Biographies

* Source:
1803
History of Knox County, Ohio
It's Past and Present,
containing
A Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio, Including an Outline History of the North-
west; A complete History of Knox County; It's Townships, City, Towns, Villages,
Schools, Churches, Societies, Industries, Statistics, etc.; A Record of Its
Soldiers in the Late War; Portraits of its early settlers and
Prominent men;  Views of Its Finest Buildings;
Miscellaneous Matter; Map of the
County; Biographies and Histories
of Pioneer Families, etc.
Compiled by N. N. Hill, Jr.
- Illustrated -
Mt. Vernon, Ohio:
A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers
1881
 

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	M. H. LAFEVER, Fredericktown, salesman, was born in Knox county, Ohio, in 1847, and was married in 1868 to Eunice Bricker, who was born in Liberty township in 1847.  They have one son, John C., born in 1871.  Mr. Lefever is engaged as a salesman with the firm of Hill & Hagerty, dealers in hardware and furniture.  He has always been identified with this company, and has resided in Fredericktown for a period of five years. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 714
	THOMAS P. LAFEVER, farmer, second son of the aforesaid William and Mary Lafever, was born near Fredericktown, Knox county,  Ohio, September 2, 1812.  He was reared a farmer, and has followed farming as his principal vocation through life.  In 1840 he married Miss Eliza Beam, daughter of John and Mary Beam.  They settled in Clinton on a rented farm; remained on rented land until 1842, when he purchased his father's old home farm in Clinton township, on which he lived until 1878, when he rented the farm to his son Calvin and moved on the property where he is now living a retired life, near Mt. Vernon.  They had five children - Emeline, Merrit, William S., John, and Calvin, all now living. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 714
	THOMPSON LAFEVER, Middlebury township, farmer, post office, Levering, born in Knox county, Aug. 28, 1848, and was married to Helen Wilkins, who was born in 1837, in this county.  They had the following family: Ella, Emma L., James F., Olive May, and Oliver (twins, deceased), Anna Bell, and Charlie Gay.  Miss Ella Lafever was married to Clinton Ewers, who was born in this county.  They have one son, Guy L., born July 3, 1879. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 714
	WILLIAM LAFEVER, deceased, was born near Hagerstown, Maryland, in 1788.  By trade he was a cooper, and followed coopering as his vocation in connection with farming, making the latter his principal business.  He married Miss Mary Price, of Pennsylvania.  In 1810 they emigrated to Knox county, Ohio, and located near Fredericktown, where they lived until 1822, when he purchased and moved on a farm near Martinsburgh, same county; remained there ten years, and in 1832 he purchased and moved on a farm now owned by his son, Thomas P. Lefever, on the Brandon road, about three miles from Mt. Vernon.  They lived on this farm about six years, when he purchased and moved on the old Sayer farm in same township, adjoining his old farm on the north, where they remained a few years, retaining his other farms.  He bought and moved on the farm now owned by Isaac Sperry, on the Newark road.  They lived on this farm near Martinsburgh; remained there about five years.  His last purchase was the property now owned and occupied by his son, Thomas P., on the Newark road, about three-fourths of a mile from Mt. Vernon.  Here his wife died in 1864, and he passed the remainder of his days among his children, living with one awhile and then with another.  He deceased in 1870, age eighty-two years.       They reared a family of thirteen children, viz.: John, Darcus, Thomas P., Isaac, James, Mimard, Samuel, Wiley, Abram, Sprague, Margaret, Rebecca, and Chambers.  Four of whom (John, Isaac, James, and Rebecca,) are dead. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 714
	WILLIAM LAFEVER, Wayne township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, born in this township in 1830, and was married in 1864 to Mary Lafever, who was born in this township in 1856.  They have one son, Frederick Earl, born in 1872.  His father, John Lafever, was born in Pennsylvania in 1809 and was married to Deliah Herod, who was born in 1808.  Their children were William, Isaac, Molancy, Morgan, and Eli who enlisted in the late war, in the One Hundred and Twenty-first regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry and was killed southern soil.  Mr. John Lafever was one of the early settlers and pioneers of this county. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 714
	WINARD LAFEVER, farmer, fifth son of William and Mary Lafever, was born near Fredericktown, Knox county, Ohio, April 12, 1815.  He was brought up on a farm, and has made farming his principal vocation.      April 22, 1841, he married Miss Emily J. Blake, born in Knox county, Ohio, Mar. 3, 1820, daughter of William and Hannah Blake, deceased.  They settled on the farm now owned by William Shineberry, in Clinton township.  They lived on three different farms in Clinton township until 1854, when he purchased and moved on the farm where they are now living in the same township.  Their union resulted in two children, _ daughters. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 714
	GEORGE LAHMAN, (retired) Morris township, post office, Mt. Vernon, was born in Rockingham county, Virginia in 1810, came to Ohio in 1820, and was married in 1834 to Hannah Weyner, who was born in 1810, in New York, and came to Ohio when a child.  They had seven children, viz: Lewis W., William (deceased), Augustus (deceased), Robert, Mary, Sarah, and George.  Augustus volunteered in the later war, and was a member of company A, Sixty-fifty regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry.  He was wounded at the battle of Stone River.  Forty-one days after he was wounded he died after a severe and painful suffering.      Mr. Lahman has been a citizen of this county for sixty years.  His wife, Hannah, died April 9, 1878. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 714
