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JOSEPH E. DEITRICK, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Springfield, Ohio, lock box 923; was born Nov. 15, 1842, in Montgomery Co., Ohio. The father of the sub- ject of this sketch (Joseph D.) was for a number of years, a leading distiller of Mont- gomery Co., Ohio. Joseph b. came to Clark Co., Ohio, in 1871, and located in Har. mony Towuship. May 17, 1880, he was united in marriage to Miss Caroline Baird, a daughter of the late Peter C. Baird, one of the early pioneers of the county, having been born in the State of Pennsylvania in the year 1792 (Sept. 16). His father, William Baird, having emigrated to Clark Co. and settled in what is now Harmony Township in the year 1808. The Baird family is one of the prominent and wealthy families of the county. Joseph E. Deitrick and the family are owners of some 223 acres of fine land in Harmony Township. Mr. D. is engaged in stock-raising. They are very pleasantly situated, surrounded with the comforts of life, as the result of their economy and in- dustry.
WILLIAM T. HARRIS, merchant ; P. O. Vienna Cross Roads. The ,subject of this sketch was born in Clark Co., Ohio, Sept. 17, 1826, his father, having been one of the early pioneers of the county. William T. was brought up on a farm, and continued to farm until he was 45 years old, when he quit farming and moved to Vienna where he now resides. Mr. Harris commenced mercantile life in 1871, and has continued in the same since. Mr. Harris is the leading merchant of the town ; In has a considerable stock of dry goods, groceries, etc, etc., such as is usually kept in a country store. The subject of this sketch was married to Miss Mary C. Forshee, daughter of Dr. Forshee, Nov. 19, 1848. His wife, Mary C., died in January, 1861. He married his second wife Mrs. Rosanna McGarry (nee Marsh) in March, 1863. Dur- ing his first marriage he had born to him four children. and by their second marriage they had born to them two children-Oliver B., born Jan., 1863, and Manville R., Dec. 28, 1866. Mr. Harris has served two terms as Justice of the Peace in Harinony Township; Mr. Harris is an active member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is also a leading member of Christian Church, of Vienna. Mr. Harris started in life at the very " bottom round of the ladder," but, by industry and economy, be has been, in a measure, successful in accumulating some property, and to day he is in quite comfortable circumstances.
FREEMAN V. HARTMAN, Township Clerk ; P. O. Vienna Cross Roads. The subject of this sketch is a native of Harmony Township, Clark Co., Ohio; he was born Feb. 28, 1834. John Hartman, the father of Freeman V., was a native of the State of Pennsylvania, and came to Clark Co. and settled in Pleasant Township at a very early day. He died in Sandusky City, Ohio, of the cholera, in 1835; he left a wife and four children at his death. His widow, Mary Hartman, is still living in Har- mony Township; she is in her 77th year; she was born in the State of New York, near Buffalo, in 1804. The subject of this sketch was married, in November, 1851, to Miss Catharine Dynes, a daughter of George Dyues, who was an old settler in Harmony Township ; he now resides in Lebanon, Warren ,Co., Ohio. There was born to them three daughters-Mary E. (now the wife of George F. Tavener), Elizabeth (now the wife of J. M. Olinger ), and Jennie R. (now the wife of David H. Campbell) ; Cath- arine died Aug. 25, 1865. Mr. Hartman was married to his second wife, Mrs. Eliz- abeth Keyes ( new Dynes-a sister to his first wife), July 11, 1880, at Springfield, Ohio ; the marriage was performed by Rev. William A. Robinson, of the M. E. Church. Mr. Hartman has been elected Township Clerk for seven terms; he was appointed Deputy United States Marshal in 1880, and took the census of Harmony Township ; he has been a member of the Republican Central Committee of Clark Co. for ten years ; he has also served on the United States grand jury for three terms.
