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HARRISON ADDY, carpenter, Newcomerstown, is a native of Guernsey County, Ohio, where he was born June 27, 1830. He is a son of William and Wealthy Anna (Jones) Addy, natives of Virginia, the gather, who was a farmer, of Irish, the mother of Welsh descent. They were early settlers in Coshocton County, and are both deceased. Our subject was the youngest of a family of twelve children, six boys and six girls. He has been twice married. The first occasion was in 1856, with Elizabeth Atkinson (deceased), born in Guernsey County in 1831, and a daughter of Robert Atkinson. She died in 1871. By this union there was one child, Minerva, wife of Seth Scott, of Peoria, Ill. His second marriage was in 1877; with Margaret A. Current, a native of Coshocton County, Ohio, where she was born November 5, 1847. She is a daughter of George and Susanna Current, the former of Trumbull County and the latter of Coshocton County, Ohio. To this union was born, September 25, 1878, one child, Joseph Arthur. Mr. Addy has been a resident of this county for eight years. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church.

DR. A. M. BEERS, Newcomerstown, settled in Newcomerstown May 25, 1858. He is a nephew of Dr. S. Beers, and was born near Mauch Chunk, Penn. He was educated at Easton, Penn., and graduated in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. He served as First Assistant Surgeon during the war with the famous Ninth Regiment Ohio Infantry, and after their time had expired he served in the same capacity with the Ninety-second Regiment Ohio Infantry, until the war closed, when he resumed his profession in Newcomerstown, where

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he is still hard at work. He was married, June 10. 1868. to Mary J.. youngest daughter of John and Ann Hogland. The result of this union is five children. viz.: Bell, George A., Warner, William A. and Mary J. Dr. S. Beers settled in Newcomerstown September 3, 1855, and died May 18. 1868, aged fifty-one years. He was born near Easton, Penn.. and graduated at the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. He was a man of more than ordinary ability in his profession, controlled a very extensive practice; and is justly entitled to the credit o1' having been at the head of his profession in the Tuscarawas Valley.

GEORGE BENTON. carpenter, builder and contractor, Newcomerstown, was born in Fayette County, Penn.. August 26, 1836, and is a son of Thomas and Rebecca (Conard) Benton. The former, a native of England, emigrated to Ohio about the year 1840. He was a carder and spinner, and died about thirty years ago, aged forty-four. The latter died in 1882, aged seventy. Both are buried at Port Washington. They were married in Browns County, Penn., and were the parents of' six children, all living. Our subject is the oldest child. He was married. March 1, 1860, to Anti M. Ripley (deceased), daughter of A. S. Ripley. of Salem Township, this county. She was born in this county September 4, 1839. Died April, 1879, and is buried in Newcomerstown. Our subjects grandmother on his mother's ride, is also buried there. Mr. Benton is the parent of' four children. three boys and one girl-G. K., Anna May, William C. and Lawrence.

R. BICKER. undertaker, cabinet-maker and furniture dealer, Newcomerstown. was born in the province of Westphalia, Prussia, in 1821. He was is the standing army for five years; acting as Orderly Sergeant. on Public Buildings, such as bridges. roads, etc. He was educated in his native country, where he was married to Doetta Itskee, also a native of Germany. To this union twelve children have been born, six living. When our subject was ten years old, his father. Robert. died, leaving him the oldest in the family. Our subject was a charter member of' the I. O. O. F., and in politics is a Democrat. He has been an active business man and very successful. His wife is an intelligent lady and a kind mother.

DANIEL BOOTH, merchant, express agent. Postmaster. Post Boy (established eight years). is a native of this county. He was horn April 10, 1840, and was married, in 1863, to Lucinda C Graham, a native of Belmont County, Ohio. where she was born in 1842. She is a daughter of Abner Graham. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Booth are the parents of ten children, seven living. Their names are as follows : John Mc., Lula, an infant (deceased). William, Harry, Alice, Ida, Daniel. Alvin and Walter H.

JOHN BROWNING, farmer, stock raiser and dealer, P. O. Albany, was horn in Alleghany County, Md., April 1, 1821, awl is a son of John and Mary (Berkshire) Browning, natives of Pennsylvania, the former of Scotch and Irish extraction, the latter of German descent. They emigrated to Ohio in 1837. Our subject was twice married. May 31, 1816, he married Jane Williams (deceased). daughter of Samuel Williams, and by this union there was one child-Theodore. His second marriage was September 18, 1853; with Mrs. Mary (Coutts) Stocker. widow of Aaron Stocker by whom there was a family of three children. one surviving, Benjamin F. The names of the deceased are William H. and Eliza J.. who died in infancy. Mrs. Browning is a native of Washington Township. this county. and was born December 19, 1823. She is a daughter of William and Jane (Huey) Coutts, natives of New Jersey. By this second marriage there, is a family of five children-Samantha J. (wife of Alexander Schlupp), Cornelia (wife of Eugene Woodard), Amanda C. (wife of Lemuel Murphy). Mary L. (wife of' John Woodard, brother of Eugene), and John Wesley (at home). Mr. and Mrs. Browning have been members of the United Brethren Church. our subject for forty, and his wife for twenty-tour years, and the former has held office in the same from his first entry. He owns 3610 acres of' land in this county, and in Oxford and Salem Townships. He has been successful. and what he has accumulated has been due entirely to his own energies and perseverance.

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JOHN A. BURRIS. of the firm of Burris & Neighbor, liverymen, Newcomerstown, is a native of Coshocton County, Ohio, and was born August 12, 1846. He is a son of Jeremiah and Margaret (Pope) Burris. Our subject's father was a member of the Eightieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company B, and died at Camp Sullivan, Miss., in August, 1862, aged about fifty years. Our subject enlisted in the same company October 4, 1861, and was discharged in August, 1865. He was married, October 4, 1871, to Josephine Gardner, born in this county December 11, 1847, and a daughter of William and Susanna (Tufford) Gardner. To this union have been born four children, two living-Lena B. and Anna J. The deceased are Charles and A.. both dying in infancy. Mr. Burris had a brother, William R., killed by lightning in Newcomerstown in 1865. and is one of a family of ten children. seven boys and three girls, eight living.

JUDGE J. M. BURT, retired farmer, P. O. Newcomerstown, is a native of ((range County, N. Y., born December 11, 1810. He is a son of Daniel and Sarah (Fought) Burt, the latter a daughter of Capt. John Morris Fought, a German, of the Revolutionary army. Our subject was married, April 15, 1834, to Mary Ann Bradner. born in Orange County, N. Y. December 20, 1813, and a daughter of James Bradner. Our subject was educated at the common schools of New York, and followed teaching, although he was raised on a farm. He is the fifth child in a family of nine children, six boys and three girls. He carne to Coshocton County, Ohio, October 2, 1831, but returned home and was married. He remained at New York two years, and returned to Ohio by wagon, a journey that occupied seventeen days. His father was a citizen of Coshocton County, and died in 1846, aged seventy years; he is buried at West La Fayette, Ohio. He came here in 1837, and was a farmer. Our subject is the parent of twelve children, of whom five are living (four being married), viz.: Margaret, J. B., Harriet, L. P. and William F. The deceased are Martha A., Caroline; Clara, Mary, Daniel ; John and Lillis died in infancy. Judge Burt has been remarkably successful in life in agricultural pursuits. He has filled many township offices in Coshocton County, and in 1848 was elected, under the old constitution; Representative of that county for a term of one year. and re-elected in 1849 ; was Associate Judge for two years, when the office was abolished, and was elected a member of the State Board of Equalization from the district composed of the counties of Coshocton and Tuscarawas, in 1859-60. He was elected a member of the Ohio Senate from the same district in 1865, and re-elected in 1869. serving two terms. All the said elections were secured by the Democratic party. They removed from West La Fayette, Coshocton County to Newcomerstown. Tuscarawas County in May, 1878, where they now reside.

LEWIS CARHARTT. tanner. Newcomerstown, was born in Roscoe, Coshocton Co., Ohio. July 1, 1833, and is a son of John and Lavina (Purdy) Carhartt. both natives of Ohio. the former of Muskingum County, of English descent, and by occupation a tamer. Our subject was married in Plainfield, Ohio, February 23, 1855. to Margaret Burt, a native of Otsego County, N. Y. She was born February 23, 1835, and is a daughter of J. M. and Mary Ann Burt, of Newcomerstown. By this union there is one child. Harriet, born in Plainfield, Ohio, July 20, 1872. Mr. Carhartt was a member of the Fifty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the capacity of a musician, and is a member of the Masonic order. Lodge No. 175, Lone Star, at Newcomerstown. D. L. Williams is a partner with Mr. Carhartt in the business.

WILLIAM H. CRAIG (deceased) was born at Warrenton, Jefferson Co., Ohio, January 3, 1811, and was a son of Roland and Rosanna (Rabe) Craig, the former a native of Ireland and a pioneer of Jefferson County. Our subject was married, September 26, 1832, in Smithfield, Jefferson Co.. Ohio, to Nancy Flemming, born March 13, 1813, in Smithfield. Ohio, and a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Mathews) Flemming, the former of whom was a native of Ireland, and died in 1845, aged seventy-five years. The latter was born in 1783, in Chambersburg, Penn.,

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of Scotch descent, and died in 1866. They were pioneers of Smithfield. Jefferson Co., Ohio, settling there in 1803, when there was but one log cabin in the place. They were buried at Smithfield, Ohio. Mrs. Craig is the mother of eight children one of whom is living, Thomas F., born December 29, 1845. Susanna, born November 21, 1838, was the wife of Peter Saydom, of Columbus, Ohio. She died in Columbus July 23, 1875. Thomas F. was married; November 2, 1876, to Mary Vivian, of Coshocton, Ohio, a daughter of Thomas Vivian, of Cadiz, Ohio She was the mother of three children - May, William C. and Maggie. Our subject, as a merchant, sold goods in Cadiz, Ohio, for ten years, and for eighteen years in Newcomerstown. He was an Elder of the Presbyterian Church, of which his wife was a member, and died August 16, 1879, in the sixty--eighth year of his age.

