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RODNEY JENKS, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born May, 1823, in Butler County, Ohio, the son of David and Thankful Jeuks. David Jenks was born in Providence, R. I., October 23, 1790. He was reared on a farm, received but a limited education, and was married July; 1812, to Miss Thankful Fish. In 1817, he emigrated with his wife from Massachusetts-in which State he was living at that time-to Ohio, in Ham - ilton County, on the Big Miami River. He lived here until the year 1824, when he removed to Clinton County, and settled about one-half mile south of where Ogden Village
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is at present located. He endured all the hardships and privations subject to and accompa- nying pioncer life, and died January 5, 1854. He was the father of seven children by his first wife, three of whom are still living-Alden, Harriet and Rodney. His wife har- ing died, he married a second time in 1831. One child was born to them-Amanda R., deceased. Mr. Jenks followed the business of a carpenter during the greater part of his life, having learned the trade with his father, who was also a carpenter. A. tenon saw, used by David's father in the building of the first factory erected in the United States, is in the possession of the subject of our sketch, who preserves it as a historical memento. David Jenks was elected Trustee of Vernon Township in 1842, and held the same until the formation of Adams Township, which occurred in 1849. when he was elected one of the first Trustees of that township, in which capacity he officiated two or three years. Politically, he was Democratic. Was successful in bus- iness transactions, and left to his family about one hundred and thirty-eight acres of land. Rodney, our subject, was reared on a farm in his early years ; he also learned the carpenter trade with his father, which business he followed about ten years. When about twenty-five years of age, he bought a farm of forty-nine acres in Washington Township; lived thereon until 1847. He then removed to the village of Cuba, where he lived until about 1850. He subsequently bought a farm of seventy-four acres ner Ogden Village, and by recent purchases has at present a farm of about 125 acres. He was married, August 8, 1844, to Miss Sarah R. Byard, daughter of George and Han- nah Byard. To them have been born five children, two of whom are still living- George and David. He was elected Justice of the Peace for Adams Township in 1874, and served one term. He is a member of the Odd Fellow Fraternity Lodge, No. 127. at Wilmington, Ohio. This gentleman is well worthy the honor of being represented in the history of Clinton County, which contains none who are more upright in their dealings with their fellow men, and few more earnest in advancing the public interests of the county.
JOSEPH R. JOHNSON, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born May 24, 1852, in Clin- ton County, Ohio, near Gurneyville. He is the son of Lewis and Rachel Johnson. He was reared to manhood on a farm, receiving but an ordinary English education. On January 1, 1875, he married Miss Minerva J. Bennett, daughter of Henry H. and Nancy Bennett. They are the happy parents of two children-Irvin H. and Mary Anna. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are both of them consistent members of the Friends Church. Mr. Johnson, in his political views, is a stanch Republican. He owns eighty-five acres of good land, located about one and one-half miles west of Sligo Village. Mr. Johnson is a young man of industrious habits, and we trust will ever be a useful man to the community in which he resides.
JOHN KERSEY, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born April 3, 1829, in Clin- ton County, Ohio ; son of Thomas and Letitia Kersey, was reared on a farm ; received an ordinary education ; was married, April 23, 1876, to Miss Sarah Ann Price, daugh- ter of William J. and Sarah M. Price ; he is the father of two children, viz., Amanda and Jeremiah. In his political views he is a Republican ; a member of the Friends' Church, and the owner of 123 acres of land. Mr. Kersey is a man of studious and somewhat retired habits, and a good, honest and law-abiding citizen.
