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ADAM C. FRAMPTON, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 15; P. O. Stelvideo. The subject of this memoir is a son of Hugh Frampton, who was a native of Pennsylvania and was born in 1799; he came to Ohio and settled in Richland Township, Darke Co., when he was a young man. He was united in marriage with Mary Coppess; she was born in North Carolina in 1805. They were the parents of five children, of whom four are now living, viz., Adam C., William, Martha (Mary J. deceased) and Sarah E. Mr. Frampton entered 80 acres of land which at that time was all under heavy timber; here they settled, lived and died. Mr. Frampton departed this life in 1862; his wife dying two years previous. Our subject was born in Ohio, Darke Co., Nov. 5, 1826; he remained at home until he was 22 years of age, during which time he acquired a good common-school education in the district school. At the age of 20 he commenced school teaching, which he followed for about three years; teaching during the winter months and working on the farm in the summer. On the 31st of May, 1849, he celebrated his marriage with Mary Jane Patterson; she was born in Maryland in 1826 and is a daughter of Robert and Anna Patterson, who emigrated from Maryland in 1832 and located in Richland Township, this county. Mr. Patterson departed this life in 1842; his wife’s death occurring in 1854. They were the parents of five children, four of whom are living, viz., John, Esther, Mary Jane, Samuel and Michael, deceased. After the marriage of Mr. Frampton, he settled on his farm in Richland Township; remaining there about three years, he sold out and moved to Stelvideo, Ohio, and in company with two of his brothers-in-law erected a steam saw mill and engaged in the timber business, following the same for about thirteen years, meeting with good success; he then sold out and purchased fifty acres of land in Sec. 15, Adams Township, for which he paid $800; he also owned 60 acres in the same section, but disposed of 4 acres and now has 106 acres in his farm. When he purchased this land, it was all under heavy timber with the exception of 2 acres; he moved into a little house which had been erected previous to his coming here, but in a short time he had the residence erected he now lives in, and a good barn and other good farm buildings; he has 70 acres cleared and under a good state of cultivation. It can be truly said that Mr. Frampton is a “pioneer,” that is, as far as clearing and opening out a farm is concerned; he has accomplished this by his hard labor, correct business and temperate habits, in which he has been nobly assisted by his good and amiable wife. He has been identified more or less with township offices since his residence in the county; served as Trustee of Adams Township for a period of six years, and has held some other offices; he is not a church member, but believes that religion must be lived as well as professed, and it can be said that he is always be found at his post ready to relieve suffering humanity. Five children are the fruits of this union, four of whom are living, viz., Robert P., Carrie, Minnie and Lillian. On the 3d of March, 1878, the death messenger entered this peaceful and interesting family and removed from earth to heaven, Rosella, a daughter of 16 summers, cut down in the bloom of life and leaving a host of friends to mourn her loss. Mr. Frampton is a member of the I. O. O. F. Order; also a member of the Patrons of Husbandry and is strictly temperate in all his habits, not using tobacco in any shape and has never taken a drink of any liquor only for medical purposes, and is an earnest worker in the cause of temperance.