The History of Union County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, towns military record;, Part 89

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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JOHN NEWLOVE, the first soldier to enlist in Union County, and one of its bravest " boys," was born in Harmony Tp., Clark Co., Ohio, August 11, 1839. He is a son of Joseph and Martha Newlove, and a grandson of Joseph Newlove, who emigrated to the United States from England. John is the third son and sixth child of a family of eight. He was reared in his na- tive place till his parents removed to Union County, and acquired his education in the Marys- ville Public Schools. April, 1861, he enlisted for three months in Company D, Second Regi- ment Ohio Volunteers Infantry. He met the enemy at the first battle of Bull Run, the first engagement of the war. He was discharged at the expiration of the three months, and .August 26, 1861, he re-enlisted in Company D, First Ohio Cavalry, for three years. He was appointed Fourth Sergeant and in 1863, was commissioned Commissary Sergeant. He participated in · the following leading engagements : Stone River, Chickamauga, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta and Pittsburg Landing, and a number of minor battles. He veteranized April 3, 1864, and re- enlisted in the same company, and served with distinguished bravery and patriotismn till after the close of the war. He was the first man to discover the rebel chieftain Jeff. Davis, and for assisting in his capture received as his portion of the $100,000, $402. He was honorably dis- charged September, 1865, at Columbus, Ohio. January 5, 1866, he was married to Miss Mary Amrine, daughter of Abraham and Naney Amrine, and a native of Paris Township, where she was born May 8, 1840. They have had six children, of whom five are living-Arthur J., Maud, Abraham, Mary and Lucius J .; Joseph A. is deceased. Mrs. Newlove is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Marysville. Mr. Newlove is identified with the orders of K. of P., I. O. of R. M. and G. A. R. Politically, he is a staneh Republican. His farm con- tains 173 acres of well improved and highly cultivated land. He is engaged in agriculture and stock-raising ; he breeds and rears Poland-China hogs, and thoroughbred Spanish Merino sheep, and is a regular and prominent exhibitor at the Fair.

F. H. OTTE, of the firm of F. H. & W. Otte, merchant tailors, dealers in ready-made elothing, Marysville. F. H. Otte, the senior member of this firm, is one of the busy and enter- prising spirits of Marysville, and was born in Hanover, Germany, March 23, 1836, and em- barked to the United States in 1853. He served as journeyman tailor in the mother country, and plied himself at his trade for one year in Buffalo, N. Y .; he then removed to St. Catherines, Ontario, and remained until 1855, from which time he became a traveler at large, going to Rieh- mond, Ind., and after a nine months' stay went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and fifteen months later to Memphis, Tenn., thence to New Orleans, La., and Mobile, Ala., from which point he re- turned to Cincinnati, Ohio, three times. Returning to Cineinnati in the fall of 1861, he met and married Miss E. R. Albertzart, a native of Oldenburg, Germany. After marriage, he returned to Buffalo, N. Y., and the following year returned to Cineinnati, thenee to Richmond, Ind., and in 1865 to Summersville, Butler Co., Ohio, where he opened a merchant tailoring and clothing house, and for three and a half years settled down to business. Ile then returned to Mobile, Al., from which point he journeyed to Red River County, Texas, and La Mar County. Thence to Jefferson, Madison County, where he assumed the proprietorship of a hotel ; subsequently he went to New Orleans, La., thenee to St. Louis, and to Cincinnati, Ohio, from which place he at last found a haven of rest among the good people of Union. Here he established business in the spring of 1871, and in October of the same year, his brother was admitted a partner to the concern. In 1872, the house occupied their present commodious quarters, where they have had enough trade to keep them busy constantly. The firm carry a stock of about $15,000, and have a large custom trade in connection with their sales department. Mr. O. is a progressive, ener- getie business man, and worthy of the success he has attained. Of the seven children born to him five are living-Rosa, William, Estella, Lorentz and Clements.

WILLIAM OTTE, of the firm of F. H. & W. Otte, merchant tailors, Marysville. This in. dustrious cutter and tailor is a native of Hanover, Germany, where he was born in August, 1838. He crossed the Atlantic to the American shore in 1857. He located at Cincinnati, Ohio, and soon afterward went to Richmond, Ind., where he worked diligently at his trade for fourteen years and until his removal to this city in 1871, at which time he was admitted as a partner in the clothing store of his brother. The brothers have proved themselves capable workmen, which is evidenced by the large stock and increasing trade of their popular establishment. The Otte brothers have gained hosts of friends during their business career in Marysville, of which they are entirely worthy. The ubject of this sketch was married, in 1867, to Miss Kate Werner, a native of Richmond, Ind. Seven children born to this union are all living, viz : Ella, Louis, Mattie, Frank, Walter, Minnie and Annie. Mr. Otte is a member of the I. O. O. F. society.

