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History of Highland
County, Ohio
by Rev. J. W. Klise -
Publ. Madison,
Wis.,
Northwestern Historical Association
1902
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JAMES L. CADWALLADER,
superintendent of the Greenfield, (Ohio) public
schools, has long been prominently connected with
educational affairs. In fact he may be said to
have been bred in an atmosphere of pedagogics, as
his father, Alfred Cadwallader, was for many
years a teacher in Highland county, of which he was
a native and honored citizen. The founder of
the family in that part of Ohio was Jesse
Cadwallader, who came from Virginia and settled
there near the close of the eighteenth century.
Mr. Cadwallader obtained his elementary
education in the public schools of his native county
of Highland. He then became a teacher and
spent four years in what Thomson described as
the "delightful task to rear the tender thought, to
teach the young idea how to shoot." After this
educational novitiate, Mr. Cadwallader
accepted the position of principal of the public
schools of Vienna, O., which he held for three
years. at the expiration of his last term, he became
a student at the National Norman university of
Lebanon, O., with a view to qualifying himself
thoroughly as an instructor. That famous
school for the training of teachers honored him with
the degree of B. S. at his graduation in 1891 and a
year later he received the still higher degree of M.
S. After completing his studies at Lebanon,
Mr. Cadwallader resumed his old charge at Vienna
and remained there two years and a half. His
next responsibility was as principal of the
Blanchester (Ohio) schools for three years, when he
was appointed professor of history and Latin in the
Normal university at Lebanon. He was holding
this responsible position when called to fill the
superintendency at Greenfield, the duties of which
have since absorbed his attention. In this
thriving Ohio city Mr. Cadwallader has fully
demonstrated his ability both as an educator and
administrative officer. He has charge of
twenty-one teachers in schools showing a total
enrollment of 850 pupils, and the excellence of the
superintendent's management is shown by the superior
drill and efficiency exhibited in all the grades.
In 1892, Mr. Cadwallader was married to
Bertha Miller, an accomplished lady of
Clarksville, O. He is a communicant of the
Christian church and member of the Royal Arch
masons.
Source: History of
Highland County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ.
Madison, Wis., Northwestern Historical Association -
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ANDREW S. CAILEY,
merchant at East Danville, comes from one of the oldest pioneer families in Highland county. The records show that his
grandfather, Frederick Cailey, was one of the sparse population of New Market township as far back as the
organization of the county. He was a
native of Rockingham county, Virginia, and before leaving that state had married
Mary Roadheaffer, who was a first cousin of the famous Indian fighter,
Lewis Wetzell.
Frederick Cailey located in that part
of Highland county which afterward became White Oak township, became the owner
of abut 200 acres of land, and died when sixty years old, his wife reaching her
eightieth year before passing away.
Their son, John Cailey, was born in White Oak township Nov. 13, 1813, and in early manhood married
Sarah, daughter of
Anthony and Sarah Sonner. He purchased a farm of 128 acres in
Concord township, where he made his home during the remainder
of his life, occupied principally in cultivation of the soil. Aside from this, however, he was a
local minister of the United Brethren church and for many years was quite
prominent in religious work. His
wife died when about sixty-six years old, but he long survived his consort and
passed away in the eighty-fourth year of his age.
They had a family of seven children, of whom
Francis M., Newton J. and Aramitha are dead; the living are
Delilah, wife of
John Robinson, of
Missouri; William A.,
of California; the subject of this
sketch; and Rachel, wife of
W. M. Young, of Columbus.
Andrew S. Cailey, third of the
children in age, was born in Concord township,
Highland county, Ohio, Mar. 21, 1852, and with
the exception of two years spent in
Missouri, remained at home until his twenty-eighth year. He engaged in the mercantile business
at East Danville and has prospered, having one
of the most modern and comfortable dwelling houses in the village. In fact he has a complete a general
store as can be found in the county, outside of large cities, and it must be a
very unreasonable customer who cannot find there what he wants. His store rooms are large and
commodious and he does and deserves to do a large business, as he is courteous
to all customers and up-to-date in his methods.
Mr. Cailey first married
Amy Fleming, a native of
Highland county, by whom he had an only child named
Sarah.
The mother died in 1889, and
Mr. Cailey took for his second wife
Maggie, daughter of C. P. and
Elizabeth Helsley, of White Oak township, and one child,
Marjorie, has resulted from this
union. Besides his mercantile
business, Mr. Cailey finds time to
fulfill the duties of postmaster at Winkle, the official name of his place, and
also those of station agent for the Hillsboro railroad. In Oddfellowship
he is a member of East Danville lodge, No. 844, and Encampment No. 243, at
Sardinia.
Source:
The County
of Highland – A History of
Highland County, Ohio – by Rev. J. W. Klise – Publ. Madison,
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JOHN CRAWFORD CALDWELL,
a prominent live stock dealer and one of the
commissioners of Highland county for several years,
comes of a family long identified with the county's
industrial development. The founder of the
Ohio branch was Crawford Caldwell, a native
of Ireland, who was brought across the ocean by his
parents when about eight years old. He served
as a soldier during the war of 1812 and was among
the earliest of the settlers of Ross county.
He left a son named Allen, who was born and
married in Ross county and lived there some years,
but in 1857 transferred his home to Highland county,
where he died in 1896. His wife was Eleanor
Jane Winegar, member of a well known family of
Rockbridge county, Virginia, which had
representatives in the Scioto valley at what is now
called "an early day." Mrs. Allen Caldwell,
who is still living at Greenfield, became the mother
of fourteen children, of whom John Crawford
Caldwell is the oldest. His birth occurred
in Ross county, Ohio, in 1839, and there his early
training was obtained before the removal of his
parents heretofore mentioned. Dec. 31, 1861,
he was married to Effie Ann, daughter of
William S. Town, deceased, and member of one of
the oldest families in Highland county.
Mrs. Caldwell died in 1872, leaving four
children: Addie, wife of William
Crooks of Highland county; William A.,
also of Highland, and James M., of Fayette
county; John S., superintendent of the
Southside school in Greenfield. In 1872 Mr.
