50 - HARRISON COUNTY.
lows: Margaret, the late Mrs. Melliken, of Allen County, Ohio; Mary, the late Mrs. James Haverfield, of Harrison County; Jane, the late Mrs. Joseph Watson, of Harrison County; Sam-uel, in Harrison County; John M., the subject of this sketch; Sarah, the late Mrs. Nimrod Wagers, afterward Mrs. John Weaver; Thomas, in Cadiz Township; Nancy, now Mrs. John Haverfield, in Cadiz Township, and two who died in infancy; all being now deceased except-ing John M. and Nancy. The father survived the mother some thirteen months, and in Sep-tember, 1824, followed to the grave. Both were members of the Associate Reformed Church, which they had joined under Rev. William Taggart, pastor.
John M. Richey from his early boyhood was compelled to labor. He had in the winter a few weeks to devote to the acquiring of such meager knowledge as the early schools afforded, and at the age of sixteen years he engaged to work on a neighboring farm, for one George McFadden, with whom he remained six years. Mr. McFadden had living with him a young niece named Anne Gilmore, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Collins) Gilmore, and a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, whence she had come to make her home with her uncle in Harrison County, when but three years of age. [For genealogy of the Collins and Gilmore families see conclusion of this sketch.] A mutual attachment soon sprung up between the young people, which, in 1834, resulted in marriage at Middletown, Penn, whither they had gone, the bride being too young to marry under the laws of Ohio. They returned to Ohio, intending to settle on a farm, which by his own efforts he had earned, but Mr. McFadden would not suffer them to depart, so with him they made their home until the death of the uncle, when they were placed in possession of the farm on which he (our subject) was born. Some two years later they removed to it and built a house. Here they remained thirty-one years, and here some of their children were born, grew to manhood and womanhood, and married.
At last, concluding to give up the active duties of the farm, Mr. and Mrs. Richey removed, in 1877, to the town of Cadiz, where, three years later (in 1880), the faithful wife was called from earth, at the age of sixty-three years and six months. Their children, ten in number, were the following named: Mary, de-ceased wife of Samuel McFadden; Ruth, Mrs. Craig Gilmore, in Illinois; George, deceased; Eliza Jane, Mrs. Samuel McFadden, in Cadiz Township; Arabella, Mrs. James McFadden, also in Cadiz Township; Thomas J., a farmer, in Cadiz Township; Robert Gilmore, married to Susan C. Dickerson, living in Missouri; Samuel, a farmer in Cadiz Township; Martha, and one deceased in infancy, the latter two being twins. Martha was united in marriage, in 1876, with Charles, son of John Osburn, of Archer Township, Harrison County, and one child has blessed them, named George R., born January 30, 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Osburn are members of the Presbyterian Church at Cadiz, and he is associated with the Knights of Pythias, Uniformed Rank. The winter following his wife's decease, Mr. Richey came to make his home with his daughter, Mrs. Osburn, and her husband. Here he is still to be found, and, although a man past four score years, he is hale and hearty, and re-markably well preserved, both in mind and body. Politically he is a Democrat, having helped to elect Andrew Jackson in 1832, but has never sought or held office. [His brother, Samuel, was for six years county commissioner, and his brother, Thomas, was treasurer for two years, lacking but two votes of re-election.] For many years Mr. Richey has been a member of the Presbyterian Church, as was also his beloved wife.'
Thomas J. Richey, son of John M., was born July 5, 1845, and grew to manhood on the farm, attending the common schools. September 4, 1868, he was married to Margaret, daugh-ter of Samuel McFadden, of Cadiz Township, Harrison County. Her father died in 1863; her mother now resides in Athens Township, Harrison County. They remained a few months
HARRISON COUNTY - 51
in Archer Township, and then removed to the old Richey homestead in Cadiz Township. In 1885 Mr. Richey made a trip to Missouri, but not being pleased with the country, he returned to Cadiz, and moved upon his present place, where he has since resided. The following named children have blessed their union: Sarah Alice, born November 8, 1869; R. Chauncey, born June 22, 1874; Mary B., born July 11, 1876; Florence, born January 7, 1880, and Craig Hamilton, born May 25, 1884. In 1864, when nineteen years of age, Mr. Richey enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Seventieth O. N. G., which proceeded to Washington and the Shenandoah Valley-, where he participated in the several engagements of that year, including Snicker's Gap and Winchester, besides many skirmishes, but was fortunate enough to escape being wounded. Receiving an honorable dis-charge, he returned home. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church at Cadiz.
Genealogy of the Collins family : Ann Workman married Glasgo, and begat four children, viz. : Letitia, Agnes, Joseph and Ann Jane. Glasgo died, and the widow married David Collins, and begat five children, viz. : John, Martha, Elizabeth (died), Elizabeth and Ruth. Leti-tia married Jacob Wilson; Agnes married James Thompson; Ann Jane married George Moore; Joseph married Miss Simington. John Collins married Ellen Patterson; Martha married James Boland; Elizabeth married Robert Gilmore; Ruth married George McFadden. Robert and Elizabeth Gilmore begat five children, viz. : Ephraim, John, Arabella, Ann and Joseph. Ephraim married Juliann Dennison; John died; Arabella married Theo-dore Jennings; Joseph married Lettie A. Brady; Ann married John M. Richey, and begat ten children, viz. : Mary, Ruth, George, Eliza Jane, Arabella, Thomas, Robert Gilmore, Samuel and Martha, an infant unnamed and George, de-ceased. Robert Gilmore married for his sec-ond wife Maria Pilgram, and they begat James T., Thomas, Lawrence H., B. F., Robert C., Elizabeth and Rachel. James T. married Catherine Luire; Thomas married Sarah Detweller; Lawrence H. married Jane Forwood; B. F. married Charlotte Yard; Robert C. married Miss Patterson; Elizabeth ' married Sidney Lafferty, and Rachel married John Arm-strong. Martha Boland had two children, viz. : Robert and Ann—Robert died; Ann married Robert Lions and begat three children, viz. : James B., Richard and Martha. Martha Bo-land married John Maholm, and begat three children, viz. : Eliza J., Martha M. and James B. John Collins and Ellen, his wife, begat five children, viz.: Patterson, David, Jane, Elizabeth and Ellen. Ann Jane Moore and George begat six children, viz. : Robert, Nancy, Ruth, Mary, John and Ann Jane.
THE HEDGES FAMILY. In the year 1800 Samuel Hedges came from Virginia to that part of the then Far West which / is now known as Cadiz Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, and cleared a portion of land which he had procured from the father of Judge Agnew, of Pennsylvania, who had entered it. Here Mr. Hedges planted an orchard, and then returned to his Virginian home, where he remained until 1803, in which year he once more came hither to finally make his home. This land is known as the Hedges homestead, and on it the descendants of Samuel are DOw living: Samuel Hedges married, in Virginia, Prudence Dunlap, a native of that State, and together, on horseback, they came to Ohio, crossing the Ohio River on the ice. While in this State the first time he had erected a log-house, but the ravages of time or the depredations of the wandering Indians or hunters had destroyed the doors and windows. Nevertheless, into this but
partly finished house the family moved in midwinter. Some time after coming to Ohio it became necessary for the husband to return to his old home in Virginia, so, bidding his family farewell, followed by his dogs he recrossed the river on horseback, intending to hurry back be-
52 - HARRISON COUNTY.
fore the ice should break up. A sudden thaw and rain caused him to hasten his return, but already he had tarried too long, for, when he reached the river bank he found the stream filled with floating ice. What was to be done? There was neither bridge nor ferry anywhere near. He thought of his wife and little ones far away on the other side, and resolved to make the hazardous attempt to swim his horse across. He urged the steed forward, and then began a struggle for life. The brave animal fought gallantly against the huge blocks of ice that in their resistless force carried horse and rider farther and farther down the stream. The dogs faithfully followed their master, until at last, exhausted, they sank beneath the surface. The strength , of the horse was fast failing; would he, too, succumb to the mad stream ? A. thousand thoughts passed through the rider's brain. He regretted his rash attempt, but it was too late to turn back. Urging on his faltering steed he saw the bank get nearer and nearer, until at last it was reached; the coveted side was gained, but the poor beast had done his last work; he had served his master well, and, lying down upon the bank, never rose again. Continuing his journey alone, on foot, through the wilderness, Mr. Hedges finally reached his home, where he found his loved ones safe.
In 1812 he erected on his farm what is sup-posed to be the first frame barn in the county, and it still stands upon a watershed of the farm so that the rain which falls upon one side of its roof falls away to join the waters of the Mus-kingum at Marietta, while from the other side it flows to the Ohio, near -Wheeling. The fam-ily never moved away from their Harrison Coun-ty home, and here it was that in 1850 death separated them, taking first the mother when aged sixty-seven years. She had borne ten children, all of whom save one have since passed to the silent majority; the one survivor, " Aunt Rachel " (as she is called), already having passed the three-score and tenth milestone of her life, resides upon the old home place, where her childhood was spent. In was in 1865 that the aged father followed his wife to the grave, at the patriarchal age of eighty-two years.
One of their sons, Samuel Hedges, Jr., was born in 1825, and in 1851 he was united in mar-riage with Mrs. Sarah Welsh, nee Rowley, who was born in Carroll County, but reared in Harri-son County. Her father, Luther Rowley, came. to what is now Carroll County, Ohio, about 1828. He mingled considerably in local politics, and for a time was one of the county commissioners. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Hedges came to the old Hedges homestead, and here were born their five children, named as follows: Mat-tie, now Mrs. Samuel Richey, in Cadiz Township, Harrison County; Luther R., also in Cadiz Township; William P. , on the home place; Mary E., now Mrs. William Boyles, in Cadiz Township, and John D., who died of consumption. In 1886 the father was called from earth. His had been a life of hard work, and much of the clearing of the farm was done by him. Politically he was a Democrat. Since her husband's decease Mrs. Hedges has resided with her son, W. P. She was born in 1827, and is consequently now six-ty-three years of age.
W. P. HEDGES was born in 1858, and at-tended the common schools of his township and the town of Cadiz. In 1879 he marrred Miss Susan, daughter of Aaron Ross, of Harrison County, and they then settled near the home place, on the same section, and after the death of his father they came to the old house, where they now reside. Of their union two children have. been born: Rachel and Samuel. Mr. Hedges is a member of the Prohibition party, and is connected also with the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz. The farm at the time of the death of Samuel Hedges, Jr., contained some 500 acres, which after being divided among the children, left but 167 acres at the original farm. The house, which is a large and commo-dious one, is situated one mile northwest of Cadiz. It is built almost entirely of woods grown upon the farm, and is finished in fine walnut. A well-known landmark stands upon the farm, the " Standing Stone," a large mon-
HARRISON COUNTY - 53
umental stone, some thirty feet in height. Traditions says it was by some mysterious means brought there and erected to mark the grave of an old Indian chief.
A. B. HINES, county recorder, is a descendant of one of the oldest families of Harrison County, Ohio, and was born in Nottingham Township, February 2, 1854. His father, John R. Hines, is a farmer by vocation, and in January, 1853, was married in Nottingham Township, to Elizabeth Christy, daughter of Robert and Jane Christy, all natives of Harrison County. To this union were born ten children, of whom eight are still living, three in Harrison County, viz. : our subject, in Cadiz; J. Henry Hines, doctor of dentistry; and Mrs. Belle J. Fulton, all married; the re-maining five reside in Iowa, including one daughter, Mrs. Charles Starwaltz, of Murray, Clarke County, and one, Laura, at home with the father in that State. The mother of this family was a truly noble Christian woman, who reared her children in the way they should go, and died at the age of forty-five years, three months and thirteen days, in Murray, Iowa, where the father still lives at the age of sixty years, and to which place he removed from Stock Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, in November, 1879. He has been a leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years.
John Hines, the paternal great-grandfather of our subject, was a native of Westmoreland County, Va., but in 1804 removed to Steubenville, Ohio, and in 1807 to within five miles west of Cadiz, Ohio, purchasing a farm on the Moravian road. His son, William, the grand-father of our subject, was but four years of age when brought by his parents to Steubenville.
Albert B. Hines led an uneventful life until about the age of eleven, when he was afflicted with an attack of that dread disease, cerebro-spinal meningitis, which carried away a younger brother, but from which Albert B. recovered after two years of suffering. He then resumed his life upon the farm, sharing its toils and duties until nineteen years old, when, feeling that his strength was inadequate to the requirements of a successful farmer, be relinquished agriculture and for one year attended " Ground Hog " Seminary in Cadiz Township, under the instruction of M. B. Adams, a county examiner. He then, in 1874, entered Hopedale College, where he remained one year, but, his health continuing to fail, he in 1875 began teaching at Elk Run District. He had taught about a year when he began to realize that he had not fully recovered from the disorder with which he had been afflicted, his left foot failing in the performance of its functions. In the meantime, however, he bad turned his attention to the study of medicine, and in 1877 returned to Hopedale College, but at the end of a month, his foot trouble having become more serious, he caused an examination to be made, when it was pronounced by the physicians that he was suf-fering from partial paralysis of the sciatic nerve. He then realized that he could never practice actively as a physician, and resumed teaching. By 1878, however, he had lost the use of his lower limbs entirely, and was obliged to ride to and from his school. But he was possessed of peat determination, and manfully held to his duties until 1880, when he was com-pelled to cease in the performance of them, as he had grown gradually worse and worse. His sufferings had been simply excruciating, and it was only by the exertion of almost superhuman will-power that he was able to keep up at all. Some fifteen times he had submitted to the cau-terizing of his back and limb with an iron heated to whiteness, the operations lasting thirty minutes each, and after the burnings the pain was much more intense than during the operation.
In 1879 the parents of Mr. Hines moved to Iowa, and in January, 1880, he received word that his mother had died, when he at once re-moved to the Far West, where for some time he herded cattle, hoping that open air would prove a benefit, but he was frequently thrown
54 - HARRISON COUNTY.
from his pony, owing to his disabled condition, and was of course unable to re-mount. Being thus obliged to relinquish herding, he turned his attention once more to teaching, and, with the aid of a wheel-chair as a means of locomotion, was able to teach two summers. He then, in 1883, sold his herd of fifty cattle and returned to Harrison County with his sister Belle J., wife of Philip Fulton, with the intention of making a short visit only, but he was elected township clerk of Stock Township for one year, and subsequently was induced by the entreaties of friends to enter the mailing department of a card and novelty house in Cassville. In 1885 he received the nomination on the Republican ticket as candidate for the office of county re-corder, to which position he was triumphantly elected, receiving more ballots than any other nominee for any office in the county. He filled his term with so much satisfaction to all con-cerned that he was re-elected in 1888, again running far ahead of his ticket, and is now filling out his second term.
In the fall of 1882 Mr. Hines had made the acquaintance of Miss Laura E. Laughlin, daughter of Hugh C. and Emeline Laughlin, of Jewett, Harrison County, and on October 16, 1884, they were married. One child, Walter A., was sent to bless this union, October 30. 1885. Since taking up his abode in Cadiz, to which point his official duties have called him, Mr. Hines has established a side business in card and novelty manufacturing, which has con-tinued to thrive until the present day. Mr. and Mrs. Hines are highly esteemed members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
S. K. McLAUGHLIN. Few, if any of the citizens of Short Creek Township, Harrison County, are better or more favorably known than S. K. McLaughlin, or " Sam," as he is usually called. His father, James McLaughlin, was born on the old homestead near Adena, Jefferson Co., Ohio, and was the second son and sixth child in the order of birth of four sons and five daughters. He was reared in a very primitive manner. His knowledge was almost wholly self acquired, and so earnestly did he improve his opportunities that he acquired a liberal education, and was a man " well read " at the time of his death. He took an active interest in public life, being. a Whig and later a Republican. He may also be classed as having been an Abolitionist, ever hoping and striving for the liberation of the race in bondage. He was an efficient elder in the United Presbyterian Church of Piney Fork, and once represented his congregation at the General Assembly in Philadelphia. He was the prime mover in securing new public schools at Adena, and encouraged all other worthy movements in his vicinity. He married Miss Sarah J. Kerr, a native of Harrison County, Ohio, and eldest daughter of Samuel and Annie (Smith) Kerr. Nine children were born to their union, one of whom died during childhood; the others being as follows: William B., living at Adena, Ohio; Ann E. (Mrs. Lewis Bernhard, in Harrison County); Mary E. (Mrs. William Courtright, in Franklintown, Ohio); Nancy J. (Mrs. J. C. McNary, in Unionport, Ohio); Samuel K. (our subject); Sarah A. (Mrs. H. W. Parks, of Hopedale); Joseph S., at home; Mary Emma (Mrs. R. G. Dean, in Omaha, Neb.). On August 25, 1865, Mr. McLaughlin died in his fifty-second year, and since her husband's decease Mrs. McLaughlin has remained at the old home, where they first settled after marriage, and where she, now seventy-three years of age, is peacefully awaiting the call from earth.
One step farther back in the genealogy of the McLaughlin family takes us to John McLaugh-lin, who came to Ohio in 1801, built a cabin and raised a small crop of corn, and in 1802 brought his family, settling in Jefferson County. In his early manhood John McLaughlin served the Government as a spy on the Indians, between Pittsburgh and Wheeling. After coming to Ohio he purchased some land of John Johnson, a brother-in-law, who had purchased it at twelve and one-half cents per acre. It was in an en-
HARRISON COUNTY - 55
tirely wild state, and covered with dense forests, in which all sorts of game abounded, and where the howling wolves made terrible the nights of the pioneers. John McLaughlin was a man of more than ordinary attainments for those days, and soon after his coming to Ohio be was elected a member of the State Legislature, and served in that capacity eight years. He was then elected to the State Senate, in which he served eight years, making sixteen consecutive years of serv-ice; he was intimate and associated with William Henry Harrison, John C. Wright and Charlie Hammond in the Senate. The sessions were first held at Zanesville, and later at Chillicothe, and thence were changed to Columbus. Mr. McLaughlin was a member of the "call session " of 1832 to settle the State line between Ohio and Michigan. He was the founder of Adena, securing the post-office for that place, and giving it its name. At the time of his death he was an elder in the United Presbyterian Church, and a member of the session of Piney Fork. He was also for many years a justice of the peace, and beyond all doubt was, during his life, the most prominent man in the district. He was born in Washington County, Penn., No-vember 4, 1774, and died November 10, 1860, in his eighty-seventh year. About 1799 he married Miss Annie Johnstone, who died June 6, 1849, having borne thirteen children.
S. K. McLaughlin, with whom we have mainly to deal, was born in Adena, Ohio, Sep-tember 12, 1846, and grew to maturity at the home of his parents. He first attended the com-mon schools, and at eighteen years of age en-tered the McNeely Normal College in Hope-dale. While in attendance here his father died, necessitating his return home, where he assisted his mother in the care of the farm. He soon passed a satisfactory examination, securing a " first-class" certificate, and for seven consecutive winters was a teacher in the public schools of Harrisville, No. 5, and Adena, spending his sum-mers at home on the farm. On May 22, 1872, he married Miss Mary Belle Snider, a native of Green Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, daughter of Samuel and Hannah Snider, and soon after their marriage they located on the old Hurford homestead, adjoining the one on which they now reside. The following year they removed to Adena, Jefferson County, where Mr. McLaughlin taught the village schools, and while there built what was then the finest residence in the village. In 1875 they came back to Harrison County, to their present place, on which they built their large and commodious house in 1888. This dwelling is not only one of the pleasantest in the township, but its hospitable doors have ever the latch-string out." Of their union four children have been born, namely: Charles Johnson, John Orin, Hannah Lucretia and Samuel Parks. Mr. McLaughlin is a member of the United Presbyterian Church of Cadiz, and in politics is a stanch Republican. For many years he served as trustee of Short Creek Township, and in 1882 represented it in the Congressional Convention, which met at St. Clairsville, and spent one full week in session without making a nomination. Mr. McLaughlin is one of the most highly esteemed citizens of Harrison County; he is genial, large-hearted and progressive, in all of which virtues he is fully equaled by his most estimable wife.
