HISTORY OF HOOKING VALLEY - 575 1851.—Trustees, Nelson Cook. Peter Grosvenor and T. F. Jones; Clerk, B. F. Johnson. 1852.--Trustees, Levi Stewart, Peter Grosvenor and Wm. R. Winner; Clerk, Joshua Calvert. 1853.—Trustees, Elmer Rowell, D. B. Stewart and Wilson Selby; Clerk, B. F. Johnson. 1854.—Trustees, Elmer Rowell, D. B. Stewart and Wilson Selby; Clerk, B. F. Johnson. 1855.—Trustees, Elmer Rowell, D. B. Stewart and Wilson Selby; Clerk, B. F. Johnson. 1856.—Trustees. T. R. Rider, Perry Barrows and Harvey Pierce; Clerk, Charles H. Grosvenor. 1857.—Trustees, T. R. Rider, Voltaire Barrows and Harvey Pierce; Clerk, Chas. H. Grosvenor. 1858.—Trustees, Sosephus Tucker, Perry Barrows and Elmer Rowell; Clerk, Robert Bean. 1859.—Trustees, James Rice, Herman Frost and Artemus Buckley; Clerk, Blanford Cook. 1860.—Trustees, James Rice, Josephus Tucker and W.L. Petty; Clerk, Blanford Cook. 1861.—Trustees, James Rice, Josephus Tucker and W.L. Petty; Clerk, Blanford Cook. 1862.—Trustees, A. S. Crippen, Artemus Buckley and G. S. Simpson; Clerk, Blanford Cook. 1863.—Trustees, A. S. Crippen, P. W. Boyles and James Cross; Clerk, James Moore. 1864.—Trustees, Blanford Cook, P. W. Boyles and James Cross; Clerk, Harvey Pierce. 1865.—Trustees, Blanford Cook, P. W. Boyles and J. W. Johnson; Clerk, Harvey Pierce. 1866.—Trustees, Blanford Cook, Joseph Patterson and Harvey Pierce; Clerk, Charles Dean. 1867.—Trustees, Blanford Cook, Amos Patterson and Robert Bean; Clerk, George M. Ross. 1868.—Trustees, Blanford Cook, Amos Patterson and Robert Bean; Clerk, George M. Ross. 1869.—Trustees, Amos Patterson. Harvey Pierce and J. W. Johnson; Clerk, D. W. Cornell; Treasurer, B. F. Johnson; Justices of the Peace, R. A. Fulton and Elam Frost. 1870.—Trustees, Amos Patterson, J. W. Johnson and V. A. Caldwell; Clerk, D. W. Cornell; Treasurer, B. F. Johnson. 576 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. 1871. —Trustees, Amos Patterson, J. W. Johnson and V. A. Caldwell; Clerk, D. W. Cornell; Treasurer, B. F. Johnson; Justices of the Peace, J. S. Devol and S. S. Beebe. 1872.—Trustees, Amos Patterson, J. W. Johnson and V. A. Caldwell; Clerk, D. W. Cornell; Treasurer, D. M. Burchfield. 1873.—Trustees, Amos Patterson, E. Vickers and J. W. Johnson; Clerk, John L. Cross; Treasurer, D. M. Burchfield. 1874.—Trusteess, Amos Patterson, J. W. Johnson and Jefferson Perry; Clerk, J. L. Cross; Treasurer, D. W. Cornell. 1875.—Trustees, Jefferson Perry, Edwin Glazier and Clark Dodds; Clerk, J. E. Cook; Treasurer, D. W. Cornell; Justices of the Peace, R. M. Wilson and Edwin Glazier. 1876.—Trustees, Jefferson Perry, Clark Dodds and J. A. Caldwell; Clerk, J. E. Cook; Treasurer, D. W. Cornell; Justice of the Peace, Silas E. Hedges. 1877.—Trustees, Noah Tedrow, Frank Patton and Elijah H. Bean; Clerk, J. E. Cook; .Treasurer, D. W. Cornell; Justice of the Peace, S. S. Beebe. 1878.—Trustees, B. S. Plumley, Riley Crippen and Jefferson Perry; Clerk, J. E. Cook; Treasurer, D. W. Cornell; Justice of the Peace, James Malcolm. 1879.—Trustees, B. S. Plumley, Riley Crippen and Amos Patterson; Clerk, S. B. Pickering (resigned), L. M. Fowler; Treasurer, D. W. Cornell; Justice of the Peace, Silas E. Hedges. 1880.—Trustees, Riley Crippen, Amos Patterson and Eli Brooks; Clerk, L. M. Fowler; Treasurer, D. W. Cornell; .Justice of the Peace, S. S. Beebe. 1881.—Trustees, Amos Patterson, J. W. Murphey and J. W. Johnson; Clerk, L. M. Fowler (serving part of the year, and S. N. Hobson appointed to fill out the term); Treasurer, H. J. Smith; Justice of the Peace, William King. 1882.—Trustees, J.W. Murphey, J.W. Johnson and Eli Brooks; Clerk, S. N. Hobson; Treasurer, H. J. Smith; Justice of the Peace, P. F. Bush. 1883.—Trustees, Hiram Burden, Henry Finsterwald and Eli Brooks; Clerk, S. N. Hobson; Treasurer, Harvey J. Smith; Assessor, William Skinner; Justices of the Peace, S. S. Beebe and Henry Crippen. HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 577 GUYSVILLE. The village of Guysville is situated near the southwestern corner of Rome Township, on the bank of the Hocking River, and on the new line of the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad. It was laid out in 1836 by Chauncey Carpenter, who at that time owned the mill at that place. The postoffice was established about three years later through the efforts of Mr. Guy Barrows, who was appointed the first Postmaster, and for whom it was named, although the village has always been known by the name of Savannah. Among the first settlers were a Mr. Conner, a blacksmith; Laban Heth, a shoemaker; Barton Ferris and Amos Calvert. The village has a population, at present, of about 250 inhabitants. It has a flouring mill, owned by J. W. Murphey; a tannery, owned by Gustavus LeGoullon; a hotel, owned by D. W. Cornell; a Methodist Episcopal church with a membership of about fifty, and two physicians, G. W. Blakely and 0. B. Parker. The merchants are D. W. Cornell and Brown & Lawrence, general merchandise; John Picket and L; C. Murphey, drugs; and John D. Sand's furniture and undertaking store. It has also a millinery store, two harness shops and two blacksmith shops. There being a good bridge across the river at this point to connect it with the surround. ing country on the opposite side of the river, and that being particularly a stock-raising section, this village has lately become the most important live-stock shipping point in the county. The most active parties in this business are Samuel Stalder and J. W. Murphey (partners), Henry Stalder, Jefferson Perry and William Rhode-haver. The postoffice is at present kept in the store of Brown & Lawrence, Mr. H. H. Brown, of that firm, being the Postmaster. Savannah Lodge, A. F. & A. M, was established June 28, 1472, with the following charter membership: A. B. Dickey, Master; B. W. Calvert, Sen. Warden ; J. E. Cook, Jun. Warden; D. M. Burchfield, Secretary ; J. A. Hawley, Hiram Burden, William Johnson, Vincent Caldwell, Charles Byron, J. W. Johnson, E. D. Merwin and J. A. Caldwell. The present officers are: G. W. Blakely, Master; S. N. Hobson, Sen. Warden; D. W. Cornell, Jun. Warden; C. L. Bean, Secretary. STEWART. The village of Stewart is situated on the Hocking River and the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad, about two miles below Guysville. - 37 - 578 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. It was laid out by Mr. D. B. Stewart, on a part of the Stewart homestead, in 1875, about the time of the completion cif the railroad to that point. Mr. Stewart built the first five houses, and furnished lots and dressed lumber for a number of others, waiting on the occupants for pay. A mill and church had marked the site for many years, and a postoffice had been in the locality since 1830, but was not located at this particular place until 1873. Previous to the establishment of the village the postoffice had been called Federalton. The village has its church; a flouring mill, owned by Mrs. Ruth Byron; a planing mill, owned by D. B. Stewart; one physician, Dr. W. E. Webb; and two stores, kept by H. G. Smith and S. N. Hobson, Mr. Hobson being the present Postmaster. Stewart has a population of about 200. NEW ENGLAND. The village of New England, situated near the western boundary of Rome Township, on the old line of the Marietta Sr, Cincinnati Railroad, sprang up soon after it was known that the railroad would pass through that point, about 1853, and was laid out by Jacob Tedrow, E. H. Moore and A. G. Brown, of Athens, being his partners in the ownership. The postoffice was established immediately after trains began running on the railroad in 1859. The first residence was built by Thaddeus Rider, and the first store. by Chapman & Rider. The store stood on the lot now used for the Methodist Episcopal parsonage, Mr. Rider's dwelling