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BIOGRAPHIES
History Union County, Ohio
Publ. By B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis,
Indiana
1915
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URIAH CAHILL Source: History Union County, Ohio
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Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 1036 |
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JAMES F. CALDWELL Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 583 |
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MALCOLM M. CAMERON Source: History Union
County, Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 850 |
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SAMUEL H. CARSON Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 700 |
Mr. & Mrs.
Benjamin Carter |
BENJAMIN CARTER.
The Carter family is one of the old pioneer
families of Union county, Ohio, and Benjamin
Carter has spent his whole career of more than
sixty years in this county. His father was
also born in this county and lost his life during
the Civil War at the early age of thirty-three.
Mr. Carter has not only been successful as a
farmer but he has always taken a prominent part in
the official life of his township, and has held many
positions at the hands of his fellow citizens.
At the present time he is serving in an efficient
manner as one of the township trustees.
Benjamin Carter, the son of Levi and Jane
(Jones) Carter, was born in Jackson township,
Union county, Ohio, Oct. 11, 1854. His parents
were both natives of Union county, his mother's
people coming from New York state and locating
in Union county early in its history. Levi
Carter and wife were the parents of four
children, three of whom are living.
Benjamin, of Jackson township; David J.,
of Paulding county, Ohio, and Sarah, the
widow of Levi Blue, who died in 1900.
She is now living in LaRue, Marion county, Ohio.
Mary Jane, the oldest child, died at the age
of eight years.
Levi Carter was a son of Benjamin Carter,
and was farming at the time the Civil War broke out.
He enlisted in a Union county regiment and lost his
life in fighting for his country, leaving his widow
with three small children. Benjamin Carter,
the grandfather of Benjamin, with whom this
narrative deals, came from Virginia and located in
Union county shortly after its organization in 1810,
and was one of the first settlers of the county.
Benjamin Carter was less than ten years of age
when his father died and he was the eldest of the
three children, consequently he had to assume such
responsibility when a mere lad. The mother
lived until 1877. When he was eighteen years
old Benjamin began to work for himself and a
year later he married and bought a small tract of
land, to which he has subsequently added until he
now owns eighty-eight acres. He has cleared
much of the land which he now owns and has placed
all of the improvements which are now on it.
He has a good home, excellent barns and outbuildings
and everything about the place indicates the thrift
and taste of the owner. While he engages in
general farming he pays particular attention to the
raising of Holstein cattle and has been very
successful in cattle raising.
Mr. Carter was married Apr. 24, 1873, to
Catherine Noggle, a daughter of
John and Maria Noggle. Her father, a
native of Hocking county, Ohio, came from Fairfield
county, Ohio, to Union county early in the history
of the county. Mrs. Carter's
mother was born in Guernsey county, Ohio. Her
parents are both deceased. Mr.
Carter and his wife are the parents of six
children, five of whom are living: Stella,
the wife of Edward Green, a farmer of
Delaware county, Ohio; Ira, a farmer living
in Marion county, Ohio; C. E., a farmer of
Jackson township; Addie E., the wife of F.
Hentzsey, of Marion county, Ohio: Ethel,
who died at the age of twenty-three, and Mary,
who is single and still at home.
Mr. Carter has been an active Democrat
and one of the leaders of his party in local
affairs. He served his township as assessor
for two years, and is now trustee of Jackson
township. He was a school director for many
years and finally refused to accept the office any
longer, although earnestly requested to continue in
this position. He and his family are members
of the Union Baptist church.
Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 840 |
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AUSTIN F. CARY Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
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JUDGE JOHN CASSIL Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 807 |
C. S. Chapman
Anna K. Chapman |
CHARLES S. CHAPMAN Source: History Union
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Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 552 |
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CHARLES W. CHAPPELL Source: History Union
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CLARK SHEPHERD Source: History Union County,
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WILLIAM W. CLEVENGER Source: History Union
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LESTER W. CLINE
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EDMOND C. CODY.
A substantial citizen of Dover township, Union
county, Ohio, is Edmond C. Cody, proprietor
of the "Dover Grove Stock Farm" of two hundred and
fifty acres. His whole career of more than
half a century has been spent in this county, where
he was born, and it is safe to say that no citizen
has taken a more active part in everything
pertaining to the county's welfare than Mr.
