History of Delaware County and Ohio, Part 113

Author: O. L. Baskin & Co; Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892?
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, O.L. Baskin & Co.
Number of Pages: 818


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were engaged to be married before starting, but he having some business to adjust, could not attend to the matter then, and the party started on, he over- taking them to Zanesville, where the "knot was tied." Mr. Bishop made several changes after he came to this State, but finally located in Liberty Township, where he bought 100 acres of land at $7 per acre ; after his arrival here, he learned the trade of a stonemason, which he followed for many years; Mr. Bishop has always been a very hard-working man, has made a good deal of money from his labor, yet has heen unfortunate by going security for his friends, and has had to give up his home entire, having been on a friend's paper to the amount of $3,000, and had to pay it; this was before he came to the township; he made another start near Dublin, previous to his coming to this county. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop have had ten children-Maria, Sarah, Hampton, Heaton, Marion, Rachel, John, Vinton and Margaret, the latter deceased, and one infant unnamed. He has now 70 acres of land, upon which he and his wife reside, and are enjoy- ing the eve of life in peace and quietude.


SAMUEL BARR, farmer ; P. O. Powell ; was born in Franklin Co. Oct. 16, 1816; son of Andrew Barr, a native of Pennsylvania, whose wife was Nancy Ball; born in New York ; Andrew Barr came to Franklin in 1805, and settled in that county; he died in 1842, and his wife died in 1851; Samuel remained at home until his 28th year. On Feb. 6, 1845, he was married to Elizabeth Steely, born in Ross Co., March 22, 1821, and was a daughter of John Steely; her mother's maiden name was Moore, who died in 1866 ; her husband in 1856; after marriage, Samuel Barr and wife located in Franklin Co., on land given him by his father, where he remained about ten years; then went to Alton, same county, remained there three years ; then went seven miles northeast of Colum- bus ; stayed seven years ; moved back six miles south of Columbus ; stayed one year ; then went to Westerville ; stayed one year ; then moved east of Worthington ; stayed eight years ; spent three years on Alum Creek ; spring of 1878, moved to this township, and bought twenty acres, upon which he is now living ; they have four children -Mary C., Hannah, Anna and Nancy ; the elder, Mary C., is a teacher, and has been engaged suc- cessfully as such. Mr. Barr is a member of the M. E. Church ; his wife a member of the Dun- kard Brethren.


ALBERT CASE, farmer; P. O. Lewis Center ; born in this township April 1, 1826 ; is a son of


Ralph and Mary (Skeels) Case ; the mother was a native of Vermont, while her husband was born in Connecticut and came to this country with an ox team, with one horse in the lead, reaching this county in 1810, and settled in this township ; the settlements were then few and far between, and game was in rich abundance; his wife died Feb. 29, 1834, and he in February, 1864. Albert left the parental roof in his 27th year, and married Abby Williams, a native of York State; they have two children-Henrietta and George M. His first wife dying, he was married to Sarah Williams December, 1862; she died in 1866, and Feb. 19, 1868, he married his present wife, who was Amelia Gross, born in Pennsylvania Sept. 14, 1833 ; no issue. Mr. Case has 110 acres of land and valuable property in Columbus ; is a good farmer and stanch Democrat.


JOHN W. CLARK, farmer; P. O. Powell ; was born in this township Sept. 6, 1831 ; is the fifth of a family of seven children born of David H. and Laura (Humphrey ) Clark, the former was a native of Orange Co., N. Y., and the latter of Connecticut ; John's father located in this county about the year 1820, and bought land upon which he lived until his death, Sept. 17, 1857, in his 68th year ; was a mechanic, and worked as an operative mason, and, at the same time, carried on farming. John still lives upon the homestead. He was married Dec. 25, 1865, to Mary A. Webber, born in New Hampshire in 1835 ; she is a danghter of Lyman J. Webber, born in Vermont; no issue ; after their marriage, he brought his wife to the old homestead. May, 1864, he was mnstered in the 100-day service in Co. K, 145th O. N. G .; re- turned home after his discharge Ang. 24 of the same year, and has since been engaged as a tiller of the soil. Mr. Clark and wife are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at this place.


