The History of Warren County, Ohio, Part 123

Author: W. H. Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1882
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an infant. Ephraim Little, brother of Mrs. Mehan, was killed at Tippecanoe by the Indians in the war of 1812. Ephraim Little, father of Mrs. Mehan, Sr., and grandfather of our subject, was a Revolutionary soldier, who died during the war of 1812. To him the Government ceded 90 acres of land in Deerfield Township as a reward for his meritorions services to his country during the dark days of 1776. The boyhood days of our subject were passed on the farm. where he stayed with his parents till of age. In 1835, he was married to Mary, daughter of James and Rachel (Carter) Fugate, natives of Maryland. After the event of hi ; marriage, he located at Mason, where he kept a public house for thirty-four years. In 1863, he was elected a Commissioner of War- ren County, and served three years. After that, he withdrew from public affairs and sought the privacy of retirement. To Mr. and Mrs. Mehan nine children have been born, of whom five are living, viz., Adda, Virginia, Sarah, Abigail and Winfield S. The deceased are John A. G., Eliza, Corwin and Jo- seph. John A. G. and Winfield S. were members of the 2d Missouri Cavalry; the latter served during the war and his brother but three years. The parents of Mrs. Mehan settled in Warren County in an early day, in which they lived till their death. Mrs. M. was born in Deerfield in 1815; her mother died when she was an infant, and her father in 1854, aged 77 years. Mr. M. has been fairly successful in life, and has a competency from which he reaps the pleas- ures and comforts of life.

ROBERT MERCHANT, Mason; was born in Warren Co., Ohio, in 1844, and is a son of William and Lydia H. Merchant, natives of Warren County. He (William) was a son of William and Mary Merchant, natives of Pennsylvania, who settled in this township in 1815 or 1816, where they lived and died. They had eight children, four sons and four daughters; probably all are deceased, and, with the exception of our subject and his brother, Isaac A., the family is extinct. Mr. M. died June 11, 1851, aged about 45 years. Our subject was reared in Mason till 7 years of age, when he was put at work on the farm, where he worked till the war broke out. April 23, 1861, he enlisted in Com- pany F, 12th O. V. I. under Capt. Williams, for the three-months' service. In September of the same year, he enlisted in Company A, 69th O. V. I., in which he served two years, when he veteraned at Chattanooga and served till the close of the war, being mustered out at Louisville, Ky. He passed through the battles of Stone River, Jonesboro, Mission Ridge, Chickamauga, Atlanta, Ben- tonville and a host of lesser engagements. At Stone River, he was wounded in the leg and taken prisoner and put in the Libby pens for two and a half months before being exchanged, when he was sent to Annapolis, Md .; thence to Columbus, Ohio, thence home, and, when he recovered from his wounds, went back to his regiment. In 1864, he was again captured, at Rome, Ga, while on a foraging expedition. His captors were bushwhackers, and they soon paroled him, and he, with three others, captured the leader of the same party. After his return home, he worked eleven years for one man, and for his present employer, nine years. He was married, in 1865, to Mary E. Gibbs.

ALONZO MILLER, reaper expert, Mason; was born in Deerfield Town- ship in the year 1833, and is a son of William and Ann (Cline) Miller. He (William) was born at Columbia, Ohio, in the year 1811, and is a son of Will- iam and Hannah (Phillips) Miller, who were born in Greene Co., Penn., she in the year 1774, and he some few years previous. In the year 1807, they came down the Ohio River in a keel-boat and located in Hamilton Co., Ohio, where he burnt one of the first brick kilns in Southern Ohio. He served a term of one year in the war of 1812, and died of "Cold Plague" in 1814. They were the parents of eight children, three of whom are living, viz., William, Rebecca and Joseph. The deceased are Bainbridge, John, Rebecca, Sarah and Mary.

