A history of Athens county would be very incomplete without a biographical notice of the father and projector of the Ohio university-an institution that has done so much to shape and influence the history of this community. Though never a resident of the county, perhaps no one person has exerted a more deep and lasting […]
The township records prior to 1837 are lost. Township Trustees since 1837. 1837 M. L. Bestow, Jesse Derry, Samuel Dutton. 1838 M. L. Bestow, Jesse Derry, Ferdinand Paulk. 1839 Nicholas Baker, Jedediah Fuller, Ferdinand Paulk. 1840 Nicholas Baker, Jedediah Fuller, Wm. Kincade. 1841 Nicholas Baker, Samuel Dutton, Heman Cooley. 1842 Josephus Tucker, Samuel Dutton, Wm.
HON. THEODORE L. STILES. – Honorable Theodore L. Stiles was born at Medway, Clarke county, Ohio, July 12, 1848, and was the only child of Daniel J. and Marie S. Stiles. His mother’s maiden name was Lamme; and she, too, was a native of the same county as her son. Mr. Stiles’ father was born
David E. Ballard is living retired at Washington, Kansas, at the age of eighty-one. Most of his active contemporaries in the strenuous achievements of his earlier years have long since passed away. Mr. Ballard is one of the few survivors of the prominent Kansans who actually laid the foundation of the state. His name is
Carthage Ohio 1820 Census Index Blazard, Mason 119 Buck, Mathew 119 Buckingham, Eben 117 Buckingham, Milton 117 Butts, Aron 119 Caldwell, Alexander 117 Caldwell, Frances 117 Carr, Mary 119 Castle, Leman 117 Conkright, Abner 118 Cooley, Lucy 118 Cranston, James 117 Cross, Phebe 118 Davis, Edward 118 Davis, William 118 Decker, Burver 118 Decker, Thomas
Township Trustees 1828-1868. 1828-30 John Henry, James Dickey, John Wickham. 1831-33 ” David James, Jeffrey Buchanan. 1834 Dyar Selby, Sen., John Wickham, James Dickey. 1835 William J. Brown, ” ” 1836 ” David James, ” 1837 Matthew Henry, ” ” 1838 ” ” Wm. J. Brown. 1839 ” James Dickey, ” 1840 J. E. Vore,
John Brown, well known in southern Ohio as General Brown,” son of Captain Benjamin Brown, one of the pioneers of Ames, was born in Rowe, Massachusetts, December 1, 1785. In 1787, his father’s family moved to Hartford, Washington county, New York, and in 1796, with several other families seeking homes in the west, came to
County Commissioners from the Organization of the County. 1805 Silas Dean, William Howlett, John Curry-(At special election.) 1805 William Barrows, William Howlett, Samuel Moore-(At regular election.) 1806 Alvan Bingham, Bingham, Samuel Moore-(At regular election.) 1807 Alvan Bingham, Caleb Merritt, Samuel Moore-(At regular election. 1808 Alvan Bingham, Caleb Merritt, Ebenezer Currier. 1809 Asahel Cooley, Caleb Merritt,
Jewell Davis, M. D., physician and surgeon, Charleston; was born in Athens Co., Ohio, Oct. 27, 1811; he was raised on a farm, and followed that calling until about 1838, when he removed to Middleport, Meigs Co., Ohio, having a few years previously married Miss Cynthia Jones, of that place; they have three children –
Treasurers. Clerks. 1807 Chauncey Perkins, John Corey. 1808 Alexander Stedman, John Corey 1809 Alexander Stedman, John Corey 1810 Alexander Stedman, John Corey 1811 Alexander Stedman, John Corey 1812 Alexander Stedman, John Corey 1813 Eliphaz Perkins, Nehemiah Gregory. 1814 William Weir, Alexander Proudfit. 1815 Charles Shipman, Alvan Bingham. 1816 Charles Shipman, James Gillmore. 1817 Ebenezer Blackstone,
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County Court. The first court of common pleas, July 8, 1805, consisted of Robert F. Slaughter, president judge, and Silvanus Ames and Elijah Hatch, associate judges. Henry Bartlett was appointed clerk. Since that time the following judges have acted: 1806-Levin Belt, president judge, and Silvanus Ames, Alexander Stedman, and Abel Miller, associate judges. In 1807,
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Capt. Isaac Barker, came from New Bedford, Massachusetts, to the northwestern territory in the autumn of 1788. For several years he lived in the Belpre settlement on the Ohio river, about fifteen miles from Marietta, and his name is preserved as one of the heads of families who, in the year 1792, took refuge in
The first election for township trustees was held at the house of Edward Pilcher, April 5, 1819. John C. Carico and Stephen Pilcher were judges, and Joshua Hoskinson and John McGill clerks of the election. Township Trustees 1819-1868. 1819 Parker Carpenter, Stephen Pilcher, George Bean. 1820 Martin Mansfield, Stephen Pilcher, George Bean. 1821 Martin Mansfield,
Doctor Ezra Walker, the first resident physician of Ames township, was born December 9, 1776, at Killingly, Connecticut, in which state he studied his profession, and practiced for some years. Removing from Connecticut he settled in Poultney, Vermont, about the year 1800, and from thence migrated with his family to Marietta, in the autumn of
Ames Ohio 1820 Census Index Aguh, Silvanus 99 Alden, George 99 Ame, Thomas 99 Atkin, Adam 99 Baldwell, John 99 Bayles, Absalem 99 Bayles, John 99 Bayles, Martin 99 Blanc, Betsey 99 Book, Elisha 99 Bowman, Jacob 99 Brown, Nella 99 Cain, John 99 Carner, David 100 Carter, George 100 Chadwick, Lind 100 Cigsor, David
Elk Ohio 1820 Census Index Backus, Joseph 126 Bevington, Charles 123 Bottwel, James 123 Brewer, William 123 Castle, Henry 124 Catlin, Demul 126 Catlin, Eli 126 Catlin, William 126 Clark, William 123 Claypol, James 123 Colvin, Benjamin 124 Colvin, Jacob 124 Colvin, Samuel 124 Conner, Dowd 126 Culbertson, David 123 Cummins, John 124 Curley, H.
George Walker (known during his residence in the county as Judge Walker) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1774. His father, John Walker, came of an old family in Leicestershire, England, was a graduate of the university of Edinburgh, and a barrister at law, removed to America in 1753, married in Boston, and settled in
Capt. Benjamin Brown, father of General John, and of Judge A. G. Brown, and one of the most prominent among the early settlers of Ames, was born October 17, 1745, at Leicester, Massachusetts. His grandfather, William Brown, came from England to America while a youth, was the first settler in the town of Hatfield, on
William P. Cutler was born near Marietta, July 12, 1813; was a member of the Ohio legislature from 1844 to 1846, officiating as speaker of the house during his last term; was a member of the constitutional convention of 1850; afterwards was for some years president of the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad Company; was elected
Rome Ohio 1820 Census Index Anderson, Daniel 130 Aryer, Daniel 130 Ballard, Jesse 130 Ballard, Jesse, Jr. 131 Barnabas, Eben 130 Barrows, George 131 Barrows, Henry 131 Batts, Joseph 131 Bebee, Charles 130 Bebee, James 130 Bebee, Peter 133 Bebic, Hopson 130 Bench, Benjamin 131 Bobo, Triplet 130 Bowman, Jaber 131 Brown, Hosea 131 Buckley,
