The History of Union County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, towns military record;, Part 167

Author: Durant, Pliny A. [from old catalog]; Beers, W. H., & co., Chicago, pub. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Chicago, W. H. Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 1254

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HON. HYLAS SABINE, the son of John F. and Euphemia (Clement) Sabine, was born June 5, 1829. His father is a native of Vermont, and of English descent. His mother was born in the State of New York, and was of German ancestry. John F. Sabine located in Union Town- ship, Union County, Ohio, in 1812, and became a prominent farmer. From 1854 to 1856, he held the position of County Auditor, and has been for many years a member of the board of In-

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firmary Directors for the county, being the present Secretary of said board. Hylas Sabine began to receive an education in the common schools of his neighborhood, and subsequently attended college at Delaware, Ohio. For two years, he engaged in teaching in Kentucky, and at the expiration of that time returned to Union County, locating in Marysville. He succeeded his father as County Auditor, and held the office two years. In October, 1858, he established a. newspaper at Marysville, known as the Union Press, which was continued till August, 1863. The editorial department of the paper was conducted by J. B. Coats (present Ju Ige of Probate). from the spring of 1861 to the autumn of 1862, Mr. Sabine having, in the meantime, resided a few months in Washington, D. C., and also taken a law course at Harvard University. October 8, 1857, he married Anna Ware, daughter of J. R. Ware, and a descendant from Scotch and

English ancestors. Like her husband, she attended the law school at Harvard University, and is a thorough classical scholar. Her course of studies was taken under the widely-known instruct- or, Horace Mann, at Antioch College. Mr. and Mrs. Sabine are the parents of two children, a son and a daughter. The son, who is the younger child, is a present member of the Freshman class of the Ohio State University, and is fourteen years of age. The daughter is a student at the same school. After his return from Harvard, Mr. Sabine located, in 1863, at Richwood. Union County, Ohio, and became a prominent real estate dealer. He also opened up a farmi three miles west of that village, and expended largely from his means in making general improve- ments, winning a position among the leading men of the county, for enterprise. He built the finest house and barn which have ever been erected in Richwood ; these are now the property of A. J. Blake. Mr. Sabine's business ventures were moderately successful, and a great portion of their proceeds are invested in improvements. He has considerable political fame, and in 1877 was chosen on the Republican ticket to the position of State Senator, representing the Seventeenth Senatorial District, composed of the counties of Logan, Hardin, Marion and Union. This position he filled honorably and acceptably for two years. His political faith is pinned to the platform of the Republican party. February 25, 1880, he received an appointment from Gov. Foster as State Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs, which official position he now holds. Mr. Sabine < business and public career have extended through but a comparatively few years, yet the result- of his efforts are certainly such as to afford him much gratification.

JOHN M. SANDERS, of the firm of Gardiner & Sanders, dealers in real estate, Richwood was born in Union County, Ohio, August 25, 1837; and is a son of Samuel R. and Peggy ( Hop kins) Sanders, natives of Kentucky, of English descent. He received a common school educa tion, and remained on his father's farm until twenty-two years of age, after which he farmed for himself about four years. In 1862, he came to Richwood, and for three years conducted th .. Atlantic Hotel, which he sold to O. Beem. He then spent one year in the West, after which h .. purchased the Beem House, and one year later sold it to Wesley Abrahams. Subsequently he purchased a farm in Jackson Township, and soon afterward he purchased sixty-five acres more in the same township. After his father's death, he purchased a four-fifths interest in the home farm of 185 acres, and now he owns 165 acres of good land, in addition to a neat residence, and two lots in Richwood. In 1859, he married Elenor Blue, a native of Jackson Township, Union County, and a daughter of Michael and Elenore Blue. This union was blessed with three chil- dren, William D. being the only survivor. Mrs. Sanders died April 10, 1870, and on October 10, 1872, Mr. Sanders married Artemissa Stacey, daughter of Ira and Ellinor R. Stacey, of Madison County, by whom he has two children-Clarence M. and Percival H. Mrs. Sanders is a member of the Disciples Church. Mr. Sanders is a Democrat in politics, and has served as a delegate from his township to the county convention of his party. He is a member of the Lodge and Encampment of I. O. O. F. He has been in active business since.eighteen years of age has a wide business experience, is a good judge of land, and has succeeded in all his business undertakings. He shipped the first poultry from this point, in 1864, and also the first from Larue, Marion County, at that time being engaged with W. W. Manughu, of New York City. He was also engaged for a time in selling threshing machines, is thoroughly versed in all the points of a thresher, and has sold more machines than any man in the surrounding country. He is said to be one of the best salesmen in Union County.