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ANDREW J. PARKER, farmer, P. O. Marysville, was born near Baltimore, Md., January 28, 1816. His parents, George and Priscilla (Harrison) Parker, were also natives of Maryland. His father was a soldier of the Revolution, and was at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. He died in his native State, at the advanced age of ninety-seven years. His father emigrated from England with a colony. He had three sons-George (who settled in Maryland), Sawney (set- tled in Pennsylvania) and Fielder (who settled in Virginia). George was the father of two sons by his first wife, and seven sons and one daughter by his last wife. Our subject is the eldest of the second set of children. He was reared on a farm, and married, October 10, 1844, to Elzira Frey, a daughter of Isaac Frey, a soldier of the war of 1812, and a grand-daughter of a Revolutionary patriot. Mrs. Parker is a native of Loudoun County, Va. She bore seven chil- dren-two sons and five daughters, viz .: Martha (wife of Isaac Frey), Isaac, Hannah (wife of Benjamin Deal), Jura (wife of Simon Hall), Thomas, Sophena (wife of George Hall), and Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Parker are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Parker is connected with the Masonic Order, and in politics is a Republican.

R. L. PARTRIDGE, bridge builder, Marysville. R. L. Partridge, where portrait appears in this volume, is the only living of four children born to his parents, Cyrus and Lucina (Car penter) Partridge. The former was a native of Vermont, and the latter of Washington County N. Y. They migrated to the West at an early day, and were among the pioneers of Franklin County, Ohio, where he died in 1836. The widow and mother subsequently became a resident of Marysville, Ohio, where she lived to the close of her life in 1850. The subject of this sketch sprang from the Empire State, and was born in Wilmington, Essex Co., N. Y., in 1823. He came to this city in 1836, where he was reared and educated under the care of, and learned wagon and carriage making with, Rowland Lee, a half-brother. He subsequently became engaged in the carpenter trade, which he followed until 1866, when he began contracting and bridge build- ing. Mr. Partridge has erected nine-tenths of the bridges in Union County, and at this time, 1882, employs from five to fifteen men. He was a member of the first military organization'in the county, and during the Mexican war and late rebellion took an active part in raising men and money for the cause. Ile has served in the City Council, was Township Clerk and Trustee some years, and has always recognized and assisted in all public improvements. He was mar- ried in the fall of 1846 to Miss Maria Wolford, who was born in what was known as the Camp- bell place, Marysville, in 1825. Her parents, Adam and Catherine Wolford, settled upon sixty- five acres of land west and south of the new court house, in 1820, which at that time was a dense woods. Their cabin was erected in the rear of the present residence of Mr. Mulford, which became a hallowed spot for church gatherings and pioneer meetings. Palatial residences and public edifices of modern design occupy the soil of this worthy pilgrim, while his spirit and that of his devoted companion have long since pioneered their settlement to that better land. The only landmark remaining at this time to recall the incidents and cherish memories of these associations is the old well over which was suspended " the old oaken bucket, the iron bound bucket, the moss covered bucket, that hung in the well." Adam Wolford was a carpen- ter by trade, and erected many of the first houses in Marysville. He was engaged in the con- struction of the old court house, and was a citizen esteemed by all who knew him. Mrs. Part- ridge and William Wolford of this county are the only living representatives of his children. Mr. and Mrs. Partridge are the parents of six living children, as follows : Asenath, A. Jen- nette (wife of H. C. Vosburg), Frances L. (wife of S. L. Sagar), Flora L., Catherine O. and Lillian. Mrs. Partridge is the oldest native born citizen now residing in Marysville. David E. Wolford, a brother of Mrs. Partridge, was born and raised in Marysville. He enlisted three times in the Union service during the late rebellion, and while in the service contracted a disease of the luugs, from which he died three weeks after leaving the army, in 1865, aged twenty-five years.

