PAGE - 587 - DR. EDMUND CONE BRUSH, A. M. PAGE - 588 - BLANK 589 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) to the city, which was done in 1904. The Doctor is an ex-president of the Association of Surgeons for the Pennsylvania Lines west of Pittsburg as well as the Association of Surgeons to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. In 1902 he was appointed by Governor George K. Nash a member of a commission to consider the advisability and practicability of the state caring for and educating crippled and deformed children and was secretary of this commission of five. His practice has been conducted along modern scientific lines or he has kept in constant touch with the advancement made by the profession. Dr. Brush has also taken an active interest in military affairs and has been an officer in the Ohio National Guard for the past nineteen years and since January. 1900, has served as its chief surgeon. He has been a close student of the military history of the country and his articles on military subjects have been popular in the Army and Navy Journal and in the Century Magazine. He has also been a constant contributor to the medical literature of the day, and is regarded as one of the leading writers in the medical fraternity, the value of his contributions being widely acknowledged. The home of Dr. and Mrs. Brush has been blessed with seven children : Edmund Russell. Alice Russell. Russell, Fanny Margaret, Charles Russell, Albert Moorehead and Frank Spencer. The family is prominent socially in Zanesville and the Brush household is noted for its gracious and generous hospitality. In community affairs Dr. Brush is interested as a public-spirited citizen. but outside of the path of his profession has never sought office. His labors, however. have been far-reaching and beneficial in behalf of material and intellectual progress here. He votes with the republican party. He is a man of scholarly attainments, whose influence is widely felt and he is to-day one of the honored residents of his native state. THOMAS N. SOWERS. Thomas N. Sowers, postmaster of Roseville. and a veteran of the Civil war, was born in 1846 about a mile south of this city. His father, George Sowers, was a native of Virginia, born in 1799, and his death occurred in 1859. He came to Muskingum county at an early day with his parents, who took up their abode on a farm in Clay township and this property came into possession of their son George in 1835. He thereafter devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits, placing his land under a high state of cultivation.. He married Catherine Worm, who was born in Maryland in 1803 and died in 1886. She was the daughter of William Worm, who came to Muskingum county in 1809, locating in Clay township, when there were only three houses in Roseville. He followed the occupation of farming amid pioneer surroundings and assisted materially in the development and improvement of his part of the county. Both Mr. and Mrs. Sowers were valued members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he gave his early political allegiance to the whig party, while later he became a stanch republican and at different times held township offices. They were the parents of twelve children, nine of whom reached mature years : Lucy is the deceased wife of James Brown, a furniture dealer of Roseville. Susan is the wife of William Brown, a brother of her sister's husband. Nancy is the deceased wife of Andrew Dodds. Catherine is the deceased wife of James Murray. Elias died in 1856. Horatio, who enlisted in 1861 and served for three years in Company G of the Thirty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, being with Sherman’s command, is now in the National Soldiers Home at Dayton. George W., now deceased, enlisted in April, 1862, in the Ninth Ohio Cavalry as a non-commissioned officer and served for two and a half years, when he was discharged for disability. Alva J., a farmer, living on a tract of land adjoining the old homestead, enlisted in November. 1861, in Company G, Thirty- first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and went with Sherman on the celebrated march to the sea. Richard F.. now deceased, enlisted in 1861 in the same company as his brother and after serving for three years re-enlisted. He Was taken prisoner on the day that General McPherson was killed and was sent to Andersonville, where he was confined for two months. The family record for loyalty and bravery is certainly a most trustworthy one. Thomas N. Sowers, the youngest member of the family, pursued his education in the district schools and was reared to farm life, remaining at home until September. 1861, when at an early age, fifteen years, he espoused the cause of the country and joined Company A of the Sixty- second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Captain William Edwards, serving for three years and three months. He took part in a number of important engagements. including the battles of Winchester, Fort Wagner, Antietam, the second battle of Bull Run, and before Petersburg and the battle of the Crater. He was indeed a faithful soldier, ever found at his post of duty and no veteran ever showed greater bravery or more unfaltering loyalty to the stars and stripes. Returning to his home Mr. Sowers resumed the occupation of farming, which he has made his life work, and he is now managing his father- in-law's farm. He was married in 1868 to Miss 590 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. Rebecca Brummage, a daughter of Isaiah Brummage, who was born on the old home farm in ferry county and was a son of John Brummage, who settled on this part of the state at a very early day. Isaiah Brummage always carried on agricultural pursuits and it was on the old homestead farm there that his daughter Rebecca was born in 1842. .A.11-. and Mrs. Sowers now have one child, Blanch, who is the wife of J. W. Rhoades, a telegraph operator in Chicago. Mr. Sowers has always been an earnest advocate of republican principles and has been honored with a number of positions of trust and responsibility. He has served as justice of the peace and as a member of the school board and through a long period has been central committeeman, taking an active part in politics for twenty years. He has also served on the executive committee and for more than two decades has been chosen delegate to the republican conventions. In 1897 he was appointed by President McKinley to the position of postmaster of Roseville and was re-appointed by President Roosevelt in 1902, so that he is now filling the office. He belongs to Axline Post, G. A. R., in which he has served as commander and adjutant, and he thus maintains pleasant relations with his old army comrades. In all matters of citizenship he is as true and loyal to his country to-day as when he followed the starry banner of the nation upon the battle-fields of the south. JAMES W. DAVIS. James W. Davis, one of the leading and respected farmers of Highland township. living on section 7. was born in this neighborhood June 24, 1846, his parents being David and Sarah ;onion Davis. The father was born in Virginia and came with his parents to Ohio about 1810. He brought apple seed which he planted and from which he raised the orchard that stood upon his farm. The grandfather, John W. Davis, entered the land from the government and began the development of a pioneer home. He had served as a soldier of the Revolutionary war and was cut on the forehead by a British dragoon goon He was of English birth, but while his parents were coming to the new world with their two children both the father and mother died and the son and daughter were afterward sold to pay their passage to this country, thus becoming separated and they never met again. John W. Davis remained a resident of Virginia until after he had attained to man’s estate when, as before stated, he came to Ohio. Here he owned three hundred and twenty acres of land and he was actively interested in the pioneer development of the county, his labors proving of direct benefit in the work of general upbuilding and advancement. He had six children, two daughters and four sons. David Davis, the father of our subject, was educated in the common schools and he too followed the occupation of farming, becoming the owner of eighty acres of land which he cultivated in order to provide for his family. He was a very strong muscular man, well fitted by nature to cope with the arduous work of the farm. He died about 1852 and his wife passed away in January, 1868. They were both members of the Methodist church and were people of the highest respectability. They had eight children, of whom four sons and a daughter are yet living. James W. Davis pursued his education in an old log schoolhouse which vet stands upon the farm. It was built in 1840 by Nimrod Holland, the father-in-law of Mr. Davis and is a log structure built in the form of a hexagon. It is the oldest school building of the county and Mr. Davis is preserving it as a relic of pioneer times. He left home when only ten years of age and has since lived upon the farm which is now his place of residence. He first made his home with his wife’s brother and after Mr. Holland removed to the west in 1862 he lived with his mother-in- law for seven years. He then bought the farm in 1871 and it is still his property. In February of the following year he married Miss Rebecca Holland, who was born upon this farm October 17, 1845, her parents being Nimrod and Mary Ann ( Hanford) Holland, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania and came to Muskingum county, Ohio, about 1836, settling upon the farm which is now the property of Mr. Davis. Mrs. Holland was a daughter of John Hanford, who came from Ireland to America and also lived upon this farm. The old house is now standing in which Mr. and Mrs. Hanford spent their last days, the former passing away at the very venerable age of ninety-nine years, while his wife was eighty-six years of age at the time of her death. Mt Holland was the owner of eighty acres of land and in addition to his farming pursuits engaged in school-teaching, taking much interest in the cause of education. Roth he and his wife were devoted members of the Methodist church and he died in that faith in March, 1848, while his wife long survived him, passing away in November, 1899, at the age of eighty-nine years. They were the parents of eight children, three of whom are yet living. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have become the parents of four children: Mary L., who was born March 17. 1869, and is now a resident of Colorado, married A. M. Osier and has two children, Carrie and Ralph. Albert H., who was born November 17. 1872, was a student in Warren Business Col- PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 591 lege and after spending six months in that institution he purchased a third interest in the college. Following his graduation he engaged in teaching there for three years and then sold his interest, since which time he has lived upon his father's farm. He married Rachel Davis and after her death wedded Anna Schaffer. Charles E., born January 13, 1875, married Anna Elmendorf and they have four children. He was formerly with the building company and is now engaged in the coal, feed and wood business in Indiana. Olive L., born September 29, 1882, is the wife of Bruce E. Sandle, a farmer residing near her father. Mr. Davis owns three hundred and twenty acres of land to which he gives his personal supervision, carrying on both farming and stock rising, his specialty being Merino sheep. He is one of the largest landowners of Highland township and his home is pleasantly located about Our miles from Otsego. In his political faith e is a democrat and has served as school director. while in religious belief he and his family are members of the Methodist church. He deserves much credit for what he has accomplished, for rom the age of ten years he has been dependent entirely upon his own resources and all that he possesses has been acquired through his persistent labor guided by sound judgment. He has worked earnestly year after year and his example should well serve as a source of encouragement and inspiration to others. HON. HARVEY L. COGSIL. Harvey L. Cogsil, a farmer of Adamsville. Alio, is prominently identified with general agricultural pursuits and stock-raising interests in Salem township, where by his industry, perseverance and integrity he has won a place among the foremost representatives of this great department of activity. He was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, November 17, 1832. and was the seventh in order of birth in a family of eight children, whose parents were Harry and Mary (Vince]) Cogsil. Her paternal grandfather was John Cogsil, a resident of Connecticut, in which state Harry Cogsil was born in 1806. The latter was reared and educated near Danbury, Connecticut, and about 1818 removed to Loudoun county, Virginia. He was married in the Old Dominion to Miss Mary Vincel, a native of that county and a daughter of John Vincel. Retaining his residence in Virginia until 1838 he then completed his arrangements to come to Ohio and took up his abode in Carroll county, where he purchased a farm, residing thereon until his death, which occurred in 1885. He was a prosperous farmer and successful business man whose estate at the time of his death was valued at about eighty thousand dollars. His labors not only proved of benefit to himself but were also helpful in the advancement of community interests. He was the president of the first railroad built in Carroll county and was president of the first county fair. He did all in his power to stimulate local progress and improvement and his name is inseparably interwoven with the best development of the early day. In his political views he was originally a whig but afterward became a democrat and several local positions of honor and trust were conferred upon him and he proved a worthy and capable officer. His wife was a member of the Lutheran church and she too has passed away. The mother of Harry Cogsil belonged to the Hanly family, prominently and actively represented in the Revolutionary war. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cogsil became the parents of eight children: Antoinette, Oliver, George W., John P.. Harvey L., Marv, Anson LI. and- one that died in infancy. Harvey L. Cogsil was about six years of age when lie came to Ohio with his parents. He was educated in Carroll county and when a young man entered upon the study of law under the direction of E. R. Eckley. an attorney of Carrollton, being admitted to the Ohio bar in 1861. The following year, however, lie put aside business considerations that he might respond to his country's call for aid and enlisted as a member of Company H, Ninety-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The regiment was assigned to the reserve corps and afterward became a part of the Fourteenth Army Corps. Mr. Cogsil joined the army as a private but was promoted. from grade to grade until he held the rank of captain in recognition of his meritorious service and bravery upon the field of battle. He participated in a number of engagements including those at Perryville, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and the Atlanta campaign under General Sherman. He was taken prisoner at Newtown Creek but after two hours was released. When the war was over Mr. Cogsil returned to Muskingum county and purchased a farm. He then completed his arrangements for a home of his own by his marriage in 1867 to Miss Roseta Schuebley of a prominent family of this county. Her death occurred in 1869 and she left two young children : Harvey H.. who is now married and lives on a farm in Carroll county, Ohio : and Anna, who died in childhood. For his second wife Mr. Cogsil chose Alice L. Vincel, who was born in Loudoun county, Virginia. in t84o, and is a daughter of Philip and Eliza Vincel. By this marriage there are five children : Maude A.. Frank, John T., Bruce and Mabel. The family home is a farm of eighty acres well improved and richly cultivated near Adamsville 592 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. and there Mr. Cogsil is engaged in stock-raising. He has been very successful in his business operations owing to his marked enterprise, keen sagacity and sound judgment. In politics he has been prominent and influential, laboring earnestly for the welfare of his party, on whose ticket he was elected to represent Muskingum county in the state legislature in 1880. He has also held numerous local offices and while living in Carrollton served as its mayor. He has been a member of the school board of Adamsville and is the champion of every measure for public advancement and improvement. His wife is a member of the Lutheran church and they are influential residents of their community to whom the hospitality of the best homes is cordially extended. GEORGE H. STEWART. George Harris Stewart, vice president and active head of the First National Bank of Zanesville, has had a notable record in connection with financial circles. A native of Loudonville, Ashland county, Ohio, he was born on the 17th day of May, 1849, a son of George Harris and Emeline (Chappell) Stewart. His lineage may be traced from a long line of Scotch ancestry, from the Stewarts, the Harrises, the Douglases, etc., to the Stewarts of Pennsylvania. George Stewart. the great-great-great-grandfather of George H. Stewart, of Zanesville. was a member of the General Assembly of the province of Pennsylvania in 173o-32, and Lieutenant Colonel George Stewart, his great-grandfather, saw active service during the Revolutionary war. Judge George Harris Stewart, father of George H. Stewart, of Zanesville, was born in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, and removed from the Keystone state to Loudonville. Ohio. early in the '3os. There he was married to Miss Emeline Chappell. a native of Vermont, who in her childhood was brought by her parents to this state. She was a representative of one of the pioneer families of Ohio, the Chappells having on their emigration westward made their way down the Ohio and up the Muskingum rivers to Richland county, now a part of Ashland county, Ohio, but then a frontier region. Caleb Chappell the grandfather of Mr. Stewart, built the first flouring-mill in that portion of the state. It was about 1830 that George H. Stewart. father of the subject of this sketch, arrived in Ashland county. establishing a mercantile business in Loudonville. which he conducted many years. He was a very successful, public-spirited. generous man and was one of the first associate judges of Ashland county. He lived to be almost seventy-five years of age, passing away in 1883. His widow survived him until 1890 and was seventy-eight years of age at the time of her death. In the schools of Loudonville, George H. Stewart of this review acquired his preliminary education, which was supplemented by study in Haskell's Academy in that town. Throughout his business career he has been connected with financial interests. When about seventeen years of age he went to Ashland, Ohio, where he entered the First National Bank, of which his uncle, J. 0. Jennings, was the president. There he remained four years and in December, 1869, Peter Black, then president of the First National Bank of Zanesville, engaged him to come to this city and enter the bank as bookkeeper and teller. Four years later he was promoted to assistant cashier, and in January, 1874, became cashier, at which time he was probably the youngest incumbent of this office in any bank of like proportions in the ,state, .being not vet twenty-five years of age. He acted in this capacity continuously until August io, 1903, when he was elected vice president and made chief active executive officer of the hank. During his long connection with this institution there have been two extensions of its charter, and to-day Mr. Stewart has seen longer active service than any banker in Zanesville. His rise has resulted from a thorough mastery of every duty assigned him and untiring devotion to the interests which he has represented. His popularity as cashier was due to his consideration for and helpfulness to the many patrons of the bank. He has extended his efforts to other fields of activity, being now the treasurer and one of the largest stockholders of the J. W. McCoy Pottery Company, a large and prosperous manufactory of Roseville. On the 7th of June, 1877, Mr. Stewart was married to Katie Cassel, a daughter of the late William C. Cassel, owner and proprietor of the Cassel Flouring Mills of Zanesville. Mr. Cassel was a prominent and influential citizen and was widely known throughout Ohio. He died in 1873. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart are the parents of four daughters and a son : Louise Cassel: Helen Chappell, the wife of Captain Leigh A. Fuller, surgeon in the United States army : Jean Montgomery. the wife of Walter V. H. Black, of the Black & Grant Company, wholesale dry goods, of Zanesville William Cassel, who is a student at Kenvon College, Gambier, Ohio and Mary Elizabeth, a student in the home schools. Mr. Stewart is a supporter of the republican party with firm faith in its principles. He belongs to the Presbyterian church and his cooperation can be counted upon to further every progressive movement that has its root in a desire for the general good. He is indeed a self- made man in every sense of that term, for he came to Zanesville empty-handed and has at- PAGE - 593 - PICTURE OF GEORGE H. STEWARD PAGE - 594 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 595 tained his position entirely by his own efforts. Steadily he has worked his way upward in a field of activity, demanding strong intellectuality, firm purpose, close application and ability. Through the development of his latent powers and resources he has mastered the manifold and resources that duties have devolved upon him and wrought long lines of successful accomplishment. These facts are indicated in the history of the bank, which at his early connection therewith had deposits amounting to only one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars, while to-day they reach over one million five hundred thousand dollars, and the total assets over two million one hundred thousand dollars. Mr. Stewart has long been regarded one of the most conservative and influential men in the banking fraternity of Zanesville. WILLIAM MORRIS. William Morris, who carries on general farming on section 19, Brush Creek township, was born upon his father's farm in this county, his parents being William and Elizabeth (Smith) Morris. His paternal grandfather, John Morris, was a native of Scotland, born in Edinburgh, whence he came to America at an early day. Morris, Sr.,, is a native of Morgan county, Ohio, and although he is now one of the prosperous citizens of his locality he started out in life empty-handed and worked at making rails for twelve and a half cents per hundred. He was also employed at other labor at twenty-five cents per day. When a boy in the harvest-field lie determined to win success, however, if it could he done through honorable effort and by frugality, industry and strong determination. He has gradually made advancement and is today one of the extensive landowners of Morgan county, haying eight hundred and eighty-six acres there. He belongs to the Christian church and his life has ever been upright and honorable. In no business transaction has he ever been known to take advantage of the necessities of his fellowmen and his integrity has stood as an unquestioned fact in his career. Unto him and his wife have beam born eleven children and the record is remarkable in that the family circle remains unbroken by the hand of death. They are as follows: William, of this review ; John I., who married Minnie Smith, and has three children; Leslie, of Noble county, who wedded Daisy Russel, and has five children : Theodore, of Noble county. who married Melissa Combs, and has two children : Ephraim, of Noble county. who married Miss Willes, and has five children Amos and Walton, both at home: Elizabeth, the wife of Frank Smith, of -Noble county, by whom she has three children Hattie, the wife of a Mr. Van Parks, of Noble county, by whom she has one child ; Edith, at home; and Mary, the wife of Everett Willes, of Noble county. William Morris was reared upon his father's farm and is indebted to the public school system of the state for the educational privileges he enjoyed. He was married in early manhood to Miss Sarah Russell. a daughter of Samuel Russell, who was born in Muskingum county, Ohio. and was a very successful farmer, living east of Zanesville at the present time. His father was James Russell, who at one time resided in Muskingum county, but afterward removed to Noble county, where his death occurred. For several years after his marriage Mr. Morris made his home in Noble county, where he carried on general farming. He then purchased ninety-six acres of land in Brush Creek township and took up his abode thereon, since which time he has given his attention to the further cultivation and development of his land. His fields are well tilled and he annually harvests good crops. He also raises good 'stock and both branches of his bus- Mess are proving profitable. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Morris were born twelve children, of whom four died in infancy. Those still living are: Minnie M., Mamie V., Anna B., Clarence Sherman. Haywood, Wilmettee and Amond. Mr. Morris is a stanch advocate of republican principles in his political views and keeps well informed on the questions of the day but has never sought or desired office. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Mechanics lodge, and he belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. The family home is noted for its generous and gracious hospitality and both Mr. and Mrs. Morris have a large circle of warm friends. That his has been an honorable and upright life is indicated by the fact that many of his warmest friends are those who have known him from his boyhood days to the present. HENRY ABELE. Henry Abele, a general contractor of Zanesville. was born in this city in March, 1857, his parents being Fred and Phoebe Daringer) Abele. both of whoni were natives of Germany. but were married in this country. The father came to Ohio about 185o. settling in Zanesville, where for a number of years he followed carpentering, haying learned the trade in early life. Ile was thus identified with building operations in Zanesville for a long period. but is now living retired at the age of seventy-seven years, while 596 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. his wife has reached the age of sixty-eight years. They occupy a pleasant and attractive home on McIntire avenue. In their family were eight sons and daughters, who are yet living and all are residents of Ohio, one of whom resides in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Henry Abele acquired his education in the eighth ward school in Zanesville and when he had mastered the branches of learning therein taught he began earning his own livelihood by working as a cigar-maker. He followed that pursuit in San Francisco for two Years and in New York for one year and he was also employed in a similar way in Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Davenport, Rochester, Syracuse and many other cities of this country. He followed that business altogether for seventeen years and because of his good workmanship was always able to find employment. He began contracting in Zanesville in 1887 and has thus been identified with the business interests of the city for eighteen years. He contracts for street paving, putting in sewers, concrete work. abutment piers for machinery, etc., and he graded all of Brighton, :Maplewood, Rosedale, Tiledale and other additions. Many important contracts have been awarded him and his business now makes heavy demand upon his time and attention. In January. 1887, Mr. Abele was united in marriage to Miss Anna Hine, a native of Monroe county, Ohio, and a daughter of Baltzer Hine, who was born in Germany, while his wife was a native of Bavaria. They are still living in Monroe county and Mr. Hine is a blacksmith by trade, having always followed that pursuit in order to provide for his family. He has now reached the Psalmist's allotted span of three score years and ten, while his wife is fifty-nine years of age. Their daughter, Mrs. Abele, was born in Woodsfield, Monroe county, in 1858, and by her marriage has become the mother of eight children, as follows : Lelia, who was born October 30, 1887, and is a graduate of the grammar school: Richard, who was born May 26, 1889, and is in his third year in the high school : Ada, who was born March 5, 1891, and is her first year in high school: Clara, born December 12, 1892 Helen, born October 20. 1895 ; Lewis and Edward, twins, born May 22, 1899 ; and Mary, born August 18, 1894. Mr. Abele's study of the political issues and questions of the day has led him to give his support to the republican party but he has never sought or desired office, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his business affairs and he has found that close application, faithfulness to the terms of a contract and honorable dealing will add each year a good fund to his financial resources. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen camp at Zanesville and belongs to the Lutheran Evangelical church, while his wife holds membership in the St. Thomas church. They have a fine home at No. 121 McIntire avenue and occupy an enviable position in the social circles of the city. WILLIAM H. SLACK. William H. Slack, controlling important business interests in Zanesville and Muskingum county, has through his intense and well directed activity won for himself a place among the foremost representatives of trade relations in this part of the state. He is now a wholesale dealer in meats in Zanesville and owns considerable valuable property in the city, together with a good farm in Washington township. He was born in Madison township, April. 28, 1854, and was a grandson of Jacob slack, one of the pioneer settlers of Muskingum county, who served his country in the war of 1812. He was identified with the early agricultural development here and died at the venerable age of eighty-eight years. His son, John Slack, was born in Washington township. March 9, 1811, and was reared amid the wild scenes of frontier life, for at that time it seemed that the work of improvement had scarcely been begun. On large tracts of timber land the trees were uncut, and only here and there was seen the home of a settler, his little cabin often being built of logs. There were 110 railroads and few advantages were to John Slack married Margaret Shaw. who was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. in 1814. and they became the parents of eleven children, of whom seven are now : Mrs. Shrigley, of Zanesville ; Mrs. James D. Hoge. of this city ; Mrs. E. Fisher, of Zanesville ; Mrs. Clara Adamson of Colorado ; William H. ; Mrs. Ada Vandenbark ; and James D.. of Zanesville. Alvia H. Died in 1904. John Slack gave his political support to the democracy, was prominent in the ranks of his party and frequently attended as a delegate the local and state conventions of his party but always refused to hold office or become his party's candidate for any political preferment. He was a Master Mason, loyal to the teachings of the craft, and was a devoted member of the Baptist church. He lived to see seven generations, from his great-grandfather down to his great-great-granddaughter, who was six years of age at the time of his death. William H. Slack acquired a public school education and remained at home with his father until nineteen years of age, when he started out in life on his own account and has since made a creditable place and honored name for himself in the business circles of his native county. He has PAGE 597 - PICTURE OF WILLIAM H. SLACK PAGE 598 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 599 lived for a quarter of a century upon his present farm of forty acres, two and a half miles from the courthouse on the East pike, and there he has a beautiful home, commodious and tastefully furnished. He is well known as a wholesale dealer in meats of all kinds and he has a cold storage upon his farm, handling thirty head of cattle, fifty head of small stock and from twenty-five to fifty head of hogs each week. His business has long since become quite profitable and the success which has attended him in commercial operations and agricultural life has permitted of his investment in city realty. He is now the owner of the building in which is located the waiting room for the Zanesville Street Car Company, at the corner of Sixth and Main streets and likewise of the Sharpe Building on Fifth street in Zanesville. When twenty-three years of age Mr. Slack was married to Miss Molly E. Tschiffely, a native of this county and a daughter of Lewis Tschiffely. They became the parents of ten children, of whom eight are living: Edward A., Clarence, Bernard H., Isabel, Gordon. Anna, Margaret and Evelyn. The family constitutes a happy household and its members are prominent in the social circles in which they move. Mr. Slack exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the democracy affiliates with the Masonic fraternity and hold ; membership in the Baptist church and his fidelity to the principles of the last two make him a man worthy of the trust and confidence uniformly given him. ROBERT G. BUCHANAN Robert G. Buchanan, who follows farming and is also raising fine Merino sheep. is the owner of one hundred and sixty-two acres of valuable land in Meigs township. He was born n this township on the old Buchanan homestead. March 6, 1855. and is of Scotch lineage. His father. Samuel Buchanan. was a native of Pennsylvania and was reared to farm life, which he always followed throughout his business career. He came to Muskingum county at an early period in its settlement, taking up his abode in Salt Creek township, and later he purchased two hundred and sixty acres of land in Meigs township. There he developed an excellent farm property. becoming one of the most prominent agriculturists of his community. His attention was devoted to the tilling of the soil and the raising of stock. He cleared most of his land himself and the farm was the visible evidence of his life of thrift and enterprise. He was of strong and steadfast purpose, accomplishing everything that he undertook, and his prosperity was therefore the just reward of his own labor. He wedded Mary Gray, who was born near Cadiz in Belmont county, Ohio, and is a daughter of Robert and Anna Gray. They became the parents of the following named: Anna married Benjamin Mitchell and has one son, Alva. Sarah became the wife of Albert Marshall, a prominent farmer of Meigs township, this county. Margaret is the wife of Jacob Cline. of Muskingum county, and has a son and daughter. Delton and Flora, the latter the wife of Charles Brothers, by whom she has three children, Emmett, Hazel and William. Alcinda is the wife of Nathaniel White, of Duncan Falls, Ohio, and they have two children, Anna, the wife of William Hartman, and Charles, who is married and has two children, Wilson and Zora. Ora Bell married Crawford Gorrell and is living in Bristol township, Morgan county. Robert G. Buchanan, also. a member of this family, spent his boyhood clays upon his father's farm, where he early became familiar with the work incident to the development of a good farm property. His educational privileges were those afforded by the public schools. After arriving at man's estate he was married on the 5th of September, 1877, to Miss Edith B. White, a daughter of William A. and Martha E. (Fenton) White, of ilue Rock township. Her brothers and sisters were J. Franklin, Rosella. Lenora, Phoebe, and Carlo and Polly, twins. Georgie and Joseph H. The home of Air. and Mrs. Buchanan has been blessed with six children. Mary : Maude, the wife of Curtis F. Onstott. who is a graduate of the Denison University of Granville, (Ohio, of the class of 1892, and is now a professor in the business college at Colorado Springs, Colorado Annora Clara R.: Blanche : and Sadie. The three eldest daughters were educated at Philo, Ohio, and have been successful teachers of Muskingum county. The family home is a good farm of one hundred and sixty-two acres in Meigs township, and Mr. Buchanan is regarded as one of the foremost agriculturists of the state. He raises fine Merino sheep and has been very successful in his business affairs. He now has a fine country home twenty miles from Zanesville and his place bears every evidence of careful supervision and progressive methods. His business affairs have been so capably conducted that he is now a prosperous agriculturist. The cause of education has always found in him a warm friend and he has spared neither time nor expense in furthering the interests of the schools in his locality. He acted as a member of the school hoard at various times and although he has never cared for office he has also been supervisor in his township, being elected to that position as the candidate of the democratic party. 