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fill his place as ruling elder, which office he held for thirty-four years, when he left that church and became a member of the Reunited Presbyterian Church.
S. C. CLEMENS, a progressive farmer of Cadiz Township, Harrison County, was born in Washington County; Penn., June 28, 1833. His grandfather, John Clemens, was a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, and came to America in his early manhood, bringing with him his wife, Frances (Scott), whom he had married in their native land. They first located in Eastern Pennsylvania, whence they removed to Washington County, and later, about the year 1837, to Harrison County, Ohio. Some time after this they came to Tuscarawas County, where they both died, each having reached the remarkable age of one hundred years. The Scott family was one widely known in Tuscarawas County, Alexander, a brother of Mrs. John Clemens, being owner and proprietor of the Scott Mills, in said county, and a man of wealth and influence. The family had inherited a large sum of money from a relative who had grown rich in the sugar trade in Jamaica, and, dying, left his estate to his relatives in America. Alexander Scott went to Jamaica for his portion, and thus secured his wealth. The money he obtained was all in coin, and when he came with it to Tuscarawas County it had to be brought in a wagon. To John Clemens and his wife were born the following named children: David, John, Joseph, William, James, Samuel, Elizabeth, Mary, Frances and Rebecca, all now deceased, the last to be carried off being Samuel, who died in Iowa in January, 1887. Of these children, James, who became the father of our subject, grew to manhood on the home farm on Raccoon Creek, and married Miss Mary Campbell, a native of Pennsylvania. Her parents, who were of Scotch birth, emigrated to America and died in Pennsylvania. James Clemens and his wife remained in the Keystone State for a few years after their marriage, and in 1836 came to Harrison County, settling some four miles west of the town of Cadiz, where they purchased land and moved into an old house which still stands on the John Mehollin place. His own possessions being small, James Clemens for a number of years worked on rented land. Selling this place some years later, the family spent a number of years on various farms of the county, and finally in Athens Township purchased a farm one Mile east of the Rankin Methodist Episcopal Church. Here they remained until death claimed them both, at the ages, respectively, of seventy-two and seventy years, the wife dying a few years prior to the husband. They were the parents of eight children, viz. : John (now deceased) married Eliz. Moore, and they were the parents of eight children; Eliza Jane died in infancy; Frances (now deceased) was wife of Simpson Bethel, and they were the parents of three children; Samuel C. ; Mary J. is the wife of Thomas Furbay, of New Athens, Ohio; Alexander S. is a merchant of Newport, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio; Rebecca and Gillespie both died in young manhood and womanhood. The father was a stanch Democrat, and for a number of years was constable of Cadiz Township. Both he and his wife were members of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church, he having been converted under the ministry of Rev. Dr. Crawford; his wife had formerly been a member of the Raccoon Creek Presbyterian Church of Pennsylvania; both now sleep in the Nottingham Church Cemetery, in Moorefield Township, Harrison County.
Samuel C. Clemens was brought up a farmer, and his education was such as the common schools afforded. On May 12, 1864, he was married to Miss Sarah J., daughter of Hugh B. Dunlap, of Athens Township, Harrison County, and they afterward remained nine years in Athens Township, living one mile east of the old home place, and then, upon the death of his father, bought the old farm, and moved thereon. They resided a short time at Stumptown, and in 1877 purchased the John J.
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Rea place (better known as the " Sally B. McFadden Place "), near Cadiz, and here their home has since been made, on the Cadiz and Athens pike, three-quarters of a mile from town, where Mr. Clemens owns 134 acres of land. Politically, our subject is a Democrat; in Athens Township he held the position of trustee, and in Cadiz Township has several times been nominated for a similar position, but, belonging to the party in ,he minority, has been defeated. Both he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church at Cadiz, having been formerly connected with the same denomination in Nottingham. Beginning life a poor boy, and working by the month for small wages, Mr. Clemens has gradually advanced himself until it may justly be said of him that he is one of the representative self-made men of the county.
REV. WILLIAM H. HAVERFIELD, born March 14, 1861, near the town of Cadiz, Harrison County, is a son of Gillespie and Sarah Jane (Hines) Haverfield. He was educated at Franklin and Scio Colleges, graduating from the latter in 1890, in the fall of which year he entered the East Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is now located at Wegee, Belmont Co., Ohio. For five years he taught in the common schools of his county, and afterward read law with Hon. J. M. Garven, of Cadiz.
His mother (Sarah J. Hines) was born October 29, 1830, a daughter of William and Isabella (Hitchcock) Hines, of whom mention is made in the sketch of the Hines family of Cadiz Township. In May, 1860, she was married to Gillespie Haverfield, who died March 17, 1882, at the age of sixty-two years. He was a farmer by occupation, the greater part of his life having been spent in agricultural pursuits in Harrison County, and at the time of his death he owned a farm near Cadiz. They were the parents of seven children, of whom the following is a record: Rev. William H. is the subject proper of this sketch; Mary Belle is the wife of John Keesey, and is living in Cadiz Township; Catherine May is the wife of John Barger, also in Cadiz Township; Gillespie Sherman is a farmer in Cadiz Township; Ida Alice, Melissa Jennette and Martha Alberta are at home. Since the death of her husband Mrs. Haverfield has resided with her children near Cadiz.
DAVID L. TAYLOR, member of the firm of Case, Taylor & Co., of Franklin, Harrison Co., Ohio, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, November 2, 1860, and is a son of Thomas S. and Sarah J. (Ripley) Taylor, also natives of Tuscarawas County, of which their parents were pioneers. Thomas S. Taylor was twice married, and became the father of nine children, and of the three by the first marriage, David L. Taylor was the second in order of birth. In the common school of his native township, and at Lebanon Normal College, David L. Taylor received his education, and after his graduation taught school during the winter months, saving his earnings and investing them in live stock. October 3, 1882, Mr. Taylor married Miss Bertha I. Case, of Tuscarawas County, daughter of William E. Case, his present partner. Mr. Case is a prominent and active business man, and holds an interest in six mercantile establishments, making his home at Newcomerstown. Following his marriage Mr. Taylor resided on the farm in Tuscarawas County, but soon removed to Medina County, Ohio, where he also engaged in farming. During the presidential campaign of 1884 he established the Medina Democrat, which he edited and published one year. He then returned to Tuscarawas County, and after a short stay on the original farm, became a member of the firm of Case, Taylor & Co., beginning business at Albany, Ohio. In August, 1888, the firm opened their store at Franklin, Harrison County, and are doing the largest business of any similar firm in the place,
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handling an extensive line of clothing, hats, caps, boots, shoes and general merchandise. The management of this business falls upon Mr. Taylor, and the creditable manner in which he conducts the affairs of the firm speaks well for his business abilities. He is naturally a shrewd man, and has the satisfaction of knowing that he has been the maker of his own fortune. Lucy May Taylor is the only child that has blessed the union of David L. and Bertha I. Taylor, but she is the sunshine of the home at Franklin, where the family enjoy the respect of all who know them. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics he is a Democrat.
JOHN N. HAVERFIELD, a leading farmer of Stock Township, Harrison County, was born in Cadiz Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, May 17, 1820, a son of Nathan and Harriet (Barnett) Haverfield, former of whom was a son of James Haverfield, a native of Ireland, who in an early day immigrated to America, finally settling with his family, in 1800, in what is now Harrison County, Ohio, whither they had come from eastern Pennsylvania. James and Nancy Haverfield were the parents of seven children, viz. : William, John, Joseph, James, Nathan, Elizabeth and Ellen. Of these, Nathan was born, in 1797, near Wheeling, W. Va., and before leaving Pennsylvania he married Miss Harriet Barnett, a native of that State. Their land purchase consisted of 100 acres of wild woodland, on which they experienced the hardships common to all early settlers. But their labor was rewarded, for a fertile farm took the place of their forest home, and here they spent years of happiness together. At the age of seventy-six Nathan Haverfield passed from earth, and four years later his widow followed him to the grave, aged eighty-six years. They were the parents of eleven children. [See sketch of Nathan Haverfield at page 134.]
John N. Haverfield grew to manhood in Cadiz Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, and received his education at the common schools. On October 27, 1842, he married Miss Emeline Lavely, who was born April 30, 1822, a daughter of John and Annie (Gorsuch) Lavely, natives of Maryland. This union has been blessed with four children, viz. : Henry L., in Cadiz, Ohio; Harriet A. Birney, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio; William Kinsey, in Jewett, Ohio, and Emmet N., in Cadiz, Ohio. After his marriage Mr. Haverfield remained with his father about one year; then purchased a farm of 163 acres, on which he remained till 1852, when he bought the second farm near the first, which contained 160 acres; he remained on the second farm five years, and then removed to Stock Township, where he rented a farm for one year. He then returned to his first purchase in Cadiz Township, where he remained until October 1, 1861, when he purchased the farm where he now resides, which contains 230 acres, in Stock Township, Harrison County. Politically Mr. Haverfield is a Republican, and held the office of infirmary director for six years. Mr. and Mrs. Haverfield are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has been an officer during the past forty years, having held the positions of class leader, steward, Sunday-school superintendent and trustee; and now, at the age of seventy-one years, he still holds the positions of steward and trustee; he has been a director in the Farmers & Mechanics National Bank of Cadiz since its organization in 1873. Mr. and Mrs. Haverfield stand among the foremost in the social and financial ranks of the county.
HENRY L. HAVERFIELD, hardware merchant, Cadiz, Harrison County, was born in Cadiz Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, July 29, 1843, and is a son of John N. and Emeline (Laveley) Haverfield. Nathan Haverfield, father of John N., was a native of Maryland and an early settler in Ohio. John N.
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Haverfield was reared a farmer, received a common-school education, and in 1843 married Miss Eweline Laveley, a native of Harrison County, Ohio, and a daughter of John and Anna Lave-ley, natives of Maryland, who came to Ohio quite early in life. To the union of John N. and Emeline Haverfield were born four children, viz.: Henry L., whose name heads this sketch; Harriet Ann (Mrs. N. L. Birney), of Tuscarawas County, Ohio; William Kinsey, of Jewett, Harrison Co., Ohio, and Nathan Emmet, of Cadiz, Ohio.
Henry L. Haverfield passed the first eighteen years of his life on the home farm, when, in August, 1862, he enlisted in Company F, Ninety-eighth 0. V. I., and was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland, in which be served three years, taking part in the march of Sherman to the sea. He was constantly in the ranks, was never wounded or captured, nor was he ever sick or home on furlough. Receiving his discharge June 10, 18657.40 returned to the home farm, and April 17, 1866, he was united in marriage with Mary Elizabeth Barrett, a native of Harrison County, Ohio, and a daughter of William H. and Eliza Barrett. To this union six children have been born, viz. : Brice Worthington, of Detroit, Mich. ; John William, Eral Raider, Eugene Laveley, Raymond B. (deceased), and Cora Ethel. After marriage Henry L. Haverfield resided on the home farm until 1885, when he settled in Cadiz and formed the copartnership of Barrett & Haverfield, which was later changed to the firm of Haverfield & Crawford. In February, 1890, Mr. Haverfield bought out the interest of E. S. Crawford, and now has the full control of the business. He does an extensive trade in hardware, house-furnishing goods, etc., and is noted for fair dealing and the low prices at which he offers his wares. In politics Mr. Haverfield is a Republican; he is a member of the G. A. R. and of the Mystic Circle, and, with his wife, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The family stand high, socially, and the business integrity of Mr. Haverfield is universally recognized.
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ELIAS YOST, one of the old settlers of Short Creek Township, Harrison County, is a native of Virginia, born in Frederick County, near Winchester, December 2, 1805. He is a son of Michael and Rachel (Keckley) Yost, both also natives of Virginia. Michael Yost lived in that State at the time of the Revolution, and saw 900 Hessians who had been taken prisoners, but were released
at the close of the war. The Yost family are descended from German ancestors, and the fore-fathers on both sides were in the American service, and at the capture of Cornwallis at Yorktown. In 1806 Michael Yost and family came overland in a wagon drawn by a five-horse team to Ohio, and located near Harrisville. The country was at that time an unbroken wilderness, and Harrisville consisted of but a few scattered cabins of settlers who had sought homes there. He left his family with one of the early settlers, John Wells, while he built a small cabin on his farm. He cut down the timber, and from the logs soon commenced putting up a cabin, into which he moved his family, finishing the cabin afterward. In this humble dwelling, suffering all the privations of a pioneer life, he lived with his family. His first crop consisted of three acres of corn, planted in
June. There was no wheat in the country, and to get flour for his family he would go fifteen
miles, to near Mt. Pleasant, and reap wheat all day, his pay being one bushel of wheat. This
he would take to mill and give toll for grinding; in this way he supported his family until he could produce enough for that purpose on his own farm. The family lived in the original cabin until 1818, when Mr. Yost built the brick house which now stands on the place, and is in a good state of preservation. The country abounded in wild game, and with his trusty rifle the bold pioneer would add to the store of provisions. Mr. Yost killed as many as three deer in one day, and our subject remembers .seeing his father stand in the cabin doorway and shoot a deer that had ventured too near the house. Rachel Keckley Yost, who was born in 1780,
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died at the old homestead February 19, 1849. Michael Yost was born November 3, 1766, and died at the home of his son, adjoining the old homestead, February 2, 1849. He was a man of unswerving determination, and lived and died a member of the Lutheran Church; politically he was an adherent of the old Whig party. Eleven children were born to Michael and Rachel Yost, ten of whom grew to manhood and womanhood, and of these our subject was the seventh child in order of his birth.
His life, until he became of age, was spent at home, assisting his parents in the performance of the duties of the farm. His education was limited to the meager advantages of those early days, when the teaching consisting of nothing but the simple rudiments of an education. The old log school-houses, with their huge fireplaces, are fresh in the memory of our subject, and he relates an incident of trying to write when the room was so cold that the ink would freeze on his pen. On December 30, 1834, he married Kezia Kithcart, a native of Pennsylvania and a daughter of Squire Joseph Kithcart, at whose house Gen. Washington often visited during the Revolutionary War. When twelve years of age she came to Ohio with her mother, her father having died in his native State. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Yost located on a farm in Short Creek Township and began life for themselves. In 1838 they purchased and moved upon the farm where Mr. Yost now resides. The Yost family made brick and were the pioneers of that industry in this region. When Mr. Yost settled on his present farm there was but a rude log cabin, in which he lived until the following fall, when he built his present house, having manufactured the brick himself. He and his brothers were the makers of nearly all the brick used in the construction of the houses in the neighborhood. Mrs. Yost was born April 25, 1812, and died in 1878, having borne her husband eleven children, of whom eight are now living. Mrs. Yost was a respected member of the United Presbyterian Church of Harrisville, at the time of her death. She was a faithful wife and helpmate, and a kind and affectionate mother, and her death was deeply mourned by all. On March 7, 1880, Mr. Yost married Miss Ann Macklin, a native of County Armagh, Ireland, and born December 2, 1842, a daughter of Samuel and Ann (Benson) Macklin. Her father died when she was but a child of three years, and her mother when she was eighteen years of age. She reached America in 1869, coming directly to Ohio. This second marriage of Mr. Yost has been blessed by two bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked little daughters, who add to the happiness of his home. Politically Mr. Yost was a member of the old Whig party, and then became a Republican; cast his first vote for John Quincy Adams, and has voted for every Whig or Republican President since. He has served as a member of the school board, and is a pleasant gentleman, a fluent conversationalist, kind and charitable to all, and is well read upon the topics of the day. Mr. and Mrs. Yost now reside on their farm near Harrisville, where they have a pleasant home, surrounded by the comforts of life. The Yost family are a long-lived people. It will be seen by the dates already given that Michael Yost attained an age of nearly one hundred years. Our subject, now in his eighty-sixth year, is active and strong, and has had within his house a gathering of three generations. He has seventy grand and great-grand children, and ten great-great- grandchildren. Michael Yost and brother were called upon to serve in the War of 1812, but before being mustered into service peace was declared.
THE HINES FAMILY. Some time prior to the Revolutionary War of 1776, there came to America from their native country, Germany, John Hines and family, of whom was Rudolph, son of said Hines. Rudolph Hines was a Revolutionary soldier. In 1806 he moved from Steubenville, Ohio, with his family into Virginia, onto the farm known as the Biggs Farm, where he lived eight years, and saw the first steamboat go down the Ohio.
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Steubenville was then a town of but few houses, and had but one store, kept by David Merryman. There was no court of law there, and the punishment of offenders against the laws was to whip, and sere with a hot iron. In the spring of 1814 Rudolph Hines moved to and settled with his family on a farm in Harrison County, Ohio, and lived and died in the (now) old log honse that is still standing. He died at the age of ninety years, and his aged wife soon followed him. They were the parents of twelve children, all of whom have died. William Hines, son of Rudolph and Sarah (Huff) Hines was born in Allegany County, Md., March 19, 1800. He was four years old when his parents moved to Steubenville, Ohio, and lived there one year. On February 15, 1827, William Hines, above mentioned, was united in marriage with Miss Isabella, daughter of John and Jane (Mahon) Hitchcock, both of Irish parentage, the father born in Maryland, the mother in Ireland, having come to this country when a child. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Hines continued to remain on the old homestead until his death, in September, 1887, being then eighty-seven years of age. In religion he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; in politics, at first a Whig, and afterward, on the formation of the party, a Republican. His life had been one of toil, and he succeeded in accumulating a considerable amount of property, at one time owning 300 acres of land. Since his decease his widow has resided at her present home, which was erected in 1864, where, now in her eighty-sixth year (having been born January 24, 1806), she calmly awaits the final summons. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hines were the following named: John R., in Clarke County, Iowa; Sarah Jane, widow of Gillespie Haverfield (of whom mention is made in the sketch of Rev. W. H. Haverfield); a son, deceased in infancy; Lemuel Browning, in Redfield, Cal.; William Fletcher, on the farm; Mary Ellen (now Mrs. Joseph McBeth), in Deersville, Harrison County; Samuel Montgomery, in Nottingham Township, Harrison County; James Mc-
Mahan, on the farm; Thomas Hogg, who died at the age of six months, and Ezra Lawson,who died at the age of fourteen years.
