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900 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. years old, enlisted as a member of Company H, Twelfth Regiment Ohio Cavalry, and served till the close of the war. Three of the sons also enlisted. Ezekiel was in Company A, First Ohio Cavalry, being the second man to enlist in the company. William V. entered a Pennsylvania regiment and was killed June 2, 1862, at the battle of Fair Oaks. James was in an Ohio regiment. These four, serving under separate commands, never saw each other during the war. The father, albeit a militant supporter of the administration during the war, was a Democrat in politics all his life. He died June 7, 1872, his widow on March 17, 1877, and both are buried in Center cemetery. Both were lifelong members of the Baptist church, of Center. In the family were five sons and two daughters : Eliza Ann, now widow of Ezekiel Patterson ; Ezekiel, a farmer of Shelby county, Illinois; William V., who was killed at the battle of Fair Oaks; Hannah, deceased; James, living at Cambridge; Nancy J., now Mrs. J. R. Black, of Cambridge township; Daniel E. and Jonathan, of Byesville. Daniel E. Braden was brought up on the farm and attended the country district schools. During the war, when his father and brothers were at the front, the care of the farm and of the family devolved upon him. After the war he made his home with William and Mrs. Scott, of Cambridge township, assuming the management of their farm after Mr. Scott became too infirm to do so. He remained with them until he was married, November 27, 1889, to Maggie Reed, daughter of the late John and Ellen (Broom) Reed, who resided on the farm where Mr. Braden and family now live. Mrs. Braden's maternal grandfather, Rev. Hugh Broom, came from Scotland and was a Baptist minister who was well known all over southern Ohio. In 1832 he built a house of dressed stone, which is now in excellent condition and the home of the Braden family. John Reed, Mrs. Bradensis father, was a farmer, and met his death in a runaway accident, December 9, 1875. His widow died in 1888. They were the parents of two children, Maggie, now Mrs. Braden, and H. B. Reed, a farmer of Cambridge township. The Bradens have two children., William R. and Mary H., both of whom are at home. Mr. Braden has one hundred and sixty acres of fine land and engages in general farming. A Democrat in politics, he is well informed and always interested in public affairs. He and his family are members of the Baptist church, of Center, where he has been a deacon for fully thirty years. He is a member of Rock Hill Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and has been active in its affairs. He is an advocate of public improvements in so far as they serve the public good and advance morals, and is a worker for the advancement of the temperance cause. He is a progressive, prosperous farmer, a good citizen and a good neighbor. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 901 HOMER A. FORSYTHE. Homer A. Forsythe is a name known to every one who has the slightest acquaintance with the business history of Cambridge and Guernsey county. He has long filled a large place in the industrial affairs of the city, and as an energetic, enterprising and far-Sighted man whose judgment and discretion are seldom at fault and whose influence makes for the substantial upbuilding of the community he has earned a reputation second to none of his contemporaries. Mr. Forsythe was born in Center township, Guernsey county, Ohio, April 27, 1869, and he is the son of C. P. and Sarah A. (Clipinger) Forsythe. both natives of this county, their ancestors having come here from Pennsylvania at an early date and were pioneers here. The father was a farmer and in later life a coal operator on lands which he himself owned. He was among the very early operators in the Cambridge district; beginning as early as 1891, and he became an extensive operator and was well-to-do and a man of influence. He was a Republican and was always interested in party affairs, being a man of fixed opinions, marked independence and sterling integrity. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church and a ruling elder in the same for many years. His family consisted of seven children, three sons and four daughters, namely : Howard J., of Cambridge ; Sarah J., deceased; Homer A., of this review ; Mary E., who married William C. Morrison, of Guernsey county ; William R., deceased ; Laura B. married Howard M. Ewing, of Coshocton county, Ohio ; and Nora May, who died in infancy. The father of these children was called to his reward on July 16, 1903, while the mother, a woman of gracious personality, survives. Homer A. Forsythe grew to maturity on the home farm, where he did a great deal of hard work during his early life. He attended the public Schools during the winter months. He was married on December 20, 1899, to Cora L. Eagleson, daughter of Thomas Eagleson, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. To this union four children have been born, Willard H., Thomas R., Olive Jennette and Ruth Lucile. The family home is now at the corner of Tenth street and Wheeling avenue, Cambridge, and is one of the most pretentious in the city, of beautiful deSign and neatly furnished. Since manhood the subject has been connected with the Forsythe Coal Company, operating mines in Guernsey county, this business having begun nineteen years ago, and this company is one of the large and successful operators of this district. He is Secretary and treasurer of this company and much of its large success has been due to his wise counsel and judicious manage- 902 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. ment, for he is also general manager. The mines operated by this company have a capacity of fifteen hundred tons per day. Mr. Forsythe is also interested in the Pittsburg-Belmont Coal Company and the Belmont Coal and Land Company, of Belmont county, Ohio, Mr. Forsythe being a member of the board of directors of those companies. He is also interested in the Wisconsin Coal & Dock Company, of Milwaukee. He is a stockholder in the Guernsey National Bank and is interested in other enterprises, having some valuable real estate holdings in Cambridge, As a business man he has been very successful, possessing rare soundness of judgment, clear discrimination and the ability to forecast with remarkable accuracy the outcome of a present transaction.
Politically, Mr. Forsythe is a Republican and he has long been active in party affairs. He has been a member of the Republican county committee and has been frequently a delegate to county, district and state conventions. He filled various township offices while a resident of Center township, and since coming to Cambridge, in 1903, he has been equally active in public affairs. He was elected a member of the city council in 1907 and he is now serving his second term in this capacity. He is a progressive citizen in every respect and an advocate of public improvements and a booster for Cambridge,—in fact, he is an advocate of everything that tends to promote the best interests of the people in general. He and his family are members of the Second United Presbyterian church, in which Mr. Forsythe is a ruling elder, and both he and his wife are church and Sunday school workers. He is a member of the Cambridge Country Club and his principal recreation is an occasional game of golf. Personally he is a very pleasant gentleman, straightforward in his business dealings and a plain and unassuming man of affairs, being a fair representative of that type of men who win in life's struggle because they deserve to.
HENRY P. WOODWORTH.
The following is the record of the life of one who, by close attention to business, has achieved marked success in the world's affairs and risen to an honorable position among the enterprising men of the city with which his interests are identified. It is a plain record, rendered remarkable by no strange or mysterious adventure, no wonderful or lucky accident and no tragic situation. Mr. Woodworth is one of those estimable characters whose integrity and strong personality must force them into an admirable notoriety which
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their modesty never seeks, who command the respect of their contemporaries and their posterity and leave the impress of their individuality upon the age in which they live.
Henry P. Woodworth was born on July 12, 1851, in Perry, New York, and he is the son of Philo and Lucy (Hall) Woodworth. The father was a prominent, able and effective minister in the Methodist Episcopal church for a period of forty-five years in western New York; he was presiding elder in the conference for many years. He and his wife never lived in Ohio. The father died in 1890, being survived five years by his faithful life companion, who joined him in the silent land in 1895. Both are buried in the cemetery at Pekin, Niagara county, New York, where a great deal of his active church work was clone.
Henry P. Woodworth was educated in the public schools of the state of New York, and later he attended Leroy Academy and Eastman Commercial College, at Poughkeepsie, New York. Thus well equipped for his life work, he began his business career by clerking in a large drygoods store in Buffalo, New York, where four hundred clerks were employed. He remained with this firm two years, and he says this was the best schooling he ever had. He next turned his attention to school teaching, which he followed successfully for two winters in the district schools of Niagara county, New York. He then emigrated to the South and was employed in railroad office work in Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee, in general offices at various places, being thus employed for ten years. He then returned to western New York and engaged in the lumber business at Lockport, remaining there four years. He then went to West Virginia, 'with headquarters still at Lockport, New York, and later at Marietta, Ohio, where he engaged in buying and shipping hard lumber from the West Virginia mills, remaining in that section for about four years. In 1892 he came to Cambridge and engaged in the same business until 1905, when he retired. He was an extensive operator and shipper and his efforts were attended with a large measure of success. He has extensive real estate interests and is interested in various business enterprises, but is not active. He is a director in the Citizens Savings Bank and the Home Telephone Company and is kept very busy looking after his various interests. He is a man of keen discernment, sound judgment and rare foresight. Mr. Woodworth is also a director and vice-president of the Cambridge Land and Development Company.
Mr. Woodworth has been twice married, first on August 23, 1887, to Isabelle Ayrault, daughter of Lyman Ayrault, of Dalton, New York, where he was engaged in the general mercantile business for many years, becoming one
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of the prosperous and prominent men of that city. To this first union one daughter was born, Isabelle. The mother died in September, 1890. The second marriage was celebrated on February 22, 1895, with Ella F. Miller, daughter of Lafayette and Mary (McCullough) Miller, of Kimbolton, Guernsey county, Ohio. Both these families were prominent among the early pioneers here. The second union resulted in the birth of one son, Ward W. The Woodworth home, an attractive and commodious one, stands on an eminence northeast of Cambridge in Oakland Place, one of the finest residence districts of the city, and this home is not only one of the most pretentious and beautiful, but is one noted for its hospitality and good cheer, where the many friends of the family frequently gather.
Politically, Mr. Woodworth is a Democrat, and while he is always more or less interested in political matters, he has never been active in party affairs. He is a Master Mason and he and his family are attendants and liberal supporters of the Methodist Episcopal church South, Mrs. Woodworth being a member of the same.
Mr. Woodworth has been very successful in all his business relations, being a man who believes in keeping abreast of the times in every respect, and his straightforward, honest methods and his genial and genteel characteristics have won and retained the confidence with those with whom he has had dealings.
CAPT. ALEXANDER ADDISON TAYLOR.
Guernsey county has produced no more deserving and more honored citizen than the late Capt. Alexander Addison Taylor, who was called to his resting place on May 1o, 1908. He was born on September 18, 1832, in Holmes county, near Killbuck, the fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander D, Taylor. His parents had removed to Killbuck from Goshen township, Belmont county, and soon after the birth of this son moved back to Belmont county, soon to remove to Oxford township, Guernsey county, on the National pike, three miles west of Fairview and one and a half miles east of Middleton, while A. A. Taylor was still in infancy.
The common schools of Oxford township afforded the educational advantages enjoyed by Captain Taylor. He afterwards attended Madison College, at Antrim, along with his brother, Joseph D. Taylor. His education secured, A. A. Taylor for a number of years was a school teacher and taught at a number of places in Guernsey, Noble and Belmont counties. He lived
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the life of the average farmer boy, but managed to gain a fair education and in his youth was regarded as unusually ambitious to win a place of usefulness among his fellows. The family removed to Cambridge when the place was but a hamlet, and were prominent in itS industrial, political, Social and religious life.
At the breaking out of the Civil war, Mr. Taylor was teaching in Noble county, Ohio, near the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, and, as he expressed it. "where I could hear the passing trains loaded with Union soldiers for the front on the Potomac and the Cumberland." He continued, "The measles broke out in my school, and that, with the Union yell, was too much for me and I soon made up my mind to become a soldier." He enlisted on May 27, 1862, in the three months service, in Company A, Eighty-fifth Ohio Infantry, and was mustered out on September 23, 1862, at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, with the rank of first lieutenant. He entered the three years' service on August 23, 1862, thirty days before he was mustered out of the three- months' service, the mustering out being delayed on account of the new recruits in Camp Chase needing assistance of the older recruits. His three years' enlistment was in Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-Second Ohio Infantry, and he served until July 11, 1865.
While his regiment was at Winchester, Virginia, with General Milroy's command, on June 13, 1863, Lieutenant Taylor was in charge of a picket post far to the front. Elwellls Confederate corps of fifteen thousand men attacked Milroy, who had about six thousand men, at nine A. M. Saturday, June 13th, and the Story of that gallant Struggle has often been told. General Milroy on Sunday night decided to withdraw his forces, but his pickets could not be notified, and so Taylor and his men were captured. He was taken to Libby prison with the late Bishop C. C. McCabe, then chaplain of the One Hundred and Twenty-Second Ohio, and remained a prisoner until October, 1864, when he escaped and rejoined his regiment. He was appointed adjutant on November 14, 1864, but did not assume the duties and took command of Company A. He was commissioned a captain on March 16, 1865. Captain Taylor's military service was highly creditable. He was mustered into the Grand Army of the Republic in 1885, and became the first commander of Cambridge Post No. 343. He became prominent in the order, served in the national council of administration from Ohio for several terms, was at one time a member of the national committee on pensions, and at the time of his death was a member of the executive committee. He Was several times prominently mentioned as a candidate for grand commander of the national organization. Captain Taylor was a member of the Ohio Commandery of the Loyal Legion.
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During the early part of the war, and while he was teaching school, Mr. Taylor served as surveyor of Guernsey county. In April, 1862, the family moved from the old home farm near Middleton, in Oxford township, to Cambridge, and ever afterwards that city was his home. After the close of the war Captain Taylor read law, but was never admitted to the bar. He waS a Republican in politics, and a loyal supporter of the party and able advocate of its principles. In October, 1866, he was elected auditor of Guernsey county, and in 1868 re-elected, and by an extension of his second term served in all four years and eight months.
