BIOGRAPHIES
History Union County, Ohio
Publ. By B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis,
Indiana
1915
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W.
K. BAILEY. It is proper to judge of the
success of a man's life by the estimation in which
he is held by his fellow citizens. They see
him at his work, in his family circle, watch the
operation of his code of morals, witness how he
conducts himself in all the relations of society,
and are, therefore, competent to judge of his merits
and demerits. After a long course of years of
such daily observations, it would be out of the
question for his neighbors not to know of his worth.
W. K. Bailey, the present trustee of Darby
township, is richly deserving of the esteem and
respect which is accorded him in the community where
he lives. He is numbered among the progressive
and enterprising citizens of the county and has been
accorded just recognition in the political circles
of his township and in the position of trustee he is
rendering efficient and satisfactory service.
W. K. Bailey, the son of John P. and Sarah (Holycross)
Bailey, was born Mar. 29, 1858, in Union
township, Union county, Ohio. His father was
the owner of eighty acres of land in this county and
the father of eight
children. Mrs. Anna Dunfee,
Mrs. Phoebe Brooks, Mrs.
Ruhama Brooks, W. K., George,
John, Eli and Mrs. Hester
Lewis.
W. K. Bailey was the eldest boy in the family
and began to work early in life. After
receiving a good common school education, he started
at the age of thirteen to work for himself. He
continued to work in his home neighborhood until he
was married in 1882 when he went to live in
Unionville Center, where he has since resided.
He is a prosperous farmer and ranks high among the
enterprising farmers in Darby township.
Mr. Bailey was married May 30, 1882, to Mary
E. Miller, the daughter of J. A. and Nancy
(Benton) Miller To this union have been
born five children: Etta, who married
Irwin Pennington and has one son, Cecil;
Florence, who married B. E. Penrose; Ana,
who married W. H. Fenner and has one son,
Norman; Roy, who married Grace Deiter and
has two children: Emma Claude and
Juanita.
Politically, Mr. Bailey is a member of
the Democratic party and has always taken an active
interest in the welfare of his party. At the
present time he is serving with credit as trustee of
his township and has been a member of the school
board of Darby township. He and his family are
members of the Methodist Episcopal church and
greatly interested in everything which pertains to
its welfare. Mr. Bailey realized
early in life that there is a purpose for which
every man should strive and that there is no honor
not founded on worth and no respect not founded on
accomplishment. His life and labors have been
worthy of the true American citizen because they
have been such as to place him in the high esteem of
his fellow citizens.
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Joseph M. Bainer |
JOSEPH M. BAINER Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 636 |
Byron E. Baker, M.D. |
BYRON EVANS BAKER, M. D. Source: History Union
County, Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 688 |
Louis C. Beem |
LOUIS CLEMENS BEEM. Source: History Union
County, Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 848 |
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JOHN FOSTER BENNETT.
An enumeration of those men of a past generation of
Union county, Ohio, who were succession in their
life work and at the same time left the impress of
their strong personalities upon the community, men
who won honor and recognition for themselves, and at
the some time conferred honor upon the localities in
which they resided, would be incomplete without the
mention of John Foster Bennett, who for many
years occupied a prominent place in the history of
this county. Although he is now sleeping the
sleep of the just, his influence still pervades the
lives of those who were so fortunate as to enjoy his
acquaintance and his name is deeply engraved on the
pages of Union county history. His life was a
busy one, but he never allowed it to interfere with
his Christian obligations, or the faithful
performance of his daily duties, so that his entire
life was a steady effort for the worth of Christian
doctrine. Quiet and unassuming in his daily
life, yet he was a man of strong convictions and one
who could never he served from the path of duty.
John Foster Bennett, the son of William F.
and Experience (Foster) Bennett, was born in
Vermont, Nov. 22, 1834, and died at his home in
Union county, Ohio, Oct. 23, 1906. His father
and mother were both natives of Vermont and spent
all of their lives in that state.
John F. Bennett came west with his aunt, Mrs. Anna
Smith when twelve years of age. He
received his education in the schools of Vermont and
this county. He came by water to Cleveland,
Ohio, and then drove in a carriage to Union county,
where he found work on the farms and a home in one
of the hospital log cabins of Union township.
This was his first step in the world after leaving
school. He worked on a farm about two miles
east of where his widow is now living. He grew
to manhood in this county and spent his entire life
in this county on the farm.
