The History of Warren County, Ohio, Part 101

Author: W. H. Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1882
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DAVIS FURNAS, farmer; P. O. Waynesville. In the settlement of Wayne Township, we find the Furnas family among the early pioneers, and we are able to trace the ancestors to one John Furnas, born at Standing Stone, Cumberland Co., England, June 5, 1736; his wife, Mary, was born in same county, Sept. 12, 1742; they were married March 24. 1762, and emigrated to South Carolina the same year; they had four sons and three daughters; Robert, next to the youngest child of John and Mary Furnas, was born at Bush River, S. C., June 27, 1772, and there grew to manhood and married Hannah Wilson, June 6. 1796; she was born in South Carolina July 28, 1778; in 1802, Mr. Furnas made a prospecting tour to Ohio, making the round trip on horseback, a great portion of which was through an unbroken forest; after examining several localities, he selected the tract of land to which, in 1803, he removed his family and commenced to open out a farm, amid all the many trials and deprivations of pioneer life of that day and locality, often compelled to subsist for days on hominy and venison, being unable to get his grain manufactured into flour and meal, the nearest, mill being thirty miles distant through the for- est, the roads to which were mere paths that could only be traveled on horse- back; in 1812, as there was no market nearer, he drove a large lot of hogs to Baltimore, Md. - no small undertaking; but he lived to see those vast forests give place to waving fields of grain and thriving towns; instead of the plod- ding ox team hauling heavy loads over the mud roads, the rushing locomotive passed his door, transporting immense trains of the products of the country to the principal markets of the world; the speedy and daily mails and the tele- graph conveying news over thousands of miles with the rapidity of thought. Mr. Furnas was an earnest Christian, a devoted member of the Society of Friends; a man of undoubted integrity, of strong and superior judgment, and universally esteemed by all who knew him; he departed this life Feb. 16, 1863, aged nearly 91 years; his wife died Feb. 17, 1864, aged 88 years; they had traveled the journey of life together sixty-seven years, almost " threescore and ten;" they had eleven children, of whom Seth, the last, child, born in South Carolina and the father of our subject, was born March 26, 1803, being 6 weeks old when his parents started for their new home in the wilderness of Ohio; in this county, then, he was raised and brought up to manhood, inured to the sturdy influences of pioneer life; was married, Nov. 1, 1826, to Dinah, daughter of Edward and Margaret Kinley, natives of North Carolina, who emi- grated to Warren County in 1801, being among the earliest of the settlers: by this union, Mr. Furnas and wife had three children-Davis, Robert and Mary, now Mrs. Mosier. Mr. Furnas, about 1836 or 1837, purchased and located upon the farm where Seth W. Furnas now lives, and there he resided till his death, Aug. 24, 1878; his wife died Aug. 5, 1880; they had traveled together and borne the hardships of life and enjoyed its pleasures for over half a cen- tury. Mr. Furnas was a firm and devoted member of the Society of Friends. and the general firmness of principles and nobleness of character which made his father pre-eminently beloved and respected seemed to be possessed by him to a high degree. Our subject, the eldest son, was born Jan. 25, 1829, and grew to manhood, and married, Sept. 1, 1852, Jane S., dangh- ter of John and Elizabeth Satterthwaite, by whom he had six children: five now survive Seth, born July 1, 1853: Elizabeth, born Aug. 10, 1855:


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Anna D., Jan. 27, 1858; John D., Feb. 15, 1861; and Edwin S., born April 18, 1868. Mrs. Furnas died April 19, 1868, aged 40 years. Mr. Furnas, after his marriage, located upon the place where he now lives and has since resided; has a fine farm, with good improvements, constituting a pleasant home and resi- dence. Mr. Furnas possesses many of the characteristics of his noble ancestors, is a man of good education and literary taste and shrewd business tact; is a friend of progress and education, and is giving great attention to the education of his children and the general welfare of his family.


