A history of Scioto County, Ohio, together with a pioneer record, Part 173

Author: Evans, Nelson W. (Nelson Wiley), 1842-1913
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Portsmouth, O. N. W. Evans
Number of Pages: 1612

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The Nash Family.

The name originally was Attenash. When surnames were first given, the then ancestor of the Nash family lived near an ash tree tnd he was so dis- tinguished as Attenash. The "N" was put in for euphony and after a time the "atte" was dropped and the name became simply "Nash."

The facts given below are taken from a work entitled, "The Nash Family or Records of the Descendants of Thomas Nash of New Haven, Connecticut." 1640. Collected and Compiled by The Rev. Sylvester Nash, A. M., Rector of St. John's Church, Essex, Connecticut. Hartford: Press of Case, Tiffany and Company. 1853.

1. THOMAS NASH. His wife was Margery, a daughter of Nicholas Baker of Hertfordshire, England. He landed at Boston, Massachusetts, July 26, 1637, from the ship Hector, with his wife and five children. He was a gun- smith by trade and in 1638 settled at New Haven, Connecticut. He was from Lancashire, England. He made his will in 1657 and speaks of his old age. In the records of the town, he is spoken of as "Brother Nash." September 1, 1640 he was made a member of the General Court and received the freeman's charge. February 11, 1655, his wife is spoken of as "Goodwife Nash" and she is assigned a seat in the meeting house. In 1651, he was Town Armorer. He had five children. His son Timothy was born in 1626.

II. TIMOTHY NASH commonly called Lieutenant Timothy Nash, was the youngest child of Thomas Nash, the emigrant, and was born in England, in 1626. He was in New Haven December, 1645, when he was fined for being absent from general training. He pleaded that he had to bring home his hay. but his plea was not allowed. He took the Freeman's oath March 4, 1654. He was m. to Rebecca Stone in 1657, the daughter of Rev. Samuel Stone of Hart- ford. April 23, 1660 he was fined for being absent from town meeting. He was a blacksmith and was one of the first settlers of Hadley, April 18, 1659. He was a Lieutenant in the Militia, then an important office. He represented Hadley in the General Court, 1690, 1691 and 1695. He d. March 13, 1699 in his 73rd year. His wife d. in April, 1709. He had twelve children, of whom his son, Ephraim b. in 1682, was the eleventh.

III. EPHRAIM NASH, youngest son of Lieutenant Timothy Nash of Hadley, Massachusetts, was b. in 1682. He m. January 10, 1705, Jonanna Smith, daughter of Dea. John Smith of Hadley. She was b. 1686. He was a farmer and pump maker. He died November 9, 1759 in the 78th year of his age. He had eight children. His youngest was Elisha b. October 8, 1729 and settled in Granby.

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IV. ELISHA NASH was the youngest son of Ephraim Nash of Granby, Massachusetts. He was b. October 8, 1729, and m. Lois Frost. He d. March 1, 1814, age 84. His wife d. November, 1820, age 83. They had eight children, the youngest of whom was Simeon b. September 8, 1776, in South Hadley, Mas- sachusetts.

V. SIMEON NASH was the youngest son of Elisha Nash of Granby, Massachusetts. He was b. September 8, 1776. He settled in South Hadley. He was a farmer and took part in the town affairs and represented it in the General Court. He was m. in 1801 to Amy White b. September 10, 1779. She died December 23, 1824. He was married twice after but there was no issue of the second and third marriages. He had nine children of his first marriage. His second son was Simeon b. September 21, 1804 and settled at Gallipolis, Ohio. His seventh child William was b. July 13, 1815 and settled at Gallipolis, Ohio, where he was Editor of the Gallipolis Journal for many years. His youngest son was Samuel A. b. July 17, 1822, now a resident of Gallipolis, Ohio and one of the ablest lawyers in Southern Ohio. Simeon Nash, the father, d. in South Had- ley, July 15, 1850.

VI. SIMEON NASH was b. at South Hadley, Massachusetts, September 21, 1804, and has a sketch herein. He m. December 16, 1831 Cynthia Smith, daughter of James and Mercy Smith of Granby, Massachusetts. He settled at Gallipolis, Ohio, in 1833. He had seven children, the eldest of whom, the late

VII. GENERAL WILLIAM HOIT NASH, who has a sketch herein.

The Nourse Family.

