Surnames: BROSIUS, PARKS, LEWIS, FLYNN, GORDON, TIMBERMAN, POCOCK, CLAWSON, KUMLER, BALDWIN, VAIL, BLOOMFIELD, DUBOLT, SCUDDER, FULKERSON, LIGETT, DRAKE, WEAVER, LOUTHAN From Memoirs of the Miami Valley, Vol. III, 1919 on pages 88, 89, 90: John BROSIUS. One of the leading agriculturists of his locality, it has been the fortune of John BROSIUS to have realized many of his worthy ambitions and through the exercise of good judgment and business sagacity to have wrested from his opportunities financial and general success. This worthy citizen and highly respected farmer of Hanover township, Butler county, was born January 19, 1861, in Ross township, this county, a son of John BROSIUS, and a grandson of Daniel BROSIUS. Daniel BROSIUS was born October 7, 1806, in Pennsylvania, and as a young man came to Ross township, Butler county, Ohio, where he cleared a tract of land, made a home, and was married January 5 1823 to Rebecca PARKS, who was born June 24, 1801. They passed the rest of their lives as agriculturists m Ross township, where the following children were born to them: Elizabeth, born June 15, 1824, married Robert LEWIS and died December 30, 1904; William, born June 13, 1827, lived in Indiana and later i! n Butler county, Ohio, and died April 8, 1908; James, born September 26, 1828, died March 27, 1853; John, born July 9, 1830, died January 20, 1861; Margaret, born February 18, 1832, died October 27, 1914; Isabelle, born December 12, 1834, died July 19, 1914; Daniel, born November 21, 1838, lived with his sisters Margaret and Isabelle at Millville, and died November 21, 1916; Rebecca, born December 17, 1842, married Thomas FLYNN, went to Indiana and died March 29, 1881; Eliza Ann, born January 16, 1845, died March 10, 1854; Janet, born July 3, 1848, married Frank Gordon, lived in Hanover township, and died September 29, 1888; Alice, born April 13, 1850, died July 8,1851. John BROSIUS was born in Ross township, where he received only an ordinary educational training in the public school in the vicinity of his father's farm, on which he resided until his marriage to Amanda TIMBERMAN, who was born November 6, 1840, in Ross township, and died January 24, 1894, as a Universalist,! John BROSIUS was always a farmer and was a man well known and highly esteemed in his community. The only child of his parents to grow to maturity, John BROSIUS of this review received a common school education, and after the death of his father he and his widowed mother went to make their home with his maternal grandfather, David TIMBERMAN. There he resided until his marriage, April 5, 1885, to Mary Jane POCOCK, who was born in Hanover township, on the present BROSIUS farm, and a daughter of Salem and Deziah (CLAWSON) POCOCK. Mr. POCOCK was born in Liberty township, Butler county, July 19, 1823, and was an invalid for seventeen years prior to his death, July 22, 1908, while his wife was born April 13, 1834, and died July 24, 1908. He was always a farmer and highly respected in his community, voted the Democratic ticket, and he and his faithful wife were members at the Baptist church. They had three children: Annetta, born December 25, 1861, who married John A. KUMLER, a retired farmer of Dennison, Tex., with three children,- Elizabeth, w! ho married Burton BALDWIN of Texas, Alvin P., who lives in Colorado, and Salem G., a surveyor of western Texas; Mary Jane, born November 26, 1834, who became Mrs. BROSIUS; and Lizzie, born March 31, 1867, who died at the age of twelve years. Salem POCOCK was a son of James and Harriet POCOCK, who were married August 22, 1822, the former having been born July 27, 1791, and the latter March 28, 1802. Their children were: Salem, born July 14, 1823; David, born June 28, 1826; William, born October 12, 1826; Joseph, born February 9, 1828; Margaret, born October 10, 1829; Martha Jane, born February 21, 1831; Reuben, born January 27, 1833; Elizabeth, born December 7, 1835; John, born September 6, 1837; Martha and Lucy, twins, born September 22, 1839; Daniel, born September 14, 1841; and Rachael Ann, born September 5, 1844. Deziah (CLAWSON) POCOCK was a daughter of James and Rebecca (VAIL) CLAWSON, who were married January 2, 1816, and whose children were: John R., who married ! Ann BLOOMFIELD, January 15, 1839; Stephen V., who married Rebecca POCO CK, February 24, 1841; Jeptha, who married Susan DUBOLT, February 1, 1846; Hezekiah SCUDDER, who married Mary CLAWSON, December 22, 1853; Wilson T., who married Harriett FULKERSON, April 12, 1854; William B., who married Lydia LIGETT, January 4, 1855; Rebecca E., who married William CLAWSON, February 5, 1857; Salem D., who married Deziah CLAWSON, December 25, 1860; Elizabeth, who married Charles S. DRAKE, January 19, 1862. James CLAWSON married a second time, Elizabeth WEAVER, August 2, 1870, and for his third wife married Mary A. LOUTHAN, October 1, 1871. The deaths of the foregoing were: Samuel, July 29, 1828; Asa, August 11, 1829; Louis P., April 5,1844; James R., June 21,1861; Mary, August 10, 1864; Rebecca, March 29, 1870; Elizabeth, March 29, 1870; William, December 23, 1872; James, April 28, 1885; Stephen, September 27, 1891; and Jeptha, December 10, 1897. The birth record of the foregoing was: Joseph, May 31, 1795; Rebecca, November 12, 1798; James R., January 7, ! 