Mr. Bennett was married Dec. 9, 1857, to
Harriett McBride, a daughter of Alexander and
Elizabeth (Melenefy) McBride, natives of
Pennsylvania, of Irish descent. The McBride
Family came from Pennsylvania to Union county,
Ohio, in 1855, and here lived the remainder of their
days. Alexander McBride died in
September, 1882, his wife having died many years
before, Nov. 1, 1861.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett had two children, one who
died in infancy, and Cora B., who married
Joseph Grant Gault on Oct. 23, 1888.
Mr. and Mrs. Gault are the parents of five
children, three of whom are living: John
Bennett, a student in the State University of
Ohio; Edgar Howard, who is attending the Ohio
Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, and Mary
Louise, who is still in the public schools of
her home county. Mr. Gault is a leading
citizen of his township and county and one of its
most progressive and enterprising farmers. He
has just built a fine country home and owns one of
the largest and best improved farms of the county.
He and his wife are giving their children the best
of educational advantages in order that they may be
the better above to become useful members of
society.
John F. Bennett was a Republican in politics and
held numerous township offices at various times.
He had two hundred acres of fine land in this
township and was remarkably successful in al his
farming operations. He was an attendant of the
Methodist Episcopal church and interested in all its
activities. During the Civil War he was a
member of the Home Guards although he was never sent
to the front. His widow is now living on the
farm where they moved in March, 1872, about two
miles east of Irwin.
Source: History Union County, Ohio -
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EDGAR
G. BERGER. The citizenship of Ohio is
made up largelyl of people who came from the older
settled eastern and southern states. Among
those who came from New York in an early day was the
Berger family, a sturdy, industrious class of
citizens of German ancestry, who contributed no
small part in the development of the section of the
country in which they located. It is this
family to which Edgar G. Berger, the subject
of this review belongs. His father was
Samuel R. Berger and was but a small boy when he
came with his parents to Ohio.
The Bergers settled first in Jersey, Licking
county, Ohio, where Samuel R. grew to
manhood. He learned the blacksmith trade and
followed that occupation during his life. He
died in Marysville in January, 1914, at the age of
seventy-nine years. His wife was Rebecca (Scheip)
Berger, who was a native of Virginia.
They had five children, namely, Kelton F. and
Edgar G., of Marysville; Mary, wife of
Calvin Liggett, of Plain City, Ohio;
Jessie, wife of James Roney;
and John C. of Marysville. The mother
of this family died October, 1901, at the age of
sixty-seven years. The father and mother of
this family were devoted and faithful members of the
Congregational church. He contributed
liberally to the support of the church, and took an
active part in all measures tending to promote its
interests. Mrs. Berger, the
mother, was likewise earnestly devoted to the church
and everything pertaining to its interests, but on
account of being a cripple she was deprived of the
privilege of regular attendance on church services.
Mr. Berger was a soldier in the Civil
War, having enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and
Thirty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. This was
one of the Hundred Days' regiments organized in the
State, and it did its full duty in the emergency
that called it into the service.
The paternal grandparents of Edgar G. Berger are
John and Mary Berger, natives
of New York state, and pioneers of Licking county,
Ohio. The elder Berger was married
twice. The children by the first marriage were
Samuel, Garn and Mary.
Cyrus was the one son by the second marriage.
Edgar G. Berger may be justified in a feeling of
pride in such an honorable ancestry. Whatever
success he may have made in life must be attributed
in a large measure to the impress made by the
exemplary life and character of such ancestors.
Until he was fifteen years old he lived in Franklin
county. His education was received in the
public schools at New Albany and at Central College.
In 1875 he moved to Marysville and took up the trade
of carriage smithing with L. E. Bellus and
remained in his employ thirteen years; afterwards he
went into business for himself and so continued
until 1902. About that time the business of
blacksmithing had become less renumerative
because of competition of the large manufactories in
lines pertaining to that industry, and Mr.
Berger closed out his business. He
converted his blacksmith shop, with some necessary
additions, into a livery barn and has since made the
livery business a specialty.
On Sept. 30, 1880, Mr. Berger was united
in marriage to Martha Burroughs, a daughter
of Thomas and Fannie M. (Brees) Burroughs.
Four children are the result of that union:
Nellie, Samuel, Fred and Verna.
Nellie died March, 1914. She was the
wife of Ed. Millikan, and the mother of four
children, John, Edward, Robert
Warren, and twins, Josephine and
Eugene, who died at the age of one year.
Samuel, the second in the family, married
Blanche Leonard, and is employed in the
Robinson-Curry planing mill.
