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JOHN ADLARD,
retired silversmith; P. O. Fletcher; was born in England March 1823,
and is a son of John and Mary (Norton) Adlard; his father was
born about 1776, in Louth, Lincolnshire, England, died in 1828; his
mother was 15 years his junior, and died August, 1848. Our
subject was raised to town and city life; in early life, in
Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, he learned watch-making, which
remained his occupation during his life in England. In 1845,
he married Elizabeth Colton, who was born in Marhan-on-the-hill,
near Horncastle, England, eight days his junior; she is a daughter
of Peter and Elizabeth Colton. John, Jr., and
wife, in 1847, embarked for the United States; after their arrival,
they located in Waterford, N. Y., where they remained one year;
thence removed to Canal Dover, Ohio, where they remained about
twenty years; there he engaged in his former trade a portion of the
time; the remainder, was spent in various pursuits; after which a
change or two was made, and about 1869 he located in Fletcher, Brown
Township, where Elizabeth (his wife) died in 1875. They
were parents of eight children, of whom five are now living; Mr.
Adlard married for his second wife Mrs. Eliza Looker, who
was born in Bucks Co., Penn., in 1830, and emigrated to Ohio in
1852, and in the same year married Gipson R. Looker; Mrs. Adlard
is a daughter of John and Eliza (Harvey) Johnson,
who were both natives of Pennsylvania.
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SYLVANUS
ALLEN, retired farmer; was born in Mason Co., Ky., Feb. 10,
1797; when 8 years of age, he with his parents emigrated to
Montgomery Co., Ohio, settling ten miles south of Dayton, on what is
now the Dayton and Lebanon pike, where they lived and died, the
father, Jeremiah Allen, in the 82d year of his age, and the
mother in her 62d year; they were the parents of twelve children, of
whom six are now living, our subject being the second; in 1830, he
emigrated to Miami Co. and bought his present farm, the southwest
quarter of Sec. 1, Brown Township; for this he paid $700, and was
soon located thereon, where he has since resided; the farm was but
little improved when he settled here, contrasting greatly with the
well-cultivated fields and substantial building of today, which
change has been brought about by hard work and industry, and the
assistance of his noble family. In the early part of Mr.
Allen's life in Miami Co., they had no post office conveniences
nearer than Piqua or Urbana, a distance on either side of from
twelve to fifteen miles; the mail at the time was carried past his
house, on horseback or otherwise; owing to the inconvenience of mail
facilities for him and his neighbors, he made application to have an
office established at his residence, which was granted, and was a
great accommodation, this office being the first one of its kind in
Brown Township; he held it for several years until the village of
Lena was laid out and a small business established, when he of
course was wiling to have it moved to a more public place, which was
done; in honor of Mr. Allen the office took its name; thus
Mr. Allen has passed through the frontier and pioneer life of
Miami Co. In November, 1821, in Montgomery Co., Ohio, he
married Miss Hannah Beckhorn, who was born in New Jersey
April 11, 1803; by this union they had ten children, of whom seven
are now living. Mrs. Allen's death
occurred Jan. 31, 1875. Mr. Allen now resides
with his son, A. J., who was born May 17, 1846, and June 3,
1873, married Miss Nora Brecount, who was born in this county
Jan. 23, 1847; they have one son, Edward H., born June 15,
1874.
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R. B.
ANDERSON, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Fletcher; son of
John and Nancy Anderson; was born in Bucks Co., Penn., Dec. 24,
1825. John Anderson and Nancy Anderson; was born in
Bucks Co., Penn., Dec. 24, 1825. John Anderson died in
1826. Our subject being left faterless when almost an infant,
he was placed in the care of his grandfather, David Anderson,
upon whom the duty devolved of raising him; in 1829, he with his
grand-parents emigrated to Ohio, locating in Warren Co.; and the
following winter they pressed onward to Miami Co.; there David
Anderson entered a large tract of land, of which 80 acres was
entered for R. B., which is his present farm in Sec. 15,
Brown Township; he remained with David Anderson until 1843,
at which time he took a trip East to see his mother, whom he had not
seen since 1829; there he devoted his time to his mother's society
for a few weeks, when he returned and soon after engaged in
coopering in Warren Co.; farming was taken in connection with his
trade, which was followed in Warren and Montgomery Cos., Ohio, until
1851, when he settled on his farm; here he has since resided and
made great changes in the general appearance of the same; now there
is 70 acres under cultivation. Aug. 27, 1850, he married
Miss Marim Dickensheets, who was born in Bellbrook, Greene Co.,
Ohio, in 1826; they by this union have five children, of whom three
are now living, viz.: Clara B. born June 17, 1851, now
Mrs. M. Kemp; Emma E., Dec. 15, 1852, now Mrs.
