The History of Warren County, Ohio, Part 106

Author: W. H. Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1882
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Number of Pages: 1081

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JOHN F. MISSILDINE, merchant, Waynesville, born in Greene Co., Ohio, Sept. 21, 1839; is a son of Robert and Elizabeth (Kenton) Missildine, he a native of London, England and she of Maryland. The grandfather, George Missildine, was a native of England, and lived and died there. Robert was raised and educated in England, and became a more than ordinary scholar, and resided in London till about 48 years of age. In 1832, he emigrated to Amer- ica, landing at Charleston, S. C .; then, or shortly after, he emigrated to Ohio, and located in Greene County, where he resided the balance of his life As stated above, he was a man of good education, and after settling in Ohio he adopted the profession of a teacher, which business he followed most of his life; he was also an active Christian worker, and a preacher in the Baptist Church. Mr. Missildine was twice married; first, to Miss Mary Griffin, in 1806, by whom he had seven children, five now living; his second wife was Elizabeth Kenton, by whom he had two children-John F. and Benjamin. Mr. Missildine departed this life Aug. 6, 1850, aged 66 years; his wife died in March, 1863, aged 65 years. Our subject was about 11 years of age when his father died; his mother with her family then located at Waynesville, where John was raised and grew to manhood, receiving a good education; he then

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labored on the farm during the summer and taught school in the winter for several years; was married in June, 1865, to Miss Jemima, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Burnett; she died in September, 1868. In February, 1870, he was married to Druscella McLary, by whom he has six children-Oliver Oscar, Ella J., Howard, Mary Etta, Cecelia and John Henry. In February, 1873, Mr. Missildine entered into partnership with John Funkey, and purchased the stock of goods of J. M. Hadden, one of the longest established merchants of Waynesville, and commenced his mercantile career; this partnership continued with a successful trade till March, 1881, when by mutual consent the part- nership was dissolved and the stock divided, and Mr. Missildine opened out in trade at his present location; has a good stock of goods, a pleasant room, and is doing a successful trade, with good future prospects.

BENJAMIN MORRIS, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born in New Jersey, July 28, 1814; is a son of Adam and Lydia (Mathers) Morris, natives of New Jersey. The grandfather was Benjamin Morris, who, it is believed, was born in New Jersey and lived and died in his native State. Adam with his family emigrated to Ohio and located in Warren County in the fall of 1817, and here resided till his death. They had three sons and one daughter-William, Benjamin, John and Abigail. The latter married William Lewis of Lebanon. She died in July, 1881, aged about 60 years. Mr. Morris, when he came to this county, started out as a poor man, but was a man of energy, and by his own industry and by applying his hands to all kinds of work, he being a natural mechanic, was able to make most of the articles of utiltity of those days, and by economy he become possessed of about 300 acres of land, and in his last days was able to enjoy all the general comforts of life. Benjamin, the subject of this sketch, was a little past 3 years of age when they came to this county, and here was raised and grew to manhood accustomed to the rough fare and hardships of those times; was married, July 2, 1840, to Cynthia, daughter of John and Catharine Clements, natives of Pennsylvania, whose his- tory is further given in sketch of John D. Clements. Mr. Morris and wife have had three children; only one now living, William H., born March 26, 1847; the two deceased were Lydia and Susan; the latter married Engene Evans, by whom she had one child, Lydia Esther. William H. married Lucinda Davis on Sept. 30, 1879, and resides on the home place with his father. Mr. Morris after marriage, located on the place where he still lives, having made a continued residence here of forty-one years; he has erected all the buildings on the place, which are now good and substantial with good improvements; he now owns 225 acres of good land, and is one of the substan- tial farmers of Wayne Township, and is one of the few pioneers still residing in this vicinity, and who experienced and remembers distinctly the rough fare and hardships of pioneer life of which the rising generations know so little about and of which by experience have no knowledge.

JAMES O'NEALL, farmer; P. O. Oregon; born in Wayne Township Dec. 7, 1816; is a son of William and Martha O'Neall, whose history is given in sketch of Abijah P. and George T. O'Neall in this Work. The subject of this sketch was raised and grew to manhood on the old home farm, and re- mained with his father till 27 years of age. On March 24, 1844, was united in marriage with Martha S., daughter of Joseph A. and Judith (Hampton) Salee, he a native of Virginia, and she of Kentucky. Issue, eight children, six now living-Joseph W., Mary J., Willis H., Martha J., Anna B. and Len- nis E. His wife died Jan. 25, 1859; on July 3, 1861, he was married to Isabel, daughter of George and Elizabeth Longstreth; he is a native of New Jersey, and she of Warren County; by her he had one son, Abijah T. His second wife died Sept. 24, 1863; and Sept. 7, 1865, he married for his

