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JONAH S. VANDERVORT, farmer, P. O. New Antioch, born one mile from where he now lives June 6, 1838, is a son of Nicholas and Nancy Vandervort; he was born at Columbia, near Cincinnati, in 1803; she was born in Warren County, Ohio; the further history of the ancestors is given in sketch of Paul II. Vander vort. Nicholas Vandervort was six years of age when brought to Clinton County, and here grew to manhood, married, and devoted his entire life to the honorable orey. pation of farming, and, like his father, was a member and earnest worker in the Christian Church, and lived a long and useful life, having at his death been a resident of this county sixty-four years ; his death occurred June 23, 1876; his wife died Jan
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uary 11, 1873. They had eight children ; five now survive-James M., Thaddeus H., John M., Nicholas W. and Jonah S .. Two sons (deceased), Paul C. and William V., enlisted in the war of the rebellion in Company B, Fortieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in September and December respectively, 1861. The former died of typhoid fever at Catlettsburg, Ky., February 8, 1862. The latter was but a youth of sixteen years when he enlisted and became a drummer boy, and served through the war; was discharged at Atlanta, Ga., in December, 1864; came home, was married, and died April 14, 1880, leaving four children-Louie, Jessie, Mendel and John. Our subject was the youngest son of his father's family now surviving; was married, July 26, 1860, to Angeline J. Walker, who was born in Clinton County June 19, 1840, a daugh- ter of Nathan and Jane M. Walker, natives of Kentucky. The maternal grandparents were Dr. Joshua Phillips and Lucinda Phillips. The maiden name of Mrs. Phillips was Lucinda Irvin, who was born in Bedford County, Va., May 11, 1783. Her father, Andrew Irvin, served in the war of the Revolution, and afterward finally came to Clinton County, Ohio, where he died in 1830, aged eighty-two years. His wife died in 1843, at the advanced age of ninety-two years, and were both buried at New Antioch. Lucinda Irvin was taken by her parents to Kentucky when a more child. She was married to Dr. Joshua Phillips at Millersburg, Ky., January 21, 1808. Dr. Phillips was born in Baltimore, Md., and served in the war of 1812 as Captain of a company, and was a personal friend of Gen. Harrison. He died in Kentucky Septem- ber 19, 1820, aged thirty-six years, and his remains were interred at Charleston, Ind. Mrs. Phillips was left with three little girls-Eliza, Nancy and Jane M., whom she raised to womanhood. She brought them, in 1823, to Clinton County, where she lived till her death May 25, 1869, having been a widow forty-nine years. She died at the ripe age of eighty-six years. Of the three girls only one, Eliza H. Van- dervort, is now living, and resides at Fair Haven, Stearns Co., Minn., now seventy years of age. Jane M., another of her daughters, and the mother of Angeline J. Vandervort, wife of our subject, was born in Bath, Ky., July 21, 1815, and was mar- ried to Nathan Walker March 22, 1832, by Elder Samuel Rogers. They resided nearly all their lives in Clinton County, Ohio; she died February 8, 1866; he died September 1, 1876. They had eight children ; five now survive-Elvira J., wife of James A. Hogan ; Angeline J., Henry R., Maria E., wife of J. W. Van Dervort, and. Nathan W. Mr. and Mrs. Vandervort have two adopted children they have taken to raise-Gertie L. and Joseph W., son and daughter of Isabel J. Robinson, wife of Dr. R. K. Robinson, a daughter of Nicholas and Nancy Vandervort. She was married to the Doctor in April, 1866, and moved to Xenia, Miami Co., Ind., where she died March 13, 1876. Mr. Vandervort carly turned his attention to teaching school ; then he gave especial attention to the study of medicine for one year, and, for this purpose, moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in the fall of 1865, and was matriculated in the Miami Medical College, of which Dr. Mendenhall was then Dean, but, before the close of the term lectures, he was taken sick, and was compelled to leave the college. Upon the the restoration of . his health, the lecture course having terminated, he turned his attention to the farm and his former profession of teaching school, from which he has never been divorced. Mr. Vandervort is among the most reliable and respected citi- zens of this community; has served as Assessor of the township. He is a worthy and active member of the Christian Church at Now Antioch, and has followed well the footsteps of his worthy ancestors.
