History of Delaware County and Ohio, Part 125

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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PATRICK SHANAHAN, farmer; P. O. Flint ; was born in Parish of Bally Donahoe, County Kerry, Ireland, March, 1824 ; is the third child of a family of fourteen children of Patrick Shanahan, who married Margaret Neil ; Patrick remained at home until he was 25 years of age, when he bade good-by to the land of his fathers and, in the spring of 1849, emigrated to America and landed in New Orleans; came to Morrow County, where he stayed one fall and winter ; then to Delaware, where he worked on the railroad about ten years. While here, was married to Ellen Scandlin, born in the same county as her husband. After leaving Delaware, in 1862, moved to Berlin Township, north of Lewis Center, where he bought 25 acres of land; lived there until about the year 1874, when he sold out and bought his present farm of 125 acres, to which he

moved and has since farmed. Has six children -Robert E., Patrick, John, Mary, Richard and Thomas. He and family are members of the Catholic Church. He came to this country with but 5 shillings, but resolved to make something of himself, and has acquired what he possesses by hard work and by economy.

HORACE F. SMITH, farmer; P. O. Lewis Center ; was born in this township Dec. 10, 1838; is the second child of a family of six children born of Benjamin F. Smith, who was a native of Gen- esee Co., N. Y., where he married Amanda Gib- son, a native of same county, and removed and located in this county, in Orange Township, on the pike, about two miles from the Franklin Co. line. Here Horace was born and raised. His father was a carpenter ; Horace remained, with his parents until he became of age, at which time he was married to Maria Elliott, born in this county ; their marriage was celebrated Nov. 13, 1860 ; after their marriage, they located on the place he now owns, where he has since remained with the exception of two years, when he went out in the service in the 96th O. V. I., Co. G, and partici- pated in the battles of Chickasaw Bluff and Arkan- sas Post ; he was discharged at the Marine Hos- pital, in New Orleans, on account of disability. Upon his return home, he resumed farming. They have three children-Frank E., born in Decem- ber, 1861; Lew, born in July, 1864; Bell, born in November, 1865. Mr. Smith has seventy-five acres of land. Is a member of New England Lodge No. 4, A., F. & A. M. His father died in 1860 ; his mother is still living. Mr. Smith is among the enterprising men of this township; is upright, and well deserving of the esteem with which he is held in the community in which he resides.

L. C. STRONG, retired farmer; P. O. Lewis Center. Prominently among the early settlers of this county stands the name of Daniel Strong, father of L. C. Strong, who emigrated from Ver- mont to this county late in the year 1803 or early in 1804, and settled in what is now Liberty Township, then in Franklin, about one mile west of the Beiber mill; there Lucius C. Strong, the subject of this sketch, was born May 21, 1804, and is now one of the oldest native inhabitants of this county. Subsequent to this, his father re- moved to Radnor Township, on a farm five miles north west of Delaware. He served in the war of 1812, and participated with others in "running away from the Indians." At the first stampede,

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he loaded his family into a wagon and started for Chillicothe, but stopped at a brother's in Liberty Township, returning home in a few days. The next scare, they went to Delaware, and drove up in front of Capt. Welch's hotel, on the south side of the old square. In a few days, they returned home again, to remain without molestation. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Strong, after enduring the hard- ships incident to pioneer life, died in the summer of 1816, leaving a family of six children orphans. Lucius was then 12 years of age, and was given a home by his uncle, Maj. Aaron Strong, then keep- ing a hotel in Delaware. The following year, young Strong attended a school taught by Russel E. Post, in a brick building on East William street. In this building, our present President, R. B. Hayes, was subsequently born. It was here that Lucius wrote an essay on slavery, a subject of his own choosing, and from this he grew in anti- slavery principles, until he became an uncompro- mising Abolitionist, and lived to see slavery, that "twin relic of barbarism," wiped out from the nation's disgrace. Young Strong commenced his education in the old Dilworth spelling-book, be- ginning with, " No man may put off the law of God ; my joy is in His law all the day," and ending with, "The thrifty and the unthrifty farmer.' Leaving his uncle, he " drifted with the tide," working out at $6 per month; when he had reached his majority, he had saved some money. At the age of 23, Mr. Strong married Mahala Andrus, in Worthington, where they lived three years. In 1838, he located on what is called the State road, in the northern part of this township, on a farm of forty acres, and subsequently added fifty acres more. In 1869, he sold out. His present home is in Lewis Center, with his youngest daughter, Mrs. C. M. Stout. Mr. Strong's wife died twelve years after their marriage, leaving five children, the youngest but 6 months and the eldest 10 years of age. These Mr. Strong raised to maturity without the aid of a stepmother, as he did not again marry. In business transactions he has had more than ordinary success, having ac- cumulated a competency for his maintenance with- out other aid; and for these blessings, Mr. Strong extends all praise to Him who controls our des- tinies. The township honored him with its clerk- ship for seventeen successive years, and as Justice of the Peace six years. For forty-five years he has been a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church ; is an uncompromising temperance man, and his entire career has been characterized as

