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liver; Mt. Gilead; Mr. Adabms' stables are located in
Center street. He is the son of John F. and
Jane (Fitting) Adams; was born on Feb. 23, 1830,
in Lexington, Richland Co.; his father was engaged in the
mercantile business for about forty years, and died in 1864.
Henry left home March 24, 1850, being then 20 years of age;
he went to California, where he remained two years, when he
returned and engaged in the dry goods business, with his father,
in Mt. Gilead, until 1856, when he took a trip to Northern Iowa,
which consumed about six months, when he returned and went into
the dry goods trade, with George E. House; he remained with
him until 1861, when he went to work for the father of Mr.
House, until 1865, when he brought out the grocery and
provision stock of Dunn & Roland, and continued in that
business for about two years, when he sold to T. B. Reynolds &
Bro., after which, in company with R. P. Halliday, he
lie purchased the stock of dry goods of E. P. George; one
year later he sold out to Allen Levering, and remained with
Mr. Levering seven years, or until 1874; he was then with
Talmage & Styles one year, since which time, he has been in
his present business, first with L. Corwin, for two years.
Since Sept. 1877, Mr. Adams he had for his partner E. C.
Chase; they are conducting a first-class livery stable, and
are ready at all times to accommodate the traveling public.
Mr. Adams was married in 1859. They have two
children, Frank and Jennie. |
Bennington Twp. -
JOHN ALLISON, farmer and stock-dealer; P. O.
Bloomfield; is the oldest son of A. Allison, whose family
history is in this work. He was born in Columbiana Co.,
Ohio, June 29, 1834. John remained with his parents
until he reached his majority, and then, in dealing until he was
28 years of age. He was united in marriage May 4, 1862, with
Mary A., daughter of B. F. Vail, by whom he had five
children- Franklin M., born May 5, 1863, died April 24,
1866; Fred, born July 25, 1867; Carrie A., born
April 17, 1870, and died Jan. 23, 1872; Howard, born Dec.
28, 1872; Ralph H., born Sept. 16, 1879. The mother
was born Oct. 17, 1842, and was one in a family of twelve.
Mr. Allison is a Republican, and he and his wife are members
of the M. E. Church at Bloomfield. He enlisted for three
months in Co. A., 20th Reg., in the war of Sucession. He
owns 115 acres of excellent land, which he farms in connection
with dealing in stock. Mr. Allison is one of the nine
men who have charge of the beautiful cemetery north of Bloomfield.
Mr. Allison is one of the most intelligent and influential
men in Bennington Tp. He is enterprising and public
spirited, and is a highly honorable citizen. |
JOHN
ALLISON - A substantial and prosperous farmers, and a
respected citizen of Morrow county, John Allison is
eminently deserving of special mention in a work of this kind.
He has spent the larger part of his long life in this vicinity,
and has been actively identified with the advancement of its
agricultural prosperity, his farm of one hundred and twelve and
one-half acres being advantageously located in Bennington
township, its rich and arable land being well improved and
judiciously cultivated. A son of Obadiah Allison,
he was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, June 29, 1834.
Obidiah Allison was also born and reared in
Columbiana county, Ohio, being of pioneer stock. About
1844 he moved with his family to Morrow county, purchased land
in Bennington township, and was here engaged in tilling the soil
until his death. He was twice married, his first wife,
whose maiden name was Jemima Burt, having spent her
entire life in Columbiana county, her death occurring there in
1838, when their son John was but four years old.
Coming with his father and step-mother to Bennington
township when a boy, John Allison was brought up on the
home farm, and educated in the district schools. In 1861,
responding to President Lincoln's call for seventy-five
thousand troops, he enlisted in the Union army for a term of
three months, and at the expiration of his time returned home,
being unable to reenlist on account of rheumatism, which he had
contracted while serving as a soldier. Resuming work on
the parental homestead, he has since made farming and stock
raising his permanent occupation. For the past fifty years
Mr. Allison has been extensively engaged in the sheep
business, and has operated extensively in wool, handling all
kinds. At the present time, he is not actively engaged in
agriculture, having relinquished the management of his farm to
his son Fred, who is carrying it on with characteristic
ability and success.
