738 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) of farmer lads of the period and in his earlier manhood was identified with general agricultural pursuits. He has since 1884 been engaged in commercial life as a general merchant, conducting a store at Museville. He has now one of the largest stores of this character in the county, carrying an extensive and carefully selected line of goods, such as is in demand by the general public. He makes his purchases with due regard to the wishes of his patrons and in his sales he is always found reliable and trustworthy, never taking advantage of the necessities of his fellowmen in any business transaction. He is likewise the owner of his father's old farm, which is situated in the same neighborhood and is devoted to general agricultural pursuits and stock-raising. It is splendidly improved and carefully conducted and he also has one of the best oil wells of the county. On the 12th of September. 1883, Mr. McDonald was united in marriage to Miss Elvina Leasure, a native of Meigs township and a daughter of John and Sarah (Seright) Leasure, while her grandfather was Jesse Leasure. The family is an old one in Muskingum county. its identification therewith dating from early pioneer times. M r. and Mrs. McDonald have become the parents of five children : Clarence, Estella, Elda F., Ralph E. and one who died in infancy. Estella is now the wife of G. F. Roberts, a resident farmer of this county and they have two children : Ivan M., and Ethan D. The family have a beautiful residence, attractive in its exterior adornment and in its comfortable arrangement and furnishings. It is one of the fine country homes of the county and is justly noted for its warmhearted hospitality. Mr. McDonald votes with the republican party and although never an aspirant for office keeps well informed concerning the issues and questions of the clay. He is a member of the Methodist Protestant church, to which his wife and family also belong and the members of the household occupy an enviable position in social circles. JOHN H. BEEM. John H. Beem, who has been active in the development of the gas industry in Muskingum county and is also a dealer in real estate, resides in Roseville, where he has invested quite extensively in property and has contributed in large measure to the improvement of the town. He is a native son of Newton township, Muskingum county, born April 12, 1842, and is a son of James M. and Margaret (McFarland) Beem. His paternal grandfather, John Beem, was a native of Pennsylvania and served his country as a soldier of the Revolutionary war. He came to Ohio in the early period of the development of this state and entered land in Newton township, Muskingum county, where he developed a farm. His son, James M. Beem, was born in Newton township on January 18, 1813, and was reared upon the old farm homestead. While in the public schools his education was acquired. He was a carpenter by trade and was identified with early building interests, thus proving an active factor in the development and improvement of his locality. He also owned a farm near White Cottage and prospered in his business undertakings. His political allegiance was given to the democracy and he filled a number of township offices with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. He married Miss Margaret M cFarland, who was born in Newton township, June 4, 1819, and was a daughter of John McFarland, a native of Scotland. who on coming to America, established his home in Newton township, Muskingum county. at an early day in its development. James M. Beem died at the advanced age of eighty-eight years and thus passed away one of the honored pioneer settlers of the state. John H. Beem. the only living member of his father's family, was educated in the public schools of Newton township and resided upon the home farm until t861, when at the age of nineteen years he responded to the country's call for aid, enlisting under Captain G. B. Weaver of the Eighty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He went to the front as first sergeant and becoming ill with fever he was afterward discharged and returned to his home. In 1864 he went to California by way of the Isthmus of Panama and there in the Golden state his health was restored. He spent three years in Nevada county, California, and in 1868 returned to Ohio by way of New York. On again reaching Muskingum county he engaged in coal mining in Newton township. where he purcased coal lands and developed a number of mines. He formed a company for this purpose and although he afterward sold his interest he later purchased it again and he now owns valuable coal lands in Muskingum county and has opened up the Muskingum Valley coal mines. He leases this property and receives a good income therefrom. Various other interests have claimed his time and attention and his capability has been shown in the successful control of important business concerns. For nine years after his marriage he engaged in merchandising and then turned his attention to the pottery business but afterward sold out to the Roseville Pottery Company. He then assisted in organizing the Ohio Pressed Brick Company of Newton township and was a contractor in this until 1897, when he sold out and organized the Oval PAGE - 739 - PICTURE OF JOHN H. BEEM PAGE - 740 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 741 Ware & Brick Company of Newton township. When he had disposed of his interest in that enterprise he engaged in the oil and gas business and now has wells of both kinds in Noble and in Muskingum counties. He is in partnership with W. H. Harkness and they now own a gas well that yields three quarters of a million cubic feet of gas per day. This well is located in Brush Creek township, Muskingum county. He is also in the real estate business and since 1895 has laid out Beem City, which is on his father's old homestead farm, about a mile north of Roseville. This town will he supported by a brickyard, employing one hundred and twenty-five men and a pottery which furnishes employment to seventy- eight people. It is located on the Cincinnatti & Muskingum \ 'alley Railroad and also the Wabash Railroad and the Hisses, electric line will pass through the town. Beem City is being built with all modern improvements and will long be a monument to the enterprise and keen business foresight of its founder. Mr. Been was married in 1870 to Miss Elizabeth 0. Stokeley, a native of Clay township, Muskingum county, and a daughter of B. P. Stokeley, of Newton township. His father, David Stokeley, was a pioneer of the county. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Beem have been born two children : Olive M., now deceased and Onia C.. the wife of John Rider, of Roseville. Mr. Beem has resided continuously in Roseville since i86o with the exception of three years passed in California. He has been active and influential in its public affairs, giving his support to all measures for the general good, and has served as city councilman of Roseville. He gives his political allegiance to the democracy and at one time was his party's candidate for county treasurer but was defeated by seventeen votes—a fact, however, which is indicative of his personal popularity because the county is strongly republican. Fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and with the Grand Army of the Republic. The place which he has won in busines circles is accorded to him in recognition of his skill and ability and the place which he occupies in the social world is a tribute to that genuine worth and true nobleness of character which arc universally recognized and honored. ERNEST B. SCHNEIDER. Ernest B. Schneider, a traveling salesman for the Bailey Drug Company of Zanesville and a leader in democratic circles in Muskingum county, is a native of Ohio, having been born in Dayton in 1868. His father, Adolph Schneider, was a native of Germany and came from that country to America in 1853, settling first in Connecticut, where he remained for a few years, engaging there in teaching his native language. He was a man of superior education, being a graduate of Heidelburg University. and upon his removal to Dayton he accepted the position of professor of languages in the high school, to which work he devoted his energies for many years. He then came to Zanesville and established the Zanesville Post, a German newspaper, which he conducted for twenty-one years, retiring about two months prior to his death. The paper, however, is still in existence, being conducted at the present time by Mr. Shyrock. Mr. Schneider was a man of broad, general culture and strong native intellectuality and was accorded a prominent position in educational circles in Ohio. while connected with the public school system of Dayton. He married Ernestine Hickethier, who was born in Germany, their wedding being celebrated in Dayton. Ris death occurred in 1896, when he was sixty years of age. and Mrs. Schneider is still living. They were the parents of eight children, six sons and two daughters, of whom four are living: Hugo, who is manager of the United Brethren Publishing Company, at Dayton, Ohio ; August, who is a printer and newspaper reporter in Alaska Ernest B., and Emily, the wife of J. G. Mueler. Ernest B. Schneider is indebted to the public schools of Zanesville for the educational privileges he enjoyed in his youth. After putting aside his text-books he learned the printer's trade in his father's office and followed that vocation for four, years, when he became connected with the Bailey Drug Company, being first employed as a salesman in their retail house. He afterward took a state examination which he successfully passed and which enabled him, therefore, to compound prescriptions. He then went upon the road for the Bailey Drug Company and has been traveling representative of this house in southeastern Ohio for sixteen years. He has secured many regular patrons and has attained a business which makes his services profitable to those whom he represents and himself, enabling him to command an excellent salary. Politically Mr. Schneider is prominent as a representative of the democratic party in Muskingum county and in 1902 and again in 1904 he received the democratic nomination for congress. receiving the largest vote given to any democrat. At the last election he ran over eight thousand ahead of his ticket, a fact which indicates his personal popularity with those who know him. He is also very popular upon the road and has made many warm friends through his business and political as \yell as social connections. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, the Knights of Pythias, the United Commercial Travelers, the 742 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. Elks and the Modern Woodmen. He is held in high esteem by a host of friends and all who know Mr. Schneider speak of him in terms of high praise. NOAH BAUGHMAN. Noah Baughman, who is engaged in general agricultural pursuits in Jackson township, and also in the operation of a stone quarry upon his farm, was born in this township, May 13, 1850 and represents one of the old families of the county. His paternal grandfather was Henry Baughman, who came from Baltimore, Maryland, to Ohio and in this state engaged in farming. His son, David Baughman, was born in Cass county in 1817 and was reared amid the wild scenes of pioneer life, for in the period of his boyhood days few settlements had been made, the forests were largely uncut and the homes of the frontiersmen were mostly log cabins. Having arrived at years of maturity he purchased forty acres of land in Cass township and began farming on his own account, while later he sold that property and in 1853 invested in eighty acres of land in Jackson township. Throughout his remaining days he carried on agricultural pursuits and he placed his farm under a high state of cultivation. He kept in touch with modern progress along agricultural lines and added to his place the equipments and accessories which are found upon a model farm. He was married to Miss Matilda Farrell. a daughter of William Farrell. of Jackson township, and they became the parents of eleven children, but ony four are now living, namely : Noah, George, Jane and John. The father died in 1901 and the mother departed this life in 1902. Noah Baughman was a student in the district sehools of Jackson township wherein he mastered the branches of learning that qualified him to carry on business interests. He received practical training in farm work on the old homestead. where he resided until twenty-one years of age. when he started out in life on his own account. He has always carried on farming and in 1879 he purchased forty-two acres of his present farm in Jackson township, to which he has since added a tract of twenty acres. He has placed much of his land under cultivation and the well tilled fields return him good crops. In 1898 he opened a stone quarry on his farm and he now takes out a high grade of sandstone which is not only used for building purposes, but also in the manufacture of glass. He ships twd hundred carloads of stone each year, which is used for the bridge work on the railroad. and this branch of his business adds not a little to his income. In 1872 Mr. Baughman was married to Miss Sarah Dwiggins, a daughter of James Dwiggins. Six children have been born unto them, of whom one died in infancy and Bessie, at the age of thirteen months. The others are : Brice, Laura May, Ada Belle and Nellie Fern. Mr. Baughman is a republican in his political views and for several terms has served as supervisor, discharging the duties of the office with promptness and fidelity. He is interested in the growth and success of his party and in the welfare of his community and his active co-operation is given many measures for the general good. Realizing that labor is the basis of all success in business he has worked persistently since starting out in life on his own account and whatever he has attained or enjoyed has been secured entirely through his own efforts. EBERT J. JOHNSON. Ebert J. Johnson, an extensive landowner and large stock-raiser living on section 14, Highland township, is a native son of Muskingum county, his birth having occurred in Perry township. August 1, 1858. The father, James Johnson. was a native of Pennsylvania. while the grandfather came from England. The father was a farmer by occupation and owned about one thousand acres of land, nearly all of which was in one body. He gave his time to general agricultural pursuits and stock-raising and was one of the leading representatives of this line of business in this community. He endorsed republican principles but while he kept well informed on questions and issues of the day was never an aspirant for office. Both he and his wife were devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal church and he took a helpful part in its work. He married Miss Lucinda Galloway and they became the parents of ten children, seven of whom are yet living. The mother's death occurred August 14, 1869, while the father survived until October 26, 1893. Ebert J. Johnson was educated in the common schools and remained at home until his marriage. He afterward operated his father's farm until 1886, when he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in Highland township, making his home thereon for fifteen years. He then removed to his present farm and in connection with his wife he owns two hundred and ninety-two acres of valuable land in Highland township and one hundred and seventy-eight acres in Salem township. He carries on general farming and stock-raising, making a specialty of cattle and sheep and he has at this writing about forty head of cattle and three hundred head of sheep. His PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 743 home is situated about six miles from New Concord and six miles from Adamsville and his postoffice is Norwich, four miles away. The farm is well equipped with modern improvements, substantial buildings and all the necessaries found upon a model farm of the twentieth century. Its appearance is neat and attractive and indicates to the passer-by the careful supervision of a progressive and painstaking owner. Mr. Johnson was married December 29, 1881, to Miss Martha Norris, who was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, May 12, 1857, her parents being Daniel and Sarah ( Wagers) Norris. Her father was a farmer and came to Highland township in 1862. He purchased the place upon which Mr. Johnson now lives and which was inherited by Mrs. Johnson. There were two children in the family but the son is deceased. The father departed this life October 23. 1889, and Mrs. Norris was called to her final rest January 11, 1893. Mr. Johnson is a republican in his political views and he belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church, while his wife is a member of the Baptist church. They are both held in high esteem and are widely and favorably known socially in the county where they have long resided. GILBERT NEWELL. Gilbert Newell, who has to a greater or less extent followed the mason's trade throughout his entire life and is also owner of a good farm of forty-eight acres on section 7, Highland township, was born November 4. 1848, in Adams township, Muskingum county, his parents being John A. and Sarah (McCormick) Newell. the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Highland township, Muskingum county. The father came to Ohio about 184o and followed the occupation of farming throughout his entire business career. He was one of the heroes of the war of the Rebellion, enlisting in the Union Army in November, 1861, as a member of Company F, Seventy-eighth Ohio Infantry. He served for one year and then was injured at Pittsburg Landing by a team in the artillery and because of this was honorably discharged. He died in February, 1901, and is still survived by his wife. They were the parents of six children. of whom five are yet living and all are residents of this county. Gilbert Newell pursued his education in the district schools in his father's home and when only fifteen years of age enlisted in the army as a member of Company F, Fifty-first Regiment of Ohio Volunteers, being one of the youngest soldiers who went to the front from Muskingum county. He joined the boys in blue in February, 1864, and served for twenty-three months. He was hit by a spent ball during the Atlanta campaign and he participated in all of the battles and movements of that campaign, including the engagements at Franklin, Nashville and Atlanta. Following the close of hostilities Mr. Newell returned to his home and learned the stonemason's trade, which he has followed to a greater or less extent since. He became the owner of land in 1881 and his farm now comprises forty-eight acres on section 7, Highland township, about two miles west of Bloomfield. Here he carries on general agricultural pursuits and stock- raising and his land is very rich and productive. Mr. Newell was married in 1872 to Miss Harriet Steadman, who was born in Morgan county, Ohio, in 1852, a daughter of Israel Steadman. Both of her parents are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Newell were the parents of eight children: Edward, who, is living on a stock farm in Illinois ; John L., who married Mollie Mahira and resides in Highland township Alta. who is living in Illinois Bruce, who married lay Williams and resides at home : Rosa, who is also living in Illinois; Margaret, who makes her home in Zanesville; and Blanche and Effie who arc still with their parents. Mr. Newell gives an earnest and unfaltering support to the republican party and has been township trustee, while for twelve years he has served as a member of the school board. Local advancement and national progress are both causes dear to his heart and in his home locality he has done his full share in furthering the work of public improvement. He belongs to Hansen Post, No. 648, G. A. R., of New Concord and is likewise a member of the Masonic lodge. WILLIAM D. RIDER. William D. Rider, engaged in the development of the natural resources of the county, his time being divided between farming and coal-mining, is a well known resident of Clay township. His father, Charles C. Rider, now deceased, was born in Muskingum county, and was a son of Adam Rider, a native of Maryland, who drove across the country to Ohio, about 1816. He entered a farm of one hundred and sixty acres from the government in Clay township. and later he purchased another quarter section, devoting his time and energies to agricultural pursuits until his death. A stone house which he erected in 1831 is still standing, one of the landmarks of pioneer times and a mute remainder of the progress that has come with the passing years. Charles C. Rider. 