NICHOLAS SCHARF, deceased, was born in Germany in 1832, and emigrated to Americ+ in 1854, settling in Franklin County, Ohio. He was a life-long farmer by occupation, a Catholic in religious belief, and a Democrat in politics. He was married in France, in 1840, to Magleine Frund, a daughter of Frank Frund, a prominent German farmer of Franklin County. This union was blessed with an issue of nine children, viz .: George, Annie M., Marianna, John A., Maggie J., Joseph Frank, Katie E., Clara V. and Louise MI. They are members of the Catholic Church. Mr. Scharf died in 1879. Mrs. Scharf came to Union County in 1879, and settled in Claibourne Township, where she owns a farm of fifty-four acres of good land. She is a careful manager, and with the aid of her son George, who stays at home to work for her, she is con- ducting her farm in a most prosperous manner.

PETER SELLS, farmer, P. O. Richwood, was born in Green Township, Franklin County, Ohio, June 15, 1811, and is a son of Jacob and Mary (Thrush) Sells, the former a farmer and teamster by occupation, and both of German descent. Our subject was educated in the select schools of his lay, and in early life followed the carpenter's trade, but latterly has been engaged

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in farming. He owns 100 acres of good land, which he has acquired by his own personal efforts. He has been twice married. By his first wife, Catharine Stambaugh, he had nine children, four now living, all married and doing well. His wife died in 1876, and on February 17, 1881, he married Nancy J. Clark. He is a Republican and a member of the United Brethren Church, in which he has been a class leader.

C. D. SIDLE, farmer, P. (). Richwood. Rev. John C. Sidle, the father of our subject, was born in Ohio in 1812 and died in Richwood in 1877. He came to Union County with his wife, Elizabeth (Hamilton) Sidle, in 1838, and for nearly half a century officiated as a minister of the Methodist denomination in this county. In addition to his ministerial duties, he devoted con- siderable time to farming, and at one time owned 1,400 acres of land in Union County. He was an honorable gentleman, of a genial, social disposition, a good linguist and fluent speaker, charitable to a fault, and wonderfully attachedto his children. He was Trustee of Claibourne Township for a time, and for twenty years served as a Justice of the Peace. It is said of him that he married more couples than any man that ever lived in the county. His family consisted of seven children, and included three pairs of twins, viz .: John, now a merchant in Chicago; Mary and Martha, the latter deceased and the former now the wife of J. J. Jolliff; W. H. and Hannah, now wife of W. H. Tan- ner; and Sarah R., deceased, and our subject. The latter was born in Claibourne Township March 17, 1833, aud was reared on the farm, receiving the rudiments of his education in the common schools, after which he attended Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware and graduated in 1867. He has followed farming for a livelihood and owns a good farm of 132 acres in the town ship. . In 1869, he married Emeret Wood, a daughter of Benjamin Wood, of English descent. By this union three children were born. viz., Laura C., C. D. and Jacob P. Mr. and Mrs. Sidle are members of the Methodist Protestant Church.

W. H. SIDLE is a farmer of this township, where he was born November 18, 1839. In 1878, he married Martha A. Dilsaver, daughter of Adam Dilsaver, whose sketch appears in this work They have one child-Frederick C. Mr. Sidle and wife are members of the Methodist Protest- ant Church. In 1862, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Volun- teer Infantry, and served until 1863, when he was discharged on account of disability. He is a member of the Odd Fellow and Masonic fraternities ; a Republican, and owner of 121 acres of land. His first wife, Malissa Kinney, died in 1875, leaving one child, Anna L., the only sur- vivor of her two children.

J. D. SLEMMONS, carpenter, Richwood, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, July 26, 1841, and is the son of James L. and Susannah (Osborn) Slemmons, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Pennsylvania, both of English and Irish descent. Our subject was reared on his father's farm and received a common school education. In 1864, he came to Union County and for eight years clerked in the store of John Landon at Richwood. In 1876, he engaged in the insurance business, as agent for the Richwood Mutual Company, in which capacity he con- tinued for some time, with success. He has for many years been engaged more or less as a car- penter, but has never devoted his time exclusively to that trade. He is a Republican, and the owner of a house and four acres of land lying in the corporation of Richwood. His father died in 1865, and since that time his mother has lived with him and attended to the household duties of his home.

