450 - HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. war. He married and had one daughter, Manilla. He draws a pension from the government, and prefers to live in the pleasant quarters of the soldier's home at Dayton. Thomas C. is in the grocery business at Columbus. He married Miss Annie Smith of Mount Vernon, and has one daughter, Maud. Amelia married John W. Blizzard Jr., of Frazeysburg. Albert G. was a soldier and died of typhoid fever at Baltimore, during the war. Mrs. Fleming is now sixty-five years of age. Her eyesight is remarkable, and she can see to read and sew in the evening without glasses. She retains all her faculties and bids fair to live to a good old age. Mrs. Fleming resides on the old homestead, which is a fine tract of land of 150 acres, and this is managed by her son, Joseph D. Fleming, who is a capable young man. He graduated at the Commercial college at Zanesville, and is the owner of fifty acres of land in his own right. The Fleming homestead is a substantial brick residence of modern architecture, and is very comfortable and convenient, its spacious interior being well arranged and filled with evidences of culture and refinement. It is situated in a beautiful valley surrounded by picturesque hills and an abundance of trees and shrubs. John M. Fleming, farmer, Frazeysburg, Ohio, one of the prominent planters of Jackson township and a descendant of one of the old and much respected families of Muskingum county, Ohio, was born October 30, 1857. His grandfather, Col. Nathan Fleming, was one of the original pioneers of Muskingum county, and located here in 1804. He was commissioned in the militia of the state April 3, 1812, by Jonathan Meigs, was promoted to major October 29 of that year, and held that position until October 5, 1818, when he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel. His son, Albert Fleming, was born on the old homestead at Irville, February 13, 1813, and this property is still in the hands of the Fleming family. Albert started out for himself as a farmer, equipped with a common-school education, and married a Miss Mary Mires, daughter of John Mires, a saddler by trade and one of the early settlers of Irville. Mr. Mires was the father of these children: Charles, Amelia, John, Delilah, Mary, Samuel, Jane, Lizzie,William and Stephen. Mr. Mires moved to Danville, Vermillion county, Ill., and there received his final summons when about seventy years of age. To Mr. and Mrs. Fleming were born eleven children, two of whom died in infancy. The others were:, Margaret, Daniel, Delilah, Malvine (died at the age of eleven), Mary (died at the age of seven), Clara, George W., Eva and John M. After marriage, or in 1835, Mr. Fleming settled on the farm now occupied by his son, John M., which was then covered by a dense forest, and he cleared a few acres and built a house. He was several years in clearing his estate, and frequently added to the original tract until he owned 500 acres of fine farming land, situated in a beautiful valley. He prospered and in 1845 built a large dwelling. He was well known to the early settlers, and held a number of local positions, being township trustee for some time. His death occurred, on February 3, 1889, at the age of seventy-five years, and his wife died at the age of seventy-four. She was a member of the Methodist church and Mr. Fleming was a believer in that doctrine. He retired from business in 1884 and resided in Newark the latter part of his life. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity at Newark and Irville. He gave his children all excellent educational advantages. John M. Fleming, like his father before him, chose farming as his occupation through life. He inherited the old home place from his father, and on December 14, 1882, he married Miss Lou A. Stump, daughter of Leonard and Catherine (Claypool) Stump. Mr. Stump descended from an old pioneer family of Muskingum county, and his father, James Stump, was a farmer of Licking township, Muskingum county. The latter was born in Virginia, and came to Ohio with his father at a very early day, settling near Irville. James Stump was a prominent farmer, as was also his son. Leonard. The latter is the father of seven children: Sue S., Mary C., Sarah M. (died at the age of fifteen), Lou A., Fannie E., Emma J. and Lenora. John M. Fleming is one of the prosperous citizens of Jackson township and a descendant of sturdy pioneer ancestry. Many members of this well-known family have become eminent in different walks of life, and all are well respected and honored. Mr. and Mrs. Fleming have a pleasant home, and an air of culture and refinement pervades their pleasant rooms. Mr. Fleming is a practical farmer, and stands deservedly high in the opinion of all, being a young man of character and ability. Mrs. Mary Fleming, Frazeysburg, Ohio. Among the pioneer settlers of Muskingum county, Ohio; are the Flemings, who descended from one of the most prominent and numerous American families. The name of Fleming is traceable as far back as the eleventh century. It is said that William The Conquerer, king of Normandy, invaded England with a powerful army composed principally of Flemings, inhabitants of Flanders, and that his wife was a Flemish princess. It is also said that a strange family settled in Scotland at a place known as the Fleming-way, and were called by common consent The Flemings, so they finally adopted the name. There is little doubt that Scotland is the home of the ancestors of this branch of the Fleming family. The founders of the family HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 453 in America were William Fleming, of Delaware, and three brothers, and from them all the Flem-ings in the United States have descended. Will-iam Fleming was driven from Scotland to the North of Ireland by religious persecution, tradi-tion says, and with three brothers emigrated to America late in the seventeenth century, settling in Delaware. They arrived in America in 1680, 211 years ago, and took up land under Williams Penn in what is now known as Kent county, Del. The private records of the family are few and limited, as no one at that time took any account of passing events for the benefit of generations yet to come. The only source left from which can be gained anything like a reliable history of these ancestors of the Flemings, who have become so numerous in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Indiana and other western .and southern states, is from the public records of surveys, deeds and wills found on record in the respective offices at Dover, and from Kent county, Del. It there appears that the first emigrants by the name of Fleming were in 1680, as above mentioned. The land upon which they settled is what is now known as Mispillion Hundred, Kent county, and em-braced a tract of country three miles square. The four families settled near together, and were all, as far as is known, of the Presbyterian faith, among those dissenters from the Church of England who sought freedom from persecution in the New World. Though tradition tells of the fact that the four brothers grew wealthy, having cul-tivated large estates, it was not until 1754, many years after their landing, that the first authentic record appears on the court books. This record is the will of Robert Fleming, who died that year and left to survive him a widow, Alice F. Fleming, and several children. Among other things he gave Robert Fleming, a son of Alexander Fleming, 180 acres of land. He also left David, a son of John Fleming, another brother, a farm of 180 acres. The next record is the will of one of the four original brothers, George Fleming, who died May 25, 1759. He left his widow Elizabeth, and four children, a large landed estate. Two of the children were daughters; one, Martha, married Alexander King and from them descended some of the numerous branches of King families in Delaware and Pennsylvania. These daughters and their descendants lived and died on the old Fleming homestead, which is still standing, occupied by lineal descendants of the original Flem-ings. Of this landed estate the Delaware railroad runs through a portion, and upon it built the town of Farmington, which was named after Farmington, W. Va. A quarter of a mile from there is situated the Fleming burying ground, where the remains of the early Flemings are resting. The next will is that of William Fleming, who died July 1, 1766, and the next is the record of Alexander Fleming, who died August 30, 1773. Will-iam Fleming Jr. died June 7, 1784. He left a widow, Ann, and five sons, to survive him. The sons were named as follow's: Nathan, Boaz, Benaiah and Benoni (sons by his first wife), Jane Frame and Thomas (a son by his second wife, Ann Hudson). Benaiah remained on the old homestead, but the others emigrated to West Virginia, in the vicinity of Fairmount. They liked the country, and in December, 1808, returned to Delaware and sold out their interests in the homestead to Benaiah. The latter died in 1845 and left the homestead to his sons, and when they died it passed into the hands of Benjamin H. Thorp, the husband of Mary E., daughter of Nathan Fleming. The Thorps were among the oldest and most distinguished families of Delaware, and Gov. Thorpe is connected to the Flemings through this branch of the family. In 1816 James and Jacob Fleming, two of the original four brothers, sold their land in Delaware and moved westward. They were the sons of Robert Fleming, men-tioned above, who died in 1784, and settled near Chillicothe, Ohio, and their descendants are now scattered throughout Ohio and the West. Other members of the family moved to Maryland, and their descendants are numerous there, the original settlement being near Vienna. From the four brothers who settled in Fairmount, W. Va., there are a great many descendants, and the estates of the brothers are in some cases still in the hands of their descendants. Upon the farm of Boaz Fleming, one of the four brothers from Delaware, was built the town of Fairmount, one of the most prosperous places in West Virginia. Until a few years ago the log house of Boaz stood almost in the center of the town. The descendants are among the leading citizens of Marion county. From one comes the present governor of West Virginia; from another the mayor of the town, Hon. Thomas W. Fleming; from another branch comes Gen. R. E. Fleming, whose distinguished services won him honor; also Capt. T. A. Fleming, another veteran, who is well known in the G. A. R. circles, and is at present justice of the peace. Most of the Flemings of West Virginia are republicans, the Governor being one of the few democrats of that name. Gov. Fleming, of Florida, is a representative of the family, who went south many years ago. The family held a national reunion in August, 1891, at Fairmount, W. Va., and members were present from twenty-five states to the number of more than 1,000. The lawyer, merchant, preacher; journalist and laborer, the man of affluence And the one of modest circum-stances, all of one family and one blood, gathered 454 - HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. from all sections of the country to exchange greetings, trace kinship, and to form ties of friendship that should exist among those whose blood and name are the same. It was one of the most remarkable reunions ever held in the United States. Col. Nathan Fleming, the founder of one branch of this family in Muskingum county, was born in Marion county, W. Va., January, 1783, and married Mary Wood, daughter of John Wood, a farmer of West Virginia. To Colonel and Mrs. Fleming were born five children, whom they reared: Margaret, James, Albert, John and Daniel. In the fall of 1804, soon after his marriage, Col. Fleming came to Muskingum county, Ohio, and settled at Irvine. He cleared a farm, settled there a few years, sold his land and settled one-half mile east of the town, remaining there many years. He engaged in the mercantile business with Beverly Lemert, under the firm name of Fleming & Lemert, Mr. Lemert retired a few years later and Col. Fleming continued the business several years alone. He was a prosperous business man and one of the early shippers of produce from Zanesville to New Orleans, going frequently on the boats himself. He was commissioned in the militia of the state of Ohio, April 3, 1812, by Gov. Return Jonathan Meigs, and promoted to major, October 29, 1812. He held this office until October, 5, 1818, when he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel. Mary Fleming is the mother of Finley M. Fleming. This is one of the prominent branches of the Fleming family of the county and lineal descendants of the four original brothers who settled in West Virginia. Mathew Fleming was the great-grandfather, and was a farmer of West Virginia, born September 2, 1741. He married Jane Frame, and they were the parents of twelve children, John and Mathew only remembered. Mathew Fleming died. inWest Virginia, and his son Mathew was born in Virginia, September 6, 1781. He married in West Virginia, Lydia Fleming, the daugher of Nathan Fleming, the father of Col. Nathan. Fleming, one of the original four brothers. To Mathew Fleming and wife were born fifteen children, twelve of whom lived to maturity: Daniel Phoebe, Elias, Beniah, Franklin, Susan, Elihu, Rosena, Archibald, Jane, Mary and Martha, all born in West Virginia, except Mary and Martha Mathew Fleming moved his family to Licking township, Ohio, making the journey with horses and wagons, and settled on a farm, now occupied by our subject, Mary Fleming, October, 1820. He cleared up a good farm, consisting of 140 acres. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist church, and he died at the age of fifty-four years. He was a man of excellent character and had many. friends. Daniel Fleming, the father of our subject, was born May 15, 1803, in West Virginia, and received a good common-school education. His father was a school teacher, and wrote a clear old-fashioned hand, specimens of which are still preserved in the family. Daniel Fleming was about seventeen years of age when he came with his father to this county. He married Mary Bonham, daughter of Rev. Zachariah and Susan (Hooper) Bonham. The father was of Scotch descent, born in New Jersey, and his. father was Rev. Hesikiah Bonham, an old pioneer Methodist minister and a well-known preacher of those early times. Among his children are Robert, Jeremiah, Zachariah Zedekiah, Mary and Rachel. Rev. Zachariah Bonham married Sophia Johnson in Virginia, and they were the parents of seven children: Amos, Robert, Johnson, Hesikiah, Isaac, Elizabeth and Jacob. In 1814 Mr. Bonham settled in Jackson township and had a good farm of 200 acres which he cleared up from the wilderness. He gave up riding the circuit and preached in Irville. His 'first wife died and he married Susannah Hooper, "daughter of John and Sarah Hooper, and to them were born three children: Mary, Rebecca and Sarah A. Mr. Bonham lived to the age of sixty-eight years and died on his farm. After his marriage, Daniel Fleming settled on the old home farm and here spent his life. Mr. and Mrs. Fleming are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he was class-leader and trustee for many years. He was a stanch republican in politics and a strong union man during the war. He died July 23, 1867, at the age of sixty-four years, and left a wife and three children: Elizabeth, Finley M. and Jacob D. Dr. Jacob D Fleming had a good education, was an excellent scholar and taught school several years. He graduated at Hamilton Medical college, Columbus, Ohio, and is now practicing medicine at Frazeysburg. Finley M. Fleming attended school at Utica, Ohio. Mrs. Fleming the widow of Daniel, lives on the old homestead. In 1879 she built a fine residence and managed the farm until her sons were old enough to assist her. Finley M. was born April 13, 1855, and reared on the farm. He married, at the age of thirty-two years, Nellie K. Frazey, daughter of Guy and Kate (Mathews) Frazey. She is the great-grand- daughter of the founder of Frazeysburg—Samuel Frazey. Mr. and Mrs. Fleming have two children: Paul D. and Kate. The mother of Mrs. Fleming was the- daughter of Alfred Mathews, son of. Dr. Increase Mathews, a prominent physician of Zanesville. One of the most notable mercantile establishments of Nashport, Ohio, is that conducted by William H. H. Francis, who is widely known as a capable, enterprising, and reliable business man. He was born September 3, 1841, in Licking county, Ohio, and is a descendant of one of the prominent HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 455 families of Virginia. His grandfather, William Fran.cis, was born in Loudoun county, Va., was of an old colonial family, and was a soldier in the Revolution, being present at the surrender of Cornwallis. He was married in his native state to Miss Mary Romine and they became the parents of twenty-four children, eighteen of whom lived to be grown. In 1816 William Francis came to Licking county, Ohio, settled near the west line of Muskingum county, in Hanover township, and became one of the substantial farmers, owning vast tracts of land and giving his children all farms. He died in 1847, when ninety years of age. He was a member of the Old School Baptist church, in which he served as deacon, and Ile was widely known among the old settlers as a man of sterling character. His was the first log house that was plastered in that part of Licking county. The children, so far as remembered, were: William, Isaiah, Everett, Lenen, James, Samuel, Stephen, Joseph, Maria, Mary A., Rebecca, and Fannie. The son, William, was the father of eighteen children. Samuel Francis, another son and the father of our subject, was. born in Loudoun county, Va., January 26, 1798 and received a meager education in the common-schools of that day. He could read and write well, and bad some knowledge of arithmetic. In 1816 he came to the Buckeye state with his parents. He was married to Miss Amy Shadley, daughter of Daniel Shadley, who was one of the original settlers of Licking county. To Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Francis were born twelve children: Mahlon (died in infancy), Sarah, Mary, Stephen, Hannah (died at the age of twenty-two, a married woman), Basil B., Melissa, David, Rebecca, William H. H., Daniel T., and Elizabeth. Nine of their children are still living, all married and have families. Samuel Francis received fifty acres of land from his father and to this he added from time to time until he owned 220 acres, on which he passed the closing years of his life. He was industrious, hardworking and prosperous. He was a member of the Old School Baptist church for more than sixty-nine years and a deacon over fifty years of that time. In politics he was an old line whig and voted for every president from 1820 up to the present, except for James G. Blaine, having missed that on account of a hard rain and his advanced age, eighty-six years. He voted for William Henry Harrison and lived to vote for the grandson, Benjamin Harrison. On July 14, 1890, when ninety-two years of age, this good man received his final summons. He had a wonderful constitution, was temperate in his habits, although he used tobacco all his life, and retained his mental faculties to the end. He was a well-known man, and a represent-ative Ohio pioneer. In religious matters he was particularly active and assisted liberally with his means to build his church at a time when it needed all the assistance it could get. His son, William H. H. Francis, was born on the old homestead which is still held in the family, and received a good common-school education. At the age of twenty he began learning the mercantile business at Black Hand, Licking county, and continued clerking for two and one-half years, when he returned home where he worked on the farm for one year, two of his brothers being in the army and his father needing help. In 1.864 he clerked in a store at Cottage Hill, Muskingum county, but two years later he came to Nashport, where he clerked for N. F. Claypool for six years, after which he embarked in business for himself at that place. In 1884 he bought the building he now occupies, a commodious brick, and has been doing a flourish-ing business ever since. August 26, 1.862, he mar-ried Miss Margery E. Drumm, daughter of John and Cynthia (Arter) Drumin, and of Irish descent. John Drumm was of an old pioneer family and was the father of seven children, four of whom are now living: Amanda, Margery E., Sylvanus and Minerva. He died in the sixties. To Mr. and Mrs. William H. H. Francis have been born three interesting children: Orlo D., Ella M. and Charles E. Mr. and Mrs. Francis are members of the Old School Baptist church, and he is clerk in the same. He has the confidence of the people of his township, and has been treasurer of the same for many years. He now holds the office of township trustee. Socially he is a member of the I. O. O. F., and has held the office of secretary, recording secretary, treasurer, vice-grand, noble grand and has been trustee for fifteen years. In politics he is a stanch republican. Mr. Francis takes an active interest in having good schools and has been a member of the board of education for years. He has been. postmaster since May, 1887. He stands deservedly high as a citizen and as a reliable business man, and has been notary public for eight years. Lewis Frazee is the owner of a fertile farm of 355 acres of land in Salt Creek township, and is otherwise well supplied with worldly goods, the re-sult of many hours of honest toil, and much good management. He was ,born in Greenbush town-ship, Rensselaer county, N. Y., April 1, 1816, to Nathan and Nellie (Barmeger) Frazee, the former of whom was born in England, and in 1820 came to America, settling after a time in this county, where his death occurred in the year 1865. Lewis Frazee was married on the 19th of March, 1840, to Miss Mary J. Neff, a native of Brooke county, Va., and daughter of Christian Neff, and to their marriage an interesting family of nine children were born, four of whom are living: Nathan E., Catherine B., wife of J. J. Moore; Mary E. and Lewis C. Mr. Frazee has always been methodical 456 - HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. in his business affairs, also thrifty and persevering, and his diligence and unremitting toil has been rewarded in the accumulation of an abundant share of this world's goods. He has always supported the men and measures of the democratic party, and in appreciation of his services his party elected him a member of the state legislature from Muskingum county in 1858-59, during which time he proved himself an able and incorruptible legislator. During his busy career he has found time to devote to social pleasures, and he is an honored member of the A. F. & A. M., and the I. O. O. F. He and his family worship in the Presbyterian church. His original farm, or old homestead, is now the property of his daughter, Mrs. Moore, and in addition to his fine farm of 355 acres, above referred to, he is the owner of large farming interests in Missouri, and is a wealthy and influential citizen. Among the men gifted alike with energy and enterprise stands Jesse Frazier, the prominent merchant and popular postmaster of Coal Hill, Muskingum county, Ohio. He was born April 1, 1836, and is the son of John and Elizabeth (Atkin) Frazier, his father a native of Virginia, and his mother of Pennsylvania. Jesse Frazier was reared on a farm, attended the district schools until the age of twenty-one, when he began for himself, working by the month for his father. This he continued two years, tilling the soil in the summer, and teaching school during the winter months. On the 27th of October, 1859, he married Miss Eliza James, daughter of John and Huldah James, of Meigs township. Soon after marriage he commenced farming, and continued this occupation with fair success until the year 1873, when he started a general store at Coal Hill, where he has been in business ever since. He is a pleasant, enterprising and honorable business man, practical and" reliable, and highly respected by all with whom he has dealings. In 1874 he was appointed postmaster of Coal Hill, and he has filled this position in a satisfactory manner ever since. He has also held the office of township treasurer since 1885, and .was elected county treasurer in November, 1891. Mr. Frazier is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics is a stanch republican. He holds membership in the Baptist church. Among the old settlers whose names and history adorn the pages of the "Memoirs of Muskingum County " none are more favorably known than William Frazier, who was born in Ohio county, W. Va., near Wheeling, March 7, 1806, a son of Samuel and Eleanor (Robinson) Frazier. On the 23d of September, 1830, Mr. Frazier was married to Nancy Armstrong, a daughter of Rev. Armstrong, and the year following the celebration of their nuptials, they settled on the farm in this county on which Mr. Frazier is now living. He first purchased 120 acres of partially cleared land from Jonathan Carlisle, and to the improvement and cultivation of this and adjoining land since purchased he has devoted the best energies of his life. His union with Miss Armstrong resulted in the birth of the following children: Eleanor, born February 23, 1832, the deceased wife of George Dutton, her death occurring November 5, 1881; Elizabeth, born January 9, 1834, wife of. Dr. Robert George, of Elgin, Ill.; Samuel A., born September 9, 1837, and died April 2, 1842; Rosanna, born April 30, 1839,wife of Capt. Henry C. Baughman, of Mona, Kas. ; Margaret Ann, born January 16, 1842, wife of Robert Morrison, of Thomasboro, Ill.; William H., born January 23, 1845, and resides in Taylorville, Ohio, and Robert A., born September 22, 1847, is a resident of Nevada, Iowa. Mrs. Frazier died on the 25th of August, 1848. Mr. Frazier's second marriage was celebrated November 6, 1851, Miss Sarah Whitaker, the daughter of Lemuel Whitaker, a pioneer settler of Brush Creek township, becoming his wife. She was born March 21, 1818, and died February 13, 1862. Mr. Frazier's third marriage was consummated on the 5th of March, 1863, Miss Kate Weaver becoming his third wife. She was born in Germany, February 2, 1839, and has borne her husband two children: Hattie, wife of Charles U. Shryock, born January 17, 1864, and Samuel, born December 30, 1867, and died September 19, 1878. The mother of these children died on the. 10th of June, 1878. Mr. Frazier has been a member of the Presbyterian church a great number of years, and has always been a consistent Christian gentleman, having the confidence of all with whom he has had acquaintance or business dealings. When he first came to this county he was engaged in saw-milling quite extensively, and manufactured considerable quantities of lumber. . The carding and woolen factory formerly located at Taylorville he operated for a number of years, and he yet has an interest in the gristmill at that place, in which he is jointly interested with his son William. Mr. Frazier has, during his long and not uneventful life, been a republican in politics, voting with that party on all questions of national and local importance. In his father's family there were eleven children, all of whom, with the exception of two, are dead: Robert, who resides in Missouri, and the subject of this sketch, who was the youngest of the family. Those deceased are James Robinson, Samuel, Elizabeth(wife of Samuel. McCoy), Andrew, Rosanna (wife of Jesse Davis), James, Margaret (wife of John Bell), David, Hamilton and Robinson. Grandfather Frazier was born August 28, 1776, and died March 31,1850. His wife was born February 5, 1778, and died July 25, 1850. HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 457 Among the prominent farmers and large landholders of Muskingum county must be mentioned Stockton Frazier, Frazeysburg, Ohio. His father was Samuel Frazier. [See sketch of James Frazier.] Stockton Frazier was born January 17, 1829, in Belmont county, Ohio, on his father's farm, and was but seven years of age when his father removed to Muskingum county and settled in Licking township. He received a common-school education and was brought up as a farmer. He married, October 19, 1859, Elizabeth A. McCann, daughter of Maxwell and Margaret (McDonald) McCann. The father was a son of James McCann [see sketch of Orville McCann], and was born in 1800, in Westmoreland county, Penn., shortly after his father came from Ireland. He received a common-school education, was brought up a farmer, and came to Muskingum county with his father at the age of sixteen years. He married Margaret McDonald, daughter of Joseph McDonald, a native of Virginia, who came to Muskingum county at an early day. Maxwell McCann was the father of seven children: John, Joseph, Martha, James, Elizabeth A., Sarah and Carolina. Mr. McCann was a prosperous farmer, owning a good farm of 300 acres. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and has held the office of township trustee. He was a strict democrat, and lived to the age of seventy-five years, dying in 1875. C. E. Frazier now lives on the old McCann homestead, in Cass township, which Stockton Frazier bought some eight years since. After his marriage Stockton Frazier settled on the farm where he now lives and then bought 160 acres of his father, paying for it $3,000. By industry and hard labor, combined with good management, he has increased his property until he now owns 1,300 acres of land. Both Mr. and Mrs. Frazier are members of the Presbyterian church, and Mr. Frazier has been elder for many years, and assisted to build the Muskingum Presbyterian church. In politics he is a stanch republican, and has held the office of township trustee, but takes little interest in politics besides keeping up with the times. To Mr. and Mrs. Frazier have been born eight children who lived: Alfred A. (a lawyer of Zanesville, educated at Granville and Wooster, Ohio, and at the law school at Cincinnati. He married Emma Clark, and has two children. He is a successful lawyer and well-known politician of Zanesville); Samuel L. (who also received a good education at Granville and Wooster. He deals in stock and wool, and married Rosa Welch. They have four children, and live at Frazeysburg); Maxwell (is a farmer, of Muskingum township; was educated at Wooster, and married Angie Lemert. They have one child); James H. (educated at Wooster, Ohio; is a farmer, of Jackson township, and married. Kate Bennett. They have one child); Charles E. (is a farmer, of Cass township; was educated at Wooster, and married Enna Blizzard. They have one child); Margaret R., Rose E., and Luella J. are young ladies at home, and are receiving good educations. Mr. Frazier is a man well informed on all important subjects of the day, and has a good library. He is interested in educational matters and all subjects for the advancement and good of the county. He has a beautiful home, of brick, two stories high, with everything about it to make it comfortable and pleasant. J. W. Frazier, Frazeysburg, Ohio. Mr. Frazier's great-great-grandfather, David Frazier, who was the founder of the Frazier family in America, was born in Scotland, and was there married to his first wife, who died, leaving him with one child, a son, Samuel. Mr. Frazier's second marriage resulted in the birth of four children—two sons and two daughters. The two sons, James and Alexander, went to Kentucky at an early date, and the daughters married, one becoming Mrs. Craig and the other Mrs. McCoy. The former lived in Middle Wheeling Creek, W. Va., and the latter made her home near Xenia, Ohio, and reared a large family, the descendants of which still reside there. Samuel Frazier, son of David, and the great-grandfather of our subject, was born in York county, Va. but left home when quite young and went to Va., Penn., where he learned the tanning business. He married Miss Rosannah, a native of Buck county, Penn., and to them were born four children: Margaret, William, Samuel and David. Samuel Frazier resided for some time in Burkeley county, Va., and here his son Samuel was born. He then moved to Washington county, Penn., thence to Ohio county, W. Va., and, in company with others, built a fort to protect themselves from the Indians, at what was then called Williamson's Place, near Roney's Point. Samuel Frazier Jr., son of the above, and the grandfather of our subject, was born August 28, 1776, in Berkeley county, Va., and was a farmer by occupation. He was married March 29, 1798, to Miss Eleanor Robinson, who was born February 5, 1778, and who was a daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth (Harrison) Robinson. Andrew Robinson was bore in County Down, Ireland, and emigrated to America at a period antedating the Revolution. He was a driver of packhorses at the battle of Brandywine. His wife, Elizabeth Harrison, was born in County Armagh, Ireland, and they were married in Maryland at a place called Head Elk or Elk Forge, in Westmoreland county, Penn. