Gc 977.101 N66h 1537341 GENEALOGY COLLECTION V HTSTOin OF WITH J’OliTUAlTS AND BIOG RAl'HICA L SKETCHES OF SOME OF ITS PIONEERS AND PROMINENT MEN ILLUSTRATED CHICAGO: L. II. WATKINS & CO. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 https://archive.org/details/historyofnoblecoOOunse 15373-11 PUBLISHERS’ PREFACE In placing this history of Noble County before their patrons, the publishers believe that their work will stand the test of candid criticism. They have spared neither time, labor nor expense to make the history all that it ought to be; and they feel assured that those citizens, who for a year have watched with friendly interest the progress of the work, will not be disappointed with the result of their efforts. That a book containing thousands of dates and names should be absolutely free from trivial errors, they do not claim, and thinking people will not expect; but such has been the care bestowed upon the work by competent, experienced men — -writers, printers and proofreaders — it is believed that even the incon- sequential class of errors have been reduced to the minimum and that essential mis-statements of facts have been wholly avoided. The publishers have endeav- ored, by the aid of all that is excellent in the art of typography and the book- binder’s skill, to send forth the history clothed as its worth deserves. The publishers desire publicly to express their thanks for contributions and favors from Hon. \V. If. Frazier, John Lemmax, E. P. Sullivan, G. W. Taylor, D. S. Spriggs, Judge IV. C. Okey, John Noble. Gen. \V. II. Enochs of Ironton, Ohio, Fult. Caldwell, Chris. McKee, J. W. Robinson of Louisville, Ky., Col. C. S. Sargeant, Dr. John W. Ivraps, Hon. L. \V. Finley, S. B. Philpot, Capt. I. C. Phillips, W. II. Cooley, Capt. \V. II. Moseley, B. F. Penn, I. C. Wernecke, C. Foster, F. M. Thompson. The county officials and the editors of the Cald- well newspapers, Messrs. Cooley, Jennings, Martin and Evans, members of the medical and legal professions, ministers of the Gospel, the G. A. lv. posts and soldiers of the Rebellion, and old residents generally, who have given information of importance and value, are also assured that their courtesies have been appreci- ated. The chapters relating to the pioneer histories of the various townships and villages of the county have been gleaned largely from personal interviews with the oldest residents and best informed citizens in all parts of the county. To name all who have aided in making the volume interesting and valuable would require a chapter by itself. Suffice it to say, that the publishers desire to return sincere and heartfelt thanks for the interest manifested in the work by all intelligent citizens of the county, and for the uniform courtesy and kindness with which they have been received by all with whom they have had business or social relations. Chicago, 111., 1887. 3 L. II. W atkins & Co. CONTENTS. CHAPTER L Page. The Dawn of Western Civilization.— First White Men in the West — Joliet and Mar- quette— Chevalier La Salle the First White Man in the Ohio Valley — Account of his Journey — Probable Exploration of the Muskingum — Englishmen in the Ohio Valley, 1730-1 7.11 — The Ohio Land Company of Virginia — Its Unsuccessful Attempt to Found a Settlement — Colonel Bouquet’s Military Expedition, 1764 — George Wash- ington. on the Ohio, 1770 — The Massacre of Indians at Yellow Creek, 1774 — The County of Illinois — State Claims Ceded — Important Treaties with the Indians 17 CHAPTER II. Indians of the Ohio Valley, — Original Tribes in Ohio — The Iroquois and Their Con- quest of tile Country — The Delawares of the Tuscarawas and the Muskingum — Noted Chieftains — The Shawnees and their History — Their Hostility to the Whites — Other Indian Nations — The Manner of Savage life — Life in the Wilderness — Hunting the Elk and the Buffalo — War Songs and Dances — Courtship among the Savages 33 CHAPTER III. Territorial' Government and Public Lands. — An Act Providing for the Survey of Ohio Lands, 1785 — Names of the Surveyors Chosen — -List of Squatter Settlers in Eastern Ohio in 1785 — Frontier Life — The Beginning of the Survey — Particulars of the Experiences of the Surveyors, in 1785-6 — The Survey of the First Seven Ranges — The Moravian Reservations — The Ohio Company’s Purchase — Sy mines’ Purchase — Donations of Ebenezer Zane — The Military District — Land Offices Estab- lished—Later Land Legislation — The Ordinance of 1787 46 CHAPTER IV. The Ohio Company. — The Company Organized at a Meeting in Boston in 1786 — Pur- chase of a Tract of Land on the Muskingum — The Ordinance of Freedom — Dr. Cutter’s Part in its Authorship — .Measures Respecting the Proposed City and Colony — Provisions for Schools and Churches — Survey of (he Lands— The Offer of Dona- tions to Settlers — Embarrassment of the Company — The Purchase as Finally Made — Its Boundaries — The Donation Tract 66 CHAPTER V. Important ev ents in Territorial History. — The plans and purposes of the Ohio Company - -Dr. Cutler's prt diction Concerning the Ohio ( 'ountry — The Journey across the Mountains — Arrival of the Party at the Site of .Marietta, April 7, 1788 — Names V* 5 . • > 6 CONTENTS. of the First Settlers in Ohio — Progress of the First Season — Governor St. Clair — Washington County Established — Territorial Courts — The First Townships in the Territory — First Territorial Legislature, 1779— The Convention of 1802 — The State Constitution Formed — The State Admitted into the Union — Progress of the Settle- ments in Washington County 77 CHAPTER YJ. War With the Indians — 1790 to 1795. — The Rise of the War Cloud —Arrangements for a Treaty — The Treaty of Fort Harmar, January 9. 1879 — Renewal of Border "War- fare— Surveyors Attacked — The Settlement at Big Bottom — The Massacre — War Begins — Settlers Attacked — The White Scouts and their Methods — Eventsof 1792-3 — Indian Atrocities — A Colony Formed at the Mouth of Olive Green Creek, 1794 — Closing Events of the War — Wayne’s Victory 88 CHAPTER VII. Pioneer Life in Noble County. — The Western Pioneers — Description of their work — Pioneer Gatherings- — Description of the Log Cabin and the Manner of its Erec- tion— The Kitchen Utensils of the Pioneer Household — The Bill of Fare and How it was Prepared — Fish and Game — Pioneer Agriculture- — Rude Implements — -Hard Work — Woman’s Work — The Spinning "Wheels and the Looms — All Clothing of Home Manufacture — The Kinds of Garments iu Fashion Long Ago — Literary, Religious and Educational Advantages — The Pioneer Preachers — The Early Schools —Manner of Travel — Earliest Settlers of The County 108 CHAPTER VIII. The Formation of Noble County. — Guernsey County Erected in 1810 — Erection of Monroe County in 1813 — Its Organization in 1815 — Morgan County Formed, 1819 — A New County Proposed — Origin of the Name — The Matter Before the Legisla- ture— Copy of a Petition Presented in 1849 — Noble County Erected, March 11, 1851 — The Act as Finally Passed — Sarahsville, the County Seat — First County Elections —Doings of the County Commissioners — Erection of a Public Building 120 CHAPTER IX. Civil Histoiiy of Nohi.e County. — The County Seat Controversy — Its Beginning — - The Question of Re-location — The Rival Sites — Sarahsville and the Caldwell Farm — The Advocates of a Change Successful — A Legal Contest — History of the Litiga- tion— Building of the Court House in Caldwell — Removal of live C ounty Officers, 1858 — Civil List — County Officers from 1851 to 1887 133 CHAPTER X. Interna i Imfrov i.m f.nts. — Early Roads — The First Route of Travel in Noble County — The Suininerfield and Batcsville Turnpike — Postoffices and Mails — Railroads— The Sharon Railroad Projected in 1849 — The “Calico’ Railroad — I he Cincinnati, Wheeling A New York — The Cleveland !) CONTEXTS. 9 CHAPTER XX. rAnE. Marion. — Taxpayers in 1S33 — Marion Township Erected in 1851 — Early Settlers — The Pioneers from the Delaware — Old Settlers Still Living — The Irish Settlement — Names of the Pioneer Irish and Scotch Settlers — Prominent Early Families — Moses Horton, the Founder of Summerfield — Early Schools — Lexington, an Extinct Village — Ginseng Digging — Deer Hunting — A Novel Marriage Ceremony — Personal Mention — The “ Dutch Indians” — An Amusing Trial — The Village of Freedom — Summerfield — Its Early Settlers — Industries — Merchants — Churches 381 CHAPTER XXI. Brookfield. — Original Extent — New England Influences — A Permanent Population — The “ Federal Trail” — First Settlement Made in 1806 by the Dye Family — Judge William Rannells and Other Pioneers — Settlement Progresses Slowly — Experiences of an Early Family — A Peculiar Industry — The -Manufacture of Castor Oil — Land Owners in 1826 — Valuation and Taxes for that Year — Personal Mention — Early Schools — A Novel Saw-Mill — The Settlers on Bates’ Branch — The First Postofliee — Family Sketches — Brookfield Church 419 CHAPTER XXII. Stock.- — Its Boundaries — Early Settlement on the East Fork — The Enochs, Crows, Grandons, Morrises and Archers — The Crow Family and the Indians — Other Early Pioneers — The Last Indian Campon Sailor’s Bun in 1812 — Ileligion of the Pioneers — Large Families — Early Mills — First Brick Houses — Hunting Adventure — The Yankee Settlers — First Orchards in the Township — Hardships of the Year 1816 — Taxpayers of 1833 — Asa Barton — Early Schools — German Settlers — Villages — Carlisle — East Union — Churches 439 CHAPTER XXIII. Seneca. — Seneca as a Township of Guernsey County — Richland Township — Beal Estate Owners in 1830 — Pioneer Settlers — Timothy Bates- — Ilis Mill and Distillery — IIow the Distillery Served as a Meeting-House — An Early School — How a Wheat Field Was Harvested by Moonlight — Wolf Scalps — School Section — First Store — Sketches rf the Pioneers — Hunting and Going to Mill — Adventures of Abraham Bicli — Family Sketches — Mount Ephraim — "Moss Tavern” — Churches of the Township 465 CHAPTER XXIV. Noble. — Early Elections and Electors — Poll Book List for 1820 — Taxes in 1822 — An Early Indian Trail — Formerly a Part of Buffalo Township — The Memorable Elec- tion of 1816 — The Family of John Noble, Senior —Mention of Early and Prominent Families — Joseph Lippitl — An Irishman’s Trick — A Bear Story — Early Schools — Personal Sketches 483 CHAPTER XXV. W ayne. — Elec tion — Its Boundaries Described — Taxpayers of 1 830 — Joseph Beeves — John Vorhios — The First Permanent Resident of the Township — The Wards — Bry- ans — Bnrsons — Y olios — Carpenters — Law s — Richeys — Low re\ s — Mendenhalls and other Early Settlers — Thompson's Mill — Early Religious Meetings 507 ' ■ 10 CONTENTS. CHAPTER XXVI. Page. Ei.k. — Elk Township in 1822 — Taxes in Early Years — Original Extent of Territory — Alteration of Boundaries in 18-11 — Property-Holders in 1 s:3:i — Pioneer Settlers — The Davis Family — Frederick Miller — His Eccentricities — The Pryors — The Enochs — Matthew Gray — The Crums — Other Early Settlers — First German Set- tlers, 1836 — Thrift and Enterprise — Crumtown — Harriettsville — The Village Founded by Moses T. Spence in 1839 — Its Progress and Present Status — Societies — Churches 513 CHAPTER XXVI I. Jefferson. — Erection of the Township — Originally Included in Enoch and Aurelius Townships — Pioneer Settlers — David Ales' Tavern — The Cholera Epidemic — Reminiscences of an Old Settler — Family Sketches — Dexter City — Its Origin and Growth — A Neat and Enterprising Town — Business Men, Societies, Churches, etc, Middleburg — Account of its Early Industries — Site of the Village in 1834 — Middle- burg Schools 531 CHAPTER XXVIII. Jackson. — Olive Green Township- — Organized in 1819 — Change of Name — First Justices of the Peace — Taxpayers in 1826 — Aaron Hughs the First Settler — Hunt- ing Adventures, and other Details of Pioneer Lift — Reasoner’s Run — Slow Progress of Settlement — An English Colony Arrives in 181? and Doubles the Population — Their Adventures— Seventeen Inmates of One Cabin — The Earliest Families — Early Schools — Politics in Early Years — Bell-making by tbe Keiths — Wilbur Sprague’s Narrow Escape— Shot by an Indian — Stores and Business Interests — Churches 544 CHAPTER XXIX. Enoch. — Organized as a Township of Monroe County in 1822 — Property Holders in 1833 — Reorganization of the Township in 1851 — Change of Boundary — Derivation of the Name — The Pioneer Settlers — Hunters and Hunting — Anecdotes — The German Settlement — The Pioneer Germans — How They Managed to Pay for Lands — Later German Settlers — Ncwburg — Its Rise and Decline— Fulda— Mer- cantile— Schools — Churches — St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church 561 CHAPTER XXX. Bk.-vveh. — Pioneer Settlers — Largely from Maryland — Their Condition and Character- istics— Adventures with Bears and Panther.- — How " Whisky Run " got its Name — ‘'Frolics” — John House’s Mill — Mention of Early Settlers — Anecdotes — Organ- ization of Beaver Township, 1816 — Tax List in 1830 — The Boundaries ot the Town- ship as Established in 1851 — Change of Boundary — Early Merchants — Family Sketches — Early Schools — Batcsville — Its Origin and Growth — A Neat and Thrifty Town — Churches, Schools, Lodges, etc.. >d> CHAPTER XXXI. Buffalo. — Erection — Early Settlers Owners of Real Estate in 1830 — Abram Rich — The Mileys — Jacob Gregg — John Drake — Other Earh Settlers — Religious 392 ' BIOGRAPHICAL. Page. Amos, John M 184 Archer, E. II 186 Aldridge, Dr. John I) ; 191 Archer, Stephen M 460 Belfora, Jabez 174 Brown, Dr. Robert Samuel 194 • Bebout, Dr. AAA S 198 Bugher, Dr. Corwin E 19S Brock, Dr. J. AV 200 Boggs, Dr. AV. II 204 Brown, Dr. James T 204 Biedenharn, Capt. AAA T... 290 Brown. Captain John 293 Brown Family 350 Ball Family 357 Brownvigg Family 379 Barnes Family 463 Chambers, AVilliam 184 Capel), Dr. James F 189 Cooley, Wallace 11 208 Caldwell Family 311 Cleveland, Timothy 310 Cochran, Samuel AV. P 175 Clinedinst, Lieut. Henry 291 ( lair, James 502 Dudley, Erwin G 179 Dalzell, lion. James A I 1 SI Downey, Dr. Robert C 196 Dil ley. Judge Jonathan 308 Davidson, Charles C 356 Dan ford Family .... 387 Evans, Charles AVeslcy 212 Enochs, Gen. AVilliam II 278 Engler, Lieut. Charles J ... 291 Frazier, Hon. W illiam 11 176 Frazier, Henry 170 Foreman, James S . iso Finley, Dr. John 108 Foster, Chrysostom 309 11 ■ _ 12 mourapjiical Page. Finley, lion. L. W 417 Gibbs, Judge Dennis S 181 Gibbs, Dr. Erwin 195 Guilbert, W. D 310 Gray, John 43G Geddes, George A 505 Horton, Dr. W illiam 192 Hill, John 13 575 James, Dr. Frank : 194 Jennings, D. A 211 Jennings, A. 1* 307 Kellar, Dr. John 199 Kraps, Dr. John W 201 Kirk, Lieut. William It 294 Kain, William Marcus r75 Knout!, Jonathan F. . . . 307 Kluber, Dev. D. J 573 Lem max, John.... 412 Large, Henry 416 McGarry, Samuel 175 McGinnis, James M 185 McGarry, Dr. David 18S McKee, Dr. William 189 McGarry, Dr. John 195 Martin. Dr. John 196 Martin, Dr. William G 200 Martin, Dr. Atkinson 200 McVay, Dr. P. M 203 Martin, Frank M 209 Moseley, ('apt. William L 287 Miller, David 309 Moore, Fred Wr 184 McGarry, David 337 McGovern, Thomas 462 McKee Family 498 McClure, George Alonzo 506 Neville. Dr. Michael II 199 N oble, J ohn 502 Nickerson, Lev. Sparrow 503 Okey, Judge W illiam C 178 Parish, Hon. Isaac 173 Priestly, William 175 Paxton, Col. John (’ 286 Purkey, Capt. Joseph 288 Phillips, Capt. I. C 289 ■ BIOGRAPHICAL. 13 Philpot Family Penn, Benjamin F Phillips, Ilev. Jeremiah... Rothrock, James It Robinson, John W Rich Family Spriggs, Hon. Benjamin F Spriggs, David S Summers. Russell W Spriggs, Dr. William S. . . Slater, Dr. Francis Summers, Dr. Reuben P.. Sparling, Dr. John Belton Staats, Dr. A. A Stephenson, Dr. Robert... Simons, Dr. Charles Perry Sergeant, Gen. Charles S . Shaklee, Col. Francis AI . . Smith, George A Slater, Dr. Francis Sullivan, E. P Smithberger, William Tanneyhill, Richard II... Taylor, Dr. R. B Taylor, Dr. William Ross. Tingle, Dr. G. T Thompson, Freeman T... Tipton, John \Y Taylor Family Taylor, Dr. William R. ... Trimmer Family Van Meter, lion. William. Wharton, Nathan B Weems, Capell L Watson, Clark M Way, Dr. G. A Williams, Dr. J. 11 W isluird, Dr. Samuel G . Wilson, Col. Harmon Wernecke, 1. C W ay, Edward '1' Young, Hon. William J... 5 oung, 1 1 enry J Young, Thomas .1 Page. 411 457 559 179 354 4S1 179 180 180 1 90 191 193 193 193 1 93 197 283 284 309 191 543 52S 179 192 194 203 292 308 353 194 437 35 7 1 85 180 180 197 200 203 284 527 558 348 350 350 ".it !'v: : ■ A i . ILLUSTRATIONS Archer, Stephen M Archer, Mrs. Stephen M. . . Brown, Le Hoy D Ball, James Belford, Jabez Barnes, X. B Brownrigg, John Brown, Capt. John ...... . Caldwell, Samuel .... .... Caldwell, view of Carr, James Caldwell, Joseph, Sr Clinedinst, Lieut. Henry H Danford, Morris Davidson, C. C Enochs, Gen. W. II Frazier, Hon. AY. II Finley, Hon. L. \\ Gray, John Gad des, George E Hill, John B Klauber, Rev. D. J....\.. Kraps, Dr. John AV Lemmax, John Large, Henry Aloscley, Capt. AV. L McKee, Hon. Ezra McKee, Robert McGovern, Thomas McClure, George A Nickerson, Rev. Sparrow .. Noble, John Okcy, Judge AVilliam C... Penn, B. F Penn, .Aliss Alartha Philpot, S. B Robinson, John \\ Rich. Jacob Spriggs, I )avid S Pace. 448 44!) 352 35S 170 4G4 3 SO 248 312 29G 292 320 292 390 35 G 280 17G 41,8 424 49G 5GG 574 202 412 41G 288 500 501 440 50G 488 484 178 450 457 38 1 354 480 180 14 . . ILLUSTRATIONS. 15 Page. Spriggs, Dr. William S . 190 Shaklee, Col. Francis M .............. 286 Smithberger, William 528 Sargeant, Gen. C. S 284 Sullivan, E. P. 543 Trimmer, Stevenson 438 Taylor, George W 344 Wernecke, I. C 520 Way, Edward T 558 Wiley, Arch 216 Young, Hon. William J. 348 ' 11 CHAPTER I. THE DAWN OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION. First White Men in tiie West — Unimportant Results from Spanish Explorations — The Lake Region Explored in 1673 — Joliet and Marquette — Chevalier La Salle the First White Man in the Ohio Valley — Account of iiis Journey' — Probable Exploration of the Muskingum — Their Missionaries and Traders —Englishmen in the Ohio Valley”, 1730-1751 — The Onro Rand Company of Vir- ginia— Its Unsuccessful Attempt to Found a Settlement — Christopher Gist’s Journey, 1750 — George Washington at Venango, 1753 — Colonel Bouquet’s Mil- itary Expedition, 1764 — George Washington on the Ohio, 1770 — The Massacre of Indians at Yellow Creek, 1774 — The County of Illinois — Tiie Moravian Settlements on the Tuscarawas — The Massacre at Gnadeniiutten, 17S2 — Con- flicting Claims as to the Ownership portant Treaties yvith the Indians. EAR the thirty-fourth parallel of north latitude, in the year 1541, Ferdinand de Soto and his com- panions reached and discovered the Mississippi River. This was doubt- less the lirst expedition ever made by white men into the great central val- ley of North America. But the visionary and imaginative Spaniards wasted their efforts in a vain search for El Dorados, or the fountain of perpetual youth ; and, apart from the establishment of the lirst settle- ment in the United States at St. Augustine, in 1565. Their discover- ies and explorations, from the begin- ning to near the close of the six- teenth century, were barren of im- portant results in the history of this country. /&' of the West — State Claims Ceded — Im- But there was a nation which looked with practical gaze upon the newly -discovered world and sought to make at least a part of it their own. The French were among the earliest adventurers in the new land, and the’r efforts to explore and col- onize it were most active and ener- getic. But it was not until near the middle of the seventeenth century that the French were led to explore i the region of the great lakes, and then religious zeal was the only in- I spiration of the explorers. Lake Su- perior was visited in 1641 by Charles Baymbault, the lirst of the mission- ary explorers of the Northwest. Dur- ing the next tliirtv vears. the ,1 ('suits continued their explorations with great diligence ami activity, establish- 17 ■ 18 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. ing- missions at various points north of the lakes, also in Michigan, Wis- consin and Illinois. Joliet and Marquette, the former a Quebec merchant, and the latter a Jesuit missionary, in 1073 explored the country about the northern lakes, passed from Green Bay up the Fox and down the Wisconsin River into the Mississippi, and explored that river as far as the mouth of the Arkansas, returning by the Illinois and Chicago rivers to Lake Michigan. It is the unanimous opinion of the chief historians of the country that Robert Chevalier La Salle was the first white man to explore the beau- tiful stream now known as the Ohio, and the first to tread the soil of the great State named from the river. The earliest explorers of the Missis- sippi region considered the Ohio and Wabash as one stream, and gave the name Ouabache to both. La Salle was born in France in 1635, and educated for the priest- hood; but his adventurous spirit would not brook the seclusion of the cloister. He came to Canada in 1060 and plunged boldly into the wilder- ness to make a name as an explorer. Soon after we find him among the Seneca Indians of Xew York, seek- ing a guide to lead him into the o © country of the Delawares. Success- ful in his quest — having obtained a Shawnee prisoner by gifts to the Senecas — he set out upon his haz- ardous expedition. As the records of three years of his wanderings are lost to the world, there is no direct evi- dence as to the route which he took to reach and explore the Ohio River. J Several Ohio writers have asserted, with some showing of probabilitv, that after proceeding up Lake Erie to the mouth of the Cuyahoga he fol- i lowed that river to the portage and reached the Ohio by the Tuscarawas and the Muskingum. It is generallv agreed that the time of his journey was the -winter of 1669-70. Others maintain that La Salle crossed Lake Erie to the Maumee, and came to the Ohio by that stream and the Miami. But the weight of historical evidence supports the generally accepted and more probable theory that he jour- neyed from the Seneca country to the Allegheny, and down that river to the Ohio, whence he explored its chief tributaries. Lienee, although he may not have reached the Ohio by way of the Muskingum, it is very likely that ! lie explored the latter stream during some part of his three years of wan- I dering. In 1679, La Salle, who was then at the French post of Fort Frontenac, on Lake Ontario, built and launched upon Lake Erie the Griffin, a bark of j sixtv ton’s burden, the first vessel that ever navigated the waters of the lake; sailed across Lakes Erie and Huron to the Straits of Mackinac, and thence to Green Bay. From this point he sent back the Griffin with a cargo of furs, and, accom- panied by Father Louis Hennepin fa Franciscan monk) and fourteen other men, journeyed farther into the wild and unknown region. They pro- ceeded in canoes by way of the St. Joseph, Kankakee and Illinois rivers to Reoria Lake, in the vicinity of which La Salle erected a fort and :• •: • '. ■/ ,1 i. !> ’ . ■ ■ THE DAWN' OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION. 19 trading station. Then, leaving his lieutenant, Monsieur Tonti, and some of the men in charge of the station, he returned to Mackinac, where the Jesuits had a missionary settlement, and spent some months voyaging bet ween that point and Fort Fronte- nae. In January. 1GS2, La Salle set out on a grand voyage to discover the mouth of the Mississippi. By way of Lake Michigan, the Chicago and Illinois rivers, he reached the Great river and descended it as far as the site of New Orleans. There, on the 9th of April, with due solmenities, in the name of Louis, king of France, he took possession of “the countrv of Louisiana, all its seas, harbors, ports, bays, adjacent straits, . . . na- tions, people, provinces, cities, towns, villages, mines, minerals, fisheries, streams and rivers,” from the Gulf to the sources of the Mississippi. After this expedition the great voyageur returned to his native land and induced his government to lit out an expedition for the purpose of planting a colony on the Mississippi. Sailing from France in 168.5, he reached the Gulf of Mexico, but failed to discover the mouth of the Father of Waters. Landing within the present State. of Texas, he ex- plored the adjacent region some dis- tance westward and northward. La Salle was murdered in March, 1 ( > s 7 . by two of his own men. Thus per- ished one of the bravest and most gallant of the explorers (.if tin' New World. His scheme of colonization was a failure; but upon the strength '»l his action in taking possession of the country in the name of the king, France laid claim to the vast terri- tory of Louisiana. As early as 1688 France had estab- lished military posts at Frontenac, Niagara, Mackinac, and on the Illi- nois River, and before 1750 French settlements were established at sev- eral points on the great lakes and in the Mississippi Talley. But of the Ohio Talley, from the death of La Salle to near the middle of the eight- eenth century, there is little authen- tic history except that furnished by the journals of the Jesuit missiona- ries, who traversed the country along the Wabash and Maumee and the Illinois, founding missions and preach- ing to the Indians. Soon after the missionaries began their labors the French traders established posts, and to some extent explored the country. They had a trading-post at or near the mouth of the Maumee as early as 1680, and traveled back and forth from Canada to the Mississippi ; later they traveled to that stream by way of the Maumee, the Wabash and the Ohio, and from Presque Isle, on Lake Erie, In way of fhe Allegheny (which was long known as the Ohio), and the Ohio. The entire region west of the Alle- ghenies was little known to the Eng- lish prior to 1740, when English traders began to supersede the French. The colonial governments of Virginia and Pennsylvania espe- cially encouraged and fostered the commerce between the whites and the Indians. In this Virginia took the lead. Governor Spotswood was an enthusiast upon the subject, and • ■ - . 20 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. after exploring anti finding a practical passage through the Alleghenies in 1714 he entered eagerly upon the project of taking possession of the country beyond them. He urged upon the British government the importance of obtaining such a foot- hold in the West as to be able to re- sist the growth of French influence. One romantic feature of his work was the founding of the Transmon- tane order of knights, with the motto, Sicjuvcit trdnscendere monies. Though no systematic settlement or ex- ploration resulted, yet from time to time adventurers reached La Belle Riviere — the Beautiful River — as the French called the Ohio. Had Governor Spotswood’s advice been heeded, the long and bloody French and Indian war (1754-63) might not have been necessary to dislodge the French from the West. English traders visited the Ohio between 1730 and 1740 and were licensed by the government of Penn- sylvania to trade as far west as the Mississippi in 1744. John Howard ' descended the Ohio in 1742, and was I captured on the Mississippi by the French. In 1748 Conrad Weiser. acting for the English, visited Logs- town, a Shawnee town on the Ohio, a short distance from Pittsburgh, bearing gifts to gain the favor of the savages. Soon after, the renowned pioneer, George Croghan, accom- j panied by Andrew Montour, a Seneca half-breed, journeyed Westward into the country of the Miamis, won the favor of the tribes by gifts, and in 1751 erected a stockade on the great Miami within the present limits of I Shelby County, Ohio. This station, which was called Pickawillamv, was destroyed by the French and Indians in June of the following year. It was doubtless the first structure erected by the hands of Englishmen within the limits of the State. Prior to 1750 the French estab- lished a 'trading-station and built a fort at Sandusky, and made a system- atic exploration of the Ohio and its tributaries. The expedition for this purpose was sent out by the Marquis de la Galissoniere, captain-general of X e w France, and was led by Celeron de Bienville. In 1798 a leaden plate was found at the mouth of the Mus- kingum, which bore an inscription* of which the following is a translation: “ In the year of 1749. of the reign of Louis XV of France, we, Celeron, commandant of a detachment sent by the Marquis de la Galissoniere, cap- tain-general of Xew France, in order •to establish tranquillity among some villages of savages of these parts, have buried this plate at the mouth of the river Chi-no-da-hieh-e-tha, the 18th of August, near the river Ohio, otherwise Beautiful River, as a monu- ment of renewal of possession which we have taken of the said riverOhio, and of all those which empty them- i selves into it, and of all the lands of both sides, even to the sources of said rivers, as have enjoyed or ought to have enjoyed the preceding kings of France, and that they have main- tained themselves there bv force of arms and bv treaties, especially by those of Rvswick, of Ftrecht and of A ix - la -Chapelle. ’ Another plate bearing a similar inscription was 21 THE DAWN OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION. found later at the mouth of the Kana- wha, and a few years ago one of like purport was found on the Upper Allegheny. The first concerted movement look- ing toward -the establishment of an English colony in the Ohio Valley was made in 174S, when twelve prominent Virginians, among whom were Robert Dinwiddie, governor of the province, Lawrence and Augus- tine Washington, brothers of George Washington, and Thomas Lee. presi- dent of the council of Virginia, formed an association styled the Ohio Land Company. In 1749 the com- pany received ■ from George II a grant of half a million acres of land, to be located either between the Kanawha and Monongahela rivers, or on the northern bank of the Ohio. One of the conditions of the grant was that one hundred families should be settled on the tract within seven years. I)e Bienville's expedition was made for the purpose of driving the English out of the Ohio Valley and thwart- ing the purposes of the Ohio Land Company. To the same end the French built forts at Presque Isle (now' Erie, Pa.), at Le Boeuf, on a tributary of the Allegheny, about fifteen miles south of Lake Erie, and at Venango, and sent out a party to destroy the English post on the Maumee. Meantime, in 1750, the Ohio Land Company sent out Christopher Gist and a surveying party to examine and explore the country in which it was proposed to establish the colony. The party reached the Ohio, opposite the mouth of Beaver Creek, and, after tarrying at Logstown, crossed the country, arriving at the Tuscarawas River, opposite the present town of Bolivar, on the 5th of December. On the 7th Gist crossed the river to an Indian village, whose inhabitants were favorable to the French. Fol- lowing the river south, on the 14th he reached an Indian town near the junction of the White-woman Creek and the Tuscarawas. The town con- tained about one hundred families, part of them favorable to the English and part to the French. Here he found Montour and George Croghan. the latter having his headquarters in the town. “When we came in sight of the town,” says Gist, in his journal, “we perceived the English colors hoisted on the king’s (chief's) house, and at George Croghan’s. Upon inquiring the reason I was informed that the French had lately taken several English traders, and that Mr. Grog- ban had ordered all the white men to come into this town, and had sent runners to the traders of the lower towns, and that the Indians had sent to their people to come and counsel about it.” Gist tarried among the Indians of the Tuscarawas Valley until the latter part of January, 1751. and during his stay visited the white j woman, Mary Harris, who lived among the Indians and had great influence with them. White-woman Creek received its name from her. She was of New England birth, and was captured and taken west when a I child. She grew up and married '13 />'. - . • the southern shore of Lake Erie, and was equally successful in his object, gaining the promise of peace without any fighting. The British took but little advan- tage of their ascendency in the Northwest. The country was visited by few except Indian traders. The borders of IVnnsvl vania and Virginia were peopled years before adven- turous hunters and trappers (“squat- THE DAWN OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION. 23 tars”) sought to make homes for ! themselves north of the Ohio, where the Indian title to the lands had not yet been extinguished. In 1770 George Washington, Cap- tain William Crawford and Dr. Crailc, accompanied by a party of .Indians, journeyed down the Ohio as ! far as the mouth of the Big Kanawha. (Crawford, afterward colonel, was burned at the stake in what is now "Wyandot County, in 1782.) The I party were at the mouth of the Mus- | kingum on the 27th of October. In the spring of 1771, on the West j Virginia side of the Ohio, there was J perpetrated a most cruel and unpro- i voiced, murder of Indians by the ! whites. The massacre took place j opposite the mouth of the Yellow ! Creek, Jefferson County, Ohio. The j victims were the kindred of Logan, the talented Mingo chief, renowned for his friendship to the whites, i Logan had taken no part in the French and Indian war, except as a peacemaker. At the time of the massacre he was living on Yellow Creek and supporting himself and family by hunting. A party of white men encamped opposite the mouth of the creek, and were visited by six Indians — five men and one woman. The whites, after making some of the Indians drunk, murdered all, not even sparing the woman. . To avenge the death of his rela- tives, Logan took the warpath, and became the terror of the adventurous squatters of the border. Then, re- tiring farther into the wilderness, lie made his home with the Shawnees — j •a tribe most hostile to the whites — in the old Indian town of Chillicotlie. The Shawnees, doubtless inspired by the influence and example of Logan, renewed their bloody assaults upon the frontier settlements. To quiet the increasing trouble, Lord Dun- more, the royal governor of Vir- ginia, organized and led an army into the Ohio country. The force was in two divisions, one led by General Alexander Lewis, and the other by Lord Dunmore himself. General Lewis’ division marched by land to the mouth of the Big Kanawha, while Dunmore’s force proceeded down the Ohio in boats and canoes. At Point Pleasant, on the 10th of October, 1774, General Lewis’ division (the smaller of the two), consisting of about eleven hun- dred men, was attacked by almost an equal number of Shawnees. under the leadership of Cornstalk. There ensued one of the most hardly con- tested battles ever fought between the white men and the red on the banks of the Ohio. The Indians re- tired after losing several of their best warriors. The whites lost over fifty men and several officers. The loss of the Indians was estimated at over two hundred. Dunmore, instead of landing at the mouth of the Kanawha, as had been his original intention, disembarked at the mouth of the Hocking, where he erected a blockhouse in which to leave his surplus stores while lie ad- vanced farther into the enemy's eoun- trv. Dunmore’s division did no light- ing, but advanced to within eight miles of the Indian town of Ch ill i- cotlie, and there was joined by ■ A l >>; .. '< ~ . ; i T- dfKt . . ^Vj ■ . 24 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. General Lewis and his force. The Indians seemed humbled and sued for peace, and at Camp Charlotte a treaty was held. It was during- the negotiation of this treaty that Logan gave utterance to his famous speech, once familiar to every schoolboy, be- ginning, “I appeal to any white man to say that he ever entered Logan’s cabin hungry but I gave him meat,” etc. Lord Dunmore returned to Virginia, and in the following year engaged in that rebellion which called for his expulsion in disgrace from the province. Whatever may have been the motives which ani- mated him in li is subsequent course, there is no. doubt but honorable pa- triotism and a desire for military re- nown inspired his western expedi- tion. Contemporary with Lord Dun- more’s expedition Colonel Angus McDonald led a force of four hun- dred men against the Indian towns on the Muskingum. Wakatomeka, a Shawnee town of considerable size, stood near the present site of Dres- den, Muskingum county. The force was collected at Wheeling, by order of the Earl of Dunmore, sometime in June, 1774. It set out for the In- dian town, piloted by Jonathan Zane, Thomas Nicholson and Tody Kelley. About six miles from Wakatomeka the militia were met by a band of forty 'or fifty Indians, who attacked them, killed two soldiers and wounded several others. One In- dian was killed and several wounded. On reaching the town Colonel Mc- Donald found it deserted, the Indians having withdrawn to the opposite j side of the river. There they at- tempted to draw the soldiers into an ambuscade, but being unsuccess- ful, sued for peace. The commander agreed to make peace on condition that their chiefs be given him as hostages. Five chiefs were accord- I ingly delivered up to him. The In- dians their representing that they would not make peace unless the chiefs of other towns were present, one of the hostages was released to bring in the others. lie did not re- turn. and another chief was sent out. who also failed to come back. The soldiers then moved about a niileand a half up the river to another Indian village, where they had a slight skir- mish and killed one Indian. It was discovered while the whites were awaiting the return of the messen- gers that the Indians were engaged in removing their people and effects from the upper towns. The military then burned the towns and destroyed the cornfields of the Indians, and re- turned to Virginia with three of the hostages, who were released at the subsequent peace made by Lord Dun- more in the fall of the same year. Aside from the noteworthy and successful expedition of General George Rogers Clark-, mentioned more fully below, although several invasions of the western country were planned or made during the revolutionary period, there wen: few important events transpiring in what was afterwards the Northwest terri- tory from 1775 to 1 7S‘>. In April, 1770, Colonel George Morgan was appointed Indian agent for the middle department, with . . ■ - VVJ ■ THE DAWN OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION. 25 headquarters at Fort Pitt. lie held the position until sometime in 1779, and by his treatment of the savages did much to win their friendship and respect. In June, 1776, Colonel Morgan sent William Wilson into the Indian country to make arrange- ments for a treaty. Colonel Morgan accompanied him as far as Pluggys- town, then returned to Fort Pitt. Wilson visited Coshocton and other Indian towns, journeyed to Detroit, and returned by way of Coshocton. In 1778 a fort was erected at the mouth of Pig Beaver, and named Fort McIntosh. In the fall of the same year General McIntosh marched from that fort into the Indian coun- try, meeting with no opposition, and on the bank of the Tuscarawas, near the mouth of Sandy Creek, erected Fort Laurens, which he garrisoned with 150 men under the command of Colonel John Gibson. Fort Laurens was the first English fortification wort hy of the name in Ohio. No good resulted from planting this post in the heart of the Indian country. The Shawnees and Wyandots be- sieged it for several weeks, killed several soldiers and caused the rest much privation. The distance of the post from supplies and the hostility of the Indians caused the fort to be abandoned in August, 1779. Among later expeditions into the Ohio country were those of Colonel John -Bowman, in 1779; General Daniel Brodhead, 1781; Colonel Archibald Lochcry, 17sl ; Colonel Williamson, 1782 ; Colonel 'William Crawford, into the Sanduskv coun- try, .where lie was captured and burned in the same year; Colonel Benjamin Logan, 1786. The most illustrious military achievement in all the annals of the west was that of Colonel (afterward General) George Rogers Clark. His heroic exploit was the chief agency in securing to the United States the territory of the Ohio and Missis- sippi Valleys, and but for it the Ohio and not the Mississippi would have been the boundary of our western possessions at the conclusion of the peace of 1783. As Garfield ex- pressed it, “the cession of that great territory under the treaty of 17^3 was due mainly to the foresight, the courage and endurance of one man, who never received from his country I an adequate recognition of his great j services.” General Clark has received scant honor from the historians. Some American writers of considerable note have even written what pur- i ported to be “histories of the United States" in which his name was not even mentioned ! But in the Vest his name and his fame will be per- petual. George Rogers Clark was a native i of Virginia, and a pioneer settler of Kentucky. If is wisdom and fore- j sight led him to consider that the I territory of the West as well as that i of the East should be wrested from the control of the British. Accord- | ingly, he sought authority from the House of Burgesses of Virginia to enable him to fit out and lead an ex- pedition against the distant military posts of that nation. The Burgesses i hesitating, and attempting to put . ■ ; .0'" : •;! - !'■ v r--n : v>' . vi.-i-i : ... •• '■ ■ • i ijjfi r.-- ■ J ■ 26 HISTOKY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. him off In' excuses, lie appealed in person to Patrick Henry, the gov- ernor of the province, and from him received authority to raise seven companies for the purpose of taking the British posts in the Northwest. In the winter of 1778 he gathered ammunition and military stores at Pittsburgh and Wheeling; in the spring proceeded down the Ohio to the Falls, and thence, with the small but valiant armv of hardy Kentuck- ians and Virginians, he marched into the wilderness of the Illinois country and soon had the important British posts of Kaslcaskia and Vincennes in his possession. With consummate tact he won ’the French inhabitants of the western posts over to the American side, and also concluded treaties of peace with several of the western tribes of Indians. Subse- quently— in 1780 and 1S72 — Gen- eral Clark led expeditions against the Miami Indians. It was on the strength of his con- quest that Virginia in 1778 organ- ized the whole region from her ■west- ern boundaries to the Mississippi into the county of Illinois, and held courts at Vincennes in 1779. Colo- nel John Todd was Virginia’s county lieutenant or commander-in-chief for Illinois County, and established local governments in most of the western settlements. Virginia continued to exercise authority — or, at least, a show of authority — over this vast region until 178-1, when she yielded all of her claims to territory in the Northwest to the general govern- mont. Before leaving the subject of early | I travels and explorations in the West let us briefly tell the story of the Moravian missionaries and the sad fate of the settlements founded by them. The missionaries of the Moravian Church (a Protestant denomination whose chief seat was at Bethlehem, Pa.) were -most zealous and success- ful in their efforts to convert the In- dians to Christianity. As early as 1761, one of their number, the Bev. Christian Frederick Post visited the Delawares on the Tuscarawas, and built himself a cabin near where the town of Bolivar now is. Having es- tablished friendly relations with the savages, he returned to Bethlehem. In May of the following year he was again at his cabin on the banks of the Tuscarawas, accompanied by an- other missionary, Bev. John Ilecke- welder. They began making a small clearing for the purpose of planting a garden. This alarmed the Indians, who feared that the missionaries contemplated taking possession of their lands. A compromise was finally made, the Indians allowing Post and Ilecke welder a garden spot, fifty paces square. During the sum- mer Post went to Lancaster, leaving Ilecke welder at the station to in- struct the Indian children. During a portion of the summer Ilecke- wclder lived with Thomas Calhoun, an Indian trader who had his cabin near that which Post had built. He was obliged to hide his books and do all his reading and writing in secret, the Indians having a superstitious fear of reading and writing, think- ing when it was going on something . ' ’<• i ;»' [ • ' • N* • THE DAWN OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION. 27 was being clone to rob them of their lands. In October Hecke welder left the Indian country, on account of rumors of war and uneasiness among the Indian nations. Though this first attempt to con- vert the Indians resulted in failure, the zealous Moravians did not aban- don the enterprise. In 1771 Rev. David Zeisberger visited the Tusca- rawas, and in 1772 established a missionary settlement composed of twenty-eight persons and called it Schcenbrunn (Beautiful Spring). Its sight was near the present town of ±sew Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County. Rev. John Roth, Rev. George Jungman and Rev. John Etwin came out from Pennsylvania in the same year, and in the spring of 1773 the settlement of Gnaden- hutten (Tents of Grace) was founded on the river seven miles below Schoenbrunn. A town was regularly laid out and a large chapel erected. The converted Indians betook them- selves to agricultural pursuits, and led a simple, quiet, peaceful exist- ence. The missionaries' labors were abundantly blessed, and the number of converts rapidly increased. In the spring of 1770 another Moravian settlement, consisting of eight fami- lies, was formed by Revs. Zeisberger and Heckewelder. It was situated about two miles from the present site of Coshocton and was called Lichtenau (Meadows or Fields of Light). In 1770, through the agenev of British emissaries, a portion of the converts of Schcenbrunn were in- duced to desert the settlement, re- nounce Christianity and join the hostile Indians. Soon after the town was destroyed. In L 7 SO Lichtenau was abandoned and the settlement of Salem founded, five miles below Gnaden button. Meantime, Sclroen- brunn had been re-occupied. The British, having become jeal- ous of the influence which the Mo- ravians were gaining among the In- dians, sent a party of Wyandot and Muncie warriors to the settlements. The Indians were led by the chiefs Pipe, Ilalf-King, Wingmund and others, and by Captain Elliott and three other white men, one of whom, Kuhn by name, had been adopted into an Indian tribe and chosen a chief. The missionaries were charged with having held corre- spondence with the agents of the American colonies then in rebellion against the British. On this slender pretext the three settlements were broken up and all the inhabitants forcibly removed to Sandusky in September, 1781. The missionaries, Zeisberger, Edwards, Heckewelder and Senseman, were subsequently tried at Detroit and found not guilty of the charges made against them. In the winter following, the Mora- vian Indians at Sandusky, suffering from the want of sufficient provisions, sought and obtained permission to re- turn to their former homes on the Tuscarawas for the purpose of gath- ering some of the corn which they had left standing in the fields at the time of their hurried departure. They reached the Tuscarawas and began their work early in March. Meantime, the winter having been ■ . 28 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. out from the Sandusky country earlier than usual, and on one of their in- cursions had murdered a family named Wallace near the Ohio River, and then fled westward toward the Moravian towns. The murderers arrived at the Tuscarawas, found the Moravians there and told them of the crime they had committed. The Christian Indians, fearing for their own safety, knowing that the whites of the border settlements would likely pursue the hostile warriors, warned the latter to leave their towns. Before they departed, how- ever, they bartered a dress and some other articles which they had taken from the murdered Mrs. Wallace to some young and thoughtless Mora- vian girls. This circumstance may have led to the massacre which fol- lowed, though it is doubtful if the Moravians would have been spared in any event. A force of eighty or ninety men, led by Colonel David Williamson, arrived at Gnadenhutten on the 7th of March, in pursuit of the Sandusky warriors whose out- rages had aroused the resentment of the inhabitants of the border. They found the peaceful Indians at work in the fields, picking corn to carry to •their starving kindred on the San- dusky, having their arms, according to their usual custom, near at hand. The whites greeted the Indians in a friendly manner, told them they had come on a peaceful errand, to lead them to Fort Pitt and place them under the protection of the Ameri- cans.. The Indians received this an- nouncement with pleasure, delivered over their arms to the whites and at | once began preparing for the journey. A part of "Williamson's men went to Salem and brought the Indians from * the lields at that place to Gnaden- hutten. All were then placed under I guard and confined in some of the 1 deserted buildings of the town. The whites now showed their true colors, and instead of using friendly words began taunting the Moravians and ; calling them thieves and murderers. The Indians protested their inno- cence and sued for mercy in vain. The question was put whether the captives should be led to Fort Pitt or dispatched then and there. Only eighteen men out of the eighty or ninety in the party favored the for- mer course. Then, while the Mora- vians, with childlike faith and touch- ing devotion, were uttering their simple prayers to their Maker and j singing the hymns which the noble missionaries had taught them, the dreadful carnage began. Neither age nor- sex moved the heartless whites to feelings of mercy or pity. Like sheep in a pen the helpless In- dians were slaughtered bv their ruth- less captors. The fiendish work ceased only when there were no more victims. Of all that were gathered in the slaughter-pens at Gnadenhut- ten on that bloody day — March 7, 1782 — only two escaped. Ninety- six lives were taken. Sixty -two of the victims were grown persons, about one-third of them women. The remainder were children and vout-h of both sexes. The Moravians who were at work in the fields at Schocn- brunn fled at the approach of Wil- liamson's men and escaped. ■ THE DAWN' OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION. 29 The history of the white man’s treatment of the red race nmvhere exhibits a darker record of heartless cruelty, of preconcerted treachery and wanton, unprovoked murder than is furnished in this story of the mas- sacre of Griadenlmtten. When we read that for scores of years after- 1 ward Avhite settlers in various parts of the country lived in constant dan- ger of attacks from the Indians, can we wonder at the fact Rather we should wonder, knowing what the nature of the savage was, that there ever again should be peace between the white man and the red. The close of the Revolutionary War left the western country, from the great lakes on the north to Florida on the south and the Missis- si])])! on the west, in the possession of the United States. Prior to that time the question of the ownership of that vast region was a vexed and much disputed topic, which had given rise to much international contro- versy. France, making the discov- eries of Marquette and La Salle the basis of her title, claimed the whole Mississippi Valley as a part of Rew France. Later, by the treaty of Utrecht in 1713, the entire region from the lakes to the gulf became a part of the French province of Louis- iana. Rot until the treaty of Paris, at the close of the French and In- dian war in 1793, did France re- linquish her claims to the territory east of the Mississippi and west of the Allegheny mountains. England, from the earliest period of discovery and settlement of the Atlantic coast by British subjects, laid claim to all the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and all the royal charters granted to the several original colonies defined their boun- daries as extending from sea to sea. In later years one ground of Eng- land's claim to the West was a treaty made at Lancaster, Pa., in 174L be- tween British agents and the Six Rations, by which the latter, who claimed to own all the Ohio Vailey, ceded their title to the king. By act of the British Parliament in 1774 the whole of what was afterward the Rort Invest Territory of the United States was made a part of the Cana- dian province of Quebec. On the strength of their charters several of the - thirteen original colonies claimed dominion west of the Alleghenies. We have seen that Virginia organized the county of Illinois, including the whole Rortli- Avest, in 1778-79. But she began to assert her claims even earlier, organ- izing the county of Botetourt in 1709, with the Mississippi as its western limit. But her government of the region from 1769 to 1779 existed rather in name than in fact. Rew York was the first of the States to surrender her claims to a part of the West. Under her char- ter, granted by Charles II in 1064, Rew York claimed western territory which prior charters had given to Massachusetts and Connecticut. On the 1st of March, 1781, she ceded to the United Stall's all her right, title and jurisdiction in lands beyond her present western boundaries. Virginia had bettor grounds for I her claims than anv other State, rest- ' ■ . • 30 HISTORY OF XOIiLE COUNTY, OHIO. ing her title upon charters issued by King' James I in 1600, 1609 and 1 1612, upon the conquest or the west- ern country by General Clark, and her subsequent exercise ’of civil au- thority therein. Nevertheless she speedily followed the example set by New York, and on the 1st of March, 1784, conveyed to the United States all her lands northwest of the Ohio, reserving1 a small tract, known as the Virginia Military District, in South- ern Ohio. In the same year Massachusetts ceded her claims without reservation, and the action was formally ratified April IS, 1785. Connecticut made, as Chief Jus- tice Chase expressed it, “the last tardy and reluctant sacrifice of State pretensions to the general good,’’ on the 1 4th of September, 17S6, ceding to Congress all he)' “right, title, in- terest, jurisdiction and claim” to ands northwest of the Ohio, with the exception of the Connecticut "Western Reserve; that tract she was allowed to hold and dispose of, and she did not yield her claims of juris- diction over it until May 30. 1S00. Thus, in a brief time after the ter- ritory passed from British to Ameri- can control, ail the various conflict- j ing and embarrassing State claims were amicably adjusted and the wav prepared for stable and effective government in the Northwest. The close of the Revolution and the treaty of peace left the 1 nitcd States to deal with the Indian ques- tion alone, Great Britain even neg- lecting to make any provision for the Six Nations, who had steadfastly adhered to her side, and manfully fought for her interests throughout the war. It has sometimes been said that republics are ungrateful. Be that as it may, what ought to be said of the ingratitude of a great kingdom which treats a powerful confederation of people as friends and allies for years, uses them to fight its own battles, then basely deserts them? This savage confed- eracy, consisting of the Mohawks, Onondagas, Senecas, Tuscaroras, Cavugas and Oneidas, for more than a century had claimed the ownership of the Ohio Valley. One of the first acts of the infant Republic was the making of a treaty with the Six Nations. Congress ap- pointed Oliver Wolcott, Richard But- ler and Arthur Lee as commissioners, and the treaty was concluded at Fort Stanwix, October 22, 1784. Corn- planter and Red Jacket, two of the ablest of the chiefs of the Six Na- tions, were present at the treaty, the former counseling peace and the lat- ter war. Lafayette, the noble French ally of the Americans, was also pres- ent, and warn iy urged upon the In- dians the importance of making peace with the United States. The most i important provision of the treaty, so far as the West was concerned, was the surrender by the allied tribes of all claim to lands in the ( )hio Valiev. The treaty of Fort McIntosh was concluded January 21, 17S5, between George Rogers Clark, Richard But- ler and Arthur Lee, commissioners j of the United States, and represen- t tatives of tin* Indian tribes of the. I Delawares, Wvandots, Ottawas and *1 : (V THE DAWN OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION. 31 Chippewas. The treaty provided for the surrender to the United States of all prisoners then held by the several tribes, and the Indians declared themselves under the pro tection of the United States Govern- ment, and of no other power what- ever. The third article of the treaty declared : “The boundary line between the United States and the "Wyandot and Delaware nations shall begin at the run thence up the said river to the portage between that and the Tus- carawas branch of the Muskingum : thence down the said branch to the forks at the crossing-place above Fort Laurens; then westwardlv to the portage of the Big Miami, which runs into the Ohio, at the mouth of which branch the fort stood which was taken by the French in 1752: then along the said portage to the Great Miami or Ome River,- and down the southeast side of t lie same to its mouth ; thence along the south shore of Lake Erie to the mouth of Cuyahoga, where it began." “Article 4tii. — The United States allot all the lands within the said lines to the Wvandot and Delaware nations to live and to hunt on, and to such of the Ottawa nation as now live thereon, saving and reserving for the establishment of trading posts six miles square at the mouth of the Miami or Ome River, and the same at the portage of that branch of the Miami which runs into the Ohio, and the same on the Bake of Sandusky, where the fort former) v stood, and also two miles square on each side of the lower rapids of San- dusky River, which posts and the lands annexed to them shall be to the use and under the government of the United States.” The United States agreed that the Indians might punish as they pleased any person attempting to settle on the reserved land of the Wyandot and Delaware nations. The Indians signing the treaty surrendered all claims to lands east, south and west of the limits specified in the third article. Articles 7 and S reserved to the United States the posts of Detroit and Michillimackinac (Mack- inac) and small tracts about them. Article 9th declared that if any In- dian should murder or rob anv citi- zen of the United States the tribe to which he belonged should deliver him up to the authorities at the nearest post. The concluding arti- cle was as follows : “Article 10th. — The commission- ers of the United States, in pursuance of the humane and liberal views of Congress, upon the treaty's being signed, will direct goods to lie dis- tributed among the different tribes for their use and comfort.” The Shawnees. at a treaty held at Fort Finney, at the mouth of the Great Miami. January 31. 1780. sur- , rendered their claims to land in the Ohio Valley. George Rogers Clark. Richard Butler and Samuel 11. Bar- sons were the commissioners who negotiated the treaty. (General Bar- sons was afterward one of the pion- eer settlers at Marietta and one of | the territorial judges. lie was ♦The Maumee. , HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. 32 drowned in the Dig Beaver River November IT. 1739.) James Mon- roe, from Virginia, afterward Presi- dent of the United States, accompa- nied General Butler on his way to Fort Finney as far as Limestone, now Maysville, Kv., where they ar- rived in October, 1785. The party, according to General Butler's jour- nal, stopped at the mouth of the Muskingum and left fixed in a' locust tree a letter recommending the build-' ing of a fort on the Ohio side. The terms of the treaty confined the Shawnees to territory west of the Great Miami. They gave host- ages for the return of all citizens of the United States then held by them as prisoners, and acknowledged the sovereigntv of the American govern- ment over all territory ceded by the British. The treaty was soon disre- | garded bv the Shawnees, who began to be dissatisfied with its provisions almost as soon as they had yielded their assent to them. Congress now changed its tactics, and instead of assuming that the treaty with Great Britain had made the American gov- ernment the absolute owner of the Indian lands, began to recognize the Indians’ rights to the territory. In July, 17S7, $26,000 was appropriated for the purpose of extinguishing In- dian titles in the West and making a purchase beyond the limits fixed by the previous treaties. Under this policy the treaty of Fort llarmar (1789), the treaty of Greenville (1795) and others of later date were con- cluded. The Fort llarmar and Greenville treaties are described in another chapter. , CHAPTER II. INDIANS OF THE OHIO Y ALLEY. A Glance at Aboriginal Ohio — A Hunter's* Paradise — The Mound Builders and Tiikir Works — The Aborigines — Original Tribes in Ohio — The Iroquois and Their Conquest ok the Country — The Delawares ok the Tuscarawas and the Muskingum — Interesting Traditions — Noted Chieftains — The Siiawnees and their History — Their Hostility to the Whites — Other Indian Nations — The Manner of Savage Life — James Smith Relates His Experience — IIow he was Converted From a White Man to an Indian — Life in the Wilderness — Hunting the Elk and the Buffalo — War Songs and Dances — Courtship among the Savages — Hunting Adventures. FOB many years prior to the advent of the white man a large part of the valley of the Upper Ohio was almost wholly des- titute of human inhabitants, and occupied by the Indians only now and then as a hunting-ground. Dr. Hildreth estimates that this un- peopled tract was from forty to sixty miles in width on both sides of the Ohio, extending from the site of Pittsburgh to the mouth of the Great Miami. In all this vast region there were few if anv. spots that were permanently occupied, with the exception of Logstown, in western Pennsylvania.’ and a Shawnee village at the mouth of the Scioto. Over the hills and through the valleys roamed the elk, the deer and the buffalo. Leasts of prey abounded also, and the silence of the forest was frequently broken by the hoarse crv of the boar, the shriek of the pan- ther or the baric of the wolf. The streams abounded in fish and were the haunts of valuable fur-hearing animals, such as the mink, the otter I a 33 and the beaver. It was a hunter’s paradise. Yet there was a time, farther back than the written history of America extends, when all the valley of this great river was the seat of a great race of semi-civilized people. But no pen has recorded their history ; their achievements in war and peace have never been told, and even their man- ner of life is unknown. Speculation as to their origin and fate has so far proved fruitless. But upon the shores of lakes, streams and rivers, from the western base of the Alleghenies to the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains, they have left countless mementoes of themselves to remind future generations of the antiquity of human life in America. The relics of this curious and mysterious race known to us only as the Mound- Builders, are especially numerous in Ohio, existing in almost every part of the state. The ancient mounds at Marietta and at many other places in the valleys of the Ohio and the Mus- kingum are but few of many moim- . Cs V i 34 HISTORY OF NOB LIO COUNTY, OHIO. merits left by this people to mystify the archaeologists of today. Every ! county in southeastern Ohio had it's j Share of these relics, and though the plowshare has eliminated all traces j of many, some are still traceable along the principal water-courses. \ The following account of an exami- nation .of some of these prehistoric works, made by an English' traveler named Ash, in the -year 1820, may serve as an example of what the mounds are : “ On the banks of a creek on the west side of the Muskingum, in Mor- gan County, were found numerous small mounds, the bases of which were composed of hard burned bricks about live inches squa.ro, and on the bricks were charcoal cinders mixed with particles of calcined bones of human frames. The general shape and size of the mounds showed that the bones had been first burned on the brick altars and afterward cov- ered with earth to protect them and mark the spots. ( )ne of these mounds was over twenty feet square, and the bricks plainly showed the action of lire. This mound was covered with large trees, some of which were ascer- tained to be live hundred years old. Lying on the ground were found trees in a slate of decay that had fallen from old age. From a minute calcu- lation of the age of the fallen trees and of those yet standing it ’was found that the mound was at least a thousand years old.”* The mounds described were doubt- less burial-mounds. Others, erected * “ Centennial History of tin- Muskingum anil Tuscarawas Valleys,” by r. II. Mitcl'eucr. on hilltops, seem to have been con- structed as watch-towers, while still others, by their peculiar construction, show that they were built as defens- ive fortifications. On the farm of John Noble, in Noble township, is a curious relic of the prehistoric people which is doubt- less of great antiquity. On a rise of land bordering upon the creek bot- tom a short distance east of the Cleve- land and Marietta railroad may still be traced the outlines of a circular earthwork about sixty feet in diam- eter. Formerly the enclosure was a mound-shaped elevation, from which an observer could overlook all the ground within a radius of a half mile or more. The earth-wall surround- ing the mound — if such it was — was thrown up to the height of at least six feet, leaving a space be- tween the ring and the mound wherein inen could stand and guard themselves against their enemies. Cultivation of the ground lias par- tially obliterated the work, but enough of it is still traceable to clearly indicate that here was a de- fensive fortification probably be- longing to the age of the Mound- | 1 Judders. Mr. Noble states that when he first observed the work a stump of a tree about three feet in diameter was standing on the edge ; of the outer ring. This would indi- cate that the work was done in a re- 1 mote age, for it must have required j hundreds of years for the tree to grow, mature and decay. The site of the earth-work clearly shows that ! the work was intended for a defens- 1 ive one. There are no neighboring ' • i ' />••!:'!! !li i-i. ■ ■>)(.; " : . '/•q.;;n :J , 1537341 INDIANS OF TIIK OHIO VALLEY. 35 elevations for some distance around ! commanding' a view of the spot, and as the ground juts off abruptly from the fortification toward the creek bottom, those within the wall could effectually guard against a surprise. On the same farm have been found scores of arrow and spear- heads; fashioned from Hint, stone axes, and remains of pottery, which would indicate that the Indians had also occupied this locality in a later period : and it is not improbable that here may have been the scene of some mighty conflict between sav- age nations, years before the white men came to occupy the beautiful valley of the Ohio. Not far from the work above described was formerly a spot called by the early settlers an “ Indian burying-ground.” Here the earth was covered to the depth of several feet with bits of broken lime- stone, none of them larger than a man’s fist. Some of the pieces bore evidence of having been burned, and all were so broken and placed to- gether as to prove beyond question that the work was done by men. though with what object there is no means of determining. No exami- nation of this work has ever been made, and no one yet knows whether the stones conceal skeletons or not. Among late theories as to what people built the mounds of the great central vallev of America, one sup- j poses them to have been kindred to or identical with the Aztecs of Mex- ico; another, that the /uni Indians of the Far "West are the last remnant of this once great people. The condition of the country of I the Upper Ohio was found to be, as we have described it. a region with- out inhabitants when the early French voyajeu.rs first explored the West, and so it continued years later when English adventurers and Amer- ican explorers visited it.* It seems probable that the savage Indian tribes of- the North made warlike incursions upon the ancient people of the valley, dispossessed them of their lands, and were in turn them- selves conquered and driven out by the powerful Iroquois. The latter supposition is corroborated by various Indian legends. The Five Nations (increased to Six by an alliance [about 1711] with their kinsman, the Tuscaroras or Tuscarawas), whose densest popula- tion was in Northern New York, ambitiously claimed to be the con- querors of the entire West, and act- ually held several weaker tribes in subjugation. They maintained the strongest organized confederacy known among the aborigines of North America, and their govern- ment had some of the elements of a rude republic. Their confederacy is said to have been formed early in the sixteenth century, and the result of the powerful alliance was that they soon gained a complete mastery of the tribes which had hitherto held dominion in the territory now constituting the State of Ohio. Their powerful warriors were the dreaded enemies of the western Indians, and the use of the Upper Ohio by their war parties doubtless caused it to be deserted by other tribes. ' V ■ 36 HISTORY OF NOR HE COUNTY, OHIO. The Eries, a once powerful people are supposed to have anciently held sway over the greater portion of what is now the State of Ohio. Their chief villages were on the borders of the great lake bearing their name. The Andastes are said to -have occupied the valley's of the Allegheny and the Upper Ohio, and the Ilurons or Wy an dots to have held dominion -in the upper peninsula between the lakes. All were of Iroquois origin. The Upper Ohio and the Allegheny was called by the early French travelers the River of the Iroquois, and its explora- | tion was long deferred on account of their hostility. The Ilurons were the first nation conquered by the i Iroquois confederacy. The Eries ' were next compelled to yield sub- J mission before the prowess of the valiant warriors of the Five Rations. The warfare was long and bloody, j and its close left but a feeble rem- nant of the once mighty Eries alive. This conquest took place about the j year 1055. About 1072 the Five j Rations won their victory over the Andastes. The Miamis, occupying the coun- try along the Miami and Maumee Rivers are also supposed by some to have been conquered by the Six Rations, but there is no historical evidence of the fact. However complete the conquest of the Six Rations may have been, they soon suffered other tribes to occupy the valleys of the chief east- ern tributaries of the Ohio, and the •villages of the red race again ap- peared on the banks of the Cuya- hoga, the Tuscarawas, the Muskin- gum, the Scioto, the Miamis and the Maumee. About 1750, when the West began to be known to English- Americans, the principal tribes within the pres- ent limits of Ohio were as follows: The Delawares, on the Tuscarawas and the Muskingum; the Slniwnees. in the Scioto 'Valley ; the Miamis, upon the rivers bearing their name; the Wy an dots, sometimes called the Ilurons, occupying the country on the Sandusky River and Bay ; the Ottawas, in the valleys of the Mau- mee and the Sandusky ; the ('hi p- pewas, along the south shore of Lake Erie, and the Mingoes (of Iro- quois lineage), on the Ohio below where Steubenville now is. The territory of each tribe was not fixed by definite boundaries, nor was the seat of densest population of all the tribes permanent. By the time white settlers made their appearance in the valley considerable change had occurred — some tribes having moved westward and others north- ward— and it was noted that preda- tory and war-parties were frequently ! made up of warriors from several I different tribes. The Delawares were the chief oc- i cupants of Eastern Ohio, and were virtually in possession of half the | present territory of the state, from the Ohio to the lake. The Dela- wares called themselves the Lenni- i Lenape, or original people, and had j various legends proving the antiquity J of their origin. According to their i traditions, the original home of the i Lcnni-Lenape was west of fhe Missis- ■ * • • . .. . - ? ■ : -J ■ ■ . • i ■ , • • „ */ . .. ' \ ' INDIANS OF THE OHIO VALLEY. 