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

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Washington Twp. -
THOMAS CALDWELL was born in North Ireland in the year 1800.  In 1821 he married Margaret Johnson.  The following year they set sail for St. John's, New Brunswick, where they stayed a short time, then crossed the Bay of Fundy to Nova Scotia, where they remained until 1834, when they emigrated to Medina County, Ohio.  They remained at this place until 1838, then moved to Shelby County and located below Sidney, where he superintended work on the canal feeder for a time, then took a sub-contract on the canal, which he completed in the fall of 1841.  The same fall he bought eighty acres of land in Washington Township and moved upon it.  Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell raised a family of nine children, seven of whom are still living, viz., John, Sarah, Mary, Robert, James, Samuel and Margaret.  Of this number Sarah, Mary, and James are in the county.
     John, the eldest of the family, went to California in 1850.  He worked in the mines a couple of years and was then elected to the Slate Legislature.  After filling his term in the Legislature he read law, was elected Judge for the county, and is now on the Bench of Supreme Court as Judge of the State of California.  James, who is now on the home place, was born in Nova Scotia in 1834, has remained on the homestead all his life, and is now its proprietor.
     Thomas Caldwell died in 1847.  Mrs. Caldwell, after the death of her husband, kept her family together and raised them up to man and womanhood.  She still survives and is hale and hearty at the age of eighty years.

Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 289
Washington Twp. -
THE CAMPBELL AND MONROE FAMILIES.  The Campbells are of Irish descent.  They came to America during the seventeenth century and settled in Virginia.  It was here in Loudon County that Wm. Campbell was born, about 1707.  Here he lived, and died about 1810, at the age of one hundred and three years.  Andrew Campbell, his son, was born in 1768, and lived there to marry Jane Carr.  They raised a family of eight children.  Eliza, the eldest of these, was born in Virginia in 1804, and married Henson Monroe in 1819.  they had born to them sixteen children, fifteen of whom grew to manhood and womanhood.  Their names are as follows:  Nancy, James, Mary, Henson S., Eliza, William, Sarah, Emily, Jonathan, Virginia, Lydia, Amanda, John, Caroline, and Josephine.  Mr. Monroe settled in Shelby County in 1834, where he died in 1853.  His widow settled in Shelby County in 1834, where he died in 1853.  His widow still survives and resides on the old homestead they first bought  Of this large family of children there are still living.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 289
Salem Twp. -
ANDREW CARGILL, son of David and Mary A. Wyant Cargill, was born in Zanesville, O., in the year 1836.  His father with his family moved to Shelby County in 1849.  Here, in the year 1862, Andrew married Miss Sarah Stout.  Their family consists of three children, viz., Ulysses E., born 1863; Laura A., born 1866; and Sherman G., born 1868.  Abram Stout, the father of Miss Cargill, settled in Shelby County in 1830.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 340
Salem Twp. -
ELBERT CARGILL, the subject of this sketch, was born in New York in 1816.  In the year 1819 he was taken by his parents to Muskingum County, O., where he lived till the year 1853, when he moved to Shelby County.  In 1838 he married Miss Mary A. Launder, who was born in England in the year 1819.  Their family consists of six children, viz., Elbert H., Isabel,  Charles, Anna, Alice, and Cora.  The Cargills originally are from Scotland, but the date of their emigration to the United States cannot be given.  They first settled in the State of New York.  The Launders, Mrs. Cargill’s parents, came from England to the United States in 1820, and settled in Muskingum County.  Mr. Cargill is located on section 3, Salem Township, on what is known as the Samuel Taylor farm, which was entered as early as 1821.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 340
Salem Twp. -
JOHN CARGILL, also a son of David Cargill, was born in Zanesville, O., in 1829.  When twenty years of age he came to Shelby County.  He learned the cooper trade, which he followed for several years; then bought a tannery, and for a number of years has been engaged manufacturing leather.  In the year 1852 he married Margaret A. Strahlem.  By this union they have five children, Medora J., born 1853; Mary A., born 1855; Ellen E., born 1858; Emma M., born 1866, and Sarah B., born 1868.

Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 340
Jackson Twp. -
O. CARGILL, the only merchant in Jackson Centre, was born in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, May 25, 1833.  In 1855 he came to Salem Township, and worked at the cooper trade, which he had learned at Zanesville.  Leaving Salem Township in 1860 he went to Butler County, where he worked about two years at the same trade.  About 1862 he came to Sidney, a little later to Salem Township, and in a few years moved back to Sidney.  He then bought a farm near town on which he lived until 1876, when he moved to Jackson Centre, and opened a general supply store.  In this business he is still engaged, and doing a large and prosperous trade.  In 1877 he was appointed post-master of the village, and still holds the appointment.  On the upper floor of his store building the Masonic society has a hall, well fitted and furnished.  While not directly doing a hotel business, the traveller in this section will find the Cargill House a proper stopping place.  In 1860 Mr. Cargill married Rose Ann Colgan, of Dayton, Ohio.  They have four children living, named Allen L., Llewellyn, Clara, and Gracie.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 230
Dinsmore Twp. -
HON. J. M. CARSON was born in Jackson Township, this county, June 7, 1846, and continued in that township engaged in farming until 1863.  In July, 1863, he enlisted in Co. G, 9th O. Cav., and followed Sherman in his march to the sea, receiving his discharge in August, 1865.  After the war he educated himself and taught school a portion of the succeeding eight years.  In 1876 he became a member of the Lower House of the General Assembly, where, after serving two years, he was elected to the State Senate for the same period.  In 1879 he accepted a clerkship in the Navy Department and so remained in Washington, D. C., until April, 1881, when he came to Anna and took charge of a warehouse.  In 1882, he was elected Mayor of the town of Anna, and Justice of the Peace.  He is now here, engaged in the grain, salt, lime, coal, flour and seeds trade, doing a general warehouse business.  His father was a native of Ohio, and died in 1852.  His mother, a daughter of Benjamin Wallingsford, belonged to the pioneers of Jackson Township, and died here in 1850.  Mr. Carson married Bessie E. Stanley Jan. 1, 1872.  They have three children, named Millard Everett, Oliver Paine, and Victor Vance.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 241
Orange Twp. -
WILLIAM CECIL, the father of Mrs. Richard W. and Mrs. David Valentine was married to Betsey Guthrie in 1809, in Virginia, and came to Shelby County in 1814, and located on what is now the infirmary farm.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 188
Turtle Creek Twp. -
WILLIAM W. CECIL, deceased, was born in Pulaski County, Virginia, Oct. 8, 1786.  On the 19th day of September, 1808, he married Miss Anna C. Wygal, of same county, born Sept. 24, 1787.  In the fall of 1812, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil came to Ohio and located in Clarke County, remaining one winter, or until in the spring of 1813, when they came to Shelby County, and settled on section 17, Washington Township, on which he resided until 1862, when he left his farm and moved to Piqua, Miami County, where he died Sept. 12, 1865.  He was married three times.  His first wife died Apr. 8, 1830, leaving him with a family of nine children, viz., Bryan S., Purlina, Rhoda, Mary E., Boston, Virginia, Ellen, Reuben, and De Witt C.  Only three of the number are now living, viz., Bryan S., Rhoda, and Boston.  July 13, 1833, he married Mrs. Lydia Mellinger, née Carey, by whom he had two children, John M., and AnnaMrs. Cecil died Aug. 1, 1838.  He then married Mrs. Elizabeth Stephens, Nov. 15, 1840, who was born Feb. 27,1794, and died Aug. 3, 1856.  Mr. Cecil was one of the first associate judges of Shelby County, when the court was held at Hardin.  He was elected commissioner of Shelby County in 1833, and served one term.  He was elected justice of the peace soon after his settlement in Washington Township.  His son, Boston Cecil, now resides in Turtle Creek Township.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 305
Van Buren Twp. - |
JOHN S. CHOOLHOFF a native of Hanover, was born in the year 1808, and came to this county in 1838, when he settled in section 18 of this township.  In 1851 he was married in this county, and has reared a family of eight children, named Miana, Anna, Eliza, William, Mary, Henry, John, and Rosena.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 253