600 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY The Buchanan family is one of the oldest Methodist families of this state and Robert G. Buchanan of this review adheres to the same faith. EMESIAH McDONALD. Emesiah McDonald is a representative of a family prominent in conquering the wilderness of Muskingum county and planting the seeds of civilization here. From the early part of the nineteenth century representatives of the family have resided in this part of Ohio, aiding materially in reclaiming the land from the dominion of the red men and transforming the prairie and the forest into rich and highly cultivated fields, with here and there thriving towns and villages, having all of the improvements known to modern progress. James McDonald and his wife, grandparents of our subject, were both natives of County Down, Ireland, and having crossed the Atlantic to America became residents of Pennsylvania. They made their way from Warren. in that state, to Ohio. traveling in a wagon after the primitive manner of the times, for it was long before the era of railroad transportation. They took up their abode in Salt Creek township and the grandfather entered land from the government, securing a farm which is still in possession of his descendants. Hardships and trials were to he borne but the family possessed resolute hearts and willing hands and they subdued the wilderness, supplanting it by a valuable farm property. The original family home was a log cabin in the midst of the green woods but as the years passed by acre after acre was cleared, the land plowed and good harvests were gathered. The early McDonalds were prominent Presbyterians and were actively associated with the early moral progress of the community as well as its material development. Unto James McDonald and his wife were born the following named : Joseph, John, James, Margaret and Nancy, all now deceased. John McDonald, father of our subject, was born near Pittsburg. Pennsylvania, in 1812, upon a farm which his father was cultivating there. He was a young lad of only about four years when the family came to Ohio. Here he was reared amid the wild scenes of frontier life. sharing with the family in the arduous task of developing a new home. Eventually he began farming on his own account and purchased a part of the farm owned by his father. He settled there when it was a wilderness and the nearest neighbors were miles away. Deer and bears were numerous in the forest and there was much wild (Tame to be secured. It seemed that the work of progress and improvement had scarcely been begun. Not far from the home was a large sugar camp and one of the spring duties upon the farm was the manufacture of maple sugar. The task of clearing and cultivating the fields was carried resolutely forward and in course of time John McDonald had a good property. He married Miss Sarah Mershon, a native of -\/ irginia and a representative of one of the old and respected families of that state. Their children were: Emma, who died in infancy and was buried at Chandlersville Alcinda, who died at the age of eighteen Years and was interred at the same place; Emesiah, of this review ; Robert M., who married, Miss Moore, by whom he had a son, Melvin, who is still living-, and after losing his first wife wedded Ida Wvon, of Blue Rock township, by whom he had one child, Cloud, who is still at home. Robert M. McDonald is now a merchant at Mansfield, Ohio, carrying on a successful business. and he was for .even years guard at the reform- atory there, and his carefully directed business interests have made him a prosperous citizen. Both Mr. and Mrs. John McDonald were members of the Baptist church in Blue Rock township. Although educated in one of the old-time log schoolhouses of that township Mr. McDonald made the most of his opportunities through life and by reading, observation and experience became a well informed man whose influence was ever on the side of progress, improvement and the right. Emesiah McDonald, whose name introduces this review, was born on the old farm homestead near his present place of residence, July 26, 1846, and the days of his boyhood and youth were not unlike those of other lads of the period. He acquired his education in the public schools and assisted his father in the work of the home farm. He was engaged in public school-teaching for seven years but his attention is now chiefly given to mercantile interests and he is the owner of an excellent general store in Salt Creek township. This is one of the best enterprises of the character in the county and he carries a large and carefully selected line of goods, while his reliable business methods and earliest efforts to please his customers have secured him a large and growing patronage. Mr. McDonald was united in marriage to Miss Martha A. Cline, a daughter of T. J. and Mary (Ewing) Cline, of a prominent and well-to-do family of Salt Creek township. Their children are as follows : Allie, who studied music at Delaware, died at the age of twenty years and was interred at Chandlersville. Rose is the wife of Harold Pirch, of McConnelsville. Ohio, who formerly resided at Columbus, where he was engaged in the printing business, but he is now editor and owner of the Daily Citizen at McCon- PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 601 nelsville. Mr. and Mrs. Birch have three children, Josephine, George M. and Donald W. Howard McDonald, the third member of the family, was graduated from Muskingum College in the class of 19ot and then entered Princeton University, in which he completed his course in 1902. He has taught for two years in Muskingum College and is now professor of Greek in that institution. He is a prominent young man of superior intellectual attainments and is popular with and respected by his associates and his pupils. Already he has gained a notable position in educational circles in this state. Harley E., the youngest member of the family, was also for a number of years a prominent educator of Muskingum county. He pursued his literary education in Muskingum and Scio Colleges and is now preparing for the practice of medicine, being at this writing, in 1905 a senior in the Ohio Medical University at Columbus. Both or the sons are members of the Methodist church and have justly won the respect and admiration which is so uniformly accorded to them. The remainder of the family are members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. McDonald, attaining his majority, gave his political support to the republican party and although living in a democratic township lie has been elected and served as justice of the peace for twenty-seven consecutive years. discharging- his duties without fear or favor, his decisions being based upon the equity and the law in the case. His business interests are capable conducted along modern lines and in harmony with a high standard of commercial ethics. He is a most respected citizen, regarded as one of the public- spirited men of his locality and his co-operation has long been a factor for public good. His home is a fine residence in Salt Creek township near his store and his hospitality is greatly enjoyed by the many friends of the family. ELIJAH SNIDER. Elijah Snider, a retired farmer residing in Gratiot, was born in Hopewell township, Perry county, near the city of Somerset, January 3, 1830, his parents being George and Rhoda ( Scofield) Snider. Both the Snider and Scofield families were established in Ohio in pioneer times and bore the hardships and trials incident to life on the frontier. His maternal grandmother, preparing for the conditions of frontier life, became an excellent shot and from her own doorway killed a deer in the wilderness in Ohio. She was the daughter of the Rev. Elijah Scofield. one of the early pioneer preachers of this portion of the state. George Snider, father of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania, August 5, 1900, and died in 1895, at the very advanced age of ninety-five years. About ten years previous he had removed to Allen county, Ohio, and his death occurred after a brief illness. In his youth he had acquired his education in one of the old-time log schoolhouses and throughout the period of his business activity carried on agricultural pursuits. He was an extensive farmer in his day, owning two hundred acres of land and his business was successfully conducted. He held membership in the German Baptist church and in his political views was originally a whig and afterward a republican. His fellow townsmen, recognizing his worth and ability, frequently called him to local office and he served in a number of township positions. His wife, Mrs. Rhoda Snider, departed this life at the age of eighty-six years. They were the parents of the following named : Louisa. the wife of Amos Lough ; Malinda, the deceased wife of Theodore Watkins; Elijah Keziah : Amos, who married Emma Mohler ; Polly, the wife of William Lance George, who married Eliza Roberts ; and Angeline, the deceased wife of John Dupper. Elijah Snider. reared amid the wild scenes of frontier life, shared with the family in the usual hardships which come to those who establish homes in a frontier district. He worked in the fields during the summer months and acquired his education by attending the common schools in the winter seasons. He continued at home until twenty-five years of age and was then united in marriage to Miss Malinda Kiecick, a daughter of William Kiecick, who came from Ireland and settled in Ohio during an early period in its development. Following his marriage Mr. Snider rented a tract of land which lie continued to cultivate until his labors had brought him a capital sufficient to justify his purchase of ninety- two acres of land east of Mount Perry. He afterward sold that property and about the time of the close of the Civil war he purchased one hundred and sixty acres in luskingum county. He also bought other tracts of land in Perry county just across the boundary line. He has been very successful in his business career, for at the time of his marriage he started out without capital and by the assistance of his estimable wife he has gained a comfortable competency which now enables them to enjoy all of the necessities and many of the luxuries of life. They continued to reside upon the farm until 1904, when they took up their abode in Gratiot to spend their remaining days in the enjoyment of a well earned rest. Mr. Snider had always carried on general agricultural pursuits, and stock-raising, was practical in his work, systematic in his methods and energetic in all that he did. As the years advanced he was enabled to add a considerable fund to his savings and he is now one of the prosperous citizens of his community. 602 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Snider were born six children : Theodore, deceased ; George, who married Hattie Speaks and has three children Robert, at home ; Sophia, who married Noah Swinehart and has one daughter ; Sarah, the deceased wife of John Smith and the mother of three children ; and Dan, who married Miss Ford and has five children. Mr. Snider is a member of the German Baptist church and is a republican in his political views. He is numbered among the men who have conquered the wilderness and who have come off victors in the struggle with the conditions of pioneer life. He has for seventy-five years been a witness of the changes that have occurred here and wonderful indeed has been the transformation wrought by the improvement of the natural resources of the county and the introduction of all of the advantages known to the older east. Mr. Snider, respected for his genuine worth, is now classed with the representative and prominent pioneer people of Muskingum county. JAMES L. HOLDEN, M. D. Dr. James L. Holden, a representative of the medical fraternity of Zanesville, was born in Perry county, Ohio, in 1858. His paternal grandfather, Peter Holden, was a sea-captain in the merchants' marine service of England. The father, William H. Holden, was born in Maryland, near Baltimore, came to Perry county, Ohio, with his widowed mother when six years of age. Following the completion of his literary education he studied medicine and became a very successful physician. He was also admitted to the bar and was a man of scholarly attainments and broad information. He served by appointment of Governor Bishop as superintendent of the Athens Insane Asylum and in 1871 he removed to Zanesville, where he entered upon the practice of his profession in which he continued tun to the time of his death, which was occasioned by a fall upon the sidewalk in 1888, when he was sixty- five years of age. His ability well fitted him for leadership and he wielded a wide influence in molding public thought and action. While living in Perry county he represented his district in the lower house of the state legislature for three terms and for three terms he was also a member of the state senate, representing Perry and Muskingum counties. There he was connected with much important constructive legislation, introducing- a number of bills during those sessions which have had material effect upon the welfare and progress of the state. in community affairs he was also deeply interested and in Zanesville was elected mayor. serving from 1887 up to the time of his demise. Fearless in defense of his honest convictions he was the champion of every measure or movement which he deemed would prove of public benefit and his efforts were far-reaching and effective. His political allegiance was given to the democracy but he never sacrificed the general good to partisanship. At the 'time of the Civil war he gave proof of his loyalty and public-spirited citizenship by joining the army as a surgeon and he was afterward a member of the pension and examining board, while in Zanesville. Through the exercise of his professional skill he accumulated a comfortable competency. He was a man of large physique and fine personal appearance, which, taken in connection with the moral strength of his character, made him one of the representative men of his community. He belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church and its teachings proved the guide of his life. He married Maria Hartley, a daughter of William Hartley, who was born in Hartleyville, Perry county, Ohio, where he settled in pioneer times, there following the occupation of farming. Mrs. Holden was also a devoted Christian, holding membership with the Methodist Episcopal church, surviving her .husband until 1898 and was also sixty-five years of age at the time of her demise. They were the parents of three children : John Wesley, a practicing dentist of Zanesville ; Mary L.„ the deceased wife of W. C. Stewart, manager for the Forest City Stone Company and James L. No event of unusual occurrence or importance happened to vary the routine of life for James L. Holden in his boyhood days. He was reared under the parental roof and attended the public schools, while later he was a student in Zanesville Business College, from which ne was graduated in 1876. Natural predilection and environment probably combined to shape his course in life. Always more or less familiar with principles of medicine and methods of practice because of association with his father he determination upon the medical profession as a life work and after reading privately for some time he entered the Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati, in 1879 and was graduated in 1882. He began practice in Zanesville and has been very successful in the prosecution of his chosen life work. In order to still further promote his efficiency he pursued a post-graduate course in New York Post Graduate Medical College in 1894 and in the New York Polyclinic in 1895-6. He also attended lectures in London, Berlin and Paris hospitals in 1897, thus becoming familiar with the methods of practice of the leading physicians and surgeons of the old world. In his profession he follows modern scientific methods and his knowledge is broad and comprehensive. well qualifying him for the arduous duties which con- PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 605 tinually confront the physician in his efforts to diagnose disease, foretell its complications results and ults and check its ravages upon the human system. He belongs to the County and State Medical Associations. Dr. Holden was married in 1880 to Miss Sarah Thomas, a daughter of John J. Thomas, who s an artisan. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1861, and has become the mother of two children; Pansy, deceased; and Pearl, now six years of age. Mrs. Holden belongs to the Presbyterian church, while Dr. Holden has membership relations with the Elks and the Knights of Pythias. He is a stanch advocate of the democracy and in 1901 he was elected mayor of Zanesville. He has a wide acquaintance in the city which has long been his home and the world instinctively pays deference to him because his success has been worthily achieved. JOHN W. SARBAUGH. Viewed in a personal light John W. Sarbaugh may he accounted one of the prosperous and prominent men of Highland township for in his business career he has made steady advancement through his own labors, while in matters of citizenship he has ever been loyal and progressive and at the time of the Civil war he demonstrated his fidelity to the Union cause by enlisting with the boys in blue. Mr. Sarbaugh was born in Salem township, Muskingum county. September 8. 