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Another of the leading citizens of Morgan Township is Andrew J., son of John C. Jones, who was born in Ross Township, November 27, 1826, and married, for his first wife, Jane Morris, January, 1851, daughter of Evan Morris. Mrs. Jones died July 3, 1853, leaving one son, Gilbert M., who was born June 5, 1853, and is unmarried, living in the Township of Ross. For his second wife Mr. Jones married Patience Moorelionse, February 5, 1861, daughter of Eliphalet Moorehouse; the latter born February 6, 1835. Mr. Jones is a mem- her of the Congregational Church, and has been a trustee of the township. He was in Colonel Moore's one hundred day regiment. He began life with one hundred and thirty aeres which his father gave him, and from time to time has added to them until at present he owns four hundred acres of tillable ground.
Among the most prominent of the old pioneers was William Atherton, boru May 21, 1808, in Boston, Mass., and married in 1830, to Elizabeth Willey, who was born in Hamilton County, Colerain Township, June 24, 1810. This marriage brought forth nine children, as follows: George, born October 30, 1831, married, and lives in Terre Haute, Indiana; Henry, born October 21, 1833, and died February 28, 1839: Amos, born December 27, 1835, married, and lives in Missouri; Olive, born Sep- tember 21, 1837, the wife of B. F. Clark, of Venice; Naomi, born March 1, 1840, anmarried, at home; Mary, born June 21, 1842, now dead; Belinda, born January 5, 1845, died March 12, 1876; William, born May 26, 1847, met his death by an accident November 9, 1861 ; Jane, born February 22, 1850, wife of Austin Scott, the son of William H. Scott, of Crosby Township, both men of many excellent parts. These last named live near Harrison, Ohio. Mr. Atherton was brought when a child ten years of age to Hamilton County, and in 1836 purchased two hundred acres of land in this township, on which he took up his residence. He met his death from cholera, June 21, 1858. His widow still resides en the old farm. William Atherton was a hard-working farmer; and in all his undertakings was a man of prob- ity and ultimate snecess.
Amos Atherton, born in 1793, married Mary Francis, born in 1797, daughter of David Francis. The result of this marriage was a family of ten children, four of whom were twins: David F., born 1817, a resident of Morgan ; Phoebe, born 1819, widow of Andrew McCoy Wakefield, of New Haven, Hamilton County, Ohio; Elijah, born 1821-dead; Abner, born 1823, married and lives in Iowa; Francis, born in 1823-dead; Mary, born 1827-dead; Elizabeth, born 1830, wife of David Pottenger, of New Haven, Ohio; Amos W., born in 1832 -- dead; Mary, boru in 1835-dead; Rachel. wife of Joseph MeHenry, of New Haven, Ohio. Amos Atherton came to Hamilton County, Ohio, about 1808, where he acquired a large body of land near the Shaker village, living there at the time of his death. He was a man-of deep religious convictions, and distinguished for his liberality in Church matters.
David F. Atherton married for his first wife Jane Gwilym, daughter of Morgan Gwilym, of this township. Mrs. Atherton was born in 1819, and died February 5, 1867. This marriage resulted in two children, both of whom are dead. For his second wife Mr. Atherton mar- ried Jane, daughter of Hugh Price, born in Franklin County, Ohio, 1840. The fruits of this union were two children, one of whom still lives. Mr. Atherton came to Morgan Township in 1844, and settled on the Mor- gan-Gwilym estate, in sight of New London, where he still resides, respected by every body.
Griffith Morris, son of Evan Morris, was born in Mor- gan Township, September 7, 1820, and married Mary Jaue Wapon, widow of Benjamin Humphreys, April 17, 1856. Mrs. Morris was born December 22, 1830, in Del- aware County, Ohio. There have been four children : Minter C., born February 19, 1857, who married a daughter of the Rev. B. W. Chidlaw, now resides near home as a farmer; Walter, born Janvary 7, 1860; Minor, born August 23, 1863; Armer, born August 9, 1863.
