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Bios (FREESE) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-id: <20031216172534.7910.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT X-Message: #1 Delaware County OhArchives Biographies.....Isaac Marion FREESE July 17 1844 - August 31 1926 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Vicki Tilton vicki@waspe.net December 16, 2003, 12:25 pm Author: 20th Century of Delaware County, OH, 1908, edited and compiled by James R. Lytle, Delaware, OH, published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, IL Isaac Marion Freese, one of Concord Township’s most respected citizens, residing on his farm of 33 acres, has been a resident of this township all his life with the exception of two years. He was born in Delaware County, Ohio, July 17, 1844, and is a son of Isaac and Hester (Gates) Freese. The grandparents, John and Mary Frees, came from Pennsylvania to Ohio at an early date, settling first in Pickaway County about 1838. John Freese purchased a farm of 100 acres on the east bank of the Scioto River, one-half mile south of Bellpoint, for which he paid $6.25 an acre. Isaac Freese, father of Isaac M., later acquired one-half of his land. At that time it was all covered with timber and the family endured many pioneer hardships before their wild surroundings were changed. John and Mary Freese had the following children: Jacob, who died after settling in Illinois; Isaac, father of Isaac M; John, who died in Concord Township and left four children; Abraham, who died in Concord Township, leaving seven sons and two daughters; Henry, who died in Concord Township, leaving one child; Mary, who married Henry Oller and removed to Illinois; and Annie, who married Henry Black, and died in Scioto Township. The grandparents lived to old age and they now rest in the Oller cemetery, on the banks of the Scioto River. Isaac Freese, father of Isaac M., was born in 1803 and lived to the age of 88 years. On his land he built a comfortable log cabin and there all his family were reared, enjoying all the necessities of life even if they had but few of the luxuries. He was a man of sterling character and lived respected and esteemed. He married Hester Gates, who died in 1870, aged 62 years. She was a daughter of Nathaniel and Nancy Gates, who came to Concord Township, Delaware County, from Marietta, Ohio. There were seven children born to Isaac and Hester (Gate) Freese, namely; Loretta, Lavinia, Perlina, John, Isaac M., Annie, and Catherine. Loretta, who married Norman Collins, moved to Moultrie County, Illinois where both died. They are survived by one of their four children - Lewis Collins, now of Delaware; Lavinia married J.N. Sager, of Liberty Township, and moved to Kingman, Kansas, where she died, leaving five children. Perlina, who married Stephen Freshwater, of Concord Township, is survived by her husband and four children. John, who married Jane Hamilton, died in Moultrie County, leaving three children. Annie is the wife of Joseph Evans, and resides in Liberty Township; she has eight children. Catherine, who was married (first) to John Gamble and (secondly) to Charles B. Johnson, of Concord Township, had one child - daughter - by her first marriage and seven children by her second. Isaac M. Freese in his boyhood, attended the district schools and was reared on his father’s farm. At that time the township and even the country was but sparsely settled and he enjoyed few of the social advantages which his grandchildren have in abundance. He die much hard work and assisted in improving the home place until he turned his attention to other pursuits. He has owned his present farm since 1865, on which he has made all the improvements, but during the greater part of his live he has been engaged in a mercantile business, spending two years in Illinois. Mr. Freese was married (first) in 1863, to Susan Watson, who was a daughter of W.T. and Jane (Beckley) Watson. The children born of that marriage were: Mary, who died aged sixteen months; Lavinia, who married Frank McKinnie, of Delaware, and has eight children - Blanche, Rusk, Chester, Elizabeth, Ray, Nona, Ivalon and Clinton; Cora Irene, who married William Engard, resides in Delaware, and has four children - Peter, Marion, Walter and William; Martha Jane, who married William Reese, residing at Delaware, has three children - Marguerite, Frank and Marion; Susan, who married Frank Reese, resides at Delaware and they have five living children - Arthur, Clifford, Ralph, Lawrence and Dorence; and Walter Isaac, residing at Delaware, married Augusta Berlett and they have