Jesse Ayres
Married a sister of Mrs. Posey and of Mrs. Jonathan Noble; from New Jersey in 1820. Write saw his hewed log house built opposite Israel Miller, north, in 1832 and was in it with Bill Miller before the door was hung or anyone inhabited it. The door leaned against the jamb. Children: Theodore married Martha Whipple; Mark; Preston, died from epilepsy in his minority. Very active and bright in school. Saw him spring upon a ride a fat hog while running, during butcher season; Jesse, educated but laborer. He and Theodore operated a butcher shop on his own premises several years. Mrs. Ayres raised Angeline Watson, a sister of Mrs. Henry Schaefer Henry from Germany and worked in Manter's mill about 1837. Our tradition says that Mr. Ayres' house had been D.E. Stathem's on the Powner tract. Thus that fixes dates.
Pioneer Annals of Greene Township, Hamilton County, Ohio
By: Reese P. Kendall, MD, SanJose, California, Published: 1905
Printed by: George F. Degelman, Printer, San Jose, Cal.