37 sippi, whence they migrated east- ward to the region of the Allegheny ! Mountains, where they became in- volved in a war with a powerful race, of giant stature, known as the Alle- ge wi. who sought to stav their fur- ther progress. In this war they were assisted by the Mengwe, other- wise known as the Mingoes or Iro- quois, who had come from the west with them. The Lenape and the Mengwe conquered and extirpated the AUegewi, and took ])ossession of their countrv. the Mengwe taking as their territory the country along the great lakes and the St. Lawrence, and the Lenape reserving to them- selves the vast tract stretching from the Allegheny Mountains to the At- lantic coast, and eventually settling their densest population on theDela- i ware, the Susquehanna and the Po- 1 tomac. The Europeans having taken possession of the Atlantic coast, and the Delawares having become embit- tered against their ancient allies, the Iroquois, whom they accused of treachery, a western migration of the Delawares ensued, and they took up their abode in the valley of the Allegheny Liver. There they were again disturbed by the white man, and a part of the tribe obtained per- mission from the Wyandots to oc- cupy the valleys of the Tuscarawas and the Muskingum, where their chief population soon became gat h- ered. The Delawares were not such a fierce race as the Iroquois, and were called women by the latter, who held them in subjection to themselves. The success of the Mor- avian missionaries among them proves that they were susceptible to the influences of Christianity and civilization, and steadfast in friend- ship to those who treated them kindly. The Delawares were divided into three tribes — the Unamis, the Unachtigo and the Minsi, (called also Monseys or Muncies). Their tribal designations signified respect- ively the turkey, the turtle and the wolf. Their principal villages were on the Tuscarawas and the Upper Muskingum. So far as is known they had no settlements whatever in the lower valleys of the Muskingum, which was regarded as a part of the great hunting-ground. The name of the river was originally Mooskin- gom , which, in the Delaware tongue signified elk’s eye. The Tuscarawas took its name from an Indian town of the same name, situated near the site of Bolivar. According to Hecke- welder the signification of the word was Old Town. Among Delaware chiefs in Ohio, White Eyes and Captain Pipe were most influential. Others were Net a- watmees, Buckongahelas. Half King and King Newcomer, after whom Newcomerstown was named. Cap- tain Pipe was a war chief and mis- chief maker; White Eyes was gen- erally on the side of peace, though he was brave and renowned for his valor in war. The two were great and jealous rivals, and there was almost constant intrigue between them. White Eyes was the friend and encourager of the Moravian missions, while Captain Pipe pre- ferred charm's against the mission- O O - (V Vj . ■ : . ;--.v ■ 38 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. aries, and was implicated in the movement which led to their arrest and the destruction of the settle- ments, White- Eyes died about 1780, and Captain Pipe gained the ascendency among his people, turn- ing them against the whites and drawing them into war. The Shawnees. more than any other nation were cruel, relentless and bitterly hostile to the whites. First on the side of the French, then as allies of the British, they made war upon the Americans. They were the terror of the frontier settlements, and the record of their atrocities in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky would lilt volumes. Ac- cording to their traditions the Shaw- nees were of foreign origin, and they were accustomed to celebrate annu- ally with festivals and ceremonies the arrival of their progenitors on these shores. It is generally believed that at a remote period of their his- tory the Shawnees dwelt in the south, and ranged from Kentucky to Florida. They appear to have always been wanderers, and have been styled “the Bedouins of the American wil- derness. Afterward they are sup- posed to have drifted northward, and many of them occupied the Scioto Vallet' until driven from it by the Iroquois invasion about 1072. The shattered and weakened nation then returned southward and occupied the country of N orth Carolina until thev were forced therefrom and compelled to take refuge among the Creeks. Later, encouraged by the Wvandots and the French, they again returned north of the Ohio, and their camp-1 ires j once more blazed along the Scioto. The Shawnee tribes were known as the Piqua. Iviskapocke, Mequachuke and Chillicothe. Cornstalk was their principal chief, and led his warriors on many a hostile expedition. Later, ! their most renowned chieftain and warrior was Teeumseh, who is said to have had Creek blood in his veins. The ITurons or Wvandots had their densest population about Detroit, and minor settlements on the Sanduskv and the Maumee. With the excep- tion of a village on White-woman Creek they appear to have made no settlements in Central of Southern Ohio. They claimed a remoter ori- gin than any other nation, and even the Delawares did not dispute their claim. Their claim of dominion of the country between the Alle- gheny and the Ohio Rivers, Lake Erie and the Great Miami was never disputed, save by the Six Xations. The Jesuit missionaries who were among them as early as 1(>30 esti- mated their number at ten thousand. They depended less than other tribes on the results of the chase for food, but devoted much attention to the cultivation of the soil, and had ex- tensive cornfields around all their settlements. They were valorous in war, seldom retreated, but usually fought to the death. The Ottawas in Ohio were few and scattering at the time the whites be- came acquainted with the region. The renowned Pontiac was of this tribe. The Miamis. anciently called j the Twigtwecs, appear to have been J the earliest Indians to occupy the val- i leys of the 1‘ivers named after them. ' . INDIANS OF THE OHIO VALLEY. 39 The Mingoes, also known as tlieCav- ugas, had a few small villages in Ohio, one near the present site of \ Steubenville, and others on the Scioto. Colonel .Morgan. Indian agent, es- timated the number of warriors that could speedily be assembled for war in the Northwest in 177S at 10,000. An interesting statement of the manner of life of the savages of the Muskingum and Tuscarawas Valleys, over a. century and a quarter ago, is furnished in a “ Narrative ’’ written bv James Smith of Pennsylvania, who was captured by the Indians near Bedford, Pa., in 1755, taken west of the Ohio and adopted into their tribe, remaining among them several years. Smith was a remak- ahly courageous backwoodsman, and led a romantic and adventurous ca- reer. After his capture he was taken to Fort Duquesne (afterward Fort Pitt), where he witnessed the bar- barous atrocities inflicted upon the white prisoners taken at the scene of Braddock’s defeat. Thence he was taken to an Indian town called Tul- liillas (otherwise Pluggystown), on White-woman Creek, about twenty miles north of Coshocton, where he remained several months. Later he went into the lake country, and re- mained for several years among the Indians, hunting and fishing. In 17(10 lie accompanied a war party into Canada, was taken prisoner, and after some time exchanged and re- turned to Pennsylvania. There he became the leader of a lawless band of squatter settlers styled the Black Boys, who, on one occasion, attacked and destroyed the stores of a, trading party who were crossing the moun- tains on their way to Fort Pitt. Afterward lie and a portion of his Black Boys surprised and captured Fort Bedford, then held by the king’s troops. lie accompanied Bouquet i as a guide on his expedition to the Muskingum, lie joined the patriot army in the Revolution and became colonel of a Pennsylvania regiment. After the- war he settled in Ken- tucky and served there as a member of the legislature. In his “Narra- tive," speaking of his being taken to Tulhillas, Colonel Smith says: “The day after my arrival at the j aforesaid town a number of Indians 1 collected about me, and one of them began to pull the hair out of my head. lie had some ashes on a piece i of bark in which he frequently dip- ped his fingers, in order to take a firmer hold, and so he went on as if he had been plucking a turkey, until he had all the hair clean out of my head, except a small spot about three or four inches square on my crown; this they cut off with a pair of scis- sors, excepting three locks, which they dressed up in their own mode. Two of these they wrapped around with a narrow beaded garter made by themselves for that purpose, and the other they plaited at full length, then stuck it full of silver brooches. After this they bored my nose and ears and fixed me off with ear- rings and nose jewels; then they or- dered me to strip off my clothes and put on a breechclout, which I did. They then painted my head, face and body in various colors. They put a ! large belt of wampum on mv neck • - ■ •* ■ ' 40 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY", OHIO. and silver bands on niv hands and right arm; and so an old chief led me out into the street and gave the ! alarm halloo, Coo-w'tjh ! several times, repeated quick; and on this all that were in town came running and stood around the old chief, who held, me by the hand in their midst. As I at that time knew nothing of their mode of adoption, and had seen them put to death all they had taken, and as I never could find that they saved a man alive at Brad dock's de- feat, I made no doubt but they were about putting me to death in some cruel manner. The old chief, hold- ing me by the hand, made a long j speech, very loud, and when he had j done he handed me to three young j squaws, who led me by the hand down the bank into the river until the water was up to my middle. The squaws then made signs for me to plunge myself into the water, but 1 did not understand them. 1 thought the result of the counsel was that I should be drowned, and that these young ladies were to be the execu- tioners. They alb three laid violent hold of me, and I for some time op- posed them with all my might, which occasioned loud laughter by the multitude that were on the bank of the river. . At length one of the squaws made out to speak a little English (for I believe they began to ! be afraid of me), and said, ‘No hurt I you.’ On this I gave myself up to j their ladyships, who were as good as [ me under water, and washed and rubbed me severely, 1 could not say they hurt me much. “ These young women then led me up to the council-house, where some of the tribe were ready with new clothes forme. They gave me a new rutiled shirt, which I put on; also a pair of leggins, done off with ribbons and beads; likewise a pair of mocca- sins, and garters dressed with beads, porcupine- quills and red hair, also a tinsel-laced chapeau. They again painted my head and face with va- rious colors, and tied a bunch of red feathers to one of those locks they had left on the crown of my head, which stood up live or six , inches. They reseated me on a bear-skin, and gave me a pipe, tomahawk and polecat-skin pouch, which had been skinned pocket fashion, and con- tained tobacco, k'dleyemco , or dried sumac leaves, -which they mixed with their tobacco; also spunk, Hint and steel. When 1 was thus seated the Indians came in. dressed and painted in their grandest manner. As they came in they took their seats, and for a considerable time there was a pro- found silence. Everyone was smok- ing, but not a word was spoken among them. At length one of the chiefs made a speech, which was de- livered to me by an interpreter, and was as follows : “‘My son, you are now flesh of our flesh and bone of our bone. By the ceremony which was performed this day every drop of white blood was washed out of your veins; you are taken into the (’auglmewaga na- tion and initiated into a warlike tribe; you are adopted into a great ! family, and now received with great | seriousness and solemnit y in t he room . . Indians of the oiiio valley. 41 and place of a great man. After what lias passed this day you are now one of us by an old, strong law and custom. My son, you have nothing »to fear; we are now under the same obligation to love, support and de- fend you that we are to love and de- fend one another; therefore you are to consider yourself as one of our people.’ “At this time I did not believe this fine speech, especially that of the white blood being washed out of me; but since that time I have found that there was much sincerity in said speech ; for from that day I never knew them to make any distinction between me and themselves in any respect whatever until 1 left them. If they had plenty of clothing, I had plenty ; if we were scarce, we all shared alike. “After this ceremony was over I was introduced to my new kin, and told that 1 was to attend a feast that evening, which 1 did. And, as the custom was, they gave me also a bowl and wooden spoon, which 1 carried with' me to the place where there were a number of large brass kettles full of boiled venison and green corn. Everyone advanced with his bowl and spoon and had his share given him. After this one of the chiefs made a short speech, and then we began to eat. “The name of one of the chiefs in this town was Tecanyaterightigo, alias 1’luggy, and the other Asalle- coa, alias Mohawk Solomon. As 1’luggy and his party were to start the next day to war, to the frontiers of Virginia, the next thing to be per- formed was their war dance and their war songs. At their war dance they had both vocal and instrumental music. They had a short, hollow gun, closed at one end, with water in it. and parchment stretched over the open end thereof, which they beat with one stick and made a sound nearly like a muffled drum. All those who were going on this expedi- tion collected together and formed. An old Indian then began to sing, and timed the music bv beating on this drum, as the ancients formerly timed their music by beating the tabor. On this the warriors began to advance or move forward in con- cert, like well disciplined troops would march to the fife and drum. Each warrior had a tomahawk, spear or war-mallet in his hand, and they all moved regularly toward the east, or the way they intended to go to war. At length they all stretched their tomahawks toward the Potomac, and giving a hideous shout or yell, they wheeled quick about and danced in the same manner back. “The next was the war song. In performing this only one sang at a time, in a moving posture, with a tomahawk in his hand, while all the other warriors were engaged in call- ing aloud, £ Ile-uli ! lie-uliP which they constantly repeated while the war song was going on. When the warrior that was singing had ended his song he struck a war-post with his tomahawk, and with a loud voice told what warlike exploits he had done, and what he now intended to do, which was answered bv the other warriors wit h loud shouts of a pj ilause. . ' ■ 42 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. Some who had not before intended to go to war, at this time were so animated by this performance that they topic up the tomahawk and sang the war song, which was answered witli shouts of joy as they were then initiated into the present marching company. The next morning this .company all collected at one place, with their heads and faces painted various colors, and packs upon their backs. They marched off, all silent except the commander, who in the front sang the traveling song, which began in this manner: ‘ IIoo caxujh- tainte hetjana.' Just as the rear passed the end of the town they be- gan to tire in their slow manner, from the front to the rear, which was accompanied with shouts and yells from all quarters. “That evening I was invited to another sort of dance, which was a sort of promiscuous dance. The yong men stood in one rank and the young women in another, about a rod apart, facing each other. The one that raised the tune or started the song held a small gourd or dry shell of a squash in his hand, which contained beads or small stones which rattled. When he began to sing he timed the tune with his rattle. I loth men and women danced and sang together, advancing toward each other, stooping until their heads would be touching together, and then ceased from dancing, with loud shouts, and retreated and formed again, and so repeated the same t hing over and over for three or four hours without intermission. This exercise seemed to me at lirst irrational and insipid, but T found that in singing their tunes they used ya , ve, no. hoo, ino, nc\ etc., like our fa, so/, la, and though they have no such thing as jingling verse, they can intermix sentences with their notes and say whatever they please to each other and carry on the tune in concert. 1 found that this was a kind of wooingw or courting dance, and as they ad- vanced. stooping with their heads to- gether, they could say what they pleased in each other’s ear without disconcerting their rough music and the others, or those near not hear what they said. “Shortly after this I went out to hunt in company with Mohawk Solomon, some of the Caughnewagas 1 and a Delaware Indian that was mar- ried to a Caughnewaga squaw. We traveled about south from this town, and the lirst night we killed nothing, but we had with us green corn, which we roasted and ate that night. The next day we encamped about twelve o’clock and the hunters turned out to hunt, and I went down the run that we encamped on, in company with sonu squaws and boys to hunt for plums, which we found in great plenty. On my return to camp 1 observed a large piece of fat meat ; the Delaware Indian that could talk i some English observed me looking earnestly at this meat, and asked me, * AV hat meat you think that isE 1 j said I supposed it was bear-meat : he l laughed, and said: *11 o. all one fool , you; heal now el ly pool." and point- ing to the other side of tbe camp, he said : ‘ Look at that skin ; you i think that bea 1-skin 2 I went and . . INDIANS OF THE OHIO VALLEY. 43 lifted the skin, which appeared like an ox-hide. He then said: ’What skin you think that?’ I replied that 1 thought it was a buffalo-hide. 'You fool again; you know nothing; you think buffalo that colo’ V I acknowl- edged that 1 did not know much -about these things, and told him that I never saw a buffalo, and that I had not heard what color they were. He replied: ‘By and by you shall see gleat many buffalo; he now go to gleat lick. That skin not buffalo- skin; that skin buck-elk skin.' They went out with horses and brought in the remainder of this buck-elk which was the fattest creature 1 ever saw of the tallow-kind. “We remained at this camp about eight or ten days and killed a num- ber of deer. Though we had neither bread nor salt at this time yet we had both roast and boiled meat in great plenty, and they were fre- quently inviting me to eat when I had no appetite. We then moved to the buffalo lick, where we killed sev- eral buffalo, and in their small brass kettles they made about a bushel of salt. 1 suppose the lick was about thirty or forty miles from the afore- said town and somewhere between the Muskingum, the Ohio and the Scioto. About the lick were clear, open woods, and thin whiteoak land, and at that time there were large roads leading to the lick, like wamm roads. Wc moved from this lick about six or seven miles and en- camped on a creek. “Though the Indians had given me a gun, 1 had not yet been per- mitted to go out from the camp to hunt. At this place Mohawk Solo- mon asked me to go out with him to hunt, which I readily agreed to. After some time we came upon some fresh buffalo tracks. 1 had observed before this that the Indians were upon their guard and afraid of an- enemy; for until now they and the southern -nations had been at war. As we were following up the buffalo tracks, Solomon seemed to be upon his guard, went very slow and would frequently stand and listen and ap- peared to lie in suspense. We came to where the tracks were very plain in the sand, and I said, ‘It is surely buffalo tracks.’ lie said, ‘ Hush, you know nothing ; may be buffalo tracks and may be Catawba!’ He went very cautious until we found some fresh buffalo dung. He then smiled and said, ‘Catawba cannot make so.’ He then stopped and told me an odd story about the Catawbas. He said that formerly the Catawbas came near one of their hunting camps and at some distance from the camp lav in ambush ; and in order to decoy them out. sent two or three Catawbas in the light past their camp, with buffalo hoofs fixed on their feet, so as to make artificial tracks. In the morning those in the camp followed after these tracks, thinking tliev were buffalo, until they were fired on by the Catawbas and several of them killed. The others lied, collected a party and pursued the Catawbas; but they in their subtlety brought with them rattlesnake poison, which they had collected from the bladder that lies at the root-sol the snake's teeth; this they corked up in a short • o, . ' 4 ' • ' I^\0 ' ' ! L ii 44 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY. OHIO. piece of a, cane stalk; they had also brought with them small cane or reed about the size of a rye straw, which they made sharp at the end like a pen, and dipped them into this poison, and stuck them in the ground among the grass, along their own tracks, in such a position that they might stick into the legs of the pur- suers, which answered the design; and as the Oatawbas had runners to watch the motion of the the pur- suers, when they found that a num- ber of them were lame, being artiti- ! cially snake-bit, and that they were ; all turning back, the Catawbas turned * upon the pursuers and defeated them, and killed and scalped all that were j lame. When Solomon had finished his story and found that 1 understood him, he concluded by saying, • You don’t know, Catawba velly bad In- ! dian, Catawba all one devil, Ca- ta wba.’ “Some time after this I was told to take the dogs with me and go down the creek — perhaps I might kill a turkey. It being in the after- noon, I was also told not to go far from the creek, and to come up the j creek again to the camp, and to take : care not to get lost. When 1 had gone some distance down the creek I came upon fresh buffalo tracks, and as I had a number of dogs with me j to stop the buffalo, I concluded I would follow after and perhaps kill one; as the grass and weeds were rank I could readily follow the track. A little before sundown I despaired of coming up with them ; I was then thinking how I might get to camp before night. 1 concluded, as the I buffalo had made several turns, if 1 took the back track to the creek it would be dark before I could get to the camp; therefore, I thought I would take a nearer way through the hills and strike the creek a little below the camp. But as it was cloudy weather, and 1 a very young woodsman", I could find neither creek nor camp. When night came on I fired my gun several times and hal- loed. but could get no answer. The next morning early the Indians were out after me, and as I had with me ten or a dozen dogs, and the grass and weeds were rank, they could readily follow my track. When they came up with me they appeared to be in a very good humor. I asked Solomon if lie thought I was running away. He said: ‘Ho, no; you go too much clocked.’ On my return to camp they took away my gun from me, and for this rash step I was reduced to a bow and arrow for nearly two years. We were out on this tour for about six weeks. “When we returned to the town, Pluggv and his party had arrived, and brought with them a considera- ble number of scalps and prisoners from the south branch of the Poto- mac. They also brought with them an English Bible, which they gave to a Dutch woman who was a pris- oner, but as she could not read Eng- lish she made a present of it to me, which was very acceptable. “When they killed a buffalo thev would lash the paunch of it round a sapling, cast it into the kettle, boil it and sup the broth. They were polite in their own way, passed but - : ■ • ‘ ' ' . INDIANS OF THE OHIO VALLEY. 45 few compliments, and had but few titles of honor. Captains or military leaders were the highest titles in the military line, and in the civil line, chiefs, or old wise men. No such terms as sir. mister, madam or mis- tress, but in their stead, grandfather, father, uncle, brother, mother, sister, cousin or my friend, were the teyms they used in addressing one another. They paid great respect to age, and allowed no one to attain to any place of honor among them without having performed some exploit in war, or become eminent for wis- dom. They invited every one that came to their camps or houses to eat as long as they had anything to give, and a refusal to eat when invited was considered a mark of disrespect. In . courting, it was common for a voting woman to make suit to a young man, as the men generally possessed more modesty than the women. “Children were kept obedient, not by whipping, but by ducking them in cold water. Their principal pun- ishment for infractions of their laws or customs was degradation. The crime of murder was atoned for by liberty given to the friends or rela- tions of the murdered to slav the murderer. They had the essentials of military discipline, and their war- riors were under good command and punctual in obeying orders. They cheerfully united in putting all their directions into immediate execution, and bv each man observing the motion or movement of his right hand companion, they could commu- nicate the motion from right to left and march abreast in concert and in scattered order, though the line was a mile long. They could perform various military maneuvers, either slow or fast, as they could run. They formed the circle in order to sur- round the enemy, and the semi-circle if the enemy had a river on one side of them. . They could also form the large hollow square, face out and take trees; this they did, if their enemies were about surrounding them, to prevent being shot from either side of the tree. “Their only clothing when going i' O Fb O into battle was the breeehclout, leg- gins and moccasins. Their leaders gave general orders by a shout or yell in time of battle, either to advance or retreat, and then each man fought as though he were to gain the battle himself. To ambush and surprise the enemy and to pre- vent being ambushed and surnrised themselves was their science of war. They seldom brought on an attack without a sure prospect of victory, with the loss of few men ; and if mis- taken, and likely to lose many men to gain a victory, they would retreat and wait for a better opportunity. If surrounded, however, they fought while there was a man alive, rather than surrender. A. Delaware chief, called Captain Jacobs, being with his warriors surrounded, took posses- sion of a house, defended themselves for some time, and killed a number of the whites. When called on to surrender, he said he and his men were warriors, and they would all tight while life lasted. Being told o o that they would be well used if they ■ HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. 4 r, surrendered, and tliat if not the | flames he and his men marched out house would lie burned over their in a fighting position and were all heads, he replied that he could eat i killed.” fire, and when the house was in 4. CHAPTER 111. TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC LANDS. 1 irst Measure Providing for Territorial Government. 1784 — An Act Providing for the Survey of Ohio Lands, 1785 — Names of tiie Surveyors Chosen — Squatter In- trusion ON THE PUIILIC LANDS — LlsT OK SQUATTER SETTLERS IN EASTERN OlIIO IN 1785 — The Journey of General Richard Butler — Attempts to Disperse tiie Squatters — Erection of Fort Harmar, 1785 — Frontier Life — The Beginning of the Survey — Particulars of tiie Experiences of the Surveyors, 1785-6 — The Indians Cause Trouble The Survey of the First Seven Ranges — The Moravian Reservations — The Ohio Company’s Purchase — Symmes’ Purchase — Donations to Ebenezer Zane — The Act of May, 171)6, Providing for the Sur- vey and Sale of Congressional Lands — The Military District — Land Offices Established — Later Land Legislation — The Ordinance of 1787. ON the 23d of April, 1784, Con- gress passed the first ordinance providing for the establishment and maintenance of government hv the United States in the territory north- west of the Ohio River. Thomas Jef- ferson was chairman of the com- mittee that reported the measure. The ordinance contained h provision prohibiting slavery in the territory after the year 1800, hut this clause was stricken out before the law was passed. Under this lirst ordinance the sur- vey of the public lands was begun. This appears to have been the only important result accomplished by the measure. Though the ordinance was nominally in force from the time of its enactment until July 13, 17s7. when it was superseded by the celebrated “ Ordinance of Freedom,” in reality it was a dead letter. The establishment of government in the West and the promotion of settle- ment there seem to have been warm- lv favored by Jefferson, but for a time all his efforts failed to accom- plish the desired result. Congress, having purchased from the Indians at the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, in New York, in 1784. whatever title the Six Nations had to lands in the valley of the Ohio, now sought to provide for the sur- vey and disposal of the same; and on Mav 20, 178o, was passed “An ordinance for ascertaining the mode 47 TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT AND PtilUiC LANDS. of disposing of lands in the Western Territory.” This ordinance pro- vided that a surveyor should be ap- pointed from each State, who should take oath before the geographer of the United States for the faithful performance of his duties. The geographer was to have the direction of the survey, and as soon as they had qualified, the surveyors were to divide the territory into townships six miles square, by lines running north and south, crossed by other lines "at right angles, as near as may - be, unless where the boundaries of the late Indian purchases may render the same impracticable.'’ The pay of the surveyors was fixed at 82 for every mile in length surveyed; this included the wages of chainmen, markers and all expenses. The first north and south line was to begin on tiie Ohio Iiiver at a point due north from the western termination of a line that had been run at the south- ern boundary of Pennsylvania, and the first east and west line was also to begin at the same point. The geographer was instructed to number the townships and fractional parts of townships from south to north, the first township on the river being numbered one and so on progress- ! ively; also to number the ranges in like manner from east to west, the ! first range west of Pennsylvania and extending from the Ohio to Lake Erie, being range number 1. 1 Le was also to attend personally to the running of the first east and west line, the fixing of the latitudes of the terminations of the first north and south line, and also that of the 1 mouths of the principal rivers. The surveyors were required carefully to note on their plats all mines, salt- | springs, mill-seats, mountains, water- courses, the nature of the soil, etc. Plats of townships were to be di- vided into lots of one mile square by lines running parallel to the bound- ary lines. It was also provided that as soon as seven ranges of townships had been surveyed, the geographer should transmit plats of the same to the Board of Treasury, by whom they were to be recorded in well-bound books, to which the Secretary of AVar should have access. The secre- tary was then to take by lot a num- ber of townships and fractional townships, both of those to be sold entire and of those to be sold in lots, such as would be equal to one- seventh part of the whole seven ranges, for the use of officers and soldiers of the Continental army. The Board of Treasury should from time to time cause the remainder to be drawn in the names of the thir- teen States. The plan for the sale of lands not distributed to the sol- diers of the several States was as fol- lows: The Board of Treasury to transmit to the commissioners of the loan offices of the several States copies of the original plats, with the townships and fractional townships that should have fallen to the sev- eral States noted thereon ; notice then to be given bv advertise- ments in newspapers and announce- ments posted in public places of the proposed sale, which was to be at public vendue, in the following . < ' - . 48 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. manner: Township or fractional township number 1, range 1. to be J sold entire; number 2. in lots; and thus, in alternate order, through the whole of the first range. The same alternation to be observed in the sale j of the second range, though begin- i ning in the reverse order. The third range to be sold in the same order as i the first, and the fourth in the same order as the second, etc. Provided, however, that none of the lands be sold at a less price than one dollar per acre, payable in specie or loan-office certificates, reduced to specie value, or certificates of liquidated debts of the United States including interest, , besides the expense of the survey, and other charges thereon, which i were rated at thirty-six dollars per township; payment to be made at the time of sale. The United States j reserved for future sale four lots, i numbers S, 11, 26 and 20, in each I township and lot number 16 in each township for the maintenance of schools in said township. One-third part of all gold, silver, lead and cop- per mines were reserved for future disposition by Congress. May 27. 1785, Congress chose the following surveyors : Nathaniel Adams, New Hampshire; Itufus Put- nam, Massachusetts; Caleb Harris, Khode Island; William Morris, New Pork; Adam IIoops, Pennsylvania; James Simpson, Maryland; Alex- ander Parker, Virginia; Absalom Tatum, North Carolina: William Tate, South Carolina ; and .lulv 18th, ! Isaac Sherman, Connecticut, General Itid us Putnam being then engaged I in surveying lands in Maine for the 1 State of Massachusetts, General Ben- jamin Tapper was appointed in his stead. Caleb Harris and Nathaniel Adams having resigned. Colonel Ebenezer Sproat and Winthrop Sar- gent were chosen in their places. Hunters- and squatter settlers had penetrated the country now forming the eastern part of Ohio ns early as the Revolution — a few even earlier. To the salt-springs in the present county of Trumbull white hunters had resorted as early as 1754. and salt was made there by Pennsylva- nians some twenty years later. From the old settlement of Wheeling and its vicinity a number of adventurers crossed the river from time to time and erected cabins. A number who came out with General McIntosh to Fort Laurens in 177s as axemen, scouts, hunters, etc., are supposed to have remained and built homes on several of the branches of the Ohio and the Muskingum. After the treaty of Fort McIntosh, it was feared that there would be such a rush of squatters into that portion of the territory bordering on Pennsylvania and Virginia that evil results would ensue, and accordingly measures were taken both to drive out the intruders already there and prevent the en- trance of others. June 15, 17S5, Congress ordered the following proc- lamation published and circulated in the territory : “Whereas, it has been represented to the United States in Congress assembled that several disorderly persons have crossed the Ohio and settled upon their unappropriated lands; and whereas, it is their inten- ta 49 N. TKRKITORIAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC LANDS. tion. as soon as it shall be surveyed, to open ollices for the sale of a con- siderable part thereof, in such pro- portions and under such other regu- lations as may suit the convenience j of all the citizens of the United States, and others who may wish to 1 become purchasers of the same; and as such conduct tends to defeat the object they have in view, is in direct opposition to the ordinances and res- olutions of Congress, and is highly disrespectful to the Federal author- ity, they have therefore thought lit. and do hereby issue this proclama- tion, forlndding all such unwarranta- ble intrusions, and enjoining all those j who have settled thereon to depart with their families and effects with- out loss of time, as they shall answer the same at their peril.” The intrusion was confined princi- pally to the territory now forming the counties of Columbiana, Jeffer- son, Stark, Carroll, Harrison, Bel- mont, Guernsey and Monroe, and the names of the intruders in 17S5 were as follows : George Aichinson, Haines Piley, Walter Cain, James Watson, Albert us Baiiey, Archibald llarbson, William Baiiey, Jonas Amspoker, Nicholas Decker, Joseph Goddard, Henry Conrad, George Reno, John Buchanan, William Kerr, Daniel Duff, Joseph Ross, Charles Chambers, Robert Hill, James Paul, William McXees, John Platt, Benjamin Reed, William Carpenter, John Goddard, Daniel Mathews. The first attempt to drive out the squatters northwest of the Ohio was made in October, 1779, when Captain Clarke, of a Pennsylvania regiment, with sixty soldiers, was sent to "Wheeling; bv Colonel Brodhead. then in command of Fort Pitt, with orders to cross the river and apprehend some of t lie principal trespassers and de- stroy their lints. Captain Clarke did not succeed in finding any of the trespassers, but destroyed several huts and reported that several im- provements had been made all the way from the Muskingum* to Fort McIntosh and thirty miles up some of the branches. Thomas Tilten, John Nixon, Henry C'assill, John Nowles, John Tilton, John Fitzpatrick, Daniel Menser, Zephaniah Dunn, John McDonald, Henry Froggs, Wilnnd Hoaglaud Michal Rawlins, Thomas Dawson, William Shift, Solomon Delong, Charles Ward, Frederick Lamb, John Higdon, Jacob Light, James Williams, Jesse Edgcrton, Nathaniel Parremore, Jesse Parremore, Jacob Clark, John Custer. James Noyes, Thomas McDonald, John Castleman, James Clark, Adam. J louse, Thomas .Johnson, Ilanamet Davis, William Wallace, Joseph lieburn, Jonathan Mnpins, William .Mann, In 17S5 Colonel Ilarmar, com- mandant at Fort McIntosh, sent out troops to dispossess the squatter set- tlers whose names tire given above. The squatters actually banded to- gether to resist the United States troops ; but a compromise was ef- fected. whereby they were allowed to prepare temporary habitations on the Virginia side before leaving their homes in the Territory. They then retired from the Ohio country, but subsequently many of them returned. ♦The Tuscarawas, anciently called the Muskin- gum. •1 ■ .. ‘O'O 50 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. ami their descendants are now nu- merous in Eastern Ohio and in the valleys of the Tuscarawas and the M uskingum. In the fall of the same year Gen- eral Richard Butler passed down the Ohio on his way to the Little Miami, where a treaty-meeting was to be held with the Indians. From his published diary of his jour- ney it appeal’s that many squat- ter settlers still continue to reside north of the Ohio, notwithstanding the proclamation of Congress and their owij promises to vacate. On October 1, 17S5, General Butler passed the mouth of Yellow Creek and found considerable improve- ments on both sides of the Ohio Iliver. Five miles below Yellow Creek he found Jesse Penniman, a, squatter, on the north side of the river, whom he warned off; also one Pry, his neighbor. General Butler states that he “told him as well as the others that Congress was deter- mined to put all of the people off of the lands, and that none would be allowed to settle but the purchasers, and that these and these only would be protected ; that troops would be down next week, who have orders to destroy every house and improve- ment on the north side of the river, and- that garrisons will be placed at Muskingum and elsewhere, and that if any person or persons attempted to oppose Government they may depend on being treated with the greatest rigor.” Passing on to the Mingo towns, lie found several white settlers, among whom a man named Boss appeared to be i the leader, whom he warned to leave. On the next day General Butler called at the settlement of Charles Morris, who had rebuilt his house after the agent of the Government had pulled it down. Here he "found one Matter Kean, who seemed but a middling7 character, and rather of a dissentious cast ; warned all of these off, and requested they would inform their neighbors, which they promised to do.” Colonel James Monroe, member of Congress for Virginia, who accompanied Butler on this journey, also addressed the settlers and advised them to leave; his words had weight when the General “in- formed them of his character.” They next called at the home of Captain Iloglan, another whose cabin had been pulled down and rebuilt; he acknowledged the impropriety of his conduct, and appeared very submis- sive. October I, General Butler directed one corporal and three soldiers to stay at "Wheeling until a boat should be sent to them from Fort McIntosh. He wrote to Colonel Harmar for three other men to join these as an escort to the Miami, and requested that Major Doughty be ordered to pull down every house, on his way to the [Muskingum, that he found on the north side of the Ohio. On the Sth. he noted that there was “good improvement on the north side.” nearly opposite the mouth of the Little Kanawha, lie also found a settlement on the first island below the Little Ifockhocking (Hocking) and others further down on the north . ' ' TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC LANDS. 51 .side of the Ohio. The people on the island appeared very reasonable: among them were “ several women, who appeared clean and decently dressed.” One object of General Butler’s journey was the selection of a point for the establishment of a military post to protect the frontier inhabit- ants, prevent the intrusion of squat- ters on the lands of the United States and afford security to the surveyors. Before leaving’ Fort McIntosh he had prepared and left with Colonel liar- mar. the commandant, a paper in which lie expressed the opinion that at the mouth of the Muskingum was an eligible site for the proposed fort. On October S, his journal says: “ Sent Lieutenant Doyle and some men to burn the houses of the set- tlers on the north side and put up proclamations. Went on very well to the mouth of the Muskingum and found it low. I went on shore to examine t he ground most proper to establish a post on; find it too low, but the most eligible point is on the Ohio side. Wrote to Major Doughty and recommended this place with my opinion of the kind of work most proper. Left the letter, which con- tained other remarks on the fort, fixed to a locust tree.” A few days later General Butler met a man ascending the Ohio, and instructed him to take the letter from the tree and carry it to Major Doughty. Shortly afterward a de- tachment of troops under the com- unind of Major Doughty arrived at the mouth of the Muskingum and b''gan the construction of the fortifi- cation, which, in honor of the com- mandant at Fort McIntosh, was named Fort Harmar. Hildreth says of it : u This fort was erected on the right bank of the Muskingum, at its junc- tion with the Ohio, by a detachment of United States troops under the command of Major John Doughty, in the autumn of the year 1TS5. but was not completed until the follow- ing year. The position was judicious- ly chosen, as it commanded not only | the mouth of the Muskingum, but swept the waters of the Ohio, from a curve in the river, for a considerable distance both above and below the fort. It was the first military post built within the limits of the present state of Ohio, excepting Fort Lau- rens, which was built in 1 7 IS. The fort stood on what is called the second bottom, being elevated above the ordinary floods of the Ohio, while between it and the banks of the river was a lower or first bottom, depressed about six feet, to which the descent was by a natural slope. This regular or natural glacis was continued for a quarter of a mile up the Muskingum j and for a considerable distance below on the Ohio, adding greatly to the unrivaled beauty of the spot. “The outlines of the fort formed a regular pentagon, and the area em- braced within its walls was about three-fourths of an acre. The cur- 1 tains or main walls of the fort were constructed of large timbers placed horizontally to the height of twelve or fourteen feet, and were one hun- dred and twenty feet in length, as was recently ascertained by measure- ’ 0 . . . IIISTOKV OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. 52 ment, as the outlines of two of the bastions can still (ISIS) be traced in the earth. The bastions were con- structed of large timbers set upright in the ground, fourteen feet in height, fastened together by strips of timber tree-nailed into each picket. The outlines of these were also pentag- onal: the fifth side, or that opening into the area of the fort, being occu- pied by blockhouses used as quarters for the officers. “ The barracks or dwellings for the private soldiers were built along the sides of tjie curtains with their roofs sloping inward. They were divided into four rooms of thirty feet each, with convenient fireplaces, and af- forded ample space for a regiment of men. The officers houses were made of hewed logs two stories high, two rooms on a floor, with chimneys on each end. The large house in the southeast bastion was used for a storehouse. From the roof of the bastion which stood in the curtain facing the Ohio there arose a square tower, like a cupola, surmounted by a flagstaff, in which was stationed the sentinel. The room beneath was the guardhouse. An arsenal, built of timber and covered with earth, stood in the area of the fort near the guard- house and answered as a magazine or bomb-proof for their powder. The main gate was next the river, with a sally-port on the site toward the hills which arise abruptly from the level ground at the distance of a quarter of a mile. “Rear the center of the fort was a well for the supplv of the garrison in case of a siege, though for ordinary ; purposes water was brought from the river. In the rear and to the left of the fort, on the ground which had I supplied the materials for building, Major Doughty had laid out fine gardens. These were cultivated by the soldiers, and in the virgin soil of the rich alluvions produced an abun- dant crop of culinary vegetables for the use of the garrison. To the bravery and pride of a soldier the major added a refined taste for hor- ticulture. Peaches were planted as soon as the ground was cleared, and in the second or third year produced fruit. A variety of his originating is still cultivated in Marietta and known as the Doughty peach.” Fort Ilarmer continued to be occu- pied by Lfnited States troops until September, 1790, when they were ordered to Fort Washington. Dur- ing the Indian war the barracks and houses of the fort were chiefly occu- pied by the Ohio Company’s settlers, only a small detachment of National troops being stationed there. Joseph Buell, a native of Connec- ticut, who was afterward a settler at Marietta, was in the service of the United States in the Northwest from 17S5 to 17SS, and kept a diary which affords many interesting glimpses of pioneer and military life at that period. II is journal may be found in the seventh chapter of Hildreth’s 1 “Pioneer History/’ From it we learn that the treatment of private soldiers, was so rigorous as to be almost despotic. They were fre- quently punished bv flogging, some- ! times receiving two hundred lashes. ! The chief offenses were drunkenness < ' i ■ TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT A XI) 1‘UHUC LANDS. and desertion. The men were idle, j dissolute and depraved. As there I wa. This act provided that there should be granted to Zane “three tracts of land, not exceeding one mile square each, one on the Muskingum, one on Hocking River, and one other on the north bank of Scioto River, and in such situations as shall best promote the utility ot a road to be opened bv him on the most eligible route be- tween Wheeling and Limestone (Mavsville, Ky.), to be approved by « . 58 UTSTOliY OF KOBLK COUNTY, OHIO. the President of the United States or I such other person as lie shall appoint for that purpose."’ Besides opening the road, Zane was required to main- tain ferries across the rivers during the pleasure of Congress. These tracts were located where the cities of Zanesville and Lancaster now stand, and on the Scioto opposite Chill icot he. For assisting him in opening the road Ebenezor Zane gave to his brother Jonathan and John Mclntire the tract on the Musking- um, and they in 1799 laid out the vil- lage of "West bourn, now the city of Zanesville. May IS, 1790, Congress passed an act provid ing for the survey and sale of the lands northwest of the Ohio, the substance of which will be given further on. This was followed by the act of June 1, 1790, establishing the United States Military District, the boundaries of which were as fol- lows: Beginning at the northwest corner of the seven ranges of town- ships, and running thence fifty miles due south, along the western bound- ary of the seventh range; thence due west to the main branch of the Sci- oto River ; thence up the main branch of that river to the place where the Indian boundary line crosses the same (northwestern part of Delaware County); thence along the said boundary line to the Tuscarawas ; branch of the Muskingum River at the crossing-place above Fort Lau- rens; thence up that stream to the point where a line run due west from the place of beginning will intersect said river; thence along the line so run to the place of beginning. The j act provided that this tract should be surveyed into townships five miles square; the lands to be granted for military services to the holders of registered warrants. One section provided that so much of the tract as should remain unlocated on the 1st of January, 1 >00, should be released from the reservation and he at the free disposition of the United States. March 2, 1799, this section was re- pealed and the time extended to Jan- uary 1, 1 'sou. The time was extended afterward by various acts and amend- ments passed at different dates be- tween 1802 and 1825. '1'he act of May 1.8, 1790, provided that a surveyor-general should heap- pointed; that he should engage a suf- ficient number of skillful surveyors as his deputies, whom he should cause, ••without delay, to survey and mark the unascertained outlines of the lands lying northwest of the River Ohio and above the mouth of the River Kentucky, in which the titles of the Indian tribes have been ex- tinguished.” Such part of the lands as had not already been conveyed by letters patent, or divided according to the terms of the ordinance of 17S5, or which had not already been ap- propriated for satisfying military land bounties, and which might not be so appropriated by Congress dur- ing that session, was to be surveyed into ranges, townships and sections — the manner of the survey to be very nearly according to the rules of the act of 1785, already given. Salt- springs were to be reserved, with the sections in which they were found, and also the four central sections of ' Iji? . TERRITORIAL GOVERN MEXT AX1> PUBLIC LANDS. 5 9 each township, for the future disposal of the United States. One-half of the townships, taken alternately, were to be subdivided into thirty-six sections, each containing six hundred and jf or tv acres. Section 4 provided that whenever seven ranges of townships had been surveyed, and the plats transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, the lands should be offered for sale at public vendue, under the direction of the governor or secretarv of the Ter ritorv and the surveyor-general, in sections; lands below the Great Mi- ami to be sold at Cincinnati, and those between the Scioto and the seven ranges, and north of the Ohio Company’s purchase, at Pittsburgh. The townships remaining undivided were to be offered for sale in like manner at the seat of government of the United States, under the di- rection of the Secretary of the Treas- ury, in tracts of one-quarter of a township, excluding the four central sections and the other reserves before mentioned. It was further provided that none of the lands to be offered for sale under this act should be sold at a price less than two dollars per acre. The time of the sale was to be advertised in the newspapers of the different States and Territories, and the sales at the different places must not commence within less than a month of each other. Immediately after the passage of tin’s act the Secretarv of the T r eas- in'v was to advertise for sale the lands which remained unsold in the seven ranges, including the lands drawn for the army by t he Secretary of War; also those lands before sold but not paid for. The townships which, by the ordinance of 1785, were to be sold entire, should be sold at Philadelphia in quarter-townships, ! the four central sections being re- served; the townships to be sold in sections were to be sold in Pitts- burgh. The highest bidder for any tract was required to deposit one-twen- tieth of the purchase money at the i time ox sale, and to pay one-half of the sum bid within thirty days; this being done he was entitled to a credit of one year on the balance, patents to be issued on the final pay- ment being made. Any purchaser paving in full at the time the first moiety was due should be entitled to a deduction of ten per cent. The compensation of the surveyor- general was fixed at $2,000 per an- num, and the expense of the survey was limited to three dollars per mile for each mile surveyed. The fees for each certificate were as follows: For a tract of a, quarter of a township, $20; for a section, $(>, and for each patent the same sums. An act passed May in, 1S00, ( changed and repealed several of the provisions of the foregoing law. j Four land-offices were established in the Northwest Territory: at Cincin- j nati, Chillicothe, Marietta and Steu- 1 benville. The townships west of the Musk- ingum which, by the act of 1700. were directed to be sold in quarter- : townships, were to be subdivided | into half-sections ; and all townships : east of the Muskingum and all inter- : ' ; HISTORY OF NOB HE COUNTY, OHIO. 60 . seeled by that river which had not before been subdivided were required to be run and marked in sections. The lands thus subdivided were ordered to be offered for sale in sec- tions and half-sections at the respec- tive land offices at specified dates, the sales to continue for three weeks and no more. The sale at Marietta was .to begin on the first Monday in May, 1801. All lands remaining un- sold at the closing of the public sales could be sold at private sale by the register. No lands to be sold either privately of publicly at less than two dollars per acre. The terms as to payment and the amount of fees were also modified. The subsequent acts in relation to public lands were so multifarious that it would be tedious to chronicle them ; therefore, having shown liow public lands could be acquired in the beginning, we will drop the subject. Allusion has been made in the be- ginning of this chapter to the first ordinance for the government of the Northwest Territory. Another and far superior measure was enacted on the 13th of July, 1787. which is known in history as the Ordinance of Freedom, and was the funda- mental law from the time of its en- actment until the Territory ceased to exist. The text of the ordinance is as follows: “An ordinance for the government of 'the territory of the United States northwest of the River Ohio. “/A 'it ordained by Ike Inited States iv Congress assembled : That the said territory, for the purposes of temporary government, be one district, subject, however, to be di- vided into two districts as future cir- cumstances may, in the opinion of 1 Congress, make it expedient. " li> it ordained by the authority i aforesaid : That the estates both of resident and non-resident proprie- l tors in the said territory dying intes- tate shall descend to and be dis- tributed among their children and the descendants of a deceased child in equal parts; the descendants of a deceased child or grandchild to take the share of their deceased parent in equal parts among them; and where there shall be no children or descend- ants then in equal parts to the next of kin in equal degree; and among collaterals, the children of a deceased brother or sister of the intestate shall have in equal parts among them their deceased parent’s share ; and there shall in no case lie a distinction be- tween kindred of the whole and half blood, saving, in all cases, to the widow of the intestate her third part of the real estate for life and one- third part of the personal estate; and this law relative to descents and dowers shall remain in full force until altered by the legislature of the district. And until the governor and judges shall adopt laws as here- inafter mentioned, estates in said ter- ritory may be devised or bequeathed by wills in writing, signed and sealed by him or her in whom the estate , may be (being of full age) and at- tested by three witnesses, and real estates may be conveyed by lease and release, or bargain and sale, signed, sealed and delievered by the j person (being of full age) in whom ■ . . ,4sJ " ■ TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT AND PUHLIC LANDS. G1 the estate may be, and attested by two witnesses; provided such wills be duly proved and such convey- ances be acknowledged, or the exe- cution^ thereof duly proved, and be recorded within one year after proper magistrates, courts and regis- ters shall be appointed for that pur- pose, and personal property may be transferred by delivery ; saving, how- ever, to the French and Canadian inhabitants, and other settlers of the Kaskaskies, St. Vincents and the neighboring villages who have here- tofore professed themselves citizens of Yirgmia, their laws and customs now in force among them relative to the descent and conveyance of prop- erty. uJJe it ordained by the authority aforesaid: That there shall be ap- pointed from time to time by Con- gress a governor, whose commission shall continue in force for three years unless sooner revoked by Congress. He shall reside in the district and have a freehold estate therein in one thousand acres of land while in the exercise of his office. “There shall be appointed from time’ to time a secretarv, whose com- mission shall continue in force for four years unless sooner revoked; he shall reside in the district and have a freehold estate therein in live hun- dred acres of land while in the exer- cise of his otlice ; it shall be his duty to keep and preserve the acts and laws passed by the legislature and the public-records of the district and the proceedings of the governor in his executive department, and trans- mit authentic copies of such acts and proceedings every six months to the Secretary of Congress. There shall also be appointed a court, -to consist of three judges, any two of whom to form a court, who shall have a com- mon law jurisdiction and reside in the district, and have each therein a freehold estate in five hundred acres of land while in the exercise of their oflices; and their commissions shall continue in force during; good be- O o havior. “The governor and judges, or a majority of them, shall adopt and publish in the district such laws of the original States, criminal and civil, as may be necessary and best suited to the circumstances of the district, and report them to Congress from time to to time; which laws shall be in force in the district until the or- ganization of the general assembly therein, unless disapproved bv Con- gress; but afterward the legislature shall have authority to alter them as they shall think lit. “ The governor, for the time being, shall be commander-in-chief of the militia, appoint and commission all oflicers in the same below the rank of general oflicers. All general officers shall be appointed and commissioned by Congress. “ Previous to the organization of the general assembly the governor shall appoint such magistrates and other civil others in each county or township as he shall li ml necessary for the preservation of the peace and good order in the same. After the general assembly shall be organized, the powers and duties of magistrates and other civil ollieers shall Ik; regu- . 62 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. lated and defined by the said assem- bly: but all magistrates and other civil officers not herein otherwise di- rected, shall, during- the continuance of this temporary government, be ap- pointed by the governor. “ For the prevention of crimes and injuries, the laws to be adopted or made shall have force in all parts of the district, and for the execution of process, criminal and civil, the gov- ernor shall make proper divisions thereof; and he shall proceed from time to time, as circumstances mav require, to lay out the parts of the district in which the Indian titles shall have been extinguished into counties and townships — subject, however, to such alterations as may thereafter be made by the legisla- ture. “So soon . as there shall he Jive thousand free male inhabitants of full age in the district upon giving proof thereof to the governor, they shall receive authority, with timeand place, to elect representatives from their counties or townships to repre- sent them in the general assembly: Provided, That for every live hun- dred free male inhabitants t here shall be one representative, and so on pro- gressively; with the number of free male inhabitants shall the right of representation increase, until the number of representatives shall amount to twenty-live; after which the number and proportion of repre- sentatives shall be regulated by the legislature: Provided. That no per- son be eligible or qualified to act as a representative unless he shall have been a citizen of one of the : United States three years, and be a resident in the district, or unless he shall have resided in the district-three years; and in either case shall like- wise hold in his own right in fee sim- j pie two hundred acres of land within 1 the same : Provided, also. That a freehold in fifty acres of land in the district, having been a citizen of one of the States, and being resident in the district, or the like freehold and two years’ residence in the district, shall be necessary to qualify a man as an elector of a representative. “The representatives thus elected shall serve for the term of two years; and in the case of the death of a representative, or removal from office, the government shall issue a writ to the county or township for which he was a member to elect an- other in his stead to serve for the res- idue of the term. “ The general assembly, or legisla- ture. shall consist of the governor, legislative council and a house of rep- resentatives. The legislative council shall consist of live members, to con- tinue in office five years, unless sooner removed by Congress, any three of whom to be a quorum : and the members of the council shall he nominated and appointed in the fol- lowing manner, to wit : As soon as representatives shall be elected, the governor shall appoint a time and place for them to meet together, and I when met they shall ■nominate ten ! persons, resident* of the district, and each possessed of a freehold in live hundred acres of land, and return ; their names to Congress, five of I whom Congress shall appoint and <3 . - ,{ r- TEKKITOKI AI. GOVKRNMKNT AND VlUiLIC LANDS. 03 commission to serve as aforesaid : and whenever a vacancy shall happen in the. council by death or removal from ofli.ee, the house of representatives shall nominate two persons, qualified as* aforesaid, for each vacancy, and return their names to Congress, one of whom Congress shall appoint and commission for the residue of the term. And every five years, four months at least before the expiration of the time of service of the mem- bers of the council, the said house shaft nominate ten persons, qualified as aforesaid, and return their names to Congress, five of whom Congress shall appoint and commission to serve as members of the council five years unless sooner removed. And the governor, legislative council and house of representatives shall have authority to make laws in all cases for the government of the distinct not repugnant to the principles and articles in this ordinance established and declared. And all bills, having o passed by a majority in the house, and by a majority in the council, shall be referred to the governor for his assent ; but no bill or legislative act whatever shall be of any force without his assent. The governor shall have power to convene, prorogue and dissolve the general assemble when in his opinion it shall be expe- dient. “ The governor, judges, legislative council and such other officers as Congress shall appoint in the district shall take an oath of a Hirmation of fidelity and ol office — the governor before the President of Congress, and ad other officers before the gov- i ernor. As soon as a legislature shall be formed in the district, the council and house, assembled in one room, shall have authority by joint ballot to elect a delegate to Congress, who shall have a seat in Congress, with a right of debating, but not of voting, during this temporary government. “And for extending the funda- mental principles of civil and re- ligious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws and constitutions are erected : to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions and governments, which forever hereafter shall be established in the said terri- tory ; to provide also for the estab- lishment of States and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the Federal Councils on an equal footing with the original States, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interests : “ lie tt ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid : That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original States and the people and States in the said territory, and for- ever remain unalterable unless by common consent, to wit: “ Aktici.k 1. No person, demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever lie molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments in the said terri- tory. “Airr. 2. The inhabitants of the said territory shall alwavs lie entitled to the benefits of the writ of halras car pas and of the trial by jury; of a 6 ■o 64 HISTORY OF NOB RE COUNTY, OHIO. serving peace and friendship with proportionate representation of the : people Jn the legislature, and of ju- dicial proceedings according to the course of the common law. All per- sons shall he bailable unless for capi- tal offences where the proof shall be evident or the presumption great. ! All tines shall be moderate, and no cruel or unusual punishments shall be inflicted. No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land; and should the public exi- gencies make it necessary for the common preservation to take any person’s property or to demand his particular services, full compensation shall be made for the same. And in the just preservation of rights and property it is understood and declared that no laws ought ever to be made or have force in the said territory that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with or affect private con- tracts or engagements, bona fide and without fraud, previously formed. “Art. 3. Religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encour- aged. The utmost good faith shall always be observed toward the Indi- ans; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent ; and in their property, rights and liberty they shall never be invaded oi disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized bv Con- ! gress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made for preventing wrongs being done to them and for pre- them. “ Art. 4. The said territory and the States which may be formed therein shall forever remain a part of this confederacy of the United States of America, subject to the articles of confederation and to such alterations therein as shall be consti- tutionally made, and to all the acts and ordinances of the United States in Congress assembled, conformable thereto. The inhabitants and set- tlers in the said territory shall be subject to pay a part of the federal debts, contracted or to be contracted, and a proportional part of the ex- penses of government, to be appor- tioned on them by Congress, accord- ing to the same common rule and measure by which apportionments thereof shall be made on the inhabi- tants of other States ; and the taxes foi paying their proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the legislatures of the district or districts, or new States, as in the original States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled. The legisla- tures of those districts or new States shall never interfere with the prima- ry disposal of the soil by the United States in Congress assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may Jin < 1 necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchas- ers. No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States; and in no cast' shall non-resi- dent proprietors be taxi'd higher than residents. The navigable wa- ters loading into the Mississippi and ■ . TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC LANDS. 65 St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common hi-e not less than five acres, within O live years. 5. To be constantly provided with arms and be subject t<> the militia law. 0. Proper defenses or blockhouses to be kept upon 1 he donat ion hinds, of such strength as shall be approved by the committee. ■3 ' ' 71 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. Any settler complying with the above rules who kept on the land for five years a man able to bear arms was entitled to receive a deed from the directors. These donation lots were permitted to be issued until October 1, 1789, to any number of persons not exceeding two hundred, making in all 20,000 acres. The set- tlements were to be made by compa- nies or associations of not less than twenty men to each settlement — tin's provision being a military precaution to guard against surprises from wan- dering Indians. “This mode of settling the new lands of the purchase," says Dr. Hil- dreth, “ was one of the most admira- ble that could be devised, and showed that the men who planned it were familiar with the cultivation of the soil as well as military affairs. These donation settlements were generally located on the frontiers of the pur- chase, and served as outposts to guard the more central parts. They formed a militarv as well as an agri- cultural people, just such as the con- dition of the country needed. Their requirements as to the character of the improvements on the land were such as would be most beneficial to the settler and ultimately useful to the community. The regulation as to fruit trees made a permanent impression upon the people gener- ally.” By subsequent action of Congress the company was relieved from the necessity of making donations out of their own lands to promote settle- ments. Meantime, while settlements were being made and encouraged by the company's efforts, its own business was involved in well-nigh serious dif- ficulties, Shortly after the forma- tion of the Ohio Company another '■ association, known as the Scioto Company had been organized. Dr. Cutler, while negotiating with Con- gress for lands for his company, had been entreated to use his influence to obtain a purchase for them. Through his efforts a refusal was se- cured for a large tract, and under the lead of the Scioto Company's agents a French settlement w*as made at Gallipolis in 1700. The af- fairs of the company were badly managed and the settlers were unable to obtain titles to their land until Congress, in 1798, made a grant of the tract, since known as the French grant, situated on the Ohio above the mouth of the Scioto. In 1789 it became apparent that the Ohio Com- pany could not pav for the land em- braced in the original contract ; only half the purchase money had been paid and no titles could be secured until the balance was paid; a num- ber of shares had become forfeited through non-payment. Therefore, in 1790, the directors of the Ohio Company readily availed themselves of an offer made by the Scioto Com- pany to purchase certain tracts of the Ohio Company's lands, including the forfeited shares and a tract on the Great Kanawha. The contract was closed and the Ohio Company was cheered by the hope of adding to its finances by ibis means. The i matter resulted in nothing but blank i disappointment. ' ■ . THE OHIO COMPANY. In the spring of 1702 a panic in Xew York caused the failure of Richard Platt, who was then the Ohio Com- pany's treasurer, and had nearly $50,000 of the funds of the associa- tion. At the same time financial disaster overtook: the directors of the jScioto Company (by whom as yet no payments had been made to the Ohio Company), and their contract for the purchase of forfeited shares was forfeited and annulled. At this crisis three of the directors of the Ohio Company, Dr. Cutler, General Putnam and Colonel Robert Oliver petitioned Congress for re- lief, asking that the 1,500,000 acres be deeded to them for the 8500,000 already paid, and that a grant of 100,000 acres in addition be made to compensate for the lands which the company had donated to settlers. The prayer of the petitioners was answered in part by a bill passed April 21, 1792, which provided that a deed be made to the Ohio Com- pany for 750,000 acres for the $500,- 000 in securities already paid ; another for 214.2S5 (about one seventh of the original purchase), to be paid for in land warrants, and a third for 100,000 acres, to be held in trust and given to actual settlers m lots of one hundred acres each. May 10, 1792 the President issued three patents to Rufus Putnam, Ma- nasseh Cutler, Robert Oliver and Griffin Greene in trust for the Ohio Company. Yvith one exception these were the first land-patents is- sued by the Pnited States, By their provisions the total amount of land conveyed to the Ohio Company was 75 904,285 acres ; or, inciudingthe dona- tion tract, 1,064,285 acres. The boundaries of the tract, as finally fixed by the survey, were approxi- | match' as follows : “ Beginning on the Ohio River up- ! on the western boundary line of the fifteenth range of townships, thence running northerly to a point about one mile north of the south line of township number seven; thence i west to the western boundary of the i sixteenth range; thence north to the north line of township number six- teen ; thence east to a point about one mile east of the western bound- ary of the eleventh range of town- ship; thence north four miles ; thence east to the western boundary of the seventh range; thence south to the Ohio, thence along the Ohio to the place of beginning.’' Included in the purchase were parts of the present counties of Morgan, Washington, Gallia, Vinton. Jack- son, and Hocking, and all of Athens and Meigs. The donation tract lies in thenorth- I eastern part of the above-described territory, and is about twentv-one miles long, and nearly eight miles wide. Its boundaries are as follows : Beginning on the western boundary line of the seventh range of town- ships, at the northeast corner of the seven hundred and fifty thousand acre tract; thence running north to the line surveyed by Israel Ludlow at the northern boundary of the original purchase of l,50o,00<> acres : thence west along that line to the tract containing 214,285 acres ; thence I south to the boundarv of the tract of ■ ' HISTORY OF NOBLK COUNTY, OHIO. 7(1 750,000 acres ; thence east to the place of beginning-. The directors of the Ohio Com- 1 panv, as trustees of the donation ; tract, were required to make, free of expense, deeds in fee simple of one j hundred acres to each male person j not less than eighteen years of age, | who must be an actual settler or a | resident within the purchase at the I time the conveyance should be made. ! The donation, although it secured fewer permanent settlers than was expected, greatly aided the Ohio Company, and was the means of at- tracting many adventurers into the territory. The lands were speculated in to some extent, those who had se- cured lots before the Indian war selling them to others at its close without having made any actual set- tlement or improvement. Under the direction of the Ohio Company and the immediate superin- tendence of General Putnam the donation tract was surveyed in May, 1793, and by the middle of July 170 lots had been surveyed in nine allotments on the Muskingum and Wolf Creek. During the year a total of 180 lots was drawn; this number represents the whole number of males able to bear arms then resi- dents of the three settlements of Washington County — at Marietta. Ilelpre and Waterford. We need not follow the history of the Ohio Company further, having seen it successful, against incalcula- ble disadvantages, in the perfor- mance of the mission to which its members voluntarily dedicated them- selves. The last meeting of the directors and agents of the company held west of the Allegheny Moun- tains began at Marietta. November 33, 1795, and lasted till January 39. 