four children - Anna Maria, Donald, Ruth and Roy. In May, 1880, Mr. Reese was married (secondly) to Mrs. Sarah Jane Warren, who is a daughter of Nelson R. and Eliza (Edleman) Talley. They have two children, Iva and William Andrew, the latter of who resides at home. The former married William Webster, Jr., of Concord Township, and they have three daughters: Berenice, Marian and Florence. By her former marriage, Mrs. Freese had two children, Frederick Raymond, who is a prominent citizen of Montana, where he was elected a member of the State Legislature, in 1906; and Frank D. who is the wife of George McKetrick, residing at Columbus, Ohio. For many years, probably over a half century, Mr. Freese has been a member of the United Brethren Church. Formerly he belonged to the Republican party, but in late years he has thrown his influence in the direction of the Prohibition party. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 5.7 Kb ______________________________ --Boundary_(ID_ilLnqoXLWgFvEV85pnhYtw) Date: 16 Dec 2003 18:00:31 -0000 From: Archives Subject: [OH-FOOT] Oh-Delaware Co. Bios (MOORE) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-id: <20031216180031.17697.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT X-Message: #2 Delaware County OhArchives Biographies.....Sidney MOORE December 16 1821 - May 27 1907 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Vicki Tilton vicki@waspe.net December 16, 2003, 1:00 pm Author: 20th Century History of Delaware Cty., OH, 1908, Edited and Compiled by James R. Lytle, Delaware, OH, Published by Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, IL Sidney Moore, who was for nearly sixty years connected with the banking interests of Delaware County, for the last twenty-four years of that time up to his death in 1907, being president of the Delaware County National Bank, was born in what is now the city of Delaware, December 16, 1821. His parents were Sidney and Phoebe (Mann) Moore, both natives of Vermont, who came to Delaware County from the vicinity of Brattleboro, that State, in pioneer fashion, but previous to their marriage, Sidney Moore being the first arrival. He was born March 16, 1788, and was a young man when he thus set out to better his fortunes in what was then the far west. In his native State he had been closely identified with military affairs, having served as ensign, lieutenant, and captain in the First Regiment of Vermont militia. In Ohio he was subsequently commissioned as lieutenant-colonel and as brigadier-general, in later life being usually known as General Moore. In Delaware County he held civil office as sheriff, recorder and auditor successively, always performing his public duties to the satisfaction of his fellow citizens. His wife Phoebe, who was born near Brattleboro, Vermont, January 3, 1795, and who was therefore nearly seven years his junior, came to Delaware County with her parents, they settling in the vicinity of Westfield. By her marriage with Mr. Moore she became the mother of three children, namely: Emily, Sidney, and William. Emily, who was born in Delaware, February 8, 1819, became the wife of Stephen Stone and accompanied her husband to Nebraska, where she died. William, born May 2, 1835, in Delaware, is still a resident of this place, having always made his home here. Sidney Moore, the elder, father of the above mentioned children, died at the age of about seventy-eight years. His wife long survived him, passing away in December, 1887, when lacking but fifteen days of being ninety-three years old. They were worthy of much respected people, who well performed their part in life, and whose children were living testimonials to a careful upbringing. Sidney Moore, Jr., the direct subject of this sketch, was born in the family resident of the northeast corner of Sandusky and Winter Streets, the site of the house being now occupied by Smith’s Clothing store. He began his education in the local schools and continued it in the Academy until he had mastered the essentials of the sound English training. Even at this early day he had a keen appreciation of the value of time, and applied himself closely to his studied, as he did later throughout his life, to his business duties. He early felt attracted towards banking as a congenial sphere of activity, and having acquired a knowledge of bookkeeping, he sought and found employment withg banking institutions, in addition to his local connections, being employed for some three years in banks in Marion, Ohio, and Indianapolis, Indiana. The greater part of his business career, however, was spent in his native city. He came