Author . ^^*0/' o 2: o Title ^^**s^ Class Book Imprint. 16 — 17372-1 OPO L_ peter (T^abot • • • .an6 ^i5 ^e5cen6ant5* :3&r TTranK 3f, Oilus. ytt. S.. :^. "D. s <^ peter (ri)abot anb ^15 "2)e5cen6aRt5. :&r 3FranK If. Oltus. ^tt. 5.. Ml. ^. / Gift Auth. (Person) ■07 ai ISrafacc. The writer makes no nixilniiy i'or this ntteitipf to pin - serve a record of what is known of the ch'scendants of one of the first settlers of KScioto County. Ohio. Tliose who nn- cU'rstand the reasons for iht have been procured at first hand from those now passed to the ji'reat beyond, may now, never be discovered. The system of numeration made use of is ])elieved to be new. The writer evolved it while collectino' data for nnich larger works than the present, and it proved much nuu-e sa Ms- factory than any other known to him. It is believed to l)e at least as good as the system ordinarily used for completed work also. While there is no need for an elaborate explanation of the system here, the writer will be pleased to explain tlu handling of it to any one iuteresited. The first figure of the eiuimeration of eacli descendant gives the number of the generation after the founder of tin' line; the second number loc'iites the individud in tliiit genLM\i- 1 ion. It is hopf^d that this little (MTort miy iiiduce the fairdiy to keep up the records for the futui'e, and perliajjs son:e in-.-cs- tigatoi' may nrist^ wlio rin i-oiKpier the notV unsolved prob- b'liis ill the r;\iiiil\' liis!oi'\'. I Signs. M(l. Married. — Married, (followiiiij a name in the genealogical section ) I'liin. rnniarried. Daii. Daughter, or .'l IMi.") Wheelersbur^', (). MA. 1S27, Clarissa Randall, 1804 1881 2-1 Harriet Sophia Chabot. - I)'-.1S27 18,^0 Stiirueoii, Mu A. Titus, 2-2 Louis, lh2!) l82;» 2-8 Julia Ann. - Jas. P. IMt'iry, 1830 Eureka Sprinys. Ark. 2-4 Francis .Marion, 1832 1833 2-.") I'eter. unni. 1.''34 18G5 Sturyeon, Mo. 2-(5 William. 1836 183G 2-7 .Maria. 1S37 1838 2-8 Dau., inf. 2-!) Amos. Ih39 1848 2-10 John II.. 1840 184t» 2-11 Anderson, 1841 1841 Md. Sarah Smith. 2-12 Alonzo. - Launa Rambo. l.s')8 181)7 Scii.to. Ohio. 1-2 Louis Chabot, 1801 (iallipolis. (). Md. Reeee. 2-13 Susan Chabot, - Smith. 2-14 Sopliia. - Wm. Riekabauirh. Chillieothe. (). Md. R(MM'e. sister ol' first wife. 2-1.") .Mary. 1-4 Lucinda Chabot, is 14 .Maliees. O. :\ld. Samuel .M(d )o\v.-ll. 2-17 Peter .Menowell. d. younL^ 2-18 b'aeliel. Whire 1-5 Uriah Chabot, 1816 181)7 Powellsville. O. :\I(1. Luvina Hudson. 1821 181)6 2-U) Lafivettc Chidxit. - Nan;s-1843 1866 A. Wyatt. 2-20 Lueinda. - Rawstd C. !Mii'ary. - Jacob Fox. 1848 {ronton. Ohio. 1{. F. D. 2-22 JobK.. num. 1850 1872 Powellsville. O. 2-23 James Alva. - Eli/a .\. Fiii-18r)3 Portsmouth. O. ney. 2-24 William IC. - l-'mma Hush. 18")') Shenandoah. Iowa. 2-2;') Charley. 18r)8 1864 2-26 Ceorize W.. - Zora Pr.'st-18()2 Otway, O., Physii-ian. lauiih ; no eh. -2nd.Sa!lie Siiiit h.wid. Tenci'. 1 Mi4 l^edfonl. lowa. 2-27 .\uiia P.. Francis .M . .M.-l'.-r mi»*k. 10 PETER CHABOT AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 2- 1 Harriet Sophia Chabot, 18i!7 l^M) Sturgeon, Mo. .Aid. 18-i!), Dr. Arthur Titus. 182G VM2 8- 1 Frnnk 11. Titus. - Louise 1850 '3an Francisco, Cal C. Kino', Pliys. ;]- 2 Sauil. Oscar. - Annie E. Far-lS52 Dover. X. 11. num. 3- 3 Ilattie, 18C5 18GG 2- '6 Julia Am Chabot, 1830 Eureka Springs, Ark. Md. 1852. James P. .Merrv. 1820 1895 3- g-Son. inf. 1852 Ib'A 2-12 Alonzo Chabot, 1858 1897 Scioto, 0., Farmer. ]Md. Launa Kaml)o, 1859 Portsmouth, 0. 3- 5 Fairie M. Chabot, - Orley A. 1879 Portsmouth. 0. Rickey, 3- () Pearl W.. - Charlotte Ann 1881 Columbus, 0. French, 3- 7 :\linnie L., 1883 Portsmouth, 0. 3- 3 Ora E., - Leon J. Reed, 1885 Portsmouth. 0. 3- 9 Ollie I., 1887 3-10 Glen H.. 1891 3-11 Roy L.. 1893 3-12 Dallas A.. 1896 1898 2-18 Lafayette Chabot, 18-13 18GU Powellsville. 0. • MJ. 1863, Nancv Ann Wvatt, 3-13 Charles Clyde Chabot. 2-20 Lucinda Chabot, 1845 Chidicothe. 0. Md. 18(j(j, Rawsel C. Emofv. 18-13 3-14 Carrie Alma Emorv, " 1867 18G9 3-15 Cloea :\linta,-Wm. McCorry,18fi9 Chillicothe, 0. 3-16 Luvina E.. 1871 Chillicothe, 0. 