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CHAPTER XXII,
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ERECTION OF THE TOWNSHIP IN 1851 - ITS BOUNDARIES - EARLY SETTLEMENT ON THE EAST FORK-THE ENOCHS, CROWS, GRANDONS, MORRISES AND ARCHERS - THE CROW FAMILY AND THE INDIANS - THREE GIRLS KILLED - ADVENTURES OF TENAH CROW- OTHER EARLY PIONEERS - THE LAST INDIAN CAMP ON SAILOR'S RUN IN 1812 - RELIGION OF THE PIONEERS-LARGE FAMILIES - RELICS OF THE ABORIGINES-EARLY MILLS FIRST BRICK HOUSES - HUNTING ADVENTURE - THE YANKEE SETTLERS FIRST ORCHARDS IN THE TOWNSHIP -HARDSHIPS OF THE YEAR 1816- EARLY TOWNSII IP ORGANIZATION-TAXPAYERS OF 1833- ASA BARTON-PRACTICAL JOKES-EARLY SCHOOLS - GERMAN SETTLERS - VILLAGES - CARLISLE - EAST UNION CHURCHES.
THE commissioners of Noble County, on the first of May, 1851, erected Stock Township, making its boundaries as follows :
"Commencing on the seventh range line at the southwest corner of section 32 in township number 6 of range No. 7; thence east along the section lines to the southeast corner of section 26 in said township number 6 of range 7; thence north along section lines to the northeast corner of section 30 in aid township and range ; thence west along the said township line to the seventh range line ; thence south along the seventh range line to the , northeast corner of section 25 in township 7, range 8 ; thence west along section lines to the northwest corner of section 27 in said township number 7 and range 8; thence south along section lines to the south west corner of section 3 in township number 6 and range 8 ; thence east to the northwest corner of section number 4 in said township number 6 of range 8; thence south along the section line to the southwest corner of section 14 in said township number 6 of range 8; thence east along the section line to the seventh range line ; thence north along the seventh range line to the place of beginning containing 23 sections."
The first election in this township was held on the 12th of July, 1851, in obedience to an order of court, for the purpose of choosing one justice of the peace. Reuben Wood was elected, and on the 7th of August following he qualified and entered upon the duties of his office.
March 7, 1854, on petition of fourteen persons, sections 25 and 31 of Elk Township were annexed to Stock Township, by order of the county commissioners.
On the East Fork of Duck Creek, in the year 1806, was made one of the earliest settlements within the limits of Noble County, by families that had previously lived on Wheeling Creek, in Greene County, Pa.. and in western Virginia, near Wheel ing. These families were nearly
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all intimately related by marriages and intermarriages. They were the Enochs, Crows, Grandons and Morrises. Following them a few years later came the Archers, a numerous family.
Elisha, Henry, Enoch and Jesse Enochs were brothers. Their father's name was Enoch Enochs, and he also settled on Duck Creek after his sons had been here some years. He removed to the vicinity of Harriettsville and there died in 1835. He was in the Indian wars in West Virginia and eastern Ohio, and also a soldier of 1812. Enoch Enochs, Jr., married Margaret Tice, and lived near Harriettsville. In 1878 he removed to Tyler County, W. Va., where he died in 1886. Elisha Enochs and his brother Jesse lived in what is now Stock Township. There were several daughters of Enoch Enochs, Sr., who married before coming to Ohio, and nearly all settled in this vicinity. Hannah was the wife of Henry Grandon ; Elizabeth married Isaac Morris ; Rebecca became the wife of James Archer; Rachel, the wife of Frederick Crow ; Sally married Jesse Davis ; Lydia was the wife of Nathan Lincicum ; Phebe married Joseph Archer and Amy married Matthew Gray.*
Elisha Enochs was one of the most prominent pioneers. He settled on Duck Creek near where the village of Carlisle now stands, in the year 1806. The Enochs were of German
*These particulars were obtained from Henry Archer, of East Uniono a descendant of the Enochs family, and are doubtless correct. we have received statements from other parties, which vary from the above in some particulars.—ED.
descent. Elisha married Nancy Archer. At the time of their settlement, their nearest neighbors were fifteen miles distant. The Indians still occupied the country as a hunting-ground, and it abounded in game and fish of all kinds. Elisha Enochs manufactured powder in a small way, doing all the work by hand, and the settlers for miles around came to him to purchase it. On the morning after the family arrived in their new home they found themselves short of provisions, and Mr. Enochs shot a young bear on the ground where Carlisle now stands, to supply them with meat. The Enochs were veritable frontiersmen, and quite a number were killed or scalped by the Indians. Elisha and Nancy Enochs reared a large family which became scattered through Ohio and farther west. Their son Henry was born March 27, 1807, and is believed to have been the first white child born in the township. Like all frontiersmen, he early became accustomed to the use of the gun and lived almost entirely in the woods, doing very little farming. He mar-. ried Jane Miller, and entered land on Middle Creek near Middleburg, where he remained until about 1848, when he removed to Lawrence County, Ohio, where he died April 2, 1886. He reared a large family. Five of his sons were in the late war, and the family was represented in almost every important campaign of the Rebellion. The sons who were in the service were John M., a captain ; Elisha, corporal ; W. H., brigadier-general ; A. O., captain ; and Ohm,
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lieutenant. The Enochs were nearly all Methodists. In politics they were Whigs and Republicans. Elisha Enochs, Sr., was the first justice .of the peace in the old township of Enoch, in Monroe County, which was named after the Enochs family. He was treasurer of Monroe County in 1827-8, and one of the county commissioners in 1829. He was a Methodist class-leader forty years or more. Toward the end of his life he became blind.
Enoch Enochs, Sr., was somewhat noted as a hunter. He was a man of great ingenuity, especially as a gunsmith. He also made bedsteads and other kinds of furniture. The Enochs generally were men of strong physical development.
Bernard Grandon settled on the creek. His sons were Enoch, Matthew, William and Bernard, all of whom lived here and reared families, and their descendants are still here.
William Grandon was a true type of that now extinct race—pioneer backwoodsmen. He was rough and uncouth in appearance, and uncultivated in speech and manner; but, for all that, a warm heart beat beneath the hunting shirt of the old pioneer, and he was a true man. He could easily be imposed upon, for he had a childlike faith in human nature. Every man was his friend until he abused his confidence. He was strong physically, and very industrious. He accumulated a comfortable property, but lost nearly all of it and became financially embarrassed through his kindness in giving surety for his friends and neighbors. The brick house erected by Grandon was the first in the Duck Creek region.
Isaac Morris, whose descendants still live in the county, came with the Enochs and the Grandons. He was a most worthy man—somewhat peculiar in some things, but very honest in everything. He settled on the creek above Carlisle. The farm is still in the Morris name.
The following incident of pioneer life, although it did not occur in this county, is a part of the history of a family who were among the earliest settlers of Stock Township, and whose descendants are still living in the county.
On Wheeling Creek, Greene County, Pa., lived the family of Jacob Crow. In the vicinity of their cabin the settlers had erected a block-house for their defense, which was known as Ryerson's Station. In the spring of 1791, on Easter Sunday, four of Crow's daughters started to walk to the station. The day was warm and pleasant. When about half way there they met their brother Michael, on horseback, it being his custom to visit the blockhouse once or twice a week, to learn the news. He tried to persuade his sisters to return home with him, but they decided to go on. About twenty rods farther there was a large rock by the side of the road. When three of the girls reached this rock, three Indians stepped from behind it and stopped them. The youngest girl, Tenah Crow, then about ten years of age, was about fifteen rods behind the others, and on seeing the Indians,
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supposed them to be negroes, and, felt no alarm. Approaching them she discovered her mistake and was also captured. The Indians led them up a hill nearly a mile distant, and then halted to hold a council. The girls, believing that they would be killed, also talked with each other and decided to try to escape. They agreed to start, all at once, and run in different directions. They accordingly ran. Tenah had gone but a short distance when a tomahawk struck her on her back and knocked her down upon her hands and knees. As she arose she saw one of her sisters struggling with an Indian. She ran a short distance to a hollow, or ravine, which she followed down to her home in safety. The news was told and men soon gathered for the purpose of pursuing the Indians. Sufficient force was not collected until the next morning. Then search was made .and two of the girls were found lying near together, both scalped and dead. A trail of blood led to the spot where the other sister lay. She was scalped and bleeding, but still alive. She was taken home where she died nine days later, having been unconscious all that time.