JOHN H. HAMMOND, of Cadiz, is a native of Harrison County, Ohio, and was born January 21, 1822. His father, Alexander Hammond, was born in Washington County, Penn., and was a son of Robert Hammond, a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, born in 1765. In 1785 Robert married Jane Cassell, who was born in County Down in 1764, and both were descendants of soldiers who fought under Oliver Cromwell, and later settled in the northern part of the island. Robert and his wife came to America at an early day, and after a residence in Pennsylvania he came to Ohio and settled in Belmont County, where he died in 1845 in his eightieth year, his widow following him to the grave in 1852 in her eighty-eighth year, both members of the Seceder Church. To
56 - HARRISON COUNTY.
the union of Robert and Jane Hammond were born ten children in tbe following order: Mary, July 30, 1788; Alexander, May 16, 1790; David, June 26, 1792; William, August 2, 1794; Mar-tha, July 8, 1795; Elizabeth, October 24, 1797; Esther, February 1, 1801; John, March 10, 1803; Robert, March 20, 1805, and James, May 13, 1808.
The second-born of the above enumerated children, Alexander Hammond, came to Harri-son County, Ohio, in the year 1809, learned the trade of cloth fuller, and in 1812 married Eliz-abeth Hanna, daughter of Samuel Hanna, who was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., in 1763, and married Elizabeth Duncan, who was born in Scotland in 1766. Samuel Hanna came to Short Creek Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, in 1801, before the Territory had been admitted to the Union. After marriage Alexan-der Hammond made his home in Harrison County on a farm of fifty acres, and built a fulling-mill in Short Creek Township, which mill he operated for twenty years, when he returned to farming, having purchased a farm of 160 acres of Joseph Gill. Later he dis-posed of this property and purchased prop-erty in Harrisville, where he resided until his death, which occurred in 1874 in the eighty-fourth year of his age, he dying on the same spot on which he camped the first night he spent in Harrison County. His life had been a busy one, during which he had undergone many pioneer hardships; but he was a patient, prudent and industrious man, and was well to do generally. He was a member of the Liberty party, and was once its candidate for State rep-resentative; he was also a strong Abolitionist; his home was a station on the " underground railroad," and many a slave found shelter under his roof, and his horses and carriage were used in transporting them to Canada. A member of the Seceder Church, he once received a rebuke from its officials for listening to a sermon by a brother-in-law, an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Hammond lived to the advanced age- of ninety-three years, and died in 1886, the mother of eleven children, six of whom are still living, three of them ,in Har-rison County, viz.: Esther, widow of 4. P. Hanna, who was murdered or lost on a steam-boat in the Ohio River; Margaret, now. Mrs. S. J. Hawthorne, of Harrisville, and John H.
JOHN H. HAMMOND made his home with his father until twenty-five years of age, clearing up the farm and doing other work necessary to improve what may be called a pioneer settlement. He received his education in the old-fashioned log school-house, but was by no means a dull pupil and acquired a very fair education, absorbing everything in the way of learning within the limited scope of his teachers' knowledge. In 1845 he was married to Miss Agnes E., daughter of David and Elizabeth Carrick, of the town of Cadiz, early settlers of Harrison County, of which Mrs. Hammond is a native. David Carrick was a veteran of the War of 1812, and he and his wife died at an advanced age in Cadiz, in the cemetery of which city their remains were interred. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Hammond have been born two children: Alexander James and Anderson N., both now engaged in mercantile business at Cadiz.
In 1868 John H. Hammond removed to Harrisville and engaged in the dry-goods trade, but in 1872 came to the town of Cadiz, where he has since made his home. Here he engaged in the hardware business, joining his son, Anderson N., who had established the store in 1868, but in January, 1889, the father sold his interest to the son and retired from active employment. John H. Hammond proved his patriotism by enlisting, in September, 1862, in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty sixth O. V. I., and was assigned to the Army of the Potomac, with which he took part in a few light engagements, holding the rank of second lieutenant until, prostrated by fever, he was compelled to resign and return home. But the fire and ardor of patriotism was not by any means quenched within his breast, and in 1864, on the call for one hundred-days' men, entered
HARRISON COUNTY - 57
Company F, One Hundred and Seventieth O. N. G., and went to help hold the forts at Washington, and at the close of his term again returned to his home. Mr. Hammond, in politics, has always been a Republican, and he and wife are members of the United Presbyterian Church.
ALEXANDER J. HAMMOND, the dry-goods business at Cadiz, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, August 14, 1846, and remained on the home farm until seventeen years of age, when, in the spring of 1864, he enlisted in the service of his country in Company C, Ninety-eighth
O. V. I. He proceeded to Chattanooga, Tenn., where he joined Sherman's army on its march to the sea; he was at Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, and in other engagements, and in August, 1865, was honorably discharged, and returned home. For a short time he at-tended the academy at Savannah, Ashland Co., Ohio, and then for a few months engaged in clerking. In the meantime he made a trip to the West, and on finally coming back to Cadiz engaged in the hardware business in partnership with his brother. Withdrawing in due time, he for a year acted as book-keeper for a company of mineral prospectors on the Big Sandy River. In 1878 he opened his present extensive dry-goods establishment, in which he has met with well-merited success.
In 1870 Mr. Hammond was married at Cadiz to Miss Charlotte Hunter, daughter of J. R. and Letitia (McFadden) Hunter, and a native of Cadiz. This felicitous union has been blessed with two children, Percy Hunter and Helen. Politically Mr. Hammond is an out-and-out Republican, both by heredity and principle, and has served about ten years as clerk of Cadiz Township. He is a member of the G.A. R. , and of the United Presbyterian Church of Cadiz, being its Sabbath-school superintendent for sixteen years. Mrs. Hammond is a member of the Presbyterian Church. He is a self-made man in every particular, and is generally and favorably known throughout the county, while his immense stock of dry goods bears a reputation that attracts custom from all the country surrounding Cadiz.
Anderson N. Hammond, formerly partner in the hardware business with his father, John H. Hammond, was born in Short Creek Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, in 1848. His early man-hood was spent on the home farm, and his education was completed at the college in Fulton, N. Y. In 1866 he settled in Cadiz and became a clerk in the post-office and in the hardware store of Harrison & Haverfield. In 1868 he and his brother bought the hardware department, which he and his brother conducted conjointly until 1873, when his brother withdrew and the father came in as a partner, as already related. In 1870 A. N. Hammond was married in Cadiz, to Nancy Jane, daughter of John Moore, and this union has been crowned by the birth of three children, viz. : Mabel J., Mary B. and John C., all at home. Mr. Hammond has long been connected with the Cadiz Gas Light Company, and for ten years has been its superintendent and secretary. He is also secretary of the Oil & Gas Company, and was one of the orig-inators of oil and gas prospecting in Harrison County. He is secretary of the Equitable Build-ing & Loan Association, and is also engaged in fire insurance, being agent for several respon-sible companies. In politics he is a stanch Re-publican, and he and his wife are members of the First Presbyterian Church of Cadiz.
JOHN C. LYONS, one of the old and well-known citizens of Monroe Township, Harrison County, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Butler County. His father, Thomas Lyons, was also a Pennsylvanian by birth, and a son of William Lyons, who was a native of Ireland, and, emigrating to America at an early day, served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, receiving a rifle ball in the hip, which ball he carried until his death, the surgeon being unable to extract it. He afterward came to Harrison County, Ohio, and resided here for some years prior to his death, which occurred in Morgan County. Thomas Lyons grew to manhood in his native State, and for
58 - HARRISON COUNTY.
many years was an extensive lumberman, float-ing his lumber down the Allegheny River in huge rafts to Pittsburgh, which at that time was little more than a village. He furnished under contract all the scaffold poles, and much of the material used in the construction of the first prison at Allegheny. He married Menie Lowrie, a native of Scotland, who, when a child, em-igrated with her parents to America. She was a sister of Walter Lowrie, who served as secre-tary of state in President J. Q. Adams' cabinet (it is thought), and resigned his position to accept the secretaryship of the Foreign Missionary Society, which position he held until his death. About 1820 Thomas Lyons came with his family to Ohio, and located in Harrison County, near where Tippecanoe now is, where they took up a tract of land, and locating there-on began its improvement. Like other settlers they lived in a log cabin, and cleared their patch; later, they removed to North Township, Harrison County, and some years later to Car-roll County, where they passed the remainder of their days.
John C. Lyons is the second child of six sons and four daughters. His early life was spent at home with his parents, with whom, when a lad, he came to Ohio, and vividly does he re-remember the Indians who lived near them. The journey to Ohio was made by river to Steu-benville, and thence overland. They were among the first settlers here; the country was a wilderness, and the woods were full of deer, wolves and bears. The region was thinly set-tled, and long distances intervened between the cabins of the settlers. John C. Lyons received the limited educational advantages common to the period, in the log school-house with its stick chimney and roaring fireplace, the rude benches of split logs, and the single desk which extended around the room on pegs driven into the log wall! Here the pioneer children were fortunate if they could attend school for a few weeks during the winter period, when the school was supported by the subscriptions of those who had children to educate. Amidst these scenes he grew to maturity, assisting his parents in the duties of the farm until he was twenty-three years of age, when he married Susanna Forbes, a daughter of one of the pioneers, and they lo-cated on a farm in Monroe Township, commenc-ing life for themselves. Here they resided many years, and then removed to Bowerston, where Mrs. Lyons died February 8, 1883, the mother of four children, of whom but one, a daughter, is now living. The only son, John F. enlisted in Company A, Eightieth O. V. I., proved a brave soldier, and participated with his regiment in most of its campaigns and marches. He contracted an illness while in the service, from which he never recovered, and he died in 1865 at Resaca, Ga. Our subject is a cousin of the lamented Gen. Lyons, who fell in the Missouri campaign. Mr. Lyons is a Democrat, politically, and has served many times as township trustee, although he has never sought office. In 1886 he was united in marriage with Miss Jennie Coons, a native of Licking County, Ohio, and a daughter of James M. and Mary Ann (Vandorn) Coons, early settlers of that county. This union has been blessed by one child, James C. Mrs. Lyons' father is a na-tive of Virginia, and when a lad of about five years he came to Franklin County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood. His parents were among the early settlers there, and made the journey overland on horseback, or " packing," as it was then called. He married Mary Ann Vandorn, whose parents had emigrated to Ohio from New Jersey. She died April 22, 1873, aged fifty-one years; Mr. Coons is still living, aged seventy-two years. Mr. Lyons owns 320 acres of fine land in Monroe Township, and twenty acres in the edge of Bowerston. He has been an indefatigable worker, but has now retired from the active duties of life, and is living in ease on the competence that has come from his early indus-try. Mr. Lyons can truthfully say that in all his life he has never drank enough intoxicating liquor of any kind to feel the effects thereof, has never used tobacco, and he challenges every man, woman and child •in the world to say they
HARRISON COUNTY - 59
ever heard him swear a profane oath; he has never had occasion to call a physician to pre-scribe for him, as yet, and he is his own lawyer as well as doctor.
SAMUEL S. HAMILL, ex-sheriff of Harrison County, is a native of Monroe Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, born June 22, 1840. His father, Samuel W. Hamill, was a native of Ireland, born in County Antrim about the year 1787. He grew to manhood in his native land, then about 1820 immigrated to America, and for about seven years resided in New York, where, in 1824, he married Eliza Graham, a native of that city, and a daughter of George and Rebecca Graham, the former a native of New York, and the latter of Ireland. In 1827 they came to Ohio, first locating in Carroll County, at Leesville, and after a stop of a few months there, they located on a tract of
land in Monroe Township, Harrison County, in the spring of 1828, purchasing the land from
the patentee. The country was in its newness, and bears, wolves and deer roamed at will through the forest, viewing with distrust this encroachment upon their native domain by these sturdy settlers, who braved the dangers and endured the privations of a frontier life, and claimed the virgin soil as their heritage. Mr. and Mr. Hamill lived in a primitive log cabin, cleared a patch of land, and raised their first crop of wheat; the threshing was done with a flail, and the wheat sold for twenty-five cents per bushel. This farm was their last earthly home, Mr. Hamill dying September 20, 1870, and his worthy wife February 28, 1876, at the age of seventy-three years. During his residence here Mr. Hamill served his people as justice of the peace, and took an active interest in the advancement of the country, particularly in educational matters, serving for years as a member and clerk of the school board. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Hamill has been blessed
by eight children, of whom four still survive, viz.: Rebecca J., Mrs. William B. Edwards, of Plymouth, Ill.; Catherine A., Mrs. Edward Greenlus, of Tuscarawas County, Ohio; Samuel S., and Lindley M., of Monroe Township.
Samuel S. Hamill, whose name heads this sketch, and who is the sixth child in the order of his birth, spent his early life upon the farm, and grew to manhood surrounded by such scenes as fell to the lot of the average pio-neer boy. He was first taught the rudiments of an education in a little log building, dignified by the title of school-house, whose furnishings were benches split from logs and a single desk extending around the side of the room, sup-ported on pegs driven into the wall. The old-fashioned "ten-plate stove" threw out a fierce heat, and the fuel was supplied and cut by the older pupils. Here for a few months during the winter period the pupils were taught the rudi-ments of an education, the teacher being paid by per capita subscription, and by being " boarded around." Our subject remained with his par-ents, assisting them at the duties of the farm, until after he had attained his majority, then November 1, 1861, he enlisted as a member of Company C, Forty-third Regiment, O. V. I. He was mustered into service, and in the spring of 1862 his regiment was attached to the Army of the Mississippi, under the command of Gen. Pope, participating in the battle of New Madrid and the capture of Island No. 10, and in the spring of 1862 was with Gen. Halleck's advance on Corinth. During his term of serv-ice Mr. Hamill contracted a disability, which, becoming chronic, he has never recovered from. He was in the hospital some time and placed on detached duty, and was honor-ably discharged on account of physical disa-bility, at Memphis, Tenn., July 4, 1863. Re-turning to his home, he entered the academy at New Hagerstown in the spring of 1865, and re-mained there the following year. Then, devoting his attention to agricultural pursuits, he en-gaged as a teacher in the public schools during the winter for the following three years. He con-tinued at farming until January, 1872, when he entered upon his duties as sheriff of the county,
60 - HARRISON COUNTY.
to which position he had been elected on the Republican ticket the fall preceding. He filled the position satisfactorily, and discharged the duties so creditably that at the expiration of his term of office he was re-elected, serving until 1876, then returned to the farm, and has since resided thereon. He has held various township offices during his residence on his farm, among them those of assessor, trustee, and, in 1880, appraiser. On March 21, 1872, he married Miss Mary E. Heller, a native of Monroe Township and a daughter of Henry B. and Mary A. Heller, early settlers of Harrison County, and this union has been blessed by three children: Wilfred W., Robert E. and Nannie Edna. Wilfred W. is now attending the Scio (Ohio) College. He devoted himself so assiduously to his studies that before attaining the age of sixteen years he had passed a successful examination before the county board of examin-ers, and was granted a certificate. In the spring of 1879 Mr. and Mrs. Hamill located on their present place, he now having 180 acres in Monroe Township. Mr. Hamill raises a large amount of stock and grain, and is particularly interested in fine horses.
Samuel S. Hamill is one of five brothers who were in the Union army during the Civil War, and was the first man to volunteer from Monroe Township for the three years' service. His eldest brother, Wallace S., enlisted in Com-pany A, First Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry, and died in camp, in Angust, 1861. Another brother, Robert Emmet, enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regiment, O. V. I., was wounded at the battle of the Wilder-ness, survived the war and died from the effects of his wound at Sibley, Kas., November 9, 1884. The second oldest brother, Benjamin G., was residing in Kentucky at the outbreak of the war; he enlisted and served in the Ken-tucky State Guards six months, and returning to his home he enlisted in the one-hundred-days service; he was commissioned lieutenant of Company D, One Hundred and Seventy-eighth O. N. G. ; he died near Lawrence, Kas., Sep- tember 20, 1876. Lindley M. served as a cor-poral in Company B, One Hundred and Seven-tieth Regiment, O. N. G.
JACOB JARVIS, county surveyor and deputy sheriff of Harrison County, was born in Kirkwood Township, Belmont Co., Ohio, in January, 1815. His father, Philip Jarvis, a native of Baltimore County, Md., moved from there, about the year 1811, to Belmont County, Ohio, where he entered a farm and married Mary Barnett; of Baltimore County, Md., who bore him eight children, four of whom are now living, one in Fairview, Guernsey Co., Ohio, two in Missouri and one (our subject) in Harrison County, Ohio. The mother died in Belmont County in 1855, at the age of sixty-six years, and shortly after that event Philip Jarvis moved to Harrison County, where be died at the residence of his son, Jacob, in 1866, at the age of eighty-one years. The paternal grandfather of our subject, also named Philip, was a native American of German descent, as was also the maternal grandmother, the great-grandparents on both sides having been born in Germany.
Jacob Jarvis, of whom this biographical memoir treats, remained on his father's farm in
Belmont County till twenty-eight years of age, during four years of which time he worked as
a sawyer in a saw-mill. His education was received in the common schools and at the college
at Antrim, Guernsey Co., Ohio, where he studied surveying, and then returned to the farm and
saw-mill. In 1845 he moved to Moorefield Township, Harrison County, where for four years he
worked in summer time on his father-in-law's farm, teaching school in winters. In 1849 he
was elected to the office of county surveyor, and in the spring of the following year he came to
Cadiz Township, where he has since made his home, having been eighteen years a resident of
the town of Cadiz. Mr. Jarvis was married in Harrison County, Ohio, October 6, 1842, to Eliza M., daughter of Ezekiel O'Brien, of
HARRISON COUNTY - 61
Moorefield Township, Harrison County, and four children have been born to them, viz. : Frank, in Tuscarawas County; Mary, Mrs. Samuel Mc-Connell; Jennie, Mrs. A. Quigley, and Eliza A., Mrs. John Perry, the three last named being residents of Cadiz.
Mr. Jarvis has been surveyor of Harrison County fourteen successive terms of three years each, such is his well-merited popularity; for twenty years he has acceptably filled the posi-tion of deputy sheriff, and for thirty almost consecutive years he has been secretary of the Harrison County Agricultural Society. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Cadiz, of the I. O. O. F. and the F. & A. M., and in politics was originally a Henry Clay Whig, becoming, subsequently, on the forma-tion of the party, a stanch Republican. He is the author of the only wall map of Harrison County ever published (1862), and has in his possession four large books filled with survey records of the county. Widely known and highly esteemed, Mr. Jarvis justly deserves a prominent place in this Commemorative Record.