The ancestry of the Nourse family (sometimes spelled Nurse and Nurs) has been traced back for several generations but lack of data prevents the writer from attempting to go farther than the first of the name in this country. The family is of Norman descent and came to England at the time of the Nor- man Conquest.

I. FRANCIS NOURSE, b. January 18, 1618, at Yarmouth, Bristol county, England, m. Rebecca Towne, November 22, 1644. He died November 22, 1695. She was b. at Yarmouth, England, February 21, 1621, and was the oldest child of William and Joanna (Blessing) Towne. Rebecca Nourse was the first vic- tim of the Salem witchcraft to be brought to trial. She was executed July 19, 1692. A monument to her memory has been erected and dedicated in the family burying ground at Danvers. It is of granite, eleven feet high, finely lettered and polished, and contains the following inscription by John G. Whittier:

"O Christian martyr, who for truth could die, When all about thee owned the hideous lie!

The world, redeemed from Superstition's sway,

Is breathing freer for thy sake today."

Her sister, Mary Estey, was arrested April 22, tried September 9, and executed September 22, 1692. Another sister, Sarah, was accused but escaped the fate of her sisters.

The old Nourse house at Danvers, Massachusetts is yet standing and a picture of it, as it appeared in Rebecca Nourse's life time is found herein.

II. FRANCIS NOURSE, son of Francis Nourse (No. 1 above), was b. at Salem, February 3, 1661, m. Sarah Tarbell of Reading, Massachusetts, Jan- uary 15, 1865 and d. February 5, 1716.

III. BENJAMIN NOURSE, son of Francis Noursc (No. II. above), was b. at Reading, Massachusetts, July 28, 1690, m. Elizabeth Roberts, December 25, 1710 and d. January 6, 1761.

IV. SAMUEL NOURSE, son of Benjamin Nourse (No. III. above), was b. January 10, 1712, m. Hannah Belknap in 1735. She was b. in 1716, d. in 1806. Samuel d- They lived at Rutland, Massachusetts.

V. JOSHUA NOURSE, son of Samuel Nourse (No. IV. above), was b. May 18, 1744, m. Elizabeth Rogers, December 8, 1762. She was b. May 6, 1744, d. December 2, 1820. She was a cousin of John Rogers, the famous martyr burned at the stake. Joshua lived at Saratoga, New York. He d. August 10, 1828.

VI. SAMUEL ROGERS NOURSE, son of Joshua Nourse, (No. V. above). was b. February 25, 1769. He emigrated to Bainbridge, Chenango county, New

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York. He m. Lucy Bump, b. July 10, 1771, d. September 10, 1823. After her death, he m. Phoebe Binder, b. November, 1770, d. January 9, 1869. From Bainbridge, New York, he came to Franklin county, Ohio, in 1818, purchasing land near Columbus. He was a river man and became dissatisfied with his location and moved to Friendship, Scioto county, Ohio, later moving to the French Grant. He died July 9, 1865.

VII. LEWIS NOURSE, son of Samuel R. Nourse, (No. VI. above), was b. He married Sopronia Church. They had seven children. After her death, he married Nancy Vance, in 1859. She was born in Fayette county, West Virginia, in 1837. She died at Tower City, N. D., November 28, 1895. She m. Dr. M. K. Moxley, March 9, 1873. To Lewis and Nancy Nourse were born five children. Lewis Nourse died in March, 1869.

THE OLD REBECCA NOURSE HOME AT DANVERS, MASS.

VIII. LOUIS EDGAR NOURSE, son of Nancy and Lewis Nourse, was b. July 1, 1861. He attended school in Wheelersburg, Ohio and qualified him- self as a teacher. He began that profession in 1880. January 28, 1880, he mar- ried Mary Lorene Sikes, sister of Probate Judge Frank L. Sikes. They have two daughters Mary Ruby and Emma Lorene. Since April, 1902. Mr. Nourse has been a conductor on the Portsmouth and New Boston Trolley Line.

The Peck Family.

The family has a coat of Arms. The motto is, "Probitatem Quam Divi- tas," "Honesty rather than riches." The family not only has lived up to the Honesty but has added the riches, without violating the family motto.

