(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) 700 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. forest wilderness, none of it having been cleared at that time. His cabin was built of logs, with no doors or windows except holes, and they hung a quilt before the door at night. Thus he established his first humble home in the wilderness, and set to work to improve his farm. In later life he became the owner of a large tract of land, was prominent in his community, and held numerous minor offices. He died in 1861, his wife in 1871. Mark Gordon Shriver grew up on his father's farm, and during the Civil war was a soldier in Company E, One Hundred and Seventy-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in many arduous campaigns. Throughout life he was a farmer and a capable one. He was first married to Rachel Kirkpatrick, who bore him two daughters, Alice Odella and Mary Etta. Alice Odella married George L. Beach, and lives just west of Byesville. Mary Etta married Rev. H. H. Dunaway, and died in Kansas. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Shriver married Caroline Camp. She was the daughter of Joseph and Louisa ( Jordan) Camp, and was born in the western part of Jackson township, where Mt. Zion church now stands. To this marriage six children were born : Ida L. married Asbury Watson, and lives between Byesville and Trail Run ; Adam G. lives near Mt. Zion church in Jackson township; John W. lives on the home farm; Leota L. married Andrew Gibson, and lived in Byesville, where she died when about thirty years old; Michael is a practicing physician at Calloway, Nebraska ; Josephine married John B. Smock, and lives at Osborne, Kansas. Mark G. Shriver died on February 26, 1905, a man respected and esteemed by all who knew him. His wife now lives on the old home place, with her son, John Wesley Shriver, and his family. GEORGE ALEXANDRIA McMILLEN. One of the owners of extensive farming interests in Westland township, Guernsey county, is the gentleman whose name initiates this sketch. His valuable property has been acquired through his own efforts, his persistency of purpose and his determination, and the prosperity which is the legitimate reward of all earnest effort is today his. Mr. McMillen has also richly earned the high esteem in which he is held by all who know him owing to his life of honesty, his straightforward dealings with his fellow men and the fact that while advancing his own interests he has never lost sight of the fact that it is his duty to lend his influence in furthering the interests of his community. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 701 George Alexandria McMillen was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, July 14, 1850, and he is the son of John and Nancy Jane McMillen, both born in the same county in the old Keystone state and were schoolmateS there. Their marriage took place on February 19, 1839. She was two years his junior; their married life was a happy one and they were popular in their community and by hard work and economy became well established. Five children were born to them, named as follows : Mrs. Mary Jane Ewing, John F., William, George Alexandria, of this review, and Mrs. Margaret Wilson, This family remained in Pennsylvania until 1871 when they moved to Guernsey county, Ohio, making the overland trip in a covered wagon, and the father bought the farm which is now owned by his son, George Alexandria, of this review. John McMillen was a good farmer and he continued hiS vocation until his death, on December 13, 1895, and his wife was called to her rest on January 6, 1901. They were both members of the United Presbyterian church and took active parts in its maintenance until their deaths. The subject of this sketch was twenty-one years old when he came to this county. He had received a very serviceable education in the common schools of his native county and he early in life began working in his father's fields and took up farming for himself when he reached maturity. He located, upon his arrival here, on the farm where he still resides, which is situated five miles southwest of Cambridge. While carrying on farming, he learned the blacksmith's trade. Later he took up breeding fine stock, became one of the leading stock raisers in this part of the county, and owing to the superior quality of his livestock lie has always found a very ready sale for what he placed on the market. He is regarded as an excellent judge of stock and he has made a specialty of Poland-China hogs and Devon cattle. The latter have taken many blue ribbons at the county, state and general fairs, showing as far west as the state of Washington, and the name of Mr. McMillen in this connection is known to the stock men of the West and middle West and parts of the East, his fine stock being greatly admired by all who have seen them and they have commanded tip-top and fancy prices. He was honored by the Republican party by being elected to membership on the board of agriculture of Guernsey county, and he served in a manner that reflected much credit upon himself and to the entire satisfaction of all concerned for a period of eighteen years, and he is now the efficient president of that organization which iS one of considerable importance and is doing a very commendable work. On the 19th day of February, 1873, Mr. McMillen was married to Mary Elizabeth Fergus, a very estimable lady and the representative of a sterling old family of the Keystone state, she being the daughter of John and Ellen 702 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Fergus, both natives of Washington county, Pennsylvania. To Mr. and Mrs. McMillen five children have been born, named as follows: Martin, who lives at home; John F. married Nannie Patton, and they have one child, Ada Elizabeth ; Dessa Ellen lives in Cambridge, and she married A. C. Braden; Sarah Belle married J. R. Fulton, of 'Jackson township, and they have two children, Edna and Anna ; Frank F. is single and living at home. These children have all received good educations and were reared in a wholesome home atmosphere. Mrs. George A. McMillen is one of a family of eight children, named as follows : Agnes has remained single; Mrs. Sarah McClay, Mrs. Belle McClay; John married Lida Walker-Fergus; and Thomas. As already indicated, Mr. McMillen is a prominent Republican and has long been active in the affairs of his township and county. He has served eighteen years on the. local school board and has done a great deal in promoting the cause of education here. In 1910 he was elected director of the county infirmary and he is serving very conscientiously as such. He is a faithful member and a liberal supporter of the United Presbyterian church at East Union, being treasurer of the same. Mr. McMillen is deserving of the large success that has attended his efforts and he has one of the "show" places in his locality. The old homestead is a picturesque place, the dwelling being commodious, attractive, on the order of the famous old plantation homes of the South. It is in the midst of beautiful Surroundings, in a grove of stately evergreens and a spacious, well- kept and inviting lawn, and this place has always been known for its genuine hospitality and the cordial welcome to the many friends of the family and the good cheer generously dispensed to them here. Personally, Mr. McMillen is a gentleman of pleasing address, generous, honorable in all the relations of life, but never ostentatious or found seeking the plaudits of his fellowmen. THOMAS AQUILA SPAID. A prosperous and well known business man of Pleasant City, of which place he is a native, and a descendant of a family long resident in this region, is Thomas Aquila Spaid, who was born at Pleasant City, Guernsey county, Ohio, on August 28, 1864, the son of John Wesley and Elizabeth (Dyson) Spaid. The Dyson family were among the first settlers in Valley township, and GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 703 the postoffice at Pleasant City was formerly called Dyson. The family was well known and some of their descendants are still living in Valley township and are of high standing in their community. Of the Spaid family, it is said that they are descended from a Hessian soldier who located in Virginia after the Revolution. George Spaid was the first of the family to come to Guernsey county. He was a farmer and large landowner in Hampshire county, Virginia, near Winchester, and in 1819 came by wagon and located here, and owned a large amount of land in Valley township. He had a son, William, who was nineteen years old when the family came here from Virginia, and who married Elizabeth Secrest, the daughter of Jacob Secrest, also of Hampshire county, Virginia, near Winchester. She came here with her parents about the same time the Spaid family came, when the county was Still wild and mainly unsettled. Jacob Secrest was a large landowner, and both the Secrest and Spaid families were prominent in the public, business and social life of the community. William Spaid was also a farmer in Valley township, owning many acres, and a successful man during the years of his activity. He took much interest in fine horses. John Wesley Spaid waS one of the ten children of William Spaid. He married Elizabeth Dyson, and was a tanner, owning and operating a large tannery on the south side of Main street in Pleasant City, half a square east of the railroad, on the present site of Grossman's department store. He also ran a shoe shop, and made shoes, saddles and harness. Thomas Aquila Spaid was one of twelve children, four of whom died in childhood. The others who are deceased are Mrs. Eliza Jane Waller, who left four children : Olive, who died unmarried ; James, who died at about twenty-six years of age, leaving a son and daughter. The living are : William Joseph, of Morristown, Belmont county, Ohio ; John Wesley, of Jasper county, Missouri; Charles L., of Joplin, Missouri ; Thomas A., and Elverson Luther, a Lutheran minister at Carey, Wyandot county, Ohio. John W. Spaid died on March 3, 1877, and his wife survived until June, 1900, both being much respected in the community. Thomas grew up in Pleasant City, and worked at various occupations, in coal mines, on the railroad, etc. He and his brother-in-law for five years were in the generl mercantile business in Pleasant City. Then, in 1895, he returned to coal mining, and remained at that until about 1900, when he bought out J. H. B. Danford's tin shop in Pleasant City. Since he has added a good line of hardware and has continued in this business, and has prospered and increased his trade greatly. Mr. Spaid was married in 1890 to Sonora L. Secrest, the daughter of David and Sarah Jane (Miller) Secrest. David Secrest was a son of John 704 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. and Sallie Secrest, who came from Virginia, and is of the same branch of the family as are Noah E. Secrest, Sr., and William Secrest, of Hartford. Mrs. Spaid was one of thirteen children, and was born and reared near Hartford, Valley township, Guernsey county. To Mr. and Mrs. Spaid has been born one daughter, Olive Ruth. Mr. Spaid is a member of the Knights of Pythias. He, his wife and his daughter are members of the Lutheran church, and all are active. Mr. Spaid has served as Sunday school superintendent, and has been a deacon in the church since the second year of his membership, and began to teach in the Sunday school when only fifteen years old. He is a thorough Christian, a man of sterling character and spotless integrity, successful in business, and prominent and influential in his community. LAFAYETTE TEMPLE. Among the respected farmers and influential citizens of Wheeling township, Guernsey county, is LaFayette Temple, who was born on February 27, 1865, on the farm where he now lives, one mile east of Guernsey station. He is the son of William and Martha Jane (Lanning) Temple. Edward Temple, the grandfather of LaFayette, came with his wife, Jane (Gibson) Temple, from Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in 1808, and entered eighty acres of land which are yet a part of the farm on which LaFayette Temple now lives. Grandfather Temple was a sturdy man and began life in the new country by building a log cabin which served as a family home, with some additions, until 1886, when it was destroyed by fire. Grandfather Temple was active in the affairs of the community. His family consisted of seven children : George, Thomas, William and John, four sons, and Jane, Ruth and Elizabeth, daughters. Of these, John now resides in Columbus, Ohio, and Elizabeth is now Mrs. William Alloway, in Kimbolton ; the rest are deceased. William Temple, the father of LaFayette, was always a farmer, at which occupation he prospered, and accumulated over three hundred acres of land, the care of which made him a busy man. A stanch Republican, he was not an office seeker, but was always a voter and interested in public affairs. He, his family and his ancestry were all members of the Methodist church. He died on December 29, 1899, his first wife had passed away in 1866, when LaFayette was but eighteen months old. The father was married a second time GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 705 to Lucy Ann Terrell, the daughter of Jerre Terrell, of Wheeling township. She died in April, 1897. By his first marriage William Temple was the father of four sons and four daughters : Alexander, deceased; Isaiah, living on a farm adjoining that of LaFayette; Samantha, deceased ; Harriett, who married James Elliott, of Coshocton county, Ohio; Lucinda, deceased; Martha J., deceased ; William, deceased ; and Lafayette. There were no children by the second marriage. LaFayette Temple spent his childhood and youth on his fathersis farm, and received his education in the country schools, keeping busy on the farm in vacations. On May 18, 1892, he was married to Ella M. Gibson, the daughter of William P. and Jane (Kennedy) Gibson, residents of Kimbolton, now deceased. To this union seven children have been born : Paul H., Grace E., one who died in infancy. John L., Foster G., Edith J. and William D., the latter named for his grandfather. Mr. Temple has spent his life on the farm first entered by his grandfather, which consists of one hundred and sixty acres in the Birds Run valley, one mile south of Guernsey station, Wheeling township, Guernsey county. He is prosperous and is a raiser of fine sheep, horses and cattle, making a specialty of good horses, his motto being the "best is none too good." In politics he is a Republican and he has been active in public matters. In 1908 he was elected a member of the board of county commissioners, and was president of the board. In 1910 he was re-elected, and is an honest and faithful public servant, enjoying the full confidence of the peo ple. