The History of Warren County, Ohio, Part 127

Author: W. H. Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1882
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SALATHIEL LUKENS, farmer; P. O. Harveysburg; born in Culpeper Co., Va., Sept. 12, 1803; is a son of Levi and Elizabeth Lukens, whose history is given

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in sketch of Joseph Lukens. The subject of this sketch was about four years of age when brought to this county by his parents ; here he was raised and grew to manhood, acquainted with the hardships and trials of those early pioneers; was married Oct. 20. 1831, to Louisa, daughter of Elijah and Phebe Fawcett, natives of Frederick Co., Va., who came to Ohio and settled in Clinton County in 1822; they have now living four sons and one daughter-Charles, Oliver, Jerome, Caius, and Jane. Mr. Fawcett and family resided in Clinton County till about 1835, when they removed to Logan County, where they resided till their death. Mr. Lukens and wife have had seven children, five survive-Sarah, Virginia, Levi, Elijah and Ida. Mrs. Lukens died Feb. 2, 1880, aged 70 years. Mr. Lukens after his marriage located upon the old home place where his father first settled in 1807, remained there about five years, thence removed to Indiana, but his family not feeling contented there he remained but a few months and removed to Logan Co., Ohio, where they resided from 1837 to 1864, when they moved back to Warren Co., Ohio, and bought and located upon the farm where he now lives and has since resided. Mr. Lukens' ancestors were members of the Society of Friends, and among the best citizens of this community ; and the subject of this sketch is no exception to them in the integrity of his character, honest and hon- orable in all his dealings, and is a worthy example to the rising generations.

JOHN LUKENS, farmer; P. O. Harveysburg; born in Culpeper Co., Va., July 9, 1801 ; is a son of Levi and Elizabeth Lukens (see sketch of Joseph Lukens), The subject of this sketch was 6 years of age when brought to this county by his parents, and here in the wilderness, as it was then, was raised and grew to manhood fully initiated into the hardships and roughness of pioneer life; was married in 1825 to Susan, daughter of John and Margeret Fawcett, natives of Frederick Co., Va. Mr. Fawcett died in Virginia, but subsequently Mrs. Fawcett and family became residents of Clinton Co. about 1822, where she died in 1823; they had nine children, all now deceased. John Fawcett, was a son of Thomas Fawcett, who it is. believed was a na- tive of Wales ; he lived and died in Virginia. Mr. Lukens and wife by their marraige had one child (deceased) ; Mrs. Lukens died Feb. 16, 1864, aged 69 years. In 1865, he was married to Jane Fawcett, daughter of Elijah and Phebe Fawcett, (see in sketch of Salathiel Lukens); Jane was born in Virginia, Sept. 18, 1819. Mr. Lukens first settled on the old home place of his fathers, which is now owned by Lewis Carr. When about nineteen years of age, Mr. Lukens went to Springboro and served an ap- prenticeship at the cabinet-making trade, which business he followed only a short time ; his father gave him 32 acres of land all in the wood, located on Jonah's Run, and there erected a saw-mill which he ran for twenty years ; since which he has engaged in farm- ing; has now resided on this farm since 1822, which he opened out right from the woods, a period of fifty-nine years, nearly threescore years ; is now 80 years of age and has retired from all active labor, having done his full share of pioneer work, and deserves quiet rest in his declining years.

