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The paternal grandparents were both probably born near Aberdeen, Ohio, as the family were early settlers there. They were of German descent. Mr. Bowman was a farmer.
Auron Bowman was married on November 12, 1992, to Miss Jennie Lteurance, who was born in Green township, Clinton county, Ohio, and is a daughter of William Henry and Rachel Anna (Pond) Lieurance. Mrs. Bowman died on March 3, 1908, leaving one son, W. Ernest, born on August 29, 1893. who now lives in Cincinnati, where he works as a barber.
FRANK WILLIAM ANTRAM.
Frank W. Antram is one of the prominent farmers of Union township, Clinton county. Ohio, who has lived a quiet, honorable life, and is well known and well respected in I'nion township and Clinton county.
Frank W. Antram was born at Antram Corners, In Union township. January 10. 1858, the son of John M. and Catherine (Babb) Antram, the former of whom was born in Clinton county, one mile west of Wilmington, June 19, 1825, and the latter, born on a farm in Union township where her son, Frank W., now lives, July 21. 1827, and who died, June 24, 1898.
John M. Antram, with the exception of six years spent in Warren county, has resided in Clinton county all his life, and is still living at the age of ninety years. He is the son of Hiram and Sarah (Whitson) Antram, of Irish descent, the former of whom was a native of Frederick county, Virginia, and the latter of Center county, Pennsylvania. They were married in Clinton county, where both settled 'at an early day. Hiram Antram was a farmer, but kept a hotel and store at Harveysburg, In Warren county; for many years. He was born on January 29, 1790, and died in April, 1866. His wife was born in 1800, and died in 1872. The Antram and the Whitson families came to Clinton county, Ohio. in 1917. The latter had settled in Madison one year previously. Hirm Antram was the son of John and Ann ( Hackney) Antram, who also spent a part of their lives in Clinton county. Sarah (Whitson) Antram was the daughter of John Whitson, who married a Miss Moore. The Antram family has been connected with the Friends church for several generations. Hiram Antram owned a farm of two hundred and thirty-six acres one mile west of Wilmington. Hle and his wife had nine children, of whom five are deceased : James W. is living at Monticello, Missouri, at the age of rinety-two; John M., the father of Frank W., Is living with his son at the age of ninety ; Calvin H. Is living in Callfornia at the age of eighty-eight; Priscilla married Frank Larzelere. The deceased children are Emily, Amanda, Joseph. Maria and Mary. Emily flied in childhood; Amanda Louisa died in infancy ; Joseph died in 1912, in Warren county : Maria, who is deceased, was the wife of Alfred Haines; Mary died at the age of twenty.
On the maternal side of Mr. Antram's family, his mother, who before her marriage was Catherine Babb. was the daughter of Azel and Hannah ( Hollingsworth) Babb, both of whom enme from Center county, Pennsylvania, and in 1817 settled south of Wilm- ington, in I'nion township. They were strict Quakers and good farmers and died at advanced ages, Azel Rabb was the son of Henry, who was the founder of the family in Ohlo. In 1806 he came from Frederick county, Virginia, and settled about a mile and one-half north of the court house at Wilmington. His wife's father. Mordecai Walker, early in 1805 purchased one thousand acres of land of Thomas Posey, the owner of a survey on which Wilmington was laid out, and divided the same into four equal parts and gave ench of bis four children, two sons and two daughters, one of these parts. Elizabeth Babb, the wife of Henry Babb, received her portion in the northeast corner of
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the one-thousand-acre tract, including the land upon which Mr. Rabb settled. At the firat election of county officers Henry Babb was elected county commissioner and served two years. He and his wife had five sons and six daughters. The sons were Petert Thomas, Henry, Azel and Samson. The daughters were Mary, who married Thomas Babb; Rebecca, who married William Crumley; Rachel, who married Jobn Walters; Hannah, who married Joseph Smith; Lydia, who married a Mr. Smith, and Betsy, who married a Mr. Wall.
John M. Antram grew up on his father's farm and was married, in 1851, to Cath- erine Babb. Subsequently he purchased seventy-seven and three-quarter acres of land and added to that tract until he owned one hundred and forty acres at what is now known as Antram's Corner. He lived there for thirty-seven years, until 1888, when he retired and removed to Wilmington. He lived in Wilmington until 1903, but now lives with his son. Frank William, and at the home of his other son, Arthur D. (deceased). at Antram's Corner. He served as trustee of Union township for four years and is a "dyed-in-the-wool" Republican. In 1870 the Antram family all joined the Friends church, and be formerly was an elder in the church. He bought and sold stock extensively at Antram's Corner, and for several years kept a tavern. There were two children born to his marriage: Arthur D., who was born on March 7, 1855, and who died on August 10. 1011: Frank William, the subject of this sketch.