Tenah Crow afterwards became the wife of John McBride, who owned the land on which Carlisle now is, and died in Noble County. Martin, a brother of the murdered girls, after being a pioneer in Pennsylvania and Virginia, settled and died in the vicinity of Carlisle. As might be expected he was a life-long enemy to the red man. His brother Frederick settled in the western part of Monroe County, where he died. The Crows were contemporaries with Martin and Lewis Wetzel and were with them on some of their noted expeditions. Martin Crow once had part of his ear shot off by an Indian. Frederick Crow had his arm broken by a shot from an Indian's rifle. John Crow, their brother, was killed by the Indians. Martin was employed as a hunter to kill meat for the surveyors of the first seven ranges of townships in Ohio. He owned the Israel Danford farm near Carlisle. He married Elizabeth Cackler, a sister to the wife of James Farley. Peter Crow and Mrs. John N. Smith are his children.
James Farley married Mary Cackler, and John Nisswonger married her sister Suan. The remainder of the Cackler family settled on the Western Reserve. The three mentioned were married in Pennsylvania.
Matthew Gray settled on the creek, and his descendants are still in the county. He was strong physically, and as a neighbor good-natured and obliging. Nathan Lincicum was. an early settler of the township. His son James is still living. John McBride, who settled where Carlisle now is, was an early settler and a very industrious and active man. His sons were William and John, better known as " Jack." The latter went to California, where he was killed by a well caving in upon him.
James Archer, of Irish descent, came from Greene County, Pa., where he was born in 1779, and set-
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tled in Stock Township, on the East Fork of Duck Creek, in 1809. With him he brought his family of six sons and five daughters. They came on horseback, cutting their own road a portion of the way. Soon after their arrival, a heavy freshet raised the waters of the creek to such an extent that their cabin was in imminent danger of being washed away. The family took refuge in the loft of their cabin and kept warm by keeping coals in a kettle. James Archer and several of his sons were successful hunters. James, Jr., served in the War of 1812. His father hauled goods from Barnesville for Robert McKee, at Olive. He made the first trip with a wagon, cutting his own road. The sons of James Archer were James, Joseph, Michael, Simon, Jacob and Nathan. James married Rebecca Enochs and spent his life in this county. He was the father of ten children. Joseph married Phebe Enochs, a sister of James' wife. They' had thirteen children. Michael married Rhoda, daughter of Bernard Gran- don, and was the father of thirteen children. Simon married Rhoda, daughter of Henry Enochs, and had fifteen children. Jacob married Sally Grandon. He was the father of twenty-three children by two wives. Nathan married Rebecca Morris. They had thirteen children. From these families are descended the Archers, who are numerous in Ohio and throughout the West. The daughters of James Archer, Sr., were Nancy, wife of Elisha Enochs ; Rachel, wife of George Hupp ; Polly, wife of John Moore ; Elizabeth, wife of George Harris ; and Susan, wife of John Tribble. The last named lived in West Virginia. The others all lived in this vicinity. The males of the Archer family all settled in the ame neighborhood and remained here until they died. Their descendants in many instances still occupy the land which they entered. The Archers, as well as many others of the early settlers, managed to secure farms for all of their children.
Jacob McCollum, one of the early settlers, remained only a few years, then sold out and moved west.
Among the early settlers of Stock Township was William Young. He emigrated to this section with his family in the fall of 1825, and entered a section of land near East Union. He was born in Rhode Island. His parents were of Scotch nativity, and came to the United States some time before the Revolution. The children of William Young were Celia, Thomas J., William J., Mary A., Henry J., Robert, George, John Q. and Arnie, only three of whom are now living, Henry J., John Q. and Celia Beemer.
William Smith, who lived on the East Fork, was quite an early settler, and a most excellent man. His wife, who lived to he nearly a hundred years old, was an admirable type of the pioneer woman, and was much esteemed. The family came from Belmont County to Malaga, Monroe County, and thence, some years later, to Duck Creek. Smith became well-to-do, and reared a large family.
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The early settlers of this township were among the earliest in the county. They were located along the East Fork of Duck Creek and its branches, and, beginning about three miles below Carlisle, they were Enoch Grandon, Jacob Sailor, Enoch Enochs, Elisha Enochs, John McBride, Martin Crow, Isaac Morris, the Archer and Enochs families, Jacob Archer, Simon Archer, Michael Archer, Joseph Archer, James Archer and Jacob McCollum.
John McBride was one of the earliest settlers, and erected one of the earliest mills in the settlement. His wife was Tenah Crow, sister of Martin Crow, the hunter.
Sailor's Run, a stream flowing into Duck Creek, about two miles below Carlisle, is so named after Jacob Sailor, an early settler on this stream. Jacob Sailor's wife was Esther Crow, a sister to the Crow girls, who were killed by the Indians near Wheeling, in 1791. On Sailor's Run was the last Indian camp in this part of the country. It was occupied by a party of Indian hunters in 1812. None were ever seen here after that year, all deserting the country to engage in war.
Jacob Sailor is aid to have built the first hewed log house on the creek. He sold out to William Smith prior to 1830, and removed to Indiana. Smith came from Monroe County.
James Farley, one of the early pioneers, was born in South Carolina in 1777. His parents removed to Virginia when he was quite young, and thence to Greene County, Pa. There, in the year 1800 he married Mary Cackler, who was born in 1783. They had eleven children: Susannah, William, Isaac, Elizabeth, Ezekiel, Nancy, Silas, Isaiah, Joshua, Annie and Joseph. The last four were born in Monroe (now Noble) County. The family came to this county in 1815, and after being here about two years brought out their father and mother, David and Mary (Aiken) Farley.
James Farley was a thorough temperance man — such were rarely found in early years, when whisky was a popular beverage. The family were prominent Methodists and he was class-leader many years. He died May 7, 1854, in his seventy-seventh year, and his wife in 1859, at the same age.
Silas Farley, a well-known old resident, was born in Greene County, Pa., in 1814, and came to Ohio with his parents when ten months old. In 1833 he married Elizabeth Rhodes, by whom he had seven children: James S., who died at the age of three years ; Susannah (Rodecker), George W., Mary M. (first married to a Calland and second to Heiddleston), Charles W., Joseph H. and Henry W. Mr. Farley followed farming for several years, but for twenty years has been engaged in butchering in Summerfield. For fifteen years he has also dealt in live stock and farmed also. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Farley has been a licensed local preacher in the church for forty years and has preached far and near. He preached in Olive, before Caldwell was pro-
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jected. He is a Republican and an earnest one. Three of his sons— George, Charles Wesley and Joseph — were in the late war, Wesley serving three years.
Among the early settlers there was just as wide a divergence of religious belief as exists to-day. There were men of all creeds and of no creed. The family of Elisha Enochs were noted Methodists, and one of the sons, Abraham, was one of the most celebrated backwoods preachers in this region of country. He was eccentric, awkward, uncultured, plain and blunt in his speech, and yet earnest and effective.
Through the efforts of Elisha Enochs, James Farley and Isaac Morris, the earliest church in this part- of the country was organized.
The first generation of Archers were Catholics, and most of them held to that faith for many years. Michael Archer remained through life one of the pillars of the Catholic church. II is brothers, Simon and Nathan, were also Catholics. Three other brothers — James, Joseph and Jacob — became Methodists. Their sisters were all Methodists. Michael Archer was the founder of St. Michael's Catholic church.
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the early settlers was the size of the families which they reared. One example will suffice. In seven families near Carlisle were over ninety children. The names of the heads of the families and the number of their children, as nearly as can now be recollected, were as follows: Elisha Enochs. 16 children ; John McBride, 10 or more; Isaac Morris, 11 ; James Farley, 11; Martin Crow, 10; Eli Curtis, 14 ; Daniel Mallett, 17.
