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USA > Ohio > Clermont County > History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio, from the earliest historical times down to the present, V. 2 > Part 48
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Elizabeth (Bradbury) Sheldon was from New England, coming to Clermont county, Ohio, with her parents, Samuel Bradbury and wife, the former of whom was probably a farmer, and died in the 1830's. Elizabeth Bradbury was born in 1811 and died in November, 1866. She was the mother of six children, of whom one sister of our subject is living-Mrs. Anna Connor, wife of Taylor Connor, of near Crosstown, Sterling township. Those deceased are: Mary, married Da- vid McMullen; Caroline, married Absalom Scott; Elizabeth, married Rev. C. W. Garoutte, of the Christian church; and Lydia, married Alfred Connor.
Dr. Sheldon received the education afforded by the schools of the country and at Amelia, Clermont county, Ohio. He was but nineteen years of age when he enlisted in Company G, Forty-eighth regiment, Ohio volunteers, at Camp Denni- son, in defense of his country. He served first in Gen. W. T. Serman's division for about one year, and after the battle of Corinth was transferred to the Thirteenth corps, under General McClernand. Dr. Sheldon participated in many engagements, among which were Shiloh, through advance movements, and the siege of Corinth, in front of Vicksburg, up the Yazoo river, Arkansas Post (or Fort Hindman), at Port Gibson, at Cham- pion Hills, Black River Bridge, at Crossing of Black River, and all through the siege of Vicksburg, including the assault of May 22, 1863. After the fall of Vicksburg, he went to Jack- son, where he participated all through the campaign. Later he was transferred to the Gulf Department and went to Texas, and thence to Louisiana, where he was placed on detached service and sent to Columbus. His regiment was taken pris- oners at Shreveport, but he was not with them, as he had re- mained at Columbus, and was discharged January 17. 1865, never having been seriously injured.
At the close of the war Dr. Sheldon returned to his home. and, in 1866, took up the study of medicine with Dr. A. F. Deniston, of Westborough. Ohio. In March, 1869. he grad-
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uated at Miami Medical College, of Cincinnati, and at once began the practice of his profession at his present home, and has continued to the present time. During his entire life thus far he has enjoyed the very best of health.
Dr. Sheldon was united in marriage to Mrs. Ruth A. Hock- ett, who was born in Cincinnati, and is a sister of Dr. A. E. Deniston and a daughter of James S. and Elizabeth (Dilley) Deniston, who were from New Jersey. James S. Deniston was a prominent business man of Cincinnati for many years and was also a resident of Clinton county, Ohio, for some time, his death occurring at Columbus in 1864. Mrs. Sheldon's brother, Dr. A. F. Deniston, past eighty years of age, is still practicing his profession at Westboro, Ohio. They two are the only ones of the family now living.
Dr. Sheldon erected the substantial home many years ago and the farm is located on the Marathon and Buford pike. He has a step-daughter, Hattie M., whose husband, Harry L. Ap- gear, is a clerk in a store at Mt. Orab and owns two farms in Sterling township.
The political views of Dr. Sheldon are in accord with those of the Republican party and he has filled the various local offices.
The fraternal affiliations of Dr. Sheldon are with the Ma- sonic order, at Williamsburg, and he is a member of the Cler- mont Social Lodge No. 29, Free and Accepted Masons. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Mt. Orab, and of Lynchburg Encampment. He has been pen- sion examiner for twenty years.
Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon are members of the Five-Mile Chris- tian Church and are active in all worthy affairs of that denomi- nation.
Dr. Sheldon is a prominent member of the Brown County," the Ohio State, and the American Medical societies. An en- thusiast in his profession and one whose ability is recognized generally in this section, Dr. Sheldon is also a good citizen and takes an active interest in all that promotes the welfare of Brown county.
ALLEN HUTCHINSON.
Mr. Allen Hutchinson, a prominent farmer and stockman, and highly respected citizen of Sterling township, Brown county, owns a fine, fertile farm of one hundred and four acres,
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which he has splendidly improved. He was born in Jackson township, Clermont county, Ohio, September 14, 1870, and is a son of Enoch and Serene (Jester) Hutchinson.
Enoch Hutchinson' was born in Williamsburg township, Clermont county, Ohio, in 1847, and died in 1877 at the age of thirty years. He was a son of Robert and Jemima (Harlow) Hutchinson. The former died about 1893 and the latter is a resident of Williamsburg township at the advanced age of ninety-five years. Robert Hutchinson was an Eastern gen- tleman by birth, and the Harlow family was among the first settlers of Jackson township. Enoch Hutchinson was a farmer by business and a soldier in the Cicil war, in the same company with Dr. Redrow, mentioned elsewhere. He was one of six children : William, of Norwood, Ohio; Frank, who is now deceased, was a soldier in the cavalry during the Civil war; J. W., of Williamsburg township, a teacher for many years in the county ; and Enoch, the youngest.
