The History of
Warren County, Ohio: W. H. Beers & CO. Chicago: No publication date,
probably about 1882.
Page 834 Surnames COOK, HAWKINS, TOWNSEND, BOONE, DAVIS, LYDEN
Levi & Elisha COOK, farmers; P. O. Waynesville; are sons of Abraham and
Ruth (HAWKINS) COOK, natives of South Carolina; the paternal grandfather, Amos
Cook, a native of South Carolina, married Elizabeth TOWNSEND, and, with his
family, emigrated to Ohio and located in this county and township on the place
where Elisha Cook now resides in 1803, and here opened out right in the woods,
experiencing their full share of the trials, and hardships of pioneer life,
the settlers being then few and far between; no roads but paths or trails
through the unbroken forests, and here they toiled and labored to make a home
and a farm, and here they died; they had eight children who grew to maturity,
married, and raised families, but have all now departed this life, except one
daughter - Ruth, now Widow Cook, residing in Indiana.
Abraham, the youngest son, was 11 years of age when they arrived in this
county, and here grew to manhood accustomed to all the deprivations of those
early days; was married Sept. 10, 1812, and became the father of ten children;
eight grew to maturity; seven now survive: Sarah, Levi, Stephen, Dinah,
Elisha, Lydia and Elizabeth. Mr. Cook located upon the home farm, where
he resided until his death, July 9, 1862, aged 70 years; his wife died
February, 1863, aged 70 years. He and family, as was his father, were devoted
members of the Society of Friends.
Levi, the eldest son, was born on the old home farm Dec. 4, 1819; was raised
and grew to manhood and remained with his father till 30 years of age; was
married in the spring of 1850 to Ellen, born in Maryland Jan 2, 1821, a
daughter of Arnold and Hannah BOONE, he a native of Maryland and she of
Pennsylvania, who moved to Ohio and settled in Warren County in 1836,
and here lived and died; they had nine children; two only now survive --
Elizabeth, now Mrs. DAVIS, living in Virginia, and Ellen.
Mr. [Levi] Cook and wife have three children -- Samuel B., born Jan. 10, 1851;
Ruth, born Aug 8, 1854; and Hannah, born April 13, 1861. Mr. Cook after
his marriage located upon the farm where he now lives and has since resided;
has erected nearly all the buildings on the place and made improvements until
now he has a very pleasant home and residence.
Elisha, the youngest son, was born where he now lives, May 28, 1829; was
married Nov. 19, 1868 to Anna B. LYDEN, who was born in Ireland Aug. 20, 1843,
and emigrated to America with a brother and sister when 10 years of age, or in
1853, and here she grew to womanhood; she was a daughter of Patrick and
Margaret LYDEN. Mr. Cook and wife have five children -- Mary E., born
Oct. 5, 1869; Lizzie, born Oct. 22, 1870; Levi Parry, born Feb. 27, 1873;
Amos, Born Aug. 18, 1874, and Maggie Anna, born Nov. 8, 1875. Mr. Cook
located upon the old home farm, where are associated all the scenes of his
childhood, and where he had made a continued residence from his birth -- a
period of fifty-two years, and the farm has been in possession of the Cook
family since its first purchase and occupation in 1803 -- a period of
seventy-eight years. Ruth HAWKIKNS, the mother of our subjects, was a
daughter of James and Sarah Hawkins, who settled in Warren County about 1804
or 1805.-
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Page 812
MORNINGSTAR, BEARD, SWARTZ, DAWSON
Jacob MORNINGSTAR, deceased, was born in Pennsylvania March 16, 1806. When
but a boy, his parents moved to this county, where he passed his early life
upon a farm. He was married, Aug 31, 1837, to Harriet BEARD, a daughter of
Jacob and Susanna Beard; Mrs. Morningstar aws born in Montgomery County Aug.
30, 1813; of the four children that were given them, but two are
living: Mary E., born July 20, 1841, wife of Edward SWARTZ; and Mary A.,
Born Jan. 11, 1850, wife of S. D. DAWSON; Sarah A. and an infant are
deceased. Feb. 6, 1866, Mr. Morningstar departed this life, after a
life of nearly threescore years; he left a farm of 287 acres, but a legacy
far parmount to this -- an honorable name.