Frank William Antram attended the public schools of Union township, and later Wilmington College. After his marriage he moved to farm near Gurneyville, Ohio, and lived there from 1879 to 1881. Later he lived in Greene county for three years, and then returned to the old farm, where he lived until 1000. In 1900 he purchased one hundred and ten acres of the Probasco farm of Wilmington, Ohio, and has improved the place. He was engaged in the dairy business for six years, and now owns a very fertile and well-equipped farm.
On October 15, 1879. Frank William Antram was married to Florence Belle Saville, who was born on July 1. 1862, six miles south of Xenia. in Greene county. She is the daughter of Joseph and Hannah ( Ketteman) Saville, both of whom are deceased. They were natives of Virginia who came to Greene county when young people, and engaged in farming. He was a Republican, and a member of the German Reformed church. They had six children who grew to maturity. To Mr. and Mrs. Frank William Antram have been boru two children: Carrie Ethel, who was born on February 2, 1881, was married on April 24, 1903. to Clarence L. Haworth, who died on April 24, 1905; Ada, January 21. 1899, married C. Herbert Green, and they live in Dayton, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Autram are members of the Friends church and influential in the congregation at Wilmington. Mr. Antram is an uncompromising Republican.
EDWIN F. MCKAY.
Three grandsons of Francis and Mary (Collett) Mckay are represented in this vol- one. They are Welden N., Clarence H. and Falwin F., the subject of this sketeb. The family has been a prominent one in Clinton county history and was established here by the father of Francis Mckay, Moses MeKay, who was the son of Andrew, who, In turn, was the son of Robert. The representatives of the present generation of the family in Clinton county are not only successful men in the various vocations to which they have turned their attention, but they are among the leading citizens of this county.
Eilwin F. Mckay was born on March 7. 1873, on the farm where he now lives in Chester township, the son of Moses C. and Sarah (Bales) Mckay, the former of whom was born on the old Mckay homestend in Chester township. September 10, 1832,, and the latter was the daughter of Silas and Elizabeth ( Smith) Bales. Sarah Bales had been previously married to a Mr. Marshall. She was the second wife of Moses C. Mckay. Hle was educated in the common schools of Chester township and, by occupation, was a
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farmer and surveyor. He owned about two hundred and forty acres of land at the time of his death. On October 3, 1855, Moses C. Mckay married Matilda Ferguson, the daugh- ter of Edward and Ann Ferguson, who was born on August 26, 1838. To this union there were born three children: Emma, who married Charles Jessup; Anna, who is the wife of Mansfield Swindler ; and Charles A., who married, Susan Mallow. Mra. Matilda Mckay died on April 27, 1865, and after her death, Mr. Mckay married Sarah Bales, April 4, 1867. To this marriage there were born two children: William S., deceased, who mar- ried Mary Williamson; and Edwin F., the subject of this sketch, Moses Mckay was one of the trustees of the Methodist church, and as a Republican he was elected trustee of Chester township. He also served as land assessor in 1800, and as justice of the peace for several terms.
The remote ancestry of the Mckay fatuily goes back to Andrew Mckay, a native of Scotland and a sou of Robert Mckay. Andrew Mckay, some time prior to 1766, had married Jane Ridgeway and settled in Frederick county, Virginia. They had five chil- dren : Moses, Enos, Jacob. Margaret and Patience. Of these children, Moses was born on September 17, 1766, and at the age of twenty-seven, in 1706, married, according to the discipline of the Society of Friends, Abigal Shinn, a daughter of George and Rachel ( Wright) Shinn, who was born on May 3, 1776, in Stafford county, Virginia. They had thirteen children, as follow : Ruchel, born on January 19, 1794; Robert. December 17, 1795; Sarah, November 11, 1797; George, March 11. 1800; Francis. January 9, 1802; Margaret. January 16, 1804; Jonas, September 9, 1806; Virginia, August 22, 1808; Maria, May 23, 1811; Jonas T., May 10, 1813; Levi D., February 20, 1816; Jacob F., June 3. 1819, and Mary E., July 27, 1822. About 1814 Moses MeKay and his wife and children emigrated from Virginia, via Pittsburgh and thence by flatboat to Cincinnati, and from there to Lebanon. Ohio, after stopping a short time. they left for Waynesville, purchas- ing a large tract of land east of the Little Miami river and a short distance west of Caesars creek in what is now known as Massie township, Warren county.
