Athens County OH

Biography of Robert H. Barton

One of the well known citizens of Moscow is Robert H. Barton, who is now capably serving as postmaster. He is true and faithful to this public trust and at all times has discharged his duties of citizenship with the same promptness and fidelity which marked his course when on the battlefields of the south he followed the starry banner to victory and thus aided in the preservation of the Union. He came to Moscow in 1877. His birth occurred in Perry County, Ohio, February 1, 1842, and he is of Scotch-Irish lineage. His grandfather, Robert Barton, emigrated from the … Read more

Biographical Sketch of William Nicholas Hailmann

Hailmann, William Nicholas; educator; born, Glaris, Switzerland, Oct. 20, 1836; son of William Alexander and Babette Hailmann; educated, Gymnasium, Zurich, and with tutor; studied in Medical College, Louisville, Ky., 1855-1856; (hon. A. M. University of Louisville, 1864; Ph. D., Ohio University, 1885); married Eudora Lucas, of Louisville, Dec. 24, 1857 (died 1904); 2d Helena Kuhn, of Detroit, Dec. 25, 1907; teacher of natural sciences, Louisville High Schools, 1856-1865; director German and English Academy, Louisville, 1865-1973; director German and English Academy, Milwaukee, 1873-1878; director German-American Seminary, Detroit, 1878-1883; supt. public schools, La Porte, Ind., 1883-1894; nat. supt. of Indian schools, 1894-8; … Read more

Cussins, Samuel Jefferson – Obituary

Lostine, Wallowa County, Oregon Samuel Jefferson Cussuns was born in Athens County, Ohio, August 14, 1835 and died at his home near Lostine May 1, 1919 being 84 years, 8 months and 13 days old. When 17 years old he moved with his parents to Lee County, Iowa. In 1863 he was united in marriage to Miss Louise Nelson. To this union were born: James Gaston and George Cussins of Wallowa; Joe of Beatrice, Neb.; Frank, Leander, Arthur, and Henry of lostine, and Mrs. Odelia Jacobs, of Chico. Mr. Cussins was a veteran of the Civil War. He moved with … Read more

Carthage Township Town Officers 1855-1868

The early records of the township are lost, and there is no list of its officers prior to 1855. The population in 1820 was 320; in 1830 it was 395; in 1840 it was 734; in 1850 it was 1,087; in 1860 it was 1,827. Township Trustees 1855-1868. 1855 Hiram Frost, Vincent Caldwell, Caleb Wells. 1856-57 Jacob S. Coen, R. M. Wilson, Walter Glazier. 1858 William Mills. R. M. Wilson, Walter Glazier. 1859 Cyrenus Stout, Simeon Buck, Asa P. Jeffers. 1860 Walter Glazier, James Buck, Asa P. Jeffers. 1861 Walter Glazier, S. H. Lottridge, Cyrenus Stout. 1862 William Merrill, S. … Read more

Residents Lands, Ames Township, 1807

Legend: 1: Acres 2: Range 3: Township 4: Section 5: Dollars 6: Cents Last First 1 2 3 4 County Orignal Proprietor 5 6 Comments Ames Silvanus 108 13 6 4,9 Athens Manasseh Cutler 43 Brown John 132 13 6 14 Athens Winsor 87 Brown Benjamin 200 13 6 4 Athens Manasseh Cutler 80 Brown William 140 13 6 4 Athens Manasseh Cutler 56 Bullard Joseph 60 16 Athens Elisha Whitney 24 Beaumont Samuel 320 13 6 18 Athens John Meigs 1 28 Boyles Jacob 100 13 6 2 Athens Israel Thorndike 40 Case David 100 14 Athens Amos Porter … Read more

York Ohio 1820 Census Index

York Ohio 1820 Census Index Blackstone, Ebenezer 137 Brown, Samuel 137 Bukerstaff, William 137 Calt, Beach 137 Camp, Benjamin 137 Casery, John 137 Codner, John 137 Codner, Samuel 138 Conner, John 137 Culbertson, Thomas 137 Due, Thomas 137 Dutcher, Sarah 137 Fisher, William 138 Gibbs, Samuel 138 Green, John 137 Hanes, George 137 Harrington, Samuel 137 Holibert, Reuben 137 Hormilton, Joseph 137 Lewis, Daniel 137 Lewis, Moses 137 Lewis, Samuel 137 Mansfield, John 137 Mc Kee, John 137 Mc Kee, Samuel 137 Menton, Jonathan 137 Mills, Richard 137 Morse, Seth 137 Nelson, Daniel 137 O Niel, Charles 137 Patten, Robert … Read more

