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EDEN ANDREW, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born March 1, 1820, in North Carolina; was the son of James and Elizabeth Andrew, who were among the early settlers of Clinton County, having settled here in about 1818. They first settled on the farm at present occupied by William Hale (near Sligo). After living here a short time, and on several other farms in the county, he finally located on a farm about two and a half miles southwest of Ogden, Adams Township, where he lived until his death, which occurred June 8, 1851. He was the father of nine children, seven of whom are still living; was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Eden Andrew, the
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subject of our present sketch, was reared on a farm until he reached the years of manhood. His education was somewhat limited. He was married, February 3, 1842, to Miss Nancy Urton, daughter of John and Lucy Urton. He is a member of the Friends' Society. His political views are Democratic. His adopted .daughter, Amanda Andrew, was married December 25, 1878, to Mr. Lawrence Winfield, who was born October 23, 1856, in Clinton County, and son of Joseph and Jane Winfield. They are the parents of two children, viz., Berths and Loran (deceased). Mr. Winfield is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and one of the rising young men of Clinton County.
MILES ANDREW, farmer, P.O. Ogden, was born May 31,1827, in Clinton County; was the son of James and Elizabeth Andrew, and brother of Eden Andrew, whose sketch appears in this work. He was reared on a farm until he reached his sixteenth year, at which time he began the trade of blacksmithing in the village of Sligo, followed this business about thirty years. In 1870, he bought a farm of ninety acre of land, located about one half-mile west of Ogden Village, and on which place he still resides. He was married January 3, 1850, to Miss Rebecca Liston, daughter of Job John and Priscilla Liston. To them have been born six children, viz., Jasper A., Sarah E.. Melzenia, Calvin, William S. and Grant. Mr. Andrew is a member of Friends' Society, a Republican, and justly entitled to the name of a worthy and patriotic citizen.
HIRAM COATE, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born September 8, 1815, in Miami County, Ohio; son of John and Esther Coate. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received but a limited education. He was married November 23, 1838, to Miss Rachel W. Painter, daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth Painter. Rachel W. was born in June, 1817. They are the parents of eight children, viz., Elizabeth, Elijah, Ephelia A., Alice S., Mercy A., Rebecca M., Hiram A., and one deceased. Mr. Coate is an ardent and consistent member of the Friends' Society. In 1869, he bought a farm of ninety-four acres, on which he at present resides, located about one mile northwest of Sligo Village. In Mr. Coate we find a gentleman well worthy the honor of representation in the history of Clinton County.
JAMES A. CRAIG, farmer, P. O. Clarksville, was born March 1, 1850, in Greene County, Ohio; son of Addison and Doretha Craig. He was reared on a farm, and received but a limited education. He was married, September 4, 1873, to Miss Charity Stanfield, born July 24, 1848, in Greene County. This union has been blessed with one child, Mary Esther. In 1875, he removed to Clinton County, Adams Township, to the farm which is at present occupied by him, located about one and one-halt' miles nearly west of Sligo Village. He is a member of the Friends' Society, a Republican, and the owner of seventy-four acres of land.
DAVID CURL, farmer, P. O. Ogden. Among the industrious, persevering and self-made men, there are few more worthy of representation in the annals of our county than the worthy subject of our sketch. Was born in Logan County, Ohio, July 20, 1814, when Ohio was comparatively a forest; his parents were among the early settlers of Logan County, and instilled into their boy that industry and determination to persevere, which were among the true elements that opened the highway to success; and with firmness of purpose and a brave heart, he began to provide for himself. His father, Samuel, was born October 11, 1789, in Virginia, and when he reached the years of manhood, married Susanna Painter. They were the parents of seven children, of whom five are living. Samuel died in 1823, October 15, and his wife departed this life March 17, 1819. David Curl was reared on a farm, which lot befell most of the young men of that early day; he received but little education, for in those early days educational advantages were very limited. His nuptials were celebrated March 22, 1837, at which time he led to the altar Miss Rebecca Coate, daughter of John and Esther Coate. This union has been blessed with seven children, five of whom are living. He is a member of the Friends' Society. In political matter, he is a Republican; he has served as Township Trustee of Adams Township for several years; he is the owner of 268 acres of land, acquired by his energy and perseverance.