JAMES AND AUGUSTUS PORTER. But few families within the borders of Harrison County have been connected with its agricultural advancement longer or more devotedly than the one concerning which this sketch is written. The first of the Porter family to come to Ohio were two brothers, James and Samuel, who, about the year 1802, settled in what is now Cadiz Township, Harrison Coun-ty, some three and one-half miles south of the county seat, on land which has never since passed out of the family possession, and on which Irwin Porter, Sr., now resides. Their father was John Porter, thought to have been a native of Pennsylvania. The family were origi-nally Irish people, who came to America in the early part of the eighteenth century.
James Porter was born in Washington Coun-ty, Penn., about 1766, and although he dis-
tinctly remembered the Revolutionary War, yet was too young to participate therein. An older brother, Robert P., however, bore arms in sup-port of the colonies in that sanguinary struggle. James was a farmer, and after coming to Ohio continued in that calling until his death. At the time of the brother's coming Cadiz contained but a few scattered houses, and the nearest neighbors were several miles distant. They purchased a section of land, of which some previous comer had cleared a few acres, and at once set themselves vigorously to work to make a home. Samuel Porter was by trade a saddler, and turning his attention to that business, left the general work and clearing of the farm to James. In 1807 James Porter was married to Miss Margaret Ogilvee, a native of Maryland, and daughter of John Ogilvee, of Irish descent, who had married an English woman. James, with his young wife, carried on the farm until 1836, when, having passed his three-score and ten years, the husband was called to rest from his labors. His life had been tilled with hardships, but had been rewarded with success. His widow survived him until 1852, when, at the age of seventy-five years, she, too, passed from earth. Their chil-dren, six in number were as follows: Joseph, Elizabeth, John and Ann, all deceased, and James and Augustus, now residing together in Cadiz Township.
James and Augustus Porter never left their parents while they lived, and have never separated one from the other. James was born August 29, 1818, and Augustus, February 18, 1822. In their boyhood they attended the common schools together, shared the general duties of the farm, and upon the marriage of an elder brother the entire care of it fell upon them. In 1880 they purchased the so called old Sharp Farm, which adjoins and partly lies in the cor-poration of Cadiz, and moved upon it, still re-taining, however, the old home farm. The new farm was somewhat out of repair, but under their skillful management it has been equipped with large, handsome and commodious
62 - HARRISON COUNTY.
buildings, at the same time the old place has been kept fully up to the times.
Neither of the brothers has ever married, and their business relations have ever been as one. Their business affairs have prospered, until to-day they rank among the wealthiest farmers in the county. Politically they are Republicans, James having filled the office of township trustee. Well known by nearly every one in the township, James and Augustus Porter are recognized as substantial, honorable men, and good citizens.
THE WELCH FAMILY. A commemorative record of the noble army of pioneers of Harrison County and their immediate descendants would be most incomplete were prominent mention not given of the dis-tinguished family of Welch, a name that has become the synonym of progressiveness in every-thing tending to the welfare of the county at large.
Daniel Welch, the progenitor of the family settling in an early day in what is now Green Township, first came to the Territory of Ohio in 1801. In the following year he revisited Wash-ington County, Penn., whence he had come, and after a brief sojourn returned to his new, wild home in Ohio, bringing with him his wife (whose maiden name was Elizabeth Wait) and his then small family. Here he entered two sections of land near the present site of Beech Spring Church. For many years he was a justice of the peace, and was a member of the first Constitutional Convention, convening then at Chillicothe, November 1, 1802. This honored pio-neer died at the age of fifty-six, the father of a numerous family, of whom the eldest son, John, died in the War of 1812 of camp fever. Eight sons and two daughters lived to old age, viz. : Sons—Daniel, Rezin, Benjamin, Pressley, Jacob, William, Cyrus and Samuel; daughters—Mary, who became Mrs. Jacob Voorhes, and resided in Millersburg, Holmes Co., Ohio., and Rhoda, who became Mrs. John Mansfield, and a resident of Jefferson County, Ohio, all being now dead, leaving numerous descendants scattered far and wide from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
The first sermon ever preached by Rev. John Rea, the pioneer Presbyterian in eastern Ohio, was delivered in Mr. Daniel Welch's horse-mill, located on what is now known as the Scott-Simpson Farm; and the first Presbyterian Church building erected in Harrison County was located on his land, on the farm now owned by Dwight Black. The present cemetery for the Beech Spring Church was donated by Mr. Welch to the congregation, as well as the ground for the first church.
REZIN WELCH, the third son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Wait) Welch, was born near Miller's Run Church, Washington Co., Penn., April 27, 1795, and when a lad of seven years he was brought by his father to near the present site of the Beech Spring Church, in Green Township, Harrison County. His early education was necessarily limited, the schools and everything pertaining to them in pioneer days being very primitive. Leaving home at the age of sixteen years, Mr. Welch was apprenticed to learn the saddle and harness business, which he completed and worked at as a journeyman in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. In the year 1818 he was married, by Rev. Obediah Jennings, at Steubenville, Ohio, to Eliza Bayless, and the young couple immediately located in Smithfield, Jefferson Co., Ohio, where he established himself in the saddle and harness business. In those early days, when money was not to be had, he bad to trade his goods occasionally for cattle and horses, which, in order to convert them into cash wherewith to replenish his stock in the shop, he was compelled to take to the then Far East, " away over the mountains." This became introductory to a much more ex-tensive business in droving, and afterward he became familiarly known in Harrison, the ad-joining counties, and in western Pennsylvania, as a buyer of horses. From Smithfield he
HARRISON COUNTY - 65
moved to Cadiz, in the spring of 1833, where he established a dry-goods store, in company with his brother -William, in the upper room of what was then the hotel kept by John S. Lacey, and now known as " The Globe," Mr. Welch continuing his droving interests until 1853. Age coming on him, however, and feeling able no longer to pursue the arduous labors of a drover, he opened, April 10, 1855, a private banking house, under the name of Rezin Welch & Co. (the "Co." being his son, D. B.), of which firm he remained a member up to the time of his death, which occurred November 24, 1881, when he was in his eighty-seventh year. His first wife died in July, 1842, and his second (whose maiden name was Maria Bayless), whom he married in 1846, survived him a few years, dying in 1886. His children are Maria, now Mrs. Walter Butler Beebe, of Columbus, Ohio; Rachel Ann, now Mrs. William R. Allison, of Steubenville, Ohio; Caroline, now Mrs. Thomas C. Rowels, of Topeka, Kas. ; David Barclay, of Cadiz, Ohio, and Eliza, now Mrs. Rev. H. Parks MacAdam, of New York Mills, N. Y. Rezin Welch was, politically, an Old-time Whig and a Republican, and in religion he was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
DAVID BARCLAY WELCH, SOH of Rezin and Eliza (Bayless) Welch, was born in Smithfield, Jefferson Co., Ohio, November 23, 1830, and in the spring of 1833 he made his debut in Cadiz, with his parents. Here he received a fair common school education, such as the then young town afforded, which was supplemented with an attendance of three terms at Franklin College, New Athens, Harrison County. Several years of his boyhood and youth were passed in droving with his father, and, like many of the young men of to-day, he started from home in the twenty-first year of his age, to seek his fortune. Arriving at St. Louis, Mo., he there attended commercial college, and afterward found employment as book-keeper for a wholesale grocery at Pekin, on the Illinois River. After remaining there about a year, Mr. Welch returued home on a visit, and, having contracted malaria, was pursuaded by his father to remain in Cadiz. During the following year or two he was engaged in the live-stook business, in partnership with Mr. Tom George (now of Des Moines, Iowa), the firm being familiarly known as " The Mammoth Sheep Company," such title having been suggested, doubtless, by the magnitude of the business transacted by two young men. Financially, the company was only tolerably successful, their greatest gain being in experience, and in the restoration to health of our subject. This copartnership hav-ing been dissolved, Mr. Welch became associated, in the spring of 1855, with his father in the banking business, the style of the firm being Rezin Welch & Co. This partnership existed until the death of the father in 1881, when the son continued the business (having with him as a partner Mr. I. Craig Moore) until 1884, at which time an arrangement was made for the consolidation of the bank of Rezin Welch & Co. with the First National Bank of Cadiz, Ohio. Mr. Welch was then appointed president of the latter institution, which position he still holds.
In 1857 David Barclay Welch was united in marriage with Miss Martha Collins Lyons, daugh-ter of Robert Lyons, of Cadiz, and to this union have been born three daughters and one son, all yet living, viz.: Anna E. (now Mrs. I. Craig Moore), Ida A., Mary D. and Rezin. Mr. Welch was a member of the school board twelve years, and an active member of the Harrison County Military Committee during the Civil War. Politically he is a Republican, and in religion a member of the Presbyterian Church.
BARRICK FRANCIS OGLEVEE, a farmer of Cadiz Township, Harrison ) County, was born in Moorefield Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, March 3, 1848, a son of William Oglevee, also a native of Harrison County, and by occupation also a farmer. The grandfather of our subject was John Oglevee, a native of Pennsylvania, of Irish extraction. The ancestors, farther back, came to
66 - HARRISON COUNTY.
America in the latter part of the last century, but the exact date has not been preserved. John Oglevee enlisted as a soldier in the War of 1812, but on his way to.the front was taken ill and had to return to his home; he never recovered and soon after passed from earth. William Oglevee grew to manhood on the farm, and was married to Miss Susanna Price, a native of Belmont County. Ohio, in which county both of her parents died. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Oglevee made their home in Moorefield Township, Harrison County, and here in 1869 the mother died,having borne eleven children, as follows: John, living in Morgan County, Ohio; George, deceased; Agnes, now Mrs. A. Ham-mond, in Athens Township, Harrison County; David, in the town of Cadiz, Harrison County; Hugh, in New Athens; Elizabeth, now Mrs. D. S. Lance; Jane and James, both deceased; Bar-rick F., our subject; Annie, deceased, and Sadie, now Mrs. O. R. McFadden, in Athens Town-ship. In 1884 the father passed from earth, at the age of seventy-eight years.
B. F. Oglevee was reared and educated a farmer. His education was obtained at the common schools of his native county, and in 1879 he was united in marriage with Agnes, daughter of James and Elizabeth Haverfield, of Cadiz Township, Harrison County. In 1885 Mr. Oglevee and wife came to their present ,home, which under their management has been amply improved, and the home is among the best in the township, improvements in the way of buildings being entirely of their making. The farm is a fertile one of ninety acres, situated some three and a half miles west, of the county seat. Politically Mr. Oglevee is a Republican, standing firmly for his opinions in that as in everything else. The father having been one of the stanchest and earliest of the Abolitionists in his vicinity, the children seemed to inherit the very principles of the Republican party, and stand firmly by it. Mr. and Mrs. Oglevee are members of the United Presbyterian Church at Cadiz. Their union has been blessed by two children, twins, named Nannie and Nellie.
WILLIAM ROGERS, one of the few re-maining pioneers of Harrison County, was born December 14, 1817, a son of John and Nancy (Lemasters) Rogers, the former a native of Maryland and the latter of near Hopedale, Harrison Co., Ohio. William Rogers, grandfather of our subject, was born August 20, 1749, of English ancestry, who came from the mother country at an early age, settling in Maryland. He was a farmer, own-ing land in Maryland and Pennsylvania, and later was a comb manufacturer. He was liv-ing in the former State at the time of the Revo-lution, and was cradling rye for Col. Elliott on Independence Day. He married Miss Susanna Barrett, who was born in Maryland July 30, 1752; they had eleven children, all now passed from earth. William and Susanna (Barrett) Rogers came to Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1808, locating on Lee's Run in Harrison County in 1809, not far from where our subject now lives. On January 7. 1817, the grandmother died, and December 27, 1830, the grandfather followed to the grave.
John Rogers, youngest child of William and Susanna (Barrett) Rogers, was thirteen years old when he left Maryland with his parents, and fourteen when they arrived in Harrison County. He attended the common schools, and was brought up to farm life. On September 28, 1815, he married Nancy, daughter of Isaac and Jane Lemasters, who were among the first white settlers to cross the Ohio River, building a cabin in the then Far West to ward the close of the last century. The maternal great-grandfather was killed by Indians. Isaac Lemasters was eighteen years of age when he came to Jefferson County from Virginia. He lived for a time with his mother and sister, on Piney Fork of Short Creek, and bought a farm on that run; he afterward re-moved to near Jewett, Harrison County, where he and his wife remained until death. After their marriage John Rogers and his wife made for themselves a home in Cadiz Township. Their union was blessed with but one living
HARRISON COUNTY - 67
child, William. They lived on a wild piece of land which the grandfather had entered, and here they shared life's joys and sorrows until 1869 when death called the faithful wife to her grave. On February 6, 1878, John Rogers departed to his long home, at the patriarchal age of eighty-three years. His early life was entirely devoted to sheep raising. In. politics he was first a Whig, then a Free-Soiler and lastly a Republican. He was a strong worker for the emancipation of the slaves, and gave his countenance to all efforts tending to that end. He and his wife were members of the Wesleyan Methodist Church.
William Rogers, the subject proper of this sketch, grew to manhood under the parental roof, his education being secured in an old log school-house, although it may be said that he has never altogether abandoned his books, such is his fondness for learning. On June 21, 1838, he married Miss Maria, daughter of Thomas and Charity (Blair) Adams, and a native of Harrison County. Of this union were born seven children, viz. : James Birney, in Cadiz (named for the can-didate for president of the Liberty party); John Thomas, in Newark, Ohio; Isabelle Jane, now Mrs. John Freeburn, in Ohio; William Pinckney, on the home place; Albert Lawson, living near the old home; Nancy Ellen, now Mrs. A. B. Cutshall, in Stock Township, Harrison County, and Bailey Sumner, in Scio, Harrison County. The mother died July 24, 1881, and the father has since re-mained on the old home place, which is now in charge of his son, William P., and which he had bought in 1857, coming to it in 1862. Of this homestead only an old unused stable is left, of the original standing, William Rogers having himself erected the present substantial dwelling-house and out-buildings. In politics Mr. Rogers was originally a Free-Soiler, afterward a Republican on the formation of that party. He was a strong advocate in the cause of freedom to the slave, and a prominent debater on that subject as a member of the Lees Run Anti-Slavery So-ciety. Since 1885 Mr. Rogers has been a stanch advocate of Prohibition, his motto in that con- nection being, " Fight for the weak." He has neither sought nor held office; was several times urged to accept the nomination for representa-tive on the Republican ticket, but invariably de-clined, considering that office brings responsi-bilities he does not desire to assume.
HENRY BOYLES, one of the well-known leading representative citizens of Har-rison County, was born in Lancaster County, Penn., January 5, 1814. His father, Henry Boyles, who was a native of New . Jersey, born of English extraction, from the home of hrs birth went to Virginia, where he married Rachel Barkhurst, who died, leaving there children, all now deceased. After her death Mr. Boyles moved to eastern Pennsyl-vania, and in Chester County he became united in marriage with Jane, daughter of Robert Filson. At first they made their home in Bedford County, same State, till 1820, when they came to Ohio, arriving at Steubenville in January, 1821. Here they resided a short time, and then removed to Clinton Township, Jefferson County, locating on School Section No. 16, where he worked at his trade, that of carpenter, and later they proceeded to Knox Township, where in 1834 he died at the age of sixty-five years. His widow survived him till 1854, when she, too, while living at Steubenville, was called from earth. They had six children, viz.: John, Samuel, Elisha, Margaret, Henry and Joseph F., all now deceased except Henry; Joseph F. died in Rockport, lnd., in 1889. The mother was a member of the Union Church.
Henry Boyles, as will be seen, was seven years old when his parents brought him to Ohio. His education was necessarily limited, as in his boyhood days schools were of a very primitive nature. The school-houses were the traditional log buildings, with puncheon floors and greased-paper windows, and the text books used were for the most part the " United States Spelling Book," an arithmetic and the Bible. He learned carpentering of his father and eldest brother;
68 - HARRISON COUNTY.
which he followed seventeen years in various towns and villages. From Steubenville he came in July, 1843, to Harrison County, where he married, some time thereafter, Miss Martha Grimes, a native of Cadiz, and daughter of William and Rebecca Grimes, who had come to this part of the country in 1802; for a time they carried on farming operations, but Mr. Grimes having received an injury to his arm they com-menced to keep hotel in Cadiz; they both died in the house which they had built, in 1839, on their farm near town. In 1848 Mr. and Mrs. Boyles removed to Wellsville where, along with a partner, he carried on a wholesale grocery and commission house, but after a few weeks the partner died, and the business was closed up. They then returned to Steubenville, where he kept a commission house one year. Here he built himself a dwelling-house, and two years later, his wife's youngest brother having died, her mother was left alone on the farm, and at her desire they left Steubenville and moved on the farm. She died at their home in 1856, and soon after Mr. Boyles bought out the interest of the other heirs, and he still owns and lives on the place. On April 4, 1874, Mrs. Boyles departed this life at the age of forty-eight years. Their daughter, Martha A., was badly injured in the winter of 1873, by a runaway team in a sleighing party, from which she died May 3, 1874, at the early age of twenty years. The children born to our subject and wife were the following: Mrs. Rebecca J. Brock, a widow, living in Cadiz Township; William Henry on the home place; Frank Anderson, who died at the age of five years; Martha A., whose death is recorded above, and an infant unnamed, also deceased. Politically Mr. Boyles is a Democrat, and though he has never held office yet he has been honored by nomination for Congress in a strong Republican district, reducing the majority on that ticket by 2,000 votes, and carrying Steubenville; in Harrison County he was nominated for commissioner. He is a member, as was also his wife, of the Presbyterian Church at Cadiz. Mr. Boyles' farm of 165 acres of well-improved land adjoins the corporation limits of Cadiz, and he pays much attention to the raising of sheep. He is a very robust man for his years, of good- physique, standing six feet two inches, and weighing on the average 185 pounds.
JAMES K. OURANT. Within the confines of Harrison County few are the men who
in their chosen vocation have made so marked a success as he whose name heads this sketch. From a poor, obscure farm boy, by his own hard efforts, he fought his way upward, until he has become one of the best known and most prosperous farmers in Cadiz Township. Mr. Ourant was born in the township of Nottingham, Harrison Co., Ohio, on December 19, 1833. His father, Washington Ourant, was but a child when his father, John Ourant, died, and, being left comparatively homeless, he was then brought to Harrison County, where he grew to manhood, and, in con-nection with farming, learned the trade of a hat-ter, which he followed for a number of years. He chose, as a life partner, Miss Mary, daughter of Arthur Martin, and together they made their home in Nottingham Township, from which they never removed until death called them to the " other shore," she being the first to lay down life's sorrows, passing to the grave on March 21, 1866, at the age of fifty-eight years. She had borne the following named children: John M., residing on the old farm in Notting-ham Township; James K., our subject; Eliza Ann, on the home farm; William G., in Cadiz Township; George W., deceased; Enos B., in Omaha, Neb. ; Joseph T., in Freeport, Harrison County, and Mary M., now Mrs. Bartow, and living in Minnesota. On September 10, 1884, the aged father closed his eyes to earth, aged seventy-six years, having been born November 7, 1808. In the latter half of his life he had retired from his trade as a hatter, and spent his time on the farm. He was a man of enterprise, a stanch Republican, and an attendant of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
HARRISON COUNTY - 69
James K. Ourant remained under the pa-rental roof until he was nineteen years of age. Having a natural taste for the life of a dealer, in 1853 he became a clerk at Bucyrus, Ohio, where he remained some four years, and having thus acquired a knowledge of mercantile busi-ness, he opened a small general store for him-self at Minksville, and later at Cassville, Harri-son County. His means were very limited, and it took keen financiering to " make both ends meet." He applied himself arduously to his business, and had the satisfaction to find himself gradually making a financial success. He soon began the buying and selling of horses. Here, too, his star of prosperity was in the as-cendant. For a number of years be bought quite largely for foreign markets, but within the last few years he has purchased solely for the home trade, and it may safely be said that, in this line, he handled more horses than any farmer in Harrison County. During the year 1888 he purchased and sold over 400 head.
