History of Delaware County and Ohio, Part 137

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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JOHN SCHAFFNER, farmer ; P. O. Dela- ware; son of Jacob and Ursula Schaffner; his parents were born in Switzerland, where they always remained and there raised six children -John, Jacob, Barbara, Rosetta, Elizabeth and Mary ; Mr. Schaffner was born May 23, 1833, in Switzerland, where he attended school and farmed until 1854, when he emigrated to Delaware, Ohio, and soon engaged to work for A. Worline by the month at $12; in 1856, he went to McLean Co., Ill., and worked on a farm for a man by the name of Weedman for one year ; he then returned to Troy Township, and rented of Jonathan Trout- man. Was married, March 4, 1858, to Mary E., a daughter of John and Naney (Johnson) Bowers ; her father was born in Maryland Jan. 17, 1801, and mother in Licking Co .; they had the fol- lowing children : Mary E., Barbara N., Hannah A., Melissa C., John William, Naney J., James S. and David D .; his wife was born Sept. 12, 1847, in Delaware Co., and has blessed him with seven children-John, Barbara L., Mary I., Jacob M., Nancy E., Florence G. (infant), three last deceased ; they have been renting of Henry Cline for seventeen years ; he paid off the draft; is now Township Trustee; member of Westfield Lodge, No. 269, I. O. O. F., in which he has held all offices ; is also a member of the Patrons of Husbandry and of the German Reform ; votes the Democratic ticket ; cast his first vote for Stephen A. Douglas ; her parents were active Baptists.

ISAAC B.SELOVER, farmer; P.O. Delaware; is a son of William and Hannah (Samberson) Sel- over ; his father and mother were born in New Jersey, the former on Jan. 5, 1781, the latter Dec. 27, 1782 ; thefather died in 1852, and the mother in 1854 ; they had seven children -- Peter, Mehetable, James, Isaac B., Mary, Garrett, John W. This union was begun with nothing but stout hands, and ere their allotted three score had elapsed, they were blessed with plenty of this world's goods. They spent a life in the M. E. Church, which

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denomination was blessed on account of their rela- tionship. Mr. Selover's Grandfather Selover, was in the Revolutionary war. Our subject was born July 15, 1815, in Tompkins Co., N. Y., where he de- voted his early days to farming and attending school; in 1835, he came, with his parents, by team to Ohio, settling in Knox Co., and afterward in Morrow Co .; at the age of 23, he began teach- ing, which he followed successfully for fifteen terms, receiving a compensation ranging from $10 to $20. He was married first time Aug. 18, 1842, to Catharine, a daughter of Daniel and Mary H. (Ewers) Follin ; her parents were early settlers of Richland Co., entering there about 1816. Their emigration was from Virginia. Her grandfather had thirty children by his two wives; she was one of thirteen children-Catharine, John, David, Jonathan, Hannah, James, William. David (two by that name), Eden G., Charles, Florence, Elmore, Lenora ; his wife was born in 1825, and died Dec. 25, 1864, by whom he had four chil- dren-Mary H., born May 13, 1843 ; Candace A., Oct. 19, 1845 ; Daniel, Sept. 26, 1848; James R., Nov. 24, 1862. Mr. Selover was again mar- ried, in 1865, to Mary A., a daughter of Ephraim and Margaret (Sharp) Corwin ; her parents were born in Washington Co., Penn., and came to Ohio about 1825, settling in Knox Co, where they raised ten children-William, Isaac S., Andrew, Stephen W., Andrew J. (one Andrew dead, in- fant), D. M., Benjamin F., Mary N., Lucinda E. Mrs. Selover was born Dec. 26, 1836, in Knox Co. Her grandfather, William Corwin, married Agnes Jennings, and was of Irish descent, and was a distant relation of Thomas Corwin, who now sleeps silently at Lebanon, Ohio. Her father was a blacksmith and an ax-maker. Her father was a Baptist, and mother a Methodist. Her grandfather Sharp was a surveyor, and two of her brothers died in Ohio serving in the war of 1812. Mr. Selover has 188 acres of well-improved land, all of which is the fruit of his own hard labors, ex- cept $500 which his father gave him. They are strict members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has held office .. Mr. Selover has al- ways been a temperate man, and has always voted the Republican ticket since the organization of the party ; prior to that he was a Whig. He has made a specialty of raising and selling horses. He pur- poses to devote the most of his time now to stock- raising. It would only be doing justice to Mr. and Mrs Selover to say that life to them seems nothing but pleasure, and by their courtesy they

