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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 THOMAS C. TAGG – is a native of England, born in Northamptonshire, January 15, 1818. His parents, James and Rebecca Tagg, emigrated to America from the town of Kittering, Northamptonshire, in 1840, with their family of eight children, five sons and three daughters. They sailed from Liverpool and landed in New York, after a voyage of six weeks and three days. They went up the Hudson to Albany, and from there to Schenectady by rail, and from there by the way of the Erie canal to Buffalo, and crossed Lake Erie to Cleveland; from Cleveland to Rootstown, Portage county, Ohio, where they located with their family. The father followed his trade of a plumber, glazier, painter, and learned all of these trades to their five sons, Thomas G., James, William, John H., and Joseph. They are at this time in different parts of the country, engaged at the trade taught them by their father, with the exception of John H., who is a Methodist Episcopal preacher, located at Cleveland, Ohio. The father died November 15, 1859, and the mother June 16, 1868. The mother’s maiden name was Heighton. Thomas C. Tagg was married in this township, August 30, 1842, to Eliza Morton, who was born in Medina county, Ohio, March 10, 1821. Her parents are George and Mary (Estep) Morton, settlers of this county in 1840. The children of Mr. Tagg are Joseph W., born May 22, 1843, died June 14, 1844; Oliver James, February 20, 1845, died August 15, 1852; Thomas J., March 29, 1847, resides in Mason township; George W., February 12, 1849, resides in Memphis, Tennessee; Mary A., April 12, 1851, died August 16, 1852; Eliza J., August 15, 1853, resides in Ironton; Lucretia, May 22, 1856, resides in Mason township; Ralph L., October 5, 1858, resides in Rossdale, Louisiana; Lydia E., October 20, 1860, resides in this township. To show the respect in which Mr. Tagg is held, it is only necessary to say that he has been treasurer for six years, clerk eight years, justice of the peace four years, township assessor one year, trustee six years. He is engaged in farming on a large scale and is a successful raiser of stock. During Morgan’s raid in Ohio, in 1864, Mr. Tagg was taken prisoner, but was paroled on reaching the Ohio River. His postoffice address is Greasy Ridge, Lawrence county, Ohio.  BAZIL D. TALBOTT--
is the son of Rev. Charles W. and Eliza (McMunn) Talbott, who
settled in this county in 1855. The reverend gentleman was born in the state of Pennsylvania on September 28, 1791. He came to this county in 1855, and lived to the age of eighty-three years, his death occurring October 22, 1874. He was pastor of the Methodist church, and he was married to Eliza McMunn April 13, 1817. He served under General Buchanan in the war of 1812. Bazil D. Talbott was married in this county October 25, 1858, to Sarah E. Lambert, who is a native of Lawrence county, born August 22, 1841. Elias Lambert, the father of Mrs. Talbott, was born in this county October 22, 1802. Her grandfather, Jonathan Lambert, was one of the first settlers of this county, and served in the war of 1812. Elizabeth Powell, the mother of Mrs. Talbott, was born in the county of Greenup, Kentucky, March 3, 1809, and died May 13, 1862. Elias Lambert died July 14, 1855. The subject of this sketch was born in Washington county, Ohio, August 26, 1830. The following comprise his children: Charles E., born December 9, 1859, resides at home; William D., December 12, 1861, resides at home; Mary E., May 23, 1867, resides at home; Edgar C., November 13, 1869, resides at home; Susan G., October 30, 1874, died July 27, 1875; Harry E., December 16, 1879, died January 27, 1880; Lizzie B., May 3, 1881, resides at home. Mr. Talbott resides in Perry township, where he is engaged in farming. His address is Sheridan Coal Works, Lawrence county, Ohio. CREED T. TEMPLETON – was born in Union township, Lawrence county, Ohio, June 17, 1821; his father, Thomas Templeton, was born October 9, 1790, in Bottourt county, Virginia; he came to Lawrence county in 1814, returning the next year to Virginia, where he was married to Elizabeth Scott, who was born in Virginia, and died in July, 1822, he then returned to Lawrence county, settling near the mouth of Symmes’ creek; he subsequently removed up the creek five miles, where he remained until 1834; from there he removed to his present residence; he experienced many of the hardships incident to a pioneer life; he helped to organize the first United Brethren church, with which he has been connected for forty-five years; the schools which he attended were supported by subscription; he was the first justice of the peace in Union township, which he has held for thirty years; he was also one of the first county commissioners of Lawrence county, and held other township offices; he is now in his 92d year, and his health is good; he is of Scotch extraction, and his wife was of Irish extraction. Creed T. Templeton was married to Rebecca Morrison, in Union township, January 18, 1844; she was born in the same township November 12, 1822; her parents were Richard Morrison, born in 1796 and died in 1876, and Mary (Brindley) Morrison, born in 1793 and died in 1853; they were of German extraction, and came to this county from Virginia in 1821. The following are the children of Mr. Templeton: Martin, born January 2, 1845, resides in Windsor township; Caroline, December 23, 1846, died January 20, 1876; Diannah (Burns), October 20, 1849, resides in Union township; Thomas J., April 25, 1852, resides at home; James M., October 27, 1854, resides at home; Susan E., March 5, 1857, died October 20, 1871; Richard D., February 4, 1861, died May 16, 1863; Dora, December 13, 1866, resides at home. Mr. Templeton was commissioner one term, in 1869; he has been trustee and clerk for Union township; he was a real estate appraiser in 1880 for Union township. His son, Martin, was a soldier in the war of the rebellion, a member of Company I, 45th Kentucky Mounted Infantry; served from 1863 to 1865; he was in the battles of Saltville and Pound Gap; was in Sherman’s raid; he had his feet severely frozen from exposure. Creed T. Templeton is at present engaged in farming in Union township; his postoffice address is Russel’s Place, Lawrence county, Ohio. MARTIN TEMPLETON – is a farmer of Windsor township, in which occupation he has been engaged all his life; he was born in Union township, this county, January 2, 1845, and married in the same place, December 27, 1877, to Adella Kimball, whose birth took place in Union township, July 12, 1855. They have two children: Charles Foster, born July 12, 1879, and Perry Scott, September 22, 1881. Mrs. Templeton’s parents are John B. Kimball and Elizabeth (Smith) Kimball, both deceased; the former was drowned at Burlington, Ohio, May 15, 1882. Mr. Templeton’s parents are C. T. and Rebecca (Morrison) Templeton. Martin was in the war of 1861; he was a member of Company I, 45th Kentucky Mounted Infantry. He was in the battles of Saltville, Virginia; Marion, Virginia; Clinch Mountain, Pound Gap, Mount Sterling, Kentucky. He rose from the ranks to a sergeant. He was assessor in Union township two terms. Mrs. Templeton joined the Methodist Episcopal Church at the age of fifteen years. Address Mr. Templeton at Russel’s Place, Lawrence county, Ohio. WILL B. TOMLINSON –- of the firm of Tomlinson & Wilson, proprietors of the Ironton Busy Bee, was born in Ripley, Ohio, March 23, 1847. He has been in the business of journalism since the age of sixteen, when, by the murder of his father, he was forced to leave school and help support his widowed mother and orphaned sister. He became proprietor of the Ripley Bee in 1875. In the spring of 1880 he removed the office to Ironton, where he began the publication of the Ironton Busy Bee. In the fall of that year Mr. G. W. Wilson became associated with him as a partner. The remarkable success of this paper under adverse circumstances, is a matter of great credit to the editorial and business management of the firm. |
