History of Clinton County, Ohio Its People, Industries, and Institutions, with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families, Part 137

Author: Albert J. Brown (A.M.)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1108


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Christopher C. Bernard, who was educated in the public schools of Green town- ship, began farming when a young man in Wayne township, and was engaged in farm- ing there until September, 1903, at which time he retired from the farm and moved


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to Sabina, where he bas lived ever since. He owns two hundred and seventy-Beven acres of land in Wayne township, and is considered one of the foremost farmers of that section of the county.


On December 19, 1804, Christopher C. Bernard was married to Edith Pierce, who was born on April 28, 1873, daughter of Hugh and Mary (MeKay) Pierce, and to this union has been born one child, Trimble Pierce, born on December 12, 1902.


Mr. and Mrs. Bernard are members of the Methodist Protestant church, and Mr. Bernard has served on the official board of the church. He has also served one term as trustee of Richland township and is a member of the Clinton county school board. He is also a member of the Sabina school board. Politically, be Is a Democrat. Fra- ternally, he belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America. Christopher C. Bernard is a man of splendid appearance and a man of far more than average intelligence. He is popular among his fellow townsmen because of his genial personal manners.


HENRY WARNOCK.


Among the well-known and successful farmers of Clinton county is Henry Warnock, a native of Ross county, Ohio, who was born on January 3, 1858. Mr. Warnock is a son of William and Ellen ( Free) Warnock, both natives of Ross county, the former of whom was born near South Salem, in 1817, and the latter, In 1819.


Mr. Warnock's paternal grandfather. Alexander Warnock, was a pioneer in Ross county and died in that county. His maternal grandfather, George Free, also was a pioneer of Ross county and died there. Both were farmers by occupation. Mr. Warnock's father, the late William Warnock, was a farmer, who, in the latter part of his life, moved to Fayette county. where he died in 1901. His wife died eleven years previously, in 1890. They were members of the Methodist church and William Warnock was a Republican. To William and Ellen ( Free) Warnock were born seven children, of whom Henry was the fifth in order of birth, the others being Lewis, George (who died at the age of sixteen), Edward, Alfred. Ellsworth and Mary (deceased).


Henry Warnock was born and reared on a farm in Ross county and educated in the public schools of that county. When he was twenty-two years old, he moved to Fayette county, where he remained twenty-seven years, at the end of which time he purchased one hundred and forty neres of land near Edgefield, where he lived for six years. In 1912 he came to Clinton county, purchasing one hundred acres of land in Green township, to which he added. by purchase, fifty acres in 1913. He now owns altogether one hundred and fifty acres and is engaged in general farming and stock raising. Mr. Warnock is a self-made man and the substantial competence with which he is now possessed is the fruit of his own efforts. Most of his money has been made out of the cattle business, since he has always been an extensive cattle feeder.


In November, 1853, Henry Warnock was married to Mary Bennett, a native of Ross county, Ohio, daughter of Levi Bennett, who died in a hospital at Nashville, Tennessee, while serving as a Union soldier. during the Civil War. To this union have been boru four children, namely : Lula. the wife of Henry Burr, of Greene county, Ohio, who has two children, Ivan and Marjorie; Verne, who is unmarried and lives on his father's farm; Walker, who also lives on his father's farm, married Iona Leach and has two children, Lavaun and June, and Hallie, who is the wife of Harry Vanors- dall, principal of the Port William high school.


Mr. and Mrs. Warnock are devoted members of the Methodist Protestant church and take an active interest in religious work. Politically, Mr. Warnock is identified with the Democratic party and takes a keen interest in the governmental affairs of the county. He is a substantial citizen of true worth and he and his family are held in high regard by all throughout the section of the county in which they live.


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FRANK BASHORE CARTWRIGHT.


Frank Bashore Cartwright, a successful farmer of Green township, this county, was born in that township, on October 15, 1884, the son of Willis and Elizabeth ( Bashore) Cartwright, the former a native of Highland county, and the latter born in Clinton county. They are the parents of three children, Bertha, Eva and Frank Basbore, and are now living retired in Wilmington, to which place they moved in 1907. Mr. Cartwright is a Republican in politics.


Frank Bashore Cartwright was reared on a farm near Antioch in Green town- ship and was educated in the public schools. He has always been engaged in farm- Ing and owns a farm of one hundred and thirty-five acres in Green township. He also rents one hundred acres of land near Antioch, besides the Amos Fisher farm of one bundred and thirty-five acres, Mr. Cartwright is a general farmer and stockman.


