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DAVID D. DOWNING, farmer, P. O. Big Plain, was born on the Lower Glade, Madison County, Ohio. June 17, 1853, and is a son of Albert and Frances
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Downing, he a native of Franklin County. Ohio. and she of London, this county. The grandparents were Timothy and Elizabeth Downing, of Scotch descent, and among the first settlers on the Little Darby, a part of their pur- chase of land being located in what is now Madison County, and a part in Franklin County, their residence being in the latter county. The exact date of their settling there is not known. but it is believed to have been prior to 1800. as that section was then all a vast wilderness, with but four or five other tam- ilies in that region of country. One of these families was Jonathan Alder, of pioneer fame, and there Mr. Downing resided until his death. Subsequently his wife married for her second husband Mr. Rathburn, who is also now deceased. Mrs. Rathburn still survives and resides on the old home place, now about seventy-five years of age. Albert, the father of our subject, was the eldest child of his father, and has one brother, Isaac H., who has been a resi- dent of California for thirty years. Albert Downing was raised to farm labor, and after arriving at his majority he went to London and entered upon the mercantile trade in partnership with Mr. Shanklin, and continued in this busi- ness in London and Plain City for several years. During the war of the rebell- ion, he served in the army, and after his return entered as check clerk in the railroad office at Columbus. But at the last call of the President for troops he again enlisted in the army. After the close of the war. he located in Colum- bus and was book-keeper there till 1871, when he moved on to the farm of our subject, and there resided till the spring of 1879, when he returned to Colum- bus, where he has since resided, being engaged in book-keeping. Mr. Down- ing has been twice married, first to Frances Dunkin, a daughter of David Dun- kin. She died during his residence at London. By her he had two children- David D. and Timothy Lawson-the latter deceased. His second wife was Ann E. Philips, daughter of Milford Philips, of London. Of Mr. Downing's career his greatest fault in life has been being too lenient and kind in business, trying to accommodate his friends, greatly to his own injury; being kind-hearted and honest himself, he tried to believe others to be the same, and in conse- quence has met with many losses. Our subject grew to manhood, receiving a good education at the public schools of Columbus, and at nineteen years of age entered upon farming, which has been his principal occupation since. Mr. Downing is now Clerk of Fairfield Township, having been elected to that office in the spring of 1882.
GEORGE DURFLINGER, blacksmith, Lilly Chapel, was born in Frank- lin County, Ohio, April 16, 1845, and is a son of William and Clara Durflinger, whose history is given in the sketch of William Durtlinger. The subject of this sketch was raised in this county and brought up to farm labor, which occupation he followed till in January, 1881, when he purchased the interest of S. A. Sidner, of the firm of Wilson & Sidner, blacksmiths and wagon-makers, at Lilly Chapel. Thence, in February, 1882, he bought out Mr. Wilson's interest, since which he has conducted the entire business in his own name, has a good trade and a prosperous business, and being located in a growing and thriving village, his prospect for an increasing business is good. On July 21, 1864, he married Miss Jennie George, who was born in Hardy County, Va., July 20, 1847; she was a daughter of Thomas R. and Sarah (Rumer) George, natives of Virginia. The grandparents were Jeremiah and Ann (Wood) George, also natives of Virginia, who lived and died in that State. Thomas R. grew to manhood and married and resided in Virginia till in No- vember, 1857, when he removed to Ohio and located in Madison County, where he has since resided, with the exception of six years-from 1860 to 1866- during which he lived in Franklin County. Mr. George has always made farming his principal business, and has now resided in Ohio twenty-five years. His wife died in Virginia in 1856. She bore him four children-Jennie, Nata-
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lia C., wife of Nathan Reed ; Hannah S., wife of Stephen Summers ; and Isaac P. Mr. George married for his second wife Mrs. Sarah Thomas, a daughter ot Levi Hann. Mr. Durflinger and wife have three children-Thomas W., born July 23, 1867; Sarah A., July 18. 1875 (deceased) ; and Pierce Beach, born July 24, 1880.