JEREMIAH KIMBROUGH, farmer, P. O. Ogden. The Kimbroughs emi- grated from England prior to the Revolutionary war. The first place known at present as to where they settled is in Virginia. Thomas Kimbrough was a Revolutionary sol- dier ; after the war closed, he and his brothers and sisters removed to North Carolina. near where the city of Salisbury is at present built ; Thomas lived here until he died; the remainder of his brothers and sisters removed to Tennessee State, near Knoxville. Thomas reared five children, four boys and one girl. Jeremiah, one of his sons, was born 1778, in September, and married, in September, 1799, Miss Sarah Mendenhall, daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth M. His father, Thomas, who was at this time a slaveholder, offered him his inheritance, which was one slave, but he refused the offer- ing, and said to his father, " No, I will be my own slave," and in the fall of 1809. he started with his family for a free State, and came directly to Ohio ; his sister, however,
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arrived before him; his brothers remained in the slave States, and all of them, with their descendants, held slaves until the Union artillery battered down the walls of Rich- mond, the great thronghold of confederate power, and which brought the war to a final close. Jeremiah first settled in Clinton County, about four miles west of Wilmington, in the wild woods, built himself a log cabin ; after he erected his cabin, he began the work of elearing the forest about him for the purpose of cultivation ; he lived here about two years and sold his land to Mr. George Carter, and bought land on the State road, now known as the Cincinnati, Goshen & Wilmington Turnpike, about one and one-half miles east of where the village of Sligo is located ; he lived there about sixteen years ; sold out and bought land of Isaac Harvey, on Todd's Fork, near where the Springfield Meeting-House is located ; he lived there until the date of his death, which occurred August 15, 1850; his wife died in March, 1859. He was the father of eleven children, nine of whom are still living. Thomas, the eldest child of Jeremiah, was born September 18, 1800 ; was.reared on a farm; received but a limited education ; he also followed the business of a millwright, the greatest part of early life, in connection with his farming duties. He was married, April 4, 1822, to Miss Elizabeth Hiatt, daughter of Jesse and Martha Hiatt, who came from Grayson County, Va., in the spring of 1810, and settled near Wilmington, Clinton County ; he is the father of nine children, of whom six are living ; his son, Jeremiah, our subjeet, was born October 14, 1827, in Clinton County ; was reared to man's estate on a farm ; received but a limited educa- tion. Was married, February 21, 1850, to Miss Esther Harvey, daughter of Eli and Sarah Harvey. To them has been born one child, viz., Louisa. Mrs. Kimbrough died October 18, 1859; he remarried, March 26, 1868, Miss Rhoda E. Hadley, daughter of Eli and Abigail Hadley. They are the parents of five children, viz., Willard T., Lulu S., Clifford E., Raymond J. and Mary E. In 1873, he bought the farm on which lie is at present located, about two miles west of Sligo, on the Lebanon Free Turnpike road; he is a member of the Friends' Society, and the owner of about seventy-five acres of land.
DEMETRIUS KIMBROUGH, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born February 23, 1840, in Randolph County, Ind., in which State his parents, Thomas and Elizabeth Kimbrough, were at that time living. He was reared to manhood on a farm, received but a limited education, and was married October 12, 1867, to Miss Esther C. Bang- ham. They are the parents of three children-Orah M., Anna B. and Estella E. Mrs. Kimbrough is the daughter of John C. and Anna Bangham. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the Sixty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, organized at Richmond, Ind., and was attached to the army in the Department of the Gulf. He was engaged in the operations against the rebel Gen. Kirby Smith. Under Gen. Nelson, near Richmond, Ky., in one of their engagements against Gen. Smith, the Union army was defeated, and all but about one-third of the Sixty-ninth were taken prisoners. Mr. Kimbrough and two other men slipped away into a low field, and by hiding and maneuvering in this manner finally eseaped from the rebel lines. He then made his way to Lexington, Ky. The greater part of the Sixty-ninth having been taken prisoners by the rebels, a short time after, there was an exchange of prisoners made. The Sixty-ninth then went to Richmond, Ind., to re-organize. After re-organizing, they proceeded to Cairo. Ill., joined the fleet on the Mississippi, and proceeded to Memphis. He subsequently engaged in the battles of Chickasaw Bluffs and Arkansas Post. Shortly after the fight at Arkansas Post, the army went into eamp at Young's Point. They here re-or- ganized, and, according to orders from Gen. Grant, proceeded down the Louisiana shore, crossed the Mississippi River, and met the rebels at Port Gibson, Miss. He subse- quently was engaged in the battles of Champion Hill, Black River Bridge, Vieksburg, and the Red River expedition. On July 4, 1865, he was mustered out of the service, and discharged at Indianapolis, July 20, 1865. He then returned to Clinton County. About two years after his return, he married Miss Esther C. Bangham, and after living on several different farms finally settled on a farm of forty acres, located about two and one-half miles west of Sligo. He is a member of the Friends' Society, and an upright and law abiding citizen.
