History of Delaware County and Ohio, Part 148

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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farm, our subject running the farm and his brother the mill. They worked in that way for six years, and during that time our subject was married to Mary M. Wright, daughter of Joseph and Almira Wright, who were married in Licking Co; they had seven children ; five of them are still living. Mrs. Adams was their third child, and was born Sept. 23, 1841; when 21, commenced teaching school, at which she continued until her marriage, Feb. 25, 1868; they had five children-Arthur C., born Jan. 6, 1869 ; Minnie B. and Willie F. (twins), born July 27, 1870, Willie F. died Jan. 28, 1871 ; Ida M., born Oct. 8, 1875 ; Hubert J., born Oct. 30, 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Adams are members of the M. E. Church. While on his trip to California, and shortly after leaving Lib- ertyville, Iowa, Mr. Adams fell in with an emigrant train, with which he traveled to Salt Lake City, and was there taken sick and remained about five weeks boarding with a Mormon family, and in that way he found out the inside workings of the Mormon faith and practice.

SILAS ADAMS, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Harlem ; son of John and Margery Adams, of Luzerne Co., Penn., where our subject was born May 30, 1814, and, when two weeks old, his parents started for Ohio, and located in Harlem Township, on 80 acres of land ; his homestead was bought by his grandfather, David Adams ; he was a babe of 8 weeks old when they landed in Delaware Co .; his father and mother went into the timber, and, fixing a bed for their child between the logs, they left him there while they cut down and trimmed up the logs for their first house ; camping out until it was done and covered with bark, they doing all the work. Mrs. Adams lived about six years after coming to Ohio ; they had five children, one died when a babe-Kellogg, Rolley, Silas and Betsy A. In 1821, Mr. Adams married his second wife, Hannah Smothers; they had six children-George, Lucy, Desire, Margery A., John Q., and Eveline ; the father died in 1835. He had for many years been a member of the M. E. Church, and, for twenty-two years, was class- leader, his house being a preaching point, and the home of the ministers ; he was one of first school

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teachers to locate in the township; he was many years township Justice of the Peace and Trustee, Clerk and filled other township offices, and, in his day, was one of the best-educated men in the town- ship. He remained at home until 22 years old, though for some two years before he ran his father's and grandfather's farms ; when of age, he bought his grandfather's farm, valued at $400, and for it he was to care for his grandparents until their death ; one of them lived one year, and the other twenty-one years. After housekeeping seven years, on May 26, 1842, he married Rhoda Vandruff ; they had two children-Lewellen, born May 21, 1843; Fernandez Lee, March 4, 1849 ; they are now married and living in Harlem Town- ship. Mrs. Adams died in May, 1853, and, in April, 1854, our subject married his second wife, Mahala Fairchilds ; she died April 14, 1867, and, Sept. 21, 1867, he married his present wife, Phi- lenia Wright; she was born April 10, 1840; they have three children-Roena D., born Oct. 1, 1868; John Q., Feb. 3, 1873, and Kellogg P., Nov. 20, 1875. The first money our subject ever made was by catching quails, at a cent apiece, until he had $6, which he loaned to his father, and, after many years, he got for his $6, a motherless colt, 3 days old, which he raised by hand, and, when grown, sold it for $60, that being the basis of his present property of 216 acres of land, on which he has two good dwellings, outhouses, etc., with a nice young orchard of 400 trees ; his farm is well stocked with hogs, sheep and cattle; on his farm is a stone quarry, out of which he furnished a great amount of curb-building stone, it being of the best grade of sandstone. In ad- dition to what property he now has, he has given his sons each a farm of seventy acres, well stocked with good buildings, etc. With his eldest son, he is now engaged in buying and baling hay, having put up about two thousand tons in the last three years; he owns 250 acres of land, on which he has $9,000 to $10,000 in per- sonal property, in addition to what he has given his children. Mr. and Mrs. Adams are members of the M. E. Church, of which he is Trustee, and is one of only two or three that are now living who paid their subscription directly to the build- ing committee of Harlem M. E. Church, erected in 1838.