Martha Jane is the name of their one
child. Fred, the third of the family,
died at the age of eleven years and Verna is
at home.
Mrs. Berger was born in Delaware. Ohio,
and her parents, both of whom are now dead, were
natives of the Buckeye state. This family consisted
of six children, Daniel, Frances,
Thomas, Martha, Ida and Abbie.
The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Berger
was Basil Burroughs. His
wife was Nancy Gardner. The
maternal grandfather of Mrs. Berger
was Daniel Brees; his wife was Abagail
Love.
Mr. and Mrs. Berger are members of the
Congregational church and take an active interest in
its affairs. Mr. Berger is a
member of the Marysville Lodge No. 100, Knights of
Pythias, in which he has shown an active spirit, and
has contributed freely of his time to promote the
welfare of the order. Politically, he
affiliates with the Republican party.
Mr. Berger has always been an energetic
and industrious man. As has been said, these
were characteristics which were manifested in the
lives of his ancestors in a marked degree, so, Mr.
Berger might claim them as a part of his
inheritance. But the inheritance has been
accumulating by his application to industrial
activities of later years. By his good
management he has built up a lucrative business and
accumulated sufficient means to obtain a comfortable
home and good business property. Marysville
has been his home for thirty-nine years, and he has
a large acquaintance and a host of warm friends
here.
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Mr. & Mrs.
John Bishop
John Bishop, Sr.
Residence & Barn |
JOHN BISHOP
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WILLIAM D. BLUE.
The whole career of William D. Blue has been
spent in Union county, Ohio, and since reaching his
majority he has engaged in general farming and stock
raising in Jackson township. The Blue
family were early settlers in Union county
and its various members have always been prominent
in the various phases of Union county's history. Mr.
Blue started in an humble manner as a farmer,
but by good management and ceaseless industry he has
accumulated a fine farm of two hundred and forty
acres. He has taken an active part in the
civic life of his community and has held various
official positions with entire satisfaction to all
concerned.
William Dowling Blue, the son of
Adam and Malissa (Price) Blue, was born in
Jackson township, Union county, Ohio, November 18,
1857. His father was born in Ross county,
Ohio, in 1818, and his mother was born on Blue's
Creek, Leesburg township, this county. His
parents were married in this county and lived here
until their death, the father dying July 8, 1890,
and the mother passing away November 10, 1905.
Adam Blue was a veteran of the Civil
War, enlisting on September 12, 1864, in Company L
One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Ohio Regiment, from
which he was honorably discharged June 28, 1865.
Adam Blue and wife
were the parents of eleven children, eight of whom
are still living: John, who lives in Marion,
Ohio; Michael, of Wood county, Ohio; Henry,
of Essex, Ohio; Harvey, a farmer of Jackson
township ; Levi, deceased, who left a widow
and three children; Anna Bell, the wife of
Alfred Jones, a farmer of Marion county, Ohio;
Sterling, also of Marion county, and Wilton,
of Marion county; Mary E., who died in 1873,
at the age of seventeen; William Dowling,
of Jackson township; Isabel, the wife of
A. S. White, of Richwood; Nellie, the
widow of H. S. Moore, of Richwood, a soldier
of the Civil War, who died in 1910; Edith,
the wife of Michael W. Cronley. of Mount
Victory, Ohio; Clara M., the wife of
George W. Manley, now deceased. Michael
Blue enlisted on February 27, 1864, in
Company F, Thirty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and was discharged July 20, 1865.
John Blue was a member of Company G,
Eighty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
enlisting on February 29, 1864, and receiving his
discharge on July 24, 1865.
William D. Blue was educated in the common
schools of Jackson township and remained at home
until his marriage in 1880. He then rented
land for about eight years, after which he bought
fifty acres in the fall of 1888. He had
accumulated enough so he could make a small payment
on a farm and in 1890 he added twenty-five acres
more; in 1896 sixty acres more, and in 1911 he
bought the thirty-acre tract where he built his
beautiful county home. This thirty acres was
originally purchased by his grandfather, Samuel
R. Sanders, and has been in the family many
years. In 1905 he bought fifty-four acres and
in 1914 fifty acres more, making a total of two
hundred and forty acres. Since then he has
sold thirty acres of his farm, but still retains two
hundred and ten acres, which lie northwest of Essex
about two and one-half miles. He has placed
all the improvements upon this farm and now has a
beautiful country home, a convenient and commodious
barn and all of the modern conveniences which are
demanded by the twentieth-century farmer. He
keeps a high grade of cattle and hogs and gets the
major portion of his income from the sale of live
stock each year.
