The History of Warren County, Ohio, Part 94

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

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JAMES C. BROWN, manager of the Franklin Pottery Company, Franklin; is the son of Joseph A. and Margaret Brown, and was born in Franklin Town- ship June 7, 1840; his father was one of the early pioneers of this county, having come here in 1800 and settled on Clear Creek, where his grandfather had entered a full section of land; he was reared on a farm. April 16, 1861, at the first call of the President for troops, he enlisted in Company F, 1st O. V. I., under Capt. John Kell, and served three months; then re-enlisted in Company C, 69th O. V. I., under Capt. George Elliott, and served three years longer, when he was mustered out at Camp Dennison and returned to Franklin and engaged as book-keeper and Secretary of the Franklin Paper Mills, of which he was a stockholder, seven years. Jan. 1, 1881, he was elected manager of the Franklin Pottery Company, in which he is the largest stockholder. Mr. Brown was married, in Franklin, Feb. 28, 1868, to Katie, daughter of George and Abbie Lawyer, born in Cincinnati in 1848. He owns a fine residence on Center street, south of Sixth, one-half of Brady's jewelry store, between Third and Fourth streets. and 71 acres of land adjoining the corporation on the north. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, in which he has taken three degrees, the Odd Fellows, in which he has taken five degrees, and a member of the M. E. Church.

JOHN R. BUNDY, farmer; P. O. Franklin; was born in Turtle Creek Township Dec. 16, 1834; he is a son of Joseph and Hannah (Bracher) Bundy,

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who are natives of Dorcetshire, England, and emigrated in 1817 and settled near Lebanon. Our subject was reared in Lebanon and educated in its public schools. When 14, he learned the carriage-maker's trade, in Dayton; he pur- sued his trade in various places in Warren and Montgomery Cos., till 1873, since which time he has resided on his present farm. He was married, the first time in Dayton, August, 1855, to Marinda Gerralds, daughter of William and Sarah Gerralds, born in Butler County; she died in August, 1865, and left two children-Elizabeth and Hannah. Mr. B. again married, Nov. 24, 1872, to Emeline Banker, daughter of Solomon and Mary A. Banker, and a native of Warren County, born Nov. 19, 1836. Three children were added to this union, viz., Solomon B., Elsie and Emeline. Mr. Bundy is a member of the Masonic order, and, in politics, is a Republican. Mrs. Bundy owns 206 acres of land in Franklin Township. Mr. B. owns a tract of several thousand acres of mineral and woodland in Powell, Breathitt, Wolfe, Morgan and Grant Counties, Ky.

WILLIAM H. BUTT, farmer; P. O. Franklin; was born in Franklin Township Oct. 25, 1819; his mother, Margaret Catick, was a daughter of An- drew Catick, who settled in this township in 1811; he was born in Germany, in August, 1754, and, in 1771, emigrated to America; he served through the long struggle for our national independence, and subsequently settled in Fred- erick Co., Md., where he lived till his immigration to this county. He died in February, 1849, at the advanced age of 94 years and 6 months. Our subject was reared a farmer boy; he was married, Sept. 4, 1850, to Miss Ellen Han- kinson, daughter of James and Sarah Hankinson, and a native of Franklin Township, born Jan. 30, 1822. This union was blessed with five children, viz., Sarah E., born July 21, 1851, wife of George W. Null; Margaret A., born Sept. 18, 1853; Mary E., born Nov. 8, 1857; John C., born Nov. 9, 1862, and Charles H., born Oct. 19, 1870. Mr. Butt and family are members of the Christian Church of Franklin. Mr. Butt owns a farm of 200 acres, on Sections 29 and 30, with excellent improvements; it is adorned with an elegant frame residence, erected in 1872. Mr. B. is by occupation a farmer and stock-raiser; he is a man of excellent character; politically, he is Democratic.

