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 90

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

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Frank W. Haworth grew up on his father's farm in I'nion township and after his father's death purchased the home piace, where he now lives.

Frank W. Haworth was married on April 28, 1898, to Emma Curl, a native of I'nion township, the daughter of Anthony and Mary Curl, both of whom are deceased. To this marriage three children have been born: Louise, born on October 30. 1800. is attending high school; Ruth Olive, February 18, 1900; and Helen, March 8, 1903. Mrs. Haworth died on April 25, 1912.

Frank W. Haworth is not only a prosperous farmer, but he is a well-known citizen. He and his family belong to the Friends church. His wife was also a member. He is a Republican. and is deeply interested in the educational progress of his county. Mr. Haworth is a worthy descendant of those noble men who had so much to do with the early development of this county.

ALBERT OGLESBEE.

Having resided in this county since he was twelve years of age, the well-known I'nion township farmer whose name is above noted has witnessed a marvelous develop- ment of the community in which be settled shortly after the Civil War. Industrious and progressive. Mr. Oglesbee has prospered in his farming operations and is accounted one of the substantial men of the Haws Chapel neighborhood. where he is held in the highest esteem, he and his widowed mother living quietly and comfortably on the old home farm, enjoying the respect and regard of the entire community.

Albert Ogleshee was born in Caesar Creek township, Greene county, Ohlo. on August 16. 1860, son of Nelson and Maria (Powers) Oglesbee, both natives of Greene county, the former of whom was born in December, 1832, and died on November 25. 1903, and the latter of whom was born on November 22, 1840, and is still living.

Nelson Ogleshee was the son of Isaiah and Rachel (Devoe) Oglesbee, natives of Frederick county, Virginia. the former of whom was born on May 14, 1795, and the latter of whom was born on December 18, 1797, who married about the year 1820 and immigrated to Obio, locating in Caesar Creek township, In Green county, where they entered a considerable tract of land from the government, out of which they created a valuable farm. on whleb the remainder of their lives were spent. Isalah Oglesbee and his wife were Methodists and became influential in the affairs of the pioneer com- munity in which they settled. They were the parents of eleven or twelve children. It was on this ploneer farm that Nelson Ogleshee was born and there he was reared. As a young man he berame a carpenter and some of the buildings still standing In the Caesar Creek neighborhood display the substantial character of his handiwork. He Inherited a portion of the old home farm and at the time of his marriage, in 1858, bought the interests of the other heirs and remained on the paternal acres until 1872, in which year be sold the farm and bought a farm of eighty acres on the Prairie road in the Haws Chapel neighborhood In I'nion township, this county, where the rest of his life was spent and where his widow and son still live. In 1874 he remodeled the

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house which stood on this farm and in mot fault the present substantial baru. Non freiesbee and his wife took an active interest in the affairs of the Haws Chapel Matho- sist chorob. of which they were members, and were also active in the general affairs of the community. Mr. Oglesby for some time serving as school director in his district. Hp Theember 2. 1556, Nelson Oglesher was united in marriage to Maria Powers, manchter of Edward B, and Keziah . Bepsont Powers, both antives of Greene county, the former of whom lived until the year 1809. Edward B. Powers, whos father, x ative of Trebaind, was one of the earliest settlers of Greene county, was a farmer aud muhtar and built many of the houses and baris that were erected in has community in pioneer days. He and his wife were the parents of five children, four sons and top daughter, of whom two are still living. Hiram Powers, who lives at Enton City, Indian, nial Mrs Oglesber, mother of the immediate subject of this sketch.

To Nelson and Maria (Powers) Ogtester were born three children, of win the subject of this sketch is the oldest, the others being Ella R., born on Joue 11, 194. widow of Frank J. Peudry, who lives in Wilmington. this county, and Edward E., Amputst 4. 1870, who owns a feed store at Dayton, Ohio.

Atbort Ogleste was twelve years of age when his parents moved to this county and he completed his education in the old "Both" district school in Union township. Being the oldest child in the family, he early took to active port in the management of the home some and upon his father's death row med on the place, making a comfortable hong tae his mother, to whom he is dev'af. He is a quiet, unassuming man, but is 1. 2 well his part in life and enjoys the confidence and respect of all his nechteits.

CHARLAS M. BOSWORTH.

