The History of Warren County, Ohio, Part 132

Author: W. H. Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1882
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JOHN INGLE, farmer ; P. O. Cozaddale; the subject of this sketch is a native of Harlan Township, this county, where he was born Feb. 16, 1837. His early aspira-

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tions were the farm, and amidst the rural scenes he grew up to manhood ; he received the advantages of an education peculiar to the rural schools of the neighborhood in which he was reared. He was united in marriage the first time to Miss Hulda Greg- ory, April 9, 1859; these parents had five children -William P., born Oct. 23, 1860 (deceased) ; Izetta J., born April 7, 1862 ; Mary L., born June 29. 1866 ; Elizabeth I., born September 27, 1868, and Thomas R., Jan. 6, 1874 (deceased). On March 16, 1879, Mr. Ingle was bereaved by the loss of his companion by death, and full of affec- tionate and sad remembrances, he laid her away in a beautiful grassy plat near the home that she loved so well. Being left with his family, he was again married in June, 1880, to Miss Millie Long, who was born, August, 1860, at Fort Ancient, this county. These parents have one child-Charlie, born April 22, 1881. He is a member of the United Brethren Church, and of I. O. O. F., No. 308, Edenton Lodge. He has been remarkably successful in life and owns 500 acres of land in a high state of cultivation ; he usually has 140 acres of meadow, 100 acres of wheat, and 70 acres of corn. Mr. Ingle takes great pride in fine cattle and hogs, of which he has a number. His father was William Ingle, originally from North Carolina, born Jan. 25, 1805; he married Miss Mary Higgins, of Shelby Co., Ind., and settled in this county about the year 1814 ; his father was an industrious man and his life was one of hardship and adven, ture ; he labored on the Hamilton and Dayton canal over one year, at $13 per month. and, with what he saved of his earnings, he purchased the first 100 acres of land which formed the nucleus of the farm on which the above now lives. This is an exam- ple to the young well worthy their attention. For " He who by the plow would thrive must either hold or drive."

WILLIAM JACKSON, farmer; P. O. Level ; this worthy gentleman is a native of Frederick Co., Md., born May 11, 1824. At about 11 years of age, he came to this county with his parents-his father, Jacob Jackson, his mother, originally Nancy Rogers, both natives of Maryland. The subject of this sketch is naturally a farmer and enjoys the rural scenery of his adoption. He was united in marriage, Nov. 25, 1849, to Miss Delia Sophia Scudder, a native of this State. They have eight children-Dora J., Solon L., William H., Eunice A., Elizabeth A., Ida M., Dollie Mc. and Margaret D. Mr. Jackson is a Democrat of the old school, and has held the office of School Director for a period of twelve years ; he owns a good farm of 112 acres of choice land; and has one of the most interesting families in the township; he is a warm friend to education, having liberally educated a num- ber of his children. The family are musically inclined and seem to enjoy its charms.

GEORGE JACKSON, farmer; P. O. Level ; a native of this county, born Dec. 27, 1838, and educated in the common and graded schools of this county. His early inclination was to farm, and to that occupation he has devoted his life. He was united in marriage to Julia A. Flesher, Dec. 26, 1860 ; she being a native of this county, and born Dec. 23, 1837. Their children are Elmer and Addie ; the former to soon finish a collegiate course at Lebanon Normal. Mr. Jackson lost his wife by death, Nov. 23, 1865; he was again married the second time, March 12, 1869, to Miss A. C. Hill; the following interesting family blessed this union : Millie, Laura, Letitia, Carrie, Mattie, James B. and Arthur. His father was Jacob M. Jackson, born in Clarksburg, Va .; he married Miss D. Williams, of the same State. They settled in this county at an early date, and are numbered among the pioneers of the same.

