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Mr. Carter has been an active Democrat and one of the leaders of his party in local affairs. He served his township as assessor for two years, and is now trustee of Jackson township. He was a school director for many years and finally refused to accept the office any longer, although earnestly requested to continue in this position. He and his family are members of the Union Baptist church.
HAYMOND INGRAM.
For the past thirty years Haymond Ingram has been farming in Union township, Union county, Ohio. He owns one hundred and fifty acres of well improved land and has engaged in general farming and stock raising in such a way as to merit inclusion among the progressive farmers of the county. His present prosperity is directly due to his own efforts, since he started in with nothing, and what he has today is the result of his own hard work and good management .-
Haymond Ingram, the son of Silas and Hannah ( Phillips ) Ingram, was born in West Virginia, November 14, 1849. His parents were born in
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Washington county, Pennsylvania, and his father moved with his parents to Virginia when he was a lad of eight. His mother moved with her parents when a small girl to Greene county, Pennsylvania, and in that state Silas Ingram and Hannah Phillips were married, and they began housekeeping shortly afterwards in West Virginia. They lived on the same farm in West Virginia all of their lives and there reared a family of nine children, five of whom are still living: Abraham, deceased; Joseph, who died in infancy ; Sarah, deceased; Haymond, of Union county, Ohio; Margaret, the wife of John Harris, of West Virginia; Hannah, the wife of John Hagerman, of Marshall county, West Virginia; Silas, of Ohio; Anna, the wife of Benson Hagerman, who is living on the old home place in West Virginia, and one who died in infancy. The mother of these children was a member of the Universalist church.
Haymond Ingram was educated in the common schools of West Vir- ginia and worked on the home farm until his first marriage. He then began farming for himself in his native state and followed agricultural pursuits there until 1885. In January of that year he bought his first farm of one hundred and fifty acres in Union township, Union county, Ohio, and on March 6, 1885, formally took possession of his new home and has since lived in this county. His farm is well improved in every particular. He has a good home, convenient and commodious barns and outbuildings and every- thing about the farm indicates that the owner is a man of thrift and taste. He raises high grade live stock and the major portion of his annual income is derived from the sale of stock.
Mr. Ingram has been married three times. He was first married No- vember 26, 1874, to Eliza J. Harris, the daughter of John and Lucy (Terrill) Harris, her mother being a native of Connecticut. To this first union four children were born: Lucy, born January 14, 1876, the wife of French Por- ter. a farmer of Union township: Lessie, born in West Virginia, now a nurse living in Columbus, Ohio: Seth, who resides in Iowa, and George, who lives with his father. The mother of these four children died in December, 1888. and on December 17, 1891, Mr. Ingram married Rachel Howard, whose parents both died when she was a child. To this second marriage one daughter, Helen, was born. She graduated from the Milford Center high school and is now teaching in the public schools of Milford Center. The second wife of Mr. Ingram died in April, 1893, and in 1901 Mr. Ingram married Mrs. Mary ( Adams) Kimbell, the widow of Lewis Kimbell, and to this third marriage one daughter has been born, Genevieve, who was born
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November 27, 1903. She is now attending the public schools at Milford Center.
Politically, Mr. Ingram is a stanch Republican, but has never had any public office other than that of school director. Mrs. Ingram is a member of the Christian church at Milford Center. Fraternally, Mr. Ingram belongs to the Knights of Pythias at Milford Center. He is a man of genial disposition and such has been his life since becoming a resident of this county that he well merits the high esteem in which he is universally held.
CARL A. BOERGER.
One of the youngest and most enterprising farmers of Union township. Union county, Ohio, is Carl A. Boerger, who is now farming with his brother, Paul G., in Union township. He comes from a sterling family of German ancestors and, although now at the very beginning of his career, has already demonstrated that he has those qualities which will insure him suc- cess in the future.
Carl A. Boerger, the son of John K. and Matilda (Pfeiffer) Boerger, was born June 3, 1889, in Union township, Union county, Ohio. He is one of five children born to his parents, the others being as follows: Alfred K., a Lutheran minister, of Jelloway, Ohio; Ernest J., a Lutheran minister at Schofield, Wisconsin ; Paul G., a farmer of Union township; and Walter P .. who is a bookkeeper at Columbus, Ohio.