I. DEACON PAUL PECK, b. in Essex, England 1608, came to the town of Boston in the ship "Defense" in 1635. Removed to Hartford in 1636. He became a prominent man there and his home lot is still known as the "Peck lot." He was a Deacon in the Congregational Church from 1681 till his de- cease, December 23, 1695. He made a will which is extant and his inventory was 536 £ 5s. He had eight children, of whom his son, Paul, b. in 1639 was the eldest.

II. PAUL PECK, b. 1639, son of Deacon Paul, resided in West Hart- ford, where he died in 1725. He m. Elizabeth Baisey, daughter of John Baisey, He had seven children, of whom, William was the sixth, b. in 1686. III. WILLIAM PECK, son of Paul, removed to Litchfield 1727. He m. Lois Webster. He had seven children. Timothy b. March 7, 1830 was his second child.

IV. TIMOTHY PECK b. March 6, 1730, son of William, mar. Sarah Plumb. He d. November 20, 1772. He had seven children, of whom, his son Virgil, was b. September 4, 1769.

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V. VIRGIL PECK, son of Timothy, b. September 4, 1769, m. Mary Wal- lace, granddaughter of Benjamin Peck, November 28, 1799. He d. October 15, 1804. His widow survived and m. Doctor Abel Catlin, March 20, 1808. She was b. October 13, 1781, d. December 21, 1860. There were three children, two daughters and a son. The youngest child was William V. b. April 16, 1804.

VI. WILLIAM VIRGIL PECK b. April 16, 1804, d. Dec. 30, 1877, has a sketch herein. Married Mary Ann Cook, daughter of Hugh Cook, July 8, 1830. Their children were: Mary b. January 29, 1832, m. L. C. Damarin, De- cember 27, 1852; William V., b. December 2, 1836, m. Harriet E. McCollister, 1858; John H., b. August 11, 1842; Ellen Lou, b. December 30, 1846, m. E. J. Corson. There were other children who died young.

The Prescott Family.

The name of Prescott is of Saxon origin, and is composed by the contrac- tion of two Saxon words, "priest" and "cottage," and therefore signifies priest cottage, or priest's house. A metallic coat of mail and armor, such as were worn by ancient Knights, was brought to this country by the emigrant, John Prescott. A coat of arms was conferred upon one of the remote ancestors of the family for his bravery, courage and successful enterprise as a man and as a military officer. It is described in the language of Heraldry by Mr. Burke as follows:

"Sable a chevron between three owls, argent (two in chief, one in base). Crest, a cubit arm, couped, erect, vested, gules. Cuff, ermine, holding in the hand a pitch pot (or hand beacon), sable, fired proper."

The arms of the Prescotts of Dryby in the County of Lincoln, England, and which belong to the descendants of the emigrant, James Prescott, of New Hampshire, are thus described by Mr. Burke, to wit:

"Ermine, a chevron sable-on a chief of the second two Leopard's heads, or crest-out of a ducal coronet or a boar's head and neck ar. bristled of the first."

The first mention of the name found is in the 11th vol., pp. 29, 30, of Thomas Rymer's Foedera, wherein a confirmation of a grant made concerning acqueducts of the City of London by H. de Patershall, treasurer to the King, is addressed to "Magistro Waltero de Prestecote, Vice Cancellario, et al."

The direct lineage of the Prescotts that came to America cannot be traced farther back than the time of Queen Elizabeth, yet it is well known that Prescott was known as an ancient family in the town of Prescott, in the Coun- ty of Lancashire, England, from which descended James Prescott of Standish, Lancashire, one of the gentlemen of Lancashire, who were required by an or- der of Queen Elizabeth, dated August, 1564, to keep in readiness horsemen and armor. He married a daughter of Roger Standish, Esq., of Standish, a sister to Ralph Standish.

II. JAMES PRESCOTT m. Alice Molineaux. For his bravery and mili- tary prowess and achievements he was created Lord of the Manor of Dryby in Lincolnshire, and had new arms granted to him described above, and was afterwards known as Sir James Prescott. He d. March 1, 1583 leaving a son John, and daughter Anne.

III. JOHN PRESCOTT b. at Dryby; m. of Dryby.

IV. JAMES PRESCOTT, among his children was:

V. JAMES PRESCOTT, bap. 1642-3, who emigrated from Dryby in Lin- colnshire, England to New England and settled at Hampton, New Hampshire, in 1665. In 1668 he m. Mary, daughter of Nathaniel and Grace Boulter, born at Exeter, May 15, 1648. James Prescott moved to Kingston in 1725 where he died Nov. 25, 1728, aged about 85.