make every one pleasant around them. They are raising Mary, a daughter of Isaac Corwin. Long may the community and the church enjoy the com- pany of Uncle Isaac and his happy family.

SARAH J. WARREN, widow, Sec. 22; P. O. Delaware ; is a daughter of Martin and Rachel (Lewis) Foreman; her father was born in Vir- ginia in 1799, and came to Belmont Co., Ohio, when a child, and there remained the rest of his days. Here he hecame acquainted with Miss Lewis, whom he married, and by whom he had ten children-Joseph M., Alcinda, Reece L., Reason, Mary L., Evan, Elizabeth, Edward S., Sallie J., Thomas E. Mrs. Warren was born in 1841 in Belmont Co., and was married, in 1875, to William Warren, by whom she had one child- Willie (deceased). They bought her present farm of thirty-one acres in 1876, and improved the same, making one of the nicest little places in the country. Her husband departed this life Sept. 23, 1877. She is a member of the M. E. Church ; her parents were for years Methodists, but died in the Presbyterian faith. Her father was a Captain of militia of the war of 1812. Her brother Ed- ward enlisted in the last war in the 98th O. V. I., and was nurse in the hospital most of the time. This little farm is valued at about $70 per acre, and has fine buildings on it. Willie Hulse, a son of her sister Alcinda, is making his home with her.

JOHN WALLACE, farmer; P. O. Radnor ; was born Dec. 21, 1806, in Scotland, and came to Ohio Jan. 20, 1831, settling in Belmont Co., where he remained ten years, engaged in farming. He was married in 1834 to Margaret, a danghter of Elizabeth Griffin; in 1842, they came to Dela- ware Co., and bought 100 acres of land of Beatty ; he afterward bought 420 acres of John Evans, 159 acres of Robert Brown's heirs, and 16 acres of Thos. Case, 153 acres of Widow Foulton ( af- terward sold the same to Stephen Curran), 117 acres of Butcher's heirs, 207 acres of Nicholas White, 50 acres of Monroe & Buel, of Zanesville, 123₺ acres of the Jacob Worline heirs-making in all about 910 acres, attained entirely by his own labors, starting life with nothing but a good robust constitution. His wife died Jan. 20, 1871, by whom he was blessed with fourteen children-Richard (whose sketch appears else- where), John, James, Nancy, Elizabeth (deceased ), William (deceased), Elizabeth J. (deceased), Thomas (deceased), Robert, Margaret, Mary A., William, Eliza, George. Mr. Wallace has never

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sought office, but has been Township Trustee and School Director. He is a member of the Presby- terian Church. Paid out a large amount for Troy Township draft. His two sons John and James were in the service. He has always been a solid Republican, which organization is strengthened by his connection.

MILTON WARREN, farmer, Sec. 25 ; P. O. Delaware; is a brother of Henry Warren, whose sketch appears elsewhere, and was born May 4, 1847, in Belmont Co., and was married to Emma, a daugh- ter of Ephraim Willey; she was born Dec. 2, 1851, in this county. This union gave him six children-Stella C., Bertha E., Winifred M., Hosea W. and two infants, dead. His wife died Feb. 10, 1880 ; she was a member of the Lu- theran Church, to which he also belongs. He has 100 acres of well-improved land, perhaps among the best in the towoship; this was given him by his father, who bought the same from John Davenport. He enlisted in the 100-days service, from Belmont Co. He has held school offices and those pertaining to the roads. Has al- ways voted the Republican ticket, about which he takes great interest in informing himself. He also devotes a great deal of time to the educational interests of his children.