LEVI S. LUKENS, farmer ; P. O. Harveysbnrg ; born in Warren Co., Jan. 19, 1845 ; is a son of Benjamin and Mary (Saterthwaite) Lukens ; he was a native of Vir- ginia, whose ancestral history is written in sketch of Joseph Lukens. Benjamin and Mary were parents of four children, two now survive-Sarah, now Mrs. Wilson Harvey and Levi S. Mr. Lukens was a farmer, and after his marriage located in Massie Town- ship, where he resided till his death, in October 1875, aged 75 years; his wife died Feb. 17, 1865, aged 62 years. The subject of this sketch remained with his father till after his majority ; was married June 8, 1870, to Tacy Ellen, daughter of William and Martha (Burgess) Ham, he a native of South Carolina and she of Virginia. William Ham was a son of Rhoden and Abigail Ham, natives of South Carolina. Rhoden Ham was a son of William and Eleanor Ham, who, it is believed, were natives of South Car- olina, and lived and died in their native State. They had three sons who grew to maturity, married and raised families; the eldest of whom was Rhoden, who married Abigail Mckinsey, whose ancestral history is given in sketch of Henry Mckinsey, of Wayne Township, in this work. In 1808, Rhoden Ham with his family emigrated to Ohio and located in Wayne Township and there resided one year; thence to Clinton Co.,

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and in 1815 moved back into Warren Co., and purchased a farm embracing the land up- on which the town of Harveysburg now stands, of which see history of Massie Township, and here he resided till 1828; he removed to Montgomery Co., Ind., where he died in 1850. His wife survived him about two weeks ; they had ten children, three now survive- William, James R. and Mary, now Mrs. Ammerman, risiding in Indiana ; James R., is settled in Iowa, engaged in the practice of medicine, is a very active and prominent broth- er in the U. B. Church and is a Ruling Elder. William Ham is the only one remaining a resident of Warren Co. He has been thrice married, first to Leanna Edwards, by whom he had three children, one surviving, James R., whose residence is Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Ham's wife died Nov. 2, 1835 ; in December, 1837, he mar- ried Martha Burgess, issue three children-Thomas, Findlay and Tacy Ellen ; his second wife died in fall of 1852. On April 18, 1853, he married Mrs. Rebecca Mills, a daughter of Archibald and Nancy Edwards, natives of North Carolina. Mr. Ham, when a young man, learned the blacksmith trade, located in Harveysburg and carried on his trade very successfully for twenty-five years; thence he entered upon the mer- chantile business, which he followed twelve years ; four of which were in the dry goods and grocery trade, in which he was not so successful, meeting with heavy losses; the last eight years he was engaged in the drug trade, in which he very successful. In January, 1881, he sold out to his grandson Arthur L. Ham, and retired from all active business to pass the balance of his days in quiet and rest. Mr. Ham has spent a life of activity and usefulness, from which his labors have been abundantly rewarded by a good competency ; has been an active Christian worker for more than forty years, and lives in faith to believe that when his Lord calls him hence, he shall reach that "bright- er shore." Mr. Lukens and wife have three children-Benjamin H., born June 12, 1871; Mary M., born Oct. 24, 1873; and Alice, born Jan 16, 1876. Mr. Lukens, after his marriage, located upon the place where he now lives and has since resided. This farm he purchased of Turner Welch ; it consists of 105 acres of good land, most beautifully located, with good buildings and improvements, and is one of the prettiest lo- cations in Massie Township. Mr Lukens also owns other real estate to the amount of 283 acres, making in all 388 acres, mostly improved land. He is comparatively young, but is a man of great general information and an industrious, active farmer ; takes a great interest in education and all general public improvements and is one of the pro- gressive and useful men of Massie Township.

E. L. and J. G. MACY, farmer and merchanic ; P. O. Harveysburg. Oneamong the prominent and early pioneer families of Harveysburg, was the Macy family, and their descendents constitute a large number of families in Harveysburg and vicinity at the present time. They have a very complete genealogy of the family from its first location in the United States published in book form, and from it we find they have multiplied and extended until they are found in twenty-two States of the Union, and in 1868 there were then living 1,240 souls ; deceased since their settling in the United States, 851 ; unknown, 17 ; total, 2,108. The progenitor of this now so memorous family was Thomas Macy, born in Wiltshire Co., England ; emigrated to America about 1635, and became one of the first settlers of Newbury, Mass .; residing there but a few years, he removed to Salisbury, Mass., and was one of the original settlers of that town. Mr. Macy was a man of sterling character, possessed of great energy and determination of will ; he held many positions of honor and trust in this new settlement ; was a merchant, a planter, one of the selectmen of the town, a juryman, and withal a preacher ; he was of the Baptist persuasion, and would frequently on the Sabbath exhort the people. Mr. Macy resided at Salisbury until 1659, when the persecution of the Quakers, Baptists, and others became so intolerant that he would endure it no longer, and he, with nine others, purchased the island of Nantucket, and in September or October of above year, he, with his family, embarked in a small sail boat in Boston Bay, rounded Cape Cod, and sailed direct for the Island. This Island was then inhabited by about 3,000 Indians. There he, with a few others, settled, braving all danger to secure a free altar and a safe home, and thereby transmit to his descendents the seeds of true liberty and pure relig- ion. Thomas Macy married Sarah Hopcott, who was born in England in 1612 ; he

