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Chicago: Inter-State
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1884
JOHN L. DANIELS,
deceased, was born Nov. 26, 1800, in Westchester County, N. Y., a
son of Phillip and Mary (Connell) Daniels. He lived at
home till he grew to manhood, and when eighteen years old came to
Marietta, Ohio, with his father, and was there engaged as principal
of the Marietta College. He was married Apr. 1, 1838, to
Camilla Stull, who was born Oct. 12, 1813, in McKean County,
Pa., a daughter of Joseph and Delinda (Bruer) Stull.
They were married in Madison Township, Scioto County, by James
Samson, and were the parents of six children - James S.,
who died in Corinth, Aug. 1, 1862; LeQuincy, Artemesia, Mary,
Camilla and Alma D. Mr. Daniels died Aug. 30, 1868.
He held certificates in New York, Connecticut, Ohio, Indiana,
Virginia and Kentucky, having taught in each of these States.
He was one of the most highly educated men in the country, and
followed the profession of teaching for fifty-four years. He
was an active Democrat during his life and was prominently
identified with the politics of the township of county. His
son, James S., was the first volunteer in Harrison Township,
and participated in the battles of Vienna, Bull Run, Fort Donelson,
Shiloh and Corinth, where he lost his life. Alma D.,
the youngest daughter, now resides with her widowed mother.
She was born in Madison Township, Scioto County, where he received a
good education. She was appointed Post-mistress at Scioto in
1878, and held the position till 1881, when she resigned. She
is one of the most accomplished ladies in Harrisonville, and has a
large circle of friends and acquaintances.
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GEORGE DAUM,
[Portsmouth] butcher, corner of Gallia and Chillicothe streets, is the
oldest meat-market man in Portsmouth. He keeps all kinds of
meat, doing his own killing, salting, and otherwise preparing his
meat. He employs two hands, and delivers to customers in any
part of the city. He was born in Germany, Aug. 14, 1826, and
came to the United States in 1848. In 1852 he came to
Portsmouth, and was here married to Lizzie Bender, a native of
Germany. They have six children - Philip, a dry-goods
merchant of Kaufman, Texas; Mary, Louisa, William, Charles and
Katie.
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HORATIO N. DAVIDSON
was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, Sept. 17, 1835, a son of John
and Ruth (Bryson) Davidson, his father a native of Ohio, and his
mother of Pennsylvania. His parents were married in 1822, and
had a family of five children, but two now living. His father
died in 1839, and his mother afterward married Charles
Kelley, who died in 1857. H. N. Davidson was reared
on farm, and when nineteen years of age went into his stepfather's
mill, and was employed there until the breaking out of the
Rebellion. In 1861 he enlisted in the Twenty-seventh Ohio
Infantry and served four years. He participated in the battles
of Corinth, New Madrid, Island No. 10, and many severe skirmishes.
He was mustered out in September, 1865, and returned home. In
1871 he rented a farm. In 1876 he bought a half interest in
the Grant Oak Mills, one of the oldest mills in the county, built in
1816. The machinery is new and in good order, and they do a
good business, making an excellent grade of flour. In 1865
Mr. Davidson married Rebecca Hudson. Of
eight children born to them but six are now living - James E.,
Charles N., Cora B., Maud M., Ada M. and Harry C.
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T. F. DAVIDSON, M.
D., was born in Greenup Co., Ky., Sept. 4, 1845, the fifth son
of Jeremiah and Eliza Davidson, his father being a
prominent lawyer of that county. He attended school, a portion
of his education being under the tutelage of J. M. Robb,
now of Grayson, Ky., and editor of the News, to whose friendly
assistance, encouragement and advice the Doctor acknowledges that much
of his success is due. He early formed a strong liking for the
medical profession, and as he grew older his mind settled upon that
profession. In 1861, without means to carry out his earnest
wish, and debating upon what course to pursue to secure the means to
accomplish his heart's desire, he was happily relieved from his
unfortunate dilemma by the offer of an old friend and physician,
Dr. Samuel Ellis, who proffered him the use of his
extensive library, office, and such advice and instruction as his time
would permit him to give, free of charge. It was a noble act,
and the offer was gratefully accepted by him. He studied for
three years under the Doctor's preceptorship, and at the end of that
time his father gave him means to carry him through a full course of
lectures. In the fall of 1864 he left his home to take his
course, and matriculated at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and
Surgery, never missing a lecture at college or hospital, or attending
a place of amusement during his whole term. At the close of his
term several of the professors at the college presented him with a
certificate of his studious habits, application and aptitude for his
chosen profession. The Doctor retains and highly prizes this
unsolicited tribute to his character and ability. He returned to
his home somewhat exercised as to his future, for, like his start, he
was without means to put in practice what he had so laboriously
learned. An opening was held out to him at Liberty, Ky., but as
he had neither horse, saddle and bridle, nor money to any very large
amount, things seemed rather dark to his aspiring nature. But
again fortune did not desert him, and when a friend was needed he
appeared. This time Judge John Seaton hearing
of the young doctor's trouble, came over with a fine saddle horse,
fully equipped, and offered it to him without charge until he was able
to provide for himself. The Doctor's heart almost stood still at
this clearing away of the sombre clouds and the appearance of a
brighter dawn, and the words came from the depth of his heart when he
thanked the liberal and kind-hearted judge for his generous act.