ZIBA ADAMS, farmer ; P. O. Galena; is a son of Rolif and Elizabeth (Jones) Adams ; his father was born in 1795, in Luzerne Co:, Penn., and came to Harlem Township in 1812, on foot ;

he soon purchased a portion of land, and some time afterward returned to Pennsylvania, and there formed a matrimonial alliance with Elizabeth Jones, and returned to Delaware Co. by ox team ; they remained on that farm for about five years, and then bought a portion of the land now owned by our subject. Mr. Adams was one of nine chil- dren-William, Lucinda, Clarinda, Ziba, Fisher (deceased), Elizabeth A. and Evi ; two died when small-Minor and Addison. Ziba was born May 22, 1826, in Delaware Co., where he has always remained ; his younger days were spent in attend- ing school and helping his father. Oct. 29, 1849, he was married to Jane, a daughter of William and Abigail (Vantassel) Sebring. Her father was born in Pennsylvania, and her mother in New York State, and their marriage occurred in Genoa Township, where they raised a family of nine children-Jane, Andrew J., Mary A., Charlotte, Harriet, Linda, Melissa, Angeline and Sarah E .; her mother died in 1851, and her father was again married to Mary Marshall, by whom he had two children-Mary and Kate ; her father died Sept. 14, 1874, and was a member of the Presbyterian Church, as was also her mother. The wife of Mr. Adams was born Aug. 16, 1826, in Genoa Town- ship ; they had four children-Lovina (deceased in 1862), George W., John Q. and Emma J. (died Sept. 14, 1872) ; Mr. Adams settled in a log cabin on a portion of his present farm of 400 acres, 23 of which was inherited ; they make a specialty of feeding cattle, buying at Chicago and shipping to their farm where they feed and prepare for market ; in this they are successful. He has always voted the Republican ticket. His grand- father Jones was in the Revolutionary war.

C. B. BABBITT, merchant, Center Village ; is a son of L. W. and Lydia (Hockman) Babbitt, both natives of Fairfield Co., Ohio; the former was born in 1817, and the latter in 1813; they were married in 1839, and went to Franklin Co. in 1858, where they remained ; his father has held the office of Justice of the Peace twelve years, Township Clerk some time, and Director of the Ohio Penitentiary ; he was the father of nine children ; the mother is a member of the United Brethren Church ; the father is a member of A., F. & A. M. and I. O. O. F. at New Albany., Mr. Babbitt was born Dec. 14, 1841, in Fairfield Co .; he spent his younger days in attending school. Oct. 14, 1861, he enlisted in Co. F, 18th U. S. I., and returned Sept. 15, 1862, on account of 'sickness. Feb. 2, 1864, he was married to Sarah

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J., a daughter of Francis and Mary (Herr) John- ston ; her father was born in Franklin Co. March 9, 1808, and mother in the same county Sept. 30, 1817; they were married April 28, 1836, and had five children; her mother died Jan. 21, 1848, and her father was again married in 1852 to Sarah Ackerson; her father is a Methodist and her mother was a Presbyterian. Mr. Babbitt fol- lowed farming three years after marriage, then en- gaged in the mercantile business for three years, when he sold out, commencing again Jan. 1, 1870, under the firm name of Johnston & Babbitt ; Jan. 1, 1878, Johnston withdrew, leaving Mr. Babbitt sole owner of the business, which he still runs ; in 1875, he was commissioned Postmaster, which position he still fills ; has held the office of Township Clerk for six years, and is a member of the Galena Lodge, No. 404, I. O. O. F. He and wife are members of the M. E. Church at Hartford, Licking Co. They have one child- Francis L., born Nov. 15, 1864.

JOHN W. BENNETT, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Center Village; son of Daniel Bennett, who was born Dec. 10, 1783, in Luzerne Co., Penn., and married Sarah Adams, of the same county ; she was born Dec. 10, 1787. They came to Ohio in 1808, located in Harlem Township, where he bought 150 acres of land; afterward hought 200 acres more. When a young man, he was licensed to preach in the M. E. Church, and shortly after coming to Ohio was ordained, and was one of the first ministers to locate in Harlem Township, and for fifty-three years was a faithful worker in the church, and during that time received no pay for his labor. For many years, his house was the preaching point, and when building his last resi- dence, he built one large room for that purpose. He was one of the prime movers in building the present Harlem Church, which was erected in 1838. He died June 25, 1861. He lived to see eleven of his children married, and all members of the church. His wife died in 1870. The subject was the youngest child of his parents, and was born June 22, 1829, on his present home- stead, and remained with his parents until 26 years old. Oct. 23, 1854, he married Rosabel H., daughter of John Smothers, of Genoa Township, where he located in an early day. He was born in Pennsylvania, in 1796, and when a child, came with his parents to Ohio. They lived for many years in Fairfield, Franklin Co. When about 21, he married Rosalinda Seabring. She was born in 1800, and was 10 years old when her parents

