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Samuel C. Stevenson, the subject of this sketch, followed steamboat- ing on the Ohio and the Mississippi Rivers, and was a captain of vessels for many years. He first married Miss Maggie Lovell, of Lewis County,
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Kentucky, January 31, 1866. She died September 2, 1871, and after- wards, October 15, 1873, he married Miss Joanna B. Shumaker, daughter of the late Captain J. H. Shumaker, of Mason City, W. Va., who was killed by an explosion on the steamer Brilliant, at Gallipolis Island, August 22, 1878. Captain Stevenson has "hove anchor" from Pittsburgh to the Gulf of Mexico, experiencing thrilling adventures that would fill a volume. He is now retired from the river, and enjoys life at his home on the beau- tiful Ohio at Pleasant Bottoms. He is the owner of Wilson's or Brush Creek Island, where persons from the surrounding towns and villages spend the heated season outing and fishing under the direction of the genial Captain.
A few years ago, a party of young men from Winchester camped at Brush Creek Island to spend some time fishing in Brush Creek and the Ohio River. Nicholas Lockwood, a member of the party, was drowned in the Ohio while bathing, and his companions made futile efforts to re- cover the body. Captain Stevenson was called on to assist in the search and he discovered the body of young Lockwood rolling on the bottom of the river in several feet of water-the river being low and the water clear. He dived and secured a hold on the body and by almost superhuman ef- forts conveyed it to the shore unassisted.
The Captain is one of the best known citizens of the county and num- bers his friends by the score. In politics, he is a Democrat of the Jeffer- son type.
Francis M. Spear,
of Manchester, was born August 21, 1843, on Eagle Creek, in Union Township, Brown County, Ohio. When one year of age, his parents, Spencer Spear and Harriet Coburn, moved to Huntington Township in that county, where he was reared to manhood on a farm. He was for years engaged in the white burley leaf tobacco trade and was one of the most prominent dealers in the Ohio white burley district. In 1893, he removed to Manchester, where he purchases and handles white burley leaf. Since residing there he has been elected Trustee of Manchester Township and Mayor of the town of Manchester. While serving as Mayor, he instituted and maintained a rigid warfare against the evil doers of that town with the result of a decided change in favor of morality and good order. Some of his decisions and rulings caused much comment at the time but he was sustained in the higher courts.
In politics, Mr. Spear is a Republican, having cast his first vote for Lincoln, in 1864. He served in the 26th O. V. C., and took part in the pursuit and capture of the famous raider, General John Morgan, in his invasion of the North in 1863, an account of which is in this volume. While not a member of any church, Mr. Spear leans toward the Disciples organization, and is a firm supporter of the principles of morality and temperance.
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Robert Amasa Stephenson
is a prominent and successful physician and surgeon of Manchester. He was born near Ripley, Brown County, Ohio, August 11, 1838, and comes of a family of Irish origin, which was established in America about 1750, its representatives settling in Sussex County, Delaware. Captain John Stephenson, the great-grandfather of our subject, commanded a sailing
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vessel which made trips between the Emerald Isle and Atlantic ports in the United States. His family lived in this country, and his son William, when a youth of seventeen years, ran away from home to avoid going on a sea voyage with his father.
William Stephenson afterwards settled in Pennsylvania, near the town of York, where he married. At the breaking out of the Revolution, he joined the Colonial army and served until American independence was achieved, after which he removed with his family to Fort Duquesne, now Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he resided for several years. About 1793, he joined a party of emigrants destined for Limestone, now Mays- ville, Kentucky. Among the number was a Mr. Kilpatrick with his two motherless little girls. During the trip Kilpatrick was killed by an attack- ing party of Indians, and William Stephenson took charge of and cared for the orphans. One of them afterwards became the wife of his son, Colonel Mills Stephenson. The party proceeded to the town of Washing- ton, founded by the noted Indian scout of that day, Simon Kenton. Wil- liam Stephenson remained in Kentucky until 1798, when he crossed the Ohio and located his land warrant for services in the Revolution, on Eagle Creek, in Adams, now Brown County, where he erected a cabin and passed the remainder of his eventful career.