Green Twp. -
DAVID CHRISMAN, deceased, was born in Virginia Feb. 28, 1792.  He migrated to Ohio with his father and located in Hamilton County, where he married Miss Leanah Stoneshaffer.  In 1844 Mr. and Mrs. Chrisman came to Shelby County and settled on section 13, where they made improvements and passed the remainder of their days.  Mr. Chrisman died July 24, 1866.  His companion survived him until Dec. 5, 1870.  They reared a family of ten children, viz., Martha A., Alfred, Emeline, Mary A., Eliza, Anna M., Rosanna, Sarah M., Harriet, and David A., four of whom are now dead - Emeline, Sarah M., Martha A., and Anna M.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 206
Cynthian Twp. -
WILLIAM H. CHRISMAN was born in Warren County, Ohio, in 1825.  Frederick Chrisman, his father, was born in Maryland in 1783.  Married Elizabeth Cyster in 1810.  They came to Cynthian in 1833, and located in section 27.  They reared a family of nine children.  Mr. C. died in 1853.  Mrs. C. died in 1874.  William H. married Ann Gillespie in 1849.  The number of their children is six, as follows:  James G., William G., Garret, Catharine, Daniel W., and Elliott.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 275
Loramie Twp. -
DAVID CLARK, deceased, was born near Lancaster, Pa., Sept. 20, 1768, where he passed his minority days on a farm.  On the 1st of May, 1800, he married Miss Nancy Ramsey, of near Lancaster, Pa., where she was born July 3, 1777.  Mr. and Mrs. Clark came to Ohio in 1815 and located in Hamilton County, remained until May, 1817, when they moved to Miami County, O., and settled in Newberry Township, remained until March, 1820, when they came to Shelby County, and settled on the northeast quarter of
section 19, Loramie Township, on which they passed the remainder of
their days.  Mr. Clark died Oct. 22, 1823; his wife survived him until Jan. 14, 1848.  They reared a family of six children, viz., Samuel, Thomas, Hannah, David, Margaret, and JamesDavid and James are the only ones of the family that are now living, and they reside in Loramie Township.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 313
Loramie Twp. -
DAVID CLARK, Retired Farmer, third son of David and Nancy Clark, was born in Washington County, Pa., Aug. 28, 1810.  He came to Shelby County with his parents in March, 1820, and located in Loramie Township, where he has since resided.  On the 28th of January, 1836, he married Miss Sarah M. Dye, of Miami County, O., born Mar. 18, 1806.  By this union he had three
children, one of whom is now living, viz., Nancy J., wife of Edward
Wall
.  His wife died Oct. 5, 1843.  On the 1st of April, 1847, he married
Miss Margaret Morrow, who was born in Hamilton County, O., Mar. 18, 1822, daughter of Daniel and Mary Morrow.  By this union he had eight children, six of whom are now living, viz., Mary R., Thomas J., James D., William R., David H., and Fannie M.

Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 313
Loramie Twp.
JAMES CLARK, youngest son of David and Nancy Clark, was born in Hamilton County, O., Oct. 19, 1816.  He came to Shelby County with his parents in March, 1820, and located in Loramie Township.  On the 2d of April, 868, he married Mrs. Harriet L. Riffle, widow of Jacob Riffle, daughter of Isaac and Phebe Winans, then of Cynthian Township, this county, but a native of New Jersey, , where she was born Dec. 1, 1826.  Mr. and Mrs. Clark settled on a part of his father's home farm in section 19, on which they lived until in the autumn of 871, when they moved on the farm in section 8, on which they now reside.  He has made farming his vocation, and now owns two good farms in Loramie Township.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 313
Dinsmore Twp. -
GEORGE CLINEHENS, deceased, was born in Germany Mar. 24, 1815.  He made farming his avocation through life.  In the beginning of the year 1838, he immigrated to America and located in Pittsburgh, Pa., where, on teh 7th of November, 1838, he married Miss Eve MootMiss Moot was born in Germany Feb. 12, 1815.  She came to America in the summer of 1838, and located in Pittsburgh.  Soon after marriage Mr. and Mrs. Clinehens moved to Richmond, Indiana, remained about four years, or until in 1842, when they came to Shelby County, and settled on eighty acres of land, which is the south half of the northwest quarter of section 29, Dinsmore Township, on which Mr. Clinehens died Jan. 2, 1876.  His companion is residing on the home farm.  They reared a family of eight children, and Philip R., all of whom are now living.  David T. is residing on the home farm in Dinsmore Township.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 243