3-17 Jennie Fay, -Wm. Dundon. 1873 Wab:^sh, 0. -2nd. Amos -Clayton, 3-18 Annie Luvisa, -Walter T.1875 Columbus, O. Moore. 3-19 :\Iarv Edith.-Edw. E. Moore. 1878 Columbus. 0. 3-20 Rawsel C, 1880 1880 3-21 Wm. Clyde, shoe worker, 1883 Columbus, 0. 3-22 Addie Davis, stenographer, 1886 Chillicothe, 0. 3-23 Walter Rav, elerk. ' 1888 Chillicothe. 0. f PETER CHABOT AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 11 Born Died Residence, etc. 2-21 Mary Chabot, 1848 Ironton, 0., R. F. D. ]\Id. 1868. Jacol) Fox. farnioi ',1841 8-24 Cora Fox-Jonas KosebrouKi ,18()8 Ironton, 0., R. F. D. 8-25 Lnella, 1870 8-26 Katie, 1873 1875 3-27 Lily Ann, 1875 1875 3-28 Rosa, 1876 1876 8-29 Lucy, 1877 8-30 Annie. 1880 8-31 Mary. 1888 8-82 Grace. 1885 3-38 Jacob, 1887 2-23 James Alva Chabot, 1858 Portsmonth, 0. ]\rd. Eliza A. Finney, 1868 3-84 Alva J. Chabot, 1880 3-85 Floyd E.. 1886 3-36 Bertha :\Iarie. 1896 3-87 Geor^iia. 1900 2-24 William R. Chabot, 1855 Shenandoah , Iowa. Md. Emma Hnsh, 3-38 Gokla Chabot, 1884 8-39 Orin, 1887 M.I. Celia Diesterdieh. 3-40 Dan., inf. 2-26 George W, Chabot, M. D 18(;2 (Hway. (). Md. 1887. Zora Hrestlanuh 1902 Md. 1904. Sjidic Smith. wiJ .1875 Teller 3-41 Anna Knth Chabot. 1!I05 19()7 12 FETER CHABOT AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 3- 1 Frank H. Titus, M. D. 1850 iSan Francisco. Cal. Aid. 1890. Louise I'. King, 1869 1902 4- 1 Louise Titus, 1902 3-. 2 Samuel Oscar Titus, 1852 Dover. N. H. Md. Annie E. Farnnni. 1845 1902 4- 2 Ai-thur Ffirnnni Titus, - Bes-1873 Dover, N. H. sie E. Hall. 3- 5 Fairie M. Chabot, 1879 .Aid. 1904. Orley A. Rickey. 1879 4- 3 Richard Larnien Rickev, 1905 Portsmouth. 0. 3-19 Mary Edith Emory, 1809 Chillicothe. 0. Md. 1891. Wm. McC'orry. 4- 4 Francis McCorry, 1891 4- 5 Zulene, 1893 4- 6 Arthur, 1895 4- 7 Wilbur. 1897 4- 8 ]\larcelia. 1899 4- 9 Paul David. 1905 3-17 Jennie Fay Emory, 1873 AVabash, 0. Md. 1894. Win. Dundon, 4-10 Arnold Dundon, 1895 4-11 Carlinuton. 1897 Md. 1900. Amos Clavton. 4-12 Richard Elden Clavton. 1901 4-13 Roswell Fay Clayton. 1905 3-18 Annie Luvisa Emory, 1875 Columbus, 0. Md. 189G, Walter T. .Moore. 1867 4-14 Walter Emory Moore, 1897 4-15 Harry Everett, 1899 4-16 Rawse] Clare. 1900 3-19 Mary Edith Emory. 1878 Md. 1900, Edward E. Moore, 1873 4-17 Roo;er Claude Moore, 1904 4-18 George Owen, 1906 Columbus, 0. PETER CHABOT AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 13 3-24 Cora Fox, 1868 Ironton, 0., R. F. D. Md. Jonas Kosebroiigh^ 1863 4-19 Charley Kosebroush, 1892 4-20 Alva, 1893 4-21 Jonas. 1895 4-22 Jesse Arthur, 1898 4-23 William, 1900 4-24 Geo. Washington. 19(J2 4-25 Cora Annie, 1905 3-34 Alva J. Chabot, groce r, 1880 Portsmouth, (3. Md. Emma Hierley, 1879 4-26 Howard Alva Chabot, 1902 1906 4-27 Ralph, 1904 4-28 Thelma Marie, 1906 4- 2 Arthur Farnum Titus, 1873 Md. 1898. Be.ssie E. Hall. 5- 1 Grace Elizabeth Titus, 1899 5- 2 Helen Hall. 1901 Dover, N. H. ^iograp^icaU PETER CHABOT. The i'ounJer of this liiie of the Chabot family was born in Prauce, July 21, 1767. Tradition has it that he was educated in Paris for the priesthood, and that, not being content with the prospect of a life in clerical bonds, he solved the problem by cutting loose from old associations and striking out for green fields and pastures now in the wills of America; pre- sumably with the emphatic disapproval of his family at home. That he was a man of better education and more refined literary tastes than were common in the wilderness is evident from the books he left behind him, some of which must have seemed very much out of their latitude in a log cabin in the backwoods; and that he very effectually east adrift his priest- ly inclinations, if he ever had any, the events of his career in this country sufficiently demonstrate. 