OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 202 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenwebarchives.org ************************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 202 Today's Topics: #1 Ohbios-Paulding-Lorain-Defiance Co [OHBIOS ] #2 Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Allen) [Archives ] #3 Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Allen) [Archives ] #4 Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Baker) [Archives ] #5 Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Benton) [Archives ] #6 Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Bloom) [Archives ] #7 Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Calhoun) [Archives ] #8 Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Chamberlin) [Archives ] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from OH-FOOTSTEPS-D, send a message to OH-FOOTSTEPS-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: 20 Nov 2005 16:19:09 -0000 From: OHBIOS To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20051120161909.409.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Ohbios-Paulding-Lorain-Defiance Co. Bios (Williams) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Paulding-Lorain-Defiance County OHIO Biographies.....Charles Williams April 4 1867 - 1954 ******************************************************* File contributed for Ohio Biographies Project by: Sharon Land sjland@oberlin.net November 20, 2005, 11:19 am Author: Sharon Land In 1867 "Dad" my grandfather was born to John and Susan Williams 1/2 miles west of Mandale, Ohio. My grandfather was also known as Tank Willimas by many. According to the notes from my Aunt Vern, Dad often told her stories of his early life in Pauling County while sitting on the banks of the Dog Creek, Little Auglaize, or Middle Creek fishing. My own mother Lula Williams Spencer often told the same stories to us as children. He told my Aunt Vern that my great grandfather was a run away slave from Kentucky, my mother(Lula) said "Dad" was an Canadian Indian from Canada. I guess Great granddad could have come out of Canada after fleeing from the planation in Kentucky. Great granddad Williams had three children, my grandfather Charles Williams, my Aunt Emma Williams, and one child that died at birth. While as a teenager Dad, met a young laday who also lived in Paulding County by the name of Luella Goings. Dad started a courtship with my grandmother Luella, it was 9 miles from the granddads cabin. According to Aunt Vern Dad said he could only visit Grandma once a week and that was on Sunday afternoon and during the day light hours, because it was a nine mile walk each way, and he had to back before dark to do chores. In 1885 Charles Williams and Luella Goings married and began farming and raising a family. Dad and Grandma raised 12 children, John, Charles, Alva, Ethel, Schuyler, William, Verna, Julia, Beulah, Furl, Lula(my mother) and Clayton. Each one of Dad's and Grandma's off springs married and raised families of their own. John married Minne Underwood, Charles married Mildred Upethgove, Alva married Christeen Bond, Ethel married Harley Rowe, Schuyler married Pearl Rowe, William married Leona Woods, Verna married Clyde Mines, Julia married Wilbur Galloway,Beulah married James Galloway, Furl married Irma Ferguson, Lula married George Spencer(my Dad) and Clayton married Flora Tipton. When Dad passed away in 1954 he left 87 grandchildren and more than 100 great grandchildren. At this writing his lineage has double and tripled in sizes. There are now so many of us, it is hard to count. My Aunt Emmie married Thadeous Day and they had 10 children, Goldia, Eva, Dewey, Sadosia, Vesta, Gwenlyn, Charles, Thodora, Doyt, and Jeanette(of whom I carry her name, Sharon Jeanette). This is a small Bio of my mother and her family. My mother was born September 5, 1909 in Mandale, and died July 15, 1999. Her and my father George Spencer had 11 children and adopted one child. My brothers and sisters are, George Jr. Darwin(deceased) Armeada, Glenna, Vonnie, Dalton, Karen, Alva, Darrell, Sharon (me), Thyrin(deceased) and Joe. At the time of my mothers death she left 52 grandchildern,91 great grandchildren,9 great great grandchildren, and a great, great, great grandson and one Sister Beulah Roman. My Aunt Beulah will celebrete her 100 birthday December 19 of this year. I hope those who will read this bio, will reflect and remember, beautiful people came from Paulding County, and we are a small portion of it, but so proud to have such a rich history and such wonderful memories of "down home at "Dad's" Sharon Spencer Land This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/bios/ohbios/ File size: 3.5 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: 21 Nov 2005 02:24:24 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20051121022424.8363.