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Reverting, in conclusion, to the ancest- ral history of our subject, we learn that his great-grandfather, on the maternal side, was George E. Lloyd, Sr., who was a native of Loudoun county, Virginia, and who was an active participant in the war of the Revolu- tion, having been a member of Captain Barry's company, Eighth Virginia Line, commanded by Colonel Peter Muhlenburg. Colonel Muhlenburg was pastor of a church at Woodstock, Shenandoah county, Virgin- ia, and after having delivered an impassion- ed sermon before his flock he threw aside his clerical vestments, revealing his regimen- tals, and thereupon ordered the drums to call for recruits at the church door. George E. Lloyd was one of those who responded to this call. An uncle of our subject, Theodoric L. Schenck, was a soldier in Company B, Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infan- try, and served through the late war of the Rebellion, having been made steward of a hospital. Another uncle, Sardis H. White, was a soldier in Company C, Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served from June 13. 1861, until October 21, 1865, hav- ing participated in many of the principal battles of the war. Still another uncle, Horace B. White, was fifty years of age when he enlisted as a member of Company M, Third Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and was promoted to the office of battalion hospital steward, dying while in the service. His son, Adelbert B., was a member of the same
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company, and served from September 8, 1861, until he was mustered out, November 23. 1864.
e® NOS HATCH, a prominent farmer of Harlem township, Delaware county, was born on the place where he now lives, October 21, 1830, a son of Alfred and Martha (Hill) Hatch, natives of the State of New York. The mother died on the old home farm in this county. The father, who came to Ohio in 1812, departed this life in Fairfield coun- ty, this State, at the age of seventy-four years. He was a life-long farmer, a Demo- crat in his political views, and a devoted attendant of the Baptist church. Mr. and Mrs. Hatch had five children, viz .: Huldah Henry, of Franklin county, Ohio; Lucy Allspaugh, of Franklin county; Fairchilds, a resident of Putnam county, this State; Roswell, also of that place, and Enos, the subject of this sketch.
Enos Hatch was reared on the old home- stead, and received his education in the log school house. He now owns 106 acres of the best land in Delaware county, has made all the improvements necessary for a well regulated farm, and is engaged in the raising of fine stock. He affiliates with the Demo- cratic party, and is an attendant of the Bap- tist church.
August 31, 1852, Mr. Hatch was united in marriage to Rebecca Gorsuch, and they had four children, namely: Margaret, born July 25, 1855, died December 22, 1875; David, born March 7, 1858, died December 21, 1860; Angeline, born February 6, 1862, died February 25, 1865; and Homer, born September 18, 1869, died August 28, 1871. Rebecca (Gorsuch) Hatch, wife of our sub-
ject, passed to the life eternal on the 12th of June, 1874, and on March 11, 1875, Mr. Hatch consummated a second marriage, being then united to Mrs. Catharine Gor- such, nec Kirby, and to them one child was born, April 24, 1877, namely, Bertha. Mrs. Catharine Hatch died April 18, 1886, and the marriage of our subject to Rachel R. Hashbarger was solemnized October 31, 1 886.
I R. BIGELOW traces his ancestral history back to the battle of Hast- ings, 1063, the Norman Knight DeBaguley being one of the fol- lowers of William the Conqueror. John Bigelo, the ancestor of all the Bigelows in this country, landed in Boston in 1640. Our subject, A. R. Bigelow, is one of the successful and representative farmers of Union county, which is the place of his nativity, as it was also of his honored father. The old homestead farm on which our sub- ject was born and which is his place of abode at the present time is located in Union township, comprising 250 acres of as fine agricultural land as can be found in this section of the State, the place being effectively watered by Little Darby creek, which wends its way across field and meadow. The family residence is a large and substantial frame structure and is symmetrical in its appointments as an at- tractive rural home. Other permanent im- provements include two large barns, sheds and other outbuildings, while in every quarter of the place there is evidence of the discriminating care given to the cultivation of the broad acres and to the breeding of stock, to which latter line of enterprise our subject devotes no little attention.
