The history of Clinton County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, cities, towns, etc.; general and local statistics; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; history of the Northwest territory, Volume 2, Part 93

Author: Durant, Pliny A. ed; Beers (W.H.) & Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago : W. H. Beers
Number of Pages: 1410

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G. B. ELY, Sabina. The gentleman whose name introduces this sketch ww born in Montgomery County, Ind., in the year 1842, and is a son of John C. Ely, Virginian by birth, who died when our subject was but a child in years. His early IN'. was passed upon a farm, and the district schools afforded him the only advantages ! a an education. In 1866, he came to Sabina and accepted the position of railroad atest and telegraph operator, the duties of which he faithfully discharged for cleven your During the above time he was interested in milling and handling grain, besides hours engaged in the furniture and undertaking business. In 1877, ho abandoned the rails as office that he might give his private affairs closer attention. In 1878, he disposed of

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his milling and furniture business and went to Washington Court House, where he was engaged in the hardware trade till 1880, when he returned to Sabina and opened a clothing store. He is a member of the F. & A. M., Sabina Lodge, No. 324, and a member of both the Council and School Board. In 1868, he was married to Miss Mary W. Starkey, of Indiana. Their children are six in number, viz .: Imo, Ralph, Clinton, Adda, Estey and Florence.

R. C. FRISTO, manfacturing tile, Reesville, was born in Mason County, Ky., in the year 1844, and is a son of Thompson Fristo, who settled in Clinton County, Ohio, in 1851. R. C. was reared on the farm, an occupation he followed until twenty- six years of age, when he went to manufacturing tile, a business he followed four years, when he disposed of his business and engaged in dealing in walnut lumber. In 1876, he resumed making tile and now (1882) has one of the best appointed yards in the county and is doing an extensive business. In 1864, he enlisted in Company B of the Forty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served eight months. In the charge on Fort McAllister, near Savannah, he was wounded in the right groin, the ball severing the main artery ; he was discharged in 1865. Thompson Fristo died in 1851, about one week after locating in the county.

A. J. GASKINS, physician and surgeon, P. O. Sabina, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, in the year 1843, and is a son of John Gaskins, a native of Ohio, who was a son of Thomas Gaskins, of Virginia. The father of our subject was a physician, . having studied medicine under the celebrated Dr. Hubble, of Clermont County, Ohio. " He practiced in Brown County, for a number of years, and at present is located in . Bentonville, Adams Co., Ohio. The boyhood of the subject of this sketch was . passed in the village of Amelia, in his native county, in which place he received the rudiments of his literary education. When twenty years of age, he began reading medi- eine under his father, who was his preceptor until 1864, at which time he enlisted in the service of the United States, and was assigned to duty in Company A, One Hundred and Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served till 1865, when he was honorably discharged on account of disability, produced by a fractured limb. Upon his return home he continued his studies, and the following year located in Milledgeville, Fayette Co., Ohio, where he practiced two years, after which he entered the Eclectic School of Medicine and Surgery in Cincinnati, Ohio, from which institution he gradu- ·ated in 1869. The same year, he located in Sabina, since when he has given his attention to the demands of an increasing practice. The Doctor is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Sabina Lodge, No. 501. In 1864, he was married to Miss Celia A., daughter of Rev. P. F. Johnson, by whom he has had three children, viz., James F., Lillie M. and Essie Elton. He and his amiable wife enjoy membership in the Friends' Church.

DAVID GIFFIN, deceased, was born in Virginia October 11, 1819. In his native State he was reared and received the rudiments of an education. In 1833, he settled in Ross County, Ohio, and followed his trade-that of blacksmithing-in the - village of Bainbridge, until 1851 or 1852, at which time he embarked in merchandising, in which he was engaged till 1858, when he purchased a store in Sabina, which he operated eight years. Next he followed farming in this township for seven years, and at the end of that time returned to Sabina. Was elected Justice of the Peace, a posi- tion he held for fifteen years ; was also Mayor of the city. He held membership in the Sabina Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons and is a charter member of same. In 1862, he enlisted in Company G, of the famous Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and when mustered in was commissioned First Lieutenant; he followed the fortunes of the regiment up to the Atlanta campaign and for meritorious service was promoted to Captain. He was honorably discharged on account of sickness, which incapacitated him from doing duty. He was a modest, unassuming gentleman, and a member of the Universalist Church. May 10, 1842, he was married in Ross County, to Miss Emily Bragg, of Virginia, by whom he had ten children, five of whom are living, viz., George W., Edward A., Sarah M., David E. and Anna M. The deceased were John W., Mary E., Samuel K., Richard H. and an infant. George W. enlisted May 9,

