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branched into the sheep business, which has grown into such magnitude, that he now ranks among the most extensive stock-dealers of the county, having about nine hundred head of Spanish merino of fine quality. To his wife is due much credit for her efforts in contributing to the prosperity of her husband, having saved up about $600 from her resources as a housekeeper. He is a member of the Trenton Christian Church, and also of the Grange Lodge.
ALLEN MOORE, farmer; P. O. Sunbury ; was born in 1825 in Licking Co., Ohio; he is a son of Jacob and Mary (Dixon) Moore; his father was born in Virginia, and came to Ohio in 1813, settling in Burlington Township, Licking Co .; he died in Utica in 1864; the mother died in 1844; they had eight children. Mr. Moore remained at his paternal home until married in 1951 to Sarah, a daughter of Henry and Mary ( Harris) Matthews ; her father was born in 1792, in Alleghany Co., Md., and emigrated to Ohio at an early period ; he was in the war of 1812. Her mother was born Nov. 11, 1792; they had ten children. Mrs. Moore was born in 1827 in Knox Co., Ohio ; they farmed in Licking Co. until Mr. Moore enlisted in Co. B, 1-42d O. V. I., and while he was in the service his wife bought their present farm of 102 acres, which is under good improve- ment and worth $60 per acre. They have three children-Henry, who has taught school, clerked for Judge Sprague, at Sunbury, and engaged in other kinds of occupations ; Theodore, who is at home and Josephine, who married Eli Zigler, now living in Richland Co .. Ohio. He is a teacher and farmer; she has also had considerable experience and success in teaching. Mr. Moore has been called upon to serve his township, and is at present Trustee. He and wife are members of the Christian Church, in which he is Deacon. They are now in the enjoyment of a pleasant home, the fruit of their combined efforts and prov- ident care.
NORMAN PERFECT, farmer; P. O. Con. dit ; was born Oct. 9, 1830, on a farm in Trenton Township, where he remained with his father and mother ( Middleton and Huldah Perfect ) until 21 years old, when he came to the farm where he now lives, then 145 acres, to which he has added until he now possesses 323 acres, well improved. He was married, March 13, 1856, to Susan E., a daughter of Jonathan and Mary Condit, by whom he had ten children-Edgar N., Mary A., Mark A., Carrie J., Waldo and Claude; and four deceased -- John C. I
died June 26, 1861; Addie A., Oct. 9, 1865; Elias, July 15, 1874, and an infant March 10, 1857. Mr. Perfect is in the general stock business. mak- ing a specialty of short-horned thoroughbred cattle, and is in partnership with Mills & Condit, in breeding fine Norman horses, having at this time two fine stallions recently imported from France. He recently came into possession, by purchase, of twenty-five acres of the old homestead of his father. Mr. Perfect and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.
I. A. PIERSON, merchant, Condit ; son of Ira and Jemima (Condit) Pierson : his father was born June 17, 1788, in New Jersey, and came to Ohio in 1838, settling near Condit; his first house was a rude structure of. round logs with a puncheon floor ; he died June 13, 1875, at the rire old age of 85, having reared a family of ten children ; he was a member of the Baptist Church; the mother was a daughter of Simon Condit, and was born in 1792, and died Dec. 15, 1869; was also a mem- ber of the Baptist Church. Their son, I. A. Pierson, was born Nov. 12, 1830, in New Jersey, and came with his parents by team to Ohio, being twenty-nine days on the road; at 16, he began learning the cabinet trade with C. S. Ogden, in Logan Co .; at the end of three years, he worked at house-building, in Delaware Co. one year, and in Licking Co. about two years; he then ran a saw-mill in partnership with his brother Simon for seven years, meeting with good success; in 1859. he bought fifty acres of land in Trenton Township, which he has improved; in 1863, he took a con- tract to carry the mail between Condit and Mit. Vernon, and, at the same time, engaging in buy- ing and selling wood and furs, also dealing in stock ; in 1873, he took charge of the station and express at this place, and has been engaged in merchandis- ing under the firm name of Pierson & Post, buy. ing produce and grain. Was married, Dec. 30, 1852, to Juliet Herron, daughter of A. Herron, of New Jersey ; she was born June 2. 1831, and died Jan. 1, 1867; they had five children-An- drew H., Nettie B., James E., Martin M. and Frank O. (died on the train coming from Kansas City ) ; Mr. Pierson was again married Oct. 23. 1868, to Pyrena, daughter of Smith Perry; she was born June 8. 1845. They are members of the Presbyterian Church in Trenton, of which he has been Trustee.