JOHN H. WISE, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Delaware; is a son of William and Jane A. Wise; his father was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., in 1807, and emigrated to Ohio in 1834 or 1835, and married in Belmont Co .; his wife was born there in 1811; they went to Pennsylvania and then returned to Ohio with a one-horse team. This nag made four trips over the Alleghany Mountains, and lived to be 35 years old. His father worked at blacksmithing the most of his life ; Mrs. Wise was one of five children, and was born in 1837, in Belmont Co. The rest of the children's names were : Mary A. (married Mr. Wallace, a farmer, miller and millwright), Alva A. (married Rilla Cunningham), Angeline (married Webster Sheets, a book-binder, painter and paper- hanger), Araminta E. (married David Shields), William A. (married Elizabeth Litten). His par- ents are members of the Presbyterian Church. He was married to Nancy J., a daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Wallace, by whom he had one child-Mattie (deceased). His wife died April 24, 1876. Mr. Wise moved to Dela- ware Co. in 1865, and bought his present farm of Alva, his brother, and has since remained there. He was again married, May 22, 1877, to Lucy, a

daughter of Samuel and Sarah J. (McGuire) Huff. Her parents were natives of Steubenville, Ohio, and had four children-Francis, James C., Lucy R., George P. Her father was a dairyman and a " boss " carder, the latter he followed since he was 10 years old. Mr. and Mrs. Wise have fifty-five acres of well-improved land, worth, probably, about $90 per acre. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church at Delaware, in which he has been Elder. He enlisted in Co. F, 141st O. V. I., from Gallia Co. He votes the Republican ticket, and gives his strength otherwise to the aid of the party. /

EBENEZER P. WILLIAMS, farmer, Sec. 25 ; P. O. Delaware; is a son of David and Ann (Powell) Williams; his parents were born in Wales, and emigrated to Ohio in 1832, settling in Columbus; the death of his father occurred in 1834, and that of his mother in 1840; they had eight children-William, David, John, Ebenczer, Thomas, Benjamin, Llewellyn and Gwen. Mr. Williams was born in 1810 in Wales, and came with his parents to Ohio. He was married, in 1836, to Mary, a daughter of Robert and Cathar- ine Davis; she was born about 1809, in Wales ; they settled, soon after marriage, on the farm where he now lives, in a log cabin, and began clearing away the thick woods; he improved ninety-six acres; he obtained all of this by his own labors. They had the following children : John ; David, who enlisted in the 18th U. S. Regu- lars, was taken prisoner and died in Andersonville Prison; William H .; Ann, who married James Boyd ; Robert, who married Mary, a daughter of John Morris, and has two children-Anna M. and Lizzie A .; Ebenezer and Philip. He votes the Democratic ticket; he worked in foundries at Dayton, Cincinnati and Columbus for years ; he now owns eighty acres of well-improved land, which he bought of William Darst; his wife died May 20, 1849 ; he was again married, in 1851, to Ann R. Pitcher, who died Dec. 18, 1874; she and her parents were born in Virginia, and moved to Belmont Co. at an early day.

SAMUEL WILLEY, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Delaware; is a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Weiser) Willey ; his father was born in Berks Co., Penn., Nov. 10, 1798, and his mother Oct. 10, 1808 ; they were married Sept. 18, 1826; the father came on foot to Ohio by himself when 12 years of age, and settled in Fairfield Co., and worked by the month at very low wages to pay for a nag which his father had bought there, and