WILLIAM FLETCHER HINES, the fourth son of William and Isabella (Hitchcock) Hines, was born in February, 1839, in Harrison County, Ohio, and in his boyhood attended the common schools of his district. On August 8, 1862, he enlisted in Company F, Ninety-eighth 0. V. I., which was attached to the Army of the Cumberland. He served his country nearly three years, and participated in sixteen battles, in one of which he received a slight wound. He lay for four months in Hospital No. 18, at Nashville, Tenn., with typhoid fever, and after his recovery rejoined his regiment; June 10, 1865, he received an honorable discharge, and returned home. On February 7, 1867, he was united in marriage with Christina, daughter of Christopher and Ara (Carnes) Spiker, and a native of Harrison County, whither her parents had come at an early day, the mother dying here in 1870, and the father in 1879. To Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hines were born five children, viz. : Arabella, Dempsey S., Philip 0. and Mary Maud, at home, and Lemuel Oscar, deceased. Politically, Mr. Hines is a stanch Republican. He is a member of the G. A. R. His farm is the old homestead, being a part of the land first entered by his grandfather in this section.
JAMES MCMAHAN HINES, the sixth son born to William and Isabella (Hitchcock) Hines, is 'a native of Harrison County, Ohio, born March 5, 1844, and in early life received a fair common-school education. On August 7, 1863, he enlisted in Company C, Fifth Independent Battalion of Rangers, 0. V. C., under Maj. Imes, of Columbus. They were detailed for duty in the mountains of Kentucky, and participated in many skirmishes and engagements. Mr. Hines served about seven months, and then returned home. On February 2, 1865, he again enlisted, this time in Company B, One Hundred and Ninety-seventh 0. V. I., being attached to the Eighth Corps, Army of the East. He was
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fortunate enough to escape wounds, but was confined three or four weeks under the care of Dr. Shackelford, having been thrown from a horse down a steep embankment, whereby he was badly bruised. On his recovery, he returned to his regiment, and served till the close of the war, filling, in this last enlistment, a term of six months, less two days, being mustered out July 31, 1865, at Camp Bradford, Baltimore, Md. He was among the troops sent out to repel Morgan's raid, but did not meet the enemy, although they were drawn up in line of battle under Gen. Warfle for six hours. On November 3, 1868, Mr. Hines was married to Elmira J., daughter of Elijah and Margaret (Mahaffey) Carson, and a native of Harrison County. Her mother was born in Washington County, Penn., her father in Maryland, whither the ancestry had come at an early date from %Vales. John Carson, father of Elijah, was a pioneer of Harrison County, and died in Nottingham Township. Elijah learned the trade of shoemaker, which he carried on in connection with farming. Politically, he was first an Old-line Whig, then a Republican, and finally a Prohibitionist; for many years he was a justice of the peace in his township. He was born in 1810, and died in November, 1887; his wife was born in 1803, and died in 1884. They were the parents of seven children, all but one yet living and of these, three reside in Harrison County, viz. : Mrs. Joseph G. Rogers; Mrs. James M. Hines, of Cadiz Township; and Mrs. T. B. Huffman, in Cadiz. For seven years after marriage Mr. and Mrs. James M. Hines lived with her father, and then in the fall of 1876 moved to their present place, all the improvements on which are of their own making. The children born to them were as follows: Leonora, at home; Alexander L., deceased; James Kinsey and John Newton, at home; and one that died in infancy. Mr Hines is a straight Republican, and while a resident of Nottingham Township, he was assessor two years. He is a member of the G. A. R., and at one time was associated with the Union League.
DAVID SNIDER, an old-time farmer, son of John and Fanny (Rolen) Snider, was born in North Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, his present place of residence, May 7, 1824. He resided on the home farm with his father until his marriage, which occurred in October, 1837, to Miss Elizabeth Watters, daughter of William and Elizabeth Watters, of North Township. At the time of his marriage Mr. Snider had already prepared for his bride a home where they have since resided. This farm Mr. Snider cleared with his own hands, at a time when the country abounded with wolves and other wild beasts, that were a continual annoyance to the pioneer. But he succeeded in clearing up his tract, and now, instead of a desolate and howling wilderness, there stands a fertile and richly cultivated farm, replete with every convenience calculated to make life enjoyable. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Snider have been born the following named children: Mary L., William, Joseph, Johnnie Thompson and Nancy Jane, twins (deceased), and Margaret Ann.
In politics Mr. Snider is a stanch Republican, but he has never condescended to seek office, preferring to devote his time and attention to the cultivation of his farm and to the comfort and advancement of the interests of his family. He has been very successful as a farmer, and socially he and family stand very high in the esteem of all his neighbors.
WILLIAM HENRY BOOR is one of the old and well-known citizens of Bowerston, Harrison County, where the family have been connected with the history of the place from an early day. The first of the family to locate here was Michael Boor, who was a native of Pennsylvania, born near Carlisle, February 5, 1797, his parents having emigrated to America from Germany, and located in Pennsylvania. He grew to maturity in his native State, and there married Caroline Barantz, who was born near Harrisburg, Penn., September 10,
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1802. Her parents had also emigrated from Germany, and located near Harrisburg, where the father kept what was then known as The Four-Mile Drove-yard—a stock yard. After marriage they resided in Pennsylvania, where Mr. Boor followed farming.
About 1830 Mr. Boor took his family, which then consisted of his wife and four children, and emigrated, with several neighbors, to Ohio. The little caravan moved slowly westward through an unbroken wilderness, in which the only roads were the early Indian trails. Reaching Harrison County they halted in North Township, and there for several years they resided, Mr. Boor engaging as a laborer. About the spring of 1839 they removed to Bowerston, and there Mr. Boor rented a grist-mill and began milling, and for the following twenty-five years devoted his attention to that business. He then removed to Van Wert County, Ohio, where he purchased and settled on a farm in the wilderness. In 1855 he moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and engaged in milling there. Later he located on a farm in Defiance County, Ohio, where he resided until his death, which occurred in 1867. His widow is now in her eighty-eighth year, and resides on the original place in Defiance County, where she makes her home with her daughter, and is extremely active and bright for one of her advanced years.
In a family of eleven children, of whom five still survive, our subject is the sixth in order of birth. He was born in a log cabin in North Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, March 8, 1835, and his early life was spent amidst such scenes and privations as surrounded the pioneer boys of that period. He was taught the rudiments of an education in the little log building which, with its rude desks and benches of split logs, was dignified by the name of a school-house, and in which the scholars were taught for a few weeks during the winter season. His clothes of that period were of home manufacture, which his mother wove for him. Just before he became sixteen years of age he went to New Cumberland to learn the blacksmith's trade, and after an apprenticeship he followed this trade as a journeyman. January 2, 1855, Mr. Boor established himself in business in Bowerston in a rented shop, with a rented outfit, and he takes pride in stating that after he was ready to go to work he had only two cents in money in the world; but we might here state that his stock of energy, pluck and, determination was unlimited. He had inherited those qualities, and they have ever characterized his life. Here he worked steadily at his trade until the outbreak of the war, when, laying down his hammer, he shouldered his musket and marched forth to the defense of his country.
August 13, 1862, Mr. Boor entered Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth 0. V. I., Capt. R. M. Lyon's company. He was mustered into service at Camp Mingo and proceeded to Parkersburg, and from there moved down to participate in the battle of Martinsburg. He took part in the battles of Culpeper Court House, Kelly's Ford, Locust Grove, Mine Run and the Wilderness. In the second day's engagement at the last-mentioned battle he received a gunshot wound in the left shoulder, from which he has never recovered. He was granted a furlough, and was laid up four months, and was not able to rejoin his regiment until November, 1864; he then participated in the two battles of Petersburg, and was present at the surrender at Appomattox, and with the Sixth Army Corps was sent in pursuit of Gen. Johnston. He was mustered out of service at Washington at the close of the war, and received his final discharge at Columbus, Ohio. Returning to his home he re engaged at his trade, which he carried on until 1884, when he retired from active business life in that respect, transferring his business to his son, who still carries it on. For the past seven years Mr. Boor has engaged in the undertaker's business at Bowerston.
Politically Mr. Boor is a Republican, and is a hearty supporter and firm believer in the principles and policy of the party, and for years served as constable and member of the village board, but has never sought office. He is a
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charter member, and was one of the prime movers in securing the establishment of the R. M. Lyon Post, No. 405, G. A. R., of which he has served as commander one year and chaplain two years. He is also a charter member of the K. O. T. M., Tent 76, at Bowerston, and is M. A. in said tent.
December 18, 1855, Mr. Boor was united in marriage with Miss Mary M. Bower, a native of Monroe Township, born near Bowerston, and a daughter of Henry Bower, one of the early settlers here and a descendant of the family after whom the town is named. This union has been blessed by thirteen children, of whom six sons and four daughters still survive. Mr. and Mrs. Boor are members of the United Brethren Church, of which they have been members for thirty five years, and in which Mr. Boor has held official position for a very long time. He was the founder, and superintended the erection, of the church here. Mr. and Mrs. Boor and family are highly respected, and they have been the architects of their own fortune.
WILLIAM RANKIN. The Rankin family are of Scotch descent. The first to come to this country was William Rankin, who settled in Virginia, in the Shenandoah Valley, married Abigail Tassia,
and by her became the father of eleven children, viz. : William, David, Matthew, John, James, Zaccha, Thomas, Mary, Abigail, Samuel and Jesse. The father and a portion of his family subsequently settled in Washington County, Penn., where they lived in a block-house on their plantation of 1,800 acres, on Raccoon Creek. Of the children named, James was killed by Indians on his way to Pennsylvania from Kentucky, where he had purchased a large tract of land. Thomas settled in Harrison County, Ohio, in 1805. Zaccha died in Pennsylvania from hydrophobia, resulting from the bite of a mad wolf. Jesse also came to Ohio, but returned and died in Pennsylvania.
James Rankin, the eldest son of Thomas Rankin, was born in Mount Pleasant Township, Washington Co., Penn., December 22, 1784, and was married to Hester Earley, December 15, 1809. Miss Earley was born near Char-tiers, Penn., May 31, 1793, and became the mother of eight children, viz. : Jane, Thomas, Margaret, Nancy, Sarah, William, Matilda and Israel, of whom three, Jane, Thomas and William, are deceased. James Rankin, the father of these children, served as a minute-man in the War of 1812, and in 1813 settled in Harrison County, Ohio, on the farm where his son, Israel, now resides. Thomas Rankin, the father of James, died May 12, 1832.
William Rankin, the subject proper of this sketch, son of James and Hester (Earley) Rankin, and great-grandson of the original pioneer, was born March 12, 1822, in Athens Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, of which township his father was the earliest settler. Born and reared on a farm his life differed little from that of the youth of his neighborhood. His education was received at the common schools, but his mind received a subsequent training by home study and reading. November 27, 1856, he was married to Mary Dunlap, a daughter of John Dunlap. Bringing his wife to the home place, he there resided until his death, January 3, 1864. Only one child, Susan Jane, came to cheer their married life, and she still remains at home with her mother, and, with a daughter's care, is making the last days of her parent pleasant and comfortable. In his political beliefs Mr. Rankin took a strong stand, and always advocated the principles of the Democratic party. A man of strong convictions and excellent judgment, his advice was often sought in various matters of life. In early life he united with the Rankin Methodist Episcopal Church, which was founded by his ancestry, and like them always was a strong and liberal supporter of it. He held the various offices of the church, all of which he discharged with conscientiousness. His death was regretted by a large circle of friends and neighbors, and truly mourned by all who knew him. His remains now rest in the
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Rankin Cemetery. Truly may it be said of him that he was the embodiment of progressiveness, justice, honesty and truth.
JACOB STONER, one of the old and wen- known citizens of Monroe Township, Har- rison Co., Ohio, is a native of Maryland, was born near Hagerstown, December 25, 1815, and is a son of Jacob and Mary Stoner. When he was but a child of two years his father died, and he was taken into the family of Elias Stillwell, a worthy citizen of Maryland, who, in 1818, immigrated to Ohio, making the trip overland in a wagon. The journey was through the wilderness, and the only roads were Indian trails. They located in Colerain Township, Belmont County, Ohio, where they resided until their deaths. Here, amidst all the privations of the pioneer period, Jacob Stoner grew to manhood. He attended the subscription school a few weeks during the winter period, and remained with his benefactor until he had attained the age of nineteen years, when he started out for himself, coming to Deersville, Harrison County, to begin life as a laborer by clearing land, at five dollars per acre. He cut many cords of wood for twenty-five cents per cord, and has split rails at twenty-five to forty cents per hundred, many hundreds of them at twenty-five cents. He saved his meager earnings and invested them in land for himself in Monroe Township, and thus began his upward progress. April 26, 1838, he married Honor Sneider, a native of Pennsylvania, who was born in Washington County June 25, 1820, and had immigrated to Ohio with her parents, David and Christina Sneider, who settled in Monroe Township, where they resided until their death. Following their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Stoner settled on a small farm in Monroe Township, and began clearing and improving the land. They began on a capital of pluck, determination and energy, and the struggles endured by these pioneers were many and numerous. They would clear a small patch and sow some wheat; this was harvested by hand and threshed with a flail, and then exchanged for the necessaries of life. Mr. Stoner has sold oats for ten cents per bushel, after having hauled them many miles. Home-made clothing was the universal rule. The busy housewife would spin the yarn and weave it into cloth for clothing and blankets, as occasion and necessity required. The ladies in their linsey dresses, and shawls over their heads, and the men in their wampuses and linsey pants, felt as contented as though dressed in broadcloth. Mrs. Stoner vividly recalls the time when she wove the cloth for her family. In those early struggles the women did their share toward the success of the country. Ofttimes have they labored in the field helping at harvest, and day after day has Mrs. Stoner helped her husband in the clearing, piling the brush he grubbed. By the strict application of business principles, by strict industry and economy, they won for themselves a competence. They began life on nothing, and have therefore been the architects of their own fortunes. They now own ninety-five acres of fine land in Monroe Township, Harrison County, upon which they reside. The farm, besides being good land for agricultural purposes, also furnishes a good supply of coal of a good quality. Their union has been blessed by eleven children, of whom seven are now living, viz. : Mary E., married to Urias B. Hite, and residing at Dennison, Ohio; Sarah, married to Michael Lynch, of Dennison, Ohio; William, a resident of Monroe Township, Harrison County; David, a resident of Monroe Township, Harrison County; Jacob S., of Franklin Township, Harrison County; James M., of Tippecanoe, Ohio; Ella C., now Mrs. James M. Evans, residing in Auburn, Sangamon Co., Ill. Of their sons William enlisted in Company H, Eleventh Ohio Cavalry, in 1862, and was attached to the western service, and served three years and six months on the frontier. David enlisted in 1864 in Company C, Forty-third 0. V. I., and was attached to the army under command of Gen. Sherman. He par-
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ticipated in the marches and campaigns of the regiment, and was at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. He served until the close of the war, was honorably discharged and returned home. He was lying sick in the hospital at the time. He is now a member of the G. A. R. George W. enlisted in 1865, as a member of the One Hundred and Ninety-fourth O. V. I., was mustered into service at Camp Chase, and that night was taken sick and died in camp, March 30, 1865. For nearly forty years Mr. and Mrs. Stoner have been respected members of the Tunnel Hill Church, of which Mr. Stoner is a trustee. They have been liberal in their support of the church and in charitable and benevolent enterprises. Politically Mr. Stoner is a hearty supporter of the Republican party, and believes in protection for American industries. He has served as township trustee. Mr. and Mrs. Stoner reside on their farm near Philadelphia Road, and are respected and esteemed by all.
David Stoner is now with his parents; he was born September 23, 1845. March 14, 1867, he married Mary Fowler, a daughter of John E. Fowler. She died March 31, 1874, leaving two children, viz.: Jane and Honor Ingaby. September 26, 1879, Mr. Stoner married Susan Winrod, a native of Belmont County, Ohio. Mr. Stoner resided several years in Belmont County, and served three and one-half years as constable of Flushing Township, also many years as school director. In the spring of 1890 they removed to Monroe Township.
WILLIAM WILEY (deceased) was a native of Washington County, Penn., born in 1776, a son of Thomas and Rebecca (Lytle) Wiley, natives of Lancaster County, Penn. Our subject was reared to farm life, and grew to manhood in his native State, where he married, in 1804, Miss Elizabeth Vance. The young couple at once came to Ohio, and entered 160 acres of land in Short Creek Township, Harrison County. This farm Mr. Wiley cleared and improved with his own hands, and it became the birthplace of his interesting family of seven sons and six daughters, as follows: Joseph; Thomas, married to Mary Tendeley; Anna, married to Hugh Martin; John; David, married to Laura J. Stanley; James, married to Harriet Wight; William, married to Olive M. Stanley, who died leaving two children—Gertrude Blanche and Lura De Ett; Rebecca; Mary Jane, married to N. W. Shannon; Elizabeth; Clarissa, married to Joseph Jamison; Wilson, married to Eliza McGowan, and Priscilla. Of these the deceased are Joseph, Thomas, John, David, James, Mary Jane and Wilson. The father died in 1853, the mother having preceded him in 1848. They were both members of the Presbyterian Church.