Mr. Blue was married November 10, 1880.
to Mary Emma White, a daughter of Jesse A.
and Angeline ( Dysart ) White. Mr. and
Mrs. Blue
have no children of their own, but have reared the
nephew of Mr. Blue, Lloyd M.
Manley, who is now living in Claibourne
township. Also they raised Winnie J. Blue,
the orphan, who married George C. Halt. T hey
live 'on a farm in Jackson township and they have
three children. They also raised a nephew. Harry
G. Blue, from ten years of age and who is still
with them.
Jesse A. White, the father of Mrs.
Blue, was born in Franklin county, Indiana,
August 31, 1828, a son of Albert R. and Amy White,
both of whom
are deceased. When he was five years of age
Jesse A. White moved with his parents to Union
county, Ohio, where he was reared on the farm and
received a good common school education. He taught
school for two years and was married April 10, 1851,
to Angeline Dysart, a daughter of John and
Mary Dysart, and to this union were born four
children, John D., Charles A., Mary E. and Anna
M. Mr. White was a
successful farmer and at the time of his death, June
12, 1901, owned a well improved farm of one hundred
acres. His wife died February 28, 1889.
He was prominent in the civic life of his community,
serving as trustee, clerk and treasurer of Jackson
township at various times, and for twenty years was
recording steward of the Bush Creek circuit of the
Methodist Protestant church, to which denomination
he and his wife both belonged.
Mr. and Mrs. Blue are loyal members of the
Methodist Protestant church at Essex. Mr.
Blue united with the church in 1884, while his
wife has been a member since she was fifteen years
of age. In politics. Mr. Blue
gives his hearty support to the Democratic party and
has been one of its leaders in local affairs.
He was elected trustee for the first time in 1898
and served one term. In 1913 he was elected
again and is now filling this position with eminent
satisfaction to his fellow citizens. He has
served as school director for a number of years and
in every capacity where his labors have found him he
has never been lacking in those rare qualities of
good American citizenship.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. by B. F.
Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 -
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Mr. & Mrs.
John K. Boerger |
JOHN K. BOERGER Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
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DR.
STANLEY JAMES BOWN. That
life is the most useful and desirable that results
in the greatest good to the greatest number, and
though all do not reach to the heights to which they
aspire, yet in some measure each can reach success
and make life a blessing to their fellow men.
The physician of today is in a position to be of
incalculable benefit to the community in which he
resides, and if he is conscientiously devoted to his
profession, he becomes one of the most important
factors in the life of his community. The
career of Dr. Stanley James Bown, who is now
following his profession in Richwood, Ohio, forcibly
illustrates what a life of energy can accomplish
when plans are wisely laid and actions are governed
by right principles, noble aims and high ideals.
Although still a comparatively young man, yet he
stands in the front ranks of Union county's
professional men, and has established a sound
reputation for medical skill, while at the same time
he has built up an enviable record for himself as a
man of upright character in all the relations of
life.
Dr. Stanley J. Bown, the son of Charles and
Catherine (Burgess) Bown, was born in Lymmington,
England, Aug. 14, 1872. His parents who were
natives of England, reared a family of ten children,
most of whom were born in England: Charles
F., of Albany, Oregon; Frederick s., of
Charleston, West Virginia; Rev. Frank A. of
Spokane, Washington; Dr. Harry H. of Pleasant
City, Ohio; John E., of New Dover, Ohio;
Arthur, of Monterey, Tennessee; Margaret,
the wife of John Easton, of New Dover, Ohio;
Dr. Stanley J., of Richwood; Ernst, of
Marysville, Ohio, and Norman C. of
Marysville.
Charles Bown was a school teacher for many years
in England, and in 1873 came to America with his
wife and children and located in the northern part
of Dover township, Union county, Ohio. Here he
bought a farm of fifty acres, which he improved and
later added twenty acres to the original farm.
He died a few years after coming to this country, at
the age of seventy-three. His wife survived
him about five years and was seventy-six years of
age at the time of her death. Charles Bown
and his wife were both members of the Congregational
church in Marysville until the Blue's Creek church,
near their home, was organized, and then they
changed their membership to that congregation.
The paternal grandfather of Dr. S. J. Bown was
Samuel Bown. Samuel Bown died in middle
age and his widow lived until she was about ninety
years of age. Samuel Bown and wife were
the parents of a family of eight children: Jane,
Benjamin, Ann, James, Mary, John, Charles and
Seward. The maternal grandfather of Dr.
