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ROBERT DAVIDSON is one of
the sterling old pioneers of Webster Township, Wood County,
and in the early days of its history helped to make the
roads, erect schoolhouses, and in other ways aided in the
development of this section. He laid the foundation
for the old court house of the county at Perrysburg, and
helped in the erection of the log subscription schoolhouse
where Scotch Ridge now stands, whither he came to pass his
declining days in 1882. After a very busy and useful
life he is now enjoying the fruits of his former toil, and
is surrounded by the comforts which are justly his.
Robert Davidson bears the
same Christian name as did his father and grandfather before
him, and, like them, is a native of Scotland, his birth
having occurred in Edinburghshire, July 16, 1812. His
mother, also a native of Scotland, was before her marriage
Margaret Murdock, and the children whom she bore her
husband were as follows: Robert; William, born
September 2, 1814; Jeanette, June 2, 1816; James,
on August 23, 1818, and who died Oct. 2, 1894; Walter,
born June 10, 1821, and who passed away in 1891; Ann,
born Oct. 24, 1824; Andrew Sept. 27, 1826; and
Margaret, Oct.. 25, 1833.
The Davidson family came to the United States in
1834, and after a six-weeks voyage landed in New York City,
from whence they proceeded by way of the canal, lakes and
team of Perrysburg, this county. In a short time
the father went to Pennsylvania and bought four hundred
acres of land hear Waterford, Erie County, and then started
to join his family, but died on the way four miles west of
Fremont, in July, 1834. His remains were placed at
rest in the cemetery of Perrysburg.
On coming to Webster Township, Robert Davidson
bought forty acres of second-hand land on section 12, and
paid for the same $120. He erected a log cabin, and
here his mother continued to dwell until her death, which
occurred in 1869. On the 3d of February, 1837, our
subject married Jeanette Forrester, who was born
March 16, 1816, in Scotland. They became the parents
of eight children, as follows: Robert, born December
31, 1838, and now a resident of Center Township; Ellen,
who died in infancy; Thomas, born February 11, 1843;
Margaret, born June 7, 1845, now the wife of Byron
Lockwood; William, born Oct. 9, 1849; James,
March 7, 1850, and whose death occurred Dec. 13, 1886;
Frances, born Sept. 14, 1852, and now deceased; and
Walter born Jan. 12, 1856, and still living on the old
homestead. Thomas enlisted as a private in
Company D, Twenty-first Ohio Regiment, in the Civil War, and
died in Andersonville Prison, Sept. 6, 1864.
Soon after his marriage Mr. Davidson enlarged
his log cabin, which he built in 1824, and year by year made
valuable improvements on his farm, which was originally
covered with heavy timber. By hard work he managed to
clear about five acres a year, using ox-teams altogether in
the work. He had learned the mason's trade, and he
followed his business to some extent in connection with
farming. When he retired from active cares his home
farm comprised one hundred and thirty-eight acres. In
early years his trading point was Perrysburg, and two days
were required to make the round trip by ox-teams. Game
was very plentiful, and the Indians had not all departed for
the West. For over forty years Mr. Davidson
held local offices of more or less importance. Since the
formation of the party he has been a Republican.
Formerly he was a Whig, and cast his first Presidential
ballot for Martin Van Buren. For many years
Mr. Davidson was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
His faithful companion and helpmate along life's journey was
called to the better land June 17, 1881.
( Source: Portrait & Biological Record of City of Toledo &
Lucas & Wood Counties, Ohio - 1895) - Page 206 |
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WILLIAM DAVIDSON
owns and cultivates a nicely improved farm on section 26,
Center Township, Wood County. Here he has had his
dwelling-place for the past thirty years, and all the
improvements on the farm stand as monuments to his industry
and good business ability.
Our subject was born December 31, 1838, in Perrysburg,
Wood County. Here he grew to manhood, receiving meager
school advantages. On account of the distance of the
school from his home, a walk of a mile and a-half, he did not
attend until he was nine years of age, and his schooling from
that time onward was limited to a short time during the
winter. He continued to dwell under the parental roof
until reaching his majority, learning in the mean time lessons
of thrift and perseverance, which served him in good stead
when he began fighting the battles of life for himself.
December 30, 1864, William Davidson wedded
Isabella Nickle, who was born in Scotland, February 8,
1833. Of their three children, Robert A., the
eldest, died in childhood; John W., born November 9,
1868, is unmarried and still at home; and Thomas H.,
born November 6, 1871, married Bessie A. Lance, June
12, 1893. The young couple have a little daughter,
Ethel Clara.
Prior to his marriage, William Davidson had
purchased sixty acres of land on section 26, this being a
portion of his present homestead. The land was in a wild
state and necessitated a great deal of labor before it could
be brought under proper cultivation. A log cabin of one
room was supplanted in later years by a substantial farm
house, and other necessary buildings have also been erected.
The owner has cleared about eighty acres of his farm, and
formerly used ox-teams in hauling away the logs.