William Wiley, the seventh child enumerated above, was married November 3, 1864; his first child, Gertrude Blanche, was born May 20, 1866, and his second, Lura De Ett, was born May 24, 1870. Noah Stanley, father of Mrs. Olive M. Wiley, was born and reared in Trumbull County, Ohio, and died there in 1873. The mother of Mrs. Wiley bore the maiden name of Sarah Bowman, and was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, where she resided until her marriage with Noah Stanley. She is now living in Trumbull County, at the age of eighty-six years.
JOHN SHAFFER was born March 18, 1848, in Archer Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, his remote ancestry having come hither from Germany, and settling in Maryland. His immediate ancestors, having become dissatisfied with the locality, left Maryland, and, after searching for a place to build up a home, finally settled in Pennsylvania. There they toiled and cleared the farm on which they died. His maternal grandparents, Jacob and Margaret (Lute) Hines, were natives of the Keystone State. John's father, Samuel, the next to the youngest of a large family, was born near Donegal, Penn. There he spent his early life, engaged in farming during the sum-
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mer season, and attending such schools as were then in existence. In 1829 he was married to Christena Hines. Determining to better his condition, he and his young wife started for the vast and then little known West, arriving in Harrison County, Ohio, about 1830, where he purchased a farm and immediately erected a log cabin, which, though sadly lacking in architectural beauty, still answered the purpose of sheltering them from the vicissitudes of the rigorous climate. This place was situated near where the Ridge Church now stands. In this cabin Heaven bestowed upon them their first born, Peter H., who came to cheer the loneliness of their pioneer life on September 19, 1830, and who died at his home in Perry County, Ohio, October 10, 1890. With much labor Mr. Shaffer succeeded in bringing his farm to a high state of cultivation, and adding those improvements which are so necessary to the successful farmer. On February 17, 1833, Elizabeth was born (she is now Mrs. Isaac Hoobler, and is living in Archer); Jacob was born February 17, 1835, but died in early infancy; Margaret (Mrs. Emanuel Hoobler) was born December 31, 1836, and is living in Worcester, Mass. ; Mary Ann (Mrs. William Briggs) was born December 29, 1838, and is living in Guernsey County, Ohio; Matilda (Mrs. Henry Brown), was born January 31, 1841, but is now deceased; Samuel, born December 27, 1843, is also dead; Martha, born June 2, 1846, is now Mrs. W. S. Maxwell, in Zanesville, Ohio; John, born March 18, 1848, is now living on part of the home place; James, born January 8, 1850, is living in Gnernsey County, Ohio. Mr. Shaffer was a Democrat, but not active in politics, and he and wife were members of the Ridge Presbyterian Church. After a long and severe illness, which he endured patiently, he died, surrounded by his children, February 27, 1854, and was buried in the Ridge Cemetery. He was highly esteemed in life and much lamented in death. His widow, at the age of eighty-three, March 16, 1889, joined him in the silent land, and her remains were laid to rest in the cemetery, at Antrim, Guernsey Co., Ohio.
Mr. John Shaffer remained at home, assisting his mother in managing the farm after the death of his father. In 1869 they removed to Guernsey County where he met, and, on September 14, 1875, married Miss Elizabeth R. Lindsay, daughter of Robert and Mary (Sankey) Lindsay, residents of Guernsey County. In the spring of 1876 he removed to Harrison County, and purchased the place where he now resides. Four children have been born to him: Willa J., born September 11, 1876; Nellie C., born May 4, 1880; one that died in early infancy, and Iva Olive, born October 18, 1885. Mr. Shaffer has 100 acres of land, well wooded and in a good state of cultivation. The buildings are very conveniently arranged, and are of a substantial nature. Mr. Shaffer engages in general farming, making no specialty. In politics he is a Democrat, and has been honored with various offices in his township.
LEVI ARBAUGH, of the firm of Arbaugh & Sargent, millers, of Scio, Ohio, was born in Perry Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, April 5, 1846. His father, James Arbaugh, was born in Maryland, and when' a small boy was brought by his parents to Rum-ley Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, where the grandfather, John Arbaugh, died while our subject was still young; the grandmother died some years later-about 1865. Of the children of John Arbaugh two are living-Levi, in Rumley Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, and Adam, in Van Buren County, Iowa. James Arbaugh was reared a farmer, and was educated in the old-time log school-house. In 1840 he married Catherine Cook, daughter of Martin Cook, of German descent. This couple located on a farm in Carroll County, Ohio, and thence, in 1867, went to Iowa, where, in 1882, the father died, aged sixty- eight years. The mother is still active and resides in Van Buren County, Iowa, aged sixty-nine years. She became the mother of eight children, viz. : David and William, who died in infancy; Levi, our subject;
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Mary Ann, Mrs. Joseph Snider, near Rumley, Harrison Co., Ohio; Rose Ann, who died in 1886; John C., a merchant in Iowa; Samuel, a stock-dealer in Iowa, and Rachel, married and living in California.
Levi Arbaugh passed his time on the home farm until he was eighteen years of age, when he he went into the saw-mill business, which he followed some five and a half years. He then became a merchant at Franklin, Harrison Co., Ohio, and while there, in 1874, he married Miss Lizzie J. Campbell, daughter of Samuel T. and Sarah (Ross) Campbell, who are now living near Deersville. This marriage has been blessed with four children, viz. : Bertha N. ; Clara Myrtle; Chester and Grace—all at home and being educated. After spending five years on a farm in Monroe Township, Harrison County, for which farm he had traded his business in Franklin, he then, in 1889, took possesion of the Adelphi Mills, which he had purchased at Scio, and one month later sold a half interest to J. E. Sargent, and the present partnership was formed.
Politically Mr. Arbaugh is a Republican, and while in Franklin held several township offices. He is a man who from early life has been hardworking, and has made his own success financially. All persons speak very highly of him, and the new firm have the full confidence of the community.
ALEXANDER LOVE, one of the children of James C. Love, was born November 21, 1846, in Archer Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, and resides on the home place, where he engages in general farming. He continues to improve the farm, and has at present one of the best producing properties in his section. His grandfather came from Ireland at an early age, and settled on a farm in Harrison County, remaining there until his death in 1850. In politics Mr. Love was a Democrat, as his descendants are at the present time. The following are the names of his children: George, Nancy, James, Mary, Thomas and John.
James Love, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born February 9, 1814, in Athens Township. On April 10, 1839, he was married to Jane McFadden, daughter of Samuel McFadden, a resident of Cadiz Township. Mr. McFadden came from Ireland while a child with his parents, and with them settled in Harrison County. He assisted in raising the first house in Cadiz. Eight children resulted from the union of James and Jane Love, seven of whom are still living, one having died of measles in the military hospital at Fredericksburg, Va. The names of the living are John, James and Mrs. Mary McRacken, in Stearns County, Minn.; Mrs. Lizz McFadden, in Marion County, Kas. ; George, a dentist in Scio, Ohio, and Jennie, on the old homestead, besides the subject of this sketch. James Love was one of the stanchest Democrats in his township, and served as trustee for several terms, discharging the duties to the full satisfaction of his constituents, and to the benefit of the township. He and wife were members of the United Presbyterian Church. He died July 12, 1876, at the home place, surrounded by his mourning family.
Alexander Love remained at home, assisting his father in the care and management of the farm—indeed, relieving his father entirely from the duties incident to farm life. On November 16, 1876, at the residence of her father, Mr. Andrew Devore, one of the prominent and substantial farmers of Archer Township, Mr. Love was married to Jennie L. Devore. They immediately commenced housekeeping in the house in which he now resides. He is the father of three children: Andrew D., born February 26, 1878; Homer L., born October 24, 1881, and Alexander A., born June 7, 1884. Mr. Love is a Democrat of prominence in his township, and has held many positions indicative of the respect and confidence in which he is held by his neighbors. Among these may be mentioned school director, member of the Board of Education of his township, and township trustee, which last he has held for a long time, and still continues to fill with great ability. He and wife are mem-
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bers of Ridge Presbyterian Church, and are high in the esteem of their fellow church members.
HUGH OGLEVEE, a member of one of the most widely and favorably known families in Harrison County, is a native of the same, born August 1, 1839, in Moorefield Township. His paternal grandfather, John Oglevee, was married to Agnes Passmore, and in 1800 settled in what is now Harrison County, Ohio, locating first in Cadiz Township, whence he moved to Athens Township, to a farm belonging to John Webb, Sr., at that time but partially improved; from there they proceeded to Boggs Fork, on the Stillwater, where the grandfather died in 1806, being buried in Crab Apple Cemetery. The grandmother passed away at the home of her son, William, when in her eighty-sixth year. She was twice married, first to one Patterson, by whom there were two children: Jane and Mary (who married two brothers named Dunlap, of Harrison County, Adam and Robert, respectively), the former of whom died in Moorefield and the latter in Athens Township. By her second husband, John Oglevee, she had the following named children: Elizabeth, William, Hugh, John and Nancy, all now deceased.
William Oglevee, the father of our subject, was reared on the farm in Harrison County, attending in winters the common schools of the neighborhood. He was married to Miss Susannah, daughter of John and Elizabeth Price, and a native of near Stillwater, Belmont County, Ohio. Her father was of English extraction, her mother of Scotch, and they came at an early day to Belmont County, where they died and were interred in Stillwater Cemetery; he had been a soldier in the War of 1812. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. William Oglevee settled on a farm in Moorefield Township, where were born their family of eleven children, as follows: John, now in Morgan County, Ohio; George (deceased); Mrs. Agnes Hammond (a widow), living in New Athens; David, a resident of Cadiz, Ohio; Hugh, in New Athens; Elizabeth Ann, wife of Dewey Lance, in Belmont County, Ohio; Jane and James (deceased); Barrack F., in Cadiz Township; Annie E., deceased, and Sarah S., wife of Oscar McFadden, in Athens Township. The mother passed from earth on the old homestead in Moorefield Township in 1879, at the age of seventy years, and the father died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. McFadden, in 1883, when aged seventy-six years. They were members of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church, he having been one of the pioneer members of the same, and at the time of his death only three of the first members were living. William Oglevee in his life time had been a hard-working, industrious, frugal man.
Hugh Oglevee, the subject proper of this sketch, grew to manhood on the farm in Moorefield Township, attending the common schools of the district. In July, 1863, in response to his country's call, he enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth O. V. ., three years' service. The regiment was attached to the Army of the Potomac, and participated in twenty-six battles, among which may be mentioned the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Monocacy, Winchester, Aquia Creek and Cedar Creek. Our subject was wounded at the Wilderness, being struck in the thigh by a bullet, which necessitated his confinement to hospital some six months, and a stay at home for a time. After his recovery he returned to the seat of war, and served till the close of the struggle. During his service he received five wounds, none, fortunately, proving serious save the one in the thigh, which still causes him trouble. After an honorable discharge he returned to his home, some eight miles west of New Athens. Thence he removed to Morgan County, same State, where he carried on farming fourteen years, and in 1879 came to Athens Township, Harrison County, settling on a farm situated one mile north of New Athens. In October, 1889, he and his amiable wife took up their residence in the village, to retire from the arduous duties of the farm.
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While a resident of Morgan County Mr. Oglevee became united in marriage August 16, 1866, in Belmont County, with Callie E., daughter of Joseph and Mary (Brock) Morris, and a native of Harrison County. The Morris family had come to the county at an early date, and here her father was born. Her mother died in Belmont County, and her father is at present living in German Township, Harrison County. To Mr. and Mrs. Oglevee has been born one child, Loie M., married to Adam 0. McFadden, of Athens Township. The parents are members of the Presbyterian Church, and politically Mr. Oglevee is a Republican, but no office-seeker. He is a member of James Love Post, No. 686, G. A. R., of New Athens.
SARAH McKEE. Among the early settlers of Harrison County none are more identified with the growth and prosperity of it than the McKee family. The founder of the family came to America when the father of our subject was about four years of age, and settled in Redstone, Penn. His family consisted of twelve children. Robert, the father of James McKee, was married in 1806 to Rachel Wills. They soon after came to Ohio, and settled in Harrison County, where they died. He was a strong Whig in politics, and was an ardent supporter of that party. In early life, both himself and wife were members of the Presbyterian Church, but soon after marriage joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which faith they died. He and wife now sleep together in Bethel Cemetery.
James McKee was born February 11, 1811, in Archer Township. He spent his youth in attending the district schools and assisting his parents in the various duties of the farm. November 24, 1834, he was united in marriage to Sarah Lewis, a daughter of Joseph Lewis, a resident of Pennsylvania. After marriage they settled on the farm on which Mr. McKee died, and which he labored so much to bring to the high state of cultivation which it had reached at the time of his death. His children were born and named as follows: Mary, August 25, 1835; Hannah, November 20, 1836, died September 19, 1843; Rachel, March 23, 1838; Martha, November 4, 1839, died July 3, 1882; John, June 27, 1841, died September 11, 1864; Henry, February 16, 1843; Joseph, July 17, 1845; Amanda, October 14, 1847; Robert M., March 17, 1849, died June 24, 1857; Eliza, March 30, 1851, died May 17, 1854; Adeline, June 29, 1853; Anna Rebecca, December 1, 1855. In politics Mr. McKee was a strong and enthusiastic Republican, and was a hearty supporter of Lincoln and the principles which led to the forming of that party. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the same as his wife, they were both ready and willing to bear their full share of the burdens of life and duty, and were ever found foremost in church work. May 8, 1886, he passed away, leaving his children and dearly beloved wife to mourn his decease. He was buried at Cadiz, in the new cemetery. His widow still resides on the place in Green Township which is ably managed by her son Henry. The family are well known and highly respected, and they certainly deserve a prominent place in the record.
Mrs. Sarah McKee's father, Joseph* Lewis, was born October 31, 1769, in New Jersey. At an early age he married Rachel Canby, a resident of Pennsylvania, and the young couple commenced housekeeping immediately in Pennsylvania. Their family of children was a large one, and were named Jesse, born June 30, 1792; Jacob, born August 14, 1793, died February 5, 1883; Joseph, born January 5, 1795, died March 1, 1882; Elizabeth, born May 11, 1796; David, born October 20, 1797; Vernon, born October 23, 1798, died April 5, 1882; Lydia, born March 10, 1800; Rebecca, born April 18, 1802, died April 20, 1802; Esther, born April 21, 1804; William, born May 15, 1806; Rachel, born April 26, 1810; Sarah, born November 24, 1812; Hannah, born July 20, 1815. Joseph Lewis was a Whig in politics, and he and wife were Quakers in religious matters, but the children were all
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Methodists. September 4, 1853, he died, and was buried at Bethel. His wife died September 1, 1852, and was buried at Bethel also. The eldest two boys, Jesse and Jacob Lewis, with their families, left Chester County, Penn., in 1817, came to Harrison County, Ohio, where, with their brother, Joseph, who came later, they each bought a farm in Green Township, where they lived the remainder of their days. In 1829 the parents, with Joseph and family and Sarah and Hannah, came to Harrison County, remaining there as long as they lived.
BARRICKLOW FAMILY. Within the limits of Harrison County, probably no name is better known, or more suggestive of enterprise and progress, than that of the family now under consideration. The first of the name to come to Ohio was one Henry Barricklow, a native of New Jersey, who, when a lad, was taken by his father to Fayette County, Penn. Here he learned the trade of a tailor, and worked at it until 1809, when, with his family, consisting of his wife and four children: Sarah, John, Joseph and Ann, he came to what is now Harrison County, Ohio, where were born to them Henry, Julia, Conrad and Farrington. His wife was Miss Maribah Oglevee, a native of Maryland; her father was a Revolutionary soldier—a captain. In Harrison County he purchased of William Welling the northwest quarter of Section 13, in Athens Township, to which he added forty acres, and this land has since remained in the family possession, being now owned by two grandsons, Henry S. and Joseph E. After coming to Harrison County, Henry, the senior, made his residence therein until death called him from earth in April, 1852, in the eightieth year of his age. His life had been an earnest and active one. His father being a Revolutionary soldier, and absent from home in the service of his country, threw upon the shoulders of Henry, then a mere child, various duties and burdens, under which many a man of mature strength and years might well have quailed; but resolutely he bore them, and thus engrafted into his young life those sturdy and determined principles which marked the pioneers of this great State, and which proved the groundwork of his success. Of his children all have now passed to the ranks of those departed save Farrington, now a resident of Nottingham Township, Harrison County.
After the father's death the old homestead, by purchase, came into the possession of Joseph and Farrington, the latter of whom, soon after the sale, disposed of his interests to Joseph, who retained possession until his decease, at which time he had increased his property until his broad acres numbered 800, most of which are situated in the township of Athens.
Joseph Barricklow was from childhood up to his death, which occurred on April 13, 1875, a farmer, accustomed to the various and arduous duties of the business. His education was only such as the primitive schools of any new country might be expected to furnish, but added thereto he had an abundance of practical good sense and energy that enabled him to be, in a business sense, " a leader among men." In 1846 he chose as his life's partner Miss Phoebe, daughter of Eli and Charity Bartow, both of whom were natives of New York State, and pioneers of Harrison County. Before entering that county, however, they made for a time a home in Guernsey County, same State, and it was here that there daughter, Phoebe, was born May 21, 1813. Her grandfather, Bartow, was among the very earliest comers to Harrison County, passing through where Cadiz now stands, when there was but one house in the place. To Joseph Barricklow and his wife were born two sons and one daughter, viz. : Henry S., born December 10, 1847; Maribah Ann, born April 22, 1849, and Joseph E., born July 1, 1855. Of these children Henry S. married, October 11, 1883, Miss Lizzie B. (who died September 13, 1884), daughter of James and Elizabeth Haverfield, and of their union was born one child, Lizzie, who died in infancy. Joseph E., October 10, 1883, married Miss Mary L.,
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daughter of Isaac and Angeline Walker, and to them have been given two sons: Paul W. and Henry S. The Barricklow family, as previously mentioned, is one of prominence in the county, possessing a wide acquaintance of friends.