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died on the island of Nantucket April 19, 1682, aged 74 years ; she died in 1706, aged 94 years. They had three sons and four daughters, of whom John Macy, the sixth child and second son, was born in Salisbury, Mass., July 14, 1655 ; married Deborah Gardner, who was born Feb. 12, 1658 ; he died at Nantucket Oct. 14, 1691 ; she died in 1712; they had four sons and four daughters, of whom John, the eldest child, was born at Nantucket, about 1675 ; married Judith Worth, born Dec. 22, 1689 ; he died at Nantucket Nov. 28, 1751; she died Nov. 8, 1767; they had seven sons and six daughters, of whom David, the fifth child and fourth son, was born at Nantucket Sept. 12, 1714 ; married Dina Gardner ; he died at New Garden, N. C .; they had two sons and five daughters, of whom David, the second child, and the grandfather of Edward L. aud Nathan D. Macy, of Harveysburg, was born at Nantucket about 1743; emigrat- ed to North Carolina about 1770, and married Hannah White; his sister, Abigail, mar- ried Benjamin Stanton, and was the grandmother of the late Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, under the administration of President Lincoln. David died in Guilford Co., N. C., about 1792 ; his widow married Matthew Coffin, and died in Indiana. David and Hannah Macy had four sons and two daughters, of whom David, the second son and the father of Edward L. and Nathan D. Macy, was born at Guilford Co., N. C., May 26, 1784 ; married Sarah Dix July 8, 1807 ; emigrated to Ohio, and located in Warren Co. in the spring of 1816; he died Nov. 14, 1863; his wife, Sarah, died Oct. 2, 1866 ; they had seven children-Micajah T., born in North Carolina May 15, 1808, died at Harveysburg Dec. 2, 1828; William, born in North Carolina Nov. 18, 1809; Zalinda L., born in North Carolina Aug. 11, 1811 ; Nathan D., born in North Carolina July 20, 1813 ; Edward L., born in Clinton Co., Ohio, Jan. 9, 1816; Milton T., born in Warren Co., Ohio, Nov. 25, 1817 ; and Abigail F., born in Warren Co., Feb. 24, 1824 ; died at Harveysburg Nov. 1, 1864. Mr. David Macy was a saddler by trade, and among the early settlers of Massie Township. When he came here he purchased a farm, where he continued to work at his trade; thence he removed to Harveysburg, and was associated with William Harvey in laying out the town; here he continued in business at his trade until his death. Mr. Macy was a man of undoubted integrity, un- assuming in his habits, never seeking or holding office, but was one of those solid, sub. stantial men who make the kindest of neighbors and best of citizens in every communi- ty; he was a worthy member of the Society of Friends, and an elder in the same for many years. William Macy, son of David and Sarah Macy, married Phebe Bower, issue five children-Edward T., Zalinda A., Mary E., Priscilla and David W. Mrs. Macy died Dec. 28, 1851. Nathan D. Macy married Mary Scroggy, issue two daughters -Sarah, now Mrs. W. Lukens ; and Elizabeth, now Mrs. William Collett. Mrs. Macy died June 14, 1842. On Dec. 8, 1848, Mr. Macy married for his second wife, Eliza Gilpin, issue three children-Mildred, John G. and Edmond A. Milton T. Macy mar- ried Caroline M. Wales ; she died Aug. 30, 1844, leaving no issue. On June 28, 1849, Mr. Macy married Mrs. Eliza J. King, issue three children-DeElla Alzora, Emma C. and Charles T. Mr. Macy and family now reside in Nebraska. The greater portion of the children and grandchildren of the pioneers, David and Sarah Macy, still reside in Har- veysburg and vicinity, and are among their most worthy citizens. They are retiring in their habits, desiring no offices, or public notoriety, but possess a high moral standard, intelligent, social and congenial, constituting them excellent members of society in the communities where they live.

