The History of Warren County, Ohio, Part 137

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

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WILLIAM W. SHUETS, grocer and coal dealer, South Lebanon. The gentle- man whose name heads th's sketch was born in Deerfield Township, April 4, 1826, and is twin brother of Andrew M .; he is a son of Michael Shuets, who was born in Hunt -. ington Co., N. J., and when a single man came to Warren Co., in 1816 ; he was after- ward married to Elizabeth Worley, who, with her parents, William and Nancy Worley, came from Berkeley Co., Va., in the year 1814; they settled in Deerfield, Union Town- ship, where they lived and died ; he died in 1829, she departed this life about 1835. He was a sickle-maker by trade and his goods were in much demand. After Michael Shuets was married, he bought land in Deerfield Township, and later purchased a farm in Union Township, where he died Sept. 8, 1845, aged 50 years. She departed this WW

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life in 1829, aged 29 years. They were parents of six children, four living-Deliver- ance, William W. and Andrew M., twins, and Ellen; the deceased are Sarah and John W .; the latter was a soldier in the Mexican War, and died from a chronic disease in Mexico City, in 1847. During the early history of the county, Mr. Shuets, Sr., was Overseer of the Poor of Union Township; he was an industrious man and pos- sessed just the mettle necessary to make a true pioneer. The property he owned at his death was the result of his own labor. Our subject was brought up on the farm, where he labored till of age, when he began huxtering, a business he did not succeed in; he was married March 12, 1851, to Mary Ann, daughter of Joseph Brandenburg, of Maryland, who settled in Warren Co. in an early day and were pioneers. After his marriage he huxtered for a year, and afterward was elected to the office of Constable, and since has been identified in every office of Union Township, except Justice of the Peace ; at present he is Treasurer of the same township. During the war, he kept hotel in Deerfield ; in 1865, he built the property where he now does business; in 1869 he engaged in the grocery and coal business in the same property ; he has been consid- erably engaged in other business, and in all fairly successful. To them have been born ten children, seven living-Laura, Henry, Catherine, Joseph, Annette, William W., Jr., and Lulu. The deceased are-Sarah E., Huldah D. and Cora.

MOSES THOMPSON (deceased) was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1816, and was reared on the farm, which he followed for an occupation during his life. In 1844, he was married to Elizabeth Whitehead, a native of New Jersey. After the celebration of his marriage, he came to Warren Co., and pur- chased the farm on which his widow now resides ; he purchased the Eddie Drake land in Union Township, a place well known ; he was almost a life long member of the Christian Church, and was an exemplary Christian gentleman, and was universally re- spected and esteemed by all who knew him. To their union eight children were born, five living, viz .: Marian, Sallie, Ada, Martha and Mary. The deceased are-Johr., Aaron and Reeder. John was a member of Company B, 79th O. V. I .; he died in Gallatin, Tenn., Feb. 9, 1863, aged 18 years. Although but a youth in years, he left the record of a good soldier, as he was ever at his post and ready to discharge every perilous duty. Mr. Thompson left at his death 149 acres of good land, which affords a comfortable home for his widow and two daughters, who yet reside on the old home place. John and Elizabeth Whitehead, parents of Mrs. Thompson, were natives of New Jersey, and settled in Union Township in 1818, in which they lived and died. Mr. Whitehead was born March 3, 1786 ; he was married in 1811. Mrs. Whitehead died July 9, 1833, of cholera ; two of her children (daughters), fell victims to the same dreadful disease, the same week of her death. They were parents of six children, viz .: George, Ann E., Martha, Sarah A., Mary C. and Caroline. They (Mr. and Mrs. W.) were members of the Christian Church, as is their daughter, Mrs. T., who has been a member since 1833.