Mr. Allison married, May 4, 1862, Mary A.
Vail, who died in 1897. Five children were born to
Mr. and Mrs. Allison, of whom but two are living, namely:
Fred V., born July 25, 1868, and Ralph H., born
September 16, 1879.
The eldest son, Fred V., was twice married, his
first wife being Nora Duncanson to which union was born
one son, Otto McKinley, graduating in the class of 1911.
His second marriage was with Addie Harrison, and one son
has also been born to this union. Howard William.
Mrs. Allison received a splendid education, having been
educated in the public schools, which education was supplemented
by a course at Ada Normal School. She afterward taught for
some time in the schools of Morrow and Delaware counties.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred. V. Allison now reside on the home farm
which Mr. Allison manages in a very able manner.
Mr. John Allison's second son, Ralph H.
was graduated from the Sparta High School, and from the Wesleyan
University at Delaware, Ohio, and is now superintendent of the
public schools of Chicago, Huron county, Ohio. He married
Mary Osborn, and they have two children, Hilan and
Richard Hamil.
A stanch Republican in politics, Mr. Allison
takes much interest in local affairs, and has served as land
appraiser in Bennington township. He belongs to the
Methodist Episcopal church, in which he has long been an active
worker, and has the distinction of being one of the oldest Free
Masons in Morrow county, having united with Chester Lodge. No.
34, Free and Accepted Masons, in 1859. He is also a member
of the Grand Army of the Republic. belonging to the Post
at Sparta, Ohio
Source:
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Congress Twp. -
MICHAEL ALSHOUSE,
farmer; P. O., Whetstone; is a native of Northumberland Co.,
Penn.; was born Nov. 23, 1822; there were twelve children in the
family, he being the second; his father, Henry Alshouse,
died Sept. 11, 1876, being 76 years and 9 months old, in same
county, and was married to Catharine Blottener, both
of same county; she died Jan. 3, 1848, and was 53 years and 2
months old. Michael was but 2 years of age, when his
parents moved to Starr Co., this State. His father was a
blacksmith by trade, but Michael, not satisfied to follow
in his father's footsteps, let the sledge behind, and sought
employment better suited to his tastes and inclinations; he did
not leave his father until he was 23 years of age. At the
age of 26, March 22, 1849, he was married to Sevilla Reed,
who was born in Richland Co.; she lived until Jan. 6, 1855.
He was married to his present wife, Nov. 4, 1858; her name was
Sarah Caldwell; she was born Dec. 4, 1841, in Richland Co.;
she was the daughter of Francis and Catharine (Erb) Caldwell,
who was from Maryland; Mr. Caldwell was born in Richland
Co. After his first marriage, he moved to Crawford Co.,
where he had purchased land; here he remained until 1863, when he
moved to the north part of the township, and purchased 120 acres
of land; here he has remained ever since, and will, in all
probability, spend his remaining days. They have two
children - Charles Elmer, born May 21, 1862; Sarah Etta,
born Aug. 5, 1873. Mr. Alshouse had few school
advantages, and has made his property through the medium of hard
labor and frugal management.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio
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Gilead Twp. -
B. ANDREWS,
attorney-at law; Mt. Gilead. Of the successful and highly
respected attorneys of the Morrow County Bar, may be mentioned
Mr. B. Andrews, who was born in Westfield, Chautauqua Co., N.