DR. DAVID MASON, physician, Harveysburg, was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, Sept. 26, 1824. His parents were Richard and Frances (Strickler) Mason, the former a native of Maryland, and the latter of Pennsylvania. They emigrated from the Red Stone country, Pennsylvania, in 1798, and located in Montgomery Co., Ohio. They were parents of twelve children, our subject being the youngest. He was raised on the farm, and attended the district school of his native county. In 1845, he com- menced reading medicine with Dr. Sellman, of Shelbyville, Ind. He afterward attended lectures at Payne's University, Philadelphia, Penn., from which he graduated in 1848. He first located in Indiana, and for some years afterward practiced his profession in that State. In 1853, he came to Warren Co., and, after practicing two years in Waynes-

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ville, settled in Harveysburg, where he has since remained. In 1844, he married Rachel Gibbons, a native of Preble Co., Ohio, who died in 1856, leaving four children. On the 12th of November, 1869, Mr. Mason took to himself another wife, in the person of Mrs. Edith Edwards, widow of William Edwards, of Warren Co., and a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Kumbrough. By this marriage one child has been born, viz., Lewis A., born June 12, 1874. During his residence in Harveysburg, the Doctor has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession.

LUKE McGUINN, farmer ; P. O. Harveysburg; born in the county of Sligo, Ireland, Aug. 23, 1815 ; is a son of William and Margaret McGuinn, who lived and died in Ireland. They were parents of three children-Michael, John and Luke. Mrs. McGuinn died in 1820; Mr. McGuinn married for his second wife Ellen Fealy, by whom he had eight children, seven now living-Patrick, James, Martin, William, Mathias, Alice and Margaret. The subject of this sketch was raised and grew to man- hood in his native land, and remained there till about 30 years of age when, in 1845, he emigrated to America and landed in New York City ; thence came to Cincinnati ; thence came to Clarksville, in Clinton Co .; was married in 1850, to Bridget, daughter of Thomas and Catharine Jordon, natives of Ireland, but who emigrated to America in 1845, and located in Cincinnati, where they remained five years; thence came to this county, and have since resided in Clinton, Greene and Warren Counties. Mr. Jordon died in Clinton Co. Jan. 31, 1868, aged 68 years. They had eleven children, nine now survive-Bridget, Anthony, Ann, John, Mary, Edward, Thomas, Perry and Jennie. Bridget was born in county of Mayo, Ireland, May 13, 1828. Mr. McGuinn and wife have six children-William, born March 11, 1851; Margaret, born Jan. 18; 1854 ; Charles, Nov. 27, 1856; Edward, July 10, 1860; Thomas, Nov. 17, 1863; Rosa, July 3, 1871. Mr. McGuinn, after his marriage, lived seven years in this county ; in the State of Iowa two months; thence on rented farms in Clinton and Warren Cos. fourteen years. In August, 1868, he bought the place where he now lives, and in the spring of 1869, he moved with his family to the farm where he has since resided. On this farm he has erected good buildings and made other improvements, such that he now has a good home and farmer's residence.