1837, his parents being Jacob and Elizabeth (Prince) Sarbaugh, both of whom were natives of Loudoun county. Virginia, where they were reared and married. After the birth of their last child they came to Ohio, about 1836, and the father, a farmer by occupation, became the owner of a small tract of land. Here six more children were added to the family and five of he number are still living, but the parents have departed this life. John W. Sarbaugh acquired his education in the common schools of Salem and Highland townships and in his youth began earning his wing as a farm hand, being employed in that capacity until twenty-four years of age when he offered his services to the government, enlisting in the Union Army at Zanesville, November 25, 1861, as a member of Company A, Seventy-eighth Ohio Infantry, under Captain Munson and Colonel Leggett. The regiment was assigned to the Second Brigade, Third Division of the Seventeenth Army Corps, and with his command Mr. Sarbaugh participated in the battle of Shih on the 7th of April, 1862, and in the raid rom Shiloh to Purdy on which he captured a prisoner. A few days after the evacuation of Corinth he became ill and was sent to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was granted a twenty-days furlough. On the expiration of that period he rejoined his regiment at Bolivar, Tennessee, but was left at Corinth, ill, and was sent to St. Louis, where he was honorably discharged December 4, 1862, on a surgeon's certificate of disability. Following his return from the war Mr. Sarbaugh was in ill health for almost a year, after which he engaged in the manufacture of shingles and in building fences. He then rented a farm in Perry township, where he lived for seven years, after which he purchased his present farm. In February, 1864, Mr. Sarbaugh was united in marriage to Miss Nancy B. Holland, who was born June 4, 1837, a daughter of Nimrod and Mary Ann (Banford) Holland. Her parents were natives of Pennsylvania. and came to Muskingum county about 1818, settling on the farm where James Davis now resides. Here the father owned eighty acres of land and in connection with its cultivation he engaged in school teaching, taking great interest in the educational department of this part of the state. Both he and his wife were members of the Methodist church and were also active in its work and upbuilding. His death occurred in March, 1848, and his widow, long surviving him, was called to her final rest in November. 1899, at the age of eighty- nine years. They were the parents of eight children, of whom three are now living. Mr. and Mrs. Sarbaugh had a family of three daughters and a son: Ida, who was born March 7, 1865, is the wife of Amon Osier, living on the old homestead: Jennie E., born August 24. 1867, is the wife of Charles Roberts, a gardener in Indiana Wilbur H., born August 18, 187o. and educated in the Columbus Medical College from which he was graduated in 1897, is n(Ay practicing medicine in Gilboa, Ohio, where he and his wife, who bore the maiden name of Gertrude Landfear, now reside: and Dora E.. born November 6, 1876, is the wife of Will Dunkle, of Centerville, Indiana. Mr. Sarhaugh's farm comprises one hundred and three acres of land about three and a half miles west of Bloomfield, and there he has engaged in the tilling of the soil and in the raising of stock, having some fine farm animals upon his place. The land is richly cultivated and the fields annually return golden harvests. All that he possesses has been acquired through his own labors and his farm is the visible evidence of his life of thrift and activity. He is thoroughly reliable in every business transaction and at all times his life history has been in keeping with his professions as a member of the Bethel Methodist Episcopal church, to which his wife also belongs. He has served as class leader for forty years and 606 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. is very prominent in church work. He holds membership with Concord Hanson Post, No. 468, G. A. R., and is also connected with the Patrons of Industry. His political views endorse republican principles and he has acted as school director. His entire life has been passed in Muskingum county and his history proves what may be accomplished when one has the will to dare and to do. He realizes that there is no excellence without labor and with industry as the basis of his success he has steadily advanced from a humble position to one of affluence. GEORGE G. HOWARD. George G. Howard was born on the 27th of November, 1840, in the house in which he now resides and which is one of the old historical landmarks of this locality. His paternal grandfather, Samuel Howard, was a native of Maryland and was married in 18io to Miss Arieanna Cole. He came with his family to Ohio in 1828. settling in Zanesville when it was but a small town giving little promise of future development and progress. He carried on merchandising on Main street and on Fourth and Fifth streets, being thus interested in and identified with the commercial development of the city from 1828 until 1835. In the latter year he purchased the farm upon which George G. Howard now resides and which comprises three hundred and eleven acres of rich and valuable land. Samuel Howard then began farming and he died upon the old homestead April 27, 1876, at the very venerable age of ninety-one years. His son, Abraham C. Howard, father of our subject, was born in Baltimore county, Maryland, May 22. 1811, and was therefore a youth of seventeen years when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Ohio. He continued to reside upon the old home farm and as the years passed he prospered in his undertakings. He married Miss Elizabeth Gist, of Brooke county. West Virginia, their wedding being celebrated in the Old Dominion, and both died upon the farm where George G. Howard now resides. the Bather passing away January 31, 1877, while the mother's death occurred in July. 1805. He was a Whig in his political allegiance until the formation of the new republican party when he joined its ranks, continuing one of its supporters until he passed from this life. Into him and his wife were born nine children. namely : George G. Samuel. deceased : Lewis R. C.. a resident of Morgan county Joseph. of Indiana: Clara and Caroline. both deceased Charles R.. a resident of Zanesville : Julia. who is living at hone with her brother George ; and William R., who is superintendent of Greenwood cemetery. George G. Howard and his sister Julia occupy the old farm homestead, about five miles from Zanesville. She is a member of the Second Street Methodist church. She owns the old homestead of two hundred and thirty-one acres, while George G. Howard superintends the old farm for her. He was reared to the occupation of farming and has made that work his life vocation. His time is devoted to general agricultural pursuits and to stock-raising and the products of the farm each year bring him a good income. The old part of the house that stands upon this place was built in 18oi on the old Wheeling road. Few districts of the county have been longer developer than the Howard homestead and Mr. Howard cultivates it in keeping with modern, progressive ideas, making it a valuable property. His political allegiance is given to the republican party. He is well known in the county where his entire life has been passed and he enjoys the esteem of many friends with whom he has been acquainted from his boyhood days. WILBERT C. BATEMAN, M. D. Dr. Wilbert C. Bateman, who is engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Zanesville, is a. native son of Ohio, born in Tavlorsville, this state, in 1867. He represents one of the pioneer families of Muskingum county. His paternal grandfather, John Bateman. was born at The Blades, in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and was one of a large family of children born unto John and Mary Bateman. His educational privileges were extremely limited but he became a man of wide, general information, gaining his knowledge from reading and observation. When he was only eight years of age he removed with his parents to Muskingum county and by the death of the father the mother was afterward left to care for her family alone in the midst of the forest. For two years John remained at home and although but a boy assisted materially in the support of the family. When he was only ten years of age he was bound out to a tanner by the name of Snode and while serving his apprenticeship, his hardships were many. He found Mr. Snode a severe taskmaster and when sixteen years of age left him and went to boating on the Muskingum river, following cargo after cargo to New Orleans, during which tine he also engaged in different trades. On one trip when he arrived in New Orleans he had no money and he and his comrades were forced to walk the entire distance back to Ohio. He afterward engaged in the canal boat business on Ohio's first canal and for PAGE - 607 - PICTURE OF ABRAHAM C. HOWARD PAGE - 608 - BLANK PAGE - 609 - MRS. ELIZABETH HOWARD PAGE - 610 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 611 a time was the owner of a boat. He was on the first steamer that went down the river to New Orleans but it did not have the power to make the return trip. Later Mr. Bateman became a railroad contractor and laid many of the first ties of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. His next venture was in the manufacture of salt and at different times was the owner of several lumber camps. He was a man of resourceful business ability, quick to recognize and utilize an opportunity and as the years went by he prospered. At an early day, however, he was in very limited financial circumstances and worked for many weeks for twelve and a half cents per day. At the time of his marriage he began housekeeping with the proceeds of the sale of a single hog, which had fattened. In 1854 he bought a farm and was identified with agricultural interests in Muskingum county until 1865. He continued a resident of Ohio up to that time and then removed to Indianapolis, Indiana, while later he lived for a time in Carroll county, that state, and in 1874 nt to Kokomo, Indiana, where his last days were passed. On the 22d of January, 1835, John Bateman was married to Mrs. Anna M. Grosh, a native of Maryland, and for forty-seven years they traveled life's journey together. She died in 1882 at the age of seventy years, and in 1884 he married Margaret Marcus, of Indianapolis, who died two years later. There are four children living of the first marriage: Mrs. Sarah Bowers, Samuel, John G. and Mrs. Ann Maria White. John Bateman was a remarkable example of manhood. Up to his seventieth year he never weighed less than two hundred and twenty-five pounds. of sturdy build, hard muscle and with nerves like steel. He was peculiarly adapted to meet the hardships of pioneer life. He met with many difficulties and obstacles which would utterly discourage a voting man of the present age but he persevered and at length overcame these by determined and earnest purpose. He was a man who held friendship as a sacred trust and was most true and loyal to all to whom he once gave his friendship. He was a typical pioneer settler who aided in reclaiming wild land for the purposes of civilization and in laying a broad and deep foundation for the building of the great commonwealth of Ohio. He died in Kokomo. Indiana, in 1900. Samuel Bateman father of Dr. Bateman, was born at Gilbert Station. Muskingum county, in 1838, and was reared in the vicinity of Zanesville, where he continued to live until after the outbreak of the Civil war, when he joined the boys in blue, becoming a private of Company C. Seventy-eighth Ohio Infantry. After two years' service he was honorably discharged with the rank of first sergeant and in 1864 he again went to the front as a member of Company G, One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Ohio Infantry, with which he was connected for one hundred days. He was first lieutenant in this command and participated in the battles of Pittsburg Landing, Fort Donelson and a number of skirmishes. Following the close of hostilities he was engaged in farming and in the operation of a sawmill until 1871, when he began working for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company as lumber inspector. He continued with that corporation until September, 1903, and since that time has been on the retired list. In politics he is a republican and he holds membership with the Grand Army post at Zanesville and with the Odd Fellows fraternity, belonging both to the lodge and the encampment. In 1860 he was married to Miss Harriet L. Wright, who was reared in Louisville, Kentucky, and died in 1901, at the age of sixty-five years. They are the parents of four children: Ida M., the wife of Robert Atchison, a resident of Putnam by whom she has one child, Robert ; John Walter, who is living in Columbus and is a machinist by trade and married Nellie Russell, by whom he has one daughter. Mabel; Wilbert Charles ; and Mary M., the wife of Edwin Lawson, a brakesman on the Panhandle Railroad, by whom she has one daughter, Catherine. Wilbert C. Bateman pursued his education in the schools of Zanesville until ten years of age. when he became cash boy in the department store of H. H. Sturtevant & Company, where he was promoted from time to time. Later lie became connected with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company in the machine shops, entering upon an apprenticeship when sixteen years of age and served for four years in the machine shops at Newark, Ohio. He afterward returned to Zanesville, where he worked for the Blanding Machine Company as a machinist for some time, and during all these years while busily employed during the day time at hard labor he gave his evening hours to the study of medicine, it being his ambition to become a member of the medical fraternity. Subsequently he pursued a course of study in Starling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, and following his graduation from that institution with the class of 1897, lie entered upon the practice of his profession in Zanesville. He has been county jail physician for three years and for two years was connected with the Infirmary Hospital, while for five years he acted upon the charity staff of the City Hospital. His standing in his profession is an enviable one because he has closely applied himself to the mastery of the principles of the medical and surgical science, is careful in the diagnosis of a case and in his practice closely conforms to a high standard of professional ethics. 612 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. On the 5th of November, 1895, Dr. Bateman was married to Miss Della E. Flowers, a native of Muskingum county and a daughter of Thomas and Cynthia (Roerick) Flowers. They have four children, all natives of Zanesville, namely : Elvin, Rolland, Fern and Vesta. Dr. Bateman is a republican in his political views. He served as president of the board of education in Zanesville for ,two years and since the 1st of June, 1904, has been a health officer here. He is a worthy representative of an honored pioneer family, and, moreover, his personal traits of character have gained for him the good will and esteem which are uniformly accorded to him. He is now meeting with creditable success in his profession and possesses that laudable ambition which is the keynote of all progress. ROBERT H. EVANS. Robert H. Evans, of Zanesville, is president of the Security Trust & Savings Bank, was one of the founders and was president of the Chamber of Commerce and has also conducted an extensive business as a general contractor. In business his efforts have been so discerningly directed along well defined lines of labor that successful accomplishment was assured and while he has promoted his individual success he has also contributed in large degree to the improvement and progress of his native city, the consensus of public opinion classing him with the leading men of Zanesville. Mr. Evans was born in this city. October 15, 1856, and is a son of Robert J. Evans, a native of Richmond, Virginia, who, at the age of sixteen years, came to Zanesville, where he has since resided, having now reached the venerable age of eighty-seven years. Through a long period he was engaged in contracting business and it was under his direction that Robert H. Evans of this review was trained for the extensive and important work that he has done as a general contractor. The father married Miss Lorinda Stone, a native of New York, and they have become the parents of seven children, six of whom are yet living, four being residents of Zanesville. Mr. and Mrs. Evans have now traveled life's journey together as man and wife for sixty-two years and on the occasion of their golden wedding a celebration was held by their relatives and many friends, at which were gathered all of their descendants. At the ages of eighty-seven and eighty years respectively they are still enjoying good health. Robert H. Evans attended successively the public schools of Zanesville, the district schools of Wayne township, Muskingum county, a business college in Zanesville and Scio College at Scio, Ohio, being graduated from the last mentioned institution with the class of 1871. He was elected to, a professorship in. the Scio College and served for one year as assistant in Latin and mathematics. He was a youth of eight years when his parents removed from the county seat to a farm in Wayne township. Mr. Evans entered upon the study of law in Zanesville under the direction of the late John W. King, who was his preceptor for two years, when he entered the Boston University, there pursuing a two years' course in law. In June, 1883, he returned to Ohio and in the fall of the same year located in Columbus, where he entered the office of Byrne & Peters, prominent attorneys of that city, during which time he was also interested in the general contracting business with his father and brothers. Early in 1886 Mr. Evans was admitted to the bar and soon .afterward removed to Minneapolis, 'Minnesota. He was then admitted to practice in the courts of that state and spent four years in Minnesota and Wisconsin. In 1890 he returned to Ohio and once more taking up his abode in Zanesville has since given his attention almost exclusively to a general contracting business, which he now conducts under the name of R. H. Evans & Company. The firm has offices both in Columbus and Zanesville and its attention is confined largely to the construction of public works for the state of Ohio and in the execution of its contracts is surpassed by no firm in the state. In this connection Mr. Evans has erected many notable buildings and for a number of years his business has been of mammoth proportions. On the 5th of June, 1905, he opened the doors of the new Security Trust and Sayings Bank of Zanesville as its president. The institution is capitalized at two hundred and fifty thousand dollars and has entered upon a prosperous existence. Mr. Evans had already become so widely and favorably known in business circles throughout the state as to warrant a successful career for the new institution. On the 4th of November, 1884, Robert H. Evans was married to Miss Mattie J. Crawford, of Connonton, Harrison county, Ohio, and unto them have been born