C. S. PARSONS, farmer ; P. O. Condit ; is a native of New York, where he was born in 1834. His father, G. D. Parsons, is a native of the same
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State, and with his wife, and mother of C. S., are now living in Licking Co. They came to Ohio in 1849. C. S. Parsons, when a boy, worked by the month, before and after coming to Ohio, a portion of the time for from $6 to $10 per month. In Granville, Ohio, he worked for A. Bond at the cooper's trade, for seven years, and then took up the double occupation of cooper and farmer, near his father's home in Licking Co. In 1866, he was married to Ettie Barton, daughter of Emily Barton, formerly of Maryland, now of this town- ship. They have had four children, two now liv- ing-Annie B. and William L. ; the two deceased were infants. Soon after marriage, they settled on the place where they now live, which consists of thirty-five acres. They are members of the Christian Church in Licking Co., in the Sunday school of which he has been Superintendent.
S. H. PIERSON, farmer ; P. O. Condit; was born Dec. 31, 1827, in Essex Co., N. J., and emigrated to Ohio in 1838. . At 17, he began the blacksmith's trade with Lewis Ketcham, with whom he afterward formed a partnership. In 1850, went to Iowa and entered 200 acres of land, remaining about eight months; returning, he worked in a machine-shop at Granville, Ohio. Ten months afterward, he went to work carpen- tering with his brother I. A., at Columbus Cen- ter, on what is now known as the B. & O. R. R., for two years. They then went into the steam saw-mill business, his part of which he subse- quently traded for a farm in Paulding Co., and in a short time moved to Hartford Township, Lick. ing Co., where he lived fifteen years, and then traded for 205 acres of land, where he now lives. Was married, Feb. 22, 1854, to Abigail, a daugh- ter of Moses and Eleanor (Gould) Jacobus. Her father was born in New Jersey, and came to Ohio in 1832, settling on the farm now owned by Bur- rell, where he died in 1852. They had eight children. Mrs. Pierson was born Oct. 10, 1823, in New Jersey. They have six children, five liv- ing-Charles A., William C., Ella J., Emma C. and Cora M .; Stephen M. died Dec. 14, 1861. He and wife, together with Charles, William and Ella, are members of the Presbyterian Church.
DANIEL H. PETERS, farmer and stock- raiser ; P. O. Green, Licking Co .; is a son of William and Sarah ( Bashford) Peters ; his father was of English descent, and born in Maryland; his mother of Irish descent ; her father was from Cork, Ireland. Mr. Peters' father emigrated to Ohio about 1816, and his grandfather came to
America in 1808, and served awhile in the war of 1812. Mr. Peters was born June 26, 1820, in Pickaway Co., Ohio, and came to Licking Co., in April, 1822. Nov. 27, 1842, he was married to Miss R. Iles ; she was born in Licking Co ; they had nine children-Sarah J., Lucretia. James W., Effie, Oliver, Emma, William P., Melissa and Martha. His wife died Oct. 6, 1863; she was a member of the M. E. Church. He was again married, in 1864, to Mary A., daughter of Edward and Mary Lake, by whom he had six children : five living-Rose D., Frank J., Milton H., Mark M., William S. and John M., who died Nov. 21. 1869. He lived, after marriage, in Licking Co. four years, and then rented his present farm of 124 acres, which he bought two years afterward ; About 1859, he learned the carpenter's trade, and has thus been enabled to make his own farn. improvements; in 1864, he commenced dealing in Spanish merino sheep, which he supplies to those wanting at fair prices; he has filled his share of the township offices, and is now a mem- ber of the Christian Union Church, as are also five his family. He has served as Superintendent of' Sunday school for twenty-five years, and many years as Elder. This church now has a member- ship of 100. He is a member of Sparrow Lodge. No. 400, A., F. & A. M.