'i1ie exact locality of his birth is unknown. It was prob- ably not Paris, as a search made by the writer in that city failed to unearth any certificate to that effect. True the gen- tle Comnnmists in 1870 destroyed the city records, but the au- thorities have been for years since that time endeavoring to replace them, and in the matter of records of births they are believed to have practically succeeded. The sul)ject of this sketch came to the Uniited States as one of the victims of the operations of the Scioto Company. Various opinions of this scheme are expressed by writers. Some tlenounce it emphatically as a fraud and a swindle from its inception, while others more charitably think there was northing intentionally fraudulent in the company's transac- tions, but that circumstances beyond their control, and per- haps mismanagement, caused the failure of their plans. As the wa'iter understands the matter from different ac- counts, it was about as follows: The Ohio Company was formed by a number of reputable men, among them the Rev. Manasseh Cutler and Gen. Rutus Putnam, with the intention of purchasing from the Govern- ment 1,500,000 acres of land in the ^Northwest Territory, front- PETER CHABOT AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 15 ing on the Ohio river in the neighborhood of where Marietta now is, and extending back into what is now the state of Ohio. Certain portions of the land were to be retained for university and school purposes, and the rest for the building up of a great colony. The Treasury Departnu-nt (Board of Treasury) at that time had the public lands in charge, but could not sell them without consent of Congress. And, the Rev. Mr. Cutler, who seemed to be in charge of the lobby as regards this particular bill, found numerous annoying circumstances in the way of getting it through Congress; — until he was approached by another party with a proposition to join forces if he would support a private enterprise, which was to secure an option or privilege of preemption on lands to the west and north of those of the Ohio Company, and supposed to contain 3,000,000 or 3,500,000 acres, though the boundaries specified afterward proved to contain nearer 5,000,000 acres. Pi'om all of which it might be inferreJ that some of our modern methods which we nominate in terms none too respectful may possibly be considered rather the products of the evolution of anciently existing germs than of contemporary inventive genius. Onr lamented forefathers were not so slow after all. The j)romot- ers of this latter scheme were called the Scioto Compaiiy, though no company of the name was ever regularly organized in this country. But they s(;nt an agent to Paris to induce ini- migratiiui from France, who seems not to have made nuich lU'ogress at first. Later he was associated with an Englishman whom he encountered there, and who proceeded to infnse more ginger into the operations by means of glowing adver- tisements of the paralise :i waiting the fortunate settlers on the banks of the Scioto, where there was rarely any frost even in the winter, and where the rivers swarmed with fish and tlie woods with deer, waiting to be captured, and where there were no lions or tigers to molest or make any one afraid. He omitted to mention panthers, bears and Indians. Shares were transferred to several residents of Paris, ap- parently reputable and honest men. an. I the French Compaguii> Ju Scioto organized. This company s(»;d lands to many in- t(nided colonists: at least, the i)urchasers thought they had bought the land, thougli it does not ai)peai' that the deeds con- veyed anything but the Company's rights, whiidi. as above stated only amounted to tlie i)rivilege of prcMiiption in the regular manner. A i)arty of ininiiizfants were lii-ouLilit out and temporarily (piartered at (iallipolis. \vl>i di was sujiposcd to he on llir lainis 16 PETER CHABOT AND HIS DESCENDANTS. of the Scioto Company, though it afterwarJ proved to be on those of the Ohio Company. The Indians became hostile ana prevented the colonists from entering into possession of their lands, and when troops were sent to bring them into subjec- tion, they declined to be conquered, which settled the matter, for that year at least. The Ohio Company failed to make its payments, and in short both schemes fell through entirely, leaving the poor col- onists stranded in Gallipolis. A