ROBERT B. WALKER, farmer, P. O. New Vienna, born on the place where he now lives September 1, 1838, is a son of William and Mary Walker, natives of Kentucky. The grandparents were Robert and Nancy Walker, he a native of Penn- sylvania, and she of Virginia. They were married in Virginia, thence came to Ohio and located in Clinton County on the place where Isaiah Morton now lives ; they lived in this county till his death ; subsequently, his wife lived with one of her daughters in Highland County, where she died at the advanced age of eighty-four years. Their remains now rest in the cemetery at New Antioch. Of their children, two yet sur- vive-Nancy Barrett and Sarah Lytle. The maternal grandparents were Asa and
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Anna Brown, he a native of Massachusetts and she of Kentucky. Mr. Brown, when young, emigrated to Kentucky, and about 1811-12, removed to Ohio and settled in Clinton County, near Morrisville, where they lived and died, being numbered among the pioneers of the county. William Walker was born in Kentucky in 1802, and was a boy of some fourteen years when they came to Clinton County, and here grew to manhood and married Mary Brown, who was born in Kentucky December 22, 1800. They had six children ; four now survive-Robert B., Asa W., Anna E., wife of Daniel Fenner, and Nancy E., wife of G. H. Ellis. Mr. Walker, in fall of 1831, bought and located on the place where our subject now lives, and here remained till his death, June 18, 1858; his wife still survives, now aged seventy-five years. Mr. Walker was a man of undoubted integrity, who, it is said, never swore an oath in his life, and was a devoted member of the Christian Church of Antioch for many years ; was a prominent man of the county, and served as Assessor of the county four years, and in all his public and private life was a very upright and worthy citizen. Our sub- ject was married June 12, 1879, to Mary Esther Mitchell, born in New Antioch April 1, 1852, a daughter of William and Mary A. Mitchell, natives of Ohio. They had three children-Mary Esther, Oliver A. and Kate F. Mr. Walker and wife have one child-Mary Augusta, born August 11, 1881. Mr. Walker located upon the old home place of his father, where he has spent his life from his infancy. This place has now been in possession of the Walker family for half a century. Mr. Walker served in the war of the rebellion four months, enlisting in the 100-day service in Company K, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Regiment Ohio National Guards. He is a member of Antioch Christian Church, and is a highly esteemed and respected citizen of Clinton County.
WILLIAM WARD, farmer, P. O. New Antioch, born in Hamilton County, Ohio, November 21, 1829, is a son of George and Letitia Ward, he a native of New Jersey, and she of Hamilton County, Ohio. The grandparents were Israel and Sarah Ward, natives of New Jersey, but who emigrated to Ohio in October, 1811, and set- tled in Hamilton County, near Madisonville, and there remained till their death; he died at the ripe age of eighty-four years ; his wife survived him a short time, and died at nearly the same age. He was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. George was in his ninth year when they came to Ohio; he was the youngest child of a family of six sons and one daughter, of whom only one now survives-John C., who resides near the old home place. George married and settled on the home farm, where he remained till his death, October 28, 1877. His wife died November 7, 1840. They had four children, two now survive-William and Matilda, wife of James Porter. Mr. Ward was thrice married ; by his second wife, Mary Lester, he had cight children, five now living-Caroline, Isabel, Marietta, Sarah and Franklin. Mr. Ward followed farming through life, and was one of the prominent and prosperous farmers of that county, a man of the highest character and integrity, honest in all his dealings, and much es- teemed and respected throughout his community. William, our subject, was the eld- est of his father's family, and was married in Hamilton County February 2, 1851, to Mahala Noftsger, who was born in Brown County April 2, 1833, a daughter of John and Nancy Noftsger ; he was born near Harrisburg, Penn., and she at the Fort, in the Red Stone country, Penn., while her parents were on their way to the West; they were married in Brown County, where they lived several years ; thence moved into Hamilton County, and finally became residents of Clinton County, where they died They had ten children, five now living-Leah Jane, now Widow Carver ; Naaman, Suy. annah, wife of Charles Spelman ; William and Mahala. Mr. Ward and wife have had eight children, five now survive-Mary Olive, born June 12. 