standing just south of it on an adjoining lot. Then followed in succession L. R. Jarvis, who built a store; Hiram Gard, who kept a store in the depot building, and Joseph and Amos Patterson, who built the store and residence now occupied by J. M. Rhodes. The village has two churches, Methodist Episcopal and Presbyterian, the former having a membership of about fifty-four, and the latter a membership of over ninety. The merchants are L. R. Jarvis, J. M. Rhodes and Harvey Patterson. Mr. Rhodes is also the present Postmaster and keeps the office in his store. Since the abandonment of the railroad through this village the population has greatly decreased, being now not more than 150. FROST. Frost Village is in the southeastern part of Rome Township, on the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad, and has been built since the HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 579 completion of the railroad. The merchants are C. D. Smith. F. M. Payne and Washington Russell. The population is about 100. BIG RUN. Big Run was a station on the old line of the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad, and is situated in the northeastern part of the township. The postoffice remains, and one store, owned by H. Gordon & Son. BIOGRAPHICAL. Edmond Bean was born in Hardy County, Va., Aug. 5, 1805, and came to Athens County in 1833. He has a good farm of 120 acres on section 25, ;Rome Township, and is engaged in both farming and stock-raising. His land borders on the hocking River. and is well adapted for general farming. He was married in 1833 to Mahala Bean, a native of Hardy County, Va., born Jan. 10, 1814. They have no children. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bean are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Bean's sister, Mrs. Clara E. Holmes, and her daughter, Fannie E. Holmes, are members of Mr. Bean's family. Mr. Holmes was drowned in the Hocking River, Jan. 22, 1862. He and Mr. Bean and two other men were crossing the river in a small boat to go to church when the boat capsized. Mr. Holmes was seemingly more anxious to save the others than himself, and by his self-denying efforts lost his own life. Mrs. Holmes and her daughter have silica that time made their home with Mr. and Mrs. Bean. Mrs. Lorana Bean was born in Athens County, Ohio, Aug. 30, 1829. June 7, 1849, she married Robert Bean, a native of Hardy County, Va., born July 12, 1825. Five children were born to them —Samantha, born Aug. 17, 1851; Matilda Jane, July 20, 1859; Louis Franklin, Jan. 25, 1863; Rosa Alice, July 29, 1868; Ervine Hebert, born May 15, 1871. Samantha married Daniel M. Cole, Oct. 4, 1867. Matilda J. married M. Baker, Nov. 3, 1877; she has one child—Robert E., born Feb. 5, 1879. Mr. Bean died Oct. 26, 1876. Mrs. Bean has 104 acres of well-improved land on section 25. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. W. P. Beebe, proprietor of the Beebe House, was born in Rome Township, Dec. 5, 1819. His father, Peter Beebe, was a native of Washington County, N. V., born Oct. 15, 1792. His mother, Melissa (Cook) Beebe, was born in Connecticut in 1801, and died 580 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. March 6, 1821. His father then married Betsy Vaughn, who died leaving four children-Louisa, Harriet, Villa and Mary. Mr. Beebe then married Ann Eliza Kincade. They had five children-Elmira, Melissa, Helen, Henry and Henrietta. Mr. Beebe died May 10, 1849. W. P. Beebe was married Aug. 9, 1853, to Louisa Davis, a native of Rome Township, born Feb. 7, 1837. They have nine children-Edwin, born Oct. 22, 1854; Peter, born April 22, 1856; Owen, July 20, 1858; Emerson, Dec. 14, 1860; Hanley, March 27, 1S63; Fannie, April 30, 1866; Augusta, Aug. 27, 1868; Bessie, Dec. 27, 1872; Millie, Sept. 13, 1876. Mr. Beebe now owns the farm of 175 acres once owned by his father and grandfather. He also owns the hotel and other town property in Stewart. G. W. Blakeley, M. D., son of Harvey and Susan Blakeley, was born in Athens County, Ohio, Aug. 12, 1851. His father was born in Pennsylvania, June 19, 1803, and came to Ohio in 1844, and is now living on a farm near Athens. His mother was born in New York in 1807, and died in December, 1854. G. W. was the youngest of eleven children. He was educated in this county, and read medicine with Dr. H. M. Lash at Athens, graduating from Columbus Medical College in 1S7S. He located in Guysville, where he now has a large practice. He was married Sept. 15, 1880, to Ollie M. Pruden, a native of Athens County, born Jan. 18, 1S62. Dr. Blakeley is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He. belongs to Savannah Lodge, No. 466, A. F. & A. M., and has been W. M. four years. John Brandeburg was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, Feb.20, 1845, and when two years of age removed with his parents to Washington County. Nov. 21, 1863, he enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio Infantry; was in the battles of Mission Ridge, Dandridge, Buzzard's Roost and Resaca. He was wounded at Resaca, Saturday, May 14,1864, and lay on the field until nine o'clock Sunday morning. He was then taken to the hospital where he remained nine months. He rejoined his regiment in February, 1865, at Blue Springs, E. Tenn., and was then in the battles of Franklin and Nashville. He was discharged June 5, 1865, and returned home and has since been engaged in farming. He now owns thirty-eight acres of good land on section 32, Rome Township. Dec. 25, 1872, Mr. Brandeburg married Nancy Jewell, a native of Athens County, born Sept. 22, 1851. They have four children-Elmer Ellsworth, born April 24, 1874; Effie HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 581 Jane, Oct. 25, 1875; Nettie Leota, Oct. 24, 1877; William Eugene, Dec. 25, 1832. Politically Mr. Brandeburg is a Republican. Abraham T. Buck was born in New York, June 0, 1310, and came to Ohio at the age of six. He has always made Athens County his home. He has a farm of 160 acres of fine land on section 15, Carthage Township, Athens County. He has held the office of School Director in Carthage Township several terms. Mr. Buck came to Guysville in 1880, where he still resides. In 1833 he married Miss L. Davis, a native of Ohio, born in 1818. They have had nine children—Alden, who was wounded in the battle of Gettysburg, and died in the hospital; Rachel M., now Mrs. John Weatherly; Alonzo, Wesley, George, James, Charles, Dow, and John A., who died when quite small. Mr. Buck and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Ruth S. (Stewart) Byron was born in what is now the town of Stewart, Rome Township, Athens Co., Ohio, Jan. 14, 1842. Her father, D. B. Stewart, born in the same township, Nov. 26, 1812, has always lived in this county. He has carried on farming, mill. ing, woolen manufacturing, etc., all his life. The mother of our subject, Mrs. Sarah (Carter) Stewart, was born in Morgan County, Ohio, Feb. 11, 1820. She was married April 7, 1836, and died Oct. 16, 1874. She was the mother of nine children, six of whom are living—Ruth, Hannah, Matilda, Juliette, Frank C. and D. B., Jr. Her husband, C. Byron (deceased), was born in Yorkshire, England, April 14, 1832, and was brought to America in 1333. During the gold excitement he went to California, and remained there until 1859, making one visit home in 1856, of six months' duration. In 1859 he returned to Stewart, and went into business with his father, buying and selling wool and making cloth in the factory at Stewart. April 9, 1861, he enlisted as private in the Third Ohio Infantry. On the 27th of the same month he was married. He served his country three years and eight months. He was first commissioned Lieutenant, and afterward, in 1863, Captain of his company. He was selected by Colonel Streight to command 