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 97

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

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Richard Snowden, the founder of the Snowden family in Clinton county, was a · native of Anne Arundel county, Maryland, and an iron manufacturer. Snowden Manor. located near Baltimore, was the family estate. Richard, who was Hicksite Quaker, came with his family to Clinton county about 1836, first living on Mr. Wall's farm in Chester township. Subsequently, he purchased a :farm in Chester township and later

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removed to Union township, where he died. Richard Snowden died at the age of eighty- three and his wife at the age of fifty-five.

Beth Richard Snowden attended district school No. 4, in I'nion township, and also Wilmington College, where his education was completed. His father died when he was about fifteen years old and after the father's death he made his home until he was grown with his uncle. Henry Snowden, on the Waynesville pike, on the farm where be now lives. Henry Snowden had been a traveling salesman for a Brooklyn, New York, wall-paper firm, and had invented the Snowden wall-paper trimmer, which brought him n splendid revenue. He made two trips around the world and when he was ready to retire was a wealthy man. He purchased the old Nathan Linton home place on the Waynesville pike in I'nion township, and in 1885 built a magnificent frame house on this fario, where he Hved until he died. Seth Richard lived in this house for several years rud then in Wilmington for a time. After his marriage he took charge of his uncle Henry's farm, which he now owns. Mr. Snowden specializes in pedigreed stock, which he raises especially for breeding purposes. He keeps several jacks and thoroughbred trotting horses, as well as Hampshire hogs. Every year he buys up a great many mules and holds a stock sale on his farm.

Seth Richard Snowden was married on October 10. 1900, to Florence Paukette, who Was born in Liberty township. Clinton county, Ohio, and who is the daughter of Franklin and Dorn ( Early) Paukette. The father was a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Snowden have no children.

Although Mr. Snowden is an ardent Republican, he has never aspired to office. He and his wife are members of the Friends church of Wilmington.

MOODY H. PRICE.

There is no calling which gives to a man the independence of life or which brings him closer to nature than does farming. In pioneer times farming was very much of # drudgery, but with modern improvements the farmer is relieved from a great deal of the hard work which was the portion of his forefathers. Farming has risen in dignity and is frequently referred to now as a profession. rather than as an occupation. Fifty years ago, however, the science of agriculture was in its infancy and it was considered unnecessary to have scientific training for agriculture. Today It is different. Many of the most successful farmers of Ohio either have been educated in the agricultural col- leges, or in the classical colleges, in which they have learned methods of doing work and acquired a scientific point of view. Good roads are threading every portion of our state, and the mterurban car and the automobile keep the farmer in close touch with hits neighbors and also with the people in the cities. Clinton county has many fne farms and successful farmers, and among the most enterprising and successful of these is Moody H. Price, of I'nion township, a man who stands high in the esteem of the people of this county.

Moody H. Price was born on the Clarksville pike in I'nion township. this county, on March 25. 1875, son of Henry C. and Martha Jane ( Humphreys) Price. Henry C. Price was born in Franklin county, Indiana, on April 15, 1841, and died on June 10. 1910. Hle was the son of Thomas and Mary ( Hutchinson) Price, the former a native of Wales, and the latter a native of England. both Presbyterians, who came to the I'nited States on the same ship. They were farmers in Franklin county after their marriage, and four years after his wife's death, in 1856. Thomas Price sold out and moved with his children to Clinton county, purchasing a farm near Villar's chapel, In Vernon township. His two children were Henry C., the father of Moody H., and Jane, who married William Lows, and who died at Connersville. Indiana, in January. 1910. The late Henry C. Price was a soldier In Company I. Seventy-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. On October 14, 1866, be married Martha J. Humphreys, who was born in Warren county,

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Ohio, January 25, 1843, the daughter of John L. and Julia Ann (Sidel) Humphreys, the former a native of Warren county and the latter a native of Clinton county. John L. Humphreys was the son of James and Elizabeth ( Long) Humphreys, who came from New Jersey to Warren county in 1814. Julia Ann Sidel was the daughter of Israel and Nancy (Morrison) Sidel, the former a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter a native of Clinton county. John L. Humphreys and wife were members of the Methodist church and reared a family of twelve children, six sons and six daughters. Henry C. Price, who made a splendid success of farming, spent the later years of his life in Wilmington. He was a Republican in politics, and he and his wife were active members of the Friends church. He was especially well known in this county as a sheep raiser.