C. W. CLEMENTS, farmer; P. O. Powell ; was born in Union Co., and is the son of Ransom and Susanna (Weaver) Clements, both born in Vir- ginia; came to this State in 1827, and. married in Ross Co. in 1829; located in Union Co., where they purchased land, remaining there until 1847, when they came to this county and lived in Orange Township until their death, Mr. Clements in Jan- uary, 1865, and his wife in August, 1877. Charles W. did not leave the parental roof until he was 34 years of age ; while his brothers were in the serv- ice, he remained with his parents, and cared for their wants and necessities. March 19, 1868, he


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married Melissa Ann Ewers, born in Morrow Co .; after their marriage, they moved to Orange Town- ship, and remained there until 1875, when he moved to where he now resides, where he bought twenty-five acres of land; has one child, 'Minnie, born March 25, 1871. Mr. Clements and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Has all his life been engaged in farming pursuits, and expects to spend the remainder of his days in the same employment. Is an advocate of the Green- back principles.


CAPT. JOHN CELLAR, farmer; P. O. Powell; he is the third child of a family of five children ; his father, Thomas Cellar, was born in Franklin Co .. Penn., Jan. 19, 1784; and his wife's name be- fore marriage was Margaret Gabrile, a native of Maryland ; the Cellar family emigrated to this State in 1800, and first located in Franklin Co., and, in the year 1802, made their way up the river Olentangy in a keel-boat and settled about one mile north of Liberty Church, on the west bank of the Olentangy, where they built a rude cabin in which they lived until they could afford better; John's grandfather was a gunsmith, and the Indians came from Sandusky to get their guns repaired by him ; Chillicothe was the princi- pal trading-point at that time, and where they got he their milling done; Thomas Cellar died June 11, 1854; his wife Nov. 4, 1827 ; they were married Jan. 10, 1815. John Cellar was born on the place where he now resides, April 23, 1820. July 3, 1856, he was married to Cornelia Cellar, born in this township Nov. 13, 1830; they have had eight children, but five now living-Frances A., Sarah, Edward, Mary E. and Henry. May 10, 1864, he went out as Captain of Co. A, 146th O. N. G., in the 100-days service, and served his time in and about Forts Smith, Tillinghast and Woodbury, near Washington City ; was mustered out Aug. 24, 1864, at Camp Chase, and returned home to farming pursuits. Himself and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church; he also holds the office as Township Clerk.


JOHN G. F. CELLAR, farming; P. O. Powell; John was born in this township Dec. 15, 1837; son of John T. and Lucy ( Wilson) Cellar ; John was born on the homestead now occupied by his sister, where he lived until the year previous to his marriage, when he built him a house just south of the homestead, and made preparations for the reception of his prospective wife, and, March 1, 1875, was joined by matrimony to Naomi Luke, born in this county Feb. 22, 1855; she is a


daughter of John Luke, who married Lucy Karns. Mr. and Mrs. Cellar have one child- Mary W .- born Nov. 15, 1876. He has 124 acres of land. They are both members of the Presbyterian Church. He was in the 100-days service in Co. K, 145th O. N. G., and returned home in August, 1864, and since has been en- gaged in farming pursuits.


ROBERT M. CELLAR, farmer; P. O. Powell; was born in this township Oct. 3, 1834; is a son of George and Rachel Cellar, who were among the early settlers of this county ; the former was born in Franklin Co., Penn., April 23, 1791, and died Feb. 23, 1860 ; his wife is also a native of Pennsylvania, born Oct. 11, 1803; she is still liv- ing. Robert was married, Dec. 27, 1860, to Sarah A. Schanck, born in this county Dec. 20, 1840; she is a daughter of William Schanck, a native of New York ; they have six children-William A., born Oct. 22, 1861; Cora, March 22, 1864; Eliza, June 1, 1868; Alfred B., March 7, 1870; Sophia S., March 15, 1873; Nellie A., June 4, 1877. ,In 1864, Mr. Cellar enlisted in the 100- days service, Co. K, 145th O. N. G., and was sta- tioned at Fort Tillinghast, on Arlington Heights, in District of Columbia; was mustered out and received his discharge at Camp Chase, at Colum- bus. Seven of the Cellar boys were out in the service, one of whom, Joseph Addison, who went out in Co. A, 15th Regulars, died from a wound received at Pittsburg Landing. Robert Cellar is a member of the Presbyterian Church.