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson were the parents of two children, James and Eleanor. James was born before the family moved to West Virginia, and accidentally shot himself when sixteen years of 458 - HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. age, dying with lockjaw. Andrew Robinson and wife died in Ohio county, W. Va., when quite aged. Samuel Frazier and wife, Eleanor Robinson, became the parents of twelve children: James (died in infancy), Samuel, Elizabeth, Andrew, William, R—, James, Margaret, David, Hamilton, Robinson and Robert. Eleven of these children lived to be over sixty-five years of age, no deaths occurring among them for nearly seventy-nine years. Samuel Frazier died March 31, 1850, and his wife died July 25 of the same year. Mr. Frazier was an extensive farmer, owned vast tracts of land, and was a slave owner, although he liberated all his slaves before his death. He built a flouring mill at Roney's Point and was the owner of a hotel and most of the property of the village. The Fraziers were, for generations, Presbyterian covenanters, and finally United Presbyterians. Samuel Frazier was a good business man, and left at his death a handsome estate. The Robinsons were also wealthy people, and Mrs. Frazier inherited considerable property. Samuel Frazier, the third son of the above, and father of our subject, was born in Ohio county, W. Va., June 13, 1800, and received a good practical education. He married, February 11, 1823, Miss Rebecca Brice, daughter of Rev. John and Jane (Stockton) Brice, the former a Presbyterian clergyman, who preached at the Forks of the Wheeling creek, West Alexander, at an early day. He died in 1810. He was twice married, first to Rebecca Kerr, who bore him two children, James and Jane, and the second time to Jane Stockton, which union resulted in the birth of these children: John, Mary, Rebecca, Margaret, Sarah and Elizabeth (twins), Alice, Eliza, Francis and Jane A., all now deceased, but leaving Many descendants. The Stockton family is scattered all over the United States, and among its members are several Presbyterian ministers. Rev. John Stockton was a noted minister, and preached at Cross Creek, Penn., for fifty years. Samuel Frazier, like his father, was the father of these children: John Brice (died at the age of thirteen), Samuel R. (deceased), Eleanor, Stockton, William H., James M., Jane A., Elizabeth, James W., Mary A., Brice, Virginia and Samuel. After marriage Mr. Frazier lived two years in Ohio county, W. Va., but moved from there to Belmont county, Ohio, about 1824 or 1825, settling on wild land five miles from the county seat, where he cleared a farm and resided twelve years. In 1836-37 he came to Muskingum county, settled on a farm in Licking township, and by his industry and thoroughness accumulated a fine estate of about 1,000 acres in this county. He was a practical and successful farmer and a good business man. He and wife were members of the United Presbyterian church, but afterward the Old School Presbyterian church. In politics he was an old line whig, and afterward a strong abolitionist, although brought up in a slave-holding family. He was subsequently a strict republican and strong Union man during the war. He was one of the early temperance men, and prohibited the use of liquors in the field on his farm. At one time the men re-'fused to work on that account. He was a man possessed of great firmness of character and always took a high stand for the cause of right and justice. He was an elder in the church for about forty years, and in his death, which occurred April 3, 1889, when nearly eighty-nine years of age, the people lost one of their most esteemed and respected citizens. He assisted in building three churches, two in Muskingum township and the Frazeysburg Presbyterian church. He was a true Christian in all that the words imply, and from a long line of distinguished ancestors he inherited his many excellent traits of character. To such men as these, and to such families, we owe the balance of good which makes the Buckeye state so powerful and prosperous. His wife died June 8, 1872, when over seventy-three years of age. James W. Frazier, our subject, was born in Belmont county, Ohio, December 13, 1835, and received a fair education in the common schools. He inherited from his father a love of learning, and added to his stock of useful information by reading good books, newspapers and periodicals, and is a self-educated and exceedingly well-informed man. He is conversant with the leading movements of the time, and has marked opinions of his own upon all important subjects. Coming of a race of agriculturists, farming has constituted his principal business through life, and as a farmer he has always been successful and enterprising. In October, 1862, Mr. Frazier was drafted into the service of the United States as a soldier, and was in camp at Zanesville for two months, after which he hired a substitute for three years, paying therefor $300. One year later he enlisted in the Ohio Home Guards, Company H, One Hundred and Fifty-ninth regiment 0. V. I., and in May, 1864, was mustered into the service of the United States, his regiment being assigned to the eastern division of the Army of the Potomac,then operating in Maryland, with which he served 100 days. The climate was unhealthy, and many in his regiment had typhoid fever and died. Mr. Frazier was dangerously ill of this dread disease and did not recover for two months, he and Cornelius Collins, one of his comrades, being the only ones in the company whose lives were spared after 'taking the disease. As it was, Mr. Frazier returned to his home shattered in health, and has never since fully recovered. October 10, 1864, he married Miss Alma Vanden-bark, a daughter of Gershoms and Mary (Baird) HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 459 Vandenbark, who bore him two children: Charles and Bessie M. Soon after his marriage he bought a farm located two and one-half miles north of Frazeysburg, and to the 240 acres in the original tract he has added by subsequent purchases until he owned 640 acres, and upon which he lived until 1890. In religious belief Mr. Frazier is a Presby-terian, as was his father before him, and he was one of the constituent members of the Frazeysburg Presbyterian church. He has been active in all its affairs since its organization to the present time, having served continuously as an elder and as the superintendent of its Sunday school, and the fact that he was one of the building com-mittee who had charge of the erection of its house of worship, will not be without historical interest. Mr. Frazier's first great sorrow was caused by the death of his wife in 1871. This devoted wife and mother, and devout and zealous Christian woman, was an active member of the Methodist church. Her father Gershom Vandenbark, was a native of New Jersey, of Holland-Dutch descent, who came to Muskingum county with his father, David Vandenbark, who was one of the very earliest set-tlers in Licking township. In 1873 Mr. Frazier took for his second wife Miss Eliza Gorsuch, a daughter of Joshua Gorsuch. [See sketch.] This lady was one of the original members of the Presbyterian church at Frazeysburg, and was a woman of relined character and exceedingly gentle disposition. She was a true mother to the orphan children of Mr. Frazier, and devoted to them all the tenderness she could have lavished upon her own flesh and blood. Of singularly even temperament, gifted with spontaneous kindliness, it may be said of her that she never became impatient, and was a truly beneficent power in this little household, every member of which remembers her with tender love and affection. Her death, which occurred July 17, 1890, brought to Mr. Frazier his second great affliction. In the spring of 1890 Mr. Frazier removed from his old farm to Frazeysburg and there located on a small place of fifty acres, which he had purchased for a home during his declining years, leaving his son Charles in charge of the homestead. He owns here considerable real estate, and has an interest in the Frazeysburg flourmill and in the tile factory. He takes an active interest in the prosperity of the village, and is a member of the board of health, in that capacity and in other ways exerting a strong influence for good. All his life long he has been deeply concerned in the cause of education, and for many years he held the office of school director in his district. Honesty, industry , prudence and caution have been the leading characteristics of the Frazier family in all generations, and these traits have been manifested always and in a marked degree by Mr. Frazier. As a practical business man his record is excellent, and he is at this time one of the largest land owners in the county. Socially he is popular with all who know him, and in all respects he is a creditable representative of the sterling stock from which he has descended. His son, Charles W. Frazier, now twenty-three years of age, received a thorough education at the Ada Normal university, at Ada, Ohio, and is now a practical and successful farmer. He was married in 1889 to Miss Nellie Hamilton, and has one daughter named Gracie. 3/Ir. Frazier's daughter, Bessie M., married James Stitt, part owner and superintendent of the Frazeysburg flouring mill. She has one son named James F. Among those prominently identified with the business interests of Muskingum county, Ohio, is John W. Fogle, who occupies the Odd Fellow building at Chandlersville, Ohio, and carries a stock of hardware, stoves, farm implements, etc. His birth occurred at McConnelsville, Morgan county, Ohio, November 15, 1850, and he was the only child born to the marriage of John and Rebecca (Hamilton) Fogle. The father was a native of Wayne county, Ohio, and of German descent. The mother was of English origin. Both are now deceased, the father dying in 1860, and the mother three years later. In the spring of 1863 John W. Fogle began learning the stonemason trade with an uncle, continued at this four 'years, but only followed it one year after learning. In the spring of 1872 he married Miss Jennie Allen, daughter of Sam Allen, and their union has been blessed by the birth of two children: Charles and Alice. Mr. Fogle has been in the hardware business for the past two years, and is held in the most favorable repute, owing to his enterprise and to his upright, honorable business methods. Previous to engaging in business for himself, or in 1878, he began traveling for a pump manufacturing establishment, and sold from two to three hundred pumps annual-ly. He remained on the road until January, 1891, when he was obliged to stop to attend his rapidly increasing business. He was at one time a contractor for building work also. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. lodge, and in politics is a democrat. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, a liberal supporter of the same, and is a public-spirited citizen. George L. Foley, probate judge, Zanesville, is one of the representative men of Muskingum county, Ohio, and as he was born and reared in the county the people have had every opportunity to judge of his character and qualifications. His parents, James and Catherine (Shipman) Foley, were natives of Ohio and Pennsylvania, respectively. The family located in Muskingum county, Union township, village of Norwich, in about 1832, and 460 - HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. the father followed the trade of a shoemaker. The latter still resides in Norwich. He is the father of five sons and four daughters, seven of which are living, and of whom George L. is the eldest son. George L. Foley was "reared in his native county, and received his education in the public schools of Norwich. He learned his father's trade and worked at the bench until 1881, being engaged a part of the time in farming, continuing this until elected to his present office in 1881. Previous to this he had held the office of township clerk and justice of the peace of Union township, holding the former position from 1875 until 1882, and the latter from 1875 to 1882, when he resigned both of said positions to accept that of probate judge. He has been elected to his present office four terms successively, which speaks in the highest term of his efficiency and ability in that position. He was married on November 19, 1885, to Miss Flora Buchanan. Socially Mr. Foley is a member of the I. O. O. F., Knights of Pythias, and the Benevolent Order of Elks. In politics has always been a republican. James Foley Sr. was born in Monroe county, Ohio, on May 8, 1826, and was the youngest but one of six children born to William R. and Barbara (Kinney) Foley. William Foley was a native of the Emerald Isle, and came to this country during the War of 1812, participating in the same. He was married in` Chester county, Penn., and afterward removed to Pittsburg, where he assisted in building the first bridges of that city. His wife, who was also a native of Chester county, Penn., was the daughter of Frederick Kinney. She remained in her native county until her marriage, and then, in 1824 or 1825, accompanied her husband to Monroe county, Ohio. The fruits of this union were six children: Bartholomew, Eliza, George (who now resides in Chandlersville, this county), Thomas (residing in Smith county, Kas.), James (subject) and John C. (died at the age of about six years). The father of these children died about 1832 or 1833, and the mother received her final summons on August 8, 1880, when eighty-three years of age, her birth having occurred on February 10, 1797. She first moved to this county in 1829, and made her home here until her death. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church all her life, and was very active in all church matters. Only three of her children are now living, two in this county. Her father, Frederick Kinney, was of German-English descent, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. His wife was of German descent. James Foley's early recollections were of Guernsey and Muskingum counties, and he received a limited education in the former county. Thrown upon his own resources at an early age he began cutting cordwood at 25 cents a cord, and in this and other ways made a living. When twenty-two years of age he married Miss Catherine Shipman, a native of Saint Clairsville, Belmont county, Ohio, born July 4, 1827, and one of a family of eight children born to Walter and Ann (Wilson) Shipman, natives of Pennsylvania, and both of German descent. The father was a Revolutionary soldier. Their children were named as follows: George, Charity, Rebecca, Catherine, John, Stephen, Josephine and Zenith, six of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Shipman died in Belmont county, Ohio. They had one son in the Civil war. To Mr. and Mrs. Foley were born nine children, seven of whom are living: George (probate judge of Muskingum county), Stephen (married and is a shoemaker in West Virginia), Josephine (was the wife of Davis Hadden, of this township, and died when twenty-one years of age), Mary K. (resides in New Lexington, Perry county, Ohio, and is the wife of B. D. Yow), Jason (died when five years of age), Elizabeth (is the wife of John W. Hadley, of Marion, Ohio), Laura (at home). James F. (traveling salesman for a Columbus drug house) and Henry S. (who is in the iron mills at Martin's Ferry). Mr. and Mrs. Foley are worthy members of the Presbyterian church. He was formerly a whig in politics, but since the war he has affiliated with the republican party. Socially he has been a member of the Norwich Masonic order for forty years, and is a Mason. Mr. Foley is engaged in farming and owns seventy acres of excellent land in the edge of Norwich. He is a public-spirited citizen, and takes an active interest in educational and religious matters, as well as all other enterprises of a laudable nature. J. P. Ford, painter, glazier and dealer in plate glass of all kinds, was born in Zanesville, Ohio, in July, 1829. His parents, Henry and Lucinda (Piatt) Ford, were natives of England and Ohio respectively. The father came to the United States when about eight years of age, or in 1815, and located with his parents in Zanesville, where he received his education. He learned the shoemaker's trade and followed this until his death in 1860. The mother had died a number of years previous. This family consisted of five children—two now living: J. P. and Lucinda, the latter residing in Logan, Ohio. J. P. Ford learned the painter's trade in his youth and worked as a journeyman for a few years. He subsequently opened a shop in partnership with G. W. Stark (1854), continued this for two years, and then dissolved partnership, since which time he has been engaged in business alone. He is the second oldest painter in Zanesville, has ever retained the confidence of leading mercantile and financial circles, and is a merchant of the highest standing HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 461 and soundest judgment, whose success has been developed upon the sure basis of efficiency and integrity. He deals in French plate glass, plate, stained, cathedral and crystal sheet glass, and also does paper hanging and decorating. Mr. Ford is a director of the Home Building and Say• ings bank. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, has been treasurer, of Blue lodge for over thirty years and also treasurer of commandery, chapter and council. He is a stockholder in the Citizen's National bank. He was married in 1852 to Miss Lucinda Brookover, a native of Muskingum county, who bore him three children: Ella, Carrie, and Frank, who is deputy probate judge. Mr. Ford took for his second wife Miss Mattie Lee, and they have three children: Hattie, Lee and John. The family are members of the First Baptist church of which he has been deacon, treasurer and trustee. Charles H. Fox, a farmer and stock dealer of Wayne township, Muskingum county, Ohio, was born in this county, July 11, 1836, and was educated in the common schools and the schools of Zanesville. He commenced the battle of life at the age of sixteen years as a stock driver and butcher, and successfully followed both or these callings until 1857, when he entered the employ of his uncle, William Fox, as clerk in his grocery, where he remained until April 17, 1861, when he enlisted in Company A, Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer infantry, three months' service, and was discharged in August. In April, 1862, he went to Washington, D. C., in the employ of his uncle, and remained until July. In September he went with the Squirrel Hunters to Cincinnati in. the Kirby Smith raid. He was married, in 1863, to Miss Celia A. Sloan, of this county, daughter of R. H. and Lois Sloan. In November of the same year he entered into partnership with Mr. Jacob Slack in the grocery business, and in May, 1864, was commissioned captain of Company E, One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Ohio Volunteer infantry and mustered in the regular service for 100 days. He was at Maryland Heights, Baltimore and Monocacy Junction; returned to Zanesville and was mustered out of the service August 24. He and Mr. Jacob Slack then bought a two-thirds interest in the grocery of his uncle, William Fox, where he remained until 1870, when he sold his interest in the store and purchased a farm in Wayne township and went to farming and dealing in live stock. To himself and wife four children have been born: Kate E., Harry, Mary (deceased), and Maggie. His parents were Asa and Ann Ross Fox. Asa Fox was born in Loudoun county, Va., and raised in Washington; D. C., coming to Zanesville in 1827. Mr. Fox was a butcher by trade, and was one of the first butchers of Zanesville. He reared a family of six children, five of whom are still living, the subject of this sketch being the eldest: William T., Miranda (deceased), Mary E., George R. and Asa L. William T. at the beginning of the war enlisted in Company A, Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer infantry. After this regiment was discharged, he reenlisted in Company D, Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer infantry, and was with Sherman in his memorable march from Atlanta to the sea. Their father died in 1869, aged sixty-five years, loved and respected by all. Ann Ross Fox, mother of Charles H., was born in 1815, became a member of the First Baptist church when fourteen years of age, and was married in 1833. She died, January 29, 1884. Elijah Ross, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, came to Zanesville in 1802, where he followed his trade of gunsmith. In the War of 1812 he entered the service and was detailed to repair the boys' flintlocks. After the war he carried on his trade until his death in 1865. Mrs. Charles Fox is the eldest in a family of eight children: William H. (who died in August 1884), Margaret J., Harriet, Charles W., Mrs. W. H. Allen, Robert (who was killed in the battle of the Wilderness) and Martha. Charles H. Galigher, farmer and gardener, Zanesville, Ohio, was born in Muskingum county in 1844, and his parents, James and Adaline (Lee) Galigher, were natives also of this county, and of Irish and German parentage respectively. Grandfather and Grandmother Galigher were natives of Baltimore, Md., and came to Muskingum county, Ohio, about 1800, settling near Zanesville, when that city was hardly known. The grandfather followed flatboating from that point to New Orleans, and continued this occupation all his life. He died in Cincinnati of cholera at an early date. He was one of the first settlers, and where now are stately residences and cultivated farms, then Indians and wild animals roamed through the wilderness. Many were the hairbreadth escapes and thrilling adventures of those sturdy pioneers who made possible the pleasant homes of to-day. James Galigher, father of our subject, was educated at Zanesville, in a little log cabin with slab seats, and his schooling was fair for that early day. He was always considered a well-educated man. He was married about 1838. After the death of his father he and his brother quit the river, and began learning the batter's trade, following this for some time after his marriage. He became quite successful in this business, had several men working for him, and for many years supplied the trade of the county. There are one or more men yet living who worked for him, Jacob Off being one of them. In 1852 Mr. Galigher purchased the farm on which our subject now resides, which then consisted of 219 acres at $32 per acre, and it is now worth $150 462 - HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. per acre. At that time there were about 150 acres improved, and he immediately moved upon it, and there received his final summons in 1881. To Mr. and Mrs. Galigher were born eight children: Margaret, wife of L. D. Dillon, resides in Knoxville, Tenn.; Richard, resides on a portion of the old homestead; one died in childhood; Charles H. (subject); Bettie Deitz resides on a portion of the old homestead; Ella, wife of David Tipton, resides in Omaha, Neb.; Annie, wife of Charles Bell, resides in Columbus, Ohio, and Mrs. Ida Burgess is a' resident of Columbus. Mrs. Galigher was a worthy and exemplary member of the Baptist church at Zanesville, and died in 1873. Mr. Galigher was a member of the A. F. & A. M., Amity lodge No. 5, Zanesville. The maternal grandfather of our subject, Richard Lee, came to Ohio in 1800, and upon arriving here entered, what is now West Zanesville, his family residence standing where the round house of the B. & 0. R. R. company now stands. This land was then purchased at $2.25 per acre, and Zanesville was then only a boat landing. Mr. Lee became quite wealthy, although he had started a poor man. He reared a large family, and many of his descendants are residing in and around Zanesville. He was with W. H. Harrison against the Indians, and participated in many desperate battles. He died in 1850 at quite an old age. Grandmother Lee died some years afterward at the age of ninety years. Charles H. Galigher was born in Zanesville, and received his education in the common schools, this being about the first of the free- school system in Ohio. He has always shown a marked preference for agricultural pursuits, and this has been his principal occupation through life. In 1864 he joined Company E, One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Ohio infantry, and went immediately to the front, participating in the battle of Fredericksburg, Md. He was discharged in Zanesville in 1865, after coming home. He then resumed agricultural pursuits with his father on the home place, and in 1866 was married to Miss Clara Brenhots, daughter of Louis and Sidney (Patterson) Brenhots, both natives of the Keystone state. Mr. and Mrs. Brenhots were the parents of five children: George W., Charles, Rebecca, Louis (was accidentally killed) and Clara. Mr. Brenhots was one of the first undertakers and cabinet makers of Zanesville, was quite successful, and accumulated considerable property. He died in 1886 at the age of eighty-two. His wife still survives, and is past the age of eighty. Both were reared Quakers. Mr. Galigher's union was blessed by the birth of two children: Louis F., at home, and Adelia, attending school. Mr. Galigher has filled a number of local positions in a creditable and satisfactory manner, having been township clerk and school director. He and wife hold membership in the Baptist church of Zanesville. Socially Mr. Galigher is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., Muskingum lodge No. 128, and he is also a member of the G. A. R., Hazel post at. Zanesville. Politically he is a republican. His first vote for president was in 1866 for Gen. U. S. Grant, and his last for W. H. Harrison. Mr. Galigher's son, Louis F., is a member of Battery C, First Regiment of Light artillery, National guards, and is gunner and corporal. N. T. Gant is a wholesale gardener, farmer and dairyman, and is the owner of over 300 acres of land near the city of Zanesville. One hundred and fifty acres, which are located about two and a half miles from the city, are devoted to stockraising as well as to coal mining, the yield being ample to help supply the citizens of Zanesville, as well as the surrounding country with coal. Mr. Gant was born in Loudoun county, Va., May 10, 1822, his mother, Edith Tolbert, being a slave and the property of John Nixson. Her second husband was a Mr. Gant, and in 1844, having been freed by the will of her master; she came with Mr. Gant and her son, the subject of this sketch, who also had been freed, to Muskingum county, Ohio. In Mr. Nixon's will it was also stipulated that they should have their expenses paid to some free state. N. T. Gant's mother only enjoyed her freedom a short time, for in 1846 she departed this life. Her son was first married in Virginia, May 31, 1844, to Miss Maria Hughes, who was born in Virginia and was a slave of Miss Jane Russell, from whom Mr. Gant purchased her freedom. She died in this county, October 1, 1877; after having borne her husband twelve children. Elizabeth (wife of Robert Manly), Sarah (wife of Dr. Norton), Maggie (wife of George W. Potts), Nelsen T. (at home), being the only ones now living. On January 10, 1879, Mr. Gant was united in marriage to his second wife, she being Miss Lavenia Neal, a native of the state of Virginia. To their union one daughter has been born: Lulu. When Mr. Gant first came to this county he engaged in gardening for Theodore Converse and for five years remained in his employ, at the end of which time Mr. Converse died and Mr. Gant began business for himself. When he first came to this county he had only 50 cents in money, but by persistent endeavor and by the exercise of sound business judgment and principles, he is now wealthy. He recently sold twenty acres of land to F. M. Townsend for $20,000 for a park, which is now one of the finest in the state and is called Gant park in honor of its former owner and one of the county's most worthy citizens. Mr. Gant has always been mindful of his financial interests and has driven many a shrewd and profitable bargain. No man living is more devoted to his family and HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 463 friends and he has given all his children good collegiate educations and they repaid him by industrious application, his son, Nelson T., being exceptionally bright and promising. His daughters are- intelligent women and are well versed in music. He has always been deeply interested in the welfare of Zanesville and has done as much as any citizen in the county to develop her resources and to further her interests. His career points its own moral and has few parallels in the history of " men of mark " among the colored people. He and his wife and a number of his children are members of the Methodist. Episcopal church on South street, Zanesville, and of this church his first wife was also a worthy member. Fred S. Gates has steadily and surely made his way to the front in the profession of law during the fifteen years of his practice in Muskingum county, and his reputation and record are first class for integrity and trustworthiness in all matters intrusted to him. He is careful and painstaking in all pleadings and court proceedings and for clearness and accuracy the legal instruments drawn up by him can not be excelled. He was born in Zanesville, December 25, 1854, his parents, M. V. and Mary (Fell) Gates, being also natives of this county, born in the year 1826. The father was a contractor and builder by occupation until five years since and many of the handsomest and best buildings in Zanesville and the surrounding country are monuments to his skill. He is now devoting his attention to farming and as a tiller of the soil is no less successful than as a contractor and builder. In the public schools of Zanesville Fred S. obtained a practical education and in 1872 graduated from the high school, after which, for two years, he followed the calling of a pedagogue. He began his legal studies in 1873 in the office of F. A. Seborn and in 1876 was admitted to the bar, and has ever since been a practicing lawyer of this city. The interests of his clients are regarded by him as of the first importance, and he is regarded as a conservative and prudent counsellor, whose advice can readily be relied upon. He has a large civil practice and he is regarded as one of the most capable members of his profession in the county. He has always supported the principles of the republican party and in 1887 was the attorney for the city of Zanesville. He has shown his approval of secret societies by becoming a member of Moxahala lodge No. 144, of the I. O. O. F. and Phoenix lodge No. 388, of the K. of P., of which he is a charter member. On April 28, 1878, his marriage with Miss Anna Taylor was consummated, the latter being a native of this county. They have two children: Fred S. Jr. and Harold T. Mr. and Mrs. Gates are members of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal church. Theo. F. Gault, druggist of New Concord, Ohio, and one of that town's successful, enterprising business men, was born in Washington county, Penn., on April 6, 1850. His parents, William and Louisa (Lyle) Gault, were natives of Washington county, Penn., the former born about 1.805 or 1806 and the latter about 1811, and they were married in their native county. William Gault was one of six children, who were named as follows: John, Mary, Jane, William, Samuel and David. Mrs. Gault was the daughter of Moses and Sarah (Kerr) Lyle, natives of Northampton county, Penn., and was the eldest of eleven children born to this worthy couple. They are named as follows: Louisa, Mariah, Ezra. Rucina, Sarissa, Eliza, Harriet, Sarah, Aaron, Ellen and William. Mr. Lyle removed with his parents to Washington county, Penn., when two years of age and there attained his growth and was married. William Gault remained in his native county until grown, was there married and there reared most of his children. In 1859 he emigrated to Muskingum county, Ohio, settled on a farm within a half mile of New Concord, in Union township, and there engaged in merchandising, which he continued until 1862. At that time his son, who was in, the business with him, enlisted in the army, and Mr. Gault sold out, subsequently purchasing a large farm near Otsego, this County. He was the owner of this at the time of his death, which occurred in June, 1865, in New Concord. He died very suddenly the night after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. He was a strong Union man, and was an active supporter of the republican party. In religious and educational matters he was also very active, and was prominently identified with the Presbyterian church. He was prosperous in a business way, and what he accumulated in the way of this world's goods was the result of his own industry and enterprise. He was a well-informed man, and was well posted on all the current topics of the day. Mrs. Gault died in September, 1878, in full communion with the Presbyterian church. They were the parents of nine children, who are named in the order of their births as follows: Milton (died in 1874, when about thirty-five years of age), Margaretta (died in 1882), Albert G. (now residing in Columbus, Ohio, and is chief box clerk in the postoffice department), Ada S. (died in 1890), William P. (who is engaged in the drug business in Columbus), Mary (died in 1878), James L. (resides in Zanesville and is a member of the firm of Wilhelm, Speer & Co.), T. F. (subject); Ellen (who died at the age of four years). Two of the sons, A. G. and W. P., were in the Civil war, in the Seventy-eighth regiment Ohio Volunteer infantry, and were in a number of engagements. The former served as lieutenant, and the latter as a private. 