To-day the act still lives green in the Doctor's memory. He soon
started for Liberty, Ky., and there opened his office, and while
doubts might now and then cross his mind as to his success his
sanguine spirits did not allow it long to stay, and his hope was soon
crowned with success, for his first year's practice proved
remunerative. The Doctor was married to Annie E.,
daughter of Asbury and S. C. Ware, of Greenup County,
Ky. They have seven children - Samuel Ellis,
born Aug. 31, 1867; William Henry, Sept. 4, 1869;
Carrie Eunice, June 22, 1871; Asbury Ware,
Dec. 11, 1873; Theodore Frelinghuysen, Aug. 4, 1876;
Reed Miller, Nov. 5, 1877; Herbert Holland,
July 15, 1881. The Doctor lived a short time after his marriage
at Quincy, Ky., and in the winter of 1869 and '70 he took another
course of lectures, which he fully completed, and then returned with
his family for a short time to his father-in-law's, near Springfield,
Ky. At the solicitation of Dr. W. T. Falliaferro,
of Cincinnati, and his wife, he was induced to visit Portsmouth for a
permanent location for the practice of his profession. Through
this visit, and the acquaintance and friendship of Charles
Ammon, Sr., he made Portsmouth his home, moving his family
here in the spring of 1873. His first year, as a stranger, was a
hard struggle, but his genial qualities, his undoubted abilities, and
generous and warm heart for the poor and afflicted, soon won him the
esteem of not only the citizens of the city and country, but of his
professional brethren. He was appointed City Physician in 1877
and 1878, which was a stepping-stone to a more extensive practice.
He was elected Physician of the Board of Health, which made him,
practically, almost responsible for the city's health. While the
small-pox was raging in other cities the Doctor's watchfulness,
decisive administrative actions, and untiring ability, kept the dread
pest from becoming epidemic in this city. He was elected several
years ago as State Surgeon of the order of United Workmen, and for
three successive years he filled the position of Physician and Surgeon
of the city hospital; holds the position of President of United States
Examining Board of Surgeons, President of the Hempstead Memorial
Academy of Medicine, and of several other societies, and served two
terms on the City Board of Education. The Doctor has a
sufficiency of this world's goods; has proved himself an upright and
public-spirited citizen; in his calling, attentive to rich and poor
alike, and stands in his profession and as a citizen upon the highest
round, with his escutcheon untarnished.
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GEORGE DAVIS,
President of the Farmers National Bank, Portsmouth, was born near
Chillicothe, Ohio, Oct. 9, 1833, a son of Charles and
Elizabeth (Hays) Davis. When he was eight years old his
father died. When he was thirteen yeas of age he and his brother
James rented the homestead. He followed farming
till 1860. In the latter part of 1859 he, with L. N.
Robinson, bought the Scioto Distillery and Flouring Mills
Distillery and Flouring Mills, near Portsmouth. In 1861,
Mr. Robinson retired from the firm. In 1867
Stout Morris and Stephen Morrow became
associated with him, but since 1880 Mr. Davis has
been carrying on the business alone. At the organization of the
Farmers National Bank, he was one of the stockholders, and was chosen
one of the Directors, and since 1871 he has been President. In
18__ he became a stockholder in the Burgess Steel and Iron Works,
Portsmouth, and since 18__ has been President and Director. He
is a Director of the Hub and Spoke Factory, Portsmouth, and was one of
the organizers of the company. In 1873, he became a stockholder
of the Scioto Fire-Brick Company, and has been a Director since 1877.
He also owns and superintends a farm of 1,600 acres, 1,200 acres being
under cultivation. Mr. Davis has been twice
married. His first wife was Sarah, daughter of
Wesley Claypool, of Ross County, Ohio. She died
in Clay Township, Scioto County, leaving two children -
Charles, of Los Angeles, Cal., and Emma D.,
relict of the late F. D. Connolley, of Portsmouth.
His present wife is Martha, daughter of
Thomas Lewis, of Portsmouth. They have two children -
George W. and Edna.
Mr. Davis is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
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A. C. DAVIS & CO.,
coal dealers, corner Chillicothe and Second streets, commenced
business in March, 1880. The firm consists of Arthur C.
Davis and Eustace H. Ball. This is one
of the most extensive and enterprising coal firms in Portsmouth, if
not in the Lower Scioto Valley, handling at wholesale and retail
nearly a million bushels of coal annually. They deal in the best
grades of Kanawha and Ohio River coals; also the famous Lehigh Valley
anthracite coal. Chief among their specialties is the celebrated
Peabody coal of Kanawha, being a great domestic and bas coal.
They yard a sufficient quantity of coal to avoid coal famines,
occasioned by low water and ice. They are well equipped to do
business, their office, coal yards, teams, barges and coal floats all
denoting thrift and enterprise. Arthur C. Davis
was born in Portsmouth, Jan. 20, 1850, and is a son of A. C.