JAMES S. TOTTEN, farmer; P. O. Lebanon ; was born at Deerfield, Warren Co., Ohio, June 4, 1821 ; he is, in every sense of the word, a self-made man. His par- ents were poor and unable to give him any advantages of a common school education ; but his energy, ambition and capacity supplied many deficiencies, and enabled him to push his way from obscurity to the several prominent positions he has occupied. His father, James Totten, was drowned June 11, 1821, and he lived with his mother and grand- father, Gen. David Sutton, until 1835, when his grandfather died, and left him desti- tute and without a home. He obtained a position as mail carrier in the employ of Abner Ross, of Lebanon, Ohio, and made weekly trips on horseback from Lebanon to Eaton, and from Lebanon to Felicity, Ohio, at a compensation of $8 per month, which was used for the support of himself and mother. On the 28th of October, 1840, he was married to Miss Sarah Shuets, of Warren Co .; at the age of 21 years, he was elected to the office of Constable and Assessor of Union Township ; afterward he was elected to the office of Justice of the Peace, Township Treasurer, District Land Ap- praiser, and was appointed and served as Paymaster of the 1st Rifle Regiment, 2d Bri- gade, 19th Division, O. M., commanded by Gen. Benjamin Baldwin ; he also served as

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agent of the L. M. R. R. Co., at South Lebanon; also was dry goods and grocery store keeper in Deerfield. He was a member of the Democratic party until the repeal of the · Missouri Compromise in 1854, since which time he has been a Republican. In 1854, 'he was nominated and elected Clerk of the Courts of Warren Co. by the Republicans, and many of his Democratic friends, receiving the largest majority ever cast for any one county officer. In 1857, he was re-elected Clerk of the Courts. In 1861, he was ap- pointed by the Governor of Ohio, and served on the Military Committee as its chair- man, during the rebellion. In September, 1862, he received a certificate from Charles W. Hill, Adjutant General of Ohio, for gallant conduct. In 1864, he was appointed First Lieutenant and Quartermaster of the 13th O. V. I. ; he was a member and chair- man of the Republican County Central Committee over twenty years, and was also a member of the State Central Committee several years, and labored energetically con- stantly for the promotion of its success. At a political convention he was always re- garded as the most efficient of workers ; his sound judgment and eminently practical views qualified him to act well those important parts which were assigned to him ; he was ever regarded as the best of political engineers. In 1870, his fifth term as Clerk of the Courts expired, he having served in that capacity fifteen years in all. In 1875, he was elected County Treasurer, and served four years. He has never been defeated for any office for which he was a candidate. He is a member of Lebanon Lodge, No. 15, I. O. O. F .; Lincoln Encampment, No. 100, I. O. O. F .; Lebanon Lodge, No. 26, F. & A. M .; Royal Arch Chapter, No. 5; Lebanon Council, No. 21, R. & S. M .; Miami Commandery, No. 22, K. T .; he received the Ineffable Grades of the Scottish Rite and the grade conferred in Giblum Grand Lodge of Perfection; Dalcho Council of Princes of Jerusalem ; Cincinnati Grand Chapter of Rose Croix ; Ohio Grand Con- sistory of Princes of Royal Secret, 32º, at the Orient of Cincinnati in 1859, and cre- ated a Soverign Grand Inspector General of the 33º-the last degree in Masonry-for the Northern Jurisdiction of the United States. He resides on his farm two miles south of Lebanon with his three children-Mrs. Emma D. Burdsal, John D. and James W. A. Totten.

WILSON & SONS, manufacturers; P. O. South Lebanon; the gentlemen whose names constitute this firm are from the State of Delaware. James Wilson, the senior mem- ber of the firm, is the patentee of the double-seamed powder keg, which they are exclu- sively engaged in manufacturing. Their business was founded in September, 1880. The first year they turned out 100, 000 kegs. They give employment to a dozen skilled workmen. T. J. McClellan is general business manager, and son-in-law to James Wil- son. William and J. W. Wilson, sons of James Wilson, the patentee, are also mem- bers of the company. All are new men in Warren Co., and their enterprise and busi- ness capacity will add much to our manufacturing interests.