Cody. He has been particularly active
in political matters and has filled various official
positions with credit to himself and satisfaction to
all concerned. He is one of the largest stock
raisers of his township and his farm is as well
equipped for up-to-date agriculture as any farm in
the county.
Edmond C. Cody, the son of Michael and
Anastasia (Powers) Cody, was born Feb. 16, 1863,
in Paris township, on what is known as the Brown
farm, northeast of Marysville. His
father was a native of Ireland, his birth occurring
in county Tipperary. He came to this country
when he was a young man of about twenty. He
came to America alone, his father having previously
come here and located in Vermont. Michael
Cody was the son of John and Margaret
(Crook) Cody. Eventually the whole family
located in Union county. Twelve children were
born to Michael Cody and wife, John,
Edmond, Margaret, Michael, Jr.,
William, James, Richard, Mrs.
Mary Land, Anastasia, Emmett,
Bernard and Mrs. Catherine
Mackan.
Edmond C. Cody received his education in the
schools of Dover township, and early in life began
to work on the farm. At one time he worked as
a ditcher and ditched by contract in various parts
of the county. After his marriage, in 1887, he
moved to Madison county, Ohio, where he lived on a
farm for two years, after which he moved to
Champaign county, Ohio. In 1892 he came to
Union county and bought a farm of one hundred and
thirty-seven acres. This he sold some time
afterwards and then lived on a rented farm until he
purchased his present farm of two hundred and fifty
acres, known throughout the county as the "Dover
Stock Farm." He has placed extensive
improvements upon it since he has taken charge of
it. He is one of the largest stock raisers in
the county and handles only the best grades of
stock.
Mr. Cody was married in 1887 to Mary
Reed, the daughter of John and Mary (McKillip)
Reed. She died in 1891 and is buried in
Marysville. In February, 1896, Mr.
Cody was married to Catherine Noon, the
daughter of Michael and Anna (Murray) Noon,
and to this second union have been born seven
children, all of whom are still living with their
parents, Paul, Lillian, Mary,
Anna. Margaret, Robert,
Albert and Eugene. All of the
children, except Eugene, are now attending
school at New Dover.
Mr. Cody and his family are loyal members
of the Catholic church at Marysville, in whose
interests they take an active part.
Politically, he is identified with the Democratic
party and has taken an active part in the councils
of his party in Union county. He has been
assessor of titles, a member of the school board for
the past eighteen years, and he is now deputy state
supervisor of county elections. He is the
present treasurer of the Agricultural Society of his
county. In every official position where he
has been found, he has executed the trusts reposed
in him to the best of his ability and has always
given faithful and painstaking service to his fellow
citizens. By his own efforts and right
principles of living, he has not only won for
himself a comfortable competency for his declining
years, but has so conducted his affairs with his
fellowmen as to win for himself the reputation of
one absolutely trustworthy and honorable in all his
business dealings and worthy in every respect of the
warmest personal friendship.
Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 928 |
Michael T. Cody |
MICHAEL THOMAS CODY.
A distinctly representative citizen of Union county,
Ohio, is Michael Thomas Cody, who is
now district assessor of his county. Born in
this county, he has spent his entire life here and
so conducted himself and his affairs as to win the
unqualified approval of his fellow citizens.
The fact that he stands high in the estimation of
the people of Union county is shown by the fact that
he was elected as a delegate to the constitutional
convention of Ohio in 1912 and took an active part
in the deliberations of that body. He is
essentially a self-made man, and his farm of one
hundred and thirty acres in Dover and Paris
townships speaks well for his thrift and industry.
Michael T. Cody, the son of Michael and
Anastasia (Powers) Cody, was born in Dover
township, Union county, Ohio, Oct. 29, 1868.
His parents were natives of Ireland, of county
Tipperary and county Waterford, respectively.
Michael Cody, Sr., came to America when he
was eighteen years of age and his wife when she was
eight years of age. They met and married in
Union county and reared a family of twelve children:
John, deceased: Edward, of New Dover;
Margaret, of Marysville; Michael T.,
of Marysville: William R., of Franklin
county, Kansas; James F., of Dover township;
Richard, of Marysville; Mary, the wife
of R. T. Laird, of Leesburg township;
Catherine, the wife of Frank Mackan, of
Marysville; Anastasia, of Marysville;
Emmett, of Terre Haute, Indiana, and Bernard,
of Dover township.