GEORGE PATRICK, farmer ; P. O. Sunbury : is a son of Norman and Sarah ( Williams) Pat- rick ; his, father was born in New York, and came to Trenton Township about 1808, on horseback. and located on what is now the Burt Moore farm . in 1830, he kept tavern in Sunbury, the second one in the place; he died in April, 1874, the father of six children. George Patrick was born Aug. 8, 1815, in this township, and was married. Jan. 18, 1836, to Rebecca, a daughter of Ales- ander and Margaret (Cain) Walker ; her parents were natives of Virginia, and were early settlers of Mt. Vernon ; they are both dead; after mar- riage, Mr. Patrick settled on the London farm for some time, afterward lived in Sunbury; in 1839. they settled on the farm where they now live. He began carrying the mail about 1837, his first trip being from London to the former resi- dence of Mr. Coulter ; after six months, he carried from West Jefferson, Franklin Co., to Columbus. afterward between Sunbury and Columbus. In 1852, in company with forty others, he went by team to California for the purpose of mining, where he had some success; he returned in two years by water, when he again entered upon his
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his old calling, between Sunbury and Columbus. In 1863, he enlisted in Co. G, 96th O. V. I., as teamster ; he returned from the war in 1865, sick with the fever; as soon as able he went to Cairo, Ill., and brought home his son, who was sick front army exposure, and who was Quartermaster of the 174th O. V. I .; then drove a Government team from Camp Chase to Columbus; afterward on the mail route from Lancaster to Columbus for J. W. Hauks; in 1868, he took the mail route between Sunbury, Johnstown and Delaware; afterward selling out the Delaware route to Brooks, he yet carried the mail to Johnstown. They have nine children-Nathan E., married Louie Redman ; Huldah, has an important position in the Dayton Insane Asylum ; . Philena, who married John Welchimer ; P. H., living at home; Sarah E., who married Leroy Irving; Matilda, who married William Cott ; George, living at E. J. Condit's ; John W., who is a farmer in Iowa, and Norman, living at home. Mr. Patrick and wife are mem- bers of the Christian Church.
W. M. SHICKS, farmer; P. O. Sunbury ; son of Michael and Sophina ( Titus) Shicks ; his father was born in Pennsylvania and came to Ohio about 1812, settling in Berkshire Township on the farm now owned by B. Bell ; Mr. Shicks' father died in 1847 or 1848; his mother was born in New York, married in Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio by team ; they had seven children, but four survive. The subject was born in 1824 in Trenton Town- ship and was married to Mary, a daughter of John and Rachel (Mecker) Place; she was born June 1, 1824, in Porter Township; they have had eight children, six living-George, born July 7, 1853 ; Alice, May 28, 1855; James A., March 3, 1858; John W., June 14, 1859; Charles, May 16, 1861 ; Roxanna, May 17, 1866 ; T. J., 1849, died June 27, 1861 ; Harriet, born July 29, 1851, died June 20, 1861; Charlie, John and Alice belong to the Christian Church in Tren- ton Township ; Mr. Shicks settled on his present farm of twenty-three acres soon after marriage, and there is passing life pleasantly ; Mrs. Shick's parents were from Pennsylvania; her grand- parents, Timothy Meeker and Peleg Place, were Revolutionary soldiers.