Jolin K. Boerger, the father of Carl A., was born in Germany, May 3. 1841, and in 1843 came to America with his parents and located in Colum- bus, Ohio. In 1848 William and Elizabeth B. Boerger, the parents of John K .. located in Darby township, Union county, Ohio, where they lived until 1861 and then moved to Union township, where Mrs. Boerger died Septent- ber 11, 1870. John K. Boerger was the youngest of five children born to his parents and when fifteen years of age began to learn the bricklayer's trade with George A. Fox, of Marysville. After following this trade for three years, he engaged in farming and made this his life's work, residing on his farm in Paris township until 1912, when he moved to Marysville.
John K. Boerger was twice married, first. on October 18, 1866, to Mag- gie Magerlein, a native of Germany, who came to this country with her par- ents. Leonard and Eve Magerlein, when a child. To this first marriage were born seven children, six of whom are still living: John F., a Lutheran min-
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ister of Racine, Wisconsin: John Leonard, of Madison county, Ohio; Will- iam J., a farmer of Madison county : Mary, the wife of George Rausch, of Darby township: Lena, the wife of George Rausch, of Mill Creek township; George Emanuel, a farmer of Union township; and Charles C., who died in infancy. The mother of these seven children died August 20, 1882, and, on November 8th of the following year, John K. Boerger married Matilda Pfeiffer, who became the mother of Carl A., with whom this narrative deals.
Carl A. Boerger was educated in the schools of Union township and has been farming with his brother, Paul G., since 1912. The brothers own the old home place of one hundred and seventy-four acres and are engaged in general farming and stock raising.
Carl Boerger, as are the other members of the family, is a member of the German Lutheran church. He is still unmarried and makes his home with his brother, Paul G. Boerger and family.
WILLIAM D. BLUE.
The whole career of William D. Blue has been spent in Union county, Ohio, and since reaching his majority he has engaged in general farming and stock raising in Jackson township. The Blue family were early settlers in Union county and its various members have always been prominent in the various phases of Union county's history. Mr. Blue started in an humble manner as a farmer, but by good management and ceaseless industry he has accumulated a fine farm of two hundred and forty acres. He has taken an active part in the civic life of his community and has held various official positions with entire satisfaction to all concerned.
William Dowling Blue, the son of Adam and Malissa (Price) Blue, was born in Jackson township. Union county, Ohio, November 18, 1857. His father was born in Ross county, Ohio, in 1818, and his mother was born on Blue's Creek, Leesburg township. this county. His parents were married in this county and lived here until their death, the father dying July 8, 1890, and the mother passing away November 10, 1905. Adam Blue was a veteran of the Civil War, enlisting on September 12, 1864, in Company I. One Hun- dred and Seventy-fourth Ohio Regiment, from which he was honorably dis- charged June 28, 1865.
Adam Blue and wife were the parents of eleven children, eight of whom are still living : John, who lives in Marion, Ohio; Michael, of Wood county,
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Ohio; Henry, of Essex, Ohio; Harvey, a farmer of Jackson township; Levi, deceased, who left a widow and three children ; Anna Bell, the wife of Alfred Jones, a farmer of Marion county, Ohio; Sterling, also of Marion county, and Wilton, of Marion county ; Mary E., who died in 1873, at the age of seventeen ; William Dowling, of Jackson township; Isabel. the wife of A. S. White, of Richwood; Nellie, the widow of H. S. Moore, of Richwood, a soldier of the Civil War, who died in 1910; Edith, the wife of Michael W. Cronley, of Mount Victory, Ohio; Clara M., the wife of George W. Manley, now deceased. Michael Blue enlisted on February 27, 1864, in Company F. Thirty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged July 20, 1865. John Blue was a member of Company G, Eighty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, enlisting on February 29, 1864, and receiving his discharge on July 24, 1865.
William D. Blue was educated in the common schools of Jackson town- ship and remained at home until his marriage in 1880. He then rented land for about eight years, after which he bought fifty acres in the fall of 1888. He had accumulated enough so he could make a small payment on a farm and in 1890 he added twenty-five acres more; in 1896 sixty acres more, and in I9II he bought the thirty-acre tract where he built his beautiful country home. This thirty acres was originally purchased by his grandfather, Samuel R. Sanders, and has been in the family many years. In 1905 he bought fifty- four acres and in 1914 fifty acres more, making a total of two hundred and forty acres. Since then he has sold thirty acres of his farm. but still retains two hundred and ten acres, which lie northwest of Essex about two and one- half miles. He has placed all the improvements upon this farm and now has a beautiful country home, a convenient and commodious barn and all of the modern conveniences which are demanded by the twentieth-century farmer. He keeps a high grade of cattle and hogs and gets the major portion of his income from the sale of live stock each year.