1790. Then was made the final di- vision or partition of lands, by which was set off to each share in the com- pany the following lands: First di- vision. one eight acre lot; second di- vision, one three acre lot ; third division, one city lot: fourth divi- sion, one one hundred and sixty acre lot; fifth division, one one hundred acre lot; sixth division, one six hun- dred and forty acre lot, and one two hundred and sixty-two acre lot ; total, 1,173 acres to each share. There were then S19 shares classi- fied in sixteen agencies. A L ' CHAPTER V. IMPORTANT EVENTS IN TERRITORIAL HISTORY. The Plans and Purposes of tiik Ohio Company — Emigration Encouraged — Extract from a Pamphlet Published in 1787 — Dr. Cutler’s Prediction Concerning the Ohio Country — A Colony Organized — Preliminary Preparations — The Journey Across tiie Mountains — Down the Youghiootieny and the Ohio to the Muskingum — Arrival of the Party at the Site of Marietta, April 7, 1788 — Names of the First Settlers in Ohio — Erection of Campus Marti us — Progress of the First Season — Governor St. Clair — Organization of the Territory — Washington County Established — Other Eari.y Counties — Territorial Courts — The First Townships in the Territory — First Territorial Legislature, 1799 — Names of its Members — Organization of State Government — Opposition — The “Enabling Act’’ — The Convention of 1802 — The State Constitution Formed — The State Admitted Into the Union — Progress of the Settlements in Washington County — Belpre and Waterford — The First ony at Big Bottom. rp HE pioneer settlement at Mari- I JL etta was an important event in the history of t he West. 'Washing- ton County was for several years the j seat of the territorial government ; it. is the parent of all the neighbor- ing counties, and its history is insep- arably linked with theirs. It is appropriate, therefore, that some account of its origin and progress. ! and its part in the events which re- sulted in the formation of the state of Ohio, be included in this volume. The Ohio Company was the agen- cy through which the lirst colony was planted northwest of the Ohio Hiver. Among the most active and enthusiastic members of the com- pany were Generals Putnam. Tapper and Parsons, Dr. Cutler and Win- throp Sargent, and it was largelv through their influence that the plan of colonization was made successful, j A fter the purchase was concluded 1 Mills in Ohio at Wolf Creek — The Col- Dr. Cutler anonymously published a pamphlet to advertise the advantages of the Ohio country, and particu- larly those of the Muskingum region. Some of the prophecies made in this publication were no doubt then re- ceived with ridicule, but nearly all of them have proved true. It was asserted that in fifty years the North- western Territory would have a greater population than all New England. Another paragraph read as follows : “The current down the Ohio and Mississippi, for heavy arti- cles that suit the Florida and West I ndia markets, such as Indian corn. Hour, beef, lumber, etc., will lie more loaded than any streams on earth. The distance from the Muskingum to the Mississippi is 1, <>00 miles; from thence to the sea is ;h)0 miles. The whole course is run in eighteen days, and the passage up these rivers is not so diilicult as has been represented. 0 A 1 ' *.78 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY. OHIO. It is found by into experiments that sails are used to great advantage • against the current of the Ohio ; and it is worthy of observation that in all probability steamboats will be found to do infinite service in all our river navigation." ' The- foregoing was written in 1787 and doubtless contained the first published allusion to the subject of steam navigation upon the waters of western rHers. Its author was a man of ripe scholarship, extensive scientific information, and sound judgment. The proprietors of the Ohio Com- pany succeeded, however, in getting together a sufficient number of ad- venturers to begin the proposed set- tlement in accordance with their resolutions of November 23, 17S7. already given in the preceding chap- ter. Idle first party, consisting of twenty-two men, and including the mechanics and boat builders, left Danvers, Mass., December 1. 1787, in command of Major Hatfield White, and on the 23d of January, 1788, arrived at Sumrill's Ferry, on the ^ Yougliiogheny Diver m Pennsylva- nia, where they were expected to begin the construction of boats for completing the journey. The other party, consisting of the surveyors and their assistants and others, left Hartford, Conn., on the 1st of Jan- uary, under the conduct of Colonel Ebenezer Sproat (they were joined by General Ilufus Putnam, superin- tendent of the colony, at Lauterdale Creek, on the 2-1), and after a toil- some winter journey across the Alleghenies' arrived at the Youghio- gheny in the middle of February. Here they were disappointed to find that very little progress had been made by the advance party in their preparations, and a delay lasting until the first of April resulted. Then, with three canoes, a flat-boat of about three tons’ burden (the “ Adel phia") and a galley of about fifty tons’ burden (the “Mayflower”), the party embarked upon the “Tough.” and proceeded down that stream, the Monongahela and the Ohio to their destination. About noon on Monday. April 7, 1788, the little party, consisting of forty-seven men (increased to forty- eight by the arrival of Colonel Re- turn Jonathan Meigs on the 12th), landed on the site of Marietta, where about seventy Indians, warriors, women and children, of the Wyandot and Delaware tribes, received them with manifestations of friendliness. The famous chieftain. Captain Pipe, was among the Indians. The following are the names of the colonists : General Rufus Putnam, superin- tendent of the colon v : Colonel Eben- ezer Sproat, Major Anselm T upper, and John Mathews, surveyors ; Major Ilaflield White, steward and quarter- master; Captain Jonathan Devol, Captain Josiah Monroe, < 'aptain Dan- iel Davis,- Captain Peregrine Foster, Captain Jethro Putnam. ( ‘aptain A\ il- liam Gray. Captain Ezekiel Cooper, Phineas Coburn. David Wallace, Gil- bert Devol. Jr.. Jonas Davis. Ileze- kiah Flint, llezckiah Flint, Jr.. Josiah Whitridge, Renjamin Griswold. The- ophilus Leonard, William Miller. a 1 IMPORTANT EVENTS IN TERRITORIAL I'll STORY. i9 Josiah White. Iienry klaxon. William klaxon, William Moulton, Edward /Moulton. Benjamin Shaw, Jarvis Cut- ler, Samuel Cushing, Daniel Bushnell, Ebenezer Cony. Oliver Dodge, Isaac Dodge, Jabez Barlow. Allen John Gardner, Elizur Ivirtland, Samuel Felshaw, Amos Porter, Jr., Putnam, Joseph Wells. Israel Danton, Joseph Lincoln, Earl Sproat, Allen Devol, SimeoN Martin, Peletiah White. Begarding the landing* of the ad- venturers, there is a tradition that an incident which then occurred gave rise to the name •* Buckeye." first ap- plied to t lie early settlers, and after- ward to all the inhabitants of the State. It is related that two of the pioneers, on springing to the shore, at once began a contest to see who should inaugurate the improvement by felling the first tree. One se- lected a hardwood tree and his work was consequently difficult. The other applied his axe to a buckeye, and laid it low before his rival made much progress with his work. Another tradition, better authenti- cated, is to the effect that Col. Eben- ezer Spioat, a man of large physical proportions, was called by the In- dians Hetuch or Big Buckeve. and « o from this the name was made to ap- ply to all the colonists. It would carry us far beyond our purpose to write a history of the Marietta colony, but in order that the reader may have a full under- standing of subsequent events which are properly included within the scope of this work we make a brief sketch of the more notable occurren- ces in the annals of their work. During the first summer the pio- neers made commendable progress, building cabins, clearing land, plant- ing crops, surveying the company's lands, laying out the streets of the new city, etc. As a measure of de- fense and protection, unfortunately soon rendered necessary, they began the erection of an elaborate fortress or garrison, large enough to afford refuge to the whole colony in times of danger. Much of the work was performed during the first year, but the whole of Campus Martins, as the defense was styled, was not fin- ished till 1791. It was then pro- nounced the finest pile of buildings west'of the Allegheny Mountains — which was doubtless true. During the vear the Marietta col- ony was increased by the arrival of eighty four men, several of them being accompanied by their families. The wife of James Owen, who came in June, 1 7 SS, was the first woman who settled in the Ohio Company’s pur- chase. General Arthur St. Clair, the first territorial governor, arrived July 9th. lie was a native of Scot- land, born in 1734. He entered the British army, and beingsent to Amer- ica during the French war. was pres- ent at the storming of Quebec. In 17*14 he settled at Fort Ligonicr, af- ! terward in Westmoreland County, Pa., having been appointed to the i command of the fort, lb* figured prominently in the colonial history of Pennsylvania, and was the lirst prothonotary of Bedford County, which at one time included all of i Southwestern Pennsylvania.. At tlm ' (5 -• . ft ' ' 80 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. breaking out of the Revolution he O joined the patriots, and was given command of a regiment. Subse- queiitly he was promoted to a brig- adier then to a major-general. lie represented his district in the Conti- mental Congress and was president of that body. In October, 17S7, he was commissioned governor of the Northwest Territory, the commission taking effect* in February following, lie continued to act as territorial gov- ernor until within a few months pre- ceding the formation of the State government, in 1S03, when he was removed by President Jefferson. lie died in Westmoreland County, Pa., August 31, ISIS. Preceding Governor St. Clair, two of the judges of the territory, Sam- uel Holden Parsons and James Mit- chell Yarnum, and the secretary, Winthrop Sargent, had arrived at Marietta. John Cleves Sy mines was the other territorial judge. The governor and judges began the work of organizing the territory by issuing laws for its government, modeled after the laws of the older States of the Union. July 25, 1788, they passed a law regulating and establishing the militia. Other early acts related to the establish- ment of the general court of quar- ter sessions of the peace, the county court of common pleas, and the office of sherilf, the probate court, laws respecting crimes and their punishment etc. On July 26. 17s\ Governor St. Clair issued a proclamation establish- ing the first count v in the new Ter- ritory, to which he gave the. name i Washington, in honor of the Father j of his Country. The order was as follows : ‘"By His Excellency, Arthur St. Clair. Esq., Governor and Contman- der-in-Chief of the territory of the United States northwest of the River Ohio, “ To all persons to whom these presents shall come, greeting: Where- as, by the ordinance of Congress of 13th July, 1787, for the government of the territory of the United States northwest of the River Ohio, it is directed that for the due execution of process, civil and criminal, the gov- ernor shall make proper divisions of the said territory, and proceed from time to time, as circumstances may require, to lay out the part of the same where the Indian title has been extinguished into counties and town- ships, subject to future alterations as therein specified. Now, know ye, that it appearing to me to be necessa ry, for the purposes above mentioned, that a county should immediately be laid out, I have ordained and ordered, and bv these presents do ordain and : order, that all and singular the lands lying and being within the following boundaries, viz.: Beginning on the bank of the Ohio River where the western boundary line of Pennsyl- vania crosses it, and running with I that line to Lake Erie; thence along the southern shore of said lake to the ^ mouth of Cuyahoga River; thence up said river to the portage between that and the Tuscarawas branch of Muskingum ; thence down the branch of the forks at the crossing place ! above Fort Laurens; thence with a ■ ■ 1; ' * ’ •!'( ; IMPORTANT EVENTS IN TERRITOKI A I. HISTORY. SI line to be drawn westerly to the ■ portage of that branch of the Big -Miami on which the fort stood that was taken by the French in 1752. until it meets the road from the lower Shawanesc town to the San- dusky; thence south to the Scioto River; thence with that river to the mouth and thence up the Ohio River to the place of beginning, shall be a county, and the same is herein’ erect- ed into a county named and to be called hereafter the County of "Wash- ington, and the said County of Wash- ington shall have and en joy all and singular the jurisdiction, rights, lib- erties, privileges and immunities whatever to a county belonging and appertaining, and which any other county, that may hereafter be erected and laid out shall or ought to enjoy, conformably to the ordinance of Congress before mentioned. “ In witness whereof, T have here- unto set my hand and caused the seal of the Territory to be affixed this twenty-sixth day of July, in the thirteenth year of the Independence of the United States, and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hun- dred and eighty -eight. (Signed), “A. St. Clair.” The County of Washington, as a"bo\ e established, then embraced about one-half of the present State of Ohio. It remained the only coun- ty in the Territory, and practically was the Territory civilly and judi- cially, until January 2, 1700. when Hamilton County was erected. 1’etween 1790 and 179 much to promote, and after the reading of the commissions of the judges, the clerk and the sheriff, the court was proclaimed open for business by the sheriff. Colonel Ebenezer Sprout. Paul Fearing, Esq., was admitted to practice as an attorney, and was the first in’ the Territory. Colonel R. J. Meigs wa«s the clerk, and General Rufus Putnam. General Benjamin Tapper and Colonel Archibald Crary the judges. No business being- brought before the court, it ad- journed sine die. The county court of common pleas consisted of not less than three nor more than five judges, who received their commissions from the governor, and were authorized to keep a court of record. The court was held twice a year in each county. In 1700 the number of terms was changed to four, and the number of judges in- creased to seven. The court of quarter sessions of the peace under the territorial laws was held four times a year in each county, and was composed of justices of the peace commissioned by the governor. Not less than three nor more than live justices were espec- ially commissioned for holding this court. Three could hold special courts when required. In 1790 a change in the law increased the num- ber of justices to nine in each countv, and gave the court power to divide the county into townships, appoint constables, overseers of the poor, township clerks, and to establish roads. The first term of this court was held in Washington Countv. at the Campus Martins. Tuesday, Sep- tember 9, 17SS, before Justices Rufus Putnam. Benjamin Tapper, Isaac Pierce, Thomas Lord and Return J. : Meigs. Then was impaneled the first grand jury in the Territory. No cases were presented, and the court adjourned without day. One other court completed the judicial machinery of the Territory. The general court, for the territory of the Ended States northwest of the Ohio River, held four sessions a year, for civil and criminal suits, at such points in the Territory as the judges deemed advisable, due notice of the session being given The terras began on the first Monday of February, May. October and Decem- ber. Process, both civil and crim- inal. could be returned at any place in the Territory where they might be convened. They were not obliged to hold more than one court a year in any one county. In December, 1790, the court of quarter sessions of Washington County established three townships, which included the three settlements which had been made up to that time. Marietta Township included town- ! ships 1. 2 and 3 in the eighth range, and townships 2 and 3 in the ninth range. Belpre contained townships 1 and 2 in the tenth range, and town- ship 1 in the ninth range. Water- ford township consisted of townships 7 and 8 in the eleventh range, town- ships 4 and 5 in the tenth range, and section 33 of township 4 in the ninth I range. ' . ' ■ IMPORTANT K VENTS IN TEKRITOR1 Al. HISTORY. S3 Subsequently Gallipolis Township -was established, extending from the eleventh range to the Sciota, and bounded on the north by a line drawn west from the northern line of town- ship 3, range 11. Two townships in- cluded the northern part of the county — Warren, west of Pennsyl- vania, and extending to the lake, and Middletown, west of Warren. These were taken into Jefferson County at its formation in 1797. Adams and Salem townships were established in December, 1797. Salem was live miles wide, and extended from the donation tract to the north line of the county. In December. 1798. the following townships were estab- lished: Another Middletown, em- bracing nearly all of the present County of Athens ; Newton, from the north part of Waterford and extend- ing to the northern line of the County; and Newport Township. The government of the Territory, with the ordinance of 1787 as its foundation, could scarcely be called a “government of the people and for the people,” for in reality the people had no voice in it. Its chief officers were appointed by Congress until after the ratification of the constitu- tion, and then by the President, and were accountable only to the general government. Put, all things consid- ered, perhaps the systeiyi was the best and wisest that could be devised for a vast and remote territory, in- habited only by Indians, traders, hunters and adventurers, with here and there a, struggling colonv upon its borders. No government free from abuses has ever been formulated by man. and that no arbitrary actions should creep into the administration of affairs in the Northwest no rea- . sonable man could have expected. The nation was fortunate in the choice of the Territorial authorities, and the government served its pur- pose, giving birth to five great, free States. When the time arrived which enabled the inhabitants to adopt a State government they wel- i coined it with eagerness, as has been the case with the people of all the States of later origin. The first step toward giving the people of the Territory a part in making their laws was taken in 1798. The ordinance of 1787 provided as soon as there should lie “ 5,000 free male inhabitants of full age ” in the Territory they should be entitled to a general assembly, to consist of the governor, legislative council and a house of representatives, the repre- sentatives to serve two years and the council for five. The manner of J selecting the council was as follows: As soon as the representatives were elected, the governor was required to appoint a time and place for them to meet and nominate ten persons, “residents in the district and each possessed of a freehold in five hun- dred acres of land,” and return their i names to Congress ; from this num- j her Congress must choose the five 1 members. Governor St.Clair, having ascer- tained that the Territory contained the requisite number of voters, issued a call for an election of Territorial representatives. 'The proclamation, i issued October 29, 1798, ordered the A A L ' - 84 HISTORY OF XOIil.K COUNTY, OHIO. election to be held on the third Mon- day of the following December. The representatives elected were Return J. Meigs, Paul Fearing, Washington County; 'William Goforth, William McMillan. John Smith, John Lud- low. Robert Denham, Aaron Cald- well, Isaac Martin, Hamilton County: Shadrach Bond, St. Clair County ; John Small, Knox County; John Edgar, Randolph County; Solomon Sibley, Jacob Visger, Charles F. Chabcrt de Joncaire, Wayne County; Joseph Darlington, Nathaniel Massie. Adams County ; James Pritchard. Jefferson County ; Thomas Worth- ington, Elias Langham, Samuel Fin- dlay, Edward Tiffin, Ross County. The legislature met at Cincinnati, | January 22, 1799, and nominated ten men for the legislative council. The j five chosen by the national govern- ment were Jacob Burnet, of Cincin- nati, Hamilton Count} ; Henry Van- denburg, of Vincennes, Knox County; j Robert Oliver, of Marietta, Wash- ington County ; James Findlay of Cincinnati, and David Vance, of Vanceville, Jefferson County. The first session of the legislature ! began at Cincinnati, September Hi 1799, and, lasted until December 19, 1799, at which time it was prorogued by the governor to meet at Chilli- cothe (which had been made the cap- ital by act of Congress May 7, ISoO), on the first Monday in November, 1800. At t he Cincinnati session, the legislature passed thirty bills, of which the governor vetoed eleven. William Henry Harrison was elected a delegate to Congress, receiving one more vote than his rival, Arthur St. Clair. Jr. A petition was intro- duced. from a number of Virginia officers, asking permission to remove their slaves into the Virginia Mili- tary District. The Ordinance of Freedom rendered their prayer futile. At the November session William McMillan was chosen a delegate to Congress/to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of General Harri- son. who had been appointed gover- nor of Indian Territory (formed May 7, 1S00, and included the present States of Indiana, Illinois. Wisconsin, and a part of Michigan). The second and last Territorial legislature convened at Cincinnati. November 23, 1801. Ephriam Cut- ler and William Rufus Putnam were the representatives from Washington County. Edward Tiffin, of Ross County, was speaker, and Robert Oliver of Washington County, pres- ident of the legislative council. The representatives from 'Washington County opposed the formation of a State government, which about this time began to be discussed. Putnam made a speech at a supper in < ’incin- nati at which he proposed the toast, “ The Scioto — may its waters lave the borders of two great States." This sentiment aroused the violent opposition of the Chillicothe people, who favored the formation of a State with its present limits, or at least, extending westward to the Miami, with their town as its capital. The boundary proposed by Putnam was generally favored by his constituents, and had it been adopted would, have delayed the State organization con- siderably, as the ordinance of 1787 fl . IMPORTANT EVENTS IN TERRITORIAL HISTORY. provided that no part of the territory should become a State until it had a population of 60,000. The opposition to the formation of a State came from a small minor- ity and was strongest in "Washington Countv. On the 17th of June, 1 SOI . a meeting was held at Marietta, at- tended by delegates from the several townships of the county, who adopted resolutions, afterwards for- warded to their representatives in the general assemble, declaring that, in their opinion, “it would be highly impolitic and very injurious to the inhabitants of this territory to enter into a State government at this time.” There were several reasons for this opinion. First, they argued that taxes would be increased with- out corresponding benefits; that the expenses of the State government would fall most heavily upon the in- habitants of the Ohio Com pane's purchase, while the Congressional lands would be exempt from taxa- tion. The expenses of the territorial government were chiefly paid out of the National treasury, and a State government once formed, this aid would cease. Secondly, the Wash- ington County people were on the weaker or Federalist side in politics, and could hope for no oflices under the State. 'This consideration mav have had no weight with the major- ity, but undoubtedly some were in- fluenced by it. Thirdly, there was the hope that two States might sometime be formed of the territorv now included in Ohio, and that Marietta might be the capital of the eastern one. The discussion of the project j reached Congress, and the passage of , the ‘‘enabling act” was violentlv opposed by Paul Fearing, of "Wash- ington County, territorial delegate ; but the act became a law April 30, 1802. By it the boundaries of the State were defined, and the holding of a convention for the formation of a State government was authorized. The convention met at Chillicothe in November, 1S02. The delegates were as foil >ws : Joseph Darlington, Thomas Kirker and Israel Donald- son. from Adams County; James Caldwell, from Belmont County ; Francis Dunlady, John Paul, Jere- miah Morrow, John "Wilson, Charles W. Byrd, William Goforth, John Smith and John Ileily, from IlamiiJ ton County ; Rudolph Bair, John Milligan and George Humphrey, from Jefferson County; Edward Tillin, Nathaniel Massie, Thomas Worthington, Michael Baldwin, and James Grubb, from Ross County ; Samuel Huntington, from Trumbul. County ; Ephraim Cutier. Rufus Put- nam, Bcnj. Ives Gilman, and John Mclntire from Washington County - Edward Tiffin was elected president, and Thomas Scott secretary of the convention. W hen the question was put as to whether it was expedient to form a constitution and State government at that time, only Ephraim Cutler, of Washington County, voted in the negative. By far the most important work of the convention was the defeat of a provision authorizing slavery in the State. In spite of the ordinance ol b c ■ 86 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. 1787. such a measure was introduced, and came near being adopted by the conunittee having charge of pre- paring a bill of rights. But here Ephraim Cutler, the son of the author •of that famous clause in the Ordi- nance of Freedom, “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist in the territory/’ interposed, and, by the aid of other wise men, defeated the measure. The convention, which met upon the 1st, adjourned on the 29th of No- vember, having completed its work and formed that instrument which stood for half a century as the fund- amental law of the State of Ohio. The constitution was never submitted to the people either for approval or disapproval, but became a law solely by act of the convention — a fact somewhat remarkable, since the con- vention had been called by Congress without having taken the opinion of the inhabitants upon the question. Ohio was first recognized as a State by Congress February 19. 1S03. Its first legislature met on March 1, 1803, and the formal organization of the government took place two days later. The legislature continued to meet at Cliillicothe until 1S10 (with the exception of two sessions, islo 11 and 1S11-12, which were held at Zanesville), when Columbus be- came the capital of the State. The winter of 178S-89 was long and severe. The Ohio River froze up in December, and no boats passed either to or from Marietta till (March. .Provisions were scarce, and the game had been mostly killed oil' in the sur- rounding country by the Indians, so ! that wild meat was procured with difficulty. Before navigation was | resumed many of the people lived for weeks with little or no meat and without bread, their food consisting of boiled corn, or coarse meal, ground in hand-mills. In 1799 the inhabit- ants of the. county suffered again from scarcity of food. Small pox prevailed at Marietta early in 1790, and at Belpre in 1793. But in spite of all drawbacks the settlements slowly but surely gained in strength and prosperity. In the winter of 1788-89 an asso- ciation of about forty members was formed at (Marietta for the purpose of forming a new settlement, and the Belpre colony was the result. The settlers began moving to their farms in April, 1789. The outbreak of Indian hostilities found the settle- ment with but two strongly built log blockhouses. In January, 1791, eleven more were built, making thir- teen in all. They were arranged in two rows, along the river, and the whole was inclosed by palisades. The defence when complete was styled ‘‘Fanners’ Castle,” and the United States flag was raised upon one of the principal blockhouses, where sentries were posted at night, ready to discharge a small cannon in case of alarm. About two hundred and twenty persons inhabited the garri- son, seventy of whom were able bodied men. Later in the war (17931 two other garrisons, known respectively as Goodale’s and Stone’s, were built in the vicinity of the castle, which had been found too small to accom- modate all who required its shelter. 0 ■ Kj IMPORTANT EVENTS IN TERRITORIAL HISTORY. ST Robert Oliver, Major IJaffield White Waterford settlement on the Mus- kingum was begun in April. ITS!), by a second association, consisting of thirty-nine members, who in accord- ance with the Ohio Company's reso- lutions, were to receive lands for settling-. A part of the company were to locate on Wolf Creek, about a mile above its mouth, for the pur- pose of erecting mills. “ The main body of the donated lands,” says Hildreth, lies on the east side of t he Muskingum ; and that portion of it bordering on the river was divided | into lots of ten or fifteen acres each, for the purpose of making the settle- ment more compact, and the inhab- itants near to each other for mutual assistance and defense in times of danger from the Indians; while the other portion of the hundred acres was located at a greater distance." These lots commenced where the town of Beverly now stands, and ex- tended down the river about two miles. On the west side of the Muskingum, in a bend of Wolf Creek known as the peninsula, another village was laid out in lots of live acres each. For the protection of the settlement two blockhouses were built, one on the east and the other on the west side of the river. After the com- mencement of hostilities Fort Frye, on the east side of the Muskingum about half a mile below the site of Beverly, was erected. It was com pleted in March. IBM. Wolf Creek mills, lh<* first in the territory, according to Dr. Hildreth, were erected the year the Waterford settlement was begun, bv Colonel and Captain -John Dodge. The mills (a grist mill and sawmill) were built during the year ITS!), but were not completed and ready for operation until March of the following year. The crank for the sawmill was made at New Haven, Conn., transported across the mountains on a packhorse to SumriH's Ferry, and brought : thence by water. The stones, of i conglomerate rock, were quarried in Laurel -'Ilill. near Brownsville, Pa., and were used more than fifty years. They were not suitable for grinding wheat, but served well for grinding | corn, of which, it is said, the mill would grind a bushel in four min- | utes. About the mill there grew up a settlement of about thirty peo- ple, all of whom fled to the neigh- boring blockhouses when the news of the Big Bottom massacre reached them. The mill was resorted to by the people of Marietta and Water- ford both before and after the war, I and for many years did a thriving I business. During the Indian war it I was not suffered to lie idle. Parties I of twenty or thirty men sometimes | went up with their grain in boats, a j part of them marching by land to watch for Indians. While the mill was in operation sentries were posted round about to give warning of dan- | ger, but during the whole war the mill was undisturbed by the savages. But one other settlement was I founded under the auspices of the j Marietta colonists prior to the 1 ndian J war — the ill-fated colonv at Big Bot i tom, of which we shall proceed to I speak in the following chapter. ^ . ’ CHAPTER VI. WAR WITH THE INDIANS — 1790 TO 1795. Tiie Rise of the Wap, Cloud — A Peace Policy Desired — Its Failure — • Arrange- ments for a Treaty — Meeting at Duncan’s Falls — A Night Attack by the Savages — The Treaty of Fort IIarmar, January 9, 1789 — Renewal of Border Warfare — Surveyors Attacked — John Gardner's Capture and Escape — Gen- eral IIarmar’s Expedition to the Maumee — The Settlement at Big Bottom — The Massacre — Names of the Murdered and Captured — War Begins — Set- tlers Attacked — The White Scouts and Their Methods — A Scour Killed — An Indian Killed on Duck Creek — Four Persons Killed Near Marietta — The Expedition of General St. Clair — Events op 1793-3 — Indian Atrocities — A Colony Formed at the Mouth of Olive Green Creek, 1794 — The Indian Sil- ver Heels — Closing Events of the War — Wayne's Victory — The Greenville Treaty — Peace. rpilE colonization, of the nortli- -L western territory began under favorable auspices. As we have al- ready noted, when the sturdy Xew Englanders stepped from their boats at the mouth of the Muskingum, an influential chief and several warriors of the Dela wares greeted them with friendly words. The Indians had ceded all title to the lands purchased by the Ohio Company to the govern- ment, and as far as treaties could secure title, the whites had an absolute ri’glit to the land. I Jut on account of Indian jealousy and the mistaken policy of others, the colonists soon became involved in a long and bloody war with the savages. Jealousy of the encroachments of the whites was no doubt the primary cause of the In- dian war. Another cause was the un- friendly attitude of the white settlers upon the borders of Pennsylvania. Virginia and Kentucky, who were a class of adventurers ill-fitted to dwell peaceably in close proximity to the red men. The Virginians, or “ Long Knives” as the savages called them, were both feared and detested by the Indians. Long years of border war- fare had strengthened the Indian's hatred, and caused them to extend it to the entire race. Again, the savages had witnessed the cruel and inhuman butchery by the whites of the innocent Moravians, and other acts of treachery per- formed by those professing friend ship. The treaties that had been made were unsatisfactory and imper- fectly comprehended. The Pritish, who still had posts in the Xorthwest, sought by everv means to arouse the ire of the savages against the Ameri- cans, and so prevent settlements in the Ohio Valley. Savage warfare did not cease with the close of the revolution, but continued here and there on the frontiers with almost no cessation. It was estimated that in the seven vears preceding the In- dian war, which began in 1790, and ' if 7/ oHl To AVAR WITH THE INDIANS. S9 on Ohio soil in 1791, fifteen hundred people were captured or killed by j the Indians on the borders south and ! west of the Ohio Diver, and that two thousand horses, and other property to the value of fifty thousand dol- lars were stolen. The ordinance of 1787. which es- tablished the Northwest Territory, contained in one of its articles the following1 declarations : “The utmost good faith shall al- ways be observed toward the In- dians ; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without consent; and in their property rights j and liberty they shall never be in- vaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress ; i but laws founded in justice and hu- manity shall from time to time be made for preventing wrong being done to them, and for preserving peace with them.” To carry out this peace policy j Governor St. Clair was charged with the duty of making a treaty as soon as practicable after arriving in the Ter- ritory, for the purpose of confirming former treaties and establishing friendly relations with the Indians. Anticipating the arrival of the gov- ! ernor in June, 1788, a party of thirty men, under command of Lieutenant McDowell, was sent from Fort Ilar- mar to the falls of the Muskingum, since known as Duncan’s Falls, to make preparations for the approach- ing treaty. They took goods for presents to the Indians, and pro- visions, and were instructed to erect a council-house and cabins to protect the men and shelter , the goods. On arriving at the spot (which the Indians had selected for the council) the soldiers found quite a number of Delawares assembled there; also a band of about twenty savages, composed of Chippewas and other outcasts of different tribes. During the night of July 12th the sentries who were guarding' the tent containing the goods were fired upon, and two of them killed and others wounded. The Indians, who de- signed the robbery of the tent, were defeated in their purpose and retired with a loss of one killed and one wounded. On the same night the colored servant of Major Duncan, a trader, who was awaiting the arrival of the tribes in order that he might traffic with them, was killed and scalped. The Delawares protested that they were entirely innocent of any part in the attack, pronounced the dead Indian a Chippewa, and seizing and binding six of the offenders gave them into the custody of Lieutenant McDowell to await punishment. On the next day a reinforcement arrived from Fort IJarmar, which took charge of the prisoners and carried them back to the fort. They were kept for some time in irons, but finally escaped. The large boat of the Ohio Company was sent up to the falls, and the troops, with the goods and provisions were carried back to the fort. The treaty was delayed several months by this occurrence. The In- dians in the meantime began to man- ifest symptoms of host i 1 i t v. and mur- mured against the improvements O ' ■ ■' • >1 I i . 00 HISTORY OF XOI’.I.K COUNTY. OHIO. which the settlers were making-. They continued to linger in the vi- cinity and scoured the woods for miles around, hunting and killing off all the game thev could, leaving it to rot upon the ground, “to keep it," as they averred, '‘from the white hunters.” A council was held of the Ottawas and Chippewas, who op- posed making a treaty, and declared themselves for war unless the whites would remove south of the Ohio. The Delawares, however, continued their professions of friendship, and the Wyandots and Six Xations sided with them, telling the dissatisfied tribes that if they fought the white men they must not expect aid from the Delawares and their friends. Captain Pipe, a Delaware chief, dined with General Putnam at Marietta and with the officers at Fort Ilarmar on several occasions. In September Gyantwahia, the Cornplanter, a leading Seneca chief, accompanied by about forty warriors, arrived at Fort Ilarmar, escorted by Captain Zeigler and a company of soldiers from Fort Pitt. It was ex- pected that he would have great in- fluence in consummating a treaty, from his authority in the councils of the Six Nations, his intelligence and his friendliness toward the American government. In December, 17SS, the Ohio Company voted to give one mile square of the donation land "to the Gyantwahia and his heirs for- ever,” as a testimonial of their appre- ciation of the value of his services. In November a son of the cele- brated Brant, who was at Duncan's Falls with two hundred warriors. sent a request to Governor St. Clair that the conference be held at that place rather than at Fort Ilarmar. On the refusal of the governor. Brant j and his warriors retired to their towns and used their influence to : keep the Shawnees from Fort Ilarmar. Very few of them were present when the treaty was made. December 13th about two hundred Indians from different tribes arrived at the fort. They came from the north, along the west bank of the Muskingum, some of them mounted and bearing the Baited States flag at the head of the column in token of friendship. As they approached the fort they saluted it by firing their rifles in the air. •• The salute,” says Dr. Hildreth. " was returned by the cannon and musketry of the soldiers for several minutes, sounding so much like a real engagement of hostile bands that the old officers at Campus .Martins were quite animated with the sound. A guard of soldiers with music escorted them into the garri- son in military style, which much pleased the chiefs, who expressed their thanks to the governor in a set speech at their cordial reception.” The governor replied, welcoming them in appropriate words, and ex- pressed the hope that the treaty might soon be finished. The council-fiie was lighted the next day, but the deliberations pro- ceeded so slowly that it was not until t he ‘Jlh of January that all the articles of the treaty were arranged and agreed to. During this time Gov- ernor St. Clair was ill with gout, and was carried bv the soldiers in a chair a ■ , r W\f, . WAR WITH THE INDIANS. 91 to the council daily. General Bich- ard Butler was present as a commis- sioner at the treaty; also the vener- able Moravian missionary. Bev. John llecke welder, who had labored' for years among the Delawares on the Tuscarawas, and was beloved and re- spected both by the Christian and heathen Indians of that tribe, lie spoke their language with fluency, and his presence was of great weight in the council. Three interpreters were present — Nicholson, Williams and La Chappelle. Two treaties were made, both on the 9th of January, 17S9. The first was with the sachems and warriors of the Six Nations, and was signed by twenty-four of their chiefs. It renewed and confirmed previous treaties and re-established the bound- aries of the territory of the Six Na- tions, as fixed by the treaty of Fort Stanwix, October 22. 17SL A dis- tinct article was attached to the treaty which provided that if any murders were committed, either by the whites or the Indians, the guilty persons should be given up to the proper authorities to be punished according to law ; and if any horses were stolen the owners should re- claim them if found. For confirm- ing and rimewing tin* treaty the Six Nations were given presents in goods to the value of S3, 000. The second treaty was between Governor St. Clair and the "W van- dots, Delawares, Ottawas, Chippe was, Pottawatomie* and Sacs, con- firming and extending the treaty of Fort McIntosh (.January, 17N.Y). The j Indians agreed to give over to Gov- i j ernor St. Clair, as soon as they con- veniently could, all white prisoners then in their hands. The boundar- ies of their lands were fixed the same as by the treaty of Fort McIn- tosh, and they were forbidden to sell to any foreign power. They were granted permission to hunt on lands ceded to the United States so long as they conducted themselves peace- ably ; white men were forbidden to settle in their reservation ; trade with the Indians was to be permitted and encouraged, under regulations, etc. But what matters it to state the provisions of a treaty which was so soon to be disregarded and annulled by the Indians' At the time it gave great satisfaction. The people of Marietta banqueted the chieftains: speeches were made and Governor St. Clair was presented with a congratu- latory and laudatory address. Peace seemed secure, but the hope was il- lusive. Dissatisfaction began among the different tribes — some complaining that they were not represented at the treaty; others that young war- riors and not chiefs had acted, with- i out authority, while one tribe com- plained because they had received no presents. When Indians seek causes for complaint they' usually find them without difficulty. Border warfare against the “ Long Knives” of Virginia and Kentucky was renewed with the opening of spring. On the 1st of May. 1 7 S9. a settler of Washington County, Cap- tain Zelnilon King, of Belpre, who had gone into his clearing to work, was shot and scalped by two In ' 92 history of noble county, ohio. dinns. Alarm and uneasiness pre- vailed in all the settlements through- out the summer. In the month of August, at Meigs’ Station, a small stockade near Before. two boys were killed while hunting for the cows in the woods near their home. On the 7th of August John Mathews, the Ohio Company's sur- veyor, while engaged in his work in what is now Lawrence County, with a party of assistants, was at- tacked by the Indians and narrow- ly escaped death. Six soldiers and a corpora) attended the surveying party as a guard. The attack was made on their camp in the morn- ing in daylight. Patchen, one of the surveyor's assistants, was killed, and all the soldiers except the corporal shared his fate. Mathews and three of his men tied and made their way to the river, where they opportunely fell in with a boat and assistance. The corporal, who had remained con- cealed while the Indians plundered the camp, joined Mathews and his companions on the same day. It was supposed that the attacking Indians were Shawnees. In September, John Gardner, a young man from Massachusetts, who was at work clearing land in the Waterford settlement, becoming a little weary with his labor, sat down upon a fallen tree to rest. Four Indians and a white man suddenly appeared ; Gardner, supposing the Indians to be some of the friendly Delawares who were hunting in the vicinity, was not alarmed, but on the white man beckoning to him, ap- proached the group, lie was seized and bound, and taken two or three | miles up Wolf Creek to the Indians’ I camp, where he saw two or three horses, one of which he recognized as that of his neighbor. Judge Devol. I The Indians then mounted and rode j by turns, but forced Gardner to walk all the time. Their course led south- west to the "waters of Federal Creek. During the night he had no oppor- tunity to escape, being securely bound to a sapling which the Indians bent over and forced him to lie upon. To the branches of the sapling they attached some cow-bells — stolen from the settlers’ cows — so that anv movement made by him would 1 awaken his captors. During the j second day the Indians conversed with him, promised him lie should build their cabins, become a good j Shawnee and have a Shawnee wife. During a halt they cut his hair and painted his face. The second night was rainy, and the thongs which bound his hands having become slightly pliable, Gardner resolved to i free himself from them and escape. | After several hours of careful work- | ing he succeeded in his purpose, and i grasping his rifle (which one of the Indians had appropriated to his own use) he left the camp without awak- ening his slumbering guardians. lie | traveled rapidly during the following i day, and at night slept in a hollow log. The next day he came to AVolf j Creek, which he followed down to ; the mills and accounted to his friends for his mvsterious disappearance, lie suffered much from hunger, eat- ! ing nothing from the time of his last I supper with the Indians until he ar- t> £ ' . WAR WITH THE INDIANS. 03 jived at home, for though he had his riHe and ^>aw some game, he could not kill -anythin!*1, as the Indians had robbed him of powder and bullets. During the year 1700 the Indians did not seriously molest any of the inhabitants of the Ohio Company’s lands, but many reports reached them of outrages south of the Ohio River and at the mouth of the Scioto. War was considered inevitable and the settlers made the best preparations they could. In June of this year Major Doughty left the fort at the mouth of the Muskingum, and, ac- companied l)y 150 men, proceeded down the Ohio and commenced the erection of Fort Washington, within the present limits of Cincinnati. A little later General Ilarmar arrived at that place with 300 men, and, with the addition of nearly 1.000 Virginians, Kentuckians and Penn- sylvanians, led an expedition against the Indians on the Maumee, destrov- ing several of their villages. Ills forces were defeated with heavy losses on the 10th and 22d davs of October. 1 1 is campaign provoked instead of allaying the growing hos tility. lie returned to Fort Ilarmar in ^November. Meantime the British were furnishing arms and stores to the hostile tribes. Return J. Meigs. Jr., afterward governor, was sent to the governor of Detroit by General St. Clair, about the time Ilarmar started, with a letter informing the British commandant of the pro- posed expedition. The hitter stated that no British post would be mo- lested. and asked that no supplies be 1 urnished the hostile savages. Onlv a formal answer was returned. Meigs was told that it would be dangerous for him to return to Marietta through the wilderness by the route he had come, and with his companion, John Whipple, son of Commodore Whip- ple, made a long detour, going on a schooner to Presque Isle, whence they proceeded down the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers by boat. In spite of the unsettled condition of affairs the people of Washington County pursued their usual avoca- tions during the year. An attempt was even made to extend the settle- ment at this time — a rash and fool- hardy experiment. The “Big Bottom,” on the left bank of the Muskingum, in Windsor Township, "Morgan County, contains the largest body of level or bottom land on the river between Duncan's Falls and Marietta. The lower part is directly opposite Roxburv, and ex- tends up live miles, with an average width of three-fourths of a mile. Induced bv the offer of donations to actual settlers by the Ohio Com- pany, an association of men. princi- pally young, unmarried and unac- quainted with the dangers of frontier life and the mode of Indian warfare, began, in the fall of 1790, a settle- ment by erecting a blockhouse a few rods from the river on the farm now owned and occupied by Obadiah Brokaw. About twenty rods from the blockhouse, and a few rods fur- ther from the river, Francisand Isaac Choate erected a cabin and com- menced clearing a lot. Another of the company. James Patton, and a hired laborer, Thomas Shaw, lived 94 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. with them. About t lie same dis- tance below was an old clearing and a cabin, which bad been made years before under the laws of Virginia, which Asa and Eleazer Bullard had fitted up and occupied. The residents of the stations, fa- milial' with the wiles and treachery of the Indians, advised them to defer their settlement until spring, as by that time the question of war or peace would probably be decided. But the young men were impatient, and, confident of their own ability to protect themselves, decided not to wait. Their blockhouse, sufficiently capacious to accommodate all of them in an emergency, was built of large beech logs, rather open and not well tilled between, the completion of the work being left for a rainy day or a more convenient season. Another error was the neglect of any system of defense, and the omission to regularly put out sentinels. Thus, without system and under no con- stituted control, there was no pro- vision made to repel an attack, and although the men were well armed, their guns were permitted to stand in different parts of the house. The general interests appeared to be lost in the convenience of each individ- ual. This indifference and fancied security at this time may in part be attributed to the expressed observa- tion of the early settlers that the In- dians seldom started on a war expedi- tion in the winter; and at the time the weather must have been verv cold, as the river had remained frozen over since the 22d of December. On Sun- day, January 2, there was a slight thaw, but the ground was covered with snow. The warpath of the In- dians from Sandusky to the mouth of the Muskingum was on the hills on the right or west side of the river, from which an almost unobstructed view of the bottoms on either side could be had. During the preceding summer a number of the Delaware and Wyan- dot Indians had been loitering about the settlements at Waterford and Wolf Creek, and under the guise of friendship had made themselves fa- miliar with the situation and the manner of living of the whites, who, not apprehending danger, generally occupied their own separate cabins. With the information thus obtained the Indians fitted out a war party for. the destruction of the AVaterford settlement, in the vicinity of where Beverly now stands. AVhen they started out on this expe- dition it is supposed that they were not aware that there was a settle- ment at Big Bottom until they came in sight of it on the afternoon of Sunday, January 2, 1791, from their warpath on the opposite side, which gave them a comprehensive view of the defenseless condition of the resi- dents. After complet ing their recon- naissance, and holding a council as to the mode of attack, the Indians crossed the river on the ice a short distance above the blockhouse, and divided into two attacking parties. The larger one was to assault the blockhouse, whi le t he other was to at- j tack and make prisoners of those in : the upper cabin without alarming I those below. The plan was skill- . 0 ll ■ WAR WITH THK INDIANS. 05 fully' arranged and promptly exe- cuted. Cautiously approaching the cabin, they found the inmates at sup- per. Some of the Indians entered and spoke to the men in a friendly manner, while others stood outside. Suspecting no danger, the whites of- fered the savages food, which they accepted. The Indians, seeing some leather thongs in the corner of the room, took the men by the arms and. making signs that they were prison- ers, bound them. Resistance being- useless, they submitted to their fate. While this was being transacted at Choate’s cabin the other party had reached the blockhouse, unobserved even by the dogs, which gave no warning as usual by barking. A large and resolute Indian threw open the door, stepped in and stood by to keep it open, while those out- side shot down the white men stand- ing around the lire. Zebulou Throop, from Massachusetts, who had just returned from the mill with -meal, and was frying meat, fell dead in the tire. The Indians then rushed in and killed with the tomahawk all that were left. So sudden and unex- pected was the attack that no effect- ual resistance was attempted by any of the men ; but a stout, courageous backwoods Virginian woman, the wife of Isaac Meeks, who was em- ployed as a hunter, seized an axe and aimed a blow at the head of the 1 ndian whoopened t he door, but a slight turn of his head saved hisskull, and the axe passed down through his cheek into llis shoulder, leaving a huge gash that severed half his face. before she could repeat the blow she was killed bv the tomahawk of another Indian. And this was the only in- jury received by any of the savages, as the men were all killed before the v had time to reach their arms. While this savage butchery was being perpetrated John Stacy, a young man in the prime of life, son of Colonel Stacy, ascended by a lad- der to the top of the building, hoping by that means to escape, but the In- dians on the outside discovered and shot him while he was -begging of them u for God's sake to spare his life.” His appeal was heard by the two Dullards, who, alarmed by the firing at the blockhouse, ran out of their cabin to ascertain the cause. Discovering the Indians, they ran back, and taking their rifles ran for the woods in a direction hidden by their cabin from the sight of the In- dians. They had barely escaped when they heard their door burst open. 'They were not pursued by the savages, although it must have been apparent that they had just left, as there was a brisk lire on the hearth and supper warm on the table. When the slaughter was finished and the scalps secured the Indians proceeded to collect the plunder. In removing the bedding Philip Stacy, a young brother of John, was dis- covered, and the tomahawk was in- stantly raised for his destruction, when he threw himself at the feet of their leading warrior and begged his protection. The latter, either from compassion on his vout.li or being- sated with the slaughter already made, interposed his authority and saved his life. y. ■ : . 96 HISTORY OF XOIil.F COUNTY. OHIO. Affei\ removing all that they thought was valuable they tore up the floor, piled it over the bodies of their victims and set it on fire, in- tending to consume them with the blockhouse, but the green beech logs would not burn, and the boards of the floor and roof only were con- sumed and the walls left standing. The persons killed were John Sta- cy. Ezra Putnam, son of Major Put- nam, of Marietta; John Camp and Zebulon Throop, from Massachusetts ; Jonathan Farewell and James Couch, from A ew Hampshire; William James, from Connecticut; John Clark, from Rhode Island ; Isaac Meeks and his wife and two children, from Virginia. The captured were Isaac and Francis Choate, Thomas Shaw, young Philip Stacy, and James Patton. Philip Stacy died at Maumee .Rapids ; the others eventu- ally returned to their former homes. After effecting their escape the Hid lards hastened down the river to Samuel Mitchell's hunting-camp, in the vicinity of the mouth of Meigs Creek. Captain Joseph Rogers, a sol- dier of the Revolution and a hunter, was staying there; also a Mohi- can Indian of the name of Dick Lay- ton, from Connecticut. Mitchell was ' absent at the mills, and the captain and Dick, wrapped in their blankets, were before the lire asleep. They were awakened and made acquainted with the cause of the untimely visit and the probable fate of the people at the blockhouse. Armed with their rifles, they started immediately, crossed the river on the ice, and through the woods shaped their i course for the Wolf Creek Mills, six miles distant, where they arrived about 10 o’clock at night. Theiran- nouncement produced a scene of con- sternation and alarm, not only at the mills, but at the scattered and unpro- tected cabins at Waterford, to which special messengers were speedily dis- patched. Thus by the fortunate escape of the Bullards the several settlements were saved that night from death at the hands of the ruthless savages, who othewise would have found . the settlers, unconscious of danger, asleep in their defenseless cabins. The next day Captain Rogers with a party of men went to the Bottom. The action of the lire had not con- : sumed but had so blackened and dis- figured the bodies that few of them could be recognized ; and as the ground on the outside was frozen an excavation was made within the walls and they were all consigned to a common grave. A procedure of the Indians at this massacre demonstrated that, like other people, they were supersti- tious; that they would -‘strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.” Before they set lire to the blockhouse they very carefully removed all the eata- bles, meal, beans, etc., and put them in piles by the stumps of trees in the vicinity, under the impression that ! it was a crime to destroy food, and ! that it would offend the Great Spirit, and that they would be punished. The band of Indians which at- 1 ackei 1 the defenseless settlement con- I sisted of twenty -live or thirty warri- I ors of the tribes hitherto friendly. 0 . r> WAR WITH THE INDIANS. 97 V The war may lie said to have act- ually begun on Ohio soil with the cruel and savage murder of the set- tlers at Big Bottom. Preparations were at once taken by the settlers of Washington County to strengthen their defensive works and to organ- ize and equip the militia as well as possible. On the Sth of January General Rufus Putnam wrote to the Secre- tary of War and to President Wash- ington. From the letter to the President we are able to form some idea of the true and alarming condi- tion of the settlements. General Putnam stated that the governor and secretary were both absent, con- sequently no assistance from Vir- ginia or Pennsylvania could be had ; the garrison at Fort Harmar then consisted of little more than twenty men. while the entire number of men in the Ohio Company's purchase ca- llable of bearing arms did not exceed 287, many of whom were badly armed, lie detailed the situation of the people as follows: “At" Marietta are about eighty houses in the distance of one mile, with scattering houses about three miles up the Ohio: a set , of mills at Duck Creek, four miles distant, and another mill two miles up the Muskingum. Twenty-two miles up this river is a settlement (Water- ford) consisting of about twentv families; about two miles from them on Wolf Creek are live families and a set of mills. Down the Ohio and opposite the Little Kanawha com- mences the settlement called Belle Prairie (Belpre), which extends 7 down the river with little interrup- ; tion about twelve miles and contains between thirty and forty houses. Before the late disaster we had sev- eral other settlements which are already broken up. J have taken the liberty to inclose the proceedings of the Ohio Company and justices of { the sessions on the occasion, and beg leave, with the greatest deference, to observe that unless the govern- ment speedily sends a body of troops for our protection we are a ruined people.'’ The proceedings of the Ohio Com- pany referred to in the letter were had on the day after the massacre and related to the organization of the militia, their pay, and the garri- soning of the blockhouses in the sev- eral settlements. The first resolu- tion recommended that the inhabi- tants of the out-settlements be ad- vised to remove their women and children to Marietta, where suitable accommodations would be provided for them. The Ohio Company, al- though already impoverished, acted with commendable liberality then and throughout the war, paying out over 811,000 for the protection of the settlements. Colonel Ebenezer Sprout had com- mand of the militia, and Captain Xeigler was the officer in command of Fort Harmar. The settlers of the Ohio Company’s lands were speedily gathered into the three best pro- tected stations — Marietta, Belpre and Waterford. Meantime Gov- ernor St. Clair and the Fnited States government were preparing to secure peace, if possible, but at the same 0 A J A ' ' 98 / HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. V time organizing a large military force to be used if necessary. At the same time a confederation of all the Indian tribes northwest of the Ohjo was being formed with the avowed object of driving the whites .from. the Territory. In March, 1791, a band of Wyan- dots and Delawares from the San- dusky country gathered at Duncan’s Falls preparatory to making an attack on the settlements below. Among them was an Indian of King Philip’s tribe named John Miller, from Rhode Island, who had been at the settlements and was ac- Ile resolved to defeat the plans of I his savage brethren, and purposely 5 cut his foot that he might be left behind at the camp instead of pro- ceeding with the war party. The Indians left him. but being suspi- cious of him. bound him in the camp. As soon as he was left alone he loosened his bonds, prepared a raft and embarked upon the river. He passed the camp-fire of the In- dians without detection and made his way to Fort Frye, where he gave warning of the impending danger. The people of "Waterford apparently disregarded his warning, or at least did not long continue watchful. The Indians first went to Duck Creek, where had been a little settle- ment which was now abandoned. ( )n the 1 1th of March. early in the morn- ing, they returned to the "Waterford settlement, where they fired upon and wounded a voting man named Sprague as he was returning to the fort from a cabin whither he had gone to milk a cow. Shots were ex- changed between the inmates of the blockhouse and the Indians, but no ! one was killed, and the savages re- tired from the vicinity. The next day three of the Indians alarmed the Belpre settlement and killed some cattle there. For some time prior to the open- ing of hostilities Colonel Sprout had 1 employed rangers to scour the woods about the settlements to give notice of approaching danger. They were habited in Indian costume and painted their faces after the manner signs and signals by which they made themselves known to each other. Two of these scouts, Cap- tain Joseph Rogers and Edward Henderson, of Marietta, were return- ing at evening on the 13th of March, and when within a mile of home Rogers was sudden] v shot to the heart by an Indian. Henderson narrowly escaped bv running. Rog- ers was a brave and experienced frontiersman and his loss was deeply felt. During the summer Matthew Kerr was killed on Kerr’s Island, near the mouth of the Muskingum, where he had settled in 1787. In common with the other settlers he sought the shelter of the garrison at night in the time of danger, but went daily to his farm to work and attend to his stock. On the lfith of dune he found a horse, which he conjectured that the Indians had stolen, tied in one of his corncribs, and took it down to the garrison. On the next day, -as I he was approaching the shore of the hi ■ ' ' ■ i ■ ;t •. .ij WAR WITH Til K INDIANS. 99 island in his canoe, four Indians li ved noon him and he fell, pierced by three bullets. The act was witnessed by several Virginia soldiers, who were powerless to render assistance, the i riVer being between. Matthew Kerr was the father of I Iamilton Kerr, who distinguished himself as a scout dur- ing the war. In the latter part of July 'William Smith, a lad of eighteen years, who was acting as sentry for a party of j men who were cutting timber in the ; woods near the garrison at the Point, in Marietta, was suddenly startled by a great commotion among the cattle in the woods. Punning to inform his companions, he found they had already quit and gone to supper. Suspecting that the Indians had caused the alarm among the cattle, he followed the other men to the garrison and told his tale. The cattle were examined and an ar- row was found still sticking in the side of one of the cows. The next day a party of about forty men, com- posed of volunteers and soldiers from the fort, explored the woods in search of the enemy. In the vicinity of Duck Creek mills, Hamilton Kerr, who acted as spy, discovered six Indians crossing the creek to a vacant cabin. Bidding his companions keep back, Kerr and his brother George crept forward to roconnoiter. Thev saw two Indians come out of the house and fired upon them. One Indian fell and Hamilton Kerr rushed up and dispatched him with his knife. The other, though wounded, escaped. The men who had waited behind now rushed up, but the remainder of the 1 savages made good their escape. The head of the dead Indian was cut off, impaled upon a pole, and borne aloft by the hunters as they returned to Campus Martins. Sometimes days and weeks passed without any alarm to the inhabitants of the garrisons, while at other times nearly every day brought some proof of the nearness of the lurking enemy. One Sabbath morning in September, when nearly all the inhabitants of Marietta were attending divine wor- ship. conducted by Ilev. Daniel Story in the Campus Martins, Deter Kise- wonger. one of the rangers, burst into the presence of the quiet congrega- tion. shouting, “Indians! Indians!” Instantly the sermon ceased, and in- stead rang out the " long roll ” of the drum. A party of about twenty-live men — rangers, citizens and soldiers — was speedily made up and sallied forth in quest of the foe. Proceed- ing in canoes to the mouth of Duck i Creek, thev soon discovered a trail which led over toward the Little Muskingum. The Indians’ camp was descried in a hollow east of the creek. Dividing into two parties, the rangers prepared to attack it. The Indians became alarmed, hearing some noise incautiously or accidentally made, ran. and concealing themselves be- hind trees, began firing at their pur- suers, who returned the lire with ani- mation. In the skirmish one Indian was killed and another severely wounded. The rest of the savages (the whole part v numbered seven) escaped. None of the whites wore injured, though one was badlv frightened by a bullet whizzing through his clothes J - • , • *-J, - . . / 100 IIISTOKY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. close to his body, and caused great amusement by shouting that he was killed, and in his fright falling into a brook that ran by the camp. The dead Indian was scalped and the bloody trophy carried to the garrison. In the same month, as Benoni Hurl- burt and Joshua Fleehart, two of the Help re settlers, were visiting traps on the Little Hocking, llurlburt was shot down and scalped, but his com- panion eluded the savages and re- turned to Farmers’ Castle in safety. On the 4th of October, 1791, Nicho- las Carpenter and three others tv ere killed by the Indians near Marietta. Carpenter, with his assistants, Hughes, Leggett, Paul, Barnes and Ellis, was engaged in bringing a drove o o o o of cattle from Clarksburg to supply the troops with beef, lie had been on many similar trips and was an ex- perienced backwoodsman. On this occasion his son, a lad of ten years, accompanied him. On the evening of October 3d the party encamped about six miles above Marietta, on a stream since known as Carpenter’s Bun. Their cattle were suffered to range at large, and the horses, with bells upon them, were also turned out to feed. Now it happened that a party of six Shawnees, headed by the afterward renowned Tecumseh, had been on an expedition of plunder on the Little Kanawha, where they had taken a little colored boy prisoner. The Indians struck and followed Carpenter’s trail and arrived in the vicinity of his camp before davlight on the morning of the 4th. Tying' their little colored prisoner at a distance, the stealthy savages ap- ! proached very near to the cam)) and i concealed themselves behind trees. At dawn the men were astir, and Car- penter proposed commencing the day by devotions as was his usual cus- tom. As he was reading a hymn, while the men sat around the lire, the Indians discharged their rifles at the party. Ellis fell dead and Paul received a wound in his hand. The others sprang to their feet, but be- fore they could reach their rifles the Indians were among them. Hughes ran into the woods closely pursued by an Indian. As he stopped to dis- encumber himself of his leggins, which were loose and impeded his flight, a tomahawk thrown by his pursuer grazed his head. But freed from his encumbrance he sped on- ward and reached Marietta in safety, though his hunting shirt was pierced by several bullets. Paul also escaped. Barnes was slain after a short resistance, and Leggett over- taken and killed after running over two miles. Carpenter, who was lame, and his little son attempted to con- ceal themselves, but were soon dis- covered and killed. The negro boy, who was left tied by his captors, succeeded in freeing himself and re- turned to his master. The Indians scalped all of the dead except Car- penter. It was thought this mark of respect was shown him because he had once mended the gun of one of the Indians who chanced to be one of this party and had declined to re- ceive pay for the job. During the fall the settlers were several times alarmed, but there were no serious engagements. On ■ ' ■ : , & . ■ WAR WITH THE INDIANS. 