The Charles M. Boswe' : A is one of the must prominent men in Clinton conB. to .1.4 half century premi 2 .- death in IS Born in Columbia county. New York. Haber 0, 1×10, he camn . a .fust county. Ohio, with his parents when he was three and The remains . 13 years of ble eventful life were spent in this country . became the leader in its financial life. He was educated public schools of sugton and early in life started In the mercantile business que of the wealthiest men in the county.

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ever came to him in financial difficulty who did not receive valuable and kindly advice as well as material aid so far as he was able, in his situation, to grant it. Mr. Bosworth was no ordinary man: his mind was clear and far-reaching and capable of conducting great enterprises. In fact, he would have made a success in any calling to which he might have turned his attention.

No man of the county gave more freely of his means to the poor and his closest friends knew that he found a rare sense of pleasure in being able to relieve the distress of any suffering family. These acts of kindness were not known to the world at large, for his quiet and unobtrusive disposition enabled him to dispense favors without the one hand knowing what the other did.

But with all his attention to business, Mr. Bosworth was essentially a man of sim- ple domestic tastes. He was married on November 24, 1852, to Virginia Lang and to this union was born one son, Charles A. Mr. Bosworth died on October 11, 1888, and his wife survived him until January 25, 1905. Mr. Bosworth did his life work well and in such a manner that he was gathered to his fathers without a stain on his name.

Charles A. Bosworth, the only son of Charles M. and Virginia Bosworth, was born in Wilmington on September 16, 1853. He was educated in the public schools of his home town and later graduated from the University of Michigan with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in the class of 1877, and from the Cincinnati Law School in the class of iss0.

He was elected President of the First National Bank of Wilmington. Oblo, after his father's death in 1888, which position he filled until he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, September 1, 1890, and engaged in the practice of the law, under the firm name of Foraker, Black & Bosworth, until he was appointed United States assistant treasurer, October 1. 1808, which position he held until June 1, 1911.

After he and his wife had taken a trip around the world, he was elected president, in July, 1912, of the Second National Bank of Cincinnati, Ohio, which position he now holds.

He was married April 24, 1884. to Jessie W. Clark, of Cincinnati, Ohio. They have two sons. Charles W. and Erwin P., who are both married.

FREDERICK D. MITCHELL.

Frederick D. Mitchell, a farmer of I'nion townsbip, Clinton county, Ohio, was born in Union township. April 6, 1558. He is a son of Franklin Mitchell and Sarah ( Whinery) Mitchell. He went to the Center district school, and entered Wilmington College. where he remained four years. His father died when he was twenty-six years of age. and upon him fell the task of settling up the estate, which included some four hundred and twenty-one acres of land, and of which he had been the manager for his father. He divided up the estate and continued to live on the home place until 1910, when he bought the Whinery homestead, to which be moved, and where he still lives. Mr. Mitchell now owns four hundred and thirty acres in Union township, and also owns some valuable land in Warren county, Obio. In addition, Mr. Mitchell has the manage- ment of a farm of two hundred acres for his sister Harriet. He is very much interested in the subject of stock-raising, and feeds a great many hogs and cattle each year. He is treasurer of the Clinton Mutual Insurance Company. Mr. Mitchell is a Repub- lican. He is unmarried.

Franklin Mitchell was born on Nantucket Island, December 24. 1$12, and died on September 20, 1884. Sarah Whinery was born in U'nion township, Clinton county, Ohio, on Dutch creek, June 15, 1818. She died on July 2, 1905. The former was a young boy when the family came to Cincinnati, where he grew to manhood, and after the death of his father, Jethro Mitchell, he and his brother Roland continued .the