	ABNER LAHMON, deceased, Monroe township, son of William and Elizabeth Lahmon, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, June 4, 1818.  In 1827 he came with his parents to Knox county, who located in Morris township, about two miles south of Fredericktown.  They lived in three different townships in this county.  In 1839 they moved to Monroe township, where they passed the remainder of their days.      Mr. Lahmon made farming his principal vocation through life.  In 1839 he married Miss Elizabeth Lutz, daughter of Jacob and Susannah Lutz, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1818, and came to this county with her parents in 1835, and located on the farm now known as the Lahmon Mill farm, located in Monroe township.  Mr. and Mrs. Lahmon settled on the Lahmon Mill farm, where he died March 4, 1879.  His companion is still living on the home farm.  They reared a family of four children:  Elizabeth, John, Mary A., and William. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 714
	WILLIAM LAHMON, son of the aforesaid Abner Lahmon, was born in Monroe township, this county, on the farm where he is now living, Aug. 8, 1850.  At the age of fifteen years he commenced working at the milling business in the Lahmon mills, where he has since been engaged in that business.  At present he operates the Lahmon mills.      Nov. 2, 1872, he married Miss Margaret E. Bowman, of Knox county, daughter of Daniel Bowman.  They settled on the Mill farm, where they are now living.  They have three children, two sons and one daughter. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 715
	D. W. LAMBERT, is a native of Ohio; was born in October, 16, 1838; received an academical educaiton, and shortly after entered the banking house of Russel, Sturges & Co., as a clerk.  When the bank was reorganized, in 1862, he was promoted to Assistant cashier, in which capacity he still remains. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 715
	GEORGE J. LAMSON, Miller township, carpenter, post office, Brandon, was born in Milford township, Oct. 29, 1830, and is the son of Rhoda and Nathan Lamson, of whom mention is made in the biographies of Milford township.      Mr. Lamson spent his youth on the farm of Milford township, and has followed the trade of carpentering for a number of years, commencing to work at it at an early age, and is a good workman.  He has always lived in Knox county, excepting about one year and a half while in Missouri, and some six months at Government work in Nashville, Tennessee.  He was married to Miss Emma E. Lockwood, May 20, 1855, who was born in Windham county, Vermont, December 10, 1828, and came to Ohio about 1833 or 1834, with her parents, Reuben and Catharine Lockwood, who had a family of fifteen children, three of whom are living.      Mr. Lamson remained in Milford township until 1867, when he moved to Brandon, where he has since resided.  They had two children, one who died in infancy; the other is Lilliam E., who married Thomas Thatcher. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 715
	W. C. LANE, Morris township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, was born in Berlin township, this county, Mar. 10, 1862.  He is now a resident of Morris township, and is engaged in farming. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 715
	DUDLEY LANGFORD, deceased, was born in Rhode Island in 1775.  HE was a carpenter and joiner by trade, and followed that as his principal vocation.  He emigrated to Virginia with a Mr. Avery, for the purpose of building that gentleman a house, intending to return to Rhode Island.  By the time he had the house completed he concluded to remain in Virginia and work at his trade.  In 1798 he married Miss Rebecca Slotts, born in Virginia in 1782.  They settled in Virginia, where they lived ten years, and in 1808, he, with wife and family, migrated to Butler township, Knox county, where he continued working at his trade in the summer, and manufactured chairs, spinning-wheels and reels during the winter.  In 1818 he leased and moved on a piece of land in Howard township, agreeing to clear so many acres and nave the use of the land cleared for four years, as a compensation for his labor, but death called him away May 18, 1821, prior to the completion of his contract, leaving his wife with ten children to provide for in their forest home, viz: Isaac, Lydia, Lucinda, Nancy, Polley, Ju8lia, Susan, Rebecca, Rachel and Dudley C.  The widow and children finished the contract, and lived on the land until the expiration of the lease.  The mother being possessed of energy, managed to keep her children together until they were all able to take care of themselves.  In 1835, when her youngest son, Dudley C., was but fourteen years of age, she was taken sick with inflammatory rheumatism.  By this time her children had all married and left her except the two youngest - Rachel and Dudley C.- who took care of and supported her during her ten long years of sickness.  She died Aug. 28, 1845, and all of the children are now deceased except Lucinda and Dudley C. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 715
	DUDLEY C. LANGFORD, farmer, Union Twp., the youngest son of Dudley and Rebecca Langford, deceased, was born in this county, May 21, 1821.  He married Mary Robinson Feb. 27, 1845, who was born in Union township, Knox county, Oct. 5, 1821.  She was a daughter of William and Sarah Robinson.  They settled in Howard, Knox county, lived two years, and in 1847 they moved to Coshocton county, remained there fourteen years, and in 1861 he purchased and moved on the farm where they are now living, in Union township, one mile south of Danville.  He has made farming and stock raising his vocation, and owns one of the best farms in Union township, containing about six hundred and eleven acres.  They reared a family of seven children - four sons and three daughters. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 715
	THOMAS LARASON (deceased), was born in Chester county, New Jersey, August 27, 1814, and emigrated with his father, James LArason, the following year to Licking county, Ohio.  He was married to Malinda Craig.  They have had eleven children, viz: Emily, Eunice, Lucinda, James, Oliver, Harriet, Abraham E., Luman, Leonard, Melinda Jane, and one that died in infancy.      Oliver Larason was married to Williametta Mercer.  They have had three children - Edwin, born July 24, 1873; Laura, Nov. 22, 1874; Sylva July 11, 1876. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 715
	FRANK C. LARIMORE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 715
	HENRY LARIMORE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 716
	ISAAC P. LARIMORE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 716
