(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) PAGE - 637 - PICTURE OF J. LINCOLN SMITH PAGE - 638 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 639 his parents when nine years of age, the family home being established in Baltimore, Maryland. When a young man he accompanied his parents to Falls township, Muskingum county, Ohio, where the father purchased property. He had been a weaver in Germany but after taking up his abode in the state devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits. John K. Smith assisted in the farm work and drove cattle over the mountains to eastern markets, dealing largely in stock. Following his marriage he took up his abode in Zanesvillle and was associated with his brother Jacob in a factory for making lasts, remaining in that business for some time. The brothers were afterward associated in business with W. R. Hazlett and as their enterprise grew and demanded increased space they removed to Sand Bank between Second and Third streets. There they began the manufacture of boxes and spokes in connection with that of lasts and Mr. Smith continued in the manufacturing business along that line until his death, which occurred in the fall of 1886, when he was sixty-nine years of age. He started out in life empty-handed and owed his prosperity entirely to close application, to his persistency of purpose and to his straightforward business methods. He was a faithful and devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church. took an active interest in its work and served as trustee and deacon for a number of years. In politics he was a republican and while he had firm faith in the principles of the party he was never an aspirant for political office. His fraternal relations were with Amity lodge, A. F. & A. M. and Cypress Commanders, K. T. He married Elizabeth Taylor, who was born in Morgan county. Ohio, and whose death occurred in February, 1903, at the age of seventy-four years. She. too, was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. In their family were eight children but three of the number died in infancy, the others being: George \V., a lumberman of Idaho ; Margaret, who died at the age of twenty-one years; Sarah L., the wife of Dr. J. T. Davis, of Zanesville ; J. Lincoln; and Robert H., who is traveling salesman for the S. A. Weller Pottery Company. J. Lincoln Smith was educated in the public schools of Zanesville and afterward took up the study of photography in a gallery which had been purchased by his father for his brother, George W., who at that time was the leading photographer of Zanesville. There he mastered the practical work of the profession and became so proficient that he is now the leading representative of the art in this city. He is not only familiar with all the technical work but also possesses an artistic sense that enables him to produce the best possible results in pose and likeness. When Mr. Smith first took up photogra phy the modren equipments now in use were not to be had and photographers were obliged to learn how to make their own chemicals and negatives, as well as how to pose the subject and make the picture. No other art has advanced with such rapid strides as has the art of photography, but Mr. Smith being constantly watchful and studious has kept pace with the advancement made and to-day has one of the most modernly equipped studios in this part of Ohio. The following is a list of a few of those represented in this history whose engravings were made from photographs taken by Mr. Smith and are specimens of his artistic skill and ability: W. A. Graham, Colonel T. F. Spangler, H. H. Sturtevant, George H. Stewart, James K. Geddes, N. T. Gant, A. S. Leland, R. H. Evans and many others. In 1879 was celebrated the marriage of J. Lincoln Smith and Miss Gertrude E. Watson, who was born in Calhoun, Missouri, and in infancy was taken to Poughkeepsie, New York, by her parents. Her father, William K. Watson, was in the tailoring business there. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have four chidren living, while their first born, Roy W., died when in his thirteenth year. The others are Gertrude L., Don D., Sydney M. and Miriam G. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and Mr. Smith is connected with a number of fraternities, being a valued representative of the Masons, Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows, Red Men, Woodmen, Maccabees and the Royal Arcanum, while at one time he was also an Elk. His political views accord with republcan principles and at one time he was a trustee of the city cemeteries. He has a wide and favorable acquaintance in Zanesville. where his entire life has been passed and where he has so directed his ability and efforts as to gain recognition as one of the representative men of the city. WILLIAM THOMPSON, JR. William Thompson, Jr., who follows the dual pursuit of farming and undertaking, conducting the latter business at White Cottage, was born on the old Thompson homestead farm in Newton township. His father, William Thompson, Sr.. also a native of the same township, is a prominent agriculturist here. His grandfather, Robert Thompson, who was likewise a leading farmer of Newton township, died in Muskingum county at the age of eighty-six years. The great-grandfather of our subject was a native of Ireland and on emigrating from that country to the new world made his way to Ohio and cast in his lot 640 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY with the pioneer settlers of Muskingum county, entering land from the government in Newton township. It was entirely wild and unimproved, but possessing marked industry and perseverance he soon cleared and cultivated his land, making it a good farm. William Thompson, Sr., having arrived at years of maturity, was married to Miss Elizabeth Gladstone, a native of Pike county, Ohio. They own a splendid farm property, improved with good buildings and all modern accessories and conveniences. The land is cultivated in keeping with modern ideas and progressive methods and in his chosen life work Mr. Thompson has gained a very satisfactory and creditable degree of success. William Thompson, Jr., spent his boyhood days in the manner of most farm lads of the period. He, with his five brothers and three sisters, was reared on the home farm about two miles from White Cottage, and in his youth he mastered the branches of learning taught in the public schools. Thinking that he would find other pursuits more congenial than following the plow he came to White Cottage when twenty-two years of age and entered the employ of a miller, with whom he remained for three years. Since 1896 he has been engaged in the undertaking business and he is also the owner of a farm of one hundred and thirty-seven acres near the village. His land is productive and the work of cultivation is carried steadily forward so that each year his crops acid a good fund to his financial income. Persistency of purpose is one of the strongest elements of success and this is a salient feature in the business record of Mr. Thompson. In 1896 was celebrated the marriage of William Thompson, Jr., and Miss Alta Ardroy, a native of Perry county, Ohio, and one of four daughters of R. G. Ardroy, a representative of one of the old families of Muskingum county. Their home has been blessed with two children, Alta Esther and Glenn Gladstone. Mr. Thompson exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party and he is a member of the United Presbyterian church, which indicates his action toward his fellowmen and his like conduct in all life's relations. R. BRUCE BAINTER, M. D. Dr. R. Bruce Bainter, engaged in the practice of medicine in Zanesville, was born April 18, 1866, in Salem township, Muskingum county, his parents being Julius A. and Margaret (Adams) Bainter. His paternal grandfather, Frederick Bainter. was a native of Pennsylvania and in his boyhood days came with his parents to Muskingum county, his youth being passed upon one of the pioneer farms of Monroe township. He was married at the age of twenty-seven years to Miss Crumbaker and took up his abode on a farm in Monroe township, where for many years he actively and successfully carried on general agricultural pursuits. The land which he purchased was covered with a dense growth of forest trees, but soon the woodman's ax awakened the echoes and one by one the trees fell before his sturdy strokes until the land was 'cleared and made ready for the plow. He voted with the democracy and like all American citizens should do felt a deep interest in the political situation of his country. He held membership in the Lutheran church, was identified with various church activities and for a number of years served as superintendent of the Sunday-school. His wife, who was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, in 1815, was a daughter of John and Catherine Crumbaker and died in 1882, while Frederick Bainter survived until 1901, departing this life at the very venerable age of ninety-seven years. He was one of the oldest and most honored of the pioneer settlers of Muskingum county. Julius A. Bainter, son of Frederick Bainter, was born in Monroe township in 1834 and was there reared upon the farm, remaining on the old homestead until 1857, when he started out in life on his own account. He has become the owner of a valuable farm property as the result of his well directed and untiring efforts and is to-day numbered among the leading agriculturists of his community. He married Miss Margaret Adams, who was born February 7, 1840, her parents being George and Christina Adams. Mr. and Mrs. Bainter have eleven children, of whom two died in infancy, while five are yet living in Muskingum county, one in Missouri and three in Ohio. These Henry H., a physician of Tuscarawas county, Ohio; Harvey, of Missouri ; R. Bruce, of Zanesville ; George F., also a physician of Tuscarawas county ; Nina B.; Nora Dayle ; John W.; Harmon G.; and Jennie. Mr. Bainter and some of his children are members of the Lutheran church and his political allegiance is given to the democracy. Dr. Bainter, having acquired his preliminary education in the common schools, attended the high school at Adamsville and for a short time was a student in Scio College. He afterward engaged in teaching school for seven years and later attended a medical college at Baltimore, from which he was graduated in 1893, ranking seventh in a class of one hundred and sixty pupils. He has since pursued post-graduate work in the medical department of the University of Wooster. at Cleveland, Ohio. and in 1904 again took postgraduate work in the Chicago Clinical School. When in college he pursued special courses on the diseases of women and also of the nose and PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 641 throat, receiving diplomas for the work done in both. He is a subscriber to several of the leading medical journals and is a member of the County and State Medical Societies, for which he has prepared papers. Dr. Bainter located for practice in Coshocton county, Ohio, where he remained for two years and then went to Adamsville, Muskingum county, where he remained for nine years, removing to Zanesville in 1904. Here he is now engaged in general practice, for which he was well equipped bsi superior college training. He is thoroughly familiar with the principles of the medical science and his ready adaptability of his knowledge to the needs of his patients shows him a skilled and capable physician. His office is located at No. 155 North Seventh Street in Zanesville and he has every reason to feel gratification over the patronage which has been accorded him during the period of his residence in the county seat. In 1888 Dr. Bainter was married to Miss Atta Garrett, who was born June 4, 1866, in Adamsville, and is a daughter of J. W. and Eva ( Beatty) Garrett, the former a druggist of Adamsville. Dr. Bainter and his wife are prominent socially, having gained many friends in the county during the years of their residence here, while already the hospitality of many of the best homes of Zanesville has been extended to them. WASHINGTON S. SOWERS. Washington S. Sowers, a veteran of the Civil war, now following farming on section 18, Brush Creek township, was born. October 9, 1836, in Brownsville, Pennsylvania. He is a son of Daniel and Ann (Paterson) Sowers. the former born in Pennsylvania. July 17, 1804, and the latter on the 18th of July, 1810. Daniel Sowers came to Ohio in 1845 as a window-glass blower, but after a brief period returned to the east, where he following the same pursuit. It was during that period of his residence in the Keystone state that he was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died February 13, 1847. Mr. Sowers again came to Ohio in 1851, taking up his permanent abode in Muskingum county, his death occurring upon his farm in Brush Creek township. He became the owner of one hundred and twenty acres of land, which he placed under a high state of cultivation and to which he added substantial and modern improvements. He held membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and his life was characterized by honorable principles to which he displayed the utmost fidelity. The members of his hmily are as follows.: David, Adeline and Oney, who died in infancy ; Wash ington S.; and Job, who lives in Helena, Arkansas. Washington S. Sowers was a young lad when he came with his father to Ohio and upon the old homestead he remained until his father's death, after which he removed to his present farm on section 18, Brush Creek township. He is now practically living a retired life upon forty acres of his land, while his sons are cultivating the remainder of the farm. For many years, however, he was very active and energetic in the prosecution of his agricultural interests and developed a splendid property, annually gathering rich harvests which brought him an excellent financial return. During the period of the Civil war, however, he put aside all business and personal considerations, enlisting on the 1st of October, 1862, as a member of Company E, Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He received an honorable discharge August 4, 1863, after having participated in several important battles, including the engagements of Raymond, Mississippi, Jackson and Champion Hills. At the last named he was taken prisoner and was made to act as nurse. Later he accepted a parole rather than be sent to a southern prison pen. In 1858 Mr. Sowers was united in marriage to Miss Sarah E. Worstall, a daughter of John Worstall, who was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, in 1806, and was a representative of an Old Quaker family. He came to Ohio in company with his father, who also bore the name of John Worstall, and he became one of the earliest settlers of Brush Creek township. He was a carpenter by occupation and his son and namesake learned and followed the same trade, being identified with building operations here at an early day. Later he concentrated his energies on farm work. He married a member of the Neff family, her people having come to Ohio at a very early day from Loudoun county, Virginia. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Sowers were born six children : John W., whose birth occurred February 5, 1859, married Lizzie Morningstar, and has two children. Anna B., born January 5, 1860. is the wife of Clarence Dilts, a farmer of Clay township, and they have two children. Cora, born March 10, 1865, is the wife of William Offenbacher, a resident of Harrison township, and they have six children. Charles P., born October 11, 1867, and Robert E.. born July 25, 1873, are at home. Hattie R., the youngest, died in infancy. Since attaining his majority Washington S. Sowers has given his unfaltering support to the principles of the republican party, believing that its platform contains the best elements of good government. He has been honored with various public positions of trust and responsibility and for six years was justice of the peace, be- 642 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKING COUNTY ing commissioned by Governor Hayes. He has also been school trustee, school director and supervisor, and in the discharge of his duties has ever been prompt and faithful. He belongs to the United Brethren church and perhaps in this relation may be found the secret of his straightforward, honorable conduct and manly life. With a recognition of the value and worth of character he has so lived as to command the esteem of his fellowmen and has gained the friendship of many with whom he has been associated. HENRY MUNSON. Henry Munson, a retired farmer living in Zanesville, who has now reached the seventy- seventh milestone on life's journey, was born in Akron, Ohio, August 19, 1828. His grandfather, Theophilus Munson, was a major in the Revolutionary war and after the cessation of hostilities and the establishment of independence settled in New Hampshire. He married a Miss Reed and in their family were four children : Samuel, William, Angeline and Ulilia. Frederick Augustus Munson, father of our subject, was born in Dutchess county, New York, and throughout the greater part of his life followed the occupation of farming but in early manhood he learned the tailor's trade, giving it his attention for a few years. He married Harriet Gardner, a native of Oneida county, New York, and about 1831 they removed to Muskingum county, Ohio, becoming pioneer residents of this portion of the state. Mr. Munson died in this county in 1855, at the age of sixty-five years, while his wife passed away in 1888, at the age of eighty-four years, having long survived him, her last days being passed in Illinois. In their family were four sons and three daughters, but only two are now living : Henry and Augustus, the latter residing upon a farm near Decatur, Illinois. Henry Munson was only about two and a half years old when brought by his parents to Muskingum county and he was reared in Muskingum township, spending his boyhood days amid pioneer environments. In early manhood he purchased land and began the development of a farm which he continued to cultivate until about sixteen years ago when he purchased the place that he now occupies on Maple avenue in Zanesville. Here he has since lived a retired life. In his earlier years he was an enterprising, progressive agriculturist and he made his fields very productive by reason of the care and labor he bestowed upon them. He was thus enabled to harvest good crops and he found a ready sale on the market for his products so that he accumulated a comfortable competence as the years passed. In 1852 Mr. Munson married Martha J. Harris, who was born in Muskingum township, a daughter of Simeon Harris. They have one child, Althea, who married Lewis Lane, of Zanesville, and has two children: Glenn, who married Miss Vandenbark, of Texas, and has a daughter, Adeline; and Mamie. Mrs. Munson has been to her husband a true companion and helpmate, aiding him in every possible way. They began their married life in a little cabin but through their united efforts they prospered as the years went by and are now able to enjoy a handsome competence. They have a fine country home on the banks of the Muskingum river in Muskingum township, where they own two hundred and forty acres of valuable farming land. Mrs. Munson is an active member of the Methodist church and her husband attends services with her. He assisted in building the first church of that denomination in their locality, .aiding in cutting down the timber and barning brush from the chosen site. In his political views Mr. Munson is a republican and although he served as township trustee he has never sought or desired office, preferring to give his undivided attention to his business affairs while upon the farm and since that time he has enjoyed a rest which he has truly earned and richly merits. JOHN DETENBECK. John Detenbeck is now living retired from active farming operations but is still the owner of good land in Washington township, much of which is underlaid with coal. He was born in Wayne township, Muskingum county, Ohio, February 11, 184o, and is a son of Casper and Catherine Detenbeck. The father, a native of France, died December 6, 1890, at the age of seventy- nine years, while his wife passed away June 13, 188o, when sixty-five years of age. He had come to the United States when a young man, leaving France in company with his father and mother, but the father died on shipboard and was buried at sea. Casper Detenbeck located in Wayne township, Muskingum county, where he followed the occupation of farming. He first purchased thirty-six acres of land but his energy and enterprise enabled him to add to this until at the time of his demise he was the owner of an excellent farm property of one hundred and thirty-five acres. He had a family of seven children, three of whom are yet living, the eldest being John, of this review. The others are : Philip H. and Elizabeth J., the former on the home farm in Wayne township. John Detenbeck was reared upon his father's farm until fourteen years of age and pursued his PAGE - 643 - PICTURE OF HENRY MUNSON PAGE - 644 PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 645 education in the country schools. He married Miss Mary Ann Voll, a native of Wayne township and a daughter of John A. Voll, a representative of an old and prominent family of this county. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Detenbeck has been blessed with two children. The son, Jacob A., who was born in Licking county, Ohio, married Arley McCurdy, of Perry township, a daughter of Bert McCurdy and a granddaughter of John McCurdy, who was a pioneer settler of this part of Ohio. Jacob Detenbeck manages his father's farm, has been operating a threshing machine for fifteen years and is also superintendent of his father's coal mines. The daughter, Sarah A., is the wife of J. B. Jones, a resident farmer of Washington township. Throughout his entire business career John Detenbeck carried on agricultural pursuits and for fourteen years he has lived upon the farm which is yet his home and which comprises eighty acres of land devoted to general agricultural interests. Upon the farm are rich coal deposits, there being a five-foot vein and a tunnel five hundred yards has been made, while the output is fifty thousand bushels of coal annually. His coal is brought to the surface by dog-teams. The farm is pleasantly located about two and a half miles from the city limits. For many years Mr. Detenbeck was numbered among the active and industrious men of this counts-. He worked hard year after year, realizing that labor is the basis of all success, and as a result of his unremitting diligence and economy he at length acquired a capital sufficient to enable him to live retired at the present time. He is now enjoying the fruits of his former toil and is classed with the substantial residents of his community. His political adherence is given to the democracy and his religious faith is indicated by his membership in St. Nicholas' Catholic church, of which his family are also communicants. OLIVER B. CRUMBAKER. M. D. Dr. Oliver B. Crumbaker, engaged in the practice of medicine in Duncan Falls and Wayne township, is a native of Salt Creek township, born November 25, 1846. The family was founded in Virginia at an early day and the grandfather, Jacob Crumbaker, a native of Loudoun county, Virginia, served his country as a soldier in the war of 1812, acting as first lieutenant in the Thirteenth Maryland Regiment. There is a letter in existence which was written by him at Fort Henry, while he was wearing the military uniform of the nation. He was a blacksmith by trade and in 1816 he came to Ohio, locating in Salt Creek township, Muskingum county, which region was just being opened up to civilization. There he secured three hundred and twenty acres of land and as the years passed transformed this quarter section into productive fields, his farming interests enabling him to provide a living for his family. Elias S. Crumbaker, father of Dr. Crumbaker, was born in Frederick, Maryland, January 3o, 1811, and was therefore only five years of age when brought to Muskingum county. He was reared upon the old farm homestead here amid the environments of pioneer life, sharing with the family in all the difficulties and hardships which usually fall to the lot of the frontier settler. He wedded Mary Briggs, a native of this county, and in 1887 they celebrated their golden wed- cling. They became the parents of eight children : Elenor, deceased, Rosanna, Louisa, Oliver B., Matilda, Emma, John and Clara. The father was quite successful in his agricultural pursuits, becoming a prosperous farmer of Salt Creek township, where he remained until his death, at the advanced age of eighty-three years. In his political views he was a whig until the dissolution of the party and then joined the ranks of the new republican party. Dr. Crumbaker spent his boyhood and youth on the old homestead farm in Salt Creek township, and at the age of seventeen years. in January, 1864, he espoused the Union cause and was assigned to duty as a member of Company D. Seventy-eighth Ohio Infantry. He thus served until the close of the war and was honorably discharged at St. Louis, Missouri, August 25, 1865. Later he returned to his home and thinking to make the practice of medicine his life work he began studying toward that end, receiving thorough training in the Cleveland Homeopathic College, at Cleveland, Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1869. He located for practice in Chandlersville, Ohio, and afterward in Arton, and in 1875 he came to Duncan Falls, where he has since remained, having now for thirty years followed his profession with good success in this part of the county. Reading and investigation have kept him in touch with the progress made by the medical fraternity and his experience has brought him many lessons of value so that he has long been recognized as a capable physician, his skill being demonstrated by the excellent results that follow his labors. In 1870, Dr. Crumbaker was married to Miss Edith Mason, a native of Harrison township, Muskingum county, and a daughter of John Mason, who was a prominent farmer of this part of the state, while her grandfather, Dr. Rufus Mason, was one of the early physicians of Muskingum county. Dr. and Mrs. Crumbaker have lost two children, Eugene and Nellie. Those still living are : Oliver N., Floyd J., Charles M., 646 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. Percy, Nellie, Morris and Mary. Dr. Crumbaker is a republican and fraternally is connected with the Masons and the Grand Army of the Republic, while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. He is interested in any subject that tends to bring to man a better knowledge of that mystery which we call life or which broadens his efficiency in the treatment of disease. He is known as a conscientious, earnest and able physician. WILLIAM R. MARSHALL. William R. Marshall, who owns and operates a good farm in Highland township, was born January 18, 1855, in Guernsey county. Ohio. His father, Robert Marshall, was a native of Washington county. Pennsylvania, born about 1820. and following his removal to Ohio he has become an enterprising-and prosperous farmer of Adams township, Guernsey county, his home being about three miles from the farm upon which his son William now resides. He owns two hundred and twenty acres of fine land devoted to the raising of grain and stock. In community af- fairs he has been actively interested and for many vears has capably served as justice of the peace. His co-operation may always be counted upon to further any progressive -movement and he is known for his sterling worth and reliability in all life's relations. He wedded Miss Sarah McClure, who was born in Union township, Muskingum county, about 1819, a daughter of John McClure, who came from Virginia to Ohio about 1815. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall were the parents of six children, but one son died in 1876. Two of the surviving sons are residents of Nebraska and the other three live in Ohio. William R. Marshall pursued his education in the Pike schoolhouse in Adams township, Guernsey county, and as soon as he was old enough to handle the plow began work in the fields. After putting aside his text-books his undivided attention was given to farm labor on the old homestead for five years, on the expiration of which period he removed to Richardson county. Nebraska, where he purchased a ranch and engaged in the stock business, buying and selling cattle and hogs. He owned one hundred and sixty acres of land there and resided thereon for ten years, when he removed to Pawnee county, Nebraska, where he spent the succeeding decade. Again he sold out and at this time returned to Ohio, settling upon his present farm, where he has lived continuously since 1888. He had purchased the place five years before and he has made it a valuable and productive property, equipped with all modern conveniences and accessories. It comprises one hundred and seventy acres of land conveniently situated a mile and a half from Bloomfield and two and a half miles from New Concord. The place is devoted to general farming and to stock-raising. He makes a specialty of hogs but also raises cattle, horses and sheep and this branch of the business adds a considerable fund to his annual income. On the 9th of April, 1884, Mr. Marshall was united in marriage to Miss Anna Belle Bennett, who was born July 8. 1864, a daughter of John and Elizabeth ( McDonald) Bennett. Her father was a native of Ireland and became a farmer of Adams township, Guernsey county, Ohio, but both he and his wife are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall became the parents of five children : John, who was born October 15, 1886; Sarah E.. born January .22, 1890 ; Robert H.. April 18, 1892; Cora Elma, March 26, 1894 ; and Frank Ray, March 6, 1899. All are still at home with their father, but the mother departed this life October 7, 1904, amid the deep regret of many friends as well as her immediate family. Mr. Marshall is a republican in his political views and has served as school director. He belongs to the :United Presbyterian church, of which his wife was also a member. He may well be called a self-made man, for he started out empty- handed and gained the foundation of his prosperity while in the west. That he has led an active and busy life characterized by executive force and excellent business ability is indicated by his well improved farm, which is to-day one of the model farming properties of Highland township. JOHN J. TANNER. John J. Tanner, now living a retired life in Roseville, was born in Newton township, Muskingum county, September 25, 1841, and is a son of Noah and Mary ( Morrison) Tanner. His paternal grandfather was John Tanner, who came here at an early day. Noah Tanner was born in Newt& township. about five miles from Roseville, August 11, 1811 and having arrived at years of maturity was married to Miss Mary Morrison, whose birth occurred in Culpeper county. Virginia, who came to Muskingum county with her father, Tapley Morrison, who established his home in Newton township. John Tanner, a brother of Noah Tanner, served his country as a soldier in the war of 1812. Noah Tanner was a farmer and shipper of live stock and for many years was thus identified with agricultural interests, but eventually he left his PAGE - 647 - PICTURE OF JOHN J. TANNER PAGE - 648 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 649 farm and removed to Roseville on the 1st of April, 1864. He became interested in business affairs there as proprietor of a hotel and in the capacity of landlord became very widely and favorably known. He died in 1898, at the advanced age of eighty-seven years. His political allegiance was given to the democracy. In the family were seven children: George, now living in Roseville; Amanda ; America, the wife of David Pace; John J.; Alcinda, who married A. Ward, of Columbus, both now deceased; James, of Terre Haute, Indiana, also deceased ; and Charlotte, who died in infancy. In taking up the personal history of John J. Tanner we present to our readers the life record of one whose acquaintance in Muskingum county is extensive for he has always lived within its borders and has been an active factor in business interests. He was educated in the township schools and was reared upon his father's farm until nineteen years, of age. He was married in 1861 to Miss Catharine A. Cunning, who was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, on the loth of January, 1842, and is a daughter of John and Mary (Kennedy) Cunning. Before her marriage Mrs. Tanner was a successful school teacher in Roseville, Ohio, and vicinity. Her father was born in Belfast, Ireland, and when a boy came to the United States, settling first in New Hampshire. He afterward returned to the land of his birth, where he was married and again came to America, bringing his wife with him. At the time of his second arrival in the new world he settled in Vermont. Subsequently he went to Canada, where he was engaged in merchandising. and in 184o again came to the United States. He was a railroad man, did various kinds of contracting and also worked on public works. In 1852 he brought his family to Muskingum county, where he was engaged in railroad construction. He died in 1871. when about sixty- two years of age. his birth having occurred in 1809. Following his marriage in 1861 Mr. Tanner carried on general farming until 1863 and in November of the following year lie sailed for California by way of the Isthmus of Panama, landing at San Francisco on Christmas day, 1863. He went first to Vallejo and soon afterward received employment at the marine navy yard, where he worked at five dollars per clay, continuing there for a year. On the expiration of that period he and his brother James went to Sacramento and afterward to Virginia City, Nevada, where they engaged in mining, and in 1864 Mr. Tanner of this review returned to Ohio by way of the Nicaraugua route, landing at New York and arriving in Roseville in December, that year. He has since resided in this city save that in the year 1864-5 he operated an oil engine in Morgan county and in 1866 he engaged in the butchering business here and continued in this business and the shipping of live stock until 1904, prospering in his undertakings because of his judicious investments in stock and his profitable sales. He did well but on account of ill health he at length retired from business life and is now enjoying the fruits of his former toil. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Tanner have been born the following named : Charles A., who is engaged in merchandising in Zanesville; Noah H., who is head mail clerk between Indianapolis and Pittsburg, which position he has held for twenty years, is living at Zanesville; Minnie J., the wife of Dr. G. A. Emery, a druggist of Toledo, Ohio; Alta, the wife of C. P. Willems, employed as purchasing agent and stock-keeper of a prominent rubber goods house, the Gutta Percha Rubber Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Illinois; J. Frank, a business man of Roseville and Coshocton, Ohio ; Florence, the wife of J. H. Laughlin. of Paulding, Ohio, who is secretary of a company of fire underwriters ; and Earle, also of Roseville. Mr. Tanner, building his present home in 1878, erected a new section. which is a two-story structure and which is located on Main street between Third and Fourth streets. His careful management of his business affairs and his untiring industry have been marked characteristics in winning him a well-merited success. In his political views he is a democrat and has held the office of councilman in Roseville. while socially he is connected with the Odd Fellows society and religiously with the Presbyterian church, of which his wife is also a member. The business career of Mr. Tanner is one which would bear the closest investigation and scrutiny for his methods were straightforward and honorable and his life record shows that success and an untarnished name may be won simultaneously. SALATHIAL WARNE. Salathial Warne, following the occupation of farming in Rich Hill township, was born in this township, November 11, 1830. His father, Pierce Warne, was the first white child born in Rich Hill township, his natal day being August 5, 1807. The grandfather, Abraham Warne, removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio, in 1805, and entered from the government a tract of land which became known as the old Warne homestead. He was one of a family of eleven children, and after reaching adult age was married to Sarah Pierce. Their son, Pierce Warne, followed the occupation of farming as a life work and for many years figured as one of the most 650 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. prominent pioneer settlers of this community. He was reared amid the wild scenes of frontier life and while sharing in the hardships and trials that fell to the lot of the early settlers of the community he also bore a helpful part in the work of improvement and progress. He married and had nine children : Salathial, Maud L., deceased, Betsy J., Sarah, Lecta F., Nettie, Abraham, William L. and Alonzo. The boyhood days of Salathial Warne were quietly passed in the usual manner of farm lads of the period. He aided his father in the cultivation of the farm and in the winter months attended the public schools. He was married in 1864 to Miss Agnes Lonon, of Centerville, West Virginia, and unto them were born five children : Pierce, who married a Miss Reason, and resides at home ; Allen, who married Maggie Miller, and is living in Rix Mills; Sarah C. Carrie M.; and Francis. At the time of the Civil war Mr. Warne responded to the country's call for troops and in 1862 enlisted in Illinois under Colonel True, of the One Hundred and Twenty-third Illinois infantry. He was assigned to Company I, and made a model soldier, always faithful to his duty and loyal to the cause he espoused. He was wounded in the knee and the injury still occasions him trouble. This wound was sustained at the battle of Perryville, Kentucky, where he was also taken prisoner and then sent to Louisville, but after being incarcerated four days he was paroled and sent to his home. At length he received an honorable discharge and in Muskingum county resumed the occupation of farming, which he has made his life work. He has been a very successful agriculturist, conducting his farming interests along modern lines and he Yet gives his personal supervision to the care and development of his land although he has now passed the seventy-fifth milestone on life's journey. He represents one of the old and prominent families of the county, who have lived in this section of the state for more than a century. The name has always been a synonym for progressive and loyal citizenship and its members have always been accounted honorable and reliable business men. JACOB T. BALLOU Jacob T. Ballou, now deceased, was for many years a leading farmer of Brush Creek township and represented one of the oldest families of Muskingum county. His birth occurred at Salt Creek, eight miles from Zanesville, on the 4th of March, 1824, and he was a cousin of President Garfield. His father. Henry Ballou, was born in Cheshire county, New Hampshire, September 6, 1706, and was a son of James and Mehitabel (Ingalls) Ballou. The grandmother was in early life left a widow with, five small children to support and in 1814, accompanied by her two sons and three daughters, she made her way to Ohio, settling in Salt Creek township, Muskingum county, about 1820. She was not long permitted to enjoy her new home, however, for her death occurred the following year. Henry Ballou was reared to the occupation of farming and on the 2oth of March, 1823, was married to Phoebe P. Tanner. They began their domestic life in Salt Creek township. But subsequently removed to Harrison township. where they made a permanent home, Mr. Ballou placing his farm under a high state of cultivation. He was also prominent in community interests and was called upon to fill a number of township offices. He died February 23, 1857, and his remains were interred in Virginia Ridge cemetery. Jacob T. Ilallou was reared to farm life amid the wild scenes and environments of the frontier and with the family shared in many of the hardships and trials incident to settlement in a pioneer district. He early became familiar with the labors of field and meadow, working out of doors from the time of the early spring planting until crops were harvested in the late autumn. He never sought to change his occupation, content to devote his energies. to the work to which he was reared and during the last thirty years of his life he occupied the homestead upon which his widow now resides. Here he owned one hundred and thirty acres of land which was devoted to general farming and stock-raising. In 1845 Jacob T. Ballou was united in marriage to Miss Emma C. Evans, a native of Loudoun county, Virginia, and a daughter of John Evans. who was born in Virginia and was a cousin of Judge Adams. Mr. Evans came to Ohio at a very early day and performed his full share in promoting the early growth of the county. His father, John Evans, Sr., was born in England and lived with his son in Muskingum county for a time. The family became very early residents of this portion of the state, the grandfather entering one hundred and sixty acres of land from the government for himself and forty acres for each of his sons. The name became closely associated with the early history of the county and at all times stood as a synonym for progressiveness and substantial activity in support of public measures for the general good. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Ballou as the years passed were born the following named : Lizzie, the deceased wife of James Buchanan and the mother of six children ; Anna, who became the wife of Frank Detro, by whom she had three children and after his death married again and had two PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 651 children; John, of Crooksville, Ohio, who married Ida Boyd and has two children; Charles, of Roseville, who wedded Lizzie McHenry and has two children; George at home; and Frances, the wife of David Detro. Since the death of her husband Mrs. Ballou has left the care of her farm to her son and daughter, the land being devoted to general agricultural pursuits and to pasturage for the stock. Mrs. Ballou has now reached an advanced age and yet resides on the old homestead where she and her husband spent, so many happy years. She has a wonderful memory and a sunny disposition that during her life has gained her a host of warm friends, by whom she is still held in the warmest regard and affection. Mr. Ballou voted with the republican party and was deeply interested in its success and growth, but would never accept any office save that of justice of the peace, which was conferred upon him without solicitation on his part. He was an active and devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church for many years before his death and was a man of most kindly and benevolent spirit, in whom the poor and needy found a warm friend. He was considerate in his treatment of all, was loyal to truth, justice and right, and his place in public regard was an acknowledgment of his genuine personal worth as well as of his business success. JAMES W. KIRK. James W. Kirk, following the occupation of farming in Rich Hill township, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, October 22. 1854. His father. Nathaniel Kirk, was a native of County Down, Ireland. his birth havine, occurred near Belfast in 1826. He came to America in 1847. By his marriage to Eliza Campbell he became the father of thirteen children. James W. Kirk, whose name introduces this review became a resident of Ohio in 1866. being at that time but eleven years of age. He was reared upon his father's farm and in 1884 he was united in marriage to Miss Kate Larrimer, a representative of one of the old families of this part of the state. Six children grace this marriage: Mildred C., who has been well educated and is a popular school-teacher of Rich Hill township : Raymond, Samuel. Norma. Harry and Walter, all at home with their father. Mr. Kirk is a substantial and enterprising farmer and the family is highly respected in the community. He has been quite successful and now has a nice home near Freeland, on the Ohio River & Western Railroad. He is not yet a wealthy man but he has acquired a competence which will keep him in his old age in comfort. The farm is well tilled and is improved with modern equipments, everything about the place being neat and thrifty in appearance. Mr. Kirk is a warm friend of the cause of education and at an early day engaged in teaching school. He has done everything in his power to promote public progress and improvement in this section of the state and he aided in building the Ohio River & Western Railway, which has been of such practical benefit to the county. Since fifteen years of age he has held membership in the United Presbyterian church, to which his wife and elder children also belong and the members of the household occupy an enviable position in the social circles in which they move. EDWARD P. WATERS. Edward P. Waters, of Zanesville, is a native of New Jersey, whose birth occurred in Newark. in 1847. His father, Sampson Waters, was born in County Cornwall, England, and came to America when seventeen years of age. settling in Newark, New jersey, where he formed the acquaintance of Rachel Marsh. whom lie married. She died thirteen years ago at the age of sixty-nine years. They came to Ohio when their son Edward P. was nine months old and first settled at Newcastle, Coshocton county, and five years later removed to Mount Sterling, Muskingum county. eight miles west of Zanesville. There the father engaged in harness-making, conducting a shop in Sterling. He came to Zanesville about 1870 and continued in the harness business here for a number of years but retired several years prior to his death, his health failing him. He died February 10, 1904, at the age of eighty-six years. Unto him and his wife were born six children. of whom four are vet living : Abel, a resident of Cincinnati. was a soldier of Company G. Thirty-second Ohio Regiment and served throughout the entire Civil war, including the celebrated campaign with Sherman to the sea. Edward P. is the next of the family. Elizabeth died at the age of sixteen years. Albert L., who died at the age of twenty-two years served for three months in the One Hundred and Twenty-third Ohio Regiment at the time of the Civil war. Amelia Evaline is now the wife of R. B. Brown. Charles W. is living at Wheeling, West Virginia. Edward P. Waters spent the first five years of his life in the state of his nativity and then came with his parents to this county. He was reared under the parental roof and in his father's shop learned the harness-making trade. At the time of the Civil war he was in Nashville, Tennessee. being connected with the quartermaster's department, and he worked at his trade there until he 652 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. became ill of typhoid fever after thirty-three days. He then returned to Zanesville and almost immediately afterward went to the northern part of the state, spending two years as a clerk in a general store in Martinsburg. He then again came to this city and secured a clerkship in the grocery store of John Gerwick, with whom he remained for several months. He was thus engaged in business for about two years and in 1869 he entered the postoffice as a clerk, acting in that capacity for three years, when he was appointed postal clerk on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, his run being from Columbus, Ohio, to Grafton, West Virginia. He was also at different times on other lines and he continued in the postal service for twelve years, spending five years on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and seven years on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Mr. Waters left that position in April, 1886, and in the following July engaged in the laundry business, opening a laundry on South Third street, which he called the Muskingum laundry. There he continued alone for a year, when he admitted Bennett Taylor to a partnership under the same name. Later they incorporated the business, Mr. Waters being the first president of the company, and he continued with the Muskingum laundry until September, 1902, when he sold his interest and established another business of a similar character on South Fourth street, where he erected a brick building. He then established the "Ed Waters New Laundry," which is fully equipped with all modern machinery and appliances found in a concern of this character. He was the first to introduce steam laundry work in this city. He has been very successful and now controls a large trade, his business having reached such a volume that it returns him a very gratifying source of income. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. which he joined on its organization and for two years he served in the board of governors. Mr. Waters is well known in Zanesville and Muskingum county, where almost his entire life has been passed and he here enjoys the esteem of many. friends. REV. JOSEPH A. WELLER, D. D., PH. D. Rev. Joseph A. Weller, educator, minister and agriculturist, now living in Clay township, was born in Morgan county, Ohio, April 28, 1846. His father, Henry W. Weller, was a representative of an old and prominent family of this county. He was born in Morgan county, about a half mile south of the Muskingum county line on the 29th of December, 1818. His father, John Weller, was a native of Loudoun county, Virginia. He came to this state with his father, Henry Weller, of Loudoun county, who located in Muskingum county at an early period in the development of this section of Ohio. Henry W. Weller, the father, was reared in Morgan and Muskingum counties and owned land and followed farming in both counties. He was married, in 1841, to Miss Anna Longstreth and for many years they traveled life's journey together, living happily as man and wife for sixty-two years. Mrs. Weller was born in Morgan county, March 14, 1821, and was a daughter of Phillip Longstreth, a native of Pennsylvania and a pioneer settler of this part of the state. Mrs. Weller died in 1903, leaving behind the memory of a life which was as a benediction to all who knew her. She possessed splendid traits of heart and mind, a kindly spirit and a generous disposition, while in her family she was a devoted and loving wife and mother. Henry W. Weller still survives and is one of the honored pioneer residents of this part of the state. He built his present home in this county about fifty- one years ago. In his business affairs he has prospered, capably conducting farming pursuits until he is now the owner of four hundred and sixty-six acres of valuable land. The Weller homestead is known as the Sunny Hill farm and is improved with modern equipments. Here Mr. Weller is spending his last years. cared for by his son Joseph A. He was reared in the faith of the democratic party and later became an advocate of free-soil principles. Strongly opposed to the institution of slavery, his home was a station on the famous underground railroad, whereby many negroes were assisted on their way to freedom in the north. When the republican party was formed to prevent the further extension of slavery, he joined its ranks and has since been one of its stalwart advocates. Unto him and his wife were born three children, but the daughter, Samantha, was drowned during a cloudburst on the old home farm at the age of ten years, and the eldest son, John W., was killed at the battle of Fort Wagner on the 18th of July, 1863, while serving as a member of Company A, Sixty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Rev. Joseph A. Weller acquired his primary education in the public schools of Morgan county and afterward attended Otterbein University at Westerville, Ohio, from which institution he was graduated in the class of 1876. He then became a student in the National School of Oratory and Elocution at Philadelphia, completing his course there with the class of 1878, and subsequently he was graduated from the Union Biblical Theological Seminary at Dayton, Ohio, PAGE - 653 - PICTURE OF REV. AND MRS. JOSEPH A. WELLER PAGE - 654 - BLANK PAGE - 655 - PICTURE OF HENRY W. WELLER PAGE - 657 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 657 where he received his degree as minister of the United Brethren church. He had determined to devote his life to the holy calling and for two years was pastor of a church at Marion, Ohio. He then acted as pastor at Westerville College for a year and was also professor of Greek and Latin in Western College at Toledo, Iowa, for six years. During the succeeding four years he was president of the Lane University of Lecompton, Kansas, and president of the Central College at Enterprise, 'Kansas, for five years. On