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Our subject has seen much of the rough side of life. In 1840, he bought twenty acres of land in this county, and began house- keeping with a very scanty outfit of household goods. He had no chairs, no table, and scarcely anything but muscle and determina- tion. Little by little, he triumphed over the difficulties by which he was confronted, and the rule of his life has been, " No surrender." He delights in recounting the trials and triumphs of his busy life. He tells that he was nineteen years old when he wore his first pair of boots; that he has assisted to thresh wheat with a flail, and then to clean the grain by tossing it into the air, while two persons fanned the chaff from the wheat by means of a sheet. The first fanning-mill he ever saw, was made by Joseph Britton, near New Holland. At one time he owned five hundred and thirty-one acres of fine land, on Paint Creek. This was all swallowed up, to pay another's debts. He began life again, with three horses and one cow, and now owns a fine farm of three hundred and thirty-one acres. He deals largely in hogs and sheep. His wife takes pride in the fact that she has shared the sunshine and shadow of her husband's eventful life. She tells of hoeing corn, when a girl of fourteen, for twelve and one-half cents a day, and thereby obtain-
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ing the cash to buy her first calico dress, of six yards. She has gone to mill many a time, carrying the family grist on horseback. She has in her possessiou a dinner-pot, in which the venison was prepared for the antecedents of the Lindseys, a century ago.
PETER LOHR.
Peter Lohr, farmer and produce dealer, was born in Angusta County, Virginia, near Staunton, May 22, 1819. IIe came to Ohio, February 24, 1844, and, with his father's family, located near Bloom- ingburg, this county.
Peter Lohr, the grandfather of this subject, was a native of Penn- sylvania, but spent the greater part of his life in Virginia, in which state he died. He never resided in Ohio. His children were Susan, Peter, Polly, John, and Christian.
The sons and daughters of Christian Lohr, were William, Julia Ann, Catharine, Mary Frances, Elizabeth, Margaret, Peter, Sarah, George, and Janet.
Our subject was married, May 22, 1850, to Elizabeth Corson, fifth daughter, and eleventh child, of Richard and Mary (Baldwin) Cor- son, of Ohio. The Baldwins settled in Ohio about 1812. To this union were born eight children: Mary J., born February 2, 1853, died March 6, 1853; Clara A., born March 2, 1855, married to Wil- son Beale, October 14, 1875; Richard C., born October 24, 1857, died December 2, 1857; Martha A., born September 23, 1858, died October 11, 1858; John R., born April 12, 1860; Rosetta B., born March 3, 1865, died April 22, 1865; Ardessa M., born March 2, 1866.
In 1862, he bought a farm of one hundred acres, near the village of White Oak, on the banks of Paint, where he now lives in com- fort. Since 1867, he has been engaged in the produce business, keeping a wagon on the road at all favorable seasons, and exchang- ing goods for country produce. He has had great success, and holds a large trade.
MADISON LOOFBOURROW.
Madison Loof bourrow, farmer, is the only child of Laban H. Loofbourrow, of this township. (For his genealogy, see his father's biography.) He was born February 28, 1839, and spent the years
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of his minority on the farm, with his father, obtaining a fair edu- cation by careful study at the common schools.
He was married, September 1, 1864, to Elizabeth Ellen, only child of Benjamin F. and Hannah (Halsted) Alkire, of Pickaway County. The Halsteds were from New York. To this union have been born eight children': Frank Lee, born July 31, 1865; Laban Van, born February 15, 1867; Don Juan, born November 3, 1868; Nellie, born March 16, 1871; Lucy, born September 21, 1872; Charlie, born in 1874; infant son, deceased, born September 26, 1878; infant daughter, born March 16, 1881.
Following their marriage, they located on the farm where they now reside, since which time they have given special attention to farming, and in this pursuit have prospered. For a number of years past, during the summer and fall seasons, he has been a great sufferer from hay fever, on account of which affliction, he has made frequent trips to the wilds of Michigan and the mountains of Vir- ginia, during which time he gives himself up to the excitement of hunting, trapping, and fishing. He has in his possession many trophies of the chase, which he exhibits to visitors with evident delight, recounting his hair-breadth escapes and romantic experi- ences in the forest.
