History of Fayette County : together with historic notes on the Northwest, and the State of Ohio, gleaned from early authors, old maps and manuscripts, private and official correspondence, and all other authentic sources, Part 81

Author: Dills, R. S
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Dayton, Ohio : Odell & Mayer
Number of Pages: 1070


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STORES.


Nathan Loofbourrow had the first store at Waterloo, opening a


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stock of goods in one part of his dwelling shortly after the town was re-surveyed. He continued in business for some five or six years, when he disposed of his goods to Rowland Wilson, and a Mr. Jackson, of Mt. Sterling, Madison County, who continued a short time in the same building, then closing out the stock. But prior to this, Thomas Littleton began business, which he followed until his death, ten or twelve years after, when the goods came into the hands of J. W. Blizzard, who closed out in about 1860. The following gentlemen have been in the mercantile business, at Wat- erloo, at different times, since then : Vance & Bailey, Girton & Phebus, J. W. Moore, Shreve Gaskill, A. P. Littleton, Daniel Kel- ley, J. W. Smith, Wharford Young, J. W. Gaskill, B. T. Corkwell, George D. Ladd, W. H. II. Timmons, James Lewis, Wesley Goo- ley, R. W. Messmore, Wickman & Leach, and E. A. Peasley. The latter opened a dry goods and grocery store in 1879, and still con- tinues. J. W. Moore is also in the grocery business.


HARNESS MAKING.


A. S. Decker began the business of harness making in 1850, and still continues.


SHOE SHOPS.


A. Howser began boot and shoe making in 1879, and is still car- rying on the business.


BLACKSMITHING.


The first blacksmith shop at Waterloo was started in about 1830, by a man named Tracy, but being at that time about eighty years of age, he continued only a short time. He was succeeded by a man named McClelland, who remained, perhaps, two years, when he also, on account of his advanced age, was compelled to give up the business.


John Timmons then began blacksmithing in the same shop oc- cupied by the above named men, and carried it on about ten or twelve years.


Adley Bostwick opened a shop some years before Timmons closed, and continued some ten or twelve years, when he was


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killed by a pile of lumber falling on him and his shop has ever since been occupied by William Scott.


Mahlon Anderson, an apprentice of Bostwick's, bought of the latter, the right to manufacture what was known as the Bostwick plow, and carried on this business, in connection with his black- smithing, until two years ago, when he closed the manufacturing business, but is still engaged at smithing.


PHYSICIANS.


Dr. Dilley was the first physician of Waterloo, locating there in about 1842-'43, but remained only a short time.


He was followed by Dr. Freeman, of London, Madison County, who continued three or four years.


Dr. Tobias Haskins also came about the time Dilley left, and practiced there until about 1860, removing then to Licking County.


Towards the latter part of Haskin's stay at Waterloo, Dr. Cleeve located there, and remained some years, when he removed to Illinois.


Dr. V. H. Gaskill commenced the practice at Waterloo about the close of the late war, and still remains.


BIOGRAPHICAL.


JOHN D. ABERNATHY.


John D. Abernathy, retired farmer, Mount Sterling, was born in Hampshire County, Virginia, December 10, 1813. He is the oldest son of Robert and Mary Abernathy, who came to Ohio, bringing their two oldest children, in the year 1815. The grandfather of this subject was from Scotland; the grandmother from Ireland.


Robert and Mary Abernathy first settled in Pickaway County, near Williamsport. About the year 1817, he bought a piece of land (one hundred and sixteen acres), where his son James now lives, in this county, on Deer Creek. Here he reared an honored family. His children were Mary Ann, born in 1809; John, in 1813; Eliza, in 1816; James, in 1819; Cynthia, in 1823; Marion, in 1831.