LEVI PHELPS, deceased. Of this sturdy pioneer, so well remembered by the older settlers of the county, but little can now be obtained compared with what might have been learned previous to his death. Levi Phelps was born in Colebrook, Litchfield Co., Conn., October 16, 1789. In 1810, he removed to Ohio and located at Granville, in the county of Licking, and a few years later took up his residence near what was afterward the village of Homer, in Union Township, Union County, where he and his brother Sylvester built a woolen mill, in which they invested all their means. Mr. Phelps had been a soldier in the war of 1812. The woolen mill erected by himself and his brother had been in operation but a short time when it was destroyed by fire. For a few years thereafter, Mr. Phelps taught school during the winter months in the vicinity of Mil- ford Center, and on the 3d of October, 1826, he married Sarah Cooper, removing soon afterward to Marysville. He became the father of six children, of whom the only survivor is Cyrus A. Phelps, Esq., now Cashier of the First National Bank of Springfield, Ohio. Mr. Phelps was chosen to fill numerous public offices, as will be seen by reference to the list elsewhere. All of his children were born in Marysville. His wife was one of the original members of the Presby- terian Church of Marysville, organized in 1827, and Mr. Phelps became a member of the same later in life. He lived in Marysville from the time of his first settlement there until within two months of his death. He removed with his wife to Springfield, Ohio, in August, 1863, and the two made their home with their son, Cyrus. Levi Phelps died at the residence of his son on the

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27th of November, 1863, at the age of seventy-four years. He is remembered as a zealous par- tisan in politics. He was an ardent admirer of Henry Clay and always voted with the Whig or Republican party. He was by all men justly regarded as an upright man, a good citizen and a kind neighbor, and died leaving both a good name and a good estate.

L. PIPER, attorney, Marysville. Robert Piper, grandfather of our subject, was a native of Ireland. who with a brother; crossed the ocean to the Colonies in 1790. The brother located at Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Robert settled in Pennsylvania, where he married Miss Susannah Cochran, who was born September 16, 1781. He moved and settle:l in Union Township in 1813. His death occurred while on the road between Chillicothe, Ohio, and his home, on Oc- tober 18, 1813. Their children were Eleanor Margaret, William C., Mary Rosannah and Jane. His widow subsequently married John Porter, by whom she had two children, Maria and Susan. Her death occurred August 14, 1824. William C. Piper, father of this subject, was born in Washington County, Penn., and was six years of age when he moved with his father s family to this county. He worked diligently on the homestead farm until a young man, when he went to learn the carpenter's trade at Milford. In 1834, he was married to Miss Hannah F., daughter of Richard Gabriel. She was born on the homestead farm in Union Township, October, 1811. In 1844, he purchased the farm upon which his widow and children now reside, where he passed the remaining years of his life. He filled the office of Township Trustee for thirty-three con- secutive years and was prominently identified with the Township in various ways. The Whig party solicited his candidacy for County Sheriff but he respectfully declined. He was a man of refined taste, a great reader, quiet, and unostentatious in his habits, and a lover of home. His death is recorded in May, 1876. He was the father of seven children, six of whom are living. The subject of this sketch is the eldest of the children, and was born on the homestead farm in Union Township, November 22, 1836. He secured his primary education in the select schools of that township, and pursued two years of study at the Otterbein University, Franklin County, Ohio; subsequently he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, from which institution he graduated in June, 1864. The following year, he began the study of law in the office of Col. Lawrence, of this city. He was admitted to the bar by the District Court of Delaware County in June, 1867. On March 15, 1869, the law firm of Robinson & Piper was formed, under which association he has since been continuously engaged. In October, 1869, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney. and re-elected to the same office in the fall of 1871. He served as County Examiner from 1867 to 1874, and was a member of the School Board for eleven consecutive years, most of which time he served as Clerk of the Board, which position he fills at this time. He enjoyed the position of Superintendent of Schools from January, 1867, to the close of the following year, and has always taken an active part in educational affairs. During the rebellion, he enlisted as a musician in the brigade band, but after a short service was taken sick and while lying in the hospital the band was discharged. Mr. P. was reared in the Pres- byterian Church at Milford, and has been an Elder of the Presbyterian Church of this city since 1873. He is connected with the order of Masons and the G. A. R. His marriage to Miss Martha, daughter of Daniel and Mary Coe, occurred April 29, 1869. She was born October 13, 1845, and died June 15, 1882. Four children, the fruits of this union, survive her loss, as fol- lows: Kate, William C., Ralph M. and Ruth.

