Biographical Sketches


The following is a list of the biographical sketches included in the 1886 Clarke County Historical and Biographical Record by Lewis Publishing. Since people had to pay to have a sketch included, this does not represent a true cross-section of people living in Clarke County at the time.

An asterisk ( *) denotes a picture is included in the book. To view the pictures from the history book as well as others visit our Portrait page.

All of these sketches have been put online. Click on the name to go to the biography. To see other postings about Clarke County go to the Clarke Message Board To search for a specific person click on "Advanced Search." Choose to search Clarke County. In the box labelled "Find messages containing" type the surname you want. Click on the search button. All queries posted on the Clarke Message board with that surname will be listed.

 

A B-C D-F G-H J-L M-N O-R S-V W-Z

 

A
ABERNATHY, George ADAMS, Robert M. ADAMS, William ADKINS, Greene C.
ADKINS, Robert M. ADKINS, William M. ADKINS, Wyatt *AGNEW, Wallace G.
ANDERSON, Oliver P. ANDERSON, Thomas J. ARNETT, Thomas ARNOLD,Benjamin
ARNOLD, J. J. ATKINS,Eli A. AYRES, Charles AYERS, Justin  

B
BABB, Samuel R. BALDWIN, John BALDWIN, Joseph L. BALL, John M. BANKER, George W.
BARNARD,Theodore BATES, Randall BECHTEL, David B. BECKETT, A. J. BEEDE, W.W.
BELL, Edgar BENNETT, Lemon BENSON, Alester BEVARD, John F. BEVARD,Jonathan
BLACK, Lewis F. BLYTHE, Calvin BODEN, John W. BOYLE, L. BROWN, B. F.
BROWN, Elmer H. BUMGARDNER,George BURGUS,Charles BURGUS,Ferdinand BURGUS, John
BURROWS, Allen H. BURROWS, Hon.B.      

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C
CARDER, George CARDER, John M. CARSON, Abraham CARTER, Abraham *CARTER, Casper
CHANEY, John CHAPMAN, Benjamin F. CHEW, Richard L. CLARK, DeWitt A. CLARK, James
CLARK, James A. COCHRAN, Milton J. COMBS, James D. CONAWAY, Warren COON, Josiah
COPPOCK, Benjamin COWLES, George H. COX, Israel CREW, A. J. CROWLEY, Jacob
CURTIS, Francis        

D
DANIEL, James S. DANIEL, Joseph W. DAY, Thomas W. DEITRICK, B. DELONG, Ephraim
DENLY, Thomas J. DIEHL, John DONNER, Charles DUKE, Hugh R. DUNCAN, William M.

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E
EMARY, F.J. Sr. EMARY, F.J. EMARY, William B. F. EMERY, Dr. Jesse ERB, Esau A.
EVANS, Enoch J. EVANS, Mitchell L. EVANS, William G.    

F
FARLEY, Joseph H. FARLEY, William T. FELGER, Benjamin FINDLAY, Robert S. FLYNN, Michael
*FOLGER, Henry C. FORD, William FORSTER, Marquis C. FOUCH, George W. FOUCH, Isaac
FOWLER, Philip L. FOX, Patrick FREEMAN, Lewis B. FUNSTON, Thomas C.  

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G
GARDNER, Alphonzo GARDNER, Rufus E. GARDNER, William H. GARRETSON, Barclay F. GATES, John M.
GIBSON, E. P. GLENN, S. P. GRAVES, Elon GRAVES, Joseph N. GREEN, James E.
GREGG, Thomas GREGG, Wesley GRIGG, Robert C. GROSS, Henry F. GUTCHES, George

H
HADLEY, Alvah M. HADLEY, Jesse HALL, B. F. HALL, John W. HALL, William H.
HALLING, H. P. HALLOWAY, James P. *HAMILTON,W.J. HANKS, Isaiah HARLAN, George
HARLAN, John HARPER, William E. HARRISON, James C. HARRISON, Thompson V. HART, Elijah
HENDRICK,Winfield S. HERMANCE, Henry B. HILL, Abner K. HILL, Mordecai HODGES, Albert
HODGES,Charles HOFFMAN,Nicholas HOGUE, William HOLCOMB, Cyrus HOLLOWAY,Thomas W.
*HOOD, John W. HORTON, Chauncey C. HOWE, Charles *HOWE, George W. HUBER, John B.
HUDGEL, Reason T. HUFF, Reuben W. HUMISTON, James HUTSINPILLER,W.B.H.  