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Page 814 SCHENCK, PLUME, DU BOIS, CONOVER, VAN DORN, WILLIAMSON,
EASTMAN, NULL, STANTON, VAN DYKE.
Benedict G. SCHENCK, farmer; P.
O. Franklin; son of Garrett and Mary P. (PLUME) SCHENCK; was born in
Franklin Oct. 16, 1818. He was educated in the common schools of the
village. In 1836, he entered the Pleasant Hill Academy, north of
Cincinnati, now known as College Hill; he attended three years, then
returned to Franklin and entered his brother-in-law's general store, where
he remained two years. He was married in 1841 to Phoebe J., daughter of Dr.
Benjamin and Willimpe DU BOIS, natives of Monmouth Co., N. J., who emigrated
here about 1806; his grandfather, Rev. William SCHENCK, was born at
Monmouth, N.J. in 1740, graduated at Princeton College and studied for the
ministry under Dr. Dennant; he preached seven years at Freehold. N.J., was
ddriven thence by the Revolution to Bucks Co. Penn; thence moved to
Pittsgrove, N.J., where he preached eight years; from there he went to
Ballston, N.Y., where he preached seven years; thence to Huntington L. I.,
where he remained twenty-five years. Oct 20, 1817, he came to
Franklin, where he died Sept. 1, 1823, at the ripe age of 83 years; his
father was Ccourtinas SCHENCK, his mother Mary CONOVER.
Benjamin, youngest son of Dominie,
Mr. Schenck's wife's father, was born in Monmouth Co., N.J., was married to
Willimpe, daughter of Peter and Jane (WILLIAMSON) Van DORN; married Feb. 16,
1803; when a boy, he boarded for a time in the family of Peter VanDorn
(afterward his father-in-law); attended school in an academy some three
miles distant; finishing his course there, he then studied medicine under
Dr. Timbrooke, it is supposed. He then attended medical lectures at New
Brunswick, graduating and receiving diploma May 5, 1801; he also attended
lectures in New York City, practiced medicine in New Jersey till 1805, when
he emigrated to Franklin in company with his brother Daniel and wife, his
sister Margaret and husband, and Tunis Vanderveer. They moved in farm
wagons; upon reaching the Ohio River, they shipped on board flat-boats as
far as Cincinnati, and were one month in reaching their destination. After
living in Franklin two years, he bought a farm of 150 acres in Jersey
Settlement, where he cleared a space and built a house, which is still
standing; he had an extensive practice, two years previous to his death,
which occurred Oct. 8, 1851, he gave up farming and built a reseidence on a
lot adjoining, where he ended his days.
Benedict G., the subject of this
sketch, after his marriage moved on his mother's farm, the old homestead
south of Franklin. In 1851, he bought what is known as the old Craig farm,
of 150 acres, where he cleared 35 acres. Now he has about 130 acres of it
under cultivation.
Mr. Schenck and his wife have
five daughters and three sons, the eldest Alexander D., is now First
Lieutenant in the 2nd Heavy Artillery; their second son, Louis d., was
killedon the farm by a landroller passing over him; William J. is engaged in
Memphis, Tenn. in cotton seed oil business; Mary P., wife of Rev. J. C.
EASTMAN, of Las Vegas, N. M.; Ellen M., wife of Edward NULL; Phoebe J., wife
of Thomas E. STANTON; Alletta, wife of George VAN DYKE; and Lizzie F., now
engaged in teaching school.
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Page 816 STANTON, DENSON, DU BOIS
Joseph D. STANTON, farmer; P. O.
Franklin; was born in Waynesville Aug. 16, 1826. He is a son of Lemuel and
Martha (DENSON) STANTON, the former a native of Dinwiddie Co., Va., born
Dec. 14, 1790, and the latter of Prince George Co., Va., was born July 5,
1795. Mr. Stanton died March 20, 1863, and Mrs. Stanton May --, 1826. They
came to Wayne Township in 1825. Mr. Stanton served as Sergeant's Mate in the
last war with Great Britain. Our subject was raised on a farm and obtained
his education in the district schools.
