Hamilton Twp. -
JOSEPH BAKER, farmer, P. O. Morrow,
was born in this township on the farm where William
Ditmus lives, in the year 1833, and is a son of
Abraham Baker, a pioneer of whom mention is made in this
work. He was brought upon the farm and received only a
common education, remaining with his parents till of age.
He was married to Lydia, daughter of Jno. and
Sarah Ertle, by whom he has had six children, three
living, viz.: Hattie L., Walter S., and
Lewis D. The deceased are Charley, Frank
and an infant. Mr. B. owns 107½
acres of excellent land, which is well improved and lying in
survey 1496, on which he settled in 1859. He is one
among the successful and enterprising farmers of the county
and a public spirited gentleman, and has held the local
offices of Supervisor and School Director repeatedly.
Is a Republican in politics, with which party he has always
voted. Mrs. B. was born in the county in 1835.
Source: History of Wayne Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 838 |
W.
WALLACE BAIRD, miller, Springboro, Ohio, was born at
Miamisburg, Montgomery Co., Ohio, Aug. 8, 1846. He was
a son of Bedent and Margaret (Silver) Baird, who were
of Scotch and German descent. Our subject came to
Springboro in 1872 and took charge of the mechanical
department of the Miami Valley College, in which capacity he
continued for two years. He afterward purchased the
old Spring Garden Mill, one of the early mills of the
county, and in 1877 built a new mill near its site; since
then, he has made milling his principal business. He
was married, June 22, 1876, to Catharine M. Maltbie,
a daughter of Arthur and Nancy J. (Moses) Maltbie; by
this marriage, two children were born, viz., Arthur,
deceased, and Mable, now living. In 1878,
Mr. Baird built a fine brick residence on Main street,
in Springboro, where he now lives; it is one of the finest
residences in the town, and attracts attention by its
commanding appearance and the beauty of its construction.
(Source: History of Wayne Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - page 891) |
Franklin Twp.
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WILLIAM B. BALLINGER, hardware
merchant, No. 3, Woodward's Block, Franklin; son of Isaac
and Orinda Ballinger; was born in Union Co., Ind., May
6, 1855. When 19 years of age, he entered a grocery
store as clerk, in Liberty, Ind., for Ballinger Bros.;
he remained with them one year as a clerk, when he was
admitted as a partner. In 1879, he came to Franklin
and opened a hardware store, where he is at present; carries
a full line of hardware, tinware, stoves, iro, steel, glass,
etc.; carries a stock of $5,000, and has the leading
business in his line in town. He was married, in
Butler Co., Ohio, in 1877, to Laura, daughter of
Alexander and Rebecca Young, born in Butler County.
He has one house and lot in Liberty, Union Co., Ind.
Source: History of Wayne Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 794 |
Franklin Twp. -
ARTHUR D. BARKALOW, farmer; P. O.
Franklin; son of William and Ann Barkalow; was born
in Lemon Township, Butler Co., May 2, 1846. Sept. 12,
1861, at the youthful age of 15, he enlisted in the defense
of his country in Company K, 35th O. V. I.; he served in the
army of the Cumberland under Gen. Thomas, and
participated in the following battles; Perryvile,
Chickamauga and Mission Ridge; he re-enlisted September,
1864, at teh expiration of his first term of service; this
time in Company K, 1st Regiment of Veterans, of Gen.
Hancock's Corps. He received his honorable
discharge Feb. 7, 1866, having served almost through the
war. Oct. 19, 1871, he was married to Miss Laura
Garrison, a native of Butler County, born June 12, 1851.
She is a daughter of Henry and Phoebe Garrison. Mr.
Barkalow settled on his present land in January, 1872.
He and his wife are members of the Christian Church; he owns
31 acres of land, and in politics is a Republican.
Source: History of Wayne Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 794 |
Franklin Twp.