Dinsmore Twp. -
DR. P. R. CLINEHENS, son of George and Eve Clinehens, was born in Dinsmore Township, this county, Feb. 14, 1855.  He received in common school education; also attended the union school at Sidney one year, and then three years at Lebanon, Ohio.  In 1877 he began the study of medicine under the tutorage of Dr. Le Fevre, of Anna.  He attended lectures at Cincinnati, and graduated in the class of 1880, at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery.  In March, 1881, he located at Botkins, where he has since been engaged in the practice of medicine.  Mar. 30, 1879, he married Miss Lou E. Weatherhead, of Miami County, Ohio, where she was born Dec. 15, 1862, by whom he has one child, viz., Rolla H.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 245
Van Buren Twp. -
MICHAEL COCHLIN was born in London, England, in 1820, and came here in 1837.  He was married in this county to Miss Catharine Hunt, and has reared four children, named Laura, Thomas, Elizabeth and Emma.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 254
Franklin Twp. -
WESLEY COLE was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, Nov. 28, 1808, where he spent his minority on a farm.  On the 13th day of September, 1837, he married Miss Mary 'A., daughter of George W. and Nancy GlazeMiss Glaze was born in Maryland, Sept. 19, 1816, and came to Pickaway County, Ohio, with her parents in 1827.  In November, 1837, Mr. and Mrs. Cole came to Shelby County and settled on a farm in Franklin Township and remained a number of years.  In 1853 they moved on the farm south of their old farm, where they now reside.  They reared a family of seven children, viz., Nancy P., Dennith A. and Mary M. (twins), Elizabeth I., Rosa A., George W., and S. Emma.  Nancy P.is now dead.  His father, Shadrach, was a soldier of the war of 1812.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 328
Van Buren Twp. -
ISAAC COLLINS, a farmer and carpenter, came here with his father, and settled in section 24 in 1837.  He was born in Gallia County, Ohio, in 1828.  After coming to this township he changed locations several times, at length settling in section 22, where he now resides.  In 1854 he was married, and has reared three children named Maria A., Martha J., and Nancy M.  Samuel Collins, father of the above, died here in 1858, aged seventy-four years.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 253
Green Twp. -
EDWARD CONROY, Retired Farmer; P. O. Tawawa, Ohio.
     Mr. Conroy was born in Hampshire County, Virginia, May 21, 1802.  He is a son of Edward and Jemima Conroy, who moved from Virginia to Ohio in or about 1805, and located in Pickaway County, remained until 1817, when they moved to Champaign County, located one year, or long enough to raise one crop, and from there they came to Shelby County in the fall of 1818, and settled on the northeast quarter of section 10, Green Township, on which they made improvements, and passed the remainder of their days.  Mr. Conroy died Feb. 8, 1842.  His companion died Oct. 6, 1851.  They reared a family of six children, viz., Isaac, Catharine, Nancy, Edward, Elizabeth, and Samuel.  All are now dead except Edward, the subject of this sketch, who is now living on the old home farm in Green Township.  Dec. 23, 1835, he married Miss Rebecca Scorf, of Greene County, Ohio, by whom he had four children, Isaac N., Mary C., George W., and Martha E.  His companion died in 1851.  He then married Mrs. Frances Rock, nee' McFarland, Dec. 24, 1853, who lived with him until Nov. 10, 1881, when she was taken from him by death, leaving him to fight the battles of life alone in his old days.  He is enjoying good health for one of  his years, honored and esteemed by all of his acquaintances, and commonly known as Uncle Ed Conroy.

Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 206
Turtle Creek Twp. -
DAVID COON, deceased, was born in Hampshire County, Va., in 1783.  He was reared on a farm.  He came to Ohio some time prior to the year 1812, and located in Pickaway County.  He served several months in the war of 1812.  He married Miss Lucy Burton of Pickaway County.  They settled in Pickaway County, remained until 1817, when they came to Shelby County, and settled on the west half of section 19, Turtle Creek Township, on which they passed the remainder of their days.