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Allen) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Allen, John S. 1836 - ************************************************ 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: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com November 20, 2005, 9:24 pm Author: Warner, Beers & Co. JOHN S. ALLEN, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Pleasant Township, Hardin County, Ohio, May 21, 1836. His parents were Abel H. and Rebecca (Mackey) Allen; the former a native of Hardy County, Va., born November 7, 1803, and the latter a native of Franklin County, Ohio, born July 12, 1810. They moved to Hardin County in 1833, and settled two miles east of Kenton, where Mr. Allen entered 100 acres of land. All was wild forest, and not a house marked the site of the city of Kenton. He cleared his farm, added forty acres, and in 1852, sold; then bought eighty acres in the same township, and 125 acres in Buck Township. He died December 24, 1873, and in 1876 his widow removed to Kenton. Of the eight children born to them six are living. The subject of this sketch was the eldest member, and was reared on the homestead, aiding in clearing up the land. On October 16, 1860, he was married to Isabella S., daughter of Henry G. Johnson, and born in Logan County, Ohio, September 11, 1838. They have three children-Edith L., born September 14, 1861; Hallie C., born September 22, 1866, and Tressie B., born December 3, 1875. Edith L. is the wife, of Henry Bishop. Mr. Allen located on his present farm November 13, 1860, and owns 120 acres of land, and also gave his daughter, Edith L Bishop, a farm of fifty-six acres. He is engaged in farming and stock-raising, and had marked success in exhibiting his fine stock at the fairs. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics he is a Republican. Additional Comments: Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/allen319bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: 21 Nov 2005 02:25:31 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20051121022531.8534.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Allen) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Allen, Enos H. 1843 - ************************************************ 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: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com November 20, 2005, 9:25 pm Author: Warner, Beers & Co. ENOS H. ALLEN, farmer, P. O Kenton, is the second son of Abel H. and Rebecca Allen, and was born in Pleasant Township, Hardin County, Ohio, December 25, 1843. He was raised on a farm and remained on the homestead until he married. In 1864, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Regiment of the Ohio National Guards, but was subsequently transferred to Company G, of the same regiment. He served in the Shenandoah Valley, and took part in the skirmish with Gen. Early's troops at John Brown's Schoolhouse. He was discharged August 1, 1864. On December 24, 1868, he was married to Susan A. Lee, widow of Lewis Lee, and daughter of Alexander and Grace Morrison Mrs. Allen was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, May 4, 1846, and had one child by her former husband-Princess A., born August 1, 1864. Mr. Allen had charge of his father's farm from 1868 to 1874, when his father gave him 125 acres of land, and he located on it the same year. He now owns 227 acres, 101 of which are located in Goshen Township. Mr. Allen is engaged in farming and rearing thoroughbred short-horn cattle, Southdown and Spanish merino sheep. He is a regular exhibitor at the Hardin County fairs, and is now serving his second term as member of the Agricultural Board. He and his wife are connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically, he is a Republican; has served twice as Township Trustee, and is a man of public spirit and enterprise. Additional Comments: Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/allen320bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: 21 Nov 2005 02:26:55 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20051121022655.8706.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Baker) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Baker, Abe 1841 - ************************************************ 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: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com November 20, 2005, 9:26 pm Author: Warner, Beers & Co. ABE BAKER, farmer, P O. Kenton, was born in Kenton, Ohio, March 6, 1841, and is a son of Levi and Sarah (Delp) Baker. His father was born in Virginia, June 5, 1812; his mother in Pennsylvania, October 1, 1818. They were married in Seneca County, Ohio, in October, 1836, where their parents had moved in the year 1834. In 1840, Levi Baker and family came to Kenton, soon after removed on a farm, and in 1845 came to Buck Township, where he lived on the Mentzer farm until 1848, when he removed to the Price farm, and finally, in 1859, settled on the farm now owned by our subject. He died at the last-named place in June, 1861. He had cleared fifty-two acres of land which he had purchased on first coming to the township. For twenty years he belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of the nine children he had six are living. The subject of this sketch is the eldest and only son living. He was reared on a farm, and assisted his father in clearing up the farm. On November 7, 1861, he enlisted in Company B. Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry; served on the Potomac until 1863, when he was transferred to the Cumberland Army. He fought at Gettysburg under McDowell was detailed as wagon master, in which position he remained until the close of the war. He was with Sherman in the Atlanta campaign and on the march to the sea, and received his discharge July, 1865. On his return home he engaged in farming. On July 12, 1866, he was married to Louisa E., daughter of David and Rebecca Cline, and a native of Fairfield County, Ohio, born January 5, 1847. Five children blessed this union-Rebecca P., Clara B., Otis F.. Loretta R. and Lester A. Mr. Baker and his wife attend the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, Mr. Baker is a Democrat, and has never held office. He is occupied in farming and stock-raising, making Poland-China hogs a specialty of the latter. Additional Comments: Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/baker321bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: 21 Nov 2005 02:28:03 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20051121022803.8897.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Benton) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Benton, Daniel W. 1832 - ************************************************ 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: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com November 20, 2005, 9:27 pm Author: Warner, Beers & Co. DANIEL W. BENTON, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Pickaway County, Ohio. August 10, 1832. His parents are Elias and Elizabeth J. (Caldwell) Benton. Daniel is the youngest son of six children, three sons and three daughters. He remained on the homestead till of age, and educated at the common schools, Mount Pleasant Academy, at Kingston, Ohio, and also Kenyon College, at Gambier, Ohio. When nineteen years of age, he began teaching, and during the winters of the three years following, taught in Pickaway and Fairfield Counties. He subsequently took up farming, and has pursued that occupation ever since. In November of 1857, he accompanied his parents to Hardin County, located one mile north of Kenton, but sold out in August, 1859, and came to Buck Township. He purchased 212 acres of his present farm, which he has since cleared and improved. On September 18, 1855, he was married to Harriet M., a daughter of Henry and Sarah (Winters) Wharton, of Clermont County, Ohio. Mr. Wharton was an itinerant minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church for thirty years. He traveled over Southern Ohio and Virginia, and aided in organizing pioneer churches. He died September 14, 1864, at the age sixty years. Mrs. Wharton was born August 30, 1809, and now resides in Delaware, Ohio. Mrs. Benton was born in Ross County, Ohio, February 9, 1836, and has reared six children out of a family of eight-Henry Willard, born May 10, 1857; Elias, born April 11, 1859, died December 29,1859; William Horace, born January 14, 1861, died August 18, 1864; Guy Potter, born May 26, 1865; Clarence Daniel, born September 16, 1868; Eva Maria, born October 17, 1870; Mary Elizabeth, born November 10, 1873, and Sarah Marguerite, born May 27, 1877. Henry Willard graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1881; also graduated from the Cincinnati Law School, May 1883, and is now practicing law in Minneapolis, Minn. Guy Potter is a Sophomore in the Ohio Wesleyan University. Mr. Benton owns 340 acres of well-improved land, and gives some of his attention to raising thoroughbred Spanish merino sheep. He is a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and his wife and children of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has been a member of the Board of Infirmary Directors for three years, and was Township Treasurer and Clerk one year each. He has been County Agent of Hardin County Grange, with which he has been prominently indentified since its organization. Additional Comments: Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/benton322bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 3.5 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #6 Date: 21 Nov 2005 02:29:14 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20051121022914.9119.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Bloom) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Bloom, Earhart 1818 - ************************************************ 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: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com November 20, 2005, 9:29 pm Author: Warner, Beers & Co. EARHART BLOOM, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Hesse, Germany, September 14, 1818, and is a son of Michael and Barbara (Calip) Bloom, who were natives of the same place. His mother died when he was six years old, and in 1833, he emigrated with his father to the United States, settling near Shellsburg, Penn., thence moving the following year to Tiffin, Ohio. His father died there the same year, 1834, leaving five children, two of whom also died that year. John died in 1839, leaving Andrew and our