Evan Morris, Sen., was born in Montgomeryshire, North Wales, where he married Jane Morris, by whom he had eight children, two dying in infancy: Evan, born March 15, 1816; Griffith, boru in Morgan Township; John, born in Morgan Township-dead; Mary and Anu, dead; Mary Ann, born in this township but living in Ross; Jane, born in Morgan Township, now dead; Hannah, born in Morgan but living in Ross. Mr. Morris came to America in 1818, and from Pittsburg to Cincin- nati made his way on a flat-boat. He purchased. eighty aeres of land on Paddy's Run, where he resided until his death, bat in the mean time adding to the Srst pur- chase very considerably.
Abel Appleton, a pioneer of this valley, came front New Jersey to Morgan Township, with his wife and family, about 1807. His wife's maiden name was Betsey Reeves. She died about 1860, and her husband about 1832. This union produced five children. now all dead:
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Jane, wife of George King; Elizabeth, wife of Dr. Otto; Pearson ; Catharine, wife of Enoch Larison, and John. Pearson Appleton was born in New Jersey about 1803; he married Margaret Mahaffey, of this county. They had eight children: Nancy, wife of David Morris, of Hamilton County; John, now a resident of Okeana; Elizabeth Ann, wife of John Morgan-dead ; Isabelle, wife of John Arkenbyer, now of Kansas; Sarah, wife of Josiah Deen, of Marion County, Indiana; Mary, widow of Michael Milholland, of Hamilton County. Ohio; Abel, married and lives in Iowa; Phoebe, wife of Amos Cann, lives in Kansas.
John L. Appleton was born November 12, 1824, and married Esther Ann McHenry December 16, 1846. His wife was born in Delhi Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, June 11, 1826. This marriage resulted in ten children : Pearson, born November 6, 1847, died July 6, 1848; Lindsay, born July 10, 18-19, married and resid- ing in this township; Rhoda, born September 12, 1852, wife of Amos Van Loo, of Preble County, Ohio; Pear- son E., born July 31, 1855, married and a citizen of Morgan ; Margaret A., born August 7, 1857, and wife of James Freiling, of this township; William W., born April 1, 1859; Wallace W., born May 2, 1862; Char- lotte R., born May 22, 1866; Canowels, born Septem- ber 14, 1868, and Enoch McHenry, born July 25, 1871. Mr. Appleton is one of the representative men of Butler County. His family moves in the best circles of society. George Milholland was born in Franklin County, In- diana, December 16, 1811, and married Mary Ann, daughter of John Merring, March 24, 1842. Their children are John, born March 6, 1843, who lives in Iowa, and is a practicing physician; Charlotte, born September 24, 1845, the wife of Tobias Speiah, resides in Nebraska; Thomas, boru January 30, 1843, is mar- ried, and in Nebraska; William, born July 10, 1850, is a practicing physician in Shelby County, Ohio; Anna, born September 8, 1852, lives in Mt. Carmel, Indiana, and is the wife of Edwin M. Arnold; David M., born March 5, 1858, is unmarried, and is a student of medi- cine in Shelby County, Ohio; George E., born June 23, 1861. John enlisted in the army in the Fall of 1861, in Company H, Fifth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and
served uutil 1864. At the expiration of this time he contracted sickness, from which he suffered for some time after his discharge. Mr. Milholland came to Mor- gan Township in 1832. He began work by the month, and rented until 1842, when he and his wife purchased one hundred acres of the Merring homestead. Mr. Mil- holland was a member of the Congregational Church, and in many other matters took a lively interest. He died in March, 1878, leaving a wife and seven children.
dying in infancy, the remaining six reaching maturity. George was born in 1820, and died in the late war ; Mary Ann was born July 22, 1821, and is now the widow of George Milholland; Anna, born August 11, 1824, the wife of Evan Evans; Catharine is the wife of Cornelius B. Surface, of Warren County, Ohio; David M. is married. and resides in Warren County, Ohio; Eliza M., married, is now of Terre Haute, Indiana. George Merring, the father of John, and John M. Bot- tenburg, had each purchased one-quarter section of land in Morgan township at an early day. Mr. Merring, Sen., never coming to this county, deeded his quarter section to his son. John Merring died from injuries received by the kick of a horse, October 26, 1849. He was a cap- tain of the State militia, and a prominent deacon and member of the Paddy's Run Congregational Church. His wife died October 29, 1878.