Michael Gavis
Mrs. Michael Davis
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Alpheus Russell Bigelow was born Octo- ber 29, 1851, the son of Alpheus, Sr., who was also born on the old Bigelow home- stead, the son of Eliphas Bigelow, who was one of the earliest settlers in what is now Union township, where he settled in the midst of the virgin forest and began the arduous task of reclaiming his possessions from the hand of nature. He was a native of the state of Maine. Our subject's father was reared on the old pioneer farmstead and received his educational discipline in the primative schools of the district. At- taining maturity he joined heart and hand with Miss Malinda Converse, who was of stanch old Puritan stock, a native of Madi- son county, this State. The original American ancestor of the Converse line be- came a resident of Massachusetts as early as 1620.
Alpheus and Malinda Bigelow became the parents of two children: Delilah, who died at the age of four years, and Alpheus R., the immediate subject of this sketch. The honored father died in 1851, lamented by all who appreciated his upright character and sterling worth. His widow subsequent- married James McCloud, the issue of this union being three children: Jerry, a resi- dent of Paris, Union county, Ohio; Rosa, wife of G. F. Morse, of Garnett, Kansas; and Mariam, wife of L. H. Elliott, of Union county, Ohio. The mother is now living at Milford Center, this county.
Our subject was reared to man's estate on and near the old homestead, receiving his education in the district schools and in the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware. In 1870 he assumed charge of the home farm and continued to operate the same for ten years, when, in 1880, he went to San Francisco, California, where he passed two 12
years, after which he returned to the home of his childhood, where he has since con- tinued to reside, devoting his attention to the cultivation of the fine farm which has been in the possession of the family for so many years,
At the age of twenty years he became convinced that a life companionship with Miss Hattie · Parthemor was essential to his happiness and soon the wedding bells an- nounced their union. Mrs. Bigelow was born and reared in Union township, the daughter of Frederick and Permelia Parthe- mor. Mr. and Mrs. Bigelow have six chil- dren: Maurice Alpheus, who is a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Dela- ware, class of 1894; Amy R .; Walter R .; William F .; Dessie H., and Merle E.
Politically, Mr. Bigelow casts his fran- chise with the Republican party, being one of the wheel-horses in the local organization. He is a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as are also his wife and three of his children. The family stands foremost as one of intelligence and true re- finement, and their influence in the com- munity is recognized as ever directed along the line where good and right obtain.
ICHAEL DAVIS is one of the prominent and honored pioneer residents of Union township, Union county, and there is a sig- nal consistency in giving space to a resume of his life history in this connection. Mr. Davis is a native of the Buckeye State, with whose history that of his family has been identified from the early pioneer days, when were taken the inceptive steps in its reclamation from the sylvan wilds. He was born in Clinton township, Knox county,
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September 26, 1821, the son of Joseph Davis, who was one of the representative men and pioneer residents of this county. He was born in the Old Dominion State, the son of George Davis, who was the son of Michael. Joseph passed his childhood days in Pennsylvania, and was only fifteen years of age when his father came to Ohio and established his pioneer home in the for- ests of Knox county. At that time the present thriving city which is the county seat, Mount Vernon, was an unpretentious hamlet, represented by three primitive log cabins. The Davis family is of Pennsyl- vania Dutch extraction, and the paternal grandmother of our subject was of Scotch descent, her place of nativity having been the city of Philadelphia. One of the sons of George Davis was an active participant in the war of 1812.
Joseph Davis was married, in Knox county, to Miss Lydia Shenaberry, who was born in Pennsylvania. They became the parents of thirteen children, namely: Polly, Michael, Margaret, Joseph, George, Nancy, Elizabeth, W. Shannon, Catherine, Will- iam (deceased), George (the second, de- ceased), and two who died in infancy.
The father of our subject came to Union county in 1854 and purchased 196 acres of the rich bottom lands along the Big Darby creek, the place having a substantial brick house, which was a somewhat extraordinary improvement in this section at that period. Here he lived to attain a remarkably green old age, dying at the age of ninety-seven years and eleven months, having been, at the time of his demise, the oldest man in the county and one of the oldest in the State, -a veritable patriarch. He was a farmer all his life, and was a noble speci- men of the sturdy husbandman, possessing
a vigorous and alert mentality, and stand- ing six feet and two inches in height, with strong and robust physique. Politically he was a strong Democrat of the old-line type, and religiously he was a member of the Presbyterian Church. His wife died at the age of eighty-six years, having been a mem- ber of the Christian Church.
