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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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| THOMAS
F. REAMES (Jefferson Twp.) farmer; P. O.,
Zanesfield; is the eldest child of a family of eleven
children, born to Jesse and Rebecca (French) Reames.
Jesse was born in 1801, in North Carolina, and
when young, moved to Columbiana Co., O., where he was
married May 1, 1829, to Rebecca French, a native
of that county. She was born Jan. 5, 1808, and was
a daughter of Elijah and Susannah (Curl) French.
Soon after the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Reams,
they moved to what is now Logan Co., locating in
Jefferson Twp. Here Thomas, our subject,
was born, April 19, 1828, and grew up at home. His
father died April 30, 1854, and several years previous
to his death was in poor health, and the care of the
family largely fell upon Thomas, which duty he
discharged to the best of his ability. When he
began for himself he was poor; he worked out by the day
and month, receiving therefor a small pittance; when he
got $10 per month he thought he was getting money fast;
April 11, 1852, he was wedded to Jane Outland,
born in Zane Twp., Apr. 27, 1832. She was a
daughter of Jeremiah and Martha (Butler) Outland,
Jeremiah being the eldest child of Josiah
Outland. After Mr. Reames married he
began renting, which he continued for fourteen years; in
1870, he moved to his present place of residence, which
he had bought five years previous; has 150 acres and an
excellent farm-house, newly built, and is now in easy
circumstances, having reaped the rewards of hard labor
and economy. He has two sons - James, born
April 4, 1858, now in Perry Twp., and Leroy J. at
home, born Dec. 18, 1865. Mr. Reames has
been a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church for many years, and a class-leader for a score of
yeas, and is one of the pillars of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and worthy citizen of the township. |
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JOHN
F. REXER, cabinet-maker; DeGraff; was born in
1834, in Wurtemburg, Germany; his father, Geo. F.
Rexer, died in Germany, while his mother, Mary
Jane (Shonhar)Rexer, is still living, dividing her
time among her three children, Mr. Rexer, a
brother in Bellefontaine, and a sister in Dayton; Mr.
Rexer came to America with his brother in 1854, and
after a brief stay in New York came direct to
Bellefontaine, O.; he had learned the cabinet-maker's
trade in Germany, and to this he turned his attention
part of the time, and part of the time was
house-carpenter, during the year spent at Bellefontaine
and the following ten years at Urbana, Champaign Co.; he
then moved to De Graff, where he has since remained
employing his time wholly in the cabinet-maker's trade
and in undertaking; he has constantly on hand a full
line of furniture, while his long experience renders him
competent to manufacture anything in his line to suit
the taste of his customers. Mr. Rexer
married, in the spring of 1861, Miss Jane Moony,
of Urbana, who passed the first of her life till 15
years of age in Ireland. They have five children -
three boys and two girls - whose names and ages are as
follows - John F., Jr., 18 years; Lizzie,
14 years; Charles, 13 years; William, 11
years, and Ella, 4 years of age.
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| MRS.
SARAH ROBB, (Jefferson Twp.), Bellefontaine; was
born in Chillicothe, Ross Co., Aug. 28, 1813; she was a
daughter of John Nelson, who was of Irish
descent; her mother was of Welch, her name was Sarah
Marquis. He was born Feb. 18, 1787, she July
12, 1789. Both were of Cross Creek township,
Washington Co., Pa. and emigrated to this State in 1813,
fist coming to Ross Co., and to Logan in 1831.
Mrs. Robb was a family of five brothers, and five
sisters, all of whom settled in and about Bellefontaine.
John Nelson died Feb. 15, 1879, a man that was
highly respected by all who knew him, as a Christian man
and a good citizen. Mrs. Robb was married
to Joshua Robb, March 15, 1832, who was born Sep.
12, 1806, and was a son of John. Her
mother's name was Agnes Smith, both were raised
in Pennsylvania. Joshua came West in 1831,
after their marriage they lived for some time on the
farm now owned by Wm. Scott, but subsequently
made several changes, in 1850 located in the northwest
part of the township. He died Feb. 21, 1873, of
apoplexy. Nine children have been born unto them,
who are Scott, born Dec. 4, 1830; Nancy L.,
Dec. 3, 1835; Emily, Jan. 3, 1848; Robert
L., Apr. 15, 1840; Sarah M., Mar. 19, 1843;
Mary, Nov. 9, 1847; John W., Nov. 1, 1851;
Smith J., May 1, 1855; Vance N., Aug. 23,
1861. Of the number of children mentioned, several
are deceased; of those living are Lott, in
McPherson Co., Kan.; Robert, now a physician, in
Burlington, Ia.; Emily now Mrs. George Henry,
of this township Sarah M., now Mrs. J. K.
