History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; their past and present, Part 158

Author: Nelson, S.B., Cincinnati
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Cincinnati : S. B. Nelson
Number of Pages: 1592

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age, her father April 30, 1874. Mr. and Mrs. Warburg became the parents of eight children: John, born December 15, 1857. died in February, 1884; Mary, born March 22, 1856, died December 22, 1856; Willie, born March 6, 1859, died July 29, 1863; Elizabeth, born May 28, 1862, died September 10, 1866; Anna, born April 13, 1865, died July 4, 1865; Carrie, born June 10, 1866, the wife of Frank Rolfuis, a brick manufacturer, of Cincinnati; Anthony, born November 24, 1869, manager of his father's farm, and Henry, born April 30, 1874, died February 7, 1878. They are members of the Catholic Church. Politically Mr. Warburg is a Democrat.

GLOS GALE was born December 15, 1844, in the town of Harrison, the son of Nicholas and Mary (Bower) Gale, natives of Prussia, who immigrated to this coun- try and located in Harrison. in 1842. The father was a weaver by trade, but fol- lowed farming after coming to this country; he died October 1, 1891, his wife fol- lowing him in November, 1889. They were the parents of the following named children: Nicholas, Glos, John, Susan, Anna, Lanie, Fannie, Peter, Catherine, Jacob and Frank. Mr. and Mrs. Gale were members of the Catholic Church,

Our subject remained under the parental roof until he reached his majority, when he engaged in threshing, which he has since followed, in connection with his farm- ing. Energy and industry have made him the possessor of nearly a hundred acres of land near Harrison. He served nearly two years in the Civil war, enlisting in September, 1862, in Company D, Eighty-third Indiana Regiment. He received a gunshot wound at the siege of Vicksburg; he participated in a number of battles and numerous skirmishes. Mr. Gale was married, October 29, 1889, to Miss Lanie Hofinger, born in 1864, near St. Leon, Ind., and they are the parents of two chil- dren: Frank, born October 1, 1890, and John, born September 11, 1892. Mr. and Mrs. Gale are members of the Catholic Church. Politically he is a Democrat. .

JOSEPH WEITZEL, of Harrison township, was born September 22, 1821, in Ger- many, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Schoumous, the former born December 10, 1791, the latter in the same year, both in Hessen, Germany. They emigrated to this country in 1832, and located in Michigan, near Detroit, where the father was engaged in building for a number of years. He then moved to Cincinnati, where he worked at the carpenter trade for a time, and then went to Dearborn county, Ind., where he engaged in farming in connection with the trade. He also owned a saw and grist inill in that county. He and his wife were both members of the Catholic Church. He died in 1862, his wife in 1867. To them were born four children : Frederick, deceased; Joseph; Lewis, ex-sheriff of Dearborn county, and Nancy.

Our subject remained at home until his eighteenth year, when he went south and worked in the city of Mobile, Ala., for a short time, returning in January, 1846. He engaged in the milling business at Lawrenceburgh, Ind., and after remaining there four years engaged in farming for a few years in Dearborn county, Ind. He then engaged in the hotel and mercantile business at Lawrenceburgh, Ind., for a short time. In 1874 he moved to his present farm in Harrison township. On February 23, 1846, he married Miss Josephine, daughter of John and Agnes (Kuhn) Hoff, natives of Germany who came to this country in 1837, and located in Cincinnati; he was a gardener by occupation, and they were both members of the Catholic Church. Mr. and Mrs. Weitzel are the parents of children as follows: Anna; Caroline; Adaline; Lucy; Sophia; Coletia; Tilly, deceased; Edward, deceased; Charles, deceased; Elias and Barney. The family are members of the Catholic Church, and politically Mr. Weitzel is a Democrat.

ANTON MILLER, of Harrison township, was born April 3, 1833, in Bavaria, Ger- many, and is the son of Frank and Victoria (Hazenberger) Miller, both of whom were natives of Bavaria, the former born in 1793, the latter one year later. The father was a cooper by trade, which business he followed almost his entire life. Mr. and Mrs. Miller were the parents of eleven children, four of whom are living: Peter, Josephine, Paul and Anton.