On reaching manhood, Colonel Mills Stephenson married Miss Kil- patrick, as above stated, and settled on a farm near his father. He was a leading spirit in Southern Ohio in affairs of business and politics, and in the second war with England served with the rank of Colonel, and built old Fort Stephenson, named in his honor, the post so heroically de- fended afterwards by young Croghan, where now stands the town of Fre- mont, Ohio. Colonel Stephenson was one of the early Sheriffs of Adams County before the formation of Brown County. He afterwards became interested in the milling business near Ripley, and built and ran flatboats from that point to New Orleans. On one of these trips he contracted a fever and died at Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1823. Colonel Stephenson and his first wife had born to them the following children; Ephriam, who died in childhood; Elizabeth, who married Thomas Wallace, of Ottawa, Il- linois ; Charlotte, who died at the age of twenty years; Young, who became a steamboat captain on the Ohio, and who, during the Mexican War, was in the employ of the Government, transporting supplies from New Orleans to Matamoras, Mexico, where he died in 1847; and Lemuel, a steamboat engineer, who followed the river for years. In 1857, he quit the river and opened a hotel in Catlettsburg, Kentucky, where he died in 1862.
Robert Prettyman Stephenson, the father of our subject, was born in Ripley, Ohio, June 22, 1801, and died February 23, 1884. His wife (nee Mary Wallace ) passed away August 13, 1883. They were married Sep- tember 23, 1819, and had seven children.
Robert A. Stephenson, whose name heads this record, spent his child- hood days at the old homestead, and in September, 1861, entered the United States Army as a medical cadet. . He was then stationed at George- town. D. C., where he remained until September. 1862, when he entered Jefferson Medical College. Philadelphia, graduating from that institution in 1863. : He soon after was made Assistant Surgeon, and was assigned
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to duty with the Sixty-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteers, then at Mur- freesboro, Tennessee. He thus served until May, 1865, when he was com- missioned Surgeon and almost immediately afterwards appointed Brig- adier Surgeon by General George P. Buell. At the close of the war, he was mustered out at Camp Dennison, Ohio, July 25, 1865. While in front . of Atlanta, on the twelfth of August, 1864, he was severely wounded in the head by a piece of shell, and yet suffers from the injury. He was present at all the engagements in which the Sixty-ninth Regiment partici- pated after April 20, 1863, and did much good service in healing the wounds and allaying the pains of those that rebel lead had injured. At the close of the war, Dr. Stephenson returned to the private practice of his profession, locating in Bentonville, Adams County, where he remained until 1873. In that year he removed to Manchester, where he has resided ever since, engaged in the successful labors of his chosen profession.
In politics the Doctor has always been a Jeffersonian Democrat, and when Cleveland became President, was appointed by him United States Examining Surgeon on the Board of Pension Examiners for Adams County, serving until 1889. He was again appointed to the position in 1893, during President Cleveland's second administration. On November 7, 1899, he was elected Auditor of Adams County on the Democratic ticket. and now holds that responsible position.
The Doctor was married October 27, 1867, to Miss Arcada Hopkins, daughter of William E. and Eliza ( Brittingham) Hopkins. They had born to them William Prettyman, July 31, 1868; Mary, August 26, 1872; Robert Ellison, July 17, 1879, who was accidentally killed while duck hunting on Brush Creek Island, December 29, 1897; and Ralph, born May 16, 1884.
The Doctor is a member of the Masonic and Knights of Pythias Lodges, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of George Collings Post, No. 432, G. A. R. He is a close student of his profession, an un- tiring worker, and his abilities, both natural and acquired, have placed him in the front rank among his professional brethren in Adams County. In stature, he is above the medium, strongly knit frame, inclined to cor- pulency, of vital-sanguine temperament, a rather strong face, and withal good personal appearance. He is sociable and courteous in his daily inter- course with his fellow men, and active and earnest in all matters pertaining to the advancement of the community in which he resides.
William Jeptha Shelton
was born in Brown County, Ohio, August 29, 1842. He is the son of William Shelton. At the age of three years, his father moved into Adams County. He was reared on his father's farm and attended the District school.
()n the sixteenth of October, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, 70th O. V. I. He was appointed Corporal, October 31, 1862, and Sergeant, April 30, 1864. He re-enlisted as a veteran, and was mustered out of the service August 14, 1865. He was wounded in the left shoulder at the battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862. He was first duty Sergeant after his ap- pointment, and in the last year of the war often had command of the com- pany. He was with Major William B. Brown when he was killed, August
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3, 1864, before Atlanta, Georgia. For a list of the battles in which he participated see the article on the 70th O. V. I., in this work.
He has always been a Republican. He cast his first vote, while in the service, for John Brough for Governor of Ohio. He connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1865. He was elected Recording Secretary of his Quarterly Conference, and has held that office ever since. He was elected Treasurer of Sprigg Township on the Republican ticket in 1895, and served two years.
