. History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches. ia,in the War of 1812. All his grandparents were born andgrew up to young manhood and early womanhood at ornear Kingwood,Hunterdon Jersey. Allwere farmers, excepthis grandfather onliis fathers side, whowas a miller, but whodevoted most of histime to agriculturalpursuits. They alltook an active part inthe Revolution andreflected much crediton their names. Hismothers father wasfor many years justiceof the peace. Hisgrandfather Calvinhad six children, andhis grandfather Up-dike ten Calvins fa
. History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches. ia,in the War of 1812. All his grandparents were born andgrew up to young manhood and early womanhood at ornear Kingwood,Hunterdon Jersey. Allwere farmers, excepthis grandfather onliis fathers side, whowas a miller, but whodevoted most of histime to agriculturalpursuits. They alltook an active part inthe Revolution andreflected much crediton their names. Hismothers father wasfor many years justiceof the peace. Hisgrandfather Calvinhad six children, andhis grandfather Up-dike ten Calvins fatherand mother were theoldest out of eachfamily. His fatherdied at seventy-sevenyears, and his motherat eighty-five years,Bucks county, Penn-sylvania, being theseat of their death. Susan Ann was his mothers givenname. Richard Calvin had four brothers and six sisters—-Jonathan, Katie, Grace, Clara See, Fannie, Rebecca,Samuel, Luther, Susan, William. Nearly all the familyare dead, while those remaining are scattered throughoutthe land. Richard was born at Erwinna, a noted post. office near Doylestown, the county seat. At the close ofthe War of 1812, his father bought a farm on the Dela-ware, Settled, raised a large family, and though notwealthy, was a powerful factor in all enterprises of privateand public importance. He served two terms in the leg-islature about 1822. It was at the old homestead that Richard received hiseducation. As wasthe fashion then, heattended school dur-ing the w^inter monthsonly. Mathematicswas his favorite study,and from his naturaltalents more thananything else, was en-abled in after yearsto compute and draftfor public twenty-two yearsof age he left home,went between Bristoland Easton andthere, in partnershipwith Isaac Otis, en-gaged in building acanal from Bristol toi\ * Easton. This wasV his first public con-tract. He next em-ployed himself inerecting a dam on theSchuylkill and build-ing a railroad fromPort Clinton toMockway. Here hebec
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