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third wife Mrs. Olive Daniels, a daughter of John and Rebecca Hazzard; he a native of Dutchess Co., N. Y., and she of Connecticut. Mr. Hazzard became a resident of Ohio about 1814, and Rebecca about 1816, and were married in Clinton County; they were parents of seven children, four now survive-James, Thomas, Olive and Anna. Olive was born in Clinton County, July 18, 1827. Mr. O' Neall, after his marriage, resided four years on the old home place with his father. In May, 1848, he located where he now lives and has since resided. This farm consists of 192 acres, of which 150 acres are now in cultivation; when he came upon the place, there were about thirty acres cleared; thus is shown the vast work that has been accomplished by Mr. O'Neall, in bringing the wilderness into fine cultivated fields; he has also erected all the buildings on the place, and brought everything into its present state of improvement. This sketch is another link of the pioneer history of the O'Neall family, who have performed so extensive a part in the early settlement of this township, in re- ducing those primeval forest, and making these fine fields and farms. Mr. O'Neall is now in his 65th year of age, and his entire life has been spent in Wayne Township; being perhaps the longest life spent from birth, without living any part of it elsewhere, of any resident in the township.

A. P. & G. T. O'NEALL, farmers; P. O. Waynesville. In the early set- tlement of Wayne Township, among the first and most prominent of the pio- neer families, we find the O'Neall family demands an extended and especial consideration. The genealogy of this family we are able to trace to early in . the eighteenth century to one Hugh O'Neale, of Irish birth, born at Shane's Castle, County Antrim, Ireland, who was a midshipman in the British Navy, and was in service in the American colonies, but became dissatisfied with the service and determined to leave it, and, in pursuance of this resolve, while in the Delaware River, he jumped overboard and swam to the shore. From this time he had no communication with his family; he altered the spelling of his name by changing the last letter (e) at the end of his name to "1." He settled in Maryland and married Ann Cox, whose father was a Captain in King Will- iam's army at the battle of the Boyne. His son William married Mary Frost, who, as well as himself, was a member of the Society of Friends. He moved from Virginia to South Carolina and settled on Mudlick Creek, Laurens Dis- trict; thence he moved to Bush River, Newbury District. He was the father of six sons and one daughter, the eldest son, Abijah, being the grandfather of our subject; he married Anna Kelly. About 1797, he made a visit to this Western country, on horseback, prospecting for land and a location; there were then seven families in Waynesville, and while here one of his horses was stolen, as is supposed, by a half-breed Frenchman; he returned home and he and Sam- uel Kelly purchased 3,000 acres of land to be located in Warren County, situ- ated on the east side of the Little Miami River, immediately north of Cæsar's Creek. In 1799, Mr. O'Neall, with his family, left South Carolina and came to this county to occupy his land; he settled where Mr. Graham now resides, his tract embracing a large scope of land where the village of Corwin is now located, he being the first settler east of the Little Miami River. The next year, or in 1800, Mr. Kelly came and located where his son Samuel still resides. Mr. O'Neall remained where he first located till his death, May 19, 1823, aged 61 years; his wife died April 21, 1831, aged 73 years. They had eight chil- dren; seven grew to maturity; all married and raised families except one -- the eldest -- who died soon after his marriage, leaving no issue. Mr. O'Neall was a more than ordinary man, firm and unyielding in his principles, yet kind-hearted and free almost to a fault-giving a helping hand to every neighbor who needed assistance. He was the leading spirit in the business community, and, being a good surveyor, he had much of that work to do, and bought and sold large