It was Francis MeKay, the fifth child born to Moses and Jane ( Ridgeway) Mckay, who is the grandfather of Clarence H., Welden N. and Edwin F. McKay, of Chester township. Francis Mckay was born in January, 1802, in Frederick county, Virginia, and was married on October 7, 1830 to Mary Collett, the daughter of Moses and Rebecca Collett, who was born on November 7, 1809. They had eleven children. seven of whom lived to maturity. In the spring of 1832, Francis Mckay settled in the northern portion of what is now Chester township. Clinton county. He had inherited several hundred acres of land, which was partially cleared, from his father, who died on January 28, 1828. He had also inherited land at the death of his mother, who died In July, 1828. Hle was a man of very Industrious habits, of sterling Integrity and unblemished character. He passed away on March 26. 1871. At the time of his death it was paid of him: "In his death. Clinton county lost, one of her most worthy and respected citizens. Not only is his presence missed by the loved ones of his own family. who mourn his Joss, but by the poor and needy to whom he ever extended a helping hand."
Edwin F. McKay began his education in the schools of Chester township and Inter. for two years, was a student at the National Normal University, at Lebanon. After finishing his education, he began farming In Chester township and now owns two hun- dred and eighteen acres, on which he carries on general farming and stock raising. In 1906 Mr. MeKay built a barn and the following year a house, where he now liveR.
On November 25. 1896. Edwin F. Mckay was married to Allie Ogleghee, who was horn on May 8, 1872, the daughter of Solomon and Sabina ( Middleton) Oglesbee .: . They are the parents of two children : ('leo, who was born on April 26. 1900; and Edna, April 28, 1904. and died on May 16, 1906, at the age of two years.
.. Mr. and Mrs. MeKay are members of the Methodist church. He is a Republican and is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees Edwin F. Mckay ja a young, intelli-
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gent and prosperous farmer, popular in the community where he lives and honored and respected, not only for what he himself has done, but for what the many worthy members of his family have accomplished in this county.
WILLIAM FRANKLIN THOMPSON.
One of the best-kept farms in Washington township, this county, is that owned and successfully operated by William Franklin Thompson, who has owned the farm and lived there since the spring of 1902, at which time he gave up bis profession of school tenching, to which he had been devoted for a period of ten years or more, to give his entire atten- tion to farming. Mr. Thompson has brought to his agricultural operations the most approved methods of modern agriculture and has been quite successful, his skill in renew- ing the fertility of his fields by the judicious culture of alfalfa and clover and his setentifie application of fertilizers and magnesia lime adapted to the quality of the soil of which his farm is composed having strongly recommended bis example to many of his neighbors.
William Franklin Thompson was born on a farm in the northern part of Fayette county, Ohio, on November 14, 1866, son of Joseph F. and Mahala ( Braketteld) Thompson, both of whom were born near the village of Greenfield, in the same county, the former a son of James Thompson, a Virginian, who came to Ohio in an early day in the settle- ment of Fayette county, where the rest of his life was spent, and the latter the daughter of pioneer parents.
Joseph S. Thompson was reared to the ways of the farm and upon reaching man- hood's estate became a farmer on his own account, his early holdings being gradually increased until he became the owner of a fine farm of two hundred and fifty acres in Fayette county. He was a good farmer. energetic and Industrious and by the time he had reached middle life had attained a competence, upon which be retired to the pleasant village of Sabina, in this county, where he spent his last days and where his widow still resides. Joseph S. Thompson and wife were the parents of eight children, all the sur- vivors of whom have done well in the various walks to which their life work has called them. Two of Joseph S. Thompson's brothers, Trusler and Cassius, were soldiers in the I'nion army during the Civil War and served valiantly in an Ohio regiment until the close of that dreadful struggle between the states.