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William Miller was married to Ann Cline in 1831. After his marriage, he lo- cated in the vicinity of Mason, where he followed the blacksmith's trade for nearly a score of years, after which he went into the mercantile business in Mason, which he followed for some time. At present, he resides in Dayton, Ohio, and is engaged in the real estate business. To them were born twelve children, of whom nine are living. viz., Alonzo, Bainbridge, Melvina, Josephine, Pauline, Inez, Taylor, William and Louisa; the deceased are Melissa, William and Laura. Mr. M., while living in Mason, was Justice of the Peace for nine years. Mrs. M. is a daughter of Frederick and Hannah Ann Cline, pioneers, of whom mention is made in the sketch of Fred Cline in this work. Our subject's early life was passed in Deerfield Township, and in the district schools he received his education. In the fall of 1861, he enlisted in the 50th O. V. I., commissioned a 2d Lieutenant, and was mustered in 1st Lieutenant of Company B, 61st O. V. I. The regiment was transferred to Virginia, where he followed the fortunes of the same, participat- ing in all the engagements; after the battle of Cedar Creek, in 1862, he re- turned to his home, and, on account of inability, resigned his commission. From then until 1880, he was a contractor, since when he has been engaged with the " Wood Twine-Binder Company," as an expert manipulator of that machine. In 1854, he was married to Louisa J. Cox, who has borne him five children, four of whom are living, viz., Charles, Frank, Edna and Inez; Will- iam, the eldest, deceased. Mr. M. has always taken considerable interest in political matters as an organizer, and has always harmonized with the Repub- lican party.

JOSEPH MULFORD, farmer; P. O. Mason. Joseph Mulford, Sr., was born in Cape May Co., N. J., in 1776, and was the son of Ezekiel Mulford, an emigrant from England and a soldier in the Revolutionary war; he was mar- ried to Rhoda Smith, in the year 1802, and emigrated to Warren Co., Ohio, in 1806, by means of a two-horse wagon, and settled in Turtle Creek Township, near Bedle's Station, first, on lands then owned by Rev. James Kemper, but he afterward bought a farm of Daniel Hole, in Section 28, at Bedle's Station. The old block-house, as it was then called, was yet standing, and stood on the east side of a small stream called Station Creek, about ninety rods north of the old hewed log M. E. Church, that is still standing on the gravel knoll near the east side of Muddy Creek Bridge. Mr. Mulford was a soldier in the war of 1812, and furnished his own horse for the service. He and his wife were parents of twelve children, six sons and six daughters, five of whom yet survive, viz., William D., Eliza, Joseph, Ezekiel, and Maria. Mr. Mulford died of cholera at Bedle's Station in 1833, aged 57 years. His wife. Rhoda Smith, died near Monroe, Butler Co., in 1843, aged 56 years. They both were exem- plary members of the first organized class of the M. E. Church, at Bedle's Sta- tion. The time was when some of the ablest ministers of that church, in the then Ohio Conference, preached in the old log church at Bedle's Station, viz., Revs. Biglow, John Collins, John P. Durbin, Augustus Eddy, Arthur W. Elliott, William Stilt and others. Quite a number of the old settlers lie buried in the knoll on which the church yet stands, but scarcely a slab or monument of any kind is there to point out the graves of the noble dead. Joseph Mul- ford, Jr., was born near Bedle's Station in 1814, and spent his boyhood on the farm in a manner common with farmers' boys. In 1834, he was married to Elizabeth Brown, to whom were born eight children, viz., William, Joseph S., John R., Jerusha J., Rhoda M. and Mary E. (twins), Margaret and Sarah, all of whom are yet living, except the oldest son, William, who, in 1861, enlisted in Company A, 69th O. V. I .; was taken prisoner by Wheeler's C. S. A. Cav- alry and paroled at McMinnville, Tenn. He died at Chattanooga, Tenn., of

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wounds received at the battle of Mission Ridge, Dec. 15, 1863, aged 26 years. His remains were brought home and buried in the Lebanon Cemetery.

