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R. M. HENDERSON, Cashier Marysville Bank, Marysville, is a son of Thomas and Etha - linda (Magee) Henderson, natives of Washington County, Penn., who settled in Dover Town- ship in 1840, where he resided until the close of his life in 1873. He was a substantial farmer and a reliable man, and esteemed by all who knew him. The widow is yet a resident of the homestead, and is the mother of ten children by this marriage, nine of whom are living. The subject of this sketch was born in Brooke County, W. Va., April 14, 1840. He spent the early years of his life on the farm, and in 1861 became engaged as agent for the C., C., C. R. R. at that. time the Springfield, Mt. Vernon & Pittsburgh R. R. This position he abandoned in 1865, and,
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locating in this city, formed an association with O. M. Scott in the sale of agricultural imple- ments and sewing machines, and represented several companies in the insurance business. This firm dissolved in the fall of 1869, at which time he entered upon the duties of his present posi- tion in the Marysville Bank, where he has since been constantly engaged. Mr. Henderson was married September 11, 1863, to Miss Sarah A., daughter of Dr. M. W. Peck. a native of Connect- icut. Three children born to this issue are all living, viz : Eddie L., Myrta and Willie.
JOHN HOBENSACK, County Sheriff. Marysville. Sheriff Hobensack inherits the blood of the German, who with his progenitors, bequeathed to posterity the valor of the illustrious name.
"Our Ancestry, a gallant race, Patterns of every virtue, every grace."
The grandparents of John and Hannah Hobensack, with the maternal connections, John and Rachael Fetter, emigrated to the American sbore in 1773, and founded homes in the wilderness of the Keystone State, where they lived, sorrowed, rejoiced and died. Their rude cabins have long since given place to the commodious residences of their children, and the advance of civili- zation has embraced their settlement in the populous Montgomery County. They were patriots of the Revolutionary war, and both were officers through that struggle. The paternal head sub- sequently erected a large distillery, where he carried on an extensive business to the close of his life. Isaac and Emily (Fetter) Hobensack, the parents of our subject, were both natives of Montgomery County, Penn. They subsequently moved to Bucks County, Penn., where she died in 1875. He was a farmer by occupation, but at this time is living in retirement at his home. The subject of this sketch, whose portrait appears in this work, was born in Bucks County, Penn., September 16, 1833. Ile was reared on the homestead, and on August 5, 1862, joined the legions of the Union army as a private in Company F, First New Jersey Cavalry. He was subsequently commissioned Second Lieutenant, and received rapid promotion to First Lieutenant and Captain of the company. For meritorius conduct on the field, he was brevetted Major, Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel of the regiment, and gave a gallant record to this. arm of the service, participating in all the hard fought battles of the Army of the Potomac. He was wounded at Cedar Mountain, Va., August 9, 1862, and carried off the field. During action at Brandy Station, Va., and while in command of the Second Battalion, he, with eighty-seven of his men, were taken prisoners. He was stripped of his boots and hat, and taken to Centerville, Va., in the midst of the rebel army. During the first night of confinement, he with several others. escaped to the Union lines. He was again wounded at New Hope Church, Ga., but continued in active service to the close of the war. In 1866, he occupied a farm in the north of Union County, Ohio, where he resided until his election as Sheriff in October, 1880, at which time he took up his residence in Marysville, and assumed the duties of his office. His abilities and integrity as an officer needs no comment. His record during the first term gave him hosts of friends, and at the convention held in Sep- tember, 1882, he was re-nominated by acclamation, and is now serving the second term. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, I. O. O. F. and Senior Grand Commander G. A. R. Ile was married in his native county in 1854, to Miss Margaret Krewson, a native of Bucks County, Penn., who died in 1860, leaving one son, Isaac K His second marriage to Miss Emma E. Mayberry, of Bucks County, occurred in 1865. Nine children born to this union are all living, viz .: Henry HI., Annetta, John W., Lincoln C., Lawrence, Carrie V., Maggie H., Ola H. and Elsie. The family are connected with the Baptist Church.
