History of Delaware County and Ohio, Part 128

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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quite extensively through the South west. He was united in marriage with ,Isabel Bryson Dec. 14, 1865; she was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, April 4, 1845 ; she is a daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Cutter) Bryson, the former a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter of Franklin Co., Ohio. The Cutters were among the first to settle in Central Ohio. It was Mrs. Newhouse's. grandfather (a Mr. Newhouse) who started the first store in " Old Franklinton." From our sub- ject's marriage there are six children-Anna M., Adda M., "Otto T., Catharine R., Chauncey H. and Harry J. During the late war, the New- house boys were among the first to shoulder their muskets and do battle for their country ; their war as well as their private record is without a stain or blemish. Our subject owns seventy acres of nicely improved land, upon which are good build- ings ; he began life as a poor boy; and has ac- cumulated his property by close attention to busi- ness. He is a stanch Republican ; a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church.

GRIFFITH C. OWEN, farmer and stock- raiser ; P. O. Delaware ; was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, Oct. 11, 1847 ; he is eldest of a family of eight children-two of whom are how living- of. John P. and Sarah (Warren) Owen. The father was a native of Wales, but in 1826 he emi- grated to the United States, and located in Oneida Co., N. Y., where he remained until 1834, when he removed to Delaware Co., Ohio. He was a carpenter, and for ten years worked at his trade in Louisiana ; he at last gave up his trade, returned to his home in Ohio, and spent the remainder of his days in agricultural pursuits ; he departed this life Dec. 1, 1874 ; he was an honest, industrious man, and universally respected by all who knew him. His wife died May 8, 1877 ; she was a na- tive of Ross Co., Ohio, and nearly related to Thomas Warren, the well-known pioneer of Rad- nor Township. The subject of this sketch passed his youth and early manhood assisting his father on the farm ; he received a good common-school education, and at the age of 21 began for himself as a farmer. He was united in marriage with Melissa McFarlin Jan. 27, 1870 ; she was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, March 4, 1847; she is a daughter of Wm. G. McFarlin, Esq., whose sketch appears in this work. From this union there are four children-John W., Charles L., Frank R. and James W. Mr. Owen owns 193 acres of nicely improved land in Scioto Township. He is a Democrat.

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R. M. POUND, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Ostrander ; was born in Beaver Co., Penn., June 17, 1824; is a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Fra- sier) Pound, both of whom were natives of Penn- sylvania, and the parents of six children, four of whom are now living; in 1838, the parents removed to Holmes Co., Ohio, where they remained nine years, and then came to Dela- ware Co .; the parents remained in Delaware Co. some time, and then returned to Holmes Co .; the father died in 1873; the mother is still living, and resides in Union Co., Ohio. Our subject's youth and early manhood were passed assisting his father on the farm ; he received such education as the common schools of that early day afforded ; when 21 years old, he began for himself; he had no " start in life," and for several years wandered about from place to place, working by the month, until by strict economy and industry he was enabled to purchase 50 acres of unimproved timber land ; Mr. Pound has since added to that pur. chase, until he now owns 306 acres of well- improved land ; he has accomplished this by pay- ing the strict attention which characterized his earlier efforts ; he takes pride in having good stock of all kinds, and upon his farm are to be found as good horses, cattle, sheep and hogs, as Delaware Co. affords. He was united in marriage with Sarah Bowersmith Nov. 25, 1849; from this union there are eight children, seven of whom are living-Henry, Jacob M., Abigail J., Thomas F., John R., William G. and Hattie L. ; the name of the one deceased was Sarah C. Mr. Pound is a member of the Baptist Church, as is his amiable wife.

HIRAM PINNEY, veterinary surgeon and farmer; P. O. Ostrander; John Pinney, M. D. (Hiram's father), removed from Pennsylvania, his native State, to Indiana, in quite an early day ; while there, pursuing his profession, he and his wife were stricken down by that dread disease, cholera ; the death of Mr. and Mrs. Pinney left six small children to grapple with the cares of life, and to the charity of their neighbors ; the children were soon scattered; our subject was taken when a small child by some people who were moving, and carried on horseback to Ohio; they left him with a family by the name of Simpson, who resided in Scioto Township, Delaware Co., Ohio ; here he passed his youth, working on a farm ; he received a good common-school education, and when he reached his majority, he began for him- self as a farmer. He was united in marriage with

Minerva, daughter of James Liggett, Esq., one of the most prominent farmers of Union Co., Ohio ; from this union there was one child-James C. ; Mrs. Pinney departed this life in 1863; Mr. Pin- ney was again married, Nov. 3, 1864, to Miss Mary Jones, of Scioto Township; she was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, Feb. 6, 1849 ;. from this union there are five children-Lizzie, Ella B., Thomas B., Frank H. and Fred. He has for the past twelve years made a specialty of the treatment of diseases of the horse; there is not a man in the county better prepared to practice veterinary sur- gery, or who can do so more successfully than Mr. . Pinney ; he owns a nicely improved farm of 80 acres. He is a Democrat.