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business of manufacturing soap and candles, managing In addition to this a general store, as well as being engaged In the pork packing business. Franklin Mitchell first became engaged in the manufacture of soap and candles in Philadelphia. In 1850. Here he went into the business with his brother-in-law, Samuel Richte, for a time, and later formed a partnership with David Swaim, an old friend from Nantucket. Mr. Mitchell was in Philadelphia four years, during which time he became rich and retired from business. He sold out in 1854, and came to Clinton county, Oblo, where he bought the Nathaniel Carpenter farm of one hundred and seventeen acres, near Center meeting house. iu I'nion township. After an active commercial business Ilfe, he enjoyed the quiet of the farm, which he continued to manage until he died. He was twice married. His first wife was Sarah Richie, to whom he was married on November 13. 1840. She died in 1845, and on September 16, 1847. be was united in marriage with Sarah Whinery. He was an expert mathematician, and was noted for his accuracy in bookkeeping. To Franklin Mitchell and his first wife. Sarah Richie, were born the following children : Hannah D., born on July 24, 1842, who became the wife of Jehu Moore, lived in New York City, and she died September 10, 1890; Robert R., July 18, 1844, lives at Sulphur, Oklahoma, where he is a farmer, as well as a dealer In real estate, was a soldier in the Civil War, By his second wife. Mr. Mitchell had four children, as follow : Emeline, born on July 18, 1848, and died December 1, 1911; Hattie, May 4, 1850, lives with the subject of this sketch: Benjamin F .. July 7, 1855, was married to Mary E. Babb, and they lived in Chester township, his wife died August 17. 1909, he married, secondly. Mrs. Ida Miars, the widow of Ephraim Mlars; and Frederick D .. April 6, 1858.

The paternal grandparents were Jethro Mitchell, who died in 1832, and Mercy ( Greene) Mitchell. The latter died January 1, 1859. She was a descendant of General Greene, of the Revolutionary army. The former was born on Nantucket Island, off the Massachusetts coast. He owned a fleet of whaling vessels, and also became a manufacturer of soap and candles in New York City, coming later to Cincinnati, where he continued in the same line of business, and where his life was cut short in a tragic manner. He was killed almost instantly by a fall through a hatchway, which had been left open. In his factory. He and his wife were orthodox Quakers. Mr. Gambel, of Proctor & Gambel. the great soup manufacturers, learned the business under Jethro Mitchell. The children born to Jethro Mitchell and his wife were as follow: Henry, born on August 11, 1508; Rachel, March 19, 180S, became the wife of C. M. Searles, and they lived in Cincinnati, Ohio; Mary, 1800, died in 1827; Roland G., January 2. 1811, was a manufacturer of oils in New York City, and became a millionaire; Franklin, father of the subject of this blography; Sarah died unmarried; Elizabeth died in infancy; Jethro, 1818, was united in marriage with Martha Hart, and became engaged in the lumber business in Cincinnati and was also a millionaire; Eliza married Sidney Snowden, and lived in Cincinnati ; Walter married Mary E. Evans, became a Presby- terlan preacher, and died on January 18, 1909: Thomas G., 1822. married Martha E. Coffin, was an attorney of Cincinnati; Mary became the wife of John Huntington, and Uvedl in Cincinnati.

The maternal grandparents were Thomas and Ruth ( Miller) Whinery. both of whom were born in Easton, Pennsylvania. About 1805 they settled in what is now I'nion township, the former dying on August 12, 1856, aged seventy-six years, in Clinton county, Ohio, where he owned one hundred and seventy-five acres of land. They were Quakers and were real pioneers. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Whinery married Elizabeth Hoddy, a Friend, He was a man of Ane physique and was noted for his strength. They had nine children.

The first record of the Mitchell family is of James Mitchell in England. His descendant, Jethro Mitchell, settled in Nova Scotia. He followed the sea, and became wealtby. He and his brothers owned a fleet of vessels, plying between Boston and

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South America. One of the vessels was the "Minerva," and another the "Arctic." These were captured by the French, during the Napoleonic Wars, on the supposition that they were English. The United States congress paid the claim for indemnity in 1901, one hundred years later.

CARY W. BOYLAND.

Agriculture has been the true source of man's dominion over earth since man began to toll with his hands, and it has been the pivotal industry that has controlled for the most part all the fields of action to which man's intelligence and energy have been devoted. One of the sturdy farmers of Clinton county, whose labors have profited allke himself and the community in which he lives, is Cary W. Boyland, who lives on a famn of one hundred and two acres near Burtonville, in Union township; with u beautiful house, outbuildings and grounds on the pike at the crest of the hill just north of the village. In view of the consistent and honorable life of Mr. Boyland, most of which has been passed within the borders of Clinton county, it is particularly fitting that the following short account of his career be included in this volume.

