* Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2015 https://archive.org/details/historyofguernse21sarc m. \ o \ \ \ ] ■/ : , ■ ' ' ' Y ■ I i ’‘;'i ; • - i I ) '"4 .V* ''--fe. 1-'. •- - .vr ;a‘ (28) 1 - fe ; i i, — - 'V W: ■ ^ . I HISTORY OF GUERNSEY COUNTY OHIO By COL. CYRUS P. B. SARCHET ILLUSTRATED VOLUME II 1911 B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA / / CONTENTS CHAPTER I— TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY Natural Features — ■ Drainage — Forest Trees — Minerals — Landscape — The Streams of the County — Settlement of the County — Zane Trace! — Wills Creek — Origin of Some Geographical Names. Territory Acquired by White Man — LaSalle’s Explorations — British Acquire Title from the French — Colonial Ohio Land Company — George Washington — Boquet's Expedition — Indian Disturbances — Battle of Point Pleasant — North- west Territory Acquired by United States — George Rogers Clark — Indian His- tory — Last Tribes in Ohio — Indian Customs and Amusements — Anecdote of Col. John McDonald. CHAPTER HI— ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY 3S Military Land District — Land Surveys Completed — Guernsey County Formed — Civil Townships Organized — County-seat Question — Town Plats of the County — Incorporated Towns' — A Lost Town. CHAPTER IV— EARLY SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY 46 % The First Settler — Pioneer Graham — Early Comers — Life of the Pioneers — First Schools— A Wounded Deer — Indian Camps. CHAPTER V— COUNTY GOVERNMENT -53 Official Record — First Officers — Commissioners Busy — Organization of Town- ships — The County-Seat Question — The First Court House — The County Jail — County Infirmary — The Children’s Home' — A Five Year Record — Assessments in 1835 — Assessments for 1910 — Treasury Defalcations — Resulting Trials. CHAPTER VI— POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY 65 Votes in 1824 — The Campaign of 1840 — ^Naphtali Luccock — Origin of Term "Hard Cider and Lo,g-Cabin Campaign”' — Notes on the Campaign of 1844 — Old Time Flag Poles — The Civil War Period — A Visit to McKinley — Different Votes on Prohibition — Presidential Vote — Gubernatorial Vote^Congressmen — State Senators — Representatives — County Treasurers — Sheriffs — Clerks of the Court — Associate Judges from 1810 to 1851' — County Auditors — County Recorders — County Surveyors — County Commissioners — Infirmary Directors — Prosecuting Attorneys — Probate Judges — Coroners. CHAPTER VII— MILITARY" HISTORY OF THE COUNTY 88 An Honorable Military Record — A Revolutionary Charactei’ — Soldiers of 1812 —'Captain Beymer’s Company — Captain Martin’s Company — Captain Beatty’s Company — Off to the Wars — Soldiers of the War of 1812 — The Mexican War — The Civil War — The First Company of Cambridge Volunteer^ — Drafts — Mur- der of Marshal Cook — Guernsey County Enlistments — Soldiers’ Aid Societies — A Regimental Printer — John Morgan’s Raid — The Cambridge Scouts — The Spanish-American War — The Cambridge Soldiers’ Monument — Soldiers’ Graves — Grand Army of the Republic. CHAPTER II— INDIAN OCCUPANCY CONTENTS. CHAPTER 'STII— EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTY 117 Early Efforts to Provide Schools — First Free School in Cambridge — Other Early Schools — Spelling Classes — The Cambridge Academy — District School Notice' — A Teacher Wanted^ — Other Educational Institutions — Cambridge Schools — The High School — The First Commencement^The Richland Town- shi]i Free School — Pioneer School Discipline — Present School Statistics — Cam- bridge Seminary — Madison College. CHAPTER IX— CHURCH AND DENOMINATIONAL HISTORY 138 Early Religious Sentiment — The Methodist Episcopal Church — The First and Second Churches at Cambridge — A Disastrous Fire — The Byesville Church, and Societies at Cumberland, Salesville and Other Points — The Christian Churches at Quaker City and Cambridge — The Friends Church — The Catho- lic Church — Methodist Protestant Church at Cambridge and Byesville — The Pi’esbyterian Church at Cambridgei — Cumberland — Lore City — Washington — Seneca, ville — Cumberland Presbyterian Church — United Brethren Church — • Evangelical Lutheran Church — Pleasant City, Senecaville and Harmony Con- gregations — St. .lohn’s Episcopal Church — United Presbyterian Churches — Byesville, Washington, Pleasant Hill, Lebanon and Fairview — Baptist Churches' — Macedonia, Goshen, Cumberland and Byesville. CHAPTER X— SECRET SOCIETIES OF THE COUNTY 167 The First Masonic Lodge — Guernsey Lodge No. 66 — Cambridge Chapter No. ,63, Royal Arch Masons — Guernsey Council No. 74, Royal and Select Mas- ters — Cambridge Commandery No. 47. Knights Templar — Princes of .Jerusa- lem — Nobles of the Mystic Shrine — Guernsey Chapter No. 211, Order of the Eastern Star — Cumberland Lodge No. 134 — Mount Pleasant Lodge No. 360 — Quaker City Lodge No. 500 — Acorn Chapter No. 205, O. E. S. — Cumberland Chapter No. 110, O. E. S.— Quaker City Chapter No. 177, O. E. S. — Pleasant City Chapter No. 227, O'. E. S. — The Masonic Temple — -Masonic Calendar — In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows — Cambridge Lodge No. 301 — Cambridge En- campment No. 150, Patriarchs Militant — Other Lodges — Knights of Pythias — Cambridge Lodge No. 53 — Pleasant City Lodge No. 595 — Rathbone Sisters, Golden Rod Temple No. 128 — Quaker City Lodge No. 310 — Seneca Lodge No. 727 — Benevolent and Proleclive Order of Elks — Cambridge Lodge No. 448. CHAPTER Xr— EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS 178 Hardships of Early Settlers — The Sheep Industry — Statistics of 1876 — Report of 1907 — Good F'leeces — -Agricultural Societies — First Premium List — The Fair at Washington— A Peculiar Season. CHAPTER Xir— RAILWAY, AVATER NAVIGATION AND THE OLD PIKE ROAD. . 185 Early Importance of Ti-ansportation — Zane Trace — The Pike, or National Road — The Old AA'^heeling Road — Survey of the Seven Ranges — New Wash- ington — Early Roads — The Old Pike — Report of Travel^Toll Gates — First Flat or Keel Boat on Wills Creek — First Steamboat — Leaving the Country with a Flatboat — An Early River Venture — The Railroad Era — The Central Ohio (now the Baltimore & Ohio) Railroad — The Cleveland & Marietta Road — Ohio River & Western Railroad. CHAPTER XllI— THE BAR OF GUERNSEY COUNTY 197 Early Lawyers — First Colored Jury — Death Sentences — First Grand Jury in CONTENTS. Guernsey County — Present Justices of the Peace — Prominent Early Attor- neys — Published Lists' — Present Court Officers — Present Members of the Guernsey County Bar. CHAPTER XIV— THE MEDICAL PROFESSION 203 Efficiency of the Pioneer Doctors — Paper by Dr. C. A. Moore — Early Medical Advertisements — Dr. Andrew Wall — Personal Mention of Members of the Fra- ternity — List of Early Guernsey County Physicians — Present-Day Physicians — Medical Societies — Keenan's Hospital. CHAPTER XVI— NEWSPAPERS OF GUERNSEY COUNTY 215 The First Newspaper — The Guernsey Times — The Washington Republican, the First Democratic Paper — The Jeffersonian — The Guernsey Times — Joseph Sterling Thomas — People's Press — A Curious Editorial — The Cambridge Her- ald — Other Cambridge Newspapers — Newspapers at Pleasant City — Byesville Newspapers — Those at Cumberland — Quaker City Papers. CHAPTER XVI— BANKS AND BANKING 224 Banks Established Early to Meet a Demand — Wild-cat Money — Discount on Bank Notes — An Old Bank Detecter — Old Time Values — Value of Town Lots — Guernsey County’s First Bank — National Bank of Cambridge — Guernsey Na- tional Bank — Citizens Savings Bank — Central National Bank' — Cambridge Sav- ings Bank — People’s Bank — Guernsey Building and Loan Company — Byesville Banking — Banking at Cumberland — Senecaville — Quaker City — Cambridge Loan and Building Company — Bank Failures. CHAPTER XVII— MINES AND MINING 239 Mineral Resources of Guernsey County — Development of Coal Mines — Statis- tics — Description of the Large Mines — Smaller Mines of the County — Salt Manufactory — Natural Gas. CHAPTER XVIII— THE CITY OP CAMBRIDGE 245 Origin of Name — Location — The Oldest House in Town — Levi Morgan — Early History — Settlers — The Whipping Post in Cambridge — Early Deeds Made' — Early Business Prospects — The Old Market House — Cambridge Postoffice — Early Stage Lines and Mail Service — A Postoffice “Primary” Incident — First Telegraph in Cambridge — Municipal History — Present City Officers' — The Pub- lic Library — The City Cemeteries — Religious Worship — Temperance Move- ments — Important Events — Gen. Tom Thumb — First Events — Lorenzo Dow in Cambridge — William Henry Harrison Here — ^Long-ago Incidents — Old Wills Creek Bridge — A Cambridge Newsboy — Boom the Town — Industrial Cam- bridgd — Prominent Industries — A Cambridge Fire — A Midnight Fire — Fire of 1895 — A Terrible Death. CHAPTER XIX— ADAMS TOWNSHIP 281 Boundaries — Old Settlers — Personal Mention of Pioneers Vffio Settled in the Township. CHAPTER XX— CAMBRIDGE TOWNSHIP 284 One of the Original Five Townships — Present Boundaries and Area — Streams — ^Roads — Home of the First White Settler in Guernisey County. CHAPTER XXI— CENTRE TOWNSHIP 285 Area and Boundaries — Early Settlement— Prominent Early Pioneers — Centre- ville — Craig. CONTENTS. CHAPTER XXII— JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP 288 A Township Without a Village — Area — Aged Residents of the Township — First Actual Settlers. CHAPTER XXIII— JACKSON TOWNSHIP 291 Named in Honor of General Jackson — Organization — Area — Pioneers Living in 1 882 — Prominent Early Families — Byesville* — Incorporation History — Fac- tories — Postoffice — Business Directory of 1910. CHAPTER XXIV— KNOX TOWNSHIP 296 Boundary of the Township — An Agricultural Community — Old Settlers Sur- viving in 1876' — Sketches of Some of the Early Settlers. CHAPTER XXV— OXFORD TOWNSHIP 298 Physical Description of the Township — Organization of the Township — The Zane 'Irace — First Settlement in the Township — Platting of Fairview' — Post- office — Mayors — Business Interests. CHAPTER XXVI— LIBERTY TOWNSHIP 303 Organization — A Good Agricultural Section — A Contented People — Old Resi- dents — Towns and Villages — Kimbolton' — Business Interests. CHAPTER XXVH— RICHLAND TOWNSHIP 306 Description of Township — Early Settlers — Towns and Villages — Lore City — Incorporation and Town Officers — Senecaville — Incorporation — Business Inter- ests in 1910 — Early Conditions and Events. CHAPTER XXVIII— MILLWOOD TOWNSHIP 311 Area — Rich in Agricultural and Mineral Resources — Aged Early Settlers Sur- viving in 1876 — Prominent P’amilies — True Pioneer Hall' — ^Shroud and Coffin — Towns and Villages — Millwood, now Quaker City — ^Salesville — Its Inception — Present History — Business Factors — Incorporation of Quaker City — Present Business Interests — Town Officers. CHAPTER XXIX— MONROE TOWNSHIP 320 F^'ormerly a Part of Jefferson Township — Area — Drainage — New Birmingham — Pioneers Surviving in 1876. CHAPTER XXX— MADISON TOWNSHIP 322 Organization — First Election — List of Aged Pioneers in 1876 — Edward Bratton, the First White Settler — Other Pioneers. CHAPTER XXXI— SPENCER TOWNSHIP 324 Organization and First Election^ — Boundary — Irrigation and Drainage — Pio- neer Names — First Settlers — Town of Cumberland — Facts of Interest — Busi- ness Factors in 1910. CHAPTER XXXII— WHEELING TOWNSHIP 329 Boundary and Area — Streams and Roads — First Settler — The Pioneer Band — ■ Town of Guernsey — Bird's Run — A Strange Natural Formation. CHAPTER XXXIII— WESTLAND TOWNSHIP One of the Original Townships — Physical Characteristics — Early Settlers* — Survivors in 1876. CONTEXTS. CHAPTER XXXIV— LONDONDERRY TOWNSHIP 3:I5 Area and Boundary — Old Residents in 1876 — Platting of Londonderry' — Early Organization of Quakers — Early-day School Facilities. CHAPTER XXXV— WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP 337 Boundary — Drainage — A Good Agricultural Section — Its Early Settlers — Levi Williams, the Pioneer — Towns and Villages — Antrim — Winchester. CHAPTER XXXVI— WILLS TOWNSHIP 341 Location — Well Watered' — Prominent Early Settlers Surviving in the Centen- nial Year — Woolen Factory — Pioneers — Towns and Villages of the Township — Elizabethtown — Washington' — Present Officers and Population — Present Busi- ness Interests — Air Early Sketch — Originally Called Beymerstown — Frankfort — Village of Derwent — Formerly a Sheep-Raising District. CHAPTER XXXVIF— VALLEY TOWNSHIP 349 Organization and Location — A Rich Mineral Section — First Settlers — Pleasant City — Its History, as Told by Abe T. Secrest — Business Factors of 1910 — Mu- nicipal Histor.y — Buffalo (old Hartford) — Old Mills — Fire — Present Interests. CHAPTER XXXVHI— MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS OF INTEREST 357 Unique Advertisements — A Slave Case — The “Underground Railroad” — Some Peculiar Notices — Siamese Twins — Cambridge Markets in 1837 and 1854 — Mar- ket Prices at Later Dates — Present Prices — ^California Gold Fever Here — The Pennyroyal Reunion Society — A Curious Old Paper — Early Highway Rob- bery — Henry Clay in Cambridge — Colonel Sarchet’s Birthday Banquet — Early Guernsey County Marriages — A Human Team — Meteoric Shower of 1833 — Cy- clones — Hail Storm in 1820 — Cold Weather Statistics — Oldest Man in the County — Grave Robbing — The First Mails — Daring Mail Robbery — Postoffices in 1895 — Guernsey County’s Man-Woman' — Days of Mourning — Death of Presi- dent Harrison — President Lincoln's Assassination — Death of President Gar- field — President Grant’s Memorial Services — Death of President McKinley — Sarchet Brothers and Their Bible — An Old Bridge. CHAPTER XXXIX— GENERAL REMINISCENCES 393 Pioneer Incidents — Salt for Wheat — The Old Mill — Flour and Salt — Pack Sad- dle — An Indian Wedding* — Early Whiskey-dog Trial — County’s Pioneers — Local Historical Sketch — Early Days on Wills Creek — Sarchet Gives Some History — General Jackson’s Visit to Cambridge — “From Hen to Mouth" — The Old Pike and Early Inns. HISTORICAL INDEX A Academy, Cambridge . Acorn Chapter, O. E. S, A Curious Editorial . . A Curious Old Paper . . Adams Township Agricultural Interests Agricultural Societies . Agricultural Statistics Aid Societies, Soldiers’ A Lost Town 134 171 221 ) 372 281 178 180 179 98 44 Anderson Lodge, I. O. 0. F 174 Anecdote of John McDonald 35 An Old Bridge : . . . 392 Antrim 340 A Peculiar Season 184 A Revolutionary Character 89 A Slave Case 358 Assassination of President Lincoln. 3S9 Assessments for 1835 01 Assessments for 1910 61 Associate Judges 82 A Terrible Death 278 Attorneys, List of 202 Auditors. County 82 Austin, Dr. Charles R 210 B Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bank Failures Bank of Cumberland Banks and Banking Baptist Church Bar of Guernsey County Battle of Point Pleasant Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Beymerstown Bible, Sarchet Brothers’ Birthday Banquet, Colonel Sarchet’s Black Hawk Bolan, Dr. William K Boom the Town 194 238 235 224 163 197 176 346 392 376 204 208 271 Boundaries of Guernsey County . . . . Bouquet’s Expedition Bratton, Edwmrd British Acquire Ownership Broadhead's Trail Buffalo Buffalo M. E. Church Buffalo Presbyterian Church Byesville Byesville Banking Byesville Baptist Church Byesville, Business Directory Byesville Catholic Church Byesville Enterprise Byesville. Incorporation of Byesville Lodge, I. 0. 0. F Byesville M. E. Church Byesville M. P. Church Byesville Postoffice Byesville U. ,P. Church 25 31 323 30 27 356 145 1.j2 293 234 165 295 147 222 293 174 142 149 295 ICl C California Gold Fever 366 Cambridge Academy 134 Cambridge Baptist Church 163 Cambridge Catholic Church 146 Cambridge Cemeteries 260 Cambridge Chapter, R. A. M 169 Cambridge Commandery, K. T 169 Cambridge, Early History 247 Cambridge Encampment, P. M 173 Cambridge Episcopal Church 159 Cambridge E. L. Church 155 Cambridge Fire 27': Cambridge, First Settlers 247 Cambridge Herald 220 Cambridge, Industries of 273 Cambridge Loan and Building Com- pany 237 Cambridge, Location of 245 Cambridge Lodge, B. P. O. E 176 Cambridge Lodge, F. & A. M 168 Cambridge Lodge. I. O. 0. F 173 HISTORICAL INDEX. C'amliridge Lodge, K. P t'ambi'idge ^Markets, 1S37 3d5 Cambridge Markets, 1S54 3u4 Cambridge, Mayors of 257 Cambridge M. B. Church 13S Cambridge M. i’. Church 147 Cambridge, Municipal History 257 Cambridge Newsboy 271 ('ambridge Postoffice 253 Cambridge Presbyterian Church .... 14h Cambridge Public Library 2.;)k Cambridge Savings Bank 233 ('ambridge Schools 12il ('ambridge Scouts BH. ('ambridge Seminary 124 ('ambridge Soldiers' Monument 113 Cambridge Township 2X4 Cambridge U. B. Church 155 Cambridge U. P. Church I'io Campaign of 1840 05 Campaign of 1844 08 Captain Beatty’s Company 92 Captain Beymer’s Company 90 Captain Martin’s Company 91 Catholic Church 140 ■Cemeteries at Cambridge 2tio Central National Bank 232 Central Ohio Railroad 194 Centre Township 285 (’hildren’s Home 59 Christian Church 145 Church History 138 Citizens Savings Bank 232 City of Cambridge 245 Civil War 94 Civil War Vote 71 Clark, George Rogers 32 Claysville M. E. Church 144 Clerks of Court 82 Cleveland & Marietta Railroad 195 Coal Mines, Description of 241 Cold Weather Statistics 3S3 College, Madison 135 Colonial Ohio Land Company 30 Commencement, First 13n Commissioners, County 84 Congressmen 7(i Cook, Murder of Marshal 97 Coroners 86 County Auditors 82 County Commissioners 84| County Government 53 County Infirmary 58 County .Tail 58 County Officers, First 53 County’s Pioneers 397 County Recorders 83 County-seat Question 54 County Surveyors 83 County Treasurers 80 Court House, First 55 Court House, Present 50 Court Officers 202 Cumberland 327 Cumberland Baptist Church 165 Cumberland Chapter, O. E. S 172 Cumberland Echo 222 Cumberland Lodge, F. & A. M 170 Cumberland Lodge, 1. O. O. F 174 Cumberland M. B. Church 143 Cumberland Presbyterian Church . . 152 Cumberland Presbyterian Church... 154 Cumberland Savings Bank 235 Cyclones 381 D Daughters of Rebekah 174 Days of Mourning 389 Death of President Garfield 390 Death of President Harrison 384 Death of President McKinley 391 Death Sentences 198 Deeds, Early 249 Defalcation, Treasury 62 Derwent 347 Discipline, Pioneer School 132 Di’afts for Military Service 97 Drainage of Guernsey County 25 E Earliest Physicians 212 Early Business Prospects 250 Early Days on Wills Creek 415 Early Deeds 249 Early Guernsey County Physicians. . 210 Early Highway Robbery 373 Early Inns 419 Early Lawyers 199 Early Marriages 379 Early River Venture 193 Early Settlement of County 46 HISTORICAL INDEX. Educational Development 117 Elizabethtown 344 Episcopal Church 159 Evangelical Lutheran Church 155 Expedition by Bouquet 31 F Fairview 301 Farview, Business Interests of 302 Fairview, Mayors of 301 Fairview U. P. Church 102 Fire of 1895 277 First Colored Jury 198 First Commencement 130 First County Officers 53 First Court House 55 First Flat Boat 190 First Free School 117 First Grand Jury 198 First Mails 386 First National Bank, Byesville 234 First National Bank, Senecaville . . . 236 First Steamboat on Wills Creek.... 192 First Telegraph 256 First Volunteers 95 Flag Poles, Old-time 69 Flour and Salt 394 Frankfort 347 Free and Accepted Masons 167 Free School, First 117 French Assert Ownership 30 Friends Church 145 “From Hen to Mouth” 419 G Garfield, President, Death of 390 Golden Rod Temple, R. S 175 Gold Fever 366 Good Fleeces 180; Goshen Baptist Church 165 Government, County 53 Grand Army of the Republic 116 Grant, President, Memorial Services 390 Grave Robbing 385 Graves, Soldiers’ 115 Gubernatorial Vote 75 Guernsey 330 Gurnsey Building and Loan Company 234 Guernsey Chapter, O. E. S 170 Guernsey Council, R. & S. M 169 (29) Guernsey County Agricultural So- ciety 180 Guernsey County, Boundaries 25 Guernsey County, Drainage of 26 Guernsey County, Organization of . . 38 Guernsey County’s First Bank 228 Guernsey County Soldiers 97 Guernsey County, Topography of . . . . 25 Guernsey Lodge, F. & A. M 167 Guernsey National Bank 232 Guernsey Times 215 H Hail Storm 383 Harmony E. L. Church 158 Harrison, President, Death of 389 Hartford 356 Henry Clay, Visit of 375 Highway Robbery 373 Hill, Dr. Noah 209 Historical Sketch 413 Holmes, Dr. Harry W 209 Home, Children’s 59 Human Team 379 Hunt, Dr. Samuel 208 I Important Events Incorporated Towns Independent Order of Odd Fellows . . Indian Camp Indian Disturbances Indian History Indian Occupancy Indian Treaty Indian Wedding Indians, Removal of Industrial Cambridge Infirmary Infirmary Directors 264 44 173 33 31 32 30 32 395 32 273 58 80 J Jackson, General, Visit of 418 Jackson Township 291 Jail 58 Jefferson Township 288 Jim Lyons 35 Judges, Associate 82 Judges, Probate 86 Justices of the Peace 199 HISTORICAL INDEX. K Kackley, Dr. .lonathaii A 2U9 Keenan's Hospital 214 Kinibolton 2115 Kiinl)olton M. E. Church 144 Knishts of Pythias 174 Kno.x Townshi)) 2iMi L Lawyers, I^resent 202 Leaving County With Flat Boat.... 102 J>el)anon U. P. Church 1(12 Liberty 205 Liberty Township 303 Life of the Pioneers 47 Lincoln, Assassination of 389 Londonderry Township 335 Long-ago Incidents 268 Lore City 307 Lore City Lodge, I. O. O. F 174 Lore City M. E. Church 144 Lore City Presbyterian Church 152 Lorenzo Dow 266 Luccock, Naphtali 66 Me McDonald, Anecdote of Col. .lohn... 35 McKinley, President, Death of 391 McKinley, Visit to 72 McNeil. Archie 424 M Macedonia Baptist Church 164 Madison College 135 Madison Township 322 Mail Robbery 387 Mails, The First 386 Man-Woman, Guernsey County’s. . . . 387 Market House, The Old 251 IVIarket Prices 365 Marriages, Early 379 Masonic Calendar 172 Masonic Order 167 Masonic Temple 172 Medical Advertising 205 Medical Profession 203 Medical Societies 213 Metcalf’s Tavern 246 Meteoric Shower 380 Methodist Episcopal Church 138 Methodist Protestant Church Mexican War Midnight Fire Military Drafts Military History of County . . Military Land District Miller, Dr. Thomas J Millwood Township Mines and Mining Mines, Description of Mining Accidents Mining Statistics Miscellaneous Events Monroe Township Monument, Soldiers’ ....... Morgan's Raid Murder of Marshal Cook Mystic Shrine 147 .94 277 97 88 38 209 311 239 241 240 240 357 320 113 98 97 170 N Names of Streams 26 Names, Origin of 28 National Bank of Cambridge 229 Natural Gas 244 National Road 185 Newspapers of the County 215 New Washington 187 O Ohio River & Western Railroad.... 196 Old Bank Detector 225 Oldest House in Cambridge 245 Oldest Man in the County 385 Old Market House 251 Old-time Flag Poles 69 Old-Time Values 226 Old Wills Creek Bridge 270 Organization of County 38 Original Townships 39 Origin of Names 28 Otterbein U. B. Church 154 Oxford Township 298 P Pack Saddle 395 Pennsylvania Railroad 195 Pennyroyal Reunion Society 369 People’s Bank 234 Physicians, Present-day 212 Pioneer Doctors 204 Pioneer School Discipline 132 Pioneers, County’s 397 HISTORICAL INDEX. Pioneers, Life of the Pleasant City Pleasant City Chapter, O. B. S Pleasant City E. L. Church Pleasant City Lodge, K. P Pleasant City M. E. Church Pleasant City Recorder Pleasant Hill U. P. Church Point Pleasant, Battle of Point Pleasant Lodge, F. & A. M . . . Postoffice at Cambridge Postoffices Presbyterian Church Present Court House Present Court Officers Present-day Physicians Present Lawyers Presidential Vote Princes of Jerusalem Probate Judges Prohibition, Vote on Prosecuting Attorneys Public Library 47 350 172 156 175 145 222 162 32 171 253 387 149 56 202 212 202 75 170 86 74 86 258 Q Quaker City 317 Quaker City Chapter, O. B. S 172 Quaker City Christian Church 145 Quaker City Independent 223 Quaker City Lodge, F. & A. M 171 Quaker City Lodge, K. P 176 Quaker City M. E. Church 144 Quaker City National Bank 236 Quakers 145 R Raid, Morgan’s 98 Railroad Era 194 Railways • 185 Rathbone Sisters 175 Recorders, County 83 Recorder’s Record 60 Record of Recorder 60 Regimental Printer 98 Religious Worship 262 Reminiscences 393 Representatives 78 Richland Township 306 Robbery, Early Highway 373 S St. Benedict’s Catholic Church 146 Salesville 315 Salesville M. E. Church 143 Salt for Wheat 393 Salt Manufactory 243 Sarchet, Colonel, Birthday Banquet. 376 Sarchet Family Bible 392 Schools, Cambridge 126 School Discipline, Pioneer 132 School Statistics 133 Scott, Dr. Winfield 210 Second Baptist Church 163 Second U. B. Church 155 Second U. P. Church 160 Secret Societies 167 Seminary, Cambridge 134 Senators, State 78 Seneca Lodge, K. P 176 Senecaville 308 Senecaville Lodge, I. O. O. F 174 Senecaville Lutheran Church 157 Senecaville M. E. Church 145 Senecaville Presbyterian Church.... 153 Settlement, Early 46 Seven Ranges 186 Sheep Industry 179 Sheriffs 81 Shroud and Coffin 314 Siamese Twins 363 Simons, Dr. Charles P 208 Soldiers’ Aid Societies 98 Soldiers from Guernsey County. ... 97 Soldiers’ Graves 115 Soldiers’ Monument 113 Soldiers of 1812 90, 93 Some Peculiar Notices 361 Spanish-American War 112 Spencer’s Station 315 Spencer Township 324 State Senators 78 Streams. Names of 26, 29 Surveyors, County 83 T Telegraph, First m Cambridge 256 Temperance Movements 262 The Jeffersonian 215 The Old Pike 185, 189, 419 HISTORICAL INDEX. The Old Mill 393 The Republican-Press 219 Toll Gate Statistics 189 Tom Thumb 2G5 Topography of Guernsey County.... 25 Town Plats 41 Townships, Organization of 39, 54 Townships, Original 39 Treasurers, County 80 Treasury Defalcation 62 U Underground Railroad 358 Union School 127 Unique Advertisements 357 United Brethren Church 154 United Presbyterian Church 160 V Valley Township 349 Visit to McKinley 72 Vote, Gubernatorial 75 Vote in 1824 65 Vote on Prohibition 74 Vote, Presidential 75 Volunteers, First 95 W Washington 344 Washington Fair 183 Washington, George 31 Washington M. E. Church 145 Washington Presbyterian Church... 153 Washington Republican 215 Washington Township 337 Washington U. P. Church 161 Water Navigation 185 Weather Statistics 383 Westland Township 332 Wheeling Road 186 Wheeling Township 329 Whipping Post 248 Whiskey-dog Trial 396 Whittier, Andrew 89 William Henry Harrison, Visit of. . 267 Wills Creek Bridge 270 Wills Creek, Early Days on 415 Wills Township 341 Winchester 340i Wool Industry 179 Wounded Deer 49 Z Zane's Trace 27, 186 Wall, Dr. Andrew 206 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX A. Abels, James D 613 Adair, William J J6o Albin, Perry M 531 Allison, Richard M 907 Amos, John M 544 Anderson, Charles M SIS Anderson, John 813 Anderson, Matthias C 813 Ar buckle, Alexander W 725 Arndt, David 608 Arndt, Howard W 608 Atkins, Robert H 791 Atkins, Robert N 599 Ault, Charles M 650 Austin, Charles R 783 B Bair, James G 505 Banta, Charles Levi 517 Barber, Nathan H 894, Barnes, John W 670 Barr, James R 926 Bayless, Osmond M 533 Beckett, John C 477 Bell, Oscar 0 604 Bell, William H 674 Bennett, Arthur J 625 Berry, John 909 Berry, Oscar J 758 Bierly, William P 492 Bird, Frank E 852 Black, Archibald L 787 Blair, William H 839 Bond, John H 685 Bonnell, Thomas A 482 Bostwick, John A 554 Bostwick, Nathan 555 Bown. Herbert H 529 Braden, Daniel E 899 Bradford, William N 654 Bratton, John B 770 Bratton, Samuel, Jr 511 Brown, J. Marshall 550 Brown, Turner G 889 Brown, William H 648 Bruner, John L 600 Burgess, Samuel M 494 Burt, David S 728 Burt, John M 762 C Cain, Albert R 672 Cale, John W 801 Campbell, James W 468 Carnes, Samuel C 578 Carter, Samuel 610 Casey, Charles L 501 Catholic Church in Guernsey County. 480 Clark, John Bargar 945 Clark, Richard J 572 Clark, Stephen B 519 Clark, Thomas C 571 Cochran, Alexander 615 Coen, Alexander L 596 Combs, James G 822 Combs, John M 811 Conner, Silas W 658 Conroy, Dennis 967 Cowden, David L 919 Cowden, William N 919 Craig, Samuel A 662 Cubbison, James 588 Cubbison, Pulaski 587 D Davis, Carson B 800 Davis, William H 088 Davis, William H,, Jr 776 Deselm, Wilbur D 736 Dickerson, George W 715 Dilley, Ephraim M 877 Dilley, James L 834 Dollison, Joseph B 627 Dowdall, William W 073 Druesedow, Anton E 097 Dyson, Joseph W 520 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX. E Eagleson, Alexander G Eagleson, Thomas .... Eagleton, William .... Eagleton, John Eaton, James E Eaton, Philip W Enos, Benjamin F.... Evans, William P F Fairchild, John T Ferguson, Ira Ferguson, Joseph B... Finley, John F Finley, Samuel A Fishel, John B Forbes, Robert S Forsythe, Homer A... Forsythe, William R.. Fowler, Thomas W... Frame, Roland S Frost, John W Frye, Charles W Frye, George W Frye, Henry F Frye, William K G Gable, John E Galbraith, Henry iP. . Gander, David C Gander, Homer S Gibson, William H.... Graham, Richard C.... Grant, John Roland . . . Green, Elmer E Green, Fred F Green, James Green, Willoughby B.. Gregg, John B Gregg, William D Gregg, William J Groves, Samuel C (179 534 91J 913 G12 GOG 515 SJG SGI 503 G29 77S 777 774 7SG 901 923 951 793 G22 771 581 7G0 7G1 49G 82S 710 7G7 G19 552 9G1 932 S7G 931 937 537 589 590 773 Hawes, Joseph 780 Hayman, Jacob H C82 Heade, Wilson S 521 Heaume, William E 528 Heiner, Charles A 722 Henderson, James C 79G Hilderbrand, Benjamin 1 858 Hoopman, Elijah B 750 Hoopman, James A 75G Hoopman, Parmer E 757 Hoopman. William H 512 Hunt, William A 789 Hutton, William A 874 Hyatt, John H 94G Hyatt, Noah 947 J Jackson, Coleman B 881 Jackson, Samuel 746 Jenkins, David J 884 Johnson, Samuel M G42 Johnston, Andrew S. T 597 Johnston, Francis 597 Johnston, Willard B 624 Johnston, William F 921 Joyce, Benjamin B 558 K Kaho, George S 695 Keenan, Isaac W 560 Koontz, Henry A 862 Keren, Joseph 812 L Laughlin, James 854 Lawyer, William M 524 Lee, Benjamin F 882 Lepage, Nathaniel 837 Linkhorn, L. S 768 Linn, David 548. Lofiand, Gordon 486 Lowry, Orlando F 514 Luccock, Howard W 656 Lynch, Edward 845 H Hall, Edward 911 Hall, Isaac W 58'd Hall, John R 585 Hartley, Leon C 929 Hartley, Milton L 929 Hawes, James F 779 Me McBurney, James R 607 McConnell, John M 579 MoCourt, James 737 McCracken, Alexander 868 McCreary, James H 690 McCreary, John L 781 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX. McCulloch, Allen R 898 Mcllyar, Clyde R 659 McKim, Martin V 617 McKinley, Thomas W 717 McMillen, George A 700 M Mahaffey, John P 498 Marsh, D. Dillon 640 Mathews, Edward W., Jr 500 Mathews, Edward W., Sr 465 Meek, Erastus F 824 Merry, Abraham M 968 Millhone, Elijah 871 Moore, Andrew Bines 832 Moore, Hiram K 896 Moore, Isaac • • 708 Moore, James W 878 Moore, Robert B 798 Moore, Ross 527 Moore, Thomas 1 708 Moore, Wiley 0 576 Moorhead, Joel 539 Moorhead, John S 843 Morgan, John H 484 Morton, Isaac 633 Moser, William M 831 Murray, Alexander R 631 Murray, James 631 N Nash, John H 735 Neeland, Elijah 705 Nelson, Edwin M 686 Nichols, W. G 972 Nicholson, Andrew M'' 747 Nicholson, .Jacob 806 Nicholson, John L 809 Nicholson, John R 755 Nicholson, Ulysses G 749 Nosset, David W 564 0 Orr, Charles A 508 Ogier, John, Jr 541 Oldham, Isaac A 885 Oldham, Isaac J 669 Orr, James Clinton 507 P Patton, James E 543 People’s Bank, Pleasant City 493 Peters, James B. ' 952 Pitt, Albert E 816 Potts, Benjamin 0 677 Pryor, .James A 82u Purdum, U. C 546 Purdum, Zachary 546 Pyles, Thomas 943 R Ramsey, William T 784 Rankin, Daniel L 804 Reasoner, Lynn S 635 Reasoner, Thomas H 636 Reynolds, John 661 Riddle, Lincoln 0 759 Riggs, Eugene C 887 Ringer, Arthur G 667 Robins, James E 583 Robins, John, Sr 583 Robins, Martin L 584 Rogers, Lawson A 815 Rogers, Lilburn C 940 Rosemond Family 933 Rosemond, Fred L 936 S St. Benedict’s Catholic Church .... 480 Salladay, George 567 Salladay, Jacob W 916 Salladay, Lewis F 573 Salladay, IVarren 574 Sarchet, Cyrus P. B 463 Sarchet Family 457 Sarchet, Moses 46-2 Sarchet, Thomas, Sr 458 Schick Brothers 949 Schick, Frank L„ Jr 950 Schick, Frank L., Sr 949 Schick, John B 951 Scott, Nathan B 733 Scott, Robert T S6(i Secrest, George M 792 Secrest, Harrison 851 Secrest, Jacob F 591 Secrest, James M 850 Secrest, James W 808 Secrest, Noah E 739 Secrest, Noah E 713 Secrest, William 795 Shaw, George R 727 Shepler, Robert 1 765 Sheppard, Benjamin F 470 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX. Sheppard, Charles S 602 Sheppard, William S 970 Sherby, Michael 562 Shriver, John W 692 Shriver, Mark Gordon 699 Shriver, Michael E 698 Siegfried, Jacob B 536 Siens, Milton H 557 Simpson, William L 621 Skinner, James A 647 Smith, Ernest W 724 Smith, Frank R 509 Smith, George M 942 Smith, Jeremiah R S69 Spaid, Chaise J 971 Spaid, James E 859 Spaid, Thomas A 702 Stage, William M 827 Stage, William S 827 Stevens, Alpheus L 472 Stewart, James B 574 Stone, Elias D 848 Stout, George H 924 Strauch, Matthew 719 Stubbs, Isaac E 652 Suitt, William C 665 T Taylor, Alexander A 904 Taylor, David D 592 Taylor, Joseph D 953 Taylor, Orlaado R 842 Temple, Edward 704 Temple, Lafayette 704 Temple, William 704 Thompson, Bert M 473 Thompson, Ebenezer F. 829 Thompson, John A 8C4 Thompson, William 829 Trenner, Benjamin 693 Trenner, George S 644 Trenner, Obediah E 847 Trott, Elza D 752 True, Alfred J 565 Turner, George 488 Turner, William H 488 U Upton, William H 476 V Vankirk, Samuel C 917 Veitch, Henry H 891 Vessels, John A 965 Vorhies, Elmer E 892 W Wagner, Rev. J. H 480 Wall, Andrew 720 Warne, Clinton D 691 White, Isaac N 676 Williams, Henry L 523 Williams, Robert N 743 Wills, Theodore M 856 Wilson, Henry H 638 Wilson, James M 963 Wilson, Samuel, Sr 638 Wilson, William C 964 Wilson, William H 569 Wires, John 731 Woodworth, Henry P 902 Wycoff, Albert E 714 Y Yeo, William B 741 Young, Ora F 712 Z Zahniser, Robert W 915 4 COL. CYRUS P. B. SARCHET. BIOGKAPHICAL. THE SARCHET EAMILY. The Sarchet family were among the first to settle in this county, being among the number of families that emigrated from the island of Guernsey (France) in 1806, and as the family have been prominent in tbe history of this county, which was named for the island they came from, it may be of interest to the reader of local histor}^ to know something in detail of the ancestiy as well as of the members of the family who have left their impress on their adopted countr}-. The Sarchet family, of the island of Guernsey, Europe, were descend- ants of the De Souchets, of the north of France. Thomas, a son of that fam- ily (who were zealous Catholics), obtained, during his minority, a French Bible, which he persisted in reading, against the protest of his father and mother, as also the parish priest, who threatened the anathemas of the church. The Bible is still in the Sarchet family as a precious relic. Through fear, he fled from his home to the island of Jersey, from there to Guernsey, where he assumed the name of Sarchet. This was about tbe year 1670. He married and had one son. This son married and had two sons, Thomas and Peter, who became the heads of two families in Guernsey. Thomas, John, Peter and Nicholas were the sons of Thomas, and Peter, the only son of Peter, and, these fi\'e sons having all emigrated to Guernsey county, Ohio, the name is now extinct in the island of Guernsey. Thomas, the elder son of Thomas, succeeded to the patrimonial estate, the old “Sarchet mansion,’’ a massive stone structure of the olden time, with fourteen acres of land attached. He was a cultivator of fruits and vege- tables for the market of St. Petersport, and also a carter or drayman of the citv. John was a ship’s blacksmith, a maker of chain cables and anchors ; a man of more than ordinary ability, shrewd and cunning; he was an advocate of free trade, and represented the Iron-master’s Union of Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania, before the ways and means committee of the House of Representa- tives of the United States, in a report advocating free-trade in iron. His report was bitterlv assailed by Henry Clay, as coming from a dirty-handed 458 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. smuggler of the island of Guernsey; the report was sustained by Albert Gal- liten, in an able speech, wherein he pronounced that, though John Sarchet's hands were dirty, it was from honest toil, and that his argument was un- answerable. I’eter Sarchet was a carpenter, and Nicholas was a blacksmith, each of whom were quiet, frugal, industrious men, filling their places in society with credit to themselves and families. Peter, son of Peter, was a gentleman of leisure and means, with the title of Sire Peter. Thomas Sarchet,, Sr., the pioneer of the Guernsey families of Guern- sey county, Ohio, was born in the parish of Saint Samson, island of Guernsey, in Europe, June 29, 1770, and was married to Anne, or Nancy Birchard, a daughter of James Birchard and Esther Gallienne, of the parish of La Quartie, in the year 17S9, to whom were born four sons and two daughters, Thomas, David, Peter B., Moses, Nancy and Rachel, all of whom rvere born in the island of Guernsey. In the year 1806, when all Europe was under arms and the eagles of the first Napoleon were .spreading from kingdom to kingdom, and kings and crowns were at his disposal, the island of Guernsey, in the English channel, between the two great contending powers, was made the rendezvous for the troops of England and her allies. The inhabitants were compelled to sup- iply the troops with provisions, and “press-gangs” were over-running the island, pressing all able-hodiecl men into the English service. Thomas Sar- chet. a philanthropist and Christian, opposed to war, resolved to- seek a home in the New' AVorld of the West. The old ancestral home, the home of Victor Hugo, the Trench republican, wdio w'oulcl not follow the lead of the “man of Decemljer” during his exile, w'as disposed of, and in May, 1806, Thomas, Jolin and Peter Sarchet and Daniel Eerbrache, a brother-in-lawc wdth their families, hoarded a fishing smack at Saint Petersport, hound for a Jersey port, wdiere they were to take passage in an English emigrant ship hound for Nor- folk, Virginia. On the voyage to Jersey the smack was boarded by a “press- gang” and two young men named Simmons, wdio were passengers bound for America, were taken from the boat. On arriving at Jersey. Thomas Sarchet appeared l)efore the governor of the island and demanded the immediate re- lease of the twTi young men, wdiich he succeeded in obtaining. This is men- tioned to show' a distinguishing trait of his character — a heart that went out after the distressed and oppressed. The English ship, commanded by Captain AIcCrandal, a son-in-law' of Sire Peter Sarchet, was convoyed by an English man-of-war out of the Eng- GUERNSEY COUNTY^ OHIO. 459 lish channel into the ocean until it was thought the ship was safe from the French cruisers, when the farewell and lucky journey was extended and the ship and escort parted. After being a few days out, a French cruiser was sighted in full pursuit. A canvas had been prepared for such an emergency, and soon the name of the ship was covered by “The Eliza of Boston” and the American Jack proudly floated to the breeze. The French cruiser not being aware of the ruse, and the United States and France being on good terms, gave up the chase. The ocean voyage was calm and pleasant, without any unusual occurrence, excepting the death of a child of the Ferbrache family, the body being wrapped in a sheet and consigned to the ocean, after the im- pressive burial service of the Episcopal church had been read by the captain, to await the day when “the sea shall give up its dead.” The landing was made at Norfolk, June 3, 1806, and shipping taken for Baltimore, Maryland. At that city, wagons, horses and equipments for the overland journey were procured, and they passed out of Baltimore June i6th, the sun then being in total eclipse. The point of destination in the west was Cincinnati, Oliio. The journey over the mountains was a long and tiresome one, beneath the hot, sultry sun of July and August. Arriving at Cambridge, August 14, 1806, the town being just laid out and the underbrush cut off Main street, a consultation was had with the proprietors of the town, Jacob Com- ber and Zaccheus A. Beatty, which resulted in a determination to stop and set- tle. A brush tent was hastily built near a spring, on land in what is now known as Lofland addition to Cambridge, and here “their wanderings were o’er.” Thomas Sarchet purchased lot number 58, corner Main and Vine streets, as then known, and at once began the erection of a hewed log house, which was completed in the summer of 1807, and is still standing ( October, 1910). It is the oldest landmark of the pioneer settlement in Cambridge, it having been weather-boarded, however, which greatly preserved it intact all these years — one hundred and three. There pioneer Sarchet lived the remainder of his days, dying April 21, 1837, aged sixty-seven years, and there also his good wife resided until her death, xTpril 2, 1849, aged eighty-three years. A number of years before his death klr. Sarchet lost almost entirely the use of his limbs and had to be carried to his church, a duty that was cheer- fully performed by his religious brethren, as a tribute to his worth and their esteem for the old father of the church whose great delight was in communion wdth the saints. He sang with rapturous delight one of the old IMethodist hymns : “My latest sun is sinking fast. My race is nearly run.” 460 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. The funeral services of Thomas Sarchet and Anne Sarchet were con- ducted by Rev. Cornelius Springer, with whom they had feUowshipped, both in the “Old Side" and “Radical" church. He died early in life; his children all lived to he three score and ten. "I'homas Sarchet was not a man of leisure ; he was a busy man — a man before whose strong' arm the “wilderness was made an habitation, and the desert to rejoice and blossom as the rose.” He began to take hold of such enterjirises as the necessities of a new country required. He made a journey to Pittsliurg with pack horses to procure salt. He made a journey to Phila- delphia, for store goods, and opened out the first store in Cambridge in the s])i'ing of 1808. Prior to this he had leased the “saline lands,” at Chandlers- ville, Muskingum county, from the state of Ohio, and there began the manu- facture of salt. These saline springs had been used by the Indians, wdth their rude implements, for salt making, which led to the reservation by the state. Ide continued to make salt from these springs until about the close of the war of 1815, when he bored the old Sarchet well, where he owned a section and a half of land, and continued to manufacture salt until the fuel gave out and the works were abandoned. This was an artesian well. The water was forced twenty feet above the surface b}^ gas, and flowed many years. While engaged at the salt works at Chandlersville a nephew, Daniel Ferbrache, fell into the “cat-hole,” and was so badly burned that his death followed in a few days. An account of his sufferings, Christian resignation and triumphant death, pub- lished in the Methodist Magazine, from the pen of Thomas Sarchet, entitled “Passing Through the Fire," was read with interest and largely copied into the secular papers of the day, as showing how well Christians could die. Strength and agility were traits prided in by the pioneer settlers, and it was not unusual for reputed “bullies” to engage in the then manly (now brutal) sport of the prize ring; but no bully ever bantered Thomas Sarchet. He was known as the “strong man,” and was said to have carried, on a wager, upon his l)ack, one thousand pounds, from his dray into a mill at Saint Petersport, Guernsey. At house-raisings and log-raisings, when the weight seemed too heavy for the force applied, his brave “Ho, boys, heave,” meant the log must move. A member of the Wesleyan connection of the church in Guernsey, and a licensed exhorter, he brought with him and his family the nucleus of the INfethodist Fpiscopal church of Cambridge, organized from the “French Class,” of which he was the leader, bv the Rev. James Watts, in 1808. His house became the place for preaching, and his home and hospitality was open and free to the horseback itinerant of the early church. Alany of the great men GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 461 of the church, of sacred memoiy, partook of his bounty, and reposed in quiet and security beneath his hospitable roof. Among the number may be named Bishops McKendree, Heckling, Soule, Waugh, Hamline, Morris and J- B. Fin- ley, John P. Durbin, Charles Elliott, James Quinn, David Young and others whose names have been forgotten. Mdien “mutual rights,” the rock that split in twain the Alethodist Epis-' copal church, began to be agitated, opposed as he had been to the kingly pre- rogative in the old country, he became an advocate of lay delegation and against the tenure for life of the oflice of bishops, and when the final split came he went into the new organization, and, in a large measure, built the first Methodist Protestant church, at his own expense, in Cambridge, in the year 1832, and continued in it, as he had been in the old church, a leader and a pillar. His reason for leaving the “Old Side” church, as it was called during those heated days of controversy, and connection with the “Radicals,” as the new organization was styled, he had published by John Hersh, then editor of the Guernsey Times, and circulated throughout the places where the disturb- ing question was most agitated. His reasons were based on the republican idea of equality and fraternity, with no privileged sect. But, like all reform- ers, he lived in advance of his days, and as all that was demanded then has become a part of the polity of the Methodist Episcopal church of today, ex- cept the life tenure of bishops, his reasons, which he bequeathed as a legacy to his children, may be accepted as not coming from a fanatic without reason. The fruit trees planted in Cambridge were carried on horseback by him from the Putnam nursery at Marietta, where he procured seed and planted a nursery, from which the older orchards of Guernsey county tvere derived. He held no civil office higher than road supenfisor. He lived and died enjoying the fullest confidence of the people in his honesty and integrity of character, and it came to be a saying. “If Thomas Sarchet says so, it must be true.” He had no blot upon his character, unless the necessities of the pio- neers in converting their surplus grain into alcoholic liquors in order to secure a market, might be called a blot, — when ministers and laymen drank from the same bowl, — for he was a brewer of beer and a distiller of whisky. As the pioneer, he was followed in 1807 by James Birchard. William Ogier, Thomas Naftal, Thomas Lenfesty, Daniel Hubert, Sire Peter Sarchet and John Marquand, with their families, and John Robin, Peter, John and Nicholas Toroade, Nicholas Poedwin, Peter Corbet, Nicholas Sarchet, and Peter Langley, young men. The following is a roster of the family of pioneer Thomas Sarchet : Thomas, born July 2, 1790: married Catherine Marquand; sons. Solo- 4^)2 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. moil, 'J'lionias Charles M. ; daughters, Nancy, Y\nne, Martha Matilda, Maria, Lucinda. Nancy, or Anne, born December 5, 1793; married Capt. Cyrus P. Ileatty : suns, John A., Thomas, Zacchens ; daughters, Nancy B., Ellen, Rachel. David, horn November 14, 1797; married Mary Hill, Margaret Britton, jemima De Hart, iMary Toroade; sons, Simon P., Fletcher B., David T., Al- ])heus T., Elmer G. ; daughters, Nancy, INlargaret, Elizabeth and Rachel. Peter 13., born May 6, 1800; married Catherine Holler, Martha Mc- Cully, Alary Mitchell; sons, Thomas H., Joseph li., John Ad., Cyrus T. B., Georg'e Al.; daughters, Harriet, Lorette. Aloses, born April 17, 1803; married Alartha Bicbard ; sons, Cyrus P. B., d'homas, James B., Charles J., John H. : daughters, Nancy B., Rachel Ad., Harriet J. Rachel AL, liorn A])ril 14, 1805; married John P. Beatty; son, Zacchens .\. ; daughters, Anne Ad., Alargery L., Sarah K., Ellen A., Harriet A., Adar- garet Al. and Cecelia LA AIoses S.vrctiet, son of Thomas and Ann Sarchet, natives of the island of Guernsey, was born on that island April 17, 1803. His parents emigrated to this country in the autumn of 1806, locating at Cambridge. Moses Sar- chet married, on Adarch 23, 1826, Alartha Bichard, daughter of James and Rachel dlichard, who were also from the isle of Guernsey, coming here with d'homas Sarchet and his little colony. Airs. Aloses Sarchet was born in 1805. The children horn to Aloses and Alartha (Bichard) Sarchet were as follows; Nancy B., Cyrus Ib B., Rachel Ad., Harriet Josephine, Thomas, James B., Charles J. and John H., eight in all. .At the death of Cyrus P. Beatty, Air. Sarchet was appointed clerk of the court of common pleas, which office he held for fifteen years. He rvas twice mayor of the city of Cambridge, and for many years a justice of the ]>eace and superintendent of the National pike a number of years. Was twice nominated for representative of Guernsey county and in each campaign was defeated by the Democratic party, he always voting the Republican ticket. He was a busy man and yet always found time to entertain his friends in a hospitable manner. He had hosts of friends, who mourned his death, which occurred September 9, 1890. He was buried in the cemetery at Cam- bridge, September iitb. His wife died Adarch i, 1887. At the date of her death there were twenty-eight grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. She was si.xty-four years an acceptable member of the Alethodist Episcopal church. As a mother, she ordered her household \vell. As a neighbor, she ts-'; ■ ' MOSES SARCHET. MRS. MARTHA SARCHET, ’ tv;^ r ■' V.'V 'V^ ■' Mm -■-' r^r !i?'* ,1J ■ .’• .i'-i v!< V/ ■'.-4 ’• - ■'!• r»w ■. -t GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 463 was kind, obliging and charitable. At her rec|uest, she was buried beside her four sons, and now the husband rests beside her. She sleeps the sleep of the just. Cyrus Parkinson Beatty Sarchet was born in the house formerly owned by his grandfather, Thomas, this structure having been built the third one in Cambridge, and, with the exception of three years in his early man- hood, his entire life has been spent in this vicinity. He is the eldest son of Moses and Martha (Bichard) Sarchet, and was born November 17, 1828. His ancestors were French Huguenots, who at an early day took up their residence on the island of Guernsey. The original spelling of the name, it is supposed, was Sauchet, the French form of which would be De Sarcha, and some of the family have taken that name. About 1670 one Thomas Sarchet, a zealous Catholic, obtained a Frencb Bible, which he persisted in reading against the desires of his parents and the parish priest, and at length was obliged to flee from bis country, going to Guernsey, having stopped for some time in the isle of Jersey. This Bible is mentioned elsewhere in detail in this work, and is still in the hands of the family here. Thomas married and had two sons, as shown in the accompany- ing genealogy. Upon arriving in America in 1806, and at Cambridge, Ohio, August 14th of that year, they found the hamlet just platted. The father bought a lot at the corner of Wheeling avenue and Seventh street and erected a log cabin, a part of wbicb was still standing in the eighties, in a good state of preservation. A'ithin this log house the grandfather, Thomas Sarchet, lived until his death, April 21, 1837, and his wife died there a dozen years later. His children all lived to be four score years of age. (Moses Sarchet, the father of the subject of this memoir, was born April 17, 1803, and died in Cambridge September 10. 1890. At the age of sixteen years he entered the office of his brother-in-law, C. P. Beatty, as assistant clerk of the court of Guernsey county, holding such office until his marriage, in March, 1827, when he removed to his farm four miles north of Cambridge. For a long period be was engaged in the manufacture of salt, at the old Sarchet Salt Works north of this place. This salt well was in this county, it being constructed early — about 1815 — and kept in active use until 1840. After the death of Mr. Beatty, Moses returned to fill out his unexpired term, and from September, 1828, to September, 1842, was clerk of the common pleas court of Guernsey county, during which time he was also township clerk, county school examiner, and overseer of the township poor. In 1847 he was the Whig candidate for representative, but was defeated. In 1848 he was appointed resident engineer of the National road, and 464 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. held the office for three years. In 1851, when the Central Ohio railroad was being iirojected, he Avas active in the movement to have it pass through Cambridge, being the largest local stockholder in the road and a contractor in its construction. This contract Avas completed, but a failure of the com- pany crippled him financially during the remainder of his life. When the Avar of the Rebellion came on, he was appointed a member of the military commission of Guernsey county, and Avas also a draft commissioner during the Avar. He served for tAvelve years as justice of the peace, and during this period Avas also tOAvnship trustee ; Avas tAvo terms mayor of Cambridge, and master commissioner of his county. In his religious faith he was a de- A'out Methodist. To himself and yAdfe were born five sons and three daugh- ters. Of this family, only'the folloAving four survive: Col. C. P. B. Sarchet, James B. Sarchet, John H. Sarchet, all three living in Cambridge, Ohio, at this Avriting; Harriet Josephine, noAv AvidoAv of James M. Carson, of Zanes- ville. Of C. P. B. Sarchet it may be said that the earlier years of his life Avere spent in an uneventful manner, his time being given to farming and the attendance at the district schools of that period. For a short time he also Avent to Avhat Avas known as the Cambridge Academy. For a number of years he clerked in the local stores of his native city. In 1855, in company with his father, he commenced the publication of the Guernsey Times, Avith Avhich he Avas connected for several years. About forty years of his industrious life Avere given to the tilling of the soil and general management of the farm. During this time he held a number of local official positions, in Avhich he gave time and labor for the public good, Avithout reward or hope thereof. Perhaps no man in Guernsey county has given as much time to the history of men and events connected with the growth and development of the same, or has given more in answer to enquiries relative to the statistics of the county and state affairs. During the Civil war Mr. Sarchet performed much provost duty, looking after soldiers who were away on furlough, and Avas also appointed enrolling officer. In 1863, Governor Tod commissioned him captain and instructed him to organize the militia of this county into three regiments. After he effected this, he was elected colonel of the First Regi- ment, a title by Avhich he has since been knoAvn. He took an active part in the John Morgan raid, was at Chillicothe, and later at Eaglesport, where he crossed the Muskingum river and followed the enemy until the latter Avere caiAtured near Salineville, Ohio. For many years Mr. Sarchet was connected Avith the Guernsey County Agricultural Society, and was president of the Farmers’ Institute of the county, and in the nineties was secretary of the GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 4^>5 soldiers' relief committee. Politically, he has been allied \vith the A\'hig, Republican and Democratic parties. He resides just to the east of the city proper, on Wheeling avenue, and with his almost daily trips to the city has covered about a thousand miles each year upon an average, making in the last thirty-five years thirty-five thousand miles — a distance which exceeds going around the globe and half way back, on foot ! Mr. Sarchet is a ready writer and has contributed much to the litera- ture of his county and state. Many years ago he wrote the “Cambridge of Fifty Years Ago." This was published in the Jeffersonian in serial articles, of great interest. Along political lines he wrote of the 1840 AYhig cam- paign, including the history of the thirty-three Whigs of the county central committee. His articles on the iMorgan raid give a detailed account of the same, covering his personal recollections of his eight days' ride in the saddle, going through Noble, IMorgan, Guernsey, Harrison, Belmont, Jefferson and Columbiana counties. By reason of his special ability as a collector of his- toric data and biographical knowledge of his fellow-citizens of Guernsey county, he was selected to supervise the writing of the 1910 history of the county, which the reader now holds, and no better man could possibly have been selected by the publishers to superintend this task. Concerning Colonel Sarchet's domestic relations, let it be stated that he married, on April 24, 1855, Margaret M., daughter of Andrew IMoore. The children born of this union were: Frank AT, deceased; Andrew AT; Inez L., wife of Cyrus F. Wilson; Alartha Blanche. In his religious faith, the Colonel is a faithful member of the Alethodist Episcopal church, in which for many years he was the treasurer. In perusing the various newspaper files of this county, the writer of this memoir has found scores and hundreds of valuable historic items from Colonel Sarchet's ready pen. His knowledge of men and events in this portion of Ohio is in- deed wonderful. In this month ( November, 1910) this venerable old gen- tleman attains his eighty-second birthday. He ranks high among the plain, unassuming, practical and generous-hearted men of his day and generation, and of whom the world has none too many. JUDGE EDWARD W. AIATHEWS, SR. One of the notable men of his day and generation in Guernsey county is Judge Edward Ah Alathews. Sr., a man who, through a long and eminently (30) GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 466 comniendaljle career in puljlic and private life, has ivon state-wide recogni- tion and wlio stands today an avowed leader of his fellowmen ; a man who has done nnicli to mould public opinion in his locality and foster those move- ments that make for ultimate success and advancement. He is a man of the people in all the term implies, hroad-minded, of keen discernment and un- swendng integrity. By a life consistent in motive and action and because of his tine personal ojualities, he has earned the sincere regard of all who know him, his ideas and ideals having always been high and his influence salutary: so that his career might well be profitably studied by the youth whose for- tunes are yet to lie determined in the precarious vicissitudes of the coming years, for therein may be found many a lesson. Judge i\iathews was born February 7, 1832, at St. Peters Port, on the isle of (juernsey and is the son of Edward W. and Margaret ( Blampied ) Matliews. The father was a victim of the cholera epidemic that visited that country in 1832 and the following year the mother, in company with rela- tives, came to America and to Camliridge, then a small village of aliout six hundred people. Here the .subject of this sketch spent his childhood and youth and Iiere he has held his residence ever since. He was educated in the schools of Cambridge and also attended two different academies of the county. His home for a time was with his lirother-in-law, John Mahaffey, who was a shoemaker, and while making his home here young Mathews w-orked at the shoemaking trade for three or four years. In 1850, when he was eighteen years of age, he went with a company of gold seekers to California by the over- land route and experienced the hardships and adventures of such a trip in those early days. Shortly after reaching “the diggings’’ he was taken with tvphoid fever and lay sick for several weeks. When aide to go to work, he began labor in the mines for gold, and continued this for about two and a half vears and was successful in accumulating considerable precious metal. He returned to Cambridge by the Isthmus route, landing in New York and thence liy railroad and stage to Cambridge. Soon after returning to Cam- bridge he bought an interest in the drug business with E. R. Nyce, in Cam- liridge. The partners also bought a drug store in Cumberland, Guernsey county, of which Mr. Mathews took charge and conducted for two years. E. R. Nvee was also postmaster at Cambridge, and after this business partner- ship had continued several years Mr. Mathews also took charge of the post- office, in connection with the drug store, and continued to manage the same until 1859. Having an ambition to enter the law, he had for two years been reading in the office of Mathew Gaston, at that time a prominent attorney of the county. On leaving the postoffice and drug store, he entered the Cin- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 467 cinnati Law School and graduated from that institution in i860, returning then to Cambridge where he began the practice with his former preceptor, Mathew Gaston. Since that time he has lieen a member of the liar of Guernsey county and southern Ohio. For some years he was associated with Hon. J. W. White, who, during this association, was elected to Congress. Later he was asso- ciated with W. S. Heade in the jiractice of law, the partnership of Mathews & Heade continuing for about a quarter of a century; and in 1898 his son, Edward W. Mathews, Jr., liecame a member of the firm, the firm name then being Mathews, Heade & Mathews. In 1894 Mr. Heade retired from the firm, and since that time father and son have continued in the practice of law, the firm name being Mathews & iMathews. Judge iMathews has engaged in a large practice in all the county and state courts and is an attorney of recog- nized ability. In 1884 Mr. iMathews was appointed by Governor Hoadley, of Ohio, to fill the unexpired term of Judge Frazier, of the common pleas court. He was recognized as a judge of marked aliility, lint, being a Democrat in politics and the judicial district four thousand Repulilican, Judge Mathews was de- feated for an election following this term, though liy a very greatly reduced Republican majority. He is a Democrat of the old school and always loyal as a party supporter. He has served as mayor of Cambridge and also as a member of the school board for two terms. He was a delegate to the Demo- cratic national convention which met in St. Louis and nominated Grover Cleveland for President in 1888, and has been prominent in the party councils of the state. Judge iMathews has been very active in pulilic affairs. He was acti\'e with Gen. A. J. Warner in promoting, liuilding and operating the Cleveland & iMarietta railroad. From the organization of the company he was its at- torney and continued in this capacity with the original company and its suc- cessors until 1909, when he severed his connection. He has also had extensive real estate interests and has lieen enterprising and active in the improvement of the city of Cambridge, in erecting substantial business blocks and residence properties. At the organization of the Central National Bank, some years ago. he became a member of the board of direc- tors and upon the death of Mr. Hutchinson he succeeded to the presidency of the bank, which position he still holds. Judge Mathews has been twice married, first in iMay, 1862, to Amelia Haynes, daughter of Dr. Vincent and Sarah Haynes. , To this union two chil- dren were born, Edward W. Mathews. Jr., an attorney of Cambridge, asso- ciated in the practice with his father, and Alinnie L., who died in infancy. 468 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Mrs. jMathews died in 1877. His second marriage was solemnized on Janu- ary 30, 1879, 1^0 Anna IMeans, daughter of Benjamin and Margaret (Ackel- son ) iMeans; of Washington county, Pennsylvania. To this union were born, Margaret Amelia, now INIrs. VTrne D. Benedict, of IMassillon, Ohio, and Ger- trude B., at home. 1 'he Mathews home, at the southeast corner of Wheeling avenue and Ninth street, is located near the central portion of the business section of the city, and is a refined, cultured home, wdiere good cheer and genuine hospi- tality are supreme. Judge Mathews and his family are members of the Presbyterian church and he served as trustee for eighteen years. He and his family have always been active in church and Sunday school work. jMr. Mathews was made a Mason in 1853 advanced to the thirty-third degree, an honor and dis- tinction reached liy but few men. He has led a busy life, but always has time to be agreeable with all with whom he comes in contact, A large, robust man, always full of energy and good cheer; a splendid man, a splendid citizen, a lover of home life, a devoted husband and an indulgent father. As an attor- ney he ranks second to none in this section of the state and has been very suc- cessful. He is earnest, painstaking and persistent in his methods of proced- ure, a forceful, eloquent speaker and a man who is profoundly versed in all matters of jurisprudence. JUDGE JAMIES W. CAMPBELL. In placing the name of James W. Campbell in the front rank of Guern- sey county citizens, simple justice is done to a biographical fact, universally recognized throughout this and adjoining counties by men at all familiar with his histoiy. A man of judgment, sound discretion and public spirit, he has so impressed his individuality upon the community as to gain the highest esteem of all classes. Judge Campliell was born September 20. 1847, in Middleton, Guern- sey county, Ohio, the son of Dr. James and Susan (Brown) Campbell, the former being a prominent practitioner here for many years, a man of influence, high character and intelligence. Born in this locality, which was settled by people from the island bearing the name of Guernsey, off the north coast of France, Judge James W. Camp- bell has, unaided, fought his way, step by step, to a position of eminence. At the age of fifteen years he, after repeated attempts, enlisted in the army and GUERNSEY COETNTY, OHIO. 469 became a member of the regiment which Whitelaw Reid, in his “Ohio in the War,” credits with suffering- the greatest hardships of any regiment at that time in the field. After coming out of the army the young soldier prepared for college and entered \Ahlliams with a personal letter from President Gar- field to Mark Hopkins. Pie worked his way through college, cleaning recita- tion rooms, kindling fires and doing odd jobs to pay his way. After leaving college, Mr. Campbell worked as a printer, as editor, and read law, all at the same time, and in so doing laid the foundation for the high legal and business reputation that he has since acc|uired. He was specially admitted to practice by the supreme court before that body took general charge of admissions, and practiced in Cambridge, also in eastern Ohio, rising to a position of eminence in his chosen profession. No man in Ohio has ranked higher in law than Judge Campbell, and his legal attainments are equaled by few in this or any state. After nine years of practice he was elected to the bench, the youngest man ever elected to the judiciary in Ohio, and made a record which has not been surpassed both for amount and quality of work. Judge Campbell has been successful not only in legal circles, lint also in a business way. He 'was vice-president and is still a director in the oldest national bank of Cambridge, among the first of national banks organ- ized in the United States. He was special counsel for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad and the United States Steel Company ; he was receiver and general manager of the Eastern Ohio railroad, and is still director in the Marietta & Lake and the Eastern Ohio railroads, and has been organizer, officer, director and attorney for various important eastern corporations. He takes great interest in educational and literary movements and is familiar with the world's best literature and a writer of no mean order of ability himself. He is a mem- ber of the board of directors of the Cambridge public library. Recentl}^ the Judge has invested extensii-ely in California orange and oil properties, making his headquarters at Los Angeles. He is president of the Bankers and Merchants Oil Company and of the California Investment Com- pan3^ vice-president of the Consolidated Midway Oil Company of California, which owns the largest well in the world, flowing three thousand measured barrels per hour; vice-president of the France-AAllman Oil Company, and treasurer of the Kern Westside Oil Company: treasurer of the Elk Hills IMidway Oil Company. Judge Campbell was married February 13, 1873, to Martha White, daughter of Hon. Joseph Wk and Nancy ( Sarchet.) White, of Camliridge, a prominent and influential family here. Mr. Afliite having, for a number of Years, represented the Cambridge district in Congress. To Judge and klrs. 470 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Campbell one son has been born, Joseph W. Campbell, who, after graduation from the University of Chicago, entered the legal profession, having for a prece])tor none other than his able father, consecjnently he made rapid progress in his studies, went through the Cincinnati Law School wdth high honors, and was duly admitted to the bar. He is now engaged very successfully in the ])ractice at Joliet, Illinois, and he is also dealing extensively in real estate, lie is a thoroughly competent and successful young man, to wdiom the future holds much of i)romise. The Campbell home is at the corner of Wheeling avenue and Ninth street, Caniliridge, and is a commodious, modern lirick house, thoroughly ecjuipped and furnished with modern utilities and comforts, and is known as a place of old-time hospitality and good cheer. 'I'hroughout his entire professional and business career Judge Campbell has been animated by lofty motives, and made every personal consideration Mihordinate to the higher claims of duty. Broad and liberal in his views, with the greatest good of his fellow men ever before him, his conduct has been that of the lover of his kind and the true and loyal citizen, who is ready at all times to make any reasonable sacrifice for the cause in which his interests are enlisted. He is, withal, a man of the people, proud of his distinction as a citizen of a state and nation for wdiose laws and institutions he has the most ])rofonnd admiration and resjiect, while his strong mentality, ripe judgment and nnimpeachahle integrity demonstrate to the satisfaction of all his ability to fill honorably important official positions and to discharge -worthily the duties of his trusts. BKNJAMIN F. SHEPPARD. To the average indi\'idual so-called success is the reward of persistent stri\'ing and grim determination. It is sometimes gained through rivalry and com])etition, and frecfuently is attained Ijy the aid of preference and influence. So ])owerful and necessary seem these aids that the one who does not command them is often disheartened at his ]>rospects of success. Benjamin F. Shep- ])ard, ])resident of the Cambridge Bank, and one of the leading men of Guern- sey county in financial circles, seems to have acquired the knowledge of how to achieve true success in the various walks. He holds worthy prestige in business circles, and has always been distinctively a man of affairs and wfields a wide influence among those with whom his lot has been cast, having won definite results in whatever he has turned his attention to and at the same GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 4/1 time has shown what a man with lofty principles, honesty of purpose and determination can accomplish when actuated with high motiues and unself- ish ideals. i\Ir. Sheppard was born November i, 1864, in Kirkwood township, Bel- mont county, Ohio. He is the son of Dr. I. H. and Harriet (Grimes) Shep- pard, an old and influential family, these parents still living in the vicinity mentioned above, the father being one of the best known practitioners in that county, having practiced for many years, bnt he is now living retired and has reached the age of seventy-eight years. Doctor Sheppard was e.xceptionally successful in life, being a man of sound business judgment and keen discern- ment. Benjamin F. Sheppard, of this review, was educated in the public schools of his native community, and the normal school at Fairview, Guernsev coun- ty. He spent a part of his youth on the home farm and engaged in wool and tobacco dealing. He was successful as a business man from the first and has accumulated a very comfortable competenc}', becoming the owner of large land interests in Guernsey county. He was the promoter of the FTnion Tele- phone Company of Fairview, which connects Fairview, Barnesville, AA'heel- ing. West Virginia, Freeport and St. Clairsville, and he was manager of the company for a period of nine years, his judicious management resulting in an extensive enterprise being built up. The companv then sold out to a tele- phone company of AAdieeling. Then i\Ir. Sheppard turned his attention to his large estate and to banking interests. He was one of the prime promoters of the Cambridge Bank, organized under the banking laws of Ohio, in April, 1905. He was the first president of this institution and has held this position to the present time, managing its affairs in a manner entirely satisfactory to all concerned and building up one of the safest and most popular banking houses in eastern Ohio. He is essentially an organizer and promoter by nature, is a man of keen business acumen and discernment and makes few mistakes in his deductions and inductions. He is broad-minded, liberal and far-seeing, being a conservative banker, conducting his hank along safe vet liberal lines at all times. In addition to his banking interests he has large real estate interests and other financial interests of a private nature. Politically, Mr. Sheppard is a Republican and he has long taken an abiding interest in public matters, but has never been an office seeker. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and he has lieen a steward in the local church for many years, serving as trustee ])rior to that. Thev are active church workers and liberal in their support of the church. Air. Sheppard was married on November 20, 1895, to Deanna Giff'ee, 4/2 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. (laughter of Benjamin and Lida ( Kannon) Giffee. Her father was a promi- nent farmer of Guernsey county, whose death occurred in 1902. Mrs. Gif¥ee is still living'. IMr. Giffee was eighty-two years of age at the time of his death ; he was active in lousiness and a man of sterling character and worth. He rvas a devout memher of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Shep- l)ard is a lady of culture and rehnement and is devoted to her home. Like her hushand, she enjoys the friendship of a wide circle of acquaintances. 'I'his union has been graced by the birth of one son, Josiah B. G. Sheppard, now eleven years of age. IMr. and i\Irs. Sheppard became residents of Cambridge in November, H)02. 'Fhey have a modern, attractive and commodious home on the corner of South Eleventh street and Wheeling avenue. It is one of the most pre- tentious residences in the city and is knowm as a place where old-time hospi- tality and good cheer ever ]U'evail. The Sheppard family is prominent in commercial, social, church and educational circles in Cambridge and Guern- sev county. ALPHEUS L. STEVENS. A well known attorney of Cambridge, and the representative of one of the old and influential families of Guernsey county is Alpheus L. Stevens, whose birth occurred on July 25, 1864, in Londonderry township, this county. He is the son of James and Ann (Morrow-) Stevens, the father a native of German}' and the mother of Wstmoreland county, Pennsylvania. The Stevens family w'ere pioneers here and influential in the affairs of their lo- calitv for se\-eral generations. James Stevens devoted his life to agricultural pursuits and was very successful in the same, establishing a good home and developing an excellent farm. Politically, he was a Republican, and while he kept well informed on ]jolitical and current topics, he w^as never active in party affairs. After lives of usefulness and honor, he and his good life com- jianion are sleeping the sleej) of the just in the Antrim cemetery. Alpheus L. Stevens spent his youth on his father’s farm and w^as found in the fields assisting with the crops at a very early age. He attended the public schools during the winter months. Being an ambitious lad, he studied hard and prepared himself for a career at the bar, being duly admitted to practice law^ in June. 1895. He opened an office in Cambridge and has been very successful, having liuilt up a very satisfacton^ clientele. Politically, Mr. Stevens is a Republican and he has always been a party GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 473 worker. Recognizing his ability as a persistent, painstaking attorney and as a public spirited man of affairs, His friends urged his nomination for prosecut- ing attorney in 1899 duly elected to this office, the duties of which he very faithfully discharged, serving Guernsey county in this capac- ity for two terms, or a period of six years, in a manner that reflected credit upon himself and to the satisfaction of all concerned. On January 24, 1910, I\Ir. Stevens was appointed postmaster of Cam- bridge by President Taft, and he assumed the duties of this office on Februaiy 4th following. His selection to this important post has met with general ap- proval. IMr. Stevens is a klason and a member of the Presbyterian church. He is deeply interested in the welfare of his community and county, but is conservative and unassuming in all walks of life. PROF. BERT M. THOMPSON. The men most influential in promoting the advancement of society and in giving character to the times in which they live are of two classes, the men who study and the men of action. MTether we are most indebted for the improvement of the age to the one class or the other, is a question of honest difference in opinion ; neither class can be spared and both should be encour- aged to occupy their several spheres of labor and influence, zealously and without mutual distrust. In the following paragraphs are briefly outlined the leading facts and characteristics of a gentleman who combines in his make- up the elements of the scholar and the energy of the public spirited man of affairs. Devoted to the noble and humane work of teaching, he has made his influence felt in the school life of Guernsey county, and is not unknown to the wider educational circles of the state, occupying as he does a prominent place in his profession and standing high in the esteem of educators in other than his own field of endea^'or. Prof. Bert IM. Thompson, the able and popular superintendent of public schools of Byesville, Ohio, was born in 1881 at Senecaville, Guernsey county. He is the son of Luke D. and Ida S. (Nicholson) Thompson. Luke D. Thompson was also a native here, born one-fourth mile from where the sub- ject was born about two miles southwest of Senecaville. He was prominent and influential in this locality in the early days of development. The Thompson family first came from central Pennsylvania, in the early days. Some of them were blacksmiths in the days when blacksmiths made 47-1 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. nails with hammer and anvil. The hrst one here was William Thompson, ifreat-j^rand father of the subject. He was a wagoner of the Alleghanies and hauled with six and eight-horse teams from Baltimore, IMaryland, over the mountains. 1 le had a line set of horses and often got in a week ahead of the others, thereliy earning the cream of the business. On one of his trips, in crossing the Potomac on the ice, he found himself floating away with his team on a large two or three-acre piece. Pie floated for two or three miles, when the ice swung around a sand bar, and he promptly wdhpped the team off onto the land. He came to this country at a very early day and located a mile west of Senecaville, and the Thompson family have lived in that part of the township ever since. William Thompson kept tavern on the jnihlic square at Senecaville soon after iSoo. kle died of cholera. William Thompson's son was also named William. Luke 'riiompson -was the son of William Thompson, Jr., and Margaret (Dilley) Thompson. Margaret Dilley was the daughter of Abram Dilley, who was the son of E|jhraim Dilley. The origin of the Dilley family is given as follows: Ephraim Dilley, grandfather of Margaret (Dilley) Thompson, was l)orn in 1755 and died in 1844. His wife, Lucy (Ayers) Dilley, was horn in 1762 and died in 1840. Ephraim Dilley’s wife’s maiden name ivas Lucy Ayers, daughter of AVilliam and Esther (Llardin) Ayers. Ephraim Dilley was the son of Aaron and Hannah (Perry) Dilley. Hannah Perry was re- lated to Commodore I’erry, who fought the battle on Lake Erie in 1813, being a sister of the Commodore's mother or grandmother, and had the same noble ancestry. She was a direct descendant of Sir William Wallace, the Scotch hero who was horn in 1270 and who was an Anglo-Norman. His ancestors were not English, hut were Erench Huguenots, who were in the massacre of St. Bartholomew and had to flee for their lives. They migrated from the isle of Jersey to England, thence to the Lhiited States. Ethnology places them as ancient Celts or Gauls. Ephraim Dilley was in the Revolutionary war and fought in the battle of Stony Point and other battles. Abram Dilley's wife was Jane Wilson IMcCleai'y Dilley. Jane Wilson McCleary was born in county Down. Ireland, and came to the United States wdien eight years old. She came in her Aunt (Mary Roland’s ship, her husliand being the captain of the vessel. He died and she (Alary Roland) married a Mr. Wright, the mate. Jane Wilson AIcCleary’s mother, or grandmother, was a daughter of Lord AAdlson. She married a mechanic and her father disinherited her. The family crest of Lord AAdlson was the tvolf's head. Professor Thompson’s mother was the daughter of Jacob and Jane (Cramblett ) Nicholson, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. She GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 475 was born and reared about two and a half miles from the town of Dern-ent. The Professor's father was born not far from Senecaville, and lived in that vicinity all of his life. Professor Thompson was the only child of the famil}^ and he grew up on the home farm. The father followed farming all of his life. He and his wife were members of the Lutheran church, as all of the Nicholsons are. Grandfather Thompson was a Presbyterian. The father, who died September 26, 1908, was a good man and highly esteemed by all who knew him. Bert ]M. Thompson attended the common schools in the country districts, graduating in 1899 from the Senecaville high school. He spent one summer at the National Normal University. Pie also took twelve terms at Athens, Ohio, completing the course in the normal college. He has also secured both common school and high school state life certificates, that Ijeing quite an un- usual thing for one of more advanced years and experience. Thus well equipped for his lifework, in 1900 he began teaching in Richland township, and taught there for three- years and afterward one year in Valley township. He then came to Byesville, spent four years as principal of the high school, and became superintendent of the schools in iMay, 1908, which position he filled for the two years’ term. In 1910 he was again elected for a three years’ term. He has done much to raise the standard of the schools of Byes- ville, is an able educator, a man of high character, genial and kind, a clear thinker, cogent reasoner, a platform speaker of ability, delivers commence- ment addresses, etc. He is geographical editor of the Ohio Teacher, is field worker for the Ohio School Improvement Federation, and has local license in the jMethodist Episcopal church. He does considerable public speaking, both in school and church work. P'or the past ten years he has been very active in the Epworth League, has been for three years past president of the Cambridge district of the Epworth League. He finally gave this up for lack of time. V'hen Professor Thompson came to Byesville there was only one school building and nine teachers ; now there are three schools, with a teaching force of twenty-three teachers. A new high school liuilding, costing thirty thousand dollars, and many improvements in the conduct of the schools are largely due to the progress of the public school system under his supervision. He is known nearly all over Ohio as a leader in educational matters. His field work, carried on earnestly, brings him in close touch with the work in every locality. He and his mother now live in Byesville, where they have a lieau- tiful home. Unlike many of his calling who become narrow and pedantic. Professor GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 476 1'Iionn)son is essentially a man of the times, broad and liberal in bis views and lias the courage of his convictions on all the leading- public questions and issues u])on which men and parties divide. He also keeps in touch with the trend of modern thought along its various lines and being a man of scholarly attainments and refined tastes, his acquaintance with the best literature of the world is both general and profound, while his familiarity with the more prac- tical affairs of the day makes him feel free with all classes and conditions of people whom he meets, and he is deserving of the large success he has achieved and of the universal esteem which he now enjoys. WILLIAM H. UPTON. man of thorough \-irtue and honor, one who fulh^ represents the best traits of his English ancestry, and who is a worthy citizen of the country of his adoi)tion, is William H. Lepton, who was born February 16, 1863, in Staf- fordshire, England, the son of 'Whlliam and Mary (Turner) LIpton. His father was a jjudcller in the iron mills of his native country, and never came to America. The son, AVilliam IT., had only three months of schooling and what edu- cation he has is self-acquired. He began work in the iron mills when only nine years of age. working in Y'hat were called the hoop mills. In time he became a sheet mill roller, and until 1892 worked in the mills of his native town. On -\ugust 4, 1892, he arrived in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, and worked in the mills there until i'894. when he engaged with the new plant of the klorton Tin Plate Company of Cambridge, Ohio, and has the distinction of rolling the first trial piece in the new mill. He remained with this com- pany until it .sold out to the trust, and since has continued in the mill under the trust’s o|)eration. He is a head roller, has charge of the mill during his turn, and is one of the most A’aluahle men in the service of the company, being con- sidered an exce])tionally ex]iert roller. He was a member of the Amalgamated .'Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers until tlie trust mills were de- clared open, and the charter of the local organization surrendered. He is a charter member of the local order of the Protected Home Circle. Air. Upton was married on (March 26, 1882, to Emily Hartill. daughter of James and Harriett (Goodright) Hartill, of Staffordshire, England. Air. Hartill was an iron worker, and he and his wife died in England. To Air. and Airs. L’pton hai'e Iieen born ten children: Sarah Ann, deceased; Emily GUERNSF.Y COUNTY, OHIO. 477 Amelia, now Mrs. Carl'B. Stock, of Cambridge; Alice i\Iaude ; Lucy, now Mrs. Frank Wilson, of Cambridge; Annie; AVilliam T., a worker in the mill with his father ; these six were born in England ; four others haue been born in America, Albert J., deceased; Samuel, Florence and iMaiy. The sons and daughters haue all had good school advantages. Alice klaucle is a graduate of the Cambridge high school and for one year taught in the commercial department of West Lafayette College, in Coshocton county. Mr. Ltpton and his family are members of the iMethodist church, and are active church workers. Some of the members of the family teach in the Sun- day school. Mr. Upton has visited his old English home twice since coming to Amer- ica — first in 1901, when he remained six weeks, and again in 1908. accom- panied by his wife and oldest daughter, when he remained three months. He and his family are thoroughly Americanized and are ardent supporters of our institutions. Mr. Upton is a Republican, cast his first vote for kIcKinley in 1900, and is always interested in public matters, but is not an office seeker. The Lepton family is a very interesting one and devoted to their home life. JOHN C. BECKETT. The name of John C. Beckett, having long stood for enterprise and right living, clean politics and altruism in its highest sense, is too familiar to the people of Cambridge and Guernsey county to need any introduction here, consequently the following paragraphs will deal in a plain, matter-of-fact manner with his useful and ^'ery active career. Mr. Beckett was born on August 21, 1842, in IMonroe county, Ohio, on a farm near Woodsfield. He is the son of George N. and iMargaret (Clingan) Beckett. The father was a native of Smith Ferry, Jefferson coun- ty, Ohio, and the mother was born in iMonroe county, Ohio. Her parents, John and Mary Clingan, came from Ireland when young, and' John Clingan and hlary Armstrong were married soon afterward. Grandfather Clingan was a iMethodist minister and was interested in the work of spreading the gospel in the M'est with the noted Peter Cartwright, and they became among the most influential of the pioneer preachers. John Clingan was one of the first men to preach in Cambridge, probably preaching the second sermon in the then struggling village. The father, George X. Beckett, a farmer and prominent stockman and wool buyer for many }'ears, was prominent in public life, and GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. lie served as adjutant-general of the Ohio militia in the early years of the state’s history, jirobably about 1812. He was an active abolitionist and ac- ti\’e in the o])erations of the “underground railroad.” He was an exemplary citizen in e\’ery respect, in 1865 Mr. Beckett with his family, moved to (iuernsey county, locating at Fairview and engaged in the general mercantile business until 1879, his son, John C., of this review, being associated with him. He resided in Fairvieiv until 1880, when he moved ivith his wife to Barnesville, Belmont county, where they remained until 1885 when they mo\'ed to Cambridge. Mr. Beckett’s death occurred in July, 1893, widow sur\-i\'ing until February, 1900. Both are ljuried in the Cambridge cemeterv. John C. Beckett grew to maturity on the home farm in Monroe county and attended the common schools, later the normal school at Woodsfield, taught b}' an Fnglishman, John kJoore, a former professor in one of the uni\’ersities of Fngland. Later klr. Beckett took a commercial course at the Pittsburg Commercial College. He remained on the home farm until he was twentv-one years of age, when he went into the mercantile business at Jeru- salem, Monroe county, where he continued for some time, then went to Fair- \'iew in the same line of business with his father, which they continued, as al- ready stated, until 1879, in which year he was elected auditor of Guernsey county on the Rejiulilican ticket. He assumed the duties of this office in No- \'cmber, 1880, and served two terms, or six years. In 1887 he was made cash- ier of the Central National Bank of Cambridge, where he remained two and one-half years, when he resigned. He then engaged in the mercantile busi- ness with John Boyd under the firm name of Boyd & Beckett, in a room where the present elegant Central Bank building is located. He was engaged at that stand for four years. He then liecame interested in promoting the Cam- bridge Iron and Steel Comjiany, the first industry established in Cambridge of any importance. Mr. Beckett donated the land for the location of the plant and he was stockholder and secretary of the company at its organization. He continued in this position until he sold his stock in the company, when, with others, he iiromoted and built the klorton Tin Plate Company, this being the second tin plate mill built in Ohio. Mr. Beckett Iiecame the secretary of this company at its organization and later became manager of tbe sales depart- ment in addition to his duties as secretary, continuing thus in his active posi- tion until the plant was sold to the x\merican Tin Plate Company, which later became a part of the United States Steel Comjiany. The Cambridge mill was the last mill in the FTnited States to sell to the American Tin Plate Com- pany, which took over all the operating mills of the country. This mill was successfully operated from the beginning, making a particular high grade of GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 479 tin plate of special brand, which brand and c|uality is still continued by the United States Steel Company, its superior c|uality heing universally recog- nized. It is but just to Mr. Beckett to say here that no small part of the large success and prestige of this plant was due to his wise counsel and judicious management. After leaving the mill he invested in real estate, both farm lands and city property, and he was interested in various enterprises until 1907, when he moved to Wharton county, Texas, which place is now his legal residence. He has very extensive land interests in the Lone Star state and is extensive!}" interested in rice culture, hut he is now heginning to diversify his line of farm products. He is located in the best part of the rice belt of Texas, largely on account of their inexhaustible shallow water and superior drain- age. Mr. Beckett has become a genuine Texas booster. On hlarch 16, 1870, JMr. Beckett married Rebecca C. Talbott, daughter of AVilliam A. and Rebecca (Davenport) Talbott, of Barnesville, Ohio, both parents being Virginians. The father of hlrs. Talhott, Judge Davenport, was a pioneer merchant of Barnesville. Whlliam A. Talb’ott was also a life- long merchant of Barnesville and a highly respected citizen. Both hlr. and Mrs. Talbott have been dead several years. They never lived in Guernsey county. To i\Ir. and i\Irs. Beckett two children were born: George A., who married and is living with his father in Texas, assisting with the general farming, and Emma, who married Thomas E. Amos, business manager of The Daily Jeffersonian at Cambridge, Oh.io. hlr. Beckett has always been a Republican and is active in public affairs. Prior to being elected auditor of Guernsey county he held various township offices in Oxford township, where he lived prior to coming to Cambridge in 1880, and he has been active as a member of the Republican county central and executive committees, and a frecjuent delegate to county, district and state conventions, and he has always been regarded as a safe counselor and ad- visor. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Cam- bridge and he and his family are memhers of the (Methodist Episcopal church. South, and are active in church work. No man stands higher or has a cleaner business and official record than (Mr. Beckett, and he is known throughout the state as a public spirited citizen of unusual ability and fine traits. AVhile not at present a legal resident of Guernsey county, his interest in the county has remained unabated. He will always retain a warm place in his heart for old Guernsey county, where he was active in business and public affairs for so many years, and the people of this county likewise retain for (Mr. Beckett and his family an ecjual esteem and always welcome them back most heartily. 480 . GUERNSEY CORTNTY, OHIO. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CxUERNSEY COUNTY. Tlic Catliolic church in this section of the state is not served l)y a more faithful, nnsellisli, kind or more Ihghly revered man than the Rev. J. H, Wagner, -who, however, is modest and unassuming, as one befitting his calling and station in life, content to know that he is doing the will of the Hood Shepherd. .\ brief history of the Catholic church in Guernsey county would not he out of place here. The first Catholic church in this county was probably built about 1840 at YTsbington, a few Catholics having previously settled in that vicinity, and they continued to hold services there until about 1865, which were in charge of priests from various parts of the state, and particularly the priest from Beaver township. Noble county (tben part of Guernsey). About the year 1867 Eather Jacket, pastor at Temperanceville, Belmont county, built the church at Gilrson Station. He used some of the material of the church at Washington in constructing this church. Eather Jacket came to Temper- anceville in 1854 from Tennessee, and he served the congregations in this section of the state l)y traveling horseback over Guernsey, Belmont and Noble counties. In 1868 be was transferred to Coshocton, Obio. Fathers O’Brien, Laugblin and Hall succeeded Father Jacket in the order named, each re- maining a short time. About 1870 Rev. Father Heary, now of Denison, Ohio, came to Temperanceville, and he attended to the wants of the Catho- lics of Guernsey county. He said mass and' held services part of the time at the residence of Steve Quinn at the corner of Second street and Gomber avenue and part of the time at Michael Slaymon's, at Guernsey Mines. At this time there were perhaps twelve families in and near Cambridge. Father bleary was succeeded by Father Montag. He held services for a long time at Slaymon’s, Guernsey mines, then the Adams hall, near the court house, was rented : finally lie rented the Carlisle hall on Wdieeling avenue, between hfifth and Sixth streets. He was succeeded by Rev. Nathaniel McCaffrey in 1897, who was the first Catholic priest to reside in Cambridge. Soon after be came here the Catholics liougbt the Shultz property, at the corner of Gomber and North Seventh streets. WTile they 'were erecting a small church on the rear of the lot, he said mass and held services at William Arm- In'uster’s, on YTst AVheeling avenue. The first Catholic church in Cambridge was on Gomber avenue, lietween Seventh and Eighth streets, and was dedi- cated by Bisho]) AA'atterson in December, 1897. A very large attendance was reported at the dedication, for but few of the citizens in this community had ST. BB'NEDICT’S CATHOLIC CHURCH AND SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE. ■' v_/ GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 481 ever seen or heard a Catholic bishop, and many wished to hear Bishop \\'atterson. who had a national reputation as a temperance advocate. Father iMcCaffrey organized the first parish in Cambridge. He was a profound scholar, very congenial and well liked by most of the citizens. Father James Slevin succeeded Father IMcCafifrey, hut remained here only eight months, retiring on account of old age. Rev. C. H. A. A'atterson was appointed pastor of Cambridge in July. 1901. He was a good, zealous priest, and the parish grew considerably under his pastorate. In June, 1904, he was selected to organize a parish in East Newark. Ohio. In the same year and month, just mentioned, he was succeeded by Rev. J. H. W'agner, the present pastor. Father Wagner was horn at Lancaster, Fairfield county, Ohio, in 1865. After graduating from the Lancaster parochial school he spent ele^■en years studying for the ministry, four years at iMount St. iMary’s, a classical school at Emmettsburg, Maiyland, five years at Mount St. iMary's, a theological seminary at Cincinnati, Ohio. He was ordained in 1894 at Pittsburg, Penn- s}dvania. His first charge was at Newark, Ohio, then iMcCollinsville, Ohio, then Millersburg, Ohio, and then to Cambridge. Father MAgner has been at the head of St. Benedict's Catholic church for the past five years, during which time the church has grown and man}' improvements have been made. During this time he has paid off an indebted- ness of about eight thousand dollars. While here he has built the Catholic church at Byesville, Guernsey county. Father Wagner's crowning achievement has been the erection of the beautiful new edifice of St. Benedict’s Catholic church and parochial school, located on the corner of North Seventh street and Gomber avenue and facing the former street. The building has a frontage on North Seventh street of sixty-four feet and extends back along Gomber avenue one hundred and thirty feet. The main entrance is ten feet wide, on North Seventh street. The building is two stories in height, with two school rooms on each floor, one above the other. The building is divided by a large hall running back to form an entrance to the large auditorium at the rear, which has a seating capacity of about seven hundred. The building is verv substantial, built entirelv of brick, and is practically fireproof. The auditorium is finished in mission stvle and the altars are works of art. the main altar costing eight hundred dollars. The entire building is heated by hot air. The Imilding was begun in ]\'[arch, 1910, and the corner stone was laid with impressive ceremonies on Sunday, June 5, 1910, and was dedicated Sunday, November 20, 1910, with morning and evening ceremonies conducted Iw Bishop Hartley. (31) 482 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. of Coliiml)us, Ohio. He was assisted by the following priests, all of whom are well known in this city, while others have assisted in previous cere- monies in connection with St. Benedict's church: Father Wagner, as cele- brant; h'alher Cahelan, of Zanesville; deacon. Father Watterson, of Nerv- ark; snh-deacon. Father O’Neill, the Bishop's secretary : Father O'Boylan, of Newark; h'ather INlattingly, of Lancaster; Father Leininger, of Zanesville; I'alher Berry, of Byesville, and Father Dunn, of Dresden. The Bishop's secretary acted as master of ceremonies. The church was thrown open to the memhers of the congregation and others wishing to inspect the interior, before the ceremonies of dedication, hut later all were requested to leave the Iniilding and remain out until after the ceremony, which was carried out carefully according to the teachings of the church, in which the Bishop, priests and altar boys marched around the entire liuilding. Following this the party entered and then the crowd was also permitted to enter and find seats. During the high mass following the Bishop occupied the throne, assisted by Father O’Boylan, of Newark. The dedicatory sermon was delivered by Father WTtterson, who at one time was in charge of the congregation here. Reverend WTgner is an able and conscientious worker in the cause of the iMaster. and is popular with his people, exercising a broad influence in the community, even beyond the membership of his church, being a man of the finest personal characteristics. THOMAS AUSTIN BONNELL. Breccdence among an}' one of the several professional lines to rvhose following both pre-eminent and mediocre ability has been given, can be at- tained by no side-path, hut must he gained by earnest, heroic work; it must be the result of subjective native talent, supplemented by closest application, and a breadth of intellectuality that will render possible the ready and prac- tical use of mere theoretical knowledge. Among the large number who essay the achievement of preferment and honor, the percentage of failures is far in excess of that of successes, a fact that supplies direct proof of statements already expressed. Success has attended the efforts of Thomas Austin Bonnell, one of the best known of the younger memhers of the Guernsey county bar, because he has lieen endowed by nature with the qualities that win and also because GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 483 he has worked assiduously along his chosen line of endeavor. He was born on January i, 1875, on a farm in Madison township, this county, and he is the representative of one of the excellent old families of Guernsey county, being the son of Thomas C. and Jennie (Boyd) Bonnell, both also natives of this county. The father grew to maturity and was educated in his native community and became a progressive farmer. When the Civil war was in progress he enlisted in the Seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served two years until the close of the war, seeing some hard service. He was a Republican in politics and took much interest in public affairs, lie served Madison township several years as a memlier of the board of trustees. Thomas A. Bonnell remained on the home farm with his parents until he was eighteen years of age and assisted with the general work on the place, attending the country district schools in the wintertime. He applied him- self very assiduously to his studies and began teaching at the age mentioned above. He followed this during the winter months and attended college through the summer until he had prepared himself for some profession. He selected the law, and became a student in the oflice of Rosemond & Bell, of Cambridge, finishing his course under Judge J. iV. Troette, of this city, and he was admitted to the bar in January, 1906. He has retained his interest in educational matters and is active in all efforts to promote and advance the cause of education. He is at present one of the county school examiners and resides in Cambridge, where he practices his profession, and he has built up a very large and rapidly growing clientele. As an attorney he is painstaking, accurate, cautious, deeply versed in jurisprudence and lie is an earnest, logical and forceful speaker before a jury and his uniform courtesy to the court and his opponents wins the respect and admiration of all con- cerned. Politically, Mr. Bonnell is a Republican and he takes an abiding inter- est in public matters, especially such as will promote the best interests of the people of Guernsey county. In i\Iay, 1910, he was nominated by his partv as their candidate for representative in the Ohio Legislature, being successful at the election held in November, 1910, and his candidacy was regarded as a most fortunate one not only by his constituents but by support- ers of other parties, his peculiar fitness in every respect for this important public trust being universally recognized. Mr. Bonnell was married on September 6, 1899, to Aurelia Wirick, daughter of Jacob C. and Elizabeth (Shipley) Wirick, of Madison town- ship, Guernsey county. These parents are both natives of this count}' and are both living, being regarded as among the well established and highlv GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 4‘^4 lionorcd pioneer people of this locality. Mr. Wirick was one of the brave l and of “ fortyniners" who crossed the great western plains in 1849 f^e gold fields of California, and he was successful in that venture. He is now one of the jirosperous and progressive farmers of Madison township. He was one of the men of the Buckeye state who offered their services to the Cnion during the Civil war. Politically, he is a Republican. Mrs. Bon- nell is a lad}- of refinement and many estimable traits of character. She is the mother of one son. Bollo W. Mr. Bonnell is popular with the masses, being a man of unc|uestioned character atid ability. He is well versed iti the law, a close student and is fast cotuing to the front not only in his profession but in all things that make for high grade citizenship. HON. JOHN H. ^lORGAN. The name of Jolm H. Morgan is well known to the people of Cam- bridge and Guerttsey coutity, where he has long been identified with important interests and has proved himself a loyal citizen, although he comes to us from foreign shores. Inn ing been horn in Wales, February '14, 1862. He is the son of David T. and Elizabeth (James) Morgan. The father was an iron worker in the mills and furnaces of his native country and he came to Amer- ica with his family in 1869 and located at Newark, Ohio, where he was em- ployed in the iron mills for several years. This family then moved to Cleve- land, where IMr. Morgan also found employment in the iron mills, remain- ing there until he retired from business, and both he and his wife still reside in Cleveland and are ]>eople of high character and sterling Welsh integrity. John IT. IMorgan, of this review, was first employed in the glass works of Newark at the early age of thirteen years and his education was obtained in the public schools of that city before the age mentioned. Mdien the family moved to Clevelaml he went into the iron mills with his father in the sheet mill dejiartment. 1 le began at the very bottom of the business and persevered until he became a sheet roller. In 1885 he left Cleveland and found employ- ment as a sheet roller in the mills of Bridgeport, and in May, 1890, he came to Cambridge \vhen the sheet mill was started here. He was one of the origi- nal rollers of this plant and in 1899 he began working in the sheet mills of Niles and Pittsburg, continuing for several years, although retaining his resi- dence in Cambridge. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 485 3 tlr. jMorg-an was married, October 6, 1890, to Emma \\'ilson. daughter of Samuel I. and Sarah E. (Moore) Whlson, of Bridgeport, Ohio, where they were born and spent their lives. Mr. Wilson was a farmer in early life and later became a carpenter and contractor. He and his wife are both de- ceased. To Mr. and Mrs. IMorgan four children have been born, namely: Laura E. ; John H., deceased; Edna and Ethel; all the daughters are at home. IMr. IMorgan is a Republican in politics and has been active in party affairs. He has served as district member uf the Republican state central com- mittee and frequently as a member of the county committee, and a delegate to county, district and state conventions. In 1895 he was elected to the Ohio Senate from t-he eighteenth and nineteenth districts, serving two years in a manner that reflected much credit upon himself and to the entire satisfaction of his constituents, making his influence felt in that body. He held member- ship on several of the important Senate committees. He was chairman of the labor committee and most of the legislation affecting labor was enacted during the sessions of 'which Mr. IMorgan was a member of the Senate and chair- man of the labor committee. In December, 1901, because of his eminent fit- ness, he was appointed by Governor George K. Xash as chief inspector of the department of workshops and factories and having performed his duties in a very faithful and able manner he was re-appointed after four years of service, which everyone deemed most efficient, his last appointment being by Governor klyron T. Herrick, and he served with his usual fidelity to duty until June 15, 1909. During this time the department grew from a force of eight- een persons, clerks and deputy inspectors, to forty people, the scope and effi- ciency of the department being greatly extended. The child labor bill was passed and put in force, and durhig his term women district inspectors were placed in the department, having a supervising inspection over factories em- ploying women and children. The inauguration and passage of a law regu- lating the sale, use and storage of light explosives is credited to IMr. IMor- gan. He was an efficient and painstaking official and gave the state such high- grade service that he won the esteem of men of all parties throughout the commonwealth. WTile he has always been an ardent Republican, his work for his fellows has probably been more ardent in behalf of labor organization than in any other line. He is an unswerving advocate of better conditions for the laboring masses and an indefatigable worker to these ends. He is widely known as an uncompromising worker in trades union movements, his repu- tation along these avenues of commendahle endeavor having far transcended the boundaries of the Buckeye state. For several years he was vice-presi- dent of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin MMrkers. He 486 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. ,4'ave 11]) tlie I'ice-jiresidency to accept a trusteeship in the same organization and he sen-ed until lie was appointed chief factory and workshoj) inspector, tlien retired from the board of trustees. He was a member of the conference committee of the organization continuously for fifteen years. He took an actii'c part in the organization of the Guernsey Valley Trades and Labor Assembly and was the first secretary of the organization. He has been active and prominent in all moi’ements having in view the betterment of the condi- tion of the laboring classes. He is a member of the Masonic order, having taken the Knight Templar and Shrine degrees and he is prominent in Ma- sonic work, well known in state fraternal circles, and, judging from his daily life, he endeavors to carry out the nolile precepts taught liy this old and time- hnnored order in all the relations with his fellow men. Mr. Morgan is a member and liberal supporter of the Baptist church, while his ivife and chil- dren are memliers of the Presbyterian church, all being active church workers. I le has h'een resting since his retirement from state office, and on July i, TQio, he opened a grocery store in Cambridge, which is being well patronized. Me carries a large and carefully selected stock of staple and fancy groceries and has a neat, up-to-date store. .\lthough i\Ir. klorgan’s school advantages were very meager, yet he is a fine type of that class of men who deserve to bear the proud American title of self-made man. He has always been an ardent student and is well advised on current events, profoundly versed in the world’s best literature, a broad- minded, cultured, generous, hospitable, genteel gentleman with high ideals and nol)le as])irations. whom to know is to respect and admire. COL. GORDON GOTLAND. Among the residents of Guernsev county in pioneer days none is more desen-ing of having Ins name perpetuated on the pages of history than Col. Gordon Lofiand, who has long been sleeping the sleep of the just. His life was fraught ^vith so much good and his example so worthy of imita- tion that he is yet spoken of with reverence by the older inhabitants of the county. He jierformed his work well, whatever he had to do, never shirked his duty or quailed at dangers or obstacles. Colonel Lofiand was liorn in Loudoun county, Virginia, on September iQ. TJ94, and his death occurred on Decemljer 17, 1869, at his home in Cambridge, Ohio, at the age of seventy-six years. He was the son of Dorman GUERNSEY COUNTY. OHIO. 487 and Marv H. Lofland. In the year 1800 his parents moved from Virginia to Fairfield county. Ohio, and took up their residence near Lancaster. Ohio. In 1816 Colonel Lofland came to Cambridge, where he resided until his death. There was little connected with the growth and prosperity of the town and A’icinity with which he was not familiar and actively connected. He was a public spirited man and stood in the front rank of progress and endeavored to keep pace with ad\’ancing civilization. He was very patri- otic and was one of the most useful citizens in the state during the Civil war. devoting much of his time and private means to the cause of the Lmion, which he held to lie insolulde. He raised recruits and in endeavoring to keep alive the spirit of patriotism among the people he embraced every op- portunitv, and his services along these lines were incalculable. His patriotism was recognized by Governor Tod, of Ohio, who seldom, if ever, disregarded his counsels. He was appointed by the Go\'ernor as Ohio’s commissioner for the Gettysburg cemetery in 1863 and in 1867 he was appointed commissioner for the Antietam cemetery. He was always prompt in the discharge of his duties connected with the several positions he was called upon to occupy, and the people were always pleased to dele- gate th.eir interests to his hands, he being frec|uently called upon to repre- sent them in dififerent ways and upon different occasions during most of his life. During the years of his activity he was seldom absent from public assemblies, political and patriotic, and even during the last year of his life he attended a meeting of the veterans of the war of 1812 and a political meeting addressed by Governor Hayes on September 2d preceding his death. Lie was a most worthy character and held a conspicuous position in the es- timation of all the jieople. In 1824, Colonel Lofland married Mrs. Sarah P. iMetcalf, widow of Thomas Metcalf and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Gomber, who came to Cambridge from Frederick City, Maryland, in 1808. Her father's name is intimately associated with the history of Cambridge, he being one of the original projectors of the city. Mrs. Lofland's death occurred on Novem- ber 5, 1870, in the se^'enty-sixth year of her age. She was a most worthy woman and in every way a fit life companion for her distinguished husliand. She was kind and cjuiet in her disposition, and as a wife and mother looked w'ell to the wants of her household. She enjoyed, as she well deserved, the love of her entire family and the respect and confidence of her acc[uaint- ances and all who knew her were her friends. The representatives of the family yet living and residing in Cambridge are a son. Col. Gordon C. Lofland, and a daughter, iMrs. Caroline Hutcheson. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 48S 1 'hc deceased children are, Thomas A., Mary, Jacolj G., Susan, and Sarah -P. d'he ])arents and memljers of the family are all buried side hy side in the first cemeter)' dedicated to burial purposes in the city of Cambridge, which is now near the center of the business section of the city. ^\'^LLIAM II. TURNER. A distinguished citizen who needs no introduction to the readers of this work is \\hlliam II. Turner, of Camliridge, who was born January i, 1850, in Cambridge in the part of the city which at that time was woodland. He is a son of George and Eliza Jane (Porter) Turner, the father of English de-. scent, hut horn near Cadiz, Harrison county, Ohio. The mother was of Irish descent and was horn in Washington county, Pennsylvania. Grandfather James Porter came to Guernsey countv with the early pioneers and rvas a school teacher and a shoemaker, was postmaster at Creighton, Guernsey county, a justice of the peace, and a man of affairs of high standing. Three of his sons, I)rothers of the mother of the subject of this sketch, rveut through the Civil war. They were Joseph; James, who rose to the rank of major of an hnva regiment: and William: Joseph and William were members of Com- pany A, Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantiy, and served with splendid records. James and Joseph are now deceased, but Vhlliam is living in Winter- set, Iowa, engaged in the mercantile business, having gone W^est soon after the close of the war. The parents also moved West, locating at Monmouth, Illinois, wh.ere thev spent the remainder of their lives. The maternal great- grandfather, Robert Porter, was killed hy the Indians in the early pioneer days at a locality near h'ort Pitt (at wdiat is now Pittsburg, Pennsylvania), as were two of his children. James Porter, the grandfather, served through the war of 1812 as a drummer-hoy. d'he Turners came from England in about 1800 and settled in Harrison county, (Ohio, where George Turner, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in 1812. In tire family of Grandfather George Turner rvere : George: i\Iary, who became the wife of James AVagstaff, rvho emigrated to California, where they died; Margaret, who married James McGonigal, a prominent pioneer family, both now deceased. The father of the sulyject of this sketch, George Turner, came to Guern- sey county with his mother, his father having been accidentally killed by a falling tree. Before coming to Guernsey county, the father had learned the GUERNSEY^ COUNTY, OHIO. 489 trade of a Idacksmith and followed the trade here and was known far and near as “The Village Blacksmith.’’ He vcas active in securing the right of way for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad to Camlu'idge, the opponents protest- ing that the railroad would see the grass growing in the streets of Cambridge. He was a man of affairs and he became interested in real estate, and Turner’s addition to the city of Camljridge is an important addition. He also invented and patented the Turner corn-sheller, the first practical corn-sheller to be suc- cessfully operated in the country and has been tlie foundation of all shellers that have followed. He was a man active in eveiything to ach'ance the com- mercial development of Cambridge. He also operated, with James McGon- igal, one of the first flour mills in Camlrridge. He was in the mercantile l)usi- ness for a time and he also built houses and sold them to new comers and manufacturers. He burned the brick for the first brick church ( the Methodist Episcopal) in Caml:)ridge. When he thus became active in affairs he gave up his trade of blacksmithing. He was one of the foremost citizens of his time and did much to advance Caminddge and give the city an important place on the Ohio map. In politics he was originally a Whig, a strong anti-slavery man and a worker in the “underground railroad,’’ helping many a slave to freedom. He later became a Republican and a strong supporter of the Union cause, during the dark days of the Civil war, ha\-ing three sons who served in the arm)v His family consisted of eight sons and three daughters, namely: Milton, deceased; James, killed at Atlanta during the war; George, now in Texas: Cassalin, deceased; William, the subject of this sketch; Hanna C., now the wife of 11 . H. Hunt, a railroad man in Nebraska; Isal;>elle, now Mrs. James Hardesty, of Camlnddge ; Mary is the widow of Austin Siens : John P., a lawyer of Cambridge, and Samuel F., of Columbus, Ohio. The father died in April, 1864, bv a sudden illness, in the prime of life at the age of fifty- two years. His widow survived until 1900, in July of which year she passed to her reward. Both are buried in the Lebanon cemetery, in Adams township. The mother was a school teacher before her marriage, and as her family grew up, she gave great attention to their education. The son, William H., obtained much of his early education at his mother’s knee, getting very little in the public schools, probably not more than a year all told. When he was ten years of age he began his life in the coal mines, in the year i860. He began as a pick miner, when coal mining in Guernsey county was in its infancy, before even powder was used for mining, all done with a jack and wedge. Pie has been a miner or connected with mine work ever since. There is nothing about a coal mine that he has not done, except boss or superintend, and these two positions 'were not passed for lack of op- 490 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. portiinily, but liecause he did not accept the preferred place. As soon as he liecame a miner, in i860, he made up his mind to know all there was to known about miuiiio- and he began to study geology and coal formation. He made a close study of mine chemistry and ventilation, the formation of gases and how to ]>reveut exiilosions. He began with a study of the best authorities, has ])rol)al)ly as hue a lil)rary as there is in the state upon these subjects and he is recognized as an authority upon them. Because of his great ability along these lines he has l>een active in securing legislative protection for the miner and directing the operation of mines, which resulted in the establish- ment of the department of mines and mining in 1873, during the adminis- tration of Governor William Allen. This department was first organized with one inspector for the entire state. This was followed with one assist- ant inspector, and the department has grown in importance until noiv there is a chief ins])ector with twelve assistant inspectors and a corps of office clerks in the chief inspector’s oflT'e in Columbus. Without application for the posi- tion, in 1891, Mr. Turner was appointed an assistant inspector by Hon. R. M. 1 Laseltine, chief insjiector of mines, for three years, for district No. 4. This appointment came unsolicited and because of his recognized ability in mining matters. At the exiiiration of three years, because of death in his family he was compelled to give up the work, and in 1900 was again appointed to the ])0,'^ition l)y E. G. Biddison, then chief inspector, and served three years and was reappointed by the same chief for another term of three years. At the expiration of his term, in 1906, he was reappointed for three years by George llarrison, chief inspector, serving until August i, 1910, serving fourteen months additional time l)efore his successor was appointed. He has served in the department a total of thirteen years and two months and served under se^■en different governors of the state. During all these years he has never been reversed in his decisions, never has involved the mining department or operators in any legal action. His official duties have lieen very satisfactory to the department, the miners and the mine operators. Whth all of his activity and study, he was one of the founders of the miners’ organization in this section of the state. This was known as the Ohio IMiners Association, formed in the fall of 1879, and in 1880 the first local union was organized in Guernsey county and Mr. Turner ivas made secretary of the organization, 'which grew through the activity of himself and others until it included several counties. AVhen a district organization was secured, known as district No. 9, Mr. Turner became secretaiy and treasurer, and at the same time was made a member of the state executive board. Tie filled these positions for five years, and in 1887 he was made GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 49 i president of the district organization and in 1890 he was elected national vice- president of what was known as the National Progressive Union of iMiners, all over the country. He relinc|uished this to give his attention to that of in- spector in Ohio. ^^ 411 iam H. Turner has been twice married, first on January i, 1872, to Malissa O. Davis, daughter of Xathan G. and Amanda i\I. ( McVay) Davis. Her father was a miner, seiwed through the war and again took up mining, when he became a resident of Guernsey county, and died here some years ago, as did his wife. To this union were born five sons and four daughters; Frank, of Cam- bridge; Flora, now Mrs. John Shaw, whose husband is a fanner of Guern- sey county and a miner ; Anna iMaude, now i\Irs. Fred Gibbs, of Cleveland. Ohio; Hattie, now Mrs. John Evans, of Indiana Harbor. Indiana; George E., of Cambridge; John AAb, who died an infant; Earl C.. of Cambridge; Ada G., now Airs. AA'ard AAulcoxen, of Cambridge. The wife and mother died on January 28. 1893. Air. Turner was married a second time October 12, 1897. to Airs. Eva A. Earl, widow of John Earl, of AA’est A’irginia. and a daughter of John and Alary (Thayer) AAHrcl, of Lewis county. New York state, and the mother of two children. Roie E., wife of A. T. Jones, of Cambridge, and Percy D. Earl, of Cambridge. The AA’ard family never came AAYst, but were of Revo- lutionary stock, and John AAHrd was a soldier in the Civil war. John Earl was also a soldier in the Civil war. Air. Turner is a Republican in politics, always interested and active, and has served as a meml:er of the city board of education and president of the board for a time, also a member of the city water works trustees. He has served as a member of the Republican county committee, as secretary of the executive committee, has been a delegate to county, district and state conven- tions, and has been a very effective campaign speaker during various cam- paigns. At the time of the Alanongah mine disaster at Fairmount. AA'est Vir- ginia, on December 6. 1907, Air. Turner joined a volunteer rescue k|uad of experienced and expert miners and assisted in rescuing three hundred and si.xty-six bodies from the mine, after twelve days of unremitting work. He is essentially a self-made and self-educated man. with very little schooling and such instructions as his mother could give him, she having been a school teacher before her marriage. The care of a large family came to the parents of small means. The boy began life as a miner at the age of ten years, but all of his spare time was devoted to books upon mining and mine ecjuipment. and after mastering these he broadened out and became a man of broad GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 40 -’ information and rare intelligence. He never played a game of cards in his life: while the other hoys were thus engaged he was with his hooks, and he never read a hook or story of light fiction, his mind being constantly on ‘■\\ hat can I get the mo.st good for the future from.” klr. Turner and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and liberal supporters of the same. The family home is commodious, comfortably furnished and modern in all of its appointments, and good family cheer ;ind genuine hospitality are its characteristics. Mr. Turner, since his retirement from the sendee of the state mining department, has devoted his time to advis(jry mining engineering, and as ah expert his services are in great demand. Hpon his retirement from his duties as inspector Mr. Turner was presented, on September 30, 1910, by Chief Inspector George Harrison and the tweh'e district inspectors, wdth an elegant gold watch and fob as a testi- monial of the high e.steem in which his long and valuable services to the de- ])artment were held. WILLIAM F. BIERLY. To the business efficiency of William F. Bierly, the cashier of the Peo- ple’s Bank of Pleasant City, the institution owes much of its success and its soundness as a financial institution. For Mr. Bierly is a man of experience in financial matters, conservative and safe in judgment, and of the highest integritv. Wd’iliam F. Bierly was born at Mineral City, Ohio, on December 9, 180), the son of John and Louisa (Spies) Bierly, still well knowm residents of Mineral City. He grew up in his native town, after leaving school was engaged in his father's store at Mineral City, and on reaching manhood took a place in a hank in the same town, where he remained until 1892. In that year he came to Pleasant City in the interests of George J. Markley, of .Mineral City, who was among the first to develop the coal industry in the region of Pleasant City. Mr. Markley was also engaged in mercantile busi- ness here, owning a large store in the lower end of the city, and in the center of the store was a hank. In order to look after these varied interests. Mr. Bierly was sent to Pleasant City. In February the store and other buildings were destroyed by fire, and the business was transferred to the corner of Mill and iMain streets, where R. O. Knott's store is now located, and there they remained until 1904, wdien they erected the present handsome structure occupied by the hank and the postoffice. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 493 Mr. Bierly has been cashier of the bank ever since it was organized, and as Mr. Markley is a non-resident, he is practically in entire charge of its affairs. Aside from the banking business, he is also interested to a consid- erable extent on his own account in real estate in various localities. Finan- cially he has prospered because of his able management of business affairs. In 189S Mr. Bierly was married to Lillian Secrest, the daughter of Joseph B. and Minerva (Spring) Secrest. She was born at Pleasant City, and there grew to womanhood. Her father is a son of Harrison and Mary E. (Allison) Secrest, early residents, whose parents were pioneers of Pleas- ant City, and has lived in the city of his birth all his life. The Secrest family is widely known and highly esteemed in Guernsey county. To Mr. and Mrs. Bierly have been born two daughters, Pauline and Countess. Both i\Ir. and (Mrs. Bierly are faithful members of the Lutheran church, and at present Air. Bierly is the superintendent of the Sunday school. In his business relations Air. Bierly is a man of influence in his commu- nity, and his contact with others is refined and courteous. His integrity is unc[uestioned, and he enjoys the fullest confidence of those who know him. It is a trait of his family, that their word, once given, must never be broken, and in the keeping of a man of this character, no financial institution could fail to be safe and established on a sound basis. THE PEOPLES BANK OF PLEASANT CITY. Among the alily managed and well tried financial institutions of Guern- sey county is the Peoples Bank of Pleasant City, which was organized in 1893 by George J. Alarkley, a prominent financier of Alineral City, who is the present owner, and which is under the efficient management of Y'illiam T. Bierly, as cashier. The Peoples Bank has from the beginning done a conservative and progressive business, along the lines of both a commercial and a savings bank, and is considered by competent authority as one among the strong- private banks of the state. The institution has a responsibility of two hun- dred thousand dollars. During its career the bank was at one time forced to undergo a heavy run, which was brought about by the circulation of mis- statements as to its condition. Lmprepared as it was, on twenty-four hours’ notice it was able to pay all depositors in gold, and. ])iling the gold up in the bank, the cashier invited all depositors to come and get their money. 