ARTHUR S. ROBINSON, farmer and manu- facturer of all kinds of drain-tiles ; P. O. Ostran- der; was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, Nov., 9, 1841 ; his father was born and raised in London, England ; the mother, whose maiden name was Hayes, was a native of Bristol, England ; they were married in that country, soon after which they came to the United States and located in Concord Township, Delaware Co., Ohio ; this was in 1833; they remained in Concord Township until 1852, when they moved just across the line into Union Co. Our subject passed his youth and early manhood assisting his father on the farm, receiving quite a good education, and, at the age of 24 years, began for himself as a farmer. On the 6th of September, 1866, he was united in marriage with Sarah, daughter of Timothy and Jane (Gates) Thomas, the former a native of Licking Co., Ohio, and the latter . of Vermont ; they were the parents of eight children, and are now residents of Union Co., Ohio ; from our sub- ject's union with Miss Thomas, there were three children, two of whom are living-Thomas S. and . Taylor A .; the deceased was Newell E. When Mr. Robinson began for himself, he had fifty acres of heavily timbered land which his father had given to him ; this he has cleared and nicely im- proved, and has added to it by purchase until he now owns 181 acres; in 1870, he erected build- ings and began the manufacture of all kinds of drain-tiles. This was the first enterprise of the kind in the township, but, through the persever- ance of Mr. Robinson, it became a decided suc- cess, and has been the means of developing acres of swampy land that otherwise would have been useless. The tile he manufactures is of superior quality, the sales of which annually amount to upward of $2,000. Mr. Robinson is a Republican.

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His wife was born in Licking Co:, Ohio, March 25, 1847.

A. W. ROBINSON, physician and farmer ; P. O. Delaware; was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, March 30, 1829; is a son of Asa and Catharine (Turney) Robinson, who were the parents of seven sons and three daughters ; the father was a native of Massachusetts, and the mother, of Pennsyl- vania ; they were among the early settlers of Ohio, having come to Franklin Co., Ohio, in 1807, and to Delaware Co. in 1815, and settled on the Scioto River, near the mouth of Big Mill Creek; the father was well to do and gave his children the ad- vantages of a good education ; he departed this* life in 1866. The mother is now living ; she is 93 years of age, and is a sprightly woman and in possession of all her faculties ; she is believed to benthe oldest person now living in Delaware or Union Cos. Our subject's youth and early man- hood was passed on his father's farm in Delaware Co .; when 18 years of age, he commenced the study of medicine, which he pursued for some time with very gratifying and promising results ; he had from boyhood up always manifested a strong aptness to that profession, and this in sub- sequent years manifested itself in a very substan- tial manner ; he has, in the past thirty years, treated more than 500 cases of cancer, and, strange as it may appear, has lost but four or five cases ; the medicine he uses in so successfully treating this dreadful disease is not a " caustic," but a " styptic ;" he has made the treatment of cancer a specialty and perhaps there is not another man in the State who can show so good a record in its treatment as Mr. Robinson. For about four years in early life, he followed the vocation of a peda- gogue. In all of his undertakings in life, the same degree of success has marked his pathway as has his treatment of cancer. He is the possessor of 107 acres of nicely improved land in the northeast part of Scioto Township. His marriage with Elizabeth E. Kirkland was celebrated Dec. 18, 1851; she was born in Tennessee May 16, 1831 ; this union was fruitful of three children-Jennie C., Elizabeth G. and Mary M. While success has attended his every effort, he has not forgotten nor been unmindful of his duties to a Higher Power; he has for great many years been a consistent member of and laborer in the Christian Church. He is a Republican.