THEODORE F. CRATER, merchant, Newcomerstown, was born January 8, 1846, in Newcomerstown, and is a son of Isaiah G. and Jane (Rogers) Crater, the former a native of New Jersey, and of German descent ; the latter a native of Ohio, and of English descent. Our subjects father came to this county in 1840 and was a merchant by occupation. He died November 29, 1882, aged sixty-seven years. Mr. Theodore F. Crater was married. December 18, 1873, to Emma C. McFadden, who was born August 18, 1850. in Newcomerstown, and is a daughter of William and Margaret J. (Herring) McFadden, who came to this county in 1850, where Mr. McFadden died. His widow is a resident of Newcomerstown. Mr. and Mrs. Crater are the parents of two children - Cecil A., born December 2, 1873, and Roy C., born January 15, 1876. Mrs. Crater is a member of the Lutheran Church, and her husband is a member of the I. O. O. F., Newcomerstown Lodge, No. 445,. He was a member of Company H, One Hundred and Seventy-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, having enlisted September 19, 1864. He participated in the battle of Kingston in the spring of 1865, besides numerous skirmishes, and received his discharge July 11, 1865. He has acted as Township Trustee three terms, and was for three years a member of the City Council. He owns considerable real estate. Clifford Crater, a brother of our subject, was killed at Newcomerstown about the year 1863. by jumping from a freight car while the latter was in motion.

THOMAS CRAWFORD, proprietor of brick yard and manufacturer of bricks, Newcomerstown, was born in Jefferson County. Ohio, in 1848, and is a son of Hillory and Esah (Hale) Crawford. He was married, in 1876, to Martha Jacobs, born in 1852, and a daughter of David Jacobs. By this union three children were born, two boys and one girl-Emma, William and Edward. Our subject's father died in the army. He was a member of the Fifty-first Regiment, and died in Texas at the close of the war in 1865. He was a native of Ohio, of Irish descent, his wife being of German lineage. They were early settlers of Jefferson County. Our subject's maternal grandfather, Henry Hale, was a shoe-maker by trade. Mr. Thomas Crawford has been in the brick-making business for himself for six years, and four years for W. H. Mabery in the city of Newcomerstown.

SARAH P. CRETER, Newcomerstown. was born June 25, 1800, in Morris County, N. J., three miles from Chester and Schooley's Mountain, and six miles from Mineral Springs. She is a daughter of Morris and Anna (Stephens) Creter. both of New Jersey, the former of German extraction. Our subject is the sixth child and third daughter of a family of twelve children, viz., David. Andrew, Elizabeth, George, Margaret, Sarah P., Barbara, Ann Delano, Sophia Bowman, Morris, Anna Maria and John Gilbert (twins). All are deceased except Sarah P. and Morris. Andrew, brother of our subject, was born November 17, 1791. Died November 26, 1861. He came to Ohio in the fall of 1817 ; was married soon after to Elizabeth Neighbor, and was the parent of five children, viz.. Clark (deceased), Catharine, Ann, Elizabeth and Andrew Jackson, living. His family are residents of Newcomerstown. and their aunt Sarah P., makes her home with them, but has ample means of her own for her support as long as she lives. She was presented by her brother Andrew. on his deathbed. with some part compensation

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for taking charge of his household and bringing up his children. She came to Ohio in the last week of September, 1830, when she was thirty years of age.

MORRIS CRETER, Newcomerstown, is a native of Morris County, N. J., and a son of Morris and Anna (Stephens) Creter, also natives of Morris County. Our subject married, September 8, 1829, Lanoh. a daughter of John P. Voorhies. She was born in Middlesex County, N. J., February 14, 1808, died June 7, 1838. She was the mother of five children; four living. Mr. Creter took for his second wife, May 19, 1839, Mrs. Jane Clark, widow of Dr. A. G. Clark. She was born on the isle of Wight, and was a daughter of James Abraham. By this union there were six children, three living. Our subject's third marriage was January 20, 1860, with Mrs. Eliza H. Wolf, widow of Perry C. Wolf, born March 2, 1823, in Coshocton County. Mr. Creter had but $44 in cash, and his wife and child when he came to Ohio. In 1838, he bought five and three-fourths acres of land that is now part of Newcomerstown, and he is now owner of 330 acres. Our subject was engaged in trucking, then in the grocery and grain business for four years, extensively, until 1842. The house he lives in he has inhabited since 1843. and there he desires to end his days. Mr. Creter is the father of ten children, and has six grandchildren. He is in his seventy-fifth year, and is hale and hearty. He moved into 0hio in November. 1830; where the spot Newcomerstown now stands on was a wild forest. Only two houses stood on the town plat proper; one was of brick occupied by Judge J. Neighbor and Jacob Overholtz, the other by Baron Schenk. Mr. Creter was a Justice of the Peace from 1842 to 1845, and Associate Judge from 1845 to 1852. In 1870, he was elected Justice of the Peace for three years, and afterward re-elected. serving in all twelve years. He was always a Whig and Republican. Activity, energy and perseverance have placed Mr. Creter in the comfortable circumstances he now enjoys, and his love for labor is well illustrated in his own words- "I will retire when I die."

L. C. DAVIS (deceased) was born in Meadville, Penn., June 12, 1813, and died April 29, 1881. He was a son of Samuel and Rebecca (Culbertson) Davis, and came to Ohio when young. He was educated at the Granville College in Licking County, Ohio; was admitted to the bar in Millersburg, in 1839, and was admitted to the United States Court in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1877; was Prosecuting Attorney of Tuscarawas County in 1846, and was elected Representative by the Republican party- in 1860. He was married, August 2, 1846, in Newcomerstown, Ohio, to Catharine (Miller) Yunge, born in that place September 4, 1823, and a (laughter of J. J. and Anna (Neighbor) Miller, the former of whom was born May 11, 1788, and the latter born in German Valley, N. J., March 1, 1800. She was of German descent. They were married December 31, 1818. Mrs. Anna Miller came to Ohio in 1815, with her parents, Nicholas and Catharine (Sharp) Neighbor, and her husband came in 1816. Our subject is the parent of five children, four living-Florence A., married to Robert Patterson, of Culpeper, Va.; Lorenzo M., a druggist in Cleveland, Ohio, married to Fannie C.. Gillette; Baron C., married to Kate Burt; Lillis M., at home; the fifth child died in infancy. Mrs. L. C. Davis was twice married; the first time on December 3, 1841, to Rev. E. C. Yunge (deceased). He was a minister of the Lutheran Church, and a native of Baltimore, Md., born February 19, 1810, died January 28, 1846, son of J. A. and Rebecca Yunge. To this union three children were born-Anna, Herbet and Jesse, all deceased Mr. Yunge was raised in Maryland; was educated at Gettysburg, and preached in Newcomerstown, Ohio, for several years, and died there.

HENRY DECKER, farmer and stock-raiser, and by trade a stone mason, at which he worked for six or seven years, P. O. Albany, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, July 25, 1830, and is a son of Joseph and Catherine (Hartman) Decker, natives of Pennsylvania, the latter of German extraction. They emigrated to Guernsey County, Ohio; at an early day. Our subject was married, December 5, 1850, in this county, to Belinda Delong, born in Harrison County, Ohio May 13, 1830, and a daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Fisher) Delong, na-

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tives of the neighborhood of Cadiz, Harrison County. To this union were born eleven children, ten living-Ozias A., John P., Sarah C. (deceased), Henry H., Louis J., Isolina B., George Mc., Susan V.. Martha M., James W. and Joseph F. Four are married-Isolina, wife of Henry Chapman; Ozias, John P. and Louis J. All have families except Louis. Our subject has six grandchildren. He owns 180 acres of land in Oxford, Salem and Washington Townships; is a member of Port Washington Lodge, No. 202. F. & A. M., and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

WILLIAM S. DENT, merchant, Newcomerstown; established 1865, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, in 1841, and is a son of George H. and Maria (Snider) Dent, the former born in Virginia in 1805 ; emigrated to this county in 1848, and died in 1865. He was by occupation a merchant and wool dealer. He was the parent of seven children, five boys and two girls, one of the latter deceased. Our subject was married in 1864 to Mary Mulvane. She was born in this county in 1841, and is a daughter of David and Mary (Ross) Mulvane. To this union two children were born, Hattie, born in 1867, and Dwight, born in 1869. Mr. Dent enlisted in August, 1862, in the Fifty-second Regiment. Company D, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served six months, being discharged on account of disability. He is a member of Masonic Lodge, No. 175, "Lone Star;" has acted as Trustee; Justice of the Peace, and has been a member of the City Council and of the School Board, also President of Fair Association two terms. Mrs. Dent is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church.

ROBERT F. DENT, of the firm of Orme & Dent, dealers in hardware, agricultural implements, etc., Newcomerstown, was born in this county January 7, 1851, and is a son of George H. and Maria (Snider) Dent; the former (deceased) was a native of Maryland, the latter is a native of Winchester, Va. a. Our subject married, December 31, 1871, Mary E. Nugen, born April 20, 1851, in Newcomerstown, in the house she now lives in, and is a daughter of Wesley and Elizabeth (Hunkin) Nugen, natives of England, both deceased. They were early settlers of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Dent are the parents of one child. Byron B., born in Newcomerstown November 17, 1872. Our subject is one of a family of seven children; viz.: Gertrude H., wife of Byron Roberts. of Topeka, Kan.; William S., Albert, Amanda (deceased), Oscar B.. Robert Frank and George W. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., Newcomerstown Lodge. No. 445. His brother. William S., was a member of the Fifty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company D, and was discharged on account of disability. and his brother Albert was a member of the Fifty-first Regiment, Company C. Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted as a private, and was promoted to a Captaincy; serving about four years.