Orange Christian Church Cemetery, Carthage, Athens County, Ohio

(Loc. in Carthage twp., south of Lottridge, ¼ mile from Mud Sock Road, Orange Twp., Meigs County, Ohio) CALDWELL John, d. 7 July 1845, ae. 78 yrs. Isabell, d. 3 Oct. 1865, ae. 78 yrs. Wife of John. CHILD Ezbon, d. 23 Apr. 1850, ae. 37 yrs., 7 mos., 17 days. Seth, d. 25 Apr. 1828, ae. 55 yrs., 2 mos., 29 days. FROST Levi, d. 3 Jan. 1839, ae. 46 yrs. FROST Abner, d. 4 June 1834, ae. 86 yrs., 1 mo., 15 days. Beulah, wife of Abner. Hannah, d. 1 May 1823, ae. 35 yrs. Dau. of John … Read more

Biography of John Brown

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 the Forks of Yoh, on the Monongahela, three miles above Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Here they remained till February, 1797, building a boat during the winter, in which they completed their journey and arrived at Marietta, February 11, 1797. Of the twenty-three persons of various ages who … Read more

Biography of John Holdren

John Holdren, now living in Lee township, was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, October 15, 1777, and came to Athens county in 1798 accompanied by another young man named John Konker. Soon after reaching Athens they took up land in the south part of Alexander township and made a temporary settlement on the waters of Margaret’s creek.. Their neighbors, at intervals of several miles, were the Hanings, the Brooks family, Joseph Long, Esquire Merritt, and Henry Cassel. Mr. Cassel built a grist mill soon afterward in Lee township on the place now owned by William Minear. Mr. Holdren was engaged … Read more

Lodi Township Town Officers 1827-1868

Township Trustees. 1827-28 Joseph Thompson, Elam Frost, John L. Kelly. 1829 Joseph Thompson, Rufus P. Cooley, John L. Kelly. 1830 Francis B. Drake, Thomas Miles, Abner Frost. 1831 Joseph Thompson, Elam Frost, John L. Kelly. 1832 Joseph Thompson, Thomas Miles, A. M. Williams. 1833 John Bodwell, Francis B. Drake, Abner Frost. 1834 Luther Dinsmore, John L. Kelly, J. B. Force. 1835 Luther Dinsmore, John L. Kelly, G. H. Cooley. 1836 Charles Brown, John L. Kelly, John Carlton, 1837 Samuel Day, George Eaton, Cyrus 0. McGrath. 1838 Joseph Bobo, John Carlton, David Whaley. 1839 Calvin F. Dains, Ezra H. Miller, Rufus … Read more

Athens County, Ohio 1810 Tax List

Albert, William Alderman, Elijah Alderman, Elisha Alderman, Elisha, Jr. Ames, Silvanus Bailey, John Ballenger, Henry Barrows, Ebenezer Barrows, Ebenezer, Jr. Barrows, George Barrows, Henry Barrows, William Beaumont, Samuel Beebe, Hopson Bils, Maritn Boils, Jacob Branch, Samuel Brown, Benjamin Brown, William Buckingham, Ebenezer Buffington, William Burkingham, Stephen Burrill, Solomon Burroughs, Josiah Cartright, Caleb Case, David Case, Eliphalet Chadwicke, Levi Clark, Obadiah Coleman, Samuel Coleman, Thomas Connett, Abner Cooley, Caleb Cooley, Jabez Cooley, Simeon Cowdery, Jacob Cowdery, Joel Crippen, Amos Crippen, James Crow, Peter Culver, Ebenezer Cuthrie, Joseph Dailey, David Dailey, Silas Dains, Jeptha Danielson, Luther Davis, Benjamin Davis, J. Reuben Davis, … Read more

Ames Township Town Officers 1804-1868

The first election for township officers in Ames was held June 1, 1802 (nearly three years before the organization of the county), at the house of Silvanus Ames, and resulted as follows: Nathan Woodbury, George Ewing and Samuel Brown, trustees; Daniel Weethee, clerk; Josiah True and Samuel Brown, overseers of the poor; Nathan Woodbury, Joseph Pugsley and John Swett, fence viewers; George Wolf and Christopher Herrold, house appraisers; Daniel Converse, lister; Samuel Brown and Benjamin Brown, supervisors; Daniel Converse and Silvanus Ames, constables. In 1803 the following were elected: Benjamin Brown, Silvanus Ames and Daniel Weethee, trustees; George Ewing, clerk; … Read more