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WILLIAM T. BARKALOW, Postmaster,
Franklin; son of William P. and Mary (Tapscott) Barkalow;
was born in Franklin June 24, 1810; his parents were natives
of Monmouth Co., N. J., and came here in 1803, and bought
over 1,000 acres of land on the west side of the Great Miami
River; they paid $2.40 per acre; they sold most of it to
their relatives, who came here later. His father died
in 1852, in his 83d year. William T. now has 2½
acres of the estate bordering on the river; he was reared on
a farm till 15 years old, when he went to Lebanon and
entered the office of Jonathan K. Wilds, Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas; he remained on eyar and then came to
Franklin, in 1826, and engaged as clerk in the general store
of John N. C. Schenck, who also acted as
Postmaster at that time; he remained with him three years.
In 1830, he was married, in Lebanon, to Mary H.,
daughter of Joseph and Rachel Smith, born in
Princeton, N. J., Sept. 27, 1810. They had three
children, one still living. Sarah, married to
Arthur B. Barkalow. In 1832, he opened a dry
goods store on the east side of the canal, which he kept
three or four years; he then engaged in the manufacture of
chairs and also as general house and sign painter till 1845.
He then went to Cincinnati as book-keeper for Lot Pugh
& Co., butchering and rendering establishment; he
remained till 1848. In 1849, he engaged in the
manufacture of soap, candles, neats' foot oil, glue, etc.,
in company with others; firm known as William T. Barkalow
& Co. till 1860, when he again returned to Franklin and
engaged in the nursery business until 1877, when he was
appointed Postmaster Feb. 22, 1879; it was changed to a
salary office and he was re-appointed to serve four years.
He has been a member of the Odd Fellows society since 1842.
His family are members of the Presbyterian Church. He
had one son - Arthur B.; in the late war, he enlisted
in Franklin in the 100-day service; their other child,
Lydia, died in Cincinnati, at the age of 14. In
1853 and 1854, he was a member of the City Council in
Cincinnati; was elected in the Eight Ward; he was
instrumental in establishing a first class fire department
there.
Source: History of Wayne Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 794 |
Franklin Twp.
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WILLIAM V. BARKALOW, marble-yard,
Franklin; son of Moses V. and Cornelia (Burgen) Barkalow;
was born in Germantown, Montgomery Co., Jan. 25, 1846; his
grandparents came here at an early period; his grandmother,
who still lives at the advanced age of 88 years, was Amy
Vale; came here with her parents about 1800, and settled
in Franklin Township, near here with her parents about 1800,
and settled in Franklin Township, near Butler County line,
where they bought 200 acres of land. They lived in the
first hose built in Middletown; they had twelve children,
all of whom are dead, except the father of our subject,
Moses V., who was married in 1845 to Cornelia Burgen,
a native of Kentucky. They had six children, of whom
William V. is the eldest. In 1866, he began to
learn the trade of marble cutting with W. S. Evans,
with whom he remained till 1872, when he started his present
yard on Front street, near the suspension bridge, where he
makes all kinds of monuments and building material. He
was married, in Franklin, in 1867, to Harriet C.,
daughter of Thomas Dodd.
Source: History of Wayne Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 795 |
Deerfield Twp. -
JAMES BAXTER, retired farmer; P. O.
Mason. The gentleman whose name heads this memoir is
another of the well and favorably known citizens of Warren
County. He was born on Pleasant Ridge, in Hamilton
Co., Ohio, in the year 1798; he is a son of James and
Jane Baxter, who where born in County Tyrone, Ireland,
in which they were reared and married. At the close of
the Revolutionary war, about 1790, they, with their two
children, emigrated to America and settled in Hamilton
County, at a time when Cincinnati was almost unknown.
He was a tanner by trade, yet he owned a farm, which he
carried on in connection with his other business. They were
parents of eight children, two living, viz., James and
John; the deceased are Mary, William, Andrew, Samuel,
Margaret and Jane. At the time he settled
in Ohio, the whole country was a dense and howling
wilderness, which was overrun by murderous Indians and
ravenous beast of prey. After over thirty years of
toil in clearing up his home, he was overtaken by the last
foe of man - death - Sept. 7, 1821. He was born in
February, 1760; Jane Rogers, his wife, was born Dec.