A. G. WRIGHT, retired manufacturer; P. O. South Lebanon ; the gentleman whose name we present at the head of this sketch was born in Wayne Township in the year 1811 ; he is a son of Allen and Sarah (Chadburn) Wright; he was born in Mary- land, she in the State of Massachusetts, and with her parents came to Cincinnati about the year 1795 ; he came in 1809 and located in Lebanon. The father of Sarah Chad- burn died soon after coming to Cincinnati, when she came to Warren Co. with her Uncle, James, about the year 1802 or 1803; she was married to Mr. Wright in Lebanon, in 1810 ; he was Surveyor of the county at that time ; he served as Auditor twenty- three years, and as Recorder of Deeds a portion of that time. By virtue of his office he was Commissioner of Insolvents, and by order of the court was afterward actually made so ; his executive life ended in 1845; he was a man of excellent busi- ness habits, of fine education and address, and fully competent in every position. In politics he was an old-time Whig, and for one year was a member of the Ohio State Board of Equalization. In religion he held to the Quaker faith, and during life his views were with that body. Before leaving Maryland, he was married to Miss - Heston, by whom he had two children, one of whom died in the Florida war. The other lived and died near Baltimore, Md. Allen Wright died in 1865, aged 85 years ; she departed this life in 1877, at the age of 89 years ; he, Allen, was a con-

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sistent member of the Lebanon Commandery, an eminent Sir Knight. Joel Wright, father of Allen, came from Maryland to Ohio and settled in Waynesville in 1807 or 1808 ; he died in 1828, at the age of 80 years. Our subject was reared on the farm and in the office ; he remained with his parents until 24 years of age, at which time he went to Clinton Co., Ohio, where he sold goods for one year, then returned to Lebanon, where for five years he was engaged on the farm and in the office. In 1843, he was married to Anna, daughter of Joseph Sausser, of Lebanon, since when he has been engaged in farm- ing, selling goods and milling ; his residence has been in Lebanon mostly, and while living there carried on business here for twenty years. At one time he was engaged in the commission business in Cincinnati with other gentlemen, after which his brother-in-law founded a business in the same city, in which he was a partner. To him have been born thirteen children, ten living, viz., Horace M., Mary, Allen C., Eliza, Sarah, Josephine, William S., Albert G., Frank F. and Marie. The deceased are Edward and Edwin (twins), and Charles. Mrs. Wright and her daughters are all consistent members of the Baptist Church. Joseph Sausser, father of Mrs. Wright, was born in Pennsylvania and located in Lebanon in 1828; he was married to Eliza Mills in Berks Co., Pa., in 1825 ; he was a merchant tailor, a business he followed while able to attend to business ; he and his wife were consistent and worthy members of the M. P. Church, and in early life be- longed to the M. E. Church. They were parents of four children, three living-Anna M., Eliza J. and Amelia; Mills W., deceased. Mr. Sausser died in 1859, aged 54 years. She died at the same age in 1863 ; he was also a member of the Masonic Order, and an enterprising and successful man.

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LEBANON.

Bennet, D. P., Merchant. Blake, Thomas H., Postmaster. Brown, Seth W., Attorney at Law. Brown, John E., Hardware and Imple- ments. Bailey, S. R., Principal Colored School. Carey, George W., General Insurance Agent. Clark & Walker, Attorneys at Law. Colvin, C. S., Livery and Feed Stable. Corwin, R. B., Hardware. Davis & Greely, Proprietors Star Flouring Mills.

Drake, John R., Livery, Sale and Feed Stable.

Dyche, D. T. D., Dentist. Eltzroth, W. F., Attorney at Law. Finch, P. F., Photographer. Gilchrist, J. P., Merchant. Glasscock, D. B., Superintendent of Infir- mary.