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J
JACKSON, Andrew JAMISON, John H. JAMISON, Robert JENKINS, William JENKS, Edward JENKS, Jerry 
JENISON, John C. JOHNSON, A. C. JOHNSON, Aaron S. JOHNSON,Benjamin JOHNSON, Calvin R.  
JOHNSON, Freeborn W. JOHNSON, Moses T. JOHNSON, Thomas P. JOHNSON, Thomas JOHNSON, Thomas Elwood  
JOHNSON, William .H. JOLLY, Newton J. JONES, John A. JENKS, Jerry     

K
KARR, H. L. KEENAN, Thomas ++ KELLEY, James.B. KELLEY, John W. KELLEY, Joseph
KERNS, Adam KERR, John KERR, Matthias KLEIN, Theobald KNOTTS, Jedidah
*KYTE, Francis M. *KYTE, John      

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L
LAMBERTSON, Robert N. LAMSON, Moses R. LANDIS, Albert C. LANDIS, Samuel L. LANE, J. B.
LANHAM, Elias A. LAWRENCE, Edward LAWS, Edward M. LAYTON, Alexander LEAVEL, Robert J.
LENT, James LEWIS, John LIKES, William LINDER, Jacob M. LOWE, William S.
LUCE, William S. LYONS, Anderson      

M
MANLY, Benjamin H. MANLY, William MARQUIS, John H. MARQUIS, Samuel N. MARQUIS, William W.
MARTIN, Marion T. MARTINDALE, John H. MATHEWS, W. T. MAXWELL, Daniel K. MAYTURN, William
McAULEY, John O. McCARTNEY, Philip H. *McDONOUGH, John McINTIRE, C.C. McKINNEY, Lemuel
McKNIGHT,James McNEIL, David T. McNICHOLS,Nathaniel MEANY, Michael MESSENGER, Stephen C.
MILLER, Frederick MILLER, Philip *MOORE, Emmor J. MORRIS, Rev. J. A. MORRIS, Joseph S.
MORROW, William E. MOWREY, Conrad MOYERS, Robert R. MULLEN, Hugh M. MUSSELMAN, John
MUSSELMAN, Samuel G. MYERS, Lambert P. MYER, William L.    

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N
NEAL, Chilion W. NEIST,Frederick

NEWSOME, John

O
OEHLERT, Hans O'NEALL, Thomas B.

OTIS, William G.

P
PAINTER, James C. PARKER, Sherow W. PARRISH, William O. PERDUE, Christopher C. PERDUE, Daniel
PIPER, John PITT, R. PORTERFIELD, Nathaniel POWELL, St.Clair PROUDFOOT, Jacob

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R
RANKEN, Egbert E. RARICK, A. C. RARICK, Adam C. READ, James H. REAM, Levi
REGAN,Jeremiah REISH, Samuel RICE, James RICHARDS, John W. RICHARDS, William S.
RICKER, E. F. RILEY, Edward F. RINNER, Peter ROBINS, Benjamin M. ROBINSON,Erastus
RODGERS, James M. ROGERS, Milton RONK, Andrew J. ROOK, Thomas J. RYAN, Henry H.

S
SANDERS, Abisha SCHAFF,Matthew SCOTT, Avery L. SHERER, Francis M. SHERER, John
SHERMAN, John H. SHERMAN, J.W. SHOCKLING,Sebastian SMITH, A. P. SMITH, Chester B.
SMITH,Rev.George W. SMITH, Isaac G. SNIDER, John G. SPELLERBERG,Henry STANDISH,William A.
STEPHENSON,James STEVENS, W. H. STIFFLER, John W. STIFFLER, Wesley STIVERS, Henry
STONER, Henry A. STRAWN, John C. SWAN, J. O. SWITZER, James F. SWITZER, John T.

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T
TALLMAN, William B. TAYLOR, John J. TAYLOR, King P. TEDROW, Joseph L. TELLER, Tobias
THRASHER, Valentine P. TILLOTSON, George N. TROBOUGH, George A. TURNER, George W. TURNER, Phineas

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U & V
URY, Charles VAUGHT, George W. VINSON, Thomas G.

W
WADE, James A. WALLACE, John M.

WATSON, W. C.

 WEAKLAND, Stephen A. *WEBSTER,Dickinson
WELCH, Andrew WELLS, J. B. WHALING, Isaac WHARFF, William WIANT, Isaac
WILLIAMS, Jonathan Smith WILLIAMS,W.W. WILLIAMSON,Edward E. WILLIAMSON, Richard WILSON, William M.
WOODBURY,James A. WOODS, Andrew A. WOODWARD,Henry D. WYATT, S.  

Y & Z
YOUNG, John S. YOUNG, William J. ZINK, Lewis       

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++The name was printed wrong in the history book. It should be Thomas Keeran. For evidence write Betty Wallace (betewal@grm.net)