PAGE 337 - PICTURE OF T. B. TOWNSEND PAGE 338 - BLANK PAGE 339 - PICTURE OF T. B. TOWNSEND’S ZANESVILLE RESIDENCE PAGE 340 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 341 (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) returned to Beverly, where he entered into partnership with his father in the contracting business on a small scale. When the son was twenty-one years of age the father retired from business and T. B. Townsend then continued contracting on his own account, carrying on the business with constantly growing success until his retirement about ten years ago, his patronage constantly increasing in volume and importance. While Zanesville has largely been the field of his operation he has also figured prominently as a general contractor in other states. He took up his abode in Zanesville in the spring of 1867 and has here made his home continuously since, covering a period of thirty-eight consecutive years. While residing in Beverly Air. Townsend also extended the scope of his labors by the establishment of a marble business and soon was in the enjoyment of a good trade. Upon the return of his brother. William C. Townsend. from the amp:, a partnership was formed between them. T. I Townsend selling a halt interest in the business and when he removed from Beverly to Zanesville he sold the remaining half of the marble business there to his brother, but not long after he located in this city. his brother followed him here and again they formed a partnership in the marble business which continued for several years. Once more T. B. Townsend sold out to his brother. who developed a mammoth enterprise prior to his death. The subject of this review is the pioneer of the marble business which has won for Zanesville such a great name as the center for the operations of wholesale dealers in marble and granite. During all the years in wnich he was connected with the marble trade Mr. Townsend also continued his building operations and many of the fine structures of Zanesville and vicinity stand as monuments to his skill and enterprise. The first building which he erected was the Garner block, in 1867, at the corner of Main and Sixth streets, now occupied by the street railway company. He also erected the Stevens, Black, Star, Wiles, Statzenlock and the Burgess blocks, the Clarendon and the Arlington hotels, the Schultz opera house, the courthouse, the jail, the sheriff's house, the workhouse, the county infirmary, the Children's Home and Memorial Hall. He likewise built the greater part Of the Caldwell court house, was also the contractor and builder of the courthouses at Cambridge, New Philadelphia, Troy and Bowling Green. He also built most of the Belmont county infirmary and all of the Washington and Miami county infirmaries. To many other lines of construction his efforts have also been extended with gratifying success. Moreover he belongs to that class of enterprising American citizens, who, while promoting individual prosperity, likewise contribute in appreciable meas ure to the public good. Mr. Townsend built the first street railway of Zanesville and was half owner of the enterprise for sixteen years, when he sold out to the Electric Railway Company. He has paved the greater part of the streets of Zanesville and built m0st of the sewers up to 1895. He constructed all of the foundations for the following bridges across the Muskingum river : one at Marietta, one at Lowell, one at Beverly, one at Windsor, one at Gaysport, two at Tollersville, one at Brush Creek, one at Sixth street, Zanesville, two at Fifth street, Zanesville, one at Monroe street, Zanesville, one at New Comerstown, an arch bridge at Kent, Ohio, and also one at Mt. Vernon, beside other smaller bridges over this state and West Virginia. He furnished the stone for a lock at Marietta, Ohio, for the government and also for a lock at Burning Springs, West Virginia. He built most of the railroad from Zanesville to Dresden, Ohio, also the Toledo & Ohio, Central Railroad from (;ranvile Junction to Millersport and a section of the same line from Columbus to Thurston, Ohio, the narrow gauge from Woodsfield to Jacobsport, the Cleveland Belt Line and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad from Defiance to Holgate. For about thirty years he was extensively engaged in building houses, public buildings, sewers, street pavements. bridges and railroads, but retired from the general contracting business about ten Years ago and at the present time is not actively engaged in any enterprise. He is, however, occupying the presidency of the T. B. Townsend Brick & Contracting Company, the other members of which are his son. 0. N. Townsend. and his son-in-law. R. C. Burton. The three gentlemen own all of the stock and there is a paid-up capital of two hundred thousand dollars. Mr. Townsend of this review acts with them only in an advisory capacity. The company in addition to their contracting business are manufacturers of the Townsend street paving block and pressed common and sewer brick. They are contractors for heavy masonry in heavy buildings and make a specialty of sewer building. He is also president of the Northern Coal Company and president of the Peabody Gas & Oil Company, of Peabody, Kansas. Among important investments Mr. Townsend has an extensive and valuable ranch of thirty-six hundred acres in Marion county, Kansas, which farm he manages through a foreman. There he raises cattle, hogs, horses; c0rn, alfalfa and sorghum hay. About one thousand acres is planted to corn and the balance is used for pasture land. This farm is located on the main line of the Santa Fe Railroad, near Peabody, Kansas, and there is a station upon the place called Homer. Mr. Townsend has his own stockyards at the station so that his cattle and hogs are shipped direct to 342 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. Kansas City, a distance of ab0ut a hundred and sixty miles. The entire farm is fenced, there being about five miles of hedge fence and fifty miles of barbed wire fence (four wires), with posts sixteen feet apart. The barn on the farm is built 0f cut stone, is fifty-six by one hundred feet and three stories in height, having been erected at a cost of over ten thousand dollars. The superintendent's house was built at a cost of three thousand dollars and there are ten other h0uses for the men, containing from four to seven rooms, each costing from five hundred to one thousand dollars each. The men are employed by the month or year, their pay averaging thirty dollars per month. In addition to this they are furnished a house, rent free, an acre of land for a garden, pasture for one or two cows, pasture for one horse and room for the raising of hogs and chickens which they wish to keep. It will thus be seen that Mr. Townsend is very liberal with his employes. On the ranch are about one thousand head of cattle, about the same number of hogs and thirty-two horses. The year 1905 will produce upon the ranch thirty thousand bushels of corn, five hundred tons of alfalfa hay, five hundred tons of sorghum hay, together with large quantities of grains. Mr. Townsend sells from the ranch every year cattle and hogs to the value of forty or fifty thousand dollars, of which he raises about one hundred cows, but buys and fattens most of his cattle. The other cattle, purchased m the west, are brought to his ranch and fattened on the grass and corn and then shipped to the city market. In a good crop year corn is raised and put in the cribs for ten cents per bushel. The corn is not cut, but is husked from the stock, after which the cattle are turned in the fields, eating up the fodder. Three or four crops of alfalfa hay are cut each year, yielding about a ton per acre at a cutting. Mr. Townsend's farming venture has been attended with a very gratifying measure of success and the splendid climate of Kansas makes it a pleasure for him to visit his ranch. When Mr. Townsend was twenty-one years of age he was married to Miss Sybil A. Nulton, of Beverly, Ohio, and they became the parents of five children, of whom three are living, namely : Orville N. Townsend, the vice president and general manager of the T. B. Townsend Brick and Contracting Company ; Mrs. Hattie R. Burton, whose husband is the secretary and treasurer of the Brick and Contracting Company ; and Mrs. Mary T. Brown. About eighteen years ago Mr. Townsend's health failed and he was advised by his physician to go south for the winter. Since that time he has spent sixteen winter seasons in the south, in consequence of which his health to-day is better than it was thirty years ago. He has traveled extensively, spending seven winters in old Mexico, one in New Mexico, two in California, one in Arizona, two in Florida, one m Louisiana, one in Texas and one in Egypt. He has thus gained a comprehensive knowledge of the southern section of the western hemisphere and greatly enjoyed his visit to the African kingdom, whose antiquity has seen in its ruins seems greater than that of any other section of the globe. The extent and importance of the business interests which have claimed his attention and the success which has attended his efforts makes his history a notable one and in his life he has exemplified the term "dignity of labor." He is a man of distinct and forceful individuality, broad mentality and mature judgment and in his ready recognition and utilization of opportunity is found the secret of his prosperity. He has left his impress upon the industrial world. For years he was an important factor in the development of the state and in the promotion of enterprises adding not alone to his individual prosperity but also advancing the general progress 0f his home city and of the commonwealth at large. ALONZO NUTTER. Alonzo Nutter, a well known citizen of Zanesville, now filling the position of general manager of the Zanesville Gear Wood Company, was born on the 12th of September, 1857, in Lancaster, Fairfield county, Ohio. His father, William Nutter, was a native of the same county, born in 1819, and was a son of William Nutter. Sr.. who came to this state at a very early day in its development. In early manhood our subject's father married Miss Salome Tripp, who was also born in Fairfield county and was a daughter of Harry Tripp, a native of Ohio. Alonzo Nutter spent his boyhood and youth upon a farm and on leaving home at the age of nineteen years went to Lancaster. where he learned the carriage-making and gear-wood trade, devoting seven years to their acquirement. Having thoroughly mastered the business in all its departments, he then accepted the position of superintendent of the Columbus Wheel & Bending Company, of Columbus, Ohio, although only twenty-seven years of age at the time, and he most creditably filled that position f0r four years. In 1888 he came to Zanesville and for eleven years was superintendent 0f the A. Kimble Bent Wood Works. During the following six years he was superintendent of a company at Newark, Ohio, and then returned to Zanesville to take charge of the construction of the plant of the Zanesville Gear Wood Company, which was established on the 19th of October, 1904, and of which he has PAGE 343 - PICTURE OF T. B. TOWNSEND’S KANSAS RESIDENCE PAGE 344 - BLANK PAGE 345 - PICTURE OF T. B. TOWNSHEND’S KANSAS BARN PAGE 346 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 347 since been general manager, while the other officers are F. B. Fell, president ; H. L. Greiner, vice president ; and H. T. Piper, secretary and treasurer. Mr. Nutter is also a stockholder in the company. Their office is at No. 410 Market street, Zanesville, but the factory is located in South Zanesville. They manufacture carriage, buggy and spring wagon gear wood and furnish employment to thirty-five men. Much of the success of the enterprise is due to the capable management of Mr. Nutter, who not only thoroughly understands the business but is also a man of good executive ability and sound judgment. In 1877, Mr. Nutter was united in marriage to Miss E. Wright, who was born in Lancaster and is a daughter of Stephen Wright, a native of this state. Three children bless this union, namely : Cora A., Ed O. and Harry. In his political affiliations Mr. Nutter is a democrat, and in his social relations is connected with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. ELIAS F. JONES. Elias F. Jones is a native son of Muskingum county, born in September, 1841, his parents being Josiah and Serene (Huffman) Jones. His paternal grandfather died in 1861, and Josiah Jones departed this life in 1885, at the age of seventy-one years. In the family were three sons and five daughters, namely : Joseph, John, William, Elias F., Sarah Ann, Mary Jane, Margaret Ellen, Sallie Ann and Nancy Evelyn. One son, John William, served as a soldier of the Civil war, enlisting m 1861 as a member of Company F, Ninety-seventh Ohio Infantry. He continued with that command until after the close of hostilities, being discharged in June, 1865. He participated in a number of important engagements and was wounded in battle, which crippled him for hfe. Elias F. Jones, reared under the parental roof, pursued his education at Harper's Grove and at an early day started out to make his own way in the world, being employed in a sawmill until 1864, wben in recognition of his country's need for more troops he enlisted as a member of Company F, Ninety-seventh Ohio Infantry. He was under General Thomas on the march to the southwest into Texas and participated in other important movements of the northern armies. He was honorably discharged at the end of the war at Port Levache and with a most creditable military record returned to his home, joining his family in Muskingum county. Mr. Jones had been married on the 17th of December, 1861, to Miss Elizabeth Meeks, a daughter of Samuel Meeks, who died when Mrs. Jones was but two years of age, after which she was reared by her grandfather, David Meeks, of Coshocton county, Ohio. Following his return from the war Mr. Jones rented a farm and lived thereon until 1884, when he purchased a tract of land of seventeen acres in Jackson township. He has since carried on general agricultural pursuits and his place, although small, is well improved. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Jones were born eleven children of whom two died in infancy. The others are as follows : John W., born January 5, 1863, is married and is operating a farm of ten acres in Jackson township ; Mary, born March 10, 1864, is deceased ; Charles, born July 30, 1867, resides in Trimway, Muskingum county ; Sarah E., born July 8, 1869, is the wife of Eli Dwiggins, of Frazeysburg; Albert, born July 16, 1871, has departed this life ; Joseph, born December 31, 1872, is married and follows farming on the Newark road ; Catherine, born July 19, 1875, is the wife of Jack Drum, a resident farmer of Jackson township ; Clara B., born February 12, 1877, is the wife of George Shumaker, of Dresden, Ohio ; Jane and Jennie, twins, born January 23, 1879, are married, the former being the wife of Calvin Dove, of Newark, and the latter of William McCann, of the same city ; Edward, born November 14, 1882, completes the family. Mr. Jones is a member of the Masonic lodge at Frazeysburg and is in thorough sympathy with its tenets and teachings. His political views accord with the principles of the democratic party and upon that ticket he was elected supervisor of Cass township, in which position he served for four years. He has always lived in Muskingum county and during a residence here of more than six decades he nas witnessed many changes as the work of improvement has been carried steadily forward. P. W. STURTZ. P. W. Sturtz is the owner of a fine farm in Madison township but makes his home in Adamsville, where he is now living a retired life. He was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, in 1835, his parents being Peter and Margaret (Hutzell) Sturtz. The father came to Ohio in 1837, driving across the country in a wagon, and he located in Adams township, where he purchased land a few years later, his farm being situated about six miles north of Adamsville. He there spent the remainder of his days, devoting his time to the tilling of the soil and thus he provided a comfortable living for his family. His study of the political questions and issues of the day led him to cast his ballot for the whig candidates in 348 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. early life and later he supp0rted the republican party. He died in 1866, while his wife, long surviving him, passed away in 1888. They were the parents of eleven children and they had two sons who laid down their lives on the altar of their country at the time of the Civil war. P. W. Sturtz was but two years old when brought by his parents to Muskingum county. His early education, acquired in the public schools of Adams county, was supplemented in the normal school of Zanesville. He continued to work upon his father's farm until after the outbreak of the Civil war and in the meantime he also engaged in teaching school, for which he received a salary of twenty-five dollars per month. On the 17th of April, 1861, he responded to the country's call for aid, enlisting in Company A, Fifteenth Ohio Infantry, and after serving three months he returned home but when another three months had passed he once more offered his services to the country, joining the boys in blue of Company F, Seventy-eighth Ohio Infantry, with which he remained until the close of the war when he was mustered out with the rank of first sergeant. He participated in the battles of Shiloh. Vicksburg and all of the engagements of the Atlanta campaign, taking part in thirty-two battles in all, and his army service called him into ten states. He was once wounded by a spent ball but otherwise escaped injury and at all times he was faithful to his duty, never faltering in the performance of any task assigned him in connection