Caldwell took a second wife in the person of
Effie Lawson, by whom he has five children:
Clara, wife of Fred Marks; Mary, wife
of Frank Snarrenberger. Throughout his
life Mr. Caldwell has been more or less
closely connected with the live stock industry,
chiefly as a shipper, in which line he has done a
large amount of business and become well known to
the trade. He finds time also to take part in
all the local political contests in Highland county
and has been recognized for years as one of his
party's leaders. In 1891 he was elected a
member of the board of county commissioners and by
re-elections held that important position nearly
seven years. He is a member of the first
Presbyterian church at Greenfield and of the order
of Odd Fellows, and is recognized in all the
relations of life as a clever man and good citizen.
Source: History of
Highland County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ.
Madison, Wis., Northwestern Historical Association -
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LAFAYETTE
CALLAWAY, of Union Township, has worked his
way up from poverty to a position as one of the
representative farmers of Highland county. On
the side of his paternal grandfather, he is of North
Carolina origin, John Callaway having come
from the old North State to Adams county many years
ago and married a widow McCoy, whose son by
her first husband was one of the wealthiest men in
that part of the state. This marriage resulted
in the birth of a son named William, who
married Margaret Toler, a native of Kentucky,
and a few years afterward enlisted in the
Sixty-first Ohio regiment, was captured and died a
prisoner at Andersonville. His widow, who is
living at Mineral Springs, Ohio, was left with five
children, of whom three survive. One of the
latter is Lafayette Callaway, who was
born in Adams county, Ohio, Sept. 19, 1859. So
early as his ninth year he was forced to realize
that a life of hardship lay before him and that he
would be compelled to earn his daily bread by
unremitting labor. For eleven years
consecutively he worked by the month and several
years for daily wages, but he did not lose heart,
persevered and eventually found himself on the road
to independence. In 1877 he came to Highland
county and in 1887 bought the farm in 62 acres,
which he now owns and resides on. As a general
farmer and successful stockraiser he occupies a
position in strong contrast to the enforced toil of
his earlier years. Mr. Callaway also
finds time to help out in the public business and
has served as constable and supervisor in Union
township. November 26, 1886, he was married to
Sarah E., widow of James Sharp, who
has a son by her first husband named James B.,
and a daughter by Mr. Callaway called
Susie. The family attend the Christian
church, of which Mrs. Callaway is a member.
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The County
of Highland – A History of
Highland County, Ohio – by Rev. J. W. Klise – Publ. Madison,
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CHARLES NEWTON CAREY,
who resides in the village which derives its name
from his father and is one of the most progressive
citizens of Penn township, is connected both by
descent and marriage with strong pioneer families.
His grandfather, Samuel Carey, was born in
Virginia, Dec. 2, 1785, married Anna McPherson,
and in 1834 purchased 100 acres of land where the
village of Careytown was subsequently built and
named. He died in Clinton county in February,
1878, and his wife Dec. 19, 1866. Jonathan
Carey, one of their children, who died Feb. 14,
1873, was the village blacksmith for thirty years,
and his son Gurney B. now resides on the old
homestead. David McPherson Carey,
another of the sons of Samuel, was born in
Highland county, May 6, 1822, and subsequently
became one of the leading farmers in Penn township.
It was to him the community was indebted for the
little village which bears his name and constitutes
a convenient center for the transaction of
neighborhood business. He married Rebecca
Hiatt, who was born Feb. 11, 1827, and died Jan.
5, 1887. Her great-grandfather came to Penn
township in 1816 and her father, Thomas Hiatt,
spent most of his life at Samantha engaged in
the milling business. The children of David
and Rebecca Carey were Thomas L., Amos
H., S. Albert; Annie E., wife of Taylor
Hixson; David F.; Hattie E.; wife of Milburn
Himiller; Elwood O., James E., Charles N., Matthew,
Minnie, Thaddeus L. and Irvin.
Charles Newton Carey, who appears ninth in the
above list, was born near where he now resides in
Highland county, Ohio, Mar. 27, 1859, and grew up to
the life of a farmer. At the present time he
owns 121 acres of land, which is well improved and
equipped with a fine barn, besides the cosy dwelling
house in Careytown in which the family make their
home. Mr. Carey was the leading spirit
in organizing the Careytown Telephone company, whose
lines extend from Leesburg to New Vienna through the
first mentioned place and constitute an improvement
which adds much to the social enjoyments, as well as
business convenience of the neighbors. This
company opened for business June 15, 1901, with
twenty-six subscribers now has about eighty regular
patrons. Its officers are Charles N. Carey,
,president; Henry Sanders, secretary and
treasurer; who, with Joseph Bailey, Thomas H.
Smith and R. H. Ockerman constitute the
board of directors. Feb. 28, 1889, Mr.
Carey was married to Cornelia Edwards,
descended on both sides of the house from early
pioneers who exercised great influence in their
respective communities. Her great-grandfather,
Robert Edwards, was born Dec. 28, 1775, married
Abigail Barnes, and among his children had a son
named after himself. This son was born in
Chester county, Pa., June 6, 1803, and married
Elizabeth Conard, a native of the same state,
with whom he afterward located in highland county.
He died near New Lexington, June 27, 1883, and his
wife passed away near New Lexington, June 27, 1883,
and his wife passed away in 1888 at the age of
eighty-six years. Their son, Charles B.
Edwards, married Mary, daughter of
Gilbert and Anna (Hussey) Holmes, and they
became the parents of the following named children :
Anna, wife of Salkeld Larkin; Florence,
wife of Elwood Carey; Horace D., of Penn
township; Cornelia, who became Mrs.
Charles Newton Carey; Edgar Holmes, a farmer of
Penn township; Gilbert H., a dentist at
Greenfield; Robert Carl recently returned
from twenty-two months' service in the Philippines,
where he was promoted to a sergeantcy; Elizabeth,
at home; Henry Charles, a teacher in
Penn township. Mrs. Carey's mother was
reared by her grandfather, Stephen Husey who
came to Highland county from North Carolina in 1805
and has many descendants. The children of
Charles Newton and Cornelia (Edwards) Carey are
Ethel, born Aug. 16, 1890; Bernice, born
Nov. 19, 1891; David M., born Dec. 19, 1893;
Ruby and Reba (twins) born Jan. 9,
1896; Ralph, born June 1, 1898; and Helen,
born Jan. 27, 1902.
Source: History of
Highland County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ.
