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Mr. Harbage enjoys the distinction of being one of the largest, if not the largest, stock dealers in Madison county, and his beautiful home is pointed out as one of the places of interest in Monroe township. He raises horses, hogs and sheep, and has bought and sold a great deal of stock. He has also bought and sold farm lands in this county. Mr. Harbage has been trustee. clerk and member of the school board in his home township.
MR. AND MRS. ARNETT HARBAGE.
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JOHN SCOTT.
The subject of this sketch was born in Champaign county, Ohio, half way between Bellefontaine and Urbana, July 14, 1836. He grew to manhood on his father' farm, was educated in the high school of West Liberty, and at the first call for volunteers for the Civil War enlisted in the Thirteenth Ohio Battery, Light Artillery. He fought at the battle of Shiloh, and after the battle was placed under the command of General Buell and sent to Kentucky, and was discharged on account of sickness a few months later.
John Scott married Rachel Jane Green, November 1. 1863, and after terms of resi- dence in Tennessee, Kansas and Illinois, they settled in Madison county in 1875. Mr. Scott lives on his well-improved ninety-acre farm, which he acquired by his industry. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics a Republican. Mr. Scott has served as justice of the peace for several years. He is a member of Harry Scribner Post No. 222, Grand Army of the Republic, of which he is past commander and chaplain. He is a member of the Grange, of which he is past master.
Both Mr. and Mrs. John Scott are of English and Scotch descent. His great- grandfather was Thomas Scott, who emigrated to Philadelphia from Wexford county. Ireland, about 1783. In 1800 Thomas Scott and his three children by his first wife, Samuel, William and Sarah, and his second wife, Ann (Owen) Scott, and their eight children moved to Chillicothe. Ohio. Samuel was born in Wexford county, Ireland, October 15, 177S. Ile served in the War of 1812, and married Ruth Hopkins, daugh- ter of John and Elsie (Goodwin) Hopkins. Their sixth child, William Scott, father of the subject of this sketch, was born on June 18. 1814, and married Emily Gillilan in 1835.
The paternal grandmother, Ruth Hopkins, belonged to an old family of Maryland, the first Hopkins having come there from England about 1660. Her father. John Hopkins, served in the War of the American Revolution, having first enlisted at the barracks, Dover, Delaware, February 17, 1776. He saw service under Col. John Haz- lett and Capt. Henry Neill. On July 16, 1780, he received one thousand pounds from Capt. Alexander Thompson for enlisting troops. John Hopkins married Elsie Goodwin, of Glasgow, Scotland, and had six children, three of whom were Archibald, Ruth and Robert. About 1797 John Hopkins with his family moved to the banks of the Scioto, below Chillicothe, and later to Pickaway plains, where he died before 1810.
Emily (Gillilan) Scott, mother of John Scott, was born in what is now Greenbrier county, West Virginia, April 9, 1819. She was the daughter of William and Ann (Edmondson) Gillilan. William Gillilan was a son of James and Lydia ( Armstrong) Gillilan. Both families were from Ulster, Ireland, and originally from Scotland. The Gilliians belonged to the Clan MacGillychalium or Clan Macleod of Rasay, and the Armstrongs were a border clan.
Emily Gillilan's mother. Ann Edmondson (or Edmonstone), was the daughter of James and Jane (Smith) Edmondson of Augusta county, Virginia. James Edmondson was a soldier of the 'American Revolution and fought at the battle of Kings Moun- tain. He was the son of Mathew and Margaret Edmondson, and the grandson of Sir James Edmonstone, royal standard bearer at the battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715. The Edmonstones were a powerful family of Scotland, being descended from Celtic kings and closely related to the house of Stewart; their family seat was Dunreith castle, county Stirling. They lost their title and estates after the "rising of 1715" and emi- grated to Virginia.
Rachel Jane (Green) Scott. the wife of John Scott, was born on August 17, 1840, in Monroe township, Champaign county, Ohio. She was the tenth child of George and Ruth (Williams) Green. Her father was the youngest son of George Green, Sr., and
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Mary ( Death) Green. George Green, Sr., was born in England, and at the age of thir- teen, having heard much of America, ran off and hid himself in the hold of a ship bound for Baltimore. He was not found until the ship was three days out. On arrival at Baltimore he was put up at auction to pay for his passage, and was bought by John Death, of Baltimore county, whose daughter he afterward married. George Green fought in the American Revolution, enlisting from Peunsylvania. After the war he moved to Fleming county, Kentucky, and about 1810 to Logan county, Ohio.