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, and his family are members of the United Presbyterian church, of which Mr. Temple is supporter, and the services of which he regularly attends. He is a man of high character and sterling integrity, respected by all classes. ELIJAH NEELAND. Prominent in the activities of the village of Hartford, in which for many years he has cast his lot, is Elijah Neeland, who was born at Claysville, Guernsey county, Ohio, on June 20, 1854, the son of James and Marinda (Galloway) Neeland. James Neeland came from county Tyrone, Ireland, when he was about twenty-one years of age. He died on August 24, 1900, aged about eighty. In 1841 he .came to Cambridge, Ohio, and there learned the blacksmith's trade under James Davis, and after three years went to Claysville, where he kept 706 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. a blacksmith shop for the rest of his life, fifty-six years. While in Cambridge learning his trade, he married Marinda, the daughter of Elijah and Susan (Rector) Galloway. Elijah Galloway was born on October 19, 1789, near Washington, D. C., in Maryland, of German ancestry. Susan Rector was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, on May 24, 1804, from which place her parents moved to Belmont county, Ohio, where Susan was married to Mr. Galloway on January 25, 1820. The young couple moved to Guernsey county and entered half of a quarter section of virgin forest land from Congress, purchasing the other half from a neighbor. Here, amid pioneer hardships, they built a log cabin, and raised a little corn to make bread for food, and a little garden. The next year more land was cleared, and they raised wheat and tobacco. Mrs. Galloway bravely did both a man's and woman's part, and worked in the tobacco while carrying her baby. Later they got beyond these hardships, and established the home which has since been that of the Galloway family, and where their fourteen children were born and reared to maturity. They all wore homespun clothes of flax and wool, and the family cooking was done on the big eight-foot fireplace with its big backlogs and swinging crane. Elijah Galloway died on February 19, 1858, aged sixty-nine, his wife on January I, 1889, aged eighty-five. Both were active members of the Methodist church, Mrs. Galloway being a charter member at Claysville. James Neeland and his wife were also life-long members of this church, taking leading parts in church work. James Neeland was a plain, quiet and hospitable man and a very worthy citizen. He and his wife were the parents of eleven children, one of whom died in infancy, while the following grew to maturity, and were all living until 1907: Mrs. Susan Burman, of Van Buren, Ohio; Andrew Neeland, of Leipsic; Mrs. Ellen Sheppler, who lived near Cumberland, and died in 1907; Mrs. Sarah Frazier, of Zanesville, Ohio; Elijah, of Hartford; Mrs. Mary Foulk, of near Claysville; Mrs. Elizabeth Hammond, of New Concord; Mrs. Grace Moore, of Zanesville; James, Jr., a carpenter and builder of Claysville; John B., of Hartford. Elijah Neeland lived at Claysville until he was twenty-five years old, and learned the blacksmith's trade from his father. In April, 1879, he came to Hartford, Guernsey county, and for a time ran a blacksmith shop, then was for many years a blacksmith at the mines. Once or twice in his life he has been away from that work for a few years, but it was his main occupation until November 15, 1909, when lie left the occupation. He also has a farm of eighty acres adjoining Hartford on the north, and in Iw0 he platted about twenty-six acres into town lots as an addition to Hartford. This is an unusually well situated tract for town lots, and will prove a valuable addition GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 707 to the residence district of Hartford. Mr. Neeland has in his possession several deeds from the government, one dated in 1807, signed by Thomas Jefferson, a patent to Joshua W. Satterthwaite for land in section 4, Valley township, a part of which is the land which Mr. Neeland has just platted for an addition to Hartford. On October 27, 1886, Mr. Neeland was married to Jessie F. Robins, the daughter of Peter D. and Deborah (Thompson) Robins. Fifty-three years before, lacking three days, the minister, the Rev. G. Keil, who married them, had married her parents, and three years previously her parents had celebrated their golden wedding. For the early history of the Robins family see sketch of Dr. James E. Robins. Mrs. Neeland has in her possession a silver cup brought from the isle of Guernsey by her grandparents, engraved June 23, 1777. Peter D. Robins was in early life a miller, owned a large farm, and later engaged in wool buying as his main business. He was an influential citizen in his neighborhood. Deborah Thompson was the daughter of James and Mary Thompson. Her father was born near Senecaville, Ohio, and her mother was from Pennsylvania. Mr. Neeland’s father is a Methodist and Mrs. Neelandls father an Evangelical Lutheran ; both were faithful members of church and their homes were always stopping places for the preachers and church people, and Mrs. Neeland's mother has been known to get supper for the preacher even as late in the night as two o'clock, after the late protracted meetings. Peter D. and Deborah Robins were the parents of fourteen children, namely : John William, deceased, of Cambridge; Mary Jane, who died at the age of thirteen; James Thompson, who, as a soldier in the Civil war, was accidentally shot by another Union soldier; Madison, deceased, of Cambridge; Harrison, a commission merchant in Baltimore; Alexander, of Cambridge; Peter Hubert, of Eureka, Kansas; Martin Luther, deceased, father of Dr. James E. Robins, whose sketch see; Martha Maria, the wife of E. J. Milhone, deceased ; Charles Abraham, of Eureka, Kansas; Rosa E., who married Henry Moss, of Cambridge; and Jessie F., the wife of Elijah Neeland. Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Neeland are the parents of one son, Harold Robins, now a student at the Ohio Medical University at Columbus, Ohio, in his second year. Mr. Neeland has held various township offices, has been school director, and was township trustee for five years. Both he and his wife are faithful members of the Lutheran church. Mr. Neeland is a man who has striven to do his duty in every situation of life as he has seen that duty, and his neighbors all testify as to the true value of his character and life. In his community he is much esteemed. 708 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. THOMAS I. MOORE. One of the oldest living residents of Valley township is Thomas I. Moore, who enjoys the peculiar distinction of having spent his entire life on the farm where he was born, on October 20, 1827. . He is the son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Hickle) Moore. Isaac Moore was born in 1802, and about 1825 walked from his home on the Big Capon river in West Virginia to Guernsey county to look at the land, his brother Joseph accompanying him. He had been married in Virginia to Elizabeth, the daughter of Stephen and Susannah (Hoover) Hickle, both of whom were natives of Hampshire county, Virginia, where Stephen Hickle was born on August 20, 1767, and Susannah Hoover on January 19, 1779. They later came to Guernsey county, where they spent the remainder of their lives on a farm along the Clay pike. They were the parents of the following children: John, born on June 30, 1797; Jacob, on February 8, 1799 ; Stephen, on June 21, 1801 ; Abram, on May 29, 1803; Timothy, on October 7, 1805; Elizabeth, on January 23, 1808; Rachel, on April 4, 1810; Mary, on June 30, 1813; George, on April 24, 1815; Sarah, July 30, 1817, and Isaac, on December 27, 1821. Isaac Moore bought one hundred and sixty acres in what is now the southwestern part of Valley township near Opperman, a portion of the town of Opperman being built on that land. There he lived and reared his family. Within a year after they came, their house was burned down, leaving them not even a change of clothing. The neighbors came and helped build a new house that was finished in a day, and were very kind in assisting them to make a new start, after the pioneer fashion of helping each other. Thomas I. Moore was the only son of Isaac Moore, but he had nine sisters, namely: Susan, born August TO, 1829 ; Rebecca, September 20, 1831 ; Sarah, November 30, 1833 ; Mahala, January 16, 1835 ; Mary, December 6, 1836; Rachel, December 25, 1839; Elizabeth, February 15, 1843; Harriet, March 28, 1846; Rhoda, May 16, 1848. Isaac Moore and his wife were among the founders of the Bethel Methodist church and he was active in church and school work, giving the ground on which the school was built, where his son and grandson both attended. He died in 1882, and was a man of considerable influence and much esteemed in the community in which he lived, and which he had helped to convert from a wilderness into a prosperous farming district. Thomas I. Moore has lived all his life on the home farm. His recollections of early times are vivid, when deer, wild turkey and other game abounded, and the family lived in a log cabin with a puncheon floor, wore clothes homespun and woven from home-grown flax, and had not even GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 709 andirons for the fireplace, but used stones instead. As an infant he used to roll on the floor on a deer hide, and his mother would sometimes give him a piece of venison to suck, tying it by a string to his toe, so that he could not swallow it and strangle. The first lumber floor which was put in the cabin he remembers quite distinctly, as that was a great advance in prosperity and luxury. Mr. Moore served during the Civil war in Company C, One Hundred and Seventy-second Ohio Regiment, with an honorable record. On December 5, 1850, he was married to Margaret Gander, the sister of David C. Gander, whose sketch see for her family. She was born in 1830 on Salt creek, near the Muskingum county line, and when she was seven moved to Spencer township, where she grew to maturity. Four children were born to them, Isaac W., a child who died in in fancy, Rebecca Elizabeth, who married Fillmore Spaid, of Hartford, and Rachel Alice, the wife of 0. R. Taylor, of Pleasant City. In the winter of 1853, Thomas I. Moore and his brother-in-law, Jonathan Gander, went into partnership in a saw-mill, and for twenty years continued in partnership with saw-mills and threshing-machines. Except for this, Thomas I. Moore's interests have been confined to farming. He and his wife are both members of the Bethel Methodist church and are highly respected in their community. Isaac W. Moore was born on July 22, 1852, and grew up on his fathersis farm. While his father was gone to war, Isaac W., then a boy of twelve, had to do a man's work on the farm, and he well remembers when Morgan's raiders passed their home. In 1874 he married Mary Adeline Finley, the daughter of Joseph and Jane ( Johnson) Finley, who was reared near Oldham's Station, north of Cambridge. To this marriage three children were born, Charles Albert, Marion Milton and Ida Olive. In 1885 he and his family moved to northwestern Kansas where he took up a homestead and a tree claim of one hundred and sixty acres each, and here lived for sixteen years. In 1890 his wife died here. In 1901 Isaac W. Moore, who had by this time accumulated a half section of farming land besides his tree claim, sold his stock and implements, left the farm with his sons, and himself returned to the old home farm in Guernsey county, Ohio. Charles Albert Moore married Minnnie Haseley, and has a half section of land of his own three miles from Colby, seven miles nearer that town than his father's farm. Marion M. Moore married Ethel Hutchinson, and lives on his father's farm, while he also owns one hundred and sixty acres of his own. On August 3, 1904, after his return to his native county, Isaac W. Moore 710 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. was married to Harriett A. Larrick, the daughter of Benjamin Larrick. Isaac W. Moore is an active member of the Bethel Methodist church. He lives with his father on the old farm, which Thomas Moore, the father of Isaac and Joseph Moore, entered for them from the government in 1825. Thomas Moore never came to this county to live but he and his wife went to Missouri, and there spent their days. Three generations of Moores have owned that farm, and three generations were born there, four generations lived together on it for some years, and it has never been out of the family since it was entered from the government. Thomas I. Moore and his wife have had the very exceptional privilege of passing sixty years of wedded life together, the sixtieth anniversary of their wedding occurring on December 5, 1910, and all their children and grandchildren and two great-grandchildren were present, except Ida O. Moore, who was teaching in Leavenworth, Kansas. Their married life has been a beautiful example of domestic felicity. Both of them have very vivid recollections of pioneer days, and can talk entertainingly of the early life of the county. They have seen their children and grandchildren taking active and useful places in the work of the world, and they themselves in their later days are enjoying the deserved esteem of those who know them. DAVID C. GANDER. The present sketch is concerned with a resident of Byesville whose acquaintances are many in Guernsey county, and who by the worth of his character has made many friends and has in life been successful. David C. Gander was born in Spencer township, Guernsey county, Ohio, near Cumberland, on June 30, 1844, the son of David and Rachel (Shull) Gander. His father was born on October 10, 1800, his mother on January 16, 1803, and after their marriage they came from the neighborhood of Capon Springs, in West Virginia, to Muskingum county, Ohio, and settled on Salt Fork between Zanesville and Chandlersville, whence they later moved into Spencer town- ship and located about three miles from Cumberland. Their children were, with the dates of their births : Samuel H. Gander, January 23, 1824; Rebecca, October 2, 1825; Jonathan Shull, December 22, 1827 ; Margaret Shull, February II, 183o; Barbara Anne, April 27, 1833, died on December 25, 1833; George Washington, January 6, 1836; Elizabeth Catherine, December 16, 1840; David Cross, June 30, 1844. The father of these children died on GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 711 June 18, 1871, the mother on September 18, 1869. David Gander farmed all his life, beginning with a small farm, but adding to it until lie owned three hundred and sixty acres. He held various township offices, and was prominent in his community, taking an interest in public affairs. David C. Gander grew up on the home place, and enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Seventy-second Ohio Infantry, serving with an honorable record. After the war he came back to his home community and returned to farming. On November 1, 1868, he was married to Rhoda Moore, the sister of Thomas I. Moore, whose sketch see for her ancestry. She was born on May 16, 1848, in the southwest part of Valley township, where her brother now lives. To this union were born nine children. Wilbur Grant was born on September 19, 1869, and now lives in Newark, an engineer on the Baltimore & Ohio railway. Rachel Elizabeth was born on February 18, 1871, and died in June, 1894, just six weeks later than her mother. Cora Olive was born on June 3, 1873, and died on September 1, 1876. Harrison Ross was born on August 17, 1875, and is now a miner, living in Pleasant City. Homer Strawl was born on March 4, 1877, and is now a mine superintendent. Anna Maude was born on January 18, 1879, and married At B. Buckey, of Oklahoma. Robert Halley was born on September 22, 1880, and is employed in the shoe business in Cambridge. Alice Irena, who was born on January 19, 1884, and Florence Ethel, born on August 9, 1888, are at home with their father in Byesville. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Gander lived on the old home farm in Spencer township until 1885, when they moved to Kansas, where he bought a farm and they lived for about a year and a half, when, because of Mrs. Gander's failing health, they sold out and returned to Ohio, living for four years in the northern part of Jackson township. They then moved near to Byesville, and it was while here that Mrs. Gander contracted measles and pneumonia at the same time, in her already weakened condition, and died on April 28, 1894. She was a good woman, a faithful wife and conscientious mother, and she and her husband were both active in the work of the Methodist church. Mr. Gander continued to live on the farm until May, 1901, when he moved to Byesville, and engaged in teaming, which he found at that time to be a lucrative business. Since his childhood Mr. Gander has been an ardent Republican, taking an active part in the councils of his party. He has lived to see his children taking an active and useful work in the communities in which they live, while he himself is still in the harness. Widely known in the county, he is well liked by all 712 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. ORA F. YOUNG. One of the well known and prominent citizens of Pleasant City, Valley township, is Ora F. Young, who was born in East Union, Noble county, Ohio, May 26, i866, and is the son of William and Sarah (Robinson) Young. William Young's parents came from Anne Arundel county, Maryland, and located near what is now Temperanceville, Noble county, at that time a portion of Belmont county. William Young grew tip on the farm and later in life became a miller, following his trade for forty-five years in Sarahsville, Summer- field, Sharon, Olive, Byesville, Hartford and Point Pleasant or Pleasant City. He married Sarah Robinson, daughter of Solomon Robinson and wife. She was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio in 1828, when she was six years of age. They came in emigrant wagons in typical pioneer fashion, went on to Big Meigs creek above Pennville, near a Quaker settlement in Morgan county, Ohio. They afterwards moved back to Sharon, where William Young engaged in the milling business. After their marriage they moved to East Union, where the elder Young engaged in the milling business until 1873, then came to Pleasant City and engaged in the milling business the rest of his life, dying in 1897, his widow surviving until 1907. He had been a soldier in Company G, One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He and his wife were life-long members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Their family consisted of nine children, namely : Mrs. Nancy Shriver, wife of Nicholas Shrivel-, living near Caldwell; Mrs. B. F. Lee, of Byesville; Mrs. 