Madison, Wis., Northwestern Historical Association -
1902 ~ Page 261 |
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JAMES BEASON CARLISLE,
the efficient and popular superintendent of the
Highland county infirmary, is connected with one of
the old and substantial families. His
grandfather, Rynard Carlisle, was born in
Pennsylvania in 1788 and was married in May, 1815,
to Ellen Simmons, born in Maryland in 1794.
Some years subsequent to their marriage they removed
to Highland county, where he died in February, 1851,
and she in December, 1873.. Their children
were James S., born Dec. 7, 1817; Betsey,
who married John L. Hughes, of Marshall, in
1840, and died in February, 1901; Sarah, who
was married Jan. 20, 1848, to John Lucas of
Marshall township; and Siana married Oct. 5,
1848, to Jonathan Spargur of Marshall.
James S. Carlisle, the eldest of the family,
was married Jan. 8, 1852, to Emily Jane,
daughter of William and Elizabeth (Lowman) Hill,
and this union resulted in the birth of ten
children. Of these William R. is
farming near Carmel church; Hamer H. resides
in Xenia, Ohio; Sarah E. is the wife of
John Burnett of Marshall; John S. lives
at Denton, Tex.; Nannie V. married J. M.
Williams of Mt. Sterling, Ohio; Carrie L.
is living with her mother at Marshall; James B.
died when two years old; James Beason is
further mentioned below; Donn W. and Grace
D. are at home. James Beason Carlisle
was born at Marshall, Highland county, Ohio, Apr. 2,
1870, and received his education in the township
schools. After he grew up he was engaged for
some years in farming and the life insurance
business, which continued until the early months of
1900. March 1st of that year he was appointed
by the board of commissioners to the responsible
position of superintendent of the Highland county
infirmary, a place which he has since filled in a
manner entirely acceptable to all concerned.
Mar. 3, 1896, he was married to Stella,
daughter of Ambrose R. and Nancy Alice (Roberts)
Setty, scions of old and honored families of
Highland county. The Settys, as well as
Lewis Roberts, the father of Mrs. Nancy A.
Setty, came from Virginia and were among those
who earned the honored name of being early settlers
of the county. The children of Mr. and Mrs.
Carlisle are Carshall Carter, born Jan.
23, 1897; Grace Genevieve, born July 20,
1898; and H. Beason, born Jan. 20, 1901.
Source: History of
Highland County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ.
Madison, Wis., Northwestern Historical Association -
1902 ~ Page 262 |
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CASE BROTHERS
- ISAIAH CASE, a native of Pennsylvania, came
to Greenfield in 1870 and purchased the property
known as the Model Mills, built in 1849 by a man
named Knox. He conducted the establishment for
several years, then sold it and engaged in the
planing-mill business. In a short time,
however, he resumed charge of the mills and retained
control until his death. He married Hannah
Owens, by whom he had a fmaily of four children,
consisting of two sons and two daughters.
Their names are John W., Charles Maud and
Saturah A., the latter wife of Charles,
son of Hon. H. L. Dickey, who is cashier of
the Commercial bank. In 1898, under the firm
name of Case Brothers, the two sons took
charge of the Model Mills. John W. Case,
the elder of these brothers, though born in Jackson
county, Ohio, was brought to Greenfield when an
infant two years old. After finishing school
he worked for some time in the mills with Edwin
I. Brown and in 1890 entered the Commercial bank
as individual bookkeeper. He retained this
position five years and in 1898, in partnership with
his brother, Charles, assumed control of the
mill property which they have jointly managed since
that time. Aside from his business, Mr.
Case has been identified in a prominent way with
the official and social life of the city. In
1898 he was elected treasurer of Greenfield and held
that office four years. He is a member of the
First Baptist church and of the Order of Odd
Fellows.
Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
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ISAIAH CASE - See
Case Brothers
Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
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WILSON CHANEY,
a substantial farmer of New Market
township, has a pioneer ancestry running
back to the days when all was still
chaos in central Ohio, with a few
straggling settlers fighting against
great odds the battle of civilization.
The great-grandfather came from Maryland
to Highland county about 1804, bringing
with him a son named Amos, who
was born in 1786, and inherited the home
place in New Market township.
Amos followed farming and remained
all his life on the property left by his
father, being ninety-six years old when
he died. Of his ten children,
three died in infancy, the others being
Amos, Jesse, Charles, Nathan, Sarah
and Mary. Charles Chaney
third in age of the family, was born
Feb. 6, 1820, and married Catherine,
daughter of Samuel and Rachel Lemon
of Highland county. They lived
continuously on their farm until their
respective deaths, the ages recorded on
the stones in the New Market cemetery
being sixty-six for Mrs. Chaney
and eighty years for her husband.
Their children were two, a son, and a
daughter named Olive J., now wife
of John Clark and residing at New
Vienna, Ohio. Wilson Chaney,
the only son and eldest child, was born
in New Market township, Highland county,
Ohio, July 21, 1846. His first
marriage was to Elizabeth A. Keys,
a native of Highland county, and
immediately after this event he located
on the farm adjoining the one now
constituting his home place. Here,
however, he remained only a short time,
when his present place was selected as a
residence and there he has spent most of
his subsequent days. The children
by the first marriage are Clinton,
of Steubenville; Pearl, of New
Vienna; Hardin, and Basil
of Pery county. After a residence
of ten years, Mr. Chaney removed
to Nebraska, where his wife died, and
shortly afterward he returned to the old
place in Highland county. Some
time subsequently he married Sally
McAdam, of Ross county, who died
about eleven years later. His
third matrimonial alliance was with
Emma J. Moler, of Highland county,
daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth
Moler. By this marriage there
has been one child, Leo. Mr.
Chaney has served as school director
and supervisor, and is a member of the
Patrons of Husbandry at Hillsboro.
His wife is a member of the Christian
church, and the family enjoy the general
esteem of their neighbors.
Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
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JOHN F. CHAPLIN,
who is descended from an old pioneer
family of Highland county, is strictly a
self made man, as he started with
nothing and has been the architect of
his own fortunes. The family
springs from William Chaplin, who
was with the advance guard that invaded
Highland county in the first decade of
the century. He lived to an
advanced age and brought up his children
in Whiteoak township, among the number
being Jeremiah Chaplin, who
married Sarah, daughter of
John Fouch of Hamer township.
