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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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FRANK
J. WERLEY, Bellefontaine; was born in Seneca Co.,
Ohio, in 1853, where he remained for a number of years,
entering the employ of the C., C., C. & I. R. R., and
was engaged in helping to build bridges, working at the
stone mason's trade; here he remained for some four
years. Mr. Werley also learned the
butcher's trade; this he learned at Bellefontaine,
working at his trade for a few years. In 1879 he
entered the sample-room business, becoming sole owner of
his business in 1880. His place of business is
located at the corner of Main and Chillicothe streets.
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BENJAMIN
WILSON, farmer; P. O., West Middleburg.
Among the influential and prominent citizens of Zane
Twp., whom it is a pleasure to note, have always
occupied a front position in the rapid advance of this
section. Benjamin Wilson, by his energetic
application to business, and the promotion of the
industries of his community, deserves more than passing
notice. Descendant from that good Irish family of
Wilsons who have added so much to the wealth of
Zane Twp., he of course, necessarily partakes of their
signal energy. He was born in County Kings, Parish
of Gillen, Ireland, Nov. 7, 1815. The sketch of
his father will be found in another portion of this
work. In his father's family there were four boys
and seven girls. He unfortunately was left
fatherless at an early age, and receiving a common
school education, he began to work to help support his
mother and sisters, and continued to help support them
until 1839, when he came to America, and worked in New
York about a year. He then came to Milford Centre.
In 1842 he married Elizabeth Curl, daughter of
Charles Curl, whose sketch appears in another
portion of this work. For about twelve years he
rented his land and then, having accumulated a
sufficient sum of money, he bought out the farm upon
which he now resides. The farm consisted of 100
acres, to which he added until at one time he owned
about 400 acres. He has since, however, given to
his children and bought land, so that at present he owns
365 acres of excellent land, well watered, with three
miles of under-drainage. The land is well adapted
to the raising of corn and wheat; Mr. Wilson
being the largest wheat grower in this township; he has
"camps' of 4,500 vessels. He started with just $5, and
his farms pay homage to his prudence. He has a
family of five children - Thomas A., Charles C., John
E., Freeland and MAneti who married
Sylvester Devore. Benjamin is a member of the
Episcopal Church, and is strong in the faith of the
Mother Church. He is Republican.
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E.
M. WILSON, farmer; P. O., Degraff; was born in
Champaign Co., O., July 17, 1822; is the son of John
and Margaret (Runyon) Wilson; his father was a
native of Pennsylvania, and his mother of Kentucky; the
father of John Wilson, and his brother Joseph,
came to Champaign Co. in 1816, and entered a tract
of land to which he moved soon afterward; his father's
whole family came, also, and settled near by.
Shortly after their settlement there Mr. Wilson
formed the acquaintance of Miss Margaret Runyon,
who had, as stated, come from Kentucky; they were
married, and set about making things comfortable in
their new home; but their prospects were soon blighted
by the early death of Mrs. Wilson; she died in
1823, leaving two children - Elias and Elisha
M.; the latter only about one year old. His
father married his second wife, M. Dickey, in
Fayette Co., and by that union there were three children
- Margaret, Rebecca and John. On the
same farm where he entered of the government, his father
died in 1873, in his 79th year. Our subject
married Florence J. Monroe, May 15, 1845, in
Champaign Co., and settled on a farm given him by his
father, where they resided about twelve years; and in
1857 they moved to the farm where they now reside.
They have three children living - Catherine M., Elias
C. and Anna E. Mrs. Wilson
was born in Champaign Co., Aug. 19, 1828; her father (David
Monroe) was born Sept. 29, 1793, in Virginia; her
mother (Catherine Stretch) was born Oct.
23, 1793, in Kentucky; the families to which they belong
were early pioneers of Champaign Co., where they formed
an acquaintance and were married May, 1826. There
were only two children besides Mrs. Wilson - Philene
E. and Rebecca A.; their mother died in this
county, Sept. 24, 1876, in her 84th year. Mr.
