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BROWN Benjamin - Married Melissa Miller, from New Jersey, in 1828, with Mrs. R. G. Kendall.
Under date of December 31, 1792 he writes: "At the Battle of Baltimore my uncle Uriah Prosser had forbidden his son, Samuel to come; but when the action began he saw Sam in the front rank and pulled him back to exchange places. In a few minutes the uncle fell dead. Your mother's family lived twice in Philadelphia; first in Drinker's Lane and second in Coomb's Alley. Your mother's first child, a female, was still-born in Philadelphia prior to migration to Ohio. Her first home in Cheviot was the (later) 'Day' residence, the Tait. In a short time James Richardson's, middle of block, was bought and your parents at once occupied." He has a list of the first pledged abolitionists, Liberty Roll, but only three voted at the next election; B. Brown, Jonathan Ogden, R.G. Kendall. Shortly after, those who first failed rallied and all voted the Liberty Ticket. Children: Edwin Forrest, married Alice Torry; Martha, married Davis; Elizabeth, married Martin; Francis, married William P. (page 12) Biddle, and Florence, (Bird). B. Brown died at Cheviot August 17, 1896. Mrs. Brown died in California, March, 1903. Edwin was a pioneer near Beloit, Kansas, and resides on his U. S. homestead an independent farmer.

Pioneer Annals of Greene Township, Hamilton County, Ohio By: Reese P. Kendall, MD, SanJose, California, Published: 1905 Printed by: George F. Degelman, Printer, San Jose, Cal. Transcribed by: Patti Graman, 2000 page 12 BOYD, Joseph - Married Rebecca Crawford, from Pennsylvania in 1810. Cheap land was offered him on Fifth St., City, but bought at "80" of N. Longworth, just east of Robert Hope and Dr. Fithian.
Children: James, married Catharine Mills; John; Margaret, married Joseph Morton; Elizabeth, married John Bracken; Martha, married John Moore; Rebecca; Joseph, married Bertha Henn. An Episode.-On the 19th of April 1902, Joseph, Jr., having rounded out fifty years in the Masonic Order, the lodge presented him with a magnificent silver urn, capacity one-half gallon, with the proper inscriptions, and also a luxurious easy chair. To him the surprise was a revelation of deep sympathy and he could trust himself to say only a little. An Incident.-St. Aloysius church, Bridgetown, besought from him a trowel to lay the corner stone, which was duly restored. In November, 1903, he was again approached in relation to St. Catharine's near Werk's . A sacredness was deemed to have attached to the St. Aloysius instrument and hence desirable for the second 'corner stone'. Hence, he ground, brightened and
re-handled the ancient trowel.
(See Reminiscences of Joseph Boyd, Sr. )

Pioneer Annals of Greene Township, Hamilton County, Ohio By: Reese P. Kendall, MD, SanJose, California, Published: 1905 Printed by: George F. Degelman, Printer, San Jose, Cal. Transcribed by: Patti Graman, 2000 Page 12 BRACKEN, Michael - From Ireland; lived east of Boyd. Children: William, Thomas, Michael, John, Mary, Daniel, James and Francis. John, Married Elizabeth Boyd; Daniel, in California; James studied medicine with Dr. Litzenberg. Daniel and James attended school with the writer; civil boys.

Pioneer Annals of Greene Township, Hamilton County, Ohio By: Reese P. Kendall, MD, SanJose, California, Published: 1905 Printed by: George F. Degelman, Printer, San Jose, Cal. Transcribed by: Patti Graman, 2000 p12-13 BUSH, Isaac - Married Margaret Foster; came in 1822 from New Jersey. A good education, also beating both drums and playing fife and post horn. Operated "Cheviot Inn," usually termed 'tavern', quite a space in the thirties. Then quit and followed day labor; very expert with axe and scythe and handy butcher. Children: Ephraim, died in the Reeves' house of white swelling; Charlotte, married John Ade, Mary 20, 1851, 1901 had golden wedding; George; James; Mary; Theodore. George in 1836, by accident, cut Reese P. Kendalls' fingers. Died in his teens. (p13)An Incident - While he was moving to the Williams house one load carried the two regimental flags, the dragoon accoutrements and the bass drum. Mr. Bush played the latter the whole course of Pleasant Street, Cheviot, while another drove. Logically, such an unusual occurrence fixed itself indelibly in all youthful memory! A Memory - One July morning in 1841, when father and self were in the front porch, Isaac Bush came along with a scythe one arm, an old style bulge dinner basket on the other and Jim trudging at his heels. Father accosted: "Good morning, Mr. Bush, which way!" "To Columbia; a long stride, " was the response. "You don't take the boy?" added father. " Yes, " he replied, "I assured him it was a long twelve miles, but he insisted and I told him he must 'grin and bear it' if he got tired." Jim smiled at the writer, which meant: "haw! That ain't hard" Boys in those days seldom 'talked' to their elders! He was younger, but more wiry than the writer. The family had relatives at Columbia who expected him to come to hay harvest wherever he could leave home. Mrs. Bush was one of the most lady-like loveable persons
we have ever met. An Episode - While they were in the tavern we saw a snapping turtle in the
slop-barrel and asked its meaning. "To fatten him" replied Eph, "and we've done it lots of times. Oh no! he won't drown!"