VI. JOHN PRESCOTT b. November 19, 1681, m. Abigail Marston Au- gust 8, 1701 daughter of Kames and Dinah (Sanborn) Marston of Hampton. She was born March 17, 1679; died in Kensington, December 30, 1760. He was in His Majesty's service in 1707; also in Captain Davis' Scouting party in 1712. He died in 1761, aged 80. Among other articles named in his will which was proved in 1761, are the following: a sword, a gun, a pair of pistols and holsters, powder horn, etc.

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VII. ABRAHAM PRESCOTT, born May 20, 1717, baptized June 18, 1721; married Sarah Clifford, July 2, 1741, daughter of Clifford, and died Sep- tember 4, 1779. He settled in Kensington, where his children were born, and where he died June 26, 1789, aged 72. They had 12 children, 8 sons and 4 daughters. He signed the Association Test in 1776.

VIII. JESSE PRESCOTT, born March 15, 1757; married Judith Johnson, of East Kingston, November 15, 1776. She was a daughter of Hon. John Johnson and Sarah Morse Hampstead, N. H., born April 4, 1758; died April 25, 1844. aged 86. He was a cooper. Settled in Deerfield; died December 28, 1833, aged 76 years, 9 months, 13 days.

IX. JOSEPH PRESCOTT, born August 20, 1786; married Rachel Abbott, September 27, 1808, born January 12, 1789; both living in August, 1869. Lived in Bath, Me., where he has descendants.

X. JOSEPH JOHNSON PRESCOTT, born December 14, 1810; married, 1828, Phebe Page, born 1818. He died August 17, 1861.

XI. HENRY PRESCOTT, of Portsmouth, Ohio. (See sketch page 1,102.)

The Ricker Family.

I. MATURIN RICKER came from England in 1672, and located in Do- ver, New Hampshire. He and his brother George were killed by Indians, June 4, 1706. The brothers then resided at Cocheco. Maturin was killed in his field and his little son Noah carried away captive. The latter was reared among the French in Canada and became a Catholic priest. The name was then spelled Riccor.

II. JOSEPH RICKER was one of four children of Maturin Ricker, whose wife is not given.

III. JOSEPH RICKER married Elizabeth Garland, November 6, 1720. They had nine children, of whom Joshua born April 9, 1737, was the sixth. His mother died in 1760, and in 1761, his father married Mary May. No issue of second marrige.

IV. JOSHUA RICKER born April 9, 1737. He married Betsey Drew, born October 28, 1740. They were married June 28, 1756. They had eleven chil- dren. Their youngest child, Ebenezer Ricker, was born June 23, 1782. Joshua Ricker, died March 5, 1818, and his wife died March 4, 1811.

V. EBENEZER RICKER, born June 23, 1782, married Elizabeth Hurd, January 11, 1804. She was born December 18, 1783. They had four children, of whom Jacob Hurd born April 27, 1813, was the first. The mother died March 23, 1818. The husband married April 27, 1819, to a Polley, and had five children. Betsey Hurd Ricker, a child of this marriage, was a teacher in Portsmouth for several years. Alexander H. Ricker, the third child of this marriage, was born December 14, 1824. Ebenezer Drew Ricker, the fourth child of this mar- riage, was born August 10, 1826. Augusta Ricker, born October 2, 1828, taught in Scioto county, and married Edward Jordan.

VI. JACOB HURD RICKER, born April 27, 1813, married Mary Francis Wood, May 15, 1840. She was born in January, 1815. He died March 15, 1895, and she died August 24, 1894. James Wood Ricker was their only child.

VII. JAMES WOOD RICKER born July 15, 1841, married Louisiana Moore, November 3, 1870. Their children were: Margaret Tracy, teacher in the Portsmouth High School; William Wood, mechanical engineer, Honolulu; Ro- bert Carlton, Secretary and Treasurer of the Portsmouth Foundry and Ma- chine Works; Elizabeth Virginia, kindergarten teacher; and Mary Frances.

The Riggs Family.

The head of the family in this country was (I) EDWARD RIGGS, who was born in England, probably in Lincolnshire or Yorkshire, about 1590, and came to this country, landing at Boston early in the summer of 1633, with his family consisting of his wife Elizabeth, two sons and four daughters. He set- lled in Roxbury, then a suburb, but now a part of the city of Boston.