Until his death Captain Taylor was prominent in public and commercial life in Cambridge. For thirty-six years he was connected with the Guernsey National Bank, one of the leading financial institutions of Guernsey county, and for the most of these years acted as cashier. His bank grew in prestige and financial gain, and its strength was known within a wide radius. Captain Taylor was active and useful in public affairs, and his voice and vote were always in favor of needed improvements and progress. His word was his bond and his identification with a movement or institution meant its success. He was treasurer of the committee that instituted the Guernsey County Monumental Association and to his efforts is credited much of the work of securing the beautiful monument that stands at the entrance of the court house square. Captain Taylor was prominent in establishing and in conducting the Cambridge Public Library and was interested financially and a member of the directory of the Colonial Building Company, the Cambridge Roofing Company and the Cambridge Chautauqua Assembly. Nearly all of his life he was a member of the First Methodist church, and 'was for many years one of its board of trustees.
The Captain was one of a large family, several of whom gained prominence and distinction. William P., Dr. J. Clarkson, Hon. Joseph D., J. Byron, Wilson Shannon and Col. David D. were brothers of Captain Taylor, who preceded him to death. Dr. G. Kennon, of Cincinnati, and Hon. T. Corwin, of Washington, are surviving brothers, who, together with a deceased sister, Mrs. Sarah Taylor Petty, the wife of the Rev. A. L. Petty, of Duncan Falls, comprised the family of so many distinguished people. The Hon. Joseph D. Taylor had represented the district in Congress ; David D. was the widely known editor of the Guernsey Times, and all of the brothers were progressive and enterprising, and each left his impress upon the community.
On January 18, 1870, Captain Taylor was married to Ella McCracken, of Cambridge, who survives him. No children were born to this union, but Cap-
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tain and Mrs. Taylor were foster parents to Charles, William and Lida Taylor, the children of William P. Taylor, a brother. Their home life was ideal and showed the realization of the best and divinest teachings concerning marriage. The Taylor residence was always open to a wide circle of relatives and friends and was the scene of many a social gathering.
Alexander A. Taylor lived a good life and the world is the richer because of his more than sixty years of usefulness in the broad fieldS in which he labored. A warm friend, a man among men, unselfish and genial, he left a place not to be filled. During a long life he had been a robust man, and by temperament sanguine, in habits strictly temperate in all things, optimistic always, he had escaped serious illness, until the attack which carried him off. The best of attention and highest medical skill then failed to win back his wonted energy, and he fell asleep like a little child and was at rest.
RICHARD M. ALLISON.
We read with interest the biography of a man, especially one young in years, who, by indomitable courage, overcomes the many obstacles found in the pathway of everyone who has an ambition to attain to heights above the mediocre. Such a man is Richard M. Allison, one of the progressive citizens of Cambridge, Guernsey county, in which city he was born, on September 12, 1875. He is the son of John A. and Hannah (Moore) Allison. The father was born in this county, and was the son of John and Martha Allison. who came to the county among the early pioneers from Pennsylvania, and they were among the founders of Cambridge and they were active and prominent in the early development of the county. When a mere youth the father began working with the Scott Coal and Salt Company, with which he remained for a period of twenty-one years, which was the earliest and largest operating company of its kind. His family becoming of school age, he realized the necessity of better educational advantages and he left the employ of the Scott Coal and Salt Company and moved to Cambridge in order to obtain such advantages. Upon coming here he began work for the Cleveland & Marietta Railroad Company as car inspector and was with this company until incapacitated for so strenuous a line of work, so he resigned and accepted the janitor-ship of the South Side school building, which he held for eleven years, or until his death, on April 25, 1910. After leaving the Scott Coal and Salt
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Company and prior to going with the railroad company he was superintendent of the Cambridge workhouse. Politically, he was a Democrat and he served in the city council from the fourth ward for two years and he was always prominent and active in public matters. He was a devout member of the Baptist church for many years, was a deacon in the same and was treasurer of the local church from 1890 until his death. He was also a Sunday school worker. He waS a man of exemplary habits and positive traits of character and he had a host of warm personal friends. He was a member of the Cambridge Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Cambridge Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and was an active lodge worker, having served in all the official capacities and at the time of his death he was the oldest living member in both these lodges. His widow survives and is living in Cambridge. She, too, is a devoted member of the Baptist church and is known for her charitable deeds, always finding time to give aid and comfort to her suffering neighbors, although devoted to her own home and family. She is the mother of five children, namely : William A., an engineer for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company; John A. is shipping clerk for Suitt Brothers; Anna is now Mrs. F. B. Scott, of Newark, Ohio ; Kenneth died November 18, 1905, at the age of eighteen years ; and Richard M., of this review, he being the eldest of the family.
The education of Richard M. Allison was obtained in the public schools of Cambridge. Leaving school at the age of sixteen years, he found employment with the Cambridge Chair Company, with which he remained for nine years, learning the trade of hardwood finisher. He became an expert at this, but resigned to become an employe of the Cleveland & Marietta Railroad Company's shops at Cambridge in 1901, and he was with this company for eight years in charge of the paint shop. In March, 1908, he resigned his position with the railroad company and engaged in the upholstering and picture framing business for himself. He continued in this line of business until the fall of 1909, when he was elected mayor of Cambridge on the Democratic ticket, assuming his official duties on January I, 191o. Although the city is largely Republican, he defeated his opponent by two hundred votes, which is certainly criterion enough of his excellent standing here and of the universal confidence in which he is held by all classes. He is a good mixer, a man of integrity and much native ability, and his administration started off very auspiciously, and he is doing many things for the city that will be of permanent good to the community and will endear him to his constituents and the people in general. His able and judicious administration so far has proven the wisdom of his Selection for this important office. He is an uncompromising
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Democrat and has always been interested in public matters; he was never before a candidate for any office.
Fraternally, Mr. Allison is a member of the Cambridge lodge of the Knights of Pythias, and has been ever since old enough to become a member. He has passed all the chairs, and held the offices of trustee and financial secretary. He is also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.
Mr. Allison was married on October 21, 1896, to Jessie D. McKinney, daughter of Jesse and Sarah (Morrow) McKinney. Her father served in the Union army throughout the Civil war, and he was a man of wonderful physical Strength. He was foreman of the Cleveland & Marietta blacksmith shops, working for that railroad company for many years in this capacity. Prior to that time he was a blacksmith and wagonmaker in Cambridge. His death occurred February to, 1910. He retired to his farm several years previously and spent his last years enjoying the comforts of life as a result of his former years of activity. His wife preceded him to the grave, dying on February 3, 1897. Both are buried in the Cambridge cemetery.
To Mr. and Mrs. Allison have been born five children, three sons and two daughters, Donald M., Sarah Vemita, Harrold K., Richard M. and Dorothy. Mr. Allison and wife are members of the Baptist church and are active in church and Sunday school work. Mrs. Allison is a most estimable woman and has a wide circle of friends. Mr. Allison was always a baseball enthusiast and has lost none of his interest in the game,—in fact, he is an advocate of all healthy athletics, especially outdoor sports. He is a man of fine personal traits and is deserving of the confidence which is reposed in him by everyone and of the high esteem in which he is held.
JOHN S. BERRY.
A list of Guernsey county's prominent families would certainly be incomplete were there failure to make specific mention of John S. Berry, a popular and efficient public official and representative citizen, for his life has been one of usefulness and honor, resulting in good to everyone with whom he has had dealings, whether in business, public or social life. His career is exemplary in every respect, and he has always supported those interests which are calculated to uplift and benefit humanity, 'while his own moral worth is deserving of the highest commendation.
Mr. Berry was born on September 24, 1866, in Kimbolton, Liberty
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township, this county. He is the son of William T. and Caroline J. (Sloan) Berry, both parents natives of Guernsey county. The Berry family is of Irish descent, the ancestry coming from Ireland to America in a very early day. The Sloans came here from a German settlement in Pennsylvania. The father was a school teacher in the schools of Guernsey county for many years and he was one of the county school examiners for some time. He was a man of high character and intelligence. His death occurred in August, 1892; his widow Still survives.
John S. Berry was educated in the schools of Kimbolton and at the age of fourteen years he left home for the purpose of learning telegraphy in the Guernsey offices of the Cleveland & Marietta railroad, near the north line of Guernsey county. He learned this business and for eight years was railroad agent and telegraph operator at different stations along the Cleveland & Marietta railroad. He then came to Cambridge and for two years he was a trick dispatcher at the Cleveland & Marietta shops in Cambridge. He was then chief dispatcher and train master for the road mentioned above, which service terminated in 1898. He then entered the postal service as a letter carrier when free mail delivery was established in Cambridge. After remaining in this service eight years, he resigned in 1907 to become deputy sheriff under Sheriff H. K. Moore. In 1910 he was nominated for sheriff by the Republicans of Guernsey county, and his candidacy was looked upon with general favor from the first, everyone predicting his election in the following November, owing to his general popularity with all classes, regardless of party alignment. He has a remarkable record as an efficient officer while serving as deputy sheriff. He has gone into fourteen states for men under indictment and has never failed in landing his man. Seven men out of eight who broke jail during his term were recaptured by him. He also claims the distinction of making the first arrest under the "search and seizure" clause of the present Rose local option law at Pleasant City, Guernsey county, in which two car loads of liquor were taken in charge. The parties to whom the same were consigned were arrested and heavily fined.. He has shown himself at all times to be a very courageous officer, always willing to do his duty and serve the people to the very best of his ability. He has always has the courage of his convictions, and, when he knows he is right, goes ahead despite obstacles. He is a Republican in politics and always active in party affairs. Prior to entering the postal service he was a member of the city council, resigning his seat in the same for the purpose of entering the postal service.
Mr. Berry was twice married, first, on October 30, 1899, to Helen B. Whitcraft, daughter of James P. and Edith Whitcraft, of Cambridge, Ohio.
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To this union two children were born, Edith B. and James A., both of whom are living. Their mother passed to her rest on September 3, 1896. The second marriage of Mr. Berry was solemnized on April 25, 1900, to Christine B. Wyrick, the youngest daughter of John L. and Christina (Brady) Wyrick, of Washington, Wills township, Guernsey county. This union has been without issue.
Mr. Berry is a member of Cambridge Lodge No. 53, Knights of Pythias, and the Uniform Rank of this order, and he is past chancellor of the same. He belongs to Cambridge Camp No. 3542, Modern Woodmen of America. He is also a member of the National Sheriffs' Association. He and his wife belong to the First Episcopal church, having been allied with the Same since childhood and they are active in church and Sunday school work. They are prominent and influential in their community, being highly esteemed by all who know them.
EDWARD HALL.
The history of Quaker City and vicinity and that of the career of Edward Hall is pretty much one and the same, for here he has lived and labored for three-quarters of a century, has seen the development of this locality from the primeval forest to the present time and has taken a leading part in the same. It is interesting to hear him recount reminiscences of those early times. He was born May 12, 1834, in the same neighborhood where he lives, having, as before intimated, spent his entire life here, and he is the son of Cyrus and Ellen (Strahl) Hall. The father was born in what is now Millwood township, then a part of Oxford, he having the distinction of being the first white child born in the township. His father, John Hall, came to Millwood township in August, 1806, and entered raw land. The great-grandfather, Isaac Hall, and his family came to Ohio from North Carolina, the ancestry originally coming from England and settling in that state. In 1805 the family came to Ohio and settled in Belmont county, which was then a dense forest, infested by wild game. The year following John Hall came to Millwood township, and in 1807 the family of John and Phebe Hall came to this township, and John Webster entered eight hundred acres of land, eighty acres for each member of his family of ten children. John Hall was a young man at that time and soon afterwards he married Phoebe Webster, and they began keeping house in the log cabin home that John Hall had already erected on the land, one hundred and sixty acres, which he had entered from the government
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when coming here. He developed a large tract of land. His family consisted of eight children, six sons and two daughters, namely : Cyrus, Isaac W., Thomas, John P., Eli, Jesse, Hanna Ann and Eliza W., all of whom are deceased, dying many years ago, and are buried in the Friends' cemetery, just east of Quaker City, the Halls, the Websters and most of the early settlers of this locality having been Quakers. Cyrus Hall, the father of the subject, was a prosperous farmer and a man much interested in the welfare, progress and development of the community, and he was a faithful adherent of the Quaker church. His family consisted of four sons and one daughter. One son and the daughter died in childhood; Edward, of this review, Joel and Thomas C. are living, all three being over seventy years of age, and they make their residence in Millwood township and live adjoining each other. The death of Cyrus Hall occurred on June 16, 1884, his widow following him to the grave in the fall of 1889, aged nearly eighty-one years, and they are buried in the Friends' cemetery at Quaker City, where most of the Halls are buried.
Edward Hall grew to maturity on his father's farm and obtained his education in the log cabin school house near his father's home. He worked on the farm during all the months that work was possible, and being the oldest child in the family he was put to work in the fields very early in life. His schooling was limited to a few weeks during the winter, though by later observation, study and reading at home he became fairly well educated, and he is well informed on all public questions and issues that concern the best interests of the people.
