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of Andrew McClelland, of Columbiana County; James and John (deceased), and William. Mr. Gault resided in Pennsylvania until the spring of 1832, when he came to Ohio, and purchased the farm now owned by his son William, and here resided until his death in 1877. His wife had preceded him to the grave in 1861, at the age of sixty-three years. They were members of the United Presbyterian Church; politically, he was a Democrat, and served one term as justice of the peace, having been also one of the first trustees of East Township.
William Gault, the subject proper of this memoir, was reared to manhood on the farm where he now resides with his two sisters, Margaret and Elizabeth. Politically, he is a Democrat, and in religion he and his sisters are members of the United Presbyterian Church. His fine farm comprises 194 acres of well-improved land.
FREDRICK BRANDT (deceased), who for many years was a progressive and prosper-1 ous farmer of Loudon Township, Carroll County, was born in 1800 it Germany, where he followed the Arcadian life of a shepherd. When twenty-one years of age he came to. the United States, remaining in New York State till 1829, in which year he moved to Loudon Township, and here purchased the farm now owned by his heirs, where he passed the remainder of his life in clearing and improving the place. He died in December, 1869, at which time he was owner in all of 1,000 acres of land. He had been twice married; first to Margaret Shawver, by whom he had four children, viz. : William and Elizabeth, deceased; Henry, in Perry Township, Carroll County, and Mrs. Susan James, in Kilgore, same county. His second wife was Elizabeth Able, who was born in Loudon Township, Carroll County, July 5, 1819, a daughter of Conrad Able, a native of Loudoun County, Va., born about the year 1775. George Able, father of Conrad, was one of the Hessians in the pay of the British Government during the Revolutionary War, and was sent to this country from Germany. After the close of the struggle he settled in Loudoun County, Va., where he died.
Conrad Able married, in Virginia, Mary Shriver, and about the year 1812 they came to what is now Loudon Township, Carroll County, where he entered the land now owned by his son Samuel. Here Conrad died in 1845, his widow in 1853; they were the parents of twelve children, of whom the following is a brief record: Mrs. Susanna Starns lives in Lee Township, Carroll County; George is deceased; Maglon is in Loudon Township, Carroll County; Samuel and Henry are deceased; Elizabeth is the widow of Fredrick Brandt; Mrs. Sarah Haun lives in Lee Township; Nathan, in Kilgore, Ohio; William, in Kansas; Mrs. Mary Glausey, in Kilgore; Malinda is deceased; Mrs. Mahala Davis resides in Carroll County. The parents were members of the Reformed Church.
To Fredrick and Elizabeth (Able) Brandt were born seven children, viz.: George W., in Kansas; Fred, in Kilgore; Mrs. Mary E. Campbell, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio; John M. and Mrs. Lizzie B. Burrier, in Loudon Township; Andrew, deceased, and Harrison, at home. Mrs. Brandt, as was her husband, is a member of the Lutheran Church.
JOHN BETTIS (deceased), late of Kensington, Ohio, was born in Bedford County, Pa., June 16, 1812. His father, John Bettis, was born in eastern Pennsylvania, and the latter's father, Jacob, a native of Germany, in an early day emigrated to the United States and became a soldier in the American Revolution. Ile was father of four children: Mary, married to Joseph Cox; John, James and William. About 1812 Jacob Bettis came to Ohio and entered a tract of land in what is now Augusta Township, Carroll County, it being now owned by John Lafferty. Here on this land he underwent all the hardships and privations that were known to the early pioneer, and remained there
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till a short time before his death, when he removed to New Lisbon, Ohio, and died at the home of his son, William. His son John was reared to manhood in Pennsylvania and married Miss Mary Baker, who was born in Lancaster County, Penn., to which union were born the following named children: James, Jacob and John, all three now deceased, and Nancy, wife of Alton Battin, in Alliance, Ohio. John Bettis, the father, came in 1815 to Ohio and purchased land in Columbiana County, near New Lisbon, where he resided till the death of his father, when he removed to his father's farm in Augusta Township, Carroll County, and here he and wife resided till their death.
John Bettis, the subject of this sketch, was reared to manhood on the farm, and received a common-school education. On December 25, 1834, he married Miss Jane Shaw, who was born in Lancaster County, Penn., December 25, 1816, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Carrollton) Shaw. John Shaw was born in Ireland about 1785, where he grew to manhood and married Miss Elizabeth Carrollton. To them were born in Ireland Nancy and Mary (twins), both deceased, and Thomas, also deceased. In the United States were born Jane Bettis, our subject's widow; John, a resident of East Township, Carroll County; Mary Woodard, deceased; Susan Moorhouse, in Illinois, and Elizabeth Rawley, in Arkansas. About 1814 Mr. Shaw immigrated to the United States, and remained in Lancaster County, Penn., till about 1818, when he came to Ohio and entered 160 acres of land in East Township, Carroll County, where he remained till his death, which occurred about 1865. Our subject and wife were parents of nine children, viz. : Albert and John, in Columbiana County, Ohio; James and Milton, in Augusta, Ohio; Elizabeth A. Hawkins, in East Rochester, Ohio; Mary J. Brogan, Malinda, and Emaline Reeder, in Columbiana County, Ohio, and Catharine Billman, who is living at home.
Mr. Bettis, after his marriage, first settled on a farm in Augusta Township, Carroll Coun-
ty, which farm is now owned by his son, Milton. In 1836 he purchased the farm where his wife and daughter now reside, which contains 145 acres, and he afterward added 155 acres. This land had partially been cleared, or rather, a few acres had been partly gone over, but Mr. Bettis cleared it in its entirety, erecting fine buildings, etc. He died October 23, 1876, a member of the Disciples Church; politically he was a Republican; he was well known and highly respected. His widow, since his death, has had the management of the farm. She is a member of the Disciples Church, and is highly esteemed by the entire community.
ADOLPH LE BEAU. About the year 1832, Charles Le Beau, who was of French descent, emigrated from Bavaria, Germany, to America, and took up his residence in Brown Township, Carroll County. A year or so later, Mary Houk came from the same part of Bavaria, also to Brown Township, and one year thereafter they were married. They had known one another in childhood, had been schoolmates together, and their early friendship ripened into love, and this love developed into marriage. He was a cooper by trade, and for the early settlers in and about Brown Township he made tubs, buckets, etc. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Le Beau had ten children, named Charles; Caroline (died in September, 1862); Adolph; Catharine; John; Isaac (died in November, 1887); Mary; Daniel; Lena and Lewis. The parents died, the father March 9, 1885, and the mother in August, 1890.
Adolph Le Beau, the subject of this sketch, was born in Brown Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, October 26, 1837, third in order of birth of the children of the above mentioned Charles and Mary (Houk) Le Beau. He attended the school of his district, and early in life commenced the duties of the farm. On May 22, 1859, he was married to Barbara Ott, who was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, September 29, 1836, a daughter of John Ott, a native of Bavaria, who
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came to the Buckeye State and settled in Tuscarawas County, first living, however, with his parents in Massillon, same State. Three years later there arrived at Massillon, from the same place, Mary Boltz, and she and Mr. Ott were united in marriage in Massillon in 1835, living in a log cabin in Tuscarawas County, where they . remained until death. They became the parents of six children—three sons and three daughters—Mrs. Le Beau being the eldest child. Mr. Ott died on May 18, 1882, at the age of seventy-one years, and Mrs. Ott in April, 1890, aged seventy-eight years.
Our subject and wife lived on the Le Beau homestead in Carroll County for three years after marriage, and in 1862 bought 120 acres of the 360 which they now own, 160 being in Washington Township. To Mr. and Mrs. Le Beau have been born two sons and three daughters, of whom the following is a brief record: Caroline was born September 20, 1860; Mary C., now Mrs. Ward, was born March 4, 1863; John William was born September 8, 1865; Charles H. was born January 24, 1869, and Emma B. was born June 29, 1875, all living in Brown Township. The family are members of the Reformed Church; in politics Mr. Le Beau is a Republican.
EDWARD STEWART, commissioner of Carroll County, and a prominent farmer and tanner of Perry Township, is a native of the same, having been born February 21, 1826. His great-grandfather's name was Adam, whose wife's name was Eve, a remarkable and most rare combination of names. Our subject's paternal grandfather, Edward Hill Stewart, was a Marylander by birth, descended of stalwart Scotch-Irish ancestry, who came to Columbia's shores about the year 1785; he died in Jefferson County, Ohio, whither he had come, as a pioneer, after his marriage in Maryland with Miss Susannah Clay, who bore him four sons and four daughters, all now deceased.
Mahlon Stewart, father of the subject of this memoir, was born in Maryland, where he became united in marriage with Elizabeth Park. He and his wife came in 1804 to Jefferson County, Ohio, and in 1820 moved to the wild piece of land he had entered in what is now Carroll County, which was formed in 1833 from Jefferson, Columbiana, Stark, Tuscarawas and Harrison Counties, and here followed agricultural pursuits. They were the parents of seven children, of whom the following is a brief record: Ephraim P. is a physician in Bakersville, Coshocton Co., Ohio; William P. is a farmer in Iowa; Ebzon, who was an extensive farmer, died in Van Wert County, Ohio; Ellen is the wife of Stephen Capper, in Van Wert County, Ohio; Susanna is the deceased wife of Samuel Barnhouse, of Carroll County; Edward is the subject of this sketch; Eliza A. is the deceased wife of William Thompson, of Iowa. The mother died in 1871, at the age of eighty-four years, and the father in 1879, having reached the patriarchal age of nearly ninety-two years. They are both buried at Perrysville. He had been a resident of the county ever sin e its formation in 1833, and owned the land on which the village of Perrysville now stands, which he laid out in 1835. Politically he was first an Old-line Whig, and, on the formation of the party, became a Republican; both he and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, although she had been reared a Quaker.
Edward Stewart, of whom this biography chiefly treats, grew to maturity on the farm where he was born, sharing in all the arduous duties thereof, and attending sohool in the temporary school-house of the neighborhood, which was the old log church building, used also for school purposes till they were able to build a school-house. In 1847 he was married to Miss Martha Ann, daughter of William and Maria Davis, of near Rumley, Harrison County, and by this union were born eleven children, viz.: Mariam (wife of John M. Dodd), James William (a farmer) and Hulda (wife of S. M. Myers), all in Perry Township; Ruth Cornelia; Emma Zilpha, Ada Belle and Mary Alice (all three
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deceased); Alfred Anson (a farmer in Perry Township), and Florence Nevada, Mahlon Ross, Josephine (at home).
About the year 1852 Mr. Stewart commenced the tanning business near Perrysville, which is still in operation under his direction. His farm of 464 acres, one of the very finest in Perry Township, is devoted to general agriculture and stock-raising, and in 1886 he erected his capacious and elegant dwelling thereon, his fine, commodious barn having been put up in 1883. Politically, Mr. Stewart is a straight Republican, and in 1888 he was elected to his present position of county commissioner, filling the duties assigned to him in a manner satisfactory to his constituents. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Perrysville.
JOHN THOMPSON, one of the self-made men of Orange Township, Carroll County, and a prominent, progressive agriculturist, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, February 7, 1838. His father, George W. Thompson, a native of Ireland, came to America when a young man, and took up his residence in Harrison County, Ohio, where he carried on his trade, blacksmithing, which he had learned in his native country. Soon after his arrival in Harrison County he was married to Elizabeth Hoffman, of that county, who bore him the following named children: John, Mary, Rebecca, Jane and Elizabeth. In 1840 he came to Carroll County with his family, remaining but a short time, however, when they moved into Tuscarawas County, where the parents passed the remaining days of their lives. They were earnest Christian people, members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and their memory is held in deep respect by all who knew them.
John Thompson, of whom this sketch is written, was reared under the parental roof, receiving his education at the common schools of the district, until he was eighteen years of age, when be commenced to learn the mason's trade, at which he worked exclusively until he was
51 twenty-six years old, when he purchased a farm in Orange Township, Carroll County. Mr. Thompson has since that time been largely engaged in farming, as well as in buying and selling stock and following his trade. He has succeeded in accumulating, by industry and perseverance, a large tract of land, and is now recognized as one of the solid financial men of his section. It is but just to say that his efforts throughout have been very materially aided by his amiable and diligent wife. Mr. Thompson was married, March 4, 1862, to Elizabeth (born March 24, 1842, in Union County, Ohio), a daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Seran) Price (the latter born in Gloucester County, N. J., October 11, 1806), of Orange Township, and the children born to them were as follows: Eva B. (deceased) Benjamin F. (deceased), Cora E. (deceased), John M., Lorin C., Etta P. and Thomas J. Mrs. Thompson is a devoted Christian and a member of the Methodist Protestant Church, of which they are liberal supporters; in politics Mr. Thompson has always been a strong Republican.
SAMUEL J. CAMERON, proprietor and editor of the Republican, Carrollton, was born in Washington Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, July 2, 1847, and was educated at the common schools of his native township, and at select school in Carrollton.
The Cameron family in Carroll County, of which our subject is a member, are of Scotch-Irish extraction. James Cameron, a native of the "Emerald Isle," was there married to Jane Sharp, and together they came to America prior to the Revolutionary War, settling in Virginia, in what is now Hancock County, W. Va., where they carried on farming. They died there on the farm he had entered, having reared a family of nine children, viz. : William, John, James, Joseph, Alexander, Samuel, David, Thomas and Margaret. Of these, Thomas, who was the direct ancestor of the Cameron family in Carroll County, was reared to agricultural pursuits which he
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followed during his long life. He was married to Jane, daughter of William Maxwell, a native of Ireland, and they made their home in Virginia, where their family of ten children were born, as follows: James, living in Carrollton; Sarah (deceased), who was married to Levi West-fall; William, now a resident of Iowa; John, in Topeka, Kas. ; Joseph (deceased); Jane, deceased wife of Philip Bell; Thomas, living in Carrollton, Ohio; Elizabeth (deceased); Mary, deceased wife of William McClean, and Samuel, deceased. In 1857 the mother died at the age of seventy years, and a few years later the father passed away, having attained the patriarchal age of ninety-one years. The first of this family to come to what is now Carroll County was James, who was born May 30, 1799, and who, about 1823, came hither with his wife and purchased a farm in Washington Township, where he remained until 1840, when, having been elected, on the Democratic ticket, treasurer of Carroll County, he removed to Carrollton, where now at the extreme old age of ninety-two years he is yet living. He was for many years a merchant in the town.
Thomas Cameron, brother of James, was born February 19, 1812, and two years after James came to Ohio, Thomas following him; but after spending one summer he returned to his Virginia home, whence for the second time he came, in 1837, to Carroll County, bringing his wife whom he had married the preceding March. She was Mary Jane Morehead, daughter of Alexander and Nancy (Gibson) Morehead of Virginia; the Morehead family had come to America from Ireland. James Gibson, father of Mrs. Nancy Morehead, was a captain in the English army prior to and during the American, Revolution. His sympathies, however, were with the Colonists, and it is related of him that after the battle of Bunker Hill, the troops being ordered out for the purpose of participating in a public jubilee, Captain Gibson refused to call out his company, saying, "I will never rejoice over the shedding of human blood." For this act of insubordination he was tried, found guilty and ordered to be executed; but by some fortunate circumstance he succeeded in effecting his escape and getting into the hold of a vessel, where he lay for ten days, secreted among the cargo, and then made his way to America, where he was joined by his wife and family. Thomas Cameron and his young wife lived on their farm in Washington Township, Carroll County, from July, 1837, to April, 1863, when they removed to Carrollton. On August 23, 1890, the faithful wife departed for the "other shore," at the age of seventy-four years, having shared life's joys and sorrows for a period of over fifty-three years. They were the parents of ten children, of whom the following is a brief record: Alexander M. was a soldier in the War of the Rebellion, serving in Company A, Thirty-second O.V. I., and was killed at Harper's Ferry, Va., September 15, 1862; Eliza L. is the wife of James R. Weir, in Carroll County; Samuel J. is more fully spoken of farther on; Nancy M. is the wife of Abe Moore, of New Lisbon, Ohio; James T. lives in Carrollton, Ohio; Cyrus B. is in Columbus, Ohio; Ezra B. is deceased; John W. lives in Carrollton; Robert M. is deceased; and one son deceased in earliest infancy. Since the mother's death the father has resided at the old homestead. Politically he is a Republican, and for some twelve or fourteen years he served as clerk of Washington Township; in religion he is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Samuel J. Cameron came to Carrollton in 1863, and on April 4, 1864, he became a disciple of Gutenberg by entering the office of the Free Press as "devil" under McCoy & Teter. After a time he proceeded to Columbus, where be worked on the morning paper for about a year, then returned to Carrollton and became foreman on the Free Press. On July 1, 1869, he bought out McCoy's interest in the paper, and the firm became Teter & Cameron, which partnership lasted three and a half years, at the end of which time our subject purchased Mr. Teter's interest, and the very next day sold this interest to Judge John H. Tripp, the present proprietor of the Free Press, in partnership with whom he re-
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mained over eight years. In 1881 Mr. Cameron went East, and bought the outfit for The Carroll Republican, and on April 21, same year, the first number of that journal was issued. His old force of hands was transferred from the Free Press to The Carroll Republican, which has since continued to flourish. The first issue he sent out was 2,400 specimen copies, and within six weeks he had a list of over 1,000 bona-fide subscribers, and the circulation has since steadily increased.