This subject has been twice married. His first wife, Nancy Saw-


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yer, was born June 20, 1808, and was the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Smith) Sawyer. Their union took place October 27, 1836. She died April 10, 1868. They had born to them two sons: John C., born October 1, 1837; Smith, born June 7, 1840. For his second wife, he married the widow of W. D. Wood. Her maiden name was Lucinda Brown. She was born June 22, 1828, and their marriage took place April 20, 1869. The Browns were Virginians, and came to Ohio in 1820.


Mr. Abernathy has been a man of great energy and business ca- pacity. He has dealt largely in live stock, and in the years of his prime manhood, he had an extensive business acquaintance. He was a resident of this township for thirty-five years, and now owns and keeps oversight of a farm near White Oak.


On account of bodily affliction, he retired from the farm a num- ber of years ago. He now resides in Mount Sterling. His father was, at one time, a hotel-keeper of this village, but it was very many years ago. Mr. Abernathy remembers the village of Mount Sterling when there were not more than three houses in it.


JAMES ABERNATHY.


James Abernathy is among the oldest and most substantial far- mers of this township. He is the son of Robert and Mary (Davis) Abernathy, whose biographies appear elsewhere. The family came from Virginia, in 1815.


He was born March 1, 1819, on Duff's Fork, near where he now resides. He was married to Letitia Thomas, January 29, 1846. To their marriage five children have been born: Margaret Ann, born December 9, 1846, died December 5, 1847; Mary Josephine, born October 26, 1848, died July 15, 1851; Cynthia Alice, born May 15, 1850, died July 24, 1851; Mary Augusta, born February 22, 1854, and married A. C. Mace, of Ross County, April 14, 1874; William, born October 15, 1851, died May 4, 1855.


Mrs. Abernathy was born July 26, 1826. In the year 1851, he purchased of his brothers and sisters their interest in the home- stead of two hundred and seventy acres, to which he has since made some additions. He and his wife are members of the Chris- tian Church, and have, in their past lives, a record of Christian piety. He is an enthusiastic Granger, and one of the most active members of Madison Grange No. 229.


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MAHLON ANDERSON.


Mahlon Anderson, blacksmith and farmer, is the second of three sons born to Levi and Nancy (Brown) Anderson, of Ohio. His grandparents were from Virginia, but came to Ohio, and settled near Chillicothe, in an early day.


Our subject was born June 13, 1832, and having learned the trade of a blacksmith in the years of his minority, has devoted his life mainly to hard work at the anvil and bellows. He was mar- ried, June 8, 1856, to Helen Fulton, first daughter of John W. and Phæbe (Lyons) Fulton, of Ross County. To them have been born five children : Alfred A., born June 20, 1857; Nancy Ann, born May 6, 1859; William H., born May 31, 1861; Charlie, born Sep- tember 30, 1872; Clara, born March 25, 1875. All are yet alive, and in good health.


He established himself in Waterloo, in the year 1852, and in all these years has attended carefully to business, and, as a consequence, has prospered. He possesses a nice home in the village, besides some farm lands elsewhere. Their daughter, Nancy A., married Christopher Hanawalt, in February, 1876. Alfred married Ella Crabb, in January, 1880.


JACHOMYER BALDWIN.


Jachomyer Baldwin, farmer, is the fifth child, and second son, of Jonah and Mary (Bland) Baldwin, natives of Virginia. He was born August 20, 1815, near where he now resides. His parents and grandparents came to Ohio from Virginia, in 1812, and settled on Paint Creek, on what is known as the Baldwin and Wallace survey, and where Jachomyer yet resides.


Our subject is of a family of eight children, three sons and five daughters. The sons were John, Jachomyer, and Joseph. The last-named lives in Adams County, Indiana. John died some years since. Nancy, the youngest daughter, married Benjamin Corson, and died in 1854, leaving four children. The biography of her son, Jonah B., appears elsewhere. Our subject's four sisters still live. He enjoys the reputation of a hard-working, honest man.


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JOSEPH H. BAUGHN.