LEWIS R. FLETCHER, farmer, P. O. Newcomerstown, was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, January 5, 1830, and was raised there till thirteen years of age. He is a son of Adam and Catherine Fletcher. the former a native of Staten Island, N. Y., of English descent, the latter is of German lineage Our subject was married. October 9. 1856, in Coshocton County, by Rev. John Baker to Mary Culbertson, born near Keene, Coshocton County. June 23, 1833, and a daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth (Wilson) Culbertson, the former of Ohio, the latter of Pennsylvania. The result of this union has been a family of six children. four boys and two girls, both of the latter deceased. Their names are Henry W., Clara E. (deceased), James H., Anna B. (deceased) and Albert H. and Robert W. (twins). Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher are members of the United Brethren Church. along with the two oldest. children, and Mr. Fletcher is the owner of 160 acres of land, two miles south of Newcomerstown.

WILLIAM FRUSH, painter and carpenter, Post Boy, was born in Belmont County, Ohio. near Shepherdstown, February 16, 1819. and is a son of Henry and Rebecca (Rippeth) Frush ; the former, a native of Maryland, of German extraction, died in 1838. aged fifty-eight years; the latter, a native of Pennsylvania. of English descent. died in 1872. aged sixty-three years. Our subject was brought

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up in Belmont County, and educated at the common schools. He is the first son and third child in a family of eleven children, three boys and eight girls, five surviving, and has been a resident of this county sixteen years. He enlisted May 1, 1864, in the One Hundred and Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private, and participated in three battles, viz., Maryland Heights, in July, 1864; Snicker Gap, in July, 1864 ; and Winchester, in August, 1864 he was also engaged in numerous skirmishes, and was discharged September 12, 1864. Mr. Frush resides with his sister, Amelia A., born in Belmont County April 4, 1828; she is owner of five acres of land.

WILLIAM H. GARDNER, drayman, Newcomerstown, was born in this county in 1844, and is a son of William and Susan (Tufford) Gardner, natives of New Brunswick, N. J. The former, who was a farmer, was born in 1798, and died April 24, 1876 ; the latter was born March 27, 1810, and died May 10; 1878; she came to this county at the age of six years. They were married in 1829, and are both buried in Newcomerstown. The latter was of German, the former of English descent. They were the parents of ten children, five boys and five girls, viz., Margaret, Catherine, Annis, Sarah Ann (deceased), Josephine, Alvin, William, John, George and Ira ; Catherine and Alvin are single. Our subject was married, December 24, 1873, to Martha Packer, born in Carroll County, Ohio, in 1842, daughter of Samuel and Eliza Jane (West) Packer, both deceased. Mr. Gardner has been a drayman for seven years, and by trade is a stone-mason. He is a member of the order of Odd Fellows, and during the war was a member of the One Hundred and Seventy-eighth Regiment, Company H, serving eleven months. He participated in the battles of Kingston and Murfreesboro, Tenn. He worked for nine years on the Pan Handle Railway. Mr. Gardner's wife's father was a native of Jersey, her mother of London, England. Her father died September 17, 1869, aged fifty-six years; her mother died about the year 1848, aged twenty-two years.

GEORGE GARDNER. section foreman on the Pan Handle Railway, Newcomerstown. was born in that city January 27, 1850, and is a son of William and Susan (Tufford) Gardner, natives of New Jersey. Our subject was married to Annetta Pocock. February 20, 1879, also born in Newcomerstown February 23, 1856. She is a daughter of Elislia and Emma C. (Hand) Pocock ; the former, a blacksmith, of German extraction, was born February 5, 1821, in Maryland ; the latter was born January- 5, 1824, in New Jersey. They were married in 1842. Our subject is the parent of one child living, Clarence E., born September 4, 1880. Two are deceased. one died in infancy, and Bernice, born December 10, 1882, died February 22, 1883. Mr. Gardner has acted as section foreman on the Pan Handle Railway for five years. He is a member of the Masonic order, connected with No. 175. Newcomerstown, and his wife is a member of the M. P. Church.

IRA GARDNER, butcher, Newcomerstown. was born January 1, 1853, in this county, and is a son of William and Susan (Tufford) Gardner, natives of New Jersey. Our subject was married March 19, 1882, to Minnie, daughter of E. S. and Samantha (Frost) Pocock, of New Jersey, the former living, the latter deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner are the parents of one child, Charles Edwin, born October 26, 1882. Our subject's parents were early settlers of this county, his father being by occupation a carpenter. Mr. Ira Gardner is the youngest of ten children, five boys and five girls, two of the latter deceased.

DR. JOHN .W. S. GOUDY, of the firm Goudy & Sons, dealers in groceries. glassware, queensware, provisions, etc., Newcomerstown, Ohio, is a son of Andrew and Nancy Goudy, and was born January 13, 1833, in Brooke County, W. Va. In 1845, his father emigrated to Warrenton, Jefferson Co., Ohio; where he received his educational training, at intervals assisting his father, who was largely engaged in mercantile pursuits. In his eighteenth year, he entered the medical office of Dr. James M. Kelly, a very distinguished physician of Warrenton, with whom he remained one year, then going to finish his course of study with Dr. William 31. Worthington, formerly Physician to the Marine Hospital,

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Cincinnati, Ohio, after which he entered the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, and there finished his collegiate course in March, 1855. Immediately after leaving college, he set out to find a suitable location, and was influenced by his brother-in-law, Dr. S. R. Thompson, to locate in Uhrichsville. On March 27, 1855, he opened an office in the Commercial House, then kept by William McCullom. A good professional income was soon secured. On February 28, 1858, he married Ann Eliza Huston, a daughter of Jacob and Margaret A. Huston, a young lady of most remarkable gifts-handsome, accomplished, a leader in every circle in which she entered. To her the Doctor ascribes nearly all of his successful professional life. The fruits of this marriage are two sons. The oldest, John H.. was born January 23, 1809, and married Lottic E. Richmond, daughter of John Richmond, of Evansburg, Coshocton Co., Ohio ; the youngest, Rollin A., born October 30, 1863, who is a law student, and at home. February 1, 1860, the Doctor came to Newcomerstown, and on April 1, following, brought his family. Immediately upon his locating here, he began a course of unusual professional success. Although a young mail, he at once became a leader in his profession.. and has maintained it to this day, standing as one of the most prominent physicians of the Tuscarawas Valley. In his eighteenth year. he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which his parents were members. In 1865, the Methodist Episcopal Church had no church building in Newcomerstown. The society was small and poor. However, it was determined to build a church. In this as in everything else that the Doctor took hold of, success followed. Assisted by John W. Ayers, they procured what they could by subscription, which was not one half required, and then they borrowed the balance, giving their own individual pledges as security for it. The church was completed, and to-day the Methodist Episcopal Church of Newcomerstown is largely indebted for its strength and influence to Dr. Goudy, aided by John H. Ayers and A. C. Tufford. He is yet in the prime of life. of large wealth, active, energetic, and of indomitable perseverance in whatever he undertakes. The Doctor is a widower, having lost his wife in June. 1882.

JESSE HILL, farmer. P. O. Newcomerstown. was born in this county in April. 1813, and is a son of Jesse and Mary Hill, natives of Virginia, of English descent. The former, who was a son of Charles Hill, died March 28, 1844, the latter died March 28, 1834. They had a family of nine children, five boys and four girls, five living. Our subject is a twin brother of Isaac Hill, of Salem Township. He was married, April 14, 1839, to Rebecca Hagans, a native of Guernsey County, Ohio. She was born near Winchester, in March, 1822, and is a daughter of Charles anti Margaret (Bailes) Hagans, the former from Pennsylvania, died in 1857, aged sixty years the latter died in the West, in about the year 1876, aged seventy-six. Mrs. Jesse Hill is a twin sister of Susan, who died at the age of twenty-four years. and they were members of a family of thirteen children, six boys and seven girls, five deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hill are the parents of six children, three boys and three girls, two of each deceased. The survivors are Isaac, and Floe, wife of William Harvey, who has one child-Blanche. Mr. Hill owns 214 acres of land in this township. Our subject's daughter, Susan, was married to Jesse Osler, of Pottawattamie County, Iowa. They were killed with their two children, Rolly W.. aged seven years, and Neva May, aged five years, by a cyclone which swept away the house. This occurred June 9, 1879.

G. W. HOGUE and his son, Evans M. Hogue, P. O. Newcomerstown, are farmers and stock-raisers in this township. Mr. Hogue, Sr., was born near St. Clairsville, Belmont Co., Ohio, March 28, 1820, and is a son of Solomon and Sarah (Seaman) Hogue. The former born in Loudoun County, Va. in 1789, came to Ohio with his parents in the year 1801 and in 1813 married Sarah Seaman, who was born in Ohio County, Va., near West Liberty. G. W. Hogue was married. September 7, 1843, in Guernsey County. Ohio, to Martha Harris. born in Tuscarawas County, Oxford Township. near Newcomerstown. October 17, 1822. She is a daughter of George and Mary (Evans) Harris; the former. who came to Ohio in

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1807, was born in Ohio County, Va., July 1, 1788, died July 23, 1854. The latter was born in July, 1797, died April 9, 1839. They were married October 10, 1815. Mr. Harris was a farmer and stock-raiser and land speculator. Mr. and Jars. Hogue had a family of two children- Martha R., born January 8, 1845. died June 19, 1849, and Evans M., born May 9, 1850, in Linn County. Iowa. Evans M. Hogue was twice married. On the first occasion, August 23, 1874, to Mary E. Hill, born in Salem Township, this county, January 21, 1848, died September 3, 1875, and a daughter of Isaac, Sr., and Eliza (Booth) Hill. One child was born to this union, May 23, 1875, and died June 20 of the same year. For his second wife he chose, in 1876, Florence A. Harris, born in the neighborhood of Port Washington, Salem Township, this county, August 6, 1856, and a daughter of Isaac E. and Sarah A. (Price) Harris. The former, who was a farmer near Newcomerstown, was born August 21, 1825, died March 17, 1857. The latter was born December 18, 1827. They were married July 11, 1844, and were both natives of Ohio. Evans M. Hogue and wife have a family of two children-Estella May, born May 13, 1877, and Claude Harris, born January 14, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hogue have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church since 1853, and their son and his wife are also members.