S. J. Bown was John Burgis, who lived all
of his days in England, dying there at an advanced
age. They reared a family of eight children:
Margaret, Mary, Catherine, John, Fred, Frank,
Esther and Eliza.
Dr. Stanley J. Bown was a babe in arms when he came
from England with his parents. He grew to
manhood in Dover township on his father's farm,
attended the district schools and was a member of
the first class which graduated from the Dover
township high school. Immediately after
graduating he began to teach and for three years was
a successful teacher in the schools of Union county.
He then entered the Starling Medical College, at
Columbus, Ohio, and graduated in the spring of 1898.
He at once began the practice of his profession at
Claibourne, Ohio, and remained there until the fall
of 1908, when he moved to Richwood, where he has
since made his home.
Dr. Bown was
married Dec. 27, 1899, to Blanch Ritchie, the
daughter of Jerome and Sarah Jane (Gardner)
Ritchie, and to this union three children have
been born, Harold, Gladys and Ruth.
Mrs. Bown was born in Taylor township, Union
county, Ohio. Her parents were natives of
Licking county, Ohio, and moved to Union county,
where her father died in 1899 at the age of about
sixty-three years. Her mother is still living.
Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie,
Ettie, Herbert, Joseph and Blanche, the
wife of Doctor Stanley J. Bown.
Ettie is the wife of Cassius McAllister.
Politically, Dr.
Bown is a Republican, and has always been
interested in local political matters. He is
now serving his third term as county coroner.
He is a member of the Union County and Ohio State
Medical Association. Fraternally, he belongs
to the Free and Accepted Masons, and is past master
of the Mount Carmel lodge at Richwood. He is
also a member of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America.
Dr. Bown and his wife are members of the
Presbyterian church, and Dr. Bown is
the choir leader in the church.
Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 945 |
Charles Braun |
CHARLES BRAUN Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 600 |
Judge John M. Brodrick |
JUDGE JOHN M. BRODRICK Source: History Union
County, Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 560 |
Henry J. Brooks |
HENRY J. BROOKS Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 632 |
Nathaniel Brooks |
NATHANIEL BROOKS
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CHARLES
D. BROWN. A prominent
farmer and public-spirited citizen of Union county,
Ohio, is Charles D. Brown, who was born more
than forty years ago on a farm near Plain City,
Ohio. He is a man of excellent education and
taught school several years before retiring to the
farm and engaging in agricultural pursuits. He
lived in Plain City for several years and was
elected mayor of that village by the largest
majority ever given any candidate for that official
position. During his term of office he gave
excellent service to his fellow citizens. He
has always taken a prominent part in matters of
state, and is now serving his second term as a
member of the General Assembly of Ohio.
Charles D. Brown, the son of David and Sarah
E. (Taylor) Brown, was born near Plain City, May
23, 1873. His father was born in Madison
county, Ohio, Apr. 8, 1833, and died Aug. 6, 1912,
at the age of seventy-nine eyars, three months and
twenty-eight days. David Brown was a
son of James and Mary (Burnside) Brown, and
at his death David Brown left three brothers
and sisters still living. Mrs. Delilah
Wilkinson, F. Ray Brown and Mrs. Melissa
Lafferty. James Brown and wife were the
parents of thirteen children.
David Brown was first married Mar. 30, 1857, to
Isabelle Patrick, a daughter of Young and
Della Patrick, and to this union two sons were
born, William E. and Hiram C., who
died in infancy. After the death of his first
wife David C. Brown was married, June 15,
1864, to Sarah E. Taylor, daughter of
Samuel and Eunice Taylor, of Plain City, and to
this second union twelve children were born:
James Sheridan, Frankk Irwin, Mrs. Clara M. Ackley,
Ida B., Charles D., John T., Mrs. Eva G. Sidner,
Nellie M., Bessie F., Lulu G., Flora Lucile and
Russell H. Mr. Brown and his wife were
greatly interested in their children and were
anxious that they all receive excellent education.
It is probably that no man in the state of Ohio ever
furnished more children as teachers than did
David Brown. No less than ten of is
children taught school in Madison county, and seven
of this number were graduated from the National
Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio. The
records of the university show no family has ever
furnished as many graduates as the family of
David Brown.