464 - HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. The father of these children was prominently identified with the affairs of the county, and was well and favorably known all over it. Theo. F. Gault continued in Washington county, Penn. , until about nine years of age when he came with his father to Muskingum county, Ohio, and he supplemented a common-school education by attending the high schools of New Concord. After the death of the father the children took the means that were left and embarked in the drug' business, our subject gradually purchasing the business. He was with his brother, W. P., until December, 1882, when he bought his share, the latter going to Columbus. Early in life Mr. Gault was interested in bands, and was leader of the New Concord, Silver Cornet band for some time. He is a wide-awake, thoroughgoing business man, and for the past ten years has been in business for himself. He is not married. Mr. Gault is an active republican in his political views, and has held the office of city councilman. He was a delegate to the Chicago republican convention in 1884, and is at present a member of the county executive committee. He is prominent in the political affairs of both county and state, and is interested in schools and churches, being in sympathy with the Presbyterian church. Mr. Gault's sister, Ada S. Gault, is a lady whose memory will remain green in the minds of the brave "boys in blue" who enlisted from Muskingum county, long after her body has moldered to dust, for she was an indefatigable worker for their interests during the war. Since then she had taken a leading part in all soldier reunions and all public affairs of that kind, and was loved and honored by all. The soldiers of this county will ever remember Ada Gault. She was born at Cross Creek village, Washington county, Penn., and died on January 25., 1890. She had a class in the Presbyterian Sunday school and was a member of the church, having united with same when quite young. She was a noble Christian woman. Jonathan Gaumer. In the space allotted in this volume it would be impossible to give a detailed account of the career of this gentleman, but it is only just to say that in his walk through life his course has been marked by honesty, industry and a manly, independent spirit. He is a native of .Washington township, Muskingum county, Ohio. born June 24, 1822, and was the eleventh child born to Daniel and Hannah (Boughman) Gaumer, the father a native of Virginia, born April 10,1781, and the mother of Pennsylvania, born in 1785. The paternal grandfather, Jacob Gaumer, was a native of Germany and came to this country at an early day. He served under Washington in the Revolutionary war and was drum-major in the army. Daniel Gaumer, father of subject, was a soldier in the War of 1812. He had passed his youthful days in Somerset county, Penn., but in .1809 he moved to Washington township, Muskingum county, and settled seven miles above Zanesville on a; farm on the Muskingum river. In 1824 he moved to Salem township and here died in September, 1859, The mother, who was of German descent also, died in Salem township in 1874. They were the parents of the following children: Lydia (deceased), was the wife of David Shirer; Catherine (deceased), was the wife of V. Shirer; William (deceased); Esther, the widow of V. Shirer, resides in Adams township, this county; Jacob (deceased); Gideon (deceased); Rebecca (deceased),, was the wife of John Wilmer; Daniel Jr. (deceased); Lebanon, who is residing in Guernsey county, this state; George is now living in Mercer county, Penn., and is a Lutheran minister at Greenville, that county; Jonathan (subject); Charles, residing in Douglas county, Kas., Jesse residing in Illinois and Anthony, who died in the army. The parents of these children were worthy members of the Lutheran church. The father was a democrat at an early day but later became a whig. He was an honest, upright citizen, and a man universally respected. He was in comfortable circumstances and at his death left a good farm. Jonathan Gaumer was educated in the district schools of Salem township and in 1840 he started out to make his own way in life. He taught school for about five years but afterward worked at the carpenter's trade and ran a carding mill. for some time. After this he began farming and continued to till the soil. until 1883, when he sold out and settled in Adamsville, where he now resides, retired from the active duties of life. Mr. Gaumer was married in 1846 to Miss Mahala Barrett, daughter of John and Rachel (Heskett) Barrett, and a native of Adams township, Muskingum county, Ohio, born July 6, 1824. She was the third iii order of birth of six children: Amelia A., Hannah J., Thomas, Nancy J. and John. Mr. Barrett was a native of Loudoun county, Va., but settled in Adams. township, Muskingum county, in 1821. His wife, who was also a native of Loudoun county, Va., died November 26, 1853, and Mr. Barrett followed her to the grave in 1862. They were members of the Baptist church. During the War of 1812 Mr. Barrett served as captain of a company. Mr. and Mrs. Gaumer are the parents of eight children—three song and five daughters: Thomas M. is married and has three children, all sons, (he is now editor and proprietor of the "Champain Democrat," Urbana, Ohio); Charles N. is married and resides at Mansfield, Ohio, (he is editor and proprietor of the Richland county. "Shield and Banner," Mansfield, Ohio, and is serving a second term as representative from Richland county Ohio); Hannah J., now Mrs. Buker, .resides HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 465 in Monroe township; Rachel V., now Mrs. D. R. Palmer of Zanesville; Daniel H., a well-known resident of Zanesville and the editor and proprietor of the semi-weekly and daily "Signal" (he served one term as representative in the Ohio legislature from Muskingum county, and one term as senator from the Muskingum and Licking counties senatorial district); Martha and Mary (twins), the former the wife of J. M. Dean, of Xenia, Ohio, and the latter a teacher in the Orphan's Home at that place; and Cidda A., who is now Mrs. S. H. Barr, of Zanesville. Mr. Gaumer has given his children every advantage for a good education and all of them have taught school except one. Mr. Gaumer had three brothers in the Civil war: Lebanon, Jesse and. Anthony. Jesse was wounded twice. Mr. Gaumer was formerly a Whig in politics but he is now a democrat. During Cleveland's administration he held the office of postmaster at Adamsville, and he has held other positions in his township. He and Mrs. Gaumer are members of the Lutheran church and are esteemed and respected citizens. They have a fine residence in the town of Adamsville. Hon. Daniel H. Gaumer was born on a farm near Adamsville, Muskingum county, Ohio, November 11, 1857. His forefathers were among the pioneer settlers in that part of the county, where both his father and mother are yet living. His grandfather, Daniel Gaumer, came to Zanesville from Somerset county, Penn., in 1809, and chopped his road through the woods from Zanesville to Washington township, where he entered from the government a farm, on which Mr. Gaumer's father, Jonathan Gaumer, was born, June 24, 1822. He afterward moved to Salem township with his parents, and now resides in the village of Adamsville. Educated in the district and village schools near and at Adamsville, and living ,his earlier years on the farm, in early manhood Mr. Gaumer took up the occupation of school teacher. He rapidly rose to good rank as an educator, his last years as such having been put in as superintendent of schools at Marseilles, Wyandot county. Having accumulated a little capital, the savings from his salary as teacher, and having a desire to enter journalism, in February, 1882, purchased a half interest in the Xenia " Democratic News," at the same time naturally turning his attention to politics. During his comparatively short residence in Xenia, his services as a political manager were recognized and highly appreciated by the leading democrats of Greene county., In 1883 he sold the "Democratic News," and acquired an interest in the Zanesville daily and weekly "Signal." January 16, 1889, by purchase of the interest in that newspaper concern of James T. Irvine, he became sole proprietor and editor of the "Signal." O several occasions he served on the democratic executive committee of Greene and Muskingum counties, and was a presidential elector on the Cleveland ticket in 1884. In 1888 he was an alternate delegate to the St. Louis convention. In 1887 he was elected representative from Muskingum county to the sixty-eighth general assembly. He was a working member of the house, and represented the democracy of Muskingum county so creditably that in 1889 he was nominated for state senator from the joint fifteenth and sixteenth districts composed of Delaware, Licking, Muskingum and Perry counties, and elected by a good majority, of which the respective counties gave the following: Licking, 1,438; Muskingum, 240; Percy, 308; total 1,986, reduced only by Marshall's majority of 353 in Delaware county to 1,633, the largest majority given any candidate from this district since the war. He was renominated for state senator in the same district in the campaign of 1891, and through a loss of democratic votes to the people's party and democratic stay-at-home votes the result showed him but one plurality on the face of the returns. The two members of the election .board of Licking refuse to certify to the returns for senator from that county, and as a result .no certificate of election was issued to either candidate, and his competitor, Hon. George Iden, from Licking county, was sworn in as the representative from the district, his party having the majority in the state senate. Mr. Gaumer's record both as representative and senator is one which has made him known throughout this and adjoining states, and is a subject of pride to his friends and constituents. Mr. Gaumer is a democrat from the crown of his, head to the soles of his feet, and personally and through his journal one of the ablest exponents of democracy in Ohio. He is honest, aggressive and reliable, popular both as a friend and foe, for as a fighter he is open and outspoken, and it is this very frankness that makes everybody like him. He is one of the most successful men who ever entered the political arena in this county, and that he is deservedly popular at home is attested by his rapid official and business advancement. December 24, 1882, he married Miss Emma Kennedy, of Marseilles, Wyandot county, Ohio. Daniel G. Geyer is counted as one of the promi- nent farmers of Union township, Muskingum county, Ohio, residing about two miles from New Concord. He was born in Highland township, the son of Daniel and Charity (Bond) Geyer, and the seventh of a family of ten children named as follows: Peter (who died in the fall of 1891. His family live in Highland township); Ruth (deceased); Martha (deceased); Joseph (deceased); Steven (deceased); James (who is living in Highland township); Daniel G. (subject); Elizabeth 466 - HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. (deceased); Sophia S. (the widow of William. Grummon, see sketch); and Samuel J. (living in Highland township). The father settled in Union township, this county, when only twelve years of age, but was a native of Pennsylvania. The family records can be found at the home of Samuel J., in Highland township. He lived in Union and Highland townships and held a membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, dying in 18—. Daniel G. Geyer, his son, was born November 2, 1833, and attended the Bloomfield schools. At the age of twenty-five he started out for himself, and shortly after married Mary Hatfield, the daughter of William and Jenneat Hatfield. Mary was reared by her uncle, Andrew McDonald, of Concord, and died eleven months after her marriage at the age of twenty-three years. Our subject's second marriage occurred in 1863, and was to Mary C. Hines, they are the parents of a large family. In 1864 he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Sixtieth Ohio Volunteer infantry, and was attached to the Army of the Potomac with Sickles as commander. Some of his principal engagements were at and near Parkersburg. He suffered much from exposure, and was discharged September, 1864, at Zanesville. The same year. he settled near New Concord with his wife, on a farm of 128 acres, and upon which he yet resides. He is the seventh owner of the place, it having been opened by a man named Reasoner, at an early day. He is busily engaged in farming and stock-raising, end has built a comfortable house and barn on his farm. Mr. Geyer is a republican in politics; socially he is a member of the G. A. R. Hanson post No. 168, Ohio, division of New Concord, and holds a membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. He takes a very active part in all church and school work and has been school director of Fox Creek. Mrs. Geyer was a daughter of Nathan and Delia (Brelsford) Hines. The father was a native of Virginia, born in 1803, and lost his parents at the age of twelve years. He grew to maturity and married in his native state, then moved to Ohio and settled at Marquand Mills, where he reared his family. About 1850 he moved to Rich Hill township, went from there to Illinois, three miles from Peoria, but remained there only six months when he returned to Muskingum county, Ohio, and settled on the farm that was known as the St. Clair farm. There he resided until his death, April 1, 1886. He was a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal church and held the office of deacon. He was greatly interested in politics and voted the republican ticket. Mrs. Geyer's mother, formerly Delia Brelsford was born in 1799, and died October 9, 1871. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and a hard worker in the same, and was the mother of seven children, five now living: Samuel L. (is a farmer of Rich Hill township, and married Nancy Cabean); William B. (who died in 1889, was a man of family and left a wife and three children. His first marriage was to Sevilla Childs and his second to Mariah Gregg. Two of the children are from the first wife); Margaret (who is the wife of I: Bell, of Norwich); John N. who died at the age of twenty-one years); Mary C.; Emma (who is the wife of Jacob Galligher, of Union township. They have one child. Her first marriage was to J. H. Bell, and she had three children: Clara V., Walker L., and Nathan T. Her first husband died in 1870, and she married the second time in 1873); and Nathaniel W. (who lives in Sandusky). Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Geyer were the parents of seven children: Charles, Anson W. (who married Jenetta White, daughter of Alexander White, of Highland township, now deceased, his widow is living in Barnville. They have one daughter, Grace May); Logan, Eugene (who married Lena Blair, of Cambridge, Ohio. He is a school teacher and attended Muskingum college. They have one son Harold F.); Maggie D., (at home); Carry A. and Harry H. Mrs. Geyer is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, is very charitable and interested in all church work. John Milton Given, a popular druggist of Chandlersville, Ohio, well known for his honesty, energy and intelligence, was born in Muskingum county, Rich Hill township, Ohio, October 15, 1847. He was the third in order of birth of five children born to Andrew and Jane (Dixon) Given, the father a native of Washington county, Penn. The latter came with his parents to Muskingum county, in 1814, when but four years of age, and with them settled in Rich Hill township. After growing up he became a farmer and followed that occupation all his life. He was of Scotch-Irish descent. His death occurred in 1872, and his worthy companion followed him to the grave in 1880. John M. Given grew to manhood on the farm, secured a fair education in the common schools, and began business for himself as a druggist in 1872. This he has followed ever since and with unusual success. His stock is valued at $1,500, and embraces everything in the line of pure drugs, chemicals, medicines, cigars, etc. Special attention is paid to the prescription department, and all orders in this line are filled with the utmost care and accuracy. In March, 1879, he was married to Miss Alice Crumbaker, daughter of O. H. P. Crumbaker, and the fruits of this union are two children: Kenneth James Cary, Florence Mary. Although a democrat, Mr. Given is not a strong partisan, and votes for the man regardless of party. He has a pleasant home and is surrounded by the comforts of life. He is a member of the I. 0. 0. F. lodge. Charles Conyers Goddard, attorney at law, HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 467 Zanesville, Ohio, was born March 26, 1836. He was admitted to the bar April 15, 1857, at the age of twenty-one years, and graduated from the Harvard law school, Cambridge, Mass., in July, 1861. September 20; following, he was appointed captain in the Seventeenth United States infantry. He resigned his commission May 26, 1864. In January, 1871, he was appointed aid-de-camp on the staff of Gov. Thomas L. Young. He is also United States commissioner. He is the possessor of the finest law library in the city, left him by his father, Hon. Charles B. Goddard, who for forty-seven years (1817-64) was a member of the Muskingum county bar. Charles Backus Goddard was a native of Plainfield, Conn. His father, Calvin Goddard, lived the greater part of his life at Norwich, Conn., and was a judge of the supreme court of that state. Charles B. Goddard came to Ohio in 1817. He traveled' from Pittsburg to Marietta in a small, open rowboat; stayed a few weeks in Marietta, and then, by the advice of Mr. David Putnam, selected Zanesville as his home. He went to Gallipolis, in company with Thomas Ewing, and was there admitted to the Ohio bar. Settling in Zanesville, he married Harriet Munro Conyers, daughter of Daniel Convers, June 6, 1820. He soon acquired a large practice in the Muskingum valley, and continued in active professional labor to near the day of his death, which was February 1, 1864. In 1838-39 he represented Muskingum county in the house of representatives of Ohio, and from December, 1845, until the spring of 1849, in the Ohio senate, of which last named body he was speaker during the session of 1847-48. He was a major-general of Ohio militia for a number of years. He was well read, both in general literature and in law; indefatigable in work; dignified and forcible as an advocate; he relied more on reasoning from principle than precedents. A competitor of Ewing, Stanbery, Hunter, and others of like repute, he was "a foeman worthy of their steel." He possessed a high sense of honor and ever sought to elevate the ethical standard and esprit du corps of the profession. He was generous and hospitable. He outlived all his early associates and rivals in the Muskingum bar; was in continuous practice much longer than any other, and for years he was a leader worthy of the regard and respect of the whole community. An accurate portrait of him hangs in the library of the Zanesville athenaeum. Thomas Goff of the Globe Hotel of Frazeysburg, Ohio, belongs to one of the old families that came to Muskingum county, Ohio, in 1806. Thomas Goff, the father of the subject of this sketch, was of English descent, born near the border of Wales. He was a bricklayer and mason and came to America before the War of 1812. His family consisted of his wife, nee Martha Thum-wood, and six children: Sarah, Betsy, Mary J. William, Thomas and Samuel. Mr. Goff lived a few years in Philadelphia, where he followed his trade, but in 1806 came to Zanesville and continued to follow his trade for twenty years. He died in that city when about seventy-five years of age. He was a substantial man and accumulated a goodly property, becoming well known as a respectable, honest, industrious man. The only one of his family now living is Samuel, now eighty-four years of age, living with a son in Indiana. In a letter to one of the children of the subject of this sketch he says: " When I was a boy, I learned to chew tobacco and smoke and when I got to be a man I quit it at the age of thirty-two and signed the old Washingtonian pledge. I am now in my eighty-third year and never spent one cent in a saloon in my live and haven’t had three days' sickness since 1828, and I attribute my health to my manner of living. I am a prohibitionist, but never voted for the third party." Thomas Goff, son of Samuel Goff, was the father of the subject of this sketch. He was born in the city of Ludlow, Schropshire, England, February 18, 1794, and died August 19, 1868. This record is from the old Goff family Bible. He received a limited common-school education, learned the bricklayer and mason's trade and came with his father's family to America in 1797 and here worked at his trade and became a contractor. He was married in Zanesville to Miss Mary A. Mart, who was also of English descent, her people being residents of Zanesville before the Goff family. Her brothers and sisters were as follows: Lydia, Eliza, Alice, Thomas, George and John. Mr. Mart was from a very wealthy family and engaged in no business in this country, receiving remittances from England. It is said, that money belonging to the Mart heirs is yet in existence. The Mart children received legacies from England after their father's death which occurred at Zanesville at the advanced age of eighty-three. They were members of the Church of England, and in this country were Episcopalians. Thomas Goff Sr. and his wife became the parents of seven children: William L. B., Mary A., Martha B., James T., Thomas, Rosetta and Marietta. After his marriage, the father of these children purchased a farm near Zanesville on which he resided until 1838, when he traded the farm for one, consisting of 320 acres, in Jackson township, on which he moved with his family, He cleared this land from timber, built a double log house, afterward erected a good frame house in which he lived until his death, which occurred in his seventy. fourth year, August 19; 1868. Both Mr. and Mrs. Goff, were members of the Episcopal church at Dresden, and in politics he was first an old line whig and 468 - HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. afterward a republican. He served this country as a soldier in the second conflict with Great Britain —the War of 1812—and had a great antipathy for the English although himself an Englishman. Owing to the fact that he was born on English soil he was considered a citizen of England, and had he been captured while bearing arms against the English would without doubt have been hung. He was in several important battles, among them Lundy's Lane and did not forget the famous war cry, " Remember the river Thames." He was captured by the British and condemned to be hung but being confined in a log cabin he managed to make his escape during the night by tunnelling through a huge snow drift. He served in this war for one year and received for his services a land warrant for 160 acres in Iowa near Cedar Rapids, which he afterward sold for $2,200. He was the only mason in his section of Muskingum county and the most of the buildings put up in those early days were erected by him. He was a straightforward and honorable man, whose word was as good as his bond. He had the respect of all who knew him, was genial, kind hearted and affectionate in his family. Thomas Goff, his son and the subject of this sketch, was born in Jackson township, May 19, 1838, and was named for his father. He received a common-school education, and in early boyhood was made familiar with the duties of farming. July 19, 1860, he married Miss Mary A. Clements, daughter of Andrew Clements and Margaret Clements, the former of whom was born in the north of Ireland about 1797, and was there married, becoming the father of one child, William, who was born in that country. Mr. Clements came to America about 1819 or 1820, leaving his wife and child in Ireland and being an expert weaver of fine goods secured employment in Pittsburg. After a few years he sent for his wife and child, meeting them at New York, and returned to Pittsburg where they remained some time. They then came to Jackson township, Muskingum county, Ohio, and entered some heavily timbered land. By diligent effort he cleared it and made a good home for his family, becoming the owner of about 400 acres of land. He was physically very strong and possessed great endurance and throughout his entire life was sick but very little. He and his wife were members of the Episcopal church and politically he was a republican. He lived to be eighty-nine years of age and up to the last retained his strength to a wonderful degree. He was a man who possessed much determination, and having no educational advantages in his youth, he learned to read and write after he was married, attending school after he came to Jackson township, and often carrying one of his children on his back to and from school. He would frequently in his young days, walk to Zanesville, a distance of twenty miles, to pay his taxes, returning the same day. He was well known among the old settlers as a man of strict integrity and liberal in his dealings'. His wife lived to the advanced age of eighty-eight years. They were the parents of seven children: William, Margaret (who died young), Jane, Margaret, George (died young), Elizabeth and Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Goff, directly after their marriage, came to Frazeysburg where they still reside. Mr. Goff owned a farm near the town, and for thirteen years followed the occupation of farming, but in 1875 traded his farm for the "Globe Hotel" in Frazeysburg, but this was burned to the ground in 1879 and was a total loss. He immediately rebuilt and since that time has conducted the hotel as before. In 1864 he enlisted in the Civil war, Company H. One Hundred and Fifty-ninth regiment, Ohio Volunteer infantry, and served 110 days, principally in Maryland. Mr. Goff is a member of the Presbyterian church, the G. A. R., Griffe post, No. 321, and the I. O. O. F., Olive Branch lodge, of Newark, Ohio. Mr. Goff is widely known throughout this county as he has been in the hotel business for many years. He has always kept a good and reliable house and the traveling public is well pleased with their entertainment,for the food is well prepared and abundant, and the rooms are comfortably and tastefully furnished. Mr. Goff makes an admirable host and in his efforts to conduct a first-class hotel is ably seconded by his wife. They are the parents of five children: Ida M., Mary A., Thomas, Carrie A: and Bessie J. Politically Mr. Goff is a republican. Charles Gorsuch, farmer, Zanesville, Ohio. The Gorsuch family in America originated from three brothers, Thomas Talbot, Charles and Lovelace, who left England to come to the United States four generations back. The first named returned to England and there died. Norman Gorsuch, grandfather of Charles Gorsuch, and a descendant of one of these brothers, was born on a farm in Baltimore county, Md., May 10, 1756, and was the founder of the family in Ohio. He was married in Maryland to Miss Katura Gorsuch, who was born October 10, 1765, and who was of the same name but no relation. To them were born nine children: Charles, Eleanor, Nicholas, Margaret, Joshua, Achsah, Rachel, Abarilla and Mary, all born in Maryland. Norman Gorsuch settled on a farm in Baltimore county, Md., and there remained until fifty-nine years of age. He was a large land and slave owner. In 1815 he emigrated to Muskingum county, Ohio, and settled in Muskingum township, on land now occupied by his grandson, Charles Gorsuch. He brought his family with him in a covered wagon, relics of which are seen on the old homestead at the present time. He en- HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 469 tered a quarter section of land, which was densely covered with heavy timber, and on which he soon made a clearing and erected a log cabin. He resided there for about thirteen years, after which he moved to another part of the township, and there died, on September 3, 1828. His wife survived him until January 25, 1841. Mr. Gorsuch brought from Maryland one slave girl, Hagar Dorsey, who grew up and is still living in Zanesville, having been reared by the family. The remainder of the slaves were set free after a certain time. Mr. Gorsuch had about 360 acres of land, all of which he gave to his children. His son, Joshua Gorsuch, and the father of Charles Gorsuch, was born April 4, 1798, in Baltimore county, and was fairly educated in the common schools. When seventeen years of age, he came with his parents to Muskingum county Ohio, and early in life became inured to the hardships of pioneer life. The woods teemed with game of all kinds--deer, bears, wolves and wild turkeys—and young Gorsuch became a noted hunter. He was married, on January 22, 1829, by Rev. James Fleming, to Miss Philander Thrap, daughter of Joseph and Jemimah (Van Camp) Thrap. Mr. Thrap was a native also of Baltimore county, Md., and his father, Robert Thrap, who was of the same county, married Elizabeth Hilton, and was the father of ten children: Robert, James, John, Joseph, William, Sallie, Betsey, Nancy, Ellen and Polly. All of these children came to Muskingum county at an early day, and each reared a family. RobertThrap settled on a farm in Muskingum county, and there passed his last days. Joseph Thrap, his son, was married in Virginia, where the family lived for. some time, and became the father of twelve children: Adaline (died in infancy), Philander, Israel, Lucinda, Julia A., Harriet, John, Joel, Marcus, James, Ellen and Martha A. In the spring of 1804 Mr. Thrap settled near Hanover, Licking county. He put in his crops, and the same fall moved his family from Virginia. His father, Robert Thrap, came with his family about the same time. Joseph Thrap settled in the southwest corner of Muskingum township in 1809, and here passed the remainder of his days. The county was a wilderness when he first settled here, and he was one of the pioneers. He was a member of the Methodist church, a devout man, and meetings were held regularly at his house before there were any churches. He became a local preacher and followed his, ministerial duties for many years in the wilderness. He united in marriage many of the early settlers. He was ninety-one at the time of his death, and his wife lived to be eighty-seven. He made many converts and was a great factor in establishing the Methodist church in the backwoods country. He would work six days in the week on his farm and then preach Sundays. He was a stanch Union man during the war, and sixteen of his grandsons served as soldiers, three as captains. After the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Gorsuch they settled on the old home farm, and here Mr. Gorsuch passed the closing scenes of his life. His venerable wife still resides in the old home. Their family consisted of nine children: Charles, Cynthia, Joseph T., Emeline, Jane, Norman W., Eliza E., Mary A. and Margaret E., all of whom lived to be grown except Emeline, who died in infancy. Eliza died July 17, 1890, aged forty-seven years. Seven of the children are still living. Mr. Gorsuch was an excellent citizen, a successful farmer, and was liberal in his methods of dealing. He died December 5, 1883, and was nearly eighty-six years of age. He gave each of his children a good education, and spent his means liberally to further all worthy movements. He was loyal to the Union, during the war, and one of his sons, Joseph T., was in the famous Ninety-seventh regiment, Ohio Volunteer infantry, Company G. He enlisted as a private and was promoted through the different grades until he held the rank of captain, in which capacity he was serving when he was shot through the hand, at Kenesaw mountain. He was at home but one week, when he rejoined his regiment. He served four years, and was in all the battles of his regiment. Capt. Gorsuch is now a resident of Zanesville, and one of the proprietors of the glass works. He is a prosperous business man. The old Gorsuch homestead was built in 1849. The mother is now eighty-five years of age, and still retains her memory and mental faculties to a wonderful degree. She has lived through the settlement and progress of this part of the Buckeye state, and well remembers the old pioneer days. She reared a large family of children, to whom she was indeed a counselor and guide. Her son, Charles Gorsuch, was born October 10, 1829, on the anniversary of his Grandmother Gorsuch's birth, and on the farm where he now resides and where he has passed over sixty-two years. This old farm has been in the Gorsuch family for seventy-six years. Charles Gorsuch received a good, practical education, and became one of the prominent and. successful agriculturists of the county. He has held the offices of township clerk, treasurer, and supervisor, and has been interested in school matters, holding the office of school director for some time. He now controls 420 acres of fine farming land, and is a raiser of fine