288 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) He has been a frequent contributor to the newspapers, writing upon many topics of general interest, in all of which he has displayed an intimate knowledge of the subject that came from close study and careful consideration. Mr. Price was married in 1864 to Miss Carrie Parshall, who was born in Putnam, a suburb of Zanesville. and is a daughter of David Parshall. They hold membership in the Methodist church and are well known in the city where they have spent their entire lives. Mr. Price is a loyal and patriotic American, devoted to the interests of his home land and his native community. His life has been a straightforward, honorable and upright one. Indolence is utterly foreign to his nature, and his enterprise, perseverance and capable management have been the stepping stones by which he has risen from a humble to a prominent position and have been manifest in his political and public career as well as in his business life. Although he has no children of his own, Mr. Price reared Joshua D. Price, the son of an older brother, who died on the 7th of October. 1852. leaving a widow and two young daughters, the son not being born until the 14th of the following November. At that time the family were living at the home of our subject's father, where they remained for a number of years. Robert Price took charge of the son, who was given good educational advantages, attending both the public schools and a business college. At the age of fifteen he began his business career as bookkeeper for Burroughs Brothers, manufacturers of furniture. and was given one hundred and fifty dollars for six months' work with the promise of higher wages later , but as the company was not meeting wit inch success at that time. Mr. Price accepted the position of bookkeeper in the drug house of Dr. Graham, being recommended by his former employer, Mr. Burroughs. He remained with Dr. Graham for ten years, and at the end of that time formed a partnership with William C. Orr and W. C. Brown, of Cambridge. and a Mr. McLellan. They embarked in the wholesale drug business at Columbus, Ohio, where they still carry on business under the name of Orr, Brown & Price. CHRISTIAN NIELSON. The prosperity of any community depends upon its commercial and industrial activity and its trade relations, and, therefore, the real upbuilders of a town are those who stand at the head of the leading enterprises. Zanesville in large measure owes its upbuilding to the development of the natural resources of this part of the country for pottery manufacture and it is in this line of labor that Christian Nielson has become well known as a representative citizen of Muskingum county. He is to-day at the head of the Nielson Pottery Company, manufacturers of majolica ware. A native of Denmark, he was born in 1870 and was the third in order of birth in a' family of seven children, whose parents were. Peter and Hannah Nielson, also natives of that. country, the father following the occupation of farming. Mr. Nielson was educated in the common schools of his native place and also attended the Royal Academy of Art in Copenhagen. where he studied sculpture. He afterward worked in a porcelain factory of that city for a Year, when, thinking that he might have better business opportunities in the new world he crossed the Atlantic to the United States in 1891, locating at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, where he secured a position as a designer in the C. Pardee tile factory. There he remained until 1892. when he removed to Stamford. Connecticut, where he was employed as a designer for a year. Subsequently he went to East Liverpool, Ohio, where he worked for Homer Laughlin for a year and then returned to Perth Amboy to the tile works. Another year was spent b him there and in 1894 he came to Zanesville as designer for the American Encaustic "File Works, acting in that capacity until 1902, when he accepted the superintendency of the Roseville Pottery. Resigning that position in the early part of 1905 he joined Henry Rockel and W. Miller and their wives in incorporating the Nielson Potters- Company. This was effected in February with AI r. Miller as president, Henry Rockel as secretary and treasurer, and Mr. Nielson as general manager. The business was capitalized for ten thousand dollars and the plant is now operated in the manufacture of majolica pottery. Many orders have already been received and the prospects are excellent for a large and growing patronage. They manufacture a large and elegant line of art pottery, vases. etc. The work which secured for Homer Laughlin the gold medal at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893 was designed by Mr. Nielson. In 1896 Mr. Nielson was married to Miss Ernestine Rockel, a daughter of August Rockel and a native of Brooklyn, New York, born in 1868. Mr. and Mrs. Nielson are members of the English Lutheran church and he belongs to the Elks lodge. His study of the political situation in America and of the questions and issues of the day has led him to give his support to the republican party but he has had neither time nor inclination for office. His business career has been characterized by consecutive advancement and his success is no doubt largely due to the fact that he has always continued in the line of business PAGE 289 - PICTURE OF CHRISTIAN NIELSON PAGE 290 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 291 in which he embarked as a young tradesman. Therefore, concentrating his efforts upon this one department of labor, he has continually progressed, gaining greater knowledge and efficiency through study and experience until he to-day thoroughly understands the working principles of pottery manufacture and at the same time has artistic skill that enables him to place upon the market wares of most attractive design. WILLIAM J. MASON. William J. :Mason, prominent in agricultural and political circles in Muskingum county, was born in Meigs township, December 12, 1850, and is descended from a prominent Virginian family that was established in America in colonial days. the ancestry being traced back to Colonel George Mason, who crossed the Atlantic from England about the year 1651. His paternal great-grandfather, Peter A Mason, was for many years a resident of Hanover county, Virginia, but spent Ins later years in Orange county, that state, and it was there that Tallies Mason. the grandfather. was born and reared. Having arrived at years of maturity he married his second cousin, Eliza A Mason. a native of Hanover county, Virginia. She was the granddaughter of Thompson Mason, who was the younger brother of George A I ason, a prominent member of the convention which framed the constitution of the United States. Thompson Mason was a direct descendant of Colonel George Alason, a member of the English parliament in the reign of Charles I. of England, and after the defeat of the king's troops at Worcester in 1651 he escaped to Virginia, losing all of his possessions in England. At the time of their marriage James and Eliza Mason took up their abode in Orange county, Virginia, and after ten years removed to Spottsylvania county, where they spent their remaining days. James Mason was a soldier of the war of 1812. He had three children, of whom one died in infancy, the others being Judge William Thompson Mason and James Mason. His widow became the wife of Jefferson Almond, a farmer of Spottsylvania county, Virginia, and they have three children : Oscar. George and Susan j. The mother lived to the age of eighty-one years. William Thompson Mason, born in Spottsvlvania county. Virginia, October 17, 1816, was educated in the common schools of the Old Dominion and of Ohio. He was left fatherless when ten years of age and from that time was dependent entirely upon his own resources for a living. On the 1st of November 1832, he came with relative.; into Muskingum county, Ohio. traveling by wagon. Here he worked as a farm hand. receiving from thirty-one to thirty-seven and a half cents per day. The education which he managed to acquire enabled him to teach school and with the proceeds of his labor he purchased a farm of eighty acres in Meigs township, for which he paid ten dollars per acre. There he carried on agricultural pursuits with success and he was also called to various public offices, serving as assessor, clerk and trustee of his township and also justice of the peace and constable. He acted as justice of the peace in Meigs township for nine years and then in 1857 was chosen by popular ballot for the office of probate judge of Muskingum county. At that time he removed to Zanesville, where he remained for six years, after which lie purchased a farm of three hundred and twenty acres and resumed agricultural life. This was one of the first settled places of Muskingum county and Judge Mason continued its further improvement and development for many years. In 1843 he wedded Mary 'Thornburgh, a daughter of Thomas and Nancy ( Cunningham ) Thornburgh. Her father was a soldier of the war of 1812 and after participating in several battles was taken prisoner. He came from Pennsylvania to Ohio, where he followed the professions of surveying and school-teaching. Mr. and Airs. Mason took up their abode on a farm in Meigs township and as the years passed became the parents of six children : Susan E.: Eliza F. Thomas E., who died in infancy: Maria L., who has also passed away : Mary S.. who died in infancy and William J. The last named is indebted to the district school for the early educational privileges he enjoyed and which were supplemented by study in the public schools of Zanesville and in Muskingum College at New Concord, Ohio. He was graduated from the commercial college at Zanesville and for four years successfully engaged in teaching in Salem, Perry and Union townships. In 1874 he was married and two year's later took up his abode upon the old home farm. At that tine he was conducting a store in Sonora. in which he continued until 1878. when his store was destroyed by fire. He then again located on the old family homestead. In 1874 Mr. Mason was united in marriage to Miss Maria Hadden, a daughter of Samuel M. and Ann (Larimore) Hadden. Her father was horn in Jefferson county, Ohio. in 1805, while Airs. Mason was born.. in Union township, Muskingum county. September 23, 1853. She traveled life's journey with her husband for about twenty-eight years and was then called to her final rest May 3, 1900. There are three children of that marriage: Ethel L., born December 12, 1877: Louie C., born August 30, 1880, and Harold H., born October 9, 1882, all at home. Mr. Mason has figured prominently in local political circles for many years as a champion of the 292 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. democracy. The early offices conferred upon him were those of clerk, treasurer and school director of his township, and he has been township treasurer for twenty years. In 1891 he was a candidate for clerk of the court of appeals but was defeated. In the previous year he was a member of the state decennial board of equalization, representing the fifteenth and sixteenth districts, of Ohio, and was elected appraiser for Perry township in 1900. He has three times been the party nominee for clerk of the county court, and he has been county committeeman of his party through various campaigns. in some of which democratic successes have been registered, while other times the election has recorded the defeat of the party principles. In 1892 Mr. Mason removed to Zanesville, where he lived for about eighteen months, and in April, 1894, he returned to his farm, purchasing all of the land of the Hadden estate, comprising three hundred and thirty acres in Union township. In 1889 he purchased all of the land belonging to his father's estate, thus becoming the owner of three hundred and twenty acres in Perry township and fifty-two acres in Salem township. He also bought a house on Marquette street. in Zanesville, but afterward sold that property and purchased the home which he now owns in Norwich. He owes his success to his foresight in buying sheep when they sold at a low figure and then shearing them he stored the wool until the market rose, thus clearing a very handsome sum of money on his investment. He has no indebtedness and is to-day the owner of valuable farming property together with some bank stock. Much of his land he now rents, merely giving to it his supervision. Mr. Mason is a member of Malta Lodge, No. 118, A. F. & A. M. at Norwich, and has served as worshipful master for six consecutive years. He also belongs to the Elks lodge at Zanesville and, figuring prominently in business, political and social circles, has become one of the prominent and influential citizens of Muskingum county, respected by all for what he has accomplished. He is a man of untiring enterprise and keen discernment and justly deserves mention among the leading citizens of this part of the state. EZEKIAL TAYLOR COX Ezekial Taylor Cox was born in Upper Freehold township, New Jersey, May 25. 1795. and was the tenth son of General James and Ann (Potts) Cox. His opportunities for obtaining an education were limited, but he had the good fortune of serving an apprenticeship with General James J. Wilson, a relative and editor of the True American, one of the most important newspapers of the day. In 1810, while thus engaged, his father, then a member of congress from the Monmouth district, died and Ezekial was thrown entirely Upon his own resources, but his studious and industrious habits, probity and natural aptness served him well and before he was twenty years of age was made a partner in the True American, became an important factor in politics and was chosen as state printer. Strongly impressed with the opportunities offered a young man in the west Mr. Cox took his Ramage printing press and started on a long trip through the wilderness for the new state of Ohio, located at Zanesville, and in 1819 purchased the Muskingum Messenger. Hearty support was given President Monroe and the now famous Monroe doctrine and his admiration for Andrew Jackson was so intense and was so forcefully expressed in the Messenger. that it became the most influential Jacksonian organ in the state. His brothers, Rev. Samuel Jones Cox and Judge Horatio J. Cox, both able and prominent men in Zanesville, although disagreeing with him politically, were also interested in the paper. From 1821 to 1828 and from 1834 to 1841 he served as clerk of the court of common pleas of I Muskingum county, and from November; 1821. to October, 1830. as county recorder, and from 1821 to 1828, and from 1834 to 1852, was clerk of the supreme court, under the old constitution. and performed his duties so ably as to receive the commendation alike of the bench, bar and clients. In 1831 he was elected to the Ohio senate from the Muskingum district, and was the last survivor of that assembly. As a member he championed public improvements, the construction of canals and the slack water improvement of the Muskingum river. In 1833 he built a steam paper mill at the north end of Seventh street, near the river and the destruction of the plant by fire, in 1837, was a severe financial loss. In 1840 lie purchased a farm in Springfield township, which is still in possession of the family, and in 1850 purchased the Gazette and again entered the newspaper field. He was appointed United States marshal and while occupying the office was directed to apprehend a runaway slave. Although an anti-slavery man he did not shirk his oath nor resign when confronted by a difficult and embarrassing situation, and for performing a personally most disagreeable duty he was summarily expelled from the Market Street Baptist church, which he had served as deacon for a number of years. In 1866 President Johnson, during the recess of congress, appointed him pension agent for Ohio, but being a democrat the senate refused to confirm him and his administration lasted about one year by the ad-interim appointment. PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 293 On April 9, 1822, Mr. Cox married Maria Matilda, daughter of Judge Samuel and Mary (Freeman) Sullivan, and April 9, 1872, they celebrated their golden wedding at the old farm, surrounded by children and grandchildren. One year later, May 18, 1873, Mr. Cox (lied and his remains were interred in Woodlawn. The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Cox : Th0mas Jefferson; Samuel Sullivan (Sunset) ; Lavinia, who married Dr. R. H. Sedgwick; Eliza; Alexander Sullivan ; A I aria ; Ezekial Taylor John ; Angelina Sullivan, who married Thomas H. Sites ; Edwin ; Augustus Caesar : Elizabeth Miles, who married married IL Taylor; and Alan- Sullivan, who married Tileston F. Spangler. A local paper said in an obituary : "Whether we regard Mr. Cox as a pioneer citizen of this place, as an early and constant friend of its improvement, as an officer and legislator, as a political and social friend, as a kind indulgent father and affectionate husband ; whether as an adventurous printer and editor in the wilderness of Ohio combating with untried difficulties. and not only accomplished at the case and the press, but clear, technical and accurate in style of writing, or as a faithful, well informed and attentive officer of the court. courteous to judges, jurors, witnesses, suitors and lawyers; or as a Christian man. of just views and honest conduct, refined by extensive reading and reflection, and a constant communion with his Bible and his God. his name will be remembered with honor. He reflects credit upon his children as well as the city and state in which he lived." THOMAS JEFFERSON COX. Thomas Jefferson Cox, eldest son of Ezekial T. and Maria Matilda (Sullivan) ) Cox, was born at Zanesville. March lo, 1823. and attended the “old academy" and the school conducted by Rev. George Sedgwick. When fifteen years of age he went to Granville College, now Denison University, but did not complete his course, as his desires were so strong to be with his uncle. Colonel John H. Sullivan. then prominent in the affairs of Iowa territory. In 1843 he returned to Ohio and took charge of his father's farm in Springfield township and became a skillful farmer. The studies which were interrupted by his western trip were resumed at odd times and at night, and during the winters lie taught school, Mr. Cox was an old-fashioned democrat and so great was his admiration for Thomas Jefferson