representation of the facts was afterward made to Con- gress, and in 1795 that holy made a grant of land, the Frencli Orant, to the colonists then in Callipolis, to the number of one; hundred. The land was divided into lots of 217 and a fraction acres each and were assigned by lot. Grandfather Chabot drew lot number 85. Part of the village of Powellsvilie noM- stands upon it. Very few of thos ' who drew the lots ever occupied them ; the greater number of the holders sold their lands, or otherwise disposed of them ; but grandfather Chabot took possession of his lot and settle^] down to become a tiller of the soil. He came to take a look at his territory in 1798 and built a small log cabin on it, and the next year moved down with all his belongings. Presumably he was not burdened with nmch household plunJer, which was all the more convenient, as there were no roads, of course, and everything had to be brought from the Ohio river, four miles, on the back of a pack animal. He told with great glee in after times, of his experience with one load, which he had packed on the back of an old mare, and which consisted principally of two large iron kettles or pots, one on each side of the animal. She was not experienced at the business, and the trees being very thick she frequently struck one of the pots against one of them, the immediate )'e- sult being a severe jolt in the ribs. She was wise in her gen- eration, however, and soon learne.l to give the trees a wido berth, making a respectful detour round each, much to her owner's amusement. Before moving to his farm he had taken to himself a wife. Tradition has it that she was a society lady of Philadelphia, but what is the foundation for that assertion, or how, when, or where he met and married her, are matters unknown to the W'riter. and now incapable of determination. Iler given name was Sophia, and her surname probably Hughes. After having borne a couple of children she became in- sane, and as there were no institutions tlien in tliis part of the country- for the care of such unfortunates, she was sent to tl" ^ FETEE CHAEOT AND HIS DESCENDANTB. 17 care of her ])eoiile in Pliiladelphia. 'J'lie poor iientleinan witii two small ehiidren on his haiuls, was in sac! straits; and as Dr. Keyes puts it in his little hook. "The Pioneers of Scioto Coun- ty," he was "under the necessity of marrying' another wife thoug'h he had not !)een divorced from his lirst." ]*resumal)ly having- so far departed from the traditions of his priestly training as to marry once, he may have thought the sin could not be increased by a repetition of the ofifense. At any rate he married, in what y<^ar is not known, a lady whose maiJcii name was Kachel Roberts, the widow liist of a man named Rutter, and secondly of a Mr. Weeks, by wliich latter she ha I children. Time went on ; the children grew up. and Dr. Keyes says the eldest son made a trip to Phibidelphia to in([uii'e what liad become of his mother, and found her in good health and with her reason recovered. She returned to Ohio; and instead of claiming her full rights in the matter, offered to accept oue- thirj of her husband's property and leave him in peace and quietude with his second family. The county records show that on the li.lth of June, ISIS, he deeded to her for "love and affection and one dollar." 93 acres in the N. W. coi'ner of his lot. She afterward sold this land, and in 1S38 bought another piece on a little stream called Big Pete near Cla{)board Church on Pine Creek, about two miles below Powellsville. where in IH'M) .she died and was buried in Clapboard cemetery, an. I so ended this l']noch Ardcn epist)de — with vai'iations. ^Monsieur Chabot contiiiutHl to IInc the (piit't life of a farm- er; saw the village of Powellsville grow up. partially on land sold by him to its founders: saw it occupy the center ol' a great iron producing industry; saw his Lii'an Ichildrcn and gn-at grandchildren about liim. anJ Hnally in IS")!