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Our subject attended the common schools up to the age of seventeen, when he learned the cooper's trade with his father, and continued to work with him until he was twenty-five years old, when he emigrated to America, locating in Cincinnati, where he learned the saddler's trade. He followed this until April, 1861, when he enlisted in Company C, Ninth Ohio Infantry, for three years or during the war, and served until December, 1863, when he was honorably discharged, having re- ceived a gunshot wound at the battle of Chickamauga, which rendered him unfit for duty. He participated in a number of historic battles and numerous skirmishes. He returned to Cincinnati, and again worked at the saddlery business until 1868, when he removed to a farm near Harrison, Ohio, and did some farming in con- nection with his trade, employing himself in this way up to 1890, since which time he has given his entire attention to the farm. He moved to his present place near Harrison, Ohio, in Section 18, about seventeen years ago; this farm contains eighty - five acres, and he also owns eighty-three acres on Section 5 of the same township. His possessions are due to his own energy and industry. He has served two terms as trustee of his township. Politically he is a Republican. In 1864 Mr. Miller re- turned to his native country and on October 13 of the same year he married Miss Ludwina Steiner, born June 28, 1842, daughter of Frank A. and Crescentia (Ritz- ler) Steiner, who were natives of Bavaria. The father was a shoemaker by trade. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are the parents of ten children: Barbara, Frank A., Ludwina, Sophia (deceased), Joseph, Mary, Peter F., Josephine, Paulina and George. They are members of the Catholic Church.

JAMES CAMPBELL, the inventor of the Campbell corn and seed drill, was born April 15, 1817, on the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia Pike, near Coatesville, Chester Co., Penn., son of Andrew and Margaret (Harper) Campbell. He is of Scotch-Irish descent, on his father's side being descended from the famous Clan Campbell. His maternal grandparents were Alexander and Nancy (Adams) Harper. The Harpers came from Ireland to America in 1794, bringing six children: William, Alexander, James, Mary, Margaret, and Sidney. Andrew Campbell was born in Londonderry, July 18, 1774, and emigrated to America in 1801, and his wife was born in Donegal, Ireland, October 31, 1787; they were married in 1806. Their union was blessed with eleven children: John, Mary, William, Alexander, James, Martha, George, Charles,Andrew, Jackson, and one deceased in infancy.

Our subject was educated in the log-cabin schoolhouse, common in the early days in Chester county. At the age of nine years he began work at Rock Run Cotton Factory near Coatesville, at 61 cents per day, and continued in this position until seventeen years old, receiving at the close $1.50 per week. He then commenced to learn the blacksmith trade with Benjamin Burris, at Coatesville, continuing there until 1838, when he left for Cincinnati in company with his brother William. They were twenty-one days making the trip from their native home to Harrison, and when James arrived at the home of his brother, Alexander Campbell, who had migrated to Harrison in 1836, out of $26 he had only 50 cents left with which to begin his future business life. He soon found employment at his trade for one month with Fred Lowry and Isaac Larue at 50 cents per day. He then worked for David Byers, at Elizabethtown, for three months, at 50 cents a day and board. He next was em- ployed by John Dickey, at Cleves, doing the blacksmith work for the aqueduct across the Miami river at that place, receiving for his services $26 a month and boarding himself. From there be went to Judge Short's (now Addyston), where he received $1 per day and board. While thus employed hard times came on and work on the canal was stopped, in consequence of which Mr. Campbell saw fit to trade his claim against the contractors of the canal to a Mr. Neave (relatives of whom re- side in Cincinnati) for iron which he used in a blacksmith shop started by him and his brother, William, in Harrison in 1839. They did general blacksmithing, made wagons, plows, harrows, etc., and in 1850 added the carriage business, continuing

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until 1867, when their shop was burned. In 1859 they invented a corn drill, which proved a failure in the dropping and driving arrangements. At this time Alexander, who assisted by James had invented two corn drills, became discouraged, and the latter continued to invent other drills, which also failed to do the work. In 1863 he invented one on the principles used in his drill of to-day which is in general use. He subsequently made improvements, adapting it for dropping cotton, corn, small seeds and fertilizers, and his drill is known as the " Pioneer Drill," because it was the first successful one of its kind. Mr. Campbell is now manufacturing and selling from two to three thousand yearly. His shops are well managed, and equipped with the very best machinery. He gives yearly employment to twelve men.