'Francis Rebecca Secrest, wife of J. M. Secrest; John M., of Cambridge; Mrs. Jennie Speers, wife of Europe Speers, of Cambridge; Flora, wife of Charles Robins, of Eureka, Kansas; Mrs. Ida M. Secrest, of Cleveland, wife of W. T. Secrest ; Martha died in 1876; Ora F., of this review. From the time he was six years of age, Ora F. Young lived in Pleasant City. After his father got too old to work in the mill, he took tip the work, which he followed until 1908, in which year he went into business for himself in Pleasant City, 'wholesale and retail flour and feed. He erected one of the most substantial business houses in the town, which he now occupies. It is of tile and concrete, is neat, well arranged and attractive, and he has carried on a very extensive business ever since. He has been very successful as a business man in whatever he has turned his attention to. Mr. Young was married in 1889 to Amanda Crow, of Noble county, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Wilson) Crow. Her death occurred on May 22, 1894, and on June 7, 1900, Mr. Young was married to Belle McCoy, GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 713 daughter of Alexander McCoy, who was county commissioner of this county, and whose death occurred in 1891. His wife was Jane Johnson, descended from a pioneer family from Braddock, Pennsylvania. The McCoys were also a prominent pioneer family, having come from Pennsylvania. One daughter, Virgil Amanda, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Young. Since 1895 Mr. Young has been a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal church, and he has been a member of the church thirty-one years. He is a class leader, steward and a Sunday school teacher, and was superintendent of the Sunday school for twelve years. He was township clerk for four years, beginning when he was only twenty-two years old. In all his positions of public trust he has been very faithful in the discharge of his duty and has won the commendation of all concerned. His first wife was a Methodist, as is also his present wife. Mr. Young is a successful business man, a fluent and interesting speaker and a man whom to know is to respect and admire for his industry. NOAH ELWOOD SECREST. Much is to be found within the covers of this volume regarding the Secrest family, but too much could not well be said, owing to the fact that its members have been prominent in Guernsey county in various walks of life from the early pioneer clays and they have borne reputations of high grade citizens, unassailable and irreproachable, and have played well their parts in the drama of civilization. A worthy representative of this old and influential family is Noah Elwood Secrest, of Valley township, of whom the following paragraphs deal. He was born on his father's old home farm a short distance east of Hartford, this township, on June 9, 1855. He is the son of William and Mary (Buckley) Secrest, highly esteemed old residents of Valley township, who are mentioned in a separate sketch in this work. Noah E. Secrest grew to maturity on the home farm on which he worked during his boyhood and youth and attended the district schools. He followed farming most of the time, but also did some teaming, remaining with his father until he was thirty-four years of age. He was married in 1879 to Mary R. Jackson, who was born and reared at Pleasant City, this township, the daughter of Samuel and Virginia (Trott) Jackson, a well known and highly respected family here. This union has resulted in the birth of four children, namely : Carl Dwight, who lives at Belle Valley, this county, working as a 714 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. foreman for a construction gang at the mines; Ella Violet and William Jackson are at home; Melba Virginia is attending school at Pleasant City. In 1888 Mr. Secrest bought a farm of one hundred and four acres one mile south of Hartford, where he has since made his home. The house, a cosy, substantial and attractive one, stands on top of a ridge, overlooking the valley, commanding a view of several towns and a most inspiring panorama of field and farm as well. From it the lights of Cambridge may be seen at night and in another direction one can see at a distance of eighteen miles. He has a most excellent farm which he has brought up to a high state of improvement and cultivation and which is one of the choice places of the township. He carries on general farming and stock raising in a most successful manner and is regarded as one of the leading agriculturists of his community. Mr. Secrest is a loyal Democrat and he is more or less active in local party affairs, having served his township as trustee in a most acceptable manner. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Pleasant City, and in his religious relations he holds membership with the Lutheran congregation, while Mrs, Secrest belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. ALBERT E. WYCOFF. The Wycoff family is deserving of specific mention in this work owing to the fact that it is an old and honored one in Guernsey county, its several members having conducted themselves in a manner as becomes American citizens of a high order. Of this number Albert E. Wycoff is a worthy representative. He was born at Claysville, this county, in July, 1861, and he is the son of John R. and Eliza (Hammond) Wycoff. It is believed this family came originally from Pennsylvania, moving from this county to Indiana, but later returned here before the subject was born. His boyhood was spent at Claysville, where he attended school and clerked a little. When sixteen years of age he entered the photography business at his home town, later went to Hiramsburg, then to Byesville, but owing to the fact that this line of work seemed to be detrimental to his health he gave it up and began doing contract work, following that business very successfully until about 1882. He then went to farming and bought and sold livestock, near Hartford and Buffalo. Later he clerked about three years for Moss Brothers & Rigby in Hartford. After leaving their employ he clerked for the Wills Creek Supply Company, three or four months. In July, 1888, he entered into business for himself at GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 715 Hartford, opening a new store, dealing in general merchandise. He built tip an excellent trade and had the confidence of the entire community. When the lease expired on the building occupied by his former employers, he rented the place and moved to his present location where he has continued every since, enjoying a large trade with the surrounding country and always carrying a very carefully selected stock of up-to-date goods, tastily arranged in a neat building. In July, 1909, he started another store at Walhonding No. 2 mine. He has been very successful as a merchant, being a good manager and courteous and honest in his dealings with his many customers. On December 4, 1899, he was appointed postmaster at Hartford, Which office he still holds, discharging his duties in this connection in a manner that reflects much credit upon himself and to the satisfaction of the people and the department at Washington. Politically, he is a Republican, and is loyal to his party's principles. In fraternal matters he is a worthy member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Wycoff was married in 1882 to Arizona Dickerson, daughter of George and Eliza (Vorhees) Dickerson, mentioned elsewhere in this work. She was born and reared at Derwent, her father having been a prominent citizen there, owning nearly all the ground on which that town now stands. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Wycoff, of whom one died in infancy, namely : Roy, who married Ethel Garrett, lives in Hartford, clerking in his father's store; he has one son, Byron ; Paul married Hattie Clendenning and lives in Hartford, being an electrician in the mines ; Harrison is in charge of his father's store at Walhonding mine No. 2; Forrest clerks in his father's store at Hartford ; Carl and Catherine Eliza are both at home. Mr. and Mrs. Wycoff both belong to the Methodist Episcopal church in Hartford, and they stand high in all circles in this community. GEORGE W. DICKERSON. A highly honored and influential citizen of Derwent, Guernsey county, is George W. Dickerson, who was born at Hartford, Valley township, in 1839, and he has lived to see wondrous changes take place in this locality and has done his full share in bringing about the transformation. He is the son of Asa and Catherine (Secrest) Dickerson. It is believed that the father was born in the south edge of Jackson township, this county, about 1805, but it may be that he was born in Center township; however, he waS certainly a 716 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. pioneer child, growing up in the forest when the red men were yet abroad and wild beasts plentiful. He was the son of Richard and Anna (Huston) Dickerson, Richard Dickerson came here from Washington county, Pennsylvania. His father, also named Richard, was brought to America as a soldier to fight for England in the Revolutionary war, but deserted upon reaching our shores when he learned the cause of the war, and joined the American forces, fighting tinder George Washington. Richard Dickerson was twice married, Asa being a son of the second marriage. Richard came to Guernsey county, Ohio, from his Pennsylvania home about 1804, and settled first in Center township, then moved to what is now the south part of Jackson township, along Wills creek. Richard's children were Isabel, who married Solomon Peters ; Joshua, Richard, Simeon and Asa. Asa Dickerson married Catherine Secrest, daughter of John Secrest, of near Hartford, The latter was the brother of Henry Secrest, father of William Secrest, whose sketch appears herein. After his marriage Asa Dickerson spent nearly all his days near Hartford. He was a carpenter by trade and was a fine workman. He had four children, namely : Samuel died when three months old ; Jane is the wife of James Edward Spaid, whose sketch appears on another page of this work; George W., of Derwent, and John, deceased. In 1868 Asa Dickerson and sons bought a farm of one hundred and sixty acres where Derwent now stands and this was his home the rest of his life, his death occurring in 1887. His wife survived him until -1905, having reached the advanced age of ninety years. Asa Dickerson made a profession of the Christian faith and was of Baptist belief. His wife belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church. They were excellent people in every respect. George W. Dickerson was about eighteen years old when his father bought the farm at Derwent, and he has made his home there ever since, with the exception of the summer of 1862, which he spent in the Rocky mountains, prospecting for gold. He then returned to the farm and has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits and the carpenter's trade, at which he has been very successful, building many of the houses and barns in this vicinity, and as a farmer his labors were very satisfactorily rewarded. Mr. Dickerson was married in the spring of 1863 to Eliza Vorhies, the daughter of Eli and Nancy (McLaughlin) Vorhies. She was born in Noble county, this state, of which her people were very early settlers, both her great-grandfather and grandfather having lived in that county and are buried there. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Dickerson : Arizona, who married Albert E. Wycoff, of Hartford, whose sketch appears herein; Norval Weimer lives in Derwent, where he is a carpenter in the mines; he GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 717 married Mattie Perry, and they have three daughters and two sons living, one child being deceased; Eli Asa also lives in Derwent, engaged as a plasterer; he married Annie Buckmaster, and they have three children living, one being deceased. Mr. Dickerson is a member of Red Prince Lodge No. 250, Knights of Pythias, at Byesville, and also the Pythian Sisters at Pleasant City. A part of his farm is now laid off in town lots, and comprises the greater portion of the town of Derwent and that immediate vicinity as originally laid off, he having owned all east of the railroad fronting on three streets. He is the oldest citizen of this town and community, in point of length of residence. He is held in high esteem by all classes. THOMAS W. McKINLEY. Among the enterprising farmers of Valley township, Guernsey county, who believe in keeping abreast of the times in all matters pertaining to their special line of endeavor and thereby not only benefit themselves and family to the greatest degree, but also the community at large is Thomas W. McKinley, who has spent his life in this community, having been born in the northwestern part of this township, along the Clay pike, on August 12, 1847. He is the son of Ebenezer and Lucinda (Russell) McKinley, the former born June 21, 1815. and the latter on April 3, 1814. The father was the son of William McKinley, who came from Virginia to Belmont county, Ohio, in a very early day, thence moved to Guernsey county, locating in the northwestern part of Valley township where he became the owner of about two hundred and eighty acres of land; there he established a good home and became influential among the early settlers. He lived to be about eighty years of age. His family consisted of five sons and two daughters : Aaron, Israel, Willoughby and a son usually called "Uncle Peidmond" all went west; Aaron lived on the home place and was married, but died childless ; Willoughby married Elizabeth Carter and lived at Cumberland for a number of years, then moved t0 Hummisten, Iowa, where he became the owner of over a section of land; he left two sons and one daughter ; Ebenezer married Lucinda Russell, daughter of Thomas Russell and wife. Thomas Russell was a soldier during the war of 1812 with England. She was born in Belmont county and was brought to Guernsey county by her parents when a child. After the father was married he lived on the home place and his death occurred on October 30, 1857, at the age of 718 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. forty-two years ; his widow survived thirty-seven years, dying on November 12, 1894. The following children were born to them : Thamer E. married Landon Starr and lived near Claysville; they both died, leaving five children; Sarah A. married Stephen Hickle and lives near Cumberland; Rachel died on August 30, 1844, when one year old; William A. was married to Elizabeth Hammontree and they became the parents of two children, both of whom died in infancy ; the father is also deceased; Thomas W., of this review ; Aaron married Mahala Aplin, lives in the southwestern part of Jackson township on his farm, and they are the parents of three children, Charles, Forest E. and Fern ; Clarinda J. married John Bristol and lives in Byesville; Hayden E. lives at Columbus, Kansas, and is married to Alice Clark, daughter of William Clark, and they have two children, a boy and a girl, Jay and Cecil. Thomas W. McKinley's boyhood was spent on the home farm where he assisted with the general work and attended the neighboring schools. In 1869 he was married to Mary J. Heskett, daughter of Elam and Sytha Heskett, old pioneers from Belmont county. After their marriage they lived on the old Heskett homestead, in the northwestern part of Valley township, about three years, then between Cumberland and Claysville five or six years. Her death occurred on July 21, 1877, and she left two children, a son and a daughter, Walter Ray and Mary A. Another daughter died when two and one- half years of age. The son lives near Chaseville and works for the Ohio Fuel Supply Company ; he married Claude Goodin and they have five children, four sons and one daughter, Guy, Earl, Fred, Mack