CONARD HOSFELT, dealer in groceries, produce, glassware, notions, gents' furnishings, etc., Newcomerstown, was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, March 31, 1847, and is a son of Peter and Anna Martha (Roppell) Hosfelt, both natives of Hesse, Germany, and who emigrated to Ohio forty-five years ago. The latter died March 31, 1880, and is buried in Newcomerstown. Our subject's father was born November 12, 1807, and his mother February 22, 1810, They were married February 8, 1833. Their family consisted of ten children, all boys. Conard, our subject, was married, September 15, 1875, to Hattie Law, who was born June 5, 1849, daughter of John Law, of Post Boy, this county. Her mother's maiden name was Anna Crucer. John Law was born January 21, 1813, in Fayette County, Penn., and his wife September 26, 1815. She died July 3, 1863. They were the parents of seven children, and were married in Belmont County in 1840. Mr. and Mrs. Conard Hosfelt have a family of five children-Samuel Franklin, born February 27, 1876 ; George Washington, May 23, 1877; Urias Jessie, October 18, 1878 ; Anna Bell, December 28, 1880 ; and Mary J., June 21, 1883. Mr. Hosfelt is the seventh son in a family- of ten, seven living. He has been a resident of Newcomerstown ten years, and was raised on a farm. He is a member of a Masonic Lodge at Plainsfield, Coshocton County, Ohio. Mr. Hosfelt had the misfortune to lose his dwelling-house by fire April 10, 1883, suffering a total loss.

JOHN HURSEY, retired farmer and blacksmith, Newcomerstown, was born January 18, 1791, in Virginia, and moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, at the age of twenty-seven years. He is a son of George and Julia Ann Hursey, and was married in 1818 to Margaret Chadwell, who died October 6, 1852. By this union there were eight children, two deceased. Mr. Hursey was nest united, July 10, 1857, to Maggie E. Chadwell; a distant relative of his first wife. She was born December 25, 1834, in Jefferson County, Ohio, near Smithfield, a daughter of Duffet and Mahala (Chaney) Chadwell, natives of Indiana. The former died aged forty-five years ; the latter died twenty years ago, aged fifty years. Mr. and Mrs. John Hursey are the parents of one child, A. C., born near Albany, this county September 29, 1859, and was married, January 9, 1881, to Amanda Hart, of this county, born in 1860, and a daughter of Jacob Hart. By occupation. he is a farmer and school teacher. Our subject participated in the war of 1812, of which he is a pensioner. He worked at blacksmithing for about seven years. His parents came to Ohio in 1816, settling in Jefferson County. His father was sixty-four years old when he died, and his mother was seventy- years old at her decease. Mr. Hursey has been a member of the M. P. Church for about fifty years; and his wife for twenty years. The latter has been a dress-maker since fifteen years of age, learning her trade with a Miss E. Bolls, Smithfield, Ohio.

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W. A. JOHNS, druggist (of the firm of Wilkin & Johns), and Notary Public, Newcomerstown, was born March 27, 1836. at Now Castle, Coshocton County, Ohio; and is a son of Joseph and Hannah (Clark) Johns, natives of Ohio and of Welsh extraction. The former was born in 1810 ; died in 1876 ; the latter was born in 1815, and at present resides on the old homestead. The grandparents of our subject were natives of New Jersey. and moved to Ohio in 1805. Our subject was married in 1864 to Margaret H. Wilkin, born in Cannonsburg, Washington County, Penn., March 17, 1842, and is a daughter of James and Delilah Wilkin. natives of Pennsylvania, but who moved to Coshocton County, Ohio, in 1860 By this marriage there are two children-Loulou A., born in December, 1864. and Winnifred, born in November, 1869. Mr. Johns' first outset in life was as a clerk in a hardware store in Coshocton, in which store he was steadily employed for five years ; then opened a drug store in Roscoe. Coshocton County, in the spring of 1864; carried it on one year: sold and opened another in Utica. continuing two years, again sold and bought in Coshocton. where he remained in the drug business until 1871, when he came to Newcomerstown and engaged in the printing business, establishing, in that year. the first newspaper in Coshocton, which he carried on one year with Dr. A. M. Beers. under the firm name of Johns & Beers. and then sold. Was again engaged in newspaper business during years, 1879. 1880 and 1881, when he became a partner in the drug business with A. J. Wilkin. Mr. Johns' experience in the drug business has been large, having been owner from time to time of several drug stores. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the I. O. O. F.

NELSON JOHNSON, farmer and stock-raiser. P. O. Newcomerstown. was born December 6, 1831, in Coshocton County. Ohio. brought up in Guernsey County and educated at the common schools. He is a son of Ezekiel and Mary Ann (Eagle) Johnson. The former (deceased) was born in Jefferson. Ohio, July 1, 1806, and the latter was born in 1810. of Irish descent. Our subjects grandfather, Ephraim, was an early settler of Coshocton County. and is buried in Guernsey County. Mr. Nelson Johnson was married. August 23, 1860. to Charity Scott, born near Wheeling, Va.. in November, 1836, a daughter of James V. and Ellen Scott, of Scotch descent. They are the parents of eleven children. of whom seven are living- Mary E., Emma P., Alonzo. Laura D., Hattie, Cassie and Martha. Three sons and one daughter died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Johnson is the second in a family of eleven children. six of whom are living, two boys and four girls.

RICHARD JOHNSTON. farmer. P. O. Newcomerstown, was born in Ireland. and at the age of ten years emigrated with his parents Richard and Mary (Armstrong) Johnston. He was married. July 4. 1831. to Rebecca, daughter of William Little. She also was born across the Atlantic. She dice April 16, 1852. To this union six children were born, two boys and four girls-Telenia. Mary (deceased), Francis A., John A., William W. and Margaret J.. all married. Our subject was reared in a family of eight children. and is the sixth child and fourth son He owns 100 acres of land. and has been an active man. but is now living a well earned, comfortable, retired life. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Johnston was also a member of that church.

RICHARD KING, farmer and stock-raiser. P. O. Newcomerstown, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, May 30, 1820, and is a son of David and Rachel (Phelps) King, natives of Maryland and of English descent. Our subject was married twice, first to Mary Thompson, born in Ireland November 20, 1819, died June 5, 1877. She was a daughter of John I. and Elizabeth Cruthers, of Irish descent. To this union eleven children were born. six boys and five girls. two of the latter deceased. His second marriage took place December 22, 1878. with Mrs. Nancy Ellen Jewell. widow of George Jewell. She was born in Virginia November 20, 1845. Her father was a Mr. Robinson, of Virginia, of English descent. Mr. King owns 277 acres of land in Sections 13,. 18 and 17, and has been a resident of this

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State forty-one years. He is a member of the United Brethren Church, and has acted as trustee three terms of one year each. He has also been a member of the School Board for eighteen years. His sons are all married except one, and all farmers. One is in Iowa and the rest in Dakota.

WILLIAM H. KIPP, railway agent on the Pan Handle Railroad, Newcomerstown, was born in Westphalia, Prussia, April 12, 1841, and emigrated to Dresden, Muskingum County, Ohio. where he lived until nineteen years old, and then went to Newark, Ohio. His father was born December 27, 1816; his mother on June 21, 1817, and was married at the age of twenty-four years. She was killed by the kick of a horse in May, 1875, at Frazeysburg, Ohio. They had a family of eight children, one deceased. Our subject was married, September 23, 1861, to M. E. Lisey, born in Switzerland September 23, 1841. They are the parents of five children, viz.: Ida E., wife of William Harris, assistant agent for his father-in-law ; Anna E.; Edward H.; Charles E., died March 6, 1873 ; and Ella R. Mr. Kipp has been acting as agent for eleven years, and helped to build the Pan Handle Railway. He is a son of Henry and Christina E. (Stockdick) Kipp, the latter deceased. Mr. Kipp enlisted in Company D, First Ohio Cavalry, August 5, 1861, and was discharged in October, 1864, at Columbia, Middle Tenn., and mustered out at Columbus. Ohio, October 1864. He was in the Army of the Cumberland from the spring of 1862 to June, 1863, acting as Private Orderly in Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas' escort, and participated in all the engagements of the Army of the Cumberland under Gens. Buell, Grant, Rosecrans and Sherman until the Union victory of Atlanta. Ga. He belongs to no religious denomination, but takes the Bible as his only rule of faith. and expects to be saved by and through the resurrection only. He discards the doctrine of immortal souls, etc.

J. F. LEGGETT, minister of the Gospel, P. O. Conotton, Ohio, was born in Union Township, this county. October 17, 1854, and is a son of Elijah and Eliza (Lemasters) Leggett, the former born August 2, 1821, the latter on December 23, 1826. They were married in 1845. and were the parents of twelve children, five boys and seven Girls. viz.: W. B. born October 6, 1846 ; Abraham, born April 15, 1848, died October 15. 1850 ; Nancy E., born March 23, 1850 ; Elizabeth J., born May 8, 1852 ; J. F., born October 17, 1854 ; Racel A., born September 3, 1856; John C.. born October 2, 1858; Sarah M., born July 22, 1861 ; Catherine R.. born November 19, 1865 ; E. S., born December 29, 1866 ; Mary A., born December 11, 1869 ; and Emma, born December 10, 1871. The subject of this sketch, was married, March 20, 1879, to Luella J. Skeels, born March 31, 1861, in this county, and a daughter of T. B. and A. R. (Smith) Skeels, also natives of this county. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Leggett are the parents of two children-Odessie B.. born January 17, 1880 ; and Oreta, born March 4,1882. Mr. Leggett received a common school education, and is a minister of the United Brethren Church. He was received into the Muskingum Conference, United Brethren Church, at its sixty-fourth Session. held at New Philadelphia in 1871, Bishop J. Dixon presiding.

