The History of Warren County, Ohio, Part 118

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

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GEORGE KROENER, farmer, P. O., Loveland. The gentleman whose name we present as the subject of this sketch was born in Prussia in the year 1827, and is one of our representative German citizens. In his native land he was reared to farm pursuits. In 1848 he emigrated to this country, landing in Balti- more, after which he came to Cincinnati, where for ten succeeding years he worked at stove moulding. In 1860 he came to Hamilton Township, where he rented land for five years, when the savings from his labor enabled him to pur- chase 50 acres, on which he has since lived and prospered. In 1851 he was mar- ried to Louisa Feldkamp, a native of Germany, where she was born in 1826. To them have been born eight children, viz: Bernard, Harman, Mary, Fred, Lizzie, Johnny, Henry, and George, deceased. He belongs to the German Reformed Church, and is a Republican in politics.

JOSIAH LOWNES, deceased, was born in Pennsylvania, in the year 1799, and was reared to man's estate near Ellicott's Mills in the State of Maryland. On the 16th day of May, 1832, he was married in Maryland, to Anna,

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a daughter of Wm. Burdsal. For nearly three years after his marriage he continued to live in Maryland, when he removed to Montgomery Co., O., and settled on a farm near Centerville, on which he lived twenty-four years, after which he settled near Springboro in this county, where he lived until 1869, at which time he bought 140 acres of land on which his widowed wife and two of their children viz: William S. and Miriam, now reside. His death occurred on the 37th anniversary of his marriage, May 16, 1870. He belonged to the Quaker society, in which he was reared and held a birth right. To them were born five children, four of whom are living, viz: Elizabeth A., William S., Miriam, and Rebecca. Susan deceased. Mrs. Lownes was born in Virginia, Nov. 11, 1809. Her father settled in Clinton Co., O., in 1835 or 1836, where he lived and died at the advanced age of 80 years. His wife departed this life in Montgomery Co., Md., in 1817. They also belonged to the Quaker society, as does Mrs. Lownes.

RICHARD LUDLUM, farmer, P. O., Morrow. Richard Ludlum was born in Hamilton Township, Warren Co., O., on the 11th day of December, 1831. He is the son of Benjamin and Margaret Ludlum, who were among the first settlers of Warren Co., and whose sketch appears in connection with Dr. Ludlum's, of Maineville. Mr. Ludlum was reared on a farm, and received the rudiments of education in the ordinary district schools. He afterwards attended Delaware University, in which institution he remained about six months. He then returned to his home on the farm, where his services were required. He was married on March 15, 1855, to Maria Simonton, daughter of Alexander Simonton, of War- ren Co. To them were born three children, viz .: Charles A., Alice C. and Elmer. Mr. Ludlum is a zealous member of the Zoar Methodist Episcopal Church. He has been successful in business, and is the owner of 235 acres of fine, tillable land.

B. F. LUDLUM, physician and surgeon, P. O., Maineville, was born in Hamilton Township in the year 1835, and is a son of Benjamin Ludlum, who was a son of Smith Ludlum, who settled in this township in the year 1803 or 1804, from New Jersey. To Benjamin Ludlum and wife were born eleven children, eight of whom are living. He returned to Pennsylvania in 1814, where he re- sided seven years, and was married to Margaret McCarter, March 14, 1814. He served in the War of 1812, and was a brick mason by trade. He also taught in the schools of the county for a number of years; was a man successful in business and accumulated considerable property. He died July 14, 1881, and was born July 29, 1792. His wife died Sept. 9, 1867, and was born in Pennsylvania in 1794. They were old and prominent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which they became connected in 1816. Our subject was reared on the farm and received the rudiments of his education in the district schools, which was developed by a course of study in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, O. In March, 1863, he enlisted in the 66th Ohio Vol. Inf., and was commissioned Assistant Surgeon, he having previously studied medicine under Drs. Paulding, Mounts and Baker. With the regiment he remained until the close of the war, and was discharged in July, 1865. Upon his return to civil life he resumed his studies and graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1867, and also graduated from the Cincinnati School of Medicine and Surgery in 1863. After practising several years in Butlerville, O., in 1876 located in Maine- ville, where he has since given his attention to the demands of his practice. In 1866 he was married to Elizabeth Jones, daughter of Thomas Jones, by whom he had four children, viz .: Mattie, Benjamin J., John C. and Margaret. He be- longs to the medical society of the county, and to the I. O. O. F., Maineville Lodge, No. 557; was elected Treasurer of his township in 1880, and while living in Butlerville served as Clerk of Harlan Township. Mrs. Ludlum died at her home in Maineville, Sept. 2, 1881.