JONATHAN J. MYERS, retired farmer and carpenter, Socialville, Ohio. The gentleman above dates his citizenship to Warren County back to 1839. He was born in Indiana April 17, 1817. His parents were Jonathan and Elizabeth (Pryor) Myers; he was born in Pennsylvania, and she was a native of Virginia; they were married in Chillicothe during the lat- ter part of the eighteenth century; they settled at Walnut Hills, now a suburb of Cincinnati, in the beginning of the nineteenth century; he purchased 60 acres of land where Walnut Hills now stands, on which he resided about ten years; he then removed to Switzerland Co., Ind., in which he bought a section of land, living thereon another ten years, when he returned to Ohio and located near Sharon, where he died three months later in 1829, aged about 48 years. He served his country in the war of 1812. His wife survived him, and died a number of years after his death. They were parents of eleven children, five of whom are living viz., Andrew, Elizabeth, Jonathan J., Silas P. and Robert; the deceased are Polly, James W., Joel, Hettie and Emanuel. Mr. and Mrs. Myers were of Quaker extraction and proclivity, and were reared to the re- quirements of that faith. Our subject was reared to farm pursuits; he re- mained on the farm with his parents until of age. In the fall of 1840, he was married to Mrs. Lydia M., daughter of John Wilkerson, by whom he had eight children, six living, viz., William McKendell, Mary E., Leonidas H., Cyrus F., Anna M. and John W; the deceased are Samuel A. and Josephine. After his marriage, he purchased 105 acres of land, on which he now lives. Before his marriage, he learned the carpenter's trade, and, during his latter years, has paid considerable attention to it. He and his estimable wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which they were connected before marriage; for more than forty years have they complied with every requirement of that well-known religious body, and have been live workers in the cause; for twenty years, he has led his church class, and has ever borne the standard high. His farm consists of 75 acres of choice land, which is comfortably improved. From Chillicothe, Mr. Myers, Sr., removed to Deerfield, in which he lived but a short time.

J. T. NIXON, physician and surgeon, Mason, was born in Butler Co., Ohio, March 29, 1810; he is a son of Allen and Margaret (Troutman) Nixon, who were born in Fayette Co., Penn., in which they were married. In 1803, they located in Butler County, where they lived till 1812, at which time they removed to Union Township, Warren Co., where they made a permanent home. To them were born eleven children, four of whom are living, viz., Allen, Will- iam R., James R. and J. T. Mr. Nixon is buried on land selected by himself a number of years previous to his death. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and served his country faithfully. The boyhood of our subject was passed on the farm, and`the rudiments of his education were received in the district schools. He lived on his father's farm till 19 years old, when he engaged in preaching the Gospel conformably to the rules of the Christian Church, in which he labored for a quarter of a century in Warren and adjoining counties. On account of failing health, he abandoned his ministerial labors and began the study of medicine; in 1852, he took a course of lectures in the Eclectic Institute in Cincinnati; after receiving a full course, he began the practice of medicine in Mason, where he has since paid attention to the demands of his large and increasing practice, which has made the Doctor a handsome compe- tency. He is a member of the Masonic order, in which he has advanced to the order of Knight Templar. He was married, in 1838, to Mrs. Eliza Hall, by whom he has had two children, viz., Rebecca, now Mrs. Sheets, and Mary E., now Mrs. Bursk.

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M. OBERGEFELL, merchant tailor and proprietor of Liberty House, Foster's Crossing, Ohio; was born in the year 1826; is a son of Joseph and Sallie Obergefell, natives of Germany, who never came to America. Our sub- ject learned his trade in the old country, which he followed till his enlistment, in 1847, and for six years he served in the German army, and passed through the revolution of 1848 and 1849. In 1851, he was married, in Baden, Ger- many, to Francisca Siatter, who bore him ten children, two living, viz., Jo and Tillie. Mrs. Obergefell died in 1879, aged 58 years. Feb. 26, 1880, he was again married, to Kate Rieger. In 1854, Mr. Obergefell came to America, his voyage occupying forty-two days, and had a very rough time of it. In Cincinnati he followed his trade for eleven years, doing custom work, and, during the war, worked for the United States Government on soldiers' clothes. In 1865, he came to Foster's Crossing, where he has since built up a good property; his fair dealing and popular business habits universally command for him the confidence and respect of the people; so those wanting a " square meal " or a suit of clothes properly made will be accommodated by giving him a call .- He and his estimable wife belong to the German Protestant Church, and are energetic in their religious zeal. He is a Republican in politics, conse- quently a lover of his adopted country.