On October 28, 1865, he was married to Miss Lucinda Lawrence, daughter of Jacob G. Lawrence. He has four children. His eldest daughter, Mary, is at home. His second daughter, Edith, is the wife of Henry Scott. His third daughter, Bertha, is the wife of Charles Little. His son, William L., married a Miss Games, and is a farmer. Both his sons-in-law are farmers. Mr. Shelton is one of the best farmers in the county, stands well in the estimation of all who know him, and is a citizen of the highest standing.
Lawrence M. Spargur
was born at Marshal, Highland County, Ohio, July 19, 1854, the son of Alfred and Catherine ( Elliot) Spargur. His grandfather, Henry W. Spargur, was from North Carolina. He came to Ohio in 1833, locating near Spargur's Mills in Highland County. He married Susan Roberts. Alfred Spargur, their third son, is the father of our subject. He had a family of eight children, five sons and three daughters, of whom Law- rence W., above, is the eldest. He was reared on a farm and received a common school education. He labored on the farm and taught school until he was twenty-four years of age. Then he married Miss Ella E. Pulse. There were three children of this mariage, Jane C., Inez and Fred. Inez is deceased. The wife died October 16, 1889. From 1878 to 1889, he was engaged in farming. At the latter date, he sold his farm and lo- cated at Seaman, Ohio, when there were but nine dwellings in the place. At Seaman, he entered into partnership in the mercantile business with John I. Rhoads, and this continued until 1893, when he purchased Mr. Rhoad's interest and since has been conducting the business alone.
On May 19, 1892, he was married to Miss Nettie Foster, daughter of Robert and Susan Grigg Foster, of Irvington, Since July 1, 1897, he has been conducting the "Spargur House," hotel and livery stable in connection therewith. In February, 1898, he engaged in the saw-mill and lumber business in partnership with William Crissman under the name of Spargur & Crissman. He was elected a Justice of the Peace in Scott Township in 1898. In politics, he is a Republican. He is connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church at Seaman and is a steward and trustee. He is Superintendent of the Sunday School of the church.
He is a man full of industry, energy and pluck. In everything for the good of the community, he is at the front. His traits of character are all the very best. He is a valuable man in the church, in business, and as a citizen, and moreover, every man who knows him, regards him just as we have stated.
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Charles S. Sparks
was born in West Union, Ohio, June 10, 1868. His father was Salathiel Sparks, born November 20, 1829, and his mother was Clara Post, born June 6, 1849. His grandfather. George Sparks, was born in Virginia, May 16, 1794, and died at West Union, December 30, 1839. His great- grandfather, Salathiel Sparks, was born in 1756, and died at West Union July 20, 1823. The latter located at West Union in 1804 and purchased from Robert Wood one hundred acres of land, now known as "Byrd's Addition to West Union." Salathiel Sparks had a son John, the well known banker of West Union in its early days. This John, who has a sketch elsewhere, married Sarah Sinton, sister of David Sinton, of Cin- cinnati.
Our subject was educated in the Public schools in West Union and graduated there in 1888. In the Summer of that year and of 1889, he attended Normal school at West Union. In the Summer of 1889, he be- gan the study of law in the office of Captain David Thomas, and in the Winters of 1888 and 1889, attended the law school of Cincinnati and graduated on May 28, 1890. The next day he was admitted to practice law by the Supreme Court of Ohio. He located in Cincinnati for the practice of law, June 20, 1890. He has served as Acting Prosecutor in the Police Court and as Acting Judge of the same court.
In politics, Mr. Sparks is a strong and active Republican. He has been a speaker in the State and National campaigns and has been a dele- gate to the State Convention of his party for five years in succession. He is a member of the Blaine Club of Cincinnati and of the Stamina League of the same city, and was at one time President of the Board of Directors in the latter.
On November 21. 1806, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Barclay, of Brooklyn, New York. She was born December 17, 1879, in the city of Oldham, England. They have one child, a daughter. Dorothy Grace, born April 15. 1808. His wife's great-uncles were members of the House of Lords of the British Parliament.
He is a man of high mental capacity, self-educated. 'He is studious, generous, and pronounced in his likes and dislikes. As a citizen, he is broadminded and liberal, ever regardful of the rights of others and prompt in the performance of all duties. As a lawyer, he is quick, persevering, bold, aggressive, and makes the interest of his clients his own. He is well read in the law, eloquent, and sometimes sarcastic. Without friends, influence or social advantages, he attempted to practice law in Cincinnati, and by his own personality has built up a good practice.