About 1818, Nicholas Gasaway erected a small mill. It was at first arranged only to grind corn. It was of a primitive style. The millstones were obtained near Summer- field. John Biven put in a bolt, and the mill was arranged so that wheat could be ground. Eli Curtis and Asa Barton had horse mills early. Many of the early settlers had hand-mills.
Many of the early settlers wore garments of deerskin, and some are yet living who recall the days when "buckskin breeches" and moccasins were in fashion. Barnesville was the nearest trading point until Olive, and afterward, Summerfield, came into being. Powder was a much needed article, squirrels being so numerous that raising corn was impossible, unless the farmer or his boys spent a good deal of time in shooting them. James Archer made powder for the use of himself and neighbors.
Eli Curtis built the first brick house in the township, in the year 1828. John Biven did the carpenter work for him. In those days a brick building was looked upon as an unprecedented piece of extravagance. Martin Crow, Enoch Grandon, William Smith and John McBride erected brick houses from 1836 to 1840. James Archer (of Joseph) erected the first brick house near East Union about 1841.
The following was related to the writer by an old resident :
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Among the earliest settlers and pioneer hunters of the East Fork were -Martin (lmw and Enoch Enochs, who lived in the vicinity of Carlisle, and hunted through all the surrounding country. Crow was a veritable backwoodsman, skilled as a hunter and trapper. lie was hired by the month by the elder Enochs to hunt and kill fur-bearing animals and beasts of prey, and so great was the revenue derived from the sale of the skins and the bounties paid for the scalps of certain animals, that his employer found the business quite profitable. In one of their hunting expeditions Martin and Enoch got a. hear in a sink-hole, in Which there was three or four feet of water. A log lay across the pool of water, and _Martin, in attempting to cross upon it, by some means lost his footing and fell, coming down astride of the bear's back. Here was an unpleasant situation, but the old hunter. Taking equal to the emergency. Takin a firm a hold of the bear's neck on each side, he kept the animal's head upright to prevent being bitten. The water was not so deep that Martin could not stand on the bottom, but the Dear was swimming, and Martin held on and rode him around the pool several times.. Enoch, standing and watching the performance, dared not lire at the bear for fear of wounding his companion. Martin at length succeeded in getting the bear's head in a favorable position, and ordered Enoch to lire. The latter blazed away, his shot took effect, and the hunter was speedily released from his unpleasant predicament.
The first. of the Yankee settlers was Eli Curtis, a wide-awake, progressive man. lie came from Massachusetts in 1816, and was one of the first in the township to occupy a hill farm. About the same time came Sylvanus Baldwin. Other Yankee settlers who came in 1820, or earlier, were Asa, Eli and Jonas Barton John Biven, Ezra Curtis and Jonathan Curtis, the father of Eli. Daniel Blake, from Maine, was a sun maker, who settled early near Carlisle. He committed suicide by taking laudanum.
Eli Curtis had an early horse-mill, also a distillery.
In 1820 John Biven, from Massachusetts, settled on the farm where his son Jesse S. Biven now lives. He was a man of intelligence, and served many years as justice of the peace. He was also a local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal church,
Among the methods adopted by the early settlers for obtaining money with which to pay for their lands, were the making and selling of maple sugar; digging and marketing ginseng and snake-root ; killing wild turkeys and deer and disposing of their carcasses in Marietta. Some also derived considerable revenue from bounties paid for wolf scalps, and from the sale of the skins of animals.
The early settlers had no orchards, and to obtain apples they went to the Yankee settlement in the vicinity of Lower Salem, Washington County, getting a supply in the fall and paying for them with maple sugar in the following spring. Martin
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Crow and Joseph Archer, probably, Bail the first orchards in the township which were planted prior to 1820. John Biven set out trees in 1820 which he brought from Barnesville. Some of them are still living and producing apples. One of the trees once bore a hundred bushels of apples in one year. At least,- there were over eighty bushels by actual measurement, and it was estimated that not less than twenty bushels had been fed to the hogs before the harvesting began.
Asa Nisswonger was born in Greene County, Pa., in 1811. He came to Ohio with his father, John Nisswonger, and family in 1813, arriving and settling where Carlisle now is; September 13. Mr. Nisswonger has probably lived longer in Stock Township than any other man now living. Ills father died in 1830. He was the father of eight children, our of whom are still living, all in this county — Mary (Miller), Susannah ( Barnes), Asa and John.
About 1816 the road district extended from Carlisle to Woodsfield. A road had then been " bushed out" between those two points, and there was a trail leading to where East Union now is, and thence to Bates' mill.
The year 1816 was unusually severe upon the early settlers. There was some frost every month in the year. The scanty crops were rendered still less than usual, and many families were Compelled to depend largely upon game for food. In 1818, on t he 2d of February, came the heaviest fall of snow ever known in Ohio. From sunrise to sunset twenty-six inches fell. Then came a heavy thunder storm and rain, clearing off cold. A crust formed upon the snow thick enough to bear a horse. The snow remained until May.
Wolves were very numerous and troublesome for - many years. Silas Farley, whose father Caine to the township in 1815, recalls hearing a disturbance among the cattle of his uncle, Martin Crow. his father went out to investigate, and the cattle fled, greatly frightened, into Mr. Crow's yard. There it was discovered that a heifer had been attacked and badly torn by wolves. It was very rarely that they touched cattle, but sheep had to be guarded constantly.
March 4, 1822, the commissioners of Monroe County erected the township of Franklin, composed of the sixth township in the seventh range. Twelve sections of the present township of Stock were therefore included, and two of the present township of Elk.
The genesis of Stock Township is as follows: Sections 25 to 36 inclusive, of township 6, range 7, formerly belonged to Franklin Township, Monroe County; sections 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 13 and 14, of township 6, range 8, to Enoch Township, Monroe County, and sections 25, 26, 27, 34, 35 and 36, of township 7, range 8, to Union Township, Monroe County.
In the Franklin portion of the township were the following owners of real estate in 1833, as is shown by
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the Monroe County tax duplicate for that year — the earliest now on record :
John Biven, Asa Barton, Daniel Blake, Eli Curtis, Ezra Curtis, Jonathan Curtis, Benjamin Forshey, John Gilleanor, Nicholas Gasaway, Enoch Grandon, Joshua Richardson, James Rownd, James M. Rownd, William Smith, Thomas Stockwell, Rufus Merry.
In the six sections which came from Union Township were the following property owners in the same year : Nathan Archer, James Archer, Sr., Joseph Archer, Michael Archer, Jacob Archer, Simon Archer, James Archer, Jr., George Brown, Martin Crow, William Campbell, David Cunningham, Henry Enoch's heirs, James Farley, Thomas Lanam, Isaac Morris, John Nisswonger's heirs, Ruth Osborn, Patrick Reppard, William G. Sbankland, James Tuttle, William Young.
In the sections which formerly belonged to the old township of Enoch, the taxpayers were as follows : Elisha Enoch, Jesse Enoch, Nathan Archer, Bernard Grandon, William Smith and John McBride.
The foregoing names embrace those of all the landholders of the township in 1833 and are an authentic list of its early settlers, with an occasional non-resident among them.
Jesse Davis, who lived near Harriettsville, was a brother-in-law of Isaac Morris. Davis was no hunter, but Morris was very successful with the gun. One day David solicited the aid of his brother-in-law in obtaining a supply of wild meat for the family. As they were going a hill on James Farley's farm, Mavis saw an object some distance ahead, and pausing asked, " Who in this neighborhood has a black cow?" " Nobody," returned Morris. " But there is one ahead." " Where "Right down there," said Davis, pointing with his finger. Morris' eyes rested for a moment on the " black cow," then his gun was quickly brought to his shoulder, and an instant later a huge black bear was struggling in the throes of death.
In a small log building below Carlisle, James Rownd taught school in the winter of 1814. Mulholland. Mitchell, Atkinson, Robert Crawford and David Rowe were other early teachers.