Michael Cody, Sr., lived in Ireland until he was
eighteen and consequently received all of his
education in his native land. He came to
America and first located in New York, near Albany,
and later moved to Brandon, Vermont, coming to Ohio
about 1853 and locating in Union county. He
bought a farm of thirty acres in Dover township, to
which he later added three hundred and seventy acres
in Dover and Paris townships. He farmed his
four hundred acres until 1908, when he retired from
active farm life and moved into Marysville, where he
is now living at the good old age of eighty-two.
His wife, who is also living, is now past
seventy-two years of age. Both are loyal
members of the Catholic church. Mr.
Cody held various, township offices during his
younger years.
The paternal grandparents of Michael T. Cody
were John and Margaret (Crook) Cody.
They were natives of Ireland and came to America
about 1850 and located in Union county, Ohio, where
they lived to an advanced age. A large family
of children were born to John Cody and
wife; Michael, Edward, Thomas,
Anna, William, John, Clara
and Richard. The maternal
grandparents of Michael T. Cody were John
Powers and wife, natives of Ireland and early
settlers in Union county, where they located about
sixty-five years ago. They died here at an
advanced age after rearing a large family of
children: Anastasia, James, Michael,
Mary, Thomas, Josie and John.
Michael T. Cody was reared on his father's farm
in Dover township. He received a good
education in the district schools of his
neighborhood and remained at home helping his father
on the farm until he was grown. He then began
working out by the month and after his marriage
began living on a rented farm. He and his good
wife were frugal in their habits and were soon able
to buy sixty-seven and one-half acres of land in
Dover and Paris townships. Later they added an
equal amount and lived on this farm for several
years. Subsequently they sold this farm and
bought another of one hundred and forty-five acres
in Dover and Paris townships, where they lived until
1911. Mr. Cody then sold fifteen
acres from his farm and now owns one hundred and
thirty acres of well improved land. In
December, 1911, Mr. Cody moved to
Marysville and bought a good home at No.
731 East Fifth street, where he is now
residing.
Mr. Cody was married Nov. 14, 1893, to
Anna Cuddihy, and to this union three
children have been born, Martha, Florence
and Chester. Mrs. Cody
was born in Marysville, Ohio.
Mr. Cody is a stanch Democrat and has
been one of the leaders of his party for many years.
He was elected a delegate to the fourth
constitutional convention of Ohio which framed a new
constitution for the state in 1912. In 1913 he
was appointed district assessor and is now filling
this office with success and to the entire
satisfaction of the people of the county. He
was township clerk and a member of the school board
of Dover township for several years. He and
his wife are loyal members of the Catholic church
and deeply interested in its welfare.
Fraternally, Mr. Cody is a member of
the Knights of Columbus and the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks.
Source: History Union
County, Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 576 |
Mr. & Mrs.
Thomas Cody |
THOMAS CODY.
Of the sturdy sons of the Emerald Isle it has been
said that they have "won every country's freedom but
their own," and a review of the struggle against
oppression in any land will disclose the fact that
in the forefront of the battle line, if, indeed, not
leading it, the valiant lads from the land of the
harp and the shamrock have borne well their part.
During the dark days of the war between the North
and South in the sixties, there were no better
fighters in the ranks of the boys in blue than the
sons of Ireland, and among those worthy defenders of
the integrity of their adopted country, no soldiers
from foreign lands bore a more noble part or
acquitted themselves with greater honor than these
sons of Ireland. Union county, Ohio, is
honored in saving one of these sturdy old soldiers
as one of its citizens, and Thomas Cody, of
Dover township, is one of the most highly respected
citizens of the county.
Thomas Cody, the son of John and Margaret
(Crook) Cody, was born in county Tipperary,
Ireland, in 1845. The family later came to
America and first settled in Vermont, later moving
to New York. The father, John Cody
first came to this country, and about two years
later the family followed. John Cody
was the son of Michael and Mary (Fleming) Cody.