stock, horses, cattle, hogs, etc. In politics he affiliates with the republican party. He is a man of intelligence, and is a great reader of books and papers, of which he keeps on hand a goodly supply. His brother, Norman W., is engaged in the cattle business in Texas, and is successful at this. Mr. Gorsuch is a representative Ohio farmer, industrious, honorable 470 - HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. and straightforward; he takes a decided interest in all laudable enterprises. His sister, Margaret, married James R. Gilkey, of Adrian, Mich., and became the mother of two children: Jennie and Alberta. Cynthia married John Welsh, a farmer, of Licking county, and has four children; Edmond, Laura, Joseph and Rose. Mary A. married George B. Vandenbark, a farmer, of Muskingum county, and they have three children: Harry, Fred and Weldon. Eliza married J. W. Frazier, of Frazeysburg, Ohio. She is now deceased. Jane, another sister, is at home. William A. Graham, banker, of Zanesville, Ohio. Zanesville, Ohio, is constantly enlarging the scope of her influence and the volume of her commerce and industries, and has need for additional capital and financial facilities. This fact was apparent for some time and resulted in the establishing of the First National bank, of which William A. Graham was one of the organizers, and of which he has been a director since 1864. In July, 1878, he was elected president of the bank, succeeding Peter Black, whose death occurred the same month and year, and he is recognized as an authority in banking and finance, is a vigorous exponent of the soundest principles governing the same, and under his guidance the bank has an ever-widening career of usefulness and prosperity. Mr. Graham was born in New York state January 9, 1821, and received his education in the Mount Pleasant academy. At the age of eighteen years he entered a drug store in New York city, conducted by his father and brother, in which he was actively employed for a number of years. In the spring of 1845 he came to Zanesville and purchased a half interest in a drug establishment owned by the late David Maginnis, for, owing to the failing health of the latter in 1850, he was compelled to retire from the business, and Mr. Graham immediately purchased his interest and conducted affairs on his own account for many years. He at different times admitted as partners in the concern several Of his clerks, and the same store is at present owned and conducted by his son, Clarence V. Graham, and Kennedy M. Baush, under the firm name of Graham & Co. For a number of years past Mr. Graham has devoted his attention to the banking business, and his success is as substantial as it is well merited. Mr. Graham has never been identified with politics more than to vote for the men of his party, but has devoted his attention entirely to his business affairs, and his efforts have been crowned with success. He has taken a deep interest in almost every public enterprise that has arisen in the interest of Muskingum county, and has been connected with nearly every railroad entering the county in some way or other, and is now a director of the C. & M. V. R. R., and also of the Zanesville & Ohio railroad, is a stockholder in the Blandy Machinery company and the Ohio Iron company, besides a number of other important enterprises. He is an honorable and careful business man, and is very popular and respected in financial circles. He was married in May, 1847, to Miss Sarah Van Hamm, a daughter of the late Dr. John Van Hamm, who was a very prominent man in political circles, and was at one time United States minister to Chili. Mrs. Graham was called from life in 1888, after a happy married life of forty-one years. Of four sons born to them the eldest two died in early childhood. Willis Hamm Graham is a resident of Kansas City, and Clarence V. resides in Zanesville. Hon. Moses Moorhead Granger is personally one of the most popular of men, and as a lawyer his career has been a succession of conquests. To become distinguished at the bar requires not only capacity, but also sound judgment and persevering industry, and these qualifications are combined in no gentleman of the Muskingum county bar to a greater extent than in Moses M. Granger. He was born in Zanesville October 22, 1831, and in Lancaster, Ohio, was united in marriage to Miss Mary Hoyt Reese, daughter of William J. Reese, her mother being the elder sister of Gen. William T. Sherman and Senator and Secretary Sherman. Mr. Granger graduated from Kenyon College, Ohio, August 7, 1850, and in January, 1853, was admitted to the bar at Columbus, Ohio. During the Rebellion he served in the Union army from January, 1861, to the last of December, 1864, and rose in rank from captain to major, from that to lieutenant-colonel and finally to colonel by brevet. He was in the following battles: Winchester, June 14, 15, 1863; Locust Grove, November 27, 1863; Wilderness, May 5, 6, 1864; Spottsylvania Court House, May 9, 10, 12, 18, 19, 21, 1864; Cold Harbor, June 1, 3, 1864; Petersburg, June 23, 1864; near Charlestown, W. Va., August 21, 1864; Winchester, September 19, 1864; Fisher's Hill, September 22, 1864; Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864, besides a number of skirmishes. The first year he served in Gen. R. L. McCook's brigade, George H. Thomas' division in Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi, but his regiment, the Eighteenth United States infantry, was not in any regular engagement during that time. He left that regiment in June, 1862. He has filled the position of city solicitor of Zanesville, prosecuting attorney of Muskingum county, judge of common pleas of the Eighth Judicial district of Ohio, his election taking place December 10, 1866, and reporter to the supreme court of Ohio. Judge Granger is the father of five children: Henry James, born November 1, 1859, and died August HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 471 2, 1860; Alfred Hoyt, born May 31, 1867; Sher. man Moorhead, born June 16, 1870; Helen Louise, born June 14, 1872, and died September 21, 1872; Ethel, born March 28, 1876. Judge Granger is a man whose services have been of great value to the city in which he resides, and he has successfully handled some of the most noted law cases that have come up before the Muskingum county bar. He was judge and chief judge of the Ohio supreme court commission from April, 1883, to April, 1885. His army commissions are dated as follows: Captain of the Eighteenth United States- infantry, May 14, 1861; major of the One Hundred and Twenty-second Ohio Volunteer infantry, September 10, 1862; lieutenant-colonel of the One Hundred and Twenty-second Ohio Volunteer infantry, May 1, 1863; colonel by brevet United States Volunteers, October 19, 1864 The Granger family was first represented in this county by the Judge's uncle, Ebenezer Granger, who became a resident of Zanesville about 1810, and was a successful lawyer. The Judge's maternal grandfather, Moses Moorhead, represented Belmont county in the Ohio legislature at Zanesville in 1810. He located in this section permanently in 1817, as did also James Granger, the father of the subject of this sketch, and they were among the county's pioneer settlers, and witnessed the ups and downs of pioneer life and experienced all its hardships. Prof. J. A. Gray, A. M. Ph. D., New Concord Ohio. It has long since been acknowledged that no matter what a man's occupation in life may be, a very necessary element to his success is a good education, and doubtless this is one cause of Prof. Gray's prosperous career. He was originally from Belmont county, this state, born June 6, 1848, and his early life was spent in a small village 'there. His parents, James W. and Alison (Thorburn) Gray, were natives of Ohio and Scotland respectively, the former born in Belmont county in 1820, and the latter in 1823. The elder Gray was a resident of Belmont county all his life, and during the Civil war he resided on the Ohio river at Martin's Ferry. He was reared to agricultural pursuits, and that continued to be his chosen calling for many years. In 1862 he engaged in the iron business and operated a foundry at Martin's Ferry. His death occurred in 1887. He was interested in the political issues of the day, and advocated the principles of the republican party. He was a good, sound business man, accumulated a comfortable competence, but being strictly honest in his dealings be never made a large fortune. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church, as was also his wife. She died in 1858. Mr. Gray was the son of John and Ellen (Hannah) Gray. Mrs. Gray was the daughter of Alexander Thorburn, and was but an infant when her parents came to America and located in Belmont county. Prof. J. A. Gray was the eldest of four children who were named as follows: J. Calvin, married, is an able attorney at Martin's Ferry, Belmont county, Ohio (was counsel in the year 1883, and succeeded in the exceptional appeal before the national board of supervising inspectors at Washington, D. C., in reinstating the pilot of the "John Lomas" after the famous steamboat disaster on the Ohio river in which many lives were lost); Ellen, H., a resident of Martin's Ferry; and Sarah, an artist, also a resident of that town. The Professor's early life was spent in Martin's Ferry; where he attended the public- schools, and after a four years' course in Franklin college, was graduated in 1873. From 1874 to 1875 he taught in the Ohio Central college at Iberia, but in the last mentioned year he came to Muskingum county and has since been professor of Muskingum college. In the enthusiastic pursuit of his chosen calling Prof. Gray has awakened public sentiment to a higher appreciation of the benefits to be derived from a good education, and as an earnest, conscientious, progressive educator he occupies a leading place. He is also deeply interested in church work, and is an ordained minister to the. United Presbyterian church. In politics he is a republican. In 1873, after graduating, he married Miss Mariah Wishart, who was born at New Athens, Harrison county, Ohio, and who is the eldest of ten children born to the marriage of Rev. William Wishart, D. D., of New Athens, who is now a resident of Monmouth, Ill. The other children are named as follows: Martha, Elizabeth, Jeanette, Matilda, Agnes, William (who is a minister of Allegheny city), John (a student of Allegheny Theological seminary), Margaret M. and Charles. Rev. Dr. William Wishart was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, and his wife in Wooster, of that state. Both are now living. Prof. and Mrs Gray are the parents of five interesting children: Louise E.,, William W., John Calvin, Charles I. and Julian T., all now, except the youngest, attending the public schools. Prof. Gray owns a handsome residence in New Concord, and is a most esteemed citizen of that town. Frederick A. Grebner has been interested in farming and stock raising in Muskingum county, Ohio, since 1852, but was born in Saxony, Germany, August 3, 1826, the fourth of seven sons born to Adam and Barbara (Nan) Grebner, both of whom passed from life in the old country, the father's death occurring about 1835. In his native land young Frederick was educated, and in 1852 he followed his two brothers, Gabriel and Lawrence, to America, they having come to this country in 1848, and settled in Crawford county, Ohio. Frederick A. located in Dresden, and for some 472 - HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. time followed his trade of shoemaking. In 1865 he purchased the farm on which he now lives, but after residing on the place a few years he returned to Dresden. resuming his former business of shoemaking. For the past nine years he has resided on his farm, which contains 340 acres of good land, and has 300 acres under cultivation, the odd forty acres being woodland. He keeps a general line of stock in sufficient numbers for the successful conduct of his land, and with the usual thrift and forethought of the German, every, detail is carefully looked after. He was in his early manhood on coming to this country, and his present property has been earned by his own efforts, his success and prosperity being fully deserved, for in the accumulation of his means be has wronged no one. In 1855 Miss Mary L. Tiemann became his wife, her birth having occurred in Hanover, Germany, in 1838. She came to this country with her parents in 1845, and in the state of Ohio met and married her husband. She has borne him four daughters and two sons: Elizabeth, Sarah, Amelia, Ella, John, and one son who died in infancy. The two eldest daughters are married, Elizabeth being now Mrs. Cooper, and Sarah, Mrs. Harsh. Mr. and Mrs. Grebner and eldest daughter worship in the German Methodist church, while the other members of the family worship in the different English churches. Politically, Mr. Grebner is a republican. Thomas Green, farmer of Muskingum county, Ohio. A lifetime devoted with perseverance and energy to the pursuits of agriculture have contributed materially to the success which has attended Mr. Green's efforts. He has given to Muskingum the best energies of his life, and in the community and among those whom he lived, his has been the example of a life well spent. He was born in Perry county, Ohio, March 24, 1845, a son of Benjamin and Sarah (Shaw) Green, and from his worthy parents he inherited Irish blood. He was brought up to the monotonous yet useful duties of a farm life, and besides receiving the advantages of the common schools he was fortunately for some time a member of the Ohio State normal school, where he diligently applied himself to his studies and became a well-informed young man. At the age of twenty-one years he began the battle of life for himself, but continued to work for his father by the month for four years, during which time he obtined a keen insight into the more advanced and useful methods of agriculture. At the end of this time he dropped his farming implements to become a votary of Mars, and in 1863 he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Sixtieth regiment, Ohio State Guards, and was in the service until he received his discharge on September 9, 1864, after which he returned home and resumed farming. On December 30, 1886, he was united in marriage to Miss Amelia Miller, and by her is the father of two children: Benjamin and James E. Mr. Green has held a number of offices in his township, such as supervisor and clerk, and in every instance has discharged his duties with faithfulness and ability. He and his family worship in the Presbyterian church, and in his political views he is a prohibitionist. A leading and flourishing general mercantile house is that of A. A. Grenier, at Trinway, Ohio, and it is needless to add that Mr. Grenier thoroughly understands every branch of the business, and is able to give his patrons the benefit of the very best experience. He was born in this county July 29, 1866, to Frederick and Mary (Uffenberger) Grenier, who were born in Germany in 1838 and 1839 respectively, and came to the United States in childhood, locating with their parents in Muskingum county, Ohio, the father being now a farmer of Madison township. In this township A. A. Grenier was reared, and while assisting his father in tilling the home farm he imbibed those principles of probity and honor which have since been among his chief characteristics. He obtained a common-school education and remained with and assisted his father until 1887,. when he engaged in his present business, and now carries a stock of goods valued at $4,000, and in 1890 did a business of $13,000. He has made his own way in life, is a cautious yet enterprising business man, and his experience thus far in life has been of the most thoroughgoing. character. June 11, 1888, he was appointed postmaster of Trinway, and this office acceptably fills. He was reappointed February 1, 1892; now is doing a money-order and postal-note business. William Grummon (deceased) was born in Union township, Muskingum county, Ohio, April 1, 1830. He was the eldest of a family of four children born to the union of Isaac and Matilda (Carter) Grummon. The father was a native of Washington county, Penn., and a son of Isaac Grummon Sr., who was one of the early pioneers of this county, coming here when the children were very young. Isaac Jr. died in 1866, after a residence here of over thirty-eight years. Isaac Jr. was a cabinetmaker and undertaker in the town of New Concord, whey he settled about 1831. He was the father of four children—three boys and one girl: William (is the eldest); Charles (died in 1883 in Columbus. He was married, and resided in Columbus since 1850); Davis J. (is living in Columbus, and is a railroad conductor on the Pullman car from Columbus to Chicago); and Eliza B. (married A. G. Gault, of Columbus). Mr. Grummon died, and Mrs. Grummon is now residing with her daughter, Mrs. Gault, at Columbus. She is HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 473 eighty-nine years of age, and came to this county at an early day from Washington county, W. Va., with her parents. William Grummon, the eldest child, spent his early life in New Concord, Ohio, attended the village schools, and later succeeded his father in the undertaking and furniture business, which he followed all his life. His first marriage took place in 1.853, and was to Miss Sarah A. Frazier, a native of this county, and a daughter of one of the old and prominent families of the county. To this marriage two children were born: Clara A. and Ella O. (deceased). Mrs. Grummon died January 14, 1860, and in 1861 Mr. Gammon took for his second wife Sophia S. Geyer, daughter. of Daniel and Charity (Bond) Geyer. Daniel Geyer was born in Westmoreland county, Penn., in 1794, the son of Joseph Geyer, who moved to Ohio and settled near Norwich, when his son Daniel was about twelve years of age, or about 1800. Here he bought a farm of about 160 acres. Himself and wife reared a family of three sons and two daughters: Daniel, father of Mrs. Grummon; John, died some years ago; Andrew, married, moved out West, and died there; Nancy, deceased, married Thomas Morehead; and Barbara, married Joseph Decker, of Norwich. Mr. and Mrs. Geyer were members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and both died on the farm near Norwich. Daniel was reared on the home farm, attended the subscription schools of that time, and on reaching man's estate followed farming. He married Charity Bond, and settled on a new farm near Bloomfield, Highland township, given to Mrs. Geyer by her father, and upon which their son Samuel and his family now reside. He died in 1865, about seventy-one years of age, and had been a very successful farmer and business man. He was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, a public-spirited man, and always willing to assist any enterprise for the good of the community. In politics he was a whig, and later a republican. His wife, Charity Bond, was born in Baltimore, Md., was the daughter of Peter Bond, and one of four daughters: Charity, Mary, Ruth and Rebecca. The mother of these children died when they were young, and the father married for his second wife Mary Boring. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, a member of the Baptist church, a whig in politics, and died some time in the fifties. Charity, wife of Daniel Geyer, was born in 1812, and died in May, 1860. She was the mother of ten children: Peter, who died on the old Bond farm in 1891; he married Elizabeth Coaltrap, reared a family of ten children, all living, and scattered over three different states; Peter, living in Highland township; Joseph, Stephen, Ruth, Elizabeth and Martha, all deceased; James, who is living in Highland township, married Mary Hanks, daughter of Cephas Hanks, and they have four children; Daniel G., born in November, 1833, in Highland township, and is now living in Union township. In 1860 he married Mary Hatfield, born in New Concord in 1836, and the daughter of William Hatfield, an early settler of Jackson county, Ohio, where he died. Daniel's first wife died in 1861, and in May, 1864, he enlisted in Company D, Ohio Volunteer infantry, serving four months. He was married in 1864 to Mary Hinds, a native of Guernsey county, born in 1837, and they became the parents of seven children: Charles E., Anson W., Logan H., Frances E., Harry H., Della and Cary A. Anson and Frances are married. Mr. Geyer owns 129 acres of fine farm land, and himself and family worship at the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics he is a republican, and a member of the G. A. R. of Ohio. Sophia S., who is the widow of William Grummon, and Samuel J., who is living in Highland township, married and has a family of four boys and four girls. Mr. and Mrs. Grummon were married in 1861, and had one child; Harry, a son. Mrs. Grummon reared another daughter of her husband's, Clara A. Mr. Grummon was a competent business man, and highly respected in the county. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and took a great interest in all church and school matters, giving liberally of his means for their support. He was a public-spirited man, and held the office of trustee of Union township. He died March 23, 1886, leaving a good property to his wife and family. Mrs. Grummon was born in Highland township September 16, 1840, and educated in the district school. She is a highly cultured lady; and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which she takes a very active part. She is also a member of the Women's Foreign Missionary society in which she is always willing to assist. She is now living in the old Grummon residence, built by the family in 1831. One of the most prominent farmers of Muskingum county, Ohio, is Samuel M. Hadden, born in Jefferson county, this state, in 1806. He was the elder of the two children born to John and Elizabeth (McCouhan) Hadden. The father, was a native of Allegheny county, Penn., and was the son of William Hadden, who was an early settler in Ohio, settling in Muskingum county about 1820. William Hadden, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and served five years. His wife, Sarah, died in Allegheny county. They were members of the Covenanter church, and in politics he was a whig. John Hadden married in Jefferson county, Ohio, where he lived one year, then going to Muskingum county settled in Union township. He was a hardworking man, succeeded in accumulating a good property, and at the time of his 474 - HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. death owned several hundred acres of land well improved. Of their children Samuel was the eldest, and Elizabeth married David Johns of Zanesville. She died in 1891. He died in 1831, was a member of the Presbyterian church and in politics a democrat. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. His wife, Elizabeth McCouhan was the daughter of Samuel McCouhan, born in eastern Pennsylvania. Her father came to this state at an early day, first settling in Jefferson county and later in this county, where he died. Mrs. Hadden was a member of the Presbyterian church and died at the old home place in 1839. Samuel M. Hadden came with his parents to this county when he was but five months old, and reared on the home farm where the family had lived since 1806 or 1807. He attended the district school and later took charge of his father's farm, managing it until his father's death. After that he bought his sister's part and now owns 326 acres of good land. He married Ann Lorimer, born in 1811, and the daughter of Andrew and Jane (Walker) Lorimer. Her parents settled in this township as early as 1808 and here died on their farm. Mr. and Mrs. Hadden were the parents of these children: one died in infancy; John was a United Presbyterian minister, married, had two children and died at Akron, Ohio; Andrew L. served in the Fifteenth Ohio, , of Company A, and was killed June 14, 1864; James was also a member of Company A, Fifteenth Ohio regiment, and died at Nashville in 1862; Samuel was a soldier and in service 100 days (he is married and the father of eight children); William lives in Grove City, Kas., is married and has three children; Elizabeth is the wife of C. F. Glesner, of Arbaugh, Ohio, and has two children; Anna M. is the wife of Franklin Denny of this township; Davis T. is married and lives in , Iowa (he has two children); Robert died in infancy ; Mariah is now the wife of W. J. Marsh and lives in Perry township near Norwich (they have three children); Joseph H. is living at , Iowa, married and has one child; and Louis M., a lawyer of Cincinnati. Mr. and Mrs. Hadden are members of the United Presbyterian church. The latter died in 1888, and Mr. Hadden is yet living on the farm in this township between New Concord and Norwich, an elder in the church and a very active member. Dr. J. S. Haldeman, physician and surgeon at 30 Orchard street, Zanesville, Ohio, owes his nativity to Lancaster county, Penn., his birth occurring June 24, 1819. His parents, Christian and Susannah (Spohn) Haldeman, were both natives of Pennsylvania, but of German origin. The pa, ternal grandfather was also American born. The Haldemans were among the pioneer families of Lancaster county, Penn., and were well known throughout that county. The father of Dr. Haldeman was a farmer and miller in his latter days. In politics he was at one time an old line whig, but later a republican and a warm advocate of the principles of that party. He came West with his family in 1828, coming through in wagons, but he walked the entire distance. He first located in Butler county, Ohio, but did not remain there long, removing to Preble county where he purchased a farm. There his death occurred in 1863. His wife survived him several years. They had but one child, besides the Doctor, who grew to maturity, Caroline, wife of Robert Steele, now residing near Richmond, Ind. Dr. Haldeman was but nine years of age on coming to Ohio, and received his literary training in the common schools and Miami university at Oxford, Ohio, where he secured his classical education. He began the study of medicine with Drs. Williams and Dunham of Preble county, Ohio. Subsequently he was with Davis & Loop, Thorntown, Boone county, Ind., with whom he remained about one year and then returned to his former firm. He graduated at Starling Medical college, Columbus, Ohio, in the session of 1853-54, and afterward located, first at Adamsville, Muskingum county, for a short time, then to Sonora for a few months, and thence to Coshocton, Ohio, where he formed a partnership with Dr. E. Sapp. While a member of this firm and being a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, he was called upon by the trustees to take the presidency of the Spring Mountain seminary, conducted under the auspices of the North Ohio conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, which position he accepted. In consequence of having this position he became a member of the North Ohio conference in 1857-58. The confinement of the schoolroom did not agree with him, his health failed, and he was compelled to resign. He then took work in the conference in 1859, and his first appointment was at Clyde, Sandusky county, Ohio. He was afterward at Perkins, Erie county of that state, Port Clinton, Ottawa county, Townsend, Huron county, North Amherst, and Penfield. Failing health and loss of voice caused him to take a supernumerary relation and he moved back to his home in Sonora. Recovering his health to some extent, he took up work again in the conference but did not remove his family. He was appointed to Gambier, Knox county, the seat of Kenyon college, next to Keene circuit, located in Coshocton county. During his ministry his voice broke down again and he was compelled to resume his supernumerary relation. He then began to practice medicine at his old home in 1871, but in a short time sold out and purchased his present property in Zanesville, where he has practiced HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 475 successfully ever since. He is still a superannuated member of the North Ohio conference, and is connected with the Seventh Street Methodist Episcopal church of Zanesville. The Doctor has been a member of the board of education for ten years, of which he has been president for four years. He has always taken a decided interest in religious and educational affairs. He is a member of the State Medical association of Ohio and the Hildreth District Medical association. He was married in 1843 to Miss Abigail S. Williams, and they have four living children, two having died in infancy. Those living are: Mary S., wife of James P. Reasoner (deceased); Edward W. and Samuel W. (twins); and Esther A., wife of Frank Gigax. All the children are married and have homes of their own. The wife of Dr. Haldeman is a daughter of Samuel Williams (deceased), of Warwick, Franklin county, Mass. Her grandfather was Col. Samuel Williams, of Revolutionary fame. Mrs. Haldeman was educated in Massachusetts, and came to Ohio as a teacher in 1840, and continued in that employment up to the time of her marriage to the Doctor. John D. Hanks, farmer and miller of Salem township, Muskingum county, Ohio, and who is also successfully and extensively engaged in the breeding of fine draft horses, has a handsome and comfortable home in the town of Adamsville. He was born in a little log cabin in Highland township, this county over sixty-three years ago, on July 6, 1828, a son of Cephas and Phoebe (Mock) Hanks, who were born in Loudoun county, Va. The paternal grandfather, John Hanks, was a brother of Abraham Lincoln's mother, whose maiden name was Nancy Hanks. Cephas Hanks and his wife were reared and married in their native state and county and during their residence there three daughters were born to them: Eliza, Elizabeth and Duanna, and in 1827 they located in Muskingum county, Ohio, where eight more children were born to them: John D., Abigail, Jacob, Isaac, Mary, Christina, George H., who was killed in the battle of Stone River, and Susan. When Cephas Hanks settled in this county he purchased a partially improved farm, which continued to be his home until his death in March, 1880, at the age of eighty years. He took a deep interest in the affairs of his adopted county, and in the township in which he lived, he held a number of the most important offices. Politically he was a democrat, and for many years was a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was only twelve years of age when the War of 1812 came up, and although he himself did not serve, two of his brothers were participants in that struggle. His mother was a cousin of Andrew Jackson and his wife was a daughter of Jacob Mock. He became a wealthy farmer, and as a citizen and friend was much esteemed by his acquaintances. His wife was born in 1807 and died in 1871. John D. Hanks was an attendant of the public schools of his day and at the age of twenty-one years he began making his own way in the world. He followed farming exclusively until 1873 when he purchased the mill at Adamsville, which he has since also conducted. He has given much attention to the breeding of fine horses for the past three years and all his enterprises have prospered abundantly. His farm near Adamsville comprises 153 acres, is exceptionally well conducted and is in good farming condition. He became the owner of this property in 1857, but since February, 1873, he and his family have resided in the town of Adamsville. In 1850 he married Mary Adams, a daughter of George and Christina (Werts) Adams, her birth having occurred in Salem township, November 20, 1829, and to their union six children were born, five of whom are living: George W., who died in 1873 at the age of twenty-one years from suffocation while in a well, at which time he had only been married two weeks to Miss Selina Johnson; Addison B., a resident of Kansas, is married to Miss Allie Wagner, of Erie county, Penn. ; Carson H. is married to Carrie Ross and resides in Adamsville; Laura A. is the widow of L. M. King; Homer L. is married to Missie Hurdle and lives in Adamsville; and Wilber C., who is at home. Mr. and Mrs. Hanks are members of the M. E. church and politically he is a democrat. He is public spirited and enterprising, and is one of the useful citizens of the county. Among the older residents of Muskingum county, Ohio, of those who came to Zanesville when in its comparative infancy, say in 1818, none has a clearer recollection of most matters and things pertaining to those days than the aged and well-known citizen of that city, Robert J. J. Harkins, now nearly eighty years of age, having been born in Butler county, Penn., in 1813. In 1817 his uncle, John S. Dugan bought the tavern property on the corner of Main and Fifth streets, Zanesville, Ohio, then known as the " Green Tree" tavern and continued the business in it. As a large increase of travel soon set in, he found the female help in the house inadequate, and as it was quite impossible to get such help at that time here, he proposed to bring his sister, a widow, with a family of six daughters and three sons from Butler county, Penn., where she was living on a small farm, her husband having died on his way home from the service in the War of 1812. The subject of this sketch was the youngest of this family and with it left Butler county, February, 