ROBERT F. FURNAS, physician, Waynesville; born in Wayne Township, Oct. 10, 1830; is a son of Seth and Dinah Furnas, whose ancestral history is given in sketch of Davis Furnas. The Doctor was raised and brought up to farm labor, and received a good common-school education, remaining with his father till 22 years of age; was united in marriage, Sept. 23, 1853, with Bethia, daughter of Robert and Edith (Nichols) Mosier, he a native of Massachusetts and she of New York State: they emigrated to Ohio and located in Morrow County in 1812, being among the first settlers of that county, opening out in the woods, and combating with and enduring the many trials and hardships of those early days, the Indians plentiful and the howling of wolves a nightly sound; wild game of all kinds in abundance, which in that day formed a great source of sustenance, and sometimes formed the main provision for saving many from want and starvation; there Mr. Mosier and family have remained through all the changing scenes of nearly threescore years and ten, witnessing the growth of civilization and the vast improvements made by the hands of those honest and sturdy pioneers; the forests disappear, and waving fields of grain in their stead; the railroads and telegraphs traversing the country in all direc- tions, transporting the products of the country to distant markets, and carry- ing news to all parts of the world with the rapidity of thought; all these Mr. Mosier has witnessed in the progress around him; in the meantime, he has not been idle; his hands, industry and good management have wrought wonderful changes on his premises; from his small and rough beginning in the log cabin in the woods, he now has a beautiful farm, with good buildings and all modern improvements; has accumulated a large amount of wealth by his own honest efforts, and is one of the prominent farmers of that county, beloved and re- spected by all who know him; he is now 81 years of age, and his wife 79 years, and they have traveled the journey of life together, sharing its hardships and its pleasures for fifty-four years; they have had two sons and nine daughters, eight of whom now survive-Phoebe, Gideon, Nathan, Bethiah, Rachel, Peace, Eunice and Cynthia. The Doctor and wife have had eight children: five now survive-Mary, now Mrs. Frame, residing on the farm on which his Grandfather Kinley settled in 1804; Seth W., Eunice, Phoebe and Robert H. The Doctor, after his marriage, engaged in farming and raising and dealing in stock for about twenty years, during which time he has been a great reader, keeping himself thoroughly posted in general matters of science, literature and the general progress of events; in 1873, he turned his especial attention to the study of medicine, attended the Pulte Medical College at Cincinnati, and grad- uated in spring of 1877, and has continued the practice of his profession at Waynesville since, with a good and growing business. The Doctor is an ear- nest and devoted member of the Society of Friends, having been a birthright member, and from the early age of 17 years commenced speaking in their meet- ings, and for the last twelve years or more has been a regular recorded minis- ter in the Society; he is a man of more than ordinary activity and depth of mind and thought, with good versatile powers, expressing himself with force and ease; in all public enterprises of the day, he takes an active and leading part, and in the general progress and advancement of all matters of public in-


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terest in Waynesville and vicinity, is always a leading, active spirit, wielding his influence for the best general public good.


SETH W. FURNAS, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born on the farm where he now lives Aug. 19, 1857; is a son of Dr. Robert and Bethiah (Mosier) Fur- nas, whose history is given in sketch of Dr. Robert Furnas in this work. Our subject was raised and grew to manhood, and was married, Dec. 18, 1877, to Emily, daughter of Alfred and Letitia L. (Brown) Moore, he a native of In- diana and she of Ohio; the grandfather, John Moore, was a native of North Carolina, but emigrated to Indiana about 1820 or soon after, and located near Richmond, where he resided till about 1837, when he removed to Huntington Co., Ind., where he died in 1871-72; he was the father of eight children; six now survive-Elizabeth, Samuel, Joseph, Sarah, Alfred and Jane; Alfred, the youngest son now living, married and located in Huntington County, where he still resides, engaged in the honest occupation of a farmer; they have had seven children, five now living-Emily, Oscar, Margaret, Phoebe Ann and Sarah Eli- zabeth; the Moore family were among the first settlers in that part of the county, opening out in the woods, doing a great amount of pioneer work, bearing their full share of hardships and deprivations; now Mr. Moore has a fine farm of 280 acres, well improved, and is one among the best farms in the county. Mr. Furnas and wife have two children-Oscar M. and Edith. Mr. Furnas has wisely adopted farming as his occupation; he located where he now lives in 1879; he owns a farm of 100 acres adjoining the one upon which he lives, upon which he is erecting buildings and making improvements, where he intends to locate and make his permanent home.