This subject is the son of John and Melinda (Mitchem) Baughn, and was born in this county, February 10, 1858. IIe was ordinari- ly educated, and at the age of twenty-two, August 14, 1879, he en- listed in the regular army, and was assigned to the First United States Infantry. In a few days after his enlistment, the command to which he belonged was ordered to Fort Snelling, on the way to the Black Hills. Reaching their destination, they were at once as- signed to duty, and for two months scouted on the plains with the hostile tribes. They then crossed into Montana, on foot, and for months the command campaigned in the mountains and plains of the great West, traversing Dakota, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, and parts of the British possessions northward. Many of the ad- ventures of this command are full of startling facts of romance and adventure.


Mr. Baughn's term of service lasted fourteen months. He was discharged at Fort Meade, near Deadwood, and returned to his na- tive state in August, 1880. He was married, December 25, 1880, to Emma, daughter of John and Sarah Shough, of this county.


JOHN BAUGHN.


John Baughn, the subject of this biography, was a native of Vir- ginia, and was born on the 22d of September, 1824. He was the second son, and fifth child, of Moses and Sarah (Yowell) Baughn. The Baughns came to Ohio, from Virginia, in 1832, when John was eight years of age. They settled near Washington.


Our subject was married, December 31, 1855, to Melinda Mitchem, fourth daughter of William and Catherine (Wort) Mitchem. The nativity of the Mitchems is Virginia. Moses and Sarah Baughn had born to them : Harriet, Joseph, Maria, Catherine, John, Re- becca, Sarah, Matilda, and Mary Ann.


William and Catherine Mitchem were the parents of seven chil- dren: Elizabeth, James, Lucinda, Sarah, Melinda, Mary and Wil- liam. John and Melinda Baughn had born to them seven chil- dren : Sarah E., born September, 1856, married Joseph S. Baldwin, December 31, 1874; Joseph H., born February 10, 1858, married Einma Shough, December 24, 1880; William Moses, born October


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2, 1861, died February 2, 1879; Rosilla Catherine, born June 5, 1865; Lucy May, born December 1, 1868; John Lewis, born June 1, 1872; Albert J., born October 25, 1874, died October 26, 1874.


Mr. Baughn, in the year 1868, bought the farm of one hundred acres, on which his family still resides. He continued to improve it until the time of his decease, which occurred, February 25, 1875. He was a man much esteemed for his good qualities, and his death was greatly lamented.


DAVID BEALE.


Of the substantial farmers of the northeastern part of this county, none are better entitled to favorable mention than David Beale, who lives on his well improved farm of two hundred and sixty acres of land, two miles from Mt. Sterling, on the Columbus road.


He was born, November 1, 1840, in Pleasant Township, Madison County, Ohio, and is the third son, and fourth child, of S. S. and Harriet (Elmore) Beale, both born in Westmoreland County, Vir- ginia. They came to Ohio in 1832, having been married the year before. Their children were: Charles H., Mary A., Jeremiah, Da- vid, John W., George, and Smith.


David gave the years of his minority in assisting his father on the farm, and enjoyed the benefits of the common schools of his neighborhood. He was married, December 30, 1863, to Hannah A., oldest daughter of Dr. William and Hannah (Reeves) McClin- tock, of Madison County. They have had born to them three children : Flora A., born November 3, 1864; Everett, born June 24, 1866, and Ross, born May 6, 1870.


Mr. Beale has served the township well and long as trustee, and is always in the front rank of the march toward public improvement.


JOSEPH G. BLOOMER.


Nehemiah Bloomer, of English descent, a native of New York, and a tailor by trade, married Elizabeth Ketchum, of Welch de- scent, in the State of New Jersey. They lived successively in Vir- ginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio, coming to the latter state in a very early day. Their seven children were: John, Daniel, Benjamin, William. Joseph, Phoebe, and Jesse. The sons were farmers, and more than one of them dealt largely in live stock.


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John and Daniel remained in Tennessee; the remainder of the family are named among the pioneer settlers of this county. The year of their coming to the state cannot be accurately stated.