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1864, in the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Ohio National Guards and saw active service during his teri of service and was an efficient soldier; was discharged in August, 1864. Mr. Giffin died October 5, 1881. Mrs. Giffin was born in the year 1821.

D. S. GINEVAN, butcher, Sabina, was born in Hampshire County, Va., in 1835, and is a son of Luther Ginevan, of Virginia. Our subject resided in his native county with his parents until 1860, at which time he came to Ohio, and, in 1861, lo -. eated in Sabina and for two years thereafter followed farming, after which he engaged in the butcher business, in which he has since been employed. January 1, 1863, he was married to Anna M., the daughter of Jesse Mathew, by whom he has three chil- dren, two of whom are living, viz., Blanche and Lucy ; Luther, deceased. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, subordinate lodge, and to Encampment, No. 182 ; in the latter, he is a charter member. He and wife are members of the Christian Church, to which they have belonged since 1866.

ANDREW GLASGOW, retired farmer, P. O. Sabina. This gentleman was born in Lancaster County, Penn., in the year 1800, and is a son of William and Elizabeth Glasgow, who both died when our subject was but eight years old. Being thrown upon the world at this tender age, he was bound out to a farmer till of age, at which time he was bound to a tailor, and for two years labored hard at a trade which he never liked nor finished. He then went back to the farm on which he labored as a hand up to his coming here. In 1839, he settled in Richland Township, where he bought a piece of land in the woods, which, he cleared up after night, and worked through the day for others, that he might thereby enhance his pecuniary abilities. He has been four times married; first to Sarah Mellinger, August 15, 1824, by whom he had seven children-Anna E., John M., Sarah M., Maria C., Andrew W., Naomi H. and an infant daughter, Phylenda. Mrs. G. died April 4, 1842. April 6, 1843, he was married to Clarissa Tysor, who bore him one child-Thomas T. Mrs. G. died Feb. ruary 2, 1845. His third marriage to Susanna Marks was celebrated February 15, 1855. His fourth and last marriage was consummated with Kitty A. Barlow December 14, 1861, who is living at the present time (1882). His son, Thomas T., enlisted in the regular service, but on account of sickness returned home, and, when recovered, enlisted in the marine service, and was drowned November 4. 1863. His present wife was born in Loudoun County, Va., in 1816. She was married to Eli Barlow in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1833, and six children were born to them, viz. : James M., Mary, John J., Elizabeth, Marshall H. and Anna. Mr. Barlow died in Clinton County in 1853. James, his son, volunteered, in 1861, in the Fortieth Ohio Regiment. Mr. and Mrs. Glasgow are members of the Christian Church, to which she has belonged since 1836, and he since 1877. Both are highly respected, and are ending their days in a quiet and contented manner.

W. K. GREELEY, miller, P. O. Sabina, was born near Mainville, Warren Co., Ohio, in 1825, and is a son of Seth Greeley, an old settler in the above county. The subject of this notice was reared on the farm, and after attaining his majority en- gaged in running a saw mill in addition to farming; in this way he was employed ten years and derived profit from his labors, after which he operated a flouring mill at Pleasant Plains for a period of ten years, and was again successful. Next he farmed for a few years, and in 1878 purchased the mill he now operates; he also buys and ships all kinds of grain, doing a general shipping business. He was married in 1848 to Mis Margaret J., daughter of James McPherrin, of Warren County, Ohio, by whom he has had nine children, five of whom are living, viz., Nancy M., Allie, Harriet E., Carrie D). and John W., and the deceased were Seth J., Adolphus, Mary A. and Ellen. Mr. Greeley belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Sabina Lodge, No. 501, and also to the Free-Will Baptist Church. Seth and Jane (Boardman) Greeley, the parents of W. K., were natives of the State of Maine, from which they emigrated to Ohio about 1817 or 1818, and located in Warren County, near Mainville, where they lived and died. He was largely interested in educational matters and was a leading spirit in the building of the Mainville Academy. To him were born nine children, six of whom re living. He died in 1850, aged sixty-four years.

