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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 <i'enealoc»ieal and liistorieal research
need none; and those who do not see why any one should wish
to Iviiow the name of his urand father. — oi" an\ tliinu' else thai.
cannot he transmuted into a dollar. — deserve none.

Unfortunately the endeavor was made too late, and nuicli
information which mi>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<M^\\K II. TITUS. .M. 1).

Poftsiiioiith Ohio. \ov. •_!.'). l!'0:i.

Abbreviations an(> Signs.

M(l. Married.

— Married, (followiiiij a name in the genealogical section )

I'liin. rnniarried.

Daii. Daughter, or <laiiglUer (jf.

D. Died.

* Signifies that the])arents between whose names the asteiisk a]i]'enrs

are cousins; their children being second cousins.

■** The parents between whose names the sign appears are .second cous-

ins,and tluir children therefore third cousins; etc.

Tfistorical

The Chabot family is one of the oldest and most noble in
France. The first of the name was Peter, third son of Wil-
liam Fier-a-bras, Count of Poitiers, and claiming also the title
of Duke of A(|uitaii!e (Duienne), which was disputed hy the
Counts of Toulouse.

Pester was nicknamed Chabot. a kind of lish, which, .judg-
ino- from the representations of it on the family coat of arms
must resemble somewhat the Ohio river cattish, which is sai i
to have a mouth capalde of swallowing" a tish a little large)'
than itself. Whether the name was considered appropriate
from his having a large capital extremity, either physically ov
figurati\ely, is not on record. His mother was Emma, dan^h-
ter of Thihaut le Tricheur. Count of Blois, a grandson of Robcri
the Strong, who was the ancestor of the long line of Capetian
Kitjgs of France.

His grandmother was a daughter of Rollo, Duke of Nor-
mandy, from whom descended Wiiliam the Conqueror; and
his great grandmotlier was Adela, daugliter oF Kdwarl thi^
Elder, King of England, making him a descendant o\' Kin^^
Alfred the Creat of England.

While, as appeals from the foregoing, the first Chal)ot
had the best blood of the larxd in his veins, the history of his
numerous posterity shows that the royal ancestors may well
liave been [)leased with their ^lescendants. for the long line fair-
ly bristles with names note 1 in war, in the clnirch, in litera-
ture, and in all positions wiiich calletl for ability and nol)ilit.\.
Only a few ncc 1 he mentioned here.

Philip Chabot, Count of Charny. Admiral of France. Lieut.
(!en. of Burgundy, (len. in Chief of the King's armies in Picii-
moiit, well known in history as tlu' Admiral de Prion.

Leonor Chabot. iiieut. Gen., and Oovernor of BnrgunJy
at the time of the inassacre of St. Bartholomew saved the Pro-
tesiants in his command from assassination, and replied that
"the oi'dci' which he ha.l rci'eived to execute such a crini''
could not have been given by the King, and that he believed
he served the latter l)y preserving him from the remorse that
ol'.edienee would cnuse him."

G PETER CHABOT AND HIS DESCENDANTS.

Henry Chabot, Marquis of St. Aulaye, Marquis of Mont-
lieu, Peer of France, Duke of Frontenay, Prince of Leon,
Prince of Soubise, Hereditary President of the Nobility of
Bretagne, Governor and Lieut. Gen. for the King of the Duchy
of Anjou, etc., etc., married the daughter and heiress of the
tirst Duke of Rohan, and from her had that title. The first
Duke was leader of the Protestants. Henry agreed to take
the name and arms of Rohan, and the rest of the Dukes de
Rohan were called Rohan-Chabot, and bore the arms of botii
families.

James Chabot, Marquis of Mirebeau, Lieut. Gen. etc. was
the right hand man of King Henry of Navarre, (Henry IV)
was with him in all his wars, and sat beside him in the car-
riage when he was assassinated by Ravillac.

Romance is not lacking in the jinnals of the family. The
fairy Melusine, who was condemned to remain half snake on
account of being discovered in that condition by her husband,
as detailed in the authentic fairy histories, is said to be nou-c
other than Eust^iche Chabot, wife of (Jeoffrey de Lusignan,
Count de la ^L-irche: and one of her sons was (Jeoffrey whom
the Romans called "a la grande dent," (of the big tooth.) It
will be remembered that though the fairy was an exemplary
wife, all her children had some kind of a deformity. 'Notwitli-
standing his tooth and his fairy descent Geoffrey seems to
have been somewhat of a man in lii.s time, and spoke in the
highest terms of his good mother.

nnfortnnntely there were other personages in the line less
apochryphal and of more malodorous rei)utation. Instance
the notorious Giles, Baron de Retz, who was of Chabot de-
scent through the female line, who was a Marshal of France
and a man of conse(pience, but fell into evil ways, and '.vas
convicted of many crimes; among others of the nnirder of sev-
eral children for their blood with which to write characters
for the invocation of the evil spirit. The question suggests
itself, where \vould he find one more entitled to that qualifica-
tion than the one he carriel within him. lie was excommuni-
cated and sentenced to be burned alive, hut was first stran-
gled.

But in general the fannly was one of which any one .-on-
nected with it might have just re;ison to be i)roud.

Some of the many titles held in tin' family and not men-
tioned above are Count de Jarnac, Marquis de Soubran,
Count of Porhoet, Count of Lorges. i\Tarquis of Blain, Marquis
of (iarnaehe, Baron of Monrlnunp, Duke of Roquelaire, Duke,
of Lude, Count of Astarac, Baron of ]Montes(iuion. Marquis

FETEK CHABOT AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 7

of Vervins, Duke Je Cha])ot. Count of Poldnc, Count of Buz-
tiueois, etc., etc., etc.

The Chabot arms were — and are, Or, three chabots guies;
which in plain language niejins a yelh)w shiekl wiith three rea
chabots on it. There were several other coats of arms borne
by difi'erent lines in the family, mostly derived from the fore-

gomg.

The motto was "Concu;-;sus resurgo. " (Beaten doAvn, 1
rise again.)

Whether our ancestor, Peter, was of this stock or not, no
one knows; the chances are that he was; but if any of his de-
scendants cares to claim this noble descent, let him demon-
strate it by enuilation of the deeds of the many of the family
who were noble not only in name and blood, but in character
and achievement also.

"Kind hearts are more than coronets,

"And simple faith than Xorman blood."

(Benealo^icaL

Born Died Residence, etc.
Peter Chabot, frmr. 17(17 1853 Powellsville, O.
Md. Sophia Hughes, 1836

1-1 William Cha^bot, - Clarissal799 1865 Wheelersburg, 0.

Randall
1-2 Lonis, Reece, 1801

Md. Rachel Roberts, wid,1779 1867
Weeks.
1-3 Peter, nnm. 1811 1836 Powellsville, 0.

1-4 Lncinda. -Sanil. McDowell, 1814 Mabees, 0.

1-5 Uriah, - Luvina Hudson. 1816 1897 Powellsville, 0., Frnn'

PETER CHABOT AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 9

1-1 William Chabot, 17}>.'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<u-y.l84."') Chillieothe, ().

2-21 >'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.

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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

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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.

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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-

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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

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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-

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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'

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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.

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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.

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