ABRAHAM HORNBECK, farmer, P. O. Marysville, was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, December 17, 1833. He is a son of George and Lucy (Michelfish) Hornbeek, the former a native of Mason County, Ky., was born May 6, 1795, and the latter of Virginia, was born No- vember 21, 1805. They were married in Pickaway County in 1820, and in 1839 with six chil- dren removed to this county and located on the farm now owned and occupied by Abraham Horn- beck. They resided there until 1870 and removed to Shelby County, Ill., where Mr. Hornbeck died March 7, 1874. Mrs. Hornbock returned and has since lived with Abraham. lle was brought up to manhood on his father's farm. When twenty years of age he went to do for him- self, and followed working by the month till he was married, November 2, 1861. Mrs. Horn- beck nee Eliza Dines, was a daughter of James C. and Providence Dines, natives of Kentucky. The former, Mr. Dines was born August 4, 1796, and Mrs. Dines was born November 9, 1800. . They were the parents of seven children, of whom three are living. Mr. and Mrs. Hornbeck have had three children. Mrs. Ilornbeck had six children by her former husband, James C. MCCrary. Of these one is living. His name is James (" .; he was born November 4, 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Hornbeck are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Hornbeck is a Republican. He owns a farm of 237 acres.
S. L. IRWIN, harness and saddlery, Marysville. Mr. Irwin is a descendant of a pioneer family, and was born in Marysville in 1849. IIc is a grandson of John Irwin, who pioneered his march of settlement to this county in 1830. His father, Samuel K., was a native of Union County, and by trade a cabinet-maker, but in early life became engaged in teaching school at various places, and was among the first tutors of the early times. His wife, Elmina Tucker, was a native of Vermont, by whom he had five children. The living are Corydon S., Elmina L., wife of A. W. Allen, of Plain City, Madison County, and S. L. Cyprian L., third son, was a soldier in the ranks of the Union army, who was missed and is supposed to have been killed at
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the battle of Shiloh, April 7, 1862. The parents have joined the absent children in that. better home, while that which remains is interred in the cemetery of this county. The sub- ject of this sketch was born at Marysville, January 7, 1849, and enlisted in 1864, in Company H, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Ohio National Guards, and served in garrison duty south of Washington, D. C., until the close of the war. He succeeded W. S. Smith in the harness and saddlery business in 1874, and at this time carries a stock of from $2,000 to $3,000, being the most complete line of its kind in the city. At the time of his purchase it was a small business and stock, but Mr. I. has, by due application to business, cultivated a per- manent and established trade. His marriage to Miss Flora A. Winget, a native of this county, and a daughter of T. M. Winget, a respected pioneer of this city, took place in 1873. Mr. Irwin is a member of the Masonic order, and is connected with the Presbyterian Church of this city. GEORGE JORDAN, Recorder, Marysville, is the youngest son of William Jordan, a native of Scotland, who embarked to the United States when twenty years of age. He was married in Belmont County, in 1832, to Miss Nancy Westlake, a Virginian. The same year he moved and settled in this county, where he passed the remainder of his life. The widow and mother resides with our subject, and is in the eightieth year of her age. They raised a family of nine children, eight of whom are living. He, William, was a mason by trade, but purchased a farm, which the boys worked while he labored at his avocation. The subject of this sketch enlisted in 1862, in Company C, Seventeenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in the ranks until wounded on the field of Chickamauga, September 20, 1863. He received an ugly wound on the left arm, shattering that member, and rendering it almost useless. He was placed in a Gov- erument wagon, where he lay three days crossing the Cumberland Mountains to Bridgeport. Thence he was conveyed by cars to Nashville, where his arm was operated upon. He had the care of a board of physicians, who experimented on the shattered arm, and it was decided he must suffer amputation ; but the physician in charge gave the one single chance to save that useful member, and although he did not recover its use, 'tis lett to mark a page in his life's history, and the service he freely gave his country and its flag. In consequence, he was honorably discharged, and upon recovery he bent his energies in attaining an education in the schools of this city, and attended Mercantile College, at Columbus, taking a course of tele- graphing and penmanship. In 1872, he embarked in the mercantile trade at Pottersburg, and four years later returned to the home farm, where he was engaged until his election to the office of County Recorder in 1882, where he is at this time engaged. He has a farm of sev- enty acres in Allen Township, and a residence in this city. He was married in the fall of 1865 to Miss Nancy, daughter of Abraham Holycross, a native of Allen Township. Their children are Delmer N., Samuel N., Frank A. and William F. Mr. Jordan served as Clerk and Director in Allen Township, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Grand Army of the Republic. Politically, he is a thorough Republican.