Graham, A. H., Auditor. Greathouse, H. J., Blacksmith. Greely, Frank H., Miller ; Proprietor of Star Mill. Gunther, W. F., Merchant Tailor and Dealer in Clothing and Furnishing Goods. Hale, Charles E. & Co., Jewelers and Music Dealers. Hathaway, J. P., Grocer. Holbrook, Alfred, Principal National Nor- mal School. Holbrook, R. H., Associate Principal National Normal School. Hutchinson, Thomas J., Carriage Manu- facturer. Jameson, Martin A., County Treasurer. Keever, Abe, Grocer. Kreiger, G. L., Physician. Lewis, W. C., Merchant.

Lingo, J. W., Dealer in Hardware. Long, L. H., Pastor Presbyterian Church. March, Charles P., Merchant Tailor and Dealer in Gent's Furnishing Goods. McBurney, A. G., Attorney at Law. Mcclintock, William C., Publisher. McMullen, James, Grocer. Miller, Peter, Stone Mason and Farmer. O'Neall, J. Kelly, Attorney at Law. O'Neall, Joseph W., Probate Judge. Oswald, John N., Undertaker and Furni- ture Dealer.

Owens, J. B., Physician. Pauly, S., Real Estate Dealer. Probasco, S. W., Attorney at Law. Roland, A. A., Publisher. Sausser, Charles E., Dealer in Groceries and Confectionery.

Schwartz, J., Marble and Granite. Schwartz, L. E., Merchant Tailor, Clothier and dealer in Gent's Furnishing Goods.

Scoville, S. S., Physician. Sprowls, J. P., Minister C. P. Church. Steddom, Joseph J. G., Artist. Stephens, J. L., Physician, and Special Opium Cure. Stevens, Edward B., Physician. Stubbs, Albert, Proprietor Lebanon House. Thompson, Harvy A., Mayor and Attor- ney at Law.

Thompson, C. M., Attorney at Law. Van Harlingen, R. S., Physician. Ward, Durbin, Attorney at Law. Wilson, W. W., Attorney at Law. Winner, J. H., Mechanic. Wright, Lot, Clerk of Court.

TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP Ross, Theodore, Blacksmith, Section 25; P. O. Lebanon.

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FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP. FRANKLIN. Anderson, L. G., Grain and Lumber Dealer. Ballinger, W. B., Hardware Dealer. Barkalow, W. T., Postmaster. Barkalow, W. V., Proprietor of Marble Yard. Bone, Elias L., Dentist. Brady, Thomas, Jeweler.

Brown, James C., Manager Franklin Pot- tery Company.

Clutch, D. H., Secretary and Treasurer of Franklin Paper Company.

Coleman, Washington, Proprietor of Hotel.

Crist, E. P., Furniture Dealer. Croll, Levi, Banker and Grain Dealer. Cumming, W. M., Sample Room.

Dachtler, John M., Mayor and Justice of the Peace. Denise, C. E., Livery. Eaton, A. C., Editor Chronicle. Eisenmenger, L., Blacksmith. Emerson, Ed, Shoemaker.

Harding Paper Company. Lane, H. P., Manager Franklin Paper Com- pany.

Lockwood, R. S., Justice of the Peace. McAroy, W. B., Physician. McLane, George, Speculator. McWhinney, W. C., Dry Goods Merchant. Meeker, H. B., Brick and Stonemason. Miltenberger, L., President Farmers' Na- tional Bank.

Morey, Fred, Butcher. Orsborn, Harry, Liveryman. Reeder, W. C., Teacher. Rossman, A. N., Grocer.

Rossman, Edward, Harness Manufacturer and Saddler. Rothrock, N., Butcher. Shertzer, J. W., Harness Manufacturer. Thirkield, E. B., Merchant. Weaver, G. C., Grocer.

CARLISLE STATION. Fleming, James C., Physician. Green, William, Grain Dealer. Stockman, Lloyd, Blacksmith.