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HARLAN MADEN, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born' October 26, 1811 ; son of Eli and Hannah Maden. Eli Maden was born in Pennsylvania, May 13, 1779; son of George and Edith Maden ; emigrated from North Carolina; to which State he had removed from Pennsylvania, to Clinton County, and settled on Todd's Fork about 1810. He was married in March, 1810, to Miss Hannah Harlan, daughter of Enoch and Edith Harlan. They were the parents of six children-Harlan, John, George, Ro- wena, Rebecca and Hiram. He endured all the hardships and privations of pioneer life. He was a member of the Friends' Society, and died December 22, 1871. Har- lan Maden, the subject of our present sketch, was reared to manhood on a farm, received but a limited education, and was married February 24, 1836, to Miss Margaret Osborn, daughter of William and Susannah Osborn. This union has been blessed with five children-Susannah, Rebecca A., Sallie M .; Hannah and William, deceased. He is a member of the Friends' Society, a Republican, and has served as Trustee of Adams Township for several terms.
OSCAR C. MCCUNE, farmer, P. O. Harveysburg, was born March 13, 1851, in Warren County, in Harveysburg; is the son of William and Ann MeCune. Will- iam McCune was born November 30, 1824, in Wilmington, Clinton Co., Ohio ; was the son of Samuel and Rachel McCune, who were among the early settlers of Clinton County, having settled here about 1818. He received an ordinary English education, and was married to Miss Ann Collett, October 30, 1849, daughter of Jonathan and Sallie Collett. They are the parents of nine children, six of whom are still living. Shortly after this marriage, he removed to Harveysburg, where he remained for several years, and engaged in the tanning business ; thence removed to the farm at present oc- cupied by his widow, in the northwest part of Adams Township. He was a member of the Baptist Church, in which religious body he officiated as Deacon. He was a kind and affectionate father, an indulgent husband, and departed this life June 17, 1870. He served for several years as Justice of the Peace for Adams Township, and in his death Clinton County lost a citizen whose life-work is well worthy of perpetuation in the annals of her history. The subject of our present sketch, and oldest son of William and Ann MeCune, was reared in Harveysburg until he reached his tenth year, when his father removed to Adams Township. He remained at home until he reached his twentieth year, at which time he began to attend the Normal School at Lebanon. He attended this institution about two years, and subsequently taught school for several terms. He was married, September 4, 1879, to Miss Laura Maltbie, daughter of Hi- ram and Elizabeth Maltbie, of Warren County. In 1875, he bought a farm of 105 aeres, located in the northwest part of Adams Township. He is a member of the Bap- tist Church. Was elected Justice of the Peace in 1872, and is still officiating in that capacity.
DAVID S. MIARS, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born in 1831, in Clinton County, the son of David and Sarah Miars. He was reared on a farm, received but a limited education. and was married, March 22, 1856, to Miss Eliza W. Harlan, daughter of Nicholas W. and Abigail Harlan. They are the parents of seven children, viz .. Mary E., Nicholas D., Willie B., Isaac H., Armata, Sarah L. and Lenora. Mr. Miars is a Republican, in political matters. He is a man of more than ordinary intelligence, and the owner of fifty-one acres of land.