	JOHN LEE, proprietor of grocery and restaurant, east side of North Main street.  Mr. Lee is a natiaave of the county of Galway, Ireland, where he was born in the year 1852, and in the year 1870 he emigrated to America and located in Mt. Vernon, where he made his first business engagement as salesman with George B. Potwin, in the produce business.  He remained in this capacity until 1876, when he established himself in the grocery and restaurant business, in which he still continues.  He carries a full stock a staple and fancy groceries and confectioneries, also a first-class stock of restaurant goods, consisting of brandies, wines, gins, beer, and ales, of the best American brands, also imported wines and brandies.  He carries a stock of about two thousand dollars, and he does a business of about seven hundred to eight hundred dollars per month and up to the present his business has increased about twenty per cent. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 716
	DAVID A. LEEDY, Pike township, farmer, post office, North Liberty, born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, Nov. 23, 1821, came to Ohio with his parents when eight years old, and located in Knox county.  In 1847 he was married to Susannah Grubb, who was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, in 1827.  They had the following children:  Daniel, born Dec. 4, 1849; an infant daughter (deceased); Mary A., born July 22, 1853; Elizabeth, Mar. 26, 1857; Martha, August 24, 1868; and Charles M., Apr. 18, 1873.  Daniel Leedy died Dec. 9, 1870.  Mr. Leedy owns an improved farm with good buildings, located near North Liberty.  He is a model farmer, and has assisted in improving and raising this county to its present standard, both socially and religiously.  He has been a member of the German Baptist church for twenty-two years, being a member of the congregation that worships in the Berlin chapel. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 717
	SAMUEL A. LEEDY Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 716
	WILLIAM LEMLEY (deceased), Pike township, born in Richland county in 1848, and was married in 1867, to Mary Ellen Simpkins, who was born in Monroe township in 1851.  They have three children - "Clara J., born in 1868; James G., born in 1871; and William A., born in 1872.  William Lemley was one of the victims of the sad collision that occurred in Richland county during the State fair at Mansfield in 1872.  He was wounded on Thursday and died on Saturday.  This was a sad bereavement to the family.  After the death of the husband Mr. Lemley moved to North Liberty, where she still lives. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 717
	E. B. LEONARD, Pike Township, farmer, post office, Democracy; born in Morgan township in 1819.  He was married in 1839 to Elizabeth Walker, who was born in Union county in 1820.  They have three children, Ziba,, born in 1840; Rebecca, in 1843; Elnora, in 1849.  Mr. Leonard came to Pike township in 1838.  He owns a well improved farm.  He is a member of a pioneer family and is now numbered among the pioneers. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 718
	HANNIBAL B. LEONARD, Wayne township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown; born in Wayne township July 19, 1827, and was married Apr. 11, 1849, to Catharine A. Boner, who was born in Morris township Feb. 23, 1830.  They have the following children: John A., born May 14, 1850; Herman L., Apr. 28, 1855; Mary Belle, Feb. 20, i860, and William L., Oct. 23, 1864.  Mary Belle died Apr. 4, 1865.  His father, Byram Leonard, was born in New York Apr. 12, 1798.  He removed from New York to Knox county in 1819, and was married to Abigail Lewis, who was born in New Jersey Apr. 11, 1801.  They had the following children; William L., born Oct. 6, 1823; John, Aug. 20, 1825; Hannibal B., June 19, 1827; Mary S., July 23, 1829; Elizabeth, Aug. 26, 1831, and Elleanor, Mar. 21, 1834.  Mrs. Abigail Leonard died Oct. 15, 1858.  Mr. Byram Leonard died Dec. 27, 1851.  Elleanor is also dead.  William L. was married to Elizabeth Young, and resides at Winterset, Madison county, Iowa.  John married Minerva Best, and lives in the same place.  Mary S. was married to Israel W. Moody, who also resides in said place.  Elizabeth was married to David B. Thrift and resides in Iowa.      Byram Leonard joined the Baptist church in 1841.  He was vice-president of the Ohio Baptist convention five years, and filled the office with credit to himself and with entire satisfaction to his brethren.  He was elected a member of the Legislature, and was also warden of the Ohio penitentiary. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 718
	ZIBA LEONARD, Clay township, retired. He was born Aug. 28, 1798, in Greene county, Pennsylvania, and removed to Clinton township in 1803, arriving November 14th.  He came with the Pennsylvania colony, who settled in what is known as then Ten Mile Settlement.  The names of his companions will be found elsewhere in this work.  At his advent into Knox county, Mr. Leonard was but a few months past his fifth birthday.  He is one of the few now living who came into the county as early as 1803.  His mind is strong and active, and his memory is well stored with reminiscences of the almost forgotten past.      In 1796 William Leonard, grandfather of Ziba, came out from Pennsylvania, and bought a large tract of land south of Mt. Vernon.  The farm of Hon. Columbus Delano lies in the northeast comer of the tract.  Mr. William Leonard after wards gave the land to his children.      Mr. Leonard's father was a frequent sufferer on account of the depredations committed on his flock of sheep by wild animals; sometimes the wolves would come under the house and help themselves to the best of the flock.  For about two years all the meat used in the Leonard family was procured in the forest; but as game was so abundant, it was no trouble to obtain a sufficiency for the family larder.  One of Mr. Leonard's brothers shot three deer without moving out of his tracks.      The nearest mill was at Zanesville, and until a hand-mill was procured, all the corn necessary for the family use had to be taken there to be ground.      The first wedding in Knox county was that of Mr. Leonard's sisters, in the winter of 1804 - Amariah Watson and Sarah Leonard, and Daniel Dimmock and Rachel Leonard.  The parties were united at the same time.  A justice of the peace from Lancaster, Fairfield county, performed the ceremony, there being no justice or minister nearer than that place.      The first death of any white person in Knox county occurred the next day after the arrival of the Leonard family, Nov. 15, 1803, being a little daughter of Mr. Ziba Leonard's sister, Nancy Baxter, aged about eighteen months.  The second death occurred in the spring of 1805, being that of Mr. William Leonard, grandfather of Ziba, and called the patriarch of the colony.      For several years after the settlement of the Leonard family in Knox county, on each returning winter, a tribe of Delaware Indians camped on Mr. Leonard's farm.      