William divided his time between tailoring, farming, and build- ing mills.


Phoebe was a pioneer in the millinery business. She married Col. Aaron Johnson, who was sheriff of this county, and who, for a number of years, kept a hotel in Washington. They removed to Indiana.


Joseph Bloomer was born in Virginia, June 30, 1786. He mar- ried Mary Robinson, daughter of Nicholas Robinson, a pioneer of Jefferson Township, near Jeffersonville. His oldest daughter, Re- becca, was born there, August 27, 1808, the Indians at that time being his nearest neighbors. Two other children were born to them-a daughter and son-both of whom died early in life. The wife and mother died in the year 1822, aged thirty-five years.


He married for his second wife, Mary, the daughter of Captain Thomas McDonald. Captain McDonald was a soldier and spy un- der General Wayne, in 1794. He was a brother-in-law of General Duncan McArthur, a justice of the peace, and at one time a mem- ber of the Ohio Legislature.


Joseph Bloomer was elected sheriff of this county in 1828, suc- ceeding his brother-in-law, Colonel Johnson. He held the office for two terms, and after a retirement of two years, was again elected to the same office, and was again re-elected, serving in all, eight years. He was an excellent public officer. He died on his farm, five miles above Washington, July 9, 1859, aged seventy-three years, leaving a record of a busy, well spent life. His widow died, January 22, 1852, having been born, August 18, 1803.


They were the parents of nine children: Joseph Gatch, born 1824; William Johnson, born 1826; Allen Trimble, born 1828; Eliza, born 1831 ; Thomas Marshall, born 1833; Phoebe, born 1835; Nancy Ann, born 1837; James Hinton, born 1841 ; Effie. Jane, born 1844.


Joseph Gatch Bloomer, the oldest son, resides with his family in Madison Township, midway between Bloomingburg and White Oak. He has been a resident of the county all his life. He lo- cated here in 1867. His education, which is above the average, is the result of a close application, and the careful improvement of the very meagre opportunities of the unfavorable times of his


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youth. From the year 1845 to 1855, he was an efficient teacher of the county. Since that time, he has given his time to farming and stock raising. At the age of twenty-seven years, he was married to Elizabeth Jane, daughter of Henry and Abigail (Davis) Dewitt, who were the parents of sixteen children : Benjamin Franklin, born 1810; Catherine, born 1811; Henry, born 1813; Asa, born 1815 ; Sarah, born 1816; John, born 1818; James B., born 1820 ; Mary, born 1821; Abigail and Nancy (twins), born 1824; Eliza- beth Jane, born 1826 ; Rebecca, born 1827 ; Allen McArthur, born 1831 ; Mahala, born 1832; Ellison, born 1834, and Lewis, born 1836.


Mrs. Bloomer was a teacher in her early life, and is a cultured lady of the substantial kind. To their marriage eight children have been born-five sons and three daughters. These are all liv- ing except one son, Joseph Clinton, who died in the sixth year of his age. In his death the family circle was first broken. His youthful spirit was the first to enter within the vale as the forerun- ner of the family. May the whole family finally be permitted to share with him the bliss of immortality.


Mr. Bloomer has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since 1858, and his wife has been in the same church since 1848.


NOTE-Joseph Bloomer, it appears from the above, served as sheriff from 1828 to 1830, and from 1832 until 1838, and then was succeeded by Williams. See page 456.


WILLIAM C. BOSTWICK.


William Clay Bostwick, one of the most energetic farmers in this county, is the third son, and fifth child, of Oliver and Malinda (Thomas) Bostwick, of this county. He was born in Madison Township, near his present residence, May 28, 1844.


William Bostwick, the grandfather of William C., came to Ohio, from Vermont, about the year 1805, settling on lands in the vicin- ity of Yankeetown, from which circumstance this place took its name. He was the father of Adoniram, Frederick C., Joseph, Sarah, William, Lucy Ann, and Adley Bostwick.