100 picked men in making a raid upon Rome, Ga., for the purpose of destroying a Confederate armory. While on this raid he was taken prisoner and confined in Libby Prison one year and eight months. November, 1864, he escaped, and was thirty-one days in reaching the Union lines. In crossing the Savannah River, one mile wide, and full of ice, he was obliged to wade, which permanently impaired his health. Five months after reaching home he was mustered out at 582 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. Columbus, Ohio. In the spring he bought the Stewart woolen mills, and was engaged in the manufacturing business at the time of his death, which occurred Dec. 25, 1878. There were present at the funeral nearly 100 members of the Freemason lodges at Guysville, Athens, Amesville and Coolville. James A. Caldwell was born in Carthage Township, Athens Co., Ohio, March 9, 1820. His education was received in the district schools. He has always been a farmer, and now owns 300 acres of fine, well-improved land. He held the offices of Justice of the Peace, Township Clerk, School Trustee and Township Assessor in Carthage Township, and in 1860 was Land Appraiser. He came to Rome Township in the spring of 1862. He was married Dec. 29, 1843, to Harriet Branch, of Meigs County. They have one child--Margaret Ann. She was married in 1860 to E. D. Erwin, who died in 1880, leaving two sons—James and E. C. Mrs. Erwin and her sons now live with Mr. Caldwell. Mrs. Caldwell and her daughter are members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Caldwell is a member of Guysville Lodge, No. 466, A. F. & A. M. Mr. Erwin was also a member of that order. Mr. Caldwell's father, Alexander Caldwell, was barn in Ireland in 1797, and came to America in 1808. He was married in 1824, to Margaret Fesler, of North Carolina. They had five children--James, Polly, Fesler, Belinda and Margaret. Polly and Belinda are deceased. Fesler and Margaret are living in Macon County, Mo. Mr. Caldwell died in 1875. F. J. Carpenter, farmer, was born in Athens Township, Athens Co., Ohio, Dec. 10, 1844, on the farm recently bought and called the Children's Home. He lived there until the spring of 1856, when he came to Rome Township, where he has since resided, engaged in farming. His father died in September, 1848; his mother, Mary Wyatt (Johnson) Carpenter, was born in Rome Township, Athens County, and is still living. She has been the mother of six children three now living—Parker, born in 1831; Louisa, now Mrs. John Bailey, born in 1842, living in Bates County, Mo., and the subject of this sketch. Our subject was married Jan. 11, 1866, to Augusta Rowell, a native of Rome Township, born in 1842. They had two children—Mattie, born Oct. 1, 1866, and Maie, born July 28, 1868. Mrs. Carpenter died Sept. 18, 1875, and Oct. 10, 1877, Mr. Carpenter married Dell Schraden. She was born in Rome Township, Athens County, March 16, 1855. They have one child—Bertie, born Sept. 18, 1879. Mr. Carpenter has a farm of 200 acres, located in HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 583 Rome Township. He is a member of the order of Freemasons, Coolville Lodge, No. 337. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving ten months, when he was mustered out at Cleveland, Ohio, and returning home re-enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Volunteer Infantry; served eleven months, and was mustered out at Columbus,. Ohio. He participated in the siege of Knoxville, Tenn., and various skirmishes. John Johnson, the grandfather of Mr. Carpenter, was born in Bucks County, Pa., in 1779, and died in 1865. His wife, Sallie (Wyatt) Johnson, was born in Beverly, Mass., Dec. 28, 1777, and died Dec. 30, 1859. They were the parents of seven children, Mr. Carpenter's mother being the seconl child,born in Rome Township,Athens County, July 10, 1809. April 11,1829. she married Frederick Carpenter. He was born in Hartford County, Conn., in April, 1802, and died Oct. 11, 1S4,;. Mrs. Carpenter and her husband were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. When Mrs. Carpenter's father settled in this county services were held only once in four weeks, it being in the early days of the church. Charles Coleman, farmer, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, Dec. 29, 1828. He left there and came, in 184-, to Athens County, where he has since resided. He owns ninety acres of land where he lives, on fraction 32, Rome Township, Athens Co., Ohio. He has been considerably engaged in constructing railroads, working on the Baltimore Short Line, the D. & S. E. Narrow Gauge R. R., the Scioto Valley R. R. also the Chesapeake & Ohio R. a He has also farmed to some extent. He was married in 1850, to Margaret M. Boyles. She was born in Athens County in 1831, and is the mother of four children—Francis M., Sarah, William and Charles E. Mrs. Coleman is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. The father of our subject was Charles Coleman, born in Maryland in 1786 and died in Athens County in 1852. His mother, Elizabeth (Fuller) Coleman, was of German descent; she died in Morgan County, Ohio, in 1834. They have had six children, four of whom are living—Rachel (now Mrs. Josephus Day), John, Mary Ann (now Mrs. William Abbott, of Carter County, Ky.), Elizabeth (now Mrs. Luther Withum, who lives in Meigs County, Ohio). John E. Cook was born in Rome Township, Athens Co., Ohio, April 9, 1536. He was married July 4, 1859, to Susan J. Ginn, a native of Morgan County, Ohio, born in September, 1837. They had two children—John N. and Jennie. His wife died June 17, 584 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. 1865. Dec. 17, 1866, he married Phoebe J. Kelly, a native of Athens County, born April 6, 1838. They have one child—Charles S. Aug. 27, 1862, Mr. Cook enlisted in Company C, Third Ohio Infantry, and served three years; was in the battles of Perryville and Stone River. At the latter place he was captured and was in Libby Prison a week. He was then paroled and came home, and two months later was exchanged and returned to his regiment. He was then on the famous raid to Rome, Ga., with Colonel Streight, and at Rome was captured and sent to Belle Isle. From there he was paroled but never exchanged, and after being at home three months returned to the field and was on detached duty a year. He was attached temporarily to the Thirty-third Ohio, and during the time was in the battles of Marietta, Altoona, Kennesaw, Old Shanty, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Fort McAlister, Averysboro and Bentonville. From there he went to Richmond, thence to Washington, where he was mustered out June 5, 1865. He was also with Sherman on his raid, and was captured at Rockingham, S. C., and sentenced to be hanged, but two girls, Emma and Lucretia Smith, planned his escape. Mr. Cook is a member of Savannah Lodge, No. 466, A. F. & A. M.; the Grand Army the Republic, and the Ex-Prisoners of the War Association. Mrs. L. C. Cook was born in Rome Township, Athens Co., Ohio, Nov. 19, 1815. April 17, 1834, she married B. Cook, a native of New York, born in September, 1810. He came to Ohio in 1815, and died July 23, 1879. Mrs. Cook has two sons—Harley A., born Feb. 13, 1842, and Wyatt J., born Oct. 9, 1847. Harley A. is engaged in the mercantile business and is also 'carrying on the farm. He has been Postmaster since 1879. He was married Aug. 30, 1866, to Christina J. Done, a native of Rome Township, born in 1842. They have four children—Frank T., born Sept. 27, 1868; Josephine, Oct. 14, 1869; Alberta, July 13, 1873; Ora F., Feb. 1, 1880. Wyatt J. has a saw and grist mill, situated two miles east of Stewart, on the Hocking River. he has six children, Rosamond W., G. R., Roland B., Elbert C., Orland L. and Leroy W. Mrs. Cook and her children are members of the Universalist church. She owns a farm of 270 acres. Mrs. Esther Copeland, daughter of James and Jane Milligan, was married March 19, 1828, to William Copeland, a native of Westmoreland County, Penn., born June 25, 1798. He died Aug. 15, 1875. They had a family of eleven children, seven now living—Josiah, Samuel, Thomas, Clark, Aikin, David and Carr. HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 585 Six sons were in the late war, and three were in the battle of Pittsburg Landing. Their eldest son, Robert C., was killed by being caught in the machinery of a saw-mill at Taylor's Station. David S. was married. March 29, 1877, to Emma Biggins, a native of Washington County, born in 1856. They have two childrenErvilla, born Dec. 21, 1877, and Fred, born April 22, 1879. Mrs. Copeland's father was a native of New York. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, tinder General Harrison. He died in 1815. Her mother was a native of Ireland. She died in Ohio in 1862. John Copeland, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, May 28, 1839. He came with his parents to Athens County when a year old, and settled on a farm where he has lived ever since. His father, John Copeland, was born in Pennsylvania, July 2, 1795, and died in Athens County, Ohio, Dec. 20, 1855. His mother, Jane (Dick) Copeland, was born in Pennsylvania, May 5, 1800, and died in Athens County, Nov. 29, 1881. They have had nine children-William, Ellen, Jane, Jonathan, Susannah, Samuel, Mary, John and Ann. John, the subject of this sketch, is next to the youngest child. He was married April 26, 1864, to Sarah Jane Marquis. She was born in Noble County, Ohio, in 1848. They have five children-David A., Eliza A., Clara V., William A. and Addie J. Mr. Copeland owns 180 acres of good land in Rome Township. He is a member of the New School Presbyterian chur3h. He enlisted in Company H, Eighteenth Ohio Infantry, Oct. 7, 1861, and served three years; was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., Oct. 27, 1863. He was in'the battle of Stone River, Tenn., and a great many skirmishes. Ansley Cornell, Guysville, was born in Albany, New York, Aug 7, 1829, and came to Meigs County, Ohio, in the spring of 1832. He lived there until 1875, when he came to Guysville, where he has since resided. He was engaged in the hotel business one year, but has since then been occupied as saddler and harness-maker. April 11, 1856, he married Harriet E. Ellis, a native of Lawrence County, Ohio, born April 5, 1837. They have had three children, two of whom are living-Ida M., born March 19, 1857, now Mrs. Louis Finsterwald, married March 14, 1878, and Ira E., born Dec. 11, 1860. The father of our subject, Dr. John Cornell, was born in New York, and came to Ohio in 1832, where he died in 1873. His wife, Christiana, was born in Pennsylvania, and died in 1876. All their ten children are living, the youngest now forty years old. Mrs. Cornell's father, Hiram Ellis, was born in New York in 1799, 586 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. and died May 18, 1876. Her mother, Harriet (Gillett) Ellis, was born in Connecticut in 1800, and died Jan. 18, 1856. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis were the parents of thirteen children, Mrs. Cornell being next to the youngest. D. W. Cornell was born in Chester, Meigs Co., Ohio, Jan. 20, 1842. In 1858 he entered the Ohio Institute at Athens and graduated in 1863. In 1866 he became established in the mercantile business in Guysville. He held the office of Township Clerk three years, and Township Treasurer ten years. He is a member of Savannah Lodge, No. 466, A. F. & A. M. Oct. 10, 1869, he married Amy Calvert, a native of Rome Township, born Feb. 8, 1840. Mr. Cornell's parents, Dr. John and Christine (Spraker) Cornell, were natives of New York, his father born in December, 1798, and his mother in 1802. They were married in 1820, and came to Ohio in 1832. They had a family of ten children, all of whom are living and married but one. Dr. C )rnell practiced his profession in Meigs County till about ten years prior to his death. He died Sept. 10, 1873. A. S. Crippen was born March 4, 1810, in Rome Township, Athens Co., Ohio, and has always made this his home. When a young man he followed flat-boating on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and has visited Memphis when there were but two stores there. For forty years he ran the Crippen grist and saw mill on the Hocking River, two miles east of Stewart, but gave up milling in 1871 and now lives a more retired life on his farm, where he has 238 1/2 acres of fine land. Ile was married in 1836 to Theodocia Frost, a native of Rome Township, born in 1814. She died in June, 1875, leaving three children—Adaline, born Dec. 25, 1836; Mary, born in January, 1841, and Charles, born March 16, 1843. Their eldest daughter, Adaline, married Laughlin Devine, a native of Pennsylvania, born Oct. 21, 1828. They have one son—Owen Crippen, born Oct. 9, 1881. Mary married Peter Finsterwald. Mr. Crippen has never belonged to a church or a society of any kind. Mrs. Crippen's mother, Keziah Frost, was a native of New York, born in 179€, and came to Ohio with her parents in 1800. Her father, Elijah Hatch, was a Representative of the Northwestern Territory, now Washington, Athens and a part of Vinton counties, thirteen terms. Edward Doan, born in Rome Township, Nov. 14, 1837, is a son of William P. and Julia (Frost) Doan. His father was born in Washington County, Ohio, and died in 1847. his mother was HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 587 nom in Athens County in February, 1815, and is now the wife of Rev. P. F. Jones. There was a family of four children-Franklin, Edward, Charles and Christiana. Mr. Doan enlisted, June 20, 1861, in Company C, Third Ohio Infantry, and served three years. He was in the battles of Rich Mountain. Perryville, Stone River and many skirmishes. He was with Colonel Streight on his raid through Georgia, and was captured at Rome and sent to Belle Isle. He was discharged in 18'14. Dec. 21, 1865, he married Mary E. Potter, a native of Washington County, Ohio, born July 12, 1843. Nine children have been born to them-Oliver M., born Oct. 12, 1866, died Sept. 22, 1879; Julia, born Aug. 2, 1S68; Edward C., born Sept. 11, 1870; Louisa, born July 18, 1872; Hattie, born Jan. 17, 1874; Franklin, born June 24,1876; Annie, born Dec. 19, 1877; Osa, born Aug. 12, 1880, and Clara, born Sept. 8, 1882. Mrs. Doan's father, Edward Potter, was born in Maine, Aug. 11, 1812, and died near Lynchburg, Va., in 1847. Her mother, Louisa (Beebe) Potter, was born in Rome Township, March 20, 1823. They had a family of three children-Mary E , born July 12, 1843; Maria L., born April 27, 1845, and Horace C., born Dec. 5, 1846. Mrs. Melvina L. (Washburn) Frost was born in Coolville, Athens County, Feb. 10, 1827. March 29, 1851, she married C. C. Frost, of Rome Township, born June 23, 1827. They had one child Leura B., born Sept. 9, 1856, now Mrs. John Lemmon, of Baltimore, Md. Mr. Frost enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio Infantry, and died June 29, 1864, of a wound, received in the battle near Staunton, Va. July 16, 1866, Mrs. Frost married Harvey G. Frost, a native of Athens County, born June 4, 1819. He died May 3, 1881. He enlisted in Company K, Thirty-ninth Ohio Infantry, and served one year; was discharged on account of disability. Mrs. Frost has twenty-four acres of good land and considerable village property in Frost. She is a member of the Congregational church. Her father was born in Massachusetts, Dec. 18, 1794, and died May 17, 1874. Her mother, Leura (Cleveland) Washburn, was a native of New York, and died July 9, 1839. Her parents had a family of ten children. Her