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 85

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

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As a lawyer, no one ever prosecuted a case more vigorously than Judge Doan when he considered himself In the right. He always discouraged litigation, however, if a fair settlement could be made. On the bench, Judge Doan observed the strietest Impartiality in his rulings and his strongest desire was to satisfy contesting parties of the fairness of his decisions.

ULYSSES M. MORGAN.

Ulysses M. Morgan, of Sabina, Ohio, is one of the most prominent citizens of Clin- ton county. He is descended from a distinguished line of forbears, his grent-grand- father, Charles Morgan, having been an early settler in Pennsylvania, and the land agent for Gen. George Washington. From the earliest times when anything was known about the Morgan family, they have been extensive landowners in the East and in the Middle West. The great-grandfather owned a great tract of land in Clinton county, Ohlo, for which he received a patent as early as 1796. He also owned a large estate in Kentucky and another in West Virginia. He made his home In Pennsylvania.

Here in Richland township. U. M. Morgan is rated as one of the wealthiest citizens in this section of Clinton county. He was born In Brown county, Ohio, in December. 1841, and is the son of Simon Morgan, who was born near Clinton, Pennsylvania. The grandfather of Mr. Morgan was John Morgan, who was also a native of Pennsylvania. John Morgan, who was a farmer by occupation, Inherited his father's large estate. He had nine children, Charles, Daniel, Jeremiah, Simon, James, William, Frances, Mary and Elizabeth.

Simon Morgan, the father of U. M., was educated at Washington, Pennsylvania, and during his father's life, managed his business for him. He studied law in eastern

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Ohio and, after his admission to the bar, lived in Clinton, Pennsylvania. He was an extensive landowner in Virginia and Ohio and bad, in all, about eight hundred acres in Illiniols; five hundred acres in Virginia, and six hundred in Clinton county, Ohio. Simon Morgan had but one child, U. M., who is the subject of this sketch.

Mr. Morgan divides his time between Sabina, Ohio, and Clinton, Pennsylvania, liv- ing a part of the time in one place and a part of the time in the other. He owns one hundred and twenty-two acres of land in Pennsylvania and about one thousand acres in Clinton county. Besides this he owns one hundred and eighty acres near Ashley, Illinois

Mr. Morgan is a man of retiring disposition, modest and unassuming in all of his ways and unpretentious in his living. He has made farming his life occupation.

HENRY C. PRICE.

What a wonderful heritage a man leaves his children in passing from this life, when he leaves behind him the knowledge of an active life well spent, and evidences of the good he accomplished for his age, community and generation. To be considered among the foremost men of a county, a leader in all things having to do with the county's welfare, does not fall to the lot of many men, and only those who are truly great in heart and mind and possessed of indomitable energy and . unfailing optimism are capable of winning the trust and confidence which advances them to positions of leader- ship. This cheering knowledge is possessed by the son of the late Henry C. Price and by his beloved widow. He was a valiant soldier in the Civil War and one of the leading farmers of Clinton county.

Henry C. Price was born in Franklin county, Indiana, on April 15. 1841, and died on July 10, 1910, survived by his widow and one son, Moody H. Another son had died in 1908. The father of the late Henry C. Price was Thomas Price, who married Mary Hutchinson, he a native of Wales and she of England. They emigrated to America on the same ship at the time he was thirty years old, and their acquaintance was first made on the voyage to America. After their marriage in this country, they located in the eastern part of Franklin county, Indiana, where he owned and operated a farm. Mary (Hutchinson) Price died in 1856. Four years later Thomas Price sold the Franklin county farm and with his children emigrated to Clinton county, where he purchased a farm in Vernon township, near Villar's chapel. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian church and were the parents of two children, Henry C., the subject of this sketch, and Jane, who married William Lowes, of Connersville, Indiana, where her death occurred in January, 1910. Thomas Price lived to be seventy-one years old.

The late Henry C. Price was nineteen years old when, in 1860, be accompanied his father and sister to this county. About two years later in the month of August, 1862. he enlisted in Company I, Seventy-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the end of the war. He had a splendid record for efficiency and bravery as a soldier, and at the time he was mustered out received an honorable discharge from the I'nion army.