101 the 5th of December tidings readied Marietta, of the defeat of St. Clair. The unexpected and startling news was brought by Major Denny, quar- termaster of the army, who was on Jiis way to Philadelphia. General St. Clair was at Pittsburgh in April, 1791, receiving volunteers and detachments from the regular army, and providing supplies and equipments. In May he proceeded to Fort "Washington, where his army was gradually concentrated. In the fall, all negotiations for peace having- failed, he marched into the Indian country with an army 2,300 strong, exclusive of militia. Most of the allied tribes were then on the Mau- mee and Wabash and in the country between those streams. As St. Clair advanced he erected forts where are now the towns of Hamilton and Eaton in Western Ohio, and Fort Jefferson in Darke County. II is army was reduced by sickness and desertion to about 1,500 before the final disastrous engagement. On the morning of November Jth (near the spot where Fort Recovery was afterward built), in the northern part of the present county of Darke, Ohio, the warriors of the powerful confederacy surprised the army and defeated it with terrible slaughter. Nearly GOO of the soldiers were killed, including many ollieers, and about 200 more were wounded. About a hundred women had fol- lowed the army and over half of them fell victims to the savage bar- barity. The Indians were led bv kittle 'hurtle and several white sav- age's who had joined them, and alto- I getlier numbered about 2,000. In their fury they did not content themselves with killing and scalping, but drove stakes through their ene- mies’ bodies and crammed their throats and eyes full of dirt and clay, thus showing their detestation for the palefaces who were seeking to gain possession of their lands. Ridpath, in his History of the United States, thus speaks of St. Clair’s defeat: "The fugitive militia fled precipitately to Fort Washing- ton, where they arrived four days after the battle. The news of the disaster spread gloom and sorrow throughout the land. When the tid- ings reached Philadelphia the gov- ernment was for a while in conster- nation. For once the benignant spirit of Washington gave way to wrath. ‘Here,’ said he in a tempest of indignation, ‘here, in this very room, I took leave of General St. Clair. I wished him success and honor. I said to him. " You have careful instructions from the Secre- tary of War, and 1 myself will add one word — Beware of a xtoyir/se. \ou ki ow how the Indians fight us — beware of a surprise!” He went off with that, my last warning, ring- ing in his ears. And yet he has suf- fered that army to be cut to pieces, hacked butchered, tomahawked, bv a surprise — the very thing I guarded him against ! How can he answer to his country i The blood of the slain is upon him. the curse of widows and orphans!' Mr. Lear, the secretary, in whose presence this storm of wrath burst forth, sat speechless. Presently Washington - I 102 . HISTORY OF NOl! RE COUNTY, OHIO. v grew silent. ‘What I have uttered must not go beyond this room,’ said he in a manner of great seriousness. Another pause of several minutes ensued, and then he continued, in a low and solemn tone: ’1 looked at the dispatches hastily and did not note, all the particulars. General St. Clair shall have justice. I will re- ceive him without displeasure; he shall have full justice.' Notwith- standing his exculpation by a com- mittee, poor St. Clair, overwhelmed with censures and reproaches, re- signed his command and was super- seded by General Wayne whom the people had named Mad Anthony.” Early in the year 1792 Fort liar- mar was strengthened by the arrival of a company of soldiers. The winter passed without hostilities be- ing renewed in Washington Countv, the Indians devoting themselves to strengthening their confederacv for resistance to General Wayne’s army then organizing at Pittsburgh. On the 15th of March, at New- bury, the “lower” Help re settle- j merit, Mrs. Brown, the wife of a newly-arrived settler, two children and Pcrsis Dunham, a girl fourteen years of age, fell victims to the tom- ahawk and scalping knife. The set- i t lenient, which had previously been abandoned, was again deserted in consequence of this murder. In June, as Return J. Meigs, dr., after- ward governor, was returning from his work in a field near Campus M artius, accompanied by his hired man Symonds and a colored boy. the party was attacked by two Indians. Symonds received a severe wound i and the colored boy was killed and | scalped. Meigs was chased for some ! distance by an Indian whom he rec- J ognized as the one who had been his guide through the wilderness to De- t-roit in 1790. but reached the garri- j son uninjured. In the fall of 1792 General Rufus Putnam, of Marietta, who had been appointed commissioner for that pur- pose. negotiated a treaty with the Wabash tribes, the Pottawatomies, Eel River Indians. ICalkaskias, Ona- 1 tonions, Pinkashaws, Kickapoos, Pe- orias and others. Rev. John Ilecke- welder accompanied General Putnam as interpreter. The treaty was made September 27th, and the tribes men- tioned declared themselves at peace with the United States. Several of the chiefs visited Philadelphia to talk with the President, stopping on their way at Marietta, where they were tendered a reception and a banquet. In March, 1773, Major Nathan Goodale, while at work on his farm, a mile and a half below the mouth of the Little Kanawha, on the north side of the Ohio, was either killed or captured by a parry of Indians who did their work so silently that they did not even attract the atten- tion of the hired man, who was working near by and who was un- molested. Search was made for Goodale in vain; his fate was never accurately known. The Ohio Com- pany's settlements suffered no other losses from the Indians during the remainder of the year. The winter of 1793 4 passed qui- etly, but in the spring following a. ■ 103 "W Alt WITH horrible murder was committed in the vicinity of Belpre. Jolm Armstrong, a native of Penn- sylvania, laid moved with his family from the headwaters of the Ohio to the Hpper Iielpre settlement in the fall of 1703. In company with Peter Mixner he operated a small floating mill, which was moored on the Virginia side of the river nearly opposite the head of the island, since famous as Blennerhassett’s. Find- ing it inconvenient to cross the river so often, Armstrong and Mixner de- cided to build themselves cabins near the mill and move their families over. The nearness of the garrison, it was thought, would make the ex- periment reasonably safe, llut Mrs. Armstrong strongly objected to the plan; she had good reasons for dreading and fearing the Indians, as both her father and mother had been killed by them in Pennsylva- nia. But she finally consented to the arrangement, and with her eight children took up her abode in her husband’s cabin. Mixner, a few days before the Indians made their attack, had moved his family into a new cabin in the woods, leaving vacant the one he had first occupied. On the night of the 24th of April Armstrong was awakened by the barking of his dog. Thinking that a bear which had been prowling around a night or two be- fore was attacking his pigpen, he seized his gun, and without dressing rushed out. Instead of a boar ho saw four Indians. He fired at them and shouted ‘'Indians ! Indians!" for the purpose of giving the alarm to THE INDIANS. his neighbor, then retreated into the house and barred the door. He rushed to the loft of his cabin, and by the time he reached it the Indi- ans had battered down the door and j were inside, lie succeeded in mak- | ing a hole through the loose shingles i of the roof, crawled out, jumped to the ground outside un perceived by , the Indians, and went to the mill, where two of his older boys slept, to alarm them. Mrs. Armstrong with her three youngest children, slept in the lower 1 part of the cabin. All were killed and scalped. Three children, Jere- miah. John and Elizabeth, aged re- spectively eight, ten and fourteen I years, were taken captives. Meantime Mixner roused by the report of Armstrong's gun. came out of his cabin, and listening at- tcntivelv heard the voices of the ! Indians, lie called his wife, who | had once been a prisoner among the ; Wyandots and knew something of their language, and she heard them inquiring about the family which they supposed still occupied the va- cant cabin. Hastily getting his fam- ily into a canoe, he paddled out into the middle of the stream, then floated silently past the Armstrong cabin. As they passed he heard the girl Elizabeth crving and moaning over ! the fate of her mother and the chil- dren. Mixner shouted and asked what was the matter. One of the Indians who spoke English forced her to reply, '‘.Nothing," telling her j if she did not lit1 would hill her. Landing his familv on the island I (where there was a blockhouse), lie . ' HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. t 104 gave the alarm about the same time that Armstrong- did. The next day a party was organized, which follow- ed the Indians as far as the I locking- River, where they discovered their trail, and from the prints of their feet learned that the captured children were still alive. Fearing that the Indians would kill the children if they were overtaken, the whites abandoned the pursuit. The cap- tives all regained their liberty af- ter the close of the war. There had been no hostilities for so long a time at the Waterford set- tlement that in the spring of 1794 the colony, which had received several accessions, decided to begin a new set- tlement farther up the Muskingum. Accordingly, at the confluence of Olive Green Creek with the Musk- ingum a blockhouse was built, and around it several ordinary cabins, the whole being enclosed by a stock- ade. The little colony numbered about thirty, and was made up of Abel Sherman and wife, their son Ezra and his wife, and Ezra's two. brothers, young, unmarried men : Ezekiel Iloit and family. Aaron De- long and family, and George Ewing and family. In the last-named fam- ily was a lad Jive years of age. after- ward eminent in the affairs of the nation — Thomas Ewing. The colo- ny had scarcely become settled when one of its leading members became the victim of the sculping knife. One of the methods of wa, Waving the inmates was to drive olf the cows, which, during the spring and summer, found abundant food in the luxuri- ous growth of pea, vine and clover. ! In June a party of three Indians were in the vicinity and drove the cows to the hills, confident that the I owners would go in search of them. Among the cows was one belonging to Abel Sherman, a stout courageous man, sixty years old. Contrary to the advice of the others, who sus- pected the scheme, he determined to go in search of the animals, and with his gun on his shoulder he wan- dered down the margin of the river about four miles to the garri- son at Waterford supposing they might have fallen in with the cattle of that settlement. When he reach- ed that point he could hear nothing of them. It was then near evening, and he was urged to stay all night, as the settlers also suspected the In- dians were the cause of the abscence of the cattle, and were watching for those who miuht be in search of them ; but being bold and fearless, he declined. 'When he was within a quarter of a mile of the station, near the mouth j of a run since called Sherman's Run. he found a patch of nice May-apples, fully ripe, and was tempted to gath- er some as a treat to the children at home. He had nearly filled the ; bosom of his hunting-shirt when, ! rising from his stooping posture, he : saw an indian within a few paces of him. Instantlv springing for his gun, i he fired at his enemy, while at the same instant the Indian fired at him. Sherman fell dead, and his ball broke the Indian's arm at the shoulder. The j report of the two discharges was heard in the garrison, and one of them recognized by his son as that - / WAU WITH THE INDIANS. 105 of li is father’s gam. an old-style musket, and fearless of consequences, with his own gun the young; man was soon on the ground, to find his father dead and his scalp taken. But .the Indians had lied. Sherman was buried the next day where he fell. After the close of the long, bloody Indian war the intercourse between the whiteman and the Indian became friendly and confidential to the ex- tent that the Shawnees, Mingoes and Wyandots, who from earlier years had occupied in common the hunt- ing-grounds of the Muskingum Valley with the white hunter, roamed the forests unmolested. After the cessa- tion of hostilities a Shawnee called Silverheels seems to have isolated himself from his tribe, and being a famous hunter lighted his campfire in the vicinity of the mouth of the Bald Eagle, above where is now Windsor, and near the ripple in the river known and called by the early boatmen Silverheels’ Ripple, where game and fish were then plenty. One day while the Olive Green saltmakers were occupied, old Sil- verheels, who was well known to them, made his appearance at their encampment, confident of being a welcome recipient of their hospital- ity. The saltmakers had, of course, a fair supply of the standard bever- age, and with a knowledge of the Indian’s appreciation of the arti- cle furnished it to him in liberal and frequent potations. After sev- eral repetitions he became garrulous and communicative, and according to tiie Indian habit, boastful of his prowess in war, stating that in his battles and marauding excursions he had taken the scalps of sixteen white men, and specifically that he had dur- ing the last Indian war taken the scalp of an old man near the block- house. a short distance below the mouth of Olive Green Creek, on the Muskingum Biver, describing the scalp as having two crowns; that he had carefully cut and divided it, so as to make two scalps, which he had sold to the British at Detroit for fifty dollars each. Also, that at the time he shot him the old man was gather- ing May-apples, and had the bosom of his hunting-shirt full of them. lie minutely described the old man’s musket, with its iron bands, etc., add- ing that as the certainty of pursuit from the blockhouse required haste, and as the gun was of no use to him, he had hidden it in the hollow of a tree. These particulars were no doubt drawn out by the saltmakers from in- terested motives, as several of them were well acquainted with Abel Slmr- man, having lived in the blockhouse at the time, and were familiar with the fact that he had been killed bv the Indians at the time and in the manner described. Among the salt- makers was Josiah Sherman, son of Abel, and to make sure of the truth of Silverheels' statement he returned directly home and made search, and found in the hollow of a decayed tree an old musket, the stock moldered and the barrel rusty, but in a condi- tion to be identified as his father's, establishing the fact that Silverheels was personally concerned in iiisdeat h. It was not. long after this that the 100 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY. OIITO. dead body of Silverheels was found by a hunter in the ashes of his camp- fire. There he had lived and there lie died, and there was a father's death avenged ; and now the deep- ened water of the river hides the memorial of his name. Having made a brief digression, let us now return to the narration of incidents connected with the war. The last hostile act committed at Marietta took place May 10. 1704, when Ivobert W orth was killed while at work within a few rods of Fort llarmar. But other outrages were committed in "Washington County before the establishment of peace. In February, 1795, unfortunate Belpre suffered still another loss. Jonas Davis, a voung Massachusetts man from the upper settlement, had been to Marietta, and as he was re- turningdiscovercd an old skiff at the mouth of Crooked ( reek The next day he returned to the spot to get the ; nails out of the skiff, nails being then very scarce and very high. As he was at work tearing the old boat to pieces he was shot by marauding In- dians and scalped. The next day his remains were found by a party which had gone out to search for him. The same day four young men led by John Janies set out to avenge Davis’ - murder. • At Gallipolis they were re- inforced by four other volunteers. , and they followed the Indians as far as the headwaters of Sy mines Creek, j distant a hundred miles from Belpre. There they came upon a large camp of Indians. The pursuers were now in their turn pursued, and during their hasty retreat one of the party i had an adventure which nearly cost him his scalp; but all finally returned in safety from their hazardous ex- pedition. greatly to the relief of their anxious friends. The last act of Indian hostility within the Ohio Company’s purchase took place in the valley of the Musk- ingum. not far from the line of the present county of Morgan. In the spring of 1795 five young men — Wil- liam Ford. "William Hart, Jacob Proctor. John 'Waterman and Sher- man 'Waterman,- — who had drawn donation lots on the south branch of 'Wolf Creek, about three miles from the "Waterford garrison, resolved to clear their lands in company. For their protection while at work a small blockhouse was erected on John Wa- terman’s land. On the loth of June, which was a rainy day. the young- men remained about the house. Sher- man Waterman, while gathering bark near the creek a few rods from the house, was fired upon by an Indian and shot through the body. In spite of his injury he succeeded in almost teaching the blockhouse, then fell ex- hausted. His companions, alarmed by the report of the rifle, grasped their weapons and sprang to the port- holes, and saw that the Indians were still shooting at the prostrate form of 'Waterman. Two of them rushed out and brought him in. themselves unharmed, though the Indians’ bul- lets tlew all around them. Making- good use of their own ri lies, they soon caused the Indians to retreat. One of the voting men then started to "Waterford to notify the people there of what had happened. 1 le • . 107 WAR WITH THE INDIANS. returned with assistance, and the wounded man was removed to the settlement, where lie died that night. The total number of whites killed in Washington County and on the op- posite shore of the Ohio during the period of hostility was 38; the num- ber captured, 10. Only four Indians Were known to have been killed, though it was supposed that many died from the wounds inflicted by the white men's rifles. While the later events which we have been chronicling were transpir- ing on the Ohio and the Muskingum, General Anthony Wayne had carried terror into the heart of the Indian country, achieved a grand victory and negotiated a treaty of peace. In the autumn of 1793, with a force of about three thousand men, he advanced in- to the territory claimed by the In- dian confederacy.. Near the field on which St. Clair's army had been de- feated and slaughtered he erected Fort Recovery, garrisoned it. and reinforced by General Scott and a regiment of mounted Kentuckians pressed on farther into the Indian country. At the junction of the Au- glaize and the Maumee, in what is now the northwestern part of the State of Ohio, in duly, 1791, Fort Defiance was built and garrisoned. Then descending' the Maumee to the ° t | rapids, General Wayne, before strik- ing the final blow, sent proposals for ] peace to the Indians. All the chiefs save kittle Turtle declared them- selves for war. On the 20th of Au- gust, 1791, was fought the battle of the Fallen Timbers, which resulted in so decisive a victory that the sav- ages were willing to accept peace on the intrepid general’s terms.* After advancing still farther into the Indian country, and erecting Fort Wayne, the victorious com- mander. after months of negotiation, succeeded in concluding a general treaty- of peace with all the hostile tribes of the Territory. The treaty was made at Greenville (Darke County, Ohio), August 10, 1795. It was based upon the Fort Ilarmar Treaty of 1789, and was the last ser- vice which General Wayne per- formed for his country, lie died in December, 1790, on board a. vessel in Lake Erie, while returning from the Indian country to Philadelphia. Wayne's victory and the subse- quent- treaty secured permanent peace with the Indians on Ohio soil, extinguished the last vestige of In- dian title to the lands now forming the eastern and sout hern parts of the State, prepared the way for immi- gration, which soon began pouring its ceaseless stream into the Ohio Valley, finally resulting in the open- ing of the great Northwest, to the influences of civilization, the up- building of great cities and States and the development of the greatest agricultural region in the world. o o ♦Tho scene of the battle was near the present town of Wnynesllekl, Lucas County, Ohio. Not far from the bnttlotichl stood the British post of Fort M iumi, then orcupieil by Brit ish soldiers, t he assist- ants, eneonraji'ers, and, as far as they dared to he the allies, of the savnjfes in their warfare auainst the A merieans. ft J ' . CHAPTER YII. PIONEER LIFE IN NOBLE COUNTY. The Western Pioneers — Their Character — Description of Their Work — Disad- vantages— Pioneer Gatherings — Description of the Log Cabin and the Manner of Its Erection — The Kitchen Utensils of the Pioneer Household — The Bill of Fare and IIow it was Prepared — Fisii and Game" — Great Flight of Wild Pig- eons— Pioneer Agriculture — Rude Implements — Hard Work — Woman’s Work — The Spinning-Wiieels and the Looms — All Clothing of Home Manufacture — The Kinds of Garments in Fashion Long Ago — Literary, Religious and Educa- tional Advantages — The Pioneer Preachers — The Early Schools — Manner of Travel — Slow Growth of the Settlements — Progress of Improvement — Ear- liest Settlers of the County. ri A LIE early settlers labored under JL many disadvantages, but it is unlikely that any of them ventured thus far into what was then “The AVikl AVest" with the hope of find- ing' their pathway strewn with roses. They were blessed with strength and health, and, better than all, with good courage, and, sustained by the hope of “a good time coining,” could cheerfully and manfully work early and late. Ilumhle as their work may appear when attention is given to its details, there was, never- theless, an element of heroism in it. Men of stout hearts, strong arms and determined spirits have always been in the vanguard of the army of prog- ress. The axes of the hack' woods- men have cleared the road; civiliza- tion follows them. The work of the early settlers was noble, and the memory of it deserves to he perpetu- a ted . The pioneers of this county found the lands which they had selected for occupation covered with a dense growth of heavy timber. Usually the settler constructed a temporary shelter of poles and hark, then took his axe and proceeded to clear a small spot oi ground, or at least to clear it enough so that a small crop of corn could he raised. AY heat, being less hardy, lie did not usually attempt to raise until the ground had been planted to corn a few times. As a result, during the first years in their rude house the food of the set- tler's household consisted of corn- bread and wild game, with hut little variation in the hill of fare. Corn- meal was not easily procured, even if corn was plenty. The early mills were not numerous, neither was their capacity extensive. Frequently a dry season would leave every “tub- mill” and “ corncracker” in a settle- i ment as dry as the sands of the des- ert. Then long journeys on horse- 1 back must he undertaken to the nearest settlement which had a mill in running order. The roads of those : days were mere paths, marked by 108 blazed trees, and very difficult for one not accustomed to them to fol- low. Of amusements there was no lack, especially where the settlers were gathered quite closely in neighbor- hoods. Raisings, log-rollings, corn- shuckings and similar gatherings Were constantly occurring, and were usually well attended. On these oc- casions whisky was used liberally; sometimes it made great- “fun” for the assemblage; at other times it was productive of lights, which were also regarded in the light of pleas- urable diversions. Yisiting was far more frequent between neighbors then than now, and anyone who lived within a half dozen miles was considered a neighbor. There was a genuine fraternal and helpful spirit prevalent between families; feuds and jealousies were rare. All were about in the same condition finan- cially; that is, all were poor, and all stood on equal social footing. Many an early settler, looking back upon that period when his struggles and hardships were greatest, has been heard to declare that those were the happiest days of his life. To the hunter this locality afforded about every kind of game found in the State. Many derived considera- ble revenue from the results of the chase, while others followed it from inclination — sometimes from neces- sity. As the settlements grew, it, was only a few years before each neigh- borhood began to take on the ways of civilization; they had schools, oc- casional preaching, and in other things became like the rest of the world, from which they were no longer estranged. The log cabin of early times has nearly passed from the earth forever. But it was a comfortable dwelling, and within its walls some of the greatest men of our land have been nurtured and reared; by the light of the -fire of hickory bark many an incipient statesman, orator, or poli- tician has conned the lessons which were the foundation of that knowl- edge which brought wealth and fame to its possessor. Sometimes a set- tler or an intending settler came on without his family, and having se- lected his land chose a spot whereon to erect his humble dwelling. The location was made with a view to obtaining a- convenient supply of good water, and for this reason a spot near a living spring was prefer- able; but when such an one could not be had a supply of water was readily obtained by digging a well, which, with curb and sweep and “the old oaken bucket." was an ob- ject which others beside the poet have reason to remember with grate- ful affection. When the settler had found a spot to his liking he began clearing the ground of the trees, re- serving the largest and best logs to be hewed and used in constructing his cabin. For this, trees of nearly uniform size were selected and cut into suitable lengths, generally lif- | teen to eighteen feet. On an ap- pointed day as many of the scatter- ing neighbors as could be assembled gathered at the place to assist the newcomer in “raising" his house. 1‘IONEEK LIFE IN NOP.EE COUNTY. 109 • J . 110 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. After the ground-logs were laid the others were raised to their places by ; the aid of handspikes and “ skid- poles.'’ and men standing at the cor- ; jiers notched them as fast as they were placed in position. The place of “cornerman'’ was one of distinc- tion, and the men chosen for these positions were supposed to be par- ticularly skillful in the use of the j axe. The cabin was usually raised to a height. of seven or eight feet, and then the laying of the gables began. These were formed by shortening each log successively and giving the | ends the right slant. The gables were held in position and the frame- j work of the roof formed by small, straight poles laid about two and a half feet apart, and extending from one gable to the other. These poles supported the .shingles or “clap- boards,” as they were called, forming the roof, and the clapboards were i held in place by weight-poles, stretch- ing across the roof in the same man- ner as the poles beneath the clap- j boards, and secured by chunks of wood closely lifted between them at each end. 'The clapboards were usu- ally about live feet in length, made from straight-grained oak. split in the requisite thickness. For the splitting an instrument known as a frow was used, which was merely a straight blade, fixed upright at right angles with its handle, and driven by a mallet. After the cabin was completed and roofed the walls were ••chinked and daubed” with clay or mud, and all holes through which cold or rain 1 might enter stopped. The walls had to be rechinked frequently, as the rain loosened and washed out the filling. One or two small windows were made by cutting out a square hole in the walls. Across the win- dow sticks were fastened, and to them greased paper was attached to admit the light and keep out the cold. A doorway -was made by cutting out a sufficient space in the logs if a saw was to be had — otherwise it was made by laying short logs on each side until a sufficient height had been reached, when the logs were laid ex- tending the whole length of the front of the cabin. The door was made of splits or clapboards, fastened to wooden cleats by wooden pins. The hinges were also of wood and fast ened to the door in a similar manner. A wooden latch was then arranged on the inside of the door to be lifted from the outside by a leather string drawn to the door. "When the string was drawn inside the door was se- curely fastened. From this manner of fastening the door arose the old saying, “The latchstring is always out.” synonymous with hospitality. The chimney of the pioneer dwell- ing stood outside, at one end of t he cabin, it was built either of stone or of sticks and mud. The fireplace was generally a huge affair. A space for it was left in the logs, or else one was cut for it after the walls were erected. The back and sides of the fireplace wore made of large, Hat stones; the width was sufficient to admit a log six or eight feet long. In the fireplace hung a crane, with iron hooks (or wooden ones when , . PIONKKR LIFE IN NOiU.K COUNTY. Ill iron could not be obtained), upon which the pots and kettles of the household were suspended. The floor of the cabin — if it had one, which was not always the case — was made of puncheons, or boards split from the logs and hewed to the required thickness. Quite often the settler brought his family with him from his distant eastern or southern home, and then he had to construct a temporary shelter, or, if the family was small, lodge them with some accommodat- ing neighbor, until his cabin could be erected and made ready for its occupants. Frequently the cabins were con- structed with lofts, which served a variety of purposes. The loft was reached by a ladder, it usually con- tained the spare bed of the house- hold— if there was one — and was therefore the guest-chamber. It was also the place of storage of all house- hold articles not needed for frequent use; and on its rafters usually hung bunches of herbs which had been gathered and dried in the proper season, such as tansy, catnip, pen- ny royal, boneset and wormwood, which in cases of sickness were steeped and administered to the pa- tient in good, strong, old-fashioned allopathic doses. "The labor of making a cabin was usually performed in two or three days, but after the familv moved in they were occupied for several weeks or even months in finishing and fur- nishing it. The walls had to be chinked and daubed, and various articles of rude furniture manufact- ured. A table was made of punch- eons cleated together and resting upon four posts. Stools and benches were constructed for seats, and pegs were driven into the walls upon which shelves were laid. Bedsteads were made by forked sticks set in the door and holding one end of notes, of which the other ends rested upon - the logs forming the walls of the cabin. Under the large bed. usually placed in the corner, was to be seen a trun- dle-bed. which was drawn from its hiding-place at night and occupied by the children. In another corner stood the old-fashioned spinning- wheel, with a smaller one (used for spinning tlax) near it ; in another the table, and in the remaining corner was a rude cupboard or set of shelves, which contained the few dishes of earthenware and pewter the familv possessed, with the plates set up edgewise to make the display of table furniture as conspicuous as pos- sible. Over the doorway, in forked cleats, hung the pioneer’s trusty rifle and powderhorn. The cooking utensils were few and simple. Such articles as could be boiled were cooked in kettles hung over the fire. A long-handled spider or frying-pan, set upon a bed of coals, was used for cooking meat, frying flapjacks or battercakes, etc. Bread was baked sometimes on a board set up before the fire; but a better utensil for this purpose was the “Dutch oven.’’ a shallow, cast- iron kettle with a cover, over and under which coals were placed. Meat was sometimes roasted bv sus- ft. J ■ . 112 HISTORY OF NOI3LE COUNTY, OHIO, pending it before the fire, a dish being placed underneath to catch the drippings. The food was simple and coarse, but wholesome. The pion- eers suffered little from indigestion or dyspepsia, as their manner of life gave them plenty of healthy exercise in the open air. Hunting and fishing kept the pio- ncer's family well supplied with choice fish and game. AYild pigeons and wild turkeys were abundant. The former especially' so at certain sea- sons. A pioneer settler thus writes of a remarkable flight of pigeons and other matters : “ I have been reminded by an old citizen of the large flocks of wild pigeons that flew over in 1819. The heavens for man v days were fairlv dark with these birds, in their pass- age in the morning from the West and in the evening in their going- back.' * * * Since that period we have witnessed similar and par- tial flights, but nothing equal to that of 1819. Their evening passage was from their feeding-grounds in the East and South to their roosts far off in the West . They are birds of rapid flight; no others can equal them. They have been taken at their roosts here in the western country with fresh and undigested South Carolina rice in their craws, showing that they fly long distances with great rapidity. Hunters with torches and poles visit their roosts and slav thousands of them. In this neighborhood thev were taken on the wing, the hunter placing himself upon the highest hill in the vicinity, where the flight of the birds was necessarily low. u This great pigeon flight in the early history of the country- reminds me of an unprecedented migration or traveling of gray squirrels. About this period when the sky was ob- scured by the flight of wild pigeons, the Muskingum River was literally- covered with squirrels swimming across it from the east to the west. This particular migration of squirrels was remarkable and their numbers immense. In their course they leaped and swam over every obstacle and stream in their wav. There was no stopping them in their appointed course except by the club in the hands of men and boys, who would meet them in the stream and slay- them by tens, hundreds and thous- ands, making them into potpies, fries, stews, etc. Equal and perhaps more savory were these dishes to the ap- petites of our people than were the quail and manna bestowed upon Moses and his party of Israelites in the wilderness of Egypt. “ There has been no migration of the squirrel since the period men- tioned. Previous to 1819 it is related that in the fall of certain years the gray squirrels became itinerant, trav- eling simultaneously in millions from the North to the South, destroying- whole fields of corn in a few days if not immediately gathered, and eat- ing everything in their way. like African locusts or the modern Colo- rado potato-bugs, while they traveled forward without stopping long in any- place, swimming large rivers, and perhaps before winter returning again by the same route toward the North. In 1819 and prior thereto wild , PIONEER LIFE IN NOBLE COUNTY. 113 name, such as deer and turkey, was plenty. Turkeys in large Hocks and deer in droves of ten and twenty were common at certain seasons of the year. Venison and turkey were common and favorite dishes. The hunters in a later day kept our peo- ple in bountiful supply of these de- sirable meats, so that 'in the greater part of the year every cabin-joist was kept well hung and burdened with large, fat and juicy saddles of veni- son. In the fall the beech most abounded in t lie wood along the creek bottoms, which attracted the turkeys in large flocks. The wild turkey would sometimes depredate upon the corn-fields and grainstacks compelling the inhabitants to gather their corn early and to cover their grainstacks with brush. Great num- bers were killed with the rifle, caught in pens, killed with clubs and dogs, -x- -x “The manner of taking the wild turkey in pens was to build an inclos- ure out of fence rails or poles about two feet high, covered close, and well secured with like material. A trench was dug a foot or eighteen inches deep, commencing on the outside of the pen and terminating about the center, both ends graded. Corn was then strewed for some distance to the right, left and in front along the ditch, and throughout the pen. The turkeys coming in flocks would fol- low up the corn trail and in a few minutes the pen would be full of game. After eating the corn the turkeys would attempt to escape, but invariably failed, it being the nature of the bird to elevate the head, cx- 8 cept when feeding, and look for a place of escape at the top, not look- ing downward at the place of en- trance. By this mode large numbers were taken.” The habits of the pioneers were of a simplicity and purity wTell corre- sponding to the character of their surroundings. There was constant daily toil both for husband and wife and son and daughter in summer and winter. The men and boys were constantly engaged in the work of girdling the trees, felling and burning- them, and clearing away brush and stumps, planting, harvest- ing and caring for the few domestic animals on the farm. The agricul- tural implements were few and of the rudest character. Picks, spades and hoes, constructed by some neigh- bor who possessed a few blacksmith’s tools, or brought from the former home of the settler, were among the tools most used. Plows were made of wood and strips of iron — incapable of turning a furrow, but serving to stir the ground a little. Harrows, when any were used, were made from brush and wood. Scythes of a rude pattern, short and with a broad blade, were used for cutting grass; while the sickle served in place of the modern harvester. Threshing was done with a flail, and winnowing performed by hand, by the aid of a strong breeze 'Wagons and carts were heavy, awkward and cumber- some. Sometimes the wheels of these vehicles were made, each consisting of one piece, by sawing cuts from large logs. If the labor of the men was ardu- £ J Tr . 114 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. ous, that of the women was none the i less so. In addition to the ordinary household duties the women and girls j usually spun and wove the clot h, and manufactured every article of ap- parel worn by the different members of' the household. Every cabin con- tained two spinning-wheels. One wheel was the old-fashioned spinning- wheel, still occasionally to be seen, used for the manufacture of yarn ; the other, a small wheel, run by foot- power, and used for spinning flax. The loom was not less necessary than the spinning-wheels, though not every house had one, as one loom had a capacity to supply the wants of sev- eral families. Settlers, who, in spite of wolves and bears, succeeding in raising a few sheep commenced the manufacture of woolen cloth. The wool, after being washed, dried and oiled, was carded into rolls by broad hand cards, and was then spun on the “ big wheel.” A common article woven on the looms was linsey- woolsey, of which the warp was linen and the filling woolen. This cloth, after being dyed gray, drab or some other sober color by the aid of barks and other common agencies which the mothers and grandmothers were adept in using, was made up in gowns for the women and girls. All the clothes worn by men and boys, excepting shoes and sometimes I hats, were also of home manufacture. ! Nearly every farmer had a patch of flax, which foimed a most essential part of the material for cloth. Be- fore it was spun and woven it had to go through the operations of ‘•hack- j ling” and “scutching,” and these 1 operations frequently took place at “ bees” in which all the young people from far and near participated. “ Stored othes ” of broadcloth or doe- skin were rarely seen, and when worn were considered an evidence of vanity or else a sure indication, if the wearer was a young man. that he contemplated matrimony. A very common- garment for men’s wear was the hunting-slmt, or frock, which came nearly to the knees, and was wide enough to lap over a foot upon the chest This generally had a cape, sometimes fringed with a piece of raveled cloth of a different color from the lest of the garments. The hunt- ing-shirt was always worn belted, and the bosom of it afforded a convenient receptacle for the various articles needed by the hunter or woodsman. Breeches were made of heavy cloth or of deerskin, frequently with leg- gins of similar material. The deer- skin trousers when dry were very comfortable, but after being soaked with rain they became almost as stiff as boards. Hats and caps were made of native furs, tanned and fashioned by the wearer. A few years after the country became settled hatters took little shops in every village, and made woolen hats for nearly all the men of the surrounding country. Drawers and undershirts, as well as overcoats, were articles almost un- known. "When the weather became so severe as to make heavier clothing a necessity an extra garment or two was drawn on over those usually worn. For covering of the feet, moccasins of deerskin, or shoes of cowhide, a i . PIONEER LIKE IN NOLLE COUNTY. 115 were worn. Boots are of more mod- ern use. Shoes were made either by some itinerant shoemaker, or by some man in the settlement .who had a few * tools, and some knowledge of the craft. Every pair of shoes was ex- pected to last at least a year, and as leather was high they were worn sparingly, men, boys, women and children going barefooted whenever the weather and the nature of their labor permitted. It was customary for women and girls when going to church, to town, or to visit a neigh- bor, to cany their shoes and stock- ings in their hands until near their destination, when they would seat themselves on a stone or a fallen tree and clothe their feet properly. The ladies had few articles of jewelry or other ornaments. Itibbons, laces, line feathers and gay colors were not known until the settlements had become far advanced in the ways of wealth and luxury. The pioneers generally were not men of literary tastes or of extensive educational attainments. However, almost every family had a few books, the chief and most important of which was the Bible, which was per- haps more read then than now. Among the most common books were such works as “Pilgrim’s Progress,” “ Paradise Lost,” “ The Saints’ Best,” “Aesop’s Fables ” and the like. News papers were rarely seen, and if a letter came to any household by the weekly post such an event was a nine days’ wonder. The settlements were visited now and then by itinerant preachers. Foremost among these pioneer mis sionaries were the Methodists, who very early in the history of Ohio established circuits and appointed ministers for them in all the settled portions of the State. Some of these circuits extended for hundreds of miles, and the good missionary, traveling on horseback from place to place for several weeks, sometimes months, in making his rounds. lie preached not only on Sundays but many times during the week, hold- ing both day and evening services. 'Whenever he reached a neighbor- hood where several families could lie gathered at some convenient cabin, notice was given that divine services would lie held at a certain hour; and at the appointed time he preached to a devout and attentive audience. Representatives of other denomina- tions were equally as active as the Methodists in promoting the spread of the gospel in the wilderness, though perhaps less numerous. School advantages were very meager, and many, not fully appreci- ating the importance of education, neglected to give their children any opportunity to obtain knowledge from books. But there were usually found in all settlements men of in- telligent views and some culture, who as soon as the settlers were in a con- dition to bear the expense, exerted themselves to establish schools and procure teachers for them. Fre- quently a school was taught in a de- serted log cabin ; at other times in a spare room of a double log house I (the style of residence that came into fashion after the cabin epoch had l passed away). When a school-house J HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. 116 was built it was of a rude style, and most uncomfortable in its arrange- ments. It was made of hewed logs, and had a huge chimney, of stones or of sticks and mud at one end. The fire- place was wide, and deep enough to receive a five or six-foot back- log, and a considerable quantity of smaller fuel. This served to warm the house in winter and to ventilate it in summer. "Where only one term of school was taught in a neighbor- hood eacli year, as was frequently the '’ase, it was always held in the winter time, as the larger boys could then best be spared from their work to attend. The windows of the log school house were made by cutting away a log in two sides of the build- ing and in the aperture a few lights of seven-by-nine glass were set, or else greased paper was pasted over the opening. The writing-desk consisted of a heavy oak plank, or hewed slabs laid upon wooden pins, driven intothe wall in a slanting direction. Four- legged benches without backs, made from a split log, furnished the seats. The bench upon which the scholars sat while writing was usually so high that the feet of the younger pupils, some of whom had to be lifted upon the bench, could not touch the floor. Small use was made of text books in these pioneer schools. The chief books were the lliblo and the spell- ing-book, and a scholar possessing either was considered to be well supplied. Heading, spelling, arith- metic and writing were the onlv branches taught. Geography, gram- mar and many other subjects that now are taught in thedistrict schools were alike unknown to teachers and pupils of the pioneer days. It was several years before they were intro- duced into the schools, and when at last they were received it was with reluctance, as many parents regard- ed these branches as useless innova- tions. There was no uniformity of text books, consequently classifi- cation of the school was impossible, and, except in reading and spelling, each pupil recited alone. Many who were regarded as successful teachers then could not now. if living, obtain a teacher’s certificate even of the low-' est grade. Yet the teachers were conscientious laborers and generally worthy of their hire. Their wages were small, indeed, and their work, especially that of government, was not easy. The practice of Hogging was almost universally in vogue, and the teacher, in addition to edu- cational requirements, must possess physical strength sufficient to enable him to “handle” the largest of his pupils, should the latter be refactory, otherwise he was deemed but an in- efficient schoolmaster. A custom long practiced in the rural schools was that known as “barring out.” It is happily now ex- tinct. Once it was resorted to once a year as regularly as the Christmas holidays came around, and both old and young delighted in seeing it carried out successfully. "When the master found the door of the school- room securely fastened on the inside, and a number of the larger boys within, guarding it to keep him from entering, he knew that he must either treat his scholars to apples, cider, S> -j" ■ . PIONEER LIFE IN NOBLE COUNTY. 117 cakes, or some similar refreshment, or sign an agreement to do so at some future time before lie could again take up his rod of authority. The manner of traveling was chiefly on horseback, and women as well as men were accustomed to take long journeys over paths leading through the woods, and marked by blazed trees. The packsaddle was used for bringing flour and meal from the mill, carrying provisions to market or bringing purchases therefrom. Most of the trading was by barter or exchange, as there was very little ready money in the country. There were many “squatters” among the early settlers — that is, those who were too poor to pay the fees and enter their land properly, would settle on some tract and “trust to luck” until they could raise money to make the purchase. In seme cases they remained undisturbed and eventually succeeded in gaining a title to their lands; but in other instan- ces they were compelled to vacate after making considerable improve- ments. There were numerous specu- lators on the lookout for opportuni- ties to make money out of govern- ment lands. They were a class despised by the early settlers, who called them landsharks, or landgrab- | hers. Sometimes one of these sharks, i finding that a poor man had made a good improvement but had not yet 1 entered his land, would go to the ! land office and secure a title to it, i then dispossess the settler whose labor had greatly enhanced the value of the land. The disputes as to titles and the fear of not being able to secure a perfect title doubtless tend- ed to keep away many who other- wise would have become settlers. The settlement of Xoble Countv progressed but slowly. Although the region was practically freed from all danger of hostility from the In- dians by the peace of 1795, and set- tlers began to come in soon after that date, there was no rapid influx of population. But if the growth was slow it was constant and progressive. By de- grees the little clearings and cabins became more numerous in all parts of the country, while the first set- tled farms could easily be distin- guished from the others by reason of more extensive fields, better buildings, more live stock, and other evidences of prosperity. The sense of loneliness and isolation, which had been especially trying to the women once accustomed to the ad- vantages of the older settlements, now disappeared ; social gatherings became numerous and most enjoya- ble. Baisings, log-rollings, harvest- ing-bees and occasional rifle matches for men, quiltings and apple-butter makings for women, and corn-husk- ings in which both sexes took part, furnished frequent occasions for so- cial intercourse. Advancement began to show itself in many ways. Frame houses, sub- stantial barns, fine orchards, began to dot the landscape, while school- houses and churches multiplied. Bet- ter roads were made, and innumera- ble improvements. A new order ol society came into being. The humble work of the pioneers had borne fruit. . . ’ 118 HISTORY OF NOR Lli COUNTY, OHIO. The people were “out of the woods.” and in the world, keeping pace with the rest of humanity in the march of progress. .Now the sons and daughters of Noble County pioneers are to he found in almost every State and Territory of the Union from the Atlantic to the Pacific slope. Wherever they are they do their duty cheerfully and bravely, and retain in their hearts a lingering affection for the hills and valleys among which they were nurtured and reared. Research and inquiry in every part of tlfe county have failed to establish a date of permanent settlement earlier than 1S02. Prior to that time the territory had been surveyed, and many hunters had made it their transitory abode; but the actual set- tler— the home-seeker — had not yet arrived. The first clearings and improve- ment within the present County of Noble were made in the northeast- ern townships — Heaver, Seneca and Wayne — on the rich bottom lands of Reaver Fork and Seneca Fork of Will's Creek. These points were only a few miles distant from the old settlements of Belmont and Guernsey Counties, and-as the settle- ments spread the fertile lands soon attracted occupants. Joseph Reeves was an early adventurer in what is now Wayne Township, about the lie- ginning of the present century. lie remained a few years and made some improvements, but became tired of his home in the wilderness, and va- cated, it is said, on account of the Indians. Later lie became a perma- nent settler. John Vorhies, accord- ing to the testimony of his descend- ants. located with his family within the limits of Wayne Township in 1802. Jacob Yobo settled in the same vicinity in 1805, and Edward Ward in 1807. Doubtless several other families came between lS02and the latter date. Timothy Bates set- tled near the eastern line of Seneca Township in 1S05. John and James Reed were in Beaver Township in ISol. John and Joseph Carpenter and John Tyrrell came a little later. The settlers of these northeastern townships were chiefly from Mary- land and Virginia. A few Pennsyl- j vanians were among the early com- ers, and many among the later ones. Except in the Will’s Creek region there were no permanent settlers prior to 1800. In that year settle- j ments were begun on the East Fork i of Duck Creek and on Dye's Fork of Meigs Creek, which developed in a i few years into what might be termed centers of settlement. The first set- ! tlement on the East Fork was made by the Enochs (several families), the Grandons and Crows in 180G. A few years later came the Archers, a numerous family, and the region was thenceforth known as the Archer set- j tlement. Cotemporary with the settlement ; on the East Fork, improvements were ! begun on Dye's Fork of (Meigs Creek, in Morgan and Noble Counties. In I SOT Enoch live, Sr., followed the old Federal Trail westward, and ! after much examination of Congress lands selected and decided to pur- chase a tract in the vici nit v of Ren \ PIONEER LIFE IN NOLLE COUNTY. 119 rock. In 1800 lie sent his sons — Thomas, Ezekiel, Vincent, "William, John and Amos — from Pennsylva- nia to begin an improvement. The jams remained, and he joined them in the following year. The surrounding lands were soon taken up by other prospectors, and Brookfield soon had a thrifty and intelligent population, most of the pioneers being Massachu- setts Yankees. On the "West Fork of Duck Creek there were few. if any, permanent settlers prior to 1S09 and 1810. Among the earliest to locate in the valley of that stream were the Mc- Kees, Caldwells, II lakes and Nobles. Like Brookfield, Olive Township be- came largely peopled with Yankees, more than a score of families from Maine arriving and settling during the "War of 1812 or soon after. The earliest settlers of the county were from the neighboring States of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylva- nia, and from New England. About i I 1817 there began a settlement of Pro- | testant Irish in the vicinity of Sum- ! merfield, which in due time became i rich and prosperous. In 1836 the German settlement began, in a region hitherto little developed in the south- j eastern part of the county. The | number of settlers has steadily in- J creased year by year, until now the greater part of Enoch and portions | of Stock, Elk and Jefferson Town- i ships are chiefly occupied by Ger- j mans and their descendants. Among ; the first arrivals were several Pro- | testant families, but the Catholics ; were and still are most numerous, j The older counties of Ohio, and in particular the counties of Washing- ton, Belmont and Guernsey, sent to Noble many of her sturdy pioneers | and most excellent citizens. In the chapters of township history ■ which follow, the reader will find a | detailed and minute account of the early settlement of every part of the county. . 5 CHAPTER YIII. TILE FORMATION OF NOBLE COUNTY. Preliminary History — Guernsey County Erected in 1810 — Its Boundaries and Ex- tent of Territory — Erection of Hon roe County in 1813 — Its Organization in 1815 — Morgan County Formed, 1819 — Early Justices of tiie Peace — Dissat- isfaction in tiie Eastern Part of Morgan County — A New County Proposed — Origin of the Name — The Matter Before the Legislature — Copy of A Peti- tion'Presented in 1849 — Nop.ue County Erected, March 11, 1851 — The Act as Finally Passed — The Commission Appointed by the Legislature — Sahaiisville the County Seat — First County Elk ers — Erection of a Public Building - A S will be seen by anyone who -LA- takes the trouble to trace the bourtdaries, a large part of the present County of Noble, from lSln until the organization of Morgan County in 1S19, was included in the County of Guernsey. The boundaries of the latter, the territory of which was taken from Muskingum and Belmont Counties, were thus defined by the act establishing the county, which took effect March 1, IS 10: “Beginning at the center of the fourth range, outlie line between the fourth and fifth tiers of townships in said range (of United States mili- tary lands); thence east with said line to the western boundary of the seventh range; thence south to the southeast corner of the county of Tuscarawas ; thence east through the center of the eleventh township of the seventh range of Congress lands to, the line between the sixth and the seventh ranges; thence south with the said line to the northern boundary of the County of Washing- ton; thence west with the said tion— Doings of tiie County Commission- -Tiie Temporary Court-Boom. boundary line, through the center of the fifth township of the seventh range; thence north to the center of the sixth township of the eighth range; thence ■ west with the northern boundary of Washington County, to the line between the tenth and eleventh ranges; thence north with said line to the southern boundary of the United States mili- tary lands; thence west with said line to the southwest corner of the first township in the fourth range; thence north to the northwest corner of the third township of the fourth range; thence east to the center of thefourth range; thence north to the place of beginning.'’ The formation of Monroe County took a large portion of eastern Guernsey. Monroe County was erected by an act of the legislature passed January 29, 1SB>, and organ- ized in accordance with the provi- sions of another act passed Februarv l;», 1 >15. It originally included on its western border original townships number 5, C and 7 of the seventh ■ ' ■ 121 THE FORMATION OF NOBEE COUNTY. range, its western boundary being [ the line between the seventh and eighth ranges, and its southern boun- dary the line between townships 4 and 5 of range 7. By act of Decem- ber 24, 1819, original townships 6 and 7 of range 8 were attached to Monroe County. They were included in Monroe County from its erection until the above date. The erection of Morgan County still further reduced the territory of Guernsey. The act erecting Morgan County * defined its southern and eastern boundaries as follows : East with the northern boundary of the donation tract to the southeast cor- ner of township 5, range 9 ; thence north to the northeast corner of said township ; thence east to the western boundary line of Monroe County to the southeast corner of township G, range 8; thence north to the north- east corner of township 7, range S; thence west to the line of Muskingum County. When the territory now compris- ing the County of Noble was first settled, for some years the scattered inhabitants were practically without judicial or civil organization. As late as 1812 the organization of town- ships in this section of the country had not progressed very far. A large section of the northern part of the county was then under the jurisdic- tion of Guernsey County, in which ’Squire Lewis, who lived in the vicin- j ity of Cumberland, was commissi* >ned to act as justice of the peace. In the i early settlement about Carlisle, Elisha * Passed 1 >000111 1 XT &), 1817; lmt the ruiinty was nut organized until April, lull). Enochs was the earliest justice of the peace of whom we have account, and his district was an extensive one, em- bracing all of the -southeastern part of the county. ’Squire Porter, of Washington Countv, was the magis- trate for the territory now included iu the southern and southwestern parts of the County of Noble. The inhabitants of the eastern part of Morgan County were never en- tirely satisfied with the location of the county seat at MeConnelsville. An attempt was made to secure the passage of a bill providing for a re-lo- cation of the seat of justice shortly after the first election was held, but the movement was frustrated by the promptness and alertness of the citi- zens of the Muskingum Valley, who forwarded to the State capital a vo- luminous remonstrance, containing not only the names of all the inhabit- ants of MeConnelsville and vicinitv, but also the names borne on all the rolls of the militia captains of the neighborhood ! It was doubtless to prevent a re-opening of the question by the inhabitants of the eastern portion of the county that influential friendsof MeConnelsville secured the passage in December, 1819, of an act taking the two most eastern town- ships from Morgan and attaching them to Monroe, as already men- tioned. Of course a new county was out of the question until the territory from which it was to be formed should be- come more thickly populated. But the people dwelling in the vallevs of the several t ributaries of I )uck ( 'reek, lived in hopes of such a consumma ' r J 122 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. tion, and only awaited a favorable j opportunity tor pressing- their claims. March 11, 1845, the Mings, then in the majority in the State legislature, passed an act annexing two rich and populous townships of Athens County (Homer and Marion), to Morgan. Both of these townships were stronglv Whig, and the result of the annexation was that that party tri- umphed in Morgan County almost for the first time in its history. About this time, no doubt encouraged in their hopes by the recent action of the legislature in increasing the ter- ritory of Morgan County, the inhab- itants of the eastern part of the county, together with some influ- ential neighbors in Monroe and Guernsey Counties began to agitate the formation of a new county. The project was favored by many Whigs, as, if carried out, it would reduce the Democratic strength of the county. An amusing incident in this connec- tion is thus related in the “His- tory of Morgan County.’’ “While this scheme was being zealously dis- cussed, David Ball, of Malta Town- ship, was nominated by the Whigs to represent the county in the legis- lature! The ‘ east-end ers ’ favorable to the new county weie desirous of knowing how the candidates stood on this question, and one of them in- terrogated Ball as to his position. Mr. Ball replied in the following terse, Quaker language: “ ‘ Malta. Ohio, 1 84S. “‘Friend MeGarry:- — 1 am with liiee in all tliv new county projects. 1 am, thine affectionately, “ ‘ David Bali..’ ” “ This was a comforting assurance to the friends of the measure, but the other side received it with deris- ion. When the petition for the erection of the new county was first intro- duced in the legislature, Warren P. Noble, of Seneca County (a rep- resentative in the years 1S46-7 and 1847-8), was chairman of the com- mittee on new counties. The friends of the measure, thinking it the part of good policy to secure his influence, therefore named the proposed county X-7. and the friends of the mea- sure devoted their time and interest to the question during that and everv subsequent legislative session I until March, 1851, when Noble ' $ -s . THE FORMATION OF N0I1I.K COUNTY. 123 County was formed. At that time lion. Ezra McKee, who lived in that part of Morgan Countv which now belongs to Noble, was the represen- tative from Morgan County, and a most earnest advocate of the pro posed measure. Samuel McGarrv, Esq., of Sarahsville, afterwards pro bate judge, was prominent as a lob- byist before every legislature from 1846 until the passage of the bill. Within the county there had been little opposition except from a few of the townships upon the borders of the territory of the proposed county. Among the many petitions circu- lated for the purpose of influencing legislation respecting the formation of the county was a memorial chiefly j signed by the old inhabitants of the eastern part of Morgan County. This paper has been preserved and is given in full below. As is stated in the petition, all the signers resided here in 1817, consequently they were all among the early settlers of the present County of Noble. “new county of Nonr.K. “ Memorial to the General Assembly of the- State of Ohio at its Forty < ighth Session. “The subscribers respectfully rep- resent that they are residents within the territory that is sought to be erected into the new County of Noble; that they resided in the ter- ritory, as they now do, at the time the County of Morgan was erected in 1817; that by reference to the law creating the county (see vol. 16, p. 42) and the map of the countv. as described in the law, township 14 in range 14, now a part of York Town- ship, was divided, and a bend in the ! Muskingum River in township 9 of range 11, now Windsor Township, embraced within the limits of .Mor- gan County, forming irregular lines and extreme points south and west, against the ranges of entire townships on the east where the heaviest por- tion of the territory, population and tax-paying at that time existed. This was not necessary to form the lines or obtain the territory for the ! county. Without these extreme points and irregular lines, your peti- tioners being included in the afore- said territory; there was a large sur- plus beyond the constitutional area. That when the general assembly ap- pointed commissioners to fix the seat of justice (see same vol. 16. p. 198). Your petitioners, with many others of the citizens who were tax-pavers, believed that the seat of justice should be located, near the center of the territory then forming the coun- ty. or towards the eastern boundary, to concentrate the greatest portion of the territory and population. A site in township 6 of range 9 was fixed upon for that purpose. “After viewing the site where McConnelsville now is. and the one in section 6, now Olive Township, a majority of the commissioners de- cided upon townships, and established the county seat at McConnelsville. To justify this and reconcile the (‘ast- ern portion of the county, it was urged and held out as an inducement, that the territory which is now sought, and which should lie erected into Noble County, was sullieicnl to create a new county, and that il would be done at no very distant ' a J . . 124: HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. day; and your memorialists, with re- spect, but positively, allege that the idea of creating a new county in this territory not only materially influ- enced the determination to lix the seat of justice at McConnelsville, but was still more material in reconciling your memorialists and others to the location of the seat of justice so far from the center of the territory and population. That after the county was organized and taxes levied, of which your memorialists paid their proportion, to defray the expenses of organization and the erection of the O public buildings, in 1810 (see vol. 18, }>. 4.), a portion of the eastern part, including two entire townships on the eastern side of Morgan, were by your honorable body attached to Monroe County. At the time of this annexation, as well as at the erection j of Morgan County and locating the seat of justice at McConnelsville, j General liobt. McConnel was the proprietor of the tract of land ad- joining and on which the town of McConnelsville was located, residing ! in the County of Muskingum; and adding the aforesaid townships to Monroe County, already large in ter- ritory, was to more effectually divide the territory that should be included in the County of Noble between the ; Counties of Morgan and Monroe, and weaken the claims and increase op- position to the new county. And I although it is most apparent that in forming the original boundaries of Morgan County, the location of the seat of justice, and in transferring a part of the territory of Morgan County to Monroe, there was much forecast and sagacity, yet it operated unequally and unjustly on the popu- lation of that territory, and still con- tinues to do so. The subject of the new county to be formed of this ter- ritory, from that time to this, has never been lost sight of by its inhab- itants. It has continued to increase in wealth and population ; embracing a small part of the south side of Guernsey County, the eastern part of Morgan County, the western part of Monroe County, and a small part of the most northern part of Wash- ington County. “By the formation and its geo- graphical position, this territory should be united, in justice to its in- habitants, as well as fully and prop- erly to develop its resources. The new county, properly formed, would soon starm forward among the best in the eastern part of the State of Ohio. As the lines of the respective counties now exist, the inhabitants within the territory are placed at great, and from the formation of the country, at most inconvenient dis- tances from the respective county seats. The new county, properly formed, would leave sufficient terri- tory in the respective counties of Guernsey, Monroe, Washington and Morgan, and their respective lines and boundaries more regular and less de- formed than at present, and their re- spective seats of justice equally and more central than they now are. The new county would present regular lines,- con forming to the country, and ♦Tin? petit inners probably intent led m» .joke ; hut a glance at the " regulan .'> lines'- ns finally estab- lished, almost ear Ties the idea that the> did. r J ' .. Tins F0KMA riON OF XOBLE COUNTY. 125 leave no one extreme point more than fifteen miles from the center. Your memorialists believe that the cost of organizing the new county and erect- ! ing the public buildings would not ! l)e onerous to the tax-payers ; but they are satisfied from the experience of the past, that the amount of money j paid by the inhabitants of this terri- tory m attending at their respective j county seats, including money paid for bills and loss of time, exceeds the amount of tax now paid, or that would have to be paid if the new county were formed. The amount of debt owing- by Monroe County, and the public property and public buildings lately obtained and com- meneed in Morgan County, and the | contemplated direction of further public buildings in Morgan County, would and will inflict greaterand more increased taxation on the inhabitants of the largest portion of this territory than would be necessary to raise if the new county were erected. But aside from all other considerations, if there are any advantages arising from the civil organization of coun- ties, as they believe there are, your memorialists are entitled to them m the County of Noble, and most re- spectfully entreat a careful regal’d to the subject, and its erection at your present session.'’ Signed by James Kyle, Samuel A. Long, David McGarry, Jolin Wiley, John McKee, Joseph Caldwell, John McGarry, Robert McKee, Charles Harwood, Gilman Dudley, Alfred L. Morrison, Joseph Archer, Ambrose Merry, James Archer, Joseph Archer, John Lanam, Samuel Caldwell, 13 on cy pa r t y Stretcli- Lewis Smoot, Sen., Isaac Bates, [bury, Jas. Archibald, Sen.. Samuel Anderson, Thomas Wiley, Daniel Bates, Samuel Sailor, Andrew Nicholson, John Brown. G. W. Morrison, David Wilson, James "Watson, Dennis Gibbs. John Clowser, William Tilton, Royal Fowler, James Ogle, Lemuel Fowler, Sen. Sherebiah Clark. Ezekiel Bates, James Noble, James Barry, John Caldwell. Lambert Newton, Matthew Garvin. Jonas Bell, William Bell, Sen., .Josiali Burlingame, James Garvin, Richard Duvall, December, 1849. The act erecting the County of Noble was passed March 11, 1S51, and signed by John F. Morse, speaker of the House of Representa- tives, and Charles C. Con vers, speaker of the Senate. The full text of the law is as follows : “An Act to erect the County of Noble. “Siccl. Be it enacted hy the Gen- eral Assembly of the At ate of Ohio , That so much of the counties of Washington, Morgan, Guernsey and Monroe as is included in the bound- aries hereinafter described be and the same is hereby enacted into a sepa- rate and distinct county, to be known and designated by the name of Noble, to-wit : Beginning at the southwest corner of township number 5, in range number 9 in Morgan County ; thence north to the northwest corner of said township 5 : thence west to the south west corner of section num- ber 34 in township number 7, in range number 10; thence north on section lines to the north line of said town- ship?; thence west to the northwest corner of said township?; thence ft J 1 20 IIISTOKY OE NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. north to the southwest cornel' of Guernsey County; thence east to the ; southwest corner of township num- ber 8, in range number 9 in said county; thence north to the north- west corner of section number IS in said township 8; thence east on section lines to the east line of said township eight; thence north to the northeast corner of said township 8 ; thence east to the south- west corner of section number 22 in township number 1, of range num- ber 1 of the military lands; thence north to the northwest corner of section number 19 in said town- ship 1 ; thence east on section lines to the east line of said township 1; thence north to the northwest corner of township number 8, in range num- ber 7 in said Guernsey County; thence east to the west line of Bel- mont County; thence south to the southwest corner of Belmont Countv ; thence west to the southwest corner of section number 19 in said town- ship 8, in range 7; thence south on section lines to the northwest corner of section number 19, in township number G, in range number 7 in Mon- roe County ; thence east to the north- east corner of section number 13 in said township number G; thence south on section lines to the south- east corner of section number 18, in township number d, in range number 7 in Washington County ; t hence west to the east line of township number 5, in range number Sin said county; thence north to the northeast corner of section number 25 in said town- ship 5 ; thence west to the south west corner of section number 23 ; thence north to the northwest corner of said section 23 : thence west to the south- west corner of [section] number 15 ; thence north to the southwest corner of section number 10: thence west to the southwest corner of section num- ber S ; thence north to the northwest corner of section number 8 ; thence west to the west line of said township number 5. in said range number 8; thence south to the southeast corner of Morgan County ; thence west to the place of beginning.* •‘Sec. 3. That all suits, whether of a civil or criminal nature, which shall be pending in those parts of Washington. Morgan, Guernsey and Monroe Counties so set off and erect- ed into a new county, and within those parts of Washington County hereby attached to and made a part of the County of Monroe, previous to the first Monday in April, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, shall be pros- ecuted to final judgment and execu- tion within the counties from which such parts shall lie taken, the same as if this act had not been passed; and the offices of said counties re- spectively shall execute all such pro- cess as shall be necessary to carry into effect such suits, prosecutions and judgments: and the collectors of taxes of said counties respectively shall collect all taxes that shall have been levied and remain unpaid in the said several portions of said counties, at the time of the passage of this act, the same as if the same had not been j passed. ♦Section :! isomil toil us it. merely annexes por- tions of Liberty, Ludlow and .lolly Townships; Washington County to Monroe County. y. THE FORMATION! OF NOBLE COUNTY. 127 . “ Sec. 4. That all justices of the peace and other township officers within those parts of the counties of W ashington, Morgan, Guernsey and Monroe which are hereby erected into the new County of Noble, and within that part of Washington County hereby attached to and made a part of the County of Monroe, shall continue to exercise the functions and discharge the duties of their re- spective offices until their respective terms of service shall expire, and un- til their successors shall be duly elected and qualified, in the same manner as if they had been commis- sioned or elected for said new County of Noble or for the county to which they may be attached; and all writs and oilier process within the terri- tory hereby erected into the said new County of Noble, shall be styled as of said County of Noble, on and after the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. “Sec. 5. That the legal voters re- siding within the limits of the County of Noble shall, on the first Mondav in April, in the year eighteen hun- dred and fifty-one, assemble in their respective townships, at the usual places of holding elections therein, and proceed to elect the county olli- cers for said county, as prescribed m the act to regulate elections, who shall hold their ollicos until the next annual election, and until their suc- cessors shall be duly elected and qualified. And at said first election all the voters residing in fractional townships included in said County of Noble shall vote as follows: Those residing in fractional townships taken J from Monroe County shall vote in the townships immediately west thereof; those residing in fractional townships taken from Washington County shall vote in the townships immediately north thereof; those re- I siding in fractional townships taken from Morgan County shall vote in the townships immediately east thereof; and those residing in frac tional townships taken from Guern- sey County shall vote in the town- ships immediately east and south thereof ; and the clerks of the several townships included in the County of Noble shall give twenty days’ notice of said election, which notices shall be in writing and posted up at the usual places of holding elections in their several townships. “Sec. G. The Commissioners of the Counties of Washington, Morgan, Monroe and Guernsey shall have power, immediately on the passage of this act, to attach the fractional townships made so bv this act to the other townships, or to organize such fractional townships into separate townships in their respective coun- ties; and this power shall extend to the commissioners of the County of Node to dispose of the fractional townships included within its. limits made by this act. “ Sec. 7. The said County of Noble is hereby attached to and made a part of the eighth judicial circuit of the State of Ohio; and the court of common pleas and supreme court of tim said Countv of Noble shall be holden at some convenient house therein, to be designated by the asso- ciate judges thereof, until the per- - •J . HISTORY OF NOUEE COUNTY, OHIO. 128 manenkseat of justice of said Coun- ty of Noble shall be established according to law. ‘ “Sec. 8. That George McCullough. : of Jefferson County, Martin Heck- ! ard, of Meigs County, and Lafayette Emmett, of Knox County, be and they are hereby appointed commis- sioners to fix upon and locate the seat of justice of said County of Noble, agreeably to the provisions of the act entitled ‘An Act for the Establishment of Seats of Justice.’ “Sec. 9. That nothing herein con tained shall be so construed as to alter or change any representative, ; senatorial or congressional district.* 1 “Sec. 11. 'That nothing contained in this act shall be so construed as in anywise to operate as a release or discharge of any person, residing within the territory taken from the County of Guernsey by this act, from any State, county, township or other tax heretofore assessed and levied by : the officers of said Guernsey County, j or on account of any tax hereafter to be levied upon the real or personal property on account of any subscrip- tion to any railroad company here- tofore made or hereafter to be made in pursuance of any vote heretofore j taken in said Guernsey County, and that the same shall be forever a lien upon the said property the same as if the said territory had not been de- tached from the County of Guernsey. “Sec. 12. The oflicers in the 1 County of Guernsey, whose duty it shall be to assess and collect any tax * Section 10 is hero omitted for the reason that it does not relate to Noble County but annexes a por- tion of Uo.vbury Township, Washington County, to Morgan County. 1 hereafter to be levied for the pay- ment of the principal or interest of any railroad subscription hereafter to be made in pursuance of a vote heretofore taken in favor of such subscription, shall proceed to levy and collect the proportionate share of the same off the property in the territory taken from the County of Guernsey by this act, the same as if said property remained in the County of Guernsey ; and the said officers are hereby invested with all the powers in the collection of the same as are provided by law for the col- lection of State or county taxes.'5 The territory taken from Morgan County comprises the present Town- ships of Brookfield, Noble, Sharon, Olive, Jackson, and the twelve sec- tions of Center township that be- longed to township T of range 9 of the original survey. Beaver, Wayne, Seneca and Buffalo were taken from Guernsey County : Marion, Stock, Enoch, nearly all of Elk, fifteen and one-half sections of Center, and the seven northern sections of Jefferson, from Monroe County. The territory taken from Washington County is that included in the four southern sections of Elk and that part of Jef- ferson Township belonging to con- gressional township number 5 of range S. The commissioners, to fix the seat of justice, made their report in the following words : “The undersigned, George McCul- lough, of the County of Jefferson ; Martin Ileckard, of the County of Meigs; and Lafayette Emmett, of the Countv of Knox, commissioners . . THE FORMATION OF XOIil.E COUNTY. 129 appointed to fix upon and locate the seat ol justice of Noble County by the act entitled ‘;m Act to erect the ! Count v of Noble,' passed March 11th, j is;,l. having agreeably to the pro- visions of the act entitled ‘an Act establishing seats of justice,’ passed February 3d. 182-L previously given twenty days’ notice to the inhabi- tants of the said. County of Noble, of the time, place and purpose of our meeting, met pursuant to said notice on Wednesday, the 23d day of April, ls.5i.at Sarahsville. in said county, for the purpose of fixing upon and locating the seat of justice for said Noble County, and after having been dulv sworn according to law. pro- as commissioners aforesaid ; and hav- ing duly and carefully examined the i different localities pointed out by the inhabitants of said county, and duly weighed the arrangements in favor of each. \vc do fix upon and locate the seat of justice of said County of Noble at the town of Sarahsville, in j said county. ' ‘ G EORG K McC U LI.OUG II, u Martin Ueokard, “ Lafayette Emmett.” “ Saralisvillc, Xoblc County, April ‘24, 1851.” The above was placed upon the record of the common pleas court June 19, 1S51, and at the same time a bill of exceptions was filed and or- ; dered to be made a part of the record. The commissioners to fix the seat of justice appear to act with due i deliberation, judging from the num- ber of days spent in the discharge ol their duties. June 2, 1851, the I y commissioners of Noble County or- dered their accounts to be paid, as follows : To George McCullough, for 11 days at •So per day |33 To Lafayette Emmett, for 15 days at §3 per day 45 To Martin Ileckard, for 15 days at s3 per day 45 Total 8123 The first election for county offi- cers was held in April, 1851, at which Kobert Barkley was chosen auditor; Samuel McGarry, treasurer; Joseph Schofield, sheriff ; Jabez Bel- ford, prosecuting attorney ; John Noble, Timothy Smith and Jacob Lyons, county commissioners; Bob- ert Ilellyer, recorder, and John IJ. Jeffries, county surveyor. A number of interesting facts rela- tive to the early official acts in Noble County are brought to light by an examination of the records of the county commissioner. The First ses- sion of the board began at Sarahs- ville, on Tuesday, the 29th of April, 1851. The record opens as follows: “Jacob Lyons, a commissioner elected for said county for the ensu- ing term of office provided for in the act entitled ‘an act to erect the County of Noble,’ passed March 11, 1851, after having deposited a certif- icate of his election with the auditor of said County of Noble, with an oath of oflice attached thereto ac- cording to law, and the same being filed by said auditor in his office, thereupon the said Jacob Lyons pro- ceeded to the discharge of his office as aforesaid.” in like manner Timothy Smith 130 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. and John Noble, commissioners | elect, entered upon the duties of their offices. "The board, having organized for business, received petitions for the alteration of townships and the erec- tion of new townships, and after an examination of the same, adjourned until the following morning at eight o’clock. Robert Barkley, county auditor, acted as clerk of the board. On Wednesday. April 30, the com- missioners made provisions for meet- ing with the commissioners of Mor- gan, Washington, Monroe and Guern- sey Counties, for the purpose of mak- ing settlements of money remaining in the treasury of those counties, a por- i tion of which belonged to the terri- 1 It was therefore agreed that the board meet the commissioners of Morgan County at McConnelsville, on Monday, May 12, 1851; the com- missioners of Washington County at Marietta, on the lfith of May, 1851 ; the commissioners of Monroe County at Woodsfield, on the 21st of May, 1851; and the commissioners of Guernsey County at Cambridge, on the 20th of May, 1851. The board then examined “ peti- tions from various quarters of Noble County with regard to the classify- ing of her fractional parts into town- ships,'’ and adjourned until the next day. On Thursday, May 1. the Com- missioners proceeded to alter existing townships and to erect new ones."' * For doscript ion of I hr Pound; trios of townships seo chapters rohit injr to t hr historx ot (hr several townships. In the discharge of this duty the following results appeared : 1. Heaver Township (altered). 2. Brookfield “ U 3. Buffalo “ (erected). J. Center “ U 5. Elk (altered). G. Enoch “ u 7. Jackson “ (to remain as heretofore). 8. Jefferson township (erected). 9. Marion “ “ 10. Noble “ (altered). 11. Olive “ U 12. Seneca “ U 13. Sharon ,4 (erected). If. Stock “ U 15. Wayne “ “ The commissioners having estab- lished the boundaries of the above mentioned townships ordered that a map of each be made and forwarded to the clerk of the township; also that notice be forwarded to the township clerks of an election for the purpose of choosing township officers. Notices were accordingly forwarded on the first of May to each township except Jackson, which, in the general renovation of boundaries, had not been ‘•changed or altered.” The Hoard concluded its first session and adjourned «s ine die after direct- ing; Robert Harkley, commissioner's clerk, to seek from the auditor of State advice as to how lists and other documents were to be obtained from the parent Counties of Morgan. 1 Washington, Monroe and Guernsey. At their June session, 1851, the I county commissioners record the 1 arrangements concluded by them ! with regard to temporary quarters ft . ’ THE FORMATION OF NOBLE COFN'TV. 131 for the county oflices. The offices for the treasurer and recorder were rented from Dr. .1. F. Capell “ for the sum of one dollar and twenty- live cents per month, together with fuel for the same.” The auditor’s ollice was obtained from "William Tracy, Esq., for §1 per month, fuel included. J. Axtell furnished an ollice for the county clerk ; rent not specified, but doubtless moderate. At the same session the board of commissioners discussed various sites for county buildings, but arrived at no decision in the matter. June 25. 1 Sol, they ordered that the following- amounts be levied on the duplicates as taxes for "Noble County for the year 1851: For county purposes $7,000 “ township “ 1,200 “ school- “ 2,778 “ public buildings 2,100 Total $13,078 Having previously chosen lots 57 and Of in Hates’ addition to the town of Sarahsville, and then reconsidered their decision, on the 20th of June the board ordered that the court house and jail and other necessary public buildings be located on the public square in the town of Sarahs- ville. Notice to contractors was to | be given in the Democratic Courier that the commissioners would receive at their ollice, July 2s, 1851, sealed proposals for the erection of a jail. At the date named the commissioners accepted the proposal of John 11. Heaton, and on the 29th of July en- * Supposed to be one mill on the (lollur. tered into a contract with him for the erection and completion of a jail be- fore August 1, 1852, for the sum of 82.230, Heaton to furnish all the ma- terials and do the work according to certain specifications. The contract called for a. jail 30xJ0 feet, two sto- ries high; the first story nine and the second story ten feet in height; the first storv to be of g’ood building- stone and the second of brick. In the first story were eight windows and one door, also two partition walls of stone running through the build- ing, with doors in them, the outer door of plank spiked with iron, the inner doors of boiler iron. The win- dows on the first floor were to lie thirty inches square, each filled by one sash of glass with gratings over it. The second storv, designed for “ common rooms,” was to contain one door and eleven windows, each win- dow containing twenty-four lights of 8x10 glass, and to be finished into apartments. August 1, 1852 came, but Noble County’s public building still re- mained uncompleted. December 10, 1S52, seeing that the jail is not done, and that the time for completing it has elapsed. Heaton having ‘•aban- doned the contract and departed this county to parts unknown,” the commissioners order their clerk to notify Heaton’s securities. Joseph Potts, Thomas Dyson and Harrison Secrest, that they will be held for damages for non-fulfillment of the j contract. On the 17th of January, 1853, the commissioners proceeded to view the jail, now completed, and I on the following day, still insisting , . . 132 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. that the contract is unfulfilled they take the keys and possession of the jaU and “accept the said jail, still ! holding said Heaton and his secur- ities liable in damages for default and insufficiency of said jail in work- manship.” And there the subject is j dropped. March 10, 1853, the com- missioners order that the upper story of the jail be fitted up as a tempo- rary court room. It was according- ly so fitted, and continued to serve as the court house of Xoble County until the removal .of the public records to Caldwell in 1858. The county officers continued to be sup- plied w.ith rented offices in the town of Sarahsville, as before. March 7, 1 871, the county building in Sarahs- ville was sold by the commissioners to Jonas Hanford and Joshua King, agents of the Sarahsville congrega- tion of the M. E. Church for the sum of $200. There was some difficulty exper- ienced by the commissioners of ! Xoble County in coming to an amic- able adjustment of financial relations with some of the parent counties. The following extract from the re- ! cords serves to show the feeling that prevailed : March 3. 18.52. “A communication was received by the commissioners of Xoble County, Ohio, from the commissioners of Guernsey County, requesting the commissioners of Xoble to order an order to be issued for the benefit of said Guernsey County, amounting to $390, which amount said commissioners of Guern- sey say they have expended in erect- ing bridges for the use of said Countv of Xoble. Ordered that the board notify the Guernsey County commis- sioners that they will not pay any part of it.” CHAPTER IX. CIVIL HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY. Tiie County-Seat Controversy — Its Beginning — The Question of Re-location — The Rival Sites — Sakaiisville and the Caldavell Farm — A Vote Upon the Matter Provided for by Act of the Legislature, 1854 — Tiie Election — Tiie Result — The Vote by Townships — The Advocates of a" Change Successful — A Legal Con- test— History of the Litigation — Building of the Court House in Caldwell — Removal of the County Offices, 1858 — The Temporary Court House at the New County Seat — The First Jail in Caldwell — The Present Jail — Civ il List — County Officers from 1851 to 1887 — Miscellaneous' Statistics — Agricultural Products — Manufacturing Establishments — Population — Political Statistics. r I A ] IE County of N oble had scarcely J- been established and the loca- tion of its seat of justice fixed by the State commissioners before dissatis- faction arose, and the people of the i new county speedily found themselves involved in a light, which proved to be long and animated, over the county-seat question. From the time when the project of a new county first began to be dis- cussed, this topic bad been promi- nent ; but on the principle that a rab- bit must be caught before it can be cooked, all had worked harmoniously together to secure the establishment of the county. The inhabitants of the county were divided in opinion between two sites. ' The old village of Sarahsville, being the only town near the center of the county, natu- i rally was favored by many as the j county seat. But another portion of the county, in which resided many of ! those who had worked most earnestly to secure t lie passage of the1 act erect- ing tin! count v, favored a site on the Caldwell farm in the Duck Crock Valley as the best place for the future metropolis of the county. The ques- tion of geographical center entered prominentl}7 into the discussion, as it usually does in all such contests, but, owing to the fact that no eligible site could be found at the exact center of the county, the opponents of Sarahs- ville unanimously agreed upon a cer- tain tract in the northwest quarter of section 3, Olive Township, as being the best site that could be found cen- trally situated. A portion of this tract was offered to the county by its owners as a donation, provided it should be selected as the county seat. Thus it came about that the entire question was narrowed down to a tight between the friends of Sarahs- ville and those in favor of the other proposed site. The commissioners met and, as we have seen, decided that Sarahsville should be the county seat. Then the fight began. The dissatisfied ones charged that bribery had been re- sorted to in order to secure the prize i to Sarahsville, and loudly declared 133 1 ••• ' 134 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OIJIO. that they would not tamely submit to such injustice. Agitation began at once in favor of a change. A pa- per was started in .Olive favoring the re-establishment of the county seat. The contest grew close and interesting. Although a light, it was a good- natured one. Anger was often aroused in the heated discussions which took place between the advocates of the rival sites, but no lasting enmity re- sulted nor were friends estranged because of the controversy. The Caldwell adherents shrewdly looked into the situation, and by giving to the Other faction whatever else they desired in the way of county offices, managed to elect a majority of the board of commissioners favorable to themselves, thus preventing tin* erection of anything more than tem- porary public buildings m Sarahs- ville. All the contests over county otiices were fought without regard to the lines of national political par- ties. Noble County knew but two parties, the friends of Sarahsville and those of the Olive Township site, or, as they were locally styled, the party of ‘‘The North" and that of “The South.” The advocates of a change busied themselves in advancing their inter- ests, and on the 29th of April. 1854, secured the enactment of a law by the general assembly authorizing the people o! Noble County to vote upon the question at the next annual j election. Then began an animated campaign in which both titles were conlident of victory. The election was held 1 on Tuesday, the 10th of October, 1854, and resulted in favor of a change, but by only a small majority. The total number of votes cast was 3,030, of which twenty-one were scat- tering; for the county seat to remain at Sarahsville 1,721 ; for location on the northeast quarter of section 3, Olive Township, 1,871. The vote by townships was as follows : For Sarahs- For Now ville. Location. Beaver . 202 .... 27 Buffalo 120 ... . . . .. 4 Brookfield 59 ... . . . .. 11G Center .... 52 Enoch o .... 229 Elk 20 ... . .... 200 J efferson 12 .... .... 215 Jackson . ... 253 Marion 090 .... 29 Noble. . . 109 .... .... 112 Olive . .. 292 Stock 79 .... . . .. 159 Seneca 20S Sharon 70 . . .. 1S3 Wayne 104 Scarcely had the result been an- nounced, before the defeated faction resolved to contest the election. Fraud, illegal voting, and bribery were charged on either side, and the friends of the old county seat resol veil not to yield without a struggle. Then began an interesting legal contest, in which lnmdredsof dollars were spent, and no little enmity engendered, all to no purpose. Caldwell became the scat of justice of Noble County. The history of the litigation,* briefly recounted, is as follows: The act of April 29, IS54, “to provide for the permanent location of the seat of justice of Noble County ♦I'M Mi volume, Ohio Statutes; John W. Noble ami others rs. emmnissionors ol Noble t’ounty opinion by .Iiul-e Seoit. I ' . CIVIL HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY. 135 by the legal voters thereof and for the erection of public buildings there- in,” provides in its first section, that from and after the taking effect of the act, “ so far as the location of the county seat of Noble County is affec- ted, the seat of justice of the County of Noble shall be permanently located and fixed, until otherwise provided by law,” at a place particularly de- scribed in the northeast quarter of section 3 in Olive Township. The second section provides that ‘‘this act shall take effect and be in force when and so soon as the same shall be adopted by a majority of all the qualified electors of said Noble County at the next general election after the passage of this act, voting in accordance with the rules and in the manner hereinafter pro- vided. The third section provides for the manner of voting, and that “if a majority of all the qualified electors of said Noble County, voting at said general election, shall vote for loca- tion of the county seat on said north- east quarter of section 3 in Olive Township, this act shall thereupon be considered and holden to lie adopted by such majority.” The fourth section provides for counting votes, transmitting returns, etc., to tlic court of common pleas of Noble County. The fifth section pro- vides for recording the certificate and notice of the result of the elec- tion i(i case there is a majority for the new location; and that such record shall be legal evidence for all purposes of the result of said vot- The sixth election (on which the contest was mainly made) is as fol- lows: “that the commissioners of Noble County shall, within twenty days after the result of said election shall be made known, as provided for in section -1 of this act, levy a tax sufficient, together with the proceeds of the sale of the public buildings in Sarahsville, which buildings such commissioners are hereby authorized and directed to sell, to erect a court house, jail, offices, and other neces- sary public buildings for said county, on the premises described in section 1 oi this act : provided that if a majority of all the legal voters of said county voting at said election shall not vote m favor of locating the county seat on the premises men- tioned in the first section of this act, when said public buildings shall be erected by the tax above provided for, in the town of Sarahsville, in said county.” The seventh section provides for notifying the electors to vote on the question submitted to them by the act, etc. The eighth section provides for the re- moval of the county offices, by no- tice of the commissioners, after build- ings shall have been provided, etc. The ninth section provides that “ any elector of Noble County shall have the right to contest the validity of the vote authorized to be taken by this act, by serving a notice on the commissioners of said county,” etc.; also that the court of common pleas | “shall hear and determine the contest i and make an order and decree deter- I mining the seat of justice of said - •• 130 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. county according' to the true result of said vote.” The ‘vote taken in pursuance of the act resulted as already stated. Thereupon John W. Noble and oth ers instituted proceedings to contest the validity of the election. The contestors moved the court of com- mon pleas to adjudge that “ there was no law of the State at the time of said vote, authorizing and pre- scribing the manner of holding such an election, and that the law author- izing said election and removal is un- constitutional and void.” The court having heard the cause upon the evidence, overruled this motion and decided that the seat of justice of the county was “perma- nently located and fixed ” at the j place described in Olive Township. The contestors took exceptions, and to reverse this decision a petition in ! error was filed in the district court j of the county. Thence the case was : taken to the supreme court which re-affinned the decision of the court \ of common pleas. Messrs. Stillwell, Ferguson and Casey acted as attor- neys for the contestors; and Messrs. Hanna, Dudley and Helford for the defense. From the interest in the subject, the length of the contest, and the legal talent engaged, this became, in truth, a “celebrated case." TJie tract selected for the county ; seat (and for the donation of which ; a bond of sdO.OOO was given bv Samuel Caldwell and others, and recorded in the commissioner's jour- nal, Dec. 0, 1851) is thus described: “ Beginning at the place where tin* i Lancaster and Louisville road crosses j j the west line of the northeast quar- ! ter of section 3, in township number I 0. of range 9 of lands sold at Zancs- | v i lie, Ohio; thence north on said 1 west line 28 rods; thence east, 29 rods; thence south, 2S rods; thence ! west 29 rods to the place of I beginning.” This tract was deeded I °-< ° by Samuel Caldwell to the county commissioners. June 2, 1857. | December 0, 1 S5d, after reciting j the fact that a majority of the legal voters of the county have chosen the above described location as the seat of justice, the commissioners passed two resolutions, as follows: “First, That Ezra McKee be au- thorized to cause to be surveyed the part of said northeast quarter of sec- tion 3, Olive Township, described in the first section of the law of April 29, 185-f, * * * * and that in making such survey there be reserved as a public square about two and one- half acres, upon which to erect t lie court house, provided that a strip about three rods wide can be ob- tained on reasonable terms from the land-holders adjoining, in order to the laying out of streets all around and a tier of lots on two sides of said square. " J/r.so/ycri/ , .scf‘o/i (I, That the name of the new county seat ordered to be surveyed be Ca/Jic,-//" While the question as to whether Caldwell was in reality to In: the seat of justice was still pending in the courts, nothing was done with refer- ence to the erection of new public buildings. Hut oil the loth of June. 1857, the county commissioners, James Archer, Jonathan Fchelberry ft J . . . CIVIL HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY. 137 and George Daker, “ ordered and de- terminod that there be erected on the public square, in the town of Cald- well, in this county, a court house in accordance with specifications here- after to be determined upon,” and agreed to give notice in the Consoli- dated lii’jndd iron that they would receive sealed proposals for the erec tion of said court house, until the 20t h day of July following. Meantime the commissioners order a sale of the lots in Caldwell, which belong to the county, on the dth of July. The lots, thirteen in number, were sold at prices varying from si 3 to 8200 each. The plans and specifications for the court house were drawn by Thomas Drake, who received 875 for the job. On the 21st of July, the commission- ers having examined the bids for the erection and finishing of the building, awarded the contract to William J. Young and Dennis S. Gibbs, the low- est responsible bidders, who entered into bonds to complete the building by the 20th of September, 185S, for the sum of 813,000, to be paid in four installments. The building erected under this contract was accepted bv the commissioners January 1. 1S59, and is the present court house of Noble County. It is a well-built, two-storv brick structure, situated on the beautiful, well shaded, neatlv fenced public square of Caldwell; and though not of a pretentious st vie of architecture, its external appear- ance will compare favorabh with that of most court houses in the agri- cultural counties of Ohio, while its size and arrangement make it ample for the wants of the county. While the court house was build- ing. the frame building in Caldwell now standing across the alley from the county jail was used as a tempo- rary court house. January 21, 1S5S, the commissioners •“ having provided a suitable court house and other neces- sary public buildings” in the town of Caldwell, ordered the officers of the county to remove their respective | offices, books, papers and business to the places provided within twenty days; also that the next term of the court of common pleas be held at the court house provided by the com- missioners in the town of Caldwell. Although this order was appealed from, it was obeyed, and the transfer of everything except the prisoners in the county jail at Sarahsville fol- lowed immediately. October 13. 1S5S, the board of commissioners awarded to James Dudley, the lowest bidder, the build- ing of a jail and jailer's residence, to be finished by the first of Decem- ber. 1859. The contract price was 83, S0(). The jail was a small brick structure on the site of the present : Dn- The present county jail ami jailer's residence is a good looking two-storv brick building of modern stvle. well arranged and well finished. It was built in 1881-2. at a cost of about 81o,ooo. The architect was J. W. lost of Telia ire ; the contractors. Mills A’ Summers of Caldwell. The latter agreed to do all the work and j furnish material for 80.477.55. at | the same time purchasing the old jail for 8425. In Mae. 1SS2. Kelly I 0c Co. of Pittsburgh, contracted to " 138 HISTORY OF NOUI.E COUNTY. OHIO. construct steam heating apparatus, plumbing and a cistern for the sum of 8985. The jail was finished in the latter part of the \ ear 1882. The committee having it in charge was composed of the county commission- ers, Adam Hamilton. John A. Shafer and John Smithson; the clerk of courts, II. E. Peters; the probate judge, J. II. Brown ; the sheriff. David Miller; and 'William Glidden, appointed a member of the committee by the court of common pleas. The jail is a credit to Noble County, and speaks well of the executive ability of the contractors and superintend- ents w ho erected it. COU NTY I NSTIT UTI ONS. As soon as practicable after the erection of the county and the build- ing of a suitable court house and jail, the commissioners turned their at- tention toward providing a home for those unfortunates whom dire neces- sity had brought to the low estate of pauperism. Accordingly in the year 1801, the commissioners, John Lem- max, James Pall and William Crum, bought of Aaron Vorhies a farm of two hundred acres situated in the northern part of Center Township, on which to establish a county in- firmary. The price was 80,000. to be paid in three annual installments without interest. On the farm was a substantial brick farm house and other good buildings which wore made to serve until 1S05, when the present main building was erected. An addition has since been made to the buildum. The whole makiim a o o large and imposing structure ample for the present wants of the county. Two additions to the farm were made prior to 1883, and in that year one hundred and forty acres were bought at a cost of 88,000. This purchase included a large two-story brick dwelling which has been fitted up as a temporary children’s home. The infirmary farm and the children’s home lands now embrace J7o acres of excellent farming land, well im- proved and under a good state of I cultivation. A large part of the . lands are among the very best bot- tom lands in the county. The num- ber of inmates of the infirmary is usu- ally from fifty to sixty, though it was greater before the establishment of the home. The institution is not vet self-supporting, but has to be aided I by county funds. The first board of ! infirmary directors were Ezra Mc- i Kee. John Mi ley and Morris Dau- | ford. The superintendents have been ' Eastern Daniels, Benjamin Enin. Peed Johnson. John Lam ley, Arm- j strong Johnston. Abner Davis, William Bucklev and Clark E. Gray. The children's home was estab- lished in 1S8-L The first board of j directors were James Ball. William • S. Spriggs and William Musser. This board was abolished and the home placed under the management ! of the infirmary directors. Emmor : Davis and wife have had charge of ; the home from the first., and Miss ! Lizzie Martin has charge of the j school connected therewith. The number of the youth at the home is I usually from forty to sixty. o . . ■ CIVIL IIISTOKY OF XOLLL COUNTY. 130 CIVIL LIST. Com raon Pleas JitdM0: Patesville, Timothy Pates, postmaster; Sum- merlield. .Limes W. Shankland. post- master; Olive, Robert McKee, post- master ; Sharon, Rev. Robert Ruth- erford. postmaster; lloskinsville, 1 Colonel Erast us Hoskins, postmaster. The next office on the route was j at Gregg's, near where Eeinersville now is, and the next McConnelsville. ' ■ . INTERNAL IMP RO V EI£K N TS . 145 Mr. C. II. Laws, now a merchant in Middleburg in this county, was the post-boy in 1 S30. and can relate many interesting incidents that occurred during his service in that capacity. He says lie honestly believes he has car- ried the sack from Barnesvilleto Mc- connclsville many times when there was not a letter inside of it any part of the entire distance. Timothy partment for the first quarter was made in these words: "Ho letters, no papers ; hope for better luck next quarter.” The old State road from Barnesville led via Batesville, Timo- thy Bates’s mill. Sarahsville, Belle Valley, Iloskinsville, the Dye settle- ment and Big Meigs Creek to Mc- Connelsville. The mail carrier fol- lowed this road a part of the way, and a part of the way he took a shorter route, following a path marked by blazed trees. II is life was not an easy one; often he was obliged to make his horse leap over fallen trees, wade through deep mud, or swim a heavily swollen creek. There were no bridges, and tin* water sometimes raised to such an extent as to make the crossing of a creek difficult and even dangerous. But the mail carrier was regarded as a grand personage; and as he ap- proached a postolficc, blowing" shrill blasts upon a tin horn to announce his coming, boys and men looked upon him with admiration and envy. About 1S2S, a postolficc called Win irton's was established at An- drew Wharton’s store in Brookfield Township. This office was on a mail 10 route from McConnelsville to Cam- bridge. As the years went by and the coun- try became more thickly settled, and postage became less burdensome, the mail service on the old-time routes was gradually increased; the offices were supplied two and three times per week instead of once; new offi- i ces and new routes were established, and some of the old ones discon- tinued. slow but continual progress being made until Xoble “Countv began to build railroads, and since that time postal facilities have rapidly multiplied, until now there is scarcely any part of the county where the in- habitants are without a convenient postoffice. The following is a list of the post- offices in Xoble County in 1SS<5, with the townships in which they are lo- cated : Ashton. Enoch ; Ava, Xoble ; Bates- ville, Beaver; Belle Valley, Xoble; Berne, Stock; Caldwell, Olive; Chaseville, Seneca : Claytona, Jack- I son ; Crooked Tree, Jackson ; Dexter City, Jefferson : Dudley, Olive ; Elk, Elk ; Enoch. Enoch ; Flag, Elk ; Fredcricksdale, Center; Fulda, Enoch; Glen wood, Buffalo; Ilaga, Olive; Harrietsville, Elk; Ilirams- burg, Xoble; Ilaskinsville, Xoble; ; Keith's, Jackson ; Kennonsburg, \V a y ne ; I\ I cC lent y , Stock ; Middle Creek, Jefferson ; Mount Ephraim, Seneca; Mount Zion, Buffalo; Xoblevilfe, Xoble: Olive Green, Sharon; Bado, Enoch; Benrock, Brookfield ; Rich Valley, Sharon ; Ridge, Jackson ; Sarahsville, Center ; i Sharon, Sharon ; South Olive, Olive ; ; J ' 140 IIISTOIiV OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. Summerlieid. Marion ; AVhigvillc, Marion. EARLY RAILROAD RROJEOTS. 'With the exception of a piece of theCenti'al Ohio Hail road”' (now the Baltimore & Ohio) about half a mile long, in the northeast corner of. Beaver Township, Noble County was without a railroad from the time of its organization until the building of the C. M M., or Duck Creek Bail road in 1871-2. But rail- roads were projected through this region prior to the organization of the county, and one was partially built. In 184!) a charter was granted to ! the Sharon Railroad Company to build a road from Sharon to the j Muskingum River in "Washington County. The incorporators were Elijah Stevens, Samuel A i kens, Jesse M. Stone, Oliver Keyset’ and Isaac Parrish; capital. S3 0,000. Provi- sion was made that after the com- 1 pany was organized, by agreement of a majority of the directors and an increase of capital, the railroad might be extended to Marietta and to Cum- berland. or to either place. lion. Isaac Parrish, who was then engaged in the milling business at ! Sharon, was the chief projector of the railroad, the primary object of which was to enable him to trails- j port the flour from his mill to the ( Muskingum River, whence it could be taken by boat to southern mar- kets. The summer after the charter was obtained the work of grading ♦The Ccnl ral Ohio Ruih'nad was completed from , llellairo to Columbus in 1S.')1. was begun at Sharon, and several miles of the road were graded. But owing to a lack of capital and to disagreements among the railroad projectors, all the labor expended was without result. In February, J S53, by provision of the charter, and by permission of the court of Guernsey County, the di- rectors ordered an increase of capi- tal of s20,0o0 and the extension of the railroad to Cumberland. In March, 1853, T. Wk Peacock (after- wards president), was chosen one of the directors, and lion. Isaac Parrish president. Next, it was proposed to build the road from Cumberland, Guernsey County, to McConnels- ville, Morgan County ; and not long afterwards a bigger scheme pre- sented itself, and the “Pittsburgh, Maysville and Cincinnati Railroad Company was organized with the object of building a railroad from the Ohio River at or near Steuben- ville to Maysville, Kentucky, and thence to Cincinnati. passing through the counties of Guernsey, Morgan, Athens, and onward in a southwest- erly direction. This was the famous •‘Calico” railroad project, upon which not less than SJoo.OOO were expended during the next ten years, and though many miles of roadbed were constructed not a rail was laid. Wretched mismanagement caused the total collapse of the company, and the scheme of building a great through line slumbered for many years, finally to be revived in a new form and under a new company. In Is 75 AV. 11. and ( '. B. Stevens purchased that part of the property . INTERNAL 1MPROV EM ENTS. 147 lying between Cumberland and Washington, Guernsey County, un- der certain conditions. Through their ell'orts the line was completed between Cumberland and Point Pleasant, and operated under the name of the Eastern Ohio Railroad. In issi 2 a syndicate was organ- ized by lion. F. M. Atkinson, of Noble County. The Cincinnati, Wheeling and New York Railroad Company formed. Mr. Atkinson made its President, and the road ex- tended from Point Pleasant to Sene- ca vide and thence to Morgan Junction on the Baltimore and Ohio. The people of the northwestern part of Noble County invested heavily in the enterprise with disastrous results to themselves. The great through line remains in sintu quo and the affairs of the company are in an un- settled condition. According to the original plan the road was to follow the Beaver Forlt of Will’s Creek, via Batesville. In the vicinity of that town a considerable portion of the road was graded. The road is still operated between Cumberland and Morgan J unction. Tin: CLEVELAND AND MARIETTA RAIL- ROAD. In the fall of J Still railroad meet- ings were held in Marietta and Cald- well, and the project of a railroad from the former place to Point Pleasant was discussed. lion. Wil- liam P. Cutler, of Marietta, was then the leader of the enterprise. The lirst public discussion of the matter in Noble Countv took place at a meeting held in Caldwell, on Nov. S, ism;. Sheriff Eliab Matkenv presided, and 1). S. Spriggs acted as secretary. A committee, consisting of Rev. George Fetters, D. S. Gibbs, and William McKee was appointed to confer with the citizens of Mari- etta and Cumberland, to see if some arrangement could not be made whereby the old Southwestern (“Calico”) railroad should be ex- tended from Cumberland to Mari- etta. A lymt this time and later other routes were discussed, and prelim- inary surveys made, one for a road along the Fast Fork of Duck Creek, and another along the West Fork of the same stream. At a meeting held at Cambridge, February 19, ISOS, of delegates from Washington, Noble and Guernsey Counties, after conferring with Thomas W. Peacock, president of the Southwestern Railroad, it was decided that it was impracticable to avail themselves of the charter of that road, but still advisable to build a railroad up the valley of Duck Creek, through Caldwell and Cam- bridge. It was also resolved that a new and independent company be formed. Gen. A. J. Warner, of Ma- rietta, J. S. Foreman, of Caldwell. I and E. AY. Mathews of Cambridge, were appointed an executive com- mittee to carry out the provisions of the resolutions. In September. ISOS, the Marietta and Pittsburgh Railroad Company \ was incorporated, and on the first of October it was announced that sub- scriptions for building the road would be received by the following \ named corporators; AY. 11. Frazier, . “ ■ 148 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. * William AV. Gulden, 'William C. Okey, Caldwell; and 'William P. Cutler and Ik Ik Dawes, Marietta. Through the exertions of these gen- tlemen and other prominent citizens the interest of the public was aroused, and the work of securing subscrip- tions and the right of wav went for- ward auspiciously. To secure the road to Caldwell, Noble County was required to subscribe 800,000 and give the right of way. Every citi- zen agreed that a railroad was needed ; and the following item from a Caldwell paper of the date March 25, 1809, will perhaps show as well as anything how much it was needed. The picture is not overdrawn : “ Mud. — kind to the right of us. mud to the left of us, mud all around us; mud-bound and muddy, wo sit in our sanctum with muddy boots, trembling at the prospect of a month of mud still ahead of us. AVe dream of mud and have dim visions of pulling’ locomotives and macada- mized roads crossing the dismal and almost impassable barrier that sepa- rates us from the outside world - and awaken in the morning to find mud everywhere we look, that defies description and laughs at all figures of rhetoric and arithmetic.” The sum of 8175, 00o having been secured in "Washington and Noble Counties, it was decided to build from Marietta, to Caldwell and the work began in the fall of lsG9. In the first annual report of the board of directors. Dec. s. Infill, lion. \V. Ik Cutler, president of the road, gives the following facts relative to its history : “The charter of this company cov- ers the ground from Marietta, bv way of Caldwell, to the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati an l St. Louis Pailroad near Phrichsville in Tuscarawas County, with the design of connect- ing there both with that railroad and also, by way of New Phila- delphia, with Cleveland and all the more northern lines. The effort to secure foreign aid sufficient to jus- tify the- undertaking of the entire line at once having failed, it was de- cided to accomplish the same object by constructing first that portion of the road lying between Marietta, and Caldwell, leaving the remainder of the work to be accomplished with local means applicable to that pur- pose, aided by the credit resulting from the completion of so valuable | a division of the road. “An appeal was therefore made to the citizens of Washington and Noble Counties for subscriptions to the capital stock, which has resulted in a total subscription of 8175,000. AVitli this amount of actual capita"! secured, a contract was entered into with the firm of Warner. McArthur iV Co. to build the Jirst ■'>■) miles of the road, and to receive in payment 85.000 per mile cash, being the pro- ceeds of the above subscription; 8f,ooo per mile in capital stock, and 88.000 per mile in first mortgage seven percent bonds at par; thus 1 making in all sIT.ooo for the fin- ished road; the work to be done in two years from the 11th of May, 1S(>9 :: Puder this contract the work has been commenced and | vigorously prosecuted. Track laying ' INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS. will commence as early in the spring ns the weather and the state of the embankment will permit/’ At the meeting at which the above report was submitted the following | were unanimously elected directors j for the ensuing year: William 1'. Cutler, 11. 11. Dawes, James Dutton, Samuel Shipman. William IT. Frazier, David McKee and Thomas Green. The work was continued in 1870 and is71. and in September of the latter war trains were running between Dudley and Marietta. About the same time a vigorous canvass was inaugurated to secure subscriptions and the right of way for the exten- sion of the line from Caldwell to Point Pleasant. In November, 1S71, trains began running between Cald- well and Marietta. Before the end of the year it was announced that the requisite amount had been raised for the extension of the road to Cam- bridge. The line was completed to ; Point Pleasant in August, 1872, and to Cambridge in the fall of the same year. In 1874 the road was com- j pleted to Canal Dover, its present northern terminus, where it connects with lines running north and east. ] At Cambridge it crosses the Haiti- j moreand Ohio Railroad, and at Xew- eomerstown the Ban Handle Line, thus affording important connections with both the east and the west. The company, organized under the I name of the Marietta A Pittsburgh Railroad Company, afterwards be- came the Marietta. Pittsburgh A j Cleveland, and is now known' as the I t lowland A Marietta Railroad Com- pany. The length of the line from 140 Marietta to Canal Dover is OS miles. For the construction of the road through the county the citizens of Xoble raised in all about si 15,000. The right of way was all given with the exception of a small portion, the cost of which did not exceed £500. Among the Xoble County men who were especially active in securing the road may be mentioned Hon. William II. Frazier, one of the directors; Ful- ton Caldwell, F. G. Okey, Judge A. P. Jennings, David Gouchenour and William W. Glidden. Several others did effective service in securing sub- scriptions in their respective neigh- borhoods. Mr. Glidden had charge of the matter of securing the right of way. and his canvass was very thorough and successful. The C. A M. Railroad has had the usual experience of small local lines. It early became financially bankrupt, and passed into the hands of Gen. A. J. Warner as receiver. In 1S77 it was sold at Cambridge for the sum of 8200,000, and bid in by Cyrus W. Field and others. Under its present management the road is being improved on an extensive scale, and the track re-laid with steel rails. The company was re-organized J uly 14. 18SG. with A. T. Wikotf, George K. Xasli, C. C. Pickering, William Guinn and J. 1. Kidd as incorpora- tors. July 17), 1SS0, the following- directors were chosen: Morris K. Jesup and John W. Ellis, of Xew York, and A. J. Warner, A. T. Wi- led! and George K. Xash, of Ohio. General A. T. Wikolf was elected president of the company, and G. R. ' J- 150 1 1 1 STOlt Y OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. Can dee, of New York, secretary and treasurer. General AVikoff. as re- ceiver of the road, had previously been its manager for some time. TIIE UELLAIRE. ZANESVILLE & CINCIN- NATI HAILIN' AY. The project of a narrow-gauge rail- road from Zanesville to Caldwell and eastward was discussed as early as 1871, and in that year the Zanesville, Cumberland A: Caldwell Railroad Company was incorporated. In the following year a number of local capitalists and citizens associated together for the purpose of securing a railroad through Belmont, Monroe. Noble, Guernsey and Muskingum Counties, to be called the Bella ire, Wood field. A: Zanesville Railroad. Neither of these projects matured, the attention of many of those inter- ested being diverted to the work of extending the Duck Creek Railroad (C. ,000 to the road, and work' was soon begun in Muskingum County. August 1, 1SS3, the P., Z. A C. was opened to SunimerJiold. Novem- ber 20, the first regular passenger train ran over the completed road from Caldwell to Zanesville, and December 3, lsS3, the first passenger train ran from Summerfield to Zanes- ville. Owing to heavy rains and in- sullicicnt ballast upon the roadbed traffic was suspended bet ween Sum- merlield and Cumberland during most of the following winter, but re- sumed over the entire line in the . ' 152 HISTORY OF NORTH COUNTY, OHIO. spring of 1884. The distance from Bellair to Zanesville is 112 miles, and the route is through one of the most hilly and picturesque regions in Ohio. The P>., Z. A: C. passed into the liands of 1. II. Burgoon, receiver, in June, 1880, but is still running under the old name. The rolling stock has recently been increased, and the road is being improved rapidly. it is a great benefit and convenience to a wide extent of country formerly without railroad facilities. CHAPTER XI. PHYSICAL FEATURES AND X AT URAL RESOURCES OF NOLLE COUNTY. Area and Geographical Position of the County — Topography — Surface, Streams — Coal and Iron — The Importance of the Coal Are,' Coal — Its Location Detailed — Possirtt.ity of Future Mining Wealth The Pioneer Saltmakkrs — The Industry on the Muskingum Salt Works Established in I S 1 4 — Description of the Primitive Apparatus Decline of the Industry — Gas and Petroleum — The Oldest Oil Well “Seneca Oil” — Old-Time Gas and Oil Wells in Xoijle County — Pise Petroleum Industry — History of Petroleum Production in Valley — The Excitement of 1860 — Tin: First Producing of the Field — The Soctm Well — Later Phases of tiie Oil Business Gas- Well — The Macksburg Field — Present Status of Oil Production. ”\VT ( )BLE County, the latest formed of the eighty -eight counties in Ohio, lies in the southeastern portion of the State and is situated south of Guernsey; west of Uelmontand Mon- roe, north of Washington, and east of Muskingum and Morgan. Terri- torially, it is among the smallest counties in the State, having an area of -b> I square miles or 25s,5(‘.o acres. The surface is very hilly, yet there is but little waste land, as nearly every elevation can be cultivated from its base to its summit. The scenery is pleasing and attractive, and in many places borders on the Soil and l — The Meigs Creek — Salt — River — The Olive —The in Ohio — OF THE the Duck Creek Wells — Development — Wonderful picturesque. Hie climate is agree- able and healthy. The soil is largely of limestone formation and is strong and productive, well adapted to grasses, fruits and cereals. The country is especially well adapted to grazing. Mixed farming prevails and a great variety of products is to be found. AVool-growingaml tobacco- raising are two branches of industry which are especially successful and profitable here. The rocks represented in t he county are of tiie Devonian age and consist ol carboniferous rocks, lossililerous limestone, shale and sandstone. Lime- PHYSICAL FKATt'IlKS AND X ATTICA L KKSOtlCCKS OF K015LE COt'XTY. 153 stone is abundant, and good sandstone for buildingpurposes is found in many localities. Iron ore, said to be of ex- cellent quality, is found at several points. Brine for salt-making can be found almost anywhere in the county, and petroleum has been produced for some years on the west fork of Duck Creek. Noble County has no large streams. Three creeks — Bulfalo Folk, Seneca Fork and Beaver Fork of Will’s Creek, with their lesser tributaries, drain the northern and northeastern part of the county. These streams flow in a general north westerly direction, ulti- mately mingling their waters with the Muskingum. The western town- ships of the county are drained by Meigs Creek and Olive Green. Creek and their branches — all small in this county — which are also received by the Muskingum. Duck Creek, a trib- utary of the < >hio, has three principal branches in this county, known as tho East. West and Middle Forks. These streams, the course of which is southerly or southeasterly', drain a large area of t he eastern, southeastern and central parts of the county. The bottom lands are not extensive, but are rich and productive. The county is supplied with good railroad facilities, contains several growing towns, and, for an old-set tied community, is rapidly increasing its wealth and extending its improve- ments. COAL." Aside from its economic features. * ( ’nndensnl 1mm Report of tin* (h olu^ivul Sur- v« *y ol Ohio, vn|. \. feet below the Meigs Creek. A sec- tion of the latter, measured on the farm of Hugh Robinson, in the south- west ipiarter of section 13. township G. range 7. resulted as follows : Hard shale ; coal. 3o inches : clay, 1 2 inches : i coal, II to 15 inches; bone coal, 4 )' • ■ AND X ATI’ I; A T. RESOl'KCES OF NOLLE COUNTY, PHYSICAL FKATL'RL 15 inches; coal, 13 inches; slate parting. J to 1- inch ; coal, is inches; clay, 2 to 4 feet; limestone. 10 feet; shale sandstone. In Enoch Township the coal lies high in the ridges, consequently the area of first-class coal is less than in Jefferson and Elk Townships. The coal is found in two ridges, with their spurs running northwest and southeast through the township, and dividing the waters of the West Fork, Middle Fork and East Fork of Duck Creek. A sample from Wil- liam Lincicome’s mine, southeast quarter of section 32, was analyzed as follows : Moisture, 2.18 percent; volatile combustible matter, -11.75; fixed carbon, 15.1)2 ; ash, 10.15. There was also found 1.02 per cent of sulphur. In the southwestern part of Enoch and the western part of Jefferson, where the coal touches the line of the Cleveland and Marietta Railroad, it was formerly mined for shipping, but the mines are now abandoned. The coal in Stock Township is well up in the hills, and a large amount of it has been cut out by the broad valley of the East Fork of Duck Creek. Over the entire township the coal ranges from 31 to 5 feet in thickness, probably averaging a lit- tle over 1 feet. In the southwest quarter of section 25. on land of William Taylor, in this township. 1 lie coal revealed the following sec- I t ion ; ( lay, or soli clue shale: coal, 13 inches ; slate part mg, 1 inch ; coal. Id inches; bone coal and slate, 1 inches ; coal, gd inches ; cla v. 1 he Meigs ( reek coal is found in the tops of the high ridges in the eastern part of Center Township. The area of marketable coal, though comparatively small, will probable be sufficient to supply the local de- mand for several years. The coal is reported as averaging about 4 feet. In the eastern part of the township there is a thick sandstone a few feet above the coal, continuous for sev- eral miles. Marion Township holds considera- ble Meigs Creek coal, although it is quite high in the hills. On the northwest quarter of section 1 of this township, on land of AV. II. Craig, a section of coal wjas measured as follows: Shale, roof coal, IS to 24 inches; clay shale, IS inches; coal, 12 inches; slated to l inch ; coal, 12 inches ; bone coal or tough streak, 5 inches; coal, 17 inches; clay. I to 3 feet; limestone. In the Ik, Z. & C. R. R. cut at Freedom, in the southeast quarter of section 2, Mari- on Township, a section of a coal 113 feet, by barometer, above the Meigs Creek coal, measured as follows: Soil, soft, shaly sandstone, 4 feet ; soft clay shale, blue and yellow, 10 feet; coal, 12 inches; clay, 5 inches; coal, 5 inches ; clay. About Freedom, and in the west- ern part of Marion Township, a thick ledge of sandstone is found from two to four feet above the Meigs Creek coal, and often forty feet thick. In tlu1 ridge which runs north from Summerlield, the coal is often want- ing, and alwavs thin when found. < >n AVilliam Craig's land in the northeast quarter of section 13, Ma- rion Township, the coal is mined, and . . 15S IIISTOK V OK XOIU.K COUNTY, OHIO. was found to measure as follows: Shale; roof coal, twenty to twenty- four inches; clay, eighteen to twenty- four inches; coal, four to six inches; clay parting', one-half inch; coal, twenty-four inches; bone coal or slate, two to three inches; coal, twenty to twenty-two inches; clay, two to four feet; limestone in layers, with slate between, ten feet, exposed. This coal was analyzed and found to contain : Moisture, l.SG percent; volatile combustible mat- ter, 39.03; fixed carbon. 45.92; ash, 12.59. It also contains 0.10 per cent of sulphur, and has a specific gravity of 1.376. It was reported by the miners that in parts of this mine the roof coal was replaced by a white non-fossil iferous limestone, the clav between the roof coal and the main seam being found all regular between the white limestone and the regular seam. The coal is opened and worked for winter supply in almost every farm in the township, and is seldom found less than four feet in thickness. As the coal is well up in the hills, it can easily be reached by railroads. The lb, Z. A C. railroad crosses the ridge far above the coal. In Seneca Township there is very little of the Meigs ( ’reek coal, it being found only in the highest ridges. The ridge between Heaver Fork and Seneca Fork of Will's Creek holds quite a large outlier which furnishes coal for the adjoining farmers. The dividing ridge between Seneca Fork and Buffalo Fork of Will's Creek holds the largest area of coal in the town- ship. This is worked near Mount Ephraim, in the mine of Samuel McConnell in the northwest quarter of section 33 and gives the following section: Hard shale; bone coal, or j hard black slate, sixteen inches; good | coal, eight inches; clay shale, eight ! to eighteen inches; coal, ten inches; parting, one-half to one inch; coal, fifteen inches; parting, one to two inches; coal, twenty inches; clay. The roof coal is left for roof, the clay shale being taken out of the entries, I and in the rooms it is thrown back as it falls down. Mo higher coal marks were found in the township. A. faint mark of the Pittsburgh coal was found at one place only. Wayne Township has only a few outliers of the Meigs Creek coal in ; the northeast corner. The coal is in the very top of the hills, and, so far as could be ascertained, rather thin. It has been opened in the southeast quarter of section 21, and in the northwest quarter of section 28; in both places it was reported to be • about three feet thick. A faint coal mark was seen fifty to fifty-five feet I below the Meigs Creek coal, but no trace was found of the Pittsburgh coal, which ought to be a little lower. A few feet below the Meigs ( ’reek ! coal is found a thick sandstone which is very nearly continuous in the | northeastern part of 'Wayne and in the northwestern part of Beaver Township. The northern and southern parts of Beaver Township have considera- ble of the Meigs Creek coal, while in the central part, it has been entirely cut away bv Beaver Fork of Will's | Creek, running west through the . PHYSICAL FEATURES AND NATURAL RESOURCES OF NOLLE COUNTY. 150 Township. On the land of II. C. ' Reed, in the southeast quarter of section 17, the coal is mined for the Williamsburg market. A section is as follows : Sandstone; shale, eight- een inches; coal, sixteen inches: clay, sixteen inches ; slate two inches ; coal thirty inches; clay parting, two inches; coal, twenty-four inches; clay, two to four feet; limestone. It is said that several years ago a coal from three to four feet thick was dug out of the creek bed at ninety- two feet below Reed's coal bank. The lower coal was sought farther to the south and west, but never found. If this be true, we are here upon the western edge of the valuable area of the Pittsburgh coal, extending east- ward to the Ohio River In section 1, Reaver Township, the Meigs Creek coal is three feet thick. In the northwest quarter of section S a strong coal mark was found ninety to 100 feet above the Meigs j Creek coal. No openings into the upper seam were found. On AVill- iam Lash lev’s land, in the southwest quarter of section 20, the Meigs Creek coal was found four and a half feet thick, with two thin partings dividing the coal seam into three nearly equal parts. The roof coal was from eighteen to twenty-four inches thick, and six to twelve inches above the main seam, from which it is separated by clay. The Meigs Creek coal is the same coal that is worked in Pelmont Conn- j ty, and there known as the Ppper Barnesville coal. From the re- searches of the geologist it is quite j evident that the coal area of Noble | County is large and important, and though only slightly developed as yet, the time will doubtless come when mining will be one of the most important industries of the county. SALT. This primary staple was developed at an early day in the history of this part of the State. Being one of the indispensable requisites at the time of the first settlement of the State, it was brought from the east on pack- horses at the cost of 20 cents per pound. Dr. Hildreth says that the “great scarcity of it was a source of annoyance to the people. The ani- mals suffered from its want, and when ranging the woods visited the clay banks which contained saline particles. And here necessity proved the mother of invention and pointed out the superficial source of the vast reservoir of that article so necessary for the healthful existence of animal life, of which the Indians from the earliest times had been cognizant, but had kept as an inviolable secret. In fact, all the saline sources first- utilized were indicated by the swamps or springs of brackish water frequented by the deer and buffalo. It is said that the first salt produced in this part of Ohio was made by a party from Marietta in 1 794-, on a branch of the Scioto, a short distance from Chill icot he, the locality having been pointed out by a person who had been a prisoner with the Indians. In 1795 a locality was discovered in a similar way on Salt Creek, in Muskingum County, and “ in the summer of 1790 a com- ’ '■ ■ 1G0 HISTOKY OF Xol party was formed at Marietta of fifty shareholders at si. 50 each, making a capital of sT5. Twenty-four kettles were bought in Pittsburgh and trans- ported by water to Duncan’s Falls, and thence by pack-horses about seven miles to the salt licks. A well was dug near the edge of the creek, fifteen feet deep, down to the rock which formed the bed of the stream, through the crevices in which the salt water came to the surface. The trunk of a hollow sycamore tree three feet in diameter was settled into the well and bedded in the rock below, so as to exclude the fresh water. A furnace was built of two ranges, containing twelve kettles in each, a shed erected over the furnace, and a small cabin for the workmen. The water from the well was raised by a sweep and pole. * * I3y the aid of one man to chop and haul wood with a yoke of oxen they could make about one hundred pounds of salt in twenty-four hours, requiring 3, GOO gallons of water. * * * * Thus was made the first salt in the Muskingum Valley.” The company was kept up for three or four years. The works afterward became the property of the State, and were leased at a fixed rent until no person would pay the rent, and they were abandoned. Although some, salt was afterward made on the Muskingum, it was not until 1820 and later that the industry became important on that river. Up to that t i me the inhab- itants of southeastern Ohio had been supplied with salt principally from the Kanawha Salt Works in West Virginia. SLE COUNTY, OHIO. Salt-making was one of the early industries of the Duck Creek Valiev. Silas Thorla from Massachusetts, entered theland on which the village ! of Olive now is, and began salt-mak- ing there in 1S1T. lie had previouslv been to the Kanawha salt-works, where he had worked long enough to learn the process and earn a little money with which to make a begin- ning. At that time salt was worth S2 a bushel and the supple hitherto had been brought by the settlers on pack-horses from great distances. By means of a spring-pole and rude apparatus operated entirely by hand, a well was dug about 200 feet deep. Its location was near the railroad at the north end of Olive, close bv the stream known as Salt Bun, on the lot now owned by James Mc- Cune. A deer-lick, much frequented in early years, led to the discovery of salt water here. The well was cased with wooden tubing, a pump put in, with a blind horse as its mo- i five power, and the water was received in a number of troughs, fashioned from the trunks of large trees. For boiling the water all the kettles m the settlement that could be spared by their owners were bor- rowed and put in use. The salt-well was also a gas-well and oil-well, and at times these products of the earth seriouslv interfered with the process of salt manufacturing. Robert McKee, who at first work- ed for Thorla, afterwards married Thorla’s sister and took an interest in the business. Thenceforth the (Set; article on “(Ins ami I’ctrolcimi ” in this | vliaptct'.”) >- . • PHYSICAL FEATURES ANT) NATURE establishment was known as McKee’s Salt-works. Silas Thorla died early, l,ut the business was carried on by .McKee until the competition of the various salt-works on the Muskingum River had reduced the price of salt to 50 cents a bushel, when the works were abandoned. Altogether they were in operation nearly twenty vears. and to supply fuel for boiling, nearly all the wood had been cut off from the neighboring hills. Some of the salt was marketed in Bartlesville, but most of it was bought by cus- tomers who came to the works for it. A half-mile from the deer-lick at Olive, or a mile, following the winding's of the. run, was a similar lick. A well defined path, worn deep into the earth by the hoofs of elk, deer and buffalo, led from one lick to the other. About a year after Thorla started his salt-works, Robert Caldwell. John Caldwell and Isaac Hill, the latter an Englishman, dug a well at the upper lick, and, with an outfit somewhat similar to Thorla’s began boiling salt. The business was continued for some years, all the salt being used to sup- ply the local demand. The McKee and Caldwell Salt- wells were the earliest, and for many years the only wells of the kind in the valley. In lSiil William Voting and others formed a company and bored for salt at South Olive and erected a furnace which was man- aged successfully and profitably. Dming war-times salt was exceed- ingly scarce and the product of the works readily sold at So per barrel, n , RESOURCES OF NOLLE COUNTY. 