SAMUEL H. EDWARDS, grain merchant, Lilly Chapel, was born in Cam- den County, N. J., May 21, 1840, and is a son of Job H. and Eleanor P. Edwards, natives of New Jersey. The grandparents were Richard H. and Deborah Edwards, also natives of New Jersey, their ancestors being of Ger- man and Irish descent ; they lived and died in New Jersey. The maternal grandparents, Samuel B. and Susan Hunt, were also natives of New Jersey. where he died ; she subsequently died at La Fayette, Ind. Mr. Hunt was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. They were of Irish descent. Job H., the father of our subject, was brought up to the carpenter trade, which he fol- lowed through life. He married Miss Eleanor P. Hunt, of New Jersey, and settled in that State, where they resided till the spring of 1844. when they emi- grated to Ohio, and located at South Charleston, Clark County, where they lived about two years. Thence they moved over the line into this county ; thence they moved into Fairfield Township, where his wife died March 3, 1877. Mr. Edwards still survives, and now resides with one of his sons at California. aged sixty-eight years. He is now totally blind, and has been thus for three years. He is the father of eleven children, of whom nine now survive-Thomas. Susan (wife of F. M. Thomas), Samuel H., Richard, Isaiah, William, Ellen (wife of Andrew Bell), and Charles. Four of these sons were in the late war of the rebellion. Samuel H. and Isaiah enlisted in Company B, Ninety-fifth Regi- ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in July, 1862 ; the former was taken prisoner at Richmond, Ky., on August 30 of the same year, by Kirby Smith, was paroled, about six months after was exchanged, and then entered the Sixtieth Regiment Second Battalion Veteran Reserves and served till the close of the war, receiving his discharge in August. 1865. Isaiah was soon stricken down with the measles, from the effects of which he became unfit for duty and was discharged in 1863, after a few months' service. Richard enlisted in the One Hundred and Eighty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served till the close of the war. Jacob enlisted in the Twenty-sixth Regiment Ohio Vol- unteer Infantry, and served till near the close of the war; when at the battle of Guntown. Tenn., he was severely wounded in the thigh, from which cause he was discharged, and has since drawn a pension. The subject of this sketch. the fourth child of his father, was about four years of age when brought to Ohio, and here was raised to manhood, brought up to farm labor, and received a good common school education. le attended Gundries' Commercial College at Cincinnati, and then taught school during winters for ten years in succes- sion, and in all has taught seventeen terms. On March 10, 1870, he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah A. Hume, who was born in Madison County October 7, 1830. She was a daughter of George and Ann Hume, natives of Virginia. George was a son of William and Aun Hume, natives of Ireland, who became early settlers of Virginia, where they lived and died. Ann, wife of George Hume, was a daughter of Thomas and Ellen (Owens) Scott, natives of Ireland. Mrs. Hume was but four years of age when brought to Ohio in 1798, and settled in Pike County, where she grew to womanhood and married Mr. Hume. They settled in Pike County: where they resided till 1826, when they removed to Madison County, and here resided till his death, March 20. 1856. Mrs. Hume still survives, and resides with her daughter, Mrs. Edwards, at Lilly Chapel, now eighty-eight years of age. She is truly a pioneer, and is one of the oldest surviving early settlers of Madison County. She has now resided in Ohio eighty-four years. and in Madison County fifty-six years. She
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is the mother of thirteen children, six now surviving-Thomas, George, James, Mary (wife of Richard Jones), Sarah A. and Francis Marion. Mr. Edwards and wife have two children-Oscar H., born December 25, 1870, and Anna E., born March 8, 1872. Mr. Edwards followed farming and teaching till in Octo- ber, 1880, when he entered upon his present business, that of buying and shipping grain, in which he is doing a profitable and flourishing business. He is a member of Lilly Chapel Grange, No. 583, and is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which he has belonged for twenty-nine years. EDWARD FITZGERALD, farmer, P. O. Big Plains, was born in Hamp- shire County, Va., August 26, 1806, and is a son of Thomas and Mary Fitzgerald. The former, it is said, was born on the ocean, and the lat- ter in Virginia. The grandfather, Thomas Fitzgerald, was a native of the northern part of Ireland, and married Eleanor O'Farrel, with whom he emigrated to America in 1778, and settled in Virginia, where they lived and died. Thomas, the father of our subject, and the eldest child of his father, was born on the ocean in 1778, while they were sailing for America. He was raised and grew to manhood in Virginia, and on September 13, 1799, mar- ried Mary Buffington, who was born January 13, 1780. She was a daughter of William and Mary Buffington, natives of England, who emigrated to America about the same time as the Fitzgerald family, and located in the same town, Romney, Va., where they remained till death. By this mar- riage, Mr. Fitzgerald and wife had eight children, of whom four now survive- William B., born March 4, 1804; Edward; Eliza, born January 8, 1809, now Widow Taylor, and has been a widow since 1831-over half a century; and Mary, born November 28, 1814, wife of John W. Kennedy. Mr. Fitzgerald clied March 28, 1815; subsequently his widow married, for her second husband, Jonathan Black, and in 1827 they came to Ohio and settled in Madison County, where Mrs. Black died in 1873, aged ninety-three years. By Mr. Black she had two daughters-Rebecca and Sarah Ann-both deceased. The subject of this sketch was the fourth child and second son of his father ; he grew to manhood in his native State, and on October 15. 