moved to Ohio, locating in Genoa Township, where she remained until her marriage. After his marriage, Mr. Smothers lived in Genoa Town- ship, where he worked on a farm, while his wife worked in the house and wove cloth, a portion of which she took on horseback to Columbus, that being the nearest market, and only a few houses at that point. Mrs. Smothers died March 29, 1850. Her husband died some years later. They were both members of the M. E. Church. They had seven children; four of them lived to he growu. Mrs. Bennett was their sixth child, and was born Sept. 7, 1835. After his marriage, our subject moved into the house with his parents, with whom he lived until their death. They have had seven children, of whom Ophelia R., born Aug. 20, 1855, and Aug. 5, 1876, married C. R. Orndorff, and Effie J., born July 18, 1859, is now living at home and teaching school ; Frank D., May 24, 1864; William W., March 26, 1866, and Edwin C., born Nov. 21, 1868, still survive, and a pair of twins, deceased. Mr. Bennett united with the M. E. Church when 12 years old ; for thirty years has been class leader, and in 1860 was licensed to exhort in the church. At 16, Mrs. B. united with the church. All their chil- dren, but the youngest, are now members of the M. E. Church. In his home place, Mr. B. has 100 acres, well improved and stocked; and in a good state of cultivation, with good farm residence and outbuildings.

JAMES COCKRELL, SR., farmer ; P. O. Center Village ; is a son of Edward and Elizabeth (Dawson) Cockrell, both natives of Virginia ; the father was born Nov. 18, 1766, and the mother Feb. 14, 1774 ; they came to Harlem Township in 1811, settling on the farm where James now lives; the father was kicked by a horse, from which he died in 1823; the mother died in Au- gust, 1851 ; had eleven children-Mary, born July 31, 1790; Isaac, Nov. 20, 1791 ; Edward D., Nov. 5, 1793, died March 2, 1851 ; Elizabeth, born March 2, 1796; Peter, March 4, 1798, died March 12, 1864; Massey, horn Jan. 20, 1801 ; Matilda, Dec. 22, 1803; Maria, Dec. 22, 1805; Sarah, Dec. 25, 1807, died in 1863 ; James, born Jan. 5, 1810, and Nancy, Ang. 16, 1812. James was a noted hunter, and found full scope for his talents in that direction in his younger days. He was married about 1830 to Elizabeth, a daughter of Eber and Cynthia (Rose) Howe; her parents were horn in the State of New York, and emi- grated to Ohio at an early day, and raised a family

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of children-Anna L., Nathan, Mark, Aaron, Philetus, John, Eliza, Eber, Asberry and Elsie. Mrs. Cockrell was born June 13, 1812; they had thirteen children-Ann M., born April 16, 1831 ; Peter, Aug. 16, 1832 ; Emanuel, Feb. 20, 1834; Cynthia, Oct. 30, 1835; Hiram, July 15, 1837 ; John, May 9, 1839; Clarinda, Dec. 9, 1841; Elizabeth, Oct. 15, 1845 ; Nathan in 1846 ; James, Aug. 22, 1848; William, June 28, 1850, and George ; an infant, died unnamed ; his wife died Feb. 22, 1852. He married a second wife, Nancy Linnabary ; her father was born in March, 1761, and her mother Aug. 12, 1767 ; they had eleven children. Mr. Cockrell has owned 512 acres of land ; is now living with his son James, who owns 177 acres of the old homestead. James, Jr., was married Oct. 7, 1569 to Emma, a daughter of Edward and Mary C. (Condit) Jacobs; her parents had nine children. Mrs. Cockrell was born Nov. 23, 1846 ; they have two children- Edward F., born Sept. 3, 1872; Cary P., Jan. 23, 1879. James, Jr., is now Township Clerk. Is a member of Sparrow Lodge, No. 400, A., F. & A. M. Has taught twelve terms of school. The Cockrell family has always voted the Democratic ticket. The grandfather of our subject came from Scotland to America in a vessel of his own, which was sold for $80,000.