GEORGE C. CELLAR, farmer ; P. O. Pow- ell; enlisted in Co. F, 96th O. V. I., July 26, 1862, and was out three years and four days; dur- ing this time participated in the battles of Arkan- sas Post, Chickasaw Bluffs, Vicksburg, Grand Chateau, and those of the Red River campaign, Forts Gaines, Morgan and Spanish Fort; during the battle at Arkansas Post, he received a wound in the leg, which disabled him from duty four months; he was a soldier who was always at his post and ready for duty when detailed; was mustered out at the close of the war, at Mo- bile and received an honorable discharge at Camp Chase ; upon his return, he resumed farming and was married, Feb. 13, 1867, to Mary Gray, a na- tive of this State ; she died Nov. 18, 1874, leav- ing one child-Oliver, born Aug. 8, 1869. Mr. Cellar married a second time Mary A. Bard, a native of Pennsylvania ; this took place in No- vember, 1876; they have one child-Bard, born Sept. 16, 1877. Mr. Cellar was born in this


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township Feb. 21, 1837, and is a son of George and Rachel (Fleming) Cellar, who were married Dec. 7, 1826.


HENRY COOK, general store; now a resi- dent of Hyattsville ; was born Oct. 22, 1847; son of Seth Cook, a native of Morrow Co., where Henry was born ; his mother's name, previous to her marriage, was Nellie Hardman, born in West Virginia ; Henry came to Delaware Co. when he was 16 years of age, and hired out to work at a saw-mill, and continued working by the month for two years; he then bought a fourth interest in the mill owned by Steitz & Cook, which they ran under the firm name of Steitz & Cook, and did a large business, buying timber land and cutting " off the timber, sawing it for the market; they sold the mill and divided up the land; Henry farmed one season, and subsequently traded his land for the town property he now owns, and Sept. 16, 1878, opened up a general store, which he has since carried on ; keeps a selected stock of such goods as are required in the community, and pro- poses to treat the people fairly, and thus hopes to merit their patronage. On Oct. 17, 1872, was united in wedlock to Mary Webster, who was born in Concord Township Nov. 16, 1848; she is a daughter of Frebourne Webster ; prior to her marriage, was a teacher several years. He and wife are members of the United Brethren. Mr. Cook is also a member of Powell Lodge, No. 465, I. O. O. F. They have had three children-Alice I., born Aug. 4, 1873 ; died May 3, 1877 ; Jay, born July 18, 1875 ; Nellie, born Feb. 5, 1878.


THOMAS CASE, farmer ; P. O. Hyattville ; was born in this township May 26, 1847, son of Seth W. Case, who came to this State in 1816 and located in this county, and remained here until 1863, when he moved to Franklin Co., where he died on May 1, 1866, in Blendon Township ; his wife survives him. Thomas, the subject of this sketch, during his 16th year, enlisted in the 60th O. V. I., Co. A, and was engaged in the battles of Spottsylvania, the Wilderness, North Anna, Cold Harbor, the James River movement, and was wounded in the battle before Petersburg June 17, 1864, by being shot in the left side, and was only absent from his regiment forty days, and joined them July 27 ; was present at the mine explosion in front of. Petersburg, and participated in all the battles that the regiment engaged in up to the close of the war. Upon his return home, attended school and farmed. July 17, 1870, was united in marriage to Lavinie Thomas ; born Aug.


14, 1849 ; have three children, but two living- Helen A., born Sept. 8, 1871 ; Walter R., Dec. 16, 1878 ; after his marriage he continued farm- ing ; came here in 1873, and has since remained one mile south of Hyatt's Station; member of Powell Lodge, No. 465, I. O. O. F .. Mr. Thomas' father, during his life, was a member of the Republican party, served over thirty years as Justice of the Peace. Thomas W., in the last election, was elected to the office of Land Ap- praiser, as a Democrat.