Other early schools were taught in the old log meeting-house near Carlisle. Later a log school-house was built on Nicholas Gasaway's farm, where Church Tuttle was the first teacher. Carlisle has long maintained excellent schools. The present school-house is a large two-story building.
On the hill west of Carlisle, in 181n. Nathan Lincicome killed the last elk ever seen along the creek.
Soon after the Enochs and the Grandons, Thomas and Solomon Forshey and David Sutton settled above Carlisle. They left the country in early years.
Among the present inhabitants of the township are about forty-five German voters. They are thrifty and industrious citizens and have made commendable progress since
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their coming. The German immigration began about 1840.
The township contains some of the most valuable and best improved farms in Noble County.
The history of the Archer family has been so fully detailed elsewhere in this chapter that farther mention of any other member of the family is unnecessary. Martin V. Archer was born on a farm adjoining the one where he now resides in 1840. His father, Elijah, reared a family of ten children, nine of whom are living : Martin V., Nancy G. (Warfield), Sebastian, Robert, Rhoda (deceased), Matilda, Martha (Bates), William, Charles, Mary O. (Crumb). Martin V. has been twice married ; his first wife, Tabitha J. Shipley, died in 1868 ; one child— Nancy E. (Coleman). His second wife was Miss Sarah J. Riddle, whom he married in 1869. They have an adopted son, Cassius M. Carpenter, an intelligent and worthy young man. Mr. Archer is a stock-grower, and resides on the farm first settled by his Uncle William. He is a worthy member of the Catholic church.
Absalom Archer was born in Noble County in 1820. He married Miss Rhoda, daughter of George Swaney, a, soldier of the War of 1812. They had a family of seven children: Isaac, Adaline, George W., John, Nancy A., Andrew J. and Aaron. Isaac was a member of Company G, One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died in the service. Adaline was twice married, first to Harvey Smith, who died in the army, a member of Company G, One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Her second husband was Thomas McGovern. George W. married Mary Wakley. John is dead; Nancy, deceased. Aaron was born in Stock in 1844, married Miss Dorcas C. Riddle. They have four children: Isaac, Columbia A., Arthur and Sarah N. Mr. Archer belonged to Company G, One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Regiment. He was at Chattanooga, Tenn., and was injured by the explosion of an arsenal, in which six were killed.
John Enoch, grandson of Elisha Enoch, the pioneer, was born in Stock Township, November 28,1835. His father, Abraham, was born in 1810 and now resides in Riley County, Kan. John Enoch married Miss Martha Morris, in 1856. They have four children : James L., Nancy
A. (McCalley), Elizabeth C. and Charles M. Mr. Enoch was a member of the One Hundred and Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out in. June, 1865, on account of disability. He is a prominent member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and a respected citizen.
Daniel Bates was born in 1803 and married in 1827 Miss Jane Heddleson. They reared a family of six children. About 1837 he entered 340 acres of land in Stock Township, upon which he still resides. He has officiated as township trustee. He and his wife were among the original members of the Pleasant Hill Methodist Episcopal church. Isaac Bates was born near Sarahsville, Noble County, in 1829, and was
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married in 1849 to Miss Hannah Lowe. She died December 5, 1884. April 4, 1886, Mr. Bates was again married, to Mrs. I larriet Riddle. Mr. Bates was a soldier in the War of the Rebellion as a private in the One Hundreth and Ninety-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Mr. Bates owns a portion of the old homestead and is one of the prosperous farmers of the township; is a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he has been a steward for twenty years.
John King was born in West Vir ginia, in 1800. He came in 1815 and settled on what is known as the Smith farm, in Stock Township; he became the owner of five hundred acres of land near East Union. He died in 1877, aged seventy-seven years. His wife died in 1879. Their children were Samuel, Nancy, John, Elijah, Nelson, Hannah. William and Martha. Samuel was born in 1825, and married in 1847 Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Snyder. They have twelve children: Martha, John W.. Michael J., James S , Melissa, Albert, Charles II., Robert S., Abraham, Josephine, Ruth A. and Lucy B.
Samuel enlisted in the One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company G, and was discharged September, 1865 ; is a prosperous farmer and a good and valuable citizen.
Michael Riddle was born in Fayette County, Pa., September 9, 1813. In 1816 his parents, Moses A. and Mary, moved to Mississippi, raised a crop. and gathered it. The Indians became very hostile, and they were compelled to leave everything they had. They came to Ashland, Ohio, where he entered 160 acres of land. In 1820 the family removed to the vicinity of Sarahsville, Noble County, Ohio ; thence to Middleburg, where the elder Riddle was elected justice of the peace. The location not being a satisfactory one, t he family returned to Ashland, Ohio, in 1833, where he bought 160 acres of land. In 1839 he moved to Holmes County, Ohio, entered eighty acres of land, and in 1841 returned to Noble County, Ohio; and after several changes, settled near Fulda, where he lived until he died, in 1847. His wife died in 1857. Both were exemplary members of the Christian church.
Michael Riddle, son of Moses A. Riddle, was married May 7, 1840, to Miss Susannah Lindcicome. Eight children have been born to them— Mary A. (Crandon), Phebe E. (Morrison), Sarah J. (Archer), Cordelia (Archer), Michael, Jr. (died February 19, 1887), Almond, Leonard, Martha A. (died March 12, 1861). Mr. Riddle commenced life in a pioneer cabin, and on a farm of forty acres. To this he made additions, until he now owns 203 acres of valuable land which is unincumbered. He has always token a marked interest in educational matters. Both be and his wife are worthy members of the Christian church. Nathan Lindcicome, the father of Mrs. Riddle, came from Eastern Virginia, and settled in Noble County, Ohio. He bought forty acres of land near East Union, and lived there until his decease, which was February 28, 1845.
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He was in the War of 1812, and was a noted hunter. He killed the last hear that was ever seen in Noble County, near the residence of Mr. Riddle.
James Calland came from Scotland to this county about 1819 with his parents, Joseph and Elizabeth. They settled near Summerfield, where the elder Calland died in 1832. His wife lived until 1879, when she died at the remarkable age of ninety-four years. They were prominent Methodists. James Cal- land married Miss Ara A. Ogg. By this union there were three children — Robert, Mary E. (Wilson) and Sarah E. (Bell). Mrs. Calland died in 1848, and in 1853 he was again married to Miss Lucy Stanley. They had four children—Diantha A.(King), Clement (dead), Mary C. (dead), Urana (dead). Soon after his first marriage Mr. Calland sold his farm near Summerfield, and bought the place he now owns in Stock. He is a member of the United Brethren church, in which organization he is a local preacher. Joseph Calland, Jr., was married in 1868 to Miss Hester A. Osborn. They have three children - Wilbur, Lillie and Eliza A. November 6, 1863, Mr. Calland enlisted in the Ninety-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was with Sherman in his '' march to the sea," and all the engagements in which his regiment participated but one. He has served his fellow townsmen as trustee ; is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and the Grand Army of the Republic.
Henry W. Heidelsheimer, merchant at Carlisle, was born in Germany in 1830, and came to Noble County in 180, where he has since resided. He enlisted in August, 1861, in Company G, Seventh West Virginia Infantry. He was promoted to second lieutenant in September, 1862 ; resigned in February, 1864; re-enlisted in March, 1865, in the One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry ; and was discharged in October, 1865. Mr. Heidelsheimer is among the most prominent merchants of the county.
Philip Snyder, still living at the age of eighty years, came from Germany in 1833, and after living some years in Wheeling, removed to this County in 1840. He began right in the woods, but succeeded in securing a good farm, good buildings, a fine orchard, etc., as the reward of his industry. He has been married twice. His first wife was the mother of Mary, Catharine, John, Henry, Matilda and Elizabeth. In 1843 he married Eva, daughter of John Schoeppner.
Henry Snyder was born in 1846 on the farm where he now resides. In 1873 he married Mary, daughter of John Stenernagel ; children: Alexander and Antonia. Mrs. Snyder died in 1880, and in 1883 he married Eva, daughter of Valentine Vogel, of this county ; children : Leonard, Rosa.
