AARON BENEDICT, farmer; P. O. Bennington, is the second son of William Benedict, who came from Peru Tp., Essex Co., New York, and settled in Peru Tp., (then Delaware Co.) in 1812. Aaron was born in the year 1817, and was one of the first persons born in Peru Tp. He has twice been married, his first wife being Caroline Dague, his second, Louisa M. Meeker. The children by the first marriage, are as follows: Adessa, Linton, Margaret Jane, (Wyman deceased), Direxa, Lester P., William, Frederick, and Addison, deceased. By the last marriage there is but one child Preston Benedict. By occupation Mr. Benedict is a farmer, uniting many and varied characteristics. For fifteen years he has applied himself assiduously to the propagation of bees, especially the Italian bee, queens of which variety he has sent to all parts of the Union, and was the first party who was able to send !an Italian queen to the Sandwich Islands alive and in good condition. He has a particular penchant for the breeding and rearing of wild animals and fowls, especially the American wild turkey, and at the date of this writing, there is in his hands an order from California for a pair of these fowls, to be shipped thence. As a woodsman, Aaron has always been considered in the foremost rank, and recognized by his associates as the most expert of hunters, possessing in an eminent degree, even from boyhood, a knowledge of the habits of the game which he sought to capture. He is a member of the Society of Friends, the oldest church organization in the township.
THEODORE K. BENEDICT, farmer; P. O. Bennington. Theodore, as were his ancestors, is a member of the Society of Friends; a man of modern ideas and notions of reform; a farmer by preference, and strongly attached to his business; he is sparing neither pains nor expense in rendering his home pleasant and attractive; he is a cattle dealer and breeder, and enjoys the business more than any other branch of stock raising; he cultivates music in his household, discourses on the questions of public policy, and allows himself a wider range for reflection than has hitherto usually been accorded to, or by, the society of which he is a member. He is a good, reliable, intelligent, and hospitable citizen a business man and useful citizen who lives in the enjoyment of his family. His parents were Ezra Benedict, born in the State of New York, June 21, 1803, and Miss Ruth Gridley, born in Saratoga, Saratoga Co., New York, July 3, 1807, and were married Oct. 4, 1827, in Peru Tp. Theodore was born June 6, 1835, in Lincoln Tp., Morrow Co. His wife, Susan H. King, was born in Franklin Co., Ohio, June 27, 1837, and on the 18th day of November, 1856, they became man and wife. Mrs. Benedict's parents were the Rev. Win. King, and Mary Ann Eastwood, of Columbus, Mr. King being a resident of Franklinton. Theodore's family is as follows: Ruth Millicent, born Aug. 25,1858; George, Dylwin, Aug. 1, 1860, and died Aug. 30, 1865; William H., born March 28, 1863; Mary Lillian, Nov. 2, 1866; Reuben G., Sept. 29, 1870.
JAMES
ALANSTON "Lant" BROWNING was born on Feb 5 1862 in Hartford Twp., Licking
Co., Ohio. He died on Apr 4 1930 in Fulton, Morrow Co., Ohio. He was buried in
Fulton, Morrow Co., Ohio. He was married to Catherine "Kate" CHAMBERS
on Aug 21 1883 in Delaware Co., Ohio. 1920 census living on West Main St.,
Fulton, Morrow Co., Ohio They owned their home with a mortgage. Catherine
"Kate" CHAMBERS was born in Jul 1861.
ISADORA
"Dora" BROWNING
was born on Oct 24 1863 in Hartford Twp., Licking Co., Ohio. She died on Nov 2
1911 in Fulton, Morrow Co., Ohio. She was buried on Nov 5 1911 in Fulton, Morrow
Co., Ohio. NEWSPAPER CLIPPING; IZA DORA (ISADORA)(BROWNING) MULVAIN died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Bert Potts, Thursday, November 2, 1911, at 3 p.m.,
aged 48 years and 8 days. She was the daughter of H.A. and M.J. Browning, and
was born in Licking County, October 24, 1863. She was united in marriage with
David O. Mulvain, November 7, 1879, in Richwood, Ohio, where the first ten years
of their wedded life were spent. They then moved to Henry County, and later to
Fulton, until a little over a year ago she, with her family, moved to South
Woodbury where she gained many warm friends. When but a small girl she gave her
heart to the Lord and has remained steadfast in her allegiance to the Church.
She read her Bible daily and found strength at the throne of grace to bear her
suffering which was intense; she never murmured, but trusted in the Allwise God
at all times. Sdhe leaves in deep sorrow her husband, three sons, two daughters,
three grandchildren, five brothers, two sisters and many near relatives and
friends to mourn their loss, but we do not mourn as those who have no hope. She
was a devoted wife and mother, always ministering to the wants of others.
Funeral services were held Sunday morning, conducted by Rev. Boroff. We have
lost our darling mother; She has gone to live in heaven, And her form is lost to
view; Oh, That dear one, how we loved her; Oh, how hard to give her up.
BIOGRAPHIES:
some from L.H. Baskins , The History
of Morrow & Delaware Counties, Ohio 1880.
GEORGE N.
CLARK,
Vice-President of the Morrow County Batik, Mt. Gilead; was born in Boardman Tp.,
Trumbull, now Mahoning Co., Ohio, March 24, 1814, and like others at that early
period, had few facilities for acquiring- art education; he lived at home on the
farm until he was 24 years of age, and March 22, 1838, he married Miss Mary A.