} at the ripe age of 86 he wrap[)e(l the drapery of hjs couch around him and lay down, let us hope, to ])lcasant dreams. Pie was a man of small and slender physical dimensions, of kindly disposition, and, as is fre(|uently the case, of a gravity in invei'se ratio to his size. This (piality must have received (piite a jolt in at least one instance. It is to! 1 that in a hunt- ing expedition he shot a wild got)sc : an.l linding that tlu' vic- tim had only a broken wing he gave it surgical instead ol" cu- linary treatment, which so tilled the fowl with gratitu(k' that he ever afterward followe.l his preserver rouiul like a doLi'. (^ne Sunday morning grandfather Chal)ot started foi- ciun'ch. lieM in the brick buiblinii' which then stood on the hill whei-e tne cemeterv now is. at Powellss'ille. liMving the yoose. as Me 18 PETER CHABOT AND HIS DESCENDANTS. thought, securely incarcerated at home. The hitter, liuwever, proved to be a jail-breaker, and when the old gentlenum paced gravely up the aisle with head down and hands carried be- hind him, in his usual manner, the goose as gravely waddled close behind him, much to the delight of the ungodly. As Peter turned in to take his seat he discovered his attendant, and saying in a disgusted tone "Ah! Damme ze goose," seized the offender by the long neck and marched him out of tlii- sanctuary and back home again. The congregation was on(^ worshiper shy that day. Whether Peter was an offshoot of the noble Chabot famiLy of France or not is unknown. Several trifling items of evi- dence would bear out the belief that he was; his education, the tradition that he was of good ftimily, the names of his children, etc. Peter, William and Louis were all favorite names in the noble family, Peter being that of the flrst of the name. Louis too, was not a name that would have been vei'v popular with Fr-ench Republicans so soon after the revolution, unless for family reasons. The strongest piece of evidence is that of A. W. Buskirk, an old resident of Portsmouth, now dead, who said that his family were well acquainted with that of Peter Chabot in France, and that it was one of the best in that country. Supposing his statement to be true, the ques- tion would be practically letermined. as there was no family of the name outside of this line of any prominence whatever. Un- fortunately no one thought of mrdving incpiiries on the subject until it was too late, and unless some future explorer has bet- ter success than the writer m tracing up the ancestors, this question will remain undetermined. 1-1 WILLIAM CHABOT, Was born on his father's farm, b)t number 85 of the French (Jrant, where Powellsvillc now is. He was of a some- what roving disposition, and lived in many different places, and followed many different occupations, lie farmed, he made shoes and bricks, he did carpenter work, and other things loo numerous to mention. A specimen of his handiwoi'k stands in the brick house in tlie lower end of Wheelersburg, of which he molded, burned and laid the bi-iek. and did the carpentering and plastering. This house is now, UXK;, about (io years old. and is a monument to good and honest workmanship. William married Clarissa, daughter of Amariah atid Diadama (Pruitt) Randall. Sihe was born in New York state, probably near Albany, ami came to Ohio about 1818, descend- PETER CHABOT AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 19 ino' the Alleoheny and Oliio rivers witih her parents and tlie rest of the family in a pirogue. She was at that time about 14 years ohl. On one occasion she fell from tiie pirogue and was near- ly drowned, l)ut was rescued by her fatJier, with the skiff from the larger boat, though he was not skilled in its use. After she had sunk the tiiird time iie thrust the oar down in the water and touched her on the head, when she grasped the oar and was pulled out. She was sewing when she fell in, and still had her needle in her hatul and her thimble on her finger when rescued. William and Clarissa lived together till they had had a family of eleven children, when they concluded tlhat there wj's an insuperable incumpatibilily of disposition between them and were divorced. William married again, as shown elsewhere and had one son. He died in IHtif) at the house of his daughter in Wheel- ers burg. 1-2 LOUIS CHABOT, Was born on the farm in the French (jrant. The writei- has not l)een able to locate an_\ of his descendants, and knows l)ut little of his history. IT<'. went to New Orleans with a flat l)oat loaded with j)roduce, as was sometinu^s -lone in those days, and was never lieai'd (d' afterward. It was supposed that he was; mni-dered for the proceeds of bis merchandise. 