The History of Union County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, towns military record;, Part 82

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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B. F. CARMEAN, dry goods, Marysville. This house established business in this city April I, 1880, under the firm name of B. F. Carmean & Co. The copartnership dissolved the following year, and B. F. Carmean, succeeding the company. became sole proprietor. He carries a stock of about $20,000, and has a large and increasing trade. Mr. C. is a native of Ohio, born in Van Wert County, in 1854. llis parents, Smith and Sarah A. Carmean, were natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania, respectively. llis father died in 1855, and in 1857, his mother moved to Auglaize County, where the subject of this sketch lived a " farmer boy " until eighteen years of age, and since then has been engaged in selling dry goods. Prior to Mr. Carmean's locating in this city, he lived in Washington C. II., Ohio, where, in 1879, he was married to Miss Millie J. McElwain, a native of Fayette County.

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JOHN CASSIL, deceased. Judge John Cassil was a son of Alex and Mary (Gray) Cassil, natives of Pennsylvania and Scotland respectively, and was born in Washing- ton County, Penn., February 19, 1803. His father moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, when he (John) was quite young. Subsequently he settled in Greene County, where both his parents died. The subject of this sketch was married in Jefferson County, Ohio, April 7, 1825, to Miss Drusilla Gladden, a daughter of Joseph and Hannah ( Munu) Gladden, and a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, where she was born June 12, 1806. After marriage he became engaged in the woolen mills at Steubenville, Jefferson County, and in 1833, he removed to this county and pur- chased the land now known as the Mason Gill farm, upon which he settled. After ten years of farming, he took up his residence in Marysville, and for some years edited the Marysville Argus (now the Tribune). In 1842, he was elected Clerk of Courts, afterward served the county as Auditor, and was Associate Judge some years. At the breaking out of the rebellion he re- crusted Company F, Sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as First Lieutenant, and resigned as Captain, June 21, 1862. He was wounded at Fort Republic, and though the wound was not seri- ous, he did not recover from the effects of it for some months. He re urned to his home in 1863. At the time of his death he was Justice of the Peace. and Mayor of this city; in early life he associated with the Christian Church, and was a man widely known and highly esteemed. His demise occurred at the residence of his son in Jasper County, Mo., June 15, 1869. He was the father of thirteen children-Gustavus A., a resident of New Mexico ; Hannah, widow of James Kinkade of this city; Mary G., deceased ; Samuel, deceased; Joseph G., a printer at Woodfield, Monroe Co., Ohio; Alexander G., who enlisted in the Nineteenth Ohio Battery, and afterward raised a company of colored troops (artillery) in Tennessee, and died at the Soldier's Home, Dayton, Ohio, December 19, 1882; Mary J., wife of Hon. J. W. Robinson; Reuben, a resident of Fort Bend County, Texas; Elward, deceased ; James M., a resident of Fort Bend County, Texas; Martha E., at home ; David G , deceased, and Drusilla, deceased.