Mr. Hall was married on March 27, 1861, to Phoebe Hollingshead, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Hartley) Hollingshead. Both the Hollingsheads and the Hartleys were prominent families here in pioneer days. To Mr. and Mrs. Hall two children have been born, Laura, who was left a widow and is now living at home with her parents, and Isaac A., who is married and resides on the home farm. These parents are living on the farm where they have resided ever since their marriage. Mr. Hall erected a fine, modern brick residence in 1886 on an elevation in a grove and overlooking a beautiful expanse of country, and it is an ideal home.
Politically, Mr. Hall is a Republican, as all the Halls have been, and he is always interested in public matters. He has served as a member of the township school board and has always been interested in educational matters. He and his family adhere to the Friends church. The Hall family have been a most potent factor in the development and advancement of Millwood township and surrounding townships, both in business and farming, society, schools,
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churches, etc. Mr, Hall has a fine farm of one hundred and fifty-three acreS, well improved and under a high state of cultivation. No family has stood higher in this locality from the early days to the present than the Halls.
WILLIAM EAGLETON.
Four score and Seven years have dissolved in the mists of time, the most remarkable years in the history of the world, since the honored and venerable gentleman whose name appears above first Saw the light of day, Heaven bounteously lengthened out his life until he witnessed the crowning glory of his wonderful epoch, rewarding him with an unusual span of years as a result of consistent and virtuous living in hiS youth and the years of his manhood, until in the golden Indian summer of his life, surrounded by comfort and plenty as a result of his earlier years of industry and frugality, he was able to take a retrospective glance down the corridors of the relentless and irrevocable past and feel that his was an eminently useful and successful life. He lived to see and take a prominent part in the wonderful development of Guernsey county, especially Center township, where he resided.
Mr. Eagleton was born August 14, 1823, in Center township, the son of John and Elizabeth (McCabe) Eagleton. The father came from Ireland when only five years old with his parents, William and Jane (Walker) Eagleton, and first settled in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and later came to Washington county, Pennsylvania, where their Son John was married to Elizabeth McCabe, who had been formerly married to John McDowell, and she had three children, Sarah, deceased, James and John McDowell, who came to Center township, Guernsey county, Ohio, with their mother and stepfather in 1822. The father entered eighty acres of land in the woods, from Andrew Jackson as President, and forty acres from Martin Van Buren as President, and owned this land until his death, in February, 1864. His widow survived until August 17, 1866, and both are now buried in the cemetery at Washington. John and Elizabeth Eagleton had a family of three daughters and three sons : Eliza, Jane, Rachel, William, Israel and Henry.
William Eagleton spent his childhood and youth with his parents on the farm. He attended the schools taught in the neighborhood and when old enough was on the farm engaged in clearing more acres to be farmed ; at night he would read, by the light of a hickory torch, and sometimes a tallow dip candle, such books as were obtainable. Thus, he grew up and spent his
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youth. He was married on March 27, 1847, to Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of James and Jane (Walker) Stewart, of Washington county, Pennsylvania, originally, but coming to Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1838.
To Mr. and Mrs. Eagleton were born five sons and two daughters, namely: John, deceased ; James S., of Denver, Colorado, a teacher in the public schools; William H., also a teacher in the schools of Denver, Colorado; Matthew E., a teacher in the Denver schools; Mack, of Guernsey county; Mary Jane, now Mrs. James Stillion, in the state of Washington ; Amanda, now Mrs. William Mawhoor, of Jefferson township, Guernsey county. After his marriage Mr. Eagleton settled on a farm a mile north of Eagleton's homestead, where he resided for two years, which farm he bought while living there. He then lived in various places until 1857 when he came to the farm where he lived at the time of his death, which occurred on October 2, 1910. He acquired lands to the amount of three hundred acres and devoted his energies to farming and sheep raising. He prospered and was a man of progressive ideas and of great influence in the community. After his marriage, in addition to his farming interests, he studied law and was admitted to the bar, and for a number of years he practiced in the Guernsey county courts, and especially the justice courts of the county, but never gave up his farm interests. He was a man of marked ability and a broad education, acquired by reading and in the school of experience. His sons were all given educations, the most of which, however, was obtained by personal application to study at home and in the common schools, and three of these sons are now prominent educators in the city of Denver. Mr. Eagleton was a Democrat of the Jeffersonian school and was active in public affairs, having served the public in many positions. For many years he was a justice of the peace and he also filled all the offices in the township except constable, which he declined, He was a School director for many years. After being admitted to the bar, he declined all of these offices. No man stood higher in the estimation of the people and no man has been more active in public matters that tended for good, than Mr. Eagleton. He was for many years a member of the Masonic order and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was active in church work for over thirty years and a deacon for many years. His wife died in January, 1896, and is buried in Center township cemetery, where his remains also lie. She was a splendid woman, whose life work and example were always for good.
Mr. Eagleton spent his last days on the old home farm of one hundred and eighty-six and a half acres, where he spent so many active years, highly respected by all and living to see his sons holding honorable positions in the
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educational and business world. He was very successful in a financial way, as in others; his farm never bore a mortgage and he was never in arrears for taxes. He has never been sued and never sued but one man, and that was not until he was past his eightieth year, and done with great regret. Mr. Eagleton was regarded as an authority upon most questions that involved the interests and welfare of the community where he had so long lived and his counsel and advice were often sought by many.
ROBERT W. ZAHNISER.
Although living in retirement in his cozy home in Cambridge, Robert W. Zahniser occupies a conspicuous place among the representative citizens of Guernsey county and enjoys the confidence and esteem of all who know him. His record demonstrates that where there is a will there is a way and that obstacles to success may be overcome by courage and self-reliance. His career has been fraught with good to his fellow men and he is held in high favor with a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.
Mr. Zahniser was born March 28, 1848, in this city, and he is the scion of a worthy old pioneer family, being the son of Mathias and Mary (Hanna) Zahniser, both natives of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, where they grew to maturity, were educated and married in 1843. Shortly afterwards they came to Cambridge, Ohio, where they spent the remainder of their lives. The father became the village blacksmith, and, like Longfellow's famous character under the "spreading chestnut tree," he was a sturdy, honest, conscientious and well liked man, and he plied his trade here until he became blind, in 1877. His death occurred in January, 1891, his wife having preceded him to the silent land in 1859, leaving a family of five small children. Mathias Zahniser was a devout churchman, a member of the United Presbyterian church, in which congregation he was active and popular.
Robert W. Zahniser was educated in the public schools of Cambridge and when only fifteen years of age he proved his patriotism by enlisting for service in the Union army during the Civil war, becoming a member of Company G, Sixty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served very faithfully for a period of one year and nine months, or until the close of the war, his regiment being a part of the Army of the Cumberland and it was in many hard campaigns and great battles. After returning from the army Mr. Zahniser engaged as clerk in a drygoods store for a period of five years. In
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1870 he engaged with the firm of Green, Joyce & Company, of Columbus, and represented them in the capacity of traveling salesman for a period of twenty- seven years, during which time he did much to increase the prestige of the firm and gave them the utmost satisfaction. Since then he has lived a retired life.
Mr. Zahniser was married March 12, 1902, to Luella McFarland, daughter of William and Lydia A. (Campbell) McFarland. Her father was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and the mother in Wheeling, West Virginia. Mr. McFarland was a soldier during the Civil war, seeing considerable hard service, losing an eye and becoming very much enfeebled from hardship and exposure. In 1865 he moved to Cambridge for the school advantages for a large family of girls, five of whom became teachers, Mrs. Zahniser was a dry goods clerk for twelve years. Mr. McFarland's death occurred in March, 1896, and his widow died in July, 1901. To the subject and wife one son has been born, Robert J., now seven years of age.
Mr. Zahniser is a member of the Masonic lodge, having attained the thirty-second degree in the Scottish rite and the Knight Templar degree in the York rite. He is also a member of Cambridge Lodge No. 448, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and he stands high in fraternal circles of the county. He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which they are workers and of which they are liberal supporters. Politically, he is a Republican and has always been interested in public matters, but he has never held office, not caring for such positions. He keeps well posted on current topics of the day and is a man whom it is a pleasure to know, being genial and a good mixer.
JACOB W. SALLADAY.
A member of a well known and prominent family of Valley township, the gentleman whose name heads this sketch is one of the enterprising farmers and stock dealers of that neighborhood, in which he is popular and influential, and his life is such that its history is one interesting and instructive to young and old.
Jacob W. Salladay was born in Valley township, Guernsey county, Ohio, on February 9, 1857, the son of George and Mary Salladay, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work. He grew up on the home farm, in the usual pursuits of a country boy. In 1880 he was married to Charlotte Adair, who
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was born and reared in his own neighborhood, the daughter of Joseph and Sarah ( Johnson) Adair, and a sister of William J. Adair, whose sketch herein gives her ancestry. Jacob W. Salladay followed his father in combining farming with stock and wool buying, which he learned from him, and for several years he and his father carried on their dealings together. For a short time Jacob owned a farm just west of the old home, but in 1892 he bought the farm of one hundred and twenty acres, where he has since lived.
In politics Mr. Salladay is a Democrat, and his personal popularity and high standing in popular estimation is shown by the fact that he has held in a Republican township the office of trustee for seven or eight years, being elected by both Republicans and Democrats, regardless of politics. In his fraternal relations Mr. Salladay is a member of the blue lodge of Masons, No. 36o, at Pleasant City, and Chapter No. 53, Royal Arch Masons, at Cambridge. He and his wife are both members of the Evangelical Lutheran church at Hartford, and are active in church work, he being for some time an elder in the church.
Mr. and Mrs. Salladay are the parents of two children. Waltz Sumner Salladay, who is a pharmacist at Pataskala, Ohio, married Martha Watson, of Valley township, the daughter of James and Martha Watson. Roy Wesley Salladay married Myrtle Lewis, of Valley township, the daughter of Charles Lewis, He is a bookkeeper and paymaster of the Cambridge Collieries Company.
Mr. Salladay is a successful business man and farmer, and a very agreeable companion. His excellencies of character and his geniality are the factors which account for his great popularity, which is entirely deserved.
SAMUEL C. VANKIRK.
There is always a lesson to be gained in the careful contemplation of life records such as that of Samuel C. Vankirk, one of the prominent citizens of Salesville, Millwood township, Guernsey county, for he has worked along well established lines and has won a reputation for fair play among his fellowmen.
Mr. Vankirk was born September 3, 1871, in Salesville, the son of John 0. and Sarah J. (Mendenhall) Vankirk. The father was born in Norwich, Muskingum county, Ohio, and the mother in Noble county. They both came
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to Salesville when single and were married there May 31, 1865. The father was in the mercantile business in Salesville for some years and he was agent for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at the time of his death, April up, 1878. His widow died September 6, 1886. The father is buried in the cemetery of his native place, Norwich, and the mother is buried in the cemetery at Salesville. The father was a Republican in politics and served during the Civil war, having enlisted three separate times. Being too young, his father got him out of the army the first two times, but the third time he remained and was taken prisoner and confined to Libby prison for a considerable time. He also had three brothers in the army, he being the youngest : Stephen, who was killed at the battle of the Wilderness; Samuel H., now living in Columbus, Ohio, and Joseph, who died some years ago. The father was a man of active public affairs, was justice of the peace for a number of years, and a man of sterling character. The parents had a family of three sons and one daughter : William T., deceased ; John, deceased ; Susan R., now MrS. H. V. Stoneburner, of Millwood township, and Samuel C., the subject of this sketch, who is the second child in order of birth.
The maternal grandparents, Thomas and Rebecca (Gildow) Mendenhall, are still living in Salesville and have been married sixty-five yearS, Mr. Mendenhall being in his eighty-seventh year, and his wife in her eighty-sixth year. These grandparents came with their parents from Pennsylvania, and settled at Cannonsburg, Noble county, Ohio, in the early days of the settlement of that locality and have been residents of Salesville since 1865, where Mr. Mendenhall was in business for many years. The subject of this sketch, Samuel C. Vankirk, spent his childhood and youth in Salesville and was educated in the Salesville schools. When eighteen years of age, in 1889, he went to New Mexico, and was at Raton for almost two years, engaged in railroad work. He then came to Kansas City, where he was engaged in railroading for about six months. In 1893 he returned to Salesville and has since resided here. On his return he engaged in farming until February 4, 1899, when he was appointed postmaster at Salesville and gave up farming and has been giving his entire attention to the postoffice ever since.
Mr. Vankirk married, on June 25, 1892, while on a visit home from the west, Imogene M. St. Clair, daughter of Roland A. and Lozelle (White) St. Clair, of Salesville. The wife's parents both are living. To this union have been born one son and one daughter, Mildred E. and John White Vankirk.
In addition to the duties as postmaster, Mr. Vankirk operates a flour exchange and does considerable business. He is a Republican and has been very active in party matters, being a member of the Republican county central com-
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mittee and a frequent delegate to county, district and state conventions. He has also served as a member of the county election board and active all along the line of politics. He is a member of the Masonic order, Quaker City Lodge, and the Maccabees. He affiliateS with the Methodist Episcopal church, of which hiS wife is a member, and Mrs. Vankirk is active in church and sunday school work. The Salesville postoffice is quite an important mail point in addition to the local business, having three rural routes and supplying a thickly settled portion of the county, a very efficient service being provided. Mr. Vankirk is a citizen of high character and Standing and popular with all classes, and is a man of influence in the community in which he is such an active factor. Always courteous and obliging, he is a stanch friend and fair opponent always.