U. R. LEWIS, lumber dealer and manufacturer of doors, sashes, blinds, etc., Newcomerstown. was born in 1840 in Newcomerstown, and is a son of Watson and Elizabeth (Doyl) Lewis. The former, born in Pennsylvania in 1808, died in 1874. He was a glass-blower by occupation. The latter was born in 1811 at Zanesville, Ohio; died in 1860. Both are buried in Salem Township. They were married in 1830, and Mr. Lewis came to Newcomerstown in 1833. Our subject was twice married. In 1860, he married Anna M. Hammel, born in 1841 and died April 15, 1879, leaving six children, five living. In 1881, he took for his second wife Mary A. Hufford, by whom he had one child. His first wife was a daughter of David R. and Hannah E. (Hand) Hammel, and his second wife is a daughter of Alexander Hufford, and was born in this county in 1842. Mr. Lewis has been in the lumber business since 1873. He is a member of Lone Star, No. 175, F. & A. M.. and Nugent Chapter No. 124, R. A. M.; also a member of Lodge No. 145, I.O.O.F. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are members of the United Brethren Church. He owns twenty acres of laud in this township.

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WILLIAM H. MABERRY, proprietor Fountain Hotel, Newcomerstown, is a native of Wellsville, Columbiana Co., Ohio, born January 1, 1838. He is a son of Thomas and Ann B. (Cox) Maberry, the former a native of Pennsylvania and of English descent, the latter born at Graves Creek, between Bridgeport and Steubenville, Ohio. They emigrated to West Virginia in 1835, but are now residents of Newark. Ohio. Our subject was married, January 1, 1860, to Catherine Neighbor, born in 1841. in Newcomerstown, and a daughter of Leonard and Mary (Servison) Neighbor, pioneers of this county. Both are deceased, the father ten years ago, the mother three years since, at the age of sixty-seven years. Our subject is the father of two children-Flora, born April 10, 1861, died in October the same year ; and Albert U.. born April 25, 1862. died February 10, 1878. Mr. Maberry was about twelve years old when he came to Tuscarawas County, and by occupation was a tinner, which he followed for thirteen years, two years in Wellsville and nine years in Port Washington, Ohio. He built the hotel in which he is doing business, and has enlarged it to a capacity of twenty-five rooms. It was known for the first three years as the "Shiel House." Our subject was a Corporal in the One Hundred and Forty-third Regiment. Company E, and served five months. He was the oldest in a family of seven children, five boys and two girls viz., our subject; Catherine M., wife of Andrew J. Boggs, residents of Bridgeport, Ohio ; Washington M.; Sarah H., wife of Johnson Brown, of Bridgeport. Ohio ; John L., of Newark. Ohio ; Thomas E., Newark ; and Frank A.; of Bridgeport, Ohio.

JAMES McCLURE, retired saddler, Newcomerstown, was born in the State of New York July 5, 1811, and is a son of James and Sallie (Corwin) McCIure. natives of Vermont. Our subject emigrated to Ohio in 1836, and on February26, 1842, married Delila Conley, a native of Pennsylvania, born June 8, 1809 They are the parents of three children-James H., deceased ; Charles G., born March 30, 1844, in Cleveland. Ohio; and James Curtis, deceased. Charles G. is a Sheriff at Austin, Tex. Mrs. McClure's maternal grandfather and Thomas Corwin's father were full cousins. Mr. McClure is a member of the Masonic order, the oldest Mason in the lodge, and the first one made in Newcomerstown. He has been a member of the Blue Lodge for about thirty-five years, and of the Chapter for ten years. He has worked at the saddlery business for thirty-five years. His wife is a member of the Lutheran Church. Our subject's son enlisted in February, 1862, in the Eightieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company E. and served about four years. He was promoted to Corporal, then to Lieutenant. Mr. McClure's father was killed at the battle of Sackett's Harbor in the war of 1812.

JAMES M. McCOLLUM, farmer, P. O. Newcomerstown, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, June 12, 1839, and is a son of Jasper and Sarah (McPeeck} McCollum, the former of Scotch descent and a native of Ohio, the latter of German extraction, through ancestors in New Jersey, and a native of Guernsey County Our subject was married. March 4, 1866, in Coshocton County, to Catherine Elizabeth Current, born July 30, 1844, on the Reserve in Bloomfield Township. Trumbull Co.. Ohio, and a daughter of George and Susan (Fletcher) Current. To this union six children were born, viz.: Otis U., Orrin Oscar, Asa H., Bertha E., Ida N. and Eddy V. He was raised in a family of twelve children, his wife in a family of five. Mr. McCollum enlisted September 19, 1861, in the Fortieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Company H. and acted as Corporal. He participated in the following battles, besides many skirmishes : Middle Creek, Ky.; Franklin. Tenn.; Chickamauga, September 19, 1863 ; Kenesaw : Resaca, May 14, 1864 and all through this campaign, as well as in 1862 and 1863. He was captured June 20, 1864, at Kenesaw, Ga., and imprisoned at Andersonville for five months ; then in Mason, Ga., one month three weeks in Savannah, and two months in Florence, S. C.; and was wounded in the right arm at Chickamauga September 19, 1863. He was discharged April 5, 1865. Mr. McCollum owns 130 acres of land two

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and a half miles south of Newcomerstown, and has been a resident of this county since 1867. His father died in 1854, aged fifty-four years, and is buried in Oxford Township. Mr. and Mrs. McCollum are members of the Baptist Church.

DR. J. R. McELROY, Newcomerstown, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, November 22, 1848, and received a common school education in the schools of that county. He commenced the study of medicine in 1877, Dr. J. D. Casey, of East Springfield, Ohio, acting as preceptor, and attended lectures at the Medical Department of Wooster University, in the city of Cleveland. He graduated from that college March 7, 1880, and located in Newcomerstown April 15, 1880, where he has since resided, and engaged in the practice of his profession. He was married, November 21, 1882, to Miss Atha A. Ripley, of Tusearawas County.

FRANK MISKIMEN, horticulturist, P. O. Newcomerstown, was born December 10, 1845, in Coshocton County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Rachel (Burt) Miskimen, the former a native of Coshocton County, Ohio, the latter of Orange County, N. Y. Our subject was married to Lucy McMunn, of Mattoon, Ill. She is a native of Coshocton County, Ohio, born December 2, 1848, and a daughter of Samuel C. McMunn. Mr. and Mrs. Miskimen are the parents of six children, four living, viz., Bertha G., John S., Rachel, George Y. (deceased), S. C. and Jenny T. (deceased). Mr: Miskimen owns thirty acres of land in this county. He was one of a family of twelve children, seven now living, and his wife was one of a family of nine children, eight of whom are now living.

J. R. MULVANE, carpenter and builder, Newcomerstown, is a native of Coshocton County, Ohio, born December 29,1836. He is a sun of Joseph, Jr., and Isabel (Whiteside) Mulvane, both of Irish descent, the former a native of Ohio, the latter of Chester County, Penn. Our subject was.married, May 2, 1867, to Mary Benton, born near Brownsville, Penn., January 15, 1838. They are the parents of five children, viz., Maud, Joseph, George, Becca B. (deceased), and Jesse. Mr. Mulvane was the oldest in a family of four children-two boys and two girls-all living. Mr. Mulvane is a member of Lone Star Lodge, No. 175, F. & A. M. He was connected with the planing mill of Wilson, Benton & Co. for seven years.

WILLIAM P. MULVANE, dealer in dry goods, notions, boots and shoes, clothing, etc., Newcomerstown, was born January 7, 1840, in Newcomerstown, Ohio, and is a son of David and Mary (Ross) Mulvane. The former was born August 1, 1804, in Coshocton County, about one mile from Newcomerstown. He was a son of John Mulvane, a native of Maryland, and of Scotch descent. He was married, August 14, 1834, to Mary Ross, a daughter of Rev. William Ross, Sr., and commenced business in Newcomerstown in about the year 1830, engaging in tanning; harness-making and other business, and, being very successful, accumulated some $150,000. He was a member, along with his wife and two daughters (Mrs. W. S. Dent and Mrs. O. E. Powleson), of the Methodist Protestant Church. In politics, he was a Whig, but afterward joined the Republican ranks. He died January 8, 1877, aged seventy-two years five months and seven days. He was the father of five boys and two girls, all married. He won the reputation of being a great hunter, as he chased the deer and captured the bear. Our subject was married, June 1, 1870, to Emily K. Gardner, born in Ohio November 15, 1844, and a daughter of Joseph and Mary (Rich) Gardner. By this union, there are two boys and one girl-Stanley B., Daisy K. and Roy H. Mr. Mulvane was educated at the common schools. He was a member of the Fifty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company D. He enlisted August, 11, 1862, and served nearly three years, participating in a number of battles and skirmishes. He was slightly wounded by a splinter from a comrade's gun at Buzzard Roost, Ga., and was mustered out as Orderly-Sergeant in June, 1865. John Mulvane, our subject's great-grandfather, was a native of Ireland, and settled with his wife (Mrs. Douglas, a widow lady- of Scotch extraction), in Maryland, where they had a family of four sons.

WILLIAM NEIGHBOR (deceased), late farmer and canal-boatman in New Jersey, was born in New Jersey in 1807, and was a son of William Neighbor.

