History of Madison County Ohio: Its People, Industries and Institutions, Part 118

Author: Chester E. Bryan
Publication date: 1915
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Number of Pages: 1207

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Thomas Mallon was born in County Cavan, Ireland, in 1840, and made the voyage to America with his sister, Mary. They were the children of Owen and Nancy (McCor- mick) Mallon, who lived and died in the Emerald Isle. They had one other child besides Thomas and Mary. Patrick. who came to America about two years before his brother and sister. He settled in Madison county but later moved to Missouri and died there about 1895. Mary, after coming to America, married Michael Devereaux, of London. She died about 1910 but her husband still lives in London.

After working at odd jobs in this country for a number of years, Thomas Mallon

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was married to Margaret Silk, the daughter of Bernard and Mary (Fleming) Silk, both of whom spent all of their lives in Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Mallon have been the parents of eight children, seven of whom are living, namely: Hugh is at home; Owen married Catherine Charters and lives in Columbus, Ohio; Michael, the twin brother of Owen, died in 1906; Mary and Anna live at home; Thomas married Mary Devenport, they live in Washington, D. C., and have had five children, Margaret (deceased), Thomas S., Marie, Hugh and Anna; Margaret is the wife of James Daugherty and has three children, Mary, Thomas and Joseph, and lives in Stokes township; and Patrick A. operates the home farm for his father.

The Mallon farm lies in Stokes township about four miles east and north of South Solon. It is equipped with substantial buildings, including a good house and barn. For several years Mr. Mallon has been living retired. He has made every dollar of his present wealth by his own efforts and has succeeded in a large measure unaided by friends or relatives.

Mr. and Mrs. Mallon are highly-respected citizens of Stokes township. Mr. Mallon rotes the Democratic ticket. The Mallon family are members of the St. Charles Catholic church, at South Charleston.

JOHN W. KELLOUGH.

John W. Kellough, of Mt. Sterling, Madison county, Ohio, was born on July 5, 1839, at Veedersburg, Fountain county, Indiana. He was reared on the farm but attended school in the old Salem Academy, located in Ross county, Ohio, and also attended one year at the Lebanon normal school. In 1856, when only seventeen years of age, he began teaching school in Ross and Pike counties, Ohio, serving in that capacity for two years. Following the termination of his teaching in Pike county he taught for four terms in Ross county. This experience carried him into the period when the fighting was at its hottest, during the Civil War, and though his enthusiasm was that of an ardent soldier eager for the fray his health was such that he was per- mitted to engage in only one battle and a skirmish or two. He was a member of the Ohio National Guard.

At the close of the war Mr. Kellough returned to Ross county, Ohio, where he rented land, which he tilled until 1873, removing at that time to Madison county, Ohio, where he purchased two hundred and ten acres in Range township. Improvements were begun at once, two large barns being erected for the housing of grain and stock, and a comfortable residence built. Three acres were set aside for fruit growing and the producing of stock became a specialty. In 1882 John Kellough began the manufacture, material used in the building of district schools in his locality. In 1910 he removed to Mt. Sterling, Ohio, and erected a thoroughly modern home in which he now resides.

John W. Kellough is the son of John and Rebecca (Pummill) Kellough, to whose union were born two children, Mrs. Mary Jane McClean, a widow, of Washington C. H., Ohio, and John W. The father, John Kellough, is the son of John and Betsey (McCon- nell) Kellough, and was born in 1814, in Highland county, Ohio. He was a farmer of Highland county, Ohio, and it was there that he wooed and won the hand of Rebecca Pummill, whose marriage was solemnized in the year of 1836. For three short years they lived happily together and' then the husband, at the age of twenty-five years, departed this life on May 17, 1839, leaving his widow to care for and rear the two small children who were born of this union. For more than seventy-five years his widow remained true to the memory of her beloved companion, incorporating the wealth of her nature into kindly deeds and words that will be remembered, and her memory will be revered as one whose life was a shining example of purity of purpose and love.

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Rebecca Pummill was born on April 10, 1816, near Woodstock, Shenandoah county, Virginia, and passed away on March 15, 1915, aged ninety-nine years, less twenty-five days. She was one of eleven children born to her parents, there being eight daughters and three sons. She was a devout Christian and a member of the Methodist church, joining the same when she was a girl of fourteen years. After her husband's demise she returned to the home of her parents, but some fifty years ago she came, with her daughter and family, to Range township, Madison county, Ohio, and settled in the Bethel neighborhood.