JOHN F. COLFLESH, farmer; P. O. Delaware; is among the well-to-do farmers of this township, and was born in Philadelphia Co., Penn., Dec. 25, 1810; is a son of Jacob and Margaret (Nugan) Colflesh, both of them natives of Pennsylvania ; John received his education in the common schools, and, at the age of 15, commenced the carpenter's trade, at which he worked in Philadelphia, and was there when the cholera raged in that city; saw the dead hauled out in cart-loads and dumped into pits for their reception. Dec. 23, 1833, was married to Mary D. Weed, born in 1814, same county as her husband; her father's name was Christopher Weed ; her mother's name was Han- nah Wiley before marriage; in the spring of 1837, Mr. Colflesh moved to this State and lo- cated on his present place; his father preceded him the previous fall, and had bought 248 acres of land, which he subsequently divided between John and his brother James. John, though raised to a mechanical pursuit, readily turned his attention to farming ; has improved his place, and has as desirable a location as can be found in the county ; they have ten children, five boys and five girls-Jacob, now in Berlin Township; John A., in Des Moines, Iowa ; Ellen, now the wife of John Harter, of Kentucky ; Amanda, now Mrs. John Baker, of Plymouth, Ind .; William J., same place; Lydia, wife of George W. Young, of Del- aware; Eliza, wife of Vance Jacox ; Henry and Hattie, at home. Miss Hattie took a $60 prem- ium at the last fair for cooking the best meal and in less time than any of her competitors. Samuel, the second son, and deceased, was among the num- ber who first responded to the call in 1861; he was a brave and valiant soldier ; he was in Co. C, 4th O. V. I., and was through some of the severest battles of the war; was at one time in command of the company when the Captain and Lieuten- ants were killed or disabled ; in one battle on the Peninsula was the second man to cross the rebel works, and a rebel snapped a cap at him three


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times, and Samuel finally wrenched the gun from him and took him prisoner; he lost his life at the battle of the Wilderness three weeks before his time would have expired; Jacob was in the 100- days service, and John A. served about one year in the mechanical department. Mr. and Mrs. Colflesh are members of the Protestant M. E. Church ; he is a member of the I. O. O. F., No. 57, located at Delaware. Has served two years as Justice of the Peace and was elected another term but refused to serve. Is a Democrat.


HIRAM CHAPMAN, farmer ; P. O. Dela- ware; is a native of Summit Co., Ohio, born Feb. 28, 1849; son of T. Chapman, who was born in Vermont and married Hannah Ann Lip- pincott, a native of New Jersey, and moved to Ohio in 1848, locating in Summit Co .; Hiram was the youngest of a family of three children ; his father was a tinner by occupation, and Hiram learned the trade of him, remaining at home until he was about 28 years of age. April 5, 1877, was married to Miss Alice S. Pierce, born in 1852, daughter of Samuel and Ann Pierce; they have one child-Hattie Bell, born Sept. 6, 1878. Hiram moved to this township in April, 1877, aud since has been engaged in farming. He and his wife are both members of the Pres- byterian Church at Liberty ; he is also a member of the Masonic Fraternity, Ashley Lodge, No. 407, A., F. & A. M.


CYNTHIA M. CASE, farmer ; P. O. Powell ; was born in this county Aug. 16, 1819; her name before marriage was Tuller ; the Tullers are from Connecticut, and her mother was from Ver- mont; Mrs. Case was married, Sept. 13, 1839, to Augustus L. Case, who was born in Licking Co .; they farmed for some time after their marriage, and subsequently ran a livery stable, and some time before his death had a contract for car- rying the mail, had five lines or contracts, and carried on this business for about sixteen years ; in 1854, he died, leaving considerable of his mail contract unfilled, yet Mrs. Case conducted the business and filled out the unexpired part of the time; Mrs. Case has a farm adjoining Powell where she lives ; her daughter Dora, who married Charles Carlson, lives with her.