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amounts of land for himself and others; and, as he was the first settler in this neighborhood, so he was first in activity and first as a useful and worthy citi- zen. William O'Neall, the father of our subject, was born in South Carolina in 1791; hence was about 8 years of age when brought to this county by his parents; here he was raised, inured to the scenes and hardships of pioneer life; was married, Jan. 11, 1816, to Martha, a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Porter) Smith, natives of Powhatan Co., Va., by whom he had four children- James S., John K., Abijah P. and George T. -- all married and residents of this county, and all prominently and favorably known., Mr. William O'Neall was in faith and principle a Quaker, being born and raised in that Society; he seemed to possess all those firm and excellent principles of his father, embodied fully in his nature; kind and generous, energetic in all his undertakings, and whose life was a success to himself and family, and an ornament and a credit to his community; he lived to the advanced age of 83 years, and enjoyed the companionship of his noble wife for fifty seven years. He departed this life July 18, 1874; his wife, Jan. 18, 1873, aged nearly 82 years. The subjects of this sketch, the two youngest sons of William and Martha O'Neall, were raised and grew to manhood upon the old homestead farm, Abijah remaining with his father till his death; was married, Jan. 4, 1875, to Anna C., daughter of Dr. Elias and Letitia (Haines) Fisher; by this union they have one child -- Margaret, born March 28, 1877. In the summer of 1875, Mr. O'Neall erected a fine large frame house upon the eastern portion of the home farm, where he located and has since resided; has all good improvements, constituting a pleasant home and residence. Mr. O'Neall is one of the directors of the Waynesville National Bank, having been such since its organization; is also a Trustee of the Miami Cemetery Association, in which capacity he has acted since its first organization, in the spring of 1866. George T. O'Neall was united in marriage, Jan. 24, 1860, with Harriet, daughter of Jonas T. and Matil- da(Ferguson) Mckay. Mr. O'Neall located upon the eastern portion of the old home farm, where his parents spent many years of the prime of their life; here he has erected fine and commodious buildings and every comfort and conven- ience constituting a very pleasant farmer's residence.

HENRY PRATER, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born in Wayne Township Sept 8, 1840; is a son of William and Ann Eliza (Slack) Prater, he a native of this county and she of Pennsylvania. The paternal grandparents were Zach- ariah and Elizabeth (O'Neall) Prater, natives of North Carolina; emigrated to Ohio in 1810 and located in Wayne Township, being among the early pioneers, and here they resided till their death; he served in the war of 1812. William, the father of our subject, was born in 1812, two years after their location in this then wilderness of a country, and here was raised and grew to manhood, inured to the scenes and hardships of pioneer life; was married and became the father of seven children -- Henry, Elizabeth Ann, Job, Rebecca, Emiline (now Mrs. Sylvanus Hartsock), Mary and Alice (now Mrs. William Hawke). Mr. Prater was a farmer through life and passed his entire life in this township; he died April 27, 1855, aged 42 years; his wife is still living, now a resident of Waynesville. The subject of this sketch was 15 years of age when his father died, and, being the eldest of seven children, great care devolved upon the mother, but she faithfully did her duty and raised them all to maturity. Henry was married, Dec. 10, 1863, to Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac and Matilda Sands, whose ancestral history is given in Jonah Sand's sketch in this work. Isaac and wife had two children-Mary Elizabeth, born Dec. 11, 1846, and Laney Jane, now Mrs. William Thompson, residing in Clinton Co., Ohio. Mr. Prater and wife have had five children; four now survive-Harry C., born Oct. 3, 1866; Walter, April 17, 1868, died in August, 1868; Lee and Stella

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(twins), born April 27, 1873; and Isabella, born March 28, 1875. Mr. Prater served two years in the war of the rebellion; enlisted June 10, 1862, in 84th O. V. I., and served three months, the term of his enlistment; on Dec. 18, 1863, he again enlisted in the 34th O. V. I., and served till the close of the war; was with Sheridan in all his campaign up the Shenandoah Valley, and was in nineteen marked battles, some of which were hard contested conflicts; was once taken prisoner, but made his escape; was mustered out July 27, 1865, having passed through the war without receiving a wound or scratch. Mr. Prater has devoted his life to farming, and all within Wayne Township; takes great interest in the subject of education, and has been School Director for nine years and is a member of Township Board of Education.

JESSE PUGH, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born in this county and town- ship April 4, 1831; is a son of Jesse and Mary (Woodruff) Pugh, he a native of South Carolina and she of New Jersey. The paternal grandparents were Ellis and Phebe (Coppack) Pugh, natives of New Jersey, who emigrated to South Carolina, and thence to Ohio and settled in Warren County about 1800, being among the pioneers; at or about the same time, his brother, David Pugh, also settled here, having purchased two sections of land direct from the Gov- ernment, and here they commenced their great pioneer work of opening out their farms and making homes. After more than thirty years of hardships and labors, the grandfather passed away, dying about 1836. Jesse Pugh was twice married, his first wife dying after several years' residence in this county; they had seven children-all deceased except Elizabeth, who married Joseph Young and moved to Illinois many years ago. By his last wife, Mary Woodruff, he had eight children; three now survive-Samuel, James and Jesse. Mr. Pugh died in the fall of 1842, aged 68 years; his wife died about 1871, aged 77 years. Mr. Pugh was a very unassuming man, never holding or desiring office or notoriety, but even refused them and paid his fines rather than serve. He was a hard-working, industrious farmer, and one whose word was as good as his note; was just and upright in all his dealings-whose integrity was un- doubted, and, like many others of those noble pioneers, were examples worthy of all honor and should be imitated in their pure, honest and upright lives. The subject of this sketch was married, Feb. 20, 1868, to Jane Ann, daughter of Thomas and Susan (Carpenter) Collett, natives of England, who emigrated to America and resided in New Jersey several years, and, about 1839, came to Ohio and died in Warren County; his wife still survives and resides in Waynes- ville; they have five children still living-Emma, now Mrs. Hawke; Thomas; Amelia, now Mrs. Hammel, of Cincinnati; Joseph and John W. Mr. Pugh and wife have had three children, only one surviving-Walter, born Oct. 5, 1868. Mrs. Pogh died July 14, 1873, aged 32 years. David Pugh, mentioned above, was the father of Lot Pugh, who was prominently known as a large and extensive pork-packer and dealer in Cincinnati in former days, and the Hon. George E. Pugh, of political fame and notoriety, was a son of Lot Pugh. Our subject has always followed farming as a business; purchased the place where he now lives in March, 1863, it being a part of the land of the original pur- chase made by David Pugh mentioned above; this farm consists of 158 acres, mostly in cultivation. Mr. Pugh moved on to the place in 1868, where he has since resided.

