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Born 1832
From A portrait and biographical record of Allen and Van Wert counties, Ohio; (1896), History of Van Wert County, Ohio and Representative Citizens (1906)
HMOS T. DAILEY, ex-probate judge of Van Wert county, Ohio, was born in Athens county, in the same state, March 16, 1832, a son of Esaias and Mary Ann (Thompson) Dailey. The father, Esaias, was born in Harrison county, Va.. now W. Va., December 6, 1805, and was a son of Thomas and Mary (Majors) Dailey. Thomas Dailey was born in Delaware about 1775. and his parents, who were natives of Ireland, were married in that country. Thomas was reared in Viiginia by his aged mother, was married in 1798, and lived in Virginia until 1820. when he moved to Meigs county, Ohio, where he farmer until his death in 1860, his. wife surviving until 1864. Thomas and Mary Majors)
- Dailey were the parents of ten children, viz: Nimrod, Robert, Mary, Matilda, Eliza, Esaias, William, Julia, David and James. Their son, Esaias, the father of Amos T. Dailey, was reared in Meigs county, Ohio, but; was married in Athens county, May 20, 1S.31, to Mary Ann Thompson, who was born in Virginia in October, ikSio, a daughter of Amos and Jane (Me Bain) Thompson, also natives of Virginia and of Irish and Scotch extraction, and to this marriage were born the following children: Amos T., whose name opens this paragraph; Jane, now Mrs. John Smith; Nimrod, deceased; Esaias, of Kankakee, Ill.; Albert William, of Walkerton, Ind.; Victoria, wife of Joseph F'oster, of Adams county, Ind.; Clayton, of Decatur, Ind., and Mary Ann, wife of D. Foor. After his marriage Esaias Dailey remained in Athens county for a year, engaged in farming; in 1833 he moved to Auglaize county and stopped a year at Saint Mary’s; thence moved to Willshire, Van Wert county, in 1834, and a short time afterward entered land two miles west, just across the Indiana line, and farmer until his death, October [4, 1869, having lost his wife from cholera July 22, 1834. Mr. Dailey was a republican in politics, and was a successful business man, and, in connection with farming, kept an old-fashioned country tavern from 1837 to 1850.
Amos T. Dailey enjoyed the advantages of private schools, and at the age of twenty-four years engaged in buying and driving stock, taking several droves of horses and cattle to Chicago in 1853. July 14, 1856, he married, in Van Wert, Miss Eliza Jane Ainsworth, who was born in Madison, Ohio, January 1, 1831, a daughter of William and Susan Ainsworth — this marriage resulting in the birth of the following children: Grsini and Susan, deceased;
Laura B., Sara G., William H.. and Esaias. j Immediately after marriage, Mr. Dailey located in Adams county, Ind., where he en- !
gaged in farming until 1864, when he embarked m general merchandising at Pleasant Mills, ind., and did a successful business until 1870, when he located in Willshire township. Van Wert county, Ohio, and re-engaged in farming until 1882, when he assumed the office of probate judge, and filled that responsible position until 18SS, then, until 1889, he employed himself in buying and shipping stock, w’hen, in the latter year, he was appointed postmaster in Van Wert, and for four years faithfully and satisfactorily performed the duties of the arduous position, and then retired from the active business affairs of life. In politics Mr. Dailey is a stanch republican, and fraternally he is a chapter Mason, and is highly respected by the citizens of Van Wert county, in which lie still owns a fertile farm of 1 50 acres.
'2P'’7",AC0B DANNER, one of the oldest and m wealthiest agriculturists of Ridge township, Van Wert county, Ohio, was born in Shenandoah county, Va., October 9, 1824, a son of Jacob and Catherine (Cullers) Danner, both aiso natives of the Old Dominion. In 1829 the parents came to Ohio and settled in Licking county, bringing with them their children — John, who became, later, a Union soldier, and died of disease contracted in the army — his brother Jacob, our subject, having brought him from Camp Dennison to his, Jacob's, own home in Ridge township, where John expired; Mary, the second in the family, was married to Basil Tracy and is now deceased; Nancy, married David Tracy, and is also deceased; Susan was married to Eant\ Shannon, and both are now deceased; Sarah, married to John Hann, is also deceased; Elizabeth died as the wife of Abraham In low: Jacob, our subject, and Isaac, the youngest of the family, who died in infancy The father of this family was a shoemaker by trade and both he and wife died in Licking county.