O. J. CASE, farmer; P. O. Powell; was born in Beachtown April 6, 1840 ; son of Augus- tus L. Case, who married Cynthia Tuller ; Oscar left home in his 19th year to " to paddle his own canoe;" Aug. 4, 1862, enlisted in Co. G, 96th O. V. I., and was in the service three years,


and returned home without a scratch, received his discharge July 30, 1865. October 25, same year, was married to Martha Tone, born in 1841, daugh- ter of Christopher Tone, a native of Vermont, came West when she was about 1 year old ; After their marriage, they moved to Franklin Co., stayed one year; in the fall of 1866, re- turned to Delaware Co., and located on the farm he now owns; has four children-Aurla, Nelson F., Oddie and Owen (twins); Mr. Case cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln.


NORMAN CASE, farmer, was born in this township Oct. 12, 1824, and is a son of Ralph Case, who was a native of Connecticut, and came here at an early day, making the trip with ox teams, and horses in the lead; upon arriving in this country, he had but one ox left. Norman was born on the place now owned by his brother William, and obtained his education in a log school- house, with slabs for seats and boards nailed up to the side of the house for a desk. April 17, 1849, he married Almira Holcomb, who was a native of Connecticut ; they have three children, Alice L., Mary A. and Laura P. After marriage, they lo- cated on the place where he now lives, and where he " kept bach " the year previous. Mr. Case pays taxes on 178 acres of land, and has been a successful farmer. Although he has never identi- fied himself with any church organization, yet he is an advocate and supporter of Christian princi- ples. He is a member of Powell Lodge, I. O.O.F., No. 465. His father was a Democrat, and the Case family have remained true to those prin- ciples.


M. S. CASE, trader; P. O. Powell. Miles is a native of this township, born Jan. 29, 1832 ; there were four children in his father's family, Miles being the third; his father, Titus Case, is a native of Connecticut, and came to the State with his father, George, many years ago, and was among the early settlers in this country. Miles' mother was born in New Jersey ; her name was Anna Fisher, before marriage. Miles left home at the age of 17, and at 22 he was married to Emily Jane Bartholomew, daughter of Maj. Bartholomew, April 5, 1855 ; they have ten children-Elizabeth E., Mary E., Franklin M., John T., Emily, Lu- ella, Peter, James, Hattie and Roxie. After mar- riage, he located on the homestead, where he lived until 1869, when he moved to this place. His wife died April 7, 1873, and July 15, 1874, he was married to Carrie Lentz, born in' Fairfield Co., near Lancaster ; she died during child-birth, Oct.


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6, 1879 ; she was 38 years of age. Mr. Case has, for the last twenty years, been engaged in stock- trading ; has 137 acres of land adjoining Powell, on the east. Is a member of Powell Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 465, of which he is Permanent Secre- - tary.


HIRAM R. CARPENTER, farmer ; P. O. Delaware; was born in this township Nov. 18, 1821; the Carpenter family are said to be the first family who settled in the county ; the Carpenter family can trace their' genealogy back several gen- erations-to one Abraham, who was born some- time in 1600; then Abiel, born 1708, next Capt. Nathan, born April 12, 1757; then James, born in 1794, the father of Hiram ; Capt. Nathan was born in Chenango Co., N. Y., and emigrated to this State May 1, 1801 ; he started for Pittsburgh in a sleigh ; sold it at that point and bought a keel- boat and came to what is known as West Colum- bus, and from there they came up the Olentangy, and the last night before reaching their destina- tion, they camped on an island about one-quarter of a mile north of the iron bridge near the Bar- tholomew estate ; they came on the next day, and camped at a spring opposite the Carpenter estate, where they remained until they found the exact location of their land which had been bought by Capt. Nathan Carpenter before coming, and they brought a surveyor along who established their lines, and then they built a log cabin near the gate which leads into the Carpenter farm, where they lived several years, when they moved to the hill and erected a house on the site of the present structure built by Hiram. The Carpenter family are very long-lived, very few of them have died under 80 years of age; Hiram is the first child of James Carpenter by a second marriage; there were eight children in the family ; Hiram and sister re- mained on the homestead consisting of 350 acres of choice land ; Mr. Carpenter is running a dairy of Jersey cows, and is the originator of a new process of butter-making or aid to the same by submerging the milk in cold water, which is a suc- cess. Hiram and sister are members of the Pres- byterian Church ; he is also a member of the Ma- sonic Fraternity of both Lodge and Chapter, and is Master of the Liberty Grange, No. 124.