PATRICK GROGAN, farmer, P. O. Ogden. We, as true born Americans, be-
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lieve there is no man so worthy the respect and admiration of his, fellow-men as the man who, by his industry and perseverance, makes his mark in the world, no matter what that aim may be, so long as it is honorable. Mr. Patrick Grogan was born in Ireland March 17, 1830, a son or Patrick and Jane Grogan, who were married in Ireland about the year 1839. They were the parents of eleven children. Patrick, Jr., was reared to man's estate on a farm, and received rather a limited education. In December 26, 1850, he married Miss Bridget Shaw, daughter of William and Sarah Shaw. Shortly after their marriage, they emigrated to America, sailing from the port of Liverpool, and after a voyage of about seven weeks landed in New Orleans. They then took passage, on a steamboat up the Mississippi and Ohio to Cincinnati. From Cincinnati they came on to Butler County, Ohio, where they lived several years, then removed to Clinton County, Vernon Township, where they also lived several years. In 1877, he 'bought the farm on which he is at present located, about two and a half miles south of Ogden Village. Mr. Grogan is the father of eleven children, nine of whom are living, viz., Mary J., Margaret, James, Michael, Sarah, Katie, Bessie, Anne and Thomas. Grogan has been successful in business transactions; for when they landed in New ' Orleans, he was taken sick, and was obliged to go to the city hospital, where, during his illness, he lost all he had brought with him, with the exception of a few articles of wearing apparel. The fact of his being the owner of 134 acres of land in Adams Township testifies to his industry and perseverance. Truly, such-s man is worthy a record in the annals of our county, and his success is a fair illustration of what the sturdy sons of Ireland have accomplished all over this free land, as well as in every clime where the flag of oppression no longer paralyses their energies and robs them of the fruits of their toil.
HARLAN H. HADLEY, farmer, P. O. Clarksville. Jonathan T. Hadley, the father of our subject, was born about the year 1793, in Chatham County, N. C. ; was the son of Simon and Elizabeth Hadley. Simon Hadley's ancestors emigrated originally from Ireland, and settled somewhere in Pennsylvania, when America still consisted of colonies. Jonathan T. Hadley was reared on a farm. In his early days, he received but a very limited education, but in after years he acquired considerable self-culture. On October 23, 1814, he left his native State and started on his journey for Ohio, arriving here November 10, of the same year. This remarkable journey of about 593 miles, was accomplished in about eighteen days; he having ridden the whole way on horseback, and during that time be was compelled many times to out his way through the woods and bushes. He came directly to Clinton County, and remained there the following winter. In the following summer of 1815, he raised a crop of corn on some of the land he had cleared. In July of that summer, he started back for his native State, completing the journey this time in about fifteen days, and on horseback, as before. On September 3, of the same year, he again started for the State of Ohio, taking with him nothing but his clothes, books, and a little money, and arriving in Clinton County on the 10th of October, completing the journey in about thirty-seven days. About one and one-half months after the date of his arrival, he married Miss Rebecca Harvey, daughter of Isaac and Lydia Harvey, who settled in Clinton County in the fall of 1806, and whose ancestors originally came from England. Isaac Harvey first settled on Todd's Fork, near where the Springfield Meeting-House is located. Jonathan T. Hadley was the father of nine children, six of whom are living, viz.: Lydia, Samuel, Simon, Deborah L., Milton, Harlan H.; and three deceased. After he arrived is Clinton County, he first erected a log-cabin, and began clearing off his land, which consisted of 150 acres, for which he paid about $2.50 per acre, in the clearing of which he endured a great many hardships and privations. He afterward kept adding to the land which he already possessed until by subsequent purchases he lead in his possession at one time about 1,000 acres of land. He was a member of the Friends' Society, and departed this life October 28, 1879. He was & man of remarkable ? energy and industrious habits; of decided character, and firmness of resolution; honorable and upright in his dealings with his fellow-men. In his death, Clinton County log one of her worthiest citizens. Harlan H. Hadley, son of Jonathan T., and sub-
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ject of oar sketch, was born October 21, 1835. He was reared to the years of manhood on a farm, and received but a limited education. In 1858, November 18, he married Miss Susie Kimbrough, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Kimbrough. They are the parents of five children, viz.: Ells, Atwell M., Isaac P., Horace A. and R. Edna. Harlan H. had left to him, by inheritance from his father, about 130 acres of land, located about two miles north of Clarksville, on which farm he is at present located, and by subsequent purchases has at present about 310 acres of land. For the last twenty-five years, he has been extensively engaged in stock-raising. He is a member of the Friends' Society. In 1862, he was elected Township Trustee, and served about nine years.