John Death, the father of Mary ( Death) Green, with hi's brothers, John, Edward and Randolph, fought in the Colonial wars.
Ruth ( Williams) Green, mother of Mrs. Scott, was a member of a Quaker family ut Guilford county, North Carolina. Her first ancestor in this country was George Williams, who came from England about 1690, to Philadelphia, with William Penn and the Quakers. Ilis son, Richard Williams, with his wife, Prudence ( Beales) Wil- liams, of King George county, Maryland, moved to Guilford county, North Carolina, in 1752. They were living there at the time of the American Revolution and their home was used as a hospital by the English officers from whom Richard Williams caught smallpox and died. He gave forty acres to the Quakers for their meeting house.
The battle of Guilford Court House was fought on land owned by John Robinson, grandfather of Ruth ( Williams) Green. The Robinsons were a Scotch-Irish family of Maryland, and were Quakers also. Hannah Clarke, wife of John Robinson, was from Scotland.
John Williams, son of Jesse and Eleanor (Johnson) Williams, and grandson of Richard Williams, and his wife Mary ( Robinson ) Williams, grandparents of Mrs. John Scott, emigrated to Logan county, Ohio, in 1811.
Mr. and Mrs. John Scott are the parents of three children. Emily Scott was born on February 22, 1865, and married Archibald E. Smith, October 7. 1886. Their children are Muriel, Sydney Scott, Mildred ( who died in infancy ), Junius Percy and Archibald Lawrence. Mackenzie Scott was born on March 17, 1868, and married Myrtle Stock- man, in November, 1900. Their children are John Jerome and Herbert, who died in infancy. Elizabeth Scott was born on September 9, 1891, and married James Calvin Bushey, February 25, 1891. Their children are Oren Jay, Leslie Leigh, Leo James and Juanita.
WILLIAM L. DEBOLT.
The life of the gentleman whose name initiates the following paragraph has been one of closely-applied energy, accompanied by the necessary qualities for achieving the desired results in an agricultural vocation. and deserves worthy consideration in this volume. Mr. DeBolt has fortunately been situated in a thriving agricultural community, where farmers have been on the alert for advancement along any lines tending toward a higher grade of farm produce.
William L. DeBolt, farmer, Plain City, Madison county, was born on October 23, 1860, in Union county, Ohio, and is a son of G. W. and Emily (Cole) DeBolt. He was reared amidst farm scenes, and his elementary education was obtained in the district schools in Darby township. Union county. At the age of twenty-one years he began to farm for himself. forming a partnership with his father, and working for others during his spare time. By close attention to business, and with his mind made up to win the best to be had in the vocation of a life on the farm, Mr. DeBolt is now the owner of a splendid farm of one hundred and forty acres, located five miles west of Plain City, all of which has been acquired entirely through his personal efforts. IIe has put valuable improvements on his place, including a fine modern house, and a good. substantial barn, built in 1914 and 1913 respectively. Politically, he is a stanch
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Republican, but has never taken an active interest in local politics, his entire time and attention having been divided between his farming interests and the raising of fine stock, principally hogs and horses, and he is considered one of the most up-to-date agri- culturists of Darby township.
G. W. DeBolt. father of the subject of this sketch, was married to Emily Cole, who was an aunt of Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks. He died on May 22, 1912, and Mrs. DeBolt died on September 17, 1912. They were the parents of six children: J. L., a farmer in Madison county; William L., of Darby township; Minnie, who became the wife of Frederick Kaline; Myrtle, who was married to R. W. Brown; Ida, the wife of H. E. Thompson, of Columbus, Ohio, who is a conductor on the Pennsylvania rail- road : and Elton, who follows farming in Madison county.
William L. DeBolt was united in marriage, April 13, 1914, with Zena Dunfee, daughter of S. W. and Sylvia (Bailey) Dunfee. She was born on October 5, 1880, in Darby township, and received her education in the public schools, after which she became a nurse, in which capacity she served for a number of years. This union has been blessed with one daughter, Gladys Pauline. born on January 19, 1915.
Mr. DeBolt has the reputation in his community of being a wide-awake, hustling farmer, and has been the means of inspiring his neighbors with the same ambitious spirit.
DAVID DAVIS.
Wise and judicious business management have been the principal elements which have contributed largely in the success attained by the gentleman whose name intro- duces this sketch. Enjoying a position of unquestioned honor, and possessing in a marked degree an insight into agricultural possibilities and conditions far beyond that of the average farmer. Mr. Davis is one of the foremost citizens of Darby township, in whose behalf all his efforts have been actuated by unselfish motives.