working by the month ; in 1838, he married Jane Light, who was born in 1819 in Virginia; they farmed for awhile near Galena, and then came to Trenton Township ; in 1841, he bought fifty acres of land in Licking Co., for which he went in debt $700 ; this he liquidated with money earned by teaming ; this he sold in 1843, and subsequently bought the present farm of 111 acres, having rented it for some time prior ; they have had seven children ; six now survive-Warren V., married Angeline Walker ; Theodore P., married three times, to Julia Day, Mary Ford and Ellen Leaks ; Viola A., married William Day, living in Brown Co., Ind .; Adaline, married Henry Ross ; Alinda J., married Lad Wright; Alonzo M., was born March 23, 1858; was married to Sarah Boruff Nov. 27, 1877 ; she was boro June 30, 1857 ; they have one child, Bessie O., born Sept. 8, 1879; they are making their home with his father, the mother having died Dec. 4, 1859.
D. S. SINKEY, farmer ; P. O. Van's Valley ; is a son of William and Mary ( MeCardney) Sinkey ; his parents were of Irish desceut and came from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1813, settling in Perry Co., and moving afterward to Iowa, where they died. The subject was born July 3, 1806, in Pennsylvania, and came with his parents by team to Ohio. He was married, in 1826, to Betsy Stimale, by whom he had four children ; two are living-Ann (married James Grant, a connection of Gen. U. S. Grant, and is living in Effingham Co., Ill.), John, (now in Licking Co., Ohio). Mrs. Sinkey died in 1835. He was again married, in 1856, to Margaret Clayton, by whom he had four children, but three are living-Miles, (living in Union Co.); Stephen, (in Licking Co.); Mary, (mar- ried J. Kerby). Mr. Sinkey's second wife died Oct. 16, 1863; was again married in 1864, to Jane Iles, by whom he had one child-William D., born Dec. 28, 1865. Mrs. Sinkey's parents were born in Virginia and came to Ohio in 1802; her grandfather Iles was a British soldier ; her parents had nine children, four now living-Mary (Graves); Elizabeth (Jaques); John (married Elizabeth Southard). Mr. Sinkey settled on his present farm about 1833; it was then covered with tim- ber which he has cleared off, and now has 76 acres of well improved land.
PETER V. SEARLES, farmer ; P. O. Van's Valley; is a son of Peter and Mercy Searles, A. B. SHAVER, farmer ; P. O. Van's Valley ; is a son of Samuel and Nancy (Conner) Shaver. The subject was born Aug. 8, 1844, in Trenton Township, on what is now the Douglas Perfect natives of New York; he was born in 1810 in Saratoga Co., same State, and emigrated to Ohio in 1828, settling in Madison Co .; two years after- ! ward moving to Licking Co., and there engaged : farm, where he remained until 1 year old ; his
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parents then moved to the Walker farm and were there two years, and then bought 100 acres of land which is yet in possession of the family. Mr. Shaver remained with his parents until June 15, 1870, when he was married to Orlena, a daughter of Oliver and Rosanna (Iliff ) Willison ; her father was born in Licking Co .; her mother in Perry Co. They are members of the M. E. Church; have had ten children ; eight now living. Her father deals largely in stock, in Licking Co. Mr. and Mrs. Shaver settled on their present farm of 88 acres, in 1871; it is well improved and valued at $60 per acre ; he deals somewhat in Spanish merino sheep, to which business his farm is well adapted, He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he is Trustee. They have one child, an infant.