JAMES HADLEY, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born July 27, 1846, in Clinton County; is the son of Samuel L. and Mary J. Hadley. Samuel L. was born January 30, 1821, and son of Jonathan and Rebecca Hadley, who were among the early settlers of Clinton County. He was reared on a farm, received but a limited education, and married Miss Mary J. Harvey, daughter of Eli and Sarah Harvey. They are the parents of nine children, viz, James, Anselm, Calvin, Emma, Anna, Edwin William P., and three who are deceased. He is the owner of about one hundred and thirty acres of land in the southwestern portion of Adams Township, on which land heat present resides; is a member of the Friends' Society, and may well be classed among the worthy citizens of Adams Township. James, the subject of our present sketch, was reared on a farm, and attended a district school. When about twenty years of age, he attended, for two terms, the Spiceland Academy in Henry County, Ind., and subsequently attended a select school at the Springfield Meeting-House, taught by Mr. Calvin Pritchard, in Adams Township, under the control of the Friends' Society, and attended here a few months. On September 9, 1869, he married Miss Isabella A. Moore, daughter of John Haines and Ruth Moore. This union has been blessed with three children, viz., Edgar L., Alontie H. and Louie May. He received from his father, fifty acres of land about two miles west of Sligo, on the Lebanon Free Turnpike road, and by subsequent purchase has acquired a farm of eighty-nine acres of land, and, in 1871, erected thereon a fine new dwelling-house. He is a member of the Friends' Society. In his political views, he is a Republican. Mr. Hadley is a young man of whom Adams Township may well be proud, and well worthy a record in the annals of Clinton County.
WILLIAM P. HARVEY, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born November 16, 1828, in Clinton County. He was the son of Eli and Sarah Harvey. Eli Harvey was born March 9, 1803. His parents were among the earliest settlers on Todd's Fork. They emigrated from North Carolina at a very early day, and were very useful, both in the church and matters of worldly interests in their day. Eli was reared to manhood on a farm, and received a fair English education, such as could be obtained during those early days. He was one of those industrious, energetic men, who, in his humble way, helped to mold the future destiny of his county. He was a very stirring, useful man. He taught school several years, and did a great deal of surveying for the pioneers of his county. He held important offices of trust in both Church and State, from his earliest manhood until death. He was a member of the Friends' Society, and lived and died a devout and consistent Christian. He departed this life in 1872. In his death, Clinton County lost one of her worthiest citizens. William P. Harvey, the subject of our sketch, was reared on a farm, received a good English education, and was married in 1851 to Miss Ann Clawson, daughter of William Clawson. She died in 1853. In 1855, he married Miss Nancy Moore, daughter of Joshua and Nancy Moore, both of whom are deceased. This union has been blessed with seven children, viz., Sarah Ann, Willis M., Eli, Joshua, Seth, James and John (deceased). He is a member of the Friends' Society, for which religious body he officiates as a minister of the Gospel. He is, politically, a Republican, and the owner of 153 acres of land located near the village of Sligo.