John Bramhall, son of Robert Bramhall, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1833. His father was a native of Columbiana County, thence removed to Belmont, where he died in 1842, leaving his widow
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and live children: William, Edward, Cornelia A.. Robert (who died in the army) and John. John came to this county in 1842, and was married in 1853 to Miss Sarah A. King. They have a family of eight children: William R.. Robert L.. Mary A., Martha (Thompson), Ida (Hare), Minnie. John W. and Charles F. Mr. Bramhall was a member of Company G. One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Regiment, holding the position of first lieutenant, and he was mustered out of the service in June of 1865. He has served his fellow townsmen as trustee for two terms, besides filling several minor offices. At this time he is one of the magistrates of the township. For thirty years he has been a worthy member of the Masonic fraternity.
John G. J. Smith came from Monongahela County, Va., about 1849 and settled at Carlisle, where he resided until 1875, when he removed to Monroe County, Ind., where he owns a fine farm of 420 acres. His children were Louia (Rhodes), Caroline (Williams), Irwin, Mary E. (Stevens), Harriet (Curtis), Columbia (who was twice married, first to Church I lesson ; she then beCame Mrs. William McConnell); Nancy and Adelaide (both died in in fancy), Helen (McConnell), Charles, Ida (Tage) and Iret.
The elder Smith was a thoroughgoing farmer and held many township positions, which he filled creditably. He was a pronounced temperance man and a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Irwin was a private ill the Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio V, teer Infantry. Iret was born in and in 1872 married Miss Mary J. Price; two children: Alice L. and Mary I. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
John Hesson, son of William Hesson, was born in 1826 and came te Noble County in 1847, settling near Carlisle. His father came in 1846 and settled near Middleburg, where remained about fifteen years, when he returned to Belmont, where he engaged in the milling business. After about five years he returned to Noble and purchased a farm neat Carlisle, where he resided until decease in 1882, leaving his widow and seven children. John Hesson was married November 4, 1847, to Miss Louisa Tuttle, of Monroe County. She died in 1868, and in 1872 he was again married to Miss Maria Mullett. He was a member of Company E, Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and for disability was discharged in the fall of 1862.
G. C. Van Fosen was born in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1838, and came to Noble County in 1843. In 1858 he married Miss Sarah, daughter of Joseph Foreshey. They have eight children: Martha (Slack), George B,, Joseph, Amanda (Crum), Willard, Charles, Samuel and Silas. Mr. Van Fosen is a worthy member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows' organizations, and a successful farmer.
Richard Warfield came from Monroe County to Noble in 1832. He married Miss Nancy, daughter of
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William Smith, in 1832, and reared a family of eight children: William S., James, John, Nelson, Mary A. (Dailey), Sarah E., Lydia J. and Mathias. The elder Warfield was a teacher and physician. He also followed his trade, that of silversmith and stone-mason. He was beside a practical surveyor and farmer. He died in 1856, aged fifty-two years. James Warfield married, in 1855, Mliss Elizabeth, daughter of Nathan Archer. They had a family of ten children: Mary, Emoretta, Francis A., Cordelia J. (Crum), Charles E., Sarah E., Richard O., Nancy M., Ida Estella, Cary E. Mr. Warfield is a progressive farmer and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a very reputable and valued citizen.
John Mason was born December 2, 1822, in Greene County, Pa. In 1826 the family removed to Belmont County, Ohio. In his father's family there were twelve children: William, Henry, Elisha, Mary, Eliza, George, James, Sarah Jane, Samuel, Rachel, Francis M. and John. The elder Mason was a farmer, and served in the War of 1812. He was a member of the Christian church, and died in 1865, aged seventy years. Rachel, his wife, was born in 1793, and died in 1884. John Mason, jr., came to Noble County in 1847, and settled on land entered by his father. e married Miss Sarah, daughter of James White, of Monroe County. They Thad four children, three of Idiom are living: William C., James M., Emily A., Albert L. (deceased). Mr. and Mrs. Mason are members of the Christian church, in which he has been an elder. He aided in the organization of the Mt. Pleasant Christian church, and has contributed largely to its support. He takes an interest in educational matters, and contributes to their welfare and support. Mr. Mason is a large landholder and a prosperous farmer, and one of the substantial citizens of the county.
Miles Mallett was born in what is now Stock Township in 1819. He began life poor, but by industry and good management he has accumulated a fine competency, and owns nearly one thousand acres of laud. He married, in 1844, Miss Margaret Heiddleston, and reared a family of ten children. Joseph was born in 1854, and at the age of twenty-one was married to Miss Mary McVeigh. He is a prosperous farmer.
Joseph Michel came to this township from Wheeling in 1842. He first bought forty acres, but afterward added to it 105 acres. He died in 1881 at the age of seventy-nine. His children were John, Catharine (Heil), Elizabeth (Miller), Mary (Hill), Barbara (deceased), and Joseph (deceased).
John Michel was born in Wheeling, W. Va., in 1839, and came to this county with his parents. In 1866 he married Eva, daughter of John D. Hill. Their children are: Catharine (Miller), Henry, Leonard, Alexander, Ottilda, Joseph, Mary A. and Edward. Mr. Michel resides on the old homestead, which he bought in 1866. He has since added 167 acres,
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Joseph C. Kean came from Pennsylvania in 1832, And settled near Woodsfield, Monroe County. Five years later he removed to Morgan County, where Williarri J. was born in 1840. The elder Kean was a stonemason by trade. He married Miss Eva Draper. Their children were: John T., William J., Isaac P. (deceased), George O. (deceased), James B., Albert N. (died in infancy), and Perley B. William J. was married in 1865 to Maria Cavanaugh. They have three children: Mary H. (McAuley), George O., a teacher, and Charles M.
In June of 1861 Mr. McKean became a member of the Twenty- fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served four years. He was engaged in the battles of Cheat .Mountain, second battle of Manassas, Chancellorsville, Freeman's Ford, Culpeper Court House, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Jacksonville, and several minor engagements also. John T., Isaac P., James B. and Perley B. were also in the service. Mr. Kean came to this county in 1874. In 1886 lie began merchandising at Carlisle. He has followed various vocations — steamboating, farming, etc. By trade he is a stone-mason.
CARLISLE.
Carlisle is an old and pleasantly located village, situated in a rich farming district. Though remote from railroads, it iS still quite an important trading point.
The village was laid out in the year 1838, on the lands of John McBride and Enoch Archer. It was surveyed by Dr. Richard Warfield. Prior to the platting of the town, James Tuttle had kept a small store here. lie sold out, and Otis O. Lewis succeeded in business about the time the town was projected. Lewis also kept hotel for several years. Benjamin L. Mott, a merchant, was another early settler. Solomon Wolf, a blacksmith, located here several years before the village was founded.
In early years whisky was sold abundantly in Carlisle, with its usual deleterious results.
Long before the town was laid out, there was a postoffice at Gasaway's mill above the town. Later it was moved nearer to Carlisle, and then into the village, and called Berne.
James Major, a shoemaker, was an early settler. William Driggs operated a tannery for five or six years, and was succeeded by Lawrence & Heiddleston and S. J. Curtis. In later years James Capell built a steam grist-mill, which was afterward destroyed by fire.
Succeeding Mott in the mercantile business were Moses Morton, James Boyd, Samuel J. Boyd, B. F. Penn, who came about 1846, and is still a resident of the place, and H. W. Heiddlesheimer.
In 1880 the population of Carlisle was 157.
In former years a large amount of tobacco was packed in this place and shipped to Baltimore. Few of the merchants found the business profitable when long continued.
The business interests of Carlisle in the fall of 1886 were as follows: H. W. Heiddlesheimer, R. W. Smith,
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general merchants ; William J. Kean, Mack Heil, grocers ; Richard Iams, hotel proprietor ; William McBride, Gideon McBride, blacksmiths ; Henry Johanning, wagon-maker; Mack Heil, shoemaker; William Collins has a grist-mill about a mile from the
village.
