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- History of Perry County Biographical Sketches
Esther Driver, Shawnee, Ohio, was born June 29, 1831, in Carmarthenshire, Wales: daughter of John and Ann (Hopkins) Jenkins. Mrs. Driver came to America in September of 1857, landing in New York and going thence via Syracuse to Meigs county, Ohio, where she joined her husband, James Driver, who had preceded her in emigration some four years. Mr. Driver had been a collier in Wales, and was engaged in mining at this place, which remained their home for fifteen years. Upon the breaking out of the Rebellion he enlisted in Company A, Fourth Regiment, Va V.I., serving his full time, and was honorably discharged, returning home and moving to Shawnee in August of 1872, living here until Feburary, 1875, when he departed this life, and was buried in the Shawnee cemetery. There were few houses in this place upon their coming, and they were obliged to take shelter in a barn, but now enjoy a good frame dwelling for their home. Mrs. Driver was married May 30, 1851, to James, son of James and Margaret (Bassett) Driver. They became the parents of six children, now living, viz.: Ann, Mary J., James, William, Elizabeth and Esther, and two who are deceased, Margaret and John. A peculiarity of the family is that only two of the children can see sufficiently to read. Some of the girls have been educated in teh Blind Asylum, and have become proficient musicians, and give concerts, by which they are enabled to assit in obtaining a livelihood.
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