that he added "Jefferson" to his own name. He manifested great interest in public affairs. especially the public schools and agriculture, and he was active in promoting agricultural societies. The allurements of public office were ineffectual upon him and his declinations to enter public life were usually accompanied by the averment that "politicians made poor farmers." When the national life was threatened he tendered his services to the general government and June It, 1862, was commissioned captain and appointed assistant quartermaster by President Lincoln and ordered to report to General Buell. He was assigned to duty at Nashville. Tennessee, where he was placed in charge of the clothing, camp and garrison equipment and other public property at that important depot, from which the supplies for the armies of the Cumberland and the Tennessee were drawn. His high executive ability- and fidelity secured the confidence of the commanding generals, and he served on the staffs of Generals 'Buell, Rosecranz and Thomas and proved himself equal to every emergency, whether sudden or anticipated, . He organized his men into companies and battalions and they constructed earthworks around Nashville and were often in the trenches in defense of the city, and during the battle of Nashville he was in command of a brigade. On March 13, 1865, he was brevetted major for faithful and meritorious service and during that year General J. L. Donaldson, chief quartermaster, reported that Major Cox's duties had been very extensive and that not a single complaint. from any point, had been received of the want of essential supplies for the large armies dependent upon this post. "Major Cox is an upright, faithful and energetic officer, of excellent character, good habits and fine business attainments." On A May 25, 1866, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and July 25, to a full colonelcy. The war having ended he was extremely anxious to return to the farm, but when the time arrived for his muster out General Thomas could not spare him and another date was fixed to be again deferred. At last the day arrived and September 17, 1866, he was to start for home but was on that day stricken with cholera and (lied within a few hours. His brother officers did all that was possible for his recovery and officers of the highest rank officiated as pallbearers at the military funeral given Ins remains at Nashville. Later the body was brought to Zanesville and re-interred in Woodlawn. Chaplain David H. Moore officiating. A I any returned volunteers were in attendance. the pall bearers being Generals Leggett, Wiles and Lane. Major Reamy, Captain L. L.. Cox and Lieutenant Jones. In general orders Quartermaster General Meigs announced. with sorrow. the death of Colonel Cox : "In all his term of duty in the quartermaster's department Colonel Cox merited and received the approbation and commendation of his superior officers. He fell a victim to the pestilence while at 294 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. the post of duty." General Donaldson reported Colonel Cox's life ended "just as he had completed an honorable career in the service of his country ; as an officer he was capable and honest and he has never had his superior as a business man." Colonel Cox was married, April 29, 1846, to Lucy Ann Van Zandt, daughter of James Monroe and Elizabeth (Denison) Van Zandt, and the uni0n was a happy one. Two of the five children survive in 1905: William Van Zandt Cox, president of the Second National Bank, Washington, D. C.; and Elizabeth Denison, wife of Theodore Greene Sullivan, of Montclair, New Jersey. SIMON LINSER. Simon Linser, the president of the Simon Linser Brewing Company, at Zanesville, was born in Baden, Germany, in 1852, and came to the United States in 1873. He located in New York city, where he worked in Stein's brewery for two years and then removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was employed in Moerlein's brewery until 1880. In that year he came to Zanesville, where he accepted the position of foreman in the Groener & Horn brewery, acting in that capacity for four years, when in 1884 he formed a partnership with Henry Zinnsmeister and bought the Washington brewery. This they conducted until 1891, when Mr. Linser purchased his partner's interest and carried on business alone until 1901, when the Star, Riverside and Washington breweries were consolidated and a stock company was formed under the name of the Simon Linser Brewing Company, the officers being Simon Linser. Sr., president ; David Smith, vice president ; and Simon Linser, Jr., secretary and treasurer. In 1875 Mr. Linser was married to Miss Regula Kramer, who was born in Wittenberg, Germany, in 1852. They have six children, four sons and two daughters, namely ; Charles F., who is foreman of the Star brewery ; Simon, who is secretary and treasurer of the Simon Linser Brewing Company ; Herman, who is foreman of the Washington brewery ; Otto ; Anna and Freda. Mrs. Linser is a member of St. Nicholas church and he belongs to the Odd Fellows society and the Knights of Pythias fraternity. in politics he is a democrat and has represented the fourth ward in the city council for six years, taking an active interest in all that pertains to the material upbuilding and progress of Zanesville. The hope that led him to leave his native land and seek a home in America has been more than realized. He found the opportunities he sought. which, by the way, are always open to the ambitious. energetic man, and, making tile best of these, he has steadily worked his way upward. He possesses the perseverance, resolution and reliability so characteristic of people of his nation, and his name is now enrolled among the best citizens of Muskingum county. GEORGE L. FOLEY. George L. Foley, judge of the police court of Zanesville, is a native of the village of Norwich, Muskingum county. His father, James Foley, was born at Malaga, Monroe county, Ohio, May 8, 1826, and was the youngest in a family of six children. The grandfather, William Foley, was a native of Ireland and came to the United States during the war of 1812. Almost immediately afterward he enlisted in the army. He was married in Chester county, Pennsylvania, to Barbara Kenney and subsequently removed to Pittsburg, that state, assisting in building the first bridge of that city. His wife was a native of Chester county and was a daughter of Frederick Kenney, who was of German lineage, serving with the Colonial army in the Revolutionary war. Barbara (Kenney) Foley died at Norwich, Ohio, in 1880. James Foley early began earning his own living, cutting wood in his youth for twenty-five cents per cord. At the age of twenty-two years he was married to Miss Catherine Shipman, a native of St. Clairsville, Belmont county, Ohio, born July 4, 1827, and a daughter of Walter Shipman, who was also one of the heroes of the Revolutionary war. Unt0 Mr. and Mrs. James Foley were born the following children: George L.; Stephen ; Josephine, deceased ; Mary K. ; Jason, deceased ; Elizabeth ; Laura ; James F.; and Henry S. In his political views the father was a whig until the formation of the republican party, when be became a staunch republican, and fraternally he was a Mason. A public-spirited man he took an active interest in everything pertaining to the general welfare of his neighborhood and county; and did all in his power to promote educational and religious advancement, serving as a member of the b0ard of education at Norwich for thirty-five years. He provided for his family by following the occupation of shoemaking and during the spring and summer months of farming and was for many years an enterprising agriculturist of Muskingum county. He died at Norwich, Ohio, N0vember 8, 1902. George L. Foley was reared under the parental roof and obtained his education in the public schools 0f Norwich, Ohio. Early in life he became deeply interested in political questi0ns and has held many positions of public trust in his native township and county. He was first clerk of Union township, to which position he was ap- PAGE 295 - SIMON LISSER PAGE 296 - BLANK PAGE 297 - GEORGE H. BIMPLE PAGE 298 - BLANK PAGE 299 - NOT SHOWN PAGE 300 - NOT SHOWN PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 301 and served in various capacities for that company for many years, being promoted from time to time in recognition of his meritorious service and efficiency. At the time of his death he was occupying the responsible and important position of superintendent of the western division of the Adams Express Company. He enjoyed in full measure the unqualified confidence of the corporation which he served and he also commanded the respect and friendly regard of those who worked under him. At the time of the Civil war he was connected with the Express Company and he carried express packages to the field of battle. this duty often involving him in danger and he had a number of narrow and thrilling escapes. Just before the war broke out he was commissioned by the company to go to New Orleans and, taking five men with him, he brought six carloads of specie from the mint in that city to Philadelphia. In 1850, in Zanesville, Mr. Dimple was united in marriage to Miss Emma love. who was born in New York and came to this city at the age of three years with her parents, Winthrop and Roxanna Phinney Foye, the former a native of Maine and the latter of Vermont. Mi-. Pore removed from New England to New York and thence came to Ohio. Settling in Zanesville, he was for many years engaged in teaming in this city. following that business until his death. which occurred when he was sixty-seven years of age and was occasioned by a fall from his wagon, which passed over him. He was a veteran of the war of 1812. In his family were eleven children but only three are now living. name My : Mrs. Roxanna Crew, Winthrop and Mrs. Emma Bimple. Mr. and Mrs. Bimple had but one child, Annie, now the wife of Russell Schrum. Mr. Bimiple always voted with the republican party and was deeply interested in its growth and success hut never held office. He died in February, 1899, respected by all who knew him, the company which he served losing a valuable employe, Zanesville a representative citizen, his acquaintances and neighbors a faithful friend and his wife and daughter a devoted and loving husband and father. JOHN HAMM SULLIVAN. John Hamm Sullivan, son of Samuel and Mary (Freeman) Sullivan, was born at St. Clairsville. Ohio, February 17, 1808. and was educated at Athens. Unlike many of his co-pupils he selected studies with a view of fitting himself for a business career and became a most successful merchant of Zanesville and was identified with every public enterprise. Essentially a pioneer in disposition he fretted at the progress made at home and in search for broader fields of activity went west after the conclusion of the Black Hawk war and became one of the founders of Rock Island, Illinois, and among the early settlers of Davenport and Rockingham, and was prominent in the affairs of the territory of Iowa, where he filled various offices and served on the staff of the territorial governor with the rank of colonel. He early recognized the necessities and possibilities of internal transportation, and when railroads were suggested made a study of the subject and became an authority on and a pioneer in the construction of western roads, the Central Ohio Railroad, extending from Columbus to the Ohio river, at Bellaire, and now a part of the Baltimore and Ohio system, being his greatest achievement. When he was chosen president of the Central Ohio only ten thousand dollars had been subscribed for its construction ; the financial condition of the county was very unsettled ; the section through which the line was projected was rough and hilly ; and the outlook was far from encouraging; technical questions and operations had to be devised as there was no experience upon which to draw ; and he threw all the force of his untiring energy into the office, secured rights of way, increased the subscriptions and secured money from other sources, surmounted the difficulties and experienced the satisfaction of haying the road opened from Zanesville to Newark in January, 1852. Later the line was opened to Columbus and completed to Bellaire. a distance of one hundred and thirty-seven miles. Having accomplished his undertaking, and it was a gigantic one in its day, he resigned the presidency and devoted his entire time to private business. which had been so long interrupted by public duties. He located at Bellaire, where he built shops, factories and houses, and became the father of the city. During the Civil war John W. Garrett, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, sought his services as a confidential. diplomatic advisor and was given most efficient counsel. Colonel Sullivan's residence, at Sykesville, Maryland. having been burned, after the close of the war he returned to Bellaire and became first president of the Bellaire & Southwestern Railway, now the Ohio River & Western. The position enabled him to exercise. his matured knowledge and experience as a railroad engineer, and he exhibited as much familiarity as a constructor as a financier. He deserves to be remembered as having as few equals in early railroad construction as he had in other business transactions. Colonel Sullivan was married twice ; first in 1833 to Susan Young Zane, niece to the historic Betty Zane, who died in 1844. Afterward he married Diedamia Stowe, who died in 1878. Of eight children only two survive in 1905, Theodore Greene Sullivan, of New York ; and John 302 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY S. Sullivan, of Santa Barbara, California. In domestic and social life Colonel Sullivan was characterized as the most loving of husbands, the most affectionate of fathers and the kindest of friends. A courteous gentleman of the old school his chivalrous manners were preserved to the end of his eventful life in 1888. His remains lie in the family lot at Woodlawn. SAMUEL SULLIVAN. Samuel Sullivan, for many years prominent in the affairs of the city of Zanesville and the state of Ohio, was a native of Delaware, his ancestors having come to America with Lord Baltimore. He was the son of David and Jane Sullivan and was born April 10, 1773, on his father's plantation, a short distance from Wilmington, near the mouth of Christiana creek and in sight of the Delaware river. At an early age he lost both parents and either by mismanagement or dishonesty on the part of the administrators lie was made penniless. He entered a pottery near Philadelphia. served an apprenticeship and engaged in business for himself in that city. During the scourge of yellow fever in Philadelphia, in 1793, when others were fleeing the city he remained, nursed the sick and comforted the dying, and exhausted by the severe labor he was taken ill and narrowly escaped with his life. He was married to Mary Freeman and in 1804 crossed the Alleghanies with his young family and settled in Chillicothe, Ohio, but the prevalence of the "fever and ague" caused him to migrate to St. Clairsville, whence he moved, in 1809, to Zanesville, where he resided the remainder of his life. He engaged actively in mercantile business, erected potteries, and was the pioneer manufacturer of the finer lines of clay goods for which the city is now famous. On February 20, 1812, he was chosen associate judge of the court of common pleas by the general assembly and was elected senator from the Muskingum district to the general assembly for the term of 180-22. February 15, 1820, H. M. Curry, state treasurer, unexpectedly resigned. A defalcation was found and Mr. Sullivan was chosen state treasurer on the first ballot over General Trimble and served until 1823. General W. H. Harrison asked the privilege of being the first signer on Mr. Sullivan's bond, which had been fixed at one hundred and forty th0usand dollars, and Mr. Sullivan was very much touched by the exhibition of confidence by his friends and stated he preferred to go to his own county for bondsmen. When it became known at Zanesville that a bond was required, in less than an hour one covered with signatures was furnished, with responsibilities several times in excess of the sum exacted. When General Harrison heard of it he remarked that "there must have been a town meeting held in Zanesville for the purpose." In a short time Treasurer Sullivan had the books and vouchers compared and balanced, and the bills and notes of broken and crippled banks replaced by funds of value, and having performed his duty and having no taste for public office declined re-election and returned to the less strenuous life of a local business man. October 13, 1825, he was appointed postmaster at Zanesville, contrary to his inclinations, an office he relinquished as soon as he could persuade his friends to agree thereto, and July 24, 1828, he retired from public life. For a few years longer he pursued an active mercantile life but withdrew from all business and moved from his Third street residence to his farm in Falls township. where he spent a quiet and useful life. When reminded that lie could not anticipate gathering fruit from orchards planted by so old a man, he remarked, "I do not plant for myself but for others who will reap the benefit of my work." Although his life had been one of activity and devotion to duty, and his habits economical, it is said "His industry and economy were more matters of conscience than from a desire for the accumulation of wealth." One of his standard maxims was that parents had better give their children trades than fortunes. Devoted to his family, he was insistent that his children should lead simple, useful lives, and charged them never to forget that "their inheritance was the result of democratic institutions which should be sustained by ballot and bullet." Judge Sullivan was an eminently just man, self- educated and affable. He was never charged with having wronged any one and died October 15, 1853, mourned by all who were favored with his acquaintance. Two of his sons, John Hamm and Alexander, were also prominent business men of Zanesville. J. W. SHIRER. J. W. Shirer, who is engaged in the furniture and undertaking business in Adamsville, was born in this city October 15, 1853, and represents one of the old families of the county. His paternal grandfather came from Pennsylvania to Ohio about 1820, and m this county