Michael Davis, the immediate subject of this review, was reared to farm work in Knox county, and became notable for his prowess in the accomplishment of the various duties of the farm. He was able, as a young man, to chop a cord of wood in an hour, and made a record by cutting, with a cradle, eight and one-half acres of grain in a day. In these lines he was the acknowl- edged champion of the county, and his feats of endurance and strength would cause the average young man of this period to gaze in perfect wonder. He came to Union county with his parents in 1854, and for a number of years assisted in the cultivation of the paternal homestead. In 1856 he purchased his present place and located thereon, the farm comprising 1333 acres, and being conceded to be one of the finest in the township. The soil is particularly fertile and yields bountiful harvests in the various lines of production to which it is devoted. The permanent improvements in- clude a good frame house and large barns, with all essential equipments in the way of minor outbuildings. The farm is thoroughly well cultivated, and is kept in perfect order in all portions.
At the age of twenty-two years, -more than an half century ago,-he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Crottinger, who was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1822, the daughter of Henry and Sarah (Beckenbaugh) Crottinger, na-
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tives respectively of Maryland and Pennsyl- vania. They came to Licking county, Ohio, in 1827, and there passed the remainder of their lives, the father dying at the age of seventy-seven, and the mother at eighty- eight. Mrs. Davis was but five years of age when her parents came to Ohio. They had ten children: Mary, Christina, Susan, Jacob, Abraham, Jackson, Sarah, Cather- ine, James, and George. The last two named died in early childhood. The father was a Democrat, and religiously was a zealous member of the Christian Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis have had no child- ren, but have reared two, whom they adopted informally: H. C. Ferguson is now deceased, and the other child, Sada, is now the wife of Alfred Paver, residing on the Davis farm. They are the parents of five children, namely: Blanche, May, Ira, How- ard, and Edna Zion.
In his political faith our subject advo- cates the same principles as did his honored father, being an uncompromising Democrat. Both he and his wife are devoted members of the Christian Church. Mr. Davis in- herits the physical strength of a sturdy an- cestry, and is vigorous and erect. In man- ners he is genial and affable, and in charac- ter is above reproach. He is held in the highest esteem in the community, and is one of the most popular pioneer residents of the section.
EORGE W. BELL .- We now di- rect attention to the more salient points in the life history of one who stands as one of the prom- inent business men of Cardington, Morrow county, and as one of the old and honored residents of said county. Mr. Bell is a na-
tive of that beautiful suburb of the national capital, Georgetown, District of Columbia, where he was ushered into the world on the 17th of July, 1827. His father, Elijah Bell, was a native of Scotland, where he was born in the year 1793. He came to Amer- ica when a mere boy, a large number of the Bell family having emigrated to the New World and having settled in and effected the organization of the county of Montgomery, Maryland, -Rockville being the official cen- ter of the county. The maiden name of our subject's mother was Mary Hart, and she was born in England in 1789.
The name of this family of Bells was formerly spelled Beall, but our subject changed it to Bell, and the latter has been adopted by many members of this branch of the family. George W. has in his pos- session a copy of his grandfather's will. Samuel Beall was the possessor of a large landed estate lying between Rockville and Baltimore, Maryland. That part of the estate lying on the west side of the road, called Batchalder's Forest, was bequeathed to the father of our subject, Elijah Beall, who was also made executor of the will; one tract of land called James' Gift, was bequeathed to his son, Enoch Beall; the balance of his real estate was converted into money, and, with his personal property, divided among his heirs in a wise and dis- creet manner. This will was executed Octo- ber 10, 1825.
The marriage of Elijah Bell and Mary Hart was consummated in Georgetown, Maryland, and there they remained until 1838. In 1825, however, Mr. Bell had come westward to Ohio, and had located a land warrant in Tuscarawas county, after which he returned home, and in 1838 came to this State with his family, and took up
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his abode on the claim entered more than a decade previous. His initial trip to the Buckeye State was made on horseback, across the mountains and through the dense- ly wooded vales. His land was wild and heavily timbered, and he gave his attention to its reclamation and improvement until 1861, when he removed to Columbus, this State, and made settlement on a farm east of the city, remaining there until the hour of his death, which occurred in that year which marked the centennial anniversary of our national independence, -1876. His wife had been summoned to eternal rest in 1862.