1827, married Lacy Ann Taylor, a native of Virginia, born February 18, 1810, and a daughter of Edward and Margaret (Means) Taylor, natives of Virginia, who lived and died in their native State, he in 1839, and she in 1854 or 1855. In November, 1827, Mr. Fitzgerald, with his bride, started for the wilds of Ohio. They came first to Newark, Ohio, and remained there till April 1. 1828, when they removed to Lancaster, Ohio, and resided one year, and in April, 1829, came to Madison County and settled where he now lives and has since resided a period of fifty- three years. He first purchased 140 acres of land of Gen. McArthur ; to this he has since added by purchase till he became owner of over 900 acres of excellent land. He commenced in a log house with shingle roof, which was then one of the best houses in the neighborhood. Over half a century has passed with its great changes and improvements, and the Judge has kept pace with the general advance and progress of the country ; he has good improve- ments, a well-stocked farm and a pleasant home. He is the father of eleven children, of whom eight now survive-Mary E., born July 23, 1830, wife of W. L. Morgan ; Harriet, born June 14, 1832, wife of Robert Alkire ; William H., born February 15, 1834 ; Sarah Ann, born April 15, 1836, wife of Alfred Pringle ; Warner T., born November 2, 1838 ; Louisa, born June 15, 1841, wife of Joel W. Byers ; Lydia, born March 23, 1849, wife of Elias Florence; and George, born September 11, 1851 ; all are married and settled in life, and doing well. Margaret E., their eldest child, was born September 11, 1828, married Samuel Robinson September, 1849, and died December 9, 1879, hav- ing had three children, of whom two, Edward J. and Mary E., survive. Mr. Fitzgerald held the office of Justice of the Peace for twenty years ; served as
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a member of the Legislature in the session of 1846 and 1847, and served as Associate Judge two years, in addition to various township oflices. The Judge is now one of the oldest surviving pioneers, and one of Madison County's most esteemed and worthy citizens. Though now in his seventy-sixth year, his mind is clear and bright, his recollections of the early settlers and scenes of pioneer life are vivid, and his narration of those reminiscences, lucid and com- prehensive. He has given us much valuable information for this history of Madison County, and we may hope that his last days may be as full of peace and happiness as his life has been of labor and usefulness.
WILLIAM H. FITZGERALD, farmer, P. O. Big Plain, is a native of Fairfield Township, born February 15, 1834, and is a son of Edward O. and Lacy Ann Fitzgerald, whose history is given in the sketch of E. Fitzgerald. Our subject grew to manhood on the farm of his father, Judge Fitzgerald, and was married in September, 1855, to Matilda Biggart, who was born in Frank- lin County, Ohio, in 1837, and who was a daughter of Samuel and Mary Big- gart, natives of Franklin County. By her he had three children, of whom two now survive-Mary S., born June 22, 1857, now the wife of Charles L. Bales ; and Frank P., born February 28, 1859. Mrs. Fitzgerald died February 23, 1863. On November 17, 1863, he married for his second wife Margaret A. Booker, who was born in Franklin County, Ohio, February 22, 1841 ; she was a daughter of William and Rachel (Biggart) Booker, he a native of Virginia, and she of Franklin County, Ohio. Mr. Booker came to Ohio from Virginia, when a young single man, and was married in Franklin County. In 1843, he with his family moved to Illinois, where he died about 1845, aged twenty-seven years. After his death, Mrs. Booker with her three children-George, Margaret A. and James-returned to Ohio ; the two sons are now both deceased. Mrs. Booker married for her second husband David Clark, by whom she has two children, John and Matilda. Mrs. Clark now resides at Lilly Chapel. Mr. Fitzgerald, by his second wife, has had five children, four of whom now survive -Harry A., born September 9, 1864 ; Sallie K., born August 8, 1866 ; Edward ()., born August 20, 1868, and Laura H., born June 17, 1878. Mr. Fitzgerald has made farming and stock-raising his business through life ; he lived five years on his fathe 's farm, and in 1860 bought and located where he now lives and has since resided. Ilis first purchase was 214 acres from Moses Bales, to which he has since added by purchase, till he now owns 320 acres of excellent land with good improvements. He has been Trustee of the township, and was School Director for fifteen years. He is a prominent and reliable farmer, a kind neighbor, and a worthy citizen.