JOSIAH COPPER, farmer; P. O. Center Vil- lage; son of Samuel G. and Christina (Gaylor) Cop- per. His father was born in Beaver Co., Penn., and emigrated to Licking Co. at an early day, and pur- chased 160 acres of land in Bennington Town- ship ; he moved to Delaware Co. about 1834, set- tling in this township, where he improved a number of farms; the mother died in Licking Co .; they . had eight children-Joseph, Josiah, Rachel, Samuel and Elizabeth; three infants died unnamed ; his father was again married to Fannie Ninerick, by whom he had five children- John, Rees, Mary, Cornish and Sophia. Our subject was born June 25, 1826, in Licking Co .; he came with his father to Delaware Co., and, at the age of 22, began learning the shoemaker's trade ; subsequently carried on business on his own account at Harlem for three years ; he then embarked in the same business at Center Village, which he continued for many years. April 18, 1850, he married Lucy, a daughter of David afd Susannah (Bennet) Adams ; her par- ents were born in Pennsylvania and emigrated to this county among the pioneers ; the names of her parents' children are Emily, Sarah, Lucy A.,

David A. and Martha D .;. her father was married a second time, which blessed him with John, Lorenzo, Roxa, William and Margie A .; the name of the mother of the last-named children was Phoebe (Philips) Adams. Mrs. Copper was born Nov. 18, 1829 ; she has six children by her union with Mr. Copper -- Sarah A. (deceased), Arza E., Martha E., Idola (deceased), Emma, Nettie (de- ceased). In 1855, Mr. and Mrs. Copper went to Allen Co., Ind., and farmed one year, and then moved to Bureau Co., Ill., where he farmed and bought stock ; in 1860, they returned to Center Village, where he again resumed his trade, which he abandoned in 1872, on account of ill health ; he owns two town lots, one of which is well im- proved by buildings; he is now breeding fine Canadian horses ; the sire of his present stallion was known as the Guerney horse, which lived to be 52 years old and held the record of one of the fastest trotters and pacers of this part of the coun- try ; he has one of the finest road horses in the country; is brown-black, 11 years old, sixteen hands high, and weight, 1,400 pounds. His son, A. E., was born Aug. 26, 1855 ; his first occupa- tion was peddling with a little tin box ; at 13, ho began clerking for McNett & Barr, at this place, continuing one year, and has been engaged most of the time since for Mossman. Was married Nov. 12, 1879, to Laura, a daughter of Van and Mary (Marriot) Clutter; she was born in 1862; in October, 1879, he bought Mossman out, and is now running a general store of all kinds of mer- chandisc.

JOHN COOK, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Harlem. But a few years after the landing of the Pilgrims from the Mayflower at Plymouth Rock, there came from Northampton, England, three brothers by the name of Cook-Richard, George and John ; Richard took up his abode in Boston, George in Cambridge, and John in Salem; his son, Elisha, was born Sept. 16, 1637, gradu- ated at Harvard College, 1657, was Representative of Boston in General Court from 1681 to 1683, Governor's Assistant from 1684 to 1686, a mem- ber of the Council of Safety in 1690-91, died May 31, 1715; his son, Elisha, graduated at Har- vard in 1697, died at Boston in August, 1737; and his son, Middleton, graduated at Harvard in 1773; George was admitted a freeman at Cam- bridge in 1636, and the same year was elected Representative to the General Court, which position he held five years; in 1642, was com- missioned a Captain of an artillery company, and

