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WILLIAM
PARKER, Sr., AND FAMILY.
William
Parker, Sr., was born at Maiden,
Massachusetts
, June 5th, 1745, and was married to Mary Warner, January 28th, 1772.
She was the daughter of Philemon Warner, of
Gloucester
,
Massachusetts
, and was born in 1753. He was a cabinet maker and exported furniture to
the
West Indies
. He bought a share of land in the Ohio Company's Purchase, and left the
East in 1789, traveling as far as the forks of the Youghiogheny, where
he remained until about 1800; he removed his family to his farm in Salem
township, where they lived and reared a large family.
Their children were:
Elizabeth Warner, born September 21st, 1773, and died January 19th,
1850, aged seventy-seven years. She was never married and died in
Salem
.
William, Jr., was born July 4th, 1775, and married Betsy Wyatt, May
13th, 1802. She was a daughter of Deacon Joshua Wyatt.
Sally,
born June 6th, 1777, and was married to Judge Ephriam Cutler, April
13th, 1808. She died June
30th, 1846.
John,
born June 20th, 1779, and married Lucy Cotton. He was a Halcyon preacher
and died in 1849.
Daniel
was born August 7th, 1781, and married Priscilla Melloy Ring, October
24th, 1816. He was a preacher of Universal Restoration. He died March
22d, 1861. His wife died September 4th, 1874.
Polly,
born May 27th, 1783, and was married to Judge Cushing Shaw. They both
lived and died in
Salem
, leaving a numerous and worthy family of children.
Nancy
, born March 13th, 1785, was married to Stephen Strong, Esq. Mr. Strong
was an early advocate of temperance. He was elected to the legislature
for one term, was a surveyor and held many county offices. They had no
children; lived and died in
Salem
.
Susanna,
born March 10th, 1787, was married to Dr. Sylvanus Evarts, and died July
5th, 1815, aged twenty-eight years.
Fanny,
born March 26th, 1789, and was married to John Fordyce and had several
children. They were farmers and lived and died in
Salem
.
Ebenezer
was born December 22d, 1792, and married Mary Swett, daughter of
Benjamin Swett, of
Newburyport
,
Mass.
Ebenezer
Parker lived in the old homestead for many years, but sold out and
finally removed to
Cincinnati
to live with his sons, where he died.
Clarissa,
born May, 1795, and was married to Peter Shaw. She died May 24th, 1817,
aged twenty-two years.
Mr.
William Parker, Sr., died November 26th, 1825, and his wife, Mrs.
Parker, died February 25th, 1811. They were both members of the
Presbyterian Church, lived useful and honorable lives, leaving an
exemplary record to their descendants.
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The
Aleshire brothers, Conrad, Michael and Peter, came as emigrants from the
Shenandoah Valley,
Virginia
, to
Ohio
, in 1802, and settled first near the mouth of Kiger creek, until 1805,
when Michael came to Leading creek and bought a
farm, but afterwards moved to
Salem
, where he died in 1845. Conrad Aleshire came to Leading creek, settled
on a farm; had a son, Abram, who came with him from Virginia, who was
born in 1784, and who had two children, Anna and Preston Aleshire.
Conrad Aleshire died in 1842, aged eighty-nine years. Abram Aleshire
died in 1865. Peter Aleshire was a regular Baptist preacher and lived in
Salem
township.
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Thomas
Shepherd moved to Leading creek in 1802 and settled on Fraction No. 19,
or the Denny lot. He was from
Maryland
, but married Polly McFarland in
Kentucky
. She was the daughter of Mr.
McFarland, and who was in the Block House in
Marietta
at the time of the massacre by the Indians of the settlement twelve
miles up the Muskingum. In the alarm occasioned by that event the
defense of the Block House was left very weak, and Polly McFarland, a
girl
of sixteen, was given a gun and stationed at a porthole. Mr. McFarland
moved to
Kentucky
, where Polly was married to Thomas Shepherd. Interesting stories are
related of her courage in meeting emergencies. One night when Mr. Shepherd had gone to Gallipolis for ammunition, a large bear entered a calf
pen not far from the house, and in trying to carry it off the calf
bawled, which wakened Mrs. Shepherd, who went out, drove the bear off
and up a tree, under which she built a fire and kept it there until
morning. It is said of her that another time she was going after the
cows in the woods when the dogs treed a raccoon. She sent a boy after an
ax, cut down the tree, caught the raccoon, tanned the hide and made
herself a pair of shoes.
They had three sons and several daughters. The sons were Charles, Daniel
and Thomas. The daughters were, Polly, married to Andrew Long; Nancy,
married to Lucius Higley (see Higley family); Sally, married to Mr.