They were the parents of four children; and of this number only one has passed away. The following is a brief record touching the lives of the children: Salina became the wife of Edward Ricketts, and is now deceased, having left three children; Howard, a resident of Zanesville, this State, married Melissa Dermuth, and they have six children; George W. is the immediate sub- ject of this review; and Sarah is the wife of Jared Ricketts, of Fairfield county, Ohio, having no children.
The parents were devoted members of the Presbyterian Church, and the father was an old-line Democrat, having held prefer- ment as Justice of the Peace. He was an active participant in the war of 1812.
George W. Bell remained at the paternal home until he had attained the age of six- teen years, when he went to Fairfield county, Ohio, and there devoted his attention to ac- quiring the tanner's trade, -a vocation which he followed until he came to Cardington in 1851, when he engaged in merchandising on a small scale, and in dealing in stock. He was ambitious, industrious and enterprising, and had an intellectual acumen which en- abled him to direct his efforts according to
those careful and honorable methods which ever conserve the attaining of success. His business showed a healthful and steady growth and he has not abated his labors until there lias come to him the success for which he strove. He commenced with nothing in the way of financial resources or influence, and stands as the architect of his own fortune, -- a distinctive type of the self-made man. His business enterprise at the present time includes the dealing in wool, seeds, real estate, etc., and in the line takes a distinct precedence in the character and scope of operations.
Religiously, Mr. Bell is a prominent and zealous member of the Presbyterian Church, holding preferment as one of the trustees of the local organization. Politically, he is a stalwart Democrat. and has been a promi- nent figure in local politics. He is one of the supervisors of elections, has been a member of the Board of Education for the past sixteen years, and has also served as a member of the Common Council. His financial interests are of considerable note, and he is a stockholder and director in the First National Bank of Cardington.
In his fraternal relations Mr. Bell has advanced to a position of marked promi- nence in the noble order of Free Masonry. He was made a Master Mason at Mount Gilead in 1859, being a member of Carding- ton Lodge, No. 384, F. & A. M., of which he has served as Treasurer. In 1873 he took the Royal Arch degree and chapter at Mount Gilead, and is a member of Mount Gilead Chapter, No. 59, R. A. M. In 1876 he was made a Sir Knight at the Marion Command- ery at Marion, Ohio; in 1884 he took the Scottish Rite degrees up to the eighteenth, at Dayton, Ohio, and in 1885 up to the thirty-second degree at Cincinnati, Ohio.
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The marriage of Mr. Bell occurred in 1858, when he was united to Miss Mary E. McMahan, a native of Kentucky, and a daughter of Asa McMahan, who was one of the earliest pioneers of Morrow county, Ohio. Mrs. Bell was born in 1832, and February 13, 1891, she rendered into the hands of death a life which had been given to cheer, to bless and render beautiful all associations therewith. Mr. and Mrs. Bell became the parents of two children: Addie and Margaret.
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EORGE W. REAM, who holds dis- tinctive official preferment as Trus- tee of Allen township, Union county, is one of the representa- tive farmers of this section and is one whose record of military service stands in evidence of his patriotism and unswerving loyalty. He is a native of the Buckeye State, having been born in Ross county, March 10, 1842, the son of Samuel Ream, a prominent resi- dent of this township. Samuel Ream was born in Pennsylvania, the son of Samuel, Sr., who was the son of John Ream, one of the pioneers of the old Keystone State. The father of our subject was reared and edu- cated in his native State and finally came to Ross county, Ohio, where he married Elizabeth Featherling, a native of the Old Dominion State. In 1849 he removed with his family to Union county and settled on Darby plains, where he remained for six years, and then, in 1858, came to Allen township, where he has since maintained his home on the farm which he now occu- pies.
Samuel and Elizabeth Ream have had seven children, of whom we make record as
follows : George W .; Matthias; Elizabeth; Delia; Sarah, deceased; Samuel; and Frank deceased. The devoted wife and mother died February 27, 1894, at the age of seventy-four years and six days.