SAMUEL PUGH, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born in Wayne Township May 15, 1826; is a son of Jesse and Mary Pugh (see sketch of Jesse Pugh). Our subject was about 16 years of age at the death of his father, but remained with his mother until after his majority; was married, April 23, 1861, to Ase- nith Ward, whose ancestors are given in the sketch of Jesse Gibbs. Mr. Pugh was married to his second wife, Rachel Joseph, June 26. 1877, a daughter of

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Clement and Martha (Pugh) Joseph, he a native of Virginia and she of this county. The grandparents were John and Elizabeth (Fields) Joseph, natives of Virginia, but who emigrated to Ohio and settled in Brown County in quite an early day, where they lived and died. Clement Joseph was a small boy when his parents located in Ohio, and was raised and grew to manhood in Brown County, thence came to Warren County, where he was married and re- sided here a few years; thence returned to Brown County, thence removed to Indiana, where they resided till their death; he died Nov. 3, 1877; his wife died Sept. 27, 1872, aged 60 years. They had thirteen children; nine now sur- vive-James A., Nathan B., Samuel F., Mary M., Hannah, Rachel, Minerva, Sarah E. and Melvina. Rachel was born in Brown Co., Ohio, Oct. 24, 1842. Mr. Pugh and wife have two children-Vain Victor, born Feb. 18, 1878, and Mary Minerva, born Nov. 27, 1879. Mr. Pugh has made farming his main business of life. On March 10, 1879, they located where they now reside; this place now consists of 115 acres, 72 of which are in cultivation, with good buildings and improvements. Mr. Pugh has never held or desired office, but has devoted himself exclusively to his farm and business interests.

JOHN T. ROBERTS, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born in Bucks Co., Penn., May 2, 1800; is a son of Edward and Ann (Trump) Roberts, natives of Pennsylvania, who were raised and grew to maturity and were married in their native State. Mr. Roberts was for many years a teamster over the mountains in Pennsylvania in an early day. About 1805 or 1806, they emigrated to Ohio, and located at the mouth of the Little Miami River, at Jarrett's Station, where he lived till about 1811; thence he moved to the American Bottoms, twelve miles below St. Louis; here his wife died in the fall of 1811; thence moved to Six Mile Prairie, above St. Louis, and, in 1812, when the war broke out, they came back to Ohio and again located at Jarrett's Station, where he resided till about 1816; thence he removed into Clermont County, near Richmond. While at Jarrett's Station, Mr. Roberts married for his second wife, Mrs. Rachel Mills; they resided at New Richmond until about 1820; they removed to War- ren County and located on the place near Harveysburg, where Edward Roberts now lives; here he resided till his death, at the advanced age of 93 years. Mr. Roberts was a remarkably strong and healthy man, and a great worker; a man of good habits, and when he died passed away with but little sickness or pain. By his first wife, he had six children, two now living-Charlotte, now Widow Tetterrow, aged 94 years, and John T., who, when a young man, learned the cabinet-making business in Cincinnati, serving an apprenticeship of five years; this business he followed till about 23 years of age; was married, in the fall of 1822, to Hannah, daughter of Jesse Pugh, by whom he had eight children; six now survive-Adolphus D., Elizabeth, Jane, Benjamin D., Everard D., Amanda M. and John A. G. Mr. Roberts' wife died May 5, 1846. On Ang. 14, 1862, he married Lydia H., daughter of Archibald and Ann Edwards, na- tives of North Carolina, but who became settlers of Ohio in 1806. Mr. Roberts has followed farming and the carpenter trade most of his life, the former hav- ing been his principal business. He bought and located where he now lives about 1837, where he has now resided forty-four years; has a fine farm of 119 acres, upon which he has erected good buildings, and now has everything com- fortable and convenient around him, constituting a very pleasant home and farmer's residence. Three of Mr. Roberts' sons-Everard D., Benjamin D. and John A. G .- all served through the war of the rebellion, and all escaped without a wound except Everard D., who was severely wounded and is now drawing a pension; he married Sarah Kelly, whose ancestors are given in the sketch of Levi Kelly. By this union, he has three children-Abigail Hannah, Mary Ethol and Bertram.