1818, at which time an unusual fall of snow offered an excellent opportunity to move without mud, and as 476 - HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. snow remained longer in those days than since the country has been settled, it was deemed safe to use sleds in preference to any other means at that period of the year. The start was made and before February had closed that year, all arrived safely at their destination in Zanesville. Here this now aged citizen, then about the age of six years, began his school education in the only kind of schools taught at that time—subscription schools—at about $3 per quarter, with the free use of the rod and ferule. Arriving at the age of fifteen years, in 1828, he began life's battle in the employment of a well known merchant in that day, William M. Wallace, who occupied a one-story frame store room standing on the lot now covered with the stately building occupied by the Bailey Drug company. While with Mr. Wallace, the latter bought the lot and erected a two-story brick store room and dwelling, now occupied by E. P. Bloomer, confectioner. He remained with Mr. Wallace until July, 1830, when, finding his education so very deficient, determined to obtain some additional knowledge, left Mr. Wallace and at once began to study in earnest under the excellent teacher, Mr. Cadwalleder in the old academy building on Market street. As Mr. Wallace did an extensive business, the opportunity for forming acquaintances of a large portion of the citizens of the town was good, and of these our subject retains a remarkable recollection. He was diligently devoting his time to his studies, until October of that year, when a call was made for him to go to Somerset, Perry county, Ohio, in the store owned by Henry Dittoe, who had married one of his cousins. The call was so imperative that he was obliged to obey it with much less education than he desired. In Somerset he received a good business education and learned the necessity of diligence and close attention to his duties. He remained in the employ of Mr. Dittoe until disaster in business overtook him, as well as many others and he was compelled to find other employment. At this time, 1841, the landlord of the National House, Col. Henry Orndorff, corner of Main and Fifth streets, Zanesville, wanted a clerk, so to this position he came from measuring tar and calico. Here, after a lapse of twenty-three years, the subject of this sketch finds himself again in the same spot he had first called his home, being the locality known formerly as the "Green Tree " tavern. But oh, how changed. Then, a modern two story frame building of very limited dimensions to which John S. Dugan had, in about 1823, added a large three-story brick building, and a few years after his death, his widow erected on the corner a handsome three-story brick building connecting it with the one erected by her husband, making it at that time the very best hotel property in the city. That part of the building erected by the widow is yet standing, and an additional story added by Dr. Gettings when he became the owner. Remaining here until the change of proprietors Mr. Harkins in 1843 began the dry goods business again with James Taylor Jr., with whom he remained until July, 1844, when he removed to Duncan's Falls, nine miles south of Zanesville on the Muskingum river, and entered into the dry goods business with his cousin, Lewis H. Dugan, and here he remained fourteen years. At this point Dugan & Bowen had built a very elegant four-story frame flouring mill, making it a first-class wheat market and a place of very extensive business. The store was opened at a point known by all of the people of the southern part of Muskingum county as " The Ferry." Here the subject of this sketch labored zealously, late and early and battled with the ague, which prevailed at this point for several years. In the change of places made by him he was always within touch of Zanesville, thus keeping up his acquaintances with its citizens and knowledge of the rapid improvements going on in the city and its additions. He succeeded L. H. Dugan in the store at Duncan's Falls, and remained there until 1858, when he abandoned it; the wheat market there having been destroyed by the completion of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad from Zanesville east, creating markets on its line in the territory which formerly sent large quantities of wheat to Duncan's Falls. In March, 1858, he moved with his family on the farm owned by his wife's father, who died about that time near Somerset, Perry county, Ohio, the same town in which Mr. Harkins made his second start in the dry goods business. It was in the early part of June, 1859, that the frost destroyed all crops in the state. A replant of corn took place and a poor crop of that important grain was secured, as the first frost in the fall was unusually early. While busily engaged in husking corn in the field in November of that year, Mr. Harkins was sent for to take charge of a store at the place then called " Wolf's Station," composed of four houses, and now known as Junction City, on the Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley railroad. The gentleman would not take " no " for an answer and had sent a horse along for Mr. Harkins. So he left the " nubbins " and again seized the " yardstick." As this station was only six miles from Somerset and in a territory in which the inhabitants in early days depended on that town for their supplies, he found many old friends and acquaintances there. Among these old-time acquaintances our subject remained but a few months, when his employer, Mr Wolf, sold out his business and he once more returned to the farm, and in a few days received a proposition from HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 477 Mr. E. K Fillmore, a wholesale and retail hardware merchant of Zanesville, to take a position in his store. In April, 1860, he began his career in the hardware business, remaining in it until 1867, when the heavy labor, being too much for him he was compelled to give it up. We here relate an incident connected with the original " start off " of the oil business in western Virginia, that may be interesting to many and which is not generally known. Mr. Harkins claims the honor of selling the first pieces of iron and steel to make a drill to bore for oil, in the oil territory of the southern part of West Virginia. In the fall of 1860 they had a call for a piece of iron twenty inches long, four inches wide and one inch thick. As this was an unusual size it could not be supplied, but when the man explained that he wished it for an oil-well drill and that there would soon be a demand for it, they took him to the store of the Ohio Iron company. This company occupied the building now occupied by the Baily drug store, and did a retail business, and there they found what the man desired. The manager, Mr. A. F. Cassell (now deceased), was called upon and the wants of the customer explained, but the piece he desired had been expressly made for the railroad company and was too long. This Mr. Cassell did not wish to cut, but after much persuasion, being convinced that it would prove a good advertisement for him, and the mill being able to duplicate it, finally decided to give the man what he desired. This sale proved a very profitable advertisement and an entering wedge to the business in connection with the oil-well drilling that followed soon after, and the Ohio Iron company and Mr. Fillmore's hardware business were greatly profited thereby. The Christmas week of 1863 Mr. Harkins was compelled to retire from the business on account of the loss of hearing, and not until February, 1864, did he recover sufficiently to return to it. In May, 1864, he with one of Mr. Fillmore's sons enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Ohio Volunteer infantry, and served in and about Baltimore, Md. During his service he, with about half his company, was stricken down with a malignant type of malaria, contracted on the borders of the Chesapeake bay, and from which young Mr. Fillmore died soon after he was mustered out. Being mustered out with his own company in August, 1864, Mr. Harkins was not able to take his place among the iron and nails until February, 1865. Returning to his business he was hardly able to discharge his duties and finally was compelled to give it up altogether. He at once took a position in a dry goods house just opened here, and his large acquaintance with the people of the city and country came into good play, in securing customers for the new firm. In two years a dissolution of partnership occurred and the remaining partner finally decided to sell the stock at auction, which he did, employing the two Sells, of Columbus, Ohio (who later became famous circus managers and owners), as auctioneers. A trip to Kansas after the store closed, gave relief to the wornout and exhausted powers of Mr. Harkins, after so many years of close confinement to business and hard labor. While in Kansas he received a letter from a new firm of Zanesville, who had opened a hardware store, and once more was induced to handle iron and steel. Being now past fifty-eight years of age, and not fully recovered from the effects of his illness while in service, he was unable to carry an anvil, but attempting it, fell, doing great injury to his back, which he had twice before injured in like manner. From this injury he never fully recovered, and was compelled to keep to his bed from November to the following May. His deficient hearing now proved very annoying, as the possibility of selling goods was again very uncertain. Upon recovering sufficiently to do business, he was elected by the trustees of the Zanesville Water Works, secretary of the board, a place of great clerical labor as well as responsibility, in which position he remained for six years, being then obliged to resign as his hearing had become so impaired that he could scarcely transact the business with those coming into the office. This was the last regular business he attempted to transact, as a disabled body and great deficiency of hearing made him unfit to discharge his duties as when much younger, so he stepped aside to make room for younger men. During his long residence in Muskingum and the adjoining county of Perry, one thing has always been before him, to learn the names of those with whom be has had dealings, to remember them and their faces, and in every township in both counties he has a very extensive acquaintance. In Muskingum county especially his recollection of people of early days as well as events of pioneer times has enabled the publishers of this history of Muskingum county, who have placed their manuscripts before him, to present them in a most authentic form. This can be said of Mr. Harkins with perfect truth, as there is not one township in Muskingum county but he can recall the names of the pioneers and relate some incident connected with them or some peculiarity of a vast number of them. He is now in his eightieth year, in very good health, unimpaired memory, and still finds the world full of enjoyment, in the midst of a lovable and interesting family, consisting of a most kind and affectionate wife (now like himself, well advanced in years), and children who do all in their power for his comfort. If, in his efforts to have this history 478 - HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. one that can be depended upon, as far as he was instrumental in doing so, proves satisfactory to those who may read it, he will feel well satisfied that he has expended his tune in revising the manuscripts submitted to him for that purpose. Much valuable information has been received from Mr. Harkins in regard to the great changes that have taken place in Zanesville since he first entered it in 1818. Charles O. Harris, brick manufacturer, Zanesville, Ohio. One of the most noted and successful concerns in the state, extensively engaged in the manufacture of brick of all kinds, is that known as W. B. Harris & Bros., the firm having three yards in and near Zanesville, with a capacity of 60,000 bricks per day. Charles 0. Harris was born in Zanesville in 1833, and his father, William H. Harris, who was a native of London, England, came to America when a young man. The elder Harris located in Zanesville in 1821; followed merchandising for some time, but in later years became a farmer. His death occurred in Zanesville in 1880. Charles 0. Harris was reared in Zanesville and received his education in the public schools of that city. After some time spent as a clerk he became a member of the .firm of W. B. Harris & Bros. in merchandising business, and continued with this firm until 1889, since which time the firm has been extensively engaged in the manufacture of brick. Mr. Harris selected, as his companion in life, Miss Lucy Meredith, a native of the Old Dominion, and their nuptials were celebrated at Winchester, Ohio, in 1865. This union has been blessed by the birth of four children, one son and three daughters. The family worship at the Presbyterian church. In politics Mr. Harris advocates the principles of the republican party. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum and Legion of Honor. The grandfather of Aquilla Harrop, farmer, Brush Creek, Ohio, was an Englishman by birth, and a soldier in the English army. He was a weaver by trade. James Harrop, father of subject, was born in eastern Virginia, where he was married to Miss Mary Cohogan, and resided there until 1826, when he came to Muskingum county, Ohio, settling in Brush Creek township. He made the journey in a wagon, and after arriving here purchased 160 acres of land, which was unimproved and covered with heavy timber. His family consisted of the following children: Margaret (deceased), Catherine (deceased), Susan (deceased), Aquilla, Elizabeth (deceased), James, Ann, Stephen (deceased) and William. Aquilla, James, and Ann, wife of Jacob Neff, are the only ones residing in this county. In the fall of the year after locating here Mr. Harrop met with his death, bursting a blood vessel by exertion. He was of large frame, possessed enormous strength, and was thoroughgoing and enterprising. Previous to his death he had cleared about three acres of land and built a small cabin. Mrs. Harrop and children remained on the farm, cleared it up and began making improvements. Her death occurred in _____ . Her son, Aquilla Harrop, was born in Virginia in 1814, and was twelve years of age when his parents settled in the woods of Muskingum county. He was married to Miss Sarah French, a daughter of James B. and Nancy (Tripplett) French, and to this union were born the following children, viz.: James (deceased), Susan, Jacob (deceased), Grafton (deceased), Stephen, Thomas, Charles, Ann, John, Ellis and Margaret. Grafton and Jacob enlisted in the Sixty-second Ohio regiment, Company A, in 1861, and both were good soldiers, fighting valiantly for the flag and country. Grafton gave his life in the famous right charge on Fort Wagner, he being instantly killed, while advancing with his regiment on the enemy's guns, on July 18, 1863. Jacob received a severe wound in the thigh at the same battle, and lay on the field till the following day, when he fell into the hands of the rebels. He was sent back to the union lines and entered the hospital near New York city, where he subsequently died, August 1, 1863. Grafton's body was buried on the field on which he fought and died. On August 23, 1864, Stephen enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer infantry, and served in Schofield's army corps. John, another son, was a prominent and successful teacher in the schools of Muskingum county. Mr. Harrop has been a member of the Methodist church for many years, and his wife holds membership in the Baptist. Mrs. Harrop's parents, James and Nancy French, were Virginians, and removed to this county soon after 1820, locating, soon after, on the land where their son, Thomas, now lives. They were the parents of twelve children: Sarah (deceased), William (deceased), Ann M., Grafton, Margaret, Delila, Mary, Thomas, Mason, Reuben (deceased), Lewis and Hugh (deceased). Mr. Harrop married for his second wife Ann French, a sister of his former wife. During his long life Mr. Harrop has affiliated with the republican party. Besides the three sons in the army Mr. Harrop had two brothers fighting for the union: William, in an Illinois regiment, and Stephen, in an Ohio regiment. The father of Rev. Samuel P. Hildreth, Adams Mills, Ohio, Dr. Samuel P. Hildreth, was a native of Methuen, Essex county, Mass., and when still single came to Marietta, Ohio, and commenced practicing medicine at that place in 1806. He married Miss Rhoda Cook, of Belpre, Ohio, on August 18, 1807, and the fruits of this union were six children: Mary A., Charles C., George 0., HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 479 Samuel P., Rhoda M. and Harriet E. Dr. Hildreth was a prominent physician at Marietta for many years, and became a well-known and wealthy man. He was well educated, a graduate of one of the eastern colleges, and was very popular, both socially and professionally. He was connected with the geological survey of the state, and was a member of the State Historical society. He was a well-known and able writer on the pioneer days of Ohio, and published, under the auspices of the Cincinnati Historical society, " A Pioneer History of Ohio," which was a very interesting history of early days, and was chiefly from original manuscript. In 1852 he wrote " The Biographical and Historical Memoirs of the Early Pioneer Settlers of Ohio," and in 1864 he wrote "Sketches of Pioneer History." He practiced medicine at Marietta, Ohio, for fifty-five years, and was a pioneer physician as well as an historian of pioneers. In 1861, as he said: " I laid it entirely aside and am now waiting the time of my departure with resignation and hope." He died at his home in Marietta, July 28, 1863, aged eighty years. He was a man of wide learning, an able and interesting historian, and preserved to future ages the record of pioneer days. The long years spent within the borders of the Buckeye state enabled him to witness its development from a wilderness to a wealthy and powerful state. His son, Samuel P. Hildreth, was born at Marietta, Ohio, December 19, 1819, and received a liberal education at Marietta college, and a theological education at the "Lane Theological seminary " at Cincinnati, when the famous Dr. Lyman Beecher was president. He was the only student who understood shorthand, and he reported Dr. Beecher's lectures and sermons for him. Rev. Hildreth began preaching at Jackson, Ohio, near Cincinnati, where he labored for one year, and then, in 1847, he came to Dresden, where he followed his ministerial duties for twenty-three years. He was successful in his labors, was an able and zealous man, and had a flourishing church. He took an interest in the welfare of the entire town, and it may well be said that his efforts were earnestly performed and well repaid. On August 6, 1852, he married Mrs. Sophia C. Adams (nee Munro), widow of James T. Adams, who died at the early age of twenty-one, leaving one son, James T. Jr. [See sketch of Hon. T. D. Adams.] Mrs. Hildreth was the daughter of Joseph F. Munro, who was the son of Josiah Munro, of Scotch descent. Josiah Munro's grandfather, William Munro, came from the north of Scotland in 1650. Josiah Munro was born February 12, 1745, at Lexington, Mass., and joined the Revolutionary army at the battle of Bunker Hill, serving during the remainder of the war, and holding the rank of captain. He came to Marietta with the original pioneer colony which was organized by Gen. Rufus Putnam, and was the first justice of the peace and postmaster of the infant colony. His death occurred at Marietta. He was a man of great breadth of character, and was one of the pioneer patriots. He was the father of four children: Susan, Sarah, Joseph and Mary. His son, Joseph Munro, was born May 6, 1874, at Peterboro, N. H., and came to Marietta a number of years after his father. He settled at Zanesville, where he was one of the early merchants, and was in company with Daniel Conyers. They built the first brick store in that city. After residing there until 1810 Mr. Munro moved to Cass township, this county, and settled on 500 acres of land—given his wife by her father, Jonathan Cass—and there built a substantial and roomy residence of brick, the same still standing and in excellent condition. The rooms are large and high, and for that early day it is a good example of architecture. Mr. Munro brought his workmen from Chillicothe to build the house, and the bricks were burned on the place. At that time there was no road to Zanesville, and this was not only the first brick house in Cass township, but the only one for miles around. Mr. Munro was a wealthy man, and extensively and favorably known. He was a member of the Presbyterian church and an elder in the same. He died on July 26, 1847, when seventy-four years of age. He was a man of excellent judgment, good business ability, and one of the prominent pioneers of the county. He married Mary G. Cass, daughter of Maj. Jonathan Cass [see sketch of Dr. Edward Cass], and to them were born ten children, six of whom lived to be grown: Susan E., Charles C., Caroline, Francis, Sophia C. and Henry. Rev. Samuel P. Hildreth resided in Dresden eleven years, and then spent the remainder of his days on the Munro homestead. When fifty-five years old, and on March 7, 1875, this pioneer passed away. He devoted his life to his ministerial duties and was very successful. The two children born to his marriage were Mary C. and Rhoda M. Mrs. Hildreth resides with her two daughters on the old homestead, which is one of the pleasantest homes in Ohio, and one which is a constant reminder of pioneer days and of the loved ones who have occupied it. She is now in her sixties, but her faculties are unimpaired, and her cheerfulness is well known. The daughters are well educated and refined young ladies, having been carefully instructed by their father, and the family is among the prominent ones of the county. John Hoge. To whom are the people indebted for the mighty works which distinguish the "new" from the "old" Zanesville ? If we look for names of citizens who have been potent in the awakening, one of the first to come to the lips of all men is 480 - HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. that of John Hoge. Mr. Hoge was born in the house in which he now resides on North Sixth street, and has made Zanesville his home all his life. He is in the best and broadest sense a Zanesvillan. Fortune alone favored him in a sound body and in superior brain power. He was not "cradled in luxury" and left school at an early age to begin the stern battle of life. While still a boy he began business with a relative by marriage, the late William Schultz, and from the age of fifteen years he has been a producer of wealth. Mr. Hoge was first a partner of the elder Schultz, who retired in 1866, but the firm name Schultz & Co. has been continued ever since, R. D. Schultz, the present senior member of the firm, taking the place of his father. The history of the rise and progress of this sterling firm is familiar to most of our readers —it is a rich part of local annals. Their soap is known throughout the country, and without disparagement to the other members of the firm, it is not saying too much to affirm that the efforts of John Hoge contributed largely to the establishment of its enduring reputation and unmatched success. In the earlier days of the firm he was a tremendous worker, day and night. He originated many brands of soap, but his genius had a broader play in peculiar and more comprehensive methods of advertising their products. In these days of gigantic enterprises for reaching popular favor through the art of the printer, John Hoge occupies an unique and original place. His contact with the purchasing public began as a boy, in the capacity of a traveling salesman, representing the firm, and he personally "sampled" many cities from door to door, until "star soap" became a familiar household term. In this laborious work the hustling activity of the advertiser was born.' But this many-sided man of business is not only a producer and advertiser, but in the comparatively brief span of his career he has become identified with scores of other enterprises. The writer can not perhaps recall all as his information comes from various sources, but there is enough to satisfy the ambition of an ordinary mortal—an active member of the firm of Schultz & Co.; president of Zanesville Electric Light company; president the Courier company; ex-president the Muskingum club and one of its founders; director of the Brown Manufacturing company, all of Zanesville; president of The Frey Printing company, of Cincinnati (part of the U. S. Printing company); vice-president of the Hinds-Ketchum company, Brooklyn, N. Y. (part of the U. S. Printing company); vice-president of the Brown-Manly Plow company, Malta, Ohio; director of the Samuel Crump Label company, Mont Clair, N. J. (part of U. S. Printing company); director United States Printing company, Cincinnati. Ohio; director Central Ohio (B. & 0.) railway; director Zanesville & Ohio River Railway company; director Bellaire, Zanesville & Cincinnati railway; vice-president the Griffith & Wedge company; director the Blandy Machine company; trustee the Odessa Land Syndicate; director the Homestead Building company; director the people's Savings Bank; member of the Brighton Syndicate; director the Union National Bank; director American Encaustic Tiling company, and director Muskingum Coffin company. An intimate friend recently said that he would wager something of value that Mr. Hoge could not write or state off hand, a list of the concerns of which he is an officer. Messrs. Schultz & Hoge are owners of stocks in other banking houses, and are the heaviest investors in manufacturing establishments in this city, and are said to be the largest individual taxpayers in this county. About the year 1875, through the management of Mr. Hoge, the firm purchased the Zane house property, and, at his oft-repeated and urgent suggestion, the opera house and opera house block were erected in 1879, which then, as now, are the pride of our citizens. Mr. Hoge' s enthusiasm was impressed upon his partner, and, unaided, these two dauntless young men erected a row of metropolitan business rooms and a theater, at that time unequaled in the United States. That this was a most expensive undertaking goes without saying. We do not violate the confidence of a close friend when we say that by this advanced enterprise this firm, although strong, was subjected to a most severe financial strain—a stress more burdensome than the public ever dreamed. They were compelled to part with securities, and were large borrowers at sacrifices which they heroically kept to themselves. Such was their credit that not the semblance of a mortgage encumbered their property, yet it was freely predicted by the croakers that Schultz & Co. would be ruined. The people of Zanesville ought not to forget the service rendered by these gentlemen. The business sagacity of Mr. Hoge soon manifested itself in the management of the opera house. The rules laid down by him were unique, and a marked innovation on the established methods of the " profession." The result was a widespread notoriety and a national reputation for the Zanesville opera house. Theatrical people stormed and swore like the army in Flanders, but they eventually yielded, and gracefully, to the iron-clad regulations. Their ravings have turned to exultant praise. The " rules " have been widely copied throughout the country—the best tribute to their fairness. " The Appeal to the Profession," written by Mr. Hoge, and placarded in all the dressing rooms of the theater, won the warmest commendation from the " show people." When the American Encaustic Tiling Company decided to erect a new plant, HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 481 Zanesville unconsciously stood face to face with the greatest problem in her history. Mr. George A. Stanbery, general superintendent, is authority for the statement that to John Hoge is due, more than to any other citizen, the decision of the company to locate its new plant in Zanesville rather than in New Jersey, nearer the home of the principal stockholders. As the resident director, Mr. Hoge and Mr. Stanbery, constituting the local building committee, gave the creation of these mammoth works much personal attention. In the infancy of electric lighting, Mr. Hoge saw the city's opportunity, and one of the best plants in Ohio was established at Zanesville under his direction. But we must hurry along. With his old friend, Gen. D. W. Caldwell, he purchased the Clarendon hotel, the model hostelry of the country. In a word, this still comparatively young man of affairs is thoroughly entwined and interwoven into the commercial, manufacturing and industrial interests of Zanesville. With his partner (they are cousins, but are often affectionately styled brothers, for they have always been investors together) he has accomplished mighty things for their native city. Of all places of honor and trust which have come to John Hoge he never solicited one of them, but he has declined many of more importance than these he now so worthily fills. In some instances the positions are nominal in character, but he is an active worker in nearly all of the companies with which he is connected. His advice is sought for and highly prized by his associates. On all public questions, John Hoge is a frank, candid and decided. Sometimes his convictions have appeared in print, always over his own signature, stated in concise, vigorous, courteous terms, in an unique style peculiarly his own. If his convictions are not in touch with the popular will, he cheerfully accepts the situation, knowing well that " all things come to him who waits." While business ventures have drawn heavily upon his time and means his purse is always accessible to the tender pleadings of charity and public interest, as has been said facetiously "from baseball to the spread of the gospel." Socially John Hoge is the " prince of good fellows," easily approached he is yet of a retiring, modest disposition. He is a bachelor, in the prime of life, and while a busy man does not permit business cares to cloud his existence. One of his.associates remarked; " Mr. Hoge is a graceful winner and a cheerful loser. When things are going wrong I am always glad to see Hoge; he looks on the bright side and gives us all faith and courage." Always content to confine himself strictly to the channels of trade, Mr. Hoge has never sought political honors. But the suggestion has come unsought and the republicans of Muskingum county have earnestly sought his consent to stand for the nomination for congress in the Muskingum Valley district. Zanesville delights to honor her sons, and we have put it modestly when we say that she has none greater than John Hoge. Mrs. Margaret J. Howard, Adamsville, Ohio, belongs to one of the old pioneer families of Muskingum county. John Bell, her grandfather, was the first one of the family to come here. He was born in the state of Delaware but ran away from home when young and went to Pennsylvania. His parents were from Wales. He went to Washington county, near Stillwater, Penn. ; emigrated to Ohio in 1811 with his family, consisting of his wife, who was Rachel Stillwell, and three children, Haley, Elizabeth and John. Mr. Bell settled on land in Perry township near the Livingoods, who were early settlers. After a few years he moved to Adams township and settled on the land now owned by his grandson, John R. Bell. He cleared up this land from the dense timber with which it was covered. He lived to the age of seventy-eight years, both himself and wife being members of the Baptist church. He was the father of ten children: Haley, Elizabeth, John, William, Mary, Sarah, Nancy, Catherine, Stillwell and Amy. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and his grave is annually decorated by the G. A. R. John J. Bell, his son and the father of our subject, was born January 22, 1807, in Washington county, Penn., on a farm and was but four years of age when he came with his parents to Ohio. He received a limited common-school education of those days, was brought up in Perry township until he was about sixteen years of age, and in his young days worked for the Livingoods. About this age he went to Zanesville and worked in a flourmill. Here he remained several years and married September 28, 1828, Elizabeth Caldwell, daughter of William and Margaret (Porter) Caldwell. William Caldwell was an old settler in Adams township, originally from Ireland and settling in Pennsylvania where he married. His wife also came from Ireland. In 1826 they moved to Adams township, this county. They were the parents of six children, who lived to maturity: Samuel, Elizabeth, Jane, Anise, Andrew and James. William Caldwell lived to a good old age and died in Guernsey county, having sold his farm and moved there. After his marriage John J. Bell remained in Zanesville one year and then, about 1830, entered part of a farm where our subject now lives. This land was an entire wilderness and Mr. Bell cleared it of the heavy timber with which it was covered and by hard work and industry added to it from time to time until he owned about 450 acres, all the result of patient toil and industry. When he married he had but 50 cents in his pocket, and his wife, aside from wearing 482 - HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. apparel, a teakettle which she had received in payment for some weaving. She was an excellent hand at the loom and wheel. This young couple, who started out with nothing but their stout hearts and strong hands, began life in the woods and made a success of it, accumulating property and rearing a large family of children. Mr. Bell lived on this land all his life. He was justice of the peace and township trustee, interested in having good schools and was for years a member of the school board. He, with the assistance of his neighbors, built a schoolhouse on his farm, and this was The first one in the neighborhood. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bell were members of the Fairview church, and Mr. Bell assisted liberally of his means to build this church and to support the gospel. In politics he is a strong republican. He was a member of the old militia and had three sons in the Civil war: Andrew was in the Ninety-seventh regiment, Company E, Ohio Volunteer infantry, and served three years (he was during the service in sixteen different battles and endured many hardships. He was in the battles of Perryville. Ky.; Stone River, Lawrence, Mission Ridge, Dolton, Charleston, Resaca, Rocky Face, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, siege of Atlanta, Jonesboro, Lovejoy, Spring Hill, Franklin, Nashville, and was detailed as nurse in different hospitals after battles of Stone River, Nashville, Peach Tree Creek, etc.); W. P. was in Company F, Sixty-second regiment, Ohio Volunteer infantry. He died after a few months' service at Whitehall hospital near New Bristol, Bucks county, Penn. ; Wilson S. was in Company E, One Hundred and Sixty-second regiment, 100 days' service. John Bell lived to his eighty-second year and died on his farm in 1888. His wife, who was born in Washington county, Penn., in 1800, died in 1878. They were the parents of ten children: Margaret (died an infant), Haley (died at the age of twenty-two years, was a school teacher and had studied for the ministry), W. p., Rachel A., Annis C., Margaret J., Wilson S., "Hulda E., Andrew W. and John I. (who was a teacher, was a member of the 100-day service, and is now the editor of the " McArthur Republican," Vinton county, Ohio). All with the exception of the two eldest lived, to be married men and women. Mrs. Margaret J. Howard, their daughter and our subject, was born June 24, 1837, on her father's farm and now owns the place. She received a common-school education, and from her mother learned to do all the work about the house and to weave and spin, and has now some excellent specimens of her handiwork. The occupation of her younger days was to spin and weave the cloth for the family and make the clothes, as idle hands were few among the girls of those days. Her parents advancing in years, she, with the dutiful heart of a good daughter, remained at home, cared for her aged parents and lived a life of self sacrifice. She married, October 3, 1883, Joseph Howard, of Illinois. She is a good business woman and manages her farm well. She inherited forty acres of land froth her father and by, thrift and economy has increased her property and bought from the heirs eighty acres more. She stands high as a woman of good character and is well respected by her neighbors. She is a devout member of the Fairview Methodist church. Mrs. Howard is liberal and public spirited and interested in her church and all good causes, and is charitable to the poor and friendless. She gave the money to purchase the bell for the new Fairview Methodist church, and her name is inscribed on the bell, being cast into the metal. It was hung October, 1891, -and for many generations will ring out in praise of the worthy act and in memory of the generous donor. She joined the Methodist church in her twelfth year and continued in the same. Charles H. Hull, wagon maker, Frazeysburg, Ohio, is one of the old soldiers who was in the hottest battles of the great Civil war, and who served his country faithfully and well, not as a carpet soldier, but by facing all the privations of the camp and dangers of the battle field. He is of an old American family, of German and English descent, and is a son of William Hull, a native Virginian. The elder Hull married Miss Sarah Martin, and they became the parents of ten children: James M., John W., Thomas J., Francis, Sarah C., Mary J., Elizabeth A., Joseph H., Caroline V. and Charles W. . Mr. Hull moved to Ohio about 1835, and settled on a farm in Licking county, where he soon had a good farm under cultivation. In the fall of 1868 he moved to southwest Missouri, and settled iu Barton county on wild land. His sons, Thomas J., John, James and Charles W., went with him and settled on farms in the vicinity. Mr. Hull cleared his land and there passed the closing scenes of his life, dying at the age of seventy-five. His wife died in 1862 on the old home place in Licking county, Ohio. Mr. Hull was a Methodist preacher, and continued his ministerial duties many years. In politics he was a republican, and believed in the " know-nothing " doctrines promulgated by Martin Van Buren. He was a man of high principles and was an excellent citizen. Charles W. Hull. was born in Licking county, Ohio, May 22, 1843, was educated in the common schools, and early in life became familiar with the duties of the farm. On February 22, 1864, he enlisted in Company A, Seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteer infantry, for three years, as a private, and was in the following battles: Resaca, Dallas, Dalton, Buzzard's Roost, Snake Creek Gap and Kenesaw Mountain, where three distinct battles HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 483 were fought. Also on July 22 and 28 at Atlanta, and then was with Gen. Sherman in that greatest march in history—to the sea. He was present at the capture of Columbia and the last battle of the war, Bentonville, N. C. He was in numerous minor engagements and eighteen different hard fought battles. At Dallas, Ga., he was knocked senseless by the concussion of a shell which exploded within eight feet of him, and threw him about a rod. The pieces of shell, fortunately, missed him, but the concussion burst the drum of his right ear, rendering him entirely deaf in that ear, and slightly affected the hearing in his left ear. Sand was blown through his right cheek, and his spine was badly injured. Previous to this, on the first day of the fight, Mr. Hull was fighting on the brow of the bill with his company, when a shell struck directly under him and passed into the hillside; the fuse being put out by the earth the shell did not explode. He was again knocked senseless. After his last injury he did not go to the hospital, but remained on the battle field with his company, receiving permission from his captain and regimental physician and serving his time out. A grateful country remembers his services and injuries and grants him a pension. Mr. Hull went with his regiment from Raleigh, N. C., on the homeward march to Washington, and was present at that greatest scene in military history—the grand review—after which he returned to Licking county, Ohio. There he worked at his trade, carpentering, and later married Miss Almarena Green, daughter of Hesekiah S. and Elsie (Shacklett) Green. Mr. Green was from Virginia, born August 15, 1805, and was a cabinet maker by trade.. He was an old settler of Licking county, a man in good circumstances, and an honest citizen. He was postmaster of Elizabethtown for many years, and in politics was a strong republican. He and wife were both members of the church. Their family consisted of these children: Mary E., Albert G., Nimrod A., Benjamin L., Alice A., Isaac S., James W., Joseph A., Estelle R. and Almarena. There were five sons, and all served their country in the Civil war. Albert died in the hospital in Memphis, Tenn., June 29, 1863. Benjamin died in 1863 at St. Louis hospital, from sickness contracted in the South. James W. was captured July 3, 1864, and imprisoned at Andersonville until January, 1865, when he was transferred to Florence, S. C., Military prison, and there died January 24, 18.65. Joseph A. died from sickness contracted in the war, at Rome, Ga., September 9, 1864, in hospital. Hesekiah S. Green had four of his sons destroyed by the Civil war, and in his old age, feeling that he could endure no further loss, wrote to President Abraham Lincoln and stated to him that he had five sons, had sent all of them to the army, that four had died, and as he was an old man he would like to have him discharge the remaining son and send him home. At that time, 1864, Mr. Lincoln had an immense burden on his shoulders, but his great heart ever listened to the cry of distress, and he immediately ordered the discharge of Nimrod A. Green, who returned to his grief-stricken parents. Nimrod A. died from the effects of army life April 7, 1887. Thus five of Mrs. Hull's brothers were sacrificed to the Civil war. Mr. Green died May 30, 1874, at the age of sixty-nine years. He lived a correct life and was a good man. After marriage Mr. Hull settled in Fallsbury township, Licking county, Ohio, and worked at the carpenter's trade for two years, after which he went to wagon making. In 1868 he went to Missouri, and resided there nine years, engaged in carpenter work principally. He returned to Ohio and settled at Martinsburg, where he resided six years, and moved to Frazeysburg, Ohio, where he now resides. To Mr. and Mrs. Hull have been born five children: Elsie B., Lulu M. (died at the age of six years), Ada F., Clara B. and Lillie E. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hull were members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Martinsburg, and Mr. Hull was trustee. He was postmaster and township clerk in Fallsbury township, Licking county, for some time. He is a member of the G. A. R., Griffe post 331, and has held the office of past commander of Updyke post, of Bladensburg, Ohio. Mr. Hull's record shows him to have been a faithful soldier, and one who remained at his post, although wounded, and who was sometimes obliged to get the ambulance to haul his knapsack and rifle, owing to his weak condition. He could easily have procured a discharge, but chose to remain with his company. Mr. Hull's brother, John W., was a prisoner in Andersonville from July 3, 1864, until May, 1865, and weighed when entering 234 pounds. When he came out he weighed but 160 pounds. J. J. Huston, a prominent young farmer of Union township, Muskingum county, Ohio, was born in the neighborhood in which he now lives May 24, 1856, and is the son of John K. and Nancy (Dain) Huston. The father was born on the farm in Union township, which was settled by his father at a very early day. His parents were William and Sarah (Kelly) Huston. William Huston came from Kentucky to Union township about 1820, and bought 160 acres of school land. He reared a family of two sons and four daughters: Elizabeth, Mary J., John K., William, Caroline and Semantha (deceased), and died at an early age, about 1841. John K. spent his youth on this farm, and attended the district school. When quite young he worked on the farm for his father, and later bought the entire home farm settled by his father, 484 - HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. consisting of 240 acres of well-improved land. He married Nancy Dain, daughter of Robert Dain, a native of Pennsylvania, and a farmer near Oil City, that state. They were the parents of ten children: Sarah E. (died at the age of six years), Joseph J. (subject), John Mc. (who is living on the home place), Mary C. (who is now Mrs. Bartles, living in Mason, Mich.), Harriet L. (now Mrs. Deny, Cumberland, Ohio), Hettie (who is Mrs. St. Clair, of Guernsey county, Ohio), Etta J. (at Columbus, Ohio), Nancy P. (at home), Maud (at home) and Blandy (at home). The father died in 1885, a democrat in politics, and socially a Mason. He was among the respected citizens of this county, and a good business man. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. A few of his brothers and sisters are also living in this state. After the death of her husband, or in 1889, Mrs Huston moved to Columbus, Ohio, where she now resides. She is highly thought of, and takes a great interest in church matters. Joseph J. was reared on the farm upon which he now resides, and attended the district school. He worked for his father until he was twenty-five years of age, when, April 7, 1881, he married Mary R. Cline, daughter of Isaac Cline, of this township. She was born in 1860. They are the parents of four children: Carrie, John K., Emma F. and Robert Harl, and are members of the Presbyterian church of Norwich. Mr. Huston is now cultivating a farm of about 130 acres. In politics he is a democrat, and one of the public spirited men of the county. J. Mc. Huston was born on the farm formerly owned by his father and grandfather in Union township, Muskingum county, Ohio, May 2, 1860. He was the fourth of a family of ten children born to his parents, John K. and Nancy (Dain) Huston. [See sketch of J. J. Huston.] He spent his youth on the farm, attending the neighboring schools, and getting a good business education. At his father's death in 1885, he, being one of the two eldest sons, had the management of the business affairs of the estate. In October, 1887, he was married to Jennie Taylor, a daughter of Alfred and Jane (Wycoff) Taylor, residents of this town- ship. She was born October 27, 1860, was reared in this county, and one of six children. Mr. and Mrs. Huston became the parents of two children: Ethel May and John A. They are members of the Presbyterian church, and in politics he is a democrat. He is very much interested in politics and all things for the benefit and improvement of the county. He takes a great interest in educational matters, is one of the directors of the school board, and is a liberal supporter of all church and school work. Mr. Huston is engaged in general farming and stockraising, making a specialty of Cotswold sheep. He has charge of one-half of the family estate, together with his brother, Joseph J., and is one of the successful, enterprising and representative young farmers of the county. Johnson Imlay, farmer of Muskingum county, Ohio. The career of this gentleman presents an example of industry, perseverance and good management, and he is now in comfortable circumstances, the owner of a fertile farm of 183 acres, which was the home and the scene of his father's labors throughout life. Johnson Imlay was born in Allegheny county, Penn., February 20, 1825, to Daniel and Rebecca J. (Johnson) Imlay, who were also natives of that state. They removed to the state of Ohio about the year 1827, and settled in Meigs township, Muskingum county, where he entered the land on which his son, Johnson, is now residing. Here he was called from life about 1853, after a useful and well-spent life, devoted to the interests of his family and friends. After his death his son, Johnson, became the proprietor of the home place, and under his able management it has been made to yield abundant crops and is a pretty and well-kept place. Johnson Imlay was married on March 6, 1862, to Miss Mary, daughter of John and Lydia Trainer, worthy citizens of this section, and their union has resulted in the birth of two children: Amanda and Lydia. Mr. Imlay and family are regular attendants and worthy members of the Presbyterian church, and being intelligent, public spirited and of kindly and generous dispositions, they move in the best circles of society. Mr. Imlay is a stanch democrat politically. William Imlay, farmer, Coal Hill, has long been associated with the agricultural interests of Muskingum county, Ohio, the residents of which have had every opportunity to judge of his character, for he was born here, in Meigs township, on August 12, 1828, and is the son of Daniel and Rebecca Imlay. He attended the district school until twenty-two years of age, attending during the winter months and assisting his father on the farm in the summer season. He thus became familiar with duties of farm life from early boyhood. He remained under the parental roof until twenty-eight years of age, or until 1857, when he purchased 165 acres of land, eighty-five acres of it being in section 24 and the remainder in Brooks-field township, Noble county, where he has carried on general farming ever since. He selected as his companion in life Miss Julia Ann, daughter of James and Isabella Stewart, natives of Allegheny county, Penn., and their nuptials were celebrated October 28, 1854. In politics Mr. Imlay is a stanch democrat, and has held a number of local offices, among them being road supervisor, trustee and justice of the peace. He is a HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 485 member of the Masonic lodge and is a member of the Presbyterian church to which he is a liberal contributor. Samuel Jamison (deceased) was one of the early settler of Union township, Muskingum county, Ohio. At a very early day he came here with his father, who was a prominent pioneer farmer, and the history of the Jamison family dates back to about 1808 in this county. Samuel Jamison as a citizen was surpassed by none in the neighborhood. He was interested in all public matters for the good of the county, in all educational and religious work and helped to establish the present Reformed Presbyterian church of New Concord, of which he was a member. He was formerly a member of the Reformed church. He was a, good farmer and accumulated considerable property. He was married, in Muskingum county, to Margaret Speer, a daughter of one of the oldest settlers of the county and a sister of Robert W. Speer. [See sketch.] They were the parents of ten children; the following six are yet living: Margaret, Rebecca J. McGee, John M., Etta S., Albert C. and Samuel R. Mrs. Jamison is also a member of the Reformed Presbyterian church, and since the death of her husband has resided with her children on the old home farm. The old home place is divided into two good farms and occupied by her two sons. Two daughters are residing in New Concord, which is only a short distance. John M. Jamison, the third child of the above mentioned worthy couple, was born in 1849 in Guernsey county and was here reared after the fashion of the farmer boys of that time. He received his education at the district school of Fox Creek. November 3, 1887, he married Alice Patterson, daughter of James and Jane Patterson, old settlers of Guernsey county. She was born in that county in 1862. Their union was blessed with one child, a bright little girl, Minnie B. John M. Jamison is one of the successful farmers of this county, a member of the United Presbyterian church, and interested in all school and church work. In politics he is a republican. Albert C. Jamison, the fifth child living of Samuel and Margaret Jamison, was born in 1860. He was also educated in the Fox Creek schools and received a good business education, working on the farm part of the time, and grew to maturity in Union township, Muskingum county, Ohio. In 1890 he was married to Miss Violet Stitt, a daughter of John and Nancy Stitt, natives of this county. She was born in Muskingum township in 1866 and was one of four children. Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Jamison are members of the New Concord United Presbyterian church and in his political views the former is a republican. He has always been very much interested in school and church work and gives liberally of his time and means for their support. His farm is a part of the old home place, just north of the National pike, where he is actively engaged in farming and has been very successful. Richard Johnson, the father of James S: Johnson, Sonora, Ohio, was born in Maryland, Fredrick county. His grandfather, Joshua Johnson, came from England. Richard Johnson received a common-school education and learned the cooper's trade. He married Eliza Metzegar, and to them were born nine children: James S., Ezra, Louisa, Henriette, Mariah, Mary A., Sarah, Johanah and Frances. Directly after marriage, about 1816, Mr. Johnson came to Ohio, settled in Muskingum county below Zanesville, and the next year in Salem township on a farm. He owned about 100 acres, and lived on this farm the rest of his life. He was a member of the Methodist church and was for many years class-leader and exhorter. He died at the age of seventy-five years, an honorable citizen, respected by the people. James S. Johnson, his son, was born four miles south of Zanesville, in 1817. He received no education, but began to work, when but a boy. He learned farming, and married Lucinda Galloway, daughter of William and Mary A. (Holt) Galloway. William Galloway was one of our old pioneer settlers, of Irish descent, the family living on the farm now occupied by our subject, and upon which he settled after marriage. He began life with nothing, and by industry and economy he has made his property. He now owns 900 acres of land in this county. Not having any education, he was obliged to rely on industry and economy to make and save property. He is the father of ten children: Howard 0. (died at the age of thirty-three years), Nancy J., Mary A., Mitchell M., Ebbert J., Batie S., Salina and Anjalina (twins deceased), S. Harvy and Martha A. Both Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were members of the Methodist church. Mr. Johnson has been a member about forty years, and class-leader many years. In politics he is a republican, and was a good Union man during the war. His son Howard served in the war two years. Mr. Johnson is a man who has always attended to his own affairs, and took no interest in holding office. He has always been a man of high character and purpose, and owes his success in life to his perseverance and good habits. His first wife died and he married in 1872 Annie Bell, daughter of John and Mary (Caldwell) Bell. They have no children. Mrs. Johnson is a devout member of the Methodist church. Mr. Johnson has had his share of trouble, and endured all with much patience. It may well be said that he has lived a good, true, manly life, and been controlled by honest purposes. John Kelley, Zanesville, Ohio, is well known 486 - HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. throughout the township as one of the wide-awake, enterprising agriculturists, and his fine farm of 238 acres is kept in the very best condition. He was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, March 17, 1820, and was one of nine children, two now living, born to Isaac and Mary (Gad) Kelley, both natives of the Old Dominion. The parents were married in their native state and subsequently moved to Muskingum county, Ohio, where all their children, except the eldest, were born. Hamilton, the eldest child, was a native of Virginia. The others were named as follows: Wesley, Ignatius, Simeon, Elizabeth, John, Nathan and Benjamin. Mr. Isaac Kelley settled in this county, on the land now occupied by our subject, in 1810, and began immediately to clear it of the oak timber with which it was covered. By hard work and industry he soon had a good home, and being a man of good judgment and considerable ability, he held a number of local offices, among them that of justice of the peace. In their religious views he and Mrs. Kelley were members in the Methodist church and active members of the same. He died on the old homestead, in this county, on March 1, 1860, when seventy-five years of age. His son, John, the subject of this sketch, received his scholastic training in the common schools of pioneer days, and at an early age manifested a taste for farm life. On June 22, 1865, he wedded Miss Jane Drake, who was born August 8, 1842, and who was the daughter of George and Catherine (Tatham) Drake, natives of England. George Drake came from his native country in 1820, first settled in Pennsylvania, and moved from there to Zanesville, Ohio, and thence to Muskingum township, where he became a successful tiller of the soil. He died in this township when nearly eighty-three years of age. His wife, Catherine, was the daughter of John and Kestibal Tatham, who came from England about 1820. Mr. Tatham brought his entire family. George, Drake and Catherine were married in Pennsylvania. After marriage Mr. Kelley located on his present farm, and has ever been a practical and successful farmer. He has a fine residence, good outbuildings, and everything about the place denotes the owner to be a man of thrift and energy. He has held a number of township offices and is one of the best citizens. The six children born to his marriage are named as follows: Samuel E., born June 12, 1867; George M., born March 7, 1869; John H., born August 8, 1871; Allen P., born October 20, 1873; Harold C., born October 4, 1875; and Florence M., born August 2, 1886. Mrs. Kelley had one brother, George, in the Civil war, and he served three years in a Kansas regiment. Samuel E. Kelley married Miss Fannie Wilkinson, and is now farming in Falls township. The Kelleys are descended from old pioneer stock and have reason to be proud of their ancestors. Dr. John F. Kennedy, Zanesville, Ohio. The profession of the physician is perhaps one of the most trying on brain and body of any in the field of science, for it absorbs the attention of him who practices it conscientiously, both day and night, and brings into play the most versatile powers of his being. At the early age of fifteen years he began to lay the foundation of a medical career—his kindly nature instinctively turning to that broad field of human suffering for his life-worka profession whose noiseless, yet oft times marvelous triumphs are unknown to the multitude. He was born in Fultonham, Muskingum county, Ohio, August 31, 1844, and after receiving the advantages of the common schools he began the study of the noble science of medicine, and in 1867 graduated from the Ohio Medical college of Cincinnati, after which he practiced for one year in the old Marion hospital of that. city. In 1869 he came to Zanesville, where he has since been one of the leading practitioners, and is now a member of the county and district medical association and also of the State Medical society. In June, 1889, he was appointed pension examiner, and the duties of this position he still faithfully discharges. He was married, in June, 1869, to Miss Jennie Manning, of Morgan county, Ohio, and to them a family of two children has been born: Edwin R. and Wade M. The family worship in the English Lutheran church, in which Dr. Kennedy is a deacon. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., the K. of H. and Royal Arcanum. In 1861 he enlisted in Company E, Seventy-eighth Ohio infantry, with which he served until the close of the war, being mustered out of the service as a lieutenant. He was in Gen. Sherman's army, or the Army of the Tennessee, was a participant in all the engagements in which his command took part, and was in the famous march to the sea. His parents, Philip and Elizabeth (Fulton) Kennedy, were born in Ireland and Loudoun county, Va., respectively, the former emigrating to America in his youth and locating in Somerset, Perry county, Ohio. His father-in-law, Lyle Fulton, was the founder of Fultonham, a small village, and here he kept an old-fashioned tavern, which was the stopping place for all the stages and travelers going that way for years. He was justice of the peace for many years, held other offices of like importance and became well known throughout the county. He died at his tavern in 1854. The father of the subject of this sketch, after reaching maturity, was a cabinet maker and school teacher by occupation, but subsequently studied medicine with Dr. Jonathan Atkin, of Fultonham, and graduated from the Ohio Medical college of Cincinnati. He HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 487 first began practicing with his preceptor, but subsequently removed to Dovertown, Morgan county, Ohio, where he made his home until his death in 1881. He was a representative of Morgan county in the state legislature and held a number of important local offices. He had the reputation of being a skillful physician, and aside from his profession was well liked socially. He and his wife became the parents of ten children, nine of whom grew to maturity, and eight are now living: William H. (a resident of Florida), Dr. John F., E. M., (the present mayor of McConnelsville, Ohio), Dr. G. L. (who succeeded his father in his practice at Dovertown), Mrs. Gray (of Dovertown), Charles W. (a druggist), Tilla, and Howard (now in California). The Kennedys have always been valued members of society, for, besides being enterprising and public spirited, they have been lovers of law and order and have been generous in the use of their means in the interests of worthy enterprises. Of the many residents of foreign birth in Adams township, none are more honest, industrious, or more deserving of success than the Irish element of which William H. Keyes, farmer and stock raiser, Adamsville, Ohio, is a representative. He was born in county Fermanagh, Ireland, May 31, 1831, and his parents, Thomas and Mabel (Johnston) Keyes, were natives also of that country. When seventeen years of age William H. Keyes crossed the ocean to America, and began working on a farm in Madison township, receiving $5 per month. At the end of nine years he had accumulated sufficient means to enable him to embark in agricultural pursuits for himself. He then went West and entered land in Iowa, but soon returned and continued working on a farm. In 1858 he went to Illinois, and while there he exchanged his Iowa farm for an improved farm in Clark county, Ill. The latter he exchanged for a farm in Washington township, Muskingum county, Ohio, and he has been residing on his present property since 1870. He was married in 1858 to Miss Mary E. Day, who was born in Troy, N. Y., but who was reared in Muskingum county. Her birth occurred March 20, 1839, and she was a daughter of Alfred and ,Elizabeth (Frazier) Day. To Mr. and Mrs. Keyes were born the following children: Charles (who died in 1863),Thomas D. (married Miss Ella J. Arnold, and now resides in Adamsville. He is the father of three children, two now living: Judah F., Alfred A. (deceased) and Mabel), Margaret A., George L. (at home), Robert H., William J. and Edward P. Mr. Keyes is a republican in politics, a public-spirited citizen, and is interested in all that relates to the welfare of the county., He has a fine farm of 336 acres in Adams township, and he is well known all over the county as one of the foremost stockmen. He has four imported horses, and he was the owner of the first imported horse brought to Muskingum county, also .owner of the first registered Durham bull brought to this portion of the country. He has risen to more than ordinary degree of success in his calling as a stockman, and deserves great credit for the interest he has taken in improving the stock of the country. Leslie Keyes, farmer and stockraiser, Adamsville, Ohio, has been a resident of Madison township Muskingum county, since August 15, 1857, and is prominently identified with the interests of the same. He was born in county Fermanagh, Ireland, June 22,.1842, and was one of six sons born to Thomas and Mabel (Johnston) Keyes. The father was a native of the north of Ireland, born about 1786, and of Scotch-Irish parentage. He was married in his native county to Miss Johnston, and the fruits of this union were the following children: William, Samuel, John (died in 1871); James (died in infancy), Charles, (enlisted in the Civil war, Company E, Ninety-seventh Ohio Volunteer infantry, and was killed at the battle of Ken-saw Mountain), and Leslie. The father of these children died in the old country in 1850, and in June of the following year the mother and children emigrated to the United States. They settled on a farm in Madison township, Muskingum county, Ohio, and the boys began working out on farms. The mother was married to Mr. William Humphreys, of Coshocton county, Ohio, and died in that county on June 20, 1857. At the age of nine years Leslie Keyes started out to do what he could on a farm, and continued tilling the soil for others until his marriage in 1866, to Miss Margaret Armstrong, a native of Madison township,. Muskingum county, and the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Humphreys) Armstrong, natives of Ireland. Her father died August, 1870, and the-mother followed him to the grave nine years later. To Mr. and Mrs. Keyes have been born six children, five now living: Bessie J., Mina S., Charles A., Leslie A., and M. Agnes. Mr. Keyes has resided on his present property for thirty-four years and is well known and respected throughout the county. He is a republican in politics, and has held the office of treasurer and trustee of Madison township. He and family are members of the Episcopal church. Mr. Keyes is the owner of 520 acres of land and he is principally engaged in the raising of fine stock. He is one of the county's best citizens. Among the early pioneers of Muskingum county, Ohio, whose