The History of Warren County, Ohio, Part 134

Author: W. H. Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1882
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DR. T. C. KERSEY, physician, Oregon ; was born in Wayne Township, War- ren Co., Sept. 8, 1818 ; he is a son of John and Anna (Steddom) Kersey, the former a native of Randolph Co., N. C., and the latter of South Carolina. His father came with his parents to Clinton Co. in 1811, and at some later date to Wayne, Warren Co. Dr. Kersey began the study of his profession in 1841, under Dr. Spaulding, and pursued his studies five months. He then, becoming dissatisfied with the " old school system " of medicine, abandoned his course, and resorted to school teaching, which he followed for eight years. At the expiration of this term, he resumed the study of medicine under the system of Homoeopathy, and has ever since read and practiced that profes- sion, and with marked success. Dr. Kersey was married March 27, 1844, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Mary Thompson. Mrs. Kersey was born in Mon- mouth Co., N. J., Feb. 22, 1822. Of their eight children, four are living, viz .: Henry F., Joseph S., John B. and Nora. The Doctor and his family are members of U. B. Church. Politically, Dr. Kersey is an uncompromising Abolistionist, and was one of the first of that party in East Warren Co. He is a member of the State Ho- mæopathic Society. He owns a farm of 160 acres in Turtle Creek Township, and is en- gaged in agriculture and stock-raising. He was one of six in Warren Co. who voted in 1843 for Liecester King, for Governor, and in 1844 for James G. Birney, of Michi- gan, for President. These men were genuine Abolitionists, and candidates for the respective offices. He was also a member of the Liberty and Free Soil parties, and since the organization of the Republican party has supported it.

GEORGE KOEBEL, farmer ; P. O. Fort Ancient ; a native of Baden, Germany, was born Sept. 15, 1825; his parents, George and Barbara (Ford) Kocbel, emigrated to America in 1834 or 1835, and settled in Warren Co. Mr. Koebel followed coopering until November, 1852, when he went to California by water ; he followed gold mining in Trinity Co., Cal., until 1857, when he returned, coming via the Isthmus of Panama. In the spring of 1859, he located on the farm he now occupies. Feb. 20, 1859, he was married to Malinda Butler, a daughter of Abram B. and Permelia Butler, born in Salem Township, Aug. 25, 1837. Of their nine children, six are living, viz., Orien, Amy, Alma, Edna, Permelia and George P. Asaph, Alice and Bertha are deceased. Mrs. Korbel's parents were natives of New York and Virginia, and came to Belmont Co., and subsequently to Warren Co. Mr. Koebel owns a farm of 100 acres, with a very sub- stantial brick residence and other good improvements. Politically he is Democratic ; he is a member of the Board of Trustees ; he also filled that office in 1871.

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THOMAS McCRAY, farmer ; P. O. Clarksville ; was born in Washington Town- ship April 21, 1824 ; he is a son of Christy and Nancy (Urton) McCray, who were natives of Botetourt and Culpepper Cos., Va. respectively. The former was born March 7, 1795, and the latter May 4, 1794. Mr. McCray's parents, Samuel and Jenette McCray, were natives of Virginia and Maryland, and came and settled in Union Town- ship, Warren Co., in 1814, and subsequently in Washington Township, where Mr. McCray died Sept. 25, 1839, and Mrs. McCray May 30, 1870. Thomas, our subject, was reared on a farm and obtained his education in the common schools, principally under the preceptorship of his father, who was one of the " old pioneer school teachers." Mr. McCray was married Sept. 5, 1852, to Mary Madden, a daughter of Solomon and Ruth (Robbins) Madden, natives of North Carolina. Mrs. McCray was born in Clin- ton Co., Ohio, Jan. 4, 1830. This union was blest with one child-Alice, born Aug. 9, 1853. She married Dec. 6, 1873, to Elwood Hampton and died July 24, 1876, leav- ing one little daughter-Blanche M., who was born June 3, 1875. Mrs. McCray is a member of the Society of Friends, and Mr. McCray is a Republican ; he owns a farm of 116 acres and follows general farming. Mrs. McCray's father was born in 1793 and died Nov. 3, 1849 ; her mother was born Aug. 9, 1800. They came to Clinton Co. in a very early day, and to this county in 1849. Mrs. McCray's grandfather, George Mad- den, served eighteen months in the Revolutionary war.