Y., October 21, 1822, and is the son of Erastus and
Polly (Freeman) Andrews; his mother was born in
Massachusetts, and his father in Vermont; our subject was raised
on the farm, where he remained until he was about 20 years of age,
when, in 1826, with his parents he came west to Ohio, and located
in Medina Co., and formed the village of Westfield in that county;
his father died there in 1846, and his mother died near Westfield,
in 1873. Our subject, after obtaining a good common school
education in the Wadsworth Academy, and a select school by
Henry Bates, began the study of law in the office of
C. A. Lake, of Medina, where he remained about one year, when
he went to Wooster where he entered the law office of Cox &
Wason; and in 1846 he was admitted to the bar in Wooster,
when he returned to Medina and commenced the practice of law,
which he continued in Medina for some three years, when, in June,
1849, he came to Mt. Gilead and began the practice of law, during
which time he has formed partnerships with E. F. Riley, one year;
Henry Albach, one year; D. Rogers six years,
and in 1875 the present firm of Andrews & Allison
was formed, which today is one of the strongest law firms of
Morrow County. In 1864 Mr. Andrews was elected
to the office of prosecuting attorney, and re-elected to same
office in 1866, which he filled with credit and honor for four
years. He was married September 8, 1844, in Wooster, O., to
Miss Rachel Hand. They have six
children.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio
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Gilead Twp. -
O. ALLISON,
wool dealer; Mt. Gilead; was born in Green Co., Pennsylvania, July
25, 1811, and lived there three years; the family then came to
Ohio and farmed in Columbiana Co., and lived on same until he was
11 years of age; he was then bound out for seven years to Mr.
Orth, a woolen manufacturer, and continued with him six years
thereafter; he then went into partnership with Thomas Wallace,
in a cabinet making shop at New Lisbon, and followed the business
until 1844, when he came to Delaware, now Morrow Co., and engaged
in buying sheep and wool; which business he has since continued
in. In 1872 his son, Abner, became a partner in the
business. Mr. Allison has been thrice married.
First to Jemima Burt, a native of Columbiana Co., Ohio,
Sept. 5, 1833; she died Oct. 10, 1840; of their three children two
are living; John and James. William
died at Paducah, Ky., while in the army (20th O. V. I.) He
second wife was Lydia Wheeler, a married June 10,
1841; she died Sept. 9, 1861; they had nine children, seven now
living; Charles, Abner, Melville, Isorah,
Jane, Ellen Thompson, a native of York Co.,
Pennsylvania. They were married March 16, 1864; they have no
children.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio
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Lincoln Twp. -
T. P. ASHBROOK,
farmer; P. O., Cardington; was born in Hampshire Co., Va., Jan. 9,
1806; he is a son of Eli and Catharine Ashbrook who were
born in the same county; his father was born about 1782, and his
mother in 1784; in the father's family there were fourteen
children, two of whom died in infancy; the rest are living, and
have families of their own; there are seven of the family yet
living. The father was a Baptist Minister, and
labored a great many years in the cause of Christianity; he died
in 1878, and Catharine, his wife, died Jan. 1, 1872. He came
to Fairfield Co., Ohio, with his parents, in 1810, and from there
to Licking Co., in 1823, where his parents died, and where he was
married, Jan. 5, 1832, to Annie Coffman, whose
parents were born in Pennsylvania. She was born Sept. 21,
1807. From this union there were seven children - Laura
J., Milton P., William, Naomi, Welcome,
Savilla and Lemuel. The mother of these
children died June 16, 1850. Mr. Ashbrook
lived a widower until Aug. 3, 1851, when he again married.
His second wife was Elizabeth (George) McCrary, a widow
lady, with two children; she is a daughter of Henry and
Mary George, who came from Wales; they lived a short
time in Pennsylvania, and came from there to Delaware Co., they
came to Morrow, in 1810. She was married first to George
McCrary, who died Feb. 20, 1848. From here second
marriage there were three children, one of whom died in infancy -
Louis D. and Emma K. Mr. Ashbrook is a
mason by trade, a business he followed for over thirty years in
connection with farming; he is also a Baptist Minister, and a
faithful worker in the cause. He began business for himself
in the woods, and with limited means, but by faithful application
to his various occupations, he has gained quite a fortune, and has
an excellent farm where he lives, consisting of 220 acres.