William F. Thompson received his elementary education in the district schools of his neighborhood in Fayette county, supplementing the same by a course in the National Normal School at Lebanon. Ohio, following which he joined the ranks of Clinton county's excellent corps of teachers and for four years taught district schools north of Sabina : after which he joined the ranks of Fayette county's teachers and for six years was engaged with equal success in teaching in that county, in the meantime spending bis summers farming in the latter county. He thus acquired a practical knowledge of farm work and conceived a cordial liking for the fine freedom of the farm, and in the spring of 1902 bought his present farm of one hundred and eighty-three acres In Washington township, this county, on which he since has made his home and where he has prospered. ax properly becomes the Intelligent and industrious efforts he has put forth to bring his place to as high a state of cultivation an nny in the county. Mr. Thompson is Intensely Interested in the best development of the agricultural resources of Clinton county and for the past ten years has been diligent in his efforts to secure to the soil of this section proper and scientific fertilization, and. In pursuance of this landable ambition, hans heen the agent for the distribution of thousands of tons of excellent fertilizer throughout this section of the state. In his farming operations he has found the raising of hogs most profitable undertaking and for some time has made a specialty of this phase of agriculture. His farm has been brought up to a high state of cultivation and is regarded as a model thereabout.
On August 21, 1889, William F. Thompson was united in marriage to Clara MacPher-
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Hou, who was born in this county, daughter of Joseph and Caroline ( West ) Macl'herson. the former of whom was born on a farm near the village of Highland. just over the line in Highland county, on December 15, 1835, and died on July 7. 1889, and the latter of whom was born on a farm in the vicinity of Martinsville, in this county, the daughter of Peyton and Sarah (Hadley) West, the former a Virginian who came to this county with his parents In pioncer days, and the latter a daughter of James Hadley and wife, pioneers of the Martinsville neighborhood.
Joseph MacPherson was the son of John and Maria ( Bonsell ) MacPherson. Vir- ginians, who came with their parents to Ohio about the year 1810, the two families locating in the same neighborhood north of Highland, both becoming prominent and influential In that section, large farmers and substantial citizens, who did very much toward bringing about proper social and economic conditions in that now well-established and prosperous farming section. Joseph MacPherson received his elementary education hu the schools of his neighborhood and then entered Lebanon University, taking up the study of medicine with a view to becoming a physician. Before his studies were com- pleted, however. the falling health of his father compelled him to return home to take charge of the furm and he never returned to school. his life being spent on the farm, He and his family were members of the Friends church and for eighteen years or more he was an influential minister in that body, his sermons receiving a most attentive hearing.
On April 21. 1864. Joseph MacPherson was united in marriage to Caroline West, daughter of Peyton and Sarah (Hadley) West, and to this union eight children were born, Florence. Clara. Sarah. Everett, Mary. Miunie. Lowell and Raymond. Peyton West was the son of Owen and Elizabeth (Martin) West, natives of Pittsylvania county, Virginia, who erme to the territory now included in Clinton county about the year 1806, locating on the east fork of the Little Miami, in what is now Clark township. With them come a large family of children. Owen, William, James, Thomas, Peyton. Jobn. Nancy, Jane, Mary. Susan and Rebecca. The senior West was a surveyor, as also were his sons. Owen and Peyton, and et an early day did much of the surveying throughout this section of the state. The Wests were devout members of the Friends church and the Influence of this One, wholesome family was very strongly marked for good upon the early community life of this region. Peyton West was a skilled surveyor and followed that vocation, in connection with his extensive farming operations, most all his life and served for two terms. 1840-46, as surveyor of Clinton county. He also was agent for some of the original owners of land in this region and surveyed and sold their holdings for them. To Peyton West's union with Sarnh Hadley, daughter of James and Ann Hadley. there were born eleven children, namely : James H., Joseph H., William H .. Peyton M., Elisha B., Falith, Sarnh Ann, Esther Jane, Caroline, Jemimah H. and Hannah M., all of whom married and reared children. with the exception of the Inst named. who died in girl- hood. At an early day, Peyton West was engaged for two years in mercantile pursuits in Wilmington, but, with that exception, always resided on his farm in Clark township. where he died on August 22, 1868, his widow surviving him about eight re rs. her derth occurring on June 23, 1876. Their bodies were interred in the Odd Fellows cemetery in Clark township. Peyton West was a vigorous, forceful character and was reputed to have been one of the best farmers in Clinton county in his day. He owned a Irrge farm. was highly successful in his operation of the same and gave all his children a good stort in life.