Serene (Jester) Hutchinson was a native of Jackson town- ship, Clermont county, and died about 1875, a young woman. She was a daughter of Isaac and Phoebe Jester, who came to Clermont from New Jersey in pioneer days, being among the first families to locate in this section.
The boyhood of Mr. Allen Hutchinson was spent on his father's farm in Clermont county, and his mental training was obtained in the district schools, which was afterward com- pleted in normal school at Danville, Ind. For a period of twelve years following his graduation from the normal school he was engaged in teaching in both Clermont and Brown counties.
Mr. Hutchinson married Miss Cora Hutton, a native of Sterling township, Brown county, and is a daughter of John Hutton, a farmer and stockraiser.
John Hutton was born in Brown county, Ohio, March 24, 1850, and is a son of William and Julia A. (Hesler) Hutton. Since the age of two years Mr. Hutton has resided, on his present farm in Sterling township and has followed farming successfully all his life. He is a Republican and has served in the various local offices. He is a son of William and Julia A. (Hesler) Hutton, the former of whom was born in Fleming county, Kentucky, October 30, 1805, and whose death occurred May 26, 1879, in Brown county, where he settled in 1829. He was a carpenter and builder and in later years engaged in farming. Julia A. (Hesler) Hutton was born in Bracken
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county, Kentucky, February 22, 1809, and died in Brown county, Ohio, May 31, 1890. Her father died in Kentucky and her mother married Mr. Fite and removed to Brown county.
Maggie (Conner) Hutton was born and reared in Sterling township, and is a daughter of Ira and Melinda (Arthur) Conner, early residents of Brown county, coming from Ver- mont. To the union of John and Maggie (Conner) Hutton have been born three children: Myra, wife of Delmer Waite, a prominent stockman of Williamsburg, Ohio; Mrs. Allen Hutchinson ; and Miss Bertha, at home.
Mr. Allen Hutchinson votes the Republican ticket and is interested in all educational matters, having served as a mem- ber and president of the board of education of Sterling town- ship.
Socially, Mr. Hutchinson is a member of Clermont Social Lodge No. 29, Free and Accepted Masons, of Williamsburg, and both he and Mrs. Hutchinson are members of the Order of the Eastern Star.
In religious matters, Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson are active members and liberal supporters of the Methodist church, ot Taylor's Chapel.
For the past eighteen years Mr. Hutchinson has devoted his attention to the business of general farming, and the success which he has won is due entirely to his own energetic and persevering efforts.
HOWARD W. HOLMAN.
Mr. Howard W. Holman, whose excellent farm of sixty- two acres is situated in Sterling township, near Mt. Orab, Brown county, Ohio, was born in Sterling township, February I, 1869, a son of Francis and Amy A. (Mount) Holman.
Mr. Holman was reared and educated in Sterling township, Brown county, and his early training along the lines of agri- culture led him to choose that occupation as a life vocation.
In the spring of 1900 Mr. Howard W. Holman married Miss Lottie Mount, who was born in Highland county, Ohio, No- vember 14. 1878. a daughter of William and Mary (Young) Mount, the former of whom was born in Warren county, Ohio. on 1840, and died April 26, 1910. Mary ( Young) Mount died in the early 1880's in her thirty-ninth year. She was the mother of six children, three of whom are now living: Lottie,
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Mrs. Holman; Neely resides on the home farm in Green town- ship; and Leonard is in the employ of the street railway com- pany at Cincinnati. Those deceased were: Gilbert, Lizzie and Walter, the brothers having passed away in childhood.
Mrs. Holman was reared and educated in Green township, Brown county, Ohio, from the age of eighteen months. She and Mr. Holman are the parents of four children : Bertha May died on May 6, 1907, at the age of six years; Effie, born Octo- ber 26, 1902; Clarence M., born April 28, 1907; and Wilbur William, born August 26, 1910 ..
In politics, Mr. Holman is an advocate of the principles of the Democratic party, and socially he holds membership with the Knights of Pythias at Williamsburg.
Religiously, Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Holman are earnest members of the Christian church and are liberal supporters of that denomination. Mr. Holman is widely and favorably known in Brown county as an enterprising and energetic farmer and stockraiser.
ERNEST L. HOLMAN.