744 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. reared upon the old farm homestead, was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Poe, a native of this county, and a daughter of Benjamin Poe, who was born in Culpeper county, Virginia, and at an early day came to Ohio. In order to provide for his family Charles C. Rider also followed the occupation of farming and he became quite well-to-do, carefully managing his business interests so that his diligence and economy brought him a gratifying measure of success. In his political views he was a stalwart republican. In his family were twelve children : Edward, who resides in the old stone house ; Mar- 0-aret. deceased ; Mrs. Susan Sowers ; Lydia ; Charles C. ; Alvira, deceased : William D.; Catherine; Churchill L. ; Francis ; Sarah E. ; and Benjamin P. No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of farm life for William D. Rider in his youth. He was born in the old home in 1865, and early became an assistant in the work of the fields. He has always carried on general agricultural pursuits and is now dividing his time between the work of the farm and coal mining for the land is underlaid with a good vein of coal. He has a fine two-story residence standing on a part of the old homestead, just south of Roseville, and the farm is a splendidly developed property, indicating in its excellent appearance the careful supervision of a painstaking and progressive owner. In his political views Mr. Rider is an independent republican but he has never been an aspirant for office, preferring to devote his attention to his business affairs in which he has met with signal success. He has not been remiss in the duties of citizenship, however, and gives his hearty co-operation to the movements tending to promote the general good. EDWARD WILKINSON. Edward Wilkinson. now deceased, was for years a successful and representative farmer of Falls township. He spent his entire life in Muskingum county, where his birth occurred May 8, 1825. He was a son of John Wilkinson and a grandson of Edward Wilkinson, both well known in their day as leading citizens of their respective communities. The latter came to this country from England, about 1812, and settled in Muskingum county. He had made considerable money in his native land while engaged in the grocery business and brought to the new world a goodly sum of money, which he invested in seven hundred acres of land, about four miles north of Zanesville. He gave to each of his children one hundred acres, retaining the remain der for his own use and upon his tract he built a small log house. near the church on the Dresden road, and there he spent the remainder of his life. He was well known as a pioneer settler of the county and assisted in laying broad and deep the foundation for its present upbuilding and progress. John Wilkinson was born in England and in early life came to the United States. He afterward returned to his native land, where he married Hannah Sharp, a native of that country. He then brought his bride to his Ohio home and spent his remaining days in Muskingum county, following the occupation of farming. He was known as one of the substantial agriculturists and reliable business men of his community and was recognized as a man of influence locally. He was among those who early espoused the cause of the republican party, and he took an active interest in its growth and success, remaining one of its stalwart ativocafes until his death, which occurred about 1865. He was never an office seeker, however. His wife survived him until 1860 and died in the faith of the Presbyterian church, of which she was a devoted member. Edward Wilkinson carried on the line of business which had been followed by his father and grandfather and like them demonstrated his right to be classed with the citizens of worth whose tanP-ible efforts for general progress proved effective and beneficial. He obtained his education in the public schools and always followed the occupation to which he was reared, being a practical and progressive farmer, whose careful supervision of his business interests was manifest in the excellent appearance of his place. On the 26th of February, 1852, Mr. Wilkinson was married to Miss Margaret Newman, who was horn in this county, February 29, 1828, a daughter of George and Nancy (Flannigan ) Newman, the former a native of Maryland and the latter of Pennsylvania. Six children were born unto Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson : Walter, who married Amy Kelly and lives in Indiana ; Howard, who married Clara Crawmer and resides in Muskingum township; Fulton, on the home farm ; Jessie, the wife of Howard Spencer, of Frazeysburg; Florence, the wife of Oscar Welch, also of Muskingum township; and Fanny, who is the widow of Edwin Kelly and lives in Zanesville. Mrs. Wilkinson makes her home among her children. From the organization of the republican party Mr. Wilkinson was an advocate of its principles and gave to its men and measures his ballot, vet he never sought or desired office as a reward for party fealty. He held membership in the Masonic lodge and enjoyed the good will of all his brethren of the fraternity. He died February 27. Two, when in his seventy-fifth PAGE - 745 - PICTURE OF EDWARD WILKINSON PAGE - 746 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 747 year. His was a long and useful career, his life being characterized by industry, activity and honor. in all his relation with his fellowmen. Those who knew him respected him and those who were admitted to the circle of his friendship recognized in him many pleasing and admirable traits of character. JOHN R. BURLINGAME John R. Burlingame, the owner of a valuable farm of two hundred and eighteen acres in Meigs township, is a native of Guernsey county, Ohio, born near Gibson, March 2. 1866. His father. James Burlingame, was a native of Rhode Island and was the son of James Burlingame, also a native of Rhode Island. The grandfather came With his family to Ohio at an early epoch in the development of this state and settled upon a farm in Noble county. He entered two hundred acres of land near Batesville, known as the old Bates farm, and there he continued to carry on agricultural pursuits throughout the remainder of his active business career. He died at the very venerable age of ninety years. James Burlingame, father of our subject, came with his parents to Ohio, was reared to the occupation of farming and always followed that pursuit. He became a prominent and influential agriculturist of his community. Leaving Noble county. he removed to Guernsey county, where he purchased a farm. He married A fiss Elizabeth Hetherington, a daughter of Christopher Hetherington, and both have now passed away, their remains being interred at Senecaville. John R. Burlingame, whose name introduces this record, is the only representative of his family now living in Ohio. He was reared under the parental roof and was trained to habits of industry, economy and integrity. His early lessons in those directions proved of value to him in later years. He pursued his education in the public schools and has always carried on general agricultural pursuits. He became a resident of Muskingum county in 1898 and that he has led a life of industry and activity is indicated by the fact that he is now the owner of a large and valuable farm of two hundred and eighteen acres in Meigs township. It is known as the old Shaw place and is a yen- desirable property. Mr. Burlingame has been eminently successful as a farmer and business man, owing his prosperity entirely to his own efforts and to the assistance of his estimable wife. His farm is thoroughly up-to-date in every particular, being supplied with all modern conveniences and equipments, including the latest improved machinery. The land is under a high state of cultivation and he carries on both general farming and stock-raising. In the latter department of his business he is well known as a raiser of cattle and sheep, having a fine flock of Merino sheep and some registered cattle. His place is located twenty miles from Zanesville and about three miles from Cumberland. In 1872 Mr. Burlingame was married to Miss Lola Millhone. a native of Noble county, Ohio, and a daughter of Enoch Millhone, representing a prominent family of Noble county. They have two children. Wayne and Esther. The parents are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Cumberland, taking an active part in its work and contributing generously to its support. Mr. Burlingame is now serving as one of the trustees of Meigs township, to which position he was appointed. He has always given his support to the men and measures of democratic party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. Be is known as a leading and representative agriculturist' of this community and his life record indicates the value and sure rewards of earnest effort and of character. CHARLES M. PRINTZ The business enterprises which contribute to the upbuilding and prosperity of the thriving little town of White Cottage find a worthy representative in Charles M. Printz, well known as a merchant there. He is a young man but has already attained success that many an older citizen might well envy. His birth occurred March 3, 1880, in this county, where his father, Marcellus Printz, was also born and reared. The latter is now a prominent resident of White Cottage, and is a stockholder in the Stine Pottery and various other enterprises. Payton Printz, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of Virginia and. removing westward in an early day. cast in his lot with the pioneer residents of Muskingum county so that the family name has been known here for many years. Charles M. Printz is indebted to the public school system of Newton township for the educational privileges he enjoyed in his youth. When not busy with his text-books he worked in his father's store and factory, succeeding him in the ownership of the business in 1904. He has since been engaged in general merchandising on his own account and because of the good stock which he carries, his reasonable prices and his earnest desire to please his patrons he has secured a liberal and growing trade. In August, 1902. Mr. Printz was married to Miss Effie Browning. a native of Roseville, Ohio, and a daughter of Winifred Browning. Since age gave him the right of franchise he has voted with 748 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. the republican party. He is continually studying out new methods for the benefit of his business, watchful of every interest pointing toward success, and he belongs to that class of wide-awake progressive young men who are to-day pushing forward the wheels of progress in the various communities. WILLIAM M. SHINNICK. William M. Shinnick, the secretary and treasurer of the Mosaic Tile Company and thus an active factor in the commercial activity of Zanesville, representing one of its leading productive industries, was born in this city December 21, 1846. His father, George L. Shinnick. was a native of Baltimore, Maryland, born August f, 1801, and in 1835 he arrived in Muskingum county, Ohio, settling at Zanesville. His ancestors came to America from Germany in the seventeenth century and located in the south. George L. Shinnick was a rope manufacturer and engaged in that business in Zanesville until 1868. when he sold his property through which streets were cut and he retired from active business life. He belonged to the Methodist church and was a prominent Mason, exemplifying in his career the beneficent spirit of the craft. While living in Baltimore he served as master of the lodge that laid the cornerstone for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. His political views were in accord with democratic principles. He married Miss Mary C. Millis, who was born in Zanesville and was a daughter of James Millis, a native of Delaware, whence he removed to New York city, where he engaged in contracting and building. On coming to Ohio in 1819 he established his home in Zanesville and here carried on business as a contractor, contributing in large measure to the material improvement of the city at an early day. His daughter. Mrs. Shin- nick. departed this life in Zanesville in 1888. at the age of seventy-one years. In her family were ten children, of whom six are now living, two daughters. Mary and Ida, being residents of Zanesville. William M. Shinnick pursued his education in the public schools and afterward entered his father's establishment as manager. Later he was retained in the service of the city for a number of years. He was first secretary of the city water works and afterward filled the position of city clerk for ten years. He acted as city clerk from 1881 until 1886 and during the succeeding three years was assistant postmaster after which he was re-elected to the position of city clerk and continued as the incumbent in that office until 1895, when he resigned and turned his attention to the manufacture of tile. A charter was taken out under the name of the Mosaic Tile Company in 1894 and the plant was placed in operation in 1895 with David Lee as president, W. M. Bateman as vice president and William M. Shinnick as secretary and treasurer. Success attended the new enterprise from the beginning and its output has constantly increased, owing to the steady demand for its product, which, because of its excellence and durability has found favor with the public. Shinnick is also a director of the Union National Bank, which has been his connection with the institution since its organization in 1890 and he is now serving as vice president. In city affairs Mr. Shinnick has taken an active part and helpful interest. He was elected a member of the board of education for the second ward in 1878 and has served continuously in that position for twenty-seven years, the cause of public instruction finding in him a warm friend, his labors having been a potent element in advancing the standard of the schools here. At different times he has served as president. treasurer and clerk of the board. He was also the first secretary of the county workhouse board and secretary of the cemetery board for ten years. In politics he is a democrat, while fraternally he is connected with the Masons, the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Royal Arcanum. Mr. Shinnick was married to Miss Alice Ebert, a native of Zanesville and a daughter of Elias Ebert. They have a wide acquaintance here and their position in social circles is an enviable one. Mr. Shinnick is a man of genial nature and high social standing and one who is most appreciative of the amenities which go to make up the sum of human happiness. He is, moreover, a man of strong individuality and unquestioned business integrity and one who has attained notable success in the affairs of life. AMON M. OSLER. For twenty-nine years Anion M. Osier has been a representative of educational interests in Muskingum county and is equally well known as a successful stock-raiser of Highland township. He was born in Bloomfield, October 31, 1859, his parents being Zachariah and Sarah T. (Wilson) Osier. He comes of one of the oldest pioneer families of this part of the state. Hardly had the work of improvement and progress begun when the Osler family was established here. The great-grandfather, William Osier, was a native of Baltimore county, Maryland. where his death occurred when he was more than one hun- PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 749 dred years of age. Throughout his active life he had carried on farming. His son, Edward Osler, grandfather of our subject, was born in Baltimore county, Maryland, in 1781, and came to Ohio about 1814, casting his lot with the pioneer settlers of Muskingum county. He had been married in his native state to a Miss Bond, who died there. After coming to Highland township he settled upon a tract of wild land of one hundred and sixty acres which he entered from the government. Although he served as a soldier in the war of 1812 he received no pension but was given a warrant to his land and he established his home in Highland township, where he continued to reside until his death. He aided in laying broad and deep the foundation for the present prosperity and progress of the county. At the time of his arrival here Zanesville was a mere village and many of the now thriving towns and cities had not yet sprung into existence. There were no railroads nor telegraphs and indeed few of the roads had been laid out. The Indians lived in this part of the state and the pioneer settlers always had to be on the alert to prevent Indian attacks. Edward Osier was married again in 1815, in Baltimore county, Maryland, his second union being with Miss Lydia McGee„ who was born there. They became the parents of nine children : Charity, who married William Starrett, of Highland township Ann. the wife of George McCaughey, who died in Zanesville in 1889 : Eli. who died in 1895 ; Providence who died in childhood : Providence, who is the second of the name and is now living in Adamsville Zachariah. deceased Dorcas. who died in 188o: James, deceased and Rachel. who died in 1890. Zachariah Osler was born upon the old family homestead in Highland township in 1823, was educated in the public schools and engaged in teaching for several years. He wedded Miss Sarah J. Wilson. who was born in Highland township in 1822 and they became the parents of five children, of whom four are now living. The father died in 1898, at the age of seventy- five years, and the mother passed away in the same year. He was a great reader keeping well informed on all subjects of general interest and he had a most retentive memory. He voted with the republican party and both he and his wife were members of the United Presbyterian church. Amon M. Osier was educated in McCorkle College in Bloomfield and when only sixteen years of age began teaching school. Since that time he has devoted each school year to the profession with the exception of two years when he could not teach because of trouble with his eyes. He held the first eight-years' certificate issued in the county, while at the present time he has his second certificate of this class. He is an able teacher. being an excellent disciplinarian and having the ability to impart clearly and readily to others the knowledge