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Atlas of Lawrence County, Ohio; Hardesty - 1882; Lake - 1887 Atlas Published by H. H. Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo, 1882. Transcribed by Kristy WESLEY CANAAN -- is a son of John and Ruth (Cumpston) Canaan, settlers of this county in 1810. They are both deceased. Wesley was born in this county, June 11, 1814, and married in Hardin county, Ohio, February 14, 1838, to Allean Cumpston, who was born in the State of Pennsylvania, in the year 1816. Her parents are James K. Cumpston and Hester (Swoap) Cumpston, who settled in this county in 1815, and who are both deceased. Mr. Canaan's children are: George W., born December 13, 1838, resides in Clay county, Indiana; John H., July 7, 1844, resides in this county; Mary A., July 7, 1848, died February 27, 1873; James R., April 24, 1851, died February 26, 1877. Mrs. Canaan died May 3, 1872. Mr. Canaan's two sons served in the war of 1861. John H. enlisted May 2, 1864, in the 135th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served 100 days, after which he enlisted in the 179th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served one year, being discharged at Nashville, Tennessee, June 17, 1865. George W. served in the 100 day service, in the 18th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and then enlisted in the 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served three years and three months. He took part in several engagements, and was slightly wounded at the battle of Gettysburg. He was discharged at the close of the war. John H. Canaan, a son of Wesley, was married January 1, 1874, to Mary, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Dysert) Caldwell. She was born in Greenup county, Kentucky, April 5, 1857. They have two children: John Wesley, born November 30, 1874, and Sarah J., June 12, 1878. Mr. Canaan resides in Hamilton township, and is a farmer. His address is Hanging Rock, Lawrence county, Ohio.  ANDREW J.
CAULLEY – and Rebecca Sanders were married in Symmes township,
December 6, 1854. He is a native of the State of Kentucky, born April 4, 1822. His wife was born September 23, 1833. They have the following family: Benjamin F., born September 18, 1855, resides in this township; James A., November 17, 1856, resides in this township; Sadie A. (Howell), June 6, 1857, resides in Washington township; Andrew J., April 15, 1860, resides in Symmes township; Gordon H., January 7, 1862; Mary J., October 7, 1863; Harvey E., July 2, 1871; George W., March 9, 1875. The last five named reside in this township. The parents of Andrew J. came to this county in 1829. Their names are Allen and Mary J. (Signner) Caulley. John and Sabra (Sturgill) Sanders are the parents of Mrs. Caulley. They settled in this county in 1834. Mr. Caulley resides in Symmes township, and is occupied in farming. His postoffice address is Waterloo, Lawrence county, Ohio. JOHN M. CLAY – was born in Pulaski county, Virginia, October 7, 1820, and at the age of five years removed with his parents to Lawrence county, Kentucky, where he grew to manhood and married Miss Lucinda Bazell, who was born February 9, 1827, and is a daughter of Elias Bazell, who was a noted local Methodist preacher, and a talented singer in his day. Samuel Bazell, the grandfather of Mrs. Clay, was a native of North Carolina, and removed to Kentucky at an early day. Elias and Samuel Bazell both removed to Lawrence county, Ohio, where they died at an old age. John M. Clay and his wife removed to Missouri in 1850, and in 1853 to Lawrence county, Ohio, where they both now reside. Their oldest son, William H. Clay was born May 4, 1844; Leander Bascom, December 3, 1848; Rebecca E., August 3, 1851; Josie B., May 7, 1854; Manderville G., July 2, 1856; and John G., January 17, 1860. When the civil war broke out, Mr. Clay enlisted in the 5th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, Company K, and served three years, participating in the battles of Cross-keys, Second Bull Run, and many others. William Clay, the father of John M., was born in Giles county, West Virginia, November 7, 1777, and died in Lawrence county, Kentucky, at the age of 64 years. He was a son of Mitchell Clay, who settled in Giles county, Virginia, on New river, then a frontier county, at a place known as Clove bottom. They had considerable trouble with hostile Indians. An uncle and an aunt of Mr. Clay were killed by them, and another uncle was taken prisoner and afterwards killed by them. Part of the time they were compelled to live in forts. His father, William Clay, was married to Rebecca Cecill, in 1800. Her mother’s name was Whitten, and of a large family connection, known as the Whitten and Cecill family. She was born in Montgomery county, Virginia, in the year 1782, and died in Lawrence county, Ohio, June 29, 1866, being 84 years of age. She had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church upwards of 50 years, and Mr. Clay’s family all belong to the Methodist Episcopal church. His address is Rock Camp, Lawrence county, Ohio. JOHN COLEMAN – was born in Butler county, Pennsylvania, March 19, 1836. His