The mother of John Kellough, Sr., was Betsy (McConnell) Kellough, eldest daughter of Alexandria McConnell, the famous Indian fighter of Kentucky. John W. Kellough is a stockholder of the First National Bank of Mt. Sterling, also holding stock in the elevator and grain company of this town.

On June 5, 1862, John W. Kellough was married to Senath Pool, who was born on April 29, 1841, and for fifty-three years they were permitted to travel life's path- way together. Mrs. Kellough was the daughter of Henry and Mary (Vinson Hallar) Pool, natives of Germany. After rearing the ten children born of their union, Senath (Pool) Kellough passed to her eternal rest on August 29, 1913, leaving the companion of so many years to finish the journey alone. The names of their ten children follow : Mrs. Mana K. Ester, a nurse living at Columbus, Ohio; Charles, a farmer of Range town- ship, Madison county, Ohio; Mrs. Anna Wyss, a teacher in Oklahoma, who has taught for sixteen years; Mrs. Nellie Dickson, of Harrodsburg, Indiana ; Mrs. Sallie Rader, deceased; William, a former student in the medical college and a school teacher, died March 12, 1891, at Columbus, Ohio; Jesse P., a farmer of Fayette county, Ohio; Claud, deceased; Mrs. Katherine Wissler, a widow, who now resides with her father; and Robert W., a lawyer of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

John W. Kellough is a life member of the Forestry Association of Ohio, of which, in 1911, he was elected vice-president. Politically, he is a Democrat, and in 1913, at the age of sixty-four years, he was a candidate for office as representative of his state, on the Democratic ticket. He was defeated, but like a true soldier, he is a good loser. He has been justice of the peace, township trustee and clerk, also land appraiser. No Presbyterian is more loyal to the church creed than is John Kellough. Mr. Kellough is a charter member of Lenore Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, at Sedalia, Ohio, having joined that lodge in 1875. He is also a member of the consistory, at Columbus, Ohio.

ASA E. FARRAR.

Asa E. Farrar, a veteran of the Civil War and a retired farmer of Paint township, Madison county, Ohio, was born on July 15, 1838, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the son of Alexis and Sarah (Atwood) Farrar, the former of whom was born in the village of Rush, New York, and the latter was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Alexis Farrar was born March 16, 1808, and his wife was born on March 26, 1817. They were mar- ried June 17, 1834, in Cincinnati, and had nine children, six daughters and three sons: Hariett, who was born on January 20, 1836, died on June 14, 1836; Alice, May 18, 1837, died on July 3, 1857; Asa E. is the subject of this sketch; Laura V., February 22, 1840, is deceased; Charles E., October 13, 1841, lives in California; Maria. July 26, 1844, died on September 8, 1844; Mary D., January 14, 1846, died on October 14, 1846; Sarah F., April 21, 1848, is the wife of S. S. Clayton of Dayton, Ohio; Alexis, September 20, 1849, now lives at the Soldiers' Home, at Sandusky, Ohio. Alexis enlisted in the First Ohio Light Artillery during the Civil War and served two years. He received his dis- charge at the close of the war. The father of these children was a carpenter and an architect. For many years he was in partnership with Charles Rousey, a practical

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contractor and builder. The father died at Cincinnati, January 8, 1852, and the mother died on July 25, 1873.

Asa E. Farrar received a good common-school education in the public schools of Cincinnati and Toledo. He helped his mother to take care of five children, but, when the Civil War broke out, he enlisted, August 5, 1861, in Company I, Forty-eight Regi- ment, New York Volunteer Infantry, serving two and one-half years. Afterward he enlisted in the same company and served till September 12, 1865. All together Mr. Farrar served four years and one month. He served under General Butler, and after returning from the war engaged in farming.

On June 16, 1873, Asa E. Farrar was married to Mary Eliza Williams, a daughter of Washington and Maria (Jones) Williams, the former of whom was born on Novem- ber 9, 1813, and the latter was born on August 15, 1819. Washington Williams and Maria Jones were married on October 21. 1838. Mr. Williams died on October 2, 1847, and his wife died on July 22, 1854. They were the parents of three children: John H., born on August 9, 1840, died on December 15, 1895; Margaret R., March 18, 1843); Mary E., May 14, 1845.