memory will long be remembered, may be mentioned Patrick King (deceased), who was the first of that now large family, to settle in this region. As is well known, Ohio received a 488 - HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. large immigration to its territory in the early part of the present century and many of the settlers made honorable names for themselves and identified themselves with every interest of the section in which they located, and no man more so than Mr. King. He was born in Huntingdon county, Penn., in 1790, and spent his early life in that county on a farm. He was a son of George and Mary (Wayne) King, natives of England, who came to America and settled in Pennsylvania, in a very early day. The father died in Huntingdon county of that state, between 1833 and 1837. His wife, the daughter of John Wayne, bore him ten children, as follows: William, John, George, Patrick, Elizabeth, lathes, Hugh, Sallie, Charles and Hannah. Six of these children, William, Patrick, Charles, Hannah, Elizabeth and _____, came to Muskingum county, Ohio, and all died in this county except William, who passed from life in Licking county. The mother of these children was called to her long home in Muskingum county in 1850. Patrick King was married in 1813 to Miss Mary McLerry, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1795, and their union was, in time; blessed in the birth of nine children in Pennsylvania, and after settling in Muskingum county two more children were added: George, Thomas, Hugh, James, Sarah A., William, Samuel, John, Mary, Hannah and Elizabeth. In 1832 Patrick King settled with his family on a farm in Perry township, but one year later located in Madison township, where he followed the calling of a blacksmith, in connection with farming, for the rest of his life. He was a man of advanced views and believed that what was worth doing at all, was worth doing well, and his attributes of .industry, perseverance and intelligence were put to a practical use, and achieved the desired result. All measures of morality, education, temperance and others of a like nature found in him a strong advocate, and a warm love of his country was not among the least of his worthy traits. He was for some time a soldier in the War of 1812, and in an early day held a number of offices in Muskingum county. After the death of his first wife he was united in marriage to Miss Mariah Wiatt, who survives him and makes her home with her step-son, William King, in Madison township. George King (deceased), the eldest son of Patrick King, was born in Huntingdon county, Penn., September 4, 1815, but came to Muskingum county, Ohio, with his parents in his youth, and his early life, and in fact all his life was spent on a farm. When he attained the age of about twenty years he started to do for himself, and for some time thereafter lived in Washington township, but later moved to Madison township, where he accumulated a good property and improved a fine farm of about 600 acres, although the first sixteen years that he worked independently, he tilled rented land. The farm to which so many years of his life were devoted is now Owned by his family, and is one of the most valuable tracts of land in the Muskingum valley. In 1841 Miss Elizabeth Drummond, the daughter of an old and prominent" settler of this section, became his wife and together they reared a family of nine children: Cordelia (Mrs. Shire of Kansas) returned home to attend the funeral of her brother Nebraska, and died October 16, 1891; Louise E., now Mrs. Eckelberry, resides in Madison township; Mary, who died in 1853; Lafayette, who died in 1853; Serena C. (Mrs. Morman of Zanesville); Thomas 0., who is a farmer of Madison township; Australia, who died in 1885; Nebraska, who died in 1891, and Utah, who died in 1860. Of this family there are only three surviving members. Mr. King was called from life on September 8, 1891, but is still survived by his widow who resides on the old homestead. Mr. King and his family worshiped in the Methodist Protestant church, and during the many years of residence in this section he was .public spirited and was interested in. the successful issue of all worthy enterprises. At his home there has been a reunion of the King family for a number of years, which all those in the county who bore the name attended, to the number of several hundred. Thomas O. King is a progressive farmer, who has steadily pursued the "even tenor of his way" and is now in the enjoyment of a comfortable competency. He is the second son of George King (deceased), and is the only one now living. He first saw the light of day on February 24, 1853, and was brought up on a farm in Madison township and there also obtained his education. At the age of twenty-one years he entered upon life's duties for himself and soon after was united in marriage to Miss Henrietta Collins, a, daughter of James Collins and wife, who are old settlers of Muskingum county. Mrs. King was born in Madison township of this county in 1852, and was educated in the common schools of the same, she being one of eight children to be reared there. Mr. and Mrs. King have had five children born to them: Ada E., Clarence A., Harry B., Hampton L. and Glenn C. Mr. King and his family reside near the old homestead on which his mother resides, his place having been a part of this fine property. He has charge of over 600 acres of land, which was part of his father's estate, and in his management of the same has shown much discernment and good judgment. His fine place shows him to be a thorough and practical farmer, and he has a very nice and comfortable residence, and buildings of good descriptions for his stock and grain. Like his father he is decidedly public spirited and is thoroughly posted on all HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 489 subjects and up with the times. He is a republican in politics, and has shown his approval of secret organizations by becoming a member of Dresden lodge No. 186 of the I. O. O. F. Thomas King, the second son of Patrick and Mary King, was born in Huntingdon county, Penn., May 13, 1817, but for many years past has been a valued citizen of Muskingum county, Ohio, especially in the direction of agricultural interests. He was brought up to a farm life, and his long residence here and his well-known industrious habits and perseverance, as well as enterprise and progress, have contributed to place around him a host of friends and acquaintances. His opportunities for acquiring an education were those of the average farmer's boy, and the practical education which he acquired in the common schools was of great use to him when he started out to make his own way in the world. At the age of fifteen years he settled with his parents in this county, and was here married, in 1847, to Miss Martha J. Brooks, daughter of James and Harriet Brooks, who were pioneers of this county, also, from Maryland. Mrs. King was born in Washington township of this county, in 1826, the fifth of eight children, whose parents spent many years of their lives and died in this county. To Thomas King and his wife ten children were born: Susan C. (Mrs. Border); Jerome W.; Lowell M. (who died in 1891); Howard C.; Alice H. (Mrs. Arnold); Ellenora (Mrs. Gaumer), of Colorado; Martha A. (Mrs. Minner); James P.; Charles W. and George T. At the age of twenty-one years Mr. King started out to fight the battle of life for himself, and after working on a farm by the month until about thirty-two years of age, he purchased 200 acres of well-improved land, upon which he has since been principally engaged in stockraising. His farm is well adapted for this purpose, and in their comfortable residence—a very homelike place—he and his wife are living worthy lives, surrounded by their children. He was an old line whig, but is now a republican in politics. He is one of the unassuming, intelligent men of the county, reliable beyond suspicion in all his operations, and to a great extent enjoys the esteem and confidence of those who know him. Hugh King is an example of the hard-working and pushing farmer, and although he is now in good circumstances, he has seen the time when his means were limited and when he was compelled to toil incessantly to provide himself and family with the ordinary comforts of life. He was born May 16, 1819, in Huntingdon county, Penn., to Patrick King, and was brought by the latter and his wife to Muskingum county, Ohio, in the fall of 1832, and with them settled in Madison township, where he was reared to a farm life and also learned the blacksmith's trade under his father. In 1839 he was married to Miss Anna M. Stoner, who was born in Madison township of this county, a daughter of John and Mary (Shurtz) Stoner, and one of their eight children. The father died in 1875 and the mother in 1860, the former having been blind for forty-eight years before his death. They were very worthy people, and the mother was a member of the Lutheran church, of which the father also became a member. Mr. and Mrs. King have five living children: Patrick, who is a farmer and minister, living in Madison township; George P., also of that township; Mary C. (Mrs. Stotts), also residing near her father; Mahala (Mrs. Skinner), resides in this township, and Susan M. (Mrs. Spencer), residing in Pike county. Those deceased are: Matilda J., Harmon and Neala A. The mother of these children died in 1856, and in 1858 Mr. King married her cousin, Angeline Stoner, by whom he has become the father of two children: Harvey, who is a farmer, of Madison township, and Erastus, who is deceased. Mr. King has always been interested in all movements for the improvement and building up of the county, and has always been liberal in the use of his means in founding churches and schools. When he came to this section with his parents there was not a religious or educational institution in the township, and the most of the country was covered with a heavy growth of timber. In 1877, after an active and well-spent business career, he retired from the active duties of life, and is now living in retirement in Adamsville. He has the satisfaction of knowing that the competency that he now enjoys is the result of his own endeavors and that it was obtained in a strictly honorable way. He has been trustee of Salem and Madison townships, but aside from this, has, through his own desire, held but few offices. He and his family are members of the Methodist Protestant church. Two of his sons served in the union army during the Civil war, and Harmon died shortly after his return home from the service. George served his country for about three years. Mr. King has given his children a good start in life, and still has enough to comfortably provide for himself and wife during the remainder of their days. Like many of the representative citizens of Muskingum county, Ohio, James King is a Pennsylvanian, for in Huntindgon county of that state he first saw the light of day on March 19, 1821. He passed his youth in assisting his father on the home farm, but his education' was not neglected and for some time he attended school kept by his grandfather, George King. He was a small lad when his parents, Patrick and Mary King, came to Muskingum county, and here his youth and early manhood were spent. His marriage to Miss Eliza A. Kinney was celebrated in 1847. She was 490 - HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. born in Madison township in 1826, her present home being about one mile from where she was born. Her father was an early settler of this county and died here in 1865. A family of ten children have been born to James and Eliza A. King, and were named as follows: nary A., wife of Charles Minner; Hamilton J.; Emma H. (Mrs. Collins); Thomas D. ; Nancy E. (Mrs. Swope); Albert H.; Flora, the deceased wife of Ira Shurtz; Effie J. , wife of Thomas 0' Hem ; Willis E. , and John E. Mr. King and his family attend the Methodist Protestant church, and nearly all his children are residents of this county, a number of them residing in Madison township. In politics Mr. King is a republic, and for the past twenty years he has been treasurer of Madison township. He has a well-improved farm of 266 acres and all kinds of grain indigenous to this climate' are grown in abundance on the cultivated portions of his farm, and everything about his place pronounce him an agriculturist of enterprise and progress, and such he is acknowledged to be. Like his worthy father before him he is interested in worthy enterprises and gives them his hearty support. William King was the fourth son and fifth child born to Patrick and Mary King, a sketch of whom appears above, and in Huntingdon county, Penn., his birth occurred November 1, 1825. He was about seven years of age when he was brought to Muskingum county, Ohio, and this section has been his abiding place ever since. He attended school for a short time in the county of his birth, but the most of his knowledge of. the " world of books " was obtained in this county. He was married about 1847, to Miss Hannah D. Wiatt, who was a daughter of Jacob A. Wiatt and Anna (Payne) Wiatt, native Virginians, who settled in Muskingum county in the twenties. Mrs. King was the youngest of nine daughters, all of whom are deceased except one, Mariah, who was the wife of Patrick King, father of William. She was born in Fauquier county, Va., October 18, 1812, and died June 27, 1877, at which time she was an earnest member of the Methodist Protestant church. She bore her husband the following children: Minerva is the wife of Charles Quigley, by whom she has two daughters and a son, and resides in Cass township; Mariah, who died in 1862, and Jennie who is at home. In 1880 Mr. King married his present wife, Susan Hurdle, a daughter of Leonard and Mary Hurdle, who came to this section from Virginia, while in childhood, and were here married in 1829. Mrs. King was born in this county, the sixth of their children whose names are here given: Sarah A., Minerva J., Alva J., Selma, Celia J., Susan, Mary I, John I. and Piercey, the most of whom are residing in this county. Mr. Hurdle was called from life in this township (Madison), September 17, 1874, and the mother March 9, 1887. Mr. King has resided on his present farm for the past thirty-nine years, and although it only comprises ninety-seven acres it is very carefully conducted and yields a far larger income than many more pretentious estates. Although he has ever been a stanch republican he is not an office seeker. Like all worthy citizens he is very public spirited and has the good of his section warmly at heart. He and his family attend the Methodist Protestant church. John King has, from his earliest youth been familiar with the details of farming, and he is conceded by all to thoroughly understand his business. Like his brothers, whose sketches appear in this volume, he was born in Huntingdon county, Penn., his advent into this world dating November 22, 1829. As he was but three years of age when he was brought to this section, his education was acquired in this county, and was such as the common schools of his day afforded. In 1851 he started on an independent career, and the knowledge of farming and the education which he had previously gained, then stood him in good stead. He was soon after married to Miss Sarah Hurdle, a daughter of Leonard and Mary (Joseph) Hurdle, a short notice of whom is given in the sketch of William King. Mrs. King was born November 2, 1829, and has borne her husband eight children, but only three survive: Addraanna, who died when a babe, Zara C., who died in 1877; Harlan R., who died in childhood, and twins who died in infancy; Fleetwood H., who is deputy recorder of this county, is residing at Zanesville, is married and is the father of three children: Mary B. (Mrs. Thomas) is living in Harrison county, Ohio, and Martha E., is at home with her parents. The farm on which Mr. King is now residing is the old homestead which was cleared and improved by his father, `Patrick King. Here he has resided since 1863 but before that time had lived on a farm belonging to his brother George in this township. Formerly a whig, Mr. King is now a republican politically, and he and his family are attendants of the Methodist Protestant church. Mrs. King's grandfather was John Hurdle who early became a resident of Belmont county, Ohio, but in 1822 settled in Muskingum county. Her maternal grandfather, Lemuel Joseph, settled in this county about 1806 and died in 1830, and her mother died in 1887. William Kirk, proprietor of the Kirk House, Zanesville, Ohio, is of a family of hotel keepers, his grandfather and his parents having been in the business before him. He is a native of Muskingum county, having been born in Union township December 27, 1844, a son of Robert and Susan Kirk. The Kirk house was established in 1863 HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 491 and soon gained and has since held a firm hold on the traveling patronage. It is one of the oldest and best known hotels in this part of the country and one of the most popular with commercial men. From the start it has been under Mr. Kirk's conduct and he has given his personal attention to all the details of its management. There are few Zanesville men more widely or more favorably known than he, and none who do more than he does in his way, to impress upon strangers an idea of Zanesville's progress and promise, and appearances indicate that the Kirk house will long be one of Zanesville's best known institutions. John J. Klein belongs to one of the old and respected German families of Muskingum county. His father was Christian Klein, a vineyard keeper and winemaker of Germany. He married Christina Ott, and they were the parents of four children: Christian, William, Christina and John J. Christian Klein Sr. was a comfortable farmer, and owned some land. He lived to be eighty-seven years of age, and died in Germany. John J. Klein, his son, was born in the province of Wurtemberg, Kearchhim, village of Urderteck, Dittingan, Germany, November 1, 1814, and attended school in Germany eight years. He learned the shoemaker's trade, and at the age of twenty-one years came to America in a sailing vessel bound from Bremen to Baltimore, arriving on the 4th of July. He at once came to Ohio, where his grandfather, Jacob Klein, was a farmer of Morgan county, having come from Germany in 1817. Young John J. immediately began to work at his trade, at which he worked fourteen years, and October 29, 1839, married Catherine Moser, daughter of Daniel and Catherine Moser. The father came from Germany in 1834, with his wife and four children: Philip, Adam, Catherine and Louisa. He was a potter by trade, and upon his arrival in Ohio settled on a farm in Adams township, where he passed the remainder of his days, dying at the age of sixty-two years. He was a member of the Lutheran church. After his marriage, John J. Klein worked at his trade in Zanesville. In 1849 he came to his present farm of sixty acres. He is the father of nine children: Louisa, Christina, Jacob, William, George, Matilda, Albert, Alice and Christian. Mr. Klein is a member of the Lutheran church, and a respected and industrious citizen. His son Christian and daughter Louisa are at home, and William died September 25, 1884. Christina married John Sandel [see sketch], and Jacob married Emma Brown. He is a farmer of Monroe township', and has five children: Ella C., George E., Sylvia A., Susan A. and Ida L. Matilda married John Roohrig, a farmer of Linton township, Coshocton county, and has eight children: William H., Albert C., Syana A., Carson, Katie, Ramond K., Lester and Alice 0. William married Sarah Lockard, and is a farmer of Greenwood county. He has three children: John J., Charles and Frank. Christian married Mary Barrett, November 30, 1882, and they have three children: Alvin H., Bruce C. and Clarence A. Albert married Ella McClery, and has one child, Alva F., and George married Doar Dougherty, and they have one child, Quincy. Thus Mr. Klein is the grandfather of twenty-one grandchildren, and the name of this sturdy emigrant will live long in his adopted country. Mr. Klein's maternal grandfather was Ulrick Ott, was a shoemaker and was married twice. He had three daughters and one son, and died at the age of eighty-eight years. Mr. Klein well remembers the vineyard and wine press of his father's, and can describe in an interesting manner the process of cultivating the grape. When he arrived at Zanesville a stranger he could speak no English, and Peter Grieves, a shoemaker, employed him at $8 per month until he learned the language, when he got along very well, and has since been prosperous. Isaac Knicely, the father of David Knicely, of Adamsville, Ohio, was born February 18, 1801, on a farm near Waynesburg, Penn., and came to Ohio when a young man. He settled in Salem township and October 19, 1826, married Elizabeth Spragg, of this county, born December 10, 1806, and daughter of Benjamin Spragg. They were the parents of three children: Nancy (born May 29, 1828, was married in Illinois and there died), Benjamin (born May 24, 1830, now residing on a good farm in Washington township), and Hannah (born May 6, 1832, now a widow living in Illinois). Mrs. Knicely died April 15, 1833, and Mr. Knicely married Hannah Spragg, a sister of his first wife and by her was the father of six children: David, Elizabeth, Delilah, Martha, Isaac and Ezra. He lived to be seventy-nine years of age, was a member of the Methodist church and in politics a democrat and a strong Union man during the war. His son Isaac was in the 1.00 days' service during the war. He settled in an almost unbroken wilderness and so improved his farm and worked so industriously that prior to his death he owned 460 acres in this county and 80 acres in the West. His second wife died December 28, 1880. David Knicely, their son, was born in Salem township, on his father's farm, July 14, 1836. He received a common-school education in the old log school of that day, learned farming and January 22, 1863, married Catherine Wagoner, born January 5, 1837, and a daughter of John and Barbara (Shurtz) Wagoner. To Mr. and Mrs. Knicely were born eight children: Adah A. (born May 8, 1864), Laura I. (July 4, 1865), John H. (December 2, 1866), Isaac H. (July 11 492 - HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. 1868), Harrison H. (April 26, 1872), Jennie I. (May 29, 1874), Hannah 0. (October 3, 1876), and Wilbert R. (December 19, 1880, and died in infancy). After marriage Mr. Knicely settled on his present farm of 138 acres and has added to it until it now comprises 243 acres. Both himself and wife are members of the Lutheran church in Salem township, of which he is now church trustee. In politics he is a strong democrat, but has taken little interest in public matters of any kind, preferring to attend to his own affairs. He is interested in educational matters and in favor of good scho )1s, has been on the school board, and given all his children good common-school educations. He was road supervisor for many years. His daughter, Laura I., married Elmer Wertz, a baker in Coshocton; they have one child. John Wagoner, the father of Mrs. Knicely, was born in Butler county, Penn., and came to Ohio when a young man. He received a common-school education, was a farmer and married Barbara Shurtz. The family is of German descent and they reared a family of twelve children: Harrison, Elizabeth, George, Elijah, Belilla, Margaret, Jacob, Mary A., John, Sarah C., Barbara (deceased) and Samuel. Mr. Wagoner settled in Adams township in 1827, and himself and wife were members of the Lutheran church. He lived to be nearly eighty years of age and was a soldier in the War of 1812. The land they first owned is now owned by Solomon Gaumer and upon it is a cherry tree planted by Elijah, son of John Wagoner some forty or fifty years ago, and measures eleven feet and two inches in circumference. The social, political and business history of this session is filled with the deeds and doings of self-made men, and no man in Muskingum county is more deserving the appellation than J. A. Knight, auditor of Muskingum county, Ohio,for he marked out his own career in youth, and has steadily followed it up to the present, his prosperity being attributable to his earnest and persistent endeavor and to the fact that he has always consistently tried to follow the teachings of the " Golden Rule." He is one of the representative, thoroughgoing and efficient officials of the county, and although born in Washington county, Md., he has resided within its borders many years of his life. His birth occurred on April 19, 1832, to Benjamin and Nancy (Cunningham) Knight, both natives of Maryland, the former's birth occurring in Baltimore. He was of English-Irish origin, and his, as well as his wife's ancestors, were early emigrants to Maryland. Benjamin Knight was a mechanic by trade, and this calling he followed in his native state until 1849, when he started west to seek his fortune, coming to this state in wagons, the journey occupying about two weeks, owing to the fact that there was snow on the mountains. He located in Falls township, Muskingum county, Ohio, and there resided until his death, in 1862, following the calling of a farmer, as well as his trade, for some time after coming hither. During the latter part of his life his time was entirely given to farming. His widow survived him until 1890, dy- ing in her eighty-seventh year. She was the mother of eleven children, seven of whom are now living: Mrs. Matilda Golding, in her seventy-first year, resides in Burlington, Iowa; Mrs. Amanda K. Parsons, is editing a temperance paper in Lafayette, Ind. ; Oscar, resides in Watseka, Ill. ; Edward, is a resident of Burlington, Iowa; Julius A., the subject of this sketch; Llewellyn and Frank, of Burlington, Iowa. J. A. Knight was about seventeen years of age when he came to this county, and he was educated at home, never attending the public schools but nineteen months during his life. He took a severe cold in his youth, which settled in his limbs, and for over six years he was confined to his room, which was just at the time when he should have been attending school. After recovering, he was again very unfortunate, and while stepping from a train of cars sprained his ankle, and his leg had to be amputated, after about a year of intense suffering, in trying to save the leg. This occurred in 1855 and unfitted him for any manual labor. In 1856 he began clerking in an insurance office, following which he kept a news stand for two years. In 1859-60 he was a clerk in the auditor's office, and for thirteen years following was in the revenue service, stationed at Zanesville. He was deputy recorder for eleven years, and in 1886 was elected to his present office, and re-elected in 1889. He was married in 1872 to Miss Belle M. Anderson, of Muskingum county, a native of Zanesville, by whom he has five children: Ralph A., Willie A., Vera M., Llewellyn S. and Isabel M. Mr. Knight and his family are members of the Second Street Methodist Episcopal church, of which he has been steward for a number of years. Mr. Knight deserves great credit for the energy he has displayed and the many difficulties he has overcome in the battle of life, and he has the confidence and respect of all who know him. He is a charter member of the Muskingum Brick Company, and is otherwise interested in the business affairs of this section. Among those of foreign birth who have become prominent in their different callings is John Krebs, farmer, Adams Mills, Ohio, whose thrift and enterprise as an agriculturist is well known. He was born on a farm in Bavaria on October 18, 1826, and his parents, William and Mary (Stark) Krebs, were natives also of that country. John Krebs was the only child born to this union, but his parents had both been married HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 493 previously and were the parents of other children. Mr. William Krebs was a substantial farmer, and followed this occupation the principal part of his, life. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and was an elder in the same. As an honorable, upright citizen he was well known and respected. He was a soldier under the great Napoleon, was in many battles, and was in the famous battle of Waterloo. He received a wound in the leg, and this troubled him all his life, for it would not heal. His son, John Krebs, received a thorough education in the German language, and being a great reader of good books and papers, he is thoroughly posted on all subjects. He is a great reader of the Bible, and is well versed on all Biblical questions. He became familiar with the duties of the farm at an early age, and was but a little over ten years of age when his father died. He then remained on the farm with his mother, and in the same house in which he was born, until twenty-nine years of age. This house was built of stone in the substantial manner of that country. In December, 1850, when twenty-four years of age, he married Miss Madelina Beauregard, and the fruits of this union were nine children, seven of whom lived to be grown: John, William, George, Samuel, Casper, Charles and Edward. In 1854 Mr. Krebs emigrated to America and came directly to Ohio, settling in Coshocton county, where he made his home for about twenty years. From there he moved to this county and settled on his present farm in 1874. He now owns 150 acres of land, and is a prosperous and successful farmer. In his religious belief he is a Presbyterian, and is an elder in that church. Politically a republican, he advocates the principles of that party. A self-made man, he has made all his property by the honest sweat of his brow, and is classed among the wide-awake, thoroughgoing men of the county. Mrs. Krebs' great uncle, Berkhart Moser, settled in Pennsylvania at an early date, and is one of the wealthiest men in his part of the country. Squire John M. Lane, farmer, Zanesville, Ohio. The Lane family, one of the oldest and most respected in Muskingum county, Ohio, numbers among its members many prominent citizens. Two brothers of this name came from England and settled in Baltimore, Md., about 1620 or 1625, and from them sprang the Lanes in America. Dalton Lane, grandfather of Squire John M. Lane, was a prosperous farmer of Baltimore county, Md., He married a Miss Hooker, and to them were born the following children: Elisha, Richard, John, Micajah, Urith, Diana, Polly and. Sallie. Mr. Lane was a slave owner and a man of good standing. He died when about sixty-five years of age. His son, John Lane, the father of Squire Lane, was born in Baltimore county, Md., on Feb- uary 27, 1770, on his father's farm. The latter received but a meager education, learned the blacksmith's trade, and married Miss Mary Milleron, daughter of Jacob Milleron, who was a German, and a successful farmer of Baltimore county, Md. Mrs. Lane was also born in Germany. The fruits of this union were eleven children: George, Jacob, John M., Samuel M., Susan, Margaret, Elizabeth, Catherine, Mary A., Harriet and Barbara, all born in Baltimore county except Samuel NI., Harriet and Barbara, who owe their nativity to Muskingum county, Ohio. Mr. Lane moved to. Muskingum county, in October, 1815, and settled about one mile northeast of where the residence of our subject now stands, in Muskingum township. He was four weeks on the road traveling in a large conestoga wagon drawn by four horses, and brought a large amount of household goods with him. He bought land of John T. Lane (an old pioneer but no connection), and upon this was a comfortable hewed-log cabin. John Lane paid him $400 for 150 acres, and immediately went to work clearing. To this he added seventy acres more and resided here for many years. When an old man he gave his land to his three surviving sons: George, seventy acres; John M. and Samuel M., seventy-five acres each; and to his daughters, his present personal property. Mrs. Lane died November 14, 1837, when fifty-five years of age, and Mr. Lane lived during the last fifteen years of his life with his son John M. His death occurred on December 14, 1854, when eighty-five years of age. He had a wonderful constitution, and was never sick until he became old, when he had fever and chills, but took very little medicine. He would doubtless have lived to a still greater age had he not met with an accident in his old age which disabled one of his limbs. He was an honorable, industrious man and was noted far and wide for those traits. It was his custom to work on the farm in pleasant weather and in the blacksmith shop when bad, and he would often labor far into the night. This did not interfere with his early rising however. His son John M., the subject of this sketch, was born in Baltimore county, Md., May 12, 1811, and the house in which his birth occurred is still standing in a state of good preservation. It was visited by him in 1876. He was but little over four years of age when he was brought by his parents to Muskingum county, Ohio, and here he received the usual education of the pioneer children, in the old log schoolhouse with the old fashioned fireplace that would take in logs twelve feet long. His teachers were James Lane, James Welsh, John Gibson, Cornelius Stedham and Wilson Cooper. Of these pioneer teachers he gained sufficient education to get a certificate to teach in the