Oliver's children were : Morton, Francis, Marion, Annette, Eliza, William C., Elvira, Sarah, and Jane.


Our subject was ordinarily educated, and at the age of eighteen, enlisted under Captain H. Z. Adams, in Company G, 113th R. O.


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V. I., August, 1862. He served with his regiment with efficiency, until the close of the war, and was discharged at Columbus, Ohio, July 6, 1865. His regiment campaigned in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, and partic- ipated in the grand review at the nation's capital at the close of the war.


Mr. Bostwick was married, November 6, 1873, to Clara, daughter of Isaac N. and Margaret (Hidy) Beatty, of Pickaway County. Mrs. Bostwick was born in Pickaway County, October 22, 1852. She has but one brother, Scott Beatty, living in Pickaway County. A sister died in infancy. Her grandfather, James Beatty, came to this county from Virginia in 1818. He was a son of Charles Beatty, and a grandson of George Beatty. James Beatty was a soldier in the war of 1812, and about the year 1847, served as asso- ciate judge. He died, A. D. 1879, at an advanced age.


To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Bostwick have been born two children : Harley Oscar, born October 10, 1875, and Oliver Newton, born May 6, 1880.


Mr. Bostwick owns a large farm of excellent land, lying in this and Pickaway counties, and its condition indicates careful over- sight. Mr. Bostwick is a staunch Republican, and is always out- spoken and decisive in his views on publie topics.


JASPER N. CLARK.


Dr. Jasper N. Clark, of Madison Mills, is the second son of Al- exander and Lydia (Adkins) Clark. His parents were natives of Orange County, Virginia, and came to Ohio in the year 1837.


Our subject was born, October 6, 1843, in Mt. Sterling, Ohio, and in 1859 his parents settled at Madison Mills. He evinced a taste for study at an early age, and by close application to his books, be- came the leading pupil of his neighborhood and school. He worked for some years at the trade of blacksmithing, but at the age of twenty-eight, he turned his attention to the study of medi- cine, and began reading with Dr. W. T. Wilerman, of Pickaway County. During 1870-'71 he attended the usual lecture courses at Starling Medical College, Columbus, and in March, 1872, graduated from that institution. That same spring he began practicing at Harrisburg, continuing there one year; then at Buena Vista a year, when he located, in 1874, at Madison Mills, where he now has a


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fine practice. He was married, December 28, 1877, to Ella, second daughter of George and Emily (Bush) Parrot, of Madison Town- ship. To them have been born two children : Mabel, born May, 19, 1879, and Lewis, born February 13, 1880.


Dr. Clark has surmounted many obstacles to attain the position he now occupies in his profession, and he now stands among the first of the medical men of his county, enjoying and deserving the utmost confidence of his professional and unprofessional acquaint- ances. He is a member of the Bloomingburg Lodge No. 449, F. & A. M.


EDMUND W. CLARRIDGE.


Our subject was born in Madison Township, this county, October 4, 1827. (See page 918.) His education was somewhat above the ordinary. He availed himself of the advantages of the common schools of his neighborhood, and spent one year at Northwood Col- lege, in Logan County. He taught school for several years in the counties of Fayette, Ross, Madison, and Pickaway, and in this call- ing was unusually successful. He was married, October 4, 1859, to Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Leavell, nee Timmons, of this county. She was the widow of John B. Leavell, by whom she bore one son, Benjamin, born September 27, 1854. Mrs. Clarridge was born, April 11, 1835.


To Mr. and Mrs. Clarridge have been born two daughters and one son : Inez G., born January 11, 1861 ; married Benjamin W. Leavell. Alta Errilla, born February 3, 1864. Howard Amasa, born September 6, 1873.


In the year 1860 Mr. Clarridge and his wife located on the farm on which they now reside, and have ever since given their time and efforts to honest industry. The farm comprises one hundred and forty acres, and is situated on both sides of the Deer Creek pike. Mr. Clarridge is a man of good judgment and public spirit, having, ever since he became a man, stood in the front ranks of enterprise. He is a leading member of the Republican party in the county, and though residing in a township largely Democratic, he has for many successive years held the office of township trustee, and during previous years was township clerk.