SAMUEL C. GARD, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born in Warren County Nov. 6, 1829; is a son of John and Hannah (Hisey) Gard, he a native of Hamp- shire Co., Va., on the Big Capon, born June 7, 1803; she was also a native of Virginia. The paternal grandparents were Samuel and Sarah (Caudy) Gard, he a native of New York State and she of Virginia; Samuel was a son of John Gard; Sarah was a daughter of David Caudy, who was one of the early settlers. of Hampshire Co., Va .; Samuel left his native State when a young man, with one of his uncles, and located in Virginia, and there was united in marriage, and resided on the place where he first located till his death; he was the father of eleven children; ten grew to maturity; two only now survive-John and Sarah, now Mrs. Pugh, living in Iowa; John was raised on his father's farm in Virginia till 23 years of age; in the fall of 1825, he emigrated to Ohio, and, after prospecting over quite a portion of Ohio and Indiana, finally stopped in Waynesville, and worked at the tanning business here and other places, and running sawmills several years; in spring of 1833, he bought and located upon the place where he now lives, and has since resided, a period of nearly half a century; he was married, Nov. 9, 1828, to Hannah, daughter of Jacob and Millie (Williamson) Hisey, natives of Shenandoah Co., Va .; issue, nine chil- dren; seven now survive-Samuel C., Joseph Daniel, John, David, Hannah S., William H. and George. Mr. Gard is now 78 years of age, and his wife is 71 years, they have traveled the journey of life together, bearing its sor- rows and enjoying its pleasures, for fifty-three years. Our subject grew to manhood, brought up to farm labor, and remained with his father till about 25 years of age; he then went to Indiana, St. Joseph County, where, on March 2, 1854, he was married to Eliza Barrett, by whom he had two children -Mary H., born Nov. 26, 1855; and John Albert, born March 4, 1858; his wife died May 5, 1864; soon after his wife's death, Mr. Gard returned to War- ren Co., Ohio, where he has since resided; on Nov; 29, 1866, he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Cresswell, who was born in Virginia Dec. 27, 1840; by this union they have two children-Wesley E., born Dec. 3, 1867; and Charles C., born April 13, 1871.


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CLARKSON GAUSE, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born in Pennsylvania March 11, 1814; is a son of Samuel and Mary (Pierce) Gause, natives of Penn- syivania; the grandfather, Solomon Gause, as far as known, was also a native of Pennsylvania, but emigrated to Greene Co., Ohio, in spring of 1814, being one of the early settlers, and there resided till his death; Samuel and family came to Ohio at the same time of his father, and located in Warren County, and here resided the balance of his life, engaged in farming; he commenced almost entirely in the woods; he died in April, 1865, aged 83 years; his wife died in the winter of 1387, agel 87 years; they were parents of ten children; three now survive-Clarkson, Martha and Richard. Mr. Gause was a devoted member of the Society of Friends, and was an Elder for many years. Our subject was an infant about 3 weeks old when brought to this county by his parents; was raised and grew to manhood here; was married. Aug. 27, 1842, to Sidney, daughter of Calvin and Elizabeth Thomas, natives of Pennsylvania, by which union they had two children-one son, deceased, and one daughter, Mary Elizabeth, born May 31, 1843; his wife died Aug. 5, 1853; in August, 1856, he married Mrs. Elizabeth Sherwood, daughter of Henry Smith, by whom he had one child, Anna R., born Sept. 27, 1858; his second wife died Feb. 3, 1866; for his third wife he married Ruth, daughter of Isaac and Ann (Carter) Richardson, natives of Pennsylvania, Sept. 22, 1869; Isaac and Ann Richard- son had four children; three now survive-Ruth, Hannah (now Mrs. Richard Gause) and Caleb. Mr. Gause has made farming his business through life, all in this county, except about five years in Clinton County; in the fall of 1858, Mr. Gause located upon the farm where he now lives and has since resided; he and family are members of the Society of Friends. Mr. Gause, from prin- ciple, desires no office, but he has served as Director in the Miami Cemetery Association for twelve years.


