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South Bloomfield Twp. –
JAMES P. VAIL,
merchant; Sparta; was born in Bennington Tp., Morrow Co., Ohio,
in 1845; his father, B. T. Vail, a native of Connecticut,
came to Bennington Tp. in 1830, and settled at what was
afterwards called “Vail’s Cross-Roads.” He purchased 85
acres of land there, and began farming. His wife was
Mary A. (Crane) Vail, by whom he had a family of twelve
children --
Elizabeth, Amza, William P., Jane, Ira, Mary, James P., John,
Frank, William, Malvina and Ella, all of whom are
living, except Elizabeth, William P. and Amza.
The father died in 1864, but the mother is yet living at
Bloomfield. James P. was married Jan. 22, 1865, to
Mary, daughter of William Chase; he has a family of
two children -- C. Clifton, born Dec. 11, 1870, and B.
Clyde, born July 31, 1873. Mr. Vail remained on
his father’s farm until he was 17 years old, when he began
clerking in a general store at Sparta, owned by William Chase,
who afterwards became his father-in-law; he continued here for
three years, and then went into business with J. P. Wright,
at Bloomfield, under the firm name of Wright & Vail,
keeping a general assortment of goods. At the end of a
year this partnership was dissolved, and Mr. Vail
returned to Sparta, and entered into business with his
father-in-law, under the firm name of William Chase & Co.
Three years after, this partnership was dissolved, and Dr. D.
P. Bliss
bought Mr. Chase’s interest in the store and became
Mr. Vail’s partner, with the business name of Vail &
Bliss. Two years afterwards Dr. Bliss sold his
interest in the store to the senior partner, Mr. Vail,
who has continued the business at Sparta ever since.
Mr. Vail carries a stock of from $6,000 to $9,000 worth of
goods, and is doing a good business; he has a wagon on the road
all the year round, and has run it for eight years. His
books will show a business of about $30,000 per year.
Mr. Vail
owns a farm of 85 acres of well-improved land, adjoining Sparta.
He is a member of the Methodist Church, and is a radical
Republican in politics.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L.
Baskin, 1880, p. 679
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Franklin Twp. –
WILLIAM VAN BUSKIRK,
farmer; P. O., Pulaskiville; son of John and Catherine (Van
Cleve) Van Buskirk, was born Dec. 9, 1798, near Hancock, Md.
His parents came by a four-horse team in the fall of 1815. His
father entered the quarter section where Shannon Levering
lives, and lived in the family of Henry Sams, on the old
Green homestead, where William Addlesperger lives,
until he could erect a cabin in the wilderness of Perry Tp.; by
dint of hard labor that winter, they partially cleared seven
acres, which they planted in corn, among the trees and stumps in
the spring of 1816. A member of this family was Lawrence Van
Buskirk, an intelligent, large hearted pioneer, a
school-master, who taught the first school in what is now Perry
Tp., near where Joshua Singrey lives, in 1817, at $1.50
per scholar for three months; his services proved so
satisfactory that he was retained for seven terms. It was in
this rude old log school-house, whose only floor was the “terra
firma” that William, then a youth of 19, finished his education.
He worked at home until he was 25, serving in the meantime, as
the first Constable of Perry Tp. [See Township History.] He was
married Aug. 31, 1824, to Phebe Slater, of Knox Co.,
Ohio. After marriage Mr. Vail Buskirk removed to Marion
Co., near Caledonia, where a large encampment of Delaware
Indians still remain. In the fall of 1825 he purchased 80 acres
in the woods, and settled in Claridon Tp., then a large area.
Among these backwoodsmen it was found at the first election that
our subject and George Beckley were the only men there
who could write a poll-book; his services were in large demand;
he served twelve years as Justice of the Peace, and filled
various other township offices. In 1864 he sold his farm in
Marion Co. to the Broad Gauge Railroad, and purchased 70 acres
on the present site. He raised two sons and two daughters --
Henry, who served three years in the late war under Gen.
Banks, and was in seven severe battles; John enlisted
under Gen.. Burbridge, but died of sunstroke early in the
struggle, and Catherine and Esther. Mr. Van
Buskirk has been a member of the regular Baptist Church for
nearly sixty years, and has been Clerk at different times; he
cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson, and still remains
a Democrat of the old fashioned type.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L.
Baskin, 1880, p.