1856; Wesley, Angu -! 1, 1858; William, November 8. 1863; Matilda Jane, November 24, 1869; and Cut nella May, born August 18, 1876. Mr. Ward resided in Hamilton County, near the old home place of his father till the spring of 1868, when they moved to Clinton County, and located on a farm now occupied by David Curtis. In the spring of 1870, he bought and located on the farm where he now lives, and has since resided. This place he purchased of Richard Vandervort; it consisted of 122 acres, upon which are
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good improvements, and is a pleasant home and farmer's residence, situated just cast of the village of New Antioch. Mr. Ward has a fine farm, and is one of the reliable > and prominent farmers of Greene Township.
ROBERT WHEATLEY, farmer, P. O. New Antioch, born in Hamilton County , Y Ohio, October 28, 1823, is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth Wheatley, he a native of Pennsylvania, and she of Virginia. The grandparents were Robert and Elizabeth Wheatley, he a native of New Jersey, and she of North Carolina. Robert, when a young man, removed to Bucks County, Penn., where he was married, and about 1800 removed to Ohio, and settled in Hamilton County, being one among the early pio- neers, and there resided till about 1835, when he removed to Jackson County, Ind., where he died about 1837. Thomas, the father of our subject, was but a small child when his father came to Ohio, and here he grew to manhood, and October 5, 1817, married Elizabeth Gwaltney, by whom he had three children, one only now survives- Robert our subject. His wife died November 5, 1827. On October 29, 1836, he mar- ried for his second wife Alethea Barrow; by her he had two children, both deceased. His second wife died February 11, 1842. On November 17, 1857, he married for his third wife Abigail Frazier. Mr. Wheatley remained a resident of Hamilton County engaged in farming till about the spring of 1862, when he removed to Iowa, where his wife died May 23, 1866, soon after which he returned to Ohio, and died while living with our subject-May 8, 1871, aged seventy-four years. Our subject was married in Hamilton County August 9, 1846, to Maria Barrow, who was born in Montgomery . County, Ky., April 25, 1826, a daughter of Archibald and Martha Barrow, natives of Kentucky. The grandparents were Nathan and Judith Barrow, natives of Virginia, but who became very early settlers of Kentucky, where he died, but his wife subse- quently died in Hamilton County, Ohio. Archibald Barrow, with his family, removed from Kentucky to Ohio, and settled in Hamilton County about 1828, where his wife died. He subsequently married for his second wife Celia Bunton. She died in sum- mer of 1856. He died January 30, 1873. He was a blacksmith by trade, and an ex- cellent workman ; was a large fleshy man, and died very suddenly of neuralgia of the heart. He had by his first wife two daughters-Sarah (now widow Campbell) and Maria. By his second wife he had six daughters, one only now living-Jane (wife of Frank Merritt). Mr. Wheatley and wife have had four children-Alexander, born April 25, 1848; Jennie born November 11, 1849 ; Martha, born December 16, 1852, wife of Henry Hart; and Elmira, born January 8, 1855. Mr. Wheatley resided in Hamilton County until in March, 1864, when he removed to Clinton County to his 1 present place of residence, where he has since resided, a period of eighteen years. Mr. Wheatley is one of the much esteemed and respected farmers of Greene Township. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity of Now Vienna, also of the Clinton Lodge, No. 92, I. O. O. F., of Now Vienna.