with his military services. Following the close of hostilities and the restoration of peace Mr. Sturtz returned to his home in Muskingum county and through seven winter terms and two summer terms he was engaged in teaching school in Madison and Adams townships, Muskingum county, and in Coshocton county. He first made investment in land in 1873, when he became the owner of a tract in Madison township, which is still in his possession. Then turning his attention to agricultural pursuits he was actively and successfully engaged in farming until 1901, when he retired. He now owns one hundred and fifty-six acres of land, together with his fine residence in the town of Adamsville, and living retired is now enjoying a rest which he has richly earned. In 1870 Mr. Sturtz was united in marriage to Miss Abba Darner, who was born in Muskingum county, in 1841, a daughter of Jacob and Abagail (Wahl) Darner, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Virginia. The father followed the occupation of farming and died in 1888, while his wife passed away in 1872. They were the parents of ten children, of whom eight are now living. Mr. and Mrs. Sturtz have two living children : Della J., who was born in 1871 ; and Albert C., born in 1880. Mr. Sturtz votes with the republican party and his fellow townsmen, recognizing his worth, ability and loyalty to the public good, have called him to office. He has served as justice of the peace for fourteen years and was township assessor, his frequent re-elections giving unmistakable indications of the confidence and trust reposed in him and his fidelity to this trust. He is a member of the Grange at Adamsville and both he and his wife are devoted members of the Lutheran church. A man of intelligence, whose life has been actuated by honorable motives and worthy purpose, he is well known as a leading and influential citizen of his community. NICHOLAS J. CHRISTMAN. Nicholas J. Christman, deceased, who was a representative of Zanesville business interests for a number of years, was born in Bavaria. Germany, in 1850. He spent the first fifteen years of his life in his native country, during which time he acquired his education, and then came alone to America, believing that he would find better business opportunities in the new world. He had an uncle living here in Zanesville by the name of Nicholas Christman. Joining him in this city, he learned the tailor's trade under his direction and made it his life work. He met with a fair measure of success and for many years conducted a good tailoring establishment, securing a large patronage from the public here. His work was always of the best and his eartiest desire to please his customers. combined with fair principles, led to his prosperity. On the 29th of July, 1886, Mr. Christman was united in marriage to Miss Pauline Hofman, who was born in Springfield, Ohio, and is a daughter of Peter and Mary (Rehl) Hofman, the former a native of Prussia, Germany, while the latter was born in Zanesville, and was of German lineage. In early life Mr. H0fman conducted a farm but later engaged in the conduct of a saloon and grocery store on Linden avenue, in Zanesville, which street was then called the River road. His wife was the daughter of Peter Rehl, who came from Prussia, Germany, to Ohio when a young man and here married Mrs. Sly, a widow, while for his second wife he chose Miss Bottles. They were early settlers of Zanesville. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Christman were born four children, all natives of Zanesville, namely : Ralph H., J. Nicholas, Clarence C. and May M. Mr. and Mrs. Christman were a very congenial couple and had a pleasant home in which hospitality reigned supreme. He died in 1898, at the age of forty-eight years. He was a worthy representative of the German-American element in the PAGE 349 - PICTURE OF T. B. TOWNSEND’S BRICK PLANT. PAGE 350 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 351 citizenship of Zanesville and the hope that led him to seek a home in the new world was more than realized for he found in its business opportunities scope for his ambition and energy, which were his most salient characteristics and by the exercise of his diligence and perseverance he won a fair measure of success. KARL KAPPES. Karl Kappes, who as an artist has gained a reputation that makes him known far beyond the borders of his native city of Zanesville, was born in 1861. His father, John J. Kappes, was born in Germany, in 1826, and in 1842 was brought to the United States by his parents, Louis and Elizabeth Kappes, who located in this city. His father was proprietor of a hotel at the corner of Seventh and Mam streets for many years and his hostelry was a great rendezvous for soldiers during the period of the Civil war and in his business he was very successful. He possessed a genial nature and genuine worth that made him popular with the partons of the hotel and his fellow citizens. He held membership with the Presbyterian church and also with the Order of Druids, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the German Benevolent Society. He voted with the republican party but had no aspiration for office. His death occurred in 1886. In early manhood he had married Elizabeth Foerester, who was born in Germany, and is now living in Zanesville at the age of seventy years. She came to this city with her parents, Abraham and Elizabeth Foerster in 1845. Her father was a school-master in Germany, but after coming to the United States conducted a confectionery establishment in Zanesville. In this city Mrs. Kappes was reared, and for many years she has been a devoted member of the Presbyterian church. By her marriage she became the mother of twelve children of whom six sons and four daughters reached adult age, as follows : David A., who was one of the successful physicians of Philadelphia and died in 1904, at the age of forty-five years ; Edward P., a molder at Newark, Ohio ; Karl; Fred, a druggist, who died in Sistersville, West Virginia, in 1896; Jacob J., a physician of Philadelphia ; William J., who is superintendent for the northeastern district of Ohio of the Barbour Asphalt Company, at Sandusky ; Clara E., the wife of E. M. Ayers, of Zanesville ; Elizabeth, the wife of J. Randall Berkshire, of this city ; Julia A., and Lillia, the wife of David Foerster, of Denver, Colorado. Karl Kappes began his education in the public schools of Zanesville, where he passed through consecutive grades until ne was graduated from the high school. He attended the Cincinnati School of Design, where he received the first degree of merit and he was also a student under William M. Chase at the Art Students League in New York city. Later he attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, at Munich, Germany, where he received honorable mention, and he attended Julian School at Paris, under Benjamin Constant. He has exhibited at Pennsylvania Academy of Design in Philadelphia and the Art Club at Philadelphia, and is regarded as one of the most talented artists of Ohio. He organized an art school in 1892 and at present a majority of the decorators in Zanesville's many potteries are among his students. Mr. Kappes is a Royal Arch Mason and an Elk, and in his political views he is a republican. He served as a member of the board of education from the ninth ward. His influence has ever been exercised in behalf of the good, the true and the beautiful. He gives undivided attention to his art work, and his talent, and his interest in his school, rank him with the prominent modern American artists. WILLIAM A. WELLER. For many years William A. Weller has been actively identified with the business interests of Zanesville and is to-day a prominent resident of South Zanesville, where he is engaged in the manufacture of Cary's Family Medicines. One 0f his leading characteristics in business affairs is his fine sense of order and complete system and the habit of giving careful attention to details—without which success in any undertaking is never an assured fact. A native of Muskingum county, Mr. Weller was born in Newton township. January 19, 1849, and is the son of Henry Weller, whose birth occurred in the same township on the 3d of January, 1819. His grandfather, Daniel Weller, located here at an early day. The father was a well-to-do farmer, owning three hundred acres of land in this county, and was a man highly respected and esteemed by all who knew him. He died November i0, 1867, and his wife passed away on the l0th of February, 1868. She bore the maiden name of Mary E. Hammond, and was born in Perry county, Ohi0, August 31, 1825, being a daughter of Greenberry Hammond. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Weller were the following children : Samuel F.; William A., 0f this review ; George M., deceased; Joseph A. ; Charles E.; John W. ; Sarah A., the wife of Seward W. Jones, of Boston, Massachusetts; Alcinda A., wife of W. F. Lenhart, of Axline, Ohio ; and Mary E., wife of Edward P. Grimsley, of White Cottage, Ohio. William A. Weller acquired his early education in the district schools of this county and after 352 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. leaving home at the age of nineteen years he attended college at Mount Pleasant, Iowa. In 1869 he became connected with the drug business in Zanesville, carrying on a store at the corner of Second and Main streets with H. G. 0. Cary, for ten years. At the end of that time he became sole proprietor and continued in business there until 1891, when he sold out the retail department to Fluke & Henry, and has since made his home in South Zanesville. It was in 1885 that he purchased the Cary Family Medicine business and since that time has manufactured Cary's Cough Cure Troches, Cary's Sugar Coated Liver Pills, Cary's Toothache Remedy, Cary's Indian Eye Salve, Cary's Buckeye Condition Powder, Barrell's Indian Liniment and Barrll's Worm Confections, all of which medicines have been before the public for sixty-one years and are well and favorably known. From their manufacture and sale Mr. Weller derives a good income, his trade extending throughout all parts of the country. His factory is a good two-story brick building, seventy by twenty-eight feet, and besides this he has other property in South Zanesville. Mr. Weller has been twice married, his first wife being Elizabeth A. Johnson, who died leaving one child, Edward S. On December 23, 1897, he was united in marriage to Rose Burton, who was born in Licking county, Ohio, February 21, 1858. Her father, Robert Burton, now deceased, was born near Harper's Ferry, Virginia, and was a son of Charles Burton, a native of England. The former married Elizabeth Leonard, who was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, and was a daughter of Henry Leonard, a native of Maryland. Her grandfather, John Leonard, was born in Wales. Mr. Weller is an earnest and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and being a strong temperance man he supports the probation party by his ballot. He is an honorary member of the Zanesville Medical Society, and stands deservedly high in business, professional and social circles as a man of recognized worth and ability. ALFRED ASHWELL FRAZIER. Born of good Scotch-American stock Alfred Ashwell Frazier was naturally endowed with a hardy earnestness and a large-souled common sense which have made him popular as a citizen and have gained him success at the bar. David Frazier, the progenitor of the American branch of the family, came to the new world in the early part of the eighteenth century, settling in Virginia when the Old Dominion was numbered among the colonial possessions of New England. His descendants took part in the struggle for independence and representatives of the name have ever been active in the development and upbuilding of the various sections of the country in which; they have lived. Samuel Frazier, the grandfather of our subject, removed from Ohio county, Vit.. ginia, to Belmont county, Ohio, about 1825, and ten years afterward came to Muskingum county, taking up his abode on a large tract of land in Licking township. Stockton Frazier, father of Alfred A. Frazier, was reared upon the old home farm, and is still numbered among the agriculturists of Muskingum township. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Elizabeth McCann, was of Scotch-Irish lineage; and her ancestors also came to America in colonial times, settling in Pennsylvania, whence they removed to Ohio early in the nineteenth century. Alfred Ashwell Frazier was born October 19, 1854. and spent the days of his boyhood and. youth on the' old homestead. His early education was obtained in the public schools of Muskingum township and supplemented by a course in the Dresden high school. In 1872 he entered Denison University, where he remained for three years, and he completed his college course at Wooster University, entering the sophomore class of 1876. He was graduated with the degree of bachelor of arts in 1879, and also won second honors of the class. In the fall of that same year he entered the law department of Cincinnati College from which he was graduated in 1881, again winning second honors and receiving the degree of Bacnelor of Law. In 1882 his alma mater conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts. Mr. Frazier began practice in 1881, at Zanesville, in partnership with H. C. Van Voorhis, long a representative in congress for the fifteenth district. This association continued until 1885, when Mr. Van Voorhis withdrew in order to accept the presidency of the Citizens' National Bank and Mr. Frazier has since been alone in practice. During the nineteen years in which he has devoted his attention to the law he has confined his energies strictly to the profession and has secured a large and important clientage. Referring to his standing and ability as a lawyer one of the well known attorneys of the Muskingum county bar said : "A. A. Frazier must be classed with the successful practitioners at this bar. He entered the profession well equipped for the practice of law and has ever since been a conscientious worker and consequently is well grounded in the principles of law. He has always attended strictly to business, has had no political ambitions, has not dabbled in outside speculation, but has, in short, been purely a lawyer and has met with success. His standing as a member of the bar is irreproachable. He is of strict integrity, has been fair in PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 353 his practice and upright in his dealings with all men. He is respected by the community and esteemed by the profession." Mr. Frazier is a republican and has taken an active part in the advancement of his party's welfare and success. He served as chairman of the executive committee and aside from office has done effective service in behalf of the local organization. He was appointed a member of the examining board for admission to the bar in 1889 and in 1898 he received the nomination and was elected to the common pleas bench to succeed Judge Munson, having been chosen to the office without opposition. In August, 1899, he took his seat on the bench and in 1903 he was again nominated and elected without opposition, a fact which stands in incontrovertible evidence of his popularity and his high position in the public regard. The consensus of opinion of the lawyers of Muskingum county bar is equally favorable and his record as a jurist is in harmony with his record as a man and lawyer, having been characterized by unswerving fidelity to duty and a masterful grasp of every problem which has come up for solution in his court. In 1881 Judge Frazier was 'married to Emma L. Clark, a daughter of James and Anna ( Wilson ) Clark, of Van Wert, Ohio, and a descendant of Revolutionary ancestry. They have a son and daughter, Florein and Florence. Judge and M rs. Frazier are members of the Putnam Presbyterian church and are prominent socially, while the judge is equally well known in local political circles. He has not feared that laborious application that his profession requires of all its successful members, and, combined with industrious habits, he possesses a mind which constant application has stored with a knowledge of the law and its adaptation. His career should serve as an inspiration to the young law student and should induce him to exert himself to his fullest capacity and endeavor to emulate the example furnished. FENTON BAGLEY. Fenton Bagley, postmaster of Zanesville, was born in Muskingum county, October J0, 1838. His paternal grandparents were Reuben and Christina Bagley, the former born February 14, 1769, and the latter September 25, 1792. Benjamin Bagley, son of Reuben Bagley, was born January 22, 1810, in Loudoun county, Virginia, and was there reared and educated. He was married on the 1sth of August, 1833, to Miss Jane W. Moore, who was born in Clark county, Virginia, July 17, 1815, and was a daughter of James G. and Dorinda Moore, the former born March 25, 1792, and the latter May 18, 1794. In the family of Benjamin Bagley are twelve children : Mary Elizabeth, born September 7, 1834; Chloe, born March 0, 1836; Fenton, born October , 1838; Sarah Jane, born November 3, 1840; John, born June 4,- 1843 ; Dorinda, born September 1, 1845; Matilda, born August 12, 1847 ; William, who was born July 2, 1849, and died January 24, 1905; Martha, born November 15, 1851 ; Angeline, born October 22, 1853 ; Clara A., born October 16, 1855; and Joseph Trimble, born February 15, 1858. Fenton Bagley represents one of the pioneer families of Muskingum county, his parents having come to central Ohio in 1825. His early education was acquired in the common schools and he continued his studies in the high school at Zanesville. He afterward engaged in teaching for one year. At the time of the Civil war, however, he put aside all business and personal considerations and with patriotic spirit responded to the country's call for aid, enlisting in 1861 as a private of Company B, Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer infantry. He was appointed corporal and served until the following August, when he was discharged on account of ill health. He re-enlisted, however. in 1864 and became first lieutenant in the One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which regiment was raised for one hundred days' service. Following the close of the war Mr. 1;aglev returned to White Cottage, his former home, and was engaged in the manufacture of stoneware for twelve years, being thus connected with the productive industries of the county. His desire, however, was for a professional career and reading law lie was admitted to the bar in 1865. He (lid not engage in practice, however. until 1872, when he became an active member of the profession and continued in practice until 1898. when he was appointed postmaster. He served as prosecuting attorney of Muskingum county from 1879 until 1882 and was not again in office until appointed to his present position by William McKinley in 1898 and reappointed by Theodore Roosevelt in 1902. He is giving to the Zanesville postoffice a business-like administration, his work in the office being characterized by system and promptness and as an official he has won high encomiums. He was for five years one of the directors of the Zanesville workhouse. On the 15th of March, 1861, the opening of the Civil war—Mr. Bagley was united in marriage to Miss Eliza C. McClane, of Pennsylvania, and they became the parents of three children : Mrs. Cora E. Taylor, of Zanesville, Ohio ; Mrs. A. W. Richards, of Pomona, California ; and Mrs. Annette P. Barker, of Columbus, Ohio. In 1877 Mr. Bagley was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died on the 2d of November of that year. By a second marriage he has three chil- 354 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. dren : Arthur T., Fenton, Jr., and Myron Everhart. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1866 and also belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic. He enjoys in large measure the good will and friendship of his fellow members of these organizations. He has made for himself a creditable record in the government service and in the military service of his country and the bar Muskingum county has reason to number him with its representative men for he has ever upheld the legal and moral status of the community and labored for the promotion of good of his native county. ALMON S. LELAND. Almon S. Leland, a prominent stock man of Muskingum county, now serving as county commissioner, resides on section 7, Brush Creek township. He was born in Morgan county, Ohio, December 22, 1851. His father, John A. Leland, was a native of Northumberland county, Virginia, and the grandfather, John Leland, was also a native of that state. After reaching years of maturity John A. Leland married Huldah Stevens, a native of Meigs township, Muskingum county, Ohio, and a daughter of David Stevens, who was a native of Connecticut and became a pioneer settler of Ohio, entering land from the government in Morgan county. He had one of the first taverns between Meigs township and Marietta and it was in that pioneer hostelry that Mrs. Leland was born. John A. Leland made the journey to Ohio in 1836 with his two sisters, locating in Cumberland, Guernsey county, where he attended school. He afterward engaged in clerking and subsequently conducted a store for an uncle in Bristol, Morgan county. Later he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits and drove stock to the New Jersey market. He afterward settled in McLean county, Illinois, where he followed merchandising for six years and then returned to Morgan county, Ohio, where he dealt in live stock until a year prior to his death. He then lived retired in Marietta. He was a self-made man and as the architect of his own fortunes he builded wisely and well, so directing his efforts that he accumulated a very desirable competence. He was a public-spirited citizen, recognized as one of the liberal and progressive men of his state, and in his political views he was a staunch republican. He died in the year 1894, being at the time seventy years of age, his birth having occurred in 1824. Of his family of six children five are yet living: Mrs. Frances Baker, of Clinton, Illinois ; Almon ; Mrs. Nina M. Porter, of this county ; Mrs. Jennie Porter, of Omaha, Nebraska ; and H. W., who is a stock man an farmer of Morgan county. Mr. Leland was thirteen years of age when his parents removed to Illinois and there he completed his education. For two years he was employed as a brakeman on the Chicago & Alto Railroad in Illinois and subsequently he became a stock dealer in Baxter Springs, Kansas. H also shipped stock to Texas and later he returned to Ohio, where he again engaged in the stock business. In 1876 he took up his abode in Muskingum county and has since made his ho in Brush Creek township. He is to-day one o the large land-owners of the locality, having three hundred and forty acres of very rich an arable land which is situated about six mile from Zanesville on the river road and is devoted to the raising of cattle and sheep and to general agricultural pursuits. Mr. Leland was married in 1876 to "Miss Ell Worthington, a native of Virginia and a clang ter of the Rev. N. C. Worthington, who was Methodist minister, representing an old Virginian family, and came to Ohio when a young ma Mr. and Mrs. Leland have four children : Mrs Blanche D. "Westfall, Mrs. Carrie Pletcher, John A. C. and Nicholas W. Mr. Leland is a republican and upon th ticket was elected county commissioner in 1902. He is the leading representative of his party this portion of the state and has once been chose for the office which he is now filling and again is a candidate for re-election. He is public-spirited, exercising his official prerogatives in support of every measure for the general good an he has saved to the county much expense through his foresight and business ability. He not on receives the support and endorsement of his pa but also of the public in general and he is regarded to-day as one of the foremost citizens Muskingum county. His name is on the membership rolls of the Masonic fraternity and the Modern Woodmen Camp and in both organizations he is prominent. WILLIAM H. DUNN. William H. Dunn, deceased, was born in Wayne township, Muskingum county, Ohio, in January 1846, his parents being Asa and Caroline (Sedgwick) Dunn. The father was one of the pioneer settlers of Ohio, coming to this state from New Jersey. He made the journey in a covered wagon after the primitive manner of the times, took his abode in Muskingum county, and secured a tract of land, devoting his remaining days to agricultural pursuits. Here his death occurred May 25, 1857. PAGE 355 - PICTURE OF ALMON S. LELAND PAGE 356 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 357 William H. Dunn at that time was a lad of eleven years. He was educated in the common schools, was reared to manhood by his mother and lived with her until his death. In his youth he became familiar with the work of carrying on the home farm and as his years and strength increased he more and more largely assumed the management of the property and the task of improving it. Throughout his entire life he carried on general agricultural pursuits and his well tilled fields were an evidence of his energy, thrift and practical methods. On the 2d of October, 1872, Ir. Dunn secured a companion and helpmate for life's journey by his marriage to Miss Caroline Handschy, who was born December 6, 1851, in Muskingum county, Perry township, Ohio, her parents being Fred and Ruth (Winn) Handschy, who were natives of Perry township. Her father followed farming for many years but is now living a retired life at the age of eighty-four years. His wife also survives at the age of seventy-nine years. Mrs. Dunn also has two brothers and four sisters, but is the only one at home. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Dunn was born a son, Clarence O., whose birth occurred July 22. 1873. He married Aurelia Hart and resides near his mother's home. Mr. Dunn departed this life March 10, 1874. He was a man respected by all who knew him because of his reliability in business, his faithfulness to his family and his loyalty in citizenship. His poplitical support was given to the democratic party. Mrs. Dunn resides with her parents and superintends the farm. She owns two hundred and forty-seven acres of valuable land and under her direction general farming and stock-raising are carried on and to some extent fruit is raised. She expects soon, however, to leave the farm and remove to Zanesville, at which time the home property will be rented. She is a lady of excellent business ability and executive force, combining these traits of character with social qualities that render her popular with a large circle of friends. She is a member of the Baptist church and is held in high esteem by all who know here throughout the county in which her entire life has been passed. HARRY J. SHORE. Harry J. Shore, connected with the manufacturing interests of Dresden, is half owner of the Dresden Woolen Mills, was born in Yorkshire, England, and is a son of Jonathan and Sarah (Broadhead) Shore, who were also natives of Yorkshire. The father learned the woolen manufacturing business in England and thinking that he might improve his financial condition in the new world he sailed from Liverpool with his family, landing at New York city, August 25, 1868. He did not tarry in the eastern metropolis, however, but made his way to Rushville, Indiana, and after two years came to Dresden, where he arrived September, 1870. Here he worked for Hon. L. Rambo, being employed in his woolen mill until 1883 when he purchased a one-third interest in the mill and the firm name was changed to L. Rambo & Company. In 1890, in company with his two sons, Harry J. and Wils0n W. Shore, he purchased the mill which has since been conducted under the firm style of J. Shore & Sons, the father retaining active connection therewith up to the time of his death, which occurred August 10, 1901, when he was sixty-eight years of age, having been born in 1833. He was a self-made man, always industrious and energetic, and whatever success he achieved was due entirely to his own efforts., In manner he was quiet and unostentatious but his sterling worth won him the respect of all with whom he was associated. His wife still survives him and is yet a resident of Dresden. In their family were four children namely : Mrs. Mary J. Peffer, now deceased ; Harry J. ; Wilson W., of Dresden ; and Walter S., who was mayor of Dresden for one term and is still a resident of this place. Harry J. Shore began his education in the schools of Yorkshire, England, and completed his education in Muskingum county. He entered upon his business career as an employe in the woolen mill and on April 1, 1903. became a member of the firm in connection with his father and brother, Wilson W. He is still associated with his brother in the ownership of this enterprise which is conducted under the name of the Dresden Woolen Mills. The factory is well equipped with good, improved machinery, and because of the excellence of the product and the reasonable prices the goods of their manufacture find P ready sale upon the market. Mr. Shore has also extended his efforts to other interests, being a director of the First National Bank of Dresden. He also served as president of the Ohio Canal Association for two years, as well as having served ten successive years on the board of education. In 1889 was celebrated the marriage of Harry J. Shore and Miss Kate A. Featherston. a native of Dresden and a daughter of Edward Featherston, who was born in England in 1818 and came to this county in 1835, his death occurring here in 1864. His wife bore the maiden name of Sarah Egan and was a native of Muskingum county. She was born in Madison township and was a daughter of John Egan, who came to this county about 1800 from Maryland. He was married in Zanesville July 3. 1813, to Sarah Hull. Mr. Egan was a carpenter by trade and was largely identified with early building operations in this 358 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. part of the state. He took up his abode in Dresden in 1840.. Mr. and Mrs. Shore have a nice two-story frame residence, modern in its appointments and justly celebrated for its gracious hospitality. Mr. Shore possesses a genial manner and unfailing courtesy and is a polished, cultured gentleman, standing as a representative of a high type of American manhood. CHARLES H. JONES. Charles H. Jones, prominent in the industrial circles of Zanesville, is recognized as a man of remarkable executive ability combined with an accurate, far-sighted knowledge of men and affairs, and these qualities constitute him a natural and valued assistant in great enterprises. He is to-day connected with one of the oldest stove manufacturing interests in the city, being the owner of what is known as the Jones Stove Foundry on Third street, between Main and South streets. A native son of the city, he was born February 21, 1842, the family home at that time being on Fourth street. His father. George A. Jones, was born in Boston, June 8, 1800, and came to Zanesville in 1829. Having arrived at years 0f maturity he married Miss Maria Carter, who was born in 1813, in Belmont county, Ohio, a daughter of Daniel Carter, who built the first brick hotel in St. Clairsville and there made hiS home for a long period. George A. Jones was a jeweler by trade and was thus identified with business interests in Zanesville for many years, becoming well known as a representative of its commercial interests. He died at the age of seventy-Seven years. He had eight children. Mary, the wife of R. S. Mershon ; Cynthia : Anna L. ; Julia C. ; Laura E. ; Kate C. ; and George A. The other member of the family is Charles H. Jones, who was reared and educated in Zanesville. He spent five years in Columbus, Ohio, but otherwise has continuously been a resident of his native city with the exception of a period of three years which were devoted to the defense of the Union and the Civil war. He enlisted as a member of Company G, Ninety- seventh Ohio Infantry, and followed the old flag upon many a southern battlefield. He became a commissioned officer in recognition of his meritorious conduct and when the war was over he received an honorable discharge, having done his full duty as a soldier. In 1866 Mr. Jones became connected with the foundry business of which he is now the head. This is one of the oldest stove foundries in the city, having been established in 1816 by Captain Pierce, its location at that time being on the west side of Third street, while the iron was obtained from Dillon's Falls. Captain Pierce sold the foundry to the firm of Richmond & Bostwick and they operated it until 1828, when it became the property of the firm of Adams & Wheeler, wh0 retained the ownership until 1856, the change in the partnership then leading the organization of the firm of Gilbert & Wheeler, later to Sullivan & Wheeler and subsequently to Sullivan & Herdman and in Mr. Jones became a partner in the last name. firm. In 1871 Mr. Sullivan died and his inter was sold to Charles H. Abbott, the firm th becoming Jones & Abbott, under which name the business was continued until 1902, why. Mr. Jones purchased his partner's interest a became sole owner. The foundry has a frontage of one hundred and eighty feet and is one hundred and thirty feet in depth. Here for workmen, are employed. The house manufacturers fine line of Stoves and ranges and enjoying a constantly increasing business, d to the excellence of its product and the honorable business methods maintained in all its trade relations. Mr. Jones has had other business interests, having for some time been a director the Citizens Bank, while at the present writing he is a director of the Columbus Dispatch, also one of the directors of the McIntire estate of this county. In 1868 Mr. Jones was united in marriage to Miss Kate Davenport, who was born in Belmont county, Ohio, but is now deceased. Unto him and his wife were born seven children, all living, namely: George D., Anna A., Charles D., Herman D. and Philip D. (twins), Kate D. And Daniel A. Thoroughly in sympathy with the principles of the republican party he has ever been devoted to its support though not active as an office seeker, his energies being concentrated upon at fairs that make for good citizenship and for material development of Zanesville. Keen and clear-headed, always busy, always careful and conservative in financial matters, moving slowly and surely in every transaction he has few superiors in the steady progress which invariably reaches its objective point. O. D. VANDEN BARK. O. D. Vanden Bark, well known in Muskingum county, was born in 1855, in Cass township, which is still his place of residence. His parents were Eliphalet and Bethiah (Coe) Vanden Bark and the father was a native sf Licking township, born near Pleasant Valley. The paternal grandfather, Gershom Vanden Bark, came from Pennsylvania PAGE 359 - G. A. JONES PAGE 360 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 361 to this state at an early day and was identified with agricultural interests in Licking t0wnship. There Eliphalet Vanden Bark was reared to manhood and later he settled in Cass township, where he owned and operated two hundred and ten acres of rich and productive land. He also had 67 acres in Jefferson township and one hundred and two acres in Cass township. His entire life was devoted to agricultural pursuits and his carefully managed business affairs brought him a desirable measure of prosperity. He died in 1890, while his wife, who still survives him, is now living in Dresden, Ohio. They were the parents of three children : Susan, the wife of Thomas D. Adams,- living south of Dresden ; O. D.; and Gershom. O. D. Vanden Bark pursued his early education in the schools at Stony Point and afterward at Dresden. He remained upon his father's farm until 1879, when he went to Muskingum township, locating on land which his father owned there. He lived upon that farm for thirteen years and later took up his abode in Dresden where he remained from 1892 until 1895, during which time he was engaged in the hardware business. In 1894, however, a disastrous fire occurred which burned out his entire store. He was then out of business for about nine or ten months, after which he purchased the Benson Lloyd place on the Shannon road, comprising one hundred and fifty-nine acres of land on which he took tip his abode in the fall of 1895. He has since devoted his energies to agricultural pursuits and is now one of the substantial, wide-awake and progressive farmers of his community. In February, 1878, Mr. Vanden Bark was united in marriage to Miss Ida Smyth, a daughter of W. G. Smyth, of Dresden. Zua, their daughter, is the wife of Lambert Bowlen, who resides in Hopewell township ; James is attending college at Baldwin University. Mr. Vanden Bark is a republican in his political views and has served as trustee and a member of the school board. He does not, however, demand office as a reward for party fealty, feeling that the pursuits of private life are abundantly worthy of his best efforts and in the control of his business affairs he has met with creditable success. ALFRED F. CASSEL. Alfred F. Cassel, now deceased, was for many years a prominent factor in business circles in Zanesville, where his birth occurred January 26, 1832. He is a son of Joseph Cassel, a native of Pennsylvania. The paternal grandfather was a native of Germany and his sons, Joseph, William and James, removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio. The first named was married in Zanesville in 1825 to Miss Maria Arthur, a daughter of a Presbyterian minister, who was born in Scotland. Her mother was a member of the well known and prosperous Gamble family. In early life Joseph Cassel engaged in teaching school in Zanesville. He was also the owner of a farm in this locality and assisted in the development of the salt works of the county, acting as manager of the business. He carefully and systematically controlled his varied interests and prospered in his undertakings. His last days were spent upon the home farm. Alfred F. Cassel was only three years old when his father died and it was necessary that he soon make his own way in the world. His educational advantages were only such as the public schools afforded and his opportunities were furthermore restricted by the necessity of earning his own livelihood. In his youth he performed various business duties that would return him an honest living. Later he became associated with Edward Ball as the editor of the Zanesville Courier and was connected with the newspaper business for a number of years, ill health forcing his retirement from that line of occupation. He afterward accepted a position as bookkeeper in the rolling mill and his capability, efficiency and fidelity won him promotion from time to time until he became manager, in which capacity he served for thirty- four years. No higher testimonial of his reliability and efficiency could be given than the fact that he was so long retained in that responsible position and thus he figured largely as an important factor in industrial circles of his native city. In 1854 Mr. Cassel was united in marriage to Miss Agnes Smallwood, a daughter of the Rev. William A. Smallwood, who was an Episcopal minister and acted as pastor of the Zanesville church for eighteen years. He was born in Washington, D. C., December 15, 18N, pursued his early education there and afterward became a student in William and Mary College. He then studied law in New England but later decided to devote his life to the gospel work and prepared for the ministry as a student in the Theological Seminary at Alexandria, Virginia. He spent forty years of his life in the pulpit and his labors were not denied the golden harvest nor the aftermath. He became a power for good in his denomination and his teachings were an influence and force in many lives. His death occurred when he was sixty-two years 0f age. He wedded Miss Mary Brearley, who was born in New Jersey and was a daughter of David Brearley and the granddaughter of Joseph Brearly, a soldier of the Revolutionary war. Her great-grandfather was General W. Smallwood of Revolutionary fame, who served as aide on the staff of General Wash- 362 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. ington who was afterward governor of Maryland. Her maternal grandfather was a major in Washington's army. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Cassel were born five children, who are yet living : William S., Minnie, Clara, Agnes and Pearl. In 1891 the family was called upon to mourn the loss of husband and father. He had been devoted to the welfare of his wife and children and his death was deeply deplored by people throughout the community, as well as by the members of his own household. In his political views he was a republican and was prominent in local political circles and in business life. There were in his career many traits of character worthy of emulation and his good qualities made his an honored name. His widow still occupies the Cassel home at No. 1307 Maple avenue, where she has a nice two-story residence. She has been left in comfortable financial circumstances and she has around her an interesting family. ALVAH B. SHOWERS. Alvah B. Showers, a prosperous and influential farmer of Brush Creek township, living on section 6, was born January 5, 1863, a son of Alvah B. and Mary J. (Terri1) Showers. His father was born near Stovertown, Ohio, May 20, 1820, and at the age of nine years removed to the farm which is now owned and occupied by his son and namesake. His early educational privileges were very limited but he made the most of his opportunities and after the purchase of what is now the old Showers homestead he continued to reside thereon until his death, with the exception of two years spent in Illinois. He was married twice, his first wife being a Miss Bash, and unto them was born one child. Following her death Mr. Showers wedded Miss Mary J. Terril, who was born in Virginia, January 20, 1824. Her father, Adam Terril, came from the Old Dominion to this state during the early epoch in its improvement and progress, settling in Muskingum county. Mr. and Mrs. Showers became the parents of nine children : Joseph, who died in infancy ; James and Will, who are living in the state of Washington ; Mrs. Anna Hanson, living in Washington; Rachel, who died at the age of thirty-eight years; Mary, the wife of William Baughman ; Jessie, the wife of Bruce Baughman ; H. N., who is on part of the home place, and married Elizabeth Sloan; and Alvah B. The father was a loyal and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church and was one of the most respected citizens of Brush Creek township. His fellow townsmen, recognizing his worth and ability, frequently called him to public office. He filled all of the township positions, to which he was elected upon the republican ticket, being one of its earnest and ardent supporters in this community. He departed this life in 1890, respected by all who knew him, and was survived for about four years by his wife, who made her home with her son Alvah. Mr. Showers of this review spent the days of his boyhood and youth in his parents' home, and for the care and devotion which they bestowed upon him in his boyhood days he repaid them in part by his love and labors in later years. He relieved his father of the active work of the farm and following his death tenderly cared for his mother until she, too, was called away. His education was that afforded by the common schools and he had no special advantages to aid him in a business career but has always made the most of his opportunities. In 1899 he took up his abode in the old home and purchased the interest of the other heirs in the farm. He had lived prior to this time on the farm but had occupied another house. The Showers homestead comprised two hundred and ten acres of very rich and arable land, situated about four miles from Roseville, but after operating this for a time Mr. Showers sold one hundred and thirty-three acres of the farm at a very gratifying figure. In 1893 occurred the marriage of Alvah B. Showers and Miss Caroline Swingle. This union has been blessed with three children : Leslie S., who was born March 13, 1895 ; Hazel M.. born December 5, 1806; and Earle C., born August 20, 1899. Mr. Showers has been a life-long republican and at present writing fills the office of township clerk. In his religious faith he is a Lutheran and is interested in the moral and political growth and development of the county as well as in its material progress. His life has always been devoted to agricultural pursuits and that he is a man of activity, enterprise and sound judgment is indicated by the splendid appearance of his place, which is supplied with modern equipments, while the fields are under a high state of cultivation. AUGUST BOHN. August Bohn, who is engaged in the brewing business in Zanesville, was born in Somerset, Perry county, Ohio, in 1858. His father, Sebastian Bohn, was a native of Baden, Germany, and took part in the German rebellion in 1848. The army to which he belonged, however, was unable to win the liberties for which they were fighting and Mr. Bohn made his escape to Switzerland and in 1854 crossed the Atlantic to America, continuing his journey into the interior of the country until he had reached Zanesville. He then PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 363 accepted a position as brewer with J. Gobel. Later he established a brewery of his own, beginning the business in 1860 and continuing until his death, which occurred in 1892. He was very successful in his business affairs and accumulated a large competency. He held membership in the Catholic church, was a member of St. Nicholas Society and gave his political allegiance to the democracy. He married Miss Theresa Gruber, who was born in Baden, Germany, and died in 1885, at the age of fifty-six years. She too, was a communicant of St. Nicholas Catholic church. She gave her hand in marriage to Mr. Bohn while they were still residents of the fatherland and they became the parents of seven children, but only one son and one (laughter reached mature years. August Bohn was educated in the common schools, wherein he continued his studies until fifteen years of age, when he put aside his text-books in order to enter the brewery. He took charge of the business and upon his father's death succeeded him in the ownership. Under his guidance the business has steadily increased and he has made many modern improvements in the plant, adding all the latest facilities that would prove of practical benefit in the manufacture and care of the beer. The plant is situated on East Marietta street and the product is practically sold to the local trade. In the winter of 1905, Mr. Bohn erected a large addition to his building and this enabled him to increase his output from six to ten thousand barrels annually. Mr. Bohn is a communicant of St. Nicholas Catholic church and in his political views is a democrat. His attention has been largely contentrated on his business affairs and although he entered upon an enterprise already established he as displayed marked executive force and business discernment in enlarging and successfully controlling this. WILLIAM S. DENISON. William S. Denison, deceased, was a representative of one of the oldest families of New England, his ancestry being traced back to Captain George Denison. who came to America in 1631 from England and settled in Massachusetts. His father, William Denison, was a farmer by occupation and in 1810 came with his family to Ohio, settling in Muskingum county, where he spent his remaining days and his death occurred in 180. During the first year of his residence here he lived in Putnam and later he followed farming elsewhere. William S. Denison was a young man of about sixteen years when he came with his father's family to the Buckeye state. He was born in Colerain, Massachusetts, November 13, 1794, and began his education in the schools of that state, while later he continued his studies in the public schools of this county. He led a very busy, useful and active life and nearly all that he possessed was acquired through his own efforts. Following his father's death he purchased the interests of the other heirs in the 0ld home property and from time to time he added to his land until his possessions aggregated nearly fifteen hundred acres. Whatever he undertook in business life he carried forward to successful completion and as the years passed by he became one of the most prosperous residents of Muskingum county, carrying on farming on an extensive scale. Mr. Denison was a most generous spirited man, giving freely of his means in behalf of the church and benevolent work. At one time he made a gift of ten thousand dollars to a college of Ohio and later the institution was called the Denis0n University. In addition to this he was a generous contributor to missions, and the poor and needy never sought his aid in vain. He was willing to share with others what he had gained through his own business effort and energy, and was widely known as a man of broad humanitarian spirit, generous impulses and helpful actions. He held membership in the Baptist church and it was his brother who gave the land for the Baptist cemetery in Adamsville. In his political views Mr. Denison was a republican and while he took an active interest in the questions and issues of the day, as every true American citizen should do. he never sought or desired office for himself. On the 31 st of May, 1860, occurred the marriage of William S. Denison and Miss Mary O. Fisher, who was born in Virginia. March 12. 1830, and is a daughter of Joseph Fisher. Her father was prominent and influential in public affairs in Muskingum c0unty and for fifteen years served as county surveyor. He was also a member of the state legislature in 1843-4. He arrived in this country in 1830. settling first in Madison township, where he lived continuously until 1866, when he went to Zanesville, making his home in Putnam for fifteen years. He then went to live with Mrs. Denison and in her home departed this life on the 21st of December, 1890. Mrs. Denison has three half brothers : Dr. Fisher, of Nashport ; Joseph, of Zanesville ; and Elias, who is living at No. 111 Oak street, Zanesville. She also has two sisters : Mrs. Ross, who resides in Meigs county, Ohio; and Harriet, who is living with Mrs. Denison. Unto our subject and his wife have been born three children : Anna E., who was born in 1861 ; J. William, whose birth occurred in 1863 ; and Charles D., who was born in 1866 and died March 17, 1893. 364 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. Mrs. Denison and her son William own together fourteen hundred acres of fine land one mile south of Adamsville, and are interested in general farming as well as stock-raising. They also raise considerable fruit upon their place and part of their land is now rented, returning to them a good income. Almost a half century has passed since William S. Denison became a resident of this portion of the state. He departed this life December 31, 1880, and is yet remembered by many who knew him as an honored pioneer settler and one whose personal traits of character were such as endeared him to his many friends. He enjoyed in full measure their confidence and trust and merited the friendship which was uniformly accorded him. LEANDER WEST. Leander West, who is filling the position of county surveyor for the second term, was born in Meigs township, Muskingum county, in 1851, his parents being Jacob and Julia Ann (Sims) West. The first representative of the family in the paternal line in Muskingum county was William West, who was of English lineage and came from Loudoun county, Virginia, to central Ohio in 1810. He located in Rich Hill township, which was then largely an unimproved district, the few homes of the settlers being widely scattered. Much of the land was still unclaimed and he entered his farm from the government, after which he gave his undivided attention to the work of clearing and cultivating it. His son Jacob Gilmore West was born on the old family farm in Muskingum county, was reared to the occupation of farming and throughout his entire life carried on that business. At the time of the Civil war, however, he put aside all personal considerations in the spring of 1864 and enlisted in the Union Army at Zanesville, becoming a member of the One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry for a term of three months. In the fall of the same year he was drafted and assigned to duty in the Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He took part in several skirmishes. Aside from the time spent at the front he always lived in Muskingum county, following the occupation of farming. He married Julia Ann Sims, who was born in Rich Hill township, while her father was a native of Maryland and came to Muskingum county about the time that William West arrived here. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob West were members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church and in his political views he is a republican. He died in 189..;, at the age of seventy-five years. while his widow, surviving him until 1900, passed away at the age of seventy-four years. They were the parents of seven children, of whom five are living : Martha J., the wife of W. K. Ramsey a veteran of the Civil war ; Alta, the wife of W. E. Bell of Colorado; James M., a farmer of Union township ; Charles L., who is with the civ engineering corps at Zanesville ; and Leander. After leaving the district schools Leander West pursued a course of study in the State University at Columbus, Ohio, and when his education was completed he began work as a painter, while in 1882 he turned his attention to civil engineering following that profession until 1902, when he was elected county surveyor. He served in that position so capably that he was re-elected in 1904 and is now serving for the second term. In 1872 Mr. West wads married to Miss Lydia A. Stevens, a daughter of Henry and Sarah Stevens. She was born in Rich Hill township and died in 1900, at the age of fifty-three years. In December, 1903, Mr. West was again married his second union being with Mary E. Lindemore who was born in Morgan county, Ohio, in 1864, Mr. West is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and has been initiated into the Masonic fraternity. His political views endorse republican principles and it was upon the ticket of that party that he was elected to the office he is now so capably filling. HORACE DWIGHT MUNSON. Horace Dwight Munson, deceased, was a man whom to know was to respect and honor. He exercised a beneficial influence in the commercial intellectual and moral development of the city and his example remains as an incentive and inspiration to those who knew him. A native of Connecticut, he removed to Springfield, Illinois, in early life and for five or six years remained in that city. He afterward engaged in teaching music in Monticello Seminary, at Godfrey, Illinois, and in 1850 he came to Zanesville, where he accepted the professorship of music in the Putnam Female Seminary. In 1851 he established a music store in a room in the second story of the building in which the store of Beer & Heard is now located. He was successful in this undertaking his business gradually developing until it had reached extensive proportions, his trade in the sale of musical instruments and sheet music being large. This store still has an existence an is located at the corner of Main and Third streets, where business has been conducted for the past sixteen years. Previous to this time Mr Munson conducted his store in the Shultz Opera Block, occupying the entire building. The business was incorporated and has been carried on continuously since the death of Mr. Munson. PAGE 365 - PICTURE OF HORACE DWIGHT MUNSON PAGE 366 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 367 Mr. Munson was united in marriage to Miss Mary Griggs and they became the parents of eight children. He was always deeply interested in his country, and her welfare, as well as in local progress and improvement, and at the time of the Civil war his patriotic spirit prompted his enlistment so that he was enrolled in Zanesville as a member of the Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was chosen captain of Company A. Upon many a southern battle-field he gave demonstration of his fidelity to the old flag and was mustered out as acting major. Mr. Munson held membership in the Baptist church, in the work of which he took a very active part, serving as superintendent of the Sunday-school for more than twenty years. He always voted with the republican party, his sons following in his political foots, steps and he served at a member of the board of education, as president of the city council and as a member of the board of review. He possessed an individuality, force and business discernment that enabled him to understand existing conditions, to quickly value possibilities and to utilize opportunities not only in the field of commerce and finance but also in political matters where the general interests of the city are involved. REV. DON C. COBURN, D. D. Rev. Don C. Coburn. D. D.. pastor of the Frist Methodist Protestant church of Zanesville, was born in Beverly. Washington county, Ohio, February 11, 1856. He is a son of Leonidas J. Coburn, burn, a native of Morgan county. Ohio, born September 4, 1832. and a grandson of Nicholas Coburn, Sr.. who was one of the pioneer settlers Morgan county, Ohio. where he followed the occupation of farming. It was in that county that Leonidas J. Coburn was reared, spending his days upon the farm, assisting materially in its development, but after he had attained man's estate he turned his attention to other pursuits, becoming a merchant in Beverly, Ohio. He was united in marriage to Miss Susana Swift, whose birth occurred in Waterford township, Washington county, Ohio, November 1, 1832, and who was a daughter of Charles and Amy (Andrews) Swift of that county. When their son Don was only a year old Mr. and Mrs. Leondias Coburn removed to Indiana, where the father followed agricultural pursuits for four years. He then returned to the old home farm in Windsor township, Morgan county. A few years later he purchased the farm upon which he now resides at the age of seventy-three years. His wife died in January, 1894. Unto them were born six children: Nicholas, who is now a retired minister of the Methodist Protestant church, living in Zanesville ; Charles, who resides on the old Coburn farm in Morgan county ; Juniata, who is the widow of the late J. W. Smith, and resides with her father on the home farm; Edward, who is engaged m the practice of medicine in Dexter City, Ohio ; Allen, who is also a physician ; and Don C. Rev. D. C. Coburn began his education in the public schools of Morgan county, Ohio, and afterward attended Beverly College for a short time. He next became a student in Scio College in Harrison county, Ohio, and when he had prepared for the ministry he entered the active work as assistant pastor of the old Zanesville circuit, serving the charge during the conference year 188081. His next charge was Pisgah circuit in Morgan county where he remained one year. He was ordained by the Muskingum annual conference, October 1, 1882. He then became pastor of Attica circuit in Seneca county, where he remained four years. From .Attica lie removed to Tiffin, Ohio, and seeved Sandusky circuit for two years. In response to a call from the church in Adrian, Michigan, he went to that city and filled the pulpit for four years. After that he served the Fifth Street church in Steubenville, Ohio, four years. He was then assigned to Zanesville station, of which charge he was pastor for one year At the close of the year he was elected president of the Muskingum annual conference, filling this position for five years, or to the limit of service in that capacity. The honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by Adrian College in June. 1901. After his term as president expired he accepted a second pastorate of the Zanesville church, which he has served for three years. Rev. Coburn was united in the holy bonds of matrimony, October 13. 1882, to Miss Emma D. Nulton, a native of Washington county, Ohio, and a daughter of John Nulton, who was born near Roxbury, Ohio. He married Miss Mary A. Scott of that place, but both are now deceased. Rev. Coburn finds in his wife an able assistant in his church work. He is a most devoted Christian man and his consecrated life has been a strong factor in the upbuilding of his church in Ohio. He has labored earnestly, untiringly and with good courage, and his efforts have been rewarded in the growth and development of the church and the extension of its influence. MELVIN S. McKEE. Melvin S. McKee. who is engaged in agricultural and horticultural pursuits in Jackson township, was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, April 21. 1867, and is a representative of one of the old and honored pioneer families of the state. 368 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY His paternal grandfather was Daniel McKee, who lived in Knox county, Ohio, and removed to Coshocton county at an early period in its development. His son, George W. McKee, was born in that county near West Carlisle in 1847 and after arriving at years of maturity was married to Miss Nancy Ellen McDonald, a native of Coshocton county. They resided upon a farm of forty acres near Fallsburg in Licking county and there they reared their family of eleven children of whom Melvin is the eldest. Mr. McKee of this review is indebted to the public-school system of Coshocton county for the educational privileges he enjoyed and which qualified him to meet the duties and cares of a business life. He worked upon his father's farm until 1892, when at the age of twenty-four years he secured employment as a farm hand for Frank Shaw of Cass township, with whom he remained for three years. He was then married in January, 1896. to Miss Alice J. McCann, a daughter of Henderson McCann. of Jackson township. They began their domestic life upon her father's farm where they resided until 1899, when Mr. McKee invested the capital he had saved from his earnings in a tract of land of eighty acres in Jackson township and took up his abode thereon. Here he carries on general farming, his fields being richly cultivated, and in connection with the raising of cereals best adapted to soil and climate he is also engaged in the cultivation 0f peaches, having an orchard of twelve acres. There is also some timber upon his land. Unto Mr. and Mrs. McKee has been born one son-Lorin Fleming, whose birth occurred September 19, 1904. The parents are members of Mount Zion church and in politics Mr. McKee is a stanch democrat, unfaltering in his allegiance to the party. He may well be termed a self-made man for all that he possesses has been acquired through his own efforts and in his life work he has displayed the laudable ambition, strong purpose and commendable industry that form the basis of all success. JOHN H. CROOKS. John H. Crooks, an honored veteran of the Civil war, who is engaged in the livery business in Zanesville, was born in Newton township, Muskingum county, in 1844. His grandfather, \ndrew Crooks, removed from Martinsburg, West Virginia, to Muskingum county, in 1795, settling on or near the present site of the Zanesville Market House. He continued in Zanesville for a few years and was principally engaged in hunting, for this was then a frontier region, largely wild and unimproved, so that there was much wild game and many wild animals in this part of the state. He finally removed to Newton township, where at one time he was the owner of a very extensive tract of land and he conducted a tavern near Uniontown. His daughter, Mrs. John Porter, was the first white femake child born in Zanesville. His son, John Crooks, father of our subject was born in Newton township in 1806, was reared amid the surroundings of pioneer life and became a farmer. He, too, prospered in his undertakings and was the owner of four hundred acres of land in Newton township. He held membership in the Lutheran church, being one of its leading and influential representative and he was also active in public affairs. His political support was given to the whig party and he represented his county in the state legislature from 1856 until 1858. He also served as county commissioner and in a number of township offices and the trust reposed in him was never betrayed in the slightest degree. In his fraternal relations he was a Mason. He married Elizabeth Stover, who was born in Brush Creek township, Muskingum county, in 1808 and was a daughter of Samuel Stover, who came to this county from Pennsylvania. John Crooks died in 1892, having long survived his wife, who passed away in 1865. They were the parents of seven children: Amanda and Minerva, who deceased ; Samuel A., deceased, who was a surgeon in the Civil war ; Andrew C.. who was a sergeant in the First Ohio Heavy Artillery and died soon after the war ; Clara. the wife of W. C. Lenhart, of Columbus, Ohio ; Mary C.; the wife of Rufus P. Stokeley, a farmer of North Dakota ; and John H. In the public schools of Newton township and at Fulton, John H. Crooks pursued his education. He was reared to farm life and continued to engage in the tilling of the soil until the outbreak of the Civil war, when his patriotic spirit being aroused by the attempt to overthrow the Union, he joined the army at Zanesville, becoming a member of the Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served for eight months. He was also in the one hundred days' service with the One Hundred and fifth-ninth Ohio Volunteers and with the One Hundred and Nine-sixth Ohio Regiment he remained for eighteen months, participating in the battles of Perryville, South Mountain and Monocacy. He held rank as second sergeant but acted as first sergeant and he was always found at his post of duty, faithfully defending the old flag and the cause it represented. After leaving, the army Mr. Crooks returned to the farm in leaving township, where he remained until 1871 when he removed to Zanesville and entered the livery business. He has PAGE 369 - J. H. CROOKS PAGE 370 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 371 now for more than the third of a century conducted a livery barn in this city, having a good patronage which has been accorded him year after and which has made him one of the substantial residents of Zanesville. In 1868 Mr. Crooks was married to Miss Mary C. Bonnett, who was born in Zanesville in 1842 and is the daughter of John M. and Barbara Bonnett. Her father came from Germany to Muskingum county, Ohio, m early manhood and here engaged in the jewelry business. Seven children have been born unto Mr. and Mrs. Crooks : Clara Louisa ; Albert, who is managing his father's livery business ; Mary, deceased : Frank P., who is serving with the regular army the Philippines and Japan with the rank of quartermaster ; George, who is managing his father's undertaking establishment ; Emma ; and John, who is a student in the Ohio University. The parents are members of the Lutheran church and Mr. Crooks belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He exercises his right of franchise in support of the republican party and for two years represented the fourth ward in the city council. He has been a trustee of the water works here and in 1901 was elected county commissioner, to which position was re-elected in 1904, so that he is now serving for the second term. He is, and has been for past three years. president of the workhouse rd. Mr. Crooks takes a deep and commentate interest in community affairs, desiring the egress and improvement of the city, and puts h effective effort along the line of general advancement whether in office or as a private citizen. His faithfulness in the discharge of his cial duties is in harmony with his military record which was characterized by unswerving loyalty to the old flag. THE HERDMAN FAMILY. The first representative in America of the Herdman family, whose descendants are living in Zanesville, was William Herdman, who was born in County Down, Ireland, about the year 1756 or 1758. What business he followed in his native country is not known, but he brought with him enough money to this country to buy property. He had a brother John who also came to America and after living for a time in the southern part of the state of New York joined his brother William in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. William Herdman, the direct ancestor of the Herdmans of Muskingum county, was married in Ireland to Miss Martha Atcheson, who died soon after the birth of their daughter Margaret. The following year William Herdman wedded Jane Hamilton and their children, Jane and Martha, were born in Ireland and all three of the children were baptized by Rev. John Riddle, who had performed both marriage ceremonies for William Herdman. Not long afterward Dr.. Riddle came to America and was pastor of a church at Robinson's Run in Washington county, Pennsylvania. William Herdman became restless after the emigration of his pastor and decided that he, too, would come to America and with his wife and three daughters crossed the Atlantic in a sailing vessel, which was three months in making that trip and during that time his daughter Martha died and was buried at sea. William Herdman arrived in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in March, 1894, and made his way to Noblestown, where he joined Dr. Riddle's congregation. He had a flouring mill there and lived in a few rooms in the building. It was in the following April that Francis Herdman„ afterward of Muskingum county, was born. Later William Herdman purchased a farm south of Noblestown and in connection with the cultivation of the land also operated a distillery, for the use of whiskey was very common in that day. In his business he prospered and added several farms to his estate and thus became very prosperous. While living on his farm his family circle was increased by the birth of Eleanor, Elizabeth. Robert and Allie Herdman. The wife and mother died about 1803 and a year later William Herdman married Mrs. Jacob Hanson. The Hanson family came originally from England and Jacob Hanson removed from North Carolina to Allegheny county. Pennsylvania, when a young man. He was a tanner by trade and followed that pursuit near Pittsburg. He was married in 1780 to Margaret Morrow, who lived in or near Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, and whose parents were members of the church of which Dr. McMillan, founder of Jefferson College. was the pastor. Jacob and Martha (Morrow) Hanson had ten children : Thomas, Mary, Jane, Alice Ann, Samuel, James, Jacob, Rebecca. Margaret and Hugh. Property which was owned by Jacob Hanson in Pennsylvania is still in possession of his descendants there. He died in 1803, at the age 0f forty-five years. and later his widow became the wife of William Herdman. By this marriage there was one daughter—Sarah. William Herdman died May 43, 1832, at the age of seventy-five years, and his second wife passed away June 0, 1840, at the age of seventy-seven years. Francis Herdman, son of William Herdman. was, as before stated, born in