H. C. Shirer, the father, was born and reared. He was a carpenter and cabinet-maker and he and his four brothers were practically the builders of Adamsville, a large majority of its leading structures standing as monuments to their skill and ability. He married Miss Elizabeth Bagley, who was born in Loudoun PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 303 county, Virginia, and throughout the period of their married hfe they resided in Adamsville, being separated by the death of the husband in 1880, while the wife passed away 0n the 11 th of January, 1905. They left five sons: Albert, who is living in Zanesville ; J. W. ; Howard, who is street commissioner in Zanesville ; Milton, who is engaged in the butchering business in Adamsville ; and Newton, who resides in New Orleans, where he is financially interested in a coffin factory, of which he is also the superintendent. I. W. Shirer pursued his education in the schools of Adamsville and afterward learned the cabinet-maker's trade with his father, since which time he has followed that pursuit. He has manufactured some fine furniture and his capability has secured him a liberal patronage. He is also an undertaker and funeral director and his stock of undertaking goods is valued at about one thousand dollars. He owns one of the finest funeral cars to be found in the county and his realty possessions in Adamsville comprises his residence. his business block and a large lot and he also owns four lots in Zanesville. He has made all of his property himself and has been very successful. In 1877 Mr. Shirer was united in marriage to Miss Henrietta Geller. a native of Adamsville. Her father was a farmer and at the time of the Civil war espoused the espoused the Union cause which he defended upon southern battle-fields. His death was occassioned by disease contracted in the army. His widow still survives him and is now living in Adamsville, at the age of seventy years. Mr. and Mrs. Shirer have two children Ollie, who was born in 1879 and Harry. born in 1883. The wife and mother died in 1890, and her death was deeply regretted by many friends who esteemed her for her good qualities of heart and mind. Mr. Shirer is a republican in his political views and he belongs to the Knights of Pythias fraternity and the lodge of the Maccabees. Viewed from a financial standpoint his life must certainly be termed a success for as the years have passed by he has acquired valuable property holdings as well as a paying business. all having been secured through his indefatigable energy and unfaltering diligence. In community affairs in Adamsville he wields a wide influence and is known as one of the prominent citizens of the town. AMBROSE B. OSLER. Ambrose B. Oster, proprietor of extensive monumental works in Zanesville, is a native son of this county, having been born in Highland township. July 27. 1869. He comes of English ancestry. his forefathers having crossed the Atlantic from England with Lord Baltimore. The grand father, Edward Osler, was born in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, and removing to Muskingum county, Ohio, at an early epoch in its development, entered land which became the old farm homestead and the birthplace of James and Ambrose B. Osler. James Osler, father of our subject, was a school teacher and farmer, following the dual occupation for many years. Through his well conducted business affairs he became well-to-do. He held membership in the United Presbyterian church and he exercised his right of franchise in support of the republican party. In early manhood he married Sarah J. Caughey, who was born in Highland township upon a farm adjoining that upon which her husband's birth occurred. She is a daughter of Edward Caughey, who came from Pennsylvania when this was a frontier district and entered government land in Highland township, thus securing land upon which not a furrow had been turned nor ash improvement made but in course of time he transformed it into a productive farm. James Osier died in 1900, at the age of seventy-three years, and is still survived by his wife, who is living on the old homestead at the age of seventy-one years. They are the parents of four children : John, who is with the Santa Fe Railroad Company and lives in Wichita, Kansas: Edward E.. residing on the old homestead Ambrose B. : and Margaret, at home. Ambrose B. Osier is indebted to the common schools of Highland township for the early educational privileges he enjoyed and later he continued his studies in Muskingum College. at Conc0rd. Ohio. For ten years he was engaged in teaching school and later served as deputy auditor under James L. Starkey for a term of six years. during which time he was also secretary of the republican county executive committee. After leaving the auditor's office Ile spent two and a half Years in the postoffice department at Washington. D. C., and on the expiration of that period resigned and returned to Zanesville. where for a short time he was advertising manager of the Times-Recorder. In February. 1904. he purchased the Mitchell Monumental Works in partnership with Frank B. Fell. This is the oldest establishment of the kind in southeastern Ohio and the new firm succeeded to a large business which they have since increased, having gained many new patrons. The house now enjoys a very extensive patronage, which is well merited for the partners are enterprising, persevering and diligent business men. thoroughly reliable in all trade transactions. On the 5th of November. 1901. Mr. Osler was married to Mildred Weber. whose birth occurred in Zanesville, Ohio, January 25, 1876. Her father was an iron worker. Mrs. Osler belongs to the German Lutheran church, while Mr. Osler 304 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY has membership relations with the Elks and in his political views has always been a republican. There has been no exciting chapter in his life history but his career has been marked by steady advancement which has resulted from the faithful performance of every duty that has devolved upon him and by his utilization and mastery of the opportunities that have come to him. MOSES NOTESTINE. Moses Notestine, now practically living retired upon his farm of one hundred and fourteen acres, is a prominent and highly respected citizen of Brush Creek township. He was born in this township, September 5, 1829, his parents being Peter and Mary Ann ( Bartholomew ) Notestine. The father was a native of Virginia, born January 9, 1794, and when a lad of twelve years he removed to Pennsylvania, settling in Washington county, where he made his home until he became a resident of Jefferson county, Ohio. There he learned the blacksmith's trade and in 1865 he came to Muskingum county, purchasing a farm that is now owned by his son Moses. Thereupon he spent his remaining days, giving his time and energies to its cultivation and improvement until his life's labors were ended. He was drafted for service in the war of 1812, but by lot was assigned to a company that was just returning home so that he was never in active service. He worked for several years at his trade in his earlier manhood, but believing that farm labor would prove more profitable he entered eighty acres of land in Ohio. Thereupon lie built a cabin and gave his energies to the cultivation of his land until 1847, when he sold out and removed to Athens county, Ohio, locating in that district which afterward became a part of Vinton county. As before stated he took up his abode upon what is now the Notestine homestead, in 1865, and became well known as a successful farmer and stockraiser of his locality. in his family were seven children : Samuel, of Roseville, who married Barbara M. Sharp, and has three children ; Moses, of this review ; David. who died in infancy ; Elizabeth, who died at the age of sixty-seven' Years ; Sarah Jane, who died at the age of forty years ; Amos, a soldier who died in the army in 1864 ; and Adaline E., also deceased. Moses Notestine was reared to the occupation of farming and continued to assist his father until the latter's death. He has ever been numbered among, the enterprising- and practical agriculturists of his community and he yet gives careful supervision to his farm although he leaves the active management of the fields to others, having rented the land in 1904. In his youth his educational privileges were meager and he had to walk two and a half miles to school each day. He attended only through the winter months for his services were needed on the home farm throughout the remainder of the year. He, however, has read extensively throughout his entire life and spends many of his most pleasant hours with his books and magazines. In this way he has become a very well informed man. In 1877 Mr. Notestine was united in marriage to Miss Nancy Ellen Baughman, a daughter of Joseph Baughman, who was the fourth member of the family of Christian Baughman. one of the early pioneer residents of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Notestine had no children and in 1896 he was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife. In politics he is a republican, thus following in the political footsteps of his father, who in early life gave his political allegiance to the democratic party but at the time when war problems were being discussed, joined the republican party and from 1860 until his death was one of its stanch advocates. He served as supervisor of his township but neither the father nor son have ever been active as office seekers, and Moses Notestine has always preferred to give his undivided attention to his business affairs. He still owns one hundred and fourteen acres of rich land, which constitutes a valuable farming property. In his religious belief he is a Lutheran and is a devoted church member. His life has ever been honorable, his actions manly and sincere, and during his long residence in the county he has enjoyed to the fullest extent the trust and good will of those with whom he has been associated. ALFRED MERRICK, M. D. For many years Dr. Alfred Merrick. now deceased, figured prominently in the public life of Zanesville in connection with its business interests and as an influential factor in many measures for general good. He was a man of intense activity, keen business foresight and unfaltering energy and in his life largely exemplified the progressive spirit of the age which has led to the rapid and substantial upbuilding of the middle west. He was born in Kingston, England, near London, in 1812, and came to America when seventeen years of age. He belonged to one of the old aristocratic families of the mother country and had acquired a thorough and comprehensive education in private schools of that land. He arrived in Philadelphia in 1829 and soon afterward entered upon the study of medicine, being- graduated from Jefferson Medical College of that city. About 1835 he came to Zanesville and for six months engaged in teaching school on the west pike, after which he PAGE 305 - PICTURE OF ALFRED MERRICK, M. D. PAGE 306 - BLANK PAGE 307 - PICTURE OF M. T. MERRICK PAGE 308 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 309 turned his attention to the drug business. Later he removed his drug store to Delaware, Ohio, but again came to Zanesville about 1837 and it was at this time that he analyzed the Lucifer match and began the manufacture of matches in Zanesville, being the pioneer in this industry in the United States. He was associated in the enterprise with George A. Jones and they used an English label upon their manufactured product. Dr. Merrick was a man of wonderful resourceful ability, with an optimistic temperament that enabled him to throw off discouragement and press steadily forward when conditions seemed to be against him. He has at different times engaged in business as a dealer in confectionery, patent medicines and tobacco, conducting a large cigar factory. He was also proprietor of a notion store and in 1868 he embarked in business as a wholesale dealer in queensware and wall paper, conducting that enterprise up to the time of his death. which occurred in 1873. He was also one of the pioneers in the glass manufacturing industry in this part of the state, having at one time two factories in Zanesville. He readily recognized a business opportunity, took advantage of it and molded conditions to meet his own ends. In 1849 he purchased one hundred and twenty acres of land in Springfield township, two miles south of the postoffice and a part of this tract is now included within the city limits. He built thereon a home and at the time of his death he also owned farms in Kansas. Missouri and in various parts of Ohio, haying made judicious investment in real estate, whereby his income was largely increased annually. He was also an expert chemist and prepared a book on chemistry but the manuscript was burned by a servant who in cleaning the room saw the papers lying in the office and thinking them of no value destroyed them. In 1861 Dr. Merrick erected what is now the Merrick block at the corner of Third and Main streets. He was one of the founders of the Atheneum, was it president for many years and through his management and direction funds were accumulated whereby the present building was erected. He was also interested in the building of railways and in fact his activity touched many lines of progress that have contributed to the substantial improvement and upbuilding of the city. He was interested in the Brown Manufacturing Company and he was instrumental in abolishing toll gates. He also raised the funds necessary to start a street railway. In 1837 Dr. Merrick was united in marriage to Miss Miranda T. Heskett, a daughter of Spicer and Nancy Heskett, both of whom were natives of Virginia and the father was a soldier of the war of 1812. Dr. and Mrs. Merrick became the parents of nine children : Alfred M., who died in 1877 ; Mary Ann, the wife of W. S. Ayers ; Isadore C., living at home; Clarence J., who died in 1896; Charles E.; William N., who has been leader of Sells Brothers' band since 1878 and is now traveling with the circus in Europe ; and Edward, Hildreth and Emma, all deceased. The wife and mother died in January, 1902, at the age of eighty-four years, having for almost thirty years survived Dr. Merrick, wh0 passed away in 1873. He held membership m St. Thomas Catholic church with which his family is still connected. He was prominent in the Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges and was also a Son 0f Malta. He voted with the Whig party until its dissolution and afterward with the republican party but was never active in political work. He was numbered among the pioneers of Zanesville, progressive and enterprising, and his force of character, influence and well directed activity made him a citizen of value. His name is inseparably interwoven with the progress and improvement of the community and now finds place on the roll of Zanesville's honored dead. ARLEY CLYDE REASONER. Among the energetic and reliable business men of Zanesville is numbered Arley Clyde Reasoner. one of the native sons of Muskingum county. born at Rix Mills in Rich Hill township. in 1872. His father, Matthew M. Reasoner. is a native of Indiana and is now living in Zanesville. He came to Muskingum county with his parents in his boyhood days, the family home being established in Union township, and there he was reared to manhood in the usual manner of farmer lads. For some time he has been engaged in business as a traveling salesman. He holds membership in the Presbyterian church, in which he has served as an elder, and for thirty years he has been a member of the Odd Fellows society. He affiliates with New Concord lodge and also with the encampment at Cambridge. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Cornelia Henderson, was born in Rich Hill township and is now fifty-six years of age. She is a daughter of Walter G. Henderson. a farmer of Muskingum county and a member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. and Mrs. Reasoner had but two children, the daughter Lola being the wife of R. S. Hadesty of Newark. Ohio. Mr. Reasoner obtained his education in the country schools and the New Concord high school. from which he was graduated with the class of 1890. He afterward continued his studies in Muskingum College and for two years he engaged in teaching school. He afterward engaged in the real-estate business at Zanesville. in 1892. and for the past nine years has been alone in a 310 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY similar enterprise. He has negotiated many important realty transfers and has a thorough knowledge of property values and resources in this part of the state. He also represents a number of fire insurance companies and the policies which he writes represents a large annual figure. On the 27th of June, 1902, Mr. Reasoner was married to Margaret Sidle, who was born in Pleasant Valley, Ohio, in 1872, her parents being Frank and Hannah Sidle. Mr. and Mrs. Reasoner are members of the Second Presbyterian church and he belongs to the Masonic bodies of Zanesville, Woodland lodge, I. 0. 