Century history of Delaware County, Ohio and representative citizens 20th, Part 107

Author: Lytle, James Robert, 1841- [from old catalog] ed
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: Chicago, Biographical publishing company
Number of Pages: 926

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Archibald HI. Rutherford came to Dela- ware County about 1848 and through boyhood and manhood assisted his father to clear the pioneer farm. The father, who was a shoe- maker by trade, needed the help of his sons when the heavy clearing of the land became a necessity, and the subject of this sketch re- members that he hewed every log that went to the building of the first house on the farm. The present residence, which succeeded the old log one, was built about the close of the Civil War. For a few months the subject of this sketch attended the district schools. On

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the death of his father, which occurred in 1892, Mr. Rutherford inherited one-half of the home farm. He earned his first money by raking wheat for his grandfather Rutherford. working by the day and month at fifty cents per day, and afterwards receiving Sto to $12 per month until his marriage. He then bought 50 acres of wild land and set to work to bring it into a state of cultivation. His entire time since has been spent in farming and stock- raising. and as already noted, he has attained a gratifying success. Each year has seen the amount and value of his possessions increased, and he is the more to be congratulated in that his present prosperity is the result of his own persevering industry backed by sound judg- ment.

On September 29, 1858. Mr. Rutherford was married in Concord Township, to Eliza Jane Glazer, a daughter of William and Ma- tilda ( Warner ) Glazer. Her father was born in Pennsylvania and her mother in Maryland. They settled, at an early day, near Norton Center, in Delaware County, and both subse- quently died there. Of their children to reach mature years : William, now 80 years of age. resides at Norton Center ; Bennett is deceased : Mary Ann is the widow of Lewis Case and lives at Cleveland; Marian, wife of James Mark, lives in Missouri; and Eliza J. is now Mrs. Rutherford. Mr. and Mrs. Rutherford have been the parents of the following chil- dren : Mary Ann, who married Marion Jones. resides in Concord Township and has seven children-Martha, Ruth, Henry, John, Mary Etta, and May and Jay ( twins ) : Eugenia, who married Edward Kent, resides in Concord Township and has two children-Lura and Esther; John, who married Mary, daughter of James Mattox, resides in Morrow County and has four children-Harry, Lloyd, Archi- bald and Charles; Martha, who married Wil- liam Hall, resides in Liberty Township and has two children-Bessie and William : Thomas, who married Edith Blaine, resides at Ilyattsville and has two children-Frederick and Paul; Jessie, who married Frederick Har- ter, has two children-Dalton and Morris; Lee, who married Eva McComber, resides

with his father and they have one child-Mar- shall; and Bennett, Peter and Ruth, are all deceased. Until after the birth of four chil- dren, Mr. and Mrs. Rutherford lived in Lib- erty Township. He purchased his farm in Concord Township during the Civil War. He has continued to buy land, considering it one of the safest of invesments.

In politics, Mr. Rutherford is a Democrat. For a time he was connected with the Grange but at present belongs to no fraternal organiz- ation. He is a citizen of high standing in Concord Township and his judgment is con- sulted when matters of importance to the com- munity are brought forward.

EPTER STARK, formerly one of Delaware County's most substantial citizens, and during his whole life identified with the agricultural and stock interests of Kingston Town- ship, was born in this township, April 13. 1830, and died April 26, 1907. His parents were Oliver and Eliza ( Patrick) Stark, the lat- ter of whom was the first white child born in Kingston Township.

Cepter Stark spent his whole life on the farm on which he was born, although he owned hundreds of acres of land in other parts of Delaware County. His widow owns in one tract 718 acres of. farming and grazing land in Kingston Township. Mr. Stark was the largest landowner and tax payer in the town- ship. He was an extensive raiser of horses. cattle, hogs and sheep, a heavy buyer and shipper, and he also dealt in wool. During the progress of the Civil War, Mr. Stark supplied many horses and cattle to the Government. and in this way laid the foundation of his large fortune.

Mr. Stark was married, first, to Sylvia Benton, who died in January, 1882. She was the mother of five children, namely : Charles. who died in infancy; Grace. who married Frederick Keesing. residing in New York : Blanche, who married David Cupp, residing in Indian Territory: Ethel. now deceased. who

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married Dr. Harry Van Kirk ; and Burt Ben- ton, who died in 1902. Mr. Stark was mar- ried, secondly, October 11, 1883, to Nina Ress, who was born at Freeport, Illinois, Jann- ary 8, 1859, and who is a daughter of William and Ellen ( Whitney) Ross. John Ross, the grandfather of Mrs. Stark, was one of the four original settlers in Delaware County. William Ross died in the spring of 1880, aged 49 years, and his remains lie buried at Dela- ware. The mother of Mrs. Stark lives on her farm in Kingston Township, having reached the age of 73 years. Mr. and Mrs. Stark had two sons-Glenn J., born November 1, 1884; and Cepter Ross, born December 5, 1899. They reside with their mother on the home farm. The handsome residence, completed in 1905, is of frame construction and equipped with all modern conveniences, including a sys- tem of hot and cold water, with gas for heat- ing and lighting.