SAMUEL CAMPBELL (deceased) was born in Virginia Jan. 10, 1781; he was a son of Alexander Campbell; he served as a private in the late war with Great Britain. Sept. 23, 1806, he was married to Miss Mary Small, a daughter of Andrew and Margaret Small. This union was blessed with eleven children; of these, five are living, viz., Lewis D., William H. H., Edwin R., Mary (wife of Samuel Woodard) and Samuel E. Andrew, Daniel, James L., Catharine, Mary A. and Abner C. are deceased. Mr. Campbell departed this life July 17, 1846. Mrs. Campbell was born in Northumberland Co., Penn., March 20, 1786; her parents came to this county in 1794; her father was a soldier in Capt. Hendrick's Company in the American Revolution. Mrs. Campbell is now in the 96th year of her age: she is in possession of all her mental faculties and enjoying good health and bids fair to accomplish the life of a centenarian. She is the oldest lady in Warren County; eighty-eight years of her life was passed within its limits, and all its prominent changes have taken place under her observation, and they still occupy a place in her memory. The people of Old Warren congratulate our venerable subject for being the mother of so many intelligent sons, such as Col. Lewis D. Campbell, who was a Congress- man of considerable distinction and since a resident of Hamilton; also one son, a physician, who stood eminent in his profession, but since deceased.

JOSEPH CHAMBERLIN, farmer; P. O. Carlisle Station; son of Joseph and Susan (Jones) Chamberlin; was born in Middlesex Co., N. J., Jan. 28, 1815. In the spring of 1838, he came to Warren County, and the following

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fall, removed to Montgomery County, where he lived till 1859, when he re- turned to "Old Warren." In 1864, he located on his present farm. Mr. Chamberlin was married, on the 28th of January, 1840, to Margaret, daughter of Vincent and Catharine Perrine. She was born in Middlesex Co., N. J., Nov. 8, 1814. Three children were given this union, viz., Charles V., Joseph V. (deceased) and Libbie (wife of John Rudolph). Mr. and Mrs. C. are both members of the Presbyterian Church. Politically, Mr. C. is a Republican. He owns a valuable farm of 210 acres located near Carlisle. It is adorned with a very substantial brick residence, built by Mr. Chamberlin several years ago. Mr. C. is an enterprising and esteemed citizen.

JOHN CHAMBERLIN, farmer; P. O. Carlisle Station; was born in Franklin Township, Warren Co., Ohio, Sept. 23, 1823; he is the son of James and Mary A. (Cox) Chamberlin. Mr. Chamberlin passed his early life upon his father's farm and received his education in the common schools. May 12, 1846, he was united in marriage with Meribah R. Emley, daughter of Fletcher and Alice Emley. Mrs. Chamberlin was born in this township June 9, 1826. This union was blessed with seven children, of whom five are living, viz., Mar- garet E., wife of Abiah Kemp; James C., Mary A. (deceased), Irvin F. (de- ceased), William A., Frank P. and Alice E. Mr. Chamberlin is the owner of a valuable farm of 275 acres of land on Section 32. It is adorned with a very substantial two-story brick residence, erected some years since, at a cost of $9,- 000. Mr. Chamberlin is a farmer and stock-raiser by occupation; he makes a specialty in the rearing of hogs. Mr. C. and family are members of the M. E. Church of Franklin; politically, he is Republican; he has served as trustee of school land for fifteen years and is regarded as one of the leading and enter- prising citizens of Franklin Township.