Ephraim Hall was born in Pennsylvania about 1785. He married for his first wife, in Pennsylvania, Hannah Wynn, who died in 1819, leaving two children. Benja- min was born about 1815, is married, and lives in Mercer County, Ohio; Jonathan, born February 18, 1818, is married, and lives in Morgan Township. For his second wife, Ephraim Hall married Dorcas Callahan. She bore him three children: Jeremiah, whose whereabouts is un- knowu; Matthew, who is dead; Nancy, who is supposed to be alive, but whose residence is uncertain. - Mr. Hall was a resident of this township before 1812. taking up his residence on Paddy's Run. He died about 1853. Jonathan Hall married Catherine Brandenburg, who was born November 10, 1823, daughter of Jacob Branden- burg. He is the father of eight children, as follows: Hannah, wife of Nelson Shroyer, now of Kansas : Jacob, a resident of Kansas; Mary, wife of David Burnett, of Morgan; William, married and at home; another, wife of Leander Selyer, now of Kansas; Charles and Albert, both single and at home; and Hiram, who also is the eldest. Mr. Hall is a self-made man. He began work as a farm-hand, and has continued to prosper, until now he owns one hundred and sixty-three acres of land. He is surrounded by many of the comforts of life.
James Harrison Williamson, M. D., father of Dr. Henry Allen Williamson, was born in Scott County, Kentucky, about 1824. Caroline Payne, his wife, was born in Frankfort County, Kentucky, about 1821. This marriage resulted in three children, one dying in infancy : Henry Allen, boru October 10, 1845, married, and a resident of New London; Preston Emmett, born March 4, 1848, married, and a dentist at Frankfort, Kentucky. Dr. Williamson, Seu., was one of the pioneer settlers of' Scott County, Kentucky, and ranked as one of the fore- most citizens. He gave both of his children a Biberal education, and, though not a man of large meaus, at one time lost all his property. Ifis son, Henry Allen, was boru in Boone County, Kentucky, married Mary Belle
John Merring was born 'in Frederick County, Mary- land, and married in Morgan Township, in 1819. His wife was Mary E. Bottenburg, of the same county and State. This marriage resulted in eight children, two | Sleet, of the same place, October 10, 1867. His wife
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was born May 28, 1851. The results are four children, two of whom live: Lula Belle, born June 29, 1876; Weedie A., born January 18, 1876. Dr. Williamson, Jr., studied medicine for one year under Dr. John Needham, of Newcastle, Indiana, and in 1867 began his studies at one of the medical colleges of Cincinnati, where he graduated in 1870. He has sinec practiced in Paris, Kentucky, for one year, and now follows his profession in the country of Paddy's Run. All the Williamsons are Baptists, religiously. The father of James HI. was a Virginian by birth. He came down the Ohio at an rarly day on a flat-boat, fighting his way through the In- dian nations. William Payne, the grandfather of Dr. H. A. Williamson on his mother's side, was also a Vir- ginian, a captain in the war of 1812, and a great hunter, keeping a paek of hounds to the day of his death. Dr. Williamson, Sen., died September 4, 1848.
John Evans, born in North Wales, July 17, 1795, came to this county in 1818, and settled on Paddy's Run. His wife, Sarah, was born in this county in 1806, and married hiin June 28, 1821. By trade Mr. Evans is a tanner. He is the father of fourteen children: Mrs. Mary Jones, born December 9, 1827; Evan, born No- vember 4, 1823; William, born July 7, 1823: Mrs. Eliz- abeth Davis, born March 26, 1827 ; James, born February 26, 1829; Mrs. Ann Jones, born November 26, 1830; Mrs. Martha Griffith, born August 17, 1832; John, born July 17, 1834; Robert, born March 8, 1836: David, born July 21, 1838; Mrs. Sarah Davis, born November 3, 1840; Richard, born December 1, 1842; Edward, born August 24, 1845; George, born January 19, 1850. John Evans's father's given name was Evan, his mother's name, Elizabeth ; his wife's father's and mother's names were James and Mary Nicholas. They came to this county in 1812. John Evans, Jr., was a soldier of the Rebellion. John Evans, Sen., is a man of ripe experi- enee ; he has accumulated a large and handsome property " about him, and in all the active walks of life has acted his part well.