In 1852, he moved to Schuyler county,
Illinois, where he died in Aug. 1863,
leaving a wife and four children in poor
circumstances. In the spring of
1864 the widow returned with her boys to
the house of her father in Hamer
township and four years afterward
located in New Market township where
they grew to manhood under her fostering
care. The names of these children,
all of whom are still living, are
Roland and John F. of New Market
township; George, of Liberty
township, and Aaron of Lyons
county, Missouri. John F.
Chaplin, second in age of this
quartet, was born in White Oak township,
Highland county, Ohio, Sept. 20, 1850.
After his father's death, though only
thirteen years old, he was compelled to
work out for wages to assist in the
support of the family and all he earned
was dutifully turned over to his mother.
May 21, 1874, he was married to
Henrietta Duckwall, descendant of
one of the earliest and best known of
Highland county pioneers. He took
his bride to a small place he had
purchased in Liberty township where he
spent eight years and removed to another
farm in the same township. After
remaining there about three years he
came to his present residence in New
Market township where he owns eighty
acres of land and carries on general
farming. Mr. Chaplin can
justly claim to be a selfmade man as he
has made all he possesses from most
discouraging beginnings and depressing
poverty. For his good home and
comfortable surroundings he is indebted
altogether to his own hard labor and
determination to conquer adverse
circumstances. Mr. and Mrs.
Chaplin have had two children, both
of whom died in infancy, but they
adopted Grover Store when three
years of age and have rearred him as a
member of the household. Mr.
Chaplin is a member of the Christian
Union and at one time held the position
of elder in that denomination.
Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
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PHILIP
W. CHARLES, as a
general farmer and stockbreeder and
proprietor of various kinds of
machinery, is one of the busiest as well
as one of the most enterprising citizens
of New Market township. For more
than three quarters of a century his
immediate relatives have been
influentially identified with the
industrial interests of that part of
Highland county.
His grandfather who became a settler
there as far back as 1825, married twice
and had two children by each union, by
the first Minor and William A.,
both now dead, and by the second,
William and Thomas.
William A. Charles who was his
father's namesake, was born in Virginia
in 1822 and was only three years old
when his parents reached New Market
township. In his fifteenth year he
decided to "weed his own row," and
commenced by securing farm work by the
month for wages that were by no means
princely. This laborious life he
kept up some five or six years when he
married Lydia, daughter of
Philip and Polly Wilkin, an esteemed
pioneer family, and took his bride to
the old home place, where he spent his
subsequent life in farming and buying
and selling stock, for a while also
filling the office of justice of the
peace. He died at the
comparatively early age of thirty-seven
years, and is buried by the side of his
wife in the cemetery of the Reformed
Church, of which both, during life, were
consistent and attentive members.
Their eight children were Harriet,
Rachel A., Philip W., Sarah C., Mary,
George, Polly, and Louisa.
Of these, all are dead except Philip
W., who was born in New Market
township, Highland county, Ohio, on the
farm where he now lives, Dec. 20, 1846.
He was still a boy at home when the
civil war opened, but enlisted Feb. 11,
1864, in Company H of the famous First
regiment Ohio volunteer cavalry with
which he served during the stirring
campaigns that marked the year of his
entrance into the service. Mr.
Charles took part with his regiment
in the movements of Sherman's
army preceding the fall of Atlanta.
Besides innumerable skirmishes and minor
engagements, he was in the following
battles; Atlanta, Franklin (Tenn),
Montgomery and Selma (Ala.), Columbus
and Macon, (Ga.). He was mustered
out at Hilton Head, S. C., and came home
by way of New York and Columbus, after
which he resumed his work on the farm
with a consciousness that he had
performed his full duty to his country.
He married Sarah J., daughter of
Philip and Elizabeth Trop of New
Market township, and began housekeeping
at the place of his nativity. From
the date of his return from the army to
the present time he has been a very busy
man, with many "irons in the fire" but
all well handled. Besides general
farming and stockbreeding which he
conducts on an extensive scale, he
manages a saw mill, a threshing machine
and a corn-shredder. In 1900 he
held the important position of land
appraiser, extended to him in
acknowledgement of his ability as a
business man and knowledge of real
estate values. He is a member of
the National Protective Association and
master of Golden Ridge grange, No. 230,
Patrons of Husbandry. Mr. and
Mrs. Charles have five
children: Orissa at home;
Nellie, wife of L. W. Warson
of Westerville, Ohio; Oscar, Bertha
and William A., at home.
The family are communicants of the
Reformed Church in which Mr. Charles
holds the position of elder.
Source: History of
Highland County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise -
Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern Historical
Association - 1902 ~ Page 265 |
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WILLIAM M. CLEVELAND,
the popular manager of the large
distilling plant of Freiburg &
Workum, at Lynchburg, is a
first-class business man and one of the
leading citizens of his community.
His grandparents were Moses and
Catherine (Greene) Cleveland, the
former from Virginia and the latter a
native of Kentucky, who closed their
lives as residents of Indiana.
Their son, John D. Cleveland, was
born in 1835, and after he grew up
followed the calling of an engineer on
steamboats and railroads. In 1874
he located at Lynchburg where he secured
employment as engineer for the
distilling plant and remained until his
death, which occurred in May, 1890.
His wife was Rachel, daughter of
William Piercy, an Englishman who
came to America in 1839 and married
Elizabeth Dodsworth, a native of
Cincinnati of English descent, with whom
he subsequently resided at Louisville.
Mrs. Rachel (Piercy) Cleveland,
who still resides at Lynchburg, has
three children. The youngest two
are Minnie, wife of Charles B.
Russell, of New York; and Harry
F., superintendent of the Louisiana
Distilling company, of New Orleans.
William M. Cleveland, eldest of
the children, was born near
Jeffersonville, Ind., May 18, 1857, and
shortly after the family moved to
Louisville, Ky., where he received his
education in the city schools. He
remained until 1874, when he came to
Lynchburg and became connected with the
distillery of Freiburg & Workum.
Later he removed to Petersburg, Ky.,
where he took charge of a large
establishment for the same firm.
After remaining there four years he
returned to Lynchburg and assumed
control of the distillery there.
This plant was purchased by its present
owners in 1857 and was partly destroyed
by fire in 1893, but was rebuilt on a
more substantial basis. It has
nine large warehouses, uses an average
of 1,250 bushels of grain per day and
produces about a million gallons of
whiskies per year, giving employment to
about eighty hands. With the
exception of two years, Mr. Cleveland
has devoted all of his time since 1874
to this business and is regarded as an
expert in that kind of work. As
superintendent of the entire plant,
great responsibilities rest upon him,
and his long continued service with the
same firm is sufficient proof of the
satisfactory manner in which his
manifold duties are performed. He
is a selfmade man in the best sense of
that term and recognized as one of the
leading as well as most popular citizens
in the community where he resides.