101 In the oil excitement the farm on which the salt-well was situated came into the possession of the Syracuse Oil and Stilt. Company, and thence into the hands of W. 11. Ostrander, of Syracuse, X. Y. In 1ST1 an association known as the South Olive Salt Company, consist- ing of A. Haines, J. AY. Campbell, p. M. Jordan, AM D. Guilbert and others, purchased the works. After- ward David Gouchenour and AV. J). Guilbert bought the interests of the other shareholders and carried on the business until 1875. AAdien they took hold of the works salt was worth 82.25. but its subsequent decline to 90 cents made the indus- try unprofitable. Mr. Guilbert esti- mates that the cost of manufacture was not less than 81.50 per barrel. The brine from the well was not so stron gas in thoMuskingum River salt- wells, and the proprietors were con- seqently unable to compete with the Muskingum saltmakers. Salt contin- ued to be made at intervals at South Olive until 1877, when the works were entirely abandoned. The well was 200 feet deep, and the furnace when run at its full capacity made about so barrels of salt per week. In 1870 Messrs. Gouchenour A Gil- bert bored another salt-well. In 1877 the old salt-well suddenly took a strange freak and became an oil- well. In the space of 30 da vs about seven carloads or 350 barrels of oil were pumped from it. The well has produced no oil since. Alter Young started the works at South Olive, another well was bored by Rodnev Severance, from Morgan . HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. County, about a. half mile further down the valley. Salt was also made here for a few years, and the works then abandoned. Salt is no longer reckoned among the products of Noble County. GAS AND l’ETROLEUM. Iu regard to petroleum, Noble County makes a claim that cannot be refuted, of possessing the oldest oil wells in Ohio, and among the oldest in the country. Not that petroleum is a modern discovery, it was known very early in the history of the United States. Petroleum was found in springs along ( )il Creek in Penn- sylvania by the early French explor- ers. It was used by the Seneca In- dians in their ceremonies as early as 1750, and even at that time was quite extensive] v known to the white peo- ple of Pennsylvania and New York, who called it. Seneca oil, and believed it to be a sovereign remedy for aches and pains of almost every sort. Along Oil Creek between Titusville and Oil City, and elsewhere in Western j Pennsylvania, have been found wall pits, curbed with timber, which are supposed to have been excavated bv the Indians for the purpose of ob- taining oil. The early settlers gath- ered the petroleum from the surface of springs and creek's by spreading blankets so as to absorb it and then wringing' them over a tub or some other receptacle. “Seneca oil” was long a staple medicine among the western pioneers. The main source of its supply was the region that afterwards became thegreat oil Helds of Pennsylvania. On Oil Creek, near Titusville, in Venango County, Pennsvlvania, was one of the most prolific natural oil springs, and there the first svs- | tematic effort toward oil production was made. In this locality, on the 28th of August, Col. E. L. Drake, a Connecticut Yankee, in the employ of other parties, struck oil at a depth of seventy-one feet below the surface. This was the starting-point of one of the greatest of modern in- dustries. The history of the subse- quent oil excitement is familiar to all. Some of the Pennsvlvania pioneers discovered oil while boaring for salt. Such a discovery was made near Put- ler, Pa., in 1811. Though Noble County can scared}' substantiate tiie claim which she has advanced of hav- ing the oldest oil well in the world, her title to the first in Ohio is indis- putable; for, in a similar manner to the Pennsylvania discovery, the Olive sal tin ulcers struck oil while boaring a salt well in 1 SIT. Nor was Noble County far behind Pennsylvania in sinking wells and putting them in working order, as will lie indicated farther on in this chapter. In boar- ing for salt at Olive in lslt, Silas Thorla and Pobert McKee struck both oil and gas, both of which the well continued to produce as long as it was pumped for salt water. The gas pressure was very powerful, but much stronger at some times than at others. At intervals of a week or ten davs, the gas was forced so rapidly from the well that water was thrown forty feet, or more into the air. After the “blowing" had 102 • ■ ■ 1(33 rHVSIOAL FKATUJiKS ANI) NATUKAL KESOUKCES OF NOISLE OOF XT'". sure to force the water to the surface. While the gas was issuing- from the well, it was noticed that at a point near by in the creek bubbles of gas j were being forced up through the water. The current of gas was suffi- ciently strong to burn steadily and brilliantly, and on being- ignited i 1 O O would blaze up live or six feet, pre- senting the novel sight of a lire on top of a stream of running water. The flow of oil was also found to be in- termittent, and at times the oil was pumped from the well and thrown j away. Many barrels of it were thus | thrown into the creek and wasted, because it interfered with the salt- making. Some of the settlers made use of the oil in its crude state, burn- ing it in their lamps. But the amount of smoke and the offensive odor arising from it precluded the possibility of its becoming popular as an illuminating agent. The Caldwell salt-well on Salt Run, above Olive, also produced salt and gas abundantly. But by drain- ing the salt water olf from beneath the oil the brine could be used for the manufacture of salt, while the petroleum was principally suffered to go to waste. Like the other well, this one was at times affected by the gas pressure to such an extent that for three or four hours the gas was passing off in a forcible manner with a sound like the roar ol escaping steam, at the same time throwing j out oil and water. At one time an obstruction in the run .caused the • stream to be dammed up, and the i backwater extended up to the salt works. The surface of the water I being thickly covered with oil. which had been allowed to run into the stream from the well, some boys, not I knowing the nature of the stuff, thought it would be fun to set it on lire, and did so at the lower end. In a few minutes the run was a sheet of fin, me for a half mile, and dense clouds of black smoke rolled up, ob- suring the sky and frightening all who saw it. A considerable quan- tity of oil stored in troughs near the well took fire and were consumed. Fortunately the flames did not ap- proach near enough to ignite the gas from the well, or more serious dam- age might have resulted. In the lirpnhl lean of July 7, lS70, the following reminiscence of one of the old-time salt-wells is related on the authority of John McKee, an aged pioneer: “Mr. McKee states that he and a few others bored a well for salt water in the vicinity of where Olive Village now stands. Before they had reached the salt water they struck a vein of oil, then known as British oil. After passing through this oil vein a short distance salt water was reached, a pump put in and the manufacture of salt begun. The company had no furnace, but instead they borrowed all the iron kettles on Duck Oreek, arranged them in double rows and made salt suffic- ient to supply the inhabitants of this | thinly-settled region. The fires un- | dor the kettles were never allowed | to go out, but blazed brightly day | and night, some member of the eom- ! panv attending to l hem during each I night. Sufficient salt water was ' . ■ HISTORY OF NORTF. COUNTY. OHIO. 164 pumped during’ the day to supply the watcher at night. “One night it fell to the lot of Kobert Caldwell to ‘run the ma- chine.’ Everything went well with him until nearly morning, when he found the water nearly exhausted and had to pump more. For this purpose lie mounted a platform made of puncheons to reach the spring- pole; this brought him eight or ten feet above the ground and almost directly over the well. In order to have light upon his work, he carried some blazing coals upon a piece of hickory bark, lie placed the bark upon the floor, seized the spring-pole and commenced work; but ere his task was half completed a live coal fell through the floor and very near to the well — quite near enough to ignite the gas from the well. Hr. Caldwell said he saur a ball of tire rise upward, while timbers cracked and irons rattled and his hair stood on end. Slowly this ball ascended, being fully as large as a haycock, i until it reached the highest branches \ of a hickory tree standing near, when it exploded making a noise equal to the loudest thunder. The noise was heard for five miles in every direc- tion. “ Old Mr. Thorla, who owned most of the salt-well, was sleeping at Col- onel Caldwell's, a half-mile distant, lie heard the report, hastened to the spot and was most agreeably sur- prised to find all well. Robert Cald- well was not hurt, but a worse scared man was never seen on I hick Creek.” George.!. Dull', of Pittsburgh, op- erating with David McKee, was one | of the pioneer oil men in the Duck Creek region The wav Mr. Duff be- came acquainted with this territory is thus explained : A short time af- ter Drake struck oil in Pennsylvania, Fulton Caldweil was in Pittsburgh and in an interview with Mr. Dull found the latter so imbued with the prevailing oil excitement that he could not talk of anything else. " AN hy." said Mr. ( 'ahiwell. " we have had oil in our part of the country for over fifty years. It has never caused any excitement or been worth much to anybody.’’ 1,1 You are not in earnest, are you On being assured that he was. Mr. Duff requested Air. Caldwell to send him a sample of the oil. AVhen he reached his home, he sent to the old well at Olive, secured a jug tilled with petroleum and for- warded it to Air. Dull'. A few days later found Duff in Noble County, leasing and bargaining for oil terri- tory. Thereafter the excitement spread rapidly. The first genuine oil well in the Puck Creek region was drilled in the spring of 1 SOo on the Dennis Gibbs farm mow Airs. Tilton’s). The well was completed in the summer of the same year. The operators were Judge 1). S. Gibbs, I)r. Erwin Gibbs and Erwin G. Dudley. Ten days later .1. ( ’. Tilton began drilling a well on the Frank Flake farm. In both of these wells oil was found, but not in paving quantities. The lirst important oil well on Duck Creek, found bv an actual pro- spector, was drilled on the .lames Dutton farm, about one mile below Alacksburg, and completed in the fall 0 ' ' - . PHYSICAL FEATURES AND NATURAL RESOURCES OF NOBLE COUNTY. If >5 of isrtO — -a year after Colonel Drake's strike in Pennsylvania. Oil was found at a depth of sixty-seven feet I udow the surface. The well yielded over 100 barrels per day for some time. The oil was of 28° gravity and a good lubricator. The well Yielded about IS, 000 barrels before it was abandoned. This pioneer well was drilled by James Dutton, in part- nership with William Dutton, John Smithson and Widen "Warren. The work was done by means of a spring- pole as in the ease of all the early wells. Dumping was done by hand, and half a day’s pumping idled an eighty-barrel tank. The success of the Dutton well en- couraged scores of prospectors to try their luck, and it was not long before the valley of the west fork of Duck Creek, from Macksburg to Caldwell, was studded with derricks and the earth perforated with holes. Hun- dreds of the wells were failures; but oil was worth *S to 810 per barrel, and the ardent operators were not discouraged by a few unfortunate ventures. David McKee, in the fall of I860, completed and put in operation the “ Diamond" well in -lelferson Town- ship below Dexter City. This well was pumped for a time, but the water interfered to such an extent that it "as found impracticable to work it. In the winter of fsoti-l Andrew A oodtord completed the iirst paving well ol any note in Noble Countv. 1 his was oil the Levi Davis farm, and yielded about ten barrels per day. Across the creek from the "Woodford well was afterward put down the John Eicher well, which yielded about five barrels daily. The most celebrated well in the vicinity of Caldwell was the Socum well, two miles south of Caldwell. Oil was struck at a depth of eighty- seven feet. The well is said to have flowed fifty barrels in eighteen min- utes. Its yield was so great that evegv receptacle at hand was soon filled, and hundreds of barrels of oil flowed into the creek and were wasted. For some time after its completion the well yielded several hundred barrels per day. Other wells put down around it tapped the same vein, let in the surface water, and eventually ruined it. The Socum well was bored and owned by Spears it "Wheeler, of this county. The oil was of 35 degrees gravity. Most of the oil was purchased by Gibbs, McKee & Co., who hauled it to Coal Run. on the Muskingum River, and lost money by the operation. The war checked the oil excite- ment, and. as it progressed, stopped it completely. But in the fall of 1805 speculation in oil lands was re- vived, and for a time there was the greatest excitement among the own- ers of such lands. Oil men came from New England, New York and Pennsylvania and purchased or leased all the territory that they could. Companies were formed with capital stock ranging from $lo0,0(K> to sljOOU.oOO, and plentv of credu- lous Eastern people were found to buy their stock. The lands in Noble County that were supposed to lie in the belt appreciated in value from twentv to 1 i ft v fold. Manv who was ■ ■ lfiG HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. owned lands along- the creek had fortunes within their grasp ; but ■when offered £1.000 per acre for land that was not worth £50 for agricultural purposes, they still held on. hoping’ to realize a still more ex- orbitant price. The golden oppor- tunity passed, and very few farms were sold. After the collapse of this second oil excitement, there were no import- ant oil operations in the Duck Creek Valley except in the vicinity of Macksburg. That village is situated in Washington County, but the best of the oil territory in its vicinity lies in Noble. There, George Dice and Mr. Decker and his sons were the principal operators. They drilled only for the shallow oil. found in what is called the 500 foot sand, which was found to be quite pro- ductive. In the fall of ISO 5 was completed the Eastwood A Parker well, near the southwest corner of Olive Town- ship. This was the first flowing well in the county. It continued to flow for about two weeks, at first yielding at the rate of fifty barrels per day. This was a lighter oil than any pre- viously discovered on Duck Creek. Ilefore tanks could be constructed to receive it the oil was allowed to flow for several days into a hollow in the ground, whence it was dipped up and barreled. The Eastwood A Parker well was in operation until May, ISO!), when another well tapped and destroyed it. Toward the last it yielded about ten barrels per day. The well which caused ils suspension was put down by Aaron Ilaines. and produced until recently. Contemporaneous with the East- wood A Parker well, the 1 Hick Creek Valley Oil Company, composed chiefly of Eastern capitalists, ob- tained four paying wells on the farm then owned by J. C. Tilton, near Dexter City. All were in operation for years, and two are still pumped at intervals. Gouclienour A Gilbert, at South Olive, struck oil at a depth of about 1)00 feet. The well was pumped for oil, but yielded but little. From 1 SO 5 to 1868, the oil production of the county was quite extensive. Then, as at first, and until 1871. oil was hauled to Lowell on the Muskingum River, a distance from twelve to fif- teen miles from the wells. At Lowell it was taken by the Muskingum River boats, carried to Marietta and Parkersburg, and thence shipped to various markets. The cost of get- ting the oil to the river was very great, reaching in some cases the enormous figure of £1 per barrel. This, added to the cost of production and the freight charges by boat and rail, left little margin for profit when oil began to decline in price, as it speedily did, owing to the immense production in the Pennsylvania fields. The shallow wells were so rapidly exhausted that the yield did not pay for working, and one after another thev were abandoned. The comple- tion of the C. A M. Railroad to Cald- well in 1871, gave producers an out- let for their oil, and for a time, pro- duction was greatly stimulated in I consequence thereof. ' ■ ■ PHYSICAL FEATURES AND NATURAL RESOURCES OF NOLLE COUNTY. There is little doubt that, many of l ho first wells failed to produce, o\v- in, the Upper Duck Creek Petroleum Company, struck oil near the village of Olive, at a depth of 4 do feet. Over fifty barrels were taken during the first day. Tins, according to a local paper, was the lirst well in the vicinity that had been put down more than 250 feet. The lirst well in the vicinity of Dexter City, was put down on the old Robinson Sanford farm. It is still producing. The greatest production of oil in the Macksburg field is from Xoble County wells, though Washington Countv usuailv gets credit for it, simph because the oil is stored in that county. Jefferson Township, Xoble County, in particular has of late proved a most prolific field. 'fhe ctiief oil excitement in Jeffer- son Township started in lssj. The first well was drilled on the William Clark farm and proved to be a good one. The second, on the Ohio Coal Company's land, was known as the Lang well. It started at 125 barrels per day and is still producing a small quantity. Five wells on the George Hupp farm now produce about fortv barrels per dav. Tliev are from l,fi00 io l.sofi feet deep. On this farm a showing of oil, with it; 7 strong pressure of gas. was found at a depth of Too feet. In April, IS 77, a well was drilled on the Mitchell farm, near Dexter 1 City, which has proved the most phenomenal gas well in Xoble County. In attempting to ease the well in the summer of 1SSG, water was let into it in order to facilitate the drilling, before the drills could be got in place again the gas pres- sure was so great that the water had frozen into solid ice, as was shown by the result of the drilling, at a depth of 1,450 feet in the earth. I The volume of gas discharged from the well is enormous, and its roar can be heard a great distance. The , gas has been ignited on several oc- | casions, blazing to the top of the | derrick. When it first began to dis- I charge gas the roar could be heard for two or three miles. If is the in- 1 tention to utilize the gas from this well in Dexter City. The later history of the oil opera- tions in Xoble County and the : Macksburg field is thus given by 1 Captain I. C. Phillips, of Caldwell, in a carefully written article, pre- pared for the second edition of Howe's History of Ohio, and is here inserted by permission of its author: uln the year lS<>9or 1S70, George Rice concluded that perhaps geolog- ical conditions existed in the Macks- burg field similar to those in Penn svlvania. and determined to test the matter with the drill, and was sue | cessful in finding a light well in t! < third sand, at a depth of 1.450 feci The result Mr. Rice kept as a pro- i found secret. In the winter of . ' 168 HISTORY OK XOBLE COt'XTY, OHIO. 1882-8, the ‘wild 'eatters’ from the | oil fields of Pennsylvania put in an appearance and began operations on Long Run, about three miles south- east of Macksburg, in Jefferson : Township, Noble County. They were successful in finding oil in the third sand, but plugged the well, re- moved the derrick and reported, when questioned by the anxious farmers in the vicinity, that it was a failure, allowed their leases to ex- pire, and to complete the hoax, hired a farmer, under pledge of secrecy, to haul some oil over the hill from Macksburg, and pour it on the ground around the well, telling him that other oil men from Pennsyl- vania would come, and being de- ceived by the appearance of the oil at the well, would buy his and his neighbors’ lands at a good price, for the purpose of drilling for oil. They then departed and in a short time the supposed ‘ green ies,’ strangers, ignorant of the facts, as the farmers supposed, arrived, and were enabled to lease lands for a small royalty and a light bonus, and made pur- chases outright of lands, at about what they were worth for agricul- tural purposes. After most of the land over a wide extent of country had been secured, drilling began in earnest, and there was a general rush to the new Held from all quar- ters and the field was rapidly devel- oped and its limit defined. Inside these limits there was scarcely a chance of failure to find oil in the third sand, in paying quantities. Pumping stations were established to force water to the tops of the highest hills for the use of the drill- ers, and soon the ground was a net work of pipes conveying water and oil to their different destinations. ‘•The wells range in depth from 1,425 in the valleys, to 1.900 feet on the hill-tops. The Held has an area of -about 4,000 acres, and is oval in shape with its longest axis extend- ing from the northwest to the south- east. The sand varies in thickness from three to twenty feet, and be- sides containing oil has enough gas in the same rock to force the oil to the surface with great energy, through a tube usually two inches in diameter, enclosed in a gum packer, located 50 or 00 feet above the oil producing sand . which prevents the water from de- scending to the sand and causes the oil and gas to flow through the tube and discharge into the receiving tank lo- cated near the well. Then it is drawn off into the Standard Oil Company’s tanks, erected for storage purposes. These tanks are erected in the valley above Elba, ’Washington County, and are connected with all the wells in the field except those belonging to George Rice. The receiving tanks number 35 or 40 and have a capacity of (100,000 barrels, and are connected with the refineries located at Park- ersburg, W\ Ya., by a three inch pipe line. The Macksburg field at its best produced about 8500 barrels of oil daily. The production has fallen to about l.sOO barrels daily, at the present writing, November 1st. issd. This production is from about 5oo wells. ‘‘George Pice, an independent | producer and refiner, erected receiv- . i i PHYSICAL FK ATI' RES A XI) XATl'KAL RESOURCES OF NOBLE COUNTY. 1 09 ini;' tanks at Macksburg and laid a two-inch pipe line over the hills to Lowell, on the Muskingum River, throngli which he forces oil into boats at that place, and iloats it to his refinery located at Marietta. The Macksburg field could never boast of such wonderful ‘ gushers ’ as were found in the Thorn Creek and Wash- ington fields of Pennsylvania. The best well in the Macksburg field probably did not produce more than 3<»0 barrels the first 2d hours after it was shot and tubed; the sand is more compact than any of the fields in Pennsylvania, and consequently yields its precious contents more slowly, and the well is not so soon exhausted. Northeast of Macks- burg near the edge of the field sev- eral large gas-wells have been struck in the search for oil, which would have caused great excitement in any other locality, but which here were onl\ referred to as a failure to find oil. One of these wells visited by the writer three months after the gas j was tapped, threw a column of salt | water 90 feet high, at intervals of five minutes; between these inter- vals the column stood about 50 feet high as steadily as a fountain in full play. In time the great salt rock ; here, 1$0 feet thick, became nearly I exhausted of its water, and the in- tervals became longer, but the gas has not decreased perceptibly, al- though more than two years has elapsed since the well was dialled. “In the winter of 1SS5-C, a small pool was struck two and a half miles northwest of Macksburg in Aurelius Township, Washington County, in the 300 foot sand, which in defiance of old experience was free from water, and had gas enough to force it to the surface. The well started with a yield of 50 barrels per day. The pool was soon drilled out and did not contain more than one hundred acres but was very prof- itable, owing to the low cost of the 1 wells.” CHAPTER XII. THE LEGAL PROFESSION. First Term of Common Plf.as Court in Xorle County — Held at Olive in April, 1851— -The Business Accomplished — Other. Early Terms of Court — Associate Judges — Courts at Sarahsville and Caldwell — Xorle County Bar — The Lawyers Prior to 1851 — Lawyers ok Later Years — IIon. Isaac Parrish — Jabez Bei.ford — Edward A. Bratton and Other Sarahsville Lawyers — 'Wil- liam Priestly — Irwin G. Dudley — IIon. William II. Frazier — William C. Okey — Biographies and Sketches — Benjamin F. Spriggs — D. S. Spriggs — James S. Foreman — Judge D. S. Girds — Hon. J. 51. Dalzell — William Ciiamrers — John M. Amos — McGinnis & Weems — C. M. Watson — Young Lawyers. HIE first courts of the county [ were held at Olive, while the question as to the future location of the seat of justice was still unset- tled. The earliest existing journal of the court of common pleas opens as follows : “Minutes of a court of common pleas held at the office of Robert McKee in the town of Olive, in the County of Noble, in the State of Ohio. “ The State of Ohio, Noble County, ss : Re it remembered that on the first day of April, A. 1). 1851, William Smith, Oilman Dudley and Patrick Finley, Esquires, produced commis- sions from bis excellency, Reuben Wood, governor of Ohio, appointing each of them associate judges of the court of common pleas of Noble County; also certificates on their several commissions that they and each of them bad taken the oath of allegiance and office. Whereupon a court of common pleas was hidden for the County of Noble on the 1st of April 1851. at the office of Rob- ert McKee, in the Town of Olive in the said County of Noble: present, the lion. William Smith, Oilman Dudley and Patrick Finley, asso- ciate judges of said county. " x\j’pon)tineut of 0/ r — It is ordered by the court that- Isaac Q Morris be appointed clerk of this court until the next term thereof. Thereupon the said Isaac < ). Morris appeared and gave bond according to law, and gave the necessary oath j of office. “ Ordered that the court of com- mon pleas and the supremo court in | and for the County of Noble be held at the Methodist meeting house at Olive in Noble County until the per- : manent seat of justice of Noble j Countv be fixed according to law. “Whereupon the court adjourned 1 s) ne dn . “William Smith. “ Presiding Associat e Judge." Thus ended the first term of court. The associate judges above men- i tioned were soon relieved of their 170 ' . THE LEGAL PROFESSION. 171 duties, the office beinjr abolished with the adoption of the constitution of 1851 -2. At the second term of coui’t in Xoble County, wliicji began at Olive on the 19th of June, 1851, Hon. Archibald G. Brown, a judge of the eighth judicial district pre- sided. There were also present the associate judges Smith, Dudley and Finley ; the clerk, Isaac Q. Morris, and the sheriff, Joseph C. Schofield. Xo grand jury was impaneled at this term. The court of common pleas, prior to the establishment of the probate court in 1852, held juris- diction in probate matters, and during this session a large amount of pro- bate business was transacted. Elec- tions for justices of the peace were ordered in several of the townships of the county. William Heed, Ben- jamin L. Mott and Benjamin IS. Spriggs were appointed school ex- aminers for the term of three years; Jabez Ilelford’s bond as prosecuting attorney was accepted, and ''‘there- upon appeared in open court,’ the said Jabez Bel ford, and took the requisite oath of office.’’ David Green was appointed administrator of the estate of Clark Green, de- ceased ; James Best, hitherto a sub- ject of Queen Victoria, came for- ward and declared his intention of becoming a citizen of the Fnited States; Luke S. Di I ley, of Sarahs- ville, and James McG’une, of Olive were appointed county auctioneers; two appeahal cases were now suited, the plaintiffs being non-residents of the county. 'The report of the com- mission locating the countv seat was ordered placed on the minutes of the court, and the protests against the action of the commission were filed. These matters, with some probate business occupied the attention of the court during the first day. Court adjourned on Saturday, the 21st of June, after a brief, but busy session. The prosecuting attorney was allowed $25 for his services during the term, and Sot* for the next, or Xo vein her term. Three cases were disposed of : William S. Burt vs. Levi Balius — an action of assumpsit to recover $85.9* * on a promissory note. The defen- dant confessed judgment, $87.61 and costs. John Liming vs. Absalom Willey; action on an appeal from the Morgan County common pleas court, Sep- tember term, 1850; for fraudulcnce in a horse trade. ( )n this case a special jury, the first in Xoble County, was impaneled, who found Willey guilty and awarded the plaintiff $13.33 — the costs to be recovered of the de- fendant. The jury was composed of Benjamin Tilton. Simeon Blake, Samuel Marquis, Jacob Crow, John Mitchell, William Tracy, William J. Young, David McGarrv, John Mc- Garry, Dr. David McGairy, W. F. McIntyre, and Jacob Fogle. George Willey vs. James Deliver and Benjamin Lyons. This was also an appealed case from the Morgan County common pleas court. The action was for trespass, in cutting wheat on the plaintiff's land. The defendants were adjudged not guilty. ( > n the 2<>th of June at this term of court a cert ilicate of naturalizat ion was granted to John Miller, formerly ■ 172 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. a subject of the government of ilcsse Cassel. Several others tiled their in tentions to become citizens. A num- ber of tavern licenses were granted at 82 each. The November term of court, 1851 . began at Sarahsville on Monday, the 10th, lasted until Saturday. The presiding judge, lion. A. G. Drown was present only during the iirst day, the record for the remainder of the week being signed by William Smith, presiding associate judge. At this term the following grand jury was impaneled and sworn : William Par- rish, foreman; Timothy Smith. Henry Enochs, George Gibson. Frederick' Spencer, John A. Stevens, James Archer (of Joseph), John Buckley. William Kirkpatrick, David Delong, Elijah Fesler, John < fidlle, John Morrison, Julius Pucker, Amos Hughes. The grand jury was dis- charged on Tuesday, having returned Jive indictments — two for illegal voting, two for retailing spirituous liquors, and one for assault and bat- tery. The following reminiscence of the November term of court, 1851, was related to the writer by a prominent legal gentleman : The associate judges, in the ab- sence of the presiding judge, found themselves, at times, considerablv embarrassed, owing to their meager knowledge of the law. A “ mill dam case” (that is, a case for damages to land caused by back-water from a mill-dam) was on trial. The lawyers got into a wrangle over the admissa- bility of certain testimony, and the dispute waxed warm for several hours. Finally Patrick Finlev. one of the judges, became impatient; and. on an appeal being made to the bench, turned to the speaker and | shouted, in his rich, Irish brogue: i “Lawyers! whoy don't ve settle the law among versilves ( Tee's know a | dale more about it than we do!" This term of court was held in the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Sarahsville. Another session, lasting one day. was held during the year 1851, on the Pith of December, before the ! associate judges, whose ollicial life ended shortly after. Hon. Richard Stillwell presided at the term which began April 20, 1852. Sarahsville continued to entertain the court and lawyers until 1858. On the 8th of June of that year the first term of the common pleas court began at Caldwell ; present, Hon. L. P. Marsh, judge ; William C. Okey, clerk, and Samuel Danford, sheriff. Noble is the youngest county in the State. It is small, both in terri- tory and in population ; the people are mainly farmers of a peaceful dis- position and averse to litigation, con- sequently there has never been a large amount of legal business. A ot the county has had, and still has, a bar of more than average ability. Several Noble County lawyers have J distinguished themselves as legisla- j tors, jurists and military ollicers. In this chapter the writer lias sought to include the name of every lawyer | of prominence that ever resided in the county, giving biographical sketches I wherever such were obtainable. ' TI1K I.KGAL PROFESSION. 173 Prior to the formation of the count v few representatives of the legal profession had settled within its limits. The legal business went to the parent Counties of Morgan, Guernsey, Monroe and Washington and was attended to chiefly by law- yers located at the respective county seats. Samuel MeGarry and Dan- iel Pettay, of Sarahsville, and Jabez Pel foil!, "William 31. Kain and Isaac Parrish of Sharon were the only members of the bar resident in the county prior to its organization. From 1851 until after the war a large part of the legal business of the county was attended to bv non- resident la wyers. Prominent among these were lion. John E. Ilanna, Hon. E. E. Evans, Hon. C. IP Tomp- kins and Hon. E. W. Wood of Met 'onnelsville ; Ewart tfc Clarke (lion. Thomas AY . Ewart and Col. Melvin Clarke), of Marietta: the Messrs. Hollister, E. A. Archibald and others of Woodsfiekl ; Judge Nathan Evans, Gen. John Ferguson and other prominent attorneys, of Cambridge. The organization of the county in 1S51 had the effect of inducing a number of young- lawyers to come hither to try their fortunes. The local papers of that date reveal the names of the following resident lawyers: Edward A. Bratton, John McIntosh. Samuel W. P. Cochran (in partnership with McIntosh), Sarahs- ville; Jabez IVlford, William M. Kain, Sharon ; IP 11. Tanevhill. Olive; P. M. Merrill, Summerfield. During the next two years, some of the others having in the meantime removed, the bar of the county re- ceived the following additions: AVilliam Priestly, William C. Okey, Henry Frazier, AVilliam II. Frazier, James K. Casey, J. 11. Both rock, B. E. Spriggs, 31. II. Tanevhill. HON. ISAAC PARRISH, son of Edward Parrish, who settled in Sharon Township in 1819, was not only the first lawyer who resided l within the territory now forming Noble County, but he was also the first and only resident of the county who ever held a seat in Congress. He was a man of more than ordinary ability, and was a shrewd politician. He was considered a good speaker, and during his public life delivered many public addresses in this and neighboring counties. lie was en- terprising and ambitious, somewhat visionary, and often impractical, but always thoroughly in earnest in whatever he undertook. He was an early merchant in the village of Sharon and afterwards was engaged in milling business at the same place. He projected a railroad which ulti- mately merged into the old "Calico” i abroad scheme, by which lie and others were heavy losers. lie did not devote himself closely to law practice for any long period, but bore a good reputation in his profes- sion throughout southeastern Ohio. Isaac Parrish was born in Belmont County in March, 1804. He was mainly self-educated. lie read law in St. Clairsville and was probably admitted to the bar there. He prac- ticed in Guernsev, Belmont and Mor- | gan Counties; was elected prosecut- . . . 17+ HISTORY OF XOr.LK COUNTY, OHIO. ing attorney at Cambridge and rose to prominence. In 1S3S he was elected to Congress from the Eleventh district, Guernsey County, lie was a candidate for re-election but was defeated by lion. Benjamin S. Cow- en. of Belmont. lie then removed to Morgan County and in 1S++ was elected to Congress over Dr. Perley B. Johnson, the Whig nominee, after a close and exciting contest, lie was active in organizing Xoble Conn- . ty, hoping Sharon might secure the county seat. After his second term m Congress, he devoted himself mainly to millin'*’ business in Morgan and Xoble Counties. In 185+ he re- moved to Des Moines, Iowa, where he practiced law for a time. He then went to Harrison County, Iowa, where he died in ISfiO. He was a Democrat, an earnest partisan and very popular with his party, lie was genial and agreeable and readily made friends among all classes. Ho was married in Belmont County to Rachel Haines, and had a family of four sons and two daughters that grew to maturitv. J.viiKZ Bki.foj;]), an early and prom- inent lawyer of Xoble County, was born in Malaga, Monroe Countv. 0., in 1S20. lie was brought up to hard work and had but limited opportunities for obtaining an edu- cation. 1 1 is youth was spent in lloskinsville and vicinity. lie learned the blacksmith's trade when young, but not being satislied with it he sought to improve his mind by reading and study, and finally began the study of law in the ollice of Virtulon Rich, of MeConnelsville, j and was admitted to the bar in 1851. He first began practice in Sharon, but removed to Sarahsville a few years after the organization of the county. He served as the first prosecuting attorney of Xoble Coun- ty, and in that position achieved such success that he at once rose to prominence as a lawyer. lie was afterwards elected to the same po- sition. For several years he was the law partner of Hon. Isaac Parrish, and afterward he sustained the same relation to William (’. Okey, Esq. lie was a skillful and eloquent ad- vocate, a successful lawyer and a good citizen. He removed from Sarahsville to Caldwell, where he served as the first postmaster of the village. During the war he was elected as draft commissioner of the county. He was a Democrat and a partisan, but he never permitted politics to estrange friendship. IIe died in Caldwell, October 22, I8s2. One of the local papers in an obituarv, said: “ Without the advantage of a classical educa- tion in youth, ho has long been re- cognized by those who knew him best, as a gentleman not only learned in the law, but possessed of a vast fund of accurate knowledge of sci- ence. history, and general literature. He was especially fond of biological research and natural history. Seen in the court-room he appeared cold, practical and severe, but his heart was full of generous warmth and noble impulses.'’ At a meeting of the Xoble Countv bar. highly eulo- gistic resolutions were passed, a t which time Hon. W. II. Frazier said : ■ . . THE LEGAL PROFESSION. 175 IK1 was one who always did wlmt hr believed to be right, without pre- judice or favor.” W. C. Okey, who perhaps knew him more intimately than anvone else, said : "I saw him more and knew him better than others. As a lawyer he was greatly above the average. Often when in consultation respecting the merits of a ease. * Is this right as between men. let this test settle the question,’ as soon as thus satisfied, he became I in. vincible in his convictions. Dur- ing his last years his life seemed to begro wing more symmetrical with his extensive reading and reflection.” In J 843 he was married to Miss Clar- rissa, daughter of Lcbbens Fordyce. She was to him a valuable aid in his early struggles with poverty; while lie was engaged in his law studies she supported the family through her own efforts. Ten children were born to them, six of whom are liv- ing. Cyrus, the eldest son, is a farmer; Irwin is an attorney, resid- ing in Toledo. O. ; Richelieu follows the trade of his father; Ethan A. is a physician in Nevada ; Dora mar- ried Reuben McGlashen; Lcbbens, the youngest, is a dentist. Samuel McGarrv afterwards pro- bate judge, was a member of one of the early families in the countv. lie studied law in MeConnelsville and practiced there for a time, lie lo- cated at Sarahsville, and after the establishment of the county, was connected with the editorial manage- ment of several of the earlv news- papers. lie never had anv great amount of law practice. He was the lir.st treasurer of Noble County, and from 1857 to 1804 held the oilice of probate judge, tie removed to the West and died there. Daniel Pettay. who had been a Methodist preacher, was elected jus- tice of the peace, and after some years in that office, was admitted to the bar. He had but little legal business. He was a man of good sense and fair ability. William Marcus Rain was one of the early lawyers and editors of the county. He read law under Jabez Relford, and practiced in Sharon from about 1848 until 1854. Soon after this date we find him at Sarahs- ville, editing a Democratic paper, lie was self educated and of good ability. He is now a Presbyterian minister, residing somewhere in Pennsylvania. Edward A. Bratton was perhaps the leader among the resident law- vers of Sarahsville in 1851 and 1852. lie came from Cambridge, where he had previously practiced several years. lie removed to McArthur, Vinton County in 1853. Samuel W. P. Cochran, from Zanesville, where he had previously been in the tobacco business, after being admitted to the bar. came to Sarahsville in 1851. He held the office of prosecuting attorney about two vears, resigning in 1853, when E. A. Bratton was appointed in his stead. John McIntosh, from the northern part of the State, was his law partner. Neither remained long. William Priestly read law in Sarahsville in the oilice of E. A. Bratton and began practice in that ■ . . 1 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. town. lie removed to Cald well after : tin* latter became the county scat, and remained until 1802, when heentered the ^Ninety -second Oliio Volunteer Infantry as a first lieutenant, lie served through the war and in ISO! was offered a captaincy, but de- clined the commission. lie did not return to Caldwell to practice law after the war. Mr. Priestly was a sound, well-posted man — a good of- ' lice lawyer, but not a fluent speaker. Henry Frazier, a brother of lion. W. II. Frazier, was born in Trumbull County, O., Sept, h, K2E ITe re- ceived a collegiate education : read law with Evans A Scott, Cambridge, O., was admitted to the bar in the fall of 1S51, and began practice at Sarahsville. lie died in August of the following year. I le was a young man possessed of a high order of tal- ent, and had he lived would doubtless have made his mark in his profession. The local paper spoke of him in the highest terms, and the bar passed eulogistic resolutions after his death. Hon. William II. Frazier is so well and favorably known to all _the citizens of Xoble County, that an extended sketch of his life and public- services is unnecessary in this chap- ter. Sullice it to say that no abler lawyer or more honored citizen has ever lived in the county; that his talents entitle his name to a promi- nent place among the distinguished representatives of the legal profession in Ohio; and that his eminent merits as a jurist have received popular rec- ognition in his election to the honor- able position which he now so ably Jills. William III on Frazier, the fourth son and seventh child of Oeorge and Pethiah (Eandall) Frazier, was born in Hubbard. Trumbull County, Ohio, March LI, 1S20. II is father was a native of Kent County. Maryland ; came to Ohio with his parents in 1S(»2 : married a native of Washing- ton County, Pa., and reared eight children. Hannah (Pipley), Henry, William II.. Sarah It. (Watt), George, Israel, Andrew, Asa, of whom four are still living; Sarah. George, Wril- 1 ia in II. and Andrew. The father died in Guernsey County ‘in 1S52. He was a man of great natural abil- ity and force of character. While in Trumbull County he served as a magistrate, and was regarded by his neighbors as a man of sound sense and good judgment. The subject of this notice was reared on a farm and attended school in his native town until twelve years of age, when he accompanied his parents to Guernsey County. Here ! he continued attending the common schools in winter and working on the farm in summer, until he became of age. He then entered Madison Col- lege at Antrim, Guernsey County, spending his vacations at home in farm-work and study; but finding his health impaired, and believing that he would not be able to con- tinue his labors as a farmer, he de- j cided to begin the study of the law. At this time an older brother. Henry, was pursuing a course of study for that profession, and William placed himself under his tutelage, continu- j ing until twenty-six years of age. j when he was admitted to the bar at !• <3 , ■ ■ I / c ♦ TItIC LKGAL l’lIOKKSsfloN ITT ( '« .slioctuii, May IT. 1852. Immedi- after liis admission he began I he practice ol his profession with his brother 1 lenry at Saralisville, then the countv-seat of Xoble County. In the following August his brother died. William II. continued in prac- j t ice at Saralisville until ISA' s. when 1 he removed to Caldwell, the new countv seat. In . March, 1805, he formed a partnership with James S. Foreman, which continued one year, .after which he practiced alone. In is."j 5 he was elected prosecuting at- tornev for the county, and by suc- cessive re-elections was continued in the office for .ten years. lie was twice chosen to this office without opposition. In October, lAil, he was appointed by Governor Hayes to fill the unexpired term of lion. Moses M. Granger as' judge of the court of common pleas, and at the annual election held the same month he was elected to the same office for the term of five years. Subsequently he was twice re-elected as judge of the court of common pleas in the eighth judicial district, no other candidate being put in nomination against him. September 8, 188-1, after having been nominated for cir- cuit judge, he tendered his resigna- tion as common pleas judge, having served in that office thirteen years lacking one month. At the annual election in October, 18>4, he was elected. one of the judges of the cir- cuit court* for seventh circuit, and Tin* circuit court- was organized under an mi paid men t to the constitution adopted in lssil. and »n u< eordanee with the provisions of certain leyis- ).»t i\ e nets. !*-> in the allotment of terms he was al- lotted the term of four years. Possessed of a keen, analytical mind, discriminating, careful and thoughtful; honest of purpose and sound in judgment; of extensive gen- eral information and thorough knowl- edge of the law, aided by a ready and retentive memorv, in his loim and unbroken service upon the bench, Judge Frazier has been distinguished for his love of justice, bis fidelity to the law. and the equity and candor of his decisions. 1 1 is unassuming manners and agreeable social qual- ities render him deservedly popular with men of every party and every condition in life, lie is a Repub- lican, both in the political and in the literal signification of the word, and has risen to his present position solely through his own merits. Ids perseverance, energy and industry. He has been a member of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church for many years. As a citizen of Noble County, Judge Frazier has been prominent in every movement calculated to advance the interests of his town and county. W ith others he founded the first bank in the county, became its first president and still retains that position ; he was also one of the incorporators and first directors of the Cleveland and Marietta Rail- wav, and gave largely of his time and money to promote the building of the road. Judge Frazier was married No- vein her Jo, 1854, to Minerva F. Staats. of Noble County, who is still living. Thev have three sons and • HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY. OHIO. 1 78 four da lighters. Jennie (Lloyd), Anna (Neuhart), AVill iam A., George E.. Alary E.. Louis L. aiid Minnie At. The married daughters reside in Los Angeles. Cal. William C.‘ Okf.y, familiarly known as Judge Okev, is entitled to a place in the first rank of the pres- ent lawyers of Noble County, not only by reason of seniority, but also because his achievements have won for him that position. Ah'. Okev was born in AVoodsfield, Alonroe County, Ohio, August 21. 182s. 11 is father, James Okev, was among the prominent citizens of that countv, holding the office of magis- trate for twenty-one years, and rep- resenting the county in the State legislature for two terms. The sub- ject of this notice spent his boyhood on a farm. After receiving a com- mon school and academic education, he engaged in teaching school dur- ing the winter months, devoting his spare time to the study of the law. In 1819, he entered the law office of Nathan Hollister, and two years later he was admitted to the bar. In 1S52 he opened an office in Sa- rahsville, then the county seat of the newl v-formed County of Noble, as a member of the firm Hollister. ( )key A Hollister, where he soon rose to prominence in his profession. In 1855 he was appointed clerk of of courts and in the following year was elected to that office. He fol- lowed the county seat to Caldwell, thus becoming one of the first set tiers of the village in which he has since resided. At the expiration of his term as clerk he resumed the i practice of law, continuing until lsi‘>2 when he entered the service of his country in Company E. Ninetv-sec- ! ond Ohio Volunteer Infantrv. Re- signing1 in 1 Stiff by reason of disabil- ity. he again took up his practice which he has followed assiduouslv ever since. In 1800 he formed a copartnership with Jabez Telford, one of the most prominent attornevs ot Noble County, which lasted until the decease of Air. Telford in ls82. Air. Okev has never been a politi- cian in the ordinary acceptation of the word, yet he has taken a deep interest in all matters alfecting the general welfare of the country. lie is a firm supporter of the i democratic party. In 1870 he was nominated for judge of the court, of common pleas in opposition to lion. L. AY. A\ ood. of AIcConnelsville. The dis- trict was largely (Republican, yet Air. Okev was defeated by onlv a small majority, running ahead of his ticket in most of the district, and car- rving his own county by 350 major- ity- Ho is the oldest lawyer in Noble County and for many years has had an extensive practice. He is diligent and industrious and conscientious! v faithful to the interests of his clients. Asa lawyer he bears an unspotted reputation. He is a man of decided views; a careful, cautious counselor, and a good judge of the law. A gentleman who has known him inti- mately for twenty eight years, says of him : “1 le is a gentleman, a good law ver and an honest, straight for- ward and reputable citizen." In him the vounger attorneys of the county ' THE I. EGA I- PROFESSION. 179 !i;ivc a faithful friend, always willing to ;dd the deserving in securing a start in their profession. Mr. Okev married for his first wife Miss Julia King, llis present wife was Miss Until Caldwell, daughter of the venerable Joseph ( 'aid well, else- where mentioned. E-rwix G. 1)i i )eev. son of Judge Gil- maii Dudley, was born in Olive Town- ship in lie read law in.Sarahs- ville and was ad i n i t ted to the bar about 1 s lie practiced in Sarahs- ville and Caldwell until the summer of lsii2, when he entered the service j as a captain in the Ninety-second j Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He had a ; good legal mind and was a successful lawver. For several years he was the resident partner in Noble County of lion. John K. Hanna, of McCon- nelsville. After the war he went to Omaha, where he was elected State senator and afterwards police judge. He next went to the Klack Hills and engaged in mining. He is now in Dakota, the proprietor of a sulphur springs resold. James K. Casev came to Sarahs- ville from Cumberland a bout, 1 S53 and practiced in that place for about three rears. He removed to Cambridge and thence to Mt. Vernon, Ohio. He died in the West recently, lie was a good lawyer and a gifted speaker. Kioii Aim II. Tamiyiiii.i, located at Olive in H51. and practiced law and edited a newspaper Jliere for a time. He afterward practiced his profes- sion in lkdesville for a number of years. He removed to Harnesville, wheie lie at present resides. He is now largely engaged in the culture of strawberries. Mr. Taneyhill was an able and forcible editorial writer and possessed legal ability of a high order. His brother, Mordecai II. Taneyhill, also a lawyer, was located at Sarahsville a few years prior to the removal of the county seat to Caldwell. James II. Koturock, as is shown by a card in a local paper, had a law office in Olive in 1853. He came from West Union and was a young- man of ability. He remained a short time in the county waiting for the controversy over the county seat to be settled. Then tiring of this he removed to Iowa. He has since been one of the judges of the supreme court in that State. 11 on. Benjamin F. Serious, for many years a prominent lawyer of Noble County, died at his residence in Sarahsville, January 17. 1S79. He was born in Washington County, Fa., m 1828. and in 18-11 came with his parents to Guernsey County. At the formation of Noble County in 1851, he lived in that part of Guern- sey which was annexed to the new county. Mr. Spriggs taught school in early life, studying law in his spare time. In 1851 he served as deputy clerk of courts in Noble County, lie was also one of the school examiners. He was admitted to the bar in 1851, and soon rose to prominence in his profession. Start- ing as an old-school Democrat, he soon become a leader in flic then Democratic party in the county. For some years he was editor of the Dritiiirra/ ir Courier, published at Sar- ahsville. In 1858 he was nominated ■ - ' ISO HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. for Congress, and was defeated by only a few votes. In 1871, he was nominated for representative to the legislature. David McChirrv being* his opponent. A very spirited campaign ensued, resulting in a tie vote. A new election being ordered. Mr. Spriggs was elected by a considera- ble majority. lie took an active part in local and national politics, and was one of the most effective and earnest workers for Ins party in the county. In 1-mO he was a dele- gate to the St. Louis convention, which nominated Samuel ,J. Tilden for the presidency. During the war he was a member of the military committee of the county. He was a good lawyer, < j u ick m debate, and a fluent talker. He was warm in his friendship, and, though always an earnest partisan, he retained the re- spect and good will of his political adversaries, and was esteemed as a citizen. David S. Srkiogs, one of the lead- ing lawyers and prominent citizens of Noble County, was born in Cen- terville, Belmont County, Ohio, Jan- uary 10, 1835. lie passed his bov- liood on a farm, receiving onlv a good common school education, which he made useful to himself and others by engaging in the work of a teacher. lie also studied surveving. While teaching he pursued the study of law in his spare time, and at the age of twenty-one entered the law olliee of his brother. Hon. 1!. F. Spriggs, of Sarahsville. lie was ad- mitted to the bar in 1S59, and from that time until ISO. he was alter- nately engaged in teaching and the I practice of law, meantime serving three years as school examiner. In ISOb he removed to Caldwell, where he has since had an extensive law practice, ranking among the leading representatives of the profession in this locality. He served as prosecut- ing attorney from 1872 to 1873. In 1875 he was a candidate for repre- sentative to the legislature from Noble County. James M. Dalzell, the Depublican nominee, was elected by a majority of five votes. All'. Spriggs has at various times been nominated for other responsible of- fices, but has been defeated, his party being greatly in the minority. Since 18(53 he has taken an active interest in polities, and has been a prominent worker on the Democratic side in political campaigns. In 1885 he was appointed postmaster at Caldwell, which position he still holds. In 1857 he married Nancy Windom, a cousin of Senator Windom. of Min- nesota. She is a native of Belmont County. Mr. and Mrs. Spriggs have two sons and one daughter. Michael Daxkokd Ki.no was a young lawyer in Caldwell in 1*59. He removed to Barnesville, went into tin* army, and was killed in the service. John W. Bki.l was in Caldwell be- fore the war, and attempted to prac- tice law for a time. He was after- ward in tin* newspaper business, and succeeded admirably. James S. Foreman, son of Hiram and Margaret Foreman, was born near Xenecaville. Guernsey County, Ohio, October 2, 1335. lie received a common school education, and in . r Tin-: rkgai. proi-kssion. 181 earlv life taught school. lie read law under the precept orslii p of J u< lye Evans, of ( Cambridge, and was ad- mitted to the liar September S, 1S<33 < tetoher < 1871, lie was admitted to practice in the United States Circuit Court. He removed to Caldwell in the fall of 18(>1, and practiced here until his decease. He died of paraly- sis, March 22, 1SS<>. He first- prac- ticed in partnership with I lord W. 11. Frazier, and, after the latter was elected judge, formed a partnership with D. S. Spriggs, which continued until his death. .Mr. Foreman was considered one of the best lawyers | in the county, lie served two terms as prosecuting attorney, but never held any other office of prominence. He took an active part in politics, and was a good stump-speaker. lie married Anna M. Summers, of Noble County, in 1 s,v,), and was the father of six children, who are living. J i Doio 1) ranis S. Gums is a pro- minent lawyer and an old resident of Noble County. He is the son of Dennis Gibbs, one of the early New England settlers of Olive Township, and was born in that township, Dec. 25, 1825. lie was reared on his father’s farm and shared the rough experiences of pioneer life. lie re- ceived such schooling as the inferior subscription schools of the earlv (lavs afforded. He was editoriallv con- nected with two of the earlv news- papers of Noble Countv. lie began the study of law in the oliice of lion. Isaac I’arrish and finished in the of- fice of Hon. W. 11. Frazier. He was admitted to the bar in isr.s, but did not enter upon the practice of the i law until 1875 His early political teachings were such that he became a " free-soiler ’’ and cast his first vote for the nominees of that party. On the formation of the Republican party he became an adherent to its principles and still remains constant to them. He has taken an active part in politics formally years and is a sound and effective public speaker. In 1SH3 Mi*. Gibbs was elected to the office of probate judge and for two terms fulfilled the duties of that posi- tion. In 1870 he went to Kansas where he embarked largely in the real estate business until 1873 when the panic brought financial disaster to him. In 1875 he returned to Noble County and in partnership with ’William Chambers engaged in the practice of law. lie has since had a large practice and is a very successful lawyer. Judge Gibbs has been twice married — first, in 1853 to Ilhoda Chamberlain, of Beverly. O.. who died in 1S50 ; and, second, in 18(14 to Ada M. Tuttle. By the first marriage there was one child who died voting. Three children have been borne of the second union — Mattie L., Dennis C. and Ada M. In religious belief. Jugde Gibbs is a Universalist.” I Ion Jaaiks M. Dai.zhi.u now an attorney-at-law in Caldwell, was born in Allegheny City (opposite Pittsburgh), Penn., September 3, 1 838. He attended school in Allegheny, and was quite proficient in the rudi- ments of a common English educa- tion before he was nine years old Then his lather, Robert Dal/.ell, re- ■ ' 182 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. moved to Brookfield Township, ami there commenced farming'. II is youth was spent iilce that of other boys of that day in the country, working on the farm in summer, and attending school in winter three months in the year. At sixteen he had completed the limited curriculum of that period, and having- obtained a certificate set out on foot for Yin- ton County in the winter of ISaJ, and there taught his "first school at $22 per month. With the proceeds he maintained himself at the Ohio University at Athens for a term, and when his money was exhausted, again resorted to “the birch;” and soallern- ately teaching and attending college as he could ; sometimes at Sharon college, again at Oberlin, at Athens, and Washington. Ua The years Hew by, and with such difficulties to en counter and overcome, in making his own wav at college. When the war broke out it found him a junior at Washington College, Penn- sylvania. lie had also graduated from Dull's College, Pittsburgh, but the dream of his life was to finish a full classical course in old Washington ; but the cherished ambi- tion of his youth was frustrated by his enlistment as a common sol- dier in Company II. One I Iund red and Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantrv. Here he served three years without discredit, and was promoted “Ser- geant Major, for gallant and dis- tinguished service,” as his commis- sion reads. At the close of the war returning home to Noble Countv, he was chosen depul v clerk of the court of common pleas, and acted in that j capacity until July, 1SHG, when he was appointed to a clerkship in the United States Treasury at Washing- ton City, which he held for two ! years, until he had graduated in j Columbia College and was admitted | to the bar as attorney at law in ; dune, 1 suy. This he achieved bv j night study alone, for his davs were j devoted to the business of his office. Nov. 2d. 1SG7. he married Miss Ilettie M. Kelley, an estimable i young lady residing then at her i home in Muskingum County. To- gether they spent a pleasant and 1 profitable year at the (Capital. But in the fall of 1SG8 they removed to Caldwell, Ohio, and there have re- sided ever since. Their union has been one of the happiest and blessed with six children, all of whom sur- vive except James Monroe, the eldest son. a very promising youth, whose sudden death at the age of fifteen has cast a deep gloom over the household that mourns his de- parture. Mr. Da I /.ell has always contributed ! to the dailv newspaper press, and it j is probable not going too far tor us j to sav that no name is better known than his among newspaper writers. 1 1 is business for eighteen years has been that of a lawyer, in which ho- llas been fairly successful. In l>»id he was elected prosecuting attorney j and served two years ; and so vigor- ous was his prosecution of liquor sellers that at t he end of his term there was not an open saloon in his count v. In 1 s 7 •"> he was elected to j the (Jeneral Assemble of Ohio, and I represented Noble County so wile . TIIE LEGAL PROFESSION, 1S3 that in 1877 he was reelected for two years more. During his en- tire four years in the legislature he was a member of the judiciary com- mittee. the most intluential and im- portant of all the committees, and the one to which lawyers only are eligible. The entire bodv of Ohio statutory law passed through the hands of this committee for the laws were then being codified and ’re-enacted. In ! sso he was strong! v supported in the ( 'ongfessional convention at St.Clairs- ville for the nomination to Congress, and was balloted for unsuccessfully nearly three hundred times in the most exciting contest for Congress ever witnessed in Ohio The con- vention broke up in confusion, with- out nominating anv one, and then and there Mr. Dal/ell retired from politics and resumed the practice of law more assiduously than ever. For many years he was on the “stump" in various States, and in 1871* was called to Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and in is, SO to Indiana, lie was in demand even- where and was regarded one of the best stump- ers in the United States. He was always a Republican. lie advocated the election of every Republican can- didate, both with voice and pen, from I remont to ( iarlield. I'he confiden- tial friend of Sumner, Frederick Douglass. .James A. (iarlield. Ruther- ford I!. Haves, Cell. \\ . T. Sherman, Henry \\ ilson. John Sherman. ( ). P. Morton. Thaddeus Stevens. Sclmvler • o! lax and a host of t hoi r great con- tomporaries. Mr. Dal/.ell confesses to not a lilt le pride in t heir letters testifying their high regard for him. As is elsewhere fully detailed in this | work, Mr. Dal/.ell was the originator and author of the popular soldiers' | reunions now held annually in all parts of the country. It is doubtful I if there is a soldier in the United | States who does not know “Private . Dal/.ell" (as lie is familiarly called) | at least by reputation, for at the first j and other reunions since established he lias addressed most of them m his patriotic speeches. Besides, he has : always taken a pride in all mat- ters relating to soldiers ever since the war. and devoted a large portion ! of his time and means to the further- ance of their interests not only in this i but in almost every other State. But- since he quit politics and re- sumed the practice of the law, he has passed his time very quietly. AY hen not engaged in the courts or at professional business elsewhere, ! he devotes himself to his books. lie is regarded as one of the first forensic orators in Ohio, and on all public oc- j casions he is in demand. To these ; calls, however, he seldom responds, j for he finds more pleasure and profit in the plain, plodding practice of the law and the presence of his family to whom he is doubly devoted. Allen Miller came from Zanes- - ville about the close of the war and ; opened a law-ollice in Caldwell, ile was a young man and only a brief resident, lie has since gained an enviable reputation as a lawyer in Zanesville, Columbus, and else- where. Ono, Jennings, now of AYoods- i lield, studied law with D. S. Spriggs, . - 184 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. and practiced in Caldwell a year or more. Colonel 'Wilbkut 1>. Tktkks served as clerk of courts in Noble County, lie was the only soldier that went from the countv who attained to the rank of Colonel. lie was in the One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. lie was ad- mitted to the bar about 18(18, but never practiced, lie is now a resident of Bowlder, Colorado, and is marshal of that city. "William Chamukes, a leading* law- yer, was born in Calvert Countv, Maryland, in 1842. His father, "William Chambers, was a sea-faring* man in his early life, but afterwards became a farmer. The subject of this notice was reared on a farm. In 1853 he came to Ohio with his par- ents. Ilis father settled on a farm in Monroe County where he died in 1 806 at the age of seventv Years. "William lived on the farm and fol- lowed school teaching a portion of the time until 1 sr, 7. when he entered upon the study of the law. In 1 8<>D he was admitted to the bar and in 1871 began the practice of his pro- fession in Caldwell. In 1872, on the incorporation of the village, he became its first mayor, holding the ollice four years. In 1875 he was elected prosecuting attornev. He served one term in that ollice. Mr. chambers is a Republican and has been an active worker for his partv. He is a man of extensive and varied information and is 1 horoiighl v versed in the law. Ib* was married in ls7t> 1o Martha A., daughter of Rev. 'Jeremiah Phillips, of the Pittsburgh M. E. Conference. They have four I children. John M. Amos, now editor of the I Cambridge esoni.a n , was reared and educated in Noble County. lie taught school in early life, studied law under Spriggs tfc Foreman and was admitted to the bar. After prac- ticing law for a time he engaged in the newspaper business, building up the Democratic organ of the county and making it. for almost the first time in its history, a paying newspa- per property. At the same time he practiced law and took a leading part in polities, lie sold out his ! newspaper in 1884 and removed to Cambridge. Mr. Amos was a Re- publican until 1871 but has since ! acted with the Democrats. Fred A\ . Moore was born in 1845, and died in April. H74. lie j attended college at "Washington, Pennsylvania, in lsii5-(>, arid after- ward studied law in the office of Hon. F. "W. "Wood, in McConnels- vi lie. He was admitted to the bar at Pomeroy, Ohio, in 1871, and soon after began practice in Caldwell, in partnership with J. F. \oung. Esq. In Julv, 1873, he became associated with John M. Amos, Esq . in the publication of the Citizen- s* Pee. s*«v, but the state of his health soon com- pelled him to retire from active labor. John F.- Yoino, from St. Clairs- ' ville a graduate of the college at "Washington, Pennsylvania, located in Caldwell, in 1871, and practiced until 1 874 ; a part of the time in partnership with Fred AV. Moore. He went to Bella ire where he prae- i ticed law several veal’s. ■ . . THE EEGAE PROFESSION. 1 85 N VT1IAN H. WllARTON, WUS bOHl in what is now .Marion rownship. Mav lo, is 14. lie received such advantages lor education as were oll'ered h\' the district schools of that dav. At the age of eight- teen he enlisted in Company 1). Ninety-second Ohio Volunteer In- fantrv. lie was a member of that command until March, ls(53, when he was discharged at.( 'arthage, Tennes- see, hy reason of disability con- tracted in the service. May 2, ]8f>4, heagain entered the service, this time as a member of Company C., One Hundred and Sixty-first Ohio Na- tional Guards, lie served in this company until it was discharged from the service, at Cam}) Chase, September 0, lst;4. On his re- turn to his home he began the study of the law in the office of I Ion. ,1. M. Dalzell, and was admit- ted to practice by the district court ot Columbia County, April 2(i, 1 s 7 1 , At the October election of lS.xi, he was elected prosecuting attorney of Noble ( 'utility. which position he tilled creditably lor three* vears. In .July 1 ss.). he was a ppoin ted special a<>'ent for t he ( I en era 1 hand ( tllicc with headquarters at St. ( loud, Minne- sota. He married Miss Amelia A. daughter ot Kinsey and Louisa •L'hn. April 2o Iml5, and has a fam- ily o| lea children. I - ^ "i no, from St. Clairs- ' die. a graduate of the colh'ge at U •l>hington. I ’a., located in Caldwell ’ •s*1 ninl practiced until 1x74, a l‘:,n 1,1 ,'1"* < inn* in part nership with I led A . Moore. He went to I icllaire "Mere he practiced law several years. James V. Barnes was reared at Smnmerlield, in this county ; studied law under lion. -J. M. Dalzell, and was admitted to the bar about is 72. After his admission he practiced in partnership with his preceptor for a short time. lie is now in the gov- ernment printing office at Wash- ington, I ). 0. James M. McGinnis is a well-in- formed and prominent lawyer. Jle was born in Tuscarawas (dainty in 1847, and came to Smnmerlield when young. He secured an education through his own exertions, attend- ing the common schools and Mount Union college. For several years he was a successful teacher, adopting this profession to obtain means with which to pursue his studies. In Feb- ruary, 1805, he became a member of Company D, One Hundred and Eighty difth < fhioVolunteer Infantry, and served until mustered out the following September. From 1x73 to 1878 lie was principal of the Suni- merfield schools. He read law in the office of Spriggs A Foreman in the meantime, and was admitted to the bar IB* was elected prosecuting attorney in 1877, removed to Cald- well in 1878 to assume the duties of his office, and has since been in suc- cessful practice hero. In 1873 he was re-elected prosecuting attorney, and held the office during another term, lie was in partnership with Hon. J. M. Dalzell for live years, and is now a member ol the law lirm of McGinnis A Weems. Mr. McGinnis is an earnest Hepublican. He was married in 1x73 to Miss Emma, daughter ol William Peregov. ' ■ . ' HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. 180 Capell L. Weems is an able you rig1 lawyer, who is fast earning for him- self an honored place in the rallies of the profession. lie was born at Whigville, Marion Township, .Tnlv 7, I860, lie attended the common and normal schools until the age of six- teen, when he began teaching school, and taught with occasional interrup- tions until he began the practice of law. lie studied law under the tui- tion of Dal/.ell A McGinnis, bepin- ning at the age of nineteen, and was admitted to the bar in October, 1881 lie then took a position as superin- tendent of schools at Seneca ville, Guernsey County, where he remained until 1883. In the spring of that year lie settled in Caldwell, and en- tered upon the practice in partner- ship with James M. McGinnis, Esq. Mr. A\ eems was elected prosecuting' attorney in 1SS4-, and has ablv dis- charged the duties of that position. In November, 1SS3, he was married to Mary 15. Nav. Clark M. W atsox. was born in Seneca Township, Noble Countv, June 15,184:7. The Watson family were among the earl v settlers of that township, lie was educated in the normal schools and at the Ohio Wes- leyan University, graduating' from the classical department of that in- stitution in 1874. For the three years succeeding his graduation he served as superintendent of schools in Chosterville, Morrow Countv, Se- ville, Medina Count v, and Frederick- town, Knox Countv, meantime read ing law in his spare moments, lie next entered the law ollice of lion. L II. Critehlield. ex-attorney -gen- eral of Ohio, at Cleveland, and in the spring of 1878 was admitted to the bar in that city. In the fall of the same year he removed to Caldwell, where he still practices his profes- sion. Mr. Watson is a Hcpublican and a Methodist, lie was married in 187-1 to Miss Lottie A. Frown, a native of Cuyhoga County, and is the father of one' child. E. II. Archer, now a clerk in the adjutant-general's ollice at Columbus, was reared and educated in Noble Countv. lie read law with Hon. J. M. Dalzell. was admitted to the bar about 1877, practiced in Caldwell with success until 1885, when he went to Columbus to assume the duties of his present position. Ada m J. Smith, from Muskingum Countv. studied law in Caldwell, and was admitted to the bar about 1877. lie practiced here for a short time, lie then removed to Kansas, where he now holds the position of prose- cuting attorney. Russell W. Summers, son of Dr. R. R. Summers, was born near Sum- merlield in 1854. After receiving an academical education he began the studv of law in the ollice of Rel- ford A Okey. and in September, ls7S. was admitted to the bar. He began to practice, in Caldwell, in 1870. He married Miss Lillie Moore, of Renrock, Noble County. [kyin I’ki.iori), son ot Jala*/. I'eb ford, served as clerk o! courts horn 1 S 7— to 1878. and about the close ot his second term as clerk \'as admit- ted to the bar. After a few years he removed to Toledo, where he is at pres- I mit assistant proseciil tug aUofiiey, THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. 