At one time, while in northern Michigan, in company with an Indian hunter, called "Greasy Jim," the two were attacked by a large she bear, whose cub the party had wounded. The bear sprang upon the Indian, felled him to the ground, and was on the point of sending him to the " happy hunting-ground," when a well- directed shot from the rifle of Mr. Loof bourrow, laid her dead, and rescued the Indian. A moment later, a cub bear, a mate to the wounded one, made its appearance in the bushes, was pursued, cap- tured, and brought home by Mr. Loofbourrow. It became a great pet, but after a few years, fearing it might become vicious, and do some one injury, it was killed.
In the fall of 1879, while in Michigan, at Boardman's Swamps, he was trailing an old bear and her two cubs, and coming suddenly upon them, he shot and killed all of them with four shots, inside of a minute, using a Winchester rifle. He is not only a good hunter, but a skillful farmer, to which statement his well-tilled farm, of two hundred and fifteen acres, bears testimony. His wife is an ex- cellent shot, and can bring the head off a chicken, off-hand, with ease.
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LABAN H. LOOFBOURROW.
John Wade Loof bourrow, the grandfather of Laban H., was a Virginian, a minister of the Baptist Church, born April 28, 1748. He married Mary Haff, September 10, 1767. Their children were: Abigail, Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, Mary, David, John, Benjamin, Wade, Ebenezer, Thomas, and Nathan.
Nathan, the youngest son and father of Laban H, was born in Virginia, December 22, 1794, and when a small boy came to Ohio. He married Hannah Pancoast, of this county, April 13, 1815, and became the father of Laban H., Lemuel P., Sophronia, Amanda, Naomi, Pamelia and Cecelia (twins), and Mary.
Laban Haff, our subject, was born at the site of Washington C. H., July 27, 1816, and in 1835 moved with his father's family to Madison County, near Mount Sterling. He married Elizabeth Al- kire, September 16, 1837. She was the first daughter of Jacob and Polly (Phebus) Alkire, of Madison County, To this marriage was born one son, Madison, February 28, 1839. Mrs. Loof bour- row died January 5, 1879. Mr. Loofbourrow married his second wife, Christina Beatty, December 25, 1879. She was the seventh daughter and youngest child of Elijah and Anna (Miller) Beatty, who were natives of Virginia. She was born in Ohio, June 20, 1837. Her grandfather, Charles Beatty, was a Baptist minister, and came to Ohio in 1818. He died in 1852.
Mr. Loofbourrow has been very successful as a farmer and trader. Besides being the owner of a fine farm of two hundred and fifty-five acres on the Deer Creek pike, he owns some valuable lands adjoining Mt. Sterling, and is a large stockholder in the Farmers Bank of Mt. Sterling.
LEMUEL P. LOOFBOURROW.
Lemuel Pancoast Loofbourrow was born in Franklin County, Ohio, May 14, 1818. He is the second son of Nathan and Hannah (Pancoast) Loofbourrow, who were natives of Virginia and Penn- sylvania, respectively.
Our subject was married November 21, 1839, to Elizabeth Gra- ham, first daughter of John and Lydia (Alkire) Graham, of Ken- tucky. She was born in Madison County, Ohio, December 25,
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1814. They have had ten children born to them, five sons and five daughters : Annetta, born' August 30, 1840 ; Loretta, born January 20, 1841; Malvina, born July 13, 1843; John Graham, born October 27, 1845; Nathan, born September 23, 1847; Alvan Eugene, born June 4, 1849; Sophronia, born January 23, 1851, and died at the age of fifteen months; Solon, born April 23, 1853; Helen M., born November 10, 1855, and died June 7, 1861; Lemuel Harrison, born January 31, 1861.