On December 31, 1857, he was united in marriage with Miss Katie, daughter of John Gates, of Richland County, Ohio, and in 1862 they came to the farm where their home has since been made, and which under their efficient management has been much improved and beau-tified. They erected a large and elegant dwelling, which is one of the finest in the township, moving therein during the spring of 1885. In 1886 Mr. Ourant began building a horse barn, which occupied his time for some two years, and which was undoubtedly the finest country barn in the State. It was constructed throughout of the finest materials, weather-boarded with the best poplar, and finished inside in polished oak, with walnut panels. The heads of the stalls were made of turned solid walnut panels, while the entire ceiling was also paneled work and polished. The structure was 35x60 feet and 22 feet from the floor to the base of the square tower which rose from the center of the roof to the height of eighty-five feet, and consequently was visible for miles around the surrounding country. The barn had stall room for sixteen horses, and contained a fine office, harness-room, water troughs and feed granaries. All in all it was a magnificent structure, and spoken of with just, pride through the neighboring townships. But this triumph of mechanical skill was destined not long to stand. Unknown to him Mr. Ourant must have had some enemy, who sought revenge for some fancied wrong, or perhaps it was envy that filled the breast of him who lighted the incendiary match; at all events, on the afternoon of October 24, 1889, the building was burned to the ground.
Politically Mr. Ourant is a Republican, but has never sought office. Both he and his esti-mable wife are widely and favorably known, and at their home, some seven miles from the town of Cadiz, they are enjoying the fruits of their thrift and prosperity. No children have been born to them, bnt in their household a daughter of Mr. Ourant's brother has grown to woman-hood and wedded.
REUBEN ALLEN McCORMICK was born in Washington Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, June 19, 1839. His father, John McCormick, was a native of Pennsylvania, in which State he grew to manhood, a farmer, and from thence he came to Harrison County, settling in Washington Township, having purchased a farm near Freeport. He married Esther, daughter of Reuben Allen,
who was one of the leaders in the Society of Friends in Harrison County; his wife was Joanna McMillan, also of Quaker origin, and a native of Maryland. Both died in Washington Township, Harrison County, at the ages of ninety-three and seventy-eight years, respectively. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. John McCormick remained in Washington Township, where, at the age of forty-seven years, the wife passed from earth, having borne the following named children: Reuben Allen, the subject of this sketch; James B., residing at Sidney, Neb. ; Henry Clay, who died in the army; John T. and William M., both at Columbus Junction, Iowa.
70 - HARRISON COUNTY.
The father died November 9, 1869, at the age of fifty-nine years, a stanch Republican and a leader of his party in his township. In 1845 he was elected sheriff of the county, serving one term, living during the time at the county seat, and on the expiration of his term of office he returned to the duties of the farm, declining re-election. For a continuous period of thirty-five years he was delegated a special messenger to carry election returns to the county seat on election days; be was member of the I. O. O. F.
Reuben Allen McCormick grew to maturity on his father's farm, receiving no more than the district-school advantages, and in August, 1862, he enlisted in Company F, Ninety-eighth O. V. I., going at once to the front. October 8 following, at the battle of Perryville, Ky., he received a gunshot wound in the left shoulder, the missile cutting the nerves and arteries to such an extent that the arm has since been use-less. After some time spent in the army hos-pital, he was appointed post-quartermaster at Louisville, Ky., and in this capacity spent one and a half years. He was then transferred to Bowling Green, same State, where he remained to the close of the war, when, after almost four years' efficient service, he received an honorable discharge and returned to his home; since when, wearing not, it is true, an empty sleeve, but having a perfectly useless arm, he has been an almost constant sufferer as the price of his loy-alty to his country. During the interim between his wound and appointment to post-quarter-master he made a visit to his home, where, in September, 1863, he was united in marriage with Miss Eliza, daughter of John and Nancy Haverfield, of Cadiz Township, and born on the old homestead farm, whereon still reside her aged mother, and sister, Mary, and brother, W. S. Mrs. McCormick accompanied her husband to the field of his labors at Louisville and Bowling Green, Ky., and remained with him until the close of the war, when they returned to Ohio. Three years later Mr. McCormick was elected auditor of Harrison County, since when their home has been in the town of Cadiz, where for eight years after his term of office he conducted a livery and feed stable, erecting a large building for the same; later, however, he retired from this business and sold agricultural implements until December, 1889, when he was appointed assistant door-keeper of the House of Representatives at Washington, D. C., which position he still holds. Mr. McCormick has held various positions of trust and honor in the community, in all of which the duties have been conscientiously discharged. He is a member of Mc-Cready Post, G. A. R., of Cadiz, and for some time was its commander. In the fall of 1889 he was chosen quartermaster of the said post Mr. and Mrs. McCormick are the parents of two children: Nannie, born July 3, 1864, now the wife of W. H. Lacey, of York, Neb. ; and Fay, born March 24, 1877, still at home with her parents. The family are all identified with the United Presbyterian Church of Cadiz.
JOSEPH HURFORD,* the veteran advocate of phrenology. Dr. Joseph Hurford was born and raised in Harrison County, Ohio, and is now eighty years of age. He was of the Friends persuasion, and of English descent. When quite young he commenced the study of. dentistry, which was then in its infancy in this country, no plate work being done at that time, and became a very successful operator, making from ten to thirty dollars a day. At this vocation he continued to practice for several years. Being very tall, six feet four inches, he found the stooping and confinement of an office wearisome and exhaustive, so that, he felt compelled to abandon the business. He then gave all his time to the study of law, reading all day, and at night often till late. The effect was hard on his eyes, but he persevered and finished the course, and would have soon
practiced at the bar, but the painful result of his unremitting study was the discovery that he had incurred an attack of amaurosis, which compelled him to give up the use of his eyes for
*From the Phrenological Journal.
HARRISON COUNTY - 71
nearly a year before he dared to read or write, and knowing that to practice law successfully it would require constant reading and writing, he procured the best works on the eyes in print, and was very careful how he used them. It was not long ere he became well informed as to the treatment of both eye and ear. Following this line of study he also read anatomy and medicine. About that time he happened to meet with Combe's " Constitution of Man.' He purchased a copy and found it an invaluable book. He loaned it to many different persons, until it was quite worn out; then he procured another copy, and sent that on its round among his acquaintances. He keeps up this practice to-day, having for years taken six copies of the Phrenological Journal for the special purpose of distributing them among his neighbors. He also read Combe's Treatise on Phrenology, and other books relating to that science, and the Phrenological Journal. Becoming as well posted as any one could be in those days by reading, he procured nearly a dozen skulls, In-dian and others, among them an Esquimaux and that of Catachee, the celebrated Indian chief, who divided the Black Hawk Tribe. He obtained busts and casts of the brain of differ-ent types, taking some himself, and so pursued his study and observations until he felt certain that he was well informed with regard to phre-nology; then, in company with Dr. Jesse B. Thomas, of Philadelphia, he started out on a lecturing tour. Dr. Thomas had an excellent magic lantern and many very fine English as-tronomical views. This combination proved successful for Hurford, as his charts and ex-aminations were much in demand, and he easily cleared from twenty-five to forty dollars a day after getting fairly to work. The lantern enter-tainment drew good audiences on free tickets, but gave Thomas very little to do, as he was not a phrenologist and nobody wanted his astronom-ical charts, so Thomas withdrew. Hurford con-tinued and made it pay well. Many profes-sional people attended his lectures, and com-plimented him on his methods and accuracy as an examiner. He was about thirty years old at this time. Later he married a highly accomplished lady of western Pennsylvania, who did not wish him to travel and lecture, as she could not accompany him, so he reluctantly settled on a farm, and remained there for a number of years; meanwhile he lost not a particle of interest in the science of phrenology, and found occasional opportunity to lecture on it, and even now, at eighty years of age, he is the old advocate, doing all he can in the way of urging people to study its principles and apply them in their lives.
After spending some years in travel, Dr. Hurford was induced to go to a water-cure near Pittsburgh, and engaged in hydropathy. There he remained but one year. Afterward he set-tled in Salem, Ohio, where he devoted himself to the treatment of the eye and ear, and with remarkable success. Securing a competency, he retired from business, and settled in New Brighton, Penn., where he has lived since, enjoy-ing the highest regard of his fellow townsmen. Mrs. Hurford died about five years ago.
While engaged in the study of phrenology, before his marriage, he discovered a composition of which he made casts of the brain and other parts of the body. This proved so valuable that his brother manufactured and sold in one summer six thousand dollars worth of such casts, and for a while a very lucrative business is conducted in this way. [The above sketch was supplied by Mrs. Henry Craig, of New Brigh-ton, who has known its subject for many years.]
His portrait* indicates a fine organization, mentally, with physical powers unusually well preserved. The general tone of the makeup is elevated, and at the same time there is a decided practical vein in the character. The fullness of the forehead and the marked projection of the orbitar ridge show strength in observation, power to criticise, power to combine, arrange, devise. The mechanical faculty is indicated to a very unusual degree by the swelling temporal
* Referring to portrait printed in the Phrenological, Journal In connection with the sketch.
72 - HARRISON COUNTY.
region, and associated with it is that taste and desire for harmony that are essential to the cre-ation of successful designs.
There can be no doubt that if he had de-voted himself to a pursuit requiring the exer-cise of the mechanical elements of mind in association with those that impart grace, symme-try and beauty to work, he would have reached a very creditable place. For instance, he would have excelled in architectural design and con-structive engineering. He has the organization that adapts one to a pursuit requiring delicacy of manipulation, as in the finer departments of surgery. He has the ability to understand details in their relation to the out-working of a definite object. His judgment should be quickly drawn, and he should be inclined to rather prompt action. The nose shows strength of will and a penetrating view of matters. His self-esteem, however, is but moderate, and has not helped him much in the furtherance of his purposes, because he has always been disinclined to anything partaking of assumption or pretense, but on the other hand has been modest and re-served, sensitive and deferential, giving way to others, even where valuable personal interests suffered loss by such lack of self-assertion. Probably, too, his consideration for the rights of others has been somewhat excessive, and led him to overlook his own side of right and privilege. It is altogether likely that, with an organization and temperament so well adapted to a pur-suit that relates to human nature on either its physical or mental side, he would have attained conspicuous eminence as a phrenologist, had he remained in the lecture field. The success that was so early achieved was but the promise of further and better rewards. [The above sketch appeared in the Phrenological Journal in the summer of 1890, since when the following facts have been ascertained:]
The Hurford family are of English origin, and are lineal descendants of Lord John Hurford, of that country, whose son, John Hurford, came here with the Quaker, William Penn. One of his sons was named Samuel, whose son was called John, he being born in Culpeper County, Va., where he grew to manhood. He there married Miss Sarah Hayes, a native of Virginia, by whom he had seven children, namely: Evan, John, Samuel, Rachel, Sarah, Mary and Ann. Some years later, with his family, he removed to Jefferson County, Ohio, which then contained what now is called Harrison County, and here Evan Hurford met and married Miss Sarah Hall, who was born and reared in North Carolina. She was a member of the Society of Friends, whose doctrine forbade its members to marry outside of that faith. Accordingly, in order to gain consent to their union, Evan identified him-self with the Quakers. The young people were about twenty-one years of age when their mar-riage vows were spoken, and they shared the joys and sorrows of life for over seventy years, dying within one year of each other, each at the age of ninety. Their first home was made in the woods, some five and a half miles southeast of the town of Cadiz, Ohio, where they obtained 110 acres of land. Their first settlement was their home for life, for here it was death found them. They were both strictly honest and con-scientious people, and by thrift and economy they succeeded in laying by " something clever " for their eight children, whose names are as follows: Aquila, Joseph, Mary Ann, Christian, Sarah, John, Hannah and Rachel. Evan Hurford was a man of exceptionally brilliant mind, and was considered by all who knew him to be a man of superior talent and judgment.
Joseph Hurford was born in 1809, attending first the old log school-houses in his native town-ship, and later Mt. Pleasant Seminary. He was about twenty years of age when, with his uncle, John Hurford, he went to Harrisville. where they each underwent the operation of having two bone teeth inserted. Joseph watched the operation with interest, and upon returning home began to prepare himself for the same busi-ness, and ere long was competent to do a good job of either inserting or extracting teeth, by which he was enabled to make from $5 to $20 per day. He thus became probably the first
HARRISON COUNTY - 73
dentist to practice through Harrison, Jefferson and Belmont Counties. His reason for aban-doning this calling is given in the sketch above. His early reading of law was prosecuted by the light of the lard lamp during the summer, and the flickering blaze of a coal fire during the win-ter. At the time of his beginning to lecture on the science of phrenology, few, if any, lecturers on that subject had visited Harrison County, where his first efforts were made. Mr. Hurford later extended his lecture field, and it was during one of his tours that be met Miss Rebecca Ann Welsh, of Washington County, Penn., whom he afterward married. Of their nnion two children were born, a daughter and a son, both of whom died in youth. For a number of years the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hurford was in Cadiz, whence they removed to Pittsburgh, as above stated. His success as an eye and ear specialist at Salem may be briefly shown by stating that in one year he inserted ten artificial eyes and cured 140 cases of sore eyes and deaf-ness. Mrs. Hurford died in New Brighton in 1885, and since her death the Doctor, now far past the alotted three-score and ten years of life, is calmly waiting the time when his life's sands shall have run out, and the " Grim Boatman " shall come only to find a passenger " waiting and watching," his life's trusts having been well and efficiently executed.
DAVID BORLAND Among the early settlers of Harrison County was Samuel Borland, who came from Westmoreland County, Penn., of which he was a native, and January 27, 1819, entered land from the Government in North Township, where the family now live, the patent for which, signed by President James Monroe, is now in possession of Samuel Borland's son David. Samuel Borland, father of the Samuel just spoken of, was a native of Ireland, whence he came to this country at an early day, settling near Manor Station, in Westmoreland County, Penn., where he followed farming. Here he was married to Miss Lydia Cary, who participated in the defense of one of the old forts against the Indians. She was a remarkable woman, accustomed to the hard-ships of pioneer times, and was an excellent shot with the rifle; she and her husband both died in Pennsylvania. They had born to them the following named children: Samuel, John, Rachel, William, Mathew, Margaret, David, Mary, Andrew and James, all now deceased. Of these, Samuel grew to manhood in Pennsylvania, and, as above related, came to North Township in 1819, but leaving his land in charge of Juda Hess and family, he revisited his native State, remaining until 1821, in which year he returned to his new Ohio home, where he permanently resided. Mr. Borland was twice married, first to Mary Little, who bore him three children: William (in Tuscarawas County, Ohio), Washington (in Carroll County, Ohio), and Lydia (the wife of James Waddington, in Nebraska). Ten years after marriage this wife died, and for his second Mr. Borland chose Elizabeth, daughter of Sam-uel and Elizabeth Hevlin, by which union two children were born, viz. : Mary, deceased wife of James Mackey (her family are living in Den-nison), and David, whose name appears at the opening of this sketch. In 1862 the father died at the age of seventy-seven years; he was not in his lifetime in the enjoyment of very good health, but he was an energetic man, possessed of good judgment, which brought him success in the world. His widow passed from earth in October, 1884, at the advanced age of eighty-seven years; she bad been in the enjoyment of good health almost to the last, hale and hearty and uncomplaining.
David Borland, the subject proper of this sketch, was born January 27, 1831, on the farm where he now lives, and received a good common-school education. On December 24, 1857, he was united in marriage with Miss Ann, daughter of Dominick and Elizabeth Havnar, both of whom died in Monroe Township, Harrison County. To Mr. and Mrs. Borland have been born throe children, viz. : Leroy H., living near the old homestead, and Martha Elizabeth and
74 - HARRISON COUNTY
Albert, attending college at Scio. Mr. and Mrs. Borland have been well and favorably known in the county as people of enterprise and hospitality of strict integrity, and the friends of education and social progressiveness. Mr. Borland in pol-itics is a Democrat. His fine farm of 170 acres of highly improved land is situated about three miles from the town of Scio. Mrs. Borland died October 26, 1890, aged fifty-seven years, thirteen days, and is buried at Connotton. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, having commenced in the following of Christ when but a child, and for forty odd years she was a true Christian, and her work in that life was a commentation of her. She was a noble companion and a kind and indulgent mother, but we must all bow in submission to the will of the Omnipotent God, and she was first to break the family circle. Her last sickness was short and during it she spoke frequently of death and that her time for departure would soon be here; and when death's gloom was cast upon her she realized it and said: " I am prepared; the door is open; they are all around." She soon then departed this earthly life for a heavenly home beyond, and her husband's and children's loss is her gain.
ALONZO C. POCOCK, a thriving farmer of Rumley Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, is a son of Joshua and Catherine (Wilson) Pocock. Joshua Pocock is a son of Lloyd Pocock, a native of Baltimore County, Md., and Lloyd's father was a native of England and one of the early settlers of Baltimore County. Lloyd Pocock was father of three boys and five girls. In 1810 he came to
Jefferson County, Ohio, and settled near Unionport, where he remained till 1832, when he moved to Coshocton County, same State. Joshua Pocock was born November 15, 1814, in Jefferson County, and moved with his parents to Coshocton County; was married to Catherine Wilson in March, 1834, and departed this life on July 23, 1890, on his farm in Holmes County, Ohio. He was the father of five chrl-dren, by name: Louisa M. Doak, who resides in Terre Haute, Ind. ; Edgar J., in Columbus, Ohio; Alonzo C., our subject; Althea G. Howe, in Urbana, Ill. ; Lloyd W., in Coshocton, Ohio.
Alonzo C. Pocock, our subject, was born in Keene, Coshocton Co., Ohio, December 4, 1840. He stayed on the farm with his parents until his seventeenth year, and clerked in country stores and taught school until 1861, when he enlisted, June 13, 1861, in Company, K, Twenty-fourth Regi-ment O. V. I., and was discharged at the expi-ration of his service, June 24, 1864, as quar-termaster-sergeant. After he returned home he entered into the dry-goods business, in company with A. J. Doak, which partnership existed one year. He then went on the farm, and in 1865 he spent the winter in Eastman's Business College, Chicago, Ill., worked on the farm till the fall of 1866, when he was engaged with D. D. Mallory & Co., of Chicago, Ill., as book-keeper, for some time. On November 21, 1867, Mr. Po-cock married Miss Martha E. Houser, born Feb-ruary 24, 1847, a daughter of James and Ruth (Jolley) Houser.