four children : Mary, Ruth, Marguerite and John Crawford, all at home. Prominent in Masonic circles, Mr. Evans belongs to blue lodge, chapter and commandery of Zanesville and the Mystic Shrine at Columbus. He has always been identified with the democracy. He is president of the Chamber of Commerce and his wife holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal church on Second street. A man of broad mind and genuine public spirit with ready appreciation of needs and possibilities in public life as well as in the business world, PAGE - 613 - PICTURE OF ROBERT H. EVANS PAGE - 614 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 615 Mr. Evans has done much to promote the welfare and progress of his native city, lending his active aid and co-operation to many movements for the general good. The magnitude and importance of his business interests are indicative of his unfaltering enterprise, laudable ambition and keen discernment, while his support of progressive public measures is an indication of his deep interest in the development of Zanesville. WILLIAM PLETCHER. William Pletcher, now deceased, belonged to a family of German lineage that through many years was prominent in agricultural circles in this section of the state and William Pletcher deserves mention among the men of the past and the present who have contributed to the public welfare or are now aiding in the work of general improvement. He was born October 13, 1829. in Lorgan county. His father, Henry Pletcher, Jr., was a native of Loudoun county, Virginia, born in 1804, and his grandfather was Henry Pletcher. Sr., who was the first representative of the name in Ohio. His birth probably occurred in Loudoun county, where he remained until after his marriage and then came to this state, settling in York township, Morgan county. He was in very comfortable circumstances at that time, bringing with him a cash capital of fifteen thousand dollars, which was then considered a fortune. He purchased here one hundred and sixty acres of land for each of his children and all settled upon the tract given them and continued in connection with farming pursuits throughout their remaining days. Mr. Pletcher was a man widely known for his kindly spirit and benevolent deeds, the poor and needy finding in him a warm friend. Henry Pletcher, Jr., was a youth of fourteen years when with his parents he came to Ohio. He had previously learned to read and write the German language and after his removal to this state he acquired a knowledge of the English tongue. He led a life of intense and well directed activity in his farming operations and he always found time to aid in the work of the Lutheran church, of which he was a devoted member, and in promoting measures for the general good. He married Jane Deitrick, a daughter of Nicholas Deitrick, and their children were as follows: Sarah, the widow of Isaac Cohagan ; Susan, deceased ; William ; Henry ; Nicholas ; Noah ; Mary J., the widow of Harrison Turner ; Hiram ; and George. For many years Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pletcher, Jr., resided upon their farm in Morgan county and there the father died February 4, 1884, after surviving his wife for more than thirteen years, her death having occurred August 17, 1870. She too was a devoted member of the Lutheran church and was esteemed throughout the county because of her many good qualities of heart and mind. She was often found in the sick room where assistance was needed and it was through exposure from such labors that she injured her health so that her death eventually occurred. William Pletcher, whose name introduces this record, spent his boyhood days upon the home farm in Morgan county and mastered the elementary branches of learning in one of the pioneer schools conducted on the subscription plan. He gave his father the benefit of his services until after his marriage, when he took up his abode in Morgan county, but after two years returned to Muskingum county, settling in Brush Creek township in 1854. His farm was the one upon which his widow still resides and which remained his place of residence until his death, covering a period of about forty-four years. He was one of the successful farmers and stock-raisers of his locality and aided in making Brush Creek township what it is to-day. When the land came into his possession it was heavily covered with timber, but he cleared away the trees and planted his crops, which in due course of time brought forth rich harvests. Mr. Pletcher was married in Muskingum county to Miss Sarah Ann Stambrook, a daughter of Henry Stambrook, who entered land in Muskingum county when the greater part of this district was still in possession of the government. He was born in Pennsylvania, where his grandfather settled on coming to America and in which state he was afterwards killed by Indians. Henry Stambrook was married twice and became the parent of sixteen children. Those born of the first marriage were : Abraham. Jacob, Peter, Susie, Henry, Betsy and Polly. After losing his first wife _Mt. Stambrook was united in marriage, in Pennsylvania, to Eva Catherine Leffler, a daughter of Adam Leffler, and before their removal to Ohio they had three sons, Adam, Frederick and John. Here other children were added to the family, namely : Martha, Margaret, Solomon, Philip, Sarah A. and James. Upon coming to Muskingum county Mr. Stambrook entered two hundred acres of land in Brush Creek township and to the cultivation and improvement of that firth, devoted his remaining days. He also engaged irt stock-raising. He held membership in the Lutheran church and his political faith was that of the democratic party. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. William Pletcher was celebrated in 1851 and they became the parents of the following named: James H., who married Louisa Wells, is 'a successful farmer of Brush Creek township. Winfield Scott, also 616 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. a prosperous agriculturist of that township, married Sarah Dozer and has eleven living children and one deceased. Mary Jane is the wife of Jesse T. Baughman, a substantial farmer, by whom she has six living children and one who has passed away. Alice R. is the wife of Albert Dozer, a farmer and member of one of the old- time families of Brush Creek township, and their children are seven in number. Elzina is the wife of Martin Ice, who is the owner of valuable lands in Ohio and western states. Clara W. is the wife of William Deitrich, an energetic farmer of Muskingum county. The religious faith of William Pletcher was that of the Lutheran church, of which he was a member up to the time of his death. He voted with the republican party but did not aspire to office, preferring to give his undivided attention to his farming interests which were capably managed and brought to him an excellent return. A gentleman of domestic tastes, he was devoted to his family, considering no personal sacrifice on his part too great if it would promote the happiness and welfare of his wife and children. On his farm he made splendid improvements, including the erection of good buildings and everything about his place was indicative of his careful supervision. He labored in keeping with modern business ideas and at his death he left to his widow a valuable property of one hundred and eighty-seven acres. She still retains possession of one hundred and thirty-seven acres of this farm, which is now devoted to general agricultural pursuits and stock-raising. Mr. Pletcher passed away January 3, 1898, and his loss was deeply regretted by many friends who had come to know and honor him because of his genuine personal worth. His widow still survives and is a kind, motherly woman who has a cheery word and pleasant smile for all, and the circle of her friends is only limited by the number of her acquaintances. To know her is to admire and respect her. She vet lives in the old homestead where she and her husband spent so many happy years of a long wedded life and reared their family of seven sons who are a credit to their name. Mrs. Pletcher yet enjoys excellent health and bids fair to see many more years of life, a wish which is entertained by all who know her. OZEM BREWSTER. Ozem Brewster, who is one of the oldest and best known residents of Salt Creek township, was born within its borders, January 30, 1825, and comes of one of the oldest New England families. The Brewsters came to America on the Mayflower and were thus pioneers in the settlement of the Plymouth colony. The grandfather of our subject lived and died in Vermont. The father, Jonathan Brewster, was born in Connecticut, March 4, 1780, and spent his early life in Rutland county, Vermont, his home being near Lake Champlain. Later he came to Ohio, settling in this state in 1802. He lived at Chandlersville for a time and was employed at the salt works by John Mathews. Subsequently he conducted a sawmill for Mr. Mathews. As a boy he drove oxen in hauling logs to the sawmill and in that time gained considerable practical knowledge of the workings of such a plant. He also attended to the settlement of accounts for Mr. Mathews, displaying in his boyhood days excellent business ability and sound judgment so that he was trusted with the financial interests of the business. Having arrived at years of maturity he was married to Miss Catherine Reise daughter of Thomas Reise, on the 19th of November, 1812. Immediately afterward they located upon the farm which is now owned and occupied by Ozem Brewster, the father clearing space enough to erect a log cabin for himself and bride. She was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, October io. 1793, and hopefully and courageously the young couple began their domestic life in the midst of the forest. After purchasing the necessary equipments for their pioneer home Mr. Brewster found that he had no money left but he was not disheartened and with the assistance of his estimable wife he began the development of a farm and as the years passed by he prospered. In the early days wild game of various kinds was to he had in abundance and he and his wife largely subsisted on this until they raised their first crop whereby their larder was much increased, in variety at least. The second year brought them still better crops and Mr. Brewster continued his active labors until he had become a successful farmer, owning a valuable property. In connection with his farming operations in early life he also conducted a sawmill with much profit to himself. He was extensively engaged in stock- raising as well as the cultivation of his fields and he owned two hundred and sixty-four acres of fine land in Salt Creek township, which was supplied with all modern accessories and conveniences. He held membership in the Baptist church and was ordained one of its deacons in 1842, holding that position up to the time of his death. He was a man of kindly. beneficent spirit, generous to those who needed assistance and always extending a helping hand to those less fortunate than himself. He was an invalid in his last few years but never faltered in the religious faith, which was his stay and guide throughout life. His broad humanitarian spirit was indicated by his active and helpful interest in PAGE - 617 - PICTURE OF OZEM BREWSTER PAGE - 618 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 619 the anti-slavery movement and he did much to assist the down-trodden negro. His life was characterized by unremitting diligence in his business affairs and yet he always found time to do good, to perform an act of kindness or a deed of charity. His wife came with her parents to Muskingum county about 1800, and her people, like the Brewster family, were among the early settlers in this part of the state. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Brewster were born the following: Stephen, born in 1811, Mary, in 1815, and Susan, in 1819, all deceased ; John, born in 1822 ; Nancy, born in 1825, now deceased ; Ozem, of this review ; W. S., born in 1832, deceased ; and Sarah Jane, born in 1838. Ozem Brewster is one of the oldest native born citizens now living in salt Creek township. He has been interested in farming from early boyhood days when he assisted his father in the cultivation of the fields, beginning to work almost as soon as old enough to reach the plow handles. He has seen many improvements made in farm machinery. the old-fashioned sickle and flail giving place to the reaper, hinder and mower of the present time, and in all the work of improvement he has kept pace. He has spent his entire life upon the farm homestead, caring for his aged parents in tbeir advanced years, and he is still the owner of the original farm of one hundred and sixty-four acres which was cleared and developed by his father. In politics he has always voted the republican ticket but has never had any aspiration for office. He has ever been noted for his frugality and sterling qualities that make him an honored and respected citizen of Muskingurn county. WILLIAM WALKER. Among the residents of Otsego to whom has been vouchsafed an honorable retirement from labor in recognition of resultant toil in former years is William Walker, who was born in Monroe township, November 26. 1847, his parents being, Joseph and Margaret (Emler) Walker, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. The father was born in 1799, and his father was born on the ocean while his parents were en-route from Ireland to America. The great- grandparents crossed the Atlantic while this country was still numbered among the colonial ,possessions of Great Britain, and the two sons, Alexander and Robert, both became daring and Valiant soldiers of the great Revolutionary war when the colonist threw off the of British .tyranny. Robert was killed at Fort Meigs by the Indians, who cut out his tongue, but not until he had killed two of the red men. His brave deeds attracted attention and at the time of his death he was a lieutenant of the army. The other son, Alexander, the grandfather of this subject, is accredited with saving a man's life while with Wayne's army by giving a portion of his parched corn to him, when they were being starved out. In 1803 he built a flour mill in Pennsylvania which is still standing and is yet in operation. Alexander had five children, two girls, Elizabeth and Ann, and three sons, Joseph, the father of this subject, William who was supposed to be drowned at Vicksburg, Mississippi ; and John, who died at New Orleans, Louisiana. Colonel Joseph Walker, father of our subject, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, June To, 1799, and was married to Margaret Hammond, of that place, on the 9th of August, 1825. Three days afterward he started alone for Muskingum county. Here he established a tannery and soon afterward he brought his wife to the new home which he had prepared. For eighteen years they led a happy and contented life until August 6, 1843. when the wife of Joseph Walker passed away. By this marriage there were five children, of whom two daughters and a son are vet living, namely : John, a resident of Caldwell county, Missouri ; Julia Ann, the widow of Barton Cone, of Otsego ; and Jane. the wife of H. O. Slater. of Adamsville. On the 6th day of July, 1844, Mr. Walker was married to Margaret Emler, of Monroe township. They had six children, of whom five are now living: Charles. a resident of Monroe township ; Robert. who is engaged in the milling business in Barberton, Ohio ; William; Mrs. Eleanor Langley. of Guernsey county ; and Mrs. Andrew Jackson, of Ottumwa, Iowa. The deceased member of the family was Dr. A. E. Walker, who practiced his profession in Plainfield. Ohio. He left a wife and two daughters. The second wife of Colonel Walker died October 7, 1881, at the age of seventy years, and he survived until March 22, 1885, when he departed this life at the age of eighty- five years, nine months and twelve days. He won his title as an officer of the Ohio militia. On the 9th of August, 1838, he was commissioned by Governor Joseph Vance as adjutant of the Fifth Regiment, Second Brigade, Fifteenth Division of the Militia of Ohio, and throughout his remaining days he retained possession of the sword and commission. He was one of the pioneer settlers of Muskingum county and took a deep and helpful interest in all local and political affairs. His political allegiance was given to democracy and he did everything in his power to promote its growth and insure its success. He made his home in Monroe township, settling first in the midst of the forest, where he conducted a tannery as well as operated his farm. As the years passed by he prospered in his undertakings, be- 620 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. coming one of the substantial agriculturists of his community. He owned one hundred and forty-five acres of land, and his labors made it rich and productive so that he annually harvested good crops. William Walker pursued his education in the common schools of his native township and worked in a tannery for several years after his father had retired from that business. He then married and moved to a farm owned by his father- in-law, where he made his home until 1902, having come into possession of the old Wine homestead after his father-in-law's death. As an agriculturist, too much can not be said of Mr. Walker, as his practical and systematic methods won for him the esteem and respect of all. The high state of cultivation in which his fields were kept, and the continual adding of modern implements and improvements to his farming utensils, made him one of the foremost agricultural men of the day. Mr. Walker took a special pride in the raising and cultivation of fruit. And indeed it was a rare treat to visit one of his orchards during the gathering of the fruit, and taste the sweet and luscious products that only time, patience and careful tillage can bring forth. In 1902 he retired from active life and took up his abode in Otsego, where he now owns a fine residence. He is also in possession of five hundred and twenty-five acres of valuable land, and is to-day one of the representative and most influential residents of Monroe township. He has one farm which adjoins the corporation limits of the village, on which are nine oil wells, one of these being among the most productive of the oil belt of Otsego. His farms are well stocked with good grades of cattle, horses and hogs, and also well supplied with the latest improved machinery for carrying on the work. In 1871 occurred the marriage of William