     In 1825 he received his patent, signed by J. Q. Adams, President of United States, dated at Washington, D. C., Apr. 1, 18245, calling for the southeast quarter of section 19.  On Mar. 12, 1829, he received a patent, signed by Andrew Jackson, calling for the east half of the southwest quarter of section 19, same township.  These patents are now in possession of his son, Alfred Coon, who owns the home farm.  Mr. Coon died in 1849, at the age of sixty-six years.  His companion died 1859, at the age of seventy-five years.  They reared a family of nine children, viz., David, Catharine, Nancy, Elizabeth, George W., Alfred, Joshua, John W., and Madison.  David, Catharine, Nancy, and Elizabeth are now dead.  George W. Coon is now residing in Dayton, Ohio.  Alfred and John W. lie in Turtle Creek township, Shelby County, Ohio.  Joshua is living in Champaign County, Illinois, and Madison is residing in Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio.  George W. Coon served about one year in the Mexican war.

Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 298
Turtle Creek Twp. -
JOHN W. COON, Farmer; P. O. Hardin, Ohio.  Mr. Coon is the fifth son of David and Lucy Coon.  He was born on the farm now owned by Alfred Coon in Turtle Creek Township, Shelby County, Dec. 25, 1822, where he passed his minority days working on the farm for his parents.  He received a common school education.  Dec. 25, 1845, he married Miss Frances C. Mills, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Mills.  Miss Mills was born in Orange, Essex County, N. J., Sept. 23, 1827.  She came to Shelby County with her parents in 1836, ad settled on a part of section 29, Turtle Creek Township.
     Mr. and Mrs. John W. Coon settled on her father's home farm, remained a few years, then moved on his father's home farm, remained until 1854, when he purchased and moved on the west half of section 19, Turtle Creek Township.  In 1864 he purchased the east half of section 24, joining his first purchase of land on the west, on which they moved in November, 1870, and have since resided.  They have two children - George B. and Gertrude.  Mr. Coon has made farming his principal avocation, and now owns a good farm of 160 acres.

Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 298
Green Twp. -
ALBERT J. CORY, Plain and Ornamental Plasterer; Tawawa, Ohio
     Mr. Cory was borne in Tyrone, Schuyler County, New York, Nov. 27, 1831, and was brought to Ohio by his parents, Joseph L. and Abigail Cory, who settled on a farm near the northeast corner of Brown Township, Miami County, in 1832, where they remained several years, or until 1840, when they moved to New Palestine, Shelby County, and remained one year.  In 1841 they moved on their farm in Miami County where Mr. Joseph L. Cory died June 8, 1865.  He was a bricklayer and plasterer by trade, having learned his trade in New York, which he followed as his principal avocation through life.  His companion, Mrs. Cory, died at the residence of her son, Albert J. Cory, Oct. 18, 1869.  They reared a family of two children, Albert J. and Sarah C. W.  Sarah C. W. married Jasper Scott Dec. 11, 1856, and died Mar. 23, 1869.
     In 1847 Albert J. Cory, subject of this sketch, went to Spring Water, New York, for the purpose of learning the tanner and currier trade with his cousin, where he remained about one year, or until Aug. 23, 1848, when he returned to his home in Ohio, and began working with his father at the bricklaying and plastering trade, which he has since made his principal vocation, having designed as well as built some of the best dwellings in the vicinity in which he resides.  Oct. 14, 1852, he married Miss Hannah Woolley, by whom he had two children, Oscar F. and Clarence W.  Oscar F. died Apr. 13, 1861.