father married a second wife, Anna Parsons, of Athens County. She died July 9, 1859, leaving five children. Edward H Ginn was born in Morgan County, Ohio, Nov. 16, 1831, and came to Athens County in 1836. In 1856 he went to Illinois and lived in Mercer and Rock Island counties about eight 588 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. years, returning to Ohio in 1863. In 1876 Mr. Ginn fell from a trestle thirty-five feet high, on the M. C. Railroad, and broke his left arm in two places an I five of his ribs. For the past eighteen months he has been running a stationary engine, pumping water for the M. C. Railroad, at Stewart. He was married April 25, 1853, to Robena Welch, a native of Pennsylvania, born Dec. 31, 1836. Eleven children have been born to them, nine now living—Elizabeth, now Mrs. L. A. Patterson, born in 1856; William A., born in 1858; Daniel F., born in 1860; Edward E., born in 1863; Charles S., born in 1866; George P., born in 1867; John S., born in 1870; Frederick J., born in 1871, and Lewis, born in 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Ginn are members of the Methodist church. Politically he is a Republican. James Ginn was born in Morgan County, Ohio, Oct. 3, 1828. In 1836 he cam with his parents to Athens County and settled in Ames Township. In 1840 they moved to the farm where he now lives, in Rome Township, where his father died in 1842. He was married Sept. 11, 1851, to Cynthia Hill, a native of Athens County, born June 1, 1826. They have three children—Ida, Ella and Hattie. Mr. Ginn and his family are members of the Methodist church. He has a fine farm of 105 acres on section 35, Rome Township. His father was a native of Ireland, born March 2, 1805, and came to America in 1810, landing in South Carolina. In 1812 he came to Ohio, locating in Morgan County. His mother; Mary (Benton) Ginn, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, in 1805, and now lives in Clyde, Ohio. They had a family of eight children, five of whom are living—James, Edward, Francis, Sarah and Rosa. Mrs. Ginn's parents, Nathan and Lucy (Bennett) Hill, were natives of Massachusetts, her father born in 1779, and her mother in 1782. Mr. Hill died in March, 1864, and Mrs. Hill, Sept. 11, 1867. They had a family of eight children—Sallie, Amasa, Lucius, Solomon, Lucy, Polly, Nancy and Cynthia. Lucius died in February, 1882. J. N. Grosvenor was born in Windham County, Conn., Oct. 22, 1832, and came to Athens County, Ohio, in 1839, locating in Rome Township, where he has since resided. He now owns 150 acres of good well-improved land. He enlisted in November, 1861, in Company H Eighteenth Ohio Infantry, and served till October, 1865. He enlisted as private and was promoted to Second Lieutenant, then First Lieutenant, then to Regimental Quartermaster of the old regiment, and afterward was First Lieutenant and Quarter- HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 589 master of the new Eighteenth. He served under General Mitchell in Kentucky; was with General Rosecrans at the battles of Stone River and Chickamauga; afterward was under General Grant; then at Mission Ridge and Nashville, Tenn., in the Fourteenth Army Corps, under General Thomas; then through Alabama, and with General Steadman to Augusta, Ga., and from there to Columbus. Ohio, where he was mustered out. Mr. Grosvenor is a member of Columbus Golden. Post, No. 89, G. A. R. He was married in 1854 to Sarah Jane McColloch, a native of Marshall County, Va., born in 1833. They have three children-Frank, Peter and Fannie. Leander Harris was born in Morgan County, Ohio, Feb. 23, 1841, and when nine years of age came to Bern Township, Athens County. June 22, 1861, he enlisted in Company D, Fourth Virginia Infantry, and served three years. The first eighteen months he was in a number of skirmishes in West Virginia; afterward was in the battles of Jackson, siege of Vicksburg, Resaca, Mission Ridge and Dallas. He was discharged July 8, 1864, two days before the battle of Kennesaw Mountain. He was married April 9, 1865, to Sarah A. Hodcroft, a native of Athens County, born Dec. 15, 1815. They have had eight children, only six now living -Arza E., born March 31, 1866; Vesta V., born Jan. 24, 1868; Addie H., born Feb. 13, 1870, died June 1, 1871; Ruth E., born March 16, 1872; Fannie E., born Feb: 28, 1874; Augusta, born July 25, 1876; Flora B., born March 13; 1879, died June 13, 1880; Georgianna, born Sept. 21, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Harris are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Harris is a member of Savannah Lodge, No. 466, A. F. A. M. Mr. Harris came to Stewart in April, 1876, and now has a pleasant home and good trade. James Hess, carpenter and farmer, was born in Warren County, N. J., Jan. 3, 1839. His father, Abraham Hess, was born in Pennsylvania in 1808, and died in Athens County, October, 1877. His mother, Elizabeth (Smith) Hess, was born in New Jersey about 1811, and died in Athens County in 1856. They were the parents of eight children-William, Jane, James, Sarah E., Peter, Martin, Isaac and Lewis. James came with his parents to this county in 1848, and has since resided here, most of the time following farming. For the last five or six years he has followed the carpenter's trade. He married, Nov. 3, 1861, Angeline Weethee, born in Athens County, Dec. 16, 1844. They have one child-Margaret Ann, born June 11, 1864. Mr. Hess lives in fraction 25, Rome Township, where he has a pleasant home. 590 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. Samuel N. Hobson, Postmaster, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, April 5, 1833. He removed with his parents to Washington County in 1851, remaining there until 1865, when he moved to Beverly. He removed to Morgan County in 1870, and in 1877 came to Athens, where he has since resided. He has been engaged in the mercantile business many years, and has for ten years been acting Postmaster in Athens, Morgan and Jefferson counties. He has been a notary public five years, and has been elected County Surveyor. He was married Nov. 20, 1853, to Anna M. Heald, a native of Columbiana County, Ohio, born April 18, 1836. They have three children—Marianna, now Mrs. J. A. Lovell, of Morgan County, born in August, 1855; Addie, now Mrs. 0. M. Lovell, born in 1857; R. Estella, born March 9, 1876. Mr. Hobson joined the Freemasons April 4, 1863, Bentley Lodge, No. 293, Washington County, Ohio. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, of Stewart. During the late war he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, 0. N. G.; was under General Sigel at Harper's Ferry, Va., and under General Grant at City Point, Va. He was mustered out at Marietta, Ohio, returning home to Washington County. Since that time he has been engaged in the mercantile business now in conjunction with the postoffice at Stewart. William Jackson was born in Canaan Township, Athens Co., Ohio, Feb. 15, 1816. He has lived in Ames and Rome townships ever since he was seven years of age. He learned the cooper's trade when he was eighteen years old and worked at it until 1838. He came to New England in 1860, and is still a resident of that place. He was married to Anna Tedrow, Jan. 3, 1839. She was born in Pennsylvania, May 22, 1811. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. His father, John Jackson, was born in Pennsylvania in 1790, and died Nov. 27, 1867. His mother, Mary Calvert, was born in Virginia, and died in 1839, in Ames Township, Athens Co., Ohio. They had a family of seven children—Sallie, William, Matilda, Robert, David, Deborah, and Jane. Mrs. Jackson's father, Reuben Tedrow, was born in Pennsylvania in 1759, and died in 1839. Her mother, Jane Leech, was born in Pennsylvania in 1768. She died in 1854. They had thirteen children—John, Phebe, Thomas, Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, Reuben, Jane, Joseph, David, William, George and Anna. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have no children of their own but have an adopted daughter, Ella M., born May 7, 1862. She is also' a mem- HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 591 ber of the Methodist church. Mr. Jackson owns about thirty-two acres of land adjoining New England, and considerable town property. L. R. Jarvis, a native of Belchertown, Mass., born Sept. 29, 1817, left there in 1843 and came to Athens Township, where he worked at his trade of gun-smithing, and in 1850 moved to the town of Athens, 'and followed the same trade for three years. In 1853 he was employed to superintend the building of the M. & C. R. R. In October, 1857, he came to New England, remaining here the greater part of the time, being absent from the State in 1859 and 1860. He has been employed as conductor on the T. H., A. & St. L. R. R. He is now engaged in the general mercantile business and farming. He has 73 1/3 acres in Canaan Township, also several town lots in New England. Oct. 6, 1838, Mr. Jarvis married Susan Thomas, who was born in Lenox, Berkshire Co., Mass., in 1816. They have had five children, two of whom are living—George P., born Oct. 29, 1842, in Berkshire County, Mass., and Leonora D. M. (now Mrs. H. J. Smith), born May 15, 1850, at. Athens, Ohio. E. W. Jewell, born in Philadelphia, Penn., Feb. 10, 1822, was a son of Samuel and Mary (Winner) Jewell, his father a native of New Jersey, and his mother of Bucks County, Penn. He came with his parents to Athens County, Ohio, in 1842, and located in Rome Township. He was married in the spring of 1845 to Rebecca Simmons, a native of Rome Township, born July 4, 1825. They have nine children- -W. G., born April 7, 1847; Jonathan S., born Oct. 13, 1848; Nancy J., born Sept. 22, 1851; Mary E., born May 11, 1852; Angenetta, born Nov. 22, 1854; Marcellus, born Nov. 18, 1856; Caroline, born Jan. 22, 1858; Franklin, born May 2, 1862; Perley, born Jan. 2, 1865. Mr. Jewell and his two eldest sons enlisted in the Eighteenth Ohio Infantry, he in Company C, W. G. in Company I, and Jonathan in Company H. They were in the Army of the Cumberland under Generals Thomas and Rosecrans; were in the battles of Stone River, Duck River, Hoover's Gap, Davis Cross Roads, Chickamauga, and Nashville. Mr. Jewell owns 120 acres of land in fraction 4, Rome Township. He and his son W. G. are members of Columbus Golden Post, No. 89, G. A. R. He is neutral in his political views. J. W. Johnson, born in Rome Township, Athens Co., Ohio, Sept. 27, 1818, was the fifth of seven children of John and Sarah (Wyatt) Johnson, natives of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. His 592 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. mother was born Dec. 23, 1777, and died Dec. 30, 1859. his father also died in this county. Mr. Johnson has a fine farm of 1,100 acres of the best land in the Hocking Valley. He was married March 7, 1841, to Catherine Beebe, a native of Rome Township, born in September, 1824. They have had six children, five now living-Eliza, now Mrs. H. P. Mincer; Mary, now Mrs. F. B. Patton ; William, Charles and John. Mr. Johnson is a member of Lodge No. 466, A: F. & A. M. Moses Lawrence was born in New Hampshire, Jan. 2, 1820, and when sixteen years of age came to Ohio, locating first in Carthage. Township, Athens County. He afterward removed to Lodi Township and bought a farm of 236 acres, where he lived thirty years. In 1880 he came to Guysville, Rome Township. June 12, 1843, he married Laura T. Skeels, a native of New York, born May 3, 1821. They have five children-Harriet R., now Mrs. H. Stalden, born Oct. 25, 1847; George R, born Nov. 28, 1851; Caroline M., now Mrs. H. Brown, born June 15, 1854; John E., born Feb. 2, 1858; Arthur E., born Dec. 7, 1867. Mr. Lawrence's parents, Moses and Sarah (Johnston) Lawrence, were natives of Massachusetts, his father born July 14, 1775, and his mother, Feb. 16, 1776. His mother died July 19, 1844, and his father, Sept. 8, 1844, in Athens County. Mrs. Lawrence's father, Sylvanus Skeels, was born in Vermont, Aug. 16, 1789, and died in Troy Township in 1866. Her mother, Calista (Benjamin) Skeels, was born Feb. 14, 1798, and died Dec. 10, 1876. Mrs. Lawrence is the fourth of a family of seven children, six now living. Gustavus Le Goullon was born in Beaver County, Pa., Oct. 12, 1842. In 1862 he enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania Infantry; was in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, battle of the Wilderness, Laurel Hill, North Anna River, Cold Harbor and Petersburg. June 28, 1864, he was wounded in the left foot and was in the hospitals at New York and Pittsburg, Pa., ten months. He was mustered out at Pittsburg and returned to Beaver County. June 28, 1868, he married Dora Massey, a native of Loudoun County, Va., born Nov. 2, 1847. They have seven children-Florence, born Dec. 10, 1869; Francis, Sept. 28, 1871; George, Aug. 7,1873; Harold, May 4, 1875; Blanche, Dec. 1, 1876; Anna, Dec. 20, 1879; Earl G., May 30, 1882. Mr. Le Goullon came to Guysville, Athens Co., Ohio, in April, 1880, and built a tannery. He pays the highest prices for hides and makes first-class leather. He has the only tannery HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 593 between Parkersburg and Athens and furnishes all the leather that is needed by the shoemakers in this vicinity. Joseph Linton, son of James and Mary (Montgomery) Linton, natives of Ireland, was born in County Derry, Ireland, in 1827, and came to America in 1849, lauding in Boston. He went to Philadelphia and remained a few weeks, then went to Rochester, N. Y., and from there to Pittsburg, where he lived six months. He then came to Ohio and bought a farm of forty acres in Washington County. He now owns 320 acres of fine, well-improved land on section 32, Rome Township, Athens County. He was married May 29, 1849, in Scotland, to Nancy Chestnut, a native of Antrim, Ireland, born Nov. 15, 1822. They have seven children—William J., born Aug. 1, 1855; Hannah L., March 11, 1856; Mary E., April 6, 1858; Nancy, Jan. 6, 1860; Perlina C., April 8, 1862; Joseph C., July 25,1864; and Daniel, July 20,1867. Mr. Linton was reared in the faith of the Presbyterian church. Politically he is a Republican. He has held the office of School Director. His mother died in 1829 and his father in 1833. Joseph was the youngest of three sons. Mrs. Linton's parents, William and Nancy (Coyles) Chestnut, were natives of the north of Ireland and died there, her father in 1843 and her mother in 1830. Mrs. Linton is the seventh of eight children. James Morrison was born in Washington County, Pa., Oct. 11, 1840. He was a resident of Guernsey County, Ohio, a few years, and has lived in Athens County about twenty-five years. March 17, 1869, he married Julia Dewese, a native of Athens County, born March 22, 1847. She died June 2, 1873, leaving one son—Seth Clarence, born April 7, 1871. Jan. 2, 1878, Mr. Morrison married Mrs. Jane Johnson, widow of Calvin Johnson. They have three children—Jessie May, Lon T. and William. Mrs. Morrison also has four children by her first marriage—Cynthia, Nancy, Maggie and Callie. Mr. Morrison enlisted in the late war in Company H, One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Ohio Infantry, and served till the close of the war. He owns 130 acres of good land on section 36, Rome Township, and is engaged in general farming and stock-raising.. L. C. Murphy, druggist, was born in Pleasanton, Athens Co., Ohio, June 22, 1858. His parents, A. C. and Martha (Baker) Murphy, were natives of Belmont and Athens counties, Ohio. They had a family of twelve children, eight