JAMES MORAN, deceased. Among the names of Adams Township, Clin- ton County, we have found that of Mr. James Moran. (deceased). Although he has left us, yet his memory still lives in the minds of the loved ones he has left be- hind him, who mourn his untimely death. He was born about 1821, in Ireland, and was the son of Patrick and Ann Moran. He was reared to man's estate on a farm, and received but a limited education. About the year 1851, he emigrated to America, landing in New York, in which city and vicinity he remained for several years. He then came on to Cincinnati, where he remained a short time. In 1855, he removed to Clinton County, Ohio, Adams Township, and located on a farm about one and one-half miles southwest of Ogden, on which farm his widow still resides. In 1855, October 31, he married Miss Mary McLaughlin, daughter of John and Mary McLaughlin, of Ire-
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land. This union was blessed with eight children, viz., Patrick, John, Mary A., Will- iam, Thomas, Maggie, James and Peter. Mr. Moran was to his children a kind and loving father, and to his wife an indulgent husband. ; He departed this life, December 10, 1881. In his death, Clinton County lost a worthy, peaceful and law-abiding citizen, who, although true to the land of his adoption, yet loved that Isle where his forefathers suffered and died under the cruel oppression of English misrule.
HARRISON MULLIN, farmer, P. O. Harveysburg, was born February 17, 1847, in Warren County, Clear Creek Township; is the son of Nathan and Mary Ann Mul- lin. He was reared on a farm; received but a limited education ; was married, Sep- tember 11, 1873, to Miss Eva L. Harlan, born July 14, 1854, daughter of Nathaniel and Lydia Harlan. This union has been blessed with one child, viz., Milo M. In his political views, he is a Republican. In 1873, he removed to the farm at present occupied by him, about two miles southwest of Oakland Village. He believes in sup- porting every enterprise which would be of interest to the county or township, and is the owner of 150 aeres of land.
ADAM OSBORN, blacksmith, Ogden, was born February 1, 1823, in Clinton County, Ohio; son of Thomas and Margaret Osborn. Thomas Osborn was born about the year 1800, and when about fifteen years of age, his parents, William and Susannah Osborn, emigrated from North Carolina to Clinton County, Ohio. He was reared to manhood on a farm, receiving but a limited education. About the year 1818, he mar- ried Miss Margaret Reynard, daughter of Adam and Catherine Reynard. They were the parents of twelve children, seven of whom are still living, viz., William, Adam, Peter, Thomas, Susannah, Catherine and Mary. Thomas Osborn, after leading a life of' usefulness, departed this life, July, 1837. His wife died in December, 1867. Adam Osborn, the subject of our present sketch, was reared on a farm ; received but a limited education. When about twenty years of age, he began the trade of blacksmithing. He first engaged himself to Mr. Joseph Thatcher, who was located about three miles south- west of Wilmington; remained with him about two years. He then engaged himself. to John Kimbrough, at Sligo village, for whom he worked about four years. He then located on the old Cincinnati road, about four miles southwest of Wilmington, remained there until 1865, when he removed to Ogden Village, opened a shop, and has been in business here up to the present time. He was married, March 15, 1846, to Miss Mar- tha P. Clark. To them have been born nine children, viz., Mary, Mattie, Lydia D., Amanda M., Peter A., Elisha B., and three deceased. Mrs. Osborn died August 4, 1861. He remarried, April 25, 1867, to Mrs. Anderson, widow of Harrison Anderson. She died, September 2, 1874. He was again married, February 3, 1878, to Mrs. Ann E. Nordyke. This union has been blessed with one child, viz., Minnie C. He is a member of the Friends' Society, and a man who is more upright in his dealings with his fellow men, Clinton County does not possess. This worthy gentleman certainly is entitled to the honor of being represented in the history of our county.