1-5 URIAH CHABOT, AVas also born at Powelisville. on tbe farm, wbcre he live 1 and died in 1S;)7 at tbe age of Si. His fatbcr in Ls;5() convey- ed to bim what remained of the fai'iii with tbe proviso, among otbet's, tbat be sbould care foi' bis j)areiits as long as tbcx lived. Being then nearly 70. Peter did iu)t pi'obably expect to bui'dcu bis son vei"y long; iiut be li\i',l I'oi' seventeen years after that, and tbe mother exteiKb-d llie term l.t tbirty-one yeai's. during all of wliieh time the son raitbrnlly Tucd up tt» tbe terms of bis conti'act. "rncle lii" was I'oi' many yeai's a well known cliai'artei- ill tbe region rouu 1 about. He was a strung Kree Will |>;ip- tist, and a licensed but ni>t ordained preacber of tliat denom- ination. He was a good sample of tbe pi-eacber of tbe rui'al districts in whom the supposedly funny paragra|du'rs bu i sucli a mine of entertainment. Tliev do not sav so nnich of 20 PETER CHABOT AND HIS DESCENDANTS. the homely integrity, the steadfast adherence to belief, and the earnest endeavor to live a life in correspondence there- with; in all of which they are not so much to blame, as those things are not in their line. 2A HARRIET SOPHIA CHABOT, Was born a short distance below Pow^ellsville. While liv- ing on her grandmother's place on "Big Pete" she atteniled school at the Clapboard school house. The last of her teachers was Arthur Titus, and in 1849, a short time after the term of school closed they were married, at the house on "Big Pete." After their marriage her husband attended Medical College in Columbus, Ohio, and then began the practice of medicine in Powellsville. He was the son of Samuel and Clarisa (Coryell) Titus, and was born near Scioto, then called Harrisonville, 0. His father and two uncles built a mill on the Little Scioto, callei Titus' and afterward Harrison Mills, and his parents moved to a farm bought near the mills. There were several children in the family, and all were brought up to a farmer's life; but Arthur was not satisfied with the prospect, and be- ing encouraged thereto by one of his maternal uncles, Daniel Coryell, who was a man of education, he scraped together what money he could and went off to school. He worked in a rolling mill, did surveying, and taught school to procure money for his medical course. He practice.] for a time after his first course, as was common in those days, and then tinished his course and took his degree at the Cincinnati .Medical College. Two children were ()orn to the couple while living in Powellsvil'.e. About 1802 Ihey moved to Cheshire, Gnllia Co., Ohio, to procui-e for their children th(> benefits of the academy at that i)lace. Later the f-ither entered the army as Captain and Assistant Surgeon of the 1st W. Va. Cav. ; afterwards l»e- ing promoted to Major and Surgeon, and transferred to the 8rd W. Va. Cav. He served in Cnster's Division of Sheridan's command and saw much fighting, though he w;is not in the army a great while till the war came to a close. On his return from the army the family niove.l to Wlu'cl- ersburg in LSOf), remaining there till 1872, wlicn they moved to California, l)ut returned the sair.e year to Sturgeon, ^Mo., wlici-e Mrs. Titus' sister Mrs. ^lerry, Xo. 2-o, and her busba.p.'l were living, leaving their elder son in California. There they bought a farm, of which the younger son took the active management, while the father practiced his ju'ofes- sion. Here Mrs. Titus died in 1880 an.l her bodv was after- PETER CHABOT AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 21 ward broiiiiht back to Wheelersbiirg and there interred. After her death Dr. Titus returned to Portsmouth, Ohio, where be afterwards married Mrs. Martha Matthews, and practiced h's profession till he too was called, and his body now rests oe- side that of his first wife in the beautiful cemetery at WheeU (M'shurii', A good man and a good woman; a good husband and a good wife; a good fatlier and a good mother. God give them peace. 