WAYNE TOWNSHIP. WAYNESVILLE. Coleman, John H., Dealer in Stoves and Tinware.

Eberly, Peter, Blacksmith.

Elliott, Samuel E., Dealer in Stoves and Tin ware.

Furnas, Robert F., Physician. Haines, S. S., Banker.

Harris, I. H., Banker.

Hisey, John, Minister.

Hough, J. B., Physician.

Hough, Josiah, Tile Manufacturer.

Humphreys, William, Cooper. Kearney, James H., Druggist.

Keys, J. W., Attorney at Law.

Kilbon, H., General Store, and Dealer in Groceries.

McComas, A. C .. Grocer.

McKinsey, H., Stock and Grain Dealer. Missildine, J. F., Merchant.

Sands & Sweet, Proprietors Miami Gazette. Sides, Amos B., Dealer in Agricultural Implements.

Williamson, Miriam, Physician. Zell, George M., Furniture Dealer and Undertaker.

Janney, C. L., Farmer and Horticulturist, Section 9; P. O. Waynesville.

Marlatt, J. W., Miller and Dealer in Gro- ceries, etc., Section 20; P. O. Spring Val- ley, Greene County.

UNION TOWNSHIP. SOUTH LEBANON.

Bolmer, J. E., Book-Keeper. Cavolt, B., Merchant. Hackett, John, Blacksmith. Jameson, John A., Agent Little Miami Railroad.

Jones, A. T., Carpenter.

King, A., Proprietor of King's Great Western Powder Mills. Little, N. K., Distiller.

Shuets, W. W., Dealer in Groceries and Coal.

South Lebanon Packing Company (P. B. Dunham, H. B. Kelley), Manufact- urers and Packers of Royal Brand Green Corn.

Wilson & Sons (James Wilson, James T. McClelland, William Wilson, J. W. Wilson), Manufacturers of Powder Keg-, Canisters, Paint, Lard and Fruit Cans, etc. Double Seam Metal Package Works. (Wilson's Patent, 1857-59.) Orders Solicited. Wright, A. G., Merchant.

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Downey, W. T., Miller ; P. O. Morrow. Hageman, R. S., Minister M. E. Church ; P. O. Camp Hagerman.

DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP. MASON. Bennett, Samuel C., Dealer in Hardware and Agricultural Implements. Bennett, J. C., Retail Dealer in General Merchandise.

Burch, W. M., Proprietor Burch House. Bursk, Jacob, Blacksmith.

Coleman, Louis F., Principal Mason School.

Cox, R. M., Manufacturer of Drain Tile. Kohl, John, Manufacturer of Fine Carriages, and Buggies, and Phaetons. McCurdy, Jonas, Dealer in Groceries. Nixon, John T., Physician and Surgeon. Perrine, J. N., Dealer in Staple Groceries. Thurston, L. C., Dealer in Horses and Fancy Driving Stock.

FORSTER'S CROSSING. Cook, R., Dealer in all Kinds of General Merchandise.

Greely, S. B., Proprietor of Flouring and Saw-Mill.

Obergefell, M., Merchant Tailor. Pittinger, A. W., Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, and in fact everything found in first-class re- tail store. Prices as low as the lowest. Satisfaction guaranteed. Sanders, John, Dealer in Pure Wines and Liquors.

TWENTY MILE STAND. Scott, James, Builder of Spring Wagons, Bug- gies, Carriages, etc. All New Work War- ranted. Repairing attended to promptly. Scott, James, Undertaker. Attends prompt- ly to all calls ; furnishes almost every style Burial Cases and Caskets, Burial Robes, Crape, Gloves, etc. Attends to Packing Bodies in Ice; Furnishes Disinfectants, Freezer, etc. Will endeavor to give full satisfaction in all cases.

SALEM TOWNSHIP. MORROW. Clement, William H., President C. S. R. R. Couden, J. S., Banker.