JAMES HAWKINS, SR., farmer; P. O. Plattsburg; the subject of this sketch is a native of England. He was born in Yorkshire on the Sth day of May, 1808. James and his brother William came to America in 1826, and settled in Har- mony Township, Clark Co .. Ohio. They walked from the city of Philadelphia, Penn., to Harmony Township. He and his brother John, who resided in Harmony Township, worked at blacksmithing for one year and a half. then he went to Old Town, in Greene
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Co., and worked a short time. In 1828, he returned to Harmony Township and com- menced his trade at Lisbon, where he continued to work until 1840. He was united in marriage to Miss Angelina Ferris Aug. 7, 1828. As a result of this marriage, there was born to them eleven children, all of whom lived until they were married, nine of whom are now living-Nancy F., Emily, Marflitt, Jane, James, John, Sandusky, An- gus and William. Mr. H. purchased the farin upon which he now resides in 1810. His wife, Angelina, died Jan. 3, 1871. He was united in marriage to his second wife, Miss Linda M. Malsbury. a daughter of William Malsbury, Oct. 12, 1871. She was born Feb. 22, 1827. in New Jersey. At the time of her marriage she was residing in Hamilton Co., Ohio. Mr. Hawkins started in life a poor man, without any assistance but his energy and industry, and he has accumulated some 1,200 acres of land in Har- mony Township, a greater portion of which he has divided with his children. Still he is the owner of 330 acres of land in Harmony Township, where he resides. His son, Marfitt Hawkins, was a private in the 94th O. V. I. He was discharged at the close of the war. He was a prisoner during his term of service a short time. Mr. Hawkins and Homer Allen, Sr., of Bellefontaine, Ohio, made a visit to the scenes of his childhood in England. They left Springfield Jan. 15, 1877, and returned Aug. 27, 1877. Mr. Hawkins and wife are members of the M. E. Church at South Charleston, Ohio. and as a business man he has ever been regarded as upright and honest, and has won and retained the respect of a large circle of Clark County's best citizens.
JOHN JONES, farmer ; P. O. Plattsburg. The subject of this sketch was born in England March 13, 181S. In the fall of 1851, he came to the United States, land- ing at New Orleans. In the spring he came to Clark County, Ohio, and commenced to work on a farm near Springfield, Ohio. Nov. 20, 1856, he was married to Miss Han- nah E. Webster, daughter of John Webster, of Springfield Township. The union thus formed has been blessed by the birth of thirteen children, nine of whom are still living --- Thomas born April 23, 1860; George R., Dec. 8, 1862; Eliza, June 8, 1864 ; Minnie, July 28, 1866; Emma. July 28, 1868; Anna P., July 29, 1870; John W .. March 6, 1872; Robert H., June 6, 1873. and Arthur Edwin, Sept. 1, 1880. In 1855, Mr. Jones, being desirous of seeing his native land, made a visit to England. remaining there for one year. Mr. Jones, as has been stated, commenced as a farm laborer in 1852, and to-day he is one of the largest land-owners in the township. He and his wife had nothing when they started in life, nor have they received anything but what they have earned by their own hands. Mr. Jones is the owner of 472 acres of land in the township. He resides on one of his beautiful farms of 312 acres with everything around him that is pleasant and cheerful, surrounded by a very inter- esting family, and to-day he and his wife (who has, indeed, been a helpweet to him) can look back over their past life and rejoice that they did use economy in their young days. for now as they are passing through the afternoon of their lives they have everything to make them happy and to cheer them on in their journey through life. Mr. Jones is a true type of an Englishman. As a gentleman he is very pleasant and affable, a good neighbor, and a man much given to hospitality.
AMAZIAH JUDY, farmer and stock-buyer ; P. O. Plattsburg. The subject of this sketch is the son of the late John Judy, who came to this county in the year 1800, frem the State of Kentucky, he having been born in a " Block House " in Fleming Co., Feb. 14, 1791 : he came to Clark Co., at the time above stated ; he settled in what is now Harmony Township, on the extreme head-waters of the " Little Miami; " he pur- chased a'large tract of land of one James Galaway, whose name is famous in the State of Ohio, he having purchased the same from the United States. In the year 1840, through his own industry and economy, he was the owner of something over 1,000 acres of the best land iu Clark Co., the larger part of it being in Madison Co., Ohio. John Judy was a man of protuinence in his day ; he was a Captain in the Ohio militia ; he was for some years a Justice of the Peace, he being of the first in the township; in the year 1859, he moved to the State of Illinois, where he purchased a large tract of land for the pur- pose of settling around him his family. Dec. 1, 1874, he passed from life unto death iu his 83d year, after having lived a longer span of time than is usually allotted unto man.