Walker and Miss Nancy Jane Wine, a daughter of George and Susanna (Kinney) Wine, of Highland township, the former a native of Virginia and the latter born in Madison township, Muskingum county. Mr. Wine was one of the most prosperous residents of Highland township and was respected and honored by all who knew him. Mr. and Mrs. Walker became the parents of three daughters : Anna, who married E. B. Castor, of Otsego, and died at a very early and untimely age. leaving two boys, Homer W. and Walter L. These boys have, since their mother's death, made their home with their grandparents. and although they have, by the providence of God, been deprived of a mother's tended care and watchfulness, yet they have found in Mr. and Mrs. Walker and their comfortable home, all that this loss could mean to them. Emma, the second daughter, became the wife of Charles Vencel, of Monroe township, and they now re side on one of the principal farms of that community. They have one son, Paul L. Mr. Vencel is an enthusiastic agriculturist and one of the leading business men of Otsego. Mary, the third daughter, is at home. Mr. Walker, his wife and daughters are all members of the Baptist church, in which he has continuously served as deacon since 1871. They contribute generously to the support of the church and take an active and helpful part in its work. Mr. Walker votes with the democracy and while living in Highland township was active as a worker in the ranks of his party, but though he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the clay, he now leaves the work of the party more largely to others. His life has been characterized by activity and industry, by straightforward dealing and commendable purpose, and his position in the public regard is an enviable one. CHARLES J. MURDOCK. Charles J. Murdock is the senior member of a firm that at a comparatively recent date began business in Zanesville but the enterprise and business capacity of its members have won for them rank with the foremost representatives of commercial interests here. Mr. Murdock was born in Morgan county, Ohio. in 1871, and traces his ancestry back to Virginia, where occurred the birth of his grandfather Elias Murdock, who on leaving the Old Dominion established his home in Washington township, Morgan county, Ohio, near what was known as Wolf Creek. He was one of the first settlers there and saw many hardships incident to life on the frontier. There were wild animals and wild game could he had in abundance. The forests were uncut, the streams unbridged and the fields uncultivated. He assisted materially in reclaiming the district for the purposes of civilization and as the years passed developed a good farm. He married and had seven children, but only two are living, Mrs. Mary Breckenridge and Mrs. Virginia Waterman. His son, George W. Murdock, was born in Washington county, Ohio, in 1831, and was reared to the occupation of farming. As the years advanced he saw no reason to change his mode of life and always continued to engage in the tilling of the soil. He was prominent in community affairs, enjoying in full the respect and good will of his fellowmen. In religious faith he was a Methodist, while his political affiliation was with the republican party. He married Miss Sarah Shinn. a native of Noble county, Ohio, who died in 1898, at the age of sixty-nine years, while his death occurred in 1899. They were the parents of four children : Mrs. John PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 621 Lightner; B. F., who resides in Columbus ; M. S. whoo is living in Morgan county, Ohio ; and Charles J. Charles J. Murdock was reared upon his father’s farm and early assisted in the work of the to field, to which he gave his attention when not busy with the duties of the schoolroom. After completing his own education he taught school for several terms and later he engaged as buyer for a commission house in Columbus, Ohio, the firm dealing in fruits and produce. Mr. Murdock acted in that capacity for five years and in 1896 he came to Zanesville, as representative or manager of a store in Zanesville which is owned by the Columbus firm of Murdock & Co. Mr. Murdock of this review became financially interested in the business, the senior partner being his her brother. At length, selling out his business, he engaged in the oil business in Washington county, Ohio, for a year and upon withdrawing from that line of trade he returned to Zanesville. On the 2d of December, 1901, he formed his present partnership under the firm style of Murdock & Woodward, wholesale dealers in produce and fruit. They ship their goods throughout the surrounding counties and also enjoy an enviable city patronage. Their store is located at the corner of Third and South streets and they are represented upon the road by three traveling salesmen. Their business has met with gratifying increase as time has passed and the house sustains an excellent reputation for fair dealing and progressive methods. Mr. Murdock is a member of Amity lodge. A, F. and A. M., and the Commercial Travelers' Union of Zanesville. His political views accord with republican principles. He married Bertha Atkinson, of Noble county, Ohio. By a former marriage he had one child. Doris. There is ever a degree of satisfaction and profit in scanning the life history of one who has attained a high degree of success as a direct result of his own efforts. who has had the mentality to direct his endeavors toward the desired end, prompted by honest principles which have given due value to each consecutive detail of effort—such has been the record of Mr. Murdock. JAMES E. TANNER. James E. Tanner, who is a prosperous farmer of Hopewell township, where he is extensively engaged in carrying on agricultural pursuits, was born in Licking township on the 24th of November, 1836, and in April, 1848, accompanied his parents on their removal to Falls township. In his youth he pursued his studies in a log building where school was. conducted on the subscription plan. The boys had to cut cord wood during the winter months in order to have a fire and the teacher "boarded around" among the pupils. The methods of instruction too were as primitive as the building, but Mr. Tanner gained a fair knowledge of the common English branches of learning, to which he has since added through practical experience and observation. In September, 1860, James E. Tanner was united in marriage to Miss Eliza A. Sidle, a native of Muskingum county and the oldest living child of David Sidle, who came to Ohio in 1805 and who is mentioned on another page of this volume. Mr. Tanner resided with his father up to the time.of his marriage in 1860 and then removed to Hopewell township, where he has since lived. He first purchased one hundred and fifty-seven acres of land here, to which he has added from time to time until he now has a valuable farm of three hundred and seventy-one acres. In the midst of this stands a fine country residence and there are good barns and outbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock, while all around are well tilled fields giving promise of golden harvests. He raises corn, hay and wheat and in addition to the cultivation of these cereals he is also extensively and successfully engaged in the raising of stock, having three hundred sheep, thirty cows and a large number of hogs. His father assisted him in early manhood by giving him a tract of land to which he has since added until he is now one of the prosperous farmers of his community. For fourteen years he was a member of the agricultural society of the county and for seven years acted as its treasurer, and he has always been interested in every movement or measure that calculates to advance the welfare of the farming class. He is to-day numbered with the progressive agriculturists of his community and in all that lie does is also eminently practical. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Tanner have been born four children: Linnie, the wife of A. W. Smith ; Zela, who married Ed Koss ; Hillis E., of Falls township; and Hattie 0., the wife of W. H. Tanner, who is chief of the fire department of Zanesville. Mr. Tanner is a democrat and for six terms has served as trustee of Hopewell township. In his fraternal relations he is a Mason. He represents old and honored pioneer families of the county, his paternal grandfather having come to Ohio in 1806, while his maternal grandfather arrived in 1807. His wife's father_ came in 18os and her grandfather Thrapp arrived in 1808. Coming here they located in pioneer districts and aided in reclaiming this rcgion for the purposes of civilization. This work has been carried on by their descendants and Mr. Tanner is a zealous and progressive citizen doing what he 622 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. can for the general good. At the same time he is devoted to his family, the welfare of his wife and children being very dear to him. He has a wide and favorable acquaintance in the county and the warm regard which is extended to him by those who have known him from his boyhood days is an indication that his life has been well spent. THOMAS J. BARTON, M. D. Loyal to his friends and devoted to his profession, Dr. Thomas J. Barton was one of the prominent and popular physicians of Zanesville, whose position in the city was none the less the result of an irreproachable private life than of superior capability as a practitioner. He was born in Wooster, Wayne county, Ohio, on the 16th of April, 1849, and with his parents removed to Ashland county, this state. His preliminary education was supplemented by study in Vermillion College in Ashland county. In 1868 he continued his studies in Washington & Jefferson College, where he completed the regular three years' course in two years, winning the degree of Master of Arts. He then became superintendent of schools in Ashland. Ohio, and while engaged in teaching he took up the study of medicine. Having acquired a broad literary education, he entered upon the acquirement of professional learning by matriculation in Bellevue Medical College of New York city in 1874. He completed his course by graduation there in 1876 and with his well earned degree of M. D. he returned to Ohio, locating in Zanesville in June, 1876. Here he practiced continuously until his death, covering a period of almost twenty years. He exerted his efforts along modern scientific lines and his labors were attended with a high measure of success. He was very careful in the diagnosis of a case and his judgment was seldom, if ever, at fault in anticipating the outcome of disease or the complications that might arise. He maintained, too, a high standard of professional ethics which gained him the unqualified regard of his fellow members of the profession. In addition to his private practice, which was large and of an important character, he acted as secretary of the board of pension examiners under President Cleveland, and was surgeon for all the railroads entering Zanesville and also for the street railway. He held membership with the local, the State and the American Medical Associations. On the 9th of September, 1875, Dr. Barton was married to Miss Katharine Beer, of Ashland, Ohio, and their married life was marked by the utmost congeniality, Dr. Barton always reserving his best traits of character for his own home. He was a prominent Mason, attaining the Knight Templar degree of the York rite, the thirty- second degree of the Scottish rite and was also a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He held membership in the Second Presbyterian church and took a helpful interest in its various activities. His political allegiance was given to the democracy and he ever stood fearless in defense of his honest convictions. He was known as a champion of justice, truth and right and was a representative of a high type of American manhood. He held friendship inviolable and the duties of the profession sacred, and the qualities of an upright manhood which he continually manifested have caused his memory to be enshrined in the hearts of many who knew him. CHARLES L. BALLOU. Charles L. Ballou, a leading merchant of Roseville, was born in Harrison township, Muskingum county-, August 6, 186o, and is a son of Jacob and Emily C. (Evans) Ballou, the former also a native of Harrison township. while the latter was born in Guernsey county. Ohio. Jacob Ballou was reared to the occupation of ;arming and followed that calling in Harrison and in Brush Creek townships, becoming the owner of a valuable property which was well developed and supplied with all modern improvements. In its management he displayed marked enterprise. He died January 9, 1905, at the age of eighty years and ten months. He was an official member of the Methodist Episcopal church for over fifty years and always took a great interest in church work. He was the founder of the Methodist church at Cannelville, Ohio. He was a cousin of James A. Garfield, president of the United States. Charles L. Ballou, having pursued his education in the public schools of Brush Creek township, later gave his undivided attention to assisting his father in the operation of the home farm and subsequently he began farming on his own account. In addition to the tilling of the soil he also operated a threshing machine and dealt in horses until thirty years of age. He then engaged in the development of coal mines at Canonville, in Brush Creek township, until 1901, when he came to Roseville and purchased the store of J. N. Owens. He has since given his time and attention to general merchandising and has a well equipped establishment, while the public accords him a liberal patronage. He has the entire confidence of the trading community, owing to his honorable business methods and his desire to please his patrons. PAGE - 623 - THOMAS J. BARTON, M. D. PAGE - 624 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 625 Mr. Ballou was united in marriage to Miss Lizzie McHenry, who was born in Harrison township and is a daughter of John McHenry, a native of Meigs township, Muskingum county. Mr. and Mrs. Ballou are now the parents of two children : Iva L., the wife of Elmer Brown ; and Earl. Mr. Ballou exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party, but the honors and emoluments of office have no attraction for him, as he has ever preferred to give his undivided attention to his business interests. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and to the Odd Fellows lodge and he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Whatever tends to advance the general welfare and to promote the growth and substantial improvement receives his endorsement and support. While possessing the qualities of a successful business man and a desirable social companion he, moreover, possesses as one of his marked characteristics an unswerving fidelity to duty. His private interests are never allowed to stand in the way of public good and thus he has become honored and esteemed by all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance or who have met him in a business way. LORENZO D. ABELL. Lorenzo D. Abell, who as a coal operator is engaged in developing the natural resources of the state and thus while contributing to his individual success is also promoting the general prosperity of his community, was born November 4, 1864, in the city of Zanesville. His father. Silas Abell, is a native of Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, born March 7, 1838, and came from the Keystone state to Ohio with his parents. Joseph Dill and Anna Marie (Farrier) Abell, who settled in Putnam, Ohio. Joseph D. Abell was born in Pennsylvania, November 10, 1801, and his wife, who was born January 15, 1798, was a daughter of S. Farrier, who came from Pennsylvania overland by wagon and settled on the river bank in Putnam, a town just across the river, that has now become part of Zanesville. He was a glass-blower by trade. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Abell were born ten children : Emeline ; Anna M. ; Alice T. and Joseph C., deceased ; Marcus F.; Elizabeth and William G., deceased ; Silas ; Virginia ; and Ira, who has passed away. In early life Silas Abell learned the potter's trade and at one time was one of the oldest potters in Ohio. He mastered the business in Putnam under the direction of Henry Wilber, one of the earliest representatives of pottery manufacture in that place. Mr. Abell followed his trade until the inauguration of the Civil war, when he entered the United States navy as a seaman and was on a man-of-war throughout the period of hostilities. Following the close of the struggle he settled in Zanesville and later removed to Fairfield county, Ohio, where he established a pottery, conducting it for sixteen years. On the expiration of that period he removed to McKeesport, Pennsylvania, and later returned to Zanesville, where he is now living in retirement from further labor, his rest being well earned and richly deserved. He married Miss Maria Miles, and they became the parents of the following children, five daughters and a son, namely : Ida, the wife of George Hahn, by whom she has one child, Abell ; Emma, the wife of Albert Sly and the mother of two children, Conrad H. and Grace ; Lorenzo D. ; Viola ; and Blanch, the wife of Samuel Price and the mother of two children, Keasley and Virginia. Lorenzo D. Abell was educated in Bremen but at an early age had to leave school and provide for his own support. He began working for the Encaustic Tile Company, running a press machine for three months, after which he entered the employ of the Schultz soap factory. Later he returned to the tile company and again he worked in the soap factory, where he remained for two years. When that time had elapsed he began learning the trade of watch-making and the jewelry business under Charles L. Moore, with whom he remained for live years, when he engaged in business for himself in the same line in Zanesville in 1889. He was located at No. 146 Main street and was senior member of the firm of Abell & Taylor. In 1891 he purchased his partner's interest and continued in business alone until 1893, when ;le sold out. Later he was connected with various enterprises and on the 25th of October, 1895, he again purchased his old store and stock and once more engaged in the jewelry business, in which he continued until 1898, when he became interested in coal operations and formed the Muskingum Coal and Railroad Company, of which he became president. This company took up leases and began operating in coal lands, mining coal at Buckeye on the Ohio & Little Kanawha and Zanesville & Western Railroads. They made their first shipments on the 1st of May, 1902, sending out the first carload at that date, and they have since been very successful, their output constantly increasing. On the 17th of April, 1889, occurred the marriage of Lorenzo D. Abell and Miss Lulu Tanner, a daughter of John Wesley and Ada M. (Marshall) Tanner. In politics Mr. Abell is a democrat and is recognized as one of the most active leaders in the ranks of his party in Ohio. 626 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. He works untiringly for its growth and success and takes an active part in the canvas. He enjoys the excitement of a political contest but has never sought or desired office. He is an able speaker and frequently makes addresses for his party during campaigns. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since attaining his majority, holding membership in Lafayette Lodge of Zanesville. He is one of the progressive young men of this city, possessing the spirit of enterprise so characteristic of the age. He possesses the energy and strong determination which lead to consecutive advancement and this has enabled him to work his way constantly upward. RANSBOTTOM BROTHERS. Progress has always centered in the towns and cities and civilization has been advanced not only by the individual but by the concerted effort of many, directed by the minds of those possessing keen sagacity, an appreciative understanding of possibilities and an adaptability that enables them to use the means at hand and to combine force so as to produce new possibilities and great results. With the advancement along commercial lines in Roseville the Ransbottom Brothers have been closely associated in recent years and are now conducting one of the extensive and well- equipped potteries of Muskingum county. The father, Alfred Ransbottom, was born in Delaware county, Ohio. His father was a native of Virginia and at an early day settled in Delaware county, where he carried on business as a potter and broker, accumulating a large property. He was a gentleman of the old school. a typical Virginian, who loved fine horses and enjoyed bestowing his hospitality with a liberal hand. Alfred Ransbottom became a potter and was superintendent of extensive interests in that line. He learned the trade at Nashport and afterward instructed his sons in the same line of activity. A member of the Methodist Episcopal church he took an active interest in its work and stood for all that was elevating and honorable among his fellowmen, enjoying the unqualified confidence and regard of those with whom he was associated either in business or social life. In his fraternal relations he was a Mason. He was also strong and temperate in his views and habits. His political support was given to the republican party and he never aspired to office although he served as a member of the Roseville school board for a number of years. He died in 1895, at the age of sixty-two years, passing away honored and respected by all who knew him. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Ruth Wickham, was born in Licking county Ohio, and died March 28, 1905, at the age of sixty-four years. Her father, William Wickham, was a native of Kentucky and came to Ohio when a boy with his parents, the family home being established in Licking county, where he afterward followed the occupation of farming and reared his family. His daughter, Mrs. Ransbotton, was a member of the Baptist church. Unto Alfred and Ruth Ransbottom were born eight children : William, now deceased ; Almeda, the wife of William, Watt, a farmer of Crooksville, Ohio ; Jane, the wife of James Reed, a miner of Roseville ; Edward M., the senior member of the firm of Ransbottom Brothers ; Charles W. and Frank M., who are partners in business; James C., a potter of Roseville ; and Morton C., also a member of the firm. The Ransbottom Brothers were educated in the public schools and were instructed by their father in the art of pottery-making. The plant which they now own and operate was established by John Beem about 1890. In the meantime F. M. Ransbottom had built up a good trade in stoneware as a traveling salesman, which the other brothers had become familiar with the practical workings of a pottery. In 1901, putting together the money that they had haved by working at the business, they formed the present company of Ransbottom Brothers and purchased the Beem plant. Since then its capacity has been enlarged three times and the plant which they purchased for a few thousand dollars is now worth many thousand dollars. Their business has steadily increased until in order to meet the demand of the trade it is necessary to employ more than one hundred operatives. The main building is three hundred and two by fifty feet, a brick structure, a part of which is two stories in height. There is another brick building thirty-five by one hundred and eighty feet and the next building is forty by seventy feet. They have five twenty-four foot kilns and a brick warehouse sixty by two hundred and thirty-eight feet. They manufacture flower pots, cuspidors, jardinieres umbrella stands and stoneware of all kinds. They are prepared to make anything in the stoneware line or clay specialties. The plant has just been equipped with the latest modern machinery and is the best equipped pottery of the kind in Muskingum county and they employ more high-priced potters than any company in this part of the State. For the past four years the brothers have been operating the Buckeye Stoneware concern at Buckeye Cottage, where they employ thirty-five men and manufacture stoneware. They also have a contract to take the output of the Pace Brothers Pottery of Roseville. All of the brothers are married. Edward W. was married in 1888 to Miss Phoebe Bash, who PAGE - 627 - PICTURE OF F. M. RANSBOTTOM PAGE - 628 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 629 was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, in 1868, and they now have two children, Edna and John, aged respectively sixteen and five years. F. M. Ransbottom wedded Miss Lizzie Xackley and they have two children, Ruth and Clair. C. W. Ransbottom married Miss Ida Smith and has three children, Charles, Lawton and Fay. James married Miss Sadie Scheedles. Morton C. married Miss Rose Cunningham and has two children, William and Paul. Edward Ransbottom is a member of the Knights of Pythias fraternity and Modern Woodmen camp, while F. M. Ransbottom belongs to the Masonic fraternity, in which he has taken the degrees of the commanders and the shrine, and he is also connected with the United Commercial Travelers. Morton C. Ransbottom is a Mason and also a Knight of Pythias, and James R. is affiliated with the Fraternal Order of Eagles. All are stanch advocates of republican principles and F. M. Ransbottom is chairman of the county executive committee. They are men of good business ability, executive force and keen discrimination and the enterprise of which they are now the head is a growing concern, which has already reached profitable proportions and is regarded as one of the valued additions to the industrial life of the county. SOLOMON DOZER. Solomon Dozer, deceased, was a man whom to know was to respect and honor. A native son of Ohio. he spent his entire life in this state, commanding the esteem and confidence of all who knew him by a life that was in entire harmony with honorable, manly principles. He never sought to win public notoriety that conies through high political office but was content to do his duty day by day and rear his family according to the precepts of the Christian religion, and to-day eight sons, all worthy citizens of Muskingum county, do honor to his name. Mr. Dozer was born March 23, 1823, in Champaign county, Ohio, and comes of a family of German lineage. His parents were Henry and Mary (Zerkle) Dozer, who removed to Ohio from the Shenandoah valley of Virginia. The father's birth occurred August to, 1783, upon the Atlantic coast and at an early age was left an orphan. He lived at Massanutton, on the south fork of the Shenandoah river, in Virginia, and when about twenty years of age wedded Mary Zerkle, who was two years his junior. With their son, then three weeks old, they came alone to the west, reached the west bank of the Muskingum river, September 20, 1805. Their first residence was formed with linen sheets, fas tened to the trees as posts. Those at all familiar with the history of Muskingum county know of the pioneer conditions which then existed. Henry Dozer killed wild game within what is now the corporate limits of Zanesville and aided in clearing the land now within the boundary limits of the city, planting an orchard about a mile south of the courthouse. Later he located with his family on Jonathan creek, where he entered and improved land and not only gave his attention to his own farm but also worked for other pioneers of the locality and supplied venison and other game to Crooks Hotel, his family and his neighbors. When the war of 1812 came on he and his only brother enlisted in the service, taking part in several skirmishes in the western part of Ohio. The brother was killed and Henry Dozer lost a thumb. In midwinter of 1812-13 he removed his family to a new home in Brush Creek township, and while he was absent to get a load of his goods a pack of wolves came howling round his cabin, which had only sheets for doors. The mother was there alone with her four little sons, the eldest but seven years of age, and taking an old musket she discharged it at the pack, driving the animals away. About October 1, 1822, Henry Dozer removed to the Mad river country, about ten miles south of Urbana, entering a tract of land on Chapman creek and it was on that claim that Solomon Dozer was born. In 1826, however, the family returned to Muskingum county and the following year Henry Dozer entered a farm a mile and a half southeast of Cannelville, but in February, 1827, established his permanent home on what was afterward known as Dozer ridge. About the year 1828 Mr. Dozer received from Mr. Buckingham a fine apple from an orchard which had formerly been planted by Mr. Dozer. This apple contained nine seeds, which were planted by one of Mr. Dozer's daughters and produced nine thrifty trees, each differing in variety and only one resembling the original. From these trees they ultimately developed an excellent orchard. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dozer became members of the Lutheran church but afterward in connection with their sons George and Samuel and their wives they organized a society of the United Brethren church, the Dozer home being used as the house of worship. Henry Dozer continued to engage in farming until his death, on the 29th of March, 1843, and was survived by his wife until August 7, 1855, when her remains were laid by the side of her deceased husband. They were the parents of twelve children, but the first born died in infancy and another at the age of six years, that interment being one of the first in the cemetery east of Cannelville. Ten of the children were married and had large families and the representatives of the name 630 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. have ever been noted for patriotism, honor and fidelity in all life's relations. Solomon Dozer largely devoted his attention in youth to the work of the old homestead farm. His education was obtained in a pioneer school conducted on the subscription plan, the little "temple of learning" being a log building. He underwent all of the hardships and privations incident to the establishment of a•home upon the frontier and continued the work instituted by his father of promoting public progress through the reclamation of wild land for the purposes of civilization and through active support of all measures for the general good. On the 24th of December, 1846, he was married to Mary M. Swingle, a daughter of George Swingle (first), and purchased an eighty-acre farm a half mile west of his father's home, on which he erected a hewed log house of two stories. This was later replaced by a comfortable and commodious frame dwelling and he also built a large barn. In all his farming methods he was practical and progressive and his labors were characterized by industry and economy. He became interested in choice varieties of fruits and did much for the improvement of orchards in the neighborhood, probably having the best varieties of peaches, pears, grapes and cherries ever grown in the southern part of the county. He supplied his orchard and also others from a nursery of his own. He also raised high grades of cattle and hogs. In the latter part of the '6os he purchased eighty acres of land adjoining his original tract and in November, 1872. bought a farm on the west bank of the Muskingum river, a mile above Gaysport, locating thereon in 1875. It remained his home until his death. He planted three orchards there and made many other substantial improvements. Mr. Dozer was always deeply interested in the cause of education and while he had but meager advantages himself he desired that his children should have excellent opportunities in this direction. He was prominent in organizing the Antioch school district, also the Black Diamond and Fairview schools, and ever advocated the employment of good teachers and the improvement of the course of instruction. His political allegiance was given to the democratic party and his sons always followed in his footsteps in this regard. He filled the office of justice of the peace for twelve years, arriving at decisions that were strictly fair and impartial, and he served on the grand jury at Zanesville and on the federal grand jury at Columbus. He and his family were all devoted members of the Lutheran church and Mr. Dozer was an advocate of every movement that tended to uplift mankind and ameliorate the conditions of life. He was a man whose word was as good as his bond, his integrity standing as an unquestioned fact in his career. He possessed much firmness and decision of character and yet withal had a most kindly and considerate spirit that prompted him to give aid to the poor and needy and sympathy to the distressed. His example is indeed worthy of emulation and to his family he left the priceless heritage of an untarnished name. His memory is yet enshrined in the hearts of many who knew him and his death, which occurred on February 7, 1904, was the occasion of .very deep and widespread regret. He was indeed one of the most prominent of the pioneer settlers of Muskingum county, a man whose upright character endeared him to all with whom he came in contact. Mr. and Mrs. Dozer were the parents of eight sons and three daughters and at this writing seven sons and one daughter are yet living. The eldest, Mrs. jerusha Bailey, was accidentally drowned when crossing the Muskingum river on the ice while returning from church, during her honeymoon, January 28, 1877. Mrs. Elizabeth M. Dickes died in February, 1880, leaving a husband and two daughters, Nora and Ida. She had been a teacher of instrumental music and also a teacher in the public schools. David E. Dozer, who for five years engaged in teaching in Brush Creek township, acquired a commercial education in Zanesville and was graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, in 1875. He practiced law in that state for sixteen years and is now a prominent attorney of Defiance. Ohio. Both he and his wife completed the four years' course of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle in 1889. He married Miss M. Frances Baughman in 1872 and they had a daughter. Vida E., who died in February. 1897. Erastus N. Dozer, who was a student in the Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, and taught school for four years, was married in 1876 to Rachel Patterson. They have two sons and two daughters : Shelby E., Clara B., Beatrice E. and Jesse C. He follows the occupation of farming and lives at Gaysport. Albert P. Dozer married Alice Pletcher and has since followed the occupation of farming, living at the old. home in Brush Creek township. He has served as justice of the peace for two terms. They have five sons and two daughters, Homer E., Ethel G., Herbert R., Alwilda, Orville D., Harlan S. and Elmer. Henry G. Dozer became a law student in the office of his brother in Michigan and later attended the law department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and after teaching for several terms in the public schools he was admitted to the bar in 1881. He married Ida Briggs and located at Cheboygan, Michigan. March 4, 1885, he received the appointment of city attor- PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 631 ney and was twice elected county attorney and once circuit court commissioner. He died in Cheboygan, in 1897. Two sons preceded him to the spirit land. William J. Dozer, who completed his education at Theil College, in Pennsylvania, is now engaged in the insurance business at Cleveland, Ohio. He married Susie D. Rundell and has one son and one daughter. Velma and Harold D. Mrs. Frances C. France is living at home and has two sons and a daughter living, namely, H. Roy, Elma V. and Carl M. Those deceased are Solomon R. and Mary. Rev. C. L. V. Dozer completed a course of study in Fultonham Academy, afterward pursued a full course in Theil College, from which he was graduated, and then entered upon the study of theology at Mount Airy Seminary, in Philadelphia, where he remained for three years and was then graduated. He was ordained a minister of the Lutheran church in June, 1895, and is now pastor at Northeast, Pennsylvania. He was married to Miss Mary E. Bowman, in April, 1900, at Anderson, Indiana. but his wife died in New Mexico, in 1905, leaving one son living. Theodore. Rev. Charles E. Dozer was educated at Greensburg Seminary, Pennsylvania, in Theil College and in the Theological School at Philadelphia and engaged in preaching in that city for seven years. but is now located at Freeport, Pennsylvania. He married Miss Corinne E. Worest, of Philadelphia, in April, 1903, and has one child, Reginald E. Cyrus S. Dozer resides upon the old homestead farm, giving his time and energies to its improvement. To him we are indebted for the material for this history. The family own one hundred and seventy-two acres of fine land, well improved and situated about three and a half miles south of Taylorville on the Muskingum river. The place is devoted to general farming and stock-raising. The family