Mr. Campbell was married June 17, 1849, to Maria Matsenbaugh, a native of Pennsylvania and a daughter of Samuel and Rachel Matsenbaugh. Her father was a soldier in the war of 1812 (as was also Mr. Campbell's father). He was born August 9, 1794, in Virginia, and died at Harrison, December 24, 1850; his wife was born March 1, 1799, in Maryland, and died July 14, 1868. To James and Maria Campbell were born children as follows: Sarah, Louisa, Angie, Hattie Belle, Benja- min Franklin, Ella Dora, Albert Martin, Harry Ogden, and Elmore Edward. Mrs. Campbell, who was a consistent member of the Christian Church, died March 18, 1890. Mr. Campbell was again married July 17, 1891, this time to Josephine J., daughter of Augustus Clement, who came to America from Paris when eighteen years old; was a farmer and resided for many years at Reading, this county. He married Eliza Readingbaugh, who is living in Harrison township on the farm where Mr. Clement died. They were the parents of fourteen children, five of whom are living: Augus- tus, who served in the Civil war, and is now truant officer at Cincinnati; Frank, who was also a soldier in the Civil war; Josephine J .; Isabel, wife of Oscar Blackburn; and Hattie, wife of Fred J. Biddinger. Mr. Clement was a Catholic, and his wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell belong to the Christian Church at Harrison, the interests of which are benefited financially as well as otherwise by their membership. They reside in a beautiful home on Broadway street, where they expect to spend the remainder of their lives in the enjoyment of a well-earned fortune. He is a Republican in political faith, having been opposed to slavery extension ever since the Cass, Van Buren and Taylor campaign, when he voted for the Kinderhook Statesman on the Free-soil ticket, and remained steadfast to that party until the Republican party was organized. He is the only one of his father's family now living.

F. M. WARE, superintendent of the "Big Four" coal elevator, residing in Seki- tan, Miami township, was born at Eaton, Preble Co., Ohio, April 2, 1848, and is the only surviving son of John M. and Susan (Graham) Ware. He was educated in the public schools of Preble county, and after leaving school resided with his uncle for some time. He then went into his father's drugstore as a clerk, remaining until 1874, when he came to Cincinnati and entered the employ of the "Big Four" rail- road, first as river foreman at the old elevator at North Bend, then as bookkeeper at the elevator at Addyston. and was appointed to the position he now holds, superin- tendent, in 1891. Mr. Ware was married, in 1871, to Rhoda E., daughter of Stephan and Eliza (Parker) Merrill, and to this union was born one child, Wilbur D., who died in August, 1878; Mrs. Ware died May 28, 1889. Mr. Ware married his second wife, Rebecca, daughter of Oliver Outcalt, in April, 1892; no family has been born to them. Our subject is a member of the Methodist Church of Sekitan, and his wife is a member of the First Baptist Church of Cincinnati. Mr. Ware was the first clerk of Addyston, has been treasurer of Addyston special school district ever since its organization, and was elected mayor of Addyston in 1892, which position he fills creditably to himself and satisfactorily to the electors., Politically Mr. Ware is a Republican.

James Campbell

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The father of our subject was born in Warren county, Ohio, and was a well- known physician in his day. He resided for some time in Cincinnati, also in Indian- apolis and Warren county. He is now residing in North Lewisburgh, Champaign Co., Ohio, where he is engaged in the drug business. His wife was born in Rock- bridge, Va., and died in 1862. Their union was blessed with five children, only two of whom reached maturity: our subject, and Hannah M., wife of John F. Robins, residing in Wayne county, Ind. The grandparents were natives of New Jersey, removing from there to Warren county, Ohio, and thence to Montgomery county. The grandfather died at Eaton, Preble county, and the grandmother in Warren county.

HENRY DANIEL GRAHAM, stationary engineer, who resides at Cleves, Miami town- ship, was born in Washington county, Ky., April 12, 1848, a son of Ancil Daniel and Sarah (Urton) Graham, both of whom were also natives of Kentucky.

Our subject was reared to farming, and only received such limited education as could be obtained at the country schools of Switzerland county, Ind., in those days. After leaving school he went into the portable sawmill business in Switzerland and Jefferson counties, Ind., and Carroll county, Ky., and was engaged in this business until he entered his present position, about five years ago. He was married, July 22, 1875, to America A., daughter of John and Phoebe (Pate) Brown, the father a native of Virginia. Their union has been blessed with four children, all of whom survive, as follows: Eugene H., Jessie R., Mable R. and Edna H. Our subject's family are members of the Baptist Church, and his wife belongs to the United Brethren Church. He is a Democrat politically, and socially is a member of Lodge No. 602, Knights of Pythias.

The father of our subject, who was a farmer, died in Ripley county, Ind., in 1879; his mother died in Cleves, Miami township, September 22, 1890. They had born to them six children, two of whom died in infancy, and two after reaching maturity: Hulda E., and Eliza, wife of Joseph Drury, who died in Cleves. The only surviving members of the family are Henry D., our subject, and James W., who is interested in silver mining in Colorado. The paternal grandparents of our subject were natives of Virginia; his maternal grandparents were from Kentucky.