In 1853 John Cody came to Union
county, Ohio, and located in Marysville, and some
time afterwards, bought a farm of one hundred and
ten acres in Dover township, where he made his home.
Later he added forty acres more and on this farm he
and his wife reared a family of eleven children,
Michael, Edward, Mrs. Clara
Herbert, Thomas, Mrs. Anna
Cain, John, Edward, William,
Richard and two who died in infancy.
All the other children are still living with the
exception of Edward.
Thomas Cody went to the little old school
house in Ireland in the county where he was born.
His teacher was an old soldier by the name of
John Maher, who fought under the Duke of
Wellington at the battle of Waterloo, and was
severely wounded at that memorable struggle. Thomas
Cody was nine years of age when he came to
Union county and attended school for a time in
Marysville.
On July 21, 1863, Mr. Cody enlisted in
Company G, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Regiment
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served until
Mar. 8, 1864. In August of the same year he
re-enlisted and was assigned to the Ninth Army
Corps, under General Burnside, at Crab
Orchard, Kentucky. He marched over the
mountains and was at the capture of Cumberland Gap,
where he remained six weeks, the remainder of the
time being put in marching- and skirmishing between
the Gap and Strawberry Plains, taking part in a
severe fight at Walker Ford, on the Holstine river.
At the end of his enlistment period he was
discharged and on the 20th of January, 1865, he
enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and
Eighty-seventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
They left Columbus in the following February,
reaching Nashville, Tennessee, the same month.
The regiment was assigned to the Army of the
Cumberland, under General Thomas, and
from there they went to Dalton, Georgia, in which
state they received the surrender of Cobb's
Confederate Army of Georgia. They went as far
south as Macon, where the subject was detailed on
reconstruction work of the Freedman's Bureau.
The regiment remained at Macon most of the time
until it was mustered out of the service, on Jan.
20, 1866.
After the close of the war Mr. Cody
returned to Union county, and for about twenty years
followed the sawmill business in connection with his
farming. He owns a well improved farm of
thirty-three acres in Dover township and also has
property in the village of New Dover, where he is
now residing.
Mr. Cody was married in October, 1868, to
Augusta Gibson, and to this union four
children have been born, Cora (deceased),
Clara, Nellie and Jennie.
Nellie is the wife of Charles Wesley
and has three daughters, Christina, Gladys
and Clara. Jennie is the wife of
H. Thompson, and has one daughter, Doris.
Fraternally, Mr. Cody is a member of the
Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights of Pythias and
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Politically, he is a Republican. He has been
elected to the office of township assessor no less
than three times, a fact which speaks well for his
ability in the administration of the affairs of this
important office. He is a loyal and
enthusiastic member of the Ransom Reed Post, Grand
Army of the Republic, and has served as past
commander. Mr. Cody has always
made his influence felt for good in his community,
and the well regulated life he has led has gained
for him the respect and admiration of his fellow
citizens to a marked degree. Genial and
unassuming in all of his relations, he has won and
retains the confidence and good will of all with
whom he has been thrown in contact. There are
not many of the sons of the Emerald Isle living in
Union county, and very few who served during the
great Civil war. For this reason it seems
eminently fitting that the career of Mr.
Cody be presented in the annals of his county.
Edward, a brother, served four years in
Company F, Sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and
died at Springfield, Ohio, in 1910, dying from the
effects of his wounds received at Peach Tree Creek,
Georgia, fifty years before his death, being
continually bothered and sick from the wound.
Nepatian Gibson, a brother of Mrs.
Cody, was killed on Red River in Mississippi
while serving in the Union army, and her father died
in the army, 1864, at Rome, Georgia.
Source: History Union County, Ohio
- Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 1072 |
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CHARLES COE Source: History Union County, Ohio
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EMERY M. COE Source: History Union County, Ohio
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JAMES B. COLE Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 920 |
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JOHN MARTIN COLEMAN.
There are several hundred citizens of Union county,
Ohio, who are descended from early German settlers
in this county, and among them John Martin
Coleman, a prosperous farmer of Paris township,
occupies a prominent place. His father came
from Germany with his parents and located in Union
county upon coming to America and lived here the
remainder of his days. Mr. Coleman is
one of the most enterprising and successful farmers
of his township, as is shown by his well-improved
farm of two hundred acres one mile southeast of
Marysville.