On October 18, 1906, Frank Bashore Cartwright was married to Elizabeth Fisher, who was born ou the farm where Mr. and Mrs. Cartwright now live. October 9, 1884. the daughter of Amos and Ruth (Terrell) Fisher, the former of whom was the son of John Fisher and the latter the daughter of John Terrell. Amos Fisher died on January 28, 1906, at his death having been the owner of about three hundred acres of land. Jobu and Hannah Fisher are both deceased, the latter dying in 1904. Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Cartwright are the parents of three children, Virginia Ruth, born on October 7, 1907; Vera lone, July 3, 1910, and Homer Russell, July 2. 1013.


A Republican in politics, Mr. Cartwright has served as a member of the school board. Fraternally, he is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America at New Vienna, Ohio.


JAMES LIEURANCE.


James Lieurance, who has a magnificent country home in Green township, this county, and who is descended from among the very earliest settlers in this section of Ohio, was born in Green township, September 2, 1868, a son of John and Elizabeth (Spenight) Lieurance, the former of whom. a native of Indiana, was born on April 11. 1826, and the latter, November 26, 1820.


The maternal grandparents of Mr. Lieurance were George and Polly Speaight, the former of whom came to Clinton county when a young man and here married and reared a family of eleven children, of whom four, Rachel, Henry, Sallie and Linda, are deceased. The living children are. Mary, John, Jane. Elizabeth, Thomas Wesley, Anna and James,


The late John Lieurance, the father of the subject of this review, was a farmer by occupation, and was the owner of two hundred and eighty-four acres of land, which he accummulated by dint of his own personal efforts. He was a Democrat, and he and his wife were members of the Baptist church. His death occurred April 2, 1001. Ills widow is still living in Green township.


James Lieurance was reared on his father's farm, receiving his education in the neighboring schools of Washington township. He is a farmer by occupation and owns one hundred and four acres of excellent land. In 1914 he built a beautiful country residence. Three years previously he had erected a large and commodious barn.


On February 9, 1858, James Lieurance was married to Imogene Hendee, a native of Green township, this county, born on December 28, 1866. a daughter of Charles and Elizabeth ( Boring) Hendee, natives of New York and Green township, this county, respectively, the former born on October 10, 1835. and the latter. on August 10, 1835. Charles Hendee died on December 20, 18$7, in Clinton county, and his widow is still living in Green township. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Lieurance were William and Anna (Post) Hendee, who came to Clinton county in a wagon from New York state in 1849, and here they spent the remainder of their lives. Of their six children,


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all except Louisa, the eldest, who is still living at the age of eighty-seven years, are deceased, the deceased children having been William, LeRoy, Charles, Andrus and Alonzo. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Lieurance were William and Sarah (Rix) Boring, early settlers in Clinton county, who spent their last days here. Her father, Charles Hendee, was a Democrat and both he and his wife were earnest and con- sistent members of the Christian church. They were the parents of six children, Leora. Anna Arminta, Glendora, Imogene, Sarah Cecelia and William, all of whom are living, with the exception of Anna Arminta and Sarah Cecelia.


To Mr. and Mrs. Lieurance one child has been born, Elza, born October 10, 1889, who was educated in the public schools of his home county and is a farmer by occu- patlon. He was married to Osa J. Naylor, of Green township, and to this union was born one child. Bernita, born on October 14, 1914. Mrs. Elza Lieurance died on December 11, 1914, and her husband now lives at the old home place with his parents.


James Lieurance votes the Democratic ticket, but has never been particularly active in political affairs, Mr. and Mrs. Lieurance are attendants of the Friends church, of which their son is a member, and the family is held in high regard through- out the entire community.


PAUL ALVA DANIEL


Paul Alva Daniel, now a well-known and successful farmer of Green township, this county, the owner of eighty-five acres of land, was born in Highland county, Ohio, February 29, 1868, the son of Joseph and Rachael (Tomlinson) Daniel, the former of whom was born in Virginia. December 29, 1834, and the latter. in Highland county. April 25, 1837.


The paternal grandparents of Mr. Daniel were William and Mary Daniel, pioneers in Highland county, the former having come to Ohio from the Old Dominion state, both of whom died In Obio. The maternal grandparents were Moses and Ruth (Smith) Tomlinson, both natives of Virginia and pioneers in Highland county, Ohlo, the former of whom was born on April 13, 1786, and the latter on October 10, 1798, who were married on January 2, 1833.