1818; Jeptha, June 3, 1823; Asa, December 6, 1824; Samuel B., May 7, 1827; Wilson T., January 1, 1832; Mary, August 28, 1834; Deziah, April 13, 1837; Elizabeth, January 3, 1840; and Lewis, March 4, 1843. After their marriage Mr. And Mrs. BROSIUS located on the old place for four years and since then have made their home on their present property. They have in all 237 acres of well-improved land, on which Mr. BROSIUS carries on farming in a manner that shows he is thoroughly conversant with modern methods. In addition to conducting a general farming business, he has, been successful as a raiser of Poland-China hogs. In his work he is ably assisted by his only son, Corwin BROSIUS, who was born December 15, 1895, a graduate of the Hamilton high school, and a progressive and enterprising young agriculturist who has many friends throughout the vicinity of the home farm. He, like his father, is a Republican, and the elder man has taken an active and intelligent interest in t! ownship affairs for many years, although rather as a good citizen and a supporter of worth-while and beneficial movements than as a seeker for personal preferment at the hands of his party or his fellow-citizens. Mr. and Mrs. BROSIUS and their son are members of the United Brethren church. Gary King Batavia IL -----Original Message----- From: Melynda Turner <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:08:27 -0500 Subject: Butler Co. Ohio

I am descendant of Liggetts who lived in Middletown in the early 1800s and wonder if anyone associated with the Clawsons has any more information about Lydia Ligett mentioned below as marrying William B. Clawson in 1855. I think my ancestor, James Liggett from County Armagh migrated to Middletown to join a brother there, who may have been named Thomas. Jacquie Liggett Proctor San Francisco ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 7:05 PM Subject: [OHBUTLER-L] Memoirs of the Miami Valley - BROSIUS, CLAWSON > Surnames: BROSIUS, PARKS, LEWIS, FLYNN, GORDON, TIMBERMAN, POCOCK, CLAWSON, KUMLER, BALDWIN, VAIL, BLOOMFIELD, DUBOLT, SCUDDER, FULKERSON, LIGETT, DRAKE, WEAVER, LOUTHAN > > >From Memoirs of the Miami Valley, Vol. III, 1919 > > on pages 88, 89, 90: > John BROSIUS. One of the leading agriculturists of his locality, it has been the fortune of John BROSIUS to have realized many of his worthy ambitions and through the exercise of good judgment and business sagacity to have wrested from his opportunities financial and general success. This worthy citizen and highly respected farmer of Hanover township, Butler county, was born January 19, 1861, in Ross township, this county, a son of John BROSIUS, and a grandson of Daniel BROSIUS. Daniel BROSIUS was born October 7, 1806, in Pennsylvania, and as a young man came to Ross township, Butler county, Ohio, where he cleared a tract of land, made a home, and was married January 5 1823 to Rebecca PARKS, who was born June 24, 1801. They passed the rest of their lives as agriculturists m Ross township, where the following children were born to them: Elizabeth, born June 15, 1824, married Robert LEWIS and died December 30, 1904; William, born June 13, 1827, lived in Indiana and later i! > n Butler county, Ohio, and died April 8, 1908; James, born September 26, 1828, died March 27, 1853; John, born July 9, 1830, died January 20, 1861; Margaret, born February 18, 1832, died October 27, 1914; Isabelle, born December 12, 1834, died July 19, 1914; Daniel, born November 21, 1838, lived with his sisters Margaret and Isabelle at Millville, and died November 21, 1916; Rebecca, born December 17, 1842, married Thomas FLYNN, went to Indiana and died March 29, 1881; Eliza Ann, born January 16, 1845, died March 10, 1854; Janet, born July 3, 1848, married Frank Gordon, lived in Hanover township, and died September 29, 1888; Alice, born April 13, 1850, died July 8,1851. John BROSIUS was born in Ross township, where he received only an ordinary educational training in the public school in the vicinity of his father's farm, on which he resided until his marriage to Amanda TIMBERMAN, who