    Mr. and Mrs. Cory settled in New Palestine, where they have since resided, with the exception of six eyars, during which time they lived one year on a farm in Van Buren Township, Shelby County, and from the spring of 1865 until the fall of 1869 they were living in Indianapolis, Ind., where he was engaged at his trade.  Nov. 4, 1861, he enlisted in Company I, 42d O. V. I., and served his country faithfully for over three years, and was honorably discharged from the service at Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 3, 1864.  He served under Colonel, now General, Garfield, and was at the battle of Tazwell, Tenn., Aug. 3, 4, 5, and 6, 1862.  He was taken prisoner at Cumberland Gap, Sept. 17, 1862, and was in the rebels' hands as a prisoner one month and thirteen days, when he was paroled and sent to the Union lines, and again returned to his company. He was with his regiment in the battle of Arkansas Post in 1863.  He witnessed the gunshot fight on Grand Gulf, Apr. 29, 1863.  He was engaged in the battle of Thompson's Hills, May 1, 1863, Champion Hills, May 16, 1863, Big Black River, May 17, 1863, the siege of Vicksburg, which lasted forty-seven days, the siege of Jackson, Miss., which lasted seven days.  Also in other engagements not here mentioned.  A part of his time he was in the regimental hospital, acting as hospital steward.
     In September, 1855, he connected himself with the Tawawa Lodge, No. 253, I. O. O. F., by initiation, and passed the chairs while a member of that lodge.  He received a withdrawal card Feb. 10, 1866, from the Tawawa Lodge, and deposited it in the Philoxenian Lodge, No. 44, Metropolitan Encampment, No. 5, of Indianapolis, Ind.  In November, 1866, he was a representative to the Grand Lodge of Indiana, and in November, 1867, he was a representative of the Grand Encampment of Indiana.

Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 209
Green Twp. -
MADISON COVAULT, deceased, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, Oct. 14, 1811.  He migrated to Miami County, where he married Mary A. Robbins September 1, 1831.  They settled in Miami County, remained until September, 1846, when they came to Shelby County, where Mr. Colvault died Dec. 18, 1867.  Mrs. Covault is living on the home farm.  They reared a family of ten children, six sons and four daughters.  One of the sons, Elsbery G., served about three years in the war of 1861.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 206
Cynthian Twp. -
HARRISON CROMER.  The Cromers, as far back as we can learn of them, are from Kentucky.  Abraham Cromer, with his family, came from Kentucky to Miami Co., Ohio, some time prior to the war of 1812.  He served as a soldier in that war, and was one of the party who found and cared for Dilbone and Girard at their massacre by Indians in 1813.  He died near this place.  His wife, Hannah Cromer, died about 1876, aged ninety-eight years.  Elnathan, a son of the above, was born in Kentucky in the year 1808, was brought by his parents to Miami County when a small child, and has lived there from that time to the present.  He married Sarah Cavault in 1832.  They raised a family of nine children.
     Harrison Cromer, of this township, was born in Miami County in 1834.  He is the eldest son of Elnathan Cromer.   He is a farmer, and has made that his business through life.  In 1856 he married Phebe A. Gaskill, of Miami County.  They have seven children, viz., Laura P., William H., Thomas H., Mary A., Elnathan E., John  M. and Anna M.  In 1868 he bought a farm in this township, to which he moved his family.  His farm is among the best improved ones of the township.  He has erected upon it fine buildings and improvements, all of which have been made by his own industry, never having inherited anything.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 273
Turtle Creek Twp. -
DR. CHARLES S. COWAN, son of Dr. Wilson and Mary J. Cowan, was born in Hardin Mar. 3, 1850.  He was educated at the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Mount Union College, and the Miami University at Oxford, Ohio.  He then read medicine under Drs. Conklin and Toby at Sidney, finally graduating fro the Miami Medical College of Cincinnati in 1880.  He then fully entered upon the practice of medicine at Hardin, where he is still engaged in professional labors.  On Apr. 15, 1875, he married Miss Anna M., daughter of William and Margaret Thomas, of this county.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 303
Van Buren Twp. -
WILLIAM CRONING, a native of Ireland, was born in County Cork, and settled in Shelby County in 1847.  He is a farmer by occupation.  Post-office address, McCartyville.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 254
Green Twp. -
JOSEPH H. CROUSE, Farmer; P. O. Plattsville, Ohio.
     In Berkeley County, West Va., on the 30th day of Nov. 1824, Mr. Crouse was born.  His parents were Michael and Elizabeth Crouse who came to Shelby County in 1850, and settled in Green Township, where they died several years since.  Joseph H. Crouse is of German descent on his father's side, and of English extraction on his mother's.  He received a common school education.  In 1845 he came to Ohio and located in Greene County, remained until 1847, when he came to Shelby County and stopped in Green Township.  Feb. 22, 1851, he married Miss Mary J. Chrisman daughter of David and Leanah Chrisman.  Miss Chrisman was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, Feb. 29, 1828, and came to Shelby County with her parents in 1844, who settled in Green Township.
