; was born Feb. 14,
1819, in Muskingum, O.; his father, Zachariah,
was born in Washington Co., Pa., and was the father of
twenty-one children, Abram being the fruit of the
second marriage to Elizabeth Ansley, his last
wife, who was a native of Bedford Co., Pa.; they were
married in Westmoreland Co., Pa., and emigrated to
Muskingum in 1818, during the month of October and
settled on a piece of land before the survey was made;
he was among the first settlers in that locality; the
neighbors were "few and far between." He came
there poor; the first year he made 1,600 pounds of maple
sugar, and the fifth year had several acres cleared and
raised 200 bushels of castor beans, for which he
realized $1.25 per bushel; this enabled him to pay for
his first purchase, and to add another 80 to his
original 80 acres. Abram was not favored
with good school advantages, the nearest school building
being four miles away, yet he was schooled to hard
labor, and early in life learned the value of a dollar;
his father died May 26, 1843, and mother sixteen years
later. Abram did not leave home until he
was in his 29th year; about this time he was married to
Elizabeth Fenton, born 1820 in Ohio, she dying
fourteen months after the marriage, leaving him one
child, Miles V. Blackburn; was married to his
present wife, Lydia Brady, who was born in 1824,
in Muskingum Co., and by her had four children -
Celestia, Thomas, Cyrus D. and John. In
1852 moved to Union Co., O., and to this county and
township in 1865, where he has since lived, and is among
its valued citizens. He has been a member of the
Protestant Methodist Church since he was 22 years of
age; is a true Republican in principal, and a man of
sound judgment and ripe experience in business matters;
has a good farm of 140 acres, the result of his labor
and industry.
(Source: History of Logan County
and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 742) |
M.
V. BLACKBURN, stock dealer; P. O., Zanesfield; is
the son of Abraham M. and Elizabeth (Fenton)
Blackburn. M. V. was born Jan. 9, 1848 in
Muskingum Co., O., and lived with his parents until
April 15, 1865, when he enlisted in the 199th O. V. I.,
and was transferred back to the 197th O. V. I., and
served until August following, when he came to Logan
Co., O., whither his parents had come while he was in
the army. Oct. 26, 1875, he married Mrs. Wanzer,
formerly Miss Hannah W. Pickrell, daughter of
Mahlon and Rachel (Williams) Pickrell. After
the marriage he farmed his father-in-law's farm for two
years; they then came to Zanesfield, where he has since
lived. He followed farming and stock dealing, and
during the past year he as turned his attention
exclusively to stock dealing, and is doing a good and
increasing trade. Mrs. Blackburn's former
husband, Abraham Wanzer, was a native of Dutchess
Co., N. Y., born Oct. 27, 1834, and came to Logan Co.,
O., with his parents about 18560. He married
Miss Pickrell Oct. 23, 1856. He followed
teaching a number of years, living in Zanesfield, where
he clerked in the stores of Folsom & Kenton
and S. D. Elliott, he also served as express
messenger from Mansfield to Sandusky and from Union City
to Indianapolis. His health failing he quit the
latter job and came home, where he died June 19, 1867,
leaving two children - Charles M. and Edwin
Peck Wanzer. Mr. Wanzer's parents were
Michael and Levina (Peck) Wanzer. They were
natives of the New England States and moved to Logan
Co., O., from New York about 1850, and in 1868 they
moved near Adrian, Mich., where they now reside.
Mr. and Mrs. Blackburn are members of the
orthodox Society of Friends, in which she is a minister
of the gospel.