PETER OSBORN, SR., farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born July 31, 1826, and is a son of Thomas and Margaret Osborn. Thomas was born about the year 1800; was the son of William and Susannah Osborn, of whom we have made mention in this work. He was reared on a farm, receiving but a limited education. Was married about the year 181S, to Miss Margaret Reynard. They were the parents of twelve children, seven of whom are still living. He first settled on Lytle's Creek, near where the village of Ogden is at present located. In 1829, he removed to a farm located near the farm at present owned by Mr. Alfred Osborn. He remained here until his death, which occurred in July, 1837. He was a kind and loving father and an affectionate husband, and his achievements are well worthy of remembrance. Peter Osborn, the subject of our sketch, was reared to man's estate on a farm, receiving the rudiments of education in a district school. On October 22, 1859, he married Miss Elizabeth Lundy, born March 30, 1833, and daughter of Jesse and Abigail Lundy. They are the happy parents of four children, viz .: Angeline, Ruth E., Margaret J. and Clark. Mr. Osborn is a consistent member of the Friends' Society and may well be classed among the worthy and upright citizens of Clinton County.
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PETER OSBORN, JR., farmer, P. O. Ogden. Charles Osborn, father of the subject of our sketch, was born in Clinton County, Ohio, and in his youth was trained to the pursuits of farming. His father being a pioncer, he, also, shared in the hard. ships and privations which those sturdy woodsmen had to encounter. He married Miss Elizabeth Fulgum, daughter of Michael and Sarah Fulgum, of Indiana. He settled on the homestead of his father, located about two miles nearly south of Ogden village, Adams Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, where he.spent the remainder of his days. He was the father of fourteen children, ten of whom are still living, viz .: . Mary J., Michael, Peter, Caroline, Elizabeth, Charles, Lydia, Clark, Frank and Dolphina. He owned at one time about 1,600 acres of land in Ohio and Indiana. IIe was a member of the Friends' Society, and died January 1, 1876. Peter, the fourth child of Charles and Elizabeth Osborn, and subject of this sketch, was, like his father, reared to man's estate on a farm, and received but a limited education. On September 20, 1866, he was united in marriage to Miss Anne J. Thatcher, daughter of Joseph and Deborah Thatcher. This union has been blessed with seven children, viz .: Calvin, Clinton, Elizabeth, Lizzie, Melville, and two who are deceased. He is a member of the Friends' Society and the owner of ninety-six acres of land, partly in Adams and Washi- ington Townships.
ALFRED OSBORN, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born January 5, 1833, in Clin- ton County ; was the son of Peter and Sarah Osborn. Peter Osborn was about eleven years of age when his parents settled in Clinton County. His education was rather limited, and as he grew to manhood he also engaged in the work of clearing the forest, in which he endured a great many hardships and privations. He first married Miss Sarah Hadley, daughter of William and Susan Hadley, by whom he had eight children. Mrs. Osborn having died, he married Mrs. Eliza A. Trueblood, widow of Cyrus True- blood, by whom he had two children, viz .: Mary and. Ada. He was a member of the Friends' Society, and during the latter part of his life was a preacher of the gospel for that religious body, and died. November 17, 1874. In him his children found a kind and loving father, and his consort found in him an indulgent husband. Alfred Osborn was reared on a farm ; received but a very limited education ; was married October 23, 1862, to Miss Martha E. Stanton, daughter of William and Theodosia Stanton. To them have been born six children, viz .: Aletta, Walter S., Sarah T., Olive A., Frank T. and Ruth J. (deceased). He is a member of the Friends' Society, a Republican, and at present living on part of the old homestead farm of his father, located about one and a half miles southeast of Ogden Village.