WILLIAM CRUIKSHANK, farmer ; P. O. Delaware; Mr. Cruikshank is one of the number of self-made men in the county, and there are few men who have manifested more energy and done more for their families in an educational way than he ; early in life, he became impressed with the great


importance of obtaining an education and has from his first outset in life made everything tend in that direction, beginning in life at a time when advantages of this character were very unfavor- able indeed; yet, notwithstanding all the disad- vantages and discouragements that attended him, he never lost sight of his desire to obtain a good education, working for his board and cutting sev- eral cords of wood each week at times before and after school hours, to enable him to procure the means to prosecute his studies ; he left home at the age of 17 and educated and clothed himself by the fruits of his own labor and arduous study ; at the age of 18, he began to teach, which he followed until he was 30 years of age ; at the age of 23, he was married to Cynthia M. Fisher, a native of New York; their marriage took place May 14, 1839. Mr. Cruikshank was born in Liberty Town- ship, on the east side of the Olentangy River, one and a half miles north of Beeber's Mill, in the year 1816; is, a son of George and Elizabeth Cruikshank; the former was a native of Washing- ton Co., N. Y., and came to this State about the close of the war of 1812, locating in this town- ship; the Cruikshanks are of Scotch descent. After William's marriage, he began farming ; sub- sequently, when his children grew up, he moved to Delaware on purpose to educate them and lived there about fifteen years, where several of them graduated. They have had seven children, but four living-Edward died at 14 years of age; Homer graduated and prepared himself for the ministry and died at 23 ; George W. enlisted in the late war, served three years and then re-enlisted, was pro- moted to First Lieutenant, was taken prisoner at the Weldon R. R. affair and has never been heard of since; Eugene died at the age of 18; William, married and at home; Eunice, also graduated, now the wife of W. P. Leeper, of Indiana ; Lois J., graduate of same school (Wesleyan Female College), now the wife of Rev. Daniel Murdock ; Mary T. lives at home. Mr. Cruikshank has 164 acres of land that he has cleared up, and has done an un- usual amount of hard labor; could have been. worth much more, had he not spent so much in educating his family, but this he does not regret. He and family are members of the M. E. Church.


WILLIAM O. DIXON, farmer ; P. O. Lewis Center ; was born in this township Feb. 27, 1841 ; son of Abel Dixon ; his mother's name was Lydia Clark before marriage ; Abel was born in Vermont, and his wife in New York. William's father died when he was a mere lad, and he was left to look


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out for himself; his mother was poor and not able to maintain him, and he started out to do for him- self. Nov. 7, 1861, he volunteered his services in defense of his country, and was out over four years in Co. B, 46th O. V. I., and no better sol- dier was in the regiment than William ; he par- ticipated in all the battles the regiment was en- gaged in, with the exception of one, and that took place while he was a prisoner ; his first battle was at Pittsburg Landing ; he was at Vicksburg, Jack- son (Miss)., and Mission Ridge ; he veteraned while in Tennessee, and went immediately on the campaign, and was at all the battles of the Atlanta campaign, and was taken prisoner while on a for- aging expedition in North Carolina ; was taken to Libby Prison, and from there to Annapolis, and from there he was sent to Columbus, where he got his discharge in June, 1865. Jan. 1, he was married to Phobe L. Lowry, born in this county Aug. 30, 1848 ; daughter of Andrew J. Lowry. After their marriage, they moved to Ashley, re- mained two years, and in the fall of 1868 moved to the place where he now lives, and bought thirty-seven and half acres of land. They have five children-William A., born Nov. 2, 1866; Alice J., born Dec. 29, 1868; Henry B., born Jan. 8, 1870; James F., horn Dec. 8, 1872; Mary, born Dec. 1, 1874.




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