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(Source: History of Madison County, Ohio
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1883 - 1159 pgs.)
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HENRY ORCUTT, farmer, P. O. London, son of B. and Mary A. (Miller)
Orcutt, who came to Ohio in 1820, was born in Greene County,
Ohio, February 9, 1821. He was reared on the farm, and in 1852 came to
this county, where he engaged with his brothers in operating a saw mill;
he was married, in 1848, to Maria F. Little, a native of
Virginia, of German descent, and a daughter of John Little,
of Greene County. They have had three children—Rufinia Almira,
Victoria P., wife of William Evans, and Mary Elizabeth,
wife of James W. B. Evans; Mrs. Orcutt died March 21,
1882. Mr. Orcutt has retired from active life and only works when
he thinks it would be beneficial to his health. He started in life as a
poor man, but now has a comfortable home and a nice farm; he is a moral,
conscientious man, who carries his principles into politics, voting for
the man and not for the party. |
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DANIEL ORCUTT, farmer
and stock-raiser, P. O. London, was born in Greene County, Ohio; January
2, 1831. He is the son of B. and Mary Ann (Miller) Orcutt,
natives of Pennsylvania. Our subject received a common school education
in Greene County, and remained on the farm until twenty-two years of
age, when he engaged in milling. He operated a saw mill in this township
in connection with his brother, for twenty years. He was married, in
1859, to Mary E. Cryder, a native of this county, and a daughter
of William Cryder, whose biography appears in this work. By his
marriage, Mr. Orcutt has had two children—Louella F. and
J. H Mr. Orcutt is a Republican in politics; he owns 120 acres of
land, having turned his attention entirely to farming. |
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JACKSON ORCUTT,
farmer, P. O. London, was born in Ross Township, Greene Co., Ohio. He is
a son of B. and Mary A. (Miller) Orcutt, who came to Ohio in
1820, and settled in Greene County, where they remained until their
death, he May 27, 1871, in his seventy-fourth year, and she January 2,
1846, in her forty-eighth year. The father was a very religious man, and
took great delight in his Bible, which was his constant companion, and a
source of much pleasure and comfort to him. His opinions were always
founded on the truth as found in the Gospel, and they were so sound in
theory as to be seldom questioned. His walk through his long and
eventful life may well serve as an example to his posterity, and the
true Christian spirit manifested by him will ever shine as a beacon
light to guide them in the path of rectitude and morality. He died in
the full hope of a complete salvation, without aught to regret in his
well-spent life. Our subject received an ordinary education in Greene
County, and has passed one-third of his life in a saw mill with his
brother, the rest of his life having been devoted to farming. He was
married to Ruth Watson, a daughter of Samuel
Watson, by whom he has had a family of live children—Leroy,
Clinton, Olive, Edgar and Viola. Mr.
Orcutt started in life with $1 in money: he now owns 100 acres of
good land, well improved and under a high state of cultivation. He is a
Republican in politics, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. |
| THOMAS ORPET, a native of
Maryland, married a sister of George Prugh, and settled on Deer
Creek, on land now owned by William Arbuckle, about 1818-19.
Subsequently he bought seven acres near Mr. Gabriel Potee, where
he died about 1861. He was of German descent, uneducated, and would
never educate his children, believing it dangerous and injurious to
become educated. Erastus Hathaway, a native of New York, and a ship
carpenter by trade, settled with his family on land now owned by Hiram
Richmond, about 1818-20, and lived and died here. He purchased his land
of John Caperton, a native of Virginia, who settled here about
1814, but who, about 1832, returned to his native State. Mr. Hathaway
was a man of character and ability, and served as Trustee and a Justice
of the Peace. James and Dwyer Brown, two brothers, were natives
of New York, but became residents of Somerford Township about 1818-20.
James was born June 21. 1795. He first emigrated to Canada, and
thence to Ohio. His wife, Mary Ann, was born in Virginia in 1803.
They were married in Madison County. He died March 13,1875. Dwyer
Brown married a Miss McMullen, and subsequently moved West.
Mr. James Brown was an excellent neighbor and citizen, a useful
member of society, and was entrusted with many of the offices of the
township. He raised a large family of children, who became useful
members of society, and whose characters are above reproach. |
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