A


CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY


OF


RICHLAND COUNTY


OHIO


ILLUSTRATED


A. J. BAUGHMAN, EDITOR.


CHICAGO

THE LEWIS PUBLISHING CO.

1901



RICHLAND COUNTY COURTHOUSE, MANSFIELD, OHIO



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PREFACE.


BUT of the depths of his mature wisdom Carlyle wrote, "History is the essence of innumerable biographies." Believing this to be the fact, there is no necessity of advancing any further reason for the compilation of such a work as this, if reliable history is to be the ultimate object.


The section of Ohio embraced by this volume has sustained within its confines men who have been prominent in the history of the State, and even the nation, for a century. The annals teem with the records of strong and noble manhood, and, as Sumner has said, "the true grandeur of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual." The final causes which shape the fortunes of individuals and the destinies of States are often the same. They are usually remote and obscure, and their influence scarcely perceived until manifestly declared by results. That nation is the greatest which produces the greatest and most manly men and faithful women; and the intrinsic safety of a community depends not so much upon methods as upon that normal development from the deep resources of which proceeds all that is precious and permanent in life. But such a result may not consciously be contemplated by the actors in the great social drama. Pursuing each his personal. good by exalted means, they work out as a logical result.


The elements of success in life consist in both innate capacity and determination to excel. 'Where either is wanting, failure is almost certain in the outcome. The study of a successful life, therefore, serves both as a source of information and as a stimulus and encouragement to those who have the capacity. As an important' lesson in this connection we may appropriately


4 - PREFACE.


quote Longfellow, who said : " We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while we judge others by what they have already done." A faithful personal history is an illustration of the truth of this observation.


In this biographical history the editorial staff, as well as the publishers, have fully realized the magnitude of the task. In the collection of the material there has been a constant aim to discriminate carefully in regard to the selection of subjects. Those who have been prominent factors in the public, social and industrial development of the counties have been given due recognition as far as it has been possible to secure the requisite data. Names worthy of perpetuation here, it is true, have in several instances been omitted, either on account of the apathy of those concerned or the inability of the compilers to secure the information necessary for a symmetrical sketch; but even more pains have been taken to secure accuracy than were promised in the prospectus. Works of this nature, therefore, are more reliable and complete than are the " standard " histories of a country.


THE PUBLISHERS.






INDEX


HISTORICAL SKETCHES.





THE PIONEERS

     Captain Thomas Armstrong

     Captain Pipe

GREENTOWN AND THE WAR OF 1812

The Killing of Tom Lyons

FIRST SETTLEMENT AGAIN

INDIAN CIVILIZATION

EARLY DAY MUSTERS

PIONEER GATHERINGS

THE HEROES OF '76

OF GREAT PROWESS

PLACES OF INTEREST

     The Robinson Castle

     Caves and Caverns

     Moody's Hill

     Ancient Earth-Works

     Hemlock Falls

     Uncle Jonas' Lake

     Spooks' Hollow

     Facts versus Fiction

     Miscellaneous

UNDERGROUND RAILROADS

RICHLAND COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR

MURDER MYSTERIES

TOWNS AND VILLAGES

     Helltown and Greentown

POTATO REGION

RICHLAND COUNTY'S PLACE 114 THE GALAXY OF OHIO POETS

THE MANSFIELD LYCEUM

A HUNDRED YEARS

OUR ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD

ASHLAND COUNTY

GREENTOWN

THE ZIMMER MASSACRE

     The Fatal Return

THE COPUS MASSACRE

MONUMENTS REARED

THE BLACK FORK SETTLEMENT

PIONEER INCIDENTS

TWO BATTLE OF COWPENS

LYONS' FALLS

ANCIENT MOUNDS

CONCLUSION

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.