BUSH, Ephraim - Married Charlotte Woolley; came with the above, his brother at the same date; also well educated; a music teacher and expert violinist. Fell from Miamitown Bridge in 1838; found drowned. Both Bushes had also unusually courtly manners and were authorities on etiquette. Children: Joseph, married Mary Jane Day; and two younger boys, who, in 1841 were taken to Indiana by Thomas Wooley, he who had been H. L. Wilmer's partner in three separate successful enterprises. Ephraim bought a lot in 1829 adjoining James Richardson west with a log house, which in 1835 was bought by Dr. Kendall and weather-boarded. This was the Methodist parsonage to the nineties, at least. Like Isaac, he was also an expert with axe and scythe, in fact was a "handy" man.

Joseph Ashland Baldwin Cincinnati, The Queen City, Volume III, 1912 Pages 533 - 534 Transcribed by: Kimberly Graman, Dayton, OH         It is not the wealth that men attain that causes them to be remembered by their fellow travelers upon life'’ journey, but the good deeds which they do, the kindly spirit which they manifest and the honorable principles which they embody in their daily conduct. It was these qualities which have made the memory of Joseph Ashland Baldwin sacred to all with whom he was associated, while his example remains as a potent force for good in the lives of many with whom he came in contact. Cincinnati numbered him among her native sons, his birth having here occurred in June 1848. He was a son of Joseph and Mary Baldwin. The former was born in Branford, Connecticut, in May 1807, and was a son of Mrs. Flora (Woodruff) Baldwin, his father having died before the birth of Joseph Baldwin, so that the ancestral history of the family is lost. After largely devoting his youth to the acquirement of an education Joseph Baldwin learned the carpenter’s trade and eventually became a builder and architect, in which line he won success, leaving many substantial evidences of his skill in workmanship in good buildings of Cincinnati erected at comparatively early period in the development of the city. He continued actively in business up to the time of the Civil War, when he served as one of Cincinnati’s defenders in the approach of the confederate troops in the raid into the north under General Smith.
        On the 18th of October 1836, in Cincinnati, Joseph Baldwin, Sr., was married to Miss. Mary Crossman, a daughter of Peter Crossman, of this city, and their children were: Charles Henry, who married Miss. Eleanor Mudd; Mary Louise; Joseph A.; Florence J.; Walter; and Clifford, who wedded Miss. Olive Northup. Joseph Baldwin gave his political support to the Republican Party from the time of its organization until his death. In early life he became a member of the first orthodox Congregational Church at Cincinnati but in 1869 joined the Presbyterian Church of Wyoming, Hamilton County, continuing one of its faithful adherents until called to his final rest.
        Joseph Ashland Baldwin spent his youthful days in Cincinnati, where he attended the Ninth District School and the Fourth Intermediate School. When it became incumbent upon him to enter the business world he took up the profession of bookkeeping which he followed as a life work. He never neglected a duty that devolved upon him in this connection and always had the entire confidence of those whom he represented in a business way, yet never allowed business to interfere with the performance of the higher, holier duties of life in relation to his fellowmen and to his Maker. He long held membership in the Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church and at the time of his death was serving as superintendent of the Sunday school.
        On the 16th of September 1875, Mr. Baldwin was united in marriage to Miss. Jessie Rathborne, a daughter of G.L. Rathborne, who was an officer of the English army and became a resident of American in 1854. Mrs. Baldwin always shared with her husband in his good work. They were fully one in their interests in the cause of Christianity and Mrs. Baldwin is now a very active and prominent member of the Young Women’s Christian Association, of which she is serving as president. The death of Mr. Baldwin occurred in 1899, and the community which knew him thereby lost a valued citizen, his church one of its most devoted members and his social acquaintances a faithful friend, but to her with whom he had traveled life’s journey for twenty-three years the loss came with greatest force.