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JOB R. HAINES (deceased) was born in North Carolina, September 14, 1809, , and was a son of John and Lydia Haines, who settled in this county in 1810. The subject of this sketch was but one year old at the time the family settled here. He re- ceived the rudiments of his education in the district schools, which was developed by a course of study in the McMillen College in Xenia, Ohio, which thoroughly fitted him for the profession of teaching, which he began at age of eighteen, and followed steadily in the county for sixteen years. June 14, 1840, he was married to Rebecca, the daugh- ter of William and Ann Noble, old settlers. For three years after his marriage, he taught school during the winter months and farmed in the summer, after which he located on land in Greene Township, which he purchased, cleared up, improved and lived on for twelve years, when he sold out, and in 1854 purchased 406 acres, where his wife at present time (1882) resides. This land he cleared up and improved, which at his death was one of the best improved farms in the township. He prospered and was a hard-working and successful farmer-shrewd, but never venturesome. His interest in schools and the general advancement of education, was always strong, and he zealously supported every measure that had a tendency to develop the intelligence of the people. He was reared in conformity to the requirements of Quaker faith and discipline, which faith he clung to through life. To him were born six children, all living, viz., Mary J., born in 1841 ; William N., born in 1843; Stephen P., born in 1845 ; Samuel L., born in 1847; Frank M., born in 1850; Albert M., born in 1855. Mr. Haines departed this life August 26, 1879 ; was a member of Free and Accepted Masons, belonging to the Vienna Lodge. Mrs. Haines was born in Greene Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, June 14, 1821.

ISAAC HAINES, farmer, P. O. Sabina, was born in Union Township, this county, in 1813, and is a son of Job and Elizabeth (Doan) Haines. He was born in North Carolina, and when a young man came to Clinton County, and was one of its first set- tlers. He was a farmer and blacksmith by occupation. He was married to a daughter of Joseph Doan, of whom mention is made elsewhere. Fifteen children were born to Mr. Haines, Sr., two of whom are now living, viz., Isaac and Jeremiah. The deceased were Joseph, John and Jemima, the balance died in childhood. Jemima was drowned in a tub. For many years Mr. Haines lived in this county, then went to Fayette County, Ohio, in which he died about 1855. Mrs. Haines died in about 1857. He served in the war of 1812. Our subject was brought up on the farm, and when old enough learned the blacksmith trade, which he followed seventeen years, after which he resumed farm- ing on the place where he now lives. He owns 132 acres of excellent land, well im- proved. In 1835, he was married to Miss Susanna, the daughter of James Lundy, of Clinton County, Ohio, who has borne him three children, viz., Elizabeth, Mary J. and Joseph ; the latter was a member of the Seventy-Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He and his amiable wife are consistent members of the Methodist Protestant Church, of Sabina, to which they have belonged for twenty years or more. Politically, Mr. Haines is a Republican, having always voted with that party upon all questions at issue.

RICHARD HALL, farmer, P. O. Sabina. Mr. Hall was born in Harrison County, Ky., in 1822, and is a son of Richard Hall, Sr., who was a native of Kentucky and whose parents were of Virginian birth. Our subject was reared on the farm and received but a limited education in the district school. In 1850, he with his family came to Clinton County, and for three years thereafter operated a saw mill near Sabina. After, he disposed of his mill interest and removed to Jackson County, Mo., in which he resided several months; then returned to this county and purchased ninety-three acres of land, which he cleared up and improved. At present he owns one hundred and twenty- one and one-quarter acres of excellent land, all of which was made by his own work and in- dustry. In 1850, he was married to Nancy Lail, of Kentucky, who has borne him eight children-six living, viz., Charles, George F., Jeptha, Albert, Rufus and Anna ; Mollie and an infant deceased. He and his estimable wife are members of the Christian Church of Sabina, to which church he has been connected since sixteen years old. In politics, Mr. Hall is Democratio.

