History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio, from the earliest historical times down to the present, V. 2, Part 57

Author: Byron Williams
Publication date: 1913
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 925

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Mrs. Ireton was called to her last rest, October 20, 1904, . three months prior to the death of her son, and was buried in Bloom Rose cemetery.

Mr. Ireton chose for his second wife, Miss Maude E. Wise, the ceremony being celebrated on the 23d of June, 1906. She was born in Brown county, near Cedron, in 1877, and her parents were George F. and Mollie (Barber) Wise, the father being a native of Brown county, whose birth occurred near Cedron, in 1837, and whose death occurred in 1905. He was a farmer of Brown county, but made a specialty of no particu- lar line of agriculture, carrying on general farm. He was a son of Henry Wise, who reared a family of eleven children : Samuel, William, Ellen, Martha, John, Andrew, Lydia, Jane, Amanda and George F., the father of Mrs. Ireton, are all deceased ; Susan, deceased.

George F. Wise married Mary Jennings for his first wife and to this union were born two sons: Henry Edgar, who re- sides near Point Isabel, Ohio, and William E., who resides near Bethel, Ohio.

To his union with Mollie (Barber) Wise, who was born near Felicity, Ohio, in 1838, four children were born: . Frank W., whose record appears elsewhere in these volumes; Josie, de- ceased ; Raymond S., of near Batavia, Ohio, and Maude E., who is Mrs. Ireton, of this review.

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The grandfather of Mollie (Barber) Wise was a native of Ireland, and upon his arrival in America, settled in Boone county, Kentucky, where he raised a family of eight children : Robert, David, John, James, Mary Ann, and Martha, all de- ceased.

In the family of James Barber were eleven children: Zeno, . Harvey, Franklin, Elizabeth, Eliza Jane and Martha, all de- ceased; Mary Ann, the mother of Mrs. Ireton; Logan, of Fe- licity, Ohio, is a veteran of the Civil war, having enlisted from Ohio; Ella, deceased.

Mr. Ireton settled on his present farm when he was first married, eighty-seven acres of which he inherited from his father. Later, he added thirty-three acres in Brown county, making a fine farm of one hundred and twenty acres. As the years passed by, Mr. Ireton erected the home and new barns, and by constant attention to the farm interests, has made a home that is both pretty and comfortable.

Mr. Ireton was seriously injured in an explosion of an en- gine while shredding fodder at the home of Raymond Wise, on the Emily Mckeever farm near Williamsburg, November 26, 1910. The engineer, Will Pride, was killed, and Mr. Ireton almost fatally injured, while the barn and entire contents was burned. From this Mr. Ireton has never entirely recovered.

To the second marriage of Mr Ireton have been born two children, both born in Jackson township: Stella Marie, who was born May 30, 1907, and Raymond Frank, born September 7, 1910.

In politics, Mr. Ireton has always voted the Republican ticket, but is not a politician in the light of an office seeker. He has served, however, on the school board, and in 1900 was census enumerator.

In religious matters, both Mr. and Mrs. Ireton embrace the faith of the United Brethren church, and Mr. Ireton has filled the office of trustee and of steward. He is liberal in the sup- port of his chosen church and in all charitable enterprises.

Mr. Ireton is a genial, pleasant gentleman, a great reader, keeping well informed on all subjects of the day. Mrs. Ireton is an affable, hospitable lady and the family stand high in the community in which they live, and the life record of Mr. Ire- ton is one of uprightness of character, and exemplary conduct. The Ireton family are descendants of relatives of Oliver Crom- well. We take pleasure in reproducing a poem written by

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Mrs. Maude (Wise) Ireton for the campaign of 1908, which is said to have aided very materially to the success of the no license cause in Clermont county.

WHY VOTE?

Composed by Mrs. Maude (Wise) Ireton, Williamsburg, Ohio. .

Why 'gainst the liquor traffic vote When not one drop goes down your throat?

Why worry over child or friend

. Whose future you can't comprehend? Stop and think a moment men!

Listen! Consider! Think again ! King Alcohol sits on his throne In every land where man is known;

Placed there, not for the good he's wrought, Not for the battle he has fought, Not for the victories he has won, But for the evil he has done.

With tears as jewels in his crown; With blood is stained his costly gown;

His sceptor proudly he displays Bought by the drunkards in their graves.

His throne is built of dead men's bones; Each skull now represents the homes Of those he's crushed beneath his feet, Ah! What an army when they all meet !

Will he boast then of deeds he's wrought, When Christ will say, "I know ye not"?