straightforward and manly, while his influence has always been for the right, leaving so enviable a record that his posterity in coming years can point to their paternal ancestor with pride and satisfaction.

MICHAEL SLATTERY, farmer; P. O. Lewis Center. Among the young men of this township who hail from the Emerald Isle, there are none more deserving of respect than Michael Slattery; he was born Nov. 11, 1844, in Kings Co., Ireland, son of John and Mary (Caldwell) Slattery, who emigrated to this country in the year 1852, and located in this township. The family came here without patrimony or friends, about the time the C., C., C. & I. R. R. was being laid out ; he worked about fourteen years in that Company's employ, and, by frugal habits and dil- igence, cacumulated sufficient means to buy him a small farm, now located at Orange Station, and is to-day one of the highly respected citizens in the township. Michael is the eldest of a family of five children now living; he was but 9 years of age when he came to this country, remaining with his parents until his 18th year, July, 1862, when he enlisted in Co. G, 96th O. V. I., for three years, and served his time, participating in the battles of Arkansas Post, first assault on Vicksburg, Sabine Cross Roads and all the battles in the vicinity of Mobile, and many skirmishes at different times ; was taken prisoner after the bat- tle of Arkansas Post, and, after six months' con- finement, escaped, while at Chattanooga, and soon joined his command; was mustered out in 1865, as a non-commissioned officer ; July, 1866, he re- enlisted in the 18th Infantry, United States Army, and served three years in the Gulf Depart- ment ; after about seven months' service as private, was promoted to Duty Sergeant, which position he filled until the expiration of his en- listment ; at the time he was discharged, July, 1869, he was tendered a warrant from the War Department as Orderly Sergeant, which he de- clined ; of him it can be said, that during ing his entire term of enlistment he was never absent from duty or missed a roll-call, with ex- ception of the time he was a prisoner ; and, upon his return, was appointed railroad agent and Postmaster at Orange Station, which positions he filled until April, 1879; since that time has. turned his attention to farming ; has a snug prop- erty at Orange Station. July 28, 1872, was mar- ried to Ellen Boyd, born in this township, daughter of Levi Boyd ; they have three children

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-Alice, born Dec. 21, 1873; Andrew T., Jan. 27, 1876 ; Maria, June 2, 1878. Is a member of New England Lodge, No. 4, A., F. & A. M.

WILLIAM H. STEVENS, farmer ; P. O. Constantia ; was born in Berlin Township March 22, 1837 ; is a son of Charles Stevens, who was born in 1796, a native of Hampshire, England, and a soldier in the British army, from which he deserted, and came from Canada, where the army was stationed, to the States, when about 18 years of age. William's mother's name was Com- fort Adams before marriage, a native of Connecti- cut; she came to this State with her parents, with an ox-team ; they were at one time forced to seek protection in the block-house, which gave them friendly shelter many days. After the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, Sr., they settled in Berlin, and lived there during their lives. Mr. Stevens died in 1864, and his wife in September, 1878. The subject of these lines was the youngest of a family of four children, three now living ; William remained with his parents until Aug. 15, 1862, when he enlisted in Co. K, 121st O. V. I., and remained in service until the close of the war; he participated in all the battles in which the regiment was engaged ; during all this time he never missed a roll-call, nor was he placed on extra duty, remanded to the guard-house, or ever reported to the surgeon's call. June 10, 1868, he was united in marriage to Mary E. Satterlee, born Dec. 29, 1843; she is a daughter of Richard and Eliza (Adams) Satterlee. Mr. Satterlee was a man of rare intelligence and intellectual attainments; he has since died ; his widow still survives him, and lives at Cheshire ; she and her husband were natives of Putnam Co., N. Y., and came West in 1833, and settled in Berlin. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens came here in 1876, and located on the east side of Alum Creek, where they have 91} acres of land. They have but one child-George, born' Jan. 22, 1870.