R. W. ROBINSON, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Ostrander ; was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, April 8, 1839 ; is a son of John Robinson,

Esq,, whose biography appears in this work ; he passed his early youth and manhood on his father's farm, and received most of his education from his father, as did all of his brothers and sisters; at the age of 26, he began business for himself as a carpenter, and worked for some time in Chicago, Ill .; he then went to Michigan, where he was en- gaged in getting out timber for a company in Chi- cago, where he remained for about six months ; he then returned to his home in Delaware Co., Ohio, where he began the improvement of the farm he now owns; it was all unimproved and heavily timbered, requiring much hard labor to make it tillable ; his farm consists of 118 acres of land, and is second to none in quality ; he and his brother have done more in improving the coun- try in the way of drainage than any other men in these parts. He was married to Hattie Watson Oct. 3, 1867; she was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, Dec. 13, 1849 ; from this union, there were three children-Sherwin S., Bessie A. and Harry W. Her parents, Benjamin and Louisa (Love- less) Watson ; her father was a native of Virginia; her mother of Prince George Co., Md .; they came to Delaware Co., Ohio, in 1828, and were the parents of eleven children, seven of whom are now living; the father died in 1873. Mr. Rob- inson's farm is located three miles north of Os- trander, on the Richmond pike, and is known as the Three Oaks farm, one of the best-improved in Scioto Township; he has made what he now has by hard labor, and has the satisfaction of know- ing that all he has was earned by himself. He is a Republican.

A. J. ROBINSON, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Ostrander ; was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, July 24, 1836; he was the second of a fam- ily of seven children of John and Elizabeth (Hayes) Robinson; the father was a native of London, Eng .; the mother was a native of Bristol, Eng .; after their marriage, they came to America, where all their children were born ; they came to the United States in 1833, and almost imme- diately came to Delaware Co., Ohio, where he lived until 1852, when he moved just across the line into Union Co., where he now resides. Our sub- ject passed his youth and early manhood on his father's farm ; he received his education from his father, who is very highly educated, and is master of several different languages; he also excels in wood-carving, and is also a very fine scene and portrait painter. At 25 years of age, he began business for himself as farmer, a business he has

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ever since followed ; he commenced as a poor boy in 1861; bought 111 acres of land densely cov- ered with timber and without any improvements whatever, for which he paid $900; he then be- gan the task, which all know is no easy one, of clearing up his farm. It was very low and wet, and would have seemed to one with less energy and perseverance than Mr. Robinson as almost, if not quite, impossible to ever make it tillable land ; but under the strokes of his sturdy ax, the wilder- ness bloomed. It is now a well-improved farm. He has on his farm two miles of tile ditching, which carries off all the surplus water, and leaves the land as good as the best. He now owns 125 acres of land, and has the best improved farm in his section. He was united in marriage with Lorinda Hill Sept. 12, 1862; she was born in Union Co., Ohio, Sept. 14, 1842; her parents, Justice M. and Rebecca A. (Layman) Hill, were both natives of Virginia. The Hills came to Del- aware Co., Ohio, in 1812, and the Laymans in 1820. From our subject's union there were five children-John E., Richard M., Clive A., Sidney C. and Shadie M. Mr. Robinson has held sev- cral offices of trust ; he is a Republican, as are all of his relatives.

ABNER SAID, Postmaster, Ostrander ; was born in Union Co., Ohio, Feb. 18, 1843; his father, Presley Said, is a native of Bath Co., Ky., but came with his parents to Union Co., Ohio, when a boy of 9 years ; he is now a resident of Concord Township, Delaware, Co., Ohio, where he has resided for many years. His wife's maiden name was Amelia Liggett ; she was a native of Delaware Co., Ohio; her father, James Liggett, was one of the pioneers of Delaware Co. Mrs. Said departed this life in 1856. Abner Said was brought up to farm lahor, received the usual edu- cation, and, Aug. 12, 1862, enlisted in Co. C, 121st O. V. I .; he was in the following engage- ments : Perryville, Ky., Mission Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Tunnel Hill, Resaca, Rome, Kenesaw Mountain and a number of lesser engagements, through all of which he passed without a wound. On July 9, while attempting the passage of the Chattahoochie River, he received a severe and dangerous gun-shot wound in the right hip, which so disabled him that he was unfit for duty during the remainder of the war, although he remained in a hospital until its close, when he was discharged and sent home. After his return, he attempted farming, but the wound he had received had im- paired his health to such an extent that he was

compelled to give it up. Soon after this, he was commissioned Postmaster of the village of Ostran- der, a position he has since held. In connection with this, he is engaged in the dry-goods and grocery business. He was united in marriage with Olive Carr March, 17, 1867 ; she was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, Jan. 18, 1842 ; three chil- dren from this union-Phebe Amelia, Paul Ran- dall and a babe, not named. Mr. Said is a stanch Republican and a member of the M. E. Church. Besides his store, he owns a well-improved prop- erty in the village of Ostrander.