Mr. Blue was married November 10, 1880, to Mary Emma White, a daughter of Jesse A. and Angeline ( Dysart ) White. Mr. and Mrs. Blue have no children of their own, but have reared the nephew of Mr. Blue, Lloyd M. Manley, who is now living in Claibourne township. Also they raised Winnie J. Blue, the orphan, who married George C. Halt. They live 'on a farm in Jackson township and they have three children. They also raised a nephew, Harry G. Blue, from ten years of age and who is still with them.
Jesse A. White, the father of Mrs. Blue, was born in Franklin county,
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Indiana, August 31, 1828, a son of Albert R. and Amy White, both of whom are deceased. When he was five years of age Jesse A. White moved with his parents to Union county, Ohio, where he was reared on the farm and received a good common school education. He taught school for two years and was married April 10, 1851, to Angeline Dysart, a daughter of John and Mary Dysart, and to this union were born four children, John D., Charles A., Mary E. and Anna M. Mr. White was a successful farmer and at the time of his death, June 12, 1901, owned a well improved farm of one hundred acres. His wife died February 28, 1889. He was prominent in the civic life of his community, serving as trustee, clerk and treasurer of Jackson township at various times, and for twenty years was recording steward of the Bush Creek circuit of the Methodist Protestant church, to which denomination he and his wife both belonged.
Mr. and Mrs. Blue are loyal members of the Methodist Protestant church at Essex. Mr. Blue united with the church in 1884, while his wife has been a member since she was fifteen years of age. In politics, Mr. Blue gives his hearty support to the Democratic party and has been one of its leaders in local affairs. He was elected trustee for the first time in 1898 and served one term. In 1913 he was elected again and is now filling this posi- tion with eminent satisfaction to his fellow citizens. He has served as school director for a number of years and in every capacity where his labors have found him he has never been lacking in those rare qualities of good Amer- ican citizenship.
CHRISTOPHER L. KOERNER.
An enterprising farmer of German descent who is now making his home in Jerome township, where he was born, is Christopher L. Koerner, who owns the old Koerner homestead of one hundred and seventy-six acres, lying about two and one-half miles from New California. His parents were both born in Germany, but were married after coming to this country and his father became one of the most substantial farmers of Jerome township.
Christopher L. Koerner, the son of John Henry and Elizabeth (Kain- inger ) Koerner, was born May 9, 1870, on the farm where he is now living. His parents, both of whom were born in Germany, were residents of this country before the Civil War. His father came to America in 1843, being about seven years of age at the time. His mother came here in 1856, stop-
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ping for a short time in Columbus, Ohio, and then going on to Union county, where she located with her parents. John H. Koerner and his wife were married in Franklin county, Ohio, in 1858, and to them were born eight children, six of whom are now living: Mary, the wife of Justus Scheiderer, of Columbus, Ohio: Margaret, the wife of John Assman, of Marysville ; Anna, the wife of John Scheiderer, a farmer of this county; Veit, who died in 1894: C. L., of Jerome township; George, who died in 1894: Catherine, who is living with her mother in Marysville: Elizabeth, the widow of Ed- ward Scheiderer, who is now making her home with her mother in Marys- ville. John H. Koerner died in June, 1886, and his widow is now residing in Marysville with her two daughters, Catherine and Elizabeth.
John H. Koerner has a well improved farm of one hundred and seventy- five acres. He was a prominent man in the affairs of Jerome township, serv- ing as township trustee for a number of years and also as member of the school board.
Christopher L. Koerner was reared and educated in the schools of Je- rome township, and remained at home until his marriage at the age of twenty- two. He then began farming the old home place and now owns the farm on which he was reared. He has placed many extensive improvements on the farm and has built a new barn and a silo in the past two years. He is an ex- tensive stock raiser and keeps only the best grade of stock on his farm.