For some months there was no preaching in the neighborhood; but on each Sabbath day and Thursday nights, prayer-meetings were held at his father's house.      The first sermon ever delivered in Knox county was preached at the house of his father by the Rev. James Scott, a Presbyterian minister, about the year 1804.      Mr. Ziba Leonard was married in 1819 to Mrs. Jane Beam.  Five children were born to them, viz.: Eleazer, Amos, Benoni, Malvina, and Martha - all alive except Benoni and Martha.      Mr. Leonard served several years as captain of the militia, and was also justice of the peace, constable, and township clerk of Morgan township several years.  He moved into Clay township in 1831.  Mr. Leonard has been a farmer and carpenter, working some forty years at the latter trade, having built nearly all the dwelling houses and other buildings in the village of Martinsburgh.      Mr. Leonard was originally a Jackson Democrat, afterwards Whig, then Abolitionist, and then a Republican, having acted with the latter party ever since its organization, until the past two years, when h has acted with the Prohibition party.  Although Mr. Leonard drank of the first whiskey ever distilled in Knox county, he is an ardent temperance man, and firmly believes that no one that drinks whiskey, or chews tobacco will ever be admitted to heaven.      He has been a member of the Presbyterian church in Martinsburgh over fifty years, and is a firm believer in "the Westminster confession of faith."  He has been sexton of the Presbyterian church many years; has attended over five hundred funerals in Martinsburgh, and has been noted for his acts of charity to the sick and afflicted.      Mr. Leonard has often seen the eccentric Johnny Appleseed, and on being shown a picture of him, given in his history, recognized it immediately as being a very accurate likeness.      Mr. Leonard had some very bitter experience in connection with the failure of the celebrated Owl Creek bank, of Mt. Vernon.  His father, who died in 1814, had willed him one hundred acres of valuable land lying north of the village of Lexington, Richland county.  This land was lost to him by the failure the bank.  He has also lost several thousand dollars by going security for persons; yet notwithstanding his much ill-luck, financially, he still has a competency.      Mr. Leonard remembers the first tree cut on the site of Mt. Vernon, and is well-informed relative to its first settlement.  The first court was held in a small log cabin which stood exactly on the site of the soldiers' monument.  He remembers well the Butlers, Walkers, Pattersons, Clicks, Wallaces, Pyles, Millers, et al., of the first settlers of the village.      Mr. Leonard taught the first school in Clay township, then called Morgan.  The first school taught in Knox county was taught by his cousin, Silas Brown, in Clinton township.      For a few years Mr. Leonad was acquainted with every individual in Knox county. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 717
	GEORGE LEPLEY Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 718
	JACOB LEPLEY Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 718
	JOSEPH LEPLEY (deceased), was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, Nov. 26, 1812, and emigrated to Ohio when a young man, locating in Butler township, where he resided until his death, Jan. 10, 1878.  He was married three times - to Catharine Korns Nov. 26, 1832; to Delilah Beal, May 29, 1836; and to "Lydia Mossholder, Feb. 28, 1846.  He was the father of eleven children, viz; Joseph R., Elizabeth, Michael, Alonzo, Alpheus, Aaron, Hannah, Malona, Lloyd, Rhodinia, and Thaddeus, all of whom are living except Michael who died at Chattanooga, Tennessee, Apr. 23, 1864. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 718
	JACKSON LETTS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 718
	EDWARD LEVERING, farmer, Middlebury township, post office, Levering, born in Knox county, July 26, 1845, and was married Nov. 27, 1878, to Satire Lanning, who was born in Chesterville, Morrow county, Aug. 11, 1845.  His father, Joseph Levering, was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, Nov. 18, 1805.  They came from Pennsylvania in 1813, starting on the eighth of April and landing May 1st.      He was married  May 21, 1833, to Elizabeth Blair, who was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, May 7, 1806.  They had seven children, one of whom (Edwin) has died. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 719
John C. Levering Pg. 714a	JOHN C. LEVERING, farmer, Middlebury township, post office, Levering, born in Middlebury township, 1829, and was married in 1854, to Mary E. Ewers, who died in 1859.  They had one son, Wilbert F.  Mr. Levering was again married in 1861, to Carrie Richardson, who was born in Hamilton, Canada.  Their children are:  Frank O., Noah C., Daniel L., John C., and Jennette C.      Mr. John Levering was elected commissioner of Knox county in 1871, and reelected in 1874.  To show the appreciation of him, the following from the Mt. Vernon Republican, dated Nov. 29, 1877, is given:      "Superintendent Williams gave a dinner at the infirmary, chiefly in honor of Commissioner Levering, whose tenure of office has about expired.  Mr. Levering might be called the founder of the new infirmary, as he has been in office, since its conception, and he has had more to do with it than any officer.  Quite a number of guests from the city were invited, and the dinner was wholly appropriate, as commissioner Levering goes out of his office with the respect of both parties.  As we never lose an opportunities to tell the truth about a Democrat, it is proper to say that any compliment we can pay to the gentlemanly conduct of Mr. Levering while in office, and to his honesty and uprightness as a private citizen, is not out of place." Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 719