DANIEL H. CLUTCH, Secretary and Treasurer of the Franklin Paper Company ; son of Uriah and Hannah (Sinclair) Clutch; was born in Monmouth Co., N. J., Jan. 24, 1824. July 5, 1826, his parents moved to Franklin; he attended school till 15 years of age, when he entered the cabinet shop of his father, who died Nov. 1, 1868; he worked for his father till of age, when he was admitted as a partner; firm known as Clutch & Son; building stood where the Coleman House now stands. In 1856, he rented a farm in this township and worked at farming four years, and then returned to Franklin and bought a hardware store of Charles Butler & Co., in company with J. P. Hoover; they remained together four years, when he bought out Mr. Hoover's interest and carried on the business alone five years; then sold to F. M. Deardoff and bought one-half interest in a flouring-mill of Mr. Levi Croll; firm known as Death & Clutch. In 1873, Death & Clutch, in company with four other enterprising men, founded what is known as the Franklin Paper Company. They built their first mill in the spring of 1878. They then sold the flouring-mill to the company, and it was converted into a second paper-mill; when they first began, three men could do all the work; now they employ seventy-five hands and man- ufacture five tons of paper per day. Mr. Clutch was married, in 1847, in Frank- lin, to Miss Margaret, daughter of William and Margaret McLane. She lived but a short time. He was again married to Margaret, daughter of David and Margaret Deardoff, born in this township. They have four daughters and one son-Emma, Anna, George, Ida and Pearl, all members of the M. E. Church. Mr. C. is also a member of the Odd Fellows society. He is a stockholder and director in the First National Bank; owns the Deardoff hardware store building and has a fine brick residence on Lebanon avenue, and is one of the most enter- prising citizens of Franklin.

WASHINGTON COLEMAN, proprietor of the Coleman House, Franklin, is a descendant of Timothy Coleman, who was a native of England, and who

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emigrated to America before the Revolutionary war, locating on Sampion Creek, N. J., about six miles from Trenton. Elias Coleman, the father of Na- thaniel and grandfather of Washington, the subject of this sketch, came with their families to Ohio in 1829, locating in Franklin. Nathaniel died in 1836. Ann, his widow, whose maiden name was Emmons, departed this life in 1876. Washington Coleman is a native of Trenton, N. J., born Oct. 14, 1811; he re- ceived his education in the common schools of Trenton, and, at the tender age of 14, was apprenticed to learn the carriage and wagon making trade, at which he served seven years, completely mastering his trade. In 1829, he came with his parents to Franklin, where he followed his trade fourteen years, meeting with good success; in 1834, he celebrated his marriage with Rebecca S. Gor- don, who is a native of New Jersey, born near Hightstown, Feb. 18, 1816. In 1848, he rented a farm and engaged in farming for twenty years, during which time he purchased a farm and improved the same; he sold his farm in 1868, and removed to Franklin and worked at carpentering and millwrighting for several months, after which he engaged in the hotel business, which he has followed ever since, meeting with good success. As a landlord, he has no equal and is held in high esteem by the traveling public, as well as by his many friends and acquaintances. So long a resident of Franklin, and for 80 long prominently connected with her interests, growth and prosperity. Mr. Coleman is entitled to a place among the representative men and old set- tlers of the county. He is 69 years old, yet with the use of all his faculties and apparently in the prime of manhood, with the promise of many years of activity and usefulness. He relates many interesting incidents of his pioneer life, one of which we relate in his own language: "In 1836, we celebrated the 4th of July in the spirit of 1776, by having a grand dinner under the broad canopy of heaven; the table was 300 feet long, loaded with all the luxuries the country could afford, and the novelty of the dinner consisted of twenty roasted pigs, standing on their feet about fifteen feet apart. The President of the meeting sat at the head of the table, the Vice President at the foot, and a colored man, by the name of Fredric Wilson, was chosen to carry the toasts from the President to the Vice President, who would read them aloud. Dr. David Beard read the Declaration of Independence; Rev. Arthur Elliot delivered the oration; I furnished the dinner."" Mr. Coleman is a temper- ance man in the true sense of the word, as he does not use tobacco in any form, nor was he ever under the influence of liquor. He became a member of the Masonic order in 1838, being initiated in Eastern Star Lodge, No. 55, after the Morgan affair. He has accumulated considerable amount of property, in which he has been nobly assisted by his good and amiable wife. They are members of the Baptist Church, he having been appointed one of the trustees at the organization, which office he still holds, and is the only one living of the three appointed. They have had ten children, three of whom are living, viz., Nathaniel, George L. D. and Ruby S.