Lowry; she was born in the same county. After his marriage he moved to Portage
Co., where he farmed one year, and in the spring of 1839 he came to Woodbury,
Delaware, now Morrow Co., and engaged in the general merchandise business, which
he continued there for twenty-six years, serving as Postmaster for twenty-two
years of that time; also, in 1851 he was elected on the Democratic ticket the
first Representative of this county, to the Ohio Legislature, and served for two
terms, it being the first session of the new constitution. July 18, 1862, he was
appointed Adjutant of the 96th 0. V. I., and served with that command for eight
months, when, owing to disabilities, he received his discharge. In 1864 he came
to Mt. Gilead and served as County Auditor for four years, since which time he
has been Superintendent of the County Infirmary for three and one-half years,
and has also been identified with several of the business interests of this
place. July 18, 1876, Mr. Clark was called to mourn the death of his wife; they
had five children, of whom four are Living - Cyrus C., Augustine, Alice M. and
Samuel C. In Feb. 1880, the Morrow County National Bank was organized, with Mr.
Clark as Vice-President, and began business March 22, following. In early times
when in business at Woodbury, Mr. Clark had his goods hauled by wagon from
Sandusky, and in other ways participated in the comforts of pioneer life.
IRA & LUCY
H. (Humiston) CLAY (by Paul
Clay):
A.V. CONKLIN, M.D., a leading citizen of Troy Township, were he owns a valuable farm, 100 acres of land, well-improved and under thorough cultivation, has been prominently identified with the Eclectic School of Medicine, in Ohio, since he received his degree in 1860. He assisted to organize the Ohio State Eclectic Society and was its first vice-president, and served also as the president of that important medical body. Dr. Conklin belongs to an old pioneer family of the State. He was born in Morrow County, Ohio, November 21, 1832, and is a son of Jacob and Orra (Payne) Conklin. The parents of Dr. Conklin were of new England birth, his father coming from Vermont and his mother from Connecticut. Jacob Conklin was a soldier in the War of 1812, and after its close, in 1814, he settled first in Delaware County, Ohio, and later moved to that section which became Morrow County, where he died in 1875. Dr. Conklin was reared in Morrow County and enjoyed educational advantages at Mt. Hesper Seminary, following which he taught school for some years, in this way providing for his own professional education. He taught school for some years, in this way providing for his own professional education. He was graduated form the Eclectic Medical Institute at Cincinnati, in 1860, and practiced subsequently at Waldo and at South Woodbury, in 1875 coming to Delaware County. For many years Dr. Conklin was one of the leading medical practitioners in this section and few men are better known. Public affairs and local good government have claimed his attention, in the light of good citizenship, and he has long been identified with the Republican party, with strong views in favor of temperance. On November 12, 1861, Dr. Conklin was married to Maria Hull, who was born in Marion County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Nathaniel and Nancy (Wyatt) Hull, both of whom died in Marion County. Dr. and Mrs. Conklin have two children: Prof. Edwin G., Ph. D., a member of the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, filling the chair of Biology; and Eva C., who married Charles Page, residing at Columbus, Ohio. Dr. and Mrs. Conklin are members of the Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, at Delaware. He is identified with several leading fraternities and has been an Odd fellow since a856 and a Mason for about 37 years. Page 358
DR. ABRAHAM VIRGIL CONKLIN was born in 1832, in Westfield, Ohio. He is a son of Jacob Conklin, a soldier of 1812, under General McArthur. He received his education in the common schools, and at Mt. Hesper Seminary. After ten years of school teaching, he learned telegraphy, and was employed at Wooster and other places for some years. In 1866 he graduated in the Eclectic Medical Institute at Cincinnati, Ohio. He located near his old home and began the practice at Delaware, Ohio, and afterward moved to Waldo, Marion County. After a short time, he moved to South Woodbury, Morrow County, and in a few years located in the country near Delaware, where he now lives. Years of hard labor have told upon him, and after nearly four score years he has retired from work.
The following is from 20TH CENTURN HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY, OHIO AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS by James R. Lytle, published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, in 1908.
H. C. DAVISON, M. D., was born in Morrow County, Ohio, September 25, 1839. He was educated in his native State, and at the age of seventeen began reading medicine at South Woodbury, Ohio, and subsequently took a course at Ohio Medical College. At the age of twenty-one years he came to Blackford County, locating at Trenton. In 1870 he attended the Indiana Medical College, and in 1877 became a resident of Hartford City. Doctor Davidson was Assistant Surgeon in the Fifty-fourth Indiana Infantry during the war of the Rebellion. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
Source: Biographical and Historical Record of Jay and Blackford Counties, Indiana by The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887
John G. Doty
JOHN
G. DOTY
History of Morrow County page 894.
History of Morrow County page 894.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
DOTY. History of Morrow County page 894-5. George Washington Doty, brother
of the last two above named, enlisted June 2, 1862, at Ashley, Ohio, and was
mustered into service to take effect the same day as a private of Company C,
85th Ohio Infantry Volunteers, to serve three months. He was appointed sergeant
June 11, 1862, and was mustered out with the company as sergeant September 23,
1862. He again enlisted October 16, 1862, at Camp Chase, Ohio, and October 28,
1862, was mustered into service as a corporal of Company C, 88th Ohio Infantry
Volunteers, to serve three years. He was appointed sergeant in August 1863, and
was mustered out as a sergeant February 4, 1864, at Columbus, Ohio, by reason of
appointment as second lieutenant, 27th United States Colored Troops. June 5,
1864 he was promoted to first lieutenant of Company G of that regiment. He was
discharged from the service as a first lieutenant on tender of resignation
accompanied with a surgeon's certificate of disability, in order from the War
Department dated April 20, 1865. His aggregate term of service was two years,
nine months and thirteen days.