On January 21, 1873, Mr. Cameron was married to Miss Sarah E. Crumrine, a native of Carrollton, Ohio, and daughter of Isaac Crumrine, and by this union there have been born three children, viz. : Charles C., born March 3, 1875; Grace L , born March 17, 1876, and Isaac Thomas (namesake of his two grandfathers), born May 5, 1885. Mr. Cameron, it seems superfluous to here state, is a stanch Republican, and has served two terms as a member of the council. Socially he is a Royal Arch Mason and a member of the Blue Lodge, holding next to the highest position in each. He was baptized in childhood in the Presbyterian Church, and ever since he was nineteen years of age be has paid his annual fees to the church.
ANDREWS GEORGE, a native of Fox Township, Carroll County, was born March 26, 1815, and is a member of one of the most highly respected families of the county. His father, Robert George was born in Cumberland County, Penn., and was a son of a native of Ireland, also named Robert. At a very early period in his life Robert George, Sr., came to America, where he espoused the cause of the patriot army and took part in the battle of Bunker Hill. Later, he located in Washington County, Penn., but shortly afterward moved to Cumberland County, same State, where, as already stated, his son Robert was born. The mother of the latter was of German descent, her parents having come to this country from the Fatherland at a very early day.
In 1807 the two Roberts, father and son, and two others, crossed the mountains to seek a home in the new country in eastern Ohio, and, after camping and hunting in this section a few weeks, found a desirable location in what is now Fox Township, where they decided to take up their residence. Returning to Pennsylvania, Robert, the younger, closed up his business, and two years later came back to Fox Township, and settled on the land he had entered in 1807. He had married in Pennsylvania a native of that State, a lady of Irish extraction, and whom Mr. George brought with him to share his fortunes in his new home. The county was a wilderness filled with bears, panthers, wolves and wildcats, while deer were more plentiful than rabbits are at present. There was but one other white family in Fox Township in that early day, and many were the hardships that Mr. and Mrs. George were compelled to undergo. But they overcame them all, and Robert became a wealthy and leading member of the community, which rapidly increased as the years rolled by. For fourteen years he was an associate judge, and for one term was representative. He was not only a popular citizen and office holder, but a successful business man, and for a number of years kept a general store. He lost his faithful wife in 1848, and after a long life of usefulness he himself passed away in the winter of 1858. To Robert George and his wife were born a family of twelve children, as follows: James M. (who died at the age of two years), Robert R., Thomas, Andrews, James M., David S., Christiana, Mary, Elizabeth, Nancy Ann, Sarah Jane and James M.
Andrews George, whose name beads this sketch, was reared on his father's farm, and at the age of twenty-five years married Miss Ann Robinson, whose father was a veteran of the War of 1812, and by this union were four children, as follows: John W., born March 20, 1841; Robert M., born June 16, 1842, and died while patriotically serving his country during the Civil War (he was a soldier in Company H, Ninety-eighth Regiment 0. V. I., and died in
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Hospital No. 18, the number and locality of his grave being 4239); Sarah R., born November 17, 1845, and Matilda Jane, born August 25, 1847. The mother of these children passed from earth in 1848, and in August, 1849, Mr. George took, for his second wife, Eliza Graham, who was born in Pennsylvania October 16, 1828. This marriage has been blessed by the birth of nine children, of whom Anna, Kitty and Mary are deceased, those living being Samuel J., born August 19, 1850; David N., born February 16, 1855; Ellen E., born February 2, 1860; Ida M., born December 11, 1862; Mary W., born October 22, 1865, and Robert M., born August 2, 1870. Mr. George is recognized as one of the most skillful farmers of Fox Township, and his fine farm of 140 acres gives every evidence of his thrift and good management. He is a representative citizen, and has filled several offices of public trust, in which he served with ability and integrity. In politics he is a Republican, and both he and his wife are members of the United Presbyterian Church.
WILLIAM NOBLE, one of the oldest farmers of Carroll County, Ohio, and one of the most progressive citizens of Lee Township, was born February 12, 1808, in East Bethlehem, Washington Co., Penn. His father, William Noble, was a native of County Leitrim, Ireland, where he married Eliza Scarlott, who bore him the following named children: Catharine, James, David, Thomas, Mary, William, John, Richard, Robert and Eliza. In 1796 the parents came to America, settling in Washington County, Penn., where they carried on farming, the father dying in 1818, and the mother in 1854. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics the father was a Democrat.
William Noble, the sixth child of the above named parents, and whose name appears at the commencement of this sketch was reared in his native county to the age of eighteen years, at which time of life, in 1826, he came to Youngs town, now in Mahoning (then in Trumbull) County, Ohio, and served three years as apprentice to the trades of bricklayer and stone mason. In 1829 he came to Amsterdam, Jefferson Co., Ohio. He worked at his trade in various places in eastern Ohio until the year 1837, when he went to Iowa, and worked in the new and rising towns along the Mississippi from Quincy to Dubuque. He bought the first land he owned in 1829, and commencing life with nothing, but having good health with industry and thrift, he has become the owner of 353 acres of improved land in Lee Township.
On August 10, 1843, he was married to Jane, daughter of Job and Rebecca (Kelley) Tripp, of Cannonsburg, Penn, and by this union were born four children, viz. : William T., George, David and James. Mr. Noble was originally an adherent of the Methodist Episcopal Church, but is now a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church; politically he is a Jacksonian Democrat, always voting that ticket on occasions of presidential and other governmental elections; but in county and township matters he places his vote according to his own convictions regardless of party.
SAMUEL WARD. About the year 1811 one Philip Ward came with his family from Steubenville, Jefferson Co. (his native county),Ohio, to a farm in what is now Centre Township, Carroll County, near the town of Carrollton. This was then part of Stark County, and Carrollton at that time was a little hamlet known as Centreville. The Ward family were among the very early pioneers of that part of the county, and Philip Ward passed the remainder of his life on the farm where he had settled. He had been twice married, first time in Jefferson County to Catherine McGuire, a native of Columbiana County, Ohio, who bore him three children, and died in Carroll County; the second wife, Catherine (Cassell), bore him two children.
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marriage of Philip Ward, was born in Jefferson County,, Ohio, in 1801, and was but a lad when he came with his parents to what is now Carroll County, where he grew to maturity surrounded by all the dangers and difficulties incident to pioneer life. In 1820 he was married to Mary Beatty, daughter of Samuel Beatty, and they began life for themselves on a farm in Harrison Township, whence, after a residence of about four years, they removed to Centre Township, Carroll County, and located on a farm until 1836, in which year they moved to Augusta Township, where they passed the remainder of their lives. They had born to them ten children—four sons and six daughters—(of whom seven are now living): Susan, married to Nathan Clark; John, married to Isabel Downs; Mary C., married to John S. Clark; Keziah, married to Alfred Rice; Samuel is the subject of this sketch; Philip; Eliza J. ; Margaret A., married to Moses Davis; William, married to Jane McClintock, and Nancy, married to Joseph Price.
Samuel Ward was born in a little log cabin in Harrison Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, February 9, 1827, and attended, in his boyhood, the subscription schools of his day. He was early in life inducted into the labors of the farm, and many days he worked in the harvest and hay field for forty or fifty cents per day, becoming an expert in the use of the "cradle."
On August 25, 1853, Mr. Ward married Hester Watkins, a native of Augusta Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, daughter of James and Mary (Lozier) Watkins, early pioneers of Augusta Township, and who were the parents of eleven children, Mrs. Ward being the only member of the family now living. She had two brothers in the Civil War, viz. : James, who enlisted in an Indiana regiment, and was killed at Jackson, Miss., and John, who also enlisted in an Indiana regiment, serving three years, when he was honorably discharged, but soon thereafter died of lung disease contracted in the service. Mr. and Mrs. Watkins were natives of Western Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio at an early day, marrying in Columbiana County. Mr. Watkins cleared the ground whereon the village of Salem now stands, and in 1831 they moved to Augusta Township, where they passed the remainder of their days.
After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Ward looated in Brown Township in a small log house at the head of Whole Bark Run, their sole capital being industry, economy and stout hearts. They soon succeeded in making a nice home, surrounding themselves with a well-cultivated farm. Mrs. Ward has made many a yard of " homespun," for which she had hackled and spun the tow. Their farm contains 110 acres of highly improved land, the products being mainly live stock and grain; they also own some land in Augusta Township. To our subject and wife have been born six children, viz. : Mary Jane, married to Madison Caskey, October 10, 1872, and living in Augusta Township, Carroll County; John H. (deceased); Nancy L., married to John Earnst, December 30, 1880, and living in Washington Township; Elmer, married September 29, 1887, to Mary Lebeau, of Brown Township, where they live; Ida M., married to Benjamin Snook, of Brown Township, February 19, 1885, and died August 29, 1886; and one that died in infancy. Politically Mr. Ward is a Republican, and has held various township offices; he and his wife are members of the Mt. Zion Methodist Episcopal Church.
A. S. PATTERSON is a representative of one of the first white families who came from the East and settled in Carroll County, Ohio, when this country was a wilderness. John Patterson, father of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Ireland, and was born in the spring of 1803. John Patterson, Sr. , grandfather of our subject, was a farmer in his native country, where he was married and lived until the year 1806. At that date he left the land of his birth to seek a home and fortune in the New World, and, after a long, tiresome, journey, he and his little family found the former,
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as he thought, where the city of Allegheny, Penn., now stands, but soon afterward moved to Washington County, in the same State; there they remained until the spring of 1819. when, being still satisfied with Pennsylvania and its soil, they pushed yet farther westward, and finally located in the fertile fields of Augusta Township, Carroll Co. , Ohio. Here Mr. Patterson entered a farm of 160 acres, from which he and his stalwart sons commenced to clear away the forest. After some years of hardships and privations, the sturdy pioneer and his devoted wife succumbed to that mighty warrior—Death. John Patterson, father of A. S. Patterson, received his education in Pennsylvania. At the age of sixteen he came to Carroll County with his father, and here married Miss Peterson, whose parents lived in Harrison County, Ohio, were early settlers and were of English descent. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Patterson located on a farm near Carrollton, but soon moved to a farm near Augusta, where they lived until the death of Mr. Patterson in 1863. Nine children —five boys and four girls—were the result of this uniou. Mr. Patterson was a Democrat in politics and, in his dealings with his fellow-men, an honest, upright citizen. He lived to witness the changes from the log but to the elegant residenoe of modern times, and saw the forests disappear before the woodman's ax and the fields bloom in their stead. But life is, ofttimes, too short to admit of the enjoyment of the fruits of one's labor, and thus it was with Mr. Patterson.
A. S. Patterson was born in Augusta Township, Carroll County, January 2, 1852. Like many boys in the neighborhood, he attended the district school, winters, and worked on his father's farm during the summer months, but he has ever been an apt pupil in nature's schoolhouse—the world—and has "picked up" a practical education by experience and by coming in contact with his fellow-beings, greatly in excess of that he acquired in the school-room. On November 11, 1875, at the age of twenty-three, Mr. Patterson married Miss Belle Kennedy, who was born August 4, 1855, in Augusta Township, Carroll County. Her parents were natives of Ireland, and were among the first settlers who ventured into eastern Ohio. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Patterson settled on the old Patterson homestead where they are still living. Three children have been born to their marriage, one of whom died in infancy. The two living are Frank R., born February 27, 1878, and Nena M., born August 2, 1882. Mr. Patterson has a well-improved farm of 100 acres, and is a stock-raiser and general farmer, taking much pride in raising blooded stock. In religion he is a Methodist, in politics a Republican, and as a citizen he is honest, industrious and courteous.
LEVI MARSHALL, probably the oldest living pioneer of Augusta Township, Carroll County, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, January 28, 1812. The family are of English descent, and trace their origin in this country to the old Colonial period. Jacob Marshall, father of Levi, was a native of York County, Penn., where his parents had settled at an early date and reared a family. Here he grew to manhood, and in course of time was married to Miss Anna Westfall, a native of New Jersey, whose parents were of German descent and farmers by occupation. In 1815, soon after their marriage, Jacob Marshall and his wife came to eastern Ohio, where he entered a farm of 160 acres of wild land, teeming at the time with savage animals and game of many sorts. The young couple were among the first white people to venture into that part of the country, and dare to face the many dangers and hardships incident to early pioneer life; but here they went to work with a will, and soon had a comfortable though primitive home, to bless which there came a family of eight children, viz. : John, Hannah, Thomas, Levi, James, Simeon, Hester and Catherine. The father died in 1865 and the mother in 1867.
Levi Marshall, whose name opens this memoir, was reared to agricultural pursuits, and received such education as was obtainable in his
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boyhood days at the old log school-house of the period, but he proved an apt scholar and studious youth, and by perseverance and close application to his lessons, both in school and at home, succeeded in securing better than an average education. At the age of twenty-three years (in 1835) he was united in marriage with Miss Levina Wier, a native of Washington County, Penn., and whose parents were probably of Irish descent. In 1836 Mr. and Mrs. Marshall moved to Augusta Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, where they carried on farming and prospered. To them were born seven children, viz. : Thomas, Mary, Horace, James, Samuel, Josiah and Jason, all of whom have left the parental roof. In 1889 the parents moved into the town of Augusta, where they have a fine brick residence, and Mr. Marshall also owns a very fine farm in the township, comprising 160 acres of highly improved land, equipped with all modern improvements. In addition to carrying on general farming he deals extensively in live stock—buying and selling—and he ships large quantities to Chicago, Ill. In politics he is a Republican, and has held offices of trust in his township, such as trustee, treasurer, etc. He and his wife have been active members of the Methodist Church for nearly half a century.
ROBERT RAY HARVEY, one of the representative, well-to-do citizens of Centre Township, Carroll County, was born in Washington County, Penn., June 29, 1833. His parents, Robert and Sarah (Simpson) Harvey, came from Washington County, Penn., to Carroll County, in the spring of 1836, and settled on a farm where they passed the remainder of their lives. They had born to them a family of six children, three of whom are yet living, the subject of this sketch being fifth in the family in order of birth.
Robert R. Harvey was, as will he seen, three years old when he came with his parents and others of the family to Carroll County, the journey being made by wagon. He experienced all the hardships incident to clearing up a new farm, attending in the winter season, for a few weeks, the district school. His father died in 1837, and Robert R. remained with his widowed mother, assisting in conducting the farm. In 1871 he was married to Libbie A. Holmes, a native of Carroll County, and daughter of Samuel and Emily (Pumphrey) Holmes, old pioneers of the vicinity of Leesville, that county. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Harvey located on the home farm, which he carried on in partnership with his brother, Simpson J. The farm was divided, and our subject now owns 125 acres of excellent land, on which he has built a commodious house, and made all the improvements; he also owns a half interest in a planing-mill. In the fall of 1871, be moved into Carrollton, and here, in the following spring, embarked in the lumber business, but in 1874 he returned to the farm. To Mr. and Mrs. Harvey were born six children, three of whom are now living, viz. : Addie A., Mary Laura and Florence. The parents are members of the Presbyterian Church ; in politics Mr. Harvey is a Democrat, though not bound by any party ties. He has served as vice-president of Carroll County Agricultural Society several years, and as a member of the school board.
JOHN FRITSCHLE (deceased), Who was numbered among the prominent farmers jof Rose Township, Carroll County, was born December 9, 1817, in Baden, Germany. His father, also named John, reared a family of six children, of whom four were boys. He came to what is now Brown Township. Carroll Co., Ohio, in 1829, and followed farming all his days, dying in the faith of the Lutheran Church, of which he was one of the founders in Carroll County.
John Fritschle, our subject, received his limited education in Germany, inasmuch as his youthful days after his arrival in America were occupied in hard labor on the farm in Carroll County, clearing and improving. On June 15,
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1845, he married Christina Wetzel, daughter of George Wetzel, and born March 4, 1825. They at once located in Harrison Township, Carroll County, where they resided until 1867, when they came to the farm in Rose Township now owned by his widow. The children born to John and Christina Fritschle were named as follows: George, Catherine (Hrs. John Voelm), Christina (Mrs. Daniel Baker), Jacob, Caroline (Mrs. Philip Lind), Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles Sattler), Lydia (Mrs. Daniel Seemann), Mary (Mrs. Allen Black), John and Sarah. Mr. Fritschle was originally a Whig in his politics, but afterward a Republican, in which party he became a leader. He was a prominent member of the Lutheran Church, in the faith of which he died January 4, 1874, his remains being interred at Waynesburg. The life of Mr. Fritschle was an exemplary one, worthy the emulation of the young. He left a large and valuable property, the result of his industry and frugality, in which he was encouraged and assisted by his worthy wife. He was patriotic and enterprising, and was ever active in promoting all measures intended for the public good.
ALEXANDER A. FAWCETT, one of the leading progressive farmers of Loudon Township, Carroll County, was born in Union Township, same county, May 16, 1829. His grandfather, John Fawcett, married Miss Letta Armstrong, and to them were born the following named children: Elizabeth Riley, Letta Grace, Jane Atwell, Ann Mc-Court, Dorinda Brooks, Charles and Alexander. In 1816 John Fawoett, with his family, emigrated from his native land, Ireland, landing in New York City, where they remained a short time and then started on foot for Ohio. Arriving in what is now Union Township, Carroll County, Mr. Fawcett entered a one-half section of land. Here he erected a small hut, which was built by placing two forked posts in the ground, and then putting a pole in the forks for a ridge pole; he next split slabs from trees, and then placed one end of each on the ground and the other against the ridge pole, leaving a hole in the peak for the smoke to escape. In this but the family resided till they could build a better cabin, and about the only provisions they had was cornmeal mush and milk. After a few years Mr. Fawcett erected a hewed-log house, in which he lived till 1837, when he put up the brick dwelling which is yet standing. On this land Mr. Fawcett resided from the time he entered it till his death. He died in 1838 at the age of about seventy-five years, his wife having passed from earth the year previous. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years.
