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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 210 Today's Topics: #1 History, Hamilton County ; Crosby ["Maggie Stewart" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <0cc701bfe3ab$01023d60$0300a8c0@local.net> Subject: History, Hamilton County ; Crosby Township - pgs 282-292 (2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Tina Hursh frog158@juno.com April 15, 2000 Transcribed by Karen Klaene *********************************************************************** Crosby Township - pgs 282-292 *********************************************************************** History of Hamilton County Ohio with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches. Compiled by Henry A. Ford, A.M. and Mrs. Kate B. Ford, L.A. William & Co., Publishers; 1881. pages 286-292 William W. McCLURE, jr., fourth child of William McCLURE, sr., was born in Franklin county, Indiana, November 6, 1830. In 1861 he moved to Hamilton county, where he has remained to the present day. February 18, 1860, he was married to Miss Martha A. SIMONSON, daughter of Barney SIMONSON, and to them were born six children, two of whom, William and Martha, are dead, and Elizabeth, Barney, Mary, and James, remain at home. Mr.. McCLURE is considered a model farmer and one of the most influential citizens of the county. He is a consistent Christian, too; has long been a reliable member of the Christian church of his vicinity. At the present date he is serving his second year as school director in the township for district No. 2. Andrew NUGENT, sr., one of the pioneers, was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, October 14, 1786. >From this place he emigrated to Ohio about the year 1812. He was married to Miss Mary HILL March 4, 1814. Seven children were given them: Christiana, Catharine, James, John, Andrew J., William S., and Julia. Of these, all are living, with the exception of John. The mother died August 2, 1865; the father followed November 14, 1872. William was born in Whitewater township, Hamilton county, February 23, 1830; came to Crosby township in 1860, and has been a resident there ever since. He was married twice; first to Miss Elizabeth F. LACY, daughter of Thomas LACY, on the first of March, 1855. Ten children were born to them; three are now dead, and the mother also died November 12, 1875. His second marriage was to Mrs. Lydia BREESE, daughter of Curtis DEAN, and the widow of John BREESE, on the eighth of March, 1878. Mrs. NUGENT is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and has always been active in its work and reliable in its support. Her husband connects himself with no organization. He is, however, a good moral man in his life, and has always been a worthy and respectable citizen. Andrew J. NUGENT, the fifth child, and brother of the preceding, was born in Whitewater township on the fifth day of July, 1826. About the year 1854 he moved to Crosby township, and has been a resident here from that date to the present. He was married first to Miss Mary BAUGHMAN July 23, 1853. Eight children were born to them. Mrs. NUGENT died on the second of October, 1873. He was married, the second time, to Miss Mary A. BACON, of Miami township, August 2, 1879. One child has been added to his family. Mr.. NUGENT joined the "hundred days'" service during the late war of the Rebellion. He is now an enterprising farmer and a respected citizen. William G. OYLER, second son of George and Sarah OYLER, was born in Kent, England, August 22, 1817. In 1828 he came to America. His home was with his parents Crosby township, and he has remained in the same location, with the exception of four years' residence in Indiana. He was married first to Miss Rebecca PHILLIPS of Butler county, on the fifth of April, 1839. Their family consisted of six children. Of these three are living - Harriet, Sophia and Sarah. All are married: Harriet to Franklin WASHBURN, and is residing in the State of Indiana. Sophia married Alexander CAMPBELL, and remains in this county. Sarah married William H. GUY July 25, 1850, and lives in Madison county, Ohio. Mr.. OYLER married for his second wife, Miss Eliza VANTRESS, daughter of Isaac VANTRESS, of Indiana. She had nine children: Rebecca, James A., Alice C., Ada M., Elizabeth, Electa J., McClellan, William T., and Lida B. Of these seven are living, Rebecca and Elizabeth having died. The seven are all at home, excepting Alice, who married Charles L. PURLEE on the sixth of October, 1880, and James, who has made his home in Kansas. Mr.. OYLER has served as trustee in Crosby township for a period of fourteen years, and in every way ranks in his neighborhood as a leading citizen, and a, genuinely good man. Samuel POTTINGER came with his family to Hamilton county in 1815, and continued a resident of that county up to the time of his death. He was the father of eighteen children. John, the father of our subject, was born