of whom are now living—Finley J., Lucinda J., 0. B., Wm. S., L. C., Eber R.. - 38 - 594 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. Lewis and Flora E. L. C. was educated in this county and taught school several terms till 1881. Nov. 7 of that year he became established in the drug business in Guysville and now has a good trade. He was married Dec. 31, 1877, to Emma Sams, a native of Pleasanton, born in 1858. They have two children—Maud M., born in 1878, and Arthur G., in 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Patrick O'Connor, son of Martin and Bridget O'Connor, was born in Ireland, March 18, 1827. He came to America with his parents in 1852, landing in New York, May 3. Three years later his parents returned to Ireland, where his father died in 1860 and his mother in 1865. Mr. O'Connor lived a few weeks in Maryland and then went to Clarksburg, W. Va., and lived five years. He then lived four years in Missouri, two years in Kentucky, and two years in Indiana. From the latter State he came to Athens County and has since resided here, engaged in the grocery business. He was married Jan. 19, 1863, to Mary Patton, a native of Ireland, born May 13, 1845. They have six children—Mary E., born Feb. 2, 1864; Agnes, Aug. 8, 1866; Margaret, Oct. 22, 1870; Kate,, March 11, 1872; Sarah, Sept. 13, 1874, and Nora, Aug. 8, 1877; Mr. O'Connor and his family are members of the Catholic church. Mrs. O'Connor's parents, Thomas and Ellen (Gallagher) Patton, were natives of Ireland, and came to America, her father in 1845 and her mother in 1852. Mrs. O'Connor is the third of their eight children. Francis B. Patton was born Oct. 20, 1838, in Athens County, Ohio. He enlisted in the late war in Company A, Ninety-second Ohio Infantry, and served two years and ten months; was in the battles of Hoover's Gap, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and with Sherman to the sea. He came home via Washington and was mustered out at Columbus, Ohio. He was married Sept. 11, 1877, to Mary Johnson, a native of Rome Township, born June 28, 1846. Mr. Patton and his brother, Preston I., own 186 acres of good land on fraction 3, Rome Township. Mr. Patton is a member of Coolville Lodge, No. 337, A. F. A. M., and Columbus Golden Post, No. 69, G. A. R., Athens. His parents, Joseph and Permelia Patton, are both natives of Ohio, his father born April 24, 1815, and his mother April 24, 1818. They have five children—Francis B., Preston J., Martha, Oscar and Mary. Mrs. Patton's parents, J. W. and Catherine (Beebe) Johnson, are both natives ,a Athens County. They have five children—Eliza, Mary, William, Charles :Ind John, all residents of this county. HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 595 Amos Patterson was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, Dec. 25, 1828. His father, Jordan Patterson, was born in North Carolina in 1796, and went to Jefferson County. Ohio, about 1805, and in 1838, came to Athens County, where he died in 1867. His mother was Mary (Lipsy) Patterson, born in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1797, and is still living in Amesville, Athens Co., Ohio, at the age of eighty-six years. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson have had ten children, .six living-James, Joseph, Amasa, John, Amos and Sarah. Amos was married Nov. 7, 1852, to Eunice Vampelt, born in Highland County, Ohio. They have four children living-A. D., H. W., L. A. and Linnie. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson are members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Patterson is a member of the order of Freemasons, Amesville Lodge. --He resides in New England, Rome Township, and owns 200 acres of good land. F. M. Payne, merchant, Frost, Ohio, was born in Washington County, Ohio, Jan. 24, 1843. He was reared and educated in this State. He went to Illinois and remained a year, but returned to Ohio. He came to Frost in 1881, where he now has a large stock of groceries, boots and shoes, notions, etc. He was married Nov. 28, 1865, to Adda L. Smith, a native of Plymouth, Ohio, born in April, 1842. They have two children-Fred, born April 23, 1867, and Estella, born Dec. 2, 1872. Mr. Payne is a member of Lodge No. 527, I. 0. 0. F. His father, Gabriel Payne, was born in Clinton, N. J., Oct. 18, 1818, and came to Ohio when fourteen years of age. His mother, Mahala (Gossett) Payne, was born in Washington County, Ohio, July 4, 1817. They have two children-J. D., born April 12, 1838, and F. M. Jefferson Perry was born in Rome Township, on the farm where he still lives, April 16, 1840. Aug. 9, 1862, he enlisted in Company I, Ninety-second Ohio Infantry, and served till the close of the war. He was in West Virginia four or five months, and then went to Carthage, Tenn.; was afterward at Chattanooga, siege of Atlanta, followed Hood to Alabama, then again to Atlanta, Savannah, Fayetteville and Raleigh. He returned home via Richmond and Washington, and was mustered out at Columbus, Ohio. Dec. 29, 1869, he married Rebecca J. Townsend, a native of Meigs County, Ohio, born March 10, 1845. They have two children-Emma E., born Jan. 10, 1872, and Frank 0., born Nov. 2, 1877. Mr. Perry is a member of Columbus Golden Post, No. 89, G. A. R., at Athens. His father, John M. Perry, was born in Berkshire County, Mass., June 28, 1805, and died Oct. 25, 1872. He mar- 596 - HISTORY OF HOOKING VALLEY. ried Filrna Wells, a native of Massachusetts, born Oct. 15, 1807. She died Jan. 11, 1832, leaving three children—Huldah P., P. W. and Oliver H. Mr. Perry then married Polly Simmons. a native of Ohio. She died Oct. 3, 1846, leaving four children—Matilda, Jackson, Jefferson and William. March 29, 1847, Mr. Perry married Rebecca. Townsend, widow of John S. Townsend. She was born in Alexander Township, Athens County, Dec. 13, 1804. She had four children—Sophia C., born March 6, 1822; William, July 24, 1824; Willard A., July 24, 1827, and John C., Sept. 9, 1840. Waterman L. Petty was born in Rome Township, Athens Co., Ohio, Nov. 14, 1841. His father, Willis Petty, was born in Prince William County, Va., in 1804, and came to Ohio in 1831. He died in Rome Township in 1876. His mother, Abigail (Johnson) Petty, was born in New Hampshire in 1812, and came to Ohio in 1834. She is still a resident of this county. There was a family of nine children—Willard, Teresa, Sallie Ann, Samantha, Waterman, Loran, Lawrence, Lydia and Edward. Mr. Petty enlisted in Company A, Ninety-second Ohio Infantry, and served three years; was in the battles of Hoover's Gap and Chickamauga. He was captured at Chickamauga,. Sept. 20, 1863; was in Libby Prison six weeks, Danville five months, and Andersonville twelve months, and was only released at the final surrender of the rebels. He was mustered out Jut 25, 1865. At the time of his capture his weight was 145 pounds and when released was only ninety-four pounds. Oct 12, 1868, Mr. Petty married Lizzie McDaniel, a native of Grafton, Va., born Nov. 7, 1841. They have three children—Emma Maud, born Nov. 5, 1871; Myrtle, born March 8, 1874, and Ulysses, born Nov. 3, 1876. J. M. Rhodes, general merchant, New England, was born in Noble County, Ohio, Oct. 16, 1841. He was reared on a farm, remaining with his father until twenty years of age. He enlisted in the Twenty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, June 20, 1861, and was mustered out June 18, 1866, lacking only two days of serving five years. He was in the battles of Chancellorsville, second Bull Run, Gettysburg and many others. He was wounded at Gettysburg in the left foot; was absent from his regiment three months. He rejoined his regiment at Fully Island in time to cast his first vote for President, casting it for Abraham Lincoln. He was kept on duty at Columbia, S. C.; was discharged at