Annette married, October, 1859. Her husband, Joseph Parker, was a member of Company G, 113th O. V. I., and was killed at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 27, 1864. His widow re-mar- ried, October, 1869, to Dr. J. B. F. Morgan,, of Ross County. Al- bert Ross Parker, son of Joseph Parker, before named, has been a part of his grandfather's family from infancy.
Malvina married Otho W. Loofbourrow, November 19, 1865. He was a member of Company G, 113th O. V. I., second brigade, second division, fourteenth army corps. He is the son of Thomas and the grandson of James G. Loofbourrow, and resides in Madi- son County. They have had six children, three of whom are living; Rena Helen, Milton F., and Bessie; Minnie, Ralph T., and Nathan, are deceased.
John G. was married May 19, 1875, to Huldah Kauffelt, of Mt. Sterling, and has three children. He is cashier of the Farmers Bank of Mt. Sterling.
Alvan married Mary Neff, March 23, 1876, and carries on the home farm, in Madison Township.
Loretta, Nathan, Solon, and Harrison, are unmarried.
The father and mother of this interesting family still live, and spend much of their time with their children. Mr. Loofbourrow has acquired considerable wealth, and himself and his excellent wife are free from many of the cares of this life.
JOSEPH OTT.
Joseph Ott, deceased, was a native of Virginia, and was born, October 10, 1806. He was the oldest of a family of eleven chil- dren, seven sons and four daughters: Joseph, Jacob, Benjamin, William, Emanuel, John, George, Mary and Olive (twins), Augusta, and Elizabeth.
Mr. Ott was married at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, September 12,
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1833, to Ann, only child of James and Mary (Brooks) Burke, of Loudon County, Virginia. The Burkes were of Scotch-Irish de- scent. Mrs. Ott was born, June 1, 1812. To their union was born ten children : Mary, born 1835; Clara, born 1837; James C., born 1839 ; Ann, born 1842, died 1875; Joseph H., born 1845; Francis A., born 1848; William R., born 1849; Loysious K., born 1852; Margaret E., born 1854, died 1857 ; Byron E., born 1858.
Mr. Ott filled a responsible position in the United States Armory at Harper's Ferry, for more than twenty-five years. He came to Ohio in 1849, but returned to Virginia in 1850. He again came to Ohio the same year. He spent three years atBloomingburg, and in 1853 bought one hundred and fifty-three acres of land, at White Oak, where the family now reside. Here he died, September 13, 1878, aged seventy-two years. He was a man of integrity, and his death was much lamented.
Jacob Ott, the father of this subject, was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, July 10, 1783, and died at Bloomingburg, this county, June 12, 1865. His wife, Elizabeth, died, March 29, 1865, aged eighty years.
SHREVE PANCOAST.
Shreve Pancoast, the subject of this sketch, was born in New Jersey, December 23, 1788, and was the oldest of a family of ten children : Shreve, Polly, Samuel, Hannah, Shetlock, Hope, Jerusha, Isaiah, Eliza, and Ruhamma. The parents, Isaiah and Lettice (Gaskill) Pancoast, came to Ohio in 1810.
Our subject was married, August 23, 1812, to Polly Myers, first child of Samuel and Elizabeth (Smith) Myers, of Pennsylvania. Polly was born in Virginia, in 1795, and in 1808 came to Ohio, riding on a pack-horse. Eleven children were born to them : Ale- thea, Samuel, Ruhamma, Elizabeth, Jonathan, Jerusha, Isaiah, and Lettice (twins), Adeline, Benjamin F., and Shreve, jr. Isaiah, the father of this subject, founded the village of Waterloo, in the year 1814. During the war of 1812, Shreve Pancoast served as a cor- poral of Captain S. Hynes' company of Ohio militia.
Mr. Pancoast gave his life to farming, and in this pursuit was successful. He died, August 20, 1866, aged seventy-seven years. His aged widow, " Aunt Polly," and his youngest daughter, Ade- line, have a comfortable home in the village of Waterloo.
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GEORGE B. PARRETT.