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Mr. Judy had lived in Clark Co., to see the fruits of civilization spread its wings like a sweet messenger of peace over its land, and, as a result, brought to it improve- ment and advancement ; his hair grew gray while the State grew old and vigorous, and, in the golden sunset of his life, he fell asleep in death- '
" His life is as a tale that is told."
Such is the ancestry from which the subject of this sketch sprung. He was born Sept. 20, 1823, in Harmony Township, on the old homestead, within three miles of where he now resides. Mr. Judy was brought up on an adjoining farm to which he now resides, and has continued to be a farmer from that day until this ; he started in the stock busi- ness under the following circumstances : His father was the proprietor of the " Black Horse Tavern; " when the subject of this sketch was but 7 years old, two gentleman had him to black their boots for which they gave him 12! cents, with which he bought a hog, and from that he became the largest stock-buyer in the county. Mr. Judy was on the 21st of November, A. D. 1844, married to Miss Hopy Ann Nichelson, daughter of An- drew Nichelson, of Harmony Township, who was one of the very early pioneers, having settled in the county in 1806; this union has been blessed by the birth of five children, one son and four daughters, four of whom are now living. Mr. Judy is the owner of a very beautiful farm adjoining the village of Platsburg ; as a gentleman, he is very pleas- ant and affable ; as a citizen, a man who is much respected. Mr. Judy was engaged in the stock business for a number of years in Illinois ; he was also located in Chicago and St. Louis ; while in Illinois, his business amounted to over a million dollars a year.
ENOCH KING, farmer ; P. O. Vienna \ Roads. The subject of this sketch is the son of the late Enoch King; his father was born in the State of Pennsylvania, and came te Ohio and settled in Harmony Township, Clark Co., about 1800, having walked from near Pittsburgh, Penn., with his " knapsack " ou his back and his cane in his hand. He was married to Miss Martha Gaston in January, 1826, she being his second wife, his first wife being a sister to his second. Martha was born Jan. 20, 1804, in Washington Co., Penn .; in 1825, she came to Clark Co .. Ohio, from the State of Pennsylvania. hav- ing rode on horseback all the way ; as a result of his marriage to Martha, thirteen chil- dren was born to them, six only are now living -- the subject of this sketch being one of them. At the time of his death, which occurred May 17, 1865. Enoch King, Sr .. was. the owner of a large farm of 350 acres of land in Harmony Township. Enoch and his wife, Martha, wer very industrious and used great economy, and as a result of this had accumulated a considerable amount of this " world's " goods. Martha King is still liv- ing near Plattsburg, Clark Co., Ohio, in her 76th year, surrounded with the comforts of life. Enoch, the subject of this sketch, was born in Harmony Township, Clark Co., Ohio, July 28, 1840, on the " old homestead ; " he has always been a farmer ; he remained at home with his parents on the farm until the death of his father. in 1865 ; in the win- ter of 1865-66, he went to Missouri ; in the spring, he returned to bis old home; he and his brother Daniel purchased one of the farms owned by his father at his death ; they lived on the farm for some eight years, when they sold it. Mr. King was united in. marriage to Miss Mary Funston, a daughter of W. S. Funston, of Vienna, a very old and honored citizen ; the marriage ceremony was performed by Elder Overturf, March 1, 1874; this marriage has been blessed by the birth of three children, two of whom are still liv- ing, viz., Walter S. was born Feb. 23, 1877, and Olive M. was born Sept. 23, 1880. Mr. K. is a Past Grand in Vienna Lodge No. 345, I. O. O. F., and also a member of the Encampment branch of the order at Springfield. Mr. King is residing on a farm now near Vienna; he has an interest in the old homestead of 188 acres.