LYSANDER F. TAYLOR, farmer ; P. O. Westerville ; was born in Franklin Co., Mass., June 13, 1819 ; son of Rodolphus and Lucretia (Rowe) Taylor ; the former was born in Massa- chusetts, and his wife in Litchfield, Conn ; there were six children of the family, Lysander being the second in order. At the age of 13, he moved with his parents to Chautauqua Co., N. Y., and in the spring of 1838, the family came to this State, and settled in Franklin Co., residing two years ; in the spring of 1840, moved to Delaware, where they lived five years; in 1845, settled in

the southern part of Orange Township, where the boys bought 200 acres of land, which they cleared up and subsequently divided among them- selves, Lysander retaining for his portion 107} acres. His father died March 14, 1870 ; mother is still living, now in her 92d year ; she is a pen- sioner from the war of 1812, her husband being a participant in that war. Lysander remained a bachelor until his 47th year. April 11, 1866, was married to Mrs. Harriet B. Marvin, whose maiden name was Hamlin, born in Cuyahoga Falls, Sept. 22, 1833, now Summit Co., this State ; she is a daughter of Rev. A. N. Hamlin, born near Salem, Washington Co., N. Y .; now living in Westerville ; his wife was Margaret Fouts, a native of Ohio Co., Va .; she, also, is liv- ing. Mrs. Taylor's first husband was killed in the army May 23, 1863, in the rear of Vicksburg. They were married March 15, 1852. After the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, they settled on the place they now occupy ; they have three children-Elbert L., born April 27, 1867 ; Ar- thur Edwin, born Feb. 23, 1869 ; Raymond H., born May 9, 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are both members of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, and strong advocates of temperance. He votes the Prohibition ticket. Mrs. Taylor had one son by her first husband-Charles N., born Sept. 24, 1857 ; now in Iowa.

M. S. THOMPSON, farmer; P. O. Lewis Center; is among the native-born of Orange Township, and the son of Ebenezer Thompson, who came to this township with his father Jona- than about 1809. They were natives of Connect- icut, and on coming here, located with the Alum Creek settlement, being among the first to make a home there. Milo's birth took place Sept. 6, 1836 ; his school advantages were rather slim, but well improved, and his education sufficient for most business purposes. He was married, Nov. 17, 1864, to Miss Julia Blinn, daughter of John Blinn ; she was born in this county, and her mother's name before marriage was Thompson. After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Thompson moved to the farm where they now live, situated on the State road in the north part of the township ; they have two children-Lester, born Oct. 16, 1865, and Bessie Belle, born March 18, 1878. Mr. Thompson is one of the best farmers in the township ; has 176 acres of land, with good improvements ; devotes special attention to stock-raising and feeding.

A. L. TONE, Lewis Center ; is a miller by trade, that having been the occupation of his father, John

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F. Tone, who was born in Vermont, and who is now in Allen Co., this State, following the milling busi- ness; for a time he lived in Worthington, Frank- lin Co., where his son Albert was born in July, 1848. In 187?, Mr. Tone was married to Edith Red, a daughter of Mrs. Red, in this township. Edith was born in Ross Co., where the family lived for a number of years; her father was a prominent stock-man, and extended his operations as far as Illinois, where (in Jacksonville) he died very suddenly during the war, when he was on a trip buying cattle. Mr. and Mrs. Tone have four children-John B., Albert L., Edna M. and an infant unnamed. They are. both members of the M. E. Church. The mill now run by Mr. Tone is located on Alum Creek, in Orange Township, the first owner of which was a Mr. Nettleton, Mr. Lyster the second, Mr. Tone's father having been the third. Mr. Tone has the reputation of being an honest as well as a good miller, and this ac- counts for the liberal patronage that is his.

G. J. C. WINTERMUTE, M. D., Lewis Center, is among the rising young practitioners of Materia Medica in this county ; he was born in Licking Co. July 22, 1845, and is a son of Arason and Virenda (Wayland) Wintermute ; the former was a native of Fayette Co., Penn., and

the latter of Orange Co., Va .- both families of German descent; they emigrated to Muskingum Co. in 1827, and were united in matrimony Oct. 2, 1828; they are still living, and, last year, cele- brated their golden wedding. The subject of these lines left the parental roof at the age of 15, with $3 in his pocket, given him by his father; he has, since that time, been self-supporting, and educated himself; when but a lad, he attended school, and worked for his board until he was enabled to teach, which he followed several years, and accumulated sufficient means to purchase a farm of 180 acres in Howard Co., Mo .; he went out there and engaged in the mercantile business at Sebree, under the firm name of Pile, Winter- mute & Co .; while in this place, he studied medi- cine three years under Dr. Pile, a prominent phy- sician there, after which he attended the usual course of lectures (in St. Louis), and finally grad- uated at Cincinnati in the College of Medicine and Surgery ; in the spring of 1875, he returned to Missouri, and, soon after disposing of his inter- ests, came to Lewis Center in August, 1876, where he began the practice of hi, profession ; his efforts have been attended with good success. The Doctor is a member of the Masonic Order of high standing.