DAVID L. COWDEN, M. D.
Of high rank among the physicians of Guernsey county is a man descended from an old and respected family, David L. Cowden, who was born on a farm in Millwood township, a mile north of Quaker City, on August 8, 1867, the son of William N. and Deborah (Laughlin) Cowden.
William N. Cowden was born on January I, 1837, on the same farm where he now lives, and in a log house on the same .ground where his present residence is located, the son of David and Marjorie (Kennon) Cowden. Both his parents were born in Ireland, hiS father being but ten years old when his parents came to this country, and his mother younger. His grandfather, William Cowden, came with his family direct to this locality, and took up one hundred sixty acres of land where William N. now lives. He prospered and bought more, and his son David added still more, until he owned several hundred acres of land. The Cowdens came to America in 1816, the Kennons in 1820. They were sturdy Irish Presbyterians and devout church people, prominent in the community. David Cowden died in August, 1874, and his widow passed away the following year. Their son, William N., grew to manhood on the home farm, assisting in the general farm work, and attending the district school, and later attending Muskingum College at New Concord for one year, after which he taught school for one year and then traveled a year to recuperate broken health. Since that time he has been engaged in farming. He has raised all kinds of stock, but has made a specialty of sheep raising and wool growing. For twenty-three years he was president of the Wool Growers' Association, for six years a member of the Ohio agricultural board and
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for one year president of that board. Always active in agricultural matters, he was the first man in Ohio to urge the teaching of the principles of agriculture in the common schools. For Some years he was a lecturer for the state board of agriculture at farmers' institutes, in which capacity he was able and his work popular. In politics a Democrat, he has frequently been a candidate of the party, but in this overwhelmingly Republican county he was usually defeated. He has filled township offices and served on the school board. Mr. Cowden was the judge who awarded the prizes for Merino sheep at the St. Louis Exposition, and has served in the same capacity at numerous state exhibits. For his services at St. Louis he was awarded a gold medal by the board. As president of the Wool Growers Association he has appeared before every congressional committee that has invited public discussion when tariff revision was on since 1867. Mr. Cowden was a member of the Ohio tax commission appointed by Governor McKinley in 1893, a non-partisan board of four members, Judge A. C. Thompson, F. A. Augie of Cleveland, Theodore Cook, of Cincinnati, and Mr. Cowden, of Guernsey, whose duty it was to revise the tax system of Ohio. The committee worked six months before they reported to the Legislature, and a revolution in the tax System was the result of the efficient work of this committee. Judge Thompson was the president of the committee, Mr. Cowden the secretary. This was perhaps the most lasting work in which Mr. Cowden has been engaged.
William N. Cowden was married in September, 1866, to Deborah Laughlin, the daughter of Thomas W. and Jane (Robe) Laughlin, of Wills township, Guernsey county. Both the Laughlin and Robe families were early settlers and prominent in pioneer affairs and public matters. To this marriage seven children have been born : Dr. David L., of Kimbolton ; William K., an attorney of Huntington, West Virginia ; Dr. Newell W., of Germantown, Ohio; Dr. Harry S., of Columbus, Ohio ; Jennie, who married Thomas E. Henderson, of Millwood township; Mary Henrietta, a missionary in India, and Deborah Lillian, at home. Mr. Cowden has been an elder in the church since 1874, succeeding his father. He is one of the best known and most successful agriculturists of the state, as appears above, and a man whom the citizens of Guernsey county are proud to claim as their own.
David L. Cowden attended the common schools of his township, and attended the Quaker City high School, after which he taught for six years in the schools of Guernsey county, and, with Prof. A. B. Hall, conducted for three years a normal school in Quaker City. He read medicine for two years with Doctor Trimmer, while engaged in teaching, and then entered the Ohio Medical University at Columbus, graduating in 1893. Beginning practice with
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Dr. J. W. Wright, a leading oculist of Columbus, Ohio, he remained with him for three years, then in 1896 went to Washington, Guernsey county, and was there three years, then, coming to Kimbolton in 1899, has been in general practice there and haS been successful.
Doctor Cowden was married on September I, 1891, to Cora Spencer, the daughter of Frank S. and Nora (Lee) Spencer, of Millwood township. Her grandparents, Asa and Phoebe (Piggott) Spencer, came to Guernsey county in 1834 and spent the remainder of their lives here. Her parents are living in Spencer's Station. Five children have been born to Doctor and Mrs. Cowden, Paul S., Russell Lee, William N., deceased, Harry Laughlin and Mary Nora.
The Doctor is a Democrat and has been active in politics. He has served as a member of the county committee, and as a delegate to county, district and state conventions. For eight years he served efficiently as mayor of Kimbolton, and is a man of strong public spirit. He is a member of the county, state and national medical associations, and attends their meetings, and in everything is up-to-date in his practice.
Doctor and Mrs. Cowden are members of the United Presbyterian church, and the Doctor is an elder in that congregation. He has a taste for music, which he has been able to cultivate, is a skillful violin player and composer of some merit. Music is his favorite recreation. He stands high in his profession, in the estimation of his colleagues and of the public, and has a large and increasing practice, while his culture and his Social traits make him welcome in all social gatherings. Mrs. Cowden was formerly a teacher of elocution, attended the Quaker City high school, takes an active part in church work and in Society, and is a woman of much intelligence and refinement.
WILLIAM F. JOHNSTON.
Among the successful and enterprising business men of Cambridge and a representative citizen of Guernsey county is William F. Johnston, who, although primarily interested in his own affairs, as is quite natural, manifests an abiding interest in the advancement and welfare of his community and for any measure or enterprise by which his fellow men may be benefited.
Mr. Johnston was born October 20, 1865, in the city where he now resides and which has been his home continuously. He is the son of William and Martha (Gibson) Johnston, both parents born in Guernsey county. The
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grandfather, James Johnston, was born in Pennsylvania, and the grandmother, Jennie Johnston, came to the United States from Ireland and landed in New York, reaching there the day war was declared in 1812. They lived for a time in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. The grandmother, who was known in her maidenhood as Jennie Mahaffey, made the journey from Philadelphia to Pittsburg on foot, when sixteen years old, and carried a younger brother most of the two hundred miles. The grandparents came to Guernsey county among the very early pioneers, and the first eighty acres of land bought from the government in Adams township is still in the family, never having been transferred, belonging to the undivided estate of the father, William Johnston. The father was a farmer for a number of years, and about 1858 he came to Cambridge and engaged in the manufacture of carriages on Dewey avenue, and after the smaller factories were handicapped by the larger ones, he engaged in the feed business for a period of fifteen years, or until a few years prior to his death, in April, 1905, and when he retired he had the longest record of continuous business years of any man in Cambridge. He Was a Republican in politics and always interested in public matters, and for many years he was a member of the Cambridge board of education. He waS a stalwart character and a man of sterling integrity. HiS widow, who is still living in Cambridge, is known for her many charitable acts and general good works.
William F. Johnston grew to manhood in Cambridge and was educated in the public schools here. He began the trade of carriage painter at the age of thirteen years, working for his father. This he followed until 1889, then he went to Logan, Ohio, and was foreman of the finishing department of the Logan Manufacturing Company. He remained in that city for four years, or until the factory was destroyed by fire. He then returned to Cambridge and was with the Cambridge Chair Company until it failed. He then spent one year in the rolling mill, and in 1897 he engaged in the plumbing business with G. W. Branthoover as partner, and this business has continued ever since and has grown to large proportions and is very successful. They do everything in the plumbing and heating line and mine and mill supplies.
Politically, Mr. Johnston is a Republican, but he is not an active party man, though always advocating right measures in local, state and national offices.
Mr. Johnston was married on December 10, 1896, to Carrie E. Fleming, daughter of Benjamin F. and Elizabeth (Saviers) Fleming, residents of Guernsey county for many years. The father is deceased, but the mother is still living in Cambridge at the advanced age of eighty-one years. To Mr. and
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Mrs. Johnston two children have been born, a son and a daughter, Kathryne and William F., Jr. Mrs. Johnston is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and Mrs. Johnston is a regular attendant. He is a highly respected citizen and a progressive business man. His splendid residence, at No. 1012 Steubenville avenue, is modern in construction, arrangement and furnishings.
WILLIAM R. FORSYTHE.
Among the representative and progressive farmers of Liberty township, Guernsey county, William R. Forsythe stands high in the estimation of his fellows. He was born on August 11, 1859, on the farm where he now lives, three miles northwest of Kimbolton, the son of Robert H. and Rebecca (Robe) Forsythe. His parents came to Liberty township from Wills township directly after marriage, both having been born in Guernsey county, of which the Forsythes and Robes were both pioneer families. His father became a large land owner, a prosperous farmer and a man of affairs. He was a Republican, and was active in public affairs during the early years of his life and filled various township offices. A member of the United Presbyterian church, he was for many years an elder and was a devout churchman. He died in January, 1909, aged eighty-nine, and his wife died in January, 1908, aged eighty- seven. Both are buried in Kimbolton cemetery.
Robert and Rebecca Forsythe are the parents of three sons and two daughters : Robert R., who served during the Civil war and gave his life to his country ; Sarah J., deceased ; William R.; Anna M., deceased; and Elmer J., of Oregon.
William R. Forsythe spent his childhood and youth until his marriage with his father, received his education in the district schools, and taught school for four years. He was married on May 30, 1871, to Anna C. Kennedy, daughter of Benjamin and Margaret (Orr) Kennedy, of Jefferson township, Guernsey county, of which they were prominent residents. To Mr. and Mrs. Forsythe have been born six children : Ora A., now the wife of Rev. W. W. Willis, of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, a graduate of Muskingum College and for years a popular and progressive teacher before her marriage ; Mary I., a teacher, a graduate of Muskingum College, at New Concorn, Ohio, now a student doing special work at the University of Michigan ; Margaret R., a graduate of the Northwestern University at Ada, Ohio, and now a successful teacher at Carnegie, Pennsylvania; John H., deceased ; Laura B., a for-
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mer student of Muskingum College, and now a teacher at Lebanon, Ohio; Craig R., a graduate of Muskingum College, and graduated from the Allegheny Theological Seminary, is now a United Presbyterian minister, located at Rock Prairie, Wisconsin.
For ten years after marriage Mr. Forsythe lived on his farm, about one and a half miles east of the homestead, and in 1882 he came to the old home farm and has since lived here. He visited the west early in 1882, with a view of location, but, concluding that Ohio and the old home farm were good enough for him, returned and bought the home of his parents. The farm consists of one hundred and ninety acres in the fertile Wills creek valley, and is well improved and well tilled, with good barns, stock sheds, and a convenient modern house, everything being in good condition. He follows general farming and is an extensive stock raiser.
In politics, Mr. Forsythe is a Republican and is active in public affairs, being always a friend of education.. He and his family are members of the United Presbyterian church, and Mr. Forsythe has long been an elder, while all the family are active church workers. He is a strong and Substantial man and citizen, and his family occupies a prominent place in the affairs and social life of the community.
GEORGE H. STOUT, M. D.
A useful and widely known citizen of Wills township, Guernsey county, Ohio, is Dr. George H. Stout, who has won an envied reputation in the medical profession and shown what a man of careful mental training, honesty of purpose and an abundance of zeal and perseverance can accomplish, although his early advantages were none too flattering. He takes high rank among his professional brethren in this locality.
Doctor Stout was born October 10, 1850, in Monroe county, Ohio, and iS the son of Isaiah and Emiline (Cochran) Stout, the father born in New Jersey and the mother in Ohio. The father came to Ohio in 1830, when only seven years of age, 'with a half brother, and found employment with William Blackston, a merchant of Middleton, Guernsey county, Ohio, as a clerk and a farm hand for many years, until young manhood. He married in the fall of 1845 and went to Monroe county, where he remained one year, and during this time the son, George H., was born. He then returned to the farm, one mile west of Middleton on the National pike in Wills township. Mrs, Stout's grandfather, John Cochran, came from Ireland in the early pioneer days and
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entered six hundred and forty acres of land in the neighborhood of what is now Middleton, in Wills township, and the farm upon which Isaiah Stout settled was a part of that six hundred and forty acres of land, or, if not a part, adjoining it. John Cochran was an active man in the development of the country and built the first water grist-mill operated on Wills creek. He was a prosperous and leading citizen, and died about 1832. His Son, the father of the mother of the subject of this sketch, Col. William Cochran, was colonel of a militia regiment and a citizen of great activity in farming and merchandising in Middleton for sixty years. He was active in public affairs and served as county treasurer for many years. He was prominent in everything that was for the good of the community. He died at his home in Middleton in 1878. Isaiah Stout, father of the subject of this sketch, was a prosperous farmer, and was active in public affairs, holding several important township offices. He died a young man, at the age of forty-nine, in January, 1872, leaving a widow and nine children living, four having died before the father, a family of thirteen children in all ; of these, six are now living : George H. ; Mattie A., now Mrs. William B. Hays, of Larned, Kansas ; Thomas A,, of Sheridan, Wyoming; Elizabeth J., now Mrs. James E. Cunningham, of Wills township; Sarah 0., now Mrs. Edward Scott, of Bethany, West Virginia, and John F., an attorney of Omaha, Nebraska. The mother and widow died March 7, 1905, aged eighty years, never having married again. Both parents are buried in the Law cemetery in Oxford township, near the old Cochran home.