MRS. ANN KIRKHAM, Springfield. The subject of this sketch is the widow of the late John Kirkham, of Clark Co., Ohio; she was born in England Jan. 4, 1$15; she was united in marriage to John Kirkham May 3, 1837 (her maiden name was Slee); they came to America in 1837, and settled near South Charleston, Clark Co., Ohio ; as a result of their marriage there were born to them six children, all of whom are now liv- ing in Harmony Township, viz., John J. was born March 2, 1838, in Harmony Town- ship, was married Jan. 24, 1876, to Miss A. J. Raddy ; they have four children, viz ,
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John M., George C., James W. and Jesse G .; he is the owner of the farm on which he resides-191 acres of land ; Ann is the owner of a farm of 127 acres of land; Anthony ( for his life, sce sketch on Anthony Kirkham) ; Ellen was born Sept. 2, 1842, in Green Township, Clark Co., Ohio; she is the owner of a farm of 145 acres of land ; Stephen was born in Green Township, Clark Co., Ohio, April 14, 1844; he is the owner of a farm of 207 acres of land ; and William was born in Clark Co. Nov. 2, 1845 ; he at- . tended Wittenburg College ; he taught school a short time ; he was married Sept. 18, 1873. to Miss Elizabeth Oates, of Clark Co .; they have three children, viz., Harlan R., Anna M., Nora ; he is the owner of a farm of 160 acres of land.
ANTHONY KIRKHAM, farmer ; P. O. Plattsburg. The subject of this sketch was born Dec. 28, 1840, in Harmony Township, Clark Co., Ohio ; he has been a farmer during life. He was united in marriage Febs 9, 1867, to Miss Lavina Henry, a daugh- ter of Johnson Henry. an old pioneer of Clark Co .; as a result of this marriage, there have been three children born to them, viz., Frank H., born Sept. 26, 1868; Charles H .. born June 7, 1871, and Glanora. born Dec. 18, 1873. Mr. K. is the owner of a farm of 241 acres of land near the town of Lisbon, where he resides.
CHRISTOPHER LAYBOURN was born June 7, 1745, at Wafferton, East Reading, Yorkshire, England. He was married, June 20, 1777, to- Miss Margaret July 7. 1758, at Setterington, Sameriding, England. There were born to them in England eight children --- Milcah Newlove, the eldest, was born Oct 20, 1779; Joel, July 25; 1780 ; Abel, May 17, 1732; Christopher, July 15, 1784, and died Dec. 27, 1784, and was buried at Winteringham ; Esther was born Jan. 14, 1786, and died Feb. 27, 1788, and was buried at Weaverthorpe ; Amos was born Feb. 16, 1788; Elisha, Jan. 7, 1790; Paul, Jan. 7, 1793. The eight children were all born in Yorkshire. In 1794, Christopher Laybourn, wife and six remaining children came to America, landing at New York, after a stormy passage of three months' duration, in an old sailing vessel, having battled with numerous storms and be- ing repeatedly driven back by adverse winds. They lived in New York City about eighteen years, during which time he was Mayor of the city two years. He was a school teacher by profession, having taught many years in England, and also in this country ; was known as an excellent teacher and a strict disciplinarian. In the year 1812, the entire family moved to Cincinnati, and, soon after, to Clark Co., buying the land now known as the Thorpe farm, some six miles southeast of Springfield, on the Charleston Pike. Here he set out a large orchard, many of the trees of which are still standing, being, no doubt. among the oldest in the county. A few years later, he sold out and purchased. near Harmony, the farm now owned by his grandson, Joseph Laybourn. He died Jan. 9, 1842, aged nearly 97 years; was buried at Fletcher Chapel. Mr. Laybourn was in many respects a remarkable man. Though small in stature, he was exceedingly strong and active. It is said of him that, while a young man in England, he, on a wager, stood in a half-bushel measure and shouldered five bushels of wheat. He was from his youth a member of the M. P. Church, and a more earnest, consistent Christian is seldom found. No man detested a mean or unprincipled action more than he. Being very intelligent, he was always one of the foremost men in the country in any enterprise of Church or State, for the benefit of mankind. He was a great reader, and for many years previous to his death enjoyed his second sight. and could read for hours without his spectacles, although nearly 100 years old. His companion died Aug. 12, 1825, aged 6S years ; was also buried at Oxtoby's Chapel, being one of the first interments in that ground. The day of her burial is noted as there having occurred one of the severest rain and hail storms ever known in this country ; it began just as the proces-ion reached the church, and nearly filled the grave with rain and hail, so that it had to be shoveled out, the teams broke loose and gon- eral confusion followed. This aged couple for many years lived with their sou Amos, who fell heir to the home farm. He died Jan. 14, 1874, aged about 86 years, being one of Harmony Township's oldest and best citizens, a strict member of the Protestant Church, and ever an industrious, peaceable man. Joel Laybourn died Oct. 30, 1851, aged 71 years 3 months 5 days; Zerniah, his wife, died April 24, 1802, aged 78 years.