George W. Ream was reared to the life of a farmer and received his education in the district schools, the same having been effectively supplemented by the practical ex- periences of life. May 2, 1864, he enlisted as a member of the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Ohio National Guard, and was honorably discharged from service on the 2d of September in the same year. He took up his residence on his present farm in 1881, soon after his marriage. He owns 124 acres, of which the home place,-the Robinson farm, -comprises 106 acres, being improved with a good residence and barn, a modern wind-mill and all necessary acces- sories. The place is cultivated according to approved and progressive methods and gives evidence of thrift and enterprise.
Mr. Ream's marriage was consummated September 1, 1881, when he was united to Mrs. Ortensie V. (Eaton) Robinson, relict of the late William Robinson, son of Will- iam L. Robinson, of this township. Mrs. Ream's parents were Joshua and Elizabeth Eaton, the former of whom was a native of Massachusetts, and the latter, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Poling, was born in Virginia. Both died in Allen township, this county.
Joshua Eaton was married three times. His first wife's name was Blackmore. By this union one child was born, Lydia, aged eighty years, still living. His second wife was Mary Brooks. She was the mother of eight children : Mary, Sarah, Jane, Eliza, Orrange, Anise, Marcena and Edward. Ed- ward died on board a Mississippi boat while
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in the service of the Union, a member of Company K, Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was buried in his blanket on the banks near Vicksburg. Joshua Eaton married for his third wife Elizabeth (Poling) Hoff, widow of Anthony Hoff, and they had three children : Ortensie V., Calvesta A., and Orlando B. By her former mar- riage she had five children : Sarah, Rachel, Ann, Jane and Samuel.
Ortensie V. Eaton was united in mar- riage to William Robinson March 13, 1873, and became the mother of two children : Adolphus B., born April 16, 1874; and Mary A., born March 22, 1877. William Robinson participated in the late war of the Rebellion as a member of the One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. His death occurred February 28, 1879. By her marriage to Mr. Ream she is the mother of one son, George C., born January I, 1885. Before her marriage she was a pop- ular and successful school teacher.
Mr. Ream is an ardent supporter of the Democratic party and its principles, and he has held political preferment in a local way, having served as Trustee of the township for the past decade. Fraternally, he is identified with the Grand Army of the Re- public, having been a charter member and one of the first officers of Millington Post No. 506, of Pottersburg, Ohio. He is a man of marked intellectual and business ability, is well informed upon the current affairs of the day and is held in highest es- timation in the community.
Mrs. Ream is a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as is also her daughter, Mary, who is a popular teacher in the Sunday-school. The son, Adolphus B. Robinson, is attending school at Ada, Ohio.
J AMES LEWIS, one of the leading citizens of Harlem township, was born on the old Lewis homestead, November 9, 1841. His father, Steven Lewis, was a prominent and well known early settler of Licking county, Ohio. He was married to Sarah Milligan, who was born, reared and educated in that county, a daughter of James Milligan. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Lewis located on thirty acres of land in the dense woods, built a log cabin, and added to their original pur- chase until they owned 380 acres of well improved land. They were the parents of eight children, namely: Clarissa Flarity, Dennis, James, Harriet Needles, Martha, Alfred, Anna and Norman. The last four are deceased. The mother departed this life at the age of seventy-one years, and the father died in 1892, at the age of eighty- one years. He was a life-long farmer, and was a Democrat in his political relations.
James Lewis, the subject of this sketch, has resided on his present farm for twenty-five years. It consists of 140 acres of well im- proved land, and contains many valuable improvements. In addition to general farm- ing, Mr. Lewis is extensively engaged in stock raising, and has the reputation of be- ing the leading horse dealer in this locality. He votes with the Democratic party.
Mr. Lewis was married at the age of twenty-three years, to Elizabeth Mayfield, a native of Trenton township, Delaware county, and a daughter of Abram Mayfield. Mrs. Lewis died one year after her marriage. In 1867 our subject was united in marriage with Adaline Trippier, a native of Licking county, Ohio, and a daughter of Solomon and Elizabeth Trippier, both now deceased. To this union has been born one daughter, Cora, wife of Virga Buel, of Hartford, Lick-
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