404 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. This incident proved the strength of the bank, and it has been in high es- teem ever since. In addition to its regular l)anking Inisiness, the Peoples Bank has an insurance dcjjartment, deals in foreign and domestic exchange, and liooks on the leading steamship lines to and from foreign countries, which, be- cause of tlie large foreign population in and around Pleasant City, is a con- siderahle feature of its l)nsiness. The Peoples Bank is known to carry as large a reserve as any of the banks of the state for the amount of business done. It is housed in its own Imilding, which is the handsomest and most snljstantial Imsiness liuilding in Pleasant City or near-by towns. The in- stitution is ably managed by men of ex])erience in financial matters, and ex- tends to its patrons every accommodation consistent with safe banking, for it has Ijcen the idea of the management to make this hank as safe as it is pos- sible for any hank to he, and they spare no facilities to insure the protection of their de])ositors, for they recognize that the strongest asset which a bank can ha\’e is this assurance of safety, which can be attained only by the proper efficiency of organization and management. SAMUEL M. BURGESS. d'he name of Samuel M. Burgess, now living in honorable retirement from acti\e business in his beautiful and historic home at Cambridge, is too well known to the ])eople of Guernsey county to need an introduction or fulsome encomium on the part of the biographer, for he has long been a very potent factor in financial, civic and social circles of this locality, and as president of the Citizens Savings Bank Company, of Cambridge, he has wielded an influence for the advancement of this community that has been second to that of no other man. His life has been one of unceasing in- dustry and perseverance, and the notalile systematic and honorable methods he has ever followed have won for him the unliounded confidence and re- gard of all who ha\’e formed his accjuaintance. He is a man of rare sound- ness of judgment, keen discernment and, possessing the ability to foresee with remarkable accuracy the future outcome of a present transaction. He is the scion of one of the old and most worthy of the honored families of this conntv, the \-arious members of \\ hich have been leaders in various walks of life. Mr. Burgess was born September 20, 1857, in the city of Zanesville, GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 495 ^luskingum county, Ohio, and was the son of Samuel and Elizal:ieth ( Con- yngham ) Burgess. The father was iDorn in England and the mother in Washington county, Pennsylvania. The father came to America in 1835, with his parents, i\Ir. and klrs. Samuel Burgess, landing in Xew York city, and came to Pittsburg, where they remained for some years, the grandfather being a coal operator. Later the family moved to Beverly, Ohio, where the grandfather died in 1852. His son, Samuel, the father of the subject, married Elizabeth Conyngham and moved with his brother Josiah to Zanesville and engaged in the hardware and tinware business until 1857, when Samuel moved to Cambridge, where he continued in the same business until his death, January 5, 1885. His widow died klarch 8, 1908. and both are buried in the Cambridge cemetery. Mr. Burgess was a Repub- lican in politics, but never an office seeker. He gave his entire attention to his business, and was a man of high character. He was a Royal Arch Mason and held the confidence of all the people. He had a family of eight children, seven of whom are vet living: A\Alter, of Owensboro, Kentucky: Lollie, now Mrs. Nelson A. Noble, of Binghampton, New York; Samuel kl., the subject of this sketch; Retta, now IMrs. Frank K. Raymond, of Washing- ton, D. C. ; Milton, deceased; AYilliam O., of Tyner, Ohio; Homer, of AVash- ington, D. C. : Elizabeth, now klrs. Dr. Perry C. Johnston, of Enid, Okla- homa. Samuel IM. Burgess spent his life in Cambridge and was educated in the public schools of that city. After leaving school he entered his father’s ■ store and was connected with his father until the latter's death. Samuel M. then became administrator of his father’s estate, and managed the Bur- gess Manufacturing Company, the business name of his father’s concern. He continued as manager until the death of his mother in klarch. 1908, when he became the owner of the business, which he sold soon afterwards to Thomas AYilliams, but the business is still continued under the name of the Burgess Manufacturing Company, one of the oldest business names in the city. Mr. Burgess was married September 17, 1902, to Alartha M. Atkins, daughter of Robert and Alartha (Hyatt) Atkins, a prominent Cambridge familv. This union has been without issue. Air. Burgess is president of the Citizens Savings Bank Company, and has held this position since its organization in 1899. He is also a director in the National Bank of Cambridge, organized in 1865. He is a trustee and treasurer of the Cambridge Public Library. He has a large city and farm property interests and is a very prominent man in all that pertains to Cam- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 496 lirid^e's growth and prosperity. He is now living a retired life except as his large and di\'ersihed interests occupy his time and attention. He has a Slimmer house on Grand lake, in northern Michigan, wdiere he and Mrs. Burgess spend several months every summer, hunting and fishing. •Mr. Burgess is a Repuljlican in politics, but not an office seeker, though he is always interested in pulilic matters, tie has served in the city council and as cemetery trustee, being a puldic spirited citizen along all lines. He has lieen a memher of the Masonic order since 1884. tie served two years as master of Camliridge Lodge No. 66, Free and Accepted Masons, was made a Royal .\rch Mason in 1886 and served as high priest in 1890. He was made a Royal and Select Master in 1890 and served as thrice illustrious master in 1896. He was made a Knight Templar in i8'88 and elected emi- nent commander in 1896, and is at jiresent treasurer of all these bodies. He received the thirty-second degree in Scioto Consistory at Columbus, Ohio, in 1907. He has been a Shriner since 1893, which degree he received in Cynan Temple in Cincinnati. He is one of the three trustees of the Cam- bridge Lodge No. 66, Incorporated, and is secretary and treasurer of the lioard of trustees. IMrs. Burgess is a memlier of the Presbyterian church and Mr. Bur- gess is a regular attendant and a liljeral contributor to the support of the same. The Burgess home is at No. 724 Steubenville avenue, where he and his parents lived liefore him for forty-two years. It is a fine, attractive home, modern in architectural design and all of its appointments. Mr. Bur- gess has a valualde and rare collection of coins, also of stamps, and a re- markalile collection of Indian arrow heads and other Indian relics. He has given these collections intelligent attention and they are worthy of a place in any museum. JOHN EMMETT GABLE, M. D., D. O. Among the ])rofessional men of Guernsey county ivho have risen to eminence in their chosen field of endeavor is Dr. John Emmett Gable, of Cambridge, an osteopathic and general ph)^sician of more than ordinary talent and skill. His career has Iieen that of a hroad-minded, conscientious worker iu the si)here to which his life and energies have been devoted and whose profound knowledge of his profe.ssion has won for him a leading place among the most distinguished men of his class in eastern Ohio. John E. Gable was born July 19, 1867, in Jackson towmship, Guernsey Fi ■ri; : V '-"i ■' C t. V, V V ■• V S'' r- i ■/ ■v \ ,s GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 497 county, and he is the son of Philip and IMalissa (Jackson) Gable. The father was born in Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, and he came from that country with his parents to America when two years old, and settled near AMieeling, AATst A'^irginia, though his residence was on Ohio soil, in Belmont county. Later the family moved to near St. Clairsville, that county, when Philip, the father, entered the Lhiion army in i86i, in Company A, Twenty- fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served three years, then re-enlisted and served until the close of the war, participating in the Grand Review at AATshington. He participated in twenty-two battles, many of them the greatest of the war, including Gettysburg, and he is one of three suiwivors of that battle now residing in Guernsey county. He performed his duty as a soldier in a most faithful manner. He came to Guernsey county in 1865 and has resided here ever since. He is now living near Byesville. He engaged in farming and coal develop- ing until a few years ago, when he retired. His wife died in 1889. They were the parents of eleven children, eight of whom are living, John Emmett, of this review, being the oldest; Mary La Fonda'; Joseph S., deceased: Ella Maude married J. AA^. Croyle, a farmer in Jackson township ; Ira A. is- farming in Jackson township; Grace E. married Anson Frame, a farmer of Jackson township and a mine superintendent; Clyde A., a physician of Chicago; Anna is living at home ; Cora is deceased ; Lola is deceased ; Roy lives in Jackson township. Philip Gable, the father of these children, has always been interested in public affairs and he is the onl}' man living in Jackson township who voted for Hon. Xeal Dow, the Prohibition candidate for President. He was a war Democrat during the early sixties, but in recent 3^ears he has been a Republican. He is a highly respected citizen and has a host of friends throughout the county. Dr. John E. Gable, of this review, obtained a public school education in Jackson township and he worked on the farm during his youth. From the time he was seventeen years old he worked in the coal mines, after which he entered Doan Academy at Granville. Ohio, where he remained three years. He then went to Kirksville, Missouri, and became a student of the American School of Osteopathy, graduating from that institution in 1902, and in the same }'ear he went to Chicago to practice and he took a course in the Hahne- mann jMedical College and Hospital of Chicago, from which institution he was graduated in 1909. He came to Cambridge, Ohio, Alarch i, 1910, and opened offices in the Central Bank building, and he practices both osteopathy and homeopath}', being well prepared in every respect for these lines. His offices are thoroughly ec[uipped for the practice and care of patients. Avith an (32) GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 498 X-ra_\- apparatus ami all modern appliances and instruments for surgical work, i Ic keeps well abreast of the times in all modern research work per- taining to these ])i'ofessions and has been veiy successful since coming here. I ’olilicall}'. Doctor Gahle is a Republican, and wdiile not active, he is alwaws interested in public matters. He is a member of the Masonic order. Point Pleasant Lodge No. 312, also the Knights of Pythias lodge at Wil- mington. Illinois. He is a member of the National Osteopathic Association. Doctor (iahle was married June 16, 1896, to Hattie Mabel Wilson, daughter of Joshua and Rachel ( Mercer ) Wilson, of Jackson township. Her father was a farmer of that township and he died about thirty years ago ; his widow is still living. To Dr. and Mrs. Gable one daughter, Vertine La k'onda, was liorn. The wife and mother was called to her rest on May 26, IQ 10. She was a highly educated, cultured and refined lady, a graduate of the art department of Sheppardson College at Granville, Ohio, also a gradu- ate of the .American School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Missouri, and she practiced wdth her husband. Before her marriage she was a successful and progressive teacher for a number of years. She was a favorite with a wide circle of friends and admired by all for her superior attributes of head and heart. She was a member of the Baptist church, and prominent in social life. The Doctor is also a member of the Baptist church. JOHN PERRY MAHAFFEY. The life of John Perry Mahaffey, one of Camliridge’s substantial and well liked citizens, has been replete with success well earned, for he has al- wavs been a hard worker and has sought to advance himself by no questiona- ble methods, always striving to live up to the Golden Rule and follow the example set hv his ancestors. He is the son of John and Margaret Mahaffey and was h(.)rn in Camliridge, Ohio, on April 16, 1845, practically his entire life has been spent in this city. His father w^as born in Washington countv, Pennsylvania, December 31, 1813. Coming to Cambridge at an early age. lie made this community his home until his death, on March 5, 1852. Pie was a man who took an interest in the affairs of his cominunit}g and was highlv respected for his integrity, and he established a very comfortable home here. The mother of the subject, known in her maidenhood as Mar- garet Newman, was horn on the isle of Guernsey, April 3. 1817, and there she grew to maturity, emigrating to America in 1834 and locating at Cam- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 499 bridge, Ohio, rvhere she continued to reside until her death, on January 3, 1892. John P. iMahaffey, of this revie^\^ after receiving a common school edu- cation, learned the printer’s trade, and that has been his chief occupation ever since, being very proficient in the “art preservative." He has always been a Democrat and an earnest and untiring' advocate of the party's princi- ples and prominent in its conventions in the town, county and state. He served one term as clerk of courts of Guernsey county, from 1879 to 1882, and made a very commendable record. He was candidate for presiden- tial elector on the Democratic ticket in 1900, and in 1904 he was the Demo- cratic candidate for clerk of the supreme court of Ohio, but went down in defeat with the balance of the ticket. In 1905 he was elected state senator from the eighteenth and nineteenth districts, composd of Coshocton, Guern- sey, klonroe, Tuscarawas and part of Noble counties, and he made such a commendable record and gained such universal favor that he was re-elected in 1908. He made his influence felt in that important body and his record has been so praiseworthy in every respect that he won the admiration of all fair minded citizens, irrespective of party alignment. During the war of the Rebellion klr. iMahaffey proved his patriotism and loyalty to the national government by enlisting in the One Hundred and Seventy-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served in a very faith- ful manner. Fraternally, he is a member of the klasonic order, the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and he takes a great deal of interest in these lodges. He holds membership in the iMethodist Episcopal church and is faithful in his support of the same. On March i, 1882, in connection with T. W. Ogier, i\Ir. klahaff’ey purchased the Cambridge Herald, which the Arm continued to publish until August 10, 1910, when the plant was sold to other parties, since which time he has been leading a retired life. He made this paper one of the leading journals of its type in eastern Ohio and it was a success from a flnancial standpoint under his judicious management, its circulation having gradually increased and its value as an advertising medium was made apparent : its columns teemed with the best and brightest news of the day and with able and convincing editorials, — in short, he rendered it an indispensible molder of public opinion. klr. iMahaffey was married on klarch 21, 1872, to Sarah F. Scott, daughter of Thomas and Lydia ( Langell ) Scott, natives of Nova Scotia. ,who came to Cambridge in earlv life. klrs. klahaff'ey’s death occurred on Feb- ruary 9, 1873. This union resulted in the birth of one son. G. F. iMahaffey. ;oo GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. After graduating from the Camliridge high school the latter became a student at the college at Delaware, Ohio, and he is at present secretary of tlie slate game and lish dejiartment. EDWARD W. MATHEWW, JR. well known citizen of Cambridge and a man who has long been re- garded as a leading citizen of (Guernsey county, interested in her every phase of ])rogress is Edward ]\f. Mathews, Jr., who, while yet young in years, has made rapid strides as an attorney and at the same time has won the ad- miration and respect of his fellow men by his judicious and consistent course. i\Ir. iMathews was born June 13, 1871, in Cambridge, Ohio, and he is the son of Edward W^. iMathews, Sr., and Amelia Haynes, a sketch of the father appearing in another part of this work. The son was educated in the public schools of Cambridge, graduating from the high school in tlie class of 1887. He attended the preparatory school in connection with the Uni\'ersity of WMoster, at W'ooster, Ohio, en- tered the university proper the next year, taking a two years’ course. He engaged in business for tw'o years, then went to Alinneapolis, and entered the University of iMinnesota in the fall of 1892, taking a two years’ academic course, after which he entered the law department, from which he graduated with honors in the class of i8g6, and was admitted to the bar in that state in June of that year. He entered the office of Shaw, Cray, Lancaster & Parker, a prominent law firm of Minneapolis, with which he continued until it was dissolved, about two years later. He then returned to Cambridge, in 1898. and entered the firm of iMathews & Heade, the Air. iMathews being the father of the subject, the firm name being then changed to that of Mathews, Heade & iMathews, Edward Mk Mathews being admitted to the liar of Ohio in the fall of 1898, which firm continued successfully until April, 1904, when Mr. Heade withdrew. The firm of Alathews .& Alathews, father and son, was then formed and still continues, being regarded as one of the strongest and most ])rominent in the county and wdiich figures con- spicuously in many of the important trials in local courts. In connection with the practice of lawn they have conducted for clients an extensive loan business on real estate. Politically, Air. Alathews is a Democrat, and all local, state and national GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 501 economic questions receive his close attention. He is exceptionally well in- formed on current topics on which men and parties divide, as well as being profoundly versed in all matters of jurisprudence and keeping well abreast of the time in the matter of decisions of courts and the revision of statutes. He is frequently a delegate to county, district and state conventions and a member of important party committees, and his counsel is frequently sought in party affairs. Mr. Mathews became a member of the Ohio Delta Chapter of the Phi Delta Theta college fraternity in 1888, at Wooster, Ohio, and affiliated with the Minnesota Alpha Chapter, in 1892, at Minneapolis. He was a member of the Minneapolis Commercial Club for se^•eral years, while residing in k'linneapolis ; is a member of the Cambridge Board of Trade, and has been a member of the Cambridge Country Club ever since its organization. In college he played tennis, baseball and football, and now plays golf for recrea- tion. On October 17, 1900, Mr. Mathews was united in marriage with Martha C. Secrest, daughter of Noah E. and Eliza Jane (Spriggs) Secrest, a well known and highly respected family of Guernsey county. Mrs. Mathews is a lady of talent and culture. This union has been graced by the birth of four children, two daughters and two sons, namely ; Martha Spriggs, Katheryn Haynes, Edward Adlliam and Robert Green. The family home, a neat and attractive dwelling, is at No. 1610 Creston road. It is, in fact, one of the most imposing houses of the city, located on a high elevation, command- ing a splendid panorama of the famous Guernsey valley, and here the best society folk of the community frequently gather, finding an old-time hospi- tality and good cheer. CHARLES L. CASEY. The present article deals with one of the most forceful, original and energetic of the business men of Cambridge, Charles L. Casey, who is a native citizen, being born in Cambridge, Guernsey county, Ohio, on February 25, 1872. He is the son of John K. and Anna D. (Scott) Casey. John K. Casey w-as born in Lewistown, Pennsylvania, his wife was born in New iMetamora, Ohio, and both are now residing in Cambridge. For some years prior to 1874 John K. Casey was engaged in the manufacture of carriages, but that vear removed to Cumberland, Guernsey county, where he remained 502 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. until i 8(X5, and continued his manufacturing business there. In 1885 he was elected recorder of Guernsey county, and in that year the family returned to Gamhridge to reside. He served two terms as county recorder, was recog- nized as a coni])etent and accommodating public official, and now enjoys the res])ect of the people of Cambridge. Charles L. Casey attended the pulilic schools of Cumberland during the }'ears of the family's residence in that city, and on their return to Cam- hridge, in 1885, he entered the public schools of the city, graduating from the Cambridge high school in the class of 1889. He then became a student at the University of Cincinnati, from which he graduated in 1892. Until ujoo he was engaged in various pursuits, when he organized The Cambridge -Art Pottery Company, becoming its president and manager. A plant was built at Cambridge, and the company began the manufacture of their wares, placing upon the market a high grade of pottery which found a market in the larger centers. For two years the company manufactured a line of color glazed ])ottery exclusively, lint after two years' operations they decided to include in their line an entirely new product in earthenware, and the result was the “Guernsey" earthenware, a variety of practical and sanitary cook- ing utensils, a product of which this company were the originators and the first manufacturers in the United States to introduce the “casserole’’ vessel for cooking and serving. This ware is light in weight, has a rich brown ex- terior, and a spotless v.diite ])orcelain interior. For more than six years it has stood the strongest possible tests and grows in favor constantly. Their line includes every kind of vessel that may be conceived for cooking and serving purposes, and the company is supplying all of the large silverware manufacturers with “Guernsey” earthenware for mounting in sterling, sil- ver-])lated and other metal holders. The company’s line includes all the standard shapes and sizes, their casseroles being exceptionally fine. The business under the direction and guidance of Mr. Casey has grown from its first inception until it now invades every part of the United States and some foreign countries. The reputation of “Guernsey" earthenware has become world wide, and every day letters of incjuiry come from faraway foreign commercial centers. At the Jamestown exposition in 1907, the first national exhibition at which they were exhibitors, the company’s ex- hibit of art pottery and “Guernsey" earthenware products were awarded first prizes. The company disposes of its wares directly through the retailers, main- taining show rooms and offices in Portland, Oregon; San Francisco, New A’ork, and New Orleans, each in charge of a personal representative of the GUERNSEY COUNTY^ OHIO. 303 company. Two years ago they aliandoned entirely the manufacture of art potteiy, and have since given their undivided attention to the rapidly growing demand for “Guernsey" earthenware. In July. 1909, the name of the company was changed from The Cam- bridge Art Pottery Company to The Guernsey Earthenware Company, i\Ir. Casey taking over practically all of the stock and continuing as president, general manager and guiding genius. This plant is one of the busiest and most prosperous of the industries of Cambridge. It employs about one hundred and sixty persons throughout the year. Mr. Case)'’s keen insight, never-tiring energy, and great business capacity has thus established and developed one of the most conspicuous business concerns in the Guernsey valle^v He is a man of great energy and force and whatever he gets behind must move. Not only is he prominent in the industrial life of the community, but he is greatly interested in whatever movement aims at the advancement of Cambridge. IMr. Casey is one of those public spirited citizens who made possible the recently organized Cambridge Board of Trade, and is one of its directors and vice-president of the organization. A man of optimistic views and action, giving his influence and support to all progressive move- ments, he occupies a high place in the estimation of the people. In politics. Mr. Casey is a Republican, has always been active in the counsels of this party, and his name is generallv found in the list of dele- gates to county, district and state conventions. Politics is his recreation, and few men get more pleasure out of the game than does iMr. Casey. He is a member of the Cambridge Countrv Club, a man of broad generous views, and most companionalile. No community could fail to be improved had it many citizens like Mr. Casey. IRA FERGUSON. Faithfulness to duty and a strict adherence to a fixed purpose, which always do more to advance a man's interests than wealth or advantageous circumstances, have been dominating factors in the life of Ira Ferguson, of Lore City, Wills township, Guernsey county. His career, though brief, he being vet a man young in years, has been replete with honor and success worthily attained. Mr. Ferguson was born on August 25. 1880, on a farm one and one- half miles southeast of Lore City, in Liberty township, this county, and he 504 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. is tlie son of Andrew C. and Eveline (Saltsgaver) Ferguson. Both parents were born in Senecaville, this county, the mother being the daughter of Wil- liam Saltsgaver, of that place, a man prominent and wealthy in lands and other interests. The Fergusons are of Scotch-Irish descent, and a pioneer family in the county. The father, Andrew C. Ferguson, is a prominent farmer and large land owner of Richland township, Guernsey county, and he is prominent in the affairs of the locality. Fie and his 'wife are still living and are highly honored by a wide circle of friends. fra Ferguson, of this review, spent his childhood and youth on his father's farm, and his early education was obtained in the schools of Fiberty district, Lilierty township, where he remained until he was twenty years of age, when he left home and went to New York City, and was employed with a company manufacturing ice machines for one year, then returned to the home farm on account of sickness. After his recovery he went to New Kensington, Pennsylvania, and was again employed by a company in the manufacture of ice machines, remaining with the same about a year. He returned home again and on February 7, 1903, he was united in marriage with Fmma Mendenhall, daughter of Thomas S. and Martha (Gardner) Men- denhall, of Salesville, this county. Mr. Mendenhall was a prominent stock- l.myer and shipper, and his death occurred in December, 1902; his widow is living at Salesville. One child has fieen horn to Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson, Margaret Blanche. After his marriage Mr. Ferguson went to Rochester, Pennsylvania, and engaged in the restaurant business, but returned to Lore City, Ohio, in less than a }-ear and opened a hardware store here. He continued in that line successfully until he was appointed postmaster of Lore City, on March 10, 1908, when he retired from the hardware business and devoted his exclusive attention to the postoffice, making, according to the consensus of opinion, one of the best postmasters the town has ever had. The office has three rural routes and is a distrilmting point for several different places. Politically, Mr. Ferguson is a Republican and is loyal to the same, and he has lieen active in ]iolitical matters, and has been a frequent delegate to Ivepuhlicau conventions and active in the interests and success of the party, yet always tolerant to men of different opinions. Fie is a member of the Masonic order. Pleasant City lodge and the York Rite at Cambridge and the Scottish Rite at Columbus, Ohio, being well known and active in this fraternity, klrs. Ferguson is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and Mr. Ferguson affiliates with the same. klrs. Ferguson is a splendid woman, and, like her husband, is prominent in the social life of GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 505 this community, numbering her friends by the limits of her acquaintance only. She is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, the woman's auxiliary of Masonry. JAMES G. BAIR. One of the most prominent and influential liusiness men of Cambridge and one of Guernsey county's most highly honored and representative citi- zens is James G. Bair, the worthy scion of one of the old and distinguished pioneer families of this section of the Buckeye state. He has always been very active in business affairs and scrupulously honest in all his relations with his fellow men and leaving no stone unturned whereby he might bene- fit his own condition as well as that of the public in general, consequently he has won and retained the universal esteem of all classes, who repose in him the utmost confidence. Mr. Bair was born December 27, 1853, in Ereeport township. Harrison count)', Ohio, the son of Peter and Eliza A. ( Dougherty ) Bair. His grand- father, John Bair, came with his family from IMaryland about 1830, and settled in Harrison county, Ohio. He was a farmer and large land owner and one of the founders of Pleasant Hill church, one of the early and in- fluential churches of that section of Ohio, of the IMethodist Protestant faith. He spent the remainder of his life in that community and was 'widely influ- ential and well known. His son, Peter, the father of the subject of this sketch, grew up in that community, and was one of nine children, eight of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. Peter Bair was a farmer and prosperous man and prominent in the affairs of the community. In 1870 he moved to Murray, Clark county, Iowa, where he still resides and is en- gaged in farming. In the family of his parents were fi\'e sons and three daughters: George, Julia A., Margaret, John, Reuben, Peter, of Murray, Iowa; Mary, now IMrs. David Owens, of Harrison county: and James, all of whom are deceased but Peter, of Murray, Iowa, and IMary, of Harrison county, Ohio. The father and mother are both living, the former eighty- four years and the latter seventy-seven years of age. Peter and Eliza (Dougherty) Bair had a family of three sons: John Henry died in infancy : James G., and Albert, who died at the age of twenty- five years. James G. Blair spent his childhood and youth until he was sixteen years old on the farm, and obtained his education in the countrv district school. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 506 WIkmi nineteen years of ag'e he l)egan teaching school and taught for two years, then, at the age of twenty-one years, he entered the drug store of Dr. J. T. Alcl’herson, of Fairview, in Guernsey county, as a clerk, and was with Doctor .Mcl Mierson for three years, and in the spring of 1876 he went to Freeport and engaged in general work. In the fall of 1876 the mother and two sons, Albert and Janies G., moued to the Doctor INfcPherson farm, one mile west of Cambridge, where the suliject engaged in farm work for two years. He then moved into Cambridge and was in the sewing machine business for one year. In 1880 he moved to Freeport and engaged in the drug and hardware business as a clerk for B. H. Black, where he remained six years. In 1884 he engaged again in the sewing machine Imsiness in Freeport, and in March, 1889, he returned to Cambridge and engaged in the furniture business with James Criswell, his father-in-law. Mr. Bair was married July 12, 1883, Iiy the Rev. W. V. Milligan, to Nancy ( ). Criswell, daughter of James and Nancy (White) Criswell, of Cambridge. To this union no children were born. 'I'he firm of Criswell & Bair continued in the furniture and undertaking business for three years, when Mr. Criswell withdrew and Mr. Bair con- tinued the business until January, .1908, when the J. G. Bair Furniture Company was organized, with Mr. Bair as president of the company, and took over the liusiness of J. G. Bair. The company occupies a large three- story lirick building, admiralily adapted to the business, built by Mr. Bair in 1905-6, on Wdieeling avenue, where he was in business and which he yet owns and where the company still continues in business. In addition to his extensive business interests, Mr. Bair is president of the Guernsey Building N Loan Company, which does a large business. Mr. Bair has been actively connected with various enterprises of this city and in other localities. He is connected with the Cambridge Improvement Company, the Cambridge Chautauqua Company, and various other business companies and associations. He is a director in the Cambridge Savings Bank Com])any. i\Ir. Bair was brought u]) as a Democrat, but in 1884 became a Prohi- bitionist and affiliated with that party for some years and is now an inde- pendent voter, r-otes for the men and measures of any ])arty that nearest meets his views and estimates of what men in public life should be. He has ne\'er been an office seeker, but always interested in all movements and meas- ures calculated to iqilift mankind. He and his wife are members of the (Methodist Protestant church and have been for many years. Mr. Bair is a trustee and a Sunday school worker. He is a thirty-second-degree Mason and of all intermediate degrees, being prominent in the following bodies : GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 507 Cambridge Lodge No. 66, Free and Accepted iMasons ; Cambridge Chapter No. 53. Royal Arch iSIasons ; Guernsey Council No. 74. Royal and Select Masters; Cambridge Commandery No. 47, Knights Templar; Cambridge Chapter, Rose Croix, eighteenth degree; Scioto Consistory, thirty-second degree ; Aladdin Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the iMystic Shrine; Guernsey Chapter No. 21 1. Order of the Eastern Star; Lodge No. 301, Independent Order of Odd Fellows: Rebekah Lodge No. 876; Cam- bridge Lodge No. 53. Knights of Pythias: Lodge No. 128. Pythian Sisters. JAMIES CLINTON ORR. Perhaps no one understands better the uarious phases of mining con- ditions in Guernsey county than James Clinton Orr, the well known and capable superintendent, residing at Byesville. He is essentially a self-made man. and as such ranks with the most enterprising and progressiue of his contemporaries. By a life consistent in motive and action and because of many splendid personal qualities, he has earned the sincere regard of all who know him. jMr. Orr was born in 1862 about one mile west of Byesville, this county. He is the son of Sanford and Phoebe (Burt) Orr. Sanford Orr came from near Albany, New York, about 1848. when twenty-two years old. and went to farming near Byesville. Not long afterwards he married Phoebe Burt, the daughter of Daniel and Catherine Burt. Soon after his marriage San- ford Orr bought a farm west of Byesville. where the subject was born. The latter was one of nine children, namely: \hricent, James C., IMrs. Sadie Grant, of Byesville: IMrs. Rachael Boyd, residing east of Cambridge: IMrs. Etta Smith, of Cambridge; -Mrs. Mary Lee, of Byesville: Mrs. Effie Bowman, of Byesville: IMrs. Essie Bowman, twin sister of IMrs. Effie Bowman, who married brothers, also lives at Byesville : Mrs. IMaggie Ritchie lives in Bves- ville : A^incent died in Dakota, in 1894. leaving a wife, Nancy (Smith) Orr. two daughters and one son. He was brought back to Byesville for burial and his family now lives at Byesville. He was sheriff of Aurora county. Dakota, and also a farmer. The father lived west of Byesville until about 1871, then bought a farm six miles west of Byesville, on the old Clay pike, and lived there until about 1895, then moved into' Byesville. He lived there about ten years and died there. He was a Democrat and held several town- ship offices, was trustee and also clerk of Jackson township. He was a mem- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 508 l)er of the Indeiiendent Order of Odd Fellows. Flis wife still lives in Byes- \ ille. She is an earnest member of the Baptist church. When James C. Orr was only sixteen }'ears of age he ran away from home and went over into Muskingum county, and got a job on a farm with a .Mr. h'razier. lie stayed there until the fall of 1879, four years in all. In the fall of the latter year he married Fannie Fairall, daughter of Curtis and luu'inda ( Breitop) I'airall. She was Ijorn and reared on her father’s farm, al.oul two miles west of Fraziershurg, in Muskingum county. Fie then re- turned to Jackson township, Guernsey county, and took employment as a coal miner in the old Central mine. Fi\-e or six years later he became boss hauler in the Waldhoning mine near Pleasant City. About three years later he be- came pit boss in the old Central mine, where he first worked. Later he went with th.e Imperial Mining Com])anv as pit lioss. About 1900 he became super- intendent for the Imperial Mining Companv in charge of two mines. He is now in charge of the Noble Mine at Belle Valley, the Imperial Aline at Der- went, the Ohio No. i and the Ohio No. 2, west of Byesville. He has super- x’ision over about eleven hundred men. i\lr. Orr was elected county commissioner in 1905 and completed his three years term in Sejitember, 1909. He is a Democrat and received a majority of eight hundred and six votes in a county that is normally two thousand Republican. He filled that office and at the same time held his ])Osition as superintendent of the mines, having the assistance of a capable assistant superintendent, F. W. Smith, whose sketch appears herein. Fie has been active in the party organization in various capacities in his party. He has been for seven years a member of the board of education of Byes- \dlle and is j)resident of the board. Air. and Airs. Orr have two sons, Charles ,\lhert and John Earl. Charles Albert Orr was born February 2, 1881, in Aluskingum county, ()hio, and came to Bvesville with his parents when one year old; He grew up in lE’esville and received a good education at the Byesville high school. At the age of sixteen he became weighman at the old Central coal mine near Byes- \'ille and has followed that occupation ever since. He was also proprietor of a restaurant at Byesville for about two years. He is now weighmaster at Ohio No. 2 mine and is also engaged in office work for the company. He married Blanche Meek, daughter of E. F. ATeek, December 15, 1909. Fie belongs to the Elks and the Knights of Pythias. His son Earl is at home with his parents. At present he is in Canon City, Colorado, with his wife and her father, for the benefit of the latter’s health. James C. Orr belongs to the Eagles, the Elks, and the Lhiiform Rank of GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 509 Knights of Pythias. He is among the prominent men of Gnernse}' county and both as an employe and public servant he has always given the utmost satis- faction, performing all duty in a manner that reflected credit upon himself and that elicited the hearty approval of all concerned. He is conscientious, painstaking and trustworthy. He keeps in operation most of the approved .systems in the mines over which he has control and he understands the handling of men in a manner that brings the best results and also retains their good will. FRANK ROSEMOND S^IITH. Improvement and progress may well be said to form the keynote of the character of Frank R. Smith, one of the representative citizens of Cambridge, Guernsey county, and he has not only been interested in the work of advance- ment of individual affairs, but his influence is felt in building up the com- munity. He has been a very industrious man all his life, striving to keep abreast of the times in every respect and as a result every mile-post of the years he has passed has found him farther advanced, more prosperous, more sedate and with a larger number of friends than the preceding. IMr. Smith was born in Cambridge, Ohio, July 10, i860, and he is the son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Taylor) Smith, Ebenezer Smith, Sr., came from near \A''est IMiddletown, A'ashington county, Pennsylvania, and located near \A’ashington, Guernsey county, not later than 1810. He was iirominent among the pioneers and a man of sterling worth. He took an interest in pub- * lie affairs and was treasurer of this county, being appointed by the county com- missioners. Elizabeth Taylor was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Taylor, who was a minister of the gospel in the early days and did a great amount of good as a preacher among the first settlers. IMrs. Ebenezer Smith was born at Senecaville, this county, and her husband was born at Cambridge in 1831 and was the son of Ebenezer, Sr., and Sarah Smith, wTo were among the early settlers of Cambridge, and people of much prominence here. Ebenezer Smith, Jr,, died in 1886. Frank R. .Smith of this review lived in Cambridge during his boyhood un- til he was sixteen 3’ears old, then for seventeen years he traveled as a salesman for shoes and clothing. In 1893 he organized the Cambridge Grocery Com- pany, first in the jobbing business for five years, then changed to the retail business which he has continued with very gratifying results ever since — in fact he has been eminentl}" successful and does more business than any other 510 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. mercantile house in (.luernsey county. He has a large, modern, attractive, neat and well stocked store, with a large and carefully selected assorted stock of fanc\- and staple groceries, etc. Everything is up-to-date and the store is managed under a superb system. It is always a very busy place and is the favorite mecca for traders from the rural districts wdien in the city. The com- ])any was incor])orated in 1893 ^iinith has been president of the same since that time and under his judicious management its prestige has constantly grown until this store takes a place in the front rank of its kind in eastern Ohio. The authorized capital stock is twenty-five thousand dollars. Their trade e.xtends all over the county, and much goods are shipped by this firm to adjoining towns, and a large out-of-town retail trade is carried on, all cash. No soliciting is done e.xce])t through advertising. Mr. Smith is a man of un- usual ljusiness acumen, alert, farseeing and a man who believes in operating under a perfect system. He is straightforward and honest in all his dealings with his fellow men and his thousands of customers are given every considera- tion and uniform courteous treatment, and they have nothing but praise and good will for i\lr. Smith and his model store. In 1888 IMr. Smith was married to Elizabeth Whitaker, daughter of ’S([uire William and Margaret { Rourk) Whitaker, an excellent old family of this count}', the mother being a native of Antrim, Guernsey county. Mr. Wdu'taker was a justice of the peace at Birmingham, this county, for a period r)f thirtv-eight vears, although he was a Democrat in a Republican district, but he was regarded by all as a man of ability and was always popular with all classes, irrespective of politics, very highly esteemed for his integrity, and he was a man who always tried to help people out of trouble rather than endeavor- ing to get them in trouble. He was a successful stock feeder and did a large business in that line. 'Squire William Whitaker died in 1892: he was born in 1S06. Mrs. Smith grew to maturity in this county and received a good education and she is a woman of many estimable traits and has a wdde circle of friends here. In 1900 i\Ir. Smith built a modern, attractive and commorlious home in Cambridge in which he now resides and which is regarded as a place of hos- ])itality and good cheer to the numerous warm friends of the family. Besides his mercantile business, IMr. Smith has laid off and sold four additions to the citv of Cambridge ; the first was the addition on which the Children’s Home now stands and it was all sold in three months. He also bought the old Sankey homestead which he laid off and solfl : another addition was near the steel mills ; the fourth was the Lofland farm in the same neighborhood. Mr. Smith reserved five acres of the last section which is used to raise fresh vege- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 51^ tallies for his grocery business. It is tended by an able English gardener, an expert in bis line. The store also has its own bakeiy and a large meat de- partment, handling only the finest meats obtainable. Seventeen salesmen are kept busy from morning till night in this large establishment. Although the present business is very extensive, much larger extensions are being planned. Mr. Smith is a man who would win in any locality or environment in which fate might place him, for he has sound judgment, coupled with great energy and business tact, together with upright principles, all of which make for success wherever and whenever they are rightly and persistently applied. SAMUEL BRATTON, JR. A successful contractor and public spirited citizen of Cambridge is Samuel Bratton, Jr., who has spent his long and useful life within the l)or- ders of Guernsey county, his ‘‘native heath," where his family has lieen an influential factor since the pioneer days and taken an active interest in the develo])inent of the same. The subject’s birth occurred here in 1840, and he is the son of Samuel, Sr., and Agnes (Henderson) Bratton. The father was born October 12, 1804, in Virginia and in the early days came to this county and lived two miles east of Cambridge on the Steubenville road. He was a man of much sterling worth and a good fanner, and his death occurred at the advanced age of eighty-four years. Samuel Bratton, Sr., was the son of James and Bathsheba (Riley) Bratton, the former born in Ireland in Ajjril, 1757, and the latter on the sea, April 30, 1763. It is believed this fam- ily settled in Virginia upon coming to America. Samuel Bratton, Jr., was married May 16, 1861, in Clinton township, this county, to Elizabeth Blair. She was horn hlarch 30, 1837, in Center township, Guernsey county. She u'as the daughter of James and Isabel (Oliver) Blair. James Blair came from Ireland in 1822, when he was six- teen years of age, he having been liorn on April 21, 1806. Isabel Oliver was born on July 3, 1814, probably in Ireland. Both she and James Blair, her liusband, were Scotch-Irish and Presliyterians. James Blair was a sterling character and a highly respected citizen of his community. He was a teacher in his younger days and for some time served as justice of the peace. Samuel Bratton, Jr., and family lived for many years two miles east of Cambridge where he followed farming; later in life he became a contractor and moved to Cambridge where he now resides and where he is successfully engaged in this line of business. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Tlierc ^\■ere ten children in his family, of whom James, Elmer, liam, Diincan, Tdarry and Charles live at Cannelville, Ohio; Maude is the wife of W. M. Harrop and lives at Shawnee, Ohio; Wallace M.. usually known as “Edward,” lives at IMartin’s Eerry ; John M. is a city councilman of Cambridge; Olive is the wife of Albert Hartill, both living in Cambridge, the latter being a native of Staffordshire, England, Avhere he was born March, icSbf): he came to America when young and has been employed in the tin ])late industry aliout twenty years and is a high-grade workman in this line of endeavor. WILLIAM H. HOOPMAN. Having possessed a pleasing personality, a rare force of character and executive aliility of a high order, it is no wonder that William H. Hoopman, now a jiilgrim to “that undiscovered bourne from whence no traveler e’er returns,” should be well remembered and his name revered by the people of ( luernsey county. He was a public-spirited citizen, withholding his support from no mo\’ement which had for its object the general good. What he achieved in a long and brilliant career illustrated his force of individuality and steadfastness of purpose, and he advanced to a position of credit and honor in the business and social circles of this county, becoming a man of affluence as a result of his own indomitable energy and worthy labors. IMr. Hoopman Y-as born Eebruary 2, 1829, in Hartford county, Mary- land, tbe son of Isaac and Lucinda Ann (Rogers) Hoopman. On October ,v '<^37, the family started \vest when William cvas eight years of age. They came in a wagon, the trip rec[uiring about two weeks, arriving here on No- \-ember 7th and located one and one-half miles southeast of Y-here Byesville is ncnv. There they bought a farm and took up their abode in a log house, starting life in true pioneer fashion; their place Y’as practically covered Yuth first-grOY'th timber Ydien they settled on it, but by dint of hard Y'ork, economy and good management they developed a good farm and established a comfort- able home. Their family consisted of seven children, namely: Roland, Y'ho lives in Zanesville; William H., of this review; Isaac Wesley, noY^ de- ceased, lived at Bunker Hill, Kansas; Elijah Y'as the father of J. A. Hoop- man, Ydiose .sketch appears elscYdiere herein; Catherine died in 1853, Yfflen seventeen years of age; Elizabeth married Ebenezer Johnston, deceased, and slie now lives in Pleasant City; Christian died when tY'enty-seven years of age, in 1852. yy//w/ " ■ V GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 513 ^Villiam H. Hoopman, of this review, grew up on the home farm, and remained there until 1902. On October ii, 1877, he was married to Cath- erine Rogers Grant, daughter of William Merriman and Catherine Wash- ington ( Rogers) Grant, whose record appears herein, in the sketch of John Roland Grant, of Byesville. INIrs. Hoopman was born in Hartford county, Maryland, and came to Byesville with her parents in April, 1856. i\Irs. Hoop- man's parents continued to spend the balance of their lives on the farm they bought southeast of Byesville, the father dying on May 30, 1885, the mother on March 18, 1878. They were excellent people, highly re- spected, and they belonged to the IMethodist Protestant church. Before his marriage Mr. Hoopman and his four lirothers had been farm- ing in partnership and were cjuite successful, becoming known especially as sheep raisers, and they bought several farms. After the marriage of \Aul- liam H. Hoopman, all the brothers, except Elijah and himself, moved away, selling their interests in the home place to Mhlliam H. and Elijah, who, within a year or two, divided their holdings and each worked separately. William H. and his wife continued on the home farm and were quite suc- cessful in general farming and stock raising, and kept a neat and comfortable home. Besides farming, Mr. Hoopman was one of the heaviest stockholders of the First Xational Bank of Byesville and a member of the hoard of di- rectors from its organization. He was an active member of the Methodist Protestant church, of which IMrs. Hoopman is also a member. He was a large contributor to the IMethodist Protestant College at Adrian, Michigan, and also the one at West Lafayette, Ohio, and he assisted in building churches in the bounds of the Muskingum conference, and also in foreign fields. The death of this excellent citizen, true friend and genial companion occurred on February 26, 1910, at the advanced age of eighty-one years and twent}^-four days, having spent a useful, industrious and satisfactory life, a life that was unselfish and fraught with much good to others. He was a man of sterling character, temperate in all his haliits, a high-minded Chris- tian gentleman, and a business man of unusual accomplishments. He was known through life as a man who could be trusted at all times, whose word was as good if not lietter than the bond of many men. In early life he identified himself with the IMethodist Protestant church, then known as Bethlehem church, near Trail run, and there he retained his membersliip until the organization of the church at Byesville, when he transferred his mem- bership here. He remained a valued and consistent member of the church until his death. For many years he held the office of trustee, and he was a mem- (33) GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 5 '4 her of the committee in the present buikling. being its heaviest con- tributor. Mrs. Hoopman now resides in Byesville in the home which Mr. I loopman built for them aliout 1902, in which }'ear they moved here. It is a very pleasant, attractive, convenient and desirable home, and here her many warm friends and admirers gather frequently. ORL.\XDO F. LOWRY. M. D. ( )ne of the best known physicians of Camliridge, of recognized high standing in liis profession, and po])ular and influential outside of it, is Orlando F. Lowry, who was liorn on Flarcli 15, 1856, on a farm near Lore City, Guern- sey county, Ohio. lie is the son of William and Nancy (St. Clair) Lowry, both of whom are natir’es of Ohio, the father of Guernsey county, the mother of Ilelmont county. William Lowry was a farmer and an upright, useful citizen. Both parents are dead, the father dying when his son Orlando was a small hoy. Their family consisted of seven children, two of whom died in infancy: those who lived to maturity are Newton, of Lore City: Smith T., a physician, deceased: John W., deceased; Emma C., now Mrs. John C. Rose, of Seneca\'ille, Ohio: and Orlando F. Orlando F. Lowry was reared on a farm and his early education was olitained at the country schools. He then taught in the schools of Guernsey and Belmont counties, and while attending' the Ohio LIniversity at Athens taught in the meantime. In all he taught one hundred months, and was a ])0])ular and progressive educator. From boyhood he had had a desire to be- come a physician, and after giving up teaching entered Starling Medical Col- lege at Columlius, getting his degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1889, and in a class of twenty-seven he stood second. Fie first located at Lore City, where his mother lived, and there began the practice of his profession. In 1899 he came to Camliridge and opened an office, where he has since been, and has Iniilt u]) a large and profitable practice, and stands high in the estimation of other members of his profession. He is a progressive man and is a member of the county, state and national medical associations and ever since coming to Cambridge has lieen one of the board of pension examining surgeons, and secretary of the Iioard. During his term as a member of this board they have e.xamined more than four thousand applicants for pensions. Doctor Lowry has lieen a memljer of the Cambridge board of education for four years, and is president of that board. During his term the new Brown high school was GUERXSEV COUNTY, OHIO. 515 erected at a cost of seventy-five thousand dollars, one of the finest in the state in a city the size of Cambridge, and a finely designed and splendidly equipped building, the erection of which is due largely to the efforts of Doctor Lowry. The Doctor is a Republican in politics, has been active in public matters, and has often served on county and local central committees, and as a delegate to county, district and state conventions. He keeps thoroughly in touch with public matters. Doctor Lowry was married in December, 1884, to IMary A. Doyle, the daughter of John and Sarah ( Ahlliams) Doyle, of JMillwood township, Guern- sey county. The Doyles were a Philadelphia family who came to Guernsey county in early days, klr. Doyle at one time owning the land on which the Centennial Exposition buildings of 1876 were built. Both klr. and IMrs. Doyle died some years ago, and are buried near Quaker City, in klillwood township. To Doctor and Mrs. Lowry have been born two sons and two daughters : Maude, now Mrs. Willard Hood, her husband the auditor of Cambridge City; Ray, an electrical engineer of Cambridge, who is a graduate of the International Correspondence School, of Scranton, Pennsylvania: Haven, of Cambridge; and Hazel, a student in the Cambridge high school. Doctor Lowry and his family are members of the IMethodist church, and Doctor Lowry is superintendent of the Sunday school, which is the largest klethodist Sunday school in the state of Ohio. He is active in all church work, and is also president of the Cambridge Chautauqua Association, which was organized five years ago, at which time he was chosen president, and has since continued in that position, while he is one of the most active workers for the organization. Fraternally die is a member of the klasons, the Knights of Pythias, the Elks, the Loyal Americans, and the American Insurance L'nion. He is also medical examiner for several old-line and fraternal insurance com- panies. The Lowry home is situated at Xo. 241 Highland avenue in a choice residence district, and the family is prominent in the social life of the com- munity. BEXjAkllX F. EXOS. A well known young attorney of Cambridge, Guernsey county, is Ben- jamin F. Enos, who is what might be denominated a student lawyer. His mind is of the work-shop order, in contradistinction to the lumber-room sort. Its acquisitions are not uselessly there, and not alone for him. lint for others; they are ready to he shaped into the support of whatever purpose is in hand. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. lie knows enough to know, and he knows it by intuition and experience, that to be a good lawyer, a successful one, means hard study and devotion to the i)roi'ession. Hence we refer to him as a student, or a studious lawyer, as a mail among his books, not as a recluse or a book-worm, but as a law- yer who busies himself with those things in which success depends upon the s}’mmetrical judgment and practical grasp that come from reading and reilection. Llenjamin b'. Enos was liorn March 20, 1870, in Madison township, (iuernsey county, Ohio, and he is the son of George and Margaret (Oliver) Enos, both natives of this county. The father was a farmer and the owner of extensixe real properties, an influential and highly respected citizen. His death occurred on July 7, 1903. He took a great deal of interest in public affairs and became well known to the people of this county. He was first a Whig and later a Republican. He cast his first Presidential vote for William llenrv Harrison in 1840. He was a member of the Baptist church and a de- voted Christian, as is his widow, who is still living, Benjamin F. Enos was one of a family of seven children, five sons and two daughters, and one half-brother by a former marriage, all of xvhoni are living. He spent his youth on his father's farm, on xvhich he began working when very young. His education was obtained in the country schools. When but a lad he was actuated liy a laudable ambition to take up the law as a jirofession and he according began the study of the same with John E. Stockdale. Esq., of Cambridge, and, having made rapid progress in the same, he was admitted to the bar on October 14, 1898. He opened a law office in Cambridge soon thereafter and began practice, and at the De- cember term of the United States district court in 1902 he xvas admitted to ])ractice in that court on the date of February 13, 1903, and he has been an active jiractitioner in these courts since that time. He has met with well merited success and has a large clientele, wdiich is constantly growing. He is a very able, accurate and well informed lawyer. IMr. Enos is a Repuldican in politics and he has long taken considerably more than a passing interest in public matters. In November, 1905, he was elected city solicitor of Camlnddge and so faithfully did he discharge the duties of the same that he was re-elected in 1907 and served for a period of four vears, and so po])ular was he in this capacity with all parties during his first term th-it the o])position offered no candidate. Pie has served as a mem- ber of the Republican county committee, and in the campaign of 1908 and until 1910 he was chairman of the Republican county executive committee, and as a canqiaign manager he is recognized as of great ability and has fre- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 517 quently been a delegate to county, district and state conventions. In 1910 he was nominated and elected by his party to the office of prosecuting attorney of Guernsey county, and he has so far made a brilliant record in the same, his selection to this important public trust proving the wise foresight of his constituents. He is a memher of the Modern AAModmen of America and he and his wife are members of the Second United Presbyterian church of Cambridge. The domestic life of Mr. Enos began on October 8, 1903, when he was united in marriage to Margaret J. Black, a lady of fine attributes and the daughter of James H. and Elizabeth (Sims) Black, a prominent family of Muskingum county, Ohio. To this union has been born one daughter who died in infancy. Both IMr. and Mrs. Enos are active in church and Sabbath school work. The family home is at No. 134 South Twelfth street, and it is an attractive and cozy one, where the numerous friends of IMr, and i\Irs. Enos delight to gather. Mr. Enos is a man of kindly, genteel disposition, pleasant to all classes, honest and thoroughly trustworthy, according to the large circle of acc|uaintances which he can claim and he is eminently deserving of the high position he has attained in the estimation of the public. CHARLES LEVI BANTA, The gentleman whose life record is here set forth is too well known to the readers of this histoiw to need any encomium on the part of the biographer, for his many deeds in behalf of good citizenship are familiar to all classes, who, irrespective of party or creed, hold him in esteem. Charles Levi Banta, of Cambridge, is the editor-manager of the Guernsey Times, the only Republican newspaper in the sterling Republican countv of Guernsey. The birth of the subject occurred in CTbana, Champaign county. Ohio, on April 10, 1883, his parents being John A. and Emma R. Banta. His boy- hood was spent in this beautiful town in the heart of Ohio’s agricultural garden spot. His education was secured in the public schools of L^rbana, unexcelled in Ohio, and his graduation from the LTrbana high school was with honors fitting him for entrance to any' of Ohio’s colleges without further C[uestion. Business training was sought of his own accord and before school hours, after school and after supper hours were spent in a department store, vacations being spent likewise, maintaining himself as the y'oungest of a large famiH GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 518 until his hioii school education was completed, his study hours running into the night while others slept. ,\n undertaking of no small effort resulted in a high school annual being published by his graduating class, the only one of its kind ever attempted, that today is regarded as a gem in the ].)uhlic school history of Urbana. He was made business manager and editor-iu-chief of this work, put through without donation or a|)propriation from the school or school authorities. Before the next college year was o])ened Mr. Banta was found reporting for the big city jjajiers the speeches of the great Marcus A. Hanna and the renowned William Jennings Bryan and many other lesser notables at the Ih'hana Chantauqua. This correspondence brought him a position on the re- portorial staff of the Springfield ( Ohio) Press-Republican, later on the Spring- field Mnrnijuj Suii. Feliruary, 1903, found Mr. Banta entering the rejiortorial realms of the Zanesville Tiiiies-Recorder, when that paper had just begun to attain its strong hold in iMuskingum county Republican homes under the present able manage- ment. Before coming to Cambridge i\Ir. Banta had succeeded to the city editor's desk on this ]>ublication. d'he Guernsey Times was founded in 1824, Ijeing- the oldest publication in Guernsey county. It attained a position that excited the envy of its many con- teni])oraries dui'ing the ownership and able editorial writings of the late Hon. David D. Taylor. iNfay I. 1907, saw i\'Ir. Banta become associated with the Guernsey Times and in less than si.x months he was editor, manager and part owner. Looking hack to this time, the accomplishments made with the Guernsey Times are many. A new linotype machine has been added, doubling its capacity, and to- day it is the only Camliridge newspaper owning these marvelous inventions of the modern newspaper life. On iNlarch i. 1909, the Guernsey Times was moved to a ground floor lo- cation on Wheeling avenue, the Republican Press being combined with the IJP-'ckly Guernsey Times. With new and increased mechanical equipment, that has lieen maintained to a high efficiency, wonderful strides have been made toward gi\'ing the citizens of the Guernsey valley a big city newspaper. Telegraph news service l>y special wire has been installed, market quota- tions daily Ijy wire, official citv and county printing, the offwial organ of the United States district court, all tell of exclusive features that make the Guern- sey Times a home paper. Mr. Banta saw to it that the Times secured membership in the Ohio select list of daily news])apers and maintains for his paper a salaried eastern repre- sentative in New York city, also a western representative in Chicago. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 519 On October 25, 1905. occurred the marriage of i\Ir. Banta and iNIinnie E., daughter of i\Ir. and i\Irs. J. J. Snyder, at their home in Springfield, Ohio. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. One child, a daughter, born to this union, died in infancy. Since attaining his majority IMr. Banta has been ever affiliated and in his profession and possessions ever earnest in the cause of the Repuhlican party. Besides being editor-manager, Mr. Banta is secretaiy of the Guernsey Times Company, owners of the publication. Its splendid business location is at No. 744 AVheeler avenue and its motto is. all of the news that is fit to enter man's most sacred possession, his home. i\Ir. Banta takes an abiding interest in everything pertaining to the general upbuilding of this county, and he inspires the confidence and respect of all who have dealings with him. He has made his paper a bright, newsy and ably edited daily, that is rapidly increasing in circulation and prestige. STEPHEN B. CLARK, ^I. D. The gift of life is so mysterious that when that other mystery which we call death interrupts the current of human hopes and aspirations, we know not into what new channel the spirit may he turned, but if the life has been char- acterized hy strength and vigor everything it has touched in its onward passage must have received a beneficent inspiration. To a mind thoroughly awake to the reality of human existence and its responsilfilities there are noble and imperishable lessons in the career of an individual who concjuers adversity and wins not only material success, but that far greater honor, the deserved esteem and confidence of his fellowmen. Such a man was the late Stephen B. Clark. Long intimately associated with the material and civic interests of Guernsey county, his name is today recalled with reverence. Stephen B. Clark was born September 27, 1810. at New [Market, iMarv- land, the son of John and Mary (Basford) Clark, and came to Guernsey county in 1825 with his parents, who first came to Camhridge, but later lo- cated at Antrim, where the father engaged in the mercantile business for manv years. John Clark was a successful and influential citizen. Late in life he removed to M’ashington, Guernsey county, where he and his wife passed away. They rest in Cambridge cemetery. Stephen B. Clark was a diligent student when young and began teaching 520 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. at the age of sixteen years, obtaining means for a medical education, in whicli stndy he was greatly interested. During the years of teaching he read medi- cine with Dr. Thomas Miller, of Cambridge, and when he had saced sufficient money he took a course of lectures at the (Jhio Medical College at Cincinnati, after which he returned to Cambridge and formed a partnership with Doctor Miller for the ])ractice, and later took a course of lectures at the UniYersity of Xew ’Shirk, graduating in 1845. I'eturn from New York he formed a partnership with his brother. Dr. John T. Clark, in Cambridge, and during his years of practice he became a partner of Peter Ogier in the drug business, under the hrm name of Ogier & Clark, and with William Rainev, Sr., in the mercantile Imsiness, under the firm name of Rainey & Clark. His last enter- prise was the establishment of the First National Bank, now the National Bank of Cambridge, and became the active president for thirteen years, managing its affairs with such care and judgment as not to lose one cent in investments or loans during that time. After his retirement from active life liecause of the infirmities of age, he retired to his farm. Oak Grove, near Cambridge, lie was a great reader of history and biography and a student of the Bible, being a member of the United Presbyterian church and an elder in the church for thirty-five years, and a frequent delegate to the general assemblies of the church. In politics he was a Whig* and Freesoiler. In 1866 he became chair- man of the first Republican organization in Guernsey county, and was always prominent and actix’e in [larty affairs. His grandfather was a slave-holder in ]\Tar\ land, and to each of his grandchildren was given a Idack servant, but this grandson was a strong anti-slavery man, and in very early life broke away from the influences and associations of slavery. Doctor Clark was also a large landowner, and Clark’s addition to the city of Cambridge is one of the most important .sections of the citv. Doctor Clark died June 30, 1894, in his eighty- fonrtli year, and his widow on February 8, 1902, aged eighty-two, and both are buried at Cambridge. Few men have left a more indelible impression uiion the community than Doctor Clark. A splendid man in every walk of life, in his profession, in liusiness, in hanking, in the church, and in educa- tional advancement, his impress is found everywhere. Doctor Clark was married November 26, 1839, to Jane McCracken (horn March 30, 1820) by Rev. Dr. James McGill, pastor of the Associated Re- form church of Cambridge, which in 1858 became the First United Presby- terian church of Cambridge. To Doctor and klrs. Clark ivere horn nine children, seven of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. They were: William M.. of Lincoln, Nebraska, who was a soldier in the Civil war and who became brigade surgeon of the GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 521 First Brigade, Third Division of the Fourth Army Corps: John R., deceased, a prominent banker of Lincoln, and a soldier of the Civil war, enlisting in 1861 in Company B, Fifteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and be- came first lieutenant of Company A, same regiment: Alexander J., of the state of Texas, who as a member of Ohio National Guard also served in the Civil war: IMargaret H., now Mrs. AVilson S. Fleacle. widow of the late AA^ilson Shannon Heade, mention of whom is made elsewhere in this work : Thomas C., of Cambridge: IMary O., now IMrs. AVilliam A. Burt, of Columbus, Ohio: Josiah, deceased: Ida Jane, deceased: Lute, deceased, who became i\Irs. Hal- leck C. Young, of Lincoln, Nebraska. The loss to a community of such a citizen as Doctor Clark is difficult to estimate. His influence as a potential factor in the civic and commercial life of the community was far-reaching. His long and useful life was so inti- mately intermingled with all the vital forces of good that to place a finger upon this or that particular achie^’ement were merely random acknowledg- ment of a career singularly fruitful of just and honorable deeds. Memory lingers with loving tenderness over his personality. AATLSON SHANNON HEADE. Few citizens of a past generation figured more prominently in the affairs of Guernsey county than AAulson Shannon Heade, now a “pilgrim to that bourne from which no traveler returns.” Broad-minded, active, kind-hearted and public-spirited, he was a man of the people and was accorded the highest esteem, living, and now that he has passed from among us, his memorv is greatly revered. Mr. Heade was born May 4, 1842, on a farm near Fairview, in Oxford township, the son of James and Sarah ( Dillon) Heade. The father was born in Culpeper county, Maryland, and the mother was from New England. Both father and mother came as young people with their parents to Guern- sey county. The Dillons were Quakers. James Heade was a farmer, a man of prominence and worth, was of upright character and active in the affairs of the early settlers and highly honored by all. The son^ AA'ilson Shannon Heade, grew up on the farm and attended the district schools and began teaching school at the age of sixteen, his first school being at Yankee Point, Guernsey county. He taught for a number of years and. his father dying young, he assisted his mother in the care of the GL'ERNSEV COUNTY, OHIO. family. I!cino‘ a studious youth while teaching, he studied law and in 1870 was admitted to the practice of law. lie opened an office in Quaker City the same year and maintained an office in Quaker City for three years, coming to Cambridge in and o])cned an office there. In 1875 he formed a partner- ship with judge Edward W. Matthews and grew in activity and influence at tlie har. d'his fortunately continued until June, 1903, when i\lr. Heade with- drew from the firm and formed a ])artner.ship with his son, Stephen R. Heade, in tlic l)rokcrage and loan business, i\Ir. Meade continuing the practice of law u]) to Ills deatli, August id, 1905. He devoted his life to the practice of the law and was recognized as an al)le counselor and advocate. During the Civil war he enlisterl in the army and served from his enlistment until the close of the war, sen'ing as a clerk at headquarters most of the time, lieing an expert accountant and fine writer. Mr. Heade was married Felu'uary 8, 1877, to Margaret Henderson Clark, daugliter of Dr. Ste|)hen B. and Jane (McCracken) Clark, mention of whom is made elsewhere in this work. To Mr. and Mrs. Heade have been born two children: Mary, now the widow of Rev. Thomas C. Pollock, of Mon- mouth, Illinois, and Ste])hen R., of Cambridge. Mr. Heade was a Democrat in politics and was an active man in public life, a public-spirited citizen in all lines and was prominent in all movements looking to the uplift and ad\'ancement of the community. He was a member of the First United Presbyterian church and was an elder in this church for manv vears. Upon the organization of the Second United Pre.sbvterian church, he went with that congregation and was an elder of that church until his death in 1905. He was a memljer of the County Children’s Home board for tweh’e }'ears and always interested in philanthropic work. He was a member of the trustees of Muskingum College at New Concord, Ohio, for some years and chairman of the finance committee. His wife and family are also United Presbyterians. Mr. Heade was a very methoflical man in all things, and a great lover of books. In the home is a fine private library of fully eight hundred volumes of reference, history, biography, standard authors and the poets, also miscellaneous volumes, and the best current literature. (Mrs. Heade is a most excellent woman, closely identified with church work and a member of the different organizations of the church. She is a member of the (McClellan-Brown Sorosis. a prominent woman’s club of the city, a devoted wife and mother whose chief thought has always been. her husband, her family and her home. The home is on the corner of Eleventh and AVheel- iug avenue, a jiretentious home with every comfort and convenience. The family has always been prominent in the social life of the city. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. HENRY L. WILLIAMS. The present sketch is concerned with a well known and successful jeweler and optician of Cambridge, Henry L. Williams, who has so well qualified himself for his business by experience and education that success in it is the natural result of his training. He was born on July 29, 1850, in Adamsville, Muskingum county. Ohio, a son of Asher and Jeanette (Hubbell) Williams. His father was a native of Aleadville, Pennsylvania, his mother of New York state, and they were married at Aleadville. Both the Williams and the Hub- bell families came to Ohio at the same time, making the trip down the Ohio and up the Aluskingum to Zanesville in a flatboat. The Hubbells remained in Zanesville, and Jedediah Hubbell, the father of Airs. Williams, engaged in the manufacture of paper and from his factory in Zanesville came the first straw paper made in the United States. The Y'illiams family moved to Adams- ville, where Asher Williams was employed as a foreman in a cabinetmaking establishment. He remained in Adams\'ille only for a few years, then moved to Cambridge in the spring of 1857. where he engaged at the corner of Eighth street and Turner avenue in the business of cabinetmaking. He was a skilled workman, and continued in cabinetmaking during his business life. Asher Yhlliams was a Republican, and a man well informed in politics but not active. He was a member of the Alethodist church and a de\'Out Christian, a class leader and active church worker. The family of Asher AAfilliams consisted of five sons and two daughters: Alary A. is single and resides in Cambridge : Charles H. is in Holton, Kansas ; Alargaret married AA’illiam AA'enner, of Holton, Kansas: Jedediah is in Cam- bridge; Asher in Kansas City, Alissouri; Fred is deceased: Henry L. is the subject of this sketch. Asher AAhlliams, Sr., was born in 1810, and died in 1883. His wife was born on July 4, 1810. and died in 1893. Both are buried in the cemetery at Cambridge. Their son, Henry L. AAulliams, was educated in the public schools of Cambridge, and as a lad learned the trade of a signwriter, and later learned the jewelry liusiness with J. F. Salmon of Cambridge. After a few years he has a desire to become an expert optician and took a course in optics with Julius King of Cleveland, later a course with the Globe Optical Company of Boston, and then studied under A. J. Cross, a recognized optical authority, of New AMrk. with whom he took a special course in retinascopy. Still later he studied with the South Bend College of Optics, at South Bend. Indiana, from which he obtained the degree of Doctor of Optics. CUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. ,S-’4 Mr. Williams lirst estal)lished himself in the optical and jewelry business in Caml)rid,”'c in i8f;r, and has continued here ever since, constantly enjoying a larger liusiness and meeting with wonderful success in the optical line. His location is at No. 743 M’heeling avenue, and he is a recognized optical expert. ( )n jul\- 29, 1897, Mr. AX’illiams was married to Martha Pickering, of C'amhridge, who was educated in the public schools of Guernsey county and ( 'amhridge, and is an intelligent, rehned and cultivated woman. She is a member of the Sorosis W’oman’s Club. She and her husband are members of the Methodist ehurch, and ]\lrs. Williams is a great church and Sunday school worker and a member of the different church organizations and societies. .Mr. Williams is also a teacher in the Sunday school. He is a Republican in politics, not actix'e, hut always interested and is an intelligent voter and up- right citizen in e\'ery respect, of spotless integrity in all business and private alpiii's. WILLI.VM ^I. LAWYER, M. D. 'Fhe present sketch is the record of a man who has in his life overcome .manv difficulties in the waiy of entrance into his chosen profession, but -whose success after entrance has fully justified his choice. William M. Lawyer was lorn on Julv 12, 1869, on a farm in Knox township, Guernsey county, Ohio, the son of James P. and Johanna (Moss) Lawyer. James P. Lawyer was liorn in Guernsey county, his ancestry coming to (his county about 1809 from the state of Pennsylvania. For many years he was prominent in the county as a school teacher, and is now living a retired life in Wheeling township near Guernsey station. His wife is also living, d'hey were the parents of ten children, one of whom died in infancy, and nine of whom are yet living. The living are: Charles E., of Cambridge; Amanda, now Mrs. Joseph Lowry, of Knox township: Hannah, unmarried, a teacher of elocution in Los Angeles, California; W-hlliam M. ; Emma, who- married James Glenn, of Coshocton ; John M., of Isletta, Ohio; James P., of Guernsey, Wheeling township: Anna, now IMrs. James Thomas, of Los Angeles, Cali- fornia; and Fdsie C., of Guernsev station. William M. Lawyer was reareil on a farm and attended the Knox town- ship country schools. At the age of twenty he liegan teaching, and for three years taught in Guernsey county, where he was ])opular, and was considered a progressive teacher. He then entered the Valparaiso (Indiana) Normal School, and took a scientific course, obtaining the degree of Bachelor of GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. K> Science in the class of 1894. He then went to Wanbay, South Dakota, and engaged as principal of the town schools, where he remained three years, and during which time he was married. He then went to Ellendale, South Dakota, where he was superintendent of schools for five years. While there he entered as a non-resident student of Add-Rania Christian University, at Waco, Texas, and completed their course of study, and while teaching grad- uated in 1898 with the degree of Master of Arts. On leaving Ellendale he went to Chicago and entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Medical College of the University of Illinois, and in 1905 received his medi- cal degree. He first located in the practice of medicine at Kimbolton, near the scenes of his youth, and has huilt up a large and profitable practice, being successful both as a physician and surgeon, and in a financial way. Doctor Lawyer was married in 1896, to Effie I. Billings, the daughter of William Billings, of Paoli, Kansas. Mrs. Lawyer is a graduate of the Val- paraiso Normal, and was for several years a high school teacher at Whster, South Dakota, prior to her marriage. To this union have been born four children: Ruskin B., born on February 27, 1897, a student in the Cambridge high school; the second child was born on January 9, 1900, and died in in- fancy: Frank Gordon was born on December 30, 1902, and Helen IMay, on Alarch 7, 1908. Fraternally, Doctor Lawyer is a member of the Masonic order and of the Odd Fellows, and the auxiliary societies of both these orders, in the latter of which his wife is a memher. He is a Scottish-rite Mason. In politics he is a Republican, and for some time was active in politics, but now, though not active, is interested in pulilic matters, and is a memher of the village council of Kimliolton. During the Spanish-American war Doctor Lawyer took a prominent part in raising and organizing a company for service, and was made its second lieutenant, the company being Company AL First Infantry of North Dakota, but the war was over before the regiment was mustered in and thev never saw active service. However the organization was continued as a militia regiment, and for three years the Doctor held the ])OSt of second lieutenant. As an evidence of his high standing in educational work in the state of North Dakota, Doctor Lawyer holds a life high school teacher’s certificate. IMrs. Lawyer is a refined and cultivated woman, devoted to her home and family. Doctor Lawyer is a large man physically, and intellectually as well, and a most agreeable companion. He is very busy in his profession, hut finds time for social duties, and both he and his wife are prominent in the social life of the community. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 526 JOSEPH WORTHINGTON DYSON. In one of the most exacting of all callings the subject of this sketch has attained distinction, being recognized as one of the most successful teachers in the county of Guernsey. Pie is a well educated, .symmetrically developed nrm. his work as an educator having brought him jirominently to the notice of the pul)lic, the result of which is a demand for his services where a high standard of professional e.xcellence is rec|uired. He is a gentleman of scholar- ly tastes and studious halnts, keeps abreast the times in advanced educational methods and his general knowledge is Iiroad and comprehensive. Mr. Dyson is a nati\'e of the county in which he now lives, having been liorn in Pleasant City on June 24, 1875. He is the son of Joseph and Martha (.\lhin) Dvson, l)oth of whom were I)orn and reared in Valley township, this county. Jose])h Dyson in his early life was one of the progressive and suc- cessful teachers of Guernsey county, hut suhsequently, on account of his he.'dth, he relinrpiished |)edagogy for the more healthful employment of farm- ing, to which he devoted himself until his death. His widow survives and now lives on the home farm, a half mile north of Pleasant City. To these par- ents were born four children, tliree sons and a daughter, namely: Rosetta, deceased; Orloff, who operates the home farm in Valley township; one son who died in infancy, and Josepli AV., the immediate subject of this sketch. Joseph AAA Dyson spent his childhood and early youth on the paternal homestead and received his early education in the Pleasant City schools. Pie later attended AAMo.ster Phiiversity and, still later, became a student in Scio College, where he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. At the age of nineteen }’ears he had begun teaching school and has ever since followed this vocation, in which he has met with most gratifying success, his work in- \-ariably meeting the approbation of officials and patrons of the schools over wliich he has presided. It speaks well for his ability and energy, that he has been able to take his college work while at the same time discharging the multi- tudinous duties which fall to the successful teacher. His pedagogical career has been confined to the schools of Guernsey county. In 1903 he was elected ])rincipcd of the Pleasant A-'alley schools, having Iieen connected with the schools there prior to that time. In 1906 he became superintendent of the schools at Kimholton, his retention in this important position being a sufficient evidence of the satisfactory character of his services. AAdrile superintendent at Pleasant City he founded the high schor>l and since taking charge of the Kimholton schools he has succeeded in greatly increasing their efficiency and raising the standard of studies and discipline, so that today these schools are GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 5-7 among the most successful in the county, many students from the surrounding country attending there. Mr. Dyson possesses a common and high school state life teacher's certificate, attesting his efliciency and thoroughness in his profession. He has been a county school examiner since 1907, now serving his second term in this capacity. He was also elected president of the Countv Teachers’ Association, and is now serving his second year in that capacity. He takes the keenest interest in his profession, to which he is absolutely de- r'Oted. and among those who are conversant with his methods and the results obtained by him, he is held in the highest esteem. Politically, Professor Dyson is a Republican and in the success of his party he takes an active interest. He has frequently been a delegate to county and district conventions of his party and in the political councils his iudgment is valued highly by his associates. He clings to the religious faith of his par- ents, ’who were devoted members of the Er'angelical Lutheran church. On September 5, 1906, Professor Dyson was married to Mary C. Nelson, a daughter of Edwin M. and Margaret (\ 5 Mrk) Nelson, who are mentioned elsewhere in this work. To Mr. and Mrs. Dyson has been born one child, Worthy Edwin, born March 5, 1908. Prior to her marriage IMrs. Dyson was a successful public school teacher. She was a student in WMoster Uni- versity, at Wooster, Ohio, and in the State Normal School at Dillon, Montana, and in that latter state she engaged in teaching for four years. She also taught in the schools of East Palestine, Ohio, and was considered a very suc- cessful primary teacher, having taken special preparatory work in that depart- ment, She is a refined and cultured woman and she and her husband har’e a host of warm and loyal friends, who esteem them for their genuine worth. ROSS MOORE. The subject of this sketch was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, July 25, 1863. His parents, John and Martha ( Ross) Moore, came from Wash- ington county, Pennsylvania, and located in Muskingum county, Ohio, where the father bought a farm and established their home. Ross grew up on the farm, but when eighteen or nineteen years old he went to Norwich and learned the carpenter’s trade, then, after two years spent in Norwich, he went to New Concord and acquired the barber’s trade. Three years later he came to Cambridge, and after working one year as a journeyman barber he bought a shop of his own, and there, since the fall of 1886, he has been continuously in 528 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. f)usiness. "J'he ist of August, 1904, he established his present shop in the Central National Bank building. It is easily the best-equipped and the best- patronized barber shop in Guernsey county, and as such deserves especial incnlion here. ]\lr. Moore was married September 22, 1887, to Mary Wall, daughter of Dr. Andrew WAll. Doctor Wall, a sketch of whom appears herein, was the most eminent physician that ever lived in Guernsey county. Mr. and Mrs. IMoore have two children, Fred and Doris, both of whom arc at home with their parents. Fred has just completed a most unusual record in high school, having passed a grade of above ninety-eight for the year's work and in his examination he led a class of forty-four. Although onlv nineteen }'ears of age, he was immediately given a place as teacher in the Cambridge schools. Air. and Airs. Aloore both belong to the United Presbyterian church. They have a jdeasant home, and they are people whom it is a pleasure to meet. Air. Aloore is a steady, substantial citizen. WILLTAAI E. HEAUA'IE. Among the substantial citizens of Cambridge, Guernsey county, who have built up a comfortable home and surrounded themselves with valuable landed estates and personal ]U'operty, few have attained a higher degree of success than William E. Heaume, whose career, though strenuous, has been fraught with good to his fellow men and his example is cordially commended to the vouth of the land whose life work is yet a matter of the future. Air. ITeaume was born June 17, 1850, in Valley township. Guernsey county, and he is the son of John and Rachel fPriaulx) Fleaume, both natives of the island of Guernsey, off the northeast coast of Erance, and they came to America when young and located in this county and 'were married after locating here. The father was a farmer and for a time engaged in the toljacco Imsiness. He was a public-spirited citizen and took considerable interest in local political matters, and he filled a number of township offices. He and his wife are now both deceased, his death occurring on November 17, 1894, and she died on January 31, 1892. The mother is buried in the Hart- ford cemetery and the father in the old home cemetery on the island of Guernsey, whither he had gone on a visit when he was seized with illness and died. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 529 AA’illiam E. Heaume was educated in the common schools of Hartford ; he grew up on the farm and assisted his father while in the tobacco business. He continued farming with a large degree of success until 1907, when he moved to Cambridge, where he has since resided. He has an excellent farm, which is kept well improved, and it is underlaid with a rich vein of coal, which has been operated by a company for some time, and Mr. Heaume has received large royalties from this which has enabled him to live retired. He is a public spirited citizen and has filled the offices of township trustee and school director. He is a Republican in politics and. with his family, is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church, being active in church affairs and a liberal supporter of the church. Air. Heaume was married on December 18, 1873, to Amanda C. Salla- day, daughter of George and Alary (Spaid) Salladay, of Valley township, this county. The father was born in Noble county and the mother in Guern- sey county, this state. Air. Salladay is a farmer and a prominent citizen of Valley township, filling various township offices. He and his wife are both living. Air. and Airs. Heaume are the parents of four children, namely; Alinola AI., now Airs. Rev. Charles U. Larrick, pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran church of Lewisburg, Ohio; John S., of Springfield, Ohio, who married Julia D. Aloler, of Springfield, Ohio; Oella J. married Prof. O. B. Drake, of Arvada, Colorado; Amy Alberta married Dr. James A. Secrest, of Cam- bridge, Ohio. Air. and Airs. Heanme are active in all progressive movements calcu- lated to advance the public morals and educational interests of the town and county of their residence. They are charitable toward all worthy objects. The Heaume farm and country home was perhaps the best improved and cultivated in the county. The dwelling had all modern conveniences, the lawns well kept, the buildings modern and always in splendid repair. HERBERT H. BOWN, AI. D. One of the best known and most successful physicians of Guernsey county and one of her most representative citizens is Dr. Herbert H. Bown, of Pleasant City, who is an American by adoption only, his birth having oc- curred at Lymington, England, July 16, 1865, but he has, nevertheless, been loyal to our institutions and has become thoroughly Americanized. He is the (34) 530 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. scion of an excellent and noteworthy ancestry, being the son of Charles and Catherine (Bnrgiss) Bown. Through his mother's family, Doctor Bown can trace his ancestry back to Lawrence Bnrgiss, who was bailiff of Reading in 1204. This branch of the family was one of prominence in England, and bore a coat-of-arms. In 1645, Roger Bnrgiss w'as lieutenant-colonel in the army of Charles I, and deputy gOYernor of Faringdon Castle, the castle being as- saulted by Oliver Cromwell, the former stoutly defended it and repulsed “Old Ironsides" and his forces. Eliseus Bnrgiss succeeded Joseph Uudly as gov- ernor of Xew Englaml early in the eighteenth century and in 1715 was ap- ])ointed ca])tain-general of Alassachusetts Bay colony, to succeed Sir Edmund Andros. He was later his Alajesty's resident at Venice when that post was one of prominence. Venice being then a great commercial center. Another noted ancestor of this family was Capt. George Bnrgiss, a captain in General Bland's regiment of dragoons under George IT. He ' fought against the ] ’retender in Scotland in 1745, becoming aid-de-camp to General Bland, and was afterwards made secretary and receiver general of the British garrison at Gibraltar. In 1873 Charles Bown and family emigrated to America, Dr. Herbert 11. Bown then l)eing a lad of eight years. The family located hve miles north of Marysville, Ohio, and that remained the family home during the father’s lifetime. This family consisted of ten children, of whom the Doctor was the 'fourth in order of birth. The others were: Charles S., a prominent teacher in the jiublic schools of the state of Washington; Fred S. is now in Charleston, West Virginia, being in a life insurance office there; Frank A. is a Congregational minister at Spokane, Washington; Dr. S. J. is at Richwood, Ohio, where he is practicing medicine; Arthur L. is engaged in the lumber trade at Selma, Alabama, being secretary and treasurer of the Selma Spoke Company ; X. C. and E. S. Bown, the two youngest sons, are ]>artners in the real estate, loan and fire insurance business at Alarysville, ( )hio, and the mother of this family makes her home with them, the father having died in 1906. Doctor Bown, of this review, grew to manhood on the home farm near Marysville, where he assisted with the general work about the place wdien old enough, attending the common schools in the meantime, later teaching a few years. Deciding to study medicine, he turned his attention in that direction and attended Columbus Medical College, cvhere he made a splendid record and from which he was graduated in 1892, receiving the highest “honorable mention" for prohciency and high standing in his examinations. In the fall of that year, he came to Pleasant Citv, Guernsey county, where he began the jiractice of medicine and surgery, enjoving a very liberal patronage from the GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 531 first, and he has continued in his chosen calling, ranking second to none of his professional brethren in this section of the state and holding a conspicuous rank among the fraternity in this county, being profoundly versed in materia medica in all its branches and keeping abreast of the times in all that per- tains to his profession. He is a member of the Guernsey County Medical Association, the Ohio State Medical Association, and the American Medical Association. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, being a charter member of the Pleas- ant City lodge in the latter order. The Doctor was married in March, 1894, to Mary A. Shepler, daughter of R. I. Shepler, of Blue Bell, Valley township, a well known family of that community, and Mrs. Bown being a woman of refinement anrl many estimable attributes. This union has been graced by the birth of one daughter, Kath- erine, now ten years of age. The Doctor and wife are active members of the Metho.dist Episcopal church and both take much interest in Sunday school work, he being class leader and a trustee in the church. Since coming to Pleasant City Doctor Bown has become thoroughly iden- tified with the life of the community, and is one of the best known and most influential citizens here, not only being considered a veiy able physician and surgeon, but is known to be a man who takes a deep interest in whatever per- tains to the general good of his locality, and he and his wife stand high in all circles. PERRY MILTON ALBIN. The present review is concerned with the deeds of one of the oldest resi- dents of Guernsey county, who has during his life witnessed many changes in the customs and manner of living of the people. In the days of his youth the farmers of Guernsey county used to haul six-horse loads of tobacco to Baltimore, and bring back goods for the use of their families : now they are supplied with the best of all manufactured articles at their own homes, and other changes have been proportional to this one. And Y'hen his family first came to this county, it was then the home of numerous red men, and the present fertile farming country was then a forest wilderness. But within the life of one man these great changes have taken place. Perry Milton All)in was born on the old Albin farm, a short distance northwest of Pleasant City, Guernsey county, Ohio, on January 26, 1834, the son of Abraham and Mary Elizabeth (Trenner) Albin. Abraham Albin was GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. l)orn in the nortli part of West Virginia, near Big Capon river, on December 23, 179'S. the son of James Albin, who at the age of eighteen enlisted in the ivevolntionary army and served through the war. In the spring of 1806, James Albin l)rought his family, including Abraham as a lad of seven, to ( lucrnsey county, and entered land south of Derwent, where he made his home. lie had stopped on his way one year near Wheeling, then finished the journey, which was made by wagon. Then the county was sparselv settled, with only a small settlement at Cambridge. The nearest mill was at St. Clairsville. and they pounded corn in a hominy hox to get meal for food. James .\ll)in spent the remainder of his days on this farm. He was twice marrietl, and by the first marriage was the parent of two sons and a daughter, by the second, of four sons, of whom .Abraham was one, and six daughters. .\1)raham Allfin grew up on his father's farm, and on October 4, 1819, was married to Maiy E. Trenner, the daughter of Henry Trenner and an aunt of Benjamin Trenner, whose sketch see for the Trenner family. She was l)orn in West Virginia on January 31. 1797. After marriage Abraham All)in looked about for a farm, and decided that land west of Claysville was not worth ])aying taxes on, though he could have gotten it for one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. He came back near his old home and paid four hundred dollars for one hundred and thirty-five acres northwest of Pleasant City, later increasing his holdings to two hundred acres. Here he spent the remainder of his life, and kept store for several years at Pleasant City, and for about a year at his countiy home. Eleven children were born to Abraham and Mary Albin; Amos, Sarah, Henry, George, Moses, David, Milton, Thomas, Aliraham, Peter and Martha Jane. Aliraham Albin, Sr., died on April 22, 1863, and his wife on April 15, 1875. Three of their chil- dren are now living: Thomas, on the old home farm; Martha, the widow of Joseph Dyson, who lives near Thomas; and Perry M. Perry M. Albin grew up on the home farm, and married Margaret E. Trott on IMay 17, 1855. To this marriage six children were born; Thomas Francis, on ;\pril 6, 1836: Ashury Sylvester, on April i, 1858; Charles Strahan, on June 28, i860: Viola on October 19, 1862; Michael, on April 20, 1866, and William A., on September 19, 1867. Mrs. Albin died on October 31, 1868: Michael, on May ii, 1866: Whlliam A., on September i, 1868; Thomas F., in June, 1877. P. i\r. Albin was married to Lydia M. McCoy, on August 9, 1869, and of tliis marriage six children, were Irorn: Edward M., on October 23, 1870; Osborn O., on August 9, 1873 i Jennie Mabel, on April 22, 1878; Perry E., on February 10, 1877; Blanche L., on October 23, 1881 ; and Elva, on July 26, GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 533 1882. Lydia M. Albin died on September 19, 1885. Osborn, Jennie and Blanche all died in infancy. On August i, 1892, Mr. Albin was married to Mrs. Jane ( Spaid) Secrest, the widow of Melville A. Secrest and the daughter of J. E. Spaid, whose sketch see. She bore to Mr. Secrest two children, Arthur M., and Virgil, now the wife of Roy Kackley. To Mr. Albin she bore two children, Ira C., on February 10, 1893, and Octa W., on April 21, 1904, both of whom are at home with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Albin are both members of the Methodist church. Mr. Albin has been a successful farmer, has many friends, and is a man of ster- ling and upright character. OSMOND M. BAYLESS. Although primarily interested in his own affairs, as is cpiite natural and right, Osmond I\L Bayless, a popular city councilman of Cambridge, Guern- sey county, manifests an abiding regard for the advancement and welfare of the community and for any measure or enterprise by which his fellow men may be benefited. He encourages churches and schools, is a respecter of law and order and has no use or sympathy for any calling or business which tends to lower the moral status of the country or degrade the youth of the land, and because of these noble ideals he has won and retained the esteem of a wide circle of friends and accjuaintances in his native county. Mr. Bayless was born in Wintersett (formerly Winchester), Guernsey count3u Ohio. September 4, 1874. He is the son of John Henry and Nancy (Fleming) Bayless. The Fleming family have long been residents of Ohio. John H. Bayless was the son of James and Nancy Bayless. James Bayless was a picturescjue character, an old stage driver in the early days. He came to this county from Maryland in pioneer times and was well known and influential among the first settlers. John Henry Bayless was a carpenter and was a very skilled wood workman and builder. He moved to Cambridge, Ohio, when his son, Osmond M., was a small boy and when the son was fif- teen years old the family moved to Ross county, this state, and remained there twelve years, then returned to Cambridge, and here both the father and mother still reside, Mr. Ba.yless being a well known contractor and builder here. Osmond M. Bayless received a very good education in the common schools, and when the family returned to Cambridge he went with Brant- hoover & Johnson and learned plumbing, steam fitting and gas fitting and 534 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. he has remained with this tirm ever since. ?Te is a master of his line of work and has been very successful in the same. Al)out 1905 this concern was made a stock company and i\fr. Rayless became a member of the same and has re- mained as such. klr. Bayless was married in 1900 to Maiy E. Durant, of Tarlton, Picka- way county. Ohio. She is the daugliter of Josepha and Sarah (Calvert) Durant. One daughter, Josejdhne, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Bayless. Politically, IMr. Bayless is a Republican and he has long taken an abid- ing interest in public matters, especially whatever concerned the upbuilding of Cambridge, and in the fall of 1908 he was elected to the city council, rep- resenting the third ward, and he is filling this position with much credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. He and his wife are meml)ers of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he belongs to the Modern M’oodmen of America. He is a plain, unassuming man, upright and honora- ble. industrious and thorough and is well thought of. THOMAS EAGLESON. Spending the greater part of his life in the country of his birth, Thomas Eagleson, now living in retirement in his cozy home in Cambridge, deserves to rank as one of the honored representatives of one of the old and highly esteemed families of Guernsey county, and he himself has lived to see the county develop from a partial wilderness to its present proud position among the leading counties of Ohio and is justly proud of his nativity and citizen- ship. Mr. Eagleson was born July 17, 1840, in Center township, this county, and he is the son of Alexander and Martha (McConnell) Eagleson. The father was horn in Ireland, where he was reared and educated, coming to America when aliout nineteen years of age. Two brothers, Joseph and James, came later, reared large families and lived to old age. IMartha McConnell was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania. Alexander Eagleson first settled in Pennsyh'ania, near Harris! )nrg, and he came to Guernsey county, Ohio, abont 1830. the AlcConnell family coming from their home in the old Keystone state some vears Ivefore. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Eagleson were married in Guernsey county and began their married life on a farm here, liecoming well established, Mr. Eagleson finally becoming a large land owner. They had a family of four sons and one daughter, namely: Joseph, GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 535 now residing in Illinois ; Catherine, now the widow of Hiram Geary, living- in Cambridge; Thomas, of this review: Alexander died in California in 1864; William is farming in Guernsey county. The father of these children died in May, 1868, and his wife died in April, 1845. Thomas Eagleson, of this review, spent his youth, until he was twenty- one years old, on his father’s farm, assisting in the general work about the home place. He was educated in the district schools of his native township. AVhen twenty-one years old he went to California, making the long trip by water, and there he engaged in mining and prospecting, remaining five years on the Pacific coast, then returned to Ohio in 1866, making the overland trip. His experiences in the West were beneficial to him in many ways, giv- ing him a knowledge of the outside world, courage, fortitude and self-reli- ance, all of which have been of much subseciuent ^-alue to him. Upon his return home he engaged in farming and stock raising and buying and selling- stock; he also engaged in the milling business in Washington, and his efforts were successful in all these lines. Mr. Eagleson was married on November 5, 1868, to Jennie R. Spence, daughter of James and Harriet (Saltgavier) Spence ; both have been de- ceased for a number of years. Mr. Spence was a large land owner and old time drover. To Mr. and Mrs. Eagleson five children ha^'e been born, namely : Wil- liam E., a dentist in Concordia, Kansas: Ereeman T., a lawyer living in Cam- bridge : he was in the se\'enty-second General Assemldy, where he was prom- inent, being speaker of the House the last term and he is now assistant attor- ney-general of the state of Ohio. Joseph I. is a lawyer in Denver, Colorado: Hattie A. died in young womanhood; Cora L. married Homer Forsythe, a prominent coal operator of Guernsey county. The mother of these children passed to her rest in October, 1S95, and on IMay 2, 1900. Mr. Eagleson was again married, his second wife being Mrs. Agnes Sterling, widow of J. F. Sterling- and the daughter of John and Mariah (Larimor) McBride, of Guernsey county, Ohio. Mr. Eagleson is a Repuldican in politics, as are all his sons. AVhile a resident of Center township he served as township trustee and was always active in public matters. He moved to Cambridge in May, 1890, but con- tinued to engage in farming and stock raising for about five years. Since 1905 he has been retired from all active work. He is now president of trie board of city real estate ajipraisers, and is regarded as a man of excellent judgment and business ability. He has been a klason for more than a quar- ter of a century and he has always endeavored to live up to its high pre- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. cc])ts. Tic and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and are active church workers. Mr. Eagleson is one of the county’s sul)stantial citizens, and of that sterling Scotcli-Irish parentage that count for much in character. A man of firm convictions, yet generous to those holding opposite opinions. JACOB B. SIEGFRIED. That the career of such a person as Jacob B. Siegfried, well known citizen of Cambridge and one of the oldest merchants in Guernsey county, besides being treasured in the hearts of relatives and friends, should have its public record also, is peculiarly proper because a knowledge of men whose sulistantial reputation rests upon tbeir attainments and character must exert a wholesome influence upon the rising generation. The life of Mr. Siegfried lias indeed been a busy and successful one and the record is eminently worthy of perusal by the youth who would learn the intrinsic essence of individuality and its influence in winning success in life’s battles. Mr. Siegfried was liorn in Westmorleand county, Pennsylvania, in 1850, and he is the son of John and Frances (Brindle) Siegfried, who were natives of Pennsylvania. The paternal grandparents of the subject came to America from Germany in an early day, located in the old Keystone state and for several generations this name has been prominent there. Jacob B. was next to the youngest of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. John Siegfried. His mother died when he was between three and four years old, then the family came to Ohio and lived in Noble county, near Calais, which city is just across tlie line in Monroe county. There the father followed farming and tobacco raising for about four years : later they lived near Pleasant City for two years, tlien ]i\-ed in other communities of the county a good many years. Mdicn aljout eleven years old Jacob B. Siegfried began learning the stone mason's trade, winch he followed 'with success, and he followed contracting for about ten years, during which time he lived in Cambridge, and he handled some large jolis and did well with them. An injury received in a stone cjuarry disabled him for active work for a period of four years. This seemingly untoward circumstance turned his attention from his former voca- tion to that of merchandising, and he then entered the grocery business in Cambridge in which he was successful fi'om the first. He has added to his grocery stock various other lines of general merchandise and he has now been GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 537 in this business for a period of twenty-eight years, which constitutes a longer period than anyone else now in the same business in the city of Cambridge. He has enjoyed a very liberal trade with the city and surrounding country and always carries a carefully selected stock of goods. A criterion of his honesty in Ixisiness and his desire to please is seen from the fact that many of his customers have remained with him through all these years. He is also interested in various other lines of business; he sells machinery, automobiles, and is the distributing agent for the great Washburn-Crosby flouring mills of Minneapolis, Minnesota, also for the Pillsbury mills of the same city. IMr. Siegfried Avas unexpectedly elected on an independent ticket as a member of the Cambridge school board, without seeking the place. Mr. Siegfried was married on May 15, 1873, to Matilda J. Steele, of Noble county, Ohio, the daughter of William and Nancy Steele, and to this union seven children were born, namely : John W., proprietor of the Sieg- fried Bakery; Walter D. is engaged in the groceiy business at Eleventh street and Wheeling avenue, Cambridge; Homer is with his father in the general mercantile business here; Frank B. is a traveling salesman for a Zanesville firm; Carl R. is in the office of the Inter-State Iron & Steel Company; Oliver and Della are both at home with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Siegfried and several other members of the family belong to the Methodist Protestant church. He is universally considered one of the old, well established and substantial business men of Cambridge, obliging, gen- teel, kind and is well spoken of by everyone who knows him. JOHN B. GREGG. Although yet a man young in years, the life of John B. Gregg, one of the best known citizens of Cambridge, Guernsey county, has indeed been a busy and successful one and the following record of the same is eminently worthy of perusal by the student who would learn the intrinsic essence of in- dividuality and its influence in molding public opinion and in giving character and stability to a community. He has successfully met and overcome the usual obstacles that lie in the pathway of every ambitious man in his efforts to reach the goal sought. Mr. Gregg was born on April 5, 1879, near Senecaville, in Noble county, Ohio, and he is the son of James M. and Cynthia (Finley) Gregg, both par- ents also natives of Noble county. Both these families were among the earli- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. .S3S csl pioneers in this section of the state, and they were prominent in both busi- ness and social life. J^inies M. Gregg is a successful farmer and prominent in the affairs of his county, and he and his wife have a host of warm per- sonal friends there. John 15 . Gregg spent his youth on the home farm and engaged in the usual farm work. lie obtained his early education in the country schools and was graduated from the high school at Senecaville. He subsequently entered the university at Lebanon, Ohio, and received the degree of Master of Science: he also obtained the degree of Civil Engineer from the Ohio North- ern University at Ada, and a year later he took a special course in mathe- matics at Cornell Liniversity at Ithaca, New York. During the years of his college course he taught school for some time, and after leaving college he taught for one year in the high school at Cambridge in tbe department of mathematics, and one year prior to that he taught mathematics and physical science in the high school at Franklin, Ohio. He was among the most popu- lar educators of the county and his services were in great demand. He was popular with both pupil and patron and was both an instructor and enter- tainer in the school room, and no doubt had he continued in this line of en- deavor he would have ranked with the leading educators of the state. Since leaving the Cambridge high school in 1902 he has been devoting his time and attention to civil engineering of a general character, and during the year 1907 he was employed by the city of Zanesville as city engineer, during which time some very important city improvements were under construction. Since 1907 he has been associated with his brother, James E. Gregg, in the lumber business, o])erating in Guernsey, Tuscarawas and Noble counties, Ohio, d'hev deal in timber, cord wood and mine props, operating their own mills, anfl they are doing an extensive and very successful business, having met with a large degree of success and ranking among the leading lumber men of east- ern Ohio. Loth these gentlemen are Republicans in politics, but they are not active in party affairs, though always interested in pulilic matters and all move- ments having in view the betterment of conditions affecting the general pub- lic have their hearty support. On JanuaiT i, 1910, James B. Gregg' was ap- ])ointed director of pulilic safety for the city of Cambridge, which important trust he is filling to the satisfaction of all concerned. Although a Republican, he was appointed by a Democratic mayor, because of his eminent fitness for the ])osition. Me is a thirty-second-degree Mason and is prominent in this time-honored order. He has never married. He is a gentleman of pleasing ])ersonality, unassuming, refined and cultured, profoundly educated, courteous GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 539 in his relations with his fellow men and he retained the warm and abiding friendship of all with whom he associates. His individuality, which is very distinct, is impressed upon any work with which he is connected, and in the accomplishment of a purpose he is willing to assume any amount of labor required or any measure of responsibility incurred. In brief, he is a liroad- minded, genial young man without pretense, whom to know is to respect and honor. JOEL AIOORHEAD. When one passes the shop of W. C. Moorhead at Hartford, this county, and sees the “flaming forge’’ and “hears his bellows blow,’’ one is reminded of the picture so familiar to every school child of Longfellow's “village smithy’’ under “a spreading chestnut tree,’’ iMr. Moorhead reminding us of that historic blacksmtih not only because of his “brawny arms and sinewy hands,” but also in that more important analogy — a trnly honest and kind- hearted man, who, like the poet’s subject, “can look the whole world in the face” because of his sterling and honorable characteristics. ]\Ir. Moorhead was born and reared in the southwestern part of Rich- land township, this county, having been born on May i6, 1826, and he is the son of Alexander and Anna (Eoreman) Moorhead, both of whom came to this county from eastern Virginia prior to 1826 and settled here like the rest of the pioneers, locating on Whlls creek, near “Thompson’s Riffle,’’ buying a farm there which he improved and established a good home. He also de- voted a great deal of his time as a “wagoner,” hauling goods and produce between here and Baltimore, Alaryland, with his six-horse team, making such trips as long as he lived, making farming subsidiaiy to teaming. When Joel Moorhead was sixteen years of age he went to Hartford and learned the blacksmith’s trade under Joe Sigman. After working three years with him, he went to Beverly and tended the locks on the river. He then worked a short time at gunsmithing, continuing thus until his marriage, on August 19, 1847, to Am}' Secrest, tvho was reared in Noble county and who was the daughter of Henry Secrest, of Virginia, who came to that county from the Old Dominion in the early days. She had five sisters, all of whom are living, one of them being now eighty-nine years of age, another one be- ing older than Mrs, Moorhead, who is now eighty-fonr. After his marriage Joel Moorhead ran a blacksmith .shop at Perryopolis, in Noble county, for one year, then moved to Greenwood, a small subnrli of 540 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Senccaville. maintaining a shop there for over a half century, becoming widely known ihroughout the localit}', which he saw develop from the wilderness. II is family consisted of six sons and three daughters, one of the sons dying in infancy, the other five growing to manhood, and all became expert black- smiths. They were; Thomas, who married and his famil}^ consisted of tivo children; he died comparatively early and his wife gave the children to his father before her death and they were reared by the subject and family; Solomon married and reared a family : his son, Harrison, became an excellent mechanic and was killed on a railroad; Chase, third son of the subject, was easily the aldcst blacksmith of this gifted family, and his equal was seldom seen ; he h;is been known to frequently shoe wild, fractious horses turned loose in the shop without being tied in any way. He could turn out more work and do it better than any blacksmith in his township. He was a very powerful man physically, six feet two inches in height, and well proportioned, muscular and had unlimited endurance ; his family consisted of six children. He was killed on a railroad while on his way home, in August, 1894. John Moorhead, son of Joel, lives in Senecaville, is married and has six children; he formerly lived at Cambridge about sixteen years. Walter Moorhead worked at black- smithing in Cambridge about ten years, and later ran a shop with his brother, Solomon, at Senecaville, where the latter now lives and has a family. Joel Moorhead's death occurred on Decemher 17, 1896. He was a Re- publican and prominent in the local affairs of his party, but he never sought office. He and his wife belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church at Seneca- \'ille. He was always cheerful, kind and was well liked by all who knew him, being very hospitable. Customers waiting to have 'work done were always invited to share his noon-day meal. Pie often had as many as twenty guests, and IMrs. kloorheafl frequently served as high as seven meals a day. He did not accumulate a fortune, but he had a friend in every acquaintance. His customers came from other towns of the county to get him to do their work, for he was an expert in all kinds of blacksmithing and horseshoeing. \\'alter C. kloorhead started a shop at Hartford on June 16, 1909, and he has already built up an excellent trade which extends to surrounding towns, even lieyond Ava. Some coming from a distance and finding him too busy, return again rather than have their -work done in their home town. A \’ery large number of the horses in Pleasant City are brought to him at Hartford to lie shod. Although a rapid workman, he is always busy and has to turn away work for lack of time. klr. kloorhead married Clara B. Mercer and by this union four children were l:;orn, Oscar. Ada, Jessie and Edna. His first wife died August 19, GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 541 1899, after they had been married eleven years. He afterwards married iMrs. Mary (Hardesty) Fitch, on August 4, 1900. Her death occurred on No\'em- ber 4th following, just three months after this second marriage. On April 24, 1902, he married Stella Hardesty, sister of his second wife, and to this union two children were born, a daughter, Virgil, and a son, Delmas. i\Ir. Aloorhead’s oldest daughter, Ada, is a teacher in the public schools, and his son, Oscar, is also licensed to teach. IMr. iMoorhead belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, and he and his wife are members of the iMethodist Episcopal church at Senecaville, where they maintain their home. JOHN OGIER, JR. The memory of the worthy subject of this biography is revered by a host of friends and acquaintances among whom he labored, having spent his energies through a long life of strenuous endeavor to make the most of his opportunities as well as to assist as best he could his neighbors to improve their condition. In all the relations of life he proved signally true to every trust; possessing a social nature, by his genial and kindly attitude to those about him he won and retained the friendship and good will of all who knew him. John Ogier, Jr., late of Cambridge, Ohio, and one of Guernsey county's most representative citizens, was born one and one-half miles north of this city, in 1829, the son of sterling pioneer parents, Thomas and Mary (Martin) Ogier. Thomas Ogier was a highly educated man, having received his edu- cation in the University of England, and he came to America from the isle of Guernsey with the early pioneers from that famed isle in the English Chan- nel who first settled Guernsey county, Ohio. He was a man of wide influence because of his high integrity and learning. He prospered here, becoming a large land owner, and he proved his ability and courage in surmounting many great difficulties that beset the life of one who dared take up his residence in a land filled with wild beasts and Indians, remote from the centers of civili- zation. Here he did his full share in starting the physical and moral derelop- ment of this section and was a potent factor in the early stages of the county's advancement. He spent much of his time in labors for the general good while the newcomers were busy clearing the land and establishing homes ; he was untiring in his efforts to establish schools and churches. 54 -’ GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. jolin ( )o'ier, Jr., grew to maturity in the midst of primitive surround- ings and under the wholesome influence of his discreet father's home. His education was made a matter of special care of the father, Thomas Ogier, although the son had only the advantages of the schools established in the new country, where facilities of all kinds were very meager, but under the personal instruction of his able and learned father he laid a broad and excel- lent foundation for an education which was later supplemented by home study and actual contact with the world. The son, John Ogier, Jr., grew to young manhood in his native com- munity and early in life knew the meaning of hard work in the woods and on the farm, very willingly [)erforming each task set him. He was married on October 15, 1875, to Sare])ta Bonnell, daughter of Lloyd L. and Mariah (Sarchet) Bonnell. The Bonnells were a Virginia family, the ancestry originally coming from France, and were among the early settlers of Guern- sey county. The Sarchets were among the first from the isle of Guernsey to come to this county. To Hr. and i\Trs. John Ogier, Jr., one son Avas born, Thomas, who is engaged in the real estate business in Cambridge. After his marriage Mr. ( )gier continued to live on the old home farm, and he became a large land owner and prosiierous farmer. He was a man thoroughly alive to the neces- sities of the times and he gave liberally of his time and means to advance that which was best calculated to advance the material and moral welfare of the peo- ple : he was devoted to his home and home surroundings. He was a man of broad ^■iews and jiositive convictions, yet possessing a liberal charity for those of o])])osite views. He was a Repuldican in politics and active in all public matters, though he never aspired to positions of public trust. He was a member of the Alethodist Episco]ial church and a trustee in the same for nrmy years and always active in church work and in the support of the same. The death of this excellent citizen occurred on June 15, 1S91, resulting from an accident with a team of horses which ran away. He is buried in the Cam- bridge cemetery. No man left behind a more commendable record for upright fix ing, his long life having been S])ent for the good of his community. He was a man of the highest sense of right and was honored and respected by all, a man of sterling integrity and fair in his dealings at all times. The son. Thomas Ogier, resides with his mother in Cambridge, and is a well liked citizen and successful business man. He was educated in the public schools of this city, he and his mother having moved here soon after the father’s death. After leaving the Cambridge high school he attended Scio College and since reaching manhood he has given his time to superintending GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 543 the farmsteads in Cambridge township left by his father, and he also deals in real estate in the city and county. His mother has a host of warm personal friends throughout the county, is a lady of intelligence and refinement, fa- miliar with the world’s best literature and the possessor of many estimable traits of character. She has been an able assistant in the management of the large and valuable estate left by her husband. She and her son are mem- bers of the IMethodist Episcopal church and active in church work, she being a leader in the societies of the local church. Xo family in the countv is held in higher esteem than the Ogiers. JAIMES ELklER PATTOX, H. D. Good intellectual training, thorough professional knowledge and the possession and utilization of the qualities and attributes essential to success, have made Dr. James Elmer Patton eminent in his chosen calling, and he stands today among the enterprising and successful physicians in a community noted for the high order of its medical talent, while at the same time he has won the confidence and esteem of the people of Guernsey county for his upright life and genial disposition. Doctor Patton was born on X^oveniber 6, 1873, Adams township, this county, not far from Xew Concord. He is the son of Robert W. and IMartha E. (Mintier) Patton. The father was horn in 1848 near Claysville, being the son of Hugh Patton, who came here from Harrison county prior to 1848. locating near Claysville, where he prospered, becoming the owner of three or four hundred acres of land, a part of which is now known as the Cook farm. He and his wife were well known to the early day settlers here and they both died in the fifties. IMartha E. (IMintier ) Patton, mother of the Doctor, was the daughter of Thomas H. Mintier, who now lives at Rix Mills. She was born near Clays- ville and she grew to maturity and was educated there. Her parents came from Harrison county. After the Doctor’s birth his parents moved to IMus- kinguni county, locating near Rix IMills. where the father bought land, and there James E. grew to maturity and assisted with the general work about the place, aftending the local schools, later went to Muskingum College about three years, then completed his literary education at Ohio X'orthern Univer- sity, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1899. He had long fostered a laudable ambition to become a medical practitioner and, with that end in 544 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. \'ie\v, he entered Starling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, where he made a splendid record and from which institution he was graduated in 1903. In the latter part of that }’ear he located at Byesville, which had been his home ever since and where he has enjoyed a large and growing practice, and hold- ing prestige second to none in the healing art, standing high among his pro- fessional brethren and the people in general. He has kept abreast of the times in all matters pertaining to his line of endeavor and is a broad-minded, capable, genteel, kindly-disposed gentleman. He is a member of the Guernsey County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Association and the Amer- ican IMedical As.sociation. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Byesville. On Decemlier 23, 1903, Doctor Patton was united in marriage with Lucretia Harlin, who was born and reared at Tonganoxie, Kansas. She is the daughter of P. H. and Charlotte J. (Ackley) Harlin and Doctor Patton met her in 1897 when traveling through the West. This union has been graced by the birth of one daughter, Roberta Ernestine. The Doctor and his wife are both members of the Metliodist Protestant church. Their home is a very desirable property, well located in tbe central part of Byesville, and it is known as a place of good cheer to their many friends. JOHN M. AMOS. The name of John M. Amos stands deservedly high in the list of enter- prising lousiness men of Guernsey county, his long, useful and unusually active career having been fraught with much good to himself and family and also to those who have come into contact with him. His life has been such that he is held in the highest esteem by all classes. He was born August 20. 