ASIILEY KIGHTLINGER, contractor, Marysville. This family is of German extraction, the pilgrims of whom settled in Pennsylvania, where the parents, Abraham and Nancy, were born. They were among the pioneers of 1812 to Morrow County, Ohio, traveling from Penn- sylvania with ox teams They raised a family of six boys and six girls, eleven of whom are living. Five of the boys were soldiers in the three years' service of the Union army in the late rebellion, one of them enlisting the third time. Some of the children subsequently settled in Tazewell County, 111., where the father died in the seventy-third year of his age. The sub- ject of this sketch was born in Morrow County, Ohio, in 1835. Left an orphan when young, he had the rugged edge of life to fight, and without means he started out, finding employ- ment in Indiana, and by strict economy and perseverance he was enabled to save enough to purchase thirty-five acres of land in Paris Township, paying $25 per acre for the same. This was the stepping-stone to his further success, which has been earned by hard labor and honest toil. In 1879, he moved to this city, and settled on his commodious place of fourteen acres, where he has since been engaged in teaming and contracting. He enlisted in the ranks of the Union army August 9, 1862, in Company K, Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He participated in the battles of Chickasaw Bluff, Miss., De- cember 29, 1862; Arkansas Post, January 11, 1863; Mobile, Ala., December 22, 1864; Sabinc Cross Roads, La., April 8, 1864; Fort Gaines, Ala., August 2 to 23, 1864; Fort Morgan, Ala., August 5 to 23, 1864, and others. He was wounded at Vicksburg with a piece of shell, but lost no time in consequence. The marriage of Mr. K to Miss Amanda, daughter of Benjamin C. and Cynthia A. Grubb, occurred in October, 1858. Willie E. is the only living issue of this union. Mr. K. is a member of both branches of the I. O. O. F. order, of the G. A. R., and con- nected with the Methodist Episcopal Church.
M. C. LAWRENCE (deceased). Col. M. C. Lawrence was born in Marysville, Union Co., Ohio, April 20, 1832. His parents, William C. and Rosana (Piper) Lawrence, were both natives of Pennsylvania, and among the early pioncers of Delaware and Union Counties; the former was a graduate of Washington College, Pennsylvania, and a practicing attorney of this city unfil his death. The subject of this sketch acquired his education in the schools of this city, and began the study of law in the office of Judge Cole; he was admitted to the bar in 1858, and forming a partnership with his preceptor, began the practice of his chosen profession. He was one of the best-read lawyers in this district, and his opinions on questions of law were highly valued.
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His honor and integrity were without reproach, and he was a successful practitioner. At the breaking-out of the rebellion, he was among the first to respond 10 the call for troops. He joined the ranks of the Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in April, 1861, and was commis- sioned First Lieutenant Company F, in which rank he was discharged at the expiration of service, August 25, 1861. Resuming practice until August 8, 1862, he enlisted as Second Lieu- tenant for the purpose of recruiting, and was commissioned Captain of Company A, One Hun- dred and Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which rank he joined the forces of Gen. Buell in his pursuit of Bragg. Ile participated in the battles of Perryville, Ky., October 6 to 8, 1862; Chickamauga, Ga., September 19 to 23, 1863; Lookout Mountain, Tenn., November 24,1863; Mission Ridge, Mo., February 3, 1863; Resaca, [Ga., Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June to July, 1864; the Atlanta campaign, Buzzard's Roost, Ga., February 25, 1864, and most of the hard-fought battles in which that regiment was engaged; as an officer, he was the most efficient, and as a soldier one of the bravest and coolest that ever met the rattle of musketry or the glittering bayonets of the foe; he was in command of his regiment, as a Captain, on the field of Chickamauga, where he displayed valor, intrepidity and fearless bravery, attaining laurels which live imperishable to his name. For meritorious service, he was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment November 10, 1863, in which rank he was compelled to resign, by reason of failing health, October 2. 1864, and returned to his home. In 1865, he was chosen and elected a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, and was re- elected to the same position in 1867, serving both terms with great satisfaction to his constitu- ents. In 1873, he represented this district in the Ohio State Senate. He died December 15, 1881. He was a Royal Arch Mason, and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. His wife, Mrs. Celinda F. Lawrence, who survives, is a daughter of James and Angela Turner, who were pioneers of Union County in 1834, both deceased. Col. Lawrence was, in many public matters, prominently identified with the county. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence; all are living-Anna J., William O. and Marcenas T.