Dr. George H. Stout, who now lives in the old family home, spent his childhood and youth upon the farm and obtained his early education at the country district schools. He later attended Mt. Union College at Alliance, Ohio, taking the literary course, but graduating in the commercial and shorthand departments in 1876. He then engaged in school teaching and taught school for twelve years, and all this time in three adjacent districts in Wills and Oxford townships and was a successful, progressive and popular teacher. He had always entertained a desire to Study medicine and gave up teaching to enter the Ohio Medical College at Columbus, where he attended one year, then entered the Eclectic Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating on June 5, 1879. Coming back to his old home, Middleton, he opened his office on June 7, 1879, and had a patient the first day of his practice and has been continuously practicing since that time in the same locality. He has established himself firmly in the good opinion of all, not only in the public mind, but in the opinion of his brothers in the profession as well.
The Doctor married, on March 15, 1881, Nora E. Hayes, daughter of
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Nelson B. and Rachel A. (Blackstone) Hayes. Both the Blackstone and Hayes families were early pioneers and prominent in the same locality. No children have been born to this union.
The Doctor's practice has been general in all the surrounding townships, and he has been eminently successful. In addition to his practice, which has always been very large, he has acquired large land holdings, owning three hundred and ninety acres in the locality of Middleton in Wills township, and has given considerable attention to stock raising, sheep, cattle, hogs and horses. which he feeds for the market. He is a large wool producer, having almost every year flocks of from three hundred to four hundred sheep. His home, one mile west of Middleton, is situated on an elevation overlooking the beautiful and fertile Salt Fork valley and is one of the most attractive country homes of that locality. He is a Republican in politics and has been active in public affairs, especially during his younger days; he is never an office seeker, but always a voter and always attends the party primaries and caucuses, believing it to be the duty of all good citizens to thus participate in public matters.
In his early years of the practice Doctor Stout was a member of the Ohio State and National Eclectic Medical Societies. He is a man of strong personality and few men have attained to a higher place in the estimation of the people among whom they have labored and lived. The love and reverence for Doctor Stout in the homes of the people 'whom he has so long served as a family physician is universal.
JAMES R. BARR.
The name of James R. Barr has been so indissolubly associated with progress in and about the city of Cambridge that no lengthy encomium would be required to acquaint the readerS of this history of his activities and accomplishments. Suffice it to say, in passing to the specific facts in his life history, that his has been a very active and successful career because he has worked along lines that never fail to result in good. He was born in Cambridge township, Guernsey county, on April 15, 1854, on a farm three miles north of Cambridge, and is the son of Samuel C. and Mary (Dunning) Barr, both born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, from which they came to Guernsey county, Ohio, as young people, became acquainted after coming here and were married. Grandfather James Barr and his wife, Sarah (Clemens) Barr, were born in Ireland and came to America about 1816 and first settled in
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Washington county, Pennsylvania, having journeyed from Philadelphia, where they landed, to their place of settlement in a one-horse dump-cart, which contained all their worldly goods, some members of the family walking. James Barr, the grandfather, was a linen weaver in Ireland and he followed weaving after he came to America, having his spinning wheel and his loom in his home. His son, Samuel C., father of James R. of this review, after coming to Guernsey county in 1838, bought a farm of one hundred and sixty acres of timber which he began clearing. He prospered, in due course of time acquiring six hundred acres of land, and he was an extensive sheep raiser and wool grower. He was a Republican in politics, always active in public affairs, and lie filled numerous local township offices and was always highly respected for his honesty and sterling worth. He and his family were United Presbyterians and devoted church people. The death of Samuel C. Barr occurred on February 7, 1902, and his widow died on January 22, 1908, and both are buried in the Cambridge South cemetery. Their family consisted of ten children, one dying in infancy; the others, who are living, are : James R., of this review ; Jemima, who married George D. Willis, of Cambridge ; John M., of the state of WaShington ; Joseph E., of Cambridge; Sarah, now Mrs. Elmer Hague, of Cambridge; Mary married William Norris, of Cambridge ; William L., of Cambridge; Samuel C., of Cambridge; Myrtle married Arthur Watson.
James R. Barr, who spent hiS youth on his father's farm, was educated in the country district schools and select schools, and he took a course in the department of pharmacy in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Prior to going to Ann Arbor he taught school for several yearS in the rural schools of Guernsey county. In 1880 he engaged in the drug business in Cambridge, but only for one year. Being a Republican in politics and active in party and public affairs, in 1881 he was nominated by his party as candidate for clerk of courts of Guernsey county and waS elected. He served two terms of three years each in a manner that met with hearty approval of his constituents. He also served six years as a member of the Cambridge board of education, and for two years lie was a member of the city council; he was mayor of the city of Cambridge from 1890 to 1894, during which time he made a record that was worthy of the highest commendation. He has been a member of the state central committee for three years, chairman of the Republican county committee for two years and he was a delegate to the Republican national convention that met in St. Louis, in June, 1896, that nominated William McKinley for President. He was appointed postmaster of Cambridge by President McKinley in June, 1897, taking office on July 1,
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1897, and he served by re-appointment until February 4, 1910, making, according to consensus of opinion, one of the best postmasters the city ever had. He is regarded as a leader in local politics and public affairs and is loyal to the best interests of this community at all times. Since leaving the postoffice he has been engaged in the real estate business and is enjoying a very good business.
Mr. Barr was married on April 7, 1880, to Adrianna Ferguson, daughter of Hiram C. and Amanda (Baldridge) Ferguson. Mr. Ferguson was a prominent farmer of Cambridge township, living retired during the latter part of his life in the city of Cambridge. He was a prominent, influential and highly respected man. He was a Democrat and a member of the Presbyterian church, as were all his family. Mr. Ferguson's death occurred on July 3, 1885, and his wife passed away on February io, 1900. Both are buried in the South cemetery at Cambridge. Their family consisted of six children, all daughters, namely : Alice married Robert McConkey, of Cambridge township; Mary married N. J. Hutcheson, of Cambridge; Jemima is a teacher in the Cambridge schoolS; Adrianna married James R. Barr, of Cambridge; May, now Mrs. J. Marshall Brown, of Cambridge; Carrie is living at home in Cambridge.
To Mr. and Mrs. Barr four daughters have been born, namely : Vera married J. I. Wilson, of Cambridge; Ada married Jesse Slingluff, of Cambridge ; Fay and Eva are living at home. The Barr residence, a modern and neatly kept one, is located at No. 237 North Tenth street, Cambridge, in one of the best residence districts. Mrs. Barr and her four daughters are all graduates of the Cambridge high school, and prior to her marriage Mrs. Barr was a prominent and progressive teacher of this county.
Fraternally, Mr. Barr iS a member of Cambridge Lodge No. 66, Free and Accepted Masons ; Cambridge Commandery No. 47, Knights Templar; is a thirty-second-degree Mason, belonging to the Cincinnati Consistory. Mr. Barr and family are members of the Presbyterian church and are active in church and Sunday school work.
For a time Mr. Barr was interested in newspaper work in this city. Being a loyal party man he has always been active in Republican politics, not only in his home city and county, but in the state. He is faithful to party principles and loyal to his friends. For years he has been a recognized party leader and is always ready to make his position known on any issue. He is a very pleasant man to know and is in every way worthy of the high esteem in which he is held.
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MILTON L, HARTLEY.
The Hartley family, of which the principal subject of this sketch was a member, has been identified with Guernsey county Since its beginning and for many years has had a part in its commercial development. Noah Hartley and his wife, Milla (Hall) Hartley, came from Lebanon valley, Pennsylvania, about 1806 or 1807, entered government land in Millwood township, and there established their home. Their son, William H., father of Milton L., went to Quaker City in 1853 and learned the blacksmith trade. He went into mercantile business in that place in 1868 and is still there. His wife, Mary J. McClellan Hartley, was a sister of Mrs. Mattie McClellan Brown, the well- known lecturer, formerly of this county.
The children of William H. Hartley were five boys and three girls. McClellan, who died March 21, 1907, was one of the best-known business men in the eastern part of Guernsey county. He was an active member of the firm of William H. Hartley & Sons, a large house dealing in general hardware, building material, implements, wagons and carriages. He was secretary of the Building and Loan Association about thirty years, and also, for about thirty-five years, secretary of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday school. His home paper, commenting at the time of his death, said :
"He was such a careful, thorough, clear-headed and judicious business man that every local enterprise sought for his official and executive relation to help carry forward the organization to success. From town executive down through all the local planes of material interests and moral progress, McClellan Hartley was always regarded as a safe counsellor and a trusted executive and financier. Not only in public affairs, but also in private undertakings men sought his advice, his help, his co-operation for personal success and family betterment, insomuch that a real grief for personal loss was felt by many whose close confidence had been a sacred matter, revealed only at the obsequies of their devoted friend."
On the day of Mr. Hartley's funeral business in the city was practically suspended, while a thousand people followed the remains to their last resting place. He left a wife and two children, Gilbert and Marie.
Leon C. Hartley, also deceased, was the fifth son of the family. He was born March 29, 1871, and was married October 27, 1904, to Mary Hill. He was always industrious, bright and cheerful. From his boyhood he was a great lover of music, for six years was leader of the Quaker City Band, and was prominent in musical circles, in the church choir and at public meetings. It was said of him, "We never saw him out of patience or angry." At his
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death memorials of high tribute were adopted by various organizations of which he was an active and influential member, and also by the Epworth League, the Methodist Episcopal Sunday school and the Knights of Pythias. He was of the strictest honesty, punctual in the discharge of all duties, pure and patient in spirit, faithful and earnest in every good work, a worthy and upright citizen. He died December 5, 1895. Other sons besides Milton L. are Homer S. and Orvon G. The former is assistant cashier of the Quaker City Bank, and the latter is with his father in the hardware, paint, roofing and furnace business at Quaker City. The daughters living are, Laura and Hallie: The first-named is the wife of W. A. Lingo, a tobacco merchant of Quaker City, who died in 1909. She, with three sons and three daughters, live at Quaker City. Hallie is the wife of Ross Bundy, who is associated with her father in business. They live at Quaker City.
Milton L. Hartley was born in 1858 at Quaker City, where he lived until 1893. In February of that year he came to Cambridge and went into the roofing business with his father and brother. In this business he still remains. Probably no city has a greater percentage of slate roofs than Cambridge, and Mr. Hartley put on a very large proportion of them. The firm was also in the furnace business and in 1908 added the paint business. It now is doing a large trade in all three lines besides a general business in sheet metal work.
Mr. Hartley was married in 1881 to Dora I. Carnal, daughter of Edward and Phoebe (Marsh) Carnal. She was born in Quaker City, but was reared in Vinton county, Ohio. Her mother lives at Newark, her father having died at Wellston several years ago. The mother is a daughter of Joseph and Delilah (Dillon) Marsh. The Dillons and Marshes were both pioneer families near Quaker City.
Mr. and Mrs. Hartley have two sons, M. Revere and William H. Revere married Helen P. Herrberg and lives on North Seventh street, in Cambridge. William H. is at home with his father in Cambridge. Before coming to Cambridge Mr. Hartley was mayor of Quaker City and was also a councilman there. Since coming here he has been on the water works board and also a member of the city council. In 1897 he erected the Hartley building on Wheeling avenue, and also has other property in Cambridge. In Masonry he is a Knight Templar and also a Scottish rite Mason of the thirty-second degree. He is vice-president of the Central Bank of Cambridge, director of the Home Telephone Company and director of the Home Building and Loan Company of Cambridge. He is also interested in slate quarries in Vermont. Mr. Hartley is active in lodge work. In character he is a quiet, unassuming man, fond of his family, and steady and substantial in both domestic and public life.
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JAMES GREEN.
The present sketch is concerned with the life of one of the most worthy citizens of Guernsey county, a man who in hiS lifetime was prominent among his fellows, James Green. He was born about two miles north of Byesville, Guernsey county, Ohio, on January 22, 1847, the son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Foraker) Green. Jacob Green Was of Pennsylvania-Dutch descent, and his wife, who was a distant relative of Senator Foraker, was born at Sandusky, Ohio, on February 15, 1816, while the Indians were still there. When Jacob Green and his wife came to Guernsey county they had to cut their way through the woods. Deer and other game were then abundant. He bought a farm near the present location of the Ideal mines, north of Byesville, getting his land from the government, some of the deeds being signed by President Jackson. Here he and hiS wife made a home and spent the remainder of their lives. They were the parents of ten children, all of whom grew to maturity, namely : Obadiah, deceased, who was a soldier; Mrs. Mary Ann Cole, now of Abingdon, Illinois ; Isaac Green, deceased, who was a soldier; Mrs. Rhoda A. Slay, of Byesville, the widow of David M. Slay; Mrs. Lavina Brown, deceased; Hugh, of Linton Mills, Coshocton county, Ohio; George, of Noble county, Ohio; James, deceased, the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Charity Clippinger, deceased; and John, of Cambridge, Ohio.