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CHARLES ARTHUR, farmer and stock- raiser ; P. O. Delaware; was born in Frederick Co., Md., Feb. 5, 1813, and is the eldest son of a family of four children of Charles and Elizabeth (Smith) Arthur; the father was a native of France, and a soldier under the First Napoleon ; he served seven years in the French Navy, and it was while in the employ of the French that he was shipwrecked off the coast of the United States ; he was rescued and brought by an Amer- ican vessel to the city of Annapolis, Md., where he afterward married and remained quite a num- ber of years ; he removed to Delaware Co., Obio, in 1837, where he remained until his death, which occurred in 1862; his wife died in 1857. The subject of this sketch passed his youth and early manhood with his parents; at 18 years of age, he entered a shop, and served an apprentice- ship of three years at blacksmithing; he remained

in Maryland working at his trade until 1836, when he came to Delaware Co., Ohio, and, for a number of years, worked at his trade, farmed, and dealt quite extensively in live stock ; he was one of the first men in the county to encourage the manufacture of woolen goods in its limits ; he now owns a one-fifth interest in the Delaware Woolen Mills of Delaware; beside this, he owns a nicely. improved farm of 190 acres in Scioto Township, where he now resides ; he has held the office of County Commissioner six years ; was a member of that body when the late drainage law was passed, and it was greatly through his influence that it was put into effect in the county. He was united in marriage with Harriet A. Mealey March 9, 1834; she was born in Frederick Co., Md., Sept. 19, 1815 ; from this union there were five children, four of whom are now living -- Charles W., Ann V., Francis T. and Edward N .; the name of the

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one deceased was Mary E. Mr. Arthur began life a poor boy.

EMANUEL BOVEY, carriage-maker ; P. O. Os- trander ; was born in Hagerstown, Md., July 11, 1833, and is the eldest of a family of four children of David and Catharine Bovey, both natives of Maryland; the father was an extensive pump manufacturer in his time, and he died in 1844. Our subject, up to the time he was 14 years of age, worked on a farm and attended school in Ha- gerstown ; he was then apprenticed to the carriage- maker's trade with a Mr. Zedmire, of Hagerstown, and served an apprenticeship of three years ; he then came to Ohio, and worked at his trade for some time in Newark ; he at one time revisited his old home in Maryland ; at length he started a shop of his own in Fairview, Delaware Co., where he remained about a year ; the C., C., C. & I. R. R. was at this time being constructed, and the village of Ostrander being started; Mr. Bovey came to the place and commenced business, opening , at first on a small scale; he now owns one of the largest and most extensive carriage manufactories in the county. He was married to Elizabeth A. Winget July 20, 1854 ; she was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, Nov. 7, 1838; they had six children, five of whom are now living-William C., Mary C., Clement L., Emma M. and Martin L .; de- ceased, Frankie. Mr. Bovey began life as a poor boy, and is a self-made man.

JOHN BEAN, stock-raiser and farmer ; P. O. Ostrander ; was born in Hardy Co., Va., Nov. 26, 1813 ; he is the second of a family of seven children of George and Susannah (Carr) Bean, both natives of the "Old Dominion." There they were married and, in 1817, removed to Ross Co., Ohio, where they remained about two years, and then came to Delaware Co., and settled on Mill Creek in Scioto Township. The parents were energetic and enterprising, and it was not long before they had a " patch " of ground cleared, and were quite well-to-do people for that day. They remained on the land they first improved until their death ; the father dying in 1866, and the mother in 1867. Of the seven children, there are but three now living. The old log cabin, built in 1819, is still standing, and in a good state of preservation. It is probably the oldest structure of that kind in the county. Mr. Bean was brought up on a farm, and had but few educational advantages. He began for himself at 22 years of age, by commenc- ing the improvement of a farm in Scioto Town- ship. He was married to Miss Sally Smart Jan.

