David E. Stathem
David E. Stathem first settled in Green township in 1817. He was born in 1792, in Cumberland county, New Jersey, from which State he emigrated to Ohio. His death occurred in 1867, at Cheviot. In 1817 he was a school teacher, when the country was a wilderness. A list of the patrons of his school and the number of pupils sent by each may be of interest in this connection. Providence Ludlamor, 1; John Bacon, 4; Robert Dare, 1; James Smith, 2; Samuel Anderson, 1; Louis Thornell, 3; James Turner, 2; Thomas Brown, 2; John Craig, 3; John Miller, 3; Roswell Fenton, 2; Ephraim Stathem, 1; Benjamin Benn, 2; David Congar, 2; Achsah Carson, 2; John Congar, 1; Mathias Johnson, 4; Mary Cain, 1; Thomas Marshal, 3; Nathaniel Ryan, 2; Noah Smith, 2; Jonathan R. Tucker, 1; William Gain, 2; Elisha Fay, 6; Hugh Goudy, 1; Abner Scudder, 2; John Redish, 4, John Jones, 1; Francis Holt, 1; Elijah Brown 2; George Smith, 1. For twenty-one years he was township treasurer, when he resigned. Christian name of his wife was Dorcas Hildreth. Names of surviving members of the family are: Isaac W., Jacob H., and David T., all of Cheviot; and Phoebe, who died in 1871.
From History of Hamilton county, Ohio, Henry & Kate Ford, L. A. Williams & Co., Publishers, 1881