G. Friling; and A. Caroline, Aug. 14, 1854, now Mrs.
Joseph Cyphers. The deceased are Charlie R., died
Aug. 3, 1858, and Fannie C., born Dec. 3, 1858, died Aug. 4,
1879.
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WILLIAM
G. APPLEGETT, farmer; P. O. Conover; was born in Hamilton
Co., Ohio, Nov. 6, 1826, and is a son of W. H. Applegett, who
was born in Kentucky about the close of the eighteenth century;
received a limited education and followed carpentering for a number
of years; emigrated to Hamilton Co., Ohio, about 1817. Three
years later, married Miss Atlantic Goff, who was born at Cape
May, N. J.; after marriage, resided chiefly in this county, where
she died with cholera about 1834; he afterward went to Tennessee,
where he died about 1840. They were the parents of five
children, of whom three are now living, of whom Mr. Applegett
is the oldest; he was brought up to agricultural pursuits, and
received a limited education; after his majority, he entered upon
the trade of carpentry, which he followed twenty-five years; in
1868, he bought a farm in Sec. 8, Town 2, Range 12, and the next
year located on it. In 1851, he married Miss H. A. Davis;
they have eight children viz: Sarah M., deceased; Mary H.,
John W., Melissa J., Arthur E., Charles, Clara E. and Kate
Mrs. Applegett was born in Champaign Co., Ohio, Feb. 22, 1834,
and is a daughter of Benjamin B. and Mary (Graham) Davis.
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J. B. BEAMER,
M. D., Fletcher. Of the medical profession of the
village of Fletcher, who has established a reputation as a
thorough-read man in the science of medicine, is Dr. Beamer,
who is a native of Champaign Co., Ohio; when but a boy of 4 years,
his father (being also a physician) located in Fletcher, and was
favorably known for nearly thirty years, under whom J. B.
read; in the 19th year of his age, he commenced the practice of his
profession in Fletcher; two years later, he entered the United
States Army as a private volunteer of Co. E, 71st O. V. I.; soon
after the organization of the company, he was appointed as Sergeant;
he entered service, and remained ten months, when he was discharged,
having received a wound in the right lower limb by a cannon ball, at
the battle of Shiloh; he was disabled from active duty in his
profession for a period of eighteen months when he again started in
the practice of medicine, which he has successfully followed; in the
year of 1867, he graduated from the Philadelphia Medical University;
the Doctor is now well situated in the south part of Fletcher, where
he has a fine little floral garden which he takes particular pride
in caring for. The nuptials of Dr. Beamer and Martha F. A.
Keller, a native of Maryland, were celebrated Dec. 16, 1869;
they have one daughter, Lulu A., born May 24, 1873.
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GEORGE H.
BENHAM, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Conover; was born in
Brown Township Feb. 12, 1855, and is a son of Richard Benham,
who was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, March 15, 1791, and was one of
the patriots of the war of 1812; he was at the surrender of Gen.
Hull, where he took the life of an Indian chief; in 1813, he
married Mary Nutt, who was a native of Centerville,
Montgomery Co., Ohio, and died about 1846; he afterward married
Mrs. Abigail (Underwood) Baltzell, who was born in Shelby Co.,
Ohio, in 1813; they had two children; the death of Richard Benham
occurred Mar. 1, 1870. George Benham was raised on the
farm of which he now owns a portion, in Sec. 3, Brown Township, in
early life he received a fair education. His marriage with
Millie Pence was celebrated in 1874; their children were three
in number of whom only one is now living, viz: Len Etta; Mrs.