Davis, who was a native of Virginia, and died in the year
1863, at the age of sixty-three. Young Davis
received his business education in Portsmouth, being for a number of
years head bookkeeper in the Portsmouth National Bank, which accounts
for the thoroughness of the management of his own business. He
was married in 1871 to Miss Julia A., daughter of
D. F. Connell, Esq. They have three children -
Dan, Arthur and an infant son.
Eustace H. Ball was born in Haverhill, Mass., April, 23,
1841, and came to Portsmouth in 1857, with Robert Bell, Esq.,
who was the principal of the house of R. Bell & Co.,
and was connected with said firm until 1873 (with the exception of
three years that he was in the Federal army, at which time they went
out of the business). In 1861 he received a recruiting
commission from the Governor of the State of Ohio, and assisted in
raising men for the Fifty-third Ohio Infantry. Soon after
entering the field he was detailed as aid-de-camp to J. R.
Cockerill, who commanded the Third Brigade, Fourth Division,
Fifteenth Army Corps. Mr. Ball was married in
1865 to Miss Alice R. Davis, as a sister of his
present partner.
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MICHAEL DELABAR, a
native of Germany, was born in 1813. He was educated in his
native country, and in 1846 came with his wife and four children to
the United States. He came immediately to Ohio and settled in
Porter Township, Scioto County, where he still resides. He has
dealt extensively in real estate, and has been engaged in both
farming and merchandising. He now owns a fine farm of
eighty-seven acres. He has a family of eight children, five
sons and three daughters. His second son, Safford, was
born in 1839. In 1861 he enlisted in the war for the Union,
and was mustered out in 1865. He participated in many of the
hardest fought battles of the Rebellion. After his return from
the war he spent some time in Tennessee, then returned to Ohio, and
is now engaged in farming on the old homestead; he was married in
1874, to Mrs. Mary Harmon, widow of White Harmon.
They have three children. Mrs. Delabar has one child by
a former marriage.
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CHARLES P.
DENNIS, dentist, was born in Batavia, Clermont Co., Ohio, in
1833, a son of James Dennis. He commenced the
study of his profession of Oxford, Ohio, in 1858, and studied in
connection with teaching school till 1861, when he enlisted in Company
D, Forty-seventh Ohio Infantry, as a private. He was promoted to
Orderly Sergeant, Sergeant-Major, Second and First Lieutenant.
He served on General Hugh Ewing's staff as Inspector
of the Second Brigade, Second Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, and
subsequently was Assistant Inspector of the division under
General Morgan L. Smith. He participated in the battles
of Resaca, Carnifax Ferry, Vicksburg, Jackson, Mission Ridge, Kennesaw
Mountain, in front of Atlanta, and several others. At Vicksburg,
May 22, 1863, he was slightly wounded, but was never off duty a day
during the whole campaign. He was discharged in November, 1864.
After his return home he engaged in selling dry goods in Cincinnati
and New Richmond, Ind., till 1868, when he resumed his studies, and
graduated at the Ohio Dental College, of Cincinnati, in March, 1873,
and in October, 1873, came to Portsmouth and opened his present dental
rooms. He was married Dec. 12, 1861, to Sallie M. Lane,
of Oxford, Ohio. They have one son, George J.,
born Oct. 4, 1865. Dr. Dennis is a member of
the Grand Army of the Republic, Post No. ___.
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JOHN LOUIS DERNBACH
was born in Bavaria, Germany, Mar. 8, 1843, a son of Andrew and
Maria Agnes Derbach, natives of Bavaria, the father born Oct.
29, 1805, and the mother, Jan. 12, 1812. They emigrated to
America, May 28, 1845, landing in New York City, Aug. 4. They
immediately went to Scioto County, Ohio, and settled on the
Charles Chick farm near Portsmouth, remaining one year. He
then purchased a farm of 160 acres on Miller's Run, where he
removed his family in the spring of 1847, they being the first
Germans at that place. The old couple still reside on this
farm, and have always enjoyed good health, never having had a doctor
in the house. The old lady, although in her sixty-seventh
year, walks to Portsmouth yet, a distance of thirteen miles, and
never complains. The father is in his seventy-ninth year.
The family consists of one son and one daughter - John Louis
and Eva, both of whom were educated in the old log-cabin
schools. In 1862 John Louisjoined the army as a
sharp-shooter, under the command of Charles A. Barton.
He participated in all the battles of the Cumberland and Tennessee,
and served three eyars. He was mustered out July 19, 1865, at
Nashville, Tenn., and returning home, engaged in farming. He
has 147 acres of land, of which ninety-five acres is under a state
of cultivation. He was married in 1870 to Mary J. Shey,
of Pike County. Their children are - George, Lizzie M.,
William A. and rosa J., all of whom are members of the
Catholic church. Mrs. Dernbach belongs to the
Presbyterian denomination.