ROBERT FULLERTON, farmer, P. O. Lilly Chapel, was born in Clark County, Ohio, October 27, 1827, and is a son of James and Mary Fullerton, he a native of Pennsylvania, and she of Virginia. He came from Pennsylvania to Ohio, and settled in Clinton County abont 1815. He served in the latter part of the war of 1812 as a teamster. In Clinton County, he married Mary, MeQuerter, and about 1822 removed to Clark County and located near Lis- bon, afterward he removed to Madison County, and located west of London, and in that neighborhood and east of London he resided till the death of his wife, after which he removed to Fairfield Township and lived the remainder of his life with his son, our subject ; he died March 2, 1881, in his eighty-sev- enth year. He was the father of seven children, five now living-Hugh. John, Robert, James, and Charity, wife of John Rankins, of South Charleston. Mr. Fullerton followed teaming for many years and then he entered upon farming. He was an early pioneer, and experienced the hardships of that day. The subject of this sketch, the fifth child of his father, was six years of age when brought to Madison County, and here grew to manhood. He was married, October 25, 1855, to Ruth Johnson. a native of Madison County, and
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a daughter of John and Elizabeth Johnson, who were married in this county, and were among its early settlers. By this union Mr. Fullerton and wife have had twelve children, eleven now survive-Laura, wife of W. Sidner ; Elizabeth, wife of J. Sidner ; Jennie. Ellen. John, Anna (deceased), Robert, James, Hum- phrey Lee. Harry and Mand. Mr. Fullerton has made farming his business through life. He bought and located where he now lives, in 1855, where he has resided twenty-seven years. This farm he purchased of W. Alkire, it con- tained one hundred and ten acres, to which he has added by purchase till it now embraces one hundred and fifty-five acres, with good improvements. Ho is a reliable farmer, and a much respected citizen. He served several years as Township Trustee, is a worthy member of the Methodist Church, and also a member of the Lilly Chapel Grange, No. 583.
JOHN H. GARDNER, Justice of the Peace, P. O. Big Plain. was born in Ross County, Ohio. April 5, 1819, and is a son of Edward P. and Sarah Gardner. The grandparents were Joseph and Margaret Gardner, he a native of Pennsylvania, and she of England. He removed to Virginia, where he married ; thence, prior to the war of 1812, he removed to Ohio and settled in Ross County, where he lived till his death. He was one of the early settlers of Ross County, and a leading man in the political affairs of the county. He served several years as Judge of the Court. His wife was a sister of Gov. Tiffin, the first Governor of Ohio. Edward P., the father of our subject, was born in Virginia in 1797, and was but a young lad when brought to Ohio. where he grew to manhood and married Sarah Hall, who was also born in Vir- ginia, and a daughter of John and Mary (Hayes) Hall, who became settlers of Ross County soon after the war of 1812, and lived and died there. About 1828, Mr. Gardner, with his family, moved to Franklin County, Ohio, and there settled and resided till his death in 1863. His wife survived him several years. They had ten children, six now surviving-John H., James P., Mary Ann, Margaret (wife of William Coberly); Sarah Jane (wife of George Switzer). and Nancy (wife of James Whitten). Mr. Gardner was a miller by trade, a good millwright. an excellent workman. and at this and the carpenter trade he worked the most of his active life Mr. Gardner, our subject. was raised in Franklin and Madison Counties. He learned the carpenter trade, which he followed several years, and then he entered upon farming. In 1864, he bought and located upon the place where he now lives and has since resided. On January 9, 1845, he was united in marriage with Mary Bradford, who was born in this county March 20, 1826; she was a daughter of Thomas and Sarah Bradford, he a native of Maryland, and she of Virginia. By this union they have had three children, two living-Thomas Edward, born December 20. 1848, and Maggie J., born July 16, 1852. Mr. Gardner also has an adopted child, Newton Webster, born December 20, 1858, whom he has raised from an infant three months old. Mr. Gardner has now been a resident of this township for thirty years, and is one of its reliable and much respected citizens He served the township as Clerk seventeen years, and is now serving his eighth term, which will make twenty-four consecutive years as a Justice of the Peace, a period of time equaled by but few
JOSEPHI II. GARDNER, farmer, P. O. Lilly Chapel, was born in Jeffer- son Township, this county. August 25, 1836. and is a son of William and Aner Gardner ; he is a native of Virginia, and she of Maryland. The grandparents, James and Mary Gardner, were natives of Virginia, from near Harpers Ferry ; they emigrated to Ohio in 1813, making the entire journey on horseback, he and his son William riding one horse and his wife and her little daughter the other, with all the effects they had carried in saddle-bags on their horses. They located in Ross County, being among the early settlers of that county. There his wife died. Subsequently, he married for his second wife Susanna