James Houser was born in Mason County, Ky., February 7, 1816. At the age of eight years he came with his parents to Cadiz, Ohio, where he grew to young manhood. On Au-gust 12, 1841, he married Ruth Jolley, the daughter of the late Malachi Jolley, of Scio, and six children were the fruit of this union—four sons and two daughters—three of the former, Malachi, Alfred and Charles, dying in infancy; the three surviving children are Mrs. Eunice Stephenson, of ∈ Mrs. Martha Pocock and William F. Houser, of Hopedale, Ohio. In the fall of 1841, after his marriage, Mr. Hou-ser settled on the farm known as the Jolley Farm, adjacent to the village of Scio, and on this farm he lived and died. For nearly half a century he watched the marvelous growth of this community, and no man was more prominent in bringing about this development than him-self. Under his sturdy blows woodlands gave way to pasture fields, and marshy lowlands
HARRISON COUNTY - 75
were turned into rich meadows. He was not only a practical farmer, but was a heavy dealer and trader in all kinds of stock, and took great delight in handling and breeding the best quality of sheep and horses. As to his social nature few persons were blessed with a more genial, mirthful temperament; always cheerful, never morose, with sunshine in his face, and happy in the midst of adversity and trouble. To friends he was cordial, kind and generous, but to those who sought to do him injury, he was relent-less and severe. But while persons were often grieved at his faults they were kept ignorant of his reverses. He maintained a cheerful mood in spite of fault finders and adversities; he was the incarnation of energy and force, tireless in his labors, and carried his youth and elasticity down to old age. He kept his mind and body moving under the highest tension, and when death came it was like the breaking of a wheel or ratchet, and the machinery of his constitution stopped quickly. Mr. Houser made no pretense to or profession of religion, yet it must be said to his credit that he did much to promote the cause of both religion and education. To him was due more than any other citizen the founding of the Scio College. Not only liberal in his donation of the ground for the beautiful campus and buildings, bnt tireless in awaken-ing and bringing public sentiment to its favor and support. Though like all self-sustaining colleges, it has struggled for its existence against wind and tide, yet, in the last year or two, it has caught new inspiration and life. Its influence is now lifting into prominence the town after which it was named, and whatever Scio College may do in the future, it will ever owe its incipiency and infant growth to James Houser. Mr. Houser departed this life October 20, 1889.
After his marriage Mr. Pocock removed to Holmes County, Ohio, where he resided on a farm till the spring of 1869, when he removed to Green Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, where he resided two years. In the spring of 1871 he proceeded to Scio, and there engaged in the dry- goods business till 1877, when he removed to Wayne Township, Jefferson County, and rented a farm, where he remained till 1882; then went to Unionport, Ohio, where he remained till 1884; then traded his property in Scio for a farm of 154 acres near Miller Station, in Ger-man Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, in 1886, and then came to the farm where he now lives. This farm contains 157 acres, and is located two miles west of Jewett on the P. C. & St. L. R. R. Our subject and wife are parents of one child, Earle H. Pocock, born in Scio, April 21, 1874. Mr. Pocock is a member of Henry G. Hixon Post, No. 581, Department of Ohio, G. A. R., at Scio, Ohio.
WILLIAM B. ANDERSON, a citizen of Rumley Township, Harrison Co., O., was born in Stock Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, on Dec. 29th, 1843. His ancestors came from Ireland. His great-grandfather, Robert Anderson, was born in Ireland in A. D. 1753. When twenty-one years of age he became a sailor, and on one of his voyages to the West India Islands,. took with him his only brother, who was in feeble health and who died and was buried on the island of Jamaica. After following the sea for six years, his parents being dead, he, together with a company from Ireland, emigrated to America, settled in Maryland. A. D. 1780, and in the following year married
Miss Margaret Johnson, who had come from Ireland some years before. When she left Ireland she was accompanied by her parents, both of whom died on the voyage. There were born to Robert and Margaret Anderson, while in Maryland, two sons, Samuel, born 1783, and Richard, born 1785. When these sons were three and one years old, respectively, the parents turned their faces westward, the father walking and carrying the younger and the mother riding horseback carrying the older child and all else they possessed. Crossing the Blue Ridge and Alleghany Mts., they settled in
76 - HARRISON COUNTY.
the woods and built a cabin near to what is now the town of Claysville, Washington Co., Pa. They cleared away the forest and built for themselves a comfortable home. There were born to them ten more children, viz. : John, William, Robert, Mary, Hugh, James, Jane, Margaret, Thomas, and one that died in infancy. The parents after living a faithful and. zealous Christian life, having united with the Presby-terian Church in early life, sleep in Three Ridge Presbyterian Church-yard. near West Alexander, Pa. On a large sandstone slab —in general use in early times—we 'find the following in-scription: " Margaret Anderson, departed this life, Sept. 13th, 1827, in the 67th year of her age." " Robert Anderson, departed this life Sept. 2nd, 1838, in the 85th year of his age." " Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like a shock of corn cometh in his season."
Samuel, the eldest of these twelve children, and grandfather of William B. Anderson, the subject of our sketch, received a liberal educa-tion, mostly from private teachers. He became an excellent mathematician, and when near his majority became a teacher and surveyor.
At the age of thirty, he married Miss Cath-arine Forbes, daughter of John Forbes, of Irish ancestry. He bought a tract of land near Claysville, Washington Co., Pa., and combined farming and teaching, in which he was fairly successful, and which he continued for about forty years. There were born to them eight children, viz. : Robert, John, James, Samuel, Hugh, William, Jane and Thomas. In A. D. 1838, he sold his land near Claysville, Pa., and emigrated to Ohio, where he purchased a farm, on which was a grist-mill and saw-mill, in the Stillwater valley in Stock Township, seven miles west of Cadiz, Harrison Co., Ohio. Politically, he was a Whig prior to 1856, when he joined the Republican party, and was intensely loyal to the Union during the dark days of the Rebellion. He and his wife united with the Presbyterian Church in their youth, and lived consistent Christian lives, and now rest in the cemetery of the Ridge Presbyterian Church in Harrison County, Ohio. I find on their tombstones the following inscription:
" Catharine Anderson, departed this life Oct. 16, A. D. 1847, in the 54th year of her age.
Samuel Anderson, departed this life Feb. 22, A. D. 18(36, in the 83rd year of his age."
Robert Anderson, the eldest of these eight children, and father of William B. Anderson, was born near Claysville, Washington Co., Pa., Oct. 11, 1815. He had but common-school advantages for an education. He assisted his father on the farm and came with him to Harri-son County, Ohio, in 1838. He learned the trades of millwright and miller. On July 1, 1840, he married Miss Esther McCollaugh, of Archer Township. He took charge of his father's mills and operated them successfully for seven years; but farming being his choice of occupations, he resolved to change from milling to farming. He accordingly rented a farm in Archer Township for the period of three years. At the expiration of the three years, having accumulated a little money, he purchased the N. E. of Sec. 16, Perry Township, Carroll Co., Ohio. This land was mostly timbered, but by hard labor and perseverance, assisted by his wife, who very frequently worked by his side at burning brush and rolling logs, a good part of the farm was cleared and a comfortable home secured. In the spring of 1860 he sold his farm and returned to Harrison County, pur-chasing a farm in North Township, where he still resides. Politically, he is a Republican; was formerly a Whig, and has always been intensely loyal to his country. Esther, his wife, is of Scotch ancestry. Her great-grandfather, Wm. McCollaugh, settled in Washington Co., Pa., about the middle of the eighteenth century. His son John, grandfather of Esther Anderson, married Esther Gamble, of Washington County, Pa., A. D. 1785. There were born to them nine children: William, Esther, Alexander, Margaret, Joseph and Samuel (twins), Martha, James and George. They emigrated with their family to Ohio in A. D. 1813, and settled near the town of Cadiz, Harrison County. Joseph (one of the
HARRISON COUNTY - 77
twins), father of Esther Anderson, married Sarah Lyons, daughter of John and Elisabeth (Beattie) Lyons, A. D. 1817. There were born to them eight children: Elisabeth, Esther, John, Mary, Sarah Jane, Isabel, James Beattie and Martha. He was a Republican in politics and always loyal to his country. The parents were both members of the Presbyterian Church and were faithful Christians. The mother died A. D. 1836, and was buried in the Beach Spring Cemetery in Harrison County. The father died Jan. 30, A. D. 1870, and was buried in the Ridge Presbyterian Cemetery in Harrison County. His age was 74 years. Esther, his second daughter, as we have noted, married Robert Anderson and is still living. They re-side in their comfortable farm home, with their son Thomas H. in charge of the farm, he in his seventy-sixth year and she in her seventy-first year, and are nearing their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Religiously they are Presbyte-rians, as are all their children. He has been a ruling elder in the church since 1855. There have been born to them nine children, viz. : Sarah A., born in Harrison County, May 23, 1842, now .Mrs. Thos. McDivitt, a farmer in North Township; William B., born in Harrison County Dec. 29, 1843; Samuel L., born in Har-rison County Jan. 22, 1846, now a farmer in Archer Township; Isabel J., born in-Harrison County Jan. 21, 1848, now Mrs. S. J. Rippeth (she and her two daughters reside in Scio, Ohio; her husband died Dec. 19, 1883); Joseph M., born in Carroll County Feb. 20, 1850, now a Presbyterian minister, was educated at Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio, graduated in 18,79, studied theology at Western Theological Sem-inary, Allegheny, Pa., is now pastor of Cumminsville Church, Cincinnati, Ohio; Mary E., born in Carroll County Mar. 5, 1852, now Mrs. Thos. Brough, a farmer in Cadiz Township; Thomas. H., born in Carroll County Aug. 23, 1854, now with parents on the home farm; Martha F., born in Carroll County Dec. 30, 1856, married Thomas Whittaker, a farmer in North Township (she died February 17, 1888, leaving a little son, Ralph, four years old, and twin daughters, five days old, one of whom fol-lowed her in a few months), and John E., born in Harrison County Aug. 15, 1862, died March 25, 1864.
William B. worked on the farm at home till he was eighteen years of age, when, in response to the call of President Lincoln for three hun-dred thousand more men he volunteered Aug. 11, 1862, for three years, or during the war, in Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Ohio Vol. His regiment was assigned to the Third Brigade, Third Division, Third Corps, Army of the Potomac, and when the Potomac Army was reorganized in March, 1864, under Gen. Grant, his regiment was transferred to the Second Brigade, Third Division, Sixth Corps. He was constantly with his regiment, and up to May 6th, 1864, had taken part in eight engagements. In the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864, he was severely wounded and taken from the field. He recovered and rejoined his regi-ment during the investment of Petersburg, Va., took part in the battles that resulted in the capture of Richmond and Petersburg, the race after Lee's army, and the battle of Sailors Creek, and was at the surrender of Lee at Ap-pomattox C. H., Va. ; returned with his corps to Washington, D. C., and marched in the grand review through the principal streets of Wash-ington, where they were reviewed by President Johnson, Gen. Grant, Gen. Meade and many other distinguished officers. He was mustered out of the service and arrived at home July 2, 1865, having served two years and ten months. He enjoyed good health during the entire time, and was never absent from his regiment or ex-cused from duty except when he was wounded. After returning from the army he was employed by his father to work on the farm by the year. At the expiration of the fifth year, Sept. 6, 1870, he married Miss Mary Buchanan, of near Fair-view-now Jewett, O. purchased land in North Township and engaged in farming on his own account; sold his land in 1872 and engaged in mercantile business for two years. In 1875 he
78 - HARRISON COUNTY.
purchased land in Archer Township, and re-turned to the farm. In 1883 he sold his farm in Archer Township; his father-in-law, Jos. Buchanan having recently died, be purchased the Buchanan homestead near Jewett, in Rumley Township, where he now resides.
His wife, Mary Buchanan, is of Irish an-cestry, her great-grandfather, John Buchanan, emigrated from Londonderry, Ireland, to America about A. D. 1750, when quite young, and settled in Carlisle, Md. He married a Miss Ross, whose lineage at this date is unknown. He served as captain in the war for independence, and at the close of the war emigrated to Wash-ington County, Pa. There were born to them eleven children, John, Jonathan, Mary, Ross, Samuel, Thomas, Joseph, George, Margaret, Pollie and a daughter whose name is now unknown, but who married a Mr. Harvy. Samuel, the fifth of these eleven children and grandfather of Mary B. Anderson, was born in Mary-land March 4th, A. D. 1773, and married Mary Neiper, of Washington County, Pa., A. D. 1799. Emigrated to Harrison County, Ohio, and entered the N. W. of Sec. 11, Township 11, and Range 5, situated in the Connotton Valley, and received his patent deed May 8, A. D. 1806, signed by Thomas Jefferson, Presi-dent of the U. S., and James Madison, Secre-tary of State. There were born to them on this homestead two sons and four daughters, Jane, Mariah, John, Margaret, Joseph and Nancy, one of whom, John is still living at this date (1891) at the age of eighty-four years. When the youngest child was two years old the mother died July 15, A. D. 1818, and was buried at the Beach Spring Cemetery in Harrison County, a devoted Christian and member of the Presbyterian Church. The father married, afterward, Mrs. Mary (Stanley) Buchanan, of Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, widow of John Buchanan de-ceased, who was second cousin to Samuel Bu-chanan. She died January 21, A. D. 1838, and was buried in the Ridge Cemetery, a faith-ful Christian and member of the Presbyterian Church. The father, after assisting each of his daughters and eldest son to purchase farms, conveyed to his youngest son the homestead, requiring that he care for him the remainder of his life. He died March 23, A. D. 1858, in his eighty-second year, an affectionate parent and an earnest Christian; he was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church for many years. He was bnried in the Ridge Cemetery. Joseph, the youngest son and father of Mary B. Anderson, was born April 23, A. D. 1814, and February 8, 1838, married Elisabeth Hines, daughter of Jacob and Susanah (Brough) Hines, of Archer Township, Harrison Co. There were born to them ten children: Margaret, born Oct. 28, A. D. 1839, now Mrs. Johnson Montgomery, a farmer of Jeffeson County, Ohio; Susan, born October 9, A. D. 1841, now Mrs. Stringer, widow of John Stringer, deceased farmer of Harrison County; Samuel, born Oct. 25, A. D. 1843, died Sept. 5, 1863, aged nineteen years; Mary, born Dec. 19, A. D. 1845; John, born Mar. 11, A. D. 1848, now a merchant in Pueblo, Colo. ; Thos., born Nov. 8, A. D. 1850, now a Presbyterian minister, was educated at Waynesburg College, Greene County, Pa., graduated in 1874, studied theology at the Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pa., is now pastor of the church at Ida Grove, Iowa; Malinda, born April 6, A. D. 1854, now Mrs. John Patterson, a farmer of Archer Township, Harrison County; James, born October 5, 1856, died December 11, 1857; Albert, bora May 1, 1859, died in infancy; Elisabeth, born in 1861, died in infancy. The mother died Jan. 5. A. D. 1883, aged sixty-four years; the father died July 11, A. D. 1883, aged sixty-nine years. having lived all his life on the homestead, where he was born. They united with the Ridge Presbyterian Church in their youth, lived and died in the Gospel faith, and were buried in the Ridge Cemetery. Mary, as we have noted, is the wife of William B. Anderson, who, as we have also noted, is in possession of the Bu-chanan homestead, where his wife was born and raised, and which has never passed out of the family connection since first entered. There
HARRISON COUNTY - 79
have been born to them four sons and one daughter, viz. : Robert Everett, born Sept. 21, A. D. 1871; Joseph Buchanan, born Dec. 1, A. D. 1873; Aerie] Ward, born Nov. 6, A. D. 1876 (Centennial boy); Elisabeth Esther, born Oct. 28, A. D. 1881, and William Craig, born Oct. 11, A. D. 1886.
HENRY EAGLESON was born February 6, 1807, near Beach Spring Church, Green Township, Harrison Co., Ohio. He served for several years as ruling eld-er in the above-mentioned church, and his oc-cupation was farming. He was married, March 31, 1831, by Rev. Benjamin Mitchell, to Miss Eliza Hoes, who was born January 18, 1808. To this union nine children were born, viz. : Andrew, born February 26, 1832; Jane Hervey, born March 14, 1834; Nancy Elizabeth, born June 19, 1836; John Calvin, born August 21, 1838, died September 26, 1841; William Henry, born January 21, 1841; Mary Isabella, born April 27, 1843; Margaret Beatty, born June 8, 1845, died April 22, 1857, and her remains were buried in Beech Spring Cemetery; Amanda Fulton, born November 6, 1847, and Robert Dool, born May 18, 1850. They were all Presbyterians. Henry Eagleson, his wife and family lived on a farm near the place of his birth for twenty-seven years. They then went to Peoria County, Ill., in the spring of 1858, and in 1859 moved to Washington, Tazewell Co., Ill. After a sickness of three weeks of typhoid fever his Maker called him home September 26, 1862, and his remains were interred in Deer Creek Cemetery, Tazewell County, Ill. After the death of her husband Mrs. Henry Eagleson lived in Washington for several years, and is now residing with her youngest daughter, Mrs. W. E. Crane, in Moline, Ill., and in good health at the present time.
Their oldest child, Andrew, was married on October 24, 1855, by Rev. William S. Dool, to Sarah Maria Simpson, who was born December 29, 1833, near Beech Spring Church. They lived in Ohio for a few years, and then moved, in 1858, to Peoria County, Ill. To this union three children were born, viz. : Violet Jane, born October 1, 1856, in Harrison County, Ohio; William Henry Simpson, born January 21,1859, at Peoria, Peoria Co., Ill., and James Elmer, born July 3, 1861, in Washington, Tazewell Co., Ill. They are all members of the Presbyterian Church.
Andrew Eagleson was a farmer, like his father before him. After an illness of three weeks, of typhoid fever, he died December 4, 1862, and his remains were buried in Deer Creek Cemetery. Mrs. Andrew Eagleson, after the death of her husband, returned to her father's home in Harrison County, Ohio, where she still lives with her brother, William Simp-son. Violet Jane Eagleson was married Decem-ber 21, 1882, by Rev. H. W. Parks, to J. A. Smith, a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, and to this union two children were born: Everet Eagleson, born August 26, 1886, near Union Grove School-house, Jefferson Co., Ohio, and John Wilmer, born September 24, 1889, in Harrison County, Ohio. They lived in Jefferson County for four years, and then came to Harrison County, where they now reside. William Henry Simpson was united in marriage April 10, 1889, by Rev. H. W. Parks, to Miss Maggie H. Johnston, a native of Washington County, Penn., and one child, Violet, was born to this union December 23, 1890. William H. Simpson is a school-teacher by profession, and they are now living in Hopedale, Harrison Co., Ohio.
Jane Hervey Eagleson was married October 15, 1857, by Rev. William S. Dool, to William B. Merchant, a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, and they lived in Ohio for a short time, when they moved to Illinois. Mr. Merchant was a farmer for a few years, and entered the insurance business. To this union were born three children, viz. : Clarence Beatty, who died when young; Ulysses Grant, who died when an infant, and Alvin Eagleson, who was born No-vember 12, 1860. Mrs. Merchant died Septem-ber 19, 1862, and her remains were interred in
80 - HARRISON COUNTY.