There's fathers, sons and husbands dear, . Once true and good, pure and sincere, In this vast army marching on Where millions of others have surely gone.

Say brother, sisters shall we stand by Do not one thing but watch them die? Let's cast this foe from out our State; And save our boys, ere 'tis too late. Maybe your boy, no distant time Will sup his whiskey, beer and wine;

Will tread the path of sin and woe, And to a drunkard's grave will go. When I look at my innocent babe, so fair,

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With smiling lips and curly hair,

And know there are many, as innocent as she The wife of a drunkard has been, and will be,

I pray to my God to forbid that her life Should meet such a fate, as a sad drunkard's wife. Let's then as fathers, mothers, all, Release ourselves from liquor's thrall, And teach our children the disgrace, Of such an awful cursed place, As the saloon, which leads to hell, And paves the path, yes, paves it well

With bleeding hearts and tears and moans, And robs our purse and robs our homes. Now there's one way, and only one, That this great work can e'er be done; That is to join our hearts and hands And vote this curse from out our lands.

"We'll sink or swim! We'll live or die !"

Hurrah! Old Clermont's going dry.

GUSTAVUS A. FRAZIER.

Gustavus A. Frazier, whose life exemplified all the traits of the good and, therefore, truly great citizen, and whose activities made him one of the representative and honored men of the day in Clermont county, Ohio, was senior mem- ber of the law firm of Frazier & Hicks, of Batavia, conduct- ing a general law practice. He was born in Cincinnati, April 2, 1839, a son of Flavius Josephus and Susanna (Plank) Fra- zier, both of whom were of old families in Clermont county. His death occurred at Batavia, Ohio, September 3, 1912.

Flavius Josephus Frazier was born in Clermont county, in 1817, and became a merchant at Point Isabel. In 1838 he married Miss Susanna Plank, a daughter of a pioneer who came to Clermont county from Illinois. She was one of eleven children and lived to the advanced age of nearly eigthy- six years, passing from this life in 1908. She left three sis- ters, who died within a period of four months after her decease. She was widely known and respected, being an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Flavius Josephus was a soldier of the Mexican war and was a son of John Frazier,

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who was a veteran of the War of 1812 and came to Clermont county before the war, from Maryland. He was of Scotch descent, belonging to the Scottish clan of Frazier. In re- ligious views he held the Methodist belief and followed the occupation of farming. He died leaving three sons :

Flavius Josephus, the father of the subject of this review.

Adolphus.

Alonzo, who served in the Mexican war.

The widow of John Frazier married a second time, a Mr. Brush, and one son of that union, Gen. J. L .. Brush, was lieu- tenant-governor of Colorado.

Gustavus A. Frazier was the eldest of seven children, of whom three are still living :

Mrs. Kate Rice, who is the widow of George Rice, resides at Chilo, Ohio.

Mr. W. W. Waterfield is the widow of a prominent tobacco and general merchant of Clermont county.

Joseph, who is a Civil war veteran, and is now at the Soldiers' Home at Dayton, Ohio.

Isaac and Sylvester Jefferson, deceased, also were soldiers in the Civil war.

Gustavus A. Frazier was reared from an infant in Cler- mont county, and after the usual preliminary education he read law under P. H. Hastings, of Felicity, Ohio, also attend- ing Carter's Academy at Felicity. He taught school for eight years and was admitted to the bar on the same day as the late P. J. Nichols.

On January 1, 1880, Mr. Frazier moved from Felicity to Batavia, where he formed a partnership with ex-Senator W. F. Roudebush, which continued for eight years. In 1888 the present firm of Frazier & Hicks was formed.

Mr. Frazier was married first to Miss Georgia Ann Good- win, at Felicity. She died in 1881, leaving one son, Charles E., whose birth occurred January 20, 1862 ... He resides at Cincinnati, where he is buyer in one of the departments of H. & S. Poogue Company. He married Miss Catherine Mc- Guire, of Cincinnati. They are the parents of one daughter, Marian, eight years of age.

The second marriage of Mr. Frazier was to Anna R. Stiles, who was the widow of John W. Stiles, formerly clerk of the courts of Clermont county. She was a daughter of John W. White, a pioneer resident of the county. Mrs. Frazier died, July 5. 1911, at the age of sixty-eight years. Of her first mar-

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riage Mrs. Frazier was the mother of one son, John W. Stiles, now of Cleveland, Ohio, who is manager of the Keasby & Mat- tison Company, extensive manufacturers. Of the second union Mrs. Frazier was the mother of one child, Alpha F., who is the wife of Attorney Eli H. Speidel, mentioned elsewhere in this work.