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They lived and died on a farm within about one mile of the old Thorpe farm, where his father first settled. Elisha married Miss Abigail Wood, and settled about four miles south of Springfield. He, too, was an honored citizen, an industrious, benevo- lent man, beloved by those who knew him best, an exemplary Christian. His loss was deeply felt when, on March 8, 1861, all that was mortal passed away, at the age of 71 years 2 months and 1 day. His wife, Abigail, was born in Warren Co., Ohio, in 1799, was married to Elisha Laybourn in 1817, and lived on the farm on which she died fifty-four years .. Her age was nearly 77. Abel lived in the neighborhood and in Harmony for many years, and then moved to Indiana, where he died in 1803, aged 8] years. His wife, Judith, died March 6, 1853. Milcah, the only daughter of Chris- topher, married and moved to Canada, thence to Michigan, and the last heard of her by her relatives here she was still living, at a good old age. Paul, the youngest son, was but 2 years of age when they crossed the Atlantic. He was married, in 1816, to Miss Almira Palmer ; they settled upon the Reid farm, three miles from Spring- field, on the. Charleston Pike ; they bought and sold different tracts of land, built sev- eral houses of the kind then in use (log), and after a number of years (1835), they sold out and moved to Dearborn Co., Ind., where he died Jan. 19, 1873, aged So. He was known as a very industrious man, a consistent member of the M. E. Church. and died in the triumph of a living faith. He was the father of Mr. John C. Laybourn. of Lawonda. His wife, Almira, was born in 1795, on the shore of Lake Champlain. in Vermont, moved, at an early day, with her father's and eleven other families, West, sailing down the Ohio from Pittsburgh on a raft to Cincinnati, and finally settled at North Bend, Ind. She, in her young days, taught family school for Gen. William Henry Harrison. She is still living, at a ripe old age, near Manchester, Ind., the last of the old members of the Laybourn family living.
MRS. HULDAH LINGLE; P. O. Vienna Cross Roads. The subject of this sketch is the widow of Dr. J. B. Lingle, deceased, who was one of the leading physi- cians of the county in his day. Dr. Lingle was born in Springfield, Clark Co., Ohio, June 29, 1813. He was the son of John Lingle. who came to Springfield at a very early day. John Lingle and a man by the name of Jacob Cook, built a powder mill in Springfield in the year 1809. He died Dec. 27, 1820. He was born Jan. 22, 1776, in the State of Virginia. Mrs Lingle (nee Laird) was born May 7, 1816, on the " old " Scott farm, near Springfield ; she was the daughter of David Laird, who came to Clark Co. at a very early day. The Doctor and Huldah were united in marriage on the 234 day of April, A D. 1837; this union was blessed by the birth of three children, viz. : Melissa was born Sept. 23, 1838; Tabitha (now the wife of Joseph Clima), Oct. 26, 1542, Henry C., November, 1844. Melissa died Feb. 23, 181 ?; Henry C., Jag. 18, 1876. Henry C. served as a private in Co. E, 60th O. V. I. Dr. Lingle studied medicine with Drs. Blount and Humphries, of Springfield. He attended lectures at the Medical Col- lege of Ohio, at Cincinnati. The Doctor commenced the practice of medicine at Vienna in the year 1836. He was one of the most successful physicians in the county. lie died Dec. 8, 1878. The Doctor was one of the prominent men of the county ; he was elected Justice of the Peace in Harmony Township in 1847 ; he was elected Treasurer of the township for twelve years ; be was Captain of a State militia company when we we had our late " onpleasantness " with the " solid south." He was quite old, but he was willing to take a hand in the fight; he served as a "squirrel hunter." and was in. the Morgan raid. The Doctor was a man given to hospitality ; when the cholera, in 1850. made its appearance in the village of Vienna, the Doctor and his most generous wife opened their house for the sick, worked with the sick and dying, and did all that it was possible for them to do. It made no difference to him whether he was called on pro- fessionally, day or night. by the rich or poor, he went. It is said of him, by those who knew him, that he was a friend to the poor ; he was a very generous mian : he gave lib- erally to every worthy object. At the time of his death, he was the owner of a con- siderable amount of land and personal property. His widow is now in her 64th yeir, a woman of clear mind, and has a considerable amount of business to attend to, which she does. She is very comfortably situated, surrounded with the comforts of life.