On October 14, 1866, Henry C. Price was married to Martha J. Humphreys, who was born on January 26, 1843, in Warren county, Ohio, the daughter of John L. and Julia Ann (Sidels) Humphreys. Her father, who was the son of James and Elizabeth (Long) Humphreys, was born near Clarksville, in Warren county, on October 1, 1815. He grew to manhood and was married in Warren county and then moved to Vernon township, Clinton county, where he purchased a farm. He was married In 1837 to Julia A. Sidela, the daughter of Israel and . Nancy ( Morrison) Sidels, to which unión were born twelve children: Hannah A., James W., Martha J., Israel S., Mary E., A. Fillimore, Nancy E., John. David, Joseph, Sarah L. and Julia H. James and Elizabeth (37)

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(Long) Humphreys had come from New Jersey to Warren county, Ohio, in 1814. Israel Sidels was a native of Pennsylvania and his wife, Nancy Morrison, was a native of Clinton county. John L. Humphreys owned about four hundred acres of land in Vernon township. Clinton county, and died at the age of seventy-seven years. His wife died at the age of seventy-one on the farm. They were ardent members of the Meth- odist Episcopal church.

To Henry C. and Martha ( Humphreys) Price were born two children : Charles T., who died on May 9, 1909, and Moody H., born on March 25, 1875, who lives on the home farm in Union township.

Three years after the marriage of Henry C. Price his father, Thomas Price, passed away, and at his death Henry C. received the home farm, where he lived until 1872, when he traded the farm for one hundred and twenty-five acres of land on the Clarks- ville pike in Union township. To this farm he added land from year to year until he was the owner of two hundred and forty acres in that farm and two hundred and fifty acres near Beech Grove. In 1904 he retired and removed to Wilmington, where he lived until his death, in 1910. His beloved widow, Martha J. Price, still lives in Wilmington.

During the active years of his life the late Henry C. Price was extensively engaged in buying and shipping live stock, and most of his farming land was set in blue grass for pasture. For many years be raised large numbers of sheep, ordinarily keeping from seven hundred to eight hundred head on the farm.

Although Henry C. Price was identified with the Republican party and voted its ticket, he never aspired to office, but devoted his time and ability to his private business. He was a strict member of the Society of Friends, as is also Mrs. Price, who survives him. In the history of Clinton county he will go down as one of its foremost farmers and business men, as a man who lived an honorable, upright life and who maintained friendly relations with the people of his day and generation.

JOHN RANDOLPH CLEVENGER.

Johu Randolph Clevenger was born on a farm near the village of Cuba, in Wash- ington township, Clinton county, on June 19, 1858, the son of Peter and Mary E. ( Mitchel) Clevenger, members of pioneer families of this county, the former of whom was the son of Enos Clevenger, a native of Frederick county. Virginia, and one of the earliest settlers of Washington township; a man of large and beneficent influence in that community in his day and generation.

Enos Clevenger grew to manhood in Frederick county, Virginia, and there married Christina Crouse. He and his bride emigrated to Clinton county, Ohlo, in 1524, coming on horseback and carrying their meager possessions in saddle-bags. They established their home in the wilderness and reared their family, Inculcating in the minds of their children a regard for the Christian virtues which is bearing noble fruit today in the third and fourth generations of their descendants. Enos Clevenger was easily one of the foremost men in his community. His dominant character early gave him a com- manding position among his pioneer neighbors and he exerted a wholesome influence in the formative period of that now well-established farming region. His neighbors made him a justice of the peace not long after his arrival in Washington township and retained him In that important position for many years, ever conceding the justice and equity of his decisions in such matters of dispute as arose in the community. He became a large land owner and a citizen of substance, his life of diligence being amply rewarded in a material way, so that he left a substantial estate, as well as the more valuable legacy of a good name, to his children at his death. In 1867. His widow did not long survive him. her death occurring in 1870. She was a true helpmeet, a woman whose life was devoted to good works, and both she and her husband were sincerely

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JOHN RANDOLPH CLEVENGER.

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mourned in the community to whose best interests their lives had been so long and unselfishily devoted.

Enos and Christina (Crouse) Clevenger were the parents of eight children, namely : Sarah, John, Catherine, Peter, Emma, Mary, William and David.

Peter Clevenger, the fourth of these children, In the order of birth, was reared on the paternal farm in Washington township, receiving auch educational advantages as the place and times afforded. Trained in the ways of the farm from childhood, upon reaching man's estate he entered seriously upon the life of a farmer and became one of the most substantial and influential men of his community. He was united in marriage to Mary E. Mitchel, daughter of John Mitchel, and to this union was born one son, John R. Clevenger.

Peter Clevenger surveyed perhaps more of the land and roads of Clinton county than any other man. His notes and maps are on file and still used in the county records.

John Randolph Clevenger was reared on the home farm in Washington township, receiving his elementary education in the Ireland district and the Brown district schools of that township and in the public schools of Cuba, supplementing the same by a course of one year and six months in the normal school at Buchtel, following this by a course of one year in the normal school at Lebanon. Following his marriage, in 1880, Mr. Clevenger began farming and was successful from the beginning. For twenty years after his marriage he and his father pooled their interests, working together in the most perfect accord and to their mutual advantage. His enterprising spirit gave to his farming efforts an Impetus which soon made him one of the most substantial men in the county and his father presently was the possessor of several hundred acres of land in this county.