Jacob Danner was but eleven years of age when he lost his father, and, his mother being in cramped circumstances, he hired out to work at $6 per month, and continued to work out j until his marriage, October 27, 1846, to Miss Hannah Ships, daughter of John and Elizabeth (McCague) Ships, natives, respectively, of Virginia, and Washington county, Ohio, and both of whom were brought to Licking j county in childhood. To the marriage of Mr. Shipps, who was a farmer, were born six children, all now deceased, with the exception of ! Mrs. Danner. In 1848, Mrs. Danner’s parents; came to Van Wert county, buying lands in York township, and in the following spring bought in both York and Jennings townships, j and there lived for six years, then bought, in 1857, what is known as the Griffin farm, where they lived until their retirement to Van; Wert, where Mr. Ships died October 2, 1872, j and Mrs. Ships. November 9, 1873. Sep- 1 tember 10. 1848, Mr. Danner settled in Allen county, where he lived until 1849, when he i came to Van Wert county, in the spring, and here purchased a farm on Jennings prairie, which farm he later sold and bought eighty acres, in 1861, in Ridge township, all in the woods, but now a well improved and elegant farm; added to which, also, is a portion of a 100-acre tract that had been purchased some years ago by Mrs. Danner's father. The family born to Mr. and Mrs. Danner comprise the following children: Elizabeth Catherine, deceased wife of John Parent; Mary Ann, wife of J. F. Anschutz, of Van Wert; Sarah Emily, who died in infancy; J. S., of Harrod, Allen county; Nathan Ira, of Van Wert; David Marion, who died in infancy, and Milton As- ' bury, still at home. The political affiliations of Mr. Danner are with the democratic party, but he never excites himself over party affairs.
He is an excellent farmer, however, and is, in every sense in which the term is used, a self-made man, and stands most deservedly high in the esteem of his fellow-citizens.
As printed in A portrait and biographical record of Allen and Van Wert counties, Ohio; (1896). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
AMOS T. DAILEY, deceased, i he late Judge Amos T. Dailey belonged to one of the pioneer families of Ohio, one which has proved itself, down to the present generation, worthy of the esteem and consideration of the communities in which its members well. He was born in Athens County, Ohio, March 16, 1832, and was a son of Esaias and Mary Ann (Thompson) Dailey.
Thomas Dailey, the grandfather was born of Irish parentage, in Delaware, in the year 1775. He was reared in Virginia, to which State his parents removed; was married to Mary Majors, in 1798; reared 10 children, and lived in Virginia until 1820. In that year he migrated to Ohio and settled in Meigs County, where he died in 1860, being survived four years by his wife.
Esaias Dailey, the father, was born in Harrison County, Virginia, December 6, 1805, but entered into manhood in Meigs County, Ohio, where he engaged in farming. It cannot be stated in what year he first located in Athens County, but in May, 1831, he was married there to Mary Ann Thompson and lived in that county until 1832. His wife was a daughter of Amos and Jane (McBain) Thompson— Irish and Scotch, respectively — she herself being a native of Virginia, born in October, 1810. The children of Esaias Dailey and wife were: Amos T., the immediate subject of this memoir; Jane, Mrs. John Smith; Nin rod, deceased; Esaias, of Kankakee, Illinois; Albert William, of Walkerton, Indiana; Victoria, Mrs. Joseph Foster, of Adams County, that State; Clayton, of Decatur, Indiana: and Mary Ann, wife of Dallas Foor. In 1833 Esaias Dailey moved to Auglaize County, Ohio, and resided for one year at St. Mary’s, and in 1834 located in Van Wert County, entering land two miles west of Willshire, just across the Indiana line. From 1837 until 1850 he followed farming here, and also conducted an old-fashioned inn situated on the stage route. He died October 14, 1869, his wife, the mother of Judge Dailey, having proceeded him long before, dying of cholera on July 22,
The late Judge Dailey was mainly educated in private schools, and at the Ohio Weslyan University, Delaware, Ohio, having come upon the stage of life before the present excellent public school system was perfected. Like many other of the young men of his time and manner of rearing, at the age of 24 years he was a practical farmer and an excellent judge of stock, engaging for several years in buying and driving stock, and on one occasion (in 1853) taking several droves of horses and cattle as far as Chicago. After his marriage, in 1856, he located in Athens County, Indiana, farmer until 1864 and then became a general merchant at Pleasant Mills, Indiana. He continued there in the mercantile business until 1870, when he settled in Wiltshire township, Van Wert County, Ohio, where he resumed farming.
In 1882 Mr. Dailey was selected for one of the most responsible and honorable positions in the county, that of probate judge, and this office he filled to the entire satisfaction of his fellow citizens until 1888. During a part of 1889 he resumed the buying and shipping of stock, but in that year he was appointed postmaster at Van Wert. After four years of faithful, honorable service in this office, he retired to private life, his death occurring on May 20, 1902.
On July 14, 1856, at Van Wert, Judge Dailey was married to Eliza Jane Ainsworth, a daughter of William and Susan Ainsworth, who was born January 1, 1837, at Madison, Ohio. The six children born to this union were: Orsini and Susan, both deceased;
Laura B.; Sarah G.; William H.; and Esaias. Of the above family William H. Dailey is one of the leading attorneys at Van Wert, and is the senior member of the law firm of Dailey & Allen. Mrs. Dailey died on January 21,
Judge Dailey was a life-long Republican and for a number of years was one of the party leaders in this section. He was a man of high principles, both in public and private life, and enjoyed the confidence, esteem and deep respect of his fellow citizens. In his fraternal relations he was a Royal Arch Mason.
As printed in History of Van Wert County, Ohio and Representative Citizens (1906). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: William H. Dailey (b. 1865)
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