Mr. Stark was the last survivor of the organizers of the Sunbury Bank, and was its president at the time of his death, owning one- half of the stock of the institution. He was a man of great business capacity. Personally he could count as friends almost all who came into close relations with him. He was frank, generous, open-handed, ready in every emer- gency to render practical aid as well as ju- dicious advice. Ilis death was not only a severe blow to his family, but was a great loss to the community at large.

ILDEN SEYMOUR SCOTT, who is a representative of one of the oldest and most prominent families of Brown Township, Delaware County, Ohio, has been a resident of Eden nearly all his life and has been identified at different times with various business enter- prises. He was born in Franklin County, Ohio, January 6, 1839, and is a son of Sey- mour and Louise ( Elmer ) Scott.

Seymour Scott was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, and was a stone mason by trade. He moved from his native place to Delaware

County, New York, where he was subse- quently married. He next moved to Florence, Erie County, Ohio, where he followed his trade, assisting in the erection of the first fur- nace at Vermilion. Upon removing to Frank- lin County, Ohio, he followed farming until April 1, 1839, then located at Lockwin, where hie conducted a store at a time when there were but two buildings in the place. He remained there one year and on April 1, 1840, bought ont a general store at Eden, in Delaware County, Ohio, and settled on the property now owned by James Leech. He continued to con- duct this store until 1863, when he sold and moved to Centerburg, where for a period of seven years he conducted a general store. In 1870 he retired from active business and re- turned to Eden where he lived at the home of his daughter until his death, in April, 1877. He was a large property owner at one time, but had disposed of most of his holdings. He married Louise Elmer, who was a daughter of Calvin Elmer, who at an early period came from New York State to Eden and located where Robinson's blacksmith shop now stands. Two children were born of this union : Louisa, who died in Delaware, July 15, 1877, was the wife of John A. Carothers; and Tilden S. The mother of Mrs. Scott died April 9, 1846.

Tilden Seymour Scott was reared in Eden and attended the local schools and also the Delaware public schools for two terms. He worked in the store with his father, but had in the meantime learned the trade of a carder and cloth dresser. He acquired a steam grist mill, which had been established in 1849, being the first one in the county, which he operated, and in addition did carding, pressing and dyeing, as well as cabinetmaking. When his father left Eden in 1863, Mr. Scott and his brother- in-law purchased the store, but after conduct- ing it a short time traded it and the mill for a farm in Oxford Township, Butler County. He never moved there, however, and after a couple of years disposed of it. In the meanwhile he engaged in farming half way between Eden and Delaware. In 1866-67 he was at Smith's Ferry and Island Run, in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and upon his return to Eden

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established his home in the house in which he now resides. He engaged temporarily in busi- ness at Centerburg in 1869. and in the fol- lowing year he and his brother-in-law bought the stock and brought it to Eden, where for some years they conducted a store. Mr. Scott had in 1870 traded for a store in Delaware which he conducted until 1876, carrying a line of boots and shoes, hats and caps and gentlemen's furnishings. At the end of that time he sold out in Delaware and returned to Eden where he continued his store until 1878. He then resumed farming in Brown Township and continued until the early nineties, when he sold out. During the past fifteen years, in season. he has traveled about selling engines and threshing machinery and fertilizers. On November 19. 1863. Mr. Scott was united in marriage with Octavia B. Thrall, who was born in the house in which she now lives, April 25, 1841, and is a daughter of William Kil- bourne Thrall, who was the first postmaster here, the post office being named Kilbourne in his honor. He was born in Grandville, Ohio, October 14, 1809. and was about 20 years old when he came here. For many years he oper- ated the old water mill which he had con- structed in partnership with O. D. Hough, and became a man of importance here. He married Phoebe Thurston, and of their children, Mrs. Scott was the only one to grow to maturity. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Scott, namely: Harry Seymour, born April 7. 1865, married Levetta Bowers and they have three children, Hazel. Donald and Grace: William, born October 8, 1869; and Lillian, born October 9, 1873. married Harry H. Hip- ple. and they live in Delaware. Politically, Mr. Scott is a Republican and at one time served as township clerk.

