Clear Creek Twp.
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LINDLEY M. ROGERS, farmer, P. O.
Sprintboro; born in Fayette Co., Penn., near Ft. Red Stone,
May 3, 1837; is a son of Nathan and Atlantic (Haines)
Rogers, he a native of Pennsylvania and she of Virginia.
The grandfather was Philip Rogers, a native of
Maryland, and subsequently became a resident of
Pennsylvania, where he lived and died; he and wife were both
firm and devoted members of the Society of Friends, in whch
she was an active minister for many years. They had
six children, five sons and one daughter; four now survive -
Winston, David G., Philip and Elizabeth (now
Mrs. Hill). The maternal grandparents were
Eli and Ruth (Miller) Haines, native of Virginia and
subsequently became residents of Pennsylvania, where his
wife died. He subsequently came to Ohio and died in
Columbiana County. Nathan Rogers grew manhood
and was married, May 3, 1832, and spent his entire life near
his old home; he was a member of the Friends' Society till
his death, and was, in his morals and Christian character, a
more than ordinary man; had a well balanced mind, was never
out of humor or known to be angry, but was a model in
temperament and very exemplary in his life, and was much
honored and respected by all who knew him; he died Sept. 19,
1855, aged 50 years; his wife subsequently came to Ohio and
died near Springboro, July 31, 1865, aged 60 years.
They had six children: four now survive - Eli, Jonathan,
Lindly M. and Mary (who married H. Jones).
The subject of this sketch was raised and grew to manhood in
his native State. In the summer of 1861, he emigrated
to Warren Co., Ohio, and located near Springboro where, on
Aug. 1, 1861, he was married to Ruth, daughter of
Thomas and Eliza Miller (see sketch of Thomas Millers).
Mr. Rogers has devoted his life to farming, and since
his marriage has resided near Springboro, with the exception
of one year's residence in Montgomery Co., Ohio. He
bought and located where he now lives in the fall of 1869,
and here has since resided. Mr. Rogers and wife
are firm and devoted members of the Society of Friends.
Source: History of Wayne Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 926 |
Deerfield Twp. -
ABNER L. ROSS, farmer; P. O. Pisgah,
Butler Co. The gentleman whose name we present at the
head of this sketch is another of the old and well known
citizens of Warren County. He was born in Turtle Creek
Township July 29, 1805; he is a son of Benjamin L. and
Sarah (Leonard) Ross; he was a native of New York,
she being a native of Pennsylvania; both came to Ohio when
single; he came to Ft. Washington in 1797; in 1798, he came
to Mason, but returned to his former place for greater
security, which place is now known as Prideton. In
1801, he returned. He was one of the first
mail-carriers in this part of the State, a business he
operated in for a number of years; he was in reality a mail
contractor under the United States Government. He was
married, near Mason, in the spring of 1803, to Sarah,
daughter of Abner Leonard, a pioneer preacher of the
Methodist persuasion; he resided in Deerfield Township for a
short time after his marriage, when he removed to near
Lebanon and settled on land which is now owned by ___
Mull; here he resided ten years, after which he returned
to Mason and settled on one of Maj. Mason's farms for
a short time, then removed to near Goshen, in Clermont Co.,
Ohio, where he lived till his death. He was a member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he was a pillar
in its early history; a conscientious and unassuming
gentleman, and ne who had no aspirations for the empty
bauble of office. To them were born ten children, five
of whom are living, viz., Abner L., Samuel, Benjamin J.,
Mehetable and Sarah; the deceased are Isaac,
Andrew, Mary, William L. and an infant.
Mr. Ross died in April, 1865, aged about 90 years; has
wife departed this life in 1876, at the age of 88 years.