Their son Charles, the father of the subject of these lines, was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1799. He received a common-school education in his native land, and, coming with the rest of the family to Union Township, when seventeen years of age, he took an active part in clearing the land his father had entered. In 1820 he married Miss Margery Brooks, a native of Ireland, who was born about the year 1800, and came to the United States when sixteen years of age. To this union were born the following named children: Nancy Grace (deceased); John, in Union Township, Carroll County; Dr. Henry (deceased); Letta Kneen, a resident of Iowa; Rebecca Butler, in Nevada County, Cal. ; Alexander A. ; Dr. Charles, a resident of Salem, Columbiana Co., Ohio; Dorinda Teter, in West Virginia; Thomas, in Cedar County, Iowa; Margery Moore, residing at Harlem Springs, Carroll Co., Ohio, and James (deceased), of whom Thomas and James were both soldiers in the Civil War. Charles Fawcett remained on the old farm until 1857, in which year he removed to Cedar County, Iowa, where he remained till his death in 1873; his widow died in 1882. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and politically Mr. Fawcett was first a Whig, and afterward, on the formation of the party, a stanch Republican. He served several years as justice of the peace in Union Township.
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Alexander A. Fawcett grew to manhood in Union Township, Carroll County, receiving his education in the common schools of the neighborhood, and remained on the home farm till February 1, 1855, the date of his marriage with Miss Ella Kneen, who was born in September, 1829, on the farm our subject now owns in Loudon Township, Carroll County, a daughter of William and Mary (Kenyon) Kneen, natives of the Isle of Man. The Kneens immigrated to the United States in 1826, and first located in New Burnley, Harrison Co., Ohio, where they remained a short time, and then purchased the farm of 160 acres now owned by our subject. Here they passed the remainder of their lives. Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Fawcett came to the farm where they now reside. To them have been born the following named children: Mary Reed (deceased); William C., a civil engineer in West Virginia; Ella, John H. and Flora, at home. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics Mr. Fawcett is a Republican.
JOSEPH H. MINNICK, a representative of one of the oldest families of Perry Township, Carroll County, and one of the rising young farmers of his township, was born April 23, 1864. His grandfather, John Minnick, was a native of Maryland, where the family had resided for several generations. The father of William reared a family of five children, viz. : Mary, Sarah Susan, Sophia Rebecca, Joseph and William. After farming for some time in Maryland, he, with his family, came to Ohio and entered a large tract of land in Orange Township, Carroll County. He soon after removed to Harrison County, and entered a quarter section in North Township, which his two sons largely cleared and improved. He was one of the early Whigs of his township, and was among the organizers of the Lutheran Church, with which he was connected during life. After a long life of usefulness be passed away, and was laid to rest by the side of his faithful and loving wife, who had preceded him to the grave a few years.
The youth of William Minnick was spent largely on the home place, where he received instruction in farming. Although a severe school, and one in which only the sturdiest of natures received full benefit, still that school of hardship, toil and economy is the one to which many can trace their success. In his early manhood Mr. Minnick was married to Margaret Emory, who bore him one child, Daniel, who on the commencement of the Civil War enlisted in the Eightieth 0. V. I., and was killed at Jackson, Miss. For his second wife Mr. Minnick married Mrs. Margaret Watson (nee Hoobler), who had one son, John T., who enlisted at the age of eighteen and died from the effects of a bursting shell near Altoona Mountains, Ga. By this second marriage Mr. Minnick had children as follows: Martin L., Mary C., Susanna R., Sarah E. and Joseph H. Mr. Minnick was one of the stanchest of Whigs and Republicans, and took an active part in the work of his party. In his youth and earlier manhood he had been a member of the Lutheran Church, but in later years he became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which society he was class-leader, steward and trustee. He was an energetic and progressive man, always taking an active part in the advancement of the cause of education and religion. He was well known for the sterling qualities he possessed, and his unquestioned honesty and integrity. Largely a self-made man, he was successful in his own way, and never made money at the expense of another. He died November 24, 1887; his widow is at present a resident of Scio, Harrison County.
Joseph H. Minnick, the subject of this sketch, spent most of his life on the farm, working summers, and attending the common school at Scio in winters. He removed to Scio in the fall of 1890, and then took a special course, which he considered would be beneficial to him in his business. He believes that a thorough education is almost necessary to the
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would-be-prosperous farmer, and his own success argues well for his conclusions. On February 15, 1887, he was married to Anna, daughter of Van Kirby, of Perry Township, Carroll County, and one child blessed their union, William, who died at the age of six months. Mr. Minnick is a supporter of the Republican party, and takes an active part in the State and National politics. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Scio. His farm consists of 117 acres of highly pro. ductive and well improved land.
SAMUEL DUNLAP, a life-long resident and highly esteemed farmer citizen of Lee Township, Carroll County, was born in that township, June 1, 1815. His grandfather, Samuel Dunlap, came from Maryland to Lee Township in 1810, and entered land which he cleared with the assistanoe of his family. He was one of the organizers of the Presbyterian Church at Carrollton, and held various offices in same for several years—such as trustee and elder. In politics he was an old-time Whig, and afterward, on the formation of the party, a stanch Republican. He passed from earth on July 24, 1833.
Matthew Dunlap, father of the subject of this sketch, was a native of the Keystone State, born in 1791, and at an early age came with his parents to Lee Township, Carroll County, where he passed the remainder of his days. In 1812 he married Nancy Greer, a native of Pennsylvania, and after that event they settled on a farm which they cleared themselves, their dwelling being the ordinary primitive log cabin of pioneer days. The children born to them were as follows: Mary, born July 27, 1813 (Mrs. George McDaniel, in Jackson, Monroe County, Ohio); Samuel Dunlap, born June 1, 1815; Margaret, born August 16, 1818 (Mrs. Morgan Thompson, deceased); John Dunlap, born March 23, 1820 (in Harlem Springs, Ohio); Sarah, born March 23, 1822 (Mrs. Eathen Daniel, in Cameron, Mo.); Rebecca, born August 23, 1825 (deceased); Eliza A., born August 24, 1828 (deceased), and Belinda, born November 8, 1830 (Mrs. Hance Glazner, deceased). The father died August 10, 1878, and the mother at the home of her son Samuel, in 1886, at the age of ninety-two years; they rest in the cemetery at Harlem Springs. Matthew Dunlap was a self-made man, having commenced with but little, and succeeded in accumulating a good property. He built a grist-mill, which was operated by horse-power and was crowded with work, which he carried on for several years, and then retired from active life. As one of the oldest members of the Presbyterian Church in his community, he took an active interest in everything pertaining to its welfare, and in politics as a Whig and Republican he always voted the straight ticket.
Samuel Dunlap, whose name heads this biographical sketch, attended the subscription schools of his native township for a short time, having from one and a half to two and a half miles to tramp through the woods and brush, which was no light journey in the rough winter months. Most of his learning was picked up in the practical work of the farm—chopping and clearing away brush, plowing, sowing and reaping. On March 8, 1842, he wedded Catherine, daughter of Samuel and Margaret (McDowell) McWhirter, of Jefferson County, Ohio, who were the parents of the following named children: William, deceased; Maria, Mrs. Samuel Rath; Catherine; Robert, Samuel and Alexander, all three deceased; and Sarah A., Mrs. Moses Handley. Mr. McWhirter came from Pennsylvania in 1818 to Jefferson County, where he carried on the tanning business. He was a member of the Seceder Church, in politics a Democrat. In 1857 he departed this life, his widow in 1873. To Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dunlap have been born the following named children: Ann (deceased), John, Margaret J. (Mrs. David Fryer), Sarah A., Ida M. (Mrs. Robert W. Lyons) and Matthew A. Mr. Dunlap and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church at Harlem Springs; in his
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politics he was first a Whig, and since the formation of the party has been a Republican.
HENRY BRANDT. The name Brandt is German, and the Brandt family in Carroll County are of German origin. Fredrick Brandt, father of Henry, was born in the Fatherland, where he was a shepherd, and came when a young man to New York State, where he worked on a farm about five years, and then moved westward to Ohio, landing at Cadiz, Harrison County, about the year 1839, with a flock of sixty-five sheep, two shepherd's dogs and one horse. He bought a farm of 187 acres in Loudon Township, Carroll County, and was here married to Miss Margaret Shawver, by which union were born four children, viz. : William, who was killed in the Civil War in 1863; Elizabeth, who died when a mere child ; Henry, our subject, and Susan, who married Morris James, a farmer of Loudon Township, but who at present is keeping a general store at Kilgore, Loudon Township. The mother of this family died in 1845, and Fredrick Brandt afterward, about 1852 married Elizabeth Able, who bore him the following named seven children: Washington, Frederick, Andrew, Marietta, John, Belle and Harrison, all yet living except Andrew. The father died on his farm in 1868, being at the time of his death very wealthy, being owner of 1,365 acres of land, and about 1,500 sheep. Our subject's mother's people went to Iowa, being about the first settlers in Cedar County, that State—in fact his relations on his mother's side all live in the West.
Henry Brandt, of whom this sketch more especially treats, was born April 25, 1842, in Loudon Township, Carroll County, Ohio, where be grew to manhood, attending a few weeks in winter time the district schools. When the Civil War broke out he was one of the first to come to the front at the call of his country, enlisting when twenty-one years of age in Company H, Ninety-eighth 0. V. I., and was mustered in August 18, 1862. He took part in the
engagements of Chickamauga, Jonesboro, Buzzard's Roost, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek and many others, as well as in Sherman's march to the sea, and was mustered out in 1865, thus having been in continuous servioe about three years. At the close of the war Mr. Brandt came home and settled on his present farm in Carroll County, which after renting it about three years he bought. On October 5, 1869, our subject was married to Miss Matilda Hoobler, who was born in 1847, in Harrison County, Ohio, daughter of John and Sarah Hoobler, natives of Ohio, born of German lineage, and who are yet living. To this union six children have been born, viz. : John (deceased), Harry D. (at home), Virginia G. (deceased), Jennie M. and Willie F. (both at home), and one that died in infancy. Mr. Brandt's farm contains 210 acres of prime land, and is situated in the southwest corner of Section 24, being distant about three miles from Perrysville and six miles from Scio, being one of four farms which occupy the entire section. Mrs. Brandt belongs to the German Reformed Church. In politics Mr. Brandt is a Republican, as was his father before him. He and his wife are representative citizens, have a host of friends, and rank among the influential people of Carroll County. He has always been a hard-working man, and his success in life is due to his industry and economy.
JASON MOORE is among the youngest of the prominent farmers in Fox Township, Carroll County, and justly deserves a place among the successful and energetic citizens. He was born October 13, 1859, in Jefferson County, Ohio, where his father, G. L. Moore, was also born. William Moore, his grandfather, was a native of Pennsylvania, and soon left his old home to enter and locate on the farm where our subject was born. G. L. Moore was reared in Jefferson County, and attended Hopedale and Hiram Colleges, where he obtained an education to fit him for future usefulness. After reaching manhood he married Miss Lister, who
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was a native of Pennsylvania, and seven children were born to them, named as follows: Emma, Jason, Frank S., Maggie A., John, Belle and Mary. G. L. Moore has been a farmer all his life, and has always been identified with the progress of the county. Mrs. G. L. Moore died February 14, 1881.
Jason Moore spent his early days on his father's farm, where he grew to manhood. After attending the district school in the neighborhood, he attended Hopedale College. At the age of twenty-three, March 15, 1883, he married Miss Maggie Smith, who was reared in Jefferson County, her parents being of Scotch descent. Soon after marriage Mr. and Mrs. Moore moved to their present farm in Fox Township, and two children were born to bless their home, viz. : Lister S., born March 14, 1884, and Bessie M., born August 9, 1888. Mr. Moore has a well-improved farm of 186 acres, which is provided with a large barn, 56x36 feet in length and breadth, and twenty feet high —the highest barn in Fox Township—and which was constructed in the summer of 1890. Mr. Moore is a stock-raiser, and takes much interest in the raising of Shorthorn cattle. In religion Mr. and Mrs. Moore are Presbyterians, and attend the Cornith Church at Mechanicstown; in politics he is a Democrat " to the backbone." Mr. and Mrs. Moore have many friends who wish them many years of happiness and success.
E. A. THOMPSON, a well-known farmer of Brown Township, Carroll County, was born in Stark County, Ohio, September 5, 1836. He traces his paternal ancestry to Thomas Thompson, a native of Scotland, who married Rachel Van Fossen, a native of Ireland, and came to America soon after the close of the Revolutionary War, settling in Pennsylvania on a farm near Mt. Pleasant. One of his descendants, also named Thomas Thompson, was the father of our subject, and was born in Fayette County, Penn., March 20, 1796, and in 1816 was united in marriage with Margery McKinley. In 1817 Thomas and his bride came to Ohio and entered a farm in Lawrence Township, Stark County. The children born to this union are as follows: John and Hugh. In 1821 Margery Thompson died, after which Thomas Thompson returned to Pennsylvania, and on December 24, 1822, he was united in marriage with Margaret Smitley, daughter of Caspar Smitley, of Westmoreland County, Penn. During the same year they removed to the farm formerly occupied by Thomas Thompson, in Lawrence Township, Stark Co., Ohio, upon which they resided, and he continued to improve until 1830, when they moved to Sandy Township, whence, in 1840, they came to Brown Township, Carroll County, and purchased the farm now occupied by our subject. They were parents of the following named children: Amanda (Mrs. W. A. Nichol), Thomas, Israel, Mathew and Andrew (twins), Mary L. (Mrs. J. W. Crawford), Caroline (Mrs. Frances Haugh-ton), E. A. and Emma (Mrs. John Crisman). The father of this family in early life learned the trade of shoemaking, which he followed in conjunction with farming. In politics he was a Whig, and while a resident of Stark County aided in organizing that party. He was a great friend of all educational movements and was invariably a liberal contributor, financially, to all beneficial objects. He died September 24, 1844, after which event his widow made her home with our subjects until her decease, which occurred February 5, 1881.
E. A. Thompson, with whose life this sketch chiefly concerns, passed his youthful days in Brown Township where he continues to reside, and where he has followed his father's calling, meeting with abundant success. His school attendance, like that of other boys of that day, was limited to a brief period of each winter season until he was eighteen years of age, when the farm claimed all his attention and time. On December 25, 1862, he was united in the bonds of matrimony with Miss Susan, daughter of Frederick Roose. Mr. Roose was a native of Maryland, and in that State married Eliza-
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beth Watkins, by which marriage he became the father of the following children: Mary, Margaret, Barbara, Elizabeth, Susan and Jennie. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Thompson settled on the home farm, which they purchased, still further improved and beautified, and which is conveniently located near the town of Malvern. The family born to this union are as follows: Nora (Mrs. Orlando Jennings), Bird (Mrs. Samuel Totten), Minnie, Lilian (Mrs. J. F. Buel), Wade and Verne. Mr. Thompson has been a life-long Republican, and has served his party in many official capacities, always performing his duties faithfully and satisfactorily. He has ever been recognized as an enterprising citizen, and has always stood shoulder to shoulder with the representative men of the township in advancing all its material interests.
JOSEPH V. and JAMES F. LAWLER, proprietors of the Carroll County Chronicle, are both natives of Carrollton, Ohio, and are sons of Fenton and Hannah (Easley) Lawler, former of whom was born in County Queen's, Ireland, and when fifteen years of age came with his four brothers, four sisters and widowed mother to America, and took -hp a residence in Pittsburgh, Penn. Allan, the eldest brother, rued just before entering the ship, and bade his mother and her eight children a last farewell and returned to Mountmellick, where he spent his days and was buried beside his father. The mother was a Quaker woman, but became a convert to the Catholic Church after coming to America. In January, 1833, Fenton Lawler was married, at the home of the bride's sister, in Pittsburgh, to Miss Hannah Easley, a native of Armstrong County, Penn., one of a family of seventeen children born to her parents who were Pennsylvania Germans for several generations back. The Easleys were a long-lived race, the father of Mrs. Lawler having lived to the age of fourscore years, other members of the family to be nearly ninety, and one sister, Mrs. McCue, lived to be one hundred. After a residence of ten years after their marriage in Pittsburgh and Steubenville (Ohio), Mr. and Mrs. Fenton Lawler came in May, 1843, to Carrollton, and purchased the homestead that still remains in the possession of the family. Here Mr. Lawler established himself in his trade, that of weaver, which he had partly learned in his native land, and he supplied the people of Carrollton and surrounding country with cloth up to the time of his death, which occurred April 8, 1852, being yet a young man, but one who had by toil and perseverance made a good start in life. The widow was left with seven small children to care for; she nobly performed this sacred duty and passed from earth in 1887, after five weeks of frightful suffering, her death being the result of a fall which produced an impacted fracture of the hip-joint. She was buried at Canton. Her age was seventy years. A. brief record of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Fenton Lawler is as follows: Thomas died in Pittsburgh, Penn., at the age of thirteen months; Andrew Easley died, and was buried at Effingham, Ill. ; Mary Ann is the deceased wife of Mathias Waggoner, of Minnesota; Elizabeth is married to J. T. Champer, of Terre Haute, Ind. ; Helen is the wife of John Duffy, of Canton, Ohio; John W. died at the age of nine months; Helena remains unmarried; Joseph V. and James F. are the subjects of this sketch. The parents were adherents of the Catholic Church—for a long time representing the only Catholic family in Carrollton. Missionary priests celebrated mass in their house, and on one occasion Archbishop Purcell was a visitor.