The Inte Joseph Daniel, father of Paul Alva, who was a Republican in politics and a member of the Friends church, died on December 4, 1894. By his marriage to Rachael Tomlinson he had four children, William, Edgar, Robert (deceased), and Paul Alva. The mother of these children died on September 17, 1877, and, after her death. her husband, Joseph, married Vanora Reveal, who bore him three children, Charles, Grace and Jay.


Renred on the farm and educated in the public schools of Greene county, Ohio, Paul Alva lived with his aunt. Lydia Tomlinson, and attended the Cedarville high school in Greene county. Mr. Daniel took up farming early in life, and in 1901, came to C'linton county, where he purchased eighty-five acres of land. He has made all of the Improvements upon his farm, and has had more than a flattering measure of success in stock raising.


On February 20, 1895. Paul A. Daniel was married to Olive Fenner, who was born in Meigs county, Oblo, October 28, 1874, the daughter of Milton and Cyanda (MeLaughlin) Fenner. the former of whom was born in Clinton county, Ohio. August 25. 1845, and the latter, In Meigs county. Ohlo. December 26. 1840. The paternal grandfather was James Fenner, a Virginian, who married Mary Fenner, a native of Highland county, Ohio, who settled in Clinton county, where their last days were spent. Mrs. Daniel's maternal grandparents were Elihu and Louisa ( Wine) Melaugh- lin, natives of Oblo and Kentucky respectively, early settlers in Meigs county, Ohio. where both died. Mrs. Daniel's father has lived with Mr. and Mrs. Daniel since his


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wife died, on January 12, 1910. He and his wife were the parents of five children, namely : Cynthia Ellen, wife of Dantel Frump; Olive, who is now Mrs. Daniel ; Howard, deceased; Ray aud Etbel, the latter of whom married William Gorham, of Greene county.


To Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Daniel have been born three children, Joseph Milton, who was born on May 1, 1897, and was educated in the public schools and Wilmington high school; Ivan Ray, October 15, 1899, also educated in the public schools and the Wilmington high school, and Clifton Arthur, December 12, 1007, who died on Feb- ruary 11, 1908.


Paul Alva Daniel votes the Republican ticket and is more or less active in the political affairs of Green township.


SENECA MURPHY.


Seneca Murphy, a farmer of Green township, this county, who for the past sixteen years has rented the Bosworth farm in that township, was born in that township on April 6. 1863, the son of David and Hannah (Dennis) Murphy, the former of whom was born in Berkeley county, Virginia, July 31, 1816, and the latter, in Clinton county, Ohio, September 1, 1831.


Mr. Murphy's paternal grandparents, Jacob and Mary (Lowman) Murphy, were both born in Virginia : the former on March 4, 1791, and the latter on November 9, 1793. They came to Clinton county in 1826 and settled west of Wilmington, later settling in Green township, on the farm where Isalub Murphy now lives, and where both died, Jacob Murphy on December 29, 1871, and his wife, January 26, 1873. Jacob Murphy and wife, who were married on April 20, 1813, in Virginia, were the parents of twelve children, namely : Rebecca J., born on August 1, 1814, who died on September 27, 1885; David, July 31. 1816, died on April 9, 1808; William, May 21, 1818, died on March 2, 1806; Susannah, May 21, 1820, died on October 9, 1906; John, March 20, 1822, died in infancy ; Catherine, September 12. 1823, died on June 8, 1885; Ephraim, March 5, 1825, died in infancy ; Nancy, May 12, 1827, died on October 28, 1863; Isuiab M., March 2, 1830, and Mary Aun, December 9, 1832. The parents of these children were members of the Christian church. Jacob Murphy voted the Democratic ticket. The maternal grandfather of Mr. Murphy was Richmond Deunis, mentioned elsewhere In this work.


David Murphy, futher of Seneca, was educated in the public schools of Clinton county, and became a farmer, owning one hundred and thirty-five acres of land in Green township. David and Hannah (Dennis) Murphy were the parents of four children, David A., Andrew (deceased), Seneca and Stephen D. By a previous mar- ringe to Isabel Smith, David Murphy had eight children, of whom four, Hester Aun, Rebecca, John A. and Benjamin F. are deceased, the living children being Hannah, Isaiah W., Henry M. and Charles W. David Murphy died on April 9. 1898, and his second wife on October 4, 1004. Politically, he was identified with the Democratic party. His wife was a member of the Christian church at New Antioch.


Born and reared on the farm and educated in the public schools, Seneca Murphy has been engaged in farming all his life. He is also interested In stock raising, and is considered one of the most successful stockmen of Green township.