Biography of Calvary Morris

Calvary Morris, was born near Charleston, West Virginia, in 1798, and spent his youth in the Kanawha valley, laboring on a farm, and battling with the hardships of pioneer life. In 1818 he married the eldest daughter of Dr. Leonard Jewett, of Athens, and in the spring of 1819, located permanently in that town. “Finding myself,” says Mr. Morris, “a stranger in a strange land, and obliged to make provision for the support of my family, my first step was to rent five acres of ground, upon which to raise a crop of corn. While cultivating that ground, during the … Read more

Biography of Hull Foster

Hull Foster, only surviving son of Zadoc Foster, was born in Sudbury, Rutland county, Vermont, January 23, 1796, and came to the northwestern territory, with his father’s family, when a few months old. His first visit to Athens was in 1804 or 1805. He came to visit Dr. Leonard Jewett’s family, and traveled on horseback from Belpre, there being no visible road, but only a horse path which crossed the river at the present site of Coolville. There was a sort of ferry at this point. At that time one Strickland kept public house in a log building, on the … Read more

US Route 50 Cemetery, Carthage, Athens County, Ohio

(Loc. just off US Route 50 west of Coolville and Guysville in Carthage Twp.) CALDWELL Vincent A., d. 2 July 1892, ae. 67 yrs., 7 days. Anna Warren, d. 16 Apr. 1899, ae. 68 yrs., 1 mo., 11 days. Wife of Vincent A. Caldwell. FINSTERWALD Frederick, d. 25 Mar. 1891, ae. 69 yrs., 10 mos., 24 days. Catherine W. Griffith, d. 27 Feb. 1879, ae. 51 yrs., 1 mo., 29 days. Wife of Frederick Finsterwald. HAMMOND Peter, d. 4 Apr. 1881, ae. 86 yrs., 7 mos., 20 days. Jane, d. 11 July 1857, ae. 64 yrs., 8 mos. MILLS William, … Read more

Ames Ohio 1820 Census Index

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 99 Cone, Balbut 100 Cone, G. Benjamin 100 Cooper, Cornelius 100 Davis, Benjamin 100 Davis, William 100 Dean, Gulliver 100 Dean, Nathen 100 Dean, Nathen, Jr. 100 Dean, Stephen 100 Demirlson, William 100 Diaper, William, Jr. 100 Draper, William 100 Duvett, James 100 Eddy, James … Read more

Postmasters in Athens County, Ohio 1805-1869

Postmasters of Athens. Established in 1804. Jehiel Gregory from 1804 1 quarter Eliphaz Perkins 1804 till 1821 John Perkins 1821 1839 Amos Crippen 1839 1841 John Perkins 1841 1845 Amos Crippen 1845 1849 Wm. Loring Brown 1849 1853 R. DeSteiguer 1853 1858 Lot L. Smith 1858 1861 David M. Clayton 1861 1865 E. C. Crippen 1865 1866 John F. Mahon 1866 1867 William Golden 1867 present time Postmasters of Amesville. Established in 1821. Loring B. Glazier from 1821 till 1829 Robert Henry 1829 1834 Hiram Cable 1834 1837 N. Dean 1837 1841 Loring B. Glazier 1841 1842 Hiram Cable 1842 … Read more

Elk Ohio 1820 Census Index

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. William 124 Dawson, Moses 124 Dodge, Edward 124 Dodge, William 124 Doyglass, Enoch 124 Dunhls, John 124 Dunkle, Polly 124 Evens, David 124 Fry, George 124 Fuller, James 124 Fuller, Thadeus 124 Gastoin, W. James 124 Gibbs, Macham 124 Gibbs, Sheldon 124 Gibbs, Wacham 124 … Read more

Troy – Bethany Methodist Conference Church Cemetery, Athens County, Ohio

(about 4 ½ miles north from US Route 50 on Route 144) BALCOM Ziba, d. 27 Mar. 1850, ae. 57 yrs., 4 days. Amanda S., d. 22 Aug. 1850, ae. 7 mos., 22 days. Dau. of E. & D. Nathan S., d. 22 Nov. 1848, ae. 3 mos., 25 days. Son of E. & D. BARROWS Calvary M., d. 15 Jan. 1852, ae. 22 yrs., 11 mos., 19 days. Son of J. & A. BARROWS William W., d. 9 Oct. 1844, ae. 44 yrs., 6 mos., 19 days. Martha, d. 8 Oct. 1844, ae. 40 yrs., 8 mos., 6 days. … Read more

Biography of Capt. Isaac Barker

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 block house called “Farmers’ Castle,” where he and his family remained till the violence of the Indian war was spent. In 1798 he removed with his family of five sons and three daughters to Athens township, and settled near the village of Athens, where … Read more