Joseph Vincent Lawler was born in September, 1848, and after a few years' attendance at the common schools of his native town entered what is often called "the poor boy's sohool " —a printing office. This was the office of the Carroll Free Press, then owned by Col. J. Weyand, and here he remained six months. The next year he transferred himself to the office of the Carroll Democrat, and thence to
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other printing establishments, being thoroughly inducted into the awful mysteries surrounding the life of a printer's " devil." until 1867, when he varied the monotony of "sticking type " and "throwing in slush" by teaching school in the county, during the winters of 1867-68, 1868-69, in the meantime working at his trade, in Oil City, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia (all in Pennsylvania), and in Steubenville, Salem, and Canton (in Ohio). The Democrats of Carroll County, having had since 1863 up to this time (1871) no paper to represent their party in the county, resolved to have one established, and while Mr. Lawler was in Salem they invited him to return to Carrollton and confer on the matter. The upshot was the establishment of the Carroll Chronicle with Mr. Lawler in charge as publisher and Mr. Thomas Hays as editor, but at the end of two years Mr. Hays retired and Mr. Lawler assumed the editorship. At this time he enjoyed the distinction of being the youngest Democratic editor in Ohio. The paper was owned by a stock company, composed of twenty-five wealthy and influential Democrats. In 1874 nearly all of this stock passed into the hands of Mr. Lawler. The Chronicle has gradually increased in popularity, until to-day no newspaper in the county enjoys so large a circulation. In 1872 Mr. Lawler was married to Miss Emma, daughter of Archibald McGregor, of Canton, Ohio, who is of Scotch extraction. He settled in Canton, in an early day, and is yet living there, now retired, and for over forty years was editor and publisher of the Stark County Democrat. To Mr. and Mrs. Lawler were born seven children (six of whom are yet living) viz. : Edward F., Martha, Mary, A n na,Archie (,deceased), and John Malcolm and Joseph V., the last two being twins and the pride of the family. Mr. Lawler was for six years a member of the board of education, and for four years and four months was postmaster at Carrollton.
James Fenton Lawler was born in March, 1850, and in early life he worked on a farm and at carpentering until 1876, when he united with his brother in the printing business, becoming,
in 1886, a one-third owner. In 1882 he was united in marriage with Miss Mary, daughter of Isaac Atkinson, a pioneer and one of the organizers of Carroll County, to which union three children have been born: Robert, Frank and Fenton. Mr. Lawler, like his brother and his father before him, is a Democrat in politics, firm in the faith.
JOHN HUNTER, farmer, Monroe Township, Carroll County, was born in Pennsylvania in 1815. His father, James Hunter, was a native of Ireland, where he married Miss Jane Caughran, and to them were born children as follows: Thomas, Sarah, Mary, Nancy, James, John, Jane, William, Eliza and George. Mr. Hunter, soon after his marriage, immigrated to the United States, and settled in Allegheny County, Penn., where he remained till 1834, when he came to Ohio and purchased a farm of 160 acres in Rose Township, Carroll County. He cleared this land, making many improvements, and resided upon it until his death, which occurred in 1877.
John Hunter, our subject, grew to young manhood in Allegheny County, Penn., and came to Ohio in 1834 with his parents. He has been twice married: first, in 1840, to Miss Mary Aber, of Rose Township, and to this union were born, March 17, 1841, John and Mary, twins. John, who is a mute, resides on the farm; he was married to Pauline Monnin (also a mute), of Stark County, Ohio, and to them were born three children: Josephene,Mary and John. Mary is the wife of James Kennedy, who resides inVicksburg, Miss., and is employed by the Government as Special Pension Examiner; to them four children were born, viz.: Lelia, Hunter, Mary and Gray, Mrs. Hunter died in 1841, and the second marriage of Mr. Hunter was with Miss Christina West, a daughter of James West, of Columbiana County, Ohio, to which union were born six children, viz. : Sarah J.,who died in infancy; James, who resides in Kansas; Douglas, Margaret, Nettie and William, who reside at home.
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Mr. Hunter remained in Rose Township till 1861, when he purchased the farm on which he now resides, and which contains 230 acres in Section 12, Monroe Township, where he is successfully engaged in grain producing and stock-raising. In 1880 he erected his fine residence. Politically Mr. Hunter is a Democrat, and in religion he is a member of the United Presbyterian Church, in which he has been an elder for thirty years.
R. T. HAWKE, a representative and prosperous agriculturist, and a member of one of the oldest and most highly esteemed families of Brown Township, Carroll County, is a native of the same, born March 28, 1855. His grandfather, Robert Hawke, was born July 18, 1753, near Castlefinn, County Donegal, Ireland, and was married to Hannah Russel, of the same place, who died in
Ireland. Their children's names are William, Martha, John, Jane (who became Mrs. Robert
McConal, of near Steubenville, Ohio), James, Eliza (who became Mrs. William Hamilton, of
Brown Township, Carroll County), and Robert, father of our subject. Grandfather Hawke was
one of the first five men to organize the First Presbyterian Church of Waynesburg, Ohio, in
which 'church our subject now holds the offices of trustee, secretary and Sabath-school superintendent. In 1814 the family came to America and settled in Ohio, in what afterward became Brown Township, Carroll County. It is said that they were compelled to leave their native
land on account of threats of violence at the hands of a gang of robbers, who had " visited "
them as well as others. The Hawke family had "informed " on these outlaws, and the latter
notified them that unless they removed from the country within a few days they would be
killed. Other families received similar warnings, but paid no heed to them, and the result
was that they were burned out, and some members murdered. The farm on which the Hawkes
settled is now known as the Baxter Blythe Farm, and was largely cleared and improved by them. After selling his farm Robert Hawke moved to Stark County, same State, where he died, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics a strong Democrat.
Robert Hawke, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in County Donegal, Ireland, August 25, 1805, and was consequently nine years old when he came with the rest of the family to America. His education was limited to but a few days at school, and to such study as he was enabled to apply himself to at home. On January 18, 1848, he was married to Jane, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Cute) Black, former a native of Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Black came to America in 1814 from County Tyrone, Ireland, the voyage being made in the same ship that brought Grandfather Hawke and family, but they knew nothing of it until after the marriage of the father and mother in 1848. They settled in Philadelphia, Penn., and there remained until 1825, when they moved to Washington County, Penn., where they resided until 1831, in which year they moved to Monroe Township, Carroll County, Ohio, and here they died. Their children were as follows: James (born on the ocean), Elizabeth, Jane, Thomas, Robert, Isaac, and Eliza (now Mrs. David McCullah, of Uhrichsville). They were Presbyterians in religious faith, and politically Mr. Black was a Whig. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hawke, after their marriage, settled on the property where their son R. T. now resides, and this by hard work they improved and made one of the most productive farms in the valley. The children born to them were as follows: Hannah R. (deceased); Elizabeth C., now Mrs. Oliver J. Strayer; John R., now of Pueblo, Colo. ; R. T.; Elnora J., now Mrs. T. R. McElhany, and Alioa Mary (deceased). The father died January 9, 1871, the mother January 24, 1881. They were leading members of the Presbyterian Church, and in his political preferments Mr. Hawke was an active Demoorat.
R. T. Hawke, whose name opens this sketch, from his youth up has passed his life on the
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old home place where he was born and where he yet resides. In consequenoe of there being sickness in the family, instead of going to school he remained at home, but, by steady application to books, and a keen observation of men and things in general, he succeeded in securing a good practical education. On October 7, 1870, he was united in marriage with Jennie N Hamilton, who was born near Waynesburg, Stark Co., Ohio, August 20, 1860, daughter of R. B. Hamilton, and the result of this happy union is three children: Robert Br, Paul G. and Florence. Mr. and Mrs. Hawke are members of the Presbyterian Church at Waynesburg, and in his political predilections Mr. Hawke, as were his forefathers, is a solid, uncompromising Democrat.
JOHN T. COGSIL has resided on the same farm in Loudon Township, Carroll County, for over half a century, having come here with his parents when nine years of age. He was born in Maryland, September 18, 1829, a son of Harvey and Mary (Vincel) Cogsil, and a grandson of Truman Cogsil, who was born near Roxbury, Conn., of English parentage. He, Truman, was married to Civil Hawley, also a native of Connecticut, who bore him children as follows: Harvey, Anson B., Elizur, Hawley, Mary, Almira, Nancy, Harriet, Sarah and Ann. The parents lived all their lives near Roxbury, where they carried on farming. They were members of the Episcopal Church, and in politics Mr. Cogsil was an Old-line Whig.
Harvey Cogsil, father of John T., was born near Roxbury, Conn., April 17, 1798, receiving his education at the subscription schools of the neighborhood. In his youth he went to Virginia, where he met Miss Mary Vincel, a native of Loudoun County, that State, born in 1801, and became united in marriage with her in 1820. They remained in Virginia, engaged most of the time in farming, until 1838, in which year they proceeded to Ohio, where he purchased the farm of 400 aores in Loudon Township, Carroll County, on which his son, John T., resides, now known as " The Oaks." He afterward bought more land in the same locality and 2,000 acres in Missouri, residing on the farm first purchased until his death, which occurred March 12, 1885, his wife having preceded him to the grave June 30, 1876; she was a member of the Lutheran Church for many years. To them were born seven children, a brief record of whom is as follows: Oliver is a resident of Lee Township, Carroll County; George is deceased; John T. is the subject of this memoir; Harvey lives in Muskingum County, Ohio; Anson B. is deceased; Antoinette and Mary F. are living with John T. Politically Harvey Cogsil was a Democrat; he was one of the founders of Carroll County Fair; and took an active part in building the Carrollton & Oneida Railroad, the first railroad to reach Carrollton, and was one of the pioneer stock-dealers of the county.
John T. Cogsil was reared to manhood in Ohio, attending the common schools, where he received a good, practical business education. He has, since commencing for himself, always been engaged in farming and stock-dealing on the old home place. In politics he is a Democrat. At one time he was captain of Company K, First Regiment, State Militia.
PERRY A. SMITH, a leading agriculturist of Orange Township,Carroll County, is a native of Ohio, born in Tuscarawas County, November 8, 1828. The paternal grandfather was the first of this family to come from the Old World to the New, and he settled in Maryland, where Benjamin, the father of Perry A., was born. Benjamin Smith moved from his native State to what is now Harrison County, Ohio, at a time when the country was new and neighbors few. He built a home in the wilderness, and commenced to clear his farm by felling the "giants of the forest" and
hewing away the brush. After coming to Harrison County he married Miss Jane Gartrell,
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who came to that oounty from Maryland along with her parents. To this union were born five children—one son and four daughters—Perry A., Elizabeth L., Mary Ann, Catherine J. and Matilda. The father was called from earth August 20, 1838, and the mother December 9, 1853. They were an industrious couple, honored and esteemed far and wide.
Perry A. Smith, whose name opens this biographical memoir, was educated in the common schools of his district, and had a thorough practical training on the home farm. On April 10, 1856, he was married to Miss Mary Parker, whose father, Robert Parker, was a native of Ireland, and came to this country in an early clay, settling in eastern Ohio, and finally taking up his residence in Carroll County, where he cleared up a farm and reared a large family; he is still an aged, honored citizen of Monroe Township. Carroll County. Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Smith came to Carroll County, where they lived first on a farm near Carrollton, whence they moved to their present place in Orange Township. Five children were born to their union, as follows: Robert B., Sarah C., James W., Winfield S. and one that died in infancy, and of these Robert B., Sarah C. and Winfield S. are living at home, and James W., who is married, is a farmer on a place of his own, also in Orange Township. Perry A. Smith owns 177 acres of chbice farming land, situated about two miles north of Leesville, comprising both bottom and high land, all well improved, with abundance of water and many kinds of fruit trees, etc. He has been and is now a very ardent Republican, and a strong supporter of the Government during the late Rebellion. Although not in the army himself, he helped to clear the township several times from draft, and contributed liberally of his means to the boys who went to the front to face the enemy in order that the institutions he so much cherished might be perpetuated for his children's children, and for the unborn generations of this great republic. For over half a century Mr. Smith has been an esteemed resident of Carroll County, and has always ranked among her most respected citizens.
ISAAC W. COX, one of the most prominent of Carroll County's prosperous agriculturists, is a native of the same, born in East Township, January 22, 1839. His grandfather, Joseph Cox, who was born in Ireland in 1769, came to this country when a young man (it is supposed) and settled in Beaver County, Penn. , where he married his first wife(whose name is not now known), and had children as follows: James, John, Isaac and Nancy, of whom James became the father of our subject; Isaac resided in Beaver County, Penn., all his life, and John went to Illinois, where he died. The second wife of Joseph Cox was Mary Bettis, who bore him the following named children: William, who grew to manhood in East Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, and then moved to Williams County, Ohio, where he died; Margaret, who was married to David Holmes, and lived in Carroll County, Ohio, all her days, and Joseph, who went to Williams County, Ohio, enlisted in the Civil War, and died at Camp Dennison. The father of these children had come to Ohio in 1818, and entered 160 acres of land in what is now East Township, Carroll County, part of which land is now owned by Jacob Gamble. On this place he erected a log house in which he passed the remainder of his days, dying in 1854. In religion he was a member of the Disciples Church, and in politics he supported the prinoiples of the Whig party.
James Cox, father of our subject, was born in Beaver County, Penn., in 1800, where he received a common-school education. In 1818 he came to Ohio with his parents and helped to clear and improve the land entered by his father. In 1821 he was married to Mary Smith, who was born in 1797 in eastern Pennsylvania near the Susquehanna River, a daughter of Robert Smith, a native of Ireland. To this union were born ten children: Jane, wife of the late William Davis, of East Township, Carroll Co., Ohio;
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John, who resides in Bergholtz, Ohio; Mary A., wife of Andrew Rash, of Van Wert County, Ohio; Ellen, widow of the late Andrew Kennedy, of East Township, Carroll County; James, who resides in East Township; Elizabeth, deceased wife of Albert Bettis; Isabelle, wife of Alex Cunningham, in Augusta Township, Carroll County; Sarah, wife of John R. Shaw, of East Township, Carroll County; Isaac W., our subject, and William H., who reside in East Township. After his marriage James Cox settled on part of the land which was entered by his father, where he remained until his death, which occurred in 1856, at which time he owned 276 acres of land in East Township. His widow passed her last days at the home of her son, Isaac W., and died in 1875. Both had been members of the Presbyterian Church for many years, and politically Mr. Cox was first a Whig and afterward a Republican.
Isaac W. Cox was reared to manhood on the farm and educated at the distriot school. On May 30, 1859, he was married to Lydia A. Pottorf, who was born in Augusta Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, April 6, 1842, a daughter of Henry and Mary (Hewitt) Pottorf, and to this union were born eight children, all living in Carroll County, viz. : Alpheretta, wife of Robert Graham, of Lee Township; Mary, wife of Homer Manfull, of Augusta Township; William H., in Washington Township; Seymour, at home; Benjamin L., in East Township; James, in Augusta Township, and Frank and Eva, at home. After his marriage Mr. Cox remained on his father's farm a short time, and then moved to Muddy Fork, whence, after a brief residence, he returned to the home farm, where he remained till 1871, when he purchased the farm he now owns which contains 212 acres on Sections 13 and 18, East Township. In 1881 he erected one of the finest barns in Carroll County, in size 40x72 feet, with basement, etc. His elegant gothic residence, 40x54 feet, which is built of brick and finished with walnut, oherry, white ash, chestnut, oak and red elm, was erected in 1886. It is surmounted on the southwest corner with a tower sixty feet in height, a flight of stairs leading to the top. The timber the house is finished with grew on the farm, the brick was made from clay taken from the farm, and was made on the farm. Mr. and Mrs. Cox are members of the Presbyterian Church of Augusta, and in politics he is a Republican.
A. M. McCOY. Washington County, Penn., has furnished Carroll County, Ohio, with many of her best citizens, among them being the McCoy family. A. M. McCoy was born there August 19, 1830, a son of James McCoy, who was born in York County, Penn., in 1799, of Irish ancestry. James McCoy married Miss Eliza Tripp, who was also of Irish descent, and in 1835 they moved to Loudon Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, and purchased a farm which Mr. McCoy worked, also carrying on his trade as a carpenter. After a long life of hardships he died in 1865, his good wife following in 1867. Seven children were born to them, of whom two died in infancy.