A. S. CHAPMAN. The parents of the gentleman whose name heads this notice were Ros- well Riggs Chapman, born in Blandford, Mass .. September 21, 1793, and Phoebe Stansbery, born in Scotch Plains, N. J., March 1, 1798. In 1803, the Chapman family came to Ohio with the Scioto Company, and located at Worthington, Franklin County. This company was composed of members of the Episcopal Church. and was intended to establish an Episcopal settlement un- der the leadership of Col. James Kilbourn, who was its first minister. The Chapmans, who were Presbyterians in their religious belief, took the place in the colony of a family which failed to em- igrate, and settled on the west side of the O entangy River, about three miles above Worth- ington. The oldest son, Roswell Riggs Chapman, enlisted iu Capt. Levi Pinney's Company in the war of 1812, served as a musician, becoming fife major of his regiment, and was taken pris- oner by the British at Detroit upon the surrender of that post by Gen. Hull. After his return, he engaged as clerk for the Scioto Company in their store, subsequently forming a partnership in the dry goods, grocery and general produce business with his uncle, Dr. Daniel Upson. In the spring of 1816, he was married to Phoebe Stansbery. Ilis health failed in 1826, and in 1827, being threatened with consumption, he went South, thinking to derive benefit from the change. The disease, however, had too strong a hold upon him, and he died on a steamer on the 13th of December, 1827, and was buried at Natchez, Miss. His wife, Phoebe Stansbery, was the only child of Judge Recompense Stansbery, who emigrated to Worthington, Ohio, in 1810, coming through Pennsylvania, down the Ohio River on a flat-boat and up the Muskingum as far as Zanesville, thence by wagon to Granville, in what is now Licking County, Ohio, and across the country to Worthington. Between the latter points there was then no road, and he was compelled to clear his way with an ax. Mr. Stansbery occupied a prominent position in the new settlement. In 1814, he was appointed Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas; was Justice of the Peace, and in that capacity married many of the early settlers, among them Orange Johnson and wife, pioneers of Columbus. He was for twenty-five years Postmaster at Worthington; was a large landholder and stock owner, having at one time 1200 sheep, when the region was yet thickly infested with wolves. IFe died in 1843. Albert Stansbery Chapman was born in Worthington, Franklin Co., Ohio, April 26, 1823, and passed his early years in acquir- ing an education. At the age of twelve, he began attending school at Blendon, under the in- struction of Rev. Ebenezer Washburn, remaining two years, and next became a pupil of the Worthington school, taught by Rev. R. K. Nash. At the age of eighteen years, he began read- ing medicine and teaching school during the winters. In 1843. he entered as clerk the dry goods establishment of his uncle, Ira Reynolds, at West Liberty, Logan Co., Ohio, where he re- mained until 1845, going thence to Richland, in the same county, where he established a store of his own. In 1846, he removed to the village of Newton, in Liberty Township, Union Co., Ohio, engaging in mercantile business, and remaining until the fall of 1847, when he returned to Rich- land and entered into partnership with his brother in merchandising and the manufacture of saleratus and boots and shoes. In 1854, he again came to Union County, settling at Marysville, and embarking in the dry goods business in company with his brother and Isaac Channell. In the fall of 1855, owing to the failure of his health-consumption threatening him-he closed out his business, purchased the old homestead at Worthington, and moved upon it, having lived there during his youth with his grandfather, Judge Stansbery. Being compelled from the state

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of his health to seek out-of-door employment, Mr. Chapman acquired a taste for farming, and in 1862, purchased the farm in Jerome Township, Union t'ounty, now owned by John Curry, con- taining about 182 acres. In the spring of 1870, he located a second time at Marysville, enter- ing into partnership with his son in the agricultural implement business, under the firm name of C. S. Chapman & Co. In 1874, he and others organized the People's Bank, at Marysville, and in 1875, he formed a partnership with John S. Fleck, under the firm name of Fleck & Chapman, for the purpose of manufacturing doors, sash and blinds, and dealing in lumber. The business of this firm has increased from $7,000 in 1875, to $60,000 in 1882, over two million feet of lum- ber, and fifty cars of shingles, and both handled in a year. When he came here, in 1874, he subscribed stock to a company formed for the purpose of manufacturing tubs, spokes, feather strips, etc., and became its superintendent and treasurer. He disposed of his stock when he became a partner in his present business with Mr. Fleck, in 1875. Mr. Chapman is still inter- ested in agriculture, and in company with his son owns 385 acres of land in Jerome Township. When twenty-two years of age, Mr. Chapman married Miss Eveline M. Couch, of Springfield, Ohio, and to them have been born three children, of whom Charles Stansbery Chapman, present cashier of the People's Bank at Marysville, is the oldest, and the only survivor; Frank, the second child, died at the age of five years ; Minnie, the youngest, was married in 1871. to A. J. Reicherts, of Delaware, Ohio, and died in 1872, leaving one child, who is living with her grand- father Chapman. Mr. Chapman, being left at the early age of four years without the example and counsel of a father, found that he must place dependence on himself in the great battle of life, and consequently determined to devote himself to study and become master of any business in which he should choose to engage. During his whole life it has been his aim to deal fairly and in good faith in his business transactions, and his word being once given has ever been strictly kept. Being of a careful and cautious nature, he has never engaged in wild or vision ary speculations, but preferred the natural growth and legitimate profits of regular business. By strict attendance to business matters, with industry and economy he has accumulated not great wealth, but a sufficient competence. Charles Stansbery Chapman, oldest son and only sur- viving child of A. S. and Eveline (Couch ) Chapman, was born in Union County, Ohio, November . 15, 1846; was educated in the schools of Worthington, Franklin Co., Ohio, and in 1870, came to Marysville, and engaged in business with his father. lle has also been a member of the stock company which operates the People's Bank ,since its organization, and has held the position of cashier fron the beginning of the bank's existence. This position he fills admirably, and his genial and gentlemanly qualities insure for him popularity and the respect of patrons and citi- zens generally. He is a joint owner with his father ju a large farm in Jerome Township. the two engaging extensively in stock-raising. Mr. Chapman's energies are always alive to public im- provement and business advancement-traits which he inherits from his father. In 1870, he married Anna T., daughter of James Kinkade (now deceased), of Marysville, and two children -Frank T. and Max, have blessed this union.