Benham is a daughter of William F. and Emmeline Pence,
natives of this State.
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A. M. BERRYHILL,
farmer, dealer in and shipper of stock; P. O. Fletcher; was born in
Green Co., Ohio, April 15, 1828, and brought up on his father's
farm, where he assisted in clearing it. A. M. B. in his
boyhood days obtained no education, but since by continual practice
and close application of mind to his business, he has now a fair
business education; in 1853, he came to Miami Co. and purchased 80
acres of his present farm in Sec. 14, Brown Township, where he took
it all from its wild state to a fine degree of cultivation, and
erected a fine house, barn and other improvements. Mr.
Berryhill has by talent and industry made gradual financial
changes until he now owns about 700 acres of land in this and Shelby
Cos., with sufficient capital to successfully carry on his business;
he has since 1860 devoted his time to his present business, but in
connection with it oversees a large amount of farming. Mr.
Berryhill has, while residing in Brown Township, always been
willing to aid and encourage all public interest to the welfare of
the county or the vicinity in which he resides. His marriage
with Sarah Brelsford was celebrated Oct. 13, 1853; she was
born in Brown Township, Miami Co., Dec. 16, 1832, and died Jun. 9,
1857; she was the mother of two children, one living, Theresa,
now Mrs. J. D. Caven. Mr. Berryhill married for his
second wife, Catharine Brelsford; she was born May 31, 1828;
they have seven children, viz: Sarah S., S. F., H. R., R. E.,
Mary M., Jennie B., deceased; and John L. Berryhill.
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F. M. BERRYHILL,
farmer, and dealer in stock; P. O. Conover; was born in Greene Co.,
Ohio, June 17, 1838, and is a son of Archibald Berryhill, who
was born in Virginia, Oct. 2, 1801; his entire life was devoted to
farming; in 1812 or 1813, he emigrated to Greene Co., Ohio, settling
near Bellbrook; he buried two wives, and married a third, with whom
he lived until July 7, 1877, when he passed from the stage of life;
he was the father of nine children, of whom four are now living.
F. M. was raised on the farm and taught the principles of
farming by his father, and was given a limited education; upon Mar.
29, 1864, he emigrated to Miami Co., and settled on his present farm
in Sec. 7, which consists of 160 acres; when coming here, there were
but 50 acres under cultivation; he has since increased the tillable
acres to 95, and manifests great interest in his farm pursuits;
since his residence in Brown Township, he has held the office of
Assessor and others in the vicinity and township. F. M.
Berryhill is a descendant of Charles Thompson, one of the
first Secretaries of the United States. Upon June 17, 1878,
Mr. Berryhill (being from home) was visited by a large concourse
of relatives, friends and neighbors from far and near, accompanied
by the band of Piqua. Soon after the arrival of the parties, a
table 225 feet long was erected, and plentifully filled. At
the proper hour for refreshments, the band marched around the table,
followed by the guests, numbering 517. Rev. F. Berryhill
returned appropriate thanks, after which all enjoyed the bountiful
repast; after dinner, others arrived, and swelled the number to 635,
who made it a day long to be remembered. Feb. 27, 1879, F.
M. Berryhill married Miss Mary J. Hill, who was born in
this county. They by this union have one son, born Feb. 29,
180. Mrs. Berryhill is a daughter of Samuel and
Eliza J. Hill.
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BRECOUNT & SONS, grain dealers, Conover.
During the summer of 1855, S. G. Brecount and brother cleared away
the unbroken forest, where the village of Conover is now located,
and erected a warehouse on the Columbus, Piqua & Indiana Railroad,
which is now known as the Cincinnati, Columbus & Indiana Central
Railroad, a through line from east to west. The structure and
capacity of the building was based upon the expected patronage of
the energetic farmers of the surrounding vicinity. On Oct. 11,
of the same fall, they purchased their first load of grain from
John Wolcott, Jr. S. G. Brecount & Bro. carried on their
business with some inconvenience and pecuniary disadvantages for a
few years, but with a liberal patronage. Their partnership
continued until 1858, when S. G. Brecount retired from its
duties and turned it to his son, A. L. Brecount (the firm now
being J. D. & A. L. Brecount). During this partnership,
gradual improvements were made in the manner of handling grain.