He was married, Sept 6, 1854, to
Phoebe A., daughter of Daniel and Francinchy DU BOIS, born in Montgomery
county May 22, 1831; three children were given to bless this union, viz.:
Anna M., born Sept 10, 1855; John D., born Feb. 3, 1859; and Daniel L., born
Dec 13, 1865. Soon after Mr. Stanton's marriage, he removed to Madison Co.,
Ill, where he lived till 1868, when he removed to Springboro, this county,
and in 1872, located on his present farm.
They are members of the
Presbyterian Church of Franklin. Politically, Mr. Stanton is a Republican.
he has served as Superintendent of the Franklin Union Free Turnpike five
yers. He owns a farm of 40 acres on Sec. 36, with good improvements.
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Page 928 STANTON, WINBURN, BUTLER, JONES, LLOYD
MOORE, HADLEY, CHAPMAN, SCHENK, KEEVER.
Joseph STANTON, farmer, P. O.
Springboro, born in Dinwiddie Co., Va., Aug 6, 1812. It is well
established that James Stanton, born in Virginia in 1690, was a grandson of
the first progenitor, who settled there in 1640. James was the father of
eight children of whom Sampson Stanton was the grandfather of our subject,
and was born in Virginia Aug. 7, 1736; he married Ruth WINBURN, by whom he
had thee sons and one daughter -- James, born Jan 9, 1771, died July 18,
1827; John, born Sept. 28, 1772, died April 1, 1827; Sarah, born March 20,
1774; died April 13, 1813; and Daniel, born May 25, 1776, died April 13,
1806. John was the father of our subject; was married, in Virginia, to
Lydia BUTLER, a daughter of John Butler, a antive of Virginia, who lived and
died in his native State; by this union they had nine children; six grew to
maturity -- Elizabeth, Jonathan, Edna, Deborah, Joseph and Mary, all now
deceased but the subject of this sketch, who when his father died, was about
15 years of age. In the spring of 1828, he with his brother Jonathan
came to Ohio and located in Warren County; here he grew to manhood. On Feb
1, 1837, he was united in marriage with Catherine A., daughter of James and
Ann (JONES) STANTON, he a native of Virginia and she of North Carolina. The
grandparents were James and Ann Stanton. The maternal grandparents were
Lemuel and Catherine Jones, both in North Carolina, who lived and died in
their native state. The parents of Mrs. Stanton (James and Ann), came
to Ohio in the fall of 1825, and in the spring of 1826, located on the place
where our subject now resides and here lived till their death; he died Jan.
3, 1852; his wife died May 22, 1844; they had three children -- William R.,
now residing in Michigan; Catherine Ann, and Deborah J., who married Samuel
LLOYD and now resides in Kansas. Catherine Ann was born in Virginia Jan 27,
1820.
Mr. Stanton and wife have
had six sons and six daughters. eight now living -- Lydia B., married Walter
MOORE and resides in Washington Co., Ind.; John F. married Emily HADLEY and
resides in Indianapolis; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Charles F. CHAPMAN; Thomas E.,
married Phoebe Jane SCHENK; Mary Emma; William Edward married Juliet KEEVER
and is a practicing physician at Ridgeville; Ellen J., and Walter C., who
reside at St. Paul, Minn.
Mr. Stanton's married life has
all been spent in Clear Creek Township; he bought and located upon the place
where he now lives in the spring of 1852, where he has since resided; this
was the old home place of Mrs. Stanton's father, where he settled in 1826.
Mr. Stanton's father, James Stanton, was a strong Abolitionist and rendered
assistance to the slave to gain his freedom wherever it was possible to be
obtained.
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Page 815 SCHENCK, TAPSCOTT, BARKALOW, HOLBROOK
John C. SCHENCK, son of John N.
C. and Sarah (TAPSCOTT) SCHENCK, was born in Franklin Sept 5, 1818. His
father was one of the oldest pioneers of this county; he was here as early
as 1796; built a cabin on the river bank between First and Second streets,
where he kept a general store, going regularly once a year, on horseback, to
Philadelphia to order goods, which were transported chiefly by wagon; he
carried on his business till 1837. Part of the time he was Postmaster, the
present Postmaster acting as his clerk; his son, James T., succeeded to his
business. Our subject attended school till 18 or 19 years old.
