Abraham Fought- The one who started it all around 1870
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The Luster Fought and Company - Athens Ohio
We are a family owned and operated farm with records dating back to the late 1860's.
The Founding members who started it all are Abraham and Louisa (Rockhold) Fought. Abraham was born and raised in Wirt West Virginia and later moved to Lee township in Albany Ohio where he and Louisa raised their 8 children- Their headstones can be found in Martin Cemetery to this day.
One of their eight children Richard Fought- 1846-1893 married Mary Bobo and shared two sons and one daughter. A daughter Virginia Fought (1868-1875) and two sons, Floyd Fought (1870-1938) and Luster Fought (1872-1928) - Luster was a business man who owned the Luster Fought company in Athens Ohio which is now the new Heritage College of Osteopathic medicine in Athens Ohio located off of Factory Street. -"You can say running a family business is just in our blood".
Floyd married Ida Isabelle Robinett in 1889. Floyd is the father of Flossie Fought, William Richard Fought, and Olive Fought. Now this is where things get even more interesting- Flossie met Silas Pearly West (twin brother of Cyrus Worley West- who also married a woman by the name of Flossie Knowlton) - Do you remember "Factory road" being known as "Worley West road" at the other end near Knox township? - Cyrus lived in Knox Township
Silas and Flossie shared 3 children, Eloise West, Arlene West, and Arthur West . Arthur West is the father of Anita Kay (West) Cline married to Jack Cline, who are the 6th generation. Grandfather to Curt Cline married to Wendy (Lowther) Cline who is the 7th generation and great Grandfather to Kayla and Wesley Cline who are the 8th generation.
At Century Farm Market, our commitment to quality and tradition sets us apart. We have such a rich history of our family and our local community, not only are you supporting a local farmer and multigenerational farm, you're experiencing a century's worth of hard work and dedication to make this all happen.
Last fall (2024) Kayla surprised grandpa Jack with a mini donkey, named Waffles.
Jack once owned a few donkeys and even bred two of the jennies and just loved hearing them and watching them in the fields.
When the sheep left, the donkeys didn't have any animals to guard and protect so they were rehomed to farms that gave them a job to do.
Nearly 10 years later.....
Kayla, who works on Saturdays with Chase at the local Stock Sales (you never know what they will bring home sometimes) came across Waffles who was just a complete love bug and was destined to come home with Kayla.
She snuck waffles into the barn late at night crossing her fingers that Waffles wouldn't bray during the night or early morning to give away his presence.
After church Kayla lured grandpa Jack down to the barn and surprised him!
Jack was nearly speechless but the smile on his face just says it all.
Way back in the early 2000's the Cline farm was known as the large sheep farm, at one time we had over 500 Ewes and close to 500 babies. Curt Cline was very involved in research with OSU focusing on nutrition and parasitic prevention practices.
Over the years the sheep operation phased out due to drug resistance to parasites (anyone with lambs understands this is an uphill battle) and the lack of FDA funding to find new deworming products.