To William F. rnd Ciera (MacPherson) Thompson four children have been born. Franklin. Everett. Mny and Ralph. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are birthright members of the Friends church. in the faith of which their children also have been repred, and they are among the lenders in the good works of that earnest communion in this county, ps well rs in rll good works in their community. they being warmly interested in all move- ments designed to advance the general welfare. Mr. Thompson is a Republican and ever
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has given close attention to the political affairs of the county, being an ardent advocate of good government. For some years he served the public very acceptably as trustee of Washington township. in which office his fine administrative ability was exerted very usefully in behalf of the common good. The Thompsons have a delightful home, being very pleasantly situated on their fine farm, and this home is the scene of much cordial hospitality, the family being held in the highest esteem throughout that entire region.
CHARLES E. TERRELL.
Charles E. Terrell filled a large place in the ranks of the enterprising and public- spirited farmers and citizens of his day and generation, and the memories which attach to his name and character form no Inconsiderable chapter in the history of the com- munity where he did his work and achieved his success as a farmer. He is entitled to honorable rank among the energetic and self-made men of Clinton county.
Charles E. Terrell, was born on January 4, 1866, and died on April 15. 1901. He was a son of Israel A. and Sidney ( Huff) Terrell, the former of whom was born in 1818, lu Highland county, Ohio, and died in 1906. and the latter, born in 1827, and died In 1902. Israel A. Terrell removed to Clinton county in 1848, and first located in Wayne township on a farm. At that time Wayne township was a wilderness and roads were not even laid out. During his life be cleared and drained about half of the eleven hun- dred acres of land which be owned. He paid the carpenter who built his house thirty- seven and one-half cents a day, and the hewers who assisted in its erection. twenty-five cents a day. At the time of his death he was vice-president of the New Vienna Bank. and a stockholder in the bank at Lessburg. He was a most energetic worker, and no man in his neighborhood could cradle more wheat lu the same length of time. Inter- ested in education he was one of one hundred men who guaranteed the support of Wilmington College. Six children were born to Israel and Sidney (Huff) Terrell, of whom Charles E. was the fifth in order of birth. The others were Allen 1 ... Sarah, William, Ann and James H.
The paternal grandparents of Charles E. Terrell were Pleasant and Esther ( Haines) Terrell, the former of whom was born in 1791, in Virginia, and who died in 1837, and the latter died in 1846. Pleasant Terrell came to Highland county, Oblo, from Virginia with his parents when a mere lad. They stopped a while in Cincinnati, where Plensant learned the brickmason's trade, at which occupation he worked during most of the remainder of his life. He owned the first saw-mill and grist-mill in Highland county. He passed away in 1854 or 18:5, after rearing a family of eight children; John, who was the first born; Israel, horn in 1818, and died in 1906; David, Mary, Narcissa, Ruth, and two others. The great-grandparents of Mr. Terrell were David and Mary (Anthony) Terrell, the former of whom was born near Lynchburg, Virginia, and who died in 1858. and the latter died in 1858. They came to Highland county, Ohio, in 1806, and located near Highland. David and Mary ( Anthony) Terrell were the parents of eight children : Pleasant, Christopher, David, Joseph, Mary, Judith, Sarah and Elizabeth. David Terrell served as justice of the peace of Fairfield township, for about a quarter of a century. lie was a great hunter in his day, and spent a large part of his time In the wilderness. The father of David Terrell was David Terrell, Sr., born in. 1698, who was married three times, first to Sarah Johnson, secondly to Sarah Clark, and thirdly to Martha Jobn- son. He reared a family of nine children. The father of David Terrell, Sr .. was David Terrell, the first, who was born in 1675. and who died in 1757. He and his wife reared a family of twelve children. He was a son of William Terrell, born In 1650, who had come to Amerien from England with bis brothers in 1670. Three brothers were sent to Virginia by King James the Second, as, explorers and hunters, and for their services were granted a large tract of land in Virginia.
Educated in the district schools, of Wayne township, Charles E. Terrell was also
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graduated from Wilmington College in 1888, and the same year graduated from the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, Chautauqua, New York, and later took several seals. He was a man of broad and liberal education. Because of his scholastic stand- ing, he was given a scholarship to Haverford College, where he received his Master's degree in 1890. Returning to the farm he lived here the remainder of his life and owned " farm of one hundred and ninety-Ave acres in Wayne township.
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