II. EDWARD RIGGS, son of Edward, the immigrant, was born in Eng- land about 1614, and came to this country with his father. In 1637, he was a sergeant in the Pequot war and greatly distinguished himself for bravery. In 1640, he settled at Milford, Conn., in a location still known as Riggs Hill. Here

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he built a stockade about his residence, and in his house in 1661, he secreted and protected Whaley and Goff, two of the members of the English Parliament. that condemned and executed Charles I, who were being searched for by the emissaries of Charles II along the Connecticut coast. In 1665, he with others from the plantation of Derby, Conn., settled at Newark, New Jersey.

III. EDWARD, son of Edward (II), was born in Roxbury about 1636, and became a large landed proprietor in New Jersey.

IV. JOSEPH, son of Edward (III). was born in Newark, N. J., about 1675, and died there, leaving a large family.

V. GIDEON, son of Joseph (IV), was born at Orange, N. J., in 1713, and died at Morristown, N. J., January 25, 1786. He was an active member and lib- eral supporter of the Presbyterian church.

VI. JOSEPH, son of Gideon (V), was born at Morristown, N. J., about 1743. In 1795, he settled on a farm near Amity, in Washington county, Pa., where he died in August, 1814. Was an elder in the Presbyterian church for many years.

VII. STEPHEN, son of Joseph (VI), was born at Morristown, N. J., March 3, 1771, and married Annie Baird, daughter of Moses Baird, of Fayette county, Pa., September 10, 1795.

VIII. JOSEPH RIGGS, son of Stephen (VII), was born near Amity, Washington county, Pa., July 2, 1796.

The Schafer Family. .

SCHAFER is a common name among the Germans. It signifies Shep- herd. The Schafer family above referred to, left Wurtemburg, Germany, about 1820, and floated down the Rhine. They took passage at Rotterdam and spent three months on the vogage, owing to their vessel being disabled. Three of the daughters of the family remained in Baltimore, their landing place. The others went overland to the Ohio river, where they obtained flat-boat. The father of the family was Joseph. When they reached Portsmouth, they landed and the father went to work on Aaron Kinney's farm, now a part of the city of Portsmouth.

They were soon able to purchase land on the west side. In three and one-half years after landing in Portsmouth, the eldest son walked to Baltimore to bring out his sisters. He made the trip, one way, in fourteen days. This brother brought his sisters out in a wagon. The younger sister, Catherine, re- mained in Baltimore five years. She afterwards married Joseph Williamson, and became the mother of George Williamson, of the west side. Joseph Schafer afterwards took his family west and became very wealthy. He lived to be ninety-five years of age. His wife died soon after the family arrived in Ports- mouth.

The Shonkwiler Family.

I. GEORGE ADAM SHONKWILER, senior, received a good education in Germany. He came to America, in 1797, bringing with him his father, Si- mon Shonkwiler, then an old man, and his own family, consisting of his wife, Elizabeth, five boys and two girls, Simon, Daniel, Jacob, George Adam, and David. They came to Scioto county about 1800, and settled in what is known as the Fink Bottom, about four miles northeast of Sciotoville. Here Simon Shonk- wiler, senior, died.

II. GEORGE ADAM SHONKWILER, junior, was born in Germany, Feb- ruary 14, 1791. He came with his father and settled in the Fink Bottom. He became acquainted with Fannie Marshall, youngest daughter of Samuel Mar- shall, senior, a Revolutionary soldier, who settled in Scioto county, in 1796, coming from Pennsylvania. Fannie Marshall was the first white child born in Scioto county. She was born February 6, 1796. They were married in Sep- tember, 1814, and settled near his father's place in Fink Bottom. She died July 29, 1870, aged 74 years, 5 months and 23 days. They had twelve children: (1). Eveline, born October 31, 1815, married first to John Adams, and had seven children, four girls and three boys; married second, to H. Farmer, no children; and third, to Jesse Martin. They had one daughter, who afterwards married Judge Dow James. Eveline died September 26, 1843.

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(2). Henrietta, born January 27, 1818, married Samuel Pyle, and had five children, three boys and two girls. She died July 25, 1897.

(3). John Simon, born March 7, 1820, married Elizabeth Plum and had two children: Steward S., at Lucasville, and Malinda Comer, of Lincoln, Illi- mois. John Simon, died September 11, 1845.