The early boyhood of our subject was passed in a manner
different from most of pioneer boys, and obtained a good
education for the advantages then offered; he walked three
and four miles to schools, whose teachers' main
qualifications were in the use of the nazel. At
the age of 14, he began carrying the mail, his route
extending from Lebanon through Oxford and Hamilton to
Brookville, Ind.; on this route he operated four eyars,
carrying the mail on horseback; after this, he operated on
the Troy State Line from Lebanon to Dayton, and another to
Lancaster and Circleville; also from Cincinnati to Lancaster
through Montgomery, Foster's Crossing, Clarksville, Sabina,
Washington Court House, to Holland, Williamsport,
Circleville and Amanda to Lancaster; on the above lines he
operated twelve years, and at the same time had staging
going on from Chillicothe to Gallipolis, and a line from
Cincinnati to Indianapolis, Ind., and from the latter place
to Bloomington, Bedford, Paola, to Leavenworth, on the Ohio
River; also from Indianapolis to Terre Haute; he was the
first to run a stage into Hamilton and Oxford, Ohio; his
whole routes extended over a length of seven hundred miles;
on four of his lines he had lively opposition. At this
time, there were no pikes; the roads were mud roads, and the
reader can have only a faint idea of their condition at
times. During a portion of the time he was engaged in
the above business, he was keeping hotel in Lebanon, where
he was engaged at two different times - in all, twenty
years. In Wilmington, Ohio, he kept hotel for two
years. Abandoning staging in 1860, he retired to a
fruit farm near Morrowtown, this county, to which he gave
his attention about six years, and in 1869 came to where he
now resides. He was married, in 1825, to Margaret
Frazier, by whom he had six children, four living, viz.,
Abner L., James W., George W. and William R.;
two died in infancy. His second marriage was
celebrated with Mrs. Phoebe Fatout in 1869, she
owning the farm of 90 acres, which is one of the best in the
county.
Source: History of Wayne
Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882
- Page 986 |
Massie Twp. -
GEORGE P. ROSS, miller and farmer; P.
O. Harveysburg; born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Apr. 17, 1817;
is a son of George and Elizabeth (Witmore) Ross,
natives of Lancaster Co., Penn. The paternal
grandfather was George Ross, who, it is supposed, was
a native of Maryland; and he was a son of George Ross,
a native of Maryland, and was one of the signers of the
Declaration of Independence of the United States; he was a
man of great ability, and was arising to distinction and
taking an active part in the affairs of the Government when
he was attacked with the gout, which destroyed his activity
and usefulness for the balance of his life. The
grandfather, George, was afflicted with the same
disease in the latter years of his life similarly to his
father; he owned a large farm, but from his affliction had
to give up all active labor and business, and retired to the
city of Lancaster, where he resided till his death, which
occurred about 1833; he was the father of five sons and
three daughters; the sons all became lawyers by profession,
except George, the father of our subject, and all
died without issue. George followed the
occupation of his father - that of a farmer; married and
became the father of one son and one daughter, Mary E.,
unmarried, and resides in Philadelphia; and George.
Mr. Ross was a soldier in the war of 1812; engaged
through life in farming, nearly all in Lancaster Co., but
died in Cumberland Co., Penn., about 1845, aged nearly 60
years; his wife died young, in 1817, when George, our
subject, was but a babe, who was taken by his uncle,
Patton Ross, and raised till 16 years of age, receiving
a good common school education; thence went to the milling
business, which he followed till 1847; he emigrated to Ohio,
and located near Franklin, Warren Co., Ohio, and there
carried on the milling business at Vandevere's Mills
two years; thence returned to Pennsylvania and married
Elizabeth, daughter of Felix and Susan (Wendits)
Binkley, natives of Pennsylvania; thence returned to
Ohio, and for a few months run the same mills as formerly;
thence engaged in farming for a short time; has followed
farming and milling through his entire life, marking the
latter of his leading business. He purchased a
beautiful farm where he now lives in 1870; and the
Harveysburg mills in 1877, which he has since run.
Mr. Ross has been quite successful in his business life;
has accumulated a good competency, and is a man of character
and business capacity, which has made hi a blessing and
endeared him to the community in which he has lived.
Mr. Ross and wife have had three children, one son
and two daughters - Susan; Harriet, who married
Abraham McKinsey, and had four children, three now
survive; and George; all now deceased.
George was the only male descendant of this
Ross family; hence when Mr. Ross shall pass from
the state of action, the Ross name of this line of
ancestry will be extinct.
Source: History of Wayne
Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882
- Page 1014 |
Harlan Twp. -
JAMES W. ROSS, farmer; P. O.
