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History of Shelby County, Ohio
Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So.
1883

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THE ABBOTT FAMILY.  About the days of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers four brothers by the name of Abbott came from England to America.  Religious persecutions drove them from their native land, for they were of the same faith of the Pilgrim Fathers.  It is not known whether they had families or not, neither is it known just where they located, but it was somewhere on the coast of the New England colonies.  We have no account of them or their descendants down to  Bancroft Abbott, who appeared on the "stage of action" some four generations later.  He was born in Massachusetts or Connecticut about 1760.  Whom or when he married we cannot learn, but we known that he had a family of seven children.  Thomas, the eldest of the seven, was born in Connecticut about 1785.  When a young man he went to Vermont.  Here about 1813 he married Anna Powers.  They reared a family of four children, viz., William, Martha, Mary, and George E.  He spent the most of his life in the State of Vermont, but died in Georgetown, N. Y., about 1857.
     Of his family William was born in Vermont.  Later in life he came to Ohio, but being of an adventurous and pioneer disposition he sought the newer and wilder sections of the country.  He next went next went to Western Illinois, remained there until after the Rebellion, when he sought a home in the far West, and finally located in Wyoming Territory, where he now resides.
     Martha, the eldest daughter, came to Sidney in 1847, and is the wife of James V. Wilkin, of Sidney.
     Mary came to Sidney in 1848.  She is the wife of Guy C. Kelsey, of Sidney.
     George E., the youngest of the family, was born in Newberry, Vt., in 1824.  Came to Ohio in 1845, and located in Sidney, where he engaged in the cabinet business.  He married Harriet Jackson (a daughter of Edward Jackson, one of the pioneers of Orange Township) in 1849.  In 1850, when the gold excitement was raging in California, he left his wife and infant child, and, in company with a number of others from Sidney, stated across the plains to seek their fortunes, but, like thousands of others, he never realized the desire of his ambition.  After spending about one year in October, 1851, and was buried by his messmates, who had cared for him through his sickness.  His widow still lives in Sidney with her only child, Alonzo E., who was born in Sidney Jan. 9, 1850.  He had made his home with his mother all through life.  At the age of eighteen years he entered a dry-goods store as a clerk, which he followed about ten years, for three years was a travelling salesman for manufactories in Sidney.  Is now engaged in the real estate and insurance business.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. 1883 - Page 388
Dinsmore Twp. -
ELI ABBOTT was born in Dinsmore Township, Shelby County, on the 30th of July, 1844.  He is a son of William H. and Susannah Abbott.  He was educated in the common schools of Dinsmore Township; also attended normal school at Sidney.  In the fall of 1864, he began teaching school in Auglaize County, taught three months, or until Feb. 13, 1865, when he enlisted in Company D, 192d O. V. I., and served until some time after the close of the war.  He was discharged from the service Sept. 7, 1865, and then returned to his home in Dinsmore Township.  On the 26th of October, 1865, he married Miss Charity, daughter of George and Catharine Turner, who was born in Dinsmore Township, this county, Aug. 21, 1843.  Mr. and Mrs. Abbott settled on the farm in section 6, Dinsmore Township, on which they have since resided.  They have a family of four children, three sons and one daughter.  In the fall of 1868 he again began teaching, which he followed as his vocation about four months each winter, and conducted his farm during the summer months, until 1880, when he retired from teaching, and has since given all of his time to farming, which he has conducted successfully, and now owns a farm of one hundred and twenty acres in section 6, Dinsmore Township.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 244
Dinsmore Twp. -
WILLIAM H. ABBOTT was born in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Jan. 18, 1818.  He is a son of William and Catharine Abbott, who emigrated to Ohio in 1828, and located in Fairfield County, remained four years, or until 1832, when they came to Shelby County, and located in Franklin Township.  William H. Abbott, subject of this sketch, came to this county with his parents in 1832, and has since been a citizen of the county.  On the 16th of August, 1836, he married Miss Susannah, daughter of Daniel and Susannah Woodring, then of this county, but a native of Fairfield, Ohio, where she was born Dec. 15, 1815.  Mr. and Mrs. Abbott came to Dinsmore Township in November, 1836, and settled on the farm in section 6, on which they have since resided.  He has made farming his vocation, and now owns a good farm of 162 acres, on which he has conducted the business of farming with success.  He reared a family of six children, viz., Catharine, Sarah A.., Daniel W., Eli, Mary J., and Margaret, one of whom is now dead, viz., Mary J.  His two sons, Daniel W. and Eli, served in the war of 1861.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 244
GEORGE ACKERLY was born in Bavaria, Dec. 27, 1821.  When twenty-three years old he came to America and landed in New York, proceeded at once to Dayton, Ohio.  He entered the Mexican war with the 1st Ohio Regiment, Colonel Weller, and started for Mexico on the 1st of July.  Reaching New Orleans about the twelfth of the month, he went into Camp Jackson a few days, when crossing the Gulf he landed at Point Isabel.  Crossing the Rio Grande the troops with which he was proceeded to Cerro, where they joined the main force of General Taylor.  Moving on they went into camp at Monterey, but on the 21st of July left camp for Black Ford and saw the rout of the first Mexican force.  About four months later they went to Buena Vista expecting an engagement, but found the city deserted and returned to Monterey. When driving a wagon train he was attacked by Mexicans and lost fifty-three wagons, the commandant being Major Joshua R. Giddings. After serving out his full enlistment, Mr. Ackerly was honorably discharged at New Orleans and given transportation to Dayton, Ohio.  In November, 1848, he married Philakua Eicher, this being three days before he cast his first vote for Genl. Taylor.  His first wife died, and after a period of three years he married her sister Barbara.  They had six children.  In 1856 Mr. Ackerly bought a farm in Shelby County and moved to it in 1858.  Eight years later he moved to Sidney and bought the "Farmers' Hotel," which he managed about nine years when he sold out and moved to his present home.  Was engaged at merchant tailoring and clothing business about five years.  He was a member of the city council three years, and at this time is an infirmary director of the county.  When he came to this country he had no means but his energy, but by labor and persistence he has procured a competency of worldly goods.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. 1883 - Page 376
HEZEKIAH S. AILES, of Welsh descent, was born in Salem, New Jersey, in 1793.  He served through the war of 1812 in a Virginia regiment.  Moving to Ohio he settled in Franklin Township, Shelby County, where he reared a family of five children.  Of these children Hezekiah S. Ailes is the only survivor.  He was born in Harrison County, Virginia (West), May 19, 1840, before the removal of his parents to Ohio in 1842.  From his eighteenth year he was engaged chiefly in the profession of teaching until Aug. 18, 1862, when he enlisted in Company I, 118th Regiment O. V. I.  He entered the service as a private, was wounded at the battle of Resaca, May 14, 1864.  He participated in the battles of Franklin and Nashville, and the other important engagements in which his regiment took part.  He was promoted to sergeant-major of his regiment, and was mustered out at the close of the war.  Returning home he resumed teaching, which he followed until 1875, when he was appointed deputy auditor of Shelby County, and served five years, at the expiration of which period (1880) he was elected auditor.  He is at this time the candidate of the Democrats for re-election to the same office.  He was married in October, 1867, to Miss Jane Elliott, of this county.  Three sons and four daughters are the result of this union.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. 1883 - Page 372
Washington Twp. -
ALEXANDER FAMILY

Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 283

Dinsmore Twp. -
PHILEMON B. ALLEN, son of Silas D. Allen, was born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, Feb. 27, 1826.  He came to Shelby County with his father in 1832, and located in Dinsmore Township, where he was engaged at clearing land and farming, until in the spring of 1850, when he bought himself an ox-team and began teaming, which he followed about five years, or until in 1855, when he turned his attention to contracting and building, which he made his vocation until 1863, or '64, when he engaged in farming, which he has since been conducting with success, and now owns a good far in Dinsmore Township, on which he has resided since 1848.  On the 11th of November, 1847, he married Miss Lydia A. Coleman, daughter of James H. and Susannah Coleman, who was born in Franklin Township, Shelby County, Ohio, July 9, 1830.  They reared a family of nine children, three sons and six daughters.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 243
Dinsmore Twp. -
SILAS D. ALLEN, deceased, was born in Vermont May 22, 1801.  When yet a small child, his parents, Whiting and Mehitable Allen, came to Ohio and settled in Fairfield County, where he passed his minority days on a farm.  When he arrived at the age of eighteen years, or in 1819, he began working at the wheelwright and chair-making trades, which he followed about five years.  He then turned his attention to contracting and building, which he followed until in 1832, when he turned his attention to clearing land and farming, which he conducted with success until his death.  In 1824 he married Miss Elizabeth George, then of Fairfield County, who died in the autumn of 1828, leaving him with two small children without the maternal care, viz., Philemon B. and Elizabeth.  In 1831 he married Miss Phebe A. Fridley of Pickaway County, Ohio.  Soon after his second marriage, he came to Shelby County, entered the east half of the northwest quarter of section 24, Dinsmore Township.  In 1832 he moved his family to this county, made improvements and settled on his land in section 25, where he passed the remainder of his days.  He died in June, 1850.  His wife died in March, 1861.  They reared a family of five children, viz. John S., George S., Oscar D., Isaac C., and Benjamin.  George S. died February, 1861.  Oscar D. and Isaac C. served in the war of 1861.  Mr. Allen's father served about eighteen months in the war of 1812.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 243
FERDINAND AMANN

Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. 1883 - Page 390

GEN. JAMES L. AMOS.  Although not a pioneer of Shelby County, Gen'l. Amos is entitled to rank among the foremost men of the county, as well as among the prominent men of the State.  His ancestry traces back to the settlement in Maryland under the Lord Baltimore grant by Charles H. in 1629.  The descendants of this original stock are now distributed throughout the United States.  He was born near Beallsville, Monroe County, Ohio, on the 30th day of March, 1833, a little more than a half century ago.  He was reared on a farm, but after attaining his eighteenth year his time was divided between the labors of a teacher and those of a farmer until he was twenty-seven years of age.  With the exception of one academic year, his education was acquired in the public schools and by private study at his home.  While at his farm home he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1859, when he immediately entered upon the practice of his profession.  In 1861 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Monroe County, and was honored by a re-election in 1863.  In 1860 he became a member of the board of school examiners of his county, which position he remained until 1870, when he resigned, and refused to further serve.  In 1869 he was elected to the State Senate from the 20th senatorial district of Ohio, comprising the counties of Monroe and Geurnsey and a portion of Noble.  He was re-elected to the General Assembly at the succeeding election, and thus served two terms in the Senate.  In 1874 Governor William Allen honored by his appointment as adjutant-general of Ohio, an office which he held two years.  During his administration the present system of volunteer militia was inaugurated, and he also actively engaged in this settlement of the ordnance accounts between the State of Ohio and the United States.  By this action he secured an exchange of the condemned arms, which were charged to the State account in 1863, for the new and improved arms now used by the Ohio National Guards.  Since the close of his administration as adjutant-general he has been engaged in the newspaper business.  In 1876 he came to Sidney, and purchased the Shelby County Democrat, and has since retained its editorship and proprietorship.  Being a man of practical ideas, liberal views, and social qualities he has carried the Democrat to a higher level of ability and success than it ever before attained.  The Democrat enjoys the distinction of ranking among the best Democratic weeklies in Western Ohio.  General Amos was married Sept. 9, 1856, to Miss Nancy J. Craig, whose ancestors were among the earliest settlers of Westmoreland County, Pa., she, however, being a native of Ohio.  They have reared a family of eight children.  Of these, M. Emma is married to Monroe C. Pegg, and resides near Columbus, Ohio.  The others are all at home, and are named Delia E., who is connected with the local business department of the Democrat, Clara E., Kate J., William T., Ernest A., Howard Allen, and Frank Beeman.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. 1883 - Page 372
Clinton Twp. -
GEORGE CRAWFORD ANDERSON
was born in Warren County, Ohio, on the 14th of January, 1834.  Of his paternal ancestors but little is known.  His grandfather, John Anderson, came to Pennsylvania from the north of Ireland about the year 1780.  In 1779 he emigrated to Kentucky, settling six miles below Lexington, where on the 6th of March, 1800, James Anderson, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born.  In 1806 the family came to Ohio, and settled down in the wilderness a few miles east of the present site of Loveland, in Clermont County, where the grandparents died, having reared a family of twelve children.
     About the year 1825 James Anderson and Julia Dunham were married at Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio.  To them were born Rudolph Warren, Oscar Josephus, Semantha Adeline, and Adelbert Huntington (the subject of this sketch), whose name, after the death of his mother in 1835, was changed to George Crawford, on his adoption by George B. and Adeline C. Crawford, his maternal aunt.
     Two years after the death of Mr. Crawford in 1844 he was taken by James Anderson - his father - to Hamilton County, Ohio, where he had again married, and was then living.  While living with his father the surname Anderson was added to that of George Crawford since which time he has been written and known as George Crawford Anderson.  His father died, and his adopted mother having in the mean time married Mr. Isaac Harrison, a woollen manufacturer living two and a half miles east of Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio.  He came in 1848 to live with her.  Here he learned the woollen manufacturing business, and received a common school education, and in 1856 was married to Ruth Maxwell.  In 1857 he bought the woollen mill of Mr. Harrison, and began manufacturing on his own account.  In 1862 he removed the woollen machinery to the east bank of the Miami River at Sidney, Ohio, where he engaged with B. W. Maxwell in woollen manufacturing.  During this year his wife died.  Of their three children one, Adelbert H. had preceded its mother in 1861.  Another, Willie A., survived her but two months.  The eldest, Benjamin Warren, is still living, and graduated in 1883 at Wooster University, preparatory to entering the theological seminary.
