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History of Lower Scioto Valley
Together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships,
Educational,
Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent
Persons,
and Biographies of Representative Citizens
Chicago: Inter-State
Publishing Co.
1884
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JOSHUA OAKES was born
in Scioto County, Jan. 11, 1826, and was educated in the district
schools. After attaining his majority he went to Illinois,
where he was engaged in running a saw-mill three years. He
then returned to Ohio and purchased the ferry at Haverhill, running
it for seven years, when in 1857 he bought his present farm of 190
acres, where he is engaged in farming and raising fine horses and
cattle. In 1877 he established his present tile factory, which
is one of the valuable enterprises of the township. He was
married in 1850 to Temperance M., daughter of Jesse
Marshall, an old resident of the Scioto Valley. They are
the parents of eight children - Mary C., A. D., Oscar F., T.
Ella, Elona R., Charles H., Elmore A. and Frank E.
His father was born at Long Island, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1796, and his
mother was a native of Lawrence County, Ohio, and died in 1846.
Of their five children four are living - Margaret A., Henry A.,
Charles W. and our subject. Ephraim Oakes was again
married to Emeline Church, by whom he had three children.
She died about 1856. He was then married to Marshal Sheahan,
his present wife. They have had two children.
~ Page 363 - History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-state
Publishing Co. 1884
NOTE: Joshua Oakes, son of Ephriam Oakes b. Hunting, L. I. and
Nancy Davisson, b. Virginia was born Jan. 11, 1826 at Haverhill,
Ohio and died Jan. 12, 1914, at Green, Scioto Co., OH. He was
a widow and farmer, aged 88 yrs. old and he was buried at Davison
Cem.
Copy of Death record at
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Amaziah David Oakes (probably A. D. Oakes above), son of Joshua
Oakes and Temperance Marshall, b. ca. 1854 and died Jan. 22, 1936 at
Green, Scioto Co., Ohio. He was a male, aged 82 years.
Copy of Death record at:
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Oscar Oakes, son of Joshua Oakes, b. Scioto Co. and Temperence
Marshall, b. Scioto Co., b. Jul. 2, 1856 at Scioto Co., OH and died
Mar. 20, 1927 at Green Twp., Scioto Co., OH, buried at Davidson Cem.
He was a male, widowed farmer, aged 71 at time of death.
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NELSON ODEL was born in
Scioto County, Ohio, in 1818, a son of Ransom and Lydia (Barlow)
Odel, natives of Tennessee, who came to Ohio in 1815. Of
their eight children, but three are living—Benajah, Nelson and
James, the latter of Idaho. Mary Thomas, Moses, Miranda
and Chauncey are deceased. Mr. Odel died in
1856, aged seventy-six years, and Mrs. Odel in 1866,
aged seventy-six. Nelson Odel was married in 1840 to
Sarah, daughter of William Walker, and settled on the
farm where he still resides. He has been successful and now
owns 500 acres of valuable land, all well improved. Of
thirteen children born to him eleven are living— James, George
W., Elizabeth, John, Charles W., Nelson, Jr., Thomas J.,
Sallie Ann, Andrew J., Joseph and Martha.
William and Polly Ann are deceased. James
enlisted in 1863 in Captain Cole’s company and served
till the close of the war.
~ Page 437 - History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 |
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G. S. OLDFIELD, grocer,
corner Seventh and Chillicothe streets, is a native of Portsmouth.
His father, William Oldfield, came from the State of New York
to Portsmouth in the year 1814, where he died in the year 1861, aged
seventy years. He was a miller and farmer, and the later years
of his life were spent in the grocery business. He was at one
time an Associate Judge, also a member of the Ohio Legislature, and
was a consistent member of All-Saints' Episcopal Church from
its organization. G. S. Oldfield lived on the farm till
about sixteen years of age, and in 1850 went to California, where he
remained five years in the gold mines. In 1855 he returned to
Portsmouth and has ever since been engaged in the grocery business.
He was married Nov. 15, 1864, to Eliza J. Baker, a native of
England. They have five children - William S., Frank C.,
Robert B. and George G. Two children, John
R. and Edward, died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs.
Oldfield are members of All-Saints' Episcopal Church. He
is a Master Mason and a member of Aurora Lodge, No. 48.
~ Page 285 - History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-state
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