HENRY S. BARRICKLOW, who now resides with his aged mother on the old homestead farm, is one of the directors of the Harrison National Bank, and exerts a marked influence on the affairs of his township and county, in which he is the owner of over 600 acres of choice land.
EDWARD LAUGHRIGE was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, September 10, 1803, and died June 16, 1889, in Green Township, Harrison Co., Ohio. His father, Edward Laughrige, also a native of Ireland, and an agriculturist by occupation, married Margaret McConnell, and in 1809 they came with their family to America, locating for a brief period in Wilmington, Del., thence removed to Brooke County, Va., and after a short residence there came to Jefferson County, Ohio. The children born to Edward and Margaret (McConnell) Laughrige were as follows: Robert, Edward, James, Matthew, Joseph, Jane, Elizabeth and Margaret. Shortly prior to the death of the parents the family removed to Western Ohio.
Edward Laughrige, the subject proper of these lines was educated in the common schools and brought up to farm life. February 10,1824, he married Marjory McConnell, and by her had the following named children, the dates of their respective births being given: Jane, November 24, 1824; Joseph, September 20, 1826, Margaret, September 25, 1828; Thomas, February 2, 1831; Robert, November 21, 1832; Edward, August 16, 1834; Elizabeth, May 2, 1836; Nancy, April 21, 1838; John, September 27, 1840; William, February 28, 1843; Samuel, June 7, 1847. The mother of these children died August 26, 1868, and was buried in Monroe Township, Harrison County. April 1, 1869, Mr. Laughrige married, for his second wife, Su sannah, daughter of John Conaway, of Stock Township, Harrison County, and by her has two children: James H., born December 14, 1869, and Susannah, born January 12, 1872. The widowed mother now occupies the farm in Green Township, Harrison County, which is under the management of her son, James H. Laughrige. The entire family have always been consistent adherents of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics Mr. Laughrige was, like his father before him, an enthusiastic Democrat.
W. H. HILLYER. The earliest history of the Hillyer family dates back to England, where the father of our subject was born in the county of Hants, which includes the Isle of Wight. His name was George, and in company with his brother, William, he came to America in 1830 and settled in Franklin Township, Harrison Co., Ohio. Soon after his majority George was married to Amelia, daughter of R. J. Edna, a resident of Deersville, Harrison County, and there were born to him the following children: Thomas, of Fairpoint; Mary J. (Mrs. Jacob Price), of Franklin Township; Robert, deceased; Henry, of Franklin Township; Caroline, deceased; \V. H., our subject; Louisa (Mrs. Joseph Copeland); Jewell E., of Franklin Township; Edward, deceased; Silas, deceased; Armenia (Mrs. Addison Bear), and Albert, of Chippewa. From his arrival in Harrison County, George Hillyer was identified with the Republican party, and always lent his aid to its success. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and for over forty years was an elder. In 1888 he passed away and was buried by the side of his wife.
W. H. Hillyer was born November 26, 1844, in Franklin Township, Harrison County. His youth was spent on the farm and in attending the common schools. At the age of nineteen he entered the employment of J. T. Clark, with whom he remained one and a half years, and then purchased the interest of his employer.
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Here he continued until 1872, when he sold out and purchased a farm in Perry Township, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, and engaged in agriculture till 1883, when he removed to Bridgeport, Belmont Co., Ohio, where he again entered mercantile life. In 1888 he removed to Freeport, where he at present conducts a general store, and carries one of the most extensive lines in the town. Enterprising and progressive, the place has gained by his coming. He is a Republican, and takes a prominent part in local politics, though business prevents him accepting any office. December 16, 1868, Mr. Hillyer married Mary E., daughter of Ira Dalrymple, a resident of Jefferson County, Ohio. He and his wife have had born to them the following named children: F. I., Nellie B., W. W., Ida A., Eva, Carrie (deceased) and Mary. Mr. Hillyer and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
ISAAC CURTIS is one of the best known and successful business men of Freeport, Harrison Co., Ohio. He was born in Bel- mont County, Ohio, September 10, 1820. His father, Samuel, was a native of Loudoun County, Va., where the grandfather, Barnabus Curtis, was also born. The family trace their descent from the Germans, and have since their arrival in America been occupied in agriculture. The family of Barnabus Curtis consisted of six boys and two girls. In the earliest settlement of Belmont County, Ohio, Barnabus Curtis and his family were participants, and were among those whose labors have done so much toward beautifying and improving that section. He was a follower of Andrew Jackson, and was always loyal to his party. In the Baptist faith he and his goodly wife, who had with him shared life's pleasures and sorrows, lived and died together. Samuel Curtis spent his early life at the home place in Virginia, where he received his rudimentary education, and was also trained in hard work, economy and industry. In 1812 he enlisted in the defense of his country, and did his duty faithfully and conscientiously. In 1816 he was married to Malinda Sinclair, a resident of Virginia, whose parents were also early settlers of Belmont County, Ohio. Their children were Mary, Isaac, Frances, Margaret, Townsend, Presley and Samuel. Some time previous to his marriage Mr. Curtis had entered a tract of land in Kirkwood Township, and there erected a log cabin, whose primitiveness would make a strange contrast to the commodious buildings of to-day, and this farm was by steady labor cleared by himself and children. The woods were teeming with wild animals, and deer were so plenty that they grazed around the house, seemingly fearless. The depredations of the wolves were a great annoyance to the keepers of the sheep, and incessant watchfulness was required lest the latter be destroyed. Like his father, Mr. Curtis was a Democrat in his politics, and was a stanch Baptist in religion. In 1876 he passed away and was buried in Belmont County, where the remains of his wife also rest.
Isaac Curtis has spent much of his time in farming, and has been successful in that voca- tion. From early youth he was accustomed to the duties inseparably attached to such occupation, and has taken a pride as well as an interest in seeing they were well done. His education was received at the common schools of his county, and has been largely added to by his extended course of study and general reading since. From his youth he has supported the Republican party, of which he is one of the leaders in his section. He has been his party's choice for many of the offices in his township, and has filled them all acceptably. He and family adhere to the faith of their parents, and are supporters of the Baptist Church.
On July 27, 1847, Mr. Curtis was married to Ella, a daughter of John Ball, a native of Maryland, and an early settler of Belmont County, Ohio. John Ball, a short time previous to his locating in Belmont County, was married to Nancy Fowler, whose parents were natives of England. The children resulting from this union were named Joseph, Augustus, John,
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Isaac, Lavina, Millie, Betsy, Peggy and Ellen. The family were well and favorably known in Belmont County, where they lived and where Mr. and Mrs. Ball now quietly rest. After his marriage Mr. Curtis engaged in manufacturing and selling fanning-mills for some time, and then entered the mercantile business, which, however, he abandoned, owing to his failing health. He next began the droving business, which he pursued till he purchased his farm, since when he has been engaged in agriculture, though dealing occasionally in produce. This farm consists of 308 acres, half of which he has cleared and improved. The children born to Mr. Curtis were named William (deceased), Amanda (Mrs. T. N. Mills, in Uhrichsville, Ohio), Francis M. (deceased), Franklin (in Sumner County, gas ), Melinda (Mrs. Scott Kennedy, in Uhrichsville, Ohio), James T. and Mary (deceased), Martha (Mrs. James A. Bennett, in Cleveland, Ohio), Ada (Mrs. Benton McConnell, in New Philadelphia), Elwood (at home) and Samuel Everett, married November 26, 1888, to Miss Ella, daughter of Annie and Ellen McNamee.
JAMES N. HAVERFIELD was born in Cadiz Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, October 14, 1821. His grandfather, James Haverfield, who was a native of Ireland, came with his father to America, finally settling with his parents in what is now Harrison County, Ohio, in the year 1800, coming hither from eastern Pennsylvania. Their home was made in the dense forest, where their cabin of logs furnished them shelter from the wild beasts and the winter blasts. Nathan Haverfield, father of James N., was born near Wheeling, W. Va., in 1797, and before leaving Pennsylvania he
married Miss Harriet Barnett, a native of that State. Their purchase consisted of 100 acres of land, as wild as nature's wildest, on which they experienced the hardships common to all early settlers; their toil was rewarded, however, a fertile farm taking the place of their forest home, and here they spent years of happiness together. But death comes to all, and when seventy-six winters had left their wrinkles on his brow and their frosts in his venerable locks, the father closed his eyes to earth. Politically he had been a stanch Republican, and was a member of the Seceder Church, now called the United Presbyterian Church, of Cadiz. Four years after her husband's decease the widowed mother, then eighty-six years old, followed him to the grave. Eleven children were born to this honored couple: John N. (a sketch Of whom appears elsewhere in this volume); James N., the subject of this sketch; William B. (deceased); Thomas H., in Indiana; Sarah Jane (deceased); Jemima H. (widow of Jeremiah Weaver), in Franklin Township; Joseph, in Cadiz Township; Nathan B., in Cadiz Township, on the home farm; Samuel Patterson (deceased); George A. (deceased), and Nancy E., wife of Neal McCaffrey, residing in Iowa.
James N. Haverfield was twenty years of age when he started in life for himself. Up to this time he had aided in the general cultivation of the farm, but after leaving home he turned his attention to learning the trade of a carpenter, and for some four years followed that calling in his native county. He married, in 1844, Miss Martha, daughter of Samuel and Isabella (Moore) Hitchcock, of Harrison County, and the same year they came to the farm, where, in 1856, death carried off the faithful wife who left one child, Nathan, now grown to manhood and married, and residing near the old home; two daughters had died when infants. Realizing that it is not good for man to be alone, Mr. Haverfield, in 1857, chose for his second wife, Miss Eliza, daughter of Moses McDougall, one of the well-known citizens of Harrison County, b. native of Ireland, and who, after marrying there, came with his wife to Harrison County, Ohio, where his daughter Eliza was born. To Mr. and Mrs. Haverfield were born the following children: Sarah Alma (Mrs. G. F. Hanna, in Columbus, Ohio). Amanda Belle (Mrs. W. H. Wiley), Nannie Estelle (at home, unmarried), and James Lloyd (deceased). Politically Mr.
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Haverfield is a Republican, and has repeatedly been chosen to positions of honor and trust among his people; for sixteen years he has been township trustee. Both he and his esteemed wife are members of the Old School Presbyterian Church at Cadiz. His home is some two miles west of Cadiz, and his farm of 257 acres is devoted quite extensively to sheep raising. His improvements are ample and pleasant, and his fields are dotted here and there with artificial ponds, in which the German carp and other edible fish abound. The family are extensively known and highly respected in the county.
WILLIAM McGREW, one of the best known and most highly honored of the worthy agriculturists of Green Township,was born in Hancock County, Va., April 6, 1828. James McGrew, his father, was a native of Virginia, where his ancestors had lived for many generations, and in early life he learned the miller's trade, which he followed nearly his entire life. April 26, 1824, he was married to Mary Pentecost, of Virginia, and by her had five children, viz. : Alexander, Murray, William, James and Joseph. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. McGrew remained in Hancock County, Va., for about eight years, when they came to Jefferson County, Ohio, and here Mr. McGrew carried on the milling business, being the only miller within a radius of many miles. He was also engaged for many years in the flouring trade, shipping much of that staple to New Orleans and intermediate points. On one of his trips south he was seized with yellow fever,which, after a brief illness, carried him off, and he was buried where he died. His widow died in 1840, and was laid to rest in Cadiz, Harrison Connty. Mr. McGrew was a Democrat, and was always ready to assist his party to the best of his ability. He and wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
William McGrew, whose name opens this biographical memoir, commenced for himself early in life, and engaged in farming, which he has since followed with well-merited success. .For a few years he lived in Cadiz, Harrison County, then moved to Virginia, whence, after a short sojourn, he returned to Ohio, and settled in Green Township, Harrison County, where he has since remained. October 26, 1848, he was married to Cynthia Corbin, who died January 26, 1885, a life-long member of the Crab Apple Presbyterian Church, and was interred in Crab Apple Cemetery, Belmont County. The names and dates of birth of their children are as follows: Mary E., August 12, 1849; Rebecca J., March 12, 1851; William J., January 15, 1853; Emma T., November 27, 1855; John F., February 6, 1857; George W., October 28, 1859; Joseph Stanton, October 28, 1861, and Robert E. Lee, November 23, 1864. On March 31, 1887, Mr. McGrew took for his second wife Miss Mattie Kane, a daughter of William Kane, and a member from childhood of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Cadiz. Mr. McGrew has always been a straight Democrat, though never active in politics. By his business sagacity he has succeeded in gaining a competency, and by his honesty and integrity has secured the esteem of his neighbors.
JOHN LAW. In 1826 John Law emigrated with his family from Ireland, and located on a tract of land in Monroe Township, Harrison Co., Ohio. Here he entered 360 acres of Government land, on which he erected a log cabin, and, settling therein, began to hew out from the unbroken wilderness that surrounded them a home for himself and family. The country then was a complete wilderness, the woods were full of deer, bears and wolves, and there were but a few settlers in the township. Their immediate neighbors were Matthew Simpson, a family named Foraker, and another one by the name of Hyde. Mr. Law's family contained eight children—two sons and six daughters. Of this family there are five now living, as follows: Mrs. Fannie McMillan, of Washington Township, Harrison County; Mrs.
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Betty Birney, of Harrison County, Ohio; Mrs. Jane Humphrey, of Harrison Connty; Mrs. Margaret Simpson, of Stock Township, Harrison County, and Mrs. Charlotte Beatty, of Licking County, Ohio. The boys were named Matthew and Henry. This family grow to maturity amidst the thrilling scenes and privations of frontier life. They would walk long distances to attend church and school, and the nearest market place was New Hagerstown. Reaping was done with a sickle, and threshing done by hand, and wheat sold for twenty-five cents per bushel. Men would reap for thirty-seven and a half cents per day, and old settlers traded a bushel of wheat for one pound of coffee.
Grandfather Law died in June, 1862; his wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Lynn, died in the spring of 1864. Their eldest child. Matthew, was born in Ireland in 1806, and came to America with his parents, and well sustained his part in clearing up the farm. March 31, 1836, Matthew married Rebecca Birney, and this union was blessed by four children—one, a daughter, dying in infancy. The three sons were named John, William B. and Robert B. The two latter now live near Connotton, Ohio. In October, 1868, Mrs. Law passed to her last long sleep, and on September 9, 1878, Mr. Law's death occurred. Both were respected members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which Mr. Law had united in 1831 at Mount Hope. He was a man of sound sense and correct judgment. His opinions on all questions were firm and decided and not given to change. He was very conscientious in his walk, and had a kind heart. He was a member of the old Whig party, and took an active interest in the politics of the day. He never sought office, but his fellow-citizens elected him to various positions in the township, all of which he filled with satisfaction.
Of the four children born to Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Law, John, of whom we write, is the eldest. He was born on the original homestead in Monroe Township, Harrison Co., Ohio,
August 26, 1837. He grew to manhood with his parents, and his early life was spent upon the farm. He attended the early schools and recalls the old log school-house, with its rude benches and split logs, its puncheon floor and single desk on pegs. The old-fashioned ten-plate stove threw out a fierce heat, that battled with the cold that came in through the cracks and crevices; the single window extending the whole length of the house gave a scant light. This was the first school-house built in this district. Amidst such scenes as these he grew to manhood, and remained with his parents until his marriage, February 26, 1862, to Miss Sarah Jane Trimble, a native of Monroe Township. They began life on a capital of pluck, determination and energy, and they now reside on the place where they first located, to which has been added the original homestead, making a farm of 210 acres of excellent land. He erected a beautiful residence in 1887, and his home is a most pleasant one. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Law: Robert Elmer, Forbes, William B. and Matthew.
Mr. Law raises a large amount of stock and grain, and is one of the leading farmers of his section, and he raises some very fine Norman horses. For many years his judgment has been sought on these questions as a thoroughly posted man on stock, and as a veterinary surgeon. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Leesville Lodge, and K. of P., Centennial Lodge No. 94, at Bowerston.
Mrs. Law is the youngest daughter in a family of five daughters and two sons. Her parents, Robert and Sarah (Evens) Trimble, are both natives of Jefferson County, Ohio, and descendants of early pioneer families. They grew to maturity and were married there August 7, 1825, and to them were born seven children: Mary, Ann, Lucy, John (now a resident of Union County, Ohio, where he is a prominent farmer and tile manufacturer), Martha, George, and Rebecca (widow of Frank Courtwright, and residing in Franklin). Robert Trimble came with his family to Monroe Town-
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ship about 1833, and resided here until their death. They located on a farm on Section 15 that they entered from the Government, and like the other old settlers they built their cabin and cleared their patch. Their death occurred on the original homestead.