parents were Francis and Martha (Weizel) Coleman. The latter died January 1, 1863. Mr. Coleman served in the war of 1861 in the 18th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry; he enlisted October 8, 1861, and was promoted to first sergeant of his company. He was in the command of General Nelson, and took part in several engagements. The first battle he was engaged in was at Ivor Hill, Kentucky, on the Big Sandy river; his next was at Cynthiana, Kentucky, where he was wounded in his ankle by a musket ball; he was taken to the hospital in that town where he remained six weeks; from there he was removed to Covington, and remained there five weeks; he then reported to his command for duty, and took part in the battle of Richmond, Kentucky; he remained with his company for two months, but his wound disabling him for duty, he was discharged and sent home October 18, 1862, where he was compelled, in 1875, after years of suffering, to have his foot amputated, the operation being performed by Dr. E. P. Gould, of Sheridan Coal Works. Mr. Coleman now draws a pension of $18 per month. Mrs. Coleman had two brothers in the war, James P. and Martin Smith, in the 22d Kentucky Volunteer Infantry; they enlisted in 1861; they both served three years and took part in many hard-fought engagements; they were discharged in 1864, and Martin reenlisted in the same regiment, and served to the close of the war; he was all through the siege of Vicksburg, and was wounded at the battle of Black river. The marriage of Mr. Coleman took place in Greenup county, Kentucky, November 4, 1858, his choice being Mary Smith, who was born in the same county June 3, 1838. She departed this life for the land of rest March 28, 1882. Their children are: Thomas W., born March 4, 1860, resides in Lawrence county; John W., February 20, 1862, resides at home; Margeriette, April 5, 1864, resides at home; Sylvester, February 5, 1866, died June 29, 1867; Ida M. (Morrison), December 14, 1867, resides in this county; Lorette, November 14, 1869; Florence, March 2, 1872, Sarah J., February 27, 1874; Franklin, August 2, 1876; Frederick, July 8, 1878; Edward, October 28, 1881—the last seven reside at home. The parents of Mrs. Coleman are John and Else (Jones) Smith, settlers of this county in 1869. Mr. Smith died in 1879. Mr. Coleman held the office of supervisor in Perry township, this county, for two terms, in 1879 and 1880. He is engaged in farming. Address, South Point, Lawrence county, Ohio.
GEORGE W. COLLINS – and Anna Kelley were married in Lawrence county, Ohio, September 8, 1842. He is a native of Cabell county, West Virginia, born September 3, 1814. His wife was born in this county September 19, 1819. They have the following children: John L., born September 16, 1844, resides in Scioto county, Ohio; Edward, September 15, 1846, died November 4, 1879; Mary E., October 23, 1848, resides at home; Melvina T., December 9, 1850, resides at home; Reuben, February 26, 1853, died June 1, 1854; Susan, August 6, 1856, died October 22, 1872; George, December 30, 1858, resides at home. The parents of Mr. Collins are Lewis and Nancy (Lee) Collins, settlers of this county in 1815. They died October 24, 1815, and July 5, 1853, respectively. John and Abigail (Lambert) Kelley, are the parents of Mrs. Collins. They came to this county in 1798. They died March 30, 1859, and June 9, 1845, respectively. Mr. Collins resides in Hamilton township, where he is engaged in farming. His postoffice address is Hanging Rock, Lawrence county, Ohio. JOHN COMBS – SON OF John and Ruth (Westcott) Combs, was born in Burlington, Lawrence county, Ohio, April 1, 1832. His marriage to Lizzie A. C. Crawford took place near Burlington, November 14, 1853. She was born on a farm two miles above Burlington, July 4, 1835. Her parents are James and Nancy (Kouns) Crawford, settlers of this county in 1820, and of whom we publish an extensive genealogy. The children of Mr. Combs are: Lizzie A., born at Alton, Illinois, November 8, 1854, died same day; Mary E., in Ironton, May 10, 1857; Susie M., in Ironton, September 10, 1866, resides at home. Mr. Combs settled in Ironton in 1854 and engaged in the book and stationery business. In the first call for volunteers, Mr. Combs was appointed second lieutenant in the 2d Virginia Cavalry, serving under General Averill. He was afterward promoted to first lieutenant and then to adjutant of the regiment. After the war he settled in Ironton, where he edited the Ironton Journal, then changing in politics and edited the Ironton Democrat, then the Iron Era, the only democratic paper in the county. Mary E., one of the daughters of Mr. Combs, is married to E. R. Mauck, now residing in Cincinnati, who served three years as drum-major during the late war. The genealogy of Mrs. Combs is as follows: George W. Kouns came from Pennsylvania, and Catherine, his wife, from Greenbrier county, Virginia, and settled near where Burlington, Lawrence county, now stands. The former came in 1807 and the latter in 1808, and they were married in the latter part of the last year. Uncle George, as he was familiarly called, was a brother of Andrew