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Beaver, and about 1816 he removed to Franklin County and settled in the forks of the Big and Little Darbys, where they lived till their death, the old home place being now occupied by his grandchild, Mrs. Dyer. William, the father of our subject, was born in 1806, and was about seven years of age when brought to Ohio, and here grew to manhood. He married Aner Marett and settled near the home place. About 1834, he removed to Madison County and settled on the Little Darby. in Jefferson Township. In 1842, he purchased a farm in Fairfield Township, where they lived till death, his wife April 11, 1870, and he April 15, 1879. They had six children, four now surviving- Abel M., Samuel C. and Nathaniel P., residents of Washington County, Iowa, and Joseph H., our subject. Mr. Gardner was an active and prosperous farmer, and during his life held most of the offices of his township. He was a devoted, active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for forty years. The sub- ject of this sketch, with his twin brother (John S., deceased), were the young- est of his father's family. John S. grew to manhood, graduated at the Ohio Wesleyan College at Delaware, and entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the Ohio Conference. During the war of the rebellion, he enlisted in the one hundred days' service in the One Hundred and Thirty- third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was taken prisoner at North Mount- ain, Virginia, and imprisoned at Florence, S. C., where he died November 2. 1864. Joseph II. was raised to the occupation of a farmer, which he has followed through life. On September 22, 1859, he was united in marriage with Susan E. Biggert, who was born in Franklin County, Ohio, May 20, 1839 ; she was a daughter of Samuel and Mary Biggert, also natives of Franklin County. By this union they have three children-Mary A., born November 2, 1861, now the wife of W. P. Coberly ; Matilda M, born September 29, 1865, and Lottie J., born October 26, 1868. Mr. Gardner first located on what is known as the Shueler McDonald farm near the old home place, and has spent all his life since in Fairfield Township, except five years' residence in lowa, and three years in Pickaway County, Ohio. In April, 1881, he purchased the property where he now lives, and has since resided, being a very pleasant home in the village of Lilly Chapel. He has never desired office although he has served as Township Trustee, and in other minor offices. He is a member of Gilroy Lodge, No. 695, I. O. O. F., and also a worthy member of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church. to which he has belonged twelve years.
LOUIS GIERICH, farmer, P. O. Lilly Chapel, was born in Germany May 4, 1828, and is a son of John F. and Barbara Gierich, who lived and died in their native land, Germany. They had eighteen children, all now deceased but two. Magdalena, now widow Gearhart, resides in Columbus, Ohio, and Louis, the subject of this sketch, who was the youngest child of his father, and who in 1849 emigrated to America, and landed in New York on May 4 of that year, being just twenty one years of age on that day. He first located in Beaver County, Penn., and worked one summer ; thence he came to West Jefferson, this county, and there, and in Kentucky, Indiana, and various other places he lived and worked till April 13, 1853. when he was married to Barbara Kuhner, and settled in West Jefferson. In the spring of 1855, Mr. Gierich made a visit to his native land and returned to America, and to his family in October of the same year. In November, he bought the farm where he now lives, and has since resided. a period of twenty-eight years. He now has a farm of sixty-seven acres of land with good improvements, which he has prin- cipally made by his own labor and industry. He has had born to him five children, of whom four now survive-John Christian, born January 25, 1857 ; Mary, born November 19, 1860, now the wife of Guess Bennett ; Jacob, born May 4, 1863; and Emma, born November 13, 1866. Mr. Gierich and family are worthy members of the Lutheran Church.
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HENRY GILROY, retired farmer, P. O. Lilly Chapel, was born near Leb- anon, Warren Co., Ohio, December 10, 1818, and is a son of John and Mary (Knight) Gilroy, natives of County Firmanagh, Ireland, who emigrated to America about 1815 and located near Lebanon, being among the pioneers of that county. Thence they removed to Clark County, and subsequently to Mad- ison County about 1830, or possibly a little earlier. Here they resided till their death. They had seven children, of whom three now survive-James, Henry and George. The subject of this sketch was raised in Clark and Mad- ison Counties, and was married in 1841 to Patience Hunt, who was born near South Charleston, Clark Co., Ohio, in April, 1826; she was a daughter of Isaiah and Rebecca Hunt, natives of New York. Mr. Gilroy first located in Allen County, Ohio, but in the fall of 1848 he removed to Madison County and pur- chased the land where he now lives, a part of which is now occupied by the village of Lilly Chapel. Here he has resided thirty-four years, and has been one of the leading men of this community. In 1874, he and Henry Lilly laid off the town which was called "Gilroy," in honor of our worthy subject and pioneer. He has lived to see this country greatly improved.
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