JESSE GIBBS, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born in Franklin Co., Penn., June 10, 1819; is a son of Joseph and Rachel (Wood) Gibbs, he a native of New Jersey and she of Pennsylvania; they lived and died in Pennsylvania; they had five children -- William, Elizabeth, Alexander, Jesse and John. The subject of this sketch, when 12 years of age, came to Ohio with the family with whom he was living, by name of Deffendall, and they located in Montgomery County and lived three years, thence moved to Preble County and lived two years; at 17 years of age, Jesse started out into the world for himself, working here and there as he could find work; in 1839, he came to Warren County and worked for Ellis Ward, and has remained in this vicinity since. On Sept. 3, 1840, he married Hannah, daughter of Ellis and Mary E. Ward, he a native of New Jersey and she of Tennessee; he came to Warren County with his parents in 1804; his father. Isaac Ward, bought a section of land where Mr. Gibbs now lives, being a pioneer, and here he lived and died, and here Ellis grew to man- hood, accustomed to the hardships of those times; Mary E., with her father, Jonathan Newman, and his family, came from Tennessee and located at Waynes- ville about 1805, where they lived and died; Ellis Ward and Mary E. New- man were married and located on the place where Mr. Gibbs now lives, and here resided till their death; he died Aug. 25, 1875, aged 77 years; she died Nov. 7, 1880, aged 83 years; they had six children; four now survive-Hannah; Lydia, now Widow Medencall; Asenith, now Widow Printz; and Cyrus Milton; Hannah was born on the place where they now live June 17, 1824. Mr. Gibbs and wife have had nine children; six now survive-Rebecca Ann, born June 24, 1842; Caroline, Sept. 16, 1848; Elizabeth, Aug. 16, 1850; Jason, March 1, 1853; Oscar, May 14, 1856; and William S., born Sept. 9, 1866. Mr. Gibbs located on the place where his wife was born and raised, this being a part of the section of land of the original purchase of Isaac Ward, and here has con-


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tinued his residence to the present time; this place has now been in possession of the Ward family for over three-fourths of a century. On Aug. 14, 1862, Mr. Gibbs and Cyrus M. Ward enlisted in the war of the rebellion, in Co. H, 70th O. V. L., and served till the close of the war; Mr. Gibbs was with Sher- man in his great march through the South to the sea, and received his discharge at Washington City, June 6, 1865; Mr. Ward was wounded at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, June 24, 1864, and was in the hospitals at different points till May, 1865; at Camp Denison, he was discharged, but, from his disabled condition, has since drawn a pension; is now drawing $12 per month. Mr. Gibbs' son, Joseph E., also enlisted, at the same time and in the same regiment, and served through the war, but, during his service, he contracted the camp diarrhoea, from the effects of which he died April 17, 1875. Mr. Gibbs' daughter, Lydia, married John T. Davis, of Middletown, Penn. ; they moved to Texas, where, April 19, 1879, she died, in her 33d year of age, far from her native home and kindred, but possessing fully the Christian's hope; her remains were brought home, and now rest in the Miami Cemetery, near Waynesville; she left an infant child, Lydia, born April 19, 1879, which Mr. Gibbs has re- ceived into his family to raise.


