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1860 U.S. Federal Census > Ohio > Morgan > Bristol > 17
1870 U.S. Federal Census > Ohio > Athens > Athens > 49
page in book found in Archives Building in Springfield tells about the life of one of his Grandsons, George W. Sheets who was a clerk in Greene county. It tells that George W. (the elder) was killed on the Hocking Valley Railroad in 1869.
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HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY OHIO, ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS,
HON. M. A. BROADSTONE, Editor-in-Chief, VOLUME II, ILLUSTRATED, 1918
George W. Sheets, clerk of the court of common pleas of Greene county and one of the best-known young men in the city of Xenia, was born and reared in Warren county, this state, but has been a resident of Xenia for nearlv twenty years. He was born on November 14, 1885, son of
Stephen A. Douglas and Sarah Masters (Ferree) Sheets, both of whom also were born in Ohio, the former in Athens county and the latter in Clinton county, who are now living in Xenia, where they have made their home for about fifteen years.
Stephen A. Douglas Sheets was born on February 6, 1861, son of George and Mary Sheets, the former of whom was born in Virginia and the latter in Muskingum county, this state. George Sheets was sixteen years of age when he came to Ohio from his native Virginia and located at
Chauncey, in Athens county, where he became employed in the salt works. He later became employed on the Hocking Valley railroad and was thus engaged when he met his death in a railway accident in 1869. His widow survixed him for many years, her death occurring in 1903, she then being seventy-two years of age. George Sheets and wife were the parents of four
children, of whom the father of the subject of this sketch was the last-born, the others being John, deceased; William, who is a farmer in the neighboring county of Clinton, and Edward, deceased.
GEORGE W. SHEETS.
GREENE COUNTY^ OHIO I33
After the death of her husband in 1869 the widow of George Sheets moved with her children to Midland City, in Clinton county, and there Stephen A. Douglas Sheets grew to manhood and married Sarah Masters Ferree, who was born in that county, daughter of James W. and Prudence
(Garretson) Ferree, the former of whom was born in Maryland and the latter in Hamilton county, this state, not far from the city of Cincinnati. James W. Ferree was but a lad when he went from Maryland to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he learned the cooper's trade. He later came to Ohio,
where he was married, and not long afterward bought a farm in Vernon township, Clinton county, and became a substantial farmer. His wife died in 1895, at the age of sixty-five, and he survived until 1898, he being seventy-three years of age at the time of his death. They were the parents of
three children, of whom Mrs. Sheets is the youngest, the others being James W., deceased, and Mrs. C. J. Mishrow, of Summerfield, Kansas. After his marriage Stephen A. D. Sheets continued working as a farmer in Clinton and Warren counties until 1903, in which year he moved to Xenia, where he has since been employed in the cordage works of the Hooven & Allison Company. He is a Republican. His wife is a member of the Lutheran church. They have nine children, all of whom are at home save the subject of this sketch, the second in order of birth, the others being Francis Edward, Florence E.. Jesse, Bessie, Harry, Bertha, Ralph and Everett.
Reared in Warren county, George W. Sheets received his schooling in the schools of that county and afterward went to work for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and was engaged working for that company as a railroad brakeman until he met with an accident which deprived him of both of his legs four years later; a deprivation, however, which does not prevent him from walking about, for by means of modern appliances he is able to walk with about as much apparent ease as most of men. After he was able to get about again Mr. Sheets opened a barber shop in Xenia and in connection with the same also started a retail and wholesale cigar and tobacco business, in the meantime giving such leisure as he could command to study in order to c(ualify himself for clerical labors. Mr. Sheets is a man of engaging manners and a "good mixer" and in 1912 he sought the Republican nomination for the office of clerk of the common pleas court. He put up a good race, but was defeated in the primaries. The experience gained in this initial race proved valuable in the succeeding campaign and in 1916 he was nominated and elected clerk of court, his four-year term of otifice to begin in August, 191 7. On February 5, 191 7, however, he was appointed clerk of court to fill the unexpired term of J. Carl Marshall, who had resigned to enter upon his duties as judge of the probate court, and has since then been serving as clerk of court.
134 GREENE COUNTY, OHIO
On June 24, 1908, George W. Sheets was united in marriage to Clara Denningham. who was born in Xenia, and to this union have been born three children, Winifred, Marjorie and Paul. Mr. and Mrs. Sheets have a pleasant home in Xenia.
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