David Davis, farmer. Darby township, Madison county, was born on June 21, 1860, and is a son of Benjamin and Rachel (Davis) Davis. He is a native of Union county. but was reared on a farm in Franklin county. Ohio. where he was educated in the district school. After leaving school Mr. Davis engaged in business for himself at the age of twenty-one years, and has been rewarded with success in return for his industry and untiring efforts. Politically, he has always been a loyal advocate of Republican principles, to which party he has given his support by serving as trustee of Darby township. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Plain City, and is a liberal supporter of the Methodist Episcopal church at Lois Chapel.
Benjamin Davis, father of David Davis, was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, and his wife, Rachel (Davis) Davis, was a native of Cardiganshire. Wales. They emi- grated with their families to the United States and settled in Franklin county, Ohio, where they were married, and settled down to home building, but at the end of one year they moved to Union county, returning again to Franklin county, where they spent the remainder of their lives. Mr. and Mrs. Davis were both members of the Baptist church, and were the parents of eight children, all of whom are living in 1915: George, Stephen, David. Mary, Jenkin, Sarah, Ada and J. B. George is a resident of South Dakota ; Stephen is a resident of Columbus, Ohio; Mary is the wife of Dell Sands, and lives in Arizona; Jenkin is a resident of Columbus, Ohio: Sarah became the wife of F. High, and lives in Jefferson township: Ada is single and lives at home ; J. B. is a resident of Franklin county, Ohio.
David Davis was united in marriage, February 2, 1882. with Mary Edwards of Franklin county, Ohio, daughter of William and Ann Edwards. She was born in Franklin county. where she was reared and educated. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have had
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two children, Gracie, deceased, and William J., who was born on November 28, 1883, in Madison county, Ohio. He is a graduate of Plain City high school, and was grad- uated from the Ohio State University at Columbus in 1907. After finishing his educa- tion he became a teacher of chemistry in the State University. He was married to Edna Andrews, of Union connty, Ohio. They had one child, Elizabeth Grace, deceased.
Mr. Davis is a gentleman of quiet, unassuming manners, and is a whole-souled, earnest Christian, and no man occupies a higher standing in the estimation of his fel- low citizens than he.
MRS. JENNIE LOMBARD.
Wholly devoted to home and domestic dnties, doing through all of the best years of her life the lowly but sacred work which comes within her sphere, there is not much to record of the life of the average woman, and yet, what station is so dignified, what relations so loving and endearing, what office so holy and tender and ennobling, as that of home-making, wifehood and motherhood. Man's eqnal in every qualification, save the physical, and his superior in the gentle, tender and loving amenities of life, she fully merits a conspicuous notice in the historical annals of any county. Mrs. Jennie Lombard, of Darby township, Madison county, Ohio, is a noble woman who is num- bered among the most respected and esteemed residents of this part of Madison county.
Mrs. Lombard, who is the widow of Frank E. Lombard, was born in Madison county, Ohio, April 18, 1864, and is the daughter of Joseph and Luella ( Morse) Bid- well, the former of whom was born in Madison connty, Ohio, and the latter in Union conuty, Ohio. They had two children. Ellsworth and Jennie. The former was a grad- uate of the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, and was a prominent teacher in Madison county. The mother of these children died in 1869, and after her death her husband married again and had two children.
Born and reared on a farm near Resaca, in Pike township. Jennie Bidwell received her education in the district schools of that township. On December 24, 1885, she was married to Dewitt C. Bradley, who was born in Madison connty, Ohio, in Monroe township, September 30. 1860. He was a graduate of the teachers' conrse at the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, and was a teacher in Madison county. One child born to this union died in infancy. She was Grace, born on October 6. 1886, and died on March 19, 1887.
Dewitt C. Bradley was a. prominent member of the Christian church and a member of Urania Lodge No. 311. Free and Accepted Masons, at Plain City, Ohio. He was also a prominent member of the lodge. A Republican in politics, he was active in public affairs. He died on March 30. 1887.
On December 24, 1894, Jennie (Bidwell) Bradley was married to Frank E. Lom- bard, who was born in Madison connty, Ohio, on the farm where his widow now lives. June 3. 1857. He received his early education in the district schools of this county and attended the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio. He also was one of the prominent teachers of Madison and Union counties. a member of the Universalist church at Plain City and a Republican in politics, who was elected treasurer of Darby township at one time. During his entire life he was prominent in local and county politics and a man much respected in the councils of his party. He died on May 6, 1912. and was the father of three children, Asa B., born on October 11. 1895, who grad- uated from the common schools and farms the old home place; Halma A., December 8. 1898, who was a student one year at the high school at Chuckery, and two years at Plain City ; and Roy E .. October 30, 1903. attending the grade school at Plain City.