the expiration of that period he accepted a call to the pastorate of his church at Springfield, Illinois, where he remained for two years, then spent one year in Canton, Ohio, and two years in Ashland, Ohio. At the end of that time he gave up the active work of the ministry and took up his abode upon the old family homestead in order to care for his aged father and mother, who passed away July Jo, 1903. The work of education is the most important to which man can devote his energies, he it from the lecture platform, the schoolroom or the pulpit. Rev. Weller has labored in all of these departments and his influence has been of no restricted order. It is the educator who gives shape to and largely molds the destinies of those who come under his instruction and tr ,‘ seeds of truth planted by Rey. Weller have in the years that have come and gone borne rich fruit. He is now clerk of the hoard of education in Clay township. At the time of the Civil war Rev. Weller was in hearty sympathy with the Union cause but was too young to enter the army. He became a member of the National Guard, however, and on the 2d of Max, 1864, he enlisted in Company K. One Hundred and Sixty-first Ohio Infantry, with which he remained until honorably discharged on the 2d of September. following, at Columbus. He was then but eighteen years of age. On the ist of January, 1883, was celebrated the marriage of Rev. Weller and M iss Emma J. Howard, a native of Clear Lake, Iowa, and a daughter of the Rev. E. Howard, now deceased. Mrs. Weller is a highly cultured lady, being a graduate of the Western College, of Toledo, Ohio. She afterward taught painting and drawing in that institution and she has also taught English literature, Latin and German for four years, but has been especially successful as a musical instructor, at one time having a class of thirty pupils at Deavertown, Ohio. As a writer of both prose and poetry, she has contributed to several different publications and has produced some good serial stories and very pretty poetry. She is dearly beloved by all with whom she has come in contact and has a host of warm friends. Mr. and Mrs. Weller have had no children of their own, but have adopted and reared five, namely : Robert Henry, Eugene, Carrie A., Anna L. and Harry H. Mr. Weller is a man of fine personal appearance, scholarly tastes and attainments and of broad general culture. It would be almost tautological in this connection to enter into any series of statements as showing him to be a man of strong mental development and refinement, for these have been shadowed forth between the lines of this review. He possesses a humanitarian spirit that prompts him to the display of sympathy and kindliness and the exercise of qualities which have proven helpful to his fellowman. HENRY HARRISON GUY. Henry Harrison Guy, a capitalist of Roseville, was born in Harrison township, Perry county, Ohio. in 1859, his parents being Alexander and Elizabeth (Pemberton) Guy, who are also natives of that county. The paternal grandfather, James A. Guy, removed from Pennsylvania to Perry county at an early period in its development and, locating on a farm, there reared his family. His .;on Alexander followed the same occupation and in addition to the tilling of the soil became largely engaged in stock-raising and dealing, accumulating a comfortable competence through the care- ill management of his business affairs. He is an advocate of the republican party. He is now seventy-three years of age, while his wife has reached the age of seventy-two years. Her father was Thomas Pemberton, a native of Virginia, who also became one of the pioneer farmers of Perry county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Guy have four children : Charles C., a dealer in monuments at Newark, Ohio, who filled the office of auditor in Perry county for two terms ; Henry H.: Mary ; and James O., who is engaged in farming and gardening on the old homestead. Henry Harrison Guy at the usual age began his education in the district schools and was reared to farm life, early becoming familiar with the labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. Later he attended a business college in Zanesville and leaving the farm he became connected with the development of the coal resources of the state as operator .of the Old Crescent mine and also the proprietor of the New Crescent Mining Company in Perry county. To that line of business lie devoted his energies for eighteen years, meeting with splendid success, the product of his mines finding ready sale on the market, so that he annually received therefrom a good income. In the spring of 1903 he practically retired from active business life and is now numbered among the capitalists of Roseville. He engages to some 658 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY extent in buying and selling real-estate for himself as a speculation and in 1904 he built the Guy block, the finest business block in Roseville, at a cost of fifteen thousand dollars. He also owns eight residences in the terrace and in this way he has contributed in substantial measure to the improvement and upbuilding of the city. In 1891 Mr. Guy was married to Miss Carrie B. Curl, who was born in Perry county, in 1870, and is a daughter of Milton A. Curl. Her father was also a native of Perry county and a blacksmith by trade, while her grandfather was Andrew Curl, who came to Perry county in pioneer times. Mr. and Mrs. Guy have one child, Lawrence Elman, who was born in Perry county, November 15, 1894. Mrs. Guy is a member of the Christian church and presides with gracious hospitality over their pleasant and attractive home in Roseville. Mr. Guy is a stanch republican without political aspirations and now as the result of his former activity in business he is enabled to take life at his ease, enjoying the pleasures which come to those of refined and cultured tastes. SEHORN E. LOVELL. Sehorn E. Lovell, who is engaged in the practice of osteopathy in Zanesville, was born in Lewis county, West Virginia, April 28, 1864. His father. Jesse Lovell, was a native of that state and in 1869 removed with his family to Sullivan county, Missouri, where he spent his remaining clays. He was a progressive and enterprising farmer and enjoyed in a large measure the respect and esteem of his fellowmen, the cause of education finding in him a warm friend and he did all in his power to uphold and advance. the public-school system of the community in which he lived. He was an active, influential and efficient worker in the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he long held membership, and his political support was given to the republican party. He died in 1895, at the age of sixty-three years. His wife, who in her maidenhood was Elizabeth West, was also a native of Lewis county, West Virginia, and she, too, was a member of the Methodist Episcipal church. Her death occurred in 1895, when she was sixty-four years of age. They were the parents of five children, of whom three died in infancy, while Warner died after reaching adult age. Sehorn E. Lovell, the only surviving member of the family, acquired his education in the common and high schools of Milan, Missouri, and afterward entered the State Normal School at Kirksville, Missouri, in 1882, there pursuing his studies for eighteen months. He entered upon his business career as a representative of life and fire insurance companies at Milan, where lie continued until 1896, when in the spring of that year he was enrolled as a student in the American School of Osteopathy, at Kirksville. When he had completed a thorough course of study he located for practice at McConnelsville, Ohio, on the 1st of January, 1898, and on the 16th of May of the same year he opened an office in Zanesville, where he has since continued in practice although he made his home at McConnelsville and conducted his profession there throughout the remainder of the year. Since the 1st of January, 1899, he has been in continuous and successful practice in this city with offices in the People's Bank Building. Here he has a suite of four rooms, three rooms for private office work and one large and handsomely appointed reception room, all on the third floor. He has strictly modern equipments for the practice of osteopathy and treats all diseases after this method and his efforts have been attended with very gratifying results, the cures which lie has effected having brought him a high reputation for skill and ability. He was licensed by the State Board of Medical Registration and Examination. He now has a clientele comprising many of the best families of Zanesville and his reputation extending beyond the city has brought him many patrons from outside points. He is a worthy and skilled exponent of this system of practice and in alleviation of human suffering his labors have been very effective. On the 24th of July, 1884. Mr. Lovell was united in marriage to Miss Ura L. Bankers, who was born in Afton, Iowa. July i, 1865. They have three children : Lillian Belle. Jessie and Walter E. Mrs. Lovell is a member of the Christian church. Fraternally Dr. Lovell is prominent, belonging to McIntire lodge, No. 38. K. of P., of which he is past chancellor, Waukeek tribe of Red Men, Mozart lodge of Odd Fellows and Howard encampment. He is also a member of the Pathfinders and Eagles, while his political support is given to the men and measures of the republican party. PETER WEAVER. Peter Weaver, a well-to-do farmer of Clay township, living one mile south of Roseville, was born in Morgan county, Ohio, August to, 1841, and is a son of John P. Weaver, a native of Germany. The paternal grandfather, John Weaver, who was also born in the same country, crossed the Atlantic to the new world, bringing with him his family, and settled in Morgan county, Ohio. He entered land on Island Run and though not PAGE - 659 - PICTURE OF SEHORN E. LOVELL PAGE - 660 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 661 a furrow had been turned nor an improvement made upon the place at that time he soon overcame the difficulties of pioneer life and developed an excellent farm, continuing its cultivation until his death. John P. Weaver was but a boy at the time of the emigration of the family to the United States and was therefore reared upon the homestead in Morgan county. He married Miss Catherine Lenhart, a native of Germany, who came to Ohio with her parents in her girlhood days. Eight children blessed this union: Peter ; William, who was a member of Company G, Ninety-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil war and died in the army; Jacob; Elizabeth; Mary, deceased ; Phebe; Louis E. ; and Benjamin F. For many years the father carried on merchandizing in Taylorville, Muskingum county, and was a representative business man, whose close application and energy won him a gratifying measure of success. In his political views in early days he was an abolitionist, being strongly opposed to slavery and when the republican party was formed to prevent the further extension of that institution he joined its ranks, continuing one of its stanch advocates until his death, which occurred when he was seventy- three years of age. He was a member of the Lutheran church and his life was at all times in harmony with his principles. He was also a Master Mason for over a quarter of a century. Peter Weaver was educated in the common schools of Morgan and Muskingum counties. spending a part of his boyhood days in Blue Rock and Harrison townships. He watched with interest the progress of events in the south when secession was threatened and on the loth of August, 1862, no longer content to remain at home, he responded to the country's call for aid, enlisting in Company G, Ninety-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Tanner. Later he served under Captain James Linn and Captain Gorseth and was with his regiment until the close of the war. He participated in the battles of Stone River, Chickamauga and Knoxville and was with Sherman in various important engagements in the Atlanta campaign. He was under fire one hundred and three clays between Chattanooga and Atlanta. He took part in the battles of Franklin, Nashville, Strawberry Plains and many others of lesser importance and at Nashville received an honorable discharge. He was often in the thickest of the fight and again was stationed on the lonely picket line, but wherever called he- was found loyal to his duty, faithfully defending the old flag and the cause it represented. When the war was over Mr. Weaver returned to Blue Rock, where he resided with his parents until his marriage, which occurred in January, 1866, the lady of his choice being Miss Virginia Savage, a native of Morgan county, Ohio. Her brother Ed was one of the miners who escaped death in the closing of the Blue Rock mine. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Weaver were born five children, of whom James is now deceased. The others are Winifred C., Harry, Norman H. and B. F. Mr. Weaver has been a resident of Clay township for thirteen years and now owns, occupies and operates eighty acres of land, which is productive and well tilled. He carries on general farming, working persistently and energetically year after year, and he has secured the success which is the legitimate outcome or earnest, persistent labor. His social affiliation is with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and his political support is given to the republican party. HENRY S. CROZIER. Henry S. Crozier, engaged in the practice of law in Zanesville, is descended from an old Pennsylvania family on the paternal side, while his mother's people were Virginians and her father came from Scotland. The paternal ancestry can be traced still farther back to Delaware and it is supposed that the first representatives in America were of Irish or French descent. His grandfather, Joshua Crozier, came from the Keystone state to Ohio at an early period in its development. He was a comb-maker by trade and long followed that pursuit. He married a Miss Clark and died near Zanesville, at the age of seventy- four years, while his wife reached the very advanced age of ninety-one years, passing away at her daughter's residence in Licking county, Ohio. They are the parents of three sons and two daughters, but only one is now living. Joshua, aged eighty-five years and a resident of Cumberland, Guernsey county, Ohio. William Crozier, father of our subject. was a young man when he accompanied his parents from Pennsylvania to Ohio, his birth having occurred in the former state. He married Miss Elvira McKenzie, a native of Virginia, the marriage taking place in this city, then the home of her parents. Her sisters are Mrs. Julia Fluke and Mrs. Margaret McCarty, and one brother, George McKenzie, all of the city of Zanesville. Mr. Crozier, like his father, was a comb-maker by trade and he followed that pursuit in Zanesville until his death, which occurred June 7, 1844, at the comparatively early age of thirty-seven years. His wife, long surviving him, departed this life in 1881, at the age of seventy-four years. They had a family of four children but only two are living: Joshua B., a resident of Newark, Ohio; and Henry S. A native son of Zanesville, Henry S. Crozier was born in 1844 and was reared upon a farm, 662 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY working in the fields in his boyhood days when not occupied by the duties of the schoolroom. He afterward engaged in teaching school for thirteen years at West Bedford Academy, in the schools of Cumberland in Guernsey county, and in Caldwell county, Missouri. He was superintendent of schools in the last-named place for four years, after which he returned to Zanesville in 1875. Since that time he has made his home in this city. While teaching school he read law and in 1876 he was admitted to the bar. After returning to Zanesville he served as secretary of the city water works for eight years„and now is engaged in the practice of his profession and also in loaning money on real estate. In 1870 Mr. Crozier was united in marriage to Miss Alice E. Brown, a daughter of the Rev. N. T. Brown, of Knox county, Ohio. Unto them were born six children : Eva A., who is the widow of Samuel B. Mooreland and has one child, Alice : Florence, the wife of Charles W. Vincent and the mother of two children, Robert and Herbert: Carrie, the wife of W. H. Bucksbarg, by whom she has four children ; David L., Gale, William H., and Glenn ; Mary E. ; Zella, who died at the age of thirteen years ; and Julia, who is the wife of George E. Roach. The mother of these children died December 7, 1893, and on the 7th of May, 19o1, Mr. Crozier was again married, his second union being with Miss Lillian M. Murray, who was born in Monroe county, Ohio, and they have one child, Wilma B. Mr. Crozier is a democrat in politics and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day. He has always been interested in the welfare of Zanesville and has been a co-operant factor in many movements for public progress and improvement here so that he is regarded as one of the representative citizens of the county seat. WILLIAM G. GILLOGLY. The Gillogly family, numbering many prominent representatives in Muskingum county, conies of Irish ancestry, and the first of the name of whom we have authentic record was William Gillogly, who was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, his home being near Enniskillen, and there he successfully carried on business as a dealer in horses. He was married in 1800 to Miss Frances Tugman, and they became the parents of ten children : Catherine, Henry, William, John, Francis, James, Mary, Wesley, Ezra and Jane. The first two were born in Ireland, after which the father brought his family to