He had one son in the late war. Welcome Ashbrook
enlisted in 1862, was in the 15th regiment O. V., Co. C, and
served until the close of the war, at which time he was
discharged; he was in a number of engagements, but never received
a wound. Mr. Ashbrook's second wife also had a
son in the war- Davis McCrary, who enlisted in 1861,
and was in the 15th regiment O. V., Co. C; he served first a
little more than a year, when he was taken sick, and discharged,
but after he got able he enlisted again, and served until the
close of the war.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio
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BURTON
J. ASHLEY, Marengo, was born in Bennington Tp., Morrow
Co., O., March 17, 1857. He began going to school at the
remarkably early age of three and one-half years, and continued
this winter and summer until he was eleven years old. His
father then requiring his services on the farm, kept him at home
summers, but continued to send him to school during the winter
months until he was 16, when he was employed by an organ agent
for $20 per month to show the excellencies of the instruments.
In the fall of 1873 he attended the Cardington Union Schools,
but came home to attend school during the winter. The following
summer he sold sheet music and musical periodicals, farming
while not thus engaged. In the fall of 1874 he went to Mt.
Gilead to school, and the following winter taught his first
term. He was then 17 years old. This school was a
difficult one and had a hard name, but after some preliminary
skirmishing, during which some of the worst characters received
prompt and summary correction, it was easily governed. The next
summer he taught his home school, and in the following fall
started for Oberly, where he remained two and a half years,
completing the scientific course of that college. During
his last term he taught two classes in bookkeeping in the
college. During the vacations he would teach to get means
to continue his college course. On Nov. 24th, 1877, he was
married to Addie L., daughter of Abner and Abbey A.
(Morris) Sherman. Mr. Ashley's parents are Harrison
E. and Adaline (Benson) Ashley, Harrison being the
grandson of the illustrious Eld. William H. Ashley, who
figured so prominently in the early history of this and
neighboring Tps. He taught in Harmony township the winter
of 1877-8, and the succeeding fall and winter, the fall term
being a select school. The following spring and summer he
worked with his father. In the spring of 1879 he moved to
Marengo, and lived there during the summer, fitting himself for
teaching. The following fall he began in the graded school
at Sparta, teaching there the fall, winter and spring terms.
The Board of Education, highly pleased with his school, has
employed him for the coming year. Mr. Ashley has
shown more than ordinary talent for music and in the acquirement
of knowledge; he began to play the violin when eight years old,
and when 14 purchased an organ, paying for it by his own labors
and giving a colt he owned as part payment. Since then he
has been connected with many musical entertainments and concerts
throughout the southeastern part of the county. Mr.
Ashley has shown a perseverance in the pursuit of knowledge
worthy of imitation. He made his way at Oberlin by his own
endeavors, teaching and economizing, and the result is that he
has a fine education. HE is a Republican and is a member
of the Christian church a Sparta. He is also a surveyor
and civil engineer, and is a commissioned notary public, his
office being in Sparta. He owns forty acres of nice land
in Bennington Tp., which is clear of all encumbrances.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio
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ASHWILL, Eli, farmer; P. O. Gillead
Station; was born in Canaan Twp., Marion (now Morrow) Co., Ohio,
July 17, 1835, and lived with his parents until he was 12 years of
age; he then hired out and worked in the vicinity until 1857;
January 19, of that year, he married Miss Sarah Cook.
She was born in Knox Co., Ohio. After his marriage he lived
with his father-in-law and farmed the place, and later bought the
part he now lives adjoining the village of Gilead Station.
By this marriage there were nine children, eight now living:
Florence L., Elmer E., H. Estell, Fred, Jennie, Burt, Rosie B.,
and Nelson B. His parents, James and his second
wife Agnes (Stewart) Ashwill, were natives of Virginia;
they married there, and, in 1826, came to Ohio and settled in
Canaan Tp., where, by purchase and entry, they owned 160 acres of
land, and lived there with what comforts the pioneer days
afforded. He died here in the year 1842. Mrs. Ashwill
went to Illinois, and lived with her son until her death, in 1856.
They had nine children, seven of whom are now living:
John, living in Illinois; Robert, in Kansas; Richard,
in Illinois; Eli, in Morrow Co., Ohio; Frank D., in
Delaware Co., Ohio; Henry and Nelson C., in Kansas.
All are married and have families, and are well-to-do.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio
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Gilead Twp. -
AXTELL, D.