Oliver Thoroman Sproull, M. D.,
of Bentonville, Ohio, was born January 5, 1863, near Dunkinsville, Ohio, on the farm now occupied by his parents, Robert C. and Sarah (Thoro- man) Sprouli.
William Sproull, great-grandfather of our subject, was a Scotchman by birth, but emigrated to County Tyrone, Ireland, from whence he em- barked for America, August 1, 1793. on the Brig "Cunningham," sailing for North Carolina. The brig was twice overhauled on the voyage by 55
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pirates sailing under the colors of French Men-of-War. The passengers lost all of their belongings except a few pieces of gold that Mrs. Sproull had concealed in her hat. One of these "pirate" vessels proved to be an American privateersman from Baltimore, where the Sproulls and their confiscated goods were brought to instead of North Carolina, the destina- tion of the "Cunningham." Mr. Sproull, being a Free Mason and finding friends in Baltimore, was enabled to recover that part of his property, con- sisting of Irish linen. They landed in Baltimore, October 3, 1793, and settled at Elliot's Mills, near Baltimore, where they remained a few years, and then moved to Wythe County, Virginia. Their family were Hazlet, who married Elizabeth Fergus, and after his death, she married Joseph Montgomery, Jr., brother of Robert's wife; Robert, grandfather of our subject; Rosa, married William Russell; Margaret, married a Hines; Mary, married William Crissman.
Robert Sproull, grandfather of our subject, was born in County Ty- rone, Ireland, March 17, 1777, and came to America with his parents. He married Anna Montgomery, daughter of Joseph Montgomery, Sr., and Rachel (Ramsey) Montgomery, of Wythe County, Virginia. Rhoda Montgomery, daughter of Joseph Montgomery, Sr., married William Glasgow, and removed to George's Creek, Adams County, Ohio. Some time prior to 1822, the Sproull family came and settled in the same neigh- borhood in order to be near their relatives. Robert Sproull resided there until 1826, when he removed to Brush Creek on the farm where Robert C. Sproull, his son, and father of our subject, still resides.
Robert C. Sproull was born on George's Creek, in 1824. He mar- ried Sarah Thoroman and both are still living on the old Sproull farm near Dunkinsville, Ohio.
Dr. Sproull, the subject of this sketch, was reared on the farm, re- ceiving a common school education until the age of eighteen. He at- tended the Normal school of West Union, Ohio, and the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio. He began teaching in 1881 and continued for theree years. He began the study of medicine under Dr. Dan Ellison, of Dunkinsville, and attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, Maryland, graduating March 15, 1886. After practicing with Dr. Ellison, at Dunkinsville, until September of the same year, he located at Bentonville, Ohio, where he is still engaged in the practice of his pro- fession.
He was married August 22, 1888, to Agnes B., daughter of William and Melissa (Thoroman) Traber, of the Traber Tavern on Lick Fork. They have two children living, Clarence Traber, aged seven years, and Hazel, a babe.
The Doctor is a Democrat in politics and wields considerable influence in local political affairs. He was elected Clerk of Sprigg Township in 1896, and again elected in 1898. As a physician, he is rapidly rising in his profession, being an earnest student and tireless worker, while his integrity and moral principles make him a valued citizen.
Thomas J. Shelton
was born July 25, 1840, on Eagle Creek, in Brown County, where Spencer Spears now resides. He is a son of William and Betsy (Cochran) Shelton. His mother was a daughter of Gen. John Cochran,
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HON. JOSEPH A. SHRIVER
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whose sketch appears elsewhere. Thomas Shelton, his grandfather, was. a native of Maryland, and when a young man, eloped with a neighbor giri, Sarah Kline, whom he married and brought to Charleston Bottom, Kentucky, where there was already a settlement of Maryland people. The entire journey was made on horseback. After remaining in Ken- tucky a few years, they removed just across the river into Ohio, in Adams County. William, their only son and father of our subject, was but five years of age at this time, and as he grew to manhood, he began to de- velop at once the successful business man he became. He engaged in flatboating on the Ohio River, and in this way getting a start in business and saved enough money to provide his parents a home, buying the Ben Sowers farm above Ripley, and afterward the Spears farm on Eagle Creek, and in 1845, he purchased the farm in Sprigg Township, where our subject now resides. He died in 1888, at the age of seventy-three. The children of William and Betsy (Cochran) Shelton are Tamer, wife of Samuel Brookover, of Eureka, Kansas; Thomas J., our subject ; Wil- liam J., of Bradyville, Ohio; Sarah E., wife of George Dragoo, of Philipsay, Mo .; Margaret, wife of Samuel Evans, of Hiett, Ohio; Joseph W., of Catlin, Ill .; Lillie, wife of Charles Griffith, of Paola, Kansas, and Hettie, wife of Samuel Glaso, of Manchester, Ohio.