THOMAS J. JONES, farmer ; P. O. Pleasant Plain; was born in Harlan Town- ship, Warren Co., Ohio, April 23, 1858. His father, Thomas Jones, was born in Vir- ginia, Sept. 4, 1815, and on the 11th of March, 1844, married Martha Sears, who died Nov. 20, 1878. They were the parents of eleven children, of whom Thomas, our sub- ject, who was the youngest, was raised on the farm with his father until he married and commenced life for himself. He attended the district schools of his township and devoted his spare time to the work on the farm. On Feb. 9, 1879, he married Miss Lucy M. Gibbs, a daughter of Henry and Lucy (Clark) Gibbs, natives of England, who

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emigrated to this county from near London, England, in the fall of 1857. By this union one child was born, viz .: Henry L., born Jan. 27, 1880. Mr. Jones, though a young man, is of an industrious disposition and steady habits, and promises to soon place himself upon a substantial worldly footing.

MICHAEL KELLER, blacksmith; P. O. Butlerville; a native of Germany, born April 21, 1837. He came to America with his parents when about one year of age, settling in Shelby Co., Indiana. His father, after whom the son was named, was born in Germany also, about the year 1806, he married Mary Hechler, one year his junior. She died in Shelby County in the year 1841, and be fifteen years later, near Nashville, Indiana. Mr. Keller has been twice married, the first time Nov. 10, 1857, to Ellen Seaman ; one child was the result of this union, Laura, who died at three years of age. He lost his wife by death in 1863. Mr. K. was married the second time Oct. 3, 1867, to Mary E. Fryberger, and this union was blessed by the birth of five children, of which number, two are deceased-Dellis C. born Aug. 12, 1869, Will- iard and Minnie, twins, born in the year 1871, both deceased ; Millie E., born June 29, 1872, and May B., born in the year 1874. Mr. Keller learned the blacksmith trade, at which he has constantly labored for a livlihood to support his family. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, No. 135, Butlerville, Ohio, and of I. O. O. F., No. 656, Pleasant Plain.

FANNIE KLIPPART, farming; P. O. Edwardsville ; born Feb. 24, 1817, in Campbell County, Virginia ; she is single and the daughter of John and Nancy Henry Klippart; the former is now 93 years of age, being born in Campbell Co., Va., Sept., 1788. He was the first white settler on the reservation, where he now resides ; he settled at his present home when 29 years of age, when the heavy timber covered what are now beautiful and fertile fields. He married Nancy Henry, of his own native State, and to him she became a faithful partner ; sharing the dangers, hardships and privations of the log cabin and the wild wilderness ; she was a woman of more than ordinary force of character, prompt and careful in all duty, truly a wife and mother of the old character. She was a woman, who, leaning upon the brave heart and strong arm of her husband, soon made the wilderness to blossom as the rose and make aboriginal barbarism yield to the sunlight of civilization and im- provement. Mr. Klippart was a soldier in the war of 1812 and served under Gen. Butterfield, in and around old Richmond, Va .; when the war was over, he returned to his home and in after years received two substantial testimonials for his fidelity to the flag of his country, in the form of two land warrants, calling for 80 acres each. He entered 150 acres of land, a part of his present farm, for which be paid $3 per acre ; he at once began to clear and plant, laboring late and early in rain and sunshine until he had not only reared his family but added land also to his farm to the extent of 100 acres. These parents had a family of three sons and four daughters, the majority of whom are well situated in life ; the children are George, born in 1813, deceased; Fannie already mentioned ; Henry, born in 1819, married to a Miss Smith; William, born Feb. 17, 1822, deceased ; Lucinda, born Dec. 1827 ; married to Thomas Turplin; Theodosia, born Aug. 24, 1824, married to John Nicky, and Elizabeth, born Dec. 26, 1830, married to Charles Smith. John Klippart the father of the above, was a na- tive of Hesse Cassel, Germany ; he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and fought against the colonists under the royal standard of George the 3d, king of England ; he was under the Hessian General Rahl and was captured by Washington at Prince- ton, N. J., where the Hessian General Rahl was slain ; he remained a prisoner for some time in Pennsylvania, and admiring the chivalrous spirit of the people, he never returned to the service ; he married Barbara Brue, of Pennsylvania, and soon after settled near Win- chester, Va., where now repose his remains.