Moody H. Price received his elementary education in the public schools of U'nlon township and later attended Wilmington College, completing his education in that insti- tution. In 1904 his parents moved to Wilmington and he continued to reside on the old homestead. Mr. Price now owns two hundred and fifty acres of land on the Clarks- ville pike, west of Wilmington, in Union township. In 1907 he remodeled his father's home place and there he still lives. He has become prominent among the stockmen of Clinton county and keeps on the farm several hundred head of sheep, making a specialty of sheep breeding.

On October 5. 1898, Moody H. Price was married to Ida May George, who was born at Oxford, Ohio, daughter of Jackson George, a wagon and carriage maker, and wife, both of whom are now deceased. To this union three children have been born, Martha, boru on August 20, 1809, a student in the Wilmington high school ; George. September 22, 1900, also a student in the Wilmington high school, and Howard, April 30, 1903.

Mr. and Mrs. Price belong to the Presbyterian church at Wilmington, and Mr. Price is a Republican. He is undoubtedly one of the most progressive farmers, as well as one of the leading citizens and foremost exponents of country life living in Clinton county.

JOHN A. CRAIG.

Any community is willing to do hovor to the man who starts out in life with little or 10 assistance from family or friends; who, by good business management and good farm- ing, acquires a competence of his own. Such a man is John A. Craig, a well-known farmer of Chester township, who is a booster for all worthy enterprises, and who likes to see local undertakings succeed.

John A. Craig was born on January 5, 1865, near New Burlington, in Greene county. Ohio, a son of Samuel L. and Mary C. (Le Mar) Craig, the former of whom was born on July 17, 1838, In Greene county, and who died on March 22, 1915, and the latter of whom was born on November 26, 1845, a daughter of John and Barbara ( Swain) Le Mar.

Samuel L. Craig was the son of Addison T. and Dorothy ( Le Mar) Craig, the for- mer a native of Virginia, and the Intter a native of this county. Addison T. Craig emigrated from Virginia to Ohio, when a young man of about sixteen years, but before coming to Clinton county. lived for a short time in Warren county. He was married at New Burlington, and after his marriage, started a grist-mill In that town, which mill he operated for many years, later disposing of it and removing to a farm in Spring Valley township. Greene county, near New Burlington, where he spent the remainder of his life. A man of more than average intelligence, he was a prominent citizen in his community, and for many years served as justice of the pence. Addison T. and Dorothy (Le Mar) Craig were the parents of ten children, of whom Samuel L., the father of John A. was the eldest. The others in the order of their birth were: Nonh. Charles, Hirum, Anna, James, William, Franklin, Tilghman and Clement V.

Samuel L .. Craig received his education in the common schools at New Burlington. Ohio, and supplemented his early education by attendance at Holbrook Normal School

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at Lebanon, Ohio. This school for a great many years was conducted by Professor Hol- brook, who died a few years ago at a very advanced age. After Samuel L. Craig com- pleted his educational training, he taught school for twelve years, and then engaged in farming in Greene county. About 1895 he came to this county, locating in Chester township. where he spent the remainder of his life. He was very active in church work, and during the last thirty-five years of his life, was a local minister, preaching in Greene, Warren and Clinton counties. He was well educated and widely read and a man of considerable influence in his section. He was unfortunate during the last years of his life, being broken in health and greatly handicapped by his physical condition. To Samuel L. Craig and wife three children were born, of whom John A. is the eldest. The others were Edgar, who married Ella Tremper, and Samuel Eugene, who married Maud James. Throughout his life Samuel L. Craig was identified with the Republican party, and served many years as justice of the peace in Chester township.

John A. Craig started in pursuit of an education in the common schools of Greene county. Ohio, and later attended Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, for two years, after which he taught school for a period of two years. He then worked on a farm by the month for about three years, at the end of which time he began farming for himself in Chester township, where he has since lived. In 1897 Mr. Craig purchased the farm where he is now living, comprising thirty five acres. Three years later he built a barn, and in 1NA he purchased another farm nearby, consisting of ninety-eight acres, and now owns altogether one hundred and thirty-five acres, which is devoted to general farm- ing and stock raising. When it is remembered that Mr. Craig started with a very small competence, his success must be an admitted fact. His farm adjoins the little village of Oakland, and is very well situated.