subject the only survivors. The former is a resident of Tiffin, Ohio. Our subject is the youngest child, and was reared principally on a farm. In 1841, he began working at molding in a foundry in Tiffin, and staid here three years. In October of 1844, he came to Kenton, built a foundry, and was the first in Hardin County to make a plow: it was cast on the evening of the 3d of May, 1845. In 1856, he erected his present foundry, and remained in the business until June of 1877, employing at the commencement, eight hands, and closing with a force of fifteen hands. He manufactured plows and machinery, and kept a general repair shop. His foundry cost him about $4,000 and is situated on the corner of Main and North streets. The property is still owned by him, but he retired from the business in June, 1877. In February 1879, he removed to his farm of 213 acres of land which he had purchased in 1864 and 1865. His brick residence was erected in 1879, at a cost of $3,000. He was married, April 18, 1844, to Julia A., daughter of Lewis and Louise Faulhaver. Ten children resulted from this union, four living, viz.: John B., Matilda, Callie L., wife of David Newcomb, and Lewis P. Mr. Bloom's family attend the Presbyterian Church. In politics, he is a Democrat; has held the office of Township Trustee for four years; has been a member of the School Board for three years, and of the City Council six years. He helped to found the savings bank, of which he was a stockholder, and, with J. S. Robinson, built the first two miles and a half of pike ever made in Hardin County. He owns 213 acres of land beside, the foundry buildings and town property, all secured by his own energy and exertion. Additional Comments: Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/bloom323bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #7 Date: 21 Nov 2005 02:30:34 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20051121023034.9291.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Calhoun) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Calhoun, Dwight 1823 - ************************************************ 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: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com November 20, 2005, 9:30 pm Author: Warner, Beers & Co. DWIGHT CALHOUN, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Litchfield County, Conn., July 4, 1823. His parents were Justus Truman and Lucy (Hitchcock) Calhoun, both natives of the same county. His mother was born April 23, 1790, and died in Troy, Ohio, December 31, 1867. Justus Truman Calhoun was born January 1, 1789, and was the son of Truman and Mary Calhoun, natives of Washington, Conn. The former was born in 1770, the latter in 1773. Truman's father, George Calhoun, with five brothers, Calvin, John, Joseph, James and Reuben, served in the Revolutionary war, and settled in Washington, Conn. The descendants of Reuben, Burt and Abel are the only representatives of the family now living in Connecticut. Justus Truman Calhoun, the father of our subject, removed with his family to Delaware County, Ohio, in 1833, settling in Berkshire Township, where he purchased a farm, and occupied it until his death, on October 5, 1848. He and his wife were the parents of five children four living-Henry, a Presbyterian minister of Ironton, Ohio; Mary J., wife of Elijah W. Fenton, of Iowa City, Iowa; Dwight, our subject and Lucy A., widow of John W. Weiser. Justus Truman Calhoun died October 5, 1848. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm, and educated at East Blendon Institute. At the age of sixteen, he engaged in teaching, and followed it during the winters, until 1859. He was married, October 29, 1848, to Elizabeth J., daughter of John and Elizabeth (Monnett) Caldwell, the former a native of Huntingdon County, Penn., and the latter of Pickaway County, Ohio. Mr. Caldwell was born in the year 1800, and his wife in 1805. Mrs Calhoun was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, February 23, 1829, and has blessed her husband with six daughters, five living, viz.: Anna E., wife of Robert McCurdy, of Kenton, Ohio; Myra J., wife of D. Longfellow, of Minneapolis. Minn.; Henrietta, Bessie Monnett, and Helen D. The eldest, Emma M. (deceased), was for several years a missionary to the Indians. Of the six children, Emma, Anna, Myra and Henrietta were educated in the Western Seminary at Oxford, Ohio. In 1859, Mr. Calhoun removed to his present location in Buck Township. He is a member of the Episcopal Church. He takes an active interest in Sabbath schools, having been Superintendent for thirty years in different schools. Mr. Calhoun devoted his attention for several years to keeping Italian bees, and was the first person to introduce them in Hardin County. Emma Maria, the eldest daughter, was born in Berkshire, Delaware Co., Ohio, March 27, 1850. In early childhood, she exhibited those beautiful traits of character which were so greatly developed in her maturer years of Christian life and work. She received her early training in the union schools of Kenton. When fifteen years of age, she taught her first school on the Bellefontaine pike, near her