ISRAEL LUNDY, farmer and Justice; P. O. Butlerville. Among the prom- inent men of this township is Israel Lundy, and we are pleased to give space to his biography in this work ; he is a native of Clinton Co., Ohio, and born Oot. 24, 1827 ; he is of Quaker parentage and is the son of William and Maria (Smith) Lundy, the former a native of Virginia, the latter of New York. These parents were married in

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Clinton Co., and came to this county when the son referred to was but 5 years of age. They settled near Edwardsville, and from thence removed on the farm where the son now resides, in 1832 ; he purchased 52 acres of land, on which he reared his family, and lived during the remainder of his life ; he was a farmer and a natural mechanic. His ancestors were originally from England-they first settled in Canada-oue of the family owning the land on which the battle of Lundy's Lane was fought. They were the parents of six children, three sons and three daughters; his son Enoch died with the cholera, in 1849; and Henry T. died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., while in the army. The old gentlemen died July 21, 1849, and his companion the 22d of the same month and year. Mr. Lundy was united in marriage Dec. 23, 1848, to Lydia Jones, a native of this county, and born Nov. 1, 1830. One child was born to these parents -William, September, 1849 ; his life was brief, and he died at about 3 months of age. Mr. Lundy is a Republican ; has held the office of Township Trustee for one term, and at present is Justice of the Peace for this township; he is considered a good business man and his integrity is above reproach ; he owns a well-cultivated farm of 240 acres of choice land, on which is erected one of the best brick dwellings in the town- ship ; he keeps the best of stock, among which may be found the best of sheep and hogs.

SARAH E. MENELEY, daughter of William and Sarah Trickey ; was born in Harlan Township, Warren Co., in 1848, March 23. Her father came here from Vir- ginia, in 1818, and located near the Pleasant Grove meeting house, where they remained several years, and then moved to where Sarah E. now lives, and bought a small farm at 62}c. per acre; at the time of his death, he owned about 1200 acres of land in Warren and Clinton Cos. He died in 1867, September; mother died September, 1864, leav- ing five heirs, and Sarah E. received 231 acres, where she now lives. Married in 1874, to Amos Meneley, a native of Illinois. They have one child-Essia L. About 160 acres of land under cultivation. Member of Universalist Church.

JAMES E. NICHOLS, farmer; P. O. Edwardsville. It is with pleasure that we give space in the pages of this work to the man whose name appears at the head of this sketch. He is the son of Isaac and Dinah (Cook ) Nichols, the former a native of South Carolina, born December, 1784, the latter, a native of North Carolina, born October, 1792. His father was originally a slave and was reared, until 12 years of age, amid the scenes of the cotton-fields, rice and tobacco plantations, so familiar to the poor slave of years ago. He came with his master, at the age mentioned, to Kentucky, he was then sold by his master, whose name was Nichols, to a large owner of slaves by the name of Martin. He labored faithfully for his master, and being honest and trustworthy, was much respected by his master, who gave him more than ordinary liberty. At the early age of 15 years, he embraced religion, associating himself with the Baptist Church, and began to preach to his colored friends. He soon became noted for his earnestness, which, together with his fluency as a speaker and Christian demeanor, gave him an opportunity for doing much good. After laboring on the farm and preaching until 21 years of age, he made a proposition to his master to purchase his freedom. His master named the sum, which was $500, which young Nichols soon raised, and for once in his life he was a free man. He then came to Waynesville, this county, and finally settled on the farm where his son and two daughters now reside. He married Diana Cook, who was also a slave until 14 years of age, when her master liberated her. These parents settled at Waynesville, in this county, about the year 1806, and soon after purchased the farm on which his son and two daughters now reside. The farm consists of 64} acres, and when the old gentleman settled on it, there was not a stick amiss. He commenced clearing and planting the soil, and his usage while a slave made him ready and willing to prepare a home where he might rear his children under the broad sunlight of liberty and religious freedom, none daring to molest or make him afraid. He continued to preach and labor for the Lord and Master, and it's said that he attended more funerals than any other man of his day. He was the father of six children, three of whom are living-James, the subject of this sketch, born March 10, 1831, and Phebe and Nancy, twins, born Dec. 15, 1833. James is a Democrat in politics, industrious and honest in all his dealings.