Stephenson, of Lake Twp.; John W., in Miami;
Vance C. resides with his mother on the farm,
which is kept in true farmer-like style. Mrs.
Robb is a member of the Presbyterian Church. |
CHARLOTTE STRINGFELLOW
ROBERTS, widow, P. O., Harper; is the relict of
the late Jesse Roberts, the preacher and
historian, who was born Nov. 27, 1816, in Clinton Co.,
Ohio. John Roberts was the father of
James Roberts, of Tennessee, and James was
the father of Rev. Jesse Roberts. The
father of Lawson Rudasill was from Germany; but
Lawson was born in Rappahannock Co., Va., east of
the Blue Ridge, Jan. 4, 1798, and July 20, 1876, at the
age of 78 years, 6 months and 16 days, died. On
the 10th of September, 1840, Jesse Roberts, son
of James and Mary Roberts, married Charlotte
Stringfellow Rudasill, who was born May 15, 1822,
the daughter of Lawson and Harriet Rudasill.
The family record runs thus - Isaiah Allen, born
Aug. 7, 1841; Lawson Leander, Oct. 6, 1842;
Milton Wellington, Aug. 2, 1844, died Aug. 8, 1849;
Mary Ann, born Sept. 7, 1846; Harriet,
July 7, 1848; Calvin, Aug. 8 1850; Jesse
Fulton, Jan. 29, 1852; Barclay, Jan. 28,
1854; Judson, Dec. 11, 1855; the twin brothers,
Johnson and Jonathan, were born Nov. 25,
1857; Johnson died Mar. 18, 1859, at the age of 1
year, 3 months, and 23 days; Lucy Jane, born Jan.
17, 1861; Franklin, Dec. 27, 1862, and Lottie
Ida, Oct. 28, 1864. The Rev. Jesse Roberts
was one of the early ministers of the gospel
in Rush Creek Twp. In rudely constructed churches
and cabin school-houses here he preached to audiences
clad in the homespun garb of the pioneer. He was
parish minister and the historian as well, with
capabilities which lacked but development to place him
on a plane with Bennett, or Headley, or
Twain. He attempted poetry with a degree of
success. His writings are familiar in every
household in this community. Many were the
marriages he solemnized, the funerals he preached, the
words of consolation he uttered. For thirty-eight
years he labored as a minister of the Disciples' Church,
and on the 24th of March, 1879, his lifeless remains
only were left, to be soon consigned to the tomb.
Mrs. Roberts survived him, together with a large
family, who are scattered in different localities, one
being in Harper, one in Rushsylvania, one near Hopewell,
one in Missouri, two in Iowa, and a daughter married in
this township, whilst over the four youngest he has yet
to exercise a mother's care.
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C.
L. ROGERS, carriage-maker; DeGraff.
C. L. Rogers was born in Addison, Champaign Co.,
O., in 1840. His father, Chas. Rogers, and
his mother, Jane (Chamberlain) Rogers,
were, in early life, residents of Mt. Holly, N. H., but
settled in Champaign Co., O., its 1829. The elder
Rogers was a carriage-maker by trade, and from
him the young Rogers learned his trade. At the age
of 19 he had a severe attack of "gold fever," which
drove him to Denver and the plains in search of "yellow
dust," but at the end of six months the fever abated,
and he returned to Ohio. In 1861 he responded to
the first call for volunteers, enlisting in the 2nd O.
V. I., which became part of the Army of the Cumberland,
under Gen. Mitchell. Besides several minor
engagements, he was in the battle of Perryville, where
27 of his own company were killed in fifteen minutes;
also Stone River Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Mission
Ridge, Taylor Ridge and Resaca. He passed through
more than three years of active service and never
received so much as a scratch, nor failed to respond to
the call of duty for a single day. He was mustered
out Oct. 10, 1864. After the war he returned to
Addison, Champaign Co., engaging in his former
avocation. In 1866 he came to De Graff, where he
started a large establishment. On April 1, 1867,
he married Miss Eliza McCrea, of Champaign Co.,
who died June 26, 1876. She left him one daughter
- Ada Belle, now 10 years of age. Mr.