Mr. Koerner was married October 13, 1892, to Margaret Rausch, a daughter of John and Caroline ( Horch) Rausch. To this union have been born six children: Josephine, born July 11. 1893. the wife of Theodore Kuechle, of Columbus, Ohio; Louis, who died at the age of three ; Clara, born August 4. 1899: Amelia, born August 6, 1902, and two who died in infancy.
The father of Mrs. Koerner was born in Darby township. Union county, and her mother was a native of Germany. Her father was a life-long farmer and a prominent citizen of the community where he lived. He died in 1886, and Mrs. Rausch died September 19. 1907.
Mr. Koerner is a member of the Democratic party and has been fre- quently called upon by his party to fill responsible positions. He has served as township trustee for four years, served as a member of the township school board and also as director of his home school district for a long time. In every capacity, Mr. Koerner has measured up to the high standard of the good American citizen and his whole life has been such that he merits the high esteem in which he is held.
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LOUIS CLEMENS BEEM.
The ancestral line of Louis Clemens Beem runs back into Germany, and it is an ancestry for which no apology is needed. This country owes more, perhaps. to the German immigrant than to any other, because the German has brought here qualities that have inade for thrift, industry, stability, and a love of music and art. The German is a home-maker and a producer and among the best of our substantial, law-abiding citizens.
In 1760 Richard Beem, the founder of the Beem family in America, left his home in the Fatherland and came to this country with his wife and three children, landing at Baltimore. One of his sons, Michael, enlisted in the Revolutionary War and was an active participant in the long struggle for independence. The three children of Richard Beem were Richard, Michael and Elizabeth. With his wife and this family he located on a timbered tract of land on the summit of the Alleghany mountains. Here he established a home, and with much labor converted forests into cultivated fields, and in time had a farm of three hundred acres of tillable land. He and his wife died there at an advanced age. Michael Beem. the second son of Richard Beem, lived on his father's farm until he was grown and contributed his share of the hard work required of the pioneer starting life in the woods. On arriving at manhood years Michael took unto himself a wife in the person of Elizabeth Greene and came with his wife to Licking county, Ohio, and was among the pioneer settlers of that county. He died there at an old age, Michael Beein was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and was a warm personal friend of General Washington and was one of the General's body- guard. He often talked of his personal association with Washington and of the many times in which they engaged in play and sports together. Michael Beem and wife had a family of eleven children, all of whom grew up, mar- ried and had families of their own. The names of these eleven children were Richard. Andrew, Anna, Phoebe, William, Michael. John, Benjamin, Daniel, Elizabeth and Jacob.
Jacob Beem, the youngest son of Michael, was the father of the subject of this sketch. He was born in Maryland and came with his parents when they moved to Licking county in 1812 and settled near the present town of Jersey. There he grew to manhood and married, and three of his children were born there. He bought a tract of land consisting of fifty acres, covered with timber, which he cleared and improved and on which he built a comfort- able home. In 1832 he came to Richwood to visit two of his nephews and
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was so well pleased with this county and the opportunities afforded for farm- ing that he decided to locate here. So he sold his farm in Licking county and bought a farmn of two hundred acres located two and a half miles east of Richwood. In 1833 he moved here with his family and took up his resi- dence on this farm. Here he lived and reared his family, and here he died in 1878, aged seventy-nine years. His wife died in 1892 at the age of eighty-three years. They were both members of the Christian (New Light) church.
Jacob and Phoebe ( Rose) Beem, the parents of our subject, had a family of ten children, namely: Milton, Orin, Newton and Albert, deceased; Jacob, of Claibourne township; Perry and Gilbert, were both soldiers in the Civil War and both died in the service, the former died of disease and the latter from wounds received in battle. The other children of the family were as fol- lows: Araminta, deceased, who was the wife of A. D. Morrow; Louis C., of Richwood; and Benjamin. All of this family were married except the two sons who enlisted in the army.
On the maternal side, the grandfather of our subject was Philip Rose and his wife was Ruth (Talkington) Rose, pioneer settlers in Licking county, Ohio. The grandfather died there well along in years. His widow came to Union county and made her home with her daughter, Phoebe Beem, for a time, and then moved to Iowa, near Chariton, where she died at the age of about ninety-six years. In the Rose family were the following named chil- dren : Aaron, Philip, Gilbert, Sarah, Phoebe, Elizabeth, Mille and Miriam, who died at the age of thirteen years: and some who died in infancy.