Mr. and Mrs. Farrar have had one daughter, Margaret, who was born September 8, 1874. She married Frank W. Read, and they now live in Los Angeles, California. They have six children, Welden R., Max W., Alice Jean, Elizabeth Louise and two that (lied in infancy.

Shortly after his marriage, in 1874, Mr. and Mrs. Farrar settled in Madison county. For a short time after his marriage Mr. Farrar worked in Clark county. Since 1905 he has lived retired on his farm of sixty-seven acres at Florence, Madison county, Ohio. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, at South Charleston, and as a Republican has served as a director of the school for many years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Farrar are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and attend church at Williams Chapel.

STEPHEN CARTER.

Farmer and thresherman, Stephen Carter is a well-known citizen of Paint township, Madison county, Ohio. He lives on a farm a short distance south of Newport. Mr. Carter was born on May 24, 1863, in Clinton county, Ohio, the son of Jonathan and Sarah (Criswell) Carter, the former of whom was born in Hardin county, Ohio, and the latter in Clinton county. They were married in Clinton county and, as the fruit of their marriage, had one son, Stephen, the subject of this sketch.

Jonathan Carter was engaged in farming in Clinton county, but later moved to Indiana, where he remained for two years. Upon returning to Ohio, the family set- tled in Clinton county, where they remained until 1872, when they moved to Madison county and settled in Paint township. In March, 1872, Mrs. Sarah (Criswell) Carter died and two years later, her husband was married to Margaret Cleeland. After living in Madison county for many years. Jonathan Carter died on October 7. 1913. His second wife had died previously in 1903.

Stephen Carter received a common-school education in the public schools of Paint township, and after reaching maturity was engaged for a few years in farming with his father. 1

On September 18, 1884. Stephen Carter was married to Mary Stewart, a native of Butler county, Ohio, and the daughter of James and Anna (Cleeland) Stewart, the latter of whom was a native of Clark county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart spent most of their lives in Butler county, where they died some time prior to 1880, both passing away within a period of a few months.

By his first marriage Mr. Carter had four children, three of whom are living,

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Claude, the eldest, vas accidentally killed in Newport in 1905; Maude, who is the wife of George Cochenou., of Springfield, Ohio; Isa, who is a resident of Columbus, Ohio, and is unmarried; Mary is the wife of Clarence Taylor, of Sedalia, Ohio. Mrs. Mary (Stewart) Carter died on August 3, 1802. Five years later, on September 9, 1897, Mr. Carter was married to Lydia Newman, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William New- man, of Madison county. To this second marriage there has been born two daughters, Ruth, who lives at home with her parents, and Agnes, who died in infancy.

For the past twenty-one years Mr. Carter has been engaged in threshing and farm- ing. He has charge of one hundred acres of land in Paint township and is known as a successful farmer.

Fraternally, Mr. Carter is a member of the Masonic lodge, No. 138, at London, and of Madison Lodge No. 70, Independent Order of Odd Fellowa He is also a member of the encampment branch of the Odd Fellows and belongs to London Encampment No. 126. Politically, he is a Democrat. Mr. Carter is now serving his first term as town- ship clerk. Formerly, he served as assessor for a period of five years. He also served as a member of the board of trustees of the township for three years and as township treasurer for one term.

STEPHEN C. SMITH.

The gentleman whose name the reader notes above, the proprietor of "Elmwood Stock Farm," is the owner of two hundred and fifty-seven acres of fine land in Jefferson and Canaan townshipa, and is regarded as one of the most substantial citizens of that part of the county. In addition to his farming interests, he has also been actively engaged in the timber business in Ohio, and for many years has bought and sold horses.

Born in the neighboring county of Franklin, Stephen C. Smith did not come to, this county until he was sixteen years of age. He was born on a farm near the village of Groveport, Franklin county, Ohio, June 4, 1867, son of Stephen and Abigail (Ayers) Smith, both natives of England, the former of whom came to America before he was twenty-one years of age. When he landed here, Stephen Smith was in debt, but he possessed plenty of energy and pluck and was not daunted by the prospect of facing new conditions without a cent. He came to Ohio and located in Franklin county, in the Groveport neighborhood, where he prospered. In that neighborhood there was an English girl, Abigail Ayers, who had come to this county with her parents when twelve years of age, and had grown to womanhood in the vicinity of Mr. Smith's new home. The marriage of this couple took place in Franklin county, but they later moved to this county, locating in Jefferson township, and became well known throughout that entire section of the county. Stephen Smith was a good farmer and became the owner of several tracts of land. His wife was a leader in the Methodist church, and influential in all good works.