ILLIAM BAZIL CAMPBELL, one of Delaware's leading business men, who has been identified with grocery interests since 1891, was born in Delaware Township, Dela- ware County, Ohio, January 25, 1857. He is

a son of Ransome and Henrietta ( Lugenbeel ) Campbell.

Ransome Campbell was born in New Jer- sey and came to Delaware in early manhood, and was employed as a millwright at the paper mill at Stratford for a time, later becoming a contracting carpenter. He died in 1899 aged about 71 years. He married a daughter of Bazil and Sevilla Lugenbeel, who still sur- vives at the age of 68 years. They had two children-William Bazil and Mary, the latter of whom is now deceased. She was the wife of Dr. F. A. Stickney, who is a practitioner of medicine at Kilbourne.

William Bazil Campbell was educated in the schools of Delaware Township and at Stratford, later taking a business course in a commercial college at Delaware. After leav- ing school he learned the carpenter's trade, working later for fifteen years as a house car- penter, and for three years in the shops of the Big Four Railroad. In 1891 he embarked in a grocery business at his present location in Delaware, where his business capacity and en- terprise have caused him to prosper. He has been an active political factor at Delaware and is serving his second term as a member of the Board of Public Service, having been elec- ted on the Republican ticket. Ile has served six years as a member of the City Council.

In 1881, Mr. Campbell married Susan C. Burroughs, who is a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Burroughs, of Delaware. They have two children-Arthur Ransome and Sa- villa. The son is his father's assistant in the store. The daughter married Charles Smith and they reside at Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have a pleasant home on the corner of Liberty and Eden Streets. He is a member of Olentangy Lodge, No. 53. Odd Fellows, at Delaware.

HARLES B. LEE, a well known resi- dent of Ashley, Ohio, who is now living in retirement from business activities, comes of a family long prominent in this vicinity. He was born at Columbus, Ohio, February 6, 1828,

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and is a son of Asa and Sarah ( Meacham) Lee. His family runs back in this country to the colonial days, when two brothers crossed from London, England, one locating in New York and the other in Virginia.

Asa Lee and his brother Timothy came west to Columbus, Ohio, and there followed the trade of cloth-dressing. In 1828. Asa Lee moved with his wife and four children to what is now Peru Township, Morrow County, at that time, Delaware County. There he acquired 84 acres of land in the woods and erected a log cabin, in which he lived and followed his trade until April, 1833. He then returned to Franklin County, dying there in August of the same year.

ship, and was but ten years old when his widowed mother returned with five children to that farm in the woods which they still owned. There he grew to manhood, helping to clear and cultivate the farm. He later pur- chased a 50-acre timber tract for himself, but as there was no house upon it continued to reside on the home place. Selling this piece of land, he purchased an old sheep farm of 91 acres, with a cabin on it, and on this he and his young wife lived and labored in pioneer fashion. He subsequently disposed of this place and went to Iowa, where he bought an So-acre farm and erected a dwelling. He soon returned to Peru Township and purchased 208 acres of his brother, and to this added 50 acres. Here he successfully carried on operations un- til 1882, when he exchanged the property for the old Solomon Rosevelt farm of 150 acres in Oxford Township, Delaware County, just beyond the eastern limits of the village of Ashley. Upon this place is an old house, which in its day was of unexcelled magnificence. fin- ished throughout in hard wood, and costing in its erection $0,000. In 1892, Mr. Lee erected a comfortable home in Ashley, in which he has since resided.

Charles B. Lee was married April 4. 1852. in Letta Grant, who was born in Brown Town- ship. Delaware County, Ohio, and is a daugh- ter of Aaron and Dianna ( Whipple) Grant.

Three children were born to them-Otto. Charles Wellington, and Grant. Otto, who was born March 29, 1853, lived on the home farm in Oxford Township until his death in August, 1901. He married Louisa Rudolph and had two children. Claude and Maude. Claude Lee married Bessa Dennis and they have two children. Dorris and Miriam; Charles Wellington Lee, second child of the subject of this sketch, was born September 15. 1857, and died at eight years as the result of an accident: Grant Lee, born July 19, 1866. married Mabel Oliver and they had one child. Hugh, who is a teacher in the public schools. Mr. Grant Lee died in November, 1890.

Politically, Charles B. Lee has been a Re- publican since the origanization of the party.

Charles B. Lee was but three months old when his parents first moved to Peru Town- ; but has frequently cast his ballot for men on the opposing ticket. He served as land ap- praiser one year, and was once elected justice of the peace by an overwhelming majority, but as it was without his consent or desire, he re- fused to serve.

