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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Highland
County, Ohio
by Rev. J. W. Klise -
Publ. Madison,
Wis.,
Northwestern Historical Association
1902
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ABSALOM TEDRICK.
Absalom Tedrick may be described as one of
the self-made farmers of Highland county, inasmuch
as the property he now owns is the result of his own
industry and lifetime savings. His forefathers
were Marylanders who made the long journey overland
in 1830 and found homes in Highland county when that
part of the state was still crude and but sparsely
settled. Jacob Tedrick was married in
Maryland to Catherine Potter before the
emigration to the west was undertaken, and he was
accompanied by his father, John Tedrick, who
ended his days in Highland county. Jacob
Tedrick died in 1863 and his wife in 1900,
having reared a family of twelve children of whom
nine are living. Among the latter is
Absalom Tedrick, who was born in Hamer township,
Highland county, Ohio, Dec. 24, 1842. He was
reared on the farm, trained to do all sorts of farm
work and when he reached manhood was qualified for
the business on his own account and has been
successful in his operations. The sixty-five
acres of land which constitute Mr. Tedricik's
home place have been accumulated by himself in the
course of an industrious life. As a citizen he
stands high and is popular, as is proved by the fact
that he was township trustee for ten years, member
of the school board for fifteen years and five years
president of that body. Mr. Tedrick
belongs to the Lynchburg lodge of Free and Accepted
Masons and the Ancient Order United Workmen.
In 1865 he was married to Rebecca E. Stroup,
member of a strong family connection identified with
Highland county's history almost from its beginning.
Her father, Henry Stroup, was one of the
twelve children of Michael Stroup, the latter
a Pennsylvania pioneer who arrived in 1801 and
became wealthy and highly influential in the
townships of New Market and Dodson. Mr. and
Mrs. Absalom Tedrick have an only son, George
Edward, who received a good education and taught
school eleven years. At present he is a farmer
and cultivates eighty-five acres of land which he
has accumulated by his own exertions.
George Edward Tedrick is a man of excellent
business qualifications and was appointed as a
representative of the Democratic party to audit the
books of the Highland county commissioners. He
married Miss Ida L. Smith, of Dodson
township.
Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
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FRANK
TEDRICK, one of the prosperous farmers of
Union township, comes of a family who were
identified with affairs of Highland county from the
first decade after it was organized as a body
politic. His great-grandparents were George
and Mary (Hickson) Tedrick, natives of Virginia
who reached Ohio in 1815, located in Highland county
and there spent the remainder of their lives.
They had four children, among the number being a son
named John, born while his parents were
living in Buckingham county, Va. He married
Lydia Burton, was a soldier in the war of 1812,
came with the elder relatives to Highland county and
there ended his days. His son Frederick,
who was born in Dodson township, Highland county,
Ohio, Feb. 13, 1854. As soon as he reached
manhood he went into business for himself and now
owns 107 acres of good land which he has cultivated
with success. Jan. 13, 1876, he was married to
Lizzie, daughter of John and Susannah
(Shoemaker) Webster, both of Highland county.
Mrs. Tedrick's grandparents on her father's
side were Thomas and Elizabeth (Pulse) Webster,
early settlers of Highland county, and her maternal
grandparents were James and Susannah (Newton)
Shoemaker, who were among the first of the
Virginia immigrants who settled in that part of
Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Tedrick have four
children: John F., a farmer of Highland
county; Harley S., also a farmer; Hattie
H., a successful teacher of music; and Edna
S., at home. The family are members of the
Christian church.
Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
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JAMES SCOTT TEMPLIN,
during his eighty-eight years, saw practically all
of the growth, progress and development of Highland
county. His birth occurred eight years after
the county was organized and one year before the
laying out of the town of Leesburg where he spent
the greater part of his life. So there was
little of importance hapening in this county
from its origin until 1901 which was not known to
Mr. Templin, and he bore his full share in that
long era of development which has made Highland one
of the best counties in the state. His father
was Salmon Templin, who moved in from
Pennsylvania as early as the first half of the year
1800. This was five years before Highland
became a county and fourteen years before Leesburg
had existence even in imagination. White
people were very scarce in that region when
Salmon Templin arrived on the scene and as yet
there was not a single settler in what afterward
became Fairfield township. Some years after
his arrival he married Catherine White and
among their children was James Scott Templin,
born in Highland county in 1813. Educational
facilities were scarce in those days, even the
historic old logcabin schoolhouses being few
and far between. For a short time young
James Templin had the good fortune to attend a
seminary at Hillsboro, but most of his learning was
acquired during the long winter evenings by the
flickering light of tallow-dip candles. This
habit, acquired in youth, never deserted him and all
his long life he was a close student and omniverous
reader, with the result of being considered one of
the best informed men of his community. In
early manhood he identified himself with the
interests of Leesburg and remained connected
therewith during all the days of his active life.
In fact, none of the citizens of this town did more
to expand its trade and push it forward than
James Scott Templin. In 1844 he
engaged in the mercantile business at Leesburg and
for many years was one of the leading merchants in a
wide area of territory surrounding that village in
all directions. He was always a moving spirit
in the civic life of town and township and the
records show that when Leesburg was first organized
as an incorporated town, Mr. Templin was
elected one of the three trustees, John C. Batten
and Gerrard M. Johnson being the others,
with Thomas E. Johnson as mayor and Silas
Irion as recorder. Mr. Templin was
a firm believer in the principles of Freemasonry and
never lost an opportunity to advocate and urge on
others the beneficent advantages of this
world-famous order. To him more than to any
other was due the installation at Leesburg of a
local lodge, and throughout his entire life he was
regular in his attendance and enthusiastic in his
habits, gentle manners, highly cultivated and in
sympathy with all of the people who knew him well,
as popular in the best sense of that word and often
called on to fill minor offices of trust and honor.
His long and useful life terminated at Leesburg in
1901 and it is safe to say that few of her citizens
were ever followed to the grave with more sincere
mourning.
Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
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DANIEL L. TICE
Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
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ARTHUR M. TOLLE
Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
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RODNEY T. TRIMBLE
Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
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SAMPSON TURLEY
Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
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WILLIS A. TWAY
Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
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