was born November 6, 1840, in Ross township, and died January 24, 1894, as a Universalist,! > John BROSIUS was always a farmer and was a man well known and highly > esteemed in his community. The only child of his parents to grow to maturity, John BROSIUS of this review received a common school education, and after the death of his father he and his widowed mother went to make their home with his maternal grandfather, David TIMBERMAN. There he resided until his marriage, April 5, 1885, to Mary Jane POCOCK, who was born in Hanover township, on the present BROSIUS farm, and a daughter of Salem and Deziah (CLAWSON) POCOCK. Mr. POCOCK was born in Liberty township, Butler county, July 19, 1823, and was an invalid for seventeen years prior to his death, July 22, 1908, while his wife was born April 13, 1834, and died July 24, 1908. He was always a farmer and highly respected in his community, voted the Democratic ticket, and he and his faithful wife were members at the Baptist church. They had three children: Annetta, born December 25, 1861, who married John A. KUMLER, a retired farmer of Dennison, Tex., with three children,- Elizabeth, w! > ho married Burton BALDWIN of Texas, Alvin P., who lives in Colorado, and Salem G., a surveyor of western Texas; Mary Jane, born November 26, 1834, who became Mrs. BROSIUS; and Lizzie, born March 31, 1867, who died at the age of twelve years. Salem POCOCK was a son of James and Harriet POCOCK, who were married August 22, 1822, the former having been born July 27, 1791, and the latter March 28, 1802. Their children were: Salem, born July 14, 1823; David, born June 28, 1826; William, born October 12, 1826; Joseph, born February 9, 1828; Margaret, born October 10, 1829; Martha Jane, born February 21, 1831; Reuben, born January 27, 1833; Elizabeth, born December 7, 1835; John, born September 6, 1837; Martha and Lucy, twins, born September 22, 1839; Daniel, born September 14, 1841; and Rachael Ann, born September 5, 1844. Deziah (CLAWSON) POCOCK was a daughter of James and Rebecca (VAIL) CLAWSON, who were married January 2, 1816, and whose children were: John R., who married ! > Ann BLOOMFIELD, January 15, 1839; Stephen V., who married Rebecca POCO > CK, February 24, 1841; Jeptha, who married Susan DUBOLT, February 1, 1846; Hezekiah SCUDDER, who married Mary CLAWSON, December 22, 1853; Wilson T., who married Harriett FULKERSON, April 12, 1854; William B., who married Lydia LIGETT, January 4, 1855; Rebecca E., who married William CLAWSON, February 5, 1857; Salem D., who married Deziah CLAWSON, December 25, 1860; Elizabeth, who married Charles S. DRAKE, January 19, 1862. James CLAWSON married a second time, Elizabeth WEAVER, August 2, 1870, and for his third wife married Mary A. LOUTHAN, October 1, 1871. The deaths of the foregoing were: Samuel, July 29, 1828; Asa, August 11, 1829; Louis P., April 5,1844; James R., June 21,1861; Mary, August 10, 1864; Rebecca, March 29, 1870; Elizabeth, March 29, 1870; William, December 23, 1872; James, April 28, 1885; Stephen, September 27, 1891; and Jeptha, December 10, 1897. The birth record of the foregoing was: Joseph, May 31, 1795; Rebecca, November 12, 1798; James R., January 7, ! > 1818; Jeptha, June 3, 1823; Asa, December 6, 1824; Samuel B., May 7, 1827; Wilson T., January 1, 1832; Mary, August 28, 1834; Deziah, April 13, 1837; Elizabeth, January 3, 1840; and Lewis, March 4, 1843. After their marriage Mr. And Mrs. BROSIUS located on the old place for four years and since then have made their home on their present property. They have in all 237 acres of well-improved land, on which Mr. BROSIUS carries on farming in a manner that shows he is thoroughly conversant with modern methods. In addition to conducting a general farming business, he has, been successful as a raiser of Poland-China hogs. In his work he is ably assisted by his only son, Corwin BROSIUS, who was born December 15, 1895, a graduate of the Hamilton high school, and a progressive and enterprising young agriculturist who has many friends throughout the vicinity of the home farm. He, like his father, is a Republican, and the elder man has taken an active and intelligent interest in t! > ownship affairs for many years, although rather as a good citizen and > a supporter of worth-while and beneficial movements than as a seeker for personal preferment at the hands of his party or his fellow-citizens. Mr. and Mrs. BROSIUS and their son are members of the United Brethren church. > > > > Gary King > Batavia IL > > -----Original Message----- > From: Melynda Turner <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:08:27 -0500 > Subject: Butler Co. 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