1ST Charles T. Lewis, who served for ;i time as cashier of the Noble County Hank, began his legal studies in Ma- rietta and linished them in Caldwell, where lie was admitted to the bar about 1STS. Forming a partnership with Irvin He! ford, he practiced with him in Caldwell until ls$2, when both removed to Toledo. D. A. Jennings. editor of the /Vr.v.v, is among the younger repre- sentatives of the legal profession in Caldwell. See Chapter N1A . Charles A. Leland was born in Sharon. Noble Countv. in 18(50. lie is the son of H. M. Leland. a prominent citizen of this county. He received a common-school edu- cation, read law in the office of Dalzell A McGinnis, and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1SS1. Mr. Leland. has been a teacher since he was sixteen years old. and is at present (January. 1887) the teacher of the Caldwell grammar I school. CHAPTER XIII THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. Remarks Iron the Physician’s Vocation — Early .Medical Practitioners in Eoiu.e Poi nty — Du. Ziua Lindi.ky. of Brookfield, 1815 — Du. David McGarry, the Pion- eer Physician — An Estimate ok iiis Character — He Died in 1851 — Three of His Sons Seen ssi-tl Doctors — Dr. William McKee — Mr. James F. Cackle and Other Physicians of Saraiisvii.lk — Medical History of Sharon, Si mmerfiei.d and Batks- vii. i. e — The Physicians of Caldwell, Early and Late — The Profession in Other Towns and Villages — I Iiiiamsrurg — Mount Ephraim — II arid i ttsyii.lk — Par- lisle, East l nion and Middi.euurg — Jackson Township, Dexter City and Fulda. poet who was also a phvsician, sa id : " (tod and the doctor we alike adore •Inst on the brink of danger — not before, 1 lie danger past, both are al'kc requited — 0"d i> forgotten and the doctor slighted.” Ahh '•ugh the ph vsician’s voctitiou a- justly regarded as among the most important <>1 human pursuits, it is id\ ert Iteless true tlitit, considering ' • '■ 'phdilieat ions and t he lahor re- 1 i ' 1 1 1 • H . if is among tin* least protita- b 1 • "I a pecuniary sense. Especially j is this true of the country doctor j who attends faithfully to his work j and holds himself in readiness to at- 1 tend to all calls, bv dav or night, in “winter’s cold or summer's heat.’’ Such a man is a public benefactor; j and although he is often poorlv paid, even in thanks, the world could not do without him. In this chapter it has been ihe en- ’ dcavor ot the editor to give the name of every physician of promi- nence who has resided in the count v. * ' 188 HISTORY OF NORFF COUNTY, OHIO. together with such tacts in the his- tory of his life as could be gathered from trustworthy sources. Dr. Zira Lindi.fv was one of the pioneer physicians, lie set tied in Brookfield Township about 1815, and for several years was a successful medical practitioner, lie was prob- ably the first regular doctor who set- tled within the limits of the county. He was a son-in-law of Judge Wil- liam Bunnells, one of the early pioneers. Dr. Erknkzer Bowen and his brother, Dr. George Bowen, of Waterford; Dr. John 1! Begnier. Dr. Hodge and Dr. Benjamin Brown, of JMacksburg, all had more or less practice in the valleys of Duck Creek in early years. Dr. George Bowen, of Waterford, W ashington County, had a large practice throughout the western por- tion of Noble County. Dr. Clark of Seelysville, Morgan County was another early doctor who practiced in the same field. Dr. McGarrv. of Olive, and Dr. Ziba Lindleyof Brook- field were the only resident physi- cians at an early day in the western part of the territory now forming the county. Dr. D avid McGarrv may prop- erly be regarded as the pioneer physi clan of the county, inasmuch as he was the first medical graduate to settle in this section of the country, and had through life an extensive practice. He died at his home in Olive Township Oct. (>, 1 s.~> I . The In rent. ujator of the same date said of him: “In his deatli we shall not mourn the loss of any political signification, but the departure of one who, living, was worthy the noblest name with which the Almighty stamps his creat- ures— a man: one of those very few who regard their neighbor's welfare as their own and do unto others as thev would that others should do unto them * " * * The poor 'may bless his beneficence; the rich, his talent and skill; his friends his never-failing radiance of affection ; his enemies, if any lie had. his kind and forgiving disposition, and a merciful and all-wise God will take charge of the rest.” Dr. McGarrv was a native of Ireland, and graduated in medicine at the university of Glasgow, lie came to America when a youngman and about 181 fi settled in Olive Township, near what afterwards became the village of ( Hive. He was the first physician of prominence in the county, and with the exception of Dr. AY m. McKee, and one or two others, prob- able the onlv medical graduate in the county up to the time of his death. II is practice was extensive. He was sound in judgment, and in everv way well-fitted for his calling. He was therefore one of the most respected and honored citizens of the community in which he resided. He married Miss Beed alter coming here, and was the father of several sons. Three of these sons, Samuel, Robert and John, adopted their fath- er's profession and' were all prom- inent as good phvsieians. 1 hough not having the educational advanta- ges which their fat her enjoyed, they had a good knowledge ol medicine, ' THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. ISO ;inr. Samuel MeGarry, who died at Olive in 187-1, was an unusually ex- cellent physician and was held m hiyli esteem. 11 is brothers. John and liobert, also practiced in the county until their deaths, and were gener- ally popular. Dr. "William McKee was one of the best of the pioneer physicians of the countv, and for many years had an extensive practice, lie was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1707; received an academic education and in 1S-2S graduated in medicine at the university of Glasgow, Scotland, lie practiced in Belfast, Ireland, a few years, and in about 1*32 came to America, whither some of his rel- atives had preceded him. lie re- mained onlv a few years, meantime teaching a few terms of school in Zanesville and Sharon, lie then re- turned to his native country, but came back again about 1830, and lo- cating at Olive, made his home with his cousin, liobert McKee. Good doctors were then very few in the ncwlv settled country ; his practice soon became extensive, and he had calls by day and night to attend pa- tients in the country for twenty miles around, lie led a busy and use- ful career and was greatly esteemed by all. lie continued to practice in Noble ( 'ounty until his death, July 1. I st;;>. He was a, man of modest, unassuming ways; of sound and re- liable judgment and thorough knowl- edge. lie married Martha J. Clv- mer of Olive Tow nship in is 1 1 , and was tlu1 father of seven children, live of whom survive and live in Noble County — Andrew C., Isaac E., Flora F. (Lund), Orvil O. and Charles \V. Dr. Or v i r, O. McKee is one of the prominent physicians of Caldwell, lie was born in Olive Township Feb. 'J, 1*5-1. After attending the com- mon schools and academies of this locality, he took a four years’ course at the University of Michigan, grad- uating from the medical department of that institution in 18*2. Immed- iately afterward he settled in Cald- well where he has since been pursuing his vocation with good success. Dr. McKee was married to Sarah "Whar- ton, of Cambridge, in 18*5. Dr. James F. Capell was one of the brightest and best men of the county. lie not only succeeded ad- mirably in his profession, but lie also edited a paper with conspicuous abil- ity, and was distinguished for the force and vigor of his writings. Dr. Capell was one of the early treasur- ers of Nolle County, and in the controversy winch resulted in the removal of the county seat from Sarahsville, he was always an active participant. lie was born and reared in Marion Township, and after re- ceiving both a common school and collegiate education, he began the study of medicine under Dr. "Wad- dell, of Belmont Countv. lie loca- ted at Sarahsville early in the historv of that town, and was soon in suc- cessful practice. For thirty years he was an untiring worker in the professional Held, and had the esteem and respect of all who knew him. Probably his practice was larger than that of any other physician of ■ 190 HISTORY OF XOBI.K COUNTY, OHIO. the county of his time. lie died in the vicinity of Caldwell, at the home of his father-in-law. I.)r. David McGarry. Preceding Dr. Capell at Sarahsville, there were several phy- sicians who were brief residents — Dr. Welch, originally from Belmont County; Dr. Connor, from the vicin- itv of Cumberland, and others. Dr. J. Y. Hopkins was a resident of Sarahsville in 1S51. lie remained several years. The present physi- cians are: J)r. W. S. Spriggs and Dr. J. D. Aldridge. Wn.nvM S. Surigos, M. D., is among the old and reputable phy- sicians of Noble County. For nearly a quarter of a century he has devoted himself to the practice of his profession in Sarahsville and vicin- ity. lie was born in Beimont County, Ohio, in 1 SAT. II is father, Morris Spriggs, was one of the early settlers of the county, and the father of eight children who grew to ma- turity. Benjamin F., the elder, was one of the leading lawyers of the county; .John P. is an attorney of Monroe County ; David S. is a prom- inent member of the Noble Countv bar; J. \Y. is a lawyer and a leading citizen of Salem, Oregon ; Dr. Will- iam S., the subject of this notice; Dr. Alfred IF. of Illinois; and Eliza and Sarah B The family are a race of teachers, and in early life all fol- lowed that vocation. William S. received a thorough common-school education, and at the age of l went v began the study of medicine' in the ollicc of Dr. .John Kellar, of Mi. Ephraim, Ohio. Completing1 his preparatory course he entered the Starling Medical College. The fol- lowing year he began practice at Mt. Ephraim, and in a comparatively short time was in the possession of a remunerative business. II is atten- tion, however, was diverted from his professional duties by the stirring scenes that were then being enacted, and. in company with others, he re- cruited Company II, of the One Hun- dred and Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Upon the organization of flic regiment he was elected first- lieutenant of this company, lie served under General Milroy in the Valley campaign ; was at the battle of Winchester, and was with the reg- iment. until 1S(>1, when he resigned his commission, returned tohis home and resumed his practice at Mt. Ephraim. Shortly after he removed to Sarahsville, where he has since remained, giving his time wholly to his professional duties, and it's but just to say that no physician in the county has attained a more enviable position in the practice than he. or enjoys a greater degree of confidence and esteem ol the people. While he has devoted himself assiduously to his practice he has interested himself in all matters pertaining to Sarahs- ville, especially in the advancement of its educational interests. In polit- ical belief he is a Democrat, and while he is not a politician in the ordinarv sense of the term, has iden- tified himself prominently with local politics. In 1 S59 the doctor was married to Miss Matilda Gant. She ! died in 1S7N and in 1n79 he was again married to Miss Ida Iliekle. 1 J!y the first marriage t here were three ■ ' ■ THE MEDICAL PROFESSION'. 191 , li il«l rcn Edgar, Ethelind and Clem- , |,i I).: 1 )\ the second. Frank. Sadie and Ernest. .John I). Aldridge, M. D.. was born in Tuscarawas County , Oh.io. in ldto. He received his literary education at Mt. Union College1, and began the study of medicine under the tuition Of T. II. Wil son. of Dennison, ( )hio. lie graduated with honor from the Starling Medical in 1883, and in the same rear established nimscll in the practice of his profession in Sarahs- ville, where he has built up a suc- cessful and remunerative practice, lie is a member of the County Med- ical Society. The doctor was married in 1882, to Miss Alice Sheppley. of lUue Hell. Guernsey County, Ohio. The first settled physician in Sharon was Dr. John Kirkpatrick, who came about 1835 from Guernsey County. In 1837 he located on a farm near Sharon, from which he re- moved about a year later, lie was considered a good doctor. Next came Dr. Joseph A". Allison, from Washington County, who remained eight or nine years, leaving in 1817. He had a good practice and was a most worthy citizen. Dr. Jesse M. Stone came to Sharon soon after I)r. Allison, lie was a successful doctor and a man of good intelligence. He was one of the associate judges of Morgan Conn tv, chosen to that posi- tion just before the adoption of the new Constitution of Ohio. Dr. John Hardy was located in Sharon at the same time with Drs. Allison and Stone, and remained several years. Later physicians have been ipiite mi physicians having located here, each of whom remained but a short time. The present medical practitioner is Dr. Felix ( ). Neptune, son of Weslev Neptune, of Middleburg. Du. Charles Siiuaeiier was a Ger- man who located in Sharon prior to the formation of the county and practiced there several years. Du.. Howells practiced in Sharon several years prior to the war. He went out with the Ninety-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry as a sur- geon. He was killed in a steamboat disaster a fter the war. Dr Fkaxcis Slater, a native of England and an Edinburgh graduate, settled at Sharon in 1855. Though a man of unquestioned ability, he ob- tained but a small practice here. At the beginning of the war lie was ap- pointed by Governor Dennison assist- ant surgeon of the Seventh Kegiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and his abil- ity and skill soon brought him into prominence, i le served as surgeon-in- chief, Kanawha division, department of Ohio; medical director, post of Chattanooga; medical director, four- teenth army corps; medical director, cavalry corps, and finally as medical director, department of Alabama. From 1 80S to 1874 he was medical referee in the F. S. Pension Ollice. He died at Washington, I ). (A. in 1 S 7 *. * . Du. Jesse M. Stone, a native of Harrison County, began practicing at 1 1 iramsburg. and priorto 1848 located m Sharon, where he remained some years. He afterwards practiced in other parts of the countv. lie re- moved to Tennessee and died there. Dr. Stone wa a prominent politician merous, many young ■ , . HISTORY OF NOBLE COL XT Y, OHIO. 102 of the Democratic party, and was once an aspirant for member of Congress from this district. lie was elected associate judge of Morgan County, under the old constitution, while Sharon was a part of Morgan County. Il<‘ was moderately suc- cessful as a doctor. Dr. Joshua Ckaio, who was born and educated in Ireland, came to Marion Township when the country was new, and for many years was the only medical adviser in that sec- tion of the county. lie had an ex- tensive practice, and was considered a good and useful member of his pro- fession. The first resident physician of Summerfield was Dr. David Finnic, lie came in 1880 from Guernsey County, and after about three years' practice returned to that county. Dr. John Hanford came next, and first engaged in school teaching. He was unmarried, and lived with dames W. Slmnkland. lie took up the study of medicine without a precep- tor, and after acquiring some knowl- edge of the art, began practicing. From Summerfield lie removed to Cincinnati. Next came Dr. John 'Waterman, from Waterford. Wash- ington County, who remained a year or two. I)r. Nathan Johns, a “steam doctor," or an adherent to the Thomsonian system, was here several years and bon* an excellent reputation, t hough his school gener- ally was held in no great favor. He died in Summerfield. About the same time came Dr. Foreman. -and later, Dr. Graham. Dr. William Hare, Dr. Williams and Dr. Mechem also practiced here a short time each. Dr. Carder, a professed cancer doc- tor. was also in Summerfield several years. Dr. Robert Stephenson, an Englishman, formerly a traveling Methodist preacher, came here from Somerton about 18-Ri. and remained in the town and vicinity until about lSGti. when lie removed to Center- ville. Iowa, where he died later. He was a competent physician and quite successful in his practice. Dr. II. 13. Taylor, who was brought up in the vicinity of Sum- merfield, studied medicine in Me- Connelsville. and practiced in Carlisle and Summerfield. lie was a useful member of his profession. For a time he was a local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church, but he joined the Free Methodists be- foreleaving Summerfield. lie went to Kansas. Dr. Taylor was the* son of Rev. Edward II. Taylor, a well- known Methodist circuit preacher of pioneer days. 1 1 is mother, Lvdia (Rrewster) Taylor, was a lady of re- markable intelligence and agreeable manners. She was a teacher among the Indians in the early years of ( )hio. Roth she and her husband are buried at Summerfield. Dr. William Horton, son of Moses Horton, was reared and educated at Summerfield. and practiced his pro- fession here for several years at dif- ferent periods. lie studied under Dr. Graham, who married his sister and pract iced some years in t he town. Dr. Graham removed to Kansas and was in the “ border war." I )r. Horton removed to Southern Indiana about 1871, and now lives near Cincinnati. ' rt • • TIIE MEDICAL PROFESSION. 193 Dr. A. A. Staats is now the oldest resident physician of Summer-field. IJe lias practiced here about eighteen vears. Dr. W. R. Taylor has prac- ticed in the town several years and is a competent physician. II is brother. Dr. David Tavlor. formerly practiced here. Dr. R. S. Rrown is in the drug business in Summerlield. Dr. Rhuiskn R. Simmers was born in Fayette County, Pa., in ISIS. In 183:1 he came t<» Ohio with his parents. His father was a promi- nent farmer in Harrison County, where he died in 185b. He reared a family of four children. Reuben P. Summers passed his early life on the farm, receiving a good common- school education. At the age of twenty he began the study of medi- cine under Dr. Enoch Thomas, of New Athens. On removing to Summerlield he began the practice of his profession, in which he was highly successful; but owing to ill- health he abandoned his practice and began the mercantile business. During the war he was engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods, from 18t!5 to 1871 he was a tobacco merchant. In 1871 he came to Caldwell, and engaged in the boot, shoe and leather trade which he still billows, lie married Violet A., daughter of Alexander Franklin, lie is the father of live sons and six daughters. He is a Republican in politics, and in early vears was con- nected with the ITiderground Rail- road movement. Dr. .!< 'UN 1 5 El, TON Si’ A R 1. 1 NO, SOU of V yndham Sparling, of Sparling, of Marion Township, was born in Ire- land, and graduated as a surgeon in that city. On obtaining his diploma in 1851, he went as surgeon of Her Majesty's vessel, carrying Sir John McDonald as governor to Sierra Leon. He landed at Charleston, S. C., and came thence to his father’s, where he soon had a large practice. Falling into the temptation ofdrink, a career that might have been useful and brilliant was ruined. He was probably the best read physician ever in this county. He died in April. ISOS, leaving a. family of live voting children. Dr. A. A. Staats. of Summer- field, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, in 1838. He attended school in Sarahsville, and was for a time a student at Marietta College. In 18GJ lie enlisted in the Eighty -eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until mustered out July 3. 18(55. Jn 18(50 he began the study of medicine under I>r. H. 0. Downey, now of Caldwell. He attended medical lec- tures at the Starling Medical College one term, and in 1808 graduated at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery. After a short resi- dence in Sarahsville, he located at Summerlield in 1809, where he is still in practice. Robert Stephenson, M. D^a promi- nent practitioner of Centrevillc, Iowa, was born in Ohio September 16, 18-11. He studied medicine with his father and graduated from the Iowa State I’niversity in 1807. September 17, 18(51. he enlisted as a private soldier in Company I)., Forty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, a regiment made famous by its gallant commander, . ' HISTORY OF MOURE COUNTY. OHIO. 1 94 General James A. Garfield. lie served with credit until his discharge from the service as first sergeant, September BO, 1894. The following year he removed to Iowa, where' he married Miss Ruth E. Pennington, a native of AVest Virginia. The doc- tor is 'in possession of an extensive and lucrative practice, and. although a young man, has attained an envi- able position among the physicians of the State. In 1SSB he was elected to the chair of demonstrator of an- atomy and gynecologv, in the Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons at Des Moines, Iowa. lie is now mak- ing a specialty of surgery and gyne- cology, his practice taking him to all portions of the State. lie is local surgeon for the Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific, and the Kansas and Mis- souri Railroads, lie is a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and in the Ala- sonic older occupies the position of Captain General of St. John's Commandory, Xo. 21. lie is a mem- ber of the State .Medical Societv. also the Des Moines Valley Medical Association, and the Appanoose County Medical Society. He takes a deep interest in the welfare of the Grand Army of the Republic, and is prominently connected with that organization. In his religious atlili- ations he is a Presbyterian. He has four children. Ralph ( ).. Robert, Glenn and Bessie B. Du. Wiiu.iam Ross Tayi.ok. — The subject of this notice was born in Switzerland County, Indiana, in 1850, and was reared on a farm, lie served two years as Countv Super- intendent of schools in his native county, and in 1874 entered Frbana. (Ohio). University, from which he graduated in 1S7V lie then taught school and read medicine for three J years. In ISM he came to Summer- field where he continued his studies under the tuition of his brother. Dr. D. II. Taylor; attended the Miami University of Aledicine in Us 1-2. and in lss2 began practice in Sum- merfiekl. In ls.sB-4 he attended the College of Physicians and Sur- geons, Baltimore. Alaryland, grad- uating Alarcli 4. Iss4. He returned to Summerfield, bought his brother's practice and is now successfullv en- gaged in his profession. Few doc- tors in the county have a hu ger prac- tice. Dr. Taylor was married in IsSa to Jenola lvean. of Summerfield, and they have one child— Glen B. Dr. Rom kt Samckl Brown is a native of Xoble County, born in Alarion Township in 185(i. lie was brought up on the farm of his par- ents, attending the common schools ' and two terms of normal school at Summerfield In 1S7S he began reading medicine under the preeep- torship of Dr. D. II. Taylor; at- tended the Columbus Aledical Col- lege in is 79-80 ; was granted a cer- tificate bv the Xoble County Medi- cal Societ v in ISso. and began prac- t ice in that yea r : attended ( 'olum bus .Medical College in 1882 B. and grad- uated in March. 1 sSB. 1 Ie then located in Middleburg'. where he remained un- til is 84. when he came to Summer- field and bought the drug score of Tavmr Bros, lie has since1 followed j the drug business. ■ . ■ ' TIIE MKDICAE PROFESSION 1 95 Dr. David Frame, si ]>1 1 vsicism in Heaver Township. was taxed 84 on tin* ( iuenisey County tax duplicate for ixgo. The i i ist physician who settled in Hatesville was I)r. .Joseph Wilcox. He came in the infancy of the town, Is.-;:;, remained many yea rs and had a large practice. Dr. Wilcox studied medicine in Fniontown, Helmont Count v. Jh. William F>. Stotler, from Knox County came next. lie lead medicine in Haniesville. After some vears practice in Hatesville, his house was hunted and he removed to Missouri, where he was still living' at last accounts. Dr. John Stotler, ill’s brother, also practiced in Hatesville a few years. Dr. Hoops, a compe- tent and skillful physician practiced several years and died in Hatesville. Dr. John Taylor, Dr. Crimes, Dr. Moore and others have been among the later physicians. Dr. (’. A. Moore remained several vears, re- moving'about 1 ssi i. |)r. .J. 11. Til- ton practiced about two vears, and in 1 s s : ! went west. The present physicians of Hatesville are Dr. T. S. Kosengraut and Dr. Frank James. Dr. dames came in 1-sSO. Dr. Rosen- gran i settled in the town in IS8J. He is a native of Cuernsev Countv, and came from Fairview. He is a graduate of the Columbus Medical ( olh-ire. and stands well profession- ally and sociallv. Du. I'uank James, of Hatesville, is tif son of Rufus F. James, of Sharon 1 "unship. j]i was born in Noble ( on ii t y , July Hi, 1X55. He worked "ii a farm until seventeen years of age. then engaged in school teachim*’ and the study of medicine. Di. Rolen, of Cumberland, Ohio, was his medical preceptor. He attended med- ical lectures at Columbus and Haiti- more, graduating from the college of physicians and surgeons in the latter city, lie is now engaged in prac- ticing his profession in Hatesville. In Caldwell, probably the first settled physician was Dr. Atkinson Martin, whose biographv appears elsewhere. He came to the town in 1S59, and fora time served as deputv auditor. Dr. J. M. Moorehead came to Caldwell about is<>2and remained two or three years. Dr. Ernest Gibbs also located here during' the war. Dr. Hopkins, now of Macks- burg, came from Monroe Count v, and was among the early phvsicians. Dr. J. W. lvraps. now of Dexter Citv, practiced inCaldwell from 1 SG5 until about 1S71. Dr. John Martin came in 1804. Dr. J. W. Hull (deceased) practiced here a few years. Du. John McGaruy was born in ( )live Township in lS2o. He studied medicine under his father's tuition, and for over twenty years was en- gaged in practice in this county. He married Elizabeth, daughter of George Walters, and reared live chil- dren—William G., Henry lb. John Ik, James II. and Mary H. (deceased). The sons all reside in Noble County except one. Du. Euwi.x Ginns was an accom- plished gentleman, and an able, skill- ful phvsieian. He was the son of Dennis G ibbs, and was born in Olive Township in IM9. A Iter receiving a common school education he began the studv of medicine, under Dr. ■ • , . - HISTORY OF NOBI.H COUNTY, OHIO. 190 David McGarrv. He then pursued a course at the Cincinnati Medical College, and graduated from that in- stitution when about twenty-four years of age. lie began practice in Summer field and remained there about one year. lie married Susan Lund, of Washington County, and removed to Beverly. TJiere he soon gained a large practice, which he attended to until the death of his wife, after which he returned to Olive Township. Here also he had an ex- tensive practice, and was highly es- teemed. lie died in 18(15, at the age of fortv-six. -Prior to his death he located in the town of Caldwell, where he practiced for some time. In his death Noble County lost a first- class medical man. Dr. John Martin, a prominent physician of Caldwell, was born in Monroe County, Ohio, May 1. 1832. lie was reared on a farm, receiving a common school education and after- wards attended Monroe Academy at W oodsfield. lie began the study of medicine under Dr. W. T. Sinclair, of Woodsfield, remaining with him four Years, assisting him in his prac- tice during the last year. lie next attended the Forest City Medical College at Cleveland, and on his re- tinal practiced in Woodsfield for two years. He then removed to Mon- mouth, III., where he remained fann- ing. practicing medicine and follow- ing t he drug business until lsitl. In October of that year he was ap- pointed 1 1 v Governor Yates assis- tant surgeon of the Fifty-fifth Illinois (fractional i Regiment. In Februarv, 1 8(12, the. 1 'egiment was consolidated with the Fifty-seventh Illinois, and he returned to Ohio soon after vol- unteering as surgeon in the Ninetv- second Ohio Volunteer Infantrv, with which he served until Novem- ber. when he left the regiment on account of ill health. In lStH he came to Caldwell anil en- gaged in practice. In 1 SOS-9 he | attended the Miami Medical Col- : lege where he graduated in March, 1809, and has since practiced in Caldwell. In the spring of 1S05 lie was commissioned surgeon for drafted soldiers with the rank of major. Has been government pen- sioner examiner since 1873. Dr. j Martin has served as school examiner of the county, and is at present president of the board | of education in Caldwell. He was married in 1S50 to Charlotte C., daughter of Judge Kirkbride, of Woodsfield. 1 1 is children are Wal- ter C., station agent at Mount ( J i lead , ().; Frank M„ editor Caldwell Jour- nal', Willis K. (deceased), and Carl Otto. Robert C. Downey, M. D. — The grandparents of the subject of this notice were born near Winchester, Va.; his father, who was the seventh : son, was named Doctor. He came to Ohio and settled in Noble Township about 1820. There Robert C. Dow- ■ ney was born in 1834. In early life he farmed and taught school. He studied medicine in Guernsey Coun- ty and in Indiana, and graduated ; from the Starling Medical College. Jn 18(13 he became assistant surgeon of the Thirteenth Ohio Cavalry and served until f he dose of the wa r. being ■ ■ ' 1 Til K MKDICAL PKOI-KSSIOX. present in nil the buttles regiment was engaged, war he has practiced his profession in Noble County, lie has been mar- ried lour times and is the father of three children. Dr. Downey served as count v coroner four years. lie is a Republican and a member of the (fraud Army of the Republic, Ma- sons and < Kid Fellows. On Annus Perry Simons, M. D.. was born in Zanesville, Ohio, January 2(>. 1M2 His father, John White Si- mons, was one of the early settlers of Muskingum County, and was horn near Philadelphia, Pa., in 1819. He foil owed the vocation of an iron woiker, and removed to Zanesville in 1830. lie died in Cambridge in 1871. Dr. Simons received an acad- emical education, and studied medi- cine under the tutelage of Dr. An- drew Wall, of Cambridge. Comple- ting his preparatory course he at- tended the Michigan Medical Col- lege, graduating, however, from the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati m 1 sti-f . In the spring of 18(52 he entered the army as assistant sur- geon in the general hospital at (’amp Dennison. Ohio. Alter passing an examination before the State board of medical o.Hicers, he was commis- sioned assistant surgeon of the N inetv -eighth Ohio Volunteer Infan- try. His division joined Sherman’s command, and he followed the for- tunes of this army from “Atlanta to the Sea. At the close of the war he was mustered out with his regi- ment at Cleveland, in 18(57) Flatter- ing oilers were made him to accept a position in the regular armv which 197 he declined. Returning to Cambridge he established himself in practice, making a specialty of surgerv and diseases of the eye and car. In his practice the doctor was highly suc- cessful, and soon attained an enviable position among his professional brethren. Aside from his profess- ional duties he gave some attention to political matters, and in 1881 re- ceived the nomination for State sena- tor. In 188.3 he came to Caldwell, and engaged in the drug business. Since this time he has not been in active practice, giving his attention to special cases only. In 1881 the doctor was married to Mrs. Arrena Kells, daughter of Henry Teener, of Caldwell. Jin. GF A. Way has practiced his profession in Caldwell since 18(59. lie is thoroughly well-read and a very competent medical adviser. He was born in Marietta in 1811. His parents removed to a farm in Mon- roe County in 1857 but he continued to attend school and college in Ma- rietta. In 1801 he entered the ser- vice as a private in the One llundred- and Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infan- try. served through the war and at its close was mustered out as second lieutenant. This, considering the youthful age at which he entered the army, is a remarkably good record, before entering the army he began the study of medicine under Dr. .Joshua Way, of Monroe Countv. He afterward attended the Miami Medical College of Cincinnati, from which he graduated March 8, 18(59. In 1 870 he married Miss Maria Skin- ner of Meigs Count v. Two children in which his Since the . • ■ - HISTOKY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. 108 have been burn of tins union I)r. Wav is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the Xoble County Medical Society. He was one of the original members of the latter in 18(51) and has served contin- uously as its secretary ever since. Dk. W. S. Be bo ft, a prominent young physician, is amative of Athens County, born in ]s52. He was edu- cated at Beverly College, Washing- ton County ; studied medicine under Dr. B. II. Kelly of Waterford ; at- tended the ( 'olumbus Medical College and graduated witii the class of Is Ml. He began his professional career in Caldwell where he has a large prac- tice. Dr. Bebout is a Republican and has served one term as coroner of the county. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. He was married in 1878 to Mss M. A Iveever of Washington County and they have three children. Corwin E. Bugher, M. I)., was born in Blue Bells, Guernsey Countv, Ohio, in 18(50. He received a collegi- ate education and studied medicine under the tutelage of .Joseph Run- sol lefif, M. I)., F. R. C. S., who occu- pies the chair of descriptive anatomy and clinical surgery in the Medical College of Ohio at Cincinnati. He took one course at the Michigan Medical College at Ann Arbor, thence to tin* Ohio Medical College where he graduated in the class of 1887. In April of the same year he established himself in the practice of his profession at Caldwell. The lirst physician at 1 1 iranisburgh was Dr. George who located there prior to I8.‘5(iand remained two or three years, lie came from Wash- ington. Guernsey County. Dr. Ram- sey. a competent and scholarly phy- sician practiced in this place about eight years and was highly esteemed. Du. X at 1 1 a x P. Cope was for sev- eral years engaged in medical prac- tice at II iranisburgh. lie was born in Harrison County, duly In, 1815, and was a member of the Society of Friends. In 1841 he married Jane Black', who is still living, near 1 1 iranisburgh. They reared a family : of eight children. Dr. Cope settled ; atlliramsburgh in i 84-7 and remained until his death, in March, lsits. A number of young physicians have been brief residents of Ilirams- burgli. Dk. John Fin bey, of II iranisburgh. ! is a native of this county, where his ; parents were early settlers. He was born in 1845, and received his med- ical education at Baltimore and Cin- cinnati, where lie graduated with the degree of At. 1). lie has been en- I gaged in the practice of medicine at 1 1 iranisburgh since 1877, and has been ! very successful. He has been twice married and has one child. Dr. Finley is a I lemocrat, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of the Masonic order. The lirst physician to locate in Mount Ephraim, was Dr. Edmund Medium from Belmont County, who 1 settled about 1842. and remained a i few years. About a year after he \ came he was joined by his brother. Dr. Jesse E. Medium, who remained : about ten years. Dr. Edmund Me- dium went West t his brother fol- lowed him in 185:5, and is now living T 1 1 K MKHIOAC RKORKSSION. in Kansas. Tnev were both well-read j>li vsicians. I >i‘. Jesse had a large practice and was very successful. Du. John Kn.r.i i;. of Mount Eph- raim. was horn in what is now Cen- ter Township, Noble County, Decem- ber 22. lie has since been actively engaged in the practice of his profession. He has served as coroner and justice of the peace. The first settled physician in Ilar- riettsville was Dr. Baldridge, who came prior to 1S4-0 and was only a brief resident. Dr. Frank M. (Mason came to Ilarriettsville soon after Dr. Bald- ridge. He went to California in 181b and remained there a short time. Returning to Noble County he was elected sheriff, removed to Sarahsville, and held that office until 1855. lie sold out to Dr. 'Wilson. In 1 857-8 iie again practiced in Ilar- ; riettsvitle, as a partner of Dr. Martin, to whom lie sold out in 1858. Dr. Mason then went west and is now in j Oregon, lie was accounted a good i physician. Dr. Wilson, who succeeded to Dr. j Mason's practice while the latter was J sheriff, was of the eclectic school, lie returned to his former home in Helmont County after a few years. Dr. Patterson was here a short time, among the early physicians. Dr. Curtis was here for a brief time, later. Dr. Nelson Walters came to Ilarriettsville prior to 1857 and re . ■ ' ' 200 II I STORY OF NOLLE COUNTV, OIIU). rmiined several years. H e was reared in Sharon Township and studied medicine under Dr. .John McGarry. lie now lives on a farm near Elba. Dr William G. Martin practiced m Ilarriettsville from 181.50 until his death. April 8, 1SS2. lie was born in Monroe County, February 23, 1838. lie passed his boyhood on a farm, receiving a common-school education. lie studied medicine under Dr. George Mason of Stafford, and began its practice in Ilarrietts- ville. lie was kind, charitable and much esteemed both professionally and socially. He was married in 1801 to Margaret Pryor, of Elk I Township, who bore him two sons. I Dr. Martin was a prominent Odd Fellow and served as district deputy grand marshal. Dr. J. W. Prock succeeded him in practice and is still in ITarriettsville. Dk. Atkinson Martin was born in Monroe County in 1832; brought up on a farm ; attended the common schools and Woodslield academy ; read medicine under Dr. W. T. Sin- clair, of Woodslield; went to Kan- sas in 1855 and began practice there. In 1.850-7 he attended the Cleveland, Ohio, medical college, and in 1857 settled at Ilarriettsville. where he remained three years. I le then went to Caldwell, where he served as deputy auditor under George Hell, and at the same time practiced med- icine. He was also in the mercan- I tile business in Caldwell for two years. In 1800 he went to Omaha, returning to Caldwell in 1870 and remaining until ls78. He after- wards resided in Sharon and Dexter, I . and in 1882 returned to Ilarrietts- ! villo, his present residence. In 1801 he married .Martha Dudley, of Olive Township. Two of his children are living — Erwin J. and Elizabeth. Dr. J. W. Frock has resided and practiced in Ilarriettsville since March. 1882. He was born at An- tioch, Monroe County, in 1850; edu- cated in the common schools and at the National Normal School, Leba- non. Ohio; studied medicine under Dr. G. W. Mason, of Station!. Ohio. He attended medical lectures at the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati ; began practice at Calais. Monroe County, in 1877 ; moved thence to Elba, Washington County, and from Elba to 1 lari iettsville. 1 )r. Frock was married in 1881 to Minnie Seidler, of Elba, Washington County. He is a member of the Odd Fellows' Lodge I and of the Noble County Medical Society. Dr. J. II. Williams has practiced medicine in Ilarriettsville since dune, I 1SS5. 1 1 is boyhood was spent -chiefly on a farm. He was educated at Summeriield and studied medicine I under his father, Dr. J. F. Williams, ! of Monroe County. He graduated from the Columbus Medical College in the spring of 1883, and entered upon active practice in 1885. He is the partner of Dr. J. W. Frock. The first physician in Carlisle was Dr. L. S. Cummins, who came in 1831) and remained until 1850, when ho removed to California. He was a competent physician and had a large practice. Dr. McPherson, Iron) ( itiernsev ( ’on n 1 v, followed 1 )r. ( 'um- minsand remained six or seven years. - , ■ i ■ 'HI K MEDICAL UKOFKSSION. 201 I >r. John McGarrv, son of Dr. David McGarry, one of the pioneer pli vsi- eiansof the county, next practiced here. Dr. Itichard II. Kean, from Monroe Countv, resided in Carlisle a number of years. lie was a success- ful doctor. Several other physicians have been brief residents of the place. Dr. A. F. Dorr is the present resident physician. The early medical practice of the southeastern part of the county was largelv attended toby Dr. Brown, of Macksburgh. and 1 loctors McKee and McGarrv, of Olive. Dr. Miles Ogle, who now resides near Dudley, was the first settled phvsieian of Middle- burg. where he had a good practice, lie remained about fifteen years. He was reared in the county. Dr. J. 11. Tilton was in Middleburg a number of years. lie came from Belmont Bounty. After leaving Middleburg lie practiced in Sharon, Caldwell and Batcsville, finally moving to Illinois. Dr. Felix ( ). Neptune, now of Sharon, pract iced in Middleburg s weral vears and was successful. Several physi- cians have practiced here at different dates, each remaining but a short time. Dr. A. Andrus, of Columbus, Ohio, is a young graduate who set- tled in Middleburg in 1880, is the present resident physician. Du. Mira s Ooi.k, who now lives on a farm near Dudley, practiced medi- cine lor some years in Middleburg. He was succeeded in 1S<>7 bv Dr. dames 1'. Brown, who remained four years. At Fast I n ion Dr. Samuel McGar ry "as the first practicing phvsieian. N- xt came I >r. J. IF Hilton. Fuel) of these remained but a short time. Dr. Daugherty practiced several years with good success. Dr. D. II. Taylor, a, competent physician, prac- j ticed two years, then removed to WT heeling, his present location. Dr. Amos Day was here longer than any other physician. He came from Watertown. Washington County. He went to Senecaville and thence to Olive, where lie died. Other doc- tors have practiced here for brief per- iods. Dr. G. T. Tingle is the pres- ent physician. The medical men of Sharon. Olive, Beverly and Macksburgh attended to the wants of Jackson Township in early years. Dr. Bowen of Water- ford, Dr. McGarrv of Olive, and Dr. Brown of Macksburgh, each had con- siderable practice in this Township. About JS5U Dr. Jacob Shaub located at Jacksonville (Crooked Tree), but he was only a brief resident. Then came William Boyd, who was a good physician and had a large practice, lie also carried on the mercantile business for several years. Dr. Bovd died in the West. Dr. Black came later and was the last settled physi- cian at Crooked Tree. John W. Kraus, AF I)., is among the oldest physicians of Noble Coun- ty, and occupies a foremost position | among the leading practitioners in this section of the State. His family are of German extraction. John Kraps, the progenitor of the family in this country, and the pater- grand father of the doctor, was a soldier of the Kevoluf ion and at the (dose of that great struggle settled in Maryland, where he married and 1 . ■ ■ 202 IUSTOKY OF NOnr.H COUNTY, OHIO. ■where Jacob Knaps, the fat her of John AY., was born From Maryland the family removed to Ohio, taking- their residence in Jefferson County, where John W. was born in 1820. His father was 'an itinerant Methodist minister and unable to give to his son the educational advantages he so much desired, but by precept and ex- ample he instilled in his mind those principles which have since been the controlling- factors in his career. 1 1 is mother nee Elizabeth Beal, an es- timable lady, was of German parent- age but born in Maryland, her grand- father, Alexander Clancy, was a revo lutionary soldier. But little isknown of his history further than that he was an early settler of Ohio, where he died at an advanced age. The early life of Doctor Kraps was not unlike that of most boys of that day. lie acquired largely through his own efforts a, good English education, and was extremely anxious to enter the Military Academy at West Point, thinking a militan life would be con- genial to Ins tastes, but in deference to the wishes of his father he aban- doned his project and chose the prac- tice of medicine as his life’s vocat ion. In IS ft) he became the student of an eminent physician of Zanesville, Ohio, completing his preparatory course he entered the Cincinnati Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons, from which he graduated with honor in the spring of 1X5?., and soon after established himself in the practice of his profession at Gaysport, Ohio, where in a short t ime lie found him self in the possession of a large prac- tice. ’Thence he removed to Rural Dale. Ohio, where he was in active practice until 1 Oi3, when he entered the service as Surgeon of the One 1 lundred and Sixtieth Regiment < )hio Volunteer Infantry with the rank of major. With this organization In- remained about four months, when he was assigned to the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The doctor soon attained, an enviable reputation as a surgeon, and w.as detailed for the more intricate and difficult branches of the science. lie was at the battles of Monocacv. Monticello, Bed Mountain. Columbia, Selma, Ala., Montgomery, Ala., and Colum- bus, Ga. After the close of the war he located in Caldwell, where for twelve years ho had a large and lucra- tive ora dice. In 1878 he removed to Dexter City where he now is engaged. lie is an acknowledged authority on everything pertaining to surgical science especially surgi- cal gynecology, while in the gen- eral practice none have attained a greater degree of success, and in all matters involving a thorough knowledge of medical science he is considered an oracle. Dr. Kraps is a gentleman to whom the Latin phrase “Faber sine fortume ” is eminently applicable. In early life ho was dependent upon his own re- sources, and through his own efforts he has won success in all. departments of life. In 18-18, lie was married to Miss Martha E. McNabb of Zanes- ville. By this union, there were live children, Jacob, Francis, Charles W. Sarah E.. John 11. and Lois P.; the three last are deceased. In l Wo, Mrs. K raps dicul, and in lx Bl the doe- • ■ T1IK MKHICAL VKOFF.SSIoN 203 tor was again married to Miss Susan L., daughter of Doctor Erwin X. (.Tibbs, an eminent physician of raid- well. Ohio. The doctor is a worthy member of the Masonic fraternity and the Grand Army of the Republic. Samifi. G. Wisiiakd, M. D., is the son of John R. and Eliza .1. (Adair) AVishard. and was born m \\ inches- ter, Guernsey County, Ohio, in 1813. In early life he followed teaching', lie entered the army in June, 1801, in Company F, Twenty sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was mus- tered out as first sergeant in De- cember. 1805. lie was in the battles at Pittsburgh Landing, Perrvville. Laverne, Stone River, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Buzzard’s Roost. Re- saca, Adairsville, New Hope Church, Burnt Hickory, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Lovejoy. Colum- bia, Spring Hill. Franklin and Nash- ville. After the close of the war his regiment was sent to Texas in the Fourth Army Corps. In 1S05 he mar- ried Miss Susie Gray, of 'Washington County. Two children. Proctor and Nellie, were born of this union; the latter died in 1881 at the age of ten months. Mrs. AVishard is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. AVishard graduated at the old Cleveland Medical College in 1871. lie is a member of the Noble County Medical Society; is located at Dexter City where he lias a large practice. He is a member ot the order of Odd 1' ellows. and holds the office of sur- geon in the Grand Armv of the Re- public post at ! te.xter Cit v. lb; P. M. McA’ay was born in franklin Township, Monroe ( 'ountv, Ohio, in 1812. At the age of thirteen his mother died, and from that time he was dependent upon his own re- sources; he acquired a good common- school education, taught school, and at the age of twenty began the study of medicine in the office of AAL G. Martin, of Ilarriettsville. He passed a creditable examination before the censors of Monroe County, and in 18(55 established himself in the prac- tice of his profession in Dexter City where he remained until 1879 at which time lie was elected to the of- fice of county treasurer, which posi- tion lie filled creditably for two terms. In the autumn of 1SS5 he formed a co-partnership with AAL II. Bush, and the iirm established the Caldwell woolen mills. In 18(51 the doctor was married to M ss Lovina Prvor ; they have live children living. Dk. G. T. Tixoi.f was born in Cam- bridge, Ohio, in 1812. II is father. Dr. J. P. Tingle, is one of the oldest practitioners of Guernsey County, having been in continuous practice since 1838. Both father and son were born in thesame houseand in the same room. This house has quite a remarkable history. During the AYar of 1812 it was a recruiting office, and the first court held in Guernsey C .'ountv was held in it. The Tingle family were originally from A Lrginia. George R. Tingle, the progenitor of t lie family in t lie State, came to ( ’am- bridge in 1 8< m ; and built the third house in the village. During the AA’ar of 1812 lie held a captain's ci nil- mission. The doctor studied medi- cine with his father, and attended Starling Medical College, Columbus, ' ; . 20-1 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. < >1j io. In spring of 1804 lie enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventy-second Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company A, of which his father was acting sur- geon. In October of 1804 he was j discharged in order to enter the hos- pital department, lie began prac- tice in 1806 at Otsego, Muskingum County, Ohio, and in 1 SSI came to East Union, Noble County. Ohio. In 1807 the doctor was married to Miss | Amanda Shrigley, of Adamsville. Muskingum County, Ohio; they have four children, George, Bertie, 'Walter and Lina. The doctor is a successful practitioner and has a large and luc- rative practice, and is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Grand Army of the Republic, $ and a staunch Republican. L)r. James II. Abbott began the practice of medicine at Kennonsburgh in 1872. and has since resided there. He was born in Beverly. Ohio, in 1844, and in early life taught school and gave instruction in music, lie began the study of medicine in 1800. and in 1872 graduated from the Miami j Medical College, Cincinnati, lie married I.ydia A. Law in 1874. and is the lather of three children. Dr. Abbott served in the late war from May, 1S04. until the close. Dr. AT. R. Boggs, of Keiths, is a native of Noble Countv. where his parents reared a family of eight chil- dren. He was born at Sharon. March 23, 1854. lie followed teach- ing, and in 1883 graduated from the Kentucky School of Medicine at Louisville. He settled at Keiths, where he is now in successful prac- tice. Dr. Boggs is an Odd Fellow and a Democrat. lie was married in 1870 to Sarah A. Barkley, of this countv, and they have one child, Ola. I)r. James T. Brown, a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., settled in Fulda in 1874 and was the first physician in the place. He still resides in Fulda, having a good practice. Dr. Brown came to Middleburg, in this countv in 1807, and practiced until 1871. when he returned to Pittsburgh and remained three years. . ‘ CHAPTER XIV. THE COUNTY PRESS. Growth and Ini i,n:xci: of Mooeux Journalism — Contrast Between Country Papers of tiii. Past and of the Present — History of the Whig and Republican Papers in Noble Cor nt y — “ The Investigator” Published at Oi.ive in 1851 — Its Part- in the Cor.NTY Seat Controversy — Description op an Early Copy — Advertisers and Items — Changes of Ownership— “The Noble County Patriot” at Saraiis- vii re — “The Christian Harbinger” — "The Republican ” and the •‘Consoli- dated Kepfbi.ican” — "The Noble County Republican ” at Cardwell — Succes- sive Owners — Its Present Condition — The “ Cat, dwell Journal,” a New Re- publican Paper Founded in 1883 — Democratic Papers of the County — The Democratic Courier at Saraiisville in 1851 — Changes in Name and Ownership — Removal to Caldwell — Suspension — "The Spectator” — ‘‘The Citizens’ Press” "The Caldwell Press ’’Its Present Management — “The Noble County Democrat” — Brief Notices of Former Editors. found its place as the chronicler of local news, the protector and de- fender of home interests; and recog- nizes the fact that its mission and that of the great journals of the day are totally distinct, separated by well-defined lines. Tins change has caused the country papers to he more liberally patronized, and given them a degree of influence which they never could have attained under the old method. The first county paper published by "Whigs was the Noble County Invextijatov, begun at Olive in duly. 1S51, by Oliver 1*. Wharton and Richard II. Taneyhill. The hu'I gold.”1 “To those who owe I must now say, I need your help w.thoul delay : And if 1 get a part that's due, I may not be compelled to sue." Among other advertisers, nearly all of whom are now dead, are .1 . .1. Parker, manufacturer of straw-cut- ters, ( Hive ; George M indors. black- smith. < Hive : I.evi Devolld. tanner, ha rnessma ker and shoemaker, ( 'en- t re Township: Thomas Stoekwell, stone-cutter. Olivo ; benjamin Head- ley, hoot and shoemaker; G. \\ . An- derson. forwarding and commission merchant, Ih’idgeport ; Abner Mor- ris. wagonmaker. (Hive; A. Judd, jr., proprietor of bowel 1 mills; Me- (’arth\ vV Paxton. Sharon, announce . ■ 'i'll k county imikss. tlicii- g< iods for sale at cost, being- a I M H it to move west. Ilotel cards: John Harlan. I). J. Drake. Summer- lidd : William Parish. Sharon ; P. Tliorla. W. Thorla, Olive. Lawyers: Green A Taneyhill, Davis Green of Marietta, and It. 11. Taneyhill of Olive; Cochran A: McIntosh, S. M . P. Cochran and John Mid- tosh, Sarahsville ; Jabez Belford, William M. Rain. Sharon; E. A. Bratton, Sarahsville. Physicians: Dr. J. V. Hopkins, Sarahsville; Dr. John Mc- Oariv, Carlisle. A feature, which happily finds no counterpart in a modern newspaper, was a Bank- note list," corrected weekly, show- ing the discounts and values of vari- ous State bank-notes. A number of the advertisements are repeated on dif- ferent pages. doubtless for the pur- pose of Idling space. On the whole the paper was much better than the average country weekly of that dav. In the spring of 18J2 Mr. Taney - hill, sold his interest in the Inrrsli- (fulor to Dennis S. Gibbs, who con- tinued its publication in partner- ship with Mr. Wharton, for a short time. In August. 1-8J2. we find Oli- ver Jk Wharton and Janies F. Capell publishing Th< J'eophh * Ortjur , in Sarahsville. The chief purpose of the paper seems to have been to se- cure the removal of the countv seat Irom Sarahsville. The Unjatt was a live local paper for those days. Dr. James P. Capell, the junior edi- tor n I the paper, was one of the ablest and most gifted men of Noble Oounty. 1I(> was an able and elo- • |Uont speaker, and a brilliant and accomplished writer. 207 The People* Orulhcuu. He en- larged the paper to seven columns, introduced more local matter, im- proved its appearance and added greatly to its value. P»v untiring effort he raised the subscription list from Rio names to a living patron- age, and made a paying property of a newspaper which had encountered innumerable vicissitudes and bank- rupted many of its former owners. He is still at the helm doing earnest work for the Republican partv and striving for the interest and welfare of the people of Noble Countv. The Hejiulhrm) , by successive enlarge- ments. has grown to a nine-column folio, and its subscribers number over 1,500. The paper has had a con- tinual existence since the vear in which Noble County was formed. Mr. Cooley's long and successful career as editor and proprietor of the Hepuhldcan entitles him to an exceptionally high rank as a success- ful newspaper man. Wallace II. Cooley was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1S4-L At the age of thirteen he be- gan learning the printer's trade, and in the spring of 1859, at the age of fifteen, he came to Caldwell and be- gan work for John L. Shaw in the of lice of the Hepull lean. In the spring of ISO] he enlisted in the T wen tv-fifth Ohio Volunteer I n fan try. in which regiment he served three years. Enlisting in Hancock's Vet- erans at the expiration of this term, he served until the close of the war. In 18(5(5 he returned to Cald- well where he was principally en- gaged in working at his trade until 1,8(59 when he became connected with the management of the Hepulheun. In lsyu he was married to Miss Miranda E. Reed, oi Noble Count v. They have two children living and three deceased. Mr.Cooley hasalwavs voted the Republican ticket, lie be- longs to tin1 Masons, the Odd lei- ' . . ■ ' TiriC COUNTY TRUSS. 209 |,,ws and t lie Grand Army of the iO'j m'nlic. ■|'he Caldwell Journal was estab- lished in lss‘5 and its first number issued (sii the 23d ol August by frank M. Mart in. editor and proprietor. It is a Republican paper, and ably sup- ports the principles of its party. It has had an unusually slice essful career, all things considered, and is now on a permanent and prosperous hash, with a, circulation of about l.ooo. In size the Journal is a six- column (piarto. April 1. 1SSG, Air. Marlin sold a half interest to -J. F. Knoiitr. and the paper was conducted b\ Martin tv lvnouif until December of the same vear when Mr. Martin again became sole proprietor. The Journal is well edited, and some of its editorials on current topics bear the impress of deep thought and of a high order of talent. frank M. Martin, the founder of the paper, was horn in Warren County. Illinois, -June 28, 1859, but came to .Noble County when live years old. 111. AL Stone, Elias Kackley and Samuel AlcGarry. The editorial comments are few in number but well-worded. Among' the political, articles are selections relating to Franklin Pierce and James Jv. Polk. A tribute to the memory of Ilenry Frazier, deceased, is pub- lished by members of the Noble County bar. A short article recounts a meeting at Point Pleasant. August 20, for the purpose of organizing a company to build a plank road from Sarahsville to Point Pleasant and thence to Cambridge. The meeting adjourned to meet at Sarahsville August 30. The report is signed by Charles Otis, president, and C. J. Albright and George Drown, secre- taries. Two ordinances of the town of Carlisle are published, both for the suppres.-uorr of intemperance, signed by George AY. Shack- lee, mavor, and It. 11. Cain, recorder. An obit- uary of Joseph Salladav is published, copied from the OrhU (itunli/ 1 )< iiiDf/'itt . A t ter the presidential campaign of ISO) the paper suspended publication; but in tin* following year it was revived ' 1 1 211 T1IK COUN'I fora short time bv George Mc( ’lfl- Iand. He sold out ami the press and materia! were moved out of the county. In 1 sr>:k the Democrats of the count v. feeling desirous of represen- tation hv a local organ, persuaded Robert Hutchinson to purchase the material of the Woodsffeld Ifrruld, with which he started the J>enw- ' .W/r.v in Caldwell. Soon after Nathaniel Capell became his associ- ate. but the business 'proved unprofit- able and publication was suspended. I Robert J. Smith was the next pro- prietor and the paper was continued by him until some time in the year 1 m'!5. Then Cyrus MeGlashan and 'William Clvnter took hold of the business. Clvnter retired shortly after, hut MeGlashan stuck to it hravely and kept 1 he paper going un- der the mime of the Noble County I A’< /'•* until 1800, when he turned it over to William A. Wallace. The latter moved the ollice to Summer- Held, published a few numbers of a. paper called the Cottoi/e I 'isifor, and j then quit, for linancial reasons, in | 1 s T 1 Cyrus MeGlashan bought back the material and started the Weekly SjH-rfitfnr in Caldwell. It was a small paper, poorly printed and poorly i j ftit r« mixed. In 1 ''72. the p; i per passed into the ha lids of John M. Amos and E rcd- ci iek W. Moor, -, who cln i nged its name to the ( ’ifl-ciis / w, im- pINlVlM 1 its appe; trance and secure h1 a better pat in mag -e. In March 1 A!. M 1 « UN - sol d his interest on acce unit of fail ine' liealt h . and John M. A nn is U vain ie s< >le proprietor. 1 hnler Ins v pi mss. editorship the paper was well con ducted and prosperous. In April 1 SS4, Mr. Amos sold out to A. P. Jennings A Son. who changed the name to the Caldwell Pe< s* and are the present proprietors. Mr. I). A. Jennings, editor and manager of the /Voss, assumed his present position May 1. 1884. lie moved 'the office to its present loca- tion, and changed the form of the paper from an eight-column folio to a six-column quarto. In January, 1S8<>, he discarded the “patent” side, thus giving space for more local mat- ter than was formerly possible. The /kv.v.v is edited with ability and al- ways contains a large amount of original matter, both of local and general interest. An interesting fea- ture of the paper is its educational depart meat, in which the interests of teachers and schools are ably and candidly discussed. The Press is constantly improving. Its circula- tion is now 1,500. and it is by far the most successful Democratic newspa- per ever published in Aoble County. 1). A. Jennings was born in Noble County, June 22. 1*55. After at- tending the common and normal schools, he entered Adrian College, Michigan, from which he graduated at the age of l went \ -one, receiving- two degrees — bachelor of arts and bachelor of science — on the same dav, an honor never before conferred upon any student of the institution, lie next traveled and studied itt Europe for about two years. After returning to his native county, he went west, and in 1880 edited the hull iteiulritl ol Cast le Rock, ( olo- ■ 212 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. ratio, for one year. During that time he was admitted to the bar of Den- ver, Colorado. lie afterwards taught school for some time, but was com- pelled to abandon that profession on account of failing health. Since ISS-f lie has edited the / Ve.v.v and prac- ticed law in Caldwell. Mr. Jennings was married in 1880, at Boulder. Col., to Miss Hell Zora King, of Castle llock. They have one child — Myra. The Noble County Democrat, a new candidate for popular favor, made its appearance July 20, 188b, and apparently has "come to stay.-’ It is edited and published by C. W. Evans, a voting man of energy and enterprise, who is thoroughly famil- iar with everv department of news- paper work. its typographical appearance is unexceptionable, while its local page contains a large quan- tity and a great variety of items of interest to every citizen. The Demo- crat is devoted to the interests of Noble County and of the party whose name it bears. It is an eight-column folio, and its subscript ion price is one dollar per year. It already has a good circulation, and its patronage is rapidly increasing. Charles "Wesley Evans was born in Barnesville, ()., Nov. 23, 1855, and is the'son of Robert B. Evans, an old resident of that place, who was born in Sussex County. Va , in 1X12. Ho quit school at the age of fourteen and entered the ollice of the Bartles- ville Eiihrpr'ixi to learn the printers' trade. The Dufcrjn'isr was then under the editorship of George Mc- Clelland and W. T Evans, (brother of C. W.), wtis foreman in the ollice. After learning his trade, voting Evans followed it in "Wheeling, Zanesville, Columbus, and Hilaire, until February, 18x2, when he came to Caldwell and became foreman in the Prexx office, then owned bv John M. Amos. lie remained in that position until June 1, ]XX(>, when he resigned, and in the follow- ing month started the / linorrat . Mr. Evans was married in 1x751 to Miss Ilattie A. Cline, a native of Belmont County, Ohio, and has one child — Lulu Estella. Mr. Evanscomes of a family of printers, and his wife is also a practical printer. Having brought the historv of Noble County Journalism down to the year of grace, 18N7, the question arises, where are those who with- stood the trials and vicissitudes inci- dent to country newspaper work in former years Many are still living, and an attempt will be made to spec- ify their whereabouts, as well as to tell what is known of those that are dead. William Tracy went west, became a successful lawyer, and died in Guthrie Centre, Iowa. Oliver B. Wharton became the successful pub 1 ish ci* of the Hock Island (111.) J J- certbu r. lie is still in the newspaper business, and is at present located in Youngstown, Ohio. Harrison Grav Otis and Charles < ) t i s were con- nected with one of the earls Noble County papers for a short time. Charles Otis is now publishing a paper at Los Angeles, Cal. H. II. Taney hill is a laws rr and horticulturist at Barnesville, Ohio. Judge Ixamuel McGarry went to . THE COUNTY PRESS. 213 Missouri, where lie was a successful farmer. lie ., and is now dead. Rev. William M. Rain is a Presbvtcrian minister in Pennsylvania. Louis Raker pub- lished the Wheeling Ih-ijirtr until recentlv. He is now publishing a daily paper in St. Paul, Minnesota. ( ieorge McClellan is now the pub- lisher of an excellent paper — the Rarnesville Enterprise. Charles II. Hood rich became proprietor of the Woodsfield Democrat and is now the publisher of the Chronicle, at Troy, Ohio. W. II. I jams is Clerk of Courts at Omaha. Nebraska. J. II. Odell be- came engaged in the printing busi- ness in Columbus, afterwards went west. lie committed suicide in Omaha. Rev. I! J. Smith, formerly President of the College at Beverly, Ohio, resides at that place. B. F. Springs, now deceased, became a prominent lawyer of Noble County. Cyrus McGIashan resides at Wind- sor, Morgan County, and is a teacher. John M. Amos is editor of the Cam- bridge Jefferson Ian, one of the lead- ing Democratic papers of this Con- gressional district. D. S. Gibbs, ex-Probate Judge, is a lawyer in Caldwell. John L. Shaw holds a Government office at Washington. John W. Bell is a practising lawyer in the same city. Colonel W. B. Teters is at Boulder City, Colo., engaged in mining. William II. Gill. Robert Leech. W. II. Phipps. James F. and Nathaniel Capell. Robert Hutchinson, J. C. Schofield. George Allen. Fred W. Moore and others, once in the Journal- istic ranks in this county, are dead. 4 . Cl I APT El XV. NOBLE COUNTY IN THE WAIL Introductory — -Oi.d-Ti.mk Musters — Tin-: “Cornstalk Militia — The First Response from Nolle County — Company 1, of the Twenty-fifth Regiment, Raised at Sum- MERFIELD — TlIE TwEN TY-SIXT1I R EG I M ENT — THIRTEEN TH Rei.IMKNT — TUIUTY-SIXTH Regiment Twentieth Regiment (Rk-jEganized) — Forty-setond Regiment — Gar- field's Old Comm and — Sixty-second Regiment — Six ty-third Rudiment — Seventy- EIGHTiI ReOIMENT — X I X KTY-SKCOND REGIMENT — ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEENTH Rei.I- mknt — One Hundred and Sixty-first Regiment — One Hundred and Seventy sixth Regiment — Miscellaneous List— The IIoskinsvii.lk Reihci.i.ion — Both Sides ok the - Matter — Biographies ok Military Men from Nolle County — Soldiers' Re unions. T N the early history of the State of Ohio, before military ardor had decayed under the ridicule that was heaped upon the “cornstalk militia,” the men and youth of the territory now forming' the Countv of Noble were accustomed to take part in trainings and musters in obedience to a State law, and were organized into regiments and companies in the counties to which they respectively belonged. It is known that as far back as 1825 Colonel Erastns Hos- kins commanded the second regiment of the then Morgan County militia, and no doubt at later dates the region now known as Noble County had other military commanders of equally hig'fi rank. But their dav is past and gone and now their positions seem to have been of trivial import- ance. Yet there is no doubt that the old-time military organizations served a good purpose, and gave to their members a crude but useful knowledge of military tactics. But before the Countv of Noble came into being the old-fashioned training da vs | and general musters had ceased to 1 evoke enthusiasm, and the militia no longer indulged in brave displays and sham battles But the military spirit, though dormant, was not dead, and the year 1801 found the tires of patriotism blazing brightly. In a brief time alter the receipt of the news that Sumpter had been tired upon in April, 1S(!1, companies were forming ! in Noble County in response to the proclamations of the president and : governor. Thenceforth, until the 1 close of the war, the soldiers of Noble Countv were always found in their place, doing their duties I >ra velv and well. To recount fully their toils and suiferings, their marches and battles, would be to write a his- { torv of the war; and the story would I require volumes instead of pages. Therefore we make mention of only some of tin' most important events in which the soldiers of the county participated, by giving briclly an ac- count of each regiment in which any I co ns id era bl e number of Noble ( oiinty 1-1 ' ' - NOIH/K COUNTY jncii were included. On this subject •■(>hio in the War” has been our authoritv. and from its pages have been condensed a great part of the memoranda of regimental move meats which follow. 25th Kjwimknt Ohio Yoli'Ntkkk I MAN IKY. Summerfield, then the chief town of Noble Oountv. had the honor of organizing and sending forth to bat- tic for the Union the first company of soldiers raised for the rebellion in in the ( 'ountv of Noble. Company I. Twenty-lift h ( )hio. was raised in Noble County, and com- posed of parts of three companies who organized for the three months service, but were not accepted. When Gov. Dennison organized the first three regiments for three years service, twenty third, twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth, one company was assigned to Noble County, and made up of t he materials as above. It left Summerfield dune 22. lSfJi, under the command of John M. Mosel y, and entered the service at Camp Chase June 24th. It served with its regiment until 1M>3, when it re-en- listed for three years longer, and was finally mustered out June 19th, IsOG, 4 having served, lacking a few days, live years. This company with its regiment engaged the enemy at. Cheat Mountain, Virginia, Septem- ber 12. 1 sill ; Greenbrier, October “id; Allegheny Mountain, Decem- ber 12th; Huntersville, January 2. Iv<;2; Monterey, April 22d ; Hull I ’u si lire Mountain, Mavsth; Frank- lin. May loth; Strasburg, June Ith; IN the wak. 215 Cross Keys, June sth ; Cedar Mount aim August loth; Freeman's Ford. August 22nd ; Waterloo Fridge. August 24th; Full Fun, August 2‘Jtli and 30th; Burnside's attack on Frcd- ericksburgh, but in the reserve; Chancellorsville, May 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 1 8<>3 ; Gettysburg, J uly 1st, 2nd. 3rd, and 4th ; Hagerstown, July 12th; Siege. of Morris Island. South Caro- lina, August 23d, and lasting three weeks; Honey 1 1 ill. November 30th. 1804 ; Devaux Neck. December Oth ; Indian 11 ill. December Oth; Cockle Creek, February 10. 1 si.; 5 ; Combaliee Ferry, February 12th; Asha poo Ferrv, February 14th; Dingle’s Mill. April Oth; Fed Hill. April 15th; Dee]) Swamp, April fifth; Feaeh Fun, April 17th; Swift Creek, April lsth; and Statesburg April 19th. Several of these latter engagements, were after the Appomattox surrender. After the surrender the regiment did patrol duty in the Edgefield. Ham- burg, Columbia and other South Car- olina Districts, until it was mustered out. In the engagements the com- pany had 15 men killed outright, 78 wounded, one third of whom died from their injuries : 21 names are car- ried on the rolls as missing, one-half of whom were never heard of. and presumably died on battlefield or in prison pen; thirty-five died from various diseases, and live are carried on the rolls as deserters. rFhe company was recruited up from time to time, and during its existence as an organization had three captains, four first lieutenants, four second lieutenants, twenty-eight sergeants, thirty-four corporals, and F!7 rank . . HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. 2 IP. and tile. The roster below shows some mimes in rank and tile among the officers. When this occurs it was in promotion within the company. There were many promotions from the ranks to other companies and regiments, includin'’' three colonels from the ranks. COMPANY B.* Rutherford, Robert, It), e. June 10, 1S61 ; trans. Co. E. June 13, 1804. COMPANY C. Pierce, John, 19, e. June 10, 1S01, in Co. C, 25th; eorpl., Nov. 19, 1801 ; sergt., Jan. 1, 1803; killed July 8, 1803, at Gettysburg. Lovall, Joe. II., 20, e. June 10, 1805, m. o. c. ; vet . Master, John, 19, e Feb. 15, 1804; wd. Dec. 0, 18(5-1, in battle of Devraux Neck; in. o. c. Yoho, Peter, 18, e. Jan. 10, lstil ; dis. Dec. 2, 1804, on s. c. d. COMPANY I. Mustered in June 2(1, isi!l, at Camp Chase, Ohio, by John C. Ilob- inson, Captain Fifth Infantry. F. S. A., for three years. Mustered out June is, 18(1(1, at Columbus, Ohio, by II. Dovle, Captain Eighteenth Infantry, F. S. A. OFFK'EliS. Captain John M. jMosely, 27, e. June 4, 1801. Died Sept. 27, 1801, at Cheat Mt , Ya. First Lieutenant James II. Petty, 80, e. j June 4, 1801; res. Dee. 81. lstil. Lieutenant John I). Merrynian, 23, e. June [ 10, 1001 ; pro. second lieut. Co. B, Jan. 9, 1802, to first lieut.; dis. Sept. 29, 1802, for wounds received at battle of Bull Bun. ♦The following abbreviations have been used in the compilation of these rosters: e., enlisted; m.o., in ustered out; m. o. io. mustered out with com- pany; pro., promoted; c. t. s., expiratioti'of term of service; wd., wounded ; appd., aiipointed; vet., \ derail ; o. w. d., by urc ler wa r depart meat ; v. r. e., veteran reserve enrps; dis., disrliuryrd ; linspl., In is| >il n I : scrw'l seryca nt : s. e. d., sureci ill's eerl ili- ente of disability ; rev., received; I . S. e. troops, I 'll i ted Slides n ilored t roops. The ill mi tier.