near Bardstown, Kentucky, April 2, 1797. He was married to Sarah CORNICK about the year 1821. Eleven children were afterward born to them: Susanna, David H., Eliza A., James, Mary J., John, Samuel, Thomas, Sarah J., Nancy, and Elizabeth E. Of these, seven are living and four dead. David H., the second child, was born in this county February 11, 1825, and has remained a resident all his life. He was married to Miss Elizabeth ATHERTON, daughter of Amos ATHERTON, October 10, 1847. Five children followed this union: John W., Mary A., David F., William, and Sarah E. all living except William. Two are at home, and two are married. John married Maria A. SIMONSON, and they are living in Crosby township. Mary married George KEMP, and they reside in Butler county, Ohio. Mr.. and Mrs. POTTINGER are members of the United Brethren church, and are classed among the most prosperous and worthy citizens of their township and county. Hugh MONTGOMERY, the fourth child of Henry MONTGOMERY, was born in Butler county, Morgan township, in the year 1821, February 28th. He married Miss Phoebe BRISBIN, daughter of Robert BRISBIN, January 18, 1849. Of this union were born twelve children: Ellen, Aaron, Mary, James, Thomas, Sarah, Henry, William and Nancy, living; and Mary, Andrew and George, dead. Seven of the children are still at home. James married Martha SEFTON, and is a resident of Crosby township. Ellen married Benjamin HAWK, and they reside in the same township. Mr.. MONTGOMERY has long been one of the leading citizens of this county, and served as trustee for Crosby township during the term of four years, ending about 1876. Horace WILLEY, another of the pioneers, was born in his Hampshire county, Massachusetts, February 13, 1792. he His father's name was Israel WILLEY. He came to Ohio in 1800, ~pg 287~ and lived in Colerain township until March, 1879. He was married to Miss Anne TATE, daughter of John TATE, of Pennsylvania. She was born in Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, June 16, 1792. She came to Ohio in June, 1818, and on the seventh of March, 1822, married Horace WILLEY. They lived together until her death, January 7, 1879. There were seven children Sarah J., John, Lewis, Lavinia, Marshall, Rachel, and Andrew J. Rachel and Marshall are dead. Since Mrs. WILLEY's death, her husband made his home with his son, John WILLEY, and subsequently with his son-in-law, Jeremiah BUTTERWORTH, where he died March 3, 1880. John WILLEY, the second son of the preceding, was born in this county, March 30, 1824, and has been a resident of the same all his life. He was married to Miss Roxy A. BUELL, daughter of Clinton D. BUELL, October 16, 1880. Their children are Lottie A., Aurelia E., and Emily. The last named has died; the others are still living at home. Mrs. WILLEY is a member of the Presbyterian church; her husband has no connection with any church organization, but is an industrious and respected citizen. He served as trustee for Crosby township between 1870 and 73. He has also filled the place of treasurer of the school board, in the district where he lives, for the last nine years. Judah WILLEY, a pioneer of the county, and a native of New Jersey, emigrated to Ohio and settled in Hamilton county, where he continued to live at the time of his death, August 16, 1854. His wife, Miss Caroline BUELL, was the daughter of Israel BUELL. The children were Amanda, Roxy, William, Anne. B., Samuel, Israel, and Mary. Of these, but three Roxy, Israel, and Mary are now living. Israel was born in Hamilton county, January 14, 1834, and has been a resident here all his life. He married Miss Amelia HEDGES, daughter of Stephen O. HEDGES, April 6, 1859. They have five children: Anna, Stephen, Amos, Dora, and David, all living and at home. Mrs. WILLEY is an excellent member of the Presbyterian church. Mr.. WILLEY has never joined a church, but among the farmers of Hamilton county he is a most exemplary and respected citizen. Jeremiah BUTTERFIELD, one of the early pioneers, was born in Massachusetts March 4, 1776, just four months before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. When he was twelve years old his father moved to New York, and in 1797 he left his home to seek his fortune in the west. He was married to Miss Polly CAMPBELL in the year 1800, came to Cincinnati the same year, and was a resident of the county to the time of his death, which occurred June 29, 1859. He was the father of eight children. Jeremiah, the fourth child, was born in Hamilton county March 6, 1811, and has remained there ever since. March 14, 1844, he was married to Miss Sarah WILLEY. They have had nine children: Anna M., Lavinia, Emma, Josephine, Horace W., Lydia, John, Ella, and Jennie. Josephine. Horace, Lydia, John, and Jennie are still living, and three are still at home. Josephine married Henry BROWN, and lives in Butler county; Horace married Miss Wilhelmina STEPHENS, and remains in this county. Mrs. BUTTERFIELD