1839, in Belmont county, five miles north of St. Clairsville. His parents were James G. and Jane (Gillespie) Amos. In April, 1848, these parents, with their four sons, settled in Monroe county, now Noble county, near Summerfield, where John M. grew to young manhood, working on the home farm and attending school each winter. In 1856 he spent the winter with his uncle, John Major, after whom he was named, in Belmont county, where he had the advantage of instruction under Alex. Wilson, a graduate of Franklin College and a renowned teacher. He became well educated and began teaching in the common schools at the age of eighteen years, and, saving his earnings, he began a course of study under the care GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 545 of Joseph C. Clark and Capt. William Wheeler, where he was a fellow pupil with John Hamilton, now a noted bishop of the klethodist Episcopal church. Later he entered, as a student, Allegheny College, IMeadville, Pennsylvania, when Rev. Dr. Loomis was its president, but owing to the breaking out of the Civil war his regular course of study was interrupted, and after one year in Ontario Academy, under the instruction of Professor P)Oyd, he pur- sued his studies as he taught school and worked on the farm, until, by private study and occasional recitations to tutors, among whom were the late J. S. Foreman and D. S. Spriggs, he completed a course of legal studies and was admitted to practice law in the state courts and later in the federal courts. He was also honored with the degree of Alaster of Arts by Allegheny Col- lege. He holds a high school life certificate from the board of state school examiners. Mr. Amos pursued teaching as the principal of schools in Batesville and Caldwell and at the same time reviewing his legal studies, and he later en- gaged for about ten years in the practice of law. In 1872 he formed a law partnership with Fred W. Aloore, an excellent young lawyer, and they bought the Caldwell Democratic newspaper, hut Mr. Moore’s death soon afterwards left Mr. Amos with the entire management of the newspaper and of their law business, which he soon practically abandoned and ever since has devoted his time and attention to journalism, from 1872 to 1884 with the Caldwell Press, and from 1886 to the present time with the Cambridge Jeffersonian, which he bought of the late John Kirkpatrick. He is now the president of the Jeffersonian Company and senior editor of the daily and weekly editions. He has been very successful in the field of journalism. He has made his paper here one of the best in every respect in this part of the state, valued as a news disseminator, an advertising medium and as an exponent of the people's rights. It is attractive in mechanical appearance and shows at a glance that it is under a splendid system and able manage- ment. It has rapidly increased in circulation, and the plant is ecjuipped with modern appliances and is a valuable property. Mr. Amos was married in 1862 to Elizabeth Franklin iMcClintock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James klcClintock, of Xohle county, formerly of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. To this union six children were born, four sons and two daughters, all living except the eldest son, James Ernest, whose death occurred on Februaiy 22, 1891, and the youngest daughter, who was called away in August, 1873. The wife and mother passed to her rest in 1873. Mr. Amos was married again, in 1875, to ]\Iary E. ATller, of Jackson township, Guernsey county, who died September ii, 1904. To this last (35) GUERXSEV COUNTY, OHIO. union two sons, I'larry W. and Frank B., were liorn. Four of Mr. Amos’s sons are now associated with liim as stockholders of the Jeffersonian Com- |)an\-, in Canil)ridg'e. ( )ne son is sn[)erintendent of the J. E. Addison Manu- factnrini;' Company and resides in Belmont, Ohio. The surviving daughter, Mrs. Kate A. Barker, resides with her father in Cambridge. All these chil- dren are married and five of them reside in Cambridge. Those associated witli Mr. Amos in business are 'Fliomas IC, William Herbert, Harry W. and I'rank B. John AV. resides in Belmont, Ohio. The sons are all bright, well educated and enterprising business men and the entire family stands high in all circles. U. C. rURDUM, D. D. S. We here mention one of the citizens of Cambridge who can justly point with pride to his ancestors as honorable men of true worth, who gained by their many good qualities the esteem and respect of those wTo knew them, and who has himself made such a success of life as to be in every way a credit to his forefathers and to his city. Fh C. Purdum was born in Washington, Guernsey county, Ohio, on A])ril 28, 1871, the son of Zachary A. and Mary E. (Colley) Purdum. Elisha G. Purdum, his grandfather, came at an early day from near Baltimore, Mlaryland, to Center township, Guernsey county. He was a farmer and lived until 1901, dying in Idaho, wdiere he had moved some years previously, most of his family having preceded him. Six sons and four daughters were horn to him; Ann Rebecca, now Mrs. S. S. Sultzer, of Elushing, Ohio; Zachary A., deceased, father of U. C. ; Rodolphus, of Nampa, Idaho; Chris- tian R., deceased: Thomas, deceased; William L., deceased; Mary E., now hlrs. Henry Wilterding, of Nampa, Idaho; Della, now^ Mrs. Melville Eor- dyce. of Cambridge; John A., in government employ in the canal zone; and hlay, deceased. Zachary A. Purdum was in the lively and stock business for many years in Washington, Guernsey county, then was three years in Idaho, returning to Cambridge, where he was engaged in the lively business until his death, Oc- tober 16, 1900. He was a man of influence and force, and had accumu- lated quite an estate in land and property. Archiliald Shipley, of the father’s maternal ancestry, came to this county early from near Baltimore. He became quite prominent and was a large land owner and tobacco merchant. On account of his geniality and broad GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 547 views on public questions, he was very popular, and was active in political affairs, but ne^'er held office. He died many years ago, highly respected by all who knew him. The Colley family came early from near Baltimore. \Ahlliam Colley, father of IMrs. Purdum, was first a teamster over the National pike from Cumberland, Maryland, west, but soon after coming to Guernsey county en- gaged in the marble business in Washington, Adamsville and Zanesville. He was a man of high standing, whose counsel was often sought, and who filled many of the important offices of the township where he lived. Both klr. Purdum and klr. Colley were Democrats in politics. Mr. Colley and his famity moved in the best circles. He died in January, 1891, and his widow on August 25, 1897. Both are buried in Washington cemetery. They were the parents of six children: Alaiy E., now Mrs. Zachary A. Purdum, of Cambridge: John Oscar, of Cambridge; Rolland W., of Columbus, Ohio; Amanda V., of Cambridge; Jennie N., of Cambridge: Annie H., deceased, who was Mrs. Pearl klcCreaiy. To Mr. and i\Irs. Zachary Purdum one son was born, U. C. Purdum, the subject of this sketch. He attended the public schools of Washington, and after graduating from them attended the Ohio College of Dental Surgery at Cincinnati, graduating in 1891. He practiced in Nampa. Idaho, for two years before graduation. After graduation he went to Pittsburg, where he remained one year. In 1892 he went to Buffalo for two years, practicing in the employ of other dentists. In 1894 he came to Cambridge and opened an office for himself, and has since been here. His office is finely equipped for the successful practice of scientific dentistry, and he has all the modern ap- pliances. He has been more than ordinarily successful in his profession. klr. Purdum was married on January 16. 1901, to Bertha May Shroyer, daughter of Solomon H. and Eliza (Brannan) Shroyer. klr. Shroyer is a prominent man in Cambridge township, Guernsey county, and a farmer of considerable means. His family of four consists of Jennie T., now klrs. J. Ah Jacques, of Et. Wayne. Indiana; Henry C., of Cambridge: Howard S.. of Cambridge; and Bertha May, all of them living lives of worth. To klr. and Mrs. Purdum has been born one son, Ralph E., a bright lad of seven years. Doctor Purdum is a Democrat in politics, as were all his ancestors, but is not active, though interested in public affairs. He is a member of Cam- bridge lodge of Odd Pellows, and was a charter member of the Odd Fel- lows lodge of Nampa, Idaho, taking much interest in the order. He and his family are members of the klethodist church, also his mother, who now makes her home with her son. klr. and klrs. Purdum are prominent in the social 548 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. life of the city. ]\Jr. Purduni is a lover of a good horse and keeps a fine fam- ily dri\-er, also enjoys a day’s hunting or fishing as a relaxation from busi- ness. Being fond of athletics, he delights in a good game of baseball or foot- ball. In all respects he is a strong man, and he and his family stand high in the community. DAVID LINN. Prominent among the agricultural residents of Guernsey county is Scpiire David Linn, who is recognized over the county as a most progressive and capable farmer, one who has chosen to ennoble his chosen occupation, and who not only secures larger yields and greater profits than the majority of his neighbors, hut wdio also obtains from his vocation a larger amount of contentment than the a\-erage man receives in life, and wdio has done much to aid in the development of his community. David Linn was born about four miles southw^est of Cambridge, Guern- sey county, on September 3, 1841, the fifth of nine children born to Samuel and Sarah Ann (Stout) Linn. Samuel Linn left his father’s home in West- moreland county, Pennsylvania, in 1807, when he was sixteen years old. lie traveled w^est through the woods until he got to Guernsey county, and located at the place wdiere David Linn was born, where he cut logs and built a little cabin. Then he went back after his father and two sisters, who con- stituted the family, the mother being dead. His father was at one time a very wealthy man, but had lost all. A few years la_ter Sarah Ann Stout, then a young girl, came cvith her father from the foot of the Catskill mountains in New York and located just half a mile west of Samuel Linn’s farm. The young peo])le met, became attached to each other, and in course of time be- came man and rvife. To their union w'ere l)orn nine children : Hugh, Samuel Morris, Nathan Johnston, Mary Ellen (the wife of J. T. Hartong), David, Sarah Elizabeth, Matilda Jane (the wife of James Mahaffey), Margaret Ellen and James Stout. Samuel Linn improved the farm on which he first located, and became prosperous and influential in the community. He died on this farm in 1880, aged eighty-eight years. David Linn was educated in Muskingum College, and for eighteen years was an able teacher in the schools of Guernsey county, whose success was recognized by the profession and the public. At the time of his father’s death he bought out the other heirs to his father’s farm and began farming. He has made many improvements since that time, and it is easily apparent GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 549 to the traveler that he has the best improved farm and the finest farm build- ings between Cambridge and Claysville. All the buildings are painted white and the most of them have slate roofs. Air. Linn says that experience has taught him that good barns pay tbeir own cost five times over. For thirtv- two years he has lived on this farm of one hundred and sixt}" acres and cul- tivated it, raising crops which are the admiration of his neighbors. His wife also owns a farm of one hundred and sixty acres north of Cambridge, which is well improved with a brick house and enormous barn. For many years Mr. Linn has been justice of the peace, and has become widely known for the justice and reasonableness of his decisions, while he has never during all this time charged a fee. In 1910 he was appointed on the ap- praisement board, and resigned the office of justice of the peace. On June 3, 1881, David Linn was married to Ellen Oldham, who was born near Barnes’ mill at Pleasant Valley, Guernsey county, Ohio. Isaac Oldham, her grandfather, was born in Ohio county, A'irginia, and there married Sarah Alarling, of Maryland. Soon after he left her and, with his all on his shoulders, walked to this county, and locating on Wills creek, four miles north of Cambridge, where I. J. Oldham now lives, built a small cabin, and then returned for his wife. His father drove them through in a wagon, and on April 4, 1806, they set up housekeeping in that cabin, the first summer living in it without floor or door, or daubing between the logs. Their near- est neighbor was two miles east of Cambridge, and there was but one family in Cambridge, the Van Rensselaers, at Wheeling and Seventh streets. There were many wild animals in the forests and a tribe of Indians was encamped in sight. Lentil the war of I'8i2 they toiled on in their new home. In 1807 Airs. Oldham returned to her old home on a visit, making the trip on horse- back, and on her return her brother gave her an appletree switch. x\rriving at home, she stuck it out back of her little cabin, little thinking that she would ever gather fruit from it, but the tree is still standing, over one hundred years old, and bearing early apples. They reared eight children, and lived to a ripe old age. After their death, their son, Alarling Oldham, bought the farm, and at his death it became the property of his son, Isaac J. Oldham, the present owner. Alarling Oldham, the father of Airs. Linn, was born on the farm where his father settled in 1806. He married Isabel Alarling, who was a native of Alaryland, but who was living in Ohio county, Virginia, at the time of her marriage. Alarling Oldham bought other land and became the owner of three hundred acres, of which Airs. Linn now owns part. Airs. Linn grew up on the old farm, one of flve children, two of whom died in infancy. The 550 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Olliers arc iUrs. Elizabeth Campbell and Isaac J. Oldham. In 1906 the Old- ham family celebrated on the old farm, with appropriate exercises, the cen- tennial of the arrival in Guernsey county of Isaac Oldham. .Mr. and i\Irs. Linn have shown foresight by already preparing a large monument to be erected at their grave, although the memory of their lives and characters will be a monument even more substantial than this. On June 3, 1906, Mr. and Mrs. Linn had been married for twenty-five years, and Mr. Linn planned a silver wedding celeliration as a surprise to his wife, at which one hundred and thirt)Mwo people were present and wished the for- tunate couple many more years of the happy wedded life which has been theirs. iMrs. Linn similarly surprised Mr. Linn on the occasion of his sixty- eighth birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Linn have taken eight different children from the orphans’ home, and have given to them parental care, and six of them are now out in the world for themselves, doing well. They are : Thomas Powell, a farmer of Pennsylvania; William Styles, a farmer of Michigan; Cora Wendal, who married Arthur Wilkins, of Whiting, Indiana; James Franks, deceased; Han- nah Sturtz, now bookkeeper and stenographer at the Harris Bread Board h'actory, at a good salary ; Minerva Hale, now living in Cambridge ; Thomas Albert Young, and May Jewel, now living with Mr. and Mrs. Linn. Surely heaven will reward the beneficence of this good couple in providing a home for these bereaved children, and in bringing them up to become useful men and women. Squire David Linn and his wife are w'ell known in the county, and by their geniality and hospitality and the worth of their character have gained hosts of friends. The Squire is recognized as a man of more than ordinary intelligence and culture, perfectly square in all his dealings, and ever willing to assist a fellow in need. J. MARSHALL BROWN. The re])utation of J. Marshall Brown, well known implement and real estate dealer of Cambridge, has been that of a man who is imbued with mod- ern twentieth-century methods in both business and public life, and whose relations with his fellow men in a social way have ever been wholesome, so that he is in eveiy respect deserving of the high esteem which is accorded him by all classes. He is the representative of one of the old and highly honored families of Guernsey county. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 551 Mr. Brown was born May i, 1855, ^ farm in Liberty township, Guernsey county, Ohio, the son of Joseph and Margaret (Frame) Brown. His father was the son of William Brown, who came from Ireland in the early pioneer days and settled in Adams township, but died a few rears after coming to this locality. ■ His son, Joseph, the father of the subject, grew up under conditions requiring self-denial and industry. Wdren grown to man- hood he learned the tanner’s trade with ijis brother, William, who operated a tannery at Claysville. This brother was a man of large business operations and active in public matters, serving as county commissioner for nine rears. Joseph, after learning the tanner's trade, built the Liberty mill, on Wills creek in Liberty township, one of the early mills of the locality, and ope- rated the grist mill and sawmill for some years. Associated with him in this business was Joseph IMcClarey, and William Frame, his brother-in-law. After leaving the mill he owned a farm and farmed in Liberty township for a few years, when he bought a tannery in Cambridge, which he operated for a few years prior to and during the Civil war. About 1870 he sold his tan- nery and bought a farm one mile west of Cambridge to which he moved and where he spent the remainder of his life. He died in October, 1890, and his wife still survives at the age of eighty-eight years. ]\Ir. Brown was a Republican of the old school, while his wife was a Democrat of the same old school. He was not an office seeker and. though always interested in public affairs, never held public office. He and his family were members of the United Presbyterian church, and he was a devout churchman and always in his place on the Sabbath day, and active in all church work. In the father's family were five sons, one of whom died in infancy. Those living are : AA’il- liam C., of Columbus: Samuel M., a farmer, living on the home farm; J. Marshall, the subject of this sketch; Joseph E., of Columbus. J. klarshall Brown spent his childhood and youth on his father’s farm and was educated in the public schools of Cambridge. He was married on September 30, 1885, to May Ferguson, daughter of Hiram C. and Amanda (Baldridge) Ferguson, a prominent family of Cambridge township. Both klr. and i\Irs. Ferguson are deceased. To this union have been born three children; IMargaret T., at home; Homer, deceased, and Amanda, deceased. Lentil the spring of 1901 klr. Brown was engaged in farming one and one-half miles west of Cambridge, and was engaged in general farming, stock raising, etc., in which he was very successful. He handled all kinds of stock, and was an extensive operator, as were his father and brother. In 1901 he sold his farm and became a resident of Cambridge, and has (iUEKNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Ix^en engaged in the Iniggy, wagon and farm machinery business. He also deals in real estate, both farm and city property, and is a business man of wide experience and successful operation. In 1904, he, with M. W. Hutchison, added the Brown & Hutchison addition to the city of Cambridge on the north side, now the best residence section of the city. He has been a large and successful oi)erator in the real estate l)usiness and has been in the forefront of Cambridge's advancement and growth. i\Ir. Brown is a Republican in politics and has always been an active party worker. He has served as a member of l)oth the count}^ and central exec- utive committees, also served as city councilman at large for six years, and in 1910 was nominated by the Republicans of Guernsey county for member of the county infirmary board, and elected to this office. He is always active in e\-ery movement calculated to benefit and build up the county and city. He is a member of the Cambridge lodge of Elks. He and his family are memljers of the Second United Preslwterian church of Cambridge, and he was a member of the l)uilding committee when the new church was built a few years ago. The Brown home, at No. 1021 Beatty avenue, is in a desir- able residence section of the city. Mrs. Brown is a woman devoted to her home and family, and she and her daughter, Margaret, are prominent in the social life of the city. RICH.ARD C. GRAHAiM. Conspicuous among the representative business men and public-spirited citizens of Guernsey county is the well known gentleman whose name forms the caption of this article. He has made his influence for good felt in the city of Cambridge, where he ranks as a leading merchant and a man of af- fairs. Though a gentleman of unassuming disposition, he has, being a man of genuine worth, been closely identified with the affairs of this city, and his life has been closely interwoven with the history of the community in which he resides. liis efforts have always l)een for the material advancement of the same, as well as for the social and moral welfare of his fellow men, there- by gaining the respect and admiration of his fellow citizens, and he is enti- tled to representation in a biographical work of the scope intended in the present volume. Richard C. Graham was born February 7, 1871, in Caldwell, Noble county, Ohio, and he is the son o-f Richard and Orpha (Wehr) Graham. Both parents were natives of Noble county, the father being of Scotch de- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 553 scent, and the gTandmother Clymer on the father's side of the house, of Revolutionary times, was of a family one of the members of which signed the Declaration of Independence. He lived in New Jersey. The mother was of German parentage. The Graham and Wehr families were both pioneers in this section of Ohio and were active in the early affairs of the locality. Great-grandfather A\Thr built the first brick house containing glass windows in Williamsburg, now Batesville, Noble county. Both the Graham and Wehr families Avere of sturdy character and progressive energy, and were success- ful in their life work, especially in mercantile lines and as farmers. The grandparents reached ripe old ages and were prosperous. Grandmother Har- riet Clymer died at the age of ninety-one years. Richard Graham, father of Richard C., of this review, was a merchant of Coldville and Sarahsville, Noble county, and his death occurred in 1S71, being survived four years liy his wife. After the death of his parents, Richard C. Graham made his home with his grandmother AAThr. He found employment of various kinds and attended the public schools at Caldwell. He left school within a few weeks of graduation to enter business as a clerk in the grocery store of L. H. and P. H. Beny, receiving seven dollars and fifty cents per month and boarded himself. He remained with this firm two and one-half years with a gradual increase in salary. He then entered the employ of his uncle. James AAThr, in a general store and remained with him three }'ears, then, in 1906, he came to Cambridge. He had mastered the “ins and outs" of the mercantile business during these years of somewhat trying experience. i\lr. Graham was married on March 3, 1895, to Hattie L. Hutchinson, daughter of James Hutchinson, of Toledo, Iowa. Her mother being de- ceased, Miss Hutchinson was making her home with her sister, IMrs. Clyde AA^right, of Caldwell. To klr. and klrs. Graham five children have been born, two daughters and three sons: Ruth L., Catherine L., Robert AAA, James R. and Joseph J. These children are receiving good educations and are being carefully trained. Upon coming to Camljridge Mr. Graham clerked three years for E. A. Davis, two years for the Cambridge Grocery Company and one year for AAA T. Miller. In 1902 he engaged in the grocery business for himself under the firm name of Graham & AATrne, their partnership lasting six months, then the style of the firm was Graham & AAAlson for six months. Since 1903 Mr. Graham has been engaged in business for himself and alone, his store now being located at No. 947 AAdieeling avenue, one of the best locations and best appointed grocery stores in the city. Here he has built up a very satisfactory business, which is rapidly growing, and he has a neat and well GUERXSEV COUNTY, OHIO. managed store, always carefully stocked with an excellent grade of staple and fanev groceries. I 'oliticalha i\lr. (dra.ham is a Republican and he always attends caucuses and con\-enlions and takes a great interest in elections and all public mat- ters, but he is not an office seeker, nor has any member of his family ever been. Me and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, his ancestn' being among the early adherents of this denomination in the b’nited States. He is a teacher in the Sunday schools, having a class of fifty \-oung men, and he is active in all church and Sunday school rvork and is a steward in the church. Ele is an ardent advocate of athletics of all kinds, and this, no doubt, is one of the secrets of the excellent standing he has wdth the young men of the church. The Graham home is at No. 434 North Eighth street, Cambridge, in the best residence district of the city, and he has an attractive and commodious dwelling and here the many friends of the family find a cordial rvelcome. He is regarded as a public-spirited citizen and a progressive merchant. JOHN A. ROSTWICK. The pedigree of the Bostwick family is traced back to the time of Ed- ward the Confessor, of England — not a single link in the chain is missing or in doubt, all given explicitly from records of each generation, from Major Nathan Rostwdek back through Ensign John Bostwick, who served in the American Revolution in the Seventh Regiment, Connecticut line, under Col. Charles Webb. Ensign John Bostwick was descended from Major John Bostwick, who was a major of the militia of the colony of Connecticut in 1739 and also held several other civil offices and ivas a landed proprietor. Major John Bostwick was descended from Arthur Bostwick, a native of Tarperly, Cheshire, England, a Puritan ivho came to America between 1620 and 1640 and settled in Connecticut. Back in England the family is traced without a break through the centuries, through lords and knights to an an- cient Saxon of the time of Edward the Confessor, who owned a large amount of land in Cheshire, England, when even that country was sparsely settled. The family coat of arms is well known and bears a motto which means “Al- ways ready to serve.” John A. Bostwick, a leading business man of Cambridge, Guernsey county, Ohio, was born at Mt. Vernon, Knox county, this state, in 1853. GUERNSEY COUNTY^ OHIO. He is the son of Xathan and x\deline (Beardsley) Bostwick. The father, a major in the Union anny during the Civil war, had a record which is well worth reproducing here and which proves his sterling characteristics. Udien the rebellion began in i86i he was engaged in farming in Licking county and an active member of the county agricultural society. His farm was well stocked with an excellent grade of cattle, horses, hogs and sheep. He was not subject to military duty, but, having the blood of patriotic ancestors in his veins, he could not stand idly by in such a crisis and he enlisted his sym- pathies with the federal goi’ernment. One of his sons was of military age, another was not, but both joined the company raised by their father for the Twentieth Ohio Volunteers. He received a sunstroke at the battle of Cham- pion's Hill, from which he ne\'er fully recoi'ered. He was captured by the Confederates at the battle of Atlanta. His sad experiences from then on in Southern prisons and his suffering during a' month in the mountains ef- fecting an escape, read like a horrid romance. Immediately after his capture he was shot, a bullet striking the corner of one eye, making an ugly and pain- ful wound. He had just received a new outfit of expensive clothing and a Confederate started to take his twelve-dollar boots. Major Bostwick fought him, but was about to be killed when he gave the IMasoiiic grand hail of dis- tress and his life was spared. It was ten days before the lead was removed from his eye socket. He and other prisoners were starved till the third day, then given a tin cup of meal. After two weeks at Griffin he was sent to Charleston, South Carolina, and put in the old workhouse, where his rations were mouldy cakes of rice and bad pork. He had a siege of bilious fever. Nearly three months later, October 6, 1864, he and others were put in cat- tle cars that had not been cleaned and started for Columbia. South Carolina. He sat against the side of the car. sick all day and all night. Next morning they were left in a field in a pouring rain under guard of a jjrovost marshal. The following day he could not walk, and his guards cursed him and goaded him with their bayonets in an effort to make him walk. He was a mere skeleton and almost eaten up bv lice. He had lung fei'er and a surgeon ar- rived who gave him much-needed medical attention and he finally was able to walk. He and others escaped and took to the country. They traveled only by night, often nearly starved, in danger of discovery at every step. At Tyger's river at Saluda, they found a guard of tliree men on the bridge, captured the guard and took them away and bound them to trees to prevent punishment. Later they were pursued by a number of bloodhounds, and killed two. They waded in the .streams to throw others off their track. One night at Henderson a rain mixed with snow fell to a depth of three inches GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. and in this i\Ir. Bostwick lay out all nig'ht. Later he came upon a member of the “underground railroad” and was piloted to safety through more hard- ships and dangers until he reached the Lhiion lines. |ohn Bostwick, the immediate subject of this sketch, grew to maturity at Mt. Vernon and spent most of his boyhood on the farm. He began learn- ing the jewelry business with his brother uhen he was about seventeen years old, at Coshocton, where he remained about three years. He then went to .Vewark, where the Iirother had a store, and John A. remained tLere until the fall of 1875, then returned to Coshocton and went into business for himself and remained there until 1882. On April ist of tliat year he came to Cam- bridge and opened a jewelry store on the south side of Wheeling avenue, al)ove Eighth street. In May, 1890, he moved to his present location. No. 539 Wheeling avenue, rvhere he has remained in business for over twenty years, being now the oldest jeweler in Cambridge, in point of years of con- tinuous* business. Me has a neat, well stocked and up-to-date store and car- ries an excellent line of goods at all times and he has enjoyed a good trade, which has gradually increased with the years. He is an expert watch man and work is sent to him from many other cities, from Niles, Martin’s Ferry and even I’ittshurg. He is especially an expert on watches of foreign make, having spent a full year of his a])prenticeship on foreign cvatches exclusively. Mr. Bostwick is a Repuldican in politics. Some years ago he was urged very strongly to run for the office of membership on the board of education in Cambridge ; he consented reluctantly and was nominated by an overwhelm- ing majority, then ran against a strong Democratic candidate, who made a house-to-house canvass, aided by a number of Avomen. Mr. Bostwick made no effort whatever, asked no one to vote for him, Init the votes rolled in and he was elected by the largest majority ever before or since given a candidate for this office. His straig'htforwardncss, frankness and courage of convic- tions Avon him support and he Avas made president of the board. During his incumbency the fourth Avard school Avas built and the educational system here given a great impetus. Mr. BostAvick Avas married in 1874 to Ella B. Ritter, of NeAvark, Ohio, the daughter of John and Sarah (Horne) Ritter. This union has resulted in the birth of tAvo children; Pearl, Avife of SteAvart CoAvden, lives in Cam- bridge and has one child, Olita ; Mayme is living at home Avith her parents, Mr. BostAvick is a charter member of Lodge No. 448, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Straightfonvard methods, both in speech and action, have characterized the BostAvick family throughout. They say Avhat they mean ami have the courage of their convictions. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. ^IILTOX H. SIEXS. The name of ]\Iilton H. Siens stands for progressive citizenship and he is known to all classes as a man of industry, integ'rity and possessing those principles and characteristics that always make for success and high-grade American manhood. He was born on Septemlier 17, 1863, in Jackson town- ship, Guernsey county, Ohio, and he is the son of William M. and IMary Eliza- beth ( Wiers) Siens. The father was born in Preston county, Virginia, and the mother was also born in the Old Dominion, each being representative of hue old Southern families. Both came to Guernsey county when young people and were married here. The father came to this county with his parents about 1825 and the mother’s family also came about that time. William M. Siens was a farmer and lawyer, being a large land owner and was for years prominent at the bar. Most of his land was in Jackson township. He was an influential man in the public, professional and business life of the com- munity. His death occurred on October 17, 1907, at the advanced age of ninety-one years. His wife preceded him to the silent land by a few days, being called to her rest on the 9th of the same month, at the age of eighty- seven years. They were a grand old pioneer couple, and spent many useful and success-crowned years in this locality, winning scores of warm personal friends and doing what they could toward making the world better and brighter. They were the parents of nine children, five of whom are now liv- ing, namely: Mary the wife of J. H. Ringer, of Byesville : N^ammie, deceased; Hettie A. has remained single: Austin, deceased; Eester i\I., de- ceased; Elmer E., of Cambridge; Alice C. married Leander Collins, of i\la- rion, Ohio; Clara M., deceased; IMilton H., of this review. The subject of this sketch grew up on his father’s farm and assisted with the general work on the place, attending the district schools during the winter months, and he spent two years in the Cambridge high school. After leav- ing school he followed the painter’s trade for a few years, then returned to the farm and followed agricultural pursuits for ten years, then, in 1902. en- gaged with the Summers Coal Company as weighmaster at the Black Top mines. He remained with this company for four years, and then was en- gaged by the Wells Creek Coal Company in the same capacity, remaining with the latter company, giving his usual high grade service and eminent satisfaction until May, 1909, when he resigned to accept the position of in- spector of workshops and factories, the appointment coming from Governor Harmon of Ohio, and, owing to the well-known ability, genuine worth and popularity of Mr. Siens, the appointment was looked upon with universal GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. favor. Mis district comprises the counties of Guernsey, Belmont, Noble, Monroe and Washington, which is one of the most important districts in the state. In politics, Mr. Siens is a Democrat, haidng been reared in this policy, and he has I)een active in political matters, defending and advocating his ])arty's platforms, and he has been regarded as a local leader for some time and has aided in the nomination and election of man}- a good man to the local ofllces. lie has been a member of the Democratic county committee for a long lime, and he has frequently been a delegate to count^n district and state con- I'cntions. His jn'esent position is his first office holding. He is a member of the iModern AAffiodmen of America and Camliridge Lodge No. 53, Knights of Pythias. On December 21, 1887. Mr. Siens was married to Ella E. Jeffrey, daugh- ter of Thomas and Mary Jane ( Brown) Jeffrey, of AVestland township, this county, of which county both jiarents are native. Both were of Scotch-Irish descent and were early |)ioneer families, Mr. Jeffrey being an early settler here and a man of prominence. Both parents are deceased, the mother having died in March, 1880, and the father in March, 1885. To (Mr. and Mrs. Siens one son. Converse Vincent, has been born. He is an iron worker in the Guernsey works. l\Tr. and Mrs. Siens are members of the Ba])tist church and active in church and Sunday school work. The ])resent cozy home of the Siens is at No. 228 Dewey avenue, Cambridge, and it is often the gathering place for the numerous friends of this highly respected and well liked family. BENJAMIN B. JOYCE. The record of Benjamin B. Joyce, well known citizen of Cambridge, has shown what an honest,, earnest, hard working man can accomplish, al- though he had to hew his own fortune from the obstacles that beset his way, for he started in life with no great aid from any one. But he has been in- dustrious and economical, so that a large measure of success has attended his efforts and today, although yet a young man, he has considerable valuable property and a comfortalde competency, and he can look forward to an old age of comfort and quiet. Air. Joyce was horn October 7, 1870, in AVashington, D. C., and he is the son of James and Martha Joyce, of that city. The father was a me- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 559 chanic in the United States navy yard there for a nmnber of years and rvas a very skillful workman. Both he and his wife remained in the East and died there. Benjamin B. Joyce was educated in the public schools of Washington City. He was an ambitious lad and not afraid of work, and his first em- ployment was driving a water \vagon for the gor'ernment Elizabeth hospital in his native city, following this for about one year. He next found employ- ment as coachman for Congressman Joseph D. Taylor when the latter repre- sented the fifteenth Ohio district in Congress, and he has been with the Tay- lor estate ever since, having accompanied iMr. Taylor to Cambridge, Guern- sey county, when he left Congress, remaining in his emplov as coachman. Since Colonel Taylor’s death, several years ago, IMr. Joyce has been retained by Mrs. Taylor as manager of the estate, looking after the rental of proper- ties and all matters pertaining to the business affairs of the Tavlor estate, which is one of the largest in the county, and he has given the utmost satis- faction in this respect. Mr. Joyce is a Republican in politics and he has long been active in public matters. He is patrioticall}^ interested in all temperance movements and otherwise active on the side of the “drys” in local option contests. He is frecjuently a delegate to the Republican county conventions where he never fails to make his influence felt. Eraternally, he is a member of Guernsey Lodge No. 28, Knights of Pythias, and has filled all the chairs: he is a past chancellor of the same and by virtue of this fact he is a member of the grand lodge. He is active in lodge work. He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he is a trustee in the local congregation, be- ing a successful Sunday school worker. Mr. Joyce has been successful in a business way and by industiy and econonw" has acquired several pieces of valuable property in the residence district of Cambridge. He also owns and operates the well known Spring Lake dairy, a very successful business venture, having operated the same dur- ing the past seven years. The products of this dairy And a very ready market owing to their superior quality. These interests are in addition to the care of the Taylor estate. He has also been extensively interested in other busi- ness enterprises and has been eminently successful. He is deserving of a very great amount of credit for what he has accomplished, considering the fact that his early environment was none too favorable and that he has been com- pelled to hew his own fortune from the obstinate “quarry of life." Mr. Joyce was married on April 8, 1896, to Anna Jenkins, of Charlottes- ville, Virginia. She is the representative of a very old Southern family and GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 560 is herself a woman of many estimable traits. To this union four children have been horn, namely: Manilla, Emma, Clara E, and Benjamin B., Jr, By a former marriage there are also four children, James E., Margaret L,, Mc- Kinley and IMinnie, all living at home, i\lr, Joyce is a splendid example of an intelligent, successful business colored man, A citizen whom all respect and whose judgment upon real estate values in the city of Cambridge is good, he is a man of high standing in the community. He and his family are lovers of good books and a well stocked library of standard works and the best current literature are found on the shelves of his private lihraiy. His children are all given the ad- vantages of the entire course offered by the public schools in Cambridge and the oldest son is now a student at Oberlin University, Oberlin, Ohio. The daughters are also given musical advantages. ISAAC W. KEENAN, M. D. An enumeration of the representative professional men of Guernsey county would be incomplete without specific mention of the well-known and popidar physician whose name introduces this biographical sketch. A mem- ber of one of the old and highly esteemed families of the eastern part of the state and for many years a public-spirited citizen. Dr. Isaac W. Keenan has stamped the impress of his individuality upon the community and added luster to the honorable name which he bears, standing second to none in his professional brethren in this locality. Isaac W. Keenan was horn September 20, i868, on a farm near Quaker City, Guernsey county, Ohio, the son of Hugh and Phoebe T, (Hall) Keenan. Tbe father came to tbe Quaker City locality as a mere lad, and tbe mother, Phoebe T. Hall, was the daughter of Isaac A, Hall, who was of the early pioneers and members of one of the most prominent and prosperous families in southeastern Ohio. The father was a farmer and became a large land owner and very prosperous. He was an extensive fruit grower, such as apples, pears and berries. Tbe Halls were Quakers, and Mr. Keenan also became a Quaker and lived and died in that faith. Hugh Keenan was highly respected and a man of integrity. He died in February, 1907, his wife dying in the fall of 1905, and both are buried in the cemetei'y near the Quaker church. Mr. and Mrs. Keenan had a family of five sons and six daughters, all of whom are living: Ida, now Airs. Joel Carter, of Quaker ;• ^v- - I KEEXAX HOSPITAL, CAMBRIDGE. ■'4 ;.1 ,1 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 561 City; John T., of East Liverpool, Ohio: Ella E., single, of Coshocton, Ohio; Eva, now i\Irs. Curtis Merriman, of Oxford, Ohio; Isaac W., the subject of this sketch; Lucretia, now i\Irs. Frank Stone, of Cambridge, Ohio; Eli E., of Columbus, Ohio; Hattie IM., a trained nurse of Coshocton, Ohio; Anna L., of Coshocton; Dr. Willis H., of Coshocton; Charles E., who is on the home farm at Quaker City. Isaac AAk Keenan spent his childhood and youth on the farm at home and attended the public schools of Quaker City. Having a desire to enter the medical profession, he read medicine at spare moments and for a time read with Dr. J. S. Ely, of Barnesville, and in the fall of 1892 he entered Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, graduating in 1895. On August 17, 1895, he opened an office in Piedmont, Harrison county, Ohio, for the practice of medicine, and remained until the fall of 1899, when he came to Quaker City. Having given considerable study and attention to surgery, he established a hospital while located in Quaker City and established a prac- tice, attracting patients from all parts of southeastern Ohio, mostly a surgical practice as far as hospital patients were concerned. In 1905 he took a special course in surgery at the Chicago Post-Graduate School, graduating in October, 1905. In the fall of 1906 he moved his hospital from Quaker City to Cambridge and located at the corner of Ninth street and Gomber avenue, where he treats surgical cases wholly, devoting all his time to this work, giving up the regular practice. He has won an enviable reputation, is a skillful surgeon in all kinds of surgical work, and besides his large hospital practice is called in consultation to many places in southeastern Ohio. His hospital will accommodate as many as twenty patients and is usually well filled. He has patients from all parts of Ohio, West Virginia and fre- quently from Pittsburg and western Pennsylvania. He is a man of skill and courage and very successful. Doctor Keenan was married June ii, 1895, to iMarietta H. Ridgway, daughter of Oldham and Martha (Heade) Ridgway, of Quaker City. To them have been born three sons, Carleton. Harr}’- and Paul. The family resi- dence is the old Doctor Clark home on Clark street, an old-time large brick house standing in spacious grounds, an admirable location for a pleasant and happy home, and for many years the home of Doctor Clark, one of Cam- bridge’s early and prominent physicians. Doctor Keenan gives his profession his entire attention and is greatly wrapped up in his 'work. He is an agreeable and intellectual gentleman, of broad and charitable views. He was brought up a Republican in politics, but (36) 562 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. is HOW an independent \'oter, always giving an intelligent interest to all ])nblie matters, but not participating more than to vote. Iloetor Keenan and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal vdinrch, and their home is all that the name implies. Mrs. Keenan assists the Itoctor in his hospital work, and renders a proficient service in this con- nection. Doctor Keenan stands high in the community, and few men are more fa\’orably known, both in his profession and as a man and a citizen. In connection with the hospital, he has established a regular training school for training nurses in hospital work. This school is in charge of Miss Mary Callahan, a trained nurse from Columlms, Ohio, and is the first school of its kind established in (luernsey county. The Keenan hospital is also the first hospital estalilished in Guernsey county and, while it is a private hos- ])ital, it is open to the medical profession, where patients of any physician can be brought and cared for. In this respect it has a public feature. MICH.VEL SHERBY. d'be name of iMichael Sherliy has long stood for progress in Jackson townshi]), Guernsey county, and his reputation has been that of a high- minded, sincere gentleman, anxious to see his community develop along all lines. He is an American by adoption only, his birth having occurred in Zeiipielan county, Hungary, on October 21, 1853, of Slav parentage, he being the son of iMicbael and Katharina ( Kachmarik ) Sherby. He there grew to maturity and was educated, and served three years in the army, then came to America in iS8o, locating at Streator, Illinois, where he worked in the coal mines. Being seized with a fever there in 1883, he was advised to emigrate to Ohio, so he was soon at work in the old Akron mine in Guernsey county, this state, where he remained about eighteen months, boarding in Byes\-ille: then he went to Trail Run and helped sink a shaft. In 1886 he liecame naturalized as an American citizen, and in 1887 went back tO' his old home in Hungary and settled up an estate he had there, his father having left a little land, and iMichael himself had made and saved some money there as a liaggage master on a railroad. Although he had about one thousand dollars and eight years' interest on the same, while there government officials arrested him for leaving the country to escape further military duty, but he showed his citizenship ]>apers of the United States and he was thereupon released, but GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 563 was told that he could not ride on their railroads, that he would have to walk back to America. He was suspected of being there for the purpose of assist- ing a labor party to plot against the government, but this was not the case. He procured a ticket on the railroad and returned to this country without further molestation. He took up his work at Trail Run, Guernsey county, and in 1888 sent back to the old country for Josephine Workum, and she came unaccompanied to Cambridge, Ohio, where they were married, she having come over six thousand miles to join him. For another year he worked in the mines. Their first child, Alvin, was born in January, i'890. In 1891 IMr. Sherby bought forty acres in the southeastern part of Jackson township and began farming for himself, having had some experience in agriculture in Illi- nois. His second child, Emma, was born in 1896. He then liought sixty acres adjoining his forty acres, thus making him an excellent farm, which he tillerl ad\-antageously, and established a ^’ery comfortaljle home. In 1898 Helen and Emil (twins) Avere horn, the latter dying when three months old, l)ut the former is living. His oldest child, Alvin, took up the study of telegraphy at home with a neighbor, and later Mr. Sherby sent him to a school of teleg- raphy at Cincinnati, from which he was graduated in 1909 and is now in the employ of the Pennsyh’ania Railroad Company in that caj)acity. l\Ir. Sherbv’s land has greatly increased in value and he has leased valu- able water privileges on his farm to the Cambridge Colliery Company, also made good deals regarding his coal lands. He and his family belong to the Roman Catholic church, and in politics he is a Republican and has taken an active part in party affairs. He is a school director, now serving his third term. He was twice candidate for township trustee, but was unable to secure election because he was not an American-born citizen, although his qualifica- tions for the office were known to all concerned. He is a member of the Nationality Slavish Society, of which he is secretary. l\Ir. Sherby is the first one of the Slavish people to settle in Guernsev county. AMiile employed by the Akron Coal 'Company he was requested by the same to procure ten good practical miners, of his own nationality, to come to this place, and he secured them at Streator, Illinois. He was then sent to Pittsburg to get more men, so he brought sixty-five Slavs here, thus marking the beginning of the Slavish settlement here, some of these men working in the old Akron and the Farmer mines. Now there are between three and four thousand of these people in Guernsey county, and they have proven to be very desirable citizens. They have three large churches, oue Greek Catholic, one Lutheran, in Pleasant City, and one Roman Catholic, in Byesville, and there is not a mine in this county that does not employ Slav 564 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. miiier.N; many of them are in l)usiness at Pleasant City, Byesville, Blue Bell, Trail Run and other places. Alichael Sherby is a man of good standing wherever he is known, and is regarded as a splendid citizen in every respect. DAVID W. NOSSET. Jackson township, Guernsey county, can boast of no better citizen than David W. Nosset, who was liorn five miles west of Bridgeport, Belmont coun- ty, Ohio, June 24, 1837. He is the son of Samuel H. and Ruth Ann (Bailey) Nosset. This family is of French origin. In 1839 Samuel H. Nosset and wife brought the subject to Guernsey county and located about four miles from Cambridge on the Ridge road to Claysville, the father having previously ])urchased forty acres there from James Duke. There were only about four acres of his farm cleared and the country was, in the main, undeveloped; there rvas a rude cabin on his little farm, but he went to work rvith a will and was soon very comfortalily established. He helped open up roads and did other work of a pioneer nature and became a man of usefulness in the development of the community. That remained the family home until 1877, in which year they sold out and moved to Kansas and lived there thirteen years. Then the father went on to Oregon 'with his daughter and died there. The mother died in Kansas in 1871. The subject spent much of his early life in the Sunflower state and was there during two of the never-to-be forgotten plagues of grasshoppers. David W. Nosset received a good education in the common schools and was reared to farming pursuits. In March, 1864, he married Samantha Jane Wires, daughter of John Wires, whose record is to be found in this work. The subject and wife remained in Kansas until about 1882, when they came back to Ohio : he had followed farming and had a very satisfactory start. They moved on Mrs. Nosset's father’s farm, which they managed about a year, then mor'ed to Cambridge, where they lived about two years.. Then they moved to Byesville and opened a hotel and remained there eleven years. The hotel was burned down in 1898, lieing a total loss. They ran the Arcade hotel four years at Cambridge and after that Mr. Nosset operated a hotel about five }-ears in the Stoner block. He was very successful in this line of en- dea\’or, not only understanding ever phase of this business but was an oblig- ing and courteous host to all his patrons and his trade with the traveling public GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 565 was always large. He bought a home and continued to reside in Cambridge until in April, 1910, when he moved out onto the farm of John Wires, father of IMrs. Nosset, which he bought. Notwithstanding misfortunes, IMr. Xosset has been very successful as a business man and has accumulated a compe- tency, owning several rental properties in Cambridge. Five children have been born to this union, namely : Albert S. died when fourteen years of age in Kansas, of scarlet fever, and four days later IMyrtle O., the fourth child in order of birth, also died of the same disease. Charles W., second in order of birth, lives at IMarietta, Ohio, where he is engaged in the painting and paper hanging business. He married Love Peters, but she died about three months later, and he afterwards married Katie IMeisenhelder, and they have two sons, Donald F. and Ralph Ray- mond. Carrie hi., the third child, is at home with her parents. S. Grace, the fifth child, died when fi^■e years old. Politically, hir. Nosset is a Republican. He has been loyal to his party and the government, having enlisted in the Union army, during th.e Civil war, in Company E, One Hundred and Seventy-second Ohio h^olunteer In- fantry, under Captain Nicholson. It was only six weeks after his marriage that he was mustered into service. He proved to be a very faithful and gal- lant soldier, according to his comrades. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Post No. 343, at Cambridge, he being C|uartermaster of the post. He, his wife and daughter all belong to the Baptist church at Cam- bridge, and all. stand high in church and social circles. ALFRED J. TRUE. A member of an old and highly honored family and a man of sterling worth and many praiseworthy characteristics is .Alfred J. True, of Byesville, Guernsey county, having been one of the leading citizens of that locality for some time. The True family originally came from England, having been well established in Lincolnshire. The first one of the name in America, of which we have any record, was Henry True, a captain in the British army, Avho emigrated to our shores two years after the landing of the “jMa)Tower,’' and became a member of the Plymouth colony, and it is belier'ed that all the Trues in America are descended from him. Alfred J. True was born at Lower Salem, Washington county, Ohio, July 19, 1868, and he is the son of Wilbur L. and Sarah (AWiite) True, the GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 566 former a nati\’e of Ohio and the mother of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. The snljjeet .Npent his boyhood in the A’illage of Lower Salem, where the father was engaged in the lumber business. AYillmr L. True was a private in Com- j)any H, Ninety-second Ohio VTlunteer Infantry. Pie was seriously injured in West Virginia, which finally caused his death on February 16, 1894, having survived his wife some twenty-two years, her death having occurred in 1872. 1 1 is great-grandfather, Ephraim True, was born and reared at Roxbury, a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts. When the American Revolution came on he enlisted and held a commission as ensign in a Massachusetts regiment. For his services in the war he was granted two sections of land near Marietta, Ohio. In J 790 he emigrated to Ohio and established his home near Marietta. About 1800 he moved to a farm near Lower Salem, where his death occurred. The land he owned there descended to one of his sons, Moses, wdio was the grandfather of the sulpect. Moses True was a prosperous farmer and be kept adding to his place until it was one of the largest farms in that county. At his death Wilbur L. True, father of the subject, inherited the old homestead, and upon his death the ])laee descended to his sons, Alfred J. and Otis A., and they now own the same. It has never passed out of the possession of the family since the old Revolutionary soldier owned it, and it has been well kept, very carefully tilled and is today a valuable and desirable farm. The paternal grandmother, whose maiden name w-as Mehetabel Alden, was a descendant of John Alden, the noted Puritan. She came from West Virginia to Cumberland, this county, in 1829, when thirteen years of age, having accompanied her parents here. After living at Cumberland about five years, they moved into Washington county. The record of Ensign True in the Revolutionary war was a most praise- worthy one. Tie took part in burying the dead at the battle of Bunker Hill. He told his descendants many interesting anecdotes of war and the early times. He was a picturescpie character. He assisted in building the old “Two Horned Church” at Marietta, an ancient landmark there. An old hand-made rule he used is now- in possession of the subject, who has also the tax receipts of the two sections of land, twelve hundred and eighty acres, on which the total tax was less than one dollar. One of the sons of Ensign True was a justice of the peace in the early days at Lower Salem, having been commissioned hv Cov. Ethan Allen Brown. Wdien Alfred J- True, of this review, grew to maturity he worked in the lumber business and at contracting. In 1890 he went into business for him- self at Lower Salem, in partnership with his father’s brother, M. C. True, taking the place of his father, who retired from business at that time. He GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 567 continued there until 1901 when he came to Byesville. The firm of Laner, True & Company was organized, composed of George Laner, of Lower Salem ; M. C. True, of Lower Salem, and A. J. True, of this sketch. The latter has entire charge of the business at Byesville and he is managing the same in a manner that reflects much credit upon his ability and to the satisfaction of all concerned. At Byesville the firm has a planing mill, and an extensive business is carried on in lumber, builders' *liardware and all kinds of builders' supplies. Alfred J. True and all the True family are Republicans, and the family has always been patriotic, nearly all who were old enough having taken part in the Civil war. Mr. True is very active in the ranks of the Republican party, but he is not an office seeker. He was once elected to an office, but resigned as quickly as he could get to the proper authority to tender his resignation. Mr. True was married to Jennette Hardy in 1891. She was born and reared in the vicinity of Lower Salem, and is the daughter of Andrew and Clara E. (Athey) Hardy. Her father was a merchant near Lower Salem. He served as a commissioned officer in the Seventh Ohio Cavahw all through the Civil war and was assistant provost marshal of Atlanta during the stirring times at the close of the war. Two daughters have been born to Mr. and Mrs. True, Claire I. and Fred- erica. Adr. True is a member of the Alasonic order, and he and his wife belong to the Easter Star. They are popular in all circles at Byesville. GEORGE SALLADAY. One of the oldest residents of Valley township, in the activities of which he has taken part for many years, is George Salladay, who was born on Adarch 27, 1829, in what was then a part of Guernsey county, but is now in the north part of Noble county. He was the son of George, Sr., and Ann (Secrest) Salladay. George Salladay, Sr., was the son of Jacob Salladay, and came from Washington county, Pennsylvania. The Salladay family is of German origin. Ann Secrest was born at Capon Springs, Virginia. George Salladay, Sr., was one of three brothers, the others being Elias and John, who settled in what was then the southern part of Guernsey county, on adjoining farms of three hundred acres each. George, Sr., died in 1831, at the age of forty-eight years. After his father’s death, George Salladay, Jr., was bound out until he GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 568 was sixteen years old, and bad a hard time in life during his early boyhood. At the ag'o of sixteen he went to work at about six dollars a month, and worked up to ten dollars a month, being employed on the farm and in a sawmill. For eight years he worked out, and lost only three da}^s out of the eight years, except while attending school in the winter. While in the saw-mill he worked all da}" and half the night. In 1851 George Salladay married l\Iar^ Spaid, who was born in March, 1831, near Pleasant City, Valle\" township, the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Secrest) Spaid. \¥illiam Spaid was born in Virginia in 1800, and came to Guernsey county before his marriage to Elizabeth Secrest, who was the daughter of Jacob and Mary Secrest, of Virginia. Mrs. Mary Sal- laday is the sister of Michael Luther Spaid, of Richland township. After his marriage George Sallada}', Jr., bought eight}" acres in the north part of Valley township, for one thousand one hundred dollars. He followed farming, hut at the same time made wool buying and the dealing in all kinds of stock his main business, riding horseback all over Guernsey, Noble and iMuskingum counties. He ^vas a fine judge of stock, did a large amount of business, and never had any trouble with any one with whom he had dealings, while he amassed a fair amount of property by his operations. Since purchasing his first eighty acres he has bought and sold several tracts, and at one time owned more than two hundred acres, but has sold off all but one hundred and sixty-five acres. For fifteen years, including the period of the Civil war, he was trustee of Valley township, and the last time he was elected he declined to serve. During the war he gave his services in recruiting soldiers for the FTifion army. George Salladay, Jr., is the father of four children: Lewis Frederick, whose sketch see ; Amanda Catherine, who married William E. Lleaume, of Cambridge, whose .sketch see: Jacob William, wdio lives near Derwent, see sketch: and Elmer Luther, who died in infancy. Since 1896 Mr. Salladay has been a Republican, lint is independent enough to vote for a better man on the other ticket. Lie and his wife are members of the Evangelical Lutheran church at Pleasant City, and are earnest workers in the church. Though past four score years of age. ]\Ir. Sallada}" is physically well preserved, and his mental faculties are not in the least impaired. During his life he has w"it- nessed many changes in the character of the country in which he has lived, and an almost total revolution in the methods of living. He has made many friends, the most of whom have gone before him to the after life, but he now possesses the esteem of all who know him. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 569 REV. WILLIAM HENRY WILSON. The writer of biography, dealing with the personal history of men en- gaged in the various affairs of every-day life, occasionally finds a subject whose record commands exceptional interest and admiration, and especially is this true when he has achieved more than ordinary success or made his in- fluence felt as a leader of thought and a benefactor of his kind. Rev. Wil- liam Hemy Wilson, of Byesville, Guernsey county, is eminently one of that class who earn the indisputable right to rank in the van of the army of progressive men and by reason of a long and strenuous career, devoted to the good of his fellows and to the dissemination of the Gospel, he occupies a position of wide influence and has made a name which will long live in the hearts and affections of the people, although he cares little for the plaudits of men, merely seeking to do his duty in following in the footsteps of the Nazarene.' William H. Wilson was born near Milnersville, Monroe township. Guernsey county, Ohio, November 27, 1867, and he is the son of John Neal Wilson and Christian (Morrow) Wilson. Both parents were born and reared in this county and are still living near IMilnersville, a highly respected couple, now advanced in years. William H. grew to maturity on the farm and after receiving a common school education and attending various normal schools, his early life was devoted to the profession of teaching. After four years of successful work as a teacher, he entered Dennison University and took select work in view of the ministry. He was licensed to preach on May 27, 1893. by the Baptist church at Milnersville, and he was ordained to the ministry on March 22, 1894, by the Pleasant View Baptist church at Newcomerstown. During the years of his pastoral labor he has very ably and acceptably served the following churches, building them up and strengthening them in a man- ner that has proven him. to be a conscientious and untiring worker : Union Valley, Piedmont, Pleasant View, Bridgeville, White Eyes Plains, Adams- ville, Dresden and Byesville. On December 7, 1903, he came to Byesville in response to a call from the Baptist church, which was then only a mission of the old Cambridge Baptist church. Shortly after he came it was organized as an independent church, and he has been pastor of this church to the present time, his work in this place having been wonderfully blessed. This church now has a membership of two hundred and thirty and is constantly growing, and it has a remarkable Sunday school, consisting of about two hundred and fifty members. The church is full of life and vigor and their meetings a.re like one continuous revival. Their pastor has implicit confidence in the 570 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. ])roniises of ( lod and inspires his flock with the same faith in the Supreme Leader, willi the result that the congregation is ever faithful and earnest. II is leadership has recei^■ed honorable mention throughout the state. He was for two }'ears vice-president of the southeastern district of the Baptist Young Leo])le's Lnion of Ohio. For about four years he has been moderator of the Cambridge Ba])tist Association. For three years he was president of the (hiernsey County Sunday School Convention. He was active in organizing the l!yes\’ille Law and Order League about 1904 and has been chairman of the same ever since. The pO])ulation has grown a great deal since that time, with a large influx of foreigners, hut so well has the town been governed that Byesville is an unusually law-abiding place, with officials chosen not for political reasons hut for well known merit. The moral element was active from the first under the leadership of the Reverend Wilson, and had this not been the case the local government might easily have got in the control of the l>aser element. Reverend AVilson is an able organizer and in his own church has adopted what he is pleased to call “The company plan,” of keeping each member actively at work as part of a small organization or company. This plan has produced great results and has lieen highly commended not only locally, but has been approved and praised liy men of national prominence and leader- shi]) in the denomination. In the pulpit Reverend \Aulson is an earnest, logi- cal and forceful speaker, often truly elocjuent. Besides his busy life as ]iastor and citizen, he is also director of the First National Bank of Byesville, and he has found time to write several books that have received wide recognition. One of them is on “homiletics,” especially for the pastor, and is highly com- mended by ministers of all denominations. Another is “Our Responsibilities in the AA’orld’s Conquest." He has a large and carefully selected libraiy of the world’s choicest literature. At Cleveland, Ohio, in 1907, at the international convention of the Bai>tist Young People’s Pinion of America, his church at Byesville took both banners, one for the highest grades in Christian culture work, the other for all-around Christian work. For four years the church was awarded the two state lianners for the same merits and held the Christian stewardship banner until it liecame the property of the church. Such records are criterions enough to show the courage, the sound judgment and the great earnestness of Reverend AAhlson. On ]\lay 23, 1900, occurred the marriage of the Reverend Wilson to Estella Ilenry Ferrell, of Dresden, Ohio, the daughter of Henry and Emma (klcFarland ) Ferrell. She was born near Dresden, and when twelve years GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 5/1 of age moved to that place, where she attended high school, completing the course there, and made that city her home until her marriage. She is a lady of talent, culture and beautiful Christian attributes and an efficient church worker, and, as president of both the senior and junior branches of the Bap- tist Young People's Union, had much to do with bringing them to their pres- ent state of efficiency. In her the Reverend Y'ilson has a most earnest and faithful assistant, a competent aid in many branches of church and Sunday school work. She is president of the Woman's Baptist Home and Foreign Missionaiy Society of the Cambridge Baptist Association. THOMAS C. CLARK. By persevering in the pursuit of worthy purpose Thomas C. Clark, well known in railroad circles of Guernsey county and at present freight agent for the Pennsylvania lines at Cambridge, has won definite success in life. He has always stood well among his fellow men and been regarded by those who have met him as most faithful, trustworthy and energetic, meriting the utmost confidence, Mr. Clark was born at Washington, Guernsey county, September 8, 1852, and is the son of Richard J. and Ann Matilda (Beymer) Clark. Richard J. Clark was born in Maryland and came to Cambridge in 1839. He clerked in the dry goods store of Craig & Bryant here in the early days. After some years he went to Washington, this county, and there he met Ann Matilda Beymer, daughter of Gen. Simon Beymer and wife. Gen. Simon Beymer came to Ohio from Cumberland county, Pennsyl- vania. He was of German ancestry and his wife, it is believed, was of English descent. The old hotel sign of the Black Bear bore the date of 1806, probably the date when the hotel was established. His license to run the hotel was issued from Pennsylvania. The Beymer family were the first settlers of the locality of Washington. General Beymer was commander of the Fourth Regiment of Ohio Militia for several years after the war of 1812. Mr. Clark has many papers showing that he had a great deal to do concerning the regiment. He was captain in the war of 1812. He kept the Black Bear hotel at Washington, while the National road was the great artery of travel east and west, and his hotel was the stopping place for the stage coaches and travelers from far and near. Washington was first called Beymerstown, named after his family, the GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. n/- first settlers. Gen. Simon Beymer and wife were the parents of these chil- dren: John, who was for two terms sheriff of the county; William, Joseph and Conrad, both of whom w'ere stock buyers and drovers; Ellen, who married John Lawrence; Anna M., mother of the subject; Richard, a saddle and harnessmaker in Cambridge in early times, -who was a hotel keeper, b'bree brothers of the subject’s father, Thomas, Stephen and William, be- came well known physicians. Their father -was a brick mason by trade. Richard J. Clark was the son of John Clark, of Maryland. John Clark was in the war of 1812 and was in the battle of Bladensburg. When the National road extended onl}^ to Cambridge, he brought his family here in wagons, intending to go to Zanesville, but, being delayed from further progress Iw bad roads, concluded to stay here. After Richard J. Clark went to Washington he remained practically there all his life and he became a very prosperous business man. He had a general store, known as the Ark, where he did a big business. He also bought and sold wool and pork and dealt largely in other commodities. He often carried large sums of money, sometimes as high as twenty-five thousand dollars, riding over the country at night and day buying food and other commodities to ship east. He bought hogs and cattle by the thousands, during the war. He was a big hearted, generous man, who never I'efused needed aid, and extended credit of many thousands to those who never could or would pay. He lived up to the Golden Rule far better than most men. Lie moved to Cambridge during the eighties and spent his later years here. He died about 1893. wife made her home among her daughters after that and lived till March, 1907, dying in her seventy-sixth year, about the same age as Mr. Beymer when he died. In their family were four sons and five daughters : Otha B. Clark, now of IMinneapolis, has three daughters and one son. Llariy B., of Ludlow, Kentucky, has two daughters and one son. Erastus died in 1864. Thomas C., the subject, has two daughters and two sons. Mollie, wife of J. M. Porter, lives in Pittsburg, has one son and one daughter. Jennie, wdfe of Alonzo Burke, now of IMilwaukee, has two daughters. Lillian, who married J. X. Todd, of Pittsburg, is deceased. Ellen married R. B. Hoover, then of Washington, and is deceased, and he is in Springfield. She had two sons and two daughters. Dora makes her home with her sister, Mrs. J. M. Porter, in Pittsburg. Thomas C. Clark lived at Washington until he was about sixteen years old, in 1869. Lie learned telegraphy at Washington, then went to Pittsburg with ]\Ir. Lloover, who was an operator, and was there three or four years. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 573 Then he came to the Cleveland & ^Marietta road, first at Caldwell, then to Canal Dover, where he was agent and operator. He was the first operator to receive by sound at Canal Dover. He then went to IMarietta and was train despatcher, then came to Cambridge and became trainmaster. The road changed management a number of times and in 1900 was merged with the Pennsylvania lines. He then became local freight agent at Cambridge which position he still holds. Mr. Clark is a member of Cambridge Lodge No. 301, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the encampment. He was married in 1872 to iMina St. Clair Crawford, who was born in Brooklyn, New York, but resided in Allegheny when she and Mr. Clark were married. She was the daughter of Robert Crawford. Mr. and i\Irs. Clark have four children, namely: Claude St. Clair Clark, who married Sadie Graham, of Kimbolton, and to them were born one son and one daughter, Willard and iMina. Claude died May 19, 1902. Harry Curtis Clark, who lives in Cambridge, married Grace Hare, of Quaker City, and had two sons, Wilbur and Harry. Daisy Belle Clark married George Wilbur Hilles, of Barnesville, and she has three sons, Thomas, Clark and George. Francis Dye Clark married William K. Krepp, Jr., of Columbus, now resides in Pittsburg, and has one son. Kinsman. Mr. Clark built a large, cozy and beautiful home at No. 224 North Sixth street in Cambridge, where he now resides. He is a large-hearted and hospitable, steady, diligent and reliable man whom eveiwbody likes. LEWIS F. SALLADAY. Among the citizens of Jackson township, Guernsey county, the late Lewis F. Salladay rvas for many years well known and influential. He was born on his father’s farm, three-C|uarters of a mile west of Derwent, in Valley township, the son of George and IMary (Spaid) Salladay, whose record is given more at length in this volume. Lewis F. Salladay grew to manhood on his father’s farm, rvhere he lived until the time of his marriage. In 1876, he was united in marriage with Maiy Johnston, a daughter of Jesse L. Johns- ton. She was born and raised on a farm near Blue Bell, in Valley township. After their marriage, Mr. and Airs. Salladay moved to a farm three miles west of Derwent, on the Clay pike, in the northwest part of A^alley township, where they lived for ten years. Then IMr. Sallada}^ sold his eighty-acre farm, and bought one hundred and sixty acres in the s(iuthwest GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. ?/- I)art oi Jackson township, a short distance west of Harmony. Here Mr. Saiia(iay iived to the end of iiis days, foiiowing farming and stock buying. Four ciiiidren were born to him. Ciovis, Warren, Bianche and one who died in infancy. He was not an office seeker, but was for severai years the trustee of Jackson township. Both iie and his wife were members of the Aletiiodist cinirch at Ciaysviiie, and he nas a great iover of his home and famiiy, Y’iiere iie found his greatest pieasure. When he first moved to his Jackson townsiiip farm it was neaidy aii in woocis and totaiiy unimproved, but iie buiit a house and cieared the iand, anci in 1888 he buiit the iarger iiouse wiiicii is now the homestead. j\ir. Saiiaday’s death occurred in 1905. and for the next year the famiiy ii\'ed at tiie oiii home. Mrs. Saiiaday now iives in Perryopoiis, Pennsyivania, witii iier son Ciovis, wiio is a minister in the Methodist church. Bianche marrieii Peari (iregory, anci iives near Rix Miiis, Ohio. Wkirren Saiiaday married Syivia Gregory in August, 1906. She is the (iaugiiter of Joiin anci Mary Gregory, and was born and reared in Richhiii township, Muskingum county, Ohio. WHrren Saiiaday bought out the other iieirs, and now owns the home whicii ins father estabiished in Jackson town- siiip and the entire farm of one hundred and sixty acres. He has one chiid, a lirigiit iittie son, J>ewis, born in Juiy, 1907. Warren Saiiaday is a member of tile Olid Feiiows at Camliridge, Ohio. He and iiis wife are members of tile Metiiodist church at Ciaysviiie, Ohio. The Saiiaday famiiy has been one whose members have been upright, iionorabie and substantiai citizens of Guernsey county, and Warren Saiiaday is a young man who fully exemplifies tlie family characteristics. He has lieen successful in his farming, and has many friends in the community. JAMES B. STEWART. .\ leading citizen of Caniliridge township and one of the well known men of (iuernsey county is Janies B. Stewart, a man of marked business enterjirise and capability, who carries forward to successful completion what- ever he undertakes. He lias long lieen an important factor in business, educational and social circles of tlie county and his success and popularity are well deserved, as in iiim are emliraced the characteristics of an unabating energy, nnliounding integrity and industry tliat nei'er flags. ]\Ir. Stewart was born June 8, 1867, in Caniliridge township, tliis GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 575 county, and he is the son of John and Margaret (Starkey) Stewart. The father is a farmer and still resides in this township, where he is highly respected and where he has labored to goodly ends. The mother died when the son was a mere child. James B. Stewart was educated in the common schools of Cambridge township and was graduated from the Cambridge high school in 1882. He was reared on the home farm and when old enough participated in the general farm work when not attending school. He returned to the farm after leaving high school and remained there until 1890, when he began teaching school, and he has been one of the county's popular and progressive teachers ever since, except for a period of about four years — so popular with both pupils and patrons that he taught for ser-en years in his home district. No. 10, Cambridge township, and after that long period of faithful service he voluntarily retired from the district. The remaining years he has taught in the schools of Cambridge, Center, Jackson and Jefferson townships. Mr. Stewart was married on September 16, 1887, to Cora B. Johnston, a lady of strong characteristics and the daughter of John A. and Jane B. (Smith) Johnston. Air. Johnston was a progressive farmer of Cambridge township and his death occurred in 1900; his widow survives. To Air. and Airs. Stewart five children have been born, namely: Charles AV., a student in the electrical engineering course of the Ohio State University; J. Edgar is a student in the agricultural department of the same university; Celia M. is a student in the Cambridge city schools; Alaiy F. and J. Storkey. The Stewart home is located about four miles northeast of Cambridge in Cambridge township, and their farm of two hundred and forty acres js one of the best in the township, being well kept, well improved and under a high state of cultivation. The dwelling is a commodious, modern and attractive one, being elegant in all its appointments and furnishings, and the other farm buildings are also models of convenience and adaptability. Every- thing round about is in perfect order, and the beautiful lawn around the residence is evidence of the refined taste of the proprietor of' this valuable and desirable country place. Air. Stewart and his family are very busy people; in addition to the care of their large farm, with its abundant crops, numerous herds and flocks. Air. Stewart continues to teach school and his sons and daughters are students at the universities and advanced schools. For many years Air. Stewart has also been an extensive wool buyer during the wool season ; he is also agent for the Armour fertilizers, and the DeLeval cream separator, in all of which he has an extensive business. Ele is a ver}' busy and successful man. 5/6 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. turning to success whatever he undertakes, and yet he finds time to mingle witli his friends and neighbors in a social way. Politically, he is a Democrat and an active worker in the party, taking a deep interest in public matters, lie is a member of the Democratic county central committee, and almost invariably represents his township in county, district and state conventions, and he has served as a member of the county board of elections. He is a memher of the Rock Hill Grange, the Patrons of Husbandry and is master of the Grange, and county deputy in the state Grange organization. He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and are active in church and Sunday school work. ]\lr. Stewart was superintendent of the Sunday school for a number of years and he continues to be a teacher in the school. Pie is a man of many fine traits and qualities, a man of unimpeach- able character and he stands high in the estimation of his fellows. It is such citizens as Mr. Stewart that bring advancement to any community along all lines. WILEY OSCAR MOORE. One of the leading young men of Guernsey county is Wiley Oscar Moore, proprietor of the Cambridge Herald, knowm throughout this locality as lioth a journalist and educator of a high order of ability. United in his nature are so many elements of a solid and practical nature, which during a series of years have brought him into prominent notice and earned for him a conspicuous place among the enterprising citizens of the county of his resi- dence, that it is but just recognition of his worth to herein set forth conspicu- ously a record of his life and achievements. ]\fr. Moore was horn September ii, 1876, in Wood county. West Vir- ginia, and is the son of Joseph D. and Jane C. (Johnson) Moore. The par- ents were residents of Liberty township, Guernsey county, at that time, but the son was liorn while his parents were on a visit to the maternal grandparents at the old home in AVood county. West Virginia. The parents moved to Xohle county, Ohio, in 1888, wdiere they remained until 1894, when they re- turned to Liberty township, Guernsey county. The father has ahvays been a farmer, and he now resides two miles northwest of Cambridge, wdiere he and his faithful life companion are spending their declining years in serenity and in the midst of all the comforts of life. This family are faithful mem- bers of the United Presbyterian church, and are active church and Sunday school workers. . \ ■ ’ ■ '■a4 \ V GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. n// Wiley O. Moore, of this review, grew to maturity on the home farm, and was educated in the country district schools. After spending two terms at Scio College he entered Muskingum College at New Concord, Ohio. Thus well equipped for his life work, he began teaching in 1896 in the country dis- trict schools, and he continued very successfully for fourteen vears, becom- ing one of the best known educators in the county. His services were always in great demand, for he was popular with both patrons and pupils, being an entertainer as well as an able instructor in the school room. He always kept abreast of the times in his work, was progressive, thorough and painstaking. Six of the fourteen years were spent in the district schools and eight as super- intendent of schools, five years of the eight at Washington, and while super- intendent of the schools there he organized the Washington summer school, which proved to be veiy popular and which he conducted with much success for five summers. From AAHshington he went to Senecaville and was super- intendent of the schools there for three years, closing with the school year 1909-1910. He has both a common-school life certificate and a high-school life certificate, a very unusual acquirement for one not a college graduate. As a superintendent he is a splendid organizer, soon having in operation a splendid system that works for the general harmony and good results from both teachers and pupils. Notwithstanding his very commendable services as an educator. Air. Aloore believed a larger field of usefulness existed for him as a journalist, and on August 10, 1910, he purchased the Cambridge Herald, which he is very ably and successful!}' conducting as a Republican organ, advocating clean politics and upholding the basic principles of his party, being himself an ardent Republican and always deeply interested in public affairs, believing that an active interest in all public matters is the duty of all good citizens, his motto being "to do all the good one can to all the people possible." He has ne\'er been an office seeker, but has served the public as one of the county school examiners, being first appointed in 1906, and reappointed for a second term of three years in 1909. He has brightened the ai)pearance of the Herald vein' materially, not only in mechanical appearance, but in the strength of its edi- torials and the crispness of its new columns. Its circulation is increasing and its value as an advertising medium rapidly growing. Under his capable and judicious management, its future success is assured and it is taking its place as one of the important molders of public opinion in eastern Ohio. Air. Aloore is a member of the Ohio State Teachers' Association, the Eastern Ohio Teachers' Association, and he is a member of the executive committee of the County Teachers Institute, and a member of the executive (37) 37 ^ GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. committee of the State Association of County School Examiners, and he has l)een \erv active in all state and local educational matters, his influence being generalK’ recognized in all these associations. Mr. Moore uas married on July 3, 1900, to Mlary E. Taylor, daughter (jf Thomas S. and lUargaret { IMcM’illiams ) Taylor, a farmer of Lil)erty town- shi]) and a highly respected family. Airs. Aloore grew to maturity in her nati\'e community and has a good education. This union has resulted in the birth of three children, Helen Alabel F. and Wallace O. Airs. Aloore was a teacher in the schools of Guernsey county prior to her marriage, and, like her husl;and, was po])ular and progressive. Air. and Airs. Aloore are members of the I'irst United Presbyterian church of Cambridge and are active in church and Sundav sch.ool work. Air. Aloore is an advocate of healthy, sane athletics amoiig students and voung, advocating whatever is for the general good of the vouth. SAAIUEL C. CARNES. Though yet young in years, Samuel C. Carnes, of Cambridge, has made a very commendable advance in one of the most exacting of professions and is rapidly pushing his way to the front ranks in a community long noted for the high order of its ])rofessional talent. He was born Alarch 17, 1882, in the city where he still resides, and he is the son of Samuel S. and Alary (Ferbrache) Carnes. The father was born in Pennsylvania and the mother in Guernsey county, Ohio. P>oth families were early pioneers and influential and prominent in their respective communities, taking an active and promi- nent part in the general development of the localities rvhere they resided. Samuel S. Carnes was a farmer and became prosperous ; he was a man who stood high among his friends and acquaintances and whose reputation was never assailed. His death occurred in September, 1895, the family having moved to Cambridge some years previously. His widow still resides here. Samuel C. Carnes grew to maturity in Cambridge and attended the common schools here, graduating from the Cambridge high school in 1900. Being ambitious to acquire a higher education and take up the study of law, in the fall of the year mentioned he went to Denver, Colorado, and entered Denver University and spent tw'O vears there, in the regular academic course. He entered Cornell University at Ithaca, New' York, in the fall of 1903. rvhere he spent one year, then entered the Columbian University at Washington, D. C., where he completed the course in law' and w'as given the GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 579 degree of Bachelor of Law, in June, 1907. Thus exceptionally well equipped for his life work, he returned to the Buckeye state and passed the Ohio bar examination in December of that year, and he immediately began practicing in Cambridge and he was successful from the first and is now enjoying a ver}' liberal patronage and has a rapidly growing clientele. In the summer of 1909 the Republican party nominated him as their candidate for city solicitor of Cambridge In November of the same year he was elected to this office, and he has discharged the duties of 'the same with signal ability and success, winning the hearty commendation of all con- cerned. He is profoundly versed in the law, is cautious, painstaking and is an earnest and forceful speaker before a jury, having natural qualities which make him a strong advocate and a safe counselor. He is recognized hv all classes as a young man of fine attainments and sterling C[ualities. Mr. Carnes is a master IMason and while in college he was a member of the Kappa Sigma Greek-letter fraternity. On November 12, 1908, Air. Carnes was married to Elizabeth Craig, daughter of Samuel A. and Della ( Gregg) Craig. Both the Greggs and Craigs were prominent pioneer families and both are yet active in business and prominent in the social, educational and church life of this county and city. Airs. Carnes is a lady of culture and many estimable traits, which render her popular with a wide circle of friends and acquaintances, like her husband, they being regarded as among the best young people of Cambridge in every respect. They are members of the First Lhiited Presbyterian church of Cambridge and prominent in the social life of the city. JOHN AI. AIcCONNELL. One of the best known men in the vicinity of Senecaville. Richland town- ship, Guernsey county, is John AI. AlcConnell, who comes of an excellent old pioneer family here and who has spent his useful and active life in this county, successfully engaged in agricultural, stock raising and shipping pursuits. Air. AlcConnell was horn July 31, 1845, in Center township, this county, and he is the son of Thomas and Lucinda (Smith) AlcConnell. The father 'was born in \A"ashington county, Pennsylvania, and the mother was a native of Guernsey county. The paternal grandfather. Joseph AlcConnell, came to this county fi'om his home in Washington county, Pennsylvania, about 1812, making the overland journey by wagon, in typical pioneer fashion, settling in 580 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. the woods ill wliat is now Center township. This was liefore the building of the Xational pike, whicli passed near the home of the McConnell family. Thomas i\IcConnell. father of the subject, worked on this road when it rvas being constructed through that ricinity. (rrandfather Joseph McConnell be- came the owner of a large tract of land and his son, Thomas, also .became a farmer and stock raiser, both lieing noted in the early days of that locality for their thrift and honest dealings with their fellow men. The latter was a man acti\'e in the political affairs of the township, and he filled many offices of the township in which he liyed. lie was a Democrat in politics and was a Presby- terian in his church relations, being devout and loyal in his support of the same, llis death occurred in the year 1889, at the advanced age of eighty years, his widow dying several years later. To this w'orthy couple thirteen children were horn, all hut one growing to maturity; they were as follows: .Mary, now Mrs. Williams: Elizalieth (Thompson), deceased; Catherine, de- ceased: John M., of this review; W. N., deceased’: Martha, deceased; Nancy, of Cambridge; Amanda, wife of John Lowry, deceased; Sarah, now Mrs. llugh McCreary, of Cambridge; Palmer, of Center township: Ella, wife of Samuel Oliver, deceased; Charles also lives on the old home farm in that township: Lucy, now Mrs. Eugene Scott, of Cambridge. John i\I. (McConnell, of this sketch, grew to maturity on the home farm, where he assisted in the general work, and was educated in the district schools of his community. He was married October 18, 1868, to Mary Bruner, daughter of John and Mary Bruner, of Richland towmship, this county. Mr. Bruner was a farmer and he came from Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, with the early pioneers, having brought his belongings here in a one-horse wagon and started life amid ])rimitive conditions, but in due course of time he became a prosperous farmer. He and his wife have both been deceased a number of years and are buried in the cemeteiy at Senecaville. To Mr. and Airs. (McConnell two children have been born; one daughter died in infancy, and Anna Alay, now Mrs. W. N. AIcConnell, of Zanesville, Ohio. Following his marriage (Mr. AIcConnell continued farming in Center township and from there he moved to near Claysville, in Spencer township, where he remained for about si.x years, coming to his present farm in 1882, in Richland towmship. He has a farm of eighty acres, wdiich he has managed in such a manner as to make a very comfortable living. He carries on gen- eral farming and stock raising, also buys and ships stock, though of late years he has not followed the stock business. Politicallv, he is a Democrat, hut has never been especially active in party GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 581 affairs. He has been a member of the local board of education in Richland township. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian church, of which he has been an elder for a number of years, and is active in church and Sunday school work. GEORGE \A'. ERYE. A well known citizen of Valley township is George W. Erye, who has been veiy successful in his chosen vocation because be has not waited for some one else to do his work for him, but has been independent and courageous in dealing with all life's problems. He was born in the northwestern jiart of this township, Guernsey county, in 1852, and he is the son of Plenry E. and Sarah (Trenner) Erye. The father came from Hampshire county, Virginia, in the Shenandoah valley, where the family wa^ well established and well known as planters in the early days. When a young man he accompanied his parents to Guernsey county and settled west of Byesville, before there was any town there, the country being new and undeveloped. For some time there was no road to Cambridge, but finally the citizens of that town choiiped out a road for the accommodation of the new-comers. The elder Frye died of typhoid fever soon after coming here, but his widow survived to a ripe old age, more than ninety years. Henry Frye had one brother, Noah, and several sisters, among whom were Sarah, wife of Henry Trenner: Mrs. John Burt, IMrs. Reasoner, who moved to Indiana m an early day : another also married and moved away very .early. Noah died in Indiana. Henry F. Frye married Sarah Trenner, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth ( Secrest ) Trenner, in 1826. She was born in Frederick county. A'irginia, in 1803. and came to this county with her parents in the fall of 1818 when the land was raw and covered with a primeval forest. She was a sister of Henry Trenner, father of Benjamin Trenner. who is mentioned in this work, in which sketch is found the ancestry of the Trenners. After his marriage Henry F. Frye bought eighty acres of land in the northwestern part of Valley township, but soon sold it and bought a place a short distance east of there. At one time he owned a farm of about four hun- dred acres, a part of which he sold after his boys grew up and left home. He was one of the leading farmers of this section in his day and was a well known and highlv respected citizen. Politically, he was a Democrat and was justice of the peace for manv vears. Pie was one of the founders of the Lutheran church in the north edge of Noble county. 582 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. On janiian- 30, 1S45, Henry F. Frye, Henry Secrest, Peter D. Rolins, Jolin llickle, John Perkhammer, Whlliam Spaicl, Flenry Trenner, AI)raham .\ll)in, Midiacl Spaid and jacol) Cale held a meeting in Hartford, Ohio, for llie ])iirpose of considering the matter of establishing a Lutheran church here, ,\t that meeting it was decided to erect a substantial frame edifice. During the next three years the building was completed. On the 22d day of Janu- aiy, 184S, a permanent organization was eft’ected, and Henry F. Frye and Idenry Secrest were the first elders chosen. During the first year of this church's existence the memlicrship increased to sixty-nine. In 1896, after sen ing as a place of worshi]) for forty-eight years, the first church structure was re])laced by the jrresent house of worship. ]\Ir. Frye was a ^’ery devout man and assisted in furthering the interests of his community in any way he could. 1 'here were thirteen children in his family, namely: Elizabeth, who lives in Derwent with her brother, William, Eliza, Isaac and Mary died when just reaching maturity: George W,, of this review: Silas diefl in Kansas, leaving a wife and five children; John lived in Jackson township and died a few years ago, leaving a wife and one son, Charles: Noah lives in South Dakota; Henry li\’es in California: Catherine is the wife of Lewis Winnett and lives near .Seneca\’ille : Sarah married George Frye, who is now deceased, and she has one son; Penjamin lives in Indiana. Lleniy F. Frye spent the rest of his days on his farm in Valley township, where he and his wife both died. George W. Frye, of this review, remained on the home farm until he was twenty-three or twenty-four years of age, and he received his education in the common schools. For two vears he traveled in various parts of the LTnited States, including North Dakota and California, and was also in the South about four months, Richmond, Virginia, Washington, D. C., then back to Alinnesota, then returned to Guernsey county, where he has lived ever since, d'his traveling in his youth greatly henefited him, for he has always been a keen observer, and he talks interestingly of general topics. He has followed farming since he settled here and has been very successful. He now owns a s])]endid farm south of Hartford, not far from Pleasant City, which he has brought up to a high state of improvement and cultivation. He formerly owned another farm nearby, which he has sold. Politically, IMr. Frye is a Republican, and he very ably served as justice of the peace for some time, resigning in his third term because of lack of time to give this office proper attention. He was elected first in 1880, and having made a splendid record was twice re-elected, and resigned in 1887. a ])ul)lic official he performed his duty in a manner that reflected much credit upon himself and to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OITIO. 583 Mr. Frye has never assumed the responsibilities of the married state. The Frye family have always been regarded as public-spirited citizens. When the Marietta railroad was built those living along the right-of-way con- tributed liberally toward its construction. The subject had hardly reached manhood, but he gave fifty dollars and his father and brother gave about five hundred dollars. The father was a great hunter here in the early davs, and when fourteen years old he shot a bear almost on the present site of Byesville, and in his vicinity frecjuently found old bears and cubs. JAMES E. ROBINS, M. D. Among the oldest families of Guernsey county is the Robins familv, whose ancestors came originally from the isle of Guernsey to this county, and who have since taken a very prominent part in the affairs of the communitv. James E. Robins, the well known and successful physician of Hartford, was born at that place in 1871, the son of Martin Luther and Catherine ( Secrest) Robins. Martin Luther Robins was also born at Hartford, the son of Peter D. and Deborah (Thompson) Robins. Peter D. was the son of John, Sr., and Mary ( Huljert) Robins, both natives of the isle of Guernsey, and for whose native land this county was named. John Robins, Sr., of America, was a son of John Robins, and came to this country in 1807. The old Robins home in Guernsey, a strongly-l;)uilt stone structure, is still standing, and on it is still the same cement and thatched roof, in good condition, that John Robins, Sr., put on it before he came here in the very early days of this county's history. John Robins, Sr., could do a great many things unusually well. He could shock oats so they could stand out in the weather three years, and not spoil even the top sheaf. He was good at figures and, although he had no schooling in English, he could read and write English, was a neat penman, could keep books, and was a good l;)usiness man. When he came here from Guernsey, he located at the salt springs near Coshocton, and stayed there a year or two. In 1810 he married Mary Hubert, also a native of Guernsey, and came to Valley township, where he entered eighty acres of land from the government. Not long afterwards he entered eighty more, and thus l^egan the successful financial career that has made him and his descendants among the wealthier families of this county. Sa\'ing his money carefully, he bought more land from time to time, until he owned eight hundred acres in Valley township, and four hundred acres south of Caml;)ridge. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 5 ‘^4 Xot only wa.s he successful as a money maker, but as a good citizen and earn- est Christian left a worthy example to those who came after him. For some time he was justice of the peace in what was then Buffalo township, now part- ly \ffdley townshi]), Guernsey county, and Buffalo township. Noble county. An acti\’e member of the Bethel Methodist church, he helped to build the old church, and gave the ground for the cemetery, in which he was laid after his death on October it, 1840. Tdis wife was called to join him on October 23, 1845, and her mother survived until April 12, 1846, and was buried beside her daughter and her daughter's husliand. She was not less than ninety-nine Years old, and some said one hundred and one. Peter D. Robins was the oldest of eight children of John Robins, Sr., and lived for the greater part of his life on a farm in Valley township, becoming an influential citizen. Martin Luther Robins spent his life at Hartford, where for many years he was a successful merchant, but in later years followed farming. His wife, Catherine Secrest, was a sister of Noah E. Secrest, Sr., whose sketch see else- where. All his life Martin Luther Rollins was an active Repuldican. He and his wife 'were faithful members of the Lutheran church, and lived consistent Christian lives. IMr. Robins’ character was such as to make him an element of ])ower in the community, on the side of right and justice, and he was much esteemed. He died in June, 1908, his wife in 1906. They were the parents of three children, James F., Isa Deborah, who is living at Glenwood Springs, Colorado, with her sister, and Elsie Elizabeth, who married Rev. G. A. Foote, of Sharon, Noble county, Ohio, and then moved to Glenwood Springs, Colo- rado. James E. Robins grew up at Hartford, and attended Starling Medical College, from which he graduated in 1895. Lie at once began jiractice in his nati\-e town, where he has since been, and has built up a very large medical and surgical practice, while he also operates a small drug store at Hartford, and is thus enabled to fill his own prescriptions. In January, 1897, Doctor Robins was married to Martha Maria Laughlin, the daughter of James Laughlin, of Pleasant City. To this marriage has been born one son, Herbert Secrest Robins. Doctor and Mrs. Robins are members of tbe Lutheran church at Hartford. The Doctor is a Republican in ])olitics. Doctor Robins is a man of strong native endowments, which he has trained and strengthened by hard study, and he keeps fully abreast of the latest advances in his profession. To do this and to satisfy the demands of the large and inci'easing practice which his success has brought to him occupies the greater portion of his time, and makes him a busy man, yet he is always GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 585 kind and courteous in manner, and is ever ready to aid in any good work. His position in the community is one of influence, and the reputation of the Robins family has not been diminished, but enhanced by his life. His ability and skill in his profession are recognized by the other members of that pro- fession, who often consult him on important cases, as well as by the public. JOHN R. HALL. Specific mention is made of many of the worthy citizens of Guernsey county within the pages of this work, citizens who have figured in the growth and development of this favored locality and whose interests have been identi- fied with every phase of progress, each contributing in his sphere of action to the well-being of the community in which he resides and to the advancement of its normal and legitimate growth. Among this number is he whose name appears above, peculiar interest attaching to his career from the fact that his entire life has been spent within the borders of this county. John R. Hall was born January 2. 1854, in Quaker City, which at that time was known as IMillwood, Guernsey county, and is a son of Isaac A\'. and Elizabeth (Vail) Hall. The father was married three times. Elizabeth Vail being his second wife. His first union was with Margaret Thomas, to which union was born a daughter, Phoebe, now deceased. To the second union were born two children, the daughter dying in infancy, and the son being the subject of this sketch. The third marriage was to Sarah Goineiw, of Har- rison county, this state, and one son was born to this union, dying in infancy. Isaac W. Hall was a son of John Hall, who came from North Carolina to what is now Millwood township, this county, in 1806. with his parents. They entered land near Spencers Station, the woods roundabout being peopled b_\' Indians and alive with wild animals of all kinds. John Hall became an ex- tensive land owner and engaged in the mercantile business, in which he was quite successful. He was a heavy buyer of tobacco, which at that time was an important crop in this county, and he made a gratifying profit in this line. He was enterprising and able, both in private and public affairs and attained to a position of relative distinction in the community. His death occurred in Alay, 1854. His family consisted of six sons. Cyrus. Isaac \Ak. Thomas. John P.. Eli and Jesse, and two daughters. Hannah and Eliza The sons, with the exception of Thomas, all married and reared families, and all became prominent in the affairs of the community, all spending their lives in the 586 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. vicinitY of (juaker City. 'Flie daughter Eliza \va.s an in^■ali(l and never mar- ried, hut she li\-ed to old age, surviving the other members of the family. Isaac W. Hall liecame a prominent and successful business man, being possessed of extraordinary qualities. John Hall had been intiuential and active in securing the location and building of the Central Ohio railroad (now the llaltimorc & Ohio) west from Wheeling to Columbus, through Quaker City, and he became a director of the compaiuu as was the son Isaac A\h afterwards, the latter being succeeded .suhse([uently by his son, the subject of this sketch. In young manhood Isaac A\'. Hall engaged in mercantile business, from 1843 to 1S72, and he also engaged extensiveh^ in buying tobacco. In those early days it was the custom for a team to haul a load of tobacco to Baltimore, a load of merchandise being hauled on the return trip, this custom prevailing until the advent of railroads. In 1872 Mr. Hall took an active part in the organization of the Quaker City National Bank, one of the solid and influen- tial monetary institutions of Guernsey county. Mr. Hall, who was the heav- iest stockholder, was chosen president of the institution and held this office up to the time of his death, in t886, when he was succeeded by his son, John R. Hall, who still holds the position. The capital stock of this bank was originally fifty thousand dollars, but a few years later it was increased to one hundred thousand dollars. From its very beginning the bank's management has been noted for its conservatism and has enjoyed the confidence of the peo])le to an c.xtent rarely enjoyed by any bank in the country. The bank is now installed in its elegant new home on the corner of Broadway and South streets, into which it moved in February, 1909. The present officers of this bank are as follows: John R. Hall, president; I. P. Steele, cashier; H. S. I hartley, assistant cashier; directors, T. M. Johnson, T. C. Hall, Joel Hall, 1 ). C. Goodhart, H. S. Hartley, 1 . P. Steele, John R. Hall. The hank enjoys a wonderhd ])rosperity, its de])osits and loans being now in excess of that of anv other liank in Guernsey county When Isaac W. Hall became identified with the bank he relinquished his other active Imsiness affairs and devoted himself entirely to the hank, its suc- cess being mainly attril.utable to his personal influence and efforts. This good man and honored citizen died on May 28, 1886, and is. buried, with other deceased members of his family, in the burying ground near the Friends church, a short distance east of Quaker City. Religiously he was a stanch member of the Quaker denomination and remained true to his faith through- out life. John R. Hall received his elementary education in the public schools of Quaker Citv and, l)ecause of the fact that his health was not rugged, he could GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 587 not pursue his studies further. His first business experience was as assistant cashier of the Quaker City Nationai Bank, retaining this position untii 1884. when he was acivanceci to the cashiership. In i8'86, on the death of his father, he became president of the institution, in which position he has since remained. He is aiso a stockhoider and director in the Centrai Xationai Bank, of Cambridge, and is also a director in the old Central Ohio railway organization. He owns and operates the Quaker City Flour Mills, a modern mill, with complete roller process, having a capacity of fifty barrels a dav. This mill was built in 1854 by Isaac M”. Hall and associates and has ever since remained the property of the Hall family. Mr. Hall also owns farm lands and other real estate interests. In all his business affairs, l\Ir. Hall has exhibited the same eminent business equalities which characterized his father and grandfather and today he is numbered among the foremost citizens of his city. He takes a keen interest in the welfare of the community and has materially contributed to the advancement and prosperity of Quaker City, as well as to the county. Politically, IMr. Hall is affiliated with the Republican party and is deeply interested in public affairs, though in no sense has he ever been an office seeker. He still retains his allegiance to the church of his father, the Friends, to the support of which he contributed generously. Air. Hall is unmarried and resides in Quaker City, where he inoves in the best social circles and en- joys the companionship of his many friends. PULASKI CUBBISON. The name of Cubbison is a well known one in Valley township, Guern- sey count}G and in all the relations of life the members of this family have played well their parts and have long been regarded as among our best citizens. One of the best known is Pulaski Cubbison, who was born in Spencer township, this county, September i, i860. He is the son of James and Ellen (Nelson) Cubbison, the father born June 5, 1829, in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Joseph Cubbison. When James was fifteen years of age. about 1844, the family moved to the southwest corner of Valley township, on the Spencer township line. There Joseph Cubbison bought a farm and made the family home and there James Cubbison was reared, taking up-farming which he followed all his life. He married Ellen Nelson, a native of Spencer town- ship, after which he bought a farm just west of the old homestead in Spencer GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 53position with argument and not abuse. He merits in every way the confidence and high esteem that are reposed in him by all classes. ARTHUR G. RINGER. M. D. The professional success which is the legitimate reward of a persistency of purpose and determination has attended the efforts of Dr. Arthur G. Ringer, one of the best known and popular of the younger medical prac- titioners of Guernsey county, who, judging from the splendid record he has made in the past, has a brilliant future awaiting him.. Me has thoroughly pre- pared himself for his life work and has ever sought to keep fully abreast of the time in all matters pertaining -to his line of endeavor. Doctor Rincer was born in Cambridge. Ohio. No\’ember 30. 1880. the scion of a prominent old family, being the son of Dr. John W. and Marv Ann (Bliss) Ringer, both representatives of honored pioneer families of this county. The mother was a daughter of Washington Bliss, long a prominent citizen here, and a sister of John A. Bliss, a noted educator in Guernsey county for many years. Dr. John W.. Ringer, father of the sub- ject, was for many decades a well known and successful physician in tliis county, having first located at Byesjdlle in 1885, and he was active in pro- 668 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. moting the industries of that town. The family came to Cambridge in IQ02 and the father was active in the practice of his profession and was also engaged in the drug business until his death in Jdecember, 1909. He was prominent in public affairs and fdled many of the municipal offices in Byesville and was a member of the city council of Cambridge. His. family consisted of seven cbildren: Maggie B., now Mrs. T. D. Lee, oi . Cam- bridge ; Arthur G., of this review; Alpheus, deceased; an infant deceased; J. Code, a resident of Cambridge; Nellie B., at home. The mother of these children is still li\'ing, and the family is prominent in the professional, com- mercial and social fife of the city. Dr. Arthur G. Ringer, of this review, was educated in the Byesville public schools and the Ohio Northern University at Ada, Ohio, « from which institution he was graduated in 1898, having completed the commercial course. He then attended the Western LTniversity of Pennsylvania and later attended the Ohio Medical College at Columbus, Ohio,: and was graduated from the same in 1904, having made an excellent record for scholarship there. In June of that year he began the practice of his profession with his father in Cambridge and bas been successfully engaged in the practice ever since, taking a high rank among his professional brethren in this sec- tion of the state and enjoying a rapidly growing patronage. d'he Doctor is a member of the county, state and national medical asso- ciations, and for a time he was secretary of the county society. He is a progressive and successful practitioner, as was his father, and is in every respect a worthy son of a worthy sire. In the fall of 1908 he was elected coroner of Guernsey county, and he made such a very creditable record that he was re-elected in the fall of 1910 for a second term of two years, hav- ing filled this important position in a manner that reflected much credit upon his ability and to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. ■ Like his father before him, he is active in local politics and all public movements. He is an unswerving Republican. He belongs to the Alpha Kappa Kappa med- ical fraternity. Lie was rearefl in the Methodist Episcopal church, of which his parents were members, and be and tbe rest of the family also affiliate with the same. 1 Doctor Ringer was married on August 28, 1909, to Florence Rowland, a young lady of talent and refinement, and the representative of a prominent family, being the daughter of Samuel and Madeline (Riggins) Rowland, of London, Ohio. Both her parents are deceased. She is active in church and social life, and their cozy and attractive home at No. 1025 Gaston avenue is the scene of many delightful social functions. . . rw GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 669 ISAAC J. OLDHA^I. Isaac J. Oldham, of Cambridge township, son of iMarling and Isalielle (iMarling) Oldham, was born September 7. 1857, on the old Oldham farm in the above township. He came of pioneer stock. His grandfather, Isaac Oldham, came first to Gnernse_y county in 1806 and took up one hundred and sixty acres of government land. After this he went Irack to his home in Pennsylvania, but returned to Guernsey county and settled permanently, in 1808, on the farm where his grandson now lives, and where he reared a family of twelve children. All of these are now dead. The son, jMarling, father of Isaac J.. who was born where the latter now lives, was a prosper- our farmer and accumulated a large estate in the Iteautiful AAhlls creek valley. He had a family of two daughters and one son, Elizabeth, now th.e widow of John S. Campliell, of Cambridge township, died in October. 1910; Ellen, now Mrs. David Linn, of AATstland township, and Isaac J. The father, first a Whig and then a Republican, cast his presidential vote for William Henry Harrison in 1840 and for Benjamin Harrison in 1888. Though never an office seeker, he was always active in public affairs and in move- ments for the general good. He and his family were memliers of the old Seceder church prior to 1858, but with the organization, at that time, of the United Presbyterian church they joined the latter. He died March 18, 1894, and his widow^ March 9, 1896, and both are buried in Cambridge cemetery. Isaac J. Oldham, the subject of the present sketch, grew up on the old home farm and was educated at the district school of the neighborhood. He was married May 4, 1881, to Margaret E. Lord, daughter of Robert K. and Margaret (Workman) Ford, of Camliridge township. The Fords were a pioneer family that came from Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1820. Mr. and Mrs. Oldham had six children: Merle, now Mrs. Oliver King, of Cambridge township; Clare Ethel, at home; James Paul, married and now living on an adjoining farm ; Chauncey hi., a progressive teacher of the county ; Ira F., at home, and Margaret E., at home. hlrs. Oldham died February 15, 1893, and is buried in the Cambridge cemetery, hir. Oldham was married again June 13, 1895. to Esther Ford, a sister of his former wife. There are no children from this union. A lifelong farmer, Mr. Oldham now owns three hundred and sixty acres of fine Wills creek bottom land, under a high state of cultivation and well improved. This includes both of the old homesteads — the Oldham and the Ford. On the former still stands the original log barn, built in 1820 670 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. from trees that stood on the lot now occupied hy the barn. It was c[uite larqe for those days, being thirty by sixty feet. A stone house, still stand- ing and occupied as the Oldham home, was built in 1822 of stones taken from the top of an adjacent hill. This was the first house other than a log cabin that was built in the townshi]i. An apjile tree standing in the yard was ])lanted in 1808 by Grandmother Sarah Oldham, who came here that year with her parents, the klarlings. She had brought along as riding whips two apjde sprouts cut from a tree at the Virginia home. After arriving here she planted these anrl, strange to say, lioth grew and bore apples for many years. One still lives and has an apple on it this year ( 1910). ]\Ir. Oldham is an active Republican, has served ten years as township trustee, and for several years has been a school director. He and his family are memhers of the First United Presbyterian church of Cambridge and take their part in church and Sunday school work. He is knowm as a man of character and integrity, and is influential in the community where he lives. JOHN W. BARNES. Prominent among the pioneers of Guernsey county \vere the forbears of John AAh Barnes, wdao now resides near Cambridge. His mother’s grand- father, Ste])hen Stiles, came with his family from Virginia early in the nineteenth century, and this was the first white family to settle in wdiat is now Jefferson towmship. Two houses then stood wdiere Cambridge City is; Indians and wild animals were plentiful in the dense forest that cov- ered the country, an. S])rnat, of Camliridge ; Alliert A., of Iowa; Vernon B., of Cam- bridge: Roney V., of Lore City; Roliert Austin, of Lore City; Willinr R., of Lore b'ity ; Ziila AT., at home. The wife and mother died March lo, i8g6. llis second marriage took place on July 22, i8g8, to Margaret J. Todd, of Belmont county, Ohio, and one son was horn to this union, Leonard, who died one year after birth. Mrs. Margaret Bond died on April i8, 1900, and on June 12, ]go2, ]\Ir. Bond was married to Sarah M. AVarne, daughter of Jacob and Mary J. AA^arne, of Center township, Guernsey county, Ohio. No chil- dren have h’een horn to this union. Air. Bond engaged in farming in Londonderry township and he followed that jiursuit until April, igoo, when he sold his farm and moved to Lore City, where he bought property and engaged in the livery business, in which he has been engaged ever since. He is also engaged in the sale of farm machinery during a part of the year, and has established quite a business. He owns several pieces of property in Lore City besides business property and equip- ment. He is a Republican in politics and has been active and filled various local offices while living in Imndonderry township, among which was that of land appraiser, which position he filled in igoo. In igo8 he was nominated I IV the Re])ublicans of Guernsey county as a candidate for infirmary director and was elected for a second term in igio. He was vice-president of the board during the first term and president during the second. He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Lore City. He is a ipublic spirited citizen, always active in whatever pertains to the public good, a man who stands high in the estimation of his fellows, and an honest and efficient i)ublic official. Public spirited, he occupies a prominent place in the affairs of the communitv in which he lives. EDAATN M. NELSON. .Among the old and representative citizens of Center township, Guernsey county, Ohio, none enjoys a higher meed of respect and esteem than the gen- tleman whose name appears at the head of this sketch. A life characterized by the strictest integrity of 'word and deed and absolute faithfulness to every trust reposed in him, has earned for him a reputation of greater value to his family than could have been earned liy the possession of great wealth or high political honor. Edwin M. Nelson was born November 14, 1836, in Allegheny county. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 687 Pennsylvania, and is the son of Samuel and Susanna (Paden) Nelson. Both of these parents were born and reared in York county, Penn'syh’ania, and made the rough and tiresome trip over the mountains to x\llegheny county in 1835. Samuel Nelson was a man of splendid educational attainments, being a fine Latin scholar, which language he taught in York county in his younger days. His father was a native of Ireland and after his death, Samuel Nelson gave up teaching and took charge of the paternal farm. Y’hen the family first came to America the}^ settled in the Carolinas, but, because of Indian troubles, they came North, settling in York county, where they engaged in farming. After locating in Allegheny count}c Pennsylvania, Samuel Nelson engaged in farming until about 1842, when he took transportation down the Ohio river to Wheeling, West Virginia, from which point he transported his family and household goods to the farm in Guernsey county where his son, the subject of this sketch, now lives, the place containing one hundred acres, along the National road. James Paden, father of Mrs. Samuel Nelson, came to Center township, Guernsey county, about 1820, and lived here until his death, in 1841, at which time his farm descended to his daughter, Mrs. Nelson, by inheritance. Samuel Nelson was a man of modest demeanor, but intelli- gent and high minded, and stood high in the esteem of all who knew him. Politically he was a stanch Democrat, and a Presbyterian in his religious faith. To him and his wife rvere born nine children, five sons and four daugh- ters, namely: Elizabeth, Rebecca, James, Robert, Margaret, Samuel H., Susanna, Joseph and Edwin M., all being now deceased excepting the last named. The father of these children died in January, 1851, and was sur- vived a number of years by his widow, who died in 1865, both being buried in the cemetery at Washington, where the daughters and one son, James, are also buried. In 1807, and again in 1811, while a resident of York county, Pennsylvania, Samuel Nelson was commissioned a captain in the state militia. Edwin M. Nelson has spent his entire life, since Januaiw, 1842, on the old family homestead, where he now lives. His youth was devoted to farm work as soon as old enough and his education was secured in the district schools of the home neighborhood. He was married, on November 3, 1863, to Margaret Work, the daughter of James and Ann (Cunningham') WYrk, of Center township. The Work family came from Harrison county, Ohio, in the spring of 1861 and here Ylr. AVork became a prosperous farmer. He died in 1869 and his widow in 1886, both being interred in the cemetery at Cam- bridge. Mr. AAYrk was a Republican in politics and a Presbyterian in his religious belief. To hlr. and Mrs. Nelson have been born seven children, two of whom died in infancy. Those living are as follows: Flora, the wife 688 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. of jame.s Norris; Ella, the wife of James Tedrick, of Center township; Ida, the wife of George Hanson, of the state of Montana; Mary, the wife of Jose])h Dyson, who is represented elsewhere in this work; Everett, of Center township. Edwin j\I. Nelson has devoted his mature years to farming and stock raising, in l>oth of which lines he has met with a gratifying degree of success, lie is a Democrat in his political affiliations and has taken an active interest in party affairs. Although his party is in the minority in Center township, he has I)een elected to office almost continuously, this standing in unmistakable e\-idence of his personal popularity and eminent fitness for the positions to which he has been chosen. He has served as justice of the peace for thirty- live years, and there was but one break in this long period of service. He also served as land appraiser of Center township in 1880 and 1900. He was townshi]! clerk for nine years, township treasurer one year, township assessor, and for many years a member of the school board. He rendered efficient service as a member of the Democratic county central committee and has been frequently a delegate to party conventions. Religiously, Air. Nelson and his family are members of the Presbyterian church, to which they give an earnest support. In recent years Air. Nelson has not done much active work on the farm and is living practically retired. He holds broad and intelligent views on public (juestions and exerts a large influence in the community where he li\-es and where for many years he has been a prominent factor. His father before him was also a man of wide repute, as during the days of much travel over the National road he kept a tavern for the accommodation of the travel- ing puhlic, his place being a popular hostelry in the early days. Edwin Nelson enjoys a wide acquaintance over Guernsey county and his friends are in num- ber as his acquaintances. WILLIAAf H. DAVIS. The Nestor of the mining industry in the Guernsey valley and the man to whom, more than any other individual, was due the extensive mining de- velopments in that section, was William H. Davis. Air. Davis was born in the south part of Wales, June 14, 1851, and was the son of Robert and Maria Augusta Davis. The father was Welsh, the mother English. When he was thirteen years old his parents brought him to America and located at Youngs- town, Ohio. At the age of twenty he married Alary A. Cook, of Hubbard, Ohio, who died in 1881, and on September 21, 1886, he was united to Alaiy A. WILLIAM H. DAVIS. t.f f ' • ••.S,: ' '■ ■ GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 689 Morton, of Sherman, Ohio. iNIiss Morton was a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Scott) iMorton. She was born in the north part of England and when eight years old was brought to America by her parents, who located first in Pennsylvania, then came to Sherman, Ohio. Tier mother died about 1884 and her father about 1888. Mr. Davis’s whole life, virtually, was devoted to the mining industrv, as he entered the mines in A\"ales when but a child of seven years and from that on was connected with the business in some capacity. In 1888 he came from Sherman, where, for six or seven years, he had been in the emplov of iMr. Barrett, and on the loth of May of that year began opening up the Pioneer mine at Byesville, owned by i\Ir. Barrett. There were then only two mines of any consecjuence at Byesville and since there was built up, largely through the energy and skill of iMr. Davis, an important coaling business. After the Pioneer mine was exhausted he went with B. E. Berry, who then bought the Earmer mine, just south of Byesville. Later on other mines were added, with Mr. Davis in charge of them, until there were ten under his supervision with a force of nearly three thousand men and a payroll of considerable over a hundred thousand dollars a month. About 1907 the properties were taken over by the Cambridge Collieries Company, with headquarters at Byesville. i\Ir. Davis retained his position as general superintendent until about May i, 1909, when he resigned because of failing health. His ailment was cancer of the spleen, which could not be operated upon, and from its effects he died July II, 1909. MTen about nineteen years old iMr. Davis made a public confession of his faith in Christ and joined the AA’elsh Baptist church, but for many years he had no actual church connections, although he always manifested a kindly spirit in this direction, contributing freely of his means and encouraging his family in their religious relations. During his later days much of his time was spent in prayer and he professed his trust in God and his faith in salvation. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Pellows and the Elks. He is buried in Norwood cemetery, at Cambridge. Air. Davis was prominently identified with the Eirst National Bank, of Byesville, where, by reason of his wide knowledge of men and affairs and his sound judgment, he was an efiicient and valued officer. According to one who knew him best, no one else, perhaps, was so popular with the men in the mines as was wholehearted, genial “Billy” Davis, by which name he was affectionately called alike by his business associates and the men who worked under him. Throughout the Guernsey valley he was known as an upright, honest Christian gentleman, and no one was esteemed more highly by all (44) 690 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. classes. Me was a man very fond of his home and family, and he left his hnsiness troiihles outside the gate, presenting his most cheery aspect in the domestic circle. He was fond of music and delighted in singing with his family. A man of close a])])lication to his business, he allowed himself but one vacation a year and that of hut few days' duration. A man of no school- ing, he yet acquired a great deal by home study and became well educated. Mr. Da\'is was the father of six children. Three by the first wife were: lliram, now of P>yes\'ille; Mrs. David Morse, deceased, and William H. Davis, Jr., of Byes\'ille. Hiram is superintendent of the Little Run Trail mine. He is married and has two children. William LL is electrician for the Cambridge Collieries Company, and is also married. The children by the second wife are. Ceorge Henry, Louia Augusta and Elizabeth, all of cvhom now reside with their mother at their present little home farm adjoining Ryesville. Ceorge Henry is a jeweler at Byesville. Louia Augusta is book- keeper for the Byesville Coal Company, and Elizabeth will soon graduate at the Byesville high school. JAklES HODGE McCREARY. D. D. S. d'hough young in years. Dr. James Hodge McCreary, of Byesville, one of the best known of the younger dentists of Guernsey county, has shown what energy, high purpose and proper training can accomplish -when coupled with sound judgment and an altruistic impulse. He comes of an excellent old family uhose honored name he has w'orthily upheld. He was born in Center townshi]), this county, Se])teml)er 20, iS/8, and he is the son of Hugh and Martha (McKelvy) McCreary. For a more complete record of the Doctor’s parents and ancestry the reader is referred to the sketch of his brother, John L. iMcCrearv, a])pearing herein. Doctor McCreary grew to maturity on the home farm and there built up a robust constitution hv outdoor work, which has stood him in good stead during his suhse(|uent battle of life. He attended the district .schools in the wintertime and later went to the normal school. He studied dentistry at the Ohio Medical L^niversitv, now Starling Medical College, where he made an excellent record and from which he was graduated in 1903, after which he began the jiractice of his ])rofession in Bvesville where he has remained ever since, enjoying a e ery liberal patronage, which is constantly growing, for his reputation as a careful, painstaking and thoroughly equipped dentist has be- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 691 come well established and he has kept abreast of the times in everything per- taining to his profession. Doctor klcCreaiy was married on December 28, 1905. to klabel Frame, daughter of Roland S. Frame, Sr., a highly respected and influential family. To the Doctor and wife one son, Roland Alexander, has been born. Besides his practice, Doctor McCreary is interested in the C. L. Frame Dental Supply Company at Chicago. Fie also owns various properties in Byesville. Fraternally, he is a member of the klasonic order, having- attained the Knight Templar degree. He also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He and his wife belong to the klethodist Episcopal church at Byesville, and they stand high in church and social circles. CTIXTOX D. WARXE. Among the sterling citizens of Center township and the representative farmers of Guernsey county. Clinton D. A'arne is deserving of conspicuous mention, having worked long and hard to achieve the ample competence that is today his. and while he has labored for his own advancement, as is right and proper, he has never neglected his duties of citizenship, but has always stood ready to aid his neighbors and the promotion of the general good in this county. Mr. W'arne was born on September 25. 1868, on the farm on which he now resides, being the son of an old and highly honored family, Jonathan and Ann ( Smith) A’arne. The father was also born on this farm, while the mother's birth occurred in Licking county. Ohio. Grandfather Jonathan Warne came from X^ew Jersey with his family when the countiw was very new and began life here in tvpical pioneer fashion, making their home in the woods. He cleared the land and built a cabin which was their residence for some time, thus this family has lieen known in Guernsey county for many generations and the reputation it has borne has been second to none. Jona- than Warne. Jr., father of Clinton D.. was a farmer all his life, and he reared a family of seven daughters and two sons, all living with the exception of two daughters. The father's death occurred on August 6. 