Joseph Clawson was born in Butler County, Ohio, March 7, 1803, and married for his first wife Cynthia Parkhurst, February 26, 1824, who was born June 14, 1806, and died December 28, 1834. For his second wife he married Belinda Parkhurst (born in Trumbull County, Ohio, November 21, 1809), April 14, 1836. Andrew and Mary Clawson, his father and mother, came to this county in 1802; his wife's father and mother, David and Mary Parkhurst, came to Butler County in 1814. Josepli Clawson is the father of Belinda, born December 30, 1824; G. W., born July 23, 1832; Cynthia, born December 25, 1836; Maria Sulser, born November 2!, 1841. a resident of Kansas; Amos P .. born June 14, 1844; Ellen Smith, born October 10, 1846; Malon M., born March 17, 1849; Andrew P., born Jannary 5, 1853. G. W. and A. P. were soldiers in the late war. He is a mon of good habits, and has accumulated, by
careful industry and economy, a large share of this world's goods.
A well known gentleman in Morgan, Reuben Wood- ruff, was born in Lemon Township, Butler County, Ohio, September 11, 1804, and was married December 2, 1824, in Ross Township, to Elizabeth Fenton, bern August 11, 1808. This marriage resulted in John, born September 6, 1826-dead; George, born November 3, 1828, now of Edwards County, Illinois; Stacy, born July 11, 1831, now of St. Charles, this county ; James C., horn Sep- tember 3, 1834; Daniel R., born October 28, 1837, of Paddy's Run; Samuel W., born December 26, 1839; Ensign, born August 13, 1845 -- physician. Daniel and Sarah Woodruff come to Butler County January 5, 1800. Stacy and Mary Fenton came also to the same county in 1808. Samuel Williamson, the sixth son, was a sol- dier in the late war, in the Thirty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff have lived together for over fifty-seven years, and have raised a family of respectable sons. Daniel, his father, witnessed the battle of Bunker Hill, at the age of ten years. His son has now a musket and bayonet used in that memorable fight.
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Alexander Walker De Armond was born in Batler County, Ohio, December 5, 1822. For his first wife he married Eliza, daughter of Jacob and Margaret Ross, October 21, 1845; for his second wife, Elizabeth Lloyd, daughter of David and Nancy Owens, January 2, 1867. The fruits of these unions have been William Augustus, born August 17, 1846; Byron Ellwood, born January 22, 1851- dead; Cassius M., born August 23, 1860; Angie Hammond, born May 13, 1844, living in Boone County, Indiana; Imogene Thompson, born December 27, 1846. St. Charles; Eva Sparks, born February 23, 1850. wife of Samuel Sparks, of Groesbeek, Hamilton County, Ohio. Thomas and Rebecea De Armond came to this county in 1813. William Jenkins, one of their relatives, was a soldier in the War of 1812. Mr. A. W. De Ar- mond was a soldier in the war of 1861. He has also accumulated a considerable property, mostly in land, to the amount of three hundred and twenty-five aeres, all of which he has earned through his own efforts.
One of the most prominent men in Batler County, who held the office of justice of the peace for twenty-four years, was township treasurer for nine years, and trustee for two years, is Samuel De Armond, born in Hamilton County, Ohio, November 15, 1805, and married to Sarah, daughter of Peter and Sarab Youmans, November 2, 1826. Mrs. De Armond was born in Sussex County, New Jersey, the 2d day of November, 1806. King and Hannah De Armond, his father and mother, came to this county in 1807; his wife's father and mother came to Butler County in 1815. Samuel De Armond is the father of seven children: Hannoh Robinson, born February 6, 1830-dead; Elizabeth Aan, born February 27, 1832, now of St. Mary's, Illinois; Caroline Brown, born April' 24, 1834; Margaret Sirelove, born May 22, 1830; John
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C., born May 25, 1841; Mary E. Hall, born November 19, 1843, now of Summer County, Kansas; Samuel II .. born May 1, 1846. Mr. De Armond is a man of iron nerve. During his term as magistrate he never had a decision overruled. He is known throughout the country as "'Squire Sam," a title which he won by being a civil officer for so long a time. This household has been happy, and is now completing its fifty-fourth year of married life.