Mr. Frazier voted the Republican ticket until the time of Tilden and was afterward a Democrat. He was a member of the Masonic order, Blue Lodge at Batavia, and was a mem- ber of the official board of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he had been an active member for many years. His intellectual attainments, his broad and generous sympathies, and his liberality won the deepest feelings of regard from all who came within the circle of his influence. His thorough conception of duty to his constituents, his party and the pub- lic, with his generous readiness to fulfill, together with his upright and honorable bearing in all the situations a public man is forced to face, gives to Mr. Frazier a record that re- flects lustre upon his party, home and name.

DR. FRANK C. CURRY.

The medical profession calls for greater sacrifice of personal comfort, greater knowledge and skill and greater tenderness, combined with firmness, than any other. The physician is the confidential friend and adviser as well as the medical director to his patients, and has, therefore, a sacred calling.

One of the most successful men in the medical profession of Clermont county, Ohio, is Dr. Frank C. Curry, physician and surgeon, whose office is in the Citizens National Bank building at Milford, Ohio, and who has been a practicing phy- sician in Milford for the past thirty years.

Dr. Curry was born on a farm near Batavia, Ohio, March 24, 1858, his parents being James P. and Augusta (Lanham) Curry. He received the educational advantages of the school at Olive Branch, following which he entered the high school at Felicity, when Judge Parrott was instructor. In the mean- time Batavia had established a high school course and he be- came a pupil in the first year, with Austin Wood as super- intendent. After spending two years in the Batavia High

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School he became a student in the Ohio Wesleyan University, where he took a scientific course, preparatory to the study of medicine. When he had finished at the university he entered the office of Dr. J. C. Kennedy, who had advised him to study medincine. He spent two years with Dr. Kennedy reading medicine with him and studying preparatory to entering the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, from which he graduated in 1881.

Dr. Curry began his career at Milford in 1881 with sixty dollars as capital, which his father gave him, with the instruc- tions to "make or break." During the first year Dr. Curry was successful to a marked degree, but, being young, spent his money as soon as it came in. At the end of the year he again called on his father for funds, but was refused.

On January 31, 1893, Dr. Curry was united in marriage to Miss Frances Stuntz, of Terrace Park, whose father was pro- fessor of chemistry in the Woodward High School, of Cincin- nati, of which she is a graduate. At the time of her marriage Mrs. Curry was a teacher in the schools at Hartwell, Ohio.

In the family of Dr. F. C. Curry are four children :

Chauncey J., a graduate of the Milford High School, is at present a student at the University of Cincinnati, taking the co-operative course ; Frances Dorothy, Frank Albert and Mary Eliza.

Mrs. Curry's parents were C. R. and Eliza (Houk) Stuntz, of Milford.

Dr. Curry is a Democrat in politics, but not a politician. In his busy life he has found time to serve on the board of edu- cation as treasurer, also serving for two years as committee on blind relief, under charge of the State Board of Charities. He has been appointed to the board of health, filling the ap- pointment for several years.

Fraternally, Dr. Curry is a member of the Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows and is past grand, past chancellor in the Knights of Pythias lodge. He holds membership in the Cler- mont County Medical Association, having been its president for the past four years. On several occasions Dr. Curry has prepared and read papers before the society, one of which had for its subject the important one of tuberculosis and was pub- lished in the "Cincinnati Lancet and Clinic." He is a member of the Miami Valley Medical Society and the Ohio State Med- ical Association.

Dr. and Mrs. Curry are devoted members of the Methodist

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church, as are all of the family. In his practice he has made a creditable name for himself, adhering closely to a high stand- ard of professional ethics, and conducting his business along scientific lines, which has resulted in successful accomplish- ment.

JOHN L. FOMORIN, M. D.