On November 15, 1906, John A. Craig was married to Mary A. Mckinney, daughter of William and Rhoda MeKinney, and to this union two children have been born, Ruth R. and Dorothy, the former born on July 16. 1007, and the latter on November 26. 1908.

As a Democrat, Mr. Craig was appointed deputy assessor of Chester and Adams townships, and served in that capacity for one year. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Hiawatha encampment of that order. Mr. and Mrs. Craig are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and are devoted to all movements having to do with the general betterment of conditions in the commu- nity at large.

DANIEL J. FOLAND, M. D.

Pleasantly situated in his delightful home in Wilmington, this county, Daniel J. Foland. a well-known former druggist. who for many years enjoyed a position as one of the most important factors in the commercial life of the county sent, now is living in quiet retirement, enjoying the fruits of a life of useful endeavor. Dilligent in business, he prospered as he deserved to prosper, and in the evening of his life is able to rest serenely on the rewards accorded him by the community in which he ever has taken so deep an interest. During the dread days of the Civil War. Doctor Foland performed well bis part in the service of the I'nton and at the close of that gigantic struggle resumed his place in the commercial life of bis community, becoming one of the foremost druggists of this section of the state, later taking up the practice of medicine, in which he also achieved an honorable career. More than twenty years ago he retired from the active collings of life, since which time he has been living in quiet ease at his pleasant home in Wilmington.

Daniel J. Foland was born on a farm in I'nion township, Clinton county. Oblo, on March 8. 1841, son of Daniel and Matilda (Crawford) Foland, both natives of Virginia, the former of whom was born in 1794, and died at his home in this county in February, 1×41, and the latter, born in 1795 and died in 1874.

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Daniel Foland, father of Doctor Foland, came to Clinton county about the year 1820, his parents emigrating from Virginia and locating here at that time, becoming prominent factors in the development of the neighborhood in which they settled, Mr. Foland's maternal grandparents also were early settlers of Clinton county and influen- tial in pioneer days. The elder Daniel Foland was a brass-worker by trade and made carding machines for use in the wool-weaving industry. He also was a large landholder in this county, at one time owning as much as four hundred acres of Innd in the Miami valley, but most of his time was devoted to the promotion of his carding machines, his travels in this connection taking him all over the country. He died of typhoid fever, being taken off in the very height of his useful career, and his widow never remarried. Daniel and Matilda (Crawford) Foland were the parents of three children, namely : Martha, who died unmarried; Sallie, who is living at Wilmington, this county, and Daniel J., the immediate subject of this sketch.

Bereft of his father, even before his birth, Daniel J. Foland, at three years of age, was placed in the Pedrick family, residents of this county, who later moved to a farm in McDonough county, Illinois, where the lad remained until he was eleven years of age, at which time he ran away from the Pedrick home and returned to Clinton county, going to Wilmington, where he began working in the drug store of Roger B. Morey. in time becoming thoroughly nequainted with the drug business. In the summer of 1883, Daniel J. Foland enlisted in the naval service and was engaged In fighting the battles of his country until the close of the war, being discharged with the rank of captain. His first service was on the monitor "Osage," and later on the monitor "Neosla." He saw much active service and participated prominently in the immortal slege of Vicksburg.

At the lose of the war Captain Foland returned to Wilmington and began work in Doctor Martin's drug store, his previous experience in the drug business making his services valuable. He also entered thoughtfully upon the study of medicine, and in 1872 was admitted to practice medicine, soon gaining a wide practice in and around Wilmington. Doctor Foland was a successful pharmacist and manufacturing chemist and many of his chemical and pharmaceutical preparations attained a wide sale through- out the country. In 1803 he retired from active business, since which time he has been living quietly at his home in Wilmington, enjoying the confidence and esteem of the whole community.