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Our subject emigrated to Newcomerstown, and was married. September 24, 1833, to Sarah Cline, born April 11, 1815 ; died March 5, 1856. They were the parents of ten children, four living. Mr. Neighbor next married. April 9, 1857, Polly AL. daughter of Milton and Catherine (Fasborough) Smith, and widow of Martin Cline. She is a native of this county, born April 24, 1827. She was first married February 15, 1845, and by that marriage had four children -Rosetta, Elizabeth C., Winfield Scott and Mahala D. Two are living. By her second marriage, Mrs. Neighbor had a family of two-Marcia E. (deceased), and Frank Milton. Her first husband was for a number of years a merchant in Bolivar. and a member of the order of Odd Fellows. A daughter by her first husband is tile wife of G. W. Mulvane. She has one brother and one sister, two half sisters and one half brother. The subject of this sketch was a member of the Masonic order, and of the Methodist EpisCopal Church, of which church his widow is also a member.

DAVID NEIGHBOR. of the firm of Hicks & Neighbor. Newcomerstown, dealers in boots and shoes, is by trade a cabinet-maker, and has been a traveling salesman and insurance agent for ten years. At tile present time he is traveling for Millers & Hustons, of Columbus and Pittsburgh, and has been quite successful. During the war, he was a member of the Fifty-second Regiment, with Col. Daniel McCook. and served as Second Lieutenant. His brother. S. M., who was killed, was Captain. He received his wound June 27, 1864, and died at Chat tanooga July 8, attended by his wife and brother. Our subject was wounded August 5, 1863, at La Vergne, Tenn., and had his left limb broken in two places. His mother was killed by being thrown from a horse. He was married twice; the first marriage was March 11, 1858, with Harriet A. Piper, daughter of Jesse O. Piper, who was born January 2, 1839, died February 28, 1872. By this marriage there were born four children-Jesse E., Elsie E. (deceased). Mary F. and Frank E. (deceased). The second marriage was on March 12, 1873, with Miss Emma O. Davis. a native of this count, where she was horn March 2, 1850. She is a daughter of Charles F. Davis. By this marriage there are four children-Frank S. Laura A. (deceased), Estelle H. and Edna O. Our subject was born September 24, 1836, in Newcomerstown. He bears the name of one of the oldest families in this vicinity, and from which Newcomerstown first received a name it being formerly called Neighborstown.

JACOB NEIGHBOR, farmer and stock-raiser. P. O. Newcomerstown, was born in this township March 6, 1844, and is a son of Jacob and Susanna (Neighbor) Neighbor (cousins) : tile former, of Irish descent, came to Ohio from Dutch Valley, N. J., when he was ten years old. He was born April 4, 1803, making him now an octogenarian ; the latter. also of Dutch Valley, N. J., was born in May, 1804. The subject of this sketch was married, September 20, 1871, to Jane McFarland, born in Adams Township, Coshocton County, Ohio in January, 1842. and a daughter of Ezekiel and Isabel (Corbet) McFarland, the former a native of Michigan, of Irish extraction, the latter a native of Coshocton County, and of German and Irish descent. By this union there are four children-Alvin O., born September 3, 1873; Theodore C., born September 27, 1875 : John A., born January 27, 1877 ; and Anna Belle, born June 27, 1879.

J. PECK, traveling salesman for Reed. Jones & Co., Columbus, Ohio, Newconterstown, was born in Newcomerstown October 15, 1838. and is a son of Richard A. and Hester (Chambers) Peck, the former a native of New York State, the latter of Ohio; of Scotch and Irish lineage. Richard A. Peck, carpenter, was born in New York, June 22, 1800, and is a son of Richard and Permelia (Chamberlin) Peck ; the former was in the war of 1812. He came to Ohio in 1832, and was married in 1833 to Hattie Chambers. born May 15, 1812, in Guernsey County. Ohio, and a daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Sprinkle) Chambers. The former was from Pennsylvania. and was in tile war of 1812 ; the latter front Maryland. They were tile parents of eight children-an infant (deceased). John, Alford, William (deceased), Jehu, Erastus (deceased), Philena, at home. and Catherine

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(deceased). Mr. Peck. Sr., has been a resident of this county for forty-nine years. Mr. J. Peck was marrried November 24, 1859, to Margaret J. Norris, born in Ohio, December 10, 1840, and a daughter of A. Norris (deceased), of Coshocton County. By this union there were four- children, two boys and two girls, one girl only- living Estella, born November 10, 1869 ; S. A., was born in 1860, died in February, 1878 : the others died in infancy. Mr. Peck enlisted in the Fifty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company D, and after passing through the campaign in the West, was discharged in 1862. He is a member of the Masonic order, and has been a commercial traveler for seven years. He was engaged in the boot and shoe business for eight or nine years in Newcomerstown.

E. S. POCOCK. carpenter and builder, Newcomerstown, was born November 1, 1842, in that city. He was twice married; first in December, 1863, to Samantha Frost. born in 1844 and a daughter of Harvey Frost, of New Jersey. By this union there were two children, one deceased. The second marriage was in March. 1872, with Jane Carson, of Medina County, this State, born in 1840. Robert Carson. her father, was born in England in 1793, and left home when fifteen years of age. He enlisted on board a man-of-war, serving sixteen years. He then located in Philadelphia. Penn., and married Margret S. A. Sherard in 1838. He came to Ohio in 1840. and died in 1864. Margret, his wife, was born in England. and died in 1863. Mr. Pocock was Mayor of Newcomerstown from 1872 to 1876, and has also acted as Marshal and Constable. He is a charter member of the order of Odd Fellows. Mrs. Pocock's parents are both deceased, and she has one brother, William, living in Iowa.

J. T. POCOCK. Mayor of Newcomerstown, was born in this county August 5, 1845, and is a son of Elisha and Emma C. (Hand) Pocock. He was married, December 6, 1865, to Kate A. Chambers, born in this county April 16, 1844, and a daughter of James and Sarah (Pollock) Chambers. This union has resulted in two children. both born in Newcomerstown-Harry P., born January, 1870, died February 10, 1879, and Carrie M., born October 28, 1873. Our subject was the second son and child of a family of eight, five of whom survive, three boys and two girls. In 1862 he enlisted in the three months service, in the Eighty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment; Company F, and in August, 1863, in the One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Regiment, Company B, and was discharged in March, 1864. He participated in the battle of Clinch River, Tenn., in 1863. He was elected Mayor of Newcomerstown in 1880, and elected Justice of the Peace in 1881. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., at Newcomerstown, Lodge No. 444, also of the K. of P.. and was a charter member of Lodge No. 102, K. of P., having passed the chairs in both. He was Representative to the Grand Lodge of the K. of P. at Dayton and Steubenville.

O. C. POWLESON, retired hardware merchant, Newcomerstown, was born March 21, 1843, in New Philadelphia, Ohio, and is a son of Dr. R. and Elizabeth (Church) Powleson, who were born near Brooklyn. N. Y. The former moved to Bridgeport, Ohio, in 1836, and for forty years has been a resident of New Philadelphia. His wife died when our subject was but fifteen months old. O. C. Powleson was married in June of 1870, to Rebecca A. Mulvane, born in August, 1849, in Newcomerstown, and a daughter of David and Mary(Ross) Mulvane. To this union were born six children. three boys and three girls, viz. : Mary E., Clark W.; Bert D., Pearl M., Lucile H. and John D. Our subject enlisted twice during the rebellion, first as a private in the Sixteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company F, and for a second time, in the Eightieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Company B, as private, and was promoted to Captain, serving from April, 1861 to 1865. During the last year of the war, he was with Gen. John A. Logan's staff. His first battle was at luka. second at Corinth, where he received an ounce bullet in his left side. The nest battle was at Vicksburg, then Mission Ridge, and Resaca, besides numerous skirmishes. He was engaged in the hardware business for eight years in Newcomerstown, Ohio; and has been a resident of same for thirteen years.

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WILLIAM REED, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Newcomerstown, was bore in Oxford Township, Coshocton Co., Ohio, December 6, 1807, and is a son of Jacob and Catherine (Vaughn) Reed, the former a native of Virginia, the latter, of Scotch descent, a native of Maryland. They died in 1834, seven days apart, the father aged sixty-six, the mother aged fifty-seven tears. Our subject was reared in Coshocton County, and educated at the common schools. He was married in Coshocton County to Margaret Stutte, born February 7, 1813, in Jefferson County, Ohio, and a daughter of Michael and Elizabeth (Miser) Stutte. the former of German lineage, from Pennsylvania, the latter, also of German extrac tion, from Mt. Eaton, Ohio, died in 1844, aged fifty-four years. This union resulted in eleven children, seven living, all married except one. Their names are Elizabeth, wife of James Nugen ; Mary Ann, wife of Edward Hamilton ; Phebe. wife of William Morrison ; Jacob, William C. ; Martha, wife of Bud Wigfield. and Joseph D. Those deceased are James B., Henry, John and an infant.

CHARLES ROBINSON, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Newcomerstown, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, April 2. 1835, and is a son of Thomas Robinson. He was married to Mrs. Sarah A. (Price) Harris, widow of Isaac Harris, on October 30, 1858. She was born in Carroll County, December 18. 1827. To this union were born two children, one bog and one girl, viz.: Alvina, born July 25, 1861, died March 17.1865, and Benjamin, born April 12, 1S63. Mr. Robinson has been a resident of this county for forty-three years, and is the owner of eighty acres of land in Oxford Township. He does an extensive business as a farmer and stock-raiser. He has five brothers, and his father was twice married.

URS SCHLUPP, farmer and stock-raiser. P.O. Newcomerstown, was born in Switzerland April 10, 1826, and is a son of Stephen and Margaret Schlupp. He married. in 1850, Anna Maria Affolter, also a native of Switzerland, born May 24. 1824, and a daughter of Samuel Affolter. They emigrated to Ohio in 1858. They are the parents of eight children, four living-Sophia, wife of Isaac Hill ; Alexander, married to Samantha Browning ; Frank, married to Lizzie Haver, and Eliza, wife of John King. Our subject had three brothers and two sisters. The brothers' names are Stephen and John (deceased), and Jacob, living in this county, single. Their father was born in 1786, and died at the age of ninety-one years. and their mother died in 1849 at the same age. Our subject is owner of 166 acres of land, and is a well-to-do and respected member of the community.