ISAAC SMART, farmer, P. O. Richwood, was born in Union County May 16, 1850, and is a son of Joseph and Hannah C. (Cowgill) Smart, natives of Ohio, of German descent. They came to Union County in 1849, and located on a farm in Claibourne Township, where the father died in 1879. The mother now resides with our subject, who is engaged in farming, at which he has worked all his life. He was educated in the district school, and in 1872 married Harriet Wurtsbaugh, whose people were of German and Irish descent. By this union two children were born-Lora and Lawrence. Mr. Smart was the ninth child of his father's family of ten children, six of whom reached their majority.

ROBERT JAMES SMITH (deceased) was born in Franklin County, Penn., February 2, 1800, and died April 23, 1882. When he was two years of age, his parents moved to Washing- ton County, Md., where the early portion of his life was spent. On the 22d of April, 1824, he married Miss Catharine Kuhn, who lived but one year and seven days after their marriage. 11: the early summer of 1828, he moved from Maryland to Muskingum County, Ohio, making the trip across the mountains on foot. On June 23, 1830, he was again married, to Miss Mary Haines, with whom he lived until September 17, 1874, when she was called from him. In the spring of 1851, they removed from Muskingum County, the last dwelling-place of both. To them were born nine children, five of whom preceded them to the spirit land, and four are left to mourn their loss. Mr. Smith's remains were interred in the Claibourne Cemetery. In his death, the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he had been a member for half a century, lost one of its most conscientious, faithful and incorruptible members; the family a noble father ; and the community a man and a fellow-citizen of sterling worth and unsullied excellence of character, in whose ripe years nature fulfilled her work and loaded him with the fruit of a well - spent life. In his death, he closed a career of exemplary fidelity to his aim in life-to be a quiet, unassuming and honorable man and an humble Christian, which he followed through many changes and trials with quiet confidence to the end;

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GEORGE SMITH, grocer, Rich wood, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, July 15, 1846,and is a son of Robert J. (deceased) and Mary (Haines) Smith deceased, the former a native Maryland, of Irish descent, and the latter a native of Ohio, of English descent. He was educated in the grad- ed schools and raised on a farm. In 1851, he came to Richwood and followed farming as an occu- pation until twenty-six years of age. In his twenty-seventh year he began clerking for John Landon in the dry goods store and two years later assumed the management of the grocery depart- ment of Mr. Landon's store, in which he was engaged five years. In 1879, he began business for himself and has met with more than average success. In 1874, he married Mattie Landon, a native of Marion County. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in which he has been steward and trustee, and an active worker in the Sabbath school. He also takes an active interest in the cause of education, and is a member of the Board of Education of Rich wood. He is a Republican in politics.

ISAAC SNARE, farmer, P. O. Richwood, was born in Pennsylvania December 28, 1819, and is a son of David and Catherine Snare, natives of Maryland. His father was a carpenter, but died in 1823, and Isaac was raised on a farm, his elucation being very meager. In 1845, he came to Licking County, Ohio, and in the following year returned to Pennsylvania for his mother, who lived with him until her death. In 1853, he came to Claiborne Township and get- tled on the farm of fifty-two acres where he now resides, taking the land in its wild state and improving it. When he first came to this township, he killed thirteen deer and forty-eight wild turkeys in one winter. In 1847, he married Phebe Edwards, daughter of Ira and Ann (Evans) Edwards, and by her has had seven children, viz .: Susannah L., Edith, Minerva, Eliza, George W., Anna A. and Mary. The family are all members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Snare is a Republican in politics. During his long life in a new country, he has met with many narrow escapes of injury, and has frequently had his life placed in imminent jeopardy.

MOSES SNEDEKER, farmer, P. O. Richwood, was born in this State June 2, 1846 : he is the son of John F. and Sina Snedeker, who were of Dutch descent. The former was in early life a school teacher, but after coming to this county in 1852, he followed farming until his death in 1870. Our subject was raised on a farm, receiving an ordinary district school education, and in 1872 married Mary F. Preston, daughter of John Preston, by whom he has had three children, viz .: Charles E., Cora M. and Lina M. Mrs. Snedeker is a member of the Disciples Church. Mr. Snedeker is a stanch Republican in politics, and watches with interest all the movements of his party. He is a thorough, practical farmer, and very well spoken of by his neighbors.

LUCIUS H. STEPHENSON, farmer, P. O. Richwood, was born in Licking County, Ohio, April 25, 1823 ; he is a son of John and Nancy (Baker) Stephenson, natives of Vermont, the former of Turkish and the latter of English descent. His father was a shoe-maker, and came to Licking County in 1820. Our subject was raised in Knox County, Ohio, receiving a common school education, and early adapted the occupation of a farmer, which he has followed with suc- cess most of his life. In 1850, he went to California and for two years engaged in mining, ob- taining his start in life in that way. He came to Union County in 1852, and purchased fifty acres of land, to which he has since added from time to time until he now owns 177 acres in addition to his residence in Richwood. In 1852, he married Mrs. Rebecca Chapman, who died in November, 1858, without issue. On April 5, 1859, he married Mrs. Abigail (Graham) Hamil- ton, a widow with five children, and by her has had three children, viz .: Sylvia, Alwilda and Bluma. The parents are members of the Church of Christ, in which he has been an Elder. He is a Republican in politics.

JOHN C. STUBERT, farmer, P. O. Richwood, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 13, 1838, and is a son of John and Clarissa (Biddle) Stubert, the former a native of Pennsylvania, and a salesman in a boot and shoe store most of his life, and the latter a native of New Jersey, of English descent. Our subject was educated in the graded schools of his native city, and early in life learned the trade of a carriage-maker. In 1861, he enlisted in Company K. of an independent cavalry regiment known as " Col. Mill's Horse," which was recruited from most of the Northern States. He was Third Duty Sergeant, and served with his command three years, in that time missing but one scouting duty. In 1864, he came to Richwood and purchased seventy acres of land, with money saved while in the service. In 1865, he married Sarah M. Hoyt, who was born August 1, 1838, and by whom he has had one child-Anna G., born August 29, 1867, and now is in school at Cincinnati. Mrs. Stubert is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church of Richwood. Mr. Stubert is a Republican in politics,

MRS. SUSANNAH SWARTZ, Richwood. The venerable lady whose name heads this sketch is one of the early pioneers of the State. She knew Union and Delaware Counties when they were one vast wilderness, and has witnessed the many changes that marked their settlement and that developed them into fine farming communities. The extensive fields of grain, so familiar to us, she remembers as dense forests, only inhabited by wild beasts. She was born in Hocking County, Ohio, December 9, 1799, and is a daughter of Joseph and Mary (Dils) Shoup. Her father, and her grandfather, Sebastian Shoup, were both all through the Revolutionary War. Her parents came to Ohio in an ox cart, in 1799, and settled in Hocking County. They had eleven children, Mrs. Swartz being the seventh. Her father was a millwright, and erected the

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first mill in locking County. Mrs. Swartz never saw an apple until in 1812 ; her father pur- chased a peck of a neighbor, who had brought some from New York. They cost $1, which was equivalent to two or three days' work, per peck. In 1817, she married Daniel Swartz, who was born in Pennsylvania December 3, 1797. This union was blessed with five children, all of whom grew up, but have since died. The sole representatives of this old lady are two grand- children and four great-grandchildren. She is now living with Jacob E. Swartz, who was born in 1860, and now lives on a farm within the corporation of Richwood, where she has lived since 1834. In her younger days, she was accustomed to driving four-horse teams, and often made the trip of eighteen miles to the nearest mill. She was a remarkably strong and hearty woman, not afraid of labor, and could make a full hand at any work ; she could feed, harness, hitch and drive a team, milk the cows, feed the hogs, chop wood, saw and roll logs, pitch and stack hay, and indeed do anything that was required on a farm in the infancy of our country. She often took her spinning-wheel on her shoulder and walked five miles to do a week's spinning, for which she would get 50 cents. She has spun and woven thousands of yards of cloth, and made all the clothing worn by the family, in addition to doing her household work and assisting the men about the farm. She has been a rigid member of the church for over a half century, and is highly respected and esteemed for her many Christian virtues. Though now over four, score years of age, she has full possession of her faculties, enjoys good health, and has a very robust constitution for one of her years.

A. J. THOMAS is a dentist in Richwood, Ohio. He was born in the State of Pennsyl- vania, Indiana County, February 16, 1847. His parents were also natives of the Keystone State, his father of Welsh and his mother of English descent. The subject of this sketch entered the army at the age of sixteen years, where he served three terms and was honorably discharged from the service August 4, 1865. After spending several years in his native State, and in the District of Columbia, he adopted the profession of dentistry, which he has followed since 1873. He located in Richwood in 1877, where he has practiced his chosen profession.