SAMUEL W. ADAMS, one of the most prosperous and highly respected farmers of Archer Township, Harrison County, was born November 18, 1839, at the home place of his parents, in Stock Township, Harrison Co., Ohio. His father, Samuel Adams, was born on January 20, 1808, a son of William and Mary Adams, natives of Pennsylvania, their ancestry having originally come from Ireland. Samuel Adams received a common-school education, and remained at home until he attained the age of manhood. In 1833 he was married to Miss Jane Stewart, daughter of James Stewart, who, with his family, emigrated to this country from Ireland, landing July 4, 1811, at Philadelphia, where they remained about one year, and then removed to Washington County, Penn., where their daughter, Jane C., was born. Here they remained about seven years, the father following the occupation of farming with excellent success. In the year following his marriage (1834), Samuel Adams proceeded to Laceyville, this county, where he purchased his first farm, which had been entered by James McClintock, where he resided seven years, and then moved to Archer Township, locating on the old Adams Homestead, which his father, William Adams, had entered in 1819. Here he resided until his death, which occurred June 13, 1874, when he had reached the age of sixty-six years. He was a man highly respected by all, a Whig, then a Republican in politics, and a member of the Presbyterian Church, with which he had united when twenty years of age. He was infirmary director six years. His widow is living with her son in Archer Township, receiving his filial and thoughtful care. She is remarkably well preserved, and her mind still retains its youthful vigor, her memory being exceedingly retentive.
Samuel W. Adams, of whom this sketch chiefly treats, received his education at the common schools of his neighborhood, which he attended in winter time, assisting his father on the farm in summer. This labor he continued until he was twenty-six years of age, when, desiring to expand his mind and experience by some change of scene, he proceeded to Findlay, Ohio, where he met and married Miss Flora J. Gray, daughter of Samuel and Eliza Gray, former residents of this county. Mr. Gray is now deceased and is buried at Findlay, where his widow still remains. Two children have come to brighten the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Adams, viz. : Frank S., now a resident of Kansas, and Carrie, who is at present taking a collegiate course. In 1869 Mr. Adams removed to Harrison County and settled on his model farm of 163 acres, pleasantly situated in Archer Township. There are many banks of coal on his property, although none have yet been opened. The buildings thereon are excellent and comfortable, put up and completed in modern style, and a snug evergreen hedge surrounds the dwelling. As a Republican, his first vote having been cast for Lincoln, Mr. Adams is an active politician, and has held the position of infirmary director six years. He does not seek political preferment, but is satisfied to work for the party of his choice, and to receive the reward of an approving conscience. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and are both found among the representative people in all social and benevolent enterprises.
MARGARET KEESEY and JAMES KEESEY. The first of the Keesey family to come to Ohio was Conrad Keesey, a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1790, who in his native State grew to manhood and married a Miss Burkett, with whom, in 1816, he crossed the mountains, pressed westward and finally settled in what afterward be-
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came Harrison County, Ohio, where, after some years, his wife died, leaving seven children: the eldest is Mrs. Erasmus Barrett, of Cadiz Township, the others being scattered through other States. Some time after his first wife's death he married Ellen Brooks, who survives him, living at White Cloud, Iowa, aged eighty-eight years. In 1874 Conrad Keesey died at the age of eighty-four years.
James Keesey, son of Conrad, upon reaching manhood, was married, May 30, 1846, to Miss Margaret, daughter of John L. and Verlinda (Harrison) Laport, and born December 22, 1826. Her grandfather, Abram Laport, came to Harrison County when Cadiz had but one house, a blacksmith shop and a small store. He entered the farm on which the County Infirmary buildings now stand, at that time all woodland, where there were few neighbors save Indians. During the early days of settlement, wolves destroyed the few sheep that the early corners tried to raise. On one occasion, catching in a large trap the wolf that had one by one carried off his flock, Mr. Laport, in a fit of anger at the depredator, skinned him alive and released him. The wolf, slowly bleeding to death, ran nearly a mile and fell dead. One of the first graveyards of the neighborhood was made upon his land. Some years later he left Harrison County and settled in Logan County, Ohio. where both he and his wife died.
John Laport, upon reaching manhood, having secured a good education for those days, became a teacher in the public schools; by trade, however, he was a carpenter. He married Miss Verlinda Harrison, second cousin of President W. H. Harrison and daughter of Ephraim and Margaret (Kincade) Harrison, of Pennsylvania. In May, 1850, they removed to Indiana, where they both died, he in Henry County, and she at the residence of her son in Hancock County. She bore ten children, of whom Mrs. Keesey is the eldest, and the only one living in Harrison County, the others being scattered through other States. It might here be mentioned also that her grandfather had been a soldier in the Revolution.
After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Keesey settled on the farm where the widow and children now reside, and from which Death called the husband and father on January 6, 1884, at the age of sixty-two years five months. He was a Republican in politics, and filled the office of supervisor for some time; for four years he was superintendent of the County Infirmary. He was an enterprising man, a hard worker and a respected citizen. At the time of his death he was owner of some 215 acres of land, situated about five miles northwest of Cadiz. Since her husband's death Mrs. Keesey has continued to reside on the old farm. She is the mother of twelve children, a brief record of whom is as follows: Jane Ann is deceased; Conrad lives in Uhrichsville, Ohio; Mary Verlinda is deceased; Amanda V. (Mrs. A. Johnson) is now Mrs. D. D. Bowman; John L. is on the home farm; Susan H., Mrs. James Milliken, lives in Cadiz, Ohio; Charles W. is in Peabody, Kas.; Ella (Mrs. Edward Trenner) has her residence in Arcola, Ill.; Frankie died in infancy; Jessie F. (Mrs. Elmer Bowers) also lives in Arcola, Ill. ; Maggie B. and Bert Q. are both at home.
JOHN L. KEESEY was born October 23, 1852, and received a good common-school education. On November 24, 1881, he was married to Mary Belle, daughter of Gillespie and Sarah J. (Hines) Haverfield, and after their marriage they settled on a part of the old farm, on the Moravian road, four and a half miles from the town of Cadiz, in Harrison County. Three children have been born to them, by name: Clara, Elsie and Sherman, all at home. Politically Mr. Keesey is a Republican; Mrs. Keesey is a member of the Asbury Chappel Methodist Episcopal Church.
THOMAS M. CREE. The subject of this sketch was born April 24, 1835, in Freeport Township, Harrison Co., Ohio. His father, James, was born May 12, 1798, in Pennsylvania, where he remained until his marriage. The father of James, Robert Creep married Elizabeth Tillars, a resident of Penn-
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sylvania, born October 12, 1763, and daughter of John and Mary Villars. She bore him the following children: Ann, born November 13, 1788; Mary, born December 17, 1789; Jannet, born February 5, 1790; Robert, born April 12, 1791; George, born December 28, 1793; Eleanor, born April 20, 1795; John, born September 18, 1796; James, born May 12, 1798.
James Cree was married December 27, 1817, to Sarah Woods (born March 10, 1803), and soon afterward came to Freeport Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, settling on land in Section 25, where he remained, clearing and improving it, until his death. Here he reared the following family: William A., born December 31, 1818, died October 17, 1881; Elijah W., born April 22, 1826, died October 1, 1843; James H., born August 29, 1829, died December 6, 1855; John W., born January 30, 1832; a daughter, born April 24, 1833, and died unnamed; Thomas M., born April 24, 1835; Sarah J., born May 20, 1837; George W., born April 4, 1839; Robert B., born November 5, 1841, enlisted October 13, 1862, in Company C, Forty-third 0. V. I., and on his way home died at Memphis, Tenn., May 10, 1863; Mary M., born September 7, 1844; Elizabeth V., born Jnne 16, 1847. In politics Mr. Cree was Democratic, and took a leading and prominent part in the political affairs of his section. He held many offices of honor and trust in his township, and that he faithfully discharged his duties is attested by his repeated re-elections. Among the leaders in the Methodist Episcopal Church, he took a prominent stand in the work, and was a faithful attendant as well as a liberal supporter. He held nearly all the offices in the church government, and exercised the same tact and executive ability that had so distinguished him in other capacities. Largely a self-made man, he was independent in all things, and always acted according to his own judgment and conscience, rather than according to other people's opinions. James Cree died May 16, 1859; Mrs. Cree died September 23, 1860.
The early life of Thomas M. Cree was spent on the home place, where the management of the farm devolved largely upon him. He received a rudimentary education in the common schools, which he afterward supplemented by an extra course of reading. March 6, 1859, he was married to Caroline A., daughter of Mead and Elizabeth Grant, of Carroll County. She was born November 20, 1839. Mead Grant died June 7, 1883; his widow died February 8, 1886. After his marriage Thomas M. Cree still continued his management of the home place, but April 1, 1871, he purchased his present farm. This he has much improved, and in 1889 built a large and commodious stock barn, thirty by fifty feet, with slate roof. Here he engages in general farming and stock-raising. Mr. Cree is a stanch Democrat in National and State politics, but in local matters votes according to his own judgment. He has filled the office of school director for many years, and has also been trustee of his township. His children are named Stewart Theodore, born January 20, 1860; Sendona Jane, born December 15, 1862; Mary A., born November 15, 1864, died August 10, 1867; Ida May, born October 22, 1866; Julia Ann, born December 27, 1868, died June 3, 1887; Roetta Frances, born May 6, 1870; Ora Emery, born July 2, 1872; Renius Thomas, born September, 7, 1874; Lonzo Benjamin, born December 5, 1876; Nannie Odessa, born November 15, 1879. Mr. Cree is now the only representative of that family that has been so well known in this section, and which has ever since its settlement in the county been among its foremost and progressive citizens.
MRS. ELIZABETH HAVERFIELD, widow of James Haverfield, late of Cadiz Township, is a native of Jeffer son County, Ohio, having been born in the year 1830. Her father, Hugh Barr, was a native of Pennsylvania, from which State he removed to Jefferson County. He was the first of his family to come to Ohio, his father, Thomas Barr, remaining and dying in Pennsyl-
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vania. In Jefferson County he was married to Miss Agnes, daughter of William Henderson, and a native of Pennsylvania. In 1837 they left Jefferson County and settled on a partially improved place in Rumley Township, Harrison County, situated about one mile from Rumley Village. They remained on this place until they were called by death, the mother dying at the age of thirty, leaving six children, four of whom still survive, Mrs. Haverfield being the only one in Harrison County. The father married, for his second wife, Mrs. Eliza Spangler. Elizabeth Barr was but thirteen when the death of her parents left her homeless, and she then went to live with a cousin, Dr. Patton, until she had reached maturity. On May 21, 1851, she was united in marriage with James Haverfield. He was the son of John Haverfield, and was born upon the farm where his widow and family now reside.
John Haverfield came from Pennsylvania to Harrison County, and in Cadiz Township entered land. He married Miss Agnes Henderson, and they lived for a number of years about one and a half miles southwest of Cadiz, on the farm now owned by Mr. John Osborn, after which they removed to the farm now owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Haverfield, upon which they spent the remainder of their lives. Four children were born to them, all of whom have passed to the silent majority. The grandfather, James Haverfield, came with his wife to America from Ireland.
James Haverfield, Jr., spent his early life aiding in the general duties of the farm, and, school advantages being few, he had small chance for acquiring an education. He did however, manage to attend for a few terms the old log school-house, and there acquired a knowledge of the rudimentary branches. In 1851 he was married to the subject of this sketch. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. James Haverfield came at once upon the place where the remainder of life's trials and triumphs were shared. In 1863, their house having been entirely consumed by fire, they moved to the upper farm, and there resided for some four years, and while there erected the present dwelling, into which they moved in 1867. This house is the fourth one erected on the place. On April 2, 1880, death forced an entrance into the happy home and bore from it the husband and father, at the age of sixty-six years. His life's work had been general farming, and in connection therewith he had given considerable attention to stock-raising. By his zeal and good judgment he not only secured his own advancement, but was a material aid to the progress of his township. Politically Mr. Haverfield always stood firmly in the Republican ranks, and in religion was for years identified with the United Presbyterian Church, at Cadiz, as has also been his widow. At the time of his death be was the owner of over 300 acres of choice farming land, situated some four miles from the county seat.
Since the decease of her husband, Mrs. Haverfield has taken charge of the old homestead, where, with her unmarried children, she now resides. She has borne nine children, whose names and residences are as follows: Agnes, Mrs. B. F. Oglevee, in Cadiz Township; Hugh Henderson, in Kansas; Martha Jane, deceased; Carrie, Mrs. 0. C. Hines, of Archer Township; Lizzie B., Mrs. H. S. Barricklow, of Athens Township, deceased; Ella, John Harvey, Rettie May and Lula Irene, all at home. The family are widely and favorably known in the county.
HENRY P. WORSTELL was born May 18, 1836, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. His father, Hiram Worstell, was born in Philadelphia, Penn., September 7, 1804, and the father of Hiram, Matthew Worstell, was born in Bucks County, Penn., where the family had resided several generations. The founder of the family was James Worstell, who came to Pennsylvania with William Penn. Matthew Worstell married Rachel Price, who bore him the following children: Ceneath, Hiram, Martha, Smith, Matthew, Sarah, John, Rachel, Will-
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iam and James. In 1805 Matthew Worstell came to Ohio, and entered land near Steubenville, where he was engaged mostly in the mercantile and milling business. He, with his family, was a member of the Society of Friends, and in politics he was a Whig.
The youth of Hiram Worstell was passed near Steubenville, where he met and married Ann Pittis, daughter of John Pittis, of Deers-vine, Harrison County. Their children were John, Mary, Thomas, Robert, Edward, Elizabeth, Jane, William, Julia and Henry. Soon after leaving the common schools Hiram Worstell entered the medical office of Dr. Tappan, at Steubenville, Ohio, with whom he remained until he was licensed as a practitioner, and the practice of medicine became his vocation for the greater part of his life. In politics Mr. Worstell was an ardent and progressive Republican, and always took an active part in the development of that party. He was a liberal and progressive man, and one who was ever numbered among the influential and substantial men of his section. In January, 1884, he passed away, and his remains were laid beside those of his wife, who died in 1873. They now quietly sleep at Feed Spring Cemetery.
The early life of Henry P. Worstell was spent in Franklin Township, Harrison County, where he was educated, and has for the most part spent his life. January 5, 1860, he was married to Eleanor Scott, daughter of Charles Scott, of Harrison County, Ohio. Their children are Margaret, Jennie, L. G., James William, Edward, Mary (deceased), Frank L. (deceased), Ida, Etta, Robert L. and Clyde B. Mr. Worstell is a Republican, and has always been among the workers of that party. He has served his township in various capacities, such as trustee, assessor, etc. He and family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church at Mount Zion. The home farm of Mr. Worstell is one which gives every evidence of good management and thrift, and its well-cultivated fields show the agricultural skill and careful industry of its owner. His social standing is of the highest.
JONATHAN KIMMEL, one of the oldest farmers in Burnley Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, is a son of Henry and Christerra (Gidinger) Kimmel, of whom further mention is made below. Henry Kimmel, father of the subject of this sketch, was a son of Leonard Kimmel, who was a native of Germany, born in 1741, and came to Pennsylvania in 1758, and settled at Glade, Somerset County. He was the only one of his family who dared to brave the perils of crossing the ocean. His two brothers started with him and came as far as the seaport from which they were to sail, but turned back in fear at sight of the boundless waters of the ocean. Leonard vainly urged them to come with him, but, finding his entreaties useless and persuasion unheeded, finally told them he should come even if he were drowned, for he was tired of being under the rule of the king. The determined spirit of the young man shone out no less brilliantly in years to come than it did in those days of his young manhood, when he determined to brave the perils of the voyage to the new world alone. He married Miss Susan Zimmerman, of Glade, Somerset Co., Penn., whose parents were amongst the earliest settlers. The fruits of this union were eight children: John, Adam, Henry, Leonard, Frederick, Nancy, Mary and Susannah. About 1800 the family removed to West Virginia, locating on the Cheat River, where John, Henry and Adam engaged in the manufacture of millstones. These were put on rafts and run to different points on the Ohio River, where they were sold. Some of the stones were in the old grist-mill at Scio, North Township, Harrison Co, Ohio. The young men, after selling their millstones, invested the proceeds in wild lands in Harrison County, Ohio, purchasing 800 acres. John being the foreman, the lend was entered in his name. He entered 160 acres where Thomas Crab now resides, 160 acres whew, M. R. McNary lives, 160 on Section 20, and 320 acres on Section 19, in Rumley Township. In 1807 Leonard removed to Rumley Township and settled on the farm now owned by M. R. McNary. He died in 1825; his widow
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followed in 1828. His son, Henry, our subject's father, was born in 1789, in Pennsylvania, and married Miss Christena Gidinger, in June, 1814, she being a daughter of Martin and Elizabeth B. Gidinger, natives of Germany. Mrs. Kimmel was born in Glade, Somerset Co., Penn. Christena (Gidinger) Kimmel, mother of Jonathan Kimmel, subject of our sketch, emigrated to Harrison County, Ohio, in 1808, and was fourteen years old at that time, and was married to Henry Kimmel in June, 1814. They were the parents of eight children: Susan, deceased; Jonathan, the subject of this sketch; Henry, deceased; Abraham, living in Rumley Township; Elizabeth, deceased; Isaac, died in a Southern prison; Christena, married to M. Sawvel, and now living in Arkansas, and John, deceased. Christens (Gidinger) Kimmel at this writing is alive and enjoying a fair degree of health at the age of ninety-seven years. She has been a life-long member of the Lutheran Church. She has resided at the present place of residence since 1814, and is now living in the fourth dwelling erected on nearly the same site. When she came to Ohio she came by the way of Steubenville, which town contained at that time less than a half dozen dwelling-houses.