JOHN F. MARSH, farmer, P. O., Maineville, was born in Cincinnati in 1818, and is a son of Isaac Marsh, a native of New York, who settled in Cincinnati in 1812, where he followed plastering till 1833, when he purchased 100 acres of land,

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on which our subject lives, and where he lived, and died, in 1869, aged 88 years. Mary, his wife, died in 1861, aged 77 years. They were parents of eleven children, of whom two are living in this county, viz., William and our subject. Mr. Marsh served a short time in the War of 1812. The boyhood of our subject was spent in Cincinnati, and came to the farm with his parents in 1899, where he has since lived. Nov. 28, 1852, he was married to Harriet Ludlum, daughter of Thomas Ludlum, by whom he has had eight children, seven living, viz., William, Frank, Anna, James, Charles, John and Lillie. Albert deceased. He owns 120 acres of land.

SAMUEL H. McFERREN, farmer, P. O., Hopkinsville, is a son of James and Margaret McFerren. He was born in South Carolina; she in Ireland, and when four years old emigrated with her parents to this country, and was six months on the voyage. They were married in South Carolina, and in 1813 emi- grated to Warren County on horseback, and brought with them one child. When he landed here he had thirteen dollars in money, and the first season he worked for eight dollars per month and boarded himself. He was a shoemaker and his evenings were devoted to plying his trade. By economy and in- dustry he succeeded, after years of toil, in accumulating a good property-about 784 acres of land-300 of which was in Harlan Township, Warren County, 230 in Brown Co., O., and 204 in the home farm. To them were born eleven children, nine living, viz: William, John, Elizabeth A., Mary, Andrew, Margaret J., Alex- ander, Nancy and Samuel. The deceased are James and Ellen, both of whom died leaving families. Mr. McFerren died March 20, 1866, aged 80 years. She died February 19, 1856, aged 56 years. Both were of Scotch-Irish descent. Mrs. Ellen McFerren, mother of James, ended her days in Ohio, with her son. Our subject was born on the place where he lives January 4, 1838. He was married in 1862, to Mary A., daughter of Daniel Quimby, a native of Hamilton Co., O., who became a resident of Warren County. To them seven children have been born, four living, viz: Harry, Anna, Lillie and Rosy. Margaret, Katie and Liz- zie, deceased. He owns 159 acres of land in Survey No. 1547. Katie, mother of Mrs. F., died in 1862, aged 54 years. She was the mother of two children, both living, viz: Nettie and Mary A.