DEAN HALL, of the firm of Hall & Hinkson, druggists, Sabina. The

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gentleman whose name introduces this sketch is a native of the county in which he lives, having been born in the year 1852, and is a son of Harvey Hall, an old settler. Dean was reared to farm pursuits, and the district schools afforded him the advantage of a practical education. Tiring of the laborious work of the farm and desiring a more active business life, he came to Sabina in 1880 and engaged in the livery business, which he followed till the following year, when he sold out and purchased an interest in his present store. Mr. Hall is unassuming in his deportment and one of those peculiarly interesting gentlemen, whose acquaintance, if made, is never forgotten. He was married in 1877, to Hattie, the daughter of John Hinkson, of this county, by whom he had two children, one of whom is living, viz., Telfair. Only a few years of married happiness was his to enjoy, when on the 3d day of August, 1881, death visited his home and robbed him of his young and amiable wife, when in the eighteenth year of her age.

WILLIAM HENDERSON, farmer, P. O. Sabina, is a son of Mathew Hender. son, of whom mention will be made at the foot of this sketch. Our subject was born in Washington County, Penn., in the year 1837. His parents removed to Clinton County, Ohio, in 1843, at which time William was but six years old. He remained with his parents until the fall of 1861, at which time he enlisted in Company D, Forty. eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The following spring the regiment was put into active service in Kentucky, which it maintained during the war. Our subject was in all of the battles in which the regiment was engaged, except " Red River," when a great number of the regiment was captured. Our subject was wounded at Shiloh in the right hand, and also received other scratches. He veteranized in 1864, and was dis. charged in July, 1865. Upon return to civil life he went to his old home, where he remained till his marriage, which occurred August 20, 1868, to Miss Mary R., the daughter of Seymour and Elizabeth Douglass, of whom mention is made in this work. After his marriage he located where he now lives, and his farm consists in 103 acres of good land, and he is paying especial attention to fruit growing-having a large assort- ment of all kinds of fruit. He and his estimable wife are consistent members of the United Presbyterian Church, to which he has been connected since childhood; three children have been born .to them, viz .: Ernest D., Jesse E. and M. E. Ruth. Mrs. H. was born in Wilson Township, this county, in 1943. Mathew Henderson, father of our subject, was born in Washington County, Penn., in 1810. His wife, Margaret Laird, was born in the same county, in 1812. They were married in their native county, in which they lived till 1843, the time of their coming to Clinton County. William Henderson was the father of Mathew, and was born in Ireland, as was his (William's) wife Ealy Jeffry ; he died in Pennsylvania and she in Clinton County. Samuel and Margaret Laird, the parents of Margaret (Laird) Henderson were weavers by occupation, and died in Pennsylvania. Mathew Henderson pur- chased partly cleared land in Clinton County when he came, which he improved, and made a permanent home. To them were born the following children, to wit : William, Margaret, James L., Ealy J. (deceased), Mathew H., Joseph W. (deceased) and Rebecca. Mr. and Mrs. H. are members of the United Presbyterian Church, in which he has been a Ruling Elder since 1860. He has been a successful and highly respected citizen.

ROBERT HENRY (deceased) was born in Pennsylvania, in 1790, April 2, and was a son of Robert and Ann Henry, who were born in Ireland, both in the year 1740. They emigrated to America and settled in Lancaster County, Penn. To them were born three children, viz .: James, Elizabeth and Robert. The two former died in the above county. Robert, Sr., died in 1824; his wife died in 1797. Robert, the subject of this sketch, was reared a tinner and coppersmith, which he followed for a livelihood till 1831, at which time he came to Clinton County. He was . married in Pennsylvania to Margaret, the daughter of Frederick and Catherine Wilburn, in 1816 ; he was born in Pennsylvania, and she in Maryland. In 1831, our subject, with his wife and family of six children, came by team and wagon. He purchased 200 acres of land on the south side of Wilson Township, which is now occupied by Nathan Henry. This land he, with the aid of his sons, cleared up and improved, and on