Abbott, Frank A., 655

Aby, Byron J., 585

Aby, Solomon W., 362

Ackerman, John C., 556

Ackerman, William, 609

Albertson, Butler, 116

Albertson, William K., 116

Albach, W. H., 572

Alvord, Harrison M., 616

Andrews, Samuel, 557

Andrews, Thomas B., 551

Appl,gate, Apple 650

Arehart, Christopher C., 512

Arter, Sarah Jane, 614

Ashbaugh, Ellzy A., 195

Au, Christopher, 424

Avery, Curtis 14., 184

Avery, Rufus L., 185


Backensto, Henry, 196

Bailey & Walters, 163

Balliett, James M., 382

Barnes, Ross R., 661

Barr, Samuel, 374

Barton, J. Anderson, 696

Baughman, Abraham J., 528

Portrait, 30

Baughman, Elizabeth C., 536

Beam, Henry, 215

Beaver, Harry H., 162

Bell, David, 135

Bell, Thomas M.. 549

Benedict, Abraham, 419

Berno, Edward, 493

Berry, Adam, 550

Berry, Benjamin, 543

Bloom, Samuel S., 203

Boals, Frank L., 325

Boals, James F., 432

Boals, Sarah J., 366

Bonham, William, 452

Bricker, Riley P., 401

Brinkerhoff, Roeliff, 105

Brook, William, 634

Brown, Huntington, 144

Brucker, Lewis, 504

Brumfield, Charles, 547

Burkholder, John H., 376

Burneson, Andrew, 472

Cline, Frank M., 663

Close, Erastus S., 284

Clowes, J. Q. A., 222

Cobban, James, 393

Cockley, David L., 319

Cole, John, 327

Colwell, Samuel J., 440

Cook, Carter L., 399

Cook, James H., 520

Corbett, John, 295

Cowan, Mrs. L. R., 464

Cox, George and Hannah, 413

Craig, J. Harvey, 280

Crall, David, 356

Crall, John, 693

Crawford, John, 147

Crum, Michael, 439

Culler, John F., 209

Culler, Martin 14., 694 Cummings,

Seth G., 206

Cunningham, James, 608


Darling, John, 531

Darling, John M., 672

Darling, Marion M., 353

Darling, Robert, 692

Davidson, Peter, 514

Davis, Mack H., 479

Dawson, John W., 307

De Camp, Moses, 150

De Laney, Jacob, 363

Dick, George G., 603

Dickerson, Mahlon, 124

Dickerson, Thomas, 431

Dill, John J., 547

Dill, Thomas T., 371

Dittenhoefer, Mortimer A., 515

Ditwiler, John, 524

Doty, Duane M., 477

Douglass, Augustus A., 286

Douglass, Michael E., 529

Douglass, Silas M., 267


Eastman, Newton R., 166

Eckert-Lawrence, Ida, 70

Ellis, Sidney, 637

Elston, William H., 517

Evarts, Solomon, 435

Ewing, George M., 288

Burns, Barnabas, 406

Bushey, Abraham, 384

Bushnell, Martin B., 687


Cahall, John, 383

Calhoon, Alexander, 526

Calhoon, Noble, 525

Cappeller, William S., 136

Chamberlain, James L., 234

Chamberlain, Josiah, 645

Chapman, John (Johnny Apple-

     seed), 570

Charles, George W., 117

Clark, Samuel C., 497

Farber, Olin M., 552

Ferguson, James G., 277

Ferguson, Samuel, 276

Ferrell, Austin M., 629

First, James M., 170

Fisher, Joseph, 589

Fitting, Frederick M., 138

France, Enoch H., 227

Francis, David R., 540

Fraser, Alexander, 223

Frederick, P. W., 214

Freer, Harvey, 598

Freeze, John J., 612

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French, Charles W., 664

Fullton, J. H., 475


Gans, Mary C., 332

Garber, Jehu L., 255

Geddes, George W., 263

     Portrait, 76

Gerhart, John F., 430

Gilger, John, 574

Goodman, Guy T., 296

Gorham, Samuel R., 5,8

Gorham, William H., 235

Grosscup, Charles G., 278

Guthrie, Amberson W., 179

Guthrie, Nathaniel, 486


Hafer, John W., 318

Hale, John, 385

Hall, Thomas, 247

Hamblin, William B , 618

Hammon, Thomas, 256

Hancock, Robert G., 344

Haverfield, Joseph, 265

Haycox, Arthur J., 692

Hazlett, Robert W.. 621

Henry, Joseph P., 224

Herring, James H. 386

Hersh, Newton, 118

Hess, Isaac, 416

Hildebrant, Hiram W., 297

Hill, Jacob G., 269

Hines, Clark B., 438

Hofman, George W., 461

Hogan, Michael, 510

Holtz, Samuel S., 304

Homer, Barnet, 686

Hoover, Gideon E., 339

Hopp, Francis J., 198

Hout, Clayton B., 349

Hout, George, 350

Hout, Peter, 368

Hubbs, Oscar A., 270

Huber, Charles H., 443

Hughes, Robert, 129

Humbert, Albert W., 658

Humbert, Levi H., 639

Hunter, Amos, 602

Hunter, Joseph M., 470

Hunter, Robert, 306

Huston, Charles H.,322

Lanehart, Peter, 630

Lautermilch, John H., 680

Leiter, David S., 685

Leiter, George W., 477

Leiter, Samuel B., 478

Lemley, John, 402

Leppo, James W., 342

Leppo, William, 415

Lewis, John D., 242

Lindsey, Arthur N., 147

Livingston, James, 456

Loiselle, 1.4. N., 194

Long, Benjamin F., 149

Loose, Nathaniel H., 484

Lybarger, Andrew, 605

Lyon, Ed. D., 675


Manner, Harry T., 311