Louis C. Beem was reared on his father's farm near Richwood, and received his elementary education in the district schools, suplementing this with advanced studies in the Prospect high school. After leaving this school he taught school for one term. He then engaged in the saw mill business extensively from May 4, 1871. to July 10. 1909. In 1873 he came to Rich- wood and enlarged his business, dealing in manufactured lumber, supplying the market in wholesale and retail orders. He was also engaged in the marble and monument business for about one year, and for the past twenty- five years he has been interested in farm lands, and is the owner at the present time of considerable real estate in the county, as well as his home on South Franklin street in Richwood.
On March 24. 1881. Mr. Beem was united in marriage with Margaret Graham, daughter of Patterson and Mary ( Miller) Graham. Four children were born to that union, namely: Lena, a teacher in Arizona ; Perry, who is
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engaged in the rice industry in Arkansas; Ada and Jessie, who died in infancy. Mrs. Beem, the wife of our subject, died July 10, 1895, aged thirty-eight years. She was a member of the Methodist Protestant church and was born in Claibourne township, Union county. Her parents were early settlers here but removed to Illinois, where they died. The four children in the Graham family were Lou, Margaret, Thomas and Clara. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Beem was Samuel Graham and the maiden name of his wife was Butterfield. The maternal grandfather was Henry Miller.
Mr. Beem was married a second time, February 14, 1899, to Emma B. Taylor, daughter of Benjamin and Amelia J. (Baker) Taylor. His second wife was born in Champaign county, Ohio, which was also the birth place of her mother. Her father was a native of Maine. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Emma Been was Cyrus Taylor and the maiden name of his wife was Abigail Woodward, a native of New Hampshire; the grandfather was born in Maine. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Beem was John Baker and his wife's maiden name was Ann Matilda Henderson. He was a native of Germany and came to America when a small boy and grew to manhood in this country. After marriage he first settled near Alexandria, in Virginia, and came from there to Champaign county, Ohio, among the first settlers of that county. He died there in 1840 at the age of forty-six years; the death of his wife occurred in 1885 at the age of seventy-eight. Their family con- sisted of seven children, namely: Charles A., Margaret, Robert B., Amelia J., Sarah Josephine, and Joseph, who died in infancy.
Mr. and Mrs. Beem are members of the Methodist Protestant church and contribute liberally to its support. Fraternally, Mr. Beem belongs to Mount Carmel Lodge, No. 303, Free and Accepted Masons; also to Rising Sun Lodge, No. 71, Knights of Pythias. Politically, he believes in the principles advocated by the Republican party and gives his active support to the candidates of that party.
MALCOLM M. CAMERON.
A highly respected citizen of Claibourne township, Union county, Ohio, is Malcolm M. Cameron, who has lived his whole life in this county. He is essentially a self-made farmer and his well improved farm of seventy-one acres is the direct result of his own hard work and good management. He ranks among the leading farmers and stock raisers of his township and yet
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has found time to take an active part in the civic life of the community. In the various official positions where he has been found he has proved faith- ful to the trust reposed in him and in every way merits the high esteem in which he is held by those who know him.
Malcolm M. Cameron, the son of Alexander and Martha L. (Johnson) Cameron, was born in York township, Union county, Ohio, February 8, 1857. His father was born near Montreal, Canada, and his mother in Union county. Alexander Cameron came to Union county, Ohio, about 1851, and was married here the same year to Martha Johnson. Alexander Cameron was a farmer and stock dealer and died in this county in 1906. His widow is living now with one of her sons near Marysville. Alexander Cameron was a Republican in politics and an active citizen of the community where he resided.
Alexander Cameron and wife were the parents of nine children, seven sons and two daughters: John A., a patient of the hospital in Gallipolis, Ohio; Malcolm MI., of Claibourne township: Mary E., who married D. H. Mulvaine, and has two children, Fay and Delmer; Samuel J., who lives in Union county near Marysville; Ida E., the wife of Fred Dillsaver, of Rich- wood : Colon A., who died at the age of seventeen ; Birchard H., who resides in Marysville; G. R., of Cleveland, Ohio, and Chester H., of Richwood.
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