HON. SETH SILVER HAINES, President of Waynesville National Bank, was born in Waynesville, Warren Co., Ohio, Feb. 1, 1824, and was the son of Noah Haines, who came from near Winchester, Va., in 1807, and settled at Old Town, in Greene Co., Ohio, whence he removed to Waynesville; he was Post- master at Waynesville from 1817 until his death, in 1834; he was County Commissioner when the present court house was built, which edifice was ap- proaching completion at the time of his death. Noah Haines was married, in 1808, to Miss Anna Silver (the mother of S. S. Haines, who, with her father, Seth Silver, and her sister, Leatitia (afterward Mrs. David Linton), came from Salem, N. J., in 1806, and settled at Waynesville. Noah Haines was highly esteemed as a man of entire probity, and possessed of eminent business ability, and his death was universally regretted; his widow survived him fifteen years; she was esteemed as a woman of eminent virtue. Seth Silver (for whom the subject of this memoir was named) was one of the early merchants of the vil- lage, and was also held in great esteem; he died in 1811. S. S. Haines was the youngest of a family of four sisters and three brothers, all of whom lived until they arrived at their majority, but all of whom have long since passed from this life. S. S. Haines was thrown on his own resources at an early age; in October, 1841, at the age of 17 years, he entered as clerk in the. village store of Joseph B. Chapman, on the southwest corner of Main and North streets, where he remained until he came of age; the circumstance that he worked in this store the first six months for $4 per month is still vividly remembered by him, and the fact that, even at that low salary, he came out ahead at the end of the half year specified, was but the foreshadowing of the successful career which followed, and of which it was the happy beginning. In December, 1845, at the age of 21 years, young Mr. Haines felt himself in position to buy out his employer and embark in business on his own responsibility. Soon after at- taining his majority, he served one year each as Clerk and Treasurer of Wayne Township. On the 1st of June, 1847, Mr. Haines was married, in Xenia, to Miss Eliza F. Hinchman, daughter of Griffith Hinchman and Mary B. Hinch- man, who came from Gloucester Co., N. J., in 1832, and settled in Warren County; the latter died in 1874; she was a woman of sterling good sense and possessed of eminent Christian virtues; her husband survived her but four years, dying in 1879, at the home of his affectionate daughter; he was a hearty speci- men of a jovial, warm-hearted man, with a pleasant word for every one, and his memory will long be fondly cherished by a large circle of friends. Mr. Haines


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continued in business in Waynesville until Jan. 1, 1850, at which date he dis- posed of his business to Thomas L. Allen and Benjamin Evans, and engaged in the wholesale dry goods business in Cincinnati, becoming a member of the firm of Wynne, Haines & Co .; under careful management, the business of this firm increased until its annual sales amounted, in 1864, to $1,250,000; at this time. Mr. Haines disposed of his interest in the house and retired. with a de- sire to enjoy a quiet home; but he was not long permitted to indulge in his dolce far niente; " Noblesse oblige " might as well have been the legend upon his crest; he was importuned to do for others what he would have preferred not to do for himself. and in 1866 the wholesale grocery house of Haines & Chap- man was established in Cincinnati, in which he remained two and a half years, when this partnership was dissolved, and the firm of Chapin, Sampson & Rog- ers formed, with Mr. Haines as special partner; two and a half years later, he retired from business in the city and confined himself to his agricultural inter- ests at home, four large farms affording, as it would seem, abundant occupation for even the busiest brain or most methodical manager; yet, such are the pos- sibilities of systematic and diligent application that, in addition to this, and as if to demonstrate the axiom that the more a man has to do the more he can do, Mr. Haines has, since his retirement from mercantile life, enjoyed but brief cessation from labor in one public enterprise or another. In 1856 and 1857, Mr. Haines represented the people of Warren County in the Ohio House of Representatives; and for many consecutive years he was a School Director in his native town, always performing the thankless yet onerous duties of that position willingly and faithfully. It was by his efforts that the first newspaper, the Miami Visitor, was established in Waynesville; this was in January, 1850; the same is true of the first telegraph office, which was established in Novem- ber, 1849. In later times, Mr. Haines being placed at the head and front of two important local enterprises, and retained them through a long series of years, demonstrates beyond question his popularity at home and his recognized fitness for positions of trust; these are the Presidency of the Miami Cemetery Association, and of the Waynesville National Bank, in both of which he was the leading spirit, and has ever since been the controlling influence. Miami Cemetery Association was organized in 1866; the National Bank was estab- lished in February, 1875; in the latter, Mr. Haines was much the largest stockholder; that both enterprises have been successful-one in a financial as well as artistic sense, and the other in a purely business regard-is not a ques- tion susceptible of debate; the cemetery, especially, being closely identified with the people's interests, is the pride of the community near and far, and is acknowledged without a superior, and with very few, if any, equals in natural and artificial advantages; and no one will deny that the great success of this undertaking is largely due to Mr. Haines' personal supervision and sagacious management. In 1874, Mr. Haines projected the Miami Valley (now the Cin- cinnati Northern) Railway, and in 1876 procured from the city of Cincinnati very valuable franchises and rights of way; after investing largely of his own private means, and working earnestly and unselfishly in the undertaking for some time, the company became financially embarrassed and its property changed ownership; the enterprise was happily conceived and one of great value, and its failure of immediate success was in no sense due to any want of judicious management or foresight on the part of Mr. Haines, but was owing to bad faith and want of support on the part of those who were to be benefited by it, and whose co-operation he had every reason to expect. Mr. Haines was in earn- est; he threw his whole soul into his cherished plan, and worked indefatigably for its accomplishment, and those who, in after years, receive benefit from the success of this new thoroughfare, will owe Mr. Haines a debt of gratitude they