CORNELIUS H. NIXON, farmer; P. O. Clarksville, Clinton Co .; was born in Tur- tle Creek Township, May 2, 1851, and is a son of Samuel and Mary A. (McClain). He was reared on a farm and has always followed its pursuits. He was married Sept. 16, 1875, to Miss Isabell Harlan, daughter of Alexander and Ann Harlan, born in Wash- ington Township, June 9, 1857 ; Anna H., their only child, was born Aug. 6, 1876. Mr. Nixon located on his present farm in the spring of 1876; he owns 56 acres of land. Politically, he is a Republican.

STEPHEN PENQUITE (deceased) ; was born in Fauquier Co., Va., Sept. 4, 1800; he was a son of William Penquite, who was born Aug. 16, 1756. In 1837, our subject came to Washington and purchased the present homestead ; he was mar- ried in Upperville, Va., to Margaret Jackson, who was born in Fauquier Co., Va, in 1806 ; nine children were the fruits of this union ; of these, seven are living, viz., Joseph J., John M., Burr F., Warren D., Frances A., Catharine and Mary. Mr. Penquite departed this life Sept. 25, 1874; he was for years a member of the M. E. Church, and in politics, was a Republican. He had three sons who were soldiers in the late war ; John M., enlisted December, 1863, in Company K, 2d Ohio Artillery, and was honorably discharged August, 1865; Joseph J. and Warren were also soldiers in the rebellion.

GEORGE RIDGE, farmer ; P. O. Ft. Ancient ; was born in Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, Nov. 21, 1828. His parents, Simpson and Jemima (Hisey) Ridge, were natives of Berks Co., Penn., and Shenandoah Co., Va., respectively. His father was born Oct. 12, 1801, and his mother, Jan. 9, 1809. They were married June 10, 1825. Mr. Ridge came to this county, with his parents, Mahlon and Han- nah (Hicks) Ridge, in 1817, where he died April 18, 1876. George passed his early life on his father's farm, and received his training in the common schools. He was married May 12, 1853, to Miss Eliza Williams, daughter of Thomas and Ann Will- iams, born in Wayne Township, Warren County, Feb. 10, 1834. They have three children, viz. : Jacob W., born April 11, 1854; Mary A., born Oct. 16, 1855 (wife of Lewis Meloy) ; and Anna A., born Jan. 4, 1863. Mr. and Mrs. Ridge are mem- bers of the Freewill Baptist Church. Politically, Mr. Ridge is a Republican. He owns a farm of 160 acres, with good improvements. Ten acres of his farm form a part of the famous Ft. Ancient.

EZRA R. ROBERTSON, farmer; P. O. Oregon ; was born in Clinton County, Ohio, June 16, 1823 ; he is a son of David and Hannah Robertson, who were natives of Maryland and Virginia. His father was born Aug. 31, 1796, and his mother Aug. 21, 1800. They came to Warren County in 1800, and subsequently removed to Clin- ton County, where they lived some three years, when they returned to Warren County, AA

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settling in Washington Township, where the former died April 21, 1854, and the latter Dec. 24, 1876. Our subject was reared on a farm, and received his training in the district schools. He was married Oct. 19, 1849, to Caroline Paris, who died March 31, 1863. and left four children, viz. : Alice H., wife of William Prater ; Franklin P. Sarah and George Z. Mr. Robertson again married, Feb. 22, 1872, to Lucinda Garner, by whom he has had four children, viz. : James, Eunice, Susanna A. and Lucinda. Mr. Robertson owns 232 acres of land, and is engaged in agriculture and stock-raising. Politically, he is a Democrat.