In 1859 or 1860, the third member, J. C. White, engaged in
the business, forming the firm of Brecount & White.
They also opened the first store in Conover, stocking it with
general merchandise, where they soon built up a healthy trade in
connection with the grain business. This firm transacted
business until 1861 or 1862, when a third change took place, and the
business was managed by J. D. Brecount along until 1864, when
E. R. Doup, with the above, formed the firm of Brecount &
Doup, which lasted one year only, after which J. D. Brecount
transacted the business alone until 1871. During this time the
grain had been weighed on small scales in the house. At the
last date, G. W. Brecount formed the firm of Brecount &
Son, and large Fairbank scales were added to their facilities of
weighing grain. In June, 1877, the last change took place by
E. A. Brecount forming the firm of Brecount & Sons. Dur__
the past all the grain was handled in the original building.
In the fall of 1877 their corn-house was erected, with a capacity
sufficient to store 8,000 bushels of corn. Their dump for
unloading corn is one of the best in the county. Their
advantages for loading on the side track are such that a car was
been loaded in the small space of ten minutes. In the summer
of 1879, they modeled their first structure,, erected in 1855.
To this extra facilities were added to those previously connected
with the building, and the following winter an office and
scale-house were fitted up. They are now well situated and are
doing a business second to none in the township. The first
yearly shipments of the firm were small compared to those of 1879,
which were 525,000 bushels of wheat; corn, 33,500; oats, 27,000 and
flax, 2,500. J. D. Brecount has, during the past
transactions, held the leading position of the firm. He now
entrusts the business, principally, to the junior members of the
firm, who are intelligent, bright and thorough-going young men.
They are making an excellent reputation as good business men.
J. D. Brecount was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, Apr. 16, 1827,
and is a son of John and Sarah (Williams) Brecount. In
childhood, with their parents, they emigrated from New Jersey to
Ohio on flat-boats, locating where now the limits of Cincinnati
extend. Here John Brecount, when a lad of 14 years of
age, engaged in blacksmithing, serving as apprentice until he was
21, when his trade was completed. He did but little at this
business during life; he was otherwise variously engaged, passing
through the pioneer days of Hamilton Co., sharing many of the
difficulties connected with the war of 1812, of which eh was a
participant; in 1837, he and family became residents of Champaign
Co., where John and Sarah remained until in a feeble state of
health, they came to Miami Co. to receive the care of their children
where they both passed away. Their children were twelve in
number of whom three are now living; J. D., the only son, was
brought up to agricultural pursuits, and, in his early life, had
limited school privileges; he came to Miami Co. in the same year the
grain business was opened; locating with his brother, where the
village is now built; at that time it was all in the woods; there he
has since made and seen many changes, and his finances have much
improved. Outside of his grain business, he owns 170 acres in
Sec. 12, Brown Township, Miami Co., where is under good cultivation
and is well improved. Mar. 27, 1849, he married Esther A.
White, who was born in Pennsylvania Mar. 26, 1828; three sons
are the fruits of their union, viz., George W., Asa A. and
Edgar A.
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MRS. DANIEL BRELSFORD;
P. O. Fletcher; Daniel Brelsford was born in Montgomery Co.,
Ohio, Mar. 2, 1823, and was brought up to farm life, receiving a
common education; in 1840, he came to Miami Co., where he engaged in
carpentering. Jan. 8, 1846, he married Nancy Hand; she
was born in Greene Co., Ohio, Oct. 23, 1825; they had eleven
children, viz:, William H., Martha A., Melissa F., Mary E.,
Alonzo T. (deceased), Benjamin F. (deceased), George
W., Arthur J., Charley L., Maude D. and Claudie M. F.
Daniel Brelsford, in 1850, commenced purchasing the farm of 80
acres, in Sec. 20, Brown Township, Miami Co., which he afterward
completed, and cultivated until his death, July 2, 1874.