Dr. John L. Fomorin is one of the best known physicians in Clermont county and belongs to one of the older families of the region. He was born near Owensville, Clermont county, November 28, 1855, son of Bertrand B. and Magdeline (Cline) Fomorin, natives of France, the father born in the city of Nantz. The father was born in 1800 and died in 1882, and the mother was born in 1816 and died February 3, 1900, and both are buried at Owensville. Magdeline Cline came to America, about 1830, and her parents located in Clermont county. Bertrand B. Fomorin served fourteen years in the French army and came to America about 1837. He learned the trade of locksmith in early youth, but later was employed as superintendent of a turnpike, spent one season as overseer of a plantation near New Orleans, and then entered the em- ploy of the Perrin distillery in Clermont county. He began with a modest salary and an unimportant position, but worked his way up by industry and ambition, and in fourteen years held a post of considerable responsibility. He gave this work up, however, to engage in farming in Stonelick township, in which he was fairly successful. He and his wife had eight children, all born in Clermont county: Margaret, deceased, was the wife of George Feller; Francis, of Owensville; An- thony, deceased; Elizabeth lives on the home farm; Annie and her husband, B. H. Maxwell, live in Jackson township; Dr. John L., Marathon, Jackson township; Frederick, on the home form near Owensville; Ella, wife of B. C. Turner, of Perintown. Francis Fomorin took part in the one hundred days' service during the Civil war, taking part in several skirmishes. The parents were members of the Catholic church and were highly respected and useful members of their com- munity. They reared their children to useful manhood and womanhood and made many friends.

Dr. Fomorin attended the local schools and later attended the Ohio Medical College, of Cincinnati. He began the prac-

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tice of his profession in Marathon, in 1888, and since that time has built up a large practice. He stands high in medical cir- cles and is a skilled surgeon as well. He is almost entirely self-educated, for he began life on his own account as a poor youth, taking every opportunity to make an honest livelihood and add to the money which was to take him through his col- lege course. He is a man of liberal ideas, makes friends easily, and is able to hold the regard and affetcion of those with whom he is associated. He has a right to be proud of what he has achieved, and throughout his career has always kept sight of the excellent training he received in his childhood, living in a manner that is a credit to his family and parentage, as well as to his own good principles. There have been five physicians in his family, and his uncle, Dr. J. B. Cline, served as surgeon throughout the Civil war, from Ohio. Dr. Fomorin owns some fifty-two acres of land in Jackson township and a house in Marathon. The house contains a commodious and convenient office, with fixtures for a good drug department. Dr. Fomorin is a Democrat in politics and in all his life has been much in- terested in local affairs. He lives as befits a Christian gentle- man and labors in the interests of his fellow men.

In 1889, Dr. Fomorin was united in marriage with Miss Lil- lie Blanche Hartman, born in Marathon, in 1871, daughter of W. H. and Albina (Roudebush) Hartman. Dr. Fomorin and wife have two children, both born in Marathon, Bertrand H., born in 1893, and a graduate of the Milford High School, and William F., born January 31, 1899, attends school at Marathon.

DANA A. SMALLEY.

Mr. Dana A. Smalley is well known in Clermont county, in connection, formerly with his activities along educational lines and latterly along the lines of agriculture and the insur- ance business. Since 1911, when Mr. Smalley erected a com- fortable home on Cleveland avenue at Milford, Ohio, he has devoted his attention almost entirely to the insurance business. representing the Home Insurance Company of New York, the New York Underwriters and the Queen Insurance Company, with offices over the Citizens' Bank, and his evident success is the result of his untiring effort.

The birth of Dana A. Smalley occurred on a farm near Har-

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veysburg, Clinton county, Ohio, a son of Samuel O. and Anna F. (Finch) Smalley, and is the oldest of a family of six chil- dren, the others being named as follows :

Sarah C., who married Thomas Morris, resides in Guthrie, Okla., and has one child.

James P. is a resident of McPherson, Kan., and has one son.

Thomas E., of Williams Corners, Stonelick township, has one son.

Judson S. is a resident of Wichita, Kan.

When Mr. Smalley of this mention was about fourteen years of age his parents moved to a farm near Blanchester, Clinton county, where they remained until he was about eighteen years " old. They then became residents of Williams Corner, Stone- lick township, Clermont county. Mr. Smalley acquired an ed- ucation in the schools of Clinton county. which enabled him to secure a teacher's certificate, and he was in Wilmington, Ohio, for the purpose of being examined the day Fort Sumter was fired upon. He engaged in teaching for two years when, al- though not physically able for the hardships of military ser- vice, he enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Seventy- fifth regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry. He was not accepted for service, but remained with the company at Camp Denni- son for three months, after which he returned to his profes- sion of teaching and for a period of twenty-five years taught in the schools of Warren, Hamilton and Clermont counties.