ENOCH D. COMPTON, deceased. At a very early date, Azariah Comp- ton, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, and his wife, whose maiden name was Mary Ann Burhu, emigrated from England and settled in New Jer- sey. Their family consisted of four children, of which Elias Compton, the third child, and father of the gentleman whose name forms the caption of this sketch, was born March 20, 1788. At the age of 23, Elias Compton married Catha- rine Die. The result of this union was one son -- Enoch D. Compton, the sub- ject of this sketch, born Jan. 14, 1813. He was only 18 months old when his mother died, but his father was again married in 1817. In this year, with his father and step-mother, whose maiden name was Bathsheba Hill, he emigrated from Hunterdon Co., N. J., and settled at Mt. Pleasant, Hamilton Co., Ohio;

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where he remained about five years, when, with his father, he settled on a farm near Springdale, the same county. Here he remained until 1841, when, on the 30th day of December, he was married to Martha P. Mcclellan, of Middletown, Butler Co., Ohio. For nine years after his marriage, he resided in Hamilton County; he then moved to Warren County and settled one mile east of Blue Ball, on the farm known as the McChesney farm, where he resided until his death, which occurred on the 14th of October, 1875. The family consisted of eight children; the record is as follows: Sarah E., born Feb. 1. 1843; Mary A., born July 19, 1846; Phoebe J., born June 7, 1849; James E., born Dec. 20, 1853; Kate R., born Aug. 1, 1855; John W., born Aug. 22, 1857; Charles E., born Aug. 3, 1860; Frank M., born Oct. 19, 1863. The subject was a member of the United Presbyterian Church. He was a gentleman whose character commanded the respect and confidence of those who knew him; his life, although not eventful, was one of persevering industry, and, at his death. he left a comfortable competency. Although his opportunities for acquiring an education were meager, through the diligent improvement of spare time he acquired a vast amount of general information. He was mod- est, unassuming and conscientious in all his dealings, and endeavored to make his life an example for the moral training of his children. Mrs. E. D. Compton was born Sept. 17. 1820; she was the daughter of James McClel- lan, of Middletown, Ohio; the family is one of the oldest and best in the county. She still resides on the homestead and is quietly passing down the winter slope of a life in which she has endeavored to exemplify her Christian faith.

JOSEPH CONOVER, deceased, was born in Franklin Township March 10, 1821; he was a son of Peter and Sophia Conover, who came to this county in 1819. Mr. Conover lived on a farm until 18 years of age, when he learned the blacksmith trade, which he followed till 1853. He was married, Dec. 29, 1847, to Catharine, daughter of William and Ann Barkalow, born in Butler County Oct. 28, 1824. Of their nine children, four are living, viz., Charles P., George W., Frank M. and Marietta. Mr. Conover followed the avocation of farming up to his death, which occurred March 26, 1880. He was for many years a member of the Presbyterian Church; politically, he was a Republican. He served as Marshal of Germantown one term while he lived there.

ANTHONY COOK, deceased, was born in New Jersey in April, 1795; his father came from England some time after the war of the Revolution. Our subject was married, in New York, to Mary Taylor, by whom he had eight chil- dren, of whom six are living, viz., Joel, Robert, Catharine (wife of George Snuff), Edna (wife of D. B. Corwin), Mary A., John, Benjamin (deceased) and Anthony (deceased). In the spring of 1832, Mr. Cook came to Warren County and settled in Franklin Township, where he died May 5, 1860. Mrs. Cook was born June 17, 1800; she resides with her son, John Cook, on Section 36.