that he has acquired, his labors proving a valuable factor in promoting the intellectual development of the various districts in which his services have been retained. He is also identified with leading agricultural interests, having in 1888 purchased his first farm, which comprised one hundred and twenty-eight acres of land on the northern edge of Highland township. He lived there with the exception of a period of five years until 1900, when he purchased his present farm. He now has ninety-five acres on section 8, Highland township, and a tract of one hundred and twenty-eight acres north of this. He raises stock, having shorthorn cattle, horses and sheep upon his place, his time being devoted to the farm when not engaged in teaching. His land is productive and valuable and Mr. Osier has been quite successful in his business undertakings. On the 13th of June, 1886, Amon M. Osier was married to Miss Mary Holland, of Highland township, and they had two children : Carrie, who was born December to, 1887: and Ralph, born March 12, 1895. On the 5th of April, 1902, Mr. Osier married Ida D. Sarbaugh, who was born in Perry township, March 7, 1865, her parents being John W. and Nancy (Holland) Sarbaugh, farming people of Highland township. Mr. Osier is a republican and has served as township clerk and road supervisor. He belongs to the Bethel Methodist Episcopal church, in which he has been Sunday-school superintendent for several years. taking a very active and helpful part in Sunday-school work. He has also been church steward for a number of years and is identified with various lines of the church activity. His life has ever been in harmony with his professions and the fact that many who have known him from boyhood down to the present are numbered among his stanchest friends is an indication that his career has ever been an honorable and straightforward one. W. P. SHARER. W. P. Sharer, cashier of the First National lank of Zanesville, whose business career has been marked by consecutive progress. tbro,,p11 the utilization of each opportunity that has come to him, was born in Alliance. Ohio, June 24. t869. His parents are John H. and Mary (Hartzell) Sharer, also natives of this state, and the father is still carrying on mercantile pursuits in Alliance, having been prominently identified with the upbuilding and development of that city since its inception. The paternal grandfather, Philip Sharer, came as a young man of twenty years to 750 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. America from the province of Nassau, Germany. He first took up his abode in New York city, but later made his way westward to Ohio and cast in his lot with the pioneer residents of Alliance, where being a cabinet-maker by trade, he began the manufacture of furniture by hand, little of the improved machinery of this day being known at that time. He had been married in New York city and it was after his removal to Alliance that the birth of John Sharer occurred, in 1841. The family name has figured in business circles of the city for almost sixty-five years, commercial interests being represented first by Philip Sharer until 1865, then by the firm of Philip Sharer & Son until 1887, by John H. Sharer until 1895, and since that date by John H. Sharer & Son. W. P. Sharer is the eldest of six children, and the others are all residents of Alliance. He acquired his education in the schools of that city and after leaving the high school in 1887 became messenger in the First National Bank there. Two years later he was made bookkeeper and acted in that capacity until January, 1896, when he was promoted to the position of assistant cashier. He resigned, however, on the 30th of April, Toot, having been appointed cashier of the First National Bank at Wellsville, Ohio, while in 1902 he became one of the directors of that institution. In March, 1903, he disposed of his interests at Wellsville, and on the 1st of June, 1904, accepted an appointment as assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Zanesville, being promoted to his present position as cashier in August. Throughout his entire business career he has been identified with banking interests and has a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the business. He is a popular official, doing everything in his power to aid the patrons of the institution, at the same time neglecting no duty to the stockholders. He is likewise a director and treasurer of the Economy Building & Loan Association, at Zanesville. and a director of the Central Silica Company, with plants at Chalfants and Glass Rock, Ohio, in the Hocking valley. On the 5th of June, 1894, Mr. Sharer was married to Miss Mary L. Baker, of Alliance. a daughter of J. Lowery Baker, of that city, and they have two children, Virginia Reed and John Hartzell. In politics a democrat deeply interested in the success and growth of his party, Mr. Sharer served as city treasurer of Alliance, being elected at a time when the entire city ticket of the republican party was chosen by a majority of from eight to ten hundred. He was the one exception— a fact which indicated his great personal popularity, the warm friendship entertained for him and the confidence and trust reposed in his ability and trustworthiness. For several years he was a member of the democratic county executive committee of Stark county and he has been chosen delegate to a number of state and national bankers' conventions and his membership in community organizations in with the Elks lodge, of Zanesville, and the Second Presbyterian church, to which both he and his wife belong. He ranks high in financial circles, is prominent and popular socially and in business life, and has achieved success notable for one of his years. SOLOMON S. BAUGHMAN. Solomon S. Baughman. well known as a citizen of worth and an agriculturist who in the control of his business interests has found the opportunity for the acquirement of gratifying success, now owns and operates three hundred acres of rich land on section 25, Brush Creek township. His birth occurred on the old family homestead in that township, June 14, 1827, and he represents one of the oldest families of Muskingum county. while still farther back the ancestry is traced to Germany. Christian Baughman, a native of the fatherland, emigrated from that country to the new world with his family about the year 1791 and spent his remaining days in Pennsylvania. His son, Christian Baughman, born November 26, 1785, was therefore only about six years of age when he accompanied his parents from Germany to the new republic. Only a few years before had the Revolutionary war closed. He spent the days of his boyhood and youth in his native state and in 1812 he became a resident of Muskingum county, Ohio, bringing with him three horses, but his cash capital at that time consisted of only fifty cents. He purchased one hundred and sixty-three acres of land in Brush Creek township and with characteristic energy beg-an its cultivation and improvement, making it a good farm according to the standards of that time during the twenty-four years of his residence in this state. He was a devoted member of the Lutheran church and his early political allegiance was given to the democracy, but in 1825 he became a Whig. His word was as good as any bond ever solemnized by signature or seal and his integrity stood as an unquestioned fact in his career, while industry and frugality were equally noticeable among his strong characteristics. He died August 3, 1836, while his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Baughman, who was bOrn January 24, 1785, survived him for thirty years, passing away November 8, 1866. They reared a large family, namely : John, who was born September 16, 1804, and died July 23, 1879 ; Jacob, who was born October 3, 1805, and was murdered August 29, 1863 ; Christian, who was born April 27, 1807, and died April 30. PAGE - 751 - PICTURE OF (L-R) MISS ROCEILLA A. BAUGHMAN, MRS. S. S. BAUGMAN, MRS. WILLIAM SWINGLE, MRS ELIZABETH BAUGHMAN, WILLIAM SWINGLE AND S. S. BAUGHMAN PAGE - 752 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 753 1886; Joseph, who was born December 11, 1808. and was killed by a team of vicious horses September 20, 1862; Adam, who was born February 3, 1810, and died September 18, 1877; George, who was born February 14, 1813, and died in 1895 ; Andrew, who was born June i, 1815, and died December 28, 1888; a daughter who died in infancy, unnamed ; David, who was born May 19, 182o, and lives in Clark county, Illinois ; who was horn May 17, 1822, and resides in Newton township ; Elizabeth,. who was born February 27, 1824, and is a resident of Ottumwa, Iowa ; Solomon S. ; and Jessie M., who was horn October 24, 1829. Solomon S. Baughman was reared amid pioneer scenes and environments and his education was acquired in the primitive schools of the time which were supported by the subscription plan. His training at farm labor, however, was not meager, for as soon as old enough to handle the plow he began work in the fields and had broad and practical knowledge of the best methods of farming when he married and started out in life on his own account. He has always carried on agricutural pursuits and as the years have passed by he has prospered, making judicious investment in real estate until he now owns three hundred acres of fine land in Brush Creek township, devoted to general farming and stock-raising. On the 27th of March, 1851, Mr. Baughman was united in marriage to Miss Susannah Swingle, a daughter of William and Susannah Swingle. Her father was born in 1793 and came to Ohio in T81 purchasing one hundred and sixty acres of land in Muskingum county. In his political views he was an earnest republican and he held membership in the Lutheran church. His father, George Swingle, was a soldier for eight years under Louis XVI of France and after receiving his discharge from the army he came to America. where he followed the trade of shoemaking to the advanced age of eighty years. His discharge papers are now in the possession of the -Swingle family and are a cherished heirloom. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Baughman was blessed with seven children : William W., who was born September 9, 1854, married Mary Showers ; Solomon L., born August 4, 1859, wedded Louisa Eicher, by whom he had four children ; Roceilla Alice, born January 21, 1863, died June 14, 1890; Florence A., born October 25, i868, is the wife of William Shank, a resident of Philadelphia and they have three children. The three eldest members of the Baughman family died in infancy. Mr. Baughman has always been an earliest advocate of education and provided his children with good advantages in that direction, while as school director he did effective service for the cause of public education. He and his family are members of the Lutheran church, interested and active in its work, and their influence is ever on the side of progress and improvement. political allegiance is given to the republican party, which he has supported since its organization and prior to which time he was a wnig. He has passed the seventy-ninth milestone on life's journey and is one of the oldest native sons of Muskingum county, having always lived in this locality. The first nine years he passed on this place he lived in a hewed log house and then built his present home. He still has the patent deed of this land, which his father entered. He has seen the many changes which have occurred here and the wonderful development of the county, and while in retrospect he can see the little cabin homes, the great uncut forests and the unimproved districts, he rejoices in the advancement which has been wrought, making Muskingum county one of the best improved districts of the state. JAMES F. MATTINGLY. James F. Mattingly. who is living in Zanesville but for many years was a representative of agricultural interests in Muskingum county, was born in Perry county, Ohio, October 5, 1857, his parents being Chris and Theresa (Durban) Mattingly. The father was born in Pennsylvania in 1829 and came to Ohio at an early day. He has made judicious investments in land and is now the owner of fifteen hundred acres which constitutes him one of the wealthy men of Muskingum county. His wife is a native of Knox county, Ohio, and they have become the parents of five children. James F. Mattingly is indebted to the public schools for the educational privileges he enjoyed in his youth. Lessons of industry and integrity were early impressed upon his mind and have been factors in his career, making him a successful and honorable business man. He continued to aid his father until twenty-six years of age. when he left home, starting out upon an independent business career. Soon afterward, however, he took charge of his father's farm, which he operated until April, 1885, when he purchased a tract of land of one hundred and sixty acres in Muskingum county. He then continued in active farm work until 1902, when he removed to Zanesville, purchasing a fine home on Locust avenue. He yet gives personal supervision to his farm property but employs men to do the actual work of general farming and stock-raising which are carried on there. He is a man of excellent executive force and business capacity and has carried forward to successful completion all that he undertakes. 754 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. On the 14th of November, 1883, Mr. Mattingly was united in marriage to Miss Ella O'Neal, who was born J ulv 5, 1858, and is a daughter of Michael and Ellen (Collins) O'Neal. Her father was a native of Ireland and for many years he and his wife lived in Zanesville, but both are now deceased. Mrs. Mattingly was their only child and by her marriage she became the mother of four children but two have passed away. Those still living are Clement and James Kenneth, the former born October to, 1884, and the latter March 18, 1898. The elder son attended the common schools and was afterward a student in the high school of Zanesville for four years. He next entered the Meredith Business College, from which he was graduated in February, 1905, and is now bookkeeper and stenographer for the Zanesville Stoneware Company. The parents are members of St. Thomas Catholic church and Mr. Mattingly gives his political allegiance to the democracy. The greater part of his life has been spent in Muskingum county and he is thoroughly identified with the interests of this section of the state. He is a co-operant in many measures for the general good and espouses every cause which he belives will benefit the county. A genial nature and sincere cordiality have been the factors in winning him the warm friendship which is to-day extended to him by many with whom he has come in contact. HIRAM DOZER. The name of Dozer is inseparably interwoven with the history of this county, and because of his fidelity to the high standards of personal conduct and business integrity that the family have ever held, Hiram Dozer well deserves mention in this volume. He was born in Morgan county, December 28, 1829, his parents being George and Elizabeth (Leffler) Dozer, while his grandfather was Henry Dozer, who drove across the country from Virginia to Ohio in 1806. He aided in reclaiming this portion of the state from the domain of the red men and utilizing it for the purposes of civilization. His was one of the early pioneer homes of Muskingum county, and his son, George Dozer, was born upon the farm in Newton township, in 1809. He, too, in the course of years became a successful farmer and one of the leading and influential citizens of his community. He held membership in the Lutheran church and in his political views was a democrat and his fellow townsmen, recognizing his worth and ability, frequently called him to public office. No trust reposed in him was ever betrayed in the slightest degree and his splendid qualities of manhood endeared him to all with whom he was associated. He married Elizabeth Leffler, and they became the parents of the following children : Hiram ; Enos, who married Elizabeth Stoneburner and had seven children : Adeline, the wife of Philip Weaver, by whom she had ten children Maria, the wife of Washington Smith and the mother of eleven children ; William, who married Maria McCastlin and has one child ; Margaret, the wife of Andrew Leffler and the mother of eight children ; Lavina, who married Robert Erwine and has thirteen children ; Serena, the deceased wife of James Linsley and the mother of two children ; Jesse R.. who wedded Mary McGinnis and has four children ; Benjamin, who married Della Baughman and has three children : Louis, who is married and has eleven children Anna, the wife of William Brooks and the mother of five children ; and Nathan, who is married and has four children. Hiram Dozer is indebted to the public-school system of Ohio ifor the early educational advantages which he received and by personal application and perseverance he has added greatly to his knowledge as the years have gone by, becoming a well informed man. He had attained such proficiency in his studies that in 1849 he was enabled to successfully pass a teacher's examination and entered upon the active work of the schoolroom. wherein he continued till 1857. He was considered one of the best teachers in his part of the state, having the ability to impart clearly and readily to others the knowledge that he had acquired. Mr. Dozer lived with his father until twenty- one years of age, when in 1850 he was married to Susanna Wolpert, a daughter of Frederick Wolpert. who came from Germany to the United States when about seventeen years of age. He then gave his attention to farming and was quite successful in agricultural pursuits. He first settled in Maryland, but afterward came to Ohio, where he purchased land and developed a farm on which he reared his family, numbering eight children. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Dozer has been blessed with the following named : Sophia H., born March 12. 1852, is the wife of James Collagen, of Crooksville, Ohio, and has ten children. Margaret Ellen, born July 6, 1855, was married in 1874 to Levi L. Pletcher, who died leaving two children : Dr. D. I. Pletcher. of Glenwood. Colorado. who married Rosa Fitzgerald, a highly accomplished lady of Baltimore, Maryland ; and Mrs. John D. ErWin, whose husband is cashier of the First National Bank at McConnelsville. Ohio. Mr. Pletcher was a noted inventor and secured patents upon a number of very useful devices. Sarah L. Dozer, born September 13. 