D. H. SMART, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Ostrander ; was born in Franklin Co., Ohio, Feb. 24, 1815. His father was one of the first white men to settle in Central Ohio, a sketch of whose life appears in this work. Our subject's early life was spent with his parents on a farm, as was his early manhood ; at 22 years of age, he began for himself as a farmer, a business he has followed all his life. He was united in marriage with Elmira Cowles, Feb. 20, 1836 ; she was born in Onon- daga Co., N. Y., Sept. 29, 1818; from this union there were eight children, five of whom are now living-Henry C., Jabez W., Emily M., Joseph E. and Calvin C .; the deceased were Elizabeth J., Lucinda E. and Samuel K. Mr. Smart began life as a poor boy, and what he now has he made by hard work and strict economy; he owns 180 acres of land, all of which is under a good state of cultivation. Mr. Smart and wife have for many 'years been members of the Baptist Church, and take great interest in all educational and religious enterprises.

HERMAN SCHULTZ, wagon-maker, Dela- ware; was born in Prussia Dec. 24, 1842; he is a son of Godfrey and Wilhelmina Schultz, both natives of Prussia, and the parents of three children ; the father emigrated to the United States in 1854, and located in Delaware, Ohio, where, for a period of two years, he worked at. the wagon-making trade ; he then came to Mill- ville, Scioto Township, and started a wagon-shop. In 1866, the subject of this sketch came to Amer- ica, and for some time worked for his father in Millville; he at last bought his father out, and has since conducted the business; he carries on quite an extensive business, and turns out as good work as any shop in Central Ohio. He was united in marriage with Alice Dutton April 24, 1873; she was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, Feb. 18, 1845; from this union there are two children- Elizabeth and Ida. Mr. Schultz came to this

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country a poor German lad, and his success in life is due to close attention to business.

MRS. RACHEL A. SMITH, farmer; P. O. Ostrander; born in Butler Co., Ohio, Dec. 29, 1831 ; she is a daughter of Caleb and Eliza Smith, who were the parents of eight children, six of whom are now living. The father came from Pennsylva- nia to Ohio with his parents, when a child ; there he spent his youth and early manhood; there he was united in marriage with Miss Eliza Meeker ; her parents came from Connecticut to Ohio at a very early day. Our subject's mother departed this life in 1833; the family were at this time residing in Butler Co., Ohio; subsequently the father was again married, soon after which he re- moved to Franklin Co., Ohio; it was in this county that our subject passed her youth and early womanhood, receiving a good common-school edu- cation. She was united in marriage with Lewis .W. Smith June 9, 1849; he was born in Madi- son Co., Ind., Aug. 10, 1819 ; his grandfather was one of the first settlers of Franklin Co., Ohio ; his son Silas was married in that county, soon after which he removed to Madison Co., Ind., where he continued to reside until his death. Lewis W. Smith was an honest, hard-working man; he began a poor boy, and reached a position of inde- pendence; he departed this life Jan. 5, 1875, without issue, although he and his wife have raised four adopted children. Our subject now resides with her brother, Mr. A. J. Meeker, on the farm formerly owned by her husband ; her brother was in the late war, in Co. C, 121st O. V. I .; he was in all the engagements in which the "gallant old 121st" participated, and his comrades in arms unite in saying that there was not a better soldier in the regiment. Mrs. Smith is and always has been a hard-working, Christian woman, and is uni- versally respected by all who know her.

BENJAMIN TURNEY, dealer in building material, hardware and tinware, Ostrander; was born in Westmoreland Co., Penn., Nov. 14, 1818 ; he is eldest son of a family of eleven children of Joseph and Margaret (Weber) Turney ; both natives of Westmoreland Co., Penn., where they were married, and remained until 1819, when they removed to Franklin Co., Ohio ; they re- mained there about eight years, and then came to Delaware Co. The father was a tinsmith by trade, and to that trade in early life our subject was apprenticed; he received but a limited edu- cation, and at 18 years of age began for himself as a journeyman tinner ; his journeyings ex-