EDWARD P. CRIST, furniture dealer, corner Center and Second streets, Franklin; son of David and Eveline Crist; was born in Franklin Township Oct. 3, 1831; he was reared on a farm. When 18 years of age, he learned the cabinet trade with Uriah Clutch. in Franklin; he remained with him six years and succeeded to their business in 1863; location now occupied by the Coleman House. In 1865, he moved to his present place of business, where he keeps a full line of furniture, undertakers' goods, wall paper, window shades, etc .; car- ries a stock of $7,000 to $8,000; he has the only exclusive business in his line in the town, and is doing a thriving business. He owns his store building. and, with his brother, owns the old homestead on which their mother still lives at the advanced age of 71 years, their father having died in July, 1875.

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WILLIAM M. CUMMING, saloon-keeper, Franklin; son of Alexander and Charity Cumming: was born in Franklin in 1823; he attended school till 15 years of age, when he served four years with David Loyd at the tailoring trade; he afterward worked at it eighteen years. He opened a clothing store in Franklin in 1854, which he conducted three years; then carried on a grocery store about two years. His father died in 1854, leaving a farm of 123 acres; he moved on to this and carried on farming for several years. He again re- turned to Franklin and opened a grocery store, in company with Mr. W. O. Potter; at the end of three years, they dissolved, and he carried on the business alone four years. He was married, in Franklin, in 1844, to Mary J. Greer, daughter of James and Annie (Fishfer) Greer, born in Germantown. They have three children-Annie B., William A. and Eurney. Mr. C. now owns a sample room on Sixth street, opposite the pottery, where he keeps a full line of choice liquors and cigars; he resides corner Center and Seventh streets.

JOHN M. DACHTLER, Mayor and Justice of the Peace, Franklin, son of Michael and Josephine Dachtler; was born in Miamisburg in 1841, Jan. 22. He attended school till 21 years of age; he entered the army at the first call for troops: enlisted at Miamisburg in April, 1861, in Company C, 1st O. V. I. ; served three months and returned home and immediately re-enlisted in Com- pany E, 1st O. V. I., under Capt. George A. Pomeroy, and was in a number of prominent battles, among others Pittsburg Landing, Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Chattanooga, Tenn., besides a number of skir- mishes. At the end of three years, he was mustered out at Camp Chase, Co- lumbus. Ohio, and again re-enlisted for one year, or till the close of the war, in the 188th O. V. I., under Capt. Smith. and was commissioned First Lieu- tenant; was mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., at the close of the war, and re- turned to Franklin and bought out a butchering establishment, of John Miller, which he kept nine months, and then went to carpentering, which he followed till 1872, when he opened a grocery store, in partnership with George W. Mil- tenberger, on Center street, between Fourth and Fifth streets, which lasted about one year. In 1874, he was elected Marshal and served till 1879, when he was elected Justice of the Peace for three years. In April, 1881, he was elected Mayor; office in Merchants' Row. He was married, in Franklin, in 1868, to Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Mary Woodward, born in Franklin; they have one child-Harry W., born in Franklin Sept. 22, 1871. Mr. D. is a member of the Odd Fellows society.

DAVID DEARDOFF, deceased; was so intimately associated during his long life with the social, religious and industrial interests of this community that some account of his life seems eminently appropriate. The family have in their possession a family chart, prepared by Jesse S. Deardoff, of Canal Dover, Ohio. It represents six generations and covers a period of more than a century and a half. The Deardoff family in the United States sprang, in a large part, if not wholly, from Anthony Dierdorff, a German Baptist or "Tun- ker," from Manheim. Germany. Driven out by religious persecution, he, with some thirty families, sailed for America July 7, 1779, in the ship Allen, and landed in Philadelphia Sept. 15, 1779. He with his three sons located near Germantown, Penn. Daniel, the father of our subject, entered land in Franklin Township, Warren Co., in 1805. He lived, for a time, in the " Old Stone House," where our subject was born, April 6, 1807. The fiftieth anni- versary of his married life was celebrated by his children. In 1841, Mr. Dear- doff joined the M. E. Church and was a recognized member till his death, he having filled the various offices with perfect acceptability. He was a member of the committee that superintended the building of the present M. E. Church in Franklin. It is a beautiful and substantial edifice and is as a memorial of his capacity and usefulness as a prime mover in this religious enterprise.