David Monroe's demise occurred Aug. 20, 1869.
Although Mr. Wilson has held the offices of
township Treasurer and Trustee for several years, he is
no politician, but rather prefers the quiet life of a
farmer, where early industry has placed all necessaries
at his command, and which he can in advancing years
enjoy.
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JOHN
WILSON, farmer; P. O. North Lewisburg; was born
in County Kings, Parish of Gillen, Ireland, Apr. 3,
1824. His parents were John and Mary (Murphy)
Wilson, and he was reared a farmer; he received a
moderate education in Ireland, but was compelled to give
the greater share of his attention to the farm, upon
which he remained until he was 26 years of age, when he
emigrated to America on the steamship Silas Greenman;
he landed at New York amidst all the bewildering
influences of that bustling city. Keeping steadily
in view, however, the grand purpose of his life, he
started for Ohio, reaching Zane Twp. about a year after
his landing at Castle Garden. In three years after
his arrival in Zane Twp., such was his indefatigable
zeal and energy, he had saved enough money to purchase a
farm of 50 acres, paying $800 down and liquidating the
balance by working his farm. Soon after locating
in this township he married Ann Lowe, also a
native of Ireland. From this union there are six
boys and one girl - Thomas, Mary, John, George,
Benjamin, James and Edward, all now living
and residing at home. About 1871 he purchased the
farm on the Lewisburg Pike, formerly belonging to
Widow More, paying for the same $6,000,
mostly money down, which he had made on his farm.
Aug. 28, 1873, his wife, to whom he was devotedly
attached, died. She was an estimable lady, and no
small share of his success is attributed to the care,
prudence and economy of his faithful companion, and in
justice to Mr. Wilson be it said that he ever
recognized her character and felt her loss as only a
loving husband could. Mr. Wilson's farm is
at present under excellent cultivation. He has a
fine home, with all the comforts of a thrifty and
well-to-do farmer. His sugar-cam consists of 800
trees.
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JOHN
R. WILSON was born in Ireland, July 9, 1846, and
came to America with his mother when he was 8 years of
age. His father, Edward Wilson, was
born in County Kings, Parish Gillen, June 11, 1814.
The father of the subject of our sketch, in his 26th
year, married Margaret Larkin, and in 1851 he
emigrated to America, leaving his family at their home
in Ireland - compelled to do so from a lack of funds to
pay their passage to this continent. For the first
few months after reaching American, he retained in the
East, earning by daily labor, money to support his wife
and family in Ireland; but gradually working westward,
he in October, 1851, reached Zane Twp. After
becoming permanently settled he sent for his family, and
they came over, reaching here about 1854. Setting
to work with all the ardor and zeal of a man who
appreciates the privilege of independence in America, he
soon accumulated quite a sum of money, which
unfortunately was lost. Coming from a stock which
knew no such word as discouragement, he, thanking God
for his good health, set to work again, and in 1861 had
earned and saved enough money to buy a farm of 133½
acres, excellent land, now one of the best in the
township. John R. Wilson, partaking of the
energetic character of his father, has a fine farm of
137½ acres, upon which he lives with his wife, a
charming lady, whom he married June 6, 1878. Her
maiden name was Miss Susan Ann Fox, and her
parents came from Pennsylvania at quite an early date.
Mr. Wilson is a member of the Lewisburg Lodge of
Free Masons, and of Maple Grove Lodge of Grangers.
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MOSES
D. WILSON, physician and surgeon; Belle Centre;
was born near the forks of Yough, in Alleghany Co., Pa.