home. Her strong desire to do good prompted her to organize a Sabbath school in the schoolhouse, and, with outside assistance, the enterprise proved a success. She continued an active worker for some time. Being anxious to obtain an education requisite for mission work, she went to Troy, Ohio, in the spring of 1868, and continued her studies with her uncle, Rev. Henry Calhoun, preparatory to entering the seminary at Oxford, Ohio. The following fall she entered on a course in that institution, and graduated in 1871. She then became a teacher in the union schools of Evansville, Ind. In the spring of 1872, she returned home, and, October 8, 1872, started for Yankton Agency, Dak., to assume the duties of assistant teacher to Rev. J. P. Williamson. She taught English, while studying the language of the Dakota Indians, in which she became very proficient. In 1874, she returned to Kenton, bringing an Indian boy to be educated by the Presbyterian Church. On account of ill health he was obliged to return to his tribe, and soon after died. Miss Calhoun returned after a brief visit, and February 15, 1876, was married to Rev. C. L. Hall, formerly of New York City, then a missionary at Springfield, Dak. The same spring the two devoted missionaries went to Fort Berthold, 1,000 miles up the Missouri River, and devoted their Christian work to 2,000 Indians, remnants of the once powerful tribes of Mandans, Arickarees and Gros Ventres. In 1877, they visited her parents and were accompanied on their return by Myra J., a sister of Mrs. Hall, who became a mission teacher for three years. In 1879, Mrs. Hall attended the annual mission meeting at Brown Earth Dak., and addressed the meeting in the Sioux language. She was probably the first of her sex to address the Indians in their native tongue. Mrs. Hall was an earnest and devout missionary, and devoted her entire womanhood to the cause of advancing Christianity and enlightening the Indians of the far West. After nine years of missionary usefulness, unsurpassed by any of her sex, she died at the post of duty, April 17, 1881, leaving two children. She was buried by the side of her oldest boy, Harry, who died July 17, 1878. Additional Comments: Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/calhoun324bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 6.0 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #8 Date: 21 Nov 2005 02:31:32 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20051121023132.9486.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Chamberlin) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Chamberlin, Cornelius 1825 - ************************************************ 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: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com November 20, 2005, 9:31 pm Author: Warner, Beers & Co. CORNELIUS CHAMBERLIN, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Monroe County, N. Y., March 30, 1825. He is a son of David and Hannah (Bridge) Chamberlin, of New York State. His paternal grandfather was an officer in the Revolution, and died in New York. Our subject's parents were married in their native State, whence they emigrated in 1837, and settled in Taylor Creek Township, Hardin County, Ohio. Mr. Chamberlin bargained for 200 acres of land at $2.50 an acre; after paying a part, the title proved void, and the land was taken away after his decease. He died in November, 1838; his widow followed him in May 1865. They were the parents of twelve children, five living. The subject of this sketch was the sixth child and second son. He was brought up on a farm and obtained a fair education from the common schools. When fourteen years of age, he began working out by the month for a period of ten years. On November 18, 1846, he was married to Miss Catharine Irwin, born in Logan County, Ohio, October 20, 1828, and a daughter of Michael and Mary Irwin: When eight years of age, she came with her parents to Union County, Ohio. Mr. Chamberlin and his wife are the parents of ten children, viz.: William A., Alice (wife of John L. Collins), Charles E., Stephen A., Martin V., Clara, John and Henry. James and Jennie are deceased. Jennie was the wife of Henry McCullough, and at her decease left two children-Ora C. and Asa. In 1857, Mr. Chamberlin located on his present farm, which consisted originally of 110 acres. He has since cleared the land, and has acquired 163 acres of land, all well cultivated. When he was married, he had but $15, and all that he has since obtained has been due to his industry and enterprise. In 1864, he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged in June, 1865. He served principally in Tennessee, under Gen. Thomas, and was in the battle of Nashville. At the last named place, he contracted a sickness, and was confined at the post hospital of that town. He and his wife are members of the United Brethren Church. In politics, Mr. Chamberlin is a Republican, and has never held public office. Additional Comments: Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/chamberl325bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V05 Issue #202 *******************************************