	NOAH LEVERING, deceased, born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, Nov. 17, 1802, and died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Andrew Rusk, Mar. 4, 1881.  He was the last survivor of the family of Daniel Levering, who came to Knox county from Bedford county, Pennsylvania, on horseback, before the War of 1812, and purchased and entered land in Middlebury township, near Waterford.  In the spring of 1813 Daniel Levering moved his family - six sons and one daughter, to his western home, and during the same summer with a few others settlers built a block-house on his farm to protect their lives from the Indians.      Noah Levering was born the year before the State of Ohio was admitted into the Union, and moved to Knox county when ten years old, and lived in Middlebury township until shortly before his death.      Mar. 27, 1828, he was married to Miss Armanella B., daughter of John and Anna Cook, who settled in Middlebury township in the spring of 1811, from Washington county, Pennsylvania.  Mrs. Levering died June 12, 1879.  By this union there were ten children - seven that survive their parents.  Noah Levering sold the lands and laid out the village of Waterford, and in 1836 was instrumental in establishing a postal rout from Mt. Vernon to Tiffin, with the assistance of his brother John, who became sureties to the department that the route would be a paying one; in honor of which the postmaster General named the office at Waterford, "Leverings." Noah Levering never voted anything but a Democratic ticket, having voted for every Democratic candidate for president from Andrew Jackson to W. S. Hancock.  He united with the Presbyterian church at Waterford, in 1852.  His remains were interred in the family cemetery on the old farm, to which he came in 1813. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 719
	RILEY LEVERING, Wayne township, farmer, post office, Lucerne, born in Ohio, Mar. 22, 1848, and was married Mar. 5, 1873, to Elizabeth Lewis, who was born in Wayne township, Knox county, Ohio, May 22, 1853.  They have three sons - Fred B., born Nov. 17, 1874; James Hoy, May 28, 1876; and Lewis Benton, Jan. 1, 1879.  Mr. Levering came to Wayne township in 1873. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 719
	D. C. LEWIS, a native of Fayette county, Pennsylvania, was born near Brownsville, Nov. 22, 1810, where he received a knowledge of the English or common school branches, and surveying, and in 1829 he came to Ohio and located in Mt. Vernon, where he engaged in the office of clerk of the court under James Smith, and remained during the winter, after which he returned to his home in Pennsylvania, where he remained one year.  In July, 1831, he returned to Mt. Vernon, and has resided here ever since.  After his return he engaged in the tailoring business, which he continued until 1857,  when he concluded to put his knowledge of surveying into practice, and from that time he was engaged on railroad work, in the capacity of a civil engineer, until 1857, and during which, in 1855, he was elected to the office of county surveyor, and served three successive terms, and one year by appointment.  After this, until 1870, he was engaged in machine work and general drafting, and served three years as auditor's clerk.  Since 1870 to the present he has been engaged in drafting county atlases and maps of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis (Pan-Handle railroad, under M. J. Becker, chief engineer), and was city civil engineer from the spring of 1872 until the spring of 1880.  In the mean time he has produced the county atlas of this county 1871 - 72.  Mr. Lewis is a man of marked abilities, and as a draftsman has few equals.      He was married May 4, 1830, to Miss Mary, daughter of Benjamin F. Murphy, of Mt. Vernon. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 720
	GEORGE LEWIS, Morris township, farmer, post office, Mt. Vernon, was born in Liberty township, Mar. 3, 1809, and was married in 1837 to Mary Gardner, who was born in Maryland.  They had two sons.  Anson B. was born 1838; George W., in 1840.  Mrs. Mary Lewis died in 1843.  Mr. Lewis subsequently married Miss Gassaway, who was born in Belmont county, Ohio.  They had children - Amanda Ellen was born in 1851; Mary Eveline, in 1853; Elizabeth Ann, in 1855; Sarah Isabelle, in 1857.  Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis died in 1861.  He was married in 1863, to Catharine Studer, who was born in Wayne county, and came to this county when an infant.  Anson B. married Nancy Hireman.  They reside in Clinton township.  George married Ellen Green and resides in Union county, Ohio.  Elizabeth Ann married Alexander Buckman.  They reside in Liberty township.  Mary E. married Fenner Robinson.  They live in Mt. Liberty.      Mr. George Lewis has always been identified with Knox county.  He remembers the howl of the wolf, and has seen the different wild animals that in early times roamed over the forest.  He is acquainted with all the early customs, remembers Johnny Appleseed, and also the Indians when they were more numerous than the white people. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 719
	JAMES LEWIS, Pike township, farmer, post office Democracy, born in Virginia in 1826, came to Ohio with his parents in 1830, and was married in 1848 to Rebecca Hardesty, who was born in Pike township in 1824, on the farm where they now reside.  They have six children - Mary A. born in 1849, Lydia, in 1850; Eliza J., in 1853; Sarah E., in 1855; Alice Adaline, in 1857; and Frances Isabella, in 1863.  Mary and Alice are dead.  Lydia was married to William Cain, and resides in Amity.  Eliza married Franklin Stinemetz, and live ins Gentry county, Missouri.  Sarah married John Arnold; they reside in Newark, Stark county, Ohio.      Mr. Lewis worked at the mason trade - laying brick and stone for some years.  In 1877 he engaged in farming and continues at that still.      Mrs. Lewis' father, Hugh Hardesty, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1788.  In 1812 he was married to May Finch, who was born in Pennsylvania.  They had the following family: Thomas, born in 1813; Ruth and Sally, in 1815; Rachel, in 1817; Hannah, in 1820; Rebecca, in 1824; Ann, in 1828; John, in 1831.  The following have deceased; Francis, died in 1818; and Ann, in 1830.  Mrs. May Hardesty died in 1831; Rachel died in 1842; and Thomas, in 1844.      Mr. Hardesty's second marriage was in 1834, to Ann Finch, who died in 1876.  Mr. Hugh Hardesty died in 1873. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 720