and Grace. Mary A. McKinley married George Wilson and has two Sons, Victor and Chester ; she lives on the home farm with her father. After the death of his wife Thomas W. McKinley bought the old homestead where he now resides, and on which he has been very successful as a general farmer. On November 15, 1892, he was married to Sarah L. Bugher, of Spencer township, the daughter of George and Joan Bugher. Mr. McKinley is a loyal Prohibitionist, and he and hiS wife belong to the Christian church near their home, of which he is a deacon and, in fact, a pillar, being ever active in the same. They have an attractive and well- kept dwelling and Mr. McKinley has kept his fine farm in first class condition, now owning three hundred and thirteen acres of as good land as the township can boast. This land does not all join, but is in the immediate vicinity where he lives. Besides general farming, he is known to be a very successful stock raiser, He has just bought one hundred more acres of land, owning in all four hundred and thirteen acres. Mr. McKinley has inherited many sterling traits from his ancestors, who GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 719 were known for their integrity, honor and public spirit. His great-grandfather was a fine Virginia gentleman of the old school; he owned an extensive plantation and had about twenty-five or thirty slaves. At his death they fell to his son William, the subject's grandfather, but he waS not in favor of slavery and never went back to the old plantation to claim them. MATTHEW STRAUCH. The province of Lorraine has furnished a large number of most welcomed and enterprising citizens to various localities of the United States, and almost invariably they have in due course of time become property holders and made valuable citizens, loyal to our institutions and ready to lend whatever aid necessary in advancing the general good. Of this large number the name of Matthew Strauch, of Jackson township. Guernsey county, should be mentioned. He was born in the province named above (then a part of France, but now belonging to Germany) June 3, 1860. He is the son of William and Margaret (Losqyl) Strauch. He grew to maturity and was educated in his native land, and in 1881, when twenty-one years of age, he emigrated to America, locating in Pennsylvania where he followed mining—in fact, he has been a miner all his life, having entered the mines of France when only thirteen years of age. About two years after he located in Pennsylvania he went to H0cking Valley. Ohio, then went to Alabama and was there about six months, then came to Guernsey county and located at Byesville, where he worked about a year. Ire then went to Trail Run and has been there ever since, making this his home and working in various mines. In 1898 he became mining boss at Trail Run mine No. 1. About 1905 lie was promoted to superintendent of the mine, which place he has continued to fill in a manner that reflects much credit upon himself and to the entire satisfaction of his employers, continuously to the present time. He has about two hundred and twenty-five men under his control, and, being popular with them, he has their good will and so adroitly executes his work that the very best results are obtained. He is evidently the right man in the right place. In 1907 he bought the farm where he now resides, a half mile northwest of Trail Run, where he has one hundred acres of excellent and well improved land, on which stands a large, Substantial and attractively located dwelling, and everything about the place is in keeping with the same. Before purchasing this place he had lived across the line in Richland township, about three miles from Trail Run, where he had a farm, 720 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. having lived there about sixteen years.. He has traded that for residence property in Byesville, which he rents out. He has been very successful in his life work, in whatever he has turned his attention to, and is now one of the substantial men of his community. Politically, he is a Republican, having supported this party ever since he became an American citizen. He took out his first naturalization papers in 1885, and was fully naturalized in 1887. He is active in the affairs of his party. Fraternally, he belongs to the Independent Order of Odd FellowS at Senecaville and the Knights of Pythias at Byesville, having transferred his membership from Cambridge in the latter. Mr. Strauch was married in 1887 to Ida May Hillyer, who was born about three miles from Senecaville, in Guernsey county. She is the daughter of Thomas and Rachael (Secrest) Hillyer. The Secrests were old pioneers in this county. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Strauch : Clarence died when twenty-two monthS old, being the second in order of birth, William having been the first ; Mary was third, then Raymond, Florence, Ruth, Gladys and Irene, all at home with their parents. Mr. Strauch has been remarkably successful since coming to America, When he landed on our shores he could speak both French and German, but not a word of English ; but he rapidly mastered our language, desiring to be a thorough American, associating with our people, married a native of the United States and has ever been ready to defend America's interests. DR, ANDREW WALL Of all the workers in the field of human activities, there is none that more closely links himself with the hearts and lives of his fellows than the medical practitioner, who combines with skill a zealous devotion to his humane task of helping the suffering. He is the true friend in need. Between him and those he serves there springs up a peculiar loyalty, and when he departs there is genuine mourning. Such a worker waS Dr. Andrew Wall who, though now dead a dozen years, is still green in the memory of his generation. Doctor Wall was born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, December 13, 1829, and was a resident of Washington county, Pennsylvania, from early childhood till his sixteenth year. He came with his parents, Jesse and Sarah Wall, to Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1845. The family settled near Claysville, where the youth grew to man- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 721 hood, receiving the ordinary common school education. He then attended Muskingum College, and after that taught several terms of school before he began the study of medicine. His twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth years were spent at Ann Arbor in the medical department of the University of Michigan, where he laid the foundations of a knowledge in medicine and surgery for which he afterwards became distinguished. After leaving the above school he studied under Dr. Vincent Haynes, of Cambridge, and there first engaged in practice. In 1862 he took the degree of Doctor of Medicine at the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati and enlisted as assistant surgeon in the Seventy-seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and one year later was promoted to the office of surgeon, in which capacity he served until 1866. In 1867 Doctor Wall formed a partnership in Cambridge with Dr. William Clark, but this was dissolved in the following year. His experience in the army had been of great service to him; even at that time he was recognized as a surgeon of unusual capability, and added years of experience increased that reputation. He was made a member of the board of pension examiners, and from the time of the organization of that board until his death, except during President Cleveland'S last term, he waS a member of it, being president of the board when he died. Doctor Wall was married in 1856 to Bridget Call, who was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in 1833. They had five children : Corydon L., now a druggist at Cleveland ; an infant son who died in 1859; Elizabeth May, a well-known teacher in the Cambridge schools for many years; Mary L., wife of Ross Moore, and Sallie L., stenographer in the office of Superintendent McCullough of the Marietta division of the Pennsylvania railroad. All are of Cambridge. Their mother died a number of years before the father's death, and in 1889 he married Mrs. G. N. Meredith, who survived him. Doctor Wall died April 17, 1898. His funeral was conducted by the Masonic order, of which he was an honored member, and waS attended by all the prominent physicians of the county. It was said that no death ever occurred in Cambridge that caused such general sorrow. He was one of the old-fashioned doctors who ministered to the wants of the afflicted whenever and wherever needed, and no journey waS too hazardous for him to undertake when he could render professional service. Throughout Guernsey county his name was a household word, for rich and poor, high and low alike, depending on him in times of need, had never-failing proof of his trustiness. A man of remarkable endurance, there were timeS when he would be going day and night, for perhaps a week continuously, and virtually without sleep or rest. 722 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Such a strain could not but undermine any constitution; the collapse came finally, and death claimed him while yet in the ascendancy of his reputation and skill. No physician in Ohio was more renowned for the success of his surgical operations, and the demand for his services in this line were far more than he could meet. He was busy to the last, allowing himself no vacations and giving to others all that he had of strength and skill. He had a warm, impulsive heart. a hand open and generous, and a wide and genuine charity. CHARLES A. HEINER. The name of Charles A. Heiner has long stood for progressive citizenship and upright living and he is easily one of the most substantial and influential citizens of Byesville, Guernsey county, which position, however, he is unconsciouS of, being an entirely unassuming man and seeking merely to do his every duty as a loyal citizen and to worthily uphold an honored family name. Mr. Heiner was born at Norwich, Muskingum county, Ohio, December 23, 1867, and he is the son of Jacob and Isabel (Morrison) Heiner, The father came from Somerset, Pennsylvania, where he was born about 1808. He was a shoemaker by trade, which he followed there, also owned a farm near there on which he had a coal mine. Isabel Morrison waS born in Maryland and was the daughter of Andrew Morrison. She was a little girl when her parents brought her to this county and located at Senecaville and there conducted a hotel, her father having been familiarly known among the early residents as "Coon" Morrison. and he lived at Senecaville the rest of his days. After his death his widow came to the home of Mrs. Heiner and remained until her summons came, having reached the advanced age of ninety-five years. When the subject was only a year old the family moved to Warrensburg, Missouri, where they remained six years, the failing health of the father causing him to return to Ohio. He then located at Washington, Guernsey county, where his death occurred, December 31, 1879, when about seventy-two years old. His widow lived to be eighty-six years old, dying on August 28, 1906. Charles A. Heiner was six years old when the family came back from Missouri. He began life for himself at a very tender age, beginning as a clerk in a drug store, working for Dr. 0. F. Lowry, now of Cambridge, but owing to poor health he was compelled to give up his position there, but later clerked for James Stewart & Sons at that place, remaining with them five GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 723 years, during which time he studied medicine and pharmacy with Dr. T. L. McQuaide, working days and studying at night. He then went to Columbus and passed the required examination and became a registered assistant pharmacist, then went to Barnesville and for two years clerked in the drug store of Dr. G. S. Wellons & Son, and while there he continued his studies under the Doctor, who waS a good physician and surgeon, being the surgeon at that place for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. He also clerked in the drug store of John M. Ogier for about six months in Cambridge. He went to Sarahsville from BarneSville and clerked in a drug store, managing the store for the proprietor, who was a physician. While there Hommer Witten, of Byesville, offered Mr. Heiner a position in his drug store in Byesville, so he came here about 1890, buying his employer out about a year later, shortly before which, in June, 1901, he was married to Winna Asqueith, daughter of William and Phoebe Asqueith. She was born and reared at Sarahsville, Noble county, where she lived until her marriage to Mr. Heiner, then came to Byesville. Just before purchasing his store Mr. Heiner was granted license as a registered pharmacist. He has been very successful in the drug business, having gone in debt for the store, which he has long ago paid. He later built a neat and comfortable home, which he paid for in payments. Two days after Mrs. Heiner made the last payment, having gone to Cambridge for that purpose, she fell ill and died the evening of the same day, January 1, 1899, leaving a daughter, Murriel, only four years old. After the death of his wife, Mr. Heiner took up the Study of optics, attending college at Chicago, from which he was graduated, having previously taken a correspondence course in this field. He took up the practice of this profession in connection with his drug business and has been very successful, proving himself to be an able practitioner, and built up a very. Satisfactory practice, though his other business absorbs most of his time. About 1900 he bought ground on Depot street, opposite the end of Seneca street, in Byesville, and thereon erected a very substantial and attractive building, which, being so much superior to other buildings of a similar nature in this town that many said he waS wasting his money, both in point of building and fixtures. He moved his stock of goods in the new building and has ever since enjoyed a most excellent patronage, and although his building was some ten years ahead of the city, the growth of Byesville has since justified the outlay. He went into debt for it, but has paid it out. On June 16, 1902, Mr. Heiner married Mrs. Annis Annette (Browning) Cook, who was born at Pentwater, Michigan, the daughter of Edwin Perry and Anna (McAndrews) Browning. She was a Canadian, from near Mon- 724 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. treat. When she was nine years of age her father camee to Washington county, Ohio, where she grew to maturity. He was a native of Morgan county, this state, was a soldier in the Civil war, after the close of which he went to Michigan where he made his home. Mr. Heiner .has been very successful in business, and besides his fine drug store, he is a stockholder in the West Virginia Optical Company at Wheeling, also in the United Drug Company at Boston, Massachusetts. He also deals in real estate as opportunity affords for investment. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Byesville, and he has been a member of the Methodist church since childhood, Mrs. Heiner also being a member. They are the parents of one son, Lanis Browning Heiner. Besides the properties mentioned above, Mr. Heiner has valuable holdings elsewhere, having a small tract, beautifully situated, three miles above Marietta on the Muskingum river, with the park club grounds on one side and the interurban line on the other, and, being in the oil region, it is very valuable ground. He also owns property between Byesville and Cambridge. He has been in the same business in Byesville continuously longer than any other man in this place. ERNEST W. SMITH. It is safe to say that no one is more familiar with the mining region of Guernsey county than Ernest W. Smith, the present able and well known assistant general superintendent of the Imperial Mining Company's mines and those of the Vivian Collieries Company, He is popular with a large acquaintance, being a man of kindly disposition, pleasant, honest and thoroughly trustworthy, admired for his uprightness and business integrity. Mr. Smith was born near Elba, Noble county, Ohio, July 27, 1871, and is the son of Jerry R. Smith and wife, records of whose lives are to be found on another page of this work. Suffice it to say here that they were of representative pioneer families and highly respected. When the son was about fourteen years of age he began working in the coal mines about Byesville and has been here ever since, making himself familiar with the various phases of the work in this field. While working at the old Central mine he proved of such value to the company that he was made foreman, which position he held with credit to himself for about four years, beginning about 1895. During the next six or seven years he was hoisting engineer at the mines, after which he was made superintendent of the Ohio No. 2 mine, west of Byesville. About GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 725 two years later he was made assistant general Superintendent of all mineS owned by the Imperial Mining Company and the Vivian Collieries Company, which responsible position he still holds, giving entire satisfaction in every detail of the work. He has charge of four large mines and about six hundred men, which position he has held about four years. He understands thoroughly every phase of mining work and he is very faithful in the discharge of his duties. He understands well how to handle men, keeps everything under an excellent system, and is a very important factor in the vast interests of the above mentioned companies. Mr. Smith was married in 1896 to Nora Linkhorn, daughter of Joseph Linkhorn and wife and the sister of L. S. Linkhorn, county treasurer of Guernsey county, to whose sketch the reader is respectfully referred for the complete ancestry of the Linkhorn family. One winsome daughter, Helen, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Fraternally, Mr. Smith belongs to the Masonic order, having attained the Knight Templar degree, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and faithful in their attendance and support of the same. Mr. Smith has served four years in the village council and three years as mayor. He and his wife have a wide circle of friends here and stand high in the social life about ByeSville. ALEXANDER W. ARBUCKLE. For many reasons Alexander W. Arbuckle, an honored citizen of Byesville, Guernsey county, is entitled to representation in this history, not the least of which is the fact that he is one of the loyal "boys in blue" who saved the national union for succeeding generations and to whom we owe too huge a debt of gratitude to ever be paid. He has spent practically all his life within the borders of Jackson township, where he was born on May 13, 1848. He is the son of James W. and Isabel (Henry) Arbuckle, both natives of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, from which state the father was brought to Guernsey county by his parents about 1810 and here he grew to manhood. He entered one hundred and sixty acres of land from the government in the southwest section of Jackson township. It was here that he married Isabel Henry. She was brought here when a child by her parents. James W. Arbuckle cleared most of his farm, which at first was all virgin forest. Later he traded for another farm in the same township, and he lived near Mt. Zion until his death 726 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. in 1883. He was a Republican and a member of the old Cambridge Baptist church in its early history, being active and a regular attendant. His wife died in August, 1857. Alexander W, Arbuckle, of this review, was the youngest of a family of ten children, of whom three were sons : Joseph died when eighteen years of age and James lived in Cambridge township, married and reared a family, devoting his life chiefly to farming; one sister, Leah, still lives in this county and is now the widow of Jackson Burns, and lives near the old home in the western part of Jackson township. Alexander W. Arbuckle remained on the home place until the latter part of the Civil war when, on February 22, 1864, he enlisted at Cambridge for three years' service in Company B, Ninety-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, although he was not sixteen years of age at the time. He was sent south and participated in the following engagements : Rocky Face Ridge, Adairsville, Resaca, Cassville, Dallas, New Hope Church, Pine Mountain, Kennesaw Mountain. He was seized with typhoid fever and was sent to the hospital at Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was detailed for hospital duty at Camp Dennison. Ohio, May 19, 1865, by special order from the war department. His regiment saw some very hard service during the closing days of the war, was under fire two hundred and twenty days and lost six hundred and seventy- three men in battle. Mr. Arbuckle was quartermaster of Davis Kimble Post No. 662, Grand Army of the Republic, at Byesville. After the war he came back to the old home and remained two or three years, then went to Illinois and was there three years on a farm. Returning to this county, he was married on September 19, 1874, to Mary Jane Reynolds, of Jackson township, the daughter of Samuel and Leah (Sigman) Reynolds. Her parents came from the same county in Pennsylvania as did Mr. Arbuckle's parents and were old settlers in the county. After his marriage Mr. Arbuckle farmed most of his life, although he worked some in the coal mines. About 1878 he bought a small farm near Mt. Zion and lived there until he sold it and moved to Byesville, where he has lived ever since. In 1886 he bought the place where he now resides at the corner of Second, High and Grant streets. About 1895 he bought a farm about a half mile west of Byesville where he maintains a dairy which is very popular with the people of this town and vicinity. Since about 1900 he has owned and operated a threshing machine. He also owned a farm in Cambridge township for five years, then sold it. He has a very wide acquaintance in this part of the county, where his threshing takes him through several townships every year. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 727 Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Arbuckle, James Leroy and Leah Belle. The son is in business for himself in Byesville, owning a harness and general leather establishment, and has a very satisfactory trade. The daughter married Owen Mackley and lives near her father in Byesville. Mr. Arbuckle is a member of Byesville Lodge No. 763, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He has taken an active part in the political life of his county and is an unswerving Republican. For eight years he was trustee of Jackson township, and in 1910 he was nominated for infirmary director by a good majority, and on November 8th was elected, his selection meeting with universal approval among all classes. GEORGE R. SHAW. There have come to this country from England and other alien lands men of limited financial resources, but imbued with a sturdy independence and a laudable ambition to succeed, and who have taken advantages of the wonderful possibilities afforded here. Gradually, step by step, they have risen to places of prominence in various lines of activity. Of these there can be none mentioned who deserve more favorable attention than the gentleman whose name opens this biographical sketch and who has for many years been an honored resident of Guernsey county, now retired and enjoying the fruits of peace in his beautiful home at Byesville. George R. Shaw was born in county Durham, England, April 2, 1847, the son of William and Ann (Gowland) Shaw, and he grew to maturity in his native land and when only a lad of ten years he went to work in the coal mines, spending about twelve hours a day in the mines. This was pretty stern discipline for a boy, but he was courageous and it imbued in him a spirit of fortitude. He followed mining in England until 1879, then came to America. He was married in 1869 to Gena Nicholson, daughter. of Ralph and Margaret Nicholson, who, too, was a native of county Durham, England. In 1879 Mr. Shaw came to Tioga county, Pennsylvania, and engaged in mining; after remaining there six months he came to Bellaire, Ohio, where he remained about a year, then moved to Guernsey county, locating at Scott's mines. After a separation of a year and eight months, his family, having remained in England, joined him here and they made their home at Scott's mines about five years. Mr. Shaw then came to Byesville and began working in Nicholson's mines, the Pioneer and the Ideal mines. While at the Pioneer mine he was 728 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. made mine foreman. In 1900 he went to the Ideal mine as superintendent and had charge of operating the mine, continuing as superintendent of that mine until May, 1909, at which time he had about four hundred men under his control. Upon the date just mentioned he retired from active work, resigning his position. He thoroughly understood every phase of his work, was a man who believed in inaugurating a perfect system and he handled his men in a manner that brought the best and greatest results, and in whatever position he occupied he gave it his closeSt attention and gave the utmost satisfaction to his employers. About 1905 he built a handsome residence in the northwest part of Byesville, where he now resides; a large, concrete, handsomely finished and tastily arranged dwelling, around which is a well kept and inviting lawn abounding in flowers and shrubbery. Twelve children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Shaw, Six of whom were born in England, one shortly after Mr. Shaw left for America. They are : Ralph, a miner, lives with his parents; James married Myrtle Bean and lives at Byesville; he is also a miner and has two children, Russell and Annis; Margaret died when twelve years of age; Mary Ann married William Spencer and lives in Byesville, and they have four children, George, William, Jennie and John ; Georgie died when sixteen months old ; John lives in ByeSville and is a miner ; George died when about ten months old; Lizzie is at home with her parents; Thomas is an engineer at the Ideal mine; Richard married Ethel Carr and lives in Pennsylvania where he is engaged as an electrician; Emanuel died when seven months old; George is at home with his parents and attending school in Byesville. Mr. Shaw is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Byesville. He is a man who is well known to the mining world of Guernsey county and he has always been well liked and respected. DAVID S. BURT. In placing the name of David S. Burt in the front rank of the business men of Guernsey county simple justice is done a biographical fact, universally recognized throughout this and adjoining counties by men at all familiar with hiS history. A man of judgment, sound discretion and business ability of a high order, he has managed with tactful success important enterprises and so impressed his individuality upon the community as to gain recognition GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 729 among its leading citizens and public spirited men of affairs. He was born northwest of Byesville, in this county, where the present golf grounds are located, in 1856, and he is the son of Eli and Nancy (Smith) Burt. The Burt family was a large and prominent one. The first one of whom there is any record in Guernsey county was Luther Burt, who was a native of the isle of Jersey, prior or during the year 1810. His children were John, David, Luther, William, Daniel, Polly, Nancy, Eliza and Asenath. Daniel married Catherine Waller, probably from Virginia. After their marriage Daniel and wife lived a short distance northwest of Byesville. He was a farmer all his life and owned probably three hundred acres of land, In his family were three sons and six daughters, one of the latter dying in infancy; the former were John, Eli and William. Eli married Nancy Smith, daughter of Peter and Catherine (Ridingheur) Smith. She was born and reared near Washington, Ohio. Her parents came from WaShington county, PennSylvania, but her mother was reared in Westmoreland county, that state. Nine monthS after their marriage Eli Burt and wife went to live on his farm northwest of Byesville. He first bought seventy-five acres, and paid for it by dint of hard work. Later he added more from time to time until he had Six hundred acres and he became very prosperous. They also owned property in Byesville and in Cambridge. Their family consisted of eight children, namely : John Perry died in the army when twenty years of age; Sarah Catherine died when twenty years old; Nancy Lizzy died when thirteen years of age ; Roland died when nearly eight years of age; those living are Jennie, who married William Nicholson ; William Burt lives in Cambridge ; David liveS in Byesville; Rhoda Ann is the wife of J. A. Hoopman, whose sketch appears in this work. David S. Burt, of this review, lived on the farm northwest of Byesville until he was twenty-two years old. When a young man he went to Cambridge and took up the study of dentistry with Doctors Jefferson and Cooper ; after remaining with them eight months he returned to the farm near Byesville and moved to Byesville when only six houses Were in the town. It was in 1880 that he came here and this has been his home ever since, having lived here at a longer continuous period than any other person. After moving to near Byesville he ran a blacksmith shop for about a year, from 1877 to 1878. On January 1, 1879, he married Lucinda A. Hoopman, daughter of Elijah Hoopman and sister of J. A. Hoopman. After their marriage they lived on the farm one year, then, in 1880, moved into Byesville, where he has lived ever since. He lived on the farm the year he ran the blacksmith shop: In the latter part of 1880 he began in the livery business in Byesville, having 730 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. started the first livery barn here. After conducting the same for one year he sold out to Lennie Petters, then ran a saw-mill one year near Byesville. He maintained his residence in Byesville, although he built a sales barn in Baltimore, Maryland. Later he opened a similar sales stable in Cleveland, Ohio, then took charge of the Cleveland mail service and had thirteen wagons, running from the postoffice to trains and boats. After two years he resigned this position to become postmaster at Byesville, the duties of which he discharged in a very faithful manner for a period of nine years. In 1904 he built the Burt block, the largest block in Byesville, which is assessed for taxation for over twenty-three thousand dollars. He is also interested in several coal mines, oning all the coal and one-fourth interest in the equipment of the Cambridge Valley coal mine. He built the glass plant in Cambridge in 1903. In 1902 he built the brick and tile plant in the northwestern part of Byesville. He also built the big brick school house on Sixth street. He built the rolling mill at Cambridge, also the pottery plant at Cambridge and the rolling mill at Marietta, also a glass plant at Pleasant City. He built so many houses in Byesville that hc has earned the sobriquet of "The Father of Byesville." He is also an extensive contractor on public works, contracting and building roads. He and his sons maintain a large mule barn at Byesville and one at Zanesville. They buy and sell annually hundreds of horses, mules and ponies, the two latter classes of stock for the coal mines, and this firm supplies a large per cent. of mules and ponies used in the mines of southeastern Ohio, selling probably in all one hundred and fifty thousand dollars worth annually, many sales being made over the telephone, the purchasers not seeing the stock until delivered, probably one-half being sold, in this manner. Mr. Burt enjoys a unique reputation in this respect. His reputation for honest dealing and his known superior judgment of livestock is such that those desiring to purchase are willing to order by telephone or mail, knowing that they will not he taken advantage of, and no dissatisfaction has ever arisen. e is a very potent factor in the business and political life of Guernsey county; although an unassuming man and always very busy, yet he takes an abiding interest in public matters. Being the owner of the plant of the Guernsey Times, at Cambridge, he uses the same to encourage clean politics and the general good of this community. Mr. and Mrs. Burt have four sons and two daughters, namely : Walter is in charge of the barn at Zanesville ; Bertha married Charles Shryer and lives in Byesville ; Roy married Daisy Borton, who has charge of the mule barn at Byesville ; Charles L. is at home and assists his father in his business; William married Grace Rose, daughter of Doctor Rowles, of