(Source: History of Logan County and
Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 742) |
WILLIAM BOGGS,
retired farmer; Miami Twp., P. O., DeGraff, O. The
subject of this sketch, whose portrait appears in this
work, was born Sept. 11, 1801. At that early day,
the country was known as Ohio Territory, he being born
in that portion now included in Pickaway Co., where he
lived for twenty-five years. His father was a
farmer and he was brought up to the same pursuit, and
like others in those early days, had few facilities for
obtaining an education. While living with his
parents he did some flat-boating, making three trips to
New Orleans with flour. He also spent some time
teaming to Portsmouth, Cincinnati, etc. Mar. 17,
1824, he was married to Miss Jane Britton, a native of
Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania. Mr. Boggs
came with his wife and child to Logan Co., O., in 1826,
and settled on the banks of the Big Miami, near the
mouth of the Buckongahelas creek; at first they lived in
their wagon, until he could build a house, which was
made of round logs, cut down inside, forming one room,
with stick chimney, oiled paper windows, one door,
clap-board roof, puncheon floor, etc.; this served as a
home for some fifteen or sixteen years, and though
vacated and dilapidated, is yet standing. Upon his
settlement here, Mr. Boggs began to clear a farm,
and to enjoy the comforts of a pioneer generally, and in
1837 he built a saw ill on the Buckongahelas Creek, near
his residence; and in 1840 he built a flour mill in the
same locality; this mill is doing service to-day, and is
regarded as one of the best in the county. In
August, 1850, Mr. Boggs had the town of DeGraff
surveyed on his land, an account of which, together with
other matters pertaining to our subject, will be found
elsewhere. Sept. 6, 1868, Mr. Boggs was called
to mourn the death of his wife. They had four
childrne, of whom two are living - Mrs. Lydia Strayer,
living on the old homestead, and Mrs. Ann Henderson,
living in Illinois, Mr. Boggs'
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago:
O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 585) |
PETER
BOWER, farmer; P. O., Big Springs; Peter Bower,
Sr., was a native of Germany, and came to the united
States many years ago, Jacob Bower, Peter's
son, is a native of Pennsylvania; his wife's maiden name
was Susan Mosier, a Pennsylvanian by birth, and
shortly after their marriage they removed to Licking
Co., O., where, on the 14th day of December, 1817,
Peter Bower, Jr., was born; on the first day
of April, 1838, the nuptials of Peter Bower
and Amy Rogers were celebrated; she was a
native of Delaware Co., O., and was born Dec. 13, 1820.
The names of Peter's children are - Levi,
Anderson, Susan, Lucretia, Joseph, James and Mary,
seven in all. Peter's second marriage
occurred on Mar. 22, 1865; in this marriage his wife was
the daughter of George Heath, and the widow of
Joseph Starbuck, her birth occurring on Sept.
28, 1831, in Richland Twp., Logan Co., O. Peter
Bower first settled north of the village of
Rushsylvania, on the farm now occupied by Mrs.
Louisa Beaver, and afterwards removed to
the pleasant place he now occupies; by handicraft,
Peter is a plasterer, but has made farming a
special occupation; like many of his neighbors, his
favorite stock is hogs, and his farm products such as
further this interest. In the late civil war
Peter was not without representation, his son,
Anderson Bower, being a member of Co. I, 13th
Regiment, O. V. I.; Mrs. Bower is a member
of the Christian Church.
(Source: History of Logan
County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 -
Page 684) |
Bloomfield
Twp. -
RICHARD S. BRIGGS, farmer; P. O.,
Bloom Centre; was born in Chowan Co., N. C., July 25,
1840, and was a son of Eldred and Rhoda (Holway)
Briggs; they moved with their family to Franklin Co.
in 1854, and in 1869 came to this county.
Richard S. Briggs was united in matrimony on Jan.
14, 1869, to Miss Susan M. Kneif of Logan Co.,
O.; they have been blessed with six children - Mary
A. E., Angie A., Irena C., Allen L., Fred Tilton,
Rosetta M. Mr. Briggs is one of the most
enterprising young farmers of the county, owning a nice
little farm of 38 acres. Mrs. Briggs is a
member of the Reformed Church at Bloom Centre.
Mr. Briggs has always voted the straight Democratic
ticket, and is a member of Grange No. 484.
(Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 729) |
FREDERICK
BRINSER, farmer; P. O., New Jerusalem; was born
May 30, 1827, in Dauphin Co., Penn. There were
eleven children in the family, he being the "middle man"
(sixth in order). His parents were Christian
and Mary (Waggoner) Brinser. Frederick
emigrated to this State in 1840, he being a lad of
thirteen. His father located first in Zanesfield,
and, after a residence of two years, the family moved to
the place now owned by Frederick, located
three-fourths of a mile west, on the Jerusalem pike,
purchasing the land of Lanson Curtis.,
Frederick was inclined to farming, and at the age of
22 he engaged in this business, renting land on the
homestead - his sister keeping house. Continuing
in this way until June 23, 1853, he then made an
exchange of housekeepers by marrying Nancy Easton,
who was born in this township. She is a daughter
of John and Charlotte Easton. Since 1842
Mr. Brinser has been a constant
resident of the place; has a good farm of 144 acres of
land. Three children - Lottie, born Sept.
4, 1855, now the wife of Elmer Elliott - they
reside in Perry Township; William, born April 19,
1857, and Alvaretta, May 10, 1862 - are all the
members of the family. During the existence of the
Whig party he voted with them; is now Republican.