797
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Gilead Twp. –
HENRY CLAY VANATTA,
farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born in Washington Tp., Morrow
Co., Ohio, Dec. 5, 1852; at the age of 15 he began learning the
carpenter's trade with his father, and when 19 he worked on the
bridges of the C. C. branch of the B. & I. R. R.; and Jan. 27,
1873, he married Miss Zoa, daughter of Isaac and Mary
(Finley) Hull. They have had four children, two of whom are
living – Ray H. and John R. After his marriage he
farmed his father-in-law’s farm until 1878, and in 1879, he
built his present residence. His parents were Washington and
Sarah (Dawsey) Vanatta. They were natives of Ohio; were
married in this state; came to this vicinity at an early day,
and are now living on a farm in Congress Tp.; he follows his
carpenter's trade, and his son John attends the farm.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L.
Baskin, 1880, p. 557.
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South Bloomfield Twp. –
W. SCOTT VAN SICKLE,
hotel-keeper; Sparta; was born in Porter Tp., Delaware Co.,
Ohio, Dec. 30, 1848. His parents were Peter and Alma (Price)
Van Sickle, who had the following family -- Drusilla,
Winfield Scott, John C. and Addison. The first three
are now living. Mr. Van Sickle’s life has been
interspersed with a variety of pursuits, among which may be
mentioned that of farmer and stock raiser, clerk in a drug and
grocery store, and hotel-keeper; he was married Aug. 23, 1868,
to Orpha E., daughter of John and Salona (Hayden)
Manville, by whom he had two sons -- Harry B., born
Aug. 29, 1872, and Monford C., born May 18, 1876; his
wife was born May 14, 1847. In Dec., 1877, he purchased the
Sparta House, in Sparta, Ohio, but soon exchanged that for the
Hulse House, in which he now lives, engaged in keeping hotel.
Mr. Van Sickle owns one of the best hotels in Sparta, and
has the principal hotel trade at that place.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L.
Baskin, 1880, p. 679
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Lincoln Twp. -
JAMES W. VAUGHAN, farmer; P. O.
Cardington; is a son of
Mathew Vaughan, who was born in Isle-of-Wight Co., Va., Nov.
20, 1784. His ancestors were from Wales; he came from the
home of his birth, to Stark Co., O., which was at time a newly
organized county. In 1812, he was united in marriage with
Phebe Pennock, whose former home was in Chester Co., PAP.
and who moved from Bedford Co., Va., to Ohio, in 1807.
They were the first couple married in the township, of
Lexington, in Stark Co. Nine daughters and three sons were
born to them, of whom but two daughters and one son (James W.)
are living. their father died Aug. 29, 1878; his wife
Phebe died in 1869; they came to Morrow Co., in 1851, and
settled in the township, where they resided until their death.
James W., the youngest son, was born in Stark Co., in
March, 1832, and came with his father to this county, and worked
on the farm, until of age, when he commenced for himself.
He was married Aug. 21, 1853, to Miss Rachel M. Wood who
was born in Morrow Co,. July 25, 1833; her mother as born in
Ohio, and her father in York State; they are both dead.
They have four children - Eddie J., born Aug. 9, 1857;
William P., Apr. 17, 1862; Mamie N., Jan. 13,
1864; Walter W., Feb. 7, 1866; Mr. Vaughan has
followed farming and stock-raising for a business, making sheep
moe of a specialty than any other class. His family are
members ofa the Society of Friends, as was also his father.
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Gilead Twp. -
JOSEPH VAUGHAN, farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead;
is a native of Columbiana Co., Ohio; he was born Sept. 24, 1831,
and lived there until 1839; they then moved to Marion, now
Morrow Co., Ohio, and farmed near Mt. Gilead; he lived with his
parents until about 1855, when he went to Iowa, and worked at
carpentering and building for fourteen months; he then came to
his present place and has lived here since. Jan. 1, 1862,
he married Miss Annie Hollingsworth; born in Morgan Co.,
Ohio; of their six children born, four are living- Mary E.,
Geneva A., James E. and Arthur E. He owns
127 acres in this township, located three miles southeast of Mt.
Gilead; his parents, James and Rhoda (Cobb) Vaughan, were
natives of Virginia. They married in Columbiana Co., Ohio,
and came here as stated, where they lived until their death, in
Dec. 1859, and July, 1877, respectively. Of their seven
children, five are living - Rebecca, now Mrs. Kirk,
of Sharon, Iowa; Joanna, now Mrs. Gardner of
Cottage Corners, Ind.; Rhoda, now Mrs. Thomas Wood,
of this county; Joseph and Lindley J., both in
this county.
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