James De Armond, a farmer, living in Okeana, was born in Franklin County, Indiana, October 20, 1807, settling in Butler County, 1815. On the 30th of Au- gust, 1827, he married Maria, daughter of Peter and Sarah Youmans, who was born in Sussex County, New Jersey, January 24, 1810. This marriage resulted in a large and estimable family as follows: John Randolph, born August 5, 1828-dead; Sarah Smith, born July 22, 1830, of Decatur County, Indiana ; Peter, born July -30, 1832; Rebecca George, born November 19, 1834- dead; Elizabeth Jones, born August 1, 1837; Anna Mercer, born September 20, 1839 ; Mary Ellen Denison, born January 26, 1842; Emeline Day, born March 28, 1844; Theodore, born September 28, 1846; James, born December 27, 1847 ; Isabella Phellis, born May 8, 1850; Eliza M. Day, bern July 5, 1852.
Alexander and Elizabeth, the father and mother of James De Armond, came to this county in 1807. They had their horses stolen by the Indians. By careful man- agemeut they accumulated a large share of the goods of the world, as also have their children.
John Finn was born in Ireland, about 1823, and was the son of William and Catharine Finn. He settled in this county in 1852, and was in 1855 married to Ellen Dee, daughter of Thomas and Margaret Dee, and born in Ireland, November 24, 1831. They have had five children : Catharine, Margaret, William, Mary, and John. Margaret and Mary are dead. Mr. Finn has always been a farmer.
John Lloyd Evans was born in Culpepper County, Virginia, June 22, 1827, and is the son of William Har- ris Evans and Lavina D. Evans. They came from Cul- pepper County to this State in 1832, settling at Paddy's Run August 1st. He was married April 21, 1870, at Brookville, Indiana, to Josephine Price, born November 21, 1839, daughter of Henry and Sarah Price, who lived in Franklin County, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Evans have had two children, Le Roy, who was born September 7, 1872, and Lloyd Price, who was born January 2, 1874. Mr. Evans is engaged in general merchandise at New London, and was the postmaster at Paddy's Run in 1852
and 1853, and from 1860 to 1872. His mother's father. John Deane, was in the Revolutionary war. He was at Princeton and Brandywine, going from Fauquier County, Virginia, and serving three years. Mr. Evans's father, William Harris Evans, was in the Seventy-third Welsh Fusileers from 1808 to 1815, and was at the storming of Badajos and the battle of Waterloo. He was born in 1790 and died June, 1843, at New London.
Joseph Cann was born in Loudon County, Virginia, in 1804. His parents were Wilson and Jane Can, and he came with them to this county in 1831. He has been twice married; the first time to Harriet Joyce, by whom he had four children. Elizabeth Mary was born April 15, 1838; Andrew B., May 7, 1840; Sarepta, June 24, 1842; and William James, May 12, 1845. His second wife was Catherine Bittinger, and by her he had four children. Joseph Norvell was born May 26, 1874; Sarah Jane, December 21, 1876; Harmon Will, Sep- tember 14, 1878; and Phebe Elizabeth, October 17, 1880. His first wife died in 1866, and he married again in 1872. The farm that he now lives on he settled in 1835, and he has cleared it all himself.
E. J. George was born in this county July 7, 1827, being the son of Joshua and Catherine George, who came to this county in 1810. He was married August 7, 1851, to Margaret E. De Armond, daughter of Thomas and Phebe De Armond, who was born March 1, 1832. They have had eight children. Oscar Weller was born January 5, 1835; Mary J., June 9, 1857; Alfred Cory, November 7, 1859; Clement V. Benton, December 22, 1861; Alice O., May 18, 1864; Franklin J., September 29, 1866; Charles W., February 6, 1871; and Eva A., February 4, 1875. A grandfather of Mir. George, David Thompson, served under General Wayne.