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again in 1645, was chosen Representative and Speaker of the House. John, at Salem, was admitted to the church in 1637, became a freeman, and, in 1642, was commissioned a Justice of the Peace ; he removed from Salem to Boston, where his son, John, was born in 1663 ; he was also Justice of the Peace; was the father of five children, of whom John was the eldest; moved to Preston, Conn., where he remained until his death; he was also Justice of the Peace, and had seven sons-John, Pearley, Elias, Jair, Benajah, Stephen and Phineas; of the many descendants bearing the name of Cook, from these three brothers, the records of New England colleges in 1826, showed that forty-three had graduated, of whom eleven were clergymen. The subject's father, Benajah, was the fifth child, and was born Dec. 19, 1759, and came to Ohio in 1807. Feb. 24, 1793, he married Cassandra Fan- ning ; she was born Oct. 17, 1775. On coming to Ohio, Mr. Cook bought 4,000 acres of land, for which he paid $1,700, and was the first perma- nent white settler in Harlem Township, and for many years was the leading spirit in his town- ship ; he was a Universalist of strong faith ; he died Nov. 8, 1839, in his 80th year, and fifteen years later his wife died. They had twelve children- Benajah S., Celina, James B. (graduated from the Medical Society of the Eleventh District of Ohio, which met in Columbus, May 25, 1830, with Dr. Eleazer Copeland, of Genoa, President-a year later he graduated in surgery, and died eleven days later), Desire, Cassandra, Calvin T. (was the first white child born in Harlem Township), Lucy, Louisa, John and Elisha. Our subject was the eleventh child, and was born Dec. 20, 1815; when 19, he commenced teaching ; he and a brother bought land in Franklin; after the brother's death, he sold out and bought the homestead, .and commenced dealing in stock ; continued to trade about eight years. Oct. 27, 1853, he married Helen Tompkins, born Feb. 4, 1830; they have six children-Susie, born Oct. 7, 1855 ; Sarah E., Feb. 23, 1860; Alice M., April 22, 1863 (each of the above-named entered Bochtel College, at Akron, where they attended a number of years-Alice M. is still in attendance there) ; Cora E., July 11, 1865 ; John J., Dec. 14, 1867; and Herbert, April 10, 1871, are at home with the subject. Mr. Cook owns 573 acres of land in Harlem Township, well improved, with good dwellings, etc. He is a Republican ; has held most of the township and school offices. Though he never served an apprenticeship, he is a fair me-

chanic, doing much of the carpenter work on his own· buildings, and, in 1875, secured a patent on a windmill, combining simplicity, durability and cheapness. On Mr. Cook's farm is a water saw- mill, in which the first lumber in the township was sawed; it is yet in good running order, he doing his own sawing with it.

A. M. COCKRELL, J. P., farmer and harness- maker, Harlem ; is a son of James Cockrell, Sr., of Harlem Township, whose sketch appears in this work ; our subject is the third child of his parents, and was born in Harlem Township Feb. 20, 1834 ; his early life was spent on a farm. June 26, 1854, was married to Melissa E. Gorling- house, daughter of Silas Gorlinghouse, of Harlem Township ; after marriage, he located one mile north of Centerville, where he remained until 1862, at which time he went out as sutler with the 121st O. V. I., remaining with them one year ; then went with the 15th Colored Regiment, with which he remained until the winter of 1865. After coming home, he remained on a farm until 1868 ; then went to Centerville, where he engaged in the mercantile business, and, in 1872, sold out his stock and removed to Columbus, where he ran a harness-shop one year ; in 1875, he bought and moved into his present homestead of 62 acres, located half a mile south of Harlem, and is now farming and working at his trade. In 1858, he was elected Justice of the Peace ; has since served two terms as Township Clerk ; April 5, 1880, he was again chosen Justice of the Peace. Mr. and Mrs. Cockrell havetwochildren-Nathan D., born Sept. 1, 1855 (was married to Nancy Lombert, and lives in New Albany, Franklin Co., is carry- ing the United States mail from there to Colum- bus) and Louis A., born March 1, 1857 (married to Hattie Barr, and lives with the subject of this sketch). A. Cockrell, Justice of the Peace; all collections attended to promptly ; residence, half a mile south of Harlem Post Office, Delaware Co., Ohio.

