>From the section on Dunham township in the History of Washington county 1) a short reference to Sylvester Ellenwood 2) a longer section about the Ellenwood family 1) In the summer of 1803, Jonathan Dunham undertook to follow the range line from Turkey Hen creek to Belpre. He followed the line until he came to a point near the farm no owned by Sylvester Ellenwood, where he lost his bearing and had no other means of finding his way out than by following the creek down.... (The section continues describing how this lead to the founding of Dunham township with no further reference to the Ellenwood name.) 2) Benjamin Ellenwood, a native of Maine, emigrated with his three sons - Benjamin, Daniel, and Samuel - from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1811, and settled on school section 16. Samuel Ellenwood was a pushing farmer and a highly esteemed man in the [Dunham] settlement. He purchased the first wagon used on the east branch of the Little Hocking. He died June 25, 1857, in his 77nd year. His wife died in 1862 in her 76th year. Their children were: Sylvester D., Samuel S., Milton, Harvey B., Benjamin, and Cynthia, who still reside in Dunham township, and Augustus and Corinda (Chevalier) who reside in Iowa. Sylvester Ellenwood married Lucy A., daughter of Amos Dunham. She died December 3, 1862. The maiden name of his second and present wife was Mary Chevalier. These two marriages were blessed with eight sons and one daughter, four of who are living - Horace D., Orville O., Lowell W., and Cynthia A. - the two oldest and youngest. Sylvester Ellenwood owns a fine farm in the north part of the township on Little Hocking. The first improvement was made on this farm by Frances Dilly. Milton Ellenwood, a son of Benjamin Ellenwood, jr., was born January 7, 1817. September 23, 1840, he married Sophronia Needham, a daughter of Jasper Needham, who, with his brother, Stephen, settled in the township in 1816. The family of Milton Ellenwood and wife consisted of two sons and five daughters, three of whom reside in Dunham township - Rowena R., Oscar N., and Ida E.; Flora B. (Gard) resides in Barlow township; Milton E., in Clay county, Kansas, Parmelia S. (Starkweather), in Hamilton, Illinois, Delia L. Lewis. in Iowa. Flora B. is referenced in the biographical study of Hiram Gard: Heil Abner, third and youngest son [of Hiram], born November 13, 1879, is a young farmer, a man of good judgment, and prides himself on raising good stock and having everything near around him, and carries on the home farm at Vincent. Three sons, together with the daughters whose names will follow, were all born at Palmer, Washington county, Ohio. Harvey B. Ellenwood, a son of Samuel Ellenwood, was born August 7, 1822. He married May 1, 1856, Elizabeth A. Paulley, who was born September 11, 1823. The fruit of this marriage were three children, two of whom - Kemper D. and Ella L. - reside in Dunham township. Samuel E. is dead. Amos Paulley, father of Mrs. Ellenwood, came to Belpre in 1818, and died there in 1825. >From the section on the Civil War (Dunham township): Ellenwood, Dudley H., aged 21, volunteer, October 23, 1861. 77th regiment, company D, discharged June 18, 1862, for disability. >From the Belpre township section: Daniel Ellenwood, of Massachusetts, came to Belpre in 1795, and settled just below the Howe farm in the upper settlement. He had three son and three daughters, none of who are living in the township. And in the same township under Organization of churches: a S. Ellenwood and a B. Ellenwood are listed as subscribers for the building of the Methodist church. >From the section: The Bench and Bar of Washington County Lowell W. Ellenwood was born in Washington county, Ohio, August 7, 1855. He studied law with Messrs. Chamberlain & Hamilton, of Marietta, and in 1879, graduated at the law school of Cincinnati, and was admitted to the bar. In 1880, he located at Marietta, where he now resides, and engaged in the practice of his profession. >From the section on the Civil War: J. G. Ellenwood is listed as a private under the command of Captain Loring and Lt. James King. Lucy