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which he died, July 20, 1864. He was a successful and unassuming man, always attentive to his own business. To them were born the following children, seven of whom are living, viz .: Elizabeth, James, George, Sarah, John, Nathan and Cyrus. The deceased were Samuel, Charles, Weaver C., Sarepta, Devos and David. The fol- lowing sons served in the late war: Samuel was a member of Company D, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Ohio National Guards ; he enlisted in 1864, and was killed . at Monocacy, July 9, 1864. Nathan enlisted in 1862, in the Thirty-first Ohio Vol- unteer Infantry ; he saw active service during the war and was wounded in the right arm. Cyrus was a member of Company D, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Ohio National Guards, enlisted in 1864; was wounded at Monocacy, losing - six teeth. Weaver was in an unknown Indiana regiment, and was killed at Shelbyville, Ky. Mrs. H. was born near Leesburg, Va., in the year 1797. At the present time (1882), she is in good health and strength, with memory unimpaired by the weight of eighty-five years.

REV. Z. D. HICMAN, Sabina, is a native of Harrison County, W. Va., in which he was born January 17, 1823, is a son of Z. and Mary (Peck) Hicman, of Virginia ; his father was born February 18, 1777, on the present site of Clarksburg. She was born in Berkeley County, Va., May 1, 1730. He died in February, 1854; she de- parted this life in 1873 ; they were parents of fourteen children, eleven of whom grew to man's estate. The early life of our subject was spent on the farm, which he followed for a livelihood till 1849, when he came to Ohio and entered the ministry, working in different circuits up till 1862, at which time he enlisted in Company D, of the Seventy- ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served till February, 1863. In the fall of the same year, he entered the ministry, and in May, 1864, enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Ohio National Guards, in which he served his enlisted time. Was captured at Barryville, Va., Angust 3, 1864; was imprisoned in Lynchburg for a · time, and afterward was removed to the Libby Prison, where he was released on parole. Upon returning to civil life, he again entered the ministry, in which he has since de- voted his time, an earnest and zealous worker in expounding the preached word, and an untiring and indefatigable laborer in doing good in his master's vineyard, in which he has toiled uncomplainingly for thirty-two years. In 1841, he was married to Elizabeth A., the daughter of Jackson and Hannah Cattrill, of Virginia, by whom he has had fourteen children, seven of whom are living, viz., Charlotte A., William P., Lewellen V., John F., Mary F., Zach F. and Florence I. The deceased are as follows : Jackson MeClure, who, in 1861, enlisted in Company H, First Ohio Volunteer Infantry ; saw - active service until 1863, when he was shot through the heart and instantly killed while leading the advance at Tullahoma, Tenn., aged twenty-one years; Elsie J., Marshall W., James H., Uriah B., Clarion and Sheridan. James Cattrill was born in Virginia in 1798; he died in his native State October 19, 1841; she was born in 1803, and at present is living with Mrs. Hieman, her only child. He, Mr. H., Sr., by his first wife, Fanny Baylen, had one child, viz., Marshall B. Mrs. Z. D. Hicman was born in Vir- ginia in 1825. Mr. H. is a member of the Order of Free and Accepted Masons.

C. B. HILL, Postmaster, P. O. Sabina, of the firm of Hill & Curtis, dealers in . groceries, books and stationery. Mr. Hill was born in Brown County, Ohio, in the year 1841, and is a son of James K. and Eleanor Hill. He is a native of Pennsylvania, she of Kentucky. The boyhood days of C. B. Hill were passed in the rural districts in a manner common with farmer boys, receiving the bulk of his education in the country schools, which was, however, brushed up with one term of study at a Normal school. After attaining his majority, he began life on the farm, in Brown County, Ohio, in which he resided until 1866, when he came to this township and followed the avocation of farming till 1870; he then engaged in the grocery business in Sabina, and after an experience of two years, disposed of his business, and for the two succeeding years found employment as a salesman in Sabina. He was appointed Postmaster of . the Sabina Office in 1876, and is the present incumbent. In the fall of 1879, Mr. H. C. Curtis became a partner in his business, and their storeroom is replete with a large and well selected stock, representative of their line of trade. He is a member of the

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Sabina Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 324; also, of the Sabina Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 501. Officially, Mr. Hill has been well represented in honors of a local character, having served the people of the township as Clerk and Constable two years, and as Township Treasurer three years; Assessor for two years, and Clerk of the Corporation of Sabina six years. He and his wife are members of Evangelical churches, and are of that char- acter which gives tone and solidity to society. He has been twice married, first, to Jen- nie Hughey, of Brown County, Ohio, in 1868, their marriage being celebrated in Clinton County. Three children were born to them, all deceased, viz .: Mittie J., Harry A. and Archie W. Mrs. Hill departed this life in 1872, at the age of twenty- four years. His second marriage was consummated with Emma Allen, in 1874. Their children are three in number, viz .: Claudie O., Nina L. and Athel G. Mr. Hill is a Republican in politics, having voted with that party in every issue.