Springfield. The subject of this brief sketch was born
in Hamilton Township, this county, Jan. 29, 1838. He
received a common school education in the schools of the
rural districts of his own neighborhood, which, at that
time, were of a rude and limited character. He chose
the honorable occupation of farmer, and at the age of 22
years was united in marriage to Mary E. Lever, a
native of Hamilton Co., Ohio, born Feb. 9, 1837. They
are the parents of three children - Harlan A., born
Apr. 27, 1862; Sarah E., born Nov. 9, 1863; and
Laura E., born Aug. 26, 1864. Mr. Ross is
of exemplary character, and he and his wife are worthy
members of the M. E. Church; scrupulously honest in all his
dealings, he is universally respected as one of the worthy
citizens of the community in which he resides. He has
contributed much to the good of society and the development
of the country. He is also an ardent I. O. O. F. of
Maineville Lodge, No. 557, of which he has been a member of
some twenty-two years. He espoused the Union cause
during the late war, but, although only in the pursuit of
the guerilla Morgan for a few days, contributed in many ways
to the success of the war. A brief history of his
parents is given elsewhere in this work. Mrs. Ross
is the daughter of John and Eliza (Riddle) Lever; the
former a native of Clermont Co., Ohio, born Dec. 26, 1810;
the latter of Hamilton Co., Ohio, born Jan. 14, 1815.
He died Aug., 1879, and she July 18 of the same year.
Source: History of Wayne
Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882
- Page 1039 |
Harlan Twp. -
JOHN R. ROSS, farmer, breeder and
shipper of high class poultry; P. O. Level; was born in
Cozaddale Nov. 24, 1850. He is the son of P. W. and
Sarah (Frybarger) Ross, both natives of this county, the
former being born in the year 1812, and the latter in 1814.
They are of German extraction, and known as enterprising and
worthy citizens. This work would indeed be incomplete,
did we not favorably mention and closely identify these
parents with the interests of Warren County. The
subject of this sketch received a common school education in
the district schools of hsi neighborhood, and was reared
upon the farm. He is of Democratic proclivities, and,
although not seeking political honors, has held the office
of Township Trustee for two consecutive years. He is a
worthy member of the M. E. Church, and is held in high
regard by his fellow citizens. April 3, 1871, he was
united in marriage to Miss Maria Jones a most worthy
lady, a native of this county, and born Nov. 17, 1853.
This union proved a happy one, and to them were born four
children - Clayton B., July 6, 1873; Charlie,
Dec. 18, 1875; Clyde W., Oct. 21, 1877; and
Gertrude, June 13, 1880. Of the Jones family
mention will be made elsewhere in this work. Mr.
Ross resides upon the farm of his father-in-law, which
consists of 169 acres of valuable land, and engages
extensively in poultry trade, and has more rare varieties of
fine birds than is often found in any one yard. Among
the many choice selections may be found Dark Brahmas, Golden
Polish, brown and white Leghorn, Plymouth Rocks, Partridge
Cochins, golden-laced Sobright, Bantams, Pekin Ducks and
white China Geese. He furnishes these varieties at the
lowest possible prices, and eggs at $1.50 per thirteen.
Parties who are in need of fine fowl should give him a call,
as he will guarantee satisfaction. Mr. Ross
takes great pride in his chosen occupation, and deserves
special mention and encouragement in his enterprise.
Source: History of Wayne
Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882
- Page 1039 |
THEODORE ROSS, blacksmith, Lebanon, was born
in Turtle Creek Township, May 1, 1829. He is the son
of Isaiah and Mary (Draper) Ross, the former of the
native of Virginia, and the latter of Pennsylvania.
Our subject received his education in the common schools of
the county, and at the age of seventeen commenced learning
blacksmithing at which he has continued working. He
was married April 3, 1856, to Miss Anna Brown, a
native of New Jersey, by whom he has had six children, five
boys and one girl, namely: George A., John E., Frank S.,
Oren Q., Alonzo C. and Mary L. The parents
are members of the Christian Church, and are a highly
respected couple. They own a neat, comfortable
home in the village of Genntown.
Source: History of Wayne
Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882
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