CONRAD MILLER, farmer; P. O. Harveysburg ; was born in Pennsylvania, 1799; is a son of Isaac and Rachel Miller, he a native of Maryland and she of Vir- ginia, but who emigrated to Ohio, and located in Warren Co., about 1818; he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war ; was a very large man and possessed of great strength, far in excess of men in general ; they lived and died in Massie Township. The subject of this sketch was about 18 years of age when he came to Ohio with his parents ; here he arrived to manhood, married and became the father of eight children, five sons and three daughters, five now living-William, Benjamin, James, Sarah (now Mrs. Allen) and George W. Mr. Miller married Lydia Baxter, born in Pennsylvania, a daughter of William and Rachel Baxter, natives of Pennsylvania ; he was killed by a tree falling on him when he was comparatively young; they had two children-Lydia and Sarah. Mrs. Baxter married, for her second husband, Thomas Evans, by whom she had four children, all deceased. Mr. Evans and wife came to Ohio about 1812, and located in Warren Co., where they lived till his death. Mrs. Evans married, for her third husband, Henry Fletcher; they removed to Illinois, where he died ; after which she returned to Warren Co., and here lived till her death. Mr. Miller com- menced in life a poor man ; has always followed farming, and by his own labor and in- dustry has accumulated a good competencey ; now owns 257 acres of good land and considerable other property. But notwithstanding the vast amount of hard labor be has performed, he has lived to the advanced age of 82 years, and his wife is 77 years of age; they have traveled the journey of life together, bearing its trials and hardships with its joys and comforts, more than half a century, and now, in the evening of their life, they can rest from their labors till their Master calls " Come up higher."

WILLIAM MILLER, farmer; P. O. Harveysburg; born in Massie Township, Jan. 10, 1832 ; is a son of Conrad and Lydia Miller, whose history appears in sketch of Conrad Miller. Our subject remained with his father, making that his home till 44

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years of age; was married Aug. 31, 1876, to Mrs. Anna Edwards, daughter of Will- iam and Mary. J. Anderson, he a native of Pennsylvania and she of Vermont. Mrs. Miller was born on Grand Isle, Vt., Dec. 11, 1845. She has been thrice married, first to George Simons, by whom she had one child-Mana, now Mrs. John Morgan ; her second husband was Harlan Edwards, by whom she had four children, two now living -Emma H. and Bertha May. By her last husband, Mr. Miller, she has two children -Lydia Leah and William Conrad. Mrs. Miller is a woman of good education, and high moral and Christian character, and was for a time engaged in a missionary work. Mr. Miller; after his marriage, located upon the farm where he now lives, and has since resided.

WILLIAM MORGAN, farmer; P. O. Harveysburg; born in Greene Co., Ohio, Nov. 26, 1816 ; is a son of Thomas and Ann (Ogan) Morgan, he a native of Pennsyl- vania, and she, it is believed, of Virginia. The grandfather, Thomas Morgan, was a native of Wales, and the grandmother, of Ireland. Thomas, the father of our subject, when about six years of age, moved, with his parents, to Frederick Co., Va., where he grew to manhood, was married and emigrated to Ohio soon after 1800, and first located in Pickaway Co. and lived in that vicinity for several years ; thence removed to Greene Co. and resided several years, where our subject was born ; thence removed to Indiana, where they resided till the death of Mrs. Morgan, which occurred about 1820, soon after which he returned to Greene Co., Ohio. They had eight children, five now sur- vive - Phamay, now Mrs. David Jay, living in Clinton Co .; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Gage, in Grant Co., Ind .; William ; Catharine, now Mrs. William F. Compton ; and John, who now resides in Madison Co., Iowa. Mr. Morgan married for his second wife Elizabeth Jones, by whom he had five children, two now living-Ann and Jane. After a residence of several years in Greene and Clinton Cos., he again moved to In- diana, where he died about 1849 or 1850. Our subject was about four years of age when his mother died, but he remained with his father mostly till 16 years of age, after which he worked by the month for various farmers till his majority ; was married Jan. 4, 1844, to Matilda, daughter of Joseph and Christiana Compton, natives of North Carolina ; by this union they had two children-James H., born Dec. 24, 1844, and Martha Ann, born May 30, 1846. His wife died Oct. 7, 1864, aged 56 years. On Dec. 31, 1868, he was united in marriage with Ruth, daughter of David and Rebecca Joy, he a native of Clinton Co. and she of South Carolina ; Mr. and Mrs. Joy had five children, two now survive-Ruth, and Ann, now Mrs. Benjamin Farquhar, of Clinton Co. Mr. Morgan has always followed farming as his occupation, and all within Massie Township but about five years in Clinton Co .; he bought and located upon the place where he now lives in the summer of 1865, where he has since resided. Mr. Morgan and wife are earnest members of the Society of Friends, and as such, live devotedly to their principles of honesty and integrity ; he is very retiring in habits, seeking no pub- lic office or notoriety, but is one of the most upright and kindest of neighbors, and a most worthy citizen of the community where he lives.

