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 B. ADDIS – is the son of Freeman and Henrietta (Davis) Addis, and
was born in Lawrence, February 6, 1841. He was a soldier of the war of
the rebellion. He enlisted in 1861, in Company F, 2nd Kentucky Volunteer
Infantry, as a private, serving three years; he then veteranized in the
173rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served to the close of the war. Mr.
Addis was married in Decatur township, November 8, 1863, to Johanna
Rankins, who was born in the same township, March 19, 1841. She is
the daughter of Martin and Rebecca (Warren) Rankins. The children of
Mr. and Mrs. Addis are: John P., born July 17, 1864, resides in this
township; Barton D., June 2, 1866, resides in this township; Thomas J.,
January 22, 1868, died March 14, 1869; Rebecca A., January 10, 1870,
resides in this township; Mary K., November 5, 1872, resides in Symmes
township; Lillie B., February 19, 1874, died February 6, 1875; Freeman,
January 5, 1876, died January 13, 1876; George C., December 25, 1876,
resides in Symmes; Harriet J., August 25, 1878, resides at home; Fannie
May, September 3, 1880; resides at home. Mr. Addis is a farmer of Symmes
township. His address is Mount Vernon, Lawrence county, Ohio.
WILLIAM ADKINS – is a native of Kentucky, having been born in Boyd county,
THOMAS ADKINS – is a native of Wayne county, West Virginia, born
May 19, 1838. His parents, John R. and Christina Adkins are deceased.
Mr. Adkins was first engaged in farming, but in March, 1882, he engaged
in the general grocery business in Corryville, Upper township. He carries
a large stock of groceries and produce, and contemplates adding a stock of
dry goods and notions. Mr.Adkins and Mary E. Defoe were married August,
1860. She was born in Wayne county, West Virginia, in March, 1840.
They have the following children: Sanders A., resides in West Virginia;
Sarah Ann (Thompson), resides in Ironton; Saletha J. (More), resides in
Fayette township, this county; Rosa E., resides at home; William A., resides
at home. The parents of Mrs. Adkins are James and Lucretia (More) Defoe.
Mr. Adkins was in the home guard service in West Virginia during the late war,
serving nearly five years of the war. Mr. Adkins came to Lawrence county in
1863. His postoffice address is Ironton, Lawrence county, Ohio.
September 5, 1831; both of his parents were among the early settlers of
Lawrence county, coming here in 1832; their names were Pleasant and Mary
(Freeman) Adkins; the father died in February, 1841, and the mother in
August, 1851. George Adkins, a brother of William, met with an accident
on November 11, 1873; he took his gun to kill some owls that were killing
off his chickens; he supposed the gun was not loaded, and placed his foot
on the trigger and drew the hammer back and at the same time blew in the
barrel of the gun, the hammer at the same moment fell and the gun was
discharged, killing him instantly; he left a wife and four children to
mourn his loss. William Adkins was married in this county, June 5, 1853,
to Anna Hatcher, who was born in Lawrence county June 23, 1838; her parents,
Charles and Sarah J. (Melvin) Hatcher, came to this county in 1811; the
father died in December, 1867; the mother is still living at the age of 80.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Adkins are: Mary A. (Bruce), born April 21,
1854, resides in this county; Malinda, July 26, 1856, died October 16, 1865;
William H., December 12, 1858, resides in this county; Milton D., May 20,
1861, resides in Saline county, Missouri; Lafayette, October 2, 1863,
resides at home; Charles B., January 16, 1867, resides at home. Mr. Adkins
was in the war of 1861, a member of the 188th Ohio Volunteer Infantry; he
enlisted in 1865 and served to the close of the war; his brother, Alfred,
was a member of the 5th Virginia Infantry, serving three years and receiving
an honorable discharge. A brother of Mrs. Adkins, Charles H. Hatcher, was
also a member of the 188th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served to the close
of the war. Mr. Adkins is engaged as a farmer, gardener and stock-raiser
in Fayette township; his address is South Point, Lawrence county, Ohio.
GEORGE G. ADKINS – was born in Bedford county, Virginia, May 2, 1826,
and married in this county, August 20, 1851, to Elizabeth Miller,
who is a native of this county, born May 15, 18__. Their family
comprise: John W., born January 1, 1853, resides in Ashland,
Kentucky; Mary A., March 20, 1855, resides in this county; Jerry
P., March 7, 1857, resides at home; George F., May 2, 1859, died
August 20, 1864; Joseph M., September 10, 1861, died August 28,
1864; Lizzie, February 20, 1864, resides at home. The parents of
Mr. Adkins were Pleasant and Mary (Freeman) Adkins, settlers of
this county in 1830; he died in February, 1841, and she in August,
1851. The parents of Mrs. Adkins came to this county in 1779; her
father, Jacob Miller, held the office of justice of the peace
thirty years; her mother’s name was Annas (McKnight) Miller.
The grandfather of Mrs. Adkins, John Miller, was born in Germany
in 1715, and came to America in 1726; he died in Lawrence county,
at the age of 95, in 1820. Her grandmother, Eleanor Miller, was
born in Ireland in 1736, coming to America when very young; she
died in this county in 1823, at the age of 87 years. George G.