He was elected a member of the board of
water works, reelected for a second term
and is now serving as president of the
board. In February, 1882, Mr.
Cleveland was married to Sadie C.
Montgomery, descendant of a worthy
family of early settlers in this part of
Ohio. Her father, William
Montgomery, who was an iron-moulder
in New York, married Mary Ann Extel
and in 1838 brought his family west in a
covered wagon, locating in Highland
county, where he died in 1868. His
wife, who was born in 1809, survived
until 1890, her children being John,
Samuel, David, Thomas (of
Lynchburg), Mary, Susannah, William
E., Joseph S., Edward, and Mrs.
Cleveland.
Source: History of
Highland County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise -
Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern Historical
Association - 1902 ~ Page 266 |
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JOSEPH W. CLOUSER,
of Greenfield, has a family connection
with Ross county which extends back
almost a full century. It was in
1803 that his grandfather moved in,
along with that straggling line of
immigrants which was making its way by
slow stages over the Alleghanies to the
land of promise in the valley of the
Scioto. The first settler left a
son named George Clouser, who
prospered as a farmer and stockraiser
and became one of the substantial men of
his community. He married Jane
Bell, daughter of William Bell
of Adams county, Ohio, by whom he had
three children. The eldest is
Joseph W., subject of this sketch.
John A. Clouser, the second son,
lives at Berne, Ind., and Tobitha,
the youngest child and only daughter, is
the wife of C. C. Allemang, of
Greenfield. Joseph W. Clouser
was born in Ross county, Ohio, Sept. 6,
1850, and was reared and educated on the
farm. In 1872 he married Martha
J., daughter of George and Jane
Allemang. She died in March,
1885, leaving four children of whom
Carl S. is in business with his
father, Frank is married and
residing in Greenfield, Jesse is
with the Price machine works, and
Elsie is the wife of Earl
Patterson. Mr. Clouser
took for his second wife, on Mar. 23,
1887, Nattie, daughter of
Philip Shingle. Two daughters,
Lyndall and Daisy, have
been fruits of the second marriage.
In 1872, Mr. Clouser located at
Greenfield, where he was employed awhile
in the Murray & Lunbeck planing
mill, then learned the cabinet-maker's
trade and engaged in the furniture
business with John M. Murray.
Later he spent four years in
contracting, after which he embarked in
the undertaking business which he has
since followed continuously. In
1896 he patented the faultless truck and
for several years was engaged in its
manufacture with Mr. Price,
eventually disposing of his interest to
the latter and confining himself
entirely to embalming and undertaking.
Having spent sixteen years in the
undertaking business, he has mastered it
in all of its details and has equipped
himself with all hte modern appliances
for successful business. For
twelve years past he has held the
position of trustee of Greenfield
cemetery. He is a member of the
First Presbyterian church of Greenfield,
of the Improved Order of Red Men
and the Odd Fellows.
Source: History of
Highland County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise -
Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern Historical
Association - 1902 ~ Page 267 |
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ALBERT G. COCKERILL,
though not an old resident, was
sufficiently prominent and popular to be
elected in 1901 a member of the board of
trustees of Madison township, of which
Greenfield is a commercial capital.
Mr. Cockerill is one of those
substantial, progressive farming who
have helped to give the Buckeye state
such fame in matters agriculture and
place her in the very front rank as a
producer of fine stock. He is a
native of Iowa, another of the famous
agricultural states, but came to Ohio
with his parents when ten years of age.
They settled in Fayette county, where
his father, Edward E. Cockerill,
became a leading farmer and rose to
prominence in politics. He was
elected and reelected commissioner of
Fayette county and has held the office
for many years, ranking high as a
business man and was consulted as a safe
adviser in all county affairs. He
married Heressie Binegar and
reared a family of nine children.
Albert G. Cockerill being, as
previously stated, a mere lad when he
reached Ohio, received most of his
schooling after reaching Fayette county.
It was only such as is usually given to
farm boys who are not intended as
teachers or for the professions, but he
was naturally studious and of an
inquiring disposition and has added to
his knowledge by reading and study.
He engaged in farming in Fayette county
and remained there until 1892, when he
concluded, to try his fortune in
Highland county. He reentered
agricultural pursuits as soon as he
arrived and has since paid close
attention to general farming and stock
feeding. In 1889 he was married to
Naomi, daughter of Henry Mark,
a prominent farmer of Fayette county.
The three children resulting from this
union are Cleo, Clayton
and Angeline, all bright and
promising of future usefulness. In
1901 Mr. Cockerill was elected
trustee of Madison township and he has
given entire satisfaction by his manner
of discharging the duties of that
office. He is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church at Greenfield
and a most excellent citizen in all the
relations of life.
Source: History of
Highland County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise -
Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern Historical
Association - 1902 ~ Page 268 |
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MONTO B. COFFIN,
the talented editor of the Leesburg
Buckeye, is a native of the Hoosier
state and grandson of Nathan Dix
Coffin, one of the early settlers of
Hancock county. He was born in
Rush county, Indiana, in 1867, obtained
a good education in the common schools
and in early manhood decided to cast his
lot with the people of the Buckeye
state. It was in 1889 that he
arrived at Cincinnati, where he spent
three years, and removed to Clinton
county where he was engaged in farming
until 1899. In that year he
purchased the Leesburg Buckeye, since
which time he has been an active factor
in the community and one of its most
enterprising citizens. Under his
able management the Buckeye has become a
popular and influential paper, enjoying
a large circulation and exercising a
decided influence in the territory
contiguous to Leesburg. Mr.
Coffin has shown himself to be a
bright and forcible writer, well
informed on public questions and anxious
to advance the general welfare by timely
and intelligent advocacy. He does
his full share towards keeping the press
of the state well to the front as a
civilizing agent and exponent of the
best popular thought. In fact he
is one of the pushing and enterprising
young editors of Highland county and is
doing much for the growth and
development of the Leesburg community.