JOSEPHUS F.
DOTY
was born March 16, 1843, at South Woodbury, Morrow Co., Ohio; in the spring of
1857, he went to Ashley to learn the blacksmith trade with S. B. Morehouse ; in
the winter of 1858, and until the fall of 1860, he attended school at Mount
Hesper, in Morrow Co.; the following winter taught school in Delaware Co., Ind.
In the spring of 1861, he returned to Ashley, and upon the first call for troops
enlisted as a private May 1, 1861, in Co. C, 26th O. V. L, under Capt. Jesse
Meredith, and was made Corporal at the organization of the company, and promoted
to Sergeant after the battle of Stone River, where he was slightly wounded. On
the 20th of September, 1863, at the battle of Chickamauga, he received two
wounds ; one of the balls he still carries in his body; being unable to perform
service in the field, during the winter of 1863-64, he was on recruiting service
at Todd Barracks, at Columbus, Ohio. In April, 1864, he joined his regiment,
when he was made color-bearer, and served as such during the Atlanta campaign.
July 25, 1864, he was discharged, having served three years and three months,
lacking five days. On the 11th of April, 1865, he again enlisted in the 9th U.
S. V., under Maj. Gen. Hancock, and on the d 16th, arrived at Washington, D. C.
On the 8th of the following June, he was appointed First Sergeant of Co. B, and
on the 10th day of July, Sergeant Major of the regiment, and on the 17th day of
same month was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the regiment, and promoted to
First Lieutenant the 1st of the following November. The 24th of March, 1866, he
was appointed by the Secretary of War Regimental Quartermaster of the same
regiment, having served as such from the December previous by special order. The
2d of May, 1866, he was mustered out of the United States service, and settled
at Ashley, Ohio. On the 20th day of August, 1865, while in the service, he was
married to Miss Millie Baxter.
Also listed in
History of Morrow County page 895. “ a younger brother of the four last
above”
HARRISON
DOTY, runs a
planing mill in Ashley; was born at Woodbury, Delaware Co., Ohio, Nov. 6, 1840;
when 14 years old, he became an apprentice of H. L. Cross, at Ashley, Ohio,
learning the wagon-maker's trade ; in 1858, he purchased an interest in Lincoln
Township, Morrow Co., where he remained until August, 1862, when he enlisted in
Co. C, 96th O. V. I, and entered the army of the Mississippi; he was in the
battles of Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post ; in 1863, he was placed on detached
duty, and given charge of a saw-mill to saw lumber for pontoon bridges for
crossing the swamps west of Vicksburg ; he was at the battle of Port Gibson, and
helped to construct the floating bridge over Bayou Pear, from the
dwelling-houses of Port Gibson, and was at the battles of Champion Hills, Black
River Bridge ; the charge of Vicksburg from 11 A. M. to sunset ; he also
participated in the siege and capture of that place; at the battle of Grand
Chateau he was taken prisoner, and was held fifty-three days; he afterward took
part in the capture of Forts Gaines and Morgan, at the mouth of Mobile Bay, and
unfurled the first regimental colors in front of the last-named fort ; he was
with Gen. Banks up Red River ; his brigade fought in the last engagement of
infantry at Whistle Station. In July, 1866, he married Miss Phoebe Benedict, who
died in December, 1870, leaving one son. Dec. 21, 1871, he married Miss M. E.
Carpenter, and in 1873 moved to Ashley, and engaged in the saw and planing mill
business. His parents were of the first pioneers of Delaware. Co. He is a member
of the Presbyterian Church.
RILEY DOTY
Obituary: December 21, 1909. Delaware Gazette:
Riley Doty was born in Harmony Twp., Delaware Co., OH (now Morrow Co.) February 13, 1825, died at his home at Leonardburg, Ohio, December 15, 1909, aged 84 yr 10 mo 2 da. He was the son of Stephen W. and Nancy Gardner Doty, and the last surviving member of a family of nine children. His grandfather Stephen W. Doty, put up a grist mill on Alum Creek, near Woodbury, when Riley was 14 yr. of age. Ar the age of 19 he was united in marriage to Mary Ann Gardner. They became parents of five children all of whom had proceeded him to the spirit world. After his marriage he moved to Stantontown, where he operated the Randolph mill for six years. He moved to Woodbury, and while living there he went each season for three years to Iowa to set up and operate saw mills for a Mt. Vernon, OH, firm. He moved to Stiners's Corners in Morrow Co, where he and his brother, Harrison Doty and Henry Stiners operated a mill. While here his wife died. He removed to Leonardsburg and purchased a mill form Isarel Potter, which he operated until about two years ago. January 1, 1867, he was untied in marriage to Noami Elizabeth Brenizer. They became the parents of one son, Josephus Doty, who cared for his father during his long illness. Mr. Doty was actively engaged in the anti-slavery movement. He was a member of the Universalist church for about 60 years. During the civil war Mr. Doty was one of the militia of the state called to Cincinnati to protect the city from the Morgan raiders. Those called out were armed with such guns as they might possess, and were afterwards spoken of as the Squirrel Hunters. The end came December 15th. The funeral services were conducted at the home by Rev. J.R. Gardner, interment in Ashley Cemetery.