1903, and he was fol- lowed to the “narrow house" only a few days later, August nth. by his faith- ful life companion, and they are buried in the Pleasant Hill cemetery. Clinton D. AA'arne spent his childhood and youth with his parents and obtained his education in the district schools, working on the farm the mean- 692 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. wliile. He was married on April 7, 1897. to Lena Gardner, daughter of I ’ark and Cynthia ( Hagan) Gardner, of Quaker City; both parents are living on a farm. To i\Ir. and i\Irs. Warne one son has been horn, Clinton D., Jr., also one daughter, Rettie. Mr. H'arne has always lived on the farm where he was horn or on an ad- joining farm. He has been very successful and is now the owner of a splendid farm of three hundred and fifty-six acres of good land and he is also extensive- ly interested in the saw-mill business, which he has operated for fourteen years. By the judicious management of his farm and mill he has laid by quite a competence and is now prosperous, as he deserves, for he has been a ])ersistent worker and has forged ahead without the assistance of anyone. Politically. IMr. AA'arne is a Republican and has always been loyal to the ])rinciples of this party, as was his father. He has been township trustee for three vears and is now serving his second term. He and his wife are mem- bers of the Methodist Episco])al church and liberal supporters of the same, lie is decidedly a man of affairs, ami great liusiness capacity and untiring energy, and he stands high among his fellow men in all the relations of life. JOHN WESLEY SHRIVER. The Shriver family has been for several generations identified with the life and interests of the community of Jackson township, and the gentleman whose name heads this sketch is one of the representative men of his township, an able farmer, well known citizen, who has taken his part in the development of the common good, and a friend esteemed and loved by those who know him best. John Wesley Shriver was horn in section 19, Jackson township, Guern- sey county, Ohio, on August 30, 1868. He is the son of Mark Gordon and Caroline (Camp) Shriver, whose record precedes this. He grew up on the home ])lace, and has followed farming practically all his life, though he has been engagecl in mining for a small jiortion of the time. His farm is well culti\-ated, and shows to the [jasser that its owner is an up-to-date farmer. i\Ir. Shriver was married on August 25, 1906, to Mildred Moorhead, the daughter of Frank and Sarah L. (Pilcher) iMoorhead. She wms born and reared at Senecaville, where her mother still resides. Her father w-as the son of Jonathan and Mary Ann ( McElwee) Moorhead, and the Moorhead fam- ily have lieen residents of the county from early times, while Mary Ann Me- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 693 Ehvee was one of the first children to be liorn at Hartford. Jackson town- ship. Frank Moorhead was a wholesale tobacco merchant, and died at Sen- ecaville on November ig, 1908. His wife is a native of Vinton county, Ohio. ]\Ir. and Mrs. Shriver are the parents of two children, Consuelo klarie and Adam Gordon. After the death of his father John \\h Shriver continued to live on the old home farm, before mentioned. He owns one hundred and ninety-four acres of land. He is not a politician, but has accepted some minor offices, such as that of school director, from a sense of civic duty, aud votes with the Democratic party. Both he and his wife are members of Mt. Zion Baptist church. Mr. Shriver is a man of strong and consistent Chris- tian character,, and a devoted husband and father, highly esteeming his wife and children, and the pleasures of his home. BENJAMIN TRENNER. Another of the old soldiers and loyal defenders of the National Union during the greatest civil strife in the history of the world, a man who deserves the highest praise for his unselfish sacrifices in giving up the pleasures and comforts of home, the opportunities of business and the peaceful pursuits of life and offering his services and his life, if need be, on the fields of carnage in the southland in order that “this government might not perish from the earth,” in the language of the great emancipator whom he loved — our first President martyr — is Benjamin Trenner. a well known citizen of Jackson township, who, through a long and useful life, has seen this locality forge to the front. i\Ir. Trenner was horn in the northwestern part of Valiev township, Guernsey county. Ohio, on September 19, 1830. He is the son of Henry and Sarah (Frye) Trenner. Henry Trenner came from Virginia, probably from Loudoun county, when about twenty-five years old. Henry Trenner’s father (probably also named Henry) came to America from Germany during the American Revolution, and he fought for the colonies. His people in the old country had been wealthy and influential, but he dare not go hack after having joined the American colonists. After the Revolution he settled in Virginia. His son Henrv came to this countv in a very early day and bought a farm in Valiev township, when very little land had lieen cleared. After Henry came, then his father, the old Revolutionary soldier, came too, and lived with him until his death. 694 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Henry Trenner married Sarali Frye, who was liorn in Virginia, and she came to Oliio with lier ])arents while she was a girl. Benjamin 'Frenner was one of eight children, all boys. One died in in- fancy, seven grew to manhood, namely : Xoah, John and Isaiah are dead, Wil- liam and Henry are living in the west; Caleb lives on the old homestead in (Inernsey county: Benjamin is the subject of this sketch. Henry Trenner, the father, first bought one hundred and sixty acres of land, to which he later, added eight more acres. It was during the war of 1812 that Henry d'renner settled in Valiev township. He intended to go to the war, but an attack of the measles prevented his doing so, so he hired a substitute. The family grew up in pioneer conditions. Roads were very few. The Clay pike was laid out, but it was by no means a good road. Cambridge was a very small place. Vdien the settlers wanted shoes they killed a beef and took the hide to a tanner at Cambridge, who took half of the hide for the tanning. Then they had the shoemaker come to the house and make shoes for the family. Boots did not come into use until the subject was fifteen years old. Later boots became the only footwear of the men. They raised their own flax and wool and worked it up for clothes. The subject never had an overcoat until after he was twenty-one years old. He wore woolen flannel shirts. In October, 1851, Benjamin Trenner married Barbara Spaid, daughter of William Spaid and wife. William Spaid came from Virginia about as early as the Trenner family. After his marriage Mr. Trenner rented a farm on the Clay pike and made a Inisiness of keeping overnight the great droves of stock that were constantly passing along on the road to eastern cities in those days. Two years later he liought an eighty-acre farm in the north part of Valley township and li\’ed there three years, then sold that and bought another near by. but li\-ed there only a short time. About 1856 he bought the farm where he has li\'ed ever since, in the south part of Jackson township. He has one hundred and thirty-two acres well improved and he has been very successful as a farmer. During the Ci\dl war he was in Company E. (3ne Hundred Seventy-sec- ond Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and saw some of the hardest service. .After the war he returned to his farm. He has followed farming all of his life. He has very \-aluable coal deposits on his farm, which are now being worked, and he is comfortaljly fi.xed in his declining years. Air. Trenner and his wife had four children, namely: Vhlliam Leander married Elizabeth Grant and lived in Zanesville. He died about 1908, when GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 695 about fifty-one years old, leaving three boys and two girls, besides one child that died in infancy. Sarah Alice Trenner married Justice Thompson and lived at Hartford, this county. iMary Ann married A. R. Cabin and lives in Cambridge and she has one daughter. Henry i\I. Trenner married Harriett Brown, of Cambridge. He is in the shoe business in that city. He and his wife have two children. Mr. Trenner was a member of the Crand Army of the Republic, at Byes- ville, until it surrendered its charter. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran church. They are a grand old couple and have enjoyed almost sixt}" years of wedded life, and both are fairly well preserved for their vears. Their house is a large white structure, a handsome home, with well kept grounds. j\Ir. Trenner is one of the few old pioneers and he has lived a life that has resulted in much good to the community, and is in every way deserving of the high esteem in which he is held by all who know him. CEORCE S. KAHO. The name of Ceorge S. Kaho has been so intimately associated with the material and civic interests of Senecaville. Cuernsey county, where he has long resided, as to reflect great credit upon the town and vicinity, at the same time gaining the undivided respect of all who know him for his well directed life, which has been along paths of honor and uprightness. hfr. Kaho was born on July 9, 1849, Baltimore county, IMaryland, the son of Daniel and Eliza (Armstrong) Kaho, both natives of the state of iMaryland, the father born in Baltimore county and the mother in Hartford county. The family emigrated to Senecaville, Richland township, Guernsey count}', Ohio, in 1857. The father was a tinner by trade, but upon coming to this place he engaged in the grocery business, which he continued until his death. He was very well known in commercial circles of this locality. His widow survived him many years, dying in Quaker City about 1900. Daniel Kaho was a Democrat up to 1861, when he became a Republican. He was interested in public matters, and he served as treasurer of Richland township. He was also treasurer of the town of Senecaville for a period of twent}'-four years. He was a man of fine character and high standing. He was a mem- ber of the village council and held other public positions. He belonged to the Presbyterian church and was an elder in the same for many years, being a devoted churchman. His father, Daniel Kaho, was from Tipperary. Ireland. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OITIO. 696 and the Armstrongs were Scotch-Irish, having come to America in the early years of the last century. The family of Daniel and Eliza Kaho consisted of eiglit children, six sons and two daughters, namely: Alexander, deceased; James, deceased; George S. Hezekiah, of Linton, Indiana; Sylvester, de- ceased; Susan L., now Mrs. Frank Stevens, of Senecaville; Catherine M., a teacher in the Senecaville schools: John D., of Cleveland, Ohio, is a minister in the IMethodist Episcopal church. George S. Kaho spent his childhood and youth in Senecaville and. he was educated in the public schools here. On December 6, 1872, he was married to Anna Dennison, daughter of and Rachel (Finley) Dennison, a family of Senecaville. The father of Airs. Kaho was a member of the vast tide of emigrants to the California gold fields, and while en route overland he took sick and died. As a young man Air. Kaho learned the watchmaking business in Senecaville and at the time of his marriage he was located in busi- ness in Summer field. Noble county, remaining there about three years. In -1 874 he went to Portland City and engaged in the jewelry business for more than a vear. In April, i'S75, returned to Senecaville and engaged in busi- ness as a painter and contractor, working at the wagonmaking trade during the winter months. He has continued these lines of endeavor and has been very successful. All his life he has been a very busy man. Politically. Air. Kaho is a Republican and has long been active in the affairs of his party, seiudng it in an advisory way, with the county Republican central committee and as a delegate to party conventions. He has served as a member of the Senecaville board of education for three y'ears, during which time he succeeded in introducing some needed reforms necessary for the ad- vancement of the schools. In July, T910, Air. Kaho was appointed postmaster at Senecaville and on August 24th tlie following he assumed the duties of the same, and is giving the best of service in this capacity. He is a member of the Junior Order of American Alechanics and is presiding officer in the local council. He and his family are memliers of the Presbyterian church and he is a deacon in the same. Four children have been born to Air. and Airs. Kaho : Howard F. is married and resides in Salida, Colorado; Lulu H., now Airs. AVilliam T. Strausthon, of Senecaville: Estella, now Airs. Grant Trott, of Cumberland, this county; Helen, now Airs. Alark E. Sayer, of Portersville, California. This family is prominent in church and Sunday school work, and the Kah.o home is prominent in the social life of this community. It is one of the cozy and attractive cottages of Senecaville. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 697 ANTON E. DRUESEDOW. Success has been worthily attained by Anton E. Druesedow. the well known and popular photographer of Cambridge, who has always believed in doing well whatever was worth doing at all, and as a result of his painstaking efforts in his chosen calling he ranks second to none in his line in eastern Ohio. He was born JanuaiT 14. 1872, in Wheeling, West Virginia. He is the son of Albert and Amelia (Hoy) Druesedow, both natives of Germany, from which country they came to America when young and were married after coming here. The father was a stationary engineer, but he was never a resident of Guernsey county. John Hoy, the maternal grandfather of the subject, was for many years a resident of Guernsey county, but later moved to Nebraska where he spent the remainder of his life. He was a carriage- maker in Germany and followed this trade after locating at Winterset, Guern- se}" county, Ohio. The parents of the subject are both deceased, the father being buried at Washington, Pennsylvania, and the mother is buried at Steu- benville, Ohio. They were people of the most sterling attributes. Anton E. Druesedow was educated in the public schools of Pittsburg. Pennsylvania, and Cambridge, Ohio. The family moved to Pittsburg when he was young, and after the mother's death, the son came to Cambridge and attended school and here he has resided ever since. His first einployment was in the Cambridge Chair Factory, when he was sixteen years of age and he remained there three years. He then found employment in the freight office of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at Cambridge, in which he remained about three years. He always had an eye for the beautiful and on many occasions his esthetic nature asserted itself and he was always apt with brush and pencil, and after leaving the Baltimore & Ohio road he took up fresco work and in- terior decorating, which he followed at different cities, but only for one sea- son. He was then employed by the Standard Oil Company at Pittsburg for six months. During all these years he had been studying photography with a view of engaging in the business and in 1902 he opened a studio on North Sixth street where he operated successfully for about three years, then he moved to his present quarters in the Guernsey Bank building, the studio form- erly occupied by W. T. Dollison, an old established studio. He has always been very successful in this line, being recognized as an artist of rare skill and artistic ability, his work being excellently done in all lines of photographic work. He has a finely equipped studio and his work has won him wide notoriety and patrons come to him from remote localities. hlr. Druesedow is a member of the National Association of Photograph- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 698 ers ami he attends their annual meetings and takes an active interest in them, lie is greatlv interested in his work. He helongs to the iMethodist Protestant church, and ])ulitically he is a Democrat, hut he is not active in the party, though well informed on public questions. Until recently he gave a great deal of attention to music and for some time he was a memher of Cambridge's famous hand, hut the press of l)usiness compelled him to give up this avoca- tion and he now merely plays a little occasionally as a sort of diversion from his work. Air. Druesedow was married October 26, 1910, to Alary E. Hommer, daughter of David and Rachael (Keller) Hommer, of Huntingdon, Pennsyl- vania, a well known and prominent family of that city. AHCHAEL E. SHKIVER, M. D. d'he relief of actual, gnawing pain, and life-destroying sickness, the pro- longation of the days of man’s sojourn on this earth, sometimes accomplished by snatching him from the very portals of death — these are some of the achievements which l)ring the physician close to his l)rother man, and render him more tangibly than the memher of any other profession a servant of humanity. For he heals material disease, apparent and real : the lawyer and the minister prescribe for intangible troubles of mind and soul, not outwardly a])i)arent. And in no ])rofession is there need of higher qualities of mind and heart than in the physician's, nor in no other is there such complete abnega- tion of self to the demands of others. Truly in these days you will find in the ranks of the practitioners of medicine much of the old spirit which ani- mated the martyrs. The present sketch is concerned with the life of a young man who was horn and reared in Guernsey county, the descendant of a well known family, and who has so strongly felt the call to the practice of medicine that he entered upon it at a later period of life than most men care to take up a new profession. Alichael E. Shriver was horn on Alarch ii, 1874, on his father’s farm in Jackson township, Guernsey countv, Ohio. He is a son of Alark Gordon and Caroline (Camp) Shriver, rvhose record appears in a j^receding sketch. His boyhood was spent on the farm, and in attending the district schools. At the age of nineteen he went to Illinois, and there farmed and taught school for several years. He then in 1899 '\vent to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and was there for four years in the enqdoy of a grain dealer. In the autumn of 1903 he GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 699 began the study of medicine in the medical department of Creighton Uni- Yersity, at Omaha. Nebraska, and graduated from that institution in the class of 1907, on May 14 of that year. At once he began the practice of medicine at McClelland, Nebraska, which was his location until Octolier, 1909. \vhen he moYed to his present home at Calloway, Nebraska, where he is now prac- ticing, and is meeting with success. He is much de\'oted to his profession, and keeps abreast of the latest developments in the medical realm, and his \-aried experience in life is of great aid in his beginning practice. Doctor Shriver was married on October 24, 1909, to Blanch Fox, of Council Bluffs, Iowa. MARK GORDON SHRIVER. In the present article is recorded much of the history of a family which from pioneer times to the present day has been prominently identified with the activities and interests of Kckson township, the members of which have been men and women of solid worth and substantial virtues, fulfilling their duty in every situation in which they were placed — men and women who ha^'e caused the name of Shriver to be honored and respected in their community. IMark Gordon Shriver was born about a mile and a half southwest of Byesville, Jackson township, Guernsey county, Ohio. He was the son of Adam, Jr., and Delilah ( Gordon) Shriver, who were pioneers of that locality. Adam Shriver, Jr., was the son of Adam Shriver, Sr., and was born in [Mary- land; Delilah Gordon was born in IMonongahela county, Virginia, in 1790. Adam Shriver. Sr., was a soldier in the Revolution, and was the father of four sons, Adam, Jacob. Elijah and Michael, and with his family lived for some time in Greene countv, Pennsylvania, near Jollytown. In 1808 he came to Guernsey county, Ohio, and entered a large amount of land south of B}'esville, then returned to Pennsyh'ania. In 1809 his son. Adam Shriver, Jr., and his wife set out for the new country, where his father had made his entries from the government. They came on foot and horseliack, he walking and she riding, and thev led a colt that carried a lied and other possessions necessary to pioneer life when necessities were few and simple. Adam Shriver, Jr., came to this country at such an early day that wild turkeys, deer and bears were still seen, the former in abundance. He once met a bear on his farm coming toward him and shot it, but as the bear kejit coming he ran; however, the bear fell dead from its wound before it could reach him. He also killed deer near his house. All the land about was a 700 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. forest wilderness, none of it having Iieen cleared at that time. His cabin was hnilt of logs, with no doors or wdndows except holes, and they hung a quilt before the door at night. Thus he established his first humble home in the wilderness, and set to work to improve his farm. In later life he became the owner of a large tract of land, was prominent in his community, and held numerous minor offices. He died in iSdi. his wife in 1871. Mark (lordon Shriver grew up on his father’s farm, and during the Civil war was a soldier in Company E, One Hundred and Seventy-seventh Ohio V’olunteer Infantry, and served in many arduous campaigns. Throughout life he was a farmer and a capable one. He was first married to Rachel Kirk- ]>atrick, who bore him two daughters, Alice Odella and Mary Etta. Alice ( )della married George L. Beach, and lives just west of Byesville. Marv Etta married Rev. H. Id. Dunaway, and died in Kansas, After the death of his first wife, Mr. Shriver married Caroline Camp. She was the daughter of Joseph and Louisa (Jordan) Camp, and was born in the ivestern part of Jackson townshi]), w here i\It. Zion church now^ stands. To this marriage six children were born : Ida L. married Asbury Watson, and lives between Byes- \ ille and Trail Run ; Adam G. lives near iMt. Zion church in Jackson towmship ; John W. lives on the home farm; Leota L. married Andrew Gibson, and lived in Byes\dlle, wdiere she died wdien about thirty years old; Michael is a prac- ticing ])hysician at Calloway, Nebraska; Josephine married John B. Smock, and lives at Osborne, Kansas. Mark G. Shriver died on Februaiw 26. 1905, a man respected and esteemed by all who knew him. His wife now lives on the old home place, with her .son, John Wesley Shriver, and his family. GEORGE ALEXANDRIA McMILLEN. C)ne of the owners of extensii'e farming interests in Westland towmship, Guernsev countv, is the gentleman wdiose name initiates this sketch. His \-aluable property has been acquired through his own efforts, hi§ persistency of purpose and his determination, and the prosperity wdiich is the legitimate reward of all earnest effort is today his. Mr. McMillen has also richly earned the high esteem in wdiich he is held by all who know' him owing to his life of honestv, his straightforward dealings wdth his fellow men and the fact that w hile advancing his own interests he has never lost sight of the fact that it is his duty to lend his influence in furthering the interests of his community. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 701 George Alexandria IMcMillen was born in Washington county, Penn- sylvania, July 14, 1850. and he is the son of John and Xancy Jane i\Ici\Iillen, both born in the same county in the old Keystone state and were schoolmates there. Their marriage took place on February 19, 1839. She was two years his junior; their married life was a happy one and they were popular in their community and by hard work and economy became well established. Five children were born to them, named as follows: i\Irs. Mary Jane Ewing, John F., Mdlliam, George Alexandria, of this review, and iMrs. i\Iargaret M’ilson. This family remained in Pennsylvania until 1871 when they moved to Guern- sey county, Ohio, making the overland trip in a covered wagon, and the father bought the farm which is now owned by his son, George Alexandria, of this review. John McMillen was a good farmer and he continued his voca- tion until his death, on December 13. 1895, and his wife was called to her rest on January 6, 1901. They were both members of the United Presbyterian church and took active parts in its maintenance until their deaths. The subject of this sketch was twenty-one years old when he came to this county. Fie had received a very sendceable education in the common schools of his native county and he early in life began working in his father's fields and took up farming for himself when he reached maturity. He located, upon his arrival here, on the farm where he still resides, which is situated five miles southwest of Cambridge. While carrying on farming, he learned the black- smith’s trade. Later he took up breeding fine stock, became one of the leading stock raisers in this part of the county, and owing to the superior quality of his livestock he has always found a very ready sale for what he placed on the market. He is regarded as an excellent judge of stock and he has made a specialty of Poland-China hogs and Devon cattle. The latter have taken many blue ribbons at the county, state and general fairs, showing as far west as the state of MMshington, and the name of i\Ir. IMciMillen in this connection is known to the stock men of the West and middle AATst and parts of the East, his fine stock being greatly admired by all who have seen them and they have commanded tip-top and fancy prices. He was honored by the Republican party by being elected to membership on the board of agriculture of Guern- sey county, and he served in a manner that reflected much credit upon himself and to the entire satisfaction of all concerned for a period of eighteen years, and he is now the efficient president of that organization which is one of considerable importance and is doing a \-ery commendable work. On the 19th day of February, 1873. i\Ir. iMclMillen was married to IMary Elizabeth Eergus, a very estimable lady and the representative of a sterling old family of the Keystone state, she being the daughter of John and Ellen 702 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. I'crgTis, both nati\ es of ^^’ashing■ton county, b^ennsylvania. To Mr. and Mrs. McTIillen five children have lieen honi, named as follows; Martin, who lives at home: John 1 '. married Xannie J’atton, and they have one child, Ada Eliza- beth: I )essa Ellen lives in Cambridge, and she married A. C. Braden; Sarah Belle married f. R. Enlton, of Jackson township, and they have two children, h'dna and Anna; h'rank 1 '. is single and liihng at home. These children have all recei\ ed good educations and were reared in a wholesome home atmosphere. IMrs. ( ieorge ,\. McMillen is one of a family of eight children, named as follows; Agnes has remained single; Mrs. Sarah IMcClay, i\Irs. Belle McClay; John married Lida Walker-Eergns ; and Thomas. .\s already indicated, i\lr. McMillen is a prominent Repnldican and has long been actii'e in the affairs of his township and county. He has served eighteen vears on the local .school hoard and has done a great deal in pro- moting the cause of education here. In 1910 he was elected director of the conntv inhrmarv and he is serving very conscientiously as such. He is a faithful member and a lilieral snjiiiorter of the Lnited Presbyterian church at East Lhhon, l;)eing treasurer of the same. i\lr. IMcAlillen is deserving of the large success that has attended his efforts and he has one of the “show” places in his locality. The old home- stead is a ])ictnres(pie place, the dwelling being commodious, attractive, on the order of the famous old ])lantation homes of the South. It is in the midst of beautiful surroundings, in a grove of stately e\-ergreens and a spacious, well- kept and inviting lawn, and this place has always been known for its genuine hospitalitv and the cordial welcome to the many friends of the family and the good cheer generously dispensed to them here. Personallv, Mr. McAIillen is a gentleman of pleasing address, generous, honoialile in all the relations of life, hut never ostentations or found seeking the plaudits of his fellowmen. 'fHOMAS AOUILA SPAID. ,\ prosperous and well known business man of Pleasant City, of which ])lace he is a nati\’e, and a descendant of a family long resident in this region, is Thomas Aquila Spaid, who was horn at Pleasant City, Guernsey county, ( )hio, on August 28, 1864, the son of John Wesley and Elizabeth (Dyson) .Spaid. The Dyson family were among the hrst settlers in Valley township, and GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 703 the postoffice at Pleasant City was formerly called Idyson. The family was well known and some of their descendants are still living in Valley town- ship and are of high standing in their community. Of the Spaid family, it is said that they are descended from a Hessian soldier who located in Vir- ginia after the Revolution. George Spaid was the first of the family to come to Guernsey county. He was a farmer and large landowner in Hampshire county, Virginia, near Winchester, and in 1819 came by wagon and located here, and owned a large amount of land in Valley township. He had a son, William, who was nineteen years old when the family came here from Vir- ginia, and who married Elizabeth Secrest, the daughter of Jacob Secrest, also of Hampshire county, Virginia, near Winchester. She came here with her parents about the same time the Spaid family came, when the county was still wild and mainly unsettled. Jacob Secrest was a large landowner, and both the Secrest and Spaid families were prominent in the public, business and social life of the community. William Spaid was also a farmer in Valley township, owning many acres, and a successful man during the years of his activity. He took much interest in fine horses. John Wesley Spaid was one of the ten children of William-Spaid. He married Elizabeth Dyson, and was a tanner, owning and operating a large tannery on the south side of Main street in Pleasant City, half a square east of the railroad, on the present site of Grossman's department store. He also ran a shoe shop, and made shoes, saddles and harness. Thomas xTquila Spaid was one of twelve children, four of whom died in childhood. The others who are deceased are Mrs. Eliza Jane WTller, who left four children: Olive, who died unmarried; James, who died at about twenty-six years of age, leaving a son and daughter. The living are: Wil- liam Joseph, of Morristown, Belmont county, Ohio; John Wesley, of Jasper county, Missouri; Charles L., of Joplin, Missouri; Thomas x\., and Elverson Luther, a Lutheran minister at Carey, Wyandot county, Ohio. John W. Spaid died on March 3, 1877, and his wife survived until June, 1900, both being much respected in the community. Thomas grew up in Pleasant City, and worked at various occupations, in coal mines, on the railroad, etc. He and his brother-in-law for five years were in the general mercantile business in Pleasant City. Then, in 1895, he returned to coal mining, and remained at that until about 1900, when he bought out J. H. B. Dan ford’s tin shop in Pleasant City. Since he has added a good line of hardware and has continued in this business, and has prospered and increased his trade greatly. Mr. Spaid was married in 1890 to Sonora L. Secrest, the daughter of David and Sarah Jane (Miller) Secrest. David Secrest was a son of John 704 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. and Sallie Secrest, who came from Virginia, and is of the same branch of tlie family as are Noah E. Secrest, Sr., and William Secrest, of Hartford. IMrs. Spaid was one of thirteen children, and was born and reared near Hart- ford, Valley township, Guernsey county. To Mr. and Mrs. Spaid has been born one daughter, Olive Ruth. iMr. Spaid is a member of the Knights of Pythias. He, his wife and his daughter are members of the Lutheran church, and all are active. Mr. Spaid has served as Sunday school superintendent, and has been a deacon in the church since the second year of his membership, and began to teach in the Sunday school \vhen only fifteen years old. He is a thorough Christian, a man of sterling character and spotless integrity, successful in business, and prominent and inliuential in his community. LAFAYETTE TEMPLE. Among the respected farmers and influential citizens of Wheeling town- shi]), Guernsey county, is LaFayette Temple, who was born on February 27, 1865, farm where he now lives, one mile east of Guernsey station. He is the son of William and Martha Jane (Lanning) Temple. Edward Temple, the grandfather of LaFayette, came with his wife, Jane (Gibson) Temple, from WYstmoi'eland county, Pennsylvania, in 1808, and entered eighty acres of land wdiich are yet a part of the farm on which LaFay- ette Temple now lives. Grandfather Temple was a sturdy man and began life in the new country by building a log cabin which served as a family home, with some additions, until 1886, when it was destroyed by fire. Grandfather 'Femple was active in the affairs of the community. His family consisted of seven children : George, Thomas, Whlliam and John, four sons, and Jane, Ruth and Elizabeth, daughters. Of these, John now resides in Columbus, Ohio, and Elizabeth is now Mrs. William Alloway, in Kimbolton ; the rest are deceased. William Temple, the father of LaFayette, was always a farmer, at which occupation he prospered, and accumulated over three hundred acres of land, the care of which made him a busy man. A stanch Republican, he was not an office seeker, but was always a voter and interested in public affairs. He, bis family and bis ancestry were all members of the Methodist church. He died on December 29, 1899, his first wife had passed a\vay in 1866, when La- Fayette was but eighteen months old. The father was married a second time GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 703 to Lucy Ann Terrell, the daughter of Jerre Terrell, of Wheeling township. She died in April, 1897. By his first marriage Wfilliam Temple was the father of four sons and four daughters : Alexander, deceased ; Isaiah, lii’ing on a farm adjoining that of LaFayette; Samantha, deceased; Flarriett, who mar- ried James Elliott, of Coshocton county. Ohio; Lucinda, deceased; INIartha J., deceased; William, deceased; and Lafayette. Tliere were no children by the second marriage. LaFayette Temple spent his childhood and youth on his father’s farm, and received his education in the country schools, keeping busy on the farm in vacations. On May 18, 1892, he was married to Ella M. Gibson. t4ie daugh- ter of William P. and Jane (Kennedy) Gibson, residents of Kimbolton, now. deceased. To this union seven children have been liorn ; Paul H., Grace E., one who died in infancy, John L., Foster G., Edith J. and William D.. the latter named for his grandfather. Mr. Temple has spent his life on the farm first entered by his grandfather, which consists of one hundred and sixty acres in the Birds Run valley, one mile south of Guernsey station, Mdieeling town- ship, Guernsey county. He is prosperous and is a raiser of fine sheep, horses and cattle, making a specialty of good horses, his motto being the ‘'best is none too .good.” In politics he is a Republican and he has been active in public matters. In 1908 he rvas elected a member of the board of county com- missioners, and ivas president of the lioard. In 1910 he was re-elected, and is an honest and faithful public servant, enjoying the full confidence of the peo- ple. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, and his family are members of the United Presbyterian church, of which Mr. Temple is sup- porter, and the services of which he regularly attends. He is. a man of high character and sterling integrity, respected by all classes. ELIJAH NEELAND. Prominent in the activities of the village of Hartford, in which for many years he has cast his lot, is Elijah Neeland, who was born at Claysville, Guern- sey county, Ohio, on June 20, 1854, the son of James and Marinda ( Galloway) Neeland. James Neeland came from county Tyrone, Ireland, when he was about twenty-one years of age. He died on August 24. 1900, aged about eighty. In 1841 he came to Cambridge, Ohio, and there learned the blacksmith's trade under James Davis, and after three years went to Claysville, where he kept GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 706 a blacksmith shop lor the rest of his life, fifty-six years. While in Cambridge learning his trade, he married Alarinda, the daughter of Elijah and Susan (K.ector) Galloway. Elijah Galloway was born on October 19. 1789, near Washington, D. C., in Maryland, of German ancestry. Susan Rector was born in Eoudoun county, Virginia, on May 24, 1804, from which place her ])arents moved to Belmont county, Ohio, where Susan was married to Mr. Galloway on January 25, 1820. The young couple moved to Guernsey county and entered half of a (juarter section of virgin forest land from Congress, purchasing the other half from a neighlior. Here, amid pioneer hardships, they huilt a log cabin, and raised a little corn to make bread for food, and a little garden. The next year more land was cleared, and they raised wheat and tobacco. VIrs. Galloway bravely did both a man's and woman’s part, and worked in the tobacco while carrying her baby. Later they got beyond these hardships, and estalilished the home which has since been that of the Galloway family, and where their fourteen children were horn and reared to maturity. They all wore homespun clothes of flax and wool, and the family cooking was done on the hig eight-foot fireplace with its big backlogs and swinging crane. Elijah Galloway died on February 19, 1858, aged sixty-nine, his wife on January i, 1889, aged eighty-five. Both were active members of the IMethodist church, Mrs. Galloway being a charter member at Claysville. James Xeeland and his wife were also life-long members of this church, taking lead- ing ])arts in church work. James Neeland was a plain, quiet and hospitable man and a very worthy citizen. He and his wife were the parents of eleven children, one of whom died in infancy, while the following gre\v to maturity, and were all living until 1907: Mrs. Susan Burman, of Van Buren, Ohio; Andrew Neeland, of Leipsic ; Mrs. Ellen Sheppler, wdio lived near Cumber- land, and died in 1907; Mrs. Sarah Frazier, of Zanesville, Ohio; Elijah, of Hartford; Mrs. Mary Foulk, of near Claysville: Mrs. Elizabeth Hammond, of New Concord; Mrs. Grace Moore, of Zanesville; James, Jr., a carpenter and builder of Claysville: John B., of Hartford. Elijah Neeland lived at Claysville until he was twenty-five years old, and learned the blacksmith's trade from his father. In April, 1879, he came to Hartford, Guernsey county, and for a time ran a blacksmith shop, then was for many years a blacksmith at the mines. Once or twice in his life he has been aw'ay from that work for a few years, but it was his main occupation until November 15, 1909, when he left the occupation. He also has a farm of eighty acres adjoining Hartford on the north, and in 1910 he platted about twentv-six acres into town lots as an addition to Hartford. This is an un- usuallv well situated tract for town lots, and will prove a valuable addition GUERNSEY COE’NTV, OHIO. 707 to the residence district of Hartford. l\lr. Xeeland has in his possession sev- eral deeds from the government, one dated in 1807, signed by Thomas Jeffer- son, a patent to Joshua W. Satterthwaite for land in section 4, \’alley town- ship, a part of which is the land which IMr. Xeeland has just platted for an addition to Hartford. On October 27, 1886, iMr. X’eeland was married to Jessie F. Robins, the daughter of Peter D. and Deborah (Thompson) Robins. Fifty-three years before, lacking three days, the minister, the Rev. G. Keil, who married them, had married her parents, and three years previously her parents had cele- brated their golden wedding. For the early history of the Robins family see sketch of Dr. James E. Robins. Mrs. X'eeland has in her possession a silver cup brought from the isle of Guernsey by her grandparents, engraved June 23. 1777. Peter D. Robins was in early life a miller, owned a large farm, and later engaged in wool Iniying as his main business. He was an influential citizen in his neighborhood. Deborah Thompson was the daughter of James and Mary Thompson. Her father was born near Senecaville, Ohio, and her mother was from Pennsylvania. i\Ir. X’eeland's father is a iMethodist and Mrs. Xeeland’s father an Evangelical Lutheran: both were faithful members of church and their homes were always stopping places for the preachers and church people, and i\Irs. N^eeland's mother has been known to get supper for the preacher even as late in the night as two o'clock, after the late protracted meetings. Peter D. and Deborah Robins were the parents of fourteen children, namely: John AAhlliam, deceased, of Cambridge: Alary Jane, who died at the age of thirteen: James Thompson, who, as a soldier in the Civil war, was accidentally shot by another Lhiion soldier: Aladison, deceased, of Cambridge; Harrison, a commission merchant in Baltimore: Alexander, of Cambridge; Peter Hubert, of Eureka. Kansas ; Alartin Luther, deceased, father of Dr. James E. Robins, whose sketch see; Alartha Alaria, the wife of E. J. Alilhone, deceased; Charles Abraham, of Eureka, Kansas; Rosa E., who married Henry AIoss, of Cambridge; and Jessie F.. the wife of Elijah X’eeland. Air. and Airs. Elijah X’eeland are the parents of one son, Llarold Robins, now a student at the Ohio Aledical L’niversity at Columbus, Ohio, in his second year. Air. X’eeland has held various township offices, has been school director, and was township trustee for five years. Both he and his wife are faithful members of the Lutheran church. Air. Xeeland is a man who has striven to do his duty in every situation of life as he has seen that duty, and his neighbors all testifv as to the true value of his character and life. In his community he is much esteemed. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 708 THOMAS I. MOORE. One of the oldest li\dng residents of \^alley township is Thomas I. Moore, wlio enjoys the ])eculiar distinction of having spent his entire life on the farm where he was l)orn, on October 20, 1827. He is the son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Hickle) iMoore. Isaac iVloore was born in 1802, and about 1825 w alked from bis home on the Big Capon river in West Virginia to Guernsey county to look at the land, his brother Joseph accompanying him. He had been married in Virginia to Elizabeth, the daughter of Stephen and Susannah ( Hoo\-er) Hickle. both of whom were natives of Hampshire county, Virginia, where Ste])hen Hickle was born on August 20. 1767, and Susannah Hoover on January 19, 1 779. They later came to Guernsey county, where they spent the remainder of their lives on a farm along the Clay pike. They were the par- ents of the following children; John, born on June 30, 1797; Jacob, on February 8, 1799: Stephen, on June 21, 1801: Abram, on iMay 29, 1803: Timothy, on October 7, 1805; Elizabeth, on January ' 23, 1808; Rachel, on April 4, .1810: Alary, on June 30, 1813: George, on April 24, 1815; Sarah, Jidy 30, 1817, and Isaac, on December 27, 1821. Isaac Aloore bought one hundred and sixty acres in what is now the southwestern part of Valley township near Opperman, a portion of the town of Oiiperman being built on that land. There he lived and reared his family. Within a year after they came, their house was burned dowm, leaving them not e\’en a change of clothing. The neighbors came and helped build a new house that was finished in a day, and were r^ery kind in assisting them to make a new start, after the pioneer fashion of heljiing each other. Thomas I. Aloore was the only son of Isaac Aloore, but he had nine sisters, namely: Susan, born August 10, 182c) ; Rebecca, September 20, 1831 ; Sarah, Novem- ber 30, 1833; Alabala, January i6, 1835: Alary, December 6, 1836; Rachel, Decemlier 25, 1839; Elizabeth, February 15, 1843; Harriet, Alarch 28, 1846; Rhoda, Alay 16, 1848. Isaac Aloore and his wife were among the founders of the Bethel Alethodist church and he w-as active in church and school work, giving the ground on wdiich the school w'as built, w’here his son and grandson both attended. He died in 1882, and w^as a man of considerable influence and much esteemed in the community in wdiich he lived, and wTich he had helped to convert from a wdlderness into a prosperous farming district. Thomas I. Aloore has lived all his life on the home farm. His recollec- tions of early times are vivid, wdien deer, wild turkey and other game abounded, and the family lived in a log cabin wdtb a puncheon floor, w’ore clothes homespun and w'oven from home-grown flax, and had not even GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 709 andirons for the fireplace, Ixit used stones instead. As an infant he used to roll on the floor on a deer hide, and his mother would sometimes give him a piece of venison to suck, tying it by a string to his toe, so that he could not swallow it and strangle. The first lumber floor which was put in the cabin he remembers quite distinctly, as that was a great ad\’ance in prosperity and luxury. Mr. Moore sen-ed during the Civil war in Company C, One Hundred and Seventy-second Ohio Regiment, with an honoraljle record. On December 5, 1850, he was married to IMargaret Gander, the sister of David C. Gander, whose sketch see for her family. She was horn in 1830 on Salt creek, near the IMuskingum county line, and when she was se\'en moved to Spencer township, where she grew to maturity. Four children were born to them, Isaac W., a child who died in infancy, Rebecca Elizabeth, who married Fillmore Spaid, of Hartford, and Rachel Alice, the wife of O. R. Taylor, of Pleasant City. In the winter of 1853, Thomas I. IMoore and his brother-in-law. Jonathan Gander, went into partnership in a saw-mill, and for twenty vears continued in partnership with saw-mills and threshing-machines. Except for this. Thomas I. Moore’s interests have been confined to farming. He and his wife are both members of the Bethel iMethodist church and are highly respected in their community. Isaac W. IMoore was born on July 22. 1852, and grew up on his father's farm. While his father was gone to war. Isaac W.. then a boy of twelve, had to do a man’s work on the farm, and he well remembers when IMorgan’s raiders passed their home. In 1874 he married iMary Adeline Finley, the daughter of Joseph and Jane (Johnson) Finley, who was reared near Old- ham’s Station, north of Cambridge. To this marriage three children were born, Charles Albert, Marion Milton and Ida Olive. In 1885 he and his family moved to northwestern Kansas where he took up a homestead and a tree claim of one hundred and sixty acres each, and here lived for sixteen years. In 1890 his wife died here. In 1901 Isaac W. Moore, who had by this time accumulated a half section of farming land besides his tree claim, sold his stock and implements, left the farm with his sons, and himself returned to the old home farm in Guernsey county. Ohio. Charles Albert Moore married IMinnnie Haseley, and has a half section of land of his own three miles from Colby, seven miles nearer that town than his father’s farm. INIarion i\I. IMoore married Ethel Hutchinson, and li\'es on his father’s farm, while he also owns one hundred and sixty acres of his own. On August 3, 1904, after his return to hfs native county, Isaac W. Moore 710 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. was married to Harriett A. Larrick, the daughter of Benjamin Larrick. Isaac W. iMoore is an acti\’c memlier of the Bethel Methodist church. He lives with his father on the oUl farm, which Thomas Moore, the father of Isaac and Joseph Moore, entered for them from the government in 1825. Tliomas Moore ne\’er came to this county to live hut he and his wife went to iMissouri, and there sjient their days. Three generations of Moores have owned that farm, and three generations were born there, four generations lived together on it for some years, and it has never lieen out of the family since it was entered from the government. Thomas I. iMoore and his wife have had the very exceptional privilege of passing sixty years of wedded life together, the sixtieth anniversary of tlieir wedding occurring on December 5, 1910, and all their children and grandchildren and two great-grandchildren rvere present, e.xcept Ida O. iMoore, who was teaching in Leavenworth, Kansas. Their married life has been a beautiful example of domestic felicity. Both of them have very vivid recollections of pioneer days, and can talk entertainingly of the early life of the county. They have seen their children and grandchildren taking active and usefid places in the work of the world, and they themselves in their' later days are enjoying the deserved esteem of those who know them. D.WID C. GANDER. The present sketch is concerned with a resident of Byesville whose ac- ([uaintances are many in Guernsey county, and who by the worth of his char- acter has made many friends and has in life been successful. David C. Gander was horn in Spencer township, Guernsey county, Ohio, near Cumberland, on June 30, 1844, the son of l)a\'id and Rachel (Shull) Gander. His father was horn on October 10. 1800, his mother on January 16, 1803, and after their marriage they came from the neighborhood of Capon Springs, in A\Ast Virginia, to Altiskingum county, Ohio, and settled on Salt Fork lietween Zanesville and Chandlers\’ille, whence they later moved into Spencer town- ship and located about three miles from Cumberland. Their children were, with the dates of their births : Samuel H. Gander, January 23, 1824: Rebecca, October 2, 1825; Jonathan Shull, December 22, 1827; Margaret Shull, Feb- ruary II, 1830: Barbara Anue, April 27, 1833, died on December 25, 1833; George Washington, January d, 1836: Elizabeth Catherine, December 16, 1840: David Cross, June 30, 1844. The father of these children died on GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 711 June 18, 1871. the mother on September 18. 1869. David Gander farmed all his life, beginning with a small farm, but adding t(.) it until he owned three hundred and sixty acres. He held various township offices, and was promi- nent in his community, taking an interest in public affairs. David C. Gander grew up on the home place, and enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Seventy-second Ohio Infantry, serving with an honor- able record. After the war he came back to his home community and re- turned to farming. On November i, 1868, he was married to Rhoda IMoore, the sister of Thomas I. IMoore, whose sketch see for her ancestry. She was born on IMay 16, 1848, in the southwest part of Valley township, where her brother now lives. To this union were born nine cbildren. Wilbur Grant was born on September 19, 1869, and now lives in Newark, an engineer on the Baltimore & Ohio railway. Rachel Elizabeth was born on February 18, 1871, and died in June, 1894. just six weeks later than her mother. Cora Olive was born on June 3, 1873, on September i, 1876. Harrison Ross was born on August 17, 1875, now a miner, living in Pleasant City. Homer Strawl was born on March 4, 1877, and is now a mine super- intendent. Anna Maude was born on January 18, 1879, and married IM. B. Buckey, of Oklahoma. Robert Halley was born on September 22, 1880, and is employed in the shoe business in Cambridge. Alice Irena, who was born on January 19. 1884. and Florence Ethel, born on August 9, 1888, are at home with their father in Byesville. After marriage Mr. and IMrs. Gander lived on the old home farm in Spencer township until 1885, when they moved to Kansas, where he l)ought a farm and they lived for about a year and a half, when, because of I\Irs. Gander’s failing healtb, they sold out and returned to Ohio, living for four years in the northern part of Jackson township. They then moved near to Byesville. and it was while here that Mrs. Gander contracted measles and pneumonia at the same time, in her already weakened condition, and died on April 28, 1894. She was a good woman, a faithful wife and conscientious mother, and she and her husband were both active in the work of the IMeth- odist church. j\Ir. Gander continued to live on the farm until IMay, 1901, when he moved to Byesville, and engaged in teaming, which he found at that time to be a lucrative business. Since his childhood ]\Ir. Gander has been an ardent Republican, taking an active part in the councils of his partv. He has lived to see his children taking an active and useful work in the communities in which they live, while he himself is still in the harness. A\hdelv known in the countv, he is well liked bv all GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 12 OR.\ F. YOUXG. One of the well known and prominent citizens of Pleasant City, Valiev township, is Ora 1'. Young, who was born in East Union, Xoble county, Ohio, May 2f). iS66, and is the son of William and Sarah ( Robinson) Young. AVil- liam 'N^oung’s parents came from Anne Arundel county. IMaryland, and located near what is now Tem])eranceville, X'oble county, at that time a portion of Hclmont county. William Young grew up on the farm and later in life be- came a miller, following his trade for forty-five years in Sarahsville, Summer- held, Sharon, 01i\-e, Byesville, Hartford and Point Pleasant or Pleasant City. I le married Sarah Robinson, daughter of Solomon Robinson and wife. She was Ijorn in Washington county. Penn.sylvania, and came to Ohio in 1828, when she was six years of age. They came in emigrant wagons in typical pioneer fashion, went on to P.ig iMeigs creek above Pennville, near a Quaker settlement in iMorgan count}-, Ohio. They afterwards moved back to Sharon, w here William Young engaged in the milling business. After their marriage they moved to East Union, where the elder Young engaged in the milling business until 1873, then came to Pleasant City and engaged in the milling business the rest of his life, dying in 1897, his widow' surviving until 1907. Me had been a soldier in Company G, One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Ohio V’olunteer Infantr\'. Me and his wdfe were life-long members of the Method- ist E]iisco])al church. Their family consisted of nine children, namely: Mrs. Xancy Shri\-er, wife of Xicholas Shriver, living near Caldwell: Mrs. B. E. Pee, of Byesville; Mrs. Erancis Rebecca Secrest, wife of J. M. Secrest ; John kl., of Cambridge: i\Irs. Jennie Speers, wnfe of Europe Speers, of Cambridge: T'lora, wife of Charles Robins, of Eureka, Kansas: iMrs. Ida M. Secrest, of Cleveland, wife of W. T. Secrest; iMartha died in 1876: Ora F.. of this re- view. From the time he was six vears of age. Ora F. Young lived in Pleasant City, .\fter his father got too old to work in the mill, he took up the w'ork, which he followed until 1908, in wdiich year he went into business for him- self in Pleasant City, wholesale and retail flour and feed. He erected one of the most substantial business houses in the town, which he now- occupies. It is of tile and concrete, is neat, well arranged and attractive, and he has car- ried on a verv extensive business ever since. He has been very successful as a business man in whatever he has turned his attention to. iMr. Young was married in 1889 Amanda Crow, of X^oble county, daughter of John aufl Elizabeth ( Wilson) Crow. Her death occurred on jMay 22, 1894, and on June 7, 1900, i\Ir. Young was married to Belle McCoy, GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 713 daughter of Alexander McCoy, who was county commissioner of this county, and whose death occurred in 1891. His wife was Jane Johnson, descended from a pioneer family from Braddock, Pennsylvania. The IMcCoys were also a prominent pioneer family, having come from Pennsylvania. One daugh- ter, Virgil Amanda, has been born to Air. and Mrs. Young. Since 1895 Air. Young has been a local preacher in the Alethodist Epis- copal church, and he has been a member of the church thirty-one years. He is a class leader, steward and a Sunday school teacher, and was superintendent of the Sunday school for twelve years. He was township clerk for four years, beginning when he was only twenty-two years old. In all his positions of public trust he has been veiy faithful in the discharge of his duty and has won the commendation of all concerned. His first wife was a Alethodist. as is also his present wife. Air. A'oung is a successful business man, a fiuent and interesting speaker and a man whom to know is to respect and admire for his industry. NOAH ELV'OOD SECREST. Aluch is to be found within the covers of this volume regarding the Secrest family, but too much could not well be said, owing to the fact that its members have been prominent in Guernsey county in ^■arious walks of life from the early pioneer days and they have borne reputations of high grade citizens, unassailable and irreproachable, and have played well their parts in the drama of civilization. A worthy representative of this old and influential family is Noah Elwood Secrest, of Wiley township, of whom the following paragraphs deal. Pie was horn on his father's old home farm a short distance east of Hartford, this township, on June 9, 1855. He is the son of Vhlliam and Alary (Buckley) Secrest, highly esteemed old residents of A'alley town- ship, who are mentioned in a separate sketch in this work. Noah E. Secrest grew to maturity on the home farm on v hich he worked during his boyhood and youth and attended the district schools. He followed farming most of the time, but also did some teaming, remaining with his father until he was thirty-four years of age. He was married in 1879 to Alary R. Jackson, who was born and reared at Pleasant City, this township, the daughter of Samuel and A^irginia (Trott) Jackson, a well known and highly respected family here. This union has resulted in the birth of four children, namely : Carl Dwight, who lives at Belle A^alley, this county, working as a GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 714 foreman for a construction gang at the mines; Ella Violet and William Jack- son are at home; Melba Virginia is attending school at Pleasant City. In 1888 Mr. Secrest bought a farm of one hundred and four acres one mile south of Hartford, where he has since made his home. The house, a cosy, substantial and attractive one, stands on top of a ridge, overlooking the \-alley, commanding a view of several towns and a most inspiring panorama of field and farm as well. From it the lights of Cambridge may be seen at night and in another direction one can see at a distance of eighteen miles. He has a most excellent farm which he has brought up to a high state of im- provement and cultivation and which is one of the choice places of the town- ship. He carries on general farming and stock raising in a most successful manner and is regarded as one of the leading agriculturists of his community. Mr. Secrest is a loyal Democrat and he is more or less active in local party affairs, having served his township as trustee in a most acceptable man- ner. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Pleasant City, and in his religious relations he holds meml)ership with the Tmtheran congregation, while iMrs. Secrest l)elongs to the VIethodist Episcopal church. ALBERT E. WYCOFF. 'Idle Wycoff family is deserving of s])ecific mention in this work owing to the fact that it is an old and honored one in Guernsey county, its several mem- bers having conducted themselves in a manner as becomes American citizens of a high order. Of this numl)er Albert E. Wycoff is a worfhy representa- tive. He was born at Claysville, this county, in July, 1861, and he is the son of John R. and Eliza (Hammond) Wycoff. It is believed this family came originallv from Pennsyh’ania, moving from this county to Indiana, but later returned here before the subject was born. His boyhood was spent at Clays- ville. where he attended school and clerked a little. When sixteen years of age he entered the photography luisiness at his home town, later went to Hiramslmrg, then to Byesville, hut owing to the fact that this line of work seemed to be detrimental to bis health he gave it up and began doing contract work, following that business very successfully until about 1882. He then went to farming and l)ought and sold livestock, near Hartford and Buffalo. Later he clerked about three years for Moss Brothers & Rigby in Hartford. ,\fter leaving tbeir employ he clerked for the Wills Creek Supply Company, three or four months. In July, t888, he entered into business for himself at GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 715 Hartford, opening a new store, dealing in general merchandise. He built up an excellent trade and had the confidence of the entire community. When the lease expired on the building occupied by his former employers, he rented the ])lace and moved to his present location where he has continued everv since, enjoying a large trade with the surrounding country and always carrying a very carefully selected stock of up-to-date goods, tastily arranged in a neat building. In July, 1909, he started another store at Walhonding No. 2 mine. He has been very successful as a merchant, being a good manager and court- eous and honest in his dealings with his many customers. On December 4, 1899. he was ajipointed postmaster at Hartford, 'which office he still holds, dis- charging his duties in this connection in a manner that reflects much credit upon himself and to the satisfaction of the peojile and the department at AVashington. Politically, he is a Repuldican, and is loyal to his ]>arty's prin- ciples. In fraternal matters he is a worthy member of the IMasonic fraternity and of the Knights of Pythias. Mr. AAh'Coff was married in 1882 to Arizona Dickerson, daughter of George and Eliza ( Vorhees) Dickerson, mentioned elsewhere in this work. She was born and reared at Derwent, her father having lieen a prominent citizen there, owning nearly all the ground on which that town now stands. Seven children were born to IMr. and Mrs. AAAcoff, of whom one died in infancy, namely: Roy, who married Ethel Garrett, lives in Hartford, clerking in his father’s store ; he has one son, Pjyron ; Paul married Hattie Clendenning and lives in Hartford, lieing an electrician in the mines; Harrison is in charge of his father’s store at AADlhonding mine No. 2 ; Forrest clerks in his father’s store at Hartford ; Carl and Catherine Eliza are both at home. Mr. and Mrs. AAAcoff both belong to the klethodist Episcopal church in Hartford, and they .stand high in all circles in this community. GEORGE AAA DICKERSON. A highly honored and influential citizen of Derwent. Guernsey county, is George AAA Dickerson, who was l)orn at Hartford, AOlley township, in 1839. and he has lived to see wondrous changes take place in this locality and has done his full share in liringing about the transformation. He is the son of Asa and Catherine (Secrest) Dickerson. It is believed that the father was born in the south edge of Jackson township, this county, about 1805, but it may be that he was born in Center township ; however, he was certainly a GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. yi6 pioneer cliild, growing up in the forest when the red men were yet abroad and wild l)casts plentiJ'jl. He was the son of Ricliard and Anna (Huston) Dick- erson. Richard Dickerson came here from AAHshington county, Pennsyl- \ ania. Id is father, also named Richard, was brought to America as a soldier to tight for England in the ReYolutionary war, but deserted upon reaching our shores cvhen he learned the cause of the \var, and joined the American forces, tighting under George AAHshington. Richard Dickerson was twice married, Asa being a son of the second marriage. Richard came to Guernsey county, Ohio, from his Pennsylvania home about 1804, and settled first in Center township, then moved to w hat is now the south part of Jackson town- ship, along AAdlls creek. Richard’s children were Isabel, wdio married Solo- mon Peters; Joshua. Richard, Simeon and Asa. -Asa Dickerson married Catherine Secrest, daughter of John Secrest, of near Hartford. The latter was the lirother of Henry Secrest, father of AAdl- liam Secrest, wdiose sketch a])pears herein. After his marriage Asa Dicker- son s])cnt nearly all his days near Hartford. He was a carpenter by trade and was a fine workman. He had four children, namely: Samuel died wdien three months old ; Jane is the wife of James Edward Spaid. wdiose sketch appears on another page of this work; George AA^., of Derwent, and John, deceased. In 1868 Asa Dickerson and sons bought a farm of one hundred and sixty acres wdiere Derwent now stands and this was his home the rest of his life, his death occurring in 1887. His wdfe survived him until 1905, having reached the advanced age of ninet}" years. Asa Dickerson made a profession of the Christian faith and was of Baptist belief. His wdfe belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church. They were excellent people in every respect. George A\d Dickerson was about eighteen years old wdien his father bought the farm at Derwent, and he has made his home there ever since, wdth the exception of the summer of 1862, wdiich he spent in the Rocky mountains, ])rospecting for gold. He then returned to the farm and has since been en- gaged in agricultural pursuits and the carpenter’s trade, at wdiich he has been very successful, huildiiig many of the houses and barns in this vicinity, and as a farmer his labors were verv satisfactorily rewarded. Mr. Dickerson was married in the spring of 1863 to Eliza Vorhies, the daughter of Eli and Nancy ( AIcLaughlin ) Vorhies. She w^as horn in Noble county, this state, of w hich her people were very early settlers, both her great- grandfather and grandfather having lived in that county and are buried there. ddiree children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Dickerson : Arizona, who married Albert E. AAAcoff, of Hartford, wdiose sketch appears herein; Norval AA’einier lives in Derwent, wdiere he is a carpenter in the mines; he GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. married Mattie Perry, and they have three daughters and two sons living, one child being deceased: Eli Asa also li^■es in Derwent, engaged as a plas- terer; he married Annie Buckmaster, and they have three children li\'ing, one being deceased. i\[r. Dickerson is a member of Red Prince Lodge Xo. 230, Knights of Pythias, at Byesville, and also the Pythian Sisters at Pleasant Citv. A part of his farm is now laid off in town lots, and comprises the greater portion of the town of Derwent and that immediate vicinit}' as originally laid off', he having owned all east of the railroad fronting on three streets. He is the oldest citizen of this town and community, in point of length of residence. He is held in high esteeem by all classes. THOMAS Mb kIcKIXLEY. Among the enterprising farmers of Valley township, Guernsey county, who believe in keeping abreast of the times in all matters pertaining to their special line of endeavor and thereby not only benefit themselves and family to the greatest degree, but also the community at large is Thomas AM klcKinley, who has spent his life in this community, having been born in the northwestern part of this township, along the Clay pike, on August 12. 1S47. He is the son of Ebenezer and Lucinda (Russell) AIcKinley, the former born June 21, 1815. and the latter on April 3, 1814. The father was the son of AAfilliam McKinley, who came from A'irginia to Belmont county, Ohio, in a very early day, thence moved to Guernsey county, locating in the northwestern part of A^alley township where he became the owner of about two hundred and eighty acres of land ; there he established a good home and became influential among the early settlers. He lived to be about eighty years of age. His family con- sisted of five sons and two daughters : Aaron, Israel, AA^illoughby and a son usually called “Uncle Peidmond” all went west: Aaron lived on the home place and was married, but died childless; AAhlloughby married Elizabeth Car- ter and lived at Cumberland for a number of years, then moved to Hummisten, Iowa, where he became the owner of over a section of land: he left two sons and one daughter : Ebenezer married Lucinda Russell, daughter of Thomas Russell and wife. Thomas Russell was a soldier during the war of 1812 with England. She was born in Belmont county and was brought to Guernsey county by her parents when a child. After the father was married he lived on the home place and his death occurred on October 30, 1857, at the age of GUERNSEY COUNTY,, OHIO. forty-two years: his widow survived thirty-seven years, dying on November 12, iS(;4. 1 'he following children were liorn to them: Thamer E. married Landon Starr and li\'cd near Claysville: the}^ both died, leaving five children; Sarah A. married Stephen Elickle and lives near Cumberland: Rachel died on y\ugnst 30, 1844. when one year old: William A. was married to Elizabeth 1 lammontree and they became the parents of two children, both of whom died in infancy: the father is also deceased: Thomas W., of this review; Aaron married Mahala Aplin, lives in the southwestern part of Jackson township on his farm, and they are the parents of three children, Charles, Eorest E. and Fern; Clarinda J. married John Bristol and lives in Byesville ; Hayden E. lives at Columbus. Kansas, and is married to Alice Clark, daughter of Wil- liam Clark, and they have two children, a boy and a girl. Jay and Cecil. Thomas Ah McKinley's boyhood w-as spent on the home farm where he assisted with the general work and attended the neighboring schools. In I'Sdg he was married to iMary J. Heskett, daughter of Elam and Sytha Heskett, old pioneers from Belmont county. After their marriage they lived on the old Heskett homestead, in the northwestern part of Valley township, about three years, then lietween Cumberland and Claysville five or six years. Her death occurred on July 21, 1877, and she left two children, a son and a daugh- ter, Walter Ray and Mary A. Another daughter died when two and one- half years of age. The son lives near Chaseville and works for the Ohio Fuel Su])ply Company: he married Claude Goodin and they have five children, four sons and one daughter, Guy, Earl, Fred, Mack and Grace. Mary A. McKin- ley married George Wilson and has two sons, Victor and Chester; she lives on the home farm with her father. After the death of his wife Thomas W. McKinley bought the old home- stead where he now resides, and on which he has been very successful as a general farmer. On November 15, 1892, be W'as married to Sarah L. Bugher, of Spencer township, the daughter of George and Joan Bugher. Mr. McKinley is a loyal Prohibitionist, and he and his wife belong to the Christian church near their home, of which he is a deacon and, in fact, a ])illar, lieing e\’er active in the same. They have an attractive and well- kept dwelling and Mr. McKinley has kept his fine farm in first class condition, now owning three hundred and thirteen acres of as good land as the town- ship can boast. This land does not all join, but is in the immediate vicinity where he lives. Besides general farming, he is known to be a very succes.s- ful stock raiser. He bas just bought one hundred more acres of land, owning in all four hundred and thirteen acres. Mr. iMcKinley has inherited many sterling traits from his ancestors, wdio GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 719 were known for their integrit}T honor and public spirit. His great-grand- father was a fine Virginia gentleman of the old school ; he owned an extensive plantation and had about twenty-tii’e or thirty slaves. At his death they fell to his son William, the subject's grandfather, but he was not in favor of slavery and ne^•er went back to the old plantation to claim them. ^lATTHEW STRAUCH. The province of Lorraine has furnished a large number of most welcomed and enterprising citizens to various localities of the United States, and almost invariably they have in due course of time become property holders and made valuable citizens, loyal to our institutions and ready to lend whatever aid necessary in advancing the general good. Of this large number the name of Matthew Strauch, of Jackson township, Guernsev countv, should be men- tioned. He was born in the province named above (then a part of France, but now belonging to Germany) June 3, i86o. He is the son of Vhlliam and Margaret ( Losqyl ) Strauch. He grew to maturity and was educated in his native land, and in 1881, when twenty-one years of age, he emigrated to America, locating in Pennsylvania where he followed mining — in fact, he has been a miner all his life, having entered the mines of France when only thirteen years of age. About two years after he located in Pennsylvania he went to Hocking Valley. Ohio, then went to Alal.iama and was there about six months, then came to Guernsey county and located at Byesville, where he worked about a year. He then went to Trail Run and has been there ever since, making this his home and working in various mines. In 1898 he became min- ing boss at Trail Run mine No. i. About 1905 he was promoted to superintend- ent of the mine, which place he has continued to fill in a manner that reflects much credit upon himself and to the entire satisfaction of his employers, con- tinuously to the present time. He has about two hundred and twenty-five men under his control, and, being popular with them, he has their good will and so adroitly executes his work that the very best results are obtained. He is evidently the right man in the right place. In 1907 he bought the farm where he now resides, a half mile northwest of Trail Run, where he has one hundred acres of excellent and well improved land, on which stands a large, substantial and attractively located dwelling, and everything alx)ut the place is in keeping with the same. Before purchasing this place he had lived across the line in Richland township, about three miles from Trail Run. where he had a farm. 720 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. having li\ed there aljout sixteen years. He has traded that for residence ])ro])erty in Byesville, which he rents out. He has been veiy successful in his life -work, in whatever he has turned his attention to, and is now one of the suljstantial men of his community. Politically, he is a Republican, having snp])orted this party ever since he became an American citizen. He took out his first naturalization papers in 1885, and was fully naturalized in 1887. lie is active in the affairs of his party. Fraternally, he lielongs to the Tnde- ])endent Order of Odd Fellows at Senecaville and the Knights of Pythias at llyes\ ille, having transferred his membership from Cambridge in the latter. jMr. Strauch was married in 1887 to Ida May Hillyer, who was born aliont three miles from Senecaville, in Guernsey county. She is the daughter of Thomas and Rachael (Secrest) Hillyer. The Secrests were old pioneers in this county. Eight children have been born' to Mr. and Mrs. Strauch: Clarence died when twenty-two months old, being the second in order of birth, William hav- ing Ijeen the first ; IMary was third, then Raymond, Florence, Ruth, Gladys and Irene, all at home with their parents. Mr. Strauch has been remarkably successful since coming to America. When he landed on our shores he could speak both French and German, but not a word of English ; but he rapidly mastered our language, desiring to be a thorough American, associating with our people, married a native of the United States and has ever been ready to defend America's interests. DR. ANDREW WTALL. Of all the workers in the field of human activities, there is none that more closely links himself with the hearts and lives of his fellows than the medical practitioner, who combines with skill a zealous devotion to his humane task of helping the suffering. He is the true friend in need. Between him and those he serves there springs up a peculiar loyalty, and when he departs there is genuine mourning. Such a worker was Dr. Andrew Wall who, though now dead a dozen years, is still green in the memory of his generation. Doctor WHll was born in .Vllegheny county, Pennsylvania, December 13, 1829, and was a resident of Washington county, Pennsylvania, from early childhood till his sixteenth year. He came with his parents. Jesse and Sarah Wall, to Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1845. family settled near Claysville, where the youth grew to man- ANDREW W ALL, M. D. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 7-’ I hood, receiving the ordinary common school education. He then attended Muskingum College, and after that taught several terms of school before he began the study of medicine. His twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth years were spent at Ann Arbor in the medical department of the University of Michigan, where he laid the foundations of a knowledge in medicine and surgerv for which he afterwards became distinguished, ikfter leaving the above school he studied under Dr. Vincent Haynes, of Cambridge, and there first engaged in practice. In 1862 he took the degree of Doctor of Medicine at the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati and enlisted as assistant surgeon in the Seventv- seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and one year later was promoted to the office of surgeon, in which capacity he served until i866. In 1867 Doctor Wall formed a partnership in Cambridge with Dr. Wil- liam Clark, but this was dissolved in the following year. His experience in the army had been of great service to him ; even at that time he was recognized as a surgeon of unusual capability, and added years of experience increased that reputation. He was made a member of tbe board of pension examiners, and from the time of the organization of that board until his death, except during President Cleveland's last term, he was a member of it, being president of the board when he died. Doctor Wall was married in 1856 to Bridget Call, who was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in 1833. They had five children: Cory- don L., now a druggist at Cleveland; an infant son who died in 1859; Eliza- beth May, a well-known teacher in the Cambridge schools for many years ; Mary L., wife of Ross Moore, and Sallie L., stenographer in the office of Superintendent McCullough of the Marietta division of the Pennsylvania rail- road. All are of Cambridge. Tbeir mother died a number of years before the father's death, and in 1889 he married Mrs. G. N. Meredith, who survived him. Doctor Wall died April 17, 1898. His funeral was conducted by tbe Masonic order, of which he was an honored member, and was attended by all the prominent physicians of the county. It was said that no death ever occurred in Cambridge that caused such general sorrow. He was one of the old-fashioned doctors who ministered to the wants of the afflicted whenever and wherever needed, and no journey was too hazardous for him to undertake when he could render professional service. Throughout Guernsey county his name was a household word, for rich and poor, high and low alike, depending on him in times of need, had never-failing proof of his trustiness. A man of remarkable endurance, there were times when he would be going day and night, for perhaps a week continuously, and virtually without sleep or rest. (46) GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Such a strain could not Init undermine any constitution; the collapse came hnally, and tleath claimed him while yet in the ascendancy of his reputation and skill. No physician in Ohio was more renowned for the success of his surgical operations, and the demand for his services in this line were far more than lie could meet. He was busy to the last, allowing himself no vacations and giving to others all that he had of strength and skill. He had a warm, impulsive heart, a hand open and generous, and a wide and genuine charity. CHARLES A. HEINER. The name of Charles A. Heiner has long stood for progressive citizen- shi]) and upright living and he is easily one of the most substantial and in- fluential citizens of Byesville, Guernsey county, which position, however, he is unconscious of, being an entirely unassuming man and seeking merely to do his e\-ery duty as a loyal citizen and to worthily uphold an honored family name. Air. Heiner was horn at Norwich, Muskingum county, Ohio, December 23, 1867, and he is the son of Jacob and Isabel (Morrison) Heiner. The father came from Somerset, Pennsylvania, where he was born about 1808. He was a shoemaker by trade, which he followed there, also owned a farm near there on which he had a coal mine. Isabel Morrison was born in Maiyy- land and was the daughter of Andrew Morrison. She was a little girl when her iiarents hrought her to this county and located at Senecaville and there con- ducted a hotel, her father having been familiarly knowui among the early residents as "Coon" Alorrison, and he lived at Senecaville the rest of his days. After his death his widow came to the home of Mrs. Heiner and remained until her summons came, having reached the advanced age of ninety-five years. W'hen the subject was only a year old the family moved to Warrensburg, Alissouri, where thev remained six years, the failing health of the father caus- ing him to return to Ohio. He then located at Washington. Guernsey county, where his death occurred, Decemlier 31, 1879, when about seventy-two years old. His widow lived to lie eighty-six years old, dying on August 28, 1906. Charles A. Heiner -was six years old when the family came back from Alissouri. He began life for himself at a very tender age, beginning as a clerk in a drug store, working for Dr. O. F. Lowry, now' of Cambridge, but owing to poor health he was compelled to give up his position there, hut later clerked for James Stewart & Sons at that place, remaining with them five GUERNSF.y COUNTY, OHIO. 723 years, during which time he studied medicine and pharmacy with Dr. T. L. McQuaide, working days and studying at night. He then went to Columhus and passed the required examination and became a registered assistant phar- macist, then went to Barnesville and for two years clerked in the drug store of Dr. G. S. Wellons & Son, and while there he continued his studies under the Doctor, who was a good physician and surgeon, being the surgeon at that place for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. He also clerked in the drug store of John M. Ogier for about six months in Cambridge. He went to Sarahsville from Barnesville and clerked in a drug store, managing the store for the pro- prietor, who was a physician. While there Hoinmer Witten, of Byesville, offered Mr. Heiner a position in his drug store in Byesville, so he came here about 1890, buying his employer out about a year later, shortly before which, in June, 1901, he was married to AVinna Asqueith, daughter of William and Phoebe Asqueith. She was born and reared at Sarahsville, Noble county, where she lived until her marriage to Mr. Heiner, then came to Byesville. Just before purchasing his store Mr. Heiner was granted license as a registered pharmacist. He has been very successful in the drug business, having gone in debt for the store, which he has long ago paid. He later built a neat and comfortable home, which he paid for in payments. Two days after IMrs. Heiner made the last payment, having gone to Cambridge for that pur- pose, she fell ill and died the evening of the same day, January i, 1899, leav- ing a daughter, Murriel, only four years old. After the death of his wife. Mr. Heiner took up the study of optics, at- tending college at Chicago, from which he was graduated, having previouslv taken a correspondence course in this field. He took up the practice of this profession in connection with his drug business and has been very successful, proving himself to be an able practitioner, and built up a very satisfactorv practice, though his other business absorbs most of his time. About 1900 he bought ground on Depot street, opposite the end of Seneca street, in Byesville, and thereon erected a very substantial and attractive building, which, being so much superior to other buildings of a similar nature in this town that manv said he was wasting his money, both in point of building and fixtures. He moved his stock of goods in the new building and has ever since enjoyed a most excellent patronage, and although his building was some ten vears ahead of the city, the growth of Byesville has since justified the outlay. He went into debt for it, but has paid it out. On June 16, 1902, Mr. Heiner married Mrs. Annis Annette (Browning) Cook, who was born at Pentwater, Michigan, the daughter of Edwin Periy and Anna (McAndrews) Browning. She was a Canadian, from near IMon- 724 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. treal. Wlien she was nine years of age her father came to A\^ashington county, ( )hio, wliere she grew to maturity. He was a native of Morgan county, this state, was a soldier in the Civil war. after the close of which he went to Michigan where he made his home. Mr. lleiner has been very successful in business, and besides his bne drug store, he is a stockholder in the West Adrginia Optical Company at AAdieeling, also in the United Drug Company at Boston, Massachusetts. He also deals in real estate as op])ortunity affords for investment. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Byesville, and he has been a member of tbe Alethodist chnreb since childhood. Airs. Heiner also being a member. They are the parents of one son, Lanis Browning Heiner. Besides the ]jro]jerties mentioned above, Mr. Heiner has valuable hold- ings elsewhere, having a small tract, beautifully situated, three miles above Marietta on tbe Aluskingum river, with the park club grounds on one side and tbe interurban line on the other, and, being in the oil region, it is very valuable ground. He also owns property between Byesville and Cambridge, lie has been in the same business in Byesville continuously longer than any other man in this place. ERNEST AAb SAHTH. It is safe to say that no one is more familiar with the mining region of Cuernsey county than Ernest AV. Smith, the present able and well known as- sistant general superintendent of the Imperial Mining Company’s mines anl those of the A^^ivian Collieries Company. He is popular with a large acquaint- ance, being a man of kindly disposition, pleasant, honest and thoroughly trustworthy, admired for his uprightness and business integrity. Air. Smith was born near Elba, Noble county, Ohio, July 27, 1871, and is the son of Jerry R. Smith and wife, records of whose lives are to be found on another page of this work. Suffice it to say here that they were of rep- resentative j)ioneer families and highly respected. AAdien the son was about fourteen years of age he began working in the coal mines about Byesville and has been here ever since, making himself familiar with the various phases of tbe work in this held. AAdhle working at the old Central mine he proved of such value to the company that He was made foreman, which position he held with credit to himself for aliout four years, beginning about 1895. During the next six or seven years he was hoisting engineer at the mines, after wdiich he was made superintendent of the Ohio No. 2 mine, west of Byesville. About GUERNSEY COUNTY,, OHIO. 7-5 two years later he was made assistant general superintendent of all mines owned by the Imperial IMining Company and the Advian Collieries Company, which responsible position he still holds, giving entire satisfaction in every detail of the work. He has charge of four large mines and about six hundred men, which position he has held about four years. He understands thoroughly every phase of mining work and he is very faithful in the discharge of his duties. He understands well how to handle men, keeps evendhing under an excellent system, and is a very important factor in the vast interests of the above mentioned companies. Mr. Smith was married in 1896 to Xora Linkhorn, daughter of Joseph Linkhorn and wife and the sister of L. S. Linkhorn, county treasurer of Guernsey county, to whose sketch the reader is respectfully referred for the complete ancestry of the Linkhorn family. One winsome daughter, Helen, has been born to Air. and Airs. Smith. Fraternally, Air. Smith belongs to the Alasonic order, having attained the Knight Templar degree, and he and his wife are members of the Aleth- odist Episcopal church and faithful in their attendance and support of the same. Air. Smith has served four years in the village council and three years as mayor. He and his wife ha^•e a wide circle of friends here and stand high in the social life about Byesville. ALEXANDER AV. ARBUCKLE. For many reasons Ale.xander AAA Arbuckle, an honored citizen of Byes- ville, Guernsey county, is entitled to representation in this history, not the least of which is the fact that he is one of the loyal "boys in blue" who saved the national union for succeeding generations and to whom we owe too huge a debt of gratitude to ever be paid. He has spent practically all his life within the borders of Jackson township, where he was born on Alay 13, 1848. He is the son of James AAA and Isabel (Henry) Arbuckle, both natives of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, from which state the father was brought to Guernsey county by his parents about 18 to and here he grew to manhood. He entered one hundred and sixty acres of land from the government in the southwest section of Jackson township. It was here that he married Isabel Plenry. She was brought here when a child by her parents. James AAA Arbuckle cleared most of his farm, which at first was all virgin forest. Later he traded for another farm in the same township, and he lived near Alt. Zion until his death GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 726 in 1883. He was a Repulilican and a menil)er of the old Cambridge Baptist chnrcli in its early history, being active and a regular attendant. His wife died in August, 1857. .Mexander \V. Arliuckle, of this review, was the youngest of a family of ten children, of wliom three were sons : Joseph died when eighteen years of age and James lived in Cambridge township, married and reared a family, devot- ing his life chiefly to farming; one sister, Leah, still lives in this county and is now the widow of Jackson Burns, and lives near the old home in the western part of Jackson township. Alexander W. Arhuckle remained on the home place until the latter part of the Ci\’il war when, on February 22, 1864, he enlisted at Cambridge for three years’ service in Company B, Ninety-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, although he was not sixteen years of age at the time. He was sent south and ])artici])ated in the following engagements ; Rocky Face Ridge, Adairsville, Resaca, Cassville, Dallas, New Hope Church, Pine Mountain, Kennesaw Mountain. He was seized with typhoid fever and was sent to the hospital at Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was detailed for hospital duty at Camp Dennison, Ohio, May 19, 1865, by special order from the war department. His regiment saw some r^erv hard service during the closing days of the rvar, was under fire two hundred and twenty days and lost six hundred and seventy- three men in liattle. Mr. Arhuckle was quartermaster of Davis Kimble Post No. 662, Grand xArmy of the Republic, at Byesville. After the war he came hack to the old home and remained two or three years, then went to Illinois and was there three years on a farm. Returning to this count3G he was married on September 19, 1874, to Maiy Jane Reynolds, of Jackson township, the daughter of Samuel and Leah (Sigman) Reynolds. Her parents came from the same county in Pennsylvania as did Mr. Arbuckle’s parents and were old settlers in the county. After his marriage Mr. x\rbuckle farmed most of his life, although he worked some in the coal mines. About 1878 he bought a small farm near Mt. Zion and lived there until he sold it and moved to Byesville, where he has lived ever since. In 1886 he bought the place where he now resides at the corner of Second, High and Grant streets. About 1895 he bought a farm about a half mile west of Byesville where he maintains a dairy rvhich is very popular with the people of this town and vicinity. Since about 1900 he has owned and operated a threshing machine. He also owned a farm in Cam- Ijridge township for five years, then sold it. He has a very wide acquaintance in this part of the county, where his threshing takes him through several town- ships every year. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 727 Two children have been born to ]\Ir. and ]\Irs. Arbuckle, James Leroy and Leah Belle. The son is in business for himself in Byesville, owning a harness and general leather establishment, and has a very satisfactoiy trade. The daughter married Owen Mackdey and lives near her father in Byesville. ]\Ir. Arbuckle is a member of Byesville Lodge No. 763, Independent Order of Odd Fellow’s. He has taken an active part in the political life of his county and is an unswerving Republican. For eight years he w^as trustee of Jackson township, and in 1910 he was nominated for infirmary director by a good majority, and on November 8th w’as elected, his selection meeting with universal approval among all classes. GEORGE R. SHAW. There have come to this country from England and other alien lands men of limited financial resources, but imbued with a sturdy independence and a laudable ambition to succeed, and who have taken advantages of the w’onderful possibilities afforded here. Gradually, step by step, they have risen to places of prominence in various lines of activity. Of these there can be none mentioned who deserve more favorable attention than the gentleman whose name opens this biographical sketch and who has for many years been an honored resident of Guernsey county, now retired and enjoying the fruits of peace in his beautiful home at Byesville. George R. Shaw was born in county Durham, England, April 2, 1847, the son of William and Ann ( Gowdand ) Shaw, and he grew’ to maturity in his native land and when only a lad of ten years he went to work in the coal mines, spending about tw’eh’e hours a day in the mines. This was pretty stern discipline for a boy, but he w’as courageous and it imbued in him a spirit of fortitude. He followed mining in England until 1879. then came to America. He was married in 1869 to Gena Nicholson, daughter of Ralph and Marga- ret Nicholson, who, too, w’as a native of county Durham, England. In 1879 Mr. Shaw’ came to Tioga county, Pennsylvania, and engaged in mining: after remaining there six months he came to Bellaire, Ohio, where he remained about a year, then moved to Guernsey county, locating at Scott's mines. After a separation of a year and eight months, his family, having remained in Eng- land, joined him here and they made their home at Scott's mines about five years. Mr. Shaw’ then came to Byesville and began w’orking in Nicholson's mines, the Pioneer and the Ideal mines. While at the Pioneer mine he was GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 728 made mine foreman. In 1900 he went to the Ideal mine as superintendent and had charge of operating the mine, continuing as superintendent of that mine until May, 1909, at which time he had about four hundred men under his control. Upon the date just mentioned he retired from active work, re- signing his position. He thoroughly understood every phase of his work, was a man who helie\’ed in inaugurating a perfect system and he handled his men in a manner that brought the best and greatest results, and in what- e\er position he occupied he gave it his closest attention and gave the ut- most satisfaction to his eni])loyers. About 1905 he built a handsome residence in the northwest part of r)yes\ille, where he now resides: a large, concrete, handsomely finished and tastil}' arranged dwelling, around which is a well kept and inviting lawn abounding in flowers and shrubbery. Tweh’e children were horn to Mr. and Airs. Shaw, six of whom were horn in England, one shortly after Air. Shaw left for America. They are: Ralph, a miner, lives with his parents: James married Myrtle Bean and lives at Byesville: he is also a miner and has two children, Russell and Annis ; Alargaret died when twelve years of age : Alary Ann mafried William Spencer and lives in Byesville, and they have four children, George, William, Jennie and John: Georgie died when sixteen months old: John lives in Byesville and is a miner : George died when about ten months old : Lizzie is at home with her parents: Thomas is an engineer at the Ideal mine: Richard jnarried Ethel Carr and lives in Pennsylvania where he is engaged as an electrician; Eman- uel died when se\’en months old : George is at home with his parents and at- tending school in Byesville. Air. Shaw is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Byesville. He is a man who is well known to the mining world of Guernsey county and he has always lieen well liked and respected. DAVID S. BURT. In placing the name of Davitl S. Burt in the front rank of the business men of Guernsey county simple justice is done a biographical fact, universally recognized throughout this and adjoining counties by men at all familiar with his history. man of judgment, sound discretion and business ability of a high order, he has managed with tactful success important enterprises and so impressed his individualitv upon the community as to gain recognition GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 729 among its leading citizens and public spirited men of affairs. He was born northwest of Byesville, in this county, where the present golf grounds are located, in 1856, and he is the son of Eli and Nancy (Smith) Burt. The Burt famih’ was a large and prominent one. The first one of whom there is any record in Guernsey county was Luther Burt, u ho was a native of the isle of Jersey, prior or during the year 1810. His children were John, David, Luther, \\'illiam, Daniel, Polly, Nancy, Eliza and Asenath. Daniel married Catherine AATller, probably from \drginia. After their marriage Daniel and wife lived a short distance northwest of Byesville. He was a farmer all his life and owned probably three hundred acres of land. In his family were three sons and six daughters, one of the latter dying in infancy: the former were John, Eli and AA’illiam. Eli married Nancy Smith, daughter of Peter and Catherine (Ridingheur) Smith. She was born and reared near AA'ash- ington, Ohio. Her parents came from AA'ashington county. Pennsylvania, but her mother was reared in AA’estmoreland county, that state. Nine months after their marriage Eli Burt and wife went to live on his farm northwest of Byesville. He first bought seventy-fi\'e acres, and paid for it by dint of hard work. Later he added more from time to time until he had six hundred acres and he became very prosperous. They also owned property in Byes- ville and in Cambridge. Their family consisted of eight children, namely : John Perry died in the army when twenty years of age: Sarah Catherine died when twenty vears old: Nancy Lizzy died when thirteen years of age: Roland died when nearly eight years of age: those living are Jennie, who married AAdlliam Nicholson: AA'illiam Burt lives in Cambridge: David lives- in Byesville: Rhoda Ann is the wife of J. A. Hoopman, whose sketch ap- pears in this work. David S. Burt, of this review, lived on the farm northwest of Byesville until he was twenty-two years old. AA’hen a young man he went to Cam- bridge and took up the study of dentistry with Doctors Jefferson and Cooper: after remaining with them eight months he returned to the farm near Byes- ville and moved to Bvesville when only six houses were in the town. It was in 1880 that he came here and this has been his home ever since, having lived here at a longer continuous period than any other person. After moving to near B}'-esville he ran a blacksmith shop for about a year, from 1877 to 1878. On January i, 1879, 1 '*^ married Lucimla A. Hoopman, daughter of Elijah Hoopman and sister of J. A. Hoopman. After their marriage they li\’ed on the farm one year, then, in i88o. moved into Byesville. where he has lived ever since. He lived on the farm the year he ran the blacksmith shop. In the latter part of 1880 he began in the livery business in Byesville. having 730 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Started the hrst livery liarn here. After conducting the same for one year lie sold out to Lennie Fetters, then ran a saw-mill one year near Byesville. lie maintained his residence in Byesville, although he built a sales barn in Baltimore, ^Maryland. Later he opened a similar sales stable in Cleveland, Ohio, then took charge of the Cleveland mail service and had thirteen wagons, running from the postoflice to trains and boats. After two years he resigned this position to become postmaster at Byesville, the duties of which he dis- charged in a \-ery faithful manner for a period of nine years. In 1904 he built the Burt block, the largest block in Byesville, which is assessed for taxa- tion for over twenty-three thousand dollars. He is also interested in several coal mines, oning all the coal and one-fourth interest in the ec^uip- ment of the Cambridge V alley coal mine. He built the glass plant in Cam- bridge in 1003. In 1902 he built the brick and tile plant in the northwestern part of Byes\’ille. He also liuilt the big brick school house on Sixth street. He limit the rolling mill at Cambridge, also the pottery plant at Cambridge and the rolling mill at Alarietta, also a glass plant at Pleasant City. He built so many houses in Byesville that he has earned the sobriquet of “The Father of Byesville.” He is also an extensi\’e contractor on public works, con- tracting and building roads. He and his sons maintain a large mule barn at Byesville and one at Zanesville. They liny and sell annually hundreds of horses, mules and ])onies, the two latter classes of 'stock for the coal mines, and this firm supplies a large per cent, of mules and ponies used in the mines of southeastern Ohio, selling probably in all one hundred and fifty thousand dollars worth annuali}^, many sales being made over the telephone, the purchasers not seeing the stock until delivered, probalily one-half being sold in this manner. Mr. Burt enjoys a unique reputation in this respect. His reputation for honest dealing and his known superior judgment of livestock is such that those de- siring to purchase are willing to order by telephone or mail, knowing that they will not be taken advantage of, and no dissatisfaction has ever arisen. He is a very potent factor in the business and iiolitical life of Guernsey county; although an unassuming man and always very busy, yet he takes an abiding interest in public matters. Being the owner of the plant of the Guernsey Times, at Cambridge, he uses the same to encourage clean politics and the general good of this community. Mr. and Mrs. Burt have four sons and two daughters, namely: Walter is in charge of the barn at Zanesville; Bertha married Charles Shryer and lives in Byesville; Roy married Daisy Borton, who has charge of the mule barn at Byesville : Charles L. is at home and assists his father in his busi- ness ; William married Grace Rose, daughter of Doctor Rowles, of Cam- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 731 bridge; he is an electrician and liues at ByesYille; Benlah, the youngest daugh- ter, is living at home with her parents. P'raternally, iNIr. Burt belongs to the blue lodge, chapter and command- ery, being prominent in Masonic circles. JOHN WIRES. Nearly a century has dissolved in the mists of time, the most remarka- ble century in all the history of the race of mankind, since the honored and venerable subject of this sketch first saw the light of day. Heaven has boun- teously lengthened out his life until he has seen the crowning glory of this the most wonderful epoch of all the aeons of time, rewarding him with an unu- sual span of years as the result-of virtuous and consistent li\-ing in his youth and years of his manhood, until now, in the golden Indian summer of his life, surrounded by comfort and plenty as a result of his former days of in- dustry and frugality, Mr. Wires can take a retrospective glance down the corridors of the relentless and irrevocable past and feel that his has been an eminent, useful, successful and happy life, that has resulted in good to himself and his family, and to his fellow man. John Wires, one of the best known citizens of Jackson township, Guern- sey county, who has lived in this county longer than any other man and who is probably the oldest man in the county, having passed his ninety-third mile- stone, was born in Harrison county, Virginia, November 28, 1816. He is the son of Benjamin and Nancy ( Dennison) Wdres. In the fall of 1818 they came horseback, through the almost interminable forests, from the Old Do- minion to Guernsey county, Ohio, crossing the Ohio river at iMarietta, the mother carndng the subject in her lap most of that long journey. They arrived in Jackson township when there was not so much as a path to Cam- bridge from the vicinity where they located, the vast forests abounding in all kinds of wild game and neighbors were few and far remote. Benjamin Wires entered land from the go\'ernment and also bought eighty acres from John Tingle, and began life in true pioneer fashion, suffering the usual hard- ships and deprivations of the first settler. Later he taught school there, being, no doubt, the first man to teach in that part of the county. He is described as a man of strong characteristics, yet unusually mild in manners and dis- position, so that children all loved him, and he was a man of usefulness in his community and did much to start the physical and moral de\'elopment of the GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 732 townslii]). His family consisted of ten children, of whom John, of this re- \-iew, is now the only one living. He well remembers the old log house raisings, when residents came for miles around to help. The elder Wires moved onto his land before a single tree had been felled by the axe, and he cleared and improved it, raising toliacco and other crops, and established a very com- fortable home here, being assisted in its de\'elopment by his son, John, of this re\’iew, who grew to maturity here and has spent nearly all of his long, useful and successful life in this locality, taking a conspicuous part in the general dcu’clopment of the same and watching with delight its steady growth from a wilderness to its present prosperous state, and it is indeed interest- ing and instructi\-e to hear him recall reminiscences of the early days, for he has an excellent memory and is unusuallv well preserved for one of his ach'anced years. .\bout 1842 hlr. Whres married Susanna Linton, daughter of Samuel and Susanna (Brady) Linton, the daughter having been born in Guernsey county. Her father was a tinner at Cambridge, later moved to Jackson townshi]) and lived near where IMr. Wires was reared. In mid-winter, in the earl}' forties, the subject, with his wife and three children, went to Laporte, Indiana, having been induced to go there to take charge of a farm owned l.)y Chauncey Brooks, a wholesale merchant of Balti- more. They made this trying trip in wagons in January, the trip requiring fourteen days. After remaining there one year they returned to Guernsey county. Seven children were liorn to J\lr. Wires and his first wife, four boys and three girls; Samantha, wife of David W. Nosset, lives on the home place with her father; Wdlliam H. H. lived in Pennsylvania and was claim agent for the Pennsylvania railroad, dying in 1901 ; IMary married Rev. W. A. Robinson, deceased, he being' a Methodist minister, and she now lives with her daughter, Mrs. James Purkey, in Cambridge: Benjamin F. died Septem- ber 26 , 1903. leaving a widow, Init no children; he lived at Connelsville, Pennsylvania: Thomas Jeft’erson, who li\'es at Georgetown, south of Cam- bridge, married Ida Kitchen, of Clark county, and they have four children, li\'ing: iMartha A. died when nine years old; John C., who lives in Indianapo- lis. married Cora Nichols, of Tremont City, and they have three children, two sons and one daughter. The mother of these children was called to her rest in 1882: she was a member of the i\lt. Zion Baptist church and a good, kind-hearted woman. A year or two afterwards Mr. Wires married b'annie Mackey, of Adams township, this county, where she was liorn and reared. She is the daughter GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. / JO of Richard and iNIargaret iMackey, and is a member of the United Presby- terian church, while i\Ir. Wdres holds membership with the kit. Zion church. He has Yoted for seventeen Presidents, being a Republican in national poli- tics, voting for the best man in local affairs. He voted for W'illiam Henry Harrison and attended his funeral, and he remembers seeing Daniel \A'eb- ster and Henry Clay riding in the same carriage in that funeral procession. HOX. X.VTHAN BAY SCOTT. YTat of the man and what of his work? This is the dual query which represents the interrogation, at least nominally entertained whenever that discriminating factor, the public, would pronounce on the true worth of the individual. And sooner or later, indeed, it may be frequently, that these c[uestions will be asked of everyone, high or low, whether public or private citizen, for our reputations are. in a way. the property of the public, but our character is quite another thing. The biographer is pleased to write of the man who has both a good character and a good reputation — they do not al- ways go hand in hand. The career of Hon. Xathan Bay Scott, the present honored and prominent United States senator from YTst Virginia, who is too well known to the readers of this history to need any formal introduction in these pages, indicates the clear-cut, sane and distinct character, and in re- viewing the same from an unbiased and unprejudiced -standpoint interpreta- tion follows fact in a straight line of derivation. It is consonant that such a review be entered in this publication, and that without the adulation which is so intrinsically repugnant to the man as he stands among his fellows. The county of Guernsey naturally takes pride in the life and work of this dis- tinguished citizen and consistency demands that he be given specific mention in a wmrk which purports to deal with the representative families, past and present, of this county, of which he is a native. Xathan B. Scott was reared under the parental roof and secured his edu- cation mainly in the common schools of his home neighborhood. At the out- break of the war of the Rebellion Mr. Scott’s patriotic impulses were aroused and in 1862 he enlisted as a private for service in a regiment of Ohio volun- teer infantr\y with which he served his countrv faithfullv until i86s, when he was honorably discharged from the service, after a creditable militarv record. At the close of his military service, i\Ir. Scott located in Wdieeling, West 734 c;UERNSEY COEINTY, OHIO. Virginia, of which citY he has since lieen a resident and in the growth and de- xelopinent of which he has been an important factor. He early became iden- tified with the manufactnre of glass, with which industry he has remained connected, being now. and for a number of years, president of the Central Class Works, one of the largest glass manufacturers in that thriving city, lie is a stockholder also in other concerns in that city and is vice-president of the Dollar Savings Bank of Wheeling, one of the solid and influential monetarv institutions of that section of the state. In many ways Mr. Scott has exhibited a keen interest and salutary influence in commercial and indus- trial affairs and his support has always been given without reserve to every movement looking to the upbuilding of his home city. His business career has been characterized by soundness of judgment, sagacity in foreseeing the outcome of a transaction, and a healthy progressiveness, tempered by a wise conservatism which has always enabled him to confine his operations within safe bounds. He stands high in the estimation of his business associates among whom his advice and counsel is \'alued highly. A Republican in his political views. Air. Scott has always taken an active interest in public affairs and has long occupied a high place among the lead- ing men of his party in West Virginia. His first official preferment was as a member of the city council of Wheeling, to which he was elected in 1880, serving for two years as president of the second branch. In 1882 he was elected to the State Senate, served four years, and gave such eminent sat- isfaction that in 1886 he was elected to succeed himself. In 1888 Air. Scott was selected as a member of the Rejniblican national committee and has served continuously since as a member of that body, and in this capacity he has ren- dered valuable assistance in the management and direction of the campaigns of the ])arty, having served as a member of the executive committees during the greater part of this period. Air. Scott rvas appointed commissioner of internal revenue by President AIcKinley, assuming the duties of that office on the 1st of January, 1898. However, his tenure of that office was of com- paratively short duration, as on January 25, 1899, he was the choice of the 3 \’est Virginia Legislature for LInited States senator. In this august body Mr. Scott's abilities were (piickly recognized and he served on several of the most im])ortant committees of that body, where he rendered effective and appreciated service. So satisfactory a representative of his state did he prove that in 1905 the Legislature again elected him to the Senate, his second term expiring on March 3, 1911. Air. Scott’s services in the Lhiited States Senate have been characterized b)' fidelity to his official duties and faithfulness to the interests of the state which he represents which has given him a strong GUERNSEY COE'XTY, OHIO. 735 hold on his fellow citizens of that great commonwealth, and few men enjoY a wider popularity or more devoted following than he. Keen and sagacious in business affairs, he has exhibited in public life the same commendable Cjual- ities which have characterized him in his personal affairs, and among his colleagues in the Senate he enjoys the highest standing. RE \7 JOHX HOLLIDAY XASH. Shakespeare wrote of good deeds illuminating a naughty world like candles in the dark. If all the good deeds of the late lamented divine, the Rev. John Holliday X^ash, could be represented by candles on a dark night, there would be a great illumination, for they were myriad, according to those who knew him well : ancL the ameliorating influence he had will long continue to pervade the lives of men. He was one of the best -known and beloved ministers in Guernsey county. His liirth occurred at Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, on February 25, 1830. He was a precocious child and made a record as a student in early life. He was graduated from A’ashington and Jefferson College, at Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1840. and was licensed to preach by the Monmouth (Illinois) presbytery, on June 17, 1853, and was ordained by the Associates after spending three years at the theological semi- nary at Canonsburg. Pennsylvania. He was pastor at LeClaire. Iowa, from October 8, 1857, to April ii, i860: he preached at Sunbeam, Illinois, from January i, 1861, to October 8, 1876: he served the people at Knoxville. Iowa, from April 10, 1877, to October ii. 1878. and he was pastor for the congre- gations at East L^nion and Pleasant Hill. Ohio, until August 21, 1883. hav- ing been released from the East L’nion charge on Februarv 26, 189^, and from the Pleasant Hill charge on September 9, 1902. During these pastor- ates he lived in Cambridge. Reverend Xash was married to Rachel G. Hodgens in 1855 and his union resulted in the birth of these children : A\’. T., of X’ewark. X”ew ler- sey. and Mrs. J. R. AIcBurney, of Cambridge, Ohio. The death of his first wife occurred in 1872. at Sunbeam, Illinois, and he was married a second time, his last wife being Sarah J. Graham, a graduate of ^lonmouth College, who survives. On April 25. 1909. this distinguished citizen was called to his reward after a most active, useful and honored career. He had continued faithfullv doing the Lord's work until the last sickness prevented further service. In GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 73 <") all the charg'es he sen'ed he greatly strengthened the congregations, build- ing up the churches in a manner that proned him to be a man of untiring en- ergy and conscientious in his work. He was one of the most scholarly and profound thinkers of his day and generation, second to none of his contem- ])oraries, and his genial disposition, gentleness of manner and delightful so- cial nature were commended by all who knew him. It was said of him that it was impossible not to loYe him, his life was so pure and his ideals which he sought to inculcate were so high. WILBUR D. DESEL^I. .\lthough a young man, AVilbur D. Deselm, the present efficient and po])ular auditor of Guernsey county, has proved himself to be one of those strong, sturdy individuals who is contributing largely to the general welfare of the city of Cambridge and vicinity, being an up-to-date business man, pub- lic spirited as a citizen, and progressive in all that the term implies. For a numl)er of years he has I)een a potent factor in promoting progress along social, intellectual, civic and moral lines, consecpiently his name well deserves a ])lace in the record of leading citizens of this community. Mr. Deselm was born on August 20, 1877, in Knox township, Guernsey county, Ohio, and he is the son of James and Sarah (Castor) Deselm, both nati\-es of this county. The father was a farmer at the time of the son’s birth, but is now living a retired life in Cambridge, where he has a very jdeasant home: the mother is also still living. They are the parents of seven children, all living, and they have eleven grandchildren, all of whom are living: the for- mer are named as follows : Cora, now Mrs. Grant Conger, of Cambridge : Theodore R. is secretary of the Cambridge Loan & Building Association : Benjamin F., of Cambridge: Myrtle, now Mrs. Robert Jennings, of Columbus, Ohio: AA'hlbur D., of this review: Nancy married Asa H. Baxter, of South Bend, Indiana; Odessa V. married George B. Claggett. AAhlhur D. Deselm s])ent the first seventeen years of his life on the farm and he was educated in the country schools of Knox township and in the Cam- bridge high school. He later attended teachers’ normals at different parts of the county, after which he taught school four terms, three in AA’heeling town- ship and one in Londonderry township; three of these terms cvere taught dur- ing the winter months, and during the summer months he worked in the iron mills of Cambridge for several years. In February, 1902, he entered the WILBUR D, DESELM, GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 737 office of the Cambridge Loan & Building Association with his brother, and in October of that year he entered the county auditor’s office as deputy auditor. On July 10, 1901, i\Ir. Deselm was married to Yiza E. Logan, daughter of John C. and iMargaret (Maddin) Logan, of Londonderry township: both parents are still living in Londonderry township. This union has been with- out issue. i\Ir. Deselm served as deputy auditor seven years and in November, 1908. he was elected auditor of Guernsey county and is now serving his first term, and has given the utmost satisfaction in every resjiect. He made such a com- mendable record that he was renominated for the same office, and his election in November, 1910, was predicted by everyone from the time of his nomina- tion, owing to his universal popularity. Politically, he is a Republican and has always been active in the party. He has been a frecjuent delegate to county conventions, and he is always well informed on public questions. He and his wife are members of the First Lmited Presbyterian church at Cam- bridge and are active in its affairs, IMr. Deselm being a member of the church board. Mrs. Deselm is an intelligent, refined lady and is devoted to her home and its adornment. They are members of the Cambridge Country Club, and for recreation i\Ir. Deselm enjoys, now and then, a game of golf. Their pleasant home is at No. 321 North Ninth street, in a very desirable residence part of the city. JAMIES 3 IcC 0 URT. It is hard for the present generation to properly appreciate the brave deeds of the “boys in blue’’ who sacrificed so much on the altar of patriotism during the dark days of the sixties, but as years go by and the ranks of this once invincible host are fast falling before the inevitable King of Terrors, the immensity of their deeds are being realized to a fuller extent and the time is rapidly approaching when each veteran will be accorded full measure of credit and praise. The gentleman whose name introduces this biographical record is a member of this great number of patriots. He is one of the lead- ing agriculturists of Westland township, Guernsey county, and is highly respected for the upright life he has led. James McCourt is an American by adoption only, but he has proved himself to be just as loyal as if he had been born on our soil. His birth oc- curred on July 22, 1838, in county Armagh. Ireland, and he came to America when a lad of ten years, being accompanied by his parents. James Charles (47) I 738 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. and Sarah (Roliinson) INIcCourt, who were born, reared and educated in Ireland. It was in the year 1848 that this family crossed the great Atlantic in an old-fashioned slow-sailing' vessel and took up their residence in the city of riiiladelphia, Penn.sylvania, where they arrived on July 4th of that year. This family consisted of hve children named as follows: Thomas, who died in infancy: the second, also named Thomas, was claimed by death wdien but a cbild; James, of this review; John and Mary Anna. The last three named came across the waters with their parents. After remaining on the Atlantic seaboard for several years tbe family, in 1854, came to Guernsey county, Ohio, braving the hardships of those early days and settled in Jacksan township, which was then only partly improved, but here they established a very com- fortable home and had a good farm. The father's death occurred at the age of seventy-two years and the mother reached the age of seventy-five years, both dying on the farm in Jackson township. They w-ere excellent people and popular among their pioneer neighbors. Their third son, James, of this review, grew to manhood on the home place which he assisted in clearing and developing and he attended the public schools wdiich were conducted a few- months each winter. When the \var lietween the states began he enlisted in Company K, Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and he was in all the active campaigns and fighting that his regi- ment was called upon to participate in, but he proved to be a very faithful and gallant soldier at all times, according to bis comrades. He was wounded in the right foot and was in the hospital for ten weeks. At that time he as- sumed charge of the medicine wagon of the regiment and on September 24, 1864, he w-as honorably discharged, after making an excellent record. iVfter his career in the army Mr. IMcCourt returned to the old farm in Jackson township, Guernsey county, and farmed for a year, and in the month of October, 1865, he led to the marriage altar Margrete McBride, a native of county Antrim, Ireland, where her birth occurred in 1837. She came to America wdien young and settled in Washington county, Pennsylvania, later moving to Guernsey count}’, Ohio, where she met and married James Mc- Court. This union resulted in the birth of five children named as follow-s : Thomas Begmen married Edna Miller; Martha became the wife of Sherman Burris; Margaret married Edam Miller; John married Edna Rhienhart, wdio died on February 21, 1910, leaving three children, Dorothy, and Edna and Edward, twins; Carrie married Ralph Stout and she died in April, 1907, leav- ing three children, Margrete, James and Lucile. This family was reared on the subject’s present splendidlv improved farm, which is located nine miles southwest of Camliridge and one and one-half miles northeast of Claysville. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 739 It is regarded as one of the finest farms, in every respect, in the township and has been very carefully managed so that the original strength of the soil has been retained by proper rotation of crops, the application of home and commercial fertilizers and many other methods known to the modern agri- culturist. He is still farming on the land he purchased over forty-five years ago. The old homestead is beautifully located near the main road. The house is large, roomy, pleasant and attractive and is a credit to the pretty little valley in which it is located. Mr. McCourt also has good, convenient outbuildings and he keeps an excellent grade of live-stock of all kinds. Mrs. McCourt passed to her rest on December 23, 1905. The subject is a member of Martin Post, Grand Army of the Repub- lic, in which he takes much interest, and he holds membership in the United Presbyterian church, l)eing a ruling elder in the East Union church. He is a Republican in politics, but is not active, preferring to lead a quiet life and look after his individual affairs. He is a genial, pleasant man to meet and has a host of warm friends. XOAH ELA'OOD SECREST. A well known and highly respected member of the Secrest family, one of the most prominent in Guernsey county since the pioneer days, is Noah Elwood Secrest, of Hartford, Valley township, Avho was horn about one and one-half miles east of that town on December 9, 1836. He is the son of John and Elizabeth (Clark) Secrest, the father born in Hampshire county, Virginia, the son of Henry and Elizabeth ( Spaid) Secrest. The family emigrated to Guernsey county when John was eleven months old, in De- cember. 1811. his birth having occurred on January 3d of that year. Henry Secrest also had a brother named John. The father of Henry and John , Secrest came here and secured two farms for his sons Henry and John, then went back to Virginia, after locating his sons. About the end of the war of 1812, Henry enlisted for seiudce, l)ut peace was declared by the time he reached Zanesville. Henry was the father of William Secrest, mentioned in a separate sketch. He was also the father of John, the sulqect’s grand- father. John Secrest grew up on the home farm, southeast of where Hart- ford now stands. There were no roads in this locality when the family first came, only the iMarietta trail, a “blazed" road through the woods. They settled here in typical pioneer fashion, clearing a little space on which to 740 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. their cal)in. John remained on the home place until he was married, on January 3, US33, to Elizabeth Clark, on his twenty-hrst birthday, and on that day he wore the first “store bought'’ shirt in his life, having always worn those woven and made by his mother. Elizabeth Clark was born in Pennsylvania and was the daughter of Benjamin Clark, the maiden name of her mother having been Gregory. The Clark and Secrest families came to this county about the same time, having- met en route while stopping over night between Wheeling and Barnesville, and on that night the two babies, John Secrest and Elizabeth Clark, were put to sleep in the same bed; about twenty years afterwards they were married. After his marriage John Secrest located one and one-half miles east of Hartford on a part of the original Secrest farm and there made his home the rest of liis life. The subject was one of nine children, namely: Efenry G., Benjamin C., Noah E., Mary Elizabeth, Michael Spaid, Samuel Fred- erick, Ehenezer h'inley, Margaret Casaline, John died in early infancy. The father of these children was a man of infiuence in his community and the possessor of commendable traits, so that he was highly honored by all who knew him. He was trustee of his township even while Noble county was a part of Guernsey county. After the county line was established a.s it is today, he was trustee or assessor of Valley township nearly all his life. He was always a Democrat, and was active in party affairs, having at- tended the conventions, taking a general interest in public affairs of the community, and was well known all over the county. His death occurred on January 29, 1882, his wife having preceded him in September, 1877. They both belonged to the Evangelical Lutheran church, in which he was an active member and an officer for many years. His father was a charter member of the church. Noah E. Secrest grew up on the farin where he was born and lived there until 1907: he still owns the place, which consists of about one hundred and fifty acres. He was first married on December 29, i860, to Eliza Jane Spriggs. Her parents, Morris D. and Catharine ( Poole) Spriggs, came from Pennsylvania to Belmont county, Ohio, where Mrs. Secrest was born, then mcjved to near Mt. Ephraim, Noble county, thence tO' Valley township, this county, where IMrs. Secrest grew to maturity. Her father was a tailor in early life. This first union resulted in the birth of four children: Alary Rosetta died in her fourteenth vear ; Ernest P., who lives on the father's farm east of Hartford, married Belle Roland and has two daughters, Ruth and Leah; John Howard is married and lives at Lima, Allen county, Ohio, where he is engaged in the practice of law ; he is a member of the Democratic GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 741 state central committee, and clerk of the lioard that is bnilding the new in- sane asylum in Allen county, at Lima; he and his wife have one little daugh- ter. Martha Olive is the youngest of the four children horn of Mr. Se- crest’s first union. She married E. Ah IMatthews, Jr., of Cambridge, whose record appears herein. Mr. Secrest's first wife was called to her rest on October 24, 1877, and on January 13, i88r, he married Mrs. Adeline ( Bryan) Rose. She was the daughter of David N. and Amelia ( Patterson ) Bryan, and she was born and reared in Cambridge, Ohio, in which city her parents were also born and reared. Da\'id N. Bryan was the son of Thomas and Joan Bryan, his parents having come from Washington county, Pennsyl- vania, in the early days and settled at Cambridge. Mrs. Secrest’s father was a soldier in the Civil war, being a member of Company B, Seventy- eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; he was in Sherman’s march through Geor- gia and died from the elYects of his service in the army. Four children were born to Mr. Secrest’s second marriage, namely : Arthur Clark, who is in the superintendent’s office of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Marietta, married Marie Faris and they have one son ; Donald G. and Car- roll Eugene are twins; the former is in New Mexico in the snjjerintendent’s office of a coal company; the latter died in 1903 in his eighteenth year; Ray- mond B., who lives in Hartford, married Pinnae Spaid ; he runs a motor at the Hartford mine. In 1907 Mr. Secrest bought a beautiful and cozy home in Hartford and retired from active work. He and his wife belong to the Lutheran church in Hartford and are prominent in church and social circles. WILLIA^I B. YEO, M. D. Proper intellectnal discipline, thorough professional knowledge and the possession and utilization of the cpialities and attributes essential to success have made Dr. William B. Yeo, of Cambridge, eminent in his chosen calling and he stands today among the scholarly and enterprising physicians in a community widely known for the high order of its medical talent. Doctor Yeo was born February ii, 1842, in Belmont county. Ohio, and he is the son of George W. and Nancy (Burden) Yeo, the former a native of Anne Arundel county, Maryland, while the latter is a native of Madison township, Guernsey county, Ohio. George W. Yeo came to Belmont county, this state, when a young man, and there he was married. His next move 74 ^ GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. was to ^Madison township, (Guernsey county, in 1847, which year he pur- chased tlie place adjoining the farm where Mrs. Yeo was born. He devoted his life to farming there and became well known and influential in that com- munity. In 1884 Ohio, moving his family to Washington, Ohio, where his death occurred in the year 1892, his widow surviving until 1896. Dr. William B. Yeo grew to maturity on the farm and engaged in the general work about the ]dace, attending the district schools of the township during the winter months. Later he attended Madison College, at Antrim, ( luernsey county, which was then a celebrated institution of learning under the administration of Samuel Findlay, a noted educator of his day. He later studied medicine at the Starling Medical College, of Columbus, Ohio; how- ever, before taking u]) the study of medicine he taught school for a number of years in the township schools of Guernsey county, and he also taught several terms after beginning the practice of medicine, teaching during the day and practicing medicine during the evenings and at night. He rvas a ])Oor young man and this doulde occupation became necessary from a finan- cial standpoint. He became well equipped for his life work and his first ])ractice was at Clio, Guernsey county, the home of the Armstrongs and the Armstrong mills, one of the noted milling centers of the early days, the Armstrongs being one of the prominent pioneer families of the county. Doc- tor Yeo remained at Clio two years, during which time he got a very good start ; then moved to Kimholton, this county, where he remained in success- ful practice for a ]>eriod of thirty years. In 1900 he moved to Cambridge and continued his practice until recently when he retired from active life after fortv-two years of faithful service to the people of Guernsey county in a ])rofessional capacity, during which time he became widely known through- out this and adjoining counties, taking high rank among his professional brethren of this part of the great Buckeye state. Doctor ’S'eo is a Republican in politics and has been active in public matters. In 1904 he was elected coroner of Guernsey county and served \'ery acceptably in this capacity for a period of five years. He has always lieen a puljlic-spirited citizen, an especial advocate of higher education, and he has always assisted as best he could in furthering any movement looking to the general good. Doctor Yeo was married on February i, 1872, to Lucinda R. McEl- hanev, daughter of William and Mary Ann (AVallace) McElhaney, residents of Clio. Mr. McElhaney was a farmer and a highly respected and pro- gressive citizen. He was a native of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. He and his wife have both been deceased several years. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 743 To Doctor Yeo and wife five children were born, namely: Ella 'SI. married Vader H. VanSlyke, president of the Metropolitan National Bank of Minneapolis, iMinnesota, one of the solid financial institutions of the Northwest. Mrs. VanSlyke is a graduate of the Northwestern University at Ada, Ohio, and she subsequently taught school in iMinneapolis. iMamie F. Yeo married Ellis E. DeHart, of Coshocton, Ohio, where he is engaged in the manufacturing business. Alice married Carl Brennen, a druggist of Cam- bridge, Ohio. Ralph W. is in the office of the Union Central Life Insur- ance Company of Cincinnati. George W. is a druggist in Cambridge. All members of this family are well educated and prominent in their different spheres. Doctor Yeo is a member of the iMasonic fraternity, and members of his family belong to the Lhiited Presbyterian church. The Doctor is a sterling citizen of upright character and genuine worth and is deserving of the high esteem in which he is held by all classes. ROBERT N. WILLIAMS. One of the old residents of Jackson township, Guernsey county, one of the few' men 'who have come down to us from the pioneer days, is Robert N. Vfilliams, a man w'hom eveiyone delights to honor, for he is a true rep- resentative type of the brave men, w'ho, courageous and determined, fought the real and industrial battles of the Republic and left to us the grandest nation on the face of the globe. He has played nobly his part in the drama of civilization in the great Buckeye state, and now that the shadows of eve- ning have begun to lengthen along the last incline of life's royal road, he can look backward with no regrets and to the future with no misgivings, for he “has fought a good fight.” Mr. Williams was born in the north edge of Jackson township May 15. 1B30. His parents were David R. and Catherine (Brown) Williams. David R. AAfilliams was born at Glasgow. Scotland, July 15, 1797, and at the age of tw'enty years came to America, bringing wdth him his sister. Nanc}' AA'il- liams, W’ho afterward married Robert Nicholson. The brother and sister went first to Maryland, wdiere for some time he worked on the National pike west of the mountains. About 1820 he came to Guernsey county and li\’ed for several years about three miles north of Cambridge, in the Oldham neigh- borhood, where he followed the weaver's trade. 744 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. On January 13, 1825, David R. Williams married Catherine Brown. She was born in Baltimore, iMaryland, in 1801, and was of German parentage. I ler parents brought her into Guernsey county during her childhood. Her ])arents became the owners of three hundred acres of land not far from Cam- bridge on the Steubenville road. \Mien she was twelve years old both her parents died, and she was taken by George Tingle, who then kept a tavern on Wheeling avenue in Cambridge, between Sixth and Seventh streets. She lived with Mr. Tingle's family till her marriage. Before his marriage David R. Williams had entered one hundred and twenty acres of land from the government, in the north part of Jackson township, the farm where Robert N. Williams now lives. There he built a good log house in January, 1824, the year l)efore his marriage, a house that still stands on the farm as a reminder of early days. When it was built none of the land was cleared. There were no wagon roads through that ]jart of the country; only bridle l)aths over which supplies were packed on pack horses. There in the. woods, David Williams and wife established their home and made a farm in the wilderness, living on that farm over forty years. They took a prominent part in the pioneer life when eveiybody was on an equality and friendliness, kind- ness and hosi)itality were more common than now. Four children were born to David R. Williams and 'wife, namely: James P., who was a carpenter, married and reared a big family, moved to the West later in life and died there on July 4, 1890; Mary Ann, the next child, married William Rainey, and died August 8, i860, leaving three children, of whom the eldest son died in the army; Robert N., the third child, is the subject of tins review; Sophia Catherine married A. W. Holliday, now deceased, and she lives at New- comerstown. About 1844, when Robert N. w'as about fourteen years old, David Williams became disabled and the children had to do the farm work. Although Robert was a boy of only fourteen years he often did a man’s work. At that age he used to haul wheat as far as Newcomerstown and sell it. fording the Tuscarawas river on his way there. He also hauled wheat to Zanesville. On March 13, 1851, IMr. Williams married Mary Kline, daughter of Matthew and Eliza (Greer) Kline. She was born in Maryland and was brought to Cambridge by her parents when she was three months old. Her father was a cooper, but he took up land in the northwest part of Jackson township, where Mrs. Williams lived until her marriage. After their mar- riage they lived on his father’s farm. In 1856 David Williams built tbe house where Robert N. Williams and wife now live, and lived in it until 1867. In that year the old folks moved GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 745 into Cambridge and lived there the balance of their days. DaYid R. Whlliams died on December 27, 1873, wife died March 24, 1883. Both of them were among the founders of the old Cambridge Baptist church, near the north line of Jackson township, and were two as active and serviceable mem- bers as the church ever had. At President Lincoln’s first call for troops in 1861. Robert N. Williams offered to go to the front and was refused by the examining surgeons. Again he offered himself when the call was made for three hundred thousand troops, and again he was refused because of physical disability. When the call came for one-hundred-day men he was finally accepted and joined Com- pany E, One Hundred and Seventy-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. When he came out he had chronic rheumatism from which both hands were perma- nently crippled and his heart w^eakened. Returning to the farm, he has re- mained there practically ever since. In 1863 Mr. Mhlliams had built a good house on the farm, but it burned down on October 23, 1879. For about eighteen months he lived in Cam- bridge, but liked farm life better, and returned to the old home farm that his father entered from the government, and there he and his wife still re- side, having been spared to each other for about sixty years of congenial married life. Air. Williams owns a good farm of one hundred and eighty acres. In politics he has been a Republican ever since the party started and voted the Republican ticket every since, beginning with Fremont in 1856. Air. and Mrs. Williams both belong to the old Cambridge Baptist church. His father was a deacon in this church from the time it was organized. In the early days before the church was built they often held religious services in his home. Six children have been born to Air. and IMrs. Robert N. Williams, as follows: James Alonroe lives at home with his father; Eliza Catherine mar- ried William Trenner, lives in Byesville, and has three children living and one dead ; Annania Harvenia, who died wlien two years old ; May Eva mar- ried William Haynes and lives on South Eighth street, in Cambridge, where Mr. Haynes has a grocery store. They have four children : John D. Wil- liams is at home with his father; Orrin married Dessie McConnell and lives in the state of Washington, at Centralia; he is superintendent for a company that builds electric railways. He has two children, a son and a daughter. Although well along in years IMr. Williams is still hearty and cheerful, and an entertaining talker of the old days, when the land was new, when peo- 746 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. pie were more neigliborly, more hospitable, and, it would seem, more honest. Me and his wife are very kindly treated by the young people, and in fact, all classes in their community. SAMUEL JACKSON. A venerable and highly respected citizen of Pleasant City, Valley town- ship, who is deserving of unstinted praise for his long life of usefulness is .Samuel Jackson, who was horn in that part of Noble county which was formerly a part of Guernsey county, on May 8, 1829. He is the son of Henry and Rachael (Tustin) Jackson. Henry Jackson was from Greene county, Pennsylvania, coming to this county in an early day, settling in what was then the southern part of Guernsey county, where he took up land. There the father s]ient the rest of his days, dying in 1837, of sixty-eight years. He was among the early pioneers and began life here in typical pioneer fashion. The father was twice married, eight children be- ing born to each wife, Samuel, of this review, being a child of the second mar- riage. Rachael Tustin was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, and there she married Mr. Jackson after the death of his first wife. After the death of her husband she spent the balance of her days with her son, Samuel, the subject, who spent his youth in Noble county, assisting to develop the farm. He learned the carpenter’s trade in the vicinity of Hartford and Pleasant City and followed the same as long as he was able to work, becoming a very skilled artisan and his services were always in great demand. He erected many large, substantial houses, barns and other buildings in this locality, including many at Byesville and the commodious structure he lives in at Pleasant City. IMr. Jackson was married on March 10, 1853, to Virginia Trott, daugh- ter of Richard and Mary (Simmons) Trott. She was born in Anne Arundel county, i\Iar}dand, in 1824. Her parents brought her to Guernsey county, Ohio, when she was about seven years old, locating in the southern part of the county, being among the pioneers there, starting life in true first- settler fashion. She was one of a family of ten children, six of whom died in infancy in Maryland. The three who lived beside Mrs. Jackson were IMrs. Olethia Larrick, Benjamin J., who is the father of Elza Trott, county clerk, whose .sketch appears herein, and William C. The parents of these children spent the rest of their days on their farm in this county. When the Trail Run mine was sunk Mr. Jackson did the carpenter GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 747 work, erecting the tipple and other buildings, and later, in making- a change in the roof over the boiler room, he fell about forty feet, injuring his spine. He partially recovered for a short time, but has been disturbed by the injury more or less ever since and is unable to walk. He and his wife have lived in Pleasant City ever since their marriage in 1853 and they are probalily the oldest inhabitants of this town, which they have seen developed from a few houses in the woods. They are spending their declining days in peace and comfort in their cozy dwelling, which stands on an eminence, commanding a fine view of the country. Politically Mr. Jackson is a Democrat and he is a worthy member of the Masonic order; he and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal church. Nine children have been born to them, namely: Lewis Frederick is a clerk and telegraph operator at the railroad station at Pleasant City; William Henry died when forty-six years of age; Mary Rosella, wife of Noah E. Secrest ; Stephen A. Douglas is a railroad agent at Malta, Ohio; Joseph Alonzo lives at Helena, Montana; Columbia Frances is at home; Samuel Andrew lives in Detroit, hfichigan; Linnaeus Griffith has been in the Philip- pine islands for the past three years railroading and assisting in building rail- roads ; Cleopatra married John Hana and lives at klontreal, Canada. ANDREW W. NICHOLSON. It is safe to say that no man who has lived in Guernsey county in re- cent years has left a more indelible impress upon a wider circle of friends than the late Andrew Nicholson, for his life was exemplary in eveiy re- spect and he took much more than a passing interest in the affairs of his community. All remember him as a genteel, kind-hearted gentleman, whom to know was to respect and admire. Mr. Nicholson was born in the south edge of Caml)ridge township on his father’s farm, three miles from Cambridge, Decemlier 21, 1833. He was the son of Robert and Agnes (AAhlliams) Nicholson, both parents lie- ing natives of Scotland. His father was a carpenter and came from Fife- shire, Scotland, in 1819, locating first near Frederick, Maryland. Two years later Robert Nicholson came west and engaged in building in Guernsey county. He erected the first jail in this county and two store-houses that he built are still standing, one being the house in which Andrew \Y. was born, on the farm that Robert Nicholson bought while a young man. There GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 74 ^^ he lived the rest of his life and died in 1846. On his farm was opened one of the first mines in the Guernsey valley. It was operated as a country mine for a «'reat many years, and was opened as a company mine when the rail- roads first came through. Andrew W. was one of ten children, James, George, David. Ann, John, Margaret, Eliza, Roliert, Andrew W., and Alexander. Andrew W. passed his boyhood on the old home farm south of Cambridge, and- attended the district school. In 1853 he visited the old Scotland home of his parents, spending six months there; returning, he had a stormy voyage of twenty- seven days. In 1857 Mr. Nicholson was married to Elizabeth Sharp, who was born in comity Antrim, Ireland, August 31, 1833, Scotch-Irish parents, John and Jane Sharp. She was sixteen years old when her parents brought her to St. Clairsville, Belmont county, Ohio. A few years later the family moved to Guernsev county, where she married Mr. Nicholson. Andrew W. Nicholson was a capable and resourceful man, and became the owner of four hundred and twenty acres of land, including that bought bv his father south of Cambridge, also he owns other land in Westland township. Aliont 1895 he and his sons became interested in the natural gas husiness. They ]iut down a number of wells in Guernsey county and formed the A. Nicholson Oil and Gas Company. This was 'sold to the Ohio Enel and Su])])ly Company. They afterwards bought an interest in the Cambridge Eight and Enel Company. Mr. Nicholson took an interest in the public affairs of the county. In politics a Republican, he served as trustee of Cam- bridge township, and in 1879 became trustee of Jackson township. Follow- ing that he was elected county commissioner and later re-elected for another term. During his term of office the present court house was built, and was paid for liefore he went out of office. The Children's Home was built, an ad- dition to county infirmary, costing ten thousand dollars, and a number of bridges, including the Carson bridge at Cambridge and five others over Wills creek. Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson became members of the old Cambridge Baptist church, and from then were active and earnest workers in the church and he was a deacon for many years. He gave not only of his time, but his money also, and helped a number of churches. The Baptist church at Byesville found in him its most liberal supporter. He was charitable to those in need and showed by his life that he felt that all men are brethren. His life was characterized by a beautiful simplicity, and even a child could find in him a delightful companion. His religion was not GUERNSEY COUNTY,, OHIO. 749 SO much a profession as a life, a life beautiful in humility, modest and unas- suming, and yet issuing daily in acts of kindness. His wife was of the same nature. Her faithful Christian life and influence was a guide and inspiration to those who came under his influence. Theirs was a home of generous hos- pitality, widely known and widely appreciated. In 1901 Mr. Nicholson bought a handsome home in Cambridge, where he and his wife spent their last days. He died October 28, 1907, aged seven- ty-three years. His wife died September 24th of the year previous, when seventy-three years old. They had been married over forty-nine years. To them were born eight children, namely: John R., who is mentioned more at length in a separate article herein; James A., who lives at Columbus, Ohio; Samuel W. lives at New Philadelphia; Nannie J. and her sister, Rose E., live in the home in Cambridge, where their father and mother lived ; IMaggie B. married Rev. Robert Lecklider, a Baptist minister, and lives in Indianapolis, Indiana; George D. is superintendent of the Cambridge Light and Enel Company, and lives with his sisters in the family home. He married Maude L. Morrison, who died December 9, 1901, leaving two children, Bernard and Elizabeth. ULYSSES GRANT NICHOLSON. The name of Ldysses Grant Nicholson has long been linked with the words ‘‘progress” and ‘“development” in the vicinity of Hartford, Valley township, Guernsey county, and all who know him well will readily admit that he has been a very important factor in the affairs of this locality and while he has been advancing his own interests he has sought to promote those of his neighbors. Mr. Nicholson was born about a mile east of Hartford, Valley town- ship, Guernsey county, Ohio, on June 23, 1866, the son of Jacob Nicholson and wife, whose sketch see for extended ancestry. When the subject was about four years old the family moved to the north edge of Noble county and lived till he was about twelve years old, then moved to the west edge of Byesville and lived there nearly two years, then returned to the old place in the north edge of Noble county and lived there about six years. Then they moved to Derwent, where the father still lives. The subject attended the schools at Byesville and also attended college at Ada, Ohio. After leaving college, he taught school about eight years, part of the time in Valley township, two tenns at Hartford, also one term in 750 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Xol)Ie county, and also at Derwent. He was married August 24. 1892, to Leeta Secrest, daughter of Valentine and Catherine ( Rogers) Secrest. She was horn and reared at Hartford. Her father, Valentine Secrest, died Sep- teinher 6 , 1883. He was horn near Hartford and was the son of Henry and Klizaheth ('Spaid) Secrest and the brother of William Secrest, whose sketch appears on another page. Henry Secrest was born August i8, 1785, and Elizabeth Spaid was born on July 22, 1790. She was the daughter of George Spaid, who was a Hes- sian soldier, brought over to assist England during the American Revolution. He was captured at the battle of Trenton and was taken to Virginia and colonized there. He came to Ohio in a very early day. Valentine Secrest li\’ed most of his life at Hattford, Ohio, and he was a farmer. He married Catherine Rogers, daughter of Lorenzo and Jane (Suddeth) Rogers. Lor- enzo Rogers came from Maryland and was an uncle of Lilburn C. Rogers, whose sketch a])pears elsewhere in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson had five children; Ruth Secrest, Lowell R., Lillian, William Byran, who died when eighteen months old, and DeWitt Cramblett. :\fter his marriage Mr. Nicholson taught school for a time, but most of the time since has engaged very successfully in coal mining, also devoting a portion of his time to farming. He is a Democrat in politics and has taken consicleralde interest in the principles of his party. He has held several town- ship offices, was assessor for several terms and also land appraiser. He has been complimented on the skill and ability in his appraisement. He is a mem- ber of the Knights of Pythias at Pleasant City. He and his wife belong to the English Lutheran church at Hartford. ELIJAH B. HOOPMAN. .Vthough tne life of Elijah B. Hoopman, one of Guernsey county's best remembered and highly honored citizens of a past generation, was not entirely devoid of obstacle, and whose rose held many a thorn, he, with in- domitable courage, pressed onward with his face set toward higher things and refused to be subdued, and he S]>ent his last years surrounded by plenty and comfort, enjoying the friendship and esteem of a wide circle of friends as a result of his long life of honor and usefulness, and today his inemor}* is greatly revered by the host of warm friends he left behind. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 751 Mr. Hoopman was born in Harford county, Maryland, March 10, 1834. He was the son of Isaac and Lucinda (Rogers) Hoopman and was one of a famil}^ of five children that grew to maturity. The other four were, AVilliam H., whose record appears elsewhere in this volume; Roland R., of Zanesville; Isaac W., deceased, formerly of Kansas, and who, in early life, kept a general store at Hartford, this county; iMrs. Lizzie Johnson, of Pleas- ant City; Catherine died when a young woman, and Christian was a young man when he died. Isaac Hoopman’s father came from Germany. Isaac Hoopman, wife and children came to Ohio from Harford county. Maiyland. in 1837, making the long overland journey in wagons, arriving in Guernsey county on Novem- ber 7, 1837. when Elijah B. was only three years old. The family located about one and one-half miles southeast of Byesville, where Isaac Hoopman bought a farm and made the family home, at which Elijah B. grew to man- hood and lived until his marriage, having worked hard developing the place amid pioneer conditions, and obtained wbat schooling he could in the old-time district schools. His marriage took place on November 12, i860, when he was united with Elizabeth Thompson, who was born September 18, 1842, near King’s mine. Center township, this county, where she grew to maturity. She is the daughter of James Thompson, an early pioneer of this county, who located near King’s mine. She is a sister of John W. Thompson, now of Center township. Elijah B. Hoopman became the owner of a fine farm about a half mile south of his father’s home and lived there until 1899. He followed general farming and stock raising and was very successful, being a hard worker and a good manager. He became widely known as a sheep man, having handled large droves, often as many as six hundred at a time. He prospered and owned three excellent farms, his home place consisting of one hundred and sixty acres, and two others in the same part of the township of one hundred and twenty-five acres each. About 1899 he retired from acti\'e work and moved into Byesville, wdiere he spent the rest of his life in a cozy and mod- ernly equipped home, being called to his reward on October 7. 1905. He was a man of sterling character, industrious, temperate, scrupulously honest in all the relations of life. He had been a memlier of tbe Methodist Protestant church for forty-nine vears, and was always loyal to its principles and faith- ful to all its duties. In his death the church lost one of its most liberal sup- porters and one of her most valued official members, being at the time of his death chairman of the board of parsonage trustees. He was widely known and highly esteemed by all who knew him. 752 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Airs. Hoopman, a lady of many estimable traits and beloved by a wide circle of friends, still makes her home in Byesville. She. too, is a worthy member of tbe Alethodist Protestant church. Four children were born to Afr. and Airs. Elijab B. Hoopman, namely: Lucinda, wife of David Burt, lives in Byesville; James A., of Byesville; Parmer E., of Byesville: Bertha L., wife of Ed. C. Smith, lives on the farm between Cambridge and Byesville. ELZA D. TROTT. The gentleman whose name forms the caption of this biographical re- \ iew does not need to be formally introduced to the readers of this history owing to the fact that he has long been known to all classes of Guernsey county citizens as a man of progressive ideas and a leader in local affairs who merits the high esteem in which he is held. Elza D. Trott was born July i6, 1868, in Center township, this county, and is the son of Benjamin Griffith and Eliza (Alartell) Trott. Grandfather Alartell was a man of prominence here in the pioneer days and was one of the founders of the Alethodist Episcopal church at Cambridge. There is a tra- dition that the Alartells, or Alartels, were of the nobility of France, one mem- ber of tbe royal family who married one of the lower station, being disin- herited and deprived of his rank. This family is probably descended from the great military genius of Europe, Charles Alartel, prominent in the middle ages. The father was born in Alaryland and the mother in Guernsey county, (bhio. The paternal grandparents of Elza D. Trott were Richard and Alary (Simmons) Trott. 'I'he parents of Eliza Alartell came from the isle of Guernsey, in the English Channel, among the early pioneers here. Benjamin G. Trott was born in Alaryland, about twenty-two miles from Baltimore on the Chesapeake bay. Fie came to Guernsey county wdtb his parents when he was twelve years of age. in 1844. They located in Valley township, near TIartford, and there he grew to maturity. Upon reaching manhood he married Airs. Eliza Jane Davis, widow of John Davis. Her parents were Nicholas and Judith (Blam- field) Alartell. When these parents came from the isle of Guernsey to this country they had two children, Eliza Jane being one of the last children born to them, her birth occurring on April 16, 1830. Nicholas Alartell and wife were, as stated, among the early settlers here, and they owned salt works ELZA D. TROTT. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 753 three miles north of Cambridge. Later they liYed near where the present tracks of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad are located, about four miles east of Cambridge, and there i\Ir. IMartell died. Benjamin Trott was originalh' a farmer and for almost fifty years was engaged in mining, from the time the mining interests began to deuelop in this county until his advanced age made it necessary for him to abandon such work. His death occurred in September, 1904, his widow surviving until January 31, 1909. Both are buried in the cemetery at Byesville, where the family had resided for a number of years. Eight children were born to IMr. and i\Irs. Benjamin G. Trott. all of whom are living, with one exception; they are, Flora, deceased; Virginia Frances mar- ried David Cox, of Jackson township ; ’Anna IMay married William Hutton, of Byesville; John W. married Rose Smith and lives at Byesville; Elza D., of this review; Nancy married John L. Nicholson, of Byesville; T. Elmer is professor of mathematics of Scio College. He took the degree of Master of Science at IMuskingum in 1908. When only tweh’e }'ears of age he passed the examination and secured license to teach school. He was one of the youngest in Ohio to receive a state school certificate, and he is now a member of the staff of nautical computers of the United States Nautical Observatory, calculating the paths of the stars for the same. He also has the degree of Master of Arts. Ida Belle married Albrow Smith, of Byesville. Elza D. Trott was educated in the public schools of his home township. When twelve years of age he went to work in the mines and was emplor'ed in every phase of work about the mines, from mule driving to engineer and prac- tical mining. He was thus employed until he was twenty-one years of age. He then attended school at Byesville and the following winter he taught in the Black Top district, Richland township. The following summer found him in the mines again, in fact, for several years he worked in the mines dur- ing the summer and taught school in the winter. He entered the Northwest- ern Lhiiversity at Ada, Ohio, later studied at IMuskingum College at New Concord, Ohio, for four spring and summer terms, pursuing the scientific course. Before going to Ada and IMuskingum College he had attended the summer normal at Byesville for several terms. Following his college course he taught school for seventeen years in Guernsey county. During this time he was superintendent of schools at Pleasant City for a year. He also taught in the Byesville schools. During all the years he lived in Byesville he walked to and from home to his different schools, eight in number, during the seven- teen years, and he was regarded as among Guernsey county’s most progressive and able instructors. (48) 754 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Mr. 'I'rott was married, Octolicr 14, 1903, to Alice Moseley, daug'hter of J.emuel O. and Mary ( Courtney) IMoseley. The father was a native of Ohio hnt the mother was born in Ireland. She came to America when about twenty- one years of age. Lemuel O. Moseley was a son of Captain Moseley, a man of considerable prominence. The Moseley family were residents of Noble county. Ohio, at the time of the daughter’s marriage, she being engaged in the millinery business in Byesville. Both her parents are still living at Orrville, ( )hio. To Mr. and Mrs. Trott no children have been horn, but they have two children as their wards, the children of Mrs. Trott's brother, Emerson Alose- ley. Their mother was burned to death by her clothing catching fire in her home at Mount Vernon. Ohio. Politically, Mr. Trott is a Republican and he has always been active in party aft’airs and is a man well informed on general issues. He served as justice of tbe peace in Byes\-ille for five years ]>rior to 1908, during- which time he heard about fifteen hundred cases in addition to his teaching duties. He was regai'fled as a very able judicial officer, bis decisions Ijeing fair and un- biased and not one was ever reversed at the hands of a higher tribunal. In the summer of 1908 he was nominated by the Republicans of Guernsey county for clerk of courts and was elected the following November and he is now ser\’ing his first term, and was nominated for a second term in 1910, having- made a very creditable and praiseworthy record. Owing to his universal popularity, his nomination for this office a second time was met with approval by meml)ers of all ])arties. Pie is a member of P'led Prince Lodge No. 250, Knigbts of Pythias, at Byesville, Ohio, and is also a member of the Masonic lodge at Camliridge. He has ]>assed through all the chairs in the Knights of Pythias lodge and has been county deputy for two terms at different times. While an active miner he was a member of the Miners' Union and other labor organizations, including the American Federation of Labor, also the musicians’ organization or union, and he has been very active in their affairs. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church: he has been a trustee of the same for about fifteen years, and he has also been both teacher and Sunday school superintendent and a class leader in the church. His wife w’as also active in all Sunday school work. Mr. Trott was also leader of the church choir for a number of years at Byesville, where he and his wife held member- ship. On assuming the office of county clerk he moved to Cambridge, the family home being at No. 135 North Eleventh street. Mr. and Mrs. Trott are noted for their work in the temperance cause, and the latter in the work of the young- people’s organization of the church of which she is a member. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. JOHX R. XICHOLSOX. representative agriculturist and liberal minded citizen of Guernsev county is John R. Xicholson, living in the north edge of Jackson township, who was born a short distance north of there, in the south edge of Cambridge township, in i'858. He is the oldest son of the eight children born to iMr. and Mrs. Andrew X'icholson, a complete record of whose lives appear on another page of this work. As told in the record of Andrew Ah X^icholson, the father bought the farm adjoining on the south, where he now resides, the home having been built and the place improved l)v the father, who was a successful farmer. John R. grew to maturity on the home farm and attended the neighboring schools. He was married in i88i to iMary F. Burt, daughter of Xathan and Rosana Jane (Hall) Burt, the former born in Jackson town- ship, this county, October 20, 1829. He was the son of John and iMarv (Reed) Burt and was a cousin of Daniel Burt's father. Eli. The ancestry of the Burt family is to be found in the sketch of David Burt, appearing in this work. His parents were pioneers in Guernsey county and occupied land in section 13, Jackson township. He married Rosanna J. Hall. March 7, 1854, and to this union nine children were born, of whom iMrs. X'icholson is the third in order of birth. Xathan Burt and wife lived a short time in Washington county, Ohio, but he spent most of his days in Jackson town- ship where he followed farming and owned two hundred and twenty-six acres at the time of his death, February 20, 1903, his wife having preceded him to the grave in 1882. He was a devout Christian all his life, and he and his wife were for many years members of ]\It. Zion Baptist church, and he remained so until his death, being one of the most consistent and faithful members of the church, always giving the duties of the church precedence over everything else. He was an earnest, cpiiet, honorable man, whose life was a monument to the faith which he professed. Mr. and Mrs. Xicholson have two daughters. Ethel and Pearl; the former married Arthur Davis and lives near the old home in Jackson town- ship. and they have three children. Robert, Edna and Calvin; Pearl Xichol- son is at home with her parents. W'hen Andrew Mb Xicholson & Sons became interested in the natural gas business about 1905, John R.. of this review, became a member of the company and, although he still li\'es on the old home place, he devotes most of his energies to the gas business. However, he does not neglect his farm, but keeps it in an excellent condition, his house, barns and outbuildings being among the most substantial and well ke]it in the township. He is veiy sue- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 756 cessful as a l)usiness man. He and his wife both lielong to the old Cambridge Ilaptist clnirch, in which he is a trustee. He is prominent in the affairs of his community. JAMIES ARTHUR HOOPMAN. One of the progressive and pulilic-spirited citizens of Byesville, and a man who is held in high esteem because of his exemplary life, is James Arthur Hoopman, scion of an old and worthy family of Guernsey county and who has sjient his life within her borders. He was born two miles south of llyesville, in Jackson township, in 1865, the son of Elijah B. and Mai'y E. (Thompson) Hoopman. who are given full mention in a separate sketch in this volume. d'he subject lived on the home farm until he was twenty-one years of age. assisting with the general work about the place and attending the com- mon schools. Because of a sunstroke, he was compelled to give up farming, and he came to Byesville in 1887 and launched out in the hardware business, buying out the Campbell hardware store. He continued in that business suc- cessfully until 1902. with the exception of about six months, when he sold out and liegan liusiness at another place in Byesville. He was also conducting a plumbing business liefore he sold out the hardware store, which he continued after selling out the latter in 1902. He has met with a veiy satisfactory de- gree of success in whatever he has turned his attention to, being a man of good judgment and sound liusiness principles. He is also engaged in manu- facturing hosiery at Byesville, also has two farms, one being in Valley town- ship, about one and one-half miles south of the old home where he 'was born, the other being two miles west of Byesville. They are under excellent im- provements and rank with the best farms in the vicinity, being well kept and very ])roductive. He is a man of keen discernment, able to foresee the future outcome of a present transaction with rare accuracy. Politically, Mr. Hoopman is a Democrat, and has long been active in party affairs and influential in the development of the locality in various lines. He was twice elected justice of the peace in Jackson township, serving this office in a manner that reflected much credit upon himself and to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. j\'lr. Hoo]iman is a man to whom many come for advice and they are never steered wrongly, and many a man has him to thank for kindly and safe counsel. He stands high in Masonic circles, and one would judge from his GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. / ?/ daily life that he endeavors to carry the high precepts of this time-honored order into every relation of life. He and his wife are members of the iMeth- odist Protestant church, and prominent in church and social life, he being superintendent of the Sunday school, this being his second time to serve in this capacity, and he has been on the board of trustees of the church for about ten years. He is easily one of the leading citizens of Byesville in every re- spect, and to know him is to accord him praise for his genial nature, his kindliness, his public spirit and his industry, and exemplaiy life. Mr. Hoopman was married in 1888 to Anna R. Burt, daughter of Eli and Nancy (Smith) Burt, and a sister of David S. Burt, whose sketch is to be found in this work. (Mrs. Hoopman is a lady of culture and refinement. This union has been blessed by one son. Marshall B. PARKIER E. HOOP^L\X. The Hoopman family has long held a very high position in the rank of citizenship in the vicinity of Byesville, Guernsey county, for each member has sought to conduct himself in a manner becoming a high-minded, indus- trious and public-spirited American citizen. One of the best known of the Hoopmans is Parmer E., who was born about two miles south of Byesville in Jackson township, this county, on June 17, 1871. He is the son of Elijah B. and Mary E. (Thompson) Hoopman, who are given full and proper men- tion on another page of this work. Parmer E. Hoopman grew to maturity on the home farm, on which he worked when he became of proper age, attending the district schools during the winter months, remaining under his parental roof-tree until he became of legal age. In 1894 he was married to Osa Kackley, of Noble county. Ohio, her birth having occurred near Chaseville, that county. She is the daughter of Wesley and Amanda ( Star) Kackley. both natives of Noble county. Her father was a Union soldier all through the Civil war, and is now engaged in farming in Noble county. About six months prior to his marriage, Parmer E. Hoopman went into the hardware business at Pleasant City, but in a short time came to Byes- ville. where he remained in the same business about four years, and was very successful. After a respite from this line of endeavor of about two years, he entered the butcher business with his brother-in-law. C. Mb Johnson, and they continued about three years, building up a good trade the meanwhile. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. In 1903 Mv. Hoo])man took charge of the Byesville station of the internrban line connecting this city with Caml)riclge and he has held this position ever since in a very creditalde manner. He was the first, and, in fact, has been the onl\- agent the company has ever had in Byesville, having charge of all the freight and passenger Imsiness here, tie has been very successful in a business wav, and he is the owner of an excellent farm of considerable size, well improved and very productive, located near Byesville, and he also owns city |)roperty in Byesville. One son, Guy E., a bright lad, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hoopman. h'raternallv. i\lr. Hoopman is a memlier of the Independent Order of Odd h'ellows and he belongs to the Methodist Protestant church, being very faith- ful in his su])port of the same, and he is always ready to lend his aid in the furtherance of any movement having for its object the betterment of this \’icinity in any way. OSCAR J. BERRY. The present sketch is concerned with a man who has been during his lifetime active in the affairs of Kimbolton, and, though young in years, he has made himself known as one of the aggressive and enterprising citizens of the community. Oscar J. Berry was horn in Kimbolton, Liberty town- ship, Guernsey county, Ohio, on March 9, 1869, the son of William T. and Caroline ( Sloan ) Berry, and a brother of John S. Berry, whose name ap- jiears in another jiart of this work. From his boyhood Mr. Berry has been a hustler. As soon as he was old enough to work he began earning money at whatever he could find to do, and during the winter months attended the pub- lic schools of Kimbolton. At sixteen years of age he began teaching school in the district schools of Guernsey county, and for twelve years was one of the popular and progressive teachers of the county. Following this he served for six years as a deputy inspector in the state dairy and food commissioner's department, and was a faithful and efficient officer. In politics he is a Re- publican, and has lieen active in party matters, serving as a member of the Re])uhlican county central committee, and frequently as a delegate to county, district and state conventions. He has been a member of the village council, and is now the village clerk. In 1904 Mr. Berry was appointed postmaster at Kimbolton, and after serving two years resigned to take employment with the O’Gara Coal Com- pany, of Chicago, operating in the Guernsey and Noble county coal fields, as GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 759 pay-roll clerk, a position of much responsibility, which he has ably filled. On his resignation as postmaster, his wife was appointed his successor, and she still holds the position. Mr. Berry w-as married on April 23, 1889, to Ida Schrophart, of Kim- bolton, and to this union one son has been born, Paul V., a maduate of the Kimbolton high school in 1910, and now a teacher in the county schools. i\Ir. Berry and his family are members of the Methodist church and are prominent in the social life of their community. iMr. Berry is an active, public-spirited citizen, always favoring whatever is for the betterment of conditions. He is a broad-viewed, companionable man. whom it is a pleasure and a benefit to know. LINCOLN O. RIDDLE. One of the largest land owners and best known and most successful farmers of Guernsey county is Lincoln O. Riddle, who was horn at his pres- ent home, a short distance southwest of Byesville, on October 18. 1862. the son of George and Rachel (Wilson) Riddle. Rachel Wilson is a sister of Henry H. Wilson, whose sketch see for her family history. George Riddle was horn in IMonahan county. Ireland, on October 17. 1827, the son of iMaxwell Riddle. His mother died when he was a little child. By this marriage Maxwell Riddle was the father of five children, one of whom died in Ireland, and the others of whom. George. Susan. Isabel and Maxwell, Jr., he brought to the L^nited States in 1871. They first located at Baltimore, Maryland, then moved to AA’ashington county, Pennsylvania, where thet^ lived until George grew up, and where Isabel and Maxwell died. Maxwell, Sr., had married again, and in 1850 he and his son George came to Guernsey county, Ohio, and bought farms southwest of Byesville. Here Alaxwell spent the remainder of his life, and his daughter, Susan, who had lost her sight from measles, died here unmarried. By his second marriage Alaxwell Riddle was the father of two daughters. Ann and Sarah. He was a man of much influence in the community in his times. On November 24, 1857, George Riddle was married to Rachel Wilson, who rvas born west of Byesville on iMarch 3, 1837. He then built a house on his farm, and lived there the rest of his life. To this union nine children were born, Susan Nesbit, Thomas Alpheus. iMaxwell Albert, Henry Wilson, Oliver Lincoln, one who died in infancy, Ellsworth, Elizabeth and Tachey C. Susan died on December 8, 1895; Thomas A. died on October 4, i860; GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 760 Henry W. on Septeinijer 22, 1861 ; Tachey C. on October 13, 1877; Maxwell A. on Septenilier 11, igo\. Elizabeth married Hunter Fulton, and lives in Cambridge, Ohio. Ellsworth lives at Austin, Texas. Eincoln O. Riddle has lived on the home farm all his life. He was married on Septemlier 11, 1906, to Anna McConnell, the daughter of John and Manerva McConnell. She was horn and reared on the Steubenville road, four miles east of Cambridge. To this union has been born one child, a sweet little daughter, Maxine. Mr. Riddle has followed farming and stock dealing all his life, buying and shipping horses, cattle and other livestock to Baltimore, Pittsburg, Phil- adelphia, Cincinnati and other cities. His home farm consists of one hun- dred and sixty acres, and he owns in all six hundred and twenty-five acres of land, all fully paid for and well improved. His house is large and hand- some, with a broad porch on two sides, situated in the midst of a spacious and shady lawn, and is one of the best appearing country residences in his section of the county. In politics Mr. Riddle is an uncompromising Republican. He has traveled very much, in many states, from coast to coast, and talks very entertainingly on the many places of interest which he has seen. Few men of his county are better known or are more hustling and enterprising. He is a man of liberal minded opinions on most subjects. HENRY EERGE'SON FRYE. Among tbe earliest settlers of Jackson and Valley townships were mem- bers of the Frye family, which is so well known in these communities. The family has been traced l)ack to Germany, Henry Frye, Sr., having come to America from that part of Germany that lies nearest to Austria, before the outbreak of tbe American Revolution, in which he took part. He was a man of considerable wealth and owned a large amount of land in the northern part of West Virginia, along the Big Capon river, not far fi'om Wardens- ville. He left a large family of children, one son being Henry Frye, Jr. The latter was the father of John Frye. John Frye was the head of the family in Guernsey county, to which he removed from near Wardensville, West Virginia, very early in the last century, and settled at what later became tbe northwest part of Byesville. At that time there were many Indians at Oldtown, the Indian village near GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Byesville. There were no roads, but the neighbors joined in and cut a road between Byesville and Cambridge. John Frye's son, Henry Ferguson Frye, was born in West Virginia on May 14, 1803, and came here with his father in early childhood. When he was a boy of twelve or thirteen, the father was called away for the whole day, and cautioned the boy to leave the gun alone, an old flint-lock musket. Young Henry disobeyed and took it out, and in his wandering saw a bunch of seven bears. He fired at the biggest one, but failed to kill it. It came at him, but he loaded his gun as he ran, shot again several times and killed it. He was a wonder with the gun, a ^■ery quick and accurate shot, and far above the ordinaiy in those days when ever}" farmer was an expert. He grew up on the farm near the present location of Byesville, and attended school in Cambridge when the court house square was full of stumps. On March 16, 1826, Henry F. Frye was married to Sarah Trenner, a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Trenner (see sketch of Benjamin Trenner for her family). John Frye, Henry-’s father, died soon after this on his farm at Byesville. Henry F. Frye lived a while on the old Trenner farm, a short distance northwest of Derwent, and from there moved to the north- western part of Valley township along the Clay pike, anl bought what is known as the Thompson farm. Later he bought a farm farther east, along the same pike, about two miles west of Derwent. It was then a busy highway of travel, and countless herds and droves of live stock were passing and travelers were numerous. So it afforded an advantageous location for the store along the road which he kept in connection with his farm. In his later years he sold this farm and bought another three-fourths of a mile farther north, where he spent the rest of his days. He died on January 6, 1887. his wife having preceded him on January 27, 1874. In 1848 Mr. Fiye became an elder in the Lutheran church, and was such for many years after. In eveiw relation in life he was good and true, and as a Christian his excellencies were specially obseiu'able. His influence in the community was ^•er}' marked, and his judgment on all matters was sound and was sought after bv his neighbors. Mr. and IMrs. Henry F. Frye were the parents of four children, Elizabeth, John, William K. and George A\'. Elizabeth was born on the original home farm at Byesville, and re- mained with her parents as long as they lived. She now lives in Derwent, with her brother, William K. William K. Frye was born on the farm two miles northwest of Derwent, where his father kept store. He has followed farming nearh" all his life, and lived on the farm where he was born until 1873, ^vhen it was sold, then for GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 762 about four rears the family lived at Hartford, the father having retired, and William K. followed farming. About 1878 William K. bought back a part of the old farm, and also had a little farm adjoining, and there he and Eliza- beth lived and took their father with them until the father's death. William and Elizabeth continued on this farm till the spring of 1908, wdien they sold it and bought a home in Derwent, where they now reside, and are passing their later days in quiet and plenty, and the enjoyment of the society of their neighbors. The records of George W. and John Frye appear under other headings. The h'rye family, as a family and individually, have always been highly esteemed as among the solid and substantial people of their community, up- right, honoralile and kind of heart, one of the noblest families in the com- munity, in the true sense of nobility. JOHN ^I. BURT. Coal mining bears a large part in the history of Guernsey county, and the present review is concerned with one of the ablest of the young men in mining circles, who has made his way from the bottom to the superintendency of a mine, and has in so doing overcome many difficulties and in many w-ays showed his worth. John M. Bnrt was born at Lonaconing, Allegany county, Maryland, on January 2. 1880, the son of John and Sarah (Morris) Burt. John Burt was born in Landwicksbire, Scotland, in 1850, the son of Peter and Jeanie ( JMalcom ) Burt. Peter Burt came to America in 1869, and engaged in Mary- land in mining, which had been his occupation all his life. For generations back, as far as can be traced, the family have been miners. John Burt went to work in the mines when only ten years old, and when John M. was twelve he went into the mines to help his father. On April 16, 1903, the family moved to Gloucester, Ohio, here they lived until June 25, 1896, when they removed to Pleasant City, (iuernsey county, where they now reside. John Burt some years ago quit mining, ran a restaurant five years, then went into the grocery liusiness, which he .still continues, and in which he has been suc- cessful. He owns several pieces of property in Pleasant City. John i\L Burt continued mining at Pleasant City. At the age of sixteen he started driving mules in the mines, then went back to loading for a time, after which he returned to mule driving. At Walhonding mine he rode a GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 763 dilly ti'ip for about two years, then ran a motor for twenty months, again rode the dillv trip for six months, then was made inside boss and boss driver at the old Walhonding mine, and remained in that capacity for two years. In j\Iay, 1908, the superintendent of the Walhonding mine was taken to Trail Run mine No. 2, and John i\I. Burt was put in as superintendent to finish working out the mine, and when that mine was worked out. was sent to the Opperman mine, on August ii, 1908, as under boss. Only five days later the superintendent left, and Mr. Burt was put in as superintendent, left suddenly to take charge, with no boss driver or any one with any authority as assistant, but in a short time had things going smoothly. When he came the force was putting out only four hundred fifty tons per day, but before long he had them getting out six hundred tons. For nearly six months he did without a boss driver, taking most of the detail work himself, and having to meet with many unusual difficulties that would have caused serious con- cern to an old hand in the position. Since his installation he has continued as superintendent successfully, working nearly two hundred men under his direction. On July 25, 1899, Air. Burt was married to Lacy Odessa Larrick, the daughter of Jesse and Alary Viola Larrick. The Larrick family is a pioneer family of Guernsey and Noble counties. To this marriage was born one son, John Burt, on February 13, 1902. iMr. Burt is a member of the Odd Fellows and of the Knights of Pythias at Pleasant City. He owes his success to these facts : In any position he has held he has done his best for his employer's interest ; he has always been willing to assume responsibility when necessary for the interest of the com- pany; and he is not a mere driver, iDut is reasonable and recei^’es the loval co-operation of his men. WILLIAAI JOHNSON ADAIR. Influential and prominent in his neighborhood, a man who has made a success of his vocation, and has in many ways aided in the development of his community is William Johnson Adair, who Avas Idoiti on iMarch ii • 1853. in the northwestern part of \Tlley township, Guernsey county, the son of Joseph and Sarah Ann (Johnson) Adair. Joseph Adair rvas born either in AVashington or Greene county, Penn- sylvania, and came to Belmont county, Ohio, with his father, Robert Adair, when young. About 1846 he came to Guernsey county and located in the 764 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. southwestern portion of Valley township. In February, 1848, he was mar- ried to Sarah Ann Johnson, the daughter of William and Charlotte (Lazear) lohnson. Her pai'ents came from Pennsylvania, where they were married in 1814, and shortly after the birth of Sarah Ann Johnson, in 1828, they came to the southwestern portion of Valley township, where the Opperman mine is now located. Charlotte Lazear was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth ( Braddock ) Lazear ; Thomas was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Stewart) Lazear. Thomas died in 1858, at the age of eighty-eight ; Joseph died on August 15, 1822, at the age of ninety-seven. All the Lazear family down to Charlotte were buried in Greene county, Pennsylvania. The Johnsons and Adairs were both Scotch-Irish, their ancestors being Presliyterians, and originally Scotch Covenanters, and both families came to this county from either Washington or Greene counties, Pennsylvania. Joseph Adair was in his early days a carpenter here. In 1852 he moved from the southwest part to the northwest part of Valley township, which remained the family home. Here Jose])h died in 1864; his wife survived until Decem- ber, 1903. \\hlliam j. Adair was one of six children: Almira married Robert Davidson, and lives in Spencer township, Guernsey county; John Wesley was born in 1850, and died in February, 1879; William J. was the third child in order of Ihrth; Isaljel was born in 1857 1876; Charlotte married Jacob Salladay, whose sketch see; Joseph Howard was born in 1864, and died in 1867. Joseph Adair was a Democrat and was township trustee for many years. He and his wife were both faithful members of Bethel Metho- dist church and were highly respected by all who knew them. William J. Adair grew up in the community in which he was born, and was in his twelfth year when his father died, after which his mother bought, pursuant to an agreement made by the father, the farm two miles west of Derwent, where William J. has since lived. He was married in December, 1873, to iMary Elizabeth Clark, the daughter of William E. and Ala (Greg- ory) Clark. Her mother was born in September, 1828, the daughter of Nolde and Sarah (Spencer) Gregory. Her father came from Ireland, and her mother from New Jersey. William F. Clark was born in March, 1825, and reared northwest of Pleasant City in Valley township and was married in December, 1851. He is the son of Benjamin and Vlary Ann (Gregory) Clark. Benjamin Clark came from Pennsylvania in very early days. William F. Clark and wife were the parents of eight children. Martha Jane died in childhood. Mary E. is the wife of William J. Adair. Clarissa lives in Valley township with her GUERNSEY. COUNTY, OHIO. 765 mother and brother Samuel. Samuel Gregory now lives with his mother on the home farm. Rosa died when a young woman. .-Uleii and Alice were twins, Allen is a physician of Joplin, INIissouri, Alice married Hayden IMc- Kinley, and lives in Kansas, not far from Joplin, Missouri. IMartha Jane was the wife of Joseph Davidson, and died on June 4, 1896, leaving one son, Clovis. William F. Clark was a IMason, and he and his family were mem- bers of the Methodist church. He died on December 22, 1894. His wife survives, and is in her eighty-sixth year. IMr. Clark was a trustee of the church, and a steady, faithful member. To Mr. and Mrs. Adair six children were born : Olive is at home with her parents. Ross Wesley, who is pastor of the IMethodist church at Lari- more, North Dakota, married IMaucl Elizabeth Carmen, of East Liverpool, Ohio, and has one child, Robert. Emma Charlotte is teaching at Joplin, Missouri. Ala is teaching at Amsterdam, Ohio. Joseph Peragoy is attend- ing Northwestern University at Evanston, Illinois. Leonard Benson is at home with his parents. William Adair has held various township offices. He is a member of the Masons at Pleasant City, and he and his wife and children are members of the Methodist church at Derwent, in which he is a class leader, trustee and Sunday school teacher. i\Ir. Adair owns two hundred acres of well-kept and well-improved land, surrounded by exceptionally well-trimmed hedges, the whole forming a most pleasing appearance. He and his wife are hospitable people, of irreproachable character and very highly esteemed. The boys are all members of the iMasonic fraternity and Olive is a member of the Eastern Star chapter. ROBERT I. SHEPLER. A prominent farmer of \’alley townshij), Guernsey county, in the activ- ities of which community he takes full part, and in whose development he has aided, is Robert I. Shepler, who was born in WTstmoreland county, Pennsylvania, on June 30, 1833, the son of Jacob and jMary ( Stewart) Shepler. His father died about six weeks before Robert was born, and his mother afterwards married Daniel Call. Jacob Shepler left six children, besides two that died in infancy. Those who survived were Joseph AV. ; Hannah O., who married James AATddell : Rachel, the wife of J. A\'. Harris; Alargaret, Avho died single; Lucinda, the wife of Porter Houseman; Robert L, the youngest, and now the sole survivor. GUERNSEY COUNJY, OHIO. / 6 () When Robert I. Shepler was sixteen or seventeen years old he and his lirother Joseph and sister Rachel came to Guernsey county. Hannah had already married and gone to Coshocton county. The brothers and sister settled east of Cumberland, and bought a farm in a section called Flat Woods, and here Roliert lived until his marriage to Sarah Ann Moore, of Spencer township, a native of the county and a daughter of John C. and Nancy (WTrd) jMoore. Six children rvere born to this marriage: John Wilson, who died when less than two years old ; xWice, now of Columbus, a prescrip- tion clerk in a wholesale drug house; Alvin, who married Marie Byron, of Cle\'eland, and now lives at Denver ; Elmer, who was for twenty years a druggist at Byesville, married Alice Johnson, the daughter of Jesse L. and Jane Johnson, of Valley township, to which marriage one son was born, Raymond, now attending school at Columbus, his parents’ present home; \holet, the wife of Justus Lowry, who died in the spring of 1906, leaving two children, Russell Shepler and Gertrude, while a third child. Porter, died at the age of two; Annie, who married Doctor Campbell, of Hartford, was left a widow on Feliruary 21, 1897, and now lives in Pleasant City with her half sister, Mrs. Dr. Bown. After his marriage Mr. Shepler continued farm- ing near Cumljerland; his wife died on February 20, 1866. In x\pril. 1865, Mr. Shepler enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Seventy-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war, receiving an honorable discharge. On August 4, 1867, Mr. Shepler rvas married a second time to Mrs. Nancy C. (Clark) Johnson, the widow of William T. Johnson, and a daugh- ter of Samuel G. and Maiy x\nn ( Longsw’orth ) Clark. Samuel G. Clark was the son of Benjamin and Mary (Gregory) Clark. Benjamin Clark was born in Ireland, came to this country as a lad, and located in Pennsylvania, wdiere he was married and two of his children were born. About 1812 he came to Guernsey county, Ohio, and settled a mile northwest of Pleasant City, wdiere some of his descendants still live on land that he bought in pioneer times. Samuel G. Clark was born and reared there, and married Mary Ann Longs- worth, a native of Maryland, the daughter of Solomon and Catherine Longs- worth, who came to the northern edge of Valley towmship early and settled, where Mr. Longsworth dealt in tobacco, as w-ell as farmed. Mrs. Shepler was horn and grew up near Pleasant City, and married William T. Johnson, a son of William Johnson, a pioneer of the southw-estern portion of Valley towmship. One child was Ijorn to this marriage. Charlotte Ann, wdio married James M. Wilson, of Valley towmship, and died on May 28, 1883. Mr. John- son died on June 12, 1861. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 767 After his marriage to iNIrs. Johnson, Air. Shepler moYed to his present home in the southwest part of Valley township, where they haYe lived more than forty years. Four children were born to them: Alary Lucinda, the wife of Doctor Bown, of Pleasant City; Samuel Jackson, who married Catherine Gregory, lives on the home farm, and has five children, Hubert. John Irvin, Alartha Elizabeth, Alary Lois, and Elmer Alerrill; Alartha, the wife of P. LA Hawkins, a Alethodist minister of Bristolville, Ohio ; and Asbury Lowry, who died on November 27, r'895, aged sixteen. Air. Shepler has been a farmer all his life, and now owns two hundred and sixty acres, all in the southwestern part of Valley township. He follows general farming, is very capable, and has prospered. In early life he was a Republican, but for many years has been an earnest Prohibitionist. He and his wife are members of Bethel Alethodist church, and he is recording steward, district steward and trustee of the church. An honest and hardworking man, an active and earnest Christian, Air. Shepler is much respected and esteemed in his community. HOAIER S. GANDER. Throughout \"alley and Spencer townships, Guernsey county, the Gander family has been well known for many decades, having been prominenth' identified with agricultural and other interests and ever maintaining a high standard of citizenship. One of the best known of this name is Homer S. Gander, who was born near Cumberland, Spencer township, this county, Alarch 4, 1877. the son of Da\-id and Rhoda ( Aloore ) Gander. The father was born, reared and educated in the same locality as his son, Homer S., and he was always known as a hard-working, honest and worthy citizen. Homer S. Gander lived on the home farm until he was twelve years of age, then began coal mining at Byesville in the old Pioneer mine. He worked in the mines around Byesville seven or eight years, then went to Pleasant City and Avorked in the Walhonding mine. After he was there a few years he was promoted to a position as boss driver, then was made pit boss, which position he held about a year, then, having proven his ability and faithfulness, he was made superintendent of the AWlhonding mine, filling that important IX)sition in a manner that reflected credit upon himself and to the entire satis- faction of all concerned. From there he went to the Trail Run mine No. 2, for the same company, and was there about four months, then was transferred to the Walhonding mine No. 2, where he sunk a shaft and was there six or GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 768 eight months. He then went with the Ford Collieries Company and was sent to Pennsylvania, where he sank two shafts, remaining there four or five months, then came liack to Guernsey county, on February 8, 1910, and sank the shaft at the New Buffalo mine in the northeast part of Valley township. About April ist following he took charge of the Hartford mine, of which he is now superintendent. He has about tw’O hundred men under him, under- standing well not only eveiy phase of mining, hut also how to handle his men SO as to get the best results possible, being popular with them, for they appreciate his good judgment, fairness and good will. His rise has been steady and sure, since he started as a hoy in the mines at seventy-five cents ])er day, having, by diligence and faithfulness, risen to the front, showing that he possesses unusual ability in gaining the loyal co-operation of his men in the mines. Mr. Gander was married to Nellie Secrest on September 22, 1899. She is the daughter of James Madison and Frances (Young) Secrest, of Pleasant City, a sketch of whom appears herein. Her paternal grandfather was Har- rison Secrest, an old resident of Valley township, and a prominent citizen in the early days among his neighbors. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Gander, three sons and one daughter, Paul, Edwin, Mildred and James. Fraternally, Air. Gander is a member of Alasonic Lodge No. 360 at Pleasant City and stands high in the order. L. S. LINKHORN. Owing to his loyalty to his county, his scrupulously honest dealings with his fellow men and his genial disposition, L. S. Linkhorn, the present efficient and popular county treasurer of Guernsey county, has won the undivided re- s[)ect and esteem of all who know him, and he is regarded by everyone as being among the most enterprising and representative citizens of Cambridge. Air. Linkhorn was horn on August 30, 1870, in Jackson township, this county, and is the son of Joseph and Temperance (Selby) Linkhorn, Both parents were born in Guernsey county, Ohio, and both are still living, the father being a successful stock dealer, having been a shipper of livestock for forty years. He is well and favorably known throughout this and adjoining counties. Politically he is a Republican, and has always been active in party affairs. L. S. LINKHORN GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 769 L. S. Linkhorn was educated in the schools of his native community, the Byesville schools, and later at the Northwestern University at Ada, Ohio. Dur- ing his boyhood he also assisted his father in his liusiness. At the North west- ern University he specialized in the commercial course. Prior to going to Ada he worked in a toliacco warehouse as a packer and there earned his first dollar. He also clerked in a general merchandise store in Byesville. After leaving the university he went to Kansas and engaged in farm work for one year. He then returned to Guernsey county, and soon after was appointed a deputy sheriff under Sheriff James iNlason and he served eighteen months in this capacity. He then entered the emi)loy of the IMorton Tin Plate Com- pany, whose mill was just starting operations in 1893. He was emploved in this mill and its various changes of ownership for about fifteen years, learning the trade of sheet roller, which he followed for the last eight years of that time. Politically, Mr. Linkhorn is a Repuljlican and he has alwavs been active in party matters, an interested advocate of the issues he espouses and always prepared to ably defend them. In the summer of 1908 he was nominated by his party for the important office of county treasurer and was elected the same fall, assuming his official duties in September, 1909, and is now serving his first term, and he made such a splendid record that he was renominated for a second term in 1910, without o])position. He is a careful, obliging, com- petent public official, and stands very high with all classes and parties. ■ He has served his party as a member of the county central and executive committees and is a frecjuent delegate to party conventions. Air. Linkhorn was married on March 24, 1897, to Mary E. Chambers, daughter of John A. and Lucinda (Stoffer ) Chambers, of Kimbolton, Ohio. To this union three children have been born, Adrian T., Walter L. and Audry. Air. Linkhorn is a member of Pleasant City Lodge, Knights of Pythias, the Alodern Woodmen of America and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at Cambridge. Airs. Linkhorn is a member of the First Lhiited Presbyterian church, where the family all attend and are active in church and Sunday school work. For recreation Air. Linkhorn enjoys hunting and fishing and is a lover of out- door life. The family home, a comfortable and hospitable one, is at the cor- ner of Comber and Highland a^■enues, Cambridge. Jesse Linkhorn, grandfather of the subject, was one of the early pioneers of Guernsey county. He was a farmer and carpenter. He married Sarah Wilson. Jesse Linkhorn was horn in Guernsey county. Lloyd Selby, grand- father, and Thomas Wilson, great-grandfather of the subject, were among the (49) 7/0 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. earliest pioneers of Guernsey county. The latter entered government land in Jackson township at an early date, and was an influential man, and both were largely instrumental in the suhsecjuent development and progress of Byes- \ i!le and Jackson township. 'I'he Linkhorn family and progenitors have been identifled with Guern- sey county from its organization, taking an active and influential part in its history and development. Lloyd Selby was the first railroad station agent at Byesville, and was one of the early merchants of that town. JOHN BLAIR BRATTON. A well known and representative citizen of Cambridge is John Blair Bratton, city councilman and a man highl}' respected by all, having main- tained a reputation for square dealing with his fellowmen and being public- .spirited and upright in all his relations with the world as well as in private life. He was horn in Cambridge township, Guernsey county, in i86i, and he is the son of Samuel and Elizabeth ( Blair ) Bratton. A complete sketch of these parents will be found on another page of this work. John B. Bratton spent his early boyhood on the home farm and when r'ery young assisted with the work during crop seasons. At the age of fifteen years he took up coal mining, which he followed three or four years, then went to the city of Newark, Ohio, and learned the machinist’s trade. In the month of December, 1889, he came to Cambridge and started in as assistant chief engineer at the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company. About two years later he was promoted to be chief engineer, which important position he held with entire satisfaction for a period of seven years, then became a shearman in the same plant, rvhich position he has held ever since to the utmost satisfaction of his employers, being an expert in this particular line of work. He has always believed in doing well whatever was worth doing at all, and this has, no doubt, been very largely responsible for his suc- cess in life. Mr. Bratton is a loyal Republican in political matters, and he has long taken an active interest in local affairs. In the fall of 1908 he was elected to the city council of Cambridge, and he is now serving his second term in that l)ody, being a very faithful e.xponent of the people's rights and very careful to look after the general interests of this city in every way. He keeps well posted on current affairs and is a man of ability and is eminently trustworthy. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 7/1 Fraternally, Mr. Bratton belongs to the Improved Order of Red Men, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Fraternal Order of Owls. Mr. Bratton was married in 1883 to INIartha Warren, daughter of John and Eliza W^arren ; she was horn and reared in Cambridge township. This union has resulted in the birth of five children, namely: James Francis; Walter died in April, 1907, when twenty years of age; Hazel; W'arren and Olive are twins. James Francis Bratton was educated in the home schools and when he reached maturity he married Julia Weyler, and they have three children, John Wesley, Walter and Gladys Elizabeth. James Francis Bratton is a machinist by trade, and a very skilled one, and is at present filling the position of shear- man in the same plant in which his father is employed. The other children are all at home with their parents. Hazel Bratton is stenographer and bookkeeper in the office of the director of safety in Cam- bridge, and she is very apt and rapid in her work. Mr. Bratton is attached to his home and family and provides well for their comfort. CHARLES W. FRYE. The name of Frye has long been an honored one in Jackson township, Guernsey county, and the present sketch deals particularly with two bearing that name, who have added to its luster, a father and son. the former one of the best known and most respected residents of the county, the latter a man of honor and integrity, one of the ablest farmers and most substantial and influential citizens of his community. Charles W. Frye was born on July 26, 1857, in the northwestern part of Valley township, Guernsey county, Ohio, on his father’s farm, situated on the Clay pike. He is the only son of John and Rhoda Ann (Moore) Frye. (For ancestry of the Frye family dating back to its home in Gemiany before the American Revolution, see sketch of Henry Ferguson Frye, father of John Frye.) John Frye was born on the old Trenner farm, a short distance northwest of Derwent. During his young manhood he was a teacher, and taught school for eight or nine terms, while his father was keeping a store along the Clay pike. He lived at home until, on August 13, 1854, he was married to Rhoda Ann Moore. She was born and reared near Derwent, and was the daughter of Joseph and Mahala (Collins) iMoore. (For fuller details concerning GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. jNIoore family, see sketch of Tliomas I. Moore.) For two or three years after marriage jolm Frye and his wife lived at Flartford, rvhere he was leaching school. He then bought a farm northwest of Byesville, where the brick plant is now located, and lived there thirteen years, until after the war. On A])ril 27, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Seventy- second Regiment Ohio VMhmteer Infantry, being commissioned as a lieu- tenant, and was honorably discharged on September 3, 1864, after much arduous service. After the war he was one of the leading members of Davis Kimble Post, Grand Army of the Republic. He bought a quarter section of land a mile and one-half southwest of Byesville, and added to this later forty acres, and then eighty more. Part of this land was bought by his son, Charles, as he grew up and worked and earned money. Although a Democrat, and living in a township that was always Re- ])ublican, John J'hwe was for thirty-nine years a justice of the peace, and dis- charged the duties of his position so efficiently that no decision of his was ever reversed liy a higher court. He became well versed in civil law and the law of estates, and was in demand to act as administrator, executor or as- signee, being at all times engaged in such work. People came long distances for his advice. While he was justice of the peace, the above duties and those of his office kept him so busy that his docket entries had to be made at night. It was accepted that he was the best informed man in the community. A member of the Lutheran church, he was a thorough Christian and was never heard to speak ill of any person. His death occurred on April 3, 1897, just two days before he would have been re-elected to the office which he had held so long. Charles W. Frye lived on the farm wdth his father, in his younger days teaching school -for a few' years. His farm is one of the best and most pro- ductive in that community; and he has an unusually fine country home. In politics he is a Democrat, and has been for about twenty years a member of the board of education of Jackson township. An unusual incident of his experience is that while a member of the board that employed John A. Bliss as a teacher, he also attended Mr. Bliss’s school as a student. Charles A\b Frye rvas married on December 29, 1881, to Marcielene Grant, a sister of John R. Grant, of Byesville, wdiose record gives the family history. She was born on the old Bye homestead across Wills creek from Byesville, and lived at Byesville until her marriage. Mr. Frye is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and in daily life applies the teachings of that order. He is an upright and reliable man, popular among his neighbors, and prominent in all the activities of the community. GUERNSEY COUNTY. OHIO. 773 SAMUEL CLARK GROVES. Descended from ancestors rvho took a prominent part in the affairs of their community, himself a young man of high standing and honoralile career, the records of Valley township would be incomplete without mention of Sam- uel Clark Groves. He was born near Cumberland, Guernsey county, Ohio, on November 4. 1871, the son of David and Rebecca Elizabeth (Clark) Groves. The Groves family has a tradition to the effect that the family was origin- ally that of Von Graf in Germany, that the ancestors were expelled for polit- ical reasons, and later came to Maryland with Lord John Calvert, first Earl of Baltimore. Jonas Groves, the father of David and grandfather of Samuel C., was born in klaryland, and was, with a brother and sister, brought to Noble county, Ohio, by his parents, locating in the neighborhood of Mt. Ephraim when the country was all new. Here the children grew up, and many of their descendants are still well known residents of that localitv, in which David Groves was born. Rebecca E. Clark was born a short distance northwest of Pleasant City and was the daughter of Samuel G. and Mary Ann (Longs- worth) Clark, for whom see sketch of Robert I. Shepler. After marriage David Groves and his wife lived for about a year in Noble county, then moved to near Cumberland, Guernsey county, where they lived for about ten years, on a farm of eighty acres, which in 1880 he sold and then bought a farm in the western portion of Valley tOAvnship, consisting of three hundred and twenty acres, where he made his home until his death. Two children were born to his first marriage, klary Edith and Samuel Clark. iMary Edith mar- ried Lawrence Garber, an attorney, and died on the first klonclay of Septem- ber, 1907. She left four children, Anson, Ethel, Ruth and Martha, while her fourth child in order of birth died in infancy. Mrs. David Groves died in Februaiy, 1896, and in 1899 David Groves married klrs. Martha J. Heinlein, and thereafter made his home in Pleasant City, though still supervising his farm. His second wife was a sister to his first wife. David Groves died in 1902. In politics he was a life-long Republican. During the Civil war he served in the One Hundred and Sixty-first Ohio Infantry, and was wounded in the leg while in action in klaryland, and it was from trouble caused by this old wound that his death was occasioned. David Groves was a man of strong character and considerable influence in the communities in which he resided. Samuel C. Gro\'es grew to manhood on the home farm in Valley town- ship. He attended college at New Concord, and also took civil engineering at Ada, Ohio, graduating in 1S94. For two terms before attending Ada he 774 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. taught school, and after leaving college he engaged in civil engineering in con- nection with farming. For three years he was civil engineer for the National Coal Company, and did their engineering work at the Little Kate, Little Kate No. 2 and Minnehaha mines, also making out their pay rolls and performing other services. He has also done engineering work at a number of other ])laces. For some years he has had charge of the old farm, and now owns the entire place, having bought out the other heirs. In politics he is a Republican, and has often been urged by his friends as a candidate for county offices. In 1898 Samuel C. Groves was married to Carrie D. Gregg, who was horn near Chaseville, Noble county, Ohio, the daughter of Col. William J. and Mary ( Ball) Gregg. Her father was a soldier in the Civil war, and was nearly blinded in the service at Charlestown, South Carolina. Her mother was descended from the famous Ball family of Virginia, of whom George AA^ashington's mother, Betty Ball, was a member. Mrs. Groves attended nor- mal school at Caml)ridge, and taught for six years. AAdien Mrs. Groves was teaching school she gained a great reputation for cleanliness, not only in the school room, hut in the grounds and general surroundings. She required the children to keep clean and keep their books clean and to always put their books away in their proper place. She is a strong advocate of better sanitary con- ditions in our schools, a matter which she believes every mother should be- come interested in. Her home and home surroundings are a fine example of her idea of cleanliness. Mr. and Mrs. Groves are the parents of three inter- esting little daughters, Ellen Jane, Elizabeth and Marjorie. Both Mr. and Mrs. Groves are members of Bethel Methodist church, as were his parents. They live in an unusually comfortable and well improved country residence. kJr. Groves is reckoned as one of the solid and substantial citizens of the county, and has by his true worth made many friends. JOHN BENSON FISHEL. .Among the representative and progressive farmers of Valley township is John Benson Fishel, who was horn in the township on January 2, 1861, the son of Henry and Hannah ( Storer ) Fishel, and who has since made the township his home and has aided in its great development since his boyhood days. Henry Fishel was born just west of Pleasant City on January 27, 1825. the son of Philip Fishel, Sr., and Katherine (Trenner) Fishel, who came to GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. //.S this county from AA’est Virginia in 1819, and bought one hundred and sixty acres just west of the present site of Pleasant City. Philip Fishel, Sr., who was influential in early times, died in 1842. Plenry Fishel spent his life on the home farm. Flis wife, Hannah Storer, was born at Horseshoe Bottom, Pennsylvania, on September 30, 1822, and was lirought by her parents to this county when five years old. She bore to Henry Fishel six children, three of whom died in childhood. The living are Mrs. Rachel Caroline Secrest, the wife of James Hudson Secrest, of Pleasant City, who was born on March 22, 1859; John B. ; and Asbuiy P., born on April i, 1863, who married Mary C. Frye, and lives at Ashtabula, Ohio. Henry Fishel and his wife were mem- bers of the Bethel Methodist church, in which he was a trustee and class leader. He died on April 3, 1906, closing a long and useful life; his wife had died on August 13, 1895. John B. Fishel grew up on the home farm, attended normal school at Cambridge, and afterwards taught school from 1882 to 1895. During this period he taught at Claysville, Pleasant City, and other schools in Guernsey county. He was married on June 7, 1888, to Anna M. Bugher, the daughter of George and Joanna (Wilson) Bugher. George Bugher was born in the southwest part of Valley township, the son of George Bugher, Sr., who came to this county from Maryland in the early days when the country was un- settled. Joanna Wilson was born in Guernsey county, near the line between Jackson and AVestland townships. George Bugher, Jr., moved after his mar- riage to a farm of one hundred and seventy acres, west of Blue Bell, where he lived until his death, combining the stone and brick mason's trades with farming. In politics he was an ardent Republican and, being a man of strong character, was possessed of considerable influence in many ways in his com- munity. He died on his farm on April 13, 1899 ; his wife died on April 18, 1900. To Mr. and Mrs. John B. Fishel five children have been born ; Beryl, on April 3, 1889; Wite P., on December 9, 1890: one who died in infancy, born in 1894; Gail B., born on March 3, 1901 : and Arden Petty, born on July 16, 190.4. Beryl has taught school for three terms, Waite for two. and both are successful in their work. In the spring of 1895 Mr. Fishel came into posses- sion of eighty acres of the home farm, and in 1905 he bought the other eighty from his father, who afterward lived with his son until his death. Mr. Fishel has since followed farming on this home farm, and has a pleasant home in the Fairview addition to Pleasant City, while his farming operations have prospered, and have gained for him a competency. Both IMr. and Mrs. Fishel are active members of Bethel Methodist church, and he has for several years GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 776 lieen superintendent of the Sunday school. They are highly respected in their neighborhood. l\Irs. Fishel is a woman of more than ordinaiy ability and accomplishments and has greatly aided her husband in their progress through life, while she has been a model mother to her children, and has borne her full share in all the activities of her community. She also taught school se\ eral years before her marriage. WILLIAM H. DAVIS, JR. .Success has been won by William H. Davis, Jr., of Byesville, Guernsey county, because he has persevered in the pursuit of a worth}" purpose, gain- ing thereby a most satisfactory reward. He has been fortunate in the line of endeavor which he has chosen for a life work. He has sought to master the working of that subtle, evasive, inscrutable and possibly unknowable thing men have named electricity, and while neither he nor such a wizard as Thomas A. Edison could tell you what electricity is. they know a great deal of its mysterious workings and bid it do valuable service in furthering man’s work and pushing forward the car of civilization. This is truly the electric age, and future centuries will refer to it as such, just as we today speak of the Stone age; so he who knows aught of electricity nowadays is a useful factor in the industrial world. The success Mr. Davis has achieved as an electrician and superintendent of electrical plants stamps him as a man of much innate talent and capacity, and having at the same time the ingenuity to put his knowledge into ]>ractical form. Mr. Davis was liorn in Doylestown, Ohio, September 22, 1878. He is the son of Whlliam H. Davis, Sr., whose complete sketch appears on another ])age of this work. His mother was known in her maidenhood as Mary Cook, of Hubbard, Ohio, the daughter of Thomas Cook and wife, an old fam- ily there, d'he mother of William El. Davis, Jr., died when he was about two years of age; the father and the rest of the family made their home at Sherman. Ohio, until the subject was ten years of age. During that period the father re-married and in 1888 the family moved to Byesville. After receiving a good common school education, supplemented by much miscellaneous home study, William H. Davis, Jr., went to Chicago in 1896 and took a jiosition with the Morgan-Gardner Electric Company, remaining there until 1898, when he went with the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, of Columbus, Ohio, manufacturers of electric machinery. Later he returned to GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. / / / Chicago and found employment with the Goodman Manufacturing Company in 1900, also electric manufacturers. After remaining with this firm a short time, he returned to Byesville, where he has remained practically ever since. He took a position as electrician with the AAhlls Creek Coal Company, when it had only two mines. The business has grown until now eleven mines are operated, but they are owned by the Cambridge Collieries Company, and Air. Davis has remained in his old position, being now superintendent of electrical equipment for all their mines, a very responsible and important position, which he is filling with his usual satisfaction and in a manner that reflects much credit upon his ability. klr. Davis was married in 1905 to Alaude Grant, daughter of John Roland and Sadie L. ( Orr ) Grant, whose life records appear on another page of this work. IMrs. Davis was born and reared in Byesville and was educated in the local schools, and she has always been popular with a wide circle of friends here. Fi'aternally, Mr. Davis is a member of the Masonic order, having at- tained the Knight Templar degree in the York rite; he is also a thirty-second- degree member of the Scottish rite. Personally, he is a genial, whole-souled young man and is popular with all who know him. He has a handsome, mod- ern home in the north side of Byesville which is often the gathering place for the many friends of the family. SA^IUEL ARTHUR FINLEY. The Finley family is one well known in the neighborhood of Pleasant City, where its members have for four generations resided and taken an active part in the welfare and development of the community. Samuel Arthur Fin- ley, a representative farmer of Guernsey county, was born near Ava, Noble county, Ohio, on July 12, 1853, the son of John F. and Mary Ann ( Secrest ) Finley. John F. Finley was born in the northern part of Noble county, three miles south of Pleasant City, the son of Samuel and Katherine (Frame) Finley. Samuel Finley was born in Pennsylvania in 1800, and Katherine Frame was born in the same neighborhood not far from Pittsburg. Both attended the same school in childhood. When he was about eleven years old and she was nine, the Frame family moved to Guernsey county, Ohio, and settled not far from the head of Leatherwood creek. Samuel’s playmates said to him. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 7/8 “Well, Sammy, you'll never see your Katie any more,” to which he replied in the piping voice of a little boy, “When I get big I'll go out west and hunt her u]) and marry her.” When Samuel was eighteen years old he did come west, ecpiipped with an outfit to keep “bach,” consisting of two frying pans. Game was then abundant, and he saw one evening a bear in the woods near the pres- ent location of the Detroit mines. He entered one hundred and sixty acres of land, naturally as good as any in the county, then found his Katie, whose memory had never left him, and they were united in marriage. To get money to buy his marriage license he had to sell one of his two frying pans. But the youthful couple persevered, and improved the farm, on which they made their home until 1857, Xvhen they bought a farm near Cumberland, on which they spent the rest of their days, and this farm is still in the family possession. They were the parents of twelve children; Ebenezer, Elizabeth, James (who died in 1834, aged seven), John F., Katharine, Becky, William, Joseph, Sam- uel, Sarah, Ezra and Mary Melvina. Their son Samuel was bitten by a dog in childhood, and never recovered from the shock. John F. Finley married Mary Ann Secrest about 1848. She was the daughter of Isaac and Mary (Slater) Secrest, and her maternal grandfather was John Slater, an old deer hunter of what is noiv Buffalo township, Noble county, whose wife ivas the first person buried in Buffalo^ cemetery. Isaac Secrest ivas born in Virginia in 1798, came to Ohio at an early day, and set- tled in Buffalo township of Noble county. He and his three brothers, James, NTthan and Jacob, were all large landowners. After marriage John F. Fin- ley lived near Ava for a while and owned a large farm there, part of which was his before his marriage. When his parents moved to the vicinity of Cumberland he bought the old farm that his father had entered, lived on it for eight years, then sold it and bought a farm where the Derwent mine is now, which he later sold, and, moving to Cambridge, lived in retirement until his death. His wife died on May 36, 1903. He was a man much respected and esteemed by those who knew him. Samuel A. Finley was one of eight children: Isaac Wilson, Samuel A., Mary Catherine, Foamie R. (deceased), Lines E., Minnie M., Willie G. and Cora. Samuel lived with his parents until he was about twenty-four. On October 12, 1876, he was married to Arthella Secrest, the daughter of David and Sarah J. (Miller) Secrest. David w^as a son of John and Sallie Secrest, who came from Virginia. ( For more about the Secrest family see sketches of William Secrest and Noah E. Secrest, Sr., of Hartford.) Arthella Secrest was a twin and one of thirteen children, and was born and reared near Hart- ford, Valley township. Since his marriage, Samuel A. Finley has followed GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 779 farming as his chief occupation all of his life. He has several tracts of land in Valley township, and residence property in Pleasant City. For four years after marriage he lived on a farm near Derwent, then lived at Hartford for twelve years. In 1891 he moved to Pleasant City, where he has lived ever since. Of his three children, one died in infancy and two, Zula Esther and Sonora Edna, are living. Zula Esther married Robert M. Shields, who was born in Jackson county, Ohio, in 1877, ^ son of John W. and Jane (Russell) Shields. They are living in Pleasant City, and have one daughter, Hilda Bodurtha. i\Irs. Einley died on January 7, 1908. She was a woman who well de- served the esteem of her neighbors and many friends and the love of those in her house. She always looked carefully to the needs of her family and was a model wife aiid mother and a consistent Christian, being a member of the Lutheran church, of which her husband, her daughters and her son-in-law are members. Hers was truly a beautiful character. Mr. Einley is a modest man, kind and generous to all, of unc|uestioned honesty and integrity, who deserves and retains by his true worth the respect and good wdl of all who know him. JAMES F. HAWES. Among the men of inlluence, and who is deserving of the large success he has attained and of the respect and esteem which all who know him freely give, is J. F. Hawes, of Jackson township, who was born in 1867 in the southwestern part of this township, Guernsey county, where the Buckeye mine is now located. He is the son of Joseph and Mary ( Mullen ) Hawes, the former born in iMaryland. He was the son of John Hawes and wife, and during his youth the family came to Guernsey county and located in the north- east corner of Spencer township. There John Hawes became owner of a farm, probably entering it direct from the government, for it was all new land. This is about the oldest family still represented in that locality. There John Hawes lived the balance of his life and prospered, becoming the owner of a large tract of valuable land, probably four hundred acres. He and his wife assisted in organizing the Disciple church in that locality and he re- mained a faithful member of the same the rest of his life. In later years his hearing failed, and it was necessary for him to have his chair placed near the preacher in order to hear the sermon. When it was possible for him to do GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 780 SO, he was in his accustomed place. He was a good and useful man and hon- ored by all who knew him. Joseph Hawes was one of a family of eight children, an equal number of hoys and girls, named as follows : Joseph ; John died in Valley township about 1902, leaving a wife and two sons, who are now living in Indiana: Frank went to Boise, Idaho, when the gold excitement drew men West and he lived there until his death in 1909; Fletcher was killed by the Indians in Idaho about 1880: IMicbael, who was a physician and was a surgeon in the Fbiion army during the Civil war. He died in Claysville, Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1905: the sisters were, Mrs. Catherine Collins, now living at Colum- bus; another sister married a Mr. Heskett and lived in Belmont county; an- other married a Mr. Hickison and lived in the W'est. Joseph Hawes married Mary Mullen, who was born atid reared in the same neighliorhood as Mr. Hawes. He became a prosperous farmer in the southwestern part of Jackson, buying several tracts of land at different times, aggregating three hundred acres, all of which he owned at the time of his death. He was trustee of the township and was a man of good standing in the community. He was a member and a liberal supporter of the Disciples church, of which his wife was also a member. They were the parents of the following children: Oliver F. lives at Pleasant City; John L. died in Butte, Montana, about 1885; Lilia Anderson lives in Spencer township on the old Dennis farm; Olive Belle is the wife of J. B. Neeland, of Valley township, and is now living at Hartford; Sadie Ann is the wife of A. S. Secrest, of Hartford: James Franklin, of this review; Clarence Glenroy lives in Clays- ville and owns the old home farm, where Joseph Hawes, his father, first set- tled after his marriage, at Buck’s mines; Maggie Elizabeth, who died when about twenty-one years of age, was the wife of Charles Barton. James F. Hawes, of this review, grew to maturity on the home place in the southwest jiart of Jackson township and there worked on the farm. In 1889 he was married to Villetta F. Beckett, of Spencer township, the daugh- ter of John and Lottie (Lyons) Beckett, both natives of Nolde county, Ohio. They came to Spencer township, this county, about 1872 and li\'ed on a farm there until about 1909, then moved into Cumberland, rvhere they now live. In 1890 Mr. Hawes built a substantial and attractive residence, near that of nis father, and lived there until 1908, then Iniilt the cozy home where he now lives, near Harmony, in Jackson township. It is a commodious and nicely furnished home, and is well kept. Mr. Hawes is trirstee of Jack.son town- shii), and fraternally he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, Cambridge Lodge No. 301. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 781 Three children have been liorn to Mr. and Mrs. James F. Hawes: one died in infancy; one son and one daughter are living, Roininie R. and Lot- tie M. JOHN L. McCREARV. Individual enterprise, which is so justly the boast of the American peo- ple, is strikingly exhibited in the career of the gentleman whose name forms the caption of this sketch. While transmitting to posterity the record of such a life, it is with the hope of installing into the minds of those who come after, the important lesson that honor and station are sure rewards of indi- vidual exertion. John L. McCreary, an influential citizen of Center township, Guernsey county, was born April '8, 1872, in the same communit}- where he still lives, and he is the son of Hugh A. and iMattie (McKelvey) iMcCreary, the father a native of Guernsey county and the mother of Belmont county, Ohio. The paternal grandfather, James McCreary, was one of the first settlers of Center township, having come from Pennsylvania when a young man and married iMargaret Laughlin, daughter of another pioneer family from Washington county, Pennsylvania. Both grandfathers were ifarmers and large land owners and became prosperous. They and Hugh A. McCreary were all greatly interested in public matters and were well informed and progressive citizens. Each of them filled offices of trust and importance in the town- ship. Five sons and two daughters were born to Air. and Airs. Hugh A. AIcCreary, namely: John L., of this review; Alary R. married John A. Burris, of Klondyke ; Robert C., of Washington township, this county; James H., of Byesville, this county. These children were l)y Air. AlcCreaiy's first wife, whose death occurred in April, 1884. His second marriage was to Sarah E. AIcConnell, daughter of Thomas and Lucy (Smith) AIcConnell, of Center township, and this second union resulted in the birth of the following children: Ethel AI., single: Walter H. ; Thomas H. ; Dwight, deceased. The father’s death occurred in Fehruar}^ 1908. He was a Democrat in politics and a member of the Presbyterian church and active in the work of the same, and he was highly respected by all who knew him. John L. AIcCreary spent his youth on the home farm and assisted in the ordinary work about the place, also assisted his father in the lumber and timber business, which was for a time on an extensive scale. The early edu- cation of the son was in the district schools of the country, and later he was GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 782 a student of the Northwestern University at x\da, Ohio, for one year; he sul)se(|uently studied at iMuskingum College at New Concord, Ohio, com- pleting three years' work in two, but he was prevented from graduation by sickness, lieing a student in the classical course. After leaving college he was with his father in tlie lumber and timber business and their operations were extensive for some time. In January, 1902, he engaged in the mercantile Imsiness at Klondyke, Guernsey county, which he conducted until February, 1909, when be sold out and liought the interests of all the heirs in the old home farm and he is now a farmer. His place consists of two hundred and fifty acres, lying in a rich section of Center township, and no better place for general farming purposes is to be found in the county; but while he devotes his attention to his farm, he maintains his residence in Klondyke. He is also a stockholder and vice-president of the Guernsey Oil and Gas Company, oper- ating in this county, and he is a stockholder in several other companies, and was one of the promoters of the Caml^ridge and Byesville Driving Park Association, being a director in this company for a number of years. He is a lover of good stock, and everything that tends to general progress finds in him an interested advocate. He is a business man of extraordinary acumen and whatever he turns his attention to brings gratifying results. He is a Democrat in politics and he has always been active in the affairs of the party and public matters. He has served as a member of the Democratic county committee for several years and he has been a frecjuent delegate to district, county and state conventions. In 1908 he was nominated by his party as a meml^er of the Legislature from Guernsey county and at the following elec- tion in November be overcame a normal Republican majority in the county of more than two thousand and was elected by a majority of eighty-two over his Republican opponent. This is certainly a criterion of his high stand- ing in this county and of his genuine worth. As a member of that important body he served on the important committees of public w^ays and turnpikes, public printing, and tbe Soldiers’ and Sailors' Home at Xenia. He made a record that reflected much credit upon himself and to the satisfaction of his constitutents, and he was re-nominated by his party for a second term. Mr. iMcCreary was married on December 25, 1903, to Elizabeth Rigb}', daughter of William and Mary (Moss) Rigby, of Cambridge, an estimable English family who came to America some twenty-five years ago and Mr. Rigbv is extensivelv interested in coal operating mines. To Mr. and Mrs. McCreary two sons ha^■e been born, Hugh R. and AVilliam L. Fraternally, Air. AIcCreary is a member of Lore City Lodge of Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows. He belongs to the Presbyterian church and GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 783 his wife belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church; both are active church and Sunday school workers. Mr. McCreary has an attractive and pleasant home, neatly kept and nicely furnished ; standard books and the best cur- rent literature are to be found in his private library and his home in Kipling is one of the township’s noted centers of hospitality. Personally Mr. Mc- Creary is a gentleman of fine address, genial, generous, broad-minded and a good mixer, a man eminently worthy of the high esteem in which he is uni- versally held. CHARLES R. AUSTIN, M. D. Among the prominent and successful physicians of Guernsey county is Dr. Charles R. Austin, who was born in Dresden, Ohio, August 15, 1871. the son of Dr. D. A. and Bethan}^ ( Springer) Austin. The father, who was born in Clinton county, Ohio, in 1822, was a successful practitioner and con- tinued in his profession until about 1894. He was a Quaker, and gained c|uite a little attention as an Abolitionist, being a promoter of the famous “under- ground railway.” He died two years after his retirement from active prac- tice, in the month of April, 1896, l)eing survived by his wife for several years, she having died at Byesville, Guernsey county, on the 24th of July, 1906. She was a woman of beautiful character, and an active worker in the Baptist church, of which she was a member. There are now' five children living: L. L. H.. Dr. J. S., Dr. Charles R., David A. and Laura Merriam Austin. Charles R. Austin was reared in the tow'ii of his birth, and there re- ceived his education, having graduated from the Dresden high school in 1888. In the fall of the same year he took up the business of civil engineering, con- tinuing at this for nearly a year. This w'as not his first Imsiness venture, how'ever, for rvhile still attending school he had worked at intervals at the printing business. He had also taught school near Dresden, in Muskingum tow'uship. Not being satisfied with any of these ventures, he decided to follow' in his father's footsteps and to that end entered the Medical College of Ohio, at Cincinnati, from which he w*as graduated in 1894, the same year that his father retired from the practice. He began the practice of his profession in Nebraska, wdiere he spent three months, at the expiration of which time he returned to Byesville. in October, 1894. and has since l)een engaged in the practice of his profession from this point. In his political allegiance. Doctor Austin is a Republican and has served 784 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. the peo]4e of Guernsey county in sundry offices. For seven years he was a menilier of the hoard of education at Byesville, being also a clerk of the hoard all that time, \\diile a member of this board he did much for the pulilic school system of the county, was active in the reorganization of the schools and was instrumental in. and largely responsible for, their advance- ment in standing from the third to first grade. April 8, 1907, he was further honored by being appointed postmaster of Byesville, and was chosen his own successor in December, 1907, being still in that position at this writing ( 1910). However, liecause of the heavy demands made on his time and energy by his large and evergrowing practice, he was compelled to turn the management of the office over to an assistant who ably conducts the office for him. In common with the majority of wide-awake, enterprising men, he is interested in fraternal and benevolent organizations, being a member of Cambridge Lodge No. 448, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and Red Prince Lodge No. 250, Knigbts of Pythias, at Byesville. He is also a member of the Guernsey County Medical Society, of which he is ex-presi- dent. Doctor Austin was happily married in 1901 to Laura Stewart, of Cam- bridge, a (laughter of AVilliam and Phoebe (AlcPeek) Stewart. To this union two children have been born, David and Emma Alerriam. One of Doctor Austin’s ancestors, his father's grand uncle, David Wil- liams, gained distinction in the Revolutionary war, being one of the three who captured IMajor Andre, and the powder horn belonging to this man is now a treasured family heirloom. WILLIAAl T. RAMSEY. AI. D. I'he name of Dr. William T. Ramsey has long since become a household word throughout Guernsey county, where he has practiced his profession for more than a quarter of a century, and he is regarded as one of the leading medical men of eastern Ohio, keeping abreast of the times in all matters per- taining to his calling and broad-minded and conscientious in the discharge of his professional duties. Doctor Ramsey was born April 18, 1847, ’'I Frederick. [Maryland, and he is the son of James M. and Alary Eleanor Addison (Tyler) Ramsey. His father was a lawyer by profession, and he filled the responsible position of chief clerk to the first comptroller of the treasmy for several years, dying in WILLIAM T, RAMSEY, M. D. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 78 ; the service at the early age of thirty-nine years. He was a native of Gettys- hurg, Pennsyh^ania, and his wife was l)orn in Frederick, iMaryland. Her death occurred about thirty years ago in HHshington, D. C. Doctor Ramsey was educated at the academy at Frederick and while yet a mere lad he entered the commissary department of the Union army during the Civil war, and remained in the same until September, 1865, when he was transferred to the commissary-general's office in Washington and remained there until 1869. Then he entered the commissary department of the army located at HHshington, D. C., and while in this sendee studied medicine at Columbian College, in that city, having been graduated from this institution in 1871. He resigned from the commissary department in 1873, leaving the service to begin the practice of medicine. He was at Providence Hospital in HTshington, D. C., until 1879. In 1880 he received an appointment as sur- geon with the Pacific IMail Steamship Company and remained in the same one year. He came to Washington, Guernsey count}', Ohio, in 1881 and began the ]iractice of his profession there, and in April, 1883, he came to Cambridge and has been here ever since. He has enjoyed a large practice from the first and his reputation has far transcended the limits of Guernsey countv. He is kept very busy as a general practitioner and won an envied reputation in a community long noted for the high order of its medical talent. Doctor Ramse}' was married on January 2. 1884, to iMartha Isabelle Lawrence, daughter of William A. and JMary (Moore) Lawrence. Her father was a prominent citizen and served as county treasurer for four years. At the time of his death, in December, 1879, he was cashier of the Guernsey National Bank. His wife died the following month, January, 1880. To Dr. and Mrs. Ramsey two children have been born, William L., deceased, and James M., now with the National Coal Compau}' of Cambridge. Politically, Doctor Ramsey is a Democrat, and he has always been active in public affairs and during two terms of President Cleveland's administration he was a member of the board of pension examiners. In 1907 he was ap- pointed health oflicer of Cambridge and is still serving very acceptably in that capacity. He is a member of the state and county medical societies, and he was for some time president of the latter. He is a member of the Masonic order and is a Knight Templar and a thirty-second-degree IMason. He is a member of the Ohio Consistory at Cincinnati and he has filled most of the offices of the order. He is active in lodge matters. Doctor Ramsey, wife and son are members of the Episcopal church and active church workers, — in fact Mrs. Ramsev is an active worker in all church and charitable circles, and, like the Doctor, she is held in high favor in a wide circle of friends. (50) GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 786 'riie l)oct(jr's sterling old grandfather, Samuel RainscY, was reared on a farm, the one adjacent to that of President James Buchanan near Lancaster, PcnnsyKaniti. d'hey attended school together and graduated from Dickdnson College at Carlisle, Pennsyh'ania, in the same class, studied law together and were admitted to the har at the same time. ROBERT STEELE EORBES, M. D. ddiere is much in the life record of the late Dr. Robert Steele Eorhes worthy of commendation and admiration. Like many other brainy, ener- getic citizens of Cuernsey county, he did not wait for a specially brilliant opening. Indeed, he could not wait, for his natural industry would not per- mit him to do so. In his early youth he gace evidence of the possession of traits of character which made his life exceptionally successful and he be- came one of the county's foremost and successful citizens, especially at Byes- \dlle, his late home. Robert S. Eorhes was horn on Octolier q, 1833, near Middleton, Guern- .sey county. Ohio, and he was summoned to close his earthly career on July 2, 1898. at the age of sixty-eight years, six months and seven days. He was the son of Boyd and Martha Eorhes, the father having been a native of Ireland, from which country he emigrated to America in an early day. Doc- tor Eorhes spent his boyhood on a farm and when seventeen years of age began teaching school, having received a good education in the schools of his native community, being an ardent student from the start. But being inclined to the medical profession, he gave up teaching and began the study of medicine with Doctor George, of Middleton, after which he attended medical college at Columbus, Ohio. Before completing his course there he came to Bvesville and took up the practice of his profession, which he con- tinued for several years, then returned to Columbus and was graduated from the institution there with honors. He then resumed his practice at Byes- ville, hut not long afterwards went to Kingston, Ross countju where he remained in the practice of his profession for a period of six years. He was also part owner of a drug store there and was very successful; but he moved hack to his old home at Byesville. On April I, 1863. Doctor Eorhes was married to Malinda Mdlson, sis- ter of H. H. Wdlson, to whose sketch, appearing on another page of this work, the reader is respectfully referred for the family history of Mrs. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Forbes. She was born about a mile from ByesYille. where she was reared and educated, remaining there until her marriage, then went to housekeep- ing in the house where she now resides. She is a woman of many estimable traits, hospitable, generous and, like her lamented husband, has a host of warm personal friends. Doctor Forbes was a member of the IMethodist Episcopal church and he belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was a patriotic man, and during the great struggle between North and South in the early sixties he followed the flag of the National F'nion. becoming first lieutenant in Company E, under Captain Ferguson, of Cambridge. While in the ser- A'ice he was stricken with paralysis and he never fully recovered the full use of his right arm, but he grew worse later in life. Politically, he was a Democrat and was outspoken in support of his party’s principles, even in the army, where those who differed from him were in the great majority and to speak too freely was sometimes dangerous. He was a man who was fond of home, and he was seldom away except when out professionally. He enjoyed a large practice both at Byesville and this entire vicinity, and he kept abreast of the times in all matters pertaining to his profession. While at other places. In fact, his work was so strenuous there that he was not physi- cally able to bear it all, so he gave it up and came back to his aid home com- munit}v During the last seven years of his life he was unable to practice on account of the paralysis that was gradually mastering him. He was a man with a high sense of honor and was popular wherever he was known. Since his death Mrs. Forbes has continued to reside on the old homestead. ARCHIBALD L. BLACK. From the far-famed and beautiful land of Bruce and Burns, the blue- bell and the heather, from which so many of our sterling emigrants have come, Archibald L. Black, well known in mining circles in tbe vicinity of Trail Run. Jackson township, Guernsey county, has migrated and become a loyal and popular citizen, for in his makeup are many of the strong and admirable traits of the typical Scotchman. His birth occurred on July 17. i' 865, Ayreshire, Scotland, and he was brought to our shores when eight years old. He is the son of James and Agnes Black. The family had prev- iously resided in America, before i860. Five uncles of the subject, on the paternal side, fought in the L^nion army during the Civil war. The oldest. 788 (lUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Capt. (Jeorge Clack, was killed in liattle. James Black took care of the fami- lies of the hve brothers. Four of them died during the war. only one return- ing home. Three of them had previously been in the British army, one hav- ing served in the West Indies. In i86i, the father, James Black, took the family back to Scotland. The family were all goldsmiths and glass-cut- ters and some of them lost their money in the banks during the war. The family returned to the United States about 1873 and located at Mansheld, now Carnegie, near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where James Black had lived before the Civil war. He owned a large portion of the land on which the town of Carnegie stands. He lost heavily during the panic of 1873, ^^^o in 1883. when the hanks in Pittsburg failed, — in fact he was hnancially ruined, losing all his property. He was a man of excellent liusiness ability and accumulated a large conpietency. He and his wife died in Illinois. Archibald L. Black is one of a family of nine children, seven boys and two girls. As the hoys became of projier age they began supporting them- selves by working out, the subject going into the mines first when only eleven years old. This training was somewhat hard for the youngsters, but made men out of them and taught them many r-aluable lessons that have been of much subsec|uent value to them. Archibald L. has followed mining all his life. He worked in various localities, part of the time in the AVest. He was married in 1885 to Mary Hanson, of Pittsburg, daughter of AVil- liam and Elizabeth Hanson, and to this union three children were born, Alfred AAhlliam, Agnes Irene and Eva Mary. Mr. Black moved to Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1908. He had been superintendent of mines in various places for nearly twenty years before com- ing here, especially in the vicinity of Pittsburg', which is still the family home, many of the Blacks still living there. He was brought here for the purpose of assuming the duties of superintendent of Trail Run mine No. 2, in the southeastern part of Jackson township. He now has under his control two hundred and sixty men, whom he handles in such a manner as to get the greatest results and at the same time retain their good will. He is well abreast of the times in all matters pertaining to his line of work, and is a man of much ability and commendalrle traits. Politically, Mr. Black is a Repulilican and takes an actir'e interest in party affairs, though he is no office seeker. He is a member of the Inde- ]iendent Order of Odd Fellows, at Madrid, New Mexico, the subordinate lodge and the encampment at Santa Fe, having been superintendent of a mine there four years. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias at Byes- ville, and he belonged to a lodge at Pittsburg for about twenty years. He is GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 789 also a member of the BeneYolent and Protectire Order of Elks, at Connells- ville, Pennsylvania, and he and Mrs. Black belong to the Presbyterian church. Mr. Black's record as a mine superintendent is second to none and proYes that he is a man of much native ability. He was the youngest mine superintendent the Santa Fe had, having become superintendent there before he was twenty-fi^■e years of age. WILLIAM ALOXZO HUNT. One of the successful business men of the younger generation of Cam- bridge and one of the representative citizens of Guernsey county is William Alonzo Hunt, who has been successful in whatever he has turned his atten- tion to because he is endowed with proper business principles and is per- sistent in whatever he undertakes. By a life consistent in motive and because of his many fine equalities, he has earned the sincere regard of all who know him and his success bespeaks for him continued advancements and a higher plane of usefulness in the industrial world. Mr. Hunt was born on October 19, 1872, near Fairview, Guernsey county, and he is the son of Andrew Jackson and Margaret (Stevens) Hunt. The father was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, May 28, 1832, and he was the son of John and Sarah Hunt. When he was five years old they moved to Londonderiy township, this county. Andrew J. Hunt was one of fourteen children and he spent most of his life in Londonderry town- ship. coming in later life to A\’ills township and finally to Cambridge, where his death occurred on May 31, 1899: his widow is still living in Cambridge. Nora Hunt married Steven Decker, of AAHshington township; James L; Clara is the widow of H. F. Claggett, deceased: George S. ; AAulliani A., of this review: Andrew J.. Jr.: Mrs. Ettie E. Sheer, who died July 29, 1909: Dulcie kl., wife of Frank J. AA’ilkin: Henry and Alary died in infancy. An- drew J. Hunt was a soldier in the Civil war. having enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Eighty-fifth Ohio A^olunteer Infantry, under Capt. J. G. Bell, and he was an excellent soldier, serving until the close of the war. AAhlliam A. Hunt, of this re\'iew, grew up on the farm in Londonderry township, where he assisted with the general work. He enjoyed the ad\-an- tages of a liberal education, having attended the common schools of his com- munity and later the college at Scio, and was graduated from the Ohio North- ern University in 1897, taking the degree of Bachelor of Science. During 790 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. liis college day.s he had liegun teaching in 1890 in the pulilic schools of Guern- seY comity and for a period of seventeen years he continued to teach, becom- ing one of the liest known and popular educators of the county. He 'rvas superintendent of schools at Pleasant City; about 1899 he was appointed prin- cipal of the South Side school iu Cambridge, wdiich position he continued to hold for a period of eight years, being popular with both pupil and pa- tron. He is lioth an instructor and entertainer in the school room and his services were always in great demand. He kept fully abreast of the times in all matters pertaining to his profession and never allowed himself to grow narrow or pedantic, like so many of his colleagues are prone to do. h'inallv tiring of the school room, Mr. Hunt entered the real estate busi- ness. buying vacant tracts of land, platting and selling them on easy payments, lie has been very successful in this line of endea\’or and has developed three different additions to Camliridge, Hunt’s addition consisting of sixty lots; next was the John M. Ogier addition of twenty-four lots, rvhich had already been platted and one lot sold; the third was Orchard Grove addition, con- sisting of fifty-five lots. He has also handled a number of other small tracts, building on them and selling the houses. He has been instrumental in build- ing more homes in Cambridge than any other man and he has done much to develop the city in wdfich he takes a great pride and he ever stands ready to assist in any worthy movement looking to the upbuilding and general good of the same. In 1909 he liought the Oliver & Shawher Planing Mill, which he tore down and moved the machinery to the Crossing Machine Works on Wood- lawn avenue, Cambridge, and he has made an up-to-date, modern and well equipped mill of it, which has been a successful venture. Politically, Mr. Hunt is a Republican and he takes much more than a passing interest in puldic matters. He was elected a member of the city council of Camliridge in the fall of 1908 and served two years in a very acceptable manner. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Hunt was married on August 10, 1898, to Bertha Ford, one of his former pupils at College Hill school. She is a young lady of talent and cul- ture. She was liorn near Cambridge and is the daughter of James P. and Isaljelle ( LePage ) Ford. Her parents were both born and reared near Cam- bridge, each representing excellent old families, her mother being the daughter of Thomas LePage, wdiose parents came from the isle of Guernsey in the early days. The Ford family was also early settlers in Guernsey county. d'wo sons have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hunt, Robert and William. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt are members of the Methodist Protestant church. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 791 Air. Hunt is regarded as one of the leading men of Cambridge, popular, obliging, public-spirited, honest and upright in all his dealings with the public and of pleasing address, winning friends wherever he goes and always re- taining their esteem, and he and his wife are admired by a wide circle of ac- quaintances for their congeniality and many praiseworthy attributes. ROBERT HENRY ATKINS. The name of the late Robert Henry Atkins will long be remembered by the people of Guernsey county, for it is a name that was ever associated with the material, civic and social progress of the community. No aspersions can be made on any action of his during an extended pilgrimage here, and for a half century he was one of the leading business men and representative citi- zens of Cambridge. He was a man of the highest ideals, straightforward in all his business transactions and a man of splendid address. • Mr. Atkins was a fine type of the genteel Southern gentleman of the old school, his birth having occurred in Orange county, Virginia, November 29, 1829, and, although he spent the major part of his life in the Buckeye state, having come to Guernsey county with his parents when ten years of age, he evinced traits of the cultured and hospitable son of the Old Dominion all his life. With the exception of a year or two spent in Washington City, he spent his life in the city of Cambridge, receiving his education in the local schools and starting in business here when a young man. He was married in Janu- aiy, 1852, to Martha A. Hyatt, daughter of Noah Hyatt, another prominent early family, a record of whom appears in this volume. To Air. and Airs. Atkins nine children were born, of whom five are living, as follows: Bertha, wife of AI. R. Patterson, of Columbus: Alaley AT, wife of S. AT Burgess, of Cambridge: Rose R., wife of A. J. AIcCullough, of Ashland, Kentucky; Robert Noah, jeweler of Cambridge, whose sketch appears herein: James Henry, also of Cambridge. In very early life Robert H. Atkins engaged in the mercantile business. He maintained the first book store in Cambridge and in 1862 embarked in what was from that time the occupation of his life, the jewelry business. From an humble beginning he forged his way to the front in due course of time, by industry, honest dealing and close application, with the unfiagging aid and encouragement of his estimable wife, building np one of the largest as well as one of the most reliable jewelry establishments in this part of 792 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Ollio, this store l)eing twice as old as any other jewelry establishment in Cam- bridge. He always carried a neat and well selected stock and his repair de- ])artment was considered second to none in the country. 'Hie death of this estimable citizen occurred on March 7, 1892, after an illness of several months. His kind and genial manners brought to him both old and young as patrons. W'hile he was in no sense of the wmrd a politician, he was always in accord with the principles of Democracy, and, though loving the retirement of home, he never neglected to exercise his just prerogative as a citizen. He became a member of the Presbyterian church in January, 1870, and he was a useful and inhuential memher as long as he lived, regular in his attendance and liberal in its support. He was treasurer of the local church for many years. He was a good and useful man against whom no word of unkindness could be uttered, for to know him w-a.s to admire, revere and re- spect him. After his death, ]\Irs. Atkins continued the business for about fifteen years, showing herself a woman of unusual ability in business affairs. She still makes her home in Cambridge, and, like her esteemed husband before her, is highly regarded by a wide circle of warm personal friends. GEORGE McClelland secrest. Success has attended the eft'orts of George McClelland Secrest, one of the best known agriculturists of Valley township, Guernsey county, because he has worked persistently for it along legitimate lines and has never de- pended upon anyone else to do either his work or his planning. He comes from one of the old and excellent families of this county, and he was born on his father's farm, just east of the town of Hartford, in 1864, and there he grew to maturity, assisting with the general work about the place as soon as he was old enough, attending the neighboring schools during the winter months, and he has made farming his chief life work, being very successful in all its ])hases. He is the son of Mh’lliam and Mary C. (Buckley) Secrest, a record of whose lives is to lie found in this Avork. On December 9, 1887, George M. Secrest was married to Maggie Txiughlin, daughter of Janies and Mary (Secrest) Laughlin, of Pleasant Citv, this county, whose sketches also apjiear in this volume. She was born near Chaswith. Noble county, of an excellent family, well known and highly GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 793 respected there. She remained at her parental fireside during her girlhood days and attended the neighboring schools. After his marriage George AI. Secrest lived on his father’s farm, east of Hartford, in fact he has made it his place of abode ever since, and has kept the old place well improved and under a high state of cultivation, tilling the soil in a manner that has caused it to retain its original fertility. He has kept the dwelling, outbuildings and fences in good repair and has one of the choice farms of the township, having been very successful not only as a gen- eral farmer, but also as a raiser of stock. He has complete management of the farm since his father became advanced in age. In connection with fann- ing, he ran a saw-mill very successfully a few years. Mr. Secrest has ever taken an abiding interest in county affairs, being a loyal Democrat, and he has very acceptably served his township as trustee for two terms. He and his wife belong to the Lutheran church in Hartford. Their union has been blessed by the birth of three children, MAite L., Guy William and Ralph James. ROLAND S. FRAME. A well known citizen of Washington, \\hlls township, Guernsey count}', is Roland S. Frame, who was born December 23, 1844, three miles east of the town of Washington. He is the son of Thomas and Esther (St. Clair) Erame. The father was horn in Guernsey county and the mother in Belmont county, near St. Clairsville, and she came to Guernsey county with her par- ents when a child. Grandfather Closes Frame came to Guernsey county from Fayette county, Pennsylvania, with his parents, Thomas Frame and wife, about 1812 and settled in Whlls township. There came with him six broth- ers and their families. Whlliam, Jacob, David, John, James and Thomas, all settling in the same locality, and entered large tracts of land. This familv is of Irish descent. George Frame escaped from the persecutors, during the famous persecution in Ireland, all members of his family being killed ex- cept himself and two children, and even he was left for dead after an attack on the people of his vicinity, but he recovered and escaped. From him descended the present Frame family and their immediate predecessors. Thom- as Frame, father of the subject, was formerly a fruit grower and when the improved farming machinery first came to be generally used he began selling farming machinery, selling the first reapers and mowers brought into this GUERNSEY COUNTY. OHIO. 7e achieved within a short period of time if the proper metliods are employed and close application made. He comes from one of the good old families of Guernsey county, his liirth having occurred in Cambridge township, on January 9, 1870, the old Davis homestead being two miles east of Camliridge on tbe old National road. He is the son of John W. and Mary .-V. (Al)le) Davis. The father was a native of Muskingum county and the mother of Guernsey county. The elder Davis came to this county in 1835, and during the early part of his life he was engaged in farming and for thirty }-ears later was in the livery business in Cambridge. He was a man of fine ]iersonal qualities and of high integrity. His death occurred in February, 1900. his widow having survived him until May, 1903. Her father, William .\bel, was a prominent man in the county, and, although a strong Democrat, he was elected treasurer of Guernsey county, a Republican stronghold. Carson B. Davis was educated in the public schools of Cambridge and as a voung man he was employed in the county surveyor’s office under O. M. Hoge during several years while he was city engineer and by private study fitted himself for a civil engineer. In 1902 he was employed as chief engineer, bv the company that constructed the Cambridge and Byesville car line, was with tins companv while the line was lieing constructed and continued in its emplnv until 1908. Then he was elected county surveyor of Guernsey county, his record while in the service of the construction company having attracted GUERNSEY COirNTY^ OHIO. So I widespread attention to him, and he became known as one of the most efficient civil engineers in this' section of the state. He made such a splendid record as a public official that he was re-elected for a second term as county surveyor in November, 1910. Being an expert in his line, his services are in great de- mand. He is also resident engineer for the state highway department and now has supervision of the state work in the county, and is giving eminent satisfaction in this connection. Politically, i\Ir. Davis is a Republican and is always actiA'e in public mat- ters, believing it to be the duty of all good citizens to take an active interest in public affairs and see that the best men are placed in the public offices. Mr. Davis was married on November 17, 1903, to Etta 1\I. McCollum, daughter of James and Asenia (Johnston) (McCollum, well known in the farming community of Center township. This union has been without issue. The Davis residence, a comfortable and neatly kept one, is at No. 730 Comber avenue, Cambridge. (Mr. Davis is a member of the local lodge of Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, also the Eagles. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church and are active in church work. They are popular among a wide circle of friends here and wherever they are known. JOHN CALE. One of the honored veterans of the great war of the Rebellion who effi- ciently served his country during its dark days in the si.xties is John W. Cale, of Lore City, Guernsey county, a man who has served his country well, both in times of war and times of peace, and who has long ranked among the leading business men and influential citizens of the locality. (Mr. Cale was born on April 17, 1843, Jackson township, Guernsey county, Ohio, the son of George and (Margaret (Wilson) Cale. The father was born in Loudoun county, Ahrginia, and came to Guernsey county with his parents, George and Rachel (Cross) Cale, when the son. George, father of the subject of this sketch, was only eight years old, in 1824, and entered government land and began the work of clearing the lands and erecting a home in the forests, with but little other company than Indians and wild game. They were of the hardy pioneer stock and became prominent in the affairs of the times. George Cale. the father, grew into sturdy manhood, and fol- lowed the vocation of his father, a farmer. He prospered and became a ( 5 ^ ) 8o2 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. large land owner and sheep raiser, one of the first extensiue sheep raisers in the county. When he began sheep raising and for years afterward, the sheep ]iens and sheds were adjacent to the home, so that the wolves might be kept away from the sheep at night. He was always a Republican, different from all his ancestry, and \vas strong in the faith of the doctrines of the party, lieing of an old Virginia family. He was prominent in the affairs of the community and foremost in all movements calculated to advance the best interests of all the peo])le. He was a man of little education, and, realizing the lack of it, he was careful in the education of the children of his family. He had hut two children, a son, John W., the subject of this sketch, and Margaret, now Mrs. John R. Secrest, a farmer of Johnson county, Kansas, and a member of a prominent pioneer family of Guernsey county, Ohio. The father, George Gale, in addition to general farming and sheep- raising, was also an extensive tol)acco grower, his farm products being bauled to Zanesville for market. He was a prosperous man along all lines, his large land holdings developed fine veins of coal underneath, and his coal royalties made him a prosperous man. His wife, Margaret Wilson, was of Scotch-lrish descent and was horn a few months after her parents, James and Margaret Wilson, came to America and settled in Guernsey county, Ohio, where they ever after resided. The Gales are of Revolutionary stock. The great-grandfather, who was also George Gale, was a Revolutionary soldier, and his son, John, grand- father of the subject of this sketch, was a soldier in the war of 1812. George Gale, the father of the subject, died on June 16, 1907, at tbe age of ninety-four years, his wife having preceded him by almost twenty-five years, her death occurring in July, 1S87, and both are buried in the Seneca- ville cemetery. At the time of the father’s death he had held to his lands longer than any person then living in Guernsey county. John W. Gale spent the years of his childhood and youth on his father’s farm and attended the district schools. He early manifested a fondness for trading- and commercial pursuits. He attended the Gambridge high school for two years, preparing himself for teaching, and at the age of twenty-one he began teaching school in the home district school. When the Givil war l)roke out he enlisted in the Union army as a member of Gompanv D, One Hundred and Seventy-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in 1863. The regiment was later consolidated with the Forty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served in the Army of the Gumberland and saw hard service covering a period of fourteen months. iMr. Gale was married December 28, 1865, to Flarriet J. Rose, daughter GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 803 of Abraham and Eliza (WAlls) Rose. To this union were born live chil- dren, all sons: George William, deceased: Abraham F., deceased: Ralph A., deceased; Charles H., a physician in Belmont county, Ohio, and an infant son who died when only four days old. A lien married i\Ir. Gale was teach- ing school and during his teaching period taught in all one hundred and twenty months and all of this in three districts, his home district, Byesville and Hartford. During his time of teaching he attended the summer terms of Muskingum College, of New Concord, Ohio, and graduated in 1871 in the classical course. W'hile teaching he studied theology and was admitted to the ministry in the iMethodist Episcopal church. For four years he gave his entire time to the ministry and was connected with Stafford circuit in Monroe county, Ohio. He was later connected with the iMethodist Protestant church and from 1889 for several years he occupied the pulpit at Stockport and Zanesville, Ohio. He has always been a very busy man, as his little son once explained by saying: “Father teaches school five days in the week, coon hunts at night, buys wool and sheep on Saturday and preaches on Sunday.” On October i, 1876, Mr. Cale was made the Baltimore & Ohio railroad agent at Campbell station, now Lore City, and in this position he served the company for twenty-nine years. His son, George A'illiam, was connected with him in this duty and died in the sendee of the company. In addition to all these duties, Mr. Cale was extensively engaged in shipping sheep. He shipped sheep from Vermont and Ohio into the Western states as far west as Oregon. He has been a raiser and breeder of fine stock of all kinds, cattle, horses and sheep, and a breeder of thoroughbred stock. He has been an ex- tensive buyer and shipper of stock, from thirty to fifty cars annually, and buys wool eveiy season extensively and ships sometimes as much as two hundred thousand pounds a year. His stock has always been prize winners at the county, district and state fairs, where exhibited. i\Ir. Cale is a Repuldican in politics and always has been active in affairs, never holding any office, but always working in the party ranks. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias. He has been for years active in all wool growers’ associations and has for thirty years been a member of the Wol Growers’ Association. He is now president of the Tri-State ^\Mol Growers' Association, and no man has been more active in the work of these associa- tions. He has become the owner of land amounting to about three hundred acres in Wills, Center and Jackson townships, and a modern home in Lore Citv, where he lives. He is a man of positive convictions and always a man of his word. His broad views and charitable disposition, as well as his liber- ality, make him belo\*ed by all who know him. A man of wide acquaintance 8o4 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. and 1)usiness activities and wherever known he has a reputation for integrity and square dealing in all of his transactions. ]\lrs. Cale is a woman of hire instinct and broad, charitable character, active in all good works in which the community in which she lives is in- terested. Always devoted to her family and her home, she has also found time to minister to the needs and wants of those less fortunate. The Cale home in Lore City has always been prominent in the social life of the com- munity and well known for its genuine, yet unostentatious hospitality. DANIEL L. RANKIN, D. D. S. One of the leading and liest known dentists of Cambridge and Guern- sey county is Dr. Daniel L. Rankin, wdio is a representative of a fine old family and himself a gentleman of such worthy attributes as to inspire the confidence and admiration of all wdrom he meets, lie was born on July i, 1871, at Sago, Muskingum county, Ohio. He is the son of Oliver and Ann M. (Trace) Rankin. Both parents rvere natives of Aluskingum county and were members of pioneer families.- The Rankins are of Scotch descent, and grandfather James Rankin came to America wdien a child, and grandfather David Trace emigrated to the Lbiited States when al)0ut twelve years of age. Both families were farmers. Grandfather James Rankin entered forty acres of land on Octol)er 5, 1835, the deed being signed by Andrew Jackson, Presi- dent of the United States, and this deed is now in jwssession of Daniel L. Rankin, the grandson. Grandfather Daniel Trace also entered government land. Both families prospered and became extensive land owners. They be- gan life in the new country with practically nothing and they became promi- nent factors in the life and progress of the community and prominent in public affairs. Both grandfathers were Abolitionists and active in the affairs of the “underground railroad,” for the ])rotection of runaway slaves. Many such found food and shelter under their roofs. The father, Oliver Rankin, was a blacksmith at Sago, Ohio, and a land owner and farmer, always active in the affairs of his community. He is a Republican and he is a veteran of the Civil war, having served as a member of Company A, One Hundred and Sixtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Mathias Trace, uncle of the subject, was captain of the above mentioned company. Oliver Rankin, the father, is still living on the home farm near Sago, at the age of seventy-seven years, and is still hale and hearty. The mother of the subject died in October, 1909, at GUERNSEV COL'NTV, OHIO. 805 the age of seventy-four years. The family are members of the United Pres- byterian church and devout church people. There were born to Mr. and Airs. Oliver Rank'in the following children : Mary, deceased ; Alargaret, now Airs. Alartin W. Young, of Ewing, Nebraska; James A., deceased; Susan, de- ceased; Clara is living at home; Nora, deceased; Daniel L., of this review; Charles, of Knox township, this county; William, of Sago, Ohio; Clovis AT, of Norwich, Ohio. Daniel L. Rankin lived on the home farm until he was twenty-one years of age, assisting in the farm work, and his early education was obtained in the district schools of his native community and at AIcCorkle College. He went to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, when twenty-one years old and clerked in a furniture store for six years. He then entered the Ohio Aledical Lhiiversity at Columbus, Ohio, to study dentistry and was graduated from that insti- tution with a fine record in June, 1899. He began the practice of dentistry in the fall of 1899 A'Yrnon, Ohio, and the following year he went to Fairmount, Y'est Virginia,, where he remained one year, and in the spring of 1901 he came to Cambridge, Ohio, and has practiced here continuously ever since, having an extensive and lucrative practice all the while, his patients being of the best people in the county. He has a neat and thoroughly equipped office. Doctor Rankin was married on October 24, 1907, to Rebecca Alice Le- Page, daughter of Adam and Elizabeth (Smith) LePage. Her parents were at one time residents of Guernsey county, but they moved to Wisconsin later in life and died there, the daughter being left an orphan when a mere child. This was a pioneer family in Guernsey county, having come here from the isle of Guernsey, off the north coast of France. To Doctor and Airs. Rankin have been born a son and a daughter, Oliver and Elizabeth Ann. Prior to her marriage. Airs. Rankin was a popular and progressive teacher in the district schools, the Byesville public schools and the schools of Cambridge for several years. She is a refined, well educated and cultured woman. Politically, Doctor Rankin is a Republican and is active in partv matters. He is a member of the county central committee, and treasurer of the Re- publican executive committee, and he is a frequent delegate to county, district and state conventions. In November, 1909, he was elected by popular vote president of the city council and vice-mayor of the city. He is a thirty-sec- ond-degree Alason and a member of Cambridge Commandeiy No. 47, Knights Templar, of which he is a past commander, also a member of the Scioto Con- sistory at Columbus, Ohio. He is also a member of the Alodern AVoodmen So6 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. of America and of Caml)ridge Lodge Xo. 718, Benevolent and Protective ()rder of Elks. Ide and his wife are members of the Preshvterian church and are active in church work. Their home is at No. 712 North Seventh street, winch is the best residence district of the city, and the Rankin home is among the l)est in the city. JACOB NICPTOLSON. No resident of Guernsey county is better known or more highly hon- ored, nor is any one more entitled to representation in a history embodying the careers of the leading citizens of this locality than Jacob Nicholson, who was born in what is now^ Nolde county, Ohio, on Decemlrer 15, 1833, the son of Simon and Rachael (Larrick) Nicholson. The mother was born in Virginia on Feliruary 17, 1812, and she came to .Noble county, probably in 1820. Sbe was the daughter of Jacob Larrick and was one of a family of tW'-elve children, who lived to an average of over eighty years. Simon Nich- olson ivas horn in Pennsylvania in 1809. Pie was the son of Thomas and Margaret (Vlahon) Nicholson. The Nicholson family came to Noble county Ijetween 1809 and 1812 and located in Buffalo township, near the Guernsey county line. There Thomas Nicholson died in 1812, and he is buried there. Simon Nicholson was one of a family of nine children, namely: Andrew li\'ed and died near Sarahsville, Noble county: John lived in Buffalo towm- ship. Noble county; Simeon lived in Seneca township. Noble county; Thomas also lived in Buffalo towmship; Isabella married Isaac Millhone; Martha married Lambert Newton; Margaret married Jacob Secrest, of Noble county; IMary and Eleanor both died in girlhood; Simon married Rachael Larrick; John married Elizabeth Larrick, sister of the former's wife; Thomas married Margaret Larrick, half-sister of Rachael and Mary. Simon Nicholson followed farming in Noble county. He and his wife became tbe parents of six children, namely: Jacob, of this review: Margaret Ann, deceased, who had married James Williams; Catherine, deceased, had married Lambert Millhone: Mary Elizabeth married John Gale, deceased, and she lives one mile Avest of Byesville ; Thomas lives in Kansas, and Benjamin lives in Byesville. Rachel Nicholson died about 1847. Simon Nicholson then married ]\Irs. Nancy (McLaughlin) Vorhies, wddow of E. I. Vorhies. Six children were born to that marriage, namely: William lives at Stop 7, near Byesville: Rachael is the wife of Daniel Orr, a retired farmer at Byes- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 807 ville : Jane, deceased, was the wife of Joseph Spade; Fannie married Samnel Coyle and hues at Akron : Rose is the wife of David Dixon, a contractor and builder who lives in Byesville; Simon, the youngest of the six children, lived in Byesville until his death. The Nicholsons have been jSIethodists back as far as we know anything of them and they have nearly all been members of the church. Simon Nicholson lived in Noble county until about 1853, then traded for three hundred and twenty acres of land near Hartford, where he resided until about 1873 1874, then sold part of his farm to his son, Jacob, .and the balance to others, and bought a farm northwest of Byesville, where Stop 7 is now located, and there he lived until his death, in 1878, at the age of sixty-nine years. Jacob Nicholson was married on September 2. 1857, to IMary Jane Cramblett, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Lukens) Cramblett. She was born in Noble county, but uhen two }'ears old her father moved two miles W'est of what is now Derwent, where he engaged in farming and stock feeding. He kept large pastures for passing drovers who were constantly driving thou- sands of herds of livestock to Baltimore, passing this way. There i\Irs. Nichol- son grew to maturity and lived until her marriage, after which she and Jacob Nicholson went to his farm. They became the parents of six children, namely : Ida Samantha, widow of Luke Thompson, and the mother of Prof. Bert i\L Thompson, whose sketch appears herein : Eli Elmer, who lives in Buffalo township. Noble county, married Sarah Shriver and they had two children, a girl and a boy; the mother died and he married Josephine Bershon, by which union two children have also been born, a son and a daughter, Edna, who married Ebenezer Johnson, and they have one son, John Nicholson, who lives in the southeast edge of Byesville, has a personal sketch in this work; Ulysses Grant and Tecumseh Sherman are twins; the former lives at Hart- ford on a farm, and weighs coal at the mines ; he owns a good farm, and he was married to Etta Secrest, and they have four children living and one dead ; Tecumseh Sherman, who lives in Derwent, married iMatilda Bess, of Alarietta, and thev have two children ; he is boss weighman at the Derwent mine, and is also the owner of a farm. Hobart Moody Nicholson, who is a clergyman in the Lutheran church, now located near IMansfield, Ohio, married Bertha Keckley and they have four children living and one deceased. Through her maternal grandfather, Mrs. Nicholson is descended from John Lukens. the architect of old Independence Hall, at Philadelphia, “the cradle of American liberty.” John Lukens was a native of Holland, who came to America in the latter part of the seventeenth century, and here he became an intimate friend and associate of David Rittenhouse. John Lukens’ 8o8 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. .son. Jacol) Lukens, left Philadelphia in 1780 and located in Little York county, Pennsylvania. Pie became the father of Eh Lukens, who was born in 1783. In 1804 the latter married Julianne Tollinger, who was of Plolland parentage, d'hey became the parents of the following children; Naomi, Jacob, George, Elizalieth, Eh, Alexander and Nathaniel. Of these, Elizabeth was horn near Baltimore, Maryland, and while a girl in her teens the family moved to Deersville, Harrison county, Ohio, where both the parents died. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson lived west of Derwent, in Noble county, until 1887, when they moved to where the village of Derwent is now located, and the town has since grown up partly on his ground. He has two houses in this place, also a store ljuilding. He and his wife were both reared Metho- dists, l)ut in 1861 they joined the Lutheran church and have continued in the same ever since. On Septemlier 2, 1907, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson celebrated their golden wedding; it was a notable event in this neighborhood, one hundred guests being iiresent. Both are still living, hale and hearty. Mrs. Nicholson is re- markably well preserved and does not look to be much over hfty, being strong, cheerful, genial and industrious. They are a remarkable couple whom every- l)odv highly respects and honors. This is a happy family ; the children, hav- ing been reared in a most genial and wholesome home atmosphere, have never given their parents any trouble and are living honorable lives, their parents being justly proud of them. JAMES W. SECREST. Among Valiev township's worthy families are the Secrests, mention of whom is made elsewhere in this work, so for the present the biographer conhnes his remarks to one of the best known of this old and honored house- hold, James W. Secrest, who was born near Hartford, Guernsey county, in 1867. Pfe is the son of William Secrest and wife, of the same locality, whose sketch ajipcars herein. Their son, James W., grew to maturity on the home farm, on which he worked when old enough, remaining under his parental roof until he married, having alternated farm work with schooling in the district schools. In 1894 he led to the altar Lizzie Mary Laughlin, daughter of James and Mary (Secrest) Laughlin. See sketch of James Laughlin. She was born near Pleasant Grove, in the east part of Noble county, and when she was GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 809 about seven years old her parents moved to Pleasant City, later moving to one mile east of that town, where she attended school and lived until her marriage. Since his marriage i\Ir. Secrest has followed coal mining for the most part. He has also had a farm in partnership with his brother, George iM. Secrest, the place consisting of two hundred and twenty-eight acres of ex- cellent land, which they kept in a high state of cultivation and did well wdth. Mr. Secrest built his present cozy home, just east of Hartford, in 1895. It is a substantial and pleasant place, and he and his wife are known to be people of hospitality to their wide circle of friends wdio delight to gather at their home and pass man}' sunny hours of pleasure. Their union has been blessed by three children, namely: Clyde died when six months old; Hattie was born November 30, 1899: the youngest was a boy who died in early in- fancy. Fraternally, Mr. Secrest is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Pleas- ant City, this county, and he and his wife belong to the Lutheran church at Hartford, standing high in the congregation there and being faithful in their support of the same. JOHN LOGAN NICHOLSON. Success has been achieved Iw John Logan Nicholson not because fate or influential relatives or friends were kind to him, but because he has worked for it along legitimate lines, and has not permitted any obstacle to down him, believing in such time tried maxims as “A dead flsh can go down stream, but it takes a live one to go up." He comes of an old and highly honored family, the reputation of which he has endeavored to keep untarnished. Mr. Nicholson was born in Valley township. Guernsey county, Ohio, on July 24, 1863, on the day that Morgan's raiders were in this vicinity, hav- ing passed within one-half mile of the Union forces here, and some of them came to the NicJiolson home and traded horses. He is the son of Jacob Nich- olson, whose sketch appears herein. When John L. Nicholson was about seven years of age, his parents moved into the north edge of Noble township, a mile south of Pleasant City, and the family lived there about twelve years, and from there they moved just south of Byesville, then two years later to the present site of Derwent, and lived there two years, the father engaging- in farming and stock raising. On November 26, 1888, he came to Byesville and formed a partnership in the meat business with his uncle, \Villiam Nich- 8(0 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. olson. He was in the retail business thirteen years, ha\’ing hought out his uncle’s interest a year and a half after starting business. In the fall of 1893 lie was a])pointed postmaster of Byesville, which place he held over four vears, giving the utmost satisfaction to all concerned, during which time he also continued the meat liusiness, — in fact, continuing that husiness until Novem- her 26 , 1901, 'when he entered the hardware business under the firm name of Xicholson & Secrest, and continued for two years. Then he sold out and started a wholesale meat liusiness. It has been his custom for years to buy most of the stock near home, at least the best grades offered for sale, and he makes regular trips to Chicago, buying cattle and hogs by the car load, which he ships to Byesville, and slaughters them on his farm northeast of the city. He does a very extensive husiness and has a wide reputation in the meat line, klr. Nicholson is the owner of a very desirable and valuable farm of one hundred and ninety acres of land adjoining Byesville on the east. In 1904 he assisted in organizing the Cambridge & Byesville Driving Park Associa- tion. which has since been changed to the Guernsey Valley Fair Company, having been reorganized in 1909. At the time of the reorganization Mr. Xicholson was made president of the association, and its large success has been due for the most part to his judicious management. He is also a director in the Flolile Brick Works at Glenwood, X^ohle county, ivhere paving bricks are manufactured. He is successful in whatever he turns his attention to, being a man of good business ability, executive talent and indomitable energy, and the honorable methods he has ever employed in his dealings with the husiness world have resulted in gaining and retaining the confidence and good W'ill of all. Politically, Mr. N’icholson is a Democrat, and he takes an active part in the party councils, attends all the county conventions, also those of the state, and is very active in these gatherings, always making his influence felt for the good of the party and his locality. He is at present a member of the county board of elections. Pic was trustee of the township for seven years and township clerk for two years, and he has always performed his public duties in a manner that reflected credit upon himself and to the satisfaction of all concerned. On October 22, 1890, occurred the marriage of Mr. Nicholson and Alice X. Rogers, the talented and genial daughter of George and Sarah Rogers. She was born and reared near Trail Run in Jackson township, where her people were always influential. This union has resulted in the biidh of two children, Wilbur ITarold and Dwight R. The former is in his junior year at Scio College, taking the philosophical course. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 8ll On July 17, 1894, occurred the death of l\Irs. Nicholson. She had been a member of the Methodist Protestant church, while i\Ir. Nicholson had been a Lutheran, but after their marriage they both united with the i\Iethodist Episcopal church. On April 2, 1896. i\Ir. Nicholson was married to Nannie i\I. Trott, daughter of Benjamin G. and Eliza Jane (Martelle) Trott. She was born in Center township, but mor'ed to Byes\'ille when about twelve years old and there she grew to maturity. She is a sister of Elza 1 ). Trott, county clerk, who is represented in this work. Two children have been born to this second union, 11 a Martelle and Jacob Edwin. ]\Irs. Nicholson is a woman of many admirable attributes and she is like her husband in that she has a wide circle of warm friends. Mrs. Nicholson was for eight years a teacher in the schools of Hartford, Pleasant City and Byesville. i\Ir. Nicholson is a member of the Knights of Pythias, having joined this order twenty-one years ago ; he has also belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for many years. JOHN ^I. COMBS. Although a young man, John M. Combs, successful druggist of Byes- ville. Guernse}" county, has succeeded in establishing an envied reputation in indnstrial and social circles of Jackson townshij), for he has shown that he is a very capable business man and that his character is above reproach, having at all times sought to maintain the high standard of honor set by his progenitors, who have been well known in this county since the pioneer days. Mr. Combs was born near Whnterset, this county, on October 16, 1882. and he is the son of James G. and Allie J. (McColley) Combs, who are given proper mention in a separate sketch in this volume. John ]\I. Combs grew to maturity on the home farm, which he liegan working when a mere lad and where he remained until he was twenty-one years of age. He attended the neighboring schools and later took a course in the Ohio Northern College, graduating- from the department of pharmacy, in 1903. He made an excellent record here, and. thus well equipped, he went into the drug business at Cumberland, but something over three years later he removed to Columbus, continuing in the same business. On June i. 1908, he came to Byesville and he and his father entered the drug business together and they have continued with great success, having one of the best equipped 8i2 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. and most attractive drug stores in this locality and they have been well pat- ronized from the first. i\lr. Combs was married on March 28, 1907, to Hulcla Webber, of Colum- bus, ( 3 hio, where her people are well and favorably known, she being the daughter of William and Fannie M'eliber. Two sons have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Comlis, Herlrert Flaydon and John William. Fraternally. i\Ir. Combs is a Knight Templar in the Masonic York rite, and he has attained the thirty-second degree in the Scottish rite of that order, hie and his wife are both members of the Presbvterian church, and are prom- inent in the social life of the community. JOSEPH KOREN. .A. large part of the poiiulation of Byesville and the mining regions of ( iuernsey county are Slavs from Austria. As a rule, they are a good class of citizens, industrious and law-abiding; they Ixiild their own homes and are exani])les of thrift and industry, and, while retaining a certain affection for the mother country, they are very loyal to our institutions and to the Stars and Stripes. One of the best known and one of the most successful — in fact, a leader — of this large class of our citizens, is Joseph Koren, proprietor of the hour mill at P)yesville, Jackson township, and a man of excellent char- acteristics of head and heart. Mr. Koren was born in the county of Zemplen, Austria, in 1876, and he is the son of John and Marv (Gacy) Koren. He grew to maturity on a farm in his native countiy and attended school there, remaining in Austria engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1898 'when he emigrated tO' America, landing in New York, but soon thereafter came on to Braddock, Pennsylvania. There he found emploAunent in the steel plant, and remained there one year, then went to the coke regions of Pennsylvania. He was married in 1899 to Margaret Petrus, also a native of Austria, having been born in the county of Zemplen, the daughter of George and Julia ( Hide) Petrus. She had come to this country only a short time previous to her marriage, but they were ac- (piainted in the old country. Her brother had married Mr. Koren's sister, the two families were thus well acquainted. After his marriage Mr. Koren remained in the coke fields of Pennsyl- vania two years, or until 1901, having been employed in the coal mines. Upon the date mentioned he came to Guernsey county and took a position in GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 813 the Black Top mines, remaining there nearly five years, and from there he moved to Byesville, where he now resides. He built a neat and comfortable home on Fifth street and went into the grocery business. He did very well at this, but sold out a year later and bought a half interest in the Byesville Milling Company. On July 28, 1910, he bought out his partners and is now sole owner of the mill, which is one of the best and most popular in this and adjoining counties, its superior products being eagerly sought after. He understands thoroughly the management of this business and, owing to his honest and straightforward methods and his desire to please and treat fairly his customers, he has built up a large and rapidly growing patronage. Thrift, diligence, sound judgment and economy have marked him as a man of pru- dence and business ability. Besides his mill, Mr. Koren is a director in the B}^esville Loan and Building Company. His is an unusual record and a very praiseworthy one. He came from a foreign land, speaking a strange language and without means, and he worked as a miner until he could save enough with which to go into business ; he has advanced continuously until he is now one of the successful and prominent citizens of Byesville. Four children have been born to Mr. and IMrs. Koren, IMary, iMike, Joseph and Emil. Mr. Koren is a member of the First Slavak Catholic L^nion, he and his family all belonging to the Catholic church. MATTHIAS C. ANDERSON. Among the honored veterans of the Civil war living at Byesville, Guern- sey county, is Matthias C. Anderson. There is much that is commendable in his life record, for he has been found true to duty in every relation, whether of a public or private character, and while energy and unbending industry have been salient features of his business career, he is equally well known for his uprightness and the honorable methods he has always followed and for his loyalty to every trust reposed in him. Air. Anderson was born in Richland township, not far from Lore City, Ohio, April 28, 1837. the son of John and Hannah (White) Anderson. The mother, who was born in Bel- mont county, was a daughter of John White and wife. John Anderson was born near White Haven, England. He worked in a canvas factory in boy- hood in England, then became a sailor, and was in the English navy, and near the close of the war he deserted the English warship off the shore at Charles- ton, South Carolina, with three companions, rowed ashore and ran away into GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 814 \'ir^inia, tra\eled at night and hid during the day, until convinced that they were safe. He went on to Beaver county, Pennsylvania, where he got a place wea\'ing with an old Irishman. The runaway sailors had a novel way of choosing their route of travel. They set up a stick at cross roads and wdiich e\er way it fell two out of three times they went in that direction. Mr. .Anderson stayed in Beaver county several years, and then came down the Ohio river with people en route to Kentucky and left them at Wheeling, lie came to Belmont county, Ohio, and went to weaving with a man named James White, whose niece, Hannah \\’hite, he married. He then set up an estab- lishment of his own for 'weaving, had a loom, a swift and C|uill and wheel, along with the other things needed for the work. Hannah White’s father was from Alaryland and her mother was German. Her wedding dress was calico at one dollar a yard. Before the National pike was built, Mr. Anderson and wife emigrated to Guernsey county in wagons, driving his sheep. Guernsey county was woods and swamps then. A sheep got swamped, the father tried to get it out and fell back into the mud himself. His wife had been so opposed to coming that she thoroughly enjoyed his discomfiture. Pie bought a farm of eighty acres, in Richland townshi]), a few years later, when it was all in woods, buying the land from Jack Barrett, an old hunter. Deer and wild turkey were very plen- tiful then. He counted eleven deer at one time in a wheat field. John and Hannah Anderson had two children born in Belmont county, the others being I)orn in Guernsey county. One died in infancy, tbe others were : Sarah. James, Katherine. John, William, Thomas, Mary, Amanda and Matthias. Alary is living on the old homestead and she and Alatthias, of this review, are the onlv survivors of this large family. John Anderson bought eighty acres of land and eventually had one hun- dred and sixty acres. He kept on weaving, lived all the balance of his life on the farm in Guernsey county, and became a good farmer later in life, though ignorant of it in early life. lie and his wife lielonged to the Methodist Episco|)al church, he having been converted at Senecaville after he was married. His mother belonged to the Church of England. Alatthias C. Anderson, who grew up on the home farm, was the young- est of the family. At the age of fourteen he was put to plowing and worked hard at this and general farm work. On January 22, 1862, he enlisted in Comjiany B, First Ohio Afolunteer Cavalry, and was in the Army of the Cuml)eiiand. tie was fortunately never woundefl nor taken prisoner, but at Pittsburg Landing he took the fever and was in the hospital about a month at GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 815 St. Louis. He was hurt by a falling horse at Clifton, Tennessee, before the spell of fever. He was discharged, because of disability, the last of Decem- ber, 1862, or first of January, 1863. He stayed at home, disabled by ill health, nearly a year, unable to work, lint when he got stronger he farmed for his father, who was getting old. On October 25, 1866, Mr. Anderson married Catherine E. Rogers, daugh- ter of Lawson W. and Alice A. ( McGaw' ) Rogers. After his marriage Mr. Anderson stayed a year on his father's farm, then bought a farm two miles south of Byesville, in Jackson township, in the spring of 1868. They lived there until 1904, then moved to Byesville, where they now reside and live a retired life. He subsequently liought fifty-one and one-half acres, now own- ing in all one hundred and thirty-one and one-half acres. Five children have been born to iMr. and Mrs. Anderson. The first. Hannah Alice, died in infancy. Two daughters and two sons grew to ma- turity, namely: Charles Melvin, who resides in Byesville; Orthello L., who lives in Columlnis, Ohio, and has a jewelry store there, married Mary Engle; Minnie J. married Benson Larrick, and lives at Ava, Noble county, where he is in the grocery business ; she has two sons, Benson Melvin and Dwight O. : Floral L., who is at home with her parents in Byesville, is a woman of much thrift and business ability. The whole family are members of the iMethodist Protestant church. Lawson A. Rogers and wife, parents of Mrs. Anderson, lived in Hartford county. Maryland, and were married there. In October, 1842, they came to Guernsey county, Ohio, and settled in Jackson township about four miles southeast of Byesville, not far from Hartford. There they bought a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, most of which was in the woods. Mr. and i\Irs. Anderson still have eighty acres of the original farm. Seven children were horn to Mr. and iMrs. Rogers: Sarah J., George F., Lawson H., Cath- erine E., Mary IM., Roland J. and Lucinda S. Sarah Jane is dead. Lawson FT. Rogers enlisted in the army, on August 18, 1862, in Company H. One Hundred Twenty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was in the Army of the Potomac and took part in the battle of Winchester and many others. He was wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of the Wilderness, was taken to Richmond, then to Lynchburg, Virginia, and died a prisoner of war. His left limb was amputated before his death. He is buried at Lynchburg, Vir- ginia. George F., who lived two miles south of Byesville, was a farmer and he died in 1908. Mary M. is the wife of John L. Bruner, of Cambridge, whose sketch appears elsewhere in these pages. Roland James died February 28, 1905, in the old home neighborhood, south of Byesville. Lucinda S. is 6i6 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. ihe wife of Joseph F. Bruner, brother of John L. Bruner, and lives in Rich- land township, on a farm. Lawson Rogers and wife lived the rest of their lives on the old home in this county. Both belonged to the Methodist Protes- tant church. Mdien Mr. Anderson's mother first came here, nearly a hundred years ago, she planted an apple tree that still bears fruit. It was grafted and for a time liore four kinds of apples. Their old country home was a beautiful place, not fancy l)ut well kept, with many beautiful rose bushes and orchards and well kept lawns, ddiere remains about one hundred and si.xty-eight acres in the old homestead. The family are plain and substantial citizens, thor- oughly reliable, industrious and thrifty, praiseworthy citizens, esteemed and honored Ijy all who know them. ALBERT E. PITT. One of the successful and deserving young men of Cambridge, Guernsey county, and a scion of an excellent and highly honored old family is Albert E. Pitt. He has labored persistently along legitimate lines in order to advance himself and has never depended upon anyone for assistance, preferring to hew his own way to success. Mr. Pitt was born December 4, 1879, in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and is the son of Edward D. and Margaret (Jarvis) Pitt, both born in England, where they grew to maturity, 'were educated and married, soon afterward com- ing to America. Mr. Pitt was a direct descendant of the famous Sir AVilliam Pitt. Ha\'ing learned the trade of iron worker in his native country, Edward D. Pitt followed the same after coming to America, being employed in the iron mills at Pittsliurg. In 1886 he moved his family to New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, where he w’Oi'ked in the iron mills until 1890 when he moved to Cambridge at the opening of the Cambridge Sheet Steel Company and he was one of the first heaters employed in this mill. He was very skilled in his line. His death occurred in November, 1909; his widow is still living. 'Phe elder Pitt was an extensive traveler and, being a close observer, he was a well informed man and took much more than a passing interest in the affairs of his county, desiring to see better conditions for all classes. He was a firm believer in the republican form of government and he was an active worker in the ranks of the Republican party, in its caucuses, conventions, etc., but he was not an officer seeker himself. He was also active in labor organizations. ALBERT E. PITT, GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 817 in fact, every movement having for its object the betterment of the laboring classes and the general good. Albert E. Pitt was educated in the public schools of New Philadelphia and when seventeen years of age he entered the iron mills of that city as an apprentice, learning the trade of rougher. A’hen the foundry was moved to Cambridge he came here and was employed in the mills here and has since re- sided at this place. i\Ir. Pitt was married on November 26, 1900, to Alinnie jNIa}' Williams, daughter of Charles and Catherine (Tregoweth) AAhlliams, of Youngstown, Ohio. ]\Ir. Williams was a brick contractor. For the past ten years he has been in the Klondyke gold field in Alaska. His family still reside in Youngs- town. Air. and Airs. Pitt have no family. Since their marriage Air. Pitt was employed in the mills of Cambridge until the summer of 1909, since which time he has been employed at Alartin's Ferry, Ohio, in the iron mills there, but he still resides in Cambridge where he has a very comfortable home. He is an expert in his special line of work and his services are in demand wherever there is an iron mill. Politically, Air. Pitt is a Republican and he has long been active in the affairs of the party, his first presidential vote being cast for Roosevelt in 190-j, having missed his vote for AIcKinley in 1900 by just one month. He has frequently been a delegate to county, district and state conventions. On June 28, 1910, his party nominated him for state senator in the eighteenth and nineteenth senatorial district of Ohio. His candidacy was universally regarded as a most fortunate one, owing to his general popularity with the party and his recognized ability and genuine worth and his public spirit. He is well qualified for any public trust that might he reposed in him, since his integrity and sincerity cannot be questioned. Like his honored father be- fore him, he has always been active in labor organizations and has always stood ready to do what he could in bettering the condition of the laboring classes. He is a member of the Iron and Steel YYrkers Lhiion and has filled several offices of the association. He was active in the organization of the Trades and Labor Assembly of Guernsey county and served for two terms as president of that organization. He has always been active in every move- ment calculated to promote the interests of labor. He was legislative repre- sentative of the Ohio Federation of Labor in the seventy-eighth General As- sembly of Ohio. He very worthily aspires to the position occupied by his father, who was recognized as a world wide friend of organized labor. He was presented with a r'ery handsome loving cup by the Amalgamated Asso- ciation or Iron and Steel Y'orkers of Etouria. England. 8i8 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. The father's family consisted of Harry E. Pitt, of Cambridge; Albert E., of this review; Whlliam E., of Pittsburg, and M. Emmiluine, a labor evange- list who is also engaged in newspaper work in Pittsburg. In 1907 the father returned from Cambridge to Pittsburg to reside, having retired from mill work, and his death occurred in the latter city, among his early friends and associates and where he had been a great factor in many public movements. Albert E. Pitt is a worthy son of a worthy sire. He and his wife are memliers of the Methodist Episcopal church and are active in church work. Mrs. Pitt is a cultured and refined woman. Mr. Pitt is a nephew of Rev. I lenry Pitt, vicar of St. Mary Alagdalene's church at Surrey Scjuare, London, England. Rew Henry being a brother of Edward D. Pitt, father of the subject. This is indeed a most distinguished family. A deceased sister of Albert E. Pitt, Queen E., who died in August, 1904, at the family home in Ihttsburg, was a great Sunday school worker in the Baptist church and was a teacher of English among the Chinese in the city of Pittsburg, and a young woman greatly admired and beloved for her many commendable qualities of head and heart. CHARLES MELVIN ANDERSON. A p(jpular and successful merchant of Byesville and one of the progres- sive and public spirited citizens of Guernsey county is Charles Melvin Ander- son, a man wdio is deserving of the confidence which all classes repose in him and of the large success which is today his, for he has lived a very industrious and honorable life and has sought to keep untarnished the excellent family name which has been known here for several generations. His birth oc- curred in [ackson township, this county, on October 12, 1868, and he is the son of Matthias C. Anderson and wife, who are fully mentioned in another sketch in this work. Young Anderson grew to maturity on the home farm and there liegan working when a mere boy, attending the district schools dur- ing the winter months. He later took a term in the Byesville high school under Prof. John A. Bliss. While a young man he did quite a large amount of agency work, taking orders for tea and other commodities. His mind was always commercially inclined and he very early evinced marked innate ability in the mercantile field. He began working in a general store at Trail Run. in Jackson township, for O. E. and Caleb Trinner. He then went with AIoss Brothers & R.igby, with whom he remained until they sold out to the Wills Creek Supply Company. GUERXSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 819 In October, 1899, Anderson came to Byesville and started in busi- ness for himself, buying a gents’ furnishing establishment of J. E. Addison & Company, and he at once put in a stock of shoes and clothing, taking as a partner in business his brother, O. L. Anderson. They enjoyed a liberal pat- ronage from the first, being men of hustle and true business ability. In 1903 Charles i\I. purchased the interest of his brother. O. L. Anderson, going to Col- umbus, where he opened a jewelry store. On September 22, 1904, tbe store ad- joining that of the subject was entirely destroyed by fire, including contents. Only a five-thousand-dollar insurance was carried on a twelve-thousand-dol- lar stock of goods. After the fire i\Ir. Anderson bought a half interest in the lot where his store was located and he and L. S. Resoner built the large cement block building in which the store is now located at Depot and Seneca streets, Byesville. Mr. Anderson's was the first stock of clothing in Byes- ville and was the only stock for many years, and, although it has since with- stood a great deal of competition, it is still growing and does a very large business, having a prestige second to none. On April 8, 1905, the new Imild- ing was finished and iNIr. Anderson took J. E. Booth into partnership with him. In the fall of 1907 he bought i\Ir. Booth’s interest. In the summer of 1908 Mr. Resoner sold his interest in the building to John Carnes, of Cam- bridge, and he is still part owner of the same with i\Ir. Anderson. Besides his large clothing store, i\Ir. Anderson has other interests, being- regarded as one of the leading business men of the county. He has an inter- est in the Hall Gas Engine Works and in the Citizens five, ten and twenty- five-cent store at Cambridge. iMr. Anderson has been a prominent member of the Knights of Pythias for about twenty vears. On October i. 1902, i\Ir. Anderson was married to Nancy Adeline Coulter, a lady of culture and refinement and the representative of an e.xcellent and in- fluential old family. She was born at Cutler. M'ashington county, Ohio, and is the daughter of Isaac B. and Esther C. (Goddard) Coulter. Her father was for many years prominently engaged in business at Cutler, and when Mrs. Anderson was fifteen years of age she went into her father’s store. He dis- posed of his business, retaining, however, the dry goods department of his store, which he moved to Byesville, locating three doors from i\Ir. Anderson’s place of business. The daughter took charge of the store, which was the first e.xclusively dry goods store in Byesville. and it was while she was con- ducting the store that she and iMr. Anderson met. Her parents still reside at Cutler, her old home. Eive children have been born to iMr. and i\Irs. Ander- son, named as follows: Mary A., Harry C., Esther E., Ida iM. and Bertha L. 820 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson belong to the Alethodist Protestant church, and they are Ijoth prominent in the social life of this community and have a host of warm personal friends Like the rest of his family, Air. Anderson is a diligent, honest, straightforward, genial and genteel business man, wdio makes a success of whatever he turns his attention to, and he has so conducted his business that he has the confidence and good will of all classes. Lie is a man of liroad charity and kind impulses and always ready to do his full share in promoting the general good of his community. JAMES ARTHUR PRYOR. P)iographies should not he pulilished unless there is something in the life and character of the individual worthy of emulation or imitation by others under like circumstances — certainly not for self-aggrandizement; hut sufficient has been drawn from the life history of James Arthur Pryor, a well estab- lished and progressive business man of Byesville, to show that there is some- thing in the inner life of this man w'orthy of more than incidental mention. He began life practically at the bottom of the ladder, hut he has climbed to the top with no help but a brave heart, industrious hands and an intelligent brain, and he is a splendid example of wdiat may be accomplished in this country by thrift and perseverance, even under discouraging circumstances. I le is a very affable gentleman, keen, far-sighted, energetic and he is held in highest esteem. Mr. Pryor was born July 27, 1878, at Waterford, Ohio, and is the son of James Alexander and Arminta (Davis) Pryor. When he w'as six rveeks old his mother died and the father afterwards remarried, and James A. was left with his sister at Waterford, in Washington county, Ohio, moving- to .\va at the age of four years. He lived with her until nine years old, then went to Waterford to live with another sister, with whom he remained about two years, after which he spent two years with his brother, Walter Pryor, at Chandlersville, then spent a year with E. A. Atchison, at S])ratt, Ohio, on a farm, as all his boyhood had been spent. At the age of thirteen he worked for his board and clothes for a time, then went to Pleasant City with a sister and attended school there. A year later he went to work for R. O. Knott, at Pleasant City, for the salary of six dollars a month and boarded himself, in a clothing and gents' furnishings store. He was with Mr. Knott for two years and nine months, at the expiration of which time he Avent to Macksburg and GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 821 was overseer of a hotel, known as the Hamilton house. Sickness compelled him to relinquish that position, much to the regret of everyone there, and he returned to his sister at Pleasant City, where he worked in the general store of C. J. Kinsey for three years, clerking. At the age of twenty-one he was married to Carrie B. Scholl, of Tuscarawas county, Ohio, the daughter of Charles and Emma (Unger) Scholl. Her mother was a daughter of Josiah Unger, who was a leader in the Civil war. The next venture made by Mr. Pryor was to borrow one hundred dollars of one Isaac Secrest, of Pleasant City, giving his note therefor, and bought with this samples of merchandise, from which he took orders, and filled them. Inside of six months he had paid off the note. He continued in that way for one year, then opened a small store at Pleasant City in a room fifteen by thirty-one feet in size. In 1903 Mr. Pryor moved to Byesville, Ohio, and there bought a lot and built a store on Sixth street, of that town. He carried on merchandising at this place for about two years, at the end of which time, with undaunted cour- age, he sold his little store and took over the property of “The Big Store,’’ owned by T. F. Slay. It was really a big store, and it seemed to some that it was ridiculous for him to think of buying it wdth his limited means. Nothing daunted, however, he went to E. F. Meek, who. though not a personal friend nor relative of Mr. Pryor, endorsed his notes for three thou- sand, seven hundred and fifty dollars, due in nine and eighteen months. By energy and close application to business he persevered and the notes w-ere paid off in less than sixty days. He worked like a man possessed, which is certainly .great evidence of his thrift and tact. In February, 1908, Mr. Pryor was involved in a deal in options for coal land. His partner withdrew because of lack of capital to carry it through, leaving on Mr. Pryor the burden of the whole deal. In this he again showed his ability as a financier, by landing the deal in less than three days, in a w’ay most pleasing and gratifying to himself. He left the deal in the hands of good, reliable and financially responsible people to continue the development of one of the best blocks of coal in Guernsey county. He next consummated a deal for buying the C. S. Gager Dry Goods Company's store in Byesville. He then bought the lot where his new store is now' located on Depot street, one of the best sites in Byesville. and erected the lirick building he now occu- pies, which ranks among the finest in Byesville. September 24, 1908, the building was completed and the store in its new quarters ready for business. The store occupies two floors, each thirty-five by one hundred and twenty feet, wdthout a pier or a post, as large a clear floor space as can be found in any store in this county. In 1908 and 1909 he bought and sold ninety-four 822 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. different pieces of real estate, in Byesville. In 1910 he completed another liandsonie l)rick Inisiness block, adjoining the one occupied by his store, the new one l)eing occupied by Eberle & McCormick’s furniture store, and Beckett (k Peter's pool room, l)Oth estalilishments being of high grade and a credit to the city. Besides the deals above mentioned, Mr. Pryor has been interested in many other enterjirises. klr. Pryor also owns several good business loca- tions in Byesville, all on paved streets and well kept up. His home is one of the modern and attractive ones of Byesville. He seeks good property as the basis of his investments. In addition to his other business ventures, he has an establi.shment at Byesville, where he sells liuggies, wagons and farming imple- ments. (dn October 5, 1910. he purchased his old stand opposite his large drygoods store, which he sold to the lirm of Gaskill & Froelich, general store, three and one-half vears ago, where he has an extensive and growing trade. This, in connection with his other mercantile interests, is probably the largest business of the kind in Guernsey county. Mr. and Mrs. Pryor have one little daughter, Pauline, a bright, winsome child, klr. Pryor is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellow’s at Pleasant City and the Knights of Pythias at Byesville. He belongs to the hlethodist Episcopal church and his wife to the German Lutheran church. JAMES G. COMBS. h'rom small beginnings James G. Combs, well known citizen of Byesville, Guernsev county, has graduallv attained a prominence in this locality w’hich entitles him to he regarded as one of our progressive citizens and therefore worthy to rank among them in a biogaphical compendium of the nature of the one at hand. klr. Combs was born near Winterset, Guernsey county, Ohio, in June, 1855, and he is the son of William and Delilah (Kimble) Combs. The father was liorn in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in 1820 and he there grew^ to maturity and received his education, coming to Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1838. He follow’ed farming and here he was married to Delilah Kimble, a native of Jefferson township, this county. She Was the daughter of Adam and Mary (Huffman) Kimble, the father a pioneer here, having taken up land from the government. Their family consisted of four children : George ^V., who lives near Winterset: Martin, deceased; James G., of this review, and Marv Catherine, wdfe of George Lanning, wdio is engineer of the rolling GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. mills at Cambridge, ^^'illiam Combs and wife liued near Winterset until about 1900, then moved to Cambridge and lived with the daughter, i\Irs. Lanning. The death of William Combs occurred in Alarch, 1910, and he was buried on Easter Sunday. He would have been ninety years of age the i6th of the following May. He was a grand old man whom everyone re- spected and admired, becoming a man of good standing in his community. He was for many years school director and trustee of his township two or three terms. He was a deacon in the Baptist church for many years, holding this office at the time of his death. He was a good and useful man in his com- munity. The death of i\Irs. AAdlliam Combs occurred in August, 1906. She was a woman of many praiseworthy characteristics, like her husliand. James G. Combs grew to maturity on the farm near AA'interset, and he devoted his attention to farming, also worked a great deal at the carpenter’s trade. He was married on April 4, 1878, to Allie J. AlcColley. daughter of William and Sarah (Saviers) TlcColley. She was born and reared near Antrim, this county. Her father was born in AA'ashington county. Pennsyl- vania, in 1825. and there he grew to maturity, locating in Antrim aliout 1841 : her mother was born in Aladison township, this county. Her grandfather, John Saviers, came here at an early date and took up government land and figured prominently in the early history of this locality. After their marriage Mr. and Airs. Combs continued to live on the farm in their neighborhood until Xovember, 1908. when they moved to Byesville, where they still reside, but still retain their farm near AA'interset. where he farms and keeps stock. Like his honored father liefore him, he has taken the part of a broad-minded citizen in local affairs. Politically, he is a Demo- crat. and is a member of the Baptist church, while his wife belongs to the Presbyterian church. They have three sons and two daughters : AA illiam Delno is a dentist and is located at Kenton, Ohio ; Harry L. is in the Adams Express office in Columbus; John is in the drug business with his father in Byesville; Kittie Alay and Pearl are both in Byesville and assist in the drug store, which is a neat and model one and where a large trade is carried on at all times. Praternally, Air. Combs is a member of the Alodern AA'oodmen of America. AA’hen Adam Kimble and John Saviers came to this county they both located near where the town of AA^interset is now. It was the virgin forest, through which Indians and wild beasts roamed. These gentlemen located on adjoining farms, which they purchased direct from the government. They were great hunters and found deer and other game abundant. They found a white deer which they protected from other hunters, making a pet of it. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. <824 T.ike their fellow pioneers, they built log cabins in the woods, and they were molested by the u’oh’es, which kept up their bowlings by night. They spun ilax and made their own clothing, some of which the subject still remembers. (Irandmother Kimlde had a loom and did her own weaving. ERAST L^S F. MEEK. 'I'he i\leek family is eminently deserving of representation in a work of the province of the one at hand, for many reasons too obvious for specific mention, as will he seen from a perusal of the following paragraphs, and one of-the best known members of the present generation is Erastus F. Meek, of Ryesville, who was horn on the site of this city on July 13, 1844. The major part of his life has been spent in this vicinity, so that the history of Byesville and his own record are, in a way, one and the same. ETe is the youngest son of Jacob and Hannah ( Hastings) Aleek, who came to what is now B3^esville as early as 1831, the land then being in primitive woods. The ancestry of the (Meek family is traceable by the genealogist back through nearly three centuries, to Guy Meek and others of this family who were of Welsh descent; Init they came to America from Shrewsberry, England, with Charles Calvert, the third Lord Baltimore, and received a grant of land in Maryland, between 1661 and 1670. Guy IMeek was the father of Isaac, and he in turn also had a son Isaac, and the latter also named one of his sons Isaac. The third Isaac Meek was born in Annapolis, province of Maryland, on October 14, 1746, and his death occurred on his farm near Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson county, Ohio, December 12, 1840, at the advanced age of ninety-four years. He married IMarv Robinson and eleven children were born to them, of whom the fourth was Joshua, who became the father of Jacob, and Jacob was the father of Erastus F. Aleek. Isaac Meek, the great-grandfather of the subject, was a l)rominent man in his day. He settled in Brooks county. West Virginia, about 1770. The region was known at that time as West Augusta, Virginia, and was later incorporated in Ohio county and later was a part of Brooks county. During his residence there and while the territory was known as Ohio county, he was, for a number of terms, a member of the county court. In 1778 he was commissioned a lieutenant in the Virginia militia. He took an active part in the Indian wars of his day and, according to family tradition, he was with John AIcCulloch in his gallant dash to the rescue of Fort Henry in 1777, and accompanied the expedition of General Broadhead into Ohio in GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 825 1781. At the formation of Brooks county in 1796 he became a member of the first county court of that county. In 1798 or 1799 he moved to Jeiferson county, Ohio, and settled on Short creek near the present town of Mt. Pleas- ant. He was elected a member of the first Legislature of Ohio in 1803, and was a prominent factor in the political and religious circles of Jefferson county. He helped found the Holmes meeting-house, the first IMethodist church in Ohio. His fourth son, Joshua, was born at Buffalo Creek, Ohio county,' Virginia, on March 20, 1773, married Elizabeth Hedge, daughter of Silas Hedge, their wedding occurring in Brooks county, Virginia, on October 31, 1797, and his death occurred at Byesville, Ohio, on September 4, 1847, his widow surviving him until November 2, 1862. Her brother, Joseph Hedge, was in the war of 1812 and was killed by the Indians. Eleven children were born to Joshua and Elizabeth Meek, namely: Joseph, klary, Margaret, Love Pumphrey, Elizabeth, Ruth, Isaac, Susan, Jacob, Solomon and Rebecca. Their son, Jacob Meek, was born. in 1810, and about 1831 he married Hannah Hastings, who was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, and was the daughter of James and Martha (Black) Hastings. The parents of James Hastings came from Ireland. Soon after their marriage Jacob Meek and wife came to where Byesville now stands, and there bought one hundred acres, contained in Military Lot No. i. that ran west from what is now Depot street, south of Main street, paying the sum of four hundred dollars for the same. It was nearly all covered with woods, only a small part having been cleared and on the land was a log cabin. Later he bought Militaiy Lot No. 16, one hundred acres, west of and adjoining the first tract, for which he paid seven hundred dollars. Still later he bought IMilitary Lot No. 3, of one hundred acres, also adjoining and twenty-five acres off of Militaiy Lot No. 2, at what is now the southwest corner of Main and Depot streets in Byesville. He also had a large farm in Jefferson county, to which he removed in 1847, remaining there six years, then returning to Byesville. He also owned a number of other tracts of land at different times in Guernsey county. He was industrious and an excellent manager. Avas a strong Republican, well known in both Jefferson and Guernsey counties. His death occurred in 1859, his widow surviving until 1877. Erastus E. Meek, the immediate subject of this review, grew to maturity on his father’s farms and assisted with the farm Avork until the Civil Avar. On August 8, 1862, Avhen only eighteen years of age, he enlisted at kit. Zion church in Company B, Ninety-scA'enth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Eourth Army Corps. as a private and Avas promoted to corporal. He Avas on special duty as orderly at General Wgoner's headquarters about nine months, from July, H26 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 1863. While in Kentucky in 1862 he had typhoid fever and was left by the roadside. He was taken to a private house by Robert Butler, a civilian, and was ill three months. He rejoined his regiment at Stone river. He was in the battles of Perrysville, Missionary Ridge, Charleston, Rocky Face Ridge, Dalton, Resaca, Adairsville, Dallas, New ITope Church, the first and second battles of Kenesaw Mountain, Lavergne, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jones- boro, Lovejoy Station, Columbia, Spring Hill, Franklin, Nashville and was in many skirmishes: after much hard service and a record of which anyone should he proud, he was honorably discharged on June 10, 1865. Three of his brothers were also in the war, Joseph, Joshua and James. On i\iarch 16, 1867, Mr. Meek married Jane Wilson, daughter of John C. and klarv Ann ( Burt) Wilson. She was born and reared near Byesville, and during her girlhood lived a few years in Iowa. Her father was a native of this county and was a cousin of Henry H. Wilson, whose sketch appears herein. The Wilson family was of Irish descent and was well known in Guernse}^ county. After his marriage IMr. kleek continued farming until 1889. From that date until 1893 he was postmaster of Byesville. He performed his duty in a most faithful and conscientious manner, so well, in fact, that Postmaster- General Wanamaker rvrote him a letter of thanks. After that he rvas notary pul)lic and engaged in the real estate business in Byesville, which he continued successfully until the latter part of 1908. Ten children were born to Mr. and Airs. iMeek, of whom only four are living, namelv : James H. died when three months old ; Louie B. was the wife of Dr. A. B. Clark and they resided at Joplin. ^Missouri ; her death occurred on November 22, 1891 ; Jacob Homer died on December 8, 1893, from an injurv received in the mines; Alelinda died when four years old; Hannah AI. is the wife of E. D. Corrin and lives at Colorado Springs, Colorado: Blanche I. is the wife of Charles Albert Orr; the seventh child, an infant daughter, died of whooping cough; Leroy W., who is a dentist at Soda Springs, Idaho, married Emma Doty, of Alt. Vernon, Ohio; Bessie E. is the wife of Harry Heed and lives in Byesville; A’^era Zoe died when ten months old. The mother of these children died on November 7, 1998. She was a member of the Protestant klethodist church, of which Air. IMeek is also a member. He is now living in Byesville looking after his real estate interests. Politically, he is a Republican, and he was township assessor for four years. He was also justice of the peace at Byesville and was trustee of Jackson township for six vears. also township clerk for six years. He belongs to the Knights of Pyth- ias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was a charter member GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. of David Kimball Post, No. 662, Grand Army of the Republic, of which he was post commander. He was a member of the Byesville city council for six years, and was a member and secretary of the Guernsey county soldiers relief commission for two years, resigning on August i, 1907, when he went to Colorado' for his health. It is safe to say that Mr. IMeek is one of the most highly esteemed men in the vicinity of Byesville, and this is as it should be, considering his exemplary life. ABLLIAM S. STAGE. Among the well known residents of Byesville is the gentleman whose name heads this sketch, who has always taken his full share in the activities of the neighborhood, and who is the descendant of a family of pioneers and soldiers long identified with the interests of Guernsev county, in which some of the memhers were among the early settlers, and whose share in its history has been such that this volume would be incomplete without their mention. William S. Stage was born in Center township, Guernsey county, Ohio, on March 10, 1865, the son of AVilliam M. and Isabel ( Arbuckle ) Stage. William M. Stage was born in Center township, and was the son of John and Elizabeth Stage. His parents came from New York state, in the early part of the last century, and settled in Center township. Among their children were John, who died young, and five daughters. AVilliam IM. was the only son who lived to maturity. After the death of his first wife, he married Elizabeth Foy, by whom he was the father of six children, Cornelius. Jacol), George, James, Samuel and Phoebe. William M. Stage grew up in Center township. During the Civil war he was a soldier in Compau}^ G, Seventy-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was in the service over two years, taking part, among other campaigns, in Sherman's march to the sea. He married Isabel Arbuckle, a daughter of James A. Arbuckle and a sister of Alexander Arbuckle, whose sketch see. Some time after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Stage moved to Jackson town- ship and lived there the rest of their lir-es, until his death, on March 26. 1882, and hers on April 4, 1908. Their children were Joseph, Freeman. Lucy, Cephas, William S., Thomas and IMarion. Mr. Stage was a farmer during the greater part of his life, and successful. In politics he was a Republican, and in religion a Baptist, a member of i\It. Zion church. He was a man esteemed and respected by his neighbors. 828 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. William S. Stage grew up on his father's farm, and farmed during the earlv portion of his life. He was married on November 19, 1881, to Mary If. (ialbraith, who was Iiorn and reared in Spencer township, near Cumber- land, and is tbe daugbter of Henry P. and Frances E. (Evans) Galbraith. After marriage, William S. Stage lived on a Jackson township farm for some time, and also worked in the mines. Then he moved to a farm in Spencer township, where he lived for about a year. Selling this, he removed to Bves- ville, and for three years carried mail on a rural route. In 1906 he went into the li\-erv Imsiness in Pyesville, and has since continued this very successfully and profitably, Mr, Stage was born and lired a Republican, and has been active in township and county politics. He served one term as trustee of Jackson township, and is now .serving as a member of the school board of the P>yesville school district, and takes his share in the work of the party organization, being one of the workers on whom his party can always rely. Mr. and Mrs. Stage are the parents of three children. Hazel, Emma, Herschel IMarion and Frances Isabel, all at borne. Both are members of the Mt. Zion Ba])tist church. Mr. Stage is known to many people in his region of the county, has many friends, gained by his geniality and agreeability of nature, and has never been known to refuse to a friend anything in reason. H. P. Gallu'aith, father of Mrs. Stage, was born on a farm in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, and was the son of William and Margaret Galbraith, In his boyhood, his parents moved to Washington county, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, where he grew to manhood, his occupation being that of a farmer. On February 21, 1859, he was married to Frances E. Evans, of Guernse}^ county, Ohio. They lived in Pennsylvania a year, then came to Guernsey county, where they s])ent the remainder of their lives, Frances E. Evans was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, and when a small child she came with her parents to Guern.sey county, Ohio. Her parents purchased a farm near Claysville, Westland township, where she grew to womanhood. She was for some years a teacher in the country schools. She was the daughter of A. and Frances E. Evans, whose six children were Alcinda, Elizabeth, Erances, John, William and IMortimore. Her paternal grandparents came from Wales, and her mother’s people were slave-holders at the time of the Civil war. To H. P. and Frances Galbraith were born seven children, namely: William, Ells- worth, Idella, Mary, Charles, Viola and Calvin. IMr. and Mrs. Galbraith were members of the Bethel IMethodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Galbraith died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Stage, in Byesville, September 20, 1907, and was buried at the old Zion cemetery, near Claysville. Mr. Gal- braith, who now makes his home with Mr. and Mrs. Stage, is of Scotch-Irish GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 829 descent. He was drafted during the latter part of the Civil war and served one hundred days at Gallipolis under Captain Coleman. He was eighty-six years old on November 22, 1910. REV. EBENEZER FINLEY THOMPSON. It would indeed he Cjuite impossible to give even an approximate review of the great good done in the locality of which this history treats by the Rev. Ebenezer Finley Thompson, long since a pilgrim to the “city not made with hands, eternal in the heavens,” for, during a long and laborious career, he sought to spread the gospel of peace and service among his fellow men, and aid them in any way possible, deeming it his mission in this sinful, benighted, evil-cursed world to expend his energy and devote much effort in making those better and happier with whom his lot was cast, consecyiently his light will continue to shine among them, growing brighter “unto the perfect day.” As a preacher he was earnest, forceful, logical and often truly eloquent. Reverend Thompson was born December 25, 1807, in Fayette county. Pennsylvania, near New Salem, the son of Judge William and Elizabeth (Finley) Thompson. The Thompsons and Finleys are of Scotch-Irish de- scent. Jacob Thompson, the great-grandfather of the subject, was the first Thompson coming to America a few years later than 1700. and landed at Battumon. His wife was x\nn Downard. He was a farmer. His son, James, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in 1758, in Maryland, and married IMary Jackson, in Chester county, Pennsylvania. Some years later the family went to Fayette county. Pennsylvania, and was engaged in farming. liis son, William, was born in Fayette county, Pennsyl- vania, in October, 1783, and was married to Elizabeth Finley, who are the parents of the subject. There were in the family of Y'illiam Thompson the following children: Ebenezer Finley, of this review; James, who became a lawyer; Jane, who became i\Irs. Rev. George Richey; Wfilliam ; Harriet J. and Elizabeth J. Evans. William Thompson came with his family to what is now Guernsey coun- ty, Ohio, in August, 1810, and settled in Possum valley. A few years later he bought land two miles east of Senecaville and built a grist mill, one of the very earliest of its time. He was a large land owner and was active in the affairs of the new country. A few }-ears following this he bought lands upon which a large part of Senecaville is now built, owning about three hun- 830 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. (Ired acres in this one ])iece of land. He was a very prominent man, served as a memlier of the Ohio Legislature, and also as county judge. He died from cholera in June, 1833, huried beside his father and mother, in the ceme- tery at Senecaville. He died in the prime of life and in the most active years of his life, aged forty-nine years. His widow died in i860 and is also huried at Seueca\ ille. His sou, Ifheuezer F., was at the time of his father's death engaged in tlie mercantile business and continued in this for some years in connection with his brothers. Soon after his father’s death he became converted and decided to enter the ministry. He closed out his business and prepared for a college course, lie had accumulated considerable property prior to this time, lie had attended the jiuhlic schools of Senecaville and prepared for the min- istry at Uniontown, Pennsyh'ania, and at Ohio L^niversity at Athens, Ohio, and, finishing his education, was ordained by the Cumberland Presbyterian church and immediately began his ministerial work in Guernsey county. Reverend Thompson was married May 20, 1845, O Louisa Halley, daughter of Edward and Mary (Wartenhee ) Halley, of near B3^esville, tiuernsev county. Mr. Halley was of English descent and both the Halleys and Wartenhees were large land owners and mill operators from Wheeling to Zanesville. To Reverend and Mrs. Thompson were liorn three daughters and two sons: Mary E., who is Mrs. James Kabo, of Senecaville: Nellie T., now Mrs. Robert P. Burns, of Senecaville; Hattie L., now Mrs. Jacob S. Mowery, of the state of Oregon; William H., of Senecaville; and Ebenezer D., of St. Louis, IMissouri. Mr. Thompson s])ent the entire years of his ministry in Guernsey county and vicinity. His health was such that he was not capable of constant work and he retired to his farm near Senecaville. He was a Republican in politics and a man very active in public affairs, a public-spirited citizen and every effort calculated to improve conditions and uplift the people had his hearty su])port. He was a splendid man, highly res]>ected and a man of wide influ- ence. Ills death occurred on January 21, 1884, his widow surviving until December 27, 1903, and both are buried in tbe Senecaville cemetery. 'fhe daughter, Nellie T., was married July 25, 1876, to Robert P. Burns, of Jacksonville, Greene county, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Burns lived in Senecaville, Mr. Burns being a traveling salesman. To Mr. and Mrs. Burns the following children were born ; Llalley A. is married and resides in Senecaville; Arthur married and lives in Senecaville; Maiw^ A., now Mrs. Ravmond Lowrv, of Senecaville ; Robert, at home. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Mr. and Mrs. Burns were both music teachers and each of the children have very marked musical ability and have musical educations. Mr. Burns passed to his rest July 28, 1895, and is buried in the Senecaville cemeterv. WILLmi M. ^lOSER. One of the honored veterans of the great war of the Rebellion is Will- iam M. Moser, of Richland township, a man who. like a true patriot, gave up the pleasures of his own hreside and the emoluments of business and unself- ishly went forth to defend the old flag. He has lived to see and take part in the great development of Guernsey county, having always been a hard worker and ready to do his full share in furthering all laudable local interests. Mr. Moser was born September 9, 1839. in Richland township, Guernsey county, Ohio, on a farm three miles northwest of Senecaville, the son of John and Sarah (x\nderson) Moser. The father was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and the mother in Belmont county, Ohio. The father came to Richland township, as a young man, about 1833, and bought a farm in the woodland and owned it until his death, the farm where his son was born. The father was married in 1837 and engaged in farming all his life, becoming a large land owner and prosperous. He was a large stock raiser and feeder and was always active in public matters, being especially interested in good schools and good roads. He served as a member of the school board and in various township offices. He raised a family of eight children, who were : Mulliam M., the subject of this sketch; James H., on a farm in Richland town- ship; John C., deceased; Amanda, now Mrs. Elijah Millhone, of Byesville ; Mary E. is single; Sarah E.. now Mrs. William T. Gibson, of Pasadena. California; Julia A., now Mrs. P. A. Walker, of Columbus, Ohio; Mathias C., deceased. The parents were members of the Presbyterian church and de- vout church people. The father died October 30. 1876, and his widow died in July, 1893. Both are buried in the cemetery at Senecaville. William M. Moser spent his youth on his father's farm and remained with the parents until his father’s death and then with his mother as long as she lived. He obtained his education in the district schools of the township. Mr. Moser has been always a farmer and has prospered. Has large land holdings, besides several pieces of town property. Mr. IMoser enlisted in tbe army on February 2. 1862, as a member of Company B. First Ohio Cavalry, and served about two years, when he was discharged for disability. He was 8^2 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. in the Army of the Cumberland and participated in many engagements, being at the siege of Corinth, Mississippi, and Perryville, Kentucky, and various other fierce battles. His health was broken by the service and he has never lieen a robust man since. He has always been identified with farming and stock raising. In i'888 he moved to Senecaville from the farm, but kept his farm and coal land interests actively in hand until about three years ago, when he gave up much of this active work and has been living a retired life. 1 le is a Republican in politics and has been active in public affairs. He has served as mayor of Senecaville and on the school board for ten years, is al- ways interested in education and progress and always in the forefront of all movements calculated to advance the best interests of the people. He is a member of the Presbyterian church and his wife is a member of the Metho- dist Episcopal church and an ardent church and Sunday school worker, a most excellent woman. Mr. Moser is a most excellent citizen and few men have the confidence and respect of the people to the extent that he has. •d'. ANDREW MOORE. Among the truly valued and interesting characters of early days in (hiernsey county were the two Andrew Moores — father and son. This memoir will treat especially of the son, who was the father-in-law of Col. C. 1 ’. 1 ). Sarchet, of Cambridge. The father, Andrew Moore, Sr., was de- scended from Scotch-WTlsh ancestry, who settled at an early day in New Castle county, Delaware. The first American ancestor of this family es- tablished a “smithy”, blacksmith shop, near New Castle, which trade was handed down from father to son. It was there that Andrew, Sr., learned the trade. At his majority he married Elizabeth Bines, by whom nine chil- dren were horn : Robert B., William, James B., Andrew, Thomas, Jacob, Maria, Harriet and Eliza. Soon after his marriage he removed to Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where Gen. Robert B. Moore, late of California, and William Moore, of this county, were born. About 1797 he removed to Washington county. Pennsylvania, where James B. Aloore, of Cambridge, was born. Still following the rvestern tide of emi- gration. the year 1803 found him located at Wellsburg, West Vir- ginia, where Andrew was born, February 12th of that year. Mr. Moore the following year removed to Newellstown, Belmont county, Ohio, and in April, 1806, settled near what was then called “Smithton’’ (now the Lost V' -'iC ANDREW BINES MOORE. MRS. ELIZABETH MOORE. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 833 town), and after the formation of Guernsey county it was called Frankford on the Zane Trace, or old ^^d^eeling• road, and there opened up what became a notable place. iSIoore’s Tavern, known far and near for its good cheer and hospitality. To the hotel was attached the "smithy.” where glowed brightly the blacksmith’s forge and sounded the ringing anvil. Here young Andrew spent his youthful days as the son of a pioneer backwoodsman, doing such labor on the farm and about the tavern as one of his years could do. He was apprenticed to learn the trade of a tanner, when sixteen years of age, to a Mr. Erskine, at St. Clairsville. When he had served his time and secured his freedom suit, three months' schooling and his Bible, the last item in the agreement, he set out for the East, where he spent several years in Baltimore, Philadelphia and AA’ilmington as a "jour” tanner. He was unsuccessful in his efforts and returned to his father's place and in 1826 was united in marriage to iMargaret Bines, by which union he had one son, Robert B. Moore. He commenced to work with his team on the National road, then being constructed, and during the time there engaged obtained sufficient money with which to purchase one hundred acres of land in the Salt creek valley, west of iMiddleton. After the completion of that great highway in 1829 he opened a tavern in IMiddleton, which he owned until the death of his first wife. In 1834 he married, for his second wife. Eliza- beth Riggs, and removed to the farm. By this nxarriage he had three chil- dren, IMrs. C. P. B. Sarchet, iMaj. James Ah iMoore and Mrs. Henry L. Twining, all of Guernsey county and all present at his funeral. During the time of his keeping tavern, i\lr. IMoore was largely engaged in driving horses, cattle and hogs, with his brothers, and made many trips over the far-away mountains. He thus formed a large acquaintance and knew and was known by all the leading drovers over the National pike. About 1845 commenced wagoning west from AA’heehng. with the old- fashioned white-covered broad tread wagon, removing again to Middle- town, and in 1848 to Cambridge, purchasing the old homestead of Gen. Rob- ert B. iMoore and a part of the old Chapman farm. He continued in the business of wagoning, through cold and heat, year in and year out, until the completion of the Central Ohio railroad in 1854. when he began to haul coal from his own farm to Camljridge and was thus engaged until about 1870, when he felt old age creeping on. AA'orn out with the life of exposure, he retired and spent the remainder of his days an almost helpless invalid, with his children, enjoying the confidence and respect of the entire com- munity. He departed this life at the home of his son-in-law. C. P. B. (53) GLIERNSEV COUNTY, OHIO. Sarchet, of Caml)ridge, d'hursday, September 2, 1880, aged seventy-seven years and six months, and was laid to rest in the Cambridge cemetery, where rejMise so many of the old pioneers. JAMES L. DILLEY. Among the native-born residents of the vicinity of Senecaville, Richland townshij), Guernsey county, who have reached a well merited success there must be included the name of James L. Dilley, for, having applied himself in a most assiduous manner to whatever he undertook, he has been largely re- warded. Xo man is better known in this section of the county than he, and his career has a double interest when it is learned that he is one of the hon- ored veterans of the great civil conflict of nearly a half century ago, having gone forth, like the patriotic Spartan of old, to do or die for his conntiy on many a sanguinary held of combat. James L. Dilley was born March 24, 1841, in Cambridge, Ohio, the son of Valentine J. and Amanda W. (Hutchison) Dilley. The father was born in Richland township, and the grandfather, Joseph Dilley, came to Guernsey county from New Jersey with the early pioneers. Both grandfather and father were farmers. The father was also a shoemaker and conducted a shop at Caml)ridge for a number of years and in 1845 moved to Senecaville, where lie conducted a shop for some years, but later engaged in farming in different parts of the conntv and e\-entually returned to Senecaville, where he died in June, 1886, and his widow on April 8, 1906. He was a Republican in politics and active in puldic affairs, but not an office seeker, though he served as a member of the first town council of Senecaville and also as assessor of Rich- land township. He was a man of sterling character and integrity. The par- ents had a family of twelve children; James L., the subject of tins sketch; Richard H., of Camlnddge : Susan, deceased: Joseph, of Duncans Falls, Musk- ingum county, Ohio; Mary Ann, deceased; Caroline E., now Mrs. John W. James, of Maxlnirg, Washington county, Ohio; Minerva U., now Mrs. Rich- ard Lowry, of Senecaville: Harriet, deceased; Amanda, now Mrs. James Nel- son, of Seneca\'ille ; Wnlliam, deceased: Ephraim, deceased; Sarah Frances, deceased. James L. Dilley, who was the third in order of birth, grew up in Seneca- ville and obtained his education in the public schools. In 1858 the family moved to Cumberland, Guernsey county, and from there to iMaxburg, Wash- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 835 ington county. There, on October 26, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Sixty- second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantiy, for three years' sercice in the Army of the Potomac, during the Cicil war. He served three years and on January i, 1864, he re-enlisted in the same company and regiment for an- other three years, or during the war. He served until the close of the war, and was mustered out on July 15, 1865, serving almost continuously for four years. His regiment was mostly with the Army of the Potomac and he par- ticipated in twenty-six battles, the Sixty-second Regiment being always on duty and on the bring line. On April 6, 1865, just three days liefore Gen- eral Lee's surrender, Mr. Dilley was wounded in the right thigh in the battle of High Bridge, Virginia, having passed through without any serious injury up to that time. His limb was amputated and was so injured that an artibcial limb was impossible. He had a splendid record. After the close of the war Mr. Dilley returned home. His parents were living in Maxhurg, Washington county, Ohio, where he engaged in the mer- cantile business with his lirother, Richard H. Dilley. He was in business there for about four years. He was married September 4, 1868, to Clara A. Miller, daughter of Samuel and Charlotte N. (Goodwell) Miller, of Maxhurg, Ohio, To this union were born the following children: Sarah Francis, deceased: Joseph, deceased; William, of Caldwell, Ohio, and Lillie, deceased: Samuel, of Senecaville ; Inez, deceased; James A., of Senecaville ; Helen, deceased; Mildred, at home. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Dilley lived in iMaxhurg for about one year, when they removed to Duncan’s Falls, iMuskingum county, where he was engaged in the jewelry business for nine years. In 1880 he moved to Senecaville and engaged in the jewelry business until 1908, when he retired from active business. Mr. Dilley is a Republican in politics and always has been an active party man. He has served as assessor of Aurelias township, in Washington county, for two years. He has served as a member of the town council of Senecaville for twenty years, and is now president of the same, tie has served as a member of the Republican county central committee for years and has been a delegate to county, district and state conventions. He is now a member of the Guernsey county soldiers' relief board. He is a member of the Buchanan Post No. 541, Grand Army of the Republic, and has been commander of the post and is now adjutant. He has been a delegate to the state encampment and is active in all work of the Grand Army of the Re- public. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian church and i\Ir. Dillev 836 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. is an adherent of that church and a liberal supporter of the church. He is also a member of the Senecaville board of education, is a man of high standing and a S])lendid citizen in every respect. WILLIAM P. EVANS. In all the various lines of ljusiness which have received the attention of William P. Evans he has shown remarkalile aptitude and has been uniformly successful in each, lieing a man of inherent business aldlity and of pleasing address, so that his dealing with the general puldic is made easy and he holds high rank among the leading business men of Cambridge and Guernsey county. Mr. Evans was horn on iMarch 30, 1859, to Nantytlo, South Wales, and is the son of Evan and Sarah (Jones) Evans. The father was a carpenter and died when the son was a mere lad, and the latter went to work in a rolling mill. He was only seven years of age when his father died and, having to hustle for himself, his early schooling was meager, hut this deficiency has been overcome in later years by miscellaneous reading and home study. He worked in the iron mills of his native town until 1878, when he was nineteen years of age, then emigrated to America, first locating at Niles, Ohio, where he worked in the iron mills, reniaining there until April, 1883, when he moved to New Philadelphia, where he found employment in the iron mills as a shearer. He lived in that city until 1891, when he came to Cambridge and was one of the first employes in the Cambridge Iron & Steel Company’s mills, when it first became an industry, and he has lieen with the same mill ever since and has continued at the same job, which is evidence of his re- liability and skill, — in fact, he is regarded as an expert in his line. Mr. Evans was married on March 27, 1880, to Ann Evans, daughter of Reece and Jane ( Roberts) Evans, of Hubbard, Ohio, her father being a coal miner and a native of W’ales. He has been deceased about thirty years, but his widow still survives. To Mr. and Mrs. Evans four children have been l)orn, namely: Ann, now VIrs. William E. AVestbrook, of Newark, Ohio; AAhlliam lives at home; Evan R. is also a member of the family circle; both these sons work in the mill with their father ; and Susan, who is also at home. Mr. Evans has a very comfortalile dwelling in Camliridge and also a fine farm of one hundred and fifty-seven acres in Jefferson township, where he spends his vacations with his family and where he contemplates retiring at an GUERXSEV COUXTY, OHIO. 837 early date, giving up mill work and taking life a little easier, for forty-five years in the mill entitles him to a little respite. It is his intention to make this a model farm and to make a specialty of high-grade livestock. Politically. Mr. E\ans is a Republican and he has always been active in party aft'airs. While a resident of Xew Philadelphia he served as constable, and while there he was injured by an explosion in the mill and was inca- pacitated for work for a full year. During the months of convalescence he attended a normal school, taught by John P. Kuntz, in the basement of the court house, this being his first and only schooling, and he made wonderful progress during those months. He was at that time very poor and had a wife and one child. John M. Custer, a cousin of the famous General Custer, made it possible for ]\Ir. Evans to attend school and live comfortably at the same time, he thus owing the former a debt of gratitude and reverence which he has never felt that he could adec[uately repay, although the financial part of the debt was long ago settled. ]\Ir. E\'ans is a member of the Xew Philadelphia lodge of Knights of Pythias and the Modern AVoodmen of America. He is a member of the Episcopal church and his wife belongs to the Baptist church. He is a man of strong convictions and sturdy integrity and his word is his bond. As a friend, he is a strong advocate and as an opponent he is fair but unrelenting. He enjoys travel and has just recently returned from an extended western trip. He visited relatives in Seattle whom he had not seen for forty years, since lea\’ing AAAles. He has never visited his native country and has become thor- oughly Americanized and a strong supporter of our government. AAdiile re- gretting his own lack of educational advantages, he is giving his children every opportunity in that line. XATHAXIEL LEPAGE. Having been born and reared in Guernsey county, and having spent his very active and useful life here, it is doubtful if any man in this locality is better or more favorably known than Xathaniel Lepage, of Senecaville, Rich- land township. Honesty and fair dealing have been his watchwords, and these twin virtues have been personified in his active life, so that he has al- ways enjoyed the friendship and respect of his neighbors and wide circle of acrpiaintances. Born April 7, 1841. in Cambridge township, this county, on a farm, he is the son of Thomas and Rachel (Sarchet) Lepage. Both par- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 838 ents are natives of the isle of Guernsey, and came to America as young people. Father Lepage was an orphan, but the mother came with her par- ents in the year 1809, ancl they were active in the pioneer life of the locality. The father was a farmer of Cambridge township, and a large land owner and was a ]jros])erous man. He was a devout churchman and one of the found- ers of the Methodist Protestant church in Camliridge and an active member in its affairs. Me was a W'big in politics until the formation of the Republican party, when he liecame a Republican. Always interested in public affairs, but never an office seeker, he devoted his time to his stock raising interests. He died in 1879, his wife dying a number of years prior, in 1845, both are huried in a private family burying ground on the home farm, two miles north of Camhridge. Jn the parents' family were nine children, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood and four of whom are now living; Adam, of Camhridge; Mary Jane, now Mrs. John Camjibell, of Cambridge; Nathaniel, the subject of this sketch; Cornelius, of Cambridge. Those now dead are I’eter, Martha, Cyrus, Thomas and Rachel. Nathaniel Leiiage s])ent his childhood and youth on the home farm, and was educated in the country district schools of the time in a log school house. 1 le remained on the farm until he was seventeen years of age, when he began the trade of a tinner with Samuel Burges, of Camhridge. After learning his trade he came to Senecaville, in i860, and established himself in the tinware and hardware business, which he continued until 1890, rvhen he retired from the business and became postmaster at Senecaville under appointment by Presi- dent Benjamin Harrison. He served four years, when he was succeeded by a 1 )emocrat during the second term of I’resident Cleveland. He was reap- ])ointed in 1897 by President McKinley and served continuously until Tkugust 22. 1910, when he resigned on account of ill health. He is a Republican in l)olitics and has lieen active in ]>arty matters. Has served as a member of the Repulilican countv central committee, and was a frequent delegate to county and district conventions. He served as mayor of Senecaville for two terms and a member of the town council on several occasions, also as a member of the Senecaville lioard of education for a number of years. He is a member of the Senecaville Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has filled all the chairs in both lodges at two different times, and was a charter memher of both lodges in Senecaville. Mr. Lepage was married on October 10, 1862, to Lovina Leisure, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Leisure, of Senecaville, the father being dead be- fore the daughter’s marriage. To Mr. and Mrs. Lepage were born two children, Lillie May, now Mrs. L. K. Thompson, of Brooklyn, New York, GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. ^39 and another child who died in infancy. The wife and mother died August 13, 1865. iSIr. Lepage’s second marriage took place on October 18, 1867, to [Mary E. Rose, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Ann Rose, of Senecaville. To this union were born: Charles, of Senecaville; Leona, now Airs. John W. Chester, of Nashville, Tennessee; Thomas F., of Guernsey county: William B., of Hartford, Guernsey county; Cora, now iMrs. Elmer Smith, of Lafay- ette, Colorado; hlary, deceased. The wife and mother died in June, 1877. hlr. Lepage's third marriage was solemnized on December 10, 1879, to Mary E. Mackvicker, daughter of Alexander and Alartha Alackvicker, of Noble county. To this union no children have been born. Mrs. Lepage died on August to, 1907. hlr. Lepage and his family are memlDers of the Alethodist Episcopal church and he has always Ijeen active in church and Sunday school work, and for forty-eight years has been a Sunday school teacher, tie is a man of high character and envial)le reputation. He has always been a public- spirited citizen, and all movements that have for their object the betterment of conditions and the uplift of mankind find in hlr. Lepage a willing and active supporter. He is now enjoying a retired life after many years of activity and ])ush. WILLIAhl HAMhIOND BLAIR. The history of the loyal sons and representative citizens of Guernsey countv would not be complete should the name that heads this review he omitted. When the fierce fire of the rebellion was raging throughout the Southland, threatening to destroy the Union, he resj^onded with patriotic fer- vor to the call of volunteers, and in some of the bloodiest battles for which that great war was noted, proved his loyalty to the government he loved so well. During the suhsecpient years, up to the time of his death, he was re- membered among the honored and respected citizens of his communitv. In official positions and private life alike he proved himself every inch a man, standing “four scjuare to every v. ind that blows,” and he is eminently entitled to representation in a work of this character. William Hammond Blair, a veteran of the Civil war, and for many years city marshal, and later chief of police of Caml)ridge, died at his home on South Si.xth street, Saturday evening, OctolDer 22, 1910, al)out se\'en-fifteen o'clock, the cause of death being heart trouble, with which he had been afflicted for some years. The funeral services were held at the residence of the family hlonday afternoon. October 24, 1910, at two o’clock, conducted by 840 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Ke\'. R. M. Elliott, pastor of the Second E'nited Presbyterian church, and the interment was made in Northwood cemetery. The services were under the auspices of Cambridg-e Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of which he was a charter member, and six members of the post, his comrades during life time, acted as his pallbearers. i\lr. Blair was the son of William and Mary ( Hammond) Blair and was horn in Adams township, Guernsey county, July 22, 1837. His paternal grandfather, Alexander Blair, and his wife, Susan Long, came from county Donegal, Ireland, to America about the year 1801 and settled in Brooks county, Virginia (now West Virginia). After living there a few years, they came to Guernsey county and settled in what is now Cambridge township, on the farm now owned by John Barnes. Alexander Blair was a native of Ire- land and his wife of Scotland. Their oldest child, Alexander, was born in Ireland in 1798. He married Isabel Nicholson and after their marriage they settled in Meigs county, Ohio. William Blair (father of the subject) mar- ried Mary Hammond and they lived in Adams township, this county. Mary married Da\id Hammond and their children were as follows: James, who married Helen Gaither and resided near Elkton, Kentucky; David married klary Blair and they resided in this county; John married Elizabeth Scott and they resided in Adams township, this county: William married Matilda Parke and they resided in x'kdams township; Mary married William Blair, of Adams township; Jane became the wife of Samuel Achison and they located in Mus- kingum county, where she still resides, at the age of ninety-four years; Ann married David Dew and lived in Muskingum county ; Sarah married Thomas Ford and lived in this county. The Hammonds settled in Guernsey county in 1818. William Ham- mond, in companv with his brothers, John, Robert and David, came to this countrv from county Tyrone. Ireland, sometime prior to the Revolutionary war. They settled in the valley near the Susquehanna, river, marked off their claims and opened up some ground for cultivation, but the Indians scared them away and they settled near Hickory, Pennsylvania. John Hammond enlisted in the war and was wounded in the battle of Bunker Hill. William was too young to enlist, but boated provisions for General Wayne and his army. William married Mary Wier, who had come with her parents from Scotland and settled near Plickoiy, their marriage oc- curring about the year 1796. He was a reed-maker by trade, and he and his wife eventually resided in Guernsey county. Mattie married James Gilkin- son and they settled in Illinois. Susan was married twice, her hrst husband being William McKee, after whose death she married John Herbert, and they GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 841 lived in Knox township, this county. Alexander Blair was by trade a stone- mason. His son, William, was a school teacher and also worked at the stone- mason’s trade. William H. Blair, the immediate subject of this review, secured an educa- tion in the country schools, and at an early age took up the work of a car- penter. He was married to Elizabeth IMason, daug-hter of Wdlliam and Sarah (Forsythe) Mason, October 4, i860, and to them were born the following eight children, four sons and four daughters, one of the latter, ]\Iay, dying when but seven years old. as the result of being kicked by a horse ; IMrs. Joseph Barr, of Cambridge: Frank C., of Cambridge; Allie, at home; Adlliam M., of iMartins Ferry; Mrs. F. E. Geyer, of Cambridge: Alex, of Newport, Ken- tucky ; IMay, deceased : and Charles, of Cambridge. These children, with the mother, survive. The Seventy-eighth Ohio \’olunteer Infantry perhaps saw as much hard fighting as any other regiment, and Company H had the reputation of being in a greater number of hard-fought battles than any other company in the regiment. Mr. Blair took part in about thirty-seven regular battles, in addi- tion to many skirmishes too numerous to mention or keep track of. After his final discharge from the army, at the close of the war. i\Ir. Blair returned to his wife and again took up business as a carpenter. With his family, he moved from Adams township to Cambridge, about 1891. A stanch Republican, Mr. Blair immediately took an active interest in municipal politics, and shortly after coming to the city was elected city marshal. He served as marshal under Mayors John Longsworth, A. M. Baxter and J. W. Smallwood. During the latter's term of office the office of city marshal was done away with and the position was made appointive, under the title of chief of police. After serving as city marshal and chief of police for eight years and eight months Mr. Blair resigned January i, 1906, and after that time lived a retired life. He still, however, took a keen interest in politics. During the last few years, Mr. Blair suffered with heart trouble, which was the cause of his giving up active work. Two weeks prior to his death he suffered an attack, and it was feared then that it would end in death. How- ever, he recovered and made the remark that he did not think he could li^■e through another attack. On Saturday afternoon of the day he died, Mr. Blair complained of being ill, but after eating supper went out in front of the house. Later he was joined by iSIrs. Blair, who advised him to return to the house, which he did, but his condition was so much worse that the family physician was sent for. However, it was too late and death was then but a question of a short time. 842 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. On Octolier 4, 1910, Mr. and Mrs. Blair celelirated their golden wedding anniversary, when all of their children were present, and the occasion was (Mie of nnnsnal enjoyment for the father, who was so soon to be summoned from earthly labors. Mr. Blair was a man of sterling worth and qualities of character and was held in the highest esteem throughout the county, where he enjoyed an extensive acquaintance. He was always on the right side of every question affecting the best interests of his fellows, and his death was a distinct loss to the community. ORLAXDO K. TAYLOR. ,\ name that is well known in Valley township, Guernsey county, ■' stand- ing for upright manhood and clean citizenship, is that of Orlando R. Taylor, who was born in Hartford, this township, June 16, 1858, the descendant of an excellent and highly respected family, being the son of A\’illiam and Sarah ( Hall) Taylor. The father was born in the same community, as was also the mother. William Taylor devoted mo.st of his life to farming-pursuits, but during his last years he was not very actively engaged in agriculture. He was a man whom everyone respects, his life having been above reproach. In his family are six children, named as follows : Orlando R., of this review ; Ida, wife of David E. H. Elwee. lives at Westerville, Ohio; Naomi is the wife of James Laughlin and lives at Pleasant City, this county : Lizzie is the wife of James H. Warren and lives in Cambridge; Jemima married G. S. Larrick and lives about five miles south of Pleasant City, in Noble county ; Charley lives at Linden Heights, north of Columlius, Ohio. The death of the father of these children occurred on September ii, 1909, ha^'ing survived his wife nine years, she having answered the summons on September 24, 1900. From about 1879 they had lived in Pleasant City, although Mr. Taylor continued farming until within a few years of his death. Orlando R. Taylor grew to maturity on the home farm, near Pleasant City, which he worked when old enough, and he attended the common schools there. Since 1879 he has lived at Pleasant City, but he attended the normal school at Cambridge, and later took a course at Scio College, preparing him- self for a teacher, which profession he followed with marked success for fif- teen or sixteen years, his services being in great demand owing to the fact that he was exceptionally well equipped for his work and also because of the fact that he was an entertainer as well as an instructor in the school room. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. S43 being popular with both pupils and patrons, and keeping abreast of the times in all matters pertaining to his work. He taught in Pleasant City and other schools in Guernsey county and four years in IMuskingum county. But tiring of the school room, IMr. Taylor took up fire insurance, and later established an agency and did a very gratifying business in this line. He became notary public and was also township clerk, and is still serving as clerk of the school hoard of Valley township, and also as clerk of the hoard of education of Pleasant City. As a puldic servant he has ever given the utmost satisfaction, discharging his duties in a very conscientious and able manner. He has recently engaged in life insurance, which he now makes his chief business. Mr. Taylor was married on August 4, 1888, to Alice IMoore. a lady of many estimable traits, the daughter of Thomas I. and IMargaret (Gander) IMoore. She was horn, reared and educated in the southeastern part of Guern- sev county. One child was horn to this union, who died in infancv. ]\Ir. Taylor's popularity and his eminent fitness for positions of public trust led his friends to elect him mayor of Pleasant City, hut he did not want the office and resigned after six months' service. Fraternally, he is a mem- ber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, and he and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal church. He is easilv one of the leading citizens of Pleasant City and this part of the county, al- though being a man of conservative tastes, he does not court such distinction. JOHX S. 3IOORHEAD. Devoted to the noble and humane work of teaching, John S. IMoorhead, of Senecaville, Richland township, Guernsey county, has made his influence felt in the school life of this locality, occupying as he does a prominent place in his profession and standing high in the esteem of all classes, his services being in great demand and his personality of such a genteel nature as to ren- der him popular with patrons and pupils everywhere. Mr. IMoorhead was horn Eebruary ii. 1862. in Senecaville, Ohio, and is the son of Jonathan and Mary A. Moorhead. The father was born in Guernsey county and the mother in \"irginia. The IMoorheads were also Vir- ginians and were a prominent and influential pioneer family and active in the early development of the county. The father was a farmer and pioneer brick manufacturer, making most of the brick of which the early brick buildings of 844 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Senecaville were built. He was also a farmer, but had his residence in Senecaville. He was a Repuhlican in politics and an ardent party man, but never an office seeker, but always well informed and positive in his convic- tions. He and his family were connected with the Methodist Episcopal church and he was a great lover of nature and probably the best botanist in this section of the state, being an authority on flowers, plants and trees. He died .\pril I, 1903, and his wife on August 23, 1894, and both are buried in the cemetery in Senecaville. These parents had a family of five sons and three daughters who grew to manhood and womanhood: George A., of Senecaville; Langdon, of Cambridge: John S., the subject of this sketch; Jacob C., of Cambridge; Emma, now Mrs. Sherman Cale, of New Concord; Rosetta, now Mrs. J. E. Malone, of New Concord. John S. , Moorhead grew up in Senecaville, and was educated in the Senecaville public schools, since which time he attended various normal schools, preparing to teach, and is therefore well equipped for his life work. Mr. Moorhead was married October 30, 1883, to May Belle Breidenthal, daughter of Henry and Linnie (Leisure) Breidenthal, of Senecaville. This family came from Pennsylvania to Guernsey county, Mr. Breidenthal being a shoemaker and a Rejiublican, active in politics and all public matters and a great reader, being well informed. Both parents are now living and reside in Pleasant City. To Mr. and Mrs. Moorhead have been born two sons and four daughters: Byron, Bright, Linnie, Mary A.. Gertrude and Virginia. Byron, the eldest son, is a student in the Northwestern University at Ada, Ohio, and the others are students in the Senecaville schools, except the two youngest. After lea\’ing school Mr. Moorhead was engaged with the C. AV. & N. Y. railroad as agent at Senecaville. his brother, George A., being super- intendent of the road when it was first built. Mr. Moorhead had a brother also engaged in the railroad tie business, having a contract with the Baltimore & Ohio railroad to furnish forty thousand ties each year. He was with the railroad company as agent for about ten years, but in 1894 he left the com- pany and engaged in school teaching and has been teaching ever since. Eor five years he taught in the Senecaville schools and the remainder of the time in the country district schools of the county and is a jirogressive and popular teacher. He is a Republican in politics and has served as a member of the town council for tweh’e years and was elected mayor of the village in 1909 and prior to this had served two terms as mayor, making six years in all. He is a public-spirited, progressive citizen in all matters. He is a member of the Eastern Ohio and Guernsey County Teachers’ associations and is secre- tarv of the township branch of the Ohio Teachers’ Reading Circle. He and GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 845 his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and active in the church and Sunday school work, having served hve years as superintendent of the Sunday school and is Sunday school chorister. Mrs. Moorhead is an active worker in the different church societies and is a refined and cultured woman, devoted to her home and family, and the Moorhead home is promi- nent in the social life of the community. Few men have the spirit of civic improvement as IMr. Moorhead and his influence is always along lines calculated to bring about conditions resulting in the greatest good to the greatest number, good, practical education for the young and a high plane of morals for the elders. He is a man of high ideals, who is able to point out the way that they may be obtained and maintained. The Moorhead home is one of the most hospitable and attractive in Seneca- ville. EDA\k-\RD IM'NCH. The name of Edward Lynch, a well known citizen of Senecaville, Rich- land township, Guernsey county, has long been synonymous with improvement and jirogress, for he believes in employing modern methods in all phases of our complex existence, and as a result he has lieen very successful in what- ever he has turned his attention to and has done much toward the general uplift of his community. Mr. Lynch is the able and ]iopular superintendent of the Cleveland mine of the Morris Coal Company. He was born on September 3, 1866, in Law- rence county, Ohio, near Vesuvius Station, and is the son of Edward and Anna Belle ( Bickenington) Lynch. The father worked in the coal mines of Lawrence county and was a player of the violin of local note and furnished music for the country dances. The father died in 1908 and his wife in 1871. The son grew up in the mining districts and attended the district schools of the township. At ten years of age he went to work in the mines with his father and worked at mining in La\vrence county until 1885, when he went to New Straitsville, Ohio, and worked in the coal mines of that locality. He was at New Straitsville for seven years, when he went to Jacksonville, Athens county, and worked in the mines for five years, and in 1897 he was made superintendent of Mine No. 24, of the Crescent Coal Company, near Jack- sonville. In a short time the Crescent Coal Company was reorganized, be- coming the Northern Fuel Company. Mr. Lynch was with this company as superintendent of Aline No. 24 for thirteen years. He then went to IMine No. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 841') _>i, near Shawnee, for the Sunday Creek Coal Company as superintendent, wliere he remained for six months, when he was transferred to Mine No. 10 of the same company, near Gloucester, Athens county, where he remained for a short time, and then went to Arkansas as superintendent of three mines operated hy a company in that state. He only remained about five months, the climate not agreeing with him. He then returned to Sugar Creek, Athens county, and was superintendent of Mine No. 21 1, for the Continental Coal Company. I le was with this company only a short time when the Sunday Creek Coal Conpiany took over the Colonial Coal Company properties and Mr. Lynch was transformed to Chauncey, Athens county, as superintendent of the new mine for the same company. He was only at Chauncey a short time when he was transferred liack to his former position at Sugar Creek. He was with the Continental and Sunday Creek companies for three years. In I'ehrnary, 1909, he came to his present position with the Morris Coal Com- ])any as superintendent of the mine at Senecaville. This is one of the largest mines in Guernsey county, with an output of about thirteen hundred tons daily and employing more than two hundred people. It is a modern equipped mine in every way. and Mr. Lynch is an expert mine superintendent, learning the business from the beginning to the important ])osition he now occupies. He Ins seen the business grow from the crude methods of forty years ago to the present thoroughly equipped mines and methods. He has learned it all in the school of exjjerience and is a thorough man in every respect. i\lr. Lynch was married November 26, 1889, to Anna Call, of New Straitsville, daughter of Edward and Mary (Sweney) Call, Mr. Call being a miner in the New Straitsville mines. To this union six children have been horn : Anna Belle, Edward, Erank, John, Charles and Harry, all at home. Mr. Lynch is a Democrat in politics and has been always interested in public matters and active in public affairs. He has served as school director in the different localities wliere be has lived and has always been interested in education. d'he Lynch family are of the Catholic faith. Mr. Lynch is a splendid type of a self-made man, going into the mines with his father at the age of ten, beginning the work at the very bottom. He has learned the business step liy ste[) and learned it thoroughly, until he reached the position of mine su- perintendent, solely by bis energy and ability and true worth. He is a man of splendid character, a good man in every sense, both in his calling and in the affairs of men. Progressive in his ideas, he is a valuable citizen in any com- mnnitv in wbicb he may live. His wife is equally cajialde in her sphere, which GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 847 in devotion to her home and family. The eldest child, a daughter, assists her mother in the home, one son works in the mine with his father and the other boys are yet in school. OBEDIAH E. TRENXER. Among the successful and progressive agriculturists and stock men of this locality is Obediah E. Trenner, who was born about a half mile north- west of Derwent, in Valley township, on June 4, 1858, the son of Noah and Caroline (Rose) Trenner. The father was born on the same farm as his son, the subject, so the Trenner family has been a prominent one in this community from the pioneer days. The paternal grandfather was Henry Trenner, Ji'-, he being the son of Henry, Sr., and Elizabeth ( Secrest) Trenner. Henrv Trenner, Jr., was born in Virginia in 1790, and emigrated to Ohio with his parents in the fall of 1818, when this country was undeveloped and the home of wild animals. They settled in what is now Valiev township, near Der- went, buying a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, and there they made the family home, spending the rest of their days there. Soon after his arrival here in the fall of 1818, Henry Trenner, Jr., married Sarah Frye, who was born in Virginia in 1800, the daughter of John Frye and wife. Eight chil- dren were born to them, namely: John F., Isaiah and Noah, all deceased: William, living at Carthage, (Missouri ; Benjamin, of Jackson township, this county, whose record, appearing in this book, gives interesting information of the Trenner family from their first arrival in America: Caleb lives in Val- ley township; Henry lives in the state of Washington: one child died in infancy. Henry Trenner and wife were members of the Lutheran church at Hart- ford for many years, and they attended sendees held in various dwellings of the county many years, before a church house was built. Noah Trenner grew up on the old home fann, where his grandparents settled in 1818, and he lived there all his life, following farming. He mar- ried Caroline Rose, daughter of Robinson and Elizabeth (Moser) Rose. She grew to maturity near Hartford. Her father's family is descended from Sir Robert Rose, of England. Several generations ago the (Moser family came to the United States from the isle of Guernsey, and settled near Seneca- ville, this county. To Noah Trenner and wife four children were born, two of whom died in infancy: those living are, (Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Robins, wife of Hemy C. Robins, of A\'esterville, Ohio, and Obediah E., of this review. S48 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Noah Trenner was a successful farmer, having followed this vocation all his life, owning two hundred acres of good land. He was a Democrat and held several minor puldic offices. He and his wife both belonged to the Tmtheran church at Hartford, and he was an officer in the church for several years. His death occurred in 1895, and that of his wife in 1900. Obediah E. Trenner, of this review, lived on the home farm until he was twenty-five or twenty-six years of age, then entered the mercantile business at Hartford, later ojiening a store at Trail Run which he managed six months, later discontinuing his store at Hartford. He was the first postmaster at Robins, serving two terms of about four years each. About 1893 ^e built a new store at Pleasant City and put in an excellent stock of goods, continuing at the saine time his store at Trail IHin, selling out at the latter place about 1900. He continued business at Pleasant City until the fall of 1906, when he sold out. Since then he has been looking after his farm and dealing in the stock business. He has a splendidly improved place of one hundred and thirty-one acres in the locality where he was horn, and he has brought the |)lace u]) to a high state of cultivation. He has a neat home and substantial outbuildings and he devotes considerable attention to stock raising. He was very successful as a merchant and always enjoyed a veiy liberal patronage wherever he had a store, for the people had every confidence in his good in- tentions. Mr. Trenner was married in June. 1899, to Ella Umstot, of Washington, Guernsev county, the daughter of Jacob S. and Sarah Jane (iMcGaw) Umstot, her jiarents being old residents of this county and highly respected. Eraternallv, Mr. Trenner belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Eel- lows, Dvson Lodge, also Eoster Encam])ment, both at Pleasant City. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran church at that place, and he has been an officer in the church for the past seven years, and is also active in Sunday school work, being treasurer and teacher. ELIAS D. STONE. The name of Elias D. Stone is synonymous with progress and improve- ment in the vicinitv of Derwent, Ohio, for he is a man who believes in keep- ing abreast of the times in everv respect and doing well whatever he has in hand, and this characteristic has resulted in a fair measure of success to Mr. Stone and his family. He was born in Spencer township, Guernsey county. GUERNSEY COGNTY, OHIO. 849 Ohio, and is the son of Alarshall and Louisa (Patterson) Stone. Both par- ents were born in Pennsylvania, and both these families came to Guernsey county in the pioneer days and here prospered and became influential. The father of the subject was a Republican, and while he was always deeply inter- ested in public affairs, he was not active. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His death occurred on January 13, 1886: his widow, a woman of beautiful Christian characteristics, still survives, now advanced in years, having reached the age of eighty-two. She lives on the home farm in Spencer township. Elias D. Stone spent his youth on his father’s farm and engaged in the general work on the place, attending the district schools during the winter months, later attending Valparaiso University, at Valparaiso. Indiana, one year, and later spent one year at Xorthwestern University at Ada, Ohio, being compelled to leave college on account of poor health. He had been engaged in the lumber business prior to attending college, and he returned to this line of business in order to get outdoor work. He operated mills and bought and shipped lumber extensively and became well known as a lumber dealer. In 1899 established a planing mill at Derwent, this county, and successfully operated the same for a period of nine years, selling out in 1908. Since then he has been engaged in farming or superintending his farming interests, which are extensive. He has been very successful in all business affairs. Politically, Mr. Stone is a Republican and he has been an active party worker for some time. He has frecjuently been a delegate to county, district and state conventions. In 1908 he ^\•as nominated and elected a member of the board of county commissioners and he is now president of the board and is doing a very commendable work in this capacity. He was renominated for the same office in 1910 and elected for another two years. Some important road improvements have been undertaken and completed during his tenure of office. He has the reputation of being a splendid official, with a view to economy and strict integrity in public matters. He has also served as a mem- ber of the board of education in Derwent. Eraternally, he belongs to the Pleasant City lodge, Knights of Pythias. Mr. Stone has been twice married, first on iMay 31, 1894, to Luella Hawes, daughter of John B. and Elizabeth Plawes, of Valley township, a prominent family there; klrs. Stone lived less than one year, dying on April I, 1895. His second marriage was solemnized on April 4, 1901, to Alcy Rhinehart, daughter of James and Louisa (Finney) Rhinehart. of AA’estland township, Guernsey county, Mr. Rhinehart being a prominent and successful ( 54) GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 850 fanner there. Four children, two sons and two daughters, have been born to ]\lr. and Mrs. Stone, namely; Louisa F., James P., Elias T. and Orvetta. l\lr. Stone and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he is a trustee, steward and class leader and superintendent of the Sun- day school, in fact, a pillar in the church here, having been a member of and active worker in the church and Sunday school for twenty-fi\'e years. His wife is also a very efficient church and Sunday school worker. The familv home is in Derwent, \kdley township, and is a large, substantial and attractive one. Mr. Stone still has some lumbering interests here in addition to his farming interests and official duties. j.VAlES MADISON SECREST. .V man who deserves the great credit which is given him for his success is James Madison Secrest, one of Guernsey county's most prominent and in- tluential citizens, for not a dishonest dollar ever passed through his hands, and his, large competence and valuable pro]jerty have all been accumulated l)y his own efforts, for he started in life under none too favorable auspices, but being a man of indomitable courage and always his own exponent, doing his own thinking and depending upon no one to direct his aff’airs, he has forged to the front rank of our citizenship des])ite obstacles, and has played well his part in the work of upbuilding the locality honored by bis citizenship and wffiose interests he has always had at heart, therefore is eminently deserving of the high esteem in which he is held by all who know him. Mr. Secrest was born in Noble county, Ohio, in 1848, and he is the only son of Harrison and Hulda (Thompson) Secrest and the grandson of Isaac and Mary (Slater) Secrest, all prominent in the pioneer life of the Buckeye state. Harrison Secrest was liorn in 1822 in what is now the north part of Noble county, Ohio, and there he grew u]j on a farm which he worked when old enough. His wife, Hulda Thompson, was the daughter of Abraham and Rachael (McCreary) Thompson, the father born Septemlier 3, 1796, and the son of James and jMary (Jackson) Thompson. James Thompson was born February 20. 