In 1892, he was married to Atilla
Leeka, whose father was one of the
oldest settlers of New Vienna and a man
of prominence in Clinton county.
This union has resulted in the birth of
a bright little daughter named Helen.
Mr. and Mrs. Coffin are popular in
the social circles of Leesburg and New
Vienna, and Mr. Coffin is
prominently connected with the
Masonic order.
Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ.
Madison, Wis., Northwestern Historical
Association - 1902 ~ Page 269 |
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JONATHAN B. COWGILL,
farmer and stockraiser, bears a name
long known and respected in Highland
county and inseparably associated with
the historyof Paint township. Many
a wonderer in the olden days has
directed his weary footsteps to the "Cowgill
neighborhood," well assured of a hearty
reception, as the locality was not only
prominent in the annals of religion and
society but famous as the abode of
charity and hospitality. It was a
community settled and dominated by the
Society of Friends, a name synonymous
with gentleness, with law and order and
the heaven-sent message of "peace on
earth and good-will among men." It
was as far back as 1806 that Henry
Cowgill, his wife Eleanor and
their three children, Sarah, Benjamin
and Henry, formed a little
procession on their way from Culpeper
Court House, Va., seeking a home in the
west. They first located on
Hardin's creek, in what is now Fairfield
township, but later Mr. Cowgill
purchased a large tract of land in Paint
township for which he paid at the rate
of two and one-half dollars per acre.
Of the family above mentioned,
Benjamin Cowgill long survived all
the others. He married Margaret
Garrett and by her had four children
who grew to maturity, of whom Henry
is a retired farmer at Petersburg,
Martha married Lewis Roads,
William and Eleanor are dead.
After the death of his first wife,
Mr. Cowgill married her sister,
Rachel Garrett, by whom he had the
following children now living: Sarah,
wife of Harry Evans, of
Greenfield; Hattie, wife of
William Parker, of Iowa; Jonathan
B., the subject of this sketch;
Mary, wife of Jonathan Roush;
and Charles G., of Paint
township. Benjamin Cowgill
was a blacksmith by trade and carried on
the shop in connection with his farm of
212 acres. He was all his life a
devoted member of the Friends society
and donated the land on which in 1876
they erected the handsome house of
worship which has since been used by the
congregation. He served as county
commissioner one term, though he avoided
office seeking and all the methods known
to what is called "practical politics."
Benjamin Cowgill, after a long
life of usefulness, passed peacefully
away Feb. 28, 1888, aged eighty-six and
a half years, having long survived his
second wife, whose death occurred in
December, 1868. Jonathan B.
Cowgill, third in age of the last
group of children, was born on the
ancestral homestead in Highland county,
Ohio, Sept. 19, 1846, and grew to
manhood amid the quiet surroundings of
this rural neighborhood. Mar. 25,
1869, he was married to Rebecca E.,
daughter of Samuel and Mary (Kinser)
Parker, by whom he has had eight
children. Of these, William
the first born, is dead; B. M. is
in Indiana; Albert G., is a
principal in the Friends academy at
Moorestown, N. J.; Clarence O.,
Benjamin, Thomas R., Martha D.
and W. Parker are at home.
Mr. Cowgill, after his marriage,
took charge of the home farm and has
since been engaged in general farming
and stockraising. Though he
votes the Republican ticket he takes no
active part in politics but devotes his
time entirely to his agricultural
pursuits. Like his ancestors for
many generations back he is an adherent
of the Friends and has inherited the
kindly disposition and hospitable traits
that have been characteristic of all the
Cowgills.
Source: History of
Highland County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise -
Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern Historical
Association - 1902 ~ Page 269 |
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COWMAN FAMILY
- As early as the year 1818 John and
Elizabeth Cowman left their Virginia
home and joined the tide of emigration
then setting in strongly toward the Ohio
valley. They became settlers of
Highland county, where their descendants
have since been found among the
staunchest and most respectable of the
citizenship. When they arrived
their son John F. was a mere
infant, his birth having occurred in
Virginia, Dec. 19, 1815, but he grew up
to be a useful and prosperous member of
the community. In early manhood he
became a miller and at different periods
of his life was engaged in milling in
various localities, including eleven
eyars at Greenfield. Apr. 18,
1838, he was married to Caroline
daughter of John and Betsey (Kees)
Foster, with whom he lived happily
over thirty years and how bore him a
large family of children. Mrs.
Cowman's father came from
Pennsylvania and in 1812 purchased a
tract of land in Liberty township, on
which in 1827 he erected a
dwelling-house that is still well
preserved and makes a comfortable
residence. It was at this place
that Mrs. Cowman was born Feb.
20, 1817, and here she is spending the
evening of her days under the
affectionate care of her children.
Her husband died Jan. 26, 1869, but a
few years before that event he purchased
the eighty-one acres of land settled by
his father-in-law and to this estate
Mrs. Cowman and her children removed
soon after the father's demise.
The farm is situated four miels north of
Hillsboro, along the New Vienna pike,
contains a good orchard and is in a
thrifty condition. Among the
children of John F. and Caroline
(Foster) Cowman was a promising son
named John Madison, born Feb. 6,
1840, who enlisted in Company C,
Eighty-first regiment Ohio volunteer
infantry, served three years and died
from the results of a wound received
Sept. 2, 1864, at Atlanta.
William C., the second son, who also
served in the Union army, is now
clerking for Wolfe & Colvert of
Hillsboro. Samuel W.
resides on the farm with his mother;
Edna is the wife of John McCright
of Fayetteville, Brown county; Esther
C. is caring for her mother at home;
Emma Jane died in January, 1900,
and five others passed away in infancy.
Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ.
Madison, Wis., Northwestern Historical
Association - 1902 ~ Page 271 |
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H. A. COWMAN,
general manager of the Greenfield
Printing and Publishing company, is of
Virginia stock, and grandson of
Alexander Cowman, who came from the
Old Dominion to Highland county when a
young man and embarked in agricultural
pursuits. His son, John M.
Cowman, became a merchant and for
years has follows that business at
Greenfield. The latter's son,
H. A. Cowman, was born and reared in
Highland county and when thirteen years
old became a clerk in his father's
store. He early developed a taste
for journalism, his first venture in
that line being as editor of a paper at
Greenfield called the Tri-County News.