HUSTON H. ROBERTSON, farmer; P. O. Fort Ancient; was born in Washington Township, Warren Co., Dec. 26, 1836, and is a son of William H. and Phebe (Dunham) Robertson ; the former a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, born May 1, 1799, and the latter a native of Pennsylvania ; was born August, 1800. Mr. Rob- ertson's parents, Ezra and Elizabeth Robertson, were both born in Maryland, and came to Warren in 1799 and located near Lebanon, and in 1812 settled in Washington Township, where they were early pioneers. Mr. Robertson served as a soldier in the war of 1812, and Huston's father, when only 13 years of age, accompanied him to Lower Sandusky. Mr. Robertson, the father of our subject, died July 12, 1874, and Mrs. R. died March, 1873. Huston Robertson, the subject of this sketch, is the fourth son and fifth child of a family of eight children ; he was reared a farmer boy and received the elements of his education in the common pioneer schools; he was married April 22, 1863, to Hannah J. Nixon, daughter of Jacob and Mary A. (Doan) Nixon. Mrs. Robertson was born in Salem Township, July 18, 1843. This union was blessed with five children ; of these, four are living, viz., Clement L., Leroy, Dora A. and Alfred G .; Rollie is deceased. Mr. Robertson owns a farm of 105 acres, with good improvements, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising ; he makes somewhat of a specialty in rearing the Poland-China hogs. Politically, he is Democratic.

BAYLIS N. SETTLEMYRE, farmer ; P. O. Oregon; son of William and Ann (Wilkerson) Settlemyre, was born in Washington Township, June 23, 1843; his father was born, November, 1795 and his mother in 1807; his father came to this county in 1806, with a family by the name of Zentmyre. He served six months in the late war with Great Britian, in Capt. Titus' company ; at the close of his mili- itary career he returned to Washington Township, where he died Sept. 7, 1876. Mrs. S. died Nov. 5, 1865. Baylis was reared a " farmer boy " and received the elements of his education in the common schools. Aug. 23, 1862, he enlisted in Company A, 79th O. V. I., and served under Gen. Sherman, and participated in the battles of Resaca and Peach Tree Creek, and other minor engagements, numbering thirteen in all ; he accompanied Gen. Sherman on his noted " march to the sea," and was honora- bly discharged at Washington, D. C., June 9, 1865; he then returned home, and Feb. 28, 1866, was married to Mary M. Wilkerson, a daughter of James H. and Sarah Wilkerson, born in this township, Aug. 12, 1841. Horace L., their only child, was born May 27, 1869. Mr. and Mrs. Settlemyre are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. S. is a Republican and was Trustee of his township for three terms, and is one of its leading and enterprising citizens. He owns a farm of 144 acres, finely improved, and is a farmer and stock-raiser by occupation.

FRANK SHERWOOD, merchant ; Oregon ; was born in Salem Town- ship, Warren Co., Ohio, June 17, 1838; he is a son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Jeffrey) Sherwood. At the age of 10, Mr. Sherwood accompanied his parents to Freeport, and when 15 entered his father's store as clerk, and continued in that position up to 1860. In 1861, he engaged in the mercantile business in Hen- Peck, and remained there six months, then returned to Freeport, where he has since followed mercantile pursuits ; he was in partnership with his father under the firm name of J. & F. Sherwood, till January, 1876 ; he was appointed Postmaster in 1861, and Station Agent in 1862, and has served as Express Agent for the most of the time since 1862; he is now Township Treasurer of Washington. Mr. Sher- wood was married Dec. 20, 1865, to Miss Margaret A. Hollingsworth ; she died

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Oct. 8, 1867, and left one child-Eva L., born Nov. 30, 1866. Mr. Sherwood was married the second time May 15, 1872, to Susanna H. Wood, by whom he has had five children, four are living-Mabel, Stella, Jonathan F. and an infant ; Thomas W. is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood are consistent members of the U. B. Church. Politically Mr. Sherwood is a stanch Republican ; he owns a residence, store and 12 acres of land in Freeport, and is an enterprising citizen.

WILLIAM J. SHERWOOD, farmer ; P. O. Oregon ; son of Jonathan and Elizabeth Sherwood ; was born in Washington Township, Nov. 22, 1845; he was reared on a farm. At the age of 17, he began as clerk for his brother, Frank Sher- wood, in Freeport, and continued in that employment till April, 1864, when he enlisted in Co. H, 146th Regimental Battalion, O. N. G .; he received an honorable discharge at Camp Denison, Ohio, August, 1864. He then re-entered the store and clerked five years, and since then has farmed ; he was married May 19, 1872, to Miss Maggie E. Murray, born in Washington Township, Feb. 14, 1846. Of their three children two are living-Harry M., born July 4, 1874; and Edith, born Sept. 13, 1875; Gussie (deceased), born Dec. 6, 1876, died Feb. 6, 1877. Mr. Sherwood owns 63 acres of land, and is a Republican.