GEORGE W. SELLS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Newcomerstown, was born in Salem Township, this county, September 10, 1835, and is a. son of David and Elenor (Hill) Sells. The former, of German lineage, was born in Belmont. Ohio, in 1800, died August 2, 1872 and his father was engaged in the war of 1812. Our subject was married, August 18, 1864, to Nancy- Ann Reid, a native of Adams Township, Coshocton County, where she was born November 2, 1840, the second daughter of John and Polly (Walters) Reid, the former born in Virginia, in 1801, died in 1855, the latter, of German descent, born in 1803, died in 1874. Our subject is the father of five children, all girls-Mary E., born June 6, 1865, died February 19. 1866 ; Alta C., born January 10, 1867, Laura A., born January 24, 1869 ; Jesse May, born March 16, 1872, died June 20, 1874, and Anna O., born August 24, 1875. Our subject, his wife and two children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has acted as class-leader for eight years, as well as Steward. and Superintendent of the Sabbath school. Alta C., daughter of our subject is attending the Oberlin College in Lorain County, Ohio.

DAVID SELLS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Newcomerstown, was born in 1845 in this county, and is a son of David and Elenor (Hill) Sells, whose personal histories will be found in the biographical sketch of George W. Sells, in this volume. Our subject was married. May 27, 1873, to Rachel F, McDonnell. daughter of John and Mary Anna (Black) McDonnell. To this union have been born four children, three girls and one boy-John F., born October 28, 1874 ; Mary A., born May 9, 1876 ; Hattie E., born October 28,---, and Florence D., born

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October 1, 1882. Our subject is a member of the United Brethren Church, and a Class Leader in the same. His father was also a member of and Class Leader in the same church.

WILLIAM SHAW, hotel-keeper, Newcomerstown, was born in Leesville, Ohio, March 5, 1834, and is a son of Isaiah and Sarah (True) Shaw. His father was a farmer, and a native of New York State; born in 1819, died in 1871 in Tuscarawas County. Mrs. Shaw was a native of Virginia, born in 1812, died in 1882. Our subject is the fourth child and third son of a family of fourteen children, of whom twelve are living. He was educated at the common schools, and has been twice married. His first union was on August 20, 1857, with Miss Sarah Garver (deceased ), who was born in this county and State March 14, 1835, and died in 1872. She was a daughter of George Garver, a native of Pennsylvania. In February, 1873, Mr. Shaw was joined in marriage with Martha V. Wilson, widow of Hugh Leonard, by whom she had two children, Mary G. and Jessie B. She is a native of New York, and a daughter of George and Sarah (Poret) Wilson. Mr. Shaw has merchandized for about thirteen years in Ragersville, Ohio, and kept a hotel for five or six years, three years in Avondale, Coshocton County, and two tears in this county as proprietor of the Commercial Hotel at Newcomerstown. He has a first-class house, furnished with every convenience, and he is an esteemed citizen of the town.

PHILIP SHEETS, farmer, P. O. Newcomerstown, was born in Mill Township this county, June 13, 1834, and is a son of Capt. John and Elizabeth (Buff) Sheets, the former of German extraction, from Dauphin County, Penn. He was one of the earliest settlers in this county, living near Uhrichsville. He was a millwright and farmer. Our subject was married in Deersville, Harrison Co., Ohio, September 20, 1860, to Susan Botimer, born in 1841, a daughter of Dr. Botimer. To this union has been born one child-Luella. Mr. and Mrs. Sheets are also bringing up an orphan child-George Quillen. Mr. Sheets owns thirty-three acres of land in Oxford Township, besides town property. He is a member and Elder of the Presbyterian Church. His wife and daughter are also members. Mr. Sheets is the seventh son in a family of eight children, seven boys and one girl.

JOSEPH SHEPHERD, farmer and stock raiser and dealer, P. O. Post Boy, s a native of Belmont County, Ohio. where he was born May 25, 1820. e is a son of Nathan and Amelia Ann (Fresh) Shepherd, the former a native of North Carolina, of English extraction, died in 1861, aged seventy-one years; the latter, a native of Maryland, of German lineage, died about the year 1859, at about the same age as her husband. They moved to Ohio in 1800. Our subject was married, March 8, 1848, to Elizabeth Mardis, born near Steubenville, Jefferson Co., Ohio, of Scotch and Irish descent. She is a daughter of William and Frances Mardis. The result of this union is a family of ten children, viz.: Rufus H.; William; Catherine J., deceased; Emma, deceased; James ; Anna A.; Joseph ; au infant, deceased ; Maggie and Frank. Five are married and have families.

R. L. SHOEMAKER, manufacturer of bee-hives and all kinds of apiarian supplies, Newcomerstown, was born in Newcomerstown January 12, 1851, and is a son of George and Margaret (Gardner) Shoemaker, both natives of Ohio, the mother of English descent. Our subject was married, March 10, 1878, to Alice Wortsbough, a native of Coshocton County, Ohio, and a daughter of Harvey and Melissa (Laniger) Wortsbough, both of whom are living. The former is a farmer, and the latter is a native of Coshocton County, Ohio. To this union have been born two children-Ella Beatrice, born August 16, 1881, and Arsola, born Novem ber 20, 1882. Mr. Shoemaker is the oldest of a family of nine children, seven boys and two girls, eight living, viz., R. L., Violet, Carl E., Joseph, Ida C., Frank (deceased), Alvin, Marion and George W. Our subject is a member of the Knights of Pvthias in Newcomerstown.

GARRATT B. SMITH, merchant, Newcomerstown, Ohio, was born December 31, 1826, at Columbus, Ohio, and was educated in the public schools of that city.

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His father's name was Anson Smith, and his mother's name was Triphena Smith. His parents had six children, of whom he is the second. His father's death occurred when our subject was only twelve years old, which threw him upon his own resources in early life, and taught him self-reliance, perseverance and industry. In 1844, he began mercantile life as a clerk at Roscoe. on the Ohio Canal, in Coshocton County, Ohio. In 1847 he located in Newcomerstown. and in 1851 married Elmira Nugen, eldest daughter of Col. R. H. Nugen of the same place. Eight children have been born of this union. viz., Virginia, wife of J. Foster Wilkin; Marcia M. (deceased), wife of David A. Raif; Robert H., Sarah N., Christina, Howard. Jessie h. and Elmira (deceased). While Mr. Smith was a Young clerk at Roscoe. Col. Nugen, then Superintendent of the Ohio Canal, took notice of his skill and sagacity in the management of business and induced him to come to Newcomerstown and assume the control of his commercial interests at that point Afterward. he became Col. Nugen's partner in merchandising and in the construction of public works. In 1863-64-65. they built the greater part of the Pan Handle Railroad, Mr. Smith having immediate supervision of construction. and they received the favorable commendation of the press for their energy and wise and vigorous management. Since that time Mr. Smith has given his attention chiefly to his business of merchandising and farming at NewcoMerstown. For twelve years. Mr. Smith was a member of the Newcomerstown Board, of Education. and nine years President of the Board. He was elected to the Ohio Legislature in 1869, and re-elected in 1871. While sitting in the latter body. he was an active member of the Committee on Insurance, which framed the pr present insurance laws of the State, and devised and established the Insurance Bureau and the office of Commissioner of Insurance. Mr. Smith is emphatically a self made business man. While diligent in business, he has kept himself informed on all living questions. In commercial matters. he has a wise judgment and has a clear and comprehensive understanding of the history and theories of finance. insurance. tariff and kindred subjects. He is a man of reasonable, but firm convictions ; is no justifier of the follies, weakness or deceits of men: is a keen observer of motives and character: is bold to attack error and merciless to expose fraud and vice for any just purpose, but is also full of that human kindness which makes brothers of us all, and judges the conduct and opinions of men charitably. Although purely a business mart, Mr. Smith has not selfishly or narrowly devoted his time and talents to one idea or purpose. In local, county and State affairs. he has been a public servant as much as was consistent with public and private duty, but never for his own glory or aggrandizement He never sought an office and his transactions. whether in public or private life. have never been tainted with even the suspicion of corruption.

ALVIN W. SPERLING, telegraph operator on the Pan Handle Railroad, Newcomerstown. was born December 24, 1854, and brought up in Port Washington. this county. He is a twin brother of Allen, a Clerk in Port Washington, and a son of Abraham and Catherine (Voorhees) Sperling. natives of New Brunswick, N. J., and early settlers of Port Washington. The former was a shoe-maker and butcher, and died May 3, 1876. They were the parents of ten children, six boys and four girls. two boys deceased. The twin brothers are next to the youngest. Mr. A. W. Sperling was married, in September. 1882. to Mrs. Anua McIntire, a native of Newcomerstown. Our subject has been in the employ of the fan Handle Railway since 1875. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Newcomerstown, Lodge No. 102, having passed the chairs.

DAVID STARKER, farmer, P. O. Newcomerstown, was born in Hunterdon County, N. J., February 5, 1812, and is a son of George and Elizabeth (Neighbor) Starker. He moved to Coshocton County, Ohio, at the age of three years. Was brought up on a farm and educated in tile common schools. Ile was married. February 27, 1842, to Eliza Roff, born in New Jersey September 12, 1811, died March 9, 1871. His second marriage tool: place February 5, 1872, with

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Christa Ann Tufford, deceased June 3, 1880. This lady was born November 9, 1836. Our subject was one of a family of four children. He has been a resident of this county since 1855. His father was a member of the Baptist Church, and died in 1852, aged seventy-two years ; and his mother died when our subject was but four years old. Mr. Starker is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He owns a residence in Newcomerstown. He had one brother and three sisters, two living.