Some time later he had charge of the
Daily Journal, holding also a position
as bookkeeper with the pad manufacturing
establishment at Greenfield. In
April, 1901, he took charge of the
Greenfield Republican, and has since
been the general manager of that
business. He is a member of the
Presbyterian church at Greenfield.
Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ.
Madison, Wis., Northwestern Historical
Association - 1902 ~ Page 271 |
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THE CRAWFORD FAMILY
– The name of Crawford
is a memorable one in the annals of
Ohio and especially identified with the history of Ross and
Highland
counties. The family here mentioned
is descended from a Pennsylvania family of
Irish descent, of which two of the sons were captured by Indians about the year
1760, and were prisoners in Ohio
until surrendered to General Bouquet
at the famous treaty of 1764. One of
them afterward settled on Eagle creek, in Brown county, and the other located at
Crawfordsville, Ind., which was named after him. The
Colonel Crawford whose defeat in
1782, and subsequent burning at the stake in what is now Wyandot county, was one
of the most tragic events in the annals of Indian massacres, was a relative of
the Highland
county branch of the family.
Alexander Crawford, a brother of the
Indian captives alluded to, was born in Pennsylvania
during the Revolutionary war, and was the first of the family to gain a foothold
in the Scioto valley. He married
Anna Pigman and with her and four children left his native state in the fall of 1795, floated down the
Ohio on a small flat-boat to the mouth of the
Scioto, and ascended that stream in a canoe to the vicinity of
Chillicothe. He was a millwright and helped to
build the floating mill famous in Chillicothe
history, commonly supposed to have been the first mill of any kind upon the Scioto river. After remaining about two years at
his first location, Alexander Crawford
moved to the mouth of Waugh’s run on Deer creek, which locality he abandoned in
1799 and selected a place of residence on what afterward became the site of
Centerfield in Highland county. Here he remained about six years
and the place was long known as “
Crawford’s Thicket.” From this
point he removed in 1805 to Paint township, Ross county, his land extending into
the Highland
county township of the same name. In
1807, he built on the Highland county bank of
Paint creek a grist mill which became an important factor in the domestic life
of the neighborhood. Here he lived
and carried on his work until 1823, when he was drowned while attempting to
cross the creek in a canoe. His
children, all of whom are long since dead, were seven in number and named as
follows: Jesse, Alexander, Mary (Mrs.
Nathan Thomas), Sarah (Mrs. James Greenfield), Elizabeth (Mrs. William
Greenfield), Susan (Mrs. John McElwaine) and
Elsie (Mrs. Joseph Estle) of Indiana.
Alexander Crawford, Jr., second of
the children in age, was born in Green county, Pa.,
in 1790 and was consequently a lad of five years when he floated down the
Ohio with his parents on their adventurous voyage to the
western wilderness. After he grew up
he was associated with his father in the management of the mill after the
latter’s death took charge and conducted the business alone for some years. In 1825, he sold the property to
Mr. Barrett and removed to Plum run,
a mile or more southwest of his former location, and there built a saw and grist
mill which he conducted until 1850 when his sons assumed charge of the business.
Alexander Crawford was a man of most
excellent traits of character and very interesting as a companion on account of
the experiences of his early life.
He was a companion of the Indian boys, with whom he played and hunted, and he
personally knew many of the warriors who became famous in history. Among his acquaintances were such
celebrated characters as Logan and
Tecumseh, and
Captain John, a Shawanee chief who taught young Crawford how
to hunt deer. He often went with his
father to visit Waw-wil-a-way, the
old chief who resided on Rattlesnake creek, and whose base murder by
Wolff has been much reprehended by all the historians of the pioneer days.
Mr. Crawford was present at Old Town (now Frankfort), Ross county, when the ceremonies establishing peace between the
murderer and his victim’s sons were celebrated, and often during his life spoke
of the impressiveness of the scene which were ensued.
Alexander Crawford, Jr., who was a fine mill-wright, erected many
mills on various Ohio
streams and was widely known as well as highly esteemed for his cheerful and
sociable disposition. He married
Elizabeth, daughter of
Benoni Brown, who came to Ross county
form Virginia,
and as a result of this union there were eight children.
Jemima, the eldest, and widowed wife
of Solomon Mershon, is a resident of
Clermont county where her brother Jackson
is also living in his eighty-sixth year.
John joined the Second regiment, Ohio
heavy artillery, and was accidentally shot and killed by a fellow soldier in
Kentucky.
Mary was drowned in infancy, and
Catherine, who married
S. G. Gough, died in July 1901. The other three children are
Alexander, Jesse and
Anna, the latter a widow of
John O’Neil. Alexander Crawford, the third,
who was born in 1828, and his brother
Jesse two years younger, worked together in the mill for some years and the
latter learned the trade of a millwright.
In the spring of 1857 they purchased in partnership 188 acres of land
which they operated jointly for some time, and a few years later removed to
their present place of residence, where in 1870 they erected a commodious
dwelling-house. The two brothers now
own 500 acres of land, which is well improved and equipped with all necessary
agricultural conveniences. Formerly
they raised mules extensively, but latterly have confined themselves to general
farming and breeding of miscellaneous stock.
Feb. 16, 1865, Jesse Crawford
was married to Ruth V. Wheaton, of
Madison township, daughter of John F. and Mary (Vance) Wheaton, natives of
Pennsylvania.
The children of this union are five in number:
Emma, married Joseph Burgess, of Paint township and has one
child, John A.;
John A. Crawford, died Aug. 27, 1894;
Elizabeth E., wife of
Albert McCoy, resides at Washington
Court House; Luana, married Russel Hughey and died Aug. 6, 1896, leaving one child, Ruth E.;
Jessie M., wife of Samuel Beck,
has two children, Elizabeth and
Catherine.