ISAAC STUBBS, miller ; Oregon; owner and proprietor of Oregon Mills; was born in Deerfield Township, Warren Co., Ohio, April 9, 1850; he is a son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Sherwood) Stubbs, the former a native of Georgia, and the latter of Warren Co. In 1873, Mr. Stubbs came to Freeport, and in partnership with his brother, Albert Stubbs, operated the Oregon Mills till May, 1880, when he purchased his brother's interest, and has since run it alone ; he also operates a saw-mill in connec- tion. He was married in Waynesville, Sept. 13, 1876, to Eunice F. Hollingsworth, daughter of Joseph and Sallie Hollingsworth, born in Turtle Creek Township, Nov. 15, 1849. This union was blest with one child-Sallie H., born Sept. 12, 1877. Mrs. Stubbs is a member of the U. B. Church. Mr. Stubbs is a Republican.

WILLIAM VANDOREN, farmer; P. O. Clarksville ; was born in Somerset Co., N. J., Feb. 12, 1800 ; his parents, John and Mary (Todd) Vandoren, were also New Jersey people ; his father held an official rank in the late war with Great Britain. Mr. Vandoren came with his parents to Cincinnati, in 1814, and to this township in 1817, where they were early pioneers. At an early age, our subject learned the carpenter and joiner's trade, with his father, and followed that business for about thirty-five years. He was married Oct. 16, 1824, to Miss Athalina Ludington, a daughter of Thomas and Sarah Ludington, born in Connecticut, Sept. 8, 1805 ; thirteen children were the fruits of this union; of these, eleven are living, viz., Sarah A., wife of Dr. F. M. San- derson; Alfred, Barkley, Elizabeth, wife of George Shoemaker; Susanna,.wife of Alex- ander M. Penquite ; Martha, wife of Ephraim Castello; Esther, George, Farinda, wife of William Hadley ; Nathan and Amos D .; John and Lucinda are deceased. Mrs. Vandoren departed this life Aug. 11, 1881. Mr. V. is a member of the M. E. Church. Politically, he is Republican. He served as Treasurer of Washington Township for twenty years, and, finally, by the bankruptcy of two banks, he lost $5,000; he owns 72 acres of land on the Lebanou and Wilmington pike.

BARKLEY VANDOREN, farmer; P. O. Clarksville ; son of William and Athalina Vandoren ; was born in this county, Oct. 9, 1830. He followed farming till May, 1864, when he enlisted in Company G, 146th Regiment Ohio National Guards ; he served till September, 1864, when he was honorably discharged; he then returned home and resumed his former occupation. He was married Feb. 11, 1857, to Mary E., daughter of William and Jane Penquite, born in this county, Dec. 18, 1836 ; three children were born to this union, viz., Amanda, born Dec. 29, 1860, and Flor- ence, born Sept. 29, 1865; Horace W. is deceased. Mrs. Vandoren is a member of the Christian Church. Mr. V. is Republican in politics. He owns a farm of 209 acres, of which 175 acres are under a good state of cultivation.

GEORGE VANDOREN, farmer ; P. O. Clarksville; fourth son of William and Athalina Vandoren, was born in this township, Aug. 31, 1842. He lived on his father's farm till Aug. 16, 1863, when he enlisted as a soldier in Company D, 2d Reg-

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iment Ohio Artillery ; he served in the Army of the Cumberland till August, 1865 ; he received his honorable discharge ; he returned home and was married, March 15, 1866, to Lizzie Vandervoort, born in Massie Township, May 4, 1842 ; she is a daughter of Paul and Elizabeth Vandervoort ; they have six children, viz., Anna M., Maurice P., William M., Rosalie L., Mary E. and Zenas G. (Twins). Mr. V. and family are connected with the Baptist Church. Mr. V. owns a farm of 74} acres, and in politics, is Republican.