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 743) |
Lake
Twp. -
GURDON N. BROUGHTON, manufacturer;
Bellefontaine; was born in Windom Co., Conn., Dec. 30,
1804, and is the son of Nathan and Alida (Cady)
Broughton; both parents natives of Connecticut.
When very young, Mr. Broughton, with his parents,
moved to Jefferson Co., N. Y., where he remained until
1814, when he moved West to Ohio, first locating in
Ashtabula Co., thence to Champaign Co. Mr.
Broughton, in about 1832, came to Logan Co., farming
in Liberty Twp. for some fifteen years, when he moved to
Bellefontaine, where he has been one of its honored and
enterprising citizens ever since, entering the coopering
business when he first came here, which he has been
engaged in eer since, employing at one time as high as
sixteen hands in the cooper shops; Mr. Broughton
is the patentee of a churn, known as the "Peerless
Churn," which is recognized as one of the best churns
now in the market up to date; he has manufactured some
3,400 of these churns, finding sale for his goods in
different parts of the Union. Mr. Broughton
was married in Champaign Co., to Miss Mary Miles.
By this union they have seven children. Coming
here, as Mr. Broughton did, at an early day, he
had all the trials the old settlers had in a new
country; he drove packhorses from Urbana to Ft. Wayne
when the Indians were here. By good management,
with hard labor, he has accumulated a fine property.
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - w/ some illustrations and
portraits ~ Page 588) |
EZRA
BROWN, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Zanesfield;
is the eldest of two children born ti Ira and Rebecca
(Rea) Brown. Ira Brown is a native of
Ohio; his father, Aaron, was a native of North
Carolina, and was twice married - first to Mary
Howard, by whom he had three children, but one (Horton)
living to maturity; the second marriage was to
Annie Stanton by whom there were eleven children.
Aaron Brown came to Ohio in 1802, and to Logan
Co., in 1818; he was a member of the Society of Friends,
and was a well known and highly respected gentleman; he
died in the fall of 1840. Ira Brown was
born Dec. 27, 1806, and his wife, Rebecca, was
born Jan. 2, 1809. She was a native of Virginia.
They were married April 28, 1830, near Zanesfield,
whither they came with their parents when young.
After the marriage he farmed his father's farm for three
years when he was taken sick and remained in ill health
until his death, some two years later, he dying June 1,
1834; by the marriage there were two children, viz:
Ezra and Elizabeth. The former was
taken into his grandfather's family where he grew up.
Elizabeth remained with her mother until her
death, Oct. 7, 1840, aged 7 years, 9 months and 24 days.
Mrs. Brown remained a widow 12 years; May 21,
1845, she married Mr. Enoch M. Scott, a native of
Ohio, born Feb. 28, 1810. After the marriage they
settled on a farm in Rush Creek Tp., where they resided
for 25 years; they then moved to Jefferson Tp. where she
now resides. July 20, 1880, Mr. Scott was
injured by a runaway team, and died the 22d following.
Of the two children born to this marriage one is living,
viz., Mrs. Mary Ann Henry, residing near
Zanesfield. Ezra Brown was born April 30,
1831, in Jefferson Twp., Logan Co., O. At the age
of 22, April 17, 1853, he married Miss Rachel,
daughter of John and Sarah A. (Taylor) Outland.
After the marriage Mr. Brown farmed his
grandfather's farm for two seasons, he then moved to his
father's place, located northeast of Zanesfield, and
farmed there for four years. In 1858 he bought his
present place, which he occupied in 1859, and has
resided here since; he has 127 acres located 2½
miles east of Zanesfield. By the marriage there
were three children, viz., Charley F. born Feb.
22, 1856, died Sept. 22, 1863; Frank S. born
Sept. 26, 1861, died Sept. 21, 1863; and Cora E.,
born Oct. 31, 1864.
(Source: History of Logan County
and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 743) |
IRA
BROWN, merchant; Zanesfield; was born May 2,
1840, in this township; son of Zaccheus and Hannah (Marmon)
Brown. Ira was raised to farming
pursuits; before attaining his majority, was engaged for
a time as clerk, which vocation presented sufficient
attraction for him to induce him to engage in the
business as a partner, the firm assuming the name of
Brown & Bro., which partnership lasted two years.
December, 1863, he enlisted in Co. H, 128th O. V. I.,
which was stationed at Johnson's Island, and continued
with this command until the termination of the war.