7, 1766; they were married in County Tyrone, Ireland, Aug. 8
1785; she departed this life Sept. 21, 1840. Our
subject was reared on the farm, and in the subscription
schools, to which he walked three and four miles; he
received a meager education; the demands of labor kept the
sturdy boys of the pioneers at the ax and plow, and among
them a finished education was unknown; on the farm and in
the tannery and distillery he labored for his father until
of age. Oct. 5, 1820, he was married to Martha,
a daughter of William and Elizabeth McIntire, of
Hamilton Co., Ohio; for three years following his marriage,
he resided in his native county, and in 1823 removed to
Warren County and located where he now resides. To
Mr. and Mrs. Baxter were born three children, one
living, viz., William R.; the deceased are David,
who died in 1865, and Eliza J., who departed this
life in October, 1849. Mrs. Baxter died at her
home in Deerfield Township. Mr. Baxter's second
marriage was celebrated with Mary, daughter of
Jacob and Mary Le Fever, of Warren County; to them were
born three children, two living, viz., Martha (Mrs.
Clark), and Margaret (Mrs. Harper); Mary,
deceased. Officially, Mr. Baxter has been
prominently connected with the leading offices of the
township, having served as Justice of the Peace for
thirty-two consecutive years. Trustee for many years,
and Clerk for two years; truly, he has been a representative
man, and he has earned an enviable reputation by fearlessly
discharging the required duties of each and every trust.
Politically, he is a Democrat, and during his long life has
voted with that party - since casting his first vote.
Whenever the name of James Baxter was put on a ticket
for office, it was seldom he had no opponent, as Republicans
and Democrats combined at the polls to elect him. He
has been successful during life, and all his business
transactions have been discharged to the strictest letter of
the moral and divine law; temperate in every habit, never
indulging in liquor, profane language nor the use of tobacco
in any form, the record of our subject is indeed an
exceptional one, and is worthy a place on the pages of any
history, and should be perpetuated and held up as a model
for the young man of today to take pattern from. For
sixty years, he has been connected with the Presbyterian
Church, and for forty years an Elder in the same; a
consistent and unassuming Christian gentleman, a man whose
ways, whose thoughts and whose deeds are ever formed from
the principles of truth and love for his fellow man.
WILLIAM R. BAXTER, son of
James, was born Feb. 9, 1826. He was reared to
farm pursuits and received only a meager education in the
district schools, March 6, 1850, he was married to Miss
Martha, a daughter of James and Catherine Harper,
of Hamilton Co., Ohio, who has borne him one child, viz.,
Martha S. In 1855, he removed to the Sixteen Mile
Stand in Hamilton Co., Ohio, where he kept a general store
and was Postmaster for ten years. In 1865, he returned
to the old home farm on which he has resided until the
present. During the summer and fall of 1881, he
erected an elegant residence in the village of Mason, which
will be his retired home for the future. He and his
estimable wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, with
which he has been an Elder, and both he and his wife are
much interested in matters pertaining to religion.
Like his father, he is absolutely temperate in all things.
Source: History of Wayne Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 960 |
Deerfield Twp. -
JOHN BAXTER, retired farmer; P. O.
Sixteen Mile Stand, Hamilton Co. The gentleman whose
name heads this sketch was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, in
the year 1800; he is a son of James Baxter; he was
reared on the farm, and when age had developed his frame and
toughened his muscles, in him was constituted the material
so much needed to accomplish the slavish labor of clearing
up and developing the resources of a new country. In
1826, he was married to Ruth, daughter of John
Ludlow, of Hamilton Co., by whom he had four children,
two living, viz., Andrew J. and Martha; the
deceased are Susan J. and John. In 1830,
he came to Warren County, in which he purchased the
northeast quarter of Sec. 32, in Deerfield Township.