AMOS HUFFMAN, Adams, was born near Edenton, Clermont Co., Ohio, on the 22d day of February, 1841. His father's name was Peter Huffman, son of Frederick Huffman, who emigrated from New Jersey with his family at an early day, and
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settled on Hunter's Run, near where West Woodville now is. His mother's name was Mary, daughter of Nathaniel Jordan, who came to Ohio from, at or near, Edenton, N. C. His mother died when he was five years of age, and his father survived his wife but three years, leaving three children, of whom Amos was the eldest. a few months after his father's death, and in accordance with his request, he made his home with and became a member of the family of James Scott, in the immediate vicinity of West Woodville. Here his boyhood days were pleasantly spent. Through winter months, he attended the village school near by, and the balance of the year he was engaged in labor upon the farm At the age of twenty, in August, 1861, he enlisted in the service of his country, and became a member of Company C, Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the company being commanded by Capt. W. T. Beatty, and the regiment by Col. L. A. Harris. He left Camp Dennison on the 24th day of September, 1861, his regiment being ordered to service in Eastern Kentucky, by the way of Paris, Mount Sterling and Mud Lick Springs to West Liberty, where it had its first engagement with the enemy, after a forced march of over forty miles. From here the regiment went to Prestonburgh, and soon after was engaged in the battle of Ivy Mountain. In December following, his regiment was transferred by way of the Big Sandy and Ohio Rivers to Louisville. The regiment was placed in Mitchell's command, and served under him until Buell's retreat to Louisville, in the fall of 1862. Leaving Louisville about the 1st of October, on the 8th of that month the regiment participated in the battle of Perryville, where it lost heavily in killed and wounded. Shortly after, his regiment was engaged in the sanguinary battle of Stone River, which lasted several days from the time the skirmishers first became engaged. Up to this time, Mr. Huffman had been constantly with his regiment, participating in all skirmishes and battles in which it had been engaged. On the morning of December 31, 1862, after McCook had been driven back on the right, Rousseau's division, of which the Second Ohio was a part, was ordered to the center, it having been in reserve. The brigade, of which the Second Ohio formed a part, was ordered to the support of the batteries on the elevation between the railroad and pike, and while so doing were charged on by the rebels in column by regiments. Here it was that Mr. Huffman fell, wounded in the left knee by a minnie ball. After the rebels were driven back, Corporal Huffman was carried off the battle-field to the field hospital, where his leg was amputated. Here he remained, suffering intensely, but slowly recovering, until the 8th of April, 1863, when he was discharged and sent home. The following winter, he attended school near Ogden, Clinton County, he at the time living in the family of and going to school to I. W. Quinby. Afterward, for about two years, he was engaged in mercantile pursuits at Ogden, in 1865, being elected Assessor of Adams Township. On the 16th day of October, 1866, Mr. Huffman was married to Kate W. Randall, daughter of John D. and Jane Randall, of Clermont County, and soon after became a resident of Wilmington. In August, 1867, at the Republican primary election, he was nominated for County Treasurer, and was elected to that office the following October. In 1869, he was again elected to the same office. After serving in this capacity for o terms of two years each, a constitutional provision forbidding another succeeding term, Mr. Huffman retired from the office, enjoying the confidence of all who knew him, and with the reputation of having made a faithful, competent and obliging officer. Having purchased a farm in Adams Township, about the time of the expiration of his term of office as County Treasurer, he soon after removed to the same, where he now resides, respected and esteemed by all who know him. His family consists of his wife and three children, two daughters and one son.
RODNEY JENKS, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born May, 1823, in Butler County, ,Ohio, the son of David and Thankful Jenks. David Jenks was born in Providence, R. I., October 23, 1790. He was reared on a farm, received bat a limited education, and was married July, 1812, to Miss Thankful Fish. In 1817, he emigrated with his We from Massachusetts-in which State he was living at that time to Ohio, in Hamilton 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 accompanying pioneer life, and died January 5, 1854. He was the father oŁ seven children by his first wife, three of whom are still living-Allen, Harriet and Rodney. His wife having 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 business 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 near 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 Hannah 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 Clinton 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 Clinton 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, daughter 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 emigrated 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 soldier; 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 offering, 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 Richmond, 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 clearing 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 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 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 erred 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 owed the business of a millwright, the greatest part of early life, in connection with farming duties. He was married, April 4, 1822, to Miss Elizabeth Hiatt, daughter Jesse and Martha Hiatt, who came from Grayson County, Va., in the spring of $10, and settled near Wilmington, Clinton County ; he is the father of nine children, whom six are living; his son, Jeremiah, our subject, was born October 14, 1827, in inton County; was reared to man's estate on a farm; received but a limited education. on. 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 an which 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 Elisabeth 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. Bangham. They are the parents of three children-Orah M., Anna B. and Estella E. Mrs. K 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 escaped from the rebel lines. He then made his way to Lexington, Ky. The greater part of the Sixty-ninth having been taken prisones 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-organising, 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 camp at Young's Point. They here re-organized, 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 subsequently was engaged in the battles of Champion Hill, Black River Bridge, Vicksburg, and the Red River expedition. On July 4, 1865, he was mastered 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. Baugham, 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, Rowena, 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. Harlan 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 McCune. William 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 occupied 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 vears 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 ber history. The subject of our present sketch, and oldest son of William and Ann McCune, 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 Hiram and Elizabeth Maltbie, of Warren County. In 1875, he bought a farm of 105 acres, located in the northwest part of Adams Township. He is a member of the Baptist 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 Elira W. Harlan, daughter oŁ 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, Clinton 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., William, Thomas, Maggie, James and Peter. Mr. Moran was to his children a kind and loving father, sad 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, Warren County, Clear Creek Township; is the son of Nathan and Mary Ann Mullin. He was reared on a firm; received but a limited education ; was married, September 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 supporting every enterprise which would be of interest to the county or township, and is the owner of 150 acres 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 married 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 southwest 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 Martha 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 1818, 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 pioneer, he, also, shared in the hardships 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 wiles 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 Delphina. He owned at one time about 1,600 acres of land to Ohio and Indiana. He 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, 18116, 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 Washington Townships.