	JOHN & HANNAH LEWIS came to Ohio from New Jersey, in the year 1805, stopping for a short time at Mt. Vernon, where there were two or three log cabins.  They remained there only a few days, and following the trail of the Sandusky Indians on horseback for about ten miles in a northwest direction, they located in the wilderness on Owl creek, near what is now the village of Luzerne, in Wayne township, where they resided during the rest of their lives.  Soon after selecting this place as their future home, they put up a cabin, fourteen feet square, of Buckeye logs, which was their residence for a number of years, and until they had aid enough to erect a house of heavy logs, about thirty feet square, which remained standing for a number of years.  This building was used regularly for religious purposes, there being no church at the time in that part of the country.  During the War of 1812, there was a fort, also a block house, adjoining and communicating with this residence, and when these early settlers were threatened with danger, they would gather hurriedly together at this fort for protection.  There were but few settlers in that part of the country prior to and during the war, and for some time Mr. Lewis' nearest neighbors resided at Mt. Vernon, and the nearest store and mill were located at Zanesville.  The trail of the Sandusky Indians, used in going to and from Mt. Vernon and Zanesville, was within one hundred yards of his house, and his family was very frequently honored with their calls, which were usually friendly.  These Indians would frequently have access to whiskey when meeting with white traders, and, when intoxicated, were sometimes troublesome customers.  These early settlers had but little knowledge of the luxuries and comforts of modem homes.  They owned a Bible, which was in many cases their only printed book, and constituted their only reading.  A long rifle with a flint lock, a rude bed and a puncheon table, and but little more.  Tea, coffee, sugar and flour were luxuries to be seldom indulged in.  Their corn was pounded in a wooden mortar with a pestle, the finest part being used for bread and the coarsest for hominy.  Their meat was mostly wild game, of which there was a great plenty.  Mr. Lewis had some singular and exciting experiences and adventures with the wild animals that infested the then unbroken forest.  Wolf scalps were a legal tender, and were received in payment of taxes, and he, with the assistance of Mr. James Bryant, who came into Ohio soon after, killed fifty-three wolves in one winter.  One of the traps used by him is still in the possession of the family.  Live stock had to be protected from these wild animals.  One night Mr. Lewis was awakened by some strange noises made by his pigs in the pen, and, taking his rifle, he proceeded to ascertain the cause.  Seeing some object moving about, he fired at it, and the next morning, on going to the place, found a black bear lying dead.      About the year 1820, Rev. Henry George, a Welsh Baptist missionary, came from the east and located in this neighborhood, and was the first ordained minister to conduct religious services in that part of the State.  His first sermon was from the text, Isaiah 63: i.  After he had labored a number of years, a little congregation was collected together, and a church was organized.  They erected a log building that had neither stove nor fireplace, on the spot where now stands what is known as the Wayne Baptist church.  At the dedication of this log church Mr. George preached from Psalm 122: i.      The first school building in this neighborhood was erected a little way east of Mr. Lewis' residence, was made of logs, and, having no glass, the windows were made of greased paper.  Mr. Lewis raised nine children, three sons arid six daughters.  There are yet four living: William Lewis, near Waterford, in Knox county; Mitchel Lewis, near Morrison, Illinois; Mary Jackson, near Gallion, Ohio; and Jane Bonar, who lives in Bellville. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 853
	JOHN B. LEWIS, Liberty township (deceased), was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, Sept. 10, 1804.  His parents came to Ohio some few years after and settled in what is now Liberty township, where he was reared.  Nov. 5, 1835, he was married to Miss Julia Bricker, daughter of George adn Catharine Bricker, nee Thomas.  She was born June 4, 1809.  He was a farmer by occupation and continued farming until his death, which occurred Apr. 4, 1875.  They had four children, one only of whom is living, viz.: Deham, born July 25, 1840 and married to Annias Rush, June 29, 1871.  They had two children, George F., and A. Belle.  Mr. Rush died Dec. 11, 1873, aged forty-five years.  Mrs. Lewis is spending her days on the old homestead. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 719
	REV. JOHN S. LEWIS, Morgan township, was born in the town of Llandilo, Carmarthewshire, South Wales, Mar. 20, 1844.  His father was a cabinetmaker, descended from a long line of tradesmen and professions.  He is the sixth of ten children.  His youth was spent attending school.  When young, and while on a visit to his brother, who was older, he became connected with the Baptist church.  His father was a Calvinistic Methodist, in which church our subject was baptized, and to the teaching of which he was carefully trained.  It was no small matter for him to leave this church and become connected with an organization which his father thought was little better than infidelity.  However, he determined to educate himself for the ministry, and, as is customary, he preached a trial sermon at about the age of fifteen years.  He attended an academy at Swansea about three years, where he made fine progress.  He also attended the theological seminary at Haverfordwest for four years.      He was ordained in 1869 at Mytletwy, and preached there until 1872.  He arrived in New York in April, 1872, where he remained for a short time, when he came to Ohio, and preached in Morrow county for some time.  His next charge was at Sharpsburgh, Pennsylvania, and in 1879 he came to the Owl creek charge, where he now preaches.  He is a preacher of force.  He is logical, and rarely fails to enlist close attention.      Apr. 26, 1876, he was married to Miss Laura E. Lash, of Ashland county, Ohio.  They have three children, Albert T., Bertha A., and Charles C. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 719
	R. C. M. LEWIS, Hilliar township, physician and surgeon, Centerburgh, was born in Coshocton county, Ohio.  He spent his youth at Bakersville, and when old enough he worked on a farm during the summer.  His father, Samuel Lewis, was a Virginian by birth, and by descent Welsh.  He came to Ohio with his mother, who was a widow, and it subsequently devolved upon him to maintain her, which he did for many years.  He was married to Nancy, daughter of Robert C. Hagan, a well known stageman of western Pennsylvania.  As a result of this union the doctor was born.  When a young man the doctor went west, to Indiana, Illinois and Kansas, where he joined a party of surveyors, and was engaged with them during the summer of that year.  He was in Arkansas and Texas for a short time.  He retraced his steps and came to St. Louis.  Prior to going west he read medicine and when in St. Louis, he prosecuted his studies and attended lectures.  He had excellent advantages during vacation, being with the physician in charge of the city hospital, and had access to all critical cases which came to the institution.  He graduated while in St. Louis.  From his natural mechanical skill he feels and takes a special pride in surgery.  He is having a good practice, and as he has "come to stay," he is at all times ready to attend to professional calls.  His father was a soldier in the late war, and received a wound at the battle of Winchester, Virginia, from which he died.  The doctor is social and genial in his manners, and makes all feel at home who call upon him. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 720