Politically, he is a Democrat, and with the exception of one
term, in which he served as Trustee, he has been identified
with no office. He is a member of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, to which he has belonged for forty
years, and is an exemplary, consistent Christian gentleman.
Like his elder brother, James, he, too, is temperate,
abhorring the use of liquors and profane language, and,
though in former days he indulged in the use of tobacco, he
abandoned its use, thus showing his strong moral control
over the force of habit. He has been successful in
life, and at present owns 140 acres of choice land, which
are largely in cultivation and well improved. Mr.
Baxter departed this life Dec. 13, 1843, aged 36 years
and 1 day; she was a member of the Presbyterian Church and
an exemplary Christian woman. Mr. Baxter has
remained true to his early vows, and the many long years
that have separated him from the idol of his youth are
gradually approaching a terminus; though his frame is
bending under the weight of more than eighty years, he is
mentally and physically well preserved, and bids fair to
enjoy life to a ripe old age.
ANDREW J. BAXTER, son of John Baxter, was born in
1833. He was married to Eliza Conrey in 1854,
who has borne him one child, viz., Susan wife of
Finley Thompson. Mr. Baxter and his wife
are consistent members of the Presbyterian Church, to which
they have belonged for twenty-seven years, and each vies
with the other in the discharge of Christian duties.
She was born in Hamilton County in 1832; her father, Jonathan
Conrey, was born in Kentucky Jan. 5, 1794; Eliza,
his wife, and daughter of Thomas Whalen, of New
Jersey, was born Nov. 19, 1799; she was married to Mr.
Conreyin 1817; he died Dec. 20, 1855; she departed this
life in August, 1878.
Source: History of Wayne Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 961 |
Hamilton Twp. -
WILLIAM BURTON, retired carpenter, P.
O. Maineville, was born on the old home farm in 1824, on
which he lived until 19 years old, when he learned the
carpenter trade, which he actively followed till a few years
ago, when he learned the carpenter trade, which he actively
followed till a few years ago, when he retired from active
business and has since lived a retired life in the village
of Maineville. He is a member of Emery Lodge3, of
Loveland, No. 258; joined at its organization in 1854.
(Source: History of Wayne
Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882
- Page 939) |
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EDWARD
B. BUTTERWORTH, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born in
Clermont Co., Ohio, July 14, 1827; is a son of Samuel and
Hannah L. (Taylor) Butterworth, he a native of Campbell
Co., Va., and she of Chester Co., Penn,. The paternal
grandparents were Benjamin and Rachel Butterworth,
natives of Virginia, who emigrated to this county in 1812
and purchased land in the southern part of the county, near
Clermont County, where he was among the early settlers, and
resided and died on the same place where he first located,
aged about 65 years. Samuel was 14 years of age
when they located in Warren County; here he grew to manhood
and was married and became the father of six children -
three sons and three daughters, two now living - Jessie
T. and Edward B. Mr. Butterworth bought a
farm in Clermont County, where he resided until 1848; thence
removed into Warren County, where he purchased the farm
known as the Benjamin Evans farm, and here resided
till his death, Feb. 21, 1872, aged 74 years; his wife died
Sept. 5, 1850, aged 47 years. Mr. B., as
were his ancestors, was a devoted member of the Society of
Friends. He was a man of great energy and industry,
and, as an early pioneer, did a vast amount of hard labor,
having cleared with his own hands and labor, 100 acres right
from the woods, which was seldom, if ever, equaled by the
labor of one man; the town of Loveland is now built upon a
portion of the land he cleared. He was a man of
undoubted integrity, of firm principles and correct and just
in all his dealings, and, in his death, the community lost a
worthy citizen and his family a kind father and husband.
Our subject was brought up to farm labor; was married, Mar.