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which died ; this took one year of the young man's time. He lived to raise a family of ten children-Ephraim (married first time to Catharine, a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Lantz) Siegfried, from Pennsylvania; she was born May 31, 1831, and died Feb. 5, 1874, and had four children-Emma, who married Milton Warren, whose sketch appears elsewhere, Chauncy, Elenora, and Catherine V .; he was again married, Aug. 16, 1874, to Catharine Hollanbaugh, a daughter of Forrest and Mary A. (Siegfried) Meeker ; her mother was born in Pennsylvania in 1827 ; her parents had three children-Rebecca, Catharine and Sarah A .; her father was born in 1834 ; her mother was married previously to John Troutman, by whom she had three children ; Mrs. Willey was born Nov. 3, 1848, and was married prior to her union with Mr. Willey to Henry Hollaubaugh, the fruit of which was one child- Abba J .- and by her union with Mr. Willey she has two-Ida and Walter; she and her husband are members of the Lutheran Church); Harriet, the second in the list, and sister of the subject of our sketch, married Benjamin Siegfried ; Henry, married to Caroline Miller; David, married to Maria Ziegler ; Mary, married to Prof. Loy, of the Capitol University at Columbus, also minister of the Lutheran Church, and editor of The Luth- eran Standard ; Elizabeth, married to Dr. Morri- son, of Delaware; Eliza, married to Peter Maier, living in Evansville, Ind .; Samuel, our subject ; Clara, married to Mr. Staser, attorney at Evans- ville, Ind .; and Frank, married to Minnie Mitchell, now in Clearfield, Penn. Mr. Willey was born Feb. 19, 1844, in this county. He was married, March 25, 1869, to Ella, a daughter of James and Elizabeth Silverwood; her father' was born in Northumberland Co., Penn., Nov. 20, 1810, and emigrated to Wayne Co., Mich., in 1843, and from there to Delaware Co. in 1859; he was married, Nov. 8, 1832, to Elizabeth (her mother), a daughter of John and Martha (Crist) McPher- son, who were of Scotch-Irish and German de- scent; she was one of nine children-William, Elizabeth, Jane, Sarah K., Harriet J., Mary C., Martha, John and Archibald; Mrs. Willey's mother was born July 22, 1811; Mr. Silver- wood's parents had nine children-William, Sa- rah, Martha, Elizabeth, Matilda, Harriet, Hiram, Charlotte and Susannah ; his father was born in Pennsylvania about 1787, and his mother, whose maiden name was Snyder, was from the same county ; the grandfather of Mr. Silverwood was

born in Yorkshire, England, in 1759, and emi- grated to Philadelphia in 1769, and died in Sun- bury, same State, in 1831 ; the grandfather of Mrs. Silverwood was a Revolutionary soldier, and was wounded on a man-of-war; he also held the office of Associate Judge for years in Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Silverwood had the following children : John T., William F., Mary J .; Isaac N., who en- listed in Co. E, 66th O. V. I .; William, who was also in the war, as Lieutenant of Co. I, 4th M. V. I .; Horace, who was also in the war ; H. Clinton, deceased; Ella E. and Addison. This old couple have been members of the Methodist Church for over fifty-one years, he being class-leader and ex- horter ; he is now a . local minister in the same. Mrs. Willey was born March 28, 1848; her mar- riage with Mr. Willey has been blessed with two children-Arthur, born Nov. 1, 1870; and Eugene, Aug. 28, 1873. . They now own 210 acres of well-improved land, valued at about $70 an acre, attained partly by inheritance, and by their own labors. He has always been connected with the Democratic party; in 1868, he was elected to the office of Township Trustee, which position he filled with honor, and, in 1878, the people again asked for his service, electing him Township Clerk, and re-electing him in 1879; he is a member of the Lutheran Church of Delaware.

W. W. WILLIAMS, farmer ; P. O. Radnor ; was born Aug. 25, 1825, in Delaware Co .; is a son of William Williams, whose sketch appears elsewhere. Was married, June 8, 1866, to Eliza R., daughter of John and Sarah Lewis; her parents were born in Wales, and emigrated to Ohio about 1833; they had the following children -Daniel, Samuel, Mary, Eliza R., David, James died when young, Jane. Mrs. Williams was born Oct. 24, 1836, in Licking Co. Her parents were church members, and her father was a book- binder and a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Williams set- tled at their marriage on the present farm of 156 acres, 125 of which was given him by his father, the rest he bought of Ebenezer Williams ; they have made great improvements, by building a house and barn at a cost of $3,500; they have two children- Eliza A. and William L. Mr. Williams has been School Director and Supervisor, and has always been a Republican. In 1870, he made a trip to France in company with Stephen Thomas, and purchased four French horses for the Delaware Importing Company. He is dealing largely in stock. He and wife are members of the Baptist Church at Radnor, in which he has been

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Trustee for twenty years, and Deacon for some time.