CYRUS S. STOCKER, farmer, P. O. Newcomerstown, was born in this county March 31, 1835, and is a son of Solomon and Elizabeth (Stauffer) Stocker, natives of Pennsylvania The former was born in 1809, died in 1875 ; the latter was born October 9, 1812, died March 23, 1874. They were married in 1831, and were the parents of twelve children, seven boys and five girls. The parents of Elizabeth (Stauffer) Stocker were Andrew and Maria Stauffer. She was twice married. Our subject was married September 10, 1857, to Margaret Low, born in Germany September 25, 1834; and a daughter of George and Elizabeth (Bender) Low, also, natives of Germany. By our subject's union there were nine children, five boys and four girls, viz., an infant, still-born, August 25, 1868 ; Louisa E.. born November 4, 1859 ; Rosanna, born November 10, 1861 ; an infant, deceased, born November 14, 1864; Cyrus Solomon, born June 10, 1866 ; Ira Grant, born Feb ruary 4, 1869; George G.. born December 14, 1871 ; Harry 0., born May 22 1875 ; and Maggie May, born February 20, 1879. Our subject's father was a farmer, and he and his wife are buried in Gnadenhutten, Clay Township. Mr. Stocker owns 164 acres of land in Section 19, on which he has lived since 1872. In 1878, he had his residence destroyed by fire. He has, however, been successful financially. He and his wife are members of the United Brethren Church, in which he occupies a prominent position, having acted as Steward, Superintendent of Sabbath School. and Secretary. He is a useful citizen in the community.

IRA F. STOCKER, farmer, P. O. Newcomerstown, is a native of this county, born in Salem Township July 20, 1848, and is a brother of Cyrus S. (whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work), and a son of Solomon and Elizabeth (Stauffer) Stocker, who were natives of Northampton County, Penn. Our subject's father was born in 1809, and married in 1831. His wife was born October 9, 1812. To this union were born twelve children, seven boys and five girls, nine living, of whom Ira F. is the sixth. Our subject's mother was twice married ; so also has been our subject First on August 2, 1870, to Mary E. Harris, born June 22, 1852, died September 7, 1880. By this union there is one child. Mrs. Stocker was the daughter of George W. and Elizabeth (Harris) Harris. Mr. Stocker's nest marriage occurred September 13, 1881, with Ella J. Black, a native of Guernsey County, born December 6, 1852. She is a daughter of Zachariah Black. To this union there is one child, John Harvey, born July 13, 1882. Our subject's paternal grandfather was named Andrew. Mr. Stocker owns eighty-four and three-fourths acres of land in Section 12, is a good finance manager and has managed, by his industry- and economy, to improve his land. He is a sociable, enterprising man, and a valuable citizen, respected by all who know him.

JACOB TUFFORD, retired farmer, P. O. Newcomerstown, was born October 2, 1806, in Morris County, N. J., and is a son (the only surviving member of a family of six) of John and Ann Tufford. He emigrated to this county at the age of ten years, and was married. April 29, 1830, to Mary Catherine Flock, a native of New Jersey, born December 29, 1810. She was a daughter of John and Margaret Flock. Our subject is the father of eleven children, five boys and six girls, three now living-John, Andrew, and Elizabeth, wife of James Loder. He has also eleven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. His wife died January 27, 1847, and is buried in Newcomerstown, where his parents also lie. Mr. Tufford has been a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church for fifty years, and has acted as Class Leader and Steward. He owns seventy-three acres of land in n Oxford Township, and has known this county from the time it was a wilderness.

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SAMUEL TYHURST, of the firm of Wiandt & Tyhurst, millers, Newcomerstown, is a native of Huntingdon County, Penn., where he was born June 27, 1842. He is a son of Robert and Slena (West) Tyburst. He emigrated to Licking County, Ohio, at the age of seven years, and remained there for twenty years thence went to Muskingum County. He was there married, September 1, 1869. to Clara Wackford, born in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, April 3, 1842 and a daughter of William and Emily Wackford. To this union have been born two children-Essie, born November 13, 1870, and Daisy, born December 4, 1872. both in Muskingum County, Ohio. Mr. Tyhurst has been a resident of Newcomerstown for about three years, and has been in the milling business since he was ten years old. He was educated in the high school at Newark, Licking County. He was a member of the Ninety-fifth Regiment, Company E, and served for upward of three years. He has acted as Mayor of Dresden, Ohio, and is a member of the Council, also of the School Board.

ISRAEL B. VOGENITZ, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Newcomerstown. was born January 24, 1835, in Bethlehem, Northampton County, Penn., and emigrated to this county in 1838. He is a son of Andrew and Louisa (Clewell) Voge nitz, natives of Pennsylvania, the former of Prussian, the latter of French descent. Mr. Vogenitz, Sr., died in 1850, aged fifty years. By occupation he was a tailor and followed that trade in Newcomerstown from 1837 until he died. His widow died in 1872, aged seventy years. They were Christian people, and were reared in the Moravian faith. Our subject was married, August 24, 1809, to Elizabeth Nugen, born in 1840 in Newcomerstown, and a daughter of Col. R. H. and Sarah (Hoglan) Nugen. Mrs. Vogenitz died July 27, 1882. Our subject was the sixth child and fifth son of a family of eight children, six boys and two girls. The three living are Israel B., Oliver A. and Albert. He has acted as member of the Council three terms, and has also been Township Treasurer. He is u great student of nature, and possesses a fine library. He is owner of 125 acres of land in Oxford Township, near the town, and has been successful in mercantile business, which he has carried on for twenty years. He has been a strong temperance man all his life.

ROBERT WATSON (deceased), late farmer in Adams Township, Coshocton County, and owner of a farm in Salem Township. Tuscarawas County, was born in Ireland February 15, 1790, died February 26, 1877. He emigrated to Washington County, Penn., in the year 1815, and there married Agnes Munce November 29, 1831. To this union were born ten children, seven girls and three boys - John, deceased ; Margaret, wife of James Lyons ; Mary, wife of Richard Chapman (deceased); Martha, wife of Alex Loveless; Eliza, wife of Samuel Daugerty Nancy; Sarah (deceased), Jane; Robert and William. Robert is in Iowa and William in California; are all married except 'Nancy, who has been a resident of Newcomerstown for two years. Our subject had two brothers in the war of the rebellion-Robert, in the Second Virginia, Company G, Ewing's Battery ; William in the Twenty-fourth Ohio, Company K. Agnes, wife of the late Robert Watson, our subject, died February 5, 1874.

WILLIAM WILLIAMS, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Newcomerstown, was born October 1, 1824, in North Wales, and is a son of Evan and Mary (Milton) Williams. He emigrated, in 1855, to Guernsey County, Ohio, where he remained for two years, then went to Coshocton County for seven years, thence to this county. On May 28, 1847, he was married to Adeliza Hamer, born in Wales April 16, 1823, and a daughter of Daniel and Jane Hamer. To this union nine children were born, five boys and four girls. Those living are Evans M.. David L. and Jane E. Those deceased are David, William, Mary, Adeliza and two infants. Mr. Williams owns eighty acres of land. He and wife are members of the Baptist Church. He has acted as Trustee of the township. also as School Director. He was educated at the common schools: is a successful farmer and stock-raiser, and a useful and respected member of the community.

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JOHN E. WOOD, section foreman Marietta Railway, Newcomerstown, was born in the county of Sussex, England, September 17, 1850, and is a son of Anthony and Ann (Halsey) Wood, residents of Sussex, England. The former was born in 1826, the latter in 1820. He emigrated to Ohio in 1871, and married in Newcomerstown February 12. 1882. Mr. Wood has been a resident of Newcomerstown about two years, and is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Newcomerstown. He is the second in a family of four children. His wife's parents were early settlers in this county. Her father, who is deceased, was a miller, and was the father of four children, Mrs. Wood being the eldest child.

WICK W. WOOD, editor and proprietor of The Index, Newcomerstown, was born in Greenville, Mercer Co., Penn., December 1, 1858, and is a son of Capt. W. W. W. Wood, of Company G, One Hundredth and Forty-fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and Nancy (George) Wood, the former a banker and the latter a daughter of Clinton George, of Scotch and English extraction. Wick W. Wood was married, September 5, 1880, to Tade Clinefelter, a grand-daughter of Gen. Robert Kile, of Mercer, Penn., and a daughter of George and Elizabeth Clinefelter, of Newcastle, Penn. To this union two children were born, both deceased. Mr. Wood was formerly connected with the New Castle Daily and Weekly News, as advertising representative and solicitor.

CHRISTIAN ZIMMER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Newcomerstown, is a native of Bavaria, Germany, born October 8, 1818. He emigrated to this county with his parents when he was eighteen years old. His parents were Philip and Catherine (Cline) Zimmer. The former was born January 14, 1785, died June 10, 1877, aged ninety-two years seven months and fourteen days. The latter died in 1866, aged seventy-six years. They are buried in Buck Township, this county. Our subject was married, April 17, 1845, to Catherine Showalter, deceased, born April 16, 1826, in Sugar Creek Township, this county and State, and, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Showalter. She died November 18, 1838. Her father was a native of Pennsylvania, and her mother of this county. Marrying a second time, in 1840, Mr. Zimmer chose Christina Smelzy, born August 5, 1823, died December 6, 1853. To this union four children were born, viz.: Lucinda, Amelia, Henry and John. The latter died January 19, 1873, aged seventeen years four months and twenty-eight days. Mr. Zimmer was married a, third time; on this occasion, April 25, 1860, to Eliza Fisher, born in this county, January 3, 1835, and a daughter of Jonathan and Hester (Levean) Fisher. To this union have been born eight children, seven living, viz.: Susan E.; Albert, Clara A., Manetta, Wilmina May, Francis H.. Laura and Artha. Two of the children are married-Lucinda. wife of William Regula, they have three children-Fred, Eda and Albert; and Henry, married to Elizabeth Hammond, by whom he has one child, Arthur. Mr. Zimmer owns 100 acres of land in Oxford Township.