(PAC Notes 2008) I have changed the A. to W. in both Stephen Doty's names. Also the defence of Cinncinati was because of Kirby Smith's raid.
ALVA
FROST, b. July 19, 1808, Carmel, Putnam Co. , NY; d. June 30, 1867,
Hustiford, Dodge Co. Wisconsin; m. PERMILLA BEARD, 1829, South Woodbury, Ohio;
b. January 07, 1809, New York; d. May 06, 1883, Dassel, Meeker Co. MN.
REUBEN
B. GARDNER,
farmer; P. O. Bennington; grand-son of John Gardner, who was born Aug. 5, 1759,
in Scotland, was a soldier under Lord Cornwallis, and surrendered by him Oct.
19, 1781. Settled in the District of Columbia; in 1800 came to Zanesville, Ohio,
thence to Delaware in 1812, or what is now Morrow Co., Ohio, purchasing the
lands of one Munson, one of the very earliest settlers in Peru. His son, Robert
Gardner, who was born Nov. 20, 1792, in the city of Washington, D. C., emigrated
with his father to the Buckeye State, and in 1816, July 1st, married Polly
Benedict, who was born in the State of New York, June 11, 798. They had the
following children: Nelson, born Aug. 9th, 1817; Sarah, Feb. 23, 1819; Reuben,
June 18, 1820; Anna, March 23, 1822; Rebecca, Sept. 4, 1823; Phebe J., March 22,
1825; James, born. Nov. 23, 1826, and died same year. Hannah C., born Nov. 15,
1833. December 8th, 1853, the nuptials of Reuben Gardner and Hannah O. Wilson
were celebrated by the Rev. Win. King. Hannah's birthday occurred Sept. 3, 1831;
she was therefore over 10 years his junior. Their family names are-Alice
Eugenia, born Aug. 3 1854, and died Oct. 24. 1878: Albert Nelson, born Feb. 4,
1859; Eva Bell, May 10, 1863; Nevada Alaska, Oct. 4, 1870. Cora Alaska, his
grand-child, and whose home is with her grand-father Reuben, was born May 8,
1875. On the 18th day of Feb., 1866, Eva Bell died, making two deaths, that have
occurred in Reuben's family. By occupation Reuben Gardner is a farmer, but
largely engaged in stock-raising, the buying and selling of stock, etc. He has
held the office of Township Trustee for 12 years, Trustee of Church and
Parsonage, School Director for 20 years, Treasurer of the Odd Fellows Society
for 3 years, with numerous other trusts. In religious opinions he is of the
Methodist Episcopal caste. A member of that church. In his agricultural
purposes, sheep husbandry forms his strongest bias, and that of cattle his next,
and one thing must always be observable with regard to him, and that is his
remarkable power to remember names and dates.
WASHINGTON GARDNER, farmer; P. O., Cardington; was born in Muskingum Co., O., Nov. 2, 1814; son of John and Elizabeth (Groves) Gardner. His father was born near Paisley, in Scotland, and came to America during the Revolutionary War; he was a soldier in that war. He was born in 1750, and our subject's mother was born in Pennsylvania, in 1769, and her parents were born in Holland. Mr. Gardner is the youngest of a family of twelve children; there are only four of the family now living. His parents came to Morrow Co., O., in a very early day; they settled in Peru Tp., there being only three or four families in the township at the time they came. His father died in Feb., 1836; and his mother in 1847. He was raised on a farm, and resided with his parents until their deaths; he received a common school education; was married in 1847 to Mary Wiseman, whose parents came to Morrow Co. from Crawford Co., in about 1843; they were natives of Pennsylvania. She was born March 6, 1828; her father was born in about 1783, and mother in 1795. From this union there were nine children, five being dead, those living are Zachary, Winfield S., Maggie A., Albert, John F., Lola M., Oscar M., Mary A., Nellie R. Mr. Gardner began business for himself entirely upon his own resources, and all that he has was made by himself. He served eleven months in the late war, enlisted July 25, 1861, in the 26th 0. V. I., Co. G; was discharged June 16, 1862. He and his wife are members of the U. B. Church.
JESSE S. HARKNESS, teacher, Bennington was born in Cheshire Co., N. H.. July 27, 1813, and Sept. 21, 1841, married Cynthia H. Tabor, of Bedford, Canada East, who on the 14th day of Jan., 1818, was born in Addison Co., Vermont. In the fall of 1842 they arrived in that part of Marion Co., now included in Morrow, and for six ensuing months taught school to-ether in the house of Samuel Peasley. In the spring of 1842 moved to Aden Benedict's house, teaching meanwhile in the old brick church belonging to the Society of Friends, which stood near by. In 1844' they began the erection of the present college building, which was not completed and occupied until in 1845, when it was dedicated under the name of Hespermount Seminary. The school first opened in connection with the district school, and under the most favorable auspices, the scholars from the district attending, and the funds from the state being applied therefor, and one week was the longest vacation which occurred for twenty years, making an average of four terms per annum. In consequence of ill health, Mr. Harkness was forced to discontinue the school for five years, since which but three terms per annum have been held. For many years the average attendance was from 40 to 75 scholars, and the real maximum was an attendance of 109 scholars. It has been of inestimable value to the citizens in the immediate vicinity and surrounding country. The school will be treated in its appropriate place in the history of the township. It has been a source of profit to the originators. Being from 'New Hampshire, Mr. Harkness of course would have his marked New England proclivities, and very naturally turned his attention to the importation of the so-called Vermont fine sheep, and their introduction into Morrow Co., and to him is mainly due much of the improvement see n in the country in sheep husbandry. He was the first to introduce steam as a motor into Peru Tp., and which he for three years employed in the manufacture of spokes and hubs, for wagons and carriages. He also completed wagons and carriages for sale Jesse S. Harkness has never had any children of his own, yet with true magnanimity, he has reared and educated many poor and indigent children, and in many cases has admitted such to the privileges of the seminary, free. The children thus cared for embrace all ages, from twenty months to thirteen years of age. And thus the advantages of home, parents, Christian training and education, have inured to these unfortunates through this individual instrumentality. He is a member of the Quaker Society, and a man of advanced ideas, but in educational matters, or matters of finance and sound political economy, he is somewhat radical. Hespermount Seminary lies about one mile south of the village of South Woodburg, and the Ashley and Marengo Road.