Cary W. Boyland was born on September 16, 1869, in Highland county, Oblo, in Dotson township. He is the son of Bart and Sarah Frances ( Wilkins) Boyland, the former of whom was a native of Highland county, born in 1841, and who died In 1904, and the Intter of whom was also a native of Highland county, born in 1843, and still living in Burtonville.

The paternal grandfather of Mr. Boyland was Patrick Boyland, a native of Ireland, who emigrated from Ireland to America when a young man, and who married in High- land county, Ohio, a native of this state. He was a farmer and reared a family of seven children. The maternal grandparents of Mir. Boyland were Peter and Nancy Wilkins, the former of whom was a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter of Virginia. They came with their parents in early days to Highland county and engaged in farming, after reaching mature life. He was of Pennsylvania-Dutch descent. They had three children.

Bart Boyland grew to maturity in Highland county, Ohio, and during his early manhood learned the stonemason's trade. He purchased the interests of the heirs in the home farm and later sold the farm and moved to Hillsboro. Oblo, where he worked at his trade. Later he moved to Bainbridge, Ohio, and subsequently to Lynchburg. In 1800 he moved to Wilmington, where he lived until his death. In the meantime, he had become an extensive stone and brick building contractor, and a great deal of his stone work is to be seen in Wilmington today. Early in life he had been Identified with the Democratic party, but in later years became a Republican. His wife is still living in Bartonville and is a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal church. They had four children, of whom Cary W., the subject of this sketch, is the only one sur- viving and the only one who grew to maturity. Anna, George and Mary died early in life.

Cary W. Boyland. during his boyhood, was a pupil in the public schools of Lynch- burg and Hillsboro, Ohio, but at that time of life he did not recognize the advantages of an education, or the additional grasp It gives one upon the affairs of life, and quit school to work on the farm. Later, however, he regretted that he had not taken advantage of his educational opportunities. It must be admitted. however, that Mr. Boyland has made a very satisfactory progress as a farmer. For eleven years after his marriage be rented a farm from his father-in-law. John Skimming. In the spring of 1906 he purebased the old John Pond farm of one hundred and two acres near Burtonville, in Union township. A short time Jater he remodeled the house, and now has a beautiful country home just north of the village of Burtonville. He carries on general farming and stock raising and has been very successful.

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Cary W. Boyland was married on December 28, 1895, to Jennie L. Skimming, a native of Washington township, Clinton county, Ohlo, and the daughter of John and Lucinda (Hardesty) Skimming, the former of whom was the son of Anthony and Mary (McDow) Skimming, and was born in Allegheny county, Maryland, on January 12, 1832, and the latter of whom was an orphan child of Hezekiah and Sarah Hardesty. born in Union township on March 21, 1842. John and Lucinda ( Hardesty) Skimming were married on February 18, 1864. They had two daughters: Mary E., born on May 2, 1865, and Jennie, December 15, 1872. The latter is now Mrs. Boyland. John Skimming, who was brought by his parents to Clinton county, Ohio, when four years old, was engaged in farming all of his life. He made a specialty of raising Poland- China hogs. All the members of the Skimming family were identified with the Christian church. In politics Mr. Skimming was a stanch Democrat.

Mrs. Boyland's grandparents, Anthony and Mary (McDow) Skimming, were natives of Scotland, born near Edinboro, and immigrated to the United States in 1818, settling In Allegheny county, Maryland. where they lived until the fall of 1836, when they came to Wilmington. Three years later they moved to Washington township. where they died. the former on April 22, 1855, and the latter on April 16, of the same year.

Mr. and Mrs. Cary W. Boyland have had one ebild, Mary Louise, born on August 27, 1001. She is attending the Wilmington high school and is considered a brilliant student.

Elected as a Republican, Mr. Boyland served as trustee of Washington township for seven years. The Boyland family are members of the Central Christian church of Wilmington and are prominent in the affairs of this congregation.

W. H. DAKIN.

A lawyer by profession and mayor of Sabina, Ohio, W. H. Dakin is one of the best- known citizens of Richland township.

W. H. Dakin was born near Oakland, Chester township, Clinton county, on Novem- ber 8. 1841. He is the son of O. H. P. and Margaret ( Curtis) Dakin, the former of whom died on Jannary 24, 1858, and the latter of whom, the daughter of William Custis, died on January 17. 1870.