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WILLIAM NOSCAR, farmer ; P. O. Level. We are pleased to give space to a brief sketch of the life of the gentleman whose name appears above. He is a native of Brown Co., Ohio, and was born March 11, 1832. He removed with his parents at eight years of age to Hamilton Co., this State, where he received the rudiments of a common school education. He was united in marriage the first time March 2, 1854, to Mary E. Ashcroft, a native of Hamilton Co., born May, 1837. To these parents two children were born-Benjamin D. A. (Feb. 21, 1855, married to Miss Mason), and John W. (born Jan. 6, 1857). On April 19, 1859, Mr. Noscar lost his wife by death, and Sept. 29, 1861, he was married the second time to Sibyl Luce, a native of Harlan Township, born July 4, 1841. This union was blessed by the birth of three children-Iphi (born July 1, 1862), Grant (born May 18, 1864) and Ettie (born March 6, 1868). Mr. Noscar learned the engineer and sawyer trade; at which he labored for about eleven years, after which he engaged in farming. He is of Demo- cratic antecedents, and at present is one of the Township Trustees of this township ; he was a warm advocate of the Union cause during the late war, and served 100 days in Company C, 146th O. I. His father was John Noscar, a native of Pennsylvania, born January, 1791 ; he married Elizabeth Merrill, of his own State ; they settled in Clin- ton Co., this State, and were the parents of seven sons and four daughters. These parents were of German-English descent. Solon Luce, the father of Mrs. Noscar, was a native of New York ; he married Sarah Scudder, a native of this county, but little is known of this family, as the records are not accessible. Mr. Noscar takes great pride in raising fine stock, and his short horn cattle and Poland-China hogs are among the best in the county ; he is of an industrious turn of mind, and is noted for his integrity.

THOMAS J. PATTERSON, farmer; P. O. Level. Among the solid, indus- trious and enterprising men of Warren Co., Mr. Patterson stands meritoriously high ; he justly receives the name of self-made, which is the result of determined industry and self denying frugality ; he was careful of expenditures, invested his earnings judi- ciously, and yet beginning at the foot of the ladder ; he is now the owner of 600 acres, and is considered one of the leading farmers of the county. He was born in this county Feb. 13, 1846, receiving a liberal education in the graded schools of the county, and graduating in a commercial course at Pittsburgh, Penn., in the class of 1866. He was married Dec. 24, 1867, to Miss Harriett J. Ingle, a native of this county, and born Jan. 30, 1850. In all the vicissitudes of life his wife has ever lent a helping hand to him, and makes their home one of genuine hospitality. Any one who calls at this pleasant homestead receives a cordial welcome, void of cold formality or intentional neglect. These parents have a family of five children-Mollie (born Dec. 23, 1868, since deceased), Luella F. (born June 20, 1871), John J. (born Feb. 14, 1874), Iva B. (July 17, 1877) and Giffin (April 10, 1881). Mr. Patterson is a Democrat in politics, and has held the office of Township Trustee for four terms of one year each ; he is President of the Blanchester Agricultural Society, and a director of the Warren Co. Board of Agriculture; he is an ardent Mason, being a member of Blanchester Lodge, No. 53. He is of a religious turn of mind, temperate in all things, and he and his worthy lady are members of the M. E. Church. He farms extensively, and has one of the most productive and well improved farms in the county ; his crops are proportioned as follows : Meadow, 100 acres ; corn, 70 acres ; wheat, 60 acres; pota- toes, 25 acres ; clover, 60 acres ; oats, 30 acres, and pasture 130 acres, thus leaving 125 acres of timber. He also deals extensively in fine stock, which consists of sheep, hogs, horses and cattle; he has a flock of forty pure bred merino sheep, which are fine speci- mens of their class, and which took first class premiums at the fairs last fall. He furn- ishes these celebrated sheep to parties on most reasonable terms; he is also a breeder of reg- stered Poland-China hogs, the finest in the country ; these together with his short horn cattle give his farm a notoriety seldom surpassed. His father, Thomas Patterson, was a native of Pennsylvania, born March 11, 1806. He married Elizabeth Estel, a native of Ohio, and one day his junior. They settled in Hamilton Township, this county, in the year 1830. They were of German-Irish descent, and well and favora- bly known.