WILLIAM B. WILLIAMS, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Radnor; is a son of John and Elizabeth (Shoon) Williams. His parents were born in Wales, where his father died when our subject was quite young, and was the father of six children ; the subject is the only one that survives. His mother was again married to Ellis Jones, by whom she had seven children. The family took sail for America in 1818, and while on the way one of the children died, which was buried in the ocean ; they remained in Philadelphia, Penn., abont a year, and while there they buried another child. Our sub- ject and his brother David walked out to Radnor Township, and stopped with Thomas Jones. The rest of the family came through soon after by team. In 1820, David was killed by falling with a stick of wood on his shoulders, and in the fall of the same year the stepfather died, and the care of the family depended on William. He took all the advantages he could in educating himself and the rest of the family. He was born in 1806, and was married in 1834 to Margaret, a daughter of David and Margaret (Jones) Davis, by whom he had the following children-William (men- tioned elsewhere), Elizabeth (married James Gal- lant), Margaret (married Daniel Lewis), Mary (married Gco. W. Wright), Bridget (deceased), Hannah (married David Lewis), John (deceased), Ellen (deceased), David D. (married Mary A., a daughter of Thomas Jones ; he has the following children-William, Ellen, George P. and John ; the tenth child was Ruth (deceased). They, soon after marriage, bought sixty-five acres of his pres- ent farm, of David Griffith, and soon after bought sixty-five acres of the Government; he bought 125 acres of Porter, and gave the same to his son William. He started life with nothing, and by faithful attention to his rural pursuits he has made a magnificent home. He joined the church when 20 years old, and has been a strict Baptist since ; he was often met by wolves on his return from church, where he loved to go so well. Hc cast' his first vote with the Whig party, and has since been an active Republican, as are all of his sons. Mr. Williams has gone to mill in those times, when people would get lost in the woods and be compelled to camp over night, or else un- hitch the team, and go back in the morning after the wagon.

RICHARD WALLACE, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Delaware; is a son of John and Margaret

(Giffin) Wallace, whose sketch appears elsewhere ; he was born Nov. 4, 1833, in Belmont Co .; at the age of 9, he came with his parents to Delaware Co., and when 22 years old, he took charge of a farm for his father ; was married, April 15, 1858, to Jane, a daughter of William and Elizabeth Gallaway. Her father was born in Scotland in 1803 ; also mother, in the same place and same year ; they emigrated to Canada in 1855, and shortly afterward they came to Troy Township, settling on what is now the Robert Brown place. Her parents moved to Michigan in 1859, and are now farming in Wayne Co., that State. They have the following children- William, Elizabeth, John, Jennett, Margaret, Jane, Mary, Marion, Ann, Agnes, Grace, Susan. Mrs. Wallace was born May 23, 1835, in Scotland. She has the following children by her union with Mr. Wal- lace-Elizabeth J., John C., William E., James I., Robert, infant (deceased). In 1865, they moved to the present farm of 1022 acres, which he bought of the Samuel Wise heirs in 1864. He makes a specialty of fine stock ; has been Justice of the Peace, Trustee and School Director for years ; is a member of the Patrons of Hus- bandry; he belonged to the Home Gnards and was called out for service during the war, but hired a substitute, and was then drafted, which he also paid off, and helped again to clear the town- ship of a second draft. He votes the Republican ticket; they are members of the Presbyterian Church at Delaware, in which he has been Elder for years; he takes great interest in the enter- prises of the county.