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GEORGE DEVER, farmer
and stock-raiser, Madison Township, Scioto County, Jan. 12, 1823,
eldest son of Solomon and Chloe (Mault) Dever. His
educational advantages were limited, his youth having been spent in
helping his father clear the farm. On attaining his majority
his father gave him 240 acrs of heavily timbered land. By hard
work and good management he has been able to give each of his
children a good farm and has 300 acrse of improved land for himself.
He was married Aug. 18, 1849, to Mahala, daughter of John
and Sylvia (Wyman) White, who were pioneers of Scioto County.
Of the seven children sent to them, six still survive -Solomon
A., Caroline W., Kendal John M., Warren L. and Lindoch.
Winfield is deceased.
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JEFFERSON DEVER was
born Near Jackson Furnace, Jackson Co., Ohio, Nov. 29, 1830, a son
of Solomon and Chloe Dever, early settlers of Jackson County.
Our subject, when he grew to manhood, went to California, where he
was engaged in mining three years, being very successful. He
returned to Jackson County in 1855, and soon after purchased a farm
of 240 acres adjoining his father's land. He followed farming
there till 1863, when he sold his farm and bought another in
Franklin Valley, where he engaged in farming and stock-dealing.
In 1865 he moved to Scioto County and soon after bought a farm near
Bloom Switch, containing 160 acres, where he remained two years,
when he sold it, after which he removed to Jackson and dealt in real
estate for five years. In 1873 he re-purchased his old place
near Bloom Switch, and also bought more land, till he had 210 acres,
but has since sold part of it. In May, 1856, he was married to
Evaline Crull, of Harrisonville, this county. They have
had five children - Chloe, married to Jacob Hayward;
Wesley, Alice, George and Louella. In politics
Mr. Dever affiliates with the Republican party.
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JOSEPH DEVER, deceased, was
born on the farm where his family now resides, in Scioto County,
Ohio, in 1826. His grandfather, John Dever, came to
this county from Virginia and bought the land, which at his death
became his son William's. The latter was an influential
man of the township; for many years was a Justice of the Peace.
He married Aseneth McDougall, and of their large family of
children but two daughters are living - Mrs. Alvina Newman
and Mrs. Louisa McGilligan. Mr.
Dever was born in Virginia in 1795, and died on the old
homestead in 1834. His wife died in 1877, aged eighty years.
The subject of our sketch was married in 1855 to Rebecca,
daughter of Thomas and Nancy Wheeler, and was settled on the
old homestead, where he died in 1876. He had been a member of
the Baptist church twenty years. In his business he has been
successful, and left his family a good property. To him were
born seven children - Belle, Louisa, Mary, William, Blanch,
Joseph and Catherine. Mrs. Dever's parents came to
this county from Virginia in 1838, and settled in what is now Clay
Township. Her father died in 1857 and her mother in 1852.
Of the family Mrs. Dever is the only representative in this
county. Mrs. Wheeler was a member of the Methodist
church.
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NOAH J. DEVER,
Prosecuting Attorney of Scioto County, was born in Madison Township,
Scioto County, Aug. 17, 1850, the only son and eldest of nine children
of William and Louisa (McDowell) Dever, both natives
of Ohio. He was reared on a farm and attended the public school
during the winter months till his fifteenth year, when he was sent by
his parents to Jackson, Ohio, and attended the High School there at
intervals for two years. He attended the Normal School at
Lebanon, Ohio, a year, and in the spring of 1871 took a course at the
Iron City College, Pittsburg, Pa., previous to this having taught
several terms. In October, 1871, he began reading law in the
office of Harper & Searl; was with them eighteen
months, and in the meantime took a course at the Cincinnati Law
School, graduating in the class of 1872-'73, and was admitted to the
bar by the District Court at Cincinnati. He then became associated
with F. C. Searl, Mr. Harper retiring to accept the
office of Judge of the Common Pleas Court. Jan. 1, 1879, the
firm was dissolved by consent of both parties, and Mr. Dever
became associated with D. J. Ryan. In
the fall of 1879 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of the county,
and in Feb., 1881, he withdrew from the firm of Dever & Ryan.
He was re-elected in 1881. At his first election, owing to
prejudice against him on account of his temperance proclivities, his
majority was only 144, but at the second election it was 1,250.
He has been School Examiner of Scioto County since 1873. July
27, 1876, he married Lydia Austin, of Ironton, Ohio.
She only lived a short time, and July 4, 1878, he married
Mattie Gilliland, of Jackson County, Ohio. They have
one child - Louisa.
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J. W. DEVOSS, Postmaster
and Notary Public, Buena Vista, was born in Rockville, Adams County,
Ohio, Feb. 20, 1843, a son of David and Rachel Devoss,
natives of Ohio. He located in Buena Vista in 1869, and worked
a year for the Buena Vista Freestone Company. In 1870 he
established himself in business and has since worked at his trade.
He was appointed Postmaster June 6, 1881, by President Garfield,
and Notary Public in 1882 by Governor Foster. In 1853
he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Seventy-third Ohio
Infantry, and was appointed Sergeant of his company. He was
injured accidentally and was unable to do active duty. He was
married in 1868 to Susan M. Bragg, a relative of General
Bragg. They have three children - Mary A., Libbie
and Minnie. Politically Mr. Devoss is a
Republican. He served one term as Trustee of Lower Nile
Precinct.