James R. Hubbell
HUBBELL, JAMES RANDOLPH, a Representative from Ohio; born in Lincoln Township, Delaware County, Ohio, July 13, 1824; attended the common schools; taught school at Woodbury, Ohio; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice at London, Ohio; moved to Delaware, Ohio, and continued the practice of law; member of the State house of representatives in 1849, 1858, 1859, 1862, and 1863 and served as speaker in 1863; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1867); appointed by President Johnson as Minister to Portugal, but his nomination was not confirmed; resumed the practice of law; served in the State senate in 1869; resigned for the purpose of accepting the Democratic nomination for Congress; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in 1870 to the Forty-second Congress; died at the home of his son in Bellville, Ohio, on November 26, 1890; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery, Delaware, Ohio.
OBIT: Dec.3,1890 Delaware Gazzette :states he had 4 sons and 3 daughters Hon. James R. Hubbell part of article. On Wednesday evening at six o'clock, November 26, A.D., 1890, at the residence of his son, R.J. Hubbell, at Bellville, Richland county, Ohio, departed this life one of Delaware county's best known citizens, the Hon. James R. Hubbell, whose remains were brought to our city to be interred in Oak Grove Cemetery, beside his wife, Mary, and two sons, Shadrach and Thomas C., whose sad demise and irreparable loss to him some twenty or more years ago had much to do in shaping the destinies of a character susceptible to the emotions and mutatations of a kindly and generous nature. James Randolph Hubbell was born in Lincoln township, then in Delaware county, on the 13th day of July, in 1824. His father Shadrach Hubbell, was a native of the state of New York, and his mother, Rebecca Randolph Hubbell, a native of Green county, state of Pennsylvania. They were married in the year 1821 and had eight children, all of whom are deseased except Hiram Hubbell, living in Ross county, Ohio and Mrs. Susan E. Hipple, living in this city. Shadrach Hubbell was a farmer, and his son, James R., had the usual experience and opportunities of a boy of the early settlers. When a lad of but 12 years of age he was engaged in carrying the United States mail on horse-back from Woodbury to Delaware on the roads that were then almost impassable. He obtained all the advantages of a common school education, and himself became a teacher at Woodbury when about 17 years of age. Among his teachers were men who afterward became prominent citizens, and of whom he often spoke in the highest terms of praise. The late Auditor of Delaware County, Charles Neil, now deseased, was one who taught a select school at "Cherry Grove", near Eden, whose thorough knowledge of the common branches and whose mathematical genius left its impress upon the mind of his student. Mr. Hubbell read law with Hon. Thomas W. Powell, of Delaware, and was admitted to the Bar at London, Ohio, June 5, 1845, afterward established an office in Delaware, and had a successful and lucrative practice for many years, and accumulated a handsome fortune, at one time owning a farm of three hundred acres of the best land in Brown township, where himself and family often spent the summer months. He married Mary, one of the daughters of Ralph Longwell, of Brown township, a farmer and one of the first settlers their. And the farmer's son and the farmer's daughter never quite forgot their early love of home in the country, and hence their oft repeated moves from the city to summer on the farm, where the family all seemed to enjoy themselves to the fullest extent, and especially Mr. Hubbell, who loved the surroundings that furnished an opportunity for those quiet reveries in which he loved to indulge and are beautifully expressed in some lines of his favorite and often repeated poem:
THE MANSFIELD HERALD: 04 December 1890, Vol. 41, No. 3. The funeral of James R. Hubbell, who died at Bellville Wednesday night, took place Friday. Interment was had at Delaware. Submitted by Amy
F. M. JAMES, farmer; P. O., Bennington; was born in Virginia, Feb. 6, 1823; son of David and Charlotte James; the father was a native of Virginia, and the mother of Maryland; they came to Morrow Co. in 1836, where they resided until their death-the father May 24, 1858, and the mother Sept. 19, 1869. Mr. James' youth was spent at home, and at the age of 19 he went to learn the wagon-makers' trade-a business he followed for about ten years, after which he purchased a farm in Lincoln Tp., and has been following farming and stock-growing since. He was married about 1844, to Miss Anna Barnard, whose parents were natives of Vermont, and came to Ohio about 1836, and are both living. From their marriage they have three children-Elizabeth, George B. and Edmund. Mr. James owns a farm of 100 acres, most of which he cleared and improved; he has resided in Lincoln Tp., about thirty-one years; previous to coming here he lived in Peru Tp. twelve years, making 43 years in the county; being but a wilderness at the time of settlement, they have seen it improved to its present civilized condition. Mrs. James is a daughter of Edmund and Laura Barnard; she is the eldest of a family of seven children. Mr. and Mrs. James are members of the M. E. Church.