	CHARLES A. LINDLEY Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 720
	JOHN LITZENBERG Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 720
	HENRY LOCKHART, Pike township, professor, post office. North liberty; born in Ashland county in 1840, and was married Oct. 29, 1869, to Ellen Gilson, who was born in New Lisbon, Columbiana county, Ohio.  They had four children, Sylvia B., Ardella M., Frances M. and Floyd W.  Mr. Lockhart received a very liberal education and was a soldier in the late war, being a member of company E, Third Ohio cavalry, and continued in the service one year. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 721
	IRA L. LOCKWOOD, Miller township, was born in Windham county, Vermont, Dec. 6, 1818.  Some time after his parents went to St. Lawrence county, New York, where they remained about thirteen years, and about 1834 moved to Summit county, Ohio.  They had a family of thirteen children, four of whom are living.      The early years of Mr. Lockwood were spent with his parents.  His educational advantages were the common schools.  His father being a carpenter he learned that trade, and in connection learned painting, but never followed either trade for any considerable time.  In 1853 he came to Miller township, where he has been principally engaged in farming.  He enlisted in company C, One Hundred and Forty-second regiment Ohio National guard, in May, 1874.  He was taken sick while in the service and has suffered much since, so that he has not been able to follow his usual vocation.  He is a good citizen and has the confidence and respect of those who know him.  He was married to Miss Adaline Valentine Feb. 9, 1842.  They had four children, three of whom are living, viz: Mary Ann, married to Charles Conaway; Ida L., married to Christian C. Baughman; and Katie L., who is living at home.  Mr. Lockwood has been one of the trustees of the township for several terms, and takes an interest in public affairs. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 721
	FRANK J. LOGSDON, Brown township, farmer, pos-office.  Democracy, was born in Knox county in 1841, and married Catharine Blubaugh, who was born in this county.  They have six children, viz: Carlotte A., Arellia A., Rebecca M., Mary F., Stephen P., and Benjamin W.  Mr. Logsdon enlisted in the late war, Nov. 20, 1861, under Captain Walker, company K, Forty-third regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry.  He was in the service four years, and was honorably discharged. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 721
	WILLIAM LONEY Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 722
	DAVID LONG Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 721
	FRANCIS LONG Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 722
	GIDEON LONG Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 721
	ROLLINS LONG Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 721
	WILLIAM LOOSE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 721
	HARMAN P. LORE, farmer, Wayne township, post office, Fredericktown, was born in this county in 1851, and was married in 1874 to Kate Allen, who was born in Monroe county, Ohio, in 1851.  They had three children: Maud, deceased; Willie, born in 1876; Olive Bell, in 1879.  Mr. Lore is engaged in farming the Searl farm in this township, and is a good citizens. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 722
	PETER LORE, Liberty township, farmer, is a native of Somerset county, Pennsylvania, was born July 17, 1810.  His parents, Henry and Rosannah Lore nee Glessner, came to Ohio about 1826 and settled in Union township, where they lived until about 1834, when they moved to Liberty township and settled on the farm on which the subject of this notice lives, and where they both died.  They had twelve children, all of whom grew up, and five of whom are yet living.      Mr. Lore remained at home until he was about eighteen years of age.  He then learned chair-making at Wheeling, West Virginia, serving four years, and worked some ten years thereafter at  his trade.  He worked some tie in Mt. Vernon, after which he came to where he now resides, and where he has lived ever since.  He is a good citizen and a man of comprehensive ideas, and social in his manners.      He married Miss Jane Newell May 15, 1851, who was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in September 1818.  Her parents, James and Mary Newell nee Fleming, came to Ohio in 1819.  They both died in Clinton township. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 722
	GEORGE C. LOREE, farmer, post office, Mt. Vernon, was born in Morris township, and married Anna Chambers, who was born in Ireland in 1835, and came to America when a child with her parents.  They have one daughter, Eliza D., born July 12, 1866.  Mr. Loree received a severe injury by the discharge of his gun, the shot injuring his right hand, crippling him so that he cannot engage in farming. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 722
	GEORGE N. LOREE, farmer, Morris township, post office, Mt. Vernon, was born in Monroe township in 1851, and married in 1880 Miranda E. Trollinger, who was born in this county in 1861.  They have one daughter, Aera Almertie. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 722
	JOHN LOREE, retired, Morris township, post office, Mt. Vernon, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1797, and was married in 1821 to Sarah Rush who was born in Morris county, New Jersey, in 1803.  They had seven children, viz: Clarissa R., born in 1823; John W., in 1826; Hannah, in 1828; Job in 1836; Sarah E., and George C. (twins), in 1840; and William L., in 1844.      Mr. Loree came from Pennsylvania when about fifteen years old and located in Knox county.  After marriage he located on the farm where they now reside, which at that time was all in timber.  He cleared up and improved most of this farm.  Mrs. Loree has been a member of the Baptist church for twenty-eight years. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 722