David Brown was a
life-long farmer and for sixteen years lived in
Union county near Plain City. After the death
of his father he purchased the old homestead in
Madison county and made that his home until his
death, in 1912. He was very successful as a
farmer and took great pride and satisfaction in his
large farm. His mind was always keen and alert
to matters of public interest, and he always kept in
close touch with current events. He served as
trustee of Darby township in Madison county and was
always interested in the civic life of his
community. In all business transactions he was
willing to do more than he required of others, and
it can be truly said that he lived by the Golden
Rule. His everyday life was characterized by
unusually sound judgment and he was frequently
consulted by his friends who regarded him as a wise
and trusted counselor. His widow is now living
near Mechanicsburg, Ohio, and twelve of his children
are still living.
The subject of this sketch was educated in the district
schools of Madison county and the National Normal
University at Lebanon, Ohio. He graduated from
the latter institution in 1896, with the degree in
Bachelor of Science. Prior to his graduation
he had taught school and after completing his
university course continued in the teaching
profession for several years in the capacity of
principal and superintendent of schools in Madison
and Champaign counties.
In 1900 he moved to Union county and located in Plain
City, where he took an active part in the life of
the town. He has always been prominent in the
councils of the Republican party, and his worth as a
citizen is shown by the fact that his party
nominated him for representative from Union
county to the General Assembly of Ohio, and he
was elected for the first time in the fall of 1912.
He made such an excellent record in the Legislature
that he was re-elected in the fall of 1914.
Mr. Brown was married June 21, 1899, to Lulu
Hunter, a daughter of Levi and Artie
(Bushnell) Hunter, of Champaign county, Ohio.
For the past fifteen eyars he has operated a large
farm of four hundred and thirty acres at Plain City,
Ohio, this being part of his mother's estate, and
has made practically all of his improvements now on
the farm.
Mr. Brown is a member of the Free and Accepted
Masons, the Knights of Pythias, the Patrons of
Husbandry, and also a charter member of the P. C. C.
of P. C. O., holding his membership in these lodges
at Plain City, Ohio.
Mr. Brown is a man of high character and
sterling qualities in every way and has always
proved faithful to every trust that has been reposed
in him by his fellow citizens. As a teacher,
as a public spirited citizen, and as a member o the
legislative body of his state, he has performed his
every duty in a manner which entitles him to the
highest commendation of his fellow men.
Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 705 |
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JOHN
BROWN. A sterling farmer
and highly respected citizen of Allen township,
Union county, Ohio, is John Brown, the
proprietor of the "Sugar Grove Farm" of one hundred
and thirty-two acres, located two miles north of
Milford Center. Born in this county three
score years ago, Mr. Brown has devoted all of
his life to farming, and is essentially a self-made
man. He rented for several years and during
that time saved his money and eventually purchased
his present farm. He is deserving of much
credit for the success which has attended his
efforts, and it is safe to say that there is no more
highly respected citizen in the township where he
has lived so many years.
John Brown, the son of Martha and Dorthal (Luchenbell)
Brown, was born in Dover township, Union county,
Ohio, Dec. 23, 1865. His father was born in
Maryland and his mother in Pennsylvania, but they
were not married until after they came to Union
county. Eleven children were born to Martin
Brown and wife, seven of whom are still living:
Mary, the wife of Francis McDonald, of
Missouri; Elijah, a retired farmer of Milford
Center; Wilson, a farmer of Oklahoma;
William, a farmer of Missouri; Martha,
the wife of Charles Coyer, of Oklahoma;
Anna, the wife of John Hinton, of Madison
county, Ohio, and John of Union county.
The childhood days of John Brown were spent on
his father's farm in Dover township, and when only
fourteen years of age, he left home to make his own
way in the world. At that age he started to
work out on farms in Union county by the month and
so continued until his marriage. After his
marriage he began to rent and for twenty-six years
lived on one rented farm in Union township. He
then purchased his present farm of one hundred and
thirty-two acres and has the satisfaction of knowing
that he has earned it. His farm gets the name
of "Sugar Grove Farm" from the fact that he has
three thousand sugar trees, from which he makes from
three to four hundred gallons of maple syrup each
year. He is an extensive stock raiser and
handles registered Shorthorn cattle and Poland-China
hogs.
Mr. Brown was married in July, 1878, to
Abigail Miller. To this union three
children have been born: Sylvia, Harry
and Carrie K. Sylvia is a
graduate of the Milford Center high school and is
now the wife of Albert W. Downer of Columbus,
Ohio. Harry married Reviliah Clark,
of Champaign county, and is a farmer in Union
township, in the county. Carrie K. is a
graduate of the Milford Center high school and now
the wife of Joseph Harris, of Milford Center.