He and his wife are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Clarridge is superintendent of Sabbath-school at Waterloo.


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WILLIAM CLAWSON.


William Clawson was born, May 6, 1836, and is the seventh child, and second son of William and Tabitha (Chambers) Clawson, of Ross County, Ohio, who were married, April 12, 1818, in that county. Grandfather Chambers was from Ireland.


William Clawson, sr., was born, July 16, 1790, and died, March 2, 1852. His wife, Tabitha, was born, July 30, 1793, and died, February 2, 1866.


John, Sarah, Nancy, Richard, Keziah, Ollie, and William, were the sons and daughters of Thomas and Elizabeth Clawson, grand- parents of this subject. These were all born in Virginia, and came to Ohio in 1800, settling at Frankfort. William, sen., was the father of Strawder, Eliza, Elizabeth, Leeann, Ollie, Keziah, and William. They were all born in Ross County, Ohio, and where our subject lived to the age of nineteen, then he came to this county, near New Holland.


His early education was limited by the disadvantages surround- ing his early life, and his qualifications are more the result of busi- ness contact with a busy world, than of close study. Mr. Clawson was married, October 14, 1863, to Mary McCoy, daughter of James and Sophia (Beck) McCoy, of Ross County. She was born, Sep- tember 20, 1845, and died, October 25, 1874, at the age of twenty- nine. She was a woman much esteemed, and her death was la- mented by a large circle of friends.


Mr. Clawson has had fair success as a farmer, and by his indom- itable energy, has surmounted difficulties that would have overwhelmed the ordinary man. His farm, on the Columbus road, near Madison Mills, shows signs of careful management. He has been a successful stock breeder and shipper.


BENJAMIN F. COOK.


Benjamin F. Cook, farmer, is the son of Isaac T. and Elizabeth (Lewis) Cook, and the grandson of Isaac Cook, sen., who settled in Ross County, in 1804. The grandfather died in that county, and of his ancestry, little more can be said than that they were of Scotch descent.


This subject was born March 14, 1838, and was married, Febru-


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ary 26, 1879, to Fannie J., daughter of Levin and Susan Bennett, of Madison County. She was born January 18, 1856. They have one child, Benjamin F., jr., born March 22, 1880.


Our subject gives the principal part of his time to farming and stock raising, in which pursuits he has been reasonably successful. During the late civil war, he did honorable service as a sergeant in Company H, 60th O. V. I., and participated, with his regiment, in the eventful campaigns in Virginia, during the early part of the great conflict. He was captured and paroled by the enemy, at Har- per's Ferry, in September, 1862. In politics he is a Republican. His father, Isaac T. Cook, was born March 6, 1797, and died, April 9, 1873. His mother, Elizabeth L. Cook, was born January 15, 1804, and died November 30, 1872. His brother, John J. Cook, died September 23, 1852.


MATTHEW S. COOK.


Isaac Cook, the grandfather of M. Cook, was a native of Ken- tucky, He came to Ohio, and located near Chillicothe, before the year 1800. He was the father of Isaac, jr., Joseph, Matthew S., sen., William, Maria, Phoebe, Lucy, and Margaret.


Matthew S. Cook, sen., was born in the year 1800. In the prime of his life he was surveyor of Ross County. In the year 1837, he married Ellen, second daughter of Edward Tiffin, the first governor of Ohio. By this marriage they became the parents of Mary, Mar- garet, Edward, Thea, Matthew S., Lucy Maria, Ellen, and William, all of whom are living. The parents are also living, and are resi- dents of Chillicothe. The daughter, Maria, married Dr. Webb, of Kentucky, and their daughter Lucy became the wife of R. B. Hayes, twenty-third governor of Ohio, and nineteenth president of the United States.




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