William Mereer was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, December 9, 1798, and was married iu this county in 1826, to Margaret Bell, daughter of David and Margaret Bell, who was born Angust 8, 1804. She bore him nine children. David was born July 31, 1827; Letitia Lovis, December 24, 1828; William, December 26, 1830; John R., December 8, 1832; James L., No- vember 8, 1834; Robert L., January 29, 1835; Willson L., October 11, 1840; Margaret A., October 3, 1844; Florence A., July 3, 1848. Mr. Mercer's father, Thomas, served in the Revolutionary war. His mother's name was Letitia. David Mercer and Wilson Mercer were in the last war, and the latter was killed on Pumpkin Vine Creek in 1864. David served in the Mexican war. Mr. Mereer has been a justice of the peace and township trustee.
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HANOVER.
HANOVER is a township six miles from the south and west lines of the county, bounded on the north by Milford, on the east by St. Clair, on the south by Ross, and on the west by Reily. It is made up of thirty-six sections.
The justices of the peace have been : 1812, James Johnson, John Rainey ; 1815 to 1818, Matthew Hues- tou, John Rainey; 1821, Matthew Hueston, James Beaty; 1824, John Rainey, Matthew Hueston, Reuben Black- ford ; 1829, Andrew Lester, John Rainey, Reuben Black- ford; 1832, John Morse, John Rainey; 1833, Reuben Blackford; 1834, John Morse ; 1835, Reuben Blackford, Daniel Rumple, M. Bowerman ; 1841, Reuben Blackford, Abraham Bercaw, John Morse; 1842, Henry Dillon ; 1844, R. Blackford, John Morse; and since that date Henry Dillon, Reuben Blackford, John Morse, William Hueston, Samuel Snell, Jacob Bottenburg, Joseph Hile- man, Robert Moore, Frederick Shaffer, Michael Kumler, Henry A. Strawhaver, Win. R. Cochran, George B. Tobias, I. M. Warwick, J. M. Johnston, W. B. Davis, Henry Keller, and J. W. Boatman.
The early settlers in the township were named Ayres, Anderson, Alexander, Beaty, Beaver, Bell, Blackford, Beekett, Brozier, Carr, Coomb, Caldwell, Donor, Delaplane, Dodd, Earhart, Gray, Hazlet, Hueston, Hall, Irwin, James, Lewis, Lister, Lintner, Moore, Me Vieker, Marshall, MeKinstry, Mccullough, MeGonigle, Nixon, Nichols, Roll, Rinehart, Reese, Rai- ney, Rumple, Sample, Salmon, Smiley, Stephens, St. Clair, Thorn, Traey, Wickard, Wason, Willis, Yeakle, Zeigler, and others. In 1844 there was but one post- office in the township-at Jacob Stillwell's corner.
The climate, soil, and surface is pretty much like that of the other adjoining townships. There are no villages within the borders of Hanover. The first settlements were generally made in locations favorable to farming. A dividing ridge extends across the township from the south-east to the north-west, causing the water to flow either towards Four-Mile, which passes diagonally through the north-east corner, or into Indian Creek, which also euts the south-west corner in a very similar manner. Both these streams are of considerable size, and have numerous small tributaries. The most impor- tant branch of Indian Creek is Salmon's Run, which de- rived its name from William Salmon, au early settler, who lived on its bank and carried on distilling. Another streum of considerable size, a tributary of Indian Creek ulso, is Zeigler's Run, taking its name from Samuel Zeig- ier, who settled ou its head-waters three-quarters of a century ago. Four-Mile has for its main inlets Stony
Run and Beckett's Run, the latter from Robert Beckett, a man who settled here in the woods far back in the be- ginning of the century. The dividing ridge from which these and other lesser streams flow is a table-land of deep, rich loam, where all the staples are grown in abundance. The south side of the township is a fine rolling bottom, which gradually reaches up to the higher lands, except the south-east corner, where the surface is hilly. In the north the surface is more broken, and, if any thing, the soil is less fertile than anywhere else in the township.
One of the old landmarks in the township is an elm, four feet in diameter, with tall head and spreading limbs, at the original voting precinct at Hanover Sta- tion. It is at least one hundred and forty years of age, for when the first settlers knew it, its size was the same as to-day.
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