Our subject enlisted in the one hundred days' service
as a member of Company I, One hundred and Forty-fourth Ohio
Infantry, and was sent to Columbus, thence to Ft. McHenry, and
later to Annapolis, where he did post duty until he was
discharged, September 2, 1864. In politics he is a
true-blue Republican, and takes great interest in whatever
pertains to the public welfare.
( Source: Portrait & Biological Record of City of Toledo &
Lucas & Wood Counties, Ohio - 1895) |
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EBENEZER
DONALDSON
( Source: Portrait & Biological Record of City of Toledo &
Lucas & Wood Counties, Ohio - 1895) |
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DANIEL DENNIS DOWNING,
a prosperous farmer of Wood County, farms a ninety-acres
tract of land on the outskirts of Milbury. He is one
of England's native sons, his birth having occurred in
Cornwall, near the village of Stratton, Aug. 29, 1855, but
since his youth his fortune have been interwoven with those
of the United States.
John Bailey and Jane (Bicklye) Downing the
parents of the gentleman of whom we write, were both natives
of Cornwall, and born in 1823, their marriage occurring
twenty years later. John B. Downing was a
farmer in the mother country until 1869, when he embarked at
Liverpool on the steamship "Siberia," and after a voyage of
eleven days reached Boston, Mass., October 26.
On the passage of dreadful storm was encountered, the main
shaft broke, and for eight hours the vessel was driven
before the fury of the gale. The Captain gave the ship
up for lost and had an account of the disaster written and
placed in a bottle, which he was about to throw overboard,
when the shaft was patched up in some way, and they managed
to continue the journey slowly. From Boston Mr.
Downing and his family came direct to Millbury, where a
nephew was a resident. For some six years Mr.
Downing engaged in farming near this place, after which
he was station agent at Latchie for seven years. In
1882 he returned to England, and for ten years engaged in
market gardening and fruit raising. Since 1892 he has
made his home with his daughter in Gibsonburg, Sandusky
County. His father, John Downing, was born
about 1785, and lied to be ninety-eight years of age.
He was well educated, and was unusually successful in his
chosen vocation, that of farming. His last years were
spent in Boynton, Cornwall, where he owned a number of
houses, which he rented.
John Bailey Downing and his wife, Jane,
had the following children: John, who was
killed on the railroad at Millbury about 1882; William,
a merchant of Tromley, Wood County; Arabella, who
married Alfred Deacon, a mason of Elmore, Ottawa
County, Ohio; Daniel D., our subject; Richard Rogers,
who is unmarried and lives with the former; Emily Ann,
wife of Abraham Kimmerlin a drygoods merchant of
Gibsonburg, Ohio; and Louisa, who died at the age of
twenty years. The mother of these children departed
this life in June, 1871. She was the fourth of six
children born to William Bickle.
Daniel D. Downing was born on the Lezant
Farm near Stratton, and when two years old his parents
removed to the Smorm Farm, in St. Genny's Parish,
where the boy attended school up to the time of the
family's emigration, his last teacher being Walter Gros,
an old soldier. Until he was nineteen years old he
worked for his father, and then obtained a position in A.
J. Miller's sawmill at Millbury. He then became
his assistant in the postoffice. The following winter
he worked in the woods, and hauled logs for a year at Webb's
Station. For the succeeding four years he was employed
on a farm six miles south of Toledo, after which he came to
this vicinity and entered the employ of Mr. Chapman on the
farm where he now resides. This text move was to
became an engineer in a stave factory, but since 1888, when
he rented this farm, he has engaged in this cultivation.
He is a loyal Republican on all questions of national
importance, but in local elections supports the best man.
On the 2d of July, 1882, Mr. Downing married
Miss Ella Monroe, who was born in New Rochester, this
country, Sept. 17, 1862. Her parents, James and
Etta (Kroll) Monroe, were married in New Rochester about
1858. The former was born in 1832, to James and
Lydia (Campbell) Monroe, who were Virginians, but
settled in Shelby County, Ohio, as early as 1835.
There the mother died in the year 1840, and nine years later
the father was stricken with cholera, from the effects of
which his death resulted. Mrs. Etta Monroe died
in Maumee County in the fall of 1867, at the age of about
thirty-one years. Her eldest daughter, Carrie, who was
born in 1859, married William Leuce, now of
Tennessee. Mrs. Downing was about five years
old when her mother died, and she went to make her home with
a Mrs. Dale, of Maumee City. When she was in
her fourteenth year she came to Millbury and lived with the
family of Charles F. Chapman where she was living at
the time of her marriage. Three children have been
born to our subject and his estimable wife: Ralph,
Oct. 4, 1883; Roy, Dec. 2, 1886; and Zella,
June 10, 1889. Mrs. Downing has been faithful
member of the Evangelical Church for seventeen years, and
both she and her husband enjoy the confidence of a large
circle of acquaintances.