7, 1836; she was born in Franklin Co., Ohio, Sept. 15, 1812. Her father, Joseph Smart, came from Pennsylvania, where he was born, in 1776, to Franklin Co., Ohio, in 1800. About a year afterward, he was married to Miss Jane Beaty, of that county ; he was one of the first white men to settle in Central Ohio; he died in 1838, and his wife in 1851. From the union of John Bean and Sally Smart there were seven children, six of whom are now living-Emily A., Susannah J., William M., Joseph S., George W. and John L .; deceased, Mary L. Mr. Bean has a well-im- proved farm of 100 acres, which he has obtained by hard work and economy. He and his amiable wife are members of the Baptist Church, with which they have been connected a number of years.

DAVID G. CRATTY, merchant, Ostrander. The grandfather of D. G. Cratty was a native of Ircland, but emigrated to the United States when a lad, locating in Butler Co., Penn .; here he lived until 1814, when he came to what is now known as Union Co., Ohio. Previous to his coming to Ohio, he was married to Miss Sarah Dodds. They were the parents of five sons and four daughters, all of whom reached their majority and . were the parents of large families. John Cratty, son of William Cratty, and father of our subject, was quite a lad at the time his parents came to Ohio ; he was industrious, and aided his father very much in caring for the family. He was united in marriage with Miss Eleanor Porter Feb. 11, 1818. The mother (Rosanna Porter) came to Ohio in 1814; she was a widow, and the mother of two sons and one daughter, whom she brought with her. Judge John L. Porter, of Union Co., is now the only living representative of the Porter family who came to Ohio in 1814. From the union of John Cratty and Eleanor . Porter there were six children, three sons and three daughters, five of whom are now living. Fifty-five years after her marriage, Mrs. Cratty died. The father is still living, and is now one of the oldest residents of Delaware Co. It is said that he has cleared more land than any person now living in Scioto Township. Among the men who by their honesty, generosity and upright con- duct have become a part and parcel of Delaware Co., none is more worthy of mention than D. G. Cratty, the subject of our sketch. Assisting his father on the farm in youth/and early manhood, he received such education as the schools of that early day afforded ; he was born in Delaware Co.,

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Ohio, Nov. 6, 1829 ; when quite young, he taught school several winters, and in the summer months worked on his father's farm. He was united in marriage with Martha J. Crain Nov. 11, 1852. She was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, Sept. 20, 1830. Mrs. Cratty is the youngest daughter of a family of nine children, of Aaron and Elizabeth Crain, who came from New Jersey to Ohio in an early day. Soon after marriage, Mr. Cratty en- gaged in farming, in which he continued until about eleven years ago, when he moved to the vil- lage of Ostrander, and engaged in the live-stock and grain trade, a business he has followed ever since, adding to it in the last two years a mercan- tile business. During the late war, he was Captain of a company of Ohio National Guards ; in 1864, when Washington, D. C., was in danger of being taken by the rebels, his company was called upon to assist in its defense ; he was gone about four months, and saw considerable active service. He has, since the organization of the Republican party, been an earnest advocate of its principles ; has held a number of positions of profit and trust in Scioto Township. He is the father of three children-Abe L., born March 6, 1854; Amanda R., Nov. 5, 1856, and Nellie M., Oct. 21, 1869.

WILLIAM P. CRAWFORD, farmer and fruit-grower ; P. O. Delaware; was born in Lib- erty Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, March 30, 1815 ; is the son of James W. and Elizabeth (Van Lear) Crawford, both of whom were natives of Maryland, where they resided until 1811, when they removed to Delaware Co., Ohio; they were the parents of four sons and one daughter. . Mrs. Crawford died in 1821. Mr. Crawford was in his lifetime a prominent and influential man ; he rep- resented his county in the State Senate one term, and held a number of lesser offices in the county ; he was Colonel of a regiment of State militia for a number of years, and had been a soldier in the war of 1812 ; he departed this life in 1858. Our subject was brought up on a farm, receiving such education as the schools of that early day afforded. At 19 years of age, he was apprenticed to the car- penter's trade. After serving two years, he began for himself by working as a journeyman. He was united in marriage with Eliza J. Rodgers June 29, 1837; she was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, Aug. 7, 1820 ; her parents came from Pennsyl- vania to Delaware Co. in 1812; from this union there were six daughters, four of whom are now living-Hester M., Elizabeth V., Martha A. and Emma L .; the names of the deceased were Eliza

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History of Delaware County and Ohio, Part 125

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

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