teller and bookkeeper for the Delaware County branch of the State Bank of Ohio, which began business in 1845, and later became its cashier. He was made cashier of the Delaware County National Bank, January 13, 1865, and continued in that capacity until January 8, 1883, at which time he was elected president of the bank, a position that he held for the rest of his life. Mr. Moore began his business career on a salary of $200 per year. In those days business was conducted upon very conservative lines, and promotion was slow; bue he possessed in large measure the qualities that compel success, and having chosen for his goal an honorable position in the business world, he pressed toward with determination and never looked back until he had attained it, and was recognized by his fellow townsmen as one of the leading factors in the business life and prosperity of Delaware, He was for sixty-two years identified with the Delaware County Bank, with the exception of the three years in Marion and Indianapolis above referred to, and after he had demonstrated his capacity, he had been elected president of the institution, his advice was eagerly sought by many of the men who had then or have since attained prominence in the business life of the community. Not a few of them today attribute their success to his wife counsel or ready help, which was never withheld from those worthy of it. He seldom mistook his man, being a quick reader of character, and to have obtained his assistance was in itself almost a certificate of capacity and integrity. In matters aside from business, but connected with the moral and material development of his native city, his name was for many years a synonym for charity, philanthropy and benevolence. Among his many charitable deeds may be mentioned his donation of the Home for Aged People, located on East William Street, Delaware. Mr. Moore was a prominent Free Mason, belong to Hiram Lodge, No. 18, of Delaware, and having attained the Thirty-third degree in the Order. As a token of his high regard for the Order he donated it to the splendid Temple on West William Street, which is as well an ornament to the city as an evidence of the liberal spirit and devotion of the donor. In politics he was a Republican, but never sought public office. It was Mr. Moore’s character to be thorough and concentrated. He held that it was better to do one thing thoroughly and well than to dissipate one’s energies in seeking to attain to many different objects, and the wisdom of this policy was exemplified in his own life. Mr. Moore was twice married: First, about 1851, to Miss Millie Stark, who lived but a few years. His second marriage was to Mrs. Sarah A. Bierce, widow of Alonzo Bierce, and daughter of John and Margery (Chain) Cunningham. Mrs. Moore was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1828, and when an infant about a year old, same with her parents to Delaware County, they settling in Brown Township, where Mr. Cunningham purchased and improved a farm, and where he and his wife resided until reaching an advanced age, when they removed to Delaware. Mr. Cunningham was born in Columbiana County in 1801, and died in the city of Delaware in 1858. His wife Margery, Mrs. Moore’s mother, was born in Columbiana County in 1802, and died October 3, 1854. They were the parents of four children: Margery, who became the wife of James Harriott; Eliza, wife of John Hill; Sarah, who married Sidney Moore, subject of this sketch; and Jackson, who is not a resident of Delaware. The two last mentioned are the only members of the family now living. Mrs. Moore’s grandfathers, Hugh Cunningham and Hugh Chain, were pioneer settlers in Columbiana County. By her marriage with Mr. Moore she had no children but by her first husband she was the mother of two sons, namely: John Bierce, who died at the age of eighteen years, and Arthur W. Bierce, who is now a resident of Delaware. Mr. Moore died May 27, 1907, in his residence on North Sandusky Street, which he had erected in 1868. His funeral services were conducted with the impressive rites of the Masonic Order, of which he was so devoted a member, and his remains were laid to rest in Oak Grove Cemetery. His departure was not only a severe blow to his devoted wife, who had sustained his hopes and shared his triumphs through so many years, but was also left as a sad loss to the community at large, who realized that a strong man in character and achievement, and a sterling citizen, had gone from among them. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 8.2 Kb ______________________________ --Boundary_(ID_ilLnqoXLWgFvEV85pnhYtw) Date: 16 Dec 2003 18:31:15 -0000 From: Archives Subject: [OH-FOOT] Oh-Delaware Co. Bios (BELL) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-id: <20031216183115.26363.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT X-Message: #3 Delaware County OhArchives Biographies.....Stanley BELL January 1 1843 - December 31 1921 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Vicki Tilton vicki@waspe.net December 16, 2003, 1:30 pm Author: 20th Century History of Delaware County, OH, Edited and Compiled by James R. Lytle, Delaware, OH., Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, 1908 Stanley Bell, a veteran of the Civil War and a trustee of Oxford Township, has been a life long resident of this community. He was born two miles southeast of Ashley, Oxford Township, January 1, 1843, and is a son of Henry and Mary (Miller) Bell. Henry Bell was born in Maryland, and came west to Zanesville, Ohio, walking and carrying his carpenter’s tools. His wife came into possession of a piece of land in Oxford Township, Delaware County, upon which they moved. This they cleared and erected thereon buildings, some of which still stand. Mr. Bell became a man of prominence in this vicinity and was frequently called upon to fill local offices. He served several terms as township trustee. He married Mary Miller, who was born in Zanesville, Ohio, and was a daughter of Jesse and Mary Miller, her father being a shepherd and a very wealthy man. Henry Bell and wife became parents of the following children: John, who lives in Columbus; Sarah (Poole) deceased; Mary, who lives on the old home place; Stanley; Robert, who also lives on the old home farm; David, who lives east of Delaware; and Celia, who resides on the old home place. Mr. Bell was an Abolitionist prior to the Civil war and later a Republican. Stanley Bell was reared in Oxford Township where he attended school and worked at home until the Civil War was in progress. He was very anxious to enter the service but could not secure the consent of his father who needed him at home and wished him to remain in school. In 1863, he accompanied his father to Ashley, to see some soldiers depart for the front, and while his father’s back was turned jumped on the train. He enlisted for three months service in Company C, Eighty-fifth O.V.I., at the end of which time he returned home for three weeks. He then re-enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served till the war was over. He fought at Murfreesboro, Stone River and Nashville and in many skirmishes of importance. While in action, General Jones observed him in an act of bravery and had him advanced in rank to Sergeant-Major. He was with General Sherman’s Army at Raleigh, North Carolina, where the war closed, and from there returned to Washington, D.C., and was discharged after taking part in the Grand Review. After returning home he remained there until March, 1866, when he located on 50 acres in Oxford Township. This land he improved, erected a residence and the necessary buildings and resided there about 25 years. He then moved across the line into Peru Township, Morrow county, where he lived until October 17, 1904, then bought 23 acres of the old B.S. Brundage place, lying within the corporation limits of the village of Ashley. He has a comfortable home, built of brick, and devotes his time to farming on a small scale. In 1868, Mr. Bell was united in marriage to Harriet Watters, who was born in Oxford Township, and is a daughter of Hosea and Hannah (Heverlo) Watters. They had the following children: Harry, who lives in Cleveland; Bertha, who married Marion Hatton, lives in Brown Township; Lena, who married Frank Librock, lives in Delaware; Arthur, who lives in Delaware, married Minta Hupp, and has a son, Clyde Stanley; Joseph, who is attending a dental college in Columbus; Clara, who lives in Oxford Township, is the wife of Harvey Lea, by whom she has two children: Merle and Robert E.; and May and Elizabeth, both of whom are at home. Politically, Mr. Bell is a Republican and at the present time is serving as township trustee and health officer. He formerly served tow terms as trustee, and was also member of the School Board. He belongs to the Grange, and to the J.E. Coomer Post, No. 281, G.A.R. at Ashley. Additional Comments: Stanley Bell died 31 Dec 1921, buried in Gavitt Cemetery, Delaware Cty., OH. Harriet Watters Bell, 1850-1931, buried in Gavitt Cemetery, Delaware Cty., OH This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 4.6 Kb -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V03 Issue #162 *******************************************