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never can repay. In the annals of Warren County, S. S. Haines will occupy an honored niche as one of her worthy representative men; when he was born, his native village was yet in her infancy, and her educational facilities were extremely meager; yet, such as they were, they were made tributary to his men- tal development; a little polishing, afterward acquired by a course at R. M. Bartlett's Commercial College at Cincinnati, may be mentioned as all the schooling he received; but his education did not stop there; with such as he, education goes on until the craving and receptive mind forever ceases its ac- tivity; a youth who, at the age of 20 years, could satisfactorily transact the whole business of selling a farm; who, at $4 a month, could save money; who, at 21, could buy and conduct the principal business in the place of his birth; who, at his majority, could be intrusted with the funds and the records of his township; and who, when arrived at man's mature age, could be chosen to rep- resent his county in the Legislature, preside over a bank, inaugurate enterprises that were destined to endure through future ages, and conceive one of the most important railway lines in the great West-is he not appropriately singled out as a representative man? Not only so in a merely local sense, but, passing be- yond the environment of township or county, the career of such a man illus- trates the splendid possibilities open to young American manhood everywhere; thrift, prudence, integrity, with a well-directed purpose, are as sure of their grand results to others as they have been in Mr. Haines' experience; and of such a man his fellow-citizens have just cause to be proud. Personally, Seth S. Haines is a " gentleman of the old school;" tall, slender and erect, a finely developed head surmounting a graceful form, the intelligent observer scarcely need be reminded of the fine Old Virginian blood coursing through his veins; blood will tell in carriage as well as conduct; and Mr. Haines, both in man- ners and morals, has long been a model by which the rising generation in his community have considered it the correct thing to fashion their characters; pos- sessing a keen insight into the subtle operations of the human heart-in other words, being a good judge of human nature-Mr. Haines is seldom at fault in his measurements of men; he can tell at a glance, as if by instinct, what to expect, what to require, from those whom it may be his pleasure or business to meet; doubtless this faculty, inherent and fostered, has been one important factor in his success in life; quick to perceive, ready to adopt or reject, and a perfect diplomatist in the management of men and affairs, the busy brain of the man whose salient characteristics we are imperfectly limning, has been and is worthy of a far wider field for its powers of usefulness than its modest master has been content to occupy during all these years: and this fact suggests an- other and an admirable trait, namely, Mr. Haines' attachment to locality, his constant affection for the place of his birth, the beautiful hills and dales of his native heath, where his home has always been, and where, in all probability, his earthly abiding-place will ever be; in this restless, migratory age, it is com- paratively rare to find one so fondly endeared to the place of their birth, and who would toss aside the allurements of social or political preferment and be contented-nay, supremely happy-in the enjoyment of home in the place which had been their honored parents' dwelling-place before them; to the writer, this phase of Mr. Haines' life is as beautiful in all its meanings as it is unusual, and is one of the many evidences of the delicate sensibility and innate refinement of his nature. Mr. Haines is still in the vigor of a well-reg- ulated manhood, and, if so much had not already been received of him by community that it would seem ungenerous to expect more, it might be said his best work still lay before him; whether this be the case or not, his hosts of friends and the people who revere him for his many noble and genial qualities will be more than gratified if their wishes for his long continuance in his stately




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