The paternal grandfather was Preserved Dakin, a native of New York state, who in 1806 came to Ohio and entered two thousand acres of land near Oakland in Chester township, Clinton county, where he lived the remainder of his life. In coming to Ohio from New York state, he brought with him his family, who, after arriving at Pitts burgh, floated down the Ohio river in a flat-boat. Preserved Dakin was a member of the Society of Friends, and was twice married. He was the father of six children, Desdemonia, Preserved. Jr .; Decator, Albert, Allen and O. H. P., all of whom are deceused.

The youngest of six children, O. H. P. Dakin, received a good common school educa- tion nud for some years was a teacher in the public schools. For a time he lived on fifty acres of land near Oakland which he inherited from his father. This he sold and bought fifty acres near Sabina, but later sold out and removed to what is known as Dakin chapel, where he had one hundred and twenty-five acres of land. He taught school in that community for a number of years, and, in the meantime, presented to the church two acres of ground upon which a church was built. He also served as the local minister for ten years, justice of the peace for six years and as clerk of Richland township for a time. He voted the Republican ticket. O. H. P. Dakin owned a general supply store at Sabina for four years. Before the organization of the Republican party, he had been klentified with the American or Know-Nothing Party.

Seven children were born to O. H. P. and Margaret (Custis) Dakin. The eldest, an infant, died at birth: William H., is the subject of this sketch. The others were

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Miles Milton. L. C. (deceased), Robert M., A. Brusler, and S. Webster. Of these chil- dren. L. C. married Susan Beard, by whom he had three children, as follow : Florence, Parry, a Methodist missionary; and Nina, who married Dr. James A. Park, a physician of Columbus, Ohio. Miles Milton married Ella Kelso and by her had two children, namely : W. C., who is a steel worker at Middletown, Oblo; and Homer, who is an electrician employed by the Western Union Telegraph Company at Chicago. Robert, who married Nellle Thompson. They have two children, Glen and Myrtle, and live in Columbus, Ohio. A. Brusler is a resident of Washington, C. H., Ohio. He married Martha Dice. They have seven children, namely : Minnie, Ida, William, Harry, Eliza- beth, Eveline and Clarence. S. Webster is an attorney at Yellow Springs, Ohio. He married Josephine Huffman. They have had five children, as follow : Bessie, who mar- rled O. C. Wyke, a newspaper man of the state of Georgla ; Georgie A .; Dora, who mar- ried Johu White, of New Richmond, Ohio; Susle T., who married Harry Littleton, of Sabina, and Frances.

W. H. Dakin obtained his education in the public schools of Clinton county and at the Lebanon normal school, which he attended for two years. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Dakin joined the Union army, enlisting in Company G, Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, In which he served three years, participating, among others, in the battles of Chickamauga. Dalton, Maryette ( Georgia), Peach Tree Creek, Smith- field Creek, Goldsburrow (North Carolina), etc. During his entire service, he never missed a battle in which his company and regiment were engaged. After the war, Mr. Dakin taught school for a time.

On February 11, 1874, about the time he was admitted to practice law, Mr. Dakin was married to Mary Elizabeth Theobald, a native of Sabina, Ohio, born December 1, 1848, and the daughter of Jacob and Luse (Bendell) Theobald. Mrs. Dakin's father was born in the Kingdom of Bavaria, July 26. 1818, and was nineteen years old when he came to America in 1837. He died on June 16. 1594. His wife, Lause (Bendel), was born in the Kingdom of Wittenberg, Germany, August 4, 1828, and died on February 8, 1912. She was eleven years old when she came to America, where she met her bus- band. They were married in Sabina, Ohio, in 1847. Jacob Theobald was the first of the Theobald family to come to America. His voyage to this country occupied six weeks on the ocean. Jacob Theobald owned a dry-goods store at Sabina as enrly as 1841; he also was a partner of Richard Curtis in the banking business. He was a self-made man in every respect. For about twelve and one-half years, he was a railroad agent at Sabina; he also served as postmaster for fifteen years. During his life, he was actively interested in the grain business. Jacob Theobald and wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He voted the Democratic ticket, and was elected the first mayor of Sabina, as a Democrat. They had three children, Mary Elizabeth, Johanna F., and Emma L. Of these children, Mary Elizabeth is the wife of Mr. Dakin.

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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 90

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