ADISON LEE, farmer, P. O. Marysville, a native of Hampshire County, Va., was born May 20, 1819. His father, Thomas Lee, was born in Old Virginia; he served eighteen months in the war of 1812. Adison's mother, Anna Good, wasa native of West Virginia; her father was a Revolutionary patriot, and died subsequently in Virginia. Adison's parents migrated to Ohio in 1833 and settled in Clark County, where they resided one year, then removed to Leesburg, Union Township, where Mr. Lee died in March, 1865. Our subject was reared on a farm, and occupied the old homestead till 1865, when he removed to his present location. February 17, 1843, he was united in marriage with Mary A. Belville, a danghter of Joseph and Sarah Bel- ville, and a native of Belmont County. Mrs. Lee was born June 17, 1818; nine children were born to this union; of these six are living-Joseph T .; William S .; John M .; Henry R .: Louisa J., wife of Columbus Hildreth; and Melissa A., wife of Samuel Myers; Anna, Sarah and Samuel are deceased. Mr. Lee owns a good farm of 241 acres, and is engaged in its pursuits in connection with rearing stock. Ile started out in life a common laborer, and by industry has made for himself valuable property. He and wife are members of the Christian Church, in which he has acted as Clerk for thirty years; his political associations are with the Demo- cratic party.
TEMPLETON LIGGETT, furniture manufacturer, Marysville, one of the city's oldest and most respected citizens, was born in Warren County, Ohio, December 6, 1818, and is a son of John and Mary (McCormick) Liggett, natives of Rockbridge County, Va., who were among the early pioneers of Xenia, Greene Co., Ohio, where they both died. The subject of this sketch came to this county in 1849; he became engaged in the lumber trade and erected the first steam saw-mill in Union County, below California, in Jerome Township. Here he was engaged for ten years, and removed to the Ohio White Sulphur Springs. Returning in 1874, he opened a steam saw-mill in this city, and in the summer of 1882 moved to his present quarters, and is engaged in the manufacture of furniture, turning and job-work, his being the only turning shop in the city. He served as Justice of the Peace three years, and is widely known as Squire Liggett. His marriage to Miss Rebecca, daughter of Alex Patterson, occurred December 31, 1849. She was a native of Logan County, Ohio, born August 26, 1828. Four children born to this union are all living, viz., Laurila A., Celina, William K., who is connected with his father in business, and Mattie. The parents and one of the children are members of the Congregational Church.
W. M. LIGGETT, County Treasurer, Marysville. The family of Liggetts were among the hardy pioneers of Warren County, Ohio, where John, the father of our subject, was born, Ilis wife, whose maiden name was Mary Lamme, was a native of Greene County, Ohio. The parents joined in the early settlement of Jerome Township, Union County, where the subject of this sketch was born November 4, 1846. He was reared on the homestead farm, and, receiving a common school education, passed a course of studies in the University at Urbana, Ohio. He gave lis service to his country's flag and joined the boys in blue February 29, 1864, in Company K. Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in the fortunes of that regiment until after the close of the war. He participated in the battles of Cane River, La., April 24, 1864; Pleasant Hill, La., April 9, 1864; Fort Gaines, Ala., August 2 to 8, 1864; Fort Morgan, Ala., August 8 to 23, 1864; Fort Spanish, and all other battles in which the regiment was engaged. In July, 1865, he was transferred, by order of the War Department, to the Seventy-seventh Ohio Volun -
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teer Infantry, from which he was discharged as Sergeant at Brownsville, Tex. He was mustered out of service at Columbus, Ohio, March 26, 1866. Returning to peaceful pursuits, he became associated with C. L. Robinson in the livery business. In the spring of 1873, he disposed of his interest to accept a call as Assistant Cashier of the Marysville Bank, which position he occupied until called upon to perform the duties of County Treasurer in September, 1880. He was re-elected in 1882, and in this official trust has rendered faithful and efficient service to his constituents. Mr. Liggett is Colonel of the Fourteenth Ohio National Guards, and Adjutant of the Post G. A. R. He was married July 3, 1876, to Miss Matilda R., daughter of ex-Probate Judge Brown. of this city, where she was born. Two children, Madaline and Robert, are the issue of this union, both living.