John M. Coleman, the son of George and Mary
(Miller) Coleman was born July 21, 1871, on the
old Coleman farm in Paris township, and is
one of a large family of children born to his
parents.
George Coleman was educated in the district
schools of his township and also attended the German
school at Marysville for a time. From his
earliest boyhood days he worked on his father's
farm, and at the age of twenty-one he received the
paternal estate of one hundred acres, thirty-five
acres of which has been cleared by Mr.
Coleman since that time. He has made all
of the improvements which are now upon the farm and
has since added to it until he is now the owner of
two hundred acres of excellent land. He
devotes his attention to general farming and stock
raising with a success which stamps him as one of
the most enterprising and progressive farmers of the
county.
Mr. Coleman
was married Dec. 24. 1893, to Maggie A. Weaver,
the daughter of Calvin L. and Maggie A. (Schalip)
Weaver, and to this union four children have
been born, Leo L., Carl L., Dana
and Martina M.
Mr. Coleman and his family are consistent
members of the Lutheran church, in whose welfare
they are deeply interested and to whose support they
are generous contributors. Politically, he has
always been identified with the Republican party and
has served as assessor of Paris township.
Mr. Coleman is a man who has always made
his influence felt for good in his community, and
his life has been closely interwoven with the
history of the township where he has spent his
entire life. He has so lived as to gain the
respect and admiration of his fellow citizens, and
by his genial and unassuming manner, he has won and
retains the confidence and good will of all with
whom he has come in contact.
Source: History Union
County, Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 871 |
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WILLIAM HENRY CONHOY Source: History Union
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WILLIAM A. CONKLIN Source: History Union
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GEORGE
W. CONNOLLY. The Connolly
family are of Irish descent, both the parents of
George W. Connolly, whose history is here
presented, having been born on the Emerald Isle.
As a race the Irish are characterized by an industry
and patience which overcomes all obstacles and
insures them success in whatever undertakings they
choose to follow. There are many citizens in
Union county, Ohio, of Irish descent but none of
them have taken a more prominent part in the life of
the county than have the Connolly family.
George W. Connolly, the son of Edward and
Charlotte (Wilson) Connolly, was born in Allen
township, Union county, Ohio, March 14. 1S70.
Both of his parents were born in Ireland but were
not married until after they located in Union
county, Ohio. Edward Connolly came to
America when a young man and was on the ocean for
fifty-six days. On coming to this county, he at once
located in Union county, Ohio, and shortly
afterwards met and married Charlotte
Wilson, who had also come to this county with
her parents. Edward Connolly and
his wife lived a year or two in Union county after
their marriage and then moved away, but shortly
afterwards returned to this county and located in
Allen township, settling there in 1863 and living in
that township until their death. Edward
Connolly died December 31, 1879, his wife having
passed away in 1872. There were twelve
children born to Edward Connolly and wife, nine of
whom are still living: Thomas, a farmer in
Logan county. Ohio; Mary, the wife of
Thomas J. Creviston, a farmer of Logan county:
Eliza, deceased: John, a farmer of
Allen township: Edward, a farmer of the same
township; Benjamin E., a farmer of Logan
county. Ohio; Lottie, the wife of George
Williams, of Ada, Ohio: Cassie M., the
wife of Job Alexander, of East Liberty, Ohio;
Alice, the wife of Cersie Stewart,
of Columbus, Ohio; Sarah M., deceased, the wife of
David Edwards, and George W.,
of Allen township.
George W. Connolly was reared on the farm which
he now owns. He attended the public schools of
Allen township and early in life began to work at
hard manual labor. His mother died when he was
two years of age and his father died when he was
only nine. He then lived with his brother
until he was seventeen years of age and at that time
started to work out by the month on a farm in Logan
county, and worked in that county for three years.
He then returned to Union county, where he has since
lived. After his marriage he began farming for
himself, and by dint of hard work and good
management he has accumulated a farm of eighty-eight
acres in Allen township, three and one-half miles
south of Marysville. He has a handsome country
residence and substantial and commodious barns and
out buildings. His farm is well drained and
everything about the place indicates that the owner
is a man of thrift and taste.