Deer Creek Cemetery. Alvin Eagleson Merchant was married to Miss Louie A. Garrett, a na-tive of Belmont County, Ohio, and they have four living children, viz. : Agnes J., Alvin B., Stacy B. and Edna A. Alvin also followed in the same line as his father, and he is engaged in the insurance business in Washington, Taze-well Co., Ill., where he now resides.
Nancy Elizabeth Eagleson was united in mar-riage June 19, 1856, with Mr. Alexander Mayes, a native of Cadiz, Harrison Co., Ohio, and they have three children, viz. : Rebecca Isabella, born April 7, 1857, near Cambridge, Guernsey Co., Ohio; Henry Milton, bona April 15, 1862, near De-Witt, Clinton Co., Iowa, and Jennie Elizabeth, born June 1, 1868, near De Witt, Clinton, Co., Iowa. Alexander Mayes and his wife and daughter, Jennie E., are now living at Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa. Rebecca Isabella was mar-ried September 23, 1880, to William Kiser, and they lived in Cedar County, Iowa, until death broke the union, Mr. Kiser dying July 6, 1887. Henry Milton Mayes was married February 27, 1883, to Miss Minnie Victoria Witmer, and they live near Tipton, Iowa; they have two children.
William Henry Eagleson worked with his father on the farm for several years, and then was united in marriage in September, 1864, with Miss Sarah R. Ferree, of Eureka, Ill. They are now living in York, York Co., Neb., and have three children, viz. : Henry Wilber, born July 2, 1865, is now married and has a little girl to keep up music in the night when papa is sleepy (he lives in Broken Bow, Neb.. and keeps a dry-goods store); Mamie E., born June 7, 1872 (she graduated in York High School in the spring of 1890), and Anna Grace, born in February, 1874.
Mary Isabella Eagleson was married Sep-tember 15, 1864, by Rev. William Adams, to Mr. Zachariah Walker Sutton, at Washington, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Sutton are members of the Christian Church; he is a farmer by occupation, and lives in York, York Co., Neb. They have five children, viz. : Elmer Ellsworth, born January 9, 1866, in Tazewell County, Ill. (he is a member of the Christian Church), Julia Evaline, born May 13, 1867 (also a member of the Christian Church), was married September 4, 1884, near Greenwood, Cass Co., Neb., to William Mather, and they have two children: Clyde, born September 21, 1885, and Edith, born January 9, 1889, and died March 6, 1890; Minnie Fulton, born August 19, 1872, near Pontiac, Livingston Co., Ill. ; Freddie Bertram, born March 6, 1878, near Fairbury, Livingston Co., Ill., and Flora Eliza, born February 3, 1881, near Greenwood, Cass Co., Neb.
Amanda Fulton Eagleson and W. E. Crane (of New Jersey), were united in marriage Sep-tember 26, 1878, at Washington, Ill., by Rev. I. A. Cornelison, and they are now living in Mo-line, Ill. ; Mr. Crane is a dealer in groceries.
Robert Dool Eagleson and Miss Latimer (of Lincoln, Neb.), were united in marriage May 18, 1850, and they have two children: Osie Mable and William Henry. Mr. Eagleson is also a farmer.
JOSIAH MORGAN ESTEP (deceased) was born February 19, 1829, a son of James S. and Sarah (Gaston) Estep, both of English descent, the families having come from the mother country about the same time. Robert Estep, the first of the family of that name to come to America, located at first in New Jersey, and later in Washington County, Penn. Josiah M. Estep, after gaining a knowledge of the elementary branches of learning in the common schools, finished his education at what is now Washington and Jefferson College, leaving the same in 1850. In 1852 he
entered the law office of Hon. John P. Penny, of Pittsburgh, Penn., in order to prepare himself for the legal profession, and later became a student in the office of a relative, Mr. S. P. Peppard, at Cadiz, Ohio. In 1854 he was admitted to the bar, and, Mr. Peppard dying, succeeded to the latter's practice in Cadiz. For many years he and Hon. John A. Bingham were leading lawyers at the Cadiz bar.
HARRISON COUNTY - 83
Mr. Estep was a thoroughly well-read man, an able pleader, and during his practice, in the majority of the appealed cases to the Supreme Court, his pleadings were sustained. In 1869, after the amendment of the constitution, and the negro became a citizen, a case of miscegenation that attracted much attention—the marriage of a negro with a white woman—came up before the courts. The people were much excited, and clamored loudly for the man's life. Mr. Estep was the only member of the bar who would undertake the defense. He fought it on a jury trial, and on technical points se-cured an acquittal. He was a Democrat, and consequently stood in the ranks of the political minority in Harrison County. In 1868 he was nominated for Congress in opposition to John A. Bingham, and reduced at the election the usual majority of 2,000 to one of 400. Mr. Estep made sixty-six speeches during this hotly-contested campaign. In 1871 be was again induced to run for office, this time for the com-mon pleas judgeship of his district, and, although failing of election, led his ticket over 500. In 1882 he was urged to accept the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Sixteenth District, it being considered that his popularity would overcome the Republican majority, but he declined the honor.
In September, 1857, Mr. Estop was united in marriage with Miss Amanda J. Crabb, and five children were born to them, viz. : Charles J., in Cleveland, Ohio; W. G. [see below]; Josiah M., a civil engineer at Lynn, Mass. ; Jane C. (now wife of James G. Patrick, prosecuting attorney at New Philadelphia, Ohio, and son of Judge Patrick); Junius D., at home. Josiah M. Estop died May 5, 1888, and was buried in the cemetery at Cadiz; his widow, now aged fifty-three years, resided in that city until March, 1891, when the family removed to Cleve-land, Ohio.
W. G. ESTEP was born June 17, 1860, and was well educated. He graduated at Wooster, Ohio, in the class of 1882, then commenced his law studies, and in the fall of 1884 was admitted to the bar at Columbus. He after-ward, in the old office so many years occupied by his father, practiced his profession until March, 1891, when he removed to Cleveland, Ohio, to practice law with his brother, C. J. Estep. On June 23, 1887, he was married, in Cadiz, to Miss Mary, daughter of Samuel and Eliza Slemmons, and a native of that city. Her father, who died of cholera when she was but a young girl, was owner of several thousand. acres of woodland, was agent for the Star Route offices, and the transporting of stores to the Government posts. The mother of Mrs. W. Cr. Estep passed from earth in Cadiz, in 1877. To Mr. and Mrs. Estep has been born one child, named Josiah M. In politics Mr. Estep is a Democrat, and in religion he is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
THE SIMPSON FAMILY. The founder of the Simpson family in this part of the country was James Simpson, a native of Ireland, who came to America in the latter part of the eighteenth century, settling in Washington County, Penn., where he carried on brickmaking in connection with farming. He was born April 30, 1750, and married (date not now known) Margaret Conner, who was born October 25, 1755, also was a native of Ireland. (They came over in the same ship,
but were not married until after their arrival in America.) Here, the place of their first settlement, they died, and were buried, she dying March 25, 1815, and he September 20, 1819. Politically, he was a strong snpporter of the Federal party. Their children were eight in number, as follows: John, Margaret, William, Elizabeth, James (who settled in Ohio), Mary Robert and Sarah. Of these, James, the immediate ancestor of the families now living in Green Township, Harrison County, was born July 14, 1791, in Washington County, Penn., where his early life was spent. On June 20,
1816, he was united in marriage, by the father of the bride, with Violet, eldest daughter of
84 - HARRISON COUNTY.
Rev. Abram Scott, a Presbyterian minister, and soon after their marriage they migrated to Belmont County, Ohio, where they remained until 1829, in which year they came to Harrison County, settling in Green Township, where they passed from earth, Mrs. Simpson June 30, 1855, and Mr. Simpson December 8, 1871; they lie side by side in Beech Spring Cemetery. Soon after their settlement in the county they united with the Presbyterian Church at Beech Spring, of which they were constant attendants. They were the parents of the following named children: Margaret Rebecca, born December 25, 1818, died July 26, 1843; Abram Scott, born January 3, 1821, died November 3, 1884; John McDowell, born October 4, 1822, died April 16, 1825; William, born April 30, 1825; Josiah Marshall, born September 15, 1828, died May 30, 1830, and Sarah Mariah, born Decem-ber 29, 1833. Mr. Simpson was an active worker in the Democratic party, and served his township in many offices of trust, and was justice of the peace.
A. S. Simpson, son of James and Violet (Scott) Simpson, was born January 3, 1821, in Belmont County, Ohio, where his boyhood and youth were spent on his father's farm. He early manifested an acuteness of intellect, as well as a strong desire for study, and at the age of twenty-one he found himself fully fitted for the position of instructor, a profession he fol-lowed for many years. On March 26, 1857, he was married, by Rev. Israel Price, to Celia, daughter of John Davis, of Grerman Township, and for about six years after marriage they remained on the old home place; then rented a farm near by, on which they lived for two years, when they bought the place where the family at present reside in Green Township, Har-rison County. One child was the result of this union, named James William Alexander. The father died November 3, 1884, and was buried in Beech Spring Cemetery. His widow and son still reside on the farm, which has been under the management of the latter since his father's death. In politics A. S. Simpson was a Democrat, and was several times honored by his party with offices of trust in his town ship. He was a member and active worker in the Beech Spring Presbyterian Church, as are his widow and son.
J. W. A. SIMPSON, son of A. S. and Celia (Davis) Simpson, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, November 30, 1858, and was reared to farm life, attending the common schools of his district. On November 29, 1883, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth T., daughter of Moses Thompson, of Hopedale, Harrison Co., Ohio. They were married by Rev. Jamie-son and Rev. Parks. This union has been blessed with two children: John Davis, born September 24, 1884, and Frank Hoobler, born March 3, 1890. Mr. and Mrs. Simpson have always resided, since their marriage, on the old home farm left by his father. He is a strong supporter of the Democratic party, and numbers among the rising young men of his section.
William Simpson, third son of James and Violet (Scott) Simpson, and only surviving member of their family (retaining the Simpson name), was born in Belmont County, Ohio, April 30, 1825. He was educated at the schools of his neighborhood, attending also to the various duties of the farm. Like the Simp-son family, generally, he is a zealous Demo crat, and has always taken a deep interest in the political campaigns of his times. From his youth he has been a consistent member, and for quite a while an officer in the Presbyterian Church of Beech Spring, and has always taken an active and prominent part in the advance-ment of religious and social reform.
J. W. FERRELL, the subject of this biographical sketch, was born Angust 13, 1837, in Rumley Township, Harrison Co., Ohio. His grandfather, James Ferrell, a native of Maryland, was married to Naomi Hitchcock, who lived in Harrison County. In early life they settled in Archer Township, where they entered and improved a quarter section of
HARRISON COUNTY - 85
land on which they remained during their lives. They were the parents of the following named children: Charles, John, Ibby, Jane, Thomas, Rachel and Mary. james Ferrell died Novem-ber 12, 1849, in the eighty-third year of Ills age, his wife joining him in the silent land Novem-ber 17, 1855, in the eighty-fourth year of her age. Thomas Ferrell, the father of J. W. Fer-rell, was born August 21, 1808, and until about twenty years of age received the advantages of the common schools. He then attended the high school at Cadiz. After teaching school for some time he entered the ministry in the United Brethren Church, and acquitted himself with credit in both professions. On March 19, 1829, he was married to Margaret Lemasters, daughter of Isaac Lemasters, a resident of Archer Town-ship. His children were John N., living in and practicing law in Orville, Wayne Co., Ohio; Susan J., deceased; J. W., living in Archer Township, Harrison County; Elizabeth A. and Nancy M. R., living in Union Township, Carroll Co., Ohio. Thomas Ferrell was a Republican in politics, and although not active, still worked zealously for the advancement of his party. His death occurred November 29, 1875, and he was buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. His widow died August 21, 1885, and was buried beside him.
J. W. Ferrell remained at home until about twenty-four years of age, when he commenced farming on the old Ross Farm in Archer Township, remaining there several years. In the spring of 1869 he purchased a farm in Archer Township, Harrison County, and November 11, same year, he was married to Mary Palmer, daughter of John Palmer, a resident of Carroll County. On December 29, following, he moved to his farm in Archer Township where he now resides. On March 8, 1879, his wife, Mary Fer-rell died, leaving five children to mourn their loss, and comfort the bereaved husband. The names of his children are as follows: Harry L., born September 2, 1870; Carrie A., born Jnly 7,1872; Jessie E., born July 14, 1873; J. Howard, born December 6, 1874; Thomas T., born November 18, 1876. On June 29, 1882, Mr. Ferrell was married to Jane A. Stewart, daughter of James Stewart, a resident of Stock Township, Harrison County. He represents one of the oldest families, and retains and merits the respect in which they were held.
WILLIAM SKELLEY, is a well-to-do farmer of Green Township, Harrison County, and was born in Stark County, Ohio, August 6, 1831. His father, Robert Skelley, was born in Ireland in 1788, and was brought to America in 1792 by his parents, who settled in Ligonier Valley, Westmoreland Co., Penn. The father of Robert, also named William Skelley, was married to a
Miss Ferguson, both of whom died in Westmoreland County, Penn., the parents of three children, John, William and Robert, all now deceased. Robert Skelley was a farmer, and remained with his parents until his marriage, in 1816, with Miss Elizabeth Creighton, daughter of Patrick and Elizabeth Creighton, who were born in Ireland, but early located in Pennsylvania, whence they moved to Stark County, Ohio, where they died. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Skelley passed a few years in Pennsylvania after their marriage, and then, in 1820, came to Stark County, Ohio, where, about 1838, Mrs. Skelley died, aged about forty-five years, the mother of nine children, named as follows: Sarah, Elizabeth, John, Elinor, Elizabeth, Jane and Robert, all deceased; William, our subject, and James, in Milford, Kosciusko Co., Ind. In December, 1842, Mr. Skelley, with his two sons, William and James, who were then but mere lads, moved to Green Township, Harrison County, and joined a brother, John Skelley. Here, in 1845, Robert married Hannah Miller, who bore him no children. His death took place in 1868, at eighty years of age. He was a man of moderate education, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was wounded at Fort Meigs, and also at the battle of Missisinewa; he also participated
86 - HARRISON COUNTY.
in other battles, and returned to his home in the fall of 1813.
William Skelley, the subject of this sketch, was but eleven years of age when he came to Harrison County, and his first work was for his board and clothes, he being at that early age thrown upon his own resources. He secured a good common-school education, however, and early began teaching, his first school being opened in Green Township, when he was nine-teen. This vocation he followed four years in Green Township, and also taught one term in Illinois. His father had secured a land warrant for his services in 1812, and our subject and his brother, James, made an entry near Des Moines, Iowa, but later traded for other property in Jefferson County, Ohio, on which brother John resided two years. Selling this, our subject dealt in wild lands, and also town property in Hopedale, making his home on a small farm near the latter place. In 1862, at Hopedale, William chose as his life partner Miss Mary Frances Moore, daughter of James and Ellen Moore, and a native of Harrison County, whose mother died when she was small; her father died in 1884. To this union have been born three children, viz. : James R., born February 9, 1865, now a teacher of shorthand, typewriting and commercial science in the Toledo Business College; Ella J., born December 14, 1871, died when two weeks old; Lizzie R., born December 15, 1872, died of diphtheria June 13, 1876. For six years Mr. and Mrs. Skelley resided in Harrison County, and in 1868 moved to Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, where they re-mained three years; they then returned to Hope-dale, where Mr. Skelley secured a half interest in the Hopedale Mills. In the fall of 1872 he sold out and rented the farm on which he resides, but which he now owns, having come into possession in 1888. It contains 143 acres, and is chiefly devoted to sheep-raising.
Politically Mr. Skelley is a Republican, and has held various positions of honor and trust. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and is charter member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge at Uhrichsville. With his wife he is a member of the Christian Church at Hopedale. He had some military experience, having en-listed in May, 1864, with the one-hundred-days men. He was commissioned second lieutenant of Company B, One Hundred and Seventieth O. N. G., and was stationed at Fort Simmonds; later he was sent to the Shenandoah Valley, and took part in the battles at Snicker's Gap, Win-chester and other places. He is a man of frugal, temperate, industrious habits, and un-tiring perseverance. What he undertakes, he rarely fails in accomplishing. Modest and un-assuming, he has never sought office or distinc-tion of any kind, and whilst he highly appreci-ates the approbation of his neighbors and friends, he courts the adulation of none. A constant reader—when business permits—he has pecul-iar literary tastes, and his library, though not large, is of rare quality. Candor and honesty-are prominent characteristics in his makeup, whilst his uncompromising devotion to truth makes him fearless and outspoken in his advo-cacy of justice and right. A kind husband, an indulgent parent, a generous neighbor, an up-right citizen, in the full possession of his mental powers, he bids fairly for another decade of use-fulness and well-doing.
CHARLES H. REED. Among the many settlers who left their native State with the intention of making a home in what was then the Far West, may be mentioned Thomas Reed, father of Charles H. Reed, so well and favorably known in Green Township, Harrison County. The father of
Thomas emigrated from England about the commencement of the Revolutionary War, and like many other aliens took up the cause of his adopted country, and fought valiantly and faithfully through those long weary years. His family he brought with him, and soon after the close of the struggle they settled in eastern Pennsylvania. His children were named John, William, James, Mary, Sarah, Rachel and
HARRISON COUNTY - 87
Thomas. He was a strong Federalist in his convictions, and an ardent supporter of that party. A member of the Presbyterian Church in early life, he joined the Seceder Church upon its organization, and remained a member of the same until his death. His remains now rest in Pennsylvania.
Thomas Reed's early life was passed in farming and attending the common schools. In 1799 he was married to 1VIary Walker, who bore him the following named children: William and John. In 1803 this wife died and was buried in Fayette County, Penn. In 1808 he was united in marriage with Nellie Stone, of Pennsylvania, a daughter of Rev. Benjamin Stone, a minister of the Close Communion Baptists. After their marriage they remained a short time in Pennsylvania, but soon deciding to move westward, they came to Jefferson County, Ohio, where they purchased a farm. The following named children were born to them: Mary, Sarah, Rachel, Jeremiah, Charles H., Benjamin, McNara, Thomas, Eleanor and Nancy Jane. Mr. Reed and family attended the Presbyterian Church at Bloomfield, Jefferson County; his wife was a member of the Baptist Church at Pine Run; in politics he was a Whig. In 1833 they moved to Coshocton County, where he remained; in 1853 the father died and was buried at Keene, Coshocton Co., Ohio; in 1866 his widow died and was placed by his side.
Charles H. Reed, the subject proper of these lines, was born April 8, 1818, in Wayne Town-ship, Jefferson Co., Ohio. He passed his early youth at the home of his parents, and at the early age of fifteen started out in life for him-self. He first sought employment in Coshocton County, where he remained about a year, returning to Green Township, Harrison County, where he has since resided. He has never married, but resides on the farm, his niece being housekeeper. Politically, Mr. Reed was a Democrat, but finally joined the Prohibition ranks, and now is a strong supporter of that cause, still holding to the great principles of Democracy—equal and exact justice to all men; " therefore rum, the great fraud of our land, must go." The Presbyterian Church at Beech Spring claims him as a member. He is the sole representative of his family, and retains the respect of his neighbors and acquaintances, which the Reed family always had.