RILEY GRAVES, stock-dealer, Center Vil- lage ; is the second son of Harmon and Philena (Landon) Graves ; his father was born March 2, 1804, in Massachusetts, and emigrated with his parents to Licking Co. about the year 1810, and, some time subsequent to his coming was engaged in driving a bus from Sunbury to Columbus ; he began blacksmithing at Richfield, Summit Co., and afterward went to farming. He was married in Licking Co., to Philena Landon, by whom he had three children-Frederick (deceased), Abba

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(married to Peter Parker ; she is dead) and Riley. The father was again married, to Laura Churchill ; they had eight children-Edward, Augustin, Enoch, Emma, Lewis, Martha, Alfred and Frank. The father and stepmother died in 1878, and were members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Graves was born Jan. 1, 1830, in Licking Co .; when quite young, he began driving a team be- tween Richfield and Cleveland ; he continued the same until July 9, 1847, when he learned the carpenter's trade in Columbus, and then came to Harlem Township, where he continued the same with success for some time. He has come into possession, by purchase, of a farm and considerable other property. He was married, in 1851, to Nancy, a daughter of Levi and Diadema (Linna- bary) Adams; she was born Oct. 28, 1834, in Harlem Township ; her father was a native of Pennsylvania ; her parents had six children- Parthena, Mary A., Clinton, George, Nancy and Martha. Clinton enlisted in the 32d O. V. I., and was taken prisoner and confined in the Libby Prison, and has never been heard of since. Mr. and Mrs. Graves have two children-Diadema married to Riley Cockrell, and Viola, at home. He paid out quite an amount for the support of the war. Votes the Democratic ticket. He is in partnership with Norman Perfect, E. J. Condit and Dr. Mills, breeding fine French Percheron horses, of which stock they have two of the finest stallions in the country, which were imported from France by Dunham, of Wayne, Ill.

DAVID GORSUCH, farmer and breeder of fine stock ; P. O. Center Village. His father, Benjamin Gorsuch, was born Nov. 8, 1806, in Vir- ginia, and when 2 years old, his father moved to Knox Co., Ohio ; he remained at home until 21 years of age; the first work he did for himself was on the Ohio Canal at $7 per month. In 1829, he married Margaret Hill, daughter of Samuel Hill, born in 1810. In 1832, Mr. Gorsuch moved to Harlem Township, Delaware Co., where he bought 125 acres of land, on which he remained until his death, June 24, 1859-though for three years previous, had been in the grocery trade' at Centerville; for many years he was Township Trustee. Mrs. G. died March 13, 1847; they had twelve children, seven of whom are now liv- ing. David was the oldest child, and was born Dec. 5, 1830, and was 2 years old when his father moved into Harlem Township ; he remained with and worked for his father until of age, and then served three years as an apprentice at the carpen-

ter and joiner's trade with Elisha Rogers, and for his three years' work he received $300; out of which he clothed himself, and for fifteen years he. worked at his trade, working from two to four hands. Oct. 16, 1859, he married Eunice, daugh- ter of Mathew Clark, of Licking Co., where he settled in an early day. Mrs. Gorsuch was the sixth child, and was born Feb. 10, 1838; after his marriage, the subject settled on the old home- stead, and bought out the other heirs, and while running the farm, he continued to work at his trade ; about 1870, he turned his attention to thoroughbred cattle, and has done as much toward improving the stock of his township as any other man in it; in the winter of 1877-78, he raised a club of subscribers for the Ohio Farmer, number- ing 191, being the largest list ever raised for an agricultural or stock paper in the United States, and for this list, he secured the prize offered, which was a thoroughbred Oxford bull calf, being a beau- ful red roan, bred by Ayres & McClintock, of Millersburg, Ky., is 3 years old, and will weigh 2,000 pounds ; in 1876, he also won the prize from the same paper of a trio of Houten chickens. Mr. Gorsuch is a Democrat, and in 1862 was chosen Township Treasurer, which position he has held every year since for the last ten years, has had no opposition for the office ; his homestead contains 183 acres of well-improved land, and on his farm he now has twenty-eight head of thor- oughbred and high grade cattle ; in February, 1876, he lost his residence and household goods by fire, saving but little except the clothing the family had on ; they have had eight children, of whom Noah, born May 1, 1861; Medory, Jan. 18, 1863; Willis, Dec. 5, 1864; Amelia, Oct. 22, 1866; Ross, Feb. 13, 1868; Mary, March 17, 1870, and Thorman, Aug. 17, 1873, still survive. Alice, born Feb. 10, 1872, died Sept. 7, 1872.

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History of Delaware County and Ohio, Part 148

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