Mrs. Brelsford is a daughter of Benjamin Hand, who was
born in New Jersey, where he came when but a boy, with his parents.
William and Phebe (Jennings) Hand came to Ohio and settled in
Greene Co. permanently. Benjamin Hand married Sarah
Sackett, who was a native of Kentucky, and, in 1835, they came
from Greene Co to Miami Co., and bought 80 acres of Sec. 20, Brown
Township; Mr. Hand died there Aug. 1, 1841, and Mrs. Hand
Jan. 8, 1872. Mrs. Brelsford is a grand-daughter of
Cyrus Sackett, a native of Connecticut, who, at the age
of 21, emigrated to Kentucky; in 1791, he was under the command of
Gov. St. Clair, at the Wabash River, in Mercer Co., Ohio,
where St. Clair was defeated and suffered a heavy loss; but
Cyrus, being among the survivors, returned to Kentucky, where
he married Nancy Stableton, who was a native of Maryland;
when but a child, she was taken to North Carolina, where she
remained during the war of Independence, and afterward rode on
horseback to Kentucky; she and Cyrus afterward emigrated to
Greene Co., Ohio, where they both died at an advanced age.
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WILLIAM BRELSFORD,
farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Fletcher; was born in Brown Township,
Miami Co., in 1846, and is a son of Daniel and Nancy (Hand)
Brelsford, and a grandson of Daniel, Sr., and Mary (Townsond)
Brelsford, both natives of Pennsylvania; in after years, they
emigrated West and located in Brown Township, Miami Co., where they
both died, she in 1840, and he in 1852. William H. was
raised on the farm, where he assisted his father in opening out the
same until his majority; soon after (in 1868), he married Hannah
Staats, who was born in Clinton Co., Ohio, and was four years
his junior; in the following fall, they emigrated to Cedar Co.,
Iowa, where he commenced farming, and resided one year, when
Hannah died, and he had her brought back to Miami Co. and
interred; he also remained there, and has since been engaged in
farming in Ohio. One child was the fruit of the above union -
Frank, born in September, 1868. In the fall of 1876,
William H. Brelsford married Sarah Jones, who was born in
Indiana in 1855; they had two children - Tessie (deceased in
infancy) and Carrie. William H. in September,
1878, purchased his present farm of 40 acres, in Sec. 21, Brown
Township, Miami Co., where he located the following spring.
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H. S. CARMONY, farmer, and manufacturer of
drain tile; P. O. Conover; was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, Mar.
15, 1815, and is a son of Jacob Carmony, who was born in
Pennsylvania Oct. 6, 1790; he was raised to farm labor and
distilling; early in the nineteenth century emigrated with his
parents to Ohio, and settled near Centerville, Montgomery Co., where
his parents died at an advanced age. Jacob Carmony,
during the war of 1812, was engaged in manufacturing liquors to
supply the army; in 1813, he married Mary Stansell who was a
native of Kentucky, born in 1796, and emigrated to Ohio about 1810;
they both died in Montgomery Co., he in 1872, and she three years
later. Mr. H. S. Carmony was brought up to farm
pursuits; at the age of 22, he began coopering, which trade he
followed five years; in 1842, he came to Miami Co., located on his
present farm in Sec. 7, Township 2, Range 12, where he has since
resided; in 1872, he erected his tile factory and engaged in
operating the same, which has produced an annual income of about
$2,000. Mar. 20, 1842, he married Miss S. E. Munger,
who was born in Warren Co., Ohio, July 3, 1823; they have had twelve
children, of whom six are living. Mr. Carmony has
recently been elected Township Trustee, which office he also held in
1861.
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JAMES CARTER, retired farmer; P. O. Conover;
was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Nov. 14, 183, and is a son of James
Carter, St., who was born in New Jersey. During the war of
independence, and when but 5 years of age, he came with his parents
to Pennsylvania, where he matured, and married Sarah Freel, a
native of that State; they emigrated to Ohio, passing through where
Cincinnati now stands, when it consisted of three log cabins.