Jonathan Kimmel, subject of our sketch, was born July 15, 1815, in an old log cabin near the site of his present residence. He resided here all his life, except nine years he lived in North Township. He was married in January, 1836, to Mariah Catharine Nupp, daughter of John P. and Catharine (Wolf) Nupp, natives of Gettysburg, Adams Co., Penn. Jonathan and Mariah Kimmel were the parents of eleven children (five of whom are dead): Sarah Jane, wife of Jacob Condo, of Germano, Ohio; Elizabeth, widow of Jacob Stall, in Jewett, Ohio; Nimrod, killed in the army at battle of Fisher's Hill; Christena, at home; Titus, deceased; Simon P., living in Rumley Township; Jonathan, Jr., at home; George, deceased; Isaac, at home; Mary Magdalena, deceased; Martin, deceased.
The Kimmel race are mostly of Lutheran faith, and Democratic in politics. The subject
of this sketch possesses at present of real estate 289 acres of fine farming land, in a good state of cultivation. He has served on the township board as trustee for twenty years.
JOHN A. DUNLAP. Among the worthy old families of Cadiz Township, Harrison County, stands the subject of this sketch, John A. Dunlap,who was born December 1,1859. His grandfather, Samuel Dunlap, was one of the earliest comers to what is now Harrison County, Ohio, where he settled in 1807, on a wild piece of land, making a home for himself and family in the unbroken forest, and here he did the real hard work of his life; this farm has since remained constantly in the possession of the family. About the year 1800 he was married to Miss Sarah, daughter of Joshua Dickerson, and a native of Pennsylvania, who lived to share with her husband the toil of a pioneer's life until October 2, 1839, when death claimed him. His widow survived him several years, when she, too, laid down the burden of life and passed to her long home, November 11, 1858. They were the parents of seven children, most of whom have followed to the grave, one of the survivors being Mrs. Nelson Pearce, of the town of Cadiz.
Adam Dunlap, father of John A., was born in Pennsylvania in 1805, and was two years of age when brought by his parents to Harrison County, where he was reared a farmer. To say he received but limited school advantages would not be far from right, for he only attended the subscription schools of his boyhood days, which at the best were very meager. He married Miss Margaret, daughter of David Thompson, of Cadiz Township, and of this union three children were born, viz. : Sarah, Mrs. John Porter; Martha, Mrs. Samuel Porter, and Mary, Mrs. J. D. Barricklow, all of Cadiz Township. The mother died, and for a second mate the father chose Elizabeth J. Spratt, by whom seven children were born, as follows: Nancy, Mrs. A. Ferrell, in West Virginia; Samuel, who died while a child, January 4, 1859; Elizabeth J., Mrs. Rob-
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ert Holliday, in Moorefield Township; Amanda Adeline, deceased wife of Henry Barto, of Harrison County; John A., on the home farm; William S., in Athens Township; Clara B., who died when eleven years old. In 1871, at the age of forty-two years, the mother died, and in 1883, the father, a man of seventy-eight years, followed to the grave. He was a Democrat in his political faith. At the time of his death he possessed about 400 acres of land, situated some five miles from Cadiz.
John A. Dunlap remained upon the home farm until he grew to manhood, and December 6, 1883, he was married to Miss Mary H., daughter of James and Margaret Chaney, of Cadiz Township, which union has produced two children, viz. : George Alvin and Chauncey Adam, both living. Politically Mr. Dunlap is a Democrat, but not a strong partisan. Since his father's decease he has cared for the farm, and although still a young man he is well and favorably known. The family has always been earnestly identified with every worthy movement in the county.
JACOB PITTENGER is one of the well- known, honest, substantial farmers of that old section known as Rumley Township, Harrison County. He is a son of Abraham and Susanna (Osborn) Pittenger, and Abraham Pittenger was a son of Henry Pittenger, a native of New Jersey. The Pittengers are descendants of German ancestors, from whom some of the finest families of southern. New York and New Jersey are sprung.
Abraham Pittenger was born about 1774, and his wife in 1780. When they came to Rumley Township, Harrison County, they settled in Jewett, upon a farm now owned by James Aiken. Their house was a log cabin, but somewhat more substantial than those of their neighbors; in this they lived for some time, and endured all the hardships and privations of pioneer life. Where the cattle and sheep now graze was then the home of the bear, wolf, deer, and other wild animals. But one by one the trees fell before the ax of the sturdy pioneer until the large farm was nearly all cleared and cultivated. Both Mr. and Mrs. Pittenger were active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and did much that helped to establish the church of their choice in their neighborhood, their house being used for many years as the general place of worship for the community. Mr. Pittenger was a man highly respected by all with whom he came in contact. The union of this worthy couple was blessed with twelve children, viz. : Henry, Samuel, Peter, Sarah, Abraham, Isaac O., Mary, all deceased; Jacob, our subject; Phoebe, wife of Robert Atkinson; John, deceased; Nathaniel, in Dennison, Ohio, and Nancy, wife of James Foster, in Jackson County, Ohio. Mrs. Pittenger died in 1847, and in 1855 Mr. Pittenger removed to Cadiz Junction, and purchased the farm now owned by Samuel Winings, where he resided until his death in 1865. He served a short time in the war of 1812, and was in every way an honorable man, and a man of whom his posterity may well feel proud. His wife's father was William Osborn, who was an early settler near Cadiz, but afterward removed to Richland County, Ohio. The remains of Abraham Pittenger and wife are deposited in the Bethel Church-yard of Green Township, Harrison County.
Jacob Pittenger, the subject of our sketch, was bora August 19, 1812, upon the old farm settled by his father, and was educated in the log school-house of his native township. In April, 1842, Jacob Pittenger married Miss Mary Ann Hendricks, a daughter of Peter and Catherine (Webster) Hendricks, who were among the earliest settlers of Rumley Township, and of Dutch descent. After his marriage our subject and his young wife purchased the farm which he now owns, consisting then of wild land only, with no buildings. But their hearts were young and their hopes were high, and here they came and set up their household gods, working early and late, cheerfully and bravely, to pay for their new home. But earnest, conscientious
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toil always brings its reward, and after a few years money become more plentiful, and the rough farm began to put on a more cultivated air, the old buildings they had erected were replaced by more elegant and substantial ones, and just as they were ready to settle down and spend their old age in peace, plenty and comfort, the good wife met with an accident which caused her death in 1884. Mr. and Mrs. Pittenger were the parents of two children only: Isabelle, wife of 0. S. Dutton, and John Wesley, who died in 1882, leaving one daughter, Carrie M., who resides in Rumley with her mother. Mr. Pittenger is well known and highly respected by all sects and creeds, and is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which his parents belonged.
WILLIAM WEBSTER CUSTER, M.D. for forty years a successful physician of Scio, was born in New Rumley, Harrison Co., Ohio, July 1, 1816. His grandfather, Emanuel Custer, died in the town of Jessup's, in Maryland, when over one hundred years of age; at one time he visited Ohio,
where he entered a section of land which he afterward gave to his daughters; he had a family of six children, viz. : Jacob, died in Harrison County; John and Emanuel, died in Maryland; Charlotte, married to James, Cummings; Susan, to John Hendricks, and Mary, to Joseph Cummings, a brother of James, above mentioned. Of these, Jacob was born in Jessup's, Md., and
learned the trade of blacksmith, which he followed in connection with farming, in after life. When a young man he came to Ohio, and settled in Rumley Township, where he entered wld land. He was married to Sarah, daughter of William Webster, a pioneer of this part of the State, and by her had eight children, all sons, named as follows: William W., whose name stands at the head of this sketch; Alexander, who died at the age of four years; Stewart F., a resident of Connotton, Harrison County; John and Henry L. ,in New Philadelphia; Robert, a grocer in Scio; Isaac, a dentist in Westerville, Ohio, and Vincent, who died when aged seven months. The mother died in 1830 at the age of thirty-seven years, and the father in 1862, when seventy-two years of age; he was a brother of John Custer, the father of Gen. Custer.
William Webster Custer received a fair education at the schools of his boyhood period, and when thirteen years old he became a teacher in the common schools; then, at the end of three years, he became a private tutor for some time in a family named Adams, teaching an adopted daughter. Desiring to improve his education he afterward again entered school, spending his earnings in that way. Having decided on taking up the medical profession, he began a course of study with Dr. John Markle, of New Jefferson, Harrison County, with whom he read medicine some six months, while yet teaching; then read with Dr. S. M. Stockon, of New Hagerstown, Carroll County, with whom he was associated in the practice of his profession some ten or twelve years. Here he married Frances Amelia, daughter of Eber and Mary (Kibbee) Phelps, and who was born .in Massachusetts, coming to Franklin (now Kent), Portage Co., Ohio, when she was five years of age. In 1850 Dr. and Mrs. Custer came with their family to Scio, where he has ever since been in the practice of his chosen profession, and in 1856 they moved to their present elegant home situated on the south side of the corporation limits, on College Avenue, and known as " Shady Side." To them have been born five children, viz. : Mary E., wife of Dr. D. J. Snyder, living in Scio; Caroline A., wife of W. N. McCormick, in Florida; James A., who died in the army as related below; Albert 0., who was a telegraph operator and died April 1, 1870, at Steubenville, Ohio, in his twentieth year, and Clarence P., at home. James A., when fifteen years old enlisted, November 5, 1863, in Company H, 0. V. C., and was sent South. At Mount Sterling, Ky., while repelling Morgan's last raid, he was shot in the forehead and instantly killed. He was a sturdy, resolute
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boy, fearless and determined, and he died, valiantly, a soldier's death at the post of duty.
The Doctor is kept very busy in his professional duties, and finds no time to spare for municipal office. In his political preferments he is a Republican, and he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.T.
J. M. SEWELL, Ph. D. ,professor of mathematics at Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, October 29, 1842, and is a son of Peter Sewell, a native of Delaware. The Sewells are of German origin, but for two generations have been natives of America. John Wiley, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was wounded in the War of 1812, and died at Alexandria, Va., from the effects of his injury. Peter Sewell was reared in Maryland, was a mechanic, and about 1826 married Miss Susan Wiley, who was a native of Virginia, and of Irish descent. In 1828 they came to Ohio, and passed one year in Harrison County, and then settled in Belmont County. They had a family of six children, named as follows: Rebecca, Mary Ann, Theodore, John William, Thomas M. and Josephus, but of these, Thomas M., our subject, is the only one living. In 1861 the family moved to New Athens, for the purpose of educating our subject, but the war broke up the school in 1862, and for a while the family returned to Belmont County, but again came to Harrison County, where the mother died in 1883, at the age of eighty-two years, and the father in 1885, aged eighty-nine years. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Thomas M. Sewell, the subject of this sketch, early learned the carpenter's trade, and was but nineteen years of age when he came to New Athens to be educated at Franklin College. It was while pursuing his studies that, in 1864, he entered the signal service of the regular army, and was taken to Missouri, where he served about twenty months, or until December, 1865. On his return home he resumed carpenter work, which he followed four years. In the fall term of 1869 he was made professor of mathematics in Franklin College, at New Athens, and since then his field of instruction has been extended to include natural science, he now being in the twenty-first year of his professorship. He is a thorough instructor, and is fully qualified for his work. In 1870 he was married to Miss Eliza J. Hughes, daughter of Edward and Sarah Hughes, of New Athens, and this union has been blessed with three children,viz. : Aura, Cora and Maggie. Politically, the Professor is a Republican, and he is a member of the James Love Post, G. A. R. The Professor, with the exception of the Rev. Dr. Campbell, is the longest resident teacher in the college. He occasionally does a little surveying for outside parties, but with this exception his attention is given strictly to the duties of his chair. Prof. Sewell commenced life in somewhat needy circumstances, and his education has been obtained by hard work and a fixed determination on his own part to succeed. At the close of the war the Professor and a number of others went on an Indian expedition to the Rocky Mountains, where he spent the summer; he then went through Wyoming, Montana, Dakota, the Yellowstone Park, etc., gaining fresh knowledge at every step.
J. G. HOWELL, M. D. Among the young physicians of Harrison County none are more widely or favorably known than the subject of this sketch. He is a descendant of one of the old families of Virginia, from which State his grandfather, John Howell, came to Belmont County, Ohio, at a very early date. In his early life John was wedded to Eleanor Mercer, a resident of Virginia. The result of the marriage was as follows: Benjamin, Isaac, Lemuel, Hiram, John, Melinda, Emily, Ingabe, Rhoda and Lydia Ann. His farm was entered and cleared largely by himself and family, and was among the best in Belmont County. He was a
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Whig, and with his family belonged to the Friends Society. In 1843 he passed away on the farm where he had so long and unceasingly toiled. His widow survived him until 1872, when she, too, was called, and was laid beside him in the cemetery at Flushing.
Hiram Howell, the fourth born of the above family, was born in Flushing Township, Belmont County, in April, 1820. He spent his youth on the home place, where he engaged in the duties incident to farm life and attending the common schools of his neighborhood. In 1844 he was married to Eliza Kirk, daughter of Robert Kirk, of Belmont County. He immediately settled on the home place, where he has since resided. Only three children were born to his marriage: Joshua C., who died of wounds received at the battle of Spottsylvania, in May, 1864; J. G., the subject proper of this sketch, and Eliza J. Mrs. Howell survived until 1852, and in 1855 Mr. Howell was married to Martha Howell, a resident of his native township. Their children are Alice, J. A., Laura, Addis, Emily and Stella. In his township Mr. Howell has taken an active part in politics, and has held various offices in the gift of his fellow-citizens. An industrious and intelligent man, he has always been known for his liberal views and opinions.
Dr. J. G. Howell was born in Flushing Township, Belmont County, December, 1847, and his early youth was spent in the district schools of his section, and afterward at Hopedale Academy, where he remained a short time. For several terms he was engaged in teaching in his native county, in which vocation he met with eminent success. In 1875 he entered the Miami Medical College at Cincinnati, where he pursued a full and thorough Bourse of study, and in 1877 was graduated, receiving the degree of M. D. He is among the progressive physicians, and keeps fully abreast of the times. Eminently successful in his profession he has the confidence of all. He has a large and constantly growing practice, and may well feel proud of his success. In 1889 he was appointed a member of the board of examiners for pension claimants. June 5, 1879, he was married to Mary Knox, a daughter of M. M. Knox, a resident of Freeport, and this union has been made the happier by the birth of the following children: Nellie, Bertha, Ada L. and Marion G. His family worship at the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is a member. Numbered among the Republicans of his section, he takes a prominent part in their councils.
LEANDER J. REYNOLDS, a farmer of Moorefield Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, is a son of R. B. Reynolds, who was a son of Richard B. Reynolds, who was a son of Joseph Reynolds, a native of Cecil County, Md., the last named having been born June 5, 1754, and having married Miss Rachel Barnard, who was born in Cecil County, Md., March 16, 1756. To this union were born ten children, viz. : Jeremiah, Israel, Rebecca, Susanna, Lydia; Richard B., Joseph, Cyrus, Lettice and Abia. In 1816 Joseph migrated to Ohio and settled in Belmont County, where he spent the remainder of his life, dying in Kirkwood Township November 11, 1836. Richard B. Reynolds was born in Cecil County, Md., September 30, 1790, and was reared to manhood on the farm. He married Miss Esther Sidwell, who was born in Cecil County, Md., August 22, 1791. This union was blessed with nine children, named Jeremiah, Matilda, Rachel, Susanna, Richard B., Oliver, Reuben, Esther and Cyrus. Richard B. Reynolds came to Ohio in 1815 and settled in Belmont County, where he departed from earth August 3, 1829; his wife survived him till May 27, 1874. Mr. Reynolds was a member of the Society of Friends, as was also his father. R. B. Reynolds, Jr., was born in Belmont County, Ohio, April 11, 1820, where he grew to manhood. He married Miss Mary Hissey, who was born in Baltimore, Md., January 16, 1820, a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Mars) Hissey. This union was blessed with seven children, viz. : Leander J., Oliver R., Andrew J., Cyrus H., David N., Phoebe A.
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and J. F. The mother of these children died March 20, 1880. Mr. Reynolds has resided in Belmont County all his life. Politically he is a Republican, and he is a Methodist Protestant minister.
Leander J. Reynolds was born in Belmont County, Ohio, November 7, 1842. Here he grew to manhood and received a practical business education at the common schools. In August, 1862, be enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regiment O. V. . He participated in the battle of the Wilderness, also in several other battles. May 9, 1864, he received a severe wound in his left hand and arm, from which he did not recover until his discharge, being mustered out January 17, 1865. October 31, 1867, he married Miss Martha Groves, a daughter of John F. and Lavina (Lloyd) Groves, natives of Belmont County, Ohio. John F. Groves is a son of Barnet Groves, a native of Maryland, who came to Ohio among the early settlers (or about 1817) and settled in Belmont County. Our subject, in 1868, removed to Harrison County and settled on the farm which he now owns, and which was purchased by his father in 1866. It contains eighty-four and one-half acres, situated on Section 28, in Moorefield Township. Mr. Reynolds and wife have been blessed with two children: Etta P., born February 27, 1869, and Ralph E., born February 9, 1879. Politically Mr. Reynolds is a Republican, and he and wife are both active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Smyrna, Ohio. Etta P. Reynolds is a member of the class of 1890, Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio.
ROBERT STEWART, an enterprising and successful business man of Freeport, Ohio, has but few equals in his section, Although but a short time a resident of the town, he has built up a business second to none in the county. His family history can be traced to Ireland, where John Stewart, the grandfather of Robert was born. He there married Mary Hughes, and with his wife and one child, Elizabeth, came to America, arriving here about 1815, and proceeding at once to Washington County, Penn., where he purchased a farm and remained until 1835, when they removed to Guernsey County, Ohio, where John and Mary Stewart ended their days. Their children were named Elizabeth (Mrs. Samuel Wilkin); Jane (Mrs. James Sleeth); John, and Margaret (Mrs. William Tidrick). In his latter years John Stewart was a Republican, though he had supported the Democratic party previously. He was a member of the Seceder Church.