Mr. Brown and his wife have one
granddaughter, Josephine, the daughter of
Harry.
Fraternally, Mr.
Brown is a member of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows and a past grand of his lodge at Darby.
He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias and is
past chancellor and a member of the Grand Lodge of
Ohio. Politically, he is a Democrat, but has
never been an aspirant for any public office.
Mr. Brown is a man of genial personality and
has a large number of true friends, who admire him
for the honest life which he has led and for the
success which has come to him as a result of his
efforts.
Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 1112 |
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LEROY
C. BROWN. It is surprising to
note the large number of farmers of Union county,
Ohio, who are natives of this county. This is
an indication that the county is an excellent
agricultural section and the universal thrift of the
farms of this county bears ample witness to
the fact. A native-born farmer of this county
is Leroy C. Brown, who has spent practically
all of his life within the limits of Union county.
He has devoted all of his life to farming with the
exception of a few years when he was in the wes with
an engineering corps. For the lat five years
he has lived in Mill Creek township where he has a
fine farm of one hundred and one acres, three and
one-half miles south of Ostrander.
Leroy C. Brown, the son of William M. and
Rosa (Carr) Brown, was born in Dover township,
Union county, Ohio, June 6, 1868. His father
was born in Union county and his mother in Delaware
county, Ohio, and both are still residing in Dover
township in this county. Four children were
born to William M. Brown and wife, two of
whom are living: Leroy C and Floy,
the wife of Will Mangans, of New Dover.
The two deceased children are Frank W. and
Willa H.
Leroy C. Brown was reared on his father's farm in
Dover township and attended the public schools of
the township. He remained at home until he was
eighteen yearsd of age and then joined an
engineering corps and worked throughout Kansas,
Arkansas, Missouri, Texas and Louisiana for the next
four years. He then returned to Ohio and took
up farming, which he has since followed. He
first rented a farm in Dover township and lived
there until April, 1909, when he bought the Elson
farm in Mill Creek township, where he is now
residing.
Mr. Brown was married in 1897 to Mary
Rittenhouse, who died six years later, leaving
two children, Monetta and Frank.
Both of these children are now students in the high
school at Watkins. Mr. Brown married a
second time in 1909 to Cornelia Dunn, who was
born and reared in Defiance county, Ohio.
Mr. Brown and his family are members of the
Springdale Baptist church. Politically, he
gives his allegiance to the democratic party but has
never aspired to an official position.
Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 1078 |
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REUBEN
W. BROWN. No profession has made
greater advancement in the last half century than
has the agricultural profession, and practically all
of the disadvantages which surrounded the pioneer
farmer have been done away with because of the
multitude of modern inventions which ten to lighten
the farmer's labors. Ohio is recognized as one
of the best farming states in the Union and no
county in the state has better or more progressive
farmers than has Union county. Among the
hundreds of farmers who have made Union county
famous as an agricultural section, there is no more
worthy of a place in this volume than Reuben W.
Brown, who has lived his whole life on the farm
where he is now residing.
Reuben W. Brown, the son of Andrew and Nancy
(Valentine) Brown, was born Aug. 4, 1871, on his
father's farm in Darby township, Union county, Ohio.
His father was born in Union county, the son of
Adam and Mary (Jolly) Brown. Andrew
was born Mar. 28, 1841, about one and one-half miles
north of where his son, Reuben W., is now
living. Adam Brown came from Fayette
county, Pennsylvania, with his parents, John and
Martha (Clark) Brown. It was John Brown
who first came to Union county. Three children
were born to Adam Brown and wife:
Hannah, deceased; Abner, deceased, and
Andrew, the father of Reuben W. Andrew
was a member of the Home Guards during the Civil War
and was stationed at Camp Chase for some time, but
was finally discharged on account of disability
arising from illness. Andrew Brown
inherited his father's farm of two hundred acres in
Darby township near Unionville Center and has lived
on this farm all of his life.
Andrew Brown was married Apr. 23, 1863, to
Nancy Valentine, the daughter of James
Valentine and wife. To this union have
been born three children: Fred F., who
married Minnie Wilcox and has one daughter,
Clara; Lorain, who married I. Kilberry
and has four children, Lawrence, Ralph, Thelma
and Marvin and Reuben W., with whom
this narrative deals. Andrew Brown is a
member of the school boar and at present is trustee
of his township. He has also been assessor of
Darby township for the past eight years.
