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OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS
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Logan County,
Ohio
BIOGRAPHIES
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - w/ some illustrations and
portraits) |
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JAMES
N. DAVIS, farmer; P. O., West Liberty; was born
Aug. 24, 1837, on the farm he now owns. His father
was George W. Davis, who was born in Fayette Co.,
Ohio, and was married to Nancy Williams, whose
parents emigrated from Virginia. George Davis
located on this farm about the year 1834, remaining on
the same until death, which occurred in May, 1861.
On Feb. 12, 1860, James was married to
Elizabeth Ann Williams, who was born in this county,
May 11, 1841, and is a daughter of Obadiah and Eliza
Williams. Since the marriage of Mr. Davis
he has been a constant resident of this township.
In 1868, he purchased 90 acres where his father settled,
which is farmed in the thorough and successful manner.
Four children have been born to him - Henry D.,
George M., Frankie, and Rosana, who died at
the age of 8 years.
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LEWIS DICKINSON, (Bokes
Creek Twp.) farmer; P. O., Ridgeway; is a native of
Logan Co., born Nov. 20, 1827; he has twice been
married, his first marriage occurring on March 4, 1852;
by this union there were six children - Joshua N.,
Delilah A., Lydia M., Henry E., St. Leger and
Mary C. By his second marriage he has three
children - Minnie, Ella and Robert.
Mr. Dickinson is a farmer by pursuit and one of
the sons of honest toil and industry. In the
raising of stock his attention is more particularly
directed to that of sheep, but includes the usual stock
of all well-to-do agriculturists. He is a member
of the Protestant Methodist Church, Ridgeway Circuit. |
JAMES
DILLON, (Bloomfield Twp.) farmer; P. O., Bloom
Centre. Among the many grand old men of this
county, none are grander than James Dillon; he
was born in Clark Co., O., in April, 1811; he was early
inured to the hardships of a frontier life; his
grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier, and his father,
William Dillon, was in the war of 1812.
James came to Bloomfield in Sept. 1833, and moved
his family to his present residence Nov. 1833; he built
his own house without nails or brick, and was now 80
acres of good land, well improved; he has one child
living - Thomas Waite Dillon - and a daughter,
who was the wife of Edwin West, died Dec. 6,
1874; he belongs to the Baptist Church, and is
Republican in politics.
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Richland Twp. -
LYMAN DOW, physician and surgeon;
Belle Centre; is one of the best known and thoroughly
respected men in this township, although he has been
among us but a few years; he was born in this county
Aug. 21, 1843. His father, Peter Dow, was
born in Scotland, and emigrated to this country when 12
years of age; he was married to Sally Campbell, a
native of Washington Co., O., and always followed
farming until 1855, when he moved to Bellefontaine; he
was engaged in the drug business for some time, but is
now living a retired life; he is one of the School
Examiners for this county, and has held that position
many years. Lyman commenced clerking in the
drug store in 1861, and at the same time studied
medicine; he graduated at the Cincinnati Medical College
in March, 1865, and immediately enlisted in the U. S. N.
as assistant surgeon; at the close of the war he
commenced practicing in Bell Centre, and remained two
years, when he engaged in the drug business at
Bellefontaine, and then at Wooster; he returned to this
place in 1875, and has built up a good practice; he was
married May 17, 1866, to Martha J., daughter of
J. B. and Hannah McCracken, of Urbana. Their
union has been blessed with six children - James A.,
Jessie E., Samuel W., Nellie A., Charles T. and
Sallie H. Both he and wife are members of the
Presbyterian Church. He has always been a
Republican.
(Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 800) |
| THOMAS
DOWNS, farmer; P. O. Lewistown; was born in
Champaign Co., O., Oct. 18, 1827; was the son of Capt.
Daniel Downs and Mary (Fitzpatrick) Downs, who came from
Delaware to Ohio in 1806, and settled in Champaign Co.
Capt. Downs was commissioned Captain of a Company, and
led them all through the war of 1812, after which he
again went back to his former vocation - that of farming
- and in 1833 moved to Washington Twp., and entered the
land now owned by his son, where he lived till 1860.
Mrs. Downs died 1848. Thomas Downs spent his
boyhood days here, and has often seen the deer running
through the woods, thirty or forty in one drive; at the
breaking out of the late war, he left his farm and
enlisted in Co. F, 119th O. V. I., and was with the army
at the time of the great surrender at Appomattox; was
married in 1853, to Miss Eliza McFarland, of Hardin Co.,
O. They have four children - Mary R., W. H., Alice
A., Elizabeth E. Mr. and Mrs. Downs are both
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. |
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