Mr. Ernest L. Holman, who is engaged in general farming and stockraising, giving especial attention to the raising of sheep, cattle and hogs, is a highly esteemed resident of Sterling township, Brown county, and owns and operates the old home farm of his father, Francis Holman. Ernest L. Holman was born in Brown county, December 28, 1866, and his parents were Francis and Amy A. (Mount) Holman.
Francis Holman was born in New Jersey, near Trenton, in 1799, and passed from this life in 1884. In the early 1820's he accompanied his brother, James B. Holman, whose sketch appears in these volumes, to Clermont county, locating near Williamburg. About 1868, Mr. Holman secured a farm of one hundred and seventy-seven acres in Brown county and engaged in the occupation of farming. He also had a farm near Delapalma and at one time owned the farm now the prop- erty of Mr. E. S. Moorhead. He was three times married and was the father of some thirteen or fourteen children, Ernest I. being one of the three of the last union.
Amy Mount was born near Batavia, Clermont county, in 1834, and departed this life January 4, 1912. She was a daugh- ter of Nancy (Duckwall) Mount, who died in the winter of
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1912, in her ninety-eighth year. Amy Mount married, first, Mr. Ranson, who died and she became the third wife of Mr. Francis Holman. They reared three sons: Francis A., who was born July 24, 1865, is a farmer of Sterling township and mar- ried Lucinda Simpkins, and they have three children, Mabel married Charles Rounds, Earl and Hattie, the latter twins, at home; Ernest L., the subject of this mention, and Howard W.,'a sketch of whom appears elsewhere on these pages.
Ernest L. Holman married Miss Stella McAfee, who was born in Clermont county, Ohio, a daughter of David and Mary (Brown) McAfee. He has been a resident of Brown county all his life and has been engaged thus far in the occupation of farming, with a gratifying degree of success. His upright life and honorable conduct have won for him the esteem and regard of his fellow citizens.
CLARENCE G. LONG.
Mr. Clarence G. Long, a prosperous farmer and successful stockraiser of Sterling township, Brown county, is a repre- sentative of a family who for four generations have been prominent in the affairs and enterprises of this section of Ohio. The birth of Mr. Long occurred near Eastwood, Sterl- ing township, November 10, 1868, and is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Widmeyer) Long.
Thomas Long was born opposite the present home of Mr. Clarence Long, of this review, in the year 1845, and has lived in Sterling township all his life thus far, and is by occupation a blacksmith, being considered the best horseshoer in this sec- tion. He is still active in business and resides near Eastwood. He has always taken an active interest in politics and is in favor of all measures that tend to the advancement of the public. He is a member of the Masonic order, Harmony Lodge No. 435, Mt. Orab. He is a son of Joseph R. Long.
Joseph R. Long was born at Clover, Clermont county, Ohio, in 1821, and died in Brown county, in 1906. He was a black- smith by trade, in connection with which he operated a pro- ductive farm. He was also a local Methodist minister of the early days. He was a son of Thomas Jefferson Long.
Thomas Jefferson Long came to Clermont county from Pennsylvania some time prior to 1800 and located at Rural.
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The trip was made in the usual way by flatboat down the Ohio river. In 1811 he was conducting a tavern at Williamsburg and a little later secured a farm which he operated and which was near Clover, where he died. After this event the widow and the family removed to near New Harmony, Brown county.
Elizabeth (Widmeyer) Long was born in 1846 and is an earnest and active member of the Methodist church. She is the mother of four children, whose names follow: Clarence G., our subject; Harriet, wife of Dr. Frank Lewis, a dentist of Quincy, Ohio. She married, first, Thomas Eggelston, by whom she had one child. The Egglestons were of Virginia and came to Brown county about war times ; Joseph R. resides with his parents; Dotte, wife of Thomas Taylor, a blacksmith, of near Eastwood.
Clarence G. Long was united in marriage to Miss Pearl G. Bindley, who was born at their present home, the ceremony having taken place on the 25th of December, 1889, at Newport, Ky. She is a daughter of H. J. and Anna (Collins) Bindley, both of whom are deceased.
Hiram J. Bindley was born in Pennsylvania, April 23, 1835, and died in March, 1909. When a young man Mr. Bindley learned the trade of machinist, which he followed until he came to Ohio, in 1859. In 1860 he married Annie S., daughter of Edward Collins, who was born in September, 1834, and to them were born four children: Ida, wife of Hugh Dyer, of Pittsburgh, in the United States mail service; Harry E., of Terre Haute, Ind .; Annie and Pearl, who is Mrs. Long. Mr. Bindley was extensively engaged in public works of Brown and Clermont counties, also counties adjoining these, for some seven years, in addition to attending his well kept farm on the Williamsburg and Mt. Orab pike, now the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Long. He was a son of Edward and Rebecca (Newly) Bindley, of English descent.