0. F., the Zanesville Grove of Druids and is a past exalted ruler of the Elks lodge. Politically a democrat, he is now serving for the second term as a member of the city board of review. Possessing a fine voice he has more than a local reputation as a singer and this renders him popular in social circles. Mr. Reasoner is a young man who has already attained a creditable position in the business life of his native county and is to-day widely and favorably known in the county seat work in Chicago, thus adding to his theoretical knowledge broad and varied practical experience which has proved of much value to him in his later work. Following his graduation he practiced for two years in Licking county, Ohio. He then went west to Indiana and later he returned to Union Station, Ohio, where he practiced until February 14, 1899, when he located in Frazeysburg, where he has established a large practice. He soon demonstrated his ability to cope with the intricate problems which continually confront the physician, and excellent results have followed his efforts. He keeps informed concerning the advanced thought and improved methods of profession and is accorded a creditable position both by the members of the medical fraternity and by the general public. He is a member the of Ohio State Medical Society, the Muskingum County Medical Society and is a registered physician of both Indiana and Illinois. On the 25th of September, 1895, Dr. Melick was united in marriage to Miss Helen Harris; of Brownville, Ohio, a daughter of Elias and Elizabeth Harris. He belongs t0 the Odd Fellows lodge and the Modern Woodmen camp and his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Methodist Protestant church. In politics he is a republican but the honors and emoluments of office have no attraction for him as he prefers to give his undivided attention to his professional duties which make heavy demands upon his time and energies. He is equally prominent and popular socially, for his sterling characteristics are those which awaken warm regard and strong friendships. CHARLES A. BARTON. Charles A. Barton is a self-made man whose rise in the business world is due entirely to his own efforts. He has been a coal operator and dealer for a number of years but is now giving the greater part of his time to city affairs, being a member of the board of public service. Mr. Barton was born in Zanesville, August 14, 1856. His father, Samuel T. Barton, was a native of New Jersey but came to Zanesville in early youth. Mr. Barton died when his son Charles A. was only twelve years of age and the oldest of a family of four children. Owing to the father’s death, which left the family in straightened financial circumstances, he was obliged to leave the public schools, life on his own account, but afterward, realizing the value of educational training, he took a course in a commercial college. JOHN WILLIAM MELICK, M. D. Dr. John William Melick, whose capability justly entitles him to the large practice which is accorded him in Frazeysburg and throughout the surrounding locality, was born in Brownsville, Licking county, Ohio, October 9, 1870, his parents being Isaac L. and Mary (Bowling) Melick, both of whom were natives of Muskingum county. The grandfather, James Melick, was a farmer and was numbered among the pioneer agriculturists of this county. Isaac L. Melick, determining to engage in the practice of medicine and surgery as a life work, completed a course of study in the Cincinnati Medical College by graduation and later followed his profession in Brownsville, Ohio, and subsequently in Glenford, Perry county, Ohio. where he died September 14, 1883, while his wife passed away in the spring of 1895. They were the parents of nine children. Dr. John W. Melick, the fifth in order of birth in that family, was reared and educated in Brownsville and when seventeen years of age began teaching school, which profession he followed for four years. He regarded this, however. merely as an initial step to other professional 310 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. similar enterprise. He has negotiated many important realty transfers and has a thorough knowledge of property values and resources in this part of the state. He also represents a number of fire insurance companies and the policies which he writes represents a large annual figure. On the 27th of June, 1902, Mr. Reasoner was married to Margaret Sidle, who was born in Pleasant Valley, Ohio, in 1872, her parents being Frank and Hannah Sidle. Mr. and Mrs. Reasoner are members of the Second Presbyterian church and he belongs to the Masonic bodies of Zanesville, Woodland lodge, I. O. O. F., the Zanesville Grove of Druids and is a past exalted ruler of the Elks lodge. Politically a democrat, he is now serving for the second term as a member of the city board of review. Possessing a fine voice he has more than a local reputation as a singer and this renders him popular in social circles. Mr. Reasoner is a young man who has already attained a creditable position in the business life of his native county and is to-day widely and favorably known in the c0unty seat. JOHN WILLIAM MELICK, M. D. Dr. John William Melick, wh0se capability justly entitles him to the large practice which is accorded him in Frazeysburg and throughout the surrounding locality, was born in Brownsville, Licking county, Ohio, October 9, 1870, his parents being Isaac L. and Mary (Bowling) Melick, both of whom were natives of Muskingum county. The grandfather, James Melick, was a farmer and was numbered among the pioneer agriculturists of this county. Isaac L. Melick, determinmg to engage in the practice of medicine and surgery as a life work, completed a course of study in the Cincinnati Medical College by graduation and later followed his profession in Brownsville, Ohio, and subsequently in Glenford, Perry county, Ohio, where he died September 14, 1883, while his wife passed away in the spring of 1895. They were the parents of nine children. Dr. John W. Melick, the fifth in order 0f birth in that family, was reared and educated in Brownsville and when seventeen years of age began teaching school, which profession he followed for four years. He regarded this, however. merely as an initial step to other professional labor, for he desired to follow in his father's footsteps regarding a choice of a life work and entered the Ohio Medical College, at Columbus. where he remained for two years. He then left college and again he taught school for a year. at the end of which time he resumed his professional stitches and was graduated with the class of 1896. In 1892 he spent some time in hospital work in Chicago, thus adding to his theoretical knowledge broad and varied practical experience which has proved of much value to him in hi later work. Following his graduation he practiced for two years in Licking county, Ohio. then went west to Indiana and later he return to Union Station, Ohio, where he practiced and February 14, 1899, when he located in Frazeysburg, where he has established a large practice. He soon demonstrated his ability to cope with the intricate problems which continually confront the physician, and excellent results have followed his efforts. He keeps informed concerning the advanced thought and improved methods of the profession and is accorded a creditable position both by the members of the medical fraternity and by the general public. He is a member of the Ohio State Medical Society, the Muskingum County Medical Society and is a registered physician of both Indiana and Illinois. On the. 25th of September, 1895, Dr. Melick was united in marriage t0 Miss Helen Harris, of Brownville, Ohio, a daughter of Elias and Elizabeth Harris. He belongs to the Odd Fellows Lodge and the Modern Woodmen camp and his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Methodist Protestant church. In politics he is a republican but the honors and emoluments of office have no attraction for him as he prefers to give his undivided attenti0n to his professional duties which make heavy demands upon his time and energies. He is equally prominent and popular socially, for his sterling characteristics are those which awaken warm regard and strong friendships. CHARLES A. BARTON. Charles A. Barton is a self-made man whose rise in the business world is due entirely to his own efforts. He has been a coal operator and dealer for a number of years but is now giving the greater part of his time t0 city affairs, being a member 0f the board of public service. Mr. Barton was b0rn in Zanesville, August 14, 1856. His father, Samuel T. Barton, was a native of N Jersey but came to Zanesville in early youth. Barton died when his son Charles A. was only twelve years of age and the oldest of a family of four children. Owing to the father's death, which left the family in straightened financial circumstances, he was obliged to leave the public school of which he had been a student, and start out in life on his own account, but afterward, realizing the value of educational training, he took a course in a commercial college. Barton has for a number of years been prominent in local political circles and in 1887 PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 311 was elected to the city council from the fourth ward and although the ward was a strongly democratic one and Mr. Barton a stanch republican he was given a large and very flattering majority, a fact which indicates his personal popularity among those who know him best and the confidence reposed in his official integrity by his many friends. In the spring of 1900 he was elected to the office of street commissioner and although the only republican elected on the city ticket received the handsome majority of five hundred and at the conclusion of his term of office he was re-elected with an increased majority. When a new municipal code was enacted in the winter of 1902-3, the office of street commissioner was abolished and in the spring of 1903 Mr. Barton having received the nomination for the office of director of public service was elected with a handsome majority and is still serving in that office. In August, 1882, Mr. Barton was married to Miss M. Jennie Reed, who was born in Zanesville, the daughter of Abner Reed. They have one child, Bessie M. Barton. Mr. Barton is a prominent member of several secret societies ; is a past president of camp No. 43, P. O. S. of A.. and has been state treasurer of the state camp of Ohio, P. 0. S. of A.: for the last eight Years has also been past noble grand of Mechanics lodge. No. 230, I. 0. 0. F, ; a member of Howard Encampment, I. 0. 0. F. ; past commandant of Canton Nova, I. 0. 0. F. ; past venerable consul of Buckeye camp, No. 3224, M. W. A.; past sachem of Natchez tribe, I. O. R. M.: and in all these orders he is prominent and popular. Mr. Barton possesses a genial and courteous disposition which wins him friends wherever he goes. The people are not unmindful of his services in their behalf. which have always been actuated by unselfish motives and prompted by patriotism and he to-day enjoys the unqualified regard of a large majority of Zanesville citizens. WILLIAM MELICK, M. D. Dr. William A. Melick, who is accorded prominence as a representative of the medical fraternity in Zanesville, was born in Perry county, Ohio, in 1859, and is a son of Robert and Margaret (Clark) Melick. The father was also a native of Perry county and was a son of William Melick, who removed from Pennsylvania to that county when it was an almost unbroken wilderness. He entered land from the government and after clearing it he placed it under the pl0w and in due course of time developed a good farm. It was upon the old homestead there that Robert Melick was born and reared and he, too, became a farmer, following that occupation throughout his entire business career. His well directed efforts enabled him to accumulate a comfortable competency. He married Miss Margaret Clark, who was born in Pennsylvania, a daughter of William Clark, who removed with his family from the Keystone state and settled in Perry county, Ohi0, when Mrs. Melick was only twelve years age: Robert Melick held membership in the Methodist Episcopal church to which his widow yet belongs and in his political views he was an earnest republican. He died in 1891, at the advanced age of seventy-nine years, while his wife is now living on the old homestead at the age of eighty-one years and is still well preserved, both mentally and physically. In their family were six children : Eliza, the wife of G. W. Caywood, a farmer of Somerset, Ohio ; Mary, the wife of J. W. Wigton, a farmer of Roseville, Muskingum county ; Myrta, the wife of Dr. J. H. Axline, of Lancaster. Ohio ; Minerva, the wife of Augustus J. Crossan, a lumber dealer of Columbus, Ohio ; and Thomas, who is living on the old family homestead. Dr. Melick, the sixth member of the family, was educated in the common schools, in Madison Academy and in the University at Lebanon, Ohio. He made preparation for the practice of medicine in Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York city, which he entered in 1882 and from which he was graduated in 1884. Prior to this time he pursued a course of study in Columbus. Ohio, and he also took a course in the Post Graduate School of New York city, making a specialty of the eve, ear, nose and throat. He began practice in Roseville in 1884. where he continued until 1890. when he pursued his postgraduate work in New York and in the fall of that year located for practice in Zanesville, where lie has since remained, meeting with gratifying success. He is a member of the surgical staff of the City and Good Samaritan Hospitals and is regarded as one of the foremost representatives of surgical practice in central Ohio. He has a most accurate and comprehensive knowledge of anatomy, combined with a precision, care and delicacy in the handling of surgical instruments and his practice has been attended with excellent results, difficult operations producing almost marvelous cures. He belongs to the American and State Medical Associations and at one time. was president of the County Medical Society. - Dr. Melick, was married in 1884 to Miss Allie Johnson. who was born in Muskingum county in 1859, her parents being Jacob and Caroline Johnson. Her mother is now deceased, while her father follows farming in Hopewell township. Dr. and Mrs. Melick have two children, Eva and Margaret. The parents are members of the Second Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is 312 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. now serving as a trustee, while in the Masonic fraternity he has attained the degree of Kmght Templar. His political views accord with the principles of the republican party and yet he has never sought or desired office, preferring to give his undivided attention to his professional duties. Everything that tends to bring to man the key to that complex mystery which we call life is of interest to him, and by reading and experience he is constantly broadening his knowledge and promoting his efficiency. SAMUEL CLARK. Samuel Clark, deceased, was one of the early contractors of Zanesville, whose name is inseparably connected with the history of this city at a time when it was emerging from villagehood to take on the improvements and changes of city life. He was born in Virginia, in 1805. His father, John Clark, served throughout the Revolutionary war, valiantly aiding in the struggle for independence, and afterward enjoyed the liberty and advantages of the new republic in his Virginia home. Samuel Clark was reared in the Old Dominion and in early life learned the carpenters’s trade which he followed for a number of years as a journeyman and afterwards did contract work. He came to Zanesville when about ten or eleven years of age with his parents and has spent his remaining clays in this city. It was but a small place when the family home was established here, there being a little collection 0f pioneer houses in the midst of a largely undeveloped district. After mastering the carpenter's trade he worked upon many of the prominent early buildings of Zanesville. He was 0ne of the contractors on the First Presbyterian church, built in 1839, and many of the best residences of the early period were erected under his supervision and some of these still stand as monuments of his enterprise, labor and skill in his chosen vocation. In 1846 Mr. Clark was married in Zanesville to Miss Jerusha Williams, a native of Warwick, Massachusetts, the wedding ceremony being performed by the Rev. Simeon Brown. Her parents were Samuel and P0lly (Stevens) Williams, the former a farmer of Warwick, Massachusetts. He died at the very advanced age of ninety-four years, while his wife passed away at the age of forty-seven years. They were the parents of seven children, Mrs. Clark being the fourth in order of birth. Her grandfather was Colonel Samuel Williams, who was a native 0f Roxbury, Massachusetts, and won his title through service in the Revolutionary war, commanding a regiment which fought for the independence of the nation. He was with the Colonial Army and throughout the long struggle for liberty was a brave and faithful officer. He married Triphenia Lyman, a native of Northampton, Massachusetts, and they had a large family but Mrs. Clark's father was the only son. In 1839 Mrs. Clark came from Massachusetts to Muskingum county, Ohio, and engaged in teaching school in Zanesville for eight years prior to her marriage. She was born in June, 1815, and although now ninety years of age is yet an energetic woman with faculties unimpaired. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Clark were born six children, of whom two died in early youth, while four are yet living, namely ; Annie T. ; Samuel W., a lumber merchant of Zanesville, who married Alice Miles 0f this city and has two children, Ira G. and Cuyler L. ; Ardelia, the wife of W. J. Massey, who is represented elsewhere in this volume, and Charles F., a practicing oculist of Columbus, Ohio, who married Phoebe Rogers and has one daughter, Margaret. Mr. Clark passed away in 1883, being at that time about seventy-eight years of age, and for more than sixty years lie had been a resident of Zanesville. He was very successful in his business career and accumulated a large property, making investments in real estate in this city when it sold at a low figure. The growth and population and the improvements which he placed upon his property caused its rise in value and at his death he left a very good estate t0 his family. He was prominent and influential in community affairs for many years and served as a member of the city council. He was also a highway surveyor of Zanesville, and his political support was given to the democratic party. He was known at all times as a man reliable and trustworthy so that he left behind him an honorable name and an example that is well worthy of emulation. He enjoyed in large measure the respect and trust of his fellow citizens and well deserves mention among those who largely promoted the material welfare of Zanesville and assisted in its building and improvement. Mrs. Clark still survives her husband and has been a resident of Zanesville for two-thirds of a century, so that its history is familiar to her, her mind being stored with many interesting events of the early days. JOHN ARTER. John Arter, chief of police of Zanesville, was born in this city October 29, 1862. His father, John Arter, Sr., was a native of Muskingum county, his birth having occurred near Irville He came to Zanesville at an early day and accepted a position as stationary engineer. He wa also constable for about fifteen years and for one PAGE 313 - PICTURE OF SAMUEL CLARK PAGE 314 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 315 term acted as city marshal. His political support is given to the republican party, while fraternally he was connected with the Odd Fellows lodge and religiously with the Baptist church. He died in 1882 at the age of fifty-nine years. He married Sarah Jane Underhill, who was born in Muskingum county and died in the winter of 1903-4, when seventy-nine years of age. Her father was one of the pioneers of the county and a wood turner. She was a member of the First Baptist church. In their family were eleven children, of whom eight are living : William D., an engineer in the employ of the Brown Manufacturing Company ; Annie M., the wife of Z. T. Reed, now deceased ; Charles E., engineer for Griffith & Wedge ; Lunette, the widow of John H. Best, who was a turner ; Ellen, the wife of Louis E. Keller, a machinist ; Alice, the widow of John Ferrell, a blacksmith ; Lucy, the wife of Frank Lemmon, a blacksmith employed by the Brown Manufacturing Company ; Jennie, the wife of Robert Curran, foreman of the boiler shop of Griffith & Wedge ; Emma, deceased ; John, of this review: and Florence, deceased. John Arter, having acquired his education in the public schools, entered the rolling mills at the age of nineteen years and there learned the trade. He was afterward with the Zanesville Ice Company for about nine years. In 1881 he married Hattie E. Clark, who was born in Zanesville in 1866 and is a daughter of Thomas Clark. They have four children : Thomas W.. now deceased : and Alice M.. Frank E. and Hattie Lorena. all at home. Mrs. Arter holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Arter gives his political support to the republican party and in 1894 he was appointed by Mayor W. S. Bell to a position on the police force as patrolman, serving for a little more than two years. After an interval of two years he was made lieutenant on the police force and acted in that capacity for two years under Mayor L. E. Brelsford. Then again after an interval of two years he was appointed chief of police by W. B. Deacon and is still filling that office, his previous service having shown him well qualified for the position. JOHN C. BOLEN. The prosperity of any community depends upon its business activity and the enterprise manifest in commercial circles is the foundation upon which is builded the material welfare of town, state and nation. The most important factors in public life at the present time are those men who are in control of successful business interests and such a one is John C. Bolen, of Zanesville. He was born in Frenchtown, Cecil county, Maryland, in 1845, and is a son of J0hn and Rachel (Prettyman) Bolen, in whose family were three children, the others being Mrs. Elizabeth J. Price and Miss Harriet A. Bolen. The father, who was a blacksmith by trade, died in 1851, and s00n after his death the family removed to Delaware, where the son was principally reared and educated. Durmg the dark days of the Civil war he enlisted in the Seventh Delaware Volunteer Infantry and participated in the battle of Gettysburg, being mustered out of service in 1864. The following year Mr. Bolen came to Morganville, Ohio, in the interest of the Clements Farm Oil C0mpany and remained with them until June, 1866, when he went upon the r0ad as a traveling salesman for a clothing house, which he represented in the west and northwest. Being a man of winning personality he met with remarkable success in that undertaking and continued to travel for over twenty years. During that time he made his home in McConnelsville. Ohio, where he was also proprietor of a retail men's furnishing and clothing store. In 1891 Mr. Bolen bought an interest in the South Zanesville Sewer Pipe & Brick Company and removed to Zanesville, becoming general manager of the c0ncern. The company at that time had only three kilns but the business has grown so steadily that they now have twenty-one kilns with a capacity of seventy-five thousand common brick or fifty thousand paving brick. They employ on an average of one hundred and ten men and in 1904 turned out nine hundred thousand brick. The present officers are J. C. Bolen, president ; J. C. Bolen. Jr.. secretary and manager ; and Dr. W. J. Herdman, treasurer. Mr. Bolen is also president of the Beechwood Park Company and is interested in coal mining. owning mines in Newton township, one mile from South Zanesville, where the vein is three feet. eight inches in thickness and turns out sixty tons per day, thus furnishing employment to twenty men when in operation. Mr. Bolen was married in 1866 to Miss Elizabeth J. Finley, a daughter of John Finley, who was a farmer and blacksmith of Morgansville. Ohio, and to them were born tw0 children but Odessa D. died at the age of ten years. John C.. Jr., was born in 1873 and is still at home with his parents, the family residence being at 221 Putnam avenue, Zanesville. By his ballot Mr. Bolen supports the men and measures of the democratic party. Socially he is a Knight Templar Mason. belonging to the blue lodge at McConnelsville and the commandery at Zanesville. A man of keen perception and unbounded enterprise, his success in life is due entirely to his own efforts. and he deserves prominent mention among the leading and representative business men of Mus- 316 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. kingum county. His genial, pleasant manner has made him quite popular in both business and social circles, and as a public-spirited, enterprising man he is recognized as a valued citizen of the community. ROBERT D. SCHULTZ. Late in the afternoon of Saturday, October 14, 1899, the residents of Zanesville were shocked to learn that the active business life of Robert Doster Schultz had ended at his residence in South Fifth street, near Main. He was born at Zanesville, January 7, 1839, the son of William and Evelina Darlington Schultz, and as boy and man was of and for Zanesville. In his young manhood he was employed as clerk on the Muskingum steamers, c0mmanded by his7 uncles, James and Harvey Darlington, and later entered the soap factory which his father had operated since 1853, and learned the art which made him wealthy. In 1866 he and John Hoge purchased the works from William Schultz and the skill and industry of Schultz and the keen business acumen of Hoge developed the small soap works of 1866 into one of the most prominent and profitable industries of the country, the name of Schultz & Company being known throughout the land wherever soap was used. When Mr. Schultz had ceased the manual occupation of the business he always gave his occupation as a "soap-boiler," and was proud of his skill and knowledge as such. Mr. Schultz was among the most attentive and industrious workmen in the factory until the construction of the Opera Block was commenced. when he became superintendent of that work and that he might be ubiquitous and watch the building and the factory he had the first telephone line in Zanesville built between the Opera Block and the factors, in South Seventh street. The half square of buildings known as the Opera Block, including Gold and Choral halls and the Opera House were all erected under Mr. Schultz's personal eve and the model theatre of a quarter century ago was his passion and was conducted by him for a number of years and was his almost sole diversion, and its rules have become standard throughout the country. Mr. Schultz was modest, unpretentious, unostentatious and popular, and prosperity did not change "Bob" into "Mr." Schultz with those with whom he was familiar as a "soap-boiler." Neither was he undignified nor unmindful 0f his rights and position as a successful, energetic business man. He was entirely self-made, honest. generous, a true friend and universally respected and loved. In 1865 he was married to Sarah Van Horne, daughter 0f Bernard Van Home, by whom he had two sons, Bernard Van Home and William Darlington Schultz. Upon the death of his wife he made his home with his mother. In fraternity circles he was a Knight of Pythias, Elk and Mason in all grades of the American and Scottish Rites, including the Shrine, and for many years was treasurer of the commandery. He was a large holder of real estate and was interested in many local business enterprises. At his death he was vice president and chairman of the finance committee of the First National Bank vice president of the Zanesville Electric Light Company, and director of the Brown Manufacturing Company. In politics he was a democrat, but that fa made little difference with republican voters, wh were always ready to trust "Bob" Schultz an he served the city faithfully and satisfactorily in both the board of trustees of the water works and the city council. He was one of the sever councilmen who braved so-called popular sent anent and voted against the temperance crusade in 1874, because he believed the movement effectual and ill-advised. His obsequies were conducted by Cyrene commandery, Knights Templar, Tuesday, October 17, 1899, at 2 :30 p. M., from St. James' Protestant Episcopal church, Rev. F. W. Bope, past and Rev. Franklin Richards, of the English Lutheran church, uniting in the services, a during a heavy rain the remains of one of the city's best citizens were conveyed and interred Woodlawn. GEORGE W. RILEY. George W. Riley, living in Jackson township was born within the borders of this township in 1842. His father, John Riley, was a native of Virginia, born October 20, 1800, and in 1816 came to Ohio with his father, William Riley, who was one of the heroes of the Revolutionary war and aided in winning independence for the colonies. He was personally acquainted with General George Washington. William Riley continued to reside in the Old Dominion until 1816 when he brought his family to the Buckeye state and settled on what is known as the Captain Taylor farm. There he lived for eight years and in 1824 he bought one hundred and twenty-six acres of land in Cass township, devoting his energies to general agricultural pursuits upon that place for a long period, Under the parental roof John Riley was reared and after arriving at years of maturity he was married in 1828 to Miss. PAGE 317 - PICTURE OF ROBERT D. SCHULTZ PAGE 318 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 319 Caroline Dove. He afterward purchased a farm of eighty acres in Jackson township and made it his home until the time of his death but the boundaries of his land he had extended until he was the owner of one hundred and sixty acres in Jackson township. He also had a half interest in a farm in Coshocton county. He died February 25, 1884, at the venerable age of eighty-four years, and his wife passed away in May, 1885. They were people of the highest respectability, enjoying in large measure the confidence and trust of those who knew them. They were the parents of six children, namely : Jane, Margaret, Amanda, Lydia (deceased), George W. and Walter S. George W. Riley was reared in the usual manner of farmer lads of the period and worked on the old homestead until twenty-eight years of age, when in January, 1870, he was married to Miss Emelia J. McDonald, a daughter of Avon McDonald. He bought a farm of seventy-two acres in Cass township and lived thereon for five years when in 1875 he purchased one hundred and one acres of land in Coshocton county. Ohio, making that place his home for two years. In 1877 he returned to his farm in Cass township, residing thereon for six or seven years, and following his parents' death he purchased the old homestead farm of seventy-nine acres. In 1898 he bought the Clements farm of twenty-six acres in Jackson township and has since resided thereon but this does not represent his entire realty holdings for he has two hundred and thirty acres in Jackson and Cass townships. Mr. and Mrs. Riley are the parents of three children : J. F., who is a carpenter by trade and is now serving as a trustee of Jackson township ; Armor J., twenty-six years of age, who was admitted to the Ohio bar and is preparing to practice law in Zanesville : and Brady C., who assists in the operation of the home farm. Mr. Riley holds membership in the Christian church. He votes with the republican party and has been supervisor of his township, while in all matters of citizenship he holds to the opinion that progressive measures should call forth the best efforts and co-operation of all loyal people. MARTIN L. NORRIS. Martin L. Norris, who started out in life on his own account when but thirteen years of age, has become the president of the Drake Lumber Company and the leading owner of this enterprise. He was born in Belmont county, Ohio. February 26, 1848, a son of Henry H. Norris, who was a native of Pennsylvania and in early childhood came to Ohio, the family home being established in Belmont county. After arriving at years of maturity he married Maria Griffith, also a native of Pennsylvania and a resident of this state from her childhood days. Henry H. Norris was a machinist by trade and for a long period filled the position of manager of a machine shop in Moundsville, Ohio, having twenty-five men under his direction. He died at the age of forty-nine years, while his wife reached the advanced age of eighty-five years, passing away on the 5th of February, 1905. Through a long period she resided with her son Martin. In the public schools of Moundsville, Ohio, Martin L. Norris began his education and when but thirteen years of age he entered the employ of the government at Marshalltown. Virginia, the Civil war being then in progress. Foll0wing the close of hostilities he began working with the lumber trade in Belmont county, Ohio, and als0 followed carpentering in Virginia. In 1866 he came to Zanesville' and five years later was engaged in the construction of the mill owned by the Drake Lumber Company. Later he was employed by the Herdman Lumber Company. Entering the service of the Drake Lumbet Company he gradually worked his way upward until he became superintendent and manager and gradually he acquired a controlling interest in the business and is now sole owner. The company was established in 1871 by E. Cooler & Company and in 1888 was purchased by Thomas Drake. A stock company was formed in 1893 and Mr. Drake remained as its president until 1898, since which time Mr. Norris has occupied that position. The plant is located at Nos. 11-25 Lee street, including five buildings. There is a large planing mill and employment is furnished to twenty-five workmen. The lumber there also covers a considerable tract and the business has reached proportions which make it one of the valued enterprises of the city. Mr. Norris was united in marriage to Miss M. Drake, a native 0f Zanesville and a daughter of Thomas Drake, now deceased. They have one child, James H., who is associated with his father in business, being now treasurer of the company. He wedded Mary E. English and they have three children : Edgar. Ula and Albert. Politically Mr. Norris is a republican and fraternally is an Elk. Mr. Norris is ever just and also generous others must do the part they agree with him to do and never has he been known to fail in his part. He is modest and unassuming and from him few would learn how important he has been in the world of manufacture here. He is an example of the boys who educate themselves and secure their own start in life—boys who work for advantages which others secure through inheritance. It has been by sheer force of character that he has succeeded in the face of opposition and pushed to the front of one important enterprise or an- 320 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY other. As a man his business ability has been constantly manifest in one phase or another and the Drake Lumber Company is to-clay a monument to his power in the world of trade. PETER L. CASHBAUGH. Peter L. Cashbaugh, who is now practically living retired upon his fine farm of seventy acres in Wayne township, was born June 29, 1844, in the little cabin which was built upon his father's land in 1828 and which is still standing-one of the old pioneer landmarks of the county. He is a son of John Adam Cashbaugh, who was born on the river Rhine in Baden, Germany, in 1793. His father had a nail factory in that country. John A. Cashbaugh remained at home until twenty-four years of age and acquired a good education. He then sailed for America, attracted by the better business opportunities of the new world. After a voyage of nine weeks in a sailing vessel, he landed at Philadelphia, whence he made his way to Reading, Pennsylvania, and in that state he engaged in peddling merchandise for sometime. He married Miss Anna Wangler. who was born in Baden. Germany, in 1803, and came to the United States in 1814. Mr. Cashbaugh afterward bought a farm in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, whereon he remained for six years, and in 1828 he came to Ohio, purchasing seventy-three acres of the farm which is now the property of his son Peter. He cleared the land, planted the fields and in course of time gathered good harvests, prospering in his undertakings here. After becoming an American citizen he gave his political support to the democracy and he was a communicant of the Catholic church. He died at the age of fifty-nine years. while his wife, long surviving him. passed away in 1887, at the advanced age of eighty-five years. They were the parents of fifteen children, of whom the following are living : Mrs. Elizabeth Herb, of Pittsburg,: John, of California Rebecca, Theresa, and Peter. To the public school system of the county Peter L. Cashbaugh is indebted for the educational advantages he received and upon the holm farm he was reared. early becoming familiar with the work that he has made his life occupation. As a companion and helpmate for life's journey he chose M iss Sophia Webb, who was a native of this country, and (lied June 5. 