Columbus, Ohio. He then returned to Noble County, Ohio, and engaged in the grocery business, remaining in that business nine months. HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 597 March 14, 1867, he married Hattie Curtis. She was born in Geauga County, Ohio, March 5, 1844. They have had five children, three of whom are living—Jessie M., born April 8, 1868; William S., born July 26, 1877, and Russell R., born Aug. 3, 1880. After Mr. Rhodes was married he went to Bailey's Run, Athens County, and farmed three years; from there to Chauncey and entered the store of the Hocking Valley Coal and Salt Company. he remained there until April, 1874. In January, 1875, he came to New England and since then has been engaged in the general mercantile business. He has been Postmaster ever since he came here. He and his wife and daughter Jessie lyre members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Ile is a member of the Freemasons, Savannah Lodge, No. 466. He was also railroad agent at New England as long as there was any business done on the road at that place. William W. Rowell, born in Athens County, Ohio, Sept. 2 0, 1834, was a son of Elmer Rowell, a native of Vermont, born in 1794 and died in 1875. His mother was born in New York in 1802 and died in 1872. William is the youngest of two sons, his brother being Ohiolus. He has a good farm of 150 acres in township 6, range 17. Dec. 20, 1855, he married Corisanda Barrows, a native of Athens County, born May 25, 1837. They have eight children—Theodore, Alva M., Anderson, Aldie E., Joshua H., Everett, Orange S., and Iola. Theodore married Esther Jarvis, and Aldie E. married Alza E. Tibbells; the others are still at home. During the late war Mr. Rowell enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-fourth Ohio National Guards and served about four months. He is a member of Hocking Grange, No. 904. Washington Russell was born in Meigs County, Ohio, Aug. 31, 1843, and came to Athens County in 1845. In 1859 he moved to Washington County and lived till 1879, when he returned to Athens County and located in Frost. He now has a first-class general store, keeping a good stock of boots and shoes, dry goods and notions. he enlisted in the late war in August, 1862, in Company A, Ninety-second Ohio Infantry, and served till June, 1865; participated in the battles of Chickamauga and Mission Ridge; was through the Atlanta campaign and with Sherman to the sea. He was married in September, 1869, to Mary, J. Mills, a native of Athens County, born in May, 1847. They have three children—William L., Jessie E. and Charles E. Mr. Russell is a member of Coolville Lodge, No. 337, A. F. & A. M. 598 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. Harvey J. Smith established his present place of business in Stewart in 1880. He has a good stock of watches, clocks, jewelry, and general merchandise. He was born May 3, 1849, in Plymouth, Washington Co., Ohio, where he was educated and lived till 1873, when he went to Colton, Ohio. He remained there till 1879, engaged in the mercantile business. He was married Oct. 1, 1873, to Leonora Jarvis, a native of Athens, born in 1852. They have two children--Leonard H., born in June, 1875, and Daisy V., born in November, 1879. Mr. Smith is now serving his second term as Township Treasurer. His father, Harvey Smith, was a native of New York, and came to Ohio about sixty years ago. He died in 1877. His mother, Eliza (Dixon) Smith, was born in Pennsylvania about 1809. She is now living in Athens. There was a family of nine children, six now living— Columbus C., L. D., Adaliza, Lucina, C. D. and Harvey J. John N. Spaulding was born in Vermont, Oct. 7, 1818, and came to Athens County, .Ohio, in 1843. He was married Aug. 12, 1852, to Nancy M. Fulton, a native of Amesville, Ohio, born April 10, 1825. Six children have been born to them, only three now living—Addie M., born Nov. 21, 1857; Louie A., Dec. 30, 1859, and Eli A., Feb. 10, 1863. Both daughters are teaching school. The son is a farmer and inventor. March 6,. 1883, he obtained a patent for his Duplex Hand Seed Planter, a machine for planting and depositing the fertilizer at the same time. When only ten years of age he made a wooden sewing-machine about five or six inches square. It was entirely of wood except the needle, which was a common sewing needle turned upside down, and sewed nicely, making a chain stitch. Mr. and Mrs. Spaulding and their daughters are members of the Presbyterian church. Mrs. Spaulding's brother, Robert A. Fulton, was born in Hartford, Conn., Feb. 13, 1808. He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Fifty-third Ohio Infantry. While on a march one dark stormy night, his horse fell down an embankment, and Mr. Fulton received a wound from his sword which finally caused his death, July 23,1874. His regiment presented him with a fine sword which cost $500. Samuel Stalder was born in Athens County, Ohio, Aug. 30, 1842. He has always been a farmer, and for the past eighteen years has dealt extensively in live stock. Ile owns a good farm of eighty acres on sections 25 and 26, his residence being on section 25. He was married March 22, 1866, to Samantha Hammond, a native of Athens County, born in 1845. They have had two chil- HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 599 dren, only one now living-Nettie A., born March 12, 1867. Herbert was born Oct. 11, 1870, and died Nov. 16, 1875. Mr. Stalder is a member of Savannah Lodge, No. 466, A. F. & A. M. His parents, Nicholas and Barbara Stalder, were natives of Switzerland, and came to America when they were children. They were married about 1833, and had a family of twelve children, only six now living-Henry, Samuel, Philena, Helena, Ida and Augusta. D. B. Stewart, Jr.; miller, was born in Stewart, Rome Township, Athens Co., Ohio, Oct. 2, 1859. He lived here nine years, then moved with his parents to Athens, remaining there about twelve years, when he went to Colorado, in 1880, where he remained until July, 1882. He then returned to Athens and thence came to Stewart, where he is now engaged in running the flouring mill known as Byron's mill, and is doing a good business. His father, D. B. Stewart, now living in Athens, was the thunder of the town of Stewart. His mother, Sarah (Carter) Stewart, died in Athens eight or nine years ago. Our subject is the only son now living. He has five sisters-Matilda, now Mrs. D. M. Birch-field; Ruth S., who married C. Byron, deceased; Julia, now Mrs. J. M. Case, and Frank, now Mrs. S. B. Pickering. Our subject bids fair to be, as was his father, one of Stewart's best business men. Mrs. Mary (Kooser) Tedrow was born in Somerset County, Penn., Sept. 3, 1800. Sept. 5, 1820, she married Jacob Tedrow, also a native of Somerset County, born June 7, 1792. They came to Ohio in 1836 and settled near where Mrs. Tedrow now resides. They had a family of eleven children, nine now living--Drusilla, born Sept. 30, 1822, now the widow of George Wyatt; Harriet, born Feb. 2, 1826, now the widow of J. McHorten; Noah, born Feb. 1, 1828; Rebecca, born Dec. 2, 1829, now Mrs. James Robertson; Jane, born Dec. 3, 1832, now Mrs. Samuel Copeland; Oliver, born Sept. 16, 1836; Mary Ann, born Feb. 2, 1838; Effie, born Feb. 1, 1841, now time widow of Henry Norris, and Charles, born July 3, 1844. Mrs. Tedrow has 166 acres of fine land on section 35, Rome Township. She and her daughter Mary are members of the Presbyterian church at New England. Mr. Tedrow died July 1, 1873. Noah, Tedrow, born in Somerset County, Penn., Feb. 1, 1828, is the second child of Jacob and Mary (Kooser) Tedrow. He came to Ohio with his parents in 1837, and, with the exception of six months spent in Muskingum County, has since that time resided in Athens County. He was married Oct. 7, 1855, to Nancy Yazer,