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HARVEY ADAIR, blacksmith, Westboro, a native of Hillsboro, Ohio, was born November 17, 1833. His parents, Samuel and Catharine Adair, were early set- tlers in Highland County. Our subject was reared a farmer boy. When nineteen years old, he learned blacksmithing, which he has followed most of the time ever since. In the fall of 1862, he enlisted in Zouave, Company E, Fifty-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was elected Second Lieutenant, and subsequently was trans- ferred to Company E of the Forty-seventh Regiment. He was a participator in the battles of Dallas, Resaca and Lookout Mountain. He witnessed the violent siege at Vicksburg, and accompanied Sherman on his long and toilsome march to the sea. He was honorably discharged at the close of the war, having veteranized while in the term of service. He resumed his trade and followed it to the present time. In 1879, he located on his present farm near Westboro. He was married February 14, 1862, to.
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Miss Margaret, daughter of Henry Smith and a native of. Warren County. They have had five children, four of whom are living-Ida, Charles, Cora and Williani. Josie is deceased. Mrs. Adair is a member of the United Brethren Church. Mr. A. is connected with the Masonic Fraternity and Grange. Politically, he is a Republican. He owns a neat farm of 114 aeres, and carries on farming.
JAMES M. AIKIN (deceased), an honorable and highly esteemed citizen of Westboro, was born in Eastport, Maine, September 11, 1820. His father, James Aikin (whose original name was Aiekins), was born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1790. He was married, in -- , to Eliza, a daughter of William Smith and Margaret A. David. son, who were also natives of the Emerald Isle. They were primitive Methodists, and members of the church organized and founded by the eminent Charles Wesley, who often presided over meetings held at their house. They emigrated to the United States in June, 1819, and located in Eastport, Maine, subsequently removing to Hamilton County, Ohio. He had been reared in the Presbyterian faith, but under the preaching of Rev. Adam Poc in 1831-32, he was converted to Methodism, and united with the society at Armstrong Chapel, of which he remained an ardent member till his death, which occurred at the home of his eldest daughter, Mrs. Eliza Norris, near Plainville, Ohio, December 17, 1871. His estimable wife preceded him some six years. Mr. Aikin, the subject of this sketch, was reared and brought up to farming, and pursued that avocation till 1857, when he removed to Clermont County, - and to Blanchester, Clinton County, in 1860, when he engaged in butchering. June 15, 1861, in response to the country's first call, Mr. Aikin enlisted in Company E., of the Forty-seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was chosen First Sergeant, and performed the duties of that office with honor to himself. He participated in the engagement at Charleston, and was discharged in July, 1863, on account of disability. He returned home, and after recuperating in health, and prompted by his unremitting patriotism re-enlisted in defense of "wounded liberty " in Company H., One Hundred and Ninety-sixth Regiment. He was appointed Corporal and served in that capacity till after the close of the war. He was discharged with honors at Baltimore, Md., Sep- tember 11, 1865, for the very valuable service he had rendered. He then returned to Blanchester and kept the Wright Hotel till the spring of 1866, and moved to Clarks. ville, and was proprietor of the Star Hotel two years, when he removed to Westboro, and opened the Aikin House, which he conducted till his death. Mr. Aikin celebrated his marriage March 17, 1857, with Miss Caroline L. Leever, a daughter of Adam and Elizabetlı Leever, and a native of Clermont County, where she was born August 2, 1823. Two daughters were the fruits of this union-Elvie L., a teacher in the Wil- mington public schools, and Cora. Mr. Aikin departed this life June 17, 1874. He was for many years a consistent member of the M. E. Church. He was a man of the highest moral integrity and manly deportment. He was deeply interested in all relig. ious and educational enterprises, and contributed liberally of his means to their support. Few men live as plain and unassuming, and so worthy a life as did Mr. Aikin. In his death the church lost an important member, and the community a most estimable citizen. Mrs. Aikin, widow of the deceased, is a daughter of Adam and Elizabeth Leever, natives of Pennsylvania and Maryland respectively. The former was born July 26, 1779, and the latter April 16, 1784. They were married and removed to the farm on which they died in 1807. Mr. Leever died February 27, 1865, aged eighty. seventy years. Mrs. L. died October 6, 1849. Mr. L. served in the late war with Great Britain, and was a son of a Mr. Leever, who came from France before the Ameri- can Revolution.