James Green grew up on the old farm north of Byesville. In 1870 he married Agnes Finley, a daughter of David and Elizabeth (Graham) Finley, who was born in Ohio county, West Virginia. David Finley was born near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, and Elizabeth Graham was a native of West Virginia, a daughter of James and Agnes (Finley) Graham. James Graham was a native of Ireland, and in all probability was descended from the Scotch Covenanters, and through a long line of dukes, earls and marquises in England.
James Green was a farmer, but also engaged in coal mining. In 1881 he moved to Byesville, built a house at the corner of Mill and Seneca streets, and lived there the balance of his clays. There were six children in his family : William S.; Elmer E., for whom see his sketch ; Daisy, now Mrs. Charles Selders; Fred F., for whom see his sketch; MrS. Elizabeth McAuley, and Harry, all married save Elmer and Harry. William is business manager of the Byesville Enterprise; Mrs. Selders lives at Byesville, her husband being an engineer at the Ideal mines; Mrs. McAuley lives at Christopher. Illinois; Harry is a clerk in the Ogara Coal Company's offices at Derwent, Ohio.
James Green died on December 11, 1904. He was a kind husband and
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father and a good citizen, trusted and respected by all who knew him. In his dealings with mankind he was honest and straightforward, and tried to practice the Golden Rule and to treat every one in a manner worthy of a good American citizen. Being of a quiet and reserved disposition, his circle of friends may not have been as broad as that of many others, yet those who truly knew him never doubted his integrity, honesty and friendship. He was greatly missed by many whom he had befriended in their adversities. He and all his family were members of the Methodist church.
ELMER ELLSWORTH GREEN.
Among the well-known and influential residents of Byesville is Elmer Ellsworth Green, a man who has given much thought to the problems of the present day, and who is well fitted for leadership among his fellows. He was born in Jackson township, Guernsey county, Ohio, on February 15, 1871, the son of James and Agnes (Finley) Green, whose sketch appears herein, His boyhood was spent in Byesville, where he attended the public schools and graduated from high school. Since that time he has been engaged in coal mining, and is thoroughly familiar with all of its phases.
In politics Mr. Green is a Democrat. In 1892 he was elected city clerk of Byesville, and was twice re-elected, serving for three terms of two years each. For the next five years he was township clerk for Jackson township, and ever since he has been clerk of the township board of education. In 1906 he was elected mayor of Byesville, but, because of lack of time to devote to the office, resigned it. A few years ago he made the race for county treasurer. and came as near being elected as any Democrat could have been in this strongly Republican county, he having run nearly a thousand votes ahead of his ticket. In his fraternal relations he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and was for many years the keeper of records and seal in his lodge. He is a member of the American Mechanics and one of its strongest supporters, and for fifteen years was secretary of the local organization. Recently he was appointed by the secretary of state to be local registrar of Jackson township and Byesville, which form District No. 220.
In 1907 Mr. Green wrote a history of Byesville, which work was highly creditable, both from a historical and a literary point of view. He has also written many articles for various newspapers, chiefly on topics concerning labor and politics. He is very popular and is one of the best informed residents of the county on local and county matters.
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Elmer E. Green is a solid and substantial citizen, and an able representative of a well-known and honored family of the county. With all the sentiments of a true and worthy character, he unites a keen appreciation of the humorous side of life in a way to make himself at once an able and conscientious adviser and a jolly good fellow.
THE ROSEMOND FAMILY.
In April, 1810, Philip Rosemond settled on a quarter section of land adjoining the site of the Fletcher Methodist Episcopal church in Oxford township, Guernsey county, Ohio, a few days before the township and county were organized. Here he lived until his death, October 14, 1831, in his sixty-sixth year. He was a stock-raiser, drover, tavern-keeper, postmaster at Fletcher (which antedated Fairview), and farmer. At one time he owned more than six hundred acres of land in one body, out of which he provided for two of his sons, so at his death the home farm contained only three hundred acres. In 1834 it was sold to Robinson Baker, and later became subdivided. Philip Rosemond is said to have kept the first stopping place for travelers between Wheeling. and Cambridge, and to have been the first postmaster between Wheeling and Zanesville. He was an exact and successful business man. He was born, and until 1795 lived in county Leitrim, Ireland, where he married, and where a part of his family was born. He landed at Philadelphia in August, 1795, and sojourned there, and at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and St. Clairsville until April, 1910, In western Pennsylvania his two brothers, Edward and James, and Moses Morton were his neighbors. Morton and Edward married there two sisters named Dowler, and Philip and Morton were afterward neighbors at Fletcher.
In later years there were at the same time several families in Fairview, bearing the name of Rosemond, and some distinction among them is necessary. Some were descendants of the first Philip; some were descendants of his brother Edward; some were descendants of his brother William, who emigrated in 1841, and died a few weeks after he reached Fairview, and some were descendants of his brother Bennett. who never left Ireland.
Descendants of Philip.—In 1812, his daughter, Nancy, married John M. Coleman, of Belmont county, later removed to the vicinity of Terre Haute, Indiana, and died there leaving several children. In 1817, his daughter Mary married Mordecai Van Meter, of Belmont county, who died about 1830, leav-
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Mg her a widow with several children. She lived for a number of years at Fairview after this, and then married Dr. J. C. Parry, and removed to Flushing, Ohio, where she died. His daughter Fanny married George Glassford, a merchant, who died soon afterward, leaving one daughter, Mary Ann ; Fanny later married William Thompson, of Fairfield county, and died in Columbus, Ohio, where children and grandchildren survive her. His daughter Jane married Rev. Thomas J. Taylor, a Methodist Episcopal minister, who served charges in Guernsey and Belmont counties, left the ministry because of loss of voice and went into business at Senecaville, and later removed to Paola, Kansas, where he died. After his death Mrs. Taylor returned to Senecaville and spent the remainder of her days there. Among her children and grandchildren living are Mrs. Mary Dilley, of Senecaville, MrS. Mame Shively, of Cambridge, and Frank R. Smith, Mrs. Daisy Kerr, Mary B. Smith and William L. Smith of Cambridge. Philip's son Edward and his daughter Eliza survived him, but died unmarried, and another son, William, had died in his youth. Philip's son Martin was in business at New Birmingham (now Milnersville) and in Fairview for many years, at which place he died in 1867. Ann Eliza, daughter of Martin, married Enoch G. Nicholson, and removed to New York City. Another daughter, Margaret Louisa, married Edward Barker and removed to Waukesha, Wisconsin, where both died, leaving one son, Edward Rosemond Barker, surviving. Martin's son, Edward Martin, married Sarah Clark, and later went to the far Southwest, where he died. His widow and some of her children are living at Oberlin, Ohio. Philip's son, James, married Sarah Teater, of St. Clairsville, and removed to West Union, Ohio, where he merchandised for some years, later returning to Fairview where, during the remainder of his life, he was in business and one of the most respected and influential members of the community until his death in 1855. Of his family of eleven children, all are dead, and the only grandchildren surviving are Mrs. Harriet Rosemond Hunter, of Chillicothe, and Fred L. Rosemond, of Cambridge.
Descendants of Edward.—This Edward came to America with, or soon after, the first Philip and settled in Cambridge soon after Philip settled at Fletcher. Edward lived here until his death, in 1850, in the eightieth year of his age. He married Sarah Dowler, near Brownsville, Pennsylvania. His children were, Nancy (or Ann), who first married Jesse Barcus, survived him, and later married Thomas Ruckle ; James, who married Eleanor Beall in 1826; Joseph; Margaret, who married John Cox; Edward Dowler (Morristown Ed), and Frances, who married Joshua Forshey in 1830, survived him and in 1837 married Joshua Davis. All of these are dead. Among their descend-
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ants are : Mrs. Emma Sarchet, granddaughter, and Jessie C. Grimes, great- granddaughter, of Nancy Barkus Ruckle, of Cambridge ; Dr. Clarence D. Romans, of Cambridge, grandson of James and Eleanor ; Edward M. Rosemond, of Lorimer, Iowa, and Isaac N. Rosemond, of Bristol, Vermont, who are among the children of Joseph ; Dr. Wilbur F. Rosemond, of Fremont, Nebraska ; Mrs. Helen R. Griffith, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, and Frank M. Roseman, of Caldwell, Idaho, who are among the descendants of "Morristown Ed."
Descendants of William.—This brother, by a first marriage in Ireland, had three sons, 'who emigrated, namely : William, James and Philip (who was called Philip the Tanner, to distinguish him from the elder Philip), and by a second marriage in Ireland had three other sons, John, Bennett and Edward. The junior William was a saddler and harnessmaker, at New Birmingham (now Milnersville), for many years, but about 1853 removed to Muscatine, Iowa, where he died ; and among his descendants are JameS B., of Muscatine, and William, of Carbon Cliff, Illinois. Four of his sons served in the war of the Rebellion. William's son, James, a saddler also, married in Ireland, was at New Birmingham for a while and later went to Lucas county, Iowa, and died there, leaving Elizabeth surviving. Philip the Tanner married first Susan Giffee and later Mary Morton and lived in Fairview until about 1870, when he removed to Taylorsville, Illinois, and in 1882 removed thence to Independence, Iowa, where he died in 1883. One son of the younger Philip is Capt. William E. Rosemond, of Independence, who married Caroline Bumgardner, of Washington, and whose family consists of his wife and six children and several grandchildren. Another son was John R., familiarly known as "Jack," who died at Cuyahoga Falls in 1001 ; and a third son, Moses Morton, lies buried in the National cemetery at Quincy, Illinois. All three of these sons had good war records, that of William Edward being marked by several wounds in action, and by successive promotions to bugler, lieutenant, and finally, for gallantry at Mission Ridge, to captain. William's son, John, died a bachelor. William's son, Edward (Irish Ed), was a merchant at Newtown, Ohio, married Nancy Ripley, and later for some years was president of the City Bank, at New Philadelphia, where he died in 1805, leaving two daughters, Mrs. Clara R. Browne and Mrs. Kate C. Miller of that place, surviving him. William's son, Bennett, was a resident of Cumberland, Ohio, from 1853 until his death, in 1904. His wife was Mary Thompson and two children, Katharine and Mrs, Mary Bay, survive him.
Descendants of the elder Bennett.—Bennett, brother of the elder Philip, never left Ireland, but several of his sons came over. One of these was the
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Edward known as "Canada Ed," who, from 184o until his death there in 1876, lived at Fairview and followed the trade of stone-mason and the business of a builder. His daughter Mary married John S. Craig, of Washington, and spends much of the time with her daughter, Mrs. Martha Harrison, of Cambridge, and with her granddaughter, Virginia Zellers, of Freeport. Dr. William B. Rosemond is and for many years has been a practicing physician at Milnersville, and has two living children, Fannie and George. James R., another son, liveS at Hendrysburg, Belmont county, and has several children, some married. Another daughter, Margaret, married Thomas W. Slasor, and now lives at Avalon, Pennsylvania, in which vicinity are also several of their children. Another daughter, Fannie, married Samuel W. Shipley, deceased, and, with a daughter and son, lives near Fairview, while some of her married children live in other parts of the county.
The first trace of this family is found in a drill sergeant who was in the army of William of Orange in its invasion of England in 1688, and who settled in the north of Ireland about 1689, refusing, however, to accept-any grant of the lands which the government confiscated. Three generations passed before the emigration of Philip, though some of the name emigrated and settled in the south as early as 1740, and gave rise to southern branches of the family. By occupation they were weavers and farmers. All were Protestants and Orangemen, and the cause, in part at least, of the emigrations, was persecution for religion's sake. There is reason to believe that the drill-sergeant was of Huguenot descent. The name can be traced back historically as far as the fifth century, and the spelling is variant, though the original form seems to have been "Hrosmond."
One of the best known members of this old, important and influential family of the day is Fred L. Rosemond, of Cambridge, Ohio, born August 25, 1861, the son of James Henry and Amanda Maria (Campbell) Rosemond. He graduated at Cambridge high school in 1878 and received his collegiate education at Ohio Wesleyan University. He was associate editor of the Hamilton Daily News and Weekly Telegraph, at Hamilton, Ohio, from 1880 to 1883. He was admitted to the bar in October, 1883, to the United States circuit court in 1894 and to the United States circuit court of appeals in tow. He has practiced law continuously at Cambridge since 1883, part of the time alone and at other times as one of the firm of Steele & Rosemond ; Campbell & Rosemond ; Rosemond & Pace and Rosemond & Bell.
Mr. Rosemond is president of the board of trustees of the Cambridge Public Library and a trustee of the First Methodist Episcopal church. He is president of the Guernsey Hardware Company and a director of the same,
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also a director of the National Bank of Cambridge, director of the Cambridge Grocery Company ; secretary and director of the Cambridge Improvement Company ; president and general manager of the Hotel Star Company, of Columbus.