A. M. McCoy came to Ohio with his father when he was but five years of age, and here he attended school in the winter season and worked on the farm during the summers. On May 20, 1852, at the age of twenty-one, Mr. McCoy married Miss Mary Eleanor Madden, a native of Pennsylvania, but at that time a resident of Carroll County, Ohio. Mr. McCoy lived with his father on the old homestead in Loudon Township until the death of the latter in 1865. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. A. M. McCoy, viz. : Mary E., Agnes J., William, Martha and Howard, all now deceased' except Howard. The mother departed this life in 1869, and Mr. McCoy married in 1872 for his second wife, Nancy Spere, a native of Pennsylvania, where she was educated. Three children were the result of this union, of whom two, Nancy and one not named, died in infancy; Edwin S., still living. Nancy, second wife of A. M. McCoy, died February 22, 1874, and on April 20, 1876, he was again married, this time to
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Miss Mattie M. Nile, by whom were born two children: Frank L. and Belle Vernon, both now living. Mr. McCoy moved, in 1876, to his present farm, which contains 195 acres of improved land, is well watered, and is provided with two young orchards. Mr. McCoy is a stock-raiser, and pays special attention to the keeping up of the standard of high grades. Politically he is a Prohibitionist, and he stands high in the estimation of his neighbors as an honest man and a gentleman. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and have been actively connected with the same for a number of years.
WILLIAM CRAWFORD (deceased) was born in County Donegal, Ireland, in 1796. His father, William Crawford, was also born in County Donegal, and was a son of Matthew Crawford. In 1803 Matthew, his son William, and their families emigrated to the United States and settled in Washington County, Penn. In 1820 Matthew, in company with his three sons, Matthew, John and James, came to Augusta Township, Carroll County, Ohio, where the three sons entered 160 acres each, part of the land being now owned by the heirs. Matthew spent his last days on this land.
William Crawford, the son of Matthew, was reared to manhood in Ireland, and married Nancy Monon, a native of that country, the fruits of the union being twelve children, viz. : George, Matthew (1), William (1), (Matthew (1) and William (1) died in infancy in Ireland), William (2), Margaret and Matthew (2) (they were born in Ireland), and John, James, Oliver (an M. D. ), Thomas, Lettie and Robert were born in the United States. Matthew (2) still resides in Washington County, Penn., the only one of the twelve children now living; Margaret married Thomas Forsythe, and both are now deceased; Lettie died in infancy; William (father of subject) remained all his life in Pennsylvania, on the land where they first settled in 1803, and
died in 1847, aged seventy-seven years. His wife, Nancy, died in 1848, aged seventy-seven.
William Crawford, our subject, was seven years old when his parents settled in Pennsylvania, where he was reared to manhood and educated at the subscription schools. On May 4, 14831, he married Miss Elizabeth Slator, who was born in Washington County, Penn., December 30, 1803, and the fruits of this union were two children, viz. : One daughter that died in infancy, and one son, John T., who now resides in East Township, Carroll, Co., Ohio. Elizabeth (Slator) Crawford died January 18, 1840, aged thirty-six years eighteen days. Our subject and his son, John T., moved to Ohio in April, 1840, to his farm in East Township, Carroll Co , Ohio, which contains 160 acres, and which he had purchased in 1827. On May 7, 1841, he married Miss Isabella Orr, who was born in Washington County, Penn., February 19, 1810, a daughter of Joshua and Mary (Colwell) Orr, natives of County Tyrone, Ireland, and who, in 1811, came to the United States and settled in Washington County, Penn., where they remained till their death, Mr. Orr dying in 1872, aged eighty-two years; his wife, Mary, having died in 1870, aged seventy-nine years. They were parents of four children, viz. : Isabella, Elenor, James and Eliza.
Our subject purchased fifty-five acres adjoining his farm on the east, and the farm is at present owned by his son-in-law, James Patterson. Mr. William Crawford remained on his farm till his death, which occurred in 1873, when he was seventy-seven years old. He was well known and highly esteemed, and had been a ruling elder in the United Presbyterian Church for many years. Mrs. Isabella Crawford still resides on the farm. They were parents of eight children, viz. : William B., a resident of Augusta Township, Carroll Co., Ohio; Nancy L., wife of J. Patterson, of East Township; Joshua H., in Pueblo, Colo.; Thomas P., an M. D., in Augusta, Ohio; James F., hardware merchant at Malvern, Ohio; George R., Robert 0. and Mary J. (deceased).
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ENOCH W. ABEL, a farmer and carpenter by occupation, and one of the well-to-do citizens of Perry Township, CarrollCounty, is a native of Harrison County, Ohio, born April 30, 1838.
Christopher C. Abel, his great-grandfather, was a native of Germany, whence he came to America about the time of the Revolutionary War. After his arrival in this country he made his way to that part of the Northwest Territory that was then known as the " Steubenville Land District," where be took up land and made a home for himself and family. He was among the first settlers in what afterward became the State of Ohio, and his farm subsequently, on the organization of the county in 1814, was brought within the limits of Harrison County. The country was then in a very primitive condition, and where are now prosperous farms and beautiful fields and meadows the Indian roamed, and the dense woods teemed with wild animals, bears, deer, wildcats, turkeys, etc. Remaining here but a short time after bringing out his family, Christopher Abel returned to Germany, where he died about the year 1840.
Christopher C. Abel, a son of the old pioneer, and grandfather of Enoch, came from Virginia to what is now Harrison County, Ohio, shortly after the War of 1812, in which he served as captain. He died May 29, 1859. He was the father of seven children—three sons and four daughters—all born in Harrison County, and all now deceased, and a brief record of the four daughters is as follows: Polly married David Blickendaffer, a shoemaker by trade; Elizabeth married George Levengood, a blacksmith and stock-raiser; Anna married Samson Barnhouse, a farmer; Margaret married Henry Heisler, a farmer. The following is a brief record of the three sons: George moved to Iowa, where he settled on a farm; Alexander P. was a school teacher; John (father of Enoch W.) was born in Harrison County, Ohio, July 26, 1816, and died September 23, 1849 (he was a stonemason and farmer, and was married October 30, 1837, to Miss Sarah Ann Abel, a first cousin, also a native of Harrison County, Ohio, born July 9, 1818, and whose parents came here from Virginia. By this union were born three children, viz. : Enoch W., Christopher C., born October 3, 1839, and is living in Perry Township, Carroll County (he served about three years in the Civil War), and Henry K., born March 3, 1841, and died November 19, 1844. The mother, who is yet living, was married March 3, 1853, to Henry Kick).
Enoch W. Abel, the subject proper of this memoir, spent his early life in Harrison County, attending the district schools. He was a lad of twelve summers when his father died, and so he had to " paddle his own canoe," which he did bravely. Being determined to acquire a good education, he went to work with a resolution, earning by labor in the summer months sufficient money to defray his expenses of education in winter time. Having laid in a good stock of book-lore, Mr. Abel then learned the trade of a carpenter in Jefferson County, Ohio, later removing to a western State, where he followed it until his return home in 1860. In the spring of the following year, the Civil War having broken out, he enlisted in Company A., Third 0. V. I. (three months' service), participating in the battle of Bull Run, after which he returned home to Harrison County, and August 12, same year, he re-enlisted, this time in Company A, Thirty-second 0. V. I. (three years' service), which was sent to West Virginia, and participated in many engagements in that campaign. On September 15, 1862, Mr. Abel was taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry, but being exchanged, he rejoined his regiment and followed its fortunes till the close of the war. He took active part in the battles of Vicksburg, Atlanta, Champion Hills, Jackson (Miss.), Port Republic, Winchester, Resaca and others, and was mustered out in the fall of 1865, having served his country four years and six months. As will be seen, our subject experienced a deal of hard fighting, having many narrow escapes, and to this day he bears the marks of three wounds. The fratricidal conflict being ended, Mr. Abel
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returned to the pursuits of peace, and settled in Perry Township, Carroll County, where, since 1870, he has both worked at his trade and followed farming. In 1870 he was married to Margaret Kirby, who was born January 8, 1844, in Carroll County, Ohio, a daughter of Isaac and Rachel Kirby, old settlers of Carroll County. Mr. and Mrs. Abel have no children, but raised an adopted daughter, by name Mollie Carter, who is teaching school. Politically Mr. Abel is a Democrat, has held various offices of trust in his township, and has been a justice of the peace for the past six years.
SAMUEL W. RIPPETH, the subject of this sketch, is a representative of one of the earliest settlers of what is now Orange Township, Carroll County, then a part of One Leg Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. He was born October 31, 1822, in One Leg Township, and has spent his whole life within its confines. His father, James Rippeth, was born in Washington County, near Middletown, Penn., in 1791. The father of James was William, who was a native of Queen Anne's County, Md., where the family lived for many years. In his youth William Rippeth was married to Sarah Ross, who bore him the following named children: Elizabeth, William, James, Sarah, Mary and Katherine. In 1780 Mr. Rippeth left his native State, and joined the fortunes of the pioneers of Washington County, Penn., and here he remained until 1812, when he came to Carroll County, Ohio, where he had, some years previously, entered land. He was engaged in farming during his life, and was one of the hard-working and progressive pioneers. He early identified himself with the movement for independence, and was an earnest supporter of the Americans in the Revolutionary stuggle. After the formation of the political parties he united with the Federalists, and afterward became a Whig. He was also a member and worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
James Rippeth, father of Samuel W., spent his early life in Washington County, Penn. where he received the education usually accorded to the children of the early settlers. In 1805 he came to Ohio, and built a cabin on the land entered by his father. He came in the spring, and as the grain in the country was what is known as " sick " he was compelled to return to Pennsylvania, which he did on foot, his wife and two children traveling on horseback. He was married in Pennsylvania to Mary Amspoker, daughter of Alexander Amspoker, of that State, who came from Germany, his wife having came from Ireland; the names of their children are John, Sarah, Martha, Samuel, Alexander, James and Mary. Alexander Amspoker, the father of these children, took up a tract of land by tomahawk title in Brooke County, Va. (now West Va.), where the children were born and raised until they were all married, except Alexander and James, who died young. Mary Amspoker, his daughter, was the last of the family to marry. The children born to James and Mary Rippeth were named Elizabeth, Sarah, Rebecca, Martha, Mary, Samuel W., Amanda, James A., Matilda and Delilah. Shortly after coming to Carroll County Mr. Rippeth opened a hotel, which, in conjunction with farming, he conducted for more than a quarter of a century, and which was a stopping place for parties going westward. The house was raised by the assistance of his neighbors and also a party of Indians who happened to be in the vicinity. Mr. Rippeth was one of the strongest of Whigs, and was among the first to vote the ticket in his section. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was among its founders and workers. He passed away at a ripe old age, respected and esteemed by all.
The life of Samuel W. has been spent in his native township, where he experienced the usual difficulties in acquiring an education, an old log cabin answering the purpose of a schoolhouse. He, however, early acquired the principles of hard work and economy, whioh have given his success in life. At the time of his marriage Mr. Rippeth had nothing, but now he is the
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possessor of one of the best producing farms in his section, and which comprises 400 acres. He has always been a Whig and Republican, and has held various positions of honor and trust in his township. A leading member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he has held all the offices in that society, and has been class leader for over forty years. On November 18, 1841, he was united in marriage with Miranda, daughter of Benjamin Price, of Orange Township. Mrs. Rippeth died May 3, 1844, and on August 28, 1845, ;11r. Rippeth was married to Emily Roby, a native of Orange Township, Carroll County, daughter of R. T. Mankin and Ceny Roby, who came from Maryland and settled in Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Rippeth were born the following named children: Lemuel O., John A., Charles M., Jeremiah S., James A., Albert S., Frank L., Mary and Delilah E.
JAMES B. BRANN. The Brann family are among the best known of Orange Township, Carroll County. Alexander Brann, father of William Brann, was born in Ireland, as was also his wife, Ann Brann. They came to America and settled on eighty acres of land in Monroe Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, in the year 1828. They entered the land which was at that time a wilderness, built themselves a log house, where William was born, and also Jane (Mrs. Sylvester Wallace). Mr. Brann was a Democrat, one who always took a leading part in all public movements, and was a man of much energy and skill. He died in May, 1885, his wife in September, 1864.
William Brann spent his life on the home place, was educated in the schools of New Hagerstown, Ohio, and followed farming. In 1852, at the age of twenty-four years, he was married to Miss Margaret J. Lenhart, to which union the following named children were born: Mary A., Alma J., James B., Peter A. and Laura A. Mr. Brann, like his father, took a leading part in county and township matters, never neglecting to do his duty, but always ready to advance a good cause.
James B. Brann was born January 10, 1857, in Carroll County, but, imbued with a natural desire to see the world and not contented to remain at home, left his native State and traveled through many of the western States, among them being Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. He was educated at New Hagerstown, Ohio, where he learned the lessons necessary to fit him for future usefulness. He inherited that rush and restlessness which characterized both his father and grandfather. It was this character that prompted his ancestor to break away from the many ties which naturally held him to his own country and to seek his home and fortune among strangers in the New World; it is this character, when rightly used, that is the mainspring of future success and greatness. With this invaluable feature indelibly stamped upon his nature, James B. Brann will meet with success and fortune.
"Honor and shame from no condition rise;
Act well your part, there all the honor lies."
CAPTAIN HARRY WALTER KIRBY, although still in the prime of life, has probably bad a wider experience and passed through a more varied career than any other citizen of his township, and as a captain in the army, a college professor, attorney at law and journalist, he has represented a name that has been familiar in the southern part of Carroll County since 1824—nine years before the erection of Carroll as a political division of the State. The name Kirby is of Scotch origin—derived from Kirk (church) and by (near) Kirkby signifying " near a church," was in the lapse of time anglicized for the sake of euphony into Kirby. It is not the purpose of this genealogy to give extended space to remote ancestry, farther than to sketch the lineal descent of the subject of this memoir. Some time in the latter part of the seventeenth century a shep-
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herd of this name threw down the bagpipe and crook and left his dear native Highlands of Scotland to try his fortune in the unexplored New World, and landed in the then new Quaker province of Pennsylvania. Cotemporaneous with this event, a Teuton surnamed Bear left the historic Rhine in " Faderland " destined for the new Eldorado of America and landed in South Carolina. As " Westward the star of empire wended its way," the American Revolution revolved and brought forth a nation. Both families took part in the struggle, after which John Bear, a descendant of the immigrant of that name, took up his abode near the capital of Pennsylvania, where he married Catherine Anderson, who bore him six children, viz. : Jacob, John, Barbara, Henry, Margaret and Eve. Through the vicissitudes of the great whirligig of Time, amid the closing scenes of the eventful eighteenth century, the lineal descendants of this long converging consanguinity met in the fertile Cumberland Valley, Bedford Co., Penn., and there Joseph Kirby and Jacob Bear were united in holy wedlock to Catherine Anderson and Mary Walters, respectively, and became the honored grandparents of the subject of this biography, at whose record their shades have no reason to blush.
Jacob Bear, the maternal grandfather of our subject, removed to Ohio in 1813, and settled in what twenty years later became Carroll County, Ohio, and in that almost unbroken wilderness infested with Indians, bears, wolves, etc., reared eight children, viz. : John, Jacob, Elizabeth, Catherine, Anne, Joseph, Jane and Henrietta; of whom Elizabeth, Catherine and Henrietta still survive. Joseph Kirby, the paternal grandfather of our subject, a shoemaker by trade, served in the War of 1812, and through exposure became a cripple, and died in Bedford County, Penn., in 1822. Two years later his widow came to Carroll County with her eight children, named Anne, Isaac, David, Susan, Mary, Ephraim, John and Elizabeth, and of these John is the sole survivor, and one of the most respected citizens of his township. In 1832 the Clyde became the confluent of the Rhino in the marriage of Ephraim Kirby and Elizabeth Bear, and together they lived for fifty-six years in the same township, and reared nine children, viz. : Samuel, Mary Ann, Van Buren, Harry Walter, Catherine, William, Martha Ellen, Jacob Jasper and Francis Marion. The father was a carpenter, and left the mark of his ax on almost every log building in Perry Township and environs—many of which buildings are still in existence. He was fond of sport, and employed much of his leisure time with his bounds and gun. By industry and good management he made the " wilderness blossom as the rose," until he had acquired four hundred acres of good land, all under cultivation. " Uncle Eph," as he was reverently addressed by every one, died September 4, 1888, at the age of eighty-one years, willing all his earthly possessions to William and J. J. Kirby, the only children then living with him, which proves the proverb, absens haeres non erit.