W. R. MERRILL, carpenter, P. O., Murdock, was born in Brown Co., O., April 21, 1886, and is a son of Reuben Merrill. Our subject was reared on the farm in Goshen Township, in Clermont Co., O. At the age of eighteen he be- gan his trade, and served as a regular apprentice under John Schuyler. In Sep- tember, 1860, he went to Liberty County, Texas, on the Trinity river, where he followed his trade, doing bridge work for a while. In April, 1862, he was con- scripted into the C. S. A. Service, Company I, 25th Texas Cavalry, under Capt. E. B. Pickett. Saw active service principally in Arkansas. Was captured at Ar- kansas Post in 1863, January, and sent north to Camp Butler at Springfield, Ill., where, April 1, he took the oath of allegiance and returned to Cleremont Co., O. Soon after he enlisted in the Ohio State Militia, and of a Company was made First Lieutenant, and soon after Captain. He participated in the celebrated John Morgan chase. September 10, 1868, he was married to Cynthia, a daughter of A. J. Walker. In 1866 he purchased land where he now lives, but has followed his trade almost exclusively. To Mr. and Mrs. M. five children have been born, four of whom are living, viz: Clifton W., Hattie L., Leah M. and Myrtle M. Curtis, deceased. In his district he has been supervisor and school director for a number of years, and is a member of the Emcry Lodge No. 558, F. & A. M. He and his estimable wife are also exemplary members of the Bethel Church, in which he has been a deacon for about ten or eleven years.

JAMES H. MONCE, P. O., Maineville, is a son of Thomas Monce, who was born in Virginia, and in 1810 came to Highland Co., O., and in 1818 to this county and settled near Hopkinsville on a farm where he lived till his death. He and his wife, Sarah Irwin, were parents of ten children, but one living. Thomas

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Monce was born Feb. 16, 1775, and he died in 1842. His wife was born April 9. 1792, and died Feb. 14, 1878, and was a member of the Presbyterian Church. James H, their son, was born in this township in 1827. He was married to Re- becca, daughter of Benjamin Ludlum, in 1852. Seven children were born to them, of whom six are living, viz .: Ella, Cora, Anna, Esther, Ulysses and Edward; Lorin deceased. Mrs. M. was born in Hamilton Township in 1827, and is an ex- emplary member of the Maineville Methodist Episcopal Church.

WILLIAM P. MOUNTS, County Commissioner and farmer, P. O., Morrow. The subject of this sketch was born on the place where he lives Aug. 30, 1823, and is a son of Providence and Isabelle (Smith) Mounts, who were born in Kentucky in the year 1795. He (Providence) was a son of William and Catherine Mounts, early pioneers of Warren Co., who settled here about 1796. Providence Mounts and Isabelle Smith were married in Warren Co., and she was a daughter of James Smith, an early settler. To. Mr. and Mrs. Mounts were born nine children, of whom seven are living, viz .: Catherine, now Mrs. Kibbie, William P., James W., Elizabeth, now Mrs. Roach, Marshall, Lavenia, now Mrs. Peck and Rebecca, now Mrs. Eagle. The deceased are-Nancy, (Mrs. Hopkins) and Martha E. Mr. Monnts was a successful business man and accumulated a good property. In the War of 1812 he served for some time, and was only 17 years of age. The subject of this sketch was reared on the farm and received a common school education. He remained with his parents on the farm until he had attained his majority, after which, being fond of travel, he visited various parts of the coun- try. Sept. 27, 1865, he was married to Henrietta Van Dusen, of Newport, Ky., after which event he located on the farm where he has since lived. In politics he has always been a Republican, and was elected one of the County Commissioners in 1874, and has since been twice re-elected, and now (1881) has two years of his last term to serve. He has also been Trustee of Hamilton Township, and his ex- ecutive ability is of the recognizable type and thoroughly established in Warren Co. To Mr. and Mrs. Mounts five children have been born, viz .: Ulysses G., Gracie, Cora, Van and Providence. He owns 280 acres of the best land in the township, and his home farm is elegantly improved and beautifully situated, and as farm property has not an equal in the county, and reflects much credit on its owner.

JAMES W. MOUNTS, farmer, P. O., Morrow, was born in this township, and is a son of Providence and Isabelle Mounts, (see sketch of William C. Mounts.) He was reared on the farm, and in the district schools received an ordinary education. In 1865 he was married to Elizabeth Davis, of Union Co., Ind., who has bore him three children, viz .: Harry, Catherine and Eugene. In 1862 he enlisted in the 4th Iowa Cavalry, Co. A, and took part in the battles of Vicksburg, Pittsburg Landing, Franklin, and many others of lesser note. Was first Ser- grant of his Company, and was honorably discharged in 1865. He resided in Iowa eight years previous to the war. He owns 100 acres of land, which is in an excellent state of cultivation and well improved.