ALFRED OSBORN, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born January 5, 1833, in Clinton 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 Trueblood, 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 religions 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 Clinton 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, 1881, to Mrs. Theodosia Hadley, widow of Eli N. Hadley, deceased. In 1834, he bought a farm of 165 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, 1848, 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 February 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, 1864, 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 honorable discharge, August, 1865. He then returned home, and on January 11, 1867, married Miss Anna E. Rayburn, born July 10, 1845, and daughter of Samuel and Susannah 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 the 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 received 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 moved 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 Wilmington, and is the owner of 180 acres of land.
WILLIAM PYLE, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born July 16, 1822, in Clinton County ; is the son of Jehu and Esther Pyle. Jehu was born December 25, 1794, in North Carolina; his parents first emigrated to Indiana, where they remained a few years, when they removed to Clinton County, Ohio, in 1818, and settled on Lytle's Creek, near where the village of Sligo is at present located ; he was married, February 24, 1830, to Miss Esther Stratton, daughter of Joseph and Dosia Stratton. This union has been blessed with eleven children, four of whom are still living. Mr. Pyle, in his younger days, endured some of the hardships and privations of pioneer life, and died January 19, 1859. William Pyle, the subject of our sketch, was reared to man's estate on a farm ; received but a limited education ; he was married, July 23, 1845, to Miss Rebecca Garner, daughter of William and Ann Garner.To them have been born six children, viz., Jehu E., Lindley D., John W., Joseph L., Mary, and (Esther A., deceased). In 1874, he bought the farm on which he is at present located, about one and a quarter miles southwest from Sligo Village; he is a member of the Friends' Society, a Republican, and the owner of eighty acres of land.
WILLIAM W. SHEPPARD, physician, Ogden. Among the worthy citizens of
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Clinton County we find but few who are more worthy of representation in the history of our county than the subject of our present sketch. William W. Sheppard was born March 20, 1821, in Wilmington, Clinton Co., Ohio. His parents were Levi and Sarah Sheppard. Levi Sheppard was born May 18, 1791, near Winchester; Va. He was the son of Jeffrey and Hannah Sheppard. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received but a limited education. On April 4, 1816, he married Miss Sarah Wilkin, daughter of John and Rachel Wilkin. He emigrated from Virginia to Clinton County, Ohio, about the year 1818; he first settled in the eastern end of Wilmington, which was but a small village in that day. In his youth, he learned the trade of a mason, and subsequently carried on the building business in Wilmington for more than fifty years. In the construction of the third jail in Wilmington for Clinton County, the contract for building the same was allotted to Levi Sheppard for $508. To Mr. Sheppard was also awarded the contract for building a structure to be occupied by the county offices in 1824. He was the father of three children, viz., William W., Lydia, married to Hiram Finley, of Wilmington, and Mary, deceased. Mrs. Sheppard died May 5, 1847. In 1854, he married Miss Lucinda Pavy, of Lexington, Ohio. In 1866, he moved to Mount Vernon, Ill., where he lived a retired life until his death, which occurred October 20, 1870, in the seventy-ninth year of his age. He was a consistent member of the M. E. Church, and died as he lived-a Christian. William W. Sheppard, the subject of our present sketch, was reared to manhood in Wilmington. He attended the first high school established in Wilmington, in which institution he completed a course of higher English education. When twenty-four years of age he began to read medicine with Dr. A. Jones of Wilmington, and in the fall of 1846 he attended the Ohio Medical University at Cincinnati. On December 23, 1847, he married Miss Elizabeth Biddel, born September 10, 1828, and daughter of Humphrey and Rachel Biddel. To them have been born three children, viz., Shotwell A., Levi H. and Rachel E. (deceased). In 1848, the Doctor removed to Sligo and began the practice of medicine. He practiced there about eighteen or twenty years, at the end of which time he removed to Mercer County, Ill., and located in the town of Millersburg, where he practiced about eighteen months. He then again removed to Sligo, Clinton Co., Ohio, where he first began to 'practice, and in which village he at present resides. Dr. Sheppard is one of the gentlemen who framed the petition in favor of having the territory now comprising Adams Township formed into said township. In 1880, he was elected President of the Clinton County Medical Association. Dr. and Mrs. Sheppard are members of the Friends' Society.