Couden, Theo., Jr., Cashier. Couden, J. T., Physician and Surgeon. Couden, A. N., Miller. Hopkins, Huston, Merchant. Ludlum, Addison, Superintendent Schools.

Mounts, J. L., Physician and Surgeon.

Nickerson, A. R., Publisher Morrow Tele- gram. Scheer, John, Brewer.

Swiggett, Edward T., Minister.

HARLAN TOWNSHIP. BUTLERVILLE.

Bird, D. S., Merchant.

Cox, D. T., Commercial Agent. Keller, Michael, Blacksmith. Price, H. W., Carriage Manufacturer. Runyan, Henry, Blacksmith.

PLEASANT PLAIN. Harner, John D., Dealer in Hardware, Tinware, Stoves, Harness, Pumps, etc. Hutchinson, James, Grocer.

Ross, J. R., Breeder and Shipper of High Class Poultry, P. O. Level, Ohio. Special- ties : White and Brown Leghorn, Plymouth Rocks and Partridge Cochin.

Snell, Estle, Teacher; P. O. Goshen, Cler- mont County.

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP. MAINEVILLE.

Burton, I. C., Gunsmith.

Butterworth, William, Teacher and Farmer. Cain, H. K., Miller and Farmer. Cottle, L. A., Physician and Surgeon. Ford, Charles, Dealer in General Mer- chandise.

Ludlum, B. F., Physician and Surgeon. Redman, James C., Justice of the Peace, Conveyancer, Notary Public; all kinds of Legal Papers neatly and accurately drawn.

Clinton, Horace, Attorney at Law; P. O. Loveland, Clermont County ; will practice in the adjoining counties of Hamilton and Clermont.

Dyer, J. M., Proprietor of Loveland Flouring Mills; P. O. Loveland, Clermont County.

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Downey, W. F., Manufacturer of White Rose and Family Flour ; P. O. Morrow. Dove, H. P., Government Store-Keeper ; also Store-Keeper for the Forster's Cross- ings Distillery ; P. O. Forster's Crossings. Merrill, William R., Carpenter and Con- tractor ; P. O. Murdock.

Mounts, William P., County Commissioner and Farmer; P. O. Morrow.

Shurts, William, Dealer in Groceries and Coal; P. O. South Lebanon. Skillman, H. M., Brickmason and Con- t: actor : P. O. Loveland, Clermont County.

CLEAR CREEK TOWNSHIP. SPRINGBORO.

Baird, Wallace, Proprietor Spring Garden Mills.

Baner, J. J., Justice of the Peace, and Car- riage Manufacturer.

Gregg, William Harrison, Tobacco Dealer.

Johnson, Napoleon, Plasterer. Merritt, J. C., Grocer and Baker. Robinson, John E., Grocer. Thomas, Ira, Woollen Manufacturer.

RED LION. Ballard, W. H., Postmaster and Merchant.

Sweny, Monroe, Tile Manufacturer and Farmer.

Wright, J. M., Physician.

RIDGEVILLE.

Eulass, C. H., Postmaster and Merchant. Munger, Jonathan, Teacher and Farmer.

Wright, Aaron, Physician ; P. O. Brook- lyn, N. Y.

MASSIE TOWNSHIP. HARVEYSBURG.

Antram, I. H .. Merchant. Cunningham, F. M., Teacher.

Downing, J. J., Artist.

Hisey, Christian, Proprietor of Hotel and Grocery.

Mason, David, Physician.

Rogers, Abbie L., Teacher.

Ross, George P., Miller and Farmer.

Salim, A. T., Attorney at Law.

Sears, John, Merchant.

Singleton, Bushrod, Blacksmith.

Vandervoort, James W., Physician.

FREEPORT, Oregon P. O. Kersey, T. C., Physician. Sherwood, Frank, Merchant. Stubbs, Isaac, Miller.

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The History of Warren County, Ohio, Part 137

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