J. B. Templeton
This gentleman is a native of Perry Township; was born February 28, 1833, and is the son of Robert R. Templeton. He served in the 168th O. N. G. in the rebellion, and, with his regiment, was captured at Cynthiana, Kentucky, and paroled, after which he was kept on duty in Cincinnati.
October 8, 1856, he married Catharine Lucas, whose father, Ezra Lucas, was born at Marietta, Ohio, April 16, 1789. It is thought that Mr. Lucas was the first white male child born in Ohio. He was a lineal descendant of the Puritans of Plymouth. His parents came to Marietta in 1788 with the first immigrants, and remained two years, then went to Washington County, Pa., on account of the depredations of the Indians. Ezra Lucas came thence to Ohio, probably in 1810, and was married to Isabel McKinzey, April 2, 1811, and settled in Ross County. To them were born twelve children, of whom Mrs. Templeton is the youngest. Mr. Lucas died in September, 1861.
Mr. Templeton, as well as his wife, is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Greenfield, of which he has been a deacon eight or ten years, and has recently been elected elder.
He has three hundred and nine acres of excellent land, well improved. His family consists of six children: Melva J., Albertus L., Annie I., John C, Robert E., and Katie E.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County