They onward pressed to Warren Co., where they entered 100 acres of
land, four miles north of Lebanon; here they settled in the wilds,
and at once began to open out a farm, which was done in a reasonable
time; there they died, after having passed through the pioneer days
of Warren Co., he in 1832 and she in 1827; their children were
eleven in number, of which all grew to maturity; the above family
have possessed an extraordinary degree of health, and boast of never
having a physician called to their assistance, not even in the
illness of their father, as his disease was what they regarded as
incurable (consumption); the family all possess a medium degree of
health. James was brought up to farm labor, and
obtained a common education; in 1839, he emigrated to Miami Co.,
purchased his present farm of 80 acres in Sec. 6, Brown Township;
this he has since improved and cultivated, and now is one of the
finest farms in Brown Township. James Carter, in 1834,
united in matrimony with Catherine Williams; she was born in
Warren Co., Ohio, in 1816; they have trod the path of connubial life
for nearly half a century, and are the parents of nine children, of
whom one, Jasper, was lost in battling for his country, in
1864; the remaining eight are now living, viz., William S.,
Maria, Joel, Eunice A., Cerelda, George, Jennette and Charles
G.
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G. B. CAVEN, retired farmer; P. O. Fletcher;
was born Mar. 18,1828, on the farm he now owns in Sec. 31; he is a
son of John A. Caven, one of the early settlers of this
county, who was born in Rockbridge Co., Va., in 1789, where he grew
to manhood, and in 1811, emigrated to Miami Co.; he entered the farm
now owned by George B., which was a very wild state. In
1821, he married now owned by George B., which was in a very
wild state. In 1821, he married Elizabeth Scott, who
was born in Mason Co., Ky., in 1801; they both lived and died in
this township. The grandparents of George B. were of
Irish birth, and died in Spring Creek Township, she about 1828-30,
their son following in 1838. G. B. remained at home and
nobly assisted to clear and improve the farm; he received as good an
education as could be obtained in his boyhood days. In 1849 he
began life for himself, and has since by habits of industry and good
management bought and hired lands, until he now owns 250 acres of
fine land in this county, of which 160 lie in and above said
section, whereon he has erected good, substantial farm buildings.
His attention for the past few years has been partially directed to
the culture of bees. Oct. 14, 1852, his marriage with
Catherine Simmons was celebrated; she was born in this county;
in 1829; their children were five in number, of whom all are now
living, viz.: Alice, now Mrs. W. Hill; John F.; Melissa J.,
now Mrs. R. C. Morrow; Mary E., now Mrs. G. W.
Sanders; and Ruth I. Mrs. Cavin is a descendant of
the Simmons family, whose biography will appear in another
part of this volume.
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J. H. CODDINGTON, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Conover; was
born on his present farm Sept. 6, 1849, and is a son of David
Coddington, who was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, in 1818, and
in 1847, came to Miami Co., settling on Sec. 2, Brown Township; two
years later, he purchased 80 acres of land, improved and cultivated
the same until his death, which occurred in the fall of 1860,
leaving a wife and four children to mourn his loss; his widow,
Mary (Hill) Coddington, was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio,
February, 1832; she married Thomas Roberts; they now
reside in her native county. Our subject was raised to the
life of a farmer’s son, and obtained a common-school education;
since 1873, he has been gradually purchasing the shares of the home
farm, of which he now owns all but the mother’s interest, and is
engaged in cultivating his property. Sept. 5, 1867, his
marriage was celebrated with Jane Morris, who was born
in Champaign Co., Ohio, and is two years her husband’s junior.
Their children are Edwin F., born June 24, 1870; Alva T..
July 5. 1873; and Calvin H., March 6, 1877. Mrs.
Coddington is a daughter of Calvin and Lydia Morris,
who were both natives of Hamilton Co., Ohio, and were the parents of
nine children, of whom eight are now living.
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J. P. COFFIELD, grain and
grocery dealer; P. O. Fletcher; is located on the C., C. & I. C. R.,
where he has been favorably known for the past six years; in
connection with the above business, he has the care and management
of the freight, ticket and express office, being also a telegraph
operator; he was born in Clark Co., Ohio, in 1845, where he grew to
manhood on a farm; in his boyhood days, he acquired a common
education, which was afterward cultivated and improved in schools of
higher grade; his attention during life has been directed to the
profession of teaching, which he followed ten years in Clark, Greene
and Miami Cos.; since 1874, he has been permanently located in this
county. He was married to Corilla McAllister
Feb. 18, 1879; she was born in Pickaway Co., Ohio, June 14, 1856.