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JOHN McCOY, carpenter; P. O. Vienna Cross Roads; was born in Clark Co., Ohio ( Mad River Township), April 30, 1853. William McCoy, the father of John. came to Clark Co. in 1839, from the State of Pennsylvania, where he was born, and commented working at the cooper's trale, and has still continued. The subject of this sketch worked with his father at the cooper's trade until 1370, when he engaged in car- pentering. Mr. McCoy was united in marriage to Miss Mary Roberts, of Madison Co .. Ohio, in 1878. Mr. McCoy is one of the prominent members of Vienna Lodge, No. 345, I. O. O. F. He is engaged in house building, and, during the building season, he employs from six to eight carpenters. He is a number one workman, very steady and industrious. He is one of the reliable citizens of the village of Vienna, where he resides ; he has won a good name and reputation.
ALEXANDER McMAHAN, farmer ; P. O. Plattsburg, Ohio. The subject of this sketch was born in Morrow County, Ohio, Dec. 9, 1832. He came to Clark Co., Ohio, and settled in Harmony Township in 1850. He was united in marriage. Oct. 11, 1860, to Miss Lucy Sprague, a daughter of L. B. Sprague, one of the leading men of the county. This union has been blessed by the birth of three children-Har- ley L. was born June 15, 1862; Hattie. March 28, 1866, and Glenna B., Dec. 14, 1871. Mr. and Mrs. McMahan are members of the Baptist Church at Lisbon. Mr. McMahan is a member of the I. O. O. F. at South Charleston. Mr. McMahan is a man who has been contented to devote his time so farming, and to let politics and other outside matters alone. He, however, has been elected by his neighbors a Director of the schools in the district in which he has lived for a number of terms.
WILLIAM H. MORRIS, farmer; P. O. London, Madison Co. The subject of this sketch is a native of Springfield Township, Clark Co., Ohio. He was born March 29, 1841. He is a son of William M. Morris, who was also a native of Springfield Township, he having been born in Springfield Township in 1820. ( He is now a resident of Illinois). William chose, when a boy, to follow a plow, which choice be has followed since. He settled in Harmony Township in 1855, where he now resides. He was united in marriage to Marinda Dixon, a daughter of David Dixon, Oct. 15, 1859. This union has been blessed by the birth of five children, all of whom are now living- Thomas W. was born June 29, 1860 ; Henry S., March 26, 1862; William L., June 2, 1866 ; Walter, Dec. 1, 1868, and Harrison, Sept. 9, 1875. Mr. Morris was one of the men who was willing to die that his country might live. He eulisted in Co. K, 45th O. V. I., July, 1862 ; was discharged in June, 1865, at the close of the war. He served on an escort of Gen. Haskell for some twenty-three months. Mr. Morris has an interest in quite a large steam saw-mill near his residence. In connection with his farming he runs a steam thrashing-machine. Mr. Morris and wife are members of the Christian Church at what is known as the .. Wilson " Churen.
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