Mr. Connolly was married October 21,
1896, to Sylvia Poling, the daughter
of S. H. Poling, of Allen township.
Mr. Connolly and his wife have no
children of their own but have reared Florence
Moody since she was fourteen months of age.
She is now eleven years old.
Mr. Connolly is a Democrat in politics but has
never taken an active part in political affairs.
He has always been found on the right side of all
questions affecting the public welfare of his
community, and his life has been such that it is a
credit to the county honored by his citizenship.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. by B. F.
Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 -
Page 959 |
Dr. Jesse F. Conrad
and son, Jesse M. |
DR. JESSE F. CONRAD Source: History Union
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Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 816 |
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BUSHROD W. CONVERSE Source: History Union
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ARLAND
T. COONS. The Coons family
represented by Arland T. Coons, a prosperous
farmer of Washington Township, Union county, have
been residents of this county since 1834, when the
grandfather of Mr. Coons came here from
Fairfield county, Ohio. During these eighty
years which have elapsed since the first member of
the family came to this county, they have taken a
prominent part in the development of the community
in which they have resided. Mr. Coons
taught school for a time after finishing his
education and since then has developed himself to
farming, and now owns two hundred and forty-one
acres in Washington township.
Arland T. Coons, the
son of George W. and Mary (Elliott) Coons,
was born in York township, Union county, Ohio, Dec.
24, 1874. His father was born in this same
township, the son of Thomas F. Coons, who
came from Fairfield county to Union county and
located in York township about 1834. George
W. Coons was a soldier in the Civil War, a
member of Company H, Eighty-second Regiment Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and lost his left leg in the
second battle of Bull Run. He now lives in
Bellefontaine, Ohio, in the summer, and winters in
Florida. Mary Elliott, the wife of
George Coons, was a daughter of Wilkinson and
Abigail (Taylor) Elliott, and was born in
Portage county, Ohio, and came to this county with
her parents in 1854. There were three children
born to George W. Coons and wife: Orville
F., deceased; Arland T., of Washington
township, and Birdella Z., the wife of
Walter C. Boggs, of Bellefontaine, Ohio.
Arland T. Coons was reared on his father's farm
in York township. After completing the course
of education provided by the common schools of his
home neighborhood he became a student of the Ohio
Northern University at Ada, Ohio, and later taught
school for one year in York township. However,
he preferred the life of a farmer to a professional
career, and left the school room in order to take up
his agricultural pursuits. That he has been
successful is shown by his fine farm where he is
living. This farm, known as the "Walnut Ridge
Farm," consists of eighty-seven acres and lies about
one-half mile south of Byhalia. In addition to
this farm he owns one hundred and fifty-four acres
in this same township. In addition to farming
his own land he has charge of two hundred and
twenty-one acres owned by his father. Mr.
Coons is a large stock raiser and markets and
several carloads of stock from his farms each year.
Mr. Coons was married Jan. 9, 1902, to Ethel
L. Horton, a daughter of Frank and Jennie
(White) Horton. Mr. Horton was born in
Licking county, Ohio, and his wife in Jackson
township, in this county. Mr. Horton
and his wife are the parents of four children,
Ethel, Blanche, Ralph and Gladys.
They are residents of Essex, Ohio. Mr.
Coons and his wife have two children.
Herbert H., who is eleven years of age, and
Helen E., who is seven years old.
Mr. Coons and his wife are members of the
Friends church at Byhalia. Fraternally, he is
a member of the York Patrons of Husbandry, and has
been the lecturer of his lodge. In politics,
he has given his hearty support to the Republican
party for many years, and was nominated by his party
for the office of county commissioner in the spring
of 1914. In the fall of the same year he was
elected commissioner of Union county and is now
filling this position in a very satisfactory manner.
He is a director and stockholder of the First
National Bank, of Richwood, Ohio. Mr. Coons
is a man of sterling ability and upright in
character and his long residence in this county has
served to endear him to a large circle of friends
and acquaintances.
Source: History Union County, Ohio -
Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. -
1915 - Page 947 |
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GEORGE W. COWGILL Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 868 |
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JOHN CRAWFORD Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 708 |
Mr. & Mrs.
George W. Currier |
GEORGE A. CURRIER Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 712 |
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J. EARL CURRY Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 612 |
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COL. JAMES CURRY.