On October 16, 1857. Seneca Murphy was married to Lizzie Vance, who was born in Washington township, this county, ou December 25, 1866, daughter of David and Elizabeth (Pyle) Vance. natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania, respectively. Elizabeth Pyle was the daughter of William and Polly ( Ewey) Pyle, who were pioneers of Clin- ton county, the former of whom died in the state of Illinois, and the latter in Clinton county. David Vance came to Clinton county from Virginia when a young man. After bis marriage he farmed in Washington township. He died In Nebraska in 1890. His


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wife had died many years previously, in January, 1867. They were the parents of eleven children, William. Alpheus, John P., Emery, (Frank, , David Clinton, Mary, Nettie, Ella. Addie and Lizzie.


To Seneca and Lizzie (Vance) Murphy two children have been born, David Clin- ton, born on April 2, 1892, who was educated in the public schools and is a farmer by occupation, married Maud Fife of Union township, and has one child, Seneca Max- well, and Charles Howard, July 20, 1902. Politically, Mr. Murphy is a Democrat. Mrs. Murphy is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.


ELI FISHER.


Those who faced the dangers and the hardships Incident to life on the battlefields of the Civil War those who bore the suffering and made the sacrifice for their coun- try's sake, especially deserve mention in these annals. The younger generation should never forget that to the veterans of the war between the states is due a debt of grati- tude which can never be repaid; since the prosperity. liberty and happiness which this nation now enjoys is the direct outcome of their labors and loyalty. Among the hon- ored veterans of the grent Civil War, who have answered the last roll call. the late Elf Fisher of Green township, this county, was one who gave three years of his life to the service of his country and then returned home and lived a life of usefulness and honor until his death on November 3, 1902.


The late Eli Fisher was born in Clinton county, Ohio, June 27, 1842, the son of Cephas and Jane ( Leech) Fisher, natives of Pennsylvania. His grandparents were James and Jane Fisher, also natives of Pennsylvania, who Immigrated to Tennessee soon after 1800 and about 1804 moved to Highland county, Ohio, settling near Monroe. where they spent the rest of their lives. Cephas Fisher had arrived at early manhood when his father's family moved to Tennessee. He was twice married, the first time probably in Tennessee to Rachel Stanbury, who died on May 5. 1844. They moved to Clinton county in 1837, after having lived temporarily in Highland county. To this first union were born eight children, among whom may be mentioned Rebecca. who married Isaac Atkinson, of Story county, Iowa; Cephas, Jr., who later moved to Henry county, Iowa; and Jobn, long a resident of Clinton county. Cephas Fisher married, secondly, Mrs. Jane Atkinson, whose maiden name was Leech, and to this union there was born one child, Eli, the subject of this sketch. Mrs Jane (Leech) Atkinson, by her first husband, had five children, among whom were Hannah and Rebecca Ann, the latter of whom married David Brewer. Cephas Fisher died on December 30, 1864, at the age of elghty-four years. His widow lived to an advanced age.


Ell Fisher grew to manhood on the old home place with his mother. When twenty years of age, or on August 13. 1562, he enlisted in the defense of his country in Com- pany G. Seventy-ninth Regiment, Obto Volunteer Infantry, and served throughout the war, receiving his discharge on June 17, 1865. He served In the Army of the Cum- berland under various commanders and was with General Sherman on his march from Atlanta to the sea. During the war he was slightly wounded on two occasions, but in all of his service he was never in an ambulance nor a hospital, and never lost a single day from duty, which is a most unusual record.


On February 1. 1866, Ell Fisher was married to Rebecca Jane McFadden, who was born in this county. on November 28, 1841, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Newcomb) MeFadden. the former of whom was born in Mason county, Kentucky, In 1808, the son of John and Sophia ( Kelly) MeFadden, natives of Ireland, who came to America about 1800 and settled at Marietta, Ohio, from which place they moved to Mason county, Kentucky, While residing at the latter place. John McFadden, Sr .. started on a trip down the river to New Orleans with two boat loads of meat, lard, hemp and tobacco for the market. He was taken sick with the yellow fever and died