Stephen Smith and wife were the parents of twelve children, ten of whom are still living, namely : Thomas A., a well-known and prominent farmer of Fairfield township. this county ; Richard B., a successful ranchman in Paradise Valley, Montana ; Dr. R. P., a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, who is now president of the Kansas Wesleyan University at Salina, Kansas; Rev. Edward, a prominent minister in the Methodist church, now district superintendent of the Helena district, with headquarters at Butte. Montana ; Stephen C., the immediate subject of this sketch; Rev. Attree, a graduate of the Garrett Biblical Institute at Chicago, now pastor of the Methodist church at Beloit, Kansas; Anna, who married Frederick McClish, a substantial farmer of the Groveport neighborhood; Abigail, unmarried, who lives at Charlotte, North Carolina; Amy M., a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University, and formerly a well-known teacher of German in the public schools of London, this county, who is national secretary of

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the Young Women's Christian Association, with headquarters at Charlotte, North Caro- lina, and Catherine, who became the wife of H. A. Newcomb, of Boston, Massachusetts. a practical mechanic, who is the overseer of several large office buildings in that city. Percy died at the age of seventeen, and Mary E. also died young.

Stephen C. Smith was reared on the home farm in Franklin county, receiving his elementary education in the district schools of his home neighborhood, which he sup- plemented by a comprehensive course in the normal school at Ada, Ohio, following which he entered seriously upon the life of a farmer, a vocation to which for years he gave his most diligent and intelligent attention, with the result that he is now the possessor of two hundred and fifty-seven acres of fine land in Jefferson township, this county, and is looked upon as one of the most substantial citizens of his community. In 1904, Mr. Smith, because of ill health, retired from active farm life and moved to West Jefferson, this county, where he built his present handsome, modern seven-room house, which is equipped with all the modern conveniences, being heated with hot water and lighted with gas.

On January 31, 1894, Stephen C. Smith was married to Carrie Price, who is a native of Franklin county, Ohio, and was formerly a well-known teacher in the public schools of Madison county. She took up teaching after finishing her education at the normal school at Ada. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are devoted members of the Methodist church, Mr. Smith being one of the most prominent lay workers in that church in this part of the state. He is a member of the official board of his home church, and for several years was superintendent of the Sunday school of the same. He represented his church as a delegate to the great Methodist men's convention at Indianapolis in 1913, and several times has been selected as the lay delegate to the annual conferences of the church. He and his wife are actively interested in all good works in their neighborhood, and very properly are held in the highest esteem throughout the com- munity.

Mr. Smith is a Republican in politics, and has always been interested in local affairs; and has taken a very active part in temperance work. Fraternally, he is a Mason, and is the present master of Madison Lodge No. 221, Free and Accepted Masons. For several years Mr. Smith served as president and general manager of the Farmers Telephone Company, and in all movements that make for the betterment and progress of his home community he takes an active interest.

GEORGE HORNBECK.

In a state like Ohio, where a greater portion of the state is given over to agriculture, a man who can successfully meet the problems of the farmer and bring returns from the soil is of great value to the community in which he lives. Probably no other settler was more familiar with the early agricultural life of Ohio than Isaac Hornbeck, the father of George Hornbeck, who is the subject of this sketch.

George Hornbeck was born in Union township, Madison county, Ohio, on October 1. 1855. He was the youngest of seven children born to Isaac and Anna (Peck) Horn- beck, the former of whom was born in this county, and the latter was born in Pickaway county, Ohio. After his education was completed in the schools near his home he remained with his parents on the farm, where he learned the lessons of experience in farming which served him so admirably in latter years, when he was compelled to assume complete care of the estate.