SAMUEL LEVERING, farmer; P. O. Ashley; the grandfather of Samuel Levering was Griffith Levering, a ship carpenter in Philadelphia; his grandmother was Hannah Griscom. His son, Thomas Levering, was born in Philadelphia in 1781, and Thomas' wife, Rachel Ann Schofield, was born in North Carolina, in 1798; their marriage occurred in December, 1814, after which they resided in Washington City, D. C., engaged in the grocery business. In 1832 Thomas came to Ohio, and located on lands purchased from Jacob Van Deventer (a still earlier pioneer), near the site of West Liberty. The same year Thomas purchased five quarter sections, whose titles bore the signature of General Andrew Jackson. In 1839 he again went east, locating in Cecil Co., Md., until 1847, when he again came to Ohio. Thomas Levering had two sons, Griffith and Samuel. Griffith born Aug. 10, 1818; Samuel born Sept. 22, 1828, in the City of Brotherly Love. Samuel, the subject of this sketch, settled on what was known as the Joseph Keane farm, in 1850, and the next year made additional purchases. On the 20th of Nov., 1852, he married Miss Ada R. Hathaway, born Jan. 13, 1830, near Milan, Erie Co., Ohio. Samuel has the following children-Rachel Ella, Thomas Henry, a teacher in the Industrial Boarding School, Wyandotte Mission, Indian Territory; Mary Alice, Clara Maria, Laura Letitia, Susanna Matilda, Jennie Eva, Fanny Esther, Ralph Griffith and George Canby. Rachel Ella is the Principal in Alum Creek Academy. In 1856 Samuel erected the stately family mansion he now occupies, he himself being a carpenter by trade. He is an extensive farmer and stock breeder, especially of fine Durham cattle and fine wooled sheep, the latter of which he handles in large quantities. He has paid unusual attention to family education, several members of his family being graduates. He also, in connection with Dr. Townsend, has erected and put into successful operation Alum Creek Academy, which, however, will be treated of in the history of the township at large. He has bestowed great care and expense in beautifying his grounds and surroundings, rendering Sunny Slope, (the name of his home) one of the most attractive in the country. He is a devoted member of the Society of Friends, a church organization which has existed in his locality from the earliest settlement.
JOHN McCONICA, farmer; P. O., Marengo; was born Feb. 4, 1824. His father, James, was born about 1795, in Ireland, and when young engaged in weaving, and in 1811 came to New York, and thence to Trumbull Co., Ohio, and soon afterward enlisted in the war of 1812, in which he remained until the close, and then came to Delaware Co., Ohio, where he was engaged by the month; he was married in 1820, to Hannah, daughter of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Collins) Hubbell; she was born in 1804. They settled on the farm now owned by Jacob Long, of this township, and here the mother of our subject died in 1836; she was the mother of seven children - Benjamin, deceased; John, Elizabeth, Nancy, Alfred, Angeline and Hannah. The father then put the children out, among relatives, and repaired to Illinois, and lived a single and lonely life until 1870, when he died. Himself and wife were active members of the Methodist Church. John- learned tailoring and continued at the same for some time, and then clerked for awhile for G. N. Clark, at South Woodbury. He then merchandised at Galion for some time, under the firm name of Hubbell & McConica. He was married in 1851 to Refilla, a daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Madden; she was born Feb. 27, 1830. They settled in Lincoln Tp., and during the same year he bought 84 acres of land of J. Wiseman; he has also 100 acres in Harmony Tp., upon which he resides. He had six children, two of whom are dead. The living are-Wilbert L., married Luella Gardner; Thomas H., Charles C.; Minnie M. married William Fulton. He has served a full share of township offices; is a member of Mt. Gilead Lodge, F. and A. M. Mr. McConica is the architect of his own fortune. He bought and traded stock for many years, in which he was successful, as all are who attend strictly to business. His brother Alfred studied medicine with Dr. I. H. Pennock, and attended the Starling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio.
E. B.
MOSHER, M. D., physician and surgeon, Sunbury ; is a son of David and Phoebe (Buck)
Mosher. His father was born in NewYork about 1811, and came to Ohio when young;
was a farmer and stockraiser. His mother was a daughter of Edward Buck, of New
York, who came to Morrow Co., Ohio, when young, where she was born about 1813.
They had nine children ; but six survive. Theodore was also a physician, and was
killed by lightning while on the way home from visiting a patient. His father
was in the buggy, by his side, when his son and the horse were both killed
almost instantly. Mr. Mosher was born June 30, 1837, in Morrow Co.; at the age
of 2, his parents moved to Knox Co., Ill.. and was there five years ; they then
returned to Morrow Co., and engaged in farming; when 17, he attended school at
Mt. Hesper, Ohio; after ward attended the Wesleyan University at Delaware one
year; he then taught one term of school, near Ashley; in 1853, he began reading
medicine with Dr. I. H. Pennock, of South Woodbury, Ohio, and continued three
years ; in 1856, he attended one term of lectures at the Starling Medical
College at Columbus; then practiced medicine at Ashley until the war broke out.