1903. Her father, T. Webb, was a native of England and came to the United States in 1845. settling in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Cashbaugh became the parents of a (laughter and three sons : Alice Corbin. who is living on the home farm : Clarence W.. of Zanesville : Ralph. also of Zanesville, and Lawrence, at home. Mr. Cashbaugh, in 1864, responded to the calf for men to serve with the Union Army for one hundred clays and joined Company E, One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Ohio Infantry, with which he remained until the expiration of his term, in August of that year. He votes with the democracy and for two terms he filled the office of justice of the peace. His farm is a valuable tract of seventy acres of fine bottom land along the Muskingum river in Wayne township. There is no better tract for gardening in the county and to the raising of vegetables it is largely devoted. There are upon the place two residences each of two stories. Mr. Cashbaugh is practically living retired, leaving the active work of the farm to others, while he is enjoying a rest which he has truly earned in former years close connection with the farm work. In all progressive measures his aid can be counted upon whether to promote agricultural interests or the general good and his fellow townsmen recognized in him a man of genuine worth, deserving of the esteem which is uniformly accorded him. ALLEN DOUGHTY. Allen Doughty, deceased, was well known in Muskingum county as a man worthy the respect and c0nfidence of his fellow citizens. He was one of the native sons of Zanesville, having born in that city in 1808. When he was but four years of age he was taken to Adams township and from that time forward was identified with a agricultural interests. choosing as a life work the occupation to which he was reared. As time advanced he kept in touch with improvements along agricultural lines, replacing the old crude farm machinery by the new agricultural implements that were found upon the market and employments advanced ideas concerning the best methods of cultivating the soil. He was practical in all his work and his perseverance and energy were strong elements in his career. He became owner the of one hundred and sixty acres of fine 1and in Madison township and also owned an attractive residence in the town. Mr. Doughty was twice married. He first wedded Lucinda Honnold and this marriage was blessed with ten children, of whom six are now living. Following the death of his first wife he was married again in 1877, his second union being with Mrs. Martha J. Ferrell, who was born in Adamsville. in 1843. and is a daughter of George W. and Sarah A. Shirer. Her father was a native pioneer of Muskingum county, born in 1815, and by trade was a carpenter. he and his brother being closely associated with the building interests of Adamsville so that the town practically stands as a monu- PAGE 321 - PICTURE OF PETER L. CASHBAUGH PAGE 322 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 323 ment to their enterprise and lab0r. Mr. Shirer afterward removed from the town t0 a farm and later retired from business, spending his remaining days in Adamsville in the enjoyment of a well earned rest. He died in October, 1901, while his wife passed away November 22, 1900. Their daughter, Mrs. Doughty, was educated in the schools of Adamsville and was first married to Chris W. Ferrell, by whom she had two children : E. S. Ferrell, who is occupying a position in the postoffice of Zanesville ; and C. W. Ferrell, who is employed in the Adamsville mill. Mr. Ferrell was a soldier of the Union army in the Civil war and died in 1871. the second marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Doughty there are three children: Olive M., Bruce C. and Allen M., all of whom are living with their mother. It was in 1889 that Mr. Doughty was called to his final rest. He voted with the democracy and was a consistent and faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church, his entire life being in harmony with his professions so that he left to his family an untarnished name as well as a comfortable competence. He was devoted to the public welfare and also to the interests of his family and in his career he displayed many exemplary traits of character. Mrs. Doughty and her children now reside in Adamsville, where she is widely and favorably known, the hospitality of the best homes of the city being gladly accorded her. HENRY NELSON. Henry Nelson, for many years actively identified with agricultural pursuits and still the owner of valuable property holdings, is now living a retired life in New Concord. He is a native of Guernsey county, Ohio, born August 30, 1845. and is one of fourteen children of Peter and Margaret ( Newman) Nelson, both natives of Pennsylvania. They were married in the Keystone state and in 1825 removed to Ohio, settling in Guernsey county, where the father followed the butchering business. In his political views he was originally a Whig and upon the dissolution of that party became a stanch republican. He held membership in the Cumberland Presbyterian church and died at the age of eighty-three years, while his wife passed away at the age of eighty- two years. Their living children are : John S., W. B., Frank, Mary, Eliza, Ora, Henry, Margaret and Lucy. Henry Nelson, spending his boyhood days under the parental roof, acquired his education in the public schools and afterward assisted his father until he attained his majority, when he started out in life on his own account as a farmer of Guernsey county. He came to Muskingum county, August 18, 1885, and located two miles south of Norwich, in Union township, where he purchased a half interest m two hundred and thirty-six acres of farm land. Later he became sole owner of that property and placed the fields under a high state of cultivation, while to the place he added various modern equipments and impr0vements. In October, 1904, he sold that farm, although he still owns one hundred and sixty acres of good land in Union township, which is devoted to general farming, and one hundred acres in Guernsey county, which he rents. He also has town property, including the two- story residence which he occupies. He is now living retired after a very active, useful and honorable business career and his rest is well merited. Mr. Nelson was united in marriage to Miss Elmira E. Redd, a native of Muskingum county and a daughter of John and Mary E. (Allbrittan) Redd. They have eight living children : Harry E., Ora, Irene, Mary, Alice, Alta. Daisy and Sumner. Harry married Lorena Gallaher and lives on a farm in Guernsey township. Ora married George Heagan of Union township. Irene married George Ritchie of Cambridge, Ohio. Mary married John Waddle and lives in Union township. Alta married Loring lock of Union township. Alice married Marcus Taylor and lives at home. Daisy married Cameron McConagha and lives in Concord. Sumner lives at home. The parents are members of the Presbyterian church and ill his political views Mr. Nelson is a republican, keeping well informed on the questions of the day, yet never seeking office, for in former years he preferred to give his undivided attention to his business affairs, which brought him the competence that now enables him to live a retired life. JAMES T. GOODLIVE. James T. Goodlive, whose connection with business interests in Zanesville is that of a florist, was born in Roseville, this county, December 25, 1875. His parents are Abraham and Maria (Aston) Goodlive, the former a native of Perry county and the father of Hocking county, Ohio. They are still living, their home being in Zanesville. The father is a shoemaker by trade and after working at the bench for some time he later established a shoe store in Roseville, which he conducted until about six years ago, when he removed to Zanesville, where he is now living retired. He did custom work and was a most industrious man, so that his success can be attribut- 324 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. ed entirely to his own efforts. In the family were six children, of whom five are living : William H., Ada, James T., Emma and Mabel. the wife of Ernest Bainter. James T. Goodlive was reared to manhood in Roseville and acquired his education in its public schools. Since fourteen years of age he has been engaged in work as a florist and he began business in Roseville on his own account in a small way. He has always had a great love for flowers and thus has a natural aptitude for the vocation, which he has chosen as a life work. He was at one time engaged in railroad work, however, for the Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley Railroad as baggage master at Zanesville, occupying that position for two and a half years. Two years ago he purchased a piece of land on Greenwood avenue near Greenwood cemetery and there he built a small greenhouse twenty-two by one hundred and twenty-five feet and began business as a florist. He is meeting with much success and expects in the summer of 1905 to erect another greenhouse. He deals in all kinds of plants and cut flowers and is conducting a growing business which has already become profitable. He has secured many regular patrons and is continually gaining new ones. He is a man of energy and laudable ambition, well meriting the success which has already come to him. In politics he is a democrat, while fraternally he is connected with Amity lodge, No. 5, F. & A. M. GEORGE C. ADAMS. George C. Adams, who stands at the head of the George C. Adams Lumber Company of Dresden, was born in Madison township about three miles from this village, June 19, 1846. His paternal grandfather, Littleton Adams, was a pioneer settler of Muskingum county, coming to Ohio from Fauquier county, Virginia, about 1797 or 1798. Few were the settlers who had located here and the district seemed cut off from all the comforts and conveniences of the older east but he concentrated his energies upon the establishment of a home and assisted materially in the early development and upbuilding of the county. He followed the occupation of farming and eventually gained a comfortable competence. He made his journey t0 Ohio in a wagon drawn by six horses and was accompanied by his family, consisting of his wife and nine children, namely : George. Zachariah, John, Benjamin, Samuel. Littleton, Alfred, Maria and Julia. Maria. who was the second in order of birth in the family, carried her brother "Zachariah in her anus, while riding a horse across the Allegheny mountains. Littleton) Adams settled in Madison township upon land which lie secured from the government and which he cleared and converted into a fine farm. There he lived for many years eventually passing away at a ripe old age. He took a very active interest in politics, giving his support to the whig party. He served his country in the war of 1812, being a paymaster in the army. Zachariah Adams, son of Littleton Adams, was born in Fauquier county. Virginia, but was reared to manhood in Madison township. Muskingum county, Ohio. He managed to acquire a good education for those days and when a young man engaged in teaching school. He was one of the early justices of the peace and also served as sheriff of Muskingum county in pioneer times, when it required a brave and resolute man to fill that position. He was also prominent and influential in military circles and he served as a colonel in the old militia. He was active in political affairs, possessed much influence and was well known throughout the county. His power was always exercised in behalf of improvement, progress and upbuilding and his efforts therefore proved of much value to his locality. When he was about forty years of age his health failed him and he took a six-months sea voyage to Cuba. He was married late in life to Miss Harriet Williams, who was born in Milford, Clerment county, Ohio, a daughter of Dr. William Williams of that county, who was one of the leading citizens at an early day. Dr. Williams was born in Pennsylvania about 1791 and coming to this state entered upon the practice of medicine in a frontier district, his professional labors mantling that he take long drives through inclement weather and meet hardships and discomforts in practicing the healing art. He died in Clermont county at the advanced age of eighty, seven years. Zachariah Adams passed away at the age of sixty-two years. He was a man of marked individuality, constantly broadening his knowledge through reading and study and his love of books was indicated by the extensive library which he accumulated. He always kept informed on all matters of church and state and was thoroughly conversant with the great issues before the country. In early life he gave his political allegiance to the whig party and later was a stanch republican. He was bitterly opposed to slavery. becoming a stanch advocate abolition principles, and was a firm supporter of the government at the time of the Civil war. He was also regarded as one of the pillars of his Methodist Episcopal church in his community and he held the offices of steward, trustee and class leader. He died at the age of sixty-two years, honored and respected by all who knew him. He was fearless in conduct loyal to the right and a recognized champion of everything that he believed would contribute to the general good or to the welfare of the community. As his fat PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 325 spread abroad his children find that his name was a passport wherever he was known. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Zachariah Adams were born the following named children : Martha and Anna, now deceased; George C.; Euphemia, deceased ; Virginia ; Howard; Thomas; and William, who is living in Zanesville. George C. Adams, reared in Muskingum county, is indebted to its public-school system for the educational privileges he enjoyed. He was but seventeen years of age when, his spirit of patriotism having been aroused, he enlisted on the 17th of June, 1863, becoming a member of Company H, First Virginia Light Artillery. He participated in two battles at New Creek, Virginia, and there on the 28th of October, 1864, he was captured, together with seven hundred Union soldiers, who were surprised by the Confederates, the rebel troops having dressed themselves in the blue uniform of the north. Mr. Adams was then taken to Libby prison where he was incarcerated from November, 1864, until March I, 1865, and his sufferings amidst the horrors of a rebel prison reduced him in weigbt from one hundred and sixty-five to ninety pounds, so that he seemed a walking skeleton when lie at length obtained his release. The prison then housed about one thousand Union troops and they received very scanty rations—a small piece of corn bread, about one and a half inches square. and a piece of salt pork about the same size constituting their morning meal. Nothing more was served to them until night when they were furnished with a similar repast, save that about a half pint of bean soup took the place of the pork. They slept on the floor of the prison at night with nothing to cover them but their own clothing and M r. Adams considered himself fortunate in finding a brick which he used as a pillow. It required a year after his release to recover from the prison exposure and hardships and in fact he has never since enjoyed the same . health that he did before he made tbis sacrifice for his country. Not long after he was discharged from the prison the war was over and he returned to his home. When he had sufficiently recovered his health Mr. Adams resumed agricultural pursuits, carrying on farming on his father's old homestead for two years. In 1867 he became connected with the lumber industry, embarking in the sawmill business. He had a portable sawmill which he took to all parts of the county and in 1868 he went to Story county, Iowa, but soon afterward returned to Muskingum county and here embarked in merchandising at Symmes Creek. For four years he conducted a store and in 1872 he sold out there after which he was engaged in business for a year at Adam's Mill. He next purchased and operated a grist mill at Svmmes Creek and in 1876 he re moved to Frazeysburg where he engaged in the gr0cery business for two years. Later he was connected with the lumber trade at that place until 1892, when he came to Dresden and here embarked in the lumber business as a partner of C. M. Haas. Since 1902 he has been alone in business and his plant is operated under the name of the George C. Adams Lumber Company. He Owns two lots and a large planing mill and manufactures all kinds of building materials. He has a large lumber yard and his sales annually reach extensive figures. On the 1st of February, 1872, Mr. Adams was united in marriage to Miss Minnie A. Thompson, a native of Noble county, Ohio, who was reared in Madison township, Muskingum county, and is a daughter of James and Sarah Thompson. Her father was a merchant of Noble county, but subsequently removed to Texas, where he died about 1886. He was born in Pennsylvania and was of German lineage. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Adams have been born the following named : W. W. and Stella, now deceased; Blanch, who became the wife of L. R. Coberson, of Zanesville, and died at the age of twenty-four years : Herbert., a member of the United States Army with the Ninth Regiment of Coast Artillery; Wheeler, who is a member of the same command ; and Seth, who is employed by the Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley Railroad Company. Mr. Adams is a republican and while residing in Frazeysburg served as mayor of the city for three terms and was also justice of the peace there. He belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic and he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church. He is a man of fine physique, large and well proportioned and his physical manhood is typical of the strength of his character and of his capabilities. He is well known in his native county and his record throughout his entire life has been such as would bear the closest investigation and scrutiny. FRANK F. KOHLER. The name of this gentleman is inseparably connected with the industrial interests of South Zanesville, where for the past ten years he has carried on business as the owner and proprietor of the Kohler Bent Wood Works. A native of Ohio. he was born in Moundsville, Belmont county, on the 14th of February, 1862, and is a son of Joseph H. and Mary (Spicer) Kohler. On leaving Belmont county, the father brought his family to Muskingum county and first located in Fall township, but in 1873 took up his residence in Zanesville. Frank F. Kohler began his education in the schools of Fall township and after the removal 326 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. of the family to Zanesville, he continued his studies in the city schools for some time. On putting aside his text-books he entered upon his business career and for sixteen years he was employed with the Brown Manufacturing Company in Zanesville. On the 1st of August, 1895, he established his present business in South Zanesville, where to-day he owns twenty acres of land, and the works, now comprising three buildings, cover two and a half acres, the main building being two hundred by forty feet in dimensions while another is one hundred and sixty by forty feet. The plant is conveniently located on the Cincmnati & Muskingum Valley Railroad, and here employment is furnished to forty people, an extensive business having been built up in all kinds of bent wood for wagons, plows, etc. Mr. Kohler married Miss Maggie Camp, who died leaving one son, Burney. In business affairs he is prompt, energetic and notably reliable, and he belongs to that class of men whom the world terms self-made. Having started out in life for himself empty-handed, he has worked his way upward until he is now at the head of one of the important industrial concerns of the city and is doing a large and profitable business. He is well known throughout this section of the state for his sterling character and worth. JAMES KENNON GEDDES. Prominent in business circles of Zanesville as one whose efforts have contributed to its substantial improvement, James Kennon Geddes well deserves mention in the history of the representative citizens of Muskingum county. He was born near Caldwell, in Noble county, Ohio, September 7, 1856, and is of Scotch lineage. His paternal grandfather, James Geddes, came from Scotland to America, settling near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, about 1800, and he served his adopted country as a loyal soldier in the war of 1812. His son, George E. Geddes, was born in Morgan county, Ohio, followed the occupation of farming as a life work and by the judicious investment of his savings accumulated a considerable property. He held high rank in public regard and was known as one of the leading and influential citizens of his community. His political support was given the republican party and he took an active and helpful part in political work and in various public measures which promoted the general welfare. He was lieutenant colonel in the Ohio militia, but because of physical disability was unable to participate in the Civil war, serving, however, as a member of the Home Guard. His religious faith was indicated by memberShip in the Methodist Protestant church. He wedded Mary A. Brown, who was born in Noble county, Ohio, where she is now living at the age of sixty-six years. She is de scended from New England ancestry and her paternal grandfather became one of the pioneers of the western wilderness, assisting in opening up the country for the use of civilization. Her father was Edmund G. Brown, a farmer of Noble county. George E. Geddes departed this life in 1904, at the age of seventy-one years. James Kennon Geddes acquired his early education in the common schools and afterward attended academies at Sharon, Caldwell and Leb anon, Ohio. He has always been a man of scholarly tastes and habits. In fact he has been a student throughout his entire life and is now well known as a mathematician and linguist, being especially fluent in Spanish and German classics. He engaged in teaching school when only seventeen years of age and devoted his leis- tire time -during this period to the study of civil engineering. He followed the teacher's profession for six years and was a capable educator. imparting clearly and readily to others the knowledge which he had acquired. In Mr he did his first work as an engineer on the old Texas & St. Louis Railroad, now known as the Cotton Belt Railroad. A few months later he was appointed assistant engineer at Vicksburg, Mississippi, on the location and construction of the Mississippi Valley Railroad. He did special work on the Memphis & Vicksburg Railroad and in 1882 he was transferred to New Orleans. He took charge of the location and construction of the New Orleans & Mississippi Valley Railroad. In January, 1883, he came to Zanesville as resident engineer on the construction of the Bellaire, Zanesville & Cincinnati Railroad and soon after the completion of that line he was made engineer and roadmaster of the road, which position he filled until July, 1891, when be was appointed. general manager of the road. thus continuing until 1895. At that time the road went into his hands as receiver and he continued as such until. January 1, 1903, when the property was re-organized and sold to the Appleyard syndicate. since which time he has been general manager for the new owners of the property. Aft. Geddes also served as a member of the building committee for the construction of the new Masonic Temple, built at a cost of one hundred and sixty thousand dollars, and he has interests in various home enterprises, thus contributing to the material welfare of his adopted city. On the 15th of May, 1884. Mr. Geddes was married to Miss S. Irene Young, who was born in Chandlersville, Ohio, in 1863, and is a daughter of Archibald Young, a farmer and stock-raiser. They have one child, Donald Young, who was born in 1885, and is now attending Oh' State University, preparing for civil engineering, PAGE 327 - PICTURE OF JAMES KENNON GEDDES PAGE 382 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 329 Mr. Geddes belongs to Amity lodge, A. F. & A. M., to the chapter and council, and Cyrene commandery, No. 180, K. T. He is also a member of Elks lodge, No. 114, and Phoenix lodge, No. 180. K. P. He is a member 0f the American Society of Civil Engineers, and is a director of the American Trust & Savings Company, 0f Zanesville. In his political affiliation he is a republican and is now serving as a member of the city council of Zanesville from the ninth ward. True gallantry and enterprise are manifestly his salient characteristics and these qualities have led to his success in the business world and he is also regarded as one of the worthy and valued citizens of Zanesville and as such deserves representation in this volume. POLYCARP BRAILER. Polycarp Brailer is the owner of a well improved farm in Licking township in the midst of which stands a fine home that was erected in 1903 and is one of the attractive features of the landscape. He is a native of Pennsylvania. his birth having occurred in Wellersburg, Somerset county, in 1848. His parents were Augustine and Cecelia ( Logsdon) Brailer. The father was born in Germany in 1821 and when seventeen years of age left Fulda in that country for the new world. In the meantime he had learned the weaver's trade in the land of his nativity and after arriving in America he followed various pursuits in the Keystone state. In 1839 he was married to Miss Cecelia Logsdon and later he followed weaving until about 1854 when owing to the close confinement of the work and the ill effect of the dyes upon his health he had to abandon that occupation and seek other means of livelihood. Thinking that he would be benefited by an outdoor life he rented a farm which he cultivated for six or eight years. In about 1861 he removed to another rented farm of one hundred and thirty-one acres lying just across the boundary line in Maryland. The cultivation of that place claimed his attention for seven years at the end of which time, in 1868, he purchased the property and with renewed energy continued the work of improvement knowing that his labors would more directly benefit himself. He resided thereon up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1898, when he was seventy-seven years of age. His wife passed away in the spring of 1901. In their family were fourteen children, two of whom died in infancy. Polycarp Brailer, reared under the parental roof, pursued his education in the public schoolS of Pennsylvania and Maryland and upon the home farm he was instructed in the best methds of plowing, planting and harvesting. During the periods of vacation he assisted m the work of the fields and he continued to aid his father until twenty-0ne years of age when he started out in life on his own account, working as a farm hand in his home neighborhood until about 1873. In that year he made a trip to Ohio to visit some relatives and for a year remained in this state. He then returned to Maryland but several years later he again came to Ohio and once more spent a year here. Being pleased with the country he resolved to make this state his home. In 1879 he once more came and was married to Miss Ann Catherine Matingly, a daughter of William Matingly of Muskingum township, Muskingum county. They began their domestic life upon her father's farm and in 1880 Mr. Brailer purchased 0ne hundred and thirty acres of land in the western part of Licking township 0n which he has since resided. This is today a splendidly equipped property, giving every evidence of the careful supervision and progressive ideas of the owner. In 1903 he erected a fine two-story residence and there are also large and substantial barns and outbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock. Everything about the place is kept in good condition, an air of neatness and thrift pervading the entire place. The fields are highly cultivated, returning good crops annually, and in the pasture are f0und good grades of stock. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Brailer has been blessed with eight children, of whom five are yet living-Mary, Margaret Ellen, William Augustine, Theresa Gertrude and John Christopher, all of whom are at vet at home. Mr. Brailer and his family are communicants of the Roman Catholic church and in his political views he is a democrat, following in his father's steps in this particular. Although he had no assistance when he started out in life on his own account, he is to-day one of the substantial agriculturists of his community and the secret of his rise in the world is found in qualities that all may cultivate—unfaltering diligence, indefatigable energy and careful study of business conditions resulting in the best use of opportunities. DAVID JOHN EVANS, M. D. Dr. David John Evans, physician and surgeon at Zanesville, was born in this city November 9, 1875. His father, David M. Evans, was a native of Wales and the year 1858 witnessed his emigration to America, where he became connected with the iron industry, working in a rolling mill. He married Abbie L. Bradway, who was b0rn in 1846, and is a daughter of Mrs. Emily C. Brad- way. In his political views Mr. Evans was a republican and three times represented the sixth 330 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. ward of Zanesville in the city council, where he exercised his official prerogatives in support of every measure which he deemed would prove of public benefit. He was infirmary director for two terms and served as a soldier of the Civil war. He held membership in the Baptist church and his fraternal relations were with the Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Honor and Foresters. He died April 2, 1901, at the age 0f fifty-nine years, respected by all who knew him, and he is still survived by his wife who is living in Zanesville. They were the parents of eleven children, of whom five reached adult age, namely : Emma, the wife of Edward B. Roemer, who is assistant postmaster at Zanesville ; Minnie G., a bookkeeper ; Elizabeth; David J.; and Fred, who is an iron worker. Dr. Evans began his education in the common schools and afterwards pursued a high-school course, spending one and a half years in a drug store, during which time he became imbued with a desire to study medicine. He read for three years under the preceptorship of Dr. J. M. Fassig and in the fall of 1893 entered Starling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, from which he was graduated in the spring of 1897. He began practice in Zanesville and although one of the younger representatives of the medical fraternity has already secured a patronage which many an older physician might well envy. On the 12th of April, 1898, Dr. Evans was married to Miss Anna A. Reed, a daughter of Washington and Dorothy Reed. She was born in Zanesville in 1878 and is a member of the Congregational church. Their marriage has been blessed with two children : Dorothy L., six years of age ; and David M., three years old. Dr. Evans is connected fraternally with the Druids, the Woodmen and the Eagles. He votes with the republican party and in 1898 he served as coroner of his county. He belongs to both the County and State Medical Societies and in his profession is making consecutive advancement because of his continued reading and investigation as well as the knowledge which comes to him through the experience of daily practice. JOHN T. DAVIS, M. D. Dr. John T. Davis, engaged in the practice of medicine in Zanesville, was born m Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, December 27, 1847. His father, Thomas T. Davis, was a native of Wales and on coming to the United States in 1845 settled in Pittsburg, where he secured employment as an iron worker. When his son John was six months of age he removed with his family to Zanesville. He had married Eleanor Evans, also a native of Wales, whence she came with her mother to the United States ab0ut 1840, their home also being established in Pennsylvania. They lived with her mother's brother at Evansburg, that state, Mrs. Davis there remaining until the time of her marriage. Politically Thomas T. Davis was a republican but had n aspiration for office. Both he and his wife we devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He died in 1877 at the age of fifty-six years, while her death occurred in 1886, wh she was sixty-Six years of age. Dr. Davis is the only surviving member of family of six children. Coming to Zanesville when Six months of age he entered its public schools and after putting aside his text-books h worked in an iron mill at intervals. He attend however, the high school and a business college, here and thus gained a g0od preliminary know edge to serve as a foundation upon which rear the superstructure of his professional leaving. For two years he read medicine in th office of Dr. M. Edwards, while later Dr. Alfred A. Ball was his preceptor. In 1870-1 he attended Starling Medical College in Columbus, Ohio. and during the summer and fall of the latter year gained valuable knowledge and experience as intern in the Muskingum County infirmary. In the fall of 1871 he matriculated the Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati, and following his graduation, in March, 1872, be practice in Roseville, where he remained eighteen months. On the expiration of the period he removed to Zanesville. where he since remained. He spent a portion of the ye 1892-3 abroad, pursuing special courses of study in Hamburg and Berlin, Germany, under t care of Dr. Martin, and also at Dresden, Germany, while for two weeks he saw clinical work in the Vienna Hospital in Austria. He also continued his researches and studies in Italy, Switzerland and Paris and spent some weeks at London hospital, thus becoming familiar with the methods of practice of the leading physical and surgeons of the old world. He return home splendidly equipped for his life work a he is now successfully engaged in general practice, making a specialty of the diseases of women. On the 24th of April, 1872, Dr. Davis was married to Sarah Louanna Smith, who was born in Zanesville, November 23, 1846, a daughter of John K. Smith, proprietor of the first last factory in this city. Two children were born unto them but both died in infancy. Dr. and Mrs. Davis are prominent and popular socially and are members 0f the Episcopal church. He holds membership with all of the Masonic bodies at Zanesville and is a republican in his political views. He belongs to the County and State Medical Societies and as a practitioner has been very successful. Starting out in life for himself PAGE 331 - PICTURE OF DR. JOHN T. DAVIS PAGE 332 - BLANK 333 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. with limited educational advantages, working in the iron foundry for several seasons and then becoming imbued with a laudable ambition to attain something better, he has steadily advanced in those walks of life demanding intellectuality, business ability and fidelity and to-day commands the respect and esteem of the entire community. CHARLES M. TRACE. Charles M. Trace, who is engaged in the livery business in New Concord, was born in Highland townhip, Muskingum county, September 7, 1855, and comes of German lineage. His paternal grandfather, Daniel Trace. was a native of Gemany and crossed the Atlantic to America in 1795. becoming an early resident of Highland township, few settlements having been made within the forests when he took up his abode here. He owned and cultivated one hundred and sixty acres of land and assisted materially in laying the foundation for the present development and progress of the county. His early political support was given the whig party and upon its organization he joined the ranks of the new republican party. He died about 1875. at the venerable age of eighty-seven years. Mathias Trace. his son, was born and reared in this county, was educated in the public schools and spent his life as a farmer, prospering in his under takings and becoming the owner of four hundred and forty acres of rich land, which he placed under a high state of cultivation. He was a veteran of the Civil war, enlisting in 1864 for one hundred days service and going to the front as captain of Company A, One Hundred and Sixtieth Regiment of Ohio Volunteers. His political allegiance was given the republican party and he served as supervisor for several years. He died in 1884. while his wife, who bore the maiden name of Margaret Galbraith, passed away in 1886. In their family were eight children : Charles M.: John R.. who lives in Zanesville : Daniel D., who lives in Guernsey county, Ohio : M. E.. who is a farmer : J. C.. also following agricultural pursuits : Belle J. who is matron in the county infirmary and Agnes and Etta, deceased. Charles M. Trace was educated in the common schools and afterward followed the occupation of farming for some time but later disposed of his land and purchased a sawmill, which he operated for three years. He then abandoned the manufacture of lumber and built a livery barn in New Concord, since which time he has been engaged in the livery business with good success. He keeps sixteen or eighteen horses and a large number of vehicles of various kinds and has a liberal patronage, to which his fair-dealing and energy justly entitle him. In October, 1884, Mr. Trace was united in