Shaw; Jane, Mrs. John Savage: Betsv. Mrs. James Caldwell: Annie: Peggie,
Clarissa, Mrs. Backus; Almira, Mrs. Aaron Smith.
Mr.
Shepherd's name appears as a voter for the first election for Governor of
Ohio; also on the supervisors tax list for 1806, and he was one of the
first trustees of
Rutland
township in 1812. He was born
in 1772 and died in 1842.
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Caleb
Gardner came from the State of
New York
and settled in
Rutland
in 1803. He was a man of good business abilities, and served the township
in various official capacities with credit to himself and satisfaction to
the public. He died November 23d, 1823, aged fifty-nine years.
Joshua
Gardner was a son of Caleb Gardner, and was born January 5th,
1793, in Connecticut, and came to Ohio with
his father. He also served as constable and other civil offices.
He was one of a company who went overland to California in 1849.
Returning to Rutland after two years he closed his life in March,
1862, aged seventy-six years and two months.
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James
E. Phelps came from Connecticut in 1803, and settled in the lower
part of Rutland township. He married Phylenda Rice, a sister of
Mrs. Daniel Rathburn. Mr. Phelps was an enterprising farmer,
filled several township offices, and went to Columbus as a lobby
member to get the county of Meigs
set off. He was one of the first associate judges of Meigs
county. He died in June, 1822. His children: James, who
studied medicine, went South and died there; Nancy Phelps was
married to William Bing, of Gallia county;
Harlow Phelps married Amelia Watkins, and lived in the old
homestead ; Abel Phelps was a physician, practiced his profession
in the lower part of Pomeroy, and died there. He was married
twice. His first wife was Ruth Simpson. After her death he married
Amy Smith.
John
Orlando Phelps was also a doctor and practiced medicine in
Piketon, Ohio; afterwards went
South and died there. Amelia Phelps was married to Dr. Eli Sigler,
who had a considerable practice. They lived near her old home. Dr.
Sigler was one of the associate judges at one time of Meigs
county. He died May 1st, 1848, aged fifty-three years, ten
months and twenty-seven days. He was married twice; his second
wife was Barbara Rothgeb, who died April 2d, 1891, aged eighty-
two years, two months and four days.
Amanda Phelps died in early womanhood.
DANIEL
RATHBURN.
Daniel
Rathburn was born in 1767 in Granby, Connecticut, and married
Desire Rice, born in 1764, in Connecticut. They came with their
family to Leading creek in 1803, and established
their home, where itinerant Methodist preachers had regular
appointments. The names of Jacob Young, David Young, William
Young, James Quinn, James Gilruth, and John P. Kent, and others
who found a cordial welcome. Mr. and Mrs. Rathburn were leading
and influential citizens in those early times. They had a family
of sons—no daughters. Mr. Daniel Rathburn, Sr., died in 1852,
aged eighty-five years, six months. Mrs. Rathburn died in 1868,
aged ninety-eight years, ten months, three days.
The
children were Daniel C. Rathburn, who married Laura Higley, had a
farm in Rutland, was justice of the peace, and taught school. They
had a numerous family of sons and daughters. He died September
25th, 1855, aged fifty-nine years.
Elisha
Rathburn was married to Polly Giles, September 23d, 1819. He came
with his father to Ohio and settled
on a farm near the village of Rutland. He was highly respected by
the community and favorably known as a preacher in the Baptist or
Christian denomination. His gifts and graces, zeal and charity
were shown in a remarkable degree through a long and useful life.
Elisha
Rathburn was born June 30th, 1789, and died August 8th, 1869. Mrs.
Rathburn was born April 13th, 1799, and died February 7th, 1896,
aged ninety-one years. They had a family of one son, Joseph
Newton, and five daughters, Clarissa, Elizabeth, and Roana (Mrs.
Seth Paine), and two daughters who died in early womanhood.
Two
sons of J. Newton Rathburn, Milton Rathburn and Charles, are
successful merchants, and prominent citizens of Meigs
county, Milton Rathburn being elected Senator from this
district, for state legislature, 1906. They were born and brought
up in Rutland township.
Timothy
Rathburn, a son of Daniel Rathburn and his wife, Desire Rathburn,
married a Miss Daniel, of Gallia county, and
lived on a part of the old homestead. They had several children.
Alvin
Rathburn was a physician and practiced medicine in Rutland. He was
married and had three sons. William P. Rathburn, a banker, removed
to Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he was successful in accumulating
a large property by investments in iron and coal. He died in
Chattanooga.
Joseph
Rathburn, son of Alvin, was a physician, as was his brother, James
Rathburn, who removed to Gallia county, where
he died.