1758, and he was the son of Jacob and Annie (Downard) 'Fhompson. Abraham Thompson came from Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in his young manhood and settled in the southeast part of what is now Valley township, Guernsey county. His father came and entered a large quantity of excellent land from the government, — in fact, he secured all the most avail- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 851 able farming land in that community, and. like the other members of this thrifty family, became well-to-do. After the marriage of i\Ir. and Mrs. Harrison Secrest he and she liued in Noble county until the death of the wife. IMrs. Hulda Secrest, on October 14, 1849. stated above, their only child was James iMadison, the subject. After the death of his first wife, Harrison Secrest moved to Pleasant City, then called Point Pleasant, and married Elizabeth Allison, daughter of J. B. and iMatilda Allison, who came from Greene county, Ohio, and developed a good home here and were highly respected. The following children were born to Harrison and Elizabeth (Allison) Secrest: Joseph; Nancy Caroline, wife of Noah Larrick; Sarah; Belle, wife of Mr. Kackley, of Columbus. Ohio; John: iMary, wife of John Stranathan ; M'illiam ; iMartha, wife of Fred Camp- bell. Harrison Secrest kept a hotel, ran a woolen null, Iniilt a number of houses in Pleasant City, conducted a store awhile — in fact, was one of the most prominent business men of the place for many years and did more, perhaps, for the upbuilding of the town than any other man. He was an excellent manager, exercised splendid judgment in all his transactions and was always ready to assist in furthering any enterprise making for the general good. Al- though he was a loyal Republican, he never aspired to pulilic offices. He was a member and liberal supporter of the iMethodist Episcopal church. The death of this excellent and highly honored citizen occurred on February 5, 1894. James iMadison Secrest. of this review, grew to maturity at Pleasant City where he received a fairly good common school education. He began work in the woolen mill there as a spinner when a young man and he acc|uired a thorough knowledge of the woolen mill business. He also conducted a grist- mill and a saw-mill, and dealt extensively in the lumber business: he built a number of houses in Pleasant City and has been very successful in whatever he has undertaken there. He also became the owner of over three hundred acres of valuable farming land, a part of which is now laid off in town lots and he is now ( 1910) selling the fourth addition that he has laid out, these lots having been in great demand from the first owing to their desirable loca- tion and the reasonable price asked for them. Mr. Secrest has also dealt in livestock and has engaged in the butchering of pork, etc. He is a man of keen discernment and can foresee with remarkable accuracy the outcome of a present transaction. He is a persistent worker and an able manager, and, being honest and straightforward in all the relations of life, he has ever had the confidence and good will of his fellow men. i\Ir. Secrest was married in 1870 to Elizabeth Dyson, daughter of Thomas 8-2 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. and Christena Dyson, to Y'hich union one son was born, Abraham Thompson Secrest, whose liirth occurred on September 14, 1870; he is living at Okesa, Oklahoma, where he is engaged in educational work and is at present the Republican candidate for clerk of Osage county, Oklahoma. This wife and mother was called to her rest on June 5, 1872, and on December 20, 1873, i\lr. Secrest married Sarah Cochran, of Pleasant City. Of this union, one child, Blanche, survives. She has been employed in the Pleasant City post- office for the past fourteen years. This second wife and mother passed away on November 22, 1878, and on July 2, 1879. Mr. Secrest was married to Rebecca Frances Young, who was liorn at Sharon, Noble county, the daughter of James William and Sarah ( Robison) Young. This union has resulted in the birth of six children, namely: Nellie Ethel married Homer Gander, whose sketch appears herein, and they have four children; Hulda, born August 21, 1881, married Harry Gander and bas four children and lives in Pleasant City; Martha Forrest, born October 19, 1883, married Harry Rainey and lives in Newark, Ohio; Arthur Ernest, born August 28, 1886, married Helen John- son, and lives on a farm in Noble county, and they have two children; Mildred IMadison, born December 9, 1890, is attending school at Newark; Harvey Raymond, born January ii, 1893, is at home; Huldah belongs to the Daugh- ters of Rebekah and Nellie is a member of the Rebekahs and the Order of the Eastern Star. Politically, Mr. Secrest is a Republican and he and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal church, and Mrs. Secrest is a member of the Pythian Sisters. ERANK E. BIRD, M. D. Realizing early in life that success never smiles upon the idler or dreamer, Dr. Erank E. Bird, of Lore City, Guernsey county, has followed this aphorism and is one of the leading medical men of his locality, keeping abreast of the times in all matters pertaining to his chosen life work. He so orders his conduct that he has gained and retained without effort the conhdence and good will of all classes, and he stands high among his professional brethren in this and adjoining counties. He has built up a large and ever growing prac- tice since locating here, and is one of the representative citizens of AVills township. He was horn on September 27, 1866, in Buffalo township, Noble county, Ohio, the son of Ahsolom and Ellen (Moore) Bird. The father was a native of Noble county and the mother was born near Cumberland, Guern- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 853 sey county. The subject's great-grandfather, George Bird, was a Hessian- German, and he and a brother, John Bird, were conscript soldiers of the British army and were brought to American colonies, being members of a regiment brought to the colonies by the British to fight the colonial armies in the Revolutionary conflict. The sympathies of both brothers were with the colonists and as opportunity offered at the battle of Brandywine, George de- serted and joined the colonial forces. John, the other brother, was later taken prisoner by the colonial forces and swore allegiance to the colonial cause, where his sympathies were, and served until the end of the war. George, the great-grandfather, after the close of the war, went to Pennsyl- vania and married into a Quaker family and reared his family there. In his ach’anced years he and his wife came to Muskingum county. Ohio, where several sons had previously gone, and where both the great-grandparents died, and are buried in the cemetery near Blue Rock, Muskingum county. Joseph Bird, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, came to Xoble county, Ohio, from Pennsylvania and entered one hundred and sixty acres of land in Noble county, in the early days, of the nineteenth century, and became one of the active pioneers of that county, where he spent his life and died on the home farm, first entered. He uas succeeded in the ownership by his son, Absolom, father of the subject, where he spent most of his life and died on October 18, 1908, aged seventy-four years. His widow still lives in Cam- bridge. The son. Dr. Frank E. Bird, was born on the original Bird farm in Noble county, where he spent his childhood and youth, and his early education was obtained in the district schools of the neighborhood. He later attended the medical department of the Ohio State University, prior to which he had learned the carpenter trade, with his father, who. in addition to being a farmer, was a carpenter. The son worked at the carpenter trade until about twenty-eight years of age, when he entered the medical college, graduating April 16, 1903, and began the practice in Lore City, where he has been ever since. Doctor Bird was. married on December 27, 1886, to Henrietta Clark, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah E. (Buckey) Clark, of Noble county. The Clarks and Buckeys were early pioneer families and grew into prominence. Mrs. Bird's parents are both living and have always been residents of Noble county. To Doctor and Mrs. Bird have been born five cbildren ; Inez, now klrs. Sidney Knowles, of Newark, Ohio ; Audley E. : Anna i\I., now i\Irs. Austin R. Bond, of Lore City: Charles C. and Joseph B. Doctor Bird is a practitioner of the old school and a surgeon of well 854 GUERNSEY COE^NTY, OHIO. known skill and successful in both branches of practice, enjoying the full confidence and high esteem of the people of the community. He is a Re- publican in politics and always active in public matters; not an office seeker, l)ut devoting bis time and energies to his profession and greater proficiency, with no time or inclination for outside interests. He has been a member of the county, state and national medical societies, and a member of Lore City Lodge, Inde])endent Order of Odd Fellows. He and his family affiliate with the iMethodist Episcopal church, but are liberal contributors to the support of and upbuilding of all churches and to the general uplift of the com- munity. He is a splendid man, standing high both as a citizen and as a phy- sician. J.AMES LAUCzIILIN. One of the leading citizens of Pleasant City and one of the progressive and honored men of Guernsey county is James T.aughlin, a man who has won success in life because be has worked diligently for it along legitimate lines and has sought to carry the Golden Rule into his eveiy-day transactions, so that he has ever had the confidence and good will of his fellow men and is therefore eminently deserving of the large success that is today his. ]\Ir. Laughlin comes from a sterling old ])ioneer family, members of which have lieen prominent in the affairs of this locality for many decades, and his birth occurred in Buffalo township. Noble county ( formerly a part of Guern- sey county), in 1844. He is the son of William John and Sarah ('Secrest) Laughlin. The father was born in county Derry, Ireland, while the mother was a native of Ohio. The father emigrated to America in 1830 and located in the vicinity where the subject was born, ha\’ing been accompanied by his parents, Josejdi and Margaret Laughlin, and he grew to maturity on a farm and attended the pioneer schools. LIpon reaching maturity he married Sarah Secrest, whose parents came from Virginia. William J. Laughlin was a farmer anrl stock dealer all his life and a man of prominence in his community, successful in business and a man whom his neighbors held in highest respect. His familv consisted of eleven children, namely: Eliza Ann, wife of Joseph .Secrest, deceased; Sarah Catherine died when twenty-four years of age; Maria is living with her mother in Noble county: Samuel lives in Buffalo townshij), that county: Mrs. Rachael Rich. (Mrs. Nancy Miller, Henry Kiser, William J., Jane, all living in Noble county. The father of these children held a number of township offices and was GUERNSF.Y COUNTY, OHIO. 855 a man of influence in his community. His death occurred when sixty years of age ; his widow is living and is active and hale at the advanced age of eighty- nine years. She has been a most noble and useful woman all her life and has a host of friends. James Laughlin, of this review, grew to maturity on the home farm and remained there until 1864, in which year he proved his patriotism by enlisting in Company H, One Hundred and Sixty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and he saw some hard service, having been with Hunter in his raid up the Shen- andoah valley. He was at the battles of Stanton and New Creek, also at Liberty, near Richmond. He proved to be a very faithful and gallant soldier, and he was honorably discharged, being mustered out of the service at Colum- bus, Ohio, the latter part of 1864. He returned home and settled on a farm in Buffalo township. Noble county, where he continued to reside until 1880. He became the owner of an excellent farm there of one hundred and twenty- two acres. He was married in 1865 to Mary Secrest. daughter of Jacob and klargaret Secrest, whose parents also came from Virginia. James Laughlin and wife were the parents of six children, namely: klargaret Secrest married George klcC. Secrest. Jacoli married Sadie Stew- art and they had two children; he died August i, 1898, having been killed in a coal mine by being struck by a car ; he was thirtv years old and an excellent young man; he left two daughters, Irene and Lurce. Justice Laughlin lives at Derwent and is engaged in farming ; he married Cordelia Davis and they have three children, Culia, Olive and Arthur. Lizzie Laughlin married James H. Secrest. of Hartford. Martha is the wife of Dr. James E. Robins. Cyrus lives in Pleasant City, but is now at Washington. 1 ). C., in a govern- ment position : his wife was Adena Kelley, a native of Washington. Kansas, and they have one child, klarv Frances. In 1880 James Laughlin moved to Pleasant City and has since made his home here, with the exception of two years when he lived on his farm two miles east of Pleasant City. He also has another farm at Derwent, each of which is well improved, under a high state of cultivation and very valualrle and desirable property. In 1880 he launched into the general mercantile business at Pleasant Citv, and a vear later J. P. Stranathan became his part- ner and remained so until 1889. Then for several years klr. Laughlin con- tinued to conduct his store alone. He always had a very liberal patronage and did a thriving business with the town and surrounding countiy. Taking an abiding interest in public affairs and in the general upbuilding of Pleasant City from the first, klr. Laughlin became the logical man for postmaster and he was appointed to that position in the fall of 1880 and held the same with 856 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. credit to himself and with satisfaction to the people and the department until 1 888. The office was then called Dyson. Retiring from the mercantile busi- ness, Air. Laughlin engaged in the stock business in addition to his farming, and he has continued buying and selling stock on a large scale ever since. I le was mayor of Pleasant City about five years, during wdiich time he did many things for the permanent good of the community. He is now very ably discharging the duties of township assessor. Politically, he is a Republican, but he was postmaster during both a Republican and Democratic administra- tion, thus proving his popularity here. He is one of the local leaders of his party and his counsel is frecjuently sought in party affairs. He is a faithful member of the Lutheran church, of which his first wife was also a member, t ier death occurred in 1890, and in December, 1892, Adr. Laughlin married Naomi Taylor, who was born in Noble county, Ohio, but was reared in Valley township, this county. She is the daughter of William and Sarah (Hall) Taylor. Pier father was born in Guernsey county and her mother came from \Vestmoreland county, Pennsylvania. They were married at Hartford and moved into Noble county, coming to Pleasant City, Guernsey county, when Airs. Laughlin was a small child and there the parents spent the balance of their lives. Airs. Laughlin has made her home at Pleasant City since child- hood. Her father died on September ii, 1909, and the mother's death oc- curred on September 24, 1900. Air. Taylor devoted his life to farming and was very successful. He and his wife were members of the Alethodist Epis- copal church, of which Airs. Laughlin is also a member. THEODORE AI. WILLS. The Wills family is eminently deserving of conspicuous mention in this work, owing to the fact that the several members of the same have led lives of uprightness and have played their parts in a most commendable manner in the development of Guernsey count}^ One of the best known of the present generation is Theodore AI. W'ills, who was born at Buffalo, or Hartford, Val- ley towmship, this county, September 14, 1873, the son of John L. and Alary A. (Cale) Wills. The former was the son of English parents, and he was born in Anne Arundel county, Alaryland, he and a sister being left orphans in early childhood. He came to Guernsey county about 1840, when he was just reaching manhood, and located near Buffalo, making his home in that locality the rest of his life, becoming well known and influential among the GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 857 early settlers there. There he married Mary Cale, daughter of Henry and wife, and granddaughter of George Cale. This family was of Irish descent, and came to Ohio from Virginia when this country was a wilderness, there being only trails through the forests. They settled in what was then a part of Guernsey county, now Buffalo township, in the north edge of Noble county. At that time no cleared land was to be found in this locality outside the vicinity of Byesville. The Cale family has made its home in Buffalo town- ship ever since those pioneer days. INIrs. Wills’ father, Henr}- Cale, reached the remarkable age of ninety-one years, and before his death he could count four generations of his descendants, i\Irs. Wills’ daughter (Mrs. Maggie Danford) having children and grandchildren living. There have been five generations of the Cale family already who have lived on the old Cale home- stead. After his marriage John L. Wills followed tobacco raising on a farm which he owned near Hartford. He also became the owner of town prop- erty in Hartford. There he and his wife were faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal church, he having been a member of the church over fifty years at the time of his death, and was sexton of the church for more than forty years. His death occurred in 1904, at the advanced age of eighty- two years: his good life companion surviving, makes her home in Hartford. Theodore IM. Wills is one of a family of four daughters and two sons : iMaggie, wife of Hiram Danford, lives in Coffey county, Kansas; George lives at Hartford, where he is engaged in coal mining; Hannah is the wife of M. L. Spaid and lives at Cambridge; Letha C. is the wife of John Young and lives in Cambridge: Theodore iM.. of this review: Grace is the wife of iMartin A\’ilson, and lives at Hartford. Upon leaving school the subject began life as a merchant, first clerking in the store of M. L. Spaid at Hartford. In i'893, when only eighteen years old, he bought out his employer and has continued in business at Hartford ever since, having built up a very satisfactory and extensive trade and main- taining a popular and neatly kept store, filled with a large and carefully se- lected stock of goods. AA'hen he first took possession of this store only groceries and allied lines were carried, but later other lines were added and he now has a large assortment of general merchandise. i\Ir. AA’ills was married in 1897 to Alma Corbett, daughter of Joseph T. and Rachael (Rogers) Corbett, the father a native of Hopewell, near Cam- bridge, this county. His father and mother came from the isle of Guern- sey in a very early day, and settled at Hopewell, where they bought a farm, afterwards moving to Pleasant City, where Mr. Corbett bought a mill which 8q8 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. he 0])erated. Wlien Joseph T. Corbett was a young man, he went to Cam- bridge and conducted a book store for about four years, then moved to Hart- ford. After living on a farm a few years, he again moved to Hartford and conducted a store, and he was postmaster at that place for about twenty-five years. After the death of his first wife, mother of Airs. Whlls, he married Eliza E. Campbell, who hore him six children, one of whom, Charles W. Cor- bett, was a partner in the business with Joseph T. for about fifteen years, and n ho finally bought out his father's interest in the Ixisiness about 1901, The death of Joseph T. Corbett occurred September 24, 1904. He was a member of the Lutheran church and an old and honored resident of Hartford. Theodore AI. Wills and wife have continued to reside in Hartford since their marriage. About 1901 he built a home at the east end of Alain street, lieing one of the attractive residences of Hartford, and is known as a place of hospitality to the many friends of the family. Politically, Mr. Wills is a Democrat and takes an active interest in his party, as did his father before him. He belongs to the Alethodist Episcopal church, while his wife worships with the Lutheran congregation. BENJAAHN I. HILDERBRAND. Herein is mentioned one who is well and favorably known by his fellows as a man of true and tried worth, one in every way entitled to mention in this work. Benjamin L Hilderbrand was born August 3, 1874, in Bridgeport, Belmont county, Ohio, the son of William and Alary (Sheldon) Hilderbrand, His father was a native of the Ohio ^’alley, and an iron worker by trade. His mother was likewise a native of the valley, having been born in Pittsburg, d'hey never became residents of Guernsey county, lint his father died in Bridgeport in about 1887 and his widow still resides there. Benjamin I. Hilderbrand was educated in the public schools of Bridge- port, leaving school at the age of twelve to work in the mills. His first rvork was on a guide mill, and he continued in the Bridgeport mills for about eight years, and in May, 1894, came to the city of Cambridge, to work in the Cam- bridge Iron, Sheet & Steel Alills, which had been organized and put into opera- tion only about two years previous to his coming. He was then what is known as a rougher, since has been a sheet roller, and is an expert in his line of work. In politics Mr. Hilderbrand is a Republican and has been very active. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 859 For about six years he was a member of the city council, for one year of that time Avas president of the same and served on many of its important com- mittees. Much of the street paving and sewer construction of the city was done during his service in the council. Mr. Hilderbrand is a member of Cambridge Lodge No. 448, Benev- olent and Protective Order of Elks, of Cambridge Lodge No. 53, Knights of Pythias, and of the Modern Woodmen of America. He and his famil}' affiliate with the Methodist church. LMr. Hilderbrand was married on January i, 1895. to iMaude Hilde- brand, daughter of William C. and iMargaret (Jellison) Hildebrand, of Martins Ferry, Ohio. Her father was a nailer in the Martins Ferry Nail Mills and he and his wife w^ere natives of Pennsylvania. The father is dead, her mother still lives in Alartins Ferry. To i\lr. and IMrs. Hilderbrand have been born three children, Marie, Nell and William W., all now at home and receiving the full advantages of the public schools of Cambridge. While Mr. Hilderbrand had little school education, he is a well informed man. He has applied himself to good liooks and periodicals, and few men are better informed upon general and historical topics than is he. In all current affairs and public matters he is deeply interested, and is highly regarded by those wdio know him for his substantial, conservative convictions. He has provided for his family a pleasant and commodious home on North Sixth street. JAMES E. SPAID. From an excellent old Virginia family is descended James E. Spaid, a suc- cessful and prominent contractor and builder of Valley township. Guernsey county. He was born in the Old Dominion, but most of his life has been spent in the Buckeye state; however, he has many of the commendable traits of the people of that historic southern country, which have resulted in his winning a host of friends and the good will and confidence of all whom he has met. He first saw the light of day in Hampshire county, Virginia, Octolier 20, 1840, and he is the son of Enos and Rosanna (Stipe) Spaid, and the grandson of John and Mary (Anderson) Spaid. Frederick Spaid, brother of the subject's grandfather, was also a resident of Virginia. William and IMichael, tw'O other brothers of John Spaid. came to Guernsey county in an early day and died here, being the ancestors of most of the Spaids in this county. 86o GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. James E. Spaid grew to maturity in Virginia and he began business life very early, having clerked in a store until he was fifteen years of age, then learned the carjrenter’s trade which he followed until 1870, being a very skill- ful workman and meeting with success. When he was nineteen years old he went to Rumney, the county seat of Hampshire county, during the war be- tween the states, and enlisted in Company K, Hampshire Guards, Thirteenth Virginia Regiment, to fight for the South, and he participated in the first battle of Bull Run, whicb resulted in a Southern victory. Leaving the service, he came to Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1862 and was elected captain of the militia of Valley township by vote, having left the Confederate army on a furlough. On July 20. 1863. Governor David Tod, of Ohio, commissioned him captain of militia, which commission he still retains with the Governor’s signature thereto. IMr. Spaid was a Democrat in his young manhood and he was active in the party, being elected justice of the peace, which position he held in a very satis- factory manner for a period of twenty-one years, and the fact that he never had a case appealed from his court is proof that he was fair, unbiased and faithful in the discharge of his official duties. It was his custom to induce litigants to compromise their troubles amicably, when possible, and many of tbe members of the Guernsey county bar used to call him “The Peacemaker.” He has been notary public for fully thirty years, and he has been called upon to settle up various estates in this locality, giving eminent satisfaction to all parties concerned in this line. He has in his possession several old documents of historic interest. One is a deed from the United States government, signed by President John Quincy Adams, in 1826, deeding land along the county line, just south of Hartford, Ohio. No names of counties are contained in the deed, and it was assigned from the land office at Zanesville. He also has a deed signed by President Martin Van Buren. Mr. Spaid has lived at Hart- ford ever since he came to Ohio and is one of the best known men in this locality. On December 24, 1863, Mr. Spaid married Jane Dickerson, the daugh- ter of Asa and Catherine (Secrest) Dickerson, and a sister of George W. Dickerson, mentioned elsewhere in this work. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Spaid, namely: Sarab Catherine married Samuel Trott and lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan ; they have one daughter who is attending the university at Ann Arbor. Oscar M. lives in Hartford, married Emma Frye and bas three children ; he is superintending the erection of the superstructure and machinery of various coal mines. Etta married P. M. Albin, lives near Hartford and has four children. C. J. is in the planing mill and lumber busi- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 86 1 ness, having a mill at Derwent, also one at Senecaville ; he also has three gen- eral stores, one each at Derwent, Hartford and Walhonding mine No. 2 ; he married Frances Marcus and lives in Cambridge. Walter A. Spaid, a car- penter, lives at Columbus, Ohio, married Sophia Vickers and they have one son, Oblenis. Blanche married James Xossinger, a railroad agent and tele- graph operator at Folsom, West Virginia, where they now reside. James E. Spaid is a member of the Lutheran church and is a man of high ideals and sentiments. JOHN T. FAIRCtllLD. The efficient and popular civil engineer, John T. Fairchild, of Cambridge, is a man who believes in doing well everything that is worth doing at all, and, having followed this rule, he has achieved an envied reputation in his chosen field of endeavor. Mr. Fairchild was born in Putnam county, Ohio, July 24, 1868, and is the son of Jesse and Louisa ( Blakeley) Fairchild. The father was a farmer and a large land owner, and he was one of the prosperous and influential men of his community. He is still living, but, owing to advanced age, is not so actively engaged in business as formerly, merely enjoying his declining years, surrounded by plenty as a result of his well spent and industrious life. His wife died several years ago. John T. Fairchild grew to maturity on the home farm and assisted with the general work on the same when a boy. He obtained a good education in the common schools, where he evinced an especially strong inclination for mathematics. He taught school r’ery successfully for several years, in the rural districts. Being ambitious to gain a higher education, he entered college at Findla^G Ohio, where he specialized in mathematics and he there made a brilliant record for scholarship. He graduated with the degree of blaster of Arts in 1894, from the Ohio Northern FTniversity at Ada, Ohio. After he left school he was chosen president of Crawfis College in Putnam county, Ohio, filling that responsible position to the entire satisfaction of all concerned and in a manner that reflected much credit upon his ability. He also found time to contribute articles to The Teachers’ Rcviciv and The American Mathe- matical Monthly , and, being a trenchant and entertaining as well as instructive writer, he was always assured an interested audience. He later prepared and published a book of mathematical solutions of knotty problems, which has proved to he a success, both from a scientific and financial point of view. It 862 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. bears his name and lias established his reputation in the mathematical world as second to none. Later Mr. Fairchild secured the degree of Master of Lhiloso])hy and the degree of Civil Engineer from Ohio Northern University, at Ada, Ohio. He has had a vast amount of practical experience as a civil engineer with the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad Company, and he was for a time city engineer of Ada, Ohio. Mr. Fairchild came to Guernsey county in 1906, and he engaged in mining engineering and general field work. He is a recognized expert all over the state of Ohio and is frequently called as a consulting engineer. He was ap- pointed city engineer for the city of Cambridge in January, 1910, and he is now engaged in an attempt to solve the water supply and pure water problems for the city. His record so far has been very commendable. Rolitically, Mr. Fairchild is a Democrat, but he is not an active partisan, lie l)elie\'es in securing the greatest good for the greatest numlier, regardless of ])olitical affiliations. Mr. Fairchild was married on December 27, 1904, to Cordelia Hyson, daughter of John and Margaret (Miller) Hyson, of York, Pennsylvania, her father being a well known and popular minister in the Presbyterian church. Mrs. Fairchild is a well educated and highly cultured woman, and jirior to her marriage she was a teacher of elocution in various schools and colleges. One child, Margaret, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Fairchild. They are memljers of the Methodist Episcojial church and are active in Sunday school and church work. They are lovers of good books and have a larg'e and \ aluahle library containing the world's choicest literature, and the best current literature finds a place in their cozy and attractive home. They are popular with a wide circle of friends owing to their genial dispositions, culture and genuine worth. HENRY ARTHUR KOONTZ. As the outside world is well aware, the chief industry of Guernsey county is coal mining and it necessarily follows that many of the leading and most successful and important business men are engaged in the coal business. One such is Henry Arthur Koontz, a man who is too well known, especially in Spencer township, where he maintains his home, to need any special introduc- tion in these pages to the readers of this history. Suffice it here to say that for years he has been a leader in the affairs of his community and his conduct in all the relations of life has been such as to inspire the utmost confidence of GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 863 his fellow men and gain their good will. He was born at iMassillon, Ohio, July 17, 1880, and is the son of Charles E. and Mary ( Fetzer) Koontz, who still lives at Massillon, the father being a skilled blacksmith and tool dresser for stone, marble and granite workers, Henry A. Koontz grew to maturity at klassillon, attended the public schools and the business college, receiving a very serviceable education, Wdien about nineteen years of age he began working for his uncle, S, F. Fetzer, drill- ing for coal. After following that line of endeavor for a year or two he worked in a boiler shop, driving rivets in smoke-stacks for a time ; a year later he returned to coal drilling and has followed that line of work e\’er since with much success. This work is done with an engine and a specially con- structed machine, similar to other deep-well drillers, but instead of using cable to let the drill drop into the lioring, hollow rods similar to iron pipe are used, through which the material drilled is pumped out, where it can be examined, klr. Koontz entered the drilling iiusiness for himself in August, 1903, about Derwent and Pleasant City and he has continued in Guernsey valley ever since with the exception of ond summer in Perry county and a few months in Illinois, He came to this county in 1902 with his uncle for whom he worked until he started out for himself. He has been very successful and the importance of his work is recognized throughout the mining zone here. Mr. Koontz was married to Hannah Robinson, on klav 22, 1907. She was born and reared in the east edge of Spencer township, this county. Her parents are Lorenzo and Susanna ( Ogan) Robinson, the father having been born in Noble county, March 30, 1846, where he devoted his entire life to farming. The mother was born and reared in Spencer township, this county. The parents of Susanna Ogan were early residents of that locality, her father having been born in Belmont county and her mother in ^^'ashington county, Pennsylvania. Eighteen months after L. D. Robinson and wife were married they moved to the east part of Spencer township, where they lived until klr. Robinson's death in 1901. From then until Mr. Koontz and her daughter were married Mrs. Robinson and her daughter lived alone on the home place. Since then they have all been living together there. The Ogans were an old family, as intimated above, and well known in early days here. Mrs. Roliinson's father was Peter Ogan and his wife was known in her maidenhood as Elsie IMc- Comas. Peter Ogan was born in Belmont county. Ohio. His grandfather Fritter came from Ireland and served during the Revolutionary war. It is believed that all the Ogans in the United States were descended from Peter Ogan’s grandfather Ogan. When Peter Ogan was a small child the family 864 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. came to Muskingum county in wagons and settled on an unimproved place, living in a cabin and beginning life in typical pioneer fashion. Elsie McComas was born in Pennsyh'ania and when six years of age her parents brought her to iMuskingum county. There she and Peter Ogan grew up and were married and about 1840 moved to Spencer township, Guernsey county, and there they lived for sixty years in the same house. Peter Ogan was a preacher in the Baptist church and a very useful man in his day. Pie also followed farming and lived there until his death, which occurred when about eighty years old. His wife lived to be over ninety. They often related interesting incidents of their life here when the country was practically a wilderness, when the woods were filled with wild game and the wolves were very troublesome and bears were numerous: even after they moved to Guernsey county some bears were seen by hunters. Their son William, brother of Mrs. Robinson, was a soldier in the Civil war, serving through the entire struggle, and he is still living, making his home in the state of Washington. The birth of Mr. Robinson oc- curred on March 30, 1846. To Mr. and Mrs. Koontz one daughter has been born, Rosa Edith. The subject is a young man of generous nature, kind and obliging, good to his family and a man of exemplary character. JOHN A. THOMPSON. A fine type of the sturdy, conscientious American of today is John A. Thompson, prosperous farmer and honored citizen of Guernsey county and long a leader in the affairs of Cambridge township. He has lived a long and useful life and has noted great changes and taken part in vast improvements. He is deserving of the high esteem in which he is universally held because he has led a life of uprightness and of strict adherence to the Golden Rule. Mr. Thompson was born April 26, 1838, in Monroe township, Guernsey county, Ohio, and he is the son of William and Sarah (Ansley ) Thompson. The father was born in county Tyrone, Ireland, and he was about two years of age when his parents brought him to America. They settled in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, where they remained for a number of years engaged in farming. The family came to Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1826 and settled in [Monroe township, the father having died in Pennsyh’ania. They purchased a farm of one hundred and seven acres for four hundred and one dollars, the one dollar representing the present to the wife of the seller as compensation for signing the deed to the land. JOHN A. THOMPSON GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 865 W'illiam Thompson, father of John A., prospered at his chosen Yoca- tion and became a large land owner. He was a Whig in politics, later a Re- publican and was actiYe in public matters. His family consisted of four daughters and three sons, namely: James, IMaiy Jane, Xancy, iMargaret, Elizabeth, John A. and Whlliam H. The two last only are liYing. William H. served as a member of Company H, Sixty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil war, and the father was a soldier in the war of 1812. The latter died on February 9, 1880, and his wife died on July 14, 1878. Both are buried in the United Preslwterian cemetery. They were a highly respected couple and prominent in the affairs of the community. John A. Thompson, of this review, grew to maturity on his father's farm and obtained his education in the district schools of iMonroe township. He was married on September 19, 1861, to iMary A. Neel, daughter of Archi- bald and Eliza Ruth (Hughes) Neel, of Monroe township, and a prominent pioneer family. To Mr. and Airs. Thompson were born seven children, namely: Leona A., deceased; Ansley X"., a farmer in Kansas: Ulysses D. and Eliza Ruth (twins) ; the former is in business in Cambridge, and the daughter is now i\Irs. Harry IMcCracken and lives on a farm in Guernsey county: Sallie Kate is deceased, as is also IMartha ]\I. John AT is now with an exploring party in Alaska. The mother of these children died in Alarch. 1886. and Air. Thompson was married a second time, June 12, 1890, his sec- ond wife being Alartba A. Boyd, daughter of Thomas and Alartha (Allen) Boyd, of Harrison county, Ohio. After his first marriage Air. Thompson continued to live on the old home place in Alonroe township until 1902 when he bought a farm adjoining the city of Cambridge and has since resided here, having been practically re- tired from active business for years. He has been a very successful business man and a good manager and bas laid by a very comfortalile competency. Besides his fine farm near Cambridge, he also owns a very valuable place of over three hundred acres in Alonroe township, this county, which is all well improved. Politically, Air. Thompson is a Republican and he has always been inter- ested and active in political affairs, having filled several of the most important township offices in Alonroe township, and in 1880 was land appraiser in that township. He was elected a member of the board of county commissioners in 1888 and very ably served nearly seven years, being recognized as a man of high official integrity. He and his family are members of the United Presbvterian church and are active church workers. 866 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. J^OBERT T. SCOTT. Under the teachings of an intelligent father and mother, Robert T. Scott, the well known and popular attorney of Cambridge, Ohio, early ac- quired those habits of industry and self-reliance wdiich, linked with upright principles, have uniformly characterized his manhood life. He commands the unqualified confidence of the community, and deserves it, for his life has been led along a plane of high endeavor and he has done much for the better- ment of local conditions in many lines. Mr. Scott was born December 3, 1858, in Cambridge township, one mile east of Cambridge on the old National pike, and he is the son of George and Caroline (Black) Scott. The mother’s parents, Joseph and Eliza (Hutchi- son) Black, grandparents of the subject, came from Culpeper Court House, Virginia, in the year 1804, when this was all a dense forest and people by Indians and wild game. The Scotts came from Washington county, Pennsyl- A'ania, to Guernsey county in 1838. Great-grandfather Charles Scott was a Presbyterian minister in the north of Ireland and he came to America, settling in Ohio county, Virginia (now AVest Virginia), near AA^heeling. From there he moved to Washington county, Pennsylvania, where he built and established a pioneer church, the old log building which still stands. The grandfather, also named Alexander, was the only child of the family born in America, and was of that sturdy Scotch ancestry that stands for good ; he was a farmer, but died while yet a young man. The son, George, father of the subject of this sketch, was one of six sons, he being the second in the family that was left with their wddowed mother, and he was thus compelled to assume responsibil- ities early in life. When only eighteen years of age he drove a six-horse wagon team over the old National road from Cambridge to Baltimore, Mary- land, hauling jiroduce east and merchandise back west. He continued this for several years. The Hutchisons were Revolutionary soldiers, and grandfather Joseph Black was a soldier in the war of 1812 and the gun he carried during the war is now in the possession of the subject of this sketch. George Scott, the father of Robert T. of this review, was a soldier in the Mexican war and one lirother, James Scott, served through the Civil war. George Scott, the father, was a farmer and later became a coal operator in the Guernsey county coal field, being one of the pioneer operators, and was successful. He died January 9, 1892, and his wife died in August, 1891. Robert T. Scott was educated in the public schools of Cambridge, gradu- ating from the high school in 1876, and he graduated also from Muskingum I GUERNSEY COUNTY, OtIIO. 867 College at New Concord, Ohio, in 1879, degree of Bachelor of Science. He then taught school in Guernsey county, Ohio, for some time, and worked at the coal mines of his father as a weigher to obtain money for a law course in the law department of ^Michigan University at Ann Arbor, Michigan, graduating from that department in 1882, and he was admitted to the bar on the recommendation of Hon. Thomas i\I. Cooley of iMichigan. He went into the office of Taylor & Anderson as a law clerk immediately after- wards, and in 1884 he opened an office for himself in the Taylor block, Cam- bridg'e, and has been in the same location ever since. He is a most successful practitioner. He is a brilliant lawyer, persistent, careful and studious, and commands big cases and big fees. He ranks high in the county and state courts, being eligible to practice in all the state courts and all the United States courts and he enjoys a rapidly growing practice. He has a very extensive law library and fine apj)ointed offices, and he holds a very high rank in the legal circles of the state. He is a Democrat in politics and a big man in the party councils of the state and even in the nation. He was mayor of Cam- bridge from 1888 to I''890, when the first big industry was secured and built in Cambridge by act of legislation, the bill being drawn by IMr. Scott; estab- lished a board of health : introduced telephones and numbered the houses in the city and thus started Cambridge on its boom. Never an office seeker, yet he has always been active and interested in public matters. He was a delegate to the Democratic national convention which met in Kansas City and nomi- nated William J. Bryan, and has been a delegate to many of the state conven- tions and active in the deliberations. IMr. Scott is a charter member of the Cambridge Country Club, and sometimes plays golf. He is particularly fond of fishing and hunting and every summer spends several weeks in the Georg- ian bay fishing grounds, with a company of friends. He is also fond of hunt- ing and owns a brace of fine bird dogs. Air. Scott was married on October 28, 1886, to Jennie L. IMcCartney, daughter of Henry and Harriet (McAIillan) IMcCartney, of Cambridge. Both parents are dead. To this union five children have been born, only three of whom are living. IMary died in infancy: Robert E., a junior in the Univer- sity of Wooster: Robert Byron died at ten years of age: Gerlienda is at home: Harlan McCartney. The family home is on North Seventh street and is a fine modern dwell- ing, with all modern conveniences and furnishings. A most inspiring and delightful home atmosphere permeates the entire place, and Mr. Scott and wife are prominent in the social life of the city. Mrs. Scott is devoted to her hus- band and her home and familv. He and his family are members of the First 8C8 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. United Prcsl>yterian church and are active workers in church and Sunday school. Mr. Scott is recognized as one of the leading public benefactors of this locality, always ready to do his full share in fostering any worthy movement, and he is in every respect deserving of the large success that has come to him and of the confidence and esteem that are reposed in him by all classes, irre- spective of party or creed, for he is essentially a man of the people in the broadest sense of the term. ALEXANDER ^IcCRACKEN. Alexander McCracken was the eldest child of William and Margaret (McClarey) McCracken, and was born November 22, 1814, in a log cabin on the back part of what is now known as the Iloge lot. When he was about six years old his father removed to the farm one mile north of town. From there he came to town to school on the corner \vhere the Hul) store is now, and afterwards to a school held in the old Ogier house opposite the National bank. In 1822 his father moved back to town and engaged in blacksmithing and was afterwards in the dry goods business on the corner now occupied by Sarchet’s music store. After he was through .school he assisted his father in the store and in a tannery in which his father was a partner. After the death of John M. Allison, the partner, Mr. Mc- Cracken took sole charge of the tannery and later became the owner, con- tinuing in the tanning business, until 1858, when he and Joseph Thomas, of Cadiz, l)ecame engaged in the banking business. In 1869 he went to Phila- delphia, and was interested in a commission business and later in furniture manufacture. lie was married to Mrs. Sarah McFarren, of near Florence, Pennsyl- \ania, November 14. 1839. To this union were born four children: Dr. W. A. klcCracken and John McFarren, who died in young manhood, James Scott, who is a ])rosperous business man in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Mrs. A. A. Taylor, widow of Capt. A. A. Taylor, of Cambridge. Mr. and Mrs. McCracken returned to Caml)ridge in later years to make their home with their daughter and here Mrs. McCracken died in December. 1899. Mr. McCracken still continues to make his home with his daughter, and is now in his ninety-seventh year, in mental and physical vigor excepting lame- ness from a fall. He takes a lively interest in current events, and is a GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. S69 constant reader of the daily papers. He was the oldest voter in the county in the November election of 1910 and cast his seventy-fifth ballot for the Repub- lican ticket. Mr. INIcCracken in earlier years was one of the active members of the Seceder, afterwards the First United Presbyterian church, in Cambridge, of which his father was the founder and sole charter member. He was a liberal contributor to the present liuilding, and was for many years superintendent of the Sabbath school. He took an active part in the “underground railway" in slavery days and helped many a slave to freedom. He was a member of the town council for many years and was also presi- dent of the school board and took an interest in all civic affairs at that time. He, wuth Samuel Craig and Judge Nathan Evans, laid out the South cemetery, reserving the square where the Woman's Relief Corps have erected a soldiers monument. As his health is now, he bids fair to reach the years of his grand- father which were one hundred and two. JERFAHAH R. S^HTH. The life of Jeremiah R. Smith, of Byesville, Guernsey county, has not been devoid of obstacles by any means, and its rose has held many a thorn ; but with indomitable courage he has pressed onward, wdth his face set in deter- mination tow'ard the distant goal wdiich he has so grandly wmn ; a life of sun- shine and shadow, of victory and defeat, but nobly lived and worthily re- warded, as such lives always are by tbe “giver of all good and precious gifts.” His record is one that the young man might study with profit. Mr. Smith was born at MMtertown, Washington county, Ohio, December II, 1848, and he is the son of William and Rachel (Hupp) Smith. William Smith was also a native of AVashington county, Ohio, lint the mother’s family came from Pennsylvania. The subject’s boyhood w’as spent on the farm until he w^as twenty-one years old. He went to high school at Middleburg and re- ceived a good education. He remained on the home farm after leaving school until he married Alatilda Devoll, on September 17, 1868. when he was twenty years old. She was born in Noble county, near South Olive, and is the daugh- ter of Levi and Elizabeth (Young) Devoll. After she grew up her parents moved nearer to Mr. Smith’s home. After their marriage they lived about a year on the home farm. The next } ear he started work, helping grade on the Iruilding of the Marietta railroad. He worked for them about four years GUERNSEY COUNTY^ OHIO. 870 as a hand, grading on track work, and was then made a section foreman. ] le remained section foreman about four years and from that he was employed to test coal territory for the ^Manufacturers Coal Company of Cleveland, Ohio, 11 is work took him down the Guernsey valley into Guernsey and Noble coun- ties. After finding coal in good shape he was employed in mines, superintend- ing the sinking of shafts, putting in slopes, tracks, etc., and general super- vision of opening the mine. He then went back as section foreman for one year, and then came to the Central mine to open a slope and from there went to the AVilson farm near Byesville, tested coal and sunk a shaft and laid the track. From there he drifted back into the railroad work again for about two years, then returned to coal mining for about three years. After this he again returned to the railroad and became foreman of what is known as the “floating gang” and remained at this for about twelve years more. This work took him all o^’er the road and he had from ten to thirty men under his direction. He was then made supervisor of the railroad, his duties being to see to and superintend the section foremen and see that the entire road is kept up. He held that for three years, then resigned and was made general super- intendent of the mines of the AAhlls Creek Coal company and remained there a year. In politics Mr. Smith is a Repuhlican. In November, 1900, he was elected county commissioner of Guernsey county and held office from September, 1901, for si.x years, two terms of three years each, having been re-elected in 1903. On December 6, 1876, he located at Byesville, and has made his home there ever since, e.xcept for one year when he lived at Cambridge. There were only fourteen houses in Byesville when he came, and he can name all the residents of the town at that time. The town was just a cross-roads ham- let. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had a family of ten children, namely: Rose, the wife of John Trott, has four children and lives in Byesville. Mr. Trott is a brother of Elza Trott, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere. Ernest Walter Smith lives on Main street in Byesville and is assistant superintendent of the Imperial Mining Company. He had one daughter, Helen. Arthur C. is as- sistant statistician of the United Mine AAMrkers Association, with headquarters at Indianapolis. He has had five children. Frank R., who died June 6, 1895, had been qualified as a teacher and was to teach at Kimbolton in the fall of 1895. Charles L. is in Byesville and is operator of electric machinery in the coal mines. Harry lives in Byesville and resides with his father, since the death of his wife February 16, 1910. He has one little daughter. He is employed as check-weighman for the miners. John is at home with his father GUERNSEV COL’NTY, OHIO. 871 and is hoisting engineer at the mines. Emmett lives at Akron, Ohio, and is employed in the rubber works. He was a good baker, but quit that because it was impairing his health. He is married and has one son. Flo F. is at home with her parents and is clerk in one of the Byesville stores. j\Ir. Smith is a member of the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias. He and his wife both belong to the IMethodist Episcopal church of Byesville. He is the oldest class leader in the church and is a steward, and is also district leader in the church. When he came to Byesville there was not a church nor school house in the town. Now churches and schools are adequate to the size of the town and are of a high grade of excellence. The church of which he is a mem- ber is the largest in Byesville, with a membership of four hundred, and a church edifice costing twenty thousand dollars. In the growth of the church i\Ir. Smith has performed a creditable part. Starting as a poor boy. with no means, working as a section hand, i\Ir. Smith has made his own way, and he and his wife have reared a family to be proud of and accumulated a good property and several town lots, and have money in the bank. His life is an encouraging example to young men who have nothing but industry and char- acter to start with, but who are determined to make something of themselves. i\Irs. Smith, too, has done her part and the lives of her children are ample proof that she has done her work well. ELIJAH MIELHONE. Anv volume which ventures to give anything like a comprehensive enumeration, biographically, of the prominent citizens of a past generation in Guernsey county, must necessarily be incomplete without inclusion of the life history of the late Elijah IMillhone, for he was well known as a man of in- dustry, public spirit and business ability, and in his sphere of endeavor he sought, as best be could, to expound and inculcate the higher ideals of citizen- ship. Among the pioneer element he wielded a potent influence and deserved in every respect the genuine esteem that was accorded Iw all classes. Mr. IMillhone was born about three miles from Senecaville, Ohio, near the Noble and Guernsey county division line, in 1834. AA’hen he was three years of age his parents moved to within a mile of Hartford, Guernsey county, on what is now known as the Saltsgaver farm, a four-hundred-acre place. There he grew to maturity, assisted with the work on the farm, attended the public schools during the winter months, and remained under his parental roof until GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 872 his marriage. He was the son of Isaac and Mary (Stiers) Millhone, the father born iif Virginia in 1800. His parents moved to Pennsylvania and tliere lived about a year, then came on to Ohio and settled three miles south- east of Senecaville, in pioneer times. Elijah Millhone grew to maturity near Hartford where his father had four hundred acres of land. On July 10, 1862, he married Hannah Amanda Moser, daughter of John and Sarah Howe (Anderson) Moser. She was born two and one-half miles north of Senecaville and lived there until her mar- riage. Her father came from Pennsylvania when a young man and made his home near Senecaville. He and the father of Elijah Millhone were about the same age and died about the same time. After the marriage of the subject he continued to reside on his father’s large farm, also lived a while in Hartford. On February 17, 1869, he and his wife came to where Byesville is now located and bought a farm of one hundred and thirty acres, later buying eight acres, then twenty-hve acres. A lirick house was on the original purchase, but in 1879 he erected a costly, substantial and commodious dwelling, which is still the family home and 'which has been kept so carefully that it has the appear- ance of a comparatively new house. I'here were only nine houses in Byes- ville when they came here : there was no railroad and no schools, and one small church some distance to the south. When the Advent church was organ- ized Mr. Millhone gave half an acre on which to erect the building, and this was the first church started in Byesville. Mr. Millhone's farm is now largely covered with houses and streets of Byesville. From Depot street west this farm extends north and south from the south side of Alain street on the south to Second High street or Spruce street. In 1899 Alillhone sold sixty-six acres for town lots, gave ten acres for the site of the glass factory, and within ten years it has built up almost solidly, and on it stand many pleasant homes, a fine school house, four churches and another church is soon to be built there- on. The glass factoiy, a great institution, is also built on this land. Mr. IMillhone was an extensive dealer in livestock, mostly sheep in the early days, and later extensively in Jersey cattle, also handled a number of good horses. He was a business man of rare ability and foresight, keen of perception, and could foresee with remarkable accuracy the future outcome of a present trans- action. He was a man whose word was considered as good if not better than the bond of most men and his dealings with his fellow men were always hon- est and straightforward. Mr. Millhone’s family consisted of four children, named as follows : Cassius AI., who married Sadie Alillnes, of West Liberty, Iowa, and they live on a farm about three miles from that town, and have two children, Olive GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 873 and Everett; Belle married Robert E. Brown, of Cambridge; John Isaac lives at Columbus, Ohio, and deals in real estate; Mary Edna is at home with her niother in Byesville, being a young lady of culture and popular in the social life of the city. Mr. Millhone was interested in the public and civic duties of the com- munity and he served as trustee and school director, also other minor offices. He was a member of the Luthei'an church until he came to Byesville, then he identified himself with the Methodist Protestant church. Marv E., the daugh- ter, is a member of the Baptist church; her great uncle. Elijah iMillhone, was a minister in this denomination, and John Millhone, the first of the family to come to this locality, was also a Baptist minister. This daughter was edu- cated in music, being naturally talented in this direction, but sbe does not teach ; her sister. Belle, has been an instructor in instrumental music for nearlv twenty years, but she recently gave up teaching and is assisting in the man- agement of the large estate left by her father. When Mr. Millhone came to Byesville there was a grove of forest trees, a picnic ground from Depot street, where the Burt block now stands, over to Grant street, and there was a grove of sugar trees where the glass factoiy now stands. He remembered when, from Hartford to Cambridge, there was almost a continuous forest. Church goers, in those days, at evening services, brought their own candles with which to light the church, and it was interest- ing to hear him recall reminiscences of the early days. The death of this excellent and highly honored citizen occurred on June 16, 1909, after an illness of only a few moments, having been in his usual ro- bust health all along. His sudden taking away was a shock and a severe blow to the community, and his place can never be filled, for he was always alert to the interests of this locality. He reached the age of seventy-four years, six months and two days. He was a favorite with all classes of people and was especially admired by the children, none of whom would refuse his friendship. He was industrious and prosperous as an agriculturist, keeping his lands well improved and eveiything attractive and neat, being a man of progressive ideas and never afraid of hard work, and the ample competence he laid by was the result of good management and hard labor, for he never depended upon any- one to do his work or his thinking, being an original investigator and broad- minded. He rendered most efficient service to his church as trustee and stew- ard, giving liberally of his time and means to its support, — in fact, he was a pillar in the local congregation. He was a devout student of the Bible, his old family Bible showing much usage. He was a cheerful, kind, accommodating friend, a thorough Christian gentleman, aiding churches in great numbers 874 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. throughout this locality, doing good wherever and in whatever way he could, therefore he left a host of friends who will always revere his memory. His funeral was attended by nearly every minister in Byesville, and all the stores of this city closed out of respect at that time, and his burial was attended by people from all over Guernsey count}^, giving evidence of his universal popu- larity. WILLIAM ALBERT HUTTON. One of the best known and most influential men of Jackson towmship, Guernsey county, is William Albert Hutton, a man who has lived to goodly ends because he has worked persistently along established and time honored lines. Lie is the representative of an excellent old family of this county, having been born on a farm at Trail Run in Jackson township, on May 28, 1858. He is the son of Solomon and Mary J. (Stewart) Hutton, the former the son of William Hutton, who was of Dutch extraction, having been brought from the old country during his boyhood by a man named Seaman, a merchant, and he made his home with Mr. Seaman and wife until their deaths, which was during his youth. He came to Guernsey county, it is believed, some time prior to 1822, the year of Solomon LIutton’s birth. He was a picturesque pioneer. The death of Solomon Hutton occurred on July 27, 1904, at his home at Trail Run, where he had resided about sixty years, the exact date of his birth ha^’ing been Octolier 30, 1822. He is buried at Enon cemetery, at the south edge of Byesville. On December 12, 1842, Solomon Hutton was married to ■Mary Stewart, who was born Januaiw 22, 1822, and whose death occurred on Alarch 25, 1897. Eleven children were born to them, named as follows: Sarah Louisa, John Wesley, Mary Catherine, Nancy Ellen, Penelope Halley, Emma Jane, Jesse Eranklin, Leana Erances, William Albert, Zadoc Davis and Effie Alice. The living are: Mrs. L. C. Rogers, Mrs. Thomas Mitchell, Mrs. I. Oliver, William of this review, John lives in Elorida, and Davis lives in Richland township, east of Trail Run. The father of these children was a ^■ery shrewd and successful business man. and he accomplished much in his advanced age. Being honest to the letter he was respected by all in his busi- ness relations; he was an obliging neighbor, a kind husband and father; he was ready at all times to help not only his own children but also those of his neighbors when in need. Solomon Hutton was nearly ninety years of age when he died. He started out when a young man without means or assistance of any kind, and by hard work and good management he became one of the GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 875 wealthiest men of Guernsey county and one of her leading citizens in every respect. William Hutton's mother w'as Adary Stewart, and her father was John Stewart, a native of HagerstOAvn, Alary land, and of Scottish descent. His father, the subject’s great-grandfather, Charles Stewart, was a good old Scot- tish gentleman, and by lineal descent he had royal blood in his veins, being a descendant of King Charles II. The subject’s maternal grandmother was a native of Virginia. Her father, Jacob Lewis, immigrated to Ohio when she was twelve years old. W'illiam A. Hutton, of this review, grew to maturitv on the home farm at Trail Run and there he worked during his youth and remained until his marriage. He attended the local schools during the winter months. His marriage was celebrated on September 2, 1880, to Anna Alay Trott, daughter of Benjamin Griffith and Eliza Jane ( Alartel) Trott, a fine old family. She is the sister of Elza Trott, whose sketch appears on another page of this work. For a short time after his marriage Air. Hutton worked in the mines, then went to farming and teaming, owning a small farm near Trail Run at first, but a few years later he purchased a farm in Richland township. He also found teaming to be profitable in connection with his farming. He continued at that line of endeavor until about 1902, when he gave up his teaming and moved in with his father, who was getting old and who was cared for by the son, who ran the farm, living there until the death of the father. July 27, 1904. On August 28th of that year, the son moved to Byesville, where he had built a home on North Seventh street in 1900, and he has resided here since. When he was first married he bought a little home in Byesville while he worked in the mines. He has been very successful as a business man, being possessed of a rare soundness of judgment, clear discrimination, foresight and acumen, and is now the owner of seventeen or eighteen rental properties, also four resi- dences in Byesville. He also owns the farm which his father bought when he was a young man. many years before the subject was born, and it has been in the family for a period of more than sixty years. Air. Hutton has a modern, beautiful and attractive home. Three children have been born to Air. and Airs. Hutton: Charles Earl was drowned in the summer of 1900, when fourteen years of age : Leo Alinor and Cecil Alartel are the living children. The former married Bertha 'Udieeler and lives in Byesville. a member of the firm of Hutton & Clay, dealers in gen- eral merchandise; Air. and Airs. Leo L. Hutton have one child. Hazel Laverna. Cecil AI. Hutton married John Hemy Clay, and they have one child, Doris Pauline. Air. Clay is in business with his brother-in-law, Leo AI. Hutton. 8/6 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. The Hutton family is one of the most prominent in Guernsey county and has lieen for some three or four generations. They have played well their parts in the drama of citizenship in every respect, and have lived lives of integ- rity and gained the esteem and confidence of all classes. FRED FINLEY GREEN. Among the highly respected and progressive citizens of Bvesville. Guern- sey county, is Fred Finley Green. For many reasons he is deserving of special mention in a work of this character, for his life has been one of consecutive endeavor along such lines as the public is glad to sanction and approve, and he is at all times honorable and straightforward in his dealings with his fellow men. Mr. Green was born northeast of Byesville, on April 13, 1878, and he is the son of James and Agnes (Finley) Green, who are given proper mention in a separate sketch in this work. When Fred F. was about five or six years i)f age the family moved into Byesville and this has been the home of the sul)ject nearly ever since. He attended the local schools and graduated in the first graduating class in 1897, and in 1900 he graduated from the college at .\da, Ohio, taking the civil engineering course, and in 1901 he was graduated from the same institution in electrical engineering. Thus well eciuipped for his life work, he returned to Byesville and took up civil engineering in the coal mines of the James AV. Ellsworth Coal Company. When that firm sold out to the AAhlls Creek Coal Mining Company, he went with other companies, giv- ing his usual satisfaction. He is at present doing the engineering for the Imperial Mining Company, the Puritan Coal Company, the Cambridge Valley Coal Company and the Guernsey Valley Coal & Mining Company, with head- quarters at Byesville. He is regarded as an expert in his line and his services are in great demand. Air. Green rvas married on January 25, 1902, to Jennie Tuck, daughter of John and Mary Tuck; she was born in England near South Church, and she emigrated with her parents to America when she was not quite five years of age and located at Delroy, Carroll county, Ohio, and lived there until 1900, when the family moved to Byesville, where they now reside. She graduated at Delroy high school in 1899. Six children have been born to IMr. and Mrs. Green, named as follows : Esther Marie, Ernest Everett, Wendell Graham. Lucile Evelyn. Mildred Margaret and Herbert J. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 8/7 j\Ir. and Mrs. Green belong to the Methodist Episcopal church, and are faithful in their attendance and support of the same. John Tuck, father of i\Irs. Green, was born in England, not far from London, probably in Essex, on NoYember 9, i'859, and he is the son of James and Emily (Thurlow) Tuck. In his youth he was a fireman at the coal mines, in England, later becoming an engineer. He married Mary Jane Matthews, of Durham county, England, the daughter of Richard and Jane (Graham) Matthews. Mr. and Mrs. Tuck came to America in May, 1886, locating in Carroll county, Ohio, but in 1888 they moved to Byesville. Remaining there a short time, he returned to Carroll county and made that his home until 1900, then moved back to Byesville where the famil}^ now reside. l\Ir. Tuck belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the i\Iasonic fraternity. He and his wife both belong to the Order of the Eastern Star and also the Rebekahs. Both the Tuck and Green families are highly respected and pop- ular in their communities. EPHRAIM M. DILLEY. A well known and successful contractor of Cambridge and one of Guern- sey county’s public spirited and enterprising citizens is Ephraim M. Dilley, whose past record has been such as to commend him to the masses and render him popular with all classes. Mr. Dilley was born August 16, 1859, in Sen- ecaville, this county, of an excellent old family, being the son of Burkley and Jemima (Shaw) Dilley. The father was born in Sussex county, New^ Jersey, and the mother in Frederickstown, Maryland. Both came to Guernsey county, Ohio, in their youth and here they were married. The father w-as a brick contractor and a practical brick layer, and his services rvere in great demand. He was a man of excellent character and intelligence and was w^ell liked by all who knew^ him. His death occurred in Senecaville in Februaiy, 1894, and his widow died in March, 1908 ; they are buried in the cemetery at Senecaville. Ephraim M. Dilley rvas educated in the public schools of Senecaville. and he learned the bricklayer’s trade under his father when a young man. He became proficient in this line and w^orked in Canton, Ohio, and other cities for several years, and in 1898 he came to Cambridge and engaged in the brick and stone contracting business and has prospered. He has maintained a reputation for honest, high class work, promptly done and has been kept very busy all the while. He is a splendid workman and a successful business man. On January 17, 1899, Mr. Dilley was married to Mrs. Clara Dugan, 8/8 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. daughter of W'illiam and Isabelle Kanouff, of Guernsey county, Ohio. To this union one son has been born, William Eldridge Dilley. Mr. Dilley has always been a Republican in politics and has been active in party affairs. He has frequently served as a member of the county com- mittee and as a delegate to the county, district and state conventions. During the years 1907-8-9, he served very faithfully and acceptably as a state district inspector of buildings and factories in Ohio, under Chief Inspector Morgan. After retiring from this office he resumed brick and stone contracting. i\Ir. I 3 illey is a member of Senecaville Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern MModmen of America, and the Bricklayers’ Union. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, while Mrs. Dilley is a Methodist Protestant. MAJOR JAklES W. MOORE. It will always be a badge of honor in this country to have known that a person’s father, or even his uncle, enlisted in defense of the “Star Spangled Banner’’ when the greatest of rebellions threatened to disrupt the Union in the early sixties, and thereby not only did a great service in keeping the states cemented together, but also in eradicating slavery from our soil forever. Just as to this day we boast that our grandfather or great-grandfather fought in the Revolution to gain independence, or in the war of 1812 to protect our rights on the ocean, so the descendants of the gallant soldiers who fought in the Civil war to save the nation will boast through the coming years of the hra^•ery and self-sacrifice of their fathers or their relatives. One of this his- toric horde was Major James W. Moore, a prominent citizen of Wills town- ship, Guernsey county, who went forth to die on the field of battle or in no less dangerous fever camp, if need be, for the salvation of the country. iMajor Moore was born on August 25, 1838, in Wills towmship, one-half mile west of Middleton, Oxford towmship, the son of Andrew and Elizabeth ( Riggs) Moore, the father born at Wellsville, in Belmont county, where the family stopped for a few' years en route from Delaware to their Ohio home in Guernsey county. Grandfather Andrew Moore, the direct descendant of his grandfather, William Moore, wms the first of the Moore family wdio came to America from Scotland and settled in the state of Delaware. Andrew Moore, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, came to America from Scotland and settled in Dela- ware. Eventually he came to Pultney Ridge, Wills township, Guernsey MRS HANNAH MOORE. JAMES W. MOORE, GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. S79 county, Ohio, and settled on what was known as the old Zane trace. He huilt a hotel, blacksmith shop, store, wagon-making shop and Yarious other build- ings, making a considerable settlement which was called Frankfort and which was a commercial point of considerable importance. Andrew IMoore became a large land owner and was a busy man of affairs and active in every move- ment affecting the welfare of the early settlers, being a man of sterling char- acter and of broad influence. He had a large family, his wife being Eliza- beth Bines, daughter of Robert and Sarah ( EllexWell ) Bines, by w'hom he had nine children, born along the way from Delaware to Ohio, the journey cover- ing several years, stops being made at various places for a considerable time. He died in 1821. Andrew iMoore, the sixth child and father of the subject of this sketch, was born in A'ellsville, Ohio, in 1803. He first married Elizabeth Bines, a second cousin of his mother’s, and a son, Robert, was horn to this union. iMrs. iMoore did not live long. Mr. Moore married a second time, this wife being Elizabeth Riggs, daughter of James Riggs, of near Barnesville, Ohio. They had three children, James Ah. Malvina (now Mrs. Col. Cyrus P. B. Sarchet), and Anna, deceased. Andrew Moore was a farmer and for years a wagoner on the National road between Cambridge and Wheeling, during the days be- fore the railroad came. He was a large land owner. He died September 2, 1880, and his wife died in September, 1869; both are buried in the cemetery at Cambridge. James Ah Moore went with the family to Cambridge in 1848, where most of his childhood and youth were spent. He attended the public schools of Cambridge and tlie Miller Academy at AAshington, Guernsey county, for two years and received a very liberal education for those days. He became the captain of the first company recruited in Guernsey county in April. 1861, for service in the Union army during the Civil war. responding to the first call for troops by President Lincoln. This was Company H, Sixteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, a month’s enlistment, but the company served nearly four months. .The following year he was appointed major of the Ninety- seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, by Governor Tod, of Ohio, and was the youngest field officer in the Second Brigade, Second Division, Eourth Army Corps, under General AAgoner. The regiment served in the Army of the Cumberland at the battle of iMission Ridge and he was wounded on the 25th of November, 1863. The Ninety-seventh Regiment was the first regiment to enter Chattanooga and take possession of the lower part of that city, early in the morning, and planted their flag on Cameron Hill, IMajor iMoore being in command of the skirmish line. He participated in all the hard-fought battles S8o GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. of the Chattanooga and Atlanta campaign, and on June 22, 1864, he was Avonnded at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, having command of the Second Brigade’s skirmish line. He lost one hundred and twenty-two men in killed and wounded in the one-half hour, but established and held the Union lines. His wound in the ankle proved serious and he was discharged from service September 13, 1864, by war department orders from the hospital at Cincin- nati as being disabled from further service. He returned to his home after his discharge. On August 17, 1865, Major Moore Xvas married to Hannah Margaret Carlisle, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Kirkpatrick) Carlisle. She had been the wife of John Carlisle prior to her marriage to Mr. Patterson, and was a widow at the time of her second marriage. To Mr. and Mrs. Moore four children were born ; An infant, deceased ; Elmer, who died at the age of thirty years, in 1898; Margaret Elizabeth, at home, and Alice Malvina, also at home. Soon after his marriage, in the spring of 1866, Mr. Moore moved to his present home on the National pike, three and one-half miles east of Washing- ton and twelve miles east of Cambridge. He has a fine farm of four hundred acres, all well improved and under a high state of cultivation, and makes a specialty of stock and has a fine grazing farm. He is a Republican in politics and has always been a radical and stalwart party man, always active in mat- ters pertaining to the party, but never an office seeker, and was never a candi- date for an elective office. He served on the soldiers relief commission and for sixteen years has been a member of the board of trustees of the- Guernsey County Children's Home, and is now president of the board. He is a mem- ber of the Cambridge Post, Grand Army of the Republic. In church member- ship his family is divided between the Presbyterian and the Methodist Epis- copal, the churches of both parental and maternal ancestry. Mr. Moore has always been a progressive citizen and his farm and its complete appointments bear strong evidence of this. The broad, well-kept acres, the ample and convenient barns and stock sheds, the modern home, thorough in its appointments, exhibit this spirit. Located in the Salt Creek valley, the home is so situated that it commands a fine view of the beautiful and fertile landscape. Mr. Moore gives especial attention to thoroughbred sheep and cattle and all of his stock is the finest and always in the best of condition. There is no more attractive country home in Guernsey county, and in every walk of life Major Moore is always found in the very front rank, willing to assist hy his influence and means every worthy proposition. His home is GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 88 I presided over by his daughters, Margaret Elizabeth and Alice Malvina, edu- cated, capable and refined women, giving the Moore home a very prominent place in the social life of the county. COLE^IAN BAMFORD JACKSON. A scion of an excellent old family of Guernsey county is Coleman Barn- ford Jackson. He has endeavored to keep untarnished the good name of the family and has also won a reputation of unflagging industry and trustworthi- ness. He was born in the city where he still resides, Cambridge, Ohio, on February 2, 1855, and is the son of Israel and Julia A. (Scott) Jackson. The father was born in Jackson township, this county, IMay 3. 1832, and was the eldest son of Henry Jackson and wife, who were among the early settlers of this county. The family home was in and near Jackson township for many years. Julia A. Scott was born in Washington county, Ohio, the daughter of James Scott and wife, both natives of Ireland, being Scotch-Irish in blood. Israel Jackson and wife moved into Cambridge after their marriage and lived here the balance of their lives. The father was a carpenter by trade and he was very successful and became the owner of considerable valuable property in the vicinity of Twelfth street and Wheeling avenue. Israel Jackson's death occurred at the age of sixty-six years. The latter part of his life was spent as a contractor and builder and as foreman he helped build the Central school in Cambridge. He was a good man, a kind, affectionate father and husband. He belonged to the Methodist Protestant church. He was a very industrious man and in early life took much interest in municipal affairs. He was a mem- ber of the school board for some time. Coleman B. Jackson was one of a family of twelve children, eleven sons and one daughter. He grew to manhood in Cambridge and was educated in the local schools. When he v/as about twenty years of age he started in the railroad service, taking up the study of telegraphy, at which he worked for awhile, then became bill clerk in the freight office. He was then employed to look after the freight in the yards, doing the work himself: now a half dozen men are required for this purpose. On November 29. 1899, he became agent for the railroad in charge of their business at Byesville, which position he still holds. He is regarded by the officials as one of their most trusted and efficient employes. S82 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. -Mr. Jackson was married May 17, 1882, to Sophia Masters, daughter of Nathan and Mary ( Baird) Masters. She was born at Steubenville, Ohio, and came to this county about 1880. Her mother was horn in Frederick county, Maryland, INTarch 29, 1802, and she lived to a remarkable age, her death occurring, when about one hundred and six years old, on January 6, 1908. She had a remarkable memory and was an interesting talker on the old days. She saw General LaFayette at Wheeling and shook hands with him. She was an educated woman, having graduated from the notefl semi- nary at Emmitslnirg, Maryland. She possessed a bright mind up to the time of her death and was well preserved. She was the daughter of John and X'eronica ( Keepers) Baird. Her mother was the daughter of Isaac Keepers, an Englishman who was a nobleman’s son and who eloped with ah Irish lass named Katharine McGargie and came to Boston, Massachusetts, and were married there, d'hev were forgiven hv the son's father and they took up their residence in Maiyland, the father having given them a large plantation there and numerous slaves to work the same. John Baird was a cousin of Gen. .\ndrew Jackson and he fought under him in the war of 1812. He also fought at Boston when the guns got so hot that the men had to use their shirts to wra]) them in to keep from burning their hands. Nathan Masters was horn near Moundsville, Marshall county. West Virginia. His grandparents settled there before that locality was surveyed by the government when the Indians were numerous in that vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Coleman B. Jackson are the parents of two sons, Clarence and Charles. The former married Lela Nicholson and lives in Cambridge; they have one child, a daughter, named Mary Roberta. Charles Jackson lives at home with his parents. BENJAMIN F. LEE. From the old Kevstone state has come into Ohio many of her most sterling citizens, and wherever they have located they have done their full share in the general development of the community, establishing good homes and earning reputations for law-abiding, upright citizens who are loyal to our institutions in times of both war and peace. Such an one is Benjamin F. Lee, of Byes- \ ille, Guernsey county, whose liirth occurred in Adams county, Pennsylvania, on ikugust I, 1856. He is the son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Thompson) Lee. both parents horn in Scotland, the father at Paisley and the mother at Glasgow. They both emigrated to America before they reached their major- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 883 ity, the mother coming to the home of her elder brother, rvho had previously settled in America. These parents finally became residents of Baltimore, ■Maryland, where they were married, after which they came to Adams countv. Pennsylvania. They came to Ohio in 1858. locating at Renrock, Xoble county, and about two years later they moved to Pleasant City, Guernsey county. The father was a manufacturer of woolen goods, and he taught this business to his son. though the latter never followed it. He next became a steam engineer while living at Pleasant City, but in 1878 he came to Byesville to work at his trade. IMr. Lee was married on February 22, 1880, to iMrs. Susan E. Oglivie, whose maiden name was hmung. The same year he moved to Byesville. where he has resided ever since. He afterwards became shipping clerk for the Byesville Glass & Lamp Company, in 1899. and was with them six years, giv- ing the highest degree of satisfaction. He then became assistant postmaster under I). S. Burt in 1906. Doctor Austin succeeded Mr. Burt on April 9, 1907, and i\Ir. Lee has been assistant postmaster ever since, giving entire satis- faction to all concerned, proving a most efficient, trustworthy and vigilant official. IMrs. Lee’s death occurred on November 13, 1907, leaving one son, Lewis Thompson, and one daughter. IMartha Pearl. IMartha was married to Alvin J. Stay, of Byesville, Ohio, September 28, 1910. Lewis married A\hlda IMosley and lives in Cambridge, and they have one son and one daughter, Lawren E. and Adeline. Mrs. Lee was the daughter of William and Sarah ( Robinson ) Young. She Avas born and reared in Noble county and was living with her parents in Pleasant City when she and Mr. Lee were married. She was a memlier of the IMethodist Episcopal church, of which IMr. Lee is also a mem- ber. On September 15, 1909, IMr. Lee was married to Hattie May Dunn, who was formerly general delivery clerk in the Byesville postoffice. She was born and reared in Belmont county, Ohio, and is the daughter of Taylor and IMaiw (Ewers) Dunn. AA'hen she was sixteen years of age her parents moved to Jackson townshi]), this county, locating near Harmony church. From there they moved to AA'aynesburg, Pennsylvania, where they resided for a time, then moved to Washington, that state, where the mother died a month later. Mrs. Lee then returned to the old family neighborhood near Harmony where the family lived before the mother died. She came to Byesville in 1907 and took a position in the postoffice here, remaining fifteen months, then she and IMr. Lee were married. She is a member of the Christian church. iMr. Lee is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodge and encampment. 884 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. also the Rebekahs and the Patriarchs IMilitant. Mrs. Lee is also a member of the Rebekahs. Mr. Lee joined this order in 1877, when twenty-one years of age. He represented his district two years at the grand lodge, and repre- sented the fifteenth district in the grand encampment of Ohio. He has passed through all the chairs in the subordinate lodge, also in the encampment, four terms in succession, and he was district deputy grand master for the Rebekahs. He is widely and favorably known in fraternal circles, having long taken an abiding interest in the same. Mr. Lee has also taken a great deal of interest in local politics, and has been, in fact, cjuite active and influential in the councils of the Republican party. He was at one time secretary of the Guernsey county Republican executive committee, and he did his work in a very able and praise- worthy manner. DAVID J. JENKINS. In our present review we mention the life of one who claims as his birth- place Wales, that little country attached to England, which has not filled his- toiy's pages as full as has its larger sister, but which has been famous for the character of its people, liberty-loving, reliable, stanch and strong, comparable with any nation's best. Erom this nation came the one of whom it is our province now to speak, and in all respects he is a worthy representative of the Welsh people. David J. Jenkins was born December 4, 1862, in Morristown, Wales, son of John and Margaret (Jones) Jenkins. His father was the superintend- ent of Beaufort Tin House and prominent in the industry. Llis parents died in WHles. David is a near relative of Lord Glantawe, who was elevated to a peerage in 1897. and is now a member of the House of Lords, he being a cousin of David’s father. David was educated in the schools of Morristown. When only thirteen years old he started to work in the tin mills of Morris- town. and worked at all the branches until he had mastered all the steps inter- mediate to being a tin roller. He followed this until 1890, when he came to Pittsburg, first locating there. He brought with him his wife and one child. i\Ir. Jenkins was married on November 7, 1888. to Mary Jones, daughter of Griffith and Sarah Jones, of Morristown, Wales. Her father was an an- nealer in the tin works, and both parents died in Wales. Mr. Jenkins, after coming to America, first worked in the Pittsburg mills and there remained about eighteen months. He then went to Irondale, Jefferson county, Ohio, and worked in the rolling mills there for three years, and came to Cambridge in GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 885 1895 when the IMorton tin plate works were started, and was one of the first rollers employed in the mill and has been employed there ever since, except for a short interval. He is a head roller and a thoroughly reliable man, one of the best in the company's employ. The mill is now being operated by the trust. Mr. Jenkins is a Republican in politics, and has an intelligent concep- tion of public questions. He is a student of conditions and issues, always able to intelligently discuss public affairs. He is a member of Irondale Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and of the Protected Home Circle. He and all his family are members of the Methodist church and interested in church and Sunday school work. To A^r. and Airs. Jenkins have been born nine children: John, born in M'ales, died while the family resided in Pittsburg; Sarah, Alargaret, Blodwen, Sidney, Beatrice, David, William and Clyde are all at home. All the children are being given the best education the public schools afford, and Sidney is now a high school student, while the older sisters have completed the course and are now occupying good business positions. Mr. Jenkins has visited his old home twice since coming to America, first in 1894, when he remained two months, and again in June, 1909, when he started on a ten weeks’ trip. His wife went to Wales in 1893 ^ three months' visit. Air. and Airs. Jenkins are thoroughly Americanized and love America and its flag. They will make this country their home and the home of their family, and are as well pleased with the country as the country is well satisfied with them as citizens. ISAAC A. OLDHAAI. The record of the gentleman whose name introduces this article contains no exciting chapter of tragic events, but is replete with well defined purposes which, carried to successful issue, have won for him an influential place in business circles and high personal standing among his fellow citizens. His life work has been one of unceasing industry and perseverance and the systematic and honorable methods which he has ever followed have resulted not only in gaining the confidence of those with whom he has had dealings, but also in the building up of a large and profitable industry and the accumulation of a handsome competency. Isaac A. Oldham, of Cambridge, Guernsey county, was born December 7, 1837, in this city, and he is the son of Samuel AI. and Alary ( Sherrard) 886 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Oldham, liotli born in Guernse}’ county, Ohio, Ijoth these families represent- ing honored pioneers of this county, the Oldhams haYing originally come from near West Alexandria, Virginia, and the Sherrards from the same section. The former were Maylfower stock and have thus been American citizens since 1620. Samuel M. Oldham, father of Isaac A. of this review, was a tanner by trade, but later he engaged in the shoe business in Cambridge, in which he continued until he retired. He is dead and his first wife died in 1844. He was twice married, his last wife being Mary Wilson, of Cambridge, and a member of a prominent family. Her death occurred several years ago. i\Ir. ( )ldham was a man of sterling integrity and highly respected. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church and a devout Christian. Isaac A. Oldham was educated in the public schools of Cambridge and he also sj)ent one year as Vluskingum College, at New Concord. After leaving school he engaged in the shoe and leather trade with his father, under the firm name of S. IM. Oldham & Son. In February, 1864, he proved his patriotism by enlisting in tbe Union army, Com])any F, Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer In- fantry, seeing some hard service, bnt he escaped without a wound and was never taken prisoner. He performed his duty most faithfully and returned to Columbus, Ohio, Christmas morning, 1865, and was mustered out and paid oft' at Camp Chase. His regiment jiarticipated in the Atlanta campaign and was in the battle of Nashville. After his career in the army Mr. Oldham returned to Cambridge, Ohio, and engaged in the shoe and leather business, continuing this for four years when he engaged in floriculture. Pie had always been a lover of flowers and his taste for them grew until he decided to engage in the business and he be- gan plant culture and raising flowers. His first greenhouse had about seven hundred feet of glass, but his business has steadily increased under iudicious management until he now has fully twenty thousand feet and even this does not furnish enough for his rapidly growing business. His business is general and his cut-flower business has become a large department and is increasing every year. He has a beautiful and well ecpiipped place and his greenhouses are as good as any in the state and far ahead of many cities of larger [)0])nlation. He gives his entire time and attention to his business and is deserving of the large success that has attended his efforts. i\Ir. Oldham was married, first, on September 14, 1859. to Sarah P. Frown, of New Concord, Ohio, daughter of John and Flizabeth Brown. One daughter was born to this union, Mary, now Mrs. John N. McCortney, of Cambridge. Mr. Oldham’s first wife died in June, 1865, while he was with his regiment in the field. He was married a second time, on September 7, CxUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 88/ 1866. to Mary Zahniser, of Camliridge, and to this union five children were Ijorn, namely: Howard lives in St. Mary's, Pennsylvania: Charles lives in Cambridge and is engaged in the floral business rvith his father ; Sarah is a milliner in Cambridge: Roberta married Mb W. Cowgill, a physician of Cleve- land, Ohio. Politically, Mr. Oldham is a Republican, but he is not an active party man, though he is always interested in public matters. His father was an abolitionist and interested in the “underground railroad" work, aiding- escaping slaves. The subject has served as a member of the city council; he was cor- oner of the county for four years and health officer of the city of Camliridge for seven years. He is a member of Cambridge Post No. 343, Grand Army of the Republic, and bas been an active member of the same for many years. He and his family belong to the First United Presbyterian church and are active church workers. The famil}^ residence is one of the most attractive in Cambridge, being well kept and modern and it is surrounded by an abund- ance of floral works, the lawns and grounds being well kept and attractive at all times, and this home is widely known as a most hospital)le place for the many friends of the family. EUGENE C. RIGGS. It would be indeed interesting to trace in detail the life of Eugene C. Riggs, a venerable and highly honored gentleman now living in retirement in Cambridge, for he has seen and taken part in the development of Guernsey county from the pioneer period to the present day, when it holds a place in the first rank of counties in the great Pxuckeye commonwealth. He has spent his life here and has labored to goodly ends, having maintained the reputation of this old family for industry and honesty. • Mr. Riggs rvas Ijorn at Senecaville, Richland township, this county, on Eebruary 4, 1832. and is the son of Simeon and Harriet (Chaney) Riggs. These parents came from what is now West Virginia, near Sistersville, as young married people, and settled at Senecaville, Ohio. Simeon Riggs worked in the woolen mills of Senecaville, operating a carding machine, and in later years he operated a woolen mill for himself. He was a man of affairs, suc- cessful in business and popular and influential in his community. He applied himself very closely to whatever he had in hand and he was a man of many commendable traits of disposition. His family consisted of four children. 888 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. two sons and two (laughters, namely : Eugene C., of this review ; Ellen, who Ijecame Airs. Eli Dunnoway, now deceased; she and her husband had moved to Iowa, where he died, her death occurring some years afterwards at her home at Cedar Rapids; she was a woman given to much charity, her life being de- voted to the care of orphan children. Sophia Riggs married John Christie, who moved to near Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mr. Christie died there on his farm, Mrs. Christie subsequently moving to California, where she died in 1909. Noah Id. Riggs, the youngest of the family, is a retired farmer, residing in Indianola, Iowa. The parents of these children have long been deceased, the mother dying in 1841 and the father in 1848, and they are both buried in the cemetery at Senecaville, Ohio. Ifugene C. Riggs was educated in the public schools of Senecaville. His parents died when he was a small hoy, and in 1846, when ten years of age, he had the misfortune to lose his left hand, wdhch had to be amputated, as the result of an ailment, and he was thus unfitted for manual labor, but, nothing daunted by this untoward dispensation of fate, he pushed ahead and has w'on in the battle of life despite all obstacles. He began studying hard and pre- pared himself for a. teacher and at an early age began teaching school for a livelihood. He followed this line of endeavor very successfully for a period of twelve years in the district schools of Guernsey and Noble counties, his services being in constant demand owing to his success as a pedagogue and his popularity with both pupil and patron. Air. Riggs began manifesting an interest in political matters and in the fall of 1863 he was nominated as a candidate for clerk of the courts of Guern- sey county by the Republican party and was elected the same fall. Making an excellent record, he was twice re-elected for two terms, serving in all nine years. Following his incumbency as county clerk, he was manager of the store of the Cambridge Coal Company near Cambridge and was also bookkeeper for the same, remaining in this capacity for the same firm fifteen years. In the interim hetw^een his retirement from the county clerk’s office and his going with the Cambridge Coal Company, Mr. Riggs was honored by being ap- pointed probate judge, to fill an unexpired term, by Governor Young. He served out his time in a very creditable and acceptable manner, and then seiwed as deputy probate judge, under Newell Kennon, who was a Democrat, and served one term. Mr. Kennon was an elderly man and Air. Riggs prac- tically administered the office. When the Cambridge Rolling Alill began oper- ations in 1890, Air. Riggs became the bookkeeper for the roofing department of this company and remained as such for a period of four years. Since leaving that company he has led a retired life, wdth an occasional short period GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 889 of employment in opening or closing up a set of books. He has also been em- ployed as an expert accountant by the state school commissioner in straighten- ing out tangled conditions in township school funds. iMr. Riggs is a recog- nized expert accountant and his services have frequently been in demand. Mr. Riggs was married on April '8, 1854, to Margaret E. Brokaw, daugh- ter of Abraham and Lucy (Brasheer) Brokaw, and this union has resulted in the birth of six sons and three daughters, all living. They are: Alfaretta, who married John F. Salmon, of Anderson, Indiana ; Simeon O., of Newark, Ohio; Charles N., of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Jessie married William G. Scott, of Cambridge; Howard E., of Lafayette, Indiana; William L., of Cam- bridge; Harry, of Thief River Falls, Minnesota; Bert, of Cambridge; Ruby married Samuel H. Wdnch, of Athens, Wisconsin. Mr. Riggs and all of his sons are Republicans, and he has been active in the affairs of his party, and he has served for the past year as secretary of the Republican executive committee of Guernsey county and is still holding that position. He has been a delegate to county, district and state conventions many times. He and his family are members of tbe Methodist Episcopal church and he is a consistent church man, no man standing higher in the community than he, and he is highly respected by all classes. His wife is devoted to her home and family and is a greatly belo\'ed woman. TURNER G. BROWN. Although Turner G. Brown has long since taken up his abode “in the windo'wless palaces of rest,” his influence still pervades the lives of those with whom he came into contact, for he was a man whom to know was to admire and respect, and he will not be forgotten by those who had occasion to journey with him on life’s royal road. He grew up in this county from the pioneer days to its subsequent development and he played well his part in the same. He was born in October, 1838, in Londonderry township, Guernsey county, Ohio, and his death occurred on June 29, 1905, in Cambridge, in the sixty-seventh year of his age. He was the son of Judge Turner G. and Pru- dence (Colvin) Brown. His paternal grandfather was the founder of Browns- \ ille, Pennsylvania, from which place the family came to Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1817, and, as intimated above, became prominent and influential in the affairs of the earlv pioneers. The father. Judge Turner G. Brown, was an extensive land owner and a judge of the circuit court for many years. He 890 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. \va.s a man of superior intellectual attainments, naturally broad-minded, and his judgment and advice were often sought in various perplexing problems that confronted the pioneers and he very frequently assisted in adjusting all kinds of matters and solving their questions of difference. In addition to his large land interests and his judicial duties, he was actively interested in num- erous business enterprises of his time, a natural promoter and organizer, and he was veiy successful in whatever he turned his attention to. Turner G. Brown, Jr., grew to maturity amid such activities and he par- ticipated in the work on the farm and in other varied interests of his father as he grew to young manhood. He was educated in the public schools of Ills native vicinity, and for a time attended Athens College. He continued to reside on the farm until his marriage, on Januai-y 5, 1871, to Rhoda M. Brown, daughter of Bernard D. and Alaria (Denning) Brown; although of the same name, they were in no way related. Bernard D. Brown came to Guernsey county in 1828 from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and he became one of the most active and widely known men here, for many years prominent in business circles. He was e.xtensively engaged in farming, milling and mer- chandising and was decidedly a man of affairs, high standing and popular with all classes. After his marriage, Mr. Brown became a resident of Cambridge. He was engaged in various business enterprises, and at the same time maintained a fine farm about one mile north of Cambridge. For several years he was interested in the Cambridge Nczvs, the Republican party organ in Guernsey county, and he was business manager of that paper. For several years he was superintendent of the Norris Coal Company’s mines. He was a Re- publican in politics and wielded a potent influence in local party affairs. He was ])rogressive in all that the term implies, in all phases of citizenship, and was highly respected and honored for his clean, upright life and genuine worth. He believed in clean politics and that public officials should be selected with a view of purifying public office as w'ell as ably representing the people. Tlie Browns were of the Quaker faith and the subject adhered to the tenets of his fathers. His wife, who still survives, is an earnest worker in the Methodist Episcopal church, a great charit}^ worker and a w'oman who has a host of warm friends and has done a great deal of good in this vicinity. For several vears prior to his death, Mr. Brown was president of the Law and Order League, 'which stood for law enforcement, and probably more to his efforts than to those of anyone else has been established that high regard for law^ and order that now so prevails in Cambridge and Guernsey county as to make this locality a leader in the march of civilization. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 891 HEXRY II. VEITCH. It has Iieen said that the great war was fought out l)v the lioys of this nation, and such a statement is undoubtedly qualifiedly true, for we find that the rosters show the names of many thousands of boys even in their early “teens,” hence the appellation “boys in blue” is not a misnomer in the strictest sense of the term. One of these “boys” whom we honor or should honor to- day is Henry H. Veitch. a well-known citizen of Cambridge. Guernsey county. Not alone for the service he rendered his country during her hour of need is he worthy of a place in history, for his life has been true to high ideals and has been lived in a manner as not to give offense to any one. ]\Ir. Veitch was born August 19, 1849, Zanesville. iMuskingum county, Ohio, and he is the son of Gideon and Catherine (Callahan) Veitch. The father was a stone cutter, a native of Scotland, having come to America with his parents when three years of age. the family locating in Ohio in an early day. The paternal great-grandfather, John Veitch, was an officer in the British army and while his vessel was on a cruise his son, William, grandfather of Henry H. of this review, was born, in the harbor of Charlestown, South Carolina. William Veitch became a highly educated man and was professor of languages in Edinburgh ETniversity. He later came to America, and his son, Gideon Veitch, came to Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1*856 and lived here until his death, in i860, his widow surviving until 1870; both are buried in Cambridge cemetery. Henry H. Veitch was educated in the public schools of Cambridge, and in January, 1864, when only fourteen years of age, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Seventy-Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and after serv- ing four months, re-enlisted in Company B. One Hundred and Eighty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served until the close of the war. His regiment was a part of the Army of the Cumberland and participated in the battles of that famous army, and Mr. Veitch performed his every duty with the courage of a veteran. After his honorable discharge he returned home and launched in the mercantile business, which he followed with very satisfactory results for a number of years. Later he engaged in the oil, gas and real estate business with his usual success. iMr. Veitch was married in 1872 to Alvaretta Orme. daughter of John and Lucy (Snyder) Orme. a prominent pioneer family. Mr. Orme having long been a conspicuous figure in the commercial life of Cambridge. He died sev- eral years ago, but his widow is still li^■ing. To Mr. and Mrs. Veitch six children have been born, five of whom are living, namely: Gertrude, who 892 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. married C. R. Mcllyar, superintendent of the Cambridge plant of the iron and steel company; y\lbert O. lives in Vincennes, Indiana, engaged in the oil producing business and has coal interests in Guernsey county; James R. lives in Portland, Oregon, and is general freight and passenger agent of the Chi- cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company; Lillie May married Frank S. Casey, a shoe merchant of Cambridge; Carroll W., of Coffeyville, Kansas, is a prominent oil producer of that section; Lucy, the youngest, died when three years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Veitch and his sons and sons-in-law are all Republicans in politics and are always interested in political affairs. Mr. Veitch has been a member of the city council and has held various other city offices. He is a member of the Cambridge post of the Grand Army of the Republic and is a member of the Masonic order. The Veitch home, situated on North Seventh street, is one of the handsomest in Cambridge and is well known for its genuine hospitality. The sons and sons-in-law of the family have all risen to conspicuous places in the business world, and are all men whose true worth and perseverance have carried them to the prominent positions they occupy. Mrs. Veitch is a genial, affable woman whose life is devoted to her family and home and both she and Air. Veitch have well earned the life of comfortable retirement which they now enjoy. ELMER E. VORHIES, M. D. Naturally endowed wdth the capacities of the successful practitioner of medicine. Dr. Elmer E. Vorhies, of Cambridge, has won an eminent reputa- tion among the people of Guernsey and adjoining counties and he stands very high also among his professional brethren, for he has shown what a man of careful mental training, honesty of purpose and an abundance of zeal and per- sistence can accomplish when directed along proper lines. Doctor Vorhies was born July 12, 1864, in Sarahsville, Noble county, Ohio, and he is the son of Peter and Mary (Williams) Vorhies, the father having been a farmer in Noble county, never residing in Guernsey county. He was a man of excellent characteristics, possessing a high sense of honor and was highly respected for his industry, uprightness and genuine worth. His death occurred on Januaiy i'8, 1910, at the advanced age of eighty-one years. His widow, a woman of many praiseworthy traits, still survives. Doctor Vorhies spent his youth on the home farm, wdiere he was put to GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 893 doing' various forms of light work when he became of proper age, attending the district schools during the winter months. He remained on the farm until he was twenty-four years of age, then began railroading as a messenger for the Adams Express Company, following this for about four years, during which time he spent his spare time reading medicine, which profession he had from early boyhood had a laudable desire to enter. He accordingly entered, in 1890, the Starling Medical College, at Columbus, Ohio, from which insti- tution he was graduated with honors in the class of 1893. Having made rapid advancement and shown special ability in surgery, he became connected with Mt. Carmel Hospital, at Columbus, as house surgeon, and for one year very faithfully performed his duties in this connection. In 1894 he located for practice in Cambridge and has since continued here, enjoying a very lucrative patronage. He has made a specialty of emergency cases and he has practically all the business of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company, the Inter-State Iron and Steel Company, and the Midland Power and Traction Company, all of Cambridge. Besides he enjoys a large general practice, as al- ready intimated, but as a surgeon he stands second to none in this section of the Buckeye state. Doctor Vorhies is a member of the Guernsey County, the State and the American Medical associations, and he is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Knights of Pythias, the Improved Order of Red IMen and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, being the physician for the latter. Politically, he is a Re- publican and is an active party worker. He has served as a member of the Republican county central committee, and is still a member. He has been a frecpient delegate to county, district and state conventions, and he has always been a faithful party worker, and his counsel is frecpiently sought by party leaders and candidates, his influence being very pronounced in this connection. He was elected county coroner in 1900, and served two terms, or four years, in a manner that reflected much credit upon himself and to the entire satis- faction of all concerned. Doctor Vorhies has been twice married, first on January 29, 1884, to IMinnie B. Cooper, of Stafford, IMonroe county, Ohio, daughter of Charles and Jane (Elliott) Cooper. This union resulted in the birth of two children; Homer C., a pharmacist of Columbus, Ohio, and Clyde L.. a graduate of Starling IMedical University of Columbus, who is successfully practicing with his father. The wife and mother was called to her rest on (March 2. 1899. The Doctor's second marriage was solemnized on (March 28, 1910. to A'Trna G. Foster, daughter of James and Catherine Foster, of Lore City, Guernsey county, both of whom are still living. The Doctor and his family GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. S(;4 are menil)ers of the ^Methodist Episcopal church, and the Vorhies home, at No. 430 North Fourth street, Cambridge, is a modern, attractive and neatly- kept one, where the many friends of this popular family frequently gather. JUDGE NATHAN HA^IPSON BARBER. .A prominent attorney, politician and public benefactor is Judge Nathan llampson Barber, of Cambridge, who \vas liorn on August 28, 1859, near Morristown, Belmont county, Ohio, the son of Matthew and Tabitha (Shep- herd) Barber. The father came from county Antrim, Ireland, and the mother, who was of Scotch-lrish descent, was born in Maryland. The father was lirought to America when two years of age, with his parents, James and .Margaret Barber, in iSjb. They hrst settled in Belmont county, Ohio, on the same farm where Nathan Hampson Barl)er was born. Grandfather Bar- ber was a farmer and a member of the United Presbyterian church. He was a most worthy and upright man. His son, Matthew, father of the subject, was also a farmer and a member of the church of his parents. He was a large land owner and was prosperous for those i)ioneer times, being [iroficient in the affairs of the community. The Shepherds were Virginia people and came to Ohio at an early date, settling in the same community in Belmont county w ith the Barbers, and there Alatthew Barber and Tabitha Shepherd were mar- ried and reared their family of three sons and six daughters, of wdiom two sons and three daughters are still living, the children being as follows: Mar- garet, deceased; James, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania: Anna, deceased; Sarah, deceaseil : William, deceased: Nathan H., of Cambridge; Ella, now Mrs. David S. McClelland, of Guernsey county, Ohio; Ada, Mrs. John W. Hard- ing, of Jewett, Harrison county, Ohio; Lucy, now Mrs. Elwood Murphy, of Columbus, Ohio. Matthew Barber died in November, 1895, in the same house and in the same corner of the room in wdiich he and Tabitha Shepherd were married fifty-three years before. His wife bad died two years prior, in November, 1893. and both are buried in Fairview cemetery. Nathan H. Barber s])ent his youth on the farm and worked just as other hovs worked and attended the county district schools during the winter. Later he attended Washington and Jefferson College, at Washington, Pennsyl- vania, lint was compelled to leave his studies before graduation on account of failing health. Before entering Washington and Jefferson College he taught school for two vears in Belmont county. He studied law with Hon. Lorenzo GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 895 Danforcl, of St. Clairsville, who represented that Ohio district in Congress for several temis and who was an intensely eloquent man. i\Ir. Earlier began the practice of his profession in Barnesville, Belmont county. In Xovember, 1887, he was elected probate judge of Guernsey county, the youngest man who had ever occupied the position up to that time. X'earing the end of his second term as probate judge, he was elected as a member of the Ohio Legis- lature from Guernsey county and resigned the office of probate judge to ac- cept the legislative position. He served one term in the seventy-hrst General Assembly, making a commendable record. He seiwed on the judiciary committee and on the ways and means committee and other important com- mittees, and was active in securing important legislation. He is a Republican in politics and has always been active and has served as chairman of both the Republican central and county executive committees, and was connected with the Republican national committee in 1904, operating from the Chicago head- quarters as field man, and has always been recognized as a wise counselor in campaign matters. He has continued his prominent place at the Cambridge bar and is a careful, painstaking and successful attorney and an earnest and eloquent pleader. Judge Barber was married on January 4, 1884, to Sarah \drginia Clark, daughter of William and Henrietta A'est Clark, of Fairview, Guernsey coun- ty, both the Clark and WAst families having lieen prominent pioneer families. To this union three children ha\'e been horn : Dolly Patterson Barber, occupy- ing a prominent editorial position on the Ohio State Jourjial: Herbert O., of Hudson. Wyoming, the boy who built the present electric railway connecting Cambridge and Byesville, is now engaged in managing a coal and grain com- pany that is doing a business of one million fi\-e hundred thousand dollars an- nually; Helen is a teacher in the pulilic schools of Cambridge. In addition to his legal and official life. Judge Barber has been active and energetic in building up Cambridge to its present proportions as an industrial center. In 1889 he was foremost in organizing the Camliridge Iron and Steel Company and secured its capital stock of one hundred thousand dollars. The president of that company was Augustus Byers; the manager was Arthur W. Brown and the directors were IMessrs. Byers, Brown, X. H. Barber, Ah C. Brown and A. Holler; the secretary was John C. Beckett. The Barbers liuilt the Hub business blcok, the Colonial theater and every house on South Eleventh street between A’heeling avenue and Goston, except one. a choice resident dis- trict of the city and the business blocks among the most imposing in the city, both being three-story, substantial brick blocks. The Barbers, both father and son, have added to the prosperity of Cambridge by not only adding a great in- 896 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. clustry and substantial business blocks, but also street railways and several sub- stantial and commodious modern homes. Judge Barber’s energy and money have always I)een freely given and invested for the improvement, development and uplift of Cambridge. The Judge’s family now consists of his wife and daughter, Helen, his granddaughter, Margaret Patterson, the daughter of his older daughter, who was educated in the public schools of Cambridge and Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio ; the son Herbert attended the Mili- tary Academy at Peekskill, New York, and the younger daughter, Helen, was graduated from the Cambridge high school and attended college at Lynch- burg, Virginia. The Barber home is refined and cultured in its atmosphere and the family are prominent in the social life of the city. Personally, the Judge is a very affable gentleman, popular in all circles and a recognized leader of men, a man in whom the utmost confidence is re- posed by all classes owing to his genuine worth, his public spirit, industry and fidelity to every trust reposed in him. HIRAM K. MOORE. In any history of the progressive and representative citizens of Guernsey county the name of Hiram K. Moore, the present efficient and popular sheriff of the county, should be given conspicuous mention, for he is one of those strong, sturdy characters who has contributed largely to the material welfare of this community, being a public-spirited man and conscientious worker for his locality and the general good of his fellow men. Mr. Moore was born on October 10, 1855, in Jefferson township, Guern- sey county, Ohio, and is the son of Hiram and Caroline (Linn) Moore. The father was born in Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, and tbe mother in Guern- sey county, Ohio. The father’s people came to Tuscarawas county, Ohio, about 1822, when the elder Hiram was but a mere lad. Grandfather Burris Moore was a pioneer farmer, deer and bear bunter of the then new country. He was a man of courage and sterling integrity, fearless and a typical early settler. He finally left Ohio and took up his residence in Iowa Avith the pio- neers of that state. He lived a conservative life and reached the remarkable age of ninet}^-seven years. Plis son, Hiram, accompanied his parents to Iowa and Avhen a young man he returned to Ohio, making the long journey on horseback. He engaged in farming in Jefferson township, and was married in February, 1843. He reared a family of nine children, five sons and four GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 897 daughters. George L. died as a soldier during the Civil war ; Thomas lives in Guernsey county; Ira, of Wichita, Kansas; Cyrus E., of Cambridge; Hattie married Elijah Ferbrache, of Kansas; Hiram K., of this review; Alary mar- ried Ellsworth Sunnafrank, of Chillicothe, Ohio; Anna married John C. Hill- man, of Nevada; Nancy Augusta, of Cambridge, has remained single. The father of these children was called to his rest on December 23, 1894, in the seventy-ninth year of his age, his widow surviving until July 30, 1902, and they both are buried in the Cambridge cemetery. The father was a Republican in politics, but early in life he was a A hig, as were all his people ; so are all his sons Republicans. While not an active man in public affairs, he was inter- ested in the general progress of his community, and was a pious and influ- ential man. He was not a church man, but he was honest and upright in all his relations with his fellow men. Hiram K. Aloore spent his youth on the home farm and attended the home schools. When a youth he learned the blacksmith's trade, which he followed for a number of years at different points in Guernsey county and became very skillful in this line. On February 13. 1886, he was married to Georgia Huffman, daughter of Reason and Catherine (Keepers) Huffman, of Guernsey county, in which both parents u'ere native and they were highly re- spected. The mother died when Airs. Aloore was only one year old, and the father’s death occurred on June ii. 1904. They are buried at AVinchester. Air. Huffman was a tailor by trade. To Air. and Airs. Huffman six daughters were born, namely : Alary, deceased, married AAhlliam Hanna : Signora mar- ried Edward Burson, of AA’interset, this county; Alattie married Robert Alills. of California; Emma married Nathan Alyers, both now deceased: Jessie married -Simon AAHllace, of Cambridge. To Air. and Airs. Hiram K. Aloore two children have been born. Nettie and Robert, both living at home. Air. Aloore followed the blacksmith’s trade until 1905, when he gave it up on account of impaired health. He is a Republican in politics and has alwavs been active in public matters, and in 1906 he was the nominee of his party for sheriff of Guernsey county, and was elected at the polls in November following. He made such a commendable record, performing his duties in such an able and conscientious manner, that he was again elected to this im- portant office in the fall of 1908 and with the close of 1910 he served four years as sheriff, and. according to the consensus of opinion, the county never had a better sheriff, always popular with the people and firm in the discharge of his duty as a public servant. He is a man of highest integrity, broad- minded upon public questions, and his official record is without a stain. Airs. Aloore and daughter are members of the Alethodist Episcopal church, and (57) 898 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Y’hile Mr. Moore is not a member of the church, he is a faithful supporter of the same and a man given to good works, charitable in his instincts and in every respect a good citizen who is eminently deserving of his honored posi- tion in the estimation of the public. ALLEN K. McCulloch. A well known member of the local bar who is now moving along the jiathway of jirofessional success, with many years of profitable activity before him, and a man of thought and study, who finds essential nutriment in supping and dining with the legal authorities, is Allen R. McCulloch. He is an earnest man, and in that sense applies himself to business and has been re- warded by a large measure of success; simple in his tastes, he is without os- tentation and is therefore admired by all classes. Mr. McCulloch was born on July 4, 1863, in Wills township, Guernsev county, Ohio. He is the son of William and Sarah E. (Sproat) McCulloch. The father was born in Scotland and he came to America when about sixteen years of age, with his older brother, Robert, who afterwards became a prom- inent Presbyterian minister. William, the father, became a school teacher and was a student at Princeton University for a time, and he was a prominent and progressive educator of the old school, a man of high ideals and exem- plary character. Becoming a land owner, he farmed in later years. He was a 1 iemocrat of the Jackson tyjie, and a devout Presbyterian. His death occurred on March 20, 1891, at the old family home in Wills township. His widow survives, still making her home in Wills tounship, where she was born and where her entire life has been spent. She is a noble woman, noted among a host of friends for her many estimable traits of character. Eight children Y’ere born to Mr. and Mrs. William -McCulloch and seven of them are still living, namely: Alpheus H., of New Concord, Ohio; Allen R., of this review; Emma E. married Erancis Howard, of Eitchburg, Massachusetts; Alexander D., a Presbyterian minister, now deceased; Chalmers W., a farmer on the home farm in Wills township, this county ; Laura M. married Homer C. Knowles, of Bradner, Ohio; Harry D., a physician of Toronto, Ohio; Jay S. is a physician at Wellsville, Ohio. Allen R. McCulloch, of this review, spent his youth on the home farm and assisted with the general work on the place, attending the countiy schools during the winter months. He was graduated from the schools at Wash- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 899 ington, Guernsey county, and later from Muskingum College at New Con- cord, Ohio. He was a close student and obtained an excellent general educa- tion. After leaving school he taught at Cumberland, Guernsey county, for four years. Meanwhile he studied law at home, having been amliitious to fol- low the legal profession from his boyhood, and he subsec|uently completed the course at the Cincinnati Law School and was graduated from that institution in 1892, and in the same year he began practicing at Cambridge and was suc- cessful from the beginning. He is regarded as a very able counselor and ad- vocate and is always a very busy man with his numerous clients. He has offices with Robert T. Scott. He is profoundly versed in the law, is careful and painstaking and is a forceful pleader before a jury. Following in the footsteps of his honored father. Mr. IMcCulloch is an uncompromising Democrat in politics and he has been active both in county and state politics, and is regarded as one of the strong and influential local men in the party, his advice being' often sought during campaigns. As chair- man of the Democratic county executive committee, he is a very important factor in the party's affairs in Guernsey. This position he has held at various times. He is also district committeeman of the Democratic state committee, and is a popular and able campaign orator in the county and state, standing high in the councils of his party. He is a member of the Cambridge school board, the Cambridge public library board and the Chautauqua hoard, and he is very active in all these organizations. He is a friend of education, a lover of good hooks, and an advocate of every good movement. He is a member of the Presbyterian church and has been since he was sixteen years old. He has been superintendent of the Sunday school at the local church for the past fifteen years. He is an active church man and he stands high in the esteem of the people in every way. IMr. IMcCulloch has never married. DANIEL E. BRADEN. Daniel E. Braden, of Cambridge township, was born February 21, 1849, in Center township, on what is known as Mud run. His parents were Elijah and Mary (Van Kirk) Braden. His maternal grandfather, William \'an Kirk, became a resident of Coshocton county, Ohio, in the early days of the nineteenth centurv, and later in life was a coal operator in that county, where he died many years ago. The Braden family contributed its full quota to the country's defense during the Civil war. Elijah, the father, when fifty-three 900 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. years old, enlisted as a member of Company H, Twelfth Regiment Ohio Caralry, and served till the close of the war. Three of the sons also enlisted. Ezekiel was in Company A, First Ohio Cavalry, being the second man to en- list in the company. William V. entered a Pennsylvania regiment and was killed June 2, 1862, at the battle of Fair Oaks. James was in an Ohio regi- ment. These four, serving under separate commands, never saw each other during the war. The father, alheit a militant supporter of the administra- tion during the war, was a Democrat in politics all his life. He died June 7, 1872, his widow on March 17, 1877, and both are buried in Center ceme- tery. Both were lifelong members of the Baptist church, of Center. In the family were five sons and two daughters: Eliza Ann, now widow of Ezekiel Patterson; Ezekiel, a farmer of Shelby county, Illinois; William V., who was killed at the l)attle of Fair Oaks; Hannah, deceased; James, living at Cam- bridge; Nancy J., now Mrs. J. R. Black, of Cambridge township; Daniel E. and Jonathan, of Byesville. Daniel E. Braden was brought up on the farm and attended the country district schools. During the war, when his father and brothers were at the front, the care of the farm and of the family devolved upon him. After the war he made his home with William and ]\Irs. Scott, of Cambridge township, assuming the management of their farm after Mr. Scott became too infirm to do so. He remained with them until he was married, November 27, 1889, to iMaggie Reed, daughter of the late John and Ellen ( Broom) Reed, who resided on the farm where Mr. Braden and family now live. Mrs. Braden’s maternal grandfather. Rev. Hugh Broom, came from Scotland and was a Baptist minister who was well known all over southern Ohio. In 1832 he Iniilt a house of dressed stone, which is now in excellent condition and the home of the Braden family. John Reed, Mrs. Braden’s father, was a farmer, and met his death in a runaway accident, December 9, 1875. His widow died in 1888. They were the parents of two children, IMaggie, now Airs. Braden, and H. B. Reed, a farmer of Cambridge township. The Bradens have two children, Adlliam R. and Alary H., both of whom are at home. Air. Braden has one hundred and sixty acres of fine land and engages in general farming. A Democrat in politics, he is well informed and always interested in public affairs. He and his family are members of the Baptist church, of Center, where he has been a deacon for fully thirty years. He is a member of Rock Hill Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and has been active in its affairs. He is an advocate of public improvements in so far as they serve the public good and advance morals, and is a worker for the advancement of the temperance cause. He is a progressive, prosperous farmer, a good citizen and a good neighbor. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 901 HOSIER A. FORSYTHE. Homer A. Forsythe is a name known to every one who has the slightest acquaintance with the business history of Cambridge and Guernsey county. He has long filled a large place in the industrial affairs of the city, and as an energetic, enterprising and far-sighted man whose judgment and discretion are seldom at fault and wdiose influence makes for the substantial upbuilding of the community he has earned a reputation second to none of his contem- poraries. Mr. Forsythe was born in Center township, Guernsey county, Ohio, April 27, 1869, and he is the son of C. P. and Sarah A. (Clipinger) Forsythe, both natives of this county, their ancestors having come here from Pennsvl- vania at an early date and were pioneers here. The father was a farmer and in later life a coal operator on lands which he himself owned. He was among the \’ery early operators in the Camliridge district, beginning as early as 1891, and he became an extensive operator and was well-to-do and a man of influ- ence. He was a Republican and was always interested in party affairs, being a man of fixed opinions, marked independence and sterling integrity. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church and a ruling elder in the same for many years. His family consisted of seven children, three sons and four daughters, namely; Howard J., of Cambridge: Sarah J., deceased: Homer A., of this review; Maiy E., who married William C. Morrison, of Guernsey county; William R., deceased; Laura B. married. Howard AI. Ewing, of Coshocton county, Ohio ; and Nora May, who died in infancy. The father of these children was called to his reward on July 16. 