Cam- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 731 bridge; he is an electrician and lives at Byesville; Beulah, the youngest daughter, is living at home with her parents. Fraternally, Mr. Burt belongS to the blue lodge, chapter and commandery, being prominent in Masonic circles. JOHN WIRES. Nearly a century has dissolved in the mists of time, the most remarkable century in all the history of the race of mankind, since the honored and venerable subject of this sketch first saw the light of day. Heaven has bounteously lengthened out his life until he has seen the crowning glory of this the most wonderful epoch of all the aeons of time, rewarding him with an unusual span of years as the result of virtuous and consistent living in his youth and years of his manhood, until now, in the golden Indian summer of his life, surrounded by comfort and plenty as a result of his former days of industry and frugality, Mr. Wires can take a retrospective glance down the corridors of the relentless and irrevocable past and feel that his has been an eminent, useful, successful and happy life, that has resulted in good to himself and his family, and to his fellow man. John Wires, one of the best known citizens of Jackson township, Guernsey county, who has lived in this county longer than any other man and who is probably the oldest man in the county, having passed his ninety-third milestone, was born in Harrison county, Virginia, November 28, 1816. He is the son of Benjamin and Nancy (Dennison) Wires. In the fall of 1818 they came horseback, through the almost interminable forests, from the Old Dominion to Guernsey county, Ohio, crossing the Ohio river at Marietta, the mother carrying the subject in her lap most of that long journey. They arrived in Jackson township when there was not so much as a path to Cambridge from the vicinity where they located, the vast forests abounding in all kinds of wild game and neighbors were few and far remote. Benjamin Wires entered land from the government and also bought eighty acres from John Tingle, and began life in true pioneer fashion, suffering the usual hardships and deprivations of the first settler. Later he taught school there, being, no doubt, the first man to teach in that part of the county. He is described as a man of strong characteristics, yet unusually mild in manners and disposition, so that children all loved him, and he was a man of usefulness in ins community and did much to start the phySical and moral development of the 732 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. township. His family consisted of ten children, of whom John, of this review, is now the only one living. He well remembers the old log house raisings, when residents came for miles around to help. The elder Wires moved onto his land before a single tree had been felled by the axe, and he cleared and improved it, raising tobacco and other crops, and established a very comfortable home here, being assisted in its development by his son, John, of this review, who grew to maturity here and has spent nearly all of his long, useful and successful life in this locality, taking a conspicuous part in the general development of the same and watching with delight its steady growth from a wilderness to its present prosperous state, and it is indeed interesting and instructive to hear him recall reminiscences of the early days, for he has an excellent memory and is unusually well preserved for one of his advanced years. About 1842 Mr. Wires married Susanna Linton, daughter of Samuel and Susanna (Brady) Linton, the daughter having been born in Guernsey county. Her father was a tinner at Cambridge, later moved to Jackson township and lived near where Mr. Wires was reared. In mid-winter, in the early forties, the subject, with hiS wife and three children, went to Laporte, Indiana, having been induced to go there to take charge of a farm owned by Chauncey Brooks, a wholesale merchant of Baltimore. They made this trying trip in wagons in January, the trip requiring fourteen days. After remaining there one year they retnrned to Guernsey county. Seven children were born to Mr. Wires and his first wife, four boys and three girls : Samantha, wife of David W. Nosset, lives on the home place with her father; William H. H. lived in Pennsylvania and was claim agent for the Pennsylvania railroad, dying in 1901 ; Mary married Rev. W. A. Robinson, deceased, he being a Methodist minister, and she now lives with her daughter, Mrs. James Purkey, in Cambridge; Benjamin F. died September 26, 1903, leaving a widow, but no children ; he lived at Connelsville, Pennsylvania ; Thomas Jefferson, who lives at Georgetown, south of Cambridge, married Ida Kitchen, of Clark county, and they have four children, living; Martha A. died when nine yearS old ; John C., who lives in Indianapolis, married Cora Nichols, of Tremont City, and they have three children, two sons and one daughter. The mother of these children was called to her rest in 1882; she was a member of the Mt. Zion Baptist church and a good, kind-hearted woman. A year or two afterwards Mr. Wires married Fannie Mackey, of Adams township, this county, where she was born and reared. She is the daughter GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 733 of Richard and Margaret Mackey, and is a member of the United Presbyterian church, while Mr. Wires holds membership with the Mt. Zion church. He has voted for seventeen Presidents, being a Republican in national politicS, voting for the best man in local affairs. He voted for William Henry Harrison and attended his funeral, and he remembers seeing Daniel Webster and Henry Clay riding in the same carriage in that funeral procession. HON. NATHAN BAY SCOTT. What of the man and what of his work ? This is the dual query which represents the interrogation, at least nominally entertained whenever that discriminating factor, the public, would pronounce on the true worth of the individual. And sooner or later, indeed, it may be frequently, that these questions will be asked of everyone, high or low, whether public or private citizen, for our reputations are, in a way, the property of the public, but our character is quite another thing. The biographer is pleased to write of the man who has both a good character and a good reputation—they do not always go hand in hand. The career of Hon. Nathan Bay Scott, the present honored and prominent United States senator from West Virginia, who is too well known to the readers of this history to need any formal introduction in these pageS, indicates the clear-cut, sane and distinct character, and in reviewing the same from an unbiased and unprejudiced Standpoint interpretation follows fact in a straight line of derivation. It is consonant that such a review be entered in this publication, and that without the adulation which is so intrinsically repugnant to the man as he stands among his fellows. The county of Guernsey naturally takes pride in the life and work of this distinguished citizen and consiStency demands that he be given specific mention in a work which purports to deal with the representative families, past and present, of this county, of which he is a native. Nathan B. Scott was reared under the parental roof and secured his education mainly in the common schools of hiS home neighborhood. At the outbreak of the war of the Rebellion Mr. Scott's patriotic impulses were aroused and in 1862 he enlisted as a private for service in a regiment of Ohio volunteer infantry, with which he served his country faithfully until 1865, when he was honorably discharged from the service, after a creditable military record. At the close of his military service, Mr. Scott located in Wheeling, West 734 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Virginia, of which city he has since been a resident and in the growth and development of which he has been an important factor. He early became identified with the manufacture of glass, with which industry he has remained connected, being now, and for a number of years, president of the Central Glass Works, one of the largest glass manufacturers in that thriving city. He is a Stockholder also in other concerns in that city and is vice-president of the Dollar Savings Bank of Wheeling, one of the solid and influential monetary institutions of that section of the state. In many ways Mr. Scott has exhibited a keen interest and salutary influence in commercial and industrial affairs and his support has alwayS been given without reserve to every movement looking to the upbuilding of his home city. His business career has been characterized by soundness of judgment, sagacity in foreseeing the outcome of a transaction, and a healthy progressiveness, tempered by a wise conservatism which has always enabled him to confine his operations within safe bounds. He stands high in the estimation of his business associates among whom his advice and counsel is valued highly. A Republican in his political views, Mr. Scott has always taken an active interest in public affairs and has long occupied a high place among the leading men of his party in West Virginia. His first official preferment was as a member of the city council of Wheeling, to which he waS elected in 1880, serving for two years as president of the second branch. In 1882 he was elected to the State Senate, served four years, and gave such eminent satisfaction that in 1886 he was elected to succeed himself. In 1888 Mr. Scott was selected as a member of the Republican national committee and has served continuously since as a member of that body, and in this capacity he has rendered valuable assistance in the management and direction of the campaigns of the party, having served as a member of the executive committees during the greater part of this period. Mr. Scott was appointed commissioner of internal revenue by President McKinley, assuming the duties of that office on the 1st of January, 1898. However, his tenure of that office was of comparatively short duration, as on January 25, 1899, he was the choice of the West Virginia Legislature for United States senator. In this august body Mr. Scott's abilities were quickly recognized and he served on several of the most important committees of that body, where he rendered effective and appreciated service. So satisfactory a representative of his state did he prove that in 1905 the Legislature again elected him to the Senate, his second term expiring on March 3, 1911. Mr. Scott's services in the United States Senate have been characterized by fidelity to his official duties and faithfulness to the interests of the state which he represents which has given him a strong GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 735 hold on his fellow citizens of that great commonwealth, and few men enjoy a wider popularity or more devoted following than he. Keen and sagacious in business affairs, he has exhibited in public life the same commendable qualities which have characterized him in his personal affairs, and among his colleagues in the Senate he enjoys the highest standing. REV. JOHN HOLLIDAY NASH. Shakespeare wrote of good deeds illuminating a naughty world like candles in the dark. If all the good deeds of the late lamented divine, the Rev. John Holliday Nash, could be represented by candles on a dark night, there would be a great illumination, for they were myriad, according to those who knew him well ; and the ameliorating influence he had will long continue to pervade the lives of men. He was one of the best known and beloved ministers in Guernsey county. His birth occurred at Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, on February 25, 1830. He was a precocious child and made a record as a student in early life. He was graduated from Washington and Jefferson College, at Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1840, and was licensed to preach by the Monmouth (Illinois) presbytery, on June 17, 1853, and was ordained by the ASsociates after spending three years at the theological seminary at Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. He was pastor at LeClaire, Iowa, from October 8, 1857, to April 11, 1860; he preached at Sunbeam, Illinois, from January T, 1861, to October 8, 1876; he served the people at Knoxville, Iowa, from April 10, 1877, to October 11, 1878, and he was pastor for the congregations at East Union and Pleasant Hill, Ohio, until August 21, 1883, having been released from the East Union charge on February 26, 1895, and from the Pleasant Hill charge on September 9, 1902. During these pastorates he lived in Cambridge. Reverend Nash was married to Rachel G. Hodgens in 1855 and his union resulted in the birth of these children : W. T., of Newark, New Jersey, and Mrs. J. R. McBurney, of Cambridge, Ohio. The death of his first wife occurred in 1872, at Sunbeam, Illinois, and he was married a second time, his last wife being Sarah J. Graham, a graduate of Monmouth College, who survives. On April 25, 1909, this distinguished citizen was called to his reward after a most active, useful and honored career. He had continued faithfully doing the Lord's work until the last sickness prevented further service. In 736 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. all the charges he served he greatly strengthened the congregations, building up the churches in a manner that proved him to be a man of untiring energy and conscientious in his work. He was one of the most scholarly and profound thinkers of his day and generation, second to none of his contemporaries, and his genial disposition, gentleness of manner and delightful social nature were commended by all who knew him. It was said of him that it was impossible not to love him, his life was so pure and his ideals which he Sought to inculcate were so high. WILBUR D. DESELM. Although a young man, Wilbur D. Deselm, the present efficient and popular auditor of Guernsey county, has proved himself to be one of those strong, sturdy individuals who is contributing largely to the general welfare of the city of Cambridge and vicinity, being an up-to-date business man, public spirited aS a citizen, and progressive in all that the term implies. For a number of years he has been a potent factor in promoting progress along social, intellectual, civic and moral lines, consequently his name well deserves a place in the record of leading citizens of this community. Mr. Deselm was born on August 20, 1877, in Knox township, Guernsey county, Ohio, and he is the son of James and Sarah (Castor) Deselm, both natives of this county. The father was a farmer at the time of the son's birth, but is now living a retired life in Cambridge, where he has a very pleasant home; the mother is also still living. They are the parents of seven children, all living, and they have eleven grandchildren, all of whom are living; the former are named as follows : Cora, now Mrs. Grant Conger, of Cambridge; Theodore R, is secretary of the Cambridge Loan & Building Association ; Benjamin F., of Cambridge ; Myrtle, now Mrs. Robert Jennings, of Columbus, Ohio; Wilbur D., of this review; Nancy married Asa H. Baxter, of South Bend, Indiana ; Odessa V. married George B. Claggett. Wilbur D. Deselm spent the first seventeen years of his life on the farm and lie was educated in the country schools of Knox township and in the Cambridge high school. He later attended teachers' normals at different parts of the county, after which he taught school four terms, three in Wheeling township and one in Londonderry township; three of these terms were taught during the winter months, and during the summer months he worked in the iron mills of Cambridge for several years. In February, 1902, he entered the GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 737 office of the Cambridge Loan & Building Association with his brother, and in October of that year he entered the county auditor's office as deputy auditor. On July 10, 1901, Mr. Deselm was married to Yiza E. Logan, daughter of John C. and Margaret (Maddin) Logan, of Londonderry township; both parents are still living in Londonderry township. This union has been without issue. Mr. Deselm served as deputy auditor seven years and in November, 1908. he was elected auditor of Guernsey county and is now serving his first term, and has given the utmost satisfaction in every respect. He made such a commendable record that he was renominated for the same office, and his election in November, 1910, was predicted by everyone from the time of his nomination, owing to his universal popularity. Politically, he is a