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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio
Chicago:
Inter-State Publishing Co.
1884
Scioto
Twp. -
BENJAMIN TALBOTT, son of
William and Ann (Boydston) Talbott, was born May 4,
1810, on the old home farm, where he still resides, and
has been engaged in farming since he grew to manhood.
He was married May 15, 1831, to Jane Paschal, who
was born June 14, 1812, a daughter of William and
Sarah Paschal. They were the parents of six
sons and seven daughters - Lemuel G., John H., Joseph
P., Pressley T., William L. Benjamin E., Elizabeth H.
(wife of John Keath), Maria L., Sarah J., Nancy E.,
Lydia A., Mary C. and Rebecca J. Mrs.
Talbott died Oct. 13, 1877, at the age of sixty-five
years. Our subject's parents came from Virginia to
Ohio in a flat-boat, in 1799, being about the first
settlers of Scioto Township. They lived near
Waverly a short time, when they moved to the old home
place, where the father died in 1829,and the mother's
death occurred in 1846.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 829 |
Scioto
Twp. -
SAMUEL TAYLOR, son of Levi and
Rachel Taylor, was born March 9, 1811, in Pittsburg,
and when four years old moved with his parents to
Marietta, Ohio, and shortly afterward settled on the old
homestead, which is now owned by our subject. He
was educated at the common schools and was reared a
farmer, which avocation he has always followed, being
one of the leading farmers in Scioto Township. He
was married Jan. 1, 1834, to Mary, daughter of
William and Elizabeth Stewart, who bore him nine
children, of whom five are living - George W., John,
Rachel, Sarah and Thomas. Mrs. Taylor
died May 11, 1850, and in May, 1851, Mr. Taylor
was married to Mrs. Abigail Gaston, widow of
Joseph S. Gaston, and mother of Hon. Joseph
Gaston, who was elected to the Ohio Legislature in
1883, and daughter of Joseph and Rosina Dewey,
who came to Ohio in 1818, where the father died June 4,
1839, and the mother, Jan. 19, 1877. This union
was blessed with five children, of whom three are living
- Rosa A., Mary C. (wife of William Talbott)
and William L. Mr. Taylor and
wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 829 |
Newton
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W. H. TRUESDELL, deceased, was
born near North Salem, Westchester Co., N. Y., in 1809,
and was a son of Samuel Truesdell, who was an
Adjutant under George Washington in the
Revolutionary war, where he received a saber cut in the
knee from a British cavalryman, and which became a
running sore and continued to his death, which was at an
advanced age. When a young man our subject came to
Ohio and engaged in wood-chopping near Cleveland, Ohio,
but afterward went upon the Ohio Canal as a driver, but
afterward became master of a boat. This he
continued to follow until 1843, when he came to Jasper,
Pike Co., Ohio, and engaged in the mercantile business,
which he continued to follow until his death, July 3,
1863, at the age of fifty-four years. He held
several offices of trust in Newton Township, and at one
time was Postmaster. He was an enterprising man
and always alive to the best interests of the place in
which he lived. He was a member of the Masonic
lodge and also a member of the Methodist Episcopal
church. At the time of the Morgan raid, in 1863,
his estate, by his will, was still carrying on the
mercantile business in partnership with his nephew,
Wm. F. Truesdell. They lost by the raid over
$4,000 in merchandise, together with a stable and other
outbuildings, which were burned by the raiders.
Source: History of Lower Scioto
Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co.
- 1884 - Page 837 |
Newton
Twp. -
WILLIAM F. TRUESDELL, a son of
John P. and Catherine (Palmer) Truesdell, druggist,
was born Sep. 3, 1837, in New York City, where in and
near the city he attended school until he was about
fifteen years old, when he came to Greene County, Ohio,
and entered a seminary, graduating there at sixteen
years of age. In 1854 he came to Jasper, Pike Co.,
Ohio, where he has since resided for a period of
twenty-nine years. The most of the time he has
been engaged in the mercantile business , part of the
time in partnership with his uncle, Wm. H. Truesdell,
now deceased. At the breaking out of the Rebellion
he enlisted in what became Company A, Fifty-third Ohio
Infantry, as a musician, but was afterward detailed for
the Quartermaster's Department. July 17, 1862, he
was honorably discharged for disability, and came home
and resumed his business, which had been continued by
his partners while he was in the service. Nov. 4,
1862, he married Mercy E., daughter of Thomas
and Mercy McLellan. They have three children -
Henry S., Katie M. and Hattie McL.
Mr. Truesdell has been Postmaster at two
different times, serving in that capacity for over
twelve years. He has filled one term as Justice of
the Peace, and is now an acting Notary Public, having
filled that office for about ten years. He is a
member of the Piketon Lodge I. O. O. F., No.323, and
also a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and has
been actively engaged in the temperance cause for many
years, filling a Grand Lodge office in the Good Templars
for several terms. In his political views he is a
Republican, at present being a member of the Republican
Central Committee for Pike County. AT the time of
the Morgan raid he lost a half interest in a stock of
about $4,000, the property of himself and his uncle,
W. H. Trusdell's estate. Since 1872 he has
been engaged in the business of druggist.
Source: History of Lower
Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State
Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 837 |
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