THOMAS L. PENDERY, farmer; P. O. Twenty-Mile Stand; was born in Deerfield Township Nov. 13, 1835. He is a son of Thomas and Eliza (Rowan) Pendery; he was born Aug. 24, 1797; died April 17, 1839; she was born July 10, 1800; died Sept. 28, 1880; they were married Feb. 8, 1824; to them were born six children, viz., Anna, wife of Allison Scott; Jeremiah M .; Mary, wife of William Swank, and twin sister to Jeremiah M .; John G., Thomas I .. and Deborah J., wife of Redding Doty, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Pendery were members of the Associate Reformed Church, with which they connected them- selves after their marriage. He was a miller, a business he followed when he first came to the State, working in Gov. Jeremiah Morrow's mill, for the use of which at first he gave twelve barrels of flour per month. He started in life empty-handed, and, after he paid for his marriage license, had a lone 50 cents left. During his short life, he built up a good property, consisting of 215 acres of land, which, at his death, was clear of all incumbrance. Our subject was reared on the farm, and in the district school he received a common edu- cation, which was afterward developed in the Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, which institution conferred on him its diploma of graduation in 1856, and afterward followed teaching for a term of five months. Dec. 26, 1860, he was married to Mary A., daughter of John Benyer, who has borne him four children, three living, viz., Jennie E., Lilis A. and Lura C .; an infant son, deceased. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, he to the united, she to the re-united, order. He is also a member of the Mason Grange, No. 49, with which he has been connected some years. His farm consists of 200 acres of choice land, which is largely in cultivation and comfortably improved.

J. N. PERRINE, merchant, Mason, was born in Union Township, in Warren County, in the year 1836. He is a son of Daniel and Eliza Perrine, early pioneers, of whom a further notice is given elsewhere in this work. Our subject, J. N., was reared on the farm till 16 years of age, when he came to Mason to learn the carriage-trimming business, which he followed till the war broke out. In September, 1861, he enlisted in Co. A, 69th O. V. I .; his regi- ment was stationed at Columbus, guarding prisoners, until 1862, at which time they were sent to the front and annexed to the 14th Corps and for the first year were largely on detached duty; he followed the fortunes of the regiment till after the battle of Stone River, in which he participated; the following June, 1863, on account of inability caused from a chronic disorder, he was honorably

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discharged and returned to his home. He again engaged at his former trade, which he followed till 1878, at which time he abandoned it and opened a gro- cery and provision store at Mason. June 6, 1867, he was married to Sarah A. Van Fossen, by whom he has had two children, viz., Blanche and Birdie. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 15, Lebanon, Ohio, and of the I. O. O. F., Mason Lodge, No. 209. Both he and his estimable wife are consistent members of the Presbyterian Church of Mason, with which they have been connected about five years.

A. W. PITTINGER, of the firm of Fishwick & Pittinger, merchants, Fos- ter's Crossing. Mr. Pittinger was born in Cincinnati in 1852, where he was reared to mercantile pursuits, being educated in one of the leading houses in the city; his literary education was received in the city schools, and, in addi- tion, took a full commercial course in Bartlett's College; he worked as a sales- man in the city until August, 1878, at which time he came to Foster's Crossing and embarked in his present enterprise with Mr. Fishwick; he has the exclu- sive business management of the house-a responsibility he is fully competent to discharge, as there are few indeed who are better posted in the different branches of merchandising than Mr. Pittinger; his large store is always full of the best and most seasonable goods in the market, and by fair dealing he has built up a trade that has extended to the very doors of other dealers in adjoin- ing towns. May 17, 1875, he was married to Lucy Fishwick, daughter of his partner. Mrs. Pittinger is a cultured lady, an excellent saleswoman, and is as thoroughly posted in their business as her husband.