REV. DR. R. G. CAMPBELL was born in York County, Penn., April 4, 1834. His father, Robert, was also a Pennsylvanian, while his grandfather, William, was a native of Delaware, born of Scotch-Irish extraction. Robert Campbell was a farmer, and was married in Pennsylvania to Miss Mary Gowan, a daughter of Alexander and Mary (Shaw) Gowan, of Scotch descent. In 1879, at the age of eighty years, Mrs. Mary Campbell passed from earth, and in 1883 her husband was called away at the age of eighty-one—she having been born in 1798 and he in 1802. They were the parents of five children, viz.: William, who died at the age of two years; Alexander G., of Martin's Ferry, Ohio; R. G., our subject; James Hervey, in Arkansas City, Kas., and Isaac Williams, in York County, Penn.
Dr. R. G. Campbell remained on the home place until twenty-one years of age. His edu-cation was begun at the common schools, and subsequently he studied Latin under Rev. 'Will-iam Carlisle, later attending a classical school at Perryville, Juniata Co., Penn.; he afterward taught several terms of school, and in 1855 went to Pittsburgh, and thence to Wheeling, Va., thence by boat to Bellaire, Ohio, by rail-way to Cambridge, Ohio, and on foot sixteen miles to Antrim. For three months he attended Madison College, under Rev. Samuel Findley, D. D. He then started on foot for St. Clairsville, seeking friends in Belmont County, Ohio. On Wheeling Creek he found the farm of Jo-seph B. Smith, whose youngest daughter after-ward became his wife. He aught at Hendrysburg that winter, and the next spring entered college at New Athens, and graduated in Sep-
88 - HARRISON COUNTY.
tember, 1858. For two years previous to gradu-ation, however, he was tutor in Greek, Latin and the English branches. During this time he was thrown upon his own resources, but by economy carried himself through. He studied theology under Rev. D. F. Reid, of Uniontown, Ohio, spent three years at the seminary in Allegheny, Penn., and was licensed to preach in April. 1861. In November, 1863, he was ordained pastor at Martin's Ferry, where he re-sided until September, 1867, and was then called to the presidency of Franklin College and the United Presbyterian Church at New Athens, Ohio. The presidency he held until 1871, when Dr. A. F. Ross came from Iowa to take charge of the college. Dr. Campbell held the pastorate for nineteen years, and for four years has been preaching at Roney's Point, Ohio Co., W. Va.
On November 3, 1863, Dr. Campbell was united in marriage with Euphemia E., daughter of Joseph and Eliza (Stewart) Smith, to whom allusion has already been made; the Smith fam-ily came from York County, Penn., about 1830. They were the parents of seven children—five girls and two boys—of whom but two survive, one being Mrs. Rev. Andrew Gordon, a widow, of Monmouth, Ill., who for twenty years was a missionary in India, and whose husband was the author of the work entitled " Thirty Years in India." The other daughter is the wife of our subject. In 1885 Dr. Campbell built his present house, which is pleasantly situated on a hill overlooking New Athens from the east, and here all the children are gathered. Their names are Carrie Lauretta, who taught languages in Frank-lin College for some time; Emma Blanche, who taught Greek, Latin and German in Franklin College, and was married June 5, 1890, to Rev. H. G. Furbay, of Georgetown, Ohio; Robert Addison, of Pittsburgh, Penn. ; Maggie Felicia and Edna Crete Garfield. The eldest three are graduates of Franklin College.
Dr. Campbell has never taken an active part in politics, but is a Republican in principle, casting his first vote for Abraham Lincoln, and of late years he has affiliated with the Prohibition party. Mrs. Campbell is a member of the United Presbyterian Church of New Athens; her parents were formerly members of the old Seceder Church at Unity, Belmont Co., Ohio.
JOHN L. WOODWARD, one of the well-known farmers of Short Creek Township, Harrison County, was born near Harrisville, in that township, January 28, 1855, a son of Isaac and Sarah Ann (Thompson) Hague Woodward, former a native of Chester County, Penn., and now living on a farm near George-town; latter a native of Harrison County and a daughter of John C. and Mary Thompson. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Woodward located near Harrisville for a time, and then moved to near Georgetown, where they resided until the day of his death, October 5, 1890. Two children have been born to them: John L., and Mary E., now Mrs. William Hammond, of Jefferson County, Ohio. The parents were members of the Society of Friends of near Georgetown.
John L. Woodward, whose name opens this sketch, was brought up on the farm, attending in the meantime the common schools of his neighborhood; then for a time studied at Hope-dale College, in Green Township, after which he returned to the duties of the farm. On March 20, 1877, he was married to Miss Sarah, daughter of Isaac and Anna L. Thomas, of Short Creek Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, where she was born. She grew to womanhood in her native township, where for a time she taught school. Her father first saw the light on the farm where she and her husband now live, and became one of the founders of the Mechanics Bank of Cadiz, Ohio. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Woodward resided one year on the farm where his father lived, and in 1878 he bought the Hargrave property in Short Creek Township, on which they moved and have since made their home. Two children have been born to them: Clara Edna, born November 29,
HARRISON COUNTY - 89
1879, and Walter Isaac, born March 23, 1884, both at home. Mr. and Mrs. Woodward are both members of the Society of Friends; in politics he was originally a Republican, but is now a Prohibitionist. The family are highly respected in the community, being classed among the most progressive in the county.
JAMES CADY, farmer, German Township Harrison County, is a son of John and Margaret (Parr) Cady, natives of Ireland, former of whom was a son of Joseph, who located in Reading, Penn., in 1783, and was a mason by trade. John Cady was born in County Tyrone, and came with his parents to Reading. He was the father of four sons and six daugh-ters, and was an early settler of Washington County, Penn. ; subsequently he moved to Cadiz, Harrison County, and lived there until his death in 1824.
James Cady was born in Washington County, Penn., March 2, 1812, and received such an edu-cation as the schools of those days afforded. In 1829 he commenced to learn the tin and copper trade, and in 1832 he moved to West Virginia, where he worked at his trade until 1838, when he moved to Flemingsburg, Ky., where he remained until 1842. He then returned to Cadiz and started in the tin and copper business, which he continued till April, 1856, when he moved to Cadiz Junction, and carried on an eating house till 1873. In 1862 he had bought the farm of 220 acres on which he now lives, but did not move to it until 1883. On October 2, 1834, he married Miss Caroline T. Purdy, of New York City, and they became the parents of ten chil-dren, viz. : Isabel; William H., a tinner in Den-nison, Ohio; Dorcas C., wife of William H. Randall, a Southern California land speculator; Adeline E. ; Caroline T. ; Elizabeth A. ; James Ella, who was married to R. J. McCarty, for-merly agent at Cadiz Junction, P. C. & St. L. R. R., both now deceased; Lncinda M., wife of John S. McKay, an engineer and machinist in Memphis, Tenn. ; John E., a laborer on the P. C. & St. L. R. R., Cadiz Junction, and James R. Mr. and Mrs. Cady are both members of the Presbyterian Church.
ADAM DUNLAP, the founder of the Dunlap families now in Harrison County, Ohio, was born in Ireland, where the family had long been residents. They were engaged principally in agriculture, a calling which the family still follow. There is but little authentic history of the family antecedent
to Adam. In his early life he was married to Rebecca Work, a resident of his native place. Their family was composed of twelve children, half being girls. With his family Adam removed to Ohio in 1812, and settled in Athens Township, Harrison County. The year previous be and his son had erected a small cabin and cleared a small piece of ground. Their journey was long and tedious, over roads slashed through the woods, and in covered wagons. After much difficulty they reached
their destination, and commenced pioneer life in earnest. We little realize at the present day what it means to come into a new country, covered with forests centuries old, teeming with wild animals of all sorts, menacing not only the lives of the domestic animals of the settlers, but also those of the settlers themselves. Here on the tract he had entered Adam and his wife remained until death called them to their reward. From his advent in the county Mr. Dunlap took a prominent part in the politics of his section, and was considered one of the ablest and shrewdest members of the Democratic party. In affairs of religion he also took a prominent part, as well as in educational questions, believing, with many others, that in the community in which intelligence existed, as well as morality, there could be nothing but progression and welfare. He was among the founders of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church, and was one of the builders of the original edifice. On September 22, 1830, he died, and was laid to rest amid the scenes of his early religious
90 - HARRISON COUNTY
labors, and May 20, 1846, his widow followed him and was laid at his side. Of his family Robert was born in 1794, coming with his father to Ohio, and settling in Athens, on the home place, where he remained until he was married to Mary Pattison, a daughter of Hugh Pattison, a resideni of Pennsylvania. Hugh Pattison came from Ireland with his family and wife, Nancy. They settled in Pennsylvania, where almost im-mediately thereafter Mr. Pattison died, leaving two small girls, who afterward married the Dunlap brothers. Soon after his marriage Rob-ert Dunlap commenced housekeeping in Athens Township, on what was then a new tract of land, and much of which he cleared himself. His wife bore him the following named children: Adam, Jr., in Athens Township; Hugh P., in Cadiz Township; and Samuel, Nancy, Rebecca, Mary and 'Robert, all five deceased. In his politics Mr. Dunlap followed his father, being among the leaders in his section, and many times represented his township in the Demo-cratic convention. He held nearly all of the township offices in the gift of his fellow-townsmen, the duties of which were faithfully dis-charged. On September 29, 1852, Mrs. Dunlap died, and March 2, 1860, was followed by her husband; both now rest in Nottingham Cemetery. A self-made man in every respect, Mr. Dunlap retained and merited the respect of all.
ADAM DUNLAP, JR., was born October 2, 1820, on the paternal farm. From his early youth he was trained to industrious habits as well as eco-nomic principles. He early engaged in assisting on the farm. and there saw much of the manner in which his father met with success, and it is needless to say profited by the example so continually before him. In February, 1845, he was married to Margaret, daughter of Samuel McFadden, and the young couple commenced their married life in Cadiz Township, where they remained about twenty years, when they removed to Athens, where their home has since been made. The children born to this union were as follows: Robert, Samuel, Mary (deceased), Elizabeth (deceased), and A. J. Like his ancestry, Mr. Dunlap, has been a Democrat, and, like them, takes an active part in the campaigns of the party. In his township he has been trustee, and also held other minor offices. He and fami-ly are members of the Presbyterian Church at New Athens, in which he is one of the liberal patrons and supporters. In 1863 Mrs. Dunlap died and was buried in Nottingham Cemetery, and June 27, 1874, Mr. Dunlap married Sarah Jane Dickerson, a member of the family of Asa Dickerson, of Cadiz Township; she lived about eleven months only, and was buried at Cassville. Mr. Dunlap engages in general farming and stock-raising, his farm being situated about two miles west of New Athens, and classed among the best in his township.
ROBERT DUNLAP was born November 14, 1845, and his youth and early manhood were spent at the home place, which he, as the eldest son, actively engaged in cultivating. The common school claimed his attention until about nineteen years old, when he ceased attendance. On April 20, 1871, he was married to Margaret, daughter of J. J. McFadden, of Athens Township, and im-mediately commenced his married life on the place where he has since resided. His children are Mary and C. C. His farm is situated about two and a half miles from New Athens, where he engages principally in stock-raising. He is eminently successful, and is regarded as one of the rising men of his section. A Democrat in politics, he has always supported that party, and he and family are members and supporters of the Presbyterian Church at New Athens.
Samuel Dunlap was born November 13, 1847, in Cadiz Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, where he spent his early youth. On March 16, 1876, he was married to Annie R., daughter of John J. McFadden, of Athens Township, and the children born to this union are Grace, George D., Edwin J. and Adam. Mr. Dun-lap is a supporter of the Democratic party, and he and his family belong to the Presbyterian Church at New Athens.
A. J. Dunlap was born June 14, 1859, in Cadiz, Ohio, and nearly all his life has been
HARRISON COUNTY - 91
spent on the farm. His educational advantages were superior to those of the farm boy usually, and when he was in his twentieth year he en-gaged in teaching, which he followed for some time with eminent success. On June 9, 1887, he married Annie McAdam, a resident of Moorefield Township, Harrison County, and after his marriage he came to the home place, where he has since resided, and which he at present is managing. Two children have been born to his marriage: Minnie E. and Craig B. A. J. Dunlap is a Democrat in politics, and he and family are members of the Presbyterian Church at New Athens.
JOHN DUNLAP, a son of Adam Dunlap, was born in Fayette County, Penn., in 1785, and with his parents came to Harrison County, Ohio, where he embraced the limited advantages of the common schools. Early trained to work, his whole life was one ceaseless round of toil, endeavoring to clear up his farm and render it productive and hab-itable. In his early manhood he married Nancy Dickerson, who was a resident of Fayette County, Penn., and to this union were born Adam, Susan, Mary, Rebecca, Joshua and John. The father of these was one of the pioneer Democrats, and was considered one of the leaders of his party. One of the founders of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church, he always was a liberal supporter of that faith. Re died soon after his wife's taking away, and they rest side by side in Nottingham Cemetery.
Joshua Dunlap was born in 1822 in Athens Township, Harrison County, where his early youth was spent. In 1847 he was married to Nancy G., daughter of Robert S. Watson, and the young couple proceeded at once to Morgan County, where they remained some eighteen months, and then returned to Athens. Here they reared the following family: Watson; A. C. (deceased); Rachel A. (Mrs. J. L. Scott), in Missouri; Mary J. (Mrs. Winfield Scott), also in Missouri; Louisa B. (Mrs. John Webb), deceased; and Susie (Mrs. John P. Dunlap). With limited advantages for education Joshua Dun lap was, during his life, an exceedingly intelligent man, one who exercised a beneficial influ. ence in the section in which he resided. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church from early youth, and in politics he inherited Democratic principles, but he was too intelligent a man to accept them without investigation. In the fall of 1879 he was suddenly stricken with internal rupture, and on September 14 he died; he was buried in Nottingham Cemetery; his widow died in 1884, and was buried by his side.
WATSON DUNLAP was born October 13, 1849, in Athens Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, and has here since made his home. He has fol-lowed farming for a business, combined with stock-raising, and has attained as much success as usually falls to the lot of man. On September 7, 1874, he was married to Mary A. Dicker-son, a resident of Athens, and two children have blessed this union: Lizzie E. and Floyd C. From conviction and principle Mr. Dunlap is a Democrat,. and takes quite an active part in the politics of his township. From early life he has been a member of the Presbyterian Church, to which also his family belong. He is the only representative of his branch of the Dunlap family who have so many years had the respect and confidence of all. He is a typical representative of such a family, and is worthy of them.
JOSEPH DUNLAP, one of the sons of Adam Dunlap (sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume), was born June 29, 1818, in Athens Township, Harrison Co., Ohio. His early life was spent in clearing and working the home farm, where he remained until he was of age. His educational advantages were of a primitive character, and consisted entirely of that imparted during the short winter school session of the district. His natural aptitude for learning, however, largely supplied the defect of instruction, and during his life he
92 - HARRISON COUNTY.
has been an extensive reader and observer. He is well versed in the political questions of the day, as well as on the leading questions that have for the past half a century been before the people. A firm believer in Democratic doctrines, he has been unswerving in his adherence to the principles enunciated by Jefferson and advocated by Jackson. On February 12, 1846, Mr. Dunlap was married to Julia Ann, daughter of John and Hannah Hayes, residents of Pennsylvania. He commenced his married life in Moorefield Township, where he remained a short time, then went to Belmont County, and finally removed to Athens Township, where he has since resided. His children are as follows: Adam B., residing at Freeport; John A., in Athens Township; Harriet J. (Mrs. Israel Howells), in Moorefield Township; Pattison, de-ceased; William H., in Moorefield Township; Hannah F. (Mrs. Israel Shepard); Mary (Mrs. John Stephenson); A. M. and James V., in Athens Township; Cora B. (Mrs. James Green), in Rumley; Robert S., in Moorefield Township, and Le Grand E., in Athens Township.
The family have for years been among the representative members of the Nottingham Pres-byterian Church, in which they are most loyal and earnest workers. September 3, 1878, Mrs. Dunlap died and was buried in Nottingham Cemetery. For the past few years Mr. Dunlap has been living with his son, A. M., one of the rising and successful young men of his section.
A. M. DUNLAP was born May 20, 1860, in Belmont County. Ohio, where the earlier por-tion of his life was spent. His education was that of the common schools, and there was the foundation laid for the present knowledge which he possesses. On June 30, 1887, he was mar-ried to Laura J., daughter of R. L. and Sophia Moore, of Moorefield Township, and since his marriage be has resided in Athens Township, where he engages in general farming and stock-raising. Though yet a young man, still he is widely and favorably known in both the political and social life of the township. A Democrat, it might be said, from birth, he has steadfastly continued so, and always supports that, party.He is one of the young men of his section whose success in life is almost a foregone conclusion.
THOMAS WILSON COUCH, a widely known citizen of Green Township, Harrison Co.. Ohio, was born in Guernsey County, in the same State, August 26, 1823, and is a son of Nathan Couch, a native of Fayette County, Penn. Philip Couch, the father of Nathan, was born in Germany, but came to America when quite young, and lies buried beside his wife in Pennsylvania.
Nathan Couch learned the trade of shoe-making in Pennsylvania, and after reaching his majority was married in that State to Annie McPeck. For a time the couple resided near Pittsburgh, and then came to Ohio, where they entered 160 acres of wild land in Guernsey County, which land Mr. Couch cleared, but later sold out and came to Harrison County with his family. Here he died in Green Township at seventy-five years of age, his widow following him to the grave some five years later, also aged about seventy-five. Their children were named as follows: Sarah, Joseph, Polly, Daniel, Eli, William, Mary, Jackson, Nathan and Thomas Wilson, all of whom are deceased excepting the last named—the subject of this sketch.
Thomas Wilson Couch in his early manhood learned wagon-making, at which trade he served a full apprenticeship. At the age of twenty-one he left the parental roof and located at a post-office called Green, there to follow his trade, which post station has since developed into the thriving village of Hopedale, with post-office of the same name, and here Mr. Couch stilt makes his home. He was married to Miss Margaret, daughter of John Campbell, and a native of Guernsey County, Ohio, but in 1875 this lady died, leaving six sons, viz. : Perry, in Green Township; Sutton, in Short Creek Town-ship; Welling and John, in Green Township; Wilson, in Cadiz, and Nathan, in Green Town-ship, Harrison Co., Ohio. On August 7, 1876,
HARRISON COUNTY - 93
Mr. Couch chose, for his second wife, Miss Lydia Jane, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Barcroft, of Harrison County. Joseph Barcroft was a native of Maryland, and was brought to Harrison County, Ohio, when a boy; his wife was born in Pennsylvania and came to Harrison County when twenty years old. She is still liv-ing% Hopedale, and has a family of eight chil-dren, viz.: Lydia Jane, Mary, William, Eliza-beth, Sarah Ann, Joseph, Ruth and Mahala. To this second marriage of Mr. Couch there has been born one child, Maggie Jane. Mr. Couch began life a poor man, but has made a success in his business, and is now in comfortable cir-cumstances. He is a Republican politically, but has never been an office-seeker. While he is a consistent member of the Church of the Disciples, his wife is equally devout in her wor-ship at the Methodist Episcopal Church.