-, till low- ing l lames Indicate t .lie ajte at lime of enlistment. Lieutenant John S. r>unn, 19, e. June 20, 1801; pro. from sergt. Co. II, Sept. 4, 1805; m. o. June 18, 1 8(»0 ; vet . Isaac M. Kirk, 23, e. June 20, 1861, as private, appd. eorpl . Jan. 1, 1802, sergt. June 20, 1802, pro second lieut. Co. B, June 30, 1802; first limit. March 20, 1803. (Dis- charged. Second Lieutenant, Joseph L. Ball, 29, e. June 20, 1S01; dis. Oct. 0, 1802, by o. w. d. Joseph S. Perry, 24, e. June 20, 1801 as eorpl.; appd. first sergt. Feb. 1, 1802, wd. June 8, 1802, in battle of Cross Keys, Ya. ; pro. second lieut. Sept. 5, 1802; dis. April 22, 1863, on s. c. d. Samuel W. Houston, 21, e. June 20. 18(51, as private; appd. eorpl Jan. 1, 1802, wd. June 8, 1802, in battle of McDowell. Ya; pro. sec- ond lieut. Jime 3, 1863, m. o. July 16, 1804, on e. t. s. Thomas II. Ferril, 21, e. June 5, 1801, as sergt. (to. A, appd. liospl. stewd. June 12, 1804; pro. second lieut. Nov.. 1804, capt. 104 U. S. c. troops, June 15, 1805. First Sergeant, Edward Ellis, 40, e. June 26, 1861, appd. liospl. stewd. July 18, 1801; died Oct. 30, 1801. Henry II. Moseley, 24, e. .June 20, 1801, as private, appd. first sergt. .July 20, 1801, pro. second lieut. Co. II. Jan. 9, 1802, first lieut. June 30, 1802, capt. .March 15, 1804, but never mustered; dis. -March 20, 1805 by o. w. d. J oli n S. Snyder, 22, e. June 20, 1861, as sergt., appd. first sergt. Jan. 1, 1803; pro. second lieut. Co. E, May 25, 1804, m. o. July 10, 180 4, on e. t. s. Samuel J. Brooks, 18, e. June 20, 1801, as sergt., wd. May 8, 1802, in battle of Mc- Dowell, Va., and July 1, 1803, in battle of Gettysburg, Fa., appd. first sergt. Aug. 2. 1804, pro. second lieut. Co. F, Feb. 10, 1805, first lieut., Sept. 4, 1865; m. o. <■. ; vet. Samuel G. Shirk, 20, e. June 20. 1861, as eorpl.; wd. Aug. 29, 1802, in battle Bull Bun. Ya., July 1, 1803, in battle Gettysburg, Fa.; appd. sergt. June 20, 1804, wd. Nov. 30, 18(51, in battle Honey Hill. S. appd. first sergt. April 1, 18(55 ; pro. second lieut, m. o. <•.; vet. SICUUKAXTS. James W. McWilliams. IS, c. June 2(5, 1861; appd. eorpl. April, 1801, sergt. Oct. DID. 1)1. o. c. ; vet . James W. Calvert, 25, e. June 26, lstil; ft: ' I ■ XOIST.K COUNTY IN THU WAR. 217 appd. corpl. April 1, 1864. .sergt. Oct. 1, 1865, in. o. c. ; vet. William F. 'Wiley, 21, e. .June 26, 1861; wet. .July 1, 1865, in battle of Gettysburg, Fa.: appd. corpl. Feb. 1, 1865; serai. .Jan. 1, 1866; in. o. e.; vet. William 11. Beymer, 21, e. Feb. IT, 1862; appd. corpl. Nov. 5, 1861, sergt. .Jan. 1, 1866, I m. o. c.; vet, Thomas II. Tiniberlake, 55, e. June 26, 1861; dis. .June 20, 1862, ou s. e. d. William A. Allen, 25. e June 26, 1861; dis. Aug. 8, 1862, on s. c. d. Wilbert B. Teeters, 24, e. June 26, 1861; appd. corpl. Feb. 15, 1862; wd. May 8, 1862, in battle of McDowell, Va. ; appd. sergl. Aug. 19, 1862; pro. capt. (Jo. II, 116th, O. V. I., Aug. 20, 1862. Jacob L. Barnette, 25, e. June 26, 1861 : wd. July 1, 1863, in battle of Gettysburg, Pa.; appd. sergt. Sept. 80, 1868; in. o. July 16, 1864, on e. 1. s. Howard Hallett, 19, e. June 26. 1861 ; appd. sergt. Jan. 1. 1862: wd. May 8. 1862, in battle of .McDowell, Va.; in. o. July 16, 1864, on e. t. s. .John II. Johnston, 25, e. .Tune 26, 1861; appd. corpl. Jan. 81, 1863; wd. July 12, 1863, in battle of Gettysburg, Pa.; m. o. July 16, 1864, on e. t. s. Wesley 11. Cooper, 19, c. Sept. 14, 1834; appd. sergt. April 1, 1865; di.s Oct. 1, 1865 by o. W. (I. Joseph II. Wilson, 23, e. June 26, 1861; appd. corpl. Sept. 80, 1862 ; sergt. Nov. 5, 1864; wd. Nov 80, 1864, in battle of Honey Hill, S. 0.; dis. March 1 1, 1866, on s. c. d. ; vet. Archelius Lingo, 21, e. .June 26, 1861; wd. Jul}- 1, 1863, in battle of Gettysburg, Pa.; appd. corpl. April 1, f864; sergt. Aug. 1. 1865; dis. March 13, 1866, on s e. d.; vet. Jehu M. Rhodes, 22, e. .June 26, 1861; appd. corpl. June 1, 1862; wd. July 1, 1868, in battle of Gettysburg, Pa.; appd. sergt. -maj. Sept. 1, 1865; in. o. r. ; vet. Zaehariah M. Dailey, 21, e. June 26, 1861; appd corpl. Feb. 20, 1868; wd July 1, 1863, in battle of Gettysburg, Pa.; sergt. April 1, 1865; quar. -master sergt. Oct. I. 1865; in. o. r ; vet. COItl’OltAl.S. Harrison Shaw, is, e. June 26. 1861; wd. July 1, 1868, in battle of Gettysburg, Pa,; appd. corpl. April 1, 1865; m. o. c. ; vet. Alfred Weinsline, 27, e. Feb. 26, 1864; appd. corpl. Aug. 1. 1865; m o. c. William F. Wire, corpl., 19, e. Feb. 22, 1864; m. o. c. , June 18. i860. Benjamin F. Brown, 20, e. Feb. 26, 1804; wd. Nov, :!0. 1864. in battle of Honey Hill. S. C. ; appd. corpl. Oct 1, 1865. m. o. e. .John Creenc, 25, e. Jan. 5, 1864, trans. from 107th O. V. I., July 13. 1865; appd. corpl. Oct. 1, 1865; m. o. c. Seneca 0. Rogers, 22, e. June 26. 1861; wd. .June 8,-1862, in the battle of Cross Keys, Va.; in. o. e. William S. ’West, 22, e. June 26, 1861; appd. corpl. .July 20, 1861; dis. Feb. 28, 1862. ou s. c. d. Francis 51. Shacklee, 31, e. June 26, 1861: pro. capt. Co. I, 20th O. V. I., Feb. 15, 1862. Harrison Wilson, 21, e. June 26, 1861; pro. first lieut. Co. 1. 20th O. V. I.. Feb. 11. 1862. William C. Barlow, 21, e. June 26, 1861; appd. corpl. Nov. 1, 1861; dis. June 6, 1802, on s. c. d. Emanuel Denoon, 20, e. June 26, 1861 ; appd. corpl. June 11. 1862; dis. Oct. 1, 1862, for wound received Aug. 29, 186.2, in battle of Bull Run, Va. John S. Rhodes, 20, e. June 26, 1861; appd. corpl Aug. 1, 1865: dis March 1, 1865, on s. c. d. ; vet. Joseph 4V. Cunningham, 21, e. June 26, 1801; died .July 28, 1868, of wound received .July 1, 1863, in battle of Gettysburg, Pa. William II. Shaw. 21, e. June 26. 1861 appd. corpl Dec. 1. 1868: died Nov. 28, 1864. at Hilton 1 lead, 8, C. ; vet . Benjamin Barlow, 19, e. June 26, 1861. appd. corpl. April 1, 1864: died July 28, 1865, j at Beaufort, S. ('.; vet. Friend P. Wilson, 20, e. June 26. 1861; | killed June 8, 1862, in battle of Cross Keys.\ a. Edward T. Lovetlc, 19, e. June 26, 1861; killed July 1, 18(61, in battle of Gettysburg, Pa. John W. Bunting. 21, c. June 26, 1861; appd. corpl. Feb. 1, 1868; in. o. c. : vet. McDonald Thorla, 18, e. June 26, 1861 appd. corpl. June 1, 1866; m. o. c. : vet. MUSICIAN. Thomas Stevenson. 25. e July 8. 1861 ; appd. prin. muse. July 26, 1861; di-. Dei. 1. 1 1862, on s. e. d. ' ■ ■ ■ 218 HISTORY OF N'OIH.K COUNTY, OHIO. I’RI VATKS. Atherton, Howard F. , 20, e. June 20, 1 SGI : m. o. e. t. s. Alllops, George W., 22, e. June 26, 1861 ; prisoner; drowned on steamer Sultana. Ashfield, John M. , 26, c. June 20, 1861; dis, April 15, 1862 on s. c. d. Brown, William ][., 20, e. June 26, 1861; wd. May 8, 1862, in battle MeDowell, Ya.; dis. Sept. 18, 1862, on s. c. d. Bassford, James G., 19 e. June 26, 1861; m. o. e. t. s. Breach James, 20, c. June 26, 1861; wd. Dec. 13, 1801, in battle Camp Allegheny, W. Ya. ; dis. Oct,. 1, 1802, on s. c. d. Beall, John W., 22, e. June 26, 1861; m. o. e. t. s. Brown, William J., 21, e. June 20, 1861; m. o. c. t. s. Barnes, William T., 40, e. Feb. 26, 1804; dis. Dec. 12, 1865, on s. c. d. Barlow, William C., 23, e. June 26, 1861; wd. Dec. 13, 1861, in battle of Camp Alle- gheny, W. Ya. , m. o. c. ; vet. Bates, Daniel, 18, e. Feb. 29, 1864; m. o. c. Barnes, Thomas, 25, e, June 26, 1861; killed Dee. 1, 1861 , at Grafton, AY. Ya. Bunting, Thomas H., 19, e. June 26, 1861; vet. Baker, Charles A., 20, e. Feb. 21, 1861; m. o. e. June 18, 1806; vet. Bickford, James C., 24. e. Oct. 7, 1862: draft.; wd. July 1, 1863, in battle of Gettys- burg, Pa. ; m. o. e. t. s. Cooley, Wallace II., 17, e. June 26, 1861; m. o. e. t. s. Calland, Samuel. F., 19, c. June 26, 1861; in. o. e. t. s. Cal lund, Samuel T., 19. e. June 26, 1861; wd. at battle of Cross Keyes, June , 1862, and at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863; dis. July 13, 1865, on s. e. d.; vet. Cleary Samuel 30, e. June 26, 1861; dis. March 1 , 1803, on s. c. d. Craig, Joshua B., 37, c. Feb. 25, 1801; m. o. c. Crow, Robert, 18, e. Feb. 22. 1864; m. o. c. Clark, George, 1st, e. Feb. 22, 1861; in. o. e. Clear y, David. 39, e. Feb. 27. 1864; died Aug. 8, 1864, at Hilton Head, S C. Collins, Andrew J., 30, e. June 20, 1861; reduced from corpl. Daniel, Samuel J., 25, e. June 26, 1861; m. o. e. t. s. Davis, Kinsey, 22, e. June 26, 1861; reduced from corpl. Feb. 2, 1804, by request; m. o. c. ; vet. Dobbins, George AV., 21, c. June 26, lsOl; died Aug. 14, 1864, at Hilton Head, s. C. Dunn. Elisha, 25, e. June 20, 1861; died April 8, 1864, at Hilton Head. S. C. Dale, Samuel, 27, e. Sept. 27, 1864; dis. 1865, by o. w. d. Donnelly, Zaehariah, 18, e. Feb. 18, 1864; died at Hilton Head, S. C. Elsworth, George, 25, e. Jan. 5, 1864; trams, from 107th (). Y. 1. July 13. 1865; m. o. c. Engle, Lewis, 27, e. Sept. 30, 1864; wd. at | battle of Devaux Xcck, S. C.; dis. July, 1865, I by o. w. d. Floyd. .Maurice T., 21, e. June 26, 1801; died May 24, 1862, at Staunton, A"a. Gant, AYilliam, 22, e. June 26. 1861; wd. July 1, 1803, in battle of Gettysburg, Pa., ui. o. e. t. s. Gill. Frank II., 19, e. Sept. 9, 1864; dis. July 15, 1865, by o. w. d. Garrettc, Joseph G. , 18 e. Feb. 20, 1804; m. o. c. Grandon, Enoch, 18, e. Feb. 26, 1804; m. o. c. Garner, Alfred K., 18, e. March 1, 1864; trails, from Co. II. 107th O. A . I., July 13, 1865; m. o. c. Gant, Robert F., 25, e. June 26, 1861; died June 12, 1862, of wd. rec. in battle of Cross } Keys, A’ a. Gant, Reuben E. 21, e June 26, 1861; vet. Houston, John AY. 18, e. June 20, 1861; m. o. e. t. s. Harper, Isaac X., 25, e. June 26, 1861; wd. July 1, 1863, in battle of Gettysburg, Pa.; m. o. e. t. s. Hill, Lorenzo D., 32, e. June 26, 1861; wd. July 1, 1863, in battle of Gettysburg, Pa.; m. o. e. t. s. Hendrickson, George, 18, e. Oct. 1, 1864; m. o., 1865. by e. t. s. Harlan, John, 35, e. June 26, 1861; m. o. e. t, s. Hamilton, James AY., 20, c. Feb. 26. 1864, i in. o. e. Hayden, Jonathan, 35, e June 26, 1861; ' killed Dee. 13, 1861, in battle Camp Alleghenv, I AY. Ya. . . NOIJI.E COUNTY IN THE WAR, 210 Hutchins, Hollis, Jr., 19, e. June 20, 1801. Died Dec. 27. 1S(54, of wds. ree. Dec. 1), 1804, in battle Honey Hill. S. Johnston, William A. 21, e. June 20, 1801, m. o. e. t. s. Jones, Philip M., 10, e. June 20, 1801; dis. Feb. 20, 18G:J. on s. c. d. Lovall, Stephen, 2b, e. June 20, 1801; dis. Sept 9, 1803, for wds. rec. July 1, 1803, in battle Gettysburg, Pa. Lovette, Nelson (’. 21, e. June 20, 1801; wd. Dee. 13, 1801, in battle Camp Alle- gheny, W. Va., and Aug. 29, 1802, in battle Hull Hun, Va. ; dis. Dec. 10, 1802, on s. c. d. Logan, David, 22, e. June 20, 1801; dis. March 20, 1803, on s. c. d. Lee, Jason, 18, e. Oct. 3, 1864; m. o. 1805, on e. t. s. Lindsey, Noah II., 33. e. June 20, 1801; m. o. c. Loomis, Charles, 18, e. Oct. 3, 1804; m. o. 1800, on e. t. s. McBride, James 11 , 18, e. July 20, 1801; nppd. priuc. muse. July 13, 1805; in. o. r. ; vet. Miracle, Adam 8., 20, e. June 20, 1801; m. o. e. t. s. MeCulloek, David, 19, e. June 20, 1801; wd. May IN 1802, at battle of McDowell; dis. Sept. 19, 1802, on s. c. d. ,'b Donald, David, 19, e. June 20, 1801: m. o. e. t. s. Miller. John IV., 28, e Oct 21, 1804; m. o. Sept. 29, 1805, on e. t. s. McKitriek, James, 22, e. June 20, 1801; m. O. e. t. s. Moore, James 15.. 27, c. Sept. 20, 1804; wd. Nov. 20. 1804, at Honey Hill; dis. 1805, by o. \v. d. McBride, William H , e. 19. June 20, 1801; wd. May 8, 1802, in battle McDowell, Va.; dis. July 18, 1802, on s. c. d. McConnell, Wesley, 30, e. June 18, 1801 ; dis Jan. 25, 1802, on s. e. d. Moreland, Joseph \V. 20, e. Aug. 2s, 1801, in o. e. t. s. Miller, Henry, 20, e. June 20, 1801. Me. M min, Daniel. IS, e. Feb. 21, 1804; wd. Nov. 3D, 1804, at Honey Hill, S. C.; m. o. 1 sia; Miller, 1 raneis, 1 1 , e. Feb. 20, 1804; in. I », I* Neels, Joshua 11. 20, e. Feb. 20, 1804; died April s, 1 8| 1 1 , at Camp Dennison. Needs, William, 22, e. Fell. 20, 1804. Oliver, Joseph, 15.. 18, e. June 20. 1801. l’icli, W. II., 19. e. Sept. 9, 1804; dis. July 15, 1805, by o. w. d. Powell, Isaac, 28, e. June 20, 1801; dis. March 18, 1803, on s. c. d.; re-c. Feb. 27, 1804; 111. o. c. Blister, Samuel, 18, e. Dec. 31, 1863; m. o. e. Iliekey, Benjamin F., 20, e. June 20, 1801; dis. Oct . 21, 1802, for wds. ree. Aug. 29, 1862, in battle Bull Hun, Ya. Mucker, John IV., 20, e. June 26, 1861; died June 24, 1802, at Lynchburg, Va. Rutherford, Janies II , 20. e. June 20, 1801; killed at battle of Olustee, Fla., 1805. Smith, William S., 21, e. June 20, 1801; in. ! o. c. ; vet. Sullivan, Wm. A., 24, e. June 26, 1861; died Oct. 4, 1861, at Cheat Alt., TV . Va Smith, John J.,32, e. June 20, 1801; m. o. e. t s . Swart wood, Thomas, 23, e. June 20, 1801; wd. May 8, 1862, in battle McDowell, Va.;dis. Oct. 20, 1802, on s. c. d. Shafer, Geo. W., 22, e. June 20, 1801; m. o. c, t. s. Still, Chester 4' . , 21, e. June 20, 1861: in. o. e. I . s. Stephens, Asbury C., 21, e. June 20, 1861: wd. Mays, 1802, in haltleof McDowell, Va.; dis. July 10, 1802, on s. c. d. Sliacklec, Lorenzo, is, e. June 26, 1801; killed Dec. 13, 1861, in battle of Camp Alle- gheny. W. Va. Thompson, Clias. It., 18, e. Sept. 27, 1804; 1 dis. July 15, 1805, by o. w. d. True, Henson W . , 20, c. June 20, 1801; wd. July 1, 1803, in battle of Gettysburg, Pa.; ui. o. e. t . s. Talbot, George TV., 21, e. Sept. 20, 1804; dis. July 15, 1S05, by o. w. d. TVcinstine, Charles, 18, e. June 20, 1801; wd. Aug. 29, 1802, in battle Bull 1 tun, Va.; dis. April 27, 1803, on s. c. d. Wilson, Isaac, 21, e. June 20, 1801; in. o. c . ; vet . Wharton, George, 20, e. Jan. 21, 1802; died June 8, 1802, at Staunton, Va. W ilson, Robert S . , 18, o. Feb. 20, 1804. died June 28. 1801, at Hilton Head, S. ('. W harton, Wm. II.. 21. e. June 20, 1801; wd. June 8, 1802, in bailie Gross Keys, Va.; dis. Sept . 10, 1802, on s. e. d. ' ■ > ■ . 220 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. Wharton, Arthur, 19, e. June 2(5, 1801; wd. Nov. 80, 1804. in battle Honey Hill, S. C. ; dis. to re c. as vet. Wiley, Archibald, 2b. e. June 20, 1801; \vd. July 1, 1803, in battle Gettysburg, Fa., in. o. e. t. s. Company II, 25th Kicoiment, C). V. I. PRIVATES. Archibald, 'Wilson S., 22, e. Oct. 7, 1 S(>2, 9 mo.; drafted; m. o. July 19, 1803, on e. t s. Coffee, James .M. , 24, e. Oct. 7, 1802, 9 mo.; drafted; m. o. July 9, 1803 on e. t. s. Davis. Ezra L., 22, e. Oct. 7, 1802, 9 mo.; drafted; m. o. July 19, 1803, on e. t. s. Marquis, Samuel B., 20, e. Oct. 7. 1802, 9 mo. ; drafted, m. o. July 19, 1803, on e. t. s. Marquis, Reuben 13., 24, e. Oct. 7, 1802, 9 mo.; drafted, m. o. July 19, 1803, on c. t. s. Timberlake, Win, H.. 21, e. Oct. 7, 1802, 9 mo.; drafted, m. o. July 19, 1803, on e. t. s. Wheeler, Oriu, 22, e. June 20, 1801; died Nov. 0, 1801, at Ililton Head, Ya. Sutton, W. II., 32, c. June 20, 1SG1; in. o. c. 1800; vet Smoot, ME L., 21, e. June 20, 1801; m. o. e. t. s. Willey, James S., 21, e. June 20, 1801; \vd. at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1803; m. o. July, 1884. McLaughlin, Levi, 21, e. June 20, 1801; \vd. July 2. 1802, at Gettysburg; dis. 1805, by o. w. d. Mills, W. N. , 18, e. June 27, 1801; wd. May 3, 1803, at Chancellorsville; dis. June 4, 1804. Danford, Michael F., 32; e. June 20, j801; wd. May 3, 1803, at Chancellorsville, and at Gettysburg; in. o. e. t. s. Gordon, Samuel M., 21, e. June 20, 1861; trails, to Battery G., 5lh U. 8. Art. Kean, W. J.; 21, e July 9, 1801; trails, to Co. C, 75th, Jan. 18, 1804; m. o. e. t. s. Burlingame, Alonzo M.. 21, e. June 20, 1801; killed at Bull Run, June, 1 8(32. Cooper, Thus. J., 19, e. June 20, 1801; trails, to Co. C, 75, O. V. I., Jail. 10, 1804; m. o. c. I. s. Davis, Velio F., 18, e. July 20. 1801; wd. May 2, 1803, at Chancellorsville, Ya.. in. o. e. t. s. Swift, James \Y., 18, e. Dec. 4, 1803; prom, to segt. m. o. c. Cox, John L., 23, e. June 20, 1801; dis. Dec. 8, 1802, at W ashington. D. C., oil s. c. d. Timberlake, Theo., 18, e. June 20, 1801; appd. corpl . April 8. 1804; died Sept. 9, 1804, at Ililton Head, S. C., of wds. rec. at 1 Kittle of Honey Hill; vet. Timberlake, John A., 22. e. .Tune 26, 1801; wd. May 3, 1803, at Chancellorsville, Ya.; m. o. e. t. s. COMPANY K. OFFICERS. Lewis E. Wilson, e. June 10, 1801: prom, from .sergt. to second lieut. Sept. .9. 1802; to first lieut. July 1, 1863; killed July 1, 1803, at Gettysburg. 1’lUVAl ES. Delaney, Levi, 44, e. March 9, 1802, 9 mo. ; drafted, Dec. 7, 1802, one. t. s. Hutchins, Slmbal, 31, c. Oct. 7, 18(i2, 9 mo.; drafted, wd. May 3, 1804, in battle of Chancellorsville, Ya., m. o. July 7, 1803, on e. t. s. Harmon, Nathan, 37, e. Oct. 7. 1802, 9 mo.; drafted, m. o. July 7, 1803, on e. t. s. Harmon, Conrad, 19, e. Oct. 7, 1802, 9 mo.; drafted; m. o. July 7, 1803, one. t. s. McLaughlin, James, 20, e. < >et . 7, 1802, 9 mo.; drafted, m. o. July 7, 1803, on e. t. s. Rainey, Jonathan, 28, e. Oct. 7, 1802, 9 mo.; drafted, in. o. July 7, 1803. on e. t. s. Thompson, John A., 21, e. Del. 7, 1802, 9 mo.; drafted, m. o. July 7, 1803, on e. t. s. Yarnall, Jonathan II., 19, e. Oct. 7, 1802, 9 mo. ; drafted, nr. o. July 7, 180'!, on e. t. s. COMPANY F. OFFICERS. Second Lieutenant, Samuel P. Houston, 22, c. June 13, 1801, as corpl., pro. com. sergt. •J uly 20, 1801; pro. second lieut. April 17. 1802; res. March (i, 1803. *26l']I IlKOIMKNT, O. V. I. The Twenty-sixth Ohio was organ- ized at Camp Chase, in duly, isiil, and \v;ts recruited from the counties of Butler. Boss. Delaware, (lueruscy, Noble. Mahoning, ( 'hampaign. Seiota and Madison. Edward 1*. Fy lie was made colonel of the regiment. It performed its first service in l he up- i per Kanawha Valley, where it ' NOIJLE COUNTY IN THE WAR. 221 * remained until January, chiefly engaged in scouting duty. Trans- ferred soon after to the Department | of the Ohio (soon named the Dc- ; partment of the Cumberland), it was placed in Brigadier-General T. .!. Wood's division, of which it con- i tinned a part until October, lSti3, when it became a part of Wagner’s Brigade. of Sheridan's division of t he 1* ourt h ( Arps. The regiment formed a part of the column of advance on Nashville, and shared the hardships of General Bud's armv in its advance to re- lieve General Grant at Pittsburgh Landing. From the Tennessee to the Ohio, and thence to Cumberland Gap. in the fall of lsi>2, the regi- ment did its whole duty in the forced marches of Jhtell and Bragg. It participated in the en- gagements of Murfreesboro, Stone Liver (where it lost one-third of its men). 1 uliahoma, Shelbvvillc, Ciiattiinooga, Ghickamauga (where nearly three-lifths of its men engaged were either killed or wounded), Mission Ilifig'e and Look- out Mountain, and the siege of Knoxville. ‘‘This (Knoxville) cam- ; paign proved to be the most severe ot any yet experienced. They marched barefooted over frozen ground, and bivouacked without shelter in midwinter, clad in sum- umr dress, with half rations, on the desolate and dreary hillsides of east lennessee. 'let, even then, with elbows out, pants worn half wav to the knees, socks and shills gone to shreds, hungry and shivering, in the bitter cold of January 1, 1 sii-L Die j I wenty-sixth. almost to a man. re- enlisted for three years more.” A I ter its furlough, the regiment rejoined the Fourth Corps at Fridge- port. lenn.. and thence took part in Sherman's Atlanta Campaign, par- ticipating in the battles at Pesaca, Kenesaw, Peach-Tree Creek. Jones- boro, and others less important. At franklin and Nashville it main- tained its well-won reputation for valor. Sent south to Texas, it was mustered out of the service Oct. 21, INUo. COMPANY F. Mustered in June 28, 1 SGI, at Camp Chase, Ohio, for three years. Mus- tered out, Oct. 21, 1 M>5, at Victoria, Texas. Samuel G. Wishard. 19, c. June 17, 1S01; appd. corpl. June 80, IS02; sergt. Jan. 1, 1804; li ist sergt. Marcli 27, 180.7; m. o. Oct. 1865; vet . John W. Richey, 23, c. June 17,1801; appd. sergt.. from corpl. Dec. 19, 1802; dis. .March 0, 1808, on s. c. d. Robert J. Brown, 20, e. Sept. 17, 1801: appd. sergt. from corpl. Dec. 19, 1802: died Jan. 19. 1804, in hospl. at Chattanooga, Twin. Mathias W. Smith, 19, e. June 17, 1801; appd. corpl. December 19, 1802; sergt. Jan. 1, 1804; m. o. c. : vet. Michael \\ . Jackson, 19, e. June 17, 1801; appd. corpl. Dee. 19, 1802; m. o. c.; vet. Charles Osborn, 20, c. June 17, 1801; dis. March 27, 1802, on s. e. d. Alexander C. Moore, 27, e. June 17, 1801; dis. June 0, 1802, on s. e. d. Augustus C. Tilled, 29. e. June 17, ISO!; appd. corpl. June 28, 1 SOI ; m. o June 80, ISO!, e. t . s. Joseph F. Scarborough, 21, e. June 17, 1801; appd. corpl. Oct 28, 18(32; dis. March 28, 1808, on s. o. d . M l SKI AN . George ]{. Hull, 18, e. Scpl, 12. 1802; dis. June 10, 1807, by o. vv. d. ■ ' . - . . 999 history of noble county, oitio. phi\ A I I S Barlow, John J., 1!), c. June 17, 1861; dis. Jan. 31 , 1 8(3-5 , to enlist in l . S. cavalry. Brill, Fmanucl. 21, e. March 10, 1862; in. o. March 14, 1865, e. t. s. Brill, Francis M . , 22, e. July 30, 1801; in. o . c . ; vet . Brill, George W., 18, c. June 17, 1801: wd. ! May 29, 1804, in battle of Dallas. Ga.; m. o. ; Aug. 24, 1805, at Gamp Dennison. ().; vet. Brill, Janies B.. 19, e. March 10, 1862; died j July 16, 1862, at Nashville. Tcun. Brindlej', Henry, 19, e. July 17, 1861; x. Burlingame, Fortunatis. 22, e. June 17, 1801 ; dis. Nov. 4. 1863, to enlist in U. S. cavalry. Burlingame, Ferdinand, 21, c. June 17, 1861; dis. March 20, 1803, s. c. d. Burlingame, Justus M., IS, e. June 17, 1861 ; m. o. c. ; vet . Canady, Jacob 0., 32, e. June 17: 1861; m. o. July 25, 1864, c. t. s. Craft, William 11., 21, c. June 17, 1801; m. o. e.; vet. Craig, Robert F., IS, e. July 10, 1861; dis. Jan . 6. 1863, on s. c . d . Engle, Muses F., 20, c. June 17, 1861; m. o. July 27, 1864, e. t . s. Fulton, William. 21, e. June 17, 1861; dis. April 19, 1862, on s. e. d. Johnson, Finlander, 19, e. June 17, 1801; dis. June 10, 1862, s. e. d. Long, Isaac, 26. e. July 29, 1861; dis. Sept. 9, 1862, s. e. d. Morrison, Perry A., 18, e. June 17, 1861: m . o. July 25, 1864, e. t. s. McPeak, Joshua. 24, e. June 17. 1861. McPuik, Mordicai, 14, e. June 17. 1861; dis. June 18. 1863, on s. c. d . Rimer, William W , 23, e. June 17, 1861; sick in liospl., at Nashville. Tenn., June 15, 1865; m. o. Oct. 21, 1865, on d.: vet. Robinson, Samuel F., 17, e. June 17, 1861: m. o. c. ; vet. Robinson, G. W.. It), e. June 17, 1801; dis. July 1804, on s. e. d. Steele, Wil’iam, 34, e. June 17. 1801; killed Sepl. 1, 1801, in battle of Jonesboro. Ga. Stewart, David, 28, e. Feb. 2, 1862; dis. Dec. 9, 1861, mi s. c. d . Tilletl. John W ., 26, e. July 20, 1861 ; dis. May 26, 1862, on s. c. d. Tlionms. Randolph, 18, c. June 17, 1801; dis. J ime 4, 1803, on s, c. d . Thompson, Alva IF. 18, e. June 17, 1^01: died Aug. 10, 1861, at Grafton, W. Ya. Weaver, William. 44. e. June 17. 1861: dis. Aug. 1 . 1801, on s. e. d . COMPANY D. Mustered in Aug, 3. 1 801. at Cani|> Chase. O., for three years. Mustered out July 11, ls05. at Louisville, Kv. George W. Young, 22, c. July 20, 1861; pro. to second lieut. Co. G March 31, 1862; first lieut. Oct. 4. 1862; to mnj. 7th Reg. U. S. c. troops Dec. 8, 1863. Stephen Allison. 23, e. July 20, 1861; appd. first sergt. TNI arch — , 1862; pro. first lieut . of Co. F Jan. 28, 1805; to capt. Co. II May 11, 1865; m. o. c. ; vet. Thomas A. Walker, 25. e. Aug. 13. 1861. as private of Co. II; pro. second lieut. Co. 1) July 10, 1862; to capt. 63d regt. U. S. c. troops Nov. 15, 1863. Daniel C. Petty, 23, e. July 20. 1861; appd. from corpl. Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. c. : vet. Sbadraeh M. Rottomfiehl. 27, e. July 20. 1861; appd. corpl. Jail. 1, 1864: sergt. Sept. 1, 1864; in. o. e.; set. Reuben L. Caldw.1], 25, c Aug. 19, 1861; appd. corpl. Sept. I, 1864: sergt. April 1, 1865; m. o. c. ; vet. John Brooks, 23, c. July 20, 1861; appl. from corpl., m. o. Aug. 18, 1864, at Chatta- nooga, Tenn., e. t. s. James, F. Horton, 22, e. July 20, 1861; m. 0. Aug. 18, 1864, e. t . s. John Marsh, 22, e. July 20. 1861; dis. Jan. 1, 1862, at Quincy, 111. coupon a i.s. Henry Chambcis, 21, e. July 20, 1861; appd. corpl. April 1, 1865; m. o. c.; vet. John Bingham. 22, e. July 20. 1861. Hiram J. Hanford, 21. e. July 20. 1861; appd. corpl. , m. o. Aug. 18. 1864, c. t. s. Thomas T. Forshey, 22 e. July 20. 1801; appd. coopl., died March 12. 1865. at Fay- etteville, N. (!., of wds. reed. March 3. 1865, in battle of Clieraw. S. ('.; vet. George (’. Horton, 20, e. July 20, 1861; died Dec. 17, 1861, at Scdalia. Mo. Andrew J. Sutton. 33, e. Aug. 14, 1861: appd. corpl., m. o. Aurr 18. 1861. on e. I. s. ! William T. Williams, 23, c. Jul\ 20, 1861; ■ NOBLE COUNTY IN TIIE WAR 223 appd. corpl.; dis. June 15, 1805, at Camp Dennison, ()., for wds. reed. July 22, 180-1, j in lial lie of Atlanta, Ga . musicians. Natlianial M. Capcll. 20, e. July 20, 1801; dis. July 1 7, 1802. Cornelius Cline, 33, July 20, 1801: m. o. Aug. 18. 1> 0-1. c. t. s. WAGONEIi. Edward Starkey, 33, e. July 20, 1801; dis. ( let . 18. 1802. IMII VAXES. Alirendts, Ilenry. July 20, 1801; dis. Jan. 7, lsO-i, at Cincinnati. O., on s. c. d. Drown George, 21, e. July 20. 1801. Clieathani. .Michael, -14, e. July 20, 1801; dis. .March 20, 1802. at St. Louis, Mo., on s. <•„ d. Cline Rose-berry, 20, e. July 20; 1801; dis. March 10, 1802, at Quincy, III., on s. c. d. Davis, William, 24, e. July 20, 1801; in. o. c. ; vet . Franklin, John, 20, e. July 20, 1801. Gordon, Silas, J., 31, e. July 20, 1801: dis. Feb. 21. 1802, at St. Louis. Mo., on s. c. d. J leidleson, Joseph, 22, e. Aug. 20,1801; died Aug. 7, 18(31, in hospl. at Atlanta, Ga., of wds. ree. July 22, 1804. in battle of Atlanta, Ga.; vet . Hupp, William W., 21, e. Feb. 15, 1804; died Sep. 21, 180-1, in hospl. at Atlanta, Ga., wds. ree. July 4, 1804, in battlcof Knit's Mills, Ga. Kenney, Joseph, 30, o. July 20, 1801; dis. Jan. !), 1802, at st. Louis, Mo., on s. c. d. Kelley, Renjainin F., 23, e. July 20, 1801; m. o. e. ; vet . Knox, George, 25, e. Nov. 28, 1804; m. o. c. Lanam, Iliram, 20, e. July 20, 1801; killed July 22, 1804, in battle of Atlanta, Ga. l.aekanl, Andrew, J., 22, c. Feb. 15, 1864; billed March 3, I s(J5. in battle of Clieraw, S. C. MeKIfresh, Win. A., 23, e. Feb. 15, 1804; m . o. <-. M< Fadden, James, 24, e. .July 20, 1801; killed (i i. 4, 1SIJ2, in battle of ( 'm int h , Miss. Me Kit rick, John W . , is, c. .Iul_\ 1 NO 1 ; dis . Jan. 10, 1*03. at Si Louis Mo., s. r. d. Marsh. Samuel W., pj, ju|v op jsiJi; di>. -Ian 20, IS(.!, at Keokuk, Iowa, on s. e. d. -'leeks, George. 22. e. July 20. 1801; dis, A tig. *1 . 1801 , at ( amp ( 'base, Ohio, on s. e, d . Merritt, David, 40, e. -Inly 20, 1861; dis. Feb. 21. 1802, at St. Louis, Mo. on s. c. d. Neptune, Washington, 22, e. July 20. 1801 ; prs. war; dis. Dec, 22. 1801, at Sedalia, .Mo. Neptune, William. II., 10. e. July 20, 1801: m. o. Aug. 1804, at Chattanooga, Twin ., on e. t. s. Norman, Milton, 33, c. Feb. 10, 1804; in. o. c. Owen, Vincent !>., 10, e. July 20. 1801; m. o. Aug. 18, 1804, at Chattanooga, Teim., on e. t. s. . Patton, Francis, 38, e. Oct. 9, 1801; ni. o. e. ; vet. Sands, James, 24, e. July 20, 1801. Sears. Cornelius, 19, e. July 2), 1861; m.o. Aug. 18, 1804, at Chattanooga, Tenu., on e. t. s . Sears. Richard W., - — , c. Aug. 20, 1801; died Aug. 1, 1802, at. Camp Clear Creek, Miss. Snider, John, 27, e. July 20, 1801. St offal, Philip, 19, e. Feb. 15, 1864: m. o. c. Sprague, .Tames F., — , Aug. 20, 1861; dis. Nov. 19, 1801, at Sedalia, Mo., on s. c. d. Sutton, Geo. W., 20, e. .July 20, 1801; m. o c . ; vet . Sutton, Henry, 29, e. Aug. 14, 1861; dis. July 8, 1804, at Cam]) Dennison, Ohio, on s. c. d. Turner, John R., 18, e. Feb. 13, 1S64; in. o. e. Turner, Samuel, 21, e. Feb. 13, 1804; died April 17, 1864, at Decatur, Ala. Tripps. James S., 18, e. July 20. 1801: in. o . c . ; vet . 30tji Regiment, O. Y. I. The Thirtieth Regiment, Colonel Moses I!. Walker, was organized a t ( 'amp Chase, ( )hio, Aug 2s, IStil, and on the 30th was ordered to the Held. The regiment proceeded into Virginia and on the 2nd o!' September reached 1 Clarksburg. .Joining the Fortv-sev- ; on til Ohio tit Weston, on (lie tlth it joined (General Rosecrunz command at Sutton Heights. Here com- panies I), F, G and 1 were ordered to remain and the rest of the ■ f . ' - 224 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. regiment proceeded to Summerville. Two companies (C and E) were left at Big Birch Bottoms: the remainder moved on to Carni- fex Ferry and there had an en- counter with the enemy. A few days later the regiment moved to Sewell Mountain, and Nov. 14 en- tered Fayetteville and took up quar- ters in the deserted houses. Mean- time the Sutton detachment had sev- eral skirmishes with bushrangers and horse thieves, in which three men were killed and several wounded. This detachment joined the regiment j at Fayetteville, Dec. 23. During the winter the regiment I was employed upon fortifications and in detached duty. April 1 7, it moved to Raleigh and, on the 5th of May, | to Princeton. Marching toward Giles Court House on the lx's division, consisting of the Twelfth, Twenty-third and Thirtieth Ohio, and McMullen's bat- tery, fell back to Princeton and obtained supplies. On the lUth the. Thirtieth encamped on Great Flat-top mountain, and two com- | panics were sent forward to Green Meadows, which was occupied as an out-post. August lllth the regiment moved from the mountains to join tin' army in eastern Virginia. In three (lavs and a half it reached i j Brownstown, having marched ninetv- iivemiles. Proceeding bv transports on the Kanawha to Parkersburg, it took the cars for theEast. and Au- i gust 23, encamped at Warren ton Junction, Ya. At the battle of Cen- tre v i lie the Thirtieth was in the left wing and exposed to artillery fire. Marching on the 7th of September from Fptoir II ills, on the dth it entered Frederick City; on the 14th. arrived at South Mountain, encountered the enemy and lost eighteen killed and forty-eight wounded; on the Pith reached Antietam bridge, and the next day. in an encounter with Gen. Ay. P. Hill's division, lost two officers killed and two wounded, eight men killed and thirty seven wounded. "Moving to West AJrginin in October, the regiment had no part in any noted engagement the remainder of the year. Marching to Brownstown in December, it proceeded with Gen- eral Ewing's brigade by water to Louisville, Ivy., arriving Jan. 3, isc>3, and thence to Helena. Ark., where the brigade became the second brigadeof the second division of the Fifteenth Army Corps. During the winter and spring the regiment was at Young’s Point and in the vicinity of Vicksburg. At the latter place, from May 20 until the surrender of the city, the regiment was engaged in demonstra- tions against the enemy and in fa- tigue and picket dulv. and sustained heavy losses. Marching from \ ieks- btirg to .1 ackson. a I'ter the evacuation of the latter place it went intoCamp at Black River July 23, remaining until September 20. Proceeding bv boats to Memphis, . ■ NOBLE COUNTV IN THE WAR. 225 arriving' there October 2. it. left two • lavs later, and November 20 en- camped at J>ro\vn‘s Ferry, ten miles from Chattanooga. It participated in the battle of Mission Ridge, and on the 20th of November joined in pursuit of the rebels, returning to bridge port. Ala.. December 10. baler it encamped at Larkin's Ferry, moving thence to Cleveland, lean., where a part of the regiment re-en- listed. being ordered North, the regiment arrived at Columbus April ", 1 si;4. and were given veteran fur- loughs. May 10th the Thirtieth again started South arriving at Kingston, (hi., on the 2<)th. Marching on the gdrd, it reached the foot of lvenesaw Mountain June 10, having been al- most continually under (ire during the march. In an attack on the rebel works June 27 the regiment lost thirty-live killed and wounded. In July it advanced to Atlanta and in the ensuing engagements on the 22d and 2"th sustained heavy losses. August 5 the regiment was trans- ferred to the first brigade, and on the 20th those who were not veterans were mustered out. August 81, it engaged with the enemy near Jones- boro; October 5, started into Ala- bama; November 18. encamped at Atlanta; December 18, took part in the assault on Vi >rt McAllister, where it remained until January 1, i hen marche 1 for Savannah. 1' rum the beginning of the vear until the latter part of April, the thirtieth was campaigning in the ( ai'olinas, without taking part inane notable battle. It then moved to M ashiugton city, w hence. June 2, it 15 departed for Louisville. Ivy. On the 18th it left for Little Rode, Ark., where it remained until mustered out August 18, 1SI'5. The regiment traveled, during its term of service, over 18.200 miles and experienced the most trying hardships. Com pan v Iv, 30th O. V. I. Mustered in August 20. 1S02, at Camp Chase, ( for three years. Mustered out August 18, 1S05, at Little Rock, Ark. OFFICERS. Capt. William II. Ijams, 25, e. Aug. 23, 1801; resigned July 15, 1863. Thomas Isaac, 21, e. Aug. 22, 1801; prom, to sergt. Oct. 7, 1861; to tirst sergt. July 16, 1862; to second lieut. April 23, 1863; to capt. 1864- . Emerson P. Brooks, 26, e. Aug. 30, 1861 ; m. o. r. as lieut. col. Aug. 15, 1865. Daniel Forney, 10, e. Aug. 22, 1861: m. o. c. Aug. 13, 1865; vet. F II t ST ME I T EX A X TS. Reese R. Furhay, 34, e. Aug. 23, 1861; killed Sept. 17, 1862, in battle of Autietam, Mil. Hiram J Davis, 28, e. Aug. 23, 1861; pro. first lieut. Sept. 17, 1862; died June 4, 1863, at Memphis, Tenu., of wds. ree. before Vicksburg, Miss., May 22, 1803. James II. Odell, 22, e. Aug. 22, 1801; pro. to second lieut. Sept. 17, 1802; to tirst lieut. June 4, 1803; appd. adj. Nov. 6, 1863. Orris Parrish, 23, e. Aug. 22, 1861; pro. first lieut. Co. C Nov. 18, 1804; trails, from Co. C Jan. 28, 1865; resigned June 18, 1805; vet . Hiram V. Dempster, 25, e. Aug. 23, 1861; dis. June 12, 1802, at Wheeling, Yu., ons.c.d, Richard E. Allbritain, 22, e. Aug. 4. 1801: appd. first sergt. Jan. 12, 1805; pro. to tirst lieut. and R. Q. M . May 11, 1805: vet.; \vd. at Vicksburg. Martin Lunam, 23, e. Aug. 15, 1861; appd. first sergt. May 20, 1865: m. o. c. Aug. .13, 1865; vet. SKltli KANTS. Thomas E. Hamer, 43. e . Aug. 22. 1861: dis. Nov. 22. 1862, n s. e. J. . ■ • < HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. Lorenzo Powell, 30, e. Aug. 22, 1 SOI ; dis. April 3, 1803, on s. c. <1. Parley CL Alugrage, 23, e. Aug. 8, 1861, in. o. Aug. 29, 1864, on e. t. s. Elihu 'Wheeler, 21, e. I)oo 12,1801: appd. sergt. March 12, 1805: m. o. c. Aug. 13, 1805; vet. Joseph C. Harris, 28, e. Aug. 10, 1801, died Jan. 20, 1802. John J. Butler, 22, c. Aug. 8, 1801; dis. Sept. 1, 1803. Philip .Jackson, 21, e. Aug. 11, 1861; dis. , at Frederick, Md. Benjamin B. Waller. 37, c. Aug. 22, 1801; dis. Feb. 5, 1803, at Frederick, Aid. John B. Nickerson 22, e. Aug. 19, 1801; m. o. Aug. 29, 1804, on c. t. s. LeviB. Webber, 20, e. Aug. 22, 1801; in. o. Aug. 29, 1864, on e. I. s. George B. Lyons. 28, c. Aug 11, 1801; died July 3, 1803, at Camp Sherman, Miss. Mahlou Snyder, 20, e. Aug. 22. 1801; died Jan. 20, 1804, of wds. rec. in hattle of .Mis- sion Bulge, Team.. Nov. 25, 1803. Willard Still, 23, e. Aug. 10, 1801, died Jan. 30, 1802. at Olive, O. Joseph S. Harris, 18, c. Aug. 8, 1801; in. o,. c. Aug. 13. 1805; vet. Spencer K . Hill, 18, e. Aug. 27, 1861; m. o. c. Aug. 13, 1805; vet. PRIVATES. — DISCHARGED. Atherton, .John '1'., 23, o. Dec. 12, 1861; dis. July 18, 1803, at Cincinnati. O. Armstrong, John, 25. e’. Dec. 12, 1801; dis. April 24, 1803, at Frederick. Md. Brown, Jeremiah (’., 23, c. Aug. 4, 1801; dis. March 29, 1802, at Charleston’, W Ya. Butler, James S., 23, e. Aug. 4, 1 sill ; dis. Oct. 17, 1862, at Philadelphia Pa. Clark, John, 22. e. Dec. 12, 1801; dis. June 25, 1805, at Juntisville, Ivy.; vet. Collie Id, John, 18, c. Aug. 7, 1861; dis. Dec. 20, ]S02„’at 'Washington, D. C. Dobbins, William J., 24, a. Aug. 7, 1801; dis. March 4, 1803, at Middletown, Md. Fast, Daniel, 43, e. Dee. 10, 1801; dis. I Sept. 1, 1803, at Camp Sherman, Miss. Foster David, 18, e. Aug. 8, 1801; dis. Dec. 17, 1802, at Baltimore, Md. Gant, Alfred M . 18, e. Aug. s, 1801; dis. Aug. 9, 1803, at .Memphis, Tcnn. Hall, Josiali W.. 42, c. Aug. 9. 1861: dis. , April 5, 1803, at Columbus, O. Harris, David W., 28, e. March 17, 1862: dis. Dec. 17, 1802, at Frederick. Md. Holster. John F., 18, c. Aug. 27. 1861; dis. April 3, 1803, at Philadelphia, Pa. McIntyre, Jefferson II.. 18, c Aug. 25, 1861; dis. Jan. 0, 1803, at Frederick. Aid . Mugrage, Frederick, N., 33, e. Feb. 5, 1802; dis. Oct. 23, 1803, at Cincinnati, O. Shilling, William. 22, e. Aug. 22, 1801; dis. Dec. 5, 1802 at Middletown. Md. Still, John, 22, e. Aug. 22. 1861 ; dis. April 28, 1802, at Baleigh, Ya. Yearrian, .John C.. 18, p. Aug. 22,1801: dis. Dec. 20, 1802, at Wheeling, Ya. DIET). Anderson, Martin Y., 28, e. April 2, 1802; died March 30, 1863, at Sarahsville. Ohio. Archer, Edward, is, e. March 17. 1802: died July 30, 1804, at Atlanta, Ga.; wd . bat tie Atlanta, Ga. : vet. Barton, Charles W . , 20. e. Aug. 7, 1861; missing in battle of Antietam, Aid., Sept. 17, 1802, Chessire, Lemuel 13. , IS, e. Dec. 12, 1861; killed July 28, 1804, action; Atlanta. Ga.; vet. Campbell, John, 24, e. Oct. J, 1802; drafted; died Feb. 28; 1803. at Young's Point, La. Denoon, Adam, 30, e. Dec. 14, 180]; died Jan. 30, 1805, at Sarahsvillo, Ohio. Farley, Henry AY., 19, c. Aug. 8, 1801; died — , at Wheeling, W. Ya. Hayes. David, 20. e. Aug. 6, 1*01; killed Sept. 14, 1862, battle South Alt., Aid. Harris, Ezra, 25, e. Aug. it. 1801: died Alarch 31, 1802. Olive, Ohio. Hughey. Joseph AY., 19, e. Aug. 9, 1861; died .June 2, 1803, wd. received at Yickslnirg, Aliss. Hupp, John, 25, c. Dec. 12, 1801: died Alarch 19, 1803, Columbus, Ohio. James, Thomas .J.. 29, e. Aug. it, 1801 killed Sept. 14, 1802, battle South All , Md, James Perry J ., 20, c. Aug. 9. ]Mil; died Aug. 27, I860, Mound City, III. James, Alfred, 4ft, c. Aug. 15, 1801; died March 23, 1863, Milliken’s Bend. La. Johnson, Salat hit-1 . 18. e. Aug. 9. 1861; died Alarch 15, 1802, Fayetteville, AY. Ya. I.anick. John II., 20. c. Dec. 29, 1801. killed Sept . 14. 1862, at South All., Aid. McKitrirk, William. 2 1, e. Aug. 15, 1861;' killed Sept. 14, 1802, South Alt., Aid ' - NOBLE COUNTY IN THE WAR. •>''i .McGuire, Jolm, 21, c. Dee. 4, 1801; died An". 10, 1802, Charleston, IV. Va. McCann. James, 33, e. Oct. 7. 1802; drafted, died .May 27, 180;!, wd. received battle Vicks- burg, -Miss. Perrin, William, 30, e. Aug. 22, 1801; died Jan. 17, 1802, Fayetteville, W. Va. Poling, Richard. 42. e. Oct. 7. 1802; draft., died May 22, 1803, Millikan's Bend, La. Rossitcr, Thomas, 24, e, Dec. 14. 1801; died March 18, 1803, Young's Point. La. Rucker, Owen, 4u, e. Aug. 22, 1801; died March 7, 1802, Raleigh, 7 a. Scinmons, Richard, 28, e. Dec. 18. 1801; missing Sept. II, 1802, battle Autietam, Aid. Sclmlield, .James T.,21, e. Dec. 23, 1801; died Man li 30, 1803, Young's Point, Va. Scbotield . Joseph (!., 47, e. Oct. 7, 1802; draft., died Feb. 17, 1802, Young's Point, La. Young, George, 27, e. Dec. 21, 1801; killed Nov. 27, 1803, battle .Mission Ridge, Tenn. ABSENT. Ball, John, IS, e. Aug. 7, 1801. Crooks, David, 22, e. Aug. 7, 1801. Farley. Melville G., 18, e. Aug. 8, 1801. Harper, Lemuel D., 18, e. Aug. 8, 1801. Raeey. Samuel. 21, c. Dec. 12, 1801. Walker, Amos J.. 38, c. .Vug. 8, 1801. While, Cyrus ]>., 21, e.' Aug. 22, 1801. MUSTERED Ol'T. Alltop, Benjamin, 24, e. Aug. 4, 1801, m. <>. c. ; vet . Archer, Thomas, 32, e. Nov. 19, 1802; draft., m. o. c. t. s. Anderson, Joseph G., 23, e. Aug. 4. 1801; in. o. c. t . s . Ball, Jonas, 24, e. Aug. 7, 1801; ni. o c.: vet. Bernier, William F., 24, e. Aug. 7, 1801; in. o. c. ; vet . Ball. Enoch, 20, e. Nov. It), 1802; draft., m . o . c. t . s Blake, -William A ., 22, e. Aug. 7, 1801; m. •I. C. 1 . s. Cunningham, George W., 18, e. Dec. 13, 1 S*’>1 ; III . (I . c, ; vet . Handers. Joseph, It), e. Dec. 13, 1801; m. «>. c. ; Vet . Grimes. Martin L., 18, c. Aug. 8, 1801; m. <». c. ; vet . !b AlU, John F., 22, c. Aug. 9, 1801; m. o . c . ; vet . Hughey. Andrew II,, 21, e. Aug !). 1801; III. o. c. . vet . Hardin, John, 20, e. Nov. 19, 1802; draft.; in . o . c . t . s . Hupp, Jackson, 20, e. Nov. 19, 1802; draft.; m. o. e. t. s. Harris, Sampson, 20, e. Aug. 8, 1801; m. o. e. t. s . Hamilton, Joseph B., 22, e. Aug, 9, 1801; in . o . e . t . s . Hipsley. Andrew II., 23, e. Aug. 9. 1801; to v. r. c. Jones, William R., 22, e. Aug. 11, 1801; in . o . c . ; vet . McCall, William, 22, e. Aug. 20, 1801; in. o. c.; vet. MeCleary, John W., 22, c. Aug. 14. 1801; m . o . c . ; vet . McKain, John B., 20, e. Aug. 20, 1801: m. o. c. ; vet. Me Geary, Henry, 33, e. Nov. 19, 1802; draft. ; m . o. e . t . s. Miller, Jacob, 18, e. Aug. 10, 1801; m. o. c. ; vet. McIntyre, J. IT., 18, e. Aug. 27, 1801; dis. Jan. 0, 1803, on s. c. d. Nye, Samuel, 23, e. Aug. 13, 1862; to bri- j gadeband. Nash, George W., 18, e. Aug. 26, 1801, | captured July 22, 1864, battle Atlanta, Ga:; j m. o. June 15, 1865. Nelson, August, 27, e. Dec. 0, 1801; wd. June 27, 1804, battle Kenesaw VI t . , Ga.; m. o. Aug. 13, 1805. Poling, Francis M., 23, e. Aug. 22, 1801; m. o. c. ; vet. Roberts, John W., 21. e. Aug. 22, 1801; m. e . t . s . ; vet . Rutherford, Samuel, 21, e. Aug. 22, 1801; no record. Sampson, William, 22. c. Aug. 22. 1801; j m. o. c.; vet. Stipp, Erastus G., 18, e. Aug. 22, 1801; j wd. July 28, 1804, battle Atlanta, Ga.; m. o. | June 27, 1807. Shannon, Murray, 20, e. Aug. 22, 1801, m. j o. c. t. s. Stires, Abraham I)., 28, e. Aug. 22, 1801; j m . o . e . t . s . ! Shoemaker, Otis 31, e. Aug. 13, 1802; ! to brigade baud . Treseotl, William R., 41, e. Dec. 12, 1801; m. o. May 12, 1805. Van Fosscn, John M.,21,e. Nov. 19, 18(12: drafted , in . o . e . I . s . ' ' ■ - HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. 22S Wheeler, Jonathan, 24, e. Nov. 1!), .1862; drafted, m. o. e. t. s. Wheeler, Alden, 25, o. Nov. 19, 1862; drafted, m. o. e. t. c. COMPANY F. coupon ai, . Harris, Samuel, 22, e. Aug. 21,1861; appcl. June 17, 1863; died Jan. 13, 1864, at Bclle- foute, Ala. Shankland, Thomas, 20, e. Aug. 21, 1861; appd. Sept. 1, 1864, m. o. c.; vet. run- ate. Foster, Demetrius A., 20. e. Aug. 21, 1801 : m. o. July 11, 1865, Columbus, Ohio; vet. Travis, Ezra, 18, Aug. 21, 1861; prisoner of war; m. o. June 15, 1865; vet. 36tii Regiment 0. V. I. The Thirtv-sixth Ohio was organ- ized at Camp Putnam, Marietta, in August, ISO 1. Its first officers were Melvin Clarke, Esq., of Marietta, lieu- tenant-colonel, and Prof. E. P. An- drews, major. For colonel, an effort was made to secure a mqn of extensive military knowledge, and such an officer was at last secured in George Crook, then a captain in the regular army, lie assumed command Sep- tember 12, 1861. Prior to that time six companies in charge of Major A. J. Slemmer, then of General Rose- crans’ staff, had marched through several counties of Western Virgin in- to stop the depredations of guerrillas. The other four companies remained at Parkersburg, uniting with the rest under Colonel Crook, at Sum- merville. There the regiment re- mained and drilled through the win- ter,and during their expeditions had several skirmishes with the guerrillas. The regiment suffered much from sickness during this period. May 12, lSt‘>2, the regiment started for Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, and was there brigaded with the Forty-fourth Ohio and a battalion of the Second West Virginia cavalry. From Lewisburg, Colonel Crook and his brigade made an expedition through, return- ing to Lewisburg. Then on the 23d General IJcth, with from two thousand five hundred to three thou- sand men attacked the brigage, shell- ing their camp. The Thirty-sixth and the Forty -fourth, containing in the aggregate not more than one thou- sand two bundled effective men. were ordered to repel the at tack, and did so so successfully that the rebels left upon the held sixty killed, one ! hundred and seventy -five prisoners, four pieces of artillery and three hun- dred stand of small arms. TheThirtv- sixth lost seven killed, forty-four wounded and live captured on picket. This victory, won without artillery i or the aid of the cavalry, was qnicklv -! and gloriously won. Moving hack to Meadow Fluffs on the 29th of May, the brigade was there joined bv the Forty-seventh Ohio, and went in pur- suit of General Ileth, but did not find him. The regiment remained with the brigade in Western and Eastern Virginia until September. On the 12th <>!' that month it reached Frederick, Mil., in advance of the rest of McClellan's army, had a skirmish with Stewart's cavalry and on the 1 fill the brigade was actively engaged at South Mountain, making a memorable bavonet charge, scat- tering and routing the enemy from t hat part of t lie field. The Thirl v sixth lost several men. being for a ' ■ NOlir.E COUNTY IN THE WAIT 229 time exposed to an enfilading fire. Three davs later the regiment was in the battle of Antietam. forming a part of Burnside's force on the left. Here Colonel Clarke was instantly killed i>v a ten pound shell, and Lieu- tenant-Colonel Andrews succeeded in command. After the battle the regiment re- mained in Maryland for a time, and in October was ordered with the brio-ado to West Virginia. Encamp- ing at Charleston November 10, it remained there nearly three months. •Ian. ^3.1 st;:!, the Thirty-sixth embark- ed for Nashville, to join the army of Cen. liosccrans. A few days after its arrival,! he ’i'll i rty-sixt 1 i, together with the Eleventh and Ninety-second Ohio, all under Gen. Crook, was ordered up the Cumberland Iiiver to Carthage. In .June the brigade marched for Murfreesboro, and was there attached to Major-General Reynold's division. Proceeding South with the armv, it was in the fight at Chickamauga, where the Thirty-sixth sustained the loss of sc ye nt v gal la n t soldiers. amon<<- • 1 o them Colonel A\ . G. Jones, who had succeeded Colonel Andrews in com- mand. The regiment was concerned in the operations about Chattanooga, including the capture of Brown’s ferry, and on the 2.’>th of Novem- ber- was in the battle of Mission Uulge. when it lost eighty three men. Re-enlisting in March, 1 SGI, after the expiration of the furlough, the 1 1 1 ; 1 1 \ - A \ i h ret timed to it s old camp- mg grnund at Char] -ston. AV. Va. I hence the brigade, in command of 1 " m-rd ( 'rook, made a successful raal to I >u bf i n Depot, during which occurred an engagement at Clovd's Mountain. .After destroying a large ( amount of railroad and rebel gov- ernment property, the expedition turned back to Meadow Bluff, and j soon after arriving there was ordered to join General Hunter in the Shen- andoah Valley. In the ensuing months the regiment experienced a j good deal of hard marching, did some skirmishing, and burned and destroyed much rebel property. Re- ! treating from Lynchburg before Early, the expedition arrived back at Charleston on the Kanawha in July, in a badly demoralized condition — half starved and broken down. S Erom Charleston to Parkersburg bv boat and thence by rail the troops again returned to the Shenandoah Valley. July 19th at lvernstown, near AVinchester, the division en- countered the enemy and lost one hundred and fifty men. Then, for thejirst and only time in its history, the Thirty-sixth turned its back to the ! enemy, and, with the rest of the di- vision, retreated in disorder. It had retreated before, but always in good order. Subsequent operations in the ATdlev in which the Thirty-sixth had a conspicuous part were engagements at Berry vi lie, September 8: Opequon. September 19: and a surprise at ( edar Creek in which the Nationals were first routed, then the Confederates. The Thirty-sixth remained in the Valley until December. It was then ordered to Cumberland, Aid., and there consolidated with the Thirty- fourth Ohio. in April. l^Gi). the consol- idated regiment was ordered back to AVinchester. and thence to Staunton. IUSTOUY OK XOlil.l. COUNTY, olIIO. 230 In June it proceeded to Cumberland, tiienee to Wheeling, where it was mustered out of the service .July 2i, 1S65. CoML’AN V E, 30 J' 'll < ). V. I . Mustered in Aug. 21. 1SG1, at Mari- etta, Ohio, for three years. Mustered out July 27, 1>05. at Wheeling, AV. Va. OKITCEKS. Isaac C. Phillips, 26, e. -Vug. 20, 1S01; as. first sergt.; pro. second limit. Co. F, Jan. IS, 18(53; Avd. Sept. 3, 1864, in Imltlc of Berryville, Ya. ; pro. first lieut. Dec. 30, 1804; capt. Jan. 20, 1803; dis. Jan. 23, 1803, by o. av. d. Stephen Spencer, 10, e. Aug. 13, 1801, as private; appd, first sergt.; died Aug. 12, 1804. of wds. received July 24, 1804, in battle of Kernstown, Va. SERGEANT. Alfred it. Phillips, 22. e. Sept. 12, 1801; in. o. Oct. 20, 1804, on e. t. s. COJSl’OKAI,. Henry McElroy, 28. e. Aug. 13, 1801; m. o. Sept . 4, 1801, on e. t. s. Edward McElroy, 21, e. Aug. 13, 1801, m. o. Sept. 4, 1804, on e. t. s. PRIVATES. Bell, Benjamin F., 24, e. Aug. 13, 1801; m. o. c. ; vet. Barker, William, 18, e. Aug. 13, 1801; m. o. c. ; vet . Bass, Henry, 28, c. Aug. 13. 1861; killed July 24, 1804, in battle of Kernstown, Ya.; vel . Dolman, John V., 20, e. Aug. 13. 1801; * m. o. c. ; vet. lliddleston, William, 21. e. Aug. 13, 1861; m. o. e. ; vet .’ lliddleston,. Liberty, 18, e. Oct. 1. 1801; died March 13, 1802, at Summerville, W. Ya. 1 lesson, John, 33, c. Aug. 13, 1801 ; dis Dec. 10, iso I, al (lallipolis, < > . . on s. o. d. Hupp, Elijah, 26, e. Sept. 12, 1801; m. o. Sept, is, 1804, on e. t. s. Holland, Thomas (I., 21. e. Aug. 13, ]s61; m. o. Nov . 10, 1804, on e. t. s. King, Joseph H., 23, e. Sept. 2, 1861; m. . o. Sept. 16, 1804, on e. t. s. King, Shepard P., 20, e. Aug. 13, 1801. Kirkman, Nicholas, 28, e. Aug 13, 1801 ; m. o. o. ; vet. McCoy, Hubert. 23, e. Aug. 13, 1801; dis. Sept. 13, 1803, on s. c. d. McCarty, Henry, 19, e. Aug. 13, 1801; dis. June 19, 1803, by o. av. d.: vet. Phillips, James, 20, e. Aug. 13, lx01; dis. Jan. 24, 1803, by o. av. d. White, , 18, e. Sept. 12, 1 s61 ; died Summerville, IV. Ya. , January, 1802, in reg. liospl. 20tii Regiment, O. Y. 1. — Re-Organi- zation. The Twentieth Regiment, first or- ganized as a three months' regiment, contained after its re-organization a company (Captain KhackleeY) com- posed principally of (Noble County men. The re-organization took place at Camp King, near Covington, K v., October 21, 1 SGI, under the com- mand of Colonel Charles Whittlesey, a graduate of West Point. During the following winter the regiment was employed in guarding batteries near Covington and Newport. Dur- ing this time four companies were sent to the vicinity of Warsaw, Ky., and February 11. 1SG2, all of the regi- ment. except Co. K. embarked for the Cumberland River. Fort Donelson | was the first battle in which it parti- cipated. After the surrender of the fort, the Twentieth was sent north in charge of prisoners. l>y (Match 1 G. seven companies had been brought together, and were sent up the Tennessee River. In April it par ticipated in the battle of Pittsburgh Landing, at which place it remained, 1 . | suffering much from sickness, during | the advance on Corinth. Subsequently j tin* regiment served at Polivar and l Jnka, and December 4, entered Ox- ' ■ - - NOJU.E COUNTY IN THE AVAR. (■ 231 Coni, Miss., in the second brigade of I, Oman's division. After the capture of Holly Springs, it turned north, arrivin'*' at Memphis, danuarv 2S, 1m;3, where it received 200 recruits and drafted men. Xext serving in Louisiana and Mississippi, May 12th. it took part in an engagement at Kavmond. Miss., in which it lost twelve killed and fifty -two wounded. At Champion Hills it was in the thickest of the light. It was next employed about \ icksburg, in the ’t a/.oo \ alley, at •lackson, etc. In January, ISOl, two-thirds of the men present re-enlisted, and in February they joined the Meridian expedition, prom, tocorpl. Xoat 10. 1804; sergt. Dec. 16, 1804; m. o. c. July 15, 1805, vet.; Avd. May | 12 rear Raymond, Miss.; A\d. at Atlanta, Ga. Thomas F. Moitoav corpl., IS, e. Feb. 2, | 1863; pro. tocorpl. Dec. 21, 1804; m. o. c. July 15, 1865; vet. i Andrew .J. Lucas, corpl., 18, e. Feb. 8, 1862; i pro. to corpl. Feb. 16, 1865; m. o. c. July i 15, 1865; vet. Nelson D. Warfield, corpl. 21, e. Dec. 16, j 1861; captured in action near Atlanta, Ga., .July 22, 1864: m. o. Jan. 27, 1865. Martin McBride, corpl., 25, e. Dec. 25, 1861; } pro. to corpl.; m. o. Dec. 27, 1864. e. t. s. Samuel McBride, corpl . , 21, c. Dec. 16,1861 | pro. to corpl.; m. o. Dec. 19, 1864, e. t. s Jacob Crow, corpl,, 27, e. Feb. 6, 1862 pro. to corpl.; captured in action near At lanta, Ga., July 22. 1864; died April 10, 1865, j at Baltimore, Md.; vet. PRIVATES . ivturning to Vicksburg1, March 4. Tim regiment went north on a vet- eran furlough, rendezvoused at Camp Dennison, May 1, and proceeded to Cairo, 111., thence to Clifton, Tenn. Marching thence, it joined General Sherman at A ek worth, June 9th. Thenceforth it was with Sherman's army in the Atlanta and Carolina campaigns, and July IS, 1S05, was mustered out of service at Columbus, ( )hio. Archer, George, 21, e. Dec. 25, 1861: died May 23, 1802, at Shiloh, Tenn. Archer, Cephas, 18, e. Feb. 29, 1864: m. o. c. July 15, 1865, by o. w. d. Archer, Wceden, IS, c. Feb. 29. 1864; m. o. c. July 15, 1865, by o. w. d. Archer, Annins. 23, e. Feb. 29. 1804; m. o. c. July 15, 1865, by o. w. d. Anion. Philip, 25, e. Feb. 21, 1865: m. o. c. July 15, 1865, by o. w. d.; substitute. Anderson, Ezekiel, 18, e. Dec. 25, 1861: trails, to 8tli Micli. Battery .Tunc 10, 1864. Barnes, John if., 18, e. Dec. 28, 1861; ab- sent at m. o.; vet.; in. o. by o. w. d. Aug. 23, 1865. Com CAN v I, 20tii Keouuext O. V. I. OKKICEIiN. Francis M. Shacklee, capl., 32, e. Nov. 27, 1*01; prom, to second licut ., Nov. 27, 1861, to eapt. Feb. 11, 1802, lo major April 22, 1864, j and assigned to field and stall, and afterward [ pro. io licut. col. I larrison Wilson, first licut. , 21, e. Dec. 7, ls*il; pro. to second licut. Dec. 7, 1861, to tir-t licut. Feb. 11, 1862. pro. to capt . and o'igmd to ('o. F Fell. 16, 1 StjJ; pro. to major. Jan. li, 1S65, afterward lo licut. col., Jan. 11, isti.5, and to col. June 21, 1865. I’awd I,. Way, MTgl . , 30. e. Dec. 35, I S(! I ; •It'd A I : i \ t 1*02. ;lt Shiloli, Tenn. Lnoi li Fuller, sergt., is, e. Feb. 6, 1862; 1 Ball, LeaAvard, 19, e. Feb. 27, 1864; m o. c. July 15, 1805, by o. av. d. Burford, John, 18, e. Feb. 24, 1864; dis. Barnes, James W . , 18, e. Feb. 8, 1862; vet. Gurry, George, 25, e. Dee. 3, 1861; dis. Aug. 2, 1862, on s. c. d. Cleveland, Franklin G. Caldwell, John. Crow, Frederick, IS, c. Feb. 6, 1862; in. o. .June 15, 1805. by o. w. d.; Ava- twice \vd . Garrotte. John \V., 19, c. Dec. 11. 1861; died Mav 26, 1862, at Shiloh, Tenn. Gildow, Daniel, 21, e. Feb. 21. 1804; m. o. c. July 15, 1865, by o. w. d. Houston, John W., 52. e. Dee. 2n, 1861; dis. Mav 16. 1862, oil s. e. d. Harbin, Joseph E., IS, e. Nov. 18. 48til; . 232 HJSTOKV OF NOHLK COUNTY, OHIO. (lied March 2a, 1802, at Cincinnati, Ohio; bur- ied at Freedom, Ohio. IInpp, George W., IS, c. Feh. 22. 18(11 ; \vd. in action near Atlanta, Ga. , July 22, 18(11; in. o. c. July la, 1865, byo. w. d Hupp, Marion, 18, e. Feb. 29, 18(14; m. o. c. July 15, 1805, by o. w. d. . Harbin, Harvey J., 14. e. Feb. 24, 18(14; died Aug. 12, 1804, at Home, Ga. King, Jacob, 25, e. Feb. 8, 1802; died Aug. 12, 1802, in Noble Co., Ohio. Kilbaugh, .Joseph, 18, e. Feb. 2, 1802; m. o. C. July 15, 1805; vet. Kinney, Joseph, 41, e. Feb. 22, 1804: dis. Jan. 22, 1805, on s. c. d. McGovern, Terrence, 24, e. Feb 29, 1804; m. o. c. July 15, 1865, by o. w. d., captured at Atlanta, Ga. , July 22, 1804, and remained in prison several months, McBride Peter, 18, e. Feb. 22, 1804; killed in action near Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1804. Moran, Jesse, 18, e. Dec. 10, 1801; dis. May 5, 1802, on s. c. d . Miracle, Isaac C’., killed in action near Ha mona, Miss., May 12, 1803. Mitten, David, 18, e. Jan. 25 1802; died May 20, 1802, at Shiloh, Tenn. Moore, Ferdinand, 18, e. Feh. 29, 1804, m. o. c. July 15, 1805, by o. \v. d Morris, Albert, 18, e. Feb. 29. 1864; absent, sick, m. o. July 15, 1865, by o. \v. d. Moore, Thomas, 18, e. Feh. 29, 18(34; last seen in battle July 22, 1804, near Atlanta, Ga. Newlan, Joseph Wr.,18, e. Dec. 11, 1801; died' . Newlan, William 11.,22’e. Dec, 11, 1801; died March 24, 1803, at St. Louis, Mo. Norihstine, Abram, 19, e. Feb. 21, 1805; m. o. c. July J5, 1805, byo. w. d., substitute. Nicun, John, 18, e. Feh. 15, 1805; m. o. c. July 15, 1805, by o. w. d., substitute. Palmer, Harrison J..21, e. Feb. 8, 1802; dis. Dec. 11, 1802, on s. c. d. Palmer, Harrison, 24, e. Feb 8, 1802; died . Palmer, Robert, 18, e. Feb. 8, 18(52; cap- tured in action near Atlanta. Ga., Julv 22, 18(54; absent, sick, m. o. July 15, 18(15, by circular No. 30, \vd. May 2, ISO). Heed, Horace O., 19, c. Dec. 2, 1801; dis. 1 )ec . 18, 18(32; on s. c . d . Hiley, John, 30, c. Feb. 1(5. 18(55; m. o, c. July 15, 1805, byo. w. d., substitute. Hose, W illiam, 19, e. Feb. 17, 1805: m. o. c* . July 15, 1805, by o. w. d., substitute. Heed, Horace (.),, 21, e Feb. 20, 1804; killed in action near Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 18(54. Swaney, James, 19, e. Dec. 25, 1801; dis. July 3, 18(52, on s. c. d. Smith, George W . , 18, e Feb. 22, 1804; m. o. c. July 15, 1805, byo. tv. d. Smith. William. 22. e. Dec. 20, 1804; m. o. c. July 15, 1805, by o. w. d., substitute. Smith. John W., is, e. Feh. IS, 18(55; ab- sent, sick, m. o. July 22, 1805, by o. w. d., substitute. Sa wards, GrilTin S. . 29, e. Dec. 10, 18(54; m. o. c. July 15, 1805. by o. w. d., drafted. Sawards, David W. , 23, e. Dec. 10, 1*f>4; m. o. c. .July 15, 1805, by o. w. d., drafted. Sturtz, John, 17, e. Feb. IS, 1805; ni. o. c. July 15, 18(55, by o. ~w. d., substitute. Tuttle, C’ryus A., 17, e. Nov. 24, 1801; dis. Jany. 23, 1802, by civil authority. Tucker, James, 38, e. Dec. 10. 1861; m. o. e. Jill}' 15, 1805, by o. tv. d., drafted. Tidd, Henry, 19, e. Feb. 19, 1805; m. o. c. July 15, 1805, by o. w. d., substitute. Van Fossen, John N., 19, e. Feh. 22. 18(54; captured in action near Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1804; absent, sick, m. o. July 15, 1805, by o. tv. d. Wickham Wieden, is, e. Jan. 25, 1802; dis. Aug. 4, 1862, on s. c. d. Wickham, James M. F., 30, e. Feh. 5, 18(32; died March 9, 1862, at Hvansvillc, Ind. Wells, William S., 21, e. Dec. 11, 1801: died March 29, 1802, at Savannah, Tenn. Way, Milton, 20, e. Jan . 20, 18(52; 111 . 0 c. July 15, 1865; vet. White “, James, 19, e. Feb. 29, 1864; Ill . () c. July 15, 1805, by o. \V . (1 Wise, John, 26, e. F eb 1“ >. 1*( 55; m . 0. c July 15, 1805, by o. w. d., substitute. Williams, Anton A., 19, e. Feb. 29. 1804; I died Sept. 1804, at camp hospital, near At- i lanta, Ga., from wound received at Atlanta, Ga. , J illy 22, 18(54 . Wickham, Vciden II., 19. e. Feh. 29. 18(54; died at East Point, Ga., from wd. roc. in action near Atlanta, Ga.. July 22, 1804. Wild, George, 35, e. Dec. 10, 1804; sub slit nlc. Wilson, Thomas, 20 e , Feb. 10, 1865; sub slitute. XOIir.K COUNTY IN Till'. WAR. 233 * Ydiingbliic, Frederick, 5‘2, e. Dec. *’•}, 1SC1: < 1 i < . Sept . ‘-iO, ISG'2. oil s. c. (I. Youngliluc, .Jesse 1!.. Is. e. Dec. 11. lSIil; dis. Aug. 0, lsli'2, on s. c. cl. Young. Cliirlc. Is, e. Del). 2i), 1 ^(>4 : died May 1, isiit, at .Mound City, III. G2l> RkoIMI NT ( ). V. 1. r] lie Sixtv-seoond Ohio. Colonel Francis 11. I’oiid, was organized at ('am]) Goddard. Zanesville, Ohio, in November. 1801. and remained in camp until the latter part of .Januarv, 1832. It was then ordered to report to General Roseerans, commanding in ’Western Virginia. February 3 the regiment encamped at Great Cacapon Creek; .March 10, moved thence to Martins burg, and thence to ’Winchester. It took part in the battle at the latter place, and in the pursuit of the Hying enemy as far as Strasburg. In April and May it was encamped at Edinburgh and Xew- market. 8 [ay 12 the regiment began a toilsome march through the moun- tains. cut Swift's Gap, Cheat Gap, and Warrenton, to Falmouth. At the latter place. May 2d, it was re- viewed by the President and Gener- als Shields and McDowell. Ordered tln ncc to Western Virginia again, the regiment marched through Catlett’s Station. Manassas .Junction. Hav- market, Rectortown, Front Royal. Enray and Columbia Fridge, where it arrived June 5. The same day the Sixty-second made a forced march to a point within live miles of Fort lie- public, where the advance brigade's met the enemy under Stonewall Jackson, and after a. fierce struggle of several hours, were compelled to and return to Columbia Bridge and .Enray. June lei it marched to Front Royal, and on the 2. Hutchins, 21. e. Feb. 27, 1864; appd. corpl.; wd. July 18, 1863, in assault on Ft. Wagner, S. m. o. Sept. 1, 18(55, o . \v . d . Harrison Burlingame, 21. e. Nov. 12. 1861; appd. corpl.; m. o. Sept. 1, 1865, o. w. d ; vel . William Weekly, is, c. Dec. 9. IS01; appd. corpl., m. o. Sept. 1, 1865, o. w. d.; vet. . NOB MO COUNTV IN TIIIC WAIi. riilVA’l'KS. Ackley. Coalton, : 21 , e. Oct. 12, 1801; died Oct. 20, 1862, at Ft. Schuyler, X. A’., of wds . ree. July IS, 1S02. in assault on Ft. Warner, S. C. Alllop, William, 31, e. Oct. 9, 1801; dis. Aug. 9, 1802, at Harrison's Landing, Ya., on s. c. d. Ball. Elisha, 27. e. Feb. 27, 1804; dis. Sept. 27. 1 804, on s . e. d . Rail. .lames. Ft, e. Feb. 20, 1804; died Oct. 28. toil, in liospl. at liielnnond, Ya. Hall. William, ls,c. Feb. 27, 1864; captured April 9, isii I, at battle of Appomattox C. II., Ya . ; m. o. Jan. 10, 1805, at Columbus, O., by o . w . d . Hell. John 15., 84, c. Oct. 7, 1802: Ms. drafted: m. o. July 7,1808, at Hilton Head, S . c . , e . I . s . Hell. Leander, 25, e. Oct. 7, 1802; dis. July 7, 1803, o. \v . d . I5arnlion.se, John, 19, e. Feb. 3, 1804; \vd. in action at Ft. Gregg, Ya. Barllelte, George, 18, e. Feb. 18, 1804; died Aug. 22, 1805. Britton, Joseph, 22, e. Feb. 20, 1804; killed Oct. 13, 1804, in action in front of Richmond, Ya. Cliesshire, Samuel P. , 20. e. Oct. 7, 1801; dis. Sept. 28, 1802, at Columbus, < » . , on s. C. d. Clark, William E.. 19, e. Feb. 20, 1864; m. i > . c . Combs, Thomas I > . , 19, e. Feb. 11, 1804; m. o. c. Corner, Edwin M . , 21, e. Oct. 31, 1801; wd. in battle of W inchester, Ya. ; dis. Sept. 29. 1805, at Camp Dennison, O. ;o. w. d.: vet. Cunningham, Xehemiali, 22, e. Feb. 26, * 1804; m. o. c. Davis, Adam, 20, c. Feb. 25, 1804; m.o.e. 1 >a\ is, George K., IS, c. Feb. 9, 1804; n . II. <■ . Davis lliram. 18, e. Feb. 25, 1804; in. o. c. I »avis. Jenkin, 42, e. Oct . 8, 1801 ; m. o. c. Di\is, Thomas J., IS, e. Heb. 20, 1804; m. <>. c . Donovan, Andrew .1., 18, e. Feb. It), 1801; m . It. c. Duriiall, Elijah, 19. e. Nov. 15. 1801; dis. June II. 1 sc,) . mi s. c. d. Dye. Arius X., 22, e. Feb. It), ISO!; m.o.e. D\c. EUa A.. 22. e. Nov. S, 1 so 1 ; m. o. Nov. IS, I sO I , c. t. a. Dye, Samuel, 19, e. Oct. 25, 1802; m. o. e. Elliott, William, 25, e. Oct. 25, 1802; dis. June 20, 1805, at Hampton, Ya., on s. c. d. Everly, Henry, e. Oct. 9. 1802; drafted; m. o. July 9, 1863, e. t. s. Flanders, Joseph, 18, e. Feb. 20, 1804; dis. July 22, 1805, on s. c. d. Flanders, William T.,18, e. Feb. 20. 1804; dis. July 22, 1805, at Fortress Monroe, Ya.. on. s. c. d. Flowers, Adam IF, 20, e. Oct. 7, 1801; m. o. Oct. 20-, 1804, e. t. s. Frakes George, 35. e. Xov. 15, 1801. Frakcs, Morley, 18, e. Feb. 22, 1804; m. o. c. Frakes, Reece, 15, e. Dec. 9, 1861. Gilpin, Manly, 18, e. Oct. 14, 1861, m. o. Oct. 20, 1804, e. t. s. Goodwoll, Albert, 21, e. Oct. 8, 1861; killed April 1, 1805, in action at Hatcher's Run, Ya. Goodwoll, Ira, 19, e. Xov. 0, 1801; wd. July 18, 1803, in assault on Ft. W agner, S. 0. Grandstaff, Andrew. 19, Xov. 0, 1801, m. o . c . ; vet . Gregg, William J., e. Oct. 7. 1802; drafted; m. o. July 7, 1803, e. 1. s. Hardin, John, e. Feb. 2, 1864; m. o. c. Hastings, Adam R., 18, e. Feb. 3, 1804; m . o . e . Hendersliot. Jackson D., 28, e. Oct. 31, 1801; dis. June 1, 1803, on s. c. d. 1 larold, William, 18, e. Feb. 27, 1804; m. o. c. Hupp, James F. 15., 19, e. Feb. 20, 1804; 111. o. c. Hupp, Lewis S., 27, e. Xov. 13, 1801; m. o. c. Hutchins, Ilallis, c. Oct. 9, 1801; dis. July 9, 1862, mi s. e. d. Earns, Alexander, 18, e. June, 3, 1804; m. o. c. Lincicome, Levi, 21, e. .March 9, 1804; dis. June 14, 1805, at Baltimore, Mil., on s. c. d. Love, Robert, 21, e. Aug. 18, 1802; dis. Aug. 8, 18(55, by o. w. d. McLaughlin, Samuel, IS, e. Oct. 9, 1802; dis. Aug. 2, 1804, at Hilton Head, S. C.,on S. C. d. Martin, John W . , 28, e. Feb. 28, I 01. m. o. c. Mat holly, Isaiah, 25, e . del. 27, 1802; m. o. c. * . ' HISTORY OF NOI5LK COUNTY, OHIO. 230 Mathcny, Theodore J., 18, e. Feb. 27, 1864; wd. April 2, 18(55, in battle Ft. Gregg, Va . ; dis. June 13, 1803, at Ft. Monroe, Va., on s. c. d. Matheny, Thomas J., 31, e. Oct. 28, 18(51; m. o. Nov. 15, 18(54, e. t. s. Moore, Gilhead 31, e. Dec. 11, 1861; m. o. c . ; vet . Moore, Philip, 18, e. March 0, 1804; de- serter. Morgariedge, (.'has. L., 24, e. Feb. 20, 1804.; m. o. c. Murdock, Grcenbery, 30, e. Dec. 24, 1803; 111. o. c. Morton, William, 18, e. Feb. 20, 1804; died Aug. 28, 1804, in liospl. at Ft. Monroe, Va. Nichols, Eli, 28, c. Nov. 13, 1801; m. o. Oct. 20, 1804, e. t. s. Norman, Joseph, 19, e. Dec. 2, 1801; dis. Sept. 10. 1803, s. c. d. Norris, Marquis L., 21, e. Oct. 9, 1801; died April 2, 18(i2, at Winchester, Va. Oliver, Samuel. 19, e. Feb. 11, 1804; died Sept. 2, 1804, in liospl. at Petersburg, Va., of disease. Parker, Charles 11 . , 22, e. Oct. 15, 1801; m. o. Oct. 20, 1804, e. t. s. llo.ss. Randall, e. Oct. 10, 1802; pro. chap- lain loth (). V. 1., Aug. 27. 1803; m. o. r. Hoy, Alexander, 23. e. Nov. 15, 1861; m. o. Nov. 15, 1804, e. t. s. Severs, Abram, 18, e. Feb. 27, 1804; in. o. c. Sears, John W., 23, e. Nov. 13, 1801; m. o. Nov. 13, 1804, e. t. s. Shatto, Andrew, 25, e. March 9, 1804; died Aug. 10, 1804, of wd. rcc. at Malvern Ilill, Va. Shirk, Edward II. 19, e. Oct. 10; 1801; died Sept. 2, 1863, of wd. rec. July 18, 18(53, * at Ft. Wagner. S. C. Simmons, Thomas, 30, e. Aug. 14, 1802; died in liospl. at Ft. Monroe, April 2, 1805, of wd . Smith. Joseph L., 28, o. Aug. 21, 1802; dis. June 7, 1865, at Richmond. V;P. . o. w. d. Snyder, Thomas II ., 21, e. Sept. 8, 1862; killed Sept. 22, 18(54. in action near Peters burg, Va. Spear, David, 23, c. Feb. 20, 1804; died Amr. 10, 18(51, of wd. rec. al Malvern Hill Va. Starkey, Minor, 18, Feb. 1, 18(5-1; m. o. c. Stevens, Ezra, 23. e. Oct. 23, 1801; m. o. Oct. 26, 1804, c. t. s. Stewart, George, 18, e. Nov. 13, 1801; m. o. c. : vet . Thorla, Isaac II., 20, e. Oct. 5, 1861; m. j o. Dec. 5, 1804, e. t . s. Wagner, Isaac, 21, e. Aug. 18, 18(52; m. o. Aug. 8, 1865; o. w. d. Wagner, Theodore, 28, e. Oct. 7. 18(54; drafted, rn. o. c. Weekley, Levi, 18, e. Feb. 14, 18(54; wd. at Deep Bottom Run, Va. ; m. o. July 8, 18G5, at Richmond, Va., o. w. d. Wheeler, Alden, 24. Feb. 26, 18154: in. o. c. Wheeler Samuel, 19, e. Felt. 2(5, 1804; captured April 9, 1805, at Appomattox, C. II, Va . ; m . o . c . Williams, Elisha, 18, e. June 19, 1804; m. o. c. Weekley, Benjamin, Oct. 9, 1802; drafted; dis. March 1, 1803, s. c. d. -42l> liKOIMENT, O. A\ I. The Forty-second Regiment was organized at Camp Chase, near Colum- bus. Companies A. R, C and I) were mustered into the service September 25, 1 $(>1; the remaining- companies at different dates later, the regimental organization being completed Novem- ber 2<>. James A. Garfield was the first colonel of the regiment, and was suc- ceeded in March. 1S02, by Colonel L. A. Sheldon. Company D. of the Forty-second, was raised in Noble County. The fol- lowing history of the company was written by I)r. K. Stephenson: “The company was raised at Smn- meriield, in September, 18(51 : joined the Forty-second Regiment as Com- pany I), September 25. commanded by James A .Garfield. AVent up the Sandy Valley and met the enemy at Middle Creek, January Id, 1Swn to Point Pleasant . t ook the boats for Memphis, ; where we joined the fleet and arrived at ( hickasaw Plutl's. on the Yazoo River. Christmas day. proceeded to get the worst drubbing we ever got. 1 11 the charge on the Plutl's, one brigade. Colonel DeCourav’s, was al- most annihilated, and the Forty-sec- ond covered the retreat gallantly. General Sherman to the contrary, notwithstanding. “We got out though, and went to Arkansas Post, where we surrounded and took in the Johnnies, of- ficers. mules, and all. about 9. bUO of them, then to Young’s Point, opposite Vicksburg, where we Dnudded' it until spring, and then started on the campaign in rear of V icksburg. Fought the bat- tle of Grand Gulf, April 2D. marched down opposite Bruinsburg. crossed the river, marched to Thompson's Ilill, where we fought on May 1, and won the first score in rear of Vicksburg. Next, at Fourteen-Mile Creek, we had a set-to with the Johnnies, but on May 10. at Cham- pion Hill, was fought one of the closely contested battles of the war; next day we climbed their works, at Black River bridge, and on the 19th invested the city of Vicksburg, and opened our cracker line to our great relief, as our five days' rations got mighty thin by this time; here we played Gopher, and swapped lead until the 4th day of July, when the Johnnies cried enough; then we marched to Jackson, and after a week’s lighting there, Joe Johnston, like the Arab, folded his tent and silently stole away. The Thirteenth Army Corps then went to New Or- leans, where we took in the ad va nee to Texas, by way of the Teche Country, having several slight skirmishes with the enemy back to the town of 1‘lac- (piemine, which we garrisoned that winter; this was the only soft snap , ■ . 23S HISTORY OF NORMS COUNTY, OHIO. the boys got during* their term of j service. Li the spring we went to Baton Rouge, where on May 1 and 2 we fought the battle of Cornitc River, thence' to Sims’ Port, where we helped Banks let the rebels go, and saved I his summer’s speculation, viz., trading cotton for wool. AVe then marched down on the Mississippi to Al organza Bend, where we spent the time in scouting and lighting the old-fash- ioned Gallinippers, in which battles we lost more gore than with the j Johnnies. AVe were ordered up White River, and fortified St. Charles; did somescoutingand lotsof digging.until ordered down to the mouth ol' AVhite j River, where we lay until ordered 1 home, in September, ISfit, to he dis- i charged. AVliile here we had several brushes with the enemy, though j mostly with bands of guerrillas that infested the river. AYe were sent to Todd’s Barracks, where they pro- posed to put us down on our good behavior, but we did not have anv, ; and the bo vs broke all the red tape rules, and not wishing to mix their bed bugs with our own well-beloved : grav backs, we marched out and went to camp, close where we were mus- tered out, on September 30, ISOf; arrived at Summeriield on Sunday 1 night, where the whole count y turned out to meet us, and then; was only one thought to mar our happiness: the brave boys left behind. But we may feel that the result was worthy of the sacrifice, and that at the grand re- j union Cod will so bless and keep us that every member of Company 1), Forty -second Ohio Volunteer Infan- try,will answer at roll-call, ‘ 1 ’resent.’ ’’ | Company J.), I2i> ( ). V. 1. Mustered in September 25, 1 SC» 1 , at Camp Chase, Ohio, bv John R. Kdie. major Fifteenth Infantry. 1 nited States Army, for three vears. Mustered out September 30. lsfij. at Camp Chase, Ohio, by J. Y. Small, second lieutenant First Ohio Cavalry, A. C. M. comm r ssroN k d offic mts . Captain James If. Higgs, 28, e. Sept. 17, 1861; resigned Dec. 81, 1868. First Lieutenant. Herman Swaberdisn, 40, e. Sept. 17. 1861 ; resigned April 8, 1862. First Lieutenant William S. "Wilson, 26, e. Sept. 17, 1861. as second lieut. ; pro. first Meat. .May 28. 1868; in. o. c. First Lieutenant, Fdward S. Saunders, 26, c. July 1, 1868; pro. capt. and a. a. g. Sept. 4, 1 864 . NON-COM MTSSION cn OFFICIOUS. First Sergeant Joseph C. Clark, 88, e. Sept. 17, 1861 : died Feb. 28, 1S64. at Ashland, K v . First Sergeant .Matthias 1). Hodeoker, 26, e. Sept. 7, 1861; appd. sergt . Loin eorpi. Oct. 28, 1861; first sergt. .March 4. 1862; pro. lirst lieut. Co. A, June 8, 1864; in. o. c. First Sergeant Hubert Stephenson, 2li, e. Sept. 17, 1861; appd. sergt. from corpl. March 4, 1862; first sergt. July 1. 1868; m. 0. c. Sergeant, IV. J. Nicholson, 20, e. Sept. 17, 1861 ; m. o. e. Sergeant "Wm. ('. Frost, 10, e. Sept.. 17. 1861; 111 . O. C. Sergeant Hichard B. David. 20. e. Sept. IT, 1861 ; m. o. c. Sergeant Samuel Gregg, 21, e. Sept. 17, 1861 ; died Nov. 6, 1861 at Camp Chase, O. Sergeant Hubert I’. Wilson, 88. e. Sept. IT, 1861; appd. sergt. from corpl. July 1, 1862; III. O. 0. Sergeant Gideon (). Pringle, 28. e. Sept. 17, 1861; appd. corpl. April 2, 1862; sergt. July 1 , 1 N68; in . o. c Sergeant George W. Wiley, 81, e. Sept . IT, 1861; appd. sergt. from corpl. (let. 1, 1868; m . o. c. Sergeant William 11. Summers, 27, e. Sept li, 1861; appd. sergt. from corpl. April 2s. ■ NOIJLB COUNTY IN Till. IVAR 239 1803; wd. May 19, 18(93, in battle of Vicks burn. Miss. : dis. Aug. 2:3, 180:3, on s. c. d. Corporal Bethel 13. 1). Rucker, 19, c. Sept. 1 T, 1801 : in . o. c. Corporal Charles W. Farley, 21, e. Sept. 17, 1801; appd . corpl. Oct. 1, 180:3; m. o. c. Corporal Hugh 31. Shipman, 20, e. Sept. 17, 1801; appd . corpl , Oct. 28,1801: m. o. c. Corpora! John A. McCarty, 23, e. Sept. 1 7, 1801; appd. corpl. July 1, 1802; m. o. c. Corporal William Brandt, 18, e. Sept. 17, 1801; appd. corpl. July 2, 1802; m. o. c. Corporal Thomas R. Ilenthorn, 10, e . Sept, j 17. 1 8(> l ; appd. corpl. June 5, 180:3; in. o. c. ( 'or porn! James Lindsey, 21, e. Sept. 1 7 , 1801 ; appd. corