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BIOGRAPHIES
History Union County, Ohio
Publ. By B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis,
Indiana
1915
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JOHN N. LAIRD.
The chief executive officer of Union county, Ohio,
is John N. Laird, who has been filling the
sheriff's office since the fall of 1912 in a manner
which places him among the most efficient officials
the county has ever had. His father was a
native of Ireland and when he died in this county in
1896, he was one of the largest land owners in
Leesburg township, and a man who was highly
respected land owners in Leesburg township, and a
man who was highly respected by everyone who knew
him. Mr. Laird for many years has been
connected with the business interests of Marysville
and has so conducted his affairs as to gain an
enviable place in the estimation of his fellow
citizens.
John N. Laird, the son of Moses and Phoebe (Hanawalt)
Laird, was born in Leesburg township, Union
county, Ohio, Oct. 12, 1859. His father was a
native of county Londonderry, Ireland, and his
mother of Ross county, Ohio, and in this county they
reared a family of twelve children: George H.,
deceased; John N.., of Marysville; Allen,
of Marysville; Anna, of Marysville;
Lincoln, of Coal city, Indiana; Mollie,
the wife of Charles Sands; Lula,
the wife of Albert Fields, of Dayton,
Ohio; Ray, of Leesburg township; Frank,
of Dover township; Clarence, of Dover
township; Bessie, the wife of Roy
Stiner, of Paris township and Harry, who
died at the age of fourteen.
Moses Laird was reared in Ireland and
lived there until he was eighteen years of age.
He was a descendant of one of those families who
came from Scotland and settled in the northern part
of Ireland, and a representative of that large group
of good American citizens who are known as
Scotch-Irish citizens. In 1838 Moses Laird
came to America and first located in Philadelphia,
later settling in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania.
From that state he came to Pickaway county, Ohio,
where he lived for several years and eventually
permanently located in Union county. Upon
coming to this county he cleared and improved
a farm of two hundred acres in Leesburg township and
gradually added to his land holdings until at the
time of his death he owned five hundred acres of
well improved land. He died in 1896 at the age
of seventy-nine and his wife followed him in 1898 at
the age of sixty. Both were loyal members of
the Methodist church. Moses Laird was
married three times. His first wife was a
Miss Parker and to this union four children,
Isaac, Samuel, William and James, were
born. His second wife was a Miss
Rittenhouse and to this second union three
children were born, David, Washington and
Henry Nelson. His third wife was the
mother of John N. Laird.
The paternal grandparents of Mr. Laird were
Thomas Laird and wife, natives of Ireland of
Scotch-Irish descent. Thomas Laird came
to America late in life and died in Pickaway county,
Ohio. Five children were born to Thomas
Laird and wife, Thomas, James, Moses, Jane
and Catherine Rebecca. The maternal
grandparents of John N. Laird were George
and Becky (Latta) Hanawalt, natives of Ross
county, Ohio. The parents of both George
Hanawalt and his wife were born in Pennsylvania.
George and Becky Hanawalt came from
Ross county to Union county, Ohio, early in the
history of the county, and Mr. Hanawalt
helped to cut the first road which ran from Plain
City to Watkins. George Hanawalt
located in Mill Creek township where he died at an
advanced age. A large family of children were
born to Mr. Hanawalt and his wife, Allen,
John, William, Thomas, Phoebe, Hester, Mary and
Sarah.
John N. Laird was reared in Leesburg township on
his father's farm and received his education in the
schools of that township. He then farmed on
the home farm for several years and in 1883 came to
Marysville, but returned shortly afterwards to the
old home farm where he lived until 1890. In
that year he returned to Marysville where he has
since resided. For twenty years he managed a
feed and sales stable on Sixth street. While
he is filling the position of sheriff of the county
he is renting his stable in order to give all of his
attention and time to his official duties.
Mr. Laird is a stanch Republican in politics and
has taken an active interest in political affairs in
his county. He was elected to the position of
county sheriff in 1912 and filled this office with
such universal satisfaction that he was re-elected
on Nov. 4, 1814, by the largest majority of any man
ever elected to an office in Union county. He
was chief of the fire department of Marysville for
nine years and was deputy marshal of the village for
two terms. He was president of the board of
Agriculture for six years and a member of the Board
for about twelve years. Fortunately, he is a
member of the board for about twelve years.
Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the
Improved order of Red Men.
Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 674 |
Edward L. Langstaff
and family |
EDWARD L. LANGSTAFF
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F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915
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James C. Langstaff
& Family |
JAMES CHALMER LANGSTAFF
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Mr. & Mrs. Sylvester M. Lentz
Sylvester M. Lentz
Residence |
SYLVESTER M. LENTZ
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. by B.
F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915
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Newton E. Liggett |
NEWTON E. LIGGETT.
The telephone history of the country is
comprehended within the past
twenty-five years and today there is not a hamlet in
the whole state of Ohio
that is not connected with some telephone system.
Alexander Bell little
dreamed when he invented the telephone that it would
in such a short time
be so universally used. Nearly every county, if not
every county, in the
state of Ohio has one or more telephone systems and
it is impossible to
calculate the wonderful benefit which the telephone
gives society. One of
the telephone companies of Union county, Ohio, is
the Union County Telephone
Company, of which Newton E. Liggett is president and
general manager. Mr. Liggett started in the telephone business for
himself twenty years
ago. He was for many years a druggist in Marysville,
but in 1906 decided
to give all of his attention to his telephone
business.
Newton E. Liggett, the son of Luther and
Maria S. (Wilkinson) Liggett,
was born in Mill Creek township, Union county,
Ohio, June 21, 1857. His parents, both of whom were natives of Ohio, had
a family of six children: Newton E., of Marysville;
James A., of Marysville;
Louisa, the wife
of Gamble Shields, of Marysville; Luther
M.,
of Galion, Ohio; Clara, the
wife of William Walgamot, of Marysville; and
Henry
C., of Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania.
Luther Liggett was reared in Ohio and came to Union
county early in
its history and located in Mill Creek township where
he bought the Henry Wolf farm. He prospered and
year by year added to
his possessions until
he finally owned more than four hundred acres of
land in the county. He
reared his family on this farm and died there in
1892 at the age of fifty-six.
His widow still survives him and now makes her home
with her daughter, Mrs. Walgamot.
Mr. Liggett and his wife were both
members of the Christian
church. He was a prominent man in his community and
was elected
county commissioner in the early history of the
county.
The paternal grandparents of Newton E- Liggett were
_______ and Millie (Carr) Liggett natives of
Delaware county, Ohio, and early settlers in Union
county. They settled in Mill Creek township
and died there well advanced in years, having reared
a family of eight children, Luther, Amos, Gideon,
Ann, George, Joseph, Susan and Emma. The
maternal grandparents of Mr. Liggett
were James Wilkinson and wife, early settlers
in Ohio. They lived in Marysville a number of
years and moved to Nebraska in November, 1837, and
located at David City, where Mr. Wilkinson
engaged
in farming. Mr. Wilkinson
started the town of David City and died there well
along in years. Mr. Wilkinson
and his wife were the parents of seven children,
Maria S., Mrs. Frank Kinney, Augusta, Emily,
William. John and James.
Newton E. Liggett was reared on his father's farm
in Mill Creek township and after attending the
country schools for a few years graduated from the
Marysville high school. He then became an
apprentice in the drug store of S. N. McCloud
in Marysville and became an expert pharmacist and
druggist. In the fall of 1890 he engaged in
the drug business for himself. He continued to
follow this particular line of business until 1906,
when he sold out and has since devoted himself
solely to his telephone company.
His first experience in the telephone business was in
the spring of 1895, when he started the present
telephone company which covers the central part of
the county. He continued alone until 1906 when
the Union County Telephone Company was incorporated
with a capital stock of one hundred and twenty-five
thousand dollars, with officers as follows: N. E.
Liggett, president; J. S. McCrackin, of
Mt. Vernon, Ohio, secretary; Luther
Liggett, of Marysville, treasurer; and Frank
L. Beam, of Mt. Vernon, vice-president. In
1897 Mr. Liggett erected a handsome
business block of three stories. The first
floor is occupied by The Citizens' Home and Savings
Bank and the Asman & Smith drug store. The second
floor is used for office rooms and the telephone
exchange occupies the entire third floor.
Mr. Liggett was married September 10,
1890, to Anna Gibson, the daughter of
George and Angeline (Mathers) Gibson.
To this union two sons have been born, Luther
and George E. Luther is assistant wire
chief in the telephone exchange and is a graduate of
the Marysville high school. George, who
is also a graduate of the local high school, is
employed in Hoffman's garage. Mrs.
Liggett was born in Marysville, as were her
parents, who are now deceased. They had four
children, David, Richard, Lucinda and
Anna.
Mr. and Mrs. Liggett are members of the
Methodist Episcopal church and are active workers in
the church and Sunday school. Mr.
Liggett is one of the
church stewards and is the president of the Merrill
Bible class of this church. Fraternally, he is
a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, Royal and
Select Masters, Rapier Commandery of Urbana,
Ohio, and
Aladdin Temple, Nobles of the Alystic Shrine, at
Columbus, Ohio. He also
holds his membership in the Knights of Pythias and
the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks. In politics, he has always cast his
ballot for the
Democratic party, but owing to his extensive\e
business interests has never been active in political circles.