JOHN MORRIS, retired farmer; Harveysburg; born in North Carolina Dec. 19, 1797; is a son of Isaac and Millicent (Bundy) Morris, natives of North Car- olina. The paternal grandfather, Zachariah Morris, as far as is now known, was a na- tive of North Carolina, as was also the maternal grandfather, Demcy Bundy, and they lived and died in that State, the ancestry of both families being from England. In 1798, Isaac Morris and family moved from North Carolina to Virginia, and located in Grayson Co., where he resided till his death ; he was a farmer by occupation through life. They had thirteen children, four now survive - Zadok, John, Nancy (now Mrs. Sexton, residing in Fayette Co., Ohio), and Sarah, now widow Bemer, residing in Iowa. Zadoc married Lydia Barnett; she died and he married for his second wife, Mrs. Ruth McPherson, whose maiden name was Cary ; they reside in Fayette Co., Ohio. In 1816, our subject, with his brother, came to Ohio and located in Clinton Co., where they re- mained about ten months ; thence returned to Virginia, and in 1818 returned to Ohio, coming through the entire distance (500 miles), on foot, and also, we should state, that in going back to Virginia, they walked the entire distance, thus making 1,000 miles on

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foot, which would be a great undertaking for the young of our present generation. In 1823, Mr. Morris purchased a farm in Clinton Co. with 40 acres cleared, located about eight miles east of Harveysburg. On this farm he remained about thirty years; thence he sold out and bought another farm five miles east of Harveysburg, and there resided eighteen years, when, from advancing years, and having, by his own labor and industry, accumulated a good competency, he purchased a good residence in Harveysburg, to which he moved in 1871, and here has since lived, retired from all active labor, desiring to enjoy a quiet rest during the bal- ance of his life. He still owns, but rents his farm, which consists of 300 acres of fine land, and which has brought him $1,000 per year, cash rent. In January, 1823, Mr. Morris was united in marriage with Ruth, daughter of Anthony Stanley, a native of North Carolina; issue, nine children ; four now survive - Isaac, now editor of the Miami Helmet, at Piqua, Ohio ; Micajah, living in Illinois; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Stan- ley, living in Kansas ; and Ruth, now Mrs. Roberts, residing in Indiana. Mr. Morris' wife died June 21, 1838. On Jan. 17, 1839, he married Mary, daughter of Robert and Edith Stanley, natives of North Carolina ; by her he had eight children ; five now survive-Lydia, now Mrs. Curl; Sarah Ann, now Mrs. Elias D. Harlan ; Jere- miah and Isabel (twins), and Susanna H. The mother died Aug, 6, 1881. Mr. Mor- ris relates that the first experience he had after coming to Ohio, and the first money he made was in killing a bear ; he had started out to hunt turkeys, which were very plen- tiful in those days, and he accidentally came across a large black bear ; he says his heart beat so loudly that he could hear it thump distinctly ; but he took sure aim with his old flint gun and fired ; although the bear ran a short distance, he soon died. the ball having penetrated his heart. The skin of the bear, which was a very large and fine one, he sold to Gen. Trimble, afterward Governor of Ohio, for $3.

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The History of Warren County, Ohio, Part 127

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