     Mr. and Mrs. Crouse settled on a farm in Green Township after living on rented farms for several years, or until 1860, when he purchased a part of the N. W. quarter of section 17, on which they moved in 1861, and remained three years.  Then in 1864 he sold his land in section 17, purchased and moved on the farm in section 24, near Plattsville, where they are now residing owns a farm of 62
½ acres of good land and under a good state of cultivation.
Green Twp. -
ROBERT C. CUNNINGHAM, Retired Farmer.
     Mr. Cunningham was born in Butler County, Ohio, May 16, 1798.  He was taken to Greene County, Ohio, by his parents about 1800, where he passed his boyhood days.  Sept. 4, 1817, he married Miss Margaret A. Berryhill, of Greene County.  They settled in Greene County, remained two years or until September, 1819, when they came to Shelby County, made improvements, and settled on the S. E. quarter of section 7, Green Township, on which he has since resided, having lived on teh one farm sixty-two years.  His companion died Aug. 3, 1878, aged 81 years, 3 mos. and 4 days.  He is still living, and enjoying good health for one of his years.  They reared a family of ten children, viz., James, Elizabeth, Sarah, John, Margaret A., Martha, Mary, Ellen, Nancy, and Andrew.  Four of the number are now dead, viz., Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary, and Andrew.  Andrew Cunningham served about six months in the war of 1861. Ellen is still at home, taking care of her aged father in his feeble days.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 208
Franklin Twp. -
DANIEL CURTNER, Dealer in General Merchandise, Anna, O.
     Mr. Curtner was born in Franklin Township, Shelby County, Ohio, Aug. 7, 1837.  He is a son of Peter and Sophia Curner, who came from Montgomery County, Ohio, to Shelby County in 1833 or '34 and settled in Franklin Township, where Mr. Peter Curtner died in 1844.  His companion married a man by the name of Young, and is now living in Dinsmore Township, Shelby County, at the advanced age of seventy-six years.  Mr. D. Curtner, the subject of this sketch, is the fifth of a family of six children, viz., Eliza, Silas, Delila, Henry, Daniel, and Sarah J.  Eliza Curtner is now dead.
     Daniel Curtner is what we can truly call a self-educated man, the greater part of his education being acquired by close application to his books at home on the farm.  In the fall of 1860 he began teaching school, which he followed as a profession five years, or until 1865, when he, in company with H. Cargill, engaged in the mercantile business in Port Jefferson, which they conducted successfully until March, 1876, when, by mutual consent, they dissolved partnership, and Mr. C. came to Anna, where he engaged in general merchandising, dealing in dry goods, ready-made clothing, boots, shoes, hats, caps, and groceries.  In 1866 he married Miss Cynthia E., daughter of James Shaw, by whom he has had three children, two of whom are now living, one son and one daughter.

Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 331
Van Buren Twp. -
WILLIAM CUSTY, a native of Ireland, was born in 1848.  When about two years of age he was brought to the United States by his parents, they first locating at Sidney.  In 1853 they moved to section 26 of this township.  Of their four children, our subject and a brother, James, are still living.  Their father died in 1862, while their mother still lives with her two sons.  William and James are both farmers near McCartyville.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 254
Cynthian Twp. -
GEORGE CYPHERS.  The Cyphers are of German extraction, but we can only trace them back to Maryland.  John Cyphers, the grandfather of the above, came to Ohio before the war of 1812 and served as a soldier in that struggle; also in the Mexican war.  He died in Shelby County in 1872.  Philip Cyphers, his son, and father of George, came to Shelby County in 1857, and is at present a resident of Orange Township.  George was born in Montgomery County in 1846, and married Mary Dunn, a daughter of John and Susannah (Rasor) Dunn, in 1870.  They have three children, Lenta D., Carrie E., and Addie T.  Mrs. Cyphers' parents were among the early settlers of Shelby County.  They were located in Orange Township, where they both died.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 274

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