tended over quite a number of States, in each of which he stopped for some time aud worked at his trade ; in 1837, he came to Hamilton Co., Ohio, where he formed a partnership in his busi- ness with a gentleman of that county ; they con- tinued in partnership about one year, when young Turney bought the entire stock, put it on a flat- boat and started for New Orleans with what was called a " floating tin-shop ; " the trip from Cin- cinnati to New Orleans occupied seven months ; on arriving there, he found his stock nearly ex- hausted, so, after looking around some days, he renewed his stock, and went with it to Galveston, Tex., arriving there in the winter of 1838; here, while disposing of his ware, he was taken sick. It was quite a common saying in that region at that time, " When a person gets sick the doctors get his pile." He found it true in his case, at least, for on his recovery he had only money enough to take him back to New Orleans; after a stay of two years in the South, he returned to his home in Ohio; after remaining at home about three months, he, in company with his brother, returned to the South via the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers on a flat-boat loaded with flour and pork ; from New Orleans they went to Little Rock, Ark .; fail- ing to find employment at that place, they went to Pine Bluff, where they engaged in floating cypress logs from the swamps and bayous to mills to be sawed into lumber ; in the spring of 1841, his brother returned to Ohio, leaving him in the wilds of Arkansas; he remained there about three years, engaged in sawing and floating lum- ber to New Orleans and intermediate landings on the Mississippi River ; in 1844, he returned home, to find that his parents had removed to Union Co. In 1852, he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth E. Hutchisson, daughter of John Hutchisson, Esq., of Union Co. After his mar- riage, he engaged in farming until 1868, when he sold his farm and moved to Ostrander, Delaware Co., and engaged in his present business ; he is the father of seven children-Grove B., Emily J., Susie M., Flora V., John C., Chella A. and Jared C. Mr. Turney is a Christian gentleman, and a self-made man in the fullest sense of the word.

JAMES C. THOMPSON, farmer and stock- raiser ; P. O. Ostrander ; was born in Union Co., Ohio, Sept. 22, 1824 ; is the eldest of a family of thirteen children of William and Sarah (Sher- man) Thompson. The father was a native of Virginia, but came with his parents from that State to Clark Co., Ohio, previous to the war of

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1812. When in his 20th year, he was married to Miss Catharine Weaver, of Union Co .; she died soon after their marriage ; he was afterward mar- ried to Sarah Sherman, a native of Kentucky ; she died in 1871, and her husband in 1874. Our subject received a good common-school education, and lived with his parents on the farm in Union Co. until his marriage to Miss Elizabeth Bur- roughs Sept .. 30, 1847 ; he then came to Scioto Township, Delaware Co., where he has since re- sided. From this union there were eleven chil- dren, seven of whom are now living-Calvin B., William O., Orlo L., Charles A., James A., Jen- nie M. and Josie; deceased-Albert C., Horace L., Ashford and Evaline. Mrs. Thompson de- parted this life April 5, 1871. Mr. Thompson afterward married Annie E. Munsell March 19, 1872 ; she was born in Union Co., Ohio, April 6, 1840 ; they have one child, Hosea M. Mr. Thompson began life without means, and now owns 153 acres of. well-improved land, upon which are good buildings.

LEWIS TYLER, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Delaware ; was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, Nov. 23, 1828 ; is the only child of Richard and Dorothy (Smith) Tyler; the father was born in Maryland Sept. 12, 1788; when a young man he went to Virginia, where he remained some time. In 1811, he came to Ohio and located in Delaware Co .; he worked in the first mill erected in what is now known as Scioto Township. After leaving the mill, he purchased the land upon which his son now resides, where he remained until his death, which occurred Oct. 29, 1855. His mar- riage occurred Dec. 23, 1827 ; his wife had pre- viously been married to a Mr. Williams, one of the pioneers of Delaware Co .; she died Sept. 2, 1864. Lewis passed his youth and early manhood on his father's farm, receiving such education as the schools of that early day afforded. At 21 years of age, he began for himself as a farmer, a business be has ever since followed. He was united in marriage with Clarissa Fuller Dec. 13, 1849; she was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, Oct. 8,1829; her parents came to Delaware Co., Ohio, in 1828; from this union there were nine children, eight of whom are now living-Rebecca J., Finley A., Clinton D., Olive C., Oscar, Noah B., Oro E. and Hosea R .; the name of the one deceased was Dor- othy E. Mr. Tyler owns 296 acres of well-im- proved land. Is a stanch Republican ; he has an interesting and intelligent family, who take a great interest in educational and religious enterprises.

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History of Delaware County and Ohio, Part 128

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