2-3 JULIA ANN CHABOT, Was also l)orn in the neighborhood of Powellsville, and grew up to womanhood there. Like her sister she married her teacher, James P. Merry. They livcnl for a time in Powells^ ville, where to them was boi'n a sou, whom they lost while yet an infant. Just before the civil war they moved to ^Missouri, and be- ing in disputed territory suH'tred much from the vici.ssitudes of the troublous times. They aftei'wards roamed over considerable of the west- ern states and territories, and finally settled in Eureka Sprinus Arkansas, which place with its many sjn-ings they found much to their liking. There in 1895 the husband pissed to the great beyond. The wife still, 1906. remains on the farm they l)ought. and enjoys the balmy climate and the al!-healing waters. Long may slie continue so to do. 2-5 PETER CHABOT, AVas born also in the ncighboi'lioo 1 of Powellsville, where be remained till his sister moved to Missouri, when he acconi- [)anied her ;ind her husband. During the wai" his syinpnthies being, at least supposedly, with his neighboi's. he came to the conclusion that he would not be alloAved to renuiin in peace at home, and so he joined the south(M'n forces, served under Price, and died in the service, lie was killed in the battle of Corinth. Miss., at the very en, I of the war. 2 12 ALONZO CHABOT, The only child of Ids fa'hei" by the second marriage was lioi'ii in Scioto County. Ohio, where he lived an unevenU'ul life, so fai' as is known to tlo* writei-. lie married .Miss Laniia 22 PETER CHAEOT AND HIS DEHCENDANTS. Kambo, also a native of Scioto County and they bron^lit up a goodly family of children. The father diei respected by ai', and the family moved to Portsmouth where they live in IDOo. 2-19 LAFAYETTE CIIABCT, Was born in Powellsville and bi-i.uuht up on the farm Shortly after his marriage he bouglit, with others, a steam saw mill, and was killed by the explosion of the boiler. 2-20 LUCINDA CHAEOT, Was also born on the old place at Powellsville, and brought up there. She attended school for a time at the a- cademy at Cheshire, and at the age of 21 married Rawsel C. Emory, who was just out of the army, having served in the civil war. They have since engaged in different occupations, fa^'in- ing ani hotel keeping among others, and now live at Chilli- eothe, Ohio, while the husband is engaged in the lumber busi- ness. 2-21 MARY CHABOT, Saw the light also at the old farm at I^owellsville, where at the age of 20 she married Jacob Pox, a soldier of the civil war, a farmer of German descent. They live, 1906, in I^aw- renco County, Ohio, some five miles ai3ove Powellsville, where. they are well supplied with lands ancl accessories, and where they have had a family of ten children, the last one of them a boy, — and only the Inst on.'. 2-23 JAMES ALYA CHAEOT, Born on the old place, mn.rried in Poweil.sville ]Miss Eli/.;i A. Finney, an.l strayed as far away from his natal spot as Portsmouth, Ohio, where he v/as a grocer for many years, be- ing now retired in favor of his son. 2-26 GEORGE W. CHABOT, Was Ixifli ;iii(i hiMUgh; up on lllc old place ;it powellsville, but lacking llie jigriculturai disposil ion. he branched out in a new direction, and took a coui'se in medicine, graduating at the .Miami .Medical Colleue in Cincinnati: after Avhich be established himself in pi-ac1icc in ()t\\ay. in the lower part of his native count w where he .Ines a tbrivinL; business, not oub' PETER CHABOT AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 23 in his profession, l)nt in vavious side issu<'s. lie married Miss Brestlangh, l)nt she dietl leaving no is- sue; and after some 3'ears he married .Mi"s. Tener, and lias hopes of perpetuating th;- r'amily name. May his tribe in- crease. 