Source: The
County of
Highland – A History of
Highland County,
Ohio
– by Rev. J. W. Klise – Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Assn. - 1902- Page 272
|
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JOHN H. CRUM
was born on the Hempstead farm, Oct. 20, 1844, and
was educated in the district school. At the
outbreak of the great civil war he was among the
first to offer their services to the great civil war
he was among the first to offer their services to
the nation, and enlisted in Company L of the Second
regiment, Ohio cavalry, with which he was mustered
in at Columbus. Being sent to Virginia, he was
on duty there for twenty two-months, participating
in a number of encounters with the enemy, including
the notable battles of the Wilderness, Hanover Court
House, Dinwiddie Court House, Ream's Station, Cedar
Creek, Winchester, Charlottesville, and Harper's
Ferry. At the conclusion of his service he was
mustered out at St. Louis, Mo., when he returned
home and resumed the work of farming. Soon
afterward he was married to Phoebe Lowe, a
native of Maine, and for four years they made their
home in Liberty township, afterward removing to the
old homestead. He built a handsome residence
in 1901, affording him a comfortable home, upon 125
acres of valuable land. He is a member of the
Grand Army of the Republic and a Republican in
politics. Mrs. Pheobe Crum who died in
1892, was the mother of three children:
Pearl, wife of R. J. Pope; Oscar,
residing in Brush Creek and Ivy, wife of
J. Grable. On May 11, 1901, Mr. Crum
was united in marriage with Mrs. Martha Garman
and there was born to this union one child, Nina.
Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
Page 274 |
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LEWIS CRUM,
in the early days one of the best known men of
Highland county, was born in Virginia, Feb. 10,
1787, and in early manhood married Sarah Engle,
born in Virginia Oct. 5, 1787. A few years
later they moved to Wayne county, Ohio, and not long
afterward, in 1823, made their home in Brush Creek
township, Highland county. There Lewis Crum,
who was a carpenter by trade, bought the old mill
now known as the Porter mill, which he operated,
with the exception of about three years, until his
death, on Apr. 7, 1861. His wife died on Jan.
20, 1862. Their eleven children were:
George, residing at Bainbridge; William,
deceased; Amelia, of Coshocton county;
John Harrison, Millie, Anna, deceased;
Strawder, of Kansas; Eliza, deceased;
Sarah, of Louisiana; Alcinda, deceased;
Rachel, deceased. John Harrison
Crum, the father of the subject of this
sketch, was born in Frederick county, Virginia, Jan.
27, 1817, and was reared in Brush Creek township
mainly, where he married Ann M. Wickersham
and began house keeping at Sinking Spring, where
they lived about twelve years. Two years they
spent at the place now owned by Mrs. John H.,
now lives. He lived to the age of seventy-nine
years and his wife to fifty-nine. Their
children are: Jacob W., residing in
Brush Creek township; John H., subject of
this notice; Joseph W., residing in Brush
Creek township; John H., subject of this
notice; Joseph W., Samuel, and Peter
N. living in Brush Creek; Sarah, wife of
D. Shoemaker of Brush Creek, and Lewis, whose
residence is in the same township.
Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
Page 274 |
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PETER N. CRUM,
a younger son of J. Harrison Crum, Sr., of
whom a sketch is given in the foregoing, was born
Dec. 1, 1858, on the farm where he now lives.
At nineteen years of age he went west, to Illinois,
Minnesota and Iowa, and was most of the time in
employment on the railroads. Then returning
home, he bought part of the old place and married
Mary A. Roads, of Brush Creek township.
Seven children have been born to them: Chester,
Sherman, Cecil, Blanche, Gorden, and Silvie
(twins, the latter deceased), and Roscoe
deceased. Mr. Crum is the owner of 104
acres of good land, is a successful farmer and god
business man, and is unusually popular in the
township, as was shown recently by his election as
the Republican candidate for trustee in a township
generally Democratic by a large majority. He
is serving his first term in this office, which he
is adapted to fill with credit and benefit to the
public.
Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
Page 275 |
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THOMAS
CUMMINGS, one of the early settlers of Brush
Creek township, was a patriot soldier of the war of
1812, served the full term and was rewarded with a
land warrant, but unfortunately lost his rights
through some of the devious land operations of the
early days. He married Susan Ockerman
who, like himself, was a native of Virginia, and
they made their home upon a small tract of wild land
in Brush Creek township, where they reared ten
children: Henry, William, John, Martha,
Mary, Barbara, Elizabeth, Anthony, Daniel and
Thomas. Thomas Cummings was one of the
founders of the first church in the township, and
lived an honorable and Christian life, which is
remembered with pride by his many descendants.
Daniel Cummings, one of the sons, now prominent
in Brush Creek township, was born there Feb. 27,
1832, and in early manhood married Jane
daughter of James and Elizabeth Woolfe.
In the time of the great rebellion he volunteered
for the military service and was a private in
Company B of the Hundred and Seventy-fifth Ohio
infantry, with which he served about ten months in
Tennessee. Though he started in early manhood
without property he now has a valuable farm of 152
acres, and is much respected, and has been honored
with the offices of school trustee and supervisor.
He is a comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic
and a steward in the Methodist church. He and
his wife have had nine children: Barbara E.,
John W., James T., George A., Joseph, Charles E.,
Eliza E., Wesley and one that died in infancy.
Thomas Cummings the younger son of Thomas,
whose name heads this sketch, was born and
reared in Brush Creek township, and married to
Mary J., daughter of Jacob T. and Elizabeth
Hizer. He lived to the age of about sixty
years, and was one of the successful farmers and
influential men of the township. Taking a
great interest in educational and religious affairs,
he served for a number of years as a member of the
school board, and was one of the staunch supporters
of the old Pisgah Methodist church, and one of its
trustees for many years. His children were:
Edward S., residing in Paulding county; Mary
E., at the old home; Martha E., at
Belfast, Ohio; Daniel R.; Melissa J.,
Ollie A. and Sherman are deceased; and
Farris B. resides on the old homestead.
DANIEL R. CUMMINGS, son of
Thomas and Mary J. Cummings, was born on the
farm now owned by his mother Mar. 21, 1868, and was
educated in the public schools. In his youth
he began teaching in the schools of Paulding county,
and he followed this profession for five years, then
returning to Highland county and taking charge of
the old homestead, and marrying Annie E.,
daughter of John N. and Catherine Butters of
Marshall township. They are now living on the
farm of her parents, and he is the owner of sixty
acres of valuable land, but farms a larger area,
with much success. He is one of the prominent
young men of Marshall township, and has been honored
with the responsible office of township trustee.
He is a member of the lodge of Odd Fellows, No. 25,
at Hillsboro, and a steward and trustee of the
Methodist Church. In politics Mr. Cummings
is a Democrat. Mr. and Mrs. Cummings
have three children: Fay M., Ruth V.
and N. Gladys.
Source: The
County of
Highland – A History of
Highland County,
Ohio
– by Rev. J. W. Klise – Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Assn. - 1902- Pages
275 & 276 |
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