In August, 1861, he enlisted in the 15th O. V. I., as hospital steward ; the
first eighteen months he was with the regiment, after which he engaged on the
hospital train for four months ; he then went before the Medical Board of
Surgeons and was commissioned as Surgeon, and assigned to the 172d O. V. I.,
where he remained until his time expired ; he then returned to Ohio, and began
practicing at Olive Green, until 1870, when he attended lectures at Louisville,
Ky., where he graduated in 1871, returning then to Olive Green; in 1873, he
settled in Sunbury, where he has a lucrative practice. Was married in September,
1857, to Martha Liggett, a daughter of Alexander and Sarah Liggett, of Ohio ;
she was born in 1839 ; they have four children-Cora B., married G. K. Sharp;
Myrtle L., Minnie I., Gracie M.
Isaac H. Pennock Letter of recommendation written for Albert E. Westbrook.
1862
ISAAC H. PENNOCK, banker; Cardington; was born in Columbiana Co., O., Aug. 16, 1825 ; his parents, William and Abigail (Welch) Pennock, were natives of Pennsylvania, the mother coming from the "Quaker City, " and the father from Chester Co. They were of English descent, and held with their ancestors to the religious tenets of the followers of Win. Penn. The offspring of William and Abigail Pennock were one son-Isaac H., and five daughters, all of whom are now living, as is the mother, at an advanced age, attesting to the vigor and vitality of the o inal stock. The Pennocks came to Ohio while it was yet a part of the great Northwest Territory. John Pennock, the grandfather, built the first mill in that portion of the State now known as Columbiana Co. William Pennock, the father, was also a mill-wright and a successful business man. he departed this life in 1847. Isaac H. Pennock spent his early years in the schools of his native village, and at the age of fifteen years began the study of medicine at Marlborough, in Stark Co., O. He was a diligent and untiring student, and at the early age of nineteen graduated at the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati. He came to Morrow Co. in 1843, and began the practice of medicine ; he remained at Woodbury twenty years, and while located there attended lectures at some of the best medical colleges in the United States. In the fall of 1859 he was united in marriage with Carrie A., youngest daughter of Maj. Samuel and Annie (Northrop) Clark, of Boardman, Mahoning Co., O. Maj. Clark emigrated from New Milford, Litchfield Co., Ct., and settled in Boardman in 1810, at which time nearly the whole of the Western Reserve was a wilderness. In 1863 Dr. Pennock removed to Cardington, where he continued actively in the practice of medicine until 1875, since which time he has devoted the most of his time to banking and agriculture; as a physician he was regarded as among the first in this section of the State, always a careful and close student of Pathology, as he found it in his practice; he became a leader in the use of new and rational remedies, and with uniform success. Shortly after locating in Cardington, he in connection with W. H. Marvin, Gen. John Beatty and others, organized under the National Banking law, the "First National Bank " of Cardington, and has been the president an the largest stock holder, of the bank since its organization; he is also President of the Citizens' National Bank of Galion, O., and a stockholder and Director in the Morrow Co. National Bank of Mt. Gilead, and the Citizens' Savings Bank of Columbus. With sound judgment conducting his large business interests, he yet finds time to speak encouragement to the young and struggling members of the profession with whom he started in the world. With social qualities of a high order, he is an earnest, temperance advocate, and those who have heard him in his deliberate way sum up the evidence in the case against the great social evil, will admit that he practices temperance by precept as well as by example. His wife is an amiable lady, accomplished and pleasing. In Dr. Pennock's family are two children-William C. and Mary A.; the son is now attending Kenyon College, near Mt. Vernon, O., and the daughter a seminary for young ladies at Poughkeepsie, New York.
JOSEPH RUSSELL, farmer; P. O., Cardington; was born in Miami Co., O., Dec. 14, 1823. His father was a native of South and his mother of North Carolina. The father went to Miami Co. in about 1808, where he was married to Tamar Mendenhall, whose parents came to the same county in an early day. From this marriage there were ten children, three of whom are dead; Joseph is next to the oldest of the family. He resided with his parents until of age, at, which time he began business for himself. He has been married twice; his first marriage was Nov. 13, 1851, to Ann Bunker, whose parents were old residents of Morrow Co.; she was born May 25, 1828; from this union there is one son-William H., born June 26, 1853; she died Dec. 31, 1855. Mr. Russell lived a widower until Feb. 12, 1857, when he was again married. His second wife was Priscilla A. Buck; the history of her parents will be seen in this work; she was born July 25, 1827. Mr. Russell has always followed farming and stock raising; he owns about 32 acres of well improved land, and is in good, comfortable circumstances. His father died Oct. 18, 1873, and his mother in December of the same year.
SOLOMON WESTBROOK., Solomon Westbrook, son of John Westbrook, who settled in Canandaigua County, New York. The Westbrook family originally came from Germany, two brothers, John and Leonard, coming to this country at an early date."Solomon Westbrook, the doctor's father, was born in 1798 in Canandaigua County, New York and in 1816 moved to Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio. He married Mrs. Mathena Crawford, nee Edmunds, it being the second marriage for both. He had one son by his first marriage , and she had six children by her first marriage to William Crawford. She was the daughter of Samuel Edmunds, who also came from Canandaigua County, New York to Johnstown , Ohio.Of the children of several unions, but one aside from Dr.(AE) Westbrook is living- the latter's full sister Jane, who is the widow of Robert Gardner, and lives one mile north of South Woodbury.Solomon Westbrook followed farming until after his marriage, at Johnstown, and then conducted a hotel until 1836. He then went on horseback to New Orleans, where he practiced medicine for one year, after which he returned to his home, then shortly afterward journeyed in the same manner to Canada and back. In 1849 he went to Missouri, and from St. Joseph crossed the plains to San Francisco with a company from Delaware , Ohio . He drove three yoke of oxen and walked every step of the way. Many were the hardships endured by the party, Dr. Mann of Delaware, died of scurvy after his arrival. Mr. Westbrook remained two years in the West, working in the gold mines, and upon his return to Ohio had $500 in gold, being no richer and no poorer than when he left."