JOSEPH W. SLACK, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born May 23,1824, in Bucks County, Penn., son of Jacob and Susan Slack. Jacob Slack was born November 6, 1798, son of Joseph and Mary Slack. He was reared on a farm, in his early years. At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to his uncle Jacob Van Hart to learn the trade of boot and shoe making, remaining with him about five years. He afterwards carried on the business of boot and shoe making in connection with his farming, in Lower Wakefield Township, Penn. He was married to Miss Susan White, who bore unto him eight children-Joseph W., Heuston T. (married Miss May J. Brown), Sarah, (married to Daniel Wertz, of Northampton County, Penn.), Mary (married to Jacob Vanartsdalem , Caroline (married to James Slack) and three deceased. He was successful in business during life, and died May 4, 1837. His wife survived him some seventeen years, she having departed this life September 4, 1854. Joseph W. Slack, the subject of our sketch, was reared on a farm, and received but a limited education. When but sixteen years of age he began the trade of wagon-making, with his uncle Israel Roberts, of Bucks County, Penn.; worked for him about one year. He then was employed by Mr. James Fell, with whom he remained about five years, during which time he had managed to save about $60 in cash, and after quitting his employer he emigrated to Clinton County, Ohio, in 1846. He first came to the village of Sligo, where he was engaged in the wagon and carriage business for the fifteen years following. In September, 1862, he enlisted in the Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was mustered in at Camp Dennison. The Seventy-ninth was attached to the Army of the Cumberland un-
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der Gen. Rosecrans, afterwards re-organized and termed the Army of the Tennessee, under command of Gen. Sherman. He participated in the battles of Stone River, Resaca, Kenesaw, Peach Tree Creek, the fighting about Atlanta, the fighting in front of Savannah, Averysboro and Jonesboro. Shortly after the battle of Jonesboro, Richmond surrendered, whereupon the Seventy-ninth marched to Raleigh, which city they made their headquarters, until orders were received to proceed to Washington, D. C., where he was mustered out of the service, which occurred in June, 1865. He then returned to his home, and has followed farming and stock-raising up to the present time. In 1856, he bought, near Sligo, a farm of thirty acres, and by subsequent purchases has acquired a fine estate of 240 acres of land. He was elected Treasurer for Adams Township In 1870, and has served until the present time; has served as Township Trustee. He was elected County Commissioner in 1880, and is still officiating in that capacity. He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity, Lodge No. 52, Wilmington, Ohio.
JESSE THATCHER, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born January 8, 1815, in Wilmington, Clinton Co., Ohio, and is to-day the oldest man living in Clinton County who was born in Wilmington. He was the son of Thomas and Susannah Thatcher. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received but a limited education. His father died when be was but seven years of age, after which time he went to live with his grandfather, Joseph Stratton, on Lytle's creek, on the farm where Caleb Wood at resent resides. He lived with his grandfather about seven years, at the end of which time he again went to live with his mother, who had married Mr. William Hadley. He lived with her until he was twenty years of age, at which time he married Miss Martha Reynard, daughter of Adam and Catherine Reynard. This event occurred April 3, 1835. Martha Reynard was born February 23, 1817. This union has been blessed with thirteen children-Thomas, by profession a lawyer, at present in Colorado, and at one time Judge of Probate for Warren County, with head-quarters at Lebanon; Milton, Jesse, Ruth, Lydia E., Martha E., Dosia E. and six who are deceased. After living in different parts of the County for about fifteen years, Mr. Thatcher finally. removed to the farm at present occupied by him, on Todd's Fork, Adams Township. He is a member of the Friends. His wife also is a member of the Friends' Society, and is esteemed as an earnest, consistent Christian lady.