marriage to Miss Florence Smith, who was born in this county m 1865 and is a daughter of John Smith, who was reared in New Concord township and was a farmer by occupation. Mr. and Mrs. Trace have become the parents of three children : Homer, Otha and Wilmer. In his political affiliation he is a republican, interested and active in the work of the party, and he has served as school director and as a member of the city council. He has also been prominently spoken of for the position of county treasurer. Public duties, like those of his private life, are faithfully performed by Mr. Trace, who is devoted to the general welfare and is never remiss in citizenship. He belongs to the Modern-Woodmen camp at Sago and he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church. He has a wide and favorable acquaintance and both Mr. and Mrs. Trace enjoy the esteem of many .friends in their native county. THOMAS WILLIAM LEWIS. The subject of this sketch was born in Zanesville. December 7, i851. His early education was obtained in the public schools of the city. At the age of eighteen he entered the hardware store in which his father, the late Vance B. Lewis. was a partner. At the end of twelve years he became proprietor of an establishment of like character and built up a large business. His tastes, however, had always beckoned him into the newspaper field and in 1889 he sold out and became business manager of the Zanesville Times Recorder. Although retiring from that connection at the end of three years Mr. Lewis has continued in the same field ever since, residing in this city. except during periods aggregating about four years. which he spent in Chicago. Columbus and Philadelphia. As editor and writer on special topics Mr. Lewis has made numerous contributions to the discussion of the industries and commerce of Zanesville and southeastern Ohio, producing, among other things. in 1895, a souvenir entitled "Industrial, Mercantile and Picturesque Zanesville," the carefully compiled statistics of which became a recognized authority. At a later date he wrote for the Zanesville Courier a history of the origin. growth and beneficial applications of the late John McIntire "Poor School" fund. which attracted much interest and attention. As a member of the city council in 1886-7. president of the Board of Trade in 1890. city councilman again in 1902-3 and as a newspaper writer and investigator Mr. Lewis has helped materially to develop and promote many public enter- 334 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. prises. During his first term as councilman, when Zanesville's streets were muddy and unpaved, he took up with persistent energy the work of their improvement. Gathering together facts pointing to the successful use of burned clay in the paving of streets of other cities he turned those over to the city council and urged further investigation, pointing out that if clay was a suitable material for street pavements Zanesville, with her hills full of that material, could accomplish two great results by establishing its value, first the securing of modern thoroughfares and secondly the introduction of paving-block manufacturing at home. Strange to say there was a formidable opposition to the policy suggested but a majority of the city council became as determined as Mr. Lewis was and after many delays one block of vitrified paving was laid on Main street. This became the forerunner of many miles of paved streets afterwards laid with Zanesville made brick ; and thus it was that Mr. Lewis became the pioneer in a forward movement which took Zanesville's streets out of the mud and added to her industries a number of immense brick plants whose products arc sold throughout the country. CHARLES EDWIN SWINGLE. Charles Edwin Swingle, a practitioner at the Zanesville bar, was born in Clay township, Muskingum county. October 25, 1860. His father. Frank Swingle, is a native of Brush Creek township, this county, and a son of George Swingle. who came from Pennsylvania to Ohio at an early day and settled in Brush Creek township, where he secured wild land which he developed into a productive farm. Upon that Frank Swingle was reared. In early manhood he engaged in teaching and was for a number of years a merchant, conducting business along that line at Hicksville, Ohio. He is now living in Defiance county, Ohio, at the age of seventy-one years. At the time of the Civil war he espoused the Union cause and enlisted for one hundred days' service. He has long been a supporter of the republican party and is a faithful member of the Lutheran church. In early manhood he wedded Lucretia Springer, who was born in Newton township and is now living at the age of seventy years. She, too, is a member of the Lutheran church. In their family were nine children, five sons and four daughters. Charles E. Swingle was brought up on a farm in Morgan county where he moved with his par. eats when quite young. He received his early education in the district schools and was further educated at the Fultonham Academy at Fultonham, Ohio, and at various local normal schools. He subsequently engaged in teaching school for about ten years and prominently identified himself with school work. He was admitted to the bar in June, 1887, but did not enter immediately upon practice, devoting his time to teaching and teachers' institute work. For a short time he was clerk in a building association and bank before entering upon the active practice of the law. He opened his law office in Zanesville in connection with William H. Ball and they were thus associated until Mr. Ball's retirement from active practice, since which time Mr. Swingle has been alone. He has long since demonstrated his right to rank with the capable members of the Zanesville bar, having the qualities which insure success in an attorney - strong intellectuality, keen analytical ability and untiring devotion to wearisome details and unfaltering allegiance to a client's interests. His activity in public life in his adopted city has resulted in benefit to Zanesville. He was a member of the board of education, represented the tenth ward in the city council and at this writing is and has been for the past two years councilman at large. He has also been deputy clerk of the courts and prior to election in Zanesville he served as county school examiner from 1888 to 1891 and was city solicitor at Roseville in 1888. To these positions he was elected on the republican ticket, having continuously supported the party since attaining his majority. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias fraternity. Mr. Swingle was married in 1889 to Miss Linnie Mason, a daughter of A. Manning Mason. She was born in Morgan county in 1862 and their marriage has been blessed with one child, Helen M. . Mr. and Mrs. Swingle are members of the Lutheran church and socially are well known, enjoying the hospitality of many of the best homes of the city. VINCENT MATTINGLY. Vincent Mattingly, who is engaged in general farming in Muskingum township, where he owns a farm of one hundred acres, was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, in 1840, his parents being James and Hannah, (Allbrand) Mattingly. The father carried on farming on an extensive scale in Pennsylvania, having four hundred acres of valuable land which he improved with modern equipments and accessories, while his fields were well tilled. He was also one of the principal stockholders in the First National Bank in Cumberland, Maryland, and through careful management, indefatigable energy and judicious invest, went he became a man of considerable wealth and his life was typical of the progress which has characterized this country in every line of en- PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 335 deavor or activity. Both he and his wife attained the venerable age of eighty years. They reared a family of fifteen children, eleven s0ns and four daughters, of whom Vincent was the thirteenth in order of birth. Upon the home farm in Pennsylvania Vincent Mattingly was reared, early becoming familiar with the labors incident to progressive farming, while in the public schools he acquired the education which fitted him for the transaction of business. His brothers, William and Christ Mattingly, having removed to Muskingum county, Vincent Mattingly also. came about 1860, when twenty years of age, and has since been identified with agricultural interests here. About the time of his marriage he purchased a farm in Muskingum township upon which he has since made his home, here owning and operating one hundred acres of land, which presents a splendid appearance of rich pastures, well tilled fields, high grades of stock, and substantial and commodious buildings. Be carries on general farming and the annual sale of the field products brings a goodly sum to add to his financial fund. His home is a nice two-story frame residence, containing- eight rooms, and there are also good barns and other outbuildings furnishing ample sh her for grain and stock. In 1872 Mr. Mattingly was united in marriage to Miss Mary Durbin. a daughter of John Durbin. of Knox county. Ohio. They have had a family of six children : John H.. James, Benjamin, Claytis, Stella and Lucinda, all of whom are under the parental roof. Mr. Mattingly is a communicant of the Catholic church, in which faith the family has been reared. His political views accord with the principles of the democracy and he has served as a member of the school board for a number of years, but otherwise has held no public office. He is content to do his public duty as a private citizen and his co-operation can always be counted upon to further progressive measures upon which are builded the welfare and prosperity of the general public. He has lived in Muskingum county for forty-five years ; covering the entire period of his adult life and has so lived and labored here as to gain a comfortable competence and an honored name. HON. FRANK H. SOUTHARD. Hon. Frank H. Southard is actively connected with a profession which has important bearing upon the progress and stable prosperity of any section or community and one which has long been considered as conserving the public welfare by furthering the ends of justice and maintaining individual rights. For thirty years he has been a practitioner at the Zanesville bar and has ever maintained a high standard of professional ethics, while his ability has gained for him a clientele which makes him one of its distinguished representatives here. One of Ohio's native sons, he was born in Hanover, Licking county, October 31, 1842, and is descended in both the paternal and maternal lines from early American families. His paternal ancestors settled in New Jersey about 1630, and from that state his grandfather removed to Pennsylvania and thence to Ohio, settling in Licking county in 1804. Isaiah Southard, his father, was in early life engaged in the iron business but afterward abandoned that in order to devote his attention to agricultural pursuits which claimed his time and energies until his death in 1885. The Parnell family, of which Mr. Southard is a representative in the maternal line, conies of Irish nativity and early members of the family settled in Baltimore, Maryland, about the beginning of the seventeenth century. In his boyhood days Frank H. Southard was a student in the public schools of Ohio and at the age of eighteen he entered Denison University at Granville, this state, where he remained for three years. In 1863 he became a member of the senior class of the Ohio Wesleyan University. at Delaware, Ohio, and was graduated in 1864 with the degree of bachelor of arts. Haying thus gained broad literary knowledge to serve as a basis for specific professional learning he took up the study of law, reading for one year with the firm of Follett & Follett. attorneys. at Newark. Ohio. and in the fall of 1865 he entered the law department of the University of Michigan,at Ann Arbor, completing his course there in one year. He was admitted to the bar at Mount Vernon. Ohio, in the fall of 1866, and at once entered upon the practice of his profession in Zanesville, forming a partnership with his brother, Milton S. Southard, late an attorney of New York city. This connection was continued until the brother was elected to represent the fifteenth district of Ohio in congress in the fall of 1872. since which time Frank H. Southard has continued in practice alone. During the third of a century in which he has been a member of the Zanesville bar he has built up a very large and important practice and ranks with the leaders of the bar of 'Muskingum valley. His time has been devoted entirely to his profession and he has won his enviable reputation through conscientious effort, capability and marked devotion to the interests of his clients. In regard to his standing as a member of the profession and his ability as a lawyer, one of the best known members of the Zanesville bar said : "Frank H. Southard must be classed with the ablest attorneys at this bar. He belongs to that class who have eschewed everything else for their professi0n and 336 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. whose rise is the result of honest, conscientious labor. No man is smart enough to be a good lawyer without work, and Mr. S0uthard has never shown any inclination to slight the drudgery of the profession. He is faithful in the discharge of his duty to his clients and at the same time a fair antagonist to the litigants of a case." Mr. Southard's study of the political issues and needs of the country has led him to give his support to the democracy but he has never taken an active part in political affairs or accepted a nomination for an elective office. He was, however, nominated for congress in his district in the summer of 1896, during a temporary absence from home, but on his return he declined the nomination. Fraternally he affiliates with the Masonic order. Mr. Southard was married in 1872 to Laura L., a daughter of John Laughry, of Portsmouth, Ohio, and they have one son, Carlisle M. Southard, who is a practicing physician. T. B. TOWNSEND. For almost a half century Ohio has numbered T. B. Townsend willowy, its most prominent and progressive citizens and in fact so varied and extensive has been his business operations that he may well be termed one of the "captains of industry" and likewise one of the founders of the city of Zanesville, where he makes his home. for he has been the promoter of many of its leading business enterprises, the growth and development of the city depending upon its commercial and industrial activity. His connection with any undertaking insures a prosperous outcome of the same for it is in his nature to carry forward to successful completion whatever he is associated with. He has earned for himself an enviable reputation as a careful man of business and in his dealings is known for his prompt and honorable methods which have won him the deserved and unbounded confidence of his fellowmen. He was one of the builders of the first street railway line in Zanesville, has been a builder of its bridges and sewers, was the pioneer in the marble business here and has been connected with general contracting in many other states. He is now practically living retired but is financially interested in many enterprises of magnitude and importance. Mr. Townsend is a native of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, his birth having occurred on the 8th of September, 1837, on what was then called Boyd's Hill, near the entrance of the Pennsylvania railroad tunnel which passes underneath the ground at Seventh avenue. At that time, however, there was neither railroad nor telegraph line in Pitts burg and all transportation was done by wagon or boat. His parents, William and Harriet (Burgess) Townsend, were both natives of Gloucestershire, England, and came to America about, 1834 or 1835, crossing the Atlantic on. the same; vessel. Soon after their arrival in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, their marriage was celebrated. They became the parents of thirteen children, of whom T. B. Townsend is the eldest. Six of these children are still living. The mother, however, died in Beverly, Ohio, in 1859, being long survived by William Townsend, who passed away in Columbus, in 1900. He became a resident of Ohio in 1846, settling on a farm near Beverly, where for a considerable period he made his home. T. B. Townsend was at that time only nine years of age and being the eldest of his father's family he had to assist in the development, cultivation and improvement of the h0me farm. His educational privileges were thereby extremely limited. After he was nine years of age, his total attendance covered but six mouths. When twenty-one years of age, his father was incapacitated for further business cares and then his mother died, so that T. B. Townsend was left to care for and rear the children, he being the eldest. He did not have a dollar when he started out in life, so that what he has he has earned through his own labor and industry. He had also to care for the family of a married sister. whose husband died. Realizing in early lif the advantage and benefit of an education, tried to counteract his early lack in that direction and obtain an education that would qualify hin for a successful business career. He largely devoted his evening hours to study with the light of tallow candle or the light of an open wood fire. He applied himself with such diligence and assiduity to his books that at the age of seventeen years he had qualified himself for teaching in th district schools and during three or four month. of the winter he taught school for a dollar per clan and his board, "boarding round'' among th scholars, after the manner of the times. For eight successive years he continued his educational work in the district schools, while in the summer months his labors were turned in a other direction. He was fourteen years of a when he began learning the brick and stone-mason's trade and that of stone-cutting with his father, and when a youth of eighteen years had completed his apprenticeship. In his nineteenth year he started for the then distant west, his destination being Illinois and Iowa. He traveled by steamboat to Cairo, Illinois, thence un the Mississippi river to Burlington, Iowa, where he secured a situation at laymg and cutting stone for Governor Grimes of that state. After spending a season in the west, however, Mr. Townsend