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JOHN DICE,
livery sale and feed stable, Market, between Third and Fourth streets,
Portsmouth, was born in Germany in 1841, and in 1845 came with his
parents to the United States. His father, George Dice,
located in Hamilton County, Ohio, where he still resides.
John Dice became a citizen of Portsmouth in 1864, and
opened a carriage shop on Second street, between Jefferson and Market
streets. He built his factory, which is a three-story brick
building 30x124, in 1868. He still carries on that business,
employing from ten to twenty-five hands. In 1870, in company
with T. T. Yager, he purchased the livery stable of
R. S. Maklem, and in 1854 Mr. Maklem
purchased Mr. Mitchell's interest. In 1876
Mr. Dice purchased his partner's interest and formed
a partnership with John Lewis, remaining with him six
years, and since then has been alone. He keeps from fourteen to
twenty-five horses, and carriages, hacks, buggies, etc.
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ELI DICKINSON
was born Dec. 25, 1825, at Hampton, in Gloucestershire, England, and
came to America and landed in Boston, March, 1849, and lived near
Providence, R. I., for one year, and then went to Pittsburg, Pa.,
where he worked at his trade of boiler-making one year, and then went
to Brownsville, Pa., where he worked at his trade about two years for
Herbitson. He then went back to Pittsburg in July, 1853, where
he worked on year, when he went to Chillicothe, Ohio, in July, 1854,
and opened a boiler shop for Mr. Welsh, working for
him until March, 1864. He then went to Portsmouth, Ohio, and
worked for Murray, Moore & Co. till June, 1882, since
which time he has not been in any particular business, only attending
to his real estate in houses and lots for a living, and in buying and
selling, and other trading, up to this time. In 1848 he married
Jane Charlton in England, who died in Chillicothe,
Ohio, in 1861, leaving three children - Jane, wife of
William Ringwauld, of Chillicothe, Ohio, Mary
and Charley. Dec. 25, 1866, he was married
again to Elizabeth Streets, in
Chillicothe, Ohio. They have one son living - George,
who was born Feb. 12, 1872, and three children deceased - one son, who
died when three years old, and two daughters, who died in infancy.
Mrs. Dickinson is a member of the Episcopal church.
George Dickinson, the father of Eli Dickinson,
was a weaver by trade, and of English birth, born in 1801 and died in
Leeds, Yorkshire, England, in 1844, died forty-three years. His
mother's name was Sarah Dickinson, born in England in
1803, and died in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, in 1846.
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JOHN DISTERDICK
was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, Jan. 2, 1848, a son of George
and Louisa (Ernest) Disterdick, natives of Germany. He was
educated in his native county, and was reared to the life of a
farmer. He now has a farm of 200 acres of valuable land, lying
in the Pine Creek bottoms. He has a good residence and
comfortable farm buildings. He was married in 1879 to
Elizabeth, daughter of George Apel, of Scioto County.
Mr. Disterdick's father was born in Germany, Aug. 20, 1807,
and was married there in 1829. In 1832, he with his family
came to the United States, landing in Baltimore, Md., after a five
week's voyage. They then went by wagons to Wheeling, W. Va.,
and by boat to Cincinnati, Ohio; thence to Indiana where they
remained three years. In 1835 they came to Ohio and located
near Pine Grove Furnace, where Mr. Disterdick worked
twenty-five years. In 1859 he purchased the farm where he now
resides. It contains 300 acres of fine land, and he has deeded
it to his sons. Of a family of ten children but four are
living - Frederick, John, David and Amelia, now
Mrs. Young.
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NOAH DIXON, son of
Silas and Mary (Vandeford) Dixon, was born Jan. 11, 1840, at
Eagle, Vinton Co., Ohio, and in 1850 came to Harrison Township and
assisted his father on the farm and in the mill till he grew to
manhood. April 21, 1861, he enlisted in Company D,
Twenty-second Ohio Infantry, in which regiment he served till he was
discharged at Athens, Ohio, Aug. 19, 1861. He remained home
nearly two weeks, when he again enlisted in Company B, Twenty-second
Ohio Infantry, and was discharged at Camp Dennison, Ohio, in the
fall of 1864. The most important battles in which he
participated were Fort Donalson, Shiloh, the two battles of Corinth
and Little Rock. He was married Oct. 22, 1865, to Eunice,
daughter of Harris and Abigail (Mead) Dodge. They have
had six children, four now living - George W., James S., Bertha
May, and Tracy N. Mary was accidentally drowned in
the Little Scioto River, Jan. 18, 1878, at the age of eleven years,
and Gracie E. died Sept. 18, 1882. About 1866 Mr.
Dixon, in partnership with his brother George, engaged in
milling, and in 1880 he purchased his brother's interest, and has
since been operating the mill in connection with his farming
pursuits. He has the best water-power mill in the county, with
a capacity of thirty barrels of flour day He has a large trade and
has the reputation of doing first-class work. He is a member
of the Free-Will Baptist church, and in politics is a strong
Republican. He is a member of Scioto Post, No. 287, G. A. R.,
and also belongs to Wheelersburg Lodge I. O. O. F.