Harry Walter Kirby, the fourth offspring of this pioneer union, whose personal history we shall now chronicle, was born December 18, 1845. Not being inclined to husbandry, but ambitious for something beyond the humdrum life of the farm, he began life on his own account at the age of fourteen, and became faber suae fortunae. In 1858, having improved the few advantages of the common school, he taught one term, and in 1859 attended Richmond College. In 1860 he entered Aural Seminary, and while there engaged in his studies the first shot of the Rebellion was fired at Fort Sumter. Notwithstanding the remonstrances of his parents, his patriotic enthusiasm could not be bridled, and October 21, 18(31, he enlisted in the Eightieth 0. V. I., Company A. While the company was at Fort Meigs, Ohio, he was sent home to assist in recruiting Company D, and at one meeting at Harlem, where he had attended school, made a war speech that secured the enlistment of seventeen young men, mostly old schoolmates, and soon returned to camp with the new company. His regiment
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followed Gens. Pope, Rosecrans and Halleck through Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi, and participated in all the marches, battles and sieges of the campaign to the fall of Corinth, Miss., in July, 1862. He was then detailed by General Orders from Washington to return to Ohio and recruit the regiment, whose ranks had been greatly decimated. In a short time he reported a sufficient number of recruits, and for this service, Governor Tod commissioned him second lieutenant over all the non-commissioned officers in the regiment. He rejoined his regiment at Memphis, Tenn., just as General Grant was entering upon his famous Vicksburg campaign, and was assigned to the command of Company D, which position he held through the Yazoo Pass expedition, severe marches, and battles of Champion Hills, Jackson, etc., until the surrender of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863. He was then promoted to first lieutenant and placed in command of "die Deitcher cumpanie" E, with which he followed Sherman four hundred miles through Tennessee and Alabama to Chattanooga, and also lea his company through the three days' fight at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, November 23, 24 and 25, 1863, where one-half his men were killed, wounded and taken prisoners, and his haversack was lost by a ball that cut his clothing under his left arm. He took part in every conflict from Chattanooga to the fall of Atlanta, where be was promoted to captain of Company A, and followed Sherman " from Atlanta to the sea," " sixty miles in latitude, 300 to the main." Toward the close of 1864 he was again detached by General Orders to conduct drafted men., substitutes and bounty jumpers to all parts of the army—a responsible as well as perilous task, and thus spent the last part of the war traveling on land and sea. Being the ranking captain of the regiment, he was now entitled to the majorship of the regiment, which rank he declined, and resigned his commission February 13, 1865, after a service of three years and four months, during which period he was never of duty, except four weeks in 1864, when he was stricken with small-pox. His brother Samuel, who enlisted in August, 1862, was, after a few months of camp life, discharged for disability, and Van Buren was drafted, but sent a substitute.
After reviewing his long neglected studies, Capt. Kirby entered the University of Michigan in September, 1865, and graduated in 1869. He then accepted the professorship of languages in Harlem Springs College (being able to read and write five languages), and at the end of a year began reading law with Judge Tripp, of Carrollton. He was admitted to the bar in 1873, but teaching being more congenial to him than the practice of law, he returned to the school-room, where he remained continuously until 1882, when a telegram summoned him to the bedside of his brother Frank, who was stricken with smallpox while practicing medicine at Wiltshire, Ohio. Through his familiarity with the disorder, the Captain not only saved the Doctor's life, but successfully nursed thirteen other cases. After leaving the pest-house the Captain visited his sister, Mrs. Kate Thompson, in Indiana, and there accepted the superintendency of the schools at Pleasant Mills, where he remained three years. Tired of confinement, he accepted an appointment as surveyor of Adams County, which furnished much out-door work for two years, when he resigned and purchased the Decatur Journal, a Republican paper published in Decatur, Ind. In 1887 he was elected superintendent of schools at Malvern, Ohio, without his knowledge, and conducted the schools and edited the Journal at the same time for one year, and in June, 1888, returned to Decatur, where he personally managed the Journal through the exciting campaign that placed Harrison in the White House. Indiana was the doubtful State, and so hot was it in that Democratic county that he was mobbed upon the street at night by a Cleveland club, and sued for libel by the Democratic candidate for treasurer, but came off victorious in both fights. He was admitted to the practice of law in the Indiana courts in April, 1889, and soon
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after, having sold all his interests in the West, returned home to look after his claim in his father's estate.
The Captain is five feet, nine inches in height, straight as an Indian, and always wears long, jet black, curly hair, which often gave him the cognomen, "Buffalo Bill." And while he has ever enjoyed the society and been a favorite of the fair sex, strange to say cupid's cable has not been strong enough to anchor his bark in the hymeneal harbor. He is still a bachelor, "heart whole and fancy free." He has long been a worthy and consistent member of the Masonic fraternity and Grand Army of the Republic, but never united with any branch of the Christian Church; has ever been a stanch Republican, although his father and brothers were dyed-in-the-wool Democrats. He never sought office, except in 1870, when he consented to become a candidate Mt representative to the Ohio Legislature.
Capt. Kirby is a leader in all athletic sports, an eloquent speaker, a polished logician, brilliant writer and accomplished linguist. His pen, like his oratory, is chaste and classical. He has published many fine things both in prose and verse, and contemplates publishing a volume of his best poems in the near future. His whole life and character present a bright example of self-reliance. " Intrepid minds climb soonest into crowns," and since he flourishes not upon ancestral honors, but perpetuates an illustrious and venerable name by his own individual efforts, we bid him Dieu vous garde, et serus in coelum redeas.
JOSEPH TRIPP, who for the past sixty-one years has lived on his present farm in Orange Township, Carroll County, ranks among the best known and most highly respected citizens of his section. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1824, a son of Caleb Tripp, also a native of that State, who lived some time in Washington County, where he carried on farming and was married to Miss Nancy Wallace, of the same place. To this union were born six children, viz. : Rebecca; Margaret (deceased); Joseph; John, a farmer in Illinois; Job, a carpenter in Missouri, and Thomas, a farmer in Missouri. The parents both died in Carroll County, the father April 27, 1877, and the mother July 15, 1873.
Joseph Tripp, our subject, was reared and educated in his native State, and in 1850 was married to Miss Melinda McQueen, whose parents, Elisha and Lydia McQueen (former of whom was of Irish descent, latter of Dutch), came to Ohio from Pennsylvania, settling in Carroll County. Immediately after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Tripp moved to Orange Township, Carroll County, where five children—four daughters and one son—were born to them as follows: Mary M., married to James Pillars, a lumber dealer in Bowerston, Ohio; Ann R., married Thomas R. Brooks, a farmer in Perry Township, Carroll County; Lydia A., married to B. F. Crumrine, a marble dealer in Akron, Ohio; Hettie S., married to M. E. Vorhes, a carpenter in Kansas, and Elmer E., married to Miss Rebecca I. Bracken. Mr. Tripp is the owner of three farms in Carroll County, aggregating 249 acres of improved land—two of the farms being in Orange Township and one in Perry Township, latter comprising 112 acres. All these farms are under cultivation, and he has accumulated them by hard work, thrift and good judgment. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics he is a Democrat.
ELI R. ROUDEBUSH (deceased), who in his lifetime was one of the rising young 1 men of Washington Township, Carroll County, was a native of the same, born December 25, 1845, a son of Jesse H. and Jane A. Roudebush, former of whom was a native of Washington Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, of which part of the State the family were early settlers. The early life of our subject was spent at home, working on the farm and attending
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the district schools, and afterward an educational institution at Carrollton. At the age of nineteen he commenced teaching school, a profession he followed for several years with eminent success, and his love for learning was so great that be never ceased from the study of one subject or another as opportunity offered. He was married October 22, 1867, to Catharine A.., daughter of Peter and Margaret Gambert, of Harrison Township, Carroll County, and by her had four children: Laura I., Edgar F., Maggie E. and Eva F., all living at home with their mother. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Roudebush settled on a farm in Washington Township, whence they removed in 1868 to Centre Township, and after a sojourn there of about a year and a half came to Harrison Township, where he purchased the farm on which the family now reside.
Mr. Roudebush died August 26, 1885, and was buried in the cemetery at Mt. Olivet Church in Washington Township, the respect in which he was held being attested to by the large concourse of sorrowing friends who followed his remains to the grave. By his death the township lost one of its most enterprising citizens; eduoation one of its strongest supporters, and religion, one of its most zealous advocates. He had always taken an active part in the affairs of the Republican party, and served a term as infirmary director so satisfactorily that he was re-elected. In his township he was an active worker in all public matters, taking a leading part in the promotion of whatever tended to the welfare of the community. From early youth Mr. Roudebush was interested in church matters; when he lived in Washington Township be was a member of the Mt. Olivet Church, but after moving to Harrison Township be was taken into the Disciples Church at New Harrisburg by letter; he was a faithful member and was an elder for a number of years. His widow and two eldest children are members of the church at Mt. Olivet, Laura having joined October 20, 1884, and Edgar on November 7, 1886. Before Mr. Roudebush died the church at New Harrisburg had some difficulty among the members which they failed to settle satisfactorily, and so Mr. Roudebush and family returned to the church at Mt. Olivet.
SAMUEL ALLEN, a thoroughly representative and progressive citizen of Monroe Township, Carroll County, having his residence east of the town of Dell Roy, was born in the county, December 26, 1825. His father, Joseph Allen, was a native of New York State, where the latter's father, Lemuel Allen, carried on farming and died. Joseph was reared to agricultural pursuits, attending in the winter months the schools of his district. Soon after reaching man's estate he was married to Mary, daughter of Joseph Manchester, a native of New England, and by this union were born the following named children: Cranston, Elizabeth, Henrietta, Albert, Samantha, John, Bersheba, Samuel, Sarah A., George, Hannah, Ruth, David and William. In 1823 Mr. Allen, accompanied by his family, came to Ohio, and entered a piece of land where is now Perry Township, Carroll County, whioh land was cleared by himself and sons. Here the father died in 1854 and the mother in 1870; they were members of the Disciples Church. Mr. Allen in politics was a stanch Democrat.
The early life of Samuel Allen was passed much in the manner of the average farmer boy of over half a century ago—toiling on the farm in the summer time, and attending school a few weeks in winter. In November, 1853, he was married to Mary, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Jenkens) Strayer, of Harrison Township, Carroll County, and the names of the children born to this union are Jacob, J. C., Clara A., Frank, Joseph, Oliver, George and Harvey S. In 1851 Mr. Allen came to Dell Roy, where he lived twelve years, then moved to a farm half a mile east, where he has since resided, being engaged in various kinds of business, at one time extensively in droving, having on different occasions taken droves of cattle and sheep east of the
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mountains. When he came to Dell Roy he embarked in merchandising, which he carried on twelve years, and for a long time he conducted a coal bank for the benefit of his neighbors. In 1880 he opened a large vein, which he worked for some years, and he now operates three mines which yield about 500 tons per day, of as good a quality of coal as can be found in Ohio. For the past year Mr. Allen has confined his attention exclusively to his coal and farming interests, and he now owns 700 acres of land under excellent cultivation. In all his enterprises and ventures Mr. Allen has been eminently successful, thanks to his energy, perseverance and sound judgment. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics he is an out-and-out Republican, a prominent and efficient worker in the party.
EZRA BOGGS, one of the oldest and most highly respected residents of Harrison Township. Carroll County, was born November 15, 1824, in Washington County, Penn. James Boggs, his grandfather, was a native of Ireland, where he was married, and be and his wife, coming to this country at an early date, located in New Jersey for a time, carrying on farming, finally moving to Pennsylvania, where they passed the remainder of their lives. One son of this pioneer couple, by name James, was born near Newark, State of Delaware, where he was brought up on his father's
farm, with such close application to the many duties thereon, that he had but little time for availing himself of educational advantages. He was twice married, first to Rebecca Kerr,
who bore him two children, James and Eliza, both now deceased, and this wife dying in 1810
Mr. Boggs was married to Margaret Simpson, a native of Washington County, Penn., daughter
of James Simpson, a resident of Pennsylvania, and a native of Ireland. Immediately after marriage they located on a farm in Pennsylvania on which they remained until 1833, in which year they oame to Carroll County, where he purchased the farm in Harrison Township, on which their son Ezra, our subject, now resides, and which they cleared and improved with the assistance of their children. Those born to the second marriage of James Boggs were John (deceased), Margaret, Mary J., Sarah A., Rebecca, Ezra and Emeline. The mother died in 1845, and the father in 1868 at the patriarchal age of ninety years; be had been an active Democrat, taking prominent part in the success of the party. The entire family were members of the Presbyterian Church at Carrollton.
Ezra Boggs, son of James and Margaret (Simpson) Boggs, and the subject proper of this memoir, at the age of nine years, accompanied his parents from Pennsylvania to Ohio. He received a fair education at the district schools, which he supplemented with a close course of private study in spare hours, and succeeded in securing a good knowledge of the English branches. On July 2, 1857, he became united in marriage with Clarantine, daughter of William and Margaret (Power) Scott, former of whom was born in Washington County, Penn., latter of Chester County, same State. Mr. Scott was raised on a farm until eighteen years of age, when he was apprenticed to a Mr. Hamilton, of Washington, to learn the trade of blacksmith. After attaining his majority he married Margaret Power, and by this union were born the following named children: Margaret, Edward, Robert P., Clarantine, Mary, Rebecca A., William and Emily (both deceased) and Eleazer. Mr. Scott came to New Harrisburg, Carroll Co., Ohio, in 1839, and lived in the village and vicinity until his death which occurred in 1879, when he was aged seventy-nine years; his wife survived him several years and died in 1882, at the age of eighty-one years. Mrs. Boggs and a niece are all of the Scott family, now living in Carroll County. Her eldest brother, Edward, lives in the adjoining county of Stark, in the town of Waynesburg, while her other surviving brothers and sisters are residents of various western States. To Mr.
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and Mrs. Boggs were born the following named children: James W., Margaret 0. (deceased), Edward P., Anna M. (deceased), Simpson 0., John E., Emma R., Carrie M., Fred W. and Daisy B. After their marriage our subject and wife settled on the old home farm of his parents, he having bought out the interest of the heirs, and have since resided here successfully engaged in general agricultural pursuits. Mr. Boggs in his political convictions has always been a Democrat, voting, however, in local affairs for the best man irrespective of politioal bias. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian Churoh at New Harrisburg, in which he has been an elder since 1859. The family are well known in Carroll County as one prominent in social and religious circles.
JOHN C. GEORGE. This gentleman was born in Fox Township. Carroll Co., Ohio, May 22, 1842, and is a descendant of one of the oldest families of eastern Ohio. His early days were spent in the vicinity of Mechanicstown, where his father was an extensive and progressive farmer. When old enough to receive an education he was sent to the district school, where, by application and hard work, he obtained an education which fitted him for the trials of life and which, as a result, enabled him to successfully overcome the many obstacles which are common to every pathway. At the age of forty Mr. George married Miss McGinnis, a native of Carroll County, whose parents came from Pennsylvania and finally settled in Iowa, where she was living at the time of her marriage with Mr. George. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. George, named as follows: Myrtie, Ethel, Edgar and Edwin (twins), and Walter. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. George moved to their present beautiful home, which is located about one mile south of Mechaniostown, and here Mr. George has a farm of 193 acres. Sinoe he located on his present place he has made many improvements. In 1879 he built a fine residence which is of the latest style and modern elegance. The farm is well provided with all kinds of implements and buildings necessary for the carrying on of agriculture successfully. Mr. George is one of the representative men of Fox Township, and has reached his present position by hard work and good management; he is a stock-raiser, and makes a specialty of breeding fine sheep, being the first to introduce improved breeds into Eastern Ohio. Temperate in his habits, honest in his dealings, generous in all things, he has won a position which he may well be proud of. In religion Mr. and Mrs. George are United Presbyterians, and in politics he votes the Republican ticket.
PETER SHERER, a well-known and highly respected farmer citizen of Rose Township, Carroll County, was born in Alsaoe, Germany, September 10, 1827. His father, also named Peter, was a husbandman in the Fatherland, as had been his antecedents for many generations back. He was married in 1826 in Alsace, to Barbara Schmidt, who bore him children as follows: Peter, Sophia, Philip, Christian, Jaoob, George and Frederick. In 1847 he sailed with his family for America, and after a tedious voyage of fifty-three days they landed at New York, whence they proceeded to Ohio by way of Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, etc., finally landing in Stark County, this State; there the father purchased a small farm on which he spent the remainder of his busy life; he died in 1855, his widow in 1875. They were members of the German Reformed Church, and in politics Mr. Sherer was a Whig.
Peter Sherer, the subject proper of this sketch, was educated in his native land in both German and French, being reared, in the meantime, to agricultural pursuits, and at the age of twenty he came with the rest of the family to Stark County, Ohio, where, when twenty-two years old, he left his home and worked by the year until he accumulated five hundred dollars,
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and when twenty-six years of age, in March, 1854, he bought a farm. On April 25, 1854, he was united in marriage with Caroline Ken-right, daughter of Michael and Margaret (Caspar) Kenright, and to this union were born the following named ten children: Sarah (died in 1861), John, Michael, Emma (Mrs. John Foltz), Alice (Mrs. Albert Hay), Mary, William F., Amos, George and Lydia. Mr. and Mrs. Sherer remained on the small farm be had first bought, in the meantime fully paying for the same and also adding another to it, to which they moved, after a five years' residence on the first farm. They kept on adding to their possessions until they finally found themselves the owners of 240 acres of prime land, all accumulated by hard work, good management and economy. Mrs. Sherer died in 1875 on the same farm on which she was born. In 1880 Mr. Sherer purchased the farm in Rose Township where he at present resides. During the War of the Rebellion he enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Sixty-second Regiment 0. N. G., one-hundred-days men. Politically he has been an active Republican for many years, and in religion he is a consistent member of the German Reformed Church, in which he has been an elder twenty-eight years.