1857. is the wife of Scott Pletcher, of Brush Creek township. Alice N., born March 12, 1859, 1S the wife of Charles Tomlinson, of Columbus, PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 755 Ohio, and has three children. Josephine, born January 2, 1861, is the wife of William Price, of Braceville, Illinois, and has two children. E. C., born May 15, j864, mar- ried Emma Warren and resides in St. Louis, Missouri ; Emma, born July 17, 1864, and is the wife of Robert McArtor, of Columbus, and has two children. Otto, born July 1, 1871, died at the age of nineteen years. Arthur, born December 29, 1873, married Lillie Muntz and has two children. They reside upon the old homestead, his attention being given to the operation of the farm. Hiram Dozer has always carried on agricultural pursuits and is now the owner of two hundred and fifty acres of valuable land devoted to the raising of grain and stock. At the death of his father he purchased the interest of the other heirs in the property and continued actively in its cultivation until about seven years ago, when he fell from a wagon and injured his spine, so that he has since been an invalid. He is entirely helpless, depending upon his faithful wife and children, who anticipate his every wish and who are carefully managing the farming interests. Mr. Dozer's mental faculties, however, are unimpaired and he is a most interesting and instructive talker. He never utters a word of complaint but bears all of his sufferings with Christian fortitude and bravery. He is a devoted member of the United Brethren church and for a long period he supported the republican party, but is now a populist. For three terms he filled the office of justice of the peace. At the time of the Civil war he manifested his loyalty to his country by enlisting in the First Ohio Heavy Artillery with which he served for a year during the latter part of the war. Prior to entering the military service of his country he had been justice of the peace. His life up to within the last seven years was an active and useful one and he deserved much credit for what he has accomplished, but it was not alone his success that made him worthy of the regard of his fellow townsmen, his personal traits of character being such as to win for him the kindly regard and good will of all with whom he was associated. WILLIAM T. TANNER. William T. Tanner, departing this life August 8. 1893, at the age of eighty-one years, left behind him the memory of an upright life and to his family the priceless heritage of an untarnished name. He was long connected with the material development of Muskingum county . and as a pioneer settler deserves mention in the history of Muskingum county, past and present. He was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, in 1812, his parents being James and Nancy (Taylor) Tanner. The father, a native of Virginia, established his home in Ohio at an early epoch in the history of the latter state and here he remained until his death, which occurred during the infancy of his son William, who was but eight years of age when left an orphan by the death of his mother. At that time he went to live with his uncle, William Taylor, who had quite a large family and whose home was a log cabin of one room with a loft overhead that was reached by a ladder. In the loft the boys slept on beds made on the floor and sometimes when the weather was intensely cold they slept under the beds next to the floor. There the young lad had to work very hard, for the family were in limited financial circumstances. and tiring of the hard life on his uncle's farm he ran away when fourteen years of age, wading the Muskingum river, partly ice-coated, in the month of November. From that time until his death he was dependent entirely upon his own efforts. He was employed as a farm hand in the neighborhood and he made the most of his opportunities, carefully saving his earnings with the hope of one day having a home of his own. The year 1835 witnessed the celebration of the marriage of William T. Tanner and Miss Phoebe Stump, a native of Muskingum county and a daughter of Leonard Stump, who was born in Virginia and came to Ohio in 1807. For more than forty-five years Mr. and Mrs. Tanner traveled life's journey together but her death occurred in 1881. They had lived for a long period upon one farm. Mr. Tanner haying purchased three hundred acres of land about five miles west of Zanesville. The property came into his possession in 1848 and there he began raising and dealing in stock quite extensively. In his later years, however, his attention was more largely given to the cultivation of the fields. He ever made the most of his opportunities in the business world and as the years passed prosperity attended his efforts. He was about twenty-two years of age when in connection with John Wood Ile raised a crop of corn for which he received about the first money that was ever given him. Hitherto his services were paid for in farm commodities. Remembering his own struggles and efforts in early life he was always willing to assist others and at different times he lost not a little by going security. In the development of his own farm he displayed practical and progressive methods and it became one of the fine properties of the county. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Tanner were born three sons and five daughters : James E. ; Mary L., the wife of A. C. Springer ; Oscar W.: Rachel A., the wife; of John W. Marshall ; Margaret E.. the wife of William T. Mapel Malinda, the wife 756 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY of Dr. W. S. Drake ; Martha, deceased ; and Leonard, who died in infancy. Mr. Tanner on attaining his majority became a supporter of democratic principles and his first presidential vote was cast for Martin VanBuren in 1836. He continued an advocate of the democracy up to the time of his death, but never sought or desired office. His life was one of intense and well directed activity and his fellow townsmen, recognizing his worth, called him to positions of public trust, so that he was for seven years one of the county commissioners and was a director of the county infirmary for six years. He also held minor township offices, but was never a politician in the modern acceptation of that term. He regarded a public office as a public trust and was ever faithful and loyal in the discharge of his duties. His entire career was characterized by all that is straightforward and honorable and in working his way upward to success he utilized means that might be employed by any. He worked persistently, realizing the value of earnest and consecutive effort. and he allowed no obstacle to bar his path if it could be overcome by honorable and continued labor. All who knew him respected him for his genuine worth and when he passed away at the age of eighty-one years his name was enrolled on the list of Muskingum county's honored dead. HENRY H. GILLOGLY. Henry H. Gillogly, a son of Henry and Martha (Granstaff) Gillogly, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1843. The family history is given in detail in connection with the sketch of his brother, William G. Gillogly, on another page of this work. Reared to farm life he remained with his father until twenty years of age and then went to Illinois, where he spent one summer. He enlisted at Zanesville, May 2, 1864, becoming a member of Company I, of the One Hundred and Sixtieth Regiment of Ohio Volunteers, under command of Captain H. S. Finley and Colonel Cyrus Reasoner. During that year he served under General Sheridan in the Shenandoah valley and participated in the battle of Maryland Heights. On the expiration of his term of service he was mustered Out at Zanesville, being discharged in September. In 1867 Henry Gillogly was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Harlan, a sister of Major Harlan, of Zanesville, and a daughter of Ezekiel and Sarah Harlan. Unto this union has been born a daughter, Sadie M., who is now the wife of Isaac Shilling, a successful farmer of Morgan county, and they have three children, E. Pearl, Henry C. and Mary. In 1870 Henry Gillogly was called upon to mourn the loss of his first wife, who died on the 21 st of November of that year, her remains being interred in the cemetery in Bloom township, Morgan county. On the 19th of December, 1875, he was united in marriage to Elmina Hammond, and they had three children : Edward S. and Everett H., twins ; and an infant daughter, at whose birth the mother also died, January 7, 1880. Edward S. Gillogly married Lula Tom, and resides in Zanesville, Ohio, being now a trusted express messenger in the employ of the Ohio River & Western Raliroad, and Everett is also an express messenger on the same road and lives at Woodsfield. On the i3th of November, 1884, Henry Gillogly was joined in wedlock to Miss Sabrath E. Granstaff, of Rich Hill township. a representative of one of the oldest families of the county, her parents being James O. and Rachel (Sutton) Granstaff. The only child of the third marriage died in infancy. James O. Granstalff was a member of the Sixty-third Ohio Volunteers in the Civil war and died August 3, 1865, while his wife died June 3, 1865. They had two sons in the army—John A. and Lemuel Nelson. Mr. Gillogly is still a hale and hearty man for one of his years and he owns a fine country home, to which he gives his personal supervision. The farm comprises one hundred and twenty-six acres of rich land, which is well cultivated and returns excellent crops because of the care and labor bestowed upon the fields. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and his first presidential vote was cast for Horatio Seymour. The Gillogly family has long figured prominently and honorably in agricultural circles inMuskingum county and Henry Gillogly of this review is a worthy representative of the name—a man who deserves the regard which is accorded him and his life record is in many respects worthy of emulation. CHARLES A. DUNN, M. D. Dr. Charles A. Dunn, for twenty-six years a practitioner at Stovertown and the president of the Muskingum County Medical Association and ex-president of the Railroad Surgeons' Association, of which he was also one of the founders, was born in Roseville, Muskingum county, May 18, 1856. His ancestry can be traced back to James Dunn, of New York, his great grandfather. The grandfather, Rev. William Dunn, was born in New York in 1796 and was a wagon-maker by trade, following that pursuit in connection with the work of the ministry, to which he gave much of his time. He was married in New York city and was accompanied to the west PAGE - 757 - PICTURE OF DR. CHARLES A. DUNN PAGE - 758 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 759 by his wife. They settled in Muskingum county at a very early period in its development and Rev. William Dunn was closely associated with the industrial and moral progress of the community, being for fifty years a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His early political support was given the whig party and he afterward became a stanch republican. He served his country as a soldier of the war of 1812 and was taken prisoner while in the service. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Harriet Williams, was a daughter of the Rev. James Williams, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church in New York, and was connected with many prominent families of the east, including the Stanton family to which Edwin M. Stanton, a member of Lincoln's cabinet belonged. She was the mother of eight children and died in 1854. William M. Dunn, father of our subject, was born in Roseville. March 27, 1828, and was there educated until he had completed the high school course. He afterward took up the study of law under the direction of the firm of Hazlett & Stillwell and for thirty-five years engaged in active practice, also giving a part of his time to the real-estate and collection business, his varied interests bringing him success. The cause of education found in him a warm friend and his labors in its behalf were far-reaching and beneficial. He married Miss Amanda Ralph, a native of this county and a daughter of John and Elizabeth Ralph, early settlers of Roseville. They had but one child. Harriet, who became the wife of John Millner, a painter of Roseville, and they have two children. Mrs. Dunn died in 1854 and William M. Dunn afterward married Grace Crooks, daughter of Jacob Crooks. who was born in Newton township, Muskingum county, and was a farmer and stock-raiser. His father was one of the earliest settlers of the county. William M. and Grace Dunn had six children : Charles A.: Alice, the wife of John A. Williams, an attorney of Roseville, by whom she has five children ; James W.. a railroad conductor residing in Roseville, who married Nora Sara Sagle and has two children ; William C.. who was a railroad conductor for a number of years but is now conducting the Wayne House in Sandusky, and who married Sadie Sagle, by whom he has three children ; Katie, the wife of James Stoneburner, superintendent of a coal mine at Roseville, and the mother of three children ; and Althuris, who married Lew Culp, section foreman at Roseville, by whom she has two children. Mrs. Grace Dunn died in Roseville. July 26, 1905. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dunn were members of the Methodist Episcopal church and took an active part in its work and in the Sunday-school. Charles A. Dunn, having acquired his literary education in the public schools, began preparation for his profession in the Columbus Medical College, which he attended for two years, being graduated with honors in the class of 1880. While pursuing his course there he was one of the few privileged to do hospital work in the penitentiary under Dr. Drury and thus he added practical knowledge to his theoretical experience and became well equipped for the work which he had determined to follow through life. He located for practice in Roseville but after two years removed to Stovertown, where he has since resided, covering a period of twenty-six consecutive years, during which time he has enjoyed a large and lucrative practice. In 1888 he was appointed railway surgeon for the Chicago & Erie and in 1898 he was among the physicians who met and organized the Railway Surgeons' Association, of which Dr. T. C. Hover, of Columbus. was elected president and Dr. Dunn, vice president. In 1900 the latter was chosen to the presidency and for the past ten years he has been county and town physician of Brush Creek township. In 1904 he was elected president of the Muskingum County Medical Association and he belongs to the Ohio State Medical Association and the American Medical Association. In addition to his private practice he is serving as medical examiner for the Manhattan and Prudential Insurance Companies. In his political affiliation Dr. Dunn has always been a democrat and is now the candidate of his party for county coroner. He has been treasurer of his township for six years and president of the board of education and his effective labors have shown his deep interest in all matters pertaining to the public welfare. Fraternally he is connected with the Masonic lodge, the Knights of Pythias and the Junior Order of American Mechanics. On the 20th of May. 1880, Dr. Dunn was united in marriage to Miss Kate F. Duvall, a daughter of W. L. Duvall, who was born in Muskingum county in 1828 and is a farmer still residing in this county. Her grandfather. Grafton Duvall, was born in Maryland and at an early day removed to Ohio, cutting his way through the forest, for at that time no roads had been built. At the time of his death he was the owner of a very large tract of land. Mrs. Dunn was a successful teacher prior to her marriage. Four children have been born to this union : Earl G., born September 1, 1881 ; Forrest C.. born September 28, 1884; Fred C., born December 16. 1887 ; and May Mildred. born January 22. 1891. Dr. Dunn is highly respected as one of the foremost physicians of the county and in his practice displays a humanitarian spirit often responding to calls of the sick when he knows 760 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. that no pecuniary reward is assured. He puts forth his best efforts in all cases, is careful in his diagnosis and accurate in his judgments and his standing in professional circles is high, while the consensus of public opinion concerning his professional skill is very favorable. ISAAC HUHN. Isaac Huhn, who carries on general farming in Madison township, where he owns a very desirable and well improved farm of one hundred and seventy-five acres, was born in Vinton county, Ohio, October 23, 1853. The family is of German descent and was founded in America by the grandfather, Jacob Huhn, who was born in Germany and after emigrating to the new world lived for some time in Pennsylvania, whence he came with his family to Ohio in 1812, locating in Guernsey county, where he purchased land and improved a farm, being one of the pioneer residents of the state. His son, John Huhn, was born in Pennsylvania, April 17, 1804, and was about eight years of age when he came with his parents to Ohio, being reared amid the environments and scenes of frontier life on the old family homestead in Guernsey county. There he resided until 1853, when he removed to Vinton county, Ohio, where he purchased three hundred and twenty acres of land, upon which he engaged in stock-raising and general farming. In his business undertakings he prospered, so that in his later years he was enabled to enjoy the comforts and many of the luxuries of life. Politically he was a democrat and religiously a Methodist. He married Miss Hannah Cooper, a native of Pennsylvania and a daughter of Abraham Cooper. His death occurred in 1878, and his wife lived to be eighty- four years of age. They were the parents of nine children, of whom three are now living : Mrs. Mary Johnson, of Vinton county, Ohio ; Caroline, of the same county and Isaac. Isaac Huhn attended the public schools in his youth, his lessons and the labors of the fields claiming his attention until after he permanently put aside his text-books, when his entire time was devoted to farm work. He remained upon his father's farm until twenty-two years of age when he went to Nebraska, where he spent one year. About this time, in 1876, he married Anna Jones, a native of Washington township, Muskingum county, and a daughter of Lawson Jones, who was born in Belmont county, Ohio. Her mother bore the maiden name of Theodosia Callahan, daughter of James Callahan, a native of Pennsylvania and a pioneer of Muskingum county, while her birth occurred in Washington township, this county, in 1823. In 1877 Mr. and Mrs. Huhn came to Madison township, where he has since engaged in farming, and their home has been blessed with one child, Odessa, now the wife of Earl King. Mr. Huhn has a valuable farm property, containing one hundred and seventy-five acres of land devoted to general farming, and each spring witnesses the planting which in the fall returns golden harvests. His methods are practical, his work carried on systematically and the latest improved machinery facilitates his labors. He votes with the democracy and has held the office of township trustee, and both he and his wife are devoted members of the Methodist Protestant church. Starting out in life without capital. Ile has found in the work-a-day world the opportunities for success and advancement and is now one of the men of influence in Madison township. THADDEUS F. THOMPSON. Thaddeus F. Thompson. a member of the Zanesville bar, was born in Hopewell township. Muskingum county, June 1, 1873. His father, Lewis Thompson, also a native of Hopewell township, followed the occupation of farming as a life work. His political allegiance was given to the republican party and he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married Miss Martha J. Stanberry, also a native of Hopewell township, a daughter of the Rev. John Stanberry, a minister of the Methodist church. He came to this county at an early day s did the paternal grandfather of our subject. The death of Mr. Thompson occurred in 1898, when he was sixty-eight years of age. His widow is now living in Minonk, Illinois. at the age of sixty- eight years, and has since married the brother of her former husband. She, too, is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Thaddeus F. Thompson, who was one of a family of five children, acquired his education by attending consecutively the district schools, Ada Normal School, Muskingum College, and in early manhood he was successfully engaged in teaching for nine months. His leisure hours during much of that period were devoted to reading law under the direction of John W. King and J. H. Whartenby, well known attorneys of this county, and in December, 19oo, he was admitted to the bar. The following February he opened an office in Zanesville and in the practice of his profession has met with desirable success. having already gained a clientage that many an older practitioner might well envy. He possesses the energy and diligence, without which advance- PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 761 ment at the bar is as difficult to attain as in any other department of business activity. Mr. Thompson was married in 1902 to Miss Maud Bell, a daughter of: John R. Bell and a native of Adams township, Muskingum county, born in 1880. The young couple have a wide circle of friends in Zanesville and their own pleasant home is justly noted for its hospitality. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and fraternally Mr. Thompson is connected with the Camels. His political views accord with the republican party and he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day but has never sought office, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his practice, which is steadily growing. CLAUDE V. MARTIN. Claude V. Martin was born at Ningpo, China, April 28, 1856. His father, W. A. P. Martin, D. D., L. L. D., president of the Imperial Peking University in 'goo, was born at Livonia, Indiana, April to, 1827, and married Miss Jane M. Vansant, of Maryland, a sister of the late James R. Vansant, a lifelong resident of Zanesville. Two other sons of these parents are living : Professor \V. R. Martin, of Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, being four years older than the sub- ject of this sketch ; and Newell Martin, a lawyer in New York, who is two years older. After courses of study at the Hopkins grammar school, Nebraska State University, Yale and Lafayette, his first work in the coal fields was in 1878 at Pottsville, Pennsylvania. In a short time a lameness, developing from slight injuries, disqualified him for the time being for any active work. In 1880 Claude V. Martin entered Columbus Medical College and continued there until.he had. completed the regular course. In 1883, while visiting Zanesville, Dr. Martin was led to again take up engineering work, of which an important undertaking was the obtaining and recording of neglected measurements for the city water works. in this he was at first associated with J. Ferd. Stultz. now of Nogales, Mexico, but completed it alone. At that time, the second year of its organization, he became and continued an active member of the Ohio Institute of Mining Engineers. While taking hold of whatever mine or railway work that happened to be available, at intervals he served on municipal work in this city for about six years altogether. In 1895 he won by examination an appointment as a draftsman in the coast and geodetic survey at Washington, from which service he resigned in the fall of 1896. From that date to the present time (19o5) he has been frequently engaged in the service of companies operating in the coal fields of Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. February 14, 1885, Dr. Martin was married to Miss Emma T. Gurley, the eldest daughter of the late John B. Gurley, of this city. Mr. Gurley was a son of the Rev. James Gurley and was a good Mason and a substantial citizen. The Gurley family is one of the sturdy, excellent old stock of Ohio. John B. Gurley's grandfather was the Rev. William Gurley, who came from Ireland in 1801 and first settled in the "fire-lands," in the counties of Huron and Erie, buying a farm of one hundred acres. The Rev. William Gurley was born in Wexford, in 1757, of an excellent Church of England family that has records and arms dating back to 1100 in Scotland. He had for a time an intimate acquaintance with the great John Wesley and was licensed to preach by him. His eleven children were the parents of many who became famous in the Methodist church and prominent in the politics of Ohio. Several of these were closely identified with the founding and maintenance of the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware. The Rev. William Gurley died in 1848 at Milan, Ohio. Mrs. Kate E. Gary, wife of Daniel B. Gary, of this city, and Mrs. Edith Wedge, wife of John Wedge, of Kansas City, Missouri, are Mrs. Martin's sisters and Fred. T. Gurley, of White Cottage, this county, is her brother. Since 1883, no matter where his work called him. Dr. Martin has made his home in Zanesville. For a number of years he has been a faithful member of Concordia Grove, No. 13, U. A. O. D. He has not practiced medicine though at all times taking great interest in medical study particularly with reference to municipal sanitary problems. DAVID W. ROSS. David W. Ross, a retired farmer of Highland township, now living on section 7, where he owns one hundred and forty acres of well improved land, was born in Washington county. Pennsylvania, July 8. 1835, the family home being at that time in Mount Pleasant township. His parents were Thomas and Matilda (Winters) Ross, both natives of the Keystone state, the former born in 1800 and the latter in 1810. The father was a blacksmith by trade and in September, 1855, he came to Ohio with his son David. locating in Bloomfield. Here he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, which he followed up to the time of his death in 1862. His wife long surviving him, reached an advanced age and passed away in 1897. They were the parents of ten children, of whom two sons and two daughters are yet living. 762 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. David W. Ross had very limited opportunity for attending school and is thus practically self educated, but the years with their varied experiences have brought him much practical knowledge, to which reading and observation have also added. His training at farm work and other labor, however, was not meager for he assisted his father on the farm until after the outbreak of the Civil war. It was on the 2d of May, 1864, that he responded to his country's call for troops, enlisting in Company D, One Hundred and Sixtieth Ohio Infantry, under Captain M. R. Trace. He served for five months, participating in the Shenandoah campaign and the movements of the army at Harper's Ferry. He was injured while at the front by the upsetting of a car at Harper's Ferry and never entirely recovered from his injuries, which were internal. With the exception of the period which he spent in military service he has resided continuously upon his farm since 1859 and the improvements upon the place are an indication of his active, enterprising life. This was the second farm entered in Highland township, at which time not a claim had been entered between this place and Zanesville. His property comprises one hundred and forty acres of land on section 7 and is about two miles west of Bloomfield. Mr. Ross gives general supervision to the farm but the active work is carried on by his son. He has, however, led a most busy and useful life. year after year cultivating his fields which returned him golden harvests that find a ready sale on the market. He also erected good buildings and kept his place in an excellent condition. In 1859 Mr. Ross was married to Miss Margaret J. Davis, who was born December 11, 1835, and her father, William Davis, was one of the honored pioneer residents of Highland township. Eight children graced this marriage : Mary M., who was born in 1859, and is the wife of Thomas Simms, who resides upon a farm near the old homestead ; Sylvester, who was born March 7, 1862, and died in August, 1863 ; William Thomas, who was born May 10, 1864, and married Dollie Roach, their home being in Hancock county, West Virginia, where he is interested in oil wells ; Clara J., who was born May 22, 1867, and became the wife of Josephus Campbell, her death occurring February 14, 1895, at which time she left one child ; Alice R., who was born October 31, 1869, and is the wife of Ed Castor, of Otsego ; Marion Clark, who was born November 8, 1872, and married Etta Jordan. their home being in Highland township ; Alvie Walker, living near Bloomfield, who was born October 20, 1875, and married May Scott ; and Frank E., who was born September 9. 1879, and married Leola Buker. He lives upon the old homestead and is engaged in the operation of the farm. In 1900 Mr. Ross was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died on the 6th of July of that year. Mr. Ross is a democrat in .his political views, and his friends recognizing his worth and ability have frequently called him to public office. He has served as township trustee, supervisor and a member of the school board and he served for sixty-one days on the jury during one term of court. He belongs to Hansen post, No. 468, G. A. R., of New Concord, and is a member of the United Presbyterian church. He has been very successful in his business life and has never had a cent given him. All that he possesses has been acquired as the direct result of his own labor and his life history proves conclusively what can be accomplished through determined purpose and untiring activity. He has always been counted upon for aid in progressive, public movements and has ever been most loyal to his country and her flag. It is a fact worthy of note that it was his great-grandmother, Mrs. Betty Ross, who made the first American flag. FRANCIS T. PERKINS. Francis T. Perkins, a representative farmer of Wayne township living near Duncan Falls, belongs to one of the old families of Ohio. His paternal grandfather, Anthony Perkins, came to this state with his brother Asa in 1780 and settled in Washington county, entering land near where Bondtown stands at present. The grandfather was a hunter of pioneer times and was among those who aided in opening up the state to civilization. His son, John Perkins, father of our subject. was born in Ohio in 1800 and in his youth attended the subscription schools. He was largely self-educated, however. and made the most of his opportunities as the years passed by. He became a local minister in the Methodist Episcopal church and in an early day did much to promote the moral development of his community. He was united in marriage to Miss Marion Fowler. a native of New Hampshire, born in 1804, and a daughter of John Fowler, who came to Ohio during the girlhood days of Mrs. Perkins. In order to provide for his family Mr. Perkins followed teaming from Marietta and was also a successful farmer, having a good tract of land. which he placed under a high state of cultivation. His political support was given to the democracy and he was interested in all public measures that tended to benefit the county. He died when his son Francis was only fourteen years of age, but left behind him a creditable record as a pioneer citizen and worthy farmer. PAGE - 763 - BLANK PAGE - 764 - PICTURE OF FRANCIS T. PERKINS PAGE - 765 - PICTURE OF MRS. FRANCIS T. PERKINS PAGE - 766 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 767 Francis T. Perkins was a student in the public schools at Marietta, Ohio, and thus acquired a fair education. He worked upon the home farm through the days of his boyhood and youth, early becoming familiar with the varied duties which fall to the lot of the agriculturist. He was thus engaged until the fall of 1859, when he started out upon an independent business career. On the 12th of September, 186o, he wedded Miss Sarah J. Dilley, being at that time nineteen years of age, while his bride was a young lady of eighteen years. She was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1841, and was a daughter of Abraham Dilley, also a native of Guernsey county. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins removed to Blue .Rock in 1865 but in 1867 returned to Washington county and in 1874 sold their property there to his brother, after which Mr. Perkins carried on general agricultural pursuits in Noble county, Ohio, until 1885. The succeeding eight years were passed in Washington county and in 1893 he came to Muskingum county, purchasing his present farm in Wayne township near Duncan Falls. The place comprises two hundred and forty acres of very rich and valuable land devoted to general agricultural pursuits and it is supplied with all modern equipments, indicating the careful supervision and progressive spirit of the owner. Mr. Perkins also has another tract of thirty acres in this township and he makes a specialty of raising short-horn sattle. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Perkins have been born seven children : John D.. Charles A., Francis T., Jr.. Abraham C., Ida W., Earle H. and Nellie B. All are yet living with the exception of Earle and the parents have reason to be proud of their interesting family. Mr. Perkins is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Grange and he also belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. Three of his sons. John D., Charles A. and Abraham C., are members of the same Masonic lodge as their father. He is now serving his sixth year as justice of the peace. He represents a family that has long been actively and honorably connected with the substantial improvement of Ohio and he is a typical son of the state, interested in its welfare and active in support of all measures for the general good. In his business life he is enterprising and whatever he undertakes he carries forward to successful completion. JOHN L. GILLOGLY. John L. Gillogly, a son oi William and Eleanor (Henderson) Gillogly, was born September 12, 1846, on the old homestead farm in Meigs township. A detailed account of the family history is given in connection with the sketch of his brother, William G. Gillogly, on another page of this work. The mother was a daughter of Fred Henderson, of Ireland, and there were five children in the family of William and Eleanor Gillogly, namely : William H., John L., Fred, James H. and Margaret. No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of farm life for John L. Gillogly in his boyhood days. He worked in the fields from the time of early spring planting until the crops were harvested in the late autumn, and in the winter seasons he attended the public schools. He married Lorinda Warne, now deceased, a cousin of Salathiel Warne, and a representative of the old Warne family of Rich Hill township. Five children were born of this union : James W. first married Lillie McLain, and they had three children, Hazel L., William and Myrle. After losing his first wife James W. Gillogly wedded Alice Keyes, and they had one child, Luanna. He is a prosperous farmer of Meigs township. Frank E. Gillogly, the second member of the family, married Laura Spillman, and is now meeting with fair success in his farming operations in Meigs township. He has one daughter, Nellie. Lula A. is the wife of Howard White, and has a son, Herman. Her husband is a thriving farmer, owning a good tract of land in Meigs township, Muskingum county, Ohio. Mary E. Gillogly is the wife of Miller McIntire. a representative of an early family of Muskingum county, living on his own farm in Rich Hill township and they have three children. Lorinda, Harry F. and John L. The youngest member of the Gillogly family is Lorinda, the wife of Roy Gillogly, a prominent farmer of Meigs township, owning a large tract of land. They have one child, Lester H., born in 1904. John L. Gillogly, who makes his home in Meigs township, is an eminently successful farmer and one of the largest landowners in the township, having at present about six hundred acres which lie in both Meigs and Rich Hill townships. He is now largely living retired, leaving the active work of the fields to others. but he gives personal supervision to the work and derives from his property an excellent income annually. He is a democrat in politics and while never active in search of office for himself he has always been an advocate of the principles of the party and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day. For many years he has held membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, taking an active and helpful part in its work. The Gilloglys are worthy representatives of one of the earliest Irish families of this county and the different members are public spirited citizens, their lives permeated by religious principles, and they have justly earned their reputation for integrity and worth. All have fol- 768 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY lowed the occupation of farming and their possessions if lying side by side would constitute almost an entire township. They hold annual reunions where the music and speeches are furnished by their own number and these are most enjoyable occasions. HENRY FYE. Henry Fye, living on the southwest quarter of section 16, Brush Creek township, was born upon this farm August 8, 1851, and is of German lineage. The German-American element in our citizenship has long been an important one, its value being widely recognized, for the sons of the fatherland brought to the new world the frugality and enterprise characteristic of the race and these traits have been inherited by their descendants. Jacob Fye, father of Henry Fve, was born in Germany in 1811 and when about twenty- five or thirty years of age crossed the Atlantic to America, landing at New York. He came almost immediately to the middle west, settling in Salt Creek township, Muskingum county, where he continued to make his home until his life's labors were ended. For a number of years he was employed as a farm hand or until his industry and frugality had brought him a capital sufficient to enable him to purchase a farm of one hundred and sixty acres. With renewed courage and energy he began the development of this place, making it a valuable property. He married Miss Margaret Morningstar, a daughter of Jacob Morningstar, who was one of the early pioneer settlers of Brush Creek township, and is now deceased. Jacob Fve died upon the old family homestead at the very advanced age of ninety- two years, having for a few years survived his wife. In their family were the following named : John and Jacob, now deceased ; Louis, who married Elizabeth Boeman and has one child ; Carrie, who married John Fritz, by whom she had two daughters, and after his death became the wife of John Biggs and the mother of two children ; Elizabeth, who married Jacob Morningstar and had one child and after the death of her first husband became the wife of Ben Scott, while to them were born eleven children ; Henry, of this review : Adam, who married Kate Offenbacher and has six children ; William, who was drowned ; and George, deceased. Henry Fve has always lived upon the old family homestead. He continued with his parents throughout his boyhood and youth and in the public schools mastered the branches of learning which qualify one for the performance of the practical and responsible duties of life. As a companion and helpmate in life's journey he chose Maggie Offenbacher and they have become the parents of nine children : Charles ; George ; Arthur, who wedded May Burkett and has one child ; Edward ; Rose, who died at the age of twenty-seven years ; Mary, the wife of Alfred Eppley ; Florence ; Elsie ; and Effie. Mr. Fye owns a splendid farm of two hundred and forty acres on section 16, Brush Creek township, and is there raising stock of good grades and cultivating his fields, which annually return to him excellent harvests. Following his father's death he purchased the