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J. F. COLVIN, dealer in drygoods,
boots, shoes, etc.; P. O. Allen’s. Although the firm of
Colvin & Frazier have only been engaged in their present
business in Lena since 1871, they have succeeded in building up an
extended and healthy trade; owing to their experience in the line of
dry goods, their judgment is well exercised in adjusting their stock
to the demands of the trade; buying such quantities and of such
goods as their customers are likely to demand, they have few
remnants left on their shelves, and their stock, in consequence,
represents an unexceptionally neat and attractive appearance; they
keep a full line of dry and fancy goods, boots and shoes, groceries,
etc.; they are of the most successful and substantial business men
of the place. J. F. Colvin was born in Champaign Co., Ohio,
Aug. 10, 1841; he is a son of L. W. Colvin, who was born in
Kentucky, Sept. 13, 1798; in 1820, he emigrated to Ohio, and located
in Warren Co., where he, in 1824, married Mary Proud; she was six
years his junior; they were the parents of nine children, of whom
six are now living. Our subject is the grandson of Henry and
Catherine (Williams) Colvin; their decease occurred in Kentucky;
J. F. was brought up to farm labor, and received an
academical course of education; in 1860, he emigrated to Illinois,
stopping in Champaign Co., where he engaged with Mr. Pratt
in the grain trade; he remained until fall of the same year, when he
unfortunately had a limb broken, which disabled him from active
service; as soon after as possible he moved his quarters to Douglas
Co., of the same State, where he began teaching public school, which
he continued at intervals for a few years afterward; he engaged a
second time with Pratt, where he remained a short time,
thence to Delaware, Ohio, and attended a course of study and
reviewed its branches; in 1864, he returned home, took charge of his
father’s farm and cared for his parents until he entered into his
present business; since in business in Lena, he has been
elected as Justice of the Peace, which office he now holds.
Feb. 22, 1866, he married Mary P. Vanhorn, who was born in
Pennsylvania, and was three years his junior; her death occurred
Nov. 17, 1876; two children were born to them, of whom one is now
living, Carrie May, born July 28, 1871.
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J. W. COPPOCK & BRO.,
Fletcher, dealers in grain and flour. J. W. was born in this
county July 26, 1848, and is a son of Samuel Coppock.
who was born in Monroe Township. Miami Co., Sept. 23, 1817; in 1839,
he married Delany Blickenstaff; she was born in Monroe
Township, Miami Co., July 29. 1822; six children were the fruits of
this union, of whom all are now living and are now married; Mrs.
Delany Coppock is a daughter of Jacob and Mary (Crull)
Blickenstaff; they are now both dead. J. W. Coppock
was brought up to farm labor and received a medium education; he
followed farming until the spring of 1872, when he engaged in the
grain business in Tippecanoe, where he remained until July 1, 1879;
at this time he came to Fletcher and engaged in his present
business, in company with his younger brother, the firm being J.
W. Coppock & Bro., where they have had good success, and quite
recently (in connection with their previous business) have fitted
their building for a flouring-mill, an enterprise that Fletcher and
the surrounding vicinity has long needed; Coppock & Bro. are
thoroughgoing young men, and only time is needed to establish a
trade in their business. Sept. 25, 1873, J. W. married
Miss Mary C. Heiker; she was born in this county Feb. 17, 1853;
they have had two children, viz., Blanche, deceased, and
Ira D., now living; Mrs. Coppock is a daughter of
William and Anna (Keller) Heikes.
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ISAIAH D. COUNTS, retired
farmer; P. O. Conover. He was born in Bourbon Co., Ky., Nov.