WASHINGTON J. VANCE. This member of the well-known Vance family was born July 23, 1844, in Belmont County, Ohio. His father, Swan C., was born near Wheeling, Va., May 19, 1798, and James, father of Swan C., was a native of old Virginia, to which State his father came
from Wales. In 1800 James, with his family, came to Belmont County, Ohio, and purchased a farm in Wheeling Township, where he remained until his death, holding the highest respect of all. Swan C. Vance came to Belmont County, Ohio, when about sixteen years of age, and entered the employment of Thomas Morrison, a hatter, in St. Clairsville. He spent much of his leisure in reading and study, and so succeeded in acquiring the culture of mind that distinguished him in after life. He was married to Mary Chandler, a resident of Belmont County, but who survived but a short time, having borne him two children: Anna B. and Tersey Jane. Mr. Vance next married
Sarah Bethel, a daughter of James Bethel, and to this union were born children as follows: James, deceased; Mary, deceased; Lucinda, (Mrs. James E. Judkins); John A., of Flushing; Washington J., of Athens Township; Lousia E. (Mrs. Charles H. McCall). of Flushing. For many years Mr. Vance followed the trade of hatter, and in 1840 he purchased a farm in Flushing Township, Belmont County, on which he remained until his death, which occurred Sep-tember 6, 1885, his interment being at Rock Hill. On February 4,1887, his widow died, and was laid by the side of her husband. From early manhood he took a prominent part in the politics of his county, and was one of its most trusted leaders. He held the office of com-missioner of the county, satisfactorily discharging the duties thereof for many years. and was also first assessor of his township under the new law of assessment; many other offices were given him by his party, whose trust be never betrayed. His family were members of the Rock Hill Baptist Church.
Washington J. Vance spent the early part of his life in attendance at the common schools. At the age of sixteen years, imbued with patriotism and love of country, he enlisted in her defense, joining, September 23. 1861, the Fif-teenth O. V. I., which regiment was sent to the South, where it was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland. He was actively engaged in all of the movements and battles of that army, including Shiloh, Stone River, Mission Ridge, Perryville, Liberty Gap, Chickamauga, Atlanta and several others. In 1864, his time of enlistment having expired, he re-enlisted for three years more. His regiment, on the march to Atlanta, was under lire from May 8 to Sep-tember 1, with the exception of three days. In all, be was engaged in twenty-three battles, and out of the original one hundred men in the company only seven returned. After the capture of Atlanta his regiment was sent to Tennessee, to intercept Hood, where it was en-gaged November 30, 1864, at Franklin, and also at Nashville, December 15-16, same year. They were then sent to eastern Tennessee, where they received the news of Lee's surrender, and soon thereafter were sent to Texas,
94 - HARRISON COUNTY.
where they remained until November 24, when they were returned to Columbus, and, on December 27 were discharged from the service. This made four years three months and seven days' consecutive service, with no leave of absence from his company, a record which would be difficult to duplicate. On his return home Mr. Vance engaged in farming two years, then entered mercantile business, which he followed about five years, and then re-engaged in farm-ing, which he has since followed.
On November 15, 1878, Mr. Vance was married to Maggie McMillan, a daughter of William McMillan, a resident of New Athens, but she survived only a short time, dying Feb-ruary 24, 1881, leaving no family, and was buried at New Athens. On February 28, 1883, Mr. Vance married Maribah A. Pickering, a daughter of Joseph Barricklow, no children having been born to this union. Mr. Vance and family are constant attendants at and mem-bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Rankin. In his politics a Republican, he has always done good service for that party, and has been many times honored by it with offi-cial positions. As a progressive man he is well known throughout the county in which he has a large circle of friends and admirers.
JOHN YARNALL, farmer, Moorefield, Township, Harrison County, is a son of Aaron and Mary A. (Bell) Yarnall. Aaron Yarnall, who was a son of Thomas Yarnail, a native of Washington County, Penn., was born about 1783 also in Washington County, Penn., and there grew to manhood. In 1811 he migrated with his family to Ohio, settling in Nottingham Township, Harrison County, where he purchased 160 acres of land, on which he erected a small log cabin, in which he resided for some years, when he replaced it by a more comfortable residence. The land was cleared by his own hands, and transformed into a beautiful farm. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years, the services of which society were held for many years in what is known as the Old Fiester Mill, in Nottingham Township. He died at his old home in 1851; his widow followed him to the grave in 1857. She also was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. To Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Yarnall were born nine children, named as follows: Ziba, William, Aaron, Eli, Colver, John, Nelson, Lydia and Mary A.
John Yarnall, our subject, the only one of the above-named children now living, was born February 27, 1827, in Nottingham Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, where he grew to manhood and was educated in the common schools. April 24, 1850, he married Miss Nackkey Rogers, and to this union were born three children: Henry H., now in Tuscarawas County; Sylvester F., in Oberlin, and Jasper, deceased. Mrs. Yarnall departed this life in 1861, and October 14, 1863, Mr. Yarnall married Mrs. Elizabeth Rass, widow of the late Thomas Rass, and born June 28, 1833, a daughter of Alexander and Sarah (Ramsey) Fulton, of Nottingham Township. After his first marriage Mr. Yarnall located in Nottingham Township, and in 1876 he purchased the farm he now owns, containing 100 acres on Section 12 in Moorefield Township, in the northwest corner, situated one and one-half miles east of the village of Moorefield, on the Cadiz and Cambridge road. Mr. and Mrs. Yarnall are the parents of two children, Mary R. and Ida B., both residing at home. The family are members of the Nottingham Presby-terian Church.
ELIJAH CARVER. Among the highly respected citizens of Freeport, Harrison County, none enjoy the confidence of their friends to a greater extent than the subject of this sketch. The family originated in Germany, where for many generations they had engaged in the pursuit of agriculture. John Henry, the father of our subject, was in early youth imbued with the spirit of adventure, and determined to satisfy his desire in that
HARRISON COUNTY - 95
direction. Accordingly he enlisted as drummer boy in a regiment of Hessian soldiers who were preparing to start for America, and with them he came hither and fought through the en-tire Revolutionary War. Soon after peace was declared, he, having already determined to re-main in the new Republic, was united in mar-riage to Talitha Mitchel, a resident of North Carolina. Some time after marriage Mr. and Mrs. Carver removed to Mount Pleasant, Jeffer-son County, Ohio, where they arrived in 1798, and remained until 1803, when they removed to Flushing Township, Belmont County, remain-ing there until 1812, when Mr. Carver came to Freeport and purchased the farm where his death occcurred. His children were named as follows: John, Rebecca, Henry, Elizabeth, James, Ann and Abner, all deceased, and Mary, living in Iowa, and Elijah, in Freeport. Mr. Carver and family were consistent mem-bers of the Society of Friends. He was a man of strong convictions, and, while a member of the Federal party, still was a strong Abolition-ist. He never sought political preferment, but quietly attended to his home duties. On March 15, 1841, he passed away, and was laid to rest in Green Mount Cemetery, whither his widow followed him, March 14, 1845.
Elijah Carver was born July 17, 1810, in Belmont County,' Ohio. His early youth was spent on the home place, where he found full employment in assisting in the usual duties, as well as clearing much of the land. In his early manhood he managed the home place, but after his marriage, which occurred November 26, 1835, with Nancy Boals, a daughter of James Boals, a resident of Freeport, he moved to the farm where he has since resided. On January 24, 1854, Mrs. Carver died, leaving the follow-ing named children: Henry B., in Washington Township, Harrison Co., Ohio; Mary J. (Mrs. Thomas Sloan), in Minnesota, and James C., in Cambridge, Ohio. On April 25, 1871, Mr. Carver was married to Narcissa E., daughter of Joseph Bevan, and the children of this marriage are Anna and Thaddeus. In his political belief Mr. Carver was originally a Whig, but is now a Republican; has taken an active part in the politics of his section, and has been honored many times with office by his party, both in township and county. In 1854 he was elected county commissioner, and so well did he dis-charge his duties that he was urged to accept a renomination. This he refused until 1857, when he was re-elected by a strong majority. He and his family are members of the Society of Friends at Freeport. The only representa-tive of a well-known family, Mr. Carver has, by his upright life and enterprising spirit fully sustained the family record in these particulars, and has also won the confidence and esteem of all who know him.
MRS. ELIZA WILSON, of Moorefield Township, Harrison County, is a daughter of Jonah and Sarah (Joice) David son, natives of Maryland. Jonah is a son of Samuel, whose father was a native of Ireland and immigrated to the 'United States in an early day, settling in Maryland. Samuel Davidson was born in Allegany County, Md., in 1771; his brothers and sisters were thirteen in number. Samuel Davidson married Mary Drake, a native of Pennsylvania. They were the parents of six children, namely: Lewis, Jesse, Jonah, Mary, Hannah and Nancy. Samuel Davidson migrated to Harrison County, Ohio, in 1812, and entered a tract of land in Washington Township. His cousin had come to this land prior to Samuel coming to it, and had erected thereon a small log cabin, in which Samuel and family took up their abode, and in which they resided for some years. Samuel was a member of the Protestant Methodist Church for many years; his wife was a member of the Society of Friends. Jonah Davidson was born in Allegany County, Md., July 4, 1804, and, in 1812, came with his parents to Ohio, where he grew to manhood and was educated at the common schools. In 1829 he married Miss Sarah Joice, and to them was born, October 26, 1832, one
96 - HARRISON COUNTY.
daughter, Eliza, in Washington Township, Harrison County, on the farm on which her paternal grandparent first settled. Mr. Davidson died June 16, 1889; his wife died in 1859, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for a number of years.
Mrs. Eliza Wilson was reared to womanhood on the home farm, and on August 4, 1864, she married James Wilson, who was born on the farm where Mrs. Wilson now resides; he was a son of James Wilson, Sr., and Sarah (Brock) Wilson, natives of Virginia, who were among the early settlers of Moorefield Township. James Wilson and wife were the parents of three children, namely: Jonah D., Sarah B. and James A., all residing at home. Mr. Wilson, previous to his marriage with our subject, had been married to Nancy J. Tarbert, who was born in 1836, a daughter of James and Nancy (McCollough) Tarbert, and to this union was born one son named Madison, who resides with our subject. Mr. Wilson departed this life in 1873. Mrs. Wilson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and enjoys the esteem of all who have the pleasure of her acquaintance.
VALENTINE TRUSHEL, one of the best known farmers of North Township, Harrison County, was born there October 17, 1846, and is a son of John Trushel, an old settler of the township and a native of Pennsylvania, who came here with his father, Solomon Trushel, a pioneer and a great deer hunter, who died on the farm where our subject was born. John Trushel, in fact, reached his ma-jority on this farm, and for years he worked as a tanner, but the later years of his life were de-voted to farming. He married Fannie Little, who died in 1876, aged eighty years, and the mother of thirteen children, viz. : Solomon, deceased; Eli, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio; Peter, in North Township; David, in Carroll County ; William; Valentine, the subject of this sketch; Abraham and Joshua, deceased; Mahala; Eliz-abeth, widow of James Morgan, of Carroll
County; Susanne, deceased; Mary, Mrs. Thomas Rea, of Monroe Township, Harrison County, and Sarah. The father of this family died in 1884, at the advanced age of eighty-two years.
Valentine Trushel was reared on the home farm, attending the common school a short time each winter. With the exception of one year passed in the West, he has never been away from Harrison County. In /875 he chose as his life partner Miss Rebecca Stearns, daughter of William and Susan Stearns, of Carroll Coun-ty, Ohio, their present place of residence. Mr. Trushel brought his bride to the home farm in North Township, where, with filial affection, he continued to care for his father and mother in their declining years. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Trushel have been born five chil-dren, named as follows: Ellen Dora, John Will-iam, Howard Franklin, Clara Susanne and Jes-sie Florence, all residing with their parents. Mr. Trushel is a Democrat in politics, but has never been an office-seeker, preferring to apply his time and attention to the duties of the farm, which consists of 134 acres situated two miles west of Scio, and which he devotes largely to stock raising, a specialty in which he has met with abundant success. The Trushel family, as will be perceived, is one of the oldest and most generally respected in North Township, and stands high in the esteem of the community.
JESSE FORSYTHE. The earliest authentic record of the Forsythe family dates back to the time when they left Scotland for Ireland, from which country the family came to America about the middle of the eighteenth century. The family then consisted of John Forsythe, the grandfather of our subject, and his wife. Soon after their arrival they settled in Fayette County, Penn., where their children, John, Robert, Jesse, Eli, Nancy and Elizabeth, were born and reared. The Forsythes were
Presbyterians of the old Scotch school, and were rigid Conformists. They engaged in agri-
HARRISON COUNTY - 97
culture, which has ever been the chief occupa-tion of the family.
Jesse Forsythe, the third son, spent his early life in Pennsylvania, where he was mar-ried to Mahala Patterson, who bore him the fol-lowing named children: William, born March 10, 1800; Maria, born September 25, 1801; Elizabeth, born September 21, 1803; Matilda, born September 21, 1805. Upon the death of his wife Mr. Forsythe was united in marriage, in 1811, to Sarah Colvin, who bore him the follow-ing named children: Samuel, born January 19, 1812; Harrison, born January 15, 1813; Joseph D., born December 22, 1814; Nancy, born November 19, 1816; John, born June 15, 1818; Benjamin F., born March 15, 1820; Levi C., born August 2, 1822; Rebecca, born December 1, 1824, and Jesse, born November 6, 1826. In 1825 Mr. Forsythe removed from Pennsylvania to Harrison County, Ohio, settling on a farm in Washington Township, the lease of which he purchased from Stephen Vallow, and here he resided during his life. The farm was greatly improved under his care, and is now occupied by his son Jesse. From his earliest advent into the county Mr. Forsythe took an active part in the political affairs of his section, and so well did he discharge the duties which were con-fided to his care that he quickly became a leader in his party. He was a Whig, and at his death was strongly convinced of the party's integrity. Like his father, he had been a Presbyterian, and had always been a promoter of that faith, but soon after his arrival in Ohio, however, he united with the Baptists, and assisted in the organization of that congrega-tion which is now known as the Corinth Church. A. progressive and enterprising man, Mr. Forsythe did much to make Harrison County a leading one in the State. On November 5, 1857, he passed away, his wife having died June 24, 1854.
Jesse Forsythe, the youngest child of the family, was, as stated, born November 6, 1826, in Washington Township, Harrison County. Here he grew to manhood, and here he acquired the rudiments of an education which he has largely increased by subsequent study. Soon after leaving the common schools he began the study of law, and when nearly ready for admis-sion to the bar his mother died, leaving the care of the aged father to him. He immediately gave up all thought of being admitted, and un-dertook the management of the home place, thus sacrificing his hopes for the care of his parent. While deprived of the pleasure of study, owing to his time being largely devoted to the farm, he still took an active part in the political affairs of the county. His education, coupled with his native talent, as well as his knowledge of men, served largely to place him almost immediately in the lead of his party. For many years he steadily refused any nominations whatever, although always in attendance at the county, senatorial and congressional conventions of his party. In these he rendered efficient service, always supporting that candidate who, he thought, best represented the people.
Jesse Forsythe, Jr., was married October 26, 1854, to Eliza Dean, daughter of Samuel and Mary Dean, of Cross Creek Township, Jef-ferson Co., Ohio. He commenced reading law in 1852 with his brother, Levi C. Forsythe, of Cadiz. His brother going in partnership with Judge Means, of Steubenville, and moving to that place, he then continued the study of law with his brother-in-law, Judge Lemon. His mother dying at that time he returned, at his father's request, to the farm to take care of the latter, and after the father's death he purchased the homestead farm. Col. Forsythe has never missed an election, and has always attended the caucuses, believing the best men should be nominated for office. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, but always judges persons by their acts rather than by their profession. During the War of the Rebellion he was elected colonel of the Third Battalion, Harrison County Militia. In 1877 he was elected a member of the Ohio Legislature, served his term, but refused to be a candidate again, giving as his reason that the pay of a
98 - HARRISON COUNTY.
representative, after deducting expenses, would not justify a man to neglect his own business. He has six children, viz. : Ben Franklin, a min-ister of the Methodist Episcopal Church; S. C., a farmer; John C., now attending law school at Cincinnati; Mary D. France, Grant, and Will S.. at home. His wife, nee Eliza Dean, died January 17, 1890, aged sixty-one years three months and twenty-two days, and was interred in Greenmont Cemetery, Freeport, on the 19th. She had been a consistent member of the Presby-terian Church of Deersville, Ohio, for thirty-five years, having united with that church during the ministry of Dr. T. R. Crawford.
HON. DAVID A. HOLLINGSWORTH. Among those whose names are indelibly associated with the progress of Harrison County, Ohio, during the last quarter of a century, is the subject of this brief biograph-ical memoir. The influence a man exerts, in molding the character of a community, is told, not so much by the length of time be may have resided therein, as by his own individual char-acter and activity.
David A. Hollingsworth, during his residence in Cadiz, has justly gained and keeps one of the foremost places in the legal. political, social and religious circles of his county. In the various positions of honor and trust to which he has been called, he has invariably proven him-self the man for the place; and in the legislative halls and in the councils of the State he has shown himself a deep thinker, a clear reasoner, an eloquent advocate, the champion of right, and ever the friend of the common people. In his legal practice, his counsel, based upon a thorough investigation of the principles of law, may always be relied upon as the real opinion of the adviser. So thoroughly has this princi-ple of " honest counsel " characterized his whole professional career that the community repose in him unquestioned confidenee. The following sketch is but a faint outline of an honorable family and a most worthy citizen.
David A. Hollingsworth, of Cadiz, Ohio, was born November 21, 1844, in Belmont 'County, Ohio. His father, Elihu Hollingsworth, is also a native of Belmont County, born in 1813, and is still (1890) living there with his wife, Lydia Ann Hollingsworth. He was a prosperous mer-chant at Flushing, and took a prominent part in public affairs until recently, when he retired from active business on account of advancing age. He was of the Society of Friends, but upon his marriage out of the Society, in 1839, he joined, and has ever since been a member of, the Methodist Episcopal Church. Levi Hol-lingsworth, father of Elihu, removed from Penn-sylvania, in 1804, to near where Flushing now stands, and there cleared out a farm in the wilderness, which he occupied until his death, in 1829, He was a lineal descendant (through a line of three direct ancestors, each named Thomas Hollingsworth) of Valentine Hollings-worth, Sr., who, in 1682, came to America in the ship " Welcome " with William Penn, and who occupied many prominent positions in the colony of Pennsylvania, being a member of the Assembly in 1683 and 1687, and again in 1695. He came from Belfast, Ireland, but was origi-nally from Cheshire, England, and was of the Hollingsworth family established there A. D. 1022. The church of the family and the hall, both several centuries old and very much out of repair, are still standing; the family arms are on each.
Valentine Hollingsworth's first wife, Catha-rine, from whom the subject of this memoir is descended, was a daughter of Henry Cornish, high sheriff of London, who was falsely accused. of treason and unjustly executed, in 1685, dur-ing the turbulent reign of James II., of England, the bloodthirsty tyrant who was afterward driven from the throne by the Prince of Orange. The historians, Hume and Macaulay, record the fact, that, although King James subsequently discovered and punished the perjury of the wit-nesses against Cornish and granted an estate to his family, yet the cruel and atrocious character of his judicial murder did much to arouse the