Noblestown, Pennsylvania, and after arriving at years of maturity he was married in March, 1818, to Miss Margaret Hanson, his step-sister, who was also born in Pennsylvania and who at that time was seventeen 372 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. years of age, while he was twenty-three years. They went to live on one of his father's farms called Farm Hill and in April, 1829, they removed to Canonsburg, Washington county, Pennsylvania, Francis Herdman selling all of his property in Allegheny county. He formed a partnership with his brother-in-law, James Hanson, and purchased a flouring mill and sawmill and about sixty acres of land in Canonsburg. They also bought a new brick house, in which Mr. Herdman lived, and a stone house where his partner lived. Francis Herdman superintended the men in business and after a short time purchased his partner's interest. The new enterprise prospered and he put in an engine to furnish power in place of the water power which had hitherto operated the mill. There were no railroads at that time and he hauled his mill products to Pittsburg in a large scoop bed wagon drawn by six horses, after which he would bring back goods for the merchants in Canonsburg. He also established a brickyard on his land and manufactured brick for a new college which was being built at Canonsburg. In January, 1838, when a deep snow lay upon the ground he was thrown from his horse and injured, having various bones broken, while his spine was also injured. It was months before he was able to resume business and when he was again able to go about he found that his milling interests had suffered much through lack of capable management. He then decided to sell out and save what remained of his Property. and he and his wife decided that the best tiling for them to do would be to secure a farm upon which they could rear their children. Having disposed of the mill he engaged in teaming for some time and on one of his trips he stopped at the home of Benjamin Waddell at Concord in ..Itiskingtim county. Here he was persuaded to purchase a farm and in 1839 he removed with his family to Salt Creek township in this county, since which time the Herdman family has been connected with the development and progress of this portion of the state. The purchase of the farm, however, proved a bad investment for he did not investigate the title nor find out much about the condition of the land and there was considerable litigation in the courts before he obtained a clear title to the property, while much arduous labor was required to make the farm productive. The family endured many hardships and privations in those early days. The father and sons did the work of the fields and cared for the stock. They raised sheep and the daughters of the household spun the wool and colored the yarn which was then woven into cloth from which garments for the family were manufactured. They also kept five or six cows and traded the butter for groceries and other necessaries. Francis Herdman, however, continued to carry on farming throughout his remaining days and he passed away in Salt Creek township, March 10, 1855, in the sixty-first year of his age. He was a man of strong religious convictions, held membership in the Reformed Presbyterian church and lived a life in harmony with its teachings. In politics he was a whig. The cause of education found in him a warm friend and he did much for the development of the schools in his locality. He was himself a well educated man, was a good penman and was neat and methodical in his habits. When he removed with his family to Muskingum county he found the school in his home district was little more than a name, the teacher being incompetent and the curriculum very limited, but he was made a school director and at once set to work to improving the school, which within a short time showed the effects of his efforts. His wife, too, was also deeply interested in education and the moral development of the community and was a devoted member of the Presbyterian church. She survived him for about twelve years, passing. away in the year 1867, at the age of sixty-seven years. Francis and Margaret ( Hanson) Herdman were the parents of eight children : William, who was born March 2, 1819. became a farmer and is now deceased ; James was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, August 10, 1821; Jacob, born September 23, 1823, and Jane, February 20, 1826, are both deceased ; Margaret Morrow was born September 29, 1830, and has also passed away; Sarah was born in April, 1833, and died September, 1834 ; Francis Hamilton was born October 5, 1835, and is the only surviving son of the family ; Elizabeth Ann was born June 25,. 1838, and died in 1874. James Herdman, the second son of Francis and, Margaret Herdman, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1821, and became a prominent representative of business interests in Muskingum county and a well known and influential citizen. He was about eighteen years of age when he came with his parents to this county. He pursued his education in the common schools and in Howe school and for one term was a student in Muskingum College. While his father was owner of the mill in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, James Herdman through observation and practical experience had gained knowledge of engineering and later he was employed in that capacity at various places. He also engaged in teaching school in early manhood and was regarded as one of the capable educators of the county at that time. He was ambitious, however, to make more rapid advancement in the business world and formed a partnership with William Lukens under the firm name of Lukens & Herdman in the spring of 1851. They purchased a tract of six acres of timber land about six miles PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 373 up the river north of Zanesville and on this erected a sawmill, after which they cut the timber and floated the lumber down the stream to the county seat. They employed from six to ten men, whom James Herdman boarded while giving his personal supervision to the practical operation of the mill, while his partner resided in Zanesville and attended to the sale of the lumber. It was about that time that the railroad was built to Zanesville and there was a good demand for the timber, all of. which had been cut off about 1855. At that time the partnership was dissolved and James Herdman entered into partnership relations with Samuel Clark, who was conducting a small lumberyard in Zanesville. They embarked in a lumber business, Mr. Herdman having considerable oak lumber, while Mr. Clark had pine lumber, and consolidating their interests they continued their operations under the firm style of Clark & Herdman. About 1867 Mr. Clark sold half of his interest to W. S. Harlan and the business was conducted under the style of Clark, Herdman & Company. In 1873 Frank H. Herdman purchased the remainder of Mr. Clark's interest and the business was then conducted until 1877 under the firm name of Herdman, Harlan & Company. In the latter year Mr. Harlan sold out to David M. Harris and from that time until 1890 operations were continued under the name of Herdman, Harris & Company. In December, 1890 the business was reorganized as a corporation and has since been known as the Herdman, Sash, Door & Lumber Company. The concern has been marked by steady progress and healthful growth and to-day is the largest enterprise of this character in Zanesville. It developed along substantial lines, securing a good patronage, and James Herdman remained at its head until his demise, its success being attributable in large measure to his enterprise, keen business discrimination and executive force. Since his death Frank H. Herdman has been president of the company ; J. F. Atherton, vice president ; and F. K. Jackson. secretary. The volume of business has annually increased, having long reached very profitable proportions and the plant represents a large investment. James Herdman was president of the Brown Manufacturing Company for twenty years, also president of the Union National Bank and treasurer of the South Zanesville Sewer Pipe and Brick Company. James Herdman was united in marriage in 1845 to Miss Eliza Ann Elliott, a native of Muskingum county, who proved to him a faithful companion and helpmate on life's journey in the early days when he was attempting to gain a start in the lumber trade. Her death occurred in 1861. They were the parents of five children but Dr. William J. Herdman, LL. D., is the only one now living. He was born in September; 1848, and now occupies a chair in the medical department of the Michigan State University at Ann Arbor. In 187o James Herdman was again married, his second union being with Angeline Patterson, a native of Elyria, Ohio, now living in Zanesville. They had two children—Harry P. and Lizzie, the former an attorney, whose sketch is. given in this connection. James Herdman was a member of the Second Presbyterian church, deeply interested in its growth and the extension of its influence and for some years he served as one of the church trustees. His early political support was given to the whig party and upon its dissolution he joined the ranks of the republican party, which he continued to support until his death although he had no political aspirations for himself. He had one son Frank, the eldest child, who served in the Civil war. He became a member of the Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and contracted disease while in the service which caused his death. Frank Hamilton Herdman, who is now president of the Herdman Sash, Door & Lumber Company, of Zanesville. and is the only surviving son of Francis and Margaret Herdman was born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1835, and was therefore only about four years old when brought by his parents to Muskingum county. His preliminary education, acquired in the public schools, was supplemented by study in Muskingum College for one and a half years and in early manhood he engaged in teaching school. Leaving Ohio he went to Mercer counts-, Illinois. where he was soon afterward appointed deputy county surveyor, having studied surveying while in college. He spent one and a half years in this position and then joined his brother James in the lumber business at Monmouth, Illinois. They conducted their yard there until the time of the Civil war, when they sold out and Frank H. Herdman accepted an appointment to the position of deputy county clerk of Warren county, Illinois. He acted in that capacity until 1863, when he went to Chicago, where he embarked in a general commission business. which occupied his time and attention until 1878. In the meantime he had purchased an interest in the Herdman Lumber Company at Zanesville and in the year mentioned he returned to this city to become an active factor in its management. In 1890, upon the incorporation of the company, he was made its secretary and treasurer and acted in that capacity until the death of James Herd- man, when he was chosen president. Frank H. Herdman was married, in 1860, to Miss Margaret Amelia Hill, who was born in Monmouth, Illinois, in 1841, and comes of an ancestry on both the paternal and maternal sides of the family that was represented in the Revolutionary war. Four chidren have been born to this union : Harry H., Frank E., Willis A., and May, 374 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY the wife of Harry Baldwin. Both Mr. and Mrs. Herdman hold membership in the Second Presbyterian church and in politics he has been a stalwart republican since casting his first presidential ballot for John C. Fremont. He thoroughly enjoys home life and takes great pleasure in his family and friends. He possesses untiring energy, is quick of perception, forms his plans readily and is determined in their execution and his close application to business and his excellent management have brought him the high degree of prosperity which is to-day his. Personally he is always courteous, kindly and affable, and those who know him entertain for him warm regard. Harry Patterson Herdman, a practicing attorney, was identified with many corporate interests of Zanesville and is the only son of James and Angeline (Patterson) Herdman and was born in this city in 1872. He began his education in the public schools and later continued his studies in the academy conducted by Rev. E. E. Rogers, of Putnam, from which institution he was graduated. Later he entered the Michigan Military Academy (Orchard Lake) in 1892 and was graduated in June, 1893, while in the fall of the same year he matriculated in the Michigan State University at Ann Arbor. He left college, however, in 1895 and returned home, becoming secretary of the Bolin Soap Company at South Zanesville, being connected therewith until the fall of 1896. In the spring of 1897 he resumed his interrupted c0llege course and was graduated from the literary department of the Michigan University in June, 1899, with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. He continued in the law department of the same institution and was graduated in June, 1901, after which he was at 0nce admitted to the Ohio bar. He began practice in Zanesville, where he is now engaged in the prosecution of his profession, having gained a good clientage in a calling where success depends entirely upon individual merit and comprehensive knowledge of the law. He also figures prominently in connection with various corporations of the city, being secretary of the Zanesville Builders' Exchange and secretary of the Manufacturers' Association of the Zanesville district, secretary of the Ohio Canal Association and a member of the board of directors of the Herdman Sash, Door & Lumber Company and also its treasurer, and a member of the board of directors of the Brown Manufacturing Company. On the 17th of April, 1901, Harry P. Herdman was married to Josephine Edgar, a daughter of Dr. S. F. and Lucinda Edgar. She died in July, 1903. at Colorado Springs, Colorado, when twenty-six years of age and on the 12th of November, 1904. Mr. Herdman wedded Miss Grace Griggs, who was born in Forest, Ontario, Canada. in 1880, and is a (laughter of William and Ellen Griggs. Their marriage was celebrated at Rouses Point, New York. They are members of the Second Presbyterian church of Zanesville and Mr. Herdman is a prominent Mason, being identified with all the different Masonic bodies of this city and acted as secretary of the Shrine. He is also a member of the Alpha Delta Phi and his political support is given to the republican party. NELSON T. GANT. In the face of difficulties which would utterly have discouraged the great majority of men Nelson T. Gant labored diligently and untiringly and accumulated a fortune. He was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, May 10, 1821. He was born in slavery and bore the name of his stepfather. He obtained his freedom in 1844 by the will of his master, John Nixon. His principal duties While in servitude were those of a body servant or valet to his master. While a slave he was married to Maria Hughes, who belonged to the Russell family of Loudoun county and after being given his freedom his first effort was to obtain the means to purchase his wife. He took contracts for cutting cord wood on the Potomac river, arranging to cut five hundred cords at forty cents per cord. When he had a accomplished this work he found that it would not secure him the means to buy his wife and about that time he was also brought before the grand jury for remaining in the state more than twelve months after his emancipation. He then left Virginia, telling his wife that he would return for her in six weeks, meeting her at a place designated. He then came to Zanesville, Ohio and here obtained information concerning the under ground railroad. In this city A. A. Guthrie abd others supplied him with funds and he returned to Leesburg, Virginia, for his wife. At Washington he was arrested and it was after great difficulty and many hardships that he was enabled to purchase his wife, the sum paid being over nine hundred dollars. This money was raised by friends, principally Quakers. Mr. and Mrs. Gant then came to Zanesville in 1847 and here he continued to make his home. He began working for Theodore Converse in whose employ he remained for five years, when his employer died, after which Mr. Gant worked his place, farming and gardening. He was thus engaged for about thirty years, during which time he saved some money. He employed at different intervals from eight to ten men and as farmer and gardener he carried on business for many years, prospering as time passed, and as opportunity offered investing in land until he was the owner of about three hundred acres contiguous to the town. In 1894 he sold twenty PAGE 375 - PICTURE OF NELSON T. GANT PAGE 376 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 377 acres to F. M. Townsend for twenty thousand dollars. This was used as a park by Mr. Gant and is now known as Gant Park. In making the sale he stipulated that no liquor should be sold on the premises. Mr. Gant had one hundred and fifty acres of valuable farm and coal land in Springfield township and this property returned him an excellent income. He was reputed to be one of the wealthy men of Zanesville and he certainly deserved great credit for what he accomplished, as he depended entirely upon his own labors. In 1877 Mr. Gant was called upon to mourn the loss of his first wife. Four children had been born unto them; Nelson T., who is engaged in the insurance business at Columbus, Ohio ; Elizabeth, the wife of Robert Manly, who manages her father's affairs ; Sarah, the wife of Dr. Dan McNortm, of Yorktown, Virginia ; and Maggie, the wife of George Potts, of Zanesville. In 1879 Mr. Gant was again married, his second union being with Lavinia J. Neal, of West Virginia. They had one child—Lula Logan, the