WILLIAM G. HUTCHINGS, P. O. Sabina, is a son of John and Edith (Horn) Hutchings, and was born in Northampton County, N. C., October 13, 1818, of English ancestry. His father's children, by first wife, were William (died in infancy), John, William G., Celia, Martha, Sarah and Susan ; by his second wife, sister of former wife -Archibald, Jesse, Emily and Catherine; all the latter are dead. John went to Mis- sissippi, afterward to Central America, during the Mexican war. Celia is in Mississip- pi, and Sarah in Southampton County, Va. William G.'s mother died nine days after his birth ; his father lived in same locality till 1848, when he died at seventy-four years of age. He (W. G.) came to Ohio in 1840. First, he went with his uncle, William Horn, to Liverpool, England, and was absent two years. Went again with same uncle, and was absent one year, after which he cruised along the coast, and elsewhere, until coming back to Ohio, as above stated. With Benjamin Barnes, of this county, an ac- quaintance, he stayed till 1843, at which time he went to Mississippi, in search of his brother John, who had resided at Raymond, but upon reaching there found he had gone to Texas with a company of soldiers. In 1845, he returned here, and shortly af- ter, went to North Carolina, on business, and, upon his return, was married to Elizabeth, the daughter of Cyrus and Judith Reed, an old and respected family of the county; his marriage was consummated August 23, 1847. Nine children have been born to them, viz., Emma, Clara, Carothers, Reed, John, Callie, Rose, William and Neva; Clara, Carothers, Reed and John, are dead. Emma married Samuel Douglass, and Callie married David Wright. \ Mr. Hutchings is a variety man in the fullest sense of the term-useful in every department of trade and life ; in dry goods store, drug store. tar- ern, Postmaster, auctioneer, artist, or assistant engineer, or what not he can lend a help- ing hand. In cases of sickness or misfortune, no kinder person or better nurse can be found. His estimable wife was born in this township, September 30, 1826. She has lived in the township all her life, except one year spent in the " Miami House," at Morrow, Ohio. She is a consistent Christian lady, and holds membership in the Chris- tian Church. Mr. H. belongs to the order of Masonry, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Reed, father of Mrs. H., was born in Va., in 1784; moved with his parents to Kentucky in 1788. His children were Absalom, Samuel, Cyrus, George, Josiah, Daniel, John, Sarah, Dolly, Hannah, Elizabeth and an infant. The two elder sons came to this county in 1801 or 1802, and bought the Lindsey Survey, number of entry, 732. Unfortunately they lost their money, and had to buy over. Their settlement was made in 1806. They dealt largely in stock, and were very respectable citizens. Absalom held the Justiceship about twenty years. Cyrus (third son), served a term in the war of 1812, after which he came to Clinton County, and bought one hundred acres of his brothers. He married Judith Town, of Pickaway County, Ohio, August 12, 1819; they had nine children, viz .: John, James C., Mary, Elizabeth. Christy Ann, William, Josiah and two infants. Cyrus Reed died in May, 1861, aged seventy-seven years. Judith, his wife, died June 2, 1864. The children of Joseph and Mary (Slocum) Town, are as follows: Avis (Davis), Anor (Miller), Martha (Ransey ), Giles, Judith (Reed), Mary (Owens), Elizabeth (deceased), William, Ebenezer, Benja- min, Elizabeth (deceased), and two, infants-thirteen in all.

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The history of Clinton County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, cities, towns, etc.; general and local statistics; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; history of the Northwest territory, Volume 2, Part 93

Author: Durant, Pliny A. ed; Beers (W.H.) & Co., Chicago, pub Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Chicago : W. H. Beers Number of Pages: 1410

Author: Durant, Pliny A. ed; Beers (W.H.) & Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago : W. H. Beers
Number of Pages: 1410