CLEMENT D. DOWLING, senior member of the firm of Dowling & Sullivan. This prominent merchant, whose place of business is situated at North Bend, and who resides in Cleves, was born in Cleves on March 5, 1866, a son of James and Mary (Riley) Dowling, natives of Ireland, who came to Cincinnati with their parents in early childhood. The father died in 1884; the mother still resides with her son, Clement D. Dowling, at Cleves, Ohio. They had born to them eleven children, of whom survive: Lizzie, wife of Christian Mason, residing in Baltimore, Md. ; James, residing in Middleport, Ohio; Clement D .; William, residing in Dayton, Ky., and Charles, residing in Indianapolis.

Our subject was educated in St. Joseph's College, Cincinnati, where he gradu- ated in 1882. After leaving college he was engaged in the dry-goods business in Cincinnati until 1890, when he engaged in business for himself at his present loca- tion, North Bend. They conduct a general merchandise business, and through strict integrity and close attention to the wants of their customers have built up a large and rapidly increasing trade throughout the township. The family of our subject belong to the Roman Catholic Church. He is a Democrat politically, and is treasurer of Miami township.

GEORGE WASHINGTON YANCEY, ticket agent and telegraph operator at North Bend station. C. C. C. & St. L. R. R., was born near North Bend, Miami township, the elder of two children who blessed the union of Joseph and Ruth (Bump) Yancey. He was educated in the public schools of North Bend, and since leaving school has been a telegraph operator, receiving his appointment to his present position with the C. C. C. & St. L. R. R. in 1888. Mr. Yancey was married, in December, 1889, to

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Bertha, daughter of Joseph Hunt, whose parents were natives of Miami township, and to this union have been born two children, named Clifford and Joseph, both of whom survive.

The parents of our subject are both natives of Miami township. The father is a prosperous farmer at Worthington, Ind., where they now reside. The sister of our subject, Mollie, is the wife of Edward Piggs, residing at Worthington, Ind. Mr. Yancey is a member of the Sons of Veterans.

PHILANDER GILLESPIE, farmer, P. O. address Cleves. This old and highly respected resident of Miami township was born at West Farms, New York State, March 3, 1827, the elder of two surviving sons born to John B. and Sophia (Bar- low) Gillespie, who were of Scottish origin but reared in the State of New York. The father died in Whitewater township, November 7, 1834, aged fifty years, seven months and nine days. The mother died February 24, 1840, aged fifty years, eleven months and twenty-four days.

Our subject came with his parents to Whitewater township when about four years. of age, and attended the public schools of that township until he was about twelve years old, when he went to St. Louis, remaining there with his brother about three years, after which he came to Miami and remained a year or more. In 1849 he was among the early pioneers who crossed the plains to California, where he remained about three years, and then returned to Miami township, where he has ever since resided, engaged in farming. He is a progressive citizen, never hesitating to support any deserving enterprise that promises public good and the advancement of the wel- fare of his county. Mr. Gillespie was married, November 14, 1854, to Elizabeth Parker, who was born in Wilmington, daughter of Joseph and Anna Maria (Rogers) Parker, who were of English origin, but born in the United States; her father died August 7, 1833; her mother was born January 20, 1831, and died October 31, 1850. To Mr. and Mrs. Gillespie were born five children, only two of whom survive, Laura W. and Clarence S., who reside with their parents. The family of our subject attend the Presbyterian Church, in which Mr. Gillespie has been an elder for eighteen years. He is a stanch Republican.

THOMAS TRAGESSER, farmer, P. O. address Taylor's Creek, was born in Cincinnati August 4, 1852, a son of Thomas Tragesser, Sr., by his second wife, Sophia, widow of the late Peter Rice. Mr. Tragesser removed to Miami township from Mill Creek on March 6, 1876, where he has ever since been engaged in farming. Thomas Tra- gesser, Sr., married, for his first wife, Elizabeth Hartman. They were both Hes- sians, and early in life came to the United States, removing to Indiana from Cum- berland, Md., about 1830. He afterward removed to Cincinnati, where he engaged in contracting and in the manufacture of cider until 1865, when he removed to Mill Creek township, and there resided up to the time of his death, April 18, 1875. By his first wife he had one son, John, who was born in Franklin county, Ind., Novem- ber 1, 1839, was educated in the public schools of his native place, and has been engaged in farming all his life. During the Rebellion he drove a commissary wagon in the Fifteenth Army Corps, under Gen. Nelson, for four years, and was mustered out at Corinth in July, 1865. By his second wife there were twelve chil- dren born to Thomas Tragesser, Sr., five of whom survive, viz .: Henrietta, wife of William Almore, born May 20, 1850; Thomas; George, born September 14, 1856; Jacob, born June 1, 1859, and Adam, born February 14, 1864. George married Miss Rhoda Richards; Jacob married Miss Margaret Buckwold; Adam married Miss Lizzie Weber. The family attend the Roman Catholic Church, and are old and highly respected citizens of the township.