On September 27, 1877. Dr. Daniel J. Foland was united in marriage to Lucy V. 'Tracy, who was born in Pledmont, West Virginia, to which union two children were born. Willie and Ida, both of whom died in infancy. The mother of these children died on January 30, 1894, and on June 15. 1898, Doctor Foland married, secondly, Sarah B. Shields, who was born In this county. To this latter union one child has been born, a son, John D., born on September 23, 1900, now a student in the Wilmington high school.

Doctor and Mrs. Foland are members of the Central Christian church at Wilmington and take an active part in the various good works of that congregation, Doctor Foland being one of the trustees of the church. Doctor Foland is a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of the Ohio consistory and of the Mystic Shrine. He is the oldest living mem- ber of the Masonic lodge at Wilmington, of which he is past master, and be also is pant commander of the commandery at Wilmington. He is a Republican and for many years gave much attention to the political affairs of the county, his sound judgment and through acquaintance with local affairs giving much weight to his counsels in the deliberations of the party managers in this section, though he never has been included in the office-seeking class; his only public service in that connection having been performed in 1870-72, when he filled, by appointment, an unexpired term as county recorder. Though practically retired from active business life, Doctor Foland continues to take a warm interest In local affairs and is deeply concerned in all measures looking to the advance-

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ment of the general welfare. For years he has been a director of the Clinton Telephone Company, in which connection his services have been valuable in promoting the inter- ests of the telephone service In this county. Doctor Foland has many friends in and about Clinton county and is held in high regard hereabout.

LAFE RECORD.

Lafe Record, who formerly was a contractor and builder in Clinton county, but who is now a well-known farmer of Union township, was born in Brown county, Ohio. near Fincastle, March 21, 1848, the son of Washington S. and Sarah Catherine ( Darling) Record, the former of whom was born on February 21, 1818, in Brown county, Oblo, and died on July 1. 1881, and the Intter of whom was born in Brown county, Ohio, in 1818, and died in 1857.

The paternal grandparents of Lafe Record were natives of Virginia. His grand- father, John 8. Record, grew up in the Old Dominion state, but was au early settler in Brown county, Ohio. He and his wife were members of the Christian church. He was a school teacher in his early days, and one of the best penmen of his generation. He and his wife reared a family of ten children. Mr. Record's maternal grandparents lived and died in Brown county, Ohio.

Washington S. Record grew up in Brown county, Ohio, and owned a farm in that county, but in 1853 he and his family emigrated to Livingston county, Illinois, where be purchased a farm of eighty acres at ten dollars an acre. His wife died in Livingston county, Illinois, in 1857, and three years later he sold the farm and returned to Brown county, Obio. The next year be emigrated to Clinton county, and having learned the cooper's trade when a lad he worked at his trade in this county. He rented farms also until his death. After the death of his first wife he married Lydia A. Brown, whom he survived for several years. All of the members of his family were prominent in the work of the Christian church.

To the first marriage of Washington S. Record were born six children, two of whom, Sarah Ellen. the third born. and Frank. the youngest. are deceased. Sarah Ellen mar- rled William Lower, a resident of Illinois. Frank died at the age of one year. The living children are: Rachel, who married John Young, of Pontiac, Illinois; John Spencer. of Boise, Idaho; Lafayette, the subject of this sketch ; and Laura, who married James Brock, of Madison county, Ohio. By the second marriage there were four children, of whom the two eldest and the youngest are deceased. Carrie and Jennie died early in life and Frank died in infancy. Katie married Foster Warner.

Lafe Record attended the district schools of Illinois, and was taught at home by his mother until he was eight years old, and after that was a pupil in the public schools. When a young man he learned the carpenter trade under James and Thomas Babb. at Burtonville, Ohio, and worked for them three years. Later he engaged in contracting and built many fine houses all over southern Clinton county and in Wilmington. For thirty five years he was engaged in contract building. In 1507 he purchased the Dwiggins farm north of Wilmington in I'nion township and now owns a hundred and thirty-three acres. The magnificent brick house on this farm was built in 1812 by the MeWhirter family. Mr. Record is now living retired.

On November 30, 1876. Lafe Record was married to Eva June Burton, who was born near New Antioch, Ohio, In Clinton county. She is the daughter of a well-known miller of New Antioch. Her parents are both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Record have hnd two children, Charles, who lives in Wilmington, and Jessie, who married Julian Mckenzie, a farmer.