F. J. CHIERRINGTON. photographer, Marysville. This social gentleman is a germ of the Buckeye State, and was born near Gallipolis, Ohio, in 1845, his parents, Jefferson and Mary (Ilank) Cherrington, being distinguished among the early and respected pioneers of Galila County. llis father was a farmer and resided in that county until his death. He was in early life a teacher of schools and music, and a life-long member of the M. E. Church. The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm and learned to labor with his hands. Attaining age and having a natural taste for photographing, he learned the trade and established himself in busi- ness at Logan, Hocking County, Ohio. Four years afterward he came to this city and opened the gallery on Main street, and opposition of no merit being offered in the Main street studio, he purchased the concern, since which time he has had control of the trade in the city and county surrounding. He is a thorough student of his profession, and produces the most approved styles of photography. Mr. C. during the rebellion gave his service to the one hundred day call in the One Hundred and Forty-first O. V. I. Ile was married in 1874 to Miss Hattie, a daughter of George Strong, of Logan, Ohio. Two children born to this union are both living, viz .: George N. and Winnie M.

D. S. CLEMENT, retired, P. O. Marysville. David S. Clement, one of Union Couuty's prominent pioneers, was born in Madison County, Ohio, July 15, 1831. Hecame to this county when a youth with his parents, where he acquired his education, and locating in the southi- western part of the county, engaged in the mercantile trade. Here he built up a large business and named the place Irwin, which name it yet retains, and has become a populous village. He secured the first post office, and was virtually the founder of Irwin. He served as Postmaster for ten consecutive years, and for a long period was Justice of the Peace. In 1865, he joined a colony and emigrated to Hannibal, Mo., and four years later returned and settled in Marys- ville, where he has since made his home. He subsequently engaged in the greenhouse business until 1882, when he retired from the active duties of life, to the comforts of his home and family. His companion in marriage, whose maiden name was Lydia A. Miller, is a daughter of James Culver Miller, and his mother (Zelinda) was a descendant of the celebrated Burnham family, which is found in the early records of Massachusetts and Connecticut. The coat-of-arms to the name was granted on the 25th of October, A. D. 1517, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, to Sir

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William Burnham, of the West of England. The records go to show that the Burnham family spring from three brothers who landed at Cape Ann about the seventeenth century. Two of the brothers (John and Thomas), settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and Joshua at a place called Black Point in New llampshire or Maine. The present representatives of the family come of the fifth generation, of which Ebenezer is the head. He with his sons (John and Josiah) were soldiers in the Revolutionary war. Hiram G. Miller, great grandson of Ebenezer, was born June 23, 1828, and is a resident of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Clement are the parents of one child-Estella (wife of IIenry Burnett, of this city).