1903, while the mother, a woman of gracious personality, survives. Homer A. Forsythe grew to maturity on the home farm, where he did a great deal of hard work during his early life. He attended the public schools during the winter months. He was married on December 20, 1899, to Cora L. Eagleson, daughter of Thomas Eagleson, a sketch of whom appears else- where in this work. To this union four children have been born, Willard H., Thomas R., Olive Jennette and Ruth Lucile. The family home is now at the corner of Tenth street and Wheeling avenue, Cambridge, and is one of the most pretentious in the city, of beautiful design and neatly furnished. Since manhood the subject has been connected with the Forsythe Coal Company, operating mines in Guernsey county, this business having begun nineteen years ago, and this company is one of the large and successful opera- tors of this district. He is secretary and treasurer of this company and much of its large success has been due to his wdse counsel and judicious manage- (J02 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. meat, for lie is also general manager. The mines operated this company have a capacity of hfteen hundred tons per day. i\Ir. Forsythe is also inter- ested in the Pittsburg-Belmont Coal Company and the Belmont Coal and Land Company, of Belmont county, Ohio, Mr. Forsythe Ijeing a memlDer of the l)oard of directors of those companies. He is also interested in the Wis- consin Coal & Dock Company, of Milwaukee. He is a stockholder in the ( iuernsey National Bank and is interested in other enterprises, having some \ aliialde real estate holdings in Cambridge. As a business man he has been very successful, possessing rare soundness of judgment, clear discrimination and the ability to forecast with remarkable accuracy the outcome of a present transaction. Politically, Mr. Forsythe is a Repul)lican and he has long been active in ])arty affairs. He has been a member of the Republican county committee and has lieen frec|uently a delegate to county, district and state conventions. He filled various township offices while a resident of Center township, and since coming to Cambridge, in 1903, he has been equally active in public affairs. I le was elected a member of the city council in 1907 and he is now serving his second term in this capacity. He is a progressive citizen in every respect and an advocate of public improvements and a booster for Cambridge, — in fact, he is an advocate of everything that tends to promote the best interests of the people in general. He and his family are members of the Second United Preslwterian church, in which Mr. Forsythe is a ruling elder, and both he and his wife are church and Sunday school workers. Fie is a member of the Cam- bridge Country Club and his principal recreation is an occasional game of golf. Personally he is a very pleasant gentleman, straightforward in his busi- ness dealings and a plain and unassuming man of affairs, being a fair repre- sentative of that type of men who win in life's struggle because they deserve to. HENRY 1 \ WOODWORTH. The following is the record of the life of one who, by close attention to business, has achieved marked success in the world’s affairs and risen to an honorable position among the enterprising men of the city with which his interests are identified. It is a plain record, rendered remarkable by no strange or mysterious adventure, no wonderful or lucky accident and no tragic situa- tion. Mr. AVoodworth is one of those estimal)le characters rvhose integrity and strong personality must force them into an admirable notoriety which GUERXSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 903 their modesty neYer seeks, who command the respect of their contemporaries and their posterity and leave the impress of their individuality upon the age in which they live. Henry P. Woodworth was born on July 12, 1851, in Perrv, Xew York, and he is the son of Philo and Lucy (Hall) Y’oodworth. The father was a prominent, able and effective minister in the Methodist Episcopal church for a period of forty-five years in western New York; he was presiding elder in the conference for many years. Lie and his wife never lived in Ohio. The father died in 1890, being survived five years by his faithful life companion, who joined him in the silent land in 1895. Both are buried in the cemetery at Pekin, Niagara county. New York, where a great deal of his active church work was done. Henry P. YYodworth was educated in the puldic schools of the state of New York, and later he attended Leroy Academy and Eastman Commercial College, at Poughkeepsie, New York. Thus well equipped for his life work, he liegan his business career by clerking in a large drygoods store in Buffalo, New York, where four hundred clerks were employed. He remained with this firm two years, and he says this was the best schooling he ever had. He next turned his attention to school teaching, which he followed successfully for two winters in the district schools of Niagara county. New York. He then emigrated to the South and was employed in railroad office work in Llissis- sippi, Louisiana and Tennessee, in general offices at various places, being thus emjiloyed for ten years. He then returned to western New York and en- gaged in the lumber business at Lockport, remaining there four years. He then went to West Virginia, with headquarters still at Lockport, New York, and later at Alarietta, Ohio, where he engaged in buying and shipping hard lumber from the AA'Yst A^irginia mills, remaining in that section for about four 3’ears. In 1892 he came to Cambridge and engaged in the same business until 1905, when he retired. He was an extensive operator and shipper and his efforts were attended with a large measure of success. He has extensive real estate interests and is interested in various business enterprises, but is not active. He is a director in the Citizens Savings Bank and the Home Tele- phone Company and is kept very busv looking after his various interests. He is a man of keen discernment, sound judgment and rare foresight. Air. AAYodworth is also a director and vice-president of the Camhridge Land and Development Company. Air. AAYodworth has been twice married, first on August 23. 1887, to Isabelle xA.yrault, daughter of Lyman Aju'ault, of Dalton, New York, where he was engaged in the general mercantile business for man\- years. Iiecoming one GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 904 of the prosperous and prominent men of that city. To this first union one (laughter was born, Isabelle. The mother died in September, 1890. The sec- ond marriage was celelirated on February 22, 1895, with Ella F. Miller, daughter of Lafayette and Mary ( McCullough ) Miller, of Kimbolton, Guern- sey county, Ohio. Both these families were prominent among the early pio- neers here. The second union resulted in the liirth of one son, AVard AV. The AAVjodworth home, an attractive and commodious one, stands on an eminence northeast of Cambridge in Oakland Place, one of the finest residence districts of the city, and this home is not only one of the most pretentious and beautiful, hut is one noted for its hospitality and good cheer, where the many friends of the family frequentlv gather. T’olitically, Mr. AAModworth is a Democrat, and while he is always more or less interested in political matters, he has never been active in party affairs. Fie is a Master Mason and he and his family are attendants and liberal sup- ])orters of the Methodist Episcojial church South, Mrs. AAModworth being a member of the same. Air. AA’oodworth has lieen very successful in all his business relations, being a man who lielieves in keeping abreast of the times in every respect, and his straightforward, honest methods and his genial and genteel character- istics have won and retained the confidence with those with whom he has had dealings. CAPT. ALEXANDER ADDISON TAA^LOR. Guernsey county has produced no more deserving and more honored citizen than the late Capt. Alexander Addison Taylor, who was called to his resting place on May 10, 1908. He was horn on September 18, 1832, in Holmes county, near Killbuck, the fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander D. Taylor. His parents had removed to Killbuck from Goshen township, Bel- mont count}", and soon after the birth of this son moved back to Belmont county, soon to remove to Oxford township, Guernsey county, on the National pike, three miles west of Fairview and one and a half miles east of Middleton, while A. A. Taylor was still in infancy. The common schools of Oxford township afforded the educational ad- ^•antages enjoyed by Captain Taylor. He afterwards attended Madison Col- lege, at Antrim, along with his brother, Joseph D. Taylor. His education secured. A. A. Taylor for a number of years was a school teacher and taught •at a number of places in Guernsey, Noble and Belmont counties. He lived GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 905 the life of the average farmer boy, but managed to gain a fair education and in his youth was regarded as unusually ambitious to win a place of usefulness among his fellows. The family removed to Cambridge when the place was but a hamlet, and were prominent in its industrial, political, social and re- ligious life. At the breaking out of the Civil war, Mr. Taylor was teaching in Noble county, Ohio, near the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, and, as he expressed it. “where I could hear the passing trains loaded with Union soldiers for the front on the Potomac and the Cumberland.’’ He continued. "The measles broke out in my school, and that, with the Union yell, was too much for me and I soon made up my mind to become a soldier.” He enlisted on iMay 27, 1862, in the three months service, in Company A. Eighty-fifth Ohio Infantry, and was mustered out on Septemlier 23, 1862, at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, with the rank of first lieutenant. He entered the three years’ service on August 23, 1862, thirty days before he was mustered out of the three- months’ service, the mustering out being delayed on account of the new re- cruits in Camp Chase needing assistance of the older recruits. His three years’ enlistment was in Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-second Ohio Infantry, and he served until July 11, 1865. M'hile his regiment was at Adnchester, ’Virginia, with General iMilroy’s command, on June 13, 1863, Lieutenant Taylor was in charge of a picket post far to the front. Elwell’s Confederate corps of fifteen thousand men attacked Milroy, who had about six thousand men, at nine A. VI. Saturday, June 13th, and the story of that gallant struggle has often been told. General Vlilroy On Sunday night decided to withdraw his forces, but his pickets could not be notified, and so Taylor and his men were captured. He was taken to Libby prison with the late Bishop C. C. VIcCabe, then chaplain of the One Hundred and Twenty-second Ohio, and remained a prisoner until October. 1864, when he escaped and rejoined his regiment. He was appointed adjutant on No- vembei 14. 1864. but did not assume the duties and took command of Com- pany A. He was commissioned a captain on Vlarch 16, 1865. Captain Tay- lor’s mili\arv service was highU creditable. He was mustered into the Grand Army of Le Republic in 1885. and became the first commander of Cambridge Post No. 313. He became prominent in the order, served in the national council of adininistration from Ohio for several terms, was at one time a mem- ber of the national committee on pensions, and at the time of his death was a member of the executive committee. He 'was several times prominently men- tioned as a candidate for grand commander of the national organization. Captain Taylor wa; a member of the Ohio Commandery of the Loyal Legion. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 906 During the early part of the war, and while he was teaching school, ]\Ir. Taylor served as surveyor of Guernsey county. In April, 1862, the family moved from the old liome farm near Middleton, in Oxford township, to Camhridge, and ever afterwards that city was his home. After the close of the war Captain Taylor read law, but was never admitted to the bar. He was a Republican in politics, and a loyal supporter of the party and able advo- cate of its principles. In October, 1866, he was elected auditor of Guernsey county, and in 1S68 re-elected, and liy an extension of his second term seiwed in all four years and eight months. Until his death Captain Taylor was prominent in public and commercial life in Cambridge. For thirty-six years he was connected with the Guernsev National Bank, one of the leading financial institutions of Guernsey county, and for the most of these years acted as cashier. His bank grew in prestige and financial gain, and its strength was known within a wide radius. Captain Taylor was active and useful in ])ublic affairs, and his voice and vote were al- ways in favor of needed improvements and progress. His word was his bond and his identification with a movement or institution meant its success. He was treasurer of the committee that instituted the Guernsey County Monu- mental Association and to his efforts is credited much of the work of securing the beautiful monument that stands at the entrance of the court house sc[uare. Captain Taylor was prominent in establishing and in conducting the Cam- bridge Public Library and was interested financially and a member of the directory of the Colonial Building Company, the Cambridge Roofing Com- panv and the Cambridge Chautauqua Assembly. Nearly all of his life h- was a member of the First Methodist church, and ’was for many years o’le of its board of trustees. The Captain was one of a large family, several of whom gained promi- nence and distinction. William P., Dr. J. Clarkson, Hon. Joseph D., J. Bvron, Wilson Shannon and Col. David D. were brothers of Captain Caylor, who preceded him to death. Dr. G. Kennon, of Cincinnati, and Hon. T. Corwin, of Washington, are surviving brothers, who, together w’ch a de- ceased sister, Mrs. Sarah Taylor Petty, the wife of the Rev, A, L Petty, of Duncan Falls, comprised the family of so many distinguished people. The Hon. Joseph D. Taylor had represented the district in Congre.'S ; David D. was the widely known editor of the Guernsey Times, and all the brothers were progressive and enterprising, and each left his impress upon the com- munity. On January 18, 1870, Captain Taylor was married to Fda McCracken, of Cambridge, who sun ives him. No children were born to tiis union, but Cap- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 907 tain and i\Irs. Taylor were foster parents to Charles, AA’illiam and Lida Tay- lor, the children of William P. Taylor, a brother. Their home life was ideal and showed the realization of the best and divinest teachings concerning mar- riage. The Taylor residence was always open to a wide circle of relatives and friends and was the scene of many a social gathering. Alexander A. Taylor lived a good life and the world is the richer because of his more than sixty years of usefulness in the broad fields in which he labored. A warm friend, a man among men, unselfish and genial, he left a place not to be filled. During a long life he had been a robust man, and by temperament sanguine, in habits strictly temperate in all things, optimistic always, he had escaped serious illness, until the attack which carried him off. The best of attention and highest medical skill then failed to win back his wonted energy, and he fell asleep like a little child and was at rest. RICHARD :M. ALLISON. We read with interest the biography of a man, especially one young in years, who, by indomitable courage, overcomes the many obstacles found in the pathway of everyone who has an ambition to attain to heights above the mediocre. Such a man is Richard M. Allison, one of the progressive citizens of Cambridge, Guernsey county, in which city he was born, on September 12, 1875. He is the son of John A. and Hannah (Aloore) Allison. The father was born in this county, and was the son of John and iMartha Allison, who came to the county among the early pioneers from Pennsylvania, and they were among the founders of Cambridge and they were active and prominent in the early development of the county. When a mere youth the father began working with the Scott Coal and Salt Company, with which he remained for a period of twentv-one years, which was the earliest and largest operating companv of its kind. His family becoming of school age, he realized the necessity of better educational advantages and he left the employ of the Scott Coal and Salt Company and moved to Cambridge in order to obtain such ad- vantages. Upon coming here he began work for the Cleveland & klarietta Railroad Company as car inspector and was with this company until incapaci- tated for so strenuous a line of work, so he resigned and accepted the janitor- ship of the South Side school building, which he held for eleven years, or until his death, on April 25. 1910. After leaving the Scott Coal and Salt GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 908 Company and prior to going with the railroad company he was su])erintendent of the Camlrridge workhouse. Politically, he was a Democrat and he served in the city council from the fourth ward for two years and he was always ])rominent and active in public matters. He was a devont member of the Baptist church for many years, was a deacon in the same and was treasurer of the local church from 1890 until his death. He was also a Sunday school worker. He was a man of exemplary habits and ])ositive traits of character and he had a host of warm personal friends. He was a member of the Cam- bridge Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Cambridge Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and was an active lodge worker, having served in all the official capacities and at the time of his death he was the oldest living mem- l;er in both these lodges. His widow survives and is living in Cambridge. She, too, is a devoted member of the Baptist church and is known for her charitable deeds, always finding time to give aid and comfort to her suffering neighbors, although devoted to her own home and family. She is the mother of five children, namely; William A., an engineer for the Pennsylvania Rail- road Companv ; John A. is shipping clerk for Suitt Brothers; Anna is now .Mrs. F. B. Scott, of Newark, Ohio; Kenneth died November 18, 1905, at the age of eighteen years; and Richard M., of this review, he being the eldest of the family. The education of Richard M. Allison was obtained in the public schools of Cambridge. Leaving school at the age of sixteen years, he found employ- ment with the Camlu'idge Chair Company, with which he remained for nine years, learning the trade of hardwood finisher. He became an expert at this, hut resigned to become an employe of the Cleveland & Marietta Railroad Company’s shops at Cambridge in 1901, and he Avas with this company for eight years in charge of the paint shop. In March. 190*8, he resigned his posi- tion with the railroad company and engaged in the upholstering and picture framing business for himself. He continued in this line of business until the fall of 1909, when he was elected mayor of Cambridge on the Democratic ticket, assuming his official duties on January i, 1910. Although the city is largely Repuldican, he defeated his opponent by two hundred votes, which is certainlv criterion enough of his excellent standing here and of the universal confidence in which he is held by all classes. He is a good mixer, a man of integrity and much native ability, and his administration started off very auspiciously, and he is doing many things for the city that will he of perma- nent good to the community and will endear him to his constituents and the people in general. His able and judicious administration so far has proven the wisdom of his selection for this important office. He is an uncompromising GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 909 Democrat and has always been interested in public matters ; he was never before a candidate for any office. Fraternally, i\Ir. Allison is a member of the Cambridge lodge of the Knights of Pythias, and has been ever since old enough to become a mem- ber. He has passed all the chairs, and held the offices of trustee and financial secretary. He is also a member of the Alodern AAffiodmen of America. Mr. Allison Avas married on October 21, 1896, to Jessie D. IMcKinney, daughter of Jesse and Sarah (Morrow) iMcKinne}’. Her father served in the Union army throughout the Civil war, and he was a man of wonderful physical strength. He was foreman of the Cleveland & [Marietta Idacksmith shops, working for that railroad company for mau}^ years in this capacity. Prior to that time he was a blacksmith and w'agonmaker in Cambridge. His death occurred February 10, 1910. He retired to his farm several years previ- ously and spent his last years enjoying the comforts of life as a result of his former years of activity. His wife preceded him to the grave, dying on February 3, 1897. Both are buried in the Cambridge cemetery. To Mr. and Mrs. Allison have been born five children, three sons and two daughters, Donald ]\I., Sarah Vemita, Harrold K., Richard INL and Dor- othy. jMr. Allison and wife are members of the Baptist church and are active in church and Sunday school work. [Mrs. Allison is a most estimable woman and has a wide circle of friends. Mr. Allison was always a baseball enthusiast and has lost none of his interest in the game, — in fact, he is an advocate of all healthy athletics, especially outdoor sports. He is a man of fine personal traits and is deserving of the confidence which is reposed in him by everyone and of the high esteem in which he is held. JOHN S. BERRY. A list of Guernsey county’s prominent families would certainly be in- complete were there failure to make specific mention of John S. Berry, a popular and efficient public official and representative citizen, for his life has been one of usefulness and honor, resulting in good to everyone with whom he has had dealings, whether in business, public or social life. His career is exemplary in every respect, and he has always supported those interests which are calculated to uplift and benefit humanity, while his own moral worth is deserving of the highest commendation. Mr. Berry was born on September 24, i866. in Kimbolton, Liberty 910 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. township, this county. He is the son of William T. and Caroline J. (Sloan) Berry, both parents natives of Guernsey county. The Berry family is of Irish descent, the ancestry coming from Ireland to America in a very early day. The Sloans came here from a German settlement in Pennsylvania. The father was a school teacher in the schools of Guernsey county for many years and he was one of the county school examiners for some time. He was a man of high character and intelligence. His death occurred in August, 1892; his widow still survives. John S. Berry was educated in the schools of Kimbolton and at the age of fourteen years he left home for the purpose of learning telegraphy in the Guernsey offices of the Cleveland & Marietta railroad, near the north line of Guernsey county. He learned this business and for eight years was railroad agent and telegraph operator at different stations along the Cleveland & Marietta railroad, hie then came to Cambridge and for two years he was a trick dispatcher at the Cleveland & Marietta shops in Cambridge. He was then chief dispatcher and train master for the road mentioned above, which service terminated in 1898. He then entered the postal service as a letter carrier when free mail delivery was established in Cambridge. After re- maining in this service eight years, he resigned in 1907 to become deputy sheriff under Sheriff H. K. Moore. In 1910 he was nominated for sheriff by the Republicans of Guernsey county, and his candidacy was looked upon with general favor from the first, everyone predicting his election in the follow-ing November, owing to his general popularity with all classes, regardless of party alignment. He has a remarkable record as an efficient officer while serving as deputy sheriff. He has gone into fourteen states for men under indictment and has never failed in landing his man. Seven men out of eight who broke jail during his term were recaptured by him. He also claims the distinction of making the first arrest under the “search and seizure” clause of the present Rose local option law at Pleasant City, Guernsey county, in which two car loads of licpior were taken in charge. The parties to whom the same ryere consigned were arrested and heavily fined. He has shown himself at all times to be a very courageous officer, always willing to do his duty and serve the ])eople to the very best of his ability. He bas always has the courage of his convictions, and, when he knows he is right, goes ahead despite obstacles. He is a Republican in politics and always active in party affairs. Prior to en- tering the postal service he was a member of the city council, resigning his seat in the same for the purpose of entering the postal service. i\Ir. Berry was twice married, first, on October 30, 1899, to Helen B. Whitcraft, daughter of James P. and Edith Whitcraft, of Cambridge, Ohio. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 9II To this union two children were born, Edith B. and James A., lioth of whom are living. Their mother passed to her rest on September 3, 1896. The sec- ond marriage of Mr. Berry was solemnized on April 25, 1900, to Christine B. AArick, the youngest daughter of John L. and Christina ( Brady) A’yrick, of Washington. Wills township, Guernsey county. This union has been with- out issue. Mr. Berry is a member of Cambridge Lodge No. 53, Knights of Pythias, and the Uniform Rank of this order, and he is past chancellor of the same. He belongs to Cambridge Camp No. 3542, iModern Woodmen of America. He is also a member of the National Sheriffs' Association. He and his wife belong to the First Episcopal church, having been allied with the same since childhood and they are active in church and Sunday school work. They are prominent and influential in their community, being highly esteemed by all who know them. EDWARD HALL. The history of Quaker City and vicinity and that of the career of Edward Hall is pretty much one and the same, for here he has lived and labored for three-quarters of a century, has seen the development of this localitv from the primeval forest to the present time and has taken a leading part in the same. It is interesting to hear him recount reminiscenses of those early times. He was born i\Iay 12, 1834. in the same neighborhood where he lives, having, as before intimated, spent his entire life here, and he is the son of Cyrus and Ellen (Strahl) Hall. The father was born in what is now Millwood town- ship, then a part of O.xford. he having the distinction of being the first white child born in the township. His father, John Hall, came to iMillwood town- ship in August. 1806, and entered raw land. The great-grandfather, Isaac Hall, and his family came to Ohio from North Carolina, the ancestry origi- nally coming from England and settling in that state. In 1805 the family came to Ohio and settled in Belmont county, which was then a dense forest, infested by wild game. The year following John Hall came to iMillwood township, and in 1807 the family of John and Phebe Hall came to this town- ship, and John Webster entered eight hundred acres of land, eighty acres for each member of his family of ten children. John Hall was a young man at that time and soon afterwards he married Phoebe Webster, and they began keeping house in the log cabin home that John Hall had already erected on the land, one hundred ami sixtv acres, which he had entered from the government 912 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. when coming liere. He dcYeloped a large tract of land. His family consisted of eight children, si.x sons and two daughters, namely: Cyrus, Isaac W., 'hhomas, John P., Eli, Jesse, Hanna Ann and Eliza W., all of whom are de- ceased, dying many years ago, and are buried in the Friends’ cemetery, just east of Quaker City, the Halls, the Websters and most of the early settlers of this locality having been Quakers. Cyrus Hall, the father of the subject, was a prosperous farmer and a man much interested in the welfare, progress and development of the community, and he was a faithful adherent of the Quaker church. His family consisted of four sons and one daughter. One son and the daughter died in childhood; Edward, of this review, Joel and Thomas C. are living, all three being over seventy years of age, and they make their residence in Alillwood township and live adjoining each other. The death of Cyrus Hall occurred on June i6, 1884, his widow following him to the grave in the fall of 1889, aged nearly eighty-one years, and they are buried in the Friends’ cemetery at Quaker City, where most of the Halls are buried. Edward Hall grew to maturity on his father’s farm and obtained his education in the log cal)in school house near his father’s home. He Avorked on the farm during all the months that work was possilde, and being the oldest child in the family he was put to work in the fields very early in life. His schooling was limited to a few weeks during the winter, though by later obser- vation, study and reading at home he became fairly well educated, and he is well informed on all public cpiestions and issues that concern the best interests of the people. i\Ir. Hall was married on March 27, i86i, to Phoebe Hollingshead, daughter of Thomas and Mary ( Hartley) Hollingshead. Both the Hollings- heads and the Hartleys were prominent families here in pioneer days. To Mr. and Mrs. Hall two children have been born, Lanra, who tvas left a widow and is now living at home with lier parents, and Isaac A., who is married and resides on the home farm. These parents are living on the farm where they Iiave resided ever since their marriage. Mr. Hall erected a fine, modern brick residence in 1886 on an elevation in a grove and overlooking a beautiful ex- panse of conntrv, and it is an ideal home. Politically, i\Ir. Hall is a Republican, as all the Halls have been, and he is alwavs interested in public matters. He has served as a member of the town- slii]) school board and has always been interested in educational matters. He and his familv adhere to the Friends church. The Hall family have been a most potent factor in the development and advancement of Millwood town- ship and surrounding townships, both in business and farming, society, schools. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 913 churches, etc. Mr. Hall has a fine farm of one hundred and fifty-three acres, well improved and under a high state of cultivation. Xo family has stood higher in this locality from the early Xclson 1 >. and Rachel A. ( Blackstone) Hayes. Both the Blackstone and Hayes families were early ]iioneers and prominent in the same locality. No children haue been horn to this union. Idle Doctor’s ])ractice has heen general in all the surrounding townships, and he has been eminently successful. In addition to his practice, which has always been very large, he has accpiired large land holdings, owning three hundred and ninety acres in the locality of Middleton in Wills township, and has given considerable attention to stock raising, sheep, cattle, hogs and horses, which he feeds for the market. He is a large wool producer, having almost e\ery year flocks of from three hundred to four hundred sheep. Idis home, one mile west of Middleton, is situated on an elevation overlooking the beauti- ful and fertile Salt Fork valley and is one of the most attractive country home.= of that locality. He is a Republican in politics and has been active in jiuhlic affairs, especially during his younger days; he is never an office seeker, but always a voter and always attends the party primaries and caucuses, believing it to be the duty of all good citizens to thus participate in public matters. In his early years of the practice Doctor Stout was a member of the Ohio State and National Eclectic Medical Societies. Fie is a man of strong per- sonality and few men have attained to a higher place in the estimation of the people among whom they have labored and lived. The love and reverence for Doctor Stout in the homes of the people whom he has so long served as a family physician is universal. JAMES R. BARR. The name of James R. Barr has been so indissolulily associated with ])rogress in and about the city of Cambridge that no lengthy encomium would he re([uired to acquaint the readers of this history of his activities and ac- complishments. Suffice it to say, in passing to the specific facts in his life history, that his has been a very active and successful career because he has worked along lines that never fail to result in good. He was born in Cam- bridge township. Guernsey county, on April 15, 1854, on a farm three miles north of Cambridge, and is the son of Samuel C. and Mary (Dunning) Barr, both liorn in Washington county, Pennsylvania, from which they came to ( hiernsey county, Ohio, as young people, became acquainted after coming here and were married. Grandfather James Barr and his wife, Sarah (Clemens) Barr, were born in Ireland and came to America about i8i6 and first settled in GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 927 Washington county, Pennsylvania, having journeyed from Philadelphia, where they landed, to their place of settlement in a one-horse dump-cart, which contained all their worldly goods, some members of the familv walking. James Barr, the grandfather, was a linen weaver in Ireland and he followed weaving after he came to America, having his spinning wheel and his loom in his home. His son. Samuel C.. father of James R. of this review, after com- ing to Guernsey county in 183S, bought a farm of one hundred and sixty acres of timber which he began clearing. He prospered, in due course of time accjuiring six hundred acres of land, and he was an extensive sheep raiser and wool grower. He was a Republican in politics, always active in public affairs, and he hlled numerous local township offices and was always highly respected for his honesty and sterling worth. He and his family were United Presbyterians and devoted church people. The death of Samuel C. Barr occurred on February 7, 1902. and his widow died on January 22, 1908, and both are buried in the Cambridge South cemetery. Their family con- sisted of ten children, one dying in infancy ; the others, who are living, are : James R., of this review; Jemima, who married George D. Willis, of Cam- bridge : John iM.. of the state of Washington ; Joseph E., of Cambridge ; Sarah, now Mrs. Elmer Hague, of Cambridge; iMary married William Xorris, of Cambridge; William L., of Cambridge; Samuel C., of Cambridge: iMvrtle married Arthur WHtson. James R. Barr, who spent his youth on his father's farm, was educated in the country district schools and select schools, and he took a course in the department of pharmacy in the University of iMichigan at Ann Arbor. Prior to going to Ann Arbor he taught school for several years in the rural schools of Guernsey county. In 1880 he engaged in the drug business in Cambridge, but only for one year. Being a Republican in politics and active in party and public affairs, in i88i he was nominated by his party as candidate for clerk of courts of Guernsey county and was elected. He served two terms of three years each in a manner that met with hearty approval of his con- stituents. He also served six years as a member of the Cambridge board of education, and for two years he was a member of the city council : he was mayor of the city of Cambridge from 1890 to 1894. during which time he made a record that was worthy of the highest commendation. He has been a member of the state central committee for three years, chairman of the Republican county committee for two years and he was a delegate to the Republican national convention that met in St. Louis, in June, 1896. that nominated William iMcKinley for President. He was appointed postmaster of Cambridge bv President McKinlev in June, 1897, taking office on July 1. 928 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 1897, and he sen’ecl by re-appointment until February 4, 1910, making, ac- cording to consensus of opinion, one of the best postmasters the city ever had. Me is regarded as a leader in local politics and public affairs and is loyal to the best interests of this community at all times. Since leaving the postoffice lie has been engaged in the real estate business and is enjoying a very good lousiness. i\lr. Barr was married on April 7, 1880, to Adrianna Ferguson, daugbter of Hiram C. and Amanda (Baldridge) Ferguson. Mr. Ferguson was a prominent farmer of Cambridge township, living retired during the latter part of his life in the city of Cambridge. He was a prominent, influential aiid Iflghly respected man. He was a Democrat and a member of tbe Presbyterian churcli, as were all his family. Mr. Ferguson’s death occurred on July 3. 1885, and his wife passed away on February 10, 1900. Both are buried in the South cemetery at Camluddge. Their family consisted of six children, all daughters, namely ; Alice married Robert McConkey, of Cambridge town- ship; Mary married N. J. Hutcheson, of Cambridge; Jemima is a teacher in the Cambridge schools; Adrianna married James R. Barr, of Cambridge; May, now Mrs. J. Marshall Brown, of Cambridge; Carrie is living at home in Cambridge. To Mr. and Mrs. Barr four daughters have been born, namely: Vera married J. I. Wilson, of Cambridge; Ada married Jesse Slingluff, of Cam- bridge ; Fay and Eva are living at home. The Barr residence, a modern and neatly kept one, is located at No. 237 North Tenth street, Cambridge, in one of the best residence districts. Mrs. Barr and her four daughters are all graduates of the Cambridge high school, and prior to- her marriage Mrs. Barr was a prominent and progressive teacher of this county. Fraternally, Mr. Barr is a member of Cambridge Lodge No. 66, Free and Accepted Masons; Cambridge Commandery No. 47, Knights Templar; is a thirty-second-degree Mason, belonging to the Cincinnati Consistory. Mr. Barr and family are members of the Presbyterian church and are active in church and Sunday school work. For a time Mr. Barr was interested in newspaper work in this city. Being a loyal party man he has always been active in Republican politics, not only in his home city and county, but in the state. He is faithful to party principles and loyal to his friends. For years he has been a recognized party leader and is always ready to make his position known on any issue. He is a very pleasant man to know and is in every way worthy of the high esteem in which he is held. GUERNSEY COE'NTY, OHIO. 929 ^IILTOX L. HARTLEY. The Hartley family, of which the principal subject of this sketch was a member, has been identified with Guernsey county since its beginning and for many years has had a part in its commercial development. Xoah Hartley and his wife, iMilla (Hall) Hartley, came from Lebanon valley, Pennsvlvania, about 1806 or 1807, entered government land in iMillwood township, and there established their home. Their son, William H., father of iMilton L., went to Quaker City in 1853 learned the blacksmith trade. He went into mercan- tile business in that place in 1868 and is still there. His wife. iMarv J. iMc- Clellan Hartley, was a sister of iMrs. iMattie iMcClellan Brown, the well- known lecturer, formerly of this county. The children of William H. Hartley were five hoys and three girls. iMc- Clellan, who died March 21. 1907, was one of the best-known business men in the eastern part of Guernsey county. He was an active member of the firm of William H. Hartley & Sons, a large house dealing in general hardware, building material, implements, wagons and carriages. He was secretarv of the Building and Loan Association about thirty years, and also, for about thirty-five years, secretary of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday school. His home paper, commenting at the time of his death, said : ‘‘He was such a careful, thorough, clear-headed and judicious business man that every local enterprise sought for his official and executive relation to help carry forward the organization to success. Erom town executive down through all the local planes of material interests and moral progress, McClellan Hartley was always regarded as a safe counsellor and a trusted executive and financier. X"ot only in public affairs, but also in private under- takings men sought his advice, his help, his co-operation for personal success and family betterment, insomuch that a real grief for personal loss was felt bv many whose close confidence had been a sacred matter, revealed only at the obsequies of their devoted friend." On the day of i\Ir. Hartley’s funeral ijusiness in the city was practically suspended, while a thousand people followed the remains to their last resting place. He left a wife and two children, Gilbert and iMarie. Leon C. Hartley, also deceased, was the fifth son of the family. He was born March 29, 1871, and was married October 27. 1904, to iMarv Hill. He was always industrious, bright and cheerful. From his boyhood he was a great lover of music, for six years was leader of the Quaker City Band, and was ])i'ominent in musical circles, in the church choir and at public meetings. It was said of him, “We never saw him out of patience or angiy." At his ( 59 ) 930 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. (leatli menu )rials of high trilmte were ado])ted Ijy various organizations of wliich he was an acti\’e and influential nienil)er, and also l)v the Epworth League, the Methodist Lju’scopal Sunday school and the Knights of Pythias. Me was of the strictest honesty. ])unctual in the discharge of all duties, pure and jratient in spirit, faithful and earnest in every good work, a worthv and upright citizen. He died December 5, 1895. Other sons besides Milton L. are Homer S. and Orvon G. The former is assistant cashier of the Quaker City P)ank, and the latter is with his father in the hardware, paint, roofing and furnace business at Quaker City. The daughters living are, Laura and Hallie. 1 'he first-named is the wife of Mb A. Lingo, a tobacco merchant of Quaker City, who died in 1909. She, with three sons and three daughters, live at Qtuaker City. Hallie is the wife of Ross P>undv, wdio is associated w-ith her father in Irusiness. They live at Quaker City. IMiltou L. Hartley was l)orn in 1858 at Quaker City, wdiere he lived until 1893. Februaiy of that year he came to Cambridge and w’ent into the roofing business wdth his father and brotlier. In this business he still remains. Prohably no city has a greater ]rercentage of slate roofs than Cambridge, and Mr. Hartley ]rut on a very large proportion of them. The firm w^as also in the furnace business and in 1908 added the ])aint Inisiness. Tt now' is doing a large trade in all three lines besides a general business in sheet metal w-ork. IMr. Hartley was married in t88t to Dora I. Carnal, daughter of Ecl- w'ard and Phoebe (Marsh) Carnal. She was born in Quaker City, but w'as reared in Vinton county, Ohio. Her mother lives at New^ark, her father hav- ing died at AATllston several years ago. The mother is a daughter of Joseph and Delilah (Dillon) Marsh. The Dillons and Alarshes w'ere both pioneer families near Quaker City. Air. and Mrs. Hartley ha\ e two sons, Al. Revere and Wblliam H. Re\-ere married Helen P. Herrberg and lives on North Seventh street, in Cambridge. AA'illiam H. is at home with his father in Cambridge. P)efore coming to Cam- bridge Air. Hartley was mayor of Quaker City and was also a councilman there. Since coming here he has been on the water works board and also a member of the city council. Tn 1897 he erected the Hartley building on Wdieeling avenue, and also has other ]>roperty in Cambridge. In Alasonry he is a Knight Templar and also a Scottish rite Alason of the thirty-second degree. Tie is vice-])resident of the Central P>ank of Cambridge, director of the Home Teleidione Company and director of the Home Building and Loan Company of Cambridge. He is also interested in slate quarries in Abermont. Air. Hartlev is active in lodge work. In character he is a quiet, unassuming man, fond of his familv, and steady and substantial in both domestic and public life. GUERNSEY COE'NTY, OHIO. 931 JAMIES GREEX. The present sketch is concerned with the life of one of the most worthy citizens of Guernsey county, a man who in his lifetime was prominent among his fellows, James Green. He was born about two miles north of Byesville, Guernsey county, Ohio, on January 22, 1847, son of Jacob and Eliza- beth (Foraker) Green. Jacob Green was of Pennsylvania-Dutch descent, and his wife, who was a distant relative of Senator Foraker, was born at San- dusky, Ohio, on February 15, 1816, while the Indians were still there. When Jacob Green and his wife came to Guernsey county they had to cut their wav through the woods. Deer and other game were then abundant. He bought a farm near the present location of the Ideal mines, north of Byesville, getting his land from the government, some of the deeds being signed by President Jackson. Here he and his wife made a home and spent the remainder of their lives. They were the parents of ten children, all of whom grew to ma- turity, namely: Obadiah, deceased, who was a soldier: Mrs. iMary Ann Cole, now of Abingdon, Illinois; Isaac Green, deceased, who was a soldier; Mrs. Rhoda A. Sla}', of Byesville. the widow of David iM. Slay: i\Irs. ' Lavina Brown, deceased; Hugh, of Linton Mills, Coshocton county, Ohio; George, of Noble county, Ohio; James, deceased, the subject of this sketch: i\[rs. Charity Clippinger, deceased ; and John, of Cambridge, Ohio. James Green grew up on the old farm north of Byesville. In 1870 he married Agnes Finley, a daughter of David and Elizabeth (Graham) Finley, who was born in Ohio county. West Virginia. David Finley was born near Valiev Forge, Pennsvh’ania, and Elizabeth Graham was a native of West Vir- ginia, a daughter of James and Agnes ( Finley) Graham. James Graham was a native of Ireland, and in all probability was descended from the Scotch Covenanters, and through a long line of dukes, earls and marquises in Eng- land. James Green was a farmer, but also engaged in coal mining. In 1881 he moved to Byesville, built a house at the corner of Mill and Seneca streets, and lived there the balance of his days. There were six children in his family : \\'illiam S. ; Elmer E.. for whom see his sketch; Daisy, now Mrs. Charles Selders ; Fred F., for whom see his sketch; Airs. Elizabeth AIcAuley, and Harry, all married save Elmer and Harry. William is business manager of the Byesville Enterprise ; Airs. Selders lives at Byesville, her husband being an engineer at the Ideal mines; Airs. AIcAuley lives at Christopher. Illinois: Harrv is a clerk in the Ogara Coal Company's offices at Derwent, Ohio. James Green died on December ii, 1904. He was a kind husband and GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 932 father and a good citizen, trusted and respected l)v all who knew him. In his dealings with mankind he was honest and straightforward, and tried to prac- tice the ( lolden Rule and to treat every one in a manner worthy of a good American citizen. I’eing of a quiet and reserved disposition, his circle of friends may not have been as broad as that of many others, yet those who truly knew him never doubted his integrity, honesty and friendship. He was great- ly missed by many whom he had befriended in their adversities. He and all his family were members of the IMethodist church. ELMER ELLSM’ORTH GREEN. Among the well-known and influential residents of P)yesville is Elmer Ellsworth Green, a man who has given much thought to the problems of the present day, and who is well fitted for leadership among his fellows. He was horn in Jackson township, Guernsey county, Ohio, on Februaiy 15, 1871, the son of James and Agnes (Finley) Green, whose sketch appears herein. His lioyhood was sjient in Ryesville, where he attended the public schools and graduated from high school. Since that time he has been engaged in coal mining, and is tboroughly familiar with all of its phases. In politics Mr. Green is a Democrat. In 1892 he was elected city clerk of Ryesville, and was twice re-elected, serving for three terms of two years each. For the next five years he was township clerk for Jackson township, and ever since he has been clerk of the township board of education. In 1906 he was elected mayor of Ryesville, but, because of lack of time to devote to the office, resigned it. A few years ago he made the race for county treasurer, and came as near being elected as any Democrat could have been in this strongly Re])ul)lican county, he having run nearly a thousand votes ahead of his ticket. In his fraternal relations he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and was for many years the keeper of records and seal in his lodge. He is a member of the American Mechanics and one of its strongest support- ers, and for fifteen years was secretary of the local organization. Recently he \vas appointed by tbe secretary of state to be local registrar of Jackson township and Ryesville, whicb form District No. 220. In 1907 Air. Green wrote a history of Ryesville, which work was highly creditable, both from a historical and a literary point of view. He has also written many articles for various newspapers, chiefly on topics concerning labor and politics. He is very popular and is one of the best informed resi- dents of tbe county on local and county matters. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 933 Elmer E. Green is a solid and substantial citizen, and an able representa- tive of a well-known and honored family of the county. With all the senti- ments of a true and worthy character, he unites a keen appreciation of the humorous side of life in a way to make himself at once an alile and conscien- tious adviser and a jolly good fellow. THE ROSE^IOXD FAMILY. In April, i8io, Philip Rosemond settled on a ([uarter section of land ad- joining the site of the Fletcher Methodist Episcopal church in Oxford town- shi]), Guernsey county, Ohio, a few days before the township and countv were organized. Here he li^■ed until his death. October 14, 1831. in bis sixtv- sixth year. He was a stock-raiser, dro\-er. tavern-keeper, postmaster at Fletcher (which antedated Fairview), and farmer. At one time he owned more than six hundred acres of land in one body, out of which he provided for two of his sons, so at his death the home farm contained only three hun- dred acres. In 1834 it was sold to Roljinson Baker, and later became sub- divided. Philip Rosemond is said to ha\’e kept the first stopping place for travelers between M'heeling and Cambridge, and to have been the first post- master between Wdieeling and Zanesville. He was an exact and successful business man. He was born, and until 1795 lived in county Leitrim, Ireland, where he married, and where a part of his family was born. He landed at Pbiladelphia in August. 1795. and sojourned there, and at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and St. Clairsville until April, 1910. In western Pennsylvania his two brothers, Edward and James, and Moses Morton were his neighbors IMorton and Edward married there two sisters named Dowler, and Philip and Morton were afterward neighbors at Fletcher. In later years there were at the same time several families in Fairview. bearing the name of Rosemond. and some distinction among them is necessary. Some were descendants of the first Philip; some were descendants of his brother Edward: some were descendants of his brother M’illiam, who emi- grated in 1841, and died a few weeks after he reached Fainbew. and some were descendants of his brother Bennett, who never left Ireland. Descendants of Philip. — In 1812, his daughter, Nancy, married John IM. Coleman, of Belmont county, later removed to the vicinity of Terre Haute, Indiana, and died there leaving several children. In 1817. his daughter iMary married Mordecai Van Meter, of Belmont county, who died about 1830. leav- 934 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. ing her a widow with several children. She lived for a nuinlier of vears at I'airview after this, and then married Dr. J. C. Parry, and removed to Flnsh- ing, Ohio, where she died. His daughter Fanny married George Glassford, a merchant, who died soon afterward, leaving one daughter, Mary Ann; Fanny later married William Thompson, of P'airheld county, and died in Columbus, ( )hio, where children and grandchildren survive her. His daughter Jane married Kev. Thomas J. Taylor, a Methodist Episcopal minister, who served charges in Guernsey and Belmont counties, left the ministry because of loss of \'oice and went into business at Senecaville, and later removed to Paola, Kan- • sas, where he died. After his death Mrs. Taylor returned to Senecaville and spent the remainder of her days there. Among her children and grandchildren living are i\Jrs. Mary Dilley, of Senecaville, Mrs. Maine Shively, of Cam- bridge, and Frank R. Smith, Mrs. Daisy Kerr, klary B. Smith and William L. Smith of Camliridge. Philip's son Edward and his daughter Eliza survived him, but died unmarried, and another son, William, had died in his youth. Philip’s son Martin was in business at New Birmingham (now Milnersville ) and in Fairview for many years, at which place he died in 1867. Ann Eliza, daughter of Martin, married Enoch G. Nicholson, and removed to New York City. Another daughter, Margaret Louisa, married Edward Barker and re- moved to Waukesha, Wisconsin, where both died, leaving one son, Edward Rosemond Barker, surviving. Martin's son, Edward Martin, married Sarah Clark, and later went to the far Southwest, where he died. His widow and .some of her children are living at Oherlin, Ohio. Philip's son, James, mar- ried Sarah Teater, of St. Clairsville, and removed to West Union, Ohio, where he merchandised for some years, later returning to Fairview where, during the remainder of his life, he tvas in business and one of the most re- spected and influential members of the community until his death in 1855. Of his family of eleven children, all are dead, and the only grandchildren sur- viving are Mrs. Harriet Rosemond Hunter, of Chillicothe, and Fred L. Rose- mond, of Cambridge. Descendants of Edward. — This Edward came to America with, or soon after, the first Philip and settled in Cambridge soon after Philip settled at Fletcher. Edward lived here until his death, in 1850, in the eightieth year of his age. He married Sarah Dowler, near Brownsville, Pennsylvania. His children rvere, Nancy (or Ann), wdro first married Jesse Barcus, survived him, and later married Thomas Ruckle; James, rvho married Eleanor Beall in 1826; Joseph; Margaret, who married John Cox; Edward Dowler (Morristown Ed), and Frances, who married Joshua Forshey in 1830, survived him and in 1837 married Joshua Davis. All of these are dead. Among their descend- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 935 ants are: Airs. Emma Sarchet, granddaughter, and Jessie C. Grimes, great- granddaughter, of Nancy Barkus Ruckle, of Cambridge ; Dr. Clarence D. Romans, of Cambridge, grandson of James and Eleanor ; Edward AI. Rose- mond, of Lorimer, Iowa, and Isaac N. Rosemond, of Bristol, Vermont, who are among the children of Joseph ; Dr. Wilbur E. Rosemond, of Fremont, Nebraska; Airs. Helen R. Griffith, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, and Frank AI. Rose- man, of Caldwell, Idaho, who are among the descendants of “Alorristown Ed.” Descendants of William. — This brother, b}^ a first marriage in Ireland, had three sons, who emigrated, namely: William, James and Philip (who was called Philip the Tanner, to distinguish him from the elder Philip), and by a second marriage in Ireland had three other sons, John, Bennett and Ed- ward. The junior William was a saddler and harnessmaker, at New Birming- ham (now Alilnersville) , for many years, but about 1853 I'emoved to Alusca- tine, Iowa, where he died ; and among his descendants are James B., of Alusca- tine, and William, of Carbon Cliff, Illinois. Four of his .sons served in the war of the Rebellion. AAhlliam's son, James, a saddler also, married in Ire- land, was at New Birmingham for a while and later went to Lucas county, Iowa, and died there, leaving Elizalieth surviving. Philip the Tanner mar- ried first Susan Giffee and later Alary Alorton and lived in Fairview until about 1870, when he removed to Taylorsville, Illinois, and in 1882 removed thence to Independence, Iowa, where he died in 1883. One son of the younger Philip is Capt. William E. Rosemond, of Independence, who married Caroline Bumgardner, of Washington, and whose family consists of his wife and six children and several grandchildren. Another son was John R., familiarly known as “Jack,” who died at Cuyahoga Falls in 1901 ; and a third son, Aloses Alorton, lies buried in the National cemetery at Quincy, Illinois. All three of these sons had good war records, that of William Edward being marked by several wounds in action, and by successive promotions to Ixigler, lieutenant, and finally, for gallantry at Alission Ridge, to captain. William's son, John, died a bachelor. William’s son, Edward (Irish Ed), was a mer- chant at Newtown, Ohio, married Nancy Ripley, and later for some years was president of the City Bank, at New Philadelphia, where he died in 1895, leav- ing two daughters. Airs. Clara R. Browne and Airs. Kate C. Aliller of that place, surviving him. William's son, Bennett, was a resident of Cumberland, Ohio, from 1853 until his death, in 1904. His wife was Alary Thompson and two children, Katharine and Airs. Alaiy Bay, .survive him. Descendants of the elder Bennett. — Bennett, brother of the elder Philip, never left Ireland, but several of his sons came over. One of these was the GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. luhvard known as “Canada Ed,” who, from 1840 until his death there in 1876, lived at Fair\'iew and followed the trade of stone-mason and the husiness of a hnilder. His daughter Mary married John S. Craig, of Washington, and spends much of the time with her daughter, Mrs. Martha Harrison, of Cam- hridge, and with her granddaughter, Virginia Zellers, of Freeport. Dr. Wil- liam B. Rosemond is and for many years has been a practicing ])hysician at Milners\-ille, and has two living children, Fannie and George. James R.. an- other son, lives at Hendryslnirg, Belmont county, and has several children, some married. Another daughter, Margaret, married Thomas W. Slasor, and now lives at Avalon, Pennsyh'ania, in which vicinity are also several of their children. Another daughter, I'annie, married Samuel W. Shipley, de- ceased. and, with a daughter and son, lives near Fairview, while some of her married children live in other parts of the county. The first trace of this family is found in a drill sergeant who was in the army of William of Orange in its invasion of England in 1688, and who set- tled in the north of Ireland about 1689, refusing, however, to accept any grant of the lands which the government confiscated. Three generations passed before the emigration of Philip, though some of the name emigrated and set- tled in the south as early as 1740, and gave rise to southern branches of the family. By occupation they were weavers and farmers. All were Protes- tants and Orangemen, and the cause, in part at least, of the emigrations, was persecution for religion’s sake. There is reason to believe that the drill- sergeant was of Huguenot descent. The name can he traced hack historically as far as the fifth century, and the spelling is variant, though the original form seems to have lieen “Hrosmond.” One of the best known members of this old. important and influential family of the day is Fred L. Rosemond, of Cambridge, Ohio, born August 25, 1861, the son of James Henry and Amanda Maria (Campbell) Rosemond. lie graduated at Cambridge high school in 1878 and received his collegiate education at ( 3 hio WAsleyan University. He was associate editor of the Hamilton Daily Xcu's and IJ’eekly Telegraph, at Hamilton. Ohio, from 1880 to 1883. He was admitted to the bar in October, 1883, to the United States circuit court in 1894 and to the United States circuit court of appeals in 1900. He has practiced law continuously at Cambridge since 1883, part of the time alone and at other times as one of the firm of Steele & Rosemond : Campbell & Rosemond ; Rosemond & Pace and Rosemond & Bell. IMr. Rosemond is president of the board of trustees of the Cambridge Public Lihrarv and a trustee of the First Methodist Episcopal church. He is president of the Guernsey Hardware Company and a director of the same. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 937 also a director of the National Bank of Cambridge, director of the Cambridge Grocery Company : secretar}' and director of the Cambridge Impro\-ement Company; president and general manager of the Hotel Star CompaiiY, of Columbus. Mr. Rosemond has serced in various capacities in appointive offices without salary, but has never held an elective office. Recently he has lieen endorsed by the Guernsey County Bar Association for circuit judge of the seventh circuit, comprising fourteen counties. In 1889, Mr. Rosemond married Ella, daughter of James O. Grimes, of Cambridge, a well known lawyer and influential man. Thev have four children: Alice. Marjorie, Philip G., away from home at college, and Leslie. His residence is at No. 1001 Gomber avenue. Mr. Rosemond is a memlier of the iMasonic fraternity and a lawver of eminence, a profound counsellor and eloc|uent exponent of the law, a man of high standing in all the walks of life. A'lLLOUGHBY B. GREEN. One of the most progressive and influential business men of Cambridge and one of the representative citizens of Guernsey county is AhlloughbY B. Green, who was l)orn August 15, 1853, in Noble county, Ohio, on a farm, the son of Edward F. and Isabelle ( Spooner) Green. Both parents were horn in Noble county, Ohio, lioth the Greens and the Spooners being pioneer families. The Greens came from Worcester, iMassachusetts. The Spooners were also a New England family and both parents were active in the early pioneer life. Edward F. was a farmer and a large land owner in Noble county. He served through the Civil war in the signal service, stationed mostly in the Red River district, serving till the close of the war. After his discharge he bought a farm in the northwestern part of iMissouri, where he located, engaging in the grain buying and shipping business, carrying on an exclusive business for the Chicago and St. Louis markets. After a number of years of successful business, he sold his interests in iMissouri and came to Cumberland, Guernsey county, where he entered the general mercantile business and in 1875 ^old out in Cumberland and moved to Cambridge, where he engaged in the mer- cantile business, buying property and continuing until January. 1903. when he retired from active business life. He has attained the advanced age of eighty-six years, hale and hearty, and is yet greatly interested in all current 93 ^ GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. and ])ul)lic matters. He was orig-inally a Whig and since the organization of the Uepiiljlican ]iarty he has lieen an ardent Repul)lican. Although always interested in piil)lic matters, he was never an office seeker. He has been a memljer of the Baptist church since childhood and always active in church and Sunday school work. He is a man of strong convictions and very methodical and conscientious in all his husiness matters, a sincere Christian man. Mrs. Green, mother of W. B., died about 1862, and h'dward 1 '. Green married Eliza i\l. Graham, of an old established family of this county. She is living. Willoughby B. Green is the only child of his parents. He spent his early youth on the farm on Nolde county and was educated in the public schools of the home locality and also attended the Central high school at Williamsburg, Missouri, after the family moved to that place. He assisted his father in his farming and grain husiness and attended school until about twenty years of age, when he came to Cambridge from Missouri and learned telegraphy in the Western Union office at Cambridge and soon became the manager of that office, which position he held for eight years, when he was made manager in the W'estern Union office at Circleville, for one year, then, going to Mexico, was with the Santa Ee railroad and the Wells Fargo Express Companv at Los Lunas, New Mexico, where he remained only part of a year. He then returned to Cambridge, from where he was sent to Charleston, West Virginia, as manager of the Western Lhiion office for one year in an important and very busy office. Resigning at the close of a year at Charleston, he returned to Cambridge and entered the mercantile business with his father, remaining here until Jiinuary i, 1903, doing a very large and successful business at the corner of Wdieeling avenue and Fifth street, wdiich property they still own. .\fter retiring from the mercantile business he engaged in the general insur- ance and real estate business, purchasing tlie old established business of Thomas G. Kerr, deceased, which consisted of some of the oldest and best companies doing business, and Mr. Kerr had represented these companies for about thirty years, the best of the companies including the Ohio Farmers, the Continental of New York, the Connecticut of Flartford, the American of New Jersey, the Fire Associations of Philadeljihia, Pennsylvania, the Fidelity Underw'riters of New York and some twenty-five other companies, all strong and reliable. The Inisiness has grown under Mr. Green and he now has a larger line than any other agency in the county, having a business of over ten million dollars in force, by far the largest of any agency in the county. Mr. Green writes fire, life, accident, explosion, plate-glass, windstorms, secur- ity bonds, employes’ liability, steam boilers and live stock insurance. He also handles real estate and makes loans. Mr. Green is a very busy man, and, in GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 939 addition to his extensive business interests, he is a director of the Cambridge Loan and Building Company, and is active in the management, the company having a capital of one million dollars. i\Ir. Green has been twice married, first, in November, 1880, to .Vnna Simons, a daughter of i\lr. and Mrs. John Simons, early residents of Cam- bridge. One son, Edward L. was born to this union, who is now the special state agent for the Connecticut Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, Con- necticut, his home being with his father in Cambridge. He is a bright, snc- cessfnl yonng man. IMrs. Green died in the summer of 1885, soon after the return from New Mexico, where Mr. Green had gone because of the failing health of his wife. He was married on October 14, 1900, to Lyda D. Scott, daughter of Elza M, and Mary Scott, Mr. Scott being a prominent coal o])er- ator and salt producer in Guernsey county. The Scotts were an early family in the county and Mr. Scott was among the best business men of the conntv. He was a very successful coal operator, doing business as the Scott Coal and Salt Company, four miles east of Cambridge on the Baltimore & Ohio rail- road. i\Ir. Scott died a few years prior to 1900 and his widow about 1809. Mr. and iMrs, Green are members of the Presbyterian church. IMr. Green is an elder and trustee of the church, which positions he has held for several years. They are both active in church work and in the Sunday school, he being superintendent of the Sunday school for many years. klr. Green is a member of the Masonic order, also of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, both the subordinate liody and the encampment, and he has been a member of the board of trustees for many years and chairman of the hoard for-fifteen years. He was a member of the building committee when the fine I. O. O. F. Temple was built in 1896 and he is active in the work of both the iMasons and the Odd Fellows, having passed all the chairs in the latter fraternity. He has represented the district at the grand encampment. He Is a Republican in politics and has been active in the affairs of the party. He has served as a member of the city council for some years and was a mem- ber of the body when the saloons were first pnt out of Cambridge by a vote of six to four, in a council membership of ten. This was in 1901. He has al- ways been a temperance advocate and worker in the county. Mr. Green has never been an office seeker, but has always maintained a lively interest in public matters and keeps himself well informed. IMrs. Green is an ardent church worker and devoted to her home and family. The famil}^ home, which is among the most attractive in the city, is located at No. 317 North Seventh street and everything about it indicates re- fined taste, culture and comfort. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 040 ]\Ir. Green is a splendid citizen and, like his father, much can lie said of him as a loyal and upright citizen. Willoughhy B. Green’s son, Edward L., was graduated from the Cam- bridge high school, then entered the Ohio State University at Columhns, re- maining for two years when he entered business with his father, htting him- self for siiecial insurance work. In January, 1909, he became, as before stated. s]iecial state agent of the Connecticut Fire Insurance Company, of Hartford, over a large class of applicants, and has made good, standing well with the com])any, the agents and the patrons and is recognized as a “live wire" in the insurance business. A line young man in character, habits and business ability. LILRURN C. ROGERS. As long as history endures will the American nation acknowledge its in- debtedness to the heroes who between 1861 and 1865 fonght for the jireserva- tion of the Union and the honor of that starry banner which has never been trailed in the dust of defeat in a single polemic struggle in Avhich the country has been involved. Among those whose militar}’ records as valiant soldiers of the war of the Rebellion reflect lasting honor upon them and their descend- ants is Lilhurn C. Rogers, who is one of the honored citizens of Byesville, Guernsey county, where he has long maintained his home and led a life con- sistent with the truth. Mr. Rogers was born on April 12, 1840, in Jackson township, this county, aliove Trail Run, and is the son of Roland and Mary (Cummings) Rogers. The father was horn, it is believed, in Harrison county, Ohio, and was the son of Mhlliam Rogers, who probably came from Harford county. Maryland; at least a large number of the Rogers family, his near relatives, came from there. Mary Cummings was horn, probably, near Mansfield, Ohio, and was the daughter of James Cummings, a Protestant, who came from Ireland. Roland Rogers and wife were married prior to 1838, and aliout 1839 moved to Guernsev county. Ohio, and settled along Wills creek, less than a mile from I’rail run, in Jackson township. There his father bought a farm and established the Rogers homestead. There, too, the parents of the subject spent the major part of their lives: although they lived awhile near Byesville, they died on the farm, the father's death occurring on August 13, 1895, the mother three months later, November i6th. Roland Rogers was a Republican, having been a Whig in his earlier life; he became GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 941 an active Abolitionist and took part in assisting slaves to escape by way of the “underground railroad,” when his son, Lilburn C., was a child. In the last years of his life the father was a Prohibitionist. He was a charter member of the Methodist Protestant church at Trail Run, and was an active and earn- est worker in the same. In politics and religion he was by nature a reformer. In his family were seven children, of whom five lived to maturity, namely: Mrs. Ellen Jane Plutton, deceased, was the widow of John Hutton: Lilburn C., of this review; James O.. deceased; William B., deceased: Roland Jarvis lives between Trail Run and Senecaville on the home farm. Lilburn C. Rogers grew to maturity on the home farm, and when twentv- one years of age he went west, spending nearly two years, principally in Cali- fornia and Oregon. The balance of his life has been spent in Jackson town- ship, this county. During the rvar between the states he proved his patriot- ism by enlisting in Company H, One Hundred and Seventy-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served very faithfully and made a good rec- ord as a soldier. On July 31, 1866, ]\Ir. Rogers was married to Sarah Louisa Hutton, daughter of Solomon and Mary ( Stewart) Hutton. She is the sister of Wil- liam A. Hutton, whose sketch appears on another page of this rvork, and in •which may be found complete records of her ancestors who were an old and prominent family here. Mr. and IMrs. Rogers are the parents of three children, namely: Francis A., who married Jenette Hood, lives in Cambridge, where he engages as a plasterer and concrete worker: Charles T.. who married Elizabeth Hinchcliffe. lives in Byesville .where he is following plastering: they have five children living, and one dead, Clarence C., Lilburn Carl, Irene. Gladys, Edmund, de- ceased, and Cecil Albert Rogers. Mary A. B. Rogers, the subject’s daugh- ter, married Ed. J. Nichols and lives in Byesville, and they are the parents of three children, Edward Lilburn, Mary IMarie and Rnssell. i\Ir. Nichols is also a plasterer. For fourteen years after his marriage ]\Ir. Rogers lived a mile north- w^est of Byesville, wdiere he owned a farm. In April, 1882. he moved into Byesville. having sold his farm. He bought a small farm in Oakwood, now^ in the northwest part of Byesville, which he farmed, but made his home in Byesville at the time. That land is now laid off in city lots and is well built up. Mr. Rogers has lived to see and take part in the remarkable growth of this vicinity, remembering when Byesville was little more than an unimproved field, consisting only of a grist-mill, a saw-mill and about seven houses along the north side of what is now Main street and a shoe shop along the south side GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 942 of tlie street. Tlie only store was east of Wills creek where the old Jonathan Bve home still stands. lie has been an interested spectator in- witnessing the ])lace grow from a straggling hamlet to a city. Politically, Mr. Rogers is a Repnhlican and he and his wife belong to the Methodist Protestant church. GKORG 1 -: MARTIN SMITH. d'he representative of an old, \\ell established and highly honored family and one of the pnlilic spirited citizens of the city of Cambridge is George Martin Smith, who occupies a conspicuous place among the business men of Guernsey county and he enjoys the conhdence and esteem of all who know him. His record demonstrates the lesson contained in the old fable that where there is a will there is a way and that olistacles to success may be overcome by courage and self-reliance. Air. Smith was born in New Concord, Ohio. January 6, 1879, and he is the son of James Oscar and Margaret Elizabeth (Long) Smith. The father was born in Guernsey county, near New Concord, Ohio, September 19, 1849, and is the son of Thomas Smith, Jr., and Georgianna (Gill) Smith; both horn in the same part of this county. The mother’s parents came from Balti- more to Guernsey county. Her father, George Gill, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and he lived to the remarkable age of one hundred and two years, dying July 21, 1892, and was buried in the old cemetery on South Eighth street in Cambridge. Thomas Smith, Jr., was the son of Thomas Smith, Sr., who was of German ancestry. The wife of George Gill was Elizabeth Mullen before her marriage. James O. Smith lived on the farm near New Concord until he was twenty-six years old. He went to Concord and was married, on April 1. 1875, 1 ° Margaret Elizabeth Long, who was born in Noble county, hut was hrouglit to Guernsey county by her parents, David and Isabella (Wilson) Long, and was reared near Mantua. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Smith lived in New Concord several years, then spent nineteen years on a farm three miles west of Cambridge. In March, 1897, they moved to Cambridge and have lived there ever since. They are the parents of se\’en children, namely: Mrs. Jennie A'lay Relley, George Martin Smith, Mrs. Sadie Belle Pyles. Harry Jackson Smith. James Morse Smith, Freda Alice and Plelen Amanda Smith. George Martin Smith lived at New Concord until he was sixteen years old, when the family mo\’ed to this county and located at Cambridge, where GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 943 they have since resided. Mr. Smith began life for himself as a driver for the United States ' Express Company, which position he held for a period of six years. He next became a clerk in the offices of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail- I'oad Company, remaining as such for six years and giving his usual high grade service. About 1907 he became the joint ticket agent of both the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore & Ohio railroad companies, which position he still holds to the entire satisfaction of his employers. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge and the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Smith was married in 1901 to Sarah Jones, daughter of John A. and Hannah (Evans) Jones. She was born at Niles, Trumbull county, Ohio, and when a child her parents moved to New Philadelphia, where she grew to maturity. Her family moved to Cambridge about 1899, where they still reside. Her father, John A. Jones, was born in Douglass, Wales, about 1845, and he is the son of John and Elizabeth Jones. When he was twenty- one years of age he came to America and located at Niles, Ohio, where he remained about tell years, then moved to New Philadelphia, where they lived until about 1897, then moved to Cambridge, this county, where they still reside. He has been engaged in the rolling mills and is now in the sheet mill at Cambridge. In April, 1863, he married Hannah Evans, who was also born in Douglass, Wales, and was married there. She is the daughter of Evan and Elizabeth (Evans) Evans. There were six children in the family of John A. Jones and wife: James, John, Evan, Mrs. Anna Parr, Airs. Hannah Winters, and Airs. Sarah Smith, wife of George AI. Smith, of this review, John A. Jones and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and he is also a Alason. To Air. and Airs. George AI. Smith one son, George, Jr., has been born, his date of birth being September 8, 1907. Air. and Airs. Smith both belong to the Alethodist Episcopal church. They own a very cozy and well arranged home at No. 621 Foster a\-enue, Cambridge. THOAIAS PYLES. One of the well known and successful business men of Cambrids'e and one of the most representative citizens of Guernsey county is Thomas Pyles, a man of sound judgment, wise discretion and keen business ability, as his rapid rise from a modest beginning to his present high standing among the enterprising individuals of this locality abundantl}- attests. Bv judiciouslv investing his means and managing his various affairs, he has come into pos- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO.

end entirely u])on himself, he studied, taught school and read law by turns during a period of se\’eral years. For a year and a half, beginning with the summer of 1S54, he attended Madison College, covering the entire col- legiate course, e.xcept the Greek. Following his term at college he taught schools in Laughlin’s and Center districts, and completed his experience as an instructor hy teaching the Fain’iew high school, which was largely attended by teachers and those who were fitting- themselves for that profession. Mr. Taylor was eminently successful as a teacher, was painstaking and thorough, spent nearly as much time in teaching out of school hours as in, and was always ready to assist a pupil whose means were limited, in hooks or tuition, often furnishing both free of charge, or taking his chances of remuneration in the future. Ftis school at Fairview, in which he was assisted hy Prof. L. J- Crawford, embraced a complete academic course, including the higher mathe- matics, and his classes in surveying and engineering were given abundance of field practice. He was proffered the superintendency of several prominent union schools, but preferred to teach a select school, which was more re- munerative. Having chosen the law as his profession, all his time, in the intervals of study and teaching, was devoted to a course of reading with that end in view. He was twice elected county surveyor, but resigned before the close of his second term, owing to a pressure of other duties. During the eight or nine years in which his attention was principally given to teaching, he contributed largely to the advance of public opinion in the matter of more liberal education, addressing many public assemblies upon the subject, organ- izing and presiding over teachers' associations and in.stitutes, and impressing perceptibly upon the people his own advanced ideas on the subject. He left his post as teacher with something of reluctance, and entered the Cincinnati Law School in the winter of 1857-58, graduating there in spring of i860. He was admitted to the bar before the supreme court in Columbus, a year in ad- vance of his graduation, and commenced the practice of law in Cambridge in the fall of i860. He was school examiner of Guernsey county, but resigned at the breaking out of the war to enter the army. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 955 In the fall of i86i Air. Taylor purchased the Guernsey Times, then the only Republican journal in Guernsey county; associated with him in that enter- prise was W. H. F. Lenfestey, of Cambridge, who assumed charge of the business department of the paper, while Air. Taylor directed, inspired and shaped its editorial utterances. No one need be told the immense importance of a Republican paper of the strictest type in those days of doubt and vacilla- tion. Such was the Times. It upheld the administration of Lincoln with all the weight of its influence, and, through all the doubt and fear of the time, steadfastly supported the measures of the Republican party, advocating the vigorous prosecution of the war, approving and upholding the Emancipation Proclamation, and sternly rebuking the “copperheads” and “doughfaces” who remained at home to object and criticise while the nation was struggling for its life. Party feeling ran high in those days, and it required strength of con- viction and steadiness of purpose to conduct a newspaper safelv and success- full}^ through the perils that beset journalism on every hand, but neither then, nor since, did Air. Ta}dor ever falter in his allegiance to the principles of the Republican party. During his connection with the Times he edited it in per- son when at home, and at all times dictated its policy. It cannot be said that the paper was conducted with an eye solely or largely to flnancial results. On the contrary, it was placed, so far as possible, in the hands of every voter, responsible or otherwise, in Guernsey county. Large numbers of copies were weekly sent to e^■ery regiment at the front which contained an Ohio man. and so thousand of dollars’ worth of papers were freely and gladly contributed by the owners to the cause of republicanism and union among- the very people -who most needed such missionary work — those too poor or too indifferent to pay for a paper. The result of his policy was like that of casting bread upon the waters, for, when the paper was sold in 1871. it was doubled in size, tripled in circu- lation, and had contributed to greatly increase the Republican vote and in- fluence in Guernsey county. Previous to 1862, when Air. Taylor assumed editorial control of the paper, not more than half the county offices had been held by Republicans. At ensuing elections the party had gained such strength as to make a clean sweep, electing its entire ticket, and this result is a fair example of that of each election up to 1871. When the war broke out Air. Taylor was appointed by the governor of Ohio a member of the county and district military committees, and gave effi- cient service in organizing troops, and in procuring and forwarding needed supplies to the soldiers in the field. In the spring of 1863 he was made the candidate of his party for prosecuting attorney of Guernsey county. Pend- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 956 ing the canvass came ^Morgan's famous raid into Ohio, and Governor Tod's call for troo])S to defend the state. Mr. Taylor raised a company for the Eighty-eighth Ohio Regiment, and had it in camp in ten days, where he was, hy unanimous vote of the company, chosen captain. The regiment was placed on duty at Camp Chase, then filled wuth rebel ])i'isoners. AA'hen sufficiently drilled for active service. Captain Taylor was among the officers of this regiment who petitioned the secretary of war to send them to the front, and the order came to this effect. The regiment was equipped for duty and ordered to Washington, when, to the infinite disap- pointment of officers and men, the order was countermanded upon the repre- sentation of General Richardson that the regiment could not safely be spared from Cam]) Chase, and they were accordingly remanded to the monotonous, though important duty, of guarding the thousands of Confederate soldiers then held in that prison depot. While in camp Captain Taylor was sent on several important details with picked men, where clearness of judgment and coolness of nerve were specially required and was eminently successful in all that he undertook. Soon after he entered the service he was detailed on sjiecial duty, and remained on detached service until the close of the war, serving as judge advocate of courts martial and military commissions, at Cin- cinnati, Indianapolis and at other places. In the latter part of 1864, after serving for some months as judge advocate at Cincinnati, he was appointed judge advocate of the district of Indiana, with headquarters at Indianapolis. The state of Indiana was then in a condition to warrant the gravest appre- hension of serious difficulty. Its military prisons were overcrowded with criminals and rebels, and in many places its citizens were on the brink of in- surrection. Tbe treasonable organizations of the Sons of Liberty and Knights of the Golden Circle were in their palmiest days, and drilling of armed men hy moonlight, and the schemes to release and arm the rebel prisoners at the North, had just been discovered. Lender these circumstances it required ability of no ordinary type to manage the business of the military courts, and again the firmness of ])urpose and clearness of perception which had on ])revious occasions marked Captain Taylor’s performance of duty, became signally ap])arent. The district to which he was called was in every- thing l)ut the name a department, the judge advocate discharging his duties independent of any immediate su])ervision, and reporting only to the judge advocate general. The whole manag'ement of this department or district u as given into the hands of Captain Taylor by General Hovey, who was then in command, and so well and faithfullv did he perform the arduous and re- sponsilile duties of his position that fluring the entire year and a half that he GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 957 Y'as engaged in this branch of serYice, invoh ing the preparation and forward- ing of thousands of pages of reports, the carrying on of important investi- gations and the keeping of voluminous records, no report of his was ever re- turned from AA’ashington, but all were found correct and approved by the war department. The vigor and promptness with which he despatched busi- ness were remarkable, and his untiring energy and industry enabled him to do what perhaps no other officer in the army did, or attempted to do. As soon as the necessary records, clerks, and reporters could be provided, he organized two military courts, and served as judge advocate of both, although his posi- tion as district judge advocate did not recjuire him to serve in that capacity on either. Exacting as were these duties, being, in fact, the duties of three ordinary officers, the situation was complicated by another circumstance. The people of Guernsey county had elected Captain Taylor prosecuting attorney, in pursu- ance of the nomination already referred to, and though he had a deputy who could very well attend to the duties of the office outside of the court room, his presence at the three sessions of the court in each year seemed indispens- able. His indefatigable labors at Indianapolis rendered it easy for him to obtain leave of absence to attend to these occasional duties at Cambridge, where, with unremitting energy, he disposed of his cases in the shortest pos- sible time, and hurried back to face his accumulated labors in Indiana. Thus his life became a constant round of ceaseless labor, and in the examination of hundreds of prisoners, the trying of many important cases, and the manage- ment and control of a vast amount of business, he gained lasting credit for the discretion, wisdom, and success of his administration. In 1S65 Provost Marshal John B. Cook was foully and deliberately mur- dered at Cambridge by two men, Oliver and Hartup. General Hooker, upon application of Captain Taylor, detailed him with a court consisting of eleven officers, to go to Cambridge and try the murderers. Intense feeling prevailed in regard to the matter, and the public excitement was not diminished by the arrival of the court, its reporters, clerks and attendants. A company of in- fantiy acted as guards, and the servants of the officers being added, the retinue was no small one, and its coming put all Cambridge in a flutter. The court held its sessions in the town hall, and, as the trial was one of the most im- portant of the many that were held during the war. ami one which attracted great attention throughout the country, it was one of absorbing theme of con- versation in the community. A most stubborn defense was made all along the line, and the trial, as it progressed, assumed, to some extent, a political char- acter. Four of the ablest lawyers obtainable were retained for the accused. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 95 8 and hundreds of witnesses were examined, and for three months the trial lasted, during which time Captain Taylor in the faithful discharge of his duties recei\-ed many threats of personal uiolence from the prisoners and their sympathizers, as well as many encomiums for his management of the case from those who desired justice to lie done. It finally resulted in the com iction of both prisoners and their subsequent execution at Camp Chase, in Septemlier, 1865, lifter they made a full confession of their crime. Captain d'aylor received many warm expressions of gratitude from the citizens of his own and other counties for having been instrumental in ridding the com- munity of these men who had been a constant terror to law-abiding people for many years, and, by his skillful and acute analysis and management of the case, added materially to a reputation for legal ability already well established. During his terms of service he was twice hrevetted for valuable services to tbe government, on tbe recommendation of officers of the regular army as well as those of the volunteer forces, wdiose attention had been attracted by bis judicious and conscientious administration of bis office. These brevets being duly confirmed by tbe United States Senate, Mr. Taylor received his commission and ever afterward passed among his acquaintances by the mili- tary title of colonel. At the close of the war and after he was mustered out of the service he was retained as special citizen judge advocate in the district of Indiana for the trial of two inqiortant cases in cvhich the government was pecuniarily in- terested to the extent of many thousands of dollars. The first of these oc- cnjiied six and the second four months in its trial, and he was thus unable to return to private life until tbe summer of 1866. Having been, in 1865, re- elected prosecuting attorney, he held the office until 1867, so vigorously did he enforce the law that when his term of office closed there was not an open saloon in Guernsey county. From 1867 he devoted himself, first to the Times until 1871, 'when he sold his interests, then to his law practice and to sundry private business enterprises, the latter almost wu’thout an exception con- nected with advancing the material growth and prosperity of his town. In- deed. it mav be justly said that no man in Guernsey county did more to bene- fit Cambridge than did Colonel Taylor. He erected several valuable lilocks of buildings, thus giving employment to many persons, and adding to the ad- vantages of the town. He was retained in many notable cases, and while for vears his law practice was second to none in Cambridge, be bad an extensive liractice in other counties and cities, especially in Cincinnati. Not the least of these important cases was that of the State against Kennon for the murder of Benjamin F. Sipe, tried in Belmont county, under a change of venue. In GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 959 this case Colonel Taylor was appointed by the court and paid by the county commissioners, and was opposed by Hon. Allen G. Thurman and other lead- ing members of the Ohio bar. His practice extended through all the state courts, the district, circuit and supreme courts of the United States, to which last he was admitted to practice upon motion of President, then Congressman, James A. Garfield. In all his business, including the extensive practice of his profession, it is worthy of note that he never had a law suit on his own ac- count, and that he had a reputation for compromising and adjusting without a trial more cases than any other lawyer of his locality. In 1871 he associ- ated with him in the practice of law, under the hrm name of Taylor & Ander- son, Col. T. H. Anderson, now justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, who had read law in his ffice. From the personal and professional to the political record of Colonel Tay- lor is but a step. He was prominenth^ identified with the Republican politics in the eastern part of the state for many years. In 1872 he received eleven or twelve votes for Congress in the convention which nominated Hon. John A. Bingham for his last term. He was later urged by his friends to again enter the lists, and in 1878 he would probably have received the nomination but for the fact that just before the nominating convention was held, the Democratic majority in the Legislature had completed their famous gerrymander by which Guernsey couny was thrown into a new and hopelessly Democratic dis- trict, in consequence of which his friends withdrew his name from the canvass. He was by appointment of the governor of Ohio, a delegate to the Phila- delphia Loyalists’ convention in 1866. He served as delegate in the Cin- cinnati convention of 1876, which nominated Hayes for the Presidency, and the Chicago convention of 1880. From 1861, when he purchased the Guernsey Times, until his death, Mr. Taylor's influence and means were unselfishly devoted to his party. With every enterprise that tended to the improvement of Cambridge, after his residence there he was closelv identified. From 1870 to 1877 president of the Cambridge school board, during which time the union school building was erected, then one of the finest in eastern Ohio. He was trustee of Scio, Mt. L^nion and Ohio and Allegheny Colleges. He was prominent in securing the organization and location of the Marietta & Pittsburg, now the Cleveland &: ^Marietta railroad contrilxiting liberally of his means and time to the enterprise. He was active in the organization and management of several corporations for the development of local industries. It was one of Colonel Taylor's cherished purposes to lie able to assist worthy young men who were struggling, as he did in his youth, to gain a foot- 960 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. liold in honoral)le business, or in the profession, or in obtaining a liberal edu- cation. None appealed to his lieneYolence in vain, and his heart and hand were ever ready to respond to the cry of the needy. He was a thoroughly religious man during his entire lifetime, an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, a member and for many years president of its board of trustees, and was a liberal supporter of all its enterprises. He w'as superin- tendent of the Sabbath school in Fairview, when he was engaged in teaching in that place, and later for seven years superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Sal)hath school in Cambridge. In 1880 be was one of the two lay delegates from the East Ohio conference to the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church held in Cincinnati, where he took a jirominent part in the (lelil)erations of every session. He was a delegate to the ecumenical confer- ence held in A\’ashington, 1 ). C., in 1892. In December, 1866, Colonel Taylor married Elizalieth A. Hill, daughter of William Hill, of North Berwick, IMaine. Mrs. Taylor died in April, 1887. Of this marriage there were born, William Hill and Gertrude Elizabeth, who survive him, and Joseph Clifford, who died in infancy. In November, i88g, Colonel Taylor married Caro M. Palmer, who, with the one child born them, Jose])h Danner Taylor, Jr., still survives him. Colonel Taylor was president of the Guernsey National Bank from its organization in 1872 until the time of his death. He was also a director and an officer of several corporations located in Guernsey county and elsewhere in addition to many other positions of trust and responsibility. “Being elected to fill the unex]iired term of the Hon. Jonathan T. Updegraff of the sixteenth district in the forty-seventh Congress, he so ably represented his constituents that he was re-elected to the forty-eighth, fiftieth, fifty-first and fifty-second Congresses. He received important committee assignments, including a chair- manship. His term of office expired in 1893. His congressional record was marked l>y the same fidelity and untiring efforts on behalf of the public which had always been one of his marked characteristics. In addition to general legislation he was then particularly interested in matters concerning the old soldiers and pensioners of the late war and also the wool industry, which closely concerned his constituents, and his services were so highly appreciated that his majority was largely increased at each election.” For many years he was active in the councils of the Republican party in eastern Ohio, was once temporarv chairman of the Ohio state convention. Though the mention of his name in connection with the gubernatorial nomination had attracted favor- able attention and a large circle of friends and accpiaintances urged him to enter the field, he declined to allow the use of his name. He enjoyed cordial GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 961 relations with Presidents Hayes, Garfield and McKinlev, serving several vears in Congress with the latter. Colonel Taylor was always a very busy man. He held manv positions of trust and responsibility. In his three years as judge-advocate, four vears as prosecuting attorney, seven years as president of the school board and nine years in Congress, a leading practitioner in his profession for many years, his record is without a stain. He possessed an engaging personality and those traits of character which win and retain a wide circle of friends. This distinguished citizen passed to his reivard at his home in Cambridge, on September 19, 1899. JOHN ROLAND GRANT. Back to the picturesque old colonial days is traced the genealogy of John Roland Grant, an influential citizen of Byesville, Guernsey countv, and from that historic period to the present da}'' the Grants have figured more or less prominently in various walks of life. John Roland Grant is the son of William Merriman and Catherine ’Wash- ington (Rogers) Grant. William M. was the son of John Grant, of Balti- more, Maryland. John Grant was the son of Capt. John Grant, Sr., of the Revolutionary war. John Grant. Jr., of Baltimore, was an American soldier in the war of 1812, and died in Canada while on an expedition in pursuit of British forces. Capt. John Grant, Sr., came from Scotland with his brother and that brother was the grandfather of Gen. U. S. Grant. Wulliam M. Grant, the subject's father, was born in Baltimore. Maryland, and at the age of nine years he was left an orphan and went to Pennsylvania in a good farming district and lived with one of his father’s brothers, who reared him. When he became a young man he learned to be an auger maker, and became a vers' skilled workman. When about twenty-five years old he became an engineer on a vessel plying between Baltimore, Mar\dand, and Nerv Orleans. He made his home much of the time with his brother, John Grant, who then lived at Natchez, and who invented the first dredge used in Baltimore harbor. Later John Grant was taken by the government to New York harbor to build a dredge there. He finalh^ became very prosperous, and built the canal around the city of Natchez that was used by the government during the Civil war. and he made a great deal of money out of the canal tools. The subject’s mother lived in Hartford county until her marriage, after which she con- tinued to reside there for some years. (61) John R. (irant was Ijorn in Harford county, ^Maryland, in 1849. was one of the family of nine children, as follows : Catherine Rogers Grant, widow of William Hoopman, of Byesville, whose sketch is noted elsewhere; Susannah Ames Grant, now the wife of John N. Fordyce, living in Harding county (Jhio ; Anna Mary, wife of William Thompson, living near Lore City; John Roland Grant, subject of this sketch; Lucinda Jane, wife of G. S. Trenner, the hanker of Byesville, whose sketch aj)pears elsewhere; Elizabeth Barrett Grant, of Ashtalmla comity, Ohio; Elizabeth Merriman Grant, wddow of \¥. T. Trenner, deceased, lives in Byesville with Airs. William H. Hoop- man; Marcieline Rob}' Grant, wife of Charles Fry, lives on a farm two miles from Byesville: Adora Alari married Elmer Burt and lives in Byesville. It was in April, 1856. that John Roland Grant’s parents came wdth their children to Guernsey county, Ohio. They located just east of Byes- ville on the north side of Wills creek, where the father, William Grant, bought the old John Bye homestead. For a time they lived in the old brick imnse that is still standing in good condition, but a few months later moved into the large frame house close l)y, which Jonathan Bye had just vacated. There w'as a store room in the latter house and there William AI. Grant ran a general store about twenty years. Mr. and Mrs. William Al. Grant lived at Byes\'ille the rest of their days. Mr. Grant was a Democrat, took an interest in the life of the community and held various township offices. Both he and his wife belonged to the Aletho- tlist Protestant church. Airs. Grant died Alarch 18, 1878, and he died Alay 30, 1885. John Roland Grant grew up at Byes\’ille to which he came with his parents in 1856. In Alay, 1873, Mr. Grant married Sadie L. Orr, daughter of Sanford and Phoebe (Burt) Orr. She was born and reared near Byes- ville. After his marriage he built a house on Gomber street in Cambridge and took a position as baggagemaster and freight man for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. He continued there about two years, then moved to the east part of the county and raised a crop of tobacco. The next spring, in the year 1877, he moved back to the home place east of Byesville and moved into the brick house on his father's farm, and it was there that Mrs. Davis was born, after which they remained there about two years, then removed to Byesville, engaged in various enterprises, chiefly running a compressed air machine at Old Akron mine. He continued there till the big shut down m the coal mine about j888. He quit the mines at the expiration of that time and he and his brother, E. B. Grant, Ijought the store of Oscar Holberg and dealt in groceries and pro\’isions under the name of Grant Brothers. They GUERNSEY COUNTY^ OEIIO. 963 continued about three years and then, on account of hard times, sold out to L. S, Reasoner. After that Mr. Grant and his brother and two others established a labor paper at Byesville called The Industrial World. Ther^ published it about six months at ByesYille, then moved it to Jackson county, Ohio, where they con- tinued about six months longer, and was there about three years longer, most of the time in the coal mines. At the expiration of this time Mr. Grant moved to Leesville. Carroll county, Ohio, and worked in the mines near Sherrodsville. Was there about two years, then moved to Canal Dover and started to work building the new Reeves tin mill. When it was completed he was made night foreman and worked at that for about seven years, until the mill was closed down and removed from the town. He then went to Newcomerstown to take a place as night foreman at the new sheet mill there, but as the prospects there for a successful mill were discouraging he re- mained only three months, then removed to Canton, Ohio, where he took a job as night foreman of the Trust Mills about four years. Then he came to Byesville, and took a position laying the pipe line at Derwent, and then got to running the electric pump at the Ideal mine, and has been there ever since. Mr. and Mrs. Grant har'e five children: John Roland, Jr., who married Margaret McClintock, of Urichsville, lives at Strutha, Ohio; Adora iMay married Andrew Tinker, of Conneaut. where they reside: Maude is the wife of William H. Davis, Jr., whose sketch appears elsewhere in these pages; Sanford O. Grant, who married Jane Smith and lives at Cambridge, is a roller in the sheet mill ; Myrtle married Charles Brand and lives in Byesville. i\Ir. and Mrs. Grant are both of Spiritualist faith. J.VMES ^lADISOX WILSOX. The familv of which the gentleman whose name heads this sketch is a member has been long and favorably known in Guernsey county, and for several generations the name of A\hlson has l)een borne l)y many of the most prominent and active citizens of certain communities of that county. They have been men of industry and intelligence, who have, by the exercise of these talents, attained their success in life, and James Madison AA'ilson is one who has been aided to reach his own success by the memory of the family traditions and examples. fames Aladison AA'’ilson was born in the southwestern part of AMlley 964 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. township, Guernsey county, on November i8, 1856, the son of William Craig and Alary ( Seaton) Wilson. William Craig Wilson was born in AA^estmore- land county. Pennsylvania, on Septemlier 10, 1809. His father was James Aloore AAdlson, who came with his wife from Vermont to Pennsylvania, and made that state his home until death. AVilliam Craig AVilson came to Guern- sey county in early days, hrst locating at Cumberland, where he was for several years a l)lacksmith. Aliout 1831 he bought a farm of eighty acres in Valley township, and there spent the rest of his life. He prospered in farming, and added to his land until he owned four hundred and twenty-one acres. AA^illiam Craig AAhlson was first marrieil to Pulina Heinlein, by whom he had five children. His wife and three children perished when the cholera scourge swept over the county: the survivors were Harriett, who married Dr. AA’illiam Helm, and Sarah, who married Andrew E. Scott. AVilliam Craig AA'dlson afterward married Mary Seaton, who was liorn near New Concord in Alu.skdngum county, Ohio, a daughter of Robert and Nancy Richardson Sea- ton. Three sons were horn to this marriage, one of whom died in early in- fancy. The others are John AAhlliam and James Madison. AAhlliam C. AAhl- son was a Republican, and held various township offices. He and his wife were both stanch members of Bethel Methodist Episcopal chmxh, and were among its founders, while A'lr. AAhlson was identified with the church as an official all his life. Pie died on August 30, 1891 ; his wife survived until July i, 1907. James Madison AAhlson grew up on the home farm. He attended Mus- kingum College, also Northwestern University at Ada, Ohio. From 1881 to 1893 engaged in school teaching in Guernsey county, and since that time has followed farming on the old home ])lace. As a teacher he was very efficient and commanded the love and respect of his pupils. He was married in 1882 to Lottie Johnson, the daughter of AAhlliam Thomas and N. Cathren ( Clark) Johnson, his neighbor from girlhood. Two children were born to them, both dying in early infancy, the mother and one child dying at the same time, on May 28, 1883, and the other child four days later. In 1885 Mr. AAhlson married Ida VI. Crow, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (AAGlson) Crow, who rvas born in the same neighborhood as Air. AA'ilson. John Crow was the son of AA^illiam J. and Margaret Jane (Johnson) Crow. AAhlliam J. Crow came from Pennsylvania in the early thirties, when he was about twenty-one, and entered a whole section of land from the gov- ernment. This was located in the southwest portion of Valley township, and part of it extended over into Noble county. He later bought more land, increasing his holdings to eight hundred acres. Here he married Alargaret GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 965 Jane Johnson, who was the daughter of John Johnson, one of the early set- tlers of Buffalo township. Noble county, whose farm adjoined IMr. Crow's, To this marriage seven children were born: IMichael, John, Emma (who married Samuel Dollman), George, Nan (who married James Dollman), one daughter who died when two years old, and Alexander. John Crow mar- ried Elizabeth AAhlson, the daughter of Thomas J. and (AVitten) AA'il- son. She was the sister of Henry H. AAhlson, whose sketch gives her an- cestry. John Crow continued on the old Crow homestead the remainder of his life. Eive children were born to this marriage, AAhlliam Thomas, Charles Eranklin, Ida iMay, Theodosia and Mary Amanda. Mrs. Crow died on April 23. 1897. She had been a faithful Christian and a devoted mother. John Crow died on April 1 1, 1910. He was a lifelong Presbyterian, faithful to the teachings of his church, and well known and highly esteemed by those who knew him. IMr. and Mrs. James M. AAdlson are the parents of four children: Earl, who married Elizabeth AA’ilson, of near Cambridge, is a fireman on the Pan- handle railroad, and lives at Dennison, Ohio; Reed, the youngest, is at home attending school ; B}u'l IMeredith, the oldest, died when two years old : Paul C. the third son, died from accidental scalding when fourteen months old. Air. AA’ilson is a Republican and has held various township offices, to the satisfaction of the people. He and his wife are members of the Bethel Alethodist church. Mr. AA’ilson has been active in his community in many ways, is an enterprising and progressive farmer, and a man of considerable influence, whose judgment is much esteemed. JOHN A. VESSELS. A successful and highly respected agriculturist and stock man of AA’est- land township, Guernsey county, is John A. Vessels, who maintains one of the choice farms of his vicinity, which shows at a glance that its owner is a gen- tleman of not only good judgment in the matter of managing a landed estate, but also a man of correct taste. Air. A^essels was born in AA’estland township, this county, on August 5, 1844, and is the son of Nathaniel AA^. and Elizabeth (Alcllvain) AVssels. Nathaniel AA’. AVssels was born in the state of Delaware and there grew up to manhood. He came to Belmont county, Ohio, while a young man and there married Elizabeth Alcllvain, daughter of Andrew and Alartha Alcllvain. She GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. ()66 was l)orn and reared in Belmont county. Andrew Mcllvain entered a hun- dred and sixty acres of land in A'estland township, this county, having- walked all the way through the wilderness to Zanesville to enter his land, and then walked hack home. The young couple, who became the parents of John VTssels, then came to the new farm and entered on the pioneer task of clear- ing the land and improving it. There the subject and six other children were horn, namely; Annie, who married Benjamin Steele, is now deceased; John A., of this review; Sadie, who died when three years old; James W. lived in Cambridge, and died in the spring of 1910, leaving a wife and two sons and one daughter ; Erastus S. is married and is farming one-half mile south of New Concord, Muskingum county; Frances is the widow of Robert Rice and lives in Cambridge; Flora died in childhood. John A. Vessels grew up on the home farm and was educated in the home schools. On August 5, 1862, when eighteen years old, on his birth- day, he enlisted in Conpiany B, Ninety-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantiy, and was discharged after being disabled by illness. He was four months in the hos])ital and was discharged about a year after his enlistment. He re-enlisted about a year later in Company II, One Hundred Seventy-second Ohio Volun- teer Infantry. He was in the battle of Perryville, Kentucky, and other fight- ing and proved to Ije a very gallant soldier. klr. Wssels returned to the home farm in this county and remained there until his marriage, except for one year spent in the west. He was married on Novemlier it, 1868, to Alary S. Johns, who was born and reared at Clays- \-ille, this county. She is the daughter of James AI. and Rachel (Forest) Johns. Her folks came from Jefferson county, Ohio. They lived at Clays- ville until about 1868, then moved to Athens county, where the father died. Her mother now lives at Columljus, and is over eighty years old. For the next five years after his marriage the subject followed farming, saw-milling and carpentering, around his home locality. About 1890 he bought the farm where he now lives, consisting of one hundred and sixty acres in Westland township, a mile and half north of Claysville. He has a well kept farm and for some time he raised a great amount of fruit and also raised a great many sheep. He has made a success of all lines of farming and has a very cozy home. klr. Vessels’ family consists of four boys and two girls, namely; Charles, horn in 1870, died when thirty years old, unmarried; Carl W., born October 30, 1871, lives in Florida and is a photographer at Apalachicola; he is un- married. Birtie W., born February 16, 1873. married Maggie Pyles, sister of Thomas Pyles, whose sketch appears herein. They live one-half mile GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 967 north of Claysville, on a farm. Mande Della married Bert S. Hendershot, the blacksmith of Claysville. Clyde A., born iMarch 16, 1878, is at home. Daisy Lnhi married Channcey Camp and lives in Cambridge, fames Johns, liorn Angnst 5, 1885, is at home. Flora Florence died when six months old. Tn politics Mr. Vessels is an independent Democrat, but he has twice been elected trustee of Westland township, which is about three-fourths Republican. He is a member of Cumberland Lodge No. 134, Free and Accepted IMasons. He belongs to the IMethodist Episcopal church at Claysville, as do his wife and children. DENNIS CONROY. From our sister country across the Atlantic, England's “merrie isle," the land to which we ow’e such a debt of gratitude and which we will ever hold in highest respect, comes one of the well known and influential residents of Valiev township, Guernsey county, Dennis Conroy, \vho since coming here has benefited alike himself and those with whom he has come into contact. His birth occurred in Lancashire, England, in 1863,. and he is the son of fohn and Ellen Conroy, people of much sterling worth, plain and honest, who spent their li\-es in England, and there the son. Dennis, grew to maturity and was educated, hut owing to the fact that early in life he was compelled to hustle for himself his schooling was interrupted. His mother died when he was five }'ears of age and when, only nine years old he went into the coal mines to work and he has followed mining all his life. AVhen a lad he had heard of the op])ortunities for poor voting men in America, so when twenty-one vears of ag'e he set sail for our shores, coming direct to (fuerusev countv, Ohio, and took up his residence at Bvesville when there were onlv a few houses here. He at once found work at the mines and he worked at the old Akron mine until it was ‘‘worked out," then went to Trail Run. where he was mine fore- man aliout eight vears, and altout 1901 he was made sniierintendent of this mine with from two hundred and fifty to two hundred and seventy-five men under his direction. He soon jiroved himself to he of inestimable value to this firm. He is fully abreast of the times in all matters pertaining to his line of business, is a good disciplinarian, knowing well how to handle men in order to get the greatest and best results, keeping everything under a s])lendid system. Remaining at Trail Run until about 1908, he came to the Puritan mine in Valley towmship and has since been connected with the same, giving his usual high grade service. 968 GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. ^Ir. Conroy was married in 1887 to Sarah Hillyer. daughter of Thomas and Rachel Hillyer. She was horn near Hartford in Valley township, this comity, and there she grew to maturity, was educated and lived until her mar- riage. This union has resulted in the hirth of two children, John and Wil- liam, both at home. In 1893 Mr. Conroy bought a place near Senecaville, a farm of fifty acres, and with the exception of one year lived there until in March, 1908, wdien he sold out and bought his present lieautifnl home a short distance east of the Puritan mine. He has a rich and rvell improved farm of one hundred and sixty-six acres, most of it good bottom land between his dwelling and the mine, d'he house is located on a high knoll at the east side of the bottom field, overlooking Wills creek valley, a splendid view. In front of the house is a beautiful lawn set with various ornamental shrubbery, artistically trimmed and well-kept, the whole making a beautiful home. Fraternally, Mr. Conroy is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Byes- \ ille and the Tnde])endent Order of Odd Fellows at Senecaville. He and his wife are prominent in the social life of this vicinity and have a wide circle of friends. ABRAHAM M. MERRY. One of the men who has stamped the impress of his strong individuality upon the minds of the people of Wills township, Guernsey county, in a man- ner as to render him one of the conspicuous characters of this locality is 'Abra- ham M. Merry, the able and popular superintendent of the county infirmary. Among his characteristics are faithfulness to duty and a strict adherence to a fixed purpose. Mr. Merry was born March 25, 1871, in Center township. Noble county, Ohio. He is the son of Josephus and Catherine (Bryan) Merry, both par- ents natives of Noble county, the father a successful farmer, progressive and jirosperons, and a man held in high esteem by all, and the representative of a family prominent in the affairs of Noble county. His death occurred on February 9. 1897, and that of his wife on March 30, 1907. They never re- sided in Guernsey county. Abraham M. Merry spent his boyhood and youth on his father’s farm and was educated in the common schools of Noble county. He left home in 1892 and served as one of the Columbian guards at the Chicago World’s fair GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 969 for over a year. Upon his retirement from this work he returned home in Noble county, and on December 30. 1893, he was married to Lucy A. Peters, daughter of Solomon and Sarah (Shriver) Peters, of Byesville, Guernsey county. Mr. Peters was a prominent and highly respected man, and his death occurred about 1884. Mrs. Peters is still living in Cambridge. To Mr. and Mrs. iNIerry have been born three sons and two daughters: \\’illard F., Charles A., Thomas S. (died at the age of three years). Helma B. and Lucile E. After his marriage Mr. i\Ierry located in Byesville and en- gaged in farming and also worked in the mines, in fact, he was employed in various capacities for some time. In 1903 he bought a farm near Hirams- burg. Noble county, which he sold and then moved to a farm in ^Vestland township. He was successful as a general farmer, and because of his pro- gressive ideas in conducting a farm and also because of his public spirit and his willingness to serve others while looking after his own affairs, in March, 1909, he was chosen superintendent of the county farm, which is located three miles north of Lore City in Wills township. The farm consists of two hun- dred and twelve acres, and under Mr. Merry's administration has been brought to a high standard of cultivation and is now a model farm, being managed under twentieth-century rules governing high grade husbandrv. The buikl- ings are kept in perfect order and in excellent repair, as are the fences, lawns, etc. Weeds are all kept down and the entire farm has the appearance of a well-kept garden, indicating that a gentleman of excellent taste and one who is not afraid of work has its management in hand. iMrs. Merry is a very competent matron, keeps everything under her charge in a neat condition and in perfect order, thoroughly clean, being an admirable and competent help- meet to her husband, and, like him, is well liked by. all who know her. Mr. Merry is a Republican and is active in the affairs of Guernsey county, and is frequently a delegate to county, district and state conventions and he has been influential in party affairs. While he has never been an office seeker, he has long been a party worker, and a valued citizen in all walks of life. He is a member of the Bvesville lodge of Knights of Pythias, and he has al- ways been a worker in the cause of temperance, and he takes an active part in everything that pertains for the general advancement of the community. He and his wife are both church and Sunday school workers and their moral influence upon the community is very marked. Mrs. Merry has a good com- mon-school education and is a woman of splendid tastes and well informed. No profanity or liquor are permitted about the grounds of the comity farm, consequently the whole.sonie atmosphere about this home is like that of a large, congenial and well ordered household. IMr. iMerry is a splendid citizen GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 970 and worthy of the confidence and esteem that are freely accorded him liy all classes, irrespective of party alignment, and the county has never had a better official. WILLIAM SHERMAN SHEPPARD. d'he success that M'illiam Sheppard, of Oxford township, Guernsey county, has gained hy his persistent and honorable methods have proven him to be worthy of a place in his county’s history along with other progressive and sterling citizens. He was horn on February 7, 1869, and is the repre- sentative of one of the old and ])rominent families of this locality, being the son of Dr. Lsaac 11 . and Harriett (Grimes) Shejipard, and a brother of Charles S. and Benjamin F. She])pard, whose sketches appear elsewhere in this N’olnme. A\'illiam S. Sheppard grew to maturity on the home farm and at- tended the common schools, also went to the Fairview Normal School, after- wards attending the commercial college at Zanesville, Ohio. He went to Oklahoma in 1891 as a traveling salesman for a shoe house, and during the winter when traveling was bad he taught school for one term. He remained in Oklahoma one and one-half years, returning to O.xford township, Guern- sey county, Ohio, in 1893, engaged in the mercantile business in AVin- chester, continuing this for two vears, when he closed out his business and bought the farm where he now lives on the National pike, two and. one-half miles west of Fairview, in Oxford. He has two hundred and thirty acres of well im])roved and highly productive land, and engages in general farming and tobacco growing, but he specializes in breeding and raising thoroughbred I )elano sheep, and he finds a very ready market owing to their superior c[uality, his best animals being in large demand for breeding purposes. He also buys wo(d extensively during the wool sea.son for eastern companies, and he is a fine judge of wool. He is very successful in whatever he turns his attention to, being a man of rare soundness of judgment, e.xcellent foresight and dis- cernment. Mr. Sheppard has been twice married, first on September i8, 1890, to Ida A. Henderson, daughter of John and Flizabeth (Boyd) Henderson, of Oxford township. Two sons were born to this union, Homer and Herbert, bdth living. The mother of these children was called to her rest in March, 1902. The second marriage of Mr. Sheppard was solemnized on April 27, 190b, to AAhnnie B. Spencer, daughter of Richard L. and Maggie Spencer, a prominent farmer and sheep raiser, and a pioneer family of iMillwood town- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 97 T ship. Both parents are still living. This second union resulted in the birth of one daughter, IMildred L. IMr. Sheppard has an attractive, modern and convenient residence, and his farm buildings are all modern and substantial, in fact, everything about his place indicates thrift, prosperity and that a gentleman of splendid tastes has its management in hand. In addition to his farming and stock raising, he deals in farm lands and has lieen very successful in this business as well as his other enterprises. Politically, he is a Republican and is a pronounced party man. taking a great interest in party affairs, but he is not an office seeker, preferring to devote his attention exclusively to his large business interests. He and his wife are members of the United Presbyterian church, and Mr. Sheppard has for years been a trustee of the same, and both he and his wife are active in church and Sunday school work. Their home is an ideal country ]dace and is known to a wide circle of the best people of the county as a place of hos- pitality and good cheer, Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard being prominent in the social life of the community. CHAISE J. SPAID. Energetic and progressive. Chaise J. Spaid holds a high rank among the business men of Cambridge, Ohio, and he comes of one of the liest old families of Guernsey county. -His birth occurred at Hartford, Valley township, July 31. 1871. He is the son of J. E. Spaid. of Hartford, a complete record of whose life is to be found on another page of this work. The gentleman whose name heads this review grew to maturity at Hartford and attended the local schools. V’hen he was about thirteen years of age he l)egan work in the mines, assisting in opening Spaid's mine at Buffalo, said to lie the fifth mine opened in Guernsev county. For thirteen years he worked at mining and carpenter work, having done every kind of work aliout a mine and was mine boss for some time, working a great deal in a mine at Cumberland. In 1897 he entered the saw mill and lumber business at Hartford and continued suc- cessfully in the same for about five years. Then he bought a planing mill at Seneca, which he still owns in connection with a lumber yard there. Aliout 1908 he purchased a planing mill and lumber yard at Derwent and he still operates it, being verv successful in this line of endeavor. Early in 1909 he started a mercantile business at Buffalo, which he still maintains, having bought out C. W. Corbett. On September 3, 1909. he bought out the klcCoy GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 97 -^ Store at Derwent, which he continues to operate with his usual success. In the s])ring of 1910 he started a new store at Walhonding No. 2 mine, in Valley tnwnshi]), and he still runs it, having huilt up an excellent trade with the sur- rounding country. Mr. Spaid is also the owner of several valuable properties at Columbus, Ohio, and he has eight rental properties at Walhonding No. 2 mine, lie has been most successful as a business man, being energetic, far- seeing and possessing rare tact and discrimination. Owing to his reputation for fair dealing and scrupulous honesty among his fellow men in all the rela- tions of life, he has the good will and confidence of all \vho know him or have had dealings with him. He has done much in a material way tow'ard the ])rogress of Guernsey county. In view of the fact that he was compelled to •Start out in life under rather discouraging circumstances and that he has ac- cepted help from no one, Mr. Spaid is deserving of the highest credit for what he has accom]ilished. He has never been subdued by obstacles or dis‘- couraged by any of the adverse circumstances that often thwart men in their struggle for success. He has succeeded in mining operations, the lumber, idaning mill and mercantile ljusiness. To start with nothing and at the early age of thirty-nine to he the owner of two planing mills, two lumlier yards, three general stores, besides numerous rental properties, is certainly not a bad record, and yet, with all his success, Mr. S]>aid is a straightforward, unas- suming practical man of aft'airs whom to know' is to respect and admire. Fra- ternally he belongs to the Indeiiendent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. On August 25, 1895, Mr. Spaid was married to Frances V. Marquis, of Sharon, Noble county, Ohio, wdiere she was born and reared and wdiere she re- ceived a good education. She is a lady of refinement and a favorite with a wide circle of friends. Her parents w'ere Nelson and Elizalieth S. Marquis, both of wdiom are now deceased. They were both natives of Noble county and w'ere prominent among the earlier residents. Their parents were also reared there, the family on both sides being influential in pioneer days. W. G. NICHOLS. A man of marked individuality and a leader in the affairs of southwest- ern Guernsey county is \Y. G. Nichols, editor and proprietor of The Echo at Cumberland. His life has been one of honest endeavor and filled with good GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 973 deeds throughout, for he has ever stood ready to foster aud de\'elop any movement that makes for the general uplift of his community. i\Ir. Xichols is an American hy adoption only, having been horn in Liver- pool, England, October 8, 1870. He came to America with his parents when less than two years of age. He attended school some in his early bovhood and when nine years of age entered his father's printing office and while vet very young mastered the “art preservative." He is the son of George G. and Susan (A\hnes) Nichols, both natives of England, where they were reared, educated and married. George G. was the son of William T. and Ann ( Garraway) Nichols. She was the daughter of George Garraway, a noted English composer of music. The Garraways were connected with the royalty of England. AAhlliam T. Nichols, the paternal grandfather, was an officer in the English army and was prominently identified with the service for many years, being a major in the First Dragoon Guards (the Queen's body guard), and for thirteen years was champion swordsman of the English army. He spent his entire life in England. Susan Wines’ mother (the grandmother of the subject of this sketch) was a Heale, a cousin or second cousin to Edward Everett Hale, the great American author. George G. Nichols learned the printer’s trade in England. He came to America in 1872, first stopped at Bellevue, Ohio, where he worked for a time. He was later employed on the Toledo Blade with Nasby and for that paper was present at the Ashtabula wreck, and witnessed the recovery of the body of P. P. Bliss, the hymn writer. He was also employed later on the Cincinnati Enquirer. In 1884 he estab- lished a newspaper at Zanesville. Ohio, the Family Herald, a weekly, national organ of the Independent Order of Rechabites. a temperance order. After closing out this, he engaged in the history work travels a few years and later engaged as an advertising writer and manager. He later organized the Northside Business iMen's Association, at Columbus, Ohio. He was a man of more than ordinary ability, a fluent writer and a splendid organizer. His home and family remained at Zanesville. He was attending to some business at Columbus when he took sick and died, on July 10. 1891. He was a mem- ber of the Congregational church. His wife survived about six months, dying in January, 1902. They were the parents of the following children : Ann. now Mrs. L. W. German, of Zanesville;- iMary, now Airs. S. C. Hammond, of Zanesville; John H., of East Ringold, Ohio; \A". G., of this review; George R., registry clerk in the postoffice at Zanesville; Fanny, now Airs. E. W. Harvey, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. W. G. Nichols, of this review, commenced his work as printer at the age of nine years, as stated above, and he has filled all positions in all branches of 974 GUERN'SEV COUNTY, OHIO. the l)usiness in Pittsburg and other cities. He filled these positions with credit to himself and with satisfaction to his employers. He continued to work in warions newspaper offices until 1894, when he bought a job printing plant at Zanesville, remaining there four years. He then came to Cumberland and took charge of the plant here, which he found very much run down. He moved his job plant from Zanesville, and began operations here in iMarch, i8(}8, starting up anew, with an exce])tionally well equip])ed jdant, and he was succe.ssfnl from the first. He has one of the best papers of its type in the state, the Echo being all that conld be desired from a mechanical viewpoint, well edited, its columns teeming with the latest, crispiest and best news of the day, and its editorials strong, well written and convincing. It has been ren- ilered valualile as an ad\-ertising medium, and its circulation has gradually increased until the list now numbers over nine hundred. He has all up-to- date ecpiipmeut and he has made a success where others have failed. He does all kinrls of job work in a neat, attractive manner, is prompt and tries to please, lie has made a success here and is the owner of a valuable, substantial and convenient three-story building, and has several apartments which he rents in this commodious structure, besides his office. Mr. Nichols was married in 1895, Zanesville, to Nellie B. Hocking, a lady of intelligence and culture, who was liorn at Zanesville. She is the daugh- ter of Richard Hocking, a descendant of a ])ioneer family of Ohio. He was born in what is now the District of Columbia. His father was a native of England, and an uncle of his father preceded him to Ohio. His home city was Logan, England, the jilace where the Hockings originated, and when the first member of this family came to Ohio he was a surveyor and laid out and was instrumental in naming Hocking county after the family and the county seat was called Logan, after the old home town. Richard Hocking was one of the first rolling mill men to locate at Zanesville. He still resides there, being now seventy-five years of age. His wife also sundves. He is a mem- ber of the Independent Order of Odd Ecllows, ami has filled all the chairs in this lodge. He has been a faithful memljer over fifty years. d'he following children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hock- ing: Harrv, manager of the Laughlin plant of the Whittaker-Glessner Steel Comjianv, at Martin’s Ferrv, Ohio: Alice, now Mrs. H. J. Kimble, of Zanes- \ille : Ida, Mrs. Sheridan Swingle, of Stovertown : Richard, Jr., is at home; Nellie B., wife of Mb G. Nichols, of this review; Abbie, now iMrs. Guy Fitz, of Zanes^•ille ; George was killed in a ^-ailroad accident; Ella, who died in infancy. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 975 One child has been born to i\Ir. and iSIrs. A\'. G. Xichols, Alice B.. who is living at home. Both Mr. and INIrs. Nichols are members of the iMethodist church. 51 r. Nichols is a member of the 5 Iasonic fraternity and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; also Buckeye Camp No. 3224, 5 Iodern AA'oodmen, at Zanes- ville; also 5 Ierit Tent, No. 415. Knights of the Alaccabees, of Cumberland; Rebekah Lodge, No. 338; also Cumberland Chapter No. no. Eastern Star. Mrs. Nichols is prominently identified with the AAMman's Christian Temper- ance Union, the Daughters of Rebekah, and the Eastern Star. a ^ 'J.'y- I' A \ r '•Jr . V V D00712947U 977,192 q3243H v.2 Sarciiet History of Q -'^-sr ns County, Ohio 7174 ,192 Duke University Libraries