EAST UNION.
East Union was laid out by Henry Archer. The survey was made April 9, 1856, by Charles Burlingame. The original town plat contains four acres and eighty-four rods. Additions have since been made, in 1859 and 1870, by the same proprietor.
Henry Archer started the first store in 1849. He continued buSiness until 1855, then sold out to Allen Floyd. Floyd built the first store after the town lots' were laid off. James Archer, of Joseph, started the next store. Among later merchants have been Archer & Harris (John P. Archer and Naaman Harris), Archer & Phillips (Henry Archer, of Joseph, and R. F. Phillips), and Thomas McGovern.
The first blacksmith was John Jordan. Jacob Crow came soon after. The postoffice (McCleary) was established about 1859, with Allen Floyd as the first postmaster. About the same date a grist-mill was erected by a stock company, and for several years did a successful business. It has since changed hands several times and is not now in operation.
Tobacco dealing was a leading industry in East Union in its earlier years, but it became unprofitable.
The village has never had a liquor shop or a saloon. In 1880 the population was 210. The village has a good two-story school-house and maintains a good school.
The business interests of East Union were as follows in the fall of 1886: Thomas & P. J. McGovern, Harris & Archer, general merchants; Edward Hunt, shoemaker, postmaster; Sebastian Archer, proprietor of saw-mill and planing-mill; H. Covert and James Johnson, blacksmiths; Dr. G. T. Tingle, physician; James A. Davison, Mrs. E. Stone. hotel-keepers.
CHURCHES.
Carlisle Methodist Episcopal Church. — The Carlisle Methodist church is the oldest in the county. A class was formed prior to 1813, with Elisha Enoch as leader. He afterward became an exhorter in the church. The Enochs, James and Joseph Archer, Isaac Morris, James Farley, John Biven and others, with their families, were among the leading early members. Isaac Morris and James Farley served as class-leaders. The first meetings were held in a log cabin, but prior to 1820 a hewed log church was erected, which was occupied until 1837, when the present brick church was erected at Carlisle. The church is still flourishing, with a good membership. In early years the circuit in which Duck Creek was. included embraced all the territory between the Ohio and the Muskingum Rivers, excepting Zanesville and Marietta, extending north to the National Road. It was in charge
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of two preachers, who were allowed only two days of rest in four weeks, and preached almost daily at some point. They were four weeks in making the round of the circuit. A preacher received $100 per year, if a single man, and $200, if married. Rev. J. B. Finley was among the earliest of the circuit preachers. Other early preachers were William Knox, Smothers, Waterman, Edward H. Taylor, Nathaniel Tittle, Peter Taylor and John Swazey.
East Union Methodist Church.—A class of the Methodist Episcopal denomination was organized as early as 1833. The first meetings were held in a log house on the farm of James Archer. The early members were Joseph Archer, James Archer, Sr., James Archer, Jr., James Archer ( of Joseph ) and their wives, with others. Among the early preachers in the neighborhood were John Hare, John Taylor and Edward Taylor, known as "Father" Taylor, a noted revivalist. A meeting-house was erected as early as 1840, replaced in 1866 by the present church in East Union. The organization went down a few years later ; and about 1874 the Free Methodist society organized and bought the church. They now have quite a flourishing church.
Mount Tabor Churches. — The Methodist Episcopal church at Mount Tabor was organized at the house of John Wells in 1836. Soon after, a graveyard was laid out and a meeting-house of hewed logs erected. The house was burned in 1854 and replaced by the present edifice, a frame building. Of the original members only Asa Nisswonger and wife are now living. Silas Farley was the first class-leader. Other early members were John Wells, Gersham Morron, John Huffman, John Barnett and their wives. The present membership is about thirty-five. Among the early preachers were Revs. Edward H. Taylor, John Swazey, Jeremiah Phillips, David Cross, N. C. Worthington and Lad- well Petty.
The Free Methodist church at Mount Tabor was organized in 1875 by Rev. William II. James, of Michigan. There were nine original members. The church was built in 1876 at a cost of about $600. The present membership is about thirty.
St. Michael's Church.—St. Michael's Roman Catholic church was established in 1841. The building, a brick structure, was erected in that year through the efforts of Michael Archer and under the direction of Rev. Father Murphy. Michael Archer and his brothers, Simon and Nathan, with their families, constituted the original membership. Other early members were the Doyles, McCunes, Cullens, Harknesses and others. Prior to 1841 the settlement had been visited by Fathers Reed, McCallion and Finley. Since the church was built the pastors have been Fathers Murphy, Cramer, Brummer, Kluber, Luttig and Fladung. It is in the same pastorate with St. Mary's at Fulda. St. Michael's now has about seventy members.
PICTURES OF B. F. PENN AND MRS. MARTHA PENN
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BIOGRAPHICAL.
" BENNY PENN. the father of Benjamin F. Penn, the subject and writer of this sketch, was born in the State of Maryland, October 13, 1774. He was twice married, his first wife being a Miss Redmond, by whom he had seven children: Caleb, Reason R., Charles K., Greenbury V., Nancy, Ellen and Ann. His wife died about 1820. In 1822 he married Miss Rhoda Anderson, born August 31, 1791. By this marriage he had two children : George W., born November 8, 1825, and Benjamin F., born June 8, 1832, in the County of Anne Arundel, Md. In the year 1832 my parents emigrated west, and settled near the town of Fairview, Guernsey County, Ohio. There they lived a happy family till my father died, April 17, 1840, leaving the family without
home. All our effects did not amount to more than $150 in value. On account of our scanty means, my mother was unable to keep house. My brother George went to Middletown to learn the saddle and harness trade under his brother Greenbury, and mother and I became dependent upon relatives and friends. In this way we lived in Guernsey and Belmont Counties till 1843, when we went on a visit to relatives in Knox County. The same year my brother left Middletown and came to Carlisle, Noble County, to clerk for Moses C. Morton, who had a store here. I lived with an uncle in Knox County, working on a farm in summer, doing chores and going to school in winter. Prior to this time I had labored under many disadvantages in my efforts to obtain an education, one of which was any frequent removals from one school district to another. I have, in my school years, from eight to thirteen, attended all kinds of country schools, good, bad and indifferent, held in all kinds of houses, from a log cabin with greased paper for windows and split saplings for seats, with other corresponding accommodations, to a brick building of small dimensions and planed boards for desks. Though a diligent student, it is not to be wondered at that I left school with but a small stock of scientific lore.
"In 1845 I went to Middletown, to live with my half-brother and go to school. Soon after my arrival I determined to visit my brother at Carlisle, and on the 9th of November, on Sunday, I started on foot, arriving the same evening about dusk, having traveled twenty-six miles, tired, hungry and with six and a quarter cents in my pocket, this being my entire capital. My brother wished me to remain near him, and the following Tuesday succeeded in getting me a situation as clerk and errand boy in J. E. & C. A. Lord's store, for which I received my board and clothes. I remained with them till the fall of 1840, when my brother procured me a situation with William McPherson of Carlisle, as clerk and errand-boy, for which I received $40 per year; at the close of the year I had due me of this salary $25. In the winter of 1846-7 m brother caught a severe cold, which resulted in quick consump-
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tion, and he left Carlisle about the first of April and went to his half- brother's at Middletown, where lie lingered on till July 7, 1847, when he died, and was buried beside his father in the cemetery at Fairview. He had been a father to me while in Carlisle, and his loss was more than that of a brother. I was left a boy of fifteen, without a protector, without a guide; but, thanks to the early training of a religious mother, I was enabled to shun the vices and resist the temptations of which Carlisle had an abundant stock. After leaving William McPherson I clerked for J. E. & C. A. Boyd eight months, then for John R. Wharton for one month. I then left Carlisle and joined my mother, at my uncle's, near Somerton, Belmont County. My mother and I now made arrangements to take a house in Fairview, where we were to reside. It was my intention at this time to study Medicine with James Warfield. We accordingly moved to Fairview in June, 1848, and I commenced going to school preparatory to entering upon my medical studies. In a few months we found it impossible, with our limited means, to carry out our design, so we gave up our house and returned to Knox County again. We visited among relatives two months, when, becoming tired of doing nothing, I set about looking for work. I succeeded in getting a clerkship in the store of William Reed, of Mt. Vernon, who sold out two months after, leaving me again in the cold. I returned to my relatives and staid with them during the winter, having no permanent home, going to school with the children of the relative with whom I was staying, and changing my place of abode frequently. In the spring of 1849, being anxious to obtain employment, I wrote to B, L. Mott, of Carlisle, asking for a clerkship in his store; receiving a favorable reply, I started at once. After clerking for him three months, I engaged with Elias Ayles to learn the tinner's trade, thinking I should like to be a tinner.