Republican and has always been active in the party. He has been a frequent delegate to county conventions, and he is always well informed on public questions. He and his wife are members of the First United Presbyterian church at Cambridge and are active in its affairs, Mr. Deselm being a member of the church board. Mrs. Deselm is an intelligent, refined lady and is devoted to her home and its adornment. They are members of the Cambridge Country Club, and for recreation Mr. Deselm enjoys, now and then, a game of golf. Their pleasant home is at No. 321 North Ninth street, in a very desirable residence part of the city. JAMES McCOURT. It is hard for the present generation to properly appreciate the brave deeds of the "boys in blue" who sacrificed so much on the altar of patriotism during the dark days of the sixties, but as years go by and the ranks of this once invincible host are fast falling before the inevitable King of Terrors, the immensity of their deeds are being realized to a fuller extent and the time is rapidly approaching when each veteran will he accorded full measure of credit and praise. The gentleman whose name introduces this biographical record is a member of this great number of patriots. He is one of the leading agriculturists of Westland township, Guernsey county, and is highly respected for the upright life he has led. James McCourt is an American by adoption only, but he has proved himself to be just as loyal as if he had been born on our soil. His birth occurred on July 22, 1838, in county Armagh, Ireland, and he came to America when a lad of ten years, being accompanied by his parents, James Charles 738 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. and Sarah (Robinson) McCourt, who were born, reared and educated in Ireland. It was in the year 1848 that this family crossed the great Atlantic in an old-fashioned slow-sailing vessel and took up their residence in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., where they arrived on July 4th of that year. This family consisted of five children named as follows : Thomas, who died in infancy ; the second, also named Thomas, was claimed by death when but a child ; James, of this review ; John and Mary Anna. The last three named came across the waters with their parents. After remaining on the Atlantic seaboard for several years the family, in 1854, came to Guernsey county, Ohio, braving the hardships of those early days and settled in Jackson township, which was then only partly improved, but here. they established a very comfortable home and had a good farm. The father's death occurred at the age of seventy-two years and the mother reached the age of seventy-five years, both dying on the farm in Jackson township. They were excellent people and popular among their pioneer neighbors. Their third son, James, of this review, grew to manhood on the home place which he assisted in clearing and developing and he attended the public schools which were conducted a few months each winter. When the war between the states began he enlisted in Company K, Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and he was in all the active campaigns and fighting that his regiment was called upon to participate in, but he proved to be a very faithful and gallant soldier at all times, according to his comrades. He was wounded in the right foot and was in the hospital for ten weeks. At that time he assumed charge of the medicine wagon of the regiment and on September 24, 1864, he was honorably discharged, after making an excellent record. After his career in the army Mr. McCourt returned to the old farm in Jackson township, Guernsey county, and farmed for a year, and in the month of October, 1865, he led to the marriage altar Margrete McBride, a native of county Antrim, Ireland, where her birth occurred in 1837. She came to America when young and settled in Washington county, Pennsylvania, later moving to Guernsey county, Ohio, where she met and married James Mc- Court. This union resulted in the birth of five children named as follows : Thomas Begmen married Edna Miller ; Martha became the wife of Sherman Burris; Margaret married Edam Miller ; John married Edna Rhienhart, who died on February 21, 1910; leaving three children, Dorothy, and Edna and Edward, twins; Carrie married Ralph Stout and she died in April, 1907, leaving three children, Margrete, James and Lucile. This family was reared on the subjectls present splendidly improved farm, which is located nine miles southwest of Cambridge and one and one-half miles northeast of Claysville. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 739 It is regarded as one of the finest farms, in every respect, in the township and has been very carefully managed so that the original strength of the soil has been retained by proper rotation of crops, the application of home and commercial fertilizers and many other methods known to the modern agriculturist. He is still farming on the land he purchased over forty-five years ago. The old homestead is beautifully located near the main road. The house is large, roomy, pleasant and attractive and is a credit to the pretty little valley in which it is located. Mr. McCourt also has good, convenient outbuildings and he keeps an excellent grade of live-stock of all kinds. Mrs. McCourt passed to her rest on December 23, 1905. The subject is a member of Martin Post, Grand Army of the Republic, in which he takes much interest, and he holds membership in the United Presbyterian church, being a ruling elder in the East Union church. He is a Republican in politics, but is not active, preferring to lead a quiet life and look after his individual affairs. He is a genial, pleasant man to meet and has a host of warm friends. NOAH ELWOOD SECREST. A well known and highly respected member of the Secrest family, one of the most prominent in Guernsey county since the pioneer days, is Noah Elwood Secrest, of Hartford, Valley township, who was born about one and one-half miles east of that town on December 9, 1836. He is the son of John and Elizabeth (Clark) Secrest, the father born in Hampshire county, Virginia, the son of Henry and Elizabeth (Spaid) Secrest. The family emigrated to Guernsey county when John was eleven months old, in December, 1811, his birth having occurred on January 3d of that year. Henry Secrest also had a brother named John. The father of Henry and John Secrest came here and secured two farms for his sons Henry and John, then went back to Virginia, after locating his sons. About the end of the war of 1812, Henry enlisted for service, but peace was declared by the time he reached Zanesville. Henry was the father of William Secrest, mentioned in a separate sketch. He was also the father of John, the subject's grandfather. John Secrest grew up on the home farm, southeast of where Hartford now stands. There were no roads in this locality when the family first came, only the Marietta trail, a "blazed- road through the woods. They settled here in typical pioneer fashion, clearing a little space on which to 740 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. build their cabin. John remained on the home place until he was married, on January 3, 1833, to Elizabeth Clark, on his twenty-first birthday, and on that day he wore the first "store bought" shirt in his life, having always worn those woven and made by his mother. Elizabeth Clark was born in Pennsylvania and was the daughter of Benjamin Clark, the maiden name of her mother having been Gregory. The Clark and Secrest families came to this county about the same time, having met en route while stopping over night between Wheeling and Barnesville, and on that night the two babies, John Secrest and Elizabeth Clark, were put to sleep in the same bed; about twenty years afterwards they were married. After his marriage John Secrest located one and one-half miles east of Hartford on a part of the original Secrest farm and there made his home the rest of his life. The subject was one of nine children, namely : Henry G., Benjamin C,, Noah E., Mary Elizabeth, Michael Spaid, Samuel Frederick, Ebenezer Finley, Margaret Casaline, John died in early infancy. The father of these children was a man of influence in his community and the possessor of commendable traits, so that he was highly honored by all who knew him. He was trustee of his township even while Noble county was a part of Guernsey county. After the county line was established as it is today, he was trustee or assessor of Valley township nearly all his life. He was always a Democrat, and was active in party affairs, having attended the conventions, taking a general interest in public affairs of the community, and was well known all over the county. His death occurred on January 29, 1882, his wife having preceded him in September, 1877. They both belonged to the Evangelical Lutheran church, in which he was an active member and an officer for many years. His father was a charter member of the church. Noah E. Secrest grew up on the farm where he was born and lived there until 1907; he still owns the place, which consists of about one hundred and fifty acres. He was first married on December 29, 1860, to Eliza Jane Spriggs. Her parents, Morris D. and Catharine (Poole) Spriggs, came from Pennsylvania to Belmont county, Ohio, where Mrs. Secrest was born, then moved to near Mt. Ephraim, Noble county, thence to Valley township, this county, where Mrs. Secrest grew to maturity. Her father was a tailor in early life, This first union resulted in the birth of four children : Mary Rosetta died in her fourteenth year; Ernest. P., who lives on the fatherls farm east of Hartford, married Belle Roland and has two daughters, Ruth and Leah; John Howard is married and lives at Lima, Allen county, Ohio, where he is engaged in the practice of law ; Ile is a member of the Democratic GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 741 state central committee, and clerk of the board that is building the new insane asylum in Allen county, at Lima; he and his wife have one little daughter. Martha Olive is the youngest of the four children born of Mr. Se- crestsis first union. She married E. W. Matthews, Jr., of Cambridge, whose record appears herein. Mr. Secrest's first wife was called to her rest on October 24, 1877, and on January 13, 1881, he married Mrs. Adeline (Bryan) Rose. She was the daughter of David N. and Amelia (Patterson) Bryan, and she was born and reared in Cambridge, Ohio, in which city her parents were also born and reared. David N. Bryan was the son of Thomas and Joan Bryan, his parents having come from Washington county, Pennsylvania, in the early days and settled at Cambridge. Mrs. Secrest's father was a soldier in the Civil war, being a member of Company B, Seventy- eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; he was in Shermansis march through Georgia and died from the effects of his service in the army. Four children were born to Mr. Secrest's second marriage, namely : Arthur Clark, who is in the superintendent's office of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Marietta, married Marie Faris and they have one son; Donald G. and Carroll Eugene are twins; the former is in New Mexico in the superintendent's office of a coal company ; the latter died in 1903 in his eighteenth year; Raymond B., who lives in Hartford, married Linnae Spaid ; he runs a motor at the Hartford mine. In 1907 Mr. Secrest bought a beautiful and cozy home in Hartford and retired from active work. He and his wife belong to the Lutheran church in Hartford and are prominent in church and social circles. WILLIAM B. YEO, M. D. Proper intellectual discipline, thorough professional knowledge and the possession and utilization of the qualities and attributes essential to success have made Dr. William B. Yeo, of Cambridge, eminent in his chosen calling and he stands today among the scholarly and enterprising physicians in a community widely known for the high order of its medical talent. Doctor Yeo was born February II, 1842, in Belmont county, Ohio, and he is the son of George W. and Nancy (Burden) Yeo, the former a native of Anne Arundel county, Maryland, while the latter is a native of Madison township, Guernsey county, Ohio. George W. Yeo came to Belmont county, this state, when a young man, and there he was married. His next move 742 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. was to Madison township, Guernsey county, in 1847, in which year he purchased the place adjoining the farm where Mrs. Yeo was born. He devoted his life to farming there and became well known and influential in that community. In 1884 he left Ohio, moving his family to Washington, Ohio, where his death occurred in the year 1892, his widow surviving until 1896. Dr. William B. Yeo grew to maturity on the farm and engaged in the general work about the place, attending the district schools of the township during the winter months. Later he attended Madison College, at Antrim, Guernsey county, which was then a celebrated institution of learning under the administration of Samuel Findlay, a noted educator of his clay. He later studied medicine at the Starling Medical College, of Columbus, Ohio; however, before taking up the study of medicine he taught school for a number of years in the township schools of Guernsey county, and he also taught several terms after beginning the practice of medicine, teaching during the clay and practicing medicine during the evenings and at night. He was a poor young man and this double occupation became necessary from a financial standpoint. He became well equipped for his life work and his first practice was at Clio, Guernsey county, the home of the Armstrongs and the Armstrong mills, one of the noted milling centers of the early days, the Armstrongs being one of the prominent pioneer families of the county. Doctor Yeo remained at Clio two years, during which time he got a very good start ; then moved to Kimbolton, this county, where he remained in successful practice for a period of thirty years. In 1900 he moved to Cambridge and continued his practice until recently when he retired from active life after forty-two years of faithful service to the people of Guernsey county in a professional capacity, during which time he became widely known throughout this and adjoining counties, taking high rank among his professional brethren of this part of the great Buckeye state. Doctor Yeo is a Republican in politics and has been active in public matters. In 1904 he was elected coroner of Guernsey county and served very acceptably in this capacity for a period of five years. He has always been a public-spirited citizen, an especial advocate of higher education, and he has always assisted as best he could in furthering any movement looking to the general good. Doctor Yeo was married on February 1, 1872, to Lucinda R. McElhaney, daughter of William and Mary Ann (Wallace) McElhaney, residents of Clio. Mr. McElhaney was a farmer and a highly respected and progressive citizen. He was a native of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. He and his wife have both been deceased several years. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 743 To Doctor Yeo and wife five children were born, namely : Ella M. married Vader H. VanSlyke, president of the Metropolitan National Bank of Minneapolis, Minnesota, one of the solid financial institutions of the Northwest. Mrs. VanSlyke is a graduate of the Northwestern University at Ada, Ohio, and she subsequently taught school in Minneapolis. Mamie F. Yeo married Ellis E. DeHart, of Coshocton, Ohio, where he is engaged in the manufacturing business. Alice married Carl Brennen, a druggist of Cambridge, Ohio. Ralph W. is in the office of the Union Central Life Insurance Company of Cincinnati. George W. is a druggist in Cambridge. All members of this family are well educated and prominent in their different spheres. Doctor Yeo is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and members of his family belong to the United Presbyterian church. The Doctor is a sterling citizen of upright character and genuine worth and is deserving of the high esteem in which he is held by all classes. ROBERT N. WILLIAMS. One of the old residents of Jackson township, Guernsey county, one of the few men 'who have come down to us from the pioneer days, is Robert N. Williams, a man whom everyone delights to honor, for he is a true representative type of the brave men, who, courageous and determined, fought the real and industrial battles of the Republic and left to us the grandest nation on the face of the globe. He has played nobly his part in the drama of civilization in the great Buckeye state, and now that the shadows of evening have begun to lengthen along the last incline of life's royal road, he can look backward with no regrets and to the future with no misgivings, for he "has fought a good fight." Mr. Williams was born in the north edge of Jackson township May 15, 1830. His parents were David R. and Catherine (Brown) 'Williams. David R. Williams was born at Glasgow, Scotland, July 15, 1797, and at the age of twenty years came to America, bringing with him his sister, Nancy Williams, who afterward married Robert Nicholson. The brother and sister went first to Maryland, where for some time he worked on the National pike west of the mountains. About 1820 he came to Guernsey county and lived for several years about three miles north of Cambridge, in the Oldham neighborhood, 'where he followed the weaver's trade. 