Mrs. Lombard owns one hundred and thirteen acres of land, known as "Maple View Farm," situated one mile east of Chuckery. Ohio. She lives on the old Lombard
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homestead, known as "Tanglewood Farm." Mrs. Lombard is a woman of culture and refinement and of charitable impulses. She is a member of the Universalist church at Plain City, Ohio.
LEWIS WEAVER.
It would be well worth the time of anyone interested in agricultural matters to take a trip through Pike township, Madison county, and gain a personal knowledge of the great number of splendid farms in that section, all in a high state of cultivation, one of which is owned by the gentleman whose biographical sketch follows. Lewis Weaver is known as a citizen who has always been essentially helpful in the growth of the community in which he resides.
Lewis Weaver, farmer, Irwin, Madison county, was born on February 27, 1841, in Pike township, on a farm, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Moss) Weaver. He grew to manhood on the farm and obtained his education at the district schools, remaining at home until he was married. In 1863 he located on his present farm of one hundred and forty acres, which is located eight miles east of Mechanicsburg, Ohio. Politically, he has always been a loyal supporter of the Republican principles.
John Weaver, father of the subject of this sketch, was born on May 18, 1807, a son of George and Elizabeth (Hempleman) Weaver. He was united in marriage, in 1836, with Elizabeth Moss, who was born on February 22, 1817. Mr. Weaver settled on a farm in Pike township, where he spent the remainder of his life. Mrs. Weaver was a native of Virginia, but was married in Ohio, where she died. They were the parents of nine children, only three of whom are living in 1915: William, who follows farming in Pike township; Addie, who became the wife of Benjamin Black, and lives in Pike township, and Lewis.
Lewis Weaver was united in marriage, September 11, 1862, with Celia Lucetta Morse, daughter of Caleb and Huldah (Arnold) Morse, and niece of Elizabeth (Morse) Kennedy. Mrs. Weaver was born on September 23, 1838. She was reared on a farm in Pike township, and was the youngest of thirteen children. Her education was obtained in the district schools. This union has been blest with one son. Harold, who was born on July 31, 1863, and was educated in the public schools. He is now the husband of Myrtle (Figley) Weaver, by whom he has had one child, Celia, born on September 30, 190S.
Caleb and Huldah (Arnold) Morse, parents of Mrs. Lewis Weaver, were the parents of thirteen children, only three of whom are living in 1915: Albert E., who lives at Irwin, Ohio; George, of Mechanicsburg, and Celia Lucetta.
Mr. and Mrs. Weaver occupy a position of high esteem in Madison county and have a large circle of friends in this neighborhood.
STEPHEN M. SMITH.
Stephen M. Smith is a successful farmer living on rural route No. 1, out of Plain City, Ohio. He is a native of Darby township, Madison county, Ohio, born on May 12. 1853, the son of John W. and Esther ( Keyes) Smith.
John W. Smith, the father of Stephen M., was born in Scioto county, Ohio, May 22, 1824, the son of Orson Smith, a native of Vermont, who came to Ohio and located in Scioto county. Orson Smith had three sons by his first marriage, Horatio, John W. and Stephen. He was married the second time to a Miss Kimball, and to them were born three daughters and a son, Mariah, Caroline, Ira and Elvira. John W. Smith moved to Union county with his parents early in life and grew to manhood in that county. He was married to Esther Keyes and to them were born ten children, eight of whom are
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now living. These children are: John A., who is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan Univer- sity at Delaware, Ohio, and is now a lawyer in Cleveland, Ohio, in the firm of John A. Smith & Son: Winnie, the wife of Esan Reed. of near Broadway, Ohio; Stephen M., the subject of this sketch; Elmira, the wife of James Baldwin, of near Broadway; Anson, who is a farmer in Lake county, Ohio: Orson E., a farmer in Darby township, Madison county; May, who is the wife of a Mr. Hart, an attorney in Cleveland, Ohio; Laton. who lives in Cincinnati, Ohio: Ellen and Loren are deceased.
Stephen M. Smith, who was reared on a farm in Union county, Ohio, and edneated in the public schools of that county, attended Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, and after finishing his college education became a teacher in Union county, teaching for two termis.