T. H. VANKIRK, physician and surgeon ; P. O. Condit ; is a son of Asher and Elizabeth Van- kirk ; his father was born in 1808, in Washing- ton Co., Penn., and came to Knox Co., Ohio, in 1862, and to Delaware Co. in 1874; the mother was a daughter of John and Elizabeth Stephen- son ; her father was killed by lightning when she was an infant; she was born in 1812, in Waynes- burg, Penn., and came with her husband to Ohio ; he died Aug. 9, 1876, and she Oct. 20, 1877 ; they were both members of the Disciples Church. The Doctor was born Oct. 13, 1831, near Washington, Penn., where he made the best possible use of such educational advantages as the schools of his native town would allow ; he attended Washington College four years, and taught school from the age of 18 until he was 30, a portion of this time in Ohio and Illinois; in 1860, he bought a farm, upon which he lived two years, and then bought a flock of sheep in Knox Co., which he drove to Illinois, herding them in McLean Co .; while there he taught one term of school at
Twin Grove; returning to Knox Co., he entered mercantile business in 1865, at Rich Hill; he then completed his medical course, to which he had been applying himself by attending three terms of lectures at the Cincinnati Eclectic Col- lege, graduating in 1869; he then began practice at Mt. Liberty; continuing for two years; then practiced one year in Johnstown; in 1873, he began at Condit, where he has since resided, in the enjoyment of a lucrative practice. He was mar- ried, in 1858, to Laura A. Jewell, a daughter of Harrison and Mary Jewell, of Licking Co .; she died in 1861, in Pennsylvania ; in 1869, he mar- ried his second wife, Frances J., a daughter of Alden Allen, of Knox Co .; they have three chil- dren-Charlie, Harry and Leet. The Doctor is now serving his fourth term as Justice of the Peace, and has held other positions ; himself and wife are members of the Disciples Church at Mt. Liberty ; he has a good property in Condit and Mt. Lib- erty, and is a member of the Masonic Fraternity.
A. C. WILLIAMS, stone-quarry and miller ; P. O. Sunbury ; was born in Franklin Co., Ohio, in 1827 ; he is a son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Ackerson) Williams; his father was born in Essex Co., N. J., and emigrated to Franklin Co., Ohio, in 1814, where he lived to the ripe old age of 84. Mr. Williams married, in 1852, Martha E., a daughter of Rev. William Francisco. They farmed in Franklin Co. until 1856, when they bought the present farm, on which he soon built a saw and grist-mill, which he still operates. He has on his place one of the finest quarries in the State ; some of the stone is well adapted for monu- mental work, for which it is used to some extent. His farm is well cultivated, and has on it fine buildings and an excellent vineyard. Mr. Will- iams and wife are members of the M. E. Church, at Sunbury.
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JAMES C. ADAMS, farmer ; P. O. Harlem ; his father, John Adams, was a native of Pennsyl- vania, where he was born Nov. 13, 1800, and, when S years old, came with his father to Ohio ; he bought the farm, the present homestead, of James C., which then contained 640 acres ; he remained with and worked for his parents until his mar- riage, Dec. 5, 1825, to Desire Cook, daughter of B. Cook ; she was born Nov. 18, 1803, in Preston, Conn., and was 4 years old when her folks came to Ohio. After his marriage, Mr. Adams moved in with his parents, where he worked on the farm and taught school during winters. When a young man, he united with the M. E. Church, and was one of the leading spirits in building the present Harlem Church, and for many years was an official member of the same. Feb. 6, 1872, Mr. Adams died, and six years later, in January, 1878, his wife followed him to the grave; they had eight children. The subject was the second child, and was born June 26, 1827. When 23 years old, he commenced teaching school ; taught two terms, and in the fall of 1853, went West, and, during the winter of 1853-54, he taught school in Lib- ertyville, Iowa, and in the spring of 1854, gath- ered up some young stock and started to drive through to California, and the following spring two of his brothers came to him, and they laid their claims in mines close to Harrison Hill, where the three of them worked for four years; they then sold out, and located on a ranche in Sierra Valley. where they remained six years. The subject then sold out, and went to Virginia City, where he built a hay barn, and bought hay and grain for about three years; then sold out, and returned to his native county. While on his way across the Plains to California, he dropped a large knife, and when going back after it he was surrounded by some Indians and compelled to pay toll, and among the change he gave them was a counterfeit 82.50 gold piece, and after he got started on his way, one of them caught up with him, and threw the counterfeit piece at him, and said : " White man's money bad." After coming home. he, in company with a brother, bought a saw-mill, which they ran in connection with the
farm, our subject running the farm and his brother the mill. They worked in that way for six years, and during that time our subject was married to Mary M. Wright, daughter of Joseph and Ahnira Wright, who were married in Licking Co; they had seven children : five of them are still living. Mrs. Adams was their third child, and was born Sept. 23, 1841; when 21, commenced teaching school, at which she continued until her marriage, Feb. 25, 1868; they had five children -- Arthur C., born Jan. 6, 1869 ; Minnie B. and Willie F. (twins), born July 27, 1870, Willie F. died Jan. 28, 1871; Ida M., born Oct. 8, 1875 ; Hubert J., born Oct. 30, 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Adams are members of the M. E. Church. While on his trip to California, and shortly after leaving Lib- ertyville, Iowa, Mr. Adams fell in with an emigrant train, with which he traveled to Salt Lake City, and was there taken sick and remained about five weeks boarding with a Mormon family, and in that way he found out the inside workings of the Mormon faith and practice.