HON. J. B. COATS, Probate Judge, Marysville. John B. Coats was born in Guilford, Windham Co., State of Vermont, on the 5th day of September, A. D. 1821, in which State, with the exception of about two years' residence in the State of Massachusetts, he continued to re- side until a few weeks prior to reaching majority. He was principally engaged in farm labor during this time, leaving home to engage in the battle of life, on his own account, when a little over thirteen years of age. He received such education as the common schools afforded at . hat time, and after leaving home made it a point to attend school during the three winter months, until arriving at majority. In 1842, he bid adieu to his native hills and started for Ohio, se- lecting it as, in his judgment, the best of the then Western States, arriving at Xenia in Septem- ber of the aforesaid year. After attending school at the latter place for a few months, to add to his then limited store of knowledge, and familiarize himself with the customs of the country, he commenced teaching near Jamestown, Greene Co., Ohio. He continued teaching and labor- ing on a farm up to the year 1848, during which time he had read law with John H. Watson, of Xenia, at which place he was admitted to the bar, on the 17th day of June, A. D 1847. In 1848, his health having become so impaired as to incapacitate him for entering upon the prac- tice of his profession, he returned to his native State to recuperate, where he remained for about a year and a half, engaged in teaching and various pursuits a portion of the time. His health being restored, he returned to Ohio and located in Marysville, in December, 1849, entering into partnership in the practice of law with P. B. Cole, Esq., which partnership continued for about two years. Soon after coming to Marysville, he engaged in editorial labors, at intervals, as assistant editor of the Marysville Tribune. then under the control of the late Hon. C. S. Hamil- ton ; being a pronounced Whig in politics, he labored in various ways to insure the success of that party till it ceased to exist, when he became a Republican. In November, 1853, he pur- chased the Tribune of Mr. Hamilton, assumed the editorial control of the same and continued to act in that capacity for one year, when he sold out. During his brief editorial career, he still continued in the practice of the law, in partnership with John L. Porter, under the firm name of Coats & Porter. This was continued with an interruption of a few years up to 1862, when Mr. Porter went into the army. In 1858, he began acting as assistant editor of the Union Press and so continued until 1859; and in 1861 he assumed the editorship of the same paper, and in this capacity acted until the paper changed hands, some time in 1863. While engaged editori- ally, he labored with zeal to promote the success of the Republican party, and was a delegate in the convention of July 13th, 1854, at Columbus, which practically formed that party, and to which he has adhered during the years of its existence. The first office he was called to fill was that of Justice of the Peace, to which he was elected in 1851, serving three years, and again elected to the same office in 1857. In 1859, he was elected to the office of Prosecuting Attorney of the county, a position that he held for three successive terms, when he retired. At the October election, in 1869, he was elected to the office of Probate Judge, which office, by successive elections, he now holds, having entered on his fifth term. At the April election, in 1873, he was elected a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, to which position he had been nominated by a Republican convention, held in March of that year. It is but justice to Judge Coats to say that he did not seek this, and during the canvass, prior to his nomination, spoke against the use of his name, believing it not in the fitness of things that he. while holding one office, should seek, or be elected to, another ; but on receiving the nomination, he deemed it but justice to his friends who had placed him in nomination, that he should accept, and leave the matter in the hands of the people, to whose decision in the premises, he felt willing to submit with cheerfulness. He had numerous competitors for the nomination, which, as he had fore- seen, caused some bitterness of feeling, and his competitor at the polls being an independent candidate, made the contest a very lively one, out of which he came with a majority of thirteen, in a very light vote. On April 20, 1854, Judge Coats married Catharine P. Vastine, of Dela- ware County Ohio, daughter of John and Catharine (Hetrick) Vastine, who removed to Iowa in 1854, and remained until their deaths. By this marriage three children have been born, to wit: John Wilber (who died in 1872 in his eighteenth year), Frances D., born October 19, 1856, and Charles N., born June 8, 1861.

JOHN CODER, grocer, Marysville. The parents of John Coder were among the earliest pilgrims of Ross County, Ohio, and all classified with the pioneers of York Township, Union County, where they settled in 1835. Simon, his father, was a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother, whose name was Jane Gault, was a Virginian. He was a blacksmith by trade, but cleared a farm in York and Taylor Townships. He is a resident of York Township at this time, and is in the ninety-second year of his age. His estimable wife died in May, 1848. They were

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parents of eight children, five of whom are living. The subject of this sketch was born in Ross County October 31, 1827. He was raised on a farm, and learned the trade of his father, at which he worked, when he came to this city in 1856. He first opened a shop on Main street, and for twenty-six years applied himself diligently to his profession. In the spring of 1882, he opened to the public a choice stock of groceries in his present location, and enjoys the good will and trade of a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. Mr. Coder was married in Decem- ber, 1847, to Miss Catherine Staley, a native of Greene County, Ohio. This union has been blessed with four children, three of whom are living, viz .: Jennie, William F. and Charles O. Mr. Coder numbers among the oldest resident business men of the city. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Order of Red Men and Methodist Episcopal Church.