P. Kouns, deceased, who lived near Symmes’ creek, now opposite Huntington, Virginia, and died June 7, 1848, aged __ years. Catherine, his wife, commonly called Aunt Katy, was born on the 14th of September, 1783, and died in 1874, aged 90 years and 5 months. Their early home was a vast wilderness, situated on the banks of the Ohio river—water often driving them from their cabin to seek shelter in other buildings. At that time neighbors were few and far between, there being but four families between the mouth of Guyan river and that of Big Sandy, and but a few now remain to tell the hardships and trials of those early days. James Crawford, the grandfather of Mrs. Combs, was a native of the county of Donegal, Ireland, and emigrated to America about one hundred years ago with his family and settled in Carlisle county, Pennsylvania, where he lived the remainder of his days, after having reared a large family. His son, James Crawford, the father of Mrs. Combs, was born December 6, 1804, and was married to Nancy Kouns, daughter of George and Catherine Kouns, on the 10th of February, 1829. He had three brothers, their names being familiar to most every old resident of Lawrence county, viz: John, who moved to Illinois twenty-nine years ago; Hugh, one of the first settlers of Ironton, and Samuel, who died some years ago on his farm at the mouth of Charley creek. The children born to James Crawford are as follows: Catherine L., Lizzie C., George K., Eliza A., Addie F., James R., Mary O., Clayton L., John M., Dillie M., and two died in infancy. John Combs is an editor and also a hotel keeper. His postoffice address is Ironton, Lawrence county, Ohio. JOSEPH R. COOPER – was born in Greenbrier county, West Virginia, September 6, 1847, and came to this county with his parents in 1849. His father, Thomas Cooper, was one of the earliest settlers of the township, entering two lots of land at the United States land office at Chillicothe for which he paid $1.25 per acre. He came to the township shortly after Symmes township was organized. Joseph R. Cooper was married at Arabia, Ohio, October 3, 1875, to Annie E. Marcum, who was born in Lawrence county, Ohio, January 7, 1850. They have two children: Cora F., born October 18, 1878; and Frederick C., April 3, 1882. The parents of Mr. Cooper are Thomas and Isabella (Boggess) Cooper. Mr. Cooper has held the following offices: township clerk from 1874 to 1878 (four terms); school director from 1879 to 1882; was elected justice of the peace October 12, 1880—term will expire October, 1883; postmaster from 1873 to 1875. When he came to this county it was nothing but a dense forest, and he has seen it transformed to fruitful fields and verdant meadows, and he has borne a humble part in the transition. His farm occupies a favorable position. He came here in time to become thoroughly acquainted with the primitive styles and people, and he has witnessed the transition in all its phases. The parents of Mrs. Cooper are James and Elizabeth (Rucker) Marcum. Mr. Cooper’s postoffice address is Waterloo, Lawrence county, Ohio. JOHN D. CURINGTON – is a native of Greenup county, Kentucky, where he was born November 20, 1829; he came to this county in 1861. Mr. Curington’s father, Joseph, died February 4, 1872, and his mother, Mary Jane (Kerse) Curington, died May 8, 1880; they came to this county in 1863. John D. Curington was married to Charlotte F. (Caudy) Harden, in Greenup county, Kentucky, February 20, 1850; she was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, June 16, 1824. Their children are: Mary Jane, born March 15, 1851, died March 20, 1851; Henrietta, June 3, 1852, resides in Lawrence county, Ohio; James A., June 11, 1856, resides in this county; Mary F., September 29, 1878, resides at home; Joseph, March 29, 1881, at home. James is married, is the father of two children, and lives with his parents. The parents of Mrs. Curington are James and Levina Candy. Four of Mr. Curington’s brothers were soldiers in the war of 1861—their names are James R., Hiram B., Nathaniel, and Joseph. James and Hiram were members of the 27th Ohio Volunteer Infantry; James was killed at Atlanta, June 15, 1865. Mrs. Curington’s first husband was William Harden, who died August 2, 1848. By this marriage were born two children: Eliza, born November 3, 1847; Sarah Ellen, June 6, 1848. Mr. Curington is a resident of Perry township. His postoffice address is Rock Camp, Lawrence county, Ohio. JOHN CUTRIGHT – and Mary Reeve were married in Lawrence county, Ohio, July 27, 1859. He is a native of Elizabeth township, born April 17, 1826. His wife was born in Green township, Scioto county, in 1840. They have the following children: Almeda, born May 13, 1860; Hester Ann, February, 1861, died in January, 1862; Ida, May 5, 1866; Laura, September 9, 1867; Bertha, April 19, 1870; Francis, March 12, 1872; Effie, February 27, 1875; John, March 21, 1878. Mr. Cutright is engaged in milling in Elizabeth township, section 8, range 1. The parents of Mr. Cutright are George W. and Margaret (Fourt) Cutright. The latter is deceased. The postoffice address of Mr. Cutright is Kelley’s Mills, Lawrence county, Ohio. |