( Source: Portrait & Biological Record of City of Toledo &
Lucas & Wood Counties, Ohio - 1895 - Page 298) |
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ROBERT DUNIPACE was for many years a
prominent agriculturist of Webster Township, Wood County.
To this locality he came in 1832 and purchased eighty acres
of Government Land, for which he paid the customary price of
$1.25 per acre. In 1840 he moved to the farm where he
continued to dwell the remainder of his days, and which
comprised one hundred and sixty acres on sections 5 and 6.
He literally hewed a farm out of the wilderness, for there
were no improvements on the place when he became its
proprietor. For years his home was in a log cabin of
one room, but in time this was supplanted by a more modern
and convenient dwelling.
The birth of Robert Dunipace occurred in
Scotland, May 20, 1809. He was the eldest of the nine
children born to William and Margaret (Gill) Dunipace,
likewise natives of Scotland. A history of his
brother, William appears elsewhere in this work.
In 1832 our subject set sail for the United States, and soon
after his arrival found himself in this county, where he
decided to make a permanent settlement. After he had
made a good start, he felt the need of a companion and
helpmate, and therefore, June 11, 1840, he married Miss
Jane Muir. The lady, who emigrated to America in
1832, was, like her husband, born in Scotland, the date of
the event being Jan. 11, 1820. Eleven children came to
bless their home, as follows: Mary, who died in
infancy; William W.; Margaret; John,
who served in the War of the Rebellion, and is now deceased;
Mary, also deceased; Robert; James,
deceased; Jane; one who died before receiving a name;
Samuel; and George, who has also passed away.
Mr. and Mrs. Dunipace for years were members of
the United Presbyterian Church, and active in all good works
of religion and benevolence. In politics the former
was a Republican. He was active in organizing schools
and in other factors of civilization, and for many years
held the office of Township Trustee. He was called to
his final rest Jan. 24, 1882, and his remains were interred
in Scotch Ridge Cemetery.
( Source: Portrait & Biological Record of City of Toledo &
Lucas & Wood Counties, Ohio - 1895) ~ Page 310 |
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WILLIAM DUNIPACE,
one of the honored old pioneers of Wooster Township, Wood
County, has dwelt on his present homestead for the past
fifty=eight years. In his early manhood he took up a
tract of Government land, paying therefor $1.25 per acre,
and from taht time forward devoted his energies to its
improvement and development. The place was heavily
timbered, and barely five acres a year could be cleared by
the most industrious efforts. Mr. Dunipace
helped to lay out the roads, to erect schoolhouses, and in
other ways to advance the interests of the community.
The birth of our subject occurred in the parish of
Liberton, Edinburghshire, Scotland, Jan. 19, 1816, his
parents, William and Margaret (Gill) Dunipace, being
like wise natives of that country. Their children were
as follows: Robert, Margaret, Jeanette, Isabella,
Mary (Mrs. James Muir), James Annie and Charles.
Margaret was born Jan. 4, 1813, and Jan. 10, 1836,
married William Weddell, a mechanic, who died in
1843, aged thirty-two years. His son George is
deceased, but another son, William, is a farmer of
this township. His only daughter was named Margaret,
in honor of her mother. Jeanette, the second
sister of our subject, died in infancy; and the next sister,
Isabella, was born July 24, 1814. Robert
and James are deceased.
March 28, 1834, William Dunipace, Sr., and his
family started for the United States on a sailing vessel,
and for eight weeks were tossed to and fro on the Atlantic.
Finally landing in New York City, they proceeded by way of
the canal and the Great Lakes to Perrysburg, Ohio, arriving
there July 3. In that place the father died about one
month later, in his fifty-fourth year. His wife, after
surviving him many years, died in 1878, at the ripe old age
of ninety-three years.
William Dunipace, of this sketch, came to
America at the same time as his parents and brothers and
sisters, and by the death of his father was early obliged to
make his own livelihood. He obtained a position as a
farm hand near Perrysburg, and worked for $13 a month.
In 1837 he removed to the homestead, which he has since
cultivated, and which was situated in what was formerly
known as Freedom Township. As the years passed he
added to his possessions until he now has over five hundred
acres of valuable and improved land. He experience all
the hardships which fall to the lot of a pioneer, and for
years his humble abode was in a log cabin 18x24 feet in
dimensions. Though those years were full of toil and
difficulties, yet they were not unhappy, as he was full of
hope and ambition, and could not but feel pride in the
success which he was achieving.
Mr. Dunipace received but a limited education,
as he was able to attend school only until he was thirteen
years of age, and he has had to rely upon his own private
study and observation for the practical knowledge which he
possesses. In politics he is a Republican, and
religiously is identified with the Presbyterian Church.
He can look back upon life well spent in doing good to his
fellows, and is now passing his declining years surrounded
with comforts which his toil has provided, and in the secure
enjoyment of the confidence and respect of his many friends
and neighbors.
( Source: Portrait & Biological Record of City of Toledo &
Lucas & Wood Counties, Ohio - 1895 - Page 290) |
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