George B. Parrett is one of the most enterprising and industri- ous farmers of this county. He was born in this county, on the 19th of January, 1834, and is the youngest of a family of eight sons and one daughter. His parents, Joseph J. and Rebecca (Fansher) Par- rett, were natives of Tennessee, coming to Ohio from Coke County, immediately following the close of the war of 1812. Mr. Parrett was in the war of 1812, and among other sufferings, he subsisted three days on a half pint of meal. Joseph J. and Rebecca were the parents of nine children: Isaac, Pleasant, Jackson, David, Frederick, Benjamin, Minerva, Russell, and George B.
Isaac Fansher, the maternal grandfather of this subject, served in the Revolutionary War. The Fanshers and Parretts came to Ohio the same year. The former emigrated to Iowa, and the latter became permanent residents of this county.
Our subject was married, August 21, 1856, to Amelia A., oldest daughter of Daniel and Mary E. (Webster) Bush, of this county. Mrs. Parrett was born, September 10, 1835. The Bush ancestry were from South Carolina, and their descendants are numerous in Union Township. Brice Webster, the grandfather of Mrs. Par- rett, was an early merchant and physician of Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Parrett have had born to them twelve children, all of whom are living : Euphemie Estaline, born 1857, married Harry S. Crow, 1878; Edward Ankney, born 1858, married to Frances Taylor, 1880 ; Ella Gazelle, born 1860, married Dr. Jasper N. Clark, 1876; Florence Jane, born 1861; Ada Verrell, born 1863; War- ren Webster, born 1864; Erie Harlan, born 1866; Alice Gertrude, born 1868; Noyes Marvin, born 1871 ; Dio Ladell, born 1873 ; George Clyde, born 1877 ; Annie Blanche, born 1881.
In 1859 Mr. Parrett bought two hundred and seventy-three acres of land on the North Fork of Paint, where he now resides. He is a prudent, temperate liver, and his family are full of health and in- telligence. During a term of thirteen years past his doctor bill amounted to only two dollars.
Mr. Parrett is an ardent Prohibitionist, and preaches and prac- tices the same doctrine. He and his wife and other members of the family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Parrett is a working member of Madison Grange, gives especial
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attention to his own business, has few equals in the township for raising good crops, and breeding stock.
EDWARD A. PEASLEY.
The subject of this sketch was born in Boston, Mass., August 2, 1823. He is the son of Aaron M. and Louis (Woodward) Peasley, of that state. Aaron Peasley came to Ohio about the year 1826, and was for years a skillful engraver and die-sinker of Dayton, Ohio. Before coming west, he invented a reed attachment to or- gans, and some valuable improvements in calico printing. He died in Dayton, Ohio, April 6, 1836. His children were Albert, William, Theodore, Edward A., and Angeline. '
Our subject was married, July 30, 1873, to Margaret Pliley, of Ross County. During the war of the rebellion, Mr. Peasley served on the side of the Union, enlisting September 2, 1861, in the fif- teenth regiment of United States troops, and spent much of his term of service on recruiting duty at Buffalo, New York, Reading, Pennsylvania, and other points. He was with his commander at the memorable battle of Mission Ridge, November 1863, at which place he was seriously wounded in his left arm, from the effects of which he is permanently disabled. He, however, served to the end of his term, and was honorably discharged. He afterwards re- enlisted as a substitute in Company K, 65th O. V. I., serving the latter part of his term in Company D, Veteran Reserve Corps. He was in the service four years, during which time he served in many positions of trust and responsibility.
Mr. Peasley's ingenuity and inventive genius are prominent feat- ures of his character. He learned the trade of a blacksmith in his minority, and afterwards the profession of dentistry. In the last named profession, he excels in practical skill, and has given sixteen years to its practice in this and adjoining counties.
Mr. Peasley gives much time and thought to mechanical experi- ments, as a result of which he has perfected a farm gate of rare merit, and a cant-hook, which possesses many valuable points. Since 1867, he has been selling goods in Waterloo, with some suc- cess. His family consists of himself and wife.