Isaac Hornbeck was born in 1814, died in 1865, in Stock township, Madison county. In Mr. Hornbeck's boyhood the educational opportunities afforded a farmer boy were meager, but this very fact makes the school house of those days one of the most inter-

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esting objects of study. With great pleasure Mr. Hornbeck would relate stories of the little log cabin school house with the slab seats and small windows. The remarkable fact, however, is that the products of these schools often became the most reliable, indus- trions and intelligent of citizens. Before his death, which occurred in 1865, Isaac Horn- beck had accumulated three hundred and seventy acres of land. His wife, who was born in Pickaway county, on May 15, 1818, remained on the farm until her death in 1803. She was the daughter of Henry and Hager (Carr) Peck, natives of Virginia. The father of Isaac Hornbeck, who was Samuel Hornbeck, married Mary Hudson, and came from Kentucky to Madison county, where he died near South Solon, Ohio.

To Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hornbeck were born the following children : Miles D., who died in 1864; Samuel, a farmer in Paint township; Emily, who is at home; Henry who died in infancy ; Mary, who is at home; John W., a farmer in Fayette county, Ohio; George, the subject of this sketch.

The progressive quality in an agriculturist is one of the most valuable attributes. George Hornbeck, not content with managing the farm as his father left it, has made extensive improvements Mr. Hornbeck, although giving some time to horticultural interests, devotes most of his attention to the breeding of Shorthorn cattle. He has never married, but for a number of years has made his home with his sistera, Emily and Mary. He is active in Democratic political affairs. Mr. Hornbeck is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Free and Accepted Masons at Mt. Sterling. The Hornbecks are all members of the Christian church, of Mt. Sterling.

THOMAS C. GAYNARD.

Farmer and school tencher, Thomas C. Gaymard, who lives at the corner of the Patee road and Columbus pike, in Somerford township, two miles northwest of the village of Summerford, was born in Somerford township, two miles west of the village on the National road. March 26, 1866.

Thomas C. Gaynard is the son of Peter and Margaret (Coleman) Gaynard, both of whom were natives of Ireland, the former of County Mayo and the latter of County Galway. After their marriage, in Springfield, Ohio, they settled on a farm. Peter Gaynard had come to America in 1848, and for a time had worked for various rail- roads in Illinois, Louisiana and Indiana. After 1860, however, he lived in Madison county. His wife had worked in Springfield.

In partnership with his brother, Thomas, Peter Gaynard, Sr., purchased the old Gaynard homestead. containing six acres. After being there several years, Thomas Gaynard, in 1880. removed to Logan county. He died at West Liberty, in that county. Peter Gaynard bought his brother's interest in the Somerford township farm. It was formerly a station on the old National road in stagecoach days. and consisted of a tavern and the necessary barns and sheds used in pioneer times in connection with a tavern. After passing a most useful life in this community. Peter Gaynard died on the old farm in October, 1901, at the age of seventy years. His wife had died about twenty years previously, July. 1880. They were quiet and unassuming people, and devout members of St. Patrick's Catholic church. They were the parents of six children, of whom Thomas C., the subject of this sketch, is the eldest. Delia, who is unmarried and who lives at Springfield. Ohio, owns the old home. She remained with the father until his death. John died in childhood. Peter was a teacher for twenty years, mostly In the schools of Madison county. and also served as superintendent of the Deer Creek township schools.

Thomas C. Gaynard began to teach school at the age of nineteen. He attended the district schools and was later graduated from the normal school at Lebanon under

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the skillful direction of Professor Holbrook, one of the most competent teachers in the history of education in the state of Ohio. Of the nineteen years that Mr. Gaynard taught subsequent to his graduation, all but one year were spent in Madison county. He taught one year in Clark county. Thomas C. Gaynard has been especially well known for his ability in handling schools where other teachers failed, and at times has had as high as fifty-five pupils of all ages and of all grades. Mr. Gaynard's own education has been carried far beyond what is required for teaching in the rural schools He has served officially in institutes, and in the teacher's reading circle, also nine years on the school board.

Formerly, Mr. Gaymard owned a small farm near the fish hatchery, but thirteen years ago purchased his present farm, the John Cleary farm. of one hundred acres The farm was very much run down when he obtained possession of it, but he has not only put it into a high state of cultivation but has improved it in other respects Besides fencing, he has installed several hundred rods of tile, and has enlarged the barns. All of the crops raised on the Gaynard farm are fed to the stock. Mr. Gay- nard has three fields of twenty-seven acres each.

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History of Madison County Ohio: Its People, Industries and Institutions, Part 118

Author: Chester E. Bryan Publication date: 1915 Publisher: Number of Pages: 1207

Author: Chester E. Bryan
Publication date: 1915
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 1207