WILLIAM OSBORN, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born in Randolph County, N. C., in 1808; is the son of William and Susannah Osborn, who settled in Clin- ton County, in the autumn of 1815. William, Jr., was about seven years of age . when his parents settled on Lytle's Creek, about one mile east of where the village of Ogden is at present built. They remained here a short time, and subsequently bought 100 acres of wood-land about two miles southeast of Ogden Village. William Osborn, Sr., here first began the work of clearing the land, which occupied several years, during which time he endured a great many hardships and privations. He lived here for the remainder of his days. He was married, in 1799, to Miss Susan Snodderly. They were the parents of eight children, three of whom are still living. He was a member of the Friends' Society, a kind and loving father, an indulgent husband, and departed this life, October 4, 1862. William Osborn, Jr., the subject of our present sketch, was also reared on a farm ; his education was but limited. Was married, December 25, 1834, to Miss Hannah Hadley, daughter of David and Sarah Hadley. To them have been born five children, viz. : Isaiah, Seth, and three who are deceased. Mrs. Osborn died September 26, 1863. He was remarried May 5, 1SS1, to Mrs. Theodosia Hadley, widow of Eli N. Hadley, deceased. In 1834, he bought a farm of 163 acres, about one and a half miles southeast of Ogden; on which he still resides. He is a member of the Friends' Society, and may well be classed among the worthy pioneer citizens of our county.
SETH W. OSBORN, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born January 31, 18-18, in
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Clinton County ; is the son of William and Hannah Osborn, whose sketch appears in this work. He was reared on a farm, and received but a limited education. When but fifteen years of age, he enlisted in the Seventeenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in Febru- ary, 1863, and he was attached to the Fourteenth Army Corps, under command of Gen. Thomas, operating principally in Georgia and" Tennessee. After about eight months of service, he fell a victim to the measles, which finally settled to his lungs. He was thereupon discharged, and returned home, where he remained about four or five months, at the end of which time, his health began to improve, and in February, 186-1, he again enlisted in the One Hundred and Ninety-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served during the remainder of the war. His regiment was attached to the Army of the Cumberland. He participated in a great many skirmishes, and received an honora- ble discharge, August, 1865. He then returned home, and on January 11, 1867, mar- ried Miss Anna E. Rayburn, born July 10, 1845, and daughter of Samuel and Susan- nah Rayburn. They are the parents of three children, viz. : Walter D., Albert W. and Gilbert S. He is an earnest and consistent member of the Friends' Society, in which religious body he officiates as a preacher of the Gospel. Politically, he is a Republican, and may well be classed among thie worthy citizens of Clinton County.
SAMUEL PYLE, farmer, P. O. Ogden. Among the highly esteemed citizens of Adams Township, Clinton County, we find the subject of our sketch well worthy the honor of handing down to posterity his career as a tiller of the soil ; he was born September 22, 1812, in North Carolina; was the son of. William, born March 11, 1788, and Mary, born July 27, 1792, who settled in Clinton County at a very early day, near where the village of Clarksville is at present located. In about 1824, William built the Clarksville grist-mill, which he operated for about twenty-five years. In 1869, he went to live with his son, William L. Pyle, in Indianapolis. About six years after, while on a visit to his old home in Clinton County, he took a severe illness, from the effects of which he died July 20, 1875, in the eighty-eighth year of his age; his wife died February 7, 1848. They were the parents of nine children, of whom four are living. Samuel, the subject of our sketch, passed his boyhood years on a farm, and re- ceived but a very limited education. In July, 1837, he married Miss Isabella W. Austin, daughter of Thomas and Eleanor Austin. They are the happy parents of eight children, viz., Ann Eliza, Emily C., Amanda M., Francis H., Melissa J., Thomas W., Alfred C. and Arthur W. Mrs. Pyle died April 25, 1856, and he was again married, to Mrs. Harrietta McMillan, widow of Milton McMillan. Samuel, with his family, had lived in different parts of Warren and Clinton Counties until the year 1854, when he removed to the farm on which he is at present, located about one and a half miles southwest of Sligo Village ; he has served as Trustee for Adams Township about three years'; was a Director of the Goshen, Wilmington and Columbus Turnpike road for several years ;. was a member of the Clinton County Board of Agriculture at Wilming- ton, and is the owner of 180 acres of land.
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