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SAMUEL W. ROGERS, retired merchant, Waynesville; born in New Jersey March 29, 1814; is a son of Joseph and Margaret (Peacock) Rogers, na- tives of New Jersey. The grandfather, Joseph Rogers, was also a native of New Jersey, and was a son of Abner and Hope Rogers, who lived and died in New Jersey, and, on their old homestead place, still stands the brick house built by him in 1776, which was visited by our subject in 1876, just one century after its erection. The grandfather, Joseph, married Esther Atkinson, by whom he had four sons and one daughter; he resided in his native State till in the fall of 1813, when he emigrated to Ohio and located in Warren County; there he lived till his death. Joseph. the father, in 1812, walked the entire distance from New Jersey over the mountains to Warren Co., Ohio; here he bought a horse and returned to his native State on horseback .. In the fall of 1815, he emigrated with his family to this county, where he settled and has since re- sided, with the exception of two and one-half years' residence in Indiana, be- tween 1823 and 1826. He served in his native State a long apprenticeship in the carpenter trade; thence became a manufacturer of the Peacock plow, and when he came to Ohio, he brought the patterns for making the cast mold-board plows-something then unknown west of the mountains; here he gave almost his exclusive attention to the manufacture of those plows for several years. At that time there was no foundry in Cincinnati, and he obtained his castings at a foundry about fifty miles southeast of here. This was in that early day a great improvement to their plows and made quite a revolution in the work of farming. Mr. Rogers is the father of eight children; four now survive -- Sam- uel W., Esther Ann, Hope and Lydia; his wife died in 1837. In 1840, he was married to Rebecca Lippincott, with whom he is still living. Mr. Rogers was born Oct. 30, 1789, and is now in his 92d year, and is still quite a spry, lively old gentleman, and we may wish for him yet many happy years. Our subject was but 18 months of age when brought to this county; here he was raised and grew to manhood, accustomed to the scenes and trials of those early days; was married, April 13, 1837, to Lydia Ann, daughter of Isaac and Hannah Engle, natives of New Jersey. Lydia Ann was born in New Jersey Feb. 23, 1814. Mr. Rogers followed farming till 1848; thence entered upon mercantile trade in Waynesville, which business he conducted for thirty-one years-till May, 1879, when he sold his stock of goods and retired from all active business. Mr. Rogers started in life a poor man, but, by his own industry, business tact and economy, has accumulated a sufficiency, and now in his later years is able to enjoy the fruits of his own industry and labor. Mr. Rogers has held the offices of Township Treasurer and Trustee, and is a Director and Vice President of the National Bank of Waynesville.

EMPSON A. ROGERS, farmer ; P. O. Waynesville ; born in Massie Township May 26, 1819; is a son of. Josiah and Abigail Rogers, whose history is given in sketch of Samuel W. Rogers. The subject of this ' sketch remained with his father on the old home place till 33 years of age; was married, Sept. 19, 1840, to Martha T., daughter of David and Priscilla Brad- dock, natives of New Jersey. David was a son of Daniel Braddock, who lived and died in his native State of New Jersey. David Braddock with his family emigrated to Ohio and located in Waynesville in May, 1839, a further history of whom is given in the sketch of Robert S. Braddock. Daniel and wife had eleven children, seven sons and four daughters-Reuben, Jacob B,, Martha T .. and Joseph J. Martha T. was born March 20, 1819. Mr. Rogers and wife have two children-Amanda H., born Jan. 20, 1844, married John C. Ridge; Mary E., born Aug. 31, 1851, married Samuel E. Elliott, whose sketch appears in this work. When Mr. Braddock and family came to Ohio, they moved over the mountains in wagons. Martha T. was then about 20 years of age, and she

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The History of Warren County, Ohio, Part 106

Author: W. H. Beers & Co. Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Number of Pages: 1081

Author: W. H. Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1882
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 1081