John
Rathburn, a son of Daniel Rathburn, Sr., was a doctor, but died
young.
Francis
Asbury Ratburn was the sixth son of Daniel Rathburn, Sr., and his
wife.' He was born March 9th, 1800. He was never married but lived
with his parents, caring for them with filial devotion in their
old age. After the death of his father in 1852 h"e moved into
the village with his mother, where she died in 1863. .He continued
to live in Rutland until his death, an exemplary man, respected by
all who knew him.
Samuel
Rathburn was the youngest son of Daniel Rathburn, Sr., and his
wife, Desire Rathburn, and was born in 1802. He married a Miss
Vanden, of Gallipolis, engaging in the mercantile business in that
city. He held several offices of public trust, was probate judge
of Gallia county, and maintained an
honorable character, a highly respected citizen, until his death.
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Thomas Gaston was a native of
New England
, and served seven years in the Revolutionary Army. He moved
with his family to the State of
New York
, and afterwards, induced by liberal grants of land, emigrated
to
Canada
. But on account of conscription measures by the British
government and the unfriendly feeling existing between that
government and the
United States
, he disposed of his property there at a sacrifice, and with
others in like condition left
Canada
, and came to
Ohio
, landing at Silver run,
Gallia
county, in 1807. He was a millwright, and moved to the Higley
Mills. Later he bought a farm near New Lima, where he spent his
remaining days. He was a member of the
Regular
Baptist
Church
, and preached occasionally. Mr. Gaston and his wife had a large
family. He was a man highly esteemed by all who knew him. He
died in 1823 and was buried in the Miles graveyard.
Mrs.
Gaston died some years after, while with some relatives in
Indiana
. Their children
were:
Jared Gaston, married Sally Stivers.
Anson
Gaston married Lucretia Holt.
William
Gaston married Betsy Brine.
Jonathan
Gaston's wife was Selusia Morton.
John
Gaston was married twice; his first wife was Selusia Brine, and
for his second wife Lydia Larue, who was born March 6th, 1806.
Her
parents were Jacob Larue and Sally Gardner, who were married in
the Block House at
Marietta
four or five years before
Ohio
became a State. Her grandfather, Abraham
Larue, was a French Huguenot. Mrs. Lydia Gaston was married a
second time, to Thomas Wood, who died in 1876, while Mrs. Wood
continued to live in the old Gaston homestead until her death in
1893.
James
Gaston married Mary Woodworth, in
Canada
.
Thomas
Gaston, second, died when quite a young man.
Elijah
Gaston married Samantha Woodworth and emigrated to the West. The
daughters were: Hannah, Mrs. Joseph Richardson; Polly, Mrs.
Joseph Skinner. All are dead, 1893,
Roena.
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Frederic
Hysell was a soldier of the Revolution and came from eastern
Virginia
to
Ohio
in 1805, to the lower part of Gallia county, but afterwards
moved to
Salisbury
township,
in what is known now as Middleport. He married Nancy Smith, and
they had sons and daughters. Mr. Hysell died at a good old age,
and his wife died in 1823.
Their
children: Edward Hysell lived on a farm in Salisbury township.
Catharine, Mrs. Jason Thomas, settled in lower
Rutland
township. Elizabeth, Mrs. George Hoppes, lived in
Salisbury
, near Bradbury. Margaret, Mrs. Anthony Hysell, lived on Thomas
fork. Francis Hysell married Nancy Dodson and lived on a farm on
Hysell run. Smith Hysell married Elizabeth Hunter and lived in
Salisbury
township. Owen Hysell married Sophia Archer and lived in
Salisbury township. John C. Hysell moved into
Rutland
township on a farm on Hysell run. Mr. John C. Hysell enjoyed the
confidence of his fellow citizens. He was township clerk seven
years and served as justice of the peace for
Salisbury
eight
years and for
Rutland
twelve years—twenty years entitled him to be Squire Hysell
always. He was county commissioner one term, when the court
house was built at Pomeroy,
and superintended the same. He belonged to the Christian church
in
Rutland
, and was an active, useful elder for many years.
His wife was Miss Jane Bailey. Nancy Hysell, a daughter
of Frederic Hysell, was married to Enoch Murray and lived on
Thomas Fork. She died in 1892 or 1893.
James
B. Hysell, of Middleport, was a son of John C. Hysell, a good
citizen, held several responsible offices, was mayor of
Middleport, trustee of the Meigs County Children's
Home, and held other positions of honor.
He died in 1906.
Source:
The Pioneer history of Meigs County
Published by Berlin Printing Company, 1908
M.
E. RATHBURN
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Source: Pioneer History of Meigs County
Berlin Printing Company 1908
Transcribed by Linda Blue Dietz |