He of whom this memoir is written was among the
county's first pioneer settlers. He served in
the Revolutionary struggle, and received one
thousand acres of land in part pay for his services
for seven years as an officer of the Virginia
Continental Line. Some of the land is still in
the Curry family. By virtue of their
genius and accomplishments, now and then we find a
few men towering high above all others when were
come to select representative characters worthy of
being handed down to posterity in the annals of a
state or county. Such a one was Colonel James
Curry.
Mr. Curry was born in Belfast, Ireland, Jan. 29,
1752, the first child of James Curry, a
prosperous Irish farmer of county Antrim. His
mother's maiden name was Warwick, of English
origin, and her ancestors and kin were prominent in
England in Cromwell's day. One of her
relatives, Captain Warwick, was shot to death
after the Restoration. The immediate family of
Currys were of the Irish Presbyterian stock.
James, of this memoir, was educated
for the ministry while still in Ireland, but all
things were changed and his career drifted into
other channels. His father and the family
sailed for America on the ship "Good Return," about
1762. On account of overloading, the ship, a
fast-sailing craft for that period, failed to reach
America in less than fifteen weeks, three times the
usual time of the boat's sailing. Sickness
prevailed and many died on board, including the
elder Curry's four children. Finally
reaching Philadelphia, the father stepped ashore
with but three of his seven children. The
family immediately proceeded to Virginia, and there,
with the ten-year-old son, James, the father
settled down as a planter. After assisting on
the plantation four years young Curry
commenced teaching school in winters, continuing
until he reached manhood. He was then called
by Lord Dunmore, governor of Virginia, to
serve as a volunteer to suppress the Indian
massacres among the settlers of the Ohio river
frontier. He thus took his first step as a
soldier when twenty-one years of age, enlisting as a
private at Staunton, Virginia. He accompanied
Gen. Andrew Lewis to Point Pleasant, where
was fought a great battle which really terminated
the Cresap's war, which led to the treaty at
Chillicothe, the village of the famous Mingo chief,
Logan, with the Indians. Young Curry
took part in the battle at Point Pleasant and used
to relate much concerning the fight. He stood
first behind one three, then another, while firing
at the Indians, and toward nightfall was too much
exposed and was wounded through the right elbow.
He fell in the weeds and remained out of sight of
the foe until the end of the struggle. This
disabled him and he returned and went to work on the
plantation as soon as the wound healed, but he was
never again able to lift a cup to his lips with his
right hand. But his war days had not yet
ended. The Revolutionary War came on and he
enlisted and fought bravely for national
independence. He was commissioned a lieutenant
in the Eighth Virginia Regiment of the Continental
Establishment about 1777, serving until 1779, when
he was commissioned captain of the Fourth Virginia
Regiment. Most of the period, until the war
ended, he did staff duty under Col. Nathaniel
Gist. Records are deficient, but it is
known that he was at the battle of Brandywine, and
was with Washington during the campaign of 1777, and
was at Germantown.
A land patent dated March 16, 1816. show^s that he was
given lands for his six years and six months service
as a captain, this being but a portion of the
service rendered his country in that great struggle.
On November 20, 1784, he married a daughter of Capt.
Robert Burns, of the Pennsylvania Line. He
moved to Rockingham C. H., later known as
Harrisonburg, and engaged in merchandising, holding
several public offices. He was brigade
inspector, a salaried position of importance.
His grandson, Col. W. L. Curry, has in his
possession a paper signed by Gen. Isaac Zane,
directing Major Curry to attend
"superintending the exercises" of the regiments.
It is dated September 26, 1794.
In the autumn of 1797 Col. James Curry removed
to Ohio Territory, in which Virginia had reserved an
immense tract of land for the use of
Revolutionary and Indian campaign soldiers.
Seated in a great five-horse wagon Col.
Curry and his family wended their way westward.
At Morgantown they boarded a flatboat and went by
water to the confines of their destination.
This trip consumed six months and was fraught with
danger and many hardships. They finally landed
in Ross county, Ohio, April 1, 1798. Here
Col. Curry erected a cabin without door,
floor or window, in which he lived two years.
He then moved to the present site of Greenfield,
where he remained eleven years and tilled land.