GEORGE BIGGS, miller, Clinton Valley, son of William B. and Rhoda Biggs, was born in Washington Township December 23, 1824. He was raised on a farm, atvi followed its pursuits up to 1847, when he engaged in lumbering. He built a saw-mill in Cuba in 1847, which was the first steam saw-mill in Washington Township. In 1856, it burned, and Mr. Biggs removed to Clinton Valley, where he erected the first circular steam saw-mill in Clinton County. He operated this mill till in the latter part of 1860, when he sold it to Joseph Dodd, and resumed farming, which was his business
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till September, 1879, when he purchased his present mill, which he still runs. Mr. Biggs was married in January, 1849, to Miss Ruth Wright, daughter of Daniel and Teresa Wright. Of their seven children four are living, viz., Marion, born February 14, 1856, married November 2, 1881, to Libbie West; Maria J., born January 2, 1863; Charlie, born March 16, 1864 ; and Rhoda S., born June 4, 1865 ; Alpheus, Genevra and David W. are deceased. Mr. Biggs owns a farm of 105 acres, well- improved and under a good state of cultivation.
JOHN T. BISHOP, Principal of the Westboro Public Schools, was born in the Queen City February 8, 1851. His father, John T. Bishop, was born in Orange County, N. Y., June 1, 1809, and his mother, Amy A. Bishop, daughter of Shepherd and Mary Randall, was born in Utiea, N. Y., May 4, 1813. Her parents came to Cin- cinnati in 1816. Mr. Bishop's father was a painter, and traveled, pursuing his avoca- tion, till 1849, when he settled in Cineinnati ; he died in Covington, Ky., December 9, 1863. Mr. Bishop, the subject of this sketch, was reared in the city till fourteen years of age, and received his education up to that time in the intermediate schools of that place. In 1865, his mother removed to Westboro, and in 1868, when only seventeen years old, he taught his first school in Warren County. He continued teaching up to 1877, when he took charge of the Westboro schools. He occupied the chair of instructor three years, and thou engaged as manager in the store of J. D. Hodson ono year. In September, 1881, he resumed his former position as Prineipal, and through his efficient labors the schools are prosperous. Mr. Bishop did not enjoy the advantages given by a rich father, but was left to make the best of life alone. He was diligent and persevering, and by enforcing these two elements, which are important to success, he fitted and qualified himself for a profession in which he has proved himself highly use- ful. He is a member of the Clinton County Teachers' Association, of which he was ; : Vice President in 1879. He is also associated as a member with the I. O. O. F., No. 280, and the Encampment of Lynchburg.
DAVID CARLISLE, farmer, P. O. Westboro, was born in Butler County, Ohio, in September, 1829. He is a son of Larkin and Sarah (Cassett) Carlisle, the former a native of Maryland, and the latter of Pennsylvania. They were both born in the year 1793. In 1853, they removed near Wilmington, and in 1865 to the farm our subject occupies. Mr. Carlisle died December 5, 1875, and Mrs. Carlisle died April 14, 1871. They left three children, viz., David (the subject of this sketch), Burling- ton, born July 6, 1833. He was Lieutenant of Company G, Seventeenth Ohio Vol- unteer Infantry, and was discharged at the termination of the rebellion ; he was killed by the accidental fall of a bridge over Rolling Fork stream in Kentucky, August 7, 1873. Elizabeth, the youngest, was born February 9, 1831, and now resides on the homestead with David. Mr. Carlisle, the subject of this sketch, is'a farmer by occu- pation. In winters, he follows manufacturing brooms. He owns a farm of fifty- two acres.