common schools of the county, 494 - HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. and followed this profession in the district where he now lives, and in this township, for three winters. He also followed farming, and on October 27, 1835, he married Miss Martha Bland, daughter of John and Nancy (Cunningham) Bland. Mr. Bland was one of the original pioneers of Muskingum county, coming from Virginia and settling on Muskingum river just above Zanesville, in the fall of 1798. The property is now in the corporation of that city. Silas Bland, one of the first white children born in this county, and the first one on the site of what is now Zanesville, was born in a sugar camp with an open front on the banks of the Muskingum river. In the spring of 1799 Mr. John Bland settled in Muskingum township, and was one of the first, if not the first settler in that township. He lived to be seventy-five years of age, dying in February, 1839. He was the father of a large family: Thomas, William, Henry, Silas, Joel, Ebenezer, John, Annie, Polly, Sidney, Margaret, Ellen and Martha. Descendants of this family now reside in this county. Following his marriage John M. Lane settled on a tract of seventy-five acres, which his father gave him, and there he resided for four years, after which he bought the land of his brother Samuel M., and resided on the old homestead. On April 1, 1858, he moved to his present residence, which he bought of William Welsh, and he has added to this from time to time until he now owns 700 acres. He has given his sons 165 acres. Like his father, Mr. Lane has always had a strong constitution, and when a young man possessed great powers of endurance. He has ever been industrious, has done a vast amount of hard work, and can now enjoy the fruits of his labor, for he has a comfortable and happy home. He has ever been a man of steady habits, excellent moral character, and has a host of warm friends. For four years he was treasurer of Muskingum county, from 1868 to 1872, and filled that position in an able and satisfactory manner. He has also held the office of township clerk, treasurer, assessor, trustee, and was justice of the peace for fifteen years. He always took a deep interest in educational matters, and served as school director for many years. In politics he was a stanch democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for Gen. Andrew Jackson, in 1832. He has voted the straight democratic ticket since that time. Mrs. Lane died June 7, 1884. She was an Old School Baptist in religion, and Squire Lane is of the same religious belief. Socially he is an Odd Fellow. During the war he was a strong union man and gave liberally of his means to secure recruits when the country needed their services. He used his influence to aid the cause and gave freely to the soldier's families. He is now a well-preserved man of eighty-one, and his mental faculties are unimpaired. His form is erect and his bearing vigorous and manly. He is a fine example of the Ohio pioneer farmer. He has one of finest farms in the county and is nearly all level except a tract of ninety acres, on which his commodious residence and farm buildings are situated. His residence, which in size and appearance is a mansion, is on a high eminence and commands a fine view of the surrounding country. It is one of the few residences still standing that was built of the famous yellow poplar that once abounded in the county. Besides his handsome property in real estate he is possessed of a goodly amount of ready money which is invested at interest in the county. He is the father of nine children who lived to maturity Mary F., Margaret, Almira, Nancy E., Lunetta V., John B. (died at the age of twenty-five years), Lewis H., William and Franklin P. Oscar H. Lane, farmer, Dresden, Ohio. Among the pioneer families of Cass township, this branch of the Lane family is the most prominent, and deserves special mention. Oscar H. Lane was born on the old homestead in Muskingum county, Ohio, May 23, 1856, was the son of Samuel L. and Jane (McDonald) Lane, and the grandson, on the paternal side, of Jacob and Achsah (Butler) Lane. Jacob Lane was born in Pennsylvania about 1790, and when a young man he came to Muskingum county, where he first found work near Zanesville, on the dam. He subsequently found employment with Capt. Taylor, who lived where Squire J. M. Lane now resides, and for odd jobs performed during the winter he received but 25 cents a day and his board. As he could find no other employment, he cheerfully performed his duties in order to save the earnings he had accumulated during the summer months. He married Miss Achsah Butler (see sketch of Joshua Butler) and to them were born nine children, four of whom lived to be grown: Samuel M., Jesse, Ebenezer and Isabel. After marriage Jacob Lane engaged in farming on the Capt. Taylor farm. resided there five years, and then bought land where Abraham Dorsey now lives. There he passed the remainder of his life. He was industrious and economical, but always liberal to the poor. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and received a pension for his services. In politics he affiliated with the republican party. He was active in all enterprises for the advancement of his county, and was one of its most successful and substantial citizens. Our subject's maternal grandparents, John and Margery (Boggs) McDonald, were natives of West Virginia, and the former was the son of Archibald McDonald, who came from Scotland and settled in Ohio county, W. Va. at an early day. The latter was a substantial farmer and lived to be an old man, dying at his home in West Virginia. He was the father of HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 495 eight children: Christiana, Rosanna, Margaret, Catherine, Jane, James, John and Elizabeth. John, the father of Mrs. Lane, was the only one to settle in Muskingum county, the remainder scattering throughout the West. John McDonald settled in Muskingum township in 1830, and there made his permanent home. To his marriage were born ten children: William, Elizabeth, Jane, Margery, Christiana, Boggs, Archibald, John (who died in infancy), James and Margaret. John Mc Donald was one of the prominent farmers of the county. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. He and wife were members of the Presbyterian church, and Mr. McDonald was one of the founders of that church in Muskingum township, and was an elder in it for many years. He was greatly interested in sheep raising, owned large flocks, and was the first to introduce Merino sheep in this county. The father of our subject, Samuel M. Lane, was born in Muskingum county, Muskingum township, Ohio, March 13, 1816, and being unusually bright and intelligent, mastered the fundamental branches taught in the pioneer schools, reading, writing and arithmetic, and was well versed in history. When twenty-six years of age on February 16, 1843, he married Miss Jane McDonald, and soon afterward settled on the farm where the family now reside, which then consisted of 110 acres all covered with heavy oak timber, many of the giant trees being hundreds of years old. With his own hands Mr. Lane cleared a small portion on which he erected a log cabin, and after many years of toil and privations this vast forest was leveled, and in its place sprang up well cultivated farms. Mr. and Mrs. Lane's union was blessed by the birth of twelve children: Helen (died in infancy), Elizabeth, Christina, James H. (died in infancy), Jacob (died in infancy), John (died after marriage at the age of twenty-five), Cyrus B. (died at the age of eighteen years), Oscar H. (subject), Olive J., Samuel M., Eva (died in infancy) and Addie M. In politics Mr. Lane advocated the principles of the republican party. He was a Baptist in his religious belief, was a man of good general information, and was a representative citizen. At the time of his death he was the owner of 210 acres of excellent land. Oscar H. Lane received a common-school education in Muskingum county, and when but a lad became familiar with the duties of the farm. On December 30, 1884, he was married to Miss Tirzah McGinnis, daughter of Squire Daniel and Maria (Morgan) McGinnis, and shortly afterward went to housekeeping on the old homestead. To his union were born two children: Homer B. and Gladys. Like his father, Oscar is a strong republican, and for a young man, he has won the confidence and esteem of the people in an unusual degree. He has held the office of assessor three terms, was the last census enumerator, and also held the position of township clerk two terms. He takes a decided interest in educational matters, and was a member of the board of education. His mother, who is a devout member of the Presbyterian church, is still living, and her reminiscences of pioneer days are very interesting. She is a lady of more than ordinary intelligence. Peter B. Lane, Otsego, Ohio, is one of Muskingum county's old soldier citizens and from an old pioneer family. His grandfather, Abraham Lane, was from Pennsylvania, where he was married and became the father, by this wife, of Samuel, Abraham and Jacob. This wife died in Pennsylvania and Mr. Lane married Mary Baker. They had five children: Mary E., George, Sallie, Achsah, and Dr. Jeremiah (one of the old physicians of this part of the country, who practiced medicine at Bloomfield for many years). For a full sketch of the Lane family see sketch of John M. Lane. Jacob Lane, of Muskingum county, was a half brother of Jacob Lane, who was the grandfather of our subject, and who first settled near Dresden. He then entered land in Highland township, where he cleared a farm from the wilderness and made a home. He lived to a good old age. George Lane, the father of Peter B., was a son of Jacob Lane by his second wife. He was either born in Highland township or brought there when a child and educated in the rugged schools of that time. He married Rebecca Bond, daughter of Peter Bond. After his marriage he settled on the old home farm which his father had entered, where he lived nearly all his life. To Mr. and Mrs. Lane were born seven children : James, George W., Abraham, Peter B., Jeremiah, Jacob and Martha. At the time of his death Mr. Lane owned 367 acres of land and was a self-made man. having made all his property by his own undivided efforts. In later life he bought land in Monroe township and made a new farm. Mr. Lane died on this farm at the age of sixty years. Both himself and wife were members of the Baptist church, of which he was trustee for several years. In politics he was a democrat, a regular true blue. Peter B. Lane, his son, was born on the old homestead in Highland township January 20, 1843, reared as a farmer, receiving no education and through life has depended upon his intelligence and has done as well as many better educated men. In September, 1862, he enlisted Company F, Seventy-eighth regiment Ohio Volunteer infantry, served seven months, was disabled by sickness caused by exposure and was in the hospital at Holly Springs and Memphis, Tenn., about two months. He has never regained his health and has been unfit for active work ever since. He 496 - HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. married Mary E. Abbott, July 30, 1863. She was born May 17, 1846, and was the daughter of Moses and C. (Foster) Abbott. The father was born in the state of Indiana and was the son of Moses Abbott and was the father of four children: Margaret J., Rebecca A., Mary E. and Eppa. Both Mr. and Mrs. Abbott were members of the Baptist church. He lived to the age of fifty-nine years, respected by all. The Abbott family descended from the Puritan family of Maine, who were among the best settlers of that state and descended from them are the famous John S. C. Abbott, the great historian, and Jacob Abbott, the popular author and teacher. Moses Abbott was a soldier in the Civil war, Company F, Seventy-eighth regiment, Ohio Volunteer infantry, and served six months. He was injured in a railroad accident and died in Monroe 'township. After marriage, Peter B. Lane settled on the home place and in 1869 came to his present farm, which was then but a wilderness and which he has converted into a good stock farm by industry. To Mr. and Mrs. Lane were born eleven children: Alonzo H. (born April 28, 1865), Laura L. (born January 4, 1867; married John Conway, a farmer of Monroe township, and has three children), George M. (born July 16, 1868, and married Lulu Ford. He is a farmer of Monroe township and has two children), Jeremiah B. born July 29, 1870), Susannah B. (born January 13, 1873), Charles F. (born August 17, 1876), Catherine R. born May 19, 1878), William 0. (born October 28, 1880), John E. (born March 2, 1883), Ira E. (born August 22, 1885), Peter W. (born April 19, 1888). All are living. Mr. Lane is respected by his fellow citizens, and has held the office of township trustee for three years. He takes great interest in educational matters. He is a public-spirited man, an industrious and practical farmer, who stands deservedly high as a straightforward citizen. He is giving his children all good common-school educations. He was twenty-one years of age when he married and is now forty-nine years of age. Mrs. Lane was but seventeen years old when married, and they have eleven children and five grandchildren living. James A. Leasure, farmer, Brush Creek, Ohio. In former years the life of the farmer was considered a laborious one, but in this progressive age, with such improvements in machinery, he can do his work with half the dispatch or labor as in the time of his father, and in fact work but little if any harder than the average man who strives to make a living. Mr. Leasure is one of the successful farmers who have kept thoroughly apace with the times, and has reached the condition of life mentioned above. His father, Henry Leasure (deceased), was a native of the Keystone state, born in Bedford county, and was the son of William Leasure, a native of the same county and of German descent, probably. He was married in his native state to Miss Sophia Shane and in 1832 he and his wife and three children, Isaac, Elizabeth (deceased) and Amos (deceased), started in the latter part of November, in a covered wagon drawn by a team of horses, and slowly journeyed toward Ohio. Winter had set in, and they suffered much from cold and exposure, but being possessed of the heroic spirit for which the early settlers were so famous, they struggled on and finally reached Muskingum county. The year following Mr. Leasure purchased 204 acres of land, a small portion of which had been cleared and on which a log cabin had been erected, and he and family at once began clearing and improving. Here the father passed the closing scenes of his life. Although he came here with limited means and was obliged to work by the month the first year, he succeeded beyond his expectations and accumulated considerable property. The children born in this county were: Sarah Ann, widow of John Addison; James A., and William H., who resides in Lewis county, Mo., Mr. and Mrs. Leasure were acceptable members of the M. E. church with which they had been connected many years, and took a great interest in all good work. He took an active part in the erection of the Methodist church that was erected about 1840. Politically he was a democrat, supporting in all elections the principles of democracy. He died May 6, 1890, in the eighty-ninth year of his age. His wife had died May 28, 1868, when sixty-four years of age. She was born close to Hagerstown in Maryland. James A. Leasure was born on the old homestead in Muskingum county, September 10, 1836, and his youthful days were passed in assisting on the farm, and in attending the common schools a few short weeks each year. In April, 1861, he responded to the first three months' call for troops, by enlisting in the tenth Indiana Volunteer infantry, Company F, and was in the command of Gen. Rosecranz. He participated with his regiment in the battle of Rich Mountain and was discharged at the expiration of his term of enlistment. He returned to his home, and in the same year (1861) he was married to Miss Rachel Buchanan, daughter of Jefferson and Jane (Conway) Buchanan. One year later he settled in Newton township where he now resides and rented land for three years. He then bought 169 acres of the same land, then 123 acres, and now has a fine place. He is a prosperous and enterprising citizen of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Leasure's marriage has been blessed by the birth of five children: Rosetta M. (deceased), Carrie A., Amos A., Jennie and Birdie E. Carrie, who was a teacher, married John Morrison, who also followed that profession. HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 497 Mrs. Leasure's father, Jefferson Buchanan, who was the son of Archibald Buchanan, was born in Ohio county, W. Va. He married Miss Jane Conway and afterward settled in Newton township, this county, where he followed tanning, becoming celebrated in this business. To his marriage were born two children, Mary and Rachel. Mr. Buchanan died July 12, 1845, when but thirty-five years of age. Mrs. Buchanan afterward married Adam Elson by whom she had one child, Martha, who is the widow of James Palmer. Mr. Elson died in 1856. She was born in Ireland, May 10, 1816, and was but eight days old when her parents (William and Margaret Conway), started with her to America. Mr. and Mrs. Leasure are members of the Presbyterian church in which they have held membership for a number of years. Prominent among the early pioneer families of Ohio we mention the Leech family, formerly of Guernsey county. Mrs. Mary A. Leech is living with her sons, William and James T., on a nicely improved farm about two miles north of New Concord, Highland township, this state. She was the wife of Thompson Leech, who was born and reared in Guernsey county, Adams township, and the son of Matthew and Nancy (Thompson) Leech. The father was among the early settlers of that county, a prominent citizen in his day, and reared a large family, some still living on the old home place in Guernsey county. Thompson married Mary A. Moorehead about 1846, and lived one year in Guernsey county, after which he moved to Van Buren county, Iowa, and settled on a farm. After a residence here of six months he died, leaving a wife and two small children. The mother and two boys came back to Ohio and went to live with Mrs. Leech's father, James Moorehead, and are still residing on the farm, which is one of the oldest in the township of Highland. James Moorehead was among the earliest settlers here. He took up a home about 1813, improved it, made a good farm of it, and here lived until his death, in 1874. He was a prominent man in the county, and one of the richest. He took for his wife Ann McComb, and they reared a family of five children, four still living. The eldest child, John L., is living in Zanesville (he is married, had a large family, two children only now living); Samuel, is living in Bloomfield; Mary A. ; Mrs. Leech ; Elizabeth, Mrs. Pliley, of Zanesville; Joseph, died at an early day and was the first person buried in the U. P. graveyard at Bloomfield; Joseph, who moved to Arkansas and there died. The mother of this family died in 1865. Both the Leech and Moorehead families came from good old pioneer stock, and of Revolutionary fame. Mrs. Mary Leech is one of the oldest ladies in this county. She was born March 5, 1816, in Washington county, Penn. The old home is now owned by Mrs. Leech and her younger son, James T. He is a good farmer and business man, has ably managed the farm and built a handsome new house upon it. It is without doubt one of the best improved places in the township. James T. is an enterprising, progressive young man, takes a great interest in public matters, and in politics is a republican. His mother is a member of the United Presbyterian church, in which she has always interested herself. Prominent among the well-known and highly respected citizens of Muskingum county, is Dr. Leroy S. Lenhart, Chandlersville, who owes his nativity to this county, his birth occurring on June 17, 1832. He was the third in order of birth of five children born to Joseph and Nancy (Vickers) Lenhart, the father of German and the mother of English descent. Her father built the first frame house in Zanesville, and was sheriff in that county for many years. Joseph Lenhart was a native of the Buckeye state. Dr. Leroy S. Lenhart received a liberal education in the schools of Morgan county, Ohio, and commenced the practice of medicine in 1856. He located in Salt Creek township, Muskingum county in 1860, where he has had a large practice for years. He is a self-made man, and what he has accomplished in the way of this world's goods is the result of his good managment and skill in his profession. He owns 200 acres of the best land in the county, and has an orchard ninety years old that still bears fruit. In politics he is a republican. Dr. Lenhart was married in 1858 to Miss Sophia Robertson, daughter of John and Hannah (Boggs) Robertson. To them have been born four children: Alice May (now Mrs. Jordan), Charles Milton, Elmer Leroy and Lillie. All living except Lillie. Mr. and Mrs. Lenhart are classed among the best citizens of the county, and have many warm friends. James J. Lewis is a native-born citizen of Muskingum county, Ohio, and first saw the light of day in the year 1830. His childhood was spent in his native township of Salt creek, but at a later period he became a resident of Wayne township, where he made his home for twenty years. At the end of this time he removed to Morgan county, Ohio, where he became interested in the milling business on Wolf creek, doing both a grist and sawmilling business. In 1867 he sold out his milling interests and purchased at one time seventy acres, and at another ninety acres of land, which constitutes a portion of the farm on which he is now residing. Everything about his farm shows that he thoroughly understands his business, and as he has never entered the arena of political life, all his time has been devoted to the successful tilling of his land. Although repeatedly solicited to accept pub- 498 - HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. lic office he has invariably refused, the strife and turmoil of political life having no charms for him. In 1864 he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Sixty-first Ohio Volunteer infantry, and became first lieutenant of his company. His regiment was immediately ordered to the front and became a part of a Virginia command. At Martinsburg he was wounded by a bullet in one of his eyes, which eventually caused the loss of that member. He served over his time of enlistment (100 days), was honorably discharged and returned to his Ohio home. He was married in 1860 to Prudence D. Holcomb, and to them three children have been born: Carrie M., Cora A. and Addie E. Mr. Lewis, his wife and children are members of the Methodist Protestant church, and are active in all good works. Politically he is a republican, and supports the men and measures of that party on all important issues. Jacob Lhane is a pioneer farmer of Muskingum county, Ohio, and although his life has been a rather uneventful one, it has been neither useless nor aimless. He has faithfully discharged his duties as they presented themselves; has ever discharged his obligations in the most upright manner, and his many worthy traits of heart and head have won him not only the respect but also the affection of all who know him. He was born in Franklin county, Penn., October 13, 1815, the eldest son and fourth child of ten children born to Jacob and Mary (Longdorf) Lhane, who were native Germans and came to America in their youthful days. They were married in Franklin county, Penn., and there reared their children. The father was a carpenter and farmer, and was a man whose record was honorable in every worthy particular. Jacob Lhane was left an orphan when about twelve years of age, and, for a number of years thereafter, experienced many hardships in endeavoring to provide himself with the necessaries of life. His youthful days were spent in the county of his birth in learning the details of farming, and there he was married, on September 13, 1829, to Miss Cass Rockwell, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1812, a daughter of William Rockwell, of Franklin county, Penn. In 1840 Mr. Lhane came with his family to Perry township, Muskingum county, Ohio, and here at once purchased a farm, which, after conducting a number of years, he disposed of, and for the past thirty-two years he has lived on his present fertile and admirably conducted farm of 115 acres, in the east part of Salem township. In time a family of ten children gathered about his board, but two are deceased: Samuel is a farmer, of this county; John is a farmer, of Missouri; William was killed by a falling tree in Perry town-ship, in 1857; Jacob is at home; George is at home; Elliot, in Missouri, and Michael, at home, are twins; Mary is at home; Susan died in early childhood, and Sarah is the wife of Harry F. Finley, of this township. Mr. Lhane was left a widower in 1876, since which time his daughter, Mary, has kept house for him. He and his family worship in the Methodist Episcopal church, and he and his sons vote the democratic ticket, the principles of which party they warmly support. Mr. Lhane is a general farmer, and his place is indicative of thrift and energy, which attributes have been among his chief characteristics from boyhood up. He has lived a most blameless life, and his worst enemy, had he one, could say nothing derogatory to his character. He stands well in the esteem of all who are so fortunate as to number him among their acquaintances, and is honored and respected in a high degree by his own immediate family. His sons, Samuel and John, were soldiers in the late Civil war and saw some hard service. Capt. E. Little is a native of Muskingum county, Ohio, and resides on a farm in Madison township, although his birth occurred in Washington township, two miles from the county court house in 1829, he being the youngest son and next to the youngest child born to Thomas and Alice (Barcroft) Little, who became the parents of the following children: Fannie, Mary, Edna, Sarah, Susan, Martha, Elizabeth, John, Ambrose, James, Elizabeth and the subject of this sketch. Thomas Little, the father, was born in New Jersey in 1780, and his death occurred in 1842, in this county, whither he moved in 1818, settling near the town of Dresden on a farm. He was married in the state of his birth, but reared his family principally in Muskingum county, and being in moderate circumstances, gave them all such advantages as the country at that day afforded. His wife was born the same year as himself but survived him six years, dying in this county. In his youth, Capt. E. Little attended school in district No. 5, also Denison university, and in 1859 was here united in marriage to Miss Ann Randall, daughter of Abel and Mary (Van Voorhies) Randall, her birth occurring in this county in 1837. She was one of five children, all of whom are living elsewhere except her brother, D. V. Randall, who lives at Frazeysburg. Two other brothers reside in Kansas and one in California. Mrs. Little's parents died in this county after a residence of many years, the father's death occurring in 1864 and the mother's in 1884, their advent in the county dating from 1812. Captain and Mrs. Little in time became the parents of the following children: M. Kate, Alexander R., Anna L., Alice B., and E. Grant. These children have been attendants of some of the best educational institutions in this section of the state. Capt. Little is a prosperous farmer, and is the owner of several HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 499 farms of as good land as the county affords. Large crops are annually raised on the cultivated portion, and most of the remainder is devoted to stockraising, in which branch of agriculture the Captain has been quite successful. In 1863 he entered the Ohio National guards and was elected captain of Company H, Eleventh regiment, Ohio National guards, which in May, 1864, entered the regular service for 100 days and was made the One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Ohio regiment. Capt. Little and his company were detached at Baltimore, and were detailed to guard the hospital and supplies at that point. He left the service in August, 1864. He is a member of the Cass post No. 415, of the G. A. R., at Dresden. Although Capt. Little was reared a democrat and his first vote was for Franklin Pierce, he changed his politics at the opening of the war and has since been a republican, on which ticket he was elected to the state legislature in the fall of 1863, and again in the fall of 1884. He introduced the Bohemian oats bill which eventually drove the dealer in that product out of the state of Ohio, and in various other ways he showed himself to be thoroughly alive to the interests of his state, and especially his section. His home is situated about two and one-half miles from Dresden. William Littler, councilman, Frazeysburg, Ohio, is one of the quiet citizens of Muskingum county, and a man universally respected. He is of German-Scotch descent, his great-grandfather, John Littler, a German, having married a Scotch lady. The great-grandfather and mother came to America at a period antedating the Revolution, and the former would have enlisted had he not been prevented by sickness. His son, John Littler Jr., grandfather of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania, and married a Miss Newman, of German extraction. To them were born these children: Nathan, Thomas, John, Martha, Catherine, Leah and Rachel. John Littler moved to Virginia, and settled on a farm in Hardee county, where he re- sided until eighty-three years of age. He was a very wealthy man for those days. His wife died at the age of seventy-four. He was a man of more than ordinary education, and was circuit judge for many years, also justice of the peace. He was col- onel in the militia, and was known as Squire Lit- tler all through that country. He was a member of the Methodist church, as were his ancestors for generations, being among the followers of John and Charles Wesley. He intended serving in the Mexican war, but his great weight, and sickness prevented him. His son, John Littler third, father of subject, was born on the old homestead in Vir- ginia in 1813, received a common-school education, and became familiar with the duties Of the farm at an early age. He was married in Virginia to Miss Harriet Fry, daughter of Samuel Fry, of Winchester, Va., and afterward followed his trade, that of saddle maker, becoming very wealthy at this. To Mr. and Mrs. Littler were born eight children: John (died at the age of two years), William, Miranda, Ann, John, Harriet, Thomas and Virginia, all born in Hardee county, Va., on the old homestead. Mr. Littler moved to Newark, Ohio, in 1848, and followed farming near the city until 1855, when he moved to Licking county, where he continued his former pursuit. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal, and his wife a member of the Presbyterian church. He held the position of steward, trustee, chorister and class-leader, and was prominent in all good work. He was a fine singer, and took a great interest in church matters. In politics he was democratic until his son returned from the war, when he became a republican. William Littler, subject of this sketch, was born August 14, 1837, and received a very limited education, merely learning to read and write at a writing school, which he attended several terms. He was about nine years of age when he came with his parents to Ohio. The family came by wagon, and young William walked most of the way. He followed farming until August 7, 1862, when he enlisted in Company E, Ninety-fourth Illinois Volunteer infantry, at Gridley, McLean county, Ill., for three years. He had left home the year before to make his own way in life, but on account of his father's failing health all his wages were sent home to help support the family. He served three years and nine days, was honorably discharged in 1865. He was in the battle of Prairie Grove, Ark., December 7, 1862; raid on Van Buren, December 26, 1862; siege of Vicksburg, June and July, 1863; Morganza Bend, September 5, 1863; Yazoo City, July 12, 1863; siege of Fort Morgan, Ala. , December 22, 1864; siege of Spanish Fort in March and April, and capture of Fort Blakely April 9, 1865. This remarkable list of battles Mr. Littler participated in from first to last, and was under fire sixty-one days. He escaped without wounds, although his head was grazed by bullets, and his foot by a piece of shell. He was not in hospital, but was sunstruck at Morganza Bend, and remained upon the field of battle, unconscious, for forty-eight hours. This disabled him for about nine months, but he was sent home on recruiting service. He has never fully recovered from the effects of his sunstroke. He returned to Illinois, and was married in Muskingum county, Ohio, to Miss Margaret A. Spencer, daughter of Simeon and Mary Spencer. Mr. Spencer was born in America, but was of German descent. His grandfather was born in New Jersey, but the great-grandfather came from Germany. Edward Spencer, father of Simeon, was