John R. Clevenger and his father began, early in the history of manufacturing in Wilmington, to acquire considerable interests in that direction, and, largely through the advice of the father, nequired large interests in several prominent manufacturing con- cerns in Wilmington. The latter interests gradually absorbed so much of Mr. Clevenger's attention that, in 1911, he retired from the farm and moved to the county seat, buying a very comfortable house on West Main street, in which he and his family have since made their home. Mr. Clevenger is president of the Farquhar Furnace Company, of Wilmington, and treasurer of the Irwin Auger Bit Company, of the same city; also being a member of the directorate of these several Important manufacturing concerns, positions of trust and responsibility, which keep him pretty well occupied. but which afford a fine scope for the proper exercise of his energy and business enterprise. Despite the close attention which Mr. Clevenger Is compelled to give to his large interests, he is never too busy to take a band In the promotion of all movements designed to promote the best Interests of his home town and he is generally recognized as one of the most public-spirited citizens of Wilmington, his influence extending far beyond the confines of his home county.

On September 8. 1880, John Randolph Clevenger was united In marriage to Belle Moon, who was born in Clark township, the daughter of J. W. and Jemima Moon. To this happy union three children have been born, namely : Bessie Hortense, who married Dr. A. D. Blackburn, of Cuba, this county, and has two children, Dorothy and Eve Belle: Earl E., who died at the age of fourteen years; and Herbert P., who lives on the old home farm in Washington township. married Capitola West, and has one child, Barbara,

Mr. and Mrs. Clevenger are members of the Universalist church at Cuba. They are devoted to the best interests of the community and are held in the highest esteem by their large circle of friends and acquaintances. Mr. Clevenger holds an Important position in the industrial development of his home city and he possesses in an unusual degree the confidence and respect of his business associates. Hle is a Democrat and

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takes a proper interest in the political affairs of the county, having been elected one of the Presidential electors from Ohio in 1912, and was one of the men who actually elected Woodrow Wilson President. He is a member of the Masonic order and is prominent in the affairs of Wilmington Commandery No. 92. Knights Templar. He is niso a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and in both of these popular fraternal societies he takes a warm interest.

WILLIAM M. BUCKLEY.

Few men were more prominent in the religious life of Clinton county than the late William M. Buckley, who as a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, was a teacher of the young men's class In Wilmington in the Sunday school for many years, and also county superintendent of the Sunday schools of Clinton county for a considerable period; but his prominence was not confined to religious activities. He was prominent in the politics of his county, and was an enterprising and successful farmer practicallly all his life. Although he spent the last year of his life on the farm, the period of ten years before that was spent in Wilmington, where he lived more or less retired. History is largely a record of commercial activity and personal annals and in this respect it is fitting that the life work of this good man be accorded a place in this volume.

The late William M. Buckley was born on October 8, 1855, in Chester township, Clinton county, Obto, and died on May 29, 1913. He was the son of John and Jane (Dix) Buckley, the former of whom was born in 1807 in Dutchess county, New York. and died in 1891, and the latter of whom was born in 1825 near Winchester, Virginia, and who died in 1888. The parents of John Buckley were George and Ruth (Barnes) Buckley, both of whom were natives of Dutchess county, New York, where he was a farmer. After their marriage in 1816 they came to Chester township, Clinton county, where be purchased a hundred and sixty-eight acres of land for eight hundred dollars. He was an active man in the local militia of his day and reared a family of six daugh- ters and four sons, passing away at the age of eighty-four years. The father of Jane (Dix) Buckley was Peter Dix, a native of Virginia, who after his marriage in that state about 1833 settled in Clinton county, where he was a farmer.

The Inte John Buckley remained at home and worked on his father's farm until the family was able to pay off the indebtedness on the farm. He then purchased fifty acres of his own and later added more land, making a specialty of raising Poland China hogs. He was a Republican in politics and as such was elected to the office of township trustee of Chester township. Mrs. John Buckley was a member of the Methodist church. Although he was a lad when the family came to Clinton county, at the time of his death his remains were buried on the identical spot where the family first unloaded their goods for a temporary habitation in Clinton county. He and his wife had six children : Arthur, a farmer, died at the age of fifty-one; George D., who married Alda S. Mann, is a grain dealer in Wilmington; William is the subject of this sketch; Clara is unmarried and lives with her brother. Stephen Park Buckley, who is the partner of George D. in the grain business in Wilmington; Charles is a farmer in Arizona.