Mr. Rosemond has served in various capacities in appointive offices without salary, but has never held an elective office. Recently he has been endorsed by the Guernsey County Bar Association for circuit judge of the seventh circuit, comprising fourteen counties.
In 1889, Mr. Rosemond married Ella, daughter of James 0. Grimes, of Cambridge, a well known lawyer and influential man. They have four children : Alice, Marjorie, Philip G., away froth home at college, and Leslie. His residence is at No. 1001 Gomber avenue.
Mr. Rosemond is a member of the Masonic fraternity and a lawyer of eminence, a profound counsellor and eloquent exponent of the law, a man of high standing in all the walks of life.
WILLOUGHBY B. GREEN.
One of the most progressive and influential business men of Cambridge and one of the representative citizens of Guernsey county is Willoughby B. Green, who was born August 15, 1853, in Noble county, Ohio, on a farm, the son of Edward F. and Isabelle (Spooner) Green, Both parents were born in Noble county, Ohio, both the Greens and the Spooners being pioneer families. The Greens came from Worcester, Massachusetts. The Spooners were also a New England family and both parents were active in the early pioneer life. Edward F. was a farmer and a large land owner in Noble county. He served through the Civil war in the signal service, stationed mostly in the Red River district. serving till the close of the war. After his discharge he bought a farm in the northwestern part of Missouri, where he located, engaging in the grain buying and shipping business, carrying on an exclusive business for the Chicago and St. Louis markets. After a number of years of successful business, he sold his interests in Missouri and came to Cumberland, Guernsey county, where he entered the general mercantile business and in 1875 he sold out in Cumberland and moved to Cambridge, where he engaged in the mercantile business, buying property and continuing until January, 1903, when he retired from active business life. He has attained the advanced age of eighty-six years, hale and hearty, and is yet greatly interested in all current
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and public matters. He was originally a Whig and since the organization of the Republican party he has been an ardent Republican. Although always interested in public matters, he was never an office seeker. He has been a member of the Baptist church since childhood and always active in church and Sunday school Work. He is a man of strong convictions and very methodical and conscientious in all his business matters, a sincere Christian man. Mrs. Green, mother of W. B., died about 1862, and Edward F. Green married Eliza M. Graham, of an old established family of this county. She is living.
Willoughby B. Green is the only child of his parents. He spent his early youth on the farm on Noble county and was educated in the public schools of the home locality and also attended the Central high school at Williamsburg, Missouri, after the family moved to that place. He assisted his father in his farming and grain business and attended school until about twenty years of age, when he came. to Cambridge from Missouri and learned telegraphy in the Western Union office at Cambridge and soon became the manager of that office, which position he held for eight years, when he was made manager in the Western Union office at Circleville, for one year, then, going to Mexico, was with the Santa Fe railroad and the Wells Fargo Express Company at Los Lunas, New Mexico, where he remained only part of a year. He then returned to Cambridge, from where he was sent to Charleston, West Virginia, as manager of the Western Union office for one year in an important and very busy office. Resigning at the close of a year at Charleston, he returned to Cambridge and entered the mercantile business with his father, remaining here until January I, 1903, doing a very large and successful business at the corner of Wheeling avenue and Fifth street, which property they still own. After retiring from the mercantile business he engaged in the general insurance and real estate business, purchasing the old established business of Thomas G. Kerr, deceased, which consisted of some of the oldest and best companies doing business, and Mr. Kerr had represented these companies for about thirty years, the best of the companies including the Ohio Farmers, the Continental of New York, the Connecticut of Hartford, the American of New Jersey, the Fire Associations of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Fidelity Underwriters of New York and some twenty-five other companies, all strong and reliable. The business has grown under Mr. Green and he now has a larger line than any other agency in the county, having a business of over ten million dollars in force, by far the largest of any agency in the county. Mr. Green writes fire, life, accident, explosion, plate-glass, windstorms, security bonds, employes' liability, steam boilers and live stock insurance. He also handles real estate and makes loans. Mr. Green is a very busy man, and, in
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addition to his extensive business interests, he is a director of the Cambridge Loan and Building Company, and is active in the management, the company having a capital of one million dollars.
Mr. Green has been twice married, first, in November, 1880, to Anna Simons, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Simons, early residents of Cambridge. One son, Edward L. was born to this union, who is now the special state agent for the Connecticut Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, his home being with his father in Cambridge. He is a bright, successful young man. Mrs. Green died in the summer of 1885, soon after the return from New Mexico, where Mr. Green had gone because of the failing health of his wife. He was married on October 14, 1900, to Lyda D. Scott, daughter 9f Elza M. and Mary Scott, Mr. Scott being a prominent coal operator and salt producer in Guernsey county. The Scotts were an early family in the county and Mr. Scott was among the best business men of the county. He was a very successful coal operator, doing business as the Scott Coal and Salt Company, four miles east of Cambridge on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. Mr. Scott died a few years prior to 1900 and his widow about 1899.
Mr. and Mrs, Green are members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Green is an elder and trustee of the church, which positions he has held for several years. They are both active in church work and in the Sunday school, he being superintendent of the Sunday school for many years.
Mr. Green is a member of the Masonic order, also of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, both the subordinate body and the encampment, and he has been a member of the board of trustees for many years and chairman of the board for fifteen years. He was a member of the building committee when the fine I. 0. 0. F. Temple was built in 1896 and he is active in the work of both the Masons and the Odd Fellows, having passed all the chairs in the latter fraternity. He has represented the district at the grand encampment. He is a Republican in politics and has been active in the affairs of the party. He has served as a member of the city council for some years and was a member of the body when the saloons were first put out of Cambridge by a vote of six to four, in a council membership of ten. This was in 1901. He has always been a temperance advocate and worker in the county. Mr. Green has never been an office seeker, but has always maintained a lively interest in public matters and keeps himself well informed.
Mrs. Green is an ardent church worker and devoted to her home and family. The family home, which is among the most attractive in the city, is located at No. 317 North Seventh street and everything about it indicates refined taste, culture and comfort.
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Mr. Green is a splendid citizen and, like his father, much can be said of him as a loyal and upright citizen.
Willoughby B. Green's son, Edward L., was graduated from the Cambridge high school; then entered the Ohio State University at Columbus, remaining for two years when he entered business with his father, fitting himself for special insurance work. In January, 1909, he became, as before stated, special state agent of the Connecticut Fire Insurance Company, of Hartford, over a large class of applicants, and has made good, standing well with the company, the agents and the patrons and is recognized as a "live wire" in the insurance business. A fine young man in character, habits and business ability.
LILBURN C. ROGERS.
As long as history endures will the American nation acknowledge its indebtedness to the heroes who between 1861 and 1865 fought for the preservation of the Union and the honor of that starry banner which has never been trailed in the dust of defeat in a single polemic struggle in which the country has been involved. Among those whose military records as valiant soldiers of the war of the Rebellion reflect lasting honor upon them and their descendants is Lilburn C. Rogers, who is one of the honored citizens of Byesville, Guernsey county, where he has long maintained his home and led a life consistent with the truth.
Mr. Rogers was born on April 12, 1840, in Jackson township. this county, above Trail Run, and is the son of Roland and Mary (Cummings) Rogers. The father was born, it is believed, in Harrison county, Ohio, and was the son of William Rogers, who probably came from Harford county. Maryland ; at least a large number of the Rogers family, his near relatives, came from there. Mary Cummings was born, probably, near Mansfield, Ohio, and was the daughter of James Cummings, a Protestant. who came from Ireland. Roland Rogers and wife were married prior to 1838, and about 1839 moved to Guernsey county, Ohio, and settled along Wills creek. less than a mile from Trail run, in Jackson township. There his father bought a farm and established the Rogers homestead. There, too, the parents of the subject spent the major part of their lives ; although they lived awhile near Byesville, they died on the farm, the father's death occurring on August 15, 1895, and that of the mother three months later, November 16th. Roland Rogers was a Republican, having been a Whig in his earlier life; he became
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an active Abolitionist and took part in assisting slaves to escape by way of the "underground railroad," when his son, Lilburn C., was a child. In the last years of his life the father was a Prohibitionist. He was a charter member of the Methodist Protestant church at Trail Run, and was an active and earnest worker in the same. In politics and religion he was by nature a reformer. In his family were seven children, of whom five lived to maturity, namely : Mrs. Ellen Jane Hutton, deceased, was the widow of John Hutton ; Lilburn C., of this review ; James 0., deceased ; William B., deceased; Roland Jarvis lives between Trail Run and Senecaville on the home farm.
Lilburn C. Rogers grew to maturity on the home farm, and when twenty- one years of age he went west, spending nearly two years, principally in California and Oregon. The balance of his life has been spent in Jackson township, this county. During the war between the states he proved his patriotism by enlisting in Company H, One Hundred and Seventy-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served very faithfully and made a good record as a soldier.
On July 31, 1866, Mr. Rogers was married to Sarah Louisa Hutton, daughter of Solomon and Mary (Stewart) Hutton. She is the sister of William A. Hutton, whose sketch appears on another page of this work, and in which may he found complete records of her ancestors who were an old and prominent family here.
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers are the parents of three children, namely : Francis A., who married Jenette Hood, lives in Cambridge, where he engages as a plasterer and concrete worker ; Charles T., who married Elizabeth Hinchcliffe, lives in Byesville where he is following plastering; they have five children living, and one dead, Clarence C., Lilburn Carl, Irene, Gladys, Edmund, deceased, and Cecil Albert Rogers. Mary A. B. Rogers, the subject's daughter, married Ed. J. Nichols and lives in Byesville, and they are the parents of three children, Edward Lilburn, Mary Marie and Russell. Mr. Nichols is also a plasterer.
For fourteen years after his marriage Mr. Rogers lived a mile northwest of Byesville, where he owned a farm. In April, 1882, he moved into Byesville, having sold his farm. He bought a small farm in Oakwood, now in the northwest part of Byesville, which he farmed, but made his home in Byesville at the time. That land is now laid off in city lots and is well built up. Mr. Rogers has lived to see and take part in the remarkable growth of this vicinity, remembering when Byesville was little more than an unimproved field, consisting only of a grist-mill, a saw-mill and about seven houses along the north side of what is now Main street and a shoe shop along the south side
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of the street. The only store was east of Wills creek where the old Jonathan Bye home still stands. He has been an interested spectator in witnessing the place grow from a straggling hamlet to a city. Politically, Mr. Rogers is a Republican and he and his wife belong to the Methodist Protestant church.
GEORGE MARTIN SMITH.
The representative of an old, well established and highly honored family and one of the public spirited citizens of the city of Cambridge is George Martin Smith, who occupies a conspicuous place among the business men of Guernsey county and he enjoys the confidence and esteem of all who know him. His record demonstrates the lesson contained in the old fable that where there is a will there is a way and that obstacles to success may be overcome by courage and self-reliance.
Mr. Smith was born in New Concord, Ohio, January 6, 1879, and he is the son of James Oscar and Margaret Elizabeth (Long) Smith. The father was born in Guernsey county, near New Concord, Ohio, September 19, 1849, and is the son of Thomas Smith, Jr., and Georgianna (Gill) Smith, both born in the same part of this county. The mother's parents came from Baltimore to Guernsey county. Her father, George Gill, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and he lived to the remarkable age of one hundred and two years, dying July 21, 1892, and was buried in the old cemetery on South Eighth street in Cambridge. Thomas Smith, Jr., was the son of Thomas Smith, Sr., who was of German ancestry. The wife of George Gill was Elizabeth Mullen before her marriage. James O. Smith lived on the farm near New Concord until he was twenty-six years old. He went to Concord and was married, on April 1, 1875, to Margaret Elizabeth Long, who was born in Noble county, but was brought to Guernsey county by her parents, David and Isabella (Wilson) Long, and was reared near Mantua. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Smith lived in New Concord several years, then spent nineteen years on a farm three miles west of Cambridge. In March, 1897, they moved to Cambridge and have lived there ever since. They are the parents of seven children, namely : Mrs. Jennie May Kelley, George Martin Smith, Mrs. Sadie Belle Pyles, Harry Jackson Smith, James Morse Smith, Freda Alice and Helen Amanda Smith.
George Martin Smith lived at New Concord until he was sixteen years old, when the family moved to this county and located at Cambridge, where
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they have since resided. Mr. Smith began life for himself as a driver for the United States Express Company, which position he held for a period of six years. He next became a clerk in the offices of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, remaining as such for six years and giving his usual high grade service. About 1907 he became the joint ticket agent of both the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore & Ohio railroad companies, which position he still holds to the entire satisfaction of his employers. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge and the Methodist Episcopal church.