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Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. -
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Mr. & Mrs.
Robert Linn |
ROBERT A. LINN
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Mr. & Mrs.
George W. Longbrake |
GEORGE W. LONGBRAKE
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GEORGE
LYONS. One of the most highly respected
and esteemed citizens of Milford Center, Ohio, is
George Lyons, who has been engaged in the drug
business to Milford Center since the first day of
April, 1871, and has spent his whole life, with the
exception of the time he was in the Civil War, in
Milford Center, or within a mile and a quarter of
the village. He enlisted for service in the
Civil War at the age of seventeen and participated
in the Atlanta campaign with General Sherman.
Mr. Lyons' long residence here has given him
a large acquaintance throughout the county, and he
is held in high esteem, not only as a business man,
but as a neighbor, as a citizen, and as a friend who
is always willing to share with those less fortunate
than himself. His record as a business man is
above reproach and he belongs to that high class of
true American citizens who make our nation the
greatest on earth.
George Lyons, the son of Benjamin and Mary
(Morrow) Lyons, was born in Union township,
about a mile and a quarter from Milford Center, on
April 13, 1846. His father was born in Vermont
while his mother was a native of one of the Eastern
states. They were the parents of two children,
Martha, who died single, and George,
of Milford Center.
Benjamin Lyons was married three times and had
three sets of children. Mary (Morrow) Lyons,
the mother of George, was his third wife.
She had been formerly married, her first husband
being a Mr. Whelpley, who died in Adams
county, Ohio. the parents of George Lyons
were early settlers in Union county where his father
followed the occupation of a farmer.
Benjamin Lyons owned a small farm in this county
on Buck Run where he lived the most of his life.
In his declining years he went to Iowa to make his
home with his son, Levi, and there his death
occurred at the age of eighty years. His wife,
Mary Morrow, died in 1886. He was a
Universalist in faith and his wife was a member of
the Methodist church.
George Lyons was reared on his father's farm in
Union township, this county, and received such
education as was afforded by the district schools of
his day. At the age of seventeen he enlisted
in Company F, Thirty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and served for a year and a half, or until
the close of the war. lie participated in all of
those battles which Sherman fought on his
march through Georgia to the sea. He then went
with that general through the Carolinas and was
present at the surrender of General
Johnson on April 26, 1865, and was present at
the Grand Review at Washington, D. C., May 24 and 25
of that spring.
Immediately after the close of the Civil War Mr.
Lyons returned to peaceful pursuits in Union
county and for the first two years followed farming.
He then went to Marysville and operated a huckster
wagon for about a year, after which he came to
Milford Center and established the drug store in
which he has since continued. His store is
well equipped with an up-to-date stock of drugs and
druggist's sundries, and is one of the oldest
established places of business in the village.
He has always so conducted his affairs as to win the
confidence of the people, and it is safe to say that
no more highly respected business man lives in the
county than Mr. Lyons.
Mr. Lyons was
married on Christmas day, 1876, to Nancy
Stewart, the daughter of Dr. Charles
and Elizabeth (McClenagen)
Stewart, and to this union four children were
born, Charles, Dessie, Zoe and
one who died in infancy. Dessie died
when she was about two years of age.
Charles, who married Bertha Lincoln,
is a telegraph operator at Milford Center and has
two children, Frances and Zoe.
Zoe, the second child of Mr. Lyons, is deceased.
She was the wife of C. C. Fahl, and left one
child, who is also now deceased.
The first wife of Mr. Lyons died at the
birth of the fourth child on April 3, 1888.
She was born in Harrison county, Ohio, where her
parents were early settlers. Her father was a
practicing physician and had three children,
Nancy, Ella and Douglas.
On January 19, 1889, Mr. Lyons married
for his second wife, Ella, the twin sister of
his first wife, and to this second union one son,
Harold Stewart, has been born.
Harold, who married Eva Gillespie,
is working for his father in the drug store.
Mr. Lyons has been a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows for more than
thirty years, and has also been a member of the
Ransom Reed Post. Grand Army of the Republic, of
Marysville. since its organization. He has
been a life-long Republican and has been frequently
called upon by his party to serve it in various
capacities. He has been a councilman of
Milford Center for a number of terms and has also
served as township and corporation treasurer for two
terms. Mrs. Lyons is a member of
the Presbyterian church, and although Mr.
Lyons is not an active member of the church, yet
he is an attendant and, with his wife, is a generous
contributor to its maintenance.
Mr. Lyons is a fine example of the self-made man
and during his long career in this county has so
lived as to entitle him to inclusion among the
representative men of his county.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. by B.
F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915
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