JOSEPH POWERS, farmer, P. O. Marysville, was born in Monroe Township, Madison Co., Ohio, in December, 1813. His grandfather, Walter Powers, was by birth a Virginian, of Dutch descent, and a soldier of the Revolutionary war. His parents, Robert and Mary (Higgins) Powers, were both natives of Virginia, who located at an early time in Belmont County, Ohio, thence going to Madison County, Ohio, in 1808, where he purchased 900 acres of land from Robert Means, the original proprietor and an officer of the Revolutionary war. Ilere he founded a home, raised his family and lived until 1821, when he, with his devoted wife, were called to join in the settlement of that better land. He, with a brother (Joseph), gave their services to their country in the war of 1812, and both were distinguished pioneers of the State. The subject of this sketch is the eldest of three living children. Left an orphan when nine years of age, he was bound out to one James Burnham until becoming of age. Ile remained in durance about seven years, when he started out for himself, and was employed working on a farm and driving cattle over the mountains. After marriage in 1836 to Miss Julia E. McCoy, he returned to the home- stead and rented farms until his removal to this county in 1848. He purchased 250 acres of land west of this city, where he resided until 1877, when he purchased seven acres of land on West Center street upon which he erected his present residence. He has made a subsequent purchase of twenty-five acres and added to his farm, which is thoroughly drained with 1,000 rods of tile, and is well-cultivated and productive. His wife died in 1849, leaving four children, two of whom survive (William M. and Joseph W.). His present wife Helen (daughter of Aquilla Turner), is a native of Clark County, Ohio. Of the children born to this union seven are living, viz .: Charles, Napoleon, John, Phebe A., James, Temperance and Thomas. William M. enlisted in the ranks of the Union army under Capt. Smith, of the Sixty-sixth Regiment, and was dis- charged on account of failing health in 1862. He again enlisted in the six months' service, and again in 1864 as a recruit. Also, Joseph W. served through the war and both brothers were with Sherman on his memorable march to the sea. Mr. P. was Township Trustee about eight years,

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and is one of the oldest and most respected pioneers of the county. He is connected with the M. E. Church.

EDWARD POWERS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Marysville, a native of Madison County, Ohio, was born April 8, 1819. He is a son of Robert and Mary (Higgins) Powers, who were natives of the Old Dominion. They died, the former in August and the latter in September of 1821. Our subject was then placed in the care of Andrew and Merey Amrine, who soon came to Paris Township. He remained with Mr. Amrine and family till fourteen years old, then went to Springfield and spent one year working at the cabinet trade. The next four years he employed in learning the carpenter trade in Marysville. The site of Marysville was then marked by only eight houses, and Mr. Powers aided in constructing many of the more substantial business houses and residences that now form a part of Marysville. Mr. Powers pursued his early chosen trade but a few years, till his marriage, which occurred December 26, 1840, with Miss Polly A. Dines, a daughter of James C. and Providence Dines, and a native of Lebanon, Ohio. She was born June 5, 1821. This union resulted with seven children, viz .: Annette, born February 26, 1842, wife of J. M. Horney ; Providence, born February 4, 1844, wife of H. A. Westlake; Mary, born December 9, 1847, and died May 11, 1849; Chambers, born April 28, 1849, married Inis Smith ; Frances E., born November 15, 1853, wife of E. B. Knotts; Charlie, born April 25, 1857; and Clara, born February 7, 1859, wife of T. S. Blue In 1856, Mr. Powers located on his present farm. For the last ten years, he has devoted especial attention to keeping Spanish Merino sheep, which he exhibited at the Annual County Fair of 1881, and was awarded the first premium. He was one of the first to introduce Poland- China hogs. He has been a member of the County Agricultural Society since its organization, and was one of the agricultural board two years. Politically, he is a Republican. He is identi- fied with the Masonic Order and Grange. He owns a large and well-improved farm. Of winters, for the last twelve years, he has dealt in furs, doing a large business.

JOHN C. PRICE, stock-dealer, Marysville, was born in Madison County, Ohio, in March, 1832. His parents, Henry and Eliza (Corey) Price, were natives of Maryland and Connecticut, respectively. His grandfather, John Price, was a native of Connecticut, and settled in Ross County at a very early day. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. Subsequently, he removed to Madison County, Ohio, where he passed the remainder of his life. Henry was raised on a farm in Ross County, and was largely engaged in stock dealing, making long trips with cattle over the mountains. He accumulated a large landed property, and was widely and favorably known. He raised a family of six children, four of whom are living, viz .: John C., the subject of this sketch; Annette, wife of T. S. Snow, of Lima, Ohio; Robert and Russell. His death occurred in 1853. His wife survived until 1880. Mr. Price came to this county and eity in 1859, since which time he has been largely engaged in stock-dealing. He has served many years as Land Appraiser, and in the election of 1873, was selected as County Sheriff, which office he occupied the following year. He was re-elected in 1875, serving two terms with great satisfaction to his constituents. At the breaking-out of the rebellion in 1861, he joined the ranks of the Union army in Company F, Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served about two years in the field. He re-enlisted in the Forty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served through to the close of the war. He participated in the battles of Carnifax Ferry, W. Va., in 1861; Shiloh, Mareli 2 to April 6, 1862; Corinth, April 30, 1862; Knoxville, Tenn., September 1863; Resaca, Ga., May 13, 1864; Altoona Mountain, May 25, 1864, where he received a wound in the left arm, and from the field hospital was transferred to the hospital at Camp Den- nison, where he was confined until the wound healed, and he was honorably discharged. Mr. Price is a member in good standing of the Masonie fraternity, I. O. O. F. Order, and is one of the active business men of the county. He was married in 1853 to Miss Rhuma Dawson, a native of Champaign County, Ohio. Their living children are Effie, wife of J. C. Gunthrie, Alice and Durell, the latter a graduate of Marysville High School.