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J. V. DOERR was born in Germany, Sept. 2, 1831, and came to the United
States in 1847, landing in New York, June 7. In July he came to
Portsmouth and worked at the wagon-maker's trade three years.
Feb. 15, 1851, he and his brother Fred became associated together in
the manufacture of cigars, plug and smoking tobacco. Mrs. 12,
1876, they divided the stock and J. V. removed to his present stand on
Second street, between Market and Court streets. He employs
eight men, and four or five boys, selling both at wholesale and
retail. His 5-cent cigar is one of the finest in the market.
Dec. 15, 1852, Mr. Doerr married Mary A. Lesser, of Pittsburg, Pa.
They have six children - Anna, now Mrs. Peter Lant, William H.,
Charles A., Alfred J., Callie A., and Frank A. H. Mr. and Mrs. Doerr are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
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OLIVER DOLE, deceased,
was a native of Essex County, Mass, and there married Abigail
Carlton. He died Jan. 1, 1816, leaving five children -
Greenleaf, Samuel, Joshua, Eben and Mary. In 1818
Mrs. Dole and her children removed to Portsmouth, Ohio, where
they lived eight years, when, with Greenleaf, Joshua and
Mary, she removed to Cincinnati. She afterward removed to
Madison, Ind., where she died in 1837. Samuel and
Eben remained in Scioto County. The former married
Margaret (Steele) Hammel in 1835. They had no children.
He was County Surveyor a number of years. His wife died in
1870, aged eight years. His wife died in 1870, aged eighty
years. Eben married Eliza Carroll in 1824, and to him
were born ten children - Rhozinna C., Oliver, Mary Q., Joshua
and Harriet J. (twins), Margaret A., Samuel, Elizabeth E.,
Lavina S. and Isola. He and wife in early life were
members of the Presbyterian church, but afterward joined the
Methodist church. He died in 1868, aged sixty-seven years, and
his wife in 1880, aged seventy-four years. Greenleaf Dole
married Salina Titcomb, of Massachusetts, and to him were
born six children, three now living - Salina, Josiah and
Elmira. He died in Madison, Ind., in 1835. Joshua
Dole, the only representative of the family, was born in Essex
County, Mass., Sept. 4, 1799. He lived in Cincinnati from the
time he went there with his mother till 1837, when he returned to
Scioto County. He was married in 1833 to Betsey Little.
They had two children, both now deceased - Celestia and an
Infant. His wife died in 1873, aged seventy-four years.
Mr. Dole has been a member of the Baptist church for the last
twenty-five years, and for thirty years previous belonged to the
Presbyterian church. He was for fifty years a leader of the
choir, and for many years was a teacher of vocal music.
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ABRAHAM DOLL was born in
Scioto County, Ohio, in 1839, a son of John and Margaret (Graham)
Doll. His grandfather came to Ohio from Pennsylvania
in1800, and settled in Highbanks, Ross County. His parents
settled in Washington Township soon after their marriage, and in
1841 removed to Rush Township, where they lived till his mother's
death in 1850, when his father returned to Washington Township, where
he died in January, 1852, aged forty-two years. Five of a
family of six children are still living - Peter G., Abraham,
Josephine, wife of J. P. Russell, of Clay Township;
Louisa, wife of George Morris, of Unionville, and
Sarah E., wife of Thomas Graham, of Washington Township.
Abraham was married in 1865 to Carrie W.,
daughter of Wm. B. Russell, and settled on his present farm.
He has 135 acres of well-improved land. Mr. and Mrs. Doll
have had six children - James B., Clara M., William R., Joseph,
Herbert and Carrie, the latter two now deceased.
Mrs. Doll died Nov. 19, 1880, aged forty-two years. She
was a member of the present Clerk. He has been Township
Treasurer five years, Justice of the Peace six years, and Trustee
four years. In October, 1861, he enlisted in Battery L, First
Ohio Light Artillery, and served three years. He participated
in fourteen hard-fought battles and several minor engagements.
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WILLIAM DORMAN was
born at Pine Grove Furnace, Lawrence Co., Ohio, Dec. 25, 1856.
He has a good farm of forty acres, on which is a substantial house.
His parents were natives of Germany, his father born in 1822, and
his mother in 1827. They came to this country and were married
in Cincinnati, and shortly after moved to Missouri. They next
moved to Pine Grove Furnace, where he worked six or seven years.
In 1868 he moved to Scioto County and lived one year in Portsmouth,
where he purchased his present farm of thirty acres. They
reared a family of four sons - John C., who died at
Cincinnati in 1882; Henry, George and William.