E. T. M. WILLIAMS, farmer ; P. O. Clarksville; was born in Washington Town- ship, Warren Co., Ohio, Aug. 9, 1826; he is a son of John L. and Mary (McDowell) Williams, who were natives of Bucks Co., Penn. ; the former was born Aug. 10, 1786, and the latter Aug. 12, 1789. They came to Cincinnati in the year 1800, and settled in Washington Township, Warren Co., in 1822, where they both ended their days ; the former Dec. 12, 1957, and the latter April 3, 1863. Mr. Williams, the subject of this sketch, passed his early life upon his father's farm, and received his education in the common schools of the day. The spring of 1848, he went to Clinton Co., where he was engaged in lumbering till 1852, when he returned and resumed his former occu - pation. He purchased his present farm of his father in 1853, and has since resided upon it, pursuing the avocation of farming and the rearing of live stock, making & specialty in sheep. Mr. Williams is a man of strict integrity and of stirring enterprise, and stands foremost both as a citizen and a farmer in the township. Mr. Williams was married the first time Dec. 9, 1852, to Miss Mary E. Andrews, who died Aug. 28, 1865, leaving four children, viz. : Horace (now of Vermillion Co., Ill.), Ida, Hugh and Mary. Mr. Williams was again married April 15, 1868, to Mary E. Wilkerson, by whom he has had three children-Martha, Nellie and Alice. Mrs. Williams is a member of the M. E. Church. Mr. Williams is connected with the Masonic fratern- ity, and politically he is Republican. He served his township as Clerk from 1861 to 1869, and from 1875 to 1876. He owns a farm of 250 acres with excellent improve- ments; a $3,500 residence adorns his farm ; it was built in 1869.

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JAMES I. BENHAM, farmer; P. O. Lebanon ; was born on the place where he lives Oct. 19, 1830; is a son of James and Lydia (Moore) Benham. His father was born in Washington Co., Penn., August 9, 1784, and was a son of Peter Benham, who settled in Newport, Ky., in the winter of 1793 and 1794, where he resided one year, when he re- turned to Pennsylvania, where he died in 1799. His widow, with her children, came to Warren Co., Ohio, the following year, and settled on land now owned by A. J. Keever, in this township. Robert Benham, the Indian fighter, and the man who figured so prominently in the early history of Ohio, was a brother to Peter above mentioned, Grandmother Benham lived with her children where she settled, till her death, which occurred in 1805. The children were : Robert, James, Peter, John, Ann and Martha, all deceased but Martha, who resides in Orange Co., Texas. James Benham was three times married : first, in 1818, to Mary Robinson, who died soon after ; secondly, to Mary Russell, Dec. 9, 1827; lastly, to Lydia Irvin Moore, by whom he had six chil- dren, three living, viz. : James I., Rebecca and Martha ; the deceased died in infancy. Mr. Benham, Sr., was a continuous resident of the county, and a prosperous farmer. He served six years as Justice of the Peace, and in all ways was a successful man ; he died Aug. 13, 1869; his last wife departed this life Oct. 12, 1847. Our subject was married, Feb. 2, 1853, to Martha J., daughter of Stephen Probasco, of a pioneer family of this county. Four children have been born to them, three living, viz. : Peter P., James E. and Kate ; Frank deceased. Mr. Benham owns 124 acres of land in the home farm and 56 acres in Turtle Creek Township. The home place is well improved, and shows the thrift and enterprise of its owner. Since 1852, he has been

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interested in Texas lauds, having bought at that time 1000 acres of timbered land, and he is now engaged in working the timber into lumber. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge of Lebanon, Council, Chapter and Commandery.

J. E. BOLMER, South Lebanon, book-keeper in King's Great Western Powder Mills. The above named gentleman was born in Warren County in 1852, and is a son of A. Bolmer. His education was received in the common schools, in which, by close ap- plication to study, he fitted himself to competently and intelligently discharge the duties required of him. In April, 1880, he entered the employ of Mr. King, as book- keeper of his immense business, and has since successfully and satisfactorily discharged the duties incumbent on him. May 22, 1880, he was married to May, daughter of L. Woodrey, of Cincinnati, by whom he has had one child-Percy.