ABNER L. ROSS, farmer; P. O. Pisgah, Butler Co. The gentleman whose name we present at the head of this sketch is another of the old and well-known citizens of Warren County. He was born in Turtle Creek Township July 29, 1805; he is a son of Benjamin L. and Sarah (Leonard) Ross; he was a native of New York, she being a native of Pennsylvania; both came to Ohio when single; he came to Ft. Washington in 1797; in 1798, he came to Mason, but returned to his former place for greater security, which place is now known as Prideton. In 1801, he returned. He was one of the first mail-carriers in this part of the State, a business he operated in for a number of years; he was in reality a mail contractor under the United States Government. He was mar- ried, near Mason, in the spring of 1803, to Sarah, daughter of Abner Leonard, a pioneer preacher of the Methodist persuasion; he resided in Deerfield Town- ship for a short time after his marriage, when he removed to near Lebanon and settled on land which is now owned by - Mull; here he resided ten years, after which he returned to Mason and settled on one of Maj. Mason's farms for a short time, then removed to near Goshen, in Clermont Co., Ohio, where he lived till his death. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he was a pillar in its early history; a conscientious and unassuming gentleman, and one who had no aspirations for the empty bauble of office. To them were born ten children, five of whom are living, viz., Abner L., Samuel, Benjamin J., Mehetable and Sarah; the deceased are Isaac, Andrew, Mary, William L. and an infant. Mr. Ross died in April, 1865, aged about 90 years: his wife departed this life in 1876, at the age of 88 years. The early boyhood of our subject was passed in a manner different from most of pioneer boys, and obtained a good education for the advantages then offered; he walked three and four miles to schools, whose teachers' main qualifications were in the use of the hazel. At the age of 14, he began carrying the mail, his route extend- ing from Lebanon through Oxford and Hamilton to Brookville, Ind .; on this route he operated four years, carrying the mail on horseback; after this, be operated on the Troy Stage Line from Lebanon to Dayton, and another to Lancaster and Circleville; also from Cincinnati to Lancaster through Mont.

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gomery, Foster's Crossing, Clarksville, Sabina, Washington Court House, to Holland, Williamsport, Circleville and Amanda to Lancaster; on the above lines he operated twelve years, and at the same time had staging going on from Chillicothe to Gallipolis, and a line from Cincinnati to Indianapolis, Ind., and from the latter place to Bloomington, Bedford, Paola, to Leavenworth, on the Ohio River; also from Indianapolis to Terre Haute; he was the first to run a stage into Hamilton and Oxford, Ohio; his whole routes extended over a length of seven hundred miles; on four of his lines he had lively opposition. At this time, there were no pikes; the roads were mud roads, and the reader can have only a faint idea of their condition at times. During a portion of the time he was engaged in the above business, he was keeping hotel in Lebanon, where he was engaged at two different times-in all, twenty years. In Wilmington, Ohio, he kept hotel for two years. Abandoning staging in 1860, he retired to a fruit farm near Morrowtown, this county, to which he gave his attention about six years, and in 1869 came to where he now resides. He was married, in 1825, to Margaret Frazier, by whom he had six children, four living, viz., Abner L., James W., George W. and William R .: two died in infancy. His second marriage was celebrated with Mrs. Phoebe Fatout in 1869, she owning the farm of 90 acres, which is one of the best in the county.

JOHN SANDERS, proprietor hotel, Foster's Crossing. The gentleman whose name heads this sketch was born in Saarbruck, Prussia, in 1819; he is a son of John and Martha Sanders, of Prussia, in which they were reared and married. In 1836, they, with their family, emigrated to America; they landed in Baltimore after a tedious voyage of sixty-five days from Havre de Grace, France. From the place of landing they went to Pittsburgh, Penn., and after- ward removed to Butler Co., Penn., where they purchased a farm, on which they lived and died; they were parents of five children, one son and four daughters; the daughters married and remained in Pennsylvania, and are named as follows: Margaret, Mary, Catherine and Elizabeth. John, the fa- ther of our subject, died at the age of 87, and his wife at the advanced age of 95 years. In Butler Co., Penn., our subject learned the shoe trade, which he followed there till 1839, at which time he went to Brady's Bend, Penn., where he started a shop of his own, which he carried on till 1842; here he was unfortu- nate, and lost about $2,000; the failure discouraged him, and he resolved to emigrate westward, and soon after was in Cincinnati, where he remained through the winter, and, in the following spring (1843), settled in Foster's Crossing, and for three years following, clerked in the hotel for James Foster In 1846, he was married to Margaret Gruber, and, immediately after, started in busi- ness for himself, and kept grocery and railroad boarders; this business he fol- lowed for some years, and then branched into the dry goods business, which, however, did not prove successful, and so allowed himself to drift back to saloon and boarding house keeping, in which he is now engaged; here Mr. Sanders had quite a diversity of changes, and really saw many "ups and downs," yet withal he has been successful, and is now enjoying the comforts of a good home and is doing a paying business To them have been born nine children, six of whom are living, viz., Joseph, John B., Catherine, Anna, Theresa and Salinda; the deceased, viz., Mary, Margaret and William. For ten years, he was toll-receiver at Foster's Crossing, on the Cincinnati, Montgomery & Hopkinsville Turnpike. He, his wife and their children are consistent mem- bers of the Catholic Church, in which all were baptized and received into the church according to every prescribed rule of that great religious body. Mr. Sanders owns a good property in the village, and is now, though suffering from ill health, enjoying life under his own vine and fig tree. He formerly owned 20 acres of land adjoining the river, on which were found many relics belong- ing to aboriginal and pre-historic times.