Adkins, the subject of this sketch, came to his death in a very
sudden manner on November 11, 1873; he had taken his gun to kill
some owls which were killing his chickens; he supposed the gun
was not loaded and pulled back the hammer with his foot and blew
down the barrel, when his foot slipped throwing the trigger down
and discharging the gun; his death was instantaneous; it was a very
severe blow to his wife and family. During his life he was a farmer
and gardener, and the farm is still managed by his widow and sons.
Two of Mr. Adkins’ brothers were in the late war—William in the
188th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Alfred in the 5th Virginia Infantry;
they were both honorably discharged. Mrs. Adkins’ address is
South Point, Lawrence county, Ohio.
JAMES ALLEN – was born in Franklin county, Virginia, October 7, 1807
and he came to this county in 1816. He was married twice. His
first wife was Ann Collier, who was born in Perry township, January
24, 1807, and the date of their marriage is April 19, 1827, in
Upper township. The following are the children by this marriage:
Lydia, born February 20, 1830, died November 3, 1830; Hiram,
March 26, 1831, resides in Perry township; Sarah, November 2, 1832,
resides in West Virginia; Caleb, January 19, 1835, died in 1866;
Martha, March 9, 1837, resides in Perry township; Joshua, January
19, 1839, deceased; James, February 22, 1843; Ann C., June 8,
1845, died March 22, 1864; William F., September 6, 1847, died
May 19, 1849. Hiram, Caleb, Joshua and James were soldiers of the
late war, members of Company F, 5th Virginia Volunteer Infantry.
They served all through the war and came out without a scratch.
The second wife of Mr. Allen was Nancy Adams, who is a native of
Floyd county, Kentucky, born in 1826. They were married in Trenton,
in August, 1866. Mr. Allen is a farmer, and resides in Perry township.
Address, Rock Camp, Lawrence county, Ohio.
WILLIAM COVINGTON AMOS –- was born in Mason township, Lawrence
county,Ohio, February 18, 1829. He removed with his parents into Gallia
county when eighteen months old. His parents, Asa and Nancy (Hunter)
Amos, were born and raised in Patrick county, Virginia. They settled
in Green Bottom, Cabell county, West Virginia; lived there three years
and then moved to Greasy Ridge, Lawrence county, Ohio, about 1823.
The schools at that day were held in old log cabins. His father
boarded the schoolmaster and paid him half his salary to get him to
teach. For glass at that time they used greased paper. Their
fireplace occupied one end of the log cabin. Most of his education
was secured at night with the aid of a pine knot fire. He walked
three and a half miles to a grammar school. When he was twenty-one
years of age the subject of this sketch taught school for two or
three years. He then commenced selling goods in Mason and Elizabeth
townships. He went into the Etna Furnace in 1854, where he kept the
store for nineteen months. He clerked there until December 1, 1865,
as bookkeeper and salesman. He then rented an interest in the furnace
and commenced the management of the furnace. He held the interest for
five years. Three years after, in 1868, he rented Vesuvius Furnace for
five years; organized a company consisting of George N. Gray, T.A.
Dempsey, H.L. Amos, Oliver Lyons, and W.C. Amos, under the firm name
of Gray, Amos, & Company. One year before the lease expired they leased
it again for three years, and one year before that lease expired, they
sold the Etna Iron Works Company, which was organized in 1872. The panic
of that year caused him to finally dispose of his interest. In 1879 he
bought an interest in Bloom Furnace, of which he has been manager ever
since. He is also interested in the grocery business. Mr. Amos was
married at the Etna Furnace, Elizabeth township, November 26, 1857, to
Harriet Elizabeth Sutton, who was born at Hanging Rock, Hamilton
township, November 17, 1837. They have the following children:
Martha Jane, born November 17, 1858, resides in Keokuk, Iowa; Mary
Rosalie, February 18, 1862, resides at home; Nellie Florence, April
28, 1865, died February 21, 1869; Horace Leftrage, June 30, 1867,
resides at home; Lillie Grace, January 17, 1870, resides at home;
Joanna, August 26, 1874, died September 20, 1874; the last was born
at Ironton; all of the others at Etna Furnace. The parents of Mrs.
Amos are Joseph and Rebecca (Winkler) Sutton, settlers of this
county in 1834, and still residents here. Mr. Amos had three
brothers in the war of the rebellion; John P. and S. D. Amos were
members of the 18th Ohio Battery, serving over three years, and
were in the Reserve Corps at Chattanooga. James M. Amos died
before he was assigned any regiment, at Gallipolis. He had been
elected lieutenant. Mr. Amos has been a member of the Republican
party since its inception. He is a class-leader in the Methodist
Episcopal church. Address, Ironton, Lawrence county, Ohio.
JOHN H. ASHBURY – and Sarah E. Powers were married in Symmes
township, March 8, 1855. He is a native of the State of
Virginia, born October 29, 1827. His wife was born in Gallia
county, Ohio, October 2, 1838. William and Eve (Hanger)
Ashbury are the parents of John H. Ashbury. His wife’s
parents are John and Mary A. (Wiseman) Powers. The children
of Mr. and Mrs. Ashbury are: John H., born April 11, 1858;
Mary V., April 17, 1861; Martha E., January 19, 1864;
Elizabeth R., April 23, 1866; Laura A., March 16, 1868;
Margaret J., August 26, 1870; Rachel M., May 9, 1872;
Esther A., January 11, 1878. They all reside in Symmes
township. His postoffice address is Handley, Lawrence county,