WILLIAM. H. RIGGIN.
William H. Riggin is a quiet, honest citizen, of Madison Town-
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ship, and occupies a comfortable home on the White Oak road, near Mount Sterling, and on the lands of M. S. Cook, sen. Harry, as he is everywhere called, is the second son and third child of Isaac C. and Lucinda (Baker) Riggin, of Pickaway County, and was born, February 2, 1840. He was of a family of five children: James L., Maria Jane, William H., John W., and Benjamin F.
Harry and his brother James E. were both members of Com- pany G, 113th O. V. I. James E. died while in the service, at Nashville, Tennessee, June 1863. Harry bears honorable scars re- ceived in the conflict, and has a proud record as a soldier, having fought with Thomas, and marched with Sherman from the moun- tains to the sea. John W. died, December 23, 1874, leaving three children.
Mr. Riggin married Mary E., oldest daughter of Levi and Ra- . chel (Heath) Southard, of Pickaway County, Ohio. To them have been born, November 7, 1878, one son, Charlie.
Mr. Riggin enjoys the esteem and confidence of a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.
JEREMIAH J. RIGGIN.
Jeremiah J. Riggin is the fifth child, and second son, of William C. and Ester M. (Low) Riggin, both of Delaware, in which state this son was born December 1, 1816. There were four sons and seven daughters of his father's family: Isaac C., Jane, Emeline, Elizabeth, Jeremiah J., Charles P., Deborah, Ellen, William and Levin. The grandfather of this subject, Isaac Riggin, was of En- glish descent.
The Riggins came to this state in 1833, and settled in Pickaway County, near Deer Creek, where in 1835, the mother died. The father, William C., died in the year 1870. But four of his children yet survive : Isaac, Emeline, J. J., and Charles.
Jeremiah's first wife was the daughter of George and Catherine (Porter) Richey, of Pickaway County, this state, to whom he was married April 7, 1842. She died in 1844, leaving no children. On the 17th of February, 1847, he married Mary Jane, only daughter of James and Mary J. (Vandoler) Davis. She was born in 1828. Six children have been born to them : William J., born May 7, 1848: George V., born May 31, 1850 ; John O., born February 14, 1853; Lawson D., born May 19, 1857; Eber A., born March 14,
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1860 ; Charles M., born November 7, 1862, died September 1, 1863.
Mr. Riggin has always been a hard worker, and by his indomi- table energy, has triumphed over many difficulties. His farm of one hundred and twenty-three acres is in a good state of cultivation. During the late war, he made a proud record as a soldier, serving with more than ordinary distinction as a member of Company G, 113th Regiment O. V. I., 2d brigade, 2d division, 14th A. C. He was made a sergeant of company, in September, 1863, for gallant and meritorious conduct on the field of Chickamauga. He located where he now lives in 1848; has a well deserved reputation for honesty, and is at peace with all men.
THOMAS J. SMITH.
Joseph P. Smith, the father of Thomas J. Smith, was born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 17, 1797, and came to this state in the year 1812. He was by trade a shoemaker. He was mar- ried, in 1822, to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Junk, one of the first settlers of Scioto Valley, where the city of Chillicothe now stands. Mr. Junk helped to raise the first house in Chillicothe. After his marriage, Mr. Smith and his young wife moved to Dela- ware County, this state, where for seven years he carried on a small farnı, during which time three children were born to them.
In the year 1829, they removed to Ross County, where he bought and improved one hundred acres of land, on which he lived eigh- teen years, during which time four children were born to them, three of whom died. The remainder of their children, one daughter and three sons, grew to mature years. Finally, he purchased a farm of one hundred and nineteen acres in Madison Township, this county, where they closed their days.
Thomas J., the subject of this sketch, was born in Delaware County, this state, February 27, 1825. He was married, October 18, 1849, to Angeline, daughter of Noah Cory, of Ross County.