is a member of the Presbyterian church, but her husband has never become a professing Christian. Elijah WHIPPLE was born in Vermont in the year 1781. He was married to Miss Elizabeth COMSTOCK of Hamilton county, about 1807. They had eleven children Seneca, James, Sarah, Joab, Rebecca, Ruth, Elizabeth, Jerry, Daniel, Ennis, and Samuel. But four of this number are still living - Seneca, Elizabeth, Daniel, and Samuel. Daniel, the ninth child, was born in Butler county, December 22, 1821; moved to Hamilton county about the year 1845, and has been a resident of the latter county ever since, with the exception of two years spent in California. On the nineteenth of October, 1848, he married Miss Susan POTTINGER, daughter of John POTTINGER, who was born in this county in May, 1823. There were five children belonging to this family - Sarah, Austin, Ella, John, and Joab Austin only is not living. Mr.. and Mrs. WHIPPLE are both active members of the United Brethren church in their vicinity. The older Mr.. WHIPPLE died in 1830. His wife died seven years alter that date. Josiah BARTLETT was a native of the State of Connecticut, but emigrated from New York into Ohio. He settled in Crosby township about the year 1838. In business he was a farmer all his life; as to politics he was a Whig until the Republican party started, after which time he was an active Republican. His religious sympathies were with the Methodist church, of which he was a member. He married Anna LATHAM, a native of Vermont Six children constitute their family, four sons and two daughters Sarah, who married Robert BROWN, and is now a resident of New York State; Latham S., who married Nancy COMSTOCK and afterward Hannah MARSH, and is now living in this county; Lucy, who married Abner PHELPS, and has her home in Indiana; William, who married Eliza ANDREWS and then Matilda WINTER and is a resident of Hamilton county; David married first to Eunice COMSTOCK and afterward to Phoebe ELLSWORTH; and Laurentine, who is also married and living in Indiana. The fourth child, William H., was born in New York in 1806, where he received a common school education. In 1823 he came to Ohio and settled at first in New Haven. The same year he began the study of medicine with Dr. COMSTOCK. He continued his studies four years, and then began the practice of medicine in company with Dr. COMSTOCK. He stayed in New Haven two years, when he went to Miami township, and remained nine years in the same profession. Then he moved to Cheviot, Green township, where he passed another nine years, when he sold his practice to Dr. CRUIKSHANK, and from there he returned to New Haven, where he still resides. In August, 1880, he sold his practice to Dr. SHIELDS While engaged in full duty he had the largest practice of any regular physician in the southwest part of Hamilton county. When he began business he had very little capital, but he has now accumulated a fine fortune. He was an old line Whig until the birth of the Republican party, since which time he has belonged to that organization. His first wife was a native of Ohio. She died in 1835, leav- ~pg 288~ ing him three children. His second wife was from the State of New York. His children, Horace B. and Euphemia, are both residents of Hamilton county; Amanda married Nathaniel G. FRENCH and lives in Butler county. John BLACKBURN, a native of Ireland, emigrated from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1796, and settled at North Bend. He worked at farming all his life. His death occurred in Butler county in the year 1814. His children are Catharine, a resident of this county; John, who was killed in Kentucky by the Indians; Agnes and Robert, residents of Hamilton county; Margaret, now in Pennsylvania; and McConnel, Bryson, Hamilton, and Patterson, are still belonging to this county. Patterson BLACKBURN was born in Pennsylvania in 1780, and, coming to Ohio with his father, first settled at North Bend. He learned the trade of a carpenter, and followed it during his life. In 1815 he went to Davis county, Indiana, where he stayed fourteen years; then he returned to Ohio and settled on the farm now owned by R. H. BLACKBURN, in Crosby township. He held the office of clerk in the township for a number of years. In politics he was a Democrat. He married Mary BALL, a native of Maryland, who died in 1843 at the age of fifty-two. He always took great interest in educational matters. Not a professed member of any church, still he always gave liberally for the support of the gospel. He died in Crosby township in 1843 at the age of sixty-two. He was the father of four children - Robert H., who married Catharine CHRISMAN; Hannah, who became the wife of Oliver MARCH, of Indiana; Mary, who married Joseph KENDALL, of Indiana; and one that died in infancy. Robert H., son of Patterson and Mary BLACKBURN, was born in the year 1813 in Hamilton county He gained a good common school education, and learned the carpenter