ASHER CURLES, farmer, P. O. Westboro, a leading, enterprising citizen of Jefferson Township, was born in Brown County June 21, 1837. His father, Samuel Curles, was a na- tive of New Jersey, and was born March 20, 1813. His parents removed to Clermont County in 1819 and to Brown County about 1828. Mrs. Curles, the mother of our subjeet. formerly Hannah Brown, was a native of Virginia. She was born May 14, 1814, and died September 7, 1862. Our subject is the sceond son, and third child of a family of thirteen ' children. He was reared on a farm near Fayetteville, and was educated in the National Normal at Lebanon. He was a student at its second session. He was engaged in the . profession of teaching from September, 1856, to the spring of 1870. In 1859 and 1860, he was Principal of the Fayetteville schools ; in 1867, of the Blanchester schools, und in 1869 and 1870, of the Westboro schools. In December, 1861, he enlisted in defense of the Union, in Company I, Sixtieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was chosen First Lieutenant, and with his regiment, served as Advance Guards to Gen. Fremont, up the valley of the Shenandoah. He was in the battle of Moorfield, Charles- ton, Cross Keys, thence to Winchester, and to Harper's Ferry. He was then trans- ferred to Chicago, and paroled to go to Minnesota to quell the Indians, but was discharged
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November 26, 1862. He then returned home, and, after engaging in merchandising in Fayetteville for fifteen months, came to Clinton County and located on his present farm, where he has since resided except five years, 1872 to 1877, during which time he re- sided in Westboro. In 1876, he was a member of the firm of Haines & Curles, mer- chants in Westboro. In 1877, he returned to his farm, and has since followed tha. vocation in connection with raising stock. November 26, 1863, Mr. Curles celebrated his marriage with Miss Amanda C. Haines, a daughter of M. R. and Susanna Haines. Mrs. Curles, a very estimable lady, was born in Marion Township, May 14, 1840. Six children were added to bless this union ; five are living, viz., Homer G., Luella May. Osce Dell, Elmer J. and Carey Lec. Mr. and Mrs. Curles are acceptable members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Curles is identified with I. O. O. F. and En- campment. In politics, he is a straight Republican. He served his township as A .. sessor one term, and as Justice of the Peace one term. He owns a farm of eighty-five acres, well improved and highly cultivated. Mr. Curles is a man of genial disposition, upright integrity, and sterling manly qualities.
WILLIAM A. DARBY, farmer, P. O. Westboro, was born in Washington Township, October 15, 1819. He is a son of William and . Pennelia Darby, who were natives of Maryland. They were married in the place of their nativity, and migrated to this county and settled at Snow Hill, where Mr. Darby erected a tannery, which he operated about three years ; he then removed to Cuba and constructed two industries of the same kind, and, after running them successfully for several years, he retired from the business. He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Austin, in the autumn of 1862, having attained to the ripe age of four score and ten years. Mr. Darby, our subject, was reared on his father's farm, and followed that avocation till 1844, when he took to the carpenter trade, which he pursued till about the close of the civil war. August 1, 1864, he enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Seventy. fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He fought in the battle of Franklin, Tenn., and was discharged at the close of the war. Mr. Darby was married, March 26, 1817. to Helen Degarmo, who died in August, 1848. Mr. Darby again married, May 2, 1850, to Catharine Johnson, who died about 1858. June, 1859, Mr. Darby married Amanda Beatty, and she dying in December, 1867, Mr. Darby united himself in mar- riage with Sarah J. Demitt, daughter of R. H. and Margaret M. Demitt, and a native of Bourborn County, Ky., where she was born February 3, 1842. Three children were the fruits of this union-Maggie A., born October 1, 1869; Willie L., born No- vember 28, 1871, and Clay J., born September 21, 1873. Mr. Darby is a member of the I. O. O. F., and in politics is an out-and-out Republican. He owns a well-im. proved farm of fifty-three acres.
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