John Stewart, the younger, father of Robert, the subject of this sketch, was born in Washington County, Penn., in 1817. His youth was spent on the farm and in attending the common schools. In 1840 he was married to Mary, daughter of Daniel Tidrick, and one child, Robert, resulted from this marriage. Mrs. Stewart died April 9, 1861, and for a second wife Mr. Stewart married Elizabeth Bendure, a resident of Belmont County. The issue of this marriage is as follows: Jane, Mary Belle, Ella, Maggie, Kizzie, Laura, John and Eva. Mr. Stewart has been a successful agriculturist as well as a merchant, and is still living in Guernsey County, Ohio, where he has taken an active part in the county's welfare, as well as supporting the party of his choice. With his family he is a member of the United Presbyterian Church.
Robert Stewart was born March 17, 1842, in Guernsey County, Ohio; attended the schools of this section, supplementing the education there received by a course at an academy at Londonderry from 1859 to 1861, when he took a business course at Duff's Business College, of Pittsburgh. He enlisted with the Fifth O. V. C. Independent Battalion, and was sent immediately to Kentucky, where he was engaged in fighting guerrillas or what was better known as bushwhackers. After his term of enlistment expired he returned home, but soon after re-enlisted, this time in the One Hundred and
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Eighty-fifth 0. V. I., Company H., which regiment was also sent to Kentucky, where it remained until the close of the war. Mr. Stewart then returned home and engaged in the mercantile business with his father until 1879, when he entered into partnership with John C. Logan. In 1884 he came to Freeport, where he formed a copartnership with W. J. Blackwood. The firm deal in agricultural implements, fertilizers, salt, seeds, and during the winter carry a large trade in evaporated fruits. September 28, 1869, Mr. Stewart was married to M. C., daughter of Robert Stockdale, of Guernsey County, Ohio, and the result of the union was Clarence L., born January 15, 1871, and who died August 28, 1872. A leading Republican in his section, our subject has served as delegate in varions conventions of his party, to which he has rendered much valuable service. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
G. D. SPIKER, one of the representative progressive business men of Scio, Harrison Co., Ohio, is a native of the county, born in Stock Township, December, 26, 1846, a son of William Spiker, who was born in the same township, in 1826. The first of this family emigrated from Holland at a very early day, and the great-grandfather came from Pennsylvania to this part of Ohio, where he entered a farm. Christopher Spiker, the grandfather, was born in 1806, on the same place as were his son and grandson, and was married to Aerie Carnes; they both died in Harrison County, the grandmother in March, 1870, at the age of sixty-six, and the grandfather in 1879, when aged seventy-two years; he was a farmer and grist-miller. William Spiker was brought up to farm life and grist-milling, and at the age of nineteen he was married to Mary, daughter of Adam Cottrell, a native of Scotland, who came to America when seven years of age, his parents having died when he was a small boy. Mrs. Spiker's father died in 1842, her mother in 1886. After marriage, William Spiker and wife settled on a farm, and ten years later he commenced carpentering and contracting. They now live in Deersville, Harrison County. He is a Republican in politics, has been for several years township treasurer, and has served two terms (six years) as infirmary director.
G. D. Spiker spent the early part of his life on a farm, attending, during the winter months, the common schools of his district, which was supplemented by a course of study at Scio College, where he completed his education, at the age of twenty-three. After leaving college, he taught in two schools in Harrison County three years each, and then embarked in the business of building contractor, a large portion of the residences and public institutions in Scio having been put up by him. In 1885 he erected a planing-mill, in company with Joshua Arbaugh, whom he bought out in 1888, and has since carried the industry on for his own individual account, manufacturing doors, sash, blinds, etc., having in connection a well-stocked lumber. yard. His home he erected in 1890. In 1871 he was married to Lizzie, daughter of Edward and Catherine Gibson (both deceased), and born in Harrison County. This union has been blessed with two children, viz. : James Madison, born in 1872, and Ketura, born in September, 1877, both at home. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church; in politics Mr. Spiker is a Republican, and in his affiliations a member of the F. & A. M.
ELIJAH JOHNSON. The Johnson family are of English descent, and were among those who in 1620 dared the terrors of an ocean voyage, and made their landing at Jamestown, Va. The earliest recorded history of the family is found in that of William Johnson, who was the grandfather of Elijah. He was born in Maryland, and there married Nancy M. Stallings, who bore him a family consisting of six boys and four girls. In 1802 he came to Harrison County, Ojai̊, with his family, settling in Moorefield Township, where he had
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entered a large tract of land. The nearest neighbor was some seven miles distant, though the company of various kinds of wild animals was much nearer than safety would call for. Here he resided until his death, which occurred in his seventy-ninth year, his widow surviving him until her eightieth year. In his politics he was ever a stanch Democrat, and was always a supporter of that party. He was a man of strong constitution and of great physical endurance, which enabled him to pass many consecutive days in hunting, in which he was an adept.
James Johnson, an uncle of William, and his two children aged ten and twelve years, were taken prisoners by the Indians—he by one band and his children by another. After many fruitless endeavors to escape, he was eventually given his liberty, as a treaty of peace had been made. His children were more fortunate in escaping. Being guarded by two Indians only, they waited until the guards were asleep, when one took the gun and placed it at the head of one sleeping Indian, the other boy taking a tomahawk and standing over the other. At the same moment they both used their weapons with fatal results, and thus were at liberty. James Johnson lived to the good old age of one hundred and seven years, and on his one hundredth birthday cut and split one hundred rails. The two boys grew to manhood, and were among the successful ministers of the Protestant Methodist Episcopal Church.
Thomas Johnson was born in Maryland and accompanied his family to Ohio. He was educated at the common schools, and was early initiated in the business of farming, and this he followed throughout his life in Harrison and Tuscarawas Counties. December 25, 1823, he was married to Susannah Collins, a daughter of William Collins, a native of England, and ad early settler of Harrison County, Ohio. He made his home in Moorefield for some time, then removed to Tuscarawas County, where he lived for three years, and then settled in Deersville, where, in 1835, February 19, Mrs. Johnson died, leaving the following family: Elijah, Jonas, Ann and Isabelle. In 1838 Thomas Johnson married Rebecca Marshall, who bore him two children, William S. and James S. Mrs. Johnson died in 1861, and was followed by her husband November 14, 1871. In his politics an earnest believer in the Jeffersonian theory of government, Mr. Johnson took an active part in the advancement of the Democratic party.
Elijah Johnson was born in Harrison County, Ohio, January 13, 1825. Much of his early life was spent on the farm, his leisure time being devoted to the cultivation of his mind. He had the advantages of the common schools only, but so well did he improve his opportunities, that at the age of twenty years he engaged as instructor and met with marked success. This profession he continued for sixteen years consecutively in Harrison and adjacent counties, the great demand for his services enabling him to command a higher salary than was paid ordinarily. January 14, 1847, he was married to Mary Cockerill, a daughter of Abraham Cockerill, a resident of Harrison County, and the children born to this union were named Thomas N., Adam M., Adoniram J., James C., Elizabeth (Mrs. Samuel Ritchey) and Emma E.
Thomas N. Johnson was born in Freeport Township, Harrison County, and early received educational advantages which had been denied his father. Soon after leaving the common schools he entered Dennison University, at Danville, Ohio, and in 1875 received the degree of A. B. During his college course he engaged in teaching, and on his graduation accepted the position of principal of schools in Indiana, and afterward in Maryland, and then in Cleveland, Ohio, where he is at present. He is known as one of the prominent educators in the State, and has always taken a front rank in his profession. In 1878 he was married to Anna White, a resident of Cumberland, Md., and his children are Alfred, Thomas and R. E.
The Johnson family have been life-long Democrats, and are independent thinkers and voters. They are well and favorably known in the section
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in which they live, and are among the progressive citizens.
SAMUEL OSBURN. This well-known citizen of Archer Township, Harrison County, is a native of Westmoreland County, Penn., born April 4, 1813. His descent he traces from an old Scotch family, who in the days of religions persecution in their native land—"land of the mountain and the flood "—moved with their little ones and all their worldly possessions to the North of Ireland. They were stern, rugged Presbyterians in their religious convictions, and brooked no interference with their time-honored "Confession of Faith," and right to worship according to their conscience.
Samuel Osburn, grandfather of the subject of this memoir, was born in County Derry, Ireland, where he married Susanna Garven, and had several children. Coming with his family to America in the seventeenth century he settled in Westmoreland County, Penn., where he participated in the Indian War, assisting materially in the effort to settle the difficulties with the aborigines, at that time agitating the country.
Alexander Osburn, father of our subject, was born May 14, 1785, and in after life carried on farming in Pennsylvania, where he was married May 10, 1808, to Miss Mary, daughter of James and Mary Barnes, natives of Ireland, then of Pennsylvania. To this union six children were born, three of whom are now living, viz. : Samuel (the subject of this sketch), John (in Archer Township) and Mary (who was married to Rev. William C. Mason (now deceased), a Presbyterian minister in Illinois. Early in the year 1816 the parents moved with their family to Harrison County, Ohio, and settled on a farm in Athens Township, where the father, the previous year, had put up a small log cabin. On this farm the mother died January 5, 1824, at the age of forty-three years. Alexander Os-burn was married (the second time) to Miss Martha Rankin, of Washington County, Penn., and to this union two children were born: James D., of Carroll County, and Mrs. Rebecca Ramsey, of Scio, Ohio. Martha Rankin Osburn departed this life December 25, 1848.
In 1829 the father moved to the farm in Archer Township, where his son Samuel now lives, and here died at the patriarchal age of fourscore and two years. He was a hard-working man, and as one of the earliest settlers of the township and county had all the hardships of the pioneer to experience. After his removal to Archer Township he engaged in raising sheep, and owned the first flock of fine sheep in the township. He was a stanch supporter of the Whig party, taking an active part in politics, and he and his family were prominent members of the Presbyterian Church, of which he was a member many years, and ruling elder, appointed by Steubenville Presbytery to General Assembly in the year 1896. He enlisted in the War of 1812, but did not see service, hostilities having closed soon after.
SAMUEL OSBURN, the subject proper of these lines, attended the common schools of his neighborhood, where he received an education that he has ever since improved, and remained with his father during the latter's life time. In 1835 Mr. Osburn married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John and Jane Welsh (natives of Ireland), then of Lancaster County, Penn. John Welch with his family moved to Archer Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, about the year 1822. Immediately after marriage Mr. and Mrs. Osburn commenced housekeeping on the old home farm of Mr. Osburn. Six children have blessed them, namely: Alexander (deceased, a brief record of whom follows), John W. (in Cadiz Township), Jane (Mrs. Morrison Moorehead, in Green Township, Harrison County), Martha (Mrs. Granville Dickerson, in Nodaway County, Mo.), Amanda (Mrs. L. A. Welsh, in Archer Township), and Matthew Beatty (residing with his father). Mr. Os-burn's farm of 172 acres, which is situated about four miles from Cadiz, is highly improved, and his residence, admirably placed on
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the slope of one of the hills, commands a view rarely equaled. In politics Mr. Osburn was originally a Whig, and since the organization of the Republican party be has been one of its ardent supporters. In early days his house was the headquarters of the Whigs of his township, and the flag of our country floated over his farm during the war. The family were represented in the Civil War by the son, John W., who, as already stated, is a resident of Cadiz Township, Harrison County. Mr. and Mrs. Osburn are members of the Presbyterian Church at Cadiz. He was first a member of the Ridge Church in Archer Township, and of it was made an elder; in 1885 he united with the Cadiz Presbyterian Church, where he was again elected ruling elder. He was twice a delegate appointed by the Steubenville Presbytery to the General Assembly, and in 1870 he attended the Assembly in Philadelphia, also the one held in Pittsburgh in 1878. His wife united with the church at an early age, and has always been most highly respected and esteemed by her fellow church members, as well as by her acquaintances and friends. Mr. Osburn and his home circle are numbered among the representative families of the county, and are highly esteemed by all.
Mrs. Sarah Osburn, widow of Alexander Osburn, the eldest son born to Samuel and Elizabeth (Welsh) Osburn, is a daughter of William and Mary Hedges, a record of her immediate ancestry being given in the sketch of W. P. Hedges, of Cadiz Township. In 1868 she was united in marriage with Alexander Os-burn, and they then located on the farm in Cadiz Township, where his brother John now resides. Here they remained some three years, and then removed to their farm in Archer Township, where, on July 24, 1875, Mr. Osburn passed from earth at the early age of thirty-four years. Since her husband's death Mrs. Osburn has resided in the town of Cadiz with her two sons, Clare M. and Norwood S. Mrs. Osburn is a consistent member, as was her husband, of the Presbyterian Church at Cadiz, Ohio.
LEWIS T. ROMANS, one of the leading business men and enterprising citizens of Freeport, Harrison Co., Ohio, was born January 18, 1839, in Belmont County, same State. Here at the home of his parents his early life was spent, attending the common schools, to which institutions his educational training was limited. At an early age he entered mercantile life in the capacity of clerk and salesman in the employ of Thomas Green, with whom he remained about one year, when he left his business life to assist in the defense of his country. In 1862 he enlisted in the Forty-third O. V. I., Company D, which was assigned to the Army of the Tennessee under Gen. Sherman. He participated in the various battles, skirmishes and raids of that regiment, and served his time of enlistment with great fidelity and patriotism. On his return he re-entered the employment of Mr. Green and remained with him until 1865, when he engaged with Clendenning Bros., for six months, and then with A. B. Johnson, in whose service he continued some four years. So well was he known, and so well did he discharge the duties entrusted to him, that his services were largely sought. He also engaged with Niblock Bros., till, his health failing him, he carried on farming for some few years, but finally was persuaded to return to his old employment, which he continued until 1882, when he engaged in business for himself, opening a general merchandise line, in which he has succeeded in building up a large and profitable business. From his youth he has taken an active interest in political questions and has always been a supporter of the Republican party. He and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Freeport, in which they take an active and prominent part, and in which Mr. Romans has been class leader for several years and also a member of the board of trustees. Mr. 'Romans is an energetic man as well as a representative one. His success is of his own achieving, and with it he has retained the good-will of all. On September 20,
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1865, he was married to Sarah A. Rice, daughter of Hiram and Mary Rice, of Freeport. The issue of their marriage is Elva I., Hiram R., Nettie F., and Willett C.
The Romans family are of English descent, and came to Pennsylvania about the middle of the eighteenth century. The earliest known record of any of the family is that of Thomas Romans, who in early life was married to Hannah Buffington and reared a family comprising the following: Mary, Jacob, Ruth, Ann, Jessie, Joseph, Susan, John, Cynthia, Elizabeth and Franklin. Thomas Romans was a blacksmith by trade, and followed it for the greater portion of his life. He was a Whig in politics, and a Friend in religious matters. In the early settlement of Guernsey County, Ohio, he was a conspicuous figure, and was always in the advance of any movement for the benefit of his section. He lived to the advanced age of ninety-three, when he passed from earth.
Jacob Romans, eldest son of Thomas Romans, was born in Pennsylvania August 13, 1805, and at the age of thirteen years accompanied his parents to Ohio, where his life has since been spent. He passed his early days on the paternal farm. December 20, 1826, he was married to Mary Hibbs, daughter of Valentine Hibbs, of Guernsey County, Ohio, whose family came from Loudoun County, Va. The result of this union was Hannah H., born December 18, 1827; Ruth B., born May 4, 1830, died July 31, 1830; Thomas, born July 20, 1831, died August 8, 1831; William, born February 20, 1833; Valentine, born September 13, 1834, died September 6, 1860; Joseph, born January 12, 1836; Lewis T., born January 18, 1839, and Nelson, born January 6, 1844. Mr. Romans lived until March 6, 1873, when he was called to his reward. Mrs. Romans survived him until May 31, 1883. They now sleep side by side. Mr. Romans was an ardent Whig and Republican, and was much interested in political matters. He and family were among the leading members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which they always took an active part. Kind, generous and upright, the family have deservedly held the respect and confidence of the community.
Z. Z. COURTRIGHT. Among the representative and most enterprising citizens of Freeport village, in Harrison County, none have done more to advance its interests than Z. Z. Courtright. The family were among the earliest settlers of the State of Ohio, having settled here in 1800. The earliest authentic record of the family is that of John, who was born September 7, 1774, in New Jersey, where he remained until his marriage. He then located in Washington County, Penn., where he remained a short time, and then proceeded to Columbiana County, Ohio, where he purchased a farm, now the present site of Salineville. His children were named Jacob V., James, Samuel, Isaac, William, Milo, Judith and Rebecca. An active and vigorous man, he entered heartily into the movements of progression in his section. He was possessed of an active and energetic temperament, and was one of the successful men in his section.
Samuel Courtright, the third child of John, and born April 30, 1809, in Columbiana County, was early initiated in the stern realities of life. In 1829 he was married to Frances Zollars, a daughter of Frederick Zollars, of Harrison County. He commenced his married life in Carrollton, Ohio, but remained there a short time only, when he removed to Short Creek Township, in Harrison County, remaining there until 1856, when he removed to Smithfield, Jefferson County. He was the father of the following named children: James; Franklin (deceased); Z. Z., our subject; Vail, in Illinois; Mary Jane, now Mrs. George D. Walcott; Charles, deceased; Ann Rebecca, Mrs. Thomas Penny ; John, in Freeport; Sarah, Mrs. William Carrick; William, in Franklin; Joseph W. , in Freeport; Melissa, Mrs. Wilson Lugar. Mrs. Frances Courtright died in 1862, and in 1867 Mr.