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DANIEL DOTSON
was born in Piqua County, Ohio, Aug. 11, 1835, and when nine years of
age moved to Allen County, Ohio, with his parents, with whom he
resided on the farm till he attained his majority. He then
worked two years in a saw-mill as sawyer and engineer, after which he
spent eighteen months in Dayton, Ohio. He then ran a saw-mill
three years in Piqua County, when he came to Portsmouth and was
engineer on the river six yeas. He bought a farm near
Portsmouth, where he lived ten years, and in 1871 built a saw and
grist mill, which he ran till 1878, when he sold it and his farm and
returned to Portsmouth, and was engineer in the planing mill one year.
He was employed as carpenter on the repair work in the Scioto Valley
Car Shops till 1881, when he was appointed car inspector at the
Portsmouth depot. He was married in 1860 to Clarissa
Ebert, who died in 1874 at the age of forty years, leaving
four children - Elmira, who is next to the foreman in
the shoe factory; Reuben, a machinist in the Scioto Valley Car Shops;
Mary and Frank. Mr.
Dotson married Elizabeth Koch, his present
wife, in 1881. His father, Charles Dotson, was
a native of Pennsylvania, and a farmer by occupation. He died in
Lima, Ohio, July 4, 1861.
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DANIEL E. DOTY is a
native of Scioto County, Ohio, born May 22, 1844, a son of
William and Emily (Sware) Doty, natives of Ohio. He was
reared and educated in his native county, and the earlier part of
his life worked at the furnaces. In 1878 he purchases the farm
of 200 acres where he still resides. He was married in 1863 to
Margaret, daughter of Elias Justice of Lawrence
County. They have had six children - Oliver T., Amos C.,
Oscar C., Charles W., Sarilda E. and Mary O. Mr. and
Mrs. Doty are members of the Vernon Missionary Baptist Church.
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OLIVER P. DOTY,
manager of the Ohio Furnace, was born in Adams County, Ohio, Nov 15,
1838, a son of William and Emeline (Swartz) Doty, both
natives of Ohio. His father died at Monroe Furnace, Jackson
County, in 1857, and his mother at Vesuvius Furnace in 1856.
Their family consisted of three sons and three daughters.
Oliver P. was reared in Lawrence County and worked at a number
of furnaces during his early life. In 1865 he took charge he
took charge of the Ohio Furnace and has thus far given entire
satisfaction to his employers. He was married in 1862, to
Susan, daughter of Elias Justice, of Lawrence County.
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ABISHA DOWNING was
born Aug. 5, 1838, in Pike County, a son of Abisha and Susan
(Daugherty) Downing, and grandson of Mesheck Downing, a
native of Virginia, and one of the earliest settlers of Pike County.
He was the owner of a large tract of land where Waverly is located,
and laid that town off in lots. Abisha, Sr., was born
in Pike County, Ohio, in 1813. His wife was also a native of
Ohio. They were the parents of two children —Isaac E.,
born December, 1835, and Abisha. The father died at the
age of twenty-four years, and his widow afterward married Joseph
Downing, a brother of her first husband. Abisha, Jr.,
received his early education at
the district schools, which he completed at the schools of Waverly.
He had been clerking in the mercantile store of Emmitt,
Myers & Co. a few months, when the war broke out, and Apr. 16,
1861, he enlisted in Company G, First Ohio Infantry, as a private,
for three months, and was discharged about Aug. 1, 1861.
In September, 1861, Mr. Downing with Captain J. Q.
Barnes, commenced recruiting a company for the three years’
service, and Oct. 15, 1861, reported in camp at Chillicothe, Ohio,
and mastered in the Seventy-third Ohio. Nov. 30 Mr.
Downing was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Company D, in
December, 1862, he was commissioned First Lieutenant, and in March,
1864, lie was mustered in as Captain. When Atlanta was taken Mr.
Downing led the skirmish line in the advance. He was present at the
surrender of Savannah, and was with Sherman from Atlanta to Raleigh,
N. C., and was mustered out at Camp Denison, Ohio, July 24, 1865.
He participated in a number of battles, among which were: First Bull
Run, Vienna, McDowell, Cross Keyes, Cedar Mountain, second Bull Run,
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Valley, Mission Ridge, Resaca,
Peach Tree Creek, siege of Atlanta, and Averysboro. July 20,
1865, a few days before he was mustered out, Mr. Downing
received from the Governor of Ohio, the commission as Major, but on
account of the small number of men left in the regiment, he was not
mustered in. After the war he engaged in merchandising in
Waverly till 1870. In 1869 he took a position as clerk in the
United States Assessor’s office, under General W. S. Jones,
where he remained four years, when the office was abandoned.
Aug. 1, 1873, he was appointed Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue
for the district, holding the office till October, 1882. July
1, 1879, he again embarked in the mercantile business with
General Jones, with whom he still continues. Major
Downing was married Mar. 8, 1866, to Sarah M. Puffer,
who was born and reared in Pike County, a daughter of Horace
Puffer. T hey have four children—Emmie L., Horace E-.,
Effie L. and Amelia B. Major Downing
was reared in the Methodist church, and has always been associated
with it.