A. E.
WESTBROOK,
physician and surgeon, Ashley ; was born in South Woodbury, Morrow Co., Ohio,
Dec. 17, 1840 ; he was the son of Solomon and Mathena Westbrook, who came to
Ohio in 1816 ; he received his early education at Mt. Hesper Seminary ;afterward
attended the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio; he read medicine with
Dr. I. H. Pennock, of Morrow Co., and completed the medical course at the
Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, February, 1863 ; he began practicing
medicine at Ashley in 1865. In August, 1863, he entered the 106th O. V. I., as
Surgeon, in which position he served until 1865 ; during the war, he was oil
detached duty at Gallatin, Tenn ; he had charge of the Post Hospital, and was
Medical Director on the staff of Brig. Gen. E. A. Payne, at Gallatin, Tenn.; he
had charge of Forts Negly, Huston, and Morton, at Nashville, and was on duty at
the hospital in Stevenson, Ala.; for a time was Surgeon in the 68th N. Y. V. I.
He is a member of the American Medical Association, the Ohio State Medical
Society, and the Delaware County Medical Association, of which he was Vice
President in 1876, and was elected President in 1878. Dr. W. has always taken a
great interest in the public schools of his town, which, through his efforts
mainly, was changed from a district to a union of graded school, in 1879 ; he is
at present a member of the School Board. He was married, in 1866, to Amanda E.,
daughter of Judge Cunard, of Mt. Gilead, Ohio, and has three children Edward
Cunard, Blanche Alberta and Grace Sumner.
LAFAYETTE
WESTBROOK,
farmer; P. O., Ashley; son of Solomon and Marthena (Crawford) Westbrook. The
former was born in the State of New York Feb. 3, 1798, and died June 11, 1872.
His wife was born in the Empire State, March 20,1792, and died Jan. 1, 1879. In
Johnstown, Licking Co., O., April 17,1822, they were married. He became a
citizen of Peru Tp. in 1840. His family was Mary Ann, Anne,
Grave located at South Woodbury ME Cemetery
WILLIAM WESTBROOK, farmer; P. O., Bennington; born June 12, 1831, in Bloomfield Tp., Knox Co., Ohio; is one of those farmers and stock-dealers whose energy and industry have placed him in easy and comfortable circumstances. The 4th day of July, 1852, he married Miss Emeline Wiseman, who was born Oct. 8, 1833. The children of this marriage are--Vanda, born July 6, 1854; Frank, Dec. 23, 1855; Albert, Jan. 13, 1858; William H., Jan. 28, 1860; James C., born Jan. 17, 1862, and died March 13, 1868; Laura D., born Sept. 27, 1865, the same year in which James C. died. Mrs. Emeline Westbrook died July 27, 1868. Dec. 19, 1873, William Westbrook married Rosa Besse for his second wife, and 1874 their first child, Berton Westbrook, was born. He is earnestly devoted to stock-raising, more especially horses and sheep; William Westbrook has made marked improvement in stock, more especially sheep, and like his brother Lafayette, though some may outrival him in numbers, few will excel him in quality. It is now twenty-four years since Mr. Westbrook came to the farm where he now resides. He having in the meantime purchased, and now owns the farm on which that remarkable prodigy, the double babes were born, whose history, though brief, was world-wide.
CYNTHIA WEBBER
PHILBROOK -WOOD. DAVID PORTER PHILBROOK was born
on 22 Jul 1835 in St. Albans, Licking, Ohio.
He died on 26 Nov 1865 in Marseilles Twp., Wyandot Co., Ohio. He was
buried in Tymotchee Cemetery, Wyandot County, Ohio. David Porter PHILBROOK and
Cynthia WEBBER were married on 2 Oct 1862 in Ashley, Delaware, Ohio. They
resided at Marseilles, OH. Cynthia WEBBER (daughter of Lyman John WEBBER
and Mary Ann GOODNOW) was born on 8 Jul 1840 in Whittingham, Windham Co.,
Vermont. She died on 27 Jul 1908 in South Woodbury, Morrow, Ohio. She was buried
in South Woodbury Cemetery, South Woodbury, Morrow, Ohio. David
Porter PHILBROOK and Cynthia WEBBER had the following children:
1. Carrie May PHILBROOK
was born
on 7 Sep 1863 in Jersey, Licking, Ohio. She died on 26 Apr 1880 in
Peru, Morrow, Ohio.
2. William
Christopher Philbrook. was
born in 1865 in Delaware County, Ohio. He died on 21 Aug 1952 in Cardington,
Morrow, Ohio. William Christopher PHILBROOK and Edith NICHOLS were married. Edith
NICHOLS(daughter of Jacob NICHOLS and Peace MOSHER) was born on 2 Nov 1866
in Lincoln Twp., Morrow County, Ohio. She died on 22 Aug 1947 in Cardington,
Morrow, Ohio