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JOHN A. PEEL, farmer ; P. O. Butlerville ; born Oct. 18, 1837, in Cincin- nati, Ohio, and was educated at the Military Institute, of Frankfort, Ky .; he has followed the occupation of farming ; he is single and a member of Cynthia Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 155. His father was Samuel Peel. a native of England ; he was married to Miss D. Baker, Newark, N. J .; the former was born Dec. 12, 1812; the latter a few years his junior ; they were the parents of ten children-four daughters and six sons.

HERSCHEL W. PRICE, carraige and wagonmaker and undertaker; P. O. But- lerville ; a native of Hamilton Co., Ohio, and born Jan. 2, 1835. He received a com- mon school education in the rural schools, peculiar to those days; he being of an industrious term of mind, he learned the carraige and wagonmaker trade. His ingen- uity and close application to business soon made him a successful and a good mechanic. In July, 1858, Mr. Price was united in marriage to Elizabeth McMullen, born in this State Nov. 20, 1836; to this union three children were born, of which two are living-Frank H., born April 6, 1860, and Robert, Dec. 6, 1873. Mr. Price, being a War Democrat, aided the Union cause in various ways; he assisted the Governor in recruiting volunteers for the war, in which he was eminently successful, and was frequntly sent on secret missions after deserters and derelict army officials ; in 1864 he was com- missioned 1st Lieutenant in the 27th Regiment of United States Colored Troops, and followed the fortunes of the Army of the Potomac in its terrible ordeal of fire, sword and blood from North Anna to Petersburg, Spottsylvania, the Wilderness, Coal Harbor, Mine Run and Petersburg are familiar names to him, and the awful conflicts around and about Richmond are images that are ever impressed upon his mind. Some three years prior to the war, Mr. Price located at Butlerville, where he is now engaged in the carriage, wagon and undertaking business ; he does a good business, and at this time is in the enjoyment of a good constitution and has lost none of his original industry ; be is of German and Scotch descent, and to those nations he traces much of his gener- ous and hospitable nature. His father was a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, born Jan. 19, 1808; his mother was also of Hamilton County and born Nov. 18, 1811; they set- tled in this county in 1870. The family are historic, settling at Fort Washington, now Cincinnati, in 1790; the grandfather of the subject of this sketch participated in the war of 1812, beginning with Hull's surrender and terminating some two years after. The family was originally from Virginia. Mr. Price is an ardent I. O. O. F., being a member of Pleasant Plain Lodge, No. 656.

JAMES W. ROSS, farmer; P. O. Springfield. The subject of this brief sketch was born in Hamilton Township, this county, Jan. 29, 1838. He received a common school education in the schools of the rural districts of his own neighborhood, which, at that time, were of a rude and limited character. He chose the honorable occupa- tion of farmer, and at the age of 22 years was united in marriage to Mary E. Lever, a native of Hamilton Co., Ohio, born Feb. 9, 1837. They are the parents of three chil- dren-Harlan A., born April 27, 1862; Sarah E., born Nov. 9, 1863; and Laura E., born August 26, 1864. Mr. Ross is of exemplary character, and he and his wife are worthy members of the M. E. Church ; scrupulously honest in all his dealings, he is universally respected as one of the worthy citizens of the community in which he resides. He has contributed much to the good of society and the development of the country. He is also an ardent I. O. O. F. of Maineville Lodge, No. 557, of which he has been a member for some twenty-two years. He espoused the Union cause during the late war, but, although only in the pursuit of the guerilla Morgan for a few days, contributed in many ways to the success of the war. A brief history of his parents is given elsewhere in this work. Mrs. Ross is the daughter of John and Eliza (Riddle) Lever; the former a native of Clermont Co., Ohio, born Dec. 26, 1810; the latter of Hamilton Co., Ohio, born Jan. 14, 1815. He died August, 1879, and she July 18 of the same year.