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PERRY H. DEARDOFF, farmer; P. O. Franklin; son of David and Margaret Deardoff; was born in Franklin Township Feb. 25, 1844; he lived on a farm till of age, and attended the common schools for an education. Sept. 17, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, 75th O. V. I. He fought in the battles at Franklin. McDowell, Cross Keys and Cedar Mountain. when he took sick. After his recovery, he was assigned a place in Company D, of the Veteran Re- serve Corps of the 13th U. S. I. He was First Sergeant of his company and led the first company through Boston after the famous Boston riot. He was discharged Sept. 17, 1865. He was married, Oct. 11, 1866, to Anna V. Tib- bles, daughter of Seymour S. and Sarah A. Tibbles, born in Franklin Town- ship Sept. 14, 1848. They have six children, viz., Laura H., Joseph T., Mari- anna, David P., Maggie and Bertha E. Mr. and Mrs. D. are members of the M. E. Church; politically, he is a Republican; he owns -160 acres of the old homestead.

FREDERICK DECHANT, retired fermer; P. O. Franklin; son of Fred- erick and Catharine Dechant; was born in German Township, Montgomery Co., Ohio, Feb. 20. 1822; his parents came from Germany. When 5 years of age, his father died, and he has had to depend on his own resources ever since. He lived with a Mr. Samuel Rohrer five years and five months. In 1836, he came to Franklin and engaged with Casper Miller to learn the baker's trade; he remained till 1840; he then went to Greenville, Darke Co., and worked at his trade about one year. In the summer of 1841 he was engaged in the New England Bakery in Cincinnati; he then returned to Franklin and opened a bakery in the house where he learned his trade; he afterward opened out on Front street, above the new suspension bridge, about 1844, where he remained till 1864, when he, in company with his brother Lewis, bought 118 acres of land in Franklin Township, and he then turned his attention to farming. In the spring of 1879, he retired to Franklin Village. 'He was married, in Frank- lin, Jan. 14, 1846, to Margaret, daughter of Isaac and Hannah Stewart, born in Monmouth Co., N. J., Aug. 29, 1822; they have had six children-Catha- rine I. and Peter M., deceased; Edgar T., William L., Charles (deceased) and Anna R. He has a fine residence and two lots, corner Front and Third streets, 137 acres of choice land in Franklin Township, on the west side of the river, ard also 100 acres in Butler County. His second son, Edgar T., was married, in Cincinnati, in 1873, to Lizzie Beck, born in Montgomery County in 1855. They have six children-Charles, Everett, Harry, Frederick, Ina and Margaret. GEORGE L. DENISE, farmer; P. O. Franklin; son of John and Mary (Lane) Denise; was born March 5, 1809, in Montgomery Co., Ohio, on the west bank of the Great Miami River; his parents were natives of Middlesex Co., N. J., and, July 4, 1808, they arrived in Cincinnati, where they remained a short time only and then came to Montgomery County; he attended school there till 12 or 14 years of age in a log cabin; his father died about this time and his mother again married, to John H. Schenck; he worked on a farm till nearly 16 years old, then went to learn the blacksmith trade with John Molleson; he served four and one-half years and then formed a partnership with William Conover, which lasted one year. He then bought a blacksmith shop at Carlisle, where he remained six years, then came to Franklin and opened a shop on Center street, between Fifth and Sixth streets, where he carried on a heavy business till 1859. Mr. D. was very successful in his business, as he started with nothing, and, when he retired from his trade, he had accumulated $30 .- 000; he then bought two farms in this township-one of 169 acres and the other of 98; he lived in town and carried on farming; he has since sold the 169 acres, but has a fine brick residence on an eminence in town, with 4 acres of land; also one house and lot on the bank of the canal, between Fifth and

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The History of Warren County, Ohio, Part 94

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