interest of the other heirs in the old homestead and to-day has his farm clear of all indebtedness, while his name is an honored one on commercial paper. He is strictly reliable, never making obligations that he does not meet, and in all of his dealings with his fellowmen showing justice as well as integrity. He has been very successful in his business affairs and has greatly improved the old homestead since It has come into his possession, it being now a valuable property constituting one of the attractive features of the landscape. Mr. Fye exercises his right of franchise in support of the democratic party and the trust reposed in him by his fellow townsmen is indicated by the fact that for many years he has been supervisor. That he is worthy of this trust is shown by the capable and prompt manner in which he discharges the duties that devolve upon him. He and his family are all members of the German Lutheran church and are people of the highest respectability, upon whom the world passes favorable criticism and to whom they accord admiration because of genuine worth. RUFUS GORDON MASON, M. D. Dr. Rufus Gordon Mason was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in the year 181o. After graduating from Cannonshurg University. he completed his medical education at Jefferson Medical College, graduating from that institution about the year 1837. Upon the completion of his medical course he was married to Jane Henderson and removed to Muskingum county, Ohio, about the year 1838, first settling in Norwich, where he engaged in the practice of his profession in partnership with the elder Dr. Holston. About the year 1840 he removed to Tavlorsville and about the year 1852 he purchased the property in Duncan Falls, where he spent the remainder of his days. For half a century he went in and out among the people of all this part of the county, ministering to the sick and afflicted, rich and poor alike. He was a man who was looked up to and respected by all the people among whom he lived ; a man who was always PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 769 found upon the right side of all the moral and political questions of the times in which he lived. By hard work and exposure in all kinds of weather, night and day, assisted by the wise, frugal, economical management of his good wife Jane, he accumulated a very comfortable portion of this world's goods. Their home was a center of good old-fashioned hospitality. In the language of the times "the latch string was always out." They had their frailties, as all sons and daughters of Adam have, but they stand out against the background of the times in which they lived, a noble man and a noble woman. Mrs. Mason was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian church and took a prominent part in all the works of the church. By her early training she was possessed of an unusual devotion to the church and many times traveled from her home in Taylorsyille to a small settlement of Presbyterians in Rich Hill township near Rix Mills. Many times she made the journey alone on horseback and over what was then little more than a bridle path through the woods. Her home was the minister's home and inside its walls he was made to feel at home indeed. Dr. Mason died March 12, 1892, having survived his wife since January 12, 1880. Dr. Mason was not a member of any church but his life was devoted to deeds of charity and to doing all he could for the uplifting of those around him and while he made no profession of religion. vet : "Call him not heretic whose works attest His faith is goodness by no creed confessed. Whatever in love's name is truly done To free the bound and lift the fallen one, Is done in Christ. Whoso in deed and word Is not against Him labors for our Lord. When He, who, sad and Weary, longing, sore, For love's sweet service, sought the sister's door, One saw the heavenly, one the human guest, But who shall say which loved the Master best." WILLIAM E. DICKSON. William E. Dickson, the oldest representative of one of the old and prominent families of Muskingum county, has a rich and valuable tract of land of one hundred and twenty acres in Meigs township. He was born in this township, near Museville, July 28, 185o. Her father, George Dickson, was born February 13, 1826. in Rich Hill township, near Chandlersville, Ohio, and was a son of John Dickson, a native of Ireland, who having arrived at years of maturity was married there to Miss Mary Heron. Both were from County Down, near Belfast, and crossing the Atlantic to America they settled in Ohio at an early epoch in the colonization and improvement of the new state. That the family lived for a time in Rich Hill township is indicated by the fact that it was upon a farm there that George Dickson was born. When he had reached adult age he married Sarah A. McIntire and they became the parents of eight children, of whom William E. is the eldest. Robert J. married Henrietta Howell and they have three children : Lewis and Ethan, twins, and Angeline. Hiram W. married Arminta Shaw and had five children : Charles M., Harry, Carrie F., Edna and Gertie. George M. Dickson wedded Permelia Segall and had eight children : Robert F. Perley, deceased : Calvin ; Floyd ; Dora Dell ; Lucy E., Lenna and Evert. Charlotte A. is the wife of David Wilson and has six children : Ida ; Cora ; Eva : Georo-ie ; Emmett, deceased ; and Curtis. Eva E. Dickson' became the wife of Myron Hyatt and has five children : Edgar, Beulah, Allen, Omah and Grant M. Lizzie is the next of the family. Ida J., the youngest, is the wife of C. E. McClure. At the usual age William E. Dickson entered the public schools and therein acquired a good knowledge of the common English branches. Later he had the opportunity of attending Muskingum College. so that he was well qualified by his educational privileges for the practical duties of a business career. He early became familiar with farm methods and is now a prominent farmer living on one hundred and twenty acres of fine land situated about twenty miles from Zanesville. Here he is extensively engaged in stock-raising and his annual sales of stock add a considerable fund to his income. He also possesses an excellent and capital knowlege of the carpenter's trade and to some extent engages in contracting and building. He is known as a reliable business man, industrious and resolute in all that he undertakes and the success which he has achieved is well merited. On the 22d of February, 1872, Mr. Dickson was united in marriage to Eliza E. Revennaugh, a daughter of William and Ellen (McDonald) Revennaugh. of Blue Rock township. Muskingum county, living near Rural Dale. Mr. and Mrs. Dickson have become the parents of nine children : Lizzie R. ; Ed, who owns a farm at Museville, Ohio, and married Bell McHenry, by whom he has one son, Earl ; Dolly D., the wife of Rev. E. E. White, an evangelist of the Baptist church and the mother of two children, Mildred and Grace ; Edward E., at home ; Della I., the wife of R. H. Hartman and the mother of one child. Helen Faye ; George W. Thurman, Clyde. Vernon and Orris, all at home. Mr. Dickson votes with the democracy and has been called to several positions of public honor and trust, serving as clerk of the township, as 770 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. trustee, as justice of the peace and as a member of the board of education in Meigs township. He is a member of the Patrons of Industry and the Baptist church, in which he is serving as a trustee, although former generations of the family were connected with the Methodist Episcopal church. He is much respected as a man in whom public confidence has been worthily placed, who has been ever true to the duties and obligations devolving upon him and who in his active life has justly won the respect and success that he now enjoys. GILLESPIE CULBERTSON. Gillespie Culbertson, interested in general farming in Rich Hill township, was born March 3o, 1843, near Washington, in Guernsey county, Ohio. His father, George Culbertson. was a native of Harrison county, Ohio, born near Athens, October 16, 1813. The grandfather, Robert Culbertson, was a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, his birth occurring near Belfast. He was united in marriage to Miss Mary Gillespie, the wedding being celebrated on the Emerald Isle about 1800. Crossing the Atlantic to the United States he made his way to Ohio, and settled on a farm in Harrison county, comprising one hundred and sixty acres of land which he entered from the government and which is still in possession of his descendants, being owned by his grandsons, Holt, Charles and Calvin Culbertson. In the family of Robert Culbertson were the following named : Samuel, John, Ezekiel, Joseph, William, Benjamin, Hugh, Thomas, George, Robert, Gillespie and Anne, all of whom are now deceased. Of this family George Culbertson was reared in Ohio, and reached the advanced age of eighty- one years. He married Miss Sarah Crawford, a native of Carroll county, Ohio, and a representative of one of the old and prosperous farmers of that locality, of Scotch and German descent. Her death occurred in January, 1864, and her remains were interred at Pleasant Hill. For his second wife George Culbertson chose Martha McMurry, who died August 24, 1899. The brothers and sisters of Gillespie Culbertson, of this review, are Mary, Robert, Catherine and Esther A., all of whom have passed away with the exception of Gillespie and Catherine. Robert was a soldier of Company A, Seventy-eighth Ohio Infantry, during the Civil war and died of typhoid fever at Savannah, Georgia. The old family home was in Union township, Muskingum county, about two and a half miles from New Concord. Gillespie Culbertson was reared upon his father's farm and assisted him in the cultivation of the fields and the care of the crops up to the time of his marriage, which important event in his life occurred on the 5th of November, 1868, Miss Eliza A. Moore becoming his wife. She was born in Guernsey county, near Cumberland, Ohio, and was a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Redd) Moore. Her mother was born in Guernsey county, while her father, who was born in Pennsylvania, in 1815, removed from Washington. that state, to Ohio. In his business affairs he prospered, becoming quite wealthy. Both he and his wife have now passed away and their remains were interred in the Cumberland cemetery. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Culbertson was blessed with a son and daughter : William H., yet with his parents ; and Sarah E., the wife of Rev. D. P. MacQuarrie, a Presbyterian minister of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Mr. Culbertson has for twenty-five years been a prohibitionist in politics, being one of the first to support that patty in his township. He has long advocated temperance principles and has done effective service for their promotion and adoption in this locality. His life has at all times been actuated by honorable principles and in his business dealings he has never been known to take advantage of the necessities of his fellowmen. Throughout his entire life he has carried on agricultural pursuits and is now well known as an enterprising farmer of Rich Hill township. MISS MINERVA CARTER. Miss Minerva Carter is a representative of one of the honored pioneer families of Wayne township and still owns a part of the old original homestead. She was born upon this farm, June 13, 1828, a daughter of Robert Carter, whose birth occurred in Pennsylvania, in 1801, and the granddaughter of William Carter. Robert Carter, having arrived at years of maturity, wedded Miss Mary Allison, a native of Pennsylvania and a daughter of Andrew Allison, who came to Ohio, in 1814, settling in Muskingum county, where he entered the tract of land that now constitutes the Carter farm. Robert Carter remained a resident of the Keystone state until fourteen years of age and in 1815 removed to Perry county, Ohio, with his family, coming to Muskingum county in 1822. He was a farmer and owned land in Wayne township, to the cultivation and improvement of which he gave his energies throughout his remaining days, becoming one of the leading, successful and progressive farmers of his community. He had eleven children, but only two are living—George and Minerva. Robert Carter departed this life at the age of seventy-one years and his wife passed away when PAGE - 771 - PICTURE OF MISS MINERVA CARTER PAGE - 772 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 773 seventy-four years of age, and their deaths were deeply regretted by many friends for during their long residence in the county they had won the esteem, confidence and good will of those with whom they were associated. They displayed in their lives many sterling traits of character and when Robert Carter passed away the community lost a public-spirited citizen, his neighbors a faithful friend and his family a devoted father. Miss Minerva Carter, now living on the old homestead, has forty-six acres of the farm which she rents. There is a coal mine upon the place and from this property she derives a good income. The Carter family has figured prominently in the development and improvement of the county from almost the earliest period of its development and their labors have hastened the changes which have brought about modern progress and improvement. HOWARD LARZELERE. Howard Larzelere, who occupies a beautiful home at 23 Ridge avenue in Zanesville, devotes his attention to general agricultural pursuits and dealing in horses and is the owner of a good farm of ninety acres on the Cooper Mill road. He is a native son of Springfield township, born in 1845. His father, Joseph Larzelere, was born in 'Bucks county, Pennsylvania, in 1794 and was of French lineage. He came to Ohio about 1837 and previous to that time had followed the trade of bricklaying and did a contract business along that line but on his removal to the Buckeye state he turned his attention to farming, purchasing a tract of land in what is now Brighton. He also owned a farm in Springfield township, whereon the family resided. He married Miss Sina Richardson, a daughter of William Richardson, of Newton township, and they became the parents of six children : Howard William, who is living in Zanesville Francis : Margaret : Sarah. deceased: and James. The father's death occurred in 1877, when he was eighty-three years of age, and his wife passed away in 1873. He gave his political support to the democratic party and he was held in high esteem throughout his community because of his genuine worth. Howard I.arzelere attended school in Putnam and was reared to the occupation of farming. He has followed that pursuit throughout his entire life and has also engaged in dealing in horses, being an excellent judge of horses so that he is enabled to make careful investment and profitable sales. His farm comprises ninety acres on the Cooper Mill road and is under a high state of cultivation, while its equipments are in keeping with all ideas of modern progress along agricultural lines. He resides at 23 Ridge avenue in Zanesville, where he has a beautiful residence that he has occupied for ten years. In 1877 Mr. Larzelere was united in marriage to Miss Grace McMann, a daughter of James McMann, and they now have one child, Harry, who is at home. Mr. Larzelere votes with the democratic party but has never been an aspirant for office, preferring to give his undivided attention to his business interests, which are now bringing him creditable success. EDWARD L. ROE. Edward E. Roe, a prominent and well-to-do farmer living in the northwest part of Washington township, was born in this township. September 24, 1856, and is, of Irish lineage. His grandfather, Jesse Roe, and his father Thomas Roe, were both natives of the north of Ireland and are now deceased. They came to the United States when Thomas Roe was a voting man and for a short time remained in Pennsylvania. after which they removed to Ohio, settling in the northern part of Muskingum county. Jesse Roe was a minister and circuit rider and his labors were a potent factor in the moral development and progress of his locality. He lived near Adamsville, on Wills creek, and he died when his son Thomas was a young man. The latter was detained in Ireland by illness when the grandfather came to the United States but he soon afterward followed him and settled in Washington township, Muskingum county. He devoted his energies to the tilling of the soil and to the raising of stock and as the years passed by he prospered. He resided near Gilbert in Washington township and there superintended the home farm and also made judicious investment in property from time to time until his farm lands aggregated eight hundred acres of land in Washington township. He was well known as a stockman, being an excellent judge of cattle and horses, and his stock-raising interests annually added a good fund to his income. He died in 1863, leaving his family an untarnished name, and his record is one well worthy of emulation, showing what can be accomplished through determination of purpose and honorable business methods. He married Miss Cynthia Tallman. who was born near Lancaster, Fairfield county. Ohio. They became the parents of three children, the youngest being E. L. Roe of this review. The others are: Mary T. and Annie S.. the latter the wife of Dr. E. W. Mitchell, of Cincinnati, Ohio. The parents were faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal church. PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 774 E. L. Roe was reared upon his father's farm. The occupation which claimed his attention in his youth he made his life work and he now has two hundred acres of land seven miles north of Zanesville devoted to general farming and stock-raising. He has good grades of cattle, horses and hogs upon his place and his fields are well tilled, producing good crops each year. He is practical in his methods, systematic in all his work and straightforward in every business transaction. Mr. Roe was married to Miss Lou A. White, a native of Virginia and a daughter of Levi White, who was also born in that state. They have two children : \Veils Tallman, born in 1892, and Edwin Lincoln, born in 1899. The family home is a comfortable residence and its hospitality is enjoyed by many friends. In politics Mr. Roe is a republican and is prominent in Masonry, having become a member of Amity lodge of Zanesville ; Dresden chapter, R. A. M. ; and also the Knight Templar commandery. FRANCIS M. HANDEL. Francis M. Handel, following the occupation of farming in Salem township, was born in this township, May 1, 1854, his parents being Nicholas and Jane ( Vernon) Handel. The father was born in Salem township, near Adamsville, and was a son of John Handel. The grandfather was of German lineage and for a time resided near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, whence he came to Ohio, casting in his lot with the pioneer settlers of Muskingum county. He married Miss Sarah Bowers, a representative of one of the early families of this county, living in Perry township. He entered one hundred and sixty acres of land known as the Davis farm and was successfully engaged in farming for a number of years. Unto him and his wife were born the following named : Nicholas ; Catherine, the wife of Jonas Vernon ; Charlotte, the wife of Oliver Vernon ; Jane, who married John Conway ; Nancy, who wedded Thomas Whitcraft ; Sarah, the wife of Frank Whitcraft and the only one of the Handel family of that generation now living ; and George, deceased. It will be seen that Nicholas Handel was the eldest. He acquired his education in his native township and became a well informed man, keeping in touch with modern progress through reading and investigation. In 1852 he married Miss Jane Vernon, and they became the parents of two children, Francis M. and Louisa, the latter the wife of Solomon Huffman, a farmer of Washington township. Mr. Handel owned a small farm and grocery store near Adamsville and was quite successful in his busi ness pursuits. He died July 26, 1856, and his remains were interred in the Bowers cemetery, at Sonora, Ohio. Amos Vernon, the maternal grandfather of Francis M. Handel, was also a pioneer settler of the county. He married Ruth Hague, and they took up their abode on what is now known as the Howard Robinson farm in Washington township. He entered from the government one hundred and sixty acres of land which is now the property of his daughter, Mrs. Phoebe Evans. He was quite famous as a shot and greatly enjoyed hunting the deer and other wild animals which roamed through the forests at that early day. The Indians were also quite numerous and every evidence of pioneer life was here seen. In his family were eleven children, five of whom are now deceased. The others are well- to-do and prosperous people. Josiah. the eldest member of the family, was drafted for service in the Civil war but not wishing to enter the army he ran away and has never been heard from since. Asa, becoming a member of the Union Army, was wounded, after which he returned home and died within a short time. Nicholas V., likewise a soldier, becoming ill, returned home and, soon after passing away, was laid to rest in the Bowers cemetery, at Sonora, Ohio. Ephraim, who was an invalid during the greater part of his life, always remained on the old homestead and died there. Oliver is a successful farmer, living near Sonora. Phoebe is the wife of Andrew Evans and lives on the old homestead. Lucinda makes her home with her sister, Mrs. Evans. Allen is a resident of Iowa. Jane became the wife of Nicholas Handel and lives in Salem township, near the Stony Point schoolhouse. Jonas A. is a wealthy farmer, residing in Madison township and he has children who are residents of Zanesville. Mrs. Mary M. Reasoner makes her home in Iowa. Francis M. Handel was born, reared and educated in Salem township. He received good school privileges and was thus well equipped for the practical duties of life. He also received ample training in farm labor and throughout his business career has carried on agricultural pursuits. As a companion and helpmate for life's journey he chose Sarah Redman. She has a sister, Mrs. Maggie Taylor, who is living in Salem township, and a brother, William Redman, who is a successful ,carpenter living in Salem township. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Handel have been born two sons, William Arthur, who was educated in Adamsville and New Concord, is a successful teacher now in charge of the Stony Point school. Walter Virgil, who was educated in the home school at Stony Point, now resides with his father on the home farm. He is a breeder of fine sheep and is a successful agriculturist. PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 775 Mr. and Mrs. Handel and their son reside upon a farm ten miles from the courthouse in Zanesville, and his entire life has been one of activity and enterprise whereby he has gained a very gratifying success, so that he is now one of the prosperous agriculturist of his community. While yet quite young he joined the Salem Methodist Episcopal church and he and his family are consistent members of the church and active workers both in the church and Sunday- school, Mr. Handel acting as superintendent of the school for a number of years. In politics he and his sons are republicans and are public-spirited citizens of that community. Through his business ability and fidelity Mr. Handel commands the respect and esteem of his community and of those with whom he has become acquainted wherever he has gone. In whatever relation of life we find him he is an honorable gentleman whose worth well merits the high regard which is uniformly given him. DUDLEY R. WORSTALL The student of history can not carry his investigations far into the records of Muskingum county without learning of the honorable connection of the Worstall family with the work of upbuilding, progress and improvements here. John Worstall arrived in Ohio at a very early epoch in its development, coming in company with his father from Pennsylvania. He secured his land from the government and followed farming. devoting his entire life to that work. In his family were ten children, namely : Morris, John, Thomas David, Henry, Phineas, Charles, Edward, Tamar and Massa. Thomas Worstall, father of our subject, was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, August 3. 1801. and, removing from the Keystone state to Ohio, settled upon land in Brush Creek township which he entered from the government. Not a furrow had been turned nor an improvement made upon the place but his labors soon made wonderful transformation in the work of producing fields which returned to him golden harvests for the care and labor he bestowed upon them. Following his marriage he removed to Zanesville, where he engaged in business as a millwright and wood-worker. He was married to Miss Sophia Hubbard, a daughter of Noyce and Margaret L. (Hanson) Stone. She was born in Zanesville, August 9, 1810. Her father was born in New Ipswich, Hillsboro county, New Hampshire, June 3, 1771, and went to Vermont, where he learned the blacksmith's trade. He afterward followed that pursuit in Northampton, Massachusetts, and later came to Ohio, arriving here in 1798. Subsequently he returned to the east and was married to Miss Margaret L. Hanson, who was born in Dover, Stafford county, New Hampshire, May 18, 1783. They came to Zanesville in 1800, stopping on their way at Marietta, Ohio, where they met John McIntire, with whom they continued their journey to Zanesville. Here Mr. Stone engaged in various pursuits and also served as constable and sheriff, while for a number of years he was keeper of the toll-gate on the national pike about two and a half miles east of Zanesville. He was also one of the charter members of Amity lodge, No. 5, A. F. & A. M., which was instituted in 1805. He was closely associated with events which form the pioneer history of Muskingum county, and his name is inseparably connected with its progress and development. He died July 7, 1851, and his wife passed away October 1, 1818. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Worstall became the parents of eight children, namely : John M., deceased ; Dudley R. ; Henry ; Novce, deceased ; Albert B. ; Emma, deceased ; Josephine ; and Harriet. Dudley R. Worstall was born January 1, 1831, in Zanesville and was here reared and educated. He was married June 17, 1856, to Ann Lucy Berkshire, a native of Putnam, Ohio, and a daughter of William and Hannah (Early) Berkshire, in whose family were six children. Mrs. Worstall being the eldest. The others are : Henry. 'William and Sarah. all deceased Thomas C.: and George. Mr. and Mrs. Worstall have become the parents of four children, all born in Zanesville, namely : Ellen Catherine, who married Romey Russell, who died in 1882. while her death occurred in 1888, two children being left to mourn their loss, Dudley W. and Romulus M. Thomas D. Worstall, who died September 11, 1902. married Jane Griffith and she died leaving one son, William G. Clara G. is the wife of Frank H. McCann. by whom she has two children, Frank H. and John M. William B. Worstall, the youngest, wedded Mary Gillespie and has one child, Stewart. When a young man Dudley R. Worstall learned the trade of cigar-making, in which he has continued up to the present time, being now engaged in the manufacture of cigars and plug tobacco. He travels to some extent on the road but on account of his advanced years is not very active in business at the present time although financially interested in the manufacturing enterprise designated. He is a republican in politics and for four years he served as a member of the city council, acting for two years in that office when Putnam had a separate corporate existence and for two years after its annexation to Zanesville. He has now passed the Psalmist's allotted time of three score years and ten, having reached the age of seventy-four. All his life he has lived 776 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. in Zanesville and is one of its honored pioneer residents, familiar with its history through more than seven decades. He has always maintained a public-spirited interest in its development and upbuilding and his co-operation has been an active factor in many progressive measures that have proved far-reaching and beneficial. MICHAEL FISHER. Michael Fisher, one of the old and prominent residents of Zanesville, exemplifying in his life many of the commendable traits of a Teutonic ancestry, was born in Baden, Germany, about eight miles from the river Rhine on the 19th of May, 1825. His parents, Michael and Lizzie (Horn) Fisher, were also natives of Baden, where the father followed the occupation of farming. Hoping to better his financial condition and provide a good living for his family in the new world, he came to America in 1836 accompanied by his wife and children, Michael Fisher being at that time eleven years of age. They embarked on a westward-hound sailing vessel, which after thirty-six days dropped anchor at Castle Garden, in New York city. They spent the succeeding winter in Cleveland, Ohio, and came to Zanesville by canal in the spring of 1837, making their home near the Catholic church here. The parents lived in this city throughout their remaining days and both the father and mother died when about seventy-five years of age. They were the parents of seven children, but only two are now living, Michael and Jacob, the latter living in Zanesville at the age of seventy-four years. After becoming a naturalized American citizen the father gave his political allegiance to the republican party and he was a member of the Lutheran church. Michael Fisher attended school in Germany up to the time the family sailed for the new world and he acquired most of his knowledge of the English tongue by attending a Sunday-school held at the corner of Seventh and South streets. He entered upon his business career as an employe in the glass works and later he drove a cart and afterward a wagon used in hauling coal. Gradually the business responsibilities which came to him were increased and in due course of time he began contracting. For forty years he did road work, teaming and other similar labor and his service in that connection brought him thousands of dollars. At the same time he engaged in farming in Wayne township near his present home. The first land which he ever owned was a tract of but six acres. For fifty-six years he has resided upon his present farm, which is now within the city limits of Zanesville, twenty-five acres being included within this tract. This does not by any means, however, represent his total landed possessions, for he had about four hundred acres of land in one township, a part of which he has given to his children. He found that his farms were underlaid with good coal veins and many tons of the fuel have been taken from the land. Mr. Fisher himself engaged in the coal business for a number of years, but is now practically living retired. In 1845 Mr. Fisher was united in marriage to Miss Barbara E. Rich, who was born October 3, 1825, and is therefore but a few months her husband's junior. She is a dattg-,hter of Adam and Catherine (Faulich) Rich and like her parents is a native of Germany. Her father came with his family to the United States in 1832. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher have become the parents of five children and all are yet living, namely : Mrs. Elizabeth Lutz, George, Louis, :William and Frank. Mr. Fisher has ever been very generous to his children and has assisted them in making a start in life. In politics he is an independent democrat and while he often supports the candidates of the republican party he does not consider himself bound by party ties, but gives his aid to the nominee whom he thinks best qualified for office. He belongs to the Lutheran church, as does his wife. They have a nice home on Fisher's Lane, where they are spending the evening of life in happiness, surrounded by many comforts which have been gained through their earnest labors in former years. Michael Fisher worked hard through a long period and was for more than four decades numbered among the enterprising- agriculturists of Muskinginn county. Now he is enjoying a rest that is richly merited and his worth is acknowledged by all who knew him. ADAM L. JACKSON. M. D. Dr. Adam L. Jackson, physician and surgeon of Zanesville, was born in Muskingum county, in 1849. He is a son of Samuel W. and Elizabeth (Buker) Jackson. His father, a native of Maine, came to this county in 1842, making the journey on horseback, and from the government he entered land in Monroe township, transforming the wild and. unimproved tract into productive fields. The father was a tanner by trade and in 185o he went to the gold fields of California, remaining for a number of years on the Pacific coast, his death occurring there. His wife, who was born in Muskingum county, was a daughter of .Alfred Buker and died in 1902, at the age of seventy-eight years. In their family were two children. One son, Alpha, who was PAGE - 777 - BLANK PAGE - 778 - MICHAEL FISHER PAGE - 779 - MRS. MICHAEL FISHER PAGE - 780 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 781 a practicing physician, died in 1895, at the age of forty-seven years. Dr. Adam L. Jackson, having pursued his literary education in the public schools. prepared for his profession in the Columbus Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, from which he was graduated , with the class of 1878. He began practice at Otsego, Muskingum county, Ohio, where he remained for three years and in 1881 went to Adamsville, where he practiced until 1889, when he made a trip to the Black Hills. He opened his office in Zanesville in 1891 and for fifteen Years has been a well known representative of the medical fraternity here, making a specialty of the treatment of chronic diseases. He is president of the Jackson Medicine Company, which prepares a number of remedies and preventatives from his formulas, all of which have a large sale. In addition to his general practice he is examining physician for a number of fraternal organizations and while at Chadron, Nebraska, he served as a member and president of the pension board. Dr. Jackson was married, in 1869 to Miss Margaret J. Metcalf, a daughter of Eli Metcalf, of Guernsey county, Ohio, who was born in 1852. They had six children : Lillie Myrtle, the wife of C. 0. Vinsel. the contractor : Hager V. P. Jackson ; Halla Belle Bolin, wife of 0. C. I lolin, manager of the Jackson Medicine Company ; Miss Kate E. Jackson : Miss Georgia M. Jackson and Jewell Jackson. Dr. Jackson is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen, the Maccabees and the Knights of Pythias. In politics he is a democrat and served as clerk and treasurer of Monroe township. His home is in Brighton and he maintains his office and laboratory at No. 145-47 West Main street in Zanesville. HERBERT C. DUNN. Herbert C. Dunn, occupying a government position under civil service laws and making his home in Sonora, Muskingum county, was born on the 3d of March, 1871, in Perry township, about three miles south of the village of Sonora. His paternal grandfather was Frank Dunn, a native of Pennsylvania. His father. Robert M. Dunn. was born in Pennsylvania and having arrived at years of maturity he sought a companion and helpmate for life's journey, being united in marriage to Miss Kate Asher, a daughter of John Asher. Mr. and Mrs. Dunn became the parents of four children: Frank, who married Etta Clark ; William S., who married Anna Buell, of Washington, Guernsey county, and is a telegraph operator on the Baltimore & Ohio Rail road at Bellaire, Ohio, his children being Helen and Hazel ; Elizabeth at home; and Herbert C. After completing his education in the public schools, Herbert C. Dunn took up the business of locomotive engineer and followed that pursuit for a number of years. He then accepted a government position under the civil service and yet continues to serve in that capacity. He is one of Sonora's most enterprising young business men, having the respect and confidence of all with whom he has been associated. He married Miss Bessie Stockdale, of Falls township, Muskingum county, a daughter of Levi and Elizabeth (Dunn) Stockdale, and her brothers and sisters were William A., who married Alta Carlton ; Minnie, who married Orthillo V. Lewman and has three children. Orville, Russell and Harold ; Nellie. who married Jabez Taylor and has one child, Mary ; and I zen, Elsie and Raymond, at home: JOHN T. ELLIOTT. John T. Elliott, one of the most prosperous farmers and the largest taxpayers of Rich Hill township. is a native of Vinton county, Ohio, his birth having occurred in Hamden. in Clinton township, September 4, 1852. His paternal grandfather, Thomas Elliott, was born in County Donegal. Ireland, and after coming to America made his way to Muskingum county, Ohio, where he cast his lot with the pioneer settlers, entering in Vinton county from the government a tract of land of about two hundred acres about two miles from Hamden. His son, John Elliott, was born in 1826, was reared amid pioneer environment and in 1850 was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Heron, a sister of Fred Heron, of this county. John T. Elliott, their only child. was likewise reared to farm life and has always carried on general agricultural pursuits. He is to-clay the owner of four hundred acres of very valuable land in Rich Hill township, Muskingum county, the greater part of which he has acquired through. his own efforts. He is justly accounted a successful agriculturist and he owns a fine country home in Rich Hill township. In fact everything about his place is in keeping with the modern. progressive spirit and all of the equipments and accessories of a model farm are found upon his land. On the 7th of November, 1876. Mr. Elliott was united in marriage to Miss Alyaretta Leasure, a daughter of John and Nancy Leasure. the former proprietor of the Leasure House at High Hill, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott are widely known in Muskingum county, where the circle of their friends is an extensive one. He is a 782 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. stanch republican in politics and has many times served as township trustee. He is a stalwart opponent of the saloon and a warm friend of the cause of temperance, doing everything in his power to crush the liquor traffic. He belongs to Gage & Gavil lodge, A. F. & A. M. at Chandlersville, Ohio, with which he has been connected for thirty years and in which he has held the offices of junior deacon, junior warden and senior warden. He holds membership in the Rich Hill Methodist Episcopal church and is recognized as a leader in both church and lodge, while in his life he exemplifies the basic principles of these organizations—a belief in the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. He has spent much of his time in travel, having visited most of the places of interest in the United States and his