Reuben W. Brown attended the public schools of
his home neighborhood and remained on his father's
farm until his marriage in 1894. He then moved
on his present farm of forty acres on the Unionville
road. His farm is well improved and by
extensive cultivation he has made a name for himself
as one of the most progressive farmers of the
township.
Mr. Brown was married in 1894 to Myrtle
Debolt the daughter of George and Emmeline
(Cole) Debolt. To this union seven
children have been born. Harry E., Walter,
Lela, Ray, Grace, Dorothy and Leo.
Politically, Mr.
Brown casts his ballot for those men who will
best fill the office for which they are seeking.
He is a representative of that large and increasing
class of men who vote for men rather than for
platforms. Mr. Brown is a wide-awake
man and has carried forward to successful completion
whatever he has undertaken. He has pursued the
even tenor of his way in a quiet and unostentatious
manner and has attended strictly to his own affairs
and performed each day's duties to the best of his
ability.
Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 718 |
Mr. & Mrs.
William M. Brown |
WILLIAM M. BROWN.
The three score and ten years which have elapsed
since the birth of William M. Brown he has
spent on the farm where he is now living.
The Brown family have been residents of Union
county, Ohio, since 1822, and during this long
period of time have contributed in no small measure
to the advancement of the county. William
M. Brown has been a lifelong farmer. HE
has always so conducted himself as to merit the high
esteem in which he is held by everyone.
William M. Brown is the son of J. K. and
Angeline (Lyon) Brown, and was born May 31, 1845
on the farm in Dover township, where he now resides.
His father was born in Connecticut in1798 and came
to this county about 1822, having spent the previous
year in Huron county, this state. Ten children
were born to J. K. Brown and wife:
Anna E., Elijah W., Clarenda, John k., D. H., Adelia
V., Sarah M., Alpheus W., William M. and Mrs.
Mary L. McIntire. All of these children
are now deceased with the exception of John K.,
William M. and Mary L.
Angeline Lyon, the mother of William M. Brown,
was the daughter and only child of Daniel and
Deborah (Moe) Lyon. Daniel Lyon
came from Connecticut and settled in Union county,
Ohio, in an early day, and here he spent the
remainder of his days. He was the son of
Peter Lyon, an early settler in America.
Peter Moe, the father of Mrs. Lyon,
was born Aug. 5, 1750, and his wife was born May 20,
1852. Eight children were born to Peter Moe
and wife: Charlotte, born May 2, 1779;
Hester, born Jan. 24, 1783; Peter born
Feb. 22, 1785; Rufus, born Jan. 3, 1787;
Deborah, born Mar. 4, 1789; Clonda B.,
born July 6, 1793, and Isaac, born Jan. 10, 1796,
together with one other who died in infancy.
William M. Brown was educated in the old log
school house at Ostrander, where he completed his
education. Before reaching his majority he
worked with his brother, John K., who was a
civil engineer, and at the age of twenty-two, he
began renting land from his father. Eventually
he bought out the other heirs to the old home place
and for more than half a century has farmed the land
where he worked as a boy.
Mr. Brown was married Feb. 27, 1867, to Rosa
A. Carr, the daughter of Benjamin
and Elizabeth (Crane) Carr,
natives of Virginia, and early settlers in Union
county. Benjamin Carr is the son
of Solomon Carr, who brought the
family from Virginia to Delaware county. Mr.
and Mrs. Brown are the parents
of four children: Frank W. and Willa H.
are both deceased and are buried in Oakdale cemetery
at Marysville. Leroy, the only son living, has been
twice married, his first wife being Mary
Rittenhouse, and after her death, he married
Nellie Dunn. He has two children,
Minetta and Frank. Floy,
the only daughter living, is the wife of William
Maugans, and has one daughter—Wilma
Ruth.
Fraternally, Mr. Brown is a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he has been a
member of this order for the past forty-five years.
He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal
church for the past thirty-five years, and during
all that time, has been actively interested in
everything pertaining to its welfare.
Politically, he has long been identified with the
Democratic party, and has filled various official
positions in his township. He has served as
township clerk, and was on the school board for a
number of years. He served as justice of the
peace for thirteen years. during which time he
married thirty-seven couples. Mr.
Brown has lived a successful and honorable life,
and has exercised those qualities of generosity,
hospitality and loyalty to friends with the result
that he is a man who is esteemed by all with whom he
comes in contact.
Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 902 |
Mr. & Mrs.
Albert Burnham |
ALBERT BURNHAM. Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 864 |
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