J AMES STANDLEY SALMON was born on the farm on which he now lives, May 15, 1830, and is a son of John and Anna ( Standley ) Salmon. His grandfather Salmon came from France to Dutchess County. New York, at an early date.

John Salmon, father of James S., was born in Dutchess County, New York, in 1791, and leaving home, a young man in search of work. he arrived at the Marietta settlement in Ohio. There he entered the employ of a widow, Mrs. Anna Breck, whom he shortly married. Mrs. Salmon, whose maiden name was Anna Standley, came of one of the earliest families of the Marietta settlement and was herseli the second white female born there, the date of her nativity being January 1, 1791. Of her marriage with John Breck there were three children-one son and two daughters- as fol- lows: John, who died at the age of 14 veir- : Seraph ( Alney), who died April 2, 1842. in Brown Township: and Cynthia, who married

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William Elliott, and died in Cleveland at the advanced age of 84 years. They continued to reside at Marietta until 1824, when they sold their traet of 25 acres there and moved to Ge- noa Township, Delaware County, Ohio, where they rented for one year. They then spent a year in Kingston Township, subsequently buy- ing 100 acres of land on the State Road in Brown Township, for which they paid the sum of three dollars per acre. This they began to clear and cultivate, and it has since become one of the most valuable farms in the township. Mr. Salmon died on the home place April 14, 1864, and his widow survived him three years, dying July 23, 1867, in Indiana, whither she had gone to live with a son and daughter. Their union was blessed with the following children: Mixenda, who married Solomon Shoemaker and went to live in Whitely, In- diana, where she died in 1899: Benjamin who died in Indiana. January 13. 1904 : Jacob, who died in Licking County: Jacob R., who died October 2, 1846; Thomas, who died March I, 1847: James S., who is still living at the ad- vanced age of 78 years: and Selden, who died at the age of six weeks. John Salmon was originally a Whig and later a Republican m politics. He served in the War of 1812, and tried to enlist during the Civil War.

James S. Salmon has always lived in Brown Township, and in his youth attended the old log school house of his distriet. When he first took hold of the home farm there was but little of it cleared, and most of the other improvements were made by him. He later added fifty acres of partially cleared land, and then from time to time added other tracts until he now possesses 285 aeres, all under a high state of cultivation. He has followed general farming and stock-raising.

September 18. 1851, Mr. Salmon was united in marriage with Sarah A. Randolph, who was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania. and who is a daughter of Marsh Fritz and Cassandra ( Styles ) Randolph. Her father was born and reared at Staten Island, New York, while her mother's people came from Virginia. This union resulted in the birth of one son, John, who was born July 31. 1852.

and died January 27, 1878. Mr. Salmon is a Republican in national politics, but in local politics is independent. He served three years as township trustee, but declined to run again for the office.

AMUEL ANDERSON MOORE com- mander of Post No. 531, Grand Army of the Republic, at Ostrander, is one of Concord Township's repre- sentative citizens. He was born in Harmony Township, Morrow County, Ohio, February 16. 1844, and is a son of Samuel and Priscena ( Thompson ) Moore.

The Moore family is of Scotch-Irish de- scent and there is reason to believe, from the family history and other evidence, that one of its earlier members was the great Irish poet, Thomas Moore. Samuel Moore was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and was four years old when he accompanied his parents, William and Amelia Moore to Ohio. They settled in Athens County, from which section they later moved to the eastern part of Delaware County, locating in Peru Township. Still later they removed to Hancock County. where they died. The Thompson family, to which Mr. Moore belongs on the maternal side, is of German extraction and the maternal grandfather. John Thompson, married a lady of Welsh extraction. He was born in 1782 and died in 1866, coming to Athens County, Ohio, in 1808. The Moores and the Thomp- sons, as families, had much to do with expel- ling the Indians from along the Scioto River and the Maumee Valley.

Samuel Moore, father of Samuel Ander- son, was born in 1813 and died in 1886. He married Priscena Thompson, who was born in 1812 and died in 1896, aged eighty-four years. They had nine children, as follows: Martha A., who married William H. Cox, residing at Delaware ; William N., who married Elizabeth Rowland, was a member of Company .\. One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Vo !- unteer Infantry. during the Civil War, died in Henry County, Ohio; John T., who was a

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member of Company E, Sixty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, died in prison July 30. 1862, at Lynchburg, Virginia ; Samuel A., whose name begins this sketch; Rebecca P., deceased, who was the wife of Austin May- field; Joseph Vinton, who met an accidental death by scalding when four years of age; Amelia Ellen, who died aged nine years from diptheria; Henry Monroe, residing at Dela- ware, who married Lucy Williams; and one child died in infancy.