The grandfather of Mr. Hiram J. Bindley, who had settled in Pennsylvania, was loyal to the King of England, and on the opening of the war of 1812 returned to England with his family. As Edward was not yet of age he was also compelled to return with the others, but on the night before his twenty-first birth- day he packed up his belongings to return to America, locat- ing at Pittsburgh. Later his brothers followed him and became wealthy iron and steel operators. Edward Bindley remained in Pittsburg until about 1840, when he removed to Newport, Ky., engaging in milling and carpentering. In later life he
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removed to Loveland, Clermont county, Ohio, where he died, at the age of ninety-seven years.
John A. Bindley, a brother of Hiram J. Bindley, resides at Blanchester, Ohio, where he owns the Bindley block, including the hotel, bank and other business enterprises. Another brother, Edward Bindley, is a druggist of Terre Haute, Ind.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence G. Long have two daughters, Ida Mabel and Inez Rebecca.
Mr. Long is a practical farmer and is thoroughly conversant with all lines of this business. He is interested in other enter- prises also, and has stock in the First National Bank, of Wil- liamsburg, Ohio.
Mr. Long takes an active part in politics, being a member of the Republican party, and has served in the various local offices. He has also served on the school board.
Socially, Mr. Long has membership with the Clermont So- cial Lodge No. 29, Free and Accepted Masons.
Mrs. Long and the daughters are consistent members of the Methodist church; also active members of the Order of the Eastern Star.
SQUIRE WILLIAM HIGHT.
Squire William Hight is one of the prominent, self-made men of Brown county, Ohio, and is widely known in his locality both as an influential public official and as an hon- orable private citizen. For a period of twenty years, Mr. Hight has served as notary public and for eighteen years has filled the office of justice of the peace. Mr. William Hight owns a beautiful little farm of twenty-six acres on the Wil- liamsburg and Mt. Orab pike, in Sterling township, which is a part of a farm of seventy acres he formerly owned. The. birth of Squire William Hight occurred in Brown county, on the Clermont line, September 13, 1834, and his parents were Allison and Nancy (Trout) Hight.
Allison Hight was a native of New Jersey, his birth having taken place near Hightstown and Trenton, in 1798, and his death, in November. 1873, in Clermont county, Ohio, at the home of Squire William Hight, the subject of this mention. Allison Hight was a shoemaker and gunsmith and at the age of eighteen years came to Clermont county, where he resided for many years. He was a sincere Christian, although not a
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member of any denomination. His father was Nicholas Hight, who came to Clermont county about 1818, where he resided in Stonelick township until his death at the ripe old age of ninety years.
Nancy (Trout) Hight was born in Clermont county in 1789, a daughter of Morris Trout, a pioneer of Clermont, coming probably from Pennsylvania. Nancy (Trout) Hight passed from this life in 1837, leaving children as follows: Martha, married James Penn, a steam boat engineer, and they went West; John, who died at the age of twelve years; Isaiah and Peter, deceased; William, our subject, and James, who died in childhood.
William Hight grew to young manhood in Clermont county and attended the district schools, having rather limited advan- tages in education. He served an apprenticeship with Mr. Abner H. Nichols (great uncle of Lieutenant-Governor H. L. Nichols), who was a carpenter and cabinet maker. In those days, carpenters made sash and moldings and in this occupa- tion, he continued for a period of twenty-five years. He as- sisted in the building of many houses and barns in Clermont and Brown counties, and his activity was crowned with suc- cess.
In 1874, Squire Hight removed to a farm in Brown county and in 1882, became the owner of his present home in Sterling township, which he has remodeled and put in fine, modern condition. Since that time he has devoted more attention to the pursuits of agriculture.
In 1861, Mr. Hight was united in marriage to Miss Mary Ellen Davison, a sister of James Davidson, the spelling of which has been changed in later years by some members of the family. Mrs. Hight was born in Clermont county in 1840, and passed to her eternal reward in 1895. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Hight were born seven children, namely :
Allen E., at home, married Miss Rosa Reynolds, who died in 1888, at the age of twenty years, their two children having died in infancy.
William Henry died at the age of eleven months.
Arie Etta, married Abijah Bottles, and died leaving one child.
Miss Kate, of Middletown, Ohio.