wife of Dr. E. H. Gee, of Zanesville. Mr. Gant gave his children excellent educational advantages. They have attended Oberlin College, while Mrs. Gee completed her education in Boston, studying at the Boston Conservatory of Music for three years. Mr. and Mrs. Gant were members of the Methodist church on South street and at the time of his death he was its oldest living representative, having attained the age of eighty-three years. His life was characterized by many sterling traits, prominent among which were unfaltering diligence, unquestioned integrity and faithfulness to every trust reposed in him. He died July 1905. J. S. PRETTYMAN. J. S. Prettyman, a leading representative of manufacturing interests in Muskingum county. being the president, secretary and leading stockholder of the Muskingum Valley Woolen Manufacturing Company of Dresden, was born near Summerfield, Noble county, Ohio, April 7, 1846. His father, Liston A. Prettyman, was a native of Delaware, born in 1816, and the grandfather, Shepard Prettyman, was likewise a native of that state. The father was united in marriage to Miss Mary Shankland, a native of Ohio and a daughter of James W. Shankland, of Delaware, who came to Ohio when a young man, settling in Barnesville, Noble county. Subsequently he removed to the present site of Summerfield, giving to the town its name. There he followed merchandising and became an extensive dealer in tobacco. Liston A. Prettyman was a nephew of James W. Shankland and came to Ohio in 1843, making his way to Noble county, where he managed and operated a large farm for his uncle, becoming one of the prosperous and leading agriculturists of that community. He died there at the age of sixty-seven years, honored and respected by all who knew him. J. S. Prettyman, the only child born of the marriage of Liston A. and Mary (Shankland) Prettyman, was reared upon his father's farm and pursued his education in a log schoolhouse such as was found at that day. When twenty-one years of age he engaged in clerking in Batesville, Ohio, being thus employed for three years, after which he went to Cameron, West Virginia, where he was connected with B. F. Penn in the conduct of a general mercantile establishment for two years. On the expiration of that period he returned to Noble county, Ohio, but continued his business relations with Mr. Penn until 1872. He then embarked in merchandising at Carlisle, Noble county, Ohio, where he managed his store until 1883, when upon the death of his father he took charge of the home farm, cultivating and improving it until 1887. In that year he traded his farm for a half interest in the Caldwell Woolen Mill, at Caldwell, Ohio, and was one of its owners until January 12, 1889. when the plant was destroyed by fire. At that time he and his partner, W. H. Bush, came to Dresden and here resumed business as proprietors of a woolen mill in a frame building on Main street. In January, 1892, the Muskingum Valley Woolen Manufacturing Company was organized as a stock Company, the owners being W. H. Bush, P. C. McGovern, B. F. Penn, Isaac Hatcher and Henry Large. The mill is located on North Chestnut street and the building is a two-story brick structure. four hundred and fifty by two hundred feet. Mr. Prettyman is the leading stockholder in this enterprise, which is one of the large manufacturing concerns of Muskingum county. The business has constantly grown since the establishment of the plant in Dresden and the output is large and profitable. He also has other business interests, being vice president of the First National Bank of Dresden. Mr. Prettyman has been married twice. In November, 1872, he wedded Miss M. A. Penn, who died, leaving a son, Frank L. In 1885 he was again married, his second union being with Elizabeth E. Philpot, of Cedar Falls, Iowa. They are prominent socially and their own hospitable home is a favorite resort for their many friends. Politically Mr. Prettyman is a republican, socially an Odd Fellow and religiously a Methodist. He is thus a factor in various lines of activity that constitute the life of a city and in all his relations 378 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. is known as an honored and honorable gentleman. His worth and character have stood the test of business and social relations and he enjoys in full measure the confidence and trust of those with whom he has been associated. CURTIS O. VINSEL. Curtis O. Vinsel, a contractor and builder of Zanesville, is numbered among Muskingum county's native sons, his birth having occurred in Adams township, in 1866. His parents are George H. and Rebecca (Wenner) Vinsel. The father is a native of Loudoun county, Virginia, and is now living on the farm, where the son Curtis was born, at the age of eighty-two years. He came to Muskingum county when a young man of eighteen years and turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. At one time he was owner of several hundred acres of land and he still retains possession of the old home property, comprising one hundred and sixty acres. His success is an indication of his well directed business affairs, his perseverance and diligence. He is now practically living retired, taking no active part in the work of the farm but merely gives his supervision to its cultivation. He votes with the democracy and has held a number of township offices. He belongs to the Lutheran church and though now well advanced in years in spirit and interests he seems yet in his prime. His wife was born on the farm where they now live and the house is vet standing in which she first saw the light of day, seventy-six years ago. Her parents came from Pennsylvania to Muskingum county at a very early period in its upbuilding, and development and her father built the house in which her birth occurred, he being a carpenter by trade. Mrs. Vinsel is also a member of the Lutheran church and she and her husband have long taken an active and helpful part in church work. They became the parents of eleven children, of whom all have reached mature years with one exception. The family record is as follows : Solomon F., who follows farming in Adams township ; John W., a farmer of the same township; Albert R., who is engaged in merchandising as a member of the firm of Vinsel & Adams, at Wills Creek, Ohio; George T., who is a college graduate and follows farming and has been instructor in the schools of Coshocton and other places in Coshocton county ; Alva, a contractor of Zanesville : Curtis 0. ; Malinda, the wife of Samuel Hanks, a farmer of Adams township ; Alice, the wife of Henry Luker, who is living on a portion of the old Buker homestead in Monroe township ; Anna, the wife of Spencer Jordan. a Baptist minister, now living in Adamsville ; Bertha, the wife of Charles Wohlheter, a contractor of Adams township ; and William, who was the second son and died at the age of six years. Curtis 0. Vinsel, having obtained his early education in the district schools afterward attended the Normal School at Adamsville, Ohio. He learned the carpenter's trade, serving a part of his apprenticeship in Coshocton and afterward went to Chadron, Nebraska, where he remained for about one year. He next came to Zanesville, where he worked at his trade as foreman until 1894. He then began contracting at which he has continued up to the present time and has erected many of the fine structures in Zanesville, many important contracts being awarded him. As the years have passed he has gained a well merited prosperity. In 1888 Mr. Vinsel was married to Miss Lilly M. Jackson, a daughter of Dr. A. L. Jackson of Zanesville, who was born in Otsego, Muskingum county, in 1872. They have two sons Cecil J. and Edwin 0. Mrs. Vinsel is a member of the Presbyterian church and Mr. Vinsel is connected with Zanesville lodge, No. 114 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the democratic party but has never sought or desired office, preferring to devote his energies to his business affairs, and as the architect of his own fortune he has builded wisely and well. JONATHAN GAUMER. Jonathan Gaumer was for many years numbered among the worthy and honored pioneer residents of Muskingum county and moreover was one of her native sons. His birth occurred in Washington township, in June, 1822, and his parents were Daniel and Hannah (Baughman) Gaumer. His paternal grandfather, Jacob Gaumer, was born in Germany. When this country was still a part of the colonial possession of Great Britain, he became a resident of the new world, establishing his home in Virginia and when the colonies could no longer endure the yoke of British oppression and rose in arms against the mother country he joined the troops under General Washington and served as a drum major in the army: Daniel Gaumer was born in Virginia, April 10, 1781. but spent his boyhood clays in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, and in 1809 he removed to Washington township, Muskingum county establishing his home upon a farm on the Muskingum river about seven miles from Zanesville. At the time of the war of 1812, he too, espoused the PAGE 379 - PICTURE OF CURTIS O. VINSEL PAGE 380 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 381 cause of his country and became a soldier. He carried on farming in Washington township for a number of years and about 1825 removed to Salem township, making his home near the Lutheran church. There he and his wife remained until called to their final rest, his attention being given to the development of his land which became very arable and productive. His political allegiance was given to the republican party and he was one of the earliest settlers of the New Hope Lutheran church. He donated to that church the ground that is now used for cemetery purposes. His landed possessions comprise one hundred acres and his farm was the evidence of his life of industry, perseverance and diligence. He passed away in September, 1859, when about seventy-five years of age. respected by all who knew him, and his wife departed this life in Salem township in 1874. They were the parents of the following named : Lydia. the deceased wife of David Shirer Catherine, tne deceased wife of V. Shirer: William, deceased Esther, the wife of D. V. Shirer and a resident of Adams township Jacob and Gideon, who have departed this life: Rebecca, the deceased wife of John Wymer Daniel, who has passed away : Letterman, a resident of Guernsey county, Ohio George, who is now living in Mercer county. Pennsylvania, and is a minister of the Lutheran church Jonathan : Charles, a resident of Douglas county, Kansas : Jesse. who resides in Illinois and Anthony, who died in the army. Jonathan Gamier, haying acquired his literary education in the district schools of Salem township. afterward attended the Columbus Seminary and for some time was a student in a theological school but did not complete his course there. Later he engaged in teaching for four or bye years and then worked at the carpenter's trade. He also operated a carding mill for some time and subsequently began farming, locating on a farm where his father also lived. There he remained until the death of his parents and in October, 1883, he removed to Adamsville, where he spent his remaining days. He was a man of strong purpose, honorable motives, of reliable business methods and genuine worth and his life record was very creditable and commendable. On the 25th of October, 1846. Mr. Gaunter was united in marriage to Miss Mahala Barrett, who was born in Adams township, July 6, 1824. Her parents were John and Rachel (Heskett) Barrett, both of whom were natives of Loudoun county, Virginia, the former born August 8, 1794, and the latter on the 29th of January, 1792. In 1820 Mr. Barrett came to Muskingum county, settling in Adams township and there he owned and operated one hundred and sixty acres of land which he purchased from the government. It was entirely wild and unimproved when it came into his possession but the years of labor which he devoted to it wrought a wonderful transformation in its appearance and in its productiveness. During the war of 1812 Mr. Barrett served as captain of a company. In his political belief he was an active whig, while in religious faith both he and his wife were Baptists. They were the parents of six children : Amelia A., Hannah J., Mahala, Thomas, Nancy J., and John, but the only one now living is Mrs. Guamer. The father died October 3, 1862, and his wife passed away on the 26th of November, 1852. Mrs. Gaumer pursued her education in the public schools of this county and in early womanhood gave her hand in marriage to John W. Gaumer. They became the parents of nine children, eight of whom reached adult age : Thomas M., who was horn February 6, 1848, was at one time half owner in the Zanesville Signal and at the time of his death he resided in Urbana, Ohio, being the owner of the Urbana Democrat. He was a graduate of the Cincinnati Medical College and for five years he engaged in the practice of medicine. He was well known throughout the county, having a favorable acquaintance, and his death, which occurred September 3o, 1893, was deeply regretted. His wife bore the maiden name of Eliza Cone and they became the parents of three sons. one of whom is living in Middleton, Ohio. where he is publishing a paper and the second son is editor of the Urbana Democrat, while the third son is now editor of the Union County Journal. Charles M. Gaunter, who was born November 19, 1849, married Susanna Slater. He is one of the prominent and in influential men of the state, serving as a trustee of Wittenberg College in Springfield, and also trustee of the Blind Asylum at Columbus, receiving appointment to this position from Governor Herrick. He was also a member of the state legislature and he takes a very prominent and helpful part in church work. Hannah J. Gaumer, born December 26, 1851, was married October 9, 1869, to Elijah F. Buker, of Adamsville, and now resides near that town. Her husband is deceased but she has two sons—Howard, a practicing lawyer of Zanesville, and Herbert, a printer of Zanesville. Rachel V., born March 17, 1854, is the wife of David R. Palmer, of Dresden, who for twenty-three years has been upon the road as a traveling salesman and they have one son, Dana C.. who is a music teacher. John O.. born November 26, 1855, died in infancy. Daniel H., born November 11, 1857, died in St. Augustine, Florida, in 1898. He married Emma Kennedy, December 24, 1882, and his widow lives on the terrace in Zanesville. He was a member of the house of representatives and of the senate in the state legislature. serving in both positions for one term, and he was filling the position of postmaster at Zanesville when his health failed, his death 382 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. occurring soon afterward. Martha and Mary, twins, were born June i 5, 1865. The former is now bookkeeper at one of the banks in Zanesville and Mary is the wife of Joseph Dean, probate judge of Zanesville. Sidney A., born June 19, 1867, married Samuel H. Barr, of Washington township, and they have a daughter, Mary A. Mrs. Gaumer now has a fine home in Adamsville and is a well preserved woman. She has long been a devoted member of the Lutheran church and Mr. Gaumer was a member of the church from his youth until his death, taking a very active and helpful part in its work and serving on the building committee at the time of the erection of the house of worship. He held the office of township clerk for six years and gave his political allegiance to the whig party until its dissolution, when he became a democrat. He held the position of postmaster in Adamsville and filled other local offices. He died September 1, 1895, when seventy-three years of age, leaving his family the priceless heritage of a good name. He was always honorable and upright in everything that he said and did, his entire life being in harmony with manly principles and with motives that would bear the closest investigation and scrutiny. His memory is yet cherished by those who knew him and this work would be incomplete without mention of one who was long a worthy citizen of Muskingum county. WILLIAM DUNCAN ARTER. William Duncan Arter, who for almost a third of a century has been engineer for the Brown Manufacturing Company at Zanesville, was horn in this city in 1842. His paternal grandfather, William H. Arter, came from Pennsylvania to Ohio at a very early day and was married near Irville. He was a cooper by trade and for some time followed that occupation in Irville but later removed to Zanesville. where his death occurred in 1862. His son, John J. Arter, father of our subject, was born in Irville, but pursued his education in the schools of Zanesville and after arriving at years of maturity he became a miner. Later he learned engineering and occupied a position in that line in the Cox Paper Mill until 1867, when he was elected constable. For four years he served in that capacity and was then elected marshal. Upon the expiration of his two years' term he was re-elected constable but he died the same year. In early manhood he wedded Miss Sarah Jane Underhill, whose father came to Zanesville about 1820. As both were under age at that time they went to Pennsylvania and were married while driving in a carriage. Both Mr. and Mrs. Arter were members of the Baptist church and were consistent Christian people, enjoying the high regard and good will of all who knew them. Her death occurred in 1904, when she had reached the venerable age of eighty-nine years. Mr. Arter was a republican, active in political affairs, and his labors proved an effective force in advancing the growth and insuring the success of his party. Unto him and his wife were born ten children, all of whom are yet living namely : William D., Anna, Margaret, Charles, Helen, Lunetta, Alice, Lucy, Jane and John. William D. Arter was a student in the Zanesville school between the ages of six and fifteen years when he began firing for his father at the paper mill. He was employed in a similar capacity at other places and when eighteen years of age was an engineer. He was in Illinois at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war and his patriotic spirit being aroused by the attempt of the south to overthrow the Union he offered his services to the government, becoming a member of Company D, Twelfth Illinois Cavalry. Later he was transferred to the army of the Potomac joining that command just after the battle of Bull Run. He participated in the engagements at Harper's Ferry and Gettysburg and in nearly all of the movements of the army of the Potomac until 1863. He then re-enlisted in the same company and was transferred to New Orleans, after which he was sent into the Red River country under General Banks and General Custer, remaining in that section until he received his discharge at New Orleans in March, 1865. He was a brave loyal soldier, always faithful to his duty, whether it called him to the firing line or stationed him on the lonely guard lines and he has every reason to be proud of the record lie made as a soldier. In 1863, while home on a furlough, Mr. Arter was married to Miss Mary, daughter of Samuel Rageor, of Zanesville, who was a wagon-maker. Following his return from the war in 1865 Mr. Arter was employed as engineer by the Mathews Paper Company and later was engineer for the Tri-Rock Brick Company for three years. He was also with the Zanesville Coke Company for one year and in 1873 he became engineer for the Brown Manufacturing Company which position he has since filled, covering a period of almost a third of a century. In 1897 he bought fifty- six acres of land in Springfield township and his family reside upon the farm. Unto Mr, and Mrs. Arter have been born nine children, namely : Lunetta. Eleanor, Lizzie (deceased), Carrie (deceased), Jessie, Davis, Dorsey, Charles D. and Daisy. Mr. Arter is a member of the Mechanic lodge, I. 0. 