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Notes for Othniel LOOKER

Historical & Philosophical Society of Ohio Bulletin, Vol. 14, No. 2, April,
1956, and No. 3, July, 1956, "Othniel Looker, Ohio's Fifth Governor" by
Marie Dickore. [Now Cincinnati Historical Society].
Problem: two burial places?
Birth: Oct. 4, 1757
Death: Jul., 1845
Harrison
Hamilton County
Ohio, USA
Palestine
Harrison
Hamilton County
Ohio, USA
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Birth: Oct. 4, 1757
Death: Jul. 23, 1845
Burial:
Kitchell Cemetery
Palestine
Crawford County
Illinois, USA
GPS (lat/lon): 39.00114, -87.61771
[see biogrpahy below]
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See:
Title Othniel Looker Family Collection
Authors Lucile J. Trott, Marie Dickoré, S. Winifred Smith, Grace H. Saunders
Published 1929
Length 17 pages
Correspondence and notes on the family of Othniel Looker, typed and handwritten by Lucile J. Trott, along with correspondence of Trott and Marie Dickoré to S. Winifred Smith of the Ohio Historical Society. Genealogical charts of John Looker and Richard
Clark compiled by Grace H. Saunders. Two photographs of the Looker home in Harrison, Ohio were found in Trott's notes.
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Bibliographic information
Title Notes on Othniel Looker, Revolutionary war soldier: including a copy of his 4th of July address, 1845, at Palestine, Illinois
Compiled by Lucile J. Trott
Published 1962
Length 56 pages
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findagrave.com
5th Governor of Ohio. A native of Hanover, New Jersey, he served as a Private during the Revolutionary War in the New Jersey Militia with Obadiah Kitchel's Company of Colonel Martin's Regiment. After the war, he moved to New York and taught school
until he became a member of the New York State Assembly in 1803 and 1804. He received a land grant for his military service and moved to Ohio in 1804. After settling near Harrison in Hamilton County, he became a member of the Ohio Legislature and
served from 1807 to 1809. He was elected to the Ohio Senate in 1810 and became the Speaker of the House in 1813 and 1814. He was named as the Acting Governor of Ohio in 1814 when Return Meigs, Jr. resigned to accept another position. Looker completed
his term and was defeated in an attempt at reelection. He was the only Ohio governor to have served in the Revolutionary War. In 1817, he became an Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in Hamilton County and served in that capacity until
1824. When his health began to fail, he moved to Palestine, Illinois in 1844 to live with his daughter, Mrs. Rachel L. Kitchel. The home in which he lived in Harrison, Ohio, the Othniel Looker Home, has been restored and is open to the public as a
museum. His tombstone reads that he died on August 29, 1846, however, the Cincinnati Gazette contains an obituary notice indicating that his death occurred on July 23, 1845. (bio by: Kevin Guy)
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OTHNIEL LOOKER DEED TO EMILY LOOKER
and others
THIS INDENTURE, Made this twenty-seventh day of March in the year of Our Lord One Thousand, Eight Hundred and Twenty-one, Between Othniel Looker of the County of Hamilton and State of Ohio, of the first part and Emily Looker, Robert Anderson Looker and
Rachel Looker, children of Henry Looker and Pamela B. Looker, his wife Witnesseth, that the said party of the first part for in Consideration of the Sum of Eighty Dollars to him in hand paid and for the Natural love and affection, he bears to his
Grand-Children the parties of the second part, hath granted, bargained and sold, unto the said parties of the second part, and to their heirs and assigns forever.
All that tract of land, hereinafter described being a part of the Northwest Quarter of Section No. twenty in Township No. Two in range No. One East of a Meridian line drawn from the Mouth of the Great Miami River, being in the Middle of said quarter
Section, and bounded on the North by a Lot of forty acres taken off the North Side of said quarter Section deeded to Wm. Hutcheson, and on the South by forty acres Granted to Nathaniel Crookshank being Eighty Rods North and South and One hundred, and
Sixty Rods East and West containing Eighty acres of land strict measure.
To Have And To Hold the above described land and premises with their appurtenances unto the Said parties of the Second part, and to their heirs and assigns forever, And the said party of the first part doth, Covenant and agree to and with the parties
of the second part their heirs and assigns that he, the aforesaid premises with their appurtenances unto the Said parties of the Second part, against the lawful claims and demands of all manner of persons or person whenever. Will Warrant and Forever
defend.
In Witness whereof the said party of the first part hath hereunto Set his hand and Seal the day and year first above written.
Sealed and Delivered in the
Presence of
B. F. Looker Othniel Looker (Seal)
Jmas Haven [probably Jona Havens]
State of Ohio, Hamilton County S. S.
Personally Appeared before me George P. Torrence, President Judge of the North Circuit of the Court of Common Pleas, for the date of Othniel Looker the above Granter and Acknowledged the Written Deed to the his Voluntary act and Deed for the uses and
purposes therein Maintained In Testimony whereof, I hear hereunto Set My hand and Seal at Cincinnati 27th day of August 1821.
George P. Torrence
Rec'd and Recorded Aug. 28th 1821. (Seal)
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A Patriot of the American Revolution for New Jersey with the rank of Private. DAR Ancestor #: A071415.
The only governor of Ohio to serve in the American Revolution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Othniel_Looker
Othniel Looker (October 4, 1757 - July 23, 1845) was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio. He served briefly as the fifth Governor of Ohio.
Biography
Looker was born on Long Island, New York, and moved with his mother to Hanover Township, New Jersey when he was two years old after the death of his father. He enlisted with the New Jersey militia in 1776 and served out the remainder of the
Revolutionary War as a Private.
In 1779, Looker married Pamela Clark, and circa 1788 Looker moved to Vermont and then to New York, working as a school-teacher.
Career
He served in the New York State Assembly from 1803 to 1804. After receiving a land grant for his war services, Looker moved to Hamilton County, Ohio in 1804, and served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1807 to 1810. He served in the Ohio State
Senate from 1810 to 1817.
While serving as Speaker of the Ohio Senate from 1813 to 1814, Looker was concurrently elevated to the governorship after Governor Return J. Meigs, Jr. resigned to become Postmaster General. Looker sought re-election but was badly defeated by the far
more well-known Thomas Worthington. He continued to live in Ohio until his wife's death, and later moved to Palestine, Illinois to be with his daughter Rachel Kitchell, and is buried there in Kitchell Cemetery. Lookout was the Ohio Presidential elector
in 1816 for James Monroe.
Legacy
The Village Historical Society in Harrison, Ohio, has restored the home of Ohio Governor Othniel Looker. The Othniel Looker House is now open to the public, free of admission, on a few dates during the year, and special tours can be arranged for school
groups. The Othniel Looker House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Said to be the son of John Looker and Elizabeth Miller.
Lived in Hamilton County, Ohio in 1830, next door to son Benjamin F. Looker
and family.

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