trade with his father. At the age of eighteen, giving up his trade, he turned his attention to farming, in which business he is now engaged. Two years he has held the office of assessor of Crosby township. He is a liberal supporter as well as member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and gave liberally toward the erection of the literary institution at College Hill. In 1838 he was married to Catharine CHRISMAN, who bore him six children Sarah and Rebecca J., both residing still in Hamilton county; Mary S., who married William W. POWELL, of Missouri; Hannah A. and Catharine S., both of this county at the present date; and Elizabeth, who became the wife of Charles BUTTS, also of this county. Daniel WILKINS was born in Pennsylvania, December 23, 1773. He left his home and came to Hamilton county about the year 1792, and was a resident of this county at the time of his death, which occurred October 17, 1841. He was married to the Widow VANTREES May 23, 1809. The children are Daniel, jr., John, Susannah, Michael and Sarah. Three are yet living. Daniel was born in Hamilton September 30, 1810. He was married to Miss Eliza SHIELDS, daughter of James SHIELDS, of Butler county, March 6, 1834. Nine children have been born - James S., Clarinda, Sarah, Elizabeth, Maria, Ann, Parthena, John, and George - all living but Maria, who died in 1864. James married Miss Emma MILLER, and now resides in Iowa; Elizabeth married James M. TWEEDY, and is now living in Georgia; Clarinda married John LANGRIDGE, and they are in Alabama. The others are at their father's home. Mr.. and Mrs. WILKINS are members of the Congregational church in their vicinity. Emanuel BUTTERFIELD was born in Hamilton county in 1795, where he lived during his entire life. He was married to Miss Hannah MOW, and to them were born eight children Charlotte, Amelia, Permelia, Hannah, Isaac, Daniel, Emanuel, and Hartman. Hannah and Permelia only are living. The former married Nathaniel BUTTERFIELD, but lost her husband October 11, 1857. Permelia lives with her sister Hannah. Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel BUTTERFIELD have had seven children Cummins, Jonathan, Quincy, Marshal, Celeste, Florence, Sebastian. The last named alone has died. Two are married. Cummins married Phoebe DEMMING, and is now living in Butler county. Jonathan. married Miss Sarah BROWN, and is-also living in Butler. Marshal is a practicing physician in Venice, Butler county. The remaining three children are at home. Mrs. BUTTERFIELD still lives on the old farm, and manages the business with the assistance of her son. She and her daughter Celeste are members of the Presbyterian church. David SMITH was born in Northampton county, Pennsylvania, September 23, 1808. He was of German extraction, and belonged to a family of nine children. He came to this State with his father in 1822, crossing the mountains in wagons. They settled on a farm in Butler county, near Mill creek. In 1832 the family moved to Crosby township, where Mr.. Smith lived to the time of his death, which occurred September 11, 1879. His wife was Miss Susanna WILKINS, and they had born to them eight children, who were all present at the time of the death of their father. He was a man well and favorably known throughout the county honest, generous and kind. S. Newton, the youngest child, was born in this county January 9, 1853, and was married to Miss Frances BEVIS, daughter of Jesse BEVIS, October 9, 1873. Three children have been given them Olive, Leonard W., and one infant child. John J. SATER, sr.,. was born in Crosby township, June 13, 1812, and has been a resident of the county all his life, excepting about four years, when he lived in Butler county. In January, 1832, he was married to Miss Nancy LARISON, daughter of J. LARISON, of Colerain township. They had thirteen children, Amos, William V., Mary, Jonathan J. L., Martin V. B., Jared, Hannah E., Milton, Jasper N., John E., Ira, Anson, and one not named. Eight of the thirteen are yet living. Mr.. SATER died on the fourth of April, 1864. His wife had died the year previous. They were both members of the Baptist church. Martin, the fifth child, was born in Crosby township, November 16, 1843. He was married to Mary E. McHENRY, daughter of Joseph H. McHENRY, on November 1, 1865. Their children are Mattie, Lowrie, Pearley M., Nellie, Daisy D., Milton, Clinton, and one that died unnamed. Four are living. Mrs. SATER belongs to the United Brethren church. Mr.. SATER had ~pg 289~ served as justice of the peace for six years. He has also been a trustee for the township for the past five years, and is a member of the executive board of the Agricultural Society of Hamilton county. In the late war he was a member of company C, Sixty-ninth Ohio infantry, and was honorably discharged. -----Continued in Part 3----- -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V00 Issue #210 *******************************************