Mr. and Mrs. Record belong to the Baptist church in which Mr. Record is a dencon and a former trustee. He is identified with the Republican party.

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JERREMMA D. HURLEY.

Jerremma D. Hurley was born on June 1, 1884, in Chester township, this county, Ohio, of which township he is still a resident. He is a son of John H. Hurley and Elizabeth (Linton) Hurley. In his early youth, he attended the public schools of Ches- ter township, and when he arrived at the age of young manhood, started to farm, rent- Ing at first. He has farmed in this county all his life. with the exception of three years spent in the state of Indiana, where he was engaged In the same line of business. In 1804, he returned to Chester township and purchased a farm of two hundred and ninety acres, which he still cultivates. . In 1908, he built a comfortable home, and is at present conducting a general farming and stock-raising business.

John H. Hurley was born in Chester township, this county, on January 23, 1835. His early education was secured at the public schools of Chester townsbip, and, as a young man, he started to cultivate a farm in that township, remaining there all his life. He prospered and became the owner of two hundred acres of land. He married Elizabeth'Linton, daughter of Allen and Elizabeth Linton, to which union eight children were born as follow : Nora, who married Elias Paxon; William A. who married Emma Oglesbee; Anna, who married Isaac Peterson; Jerremma D., the subject of this sketch; Lillian, who married C. J .. Lundy. Carey, who married Bertha Edwards; Charles, who married Hattie Wilson and, secondly, Blanche Swindler: Frank, who married Agnes McDana. He is a member of the Methodist church. and in politics, is a Republican.

John H. Hurley is the son of William and Drusilla (Mann) Hurley, the former of whom was a farmer, and resided in Chester township, this county, where he owned about three hundred acres of land and in addition to bis farming interests, operated a BHw- mill.

On December 22, 1886. Jerremma D. Hurley was married to Ida Stingley, who was born on April 17, 1865, daughter of Noah and Sarab (Jones) Stingley, to which union have been born the following children: Edith, who married Bernard Hunt and bas two children, Esther and Elizabeth; Horace J., who married Edith Haines, by whom he has had one child, Mary Elizabeth ; Ethel, who married James B. Harner, and bas two children, Carl and Loren; Howard W., who is at home; Elizabeth, also at home; Ralph, at home; Roy, who died when eleven years of age, caused by an injury to his side; Mary, who died in infancy, and Jesse. In his religious belief, Mr. Hurley is a member of the Friends church, and in politics, he is a Republican. Fraternally, he is a mem- her of the Modern Woodmen of America.

PHILIP EDMOND PAGETT.

Philip Edmond Pagett, a succesful farmer of Union township, this county, was born on Caesars creek, in Greene county, Ohio, on August 12, 1871. the son of Philip C. and Elizabeth (Peterson) Pagett, the former of whom was born in Winchester county, Vir- ginia, on April 27, 1827, and died on November 16, 1901, and the latter of whom was born in April, 1826, in Greene county, Ohio, and died in February, 1001. Philip C. Pagett was the son of William and Susanna Pagett, both natives of Virginia, who bore in their veins an admixture of Irish, French and Welsh blood. In 1833 they came to Ohio and settled on a farm in Greene county. William Pagett was a carpenter by trade and lived to a good old age.

Mr. Pagett's maternal grandparents were Jonas and Susanna (Colner) Peterson, both natives of Pennsylvania, who at an early date settled on Caesars creek in Greene county. At the time they came to this state they had only a few personal effects and no money. They were thrifty people, however, industrious and good managers, and finally came to own fourteen hundred acres of land. Both were members of the German Reformed church. The grandfather at one time lived in Indiana, where he purchased Jand. They were the parents of ten children.

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Philip C. Pagett was six years old when the family come from Virginia to Ohio. He grew up in Greene. county, where he was married, and In 1854 'removed by wagon to Oskaloosa, Iowa, where he purchased eighty acres of land and remained four years, at the end of which perlod he returned to Ohio and purchased a farm in Greene county. In 1881 he sold out and came to this county, purchasing one hundred and eighteen acres of land in Union township, where he and bis wife spent the rest of their lives. They were members of the German Reformed church, and during the Civil War he was a mem- ber of the famous "squirrel hunters" organization.

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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 97

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