3, 1815, and is a son of Elijah Counts, who was born
in Virginia in 1787, and was of German and Welsh parentage;
Elijah was brought up on the farm, and, in his earlier years,
learned the harness and saddler’s trade, which he followed until
1818. He married Margaret Wiley, of South
Carolina, and, soon after their marriage, they emigrated to
Kentucky, where they remained until 1819; they again removed and
settled in Staunton Township, Miami Co., where he entered a farm of
80 acres near Casstown; there they remained, clearing up their farm,
until 1863, when they sold out and settled in Fletcher, where
Margaret died Sept. 2 of the same year; Elijah spent his
remaining years in various places until Aug. 29, 1879, when he, too,
passed away; they had twelve children, of whom six are now living,
our subject being the third son; he shared all the pioneer
difficulties of Staunton Township, where he nobly assisted his
father in opening up the farm. The generations of the
nineteenth century can look back over the pages of this history and
see what their ancestors have passed through. In 1836,
Isaiah began life for himself, and his time has chiefly been
devoted to farming since; in 1855, he moved from Staunton Township
to what is now his farm of 120 acres, in Sec. 13, Brown Township;
this he rented one year and then bought an adjoining farm, where he
remained until 1865, when he bought and located where he now is; the
above property has been accumulated by the energy and industry of
himself and family. Nov. 12, 1843, he married Letitia
Wilson, who was born April 13, 1820, and died Dec. 29, 1851,
leaving her husband with three children. Isaiah, Sept. 8, 1855,
married Elsie Anna Ayers. The children of I. H.
Counts are L. F., W. T. and J. W., now deceased.
L. F., in the late rebellion, seeing the need of
defending his native country, enlisted in Company E, 110th O. V. I.,
where he participated in two severe engagements and others of minor
importance; after serving three years, he was mustered out of
service and returned home uninjured.
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W. S. COX, practical physician;
Allen’s P. O. Mr. Cox was born in Lost Creek
Township, Miami Co., Ohio, Aug. 7, 1828, and is a son of George
Cox, who was born in Virginia near the close of the eighteenth
century. Early in the nineteenth century, he with his parents
emigrated to Ohio and settled in Hamilton Co. About 1824, he
married Elizabeth Shotwell, she being a native of
Clermont Co., Ohio, and ten years his junior; they in 1826 emigrated
to Miami Co. and located on Sec. 4, Lost Creek Township, where they
spent many years. In the fall of 1862, the death of George
Cox occurred, from injuries received from a runaway team of
horses; his wife survived until 1873, when she, too, passed away;
their children were ten in number, of whom all reached maturity, and
seven are now living, viz.: John S., now a druggist in Ogden,
Ill.; S. W., also a druggist in Bement; Van B., now a
farmer in Champaign Co., Ohio; Paul V., now a resident of
Fletcher; Elmira C., now Mrs. James Bradley;
Caroline, now Mrs. Samuel Davis, of Fairmount, Ill. W.
S. being the oldest, was raised on the farm and assisted in
performing the labor connected therewith; early in life he received
an education sufficient for teaching, which occupation he followed
several terms. During this time, he began the study of
medicine, and in 1852, graduated from the Eclectic Medical
Institute; in September of the same year, located in Plattsville,
Shelby Co., Ohio, and began the practice of medicine, building up a
good practice, and, as a young practitioner, was much liked; here he
remained until April, 1858, when he saw fit to change his location
to that of his present one, where he has since resided, having lived
in the village of Lena twenty-two years, and is the oldest physician
of the place. The Doctor is located a short distance north of
Lena, with all the conveniences necessary, and at present is in
possession of 100 acres of land in Secs. 1 and 6, Brown Township; he
has for a number of years been a member of the Masonic fraternity.
May 19, 1853, he married Nancy S. Duncan, who was born in
Brown Township, Miami Co., Ohio, Sept. 22, 1830; they have six
children, of whom five are now living, viz.: Ariminta O. J.,
now Mrs. Isaac Wolcott; Amanda E., now
Mrs. A. J. Brantner, of Illinois; R. Lorelly, now
Mrs. Joseph Johnson; Edward S. and George S. Mrs.
Cox is a daughter of John and Deborah Duncan, whose names
will be seen under T. P. Duncan’s sketch in some other part
of this work.
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