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at Natchez, Mississippi. About 1811 the widow and her family moved to Brown county, Ohio, from which place in 1821, they moved to Clinton county, locating near Center- ville, where she resided until her death in 1830. They had three sons and three daughters, among whom were Hugh and John, Jr., the father of Mrs. Fisher. John McFadden, Jr., was thirteen years of age when the family located near Centerville, where he grew to manhood. He was married on May 1, 1834, to Elizabeth Newcomb, who was born in Pennsylvania on October 26, 1810, the daughter of William and Anna Newcomb, natives of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, respectively. They were the par- ents of ten children, Jebu, born on March 20, 1835; Mary Ann, August 10, 1836; Harri- son W., November 13. 1539; Rebecca J., who married Mr. Fisher; William N., June 9. 1844; John C., August 18, 1846; Sophia, August 3, 1848; Thomas N., October 6. 1851; Hannah E., March 22, 1855, and Charles (deceased ), December 3. 1:37. Charles McFadden was also a soldier in the Civil War, having enlisted in September, 1861, in Company B, Fortieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was wounded just after the victory of Lookout Mountain and died from the effect of his wounds on December 27, 1863. John McFadden, Jr., owned a good farm of one hundred and ninety acres In Green township. His wife died on June 9. 1880. He served as school director for thirty-one years and was township trustee thirteen years. At the time of his death, he was a worthy member of the Christian church, to which he belonged for over forty years.


To Mr. and Mrs. Elf Fisher two children were born, Charles, born on December 20, 1860; and Mary, December 25, 1871. Charles was educated in the public schools and was a farmer by occupation. He is a Republican, a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at New Vienna and the Modern Woodmen of America. Mary married Daniel O. Kester, of Clark township, and they have three children, Warren, Donald and Edith.


Elf Fisher purchased the place, where he lived until his death, of John W. Summely. He erected buildings on the farm and made many improvements. At the time of his death, in 1902, he was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at New Vienna. He was identified with the Republican party and he and his wife were mem- bers of the Christian church at Centerville. Mr. Fisher had a birthright in the Friends church.


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WILLIAM H. CURTIS.


William H. Curtis now a prosperous farmer of Green township, this county, who Is also engaged in the stock business and who is now residing in New Vienna, was boru in Green township, this county, on January 24, 1858, son of David and Martha (Truitt ) Curtis, natives of Virginia, who were born in 1827 and 1837, respectively, the former of whom died In 1898, and the latter of whom is still living.


The paternal grandparents of William H. Curtis were Christopher and Sarah Curtis, pioneers in Clinton county and early settlers in Green township, who settled on what is now known as the Higgins' farm. The maternal grandfather. George Truitt, who was the son of William Truitt, a pioneer of Clinton county, who died at the age of about ninety years, married Abigail Applegate, and both died in this county, the wife in the house now occupied by her grandson. Allen Albert Curtis, in 1906, at the age of eighty-four years. David and Martha (Truitt) Curtis were the parents of nine children, namely : Allen Albert, who is referred to in a biographical sketch pre- sented elsewhere in this volume; Willlam H., the subject of this sketch; Sarah, decensed ; James E .: Jennie, decensed; Frank ; Lula, who married Frank Steele; George, and Lucy, wife of Oscar Matthews, referred to elsewhere in this volume.


William H. Curtis was reared on the farm and was educated in the public schools of Clinton county. He owns two hundred and fifty-three acres of land in Green town-


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ship and, until October 8, 1004, lived on the farm. At that time he moved to New Vienna and engaged in buying and shipping stock. Mr. Curtis owns property in New Vienna.


On April 4, 1879, William H. Curtis was married to Martha Elmira Jane McVey. who was born in 1860 in the state of Illinois, daughter of Robert McVey, later a resident of this county, now deceased, and to this union four children have been born, namely : Clyde, who lives on the home farm in Green township, married Beatrice Cline, daughter of Edward Cline, of New Vienna, and has five children. Helen, Robert, Evelyn, Audrey and Mareile; Martha, who married Charles Rulin, a rural-route mail carrier, living at New Vienna, and has three children, Harry Harriet and Charles Edmond; Harry, who is engaged in the furniture business in New Vienna, and Abbie, who married Robert Rulin, who is engaged in the bakery business in New Vienna, and bas two children, William Matthew and Curtis Robert.


Mr. and Mrs. Curtis are members of the Friends church. Mr. Curtis is a Demo- crat and is a member of the New Vienna town council. He has served as a member of the school board and as township trustee in Green township. Fraternally, he is a member of Dalton Lodge No. 578, Free and Accepted Masons.


JOHN B. MOORE.


The late John B. Moore, one of the most successful farmers in the history of Green township, was a man who started in life with seventy-five acres of the old homestead and added to the tract until he owned five hundred and ninety-six acres in Green town- ship, and three hundred and twenty acres in the state of Kansas. He was an extensive farmer and stock raiser all his life, and a man, who, at the time of his death, was one of the most highly respected citizens of Clinton county.




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