The late William M. Buckley attended the Sharon district school in Chester town- ship and there received rudiments of an education. He remained at home on his moth- er's farm until his marriage, after which he purchased a small farm. Two years later he bought sixty-five acres adjoining his mother's farm in Chester township and became a stock buyer, managing his farm principally for pastime. As the years went by he became a large shipper of live stock, hogs, sheep and cattle, but in 1901 Mr. Buckley sold his farm and moved to Wilmington, where he lived until 1912. In the latter year he purchased the Woods farm on the Washington pike in Union township, consisting of a hundred and thirteen acres, and died unexpectedly on May 29, 1913.

Mr. Buckley was married on January 5, 1888, to Mary Anua Van Tress, who was

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born on September 13, 1857, in Randolph county, Indiana, and who is the daughter of Henry and Louisa (Howell) Van Tress. Mrs. Buckley's father was born in Chester township, Clinton county, Ohio, January 20, 1832, and Is still living and makes his home with Mrs. Buckley. Her mother was born on April 7, 1838, in Randolph county, Indiana, and died on August 3, 1870. She was the daughter of William and Anna Howell, both of whom were natives of Wayne county, Indiana. William Howell was a well-known farmer of Randolph county, Indiana. The parents of Heury. Van Tress were Archibald and Mary ( Rockhill) Van Tress. The former was a native of New York state and the latter of New Jersey. Mary ( Rockhill) Van Tress' parents were Jobn and Elizabeth Rockhill, who were born In New Jersey and when Mary was two years old came by wagon to Clinton county, Ohio, settling ou Todds Forks on a place now owned by Walter McMillan. Archibald Van Trees grew up in New York state and came to Clinton county, Oblo, with his brother, Richard, who had already settled on Dutch creek. He worked in Wilmington and on nearby farms by the month, subsequently purchasing a hundred and eighteen acres in Chester township, where he died.

Mrs. Buckley's father, Henry Van Tress, began learning the carpenter's trade at the age of nineteen years. He lived nine years in Randolph county, Indiana, working at the trade, and later nine years In Springfield, Ohto. After eighteen years therefore be returned to live.on his father's farm. He married the second time in 1886 to Emma Kline, a native of Warren county. Henry and Louisa ( Howell) Van Tress had four children, of whom Mrs. Buckley was the eldest; Emma married Joseph D. Haven; Allie married Levi Brannon, of Frederick county, Virginia ; Charles is a carpenter and cabinet- maker of Muncle, Indiana.

Mr. and Mrs. William M. Buckley had three children. Clara, who was born on December 20, 1888, attended Wilmington College, graduating in 1912; Millard, Septem- ber 7, 1800, Is a stock buyer; Cecil, August 8, 1894, is in partnership with his brother Millard. They are among the largest live stock shippers in Clinton county.

The late William M. Buckley was elected as a Republican to the office of township trustee and also held the office of school director for some time. For many years he was a member of the Republican county central committee of Clinton county and a man whose advice and counsel were freely sought, especially in matters of organization. He had the good will of everybody and was deservedly popular, and his death was deeply deplored.

JOE T. DOAN.

Among the distinguished lawyers of Wilmington, Clinton county, Ohio, is Joe T. Doan, who has long occupied a position of eminence before the bar of this county and who, besides other positions of trust and responsibility, has filled the office of prosecuting attorney for more than a decade. Moreover, he has been prominent for a number of years In the councils of the Republican party in this section of the state.

Joe T. Doan was born on April 10, 1862, in Union township, Clinton county, Ohio, the son of Hon. Azariah W. and Martha G. (Taylor) Doan, whose biographies are presented elsewhere in this work.

Joe T. Donn attended the public schools of Wilmington and also Wilmington College and subsequently entered the Cincinnati Law School, from which he was graduated with the class of May 28, 1884. After bis graduation, he formed a partnership with L. J. Walker, and in 1800 formed a partnership with his father, which continued until 1911. After his father's death, Mr. Doan formed a partnership with H. G. Cartwright, which still continues. Mr. Cartwright had been Identified with the law firm of Doan & Doan previous to Judge Doan's death.

Since 1904 Joe T. Doan has been prosecuting attorney of Clinton county, and as a Republican has served as secretary of the Republican central committee of Clinton

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county for several years. He is associated with several fraternal orders. He is director and solicitor for the Savings and Loan Association.

On October 13, 1886, Joe T. Doan was married to Bertha Ifill, daughter of Dr. G. S. and Louise 8. Hill, both of whom are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Doan are the parents of three children, as follows: Louise, who born on December 19, 1888, and married J. Albert Thomas, a Methodist minister at Eden, Ohio; Charles S., June 30, 1890, is a graduate of Wilmington College and Swarthmore, and at present is employed as a teacher of mathematics in the Friends select school; and Esther E., October 31, 1892, who is still at home.

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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 85

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

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