Thomas J. Shelton, our subject, was reared on the farm and obtained a common school education. He married Mary S. Dragoo, daughter of Samuel Dragoo. Their children are Samuel, married to Fannie Gil- bert; William; Cora, wife of Robert Roush; Grace, wife of Asbury Mains : Ernst, married Mary Lang ; Thomas J., married Icy Gray ; Han- son P., married Mary Powers : Amenda, married Charles Lang ; Richard, Chase, Robert and Fay. The last four are at home. Our subject, like his father, has been a successful business man. He is engaged exten- sively in farming and gives considerable attention to political and public affairs. He is a Republican and has served as Commissioner of Adams County for two terms, from 1885 to 1888, and from 1891 to 1894. He was a delegate to the Republican State Convention in 1892. He is a mem- ber of the Knights of Pythias of Manchester, and also a member of the Masonic order at the same place.
Joseph Arnold Shriver
belongs to an old German family which can be traced to 1688 at Al- tenbom, Germany. The family came to America prior to the Revolu- tion ; and David Shriver, an ancestor, before the opening of that war and for a period of thirty years, was a member of the Legislature. As such he rendered distinguished services in behalf of the patriots. Admiral Schley is identified with the family in the female line. Joseph Mitchell Shriver, father of our subject, was born June 18. 1816. His mother, Catherine Cuppel, daughter of Daniel Cuppel. was born April 30, 1815, at Decatur, Ohio. His grandfather, Petter Shriver, was born March 6. 1766, in Pennsylvania. His grandfather, Lading Shriver, was born Oc- tober 14, 1700, at Altenbom, Germany. There have been many dis- tinguished members of the family in Maryland and Pennsylvania.
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Our subject was born July 27, 1853, at Manchester, Ohio. He was educated in the common schools of Adams County until he was seventeen
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years of age, when he began to learn the tinner's trade with his father. He followed that until 1898, when he sold out to Charles Prather. Since then he has been a dealer in real estate. On May 9, 1876, he married Miss Mary I. Vandeventer, of Versailles, Ills. He has one child, a daughter Minnie, wife of Granville Boyer, telegraph operator at Man- chester. They have one child, Burnace Boyer, a son, aged fifteen months.
If there is any one thing Mr. Shriver is noted for, it is for his de- votion to the principles and success of the Republican party. For more than twenty years he has been one of the leaders of the county. He has been a Committeeman of his township for many years, and has often been County Committeeman. He has many times been delegate to the County and District conventions of his party, and in these has been conspicuous for his work. He conducted the campaign in his county when President Mckinley was first elected Governor of Ohio, and his party was success- ful in the county. In 1896, he was Sergeant-at-arms of the National Republican Convention at St. Louis. On April 18, 1900, Mr. Shriver was nominated by the Republican Congressional Convention of the Tenth Congressional District for presidential elector.
In business, Mr. Shriver was noted for his industry, honesty of purpose. and strict integrity. He is regarded as progressive and ener- getic. He has been President of the Manchester Stove Works and Treasurer of the Manchester Fair Association. He is well esteemed by his neighbors, and is regarded as reliable in all the undertakes. He has done as much for his party as any member of it in the county.
. Rev. M. D. A. Steen, D. D.
Moses Duncan Alexander Steen, the fifth son of Aaron F. Steen, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere, was born at the homestead of his maternal grandfather, Michael Freeman, ten miles east of West Union, April 24, 1841, where he spent his childhood. In 1848, his parents moved to Mt. Leigh. He united with the Mt. Leigh Presbyterian Church, June 8, 1858, and that Fall became a student at the North Lib- erty Academy, with the ministry in view. He spent three years at the South Salem Academy under the late Rev. J. A. I. Lowes, D. D., and one year in Hanover College, Indiana. He graduated at Miami University in 1866. In the Autumn of the same year, he took up the study of theology at the U. P. Seminary at Xenia, and remained one term. He continued the study of theology at the Seminary of the Northwest at Chi- 'cago, until April 8, 1868, when he was licensed to preach by the Pres- bytery of Chillicothe, and in the Summer preached at Mt. Sterling and Sharpsburg, Ky. In the Fall of 1868, he spent one term at the theolog- ical seminary at Princeton. N. J., and April 1, 1869, was graduated from the Northwest Seminary at Chicago.
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