3-1 FRANK H. TITUS, M. S., M. D., Was born in PowellsviUe. where he livetl till about twelve years old, and was taken from there to ("hesliire and attended the academy there. In liSiiri. after the removal of his parents to Wheelersl)urg he was sent to Hillsdale College, Mich., from which institution, he graduated iu 1870 at the age of 19, taking the degree of Hacheloi- of Science. A few years after, the College granted him the Master's degree. He attended a course of medical lec- tures, at the ^ledical (le[)artment of the ^lichigan Universily and w(Mit with his parents in 1872 to California, where he remained after the return of the rest of the family to Mi>- souri. He taught school there for some years and then tinishe.l his 'medical course at what is now known as the Cooper ^ledi- cal College in San Francisco in 1876. He then went to '.>an Buenaventura in the southern part of the state, but in the spring of 1877 was offered the position of surgeon on the C S. Coast Survey Steamer "Mc Arthur." in which capacity he served for nearly three years. He then went to Guatemala, where he was appointed C S. Consul at Guatemala by the Minister to the Central Aiiier'- can States, Dr. C. A. Logai'.. He served as Consnl and also as Secretary to the Legation to Central America tik he had brought the Consulate into huidi shape— it was in a rather languishing condition when he was appointed — that the au- thoiilics thought it appropriate to raise the grade of the |»lac(\ It was accordi.igJN- made a Coiisifate ( ienei-ak — and given \-. some one else. He retni'iied to the rutted states, and in 18S!» was ap- pointed Superintendent of "t. Luke's Hospital in San Francis- co. Cal. In 181)2 he went fr(>m that place to tlu' superintend- ency of the City and County Hospital of San Francisco, tlic largest hospital west of the Mississippi! river. In 18115 a change of politics necessitated his retirement ffmii the hos- pital, and he engaged in private practice until the breaking out of the Spanish war when he wt^nt into the army in 1898. and served as Acting Assistant Surgeon. a!id .Major until T'l'i Avhen he retired from tlie '•-< rvice. FE3 4 24 PETER CHABOT AND HIS DESCENDANTS. In 1890 he married Miss Louise ('. Kinu. In 1902 eanie the baby and by her eomini2: ro'o'letl liim of his wife; none lovelier ever was. 3-2 SAMUEL OSCAR TITUS, Was born in Powellsvilie. went to Cheshire and returned to WlieehM'sbnri^- with his par;iits: attended College two yeais at Hillsdah': went to California and returned to -^turiieon. ]\Iissouri with them. Just before goino- to California he mar- ried Miss Annie E. Farnuni, of New Hampshire. He managed the farm in Missouri, and returned to Piirts- mouth with his father. There he was for some years in the employ of a large hardwar:" company. Afterwards he super- intended a shoe factory organized by the members of t!\" family, and when in the rearrangement of bu.siness matters the factory was exchanged for stock in v/hat is novv' the Selby Shoe Co., he went into the office of the latter company, where he remained until becoming weary of the grind, he anJ his son, who was a foreman in the same factory. l)ought a farm near Dover, N. H., to which they moved in the latter part of 1906. and where they hope to tind more independent, if not more lucrative employment. In 'September, 1902. his vrife was suddenlv taken away, since which time he and his only son have had their home in common. 3-18 ANNA LOUISA EMORY, JNTarried Walter T. Moore, the originator and manager of one of the principal Savings Banks and Building Associations in Columbus, Ohio; where with the care of a l)eautiful home and three chiklren, l)esides attention to various clubs, associa- tions, etc.. she manages to pass the time ha])pily. 3-19 MARY EDITH EMORY, ^larried Edward E. ]\Ioore. a hrolhei- of Waltt-i' T.. her sister's husband, and empUyed in the same bank. They also live in the citv of Columbus. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS llUllllllllllhlllnlJIi 021 549 4 I 23 X