28, 1849, to Hannah, daughter of Josiah and
Abigail Rogers, whose ancestors are given in the sketch
of Samuel W. Rogers; by this union, they had six
children; four now survive- Samuel, born Dec. 12,
1851; Ellen B., Mar. 6, 1856; Mary Sept. 11,
1858, and Josiah, born Oct. 3, 1861; his wife died
May 1, 1873, aged 48 years. On July 7, 1875, he was
again married, to Percilla, daughter of John W.
and Sophia Wroten, natives of Baltimore, Md., who became
residents of Warren County in 1846, where they have since
resided; they have had ten children; five now survive -
Percilla, Mary F., Martha L., Henry H. and James H.
Mr. Butterworth first located upon the old home place of
his father, having erected new buildings, and there and at
the old homestead place he remained until 1874, when he
accepted the position of Superintendent of the Agricultural
Department of the Miami Valley Institute, which position he
filled for one and a half years; in the spring of 1876, he
bought and located where he now lives. This place he
purchased of Stephen Barnett, being the property
formerly owned by Samuel Gause; it consists of 44
acres of good land, with good buildings and improvements,
constituting a pleasant home and residence. Mr.
Butterworth has entered quite extensively upon the
culture of small fruits, which he intends to make his
leading business.
(Source: History of Wayne Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - page 824) |
Hamilton
Twp. -
WILLIAM BUTTERWORTH, retired farmer
and teacher, P. O. Maineville. The gentleman whose
name heads this sketch is another of the old and prominent
settlers of Warren Co. He was born in Campbell Co.,
Va., Sept. 27, 1802, and is a son of Benjamin and Rachel
(Mormon) Butterworth, natives of the same State.
Benjamin was born Feb. 11, 1766; he was a Southern
farmer, a member of the Society of Friends, and a near
relative of Col. Lynch, the celebrated author of the
"Lynch law." Rachel was born Jan. 26, 1765.
Their marriage was celebrated, August 31, 1786, and to them
were born children as follows: Polly, Betsy, Milly,
Mary M., Mormon, Benjamin, Isaac, Samuel, Rachel, William
and Henry. In 1812 the Butterworth family
emigrated to Ohio and settled in Wayne Township, Warren Co.,
and two years later removed to Hamilton Township in the same
county. Later the father purchased 500 acres of land
on a portion of which was afterwards laid out the village of
Loveland. This pioneer was a modest and unassuming
man, was successful in business, and accumulated
considerable property. He died Jan. 20, 1833, and his
wife Mar. 10, 1848. Our subject was reared on the
farm, and received his education in the district schools, in
which he fitted himself to teach, a profession he followed
for forty years, becoming a popular and successful educator.
On the 21st of June, 1826, Mr. Butterworth was united
in marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of Nathan and
Rachel (Smith) Linton, who was born in Clinton Co., O.,
July 29, 1807. Her parents were born, the father on
the banks of the Delaware River, in Bucks Co., Pa., Jan. 17,
1778, and emigrated to Ohio in 1802, settling in what later
became Clinton Co., where he was employed as a surveyor in
1803; he was appointed County Surveyor in 1810, on the
organization of that county, and held the office for twenty
years, and the mother near Greenville, Tenn., Jan. 18, 1790.
They were married on the 31st of Jan., 1806, and died in the
years 1858 and 1859, respectively. To our subject and
wife have been born seven children, five of whom are living,
namely: Kalista, the wife of Henry Eastman, Esq.,
of Maineville, with whom the parents are now residing;
Rachel L. Hadley, Susan B. Murdock, Benjamin
Butterworth and Elizabeth B. Crowell. The
deceased are Nathan and Louisa. Benjamin
was born Oct. 22, 1837, and was educated at Athens College.
He read law in Cincinnati, O., and was there admitted to the
bar. He is now a member of Congress, representing the
first district of Ohio, and is a man of ability and sterling
worth. Our subject has been successful in life, and is
now the possessor of over 400 acres of valuable land.
Source: History of Wayne Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 939 |
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