the new world, settling in Horseshoe Bottoms, Pennsylvania. Later they removed to Rich Hill and to Meigs township, Muskingum county, where William Gillogly entered one hundred and sixty acres of land. The country was then so sparsely settled that their nearest neighbors were miles away. Upon the farm which he cleared and improved the other children of the family were born and the sons grew up to be sturdy frontiersmen, assisting materially in the development of the county and laying the foundation for the present Gillogly settlement in Rich Hill and Meigs townships. William Gillogly, the father, died in 1843 and was buried in Rich Hill cemetery. Henry Gillogly, the oldest son of that family, was born May t, 1805, before the emigration from Ireland. He married Martha Granstaff, in 1826, and they began life as pioneer farming people in Meigs township where .he not only made for himself and family a good home but also earned the reputation of being an upright, honest and honorable man. There were twelve children born of this marriage, Of whom two died in infancy. The others are Francis, Isabel, William G., Elinor, Catharine, Jacob. Henry, John, Mary J. and James. The mother died in 1849 and was buried in Salem cemetery, and in 1851 Henry Gillogly wedded Martha Johnson, by whom he had five children : Samuel, George, Martha E., Cassie and Alta. With the exception of those deceased the members of the family are all living in Meigs and Rich Hill townships and are the older representatives of the Gillogly settlement. William G. Gillogly, the third member of the family of Henry Gillogly and the immediate subject of this review, was reared amid frontier scenes and shared with the family in the hardships and privations of pioneer life. He aided in the arduous task of developing a new farm and has always carried on general agricultural pursuits, proving a capable business man through the careful conduct of his varied interests. He was married to Miss Naomi Cariens, a daughter of Christopher and Tacy (Young) Cariens, and a representative of a prominent Virginian family. She was one of six children, the others being Harriet J., George, Martha, Rebecca and Sarah M. The marriage of William G. Gillogly and Naomi Cariens was celebrated March 16, 1854, and was blessed with a family of eleven children, ten of whom are yet living and are now married and doing well in business. George H., the eldest, married Elverta Spratt and is now a successful merchant of Spratt, Ohio. Purley married Sarah C. St. Clair and lives on a farm in Meigs township. Eliphalet married Calista Leasure and resides in Rich Hill township upon a farm. John C., the fourth of the family, married Jane Strickland. Martha J. died at the age of two years. Willie wedded Mary Leedam and lives in Redlands, California. James M. mar- PAGE - 663 - PICTURE OF WILLIAM G. GILLOGLY AND FAMILY PAGE - 664 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 665 ried Elizabeth S. Gray, of North Dakota, and now lives in Atkinson, Nebraska, being a successful store-keeper of that place. Welcome married Olive Dudley and resides in Salt Creek township. Wade H. married Ina Beebout, of Johnson, Nebraska, and is conducting a store in Chandlersville, Ohio. Charles married Elizabeth Atkinson, of Meigs township, where he makes his home. Edwin wedded Mary Frazier and lives in Zanesville. Mr. Gillogly has every reason to be proud of a picture which he possesses, showing twenty members of his family—his ten sons and their wives. Throughout his entire life William G. Gillogly has followed the occupation of farming and is regarded as one of the leading agriculturists of Rich Hill township. He has been interested for many years in the raising of fine draft horses, having won many ribbons at local fairs. Whatever he undertakes he accomplishes, being deterred by no obstacles that can be overcome by persistent and earnest purpose. He has always voted with the democratic party and most of his sons adhere to that political faith. For many years Ile and his wife have been devoted members of Mount Zion Presbyterian church, and he assisted in building the new house of worship and has contributed liberally to the support of the church. He also helped to build the Ohio River & Western Railroad and has been active in the support of all measures which have tended to benefit the community. Roth Mr. and Mrs. Gillogly are well preserved for people of their years and vet give personal supervision to the farm work. They have traveled extensively. visiting seventeen different states, and their fine home is filled with rare and rich curios and souvenirs of their many trips. Their last trip was to the Pacific coast, where they spent several months. viewing the many points of historical and modern interest and the beautiful scenery of the mountainous districts of the far west and of the broad valleys rich in fruit and flowers. They are held in high esteem by all who know theM and their circle of friends is an extensive one. SAMUEL M. RUTLEDGE. Samuel M. Rutledge, a prominent and well-to- do farmer of Wayne township, living near Duncan Falls, was born in Meigsville township, Morgan county, Ohio, October 7, 1847. His paternal grandfather, John Rutledge. was a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and was descended from an old English family. He came to Ohio in 1817, driving across the country to Morgan county, where he entered land from the government. The tract was entirely wild and unimproved, but with a persistency of purpose and unfaltering energy he began to. clear and cultivate the land and in course of time developed an excellent farm, rearing his family thereon and securing through his cultivation of the fields the means that enabled him to provide a living for his wife and children. Jacob Rutledge, father of Samuel M. Rutledge, was born in Brooks county, Virginia, in 1814, and was only three years old therefore when taken by his parents to Morgan county. He was reared upon the home farm and attended the subscription schools. The methods of instruction and the course of learning were both quite imperfect as compared with the educational advantages offered at the present time, yet he gained a fair knowledge of the common branches of English learning. He afterward entered upon farm work on his own account, but remained at home up to the time of his marriage. when, Miss Catherine Spencer became his wife. Following her death he married Miss Nancy McCune, who was born in Morgan county, Ohio, June 27, 1812. She still survives and is vet living on the old homestead with her son Samuel. Though now ninety-three years of age she is mentally bright and active and is a most intelligent old lady for one of her years. Her father, Samuel McCune, was a native of Ireland and after crossing the Atlantic to the new world settled in Ohio, in 1799, as one of the pioneer residents of the territory, for at that time Ohio had not vet been admitted to the Union. He married a Miss Briggs and they took up their abode in Morgan county. All around them was an Unbroken wilderness and one could travel miles without seeing evidences of civilization. So sparsely settled was the country that it was necessary for them to carry their corn to Marietta to he ground. After his marriage Jacob Rutledge remained in Morgan county until 1860, in which year he took up his abode in Blue Rock township, Muskingum county, where he owned and operated two hundred and forty acres of land, residing thereon until 1873. In that year he went to Zanesville and in 1875 he purchased the farm upon which Samuel M. Rutledge now resides. It continued to be his place of residence for eighteen years or up to his time of death, which occurred June 26, 1893. He had two children— James, now deceased, and Samuel M.—and he reared them up to habits of industry, economy and integrity. In his farming operations he was quite successful, carrying on his work systematically and with a definite plan of action. He voted with the democracy, affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and held membership with the Methodist Episcopal church. His wife is a member of the same church. Samuel M. Rutledge, spending his boyhood days under the parental roof, pursued his educa- 666 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. tion in the public schools of Morgan and Muskingum counties and for one year was a student in Athens College. He worked in the fields for his father when not engaged with his text-books and gained a creditable and comprehensive knowledge of the best methods of tilling the soil. On the 12th of November, 1876, he was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Talley, a native of Blue Rock township and a daughter of William Talley, who was born in the state of Delaware in 1808. When twenty-eight years of age he married Miss Mary Elliott and became an early settler of Ohio. Mr. Rutledge has two children : William C., a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan 'University ; who also spent one year as a student in Columbia Medical College of New York city ; and George, the second son, was educated in the Zanesville high school and has completed his first year in the Ohio Wesleyan University. The family home is upon a farm of three hundred and fifty acres of fine land in Wayne township and Mr. Rutledge devotes his attention to general agricultural pursuits and stock-raising. Much of the farm is under cultivation and annually yields to him golden harvests as a reward for the care and labor he bestows upon the fields. His residence is a beautiful brick structure, standing on a knoll and thus commanding a splendid view of the farm and surrounding country. He keeps everything about his place in excellent condition and the attractive home and lawn make a pleasing picture for the traveler who passes by. Mr. Rutledge is a democrat in his political views and for nine years he served as justice of the peace, discharging his duties without fear or favor. He served as county commissioner from 1891 until 1894, was also land appraiser and is a candidate for county treasurer on the democratic ticket. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and to the Methodist Episcopal church and is a highly respected citizen of the township in which his entire life has been passed. He is esteemed wherever known mist most of all where best known. WILLIAM L. RANKIN. William L. Rankin, a representative of one of the pioneer families of Newton township and the owner of a fine farm in this township, was born in his present home, June 1, 1839. His father, George W. Rankin, was a native of Virginia, and a son of William B. Rankin, whose birth occurred in county Tyrone, Ireland. He emigrated to America and in Philadelphia learned and followed the trade of cabinet-making. He married a Miss Duball, of Maryland, and subsequently removed to Virginia, while later he became a pioneer resident of the Buckeye state, arriving in Ohio in when George W. Rankin was an infant. He located a mile and a half west of White Cottage, and entered one hundred and sixty acres of land. After a few years he removed to Cambridge, Ohio, settling on the east pike and his next home was at Zanesville, where he entered the hotel business as proprietor of the Marquette House. His last days were spent in Brownsville, Ohio, where he died at the venerable age of eighty years. He was a Jackson democrat and was interested in political questions as well as in the material and intellectual development of the communities in which lie resided. He contributed in no unimportant manner to the welfare and progress of his county and was numbered among the worthy pioneer residents of this section of the state. His children were as follows : George W., Charles. William, Dennis, Jackson L., Anna, Elizabeth,. Carrie and Mary. George W. Rankin, born in Virginia and brought to Muskingum county in his infancy, pursued his education in one of the old-time log schoolhouses of Newton township. He was reared to the occupation of farming which he followed to a greater or less extent throughout his entire life. He also engaged in merchandizing at Lexington, Perry county, and at White Cottage. Muskingum county. and in both business pursuits was quite successful. He Married Miss Eliza L. Nye, who was born in Newton township. in 1817, and died in 1883. She was the daughter of Louis and Margaret (Stewart) Nye. Her father was a native of Massachusetts and became a pioneer settler of Ohio, where he followed surveying, running the first survey line in Muskingum county. He was a personal friend of General Putnam. When a young man he was erecting a house in this county and cut his leg with an ax. Friends then took him to Marietta in a canoe, where Dr. Hildreth wanted to amputate the limb, but Mr. Nye objected to the measure and ultimately recovered from the injury. The following spring, however, while in the sugar camp he took a chill and the illness terminated his life. George W. Rankin, following his marriage, located with his wife upon a farm and throughout the remainder of his life carried on general agricultural pursuits and merchandising. He had at one time fourten hundred acres of land in one body in Newton township and was very successful , in his business affairs. He held membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and gave his political allegiance to the democracy. His death occurred when he was fifty-nine years of age. In his family were seven children : Mrs. Maxie Duvall : Martha Ester ; Lillie and Helen. deceased : William L., of this review ; and Fred, who died in infancy. PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 667 William L. Rankin has spent his entire life in Newton township, following the occupation of farming and stock-raising, to which he was reared. In youth he learned the best methods of caring for the fields and he has since conducted his farm along practical and progressive lines, the well tilled fields annually yielding him golden harvests in the shape of large crops. He now has a valuable tract of land of three hundred acres in Newton township devoted to general agricultural interests and the place is well improved, there being a good residence upon it together with substantial outbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock. It is conveniently and pleasantly located about five miles west of the courthouse. Mr. Rankin was first married to Miss Carrie E. Brigham, of Marietta, Ohio, by whom he had one son—Edward Kingsbury Rankin, now married and living in Zanesville. The wife and mother died in 1886 and in 1894 Mr. Rankin was united in marriage to Miss Mary F. Brown, of Newton township. He is a democrat in his political views but without aspiration for office, concentrating his attention upon his business affairs which have always been characterized 1w a definite plan of action that has found consummation in a handsome competence. He is well known as one of the highly respected men and worthy representatives of an honored pioneer family. CHARLES E. JAMES. Charles E. James is a representative of one of the honored pioneer families of this section of the state. His paternal grandfather, Joseph James, was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and of that family there are two surviving sons, one living near Gaysport, Ohio, and the other near Malta. He married Hefty Green and they became the parents of nine children : Velinda, Elizabeth, Alford, Isaiah, Andrew, Cyrus, Joseph and John. Alford James, the father of Charles E. James, was born in Fayette county, Pennsylania, near Redstone, August 26, t818, and after reaching mature years, was married to Kate McLucas, by whom he had one son, Francis M. James, who married Mattie Roland and had two children: Glenetta and Juanetta. After losing his first wife Alford James was married to Miss Anna Thornsburg. who was born May 5, 1826, and is stilt living in Meigs township, Muskingum county, near Museville, her father being Thomas Thornburg, a native of Ireland, who at the age of fifteen years crossed the Atlantic to New York City. He thence made his way to Pennsylvania and was one of the early surveyors and school teachers of that state, the records of Pennsylvania containing many accounts of his surveys. On coming to Ohio he settled in Meigs township, Muskingum county, where he entered a tract of land of one hundred acres from the government. It was all wild and unimproved but with characteristic energy he began its development and on the farm he there cleared and cultivated he made his home until his death. Unto Alford and Anna (Thornsburg) James were born six children : Nancy C., the wife of William McLainey, of Rokeby Lock, by whom lie has six children, Nellie F., Velma, Helen, Erma, Howard C. and Richard ; Thomas M.; Hester ; Albert G. and Alford E., twins ; and Charles E. The father died November 25, 1893, at the age of seventy-five years. The James family has for many years been a prominent one in Meigs township and through fifteen years Charles E. James has been one of the most popular and successful educators in this part of the state. There are many teachers in the family and they have always stood for progress along educational lines and for general intellectual development. The family own thiiee hundred' acres of fine farm land, on which stands a good residence. The farm is about eighteen miles from Zanesville and is devoted to general agricultural pursuits and stock-raising. In his political views Charles E. James is a democrat and like the other members of the family attends to the Oakland Methodist Protestant church. From pioneer times the family has been represented in this part of the state and the work of progress and improvement instituted by the grandfather and carried forward still further by the father is still promulgated 