GEORGE B. TUCKER, carriage manufacturer, Richwood, was born in Cincinnati April 3, 1843, and is a son of Albert G. and Eliza J. (Evans) Tucker, the former of English and Welsh, and the latter of English descent. His father was a jeweler and silversmith, and carried on business at Lebanon, Ohio, from 1849 until the time of his death, in 1858. Our subject received his education in the Normal School at Lebanon, and learned the trade of a carpenter, which he followed until the breaking-out of the war. In 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Eighteenth Regiment Ohio Infantry, and served three years, without a day of sickness, and was a partici- pant in all the engagements in which his command figured. In 1864, he came to Richwood and engaged in the manufacture of bodies for buggies and carriages, and in selling wagons. In 1871, he married Sarah J. Moore, a native of Licking County, who died in 1880, leaving one child- Elsie J. Mr. Tucker is Captain of Company G, Fourteenth Regiment Ohio National Guards, and Chief of the Richwood Fire Department, and has been Marshal of the village. He is a member of the Protestant Church, of which he has been a Trustee, and takes an active interest in the Sabbath school.

RICHARD TYLER, farmer, P. O. Richwood, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, in 1815, and is a son of Samuel and Margaret (Smart) Tyler, the former a native of Maryland, of English descent, and the latter a native of Pennsylvania, of Dutch descent. His parents were early pioneers of Ohio, who settled where Columbus now stands, before the existence of the town. flis father was a soldier of the war of 1812, and by occupation a manufacturer and dealer in boots and shoes. Our subject attended the select schools of this State, and on December 24, 1835, married Lavina, a daughter of Rev. H. and Sarah (Vinney) Barker; her father was a minister of the Christian Church, and a native of New York, of English descent. Mr. and Mrs. Tyler have five children, viz .: Rosanna, Leroy, Isaiah, Marion and Arminda F. In 1865, the family came to Claibourne Township and settled one and a quarter miles east of Richwood, where they still reside. The parents are members of the Christian Church, to which Mr. Tyler has belonged since he was fifteen years of age. He is the owner of fifty-five acres of land, on which they reside, and which he is engaged in cultivating.

STEPHEN VAN R. YOUNG, farmer, P. O. Richwood, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, October 26, 1831, and is a son of Elijah and Amy (Larkins) Young, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of New York State, both of English descent. They were among the pioneers of Delaware County, where they settled at an early day. Our subject re- ceived an ordinary education, and early adopted the occupation of a farmer. In 1856, he went to California and spent four years and a half in the mines, with moderate success. In 1861, he returned to Ohio and married Miss Berthena Belfield, a native of England, and a daughter of William Belfield, who came to America in 1843, and settled in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Young have had three children, viz .: Willis E., Lutell, and Maggie C., deceased. The family are all members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Young is a Republican, a strong tem- perance man, and a life-long farmer, now owning ninety-five acres, nearly ten of which are in the corporation of Rich wood. He was President of the School Board when the new schoolhouse was built, and donated a part of the ground for a site. He came to Union County and settled on the farm, where he now resides, living in a log cabin, which has since been replaced by a handsome brick residence.

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S. W. VAN WINKLE, attorney at law, Richwood, was born in Indiana County, Penn., April 4, 1852. He is a son of Isaac and A. T. (Davis) Van Winkle, the former a native of Pennsyl- vania, of Dutch descent, and the latter a native of New York, of Irish descent. Our subject re- ceived a good English education in the common and high schools, and in early manhood began teaching, which he followed for some time. Being anxious to see more of the world, he engaged with a New York publishing firm, and proved himself to be both a good. salesman and a good collector. His determination was to become a lawyer, and this business afforded him an excel- lent opportunity to study human nature. As soon as it became financially practicable, he en- tered the law office of Powell & Fulton to begin the study of his chosen profession, and in this he applied himself so diligently that he completed the two years' course in eighteen months, and in 1882 was admitted to the bar. He immediately began the practice at Richwood, and is now also agent for eight insurance companies, among them the best in the United States. Ile is a Democrat, a member of the Board of School Examiners, and President of the Teachers' Insti- tute. He was married, in 1881, to Jennie Loveless, of Richwood.

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The History of Union County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, towns military record;, Part 167

Author: Durant, Pliny A. [from old catalog]; Beers, W. H., & co., Chicago, pub. [from old catalog] Publication date: 1883 Publisher: Chicago, W. H. Beers & co. Number of Pages: 1254

Author: Durant, Pliny A. [from old catalog]; Beers, W. H., & co., Chicago, pub. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Chicago, W. H. Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 1254