BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO

"History of the Upper Ohio Valley" Vol. II, 1890.

Presented by Linda Fluharty from hard copies provided
by Mary Staley & Phyllis Slater.


Page 507.

GEORGE S. LATHAM - George S. Latham, born August 21, 1823 Robert A., born 
November 26, 1801, died November, 1865; Sarah, born March 14, 1809, widow 
of Alexander Johnson; Lucinda, born September 18, 1810, wife of Rev. Lewis 
H. Davidson; Mary, born May 8, 1812, widow of C. G. Kennedy; Anne, born 
July 2, 1814; Fanny, born February 8, 1817, died in 1853; John, born April 
12, 1819, a prominent resident of Harrison county, Ohio, having represented 
his district in the state legislature, and also having served as county 
commissioner, and Elizabeth, born May 30, 1821, died in 1865, these are the 
children which were born to John and Lucy Latham. The father was a native 
of Virginia, as was also his wife; they came to Ohio and settled in Belmont 
county, about a mile from the place where George Latham now resides in 
Flushing township, in the year 1814. Mr. Latham commenced to work on a farm 
after his settlement in Ohio, continuing in this until he had saved enough 
to buy property of his own. He served in the War of 1812, and lived his 
whole life as a man of integrity and purity. Mr. Latham passed to his 
reward in 1835; his widow survived him until 1876, when she too was laid to 
rest, at the advanced age of ninety-eight years. She drew a pension from 
the government as the wife of a soldier of the war of 1812. John Latham 
married Lucy Ross, January 1, 1807. George Latham was reared on the farm 
with his mother, receiving a good common school education. Arriving at the 
years of manhood he was united in marriage September 4, 1845, to Elizabeth 
Clevenger, daughter of Isaac Clevenger, of Flushing township. Mr. and Mrs. 
Latham have had two children, Rachel Anne, born May 26, 1847, she is now 
the wife of William Junkins, of Butler, Harrison county, and Taylor J., 
born March 7, 1850, died March 14, 1875. Mr. Latham and his family are 
members of the Baptist church of Rock Hill, and are held in high esteem by 
the community in which they live. Mr. Latham has served with distinction as 
a township trustee for years, and is accounted one of the most successful 
agriculturists in the county.