744 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. On January 13, 1825, David R. Williams married Catherine Brown. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1801, and was of German parentage. Her parents brought her into Guernsey county during her childhood. Her parents became the owners of three hundred acres of land not far from Cambridge on the Steubenville road. When she was twelve years old both her parents died, and she was taken by George Tingle, who then kept a tavern on Wheeling avenue in Cambridge, between Sixth and Seventh streets. She lived with Mr. Tingle's family till her marriage. Before his marriage David R. Williams had entered one hundred and twenty acres of land from the government, in the north part of Jackson township, the farm where Robert N. Williams now lives. There he built a good log house in January, 1824, the year before his marriage, a house that still stands on the farm as a reminder of early days. When it was built none of the land was cleared. There were no wagon roads through that part of the country ; only bridle paths over which supplies were packed on pack horses. There in the woods, David Williams and wife established their home and made a farm in the wilderness, living on that farm over forty years. They took a prominent part in the pioneer life when everybody was on an equality and friendliness, kindness and hospitality were more common than now. Four children were born to David R. Williams and wife, namely : James P., who was a carpenter, married and reared a big family, moved to the West later in life and died there on July 4, 1890; Mary Ann, the next child, married William Rainey, and died August 8, 1860, leaving three children, of whom the eldest son died in the army ; Robert N., the third child, is the subject of this review ; Sophia Catherine married A. W. Holliday, now deceased, and she lives at Newcomerstown, About 1844, when Robert N. was about fourteen years old, David Williams became disabled and the children had to do the farm work. Although Robert was a boy of only fourteen years he often did a man's work. At that age he used to haul wheat as far as Newcomerstown and sell it, fording the Tuscarawas river on his way there. He also hauled wheat to Zanesville. On March 13, 1851, Mr. Williams married Mary Kline, daughter of Matthew and Eliza (Greer) Kline. She was born in Maryland and was brought to Cambridge by her parents when she was three months old. Her father was a cooper, but he took up land in the northwest part of Jackson township, where Mrs. Williams lived until her marriage. After their marriage they lived on his father's farm. In 1856 David Williams built the house where Robert N. Williams and wife now live, and lived in it until 1867. In that year the old folks moved GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 745 into Cambridge and lived there the balance of their days. David R. Williams died on December 27, 1873, and his wife died March 24, 1883. Both of them were among the founders of the old Cambridge Baptist church, near the north line of Jackson township, and were two as active and serviceable members as the church ever had. At President Lincoln’s first call for troops in 1861, Robert N. Williams offered to go to the front and was refused by the examining surgeons. Again he offered himself when the call was made for three hundred thousand troops, and again he was refused because of physical disability. When the call came for one-hundred-day men he was finally accepted and joined Company E, One Hundred and Seventy-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. When he came out he had chronic rheumatism from which both hands were permanently crippled and his heart weakened. Returning to the farm, he has remained there practically ever since. In 1863 Mr. Williams had built a good house on the farm, but it burned down on October 23, 1879, For about eighteen months he lived in Cambridge, but liked farm life better, and returned to the old home farm that his father entered from the government, and there he and his wife still reside, having been spared to each other for about sixty years of congenial married life. Mr. Williams owns a good farm of one hundred and eighty acres. In politics he has been a Republican ever since the party started and voted the Republican ticket every since, beginning with Fremont in 1856. Mr. and Mrs. Williams both belong to the old Cambridge Baptist church. His father was a deacon in this church from the time it was organized, In the early days before the church was built they often held religious services in his home. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Williams, as follows : James Monroe lives at home with his father ; Eliza Catherine married William Trenner, lives in Byesville, and has three children living and one dead ; Annania Harvenia, who died when two years old; May Eva married William Haynes and lives on South Eighth street, in Cambridge, where Mr. Haynes has a grocery store. They have four children : John D. Williams is at home with his father; Orrin married Dessie McConnell and lives in the state of Washington, at Centralia ; he is superintendent for a company that builds electric railways. He has two children, a son and a daughter. Although well along in years Mr. Williams is still hearty and cheerful, and an entertaining talker of the old days, when the land was new, when peo- 746 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. ple were more neighborly, more hospitable, and, it would seem, more honest. He and his wife are very kindly treated by the young people, and in fact, all classes in their community. SAMUEL JACKSON. A venerable and highly respected citizen of Pleasant City, Valley township, who is deserving of unstinted praise for his long life of usefulness is Samuel Jackson, who was born in that part of Noble county which was formerly a part of Guernsey county, on May 8, 1829. He is the son of Henry and Rachael (Tustin) Jackson. Henry Jackson was from Greene county, Pennsylvania, coming to this county in an early day, settling in what was then the southern part of Guernsey county, where he took up land. There the father spent the rest of his days, dying in 1837, at the age of sixty-eight years. He was among the early pioneers and began life here in typical pioneer fashion. The father was twice married, eight children being born to each wife, Samuel, of this review, being a child of the second marriage. Rachael Tustin was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, and there she married Mr. Jackson after the death of his first wife. After the death of her husband she spent the balance of her clays with her son, Samuel, the subject, who spent his youth in Noble county, assisting to develop the farm. He learned the carpenter's trade in the vicinity of Hartford and Pleasant City and followed the same as long as he was able to work, becoming a very skilled artisan and his services were always in great demand. He erected many large, substantial houses, barns and other buildings in this locality, including many at Byesville and the commodious structure he lives in at Pleasant City. Mr. Jackson was married on March 10, 1853, to Virginia. Trott, daughter of Richard and Mary (Simmons) Trott. She was born in Anne Arundel county, Maryland, in 1824. Her parents brought her to Guernsey county, Ohio, when she was about seven years old, locating in the southern part of the county, being among the pioneers there, starting life in true first- settler fashion. She was one of a family of ten children, six of whom died in infancy in Maryland. The three who lived beside Mrs. Jackson were Mrs. Olethia Larrick, Benjamin J., who is the father of Elza Trott, county clerk, whose sketch appears herein, and William C. The parents of these children spent the rest of their days on their farm in this county. When the Trail Run mine was sunk Mr. Jackson did the carpenter GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 747 work, erecting the tipple and other buildings, and later, in making a change in the roof over the boiler room, he fell about forty feet, injuring his spine. He partially recovered for a short time, but has been disturbed by the injury more or less ever since and is unable to walk. He and his wife have lived in Pleasant City ever since their marriage in 1853 and they are probably the oldest inhabitants of this town, which they have seen developed from a few houses in the woods. They are spending their declining days in peace and comfort in their cozy dwelling, which stands on an eminence, commanding a fine view of the country. Politically Mr. Jackson is a Democrat and he is a worthy member of the Masonic order ; he and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal church. Nine children have been born to them, namely : Lewis Frederick is a clerk and telegraph operator at the railroad station at Pleasant City ; William Henry died when forty-six years of age ; Mary Rosella, wife of Noah E. Secrest; Stephen A. Douglas is a railroad agent at Malta, Ohio; Joseph Alonzo lives at Helena, Montana ; Columbia Frances is at home; Samuel Andrew lives in Detroit, Michigan ; Linnaeus Griffith has been in the Philippine island's for the past three years railroading and assisting in building railroads ; Cleopatra married John Hana and lives at Montreal, Canada. ANDREW W. NICHOLSON. It is safe to say that no man who has lived in Guernsey county in recent years has left a more indelible impress upon a wider circle of friends than the late Andrew W. Nicholson, for his life was exemplary in every respect and he took much more than a passing interest in the affairs of his community. All remember him as a genteel, kind-hearted gentleman, whom to know was to respect and admire. Mr. Nicholson was born in the south edge of Cambridge township on his father's farm, three miles from Cambridge, December 21, 1833. He was the son of Robert and Agnes (Williams) Nicholson, both parents being natives of Scotland. His father was a carpenter and came from Fife- shire. Scotland, in 1819, locating first near Frederick, Maryland. Two years later Robert Nicholson came west and engaged in building in Guernsey county. He erected the first jail in this county and two store-houses that he built are still ,standing, one being the house in which Andrew W. was born, on the farm that Robert Nicholson bought while a young man. There 748 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. he lived the rest of his life and died in 1846. On his farm was opened one of the first mines in the Guernsey valley. It was operated as a country mine for a great many years, and was opened as a company mine when the railroads first came through. Andrew W. was one of ten children, James, George, David, Ann, John, Margaret, Eliza, Robert, Andrew W., and Alexander. Andrew W. passed his boyhood on the old home farm south of Cambridge, and attended the district school. In 1853 he visited the old Scotland home of his parents, spending six months there; returning, he had a stormy voyage of twenty- seven days. In 1857 Mr. Nicholson was married to Elizabeth Sharp, who was born in county Antrim, Ireland, August 31, 1833, of Scotch-Irish parents, John and Jane Sharp. She was sixteen years old when her parents brought her to St. Clairsville, Belmont county, Ohio. A few years later the family moved to Guernsey county, where she married Mr. Nicholson. Andrew W. Nicholson was a capable and resourceful man, and became the owner of four hundred and twenty acres of land, including that bought by his father south of Cambridge, also he owns other land in Westland township. About 1895 Ile and his sons became interested in the natural gas business. They put down a number of wells in Guernsey county and formed the A. W. Nicholson Oil and Gas Company. This was sold to the Ohio Fuel and Supply Company. They afterwards bought an interest in the Cambridge Light and Fuel Company. Mr. Nicholson took an interest in the public affairs of the county. In politics a Republican, he served as trustee of Cambridge township, and in 1879 became trustee of Jackson township. Following that he was elected county commissioner and later re-elected for another term. During his term of office the present court house was built, and was paid for before he went out of office. The Children's Home was built, an addition to county infirmary, costing ten thousand dollars, and a number of bridges, including the Carson bridge at Cambridge and five others over Wills creek. Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson became members of the old Cambridge Baptist church, and from then were active and earnest workers in the church and he was a deacon for many years. He gave not only of his time, but his money also, and helped a number of churches. The Baptist church at Byesville found in him its most liberal supporter. He was charitable to those in need and showed by his life that he felt that all men are brethren. His life was characterized by a beautiful simplicity, and even a child could find in him a delightful companion. His religion was not GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 749 so much a profession as a life, a life beautiful in humility, modest and unassuming, and yet issuing daily in acts of kindness. His wife was of the same nature. Her faithful Christian life and influence was a guide and inspiration to those who came under his influence. Theirs was a home of generous hospitality, widely known and widely appreciated. In 1901 Mr. Nicholson bought a handsome home in Cambridge, where he and his wife spent their last days. He died October 28, 1907, aged seventy-three years. His wife died September 24th of the year previous, when seventy-three years old. They had been married over forty-nine years. To them were born eight children, namely : John R., who is mentioned more at length in a separate article herein; James A., who lives at Columbus, Ohio; Samuel W. lives at New Philadelphia; Nannie J. and her sister, Rose E., live in the home in Cambridge, where their father and mother lived; Maggie B. married Rev. Robert Lecklider, a Baptist minister, and lives in Indianapolis, Indiana ; George D. is superintendent of the Cambridge Light and Fuel Company, and lives with his sisters in the family home. He married Maude L. Morrison, who died December 9, 1901, leaving two children, Bernard and Elizabeth. ULYSSES GRANT NICHOLSON. The name of Ulysses Grant Nicholson has long been linked with the words "progress" and "development" in the vicinity of Hartford, Valley township, Guernsey county, and all who know him well will readily admit that he has been a very important factor in the affairs of this locality and while he has been advancing his own interests he has sought to promote those of his neighbors. Mr. Nicholson was born about a mile east of Hartford, Valley township, Guernsey county, Ohio, on June 23, 1866, the son of Jacob Nicholson and wife, whose sketch see for extended ancestry. When the subject was about four years old the family moved to the north edge of Noble county and lived till he was about twelve years old, then moved to the west edge of Byesville and lived there nearly two years, then returned to the old place in the north edge of Noble county and lived there about six years, Then they moved to Derwent, where the father still lives. The subject attended the schools at Byesville and also attended college at Ada, Ohio. After leaving college, he taught school about eight years, part of the time in Valley township, two terms at Hartford, also one term in