0. F., in which he has filled all of the offices and he maintains pleasant relations with his old army comrades through his membership in Zanesville Post, G. A. R. In politics he is a republican and is as true and loyal to PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 383 his country in times of peace as he was in days of war. Local advancement and national progress are both dear to his heart and he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day. THOMAS J. MAGINNIS. Thomas J. Maginnis was a practitioner at the bar of Zanesville, prominent both professionally and socially because of his thorough understanding of the principles of jurisprudence and because of a genial, kindly nature that gained him the friendship and regard of all with whom he was associated. He was born in Ireland and with his parents came to the United States in childhood, the family home being established in Pittsburg. His father, Hugh Maginnis, secured contracts for the building operations of the National pike. Shortly afterward he removed to Muskingum county, Ohio. where lie executed contracts for the constructive operations of the National and Maysville pikes. Eventually he removed to a farm in Perry county. His wife bore the maiden name of Margaret McGraw and was also a native of the Emerald Isle. In their family are four children. Thomas J. Maginnis accompanied his father on the various removals and remained upon the home farm in Perry county until he had attained his majority. His education was acquired in the public schools and in early manhood lie engaged in teaching but regarded this merely as an initial step toward other professional labor, it being his desire to become a member of the bar. Accordingly he made arrangements to read law at Somerset, Ohio. in the office of Josiah Lovell and, following his admission to the bar, he practiced at that place until T86r. in which year he removed to Zanesville, where he engaged in active practice until his death, securing a large clientage that connected him with much of the important litigation tried in the courts of his district. Nature bountifully endowed him with the peculiar qualifications that combine to make a successful lawyer. Patiently persevering, possessed of an analytical mind and one that was readily receptive and retentive of the fundamental principles and intricacies of the law, he was quick to comprehend the most subtle problems and was logical in his conclusions. In addition to his profession he developed coal fields in Perry county, having large financial investments there. Mr. Maginnis was a recognized leader in democratic circles. He gave to the questions and issues of the day close attention and study and was thus enabled to support his position by intelligent and forceful argument. Well fitted for leadership he did much to mold thought and action in the ranks of the democracy and while living in Perry county he served for several terms as prosecuting attorney, while in 1865 he was elected to represent Muskingum county in the state senate. He proved there an able member of the law-making body of the commonwealth and was fearless in his defense of or opposition to any measure which he deemed would promote the welfare of the state or prove detrimental to its best interests. In 1848 Mr. Maginnis was married to Miss Mary Jackson, who was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, in 1832, a daughter of John and Mary (Grate) Jackson, and to them were born ten children, of whom eight are living : Florence, the widow of Thomas Lynn, who was a merchant, by whom she had one son ; Lizette, the wife of Allen Miller, of Ogden, Utah; Caroline, the wife of Nathaniel Babcock, of New York city ; William, who was chief justice of the supreme court of Wyoming and is now practicing law at Ogden, Utah, and who married Lita Abbott, a daughter of Ephraim Abbott of Zanesville ; Mary the wife of William Krebs, a newspaper man at Lake Charles, Louisiana ; Daisy, the wife of Dr. H. T. Sutton. a successful physician of Zanesville ; and Mary and Helen who are members of the community in Ursaline Convent near Cincinnati. Mr. Maginnis held membership in the Catholic church, of which his wife and children are still communicants. He was a man of fine personal appearance and possessed a jovial disposition. He was always interested in anything that tended to promote the sum of human happiness and was one who did much to shed round him the sunshine of life. He passed away-in 1881. Viewed from a financial standpoint his career could he called a successful one. Looked at from a social standpoint he was one who was given high regard and warm friendship, but his best traits of character were reserved for his home and family and it is there that his loss is most deeply felt. JOHN YINGLING. John Yingling is a self-made man of Jackson township, who in his busy life has manifested many of the sterling characteristics of his German ancestry. His paternal grandfather, Hiram Yingling, was a native of Germany and became the founder of the name in America, establishing his home in Ohio, where his son Samuel Yingling was born. The latter became a farmer, engaging in the tilling of the soil throughout the period of his manhood. He married Miss Sarah Huffman, a native of Pennsylvania and a daughter of Jacob Huffman. Samuel Yingling departed this life in 1856 but is still survived by his wife, who, although she has reached the age of seventy-eight 384 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. years, is yet very hale and hearty. In the family were six children as follows : John ; Louisa, who is the wife of George Rector, a resident of Itanover, Licking county ; Maggie, the wife of George C. Fairail, of Jackson township; Alfred, who is living in Coshocton county ; Kate, the wife of Hem Guest, of Newark, Ohio; and Abbie, the wife of Scott Blunt, a resident of Licking county, Ohio. John Yingling, whose name introduces this record, was born near Port Washington, Ohio, November 27, 1846, and although quite young when his father died he had to start out in life on his own account, since which time he has been dependent upon his own resources so that whatever success he has achieved is attributable to his industry, perseverance and capable management. In early life he learned the carpenter's trade which he followed up to the time of his marriage, when he turned his attention to farming. He has since carried on agricultural pursuits and is now the owner of eighty acres of land in Jackson township, forty of which he purchased in 1893. He has since given his attention to its further development and improvement and the land is now tinder a high state of cultivation, the rich fields returning golden harvests. On the 29th of December, 1870, Mr. Yingling was united in marriage to Miss Mary Ellen Dove, a daughter of William Dove, a farmer of Jackson township. Their home has been blessed with three children : Alice Lorene, the wife of Walter McCann; Ora, the wife of Trumber Anderson; and Charles, who is living at home. In his political views Mr. Yingling is a democrat and in 1904 served as supervisor of his township. He is interested in local progress and his aid and co-operation may be counted upon to further progressive measures. He has known what it is to work hard and while gaining a living for his family and establishing a home he has at the same time developed thereby a character that is commendable, embracing many excellent traits that command respect and confidence. PRESLEY O. FISHER, M. D. Presley O. Fisher, engaged in the practice of medicine in Muskingum county, his home being in Licking township, was born in Madison township, on the 17th of November, 1837. His pal- cuts were Joseph and Beulah ( Rogers) Fisher. The father came from Virginia and by profession was a civil engineer. He served as county surveyor for nine years. beginning in 1850 and was also a member of the state legislature. his fitness for leadership being recognized by those who called him to public office. He was distinctively a man of affairs and one who wielded a wide influence. His power was always exercised for the benefit of the community, for his life was actuated by the spirit of public progress and devotion to duty. He was consider one the best of the county educators, having taught in the county for some years, soon after coming to Ohio. He continued to reside upon his farm in Madison township until 1867, when removed to Zanesville. He was the owner two hundred and twenty-two acres of land which returned him golden harvests and the success which he achieved was attributable entirely to his own efforts. He died in the year 1891, having for more than a half century survived his wife who passed away in 1840. They were the parents of nine children: Charles, a druggist of Peoria, Illinois ; Dunlap, who died at the age of twenty-five years ; Elizabeth N., the wife Edmund Ross ; Martha, who was the widow of Paul W. Richardson, and died about the year 1900 ; Mary, the wife of William S. Dennison, who resides near Adamsville, Ohio ; Harriet who is living with Mrs. Dennison near Adamsville; Joseph, a minister of the Baptist church in Zanesville ; Elias, who is engaged in a grocery business in the county seat ; and Presley Q. The early educational privileges of Presley Q. Fisher, acquired in the district schools of Madison township, were supplemented by study Denison University and thus with a broad literary knowledge to serve as a foundation upon which to rear the superstructure of professional learning he entered Starling Medical College, at Columbus, Ohio, from which institution he was graduated in the class of 1865. He then practiced in Cincinnati, Ohio, for a few months but owing to ill health he returned to Muskingum county and in September, 1865, located at Nashport. His life has been devoted to the alleviation of human suffering through the agencies known to the medical fraternity and he has kept in touch with the progress that has been continually made in the profession as research and investigation have broadened their knowledge and promoted their efficiency. He is now the family physician in many a household and his cheery presence and kindly disposition bring hope and comfort while the remedial agencies which he uses check the ravages of disease. He was formerly identified with the Muskingum County Medical Society and now belongs to the Ohio State Medical Society Dr. Fisher was married in 1865 to Miss Frances J. Wolfe, a daughter of J. C. Wolfe, who was sheriff of Muskingum county at the time of his death in 1864. Dr. and Mrs. Fisher have five children : Beulah M., who became the wife of Dr. C. F. Wilkin and died in 1884; Charles who died at the age of nine years ; Presley, who PAGE 385 - PICTURES OF DR. AND MRS, PRESLEY Q. FISHER PAGE 386 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 387 died when only a year old ; J. C., who died at the age of seventeen years ; and Frances J., the wife of C. C. Lemert, an attorney of Zanesville and prosecuting attorney of Muskingum county. The family home is in Licking township, where Dr. Fisher owns two hundred acres of land that is valuable and productive. His farm is now a well improved property and gives him a very desirable annual income. He belongs to the Baptist church and in his political views is independent. Having spent his entire life in Muskingum county he is well known to its citizens and his personal worth and his professional skill have gained him prominence. HORACE WILLIAM BLOCKSOM. Horace William Blocksom. now deceased, represent a prominent family of Muskingum county, and his life was ever in harmony with the family record, being distinguished by principles of honorable manhood such as win respect in every land and clime. He was born in Zanesville. September 30, 1838, and passed away August 16, 1882, at the comparatively early age of forty-four years. He was a son of 'William Blocksom, a native of Delaware. who with a companion came to Ohio at a very early period in the development of this section of the state, walking almost the entire distance. He first made a settlement in Zanesville but soon afterward went to Fairfield county, where he remained for a year. He then returned to Zanesville and during an early epoch in the history of this county was identified with building operations, first as a carpenter and later as a contractor. When business conditions made possible the manufacturing industry here he established a foundry and was thus identified with business affairs in Zanesville for a long period. He acquired a good patronage in this connection and invested his surplus earnings in real estate, becoming the owner of valuable property, which at his death was inherited by his family, who thus received a considerable estate. He figured in public life as postmaster of Zanesville, to which position he was appointed by President Jackson. and he was also one of the three judges of the district court. His political views were those of the democracy and he was a man of influence and prominence in his community. He was married to Miss Fulkerson, of Zanesville, and of their twelve children three are now living. His death occurred in 1860, when he was seventy-five years of age. Under the paternal roof Horace William Blocksom spent his boyhood days and after arriving at years of maturity he sought a companion and helpmate for life's journey, being united in marriage in Zanesville, on the 29th of December, 1859, to Miss Alice Margaret Smith, who was born in West Virginia, October 2, 1839. Her father, James Smith, was born in Pennsylvania, January 31, 1811, and died in Zanesville, April 22, 1892. His wife bore the maiden name of Nancy Laughlin and was born in West Virginia, October 1818, while her death occurred January 12, 1887. She was a daughter of John Laughlin, of the same state. James Smith learned the saddler's trade in early manhood and followed that pursuit for a long period. Both he and his wife spent their last years in Zanesville. They were the parents of four children and by her marriage Mrs. Blocksom became the mother of four children, all born iri Zanesville, namely : George W., who married Stella Wilson of this city and has three children, George W., William H. and Augustus Perry ; Alice M., the wife of Harvey Widney, of Zanesville, by whom she has two daughters, Alice May and Margaret Louisa ; James S.; and Horace William, who married Athala Geiger, of Zanesville. and has one son, Horace Mr. Blocksom was for some time associated in business with his brother G. W. Blocksom, a druggist. He engaged in working for him for a time and later he entered upon an independent business venture, purchasing a lot and building a store at the corner of Seventh and Center streets. There he continued up to the time of his death, and the business is now conducted by his son, who owns it jointly with Mrs. Blocksom. He was very careful and thorough in all his business dealings, systematic and methodical and yet enterprising and progressive, and he sustained an unassailable reputation, being very straightforward and honest in all trade transactions. He was regarded as one of the leading business men of his day and Zanesville numbered him among her prominent and valuable citizens. Mr. Blocksom held membership in the Second Presbyterian church, his life being in consistent harmony with his profession. He was also an exemplary Mason, belonging to Zanesville lodge, A. F. & A. M., and in his political views he was a democrat. Every movement that tended to benefit the community received his endorsement and oftentimes his financial support. He was faithful in friendship and most loyal to the ties of home, and his loss, therefore, was the occasion of deep regret throughout the community. JACOB BROCK. Jacob Brock, who is engaged in general farming in Perry township, was born May 26, 1841, on the opposite side of the road from his present home. His parents were John and Anna Maria (Conrod) Brock. The father, a native of Mor-