R., farmer; P. O. Gilead
Station; was born in Knox Co., Ohio, June 10, 1823, and lived
there until 1837; he then went to Logan Co. with his father, his
mother having died June 19, 1823. In 1838 they came to
Marion (now Morrow) Co., and settled near Mt. Gilead, and he
worked in that vicinity; Nov. 2, 1848 he married Miss Catharine,
daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Dillon) Brown; she
was born in Knox Co., Ohio; after the marriage he settled on his
present place, which he had previously bought, and has lived here
since, except about fourteen months, spent in traveling West, in
Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas; of their three children two
are living - Lou and Nettie; he has eighty acres two
miles northwest of Gilead Station, and forty acres in Canaan Tp.,
this county, which he has obtained by his own labor.
Himself, wife and family are members of the M. E. Church; he since
1839, and Mrs. Axtell for the past thirty years; he has
always taken an active interest in church affairs, and has served
as steward or twenty-six years. He has also served as
Sabbath-school Supt. His parents, Isaac and
Rebecca Riggs Axtell, were probably natives of Pa.; they
settled in Knox Co., after which he married Mrs. Abigail Jewell,
with whom he lived until his death, in Logan Co., Ohio, in the
spring of 1838. They had no children; she lived with her
children by her first marriage, until her death in Union Co.,
Ohio. By Mr. Axtell's first marriage, there were ten
children, of whom but one is living - D. R.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio
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Franklin Township -
JOEL AXTELL, farmer; P. O., Pulaskiville.
Joel Axtell is the son of Thomas and Eunice (Riggs)
Axtell, and was born Jan. 20, 1802, in Mercer Co., Pal; his
youth was passed on his father's farm, and when 16, he worked one
year in a tannery; at the age of 21 he began clearing land at
$2.50 per acres, cutting all under eighteen inches, and continued
the business four years, being one of the men who cleared the land
upon which the village of Denmark now stands. On the 20th of
June, 1827, he married Miss Jan. Campbell, daughter of
Robert and Mary (Reynolds) Campbell, and by her raised a
family of seven children - Thomas, born Jan. 9, 1830;
Hannah M., Nov. 1, 1831 (deceased); Obediah C., April
29, 1833; Phoebe A., May 31, 1836 (deceased); Simeon B.,
Jan. 11, 1838; Eunice J., May 28, 1840; Robert
married Elizabeth Willialms, who died, leaving two
children; he afterward married Millie A. Schade, and is now
a farmer in Congress Tp.; Thomas married Margaret M.
Marion, and lives in California; Obediah married
Elizabeth Wirth, and is a physician in Kansas; Simeon
lives in Congress Tp., and has had two wives - the first, Mary
Eldridge, and after her death, Jane McMillen. In
1825 Mr. Axtell entered 80 acres of land in Congress Tp.,
upon which he moved in 1828; he had no tools, team, nor money, but
managed to raise three acres of corn the first year, cultivating
it with rude hoes; his few supplies were obtained at Mt. Vernon;
he built his own cabin, doing all the work with an ax; at the age
of 22, he joined the Presbyterian Church, and was an Elder for
thirty years, first joining the Harmony Church. He is a
Democrat, and polled his first vote for Andrew Jackson; he
is one of the most prominent of the Congress Tp. citizens.
Mr. Axtell's father was a native of Washington Co., Pa.; he
was born there Jan. 30, 1780. He married at the age of 21,
and in the spring of 1810, let Mercer Co. Pa., and came to Knox
Co., Ohio, leased a track of land near Mt. Vernon, planted ten
acres of corn and returned to Pennsylvania in harvest time for his
family. He served forty days in the war of 1812, though he
enlisted for a longer period. His wife remained alone in her
cabin with her family, unprotected, and one day, meeting Johnny
Appleseed, was told that the British were coming; but the
resolute woman, instead of fleeing to the fort, returned to her
cabin to guard her children. The father died in 1859; after
his wife's death, in 1816, he married Jane, widow of
Isaac Jackson, and by her had four children - Thoams
M., Jane, Azube D. and William M. His first wife
bore him Joel, Hannah, Joseph, Daniel, Cyrus, Mary and
Rufus.
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