JOHN R. ROSS, farmer, breeder and shipper of high class poultry ; P. O. Level ; was born in Cozaddale Nov. 24, 1850. He is the son of P. W. and Sarah (Frybarger) Ross, both natives of this county, the former being born in the year 1812, and the latter in 1814. They are of German extraction, and known as

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enterprising and worthy citizens. This work would indeed be incomplete, did we not favorably mention and closely identify these parents with the interests of Warren County. The subject of this sketch received a common school education in the district schools of his neighborhood, and was reared upon the farm. He is of Democratic proclivities, and, although not seeking political honors, has held the office of Township Trustee for two consecutive years. He is a worthy member of the M. E. Church, and is held in high regard by his fellow citizens. April 3, 1871, he was united in marriage to Miss Maria Jones, a most worthy lady, a native of this county, and born Nov. 17, 1853. This union proved a happy one, and to them were born four children-Clayton B., July 6, 1873; Charlie, Dec. 18, 1875; Clyde W., Oct. 21, 1877; and Gertrude, June 13, 1880. Of the Jones family mention will be made elsewhere in this work. Mr. Ross resides upon the farm of his father-in-law, which consists of 169 acres of val- uable land, and engages extensively in poultry trade, and has more rare varieties of fine birds than is often found in any one yard. Among the many choice selections may be found Dark Branmas, Golden Polish, brown and white Leghorn, Plymouth Rocks, Partridge Cochins, golden-laced Sobright, Bantams, Pekin Ducks and white China Geese. He furnishes these varieties at the lowest possible prices, and eggs at $1.50 per thirteen. Parties who are in need of fine fowls should give him a call, as he will guarantee satisfaction. Mr. Ross takes great pride in his chosen occupation, and de- serves special mention and encouragement in his enterprise.

CHARLES ROMBER, farmer ; P. O. Butlerville; a native of Mecklenberg, Germany, and born Dec. 20, 1830; he was schooled in educational institutions of the old country and came to America in May, 1856, landing at New York ; from thence he came to this county, near Morrow; he worked at hard labor for a number of years, receiving very low remuneration. In May, 1856, he was united in marriage to Wil- helmina Kipp, a native of his own country, and born December, 1831. They have been the parents of ten children-Perry, born Aug. 22, 1856; Charles, Oct. 24, 1857; Sarah, Nov. 28, 1858; Peter, June 28, 1860; Eliza, Aug. 1, 1861 ; John, Sept. 26, 1862; Edward, May 22, 1864; Frederick, Nov. 29, 1866; Joseph, June 29, 1867, and Mary, born Oct. 11, 1869. Mr. Romber has been successful in all his various enterprises, and now owns 360 acres of choice land, in a high state of cultiva- tion ; he farms extensively and usually produces good crops; some time since he erected one of the best barns in the county, costing over $3,000. His father was Frederick Romber, a native of Germany, born about the year 1803; he married Caroline Wida- man, two years his junior; he was a man of good ability and died 1841, in the old country ; his aged companion is now 75 years of age, and is still in good health ; she came to this country some years ago, her son having previously sent $100 with which to pay her passage. Christopher Kipp, the father of Mrs. Romber, was a German by birth, born in 1795; he married Sophia Benister, born in the same place, and a few months his junior ; she died in the year 1840, and he in the year 1877. Mr. Romber is very industrious, is a member of the Lutheran Church, and is one of those genial, accommodating citizens who always add to the welfare of the community in which he resides.

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The History of Warren County, Ohio, Part 132

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