have contributed in so large a measure to the material improvement, the intellectual progress and the moral advancement of Muskingum county that no history would be complete without the record of their career. WILSON W. SHORE. Wilson W. Shore, one of the owners of the Dresden Woolen Mills, is classed with the valued citizens of Muskingum county that England has furnished to this locality. His birth occurred in Yorkshire, September 13, 1857, his parents being Jonathan and Sarah (Broadhead) Shore, who were likewise natives of Yorkshire. Bidding adieu to friends and native land they sailed to the United States with their family in 1868, reaching the American port on the 25th of August of that year. After residing in Rushville, Indiana, for about two years they removed to Dresden on the 24th of September, 1870, and here the father secured a position in the woolen mills, then owned by L. Rambo. He remained an employe in the factory until 1883, when he purchased an interest in the business and in 1890. associated with his two sons, Wilson W. and Harry J., he purchased the mill which has since been conducted under the firm style of J. Shore & Sons. The father was connected therewith and was active in its management until his death, which occurred in August, 1900, when he was sixty-eight years of age. He had made for himself a creditable position in manufacturing circles in Muskingum county and had become well known as a reliable, enterprising business man. He is still survived by'his wife. Wilson W. Shore spent the first eleven years of his life in the county of his nativity and then accompanied his parents on their emigration to America, where he continued his education. studying in the public schools of Rushville, Indiana, and later of Dresden. Throughout his entire business career he has been connected with woolen manufacturing, save for a brief period between the ages of twenty and twenty-three years, when he was employed as a saleman in a dry-goods store in Zanesville. His early connection with business life, however, was in the line of woolen manufacturing, for on putting aside his text-books he secured employment in the mill in which his father was interested. Following his sojourn in Zanesville he returned to Dresden and again worked in the mill, becoming a partner in the enterprise when in 1890 it passed into possession of his father, his brother and himself. It is now owned by the two brothers and the business has long since become a profitable concern. The Dresden Woolen Mills manufacture a general line of woolen goods and employment is furnished to about thirty operatives, the product of whose labor finds a ready sale on the market. The main building, a frame structure. is fifty by sixty-five feet and five stories in height. while the brick building is forty by fifty feet and three stories in height with basement. .The plant is well equipped with good modern ,machinery and under careful and painstaking management a quality of goods is turned out that is creditable to the house and secures a good market. Mr. Shore was married in Dresden to Miss Minnie A. Edwards, a native of this city and a daughter of Oscar F. and Jemima (Osborne) Edwards. Her father was born October 3, 1818. in the state of New York, and was a son of Peter 632 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY Edwards, a native of Boston, Massachusetts, and a wealthy merchant. He had a brother who served with the American Army in the Revolutionary war. Oscar F. Osborne came to Ohio when a young man and located in Muskingum county. In early manhood he engaged in teaching in Dresden and for twenty-five years was a member of the board of education. He also gave his attention to merchandising. His death occurred in Dresden when he was fifty-nine years of age. His wife, a native of Dresden, was the daughter of Thomas Osborne, who was born in Pennsylvania and at an early day became a farmer of Muskingum county, where his well-managed business affairs eventually made him a large landowner. Mr. and Mrs. Shore have become the parents of one son, Ben Edwards, who was born in Dresden in 1886 and is now a student in Denison University at Granville, Ohio. They reside in the old Edwards home, which is a large two-story frame residence that has been remodeled and is in excellent repair. Mr. Shore has also erected buildings which he rents. In his political views he is a republican but without aspiration for office. He and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian church, in which he has served,..as elder and they take an active and helpful part in the church work. Mr. Shore is a man who has always regarded his own self-respect as infinitely more valuable than wealth or fame and in his career has ever followed the admonition of the English bard "To thine own self be true." In all his business relations he has been straightforward and honorable and his success has had its beginning in his modern ideas, laudable ambition and progressive spirit. BROWN MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Among the great productive industries which have been important factors in the upbuilding of Zanesville and which have contributed in large measure to its prosperity and progress, the Brown Maufacturing Company deserves special mention. For nearly thirty years it has given employment to hundreds of men and has sent hundreds of thousands of wagons and agricultural implements into every state and territory. The works are located in the block between North Seventh and Eighth streets, along the Baltimore & Ohio and Pennsylvania Railways. As the business has increased additions have been made to the plant until there are now twenty-eight brick buildings, with an aggregate floor space of more than six acres, in which are employed more than four hundred and twenty men, many of whom have been with the firm since its foundation. Here are made one and two-horse wagons, harrows, single and double shovel plows, one and two-horse cultivators, and in fact every implement for taking care of corn after it has been planted. From the time when the first wagon left the shop no pains have been spared and no detail neglected which would add to the durability or effectiveness of the product of the works. The choicest materials have been used, and as a result their vehicles and implements have gained a reputation as broad as the land for a combination of strength with a minimum of weight and an ease in operation which can not be equaled anywhere. This is the great consideration from the buyer's point of view and it is, and has always been, the aim of the management to make an article which will meet all the requirements of the user, with the fewest, if any, objectionable features. The capital stock of this company, together with the surplus foots up half a million dollars. Their output at present is about five thousand wagons and fifty thousand implements per year. The weekly pay-roll amounts to from one hundred and fifty thousand to one hundred and eighty thousand dollars annually, which goes directly into the pockets of citizens of Zanesville. Every department of the works is running full at present, and the demand for their products was never better from the south and west and particularly from Texas, owing largely to the rapid settlement of all the available agricultural territory and immense crops that are being raised by the farmers. The Brown Manufacturing Company was established in 1873 by W. P. Brown, 0. C. Ong, James Herdman and others. Both Mr. Brown and Mr. Ong died in the '80s and Mr. Herdman in toot. Each have maintained a continuous relation to the business from its inception. Since the death of Mr. Herdrnan the affairs of the company have been conducted by the following named officers : John Hoge, president ; U. H. Brown, treasurer and general manager ; N. H. Moore, secretary ; and J. B. Ford, assistant manager and superintendent. U. H. Brown is a nephew of the founder of this enterprise, W. P. Brown, whose name was given to the industry. From his youth he has been familiar with the business in all its details and has been largely instrumental in making it what it is to-day--one of the best known wagon and cultivator manufactories in the United States. CHARLES U. SHRYOCK. Charles U. Shryock, a republican leader of central Ohio and a prominent citizen of Zanes- PAGE - 633 - PICTURE OF W. P. BROWN PAGE - 634 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 635 ville, was here born in 1863. Having attended the public schools he learned the printer's trade and in 1888 he established a job printing plant, which he has since conducted with gratifying success. Mr. Shryock is married and has five children. His political support has ever been given to the republican party and he has taken a very active interest in its work. He is now one of the city trustees and represented his district in the state senate during the seventy-second general assembly, where he was connected with considerable constructive legislation. EDGAR C. JORDAN. Among the newspaper publishers of Muskingum county is Edgar C. Jordan, of Adamsville. He was born in Jasper county, Iowa, November 6, 1862. His great-grandfather was John Jordan, who is said to have been kidnaped in England thirty or forty years prior to the Revolutionary war and brought to America when a boy of eleven years of age. Here he was bound to a man in New York to work a number of years. When his time of servitude had expired he moved to Maryland, secured a home, married and raised a family. He lived to see this country freed from England and to start upon its triumphant march of progress among the great nations of the world. He died at the remarkable age of one hundred and five years. Deacon Caleb Jordan, the grandfather, came from Maryland to Ohio in the year 1817. His first settlement was in Belmont county, but he remained there only a short time and then moved to Adams township. He was one of the pioneer settlers of this county and to him is given the credit of naming Adams township when it was formed from a part of Madison and Monroe townships in the year 1824. The township was named in honor of John Quincy Adams, who was then a candidate for president of the United States. Deacon Caleb Jordan was elected justice of the peace of Adams township when it was formed and continued to hold that office for a number of years. He was deacon of the Adamsville Baptist church and held other positions of trust and honor in this part of the county. He died July 18, 1845, at the age of seventy-two years. Rachel Jordan, wife of Deacon Caleb Jordan, died in the year 1856. in the seventy-eighth year of her age. Caleb Jordan, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born June 20, 1819. His early life was spent on his father's farm in Adams township, where he acquired a good education in the local schools. He taught in the public schools of his home township and at various times filled responsible offices in the same place. In 1848 he married Jane Clossen, eldest daughter of Isaac and Mary (Hugara) Clossen, of Adams township, and in the year 1857 they moved to Iowa, where he was engaged at various times in mercantile business, farming and teaching. He was the father of six children, two of whom died in infancy. One son, Spencer C. Jordan, who was founder and editor of the West Lafayette Press, died November 20, 1900, at the age of thirty- four years. The three children living are : Mrs. Mary J. Clossen, of Adamsville ; Mrs. Martha E. Nash, of Coshocton ; and the one named in the beginning of this brief history. Edgar C. Jordan is one of the number termed as self-made men. His father having died before he reached his eleventh year he was placed at many disadvantages, both in fitting himself for some useful avocation and in securing an education. Shortly after the death, of his father his mother moved from Iowa to Ohio, taking with her all of her four children then living. She located in a humble dwelling on one of her father's farms in Adams township, and there it was amid the picturesque hills, narrow valleys, rippling streams and inviting forests that young Jordan grew to manhood. As the years passed away he worked on the farm for his grandfather during the warm weather and went to the public schools in the winter. When twenty years of age he was granted a certificate to teach school and his first term was taught in his home district. After this he attended school in the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio and subsequently resumed teaching. He continued teaching until the spring of 1891, when he moved to Adamsville to take charge of the Adamsville Register, a local paper founded by E. Spencer about two years previous to that time. March 23, 1890, he was married to Anna E. Sauer, daughter of Michael and Elizabeth (Koppert) Sauer. She was next to the oldest of a family of six daughters and was born July 31. 1864. She received a good education in the common schools and taught a number of terms. Her parents were Germans, and her father,. Michael Sauer, was born in Germany, August 4, 1839. His father, Martin Sauer, emigrated to America in the year 1840, and was one of the early German settlers of Adams township. In the year 1862 Michael Sauer married Elizabeth Koppert. Both are still living although the latter has been an invalid for more than two years. All of their six children are still living. Since moving to Adamsville in the spring of 1891, Edgar C. Jordan has been in active business life. He has continuously published the Register, a weekly newspaper, which now circulates in nearly every home in and around the 636 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY village. Besides publishing the newspaper he has held a number of positions of trust, being justice of the peace of Salem township for three years, mayor of the village of Adamsville for ten years and is now postmaster at the village, having been appointed to that position in the fall of 1902. In the year 1899 Mr. Jordan secured the nomination for representative at the Muskingum county republican convention and although the entire ticket named at that convention was defeated he had the satisfaction of receiving the highest number of votes of any candidate on the county ticket and was defeated by the least majority of that number. Mr. and Mrs. Jordan have an interesting family of two children, Edna Gertrude Jordan and Herman Sauer Jordan. Both are now attending the Adamsville schools and have good opportunities to become useful and respected citizens. STEWART C. OSLER. Stewart C. Osler, a prominent and successful young farmer of Highland township, owning and operating two hundred and eighty acres of well improved land, was born March 2, 1855, and is the second child of Eli and Nancy (Caughey) Osler. His father, born in 1821, on the farm owned by Mrs. Sarah Osler, widow of James Osler, never lived anywhere but in Highland township, till about fifteen years before he died, when he moved to Union township where he remained till his death. Since his second year Stewart C. Osler has lived on the old homestead farm and was educated in the Jamison school district. When twenty-five years of age he started out upon an independent business career, living on the old homestead farm with his father till twenty-five years of age. In 1884 he went to Kansas, locating at Valley Center, Sedgwick county, where he spent one year, after which he returned home and again resumed farming and stock-raising in Highland township, having bought the Robert Smith farm of one hundred and sixty acres, upon which he now lives. In 1889 Mr. Osler was united in marriage to Miss Anna Cornell, a daughter of John W. and Margery (McBride) Cornell. The father was a son of William and Permelia (Inks) Cornell, who came from Washington county, Pennsylvania, settling in Franklin county, near Columbus, when the country was new and the city contained only one log cabin. The farm which he there cleared and owned is still in possession of some of his descendants. William Cornell, however, died a number of years ago and his wife passed away in 1882, when nearly ninety years of age. They reared a large family, having nine children : Sarah, Lucinda, Mary, Jacob, William, Jane, Levi, John and Anna. Of this number Levi and Jane are now deceased. All resided in Ohio with the exception of Mary, who made her home in Iowa. John W. Cornell, father of Mrs. Osler, was born in 1827, and died in August, 1901. He had always devoted his time and attention to agricultural pursuits and his political support was given to the republican party from its organization. He married Margery McBride, who was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1837, her parents being William and Margery McBride. She was eleven years of age when she accompanied her parents to Muskingum county, the family home being established in Highland township about 1849. Her father and mother spent their remaining days in this county, the father being killed in 1862, while his wife survived him until 1886. They were the parents of eight children : Jane, Sarah, Mary, Eliza, Alexander, Margery, Rachel and Nancy. Mr. and Mrs. Cornell were married in Highland township and afterward went to live in Franklin county, Ohio. They have become the parents of the following : Ola, the wife of Charles Evans, of Franklin county ; Jennie Anna. the wife of S. C. Osler ; William ; Frank ; and Charles. The mother is a member of the Presbyterian church. Mrs. Osler was born in Franklin county, Ohio, July 8, 1865, and in her girlhood days was a student in the public schools. She remained at home until 1889, when she gave her hand in marriage to Mr. Osler. There have been two children born of this union : Charles C., born January- 7, 1890, working on the farm with his father ; and Margie, born January 30, 1896, at home. The parents hold membership in the Union Presbyterian church, attending religious services at Bloomfield. Mr. Osler is an advocate of republican principles, interested in the growth and success of his party. At the same time he is interested in progressive measures for the intellectual and moral development of his community and finds time to further school and church work, aside from his business interests which are now extensive and make heavy demands upon his attention. J. LINCOLN SMITH. J. Lincoln Smith, a photographer of Zanesville, whose ability places him in the front rank with the foremost representatives of art in this city, was here born November 17, 1860. His father, John K. Smith, was born in Prussia, Germany, and was brought to the United States by