1w the sons. GILBERT L. KENNEDY, M. D. Dr. Gilbert L. Kennedy, who is engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Roseville, was horn near Fultonham in 1848. His father, Phillip Kennedy, was a native of Ireland and was brought by his parents to the United States in infancy, the family taking up their abode in Somerset, Perry county. Ohio. The grandfather was a sea captain in early life but for many years prior to his death was numbered among the landowners in Illinois and there extensively carried on general agricultural pursuits. Phillip Kennedy reared to manhood under the parental roof, chose a professional career and studied medicine. He practiced for thirty years at Deavertown, Morgan county, Ohio, enjoying- a large patronage which was indicative of the confidence reposed in his professional skill by 668 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. his fellow citizens. He held membership with various medical socities and thus kept in touch with the advanced thought of the profession that is evolved through research and experience. He held membership in the Lutheran church and in his political views was an ardent and active republican. He was recognized as a leader in the party ranks in his section of Ohio and did much to mold public thought and action. He served as a member of the state legislature from 1859 until 1861 and his political, as well as professional, prominence came in public recognition of his ability and worth. He died in 1882, at the age of sixty-four years. The mother of Dr. Kennedy bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Fulton and was born in Fultonham, Ohio, in 1822, while her death occurred in 1886. She was a daughter of Lisle Fulton in whose honor her native town was named, her father having for some years conducted a hotel there. Mrs. Kennedy also belonged to the Lutheran church and possessed many excellent traits of heart and mind. In the family were ten children, nine of whom reached manhood and womanhood : William H.. who was a member of the Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and is now deceased : John S., who served as first lieutenant in Company K of the Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and afterward practiced medicine in Zanesville until his death ; Edwin M., who was a member of the First Ohio Heavy Artillery and is now practicing law in McConnelsville, while at this time he is judge of the court of common pleas for this district ; Gilbert L.: Elizabeth, the wife of Edgar W. Gray, a harness maker of Deavertown. Ohio : Marv, deceased ; Tillie, living at Deavertown Charles W., who is county recorder and living at McConnellsville ; and Howard P., who died in California in 1893. Gilbert S. Kennedy was a public-school student in this county and entered upon the study of medicine under the direction of his father. En 1874 lie became a student in the Ohio Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1876, and Ile entered upon the practice of his chosen profession in Deavertown, where he remained for twenty- two years. In February, 1899, he removed to Roseville, where he has since been practicing with success. He is an ardent and devoted student of modern medical and surgical methods, ever desiring of improving with the years his knowledge of his profession, thus rendering his labors of greater benefit to his fellowmen. He belongs to the Muskingum, Perry and Morgan Counties Medical Societies and also to the State Medical Association. In 1876 was celebrated the marriage of Dr. Kennedy and Miss Ella Shipton, who was born in Morgan county in 1855 and is a daughter of John and Dorcas Shipton, the former a farmer by occupation. Dr. and Mrs. Kennedy have two children: Ina M. ; and John S., who is a traveling salesman for the Roseville Pottery Company. Mrs. Kennedy belongs to the Presbyterian' church and he is identified with the Knights of Pythias fraternity, while in politics he is a republican. CHARLES HENRY SNYDER. Charles Henry Snyder, who, following the occupation of farming in Falls township, has become well known as a representative agriculturist because of practical and progressive methods, was born upon the farm which is still his home, his natal day being April 7, 1861. His parents, Daniel and Charlotte (Deibel) Snyder were both natives of Germany and when a youngman the father crossed the Atlantic to the ne world, settling in Zanesville in 1847. Here he worked for his brother Charles, who was engaged in the milk business. Later he turned his attention to farming on his own account an purchased fifty-six acres of land in Falls township, to the further development and improvement of which he devoted his time and energy until his death. He was married in Zanesville to Miss Charlotte Deibel, a daughter of Henry and Margaret Deibel. natives of Bavaria, Ger many, who came to America in 1833, and aft spending five years near Albany, New York, r moved to Tuscarawas county, Ohio, in 183 Mr. and Mrs. Snyder became the parents of nine children, of whom three died in infancy. The others are Kate, John, Charles H., Mary Butler, Adeline and Daniel. The father never regretted his determination to make his home in the new world for, taking advantage of its business opportunities - he steadily worked his way up was and gained a well-merited financial reward of his labors. He died November 18, 1876, and his wife passed away June 5, 1895. With the exception of three years spent in Kansas, Charles Henry Snyder has always lived in Muskingum county. His childhood and youth were pass in a manner similar to that of most farmer lads and he has always carried on agricultural pursuits. He has seventy acres of land in Falls township, which is located three miles northwest of the courthouse on the north side of Licking river. This is devoted. to the raising of wheat, corn and garden products, and the crops while he produces annually return him a good income. He has made a close and thorough study of best methods of raising the cereals best adapt to the soil and climate and the products of field and garden find a ready sale upon the mark His sisters Kate and Adeline reside with him on PAGE - 669 - PICTURE OF DANIEL SNYDER PAGE - 670 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 671 the home farm. Mr. Snyder gives his political influence and aid to the republican party, but has never sought or desired office, his attention being concentrated upon his business affairs, which, capably managed, make him a substantial resident of his native county. DANIEL B. GARY. Daniel B. Gary, whose business career is an indication of what can be accomplished through the utilization of opportunities that surround the entire race, its advancement coming through application, strong and determined purpose and the utilization of such advantages as come to all, is now extensively and successfully engaged in the manufacture of furniture in Zanesville. His father, Daniel B. Gary, was horn in Keene, New Hampshire, in 1823, and came to Ohio about 1850. He had learned the trade of cabinet-making in his native state and settled in Zanesville, where he entered the employ of Douglas & Smith. with whom he remained for several years. He then took up the study of law in the office of Judge Ball and later was admitted to the bar, practicing in this city up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1899. He was appointed prosecuting attorney to fill out the unexpired term and in his law practice he had a good clientage connecting him with much important litigation tried in the courts of this district. At the time of the Civil war he espoused the Union cause and became a member of Company I, One Hundred and Twenty-second Regiment of Ohio Volunteers, of which he was made captain, while the colonel of the regiment was his former law preceptor. He served for two years with the Army of the Potomac, was then taken sick and finally resigned. He married Miss Mary Little, who was horn in Zanesville, and is a daughter of James and Sarah Little. Her father came from Pennsylvania to Ohio and cast in his lot with the early settlers of this portion of the state. For a number of years he followed farming in Muskingum county and his last years were spent in Zanesville. Mrs. Gary was killed in 1863. when thirty years of age, by the fall of the Market House. There were two children by that marriage: Albert E., now deceased, who married Capitola Wisewell and had two children, Lawrence and Lester and Daniel B. Mrs. Mary A. nary was the second wife of Daniel B. Gary, Sr., his first union having been with Miss Sophronia Thatcher, by whom she had three children, but none are now living. His third wife was Roxanna Helmich, who died. leaving one child, Sumner, now a resident of Akron, Ohio. Daniel B. Gary, whose name introduces this review, was born in Zanesville, in 1853, and pursued his education in the public schools. After attaining his majority he learned the cabinetmaker's trade with W. H. Bailey, in whose employ he remained for a number of years. In 1874 he formed a partnership with Mr. Bailey under the firm style of W. H. Bailey & Company and this relation was maintained for three or four Years. They were located at Potter Alley, north of Main street and later Albert E. Gary joined his brother Daniel B. in business in 1879 under the firm name of Gary Brothers, manufacturers of furniture. They manufactured furniture here for a year and then established a retail store on Main street. In 1881 Robert Silvey entered the firm tinder the firm style of Gary Brothers & Silvey and the store was then removed to Third and Main streets and there continued until 1891, when they removed to No. 67 Main street. In 1882 the firm had purchased the land and plant where the business is now conducted on the canal bank in Zanesville. Daniel B. Gary continued in the retail trade until 1891, when he withdrew and formed a partnership with W. A. McLaughlin under the name of Daniel B. Gary & Company. 'Thus he continued in the manufacture of chamber furniture, which he sold to the wholesale trade, the business being thus conducted until 1899. when it was incorporated under the name of the Zanesville Furniture Company, with Daniel B. Gary as president and general manager : Dr. Geyer, vice president H. E. Barnes, secretary and treasurer and H. D. Gary. assistant manager. The plant is well equipped with the latest improved machinery for carrying on the work and as its output is a marketable commodity, it finds a ready sale, making a good return for the capital invested. In 1877 Mr. Gary was united in marriage to Miss Kate E. Gurley. who was born in Zanesville and is a daughter of John B. and Elizabeth (Webb) Gurley, the former a native of Fairfield county, Ohio. while the latter was born in London. England, in 1832. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Gary have been born two children : Harry Daniel. now twenty-six Years of age, who married Gertrude A. Hollingsworth, of Zanesville and Mary Elizabeth. In politics Mr. Gary is a republican and socially is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Royal Arcanum. He has served as trustee in the former and as regent in the council of the latter organization. He has been somewhat prominent in community affairs. having in 1903 been elected a member of the city council, while in 1904 he was re-elected. Here he exercises his official prerogative in support of every measure which he deems will prove of benefit to the community. In 1892 he was elected a member of the board of education and served four years. He belongs to the First Presbyterian 672 - PAST AND PRESENT OF AIUSKINGUM COUNTY. church. He has thus put forth earnest and effective effort for the advancement of the city along material, social, intellectual, moral and political lines. In political thought and action he has always been independent, carrying out his honest views without fear or favor. In business he has achieved success through honorable effort, untiring industry and capable management, and in private life he has gained that warm personal regard which arises from true nobility of character, deference for the opinion of others, kindness and geniality. C. C. HIVNOR. C. C. Hivnor, one of the young and prosperous farmers of Hopewell township. was born in Morgan county, Ohio, July 8, 1872. His father. Joseph Hivnor, was a native of West Virginia. born in October, 1817, and in early life he came to Ohio, settling in Perry county. After a year, however, he removed to Morgan county. taking tm his abode there about 1835. He married Lucinda Hopper, a daughter of Thomas Hopper, who was born in Virginia and came to this state prior to 1835 and settled in Morgan county. Mr. Hooper followed farming in order to provide for his family and was known as a man of genuine personal worth—an active and devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Joseph Hivnor carried on agricultural pursuits for many years. In politics he was an active republican and both he and his wife were members of the United Brethren church. The cause of education found in him a warm and stalwart friend and for many Years he served as school trustee and a member of the school board in Morgan county He was never found remiss in the duties of citizenship and his labors proved no unimportant element in the work of public progress. Unto him and his wife were born nine children : Josiah, born in 1847. married Sarah Johnson by whom he had three children, and he lost his wife in a steamboat explosion in 1879 ; Mary born in 1840. died in 1882; John H. was married in 1873 to Sarah Neff. by whom he had seven children and he is now living in Zanesville with three of his children, but his wife died in January, 1804: Martha is the wife of Monroe Cook and has four children; Nancy is the wife of Thomas Moore and has two children; Frank, now deceased. married Lucy Warren and had four children ; George W. married Bessie Moore and has one child : Anne is the wife of William Gohel and has five children; and C. C. Hivnor completes the family. C. C. Hivnor was only fifteen years of age at the time of his father's death. Up to that time he had remained upon the old home farm, after which he started out in life for himself. He worked for a number of years in the lumber business in Zanesville, and in 1905 he removed to Hopewell township, where he purchased ninety-four acres of land. He has since made excellent improvements upon the farm and now has a good property, devoted to general agricultural pursuits and stock-raising. He is progressive in his methods, methodical in his work and follows a definite plan of action whereby he cannot fail to reach the goal for which all men in the business world are striving. Mr. Hivnor was married September 20, 1899. to Miss Lulu Hollinshead, a daughter of Joseph and Mahala Hollinshead, now deceased, who resided in Morgan county for many years prior to their death. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hivnor have been born two daughters : Lorena, born July 9. 1900 ; and Esther, born September 12, 1904. Mr. Hivnor votes with the republican party and though he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day, as every true American citizen should do, lie has never aspired to office. His wife is a member of the United Brethren church and while he is a member of the Presbyterian church he usually attends the services of the former. Fraternally he is connected with Doric lodge, A. F. & A. M., at Deavertown. Whatever success he has achieved is clue entirely to his own efforts and his strong purpose and laudable ambition give promise of further prosperity. CHARLES MILTON LE HART, M. D. Dr. Charles Milton Lenhart, who is engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Zanesville, was horn in Chandlersville, Muskingum county. September 29, 1863. His father, Leroy S. Lenhart, was also born in this county, June 17, 1832, and was a son of Joseph and Nancy (Vickers) Lenhart, whose children were as follows: Tames ; Elias Milton: William Christy ; Leroy Swomstead ; Mary Catherine ; and Joseph. Ir., who died at the age of five months. Of these Dr. William C. Lenhart was graduated from the Ohio Medical College with the class of 1870 and afterward engaged in practice at Somerset, Ohio, and still later at Fultonham. About 1874 he came to Zanesville, where he soon built up a large and lucrative practice, but bout 1895, he removed to Columbus, where he is enjoying a large practice at the present time and is highly respected by every one. Joseph Lenhart, Sr., was born January 24, 1799, of German descent, and died June 8, 1839, leaving his widow with five young children to care for. She was again married, February 27, 1844, her second husband PAGE - 673 - PICTURE OF DR. CHARLES MILTON LENHART PAGE - 674 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 675 being Joseph Smith, a prominent farmer of Morgan county, Ohio, by whom she had one child, Martha Melvina, who was born February 22, 1845, and married Albert G. Emerson, December 13, 1865. Mrs. Smith was born in Putnam, Ohio, September 24, 1806, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Emerson, in Peoria, Illinois, January 26, 189o, at the advanced age of eighty-four years. She was a good Christian woman of vigorous intellect and was highly respected by all who knew her. She always had a good and kind word for every one and was an active member of the Methodist church in McConnelsville, Ohio. for thirty years. Her father. James Vickers, was born in Richmond, Virginia, January 15, 1784, of Scotch parentage, and was married on the 23d of October, 1805, to Mary Hoover, who was born near Harrisburg, in Allegheny county, .Pennsylvania. September 24, 1786, and removed to Lancaster. Ohio, in 1803. with her parents, Henry and Anna Hoover, crossing the mountains in wagons. Mr. and Mrs. Vickers were married in Lancaster and from that place removed to Putnam. Ohio, in March. 