Mr. Smith was married in 1901 to Sarah Jones, daughter of John A. and Hannah (Evans) Jones. She was born at Niles, Trumbull county, Ohio, and when a child her parents moved to New Philadelphia, where she grew to maturity. Her family moved to Cambridge about 1899, where they still reside. Her father, John A. Jones, was born in Douglass, Wales, about 1845, and he is the son of John and Elizabeth Jones. When he was twenty- one years of age he came to America and located at Niles, Ohio, where he remained about ten years, then moved to New Philadelphia, where they lived until about 1897, then moved to Cambridge, this county, where they still reside. He has been engaged in the rolling mills and is now in the sheet mill at Cambridge. In April, 1863, he married Hannah Evans, who was also born in Douglass, Wales, and was married there. She is the daughter of Evan and Elizabeth (Evans) Evans. There were six children in the family of John A. Jones and wife : James, John, Evan, Mrs. Anna Parr, Mrs. Hannah Winters, and Mrs. Sarah Smith, wife of George M. Smith, of this review. John A. Jones and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and he is also a Mason. To Mr. and Mrs. George M. Smith one son, George, Jr., has been born, his date of birth being September 8, 1907.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith both belong to the Methodist Episcopal church. They own a very cozy and well arranged home at No. 621 Foster avenue, Cambridge.
THOMAS PYLES.
One of the well known and successful business men of Cambridge and one of the most representative citizens of Guernsey county is Thomas Pyles, a man of sound judgment, wise discretion and keen business ability, as his rapid rise from a modest beginning to his present high standing among the enterprising individuals of this locality abundantly attests. By judiciously investing his means and managing his various affairs, he has come into pos-
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session of valuable property, and he is a man who takes much pride in the growth and advancement of his county.
Mr. Pyles was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1858, and he is the son of Thomas H. and Nancy J. (Phillis) Pyles. About 1867 the family moved to Guernsey county, Ohio, and located about three miles east of Claysville, where the father bought a farm and established the family home. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Pyles, named as follows : Mrs. Rachel J. Stewart ; J. J. ; Jacob P.; Thomas, of this review ; M. C.; Mrs. Ella Wilson and Mrs. Maggie Vessel; all but Jacob P., who resides in the state of Washington, live in Guernsey county. The father of these children, a man of much sterling worth, was called to his reward in the fall of 1903. He was a stanch Democrat and took a lively interest in public affairs, especially everything pertaining to his community. He was twice land appraiser and also township assessor. His widow, a woman who has a host of friends, is still living in this county.
Thomas Pyles lived on the home farm until he was about twenty-two years old. In 1880 he began learning the trade of marble and granite cutting near Claysville, and later worked under David K. Kyle in Cambridge, a veteran in that line of work, and he continued with Mr. Kyle until June, 1884, when he started a plant of his own in Cambridge. About 1890 or soon thereafter he bought out the business of his old employer, Mr. Kyle, and combined it with his own, and he enjoys an extensive trade from the start. Five years later he bought the marble and granite business of Jed Williams and put his own plant and stock in with it. He now has a large modern plant, equipped with all the latest machinery pertaining to this line of work, pneumatic cutting tools, gas engine for power, etc. He has by far the largest business in Guernsey county of this kind, and, indeed, his patronage is not limited by the boundaries of this county, but extends to remote localities of eastern Ohio. Only first-class material is used and only high grade workmanship is allowed to go out, consequently the large and rapidly growing prestige of this plant is well deserved.
In October, 1883, Mr. Pyles married Mary Crow, daughter of Thompson and Isabel (Sherrard) Crow. Mrs. Pyles was born in the north part of this county and was reared and educated here, in fact, has lived here all her life. Her father came from Washington county, Pennsylvania, about the middle of the last century with his parents, who located near Kimbolton, this county. The mother of Mrs. Pyles was a native of Guernsey county and the grandparents were natives of Ireland.
Mr. and Mrs. Pyles have no children living. Roger T. died when four
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months old ; they also had an adopted daughter, whom they took at the age of two years, about 1888; her death occurred in March, 1907, at the age of nineteen years.
Mr. and Mrs. Pyles are both members of the Second United Presbyterian church, of which Mr. Pyles is an elder, a trustee and a liberal supporter, interested in all phases of church work. He is a very successful business man and besides his marble and granite works he is interested in the Puritan Coal Company, and he has been very successful and now has a nice home and has laid by a competency for his declining years. Honesty and promptness are his watchwords in business, and, in fact, all the relations of life.
JOHN BARGAR CLARK.
Whatever of success has attended the efforts of John Bargar Clark, one of the popular councilmen of Cambridge, Guernsey county, has been entirely owing to his own endeavors, his energy, industry and natural ability. From small beginnings he has attained a prominence in the county which entitles him to be regarded as one of its representative citizens. He has maintained the reputation of his ancestors, long well established in this locality, for honesty and industry. He was born at Tippecanoe, Harrison county, Ohio, in 1859, and he is the son of John Miller and Elizabeth (Smith) Clark. The father devoted his life to farming and country blacksmithing and his death occurred on his farm in Jefferson township, Guernsey county, in January, 1901. His widow is still living on the old home place there, having attained the advanced age of eighty-two years. Her oldest son, George W. Clark, makes his home with her and manages the farm.
John B. Clark grew to maturity on the home farm and he went to work in the fields when quite small, and when twelve years of age he began working in his father's blacksmith shop and worked there for about fifteen years, becoming a very skilled workman, enjoying a wide reputation in his locality in this line of endeavor. He then came to Cambridge and for seventeen years ran a barber shop here, which was one of the most popular in the city. He next engaged in the restaurant business on Wheeling avenue, near Seventh street, and he maintained the same with very satisfactory results for about two years and a half. On August 1, 1909, he opened the Princess theater, in the same block on Wheeling avenue, which he has managed very successfully to the present time and which was a popular gathering place for those
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seeking wholesome amusement from the start, and he has continued to be well patronized and popular with the masses.
Politically, Mr Clark has always been a Republican and active in public affairs. While living in Jefferson township, he very acceptably served as township clerk soon after reaching his majority. In the fall of 1909, he was elected to the city council of Cambridge and he is making a splendid record in this capacity. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen and the United Presbyterian church.
Mr. Clark was married in October, 1887, to Mary Catherine Taylor, who was born near Winterset, Madison township, this county, the daughter of James and Elizabeth (Smith) Taylor, old residents of that part of the county, where they were well known and highly respected. They are both now deceased. Mrs. Clark grew to maturity in her native community and was educated in the public schools. She is the mother of one son, Raymond Smith Clark, a lad of promise.
Temperamentally, Mr. Clark is a genial, obliging and sociable gentleman who has made many friends since coming to Cambridge.
JOHN H. HYATT.
One of the native sons of Cambridge, Guernsey county, is John H. Hyatt, a man who has lived to see wonderful changes take place in this community and who has assisted in the general development of the same, always taking much more than a passing interest in her affairs,—in fact, everything that tended to upbuild or benefit in any way Guernsey county, as did his honored father before him, and as a business man his life has been a busy and successful one.
Mr. Hyatt was born in 1853 and he is the son of Noah Hyatt, whose sketch appears in full on another page of this work. The son, John H., spent his boyhood in Cambridge and was educated in the public schools there. When sixteen years of age he began learning the tinner's trade which he followed with success for about five years. In 1875 he and his father entered into partnership and bought a hardware store in Cambridge, located on Wheeling avenue, between Seventh and Eighth streets. They continued in business there twenty-six years to the day, and enjoyed a very liberal trade with the town and county,—in fact, their's was one of the best known hardware stores in this and adjoining counties for many years. They always
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carried a full and carefully selected stock and they treated their thousands of customers with the utmost consideration, hence their large success was well deserved. The father's death made it necessary to close the business. Then the son turned his attention to the plumbing business, which he followed with very gratifying results for a period of four years, 'maintaining a very complete establishment, which he finally sold out. In 1888 he built for himself and family a very substantial and pleasant home on North Sixth street, Cambridge, in the best residence district of the city, and he still resides here.
Mr. Hyatt was married in 188o to Florence C. Anderson, daughter of John and Amelia (Dallas) Anderson. She was born at Sewellsville, Belmont county, Ohio, and when she was three years of age her family moved to a farm near Hendrysburg, Belmont county, where they lived until 1878, when they moved to Cambridge, where the daughter married Mr. Hyatt. Her mother died on the farm in the month of August before they moved here ; the father lived until April 16, 1893. when he joined his faithful life companion "in the sphere which keeps the disembodied spirits of the dead."
Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hyatt. The first, Amelia Alice, was taken away when six months old ; the other, Helen, is at home with her parents.
Fraternally, Mr. Hyatt is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he and his wife and daughter all belong to the Presbyterian church and are faithful attendants and supporters of the same.
NOAH HYATT.
A well remembered and highly honored resident of Cambridge, Guernsey county, of a past generation was the late Noah Hyatt, a man of many estimable traits, whom to know was to admire and respect, for he lived a life consistent with the truth and higher ethics of life. Owing to his honesty, integrity, industry, public spirit and his manifest desire to aid in any worthy cause looking to the general good of the community, his name .is peculiarly eligible for a conspicuous place in his county's historical annals, among whose pioneer citizens he was popular and influential. He was a fine example of the purely self-made man.
Mr. Hyatt was born in Centerville, Washington county, Pennsylvania, on July 11, 1810. He was the son of Eli and Ann (Jamison) Hyatt. The
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mother was a descendant through her mother of a well known Springer family. The father died when the subject was a child. He was a tavern-keeper and after his death the mother continued to maintain the same with the assistance of her son, Noah. When sixteen years of age he went to Millsboro and worked in a fulling mill, then returned to Centerville and later came to Guernsey county, Ohio, with Major Joseph Bute, in 1830. Major Bute at once engaged in the general mercantile business in Cambridge and Mr. Hyatt was a clerk in his store, and later he engaged in the mercantile business at Cumberland. Returning to Pennsylvania for a short time, he came again to this county and re-embarked in the mercantile business in partnership with Major Bute, and they conducted a general store for many years, at the southeast corner of Wheeling avenue and Eighth street, and later in a room in the west side of the Shaffner block in Wheeling avenue. Mr. Hyatt was early engaged in farming, coming into possession of the site of the present Carson's addition when it was a wilderness. He had this and other nearby lands cleared, making a large and productive farm which he successfully managed for many years. He had been largely engaged in the horse, cattle, hog and sheep driving business to the eastern markets, in his younger days, and he kept upon his farm the best class of stock. He took a great interest in the advancement of agriculture in the county, and for many years he was prominently connected with the Guernsey County Agricultural Society, as manager and president. In October, 1849, he went into partnership with Samuel McGulley in the general merchandise business in Cambridge and remained thus for several years and afterwards he was in the grocery business alone. During his later years Mr. Hyatt formed a partnership with his son, John H., whose sketch appears on another page of this work, and they engaged in the hardware business for a period of twenty-six years, continuing, in fact, until the death of the elder Hyatt. He was a very successful business man, careful and a good manager, always looked well to the minute details and was fair and straightforward, thus gaining the confidence of his customers.
Noah Hyatt served as councilman in the village of Cambridge for many years and he was regarded as a safe and trusted counselor in the affairs of the village, and admired for his strict integrity. In politics he was an active Democrat and zealous in the support of his party's principles, but he never sought political preferment. He was a member of the Presbyterian church and was one of its most ardent workers and liberal supporters. At the time of his death he was the oldest citizen of Cambridge, having attained the ripe age of ninety years and six months, his summons to the silent land
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taking place on July 11, 1900. He had been connected with the history of Cambridge and Guernsey county for a period of seventy years and was regarded as one of the very best citizens of the same in every respect, being held in the highest esteem, as he well deserved.
Mr. Hyatt was married first to Bertha Bute, daughter of Major Joseph Bute, February 23, 1832, and her death occurred on April 19, 1841. He was married to Ellen Grimes on October 12, 1844, and her death occurred August 3, 1891. Of these two unions, Mr. Hyatt was Survived by Mrs. R. H. Atkins, of Cambridge; Mrs. R, C. Bamford, of Hagerstown, Maryland, of the first marriage; and Thomas G. Hyatt, of Chicago Junction, Ohio; Will H. Hyatt, of Chicago, Illinois ; John H. Hyatt, of Cambridge; Charles M. Hyatt, of Marietta, Ohio; Rebecca Hyatt and Mrs. Betha Oldham, widow of William Friend Oldham, of Cambridge, of the second union. The last two named were at home, residing with their father and caring for him during his declining years.
SCHICK BROTHERS.
The Schick Brothers Laundry is not only well known to the people of the city of Cambridge, but all over Guernsey county and to many nearby towns, and in point of equipment, high-grade service and prompt attention to its patrons it stands second to none in southeastern Ohio, as all who have had dealings with these competent gentlemen can attest, for their object is to please, and they have put forth such praiseworthy efforts in this direction that their business has rapidly increased and is still growing, and they are in every way deserving of their success. Frank L. Schick and John Bernhard Schick, proprietors of Schick Brothers' Laundry, were both born in Cambridge, Ohio, Frank on September 27, 1861, and John, on September 25, 1866. They are sons of Frank L., Sr., and Harriett (Dorsey) Schick. Their father was born in Germany and came to America about 1853. He went first to Canada and engaged in stone masonry on the construction work of what is now the Canada Southern railway. He had previously learned the trade of marble cutter. He afterwards came to Ohio and worked on the construction work of the Central Ohio railroad, now a part of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. He remained with the same railroad thirty-two years, either as a contractor or foreman of masonry construction, building bridges, abutments, stations, shops, etc. He made his home in Cambridge, Ohio, and built a good substantial home at No. 317 Clark street. After thirty years with the |