"After six months he failed, and I was again out of employment. In a few days I entered John R. Wharton's store again, in which I remained four months; then, to accommodate a friend in want of a place, I gave up my situation to him, and found employment with B. L. Mott once more. This was in the spring of 1850. After staying with him three months I engaged with C. A. Boyd, who in the fall of 180 left Carlisle and went to Macksburg, Washington County, I going with him as partner. We staid there about nine months, when, for want of a store room, Mr. Boyd went to Beverly, buying out my interest. I remained with him as clerk, A month after his removal to Beverly I was sent to Carlisle on a collecting tour, and while there was solicited by S. J. Boyd to come and clerk for him. More on account of sonic other attractions than the salary offered, I engaged with him, going hack to Beverly to report proceedings. In a few days I returned and entered upon my duties as clerk for S. .I. Boyd, with whom I remained till the fall of 1853. I never received any big pay
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for clerking—never more than $12:0 per month. In the fall of 1853, having accumulated by wages and trading the sum of $600, I entered into partnership with Mr. Boyd in the mercantile business.
"On the 16th of October, 1853, I .married Martha Enochs,: daughter of Abraham and Mary Enochs, Abraham being the son of Elisha Enochs, one of the pioneers of the East Fork of Duck Creek. His wife's maiden name was Nancy Archer. They had eleven children, eight boys and three girls. The boys were Henry, Abijah, Abraham, Simon, Cornelius, Samuel, Isaac and John ; the girls were Cynthia, Susan and Nancy. Abraham married Mary McBride, whose father, John McBride, was one of the old pioneers, and whose mother was one of the Crow girls who were attacked by the Indians on Wheeling Creek, as related elsewhere in this work, and her two sisters slain. The children of John McBride were William, John, Martin, Jacob, Michael, George, Susan, Nancy, Christine, Mary and Elizabeth. Abraham and Mary Enochs had nine children : John, Richmond, Benjamin and Edward ; Martha (wife of the subject of this sketch), Mary, Christine, Nancy and Margaret. Martha was born near Carlisle, January 28, 1834, where she resided until her marriage. She, like myself, had labored under many difficulties in obtaining but a limited education. She has been a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church since she was eleven years after our marriage. Soon after our marriage we settled in Carlisle, and in August, 1854, I purchased S. J. Boyd's interest in the store, thereby contracting a large debt, one that staid with us for ten or twelve years. I bought considerable tobacco, had many ups and downs in my mercantile career, sometimes suffering losSes I feared I could never recover from ; but by being hard to discourage, diligent in my business, and having in S. J. Boyd a constant and untiring friend, I finally succeeded in ridding myself of my debts. While I continued in the mercantile business, twenty years in all, I prospered. I had at one time a branch store at Cameron, W. Va. In the time I was in active business I have had five partners—Leonard Orme, I. C. Phillips, P. C. McGovern, A. R. Phillips and J. S. Prettyman, and nine clerks—I. C. 'Phillips, John Penn, David Gordon, R. F. Phillips, P. C. McGovern, George Neiswanger, Israel Archer, J. S. Prettyman and Jesse Litwin We have been blessed with three children : Rilla A., born July 28, 1854; Sadie E , born November 1, 1858, and Ella, born February 10, 1864.
"My mother came from Knox County in 1854, and made my house her home until she died, March 7, 1861. Her remains lie in the cemetery at Fairview.
"November 14, 1872, Rilla A. was married to J. S. Prettyman. She and her husband resided in Carlisle. Two children were born to them — Franklin L. and Willie P. April 29, 1851, Rilla A. died, leaving her husband with two small children, and on the 10th day of the following September the youngest child, Willie
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P., followed his mother to the angel land. Both mother and son were buried in Carlisle cemetery. September 6, 1882, Ella was married to R. W. Smith. They have two children: one boy, Frank P., and one girl, Grace. On the 25th of February, 1883, Sadie E. was married to A. W. Barnes: She died June 24, 1883. She was buried in the cemetery at Carlisle.
"I have been associated with a company organized to test the territory in the vicinity of Carlisle for oil. The company was organized some two years ago. We leased several thousand acres of land, and put down four test wells, all of which were failures.
" I own seven hundred acres of land besides the fifteen acres belonging to my town residence. I have been school rector for some twenty years; postmaster for four years; and treasurer of the township more than twenty years. With one exception, I have always voted the Republican ticket."
It is but justice to Mr. Penn, and to those who know him best, to add. that but few men stand higher in the public esteem in all that is essential to good citizenship. Commencing life at the bottom round of the ladder, he has won success solely through his own personal efforts in all the departments of life. Be is one of those gentlemen whose identification with any community is always productive of good.
STEPHEN M. ARCHER, son of James and Cynthia Archer, was born June 28, 1838, on the land entered and owned by his grandfather, near the site now occupied by the town of East Union, Noble County, Ohio.
His father, eldest son of James. Sr., was born in 1805, and came to Ohio from Greene County, Pa., when four years of age. He married Cynthia Morris, who was born in 1809, a grand-niece of Robert Morris, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and daughter of Isaac Morris. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he zealously labored as exhorter and preacher for many years, doing much good for the church in those early times. lie died: August 14, 1856. His wife survived him several years. She also was an earnest Christian, and on the 5th of March, 1884, fell asleep in the hopes of a happy resurrection..
A. local newspaper says:
"Died, March 5, 1884, Mrs. Cynthia Archer, wife of Rev. James Archer. She raised a family of thirteen children— seven boys and six girls. The loved and loving sister, wife, mother and friend died where womanhood's morning sun touches the evening star, while the shadows were falling toward the west. She had passed on life's highway the stone that marks the seventy-fourth year, four months and twenty days, but being weary for a moment, she lay down by the wayside, and using her burden for a pillow, fell into the dreamless sleep that kissed down her eyelids still. Yet, after all, it may be best ; the end of each and all, and every life, no matter if its every
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hour is rich with love, and every moment jeweled with a joy, will, at its close, be a sad and deep and dark mystery. This tender woman in every storm of life was brave, but in the sunshine she was vine and flowers. She was the friend of the poor. She left all spite and malice far below, while on her forehead fell the golden dawning of a grander day. She sided with the weak, and with a willing hand gave alms with a kind heart, and with the purest hands she faithfully discharged all her duties. She added to the sum of human joy, and were every one for whom she did some kind and loving service to bring flowers to her grave, she would sleep beneath a wilderness of flowers. She leaves a family of six children, and two brothers and many friends to mourn. her loss."