1806, theirs being the first frame house erected at the latter place as the other dwellings were all of logs. Al r. Vickers became a very prominent man in this locality and served as sheriff of Muskingum county for a number of years. He also held the responsible position of United States marshal with headquarters at Columbus, where he died suddenly in September, 1822, at his post of duty. He was one of the trustees of the first Methodist church in Zanesville. and during his early residence in Putnam religious services were held at his home for several years before the erection of a house of worship. There the visiting ministers also stopped when in this locality and it was while Lorenzo Dow, a prominent preacher of early clays, was staying at the Vickers home that a son was born August 5, 1813. and given the name of Lorenzo Dow Vickers. Every Sunday the family crossed the -Muskingum river in a skiff to attend church at the old courthouse, which was a double log cabin. After her husband's death Mrs. Mary Vickers removed to her country home near Roseville, where she died on the 15th of February, 1877. In their family were seven children, namely : Nancy, Martha, Mary, Lorenzo, Elias, William and John. The Indians once tried to steal the daughter Martha while the family were living in Putnam, Ohio. Leroy S. Lenhart, the father of our subject, also prepared for the medical profession, which he followed for many years, practicing in Chandlersville for forty years. He was graduated from the Miami Medical College of Cincinnati in 1871, and ranked high among his professional brethren, having ability second to none in this part of the state. His practice was extensive, therefore, and he made judicious investment of his capital in land and other property. He voted with the republican party and in matters of citizenship, as in his profession, was equally progressive. He died February 9, 1899, at the age of sixty-seven years. In early manhood he married Sophia Robertson, who was born in Sonora, Muskingum county, Ohio, and who died April 27, 1897, at the age of sixty-seven years. Airs. Lenhart was noted for her sweet disposition and noble Christian character and as a physician's wife she administered cheerfully to the sick, needy and those in distress as many at Chandlersville can testify. John Robertson, the father of Mrs. Lenhart, was of Scotch descent and a farmer by occupation. It was in the year 1780 that seven brothers came from Scotland and settled in Chambers- burg, Pennsylvania. They all bore strong Scotch characteristics, the Gaelic brogue being very perceptible in their speech. The great-uncles of Mrs. Lenhart all had large families and they were especially noted for their temperance principles. One of the seven brothers was Mrs. Lenhart's grandfather. Her father came to Ohio in t8o9 in company with five brothers, and settled in Muskingum county. He was soon afterward married to Margaret McConnell, of McConnelsville, and they had three children : Mary. who became the wife of Samuel Bowers: William ; and Marjorie Ann. The wife and mother died and John Robertson subsequently married Hannah Boggs. By this union there were eight children: Sarah, the wife of James Conn ; Margaret, who married Harmon Gore: Moses John: Nancy : Mrs. Louisa Pearce; Mrs. Sophia Len- hart: and Mrs. Elizabeth McCloud. All are now deceased. Their father, John Robertson, died about 1848. He was one of the pioneer settlers of the county, coming here from Chambersburg. Pennsylvania, when the work of improvement and development had been scarcely begun in this section of the state. The family were all Presbyterians. Leroy S. and Sophia Lenhart had four children: Alice May, born March 15, 1857, is the wife of E. F. Jordan, residing near Cumberland, Ohio; Charles Milton, of this review, is the next in order of birth; Lillia, born February to, 1868, died in infancy ; and Elmer Leroy, born September 17, 1872, is now with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and was married April 30, 1903, to Frances Campbell, of Cuyahoga, Ontario. Charles M. Lenhart prepared for his profession in the Miami Medical College, which he entered in 1883 and from which he was graduated with the class of 1886, receiving at that time the second prize from the faculty for excellence in surgery and also a special prize in anatomy 676 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY from the professors. He entered upon the practice of medicine in Chandlersville, Ohio, and in 1887 came to Zanesville, where he has been successful when viewed from both a financial and professional standpoint. He has taken postgraduate work in both medicine and surgery in the New York Polyclinic, where he took a thorough course in 1897. He had early hospital training which has especially fitted him for surgery and each year he visits the large metropolitan hospitals that he may become familiar with the latest and best treatments for medical and surgical practice. He is a general practitioner with a broad and comprehensive knowledge of the science of medicine, while in the diagnosis of a case he is very careful and his judgment is rarely, if ever, at fault. He is now a member of the surgical staff of the Zanesville City Hospital is surgeon for the Good Samaritan Hospital and also surgeon for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, and lie belongs to the American, State and County Medical Societies. In 1897 Dr. Lenhart was married to Mary K. Frazier, a daughter of T. J. Frazier, of Zanesville. She was born in Tiffin, in 1878. They have three children : Charles Frazier, Mary Catherine and Ruth Robertson. The Doctor belongs to the Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained the Knight Templar degree. and is also connected with the Modern Woodmen camp, while his wife holds membership in the Episcopal church. His political views lead him to give his support to the men and measures of the republican party, but aside from a public-spirited interest in politics, such as any true American citizen feels, he has taken no active part in political affairs, preferring to devote his undivided attention to his practice, in which he has met with gratifying success. GEORGE W. SELSAM. George W. Selsam, a well-to-do farmer of Newton township, was born a half mile south of his present home, on the 31 st of August, 1835, his parents being George and Nancy (McMullin) Selsam, who were natives of Maryland and on coming to Ohio located in Newton township, Muskingum county when it was a pioneer district. The father was a blacksmith by trade and after arriving in Ohio purchased a tract of land and turned his attention to farming, which he followed throughout his remaining days. He died at the age of sixty-one years, while his wife reached the age of sixty-four years. They were the parents of six children, of whom four are living, George W., Melinda, Nancy and Mary. George W. Selsam was educated in the public schools of Newton township and remained with his father until the latter's death, working with him in field and meadow until he had gained a thorough knowledge of the business and largely relieved his father of the care and management of the property. After arriving at years of maturity lie wedded Miss Permelia Jenkins, who was horn in Newton township, in 1836, and is a daughter of John Jenkins, an early settler of this part of the state. Their children are Mrs. Nancy E. Roberts, William H., Andrew J., Charles E., Louis W. and Ora. Mr. Selsam has been on his present farm for fifty-six years, owning here eighty-six acres of land which is productive and valuable because of his practical methods of cultivation and fertilization. He annually harvests good crops and is meeting with a fair measure of success as the years go by. His political views accord with democratic principles, while his religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Selsam served his country- in the Civil war, having enlisted in the One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in 1864, and was discharged the same year. J. C. REVENNAUGH J. C. Revennaugh, a representative of farming interests in Muskingum county, was born on the old Revennaugh homestead in Windsor township, Morgan county, Ohio, in the year 1850. His father and grandfather both bore the name of John Revennaugh. The latter was a native of Ohio, born at Warren, about nine miles above Wheeling, and was of German descent. At the time of the war of 1812 he espoused the American cause and served under General William Henry Harrison on the lakes. In recognition of the service which he rendered to his country he was granted land warrants which were located in Iowa and are still owned by the Revennaughs. He and his brother Samuel, also a soldier in toe second war with Great Britain, were discharged in Upper Sandusky and traveled on foot with an Indian guide to Warren. It was probably on this trip that they located the Revennaugh lands in Blue Rock township, Muskingum county. John Revennaugh, the grandfather, was married to Miss Jane Glass, who was born in Ireland. Her father was Robert Glass of that country, who married a Miss McCracken. Mrs. Revennaugh crossed the ocean with her parents in a sail-boat, the voyage consuming six months. The family home was at Warren, Ohio, and at that place he and his brother Samuel built a raft on which they came up the Muskingum river to Gaysport. The Indians still roamed through the forests at will and wild animals were PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 677 yet numerous. The brothers were hunting for a new home but, not liking the district which they visited, they returned again to Warren. Finally, however, they once more made their way to Muskingum county and John Revennaugh, Sr., settled in Blue Rock township on the farm where Shannon Parker now resides. He contributed in substantial measure to the early development of the community along material lines and he was also one of the charter members of the Blue Rock Baptist church and entertained the colporter who was sent to organize the congregation. John Revennaugh, father of our subject. was born in Alleghanv county, Pennsylvania, in 1810, and became one of the pioneer residents of Muskingum county. Be was married to Emily Marshall, of Blue Rock township. Muskingum county. March 20, 1833. They became the parents of seven children: Mary A., wife of Jonathan Worrel ; Jane, the wife of George Simmons, a wealthy citizen of Oregon. who has extensive gold mining interests : Margaret, the wife of Samuel Osborne, a prominent and influential farmer residing' near Gaysport, Ohio : Eleanor, the wife of William Harlin. a veteran of the Civil war, now living- at Keifer, Ohio: William, who married Sarah Patterson. was a carpenter by trade, and was killed by the Ohio & Little Kanawha railroad near Zanesville, his widow still residing at their former home at Philo, Ohio : George. who married Harriett Roberts. met with an accident upon his farm. dying a few years afterwards on his farm near Rural Dale, Ohio : and John C., of this review. For his second wife the father chose Isabelle Gillogly and they became the parents of three children : Madison, who at the age of three was drowned; Rose, the wife of George Meerschaum. who resides nt Cincinnati, Ohio and Purley, who married Minnie Shaw. and is successfully conducting a hotel at Malta, Ohio. John C. Revennaugh, whose name introduces this review. was reared upon the home farm in Ohio and throughout his entire life has carried on general agricultural pursuits. He resides with his family on a fine farm of about three hundred acres and is an industrious and well-to-do citizen. The property has been mostly paid for through the efforts of himself and the assistance of his estimable wife. He is now engaged in the raising of grain and stock and both branches of his business are proving profitable. Mr. Revennaugh was married to Miss Theodosia Allen. a daughter of Thomas and Mary who reside at Rural Vale. where they are prominent people. Four children have been born of this union : Mary. the wife of Benjamin Diller, a graduate of the Normal school at Ada. Ohio. and now a successful and prominent teacher; Lulu A.; the wife of Rufus Gander, a well-to-do farmer and school teacher ; Miss Jessie B., who graduated from a public school in 1902 and is now engaged in taking a course of music; and Finley C., who still resides at home and is attending school. The family are well known and the members of the household occupy a prominent position in social circles in which they move. In his political views Mr. Revennaugh is a stalwart prohibitionist, having for many years been an inflexible champion of the temperance cause. He has also been a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church for twenty-three years, has served as class-leader and has taken an active part in various church activities, his life exemplifying his belief. JAMES C. RAMBO. James C. Rambo, a prominent general merchant of White Cottage, was born about a mile from the village on a farm in Newton township, October 31, 1863. He represents one of the old families of Pennsylvania, where lived his great- grandparents, who came from the Keystone state to Muskingum county, Ohio, during the pioneer epoch in its history. The great-grandfather entered land in Newton township and began the development of a farm in the midst of the forest. There he reared his family and it was in this county that Henry Rambo. the grandfather of our subject, was born. He remained here until 1849, when he went to California. attracted by the discovery of gold on the Pacific slope, but not realizing the fortune that he had anticipated he returned to Muskingum county and resumed farming operations here. James Rambo, father of our subject, was born in Newton township. in October, 1827, and is now living in White Cottage. His entire life has been devoted to the pottery business and to farming-. He has owned and operated two potteries in Newton township and through many years has carried on general agricultural pursuits. He is now practically living retired but owns thirteen acres of land in White Cottage. where he has a pleasant and comfortable home. His political support is given to the democracy and he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He wedded Miss Mary Stradlev. who is now seventy-two years of age. She was born in Newton township and is a daughter of Samuel Stradley, a native of Maryland. Mr. and Mrs. Rambo became the parents of nine children : James C., Helen, deceased. Clarinda, Marietta. Matilda, Arthur, Orla, Anna and Jennie. At the usual age James C. Rambo entered the public schools wherein he acquired his education 678 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. and was fitted for life's practical and responsible duties. In his youth he began earning his living by working in a factory and was thus employed until he attained his majority. In 1883 he accepted a position as salesman in the store of A. W. Dugan, at White Cottage, and while thus engaged gained a practical knowledge of the business, so that he was well equipped for carrying on a mercantile enterprise of his own when, in 1893, he entered into partnership with W. J. Dugan in the conduct of a general store. Since 1904 he has been sole proprietor of the establishment, which, however, is conducted under the name of J. C. Rambo & Company. He carries a large and carefully selected line of general merchandise and his business has reached proportions that render it profitable. In controlling and enlarging this he has followed a definite plan of action and his enterprise has prevented discouragement when obstacles and difficulties have arisen. He has overcome all these by persistent purpose and is now in control of an excellent business. Mr. Rambo votes with the democracy and was at one time a candidate for county auditor. For seventeen years he has filled the office of township clerk—a fact which is indicative of his capable service and the trust reposed in him by those who know him best. He is an Odd Fellow and a Mason and in the latter fraternity has taken the degrees of council and commandery. A gentleman of genuine personal worth he has gained the friendship which follows genuine respect and in his community his standing is that of a le?,ding- and influential citizen. JACOB JOHNSON. Jacob Johnson, one of the prominent and prosperous farmers of Hopewell township, was horn in Springfield township, Muskingum county, November 3, 1827. His father, John Johnson, a son of Samuel Johnson, was born in 1787, in Berks county, Pennsylvania, and was there married to Miss Ann Scott, a native of the same county. Soon afterward they came to Ohio, arriving in this state about 1820. They took up their abode in Springfield township and there purchased one hundred and seventy acres of land which they continued to make their place of residence until 1836, when they removed to Hopewell township. There John Johnson purchased a part of the farm upon which his son Jacob now resides, it formerly having been the property of William Gray. To this he added by purchase from time to time until he had about four hundred acres. He was a very well-to-do man and his success was attributable entirely to his own labors, for he started out in life empty-handed and by unfaltering diligence and perseverance gained prosperity. He was reared in the faith of the democratic party but became a whig when Henry Clay was candidate for congress. He died May 31, 1845, at the age of fifty-eight years. He was a member of the Methodist Protestant church and a man respected and honored by all who knew him. In his family were the following named : Maria, horn March 3, i8i ; Miller, born September 17, 1812; Esther, born October 12, 1814 ; Susanna, born January 20, 1817; Samuel, born January 20, 1817 ; Julia A., horn January 5, 1822; and Jacob, who is the only member of the family now living. In the subscription schools of Hopewell township Jacob Johnson acquired his education and he remained upon the home farm until his father's death, which occurred when he was seventeen years of age. He then worked for three years in Springfield township and .since that period has remained upon the Old home farm, being one of the enterprising, reliable and successful agriculturists of his community. His home farm comprises four hundred and sixty acres of land and he has another tract of one hundred and sixty- seven acres in Falls township. The latter is used for dairy farming and he keeps about twenty cows there, while the home farm is devoted to the raising of stock, corn and hay. His land is rich and productive and his farming- interests have been so capably conducted that as the years have gone by he has become one of the prosperous agriculturists of the community. On the 18th of May, 1852. Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to Miss Caroline E. Gray, who was horn in Springfield township and was a daughter of Leggett Gray, a pioneer farmer of this county. Mrs. Johnson died on the 28th of May, 1894. By that marriage there were seven children : William H., a practicing attorney at Zanesville. Ohio ; Ross E., who is practicing dentistry at Delaware. Ohio; Samuel M., who is living in Columbus, Ohio; Elmer G., who died at the age of twenty-two years ; Laura M., who died at the age of seventeen years; Harry L., who resides in Hopewell township with his father; and Allie I., who is the wife of Dr. Melick, of Zanesville, Ohio. Mr. Johnson holds membership in the Methodist Protestant church and his political views are in accord with republican principles. He has served as trustee of his township for a number of terms and in other local offices and his duties have ever been discharged with promptness and fidelity. He has enjoyed good health and is still a well preserved man although now all of seventy-eight years of age. His life, too, has been honorable and upright, winning for him the respect of his fellowmen and the confidence of those with whom he has had business as- PAGE - 679 - PICTURE OF JACOB JOHNSON PAGE - 680 - BLANK PAGE - 681 - MRS. JACOB JOHNSON PAGE - 682 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 683 sociations. He is to-day one of the oldest native sons of the county, having through almost eight decades been a witness of the development and progress here. He therefore has an intimate knowledge of the history of the county and has been a witness of or participant in many events which found their way to the pages of history here. C. E. F. MILLER. C. E. F. Miller, known throughout the county as Ed. Miller, is the publisher and owner of the Dresden Transcript. He was born in Dresden, April 7, 1856. His paternal grandfather was one of the pioneer settlers of Coshocton county, Ohio, where he owned and operated two large farms a few miles north of Dresden. His son, Samuel Miller, was born in that county and after arriving at years of maturity was married to Miss Henrietta Dowell, whose birth occurred in Cass township, Muskingum county. Her father, George W. Dowell, is a native of Virginia and came to Ohio in 1797 with his parents, the family home being established in Muskingum county, in what is now Cass township. Her mother's maiden name was Helms ; she came from Maryland with her parents in 1797 and the family settled on government land in Cass township. There were but eight families living in this part of Muskingum county at the time. Samuel Miller was reared upon his father's farm until nine years of age when be was left an orphan and from that time he made his own way in life, depending entirely upon his own resources for all that he possessed or enjoyed. For twenty years he was connected with the Ohio and Erie canal and afterward turned his attention to farming. He is now living a retired life in Zanesville. During the period of the Civil war he espoused the Union cause and served his country as a member of Company F, Ninety-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He is now seventy-two years of age. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Miller were born ten children : C. E. F.; Frank L., who resides in Akron, Ohio ; George and Minnie, both deceased ; William M., who is living in Zanesville, and was for over five years the successful manager of the Times-Recorder, being regarded as one of the prominent and influential men of the county ; Fred T., of Dresden ; Mrs. Francis M. Russell, Mrs. John Fritz, and Harry and Herbert; of Zanesville. C. E. F. Miller was educated in the public schools of Dresden and while pursuing his studies he also worked for the Dresden Monitor, a paper published here by John T. Shryock. When sixteen years of age Mr. Miller had almost entire charge of the paper and he was connected with the office for three years. He began business on his own account as proprietor of a job printing office. When the name of the Monitor was changed to The Herald, the paper having been purchased by Hunt & Springstead, Mr. Miller entered the employ of these gentlemen. He was married in 1876 to Nettie M. Hunkin, daughter of Robert Hunkin, of Cass township ; to this union one child was born, a daughter, Daisy M., who married George P. Peffer, a resident of Dresden. In 1880 he was married to Elizabeth Hammond at Beverly. To them were born three children : Edward F., who resides at Norwalk, Ohio ; Mrs. Roy Guss ; and Harry, of Dresden. In 1879 he went to Beverly, Ohio, where he and William C. Walter, of Homer, Michigan, established the Beverly Dispatch. After four months the partnership was changed, Mr. Walter having sold his interests to Charles N. McCormick, of Bellefontaine, Ohio. Two years later Mr. Miller bought his partner's interest and conducted the business alone for seven years. On the expiration of that period he sold out and went to Zanesville on account of impaired health. In 1889 he moved with his family to Montpelier, Ohio, where he recovered his health; returning to Zanesville four months later he worked for the Courier until 1891. He went to Athens county and established the Advance at Albany in 1893. Later he returned to Beverly and became proprietor of the Beverly Advance, the publication of which he continued until 1897, when he sold out and purchased his present paper at Dresden of his brother, W. M. Miller. who bought a controlling interest in the Zanesville Daily Times Recorder. The Transcript is the lineal descendant of the Intelligencer, established in 1838 by a Mr. Deffenbaugh. Later the name was changed to the Chronicle, the Citizen and the Monitor ; the last named paper was published from 1867 until 1872, when the name Herald was assumed, then later The Doings, and in 1882 it became the Dresclen Transcript, at which time it was owned by William M. Miller, brother of our subject. Mr. Miller owns a two-story brick building and his paper is one of the excellent journals of Muskingum county, devoted to the dissemination of local and general news, being the champion of all progressive measures that have their root in the modern institutions of the community and town and its improvement. Mr. Miller is a republican and served two terms as councilman during his first residence in Beverly and was elected mayor on his return to that village in 1896. Shortly after his removal to Dresden he served one term in the town council. Mr. Miller is'of a rather quiet, yet resolute disposition, with keen intellect and love of re- 684 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. search and investigation. He has fraternal relations with Dresden Lodge, No. 464, Knights of Pythias, and also with the Masons, having been "raised" in Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 37, at Beverly, Ohio, in 1886, and affiliated with the local lodge on his removal to Dresden. He is also a member of Muskingum Chapter, No. 145, R. A. M. CHARLES C. ALER. Charles C. Aler, who is manager of a large wholesale wallpaper house of Columbus, Ohio, in which he is financially interested, is numbered among Muskingum county's native sons. His father, Christopher Aler, was a native of Germany and came to America in 1854, settling near Adamsville, this county, where he worked at the stonemason's trade, being thus engaged until his death, which occurred in 1867, when he was thirty-eight years of age. He married Christine Schilp, who was born in Germany, where their wedding was celebrated. She came with her husband to the United States and is still living on the old home place near Adamsville. They were the parents of eight children who reached mature years, all born in Muskingum county. These are: Caroline, the wife of John Daniels ; John F., who married Matilda Hanks and has three children, Charles H., Harmon and Anna, their home being upon the farm near Adamsville ; Sophia, the wife of Sedgwick Hanks, by whom she has four children, Jay, Alta, Effie and Anna ; Charles C., who married Lucy Doughty, of Muskingum county, and has four children, Lulu, Florence, Lester and Ida, their home being in Columbus, Ohio; Albert H.; Mary, who is the widow of Orlando Davis and has three children, Grace, Carrie and Ray; William, who married Maggie Herbert, of Muskingum county, and has two children, Clarence and Mary; and Emma, who is the wife of John Foster and has one son, William. Albert H. Aler was reared to farm life, early becoming familiar with the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. In 1889 his elder brother, Charles C. Aler, established himself in the wall paper and queensware business on Main street in Zanesville, conducting his store alone for a time, after which A. E. Gary was admitted to a partnership under the firm name of Aler & Gary, which relation was maintained from 1891 until 1896. They conducted a wholesale and retail business and in 1897 the business was incorporated and the wholesale department was removed to Columbus, while the retail store was continued in Zanesville. Upon the incorporation of the business the following officers were elected : Charles C. Aler, president and treasurer; L. M. White, vice president; M. E. Dunn, secretary ; and Albert H. Aler, manager of the store in Zanesville. All are still filling their respective positions. C. C. Aler supervises the affairs of the wholesale wallpaper house in Columbus and under his experienced management it takes rank with the most enterprising houses of its kind in the Buckeye state. Since the retirement of C. C. Aler from active service in the Zanesville store, Albert H. Aler has had entire charge. He intelligently grasped the importance of the duties devolving upon him and entered into the work under the shibboleth of success. Mr. Aler brings into requisition those qualities which are essential to the energetic successful merchant. He keeps in close touch with the progressive ideas of modern methods of merchandising, which always assure patrons of this popular house the most satisfactory results. Under his careful guidance the volume of business of this house has gradually grown to such magnitude that it now stands first of its kind in southeastern Ohio. This condition has been accomplished only by strict application to business, strict adherence to the demands of the trade, strict integrity and unflagging attention to every detail. This brief description gives some idea of the stability of this firm and of their ability to meet the full requirements of the trade throughout Muskingum valley. While Mr. Aler, in manners and methods, may be considered conservative, he nevertheless is recognized as among the most progressive men in the business circles of Zanesville, being always ready and willing to take part in every movement that tends to the material advancement pf public interests. Mr. Aler was united in marriage to Miss Sarah L. Narthover, of Zanesville in 1894, one son, Master Albert Earl, being the result of this union. CHARLES L. HARMER, M. D. Dr. Charles L. Harmer, engaged in the practice of medicine in Philo, is a native of Morgan county, Ohio, and a son of Thomas G. and Margaret E. (Limborn) Harmer. His father has been commissioner of the same county for the past six years, as well as a dealer in wool and stock for the past forty years. Dr. Harmer acquired his preliminary education in the schools of Pennsville, Ohio, continuing his studies until he had completed the high-school course. He afterwards engaged in teaching, one year in this state and two years in Colorado, but it was his desire to give his attention to other professional services and to this PAGE - 685 - A. H. ALER PAGE - 686 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 687 end he entered the Ohio Medical University at Columbus, Ohio, from which he was graduated with the degree of doctor of medicine in the class of 1902. He then, in May, 1902, entered the Massillon State Hospital, as an assistant physician, remaining in that capacity until the latter part of September, 1904, when he resigned to accept a similar position in the hospital at Farmington, Missouri, where he remained until April, 1905, when he came east and located at Philo in general practice of medicine, having already secured many patrons among the best citizens here and his ability is such as to insure him a good business as the years advance. Dr. Harmer was married to Miss Goldie A. Beach, daughter of James H. and Alice E. (Beckwith) Beach, of Mount Vernon, Knox county, Ohio, and they now have one child, Thomas Gilbert, Jr. Mrs. Harmon's father is one of the recognized machinists of Knox county. The doctor has relationship with the Methodist Episcopal church, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of the Maccabees, as well as the republican party, and these connections indicate the character of the man, showing that he is actuated in his daily life by honorable principles and worthy motives. JACOB HARPER BAIN, M. D. Dr. Jacob Harper Bain, a graduate of the Ohio Medical University of Columbus and now a practitioner at Bloomfield, was born September 22, 1877, in the house which is yet his home. His paternal grandfather was a native of Scotland. His father, J. M. Bain, was born in New York, in 1851, and pursued his more advanced education in McCorkle College of Bloomfield. Subsequently he spent many years as an employe of an advertising agency and among the advertisements which he wrote were those of the now famous Peruna remedies. At the present time he is living in San Francisco, California, where he is engaged in the real-estate business. He married Miss Sarah Bell, daughter of John and Margaret (Harper) Bell. She was born in 185o and died in 1895. They became the parents of eight children, as follows : John, who is now living at New Concord, Ohio, where he is connected with the Enterprise, a weekly newspaper ; Jacob H. ; Zulu M., the wife of Dr. E. D. Wilson, a dentist of McConnelsville, Ohio ; Janette, the wife of Thomas Malone, who is engaged in the hotel business in New York city ; Sarah Belle, the wife of W. W. Spade, a prominent attorney of Washington, D. C. ; Pearl, a graduate of Muskingum College and a teacher of music now living with her brother in New Con cord ; and Charles and Ernest, who are with their father in San Francisco, California. After the death of his first wife Mr. Bain was married to Miss Marie O'Neal, of New York city. In his political views he is a republican. Dr. Bain, after mastering the. elementary branches of English learning in the district schools, entered the high school of New Concord, from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1896. He further pursued his literary course by study for two terms in Muskingum College and he began preparation for his chosen profession by matriculating in the Ohio Medical University, where he studied from 1898 until 1902. He was then graduated and located for practice in Bloomfield, where for some time he was in partnership with Dr. Lane, who was an active member of the medical profession in Bloomfield for nineteen years and left this place on the 1st of January, 1905, Dr. Bain becoming his successor. The latter now has an excellent practice and is regarded as one of the most capable physicians of this part of the county. On the 24th of December, 1903, Dr. Bain was married to Miss Ethel McKinney, of New Concord, who was born May 7, 1881, and is a daughter of J. H. and Anna (George) McKinney, the former a hardware dealer of that place. Both Dr. and Mrs. Bain are members of the Presbyterian church at New Concord and he holds membership relations with the Modern Woodmen of America at Bloomfield and with the Elks at Columbus. He exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party. He keeps a number of horses so that he is always able to have a fresh team to make his long drives over the country, for he has a practice that covers a wide territory. WILLIAM WOOLFORD. William Woolford, who owns and operates a farm of sixty-three acres in Jackson township, was born October to, 1849, in the locality in which he yet resides, his parents being Daniel and Tacy (Slaughter) Woolford. His paternal grandfather, Frederick Woolford, came from Virginia to Ohio about 1820 and purchased a farm near Wakatomika creek in Jackson township, Muskingum county. He devoted his remaining days to agricultural interests in that locality. The maternal grandfather, Samuel Slaughter, was also a Virginian and came to this county about the same time, settling also on Wakatomika creek. Both men took an active part in the early development of the county and helped to lay broad and deep the foundation