There was no doctor there, and all the years of his
residence he acted as both doctor and surgeon.
In 1811 Col. James Curry removed to Jerome
township, Union county. Here in the
wilderness, for the third time. Col.
Curry commenced life over, as it were, on lands
he held as above mentioned. In 1811-13 he was
a member of the Legislature, while the capital was
at Chillicothe. He served in that body
until 1816 when he was chosen delegate or elector to
the meeting at Chillicothe. which resulted in the
election of James Monroe as President
of the United States. On his motion in the
Ohio Legislature in 1817-18 he was returned as
representative from Madison county, and in 1819,
December 24th, he seconded the motion for the
creation of Union county. He also served as
associate judge from 1822 to 1828 inclusive.
The courts were then held at Milford. He then
retired to his farm to spend the remainder of life
in quiet. He died of apoplexy July 5, 1834, at
ten o'clock in the morning.
Of his politics, let it be stated, that he was an
avowed Jacksonian Democrat, who hated the name
"Federalist." His two sons, Stephenson and Otway,
became anti-Jackson Democrats—especially was Otway.
In religion, Col. James Curry was more a
Baptist than anything else, although he never united
with any church; yet a statement he wrote out
concerning his faith in God and His Son, Jesus
Christ, dated October, 1782, shows that he was
indeed a Christian of great strength and strong
faith. He was buried beside his good wife in
Jerome township, and there they rested until a few
years ago, when their remains were taken up and
buried in Oakdale cemetery at Marysville.
Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 798 |
Curry Family
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John Curry
C. L. Curry |
JOHN M. CURRY. The Curry family
have been prominently identified with the history of
Union county, Ohio, since 1817. The father of
John M. Curry was born in this county and the
family have been connected in various ways with the
history of this county for nearly one hundred years.
During all of this time its various members have
been prominent in every phase of the county's
development. John M. Curry has devoted
his career to farming and he and his two brothers
own over five hundred acres of land and conduct a
general farming and stock raising business under the
name of C. L. Curry & Company.
John M. Curry, the
son of John and Tabitha (Gill) Curry, was
born in Union county, Ohio, May 21, 1871. His
parents were both born in this county, his father
being born in 1817. His parents were married
in 1845 and of their eleven children nine are still
living: Allen T., of Snyder, Oklahoma;
Louis, a farmer of this county; T. H.;
Frank ; Olive, who married J. Delmore
McCampbell, deceased; Jesse; Stevenson;
Phoebe, the wife of Clark Richards, of
Jerome township; Samantha, the wife of J.
A. Cruikshank, deceased; J. E. and
John M., a farmer of Jerome township.
James A., the grandfather of John M. Curry,
was born in Harrisonburg, Rockingham county,
Virginia, March 30, 1787. He came with his
parents in 1798 from Virginia to Ross county, Ohio,
where he lived until 1811. On March 18, of
that year, James Curry was married to
Phoebe Winget, who was born in
Washington county, Pennsylvania. in 1799.
James A. Curry died in Union county, March 1,
1874, and his widow survived him until 1891.
There were ten children born to James
Curry and wife in this county. John,
Harriett, Nancy, Maria, James, Samantha, William,
Phoebe, David, and Tames A., Jr.
The reader is referred to the history of Louis
Curry, found elsewhere in this volume, for
further information concerning the Curry
family.
John M. Curry completed the common and high
school courses of his home township and then
remained at home until his marriage. Since then he
has been farming with his two brothers, C. L.
and J. E.. under the firm name of C. L.
Curry & Company.
Mr. Curry was married December 4, 1895,
to Winifred Douglass, the daughter of
Perry and Lovisa (Ketch)
Douglass. To this union two children
have been born. Donna, born August 29, 1902,
and Margaret, born December 22, 1904.
Mr. Curry is a stanch Democrat in
politics and while taking a deep interest in the
current issues of the day, has never been active in
the political affairs of his county.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. by B. F.
Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 -
Page 645 |
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LOUIS CURRY Source: History Union County, Ohio
- Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 547 |
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OTWAY CURRY Source: History Union County, Ohio
- Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 738 |
Col. William L. Curry |
COL. WILLIAM L. CURRY Source: History Union
County, Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 880 |
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