Soon after his return home, engaged in the dry goods
business, under the firm name of O. Brown & Co.,
which association lasted until January, 1879; since
that, has not been actively engaged in business, yet is
indirectly associated with, and carrying on some
manufacturing interests in the town in which his capital
is being employed. Having ample means, he is
living at his ease and in comparative retirement.
Residing in Zanesfield, he is among its valued citizens,
and, though a man quiet and unassuming in his demeanor,
yet is ever ready to help aid and assist all worthy
enterprises in which the public good is concerned.
Nov. 1, 1860, formed a matrimonial alliance with
Heppie Outland, who was born Nov. 17, 1839, in Perry
Tp.; she is a daughter of John and Sarah Ann (Taylor)
Outland; has two children - Mary E., born
July 25, 1861; John T., May 1, 1868. Mr.
Brown and wife are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church; a member, also, of the I. O. O. F.,
and Bellefontaine Lodge A. F. & A. M.; also,
Bellefontaine Chapter, R. A. M., No. 60.
(Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 742) |
OMAR
BROWN, merchant; Zanesfield; is among the staunch
business men in the town of Zanesfield. Early in
the year of 1864, he began business at this place, under
the firm name of Sands, Brown & Co., which
partnership was of short duration. The longest
partnership association was known as O. Brown & Co.,
continuing until 1879. Since that time he has been
conducting the business himself. His honest
dealings with his numerous patrons have secured for him
a thriving and prosperous trade. On June 3, 1843,
near the little town of Jerusalem he was born. His
parents were Asa and Hannah (Sands) Brown, Asa
being born near Mt. Pleasant, in Jefferson Co., this
State, June 3, 1809, and was nine years of age when he
emigrated to this county with his father, Aaron Brown,
who was a native of North Carolina, and settled in
Marmon valley, this township, where he remained until
his death, and was one of the county's valued citizens
and pioneers. Omar was a constant member of
the household until he was sixteen years of age, at
which time he entered Antioch College, attending two
years, and after a two year's course at Union College at
Schenectady, N. Y., on account of poor health, was
compelled to abandon his school before graduation.
During the fall of 1864 he was married to Olive
Ingham, who was born in Champaign Co. She died
in 1865, leaving one child, Fred W., born Sept.
27, 1865. April 4, 1872 he was married to Mary
Thomas, who was born July 13, 1845, and is a
daughter of Jonathan T. and Sarah (Cowgill) Thomas.
Two children have crowned this union - Jessie,
born March 25, 1874, and Iantha, March 30, 1880.
He is a member of Wapatomica Lodge No. 424, I. O. O. F.,
also of Bellefontaine Lodge and Chapter, A. F. and A. M.
and R. A. M. He has a farm consisting of 360
acres, situated in the Marmon Bottom.
(Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 741) |
WILLIAM
BRUNSON, farmer; P. O. Lewistown. Among the
many wide-awake and enterprising farmers of Logan Co.,
Mr. Brunson ranks A. 1; he was born in Kentucky, Dec. 2,
1822; son of John Brunson and Elizabeth (Ellis). John
Brunson was in this county during the Indian war of
1812, and, after peace was declared, moved to the county
in 1823, where the subject of this sketch was raised; he
has lived in the county fifty-seven years, and remembers
when the old Long's Mill was built and says it ground so
slow that the dogs would bark at the meal as it came
out; he was married in 1847 to Miss Madge, daughter of
Michael Kearns, one of the first settlers of this
county. They have been blessed with the following
children- John J., George W., and Jonathan L., Louisa J.
and Milton R. are living; Hannah E. and
Sarah died in
infancy. He owns 212 acres of good land, all well
improved, and has lived in Washington Twp. twenty-seven
years; he belongs to the Christian Church, an has been a
representative to the General Conference for twenty
years; he is Republican in politics.
(Source: History
of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 -
Page 733) |
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C.
W. BUTLER, (Perry Twp.) Superintendent of the
Public Schools; Bellefontaine; was born in Marion Co.,
O., Dec. 9, 1853, and is the son of Dr. W. A. and
Martha (McElvy) Butler, both parents are natives of
Marion Co., O., their parents having located in that
county at an early day. Mr. Butler, after
receiving a common school education in his native
county, entered the Northwestern Normal School of Ada,
O., graduating from this place of learning in 1874, when
he received a call from Patterson, O., where he was
Superintendent of the Public Schools of that place, for
one year; thence to Plymouth, filing a similar position
until 1879, when he was made Superintendent of the
Public Schools of Bellefontaine, which position he has
been filling ever since, proving himself a gentleman of
acknowledged ability. Mr. Butler is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
(Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 589) |
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