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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History
of
Athens County, Ohio
And Incidentally
of the Ohio Land Company
and the First Settlement of the State at Marietta
with personal and biographical sketches of the early
settlers, narratives of pioneer adventures, etc.
By
Charles M. Walker
"Forsam et hæc olim
meminisse juvabit." - Virgil.
Publ. Cincinnati:
Robert Clarke & Co.
1869.
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SOLOMON NEWTON, a
native of Worcester, Massachusetts, came to Athens county in 1821,
and settled in Trimble in 1822. His place was on the creek
about three miles below James Dew's, and being situated on
the main road between Athens and Zanesville, was formerly very well
known. Mr. Newton died in 1849.
Source: History of Athens County, Ohio - By Charles M.
Walker, Publ. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1869 - Page 524 |
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ABRAHAM NORRIS,
born in New York in 1807, came to Ohio and settled in Carthage in
1829, where he now lives a farmer.
Source: History of Athens County, Ohio - By Charles M.
Walker, Publ. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1869 - Page 458 |
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CAPT. AMOS NORTHRUP,
born in Litchfield county, Connecticut, Dec. 19, 1796, came to this
county in the autumn of 1814, and ultimately settled in Alexander
township, where he still resides in the town of Hebbardsville.
In early life Capt. Northrop developed some military taste.
He served in the war of 1812, and, after coming to this county, was
captain of the militia for several years. He is now deputy
sheriff of the county, and also coroner, which last position he has
held for a number of years. Though in his seventy-third year
he is an active and efficient man.
Source: History of Athens County, Ohio - By Charles M.
Walker, Publ. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1869 - Page 359 |
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