He was married, in 1844, to
Elizabeth F., daughter of Zebulon and Amy BARKALOW, born in this township;
they had five children, four living, born in the order in which they are
named: Mary, John, James and Lucy. His wife died Dec 9, 1857, and he
again married, Oct. 24, 1861, to Ione, daughter of George W. and Lydia M.
HOLBROOK, born in Wapakoneta Oct. 25, 1839. They have four children --
George W., Sarah, Franklin, and Christopher C..
After his marriage, Mr. Schenck
received 237 acres of land from his father, on part of which he built his
residence and has lived ever since; he has been engaged in a variety of
enterprises in this town, being engaged quite extensively in the
pork-packing business about twenty years; had a malt house ten years, and
was engaged considerably in buying and shipping grain and lumber, running a
line of canal boats to Toledo and Cincinnati; he was also engaged in the dry
goods and grocery business several years. In the fall of 1881, he sold his
residence and remainder of his estate to the Perrine Paper Mills, in which
he is a stockholder; he has 30 acres of land below the Franklin Paper Mills,
a brick house on the bank of the canal, and 1 acres of land on the east side
of Canal.
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Page 1008-9 MACY, HOPCOTT, GARDNER, WORTH, WHITE, STANTON,
COFFIN, DIX, BOWER, LUKENS, SCROGGY, COLLETT,
KING, GILPIN, WALES.
E. L. and J. G. MACY, farmer and
mechanic; P. O. Harveysburg (Massie township). One among the prominent
and early pioneer families of Harveysburg, was the Macy family, and their
descendents constitute a large number of families in Harveysburg and
vicinity at the present time. They have a very complete genealogy of the
family from its first location in the United State published in book form,
and from it we find they have multiplied and extended until they are
found in twenty-two states of the Union, and in 1868 there were then living
1,240 souls; deceased since their settling in the United States, 851;
unknown, 17; total, 2,108. the progenitor of this now so memorous family was
Thomas MACY, born in Wiltshire Co., England; emigrated to America about
1635, and became one of the first settlers of Newbury, Mass.; residing there
but a few years, he removed to Salisbury, Mass., and was one of the original
settlers of that town. Mr. Macy was a man of sterling character,
possessed of great energy and determination of will; he held many positions
of honor and trust in this new settlement; was a merchant, a planter, one of
the selectmen of the town, a juryman, and withal a preacher; he was of the
Baptist persuasion, and would frequently on the Sabbath exhort the people.
Mr. Macy resided at Salisbury until 1659, when the persecution of the
Quakers, Baptists, and others became so intolerant that he would endure it
no longer, and he, with nine others, purchased the island of Nantucket, and
in September of October of above year, he with his family embarked in a
small sail boat in Boston Bay, rounded Cape Cod, and sailed direct for the
Island. This Island as then inhabited by about 3,000 Indians. There he, with
a few others, settled, braving all danger to secure a free altar and a
safe home, and thereby transmit to his descendents the seeds of true liberty
and pure religion.
Thomas Macy married Sarah
HOPCOTT, who was born in England in 1612; he died on the Island of Nantucket
April 19, 1682, aged 74 years; she died in 1706, aged 94 years. They had
three sons and four daughters, of whom, John Macy, the sixth child, and
second son, was born in Salisbury, Mass., July 14, 1655; married Deborah
GARDNER, who was born Feb. 12, 1658; he died at Nantucket Oct. 14, 1691; she
died in 1712. They had four sons and four daughters, of whom, John, the
eldest child, was born at Nantucket, about 1675, married Judith WORTH, born
Dec 22, 1689; he died at Nantucket Nov 28, 1751; she died Nov. 8, 1767. They
had seven sons and six daughters, of whom David, the fifth child and fourth
son, was born at Nantucket Sept 12, 1714; married Dina GARDNER; he died at
New Garden, N. C.; they had two sons and five daughters, of whom David, the
second child, and the grandfather of Edward L. and Nathan D. Macy of
Harveysburg, was born at Nantucket about 1743; emigrated to North Carolina
about 1770, and married Hannah WHITE; his sister, Abigail, married Benjamin
STANTON, and was the grandmother of the late Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of
War under the administration of President Lincoln.