DANIEL COE, deceased, was born in Washington County, Penn., March 3, 1801. When eleven years of age, his parents died, and he was brought to live with his brother in the West, the family living in Jefferson County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood. Here he met and mar- ried Miss Mary Gladden, a daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Munn) Gladden, who were pioneers of Jefferson County in 1795, where she (Mary) was born on Jannary 18, 1804 This couple pioneered their march of settlement to Union Connty in 1834, and founded a home on the banks of the tig Darby, where Mr. Coe passed the remainder of his days. His death is recorded January 17, 1851. He was a farmer and was highly esteemed. He was the father of twelve children, five of whom are living, viz .: Philip, Joseph, a resident of Massachusetts, entered the ranks of the Union armny in 1861, in Company D, Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private, and served through the battles in which that regiment engaged, and was promoted to First Lieu- tenant; Sarıh, wife of J. W. Robinson ; Lizzie, who was married in February, 1855, to Dr. Swayne, a celebrated physician of this county, by whom she had four children-Isabella, Mary, deceased; Martha and John. Dr. Swayne died in 1863, and in September, 1867, she married L. H. Smith, now a resident of Kansas, by which she has one child, Jennie; and Mary. wife R. Ilenderson, of Minneapolis, Minn. Mrs. Coe moved to and occupied her residence at Marys- ville in 1854, and is now surrounded by the younger generation. She has thirty-seven grand- children and five great-grandchildren. She is in the enjoyment of good health and is now in the seventy-ninth year of her age. Daniel and Mary Coe were life-long members of the Presbyterian Church and among the oldest and most respected citizens.

EDWARD EVERETT COLE, attorney, Marysville, was born in Marysville, Ohio, March 17, 1853. He taught school in Milford Centre one term in the winter of 1870-71, and entered the sophomore class at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in September, 1871. In the fall of 1872, he entered the junior class at the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, and grad- nited from that institution in 1874. In the same year he removed to lluntington, Ind., where he was connecte l with the Indiana Herald as local editor for some time. He returned to M , rys- ville in 1875, studied law with his father, Judge P. B. Cole, and was admitted to the bar Feb- ruary 13, 1876. Since that time he has practiced his profession at Marysville.

GEORGE COLMAN, the subject of this sketch, is one of the wealthiest and most influential Germans of Union County. He was born in Byrne, Germany, April 14, 1828, and is a son of John A. and Mary ( Kreitline) Colman ; the former a native of Byrne, was born August 9, 1797, and the latter a native of Newburg, Germany, was born March - They emigrated to the United States in 1840 and settled in Darby Township, where Mr. Colman purchased a tract of woodland containing 160 acres. Ile, with his family, occupied it till his death, which occurred May, 1879. Mr. Colman, our subject, is the fourth of a family of twelve children. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and acquired his education in the common schools of the day, which were by no means noted for their excellence. When of age he embarked in life for himself, working by the month at wages of $8 per month. He was employed as a month-laborer for seven years, at a salary ranging from $8 to $18 per month. At the expiration of this term he had saved of the fruits of his " hard and honest toil" $1,400. He invested in seventy-one acres of land, now forming a part of his home farm, on which he located in the latter part of 1855. His farm was in its original state, and no improvements had yet been made, Mr. Colman began the work of clearing and improving his farm. He made subsequent additions to the original purchase,

till his home farm now embodies 600 acres, besides 375 acres located in Jerome Township. Mr. Colman is a representative of that thrifty class of Germans who had intelligence and principle, and although he went to do for himself when a poor boy, by his ceaseless industry and energy he has acquired large and valuable property, now owning, in all, 975 acres of finely improved land. He is a man of honor and integrity, and his success in life has been honorably achieved. He displays an important interest in all public enterprises, and is considered one of the most successful farmers of Union County. Ile was married April 17, 1855, to Mary C. Miller, daughter of John and Rebecca Miller. Mrs. Colman, a native of Germany, was born in My, 1833. Of ten children by this union, seven are living, viz. : John A., William G., John H., John M., Lizzie, Mary, and Emanuel L. Barbara, Anna and an infant are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Colman are members of the Lutheran Church, and Mr. C. is in political affairs a Republican.

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The History of Union County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, towns military record;, Part 82

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