JOSEPH FALOON (deceased) was born in Ireland in 1789, a son of William and Jane (Spence) Faloon, who were born in Ireland, where they lived and died at advanced ages; their family consisted of six sons —John, James, William, Joseph, Thomas and Jeremiah—and four daughters—Agnes, Sarah, Jane and Mary—all now passed away to their reward. Our subject grew to manhood in his native land, learning the trade of a weaver. When about twenty years of age he came to the United States and settled at Carlisle, Penn., where he followed farming, and in 1832 married, at Carlisle, Agnes Philpot, who was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1816, a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Morrow) Philpot, who
came to America from Ireland in 1832, and made their home in Pittsburgh, Penn., for a period of about three years, and then came to Salineville, Ohio, both dying of old age. Their family consisted of six sons—William and Robert (both deceased); Hugh, living in Salineville, Columbiana Co., Ohio; Samuel and Isaac (both deceased), and Robert, who resides at Humboldt, Richardson Co., Neb., and four daughters—Mary Jane and Eliza (both deceased); Agnes, residing at Salineville, Columbiana Co., Ohio, and Isabella, who lives at Waterville, Marshall Co., Kas. To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Faloon were born children as follows: William, who resides in Salineville, Columbiana Co., Ohio; Eliza Lewis, also in Salineville, Columbiana Co., Ohio; Samuel, in Wellsville. Columbiana Co., Ohio; James, in East Township, Carroll Co., Ohio; Isaac, in Salineville, Columbiana Co., Ohio, and Joseph and Watson, both in Columbiana County, Ohio. Mr. Faloon came to Ohio in 1834, and purchased a farm, which was situated partly in Fox Township, Carroll County, and partly in Columbiana County. He resided on this land till his death, which occurred in 1865; in religion ho was a Presbyterian, in politics a Democrat. After his death his widow resided on the farm a few years, then married Pat McCormick, of East Township, Carroll County, who died in 1884; since his death she has resided in Salineville, Ohio, where she is greatly respected by all who knew her.
JAMES FALOON, a prominent and prosperous citizen of East Township, Carroll County, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, August 23, 1840, a son of Joseph and Agnes (Philpot) Faloon, and was reared to manhood in his native county, attending the district school, where he received a sound, practical education. He worked on his father's farm till he was twenty-four years old, and followed threshing for five falls in partnership with his father and brother Samuel; then returned to Salineville, where he teamed for four
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years. On May 20, 1869, he married Rebecca J. Shaw, who was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, June 27, 1847, a daughter of Thomas and Emily (Robbins) Shaw. Thomas Shaw was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1807, and in 1817 came to the United States and settled in what is now Augusta Township, Carroll County, where he grew to manhood and reoeived a common-school education. He married Miss Emily Robbins, who was born in 1807, a daughter of Abram and Hannah (Free) Robbins, and by their union there were born eight children, viz. : Abram, a farmer in Iowa; John R., resident of East Township, Carroll County; Elizabeth Faloon, deceased; Hannah Crawford, in East Township, Carroll County; Mary Cavanaugh, deceased ; Davis H., residing in Columbiana County, Ohio; Rebecca J., Mrs. James Faloon, a resident of Carroll County, and Susan Faloon, a resident of Columbiana County. Mr. Shaw resided in Augusta Township and in Harrison Township, Columbiana County, till 1851, when he came to East Township, Carroll County, and purchased the farm now owned by Uriah Thomas, where he remained till 1874, in which year he sold his farm and returned to Columbiana County, and there purchased a farm, only remaining thereon, however, a short time, when he removed to Salineville, Ohio. Here he died September 8, 1882; his wife died in 1865.
Mr. and Mrs. James Faloon are parents of four children, viz.: Joseph 0., born April 16, 1870; Thomas W., born July 29, 1873; James H., born December 25, 1880, and Samuel L., born December 13, 1882. Mr. Faloon, after his marriage, engaged in the milling business in
Salineville in company with his brothers, William and Isaac, and in 1872 he removed to Wellsville, Ohio, where he remained but a short time, however, and then removed to East Liverpool, Ohio, where he and his brothers took a contract to erect the Methodist Episcopal Church building, which took them over one year to complete, for which they received sixeen thousand dollars. He then returned to Salineville and went into the milling business
again. In 1877 Mr. Faloon purchased the farm he now owns, which contains 160 acres, situated in Section 21, East Township, and on which he has made many improvements. In politics he is a Democrat, and in religion he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.
FRANCIS WESTON, one of the most popular wide-awake business men of Minerva, Brown Township, Carroll County, a prosperous dealer in produce of all kinds, including grain, lumber, wool, etc., is a native of Augusta Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, born on the old homestead of his parents June 17, 1828. He attended the primitive subscription schools of his day, but when he was nine years of age he lost his father, and consequently, being the eldest son, he had to remain pretty closely at home in order to help his mother in the many chores to be done about the place. At the age of seventeen he went to Wheeling, W. Va., where he worked in the Anchor Iron Works, thence moved to St. Louis, at which place be assisted in the erection of the St. Louis Rolling Mill, afterward becoming manager of the manufacturing department, in which capacity he served about two and one-half years. He then returned to Wheeling and formed the firm of Weston & Co., proprietors of the Clinton Blast Furnace in Monongahela County. This firm became very successful, turning out a high grade of iron, and doing a large business, but at the end of two and one-half years Mr. Weston decided to retire. He then entered college at Mt. Union, and about
1855, his mother, having returned to Augusta Township, and located on the old homestead, he
joined her, and they together carried on the farm several years. In 1870 Mr. Weston came to Minerva and carried on business about one year, then went to East Rochester, Columbiana
County, where he remained seven years, at the end of which time, in 1878, he returned to
Minerva, since when be has been successfully engaged in his present business. In 1862 Mr.
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Weston was married to Caroline M., daughter of James and Elizabeth (Jackson) Morledge, early pioneers of Augusta Township, Carroll County, and to this union were born four children, as follows: Elizabeth H., wife of Leonard Dennis, a teacher of music; Jennie M., Grace E. and Mary L., at home. Elizabeth Morledge, mother of Caroline M. Weston, came from England to America in the year 1819. Her father, Francis Jackson, entered land at the land office at two dollars per acre, which land was in Augusta Township, Carroll Co., Ohio. Mrs. Morledge is still living on the farm bought by her father, and although eighty-four years of age she distinctly remembers the howling wolf and many adventures of the early settlers; deer were plentiful, and rattlesnakes and copperheads were abundant; hard work, danger and many privations were endured by all. William and Thomas Jackson, brothers of Mrs. Morledge, are still living in Minerva, and are witnesses of the growth and improvements of the country. James Morledge, eldest son of Roger and Mary Morledge, was born in England in 1811, came to America with his parents in 1821, was married to Elizabeth Jackson in 1832, and died in 1878. One brother and two sisters still living are all that is left of a family that numbered thirteen.
Francis Weston, father of our subject, about the year 1820 emigrated from his native county, Derbyshire, England, to America, and took up Government land in Augusta Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, arriving in the place when there were only three families in that section of the county, including his own, the other two being the Jack-sons and Watheys. The country was then a wilderness, and wild animals roamed the forest at large. On one occasion Mr. Weston had gone to Wathey's to buy some fresh meat, and on his way back through the forest he was chased by wolves, but fortunately he reached home in safety. He lived with his family in a small shanty, having puncheon floor and chimney made of sticks and clay. Mr. Weston had married at Wheeling, in 1821, Grace Moore, also a native of Derbyshire, England, who came
to America with her parents when she was a young girl, and by her he had seven children, six of whom grew to maturity, three being yet alive, and the subject of this sketch is the third child in order of birth.
Mr. Weston, of whom this memoir is written, was, in politics, originally a Whig, and has been a stanch Republican since the formation of the party, but in voting he does not consider himself bound by party ties. The family are all members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is district steward.
SIMON EARNST, a prominent and prosperous farmer and stock-grower of Monroe Township, Carroll County, was born September 19, 1823, in Cumberland County, Penn., a son of Daniel and Salome (Snyder) Earnst, both also natives of Cumberland County, the father born in 1799, of German descent, and the mother in 1797, a daughter of Henry Snyder. Daniel Earnst was twice married, and by his first wife, Salome, he had thirteen children, as follows: John, a resident of Pike County, Ill. ; Mary, deceased; Barbara, deceased; Simon; Henry, deceased; Jacob, in Illinois; Daniel, deceased; David, in Allen County, Ohio; Levi B., also in Illinois; Cassyan and Sarah, deceased; Andrew, in Allen County, Ind., and Oliver, deceased. After the death of the mother of this family, in 1862, Mr. Earnst was united in marriage, in 1863, with Elizabeth Graham, who bore him one son, George, now a resident of New York City.
Daniel Earnst in 1830 came to Ohio and purchased 160 acres of land in what a few years later became Harrison Township, Carroll County, and which land is now owned by David Leyda. Hereon Mr. Earnst, with the help of his neighbors, put up a log cabin, in which he lived till 18:51, when he purchased a farm near Malvern, Ohio, where he passed the rest of his lifetime, dying January 28, 1881. He was a member of the Lutheran Church until 1863, when he became a member and elder of the
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Presbyterian Church, and so continued the rest of his life. In politics he was a Democrat. When he came to Ohio all his earthly possessions consisted of a team of horses and a couple of wagons, and at the time of his death he was considered one of the wealthiest men in Carroll County.
Simon Earnst, of whom this sketch more particularly treats, grew to manhood on his father's farm in Harrison Township, and received his education at the common schools of the district. On August 2, 1849, he was married to Miss Jane Miller, who was born in Dell Roy, Carroll Co., Ohio, August 2, 1827, a daughter of Jacob and Jane (Thorley) Miller, natives of Cumberland County, Penn., and this union has been blessed with two children, Mary R. and Nancy, both living at home. Mr. Earnst soon after marriage purchased the farm now owned by William H. Buchanan, in Section 22, Monroe Township, where he resided till 1863, in which year he bought the farm he now owns, comprising 189 acres in Section 18, same township, and on which he has erected fine commodious buildings. He and his wife and daughters are members of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics he affiliates with the Democratic party.
JONAH QUEEN. It is safe to say that in Fox Township, or even in the whole of Carroll County, there lives no man who is better known or who stands higher in the estimation of the people than the above named gentleman. He comes of sturdy north of Ireland stock, his grandfather, Jonah Queen, having been born in County Donegal, May 5, 1753; his grandmother, Mrs. Jonah Queen, was born April 15, 1767, of German descent. When a young man the grandfather immigrated to America, locating in Virginia, where he reared a family of children, among whom was Samuel, the father of our subject. After a residence of several years in Loudoun County, Va., where he followed agricultural pursuits, Grandfather Queen moved to Ohio, and settled in Columbiana
County, where he and his wife died. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, one of the many colonists who fought for the establishment of this great Republic.
Samuel Queen, the father of the gentleman whose name opens this biographical memoir, was born in Loudoun County, Va., June 3, 1790, where be was reared and educated. He was married in Loudoun County, Va., in March, 1820, to Miss Mary Hesser, also a native of Virginia, born September 5, 1792, of German descent, and shortly afterward he and his young wife moved to what is now known as Fox Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, where he bought a farm of 160 acres of land, which had been entered by Samuel Morgan, who, however, was unable to pay for it. Mr. Queen paid the cash, and received from the Government a deed dated March 2, 1821. Here in the wilderness Mr. and Mrs. Queen set to work to make themselves a comfortable home, their dwelling for the first winter being a primitive log cabin, and in the spring of 1822 they built a new log cabin. The woods in those early days were teeming with wild animals and Indians, and the nearest neighbors of the Queens lived two miles away. Not long afterward Mr. Queen entered a farm of 240 acres, the deed for the same being signed by President Jackson. Eight children were born to this honored couple—two sons and six daughters. Mr. Queen, after a long life of usefulness, died, in May, 1840, on the old place he had settled, his widow passing away June 21, 1884. Samuel Queen was a volunteer in the War of 1812, and after serving out his term of enlistment—three months—he hired himself as a substitute for another man, and served three months more. After his death his widow applied for, and received from the Government, two land warrants for eighty acres each, which he sold; she also applied for and received a pension of eighty-eight dollars per month until her death.
Jonah Queen, the subject proper of this sketch, was born in Fox Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, September 12, 1823, and he has been one of the most prosperous and active citizens of
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his section for the past half century. He attended the old-time log school-house a few weeks during the winter months, the rest of the year being occupied with the arduous duties of the farm, and he became thoroughly conversant with all the details of agriculture. At the age of twenty-three he was married to Miss Catherine Robb, who was born August 15, 1825, in Jefferson County, Ohio, of German-Irish descent, and whose parents were honest farming people. To this union were born the following named children: Mary E., born September 5, 18.49, died November 20, 1868; Samuel George, born December 26, 1853, died August 8, 1885; William E., born July 2, 1856, died October 15, 1862; Tipton J., born October 3, 1858, and Willietta, born August 18, 1862, died May 29, 1890. Tipton J. is living at the parental home.
Mr. Queen owns a fine stock farm of 320 acres of land, all well improved and amply provided with necessary buildings, the large brick dwelling having been built in 1863. Mr. Queen pays special attention to the raising of blooded stock, such as Spanish Merino sheep, Shorthorn cattle, Clydesdale horses, etc. He and his wife have been members of the Methodist Church for nearly half a century; in politics Mr. Queen is a Republican, and has held several offices of trust in his township.
J. P. DUTTON, one of the well-known successful farmers of Orange Township, Car- roll County, is a native of Ohio, born in Delaware County, June 23, 1844. He was educated in the common schools, and reared to agricultural pursuits in both Tuscarawas and Carroll Counties. He early evinced a strong liking for literary pursuits, but circumstances demanded his early attention to the duties of the farm, and all his life he has been a tiller of the soil-a prosperous one, for he now finds himself in comfortable circumstances, well situated on bottom land by the sunny banks of the Conotton. Mr. Dutton was married, May 21, 1868, to Mary E. Benedum, who was born May
21, 1849, daughter of J. W. and Mary E. (Gartrell) Benedum, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this volume. To this union were born the following named nine children (six of whom are yet living), viz. : Ella M., born June 6, 1869; Carrie E., born May 15, 1871; Frank P., born July 5, 1873, died January 2, 1878, aged four years five months twenty-seven days; John P., born December 14, 1877; Harry G., born October 7, 1879; Eda V., born June 9, 1882; an infant unnamed, born July 30, 1886, died August 5, 1886; an infant unnamed, born August 11, 1887, died August 15, 1887, and Minnie, born August 23, 1889. The family are members of the Presbyterian Church, Mr. Dutton for many years, and he has always taken a lively interest in everything tending to the welfare of his county and township, both social and educational. He has been a life-long Republican, a leader in the party, and has often been solicited by his friends to accept office, but invariably refused.
JAMES BAXTER, one of the oldest living Imembers of the Baxter family who have Jplayed so important a part in the educational, religious and financial development of Carroll County, was born August 15, 1825, in Harrison Township, that county, in the neighborhood of the farm on which he now resides. His parents were Cornelius and Rebecca (Pillars) Baxter, former of whom was born near Baltimore, Md. , in 1784. Grandfather Pillars lived in Pennsylvania, where he was captured by Indians, and when he returned to his home he was so ravenously hungry, having been nearly starved, that he eat his shoe strings and the tops of his shoes, averring that he thought it the sweetest morsel he had ever tasted. He again went away and never re turned, nor was he ever heard of again.
Benjamin Baxter, grandfather of James, was a native of England, where he was married to Mary Durbin, who was born in the village of his birth. Shortly after their marriage they
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immigrated to America, settling near Baltimore, Md., where he passed from earth. Their children were as follows: Cornelius, James, Nicholas, Benjamin, John, Mary, Elizabeth, Rachel and Sarah.
Cornelius Baxter, father of our subject, moved from his native State to Washington County, Penn., where he remained till 1814, in which year he and his family came to Ohio, and entered a tract of land on what is now known as Baxter's Ridge, in Carroll County. This, with the assistance of his family, he cleared, succeeding in making excellent improvements. While a resident of Pennsylvania he had married Rebecca Pillars, who bore him the following named children: Elizabeth, Bethel, Rachel, Hester, Lydia, Sarah, Ruth, Cornelius, James, John and Elias. The father passed from earth in 1840, the mother in 1862, and they sleep their last sleep, side by side, in Baxter Church Cemetery. Mr. Baxter was one of the organizers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, donating the land on which stands the church building, in the erection of which he did a large share of the work. He was an active member of the society, and held all the offioes in the same at different times. He was a firm Republican, an enthusiastic friend to the cause of education, and for many years served as justice of the peace. Coming into Carroll County with but little means, he here succeeded in accumulating a comfortable competence by industry, perseverance and sound judgment.
James Baxter, whose name opens this biographical sketch, passed his youth on the home place, where he was early instructed in those principles of economy and work that have largely aided him in achieving success. Although in his boyhood days the schools were of a most primitive character, yet he acquired a fair knowledge of the English branches. On November 6, 1851, he was married to Iantha, daughter of John McCreery, of Rose Township, Carroll County, and they at once settled on the farm where they now reside, in Harrison Township, and which they have succeeded in improving to a marked degree. The following named children have been born to them: Findley, Amelia, Clarissa, Miner, Jefferson, Palmyra, Grant (deceased), Ruth, James M. and Elizabeth C. Mr. Baxter has, since his early manhood, held a deep interest in religious matters, and has always taken active part in the management and support of the society of which his father was one of the founders, giving liberally both of his time and means. Politically he was first a Whig, and, since the formation of the party, has been a zealous Republican.
SIMPSON McFADDEN. Perhaps no man in Fox Township, Carroll County, is better or more favorably known than the above named gentleman. He is the oldest pioneer now living in Mechanicstown, having moved here in the year 1843. Thus for nearly half a century has he witnessed the changes wrought by " the busy hand of time." Mr. McFadden's paternal grandparents were natives of Ireland, where they received their education, but, desirous of moving to a free country, they settled in America in the latter part of the eighteenth century, where Samuel MoFadden, father of our subject, was born. Samuel was an extensive farmer in Bedford County,Penn.,where he met and married Miss Sarah Connor, who is of German descent. Shortly after marriage Mr. McFadden moved with his family of five children to Kentucky, where the mother contracted a sickness and died. Mr. McFadden moved back to Pennsylvania, and was engaged in various occupations until his death, which occurred in 1863 in Illinois.