Nannie, wife of D. E. Sroufe, of Middletown, Ohio.
Miss Rebecca, is at home and is her father's housekeeper.
Belle Minerva, died unmarried in 1903, aged thirty years.
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Emma, wife of Samuel Shannon, is the mother of five chil- dren.
Mr. William Hight entered the army of the Civil war in 1864, in Company K, Fifty-first Ohio volunteer infantry, and was later transferred to Company A, Fifty-first regiment. He was in active service at the front, entering the Hood cam- paign, at the battles of Franklin and Nashville. He was mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., June 29, 1865, and returned to his home, there to resume his business.
In politics, Mr. Hight has always voted the Democratic ticket,; and has served in the various local offices, including two terms as township trustee in Clermont county, beside two terms in the same office in Brown county.
Socially, Mr. Hight has membership with the Grand Army of the Republic Post, at Williamsburg, Ohio.
For over forty years, Mr. Hight has been an active and earnest member of the Methodist church of Salem, Ohio. His life is in accord with his profession of faith and his many friends and acquaintances honor and respect him. He is a steward of the church and has been sent as delegate and class leader since 1872.
JOHN C. DEENY.
Mr. John C. Deeny, whose splendid farm consisting of one hundred and forty-three well cultivated acres in Sterling town- ship, on the Chillicothe pike, in Brown county, Ohio, proves his efficiency as a farmer and has reached a position of im- portance among the prominent business men of the county. Mr. Deeny was born in Cincinnati, July 1, 1853, and is a son of Bernard and Ellen (McWilliams) Deeny.
Bernard Deeny was born in County Donegal, Ireland, and came to America in the '40s, as a young man, serving in the Mexican war under General Scott, and finally locating at .
Cincinnati, where he engaged as a mechanic, being employed in the iron mills in that city. He married there, about 1850, and in 1860 removed to Iowa, locating in Allamakee county. . where he and his wife departed this life.
Ellen (McWilliams) Deeny was also a native of Ireland, her birth occurring in County Derry, and before 1840, her par- ents sailed for America with their family. They resided at various points in Pennsylvania. and also in Ohio, before com-
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ing to Cincinnati. About 1842 or 1843, the family came to Brown county, securing a farm at Five Mile, in Sterling township.
John C. Deeny was reared in the home of his grandparents and attended the school at Georgetown, Ohio, and later he be- came a student of the normal school of Lebanon, Ohio. For several years after his education was finished, Mr. Deeny engaged in the profession of teaching in Brown ocunty. In 1886, he purchased his present home farm, known as the Major Ross place. The major formerly represented Brown county in the Ohio legislature.
Mr. Deeny has replaced the old brick home with a modern frame building, and has made many valued improvements on the farm, which had been neglected for some time.
Miss Mary Ann McWilliams, an aunt of Mr. Deeny's, re- sides with him and makes a most comfortable home.
In politics, Mr. Deeny is a Democrat, and served his party in the capacity of township clerk of Sterling township, for a term of four years, and for the past fourteen years has filled the office of treasurer of Sterling township.
In religious matters, Mr. Deeny embraces the faith of the Catholic church and has membership at Fayetteville, Ohio.
Mr. Deeny has a reputation for upright and honorable deal- ing, and is a first class farmer, understanding how to avail himself of modern methods in the cultivating of his land. In both public and private life, he is a gentleman of never failing courtesy.
EDWARD P. PATTON.
Mr. Edward P. Patton, one of the leading agriculturists and stock raisers of Green township, Brown county, owns a productive and well cultivated farm of one hundred and three acres on the Marathon pike. Mr. Patton has also another farm in the northern part of Green township. He was born in Sterling township. Brown county, Ohio, April 7, 1852, a son of Richard and Rebecca (Irwin) Patton.
James Patton. grandfather of Mr. E. P. Patton of this re- view, was the first of the name in Ohio and came from Penn- sylvania. He was a successful farmer and served in the War of 1812, receiving a pension for that service. He mar- ried Miss Margaret Klein, a native of Warren county, Ohio
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They located in Sterling township and reared a family of twelve children, three of whom are living: Mrs. Martha Myers, of Sterling township, and Mrs. Emily Lindsey, now of Cincinnati, and John Patton, of Green township. James Patton passed away August 21, 1888, at the age of ninety- four years.
Richard Patton, son of James and Margaret (Klein) Pat- . ton, was born in Warren county, Ohio, where he spent his boy- hood days, coming to Brown county with his parents as a young man. Richard was a cooper by trade in his early life, and in later years engaged in farming. His death took place in 1904.
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