EDWARD S. PYNE, retired, Marysville, is a son of David and Anna (Fanning) Pyne, and was born at Fayetteville, Onondaga County, N. Y., October 26, 1840, and spent his youth at Cazenovia, N. Y. He began the battle of life in his youth, and selected the business that erowned his efforts with success. When fourteen years of age, he left home to fill a situation as sales- man in the dry goods house of William H. and J. F. Hubbard, at Susquehanna, Penn. Three years later, he returned to his home. After a service at Syracuse, N. Y., he became engaged at Gibson, Penn., where he formed the acquaintance of Everett Whitney, with whose son A. J. he afterward became engaged in the dry goods trade at Marysville. This copartnership being consolidated, the firm of Whitney & Pyne opened a stock of dry goods to the publie in October, 1862. This firm conducted a large and successful trade for fourteen years. In 1876, Whitney retired from the firm, and in the following year Mr. Pyne disposed of his interest to W. H. Robb. Mr. Pyne subsequently purchased a small stock of goods, but after a short time disposed of it, and retired from active business. Since that time he has dealt considerably in real estate, and aided materially in the growth and development of the city. He served nine years as Deputy Collector of Union and Delaware Counties, and has always taken an active interest in all public improvements. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the Methodist Episco- pal Church. Mr. Pyne married January 3, 1865, to Miss Mary, a daughter of William Lee, a

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native of Troy, Rensselaer County, N. Y. Two children born to this issue are living, viz .: Har- riet and Edward F.

TABER RANDALL was born in Windsor County, Vt., November 5, 1806. His father, Joshua Randall, a native of Plymouth, Mass., was born May 10, 1758; and his mother, Keziah Hawley, was born in Connecticut in 1767. They were married in Keene, N. H. In 1809, they removed to Essex County, N. Y., and in 1818 to Franklin County, Ohio, where they resided till 1825, and removed to Huron, which afterward became Erie County, Ohio, where Mr. Randall died May 20, 1828. He was a Revolutionary patriot, having served from beginning to end as a minuteman in that war. Among the important battles in which he was engaged were Bunker Hill, burning of Charleston and New Bedford, and Sullivan's expedition to Long Island. He married for his first wife Hannah Randall, by whom he had four sons, all now deceased. By his second wife, Keziah Hawley, he had four sons and four daughters ; of these, two are living-Phebe, widow of Evans Carr deceased, and Taber, the subject of this sketch. The latter was reared and brought up to the shoe-maker's trade. In 1825, when eighteen years of age, he taught his first school in what is now Mill Creek Township. He then went to Huron County with his parents and taught one winter. In February, 1828, he returned to Mill Creek Township and resumed teaching, which he followed in all twelve years. In 1844, he was elected Justice of the Peace of Jackson Town- ship, and was four times chosen to that office. The last term, however, he resigned before its close, to accept the position of Clerk of the county. He served in this official capacity from 1854 to 1869, inelusive. From 1871 to 1879, he was employed in indexing the records of deeds and mortgages from 1820 to 1879. Mr. Randall was Clerk of Jackson Township sixteen years, and of Paris one year, and was the first Postmaster at Essex, Rush Creek Post Office. Since his residence in Marysville, he filled the office of Justice of the Peace one term. On January 1, 1832, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Cheney, a daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Owen) Cheney. She died in February, 1854, leaving four children-Phebe J., Mary K., Richard H. and Hannah E., all of whom are now deceased. Mr. Randall was married the second time, November 13, 1860, to Mrs. Jane Brophy, widow of William Brophy, and daughter of Stephenson and Sarah D. Curry. Mrs. Randall was born in Jerome Township in August, 1833. She had one child by her former husband-Ida M., wife of L. H. Davis, of Delaware, Ohio. Mr. Randall is connected with the Masonic order and in politics is a Republican.

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The History of Union County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, towns military record;, Part 89

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