They had thirteen children - seven boys and six girls. The boys were George W., John W., Stephen M., Isaac H., James, Jonas and Robert, of whom Stephen M. and Isaac B. are living. The girls were Amelia, Sophia, Celia, Elizabeth, Catharine and Cynthia, of whom Celia and Cynthia are still living. Stephen M. married Rachel, daughter of Cyrus and Lucinda Matheny, May 7, 1857. She was born July 29, 1840. Their children are Lucinda L., born February 18, 1858, died June 26, 1858 ; Mary K, born March 2, 1859, died August 19, 1859 ; Martin B., horn August 26, 1860, married Arabelle A., daughter of Joseph and Caroline Rutherford, October 29,1881, by whom he has two children (Beatie May, born September 11, 1883, and Jessie Rosa, born May 16, 1885). He is a Marion Township farmer. Milton W. was born March 19, 1862. e has taught several terms of school, but is now engaged in the mercantile business in East Union, where he has a good store-room filled with a fine selection of merchandise. Odell was born April 11, 1864, died September 21, 1864 ; Martha, - born December 15, 1865, died March 13, 1867 ; Neal, horn December 5, 1867, died May 20, 1868 ; Roa, born July 6, 1869, is a teacher ; Cicero M., born August 12, 1871, and Esther L and Eastman W., twins, born September 9, 1873 ; Stephen M. born October 17, 1880. Mr. Archer received one hundred acres of land from his father's estate, but his father afterward becoming somewhat involved, he paid $1,000 for him, which was near one-half the value of the land inherited. To the tract mentioned he has added from time to time, until he now has four hundred acres of as fine agricultural and pasture lands as can be found on the East Fork of Duck Creek, a stream noted for the fertility of the soil in the country bordering on its banks. As an example of thrifty farming we will give one instance told us by Mr.Archer. In 1871 he bought one hundred acres of land, and borrowed the money of William J. Young to pay for it, going in debt $6,000, and paying ten per cent interest. In four years he had his land paid for, and was out of debt. When we remember the panic of 1873 this is a remarkable example of successful financiering under adverse conditions, which requires sound judgment
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and keen penetration. He has been somewhat extensively engaged in dealing in stock, horses, cattle and hogs, for many years, and is one of the few who have made money at it. He tells a good story of one of his early deals: " When I was about fifteen years old," ays he, "my father sent me out one day to look up some fat hogs four or five miles from home. I chanced upon a man who said he had three for sale. Dismounting and going to his lot, I found three very fine hogs, which would weigh, as I judged, 20 pounds, or upward. I inquired the price. After much hemming and hawing, he wanted me to make him an offer. I told him I would give him $12 for them ; he said he could not take it ; he had decided that nothing less than $10 would buy them. I told him I would not give it, but I would split the difference with him and give him $9, which he finally consented to take, and I drove the hogs home." In 1862, in partnership with Naaman Harris, he in the mercantile business in East Union, but went out in 1866. He has bought tobacco since 1860, averaging, lie thinks, sixty-five hogsheads per year.
Mr. Archer, like most men of his age, had very few educational advantages in his youth, but judging by the facility with which lie attends to his varied business interests, he improved them to their utmost. He is not only a liberal supporter of schools, but an earnest advocate of advanced thought in all literary and scientific departments. Upon his center table we found, beside the Bible, Darwin's complete works, a noted orthodox paper and the Boston Investigator. In politics he is a Republican, yet charitable in his strictures upon parties and policies. Mr. Archer occupies the old homestead, the home of his father and grandfather, the buildings of which are in a remarkable state of preservation, though standing for half a century; by having good foundations and by a liberal use of paint they seem little the worse for wear. His has been a busy and a useful life. Beginning as a poor boy, by industry and economy he haS accumulated considerable wealth, and while his varied business transactions have brought him in contact with men of all classes, yet so honorable have been his dealings with his fellow-men, that he has the esteem and confidence of all who know him.
THOMAS MCGOVERN was born in County Cavan, Ireland, October 25, 1841. His father, Patrick McGovern, came to this country in 1836. In 1839 he returned to his native country, but in 1842 he decided to make the United States his future home, and with his family came to Guernsey County, Ohio, where, in company with his brother-in-law, Peter Cornyn, he engaged in making macadamized roads. He died in Bellefontaine, Ohio, September 25, 1845, leaving his widow, nee Mary McGuire, whom he married in 1831, in very limited circumstances, with the care of seven children-Margaret, Bridget, Mary, Terrence, Thomas, Ellen and P. C. With her family she removed to
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what is now East Union, Noble County, where she died September 10, 1865. The early life of Thomas was attended with many hardships ; its education was limited to a few weeks at the district school in winter. His twenty-first year he signalized by enlisting in Company I), Ninety- second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He participated in every battle and skirmish in which his regiment was engaged up to July, 1864, at which time his sight became so impaired that he was sent to the general hospkal, where he remained until April, 1865, when he rejoined his company. He was in the battles of Hoover's Gap, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Buzzard's Roost, Resaca and other minor engagements. He was mustered out of the service in June, 1865, and returned to his home For several years he was engaged in farming, but owing to ill-health he abandoned the farm and in company with his brother, P. C., he went into trade. The brothers did a successful business. In 1887 the firm was dissolved, P. C. retiring. In December, 869, he was elected justice of the peace and has served continually ever since. November 30; 1865, he was married to Mrs. Mary A. Smith, daughter of Absalom Archer. By this union there was one child, Rhoda E. In 1872 Mrs. McGovern died, and in 1874 he was married to Mrs. Sarah B. Archer, daughter of Charles Price. One child was born to them, Homer, who died July 30, 1876. In August following Mrs. McGovern died and in December, 1878, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary, daughter of Andrew McIntee, of County Cavan, Ireland. By this marriage there have been five children : Thomas W., Maggie A., Mary A., Martha E. and Clara E. In his religious and political convictions he is a Democrat and a Catholic. Two of his brothers, Terrence and Patrick C., were in the service, the former in the Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the latter in the Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Terrence was captured at Atlanta, Ga., and for five months was a prisoner of war at Andersonville. P. C. was taken prisoner at Nashville, Tenn. He escaped by capturing his guard, whom he brought into camp. At the close of the war the boys returned to their home. Terrence is now a resident of Minnesota.
PICTURE OF N. B. BARNES
THE BARNES FAMILY.
Abel Barnes, one of the early settlers of Noble County, was born in Freeport, Harrison County, Ohio, October 23, 1814. He was of English descent. His wife, nee Caroline Brown, whom he married in Summerfield, December 24, 1839, was. of Scotch extraction, and was born near Culpeper Court House, Loudoun County, Va., May 31, 1815. They had a family of seven sons and two daughters — Nathaniel B., Adam, Peter F., George 13., Allen W , James S., Abel W., Margaret A. and Rhoda E. Nathaniel B., the eldest of the family, was born in Marion Township, near the virlage of Summerfield, March 28, 1844. In 1871 he married Miss Sarah E., daughter of John and Nancy Floyd. They have
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two children—Ed ward W. and Nola ; the former was born in 1879, the latter in 1885.
Adam, the second son, was born in 1846. He was a member of Company II, One Hundred and Eighty- sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He married in Missouri, in 1873, Miss Nancy Garrett, a native of South Carolina. They have five children. He is a prominent business man of Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.
Peter F. was born in 1848. e married Miss Jeanette Dalrymple in Greene County, Ind. They have four children. George B , the fourth son, was born in 1850. Abel W. was born in 1853, and married Miss Ida Warren, of Washington County, Ohio. He is a farmer. Allen W. was born in 1856, and married Sadie E.; daughter of B. F. Penn, in February, 1883. She died June 24 of the same year. James S. was born in 1859, and married Miss Kate, daughter of George and Jane Furches. He is one of the prominent business men of Pratt, Pratt County, Kan. He is a graduate of the Muskingum College, and for several years was a teacher. He was for some time county surveyor of Pratt County. The eldest daughter, Margaret, was born in 1841. She is now the wife of Bartholomew Davis, a well-to-do farmer of Green County, Ind. They have four children. Rhoda E. married in 1865 J. F. Gant, and resides in Washington County. They have a family of eight children. Nathaniel B. is one of the representative men of Noble County. He is a Republican in politics. For nearly five years he served his fellow-townsmen as trustee, and in 1885 was elected county commissioner, which position he now holds. In religious belief he is a Methodist, and has officiated as steward, district steward and trustee During the war he was a member of Company D, Ninety-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, from which he was transferred to the Thirty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company H. He was in the service for nineteen months, and participated in all the engagements in which his regiments participated. He is a prominent member of the Grand Army o the Republic, Post of Summerfield.
Mr. Barnes is the possessor of a fine farm near Carlisle, which is his home. He occupies an enviable position among the best men of the county, and is regarded by those who know him as a man of unimpeachable integrity, and is well qualified for the responsible position he occupies.