DANIEL LONGBREAK, farmer, P. O. Marysville. Mr. Longbreak was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, March 5, 1811, and is a son of George and Susannah (Catrow) Longbreak, both natives of Virginia. The subject of this sketch was raised on the homestead farm, and was married in 1837 to Miss Melinda, a daughter of Judah Dodge, and a native of this county. To this union five children were born, four of whom are living, viz., Junie, wife of Adam Weaver, of Franklin County, Kan .; Will II .; Susannah, wife of J. A. Jewell, of Franklin County, Kan., and John M. Mr. Longoreak hal but a limited education, but was taught to labor with his hands, and by perseverance and close application to his business, could easily rest from the reward of his toil. He occupies a neat residence in this city, with four acres of land, and in Paris Town- ship has a well improved farm of 292 acres. Ile is a stanch and reliable citizen, a good neighbor and a lover of home.
LEVI LONGBREAK, farmer, P. O. Marysville. This patriarch, whose living features may be found in the pages of this volume, has stood the storms of threescore years and ten. His parents, George and Susannah ( Catrow) Longbreak, were both natives of Virginia, who pioneered their march of settlement to Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1806. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, a farmer by occupation, and resided in his new home until 1813, when he founded a permanent settlement in Clark County, Ohio. Ilis death occurred four years later in 1817. They were the parents of seven children, four of whom are living, as follows: Naucy, wife of J. K Ritchey, of this city: Sarah, widow of Chester Farnham (deceased); Daniel and Levi. The widow and mother, with her children, moved, and occupied a farm in Dover Township, Union County, Ohio, in 1830, where she lived to the close of her life in October, 1856. The subject of this sketch is the youngest living son, and was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, in November, 1812. He was reared on a farm, and learned to labor with his hands. This occupation he has followed through life, and the elements of his success are found in his industry and economy. His possessions of landed property in Dover Township will cover 260 acres, in addition to 428 acres of well-cultivated land in Paris Township. He settled on his present estate in this city in 1869, at that time consisting of eighty-nine acres in the corporation limits. A small fraction of this land has been divided into, and sold as, buitding lots, upon which have been erected com- fortable and commodious dwellings, adding to the beauty and growth of the city. He is one of the founders and directors of the Union County Infirmary, and of the Farmers' Bank, and has always taken an active part in all public and private improvements. His marriage to Miss Annis, daughter of Judah Dodge, of this county, occurred in 1839. Of the nine children born to this union, but four are living, viz., Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Gilchrist ; Levi L., who married a daughter of Dr. Stoddard, of Wooster, Ohio, and is a prominent lawyer of Minneapolis, Minn .; Sarah, and Clarissa, wife of John Castle, of Philadelphia, Penn.
GEORGE LOVELL, boot and shoe dealer, Marysville. George Lovell, one of our oldest and respected business men, was born in County Northampton, England, June 7, 1829, and migrated to the United States in 1855. HIe located for one year at West Jefferson, Madison County, when he removed to this city, and in the fall of 1856, established himself in business on Main street. He has occupied various points for business in the city, and in 1864 he admitted Thomas Martin as a partner. This firm carried on a successful trade for ten years, and was dissolved in 1874, Martin retiring. In 1876, Mr. Lovell occupied his present location, where he enjoys a large cus- tom trade and a liberal patronage in the sale of manufactured goods. He was married, in 1861, to Miss Rosanah Martin, a native of Ireland. This union has been blest with three children, two of whom are living, viz. : Thomas, who is associated with his father in the store, and Mary. The family are members of the Catholic Church.
WILLIAM C. MALIN, harness-maker, Marysville. This family springs from Virginia stock, nt the original name (Melon) seems to have undergone a slight change. William Melon, he grandfather, was a pioneer to Champaign County, Ohio, in 1800. He was an auctioneer but cleared a farm and lived and died there. Malin Melon, his son, and the father of our subject, was a native of Greenbrier County, Va. He was married, in 1816, to Miss Mary Thornton, and with the family occupied the unbroken lands of Urbana Township. He lived to enjoy the bless- ings of this union but a short period, dying at Walnut Hills when our subject was but six months old. William C. Malin was born in Urbana Township, Champaign Co., Ohio, April 7, 1817. Vhen fourteen years of age, he began an apprenticeship to the harness-making trade with John amilton, of his native place. With him he served seven years, after which he worked in va- us places until he came to Marysville March 19, 1840. Here he soon became established in
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