LINDSEY MOUNTS, farmer, P. O., Morrow, was born near Morrow, July 25, 1825, and is a son of Watson and Nancy (Lindsey) Mounts. He was the youngest child of William Mounts, a pioneer of Warren Co. To Watson Mounts and his wife were born eleven children, viz: Rebecca, born in 1820; Providence, born in 1823, died in 1849; Lindsey, (as above); Joseph, born in 1827; Leander, born in 1829; James, born in 1831; Dorcas, born in 1833; John H., born in 1885 and died in Feb. 1861; Gracy, born in 1887; Catherine, born in 1839, and William, who was born in 1840. He was born in Warren Co., in 1799; Nancy, his wife, was born in Kentucky in the same year. He died in May, 1875, and she departed this life in August, 1878 ; was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church 40 years. Our subject has been twice married, first to Sarah, a daughter of Phineas Roach, Feb- ruary, 1855; she died June 7, 1855. His second marriage was celebrated June 10, 1856, with Angelina, daughter of Isaac and Hannah Miranda, and widow of Eli

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T. Ludlum, by whom he has one child, viz: Albert C. Mrs. M. had three chil- dren by her first husband, viz: Marshall, Waldron and Hattie. In 1850 Mr. M. went overland to California, where he resided three years, and since then has lived in the county. He owns 135 acres of excellent land, which is more than ordinarily improved. Mrs. Mounts was born in the county in 1825.

WILLIAM G. MOUNTS, farmer, P. O., Morrow, is another of the old, well-known citizens of Warren Co. He was born in Hamilton Township in 1809, and is a son of Joseph Mounts, one of the pioneers, a mention of whom is made in the sketch of Alex. Mounts, in Union Township's history. Our subject was brought up on the farm and received only a limited education in the early sub- scription schools. He was married on the 6th day of Oct., 1833, to Susan, daugh- ter of Joseph Greene, who was born in Cincinnati. After his marriage he located on the farm where he has since lived. Four children were born to them, viz: Jo- seph, Elizabeth, Phoebe and William. Mrs. Mounts departed this life Jan. 14, 1870, aged 54 years, 6 months and 1 day. He owns upward of 300 acres of land, which is largely in cultivation and well improved. He has been an exemplary member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since he was 16 years old, and is a genial, whole-souled and Christian gentleman. His son William enlisted in 1864, in Co. F. 146 O. N. G., served his time and was honorably discharged. He was married Oct. 8, 1872, to Susan A., daughter of Dr. Cottle, of Maineville, by whom he had three children, viz: Pearl, Mabel and Lucius. Mrs. M. was born in the county in 1846 and departed this life Aug. 2, 1881. William M. was born on the old home farm in 1844.

J. C. REDMAN, Justice of the Peace and conveyancer, P. O., Maineville, was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, in the year 1885, and is a son of John Redman, of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio in 1880. Our subject received not the advantage of an education in the earlier part of his life, but afterwards, by studiously ap- plying his mind, and chiefly through his own efforts, succeeded in obtaining a good busi- ness-like education. At the age of 15 he began learning the harness trade, which was completed three years after. It was then he began to realize the necessity of an education, which he set out in pursuit of, and won. After attaining his major- ity he engaged in teaching, which he followed five years, and as an educator became well and favorably known. In 1862 he enlisted in Co. K, 79th O. V. I .; saw active service until June, 1864, at which time he was wounded in front of Atlanta, Ga. For meritorious service he was after this promoted to a 1st Lieut., but being unable to pass muster on account of disability caused by the wound, could not accept the proffered honor. In September, 1865, he was "mustered out" and returned home, and a few months later went to Camp Denison, where he remained until 1866, since when he has been engaged in various enterprises. He is now established in Maine- ville in the capacity of conveyancer, and is in discharge of the duties and respon- sibilities of Justice of the Peace, Township and Corporation Clerk. He also does a large amount of legal writing, to do which he is fully competent. In 1856 he was married to Mary E., daughter of William T. Friend, of Woodville, Ohio, who has borne him seven children, viz: John W., Louisa, Edwin S., Debby J., Alice C., David and Anice. He is a worthy member of the Masonic Lodge of Blan- chester, Ohio, No. 191, and also of the Maineville Lodge 1. O. O. F., No. 557.