,	ALEXANDER LOVE, Fredericktown, laborer, was born in Coshocton county in 1817, and married in 1851 to Angeline Carter, who was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, in 1819.  They have two children - La Torrie, born in 1854, and Annie B., in 1856.      Mr. Love came to Knox county in 1825; located in Berlin township, where he engaged in farming till 1848, when he moved to Fredericktown, and engaged in the hardware trade for some time, after which he went into the provision and produce business.  He was postmaster in Fredericktown over two years; also coroner of this county four years, and was one of the charter members of the Odd Fellows' society in Frederick town. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 722
	JOSEPH LOVE, Berlin township, farmer, post office, Shaler's Mills, was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, in 1821, and was brought to Knox county in 1824.  He was married in 1851 to Ann Jane Thompson, who was born in Ireland in 1827, and came to America in 1831.  They have four children - Sheridan, Matthew, Mattie, and John.  Georgia Anna  is deceased.      Mr. Love has been identified with Berlin township since 1824.  He owns the old homestead, one of the beautiful farms of Knox county, with buildings of the modern style, and one of the best farm residences in the county.      Joseph Love had not the advantages of a good education, but being endowed with more than ordinary ability, he improved every opportunity, and has become one of the leading men of the county.  He has filled different positions of public trust.  He has always been identified with and is one of the leading Democrats of Knox county. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 723
	THOMAS LOVE, Fredericktown, deceased, was born in Ireland, and came to America with his parents in infancy.  He settled in Berlin township, Knox county, where he was married in 1839 to Sophia A. Kerr, who was born in Knox county in 1816.  They had three sons and two daughters - Mary Jane, Andrew A., Alexander S., Le Grande B., and Elizabeth.      Thomas Love died in December, 1852, in Berlin township, in this county.      Mrs. Love is at present residing in Fredericktown with her family. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 722
	PHILIP W. LOVERIDGE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 723
	JOHN LYAL Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 723
	ASA LYBARGER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 723
	GEORGE LYBARGER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 723
	HIRAM LYBARGER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 723
	LREUBEN LYDICK Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 724
	WILLIAM LYDICK Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 724
	SAMUEL LYNCH Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 724
	EPHRAIM LYON, farmer, Wayne township, post office, Fredericktown, born in Wayne township, this county, in 1853.  He studied and prepared himself to engage in the ministry, and received a license from the Methodist Episcopal church.  He is now engaged as a supply, filling the pulpit at Newville, Ohio.  Although Mr. Lyon had not the facilities and privileges to receive a liberal education, he is successful, and his labors are very acceptable, and he is destined to make his mark. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 724
	S. W. LYON, Hilliar township, proprietor of Lyon's house, Centreburgh.  He is the son of Newton and Hannah Lyon, nee Lonesberry.  He was born in 1853.  He was reared on a farm.  He kept store about a year, and then moved to Centreburgh and kept livery for four years, and then purchased what is known as the Scott property and repaired it, and opened a hotel where he is now located.  He keeps a good house, is accommodating, and takes especial pride in making his guests feel at home.  He was married to Miss Emma A. Herron in 1872.  She is the daughter of Abraham Herron, of Sparta, Morrow county.  They had two children, one of whom is living. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 724
	WILLIAM LYON, farmer, Wayne township, post office, Fredericktown, born Aug. 14, 1811, in Wayne township, and was married in 1838 to Louisa Keyes, who was born Mar. 2, 1814, in Vermont.  They had the following children - Asher Newton, born Aug. 30, 1839; Francis Marion, Mar. 29, 1842; Mary Elizabeth, Feb. 6, 1844; Sarah Clotilda, Dec. 4, 1846; Arminta Pernina, July 17, 1850; Mertrice Jane, Dec. 31, 1853; Hattie R., Nov. 28, 1856.  Mr. W. Lyons' father, Simeon Lyons, was born in Marsh county, New Jersey, Aug. 22, 1767, and was married to Hannah Serring, who was born in 1772, in New Jersey.  They had the following children - Mehitable, Dec. 29, 1792; Abigail, Apr. 10, 1795; Perninah, Jan. 10, 1797; Benjamin, Feb. 4, 1802; Eliza, June 3, 1904; Jane, Mar. 30, 1807; Asher, July 5, 1806; William, Aug. 14, 1811; Caroline, Apr. 17, 1814; Mary, Jan. 17, 1817; and Phoebe A., Sept. 4, 1820.  Simeon Lyon died Jan 22, 1844; Mrs. Hannah Lyon died June, 1858.  They were among the early settlers of this county.      Robert Keyes, father of Mrs. William Lyon, was born in Vermont, Sept. 6, 1783, and was married to Sally Scribner, who was born in New Hampshire, Nov. 26, 1781.  Their children were named Harriet, Elvina, Louisa, Betsey, and Robert.  Mr. Robert Keyes died in this township, Dec. 22, 1870; Mrs. Sally Keyes died Feb. 28, 1864. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 724
	BENJAMIN LYONS, Middlebury township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, born in Sussex county, New Jersey, Feb. 4, 1802, came with his parents to Wayne township in 1806, and was married in 1828 to Margaret M. Jackson, who was born in New Jersey.  They had two children, viz:  Isaac J., born in 1830; Eliza Jane, in 1836.      Mrs. Margarest M. Lyons died about 1867.  Mr. B. Lyons second marriage was to Amy Conger, who was born in Knox county in 1818.      Mr. Lyons was among the earliest settlers of this county.  He located on the farm where he now resides, about fifty years ago, when it was all heavily timbered.  He cleared up and improved this farm, has erected excellent buildings, and it is now one of the most beautiful farms of Knox county.  Mr. Lyons has done much for general improvement, and has always been a quiet and unassuming man, but is one of the reliable men of this county.      Eliza J. Lyon married James P. Killin, and they live in Waterford.  Isaac J. Lyon, now resides in Michigan. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 724

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