Mansfield, Edwin, 437

Mansfield Schools, 566

Maring, Jesse, 210

Marriott, Samuel, 460

Marvin, Daniel S., 389

Marvin, Hiram, 451

Marvin, T. S., 625

May, John M., 632

May, Manuel, 648

McBride, Alexander, 123

McBride, Calvin, 300

McBride, Curtis E., 200

McBride, Washington, 313

McConkie, John W., 258

McConkie, William, 606

McCormic, David, 274

McCray, T. Y., 216

McCully, Samuel 8., 671

McCurdy, Joseph, 679

McDermut, Wesley R., 559

McLaughlin, William, 120

Memorial Library Association, 453

Mengert, Lewis C., 656

Metcalfe, H. H., 312

Metz, Henry P., 422

Miller, David P., 683

Milligan, Albert, 555

Mitchell. George, 186

Moore, Charles S., 503

Morrow, Alexander, 127

Moser, Henry S., 527

Mowry, George H., 587

Myers, John D., 367

Iler, John, 511


Jesson, William, 502


Kallmerten, Arnold, 392

Naylor, Henry H., 653

Keating, Charles H.. 360

Kingsboro, Hiram E., 491

Knox, John, 291

Kohler, Perry B., 462

Kooken, Henry C., 176

Kuebler, Louis S., 243

Kuhn Family, The, 508

Kyner, Philip, 623


Lafferty, Uriah, 182

Mowry, George H., 587

Myers, John D., 611


Needham, Jerry, 423

Nelson, David, 293

Nelson, Elmore D., 643

Nichols, John H., 396

Noble, John, 379

Noble, John A., 580

Norris, Amos D., 611


Oberlin Benjamin F., 192

Ohio State Reformatory, 110

Ohler, John C., 678

Ott, Fritz A., 370

Ozier, David, 208

Ozier, Nelson, 272,

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Palmer, Joseph W., 659

Parker, Silas C., 408

Parsons, Le Roy, 358

Patterson, James N., 240

Pearce, James M., 482

Peterson, Aaron E., 642

Peterson, William, 649

Pittenger, Henry O., 337

Plank, Elam A., 544

Poland, Simon, 395

Porch, J. W., 321

Post, J. Harvey, 346

Post, James M., 183

Post, Martin Van Buren, 172

Potter, Ezra J., 458

Price, James A., 381

Pugh, Samuel, 330

Pulver, Alfred B., 584


Quinn, Mary, 494


Rabold, James F., 199

Ramsey; Andrew, 691

Ramsey, Thomas B., 160

Reed, George W., 217

Remy, John, 595

Reynolds, James, 244

Ricketts, George W., 173

Roasberry, William H., 352

Robinson, Calvin, 418

Robison, Thomas R., 506

Ropp, William E., 398

Rose, Hiram S., 236

Rummel, James H., 229

Rummel, Silas, 190


Samsel, David D., 631

Schauck, Aaron, 351

Scott, William, 627

Sefton, W. E., 248

Sewell, W. L., 134

Shafer, Samuel, 442

Sharp, Joseph W., 427

Shatzer, Jeremiah W., 582

Shaw, William A., 220

Sheets, Elza, 652

Sheets, Henry E., 484

Sheets, Samuel, 541

Shepard, N. Marvin, 673

Sherman, John, 564Portrait, 56

Stake, George W., 444

Stambaugh, David N., 219

Starr, Mitchell, 499

Statler, George W., 403

Stevenson, Andrew, 534

Stober, John P., 401

Stratford, Earl F., 213

Strimple, William, 249

Sutter, Sarah A., 114

Switzer, Edward B., 591


Taylor, Joseph, 670

Taylor, Noble, 450

Thompson, Isaac N., 560

Thompson, James V., 168

Thomson, John C., 455

Todd, John H., 421

Torrence, Jonathan C., 466

Tracy, Frederick E., 328

Tracy, Lathrop J., 488

Tracy, Rufus A., 490

Trauger Family, The, 251

Tucker, D. F., 690

Tucker, John A., 590

Tucker, Norman W., 279


Uhlich, George, 577

Uhlich, Jonathan, 303


Vanscoy, George W., 283

Voegele, William F., 130

Voegele, William F., Jr., 127


Wagner, John W., 568

Walters, Ed B., 481

Walters, George W., 390

Walters, Hiram, 593

Weaver, William H., 316

Weaver, Wilson Shannon, 309

Webber, Frank D., 292

Weiser, Adam H., 230

Welty, Christian, 156

Wentz, Henry, 232

Wentz, Peter, 620

Wharton, Benjamin F., 336

Wharton, John, 133

White, Henry N., 377

White, John F., 596

Wiles, Herman L., 140

Sherman, John, 564

     Portrait, 56

Shocker, Thomas J., 364

Simpson, John, 446

Simpson, Joseph, 579

Skiles, George M., 434

Skiles, John C., 397

Skiles, William W., 152

Sloane, Jonathan W., 299

Smart, Harlen F., 676

Smith, Aaron, 473

Smith, Daniel, 597

Smith, Hiram R., 600

Smith, Joseph E., 347

Smith, Peter, 668

Snavely, Joseph, 372

Snyder, Lewis L., 573

Spayde, Daniel, 158

Williams, Benjamin J., 355

Williams, James W., 348

Wilson, Daniel W., 682

Wilson, John W., 467

Wilson, Samuel. 562

Winters, Ross C., 516

Wirth, John L., 375

Wise, Christian, 624

Wise, Frederick H., 501

Wise, John, 495

Witt, August F., 331

Wolfe, John R., 238

Wolff, Barnard, 126

Wolford, David, 277


Zehner, James, 636

Zehner, Joseph B., 476

Zook, Mary M., 246