On June 16, 1874, Stephen M. Smith was married to Frances Carpenter, the daugh- ter of Rodney and Arvilla ( Keyes) Carpenter, and to them were born two sons. John W .. June 23, 1875, who is married and lives in Texas; and Earl. July 18. 1852, married Lnto Edwards and lives in Delaware county, Ohio.
After his marriage Mr. Smith took up farming on his father's farm and in 1875 bought the farm where he now lives, consisting of one hundred and three acres,
On April 27. 1899, Mrs. Frances Smith died and four years later, in 1903. Mr. Smith was married to Mrs. Viola Wells, who was born in Kane county, Illinois. June 4. 1851, and who was brought to Union county, Ohio, by her parents when six months old. They located in Jerome township and she was educated in the district schools of that township and in the select school, where she spent two terms.
Mrs. Smith had also been previously married, her first husband being Joseph Wells. Before her marriage to Joseph Wells. her name was Viola McKitrick and she was married to Mr. Wells on October 15. 1871. To them were born three sons, two of whom are living. Clare and Guy. Clare was born on February 15, 1876, and married Lana Gossage, of Columbus, Ohio. Guy was born on October 27, 1880, and married Grace Bigelow. They live at Perrysville, Ohio. Everett Wells, born on September 24. 1878, died in 1891.
Stephen M. Smith is a member of Pleasant Valley Lodge No. 193. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and was formerly a noble grand in this lodge. He was a member of the Daughters of Rebekah. Formerly. Mr. Smith was a member of the Grange. He is a Republican but has never taken a very active part in political affairs.
HARRY E. BAY.
"Pioneer Place," an attractive farm in Somerford township. Madison county, Ohio which is now owned by Harry E. Bay. is a part of the old Howard farm and includes the Howard home, an old landmark in the northern part of Somerford township, which was held by the Howard family for a period of more than a century.
Harry E. Bay is a native of Champaign county, Ohio, the son of C. M. Bay, who lives near Mechanicsburg. In 1892 Mr. Bay was married to Mary Linvill. also a native of Champaign county, who has been the mother of two children. Alice and Howard. Mary ( Linvill) Bay was the daughter of T. B. and Pleasy ( McCarty) Linvill. both born and raised in Champaign county. Mrs. T. B. Linvill died about twenty years ago and T. B. Linvill lives with his danghter. Their children are Edgar (deceased) . George (deceased ), Mary, Kemp and Benjamin.
After their marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Bay moved to the Howard farm and con- tinued to operate it as tenants until the death of Marion Howard, its owner, who died on December 31, 1911. at the age of seventy-one.
Marion Howard was the son of Amos J. and Rachael (Kirkly) Howard, the former of whom was six years old when brought to Madison county, Ohio, by his parents,
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Amos, Sr., and Marian ( Mills) Howard. Amos Howard, Sr., was born on Goose Island, in the Connecticut river, in Grafton county, New Hampshire, in 1775. He was mar- ried to Marian Mills, March 22, 1796, and in the fall of 1808, moved to Virginia, where he taught school. In the spring of 1809, he came down the Ohio river on a flatboat. He died on January 15, 1843, and his wife in 1860. Amos J. Howard, who died on April 16, 1882, was twice married. After the death of his first wife in 1858, he was married in 1861 to Elizabeth Cowan, who survived him. Amos J. Howard was father of the following children : Napoleon B., Mary J., John M., Clinton, Marion, Edwin, Belle and another daughter. Marion was born on the old farm in the northern part of Somerford township. Marion Howard owned nine hundred acres of land in Madison and Champaign counties. The relations between him and his stepmother were of the closest and most cordial kind. He always consulted her in business transactions since she was an unusually capable woman.
At the death of Marion Howard in 1911, Harry E. Bay purchased the old Howard homestead, of one hundred and fifteen acres of land, and has since purchased a small tract, three-quarters of a mile away in Champaign county, which was also a part of the Howard estate. Mr. Bay has been making many improvements in the last three or four years and has laid several miles of tile on his farm. Now it is one of the most productive farms in Madison county. Mr. Bay grows alfalfa and corn and the ordinary crops raised in this section. He feeds all of his grain to his stock.
A Republican in politics, Mr. Bay has never taken an active part in politics. Fra- ternally, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Grange.
HUBERT S. WORTHINGTON.
From the earliest ages agriculture has been an honored vocation for men of energy and ambition, and from it have developed the substantial and representative citizenship of our country. Hubert S. Worthington, whose name initiates the follow- ing sketch, has, by patient adherence to well doing, succeeded in establishing for himself and family a life of comparative comfort in the community in which he started on life's journey empty handed.
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