On August 20, 1872, Dana A. Smalley was united in mar- riage to Miss Maggie D. Gatch, the ceremony being per- formed in Miami township, the place of her birth, her par- ents being Andrew and Lucy (Leming) Gatch, the former of whom was a son of Conduce Gatch, who was a son of the Rev. Philip Gatch, a mention of whom is made on another page of this work. Dana A. and Maggie D. (Gatch) Smalley and their descendants have verified genealogical records showing May- flower descent from Miles Standish, John Alden, William Nolines, Edward Dotin, Francis Cook-two lines-and Hu- guenot descent from his wife, Hester, the Wallron-and de- scent from Henry Walbridge, sergeant in the Revolution, thus showing eligibility to membership in the Colonial Dames, Huguenot Society and the Daughters of the American Rev- olution. One child has blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Smalley :

Stella M., who was born in Pleasant Hill, Miami township, Clermont county, Ohio. After completing the country schools

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she was graduated from the Milford High School. Her mother passed away when she was an infant and since she has been old enough she has been her father's housekeeper.

From 1868 to 1870 Mr. Smalley was employed as bookkeeper for a grocery firm at Cambridge City, after which he spent one spring in a commission house at Cincinnati, returning to Clermont county, where he taught school at Mt. Repose, Mulberry, Terrace Park and Milford. In 1888, Mr. Smalley gave up his profession to take up the occupation of farming, purchasing a portion of the old Gatch farm, where he con- tinued until taking up his residence in Milford. Some time prior to his removal from the farm Mr. Smalley had given considerable attention to the business of insurance, which he has followed continuously since his coming to Milford.

Mr. Smalley gives his political support to the Republican party and served his party as township clerk for two years.

Although reared in the faith of the Baptist church, Mr. Smalley has embraced the faith of the Methodist church, and for several years filled the office of superintendent of the Sunday school at the old Gatch chapel.

During his stay at Cambridge City, Ind., Mr. Smalley joined the Knights of Pythias and has since been transferred to the Milford lodge, in which he has filled all the chairs, being at present the chancellor commander, representing his lodge at Canton, in the year 1912.

In all matters of citizenship Mr. Smalley is interested, and his co-operation has been given to many measures for the public good. Whatever he undertakes he carries forward to a successful completion and deserves much credit for what he has accomplished in a business way.

DR. HARRY FOREST ANSHUTZ.

Dr. H. F. Anshutz, deceased, was known throughout Cler- mont county as an able professional man of experience, ri- pened by years of practice in his profession, and the result of this experience was ample proof of the esteem and confidence in which he was held in the community. Dr. Anshutz was a resident of Loveland for twenty-seven years and was one of the leading dentists in the county. He was born at Mont- gomery, Ohio, August 25, 1855. and his demise occurred March

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15, 1911. The parents of Dr. Anshutz were Dr. A. D. and Nancy E. (Applegate) Anshutz.

After receiving the preliminary education of the public schools Harry F. Anshutz attended the Ohio College of Den- tal Surgery, graduating February 28, 1882, and the following year located at Loveland, where he practiced dentistry until his decease.

The marriage of Dr. Anshutz to Miss Mary A. (Roberts) Hanna occurred December 22, 1897, in Miami township, Cler- mont county, Ohio. Her birth took place at Clarksville, Tenn. She is a daughter of Adolph and Martha (Waller) Roberts. The former died when she was small and her mother moved to Cincinnati. Her studies were pursued in the schools of Cincinnati and at home with a. private tutor. At the age of fifteen years she was married to Elliston Hanna, who was in business at Remington, where they resided until the death of Mr. Hanna, November 19, 1895.

In politics, Dr. Anshutz was an advocate of the principles of the Republican party and was serving as a member of the city council at the time of his death. He was fire chief of Loveland for six years. In fraternal circles he was widely known, having membership in the order of the Free and Ac- cepted Masons, of the Knights of Pythias and of the Modern Woodmen of America. In religious matters he evidenced his faith by membership in the Presbyterian church, in the work of which he always took an active part. He possessed strong mentality, marked individuality and force of character, and be- came widely known. He was a gentleman of unquestioned honor and warm impulses, fearless in defending every cause he believed to be right.

Mrs. Anshutz owned considerable property left her by her first husband, and after her marriage to Dr. Anshutz they purchased property, which they remodeled, making the Broad- way Hotel. The present residence of Mrs. Anshutz was pur- chased and improved by Dr. Anshutz for her, and she also has a beautiful home consisting of twenty-one acres on Love- land Heights. Mrs. Anshutz is known as the best business woman in Loveland and looks after her property and business herself. She has much ability and what she has accomplished in life by her moral and upright life cannot be measured in words.

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History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio, from the earliest historical times down to the present, V. 2, Part 57

Author: Byron Williams Publication date: 1913 Publisher: Number of Pages: 925

Author: Byron Williams
Publication date: 1913
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 925