(4). Sebina, born July 26, 1823 and died September 26, 1843.

(5). Alexander, born November 1, 1825, died September 18, 1844.

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(6). Darius, born January 28, 1828, went west and married Nancy Stew- They have five children, three boys and two girls.

(7). Harriet, born April 2, 1830, married James Stewart. They had one child, Harriet, died November 14, 1850.

(8). Napoleon Bonaparte, born April 14, 1832, married Electa Sarah Fishburn. They had thirteen children, eight boys and five girls; eleven are still living. Napoleon is still living at Bement, Illinois.

(9). Terrana, born July 8, 1835, married William Walls, and had seven children four boys and three girls. She died August 25, 1890.

(10). William Marshall, born November 9, 1837.

(11). Mary, born July 13, 1842, married Job H. Carley, and had ten chil- Gren, six girls and four boys, seven are still living. Mary is still living at Dunbeck.

(12). Samuel, born December 18, 1845, died December 24, 1848, age two years. The first four children were born at Fink Bottom, the next three were born in Indiana, where they next lived six years, and the remaining five chil- dren were born in Scioto county, where they returned in 1830. George Adam Shonkwiler, Jr., died June 18, 1862, age 70 years, 4 months and 4 days. He and his wife belonged to the Christian church.

III. WILLIAM MARSHALL SHONKWILER, son of George Adam and Fannie (Marshall) Shonkwiler, was born at Back Run, Madison township. Scioto county, Ohio, November 9, 1837. His boyhood and youth were spent on the farm. He attended school at the Valley school, now Back Run, and received a common school education. He enlisted in Company E, 140th, O. V. I., May 2, 1864, as a private, and was discharged September 3, 1864. He enlisted in Com- pany E, 43d O. V. I. November 25, 1864, and was discharged July 13, 1865. He was married July 4, 1868, to Matilda Catherine Hutchinson, at Dugan's Grove, one mile north of Lucasville. His wife was born May 11, 1848, in Morgan county, and came to Scioto county, in 1862. They had ten children, six boys and four girls, eight are still living. Henrietta, wife of William S. Bricker, of Scioto, Ohio; Howard, married and resides in Spokane, Washington; Homer, married and resides at Springfield, Illinois; Herod, married, and living at Le- cota, North Dakota; Harmon, married and residing at Spokane, Washington; Terrana, the wife of Ernest B. . Walters, of Lucasville, Ohio; Heber, living at home; Celia, the wife of William A. Hanson, died September 26, 1899; Sabra, at home, and Marshall, died August 10, 1887, aged 4 months and 11 days. Wil- liam Marshall Shonkwiler died July 1, 1896, aged 58 years, 7 months and 22 days.

The Sommers Family.

GEORGE SOMMERS was born January 29, 1827, in Sandhoven, Baden, Germany. He came to the United States in 1847, and located in Portsmouth, Ohio. The first work he did was for Dr. Hempstead. After remaining a short time in Portsmouth, he went to Buckhorn Furnace and worked in the ore banks. He was maried near Scioto Furnace in 1861, to Miss Mary Hansgen, a sister of Nicholas Hansgen. They had one child born in 1853. She died in 1854. Our subject married a second time to Mary Glockner, daughter of Bernhard Glock- ner. There were ten sons and one daughter of this marriage. The sons were (1) George, (2) Bernhardt, (3) Frank J., (4) Leo, (5) Adam, (6) Henry, (7) Her- mann, (8) Charles A., (9) Aloysius, (10) an infant son, and a daughter (11) Mary. In 1858, George Sommers, Sr., moved to a farm on Carey's Run and re- sided there until his death on April 6, 1897. His wife died September 25, 1883. He enlisted May 2, 1864, at the age of 38, in Co. I, 140th O. V. I., and served until September 3, 1864, 100 days.

Of the sons, John, the eldest, died in 1883; George and Leo own and con- luet the hardware store at 220-222 Market street; Aloysius is employed with

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A history of Scioto County, Ohio, together with a pioneer record, Part 173

Author: Evans, Nelson W. (Nelson Wiley), 1842-1913 Publication date: 1903 Publisher: Portsmouth, O. N. W. Evans Number of Pages: 1612

Author: Evans, Nelson W. (Nelson Wiley), 1842-1913
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Portsmouth, O. N. W. Evans
Number of Pages: 1612