ROBERT BURR, farmer, P. O. address Cleves. The Burr family is one of the oldest resident families in Miami township. The parents of our subject removed hither from Mt. Healthy, Hamilton county, in 1820, and here resided up to the time of their death. Our subject was born in the house in which he still resides, May

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24, 1832, was educated in the schools of Miami township, and was reared to farm- ing, in which he has always been engaged, with the exception of four years he nobly devoted to the defense of his country in the Rebellion. In 1861 he enlisted in Company B, Second Kentucky Cavalry, Capt. Henry E. Collins, Col. Buckner, commandant, and served with distinction for nearly four years; he was present at

. numerous engagements. He was mustered out at Lexington, N. C., July 17, 1865, and received his final discharge at Louisville, Ky., the same month. Our subject is a member of the G. A. R. He is a Republican politically, and the family are mem- bers of the Methodist denomination.

Our subject's father, William P. Burr, was a native of Long Island, New York. He was twice married, first time to Cynthia Brown, of Butler county, Ohio, and they had born to them five children, three sons and two daughters, four of whom still survive, viz. : Edward, who resides in Rockport, Spencer Co., Ind .; Martha, wife of William A. Vance, of Bethany, Butler county; Robert, our subject, and Samuel, who both reside on the homestead in Miami township. The mother of these died in 1834, and Mr. Burr married, for his second wife, Lydia Morehead, and by this union there were five children, two of whom survive: Eliza, wife of Joseph W. Starr, of Steel City, Neb., and Emma, wife of A. J. Laboiteaux, of Mt. Healthy. The father died March 1, 1893; his widow now resides with the sons, Robert and Samuel, on the homestead farm. Grandfather Burr removed from Long Island to Hamilton county in 1818, where he resided up to the time of his death, in 1832. Previous to his removal to this township he was a bookkeeper and surveyor, and also made the calculations for an almanac published by Barnes & Guilford, of Cincinnati. He passed away at the age of sixty-six years and ten months, leaving an unblem- ished reputation as a live and progressive citizen of Hamilton county, and an earnest promoter of everything pertaining to the advancement of his country's interests.

JOHN BACON, farmer, P. O. address Cleves, is one of the oldest and most highly respected residents of Miami township. He was born in New Jersey, March 20, 1817, and is the eldest of four surviving children who blessed the union of Joseph and Mary (Bowen) Bacon, also natives of New Jersey. The parents of our subject died when he was quite young. They had born to them twelve children, of whom the following named survive: John; Ruth, widow of the late Lamen Stone, of Mis- souri; Margaret, Mrs. Barfield, of Peoria, Ill., and Jane, now Mrs. Brunner, of Missouri.

Our subject was reared a farmer's boy, and received only such limited education as the county schools of that day afforded. He has been engaged in farming all his life. He was married, April 4, 1841, to Ruth Power, who was the daughter of John and Mary Power, of Green township; she passed away on January 18, 1892. They had born to them two children: Simeon, born July 27, 1842, died May 13, 1870; Mary C., born December 12, 1846, was married to G. Arnold, of Colerain township, February 9, 1865, and died July 14, 1883. Mr. Bacon has been a stanch Republi- can all his life. He has resided in Miami township since 1818, in which year his parents removed here from New Jersey.

ANDREW J. Cox, farmer, P. O. address Cleves, was born in Whitewater township, a son of John and Hannah (Bartlett) Cox, both natives of Hamilton county, and of Irish and German origin. He was educated in the public schools of Miami town- ship, and was trained to agriculture, which occupation he has followed all his life. On December 25, 1861, at the age of sixteen years, he enlisted in Company K, Seventy-second O. V. I., under Col. R. P. Buckland. His first engagement was at Jackson, Miss., at the siege of Vicksburg, and he afterward took part in the battles of Black River Bridge, Champion Hill, Raymond, and Mechanicsburg. He was subsequently transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, and sent to Washington to do garrison duty, where he was mustered out November 15, 1865, having served his country faithfully and with distinction for nearly four years. After receiving his

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History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; their past and present, Part 158

Author: Nelson, S.B., Cincinnati Publication date: 1894 Publisher: Cincinnati : S. B. Nelson Number of Pages: 1592

Author: Nelson, S.B., Cincinnati
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Cincinnati : S. B. Nelson
Number of Pages: 1592