STEPHEN H. BOWYER, farmer ; P. O. Mason; was born in Deerfield Town- ship, in the year 1826, and is a son of Levi Bowyer, who was a son of Stephen Bowyer, one of the pioneers of Warren Co. Our subject was reared on the farm and received a common education in the district schools; he remained with his parents until he had passed his majority. Nov. 14, 1851, he was married to Emaline, daughter of Thomas Hall, one of the pioneers of the county. For two years after his marriage, he lived near the Twenty Mile Stand, when he sold out, and in partnership with his brother, Samuel, purchased about 130 acres of land in Union Township ; he owns at present 110 acres, which is largely in cultivation and the home farm is beautifully improved. To Mr. and Mrs. Bowyer four children have been born, viz., Franklin P., who married Emma Fox ; Charley, who married Sallie Mulford ; Almira, who married Bruce Beadle, and Eliza, who married James E. Todhunter. Mrs. Bowyer was born in Deerfield Town- ship, in 1832.

SAMUEL BOWYER, farmer ; P. O. Mason ; is a son of Levi and Eliza (Dill) Bowyer, and was born in Deerfield Township in 1828 ; his father was a son of Stephen Bowyer, and died in 1869, at the age of about 70 years. Our subject was reared on a farm, and in the common schools he received his education. In 1856 he purchased land in Union Township, his present home, and at present owns 1692 acres of excellent land, which is one of the bestimproved farms in the township. In 1862, he was married to Ivy, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Sargeant, by whom he has had six children, viz., Wallace W., Emma L., Horace A., Clemice S., Mary B., and Perlie R. His wife was born in Warren Co., in the year 1841. Levi Bowyer was the father of ten children, viz., Alexander, John D., Charlotte, Stephen H., Samuel, Mary J., William, Levi, Julia and Thomas.

DAVID BROWN (deceased), was born in Warren County, Ohio, Aug. 23, 1809, and was a son of Asa Brown, who came from New Jersey and settled in Warren Co., in a very early day, where they lived until their death. David was brought up a farmer, an occupation he followed during his life. Sept. 22, 1830, he was married to Mary, daughter of William L. and Ephenetas Foster. They were also from New Jer- sey, and settled in Warren Co., about 1801. They lived and died here. William L. Foster had fourteen children, four of whom are living, viz., John S., Ephenetas Hamp- BOD, Charlotte Huston and Mary Brown. The deceased are William, George, Ralph, Ellen, Nancy, Margaret, Nancy, Catherine, Catherine and Rhoda. After Mr. Brown was married, he lived on rented land for some years, but he eventually purchased 89 acres of land, where his widow now resides; he started in life without any capital, and by his hard work, in which he was nobly assisted by his estimable wife, succeeded, after years of toil, in making a good home; he was a man beloved by all, and his death was regretted by a host of warm and personal friends. By his death his wife lost a kind husband and his children an affectionate father, whose memory will ever cling to them as an indulgent and loving parent ; he died Aug. 25, 1881. To him were born eight children, four living, viz., Ephenetas Dunham, Jefferson H., Sarah A. Perrine and Mary Keever. The deceased are William, David, William and Eura E. Hutchinson. William, the eldest son, was killed by a horse, at the age of 11 years. William, the 2d, died from lockjaw, caused by a harrow tooth wound in the foot, aged 11 years. Eura E. also died from the same cause, aged 26 years.

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BENJAMIN BUNNEL (deceased) was born in the State of New Jersey, and with his father, Abner, came to Warren Co. in the year 1804, and located on land where Mrs. M. Bunnel now lives; he, Abner, lived with the Shakers a great many years, and with whom he died. Benjamin was married to Maria, daughter of James and Margaret Allen, who came from Pennsylvania and settled in Turtle Creek Township, where they lived and died-Mrs. A. in about the year 1812. They were parents of five children-James, Sarah, Abraham, Ann and an infant. To his union with Elizabeth Busby nine children were born-John, Jane, Eliza- beth and Melinda ; the others died in childhood. Benjamin Bunnel died April 11, 1871; he was married to Maria Allen, March 2, 1820. To them were born seven children, all deceased-Isaac, Margaret, Christine, Rachel, Maria E., James W. and Elizabeth. Mr. Bunnel was a member of the Christian Church, as also is his wife, who joined the Presbyterian Church when 17 years old ; she afterward joined the Christian Church so as to be with her husband; although having buried husband and children, and being deprived of the vision of sight, her life now would be almost a blank, but for the reliance she has for the future, and the re-union with those from whom she was separated by the hand of death affords her great consolation. She owns 75 acres of land, the same on which her husband settled when he first purchased land. He was a mason by trade, but farming was his chief employment.

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The History of Warren County, Ohio, Part 134

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