Rogers again married in May, 1877, to Miss Mary
E. Briggs, of De Graff. They have one son -
Charles Rogers. Mr. Rogers' business is
carriage-making, the lighter class of work, and, besides
repair work, he is able to turn out a score or more
every year, carriages of any style to suit the taste of
the most fastidious.
*Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 782 - Miami Twp. |
SAMUEL G. ROGERS, farmer; P. O., Northwood;
was born June 14, 1817, in Highland Co., O. His
father, known as Col. Thomas Rogers, was born in
Loudoun Co., Va., and when 7 years old the family moved
to Kentucky; when 18 years of age he and a brother came
to thsi State, and the same spring put out a crop.
They helped erect the third log cabin in Chillicothe,
and the year following their arrival the rest of the
family moved to this State and settled in Ross Co., on
the farm on which the State Mills were built.
Thomas was there married to Polly McCoy and
soon after moved to Highland Co., where his father had
bought a large tract of land; by years of patient toil
he at length cleared up a handsome home from ten wild
and primitive forest; he served as a Colonel in the war
of 1812, and surrendered with Hull at Detroit; he
died at Greenfield in June, 1875, in his 93rd year,
having reared twelve children to maturity. One
son, William, was a missionary to Indian ten years, and
three others served in the late war. Samuel,
the subject of this sketch, lived under the parental
roof until his marriage, in 1840, to Ann Eliza
Ghormley, who was born in Fayette Co. in 1823.
In April, 1844, he moved to Stokes Twp., in this county,
and bought a small tract of slightly improved land; he
kept adding to it until Oct. 1, 1863, when he moved to
where he now lives; he cleared nearly 100 acres there,
and cast the first Whig vote in that township; he has an
interesting family of children - Maggie N.,
William C., David P., Levinia J., Robert Shepherd,
Thomas A., Oscar, Mary A. and Clarence.
Three of these are married. Oscar was shot
accidentally a few years ago. The parents and
children are members of the United Presbyterian Church.
He cast his first Presidential ballot for Harrison, and
is now a Republican.
*Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 830 - McArthur
Twp. |
CONNER ROLLINS, (farmer); P. O., Rushsylvania,
Virginia, which has very appropriately been called the
mother of Presidents, has furnished, also, many of the
pioneer families of Ohio and other States; the history
of Logan Co. is rich with memories of Virginia, and the
Rollins family, like many others there, commence
their history in Culpepper Co. John Rollins
was born in Culpepper Co. and removed to Ohio, arriving
at Zanesfield, Dec. 25, 1833, and after staying in that
place over night, he started the next morning for Rush
Creek Twp., where he settled, and where, Feb. 17, 1851,
he finished his course at the age of 82 years, 7 months
and 17 days, and was gathered to his fathers; his widow,
who had borne life's burdens and cares with him, still
survives him, at an age far more advanced than that at
which her husband ceased his labors. John
Rollins was twice married; his first wife was a
descendant of the Monroe family of Virginia, by
whom he had six children - John, Catharine, Sarah,
James, Mary and Elizabeth. His second bride
was Matilda Golden, the mother of Conner
Rollins, Fanny, Ashbay and George Washington,
four in all; Ashbay and George Washington
in the Protestant Methodist Church. Conner
Rollins was born in Culpepper Co., Va., Sept. 1,
1830, and came to Logan Co. with his parents in 1833.
On Aug. 15, 1861, he married Miss Anna Musselman,
daughter of Michael Musselman, of Rush
Creek Twp.; his daughter Jane constitutes his
entire family, and her birthday was Oct. 22, 1866.
Conner is the farmer, well-to-do, but who knows
the value of his property, having acquired it all
himself by honest industry; of steady and industrious
habits, he lies contentedly by stock and farm products;
now directing all his energies and bending all his
purposes toward sheep husbandry for future operations;
he reads for himself, and draws his own conclusions; he
is sober, honest, truthful and industrious.
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