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Courtright was married to Mary E. Stonebraker. Only one child, Luella, blessed this union. In his politics Mr. Courtright always supported the Democratic ticket. The family worshiped at the Presbyterian Church at Adena, Jefferson County. Mr. Courtright was one of the prominent and successful farmers of his section.
Z. Z. Courtright, who was born July 12, 1832, in Harrison County, Ohio, has had a life filled with business activity and hard work. Commencing his life and work on the farm, he followed the vocation of agriculture, although not exclusively, as much of his attention was devoted to milling, in which he attained a success rarely met with in that business, but he has now retired from the active duties of his business, and is enjoying with his family the fruits of his industrious as well as economic habits. In 1858 he was united in marriage with Mary A. Crew. He commenced his married life in Short Creek Township, where he remained until 1866, when he removed to Franklin, where he followed milling nine years, and then came to Freeport, where be has since remained. Here he carried on a mill until 1884, when he sold. In politics he was a Republican, until he perceived the inactivity of the old parties in settling the Prohibition question, when he joined the Prohibition party, and has since been among the foremost in the advancement of its interests. In religion be and family are Presbyterians. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Z. Z. Court-right are as follows: George T., in Freeport; Fannie ., Mrs. William P. Burrell; Charles C., in Galesbnrg, Ill., and Oscar L., at home.
George T. Courtright was born April 4, 1859, in Short Creek Township, Harrison County. He acquired a good education in the schools of the vicinity, and passed his time at home until his marriage, April 20, 1881, to Belle Wilkin, daughter of James Wilkin, of West Virginia. Since his marriage he has resided in Freeport, where both he and wife have a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Kind in disposition, hospitable in manner, irreproachable in character, he has the respect of all.
JOSEPH W. COURTRIGHT, one of the well-known citizens of Freeport Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, was born January 6, 1847, in Short Creek Township, and is a son of Samuel and Frances (Zollars) Courtright. His early life was spent on the farm of his father, assisting in its duties. In December, 1864, Mr. Courtright, then but a youth of seventeen, enlisted in the Ninety-eighth O. V. I., and was discharged at the cessation of hostilities at Louisville, Ky. He then returned home and engaged in the milling business, which be has since followed. In 1875, in company with his brother, he pnrchased the Freeport Mills, which they managed until 1883, when, having built up a large trade and made the mill one of the best in the section, they sold out to the present owner. He then received an appointment in the mail service, on the Pittsburgh & Cincinnati Railroad, which position he filled acceptably for three years and nine months, although his resignation was on file for several months before it was accepted. Some time previous to his leaving the mail service he purchased the milling property at West Lafayette, which he managed until October, 1889, when he came to Freeport, where he engaged in milling at his old stand. In his business he is one of the foremost, and has thoroughly mastered its details. His social qualities and genial spirit have won for him many friends, who, once so, always continue. In public affairs Mr. Courtright is widely read and is a man who forms his convictions only after careful study of his subject. In his political affiliation he is Democratic, although he is not a free trader. While not desiring office, he often lends his aid in the support of his party, and is an efficient worker. September 28, 1866, he was married to Letitia Burns, daughter of John M. Burns. Mrs. Courtright lived until August 17, 1875, when she passed away. Their family consisted of two children: Lillie B. and Lizzie M., both of whom are now deceased. In 1872 they received into their family, Ada, who has since remained with them. October 15, 1881, Mr. Courtright was married to Laura Steadman, of
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Freeport, who bore him one child on December 17, 1889. Mr. Courtright is a member of the G. A. R., J. H. Reeves Post, at Freeport, and of the F. & A. M. lodge, No. 415, at Freeport.
SAMUEL DUNLAP, an old settler and prosperous farmer of Moorefield Township, Harrison County, is a son of William and Margaret (Rankin) Dunlap. William Dunlap was born in Fayette County, Penn., in 1780; Margaret (Rankin) Dunlap was born, in 1787, in the same county. William Dunlap migrated to Ohio in 1806, and purchased 160 acres of land on Brushy Fork, Athens Township, Harrison County. In 1812 he revisited Pennsylvania; the next season he returned to Ohio, and purchased 160 acres of land on Section 36, Moorefield Township, now owned by William Kirkpatrick's heirs. William Dunlap did not remain long in Ohio, but returned to Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1837, but again came back to Ohio and settled in Belmont County. May 19, 1838, his wife died, and in a short time after Mr. Dunlap purchased the farm which our subject now owns, and which contains 160 acres, 110 being in Moorefield Township in Section 34, and fifty in Flushing Township, Belmont County. To Mr. and Mrs. William Dunlap were born six children, namely: Adam, now in Missouri; James, deceased; William, in Missouri; Samuel, our subject; Margaret, deceased, and Rebecca, deceased. William Dunlap was a member of the Baptist Church for many years, and died at the home of his son Samuel in 1865.
Samuel Dunlap, our subject, was born in Fayette County, Penn., June 25, 1825, and in 1837 came with his parents to Ohio, where he grew to manhood. In 1844 he married Miss Eliza Jane Bethel, who was born in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1827, a daughter of James and Mary (Brock) Bethel. To this union were born five children, viz.: William J., residing in Belmont County, Ohio; Margaret A. Dunlap, of Moorefield Township, Harrison County; Lycur gus M., in Belmont County; Thomas A., in Belmont County; Joseph C., in Belmont County. Mrs. Samuel Dunlap died December 19, 1858, and in 1859 Mr. Dunlap married Miss Mary E. Bethel, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Oglevee) Bethel. To this union were born five children, as follows: 0. E., who resides at home; Eliza J. Campher, of Moorefield Township, Harrison Co., Ohio; Isaac E., Samuel A. and Cora B., all three at home. This second wife died in 1872. Mr. Dunlap is well known to the people of the county, having resided on the farm he now owns since 1839, and is one of its most highly esteemed citizens.
JOSEPH R. STEPHENSON, saddler and harness-maker, Scio, Ohio, was born in Steubenville, Ohio, December 29, 1837. and is a son of W. H. H. Stephenson, The progenitor of the Stephenson family in this country was John S. Stephenson, who came from Ireland before the American Revolution and located in Cumberland County, Penn., where he married Margaret Huston; thence he moved to Washington County, where he entered 400 acres of land the year before the opening of the war. He and wife both died there about 1839, the wife at the age of eighty years. They were the parents of eleven children: James, William, John, Andrew, Joseph, Jane, David, Thomas, Robert, Isabelle and Sarah, all of whom grew to maturity, but all of whom are now deceased. John S. Stephenson and his wife's father, William Huston, both served in the war for independence. The Hustons were of Scotch descent. Joseph Stephenson married Isabelle Gourley, daughter of John and Hannah (McDonald) Gourley. John Gourley was a farmer of Cumberland County, Penn., and died in West Virginia, across the river from Steubenville, Ohio, February 14, 1829, and there his wife also died. They were the parents of five children: Sarah, Jane, Isabelle, John and William, all deceased. The parents of W. H. H. Stephenson were Joseph and Isabelle Stephen-
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son. They settled near Steubenville, Ohio, but on the Virginia side of the Ohio River, near Island Creek, in 1813, and subsequently moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, thence to Rock Island County, Ill., where the father died August 9, 1836, aged fifty-four years; the family then returned to Jefferson County, Ohio; the mother, however, died in Washington County, Penn., December 2, 1862, aged seventy-six years. This couple were the parents of eight children, viz. : Deborah, born July 15, 1809, now living in Scio, Ohio; Hannah, born Decem ber 31, 1810, died in September, 1888; William H. H., born September 17, 1813; John, born December 3, 1815, died October 2, 1880; Thomas, born in 1817, died June 7, 1845; Joseph, born in 1822, served through the War of the Rebellion, and died June 17, 1873; Margaret, born February 22, 1824, and died September 10, 1883; George B., born August 1, 1826, residing at Braddock, Penn.
The early life of W. H. H. Stephenson was passed in Jefferson County, Ohio, and when a boy he served an apprenticeship at the tanning business in Richmond, Ohio. After learning his trade he went to work as a journeyman at Steubenville, Ohio, where he was married, April 6, 1836, to Miss Rebecca Ann Douglass, daughter of Robert Douglass, of Pennsylvania. Some two years were then passed in Steubenville, when they went to Independence, Washington Co., Penn. ; then in 1845, moved to Richmond, Jefferson Co., Ohio, and purchased the tan-yard in which he learned his trade, carrying on the business for nine years; and in 1854, he came to Scio, where he purchased a tan-yard, which he sold three years later and bought a harness shop. December 18, 1888, Mrs. Stephenson died, at seventy-seven years of age, the mother of seven children: Joseph R., in Scio; Robert T., in North Township; Isabelle H., deceased; John T., deceased; James, in Scio; Mary Jane, deceased; Samuel S., killed in the army at Petersburg, Va. Of the above, Samuel S., John T., Robert T. and James served during the Civil War. John T. was struck in the breast by a shell which injury caused his death years later; the other two escaped uninjured. W. H. H. Stephenson held the rank of captain in a volunteer company in Richmond, Jefferson Co., Ohio, before the war, and also the same rank in a company at Scio, and hence is always spoken of as Capt. Stephenson.
In April, 1854, as already stated, the family came to Scio, Harrison, Co., Ohio, and here Joseph R. Stephenson learned his trade of harness-maker of John Plunkett, and then carried on the business for his father, who had bought out Plunkett. This business has been greatly enlarged, is the only shop of the kind in Scio, is fully stocked and is kept fully up to the breast of the times in every particular. In 1864 Joseph R. Stephenson was married to Miss Minerva Weight, daughter of George A. Weight, of Scio. One child only has been born to this union: Lulu M., a teacher of oil painting, crayon and pastel work. Politically Joseph R. Stephenson is a Republican, and has held serveral corporation and township offices. He was assistant postmaster for sixteen years under John Giles, having entire charge of the office and doing all of the work. He is a Knight of Pythias, and is well known and respected.
THE ENGLISH FAMILY. Prior to the Revolutionary War, there came to these shores from England, Patrick English, 1/ who took sides with the colonists in their struggle for freedom, serving throughout the war. Afterward, having succeeded in getting land rights, he located at Redstone, Penn., thence moved to Cadiz, Ohio, and finally to Coshocton County, same State, where he died.
James English was either a native of Virginia, born on the Potomac, or of Baltimore County, Md., and with his parents, came to Cadiz, Ohio, previous to which he had mined in Redstone, Penn., and saved one hundred dollars in cash. He was married to Jane Pickens, and they then made their home on leased land in Harrison County. Soon afterward he was
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drafted in the War of 1812, but sent a substitute, and about this time he entered land in North Township. To Mr. and Mrs. English were born fourteen children, of whom the following is a brief record: Talitha is deceased; John is a farmer in Tuscarawas County, Ohio; James died at the age of seventeen years; Matthew is in New Philadelphia, Ohio; Thomas died at Nashville, Tenn., during the War of the Rebellion; Susannah is also deceased ; Alpha lives in Iowa; Nelson died in Iowa; Nancy (deceased) was the wife of William Donaldson, in North Township, Harrison County; William is a resident of Kansas; Jane is the wife of Samuel McLean, in Iowa; Alexander is living in Harrison County; James (second) is a glass manufacturer in Brilliant, Ohio; and Mary E. is the wife of John Morgan, in Iowa. The mother of these children dying in 1842, Mr. English, in 1844, took, for his second wife, Ann, daughter of John McCarroll, whose father was a weaver by trade in his native country, Scotland, and coming to America, worked at the same, together with farming, and died in Harson County, Ohio. By this union were born five children, the following being their names and dates of birth: Martha (Mrs. James Price, in Leesville, Carroll Co., Ohio), born July 2, 1845; George, February 11, 1847; Isaiah, December 5, 1848, living in North Township; Malida (Mrs. T. W. Smith, in North Township), August 17, 1850; and Scott, August 13, 1852, also living in North Township. The father, who was born October 17, 1791, died June 6, 1869, aged seventy-eight years, and the mother, born January 25, 1809, followed to the grave October 17, 1884, at the age of seventy-five years. Mr. English was a hard-working man, and made his own success in life. He at one time dealt in stock, and had frequently to walk from Pittsburgh, Penn., to his home. Politically, he was a Whig and Abolitionist.
GEORGE ENGLISH, the subject proper of these lines, a son of James and Ann (McCarroll) English, in his early manhood assisted in the duties of the old farm, attending, in the winter
season, the common school of the neighborhood, which was supplemented by study for some time at the academy in New Hagerstown. On September 4, 1877, he was married to Miss Julia A., daughter of Griffin Lewis, of Jefferson County, Ohio, and to this union two children were born: Otto Lewis and Ralph M. Politically, Mr. English is a Republican. He is a worthy, generous and hospitable citizen, a lover of books, and a man who thinks for himself His farm of 240 acres is situated some two and a half miles from Scio, and has all modern improvements thereon.
SCOTT ENGLISH, one of the enterprising and progressive young farmers of North Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, was born on the old English homestead, in North Township, August 13, 1852, and is the youngest child of James and Ann (McCarroll) English. He remained at home, and with filial affection assisted his widowed mother until he reached his majority, in the meantime attending the common schools, and otherwise improving himself. October 29, 1879, he was united in marriage with Miss Ida Masters, daughter of Isaac and Ann (Overboltz) Masters, whose ancestors were among the earliest settlers of Harrison County. In politics, Mr. English has followed the lead of his lamented father, and is a stanch Republican. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge at Scio, and, socially, stands in the front rank of North Township's best citizens.
JOHN MILLER STEVENSON, a well-known farmer of North Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, was born in Carroll County, in the same State, March 4, 1846. His father, David Stevenson, was born in Ireland, where he married Agnes Miller. Some years afterward, with his wife and seven children he started for the New World, but on the voyage one of the children, David, died at the age of six weeks and was buried in a New York ceme-
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tery. The parents and the rest of the family, however, reached Ohio in safety, and for a few years resided in Steubenville, and then purchased a farm in Lee Township, Carroll County, on which the father, who was born in 1784, died November 11, 1869; his widow died in 1879, at the same place, at the age of seventy-four years. The children were twelve in number, and were born in the following order: Fannie, Mrs. John Erskine, of Jefferson County, Ohio; Ellen, who died in Ireland; Matthew, of Jefferson County; Josiah, minister of the United Presbyterian Church, at Olathe, Kas., Eliza J., wife of Thomas McCombs; Johnnie, who died at the age of fourteen months; Ellen (the second) who died in 1887, the wife of Joseph Walker; David, who died at sea; Mary Ann, deceased; David, killed at the battle of Perryville; William Robert, United Presbyterian minister in Portland, Oregon, and John Miller, whose name opens this sketch. The parents were members of the United Presbyterian Church of Scroggsfield, Carroll County.
John M. Stevenson was reared to farming, and was educated at the common schools of Carroll County, Ohio. February 25, 1869, he married Jennie M. George, daughter of Andrew and Ann (Robins) George, of Carroll County. Her grandfather, Robert George, was a pioneer of Carroll County, and settled in the forest, where his son, George D., now resides. Robert was a judge of the county court, also a representative in the State Legislature, and both he and wife died in Carroll County. Andrew George was a miller, and kept his mill running without cessation from Monday noon until 12 o'clock Saturday night. In 1840 he married Ann Robins, who died in 1847, the mother of four children: John W. ; Robert Mitchell, died a member of the Ninety-eighth Regiment, 0. V. I., at Nashville, Tenn. ; Sarah and Jennie M. For his second wife Mr. George married Miss Eliza Graham, and still resides on the old farm in Carroll County. Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson resided on the homestead until the spring of 1883, when he purchased the Donaldson Farm, about one mile east of Scio, Ohio, on which he erected his present fine residence in the fall of 1889. The farm is one of the best in the township and consists of 1861 acres. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson are seven in number, and are named William Mitchell, David, Andrew
George, Agnes, Annie, Lida Frances and Jennie Pearl. Politically Mr. Stevenson is a Republican, and served in Carroll County as township trustee and as a member of the board of the Carroll County Fair Association. The year following his coming to Harrison County he was elected trustee and served two terms. In the spring of 1890 he was elected, and was also made a member of the Harrison, Carroll and Jefferson District Fair Board. The family are members of the United Presbyterian Church of Scio.
The George family are of Scotch origin. Thomas George left his native land on account of religious persecution and sought refuge in County Antrim, Ireland. He was the father of five children: Robert, Alexander, Robert, Elizabeth, and Daniel, who died on his passage to America. His wife died in 1730 or 1735. He first located in Philadelphia, moved thence to Harrisburg, and died in West Virginia. His son, Robert George, was born in Ireland, came to this country when a lad, and took part in the battle of Bunker Hill. He afterward resided eighteen miles west of Gettysburg, and planted the first Covenanter Church in Washington, Penn. In 1808 he settled in Carroll. County, Ohio. Thomas George, son of Robert, was born where Harrisburg now stands, February 15, 1780. He was a farmer, and at twenty-one years of age settled in Jefferson County, Ohio, where he served as justice of the peace for many years, and was also associate justice of the Supreme Court for twenty-one years; he also served one term in the State Legislature. He abandoned the Covenanter faith, and with his brother Robert founded the Associated Church at Scroggsfield and at Glade Run, in which he was an elder. In 1803 he married Jane Hunter in Pennsylvania.