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JAMES SCOTT, carriage-manufacturer and undertaker; P. O. Twenty-Mile Stand; was born in Union Township in 1817; he is a son of Nicholas and Rhoda (Smith) Scott, who were born in New Jersey, in which they were reared and married; in his native State, he learned wagon making, and also did an un- dertaking business. In 1816, he, his wife and one child emigrated to Ohio and settled three miles south of Lebanon, in Union Township; here he pur- chased a small farm, which he carried on in connection with his trades; he was a hard-working man, very conscientious, and had not the aspirations for worldly wealth some others had. He was a Republican in politics. To them eight children were born, six living, viz., Abiah, now Mrs. Armstrong; James, Alli- son L., Thomas; Sarah, now Mrs. Melville and Rebecca F., now Mrs. Kinkead; the deceased are Hannah and John. The latter enlisted, in the beginning of the war, in the 69th O. V. I., Co. A; he was wounded and taken prisoner at Murfreesboro. Tenn., and, after his recovery, returned to his regiment in time to participate in the battle of Mission Ridge, in which he was shot through the heart and instantly killed; he was a Lieutenant of his company, but during this battle was Acting Captain. Both Mr. and Mrs. Scott, Sr., were consist- ent and active members of the Christian Church, in which he was a represent- ative and official member. The early life of our subject was passed in his fa- ther's shop; after attaining his majority, he went to Lebanon to study more fully and obtain a broader knowledge of his business in detail, where he re- mained for a season. In 1840, he began for himself in the wagon-making busi- ness at his present stand; being without capital, he began in a small way, and gradually he enlarged his business, with which he combined undertaking and carriage-making, and thus his business assumed considerable proportions, and his carriages find a ready sale in the market. As an undertaker, he sus- tains an enviable reputation; Gov. Jeremiah Morrow and his wife were buried by him, and the funeral expense of the Governor was but $13; that of his wife, $10; he was buried in 1852, she in 1845. Mr. Scott has been twice married- first, to Mary Hart, daughter of James Hart, of Warren County, April 5, 1842, who bore him one child, viz., Alice, born in September, 1843, died in December of the same year; Mrs. Scott died March 26, 1844, aged 23 years 1 month and 27 days. His second marriage was celebrated with Lydia E., daughter of John Lowe, of Warren County, April 3, 1845; to them one child has been born- Nicholas I., born July 31, 1851; he is now a physician in Cincinnati. Mr. and Mrs. Scott are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he has been a Ruling Elder for many years. He is a gentleman fully interested in,edu- cational matters, and in the church and Sabbath school he is a representative man and zealous worker. He owns 70 acres of most excellent land, which is highly improved, with a fine dwelling and good working shop in which to carry on his business. John Lowe, father of Mrs. Scott, was born in Somerset Co., N. J., in 1789; came to Ohio in an early day a single man. He was mar- ried to Mary Irwin June 22, 1815; she was born April 9, 1789; they were parents of five children, viz., Jamas A. L., Nancy C., Mary J. Sarah A., Lydia E. Mr. Lowe died June 18, 1871; Mrs. Lowe departed this life in June, 1829; both were members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he was a Ruling Elder; he served under Gen. Wayne in the war of 1812, in the vicinity of Ft. Wayne, Ind. He was three times married; his second marriage was with Mary A. Brower, who bore him seven children, viz., Henrietta M., John L., Johana M., Abraham B., William W., Josiah E. and William W. His third marriage was celebrated with Roxana T. Nye, who is yet living, and resides in Massa- chusetts.

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The History of Warren County, Ohio, Part 123

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