Samuel Anderson Moore obtained his edu- cation in the district schools and was trained to agriculture on his father's land. He has owned many farms, all of which he has im- proved before disposing of them, and has re- sided in various sections. When he started out for himself he settled for one year in Rad- nor Township and then went to lowa, where he "prospected" for a time and then purchased a farm. When he returned to Ohio he bought a farm of 103 acres in Scioto Township, Dela- ware County, and in Leesburg Township, Union County, residing there for 18 months. After disposing of that farm he returned for a year to Radnor Township and then moved to Henry County, Ohio, where he lived nine months, acquiring 220 acres in that county. He again returned to Radnor Township and bought a farm on which he lived for five years, from which place he moved to a farm of 154 acres which was situated north of Bellpoint, and there he resided for 17 years. After sell- ing the farm mentioned, he bought 170 acres in Berlin Township which he kept for two years when he traded it for 16 town lots at Monon, Indiana, and bought 160 acres in White County, Indiana, 68 acres in Cass County, 480 acres in Hodgeman and Finney Counties, Kansas and a square at Lyons, Kan- sas. Still later, Mr. Moore bought 100 acres south of Bellpoint, Delaware County, which he kept for two years. After selling that prop- erty, he bought 800 acres in Phelps County, Missouri. At a later date he sold his Indiana land and town lots receiving in exchange 203 acres in Pike County, Ohio, later trading the Pike County farm for a fruit farm in Ross

County, Ohio. Mr. Moore is too good a judge of property to ever fail in making an advan- tageous deal. He also owns 80 acres in Arkan- sas. In 1887, he purchased 146 acres in Hock- ing County and subsequently traded his fruit farm for 156 acres in Union County, which he sold in 1902, investing in 471/2 acres on the Plain City Road, in Concord Township, Dela- ware County, and also bought 361/2 acres of the Cutter farm in this vicinity. In the spring of 1907 he bought an adjoining 3772 acres. In the fall of 1895 he bought three lots and a residence, taking possession of them in the spring of 1896, and retaining a part of that land until the spring of 1904. At that time he also purchased his present residence with twelve acres attached, and has since made many substantial improvements here. Mr. Moore has always left every place he ever owned in better condition than he found it, taking pleasure in improving his property and naturally adding greatly to its selling value. He still retains 80 acres in Concord Township and 640 acres in Missouri, together with his valuable residence property and a stone quarry.

Mr. Moore was married March 27, 1869, to Agnes Rider, who was born in Ritchie County, Virginia, and who is a daughter of James and Julia ( Betts ) Rider, who came from Virginia and settled in Kingston Town- ship, Delaware County. They had the fol- lowing children born to them: Thomas Pres- ton, born March 1, 1870, married Edith Hutchisson, and they reside at Bellpoint and have three children-Frank, Lottie and Ray- mond; Homer O., township treasurer, born August 18, 1871, married Alice Healey, a daughter of Ervin J. Healey, and they have two children-George and Harold; Charles Monroe, born March 19, 1873, is a farmer, married Minnie E. Jones, daughter of John and Elizabeth Jones and they have two chil- dren-Geneva and Clarendon ; Myrtle May and Eugene Clay, twins, were born June 3. 1875, the former of whom married Daniel Smart and has two children-Russell and Clif- ford, and the latter married Sadie Orella Phil- lian and has one child, Stanley Elwood: and

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Edna May, who married Nelson Blinn, and has two children-Nellie and Mildred.

During the early part of the Civil War, Mr. Moore made five attempts to enter the army but always met with refusal, but on May 2. 1864, he was sworn in as a member of Com- pany A, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regi- ment. Ohio Infantry, and accompanied the command to Arlington Heights for the de- fense of the city of Washington. As long as the danger of invasion was imminent, the troops were kept at Washington, after which they returned to Camp Chase and Mr. Moore was honorably discharged August 24. 1864. At two different times he offered his services after his discharge but was rejected. He has been actively identified with the affairs of the Grand Army of the Republic and is the cap- able commander of Post No. 531 at Ostrander. On several occasions he has attended the State encampments, and has also visited the general encampments more than that number of times. going as far as San Francisco. In 1905 he attended the State encampment at Dayton.

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Century history of Delaware County, Ohio and representative citizens 20th, Part 107

Author: Lytle, James Robert, 1841- [from old catalog] ed Publication date: 1908 Publisher: Chicago, Biographical publishing company Number of Pages: 926

Author: Lytle, James Robert, 1841- [from old catalog] ed
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: Chicago, Biographical publishing company
Number of Pages: 926