GEORGE J. ROACH, farmer, P. O., Maineville, was born in Salem Town- ship, this county, in 1827, and is a son of Jonah and Rebecca (Gregg) Roach. He was born in Virginia March 15, 1791. In 1812 he came to Ohio, and in the Spring of 1818 settled near Springboro, where he lived five years. Feb. 6, 1817, he was married to Rebecca, daughter of Samuel Gregg, a pioneer. After the above event he located in Salem Township, where he resided eight or ten years, when he sold out and purchased about 400 acres of land in this township. To Mr. and Mrs. Roach were born eight children, three living, viz: Ann E., Samantha and our sub- ject. The deceased are: William, Samuel, James, Milton and Elizabeth. Mr. Roach was a successful and energetic farmer. He served in the War of 1812 as a

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home guard, and his death occurred in October, 1877. Mrs. Roach was born in War- ren Co., June 18, 1797, and died Sept. 23, 1867. Our subject was reared on the farm, and received only a limited education. In 1849 he was married to Mary A., a daughter of Smith Ludlum, who bore him nine children, five living, viz: Evaline, Rosa, Willie, Ollie and Charley, The deceased are: Samuel, who died Aug. 7, 1877; Jonah, who died Sept. 23, 1865, and Ettie, who died Jan. 4, 1864. The farm of Mr. Roach contains 1743 acres of choice tillable land, on which he has lived since 1856. He and his estimable wife are consistent members of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, of Maineville, to which they have been connected for nearly twenty years, and both are very exemplary Christian people.

WILLIAM ROAT, farmer, P. O., Loveland. The gentleman whose name heads this sketch was born in Hamilton Township in 1838, and is a son of Morris and Margaret Roat. He was born in New Jersey, in 1806, and is a son of Michael and Elsie, C. (Huffman) Roat, natives of New Jersey, who located here in 1817, coming to Ohio by teams across the mountains of Pennsylvania. They purchased 100 acres of land. Michael and wife were parents of ten children, three living. He died in 183! aged 60 years; she died in 1843. The father of our subject was married in 1834 to a daughter of Nicolas Tiger, of New Jersey, who settled here in 1819. To Morris and wife were born four children, all living, viz: Nicholas, Michael, William and Jacob. Our subject was reared a farmer and received only a limited education. Dec. 31, 1863, he was married to Mary, a daughter of James Walker, who was a son of Samuel B. Walker. After his marriage he settled where he now resides. He owns 77 acres of good land, which is largely in cultivation. They have three children, viz: James A., Cora B. and Margaret O. Both are mem- bers of the Bethel Church, to which they have been connected for 18 or 19 years, and are exemplary Christian people.

H. SCHLOTMAN, farmer, P. O., Murdock, was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1827. His early life up to 17 years of age was passed in his native country, at which time he, with his brother and sister (in 1844), set sail for this country, land- ing in New Orleans January, 1845. From there they came to Cincinnati, where he found employment at his trade-stove moulding-until 1856, when he went to Evansville, Ind., and soon after back to Cincinnati again, where he followed his trade till 1860, when he came to Hamilton Township, in which he worked leased land for 5 years. In 1865 he purchased 50 acres. From 1866 to 1872 he resided in Cincinnati, and since the latter date on his farm. During the last 6 years of his stay in Cincinnati he was employed as a guard in the county jail-his brother Henry being at the time sheriff of Hamilton Co., Ohio. June 12, 1851, he was married to Eliza Israel, of Cincinnati, by whom he has had nine children, eight living, viz: Lizzie, William, Chase, Charley, Alfred, Etta, Gus, Christ; Harry, deceased. Mr. Schlotman is a Republican and a gentleman thoroughly posted upon the events and questions of the day, and is ready at all times to intelligently discuss the merits and demerits of all cases at issue. He is a member of the German Reformed Church. Mrs. Schlotman with her parents came to America in 1845.