     G. C. A.
was again married in 1865 to Permilia Harris.  There are five children from this union:  George C., Jr., Frank C., Harris H., D. Rea, and Julia, all living.  Mr. Anderson continued in the woolen business until 1872.  Since then he has engaged in the purchasing of wool, Western emigration, and fire insurance, and has for years been identified with the local boards of the town, township, and corporation.
     Through his maternal grandmother, Betsy Dunham, whose maiden name was Huntington, his ancestry can be traced back 250 years to one Simon Huntington, who sailed from England in the year 1633 with his family of seven persons, but who died of smallpox at sea, and received an ocean burial.  His widow, Margaret Huntington, with her family of children were landed in Connecticut.  It is evident from a letter received by her from her brother that they came from London.  Through this line of ancestry came Samuel Huntington, of Connecticut, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.  Also Samuel Huntington, one of the Governors of Ohio.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. 1883 - Page 379
Green Twp. -
WILLIAM B. ANDERSON, deceased, was born in Bucks County, Pa., Sept. 12, 1818.  He came to Ohio with his parents, Thomas and Rachel Anderson who located near Centerville for a short time or until 1837, when they came to Shelby County and settled on the S. W. quarter of section 5, Green Township, on which they made improvements and lived many years.  William B. Anderson, the subject of this sketch, was brought up on a farm and made farming his avocation through life.  Nov. 18,1841, he married Miss Elizabeth A. Dorsey, born in Green Township, Shelby County, May 9, 1823, daughter of John and Catharine Dorsey.  Mr. and Mrs. Anderson settled on the farm in section 5, Green Township, where she is now living.  Mr. Anderson died June 21, 1861.  They reared a family of seven children, viz., Elvira, John D., Clara, Thomas J., William H., Charles A., and George D.  Of these all are living, except Clara.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. 1883 - Page 208
Green Twp. -
ALLEN ARBOGAST, third son of Cornelius and Sarah Arbogast, was born in Clarke County, Ohio, Mar. 11, 1837.  He came to Shelby County with his parents in 1851, and located in Green Township as aforesaid.  He received a common school education, also attended several terms of school at Sidney and Troy.  When at the age of sixteen years he taught his first term of school.  He attended school during the summer, and taught from four to five months each winter for two years.  Then for six years he followed farming during the summer, and taught from four to five months each winter for two years.  Then for six years he followed farming during the summer months, and teaching in the winter.  Then for two years he gave all of his time to teaching winter and summer - in all making eleven years.  A part of which time he was employed at teaching.  In 1866 he retired from teaching, and has since given his attention to farming and stockraising, which he has conducted with success, and now owns a farm of 161 acres, on which he now resides.  Sept. 3, 1857, he married Miss Lydia Schobey, of Miami County, Ohio, where she was born Mar. 2, 1839, daughter of John and Margaret Scobey.  By this union he has a family of ten children, five sons and five daughters.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 209
Green Twp. -
CORNELIUS ARBOGAST, Retired Farmer.
     Mr. Arbogast was born in Greenbrier County, Va., in October, 1801.  When he had attained the age of ten years, or in 1811, his parents came to Ohio and located in Clarke County, where he grew to manhood.  April 12, 1821, he married Miss Sarah Davidson, then of Clarke County, but a native of Franklin County, Ohio, where she was born in December, 1800.  Mr. and Mrs. Arbogast settled on a farm in Clarke County, remained until 1851, when they came to Shelby County, purchased and settled on the northwest quarter of section seven, Green Township, remained  until 1858, when he purchased and moved on a farm in Clinton Township.  In 1865 he sold his farm in Clinton, returned to Green Township, purchased the farm which is now owned by his son, Allen Arbogast.  In 1865 he made a division of a part of his property among his  nine children, giving to each child one thousand dollars, and still retaining for himself his farm in section thirty, on which he resided until March, 1880, when he sold his farm, and has since made his home among his children alternately.  His companion died Oct. 19, 1881.  He raised a family of nine children, viz., Adaline, Margaret, John H., Elizabeth, Lewis, Allen, Ruth, Lydia A., and Cornelius.  Lydia A. is now dead.  Allen Arbogast served three years in Company F, 20th O. V. I. during the war of 1861.  John H. Arbogast served nearly two years in the war of 1861.

Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 209

Loramie Twp. -
NAPOLEON B. ASHTON

Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 314

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