Mr. Smith rented a small farm and remained a resident of Ross County till 1853, when he bought sixty-seven acres of land, in Mad- ison Township, in this county, upon which the family located per- manently. At this time the surrounding woods abounded with wild game, and wild turkeys in great numbers frequently came among the domestic fowls about their humble abode. Vermin of various kinds prowled by night, and annoyed by day. Here Mr.
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and Mrs. Smith fought life's battles and achieved its victories through many tribulations. The chills and fever was a great afflic- tion ; wet seasons spoiled the fruits of their toil, and the frosts often swept off the labors of a season: but through all they triumphed, and now in the ripeness of their declining years, they enjoy a comfortable home of two hundred and thirty-six acres of well im- proved lands. They had born to them nine children : Apphiah, born July 22, 1851; Lucretia Elizabeth, born August 6, 1852; Joseph Noah, boru August 3, 1855; Mary Jane, born November 22, 1857 ; John Ellsworth, born September 15, 1861 ; Ida Angeline Louisa, born July 27, 1866; Eddie Cory, and Eva Cary, (twins,) born. July 14, 1868; Calvin Emery, born July 1, 1872.
Nathan Cory, Mrs. Smith's grandfather, came to this state, in 1797, from Kentucky. Previous to this date he had resided in Virginia, and in emigrating to Kentucky, had descended the Ohio River in a pirogue sixty feet long. This was probably in 1790. Several families, twenty-seven persons in all, comprised the party. The men of the party traveled overland and suffered much for lack of food. They succeeded in killing a huge buffalo bull, from the flesh of which their hungry needs were supplied. His first loca- tion in this state, was near the site of Chillicothe. He afterwards located near Oldtown, where he passed the rest of his eventful life. When he reached his destination, in this state, his effects consisted of a wife and six children, a pony and a dollar in cash. The money was expended for a pack of salt. He was by trade a hair-sieve maker, but gave much of his time to other pursuits. He was for many years a deacon in the Baptist Church, and was after- wards ordained an elder. He was married three times; but his family of ten sons and two daughters were all children of the first wife.
The children of Noah and Lucretia (Shoots) Cory, were Sally, Ann, Hannah Jane, Solomon, Thompson, Joseph Benjamin, Ange- line, John Nathan, Mary Ellen, Elizabeth, Nancy Louisa, Julian Lucretia, William Noah, Landy Shoots, and Oliver Anson.
CYRUS P. WEST.
John West, the grandfather of Cyrus P. West, was a native of Virginia, coming to Ohio in about A. D. 1800. His wife was Bar- bara Plotter. They settled on Haller's Bottom, near Chillicothe,
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on Paint Creek. The Plotters were Pennsylvanians. John and Barbara West were the parents of Sallie, George, Isaac, Huldah, Allen P., John, Amos, Catherine, and Andrew P. The Wests are noted for being tall and heavily built, and, with one exception, are Republican in their politics.
Cyrus P. West is the oldest child of Allen and Isabel (Patterson) West, of Ohio. They were the parents of four children: Cyrus P., Robert, Sarah J., and Mary Josephine. The Pattersons were Pennsylvanians, and Moses Patterson, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was in the war of 1812. Robert and Sarah Patterson were the parents of Isabel, Margaret, Sarah, Ellen, and Josephine.
Our subject was born, November 9, 1845. His early life was spent in Highland County, near Hillsboro. He was married, De- cember 25, 1877, to Lida, third daughter, and fourth child of Fred- erick L. and Sarah Smith, of this county. Mrs. West was born, March 20, 1847. The children of Frederick L. and Sarah Smith were: Samuel M., Mary A., Margaret, Lida, Sarah A., Franklin P., Leonora, Catherine, Ida, Isadora, and Belle. Mrs. West died, January 3, 1879. His widow is still living, and is a resident of Madison Township.
To the union of Mr. and Mrs. West two children have been born : Imogene, born November 5, 1878, and Stella, born May 26, 1880. Mrs. West had several years' experience as a school teacher.
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