mind, enriched with anecdotes of his trips, makes him a most entertaining and congenial companion. He stands to-day as one of the foremost agriculturists and business men of Rich Hill township, prominently known as a representative citizen of his native county. CHARLES J. ACHAUER. Charles J. Achauer, one of the sturdy sons of Ohio who has made of his life a success, the visible evidence of which is his farm of one hundred and twenty acres on section Jo, Brush Creek township, is also worthy of mention in this volume because of the fact that he is a veteran of the Civil war. He is numbered 'among the native sons of Muskingum county, born March 8, 1846, and his parents were J. J. and Charlotte (Molter) Achauer. The father was a native of Wurttemberg, Germany, and came to the United States with his father, Jacob Achauer, when only fourteen years of age. The family home was established in Muskingum county about 184o and J. J. Achauer was apprenticed to a mercantile business. Later he conducted a distillery and operated a sawmill and eventually he removed to New Straitsville, Ohio, where he carried on a store until his death, being one of the leading merchants of that place. He departed this life in 1905, at the advanced age of eighty-three years, after a prosperous and honorable career which made his name a respected one wherever known. He married Charlotte Molter, a daughter of Peter Molter, one of the pioneers of Muskingum county. Both held membership in the Lutheran church and Mr. Achauer was an influential and active republican, his opinions carrying weight in local councils of his party. In his home city he was repeatedly honored with public office, being several times chosen mayor of New Straitsville, while for many years he was treasurer of the city and of his township. early educational privileges were meagre, b the years brought him broad knowledge b cause of his experience, his observation and read ing supplemented by a retentive memory. At the time of his death he was the owner of a good farming property in addition to his mercantile interests. Unto him and his wife were born thirteen children : Charles J., John G., Albert L., Caroline, Augusta M., Benjamin F., Julia, William D., Edward, Lizzie, and three who died in infancy. Charles J. Achauer lived with his father until eighteen years of age, when no longer able to content himself at home while his country's safety was imperiled, he offered his services to the government and became a member of Company K, Ninety-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted March 9, 1864, and was mustered out November 25, 1865, during which time he took part in a number of very severe engagements, including the hotly contested battle of Kenesaw Mountain. He was also in the battles of Franklin and Nashville, Tennessee, and others of lesser importance. On many a battle-field he displayed his valor and his loyalty and with a creditable military record returned to his home. When the war was over Mr. Achauer resumed his farming operations and has since been actively engaged in the cultivation of fields and the raising of stock. He has good grades of horses, cattle and hogs upon his place and his fields produce abundant harvests so that the annual sale of his farm products reaches a large figure. He to-day owns one hundred and twenty-four acres of rich land and everything about his place is in excellent condition, showing him to be a progressive and practical agriculturist. Mr. Achauer was married to Sarah L. Barringer, a daughter of John Barringer, who was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, and came to the United States at an early age. He and his family lived in Brush Creek township and were extensive farming people, owning over two hundred acres of valuable land. They held membership in the United Brethren church. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Achauer were born the following named : George W., born September 27, 1868, married Leona Hartley and has two children. John J., born June 8, 1871, wedded Lizzie Ramage and has four children. Mary E., born November 22, 1873, is the wife of Harley Young and has two sons Milton E., born September 10, 1875, is now living at Zanesville. Augusta A., born December 20, 1878, is the wife of Robert Olden and has one child. Cora D., born September 9, 1881, and Adda E., born December 10, 1883, are both at home. The parents are active., members of the United Brethren church and aid. materially in its work and the extension of its PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 783 influence. In politics Mr. Achauer is a republican and for a number of years served as township trustee. He belongs to Dan Brown post, G. A. R., at Duncan Falls and is also a member of the Patrons of Husbandry and in social and business circles he is known for his personal worth of character, his salient traits being Such as command respect and confidence in every land and clime. JOHN BAGLEY. John Bagley, the owner of an excellent farm of one hundred and sixty-three acres in Newton township in the midst of which stands a fine home, was born in this township on the 4th of June, 1843, and is of Irish lineage. His paternal grandfather, Reuben Bagley, a native of the Emerald isle, crossed the Atlantic to Virginia and after residing in Loudoun county for some time removed to Muskingum county during an early epoch in its development. He then co-operated in movements which reclaimed this district for the purposes of civilization when hitherto it had been under the domain of the red man. His son. Benjamin Bagley, who was born in Loudoun county, was a voting lad at the time the grandfather came to Ohio. He was therefore reared amid the wild scenes of frontier life, sharing with the family in the hardships and dangers incident to settlement in a pioneer district. Having arrived at years- of maturity he wedded Jane \V. Moore, also a native of Loudoun county and a daughter of James Moore of Virginia, who came to Ohio with his family in 1829. Benjamin Bagley made farming his life work and prospered in his undertakings. He eventually became the owner of three hundred and sixteen acres of land in Newton township, constituting a valuable farm, which he placed under a high state of cultivation, so that he annually harvested rich crops. He worked earnestly and persistently year after year and his life record illustrates the term "dignity of labor." He was a whig in his political views in early life and later became a stanch republican, believing that the principles of the latter party contained the best elements of good government. He belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church and was ever an upright, honorable man. John Bagley, reared to the occupation of farming and educated in the district schools, remained at home until twenty years of age when in 1863 he responded to the country's call for aid, enlisting in Company G, of the One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for one hundred days' service. When that term had expired he re-enlisted, joining Company G, of the One Hundred and Ninety-Sixth Ohio Infantry, and at the close of the war he received an honorable discharge at Columbus. He had been a loyal and faithful soldier, true to the old flag and the cause it represented and he did his full share in maintaining the supremacy of the Union. When the country no longer needed his aid Mr. Bagley returned to his home and resumed farming. In 1867 he was united in marriage to Miss Anna J. Axline, who was born in Newton township and was a daughter of William Axline, one of the pioneer residents of this county. She died leaving one child : Charles A., who is with his father. A daughter, Maude, died some eight years previous. Mr. Bagley gives his undivided attention to his business affairs and is the owner of a valuable farm of one hundred and sixty-three acres whereon he conducts general agricultural pursuits. The farm is well kepi and the home is one of the fine country residences of this part of the county. Everything about the place is in excellent repair and its fine appearance is proof of his life of enterprise and thrift. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church and is a man who enjoys to the full extent the regard and esteem of those with whom he has been associated. JAMES M. PEDICORD, M. D. Dr. James M. Pedicord, physician and surgeon of Zanesville. was born in Lebanon, Indiana, September 13, 1867. and is the youngest son of Zachariah and Laura ( Murphy) Pedicord, the former a native of Maryland and the latter of Ohio. In his boyhood days Zachariah Pedicord removed with his parents to Morgan county. Ohio, and subsequently went to Indiana. where he followed the occupation of farming. He became well-to-do through his carefully directed agricultural interests and is now living a retired life in Morgan county. superintending his large farm, which is operated by hired help. He is a member of the Baptist church and in his political views is a republican. Dr. Pedicord pursued a common-school education and acquired his professional training in Starling Medical College, which he attended for a year, and in the Ohio Medical University, from which he was graduated with the class of 1893. He afterward spent eighteen months in a sanitarium at Battle Creek, Michigan, as a student and he entered upon his practice as a physician in McConnelsville, in 1894. He remained there for eight years and in 1903 came to Zanesville, where he has since been practicing successfully, making a specialty of electrical and x-ray 784 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. treatments. He is an expert in massage treatment and his office is thoroughly equipped with all the modern devices which aid the physician in his efforts to restore health. Dr. Pedicord was married in October, 1897, to Miss Cora Armstrong, who was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, and was a nurse at the sanitarium while he was a student there. They have two children, Ellen Marjory and James M. Fraternally the Doctor is connected with the Knights of Pythias and the Camels and politically with the republican party. During the period of his practice in Zanesville, although it has been of brief duration, he has gained a most creditable patronage such as many an older physician might well envy. He has taken two courses in scientific electrical treatment for chronic diseases, the first in New York city and the second in Chicago. Thus he is well prepared and fully equipped to render any service along that line. He served as consulting physician at St. Luke's Hospital in Niles, Michigan, being appointed to that position in 1899. BENJAMIN F. RICHEY. Benjamin F. Richey, deceased, was born March 16, 1823, in Salt Creek township, and departed this life in Rich Hill township, January 5, 1882. at the age of fifty-nine years, His parental grandfather, William Richey. was a native of Pennsylvania and of Irish descent, and on coining to Ohio he settled on in the old Clay pike in Muskingum county. His son, John Richey, likewise a native of Pennsylvania. removed from the vicinity of Pittsburg to this county, his home being on the Clay pike about ten miles east of Zanesville. Ile early manifested mechanical ingenuity and became a wagon-maker by trade. following that pursuit for a number of years in connection with agricultural interests. He was prominent in local community affairs and for a quarter of a century served as justice of the peace of Salt Creek township, his decisions being strictly fair and impartial, so that he "won !:olden opinions from all sorts of people.”' He died in the year 1854. Benjamin E. Richey was reared to farm life working on the fields on his fatherls place through the period of his youth. Ile was a public school student through the winter months and after uniting aside his text-books gave his undivided attention to his farm. Ile married Martin A. Fisher, who was burn M Chandlersville, Ohio, January 23, 1834, her parents being James \. and Frances (Apperson) Fisher, the former being a farmer and inn-keeper of the early times. Her grandfather was a soldier of the revoltion ary war and served under General Washington. Her paternal grandmother was of English lineage and was related to King Charles II of England. Mr. and Mrs. Richey became the parents of twelve children: Vivia J., Walter William, M. Frances, Laura K., Minnie M., John F., Carrie. L., Cornelius, F. Alberta, Nellie T., Charles A. and Leanora S. Of this family Frances became the wife of Lincoln Petty and died in Chandlersville, Ohio. Cornelius also died and was buried in Chandlersville. Of the others Leonora S. is a graduate of the Zanesville business college and is now employed in the Belmont shoe factory; Vivia is the wife of James Paisley : Minnie the wife of A. F. White; and Carrie the wife of William Dean, a merchant of Illinois; Walter William and John are lumbermen and carpenters, the former being married and the latter at home; and Charles A., a farmer at home. Mr. Richey was both a farmer and carpenter and became the owner of a large tract of land which he obtained mostly through his own labor. He worked on year after year and developed an excellent farm property. He placed thereon many modern improvements and thus left to his family an excellent home. He was interested in public affairs, giving his co-operation to many measures for the general good. He was a charter member of Guage & Gavil lodge. A. F. & A. M., at Chandlersville, and politically was a stanch republican. He filled the offices of school director and supervisor and for years was a justice of the peace of Salt Creek and Rich Hill townships, his decisions being characterized by equity and fairness. He was a man ever true to his duty as he understood it and when he was called from this life his death was mourned by many friends as well as his immediate family. Richey is a member of the Presbyterian church of Mt. Zion. She is a well preserved woman and although now well advanced in years yet gives personal supervision to her large farm. The Richeys are a prominent family of Rich Hill township and no history of the community would be complete without their history. JOHNW. WELLER. John W. Weller. who since the age of eighteen years has been engaged in operating the mill near Fultonham, was born in Newton township April 2, 1858, His father, Henry Weller, also a native of Newton township, died when his son John W. was eight years of age. He belonged to an old and prominent family of the township and in life displayed sterling traits of character which gained him warm friendships and high regard. PAGE - 785 - JOHN W. WELLER PAGE - 786 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 787 No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of farm life for John W. Weller in his boyhood days. He attended the public schools and from his youth was familiar with the work of milling and at the age of eighteen years took charge of the mill which he now owns and operates. He was for a time in partnership with his brother, C. E. Weller, but for fourteen years has been sole owner. He is engaged in the manufacture of flour and feed and also operates a sawmill located on Jonathan creek. His has been a busy life and he conducts a leading industry of the community. He has worked on persistently clay after day and his record proves the value of persistent labor and energy as forces in winning success. On the 6th of March, 1879, Mr. Weller was united in marriage to Miss Laura L. Lenhart. who was born in Newton township and was the daughter of Frederick Lenhart and a member of one of the old families of this county. She passed away November 10, 1899. Their marriage has been blessed with four children : Jessie L., Eunice Z., Roland H. and John F. On July II, 1901, Mr. Weller was again married, his second union being with Addle S. Bowers, a native of Newton township. He is a man of good principles, true to his honest convictions. He is an earnest advocate of the temperance cause and manifests his devotion thereto by his support of the prohibition party. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. J. R. BAUGHMAN. J. R. Baughman, one of the oldest and most highly esteemed citizens of Brush Creek township. his home being on section 17, was a son of Andrew and Maria (Smith) Baughman. The family was established in Ohio by the grandfather of our subject, who settled near where the city of Zanesville now stands. He was accompanied by his son, Andrew Baughman, then but two years of age and who for eighty-six years lived near the county seat. He was in his time a very successful farmer and a man highly respected by his neighbors and friends. His political views accorded with republican principles and he held all the township offices, to which he was called by public suffrage, his constituents recognizing his worth and ability. He discharged his duties in a prompt and able manner and was equally faithful to obligations in other relations of life. A devout and conscientious member of the Lutheran church, he was confirmed therein when a youth and always guided his actions by the teachings of that denomination. He succeeded in accumulating two hundred and forty acres of rich land and thus became one of the prosperous farmers of Muskingum county. By his marriage he had sixteen children : John ; Alva; Margaret, the wife of Solomon Swingle ; Mary, the wife of William Swingle; Harriet, who married George Leffler ; Elizabeth, the wife of Jacob J. Swingle; Susan, who married Eli Stambrook ; Sarah ; Frances, the wife of D. E. Dozer ; Abigail, the wife of Benjamin Dozer ; Emma ; Amy, the wife of Charles Boyer ; and Hannah and Martha, both of whom died in infancy. In taking up the personal history of J. R. Baughman we present to our readers the life record of one whose long and honorable connection with Muskingum county has made him well known, gaining for him the unqualified regard of young and old, rich and poor. He married Clara Twyman on the 6th of August. 1871, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Twyman and a granddaughter of Robert T. Twyman, who came to the United States when his son William was only ten years of age. Sir Robert T. Twyman was a relative of the present reigning king of England. William Twyman, the father of Mrs. Baughman, was born in Canterbury, England, in 1819. He became the owner of one hundred and forty-seven acres of land in Muskingum county, which is still owned by his wife. After his death Mrs. Twyman married a brother of her first husband and she had altogether thirteen children. She still survives and now makes her home with Mr. and Mrs. Baughman of this review, who are the parents of one daughter, Alma. now the wife of Charles Eppley. J. R. Baughman remained upon his father’s farm during the period of his minority and after his marriage brought his bride to the old homestead. He has ever been an industrious man and is to-day the owner of one of the neatest and best kept country homes to be found in Brush Creek township. He devotes his farm to the raising of grain and stock and both branches of his business return him good profit. He now belongs to the Grange which is doing so much for the benefit of the farmers. His political views accord with republican principles and he has never wavered in his allegiance to the party, but has never sought or desired office. ELLIS E. REED. Ellis E. Reed, who is engaged in the manufacture and repair of elevators and also handles elevator enclosures, safety gates, iron grating and doors, is a native son of Muskingum county, his birth having occurred in Meigs township, August