Simpson McFadden,the subject of our sketch, was born in Bedford County,Penn.,December 26. 1813. His early life was passed in 'Washing. ton County, Penn., where he attended the old subscription school winters and tilled the soil for his uncle in the spring and summer time. In his seventeenth year (in 1829) Simpson left the scenes of his boyhood days and proceeded to the Far West ; he settled in Ohio, moving about, how-
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ever, until 1832, when he commenced to learn the cabinet trade at Lancaster, that State. After learning the trade he moved to Peoria, Ill., where he worked one year, after which he returned to Ohio and looated in Washington Township, Carroll County, where he built a shop and continued to work at his trade. There he met and in 1837 married Miss Sarah McGee, who was reared in Jefferson County, of which county her parents were old settlers. In 1843 Mr. McFadden moved to Mechanicstown, where he farmed and also worked at his trade. Seven children were the result of the marriage, five of whom are now living, viz. : Holmes, Thomas, Simpson D., Caroline and Anna. Mr. McFadden has a farm of fifty acres in the town, which is productive and finely located. At the present time Mr. McFadden is the undertaker for the locality, which he has made his business exclusively since 1880. In religion he is a Presbyterian by profession. In politics is a Republican, having always voted that ticket. Of the many representative men of Carroll County none is more worthy of a place in its history than Mr. McFadden. He is unassuming, but he is one who has won his position among the few by patient, honest, manly dealings with his fellowmen, and now, in the evening of his active life, he is enjoying the fruits which he has justly earned.
FRANK DOWNS, one of the representative farmer citizens of Carroll County, first saw the light December 18, 1831, in what a few years after his birth became Brown Township, Carroll Co., Ohio. John Downs, his father, was a native of Maryland, of which State the family were long residents, and he and his brother, Alfred, came together to Ohio, where they entered adjoining tracts of land in what is now Brown Township, Carroll County. This they improved and resided on until their death. Soon after his arrival in Ohio, John Downs was united in marriage with Nanoy, daughter of John Rice, of Lee Township, Carroll County, and the children born to them were Harrison, Rebecca (Mrs. Solomon Miller), John, Cassandra, Eleanor, George and Frank, all now dead except Rebecca, John and Frank. The father died in December, 1864, the mother in March, 1875, both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he had been class leader many years; in politics he was first a Whig and then a Republican, was always active in public affairs, and materially assisted in promoting the advancement of his township in matters of religion, education and finance.
Frank Downs, whose name heads this biographical memoir, was reared to farm life, receiving his educational training in the common schools of the district. On May 13, 1855, he was united in marriage with Hannah, daughter of Edward Tillett of Brown Township, Carroll County, and this union has been blessed with eight children, of whom the following is a record: Leavitt M., born January 22, 1859, married December 16, 1882, Lulu D. Highlands, by whom there is one son, Floyd M.; Elmer E., born March 23, 1861, married January 23, 1883, Annie Smith, who has borne him one child, Edna; Charles F., born May 1, 1864, married December 14, 1889, Lillie M. Beckley by whom there is one son, Carl C. ; Nannie E., born June 25, 1806, married Frank Hines October 27, 1888, by whom there is one daughter, Lois; Ross G., born December 16, 1868; Mandy G., born September 3, 1872, died September 30, 1873, from the effects of a grain of corn lodging in the windpipe; Raymond D., born September 3, 1874, and Ira M., born February 18, 1877.
After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Downs located in Columbiana County, Ohio, where they remained two and a half years, when they came to Brown Township, Carroll County, where they resided eleven years, and in 1869 they purchased their present property in Harrison Township, comprising 192 acres of highly improved land, where Mr. Downs carries on general farming and stock-raising. They are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics he is a stanch and active Republican. During the Civil War Mr. Downs served in the
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One Hundred and Fifty-seventh 0. N. G., as the, following copy of his discharge attests: "That said Franklin Downs, private of Captain William B. Reed, Company (K), 157th Regiment of Ohio, State National Guards Volunteers, who was enrolled on the fifteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, to serve for 100 days, is hereby discharged from service of the United States this 2d day of September, 1864, at Camp Chase, by reason of expiration of time of service." He is a progressive farmer, and has always identified himself with everything tending to the advancement of the community at large.
CHARLES E. BENEDUM, retired, with residence in Leesville, Carroll County, Ohio, was born April 12, 1819,in Loudoun County, Va., a son of John Benedum, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this work. Our subject, when nineteen years of age, came to Ohio, and was employed in clearing and farming the home place for about six years. He then concluded to learn the tinsmithing trade, and in 1845 went to Washington, D. C., making the journey, which occupied seven days, on horseback. Soon after his arrival in the city he entered the employ of a tinsmith, and remained with him until he had fully mastered the details of the business, after which he worked as a journeyman until 1855, in which year he came to Ohio and opened a tinware and stove store in Leesville. This business he carried on until 1889, when he retired from active labor, leaving the business to his sons.
On February 20, 1849, Mr. Benedum was united in marriage with Miss Martina K. Boss, who was born August 17, 1826, in Loudoun County, Va., daughter of S. M. Boss, who in his lifetime was one of the leading merchants of Leesville. In early life Mr. Boss was married to Elizabeth Fox, who bore him the following named children: Mary, Margaret, Martina K., Jane, Julia, Virginia, Sarah and James. Mr. Boss in religion was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics was a Whig. On November 11, 1865, Mrs. Benedum passed from earth leaving five children, of whom the following is a record: Charles S., born December 3, 1849, died May 9, 1875; Franklin, born November 13, 1852; Thomas A., born August 20, 1855, died February 19, 1879; James H., born February 15, 1858, and William G., born May 17, 1860. On February 8, 1868, Mr. Benedum was united in marriage with Keziah Hall, who was born in Maryland July 25, 1824, and died September 28, 1873, leaving one child, Lillian, born September 3, 1869. Our subject was united in marriage May 26, 1874, with Sarah C. Aughey, who died January 15, 1888, leaving one child, Edgar A., who was born December 10, 1875, now in New York. On August 21, 1888, Mr. C. E. Benedum was married in Uhrichsville, Ohio, to Rebecca 0. Thistle, who was born in Cumberland, Md. In religion our subject is a Presbyterian, in politics a Democrat.
Z. BAKER. Carroll County, Ohio, is fully represented by many well-to-do, large, influential families, whose ancestors, being reared in the East and possessing great energy and perseverance, pushed themselves far to the West amid hardships, knowing not what failure meant, nor caring for little trials to which all mankind are more or less subjected. Among this class we find the Baker family, and among its individual members Z. Baker occupies a prominent position. He is one of three brothers who are among the foremost farmers of Orange Township. S. B. Baker (oldest brother) was born in Harrison County, others in Carroll County, and all three are of the representative substantial class.
Zachariah Baker spent his early days in Carroll County, and has been a citizen here ever since. He was born August 2, 1840, and after attending the schools in the neighborhood and working for his father on the farm until he reached manhood be married Miss Elnor J. Wilson, whose parents were natives of Pennsyl-
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vania, but came from Pennsylvania to Carroll County, Ohio. Mrs. Baker was born in Orange Township, Carroll County, January 14,1844, and her youthful days were spent among the rural scenery of her father's country home until she met and married Mr. Baker, January 5, 1865. She is a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Logan) Wilson, former of whom was born in Butler County, Penn., of Irish descent, and latter born in Washington County, Penn. ; the Logans were among the early settlers of Carroll County, and Mr. Wilson also came early to the county. Mr. and Mrs. Baker's family consists of three children, viz. : Al. L., born January 3, 1866; Anna May, born March 23, 1872, and Lizzie, born in 1878. Mr. Baker has a farm of ninety-one acres, situated about one mile north of New Hagerstown, and a mile and a half east of Leesville; this farm is provided with a fine residence and an elegant, substantial barn built in the year 1889. Mr. Baker, like his brothers, is a hard-working, industrious man, full of that perseverance and energy which means only success. Socially Mr. and Mrs. Baker are certainly prominent, and are surrounded by a host of friends.
DAVID MOODY, one of the well known, progressive farmers of Lee Township, Carroll County, was born September 28, 1825, in what is now Lee Township, Carroll Co., Ohio. His grandfather, James Moody, was a native of Ireland, whence he came to America while young. In Philadelphia he married Elizabeth Reed, also a native of Ireland, and the children born to this union were David, John, Joseph, Mary and Elizabeth; for his second wife he wedded Mary Herron, who bore him the following named children: James, Margaret, Alexander and Samuel. Mr. Moody followed farming in Pennsylvania, and in 1812 he came to Jefferson County, Ohio, where he entered land near Bergholz, near the Carroll County line, clearing it with his own hands. He was among the earliest members of the Seceder Church, and in politics he took a prominent part in the ranks of the Whig party. He died in 1847; his wife having gone to Iowa, she followed him to the grave in 1850.
David Moody, a son by the first marriage of James Moody, and who became the father of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Washington County, Penn., born October 19, 1781. He spent his early life in his native State, attending the common schools, and learning the trade of a tanner, which he followed through life. In 1809 he was married in the Keystone State to Mary, daughter of John Boyd, a native of Ireland and a Revolutionary soldier. In 1816 Mr. Moody came to Ohio and settled in Lee Township, Carroll County, where he died April 5, 1850, his wife having preceded him to the grave January 17, 1836; they lie buried at Carrollton. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church at that place; in politics he was a Whig, serving his township as trustee. Mr. and Mrs. Moody were the parents of the following named children: John B., Eliza, Martha (Mrs. James Brown), deceased; Nancy, Mrs. John McLaughlin; James, deceased; Sarah, deceased wife of George Wiggins; and David, whose name heads this sketch.
David Moody was reared On a farm, and received a good common-school education. Early in life he entered his father's tannery, where he learned the trade, which he continued for some years after the death of his father. On October 23, 1856, he was married to Eliza A. McLaughlin, of Lee Township, daughter of Robert and Nancy (Lindsay) McLaughlin, of Washington County, Penn., and the children born to this union were named as follows: Mary E., now Mrs. Thomas McFadden, of Fox Township; Nancy M.. now Mrs. John A. France, of Harlem, Ohio; Lillian G., now Mrs. Charles G. Fawcett, of Uniontown, Ohio; Martha J. and John Ross, latter of whom died February 16, 1876. The entire family are members of the Presbyterian Church at Harlem Springs, of which Mr. Moody has been an elder for several years past. In politics be has always been a
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supporter of the Republican party, since its organization, having previously been a Whig. He is in disposition kind, generous and enterprising, by his amiability and courtesy has won for himself a place in the affections of the people.
GEORGE GANS. Among the successful business men of eastern Ohio, the above Inamed gentleman justly holds a promi¬nent place. The town of Augusta, Carroll County, in which Mr. Gans has an extensive mercantile business, twenty years ago was a small hamlet, but through the energy and push of a few progressive men like our subject it has become an active, live town. The paternal ancestors of George Gans (as the name Gans indicates) were Germans, while on the maternal side the ancestry were Irish. John Gans, father of our subject, was born in Fayette County, Penn., November 7, 1794, the son of a farmer. At the age of twenty-one, in 1815, he came west and settled in what is now Harrison Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, where he entered a farm of 160 acres, and in the wilderness built a log house. Soon thereafter he married Miss Downs, by whom he had two children, Harriet and Elizabeth, but the angel of death ere long entered the little circle and took from the midst the faithful wife and good mother. The father found a new companion in the person of Miss Elizabeth Cook, a native of Columbiana County, Ohio, where she grew to womanhood on her father's farm; Mr. Cook was of German descent, and was one of the early pioneers of Columbiana County. A large family was the result of this union, of which our subject is the sixth in order of birth. After a long life of activity the father died in the fall of 1866, being about seventy-two years old.
George Gans, the subject proper of this biographical sketch, was born ill. Harrison Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, March 18, 1837. There he grew to manhood on his father's farm, attending the district school, and was inoculated with those principles which to a great extent
led to the degree of success which be achieved. On March 19, 1861, he married Miss Jane Cameron, who was born in Washington Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, December 15, 1837. Mrs. Gans is of Scotch-Irish descent, and her parents were among the earliest pioneers who came to this part of the county. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Gans settled on a farm in Washington Township, whence, after a residence there of five years, they moved to another farm; but desiring a change Mr. Gans, in 1869, came to Augusta, where he has ever since been actively connected with the mercantile business. In 1869 Mr. Gans formed a partnership for the transaction of a general business, and the firm was styled Crawford, Heston & Gans. In 1873 Mr. Crawford and Mr. Gans bought Mr. Heston's interest in the firm, the style of the firm becoming Crawford & Gans. In 1889 this firm was in possession of three stores, one room containing dry goods, groceries, notions, etc. ; another room containing ready-made clothing, piece goods, gents' furnishing goods, etc., and yet another room containing a general stock of hardware. This partnership had a quiet, peaoeable reign of twenty years, at the end of which time it was mutually agreed that they would divide —Mr. Crawford taking the dry-goods stock and building, and Mr. Gans the other two stores and buildings. In connection with this business Mr. Gans is also an extensive wool-buyer, and his success in life is due mainly to his close attendance to business. Starting as he did with a small capital, he certainly can claim to be called a " self-made man." Mr. and Mrs. Gans are members of the Presbyterian Church, being among the most active workers of that society, and in politics he is a Republican.
JESSE W. SHAW. At an early day Nathan Shaw, grandfather of this gentleman, came from Jefferson County, Ohio, to Carroll County, and took up his residence in what is now Washington Township, Carroll Co., Ohio. He was a native of Fay-
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ette County, Penn., born June 17, 1777, near Brownsville, where he married, May 15, 1802, Ruth Crawford, who was born July 25, 1782, a daughter of Josiah Crawford, of the same place. Nathan Shaw was engaged for a time in boat building on the Monongahela River, whence he emigrated to Ohio and located in Jefferson County, near Hollow Rock, and a few years thereafter they moved to Carroll County. They were among the first pioneers of Washington Township, which was at that time all wild woodland where roamed in comparative security many wild animals- bears, wolves, panthers, deer, etc. Here the honored couple passed the remainder of their lives. To their union were born six daughters and one son: Mary Shaw was born February 15, 1803, and was married in March, 1821, to George Long, who was accidentally shot and killed by his brother, Jacob Long, while hunting deer in Augusta Township (his was the first grave in the Herrington Cemetery, said Township), after which Mary Long married John Morgan and moved to Scioto County, Ohio, and died there November 26, 1870 . . . . Cassandra Shaw was born November 28, 1806, was married to Simeon Westfall, May 15, 1823, and died July 20, 1871. She preceded him to the grave a few years, and both are interred in Minerva Cemetery . . . . Elizabeth Shaw was born July 5, 1808, married to Robert Denniston, January 23, 1840, died November 13, 1877, and was buried in Corinth Cemetery at Mechanicstown, Ohio . . . . Christens Shaw was born March 27, 1810, was married to Joseph Caskey, September 30, 1830, died in September, 1886, and was interred in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Augusta Township . . . . Margaret Shaw was born April 12, 1812, was married to Silas Caskey, May 28, 1833, died September 3, 1836, and was interred in the Herrington Cemetery, in Augusta Township. . . . . Josiah C. Shaw was born October 30, 1816 . . . . Sarah Shaw was born March 21, 1819, was married to Peter Abrahams in 1842, and he dying she married Henry Tedler; she died in April, 1884, and was buried in Bethesda Cemetery, Franklin Township, Columbiana Co., Ohio. Ruth Shaw died October 13, 1836; Nathan Shaw died October 28, 1853, and both lie in the Herrington Cemetery, Augusta Township. Nathan Shaw was one of the best farmers of his section and time, he taking great pride in fruit growing, having one of the finest orchards in the county at that time. The public road passing through his premises was lined with black morella cherry trees; his apple orchard consisted of numerous varieties of the choicest kinds.
Josiah C. Shaw, the next youngest child, and the only son born to this honored pioneer couple, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, October 30, 1816. He attended the early subscription schools of the neighborhood a few weeks during the winter months, the balance of the year being occupied in the arduous duties of pioneer farming; wheat with them in those days was cut with the sickle and threshed with the flail, then hauled to the nearest market place, either Massillon or Bolivar, about thirty miles distant. Often in his boyhood Josiah would take a load of wheat, and after trading a part of it for groceries and other necessaries of life would return home the following day. On November 5 he was united in marriage with Miss Maria Walton, a native of Augusta Township, Carroll Co.. Ohio, born August 6, 1823, a daughter of Gabriel and Mary (Townsend) Walton, early settlers of said township.
Gabriel Walton was born of English descent, November 17, 1777, in Bucks County, Penn., and was married to Mary Townsend, March 12, 1801, at New Garden, in the then Territory of Ohio; she was of Welsh descent, born September 8, 1781, in Chester County, Penn. To this union were born eleven children-three daughters and eight sons: Edith Walton was born December 10, 1802, at New Garden, Ohio, and was married to John Wathey, of Augusta Township; Edith died August 18, 1890, at Petrolia, Penn. ; John died June 4, 1877, and both are buried in the Augusta Cemetery ....Bathsheba Walton was born May 16, 1804, at New