His parents were natives of that county. His
father's name was Isaac, and his mother's maiden
name was Cassandra Devore. He was a farmer
by occupation, and lived in that county until 1853, when
he moved to Iowa. Moses commenced for
himself when 17 years old, and for several years he
taught and attended school; was at Alleghany City and
Concord one year each, and during the winter of 1850 and
1851 he attended the Jefferson Medical School at
Philadelphia; he then practiced in Greene Co. two years,
when he went to the Medical School at Ann Arbor, and
graduated in 1854; he practiced at Northwood over one
year, and has since been at Belle Centre, except a short
time that he was in the Jefferson General Hospital near
Louisville; he was married Jan. 16, 1855, to Lydia C.,
daughter of John and Elizabeth (Wilkin) Pollock.
She died June 22, 1875 leaving three children -
Lizzie C., Maggie S. and Jessie O. The
eldest is married to William F. Kuhn,
Superintendent of Schools of Degraff; the second is
teaching, and the youngest is attending school at Ann
Arbor. Oct. 12, 1876, he was married to Mary E.,
widow of William McLain, by whom were two
children: Bunyan A. and Edgar M. She
was born Jan. 4, 1833, in this county. He belongs
to the Reformed Presbyterian and she to the Presbyterian
Church.
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THOMAS
M. WILSON, retired farmer; North Lewisburg; was
born in Parish Gillen, County Kings, Ireland, Dec. 27,
1819, and by occupation is a farmer; he emigrated to
America at the age of 27, and after his passage was
paid, had not a cent of money, owing for the clothes he
had on his back; he worked his way to Zane Twp., where
his brother resided, and worked for him and various
other parties for some time. When the "gold fever"
broke out he started for the diggings, crossing the
plains with a wagon train, consuming three months and
twenty-one days in his passage to California; he
remained there for two years, and having accumulated
$3,500 in gold, he returned by steamer to New York, and
from thence to his home in Zane Twp.; he, true to his
instincts, immediately bought a farm of 110 acres, to
which he has since added as his pecuniary condition
would allow until he now possesses the best improved
most valuable farms in this locality, where a good farm
is the rule and a poor one the exception. Upon his
farm is a valuable sugar camp; he has put in 1,000 rods
of tiling, which forms an excellent drain, while to add
to the attractions of the farm he possesses, in the Big
Branch, a supply of water indispensable to a stockman.
Sept. 18, 1858, he married Miss Maria L. Moore;
she was born in New Jersey, her parents coming to Zane
Twp. when she was a child; her parents were among the
pioneers of Zane, and among the first Methodists, and
have always identified themselves with the growth of the
township; her brother, Edmund Moore and her
brother-in-law, Job Bishop, being especially
noted for their zeal and progressive spirit, the latter
especially being a wide-awake, intelligent and
enthusiastic farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson
are now enjoying their well-earned ease at their home in
North Lewisburg, contributing their share to every good
work; are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
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A.
G. WRIGHT, merchant; Bellefontaine; was born in
Hillsborough Co., N. H., in 1829, and came to Ohio in
1855; he engaged in railroading, being connected with
some of the leading railroads in Ohio and Kentucky, and
was connected with the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad when
Gen. Geo. B. McClellan was its President.
In 1862 he came to Bellefontaine and accepted a position
on the C., C., C. & I. R. R. as Master of Bridge
Building; he filled this place until 1878, retiring on
account of his health. In 1879 Mr. Wright
entered the drug business, and it is said that Butler
& Wright own one of the finest drug stores in
Logan Co.
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THOMAS
N. WRIGHT, Bellefontaine; was born at
Bellefontaine, Logan Co., Ohio, on the 30th of April,
1849. He read law with the firm of Kernan &
Kernan, and was admitted to the Bar at the spring
term of the Supreme Court at Columbus, in 1871, and
subsequently in the Supreme Court at Denver City,
Colorado, in which city he mastered his profession with
Gov. Bela M. Hughes, and practiced in that
Territory for one year. Returning East, he was
appointed to a position in one of the Government
departments at Washington, which he held several year;
resigning at length, he returned to his native town,
where he is now engaged in the practice of the law.
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