David died in Guilford Co., N.C.,
about 1792; his widow married Matthew COFFIN, and died in Indiana. David and
Hanna Macy had four sons and two daughters, of whom David, the second son
and the father of Edward L. and Nathan D. Macy, was born at Guilford Co.,
N.C., May 26, 1784; married Sarah DIX July 8, 1807; emigrated to Ohio, and
located in Warren Co. in the spring of 1816; he died Nov 14, 1863; his wife,
Sarah, died Oct 2, 1866; they had seven children -- Micajah T., born in
North Carolina May 15, 1808, died at Harveysburg Dec. 2, 1828; William, born
in North Carolina Nov. 18, 1809; Zalinda L., born in North Carolina Aug. 11,
1811; Nathan D., born in North Carolina July 20, 1813; Edward L., born in
Clinton Co., Ohio, Jan 9, 1816; Milton T., born in Warren Co., Ohio, Nov.
25, 1817; and Abigail F., born in Warren Co., Feb. 24, 1824, died at
Harveysburg, Nov 1, 1864.
Mr. David Macy was a saddler by
trade, and among the early settlers of Massie Township. When he came here he
purchased a farm, where he continued to work at his trade; thence he removed
to Harveysburg, and was associated with William Harvey in laying out the
town; here he continued in business at his trade until his death. Mr. Macy
was a man of undoubted integrity, unassuming in his habits, never seeking or
holding office, but was one of those solid, substantial men who make the
kindest of neighbors and best of citizens of every community; he was a
worthy member of the Society of Friends, and an elder in the same for many
years.
William Macy, son of David and
Sarah Macy, married Phebe BOWER, issue five children: Edward T., Zalinda A.,
Mary E., Priscilla and David W. Mrs. Macy died Dec 28, 1851.
Nathan D. Macy married Mary SCROGGY, issue two daughters -- Sarah, now Mrs.
W. LUKENS; and Elizabeth, now Mrs. William COLLETT. Mrs. Macy died June 14,
1842. On Dec 8, 1848, Mr. Macy married for his second wife, Eliza GILPIN,
issue three children -- Mildred, John G., and Edmond A. Milton T. Macy
married Caroline M. WALES; she died Aug 30, 1844, leaving no issue. On June
28, 1849, Mr. Macy married Mrs. Eliza J. KING, issue three children --
DeElla Alzora, Emma C., and Charles T. Mr. Macy and family now reside
in Nebraska.
The greater portion of the
children and grandchildren of the pioneers, David and Sarah Macy, still
reside in Harveysburg and vicinity and are among their most worthy
citizens. They are retiring in their habits, desiring no offices or public
notoriety, but possess a high moral standard, intelligent, social and
congenial, constituting them excellent members of society in the communities
where they live.
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Page 803 DUBOIS, CONOVER, TAPSCOTT, PRICE, KLINGELSMITH
Joseph DUBOIS, farmer, P. O.
Carlisle Station; is a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (CONOVER) DUBOIS, who
settled in Franklin Township, Warren Co., in 1804; here our subject was
born, Nov. 22, 1817; he was reared on a farm and has always pursued that
avocation. Sept. 3, 1840, he was married to Mary A. TAPSCOTT, daughter
of Joseph and Anna TAPSCOTT, born in Franklin Township in 1820; she departed
this earth Dec. 16, 1876, and Mr. D. was again married, Dec. 15, 1877, to
Mrs. Catherine PRICE, widow of Samuel Price (deceased) and daughter of Henry
and Fannie KLINGELSMITH. One child was added to this union, Joseph H., born
April 2, 1879. Mr. Dubois owns a farm of 52 acres where he resides and 75
acres in Germantown Township, and 80 acres in Paulding County Mrs. Dubois
owns 100 acres in Douglass Co., Ill. Mr. D. is engaged in stock-dealing,
principally in buying and selling horses. Politcally, he is Democratic.