SILAS ADAMS, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Harlem ; son of John and Margery Adams, of Luzerne Co., Penn., where our subject was born May 30, 1814, and, when two weeks old, his parents started for Ohio, and located in Harlem Township. on 80 acres of land ; his homestead was bought by his grandfather, David Adams ; he was a babe of' S weeks old when they landed in Delaware Co .; his father and mother went into the timber, and, fising a bed for their child between the logs, they left him there while they cut down and trimmed up the logs for their first house ; camping out until it was done and covered with bark, they doing all the work. Mrs. Adams lived about six years after coming to Ohio ; they had five children. one died when a babe-Kellogg, Rolley, Silas and Betsy A. In 1821, Mr. Adams married his second wife, Hannah Smothers; they had six children -- George, Lucy, Desire, Margery A., John Q., and Eveline ; the father died in 1835. He had for many years been a member of the MI. E. Church, and, for twenty-two years, was class- leader, his house being a preaching point, and the home of the ministers ; he was one of first school
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teachers to locate in the township; he was many years township Justice of the Peace and Trustee, Clerk and filled other township offices, and, in his day, was one of the best-educated men in the town- ship. He remained at home until 22 years old, though for some two years before he ran his father's and grandfather's farms; when of age, he bought his grandfather's farm, valued at $400, and for it he was to care for his grandparents until their death ; one of them lived one year, and the other twenty-one years. After housekeeping seven years, on May 26, 1842, he married Rhoda Vandruff ; they had two children-Lewellen, born May 21, 1843; Fernandez Lee, March 4, 1849 ; they are now married and living in Harlem Town- ship. Mrs. Adams died in May, 1853, and, in April, 1854, our subject married his second wife, Mahala Fairchilds ; she died April 14, 1867, and, Sept. 21, 1867, he married his present wife, Phi- lenia Wright; she was born April 10, 1840; they have three children-Roena D., born Oct. 1, 1868; John Q., Feb. 3, 1873, and Kellogg P., Nov. 20, 1875. The first money our subject ever made was by catching quails, at a cent apiece, until he had $6, which he loaned to his father, and, after many years, he got for his $6, a motherless colt, 3 days old, which he raised by hand, and, when grown, sold it for $60, that being the basis of his present property of 216 acres of land, on which he has two good dwellings, outhouses, etc., with a nice young orchard of 400 trees ; his farm is well stocked with hogs, sheep and cattle; on his farm is a stone quarry, out of which he furnished a great amount of curb-building stone, it being of the best grade of sandstone. In ad- dition to what property he now has, he has given his sons each a farm of seventy acres, well stocked with good buildings, etc. With his eldest son, he is now engaged in buying and baling hay, baring put up about two thousand tons in the last three years; he owns 250 acres of land, on which he has $9,000 to $10,000 in per- sonal property, in addition to what he has given his children. Mr. and Mrs. Adams are members of the M. E. Church, of which he is Trustee, and is one of only two or three that are now living who paid their subscription directly to the build- ing committee of Harlem M. E. Church, erected in 1838.
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