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E. F. DRAPER
was born in Erie County, N. Y., March 23, 1846, a son of A. E.
and Lorenda (Hodge) Draper, natives of New York, his father
born in June, 1808, and his mother in 1812. They were married in
1831 and were the parents of twelve children, eight living to man and
womanhood. His mother died Sept. 12, 1876. His father
still lives on the old farm. He has been Justice of the Peace
many years, but was obliged to rescind the office a year ago on
account of his age. Mr. Draper spent his early
life on the farm where he was born, attending the district school two
terms a year between the ages of four and twelve years, and afterward
attended school winters and worked on the farm summers till fifteen.
His father owned a life scholarship in Genesee College, Lima, N. Y.,
and when sixteen he entered that school, remaining two years with the
exception of two winter terms when he taught a country school.
Nov. 4, 1864, he came to Portsmouth where his eldest brother was
already located. He worked at the M. & C. R. R. office
gratuitously till the following February, and was then appointed agent
at Jackson; remained there a year, and then returned to Portsmouth to
take the place of ticket agent and assist his brother in the freight
department. In 1873 the telegraph line was erected along the
branch railroad was at work at, and could call the names of probably
1,500 children if met on the street and tell which school they
attended. He assisted the late Colonel J. E. Wharton
in Framing the bill that was passed by the Legislature, and introduced
the matter to the board which organized the Wharton Library, corner of
Court and Fifth streets. He became a member of the Board of
Trade soon after attaining his majority, and is now serving the second
year as its President. He is serving his third year as Treasurer
of the Ohio Valley Agricultural Society. He was Treasurer of the
First Presbyterian Church four years. The church was $400 in
debt when he took the financial management, and when he left it there
was a surplus of $100 in the treasury. He has been President of
the Brick-a-brac Circle three years, and was Secretary of the Harmonic
Society, when in existence. While not a bitter partisan his
sympathies are Republican, and he likes to be able to say that his
father and six brothers voted for Grant, Hayes and Garfield for the
presidency. He has been a member of several State conventions
and many lesser ones. He has been a correspondent of the
Cincinnati, now Commercial, Gazette since 1875. He was married
June 16, 1869, to Mary E. Adams, who came to
Portsmouth in 1864 to take the position of organist in the First
Presbyterian Church, which she has held nineteen years. They
have
no children of their own, but adopted a little girl, seven years of
age who has now been with them eleven years, and two years ago they
adopted the son of an older brother - Egbert M. Draper,
fifteen years of age, and now learning the railroad business.
The daughter's name is Henrietta.
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JOHN F. DROEGE was
born in Bohnhorst, ex-kingdom of Hanover, Germany, Feb. 13, 1813,
where he was reared and educated. He came to America in the
fall of 1836, landing at Baltimore. From there he went to
Wheeling, W. Va., and then to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was
employed as workman in an oil-cloth factory for six years. In
1842 he went back to Germany; started from New Orleans, Dec. 5, and
landed in Bremen, and returned in 1843. He was employed in a
dry-goods store in Cincinnati till 1845, when he went the second
time to Germany, and in 1846 returned to Cincinnati, Ohio, and
started in business for himself in a hardware, queen's-ware and
variety store on Clinton street. He was married in 1847 to
Lucy Fiedler, who was born Nov. 11, 1824, in Bornstoff, Hanover.
To them were born five children, but one living, Louisa. He
sold out his business in Cincinnati in 1853 and came to Portsmouth,
Ohio, where he kept a hardware store about fourteen years. In
1868 he purchased his present farm of sixteen acres of very valuable
land, on which he has a substantial frame residence. In 1880
his daughter, Louisa was married to William
Cook, of Hanging Rock, Ohio.
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WILLIAM DUIS,
manufacturer of drain tiles, is a native of Prussia, born Aug. 18,
1833. He came to America at the age of twelve years, landing
at New Orleans. From there he went to Cincinnati, and in 1845
came to Lawrence County, Ohio. Here he was employed at the
iron works till 1860. Since then he has lived in Scioto
County, where he followed farming till 1871, when he commenced his
present business, in which he is having an extensive trade.
Until the last year the tile factory has been an incorporated body
of which Mr. Duis was President; but January, 1883, he bought
out the company, and is now sole proprietor. He was married
Sept. 11, 1853, to Mary Ann Verigan, born in Lawrence County,
Dec. 29, 1833. Their children are - Rosina, William H.,
Lida V., Lizzie O., Anna M., John and Winnifred. Mr.
Duis and wife and most of his family are members of the
Methodist Episcopal church. He has 122 acres of fine land in
Porter Township, and a residence near Wheelersburg, Ohio.
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JOHN DUTEIL was born
May 13, 1826, in Vernon Township, Scioto Co., Ohio, a son of
Francis and Mary (Snedgeor) Duteil. His father died in
1865, and his mother in 1880. They had a family of twelve
children, six of whom are now one of the successful farmers and
stock-raisers of the county. He owns 260 acres of fine land.
He has served his township as Trustee thirty years.
Politically he is a Republican. He has been married four
times. His first wife was Sarah Ann Lewis. The
second was Mary M. Gifford, who left four children. The
third, Orilla Chamberlain who left five children. His
present wife was Hannah Ruth They have four children.
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