MRS. SARAH A. WATERS, farmer ; P. O. Leonardsburg ; was a daughter of Sabeers Main, whose wife was Sarah Wright; the former was born in Washington Co., Va., the latter from North Carolina. Sabeers settled where Jonas Maio now lives, about the year 1815; here Mrs. Waters was born April 28, 1828; her father died in 1869, her mother in 1852. Mrs. Waters was married in her 20th year to James H. Bishop, born in Washington Co., Va., in August, 1827; he died while on a visit to Indiana in 1852. Oct. 30, 1854, she was married to Sylvester J. Waters, whose name she now bears, who was born in Co- lumbiana Co. Sept. 19, 1828; he died August 24, 1874 ; since his death, she has remained on her farm, where she is very comfortably situated, having an abundance of this world's gccds ; she is a lady of good information and some experience in travel ; she feels that her life has been clouded

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by shadows dark and heavy, that she has truly "passed under the rod; " her last affliction was the death of Flora-born Aug. 27, 1860-whom she had adopted when a babe, raised her to womanhood and educated her ; she was a beauti- ful woman. Mrs. Waters loved her as only a true mother can love. She was married, Jan. 1, 1879, to William Brundige, and died March 10, and, in her dying throes, had a foresight of the angelic throng, and heard the harmonious sym- phony of the "bright beyond." " Mother," said she, "do you hear it ?. " and died in the triumph of faith.

HENRY WARREN, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 2; P. O. Delaware; is a son of William and Eliza (Joab) Warren. His parents were born in Belmont Co .- father on May 23, 1808, and mother in 1813. They moved to Delaware Co. in 1868, settling where his brother Scott now lives, and the following nine children-Mary, married Arthur Glover; Henry; Nancy (was scalded to death when 3 years old); Harrison, Henry, Leander ; Sarah J., studied medicine in Delaware and Cleve- land, graduated in New York, went to Ger- many one year, is now in Delaware; Milton, Scott and Eliza. His father was a Metho- dist, and mother a Presbyterian ; his grandfather Joab was in the Florida war; his grandfather Maddock Warren came from the State of Dela- ware, among the pioneers of Belmont Co., and was one of the most noted marksmen of that county ; he was hired at $1 per day and ammu- nition, to shoot the wild animals that destroyed the corn. The father of Mr. Warren started- life's journey with $300, and at his death possessed about $40,000. Mr. Warren was born Oct. 11, 1835, in Belmont Co .; enlisted in Co. A, 170th O. N. G .; was in service four months. Was married Oct. 13, 1864, to Hannah, a daughter of John and. Abigail (Cunningham) Mooney. Her father was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., March 21, 1800, and was of Irish descent. Her mother was born May 23, 1804, in Berkeley Co., Va., and came with her parents to Belmont Co. when about 6 months old. Her mother attended church in that county when the people would come barefooted and with a handkerchief tied around their heads. Her parents had eight children-Sophia, David, Elizabeth, John R. (dead), Samuel, Hannah, James and Alexander ; John R. was killed Nov. 10, 1877, by the bent of a crib falling on his head. Mrs. Warren was born March 13, 1832, in Belmont Co., and has blessed her husband with

eight children-Eliza, born Sept. 29, 1865 ; Wil- lie, Feb. 12, 1867; Grant A., Sept. 25, 1868; Mary E., Oct. 30, 1869; Fred, April 5, 1871 ;. Bertram, Oct. 20, 1872, died Aug. 25, 1873; Leander C., Jan. 28, 1874; Pearl, Jan. 23, 1878, died Oct. 19, 1878. They came to Delaware Co. in 1866, and settled in 1873 on the present farm of 188 acres, attained by his father, which was bought from William Cunningham in 1869; they also own fifty acres which our subject bought in 1868, from Henry Ashbrook ; he is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry ; he and wife are mem- bers of the M. E. Church of Delaware, in which he has been Class-leader, Steward, Trustee and Superintendent of Sunday schools ; he is dealing somewhat in thoroughbred short-horned cattle ; also fine Spanish merino sheep, in which branch of business he has been successful, and purposes extending his business to a large scale in stock- growing. Her mother is still living in Delaware, and is now 76 years old, and has never, been un- able to walk about the house for one day during her life.

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History of Delaware County and Ohio, Part 137

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