D. H. SHIELDS, farmer, P. O., Murdock, was born on the farm where he lives, Nov. 18, 1885, and is a son of George Shields, who was born in West More- land Co., Pa., in 1801. He was a son of Robert Shields of the same county. He (Robert) with his wife and children in 1810 came to this county, their trip being made from Pittsburg to Columbia down the Ohio river, in a "broad horn." A short time after arriving here he purchased a small tract of land on which he resided till 1840, when he removed to Clinton Co., Ohio, where he died Jan. 25, 1846; his wife, Martha Brown, died in Nov., 1868. She was born in 1778. They were parents of eight children, three living, viz: Joseph, Robert and Lucinda. The deceased are George, John, William, David and Mary. He was one of the organizers of the Bethel Church in 1814, and in which he was a Ruling Elder while he lived here, and was clerk of the sessions till 1885. He served under Capt. Simonton in the

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War of 1812. George, father of our subject, was married to Hannah, daughter of of Isaac and Esther (Walker) Spence, April, 14, 1825, and located where our subject now lives. He was much interested in religious matters and a Ruling Elder of the Bethel Church. His first wife died March 29, 1840; she was born Jan. 23, 1799. His second wife was Julia A. Randabush, whom he married in 1848. She died the following year. His third marriage was celebrated with Rachael Hines, in 1850. She died Aug. 8, 1880. He departed this life July 26, 1880. By his first wife he had six children, viz: Harriet, Samuel, Calvin, Mary J., D. H. and Luther. Our subject has been twice married, first to Minerva Chaney, of Cleremont Co., O., Dec. 31, 1876, by whom he had four children, viz: George E., Rosa B., Eliza J. and Harriet. Mrs. Shields died Jan. 24, 1867. Feb. 18, 1868, he was married to Martha Mckinney, of Goshen, Ohio, by whom he has three children, viz: Curtis E., Nellie B., and Richard, deceased. He has been Trustee and Justice of the Peace of the township. He and his wife are members of the Bethel Church, of which he is a Ruling Elder and has been Deacon. He owns 334 acres of excellent land.

P. W. SKILLMAN, farmer, P. O., Loveland, was born in the State of New Jersey, Feb. 25, 1831, and is a son of Abraham and Hannah Skillman, natives of the same State, who settled near Hopkinsville in 1836, and a year later in Maineville, near which he worked a farm and labored on a contract he had on the L. M. R. R. Mrs. Skillman died in 1840, when he returned to New Jersey where he died in 1854. Their children, six in number, settled in Ohio, in which they lived for a number of years, viz: Jacob, Andrew, Peter W., James, Perry, and Hannah, who died near Maineville. Our subject returned to New Jersey with his father, and learned the plastering and brick laying trade. In 1852 he re- turned to Cincinnati, where he plied his trade, and did a regular contract business until 1862, when he went to Cleremont Co. Ohio, and soon after came to the place where he now resides. In 1857 he was married to Ruth A., daughter of Joseph Randabush, of Cleremont Co., who bore him six children, viz: Flora, Anna, Kate, Buela, Ella, and Abra. Mrs. Skillman died March 6, 1877, aged 44 years. He was again married to Hannah, daughter of James Spence, Sept. 29, 1880. He is a member of the Emory Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, No. 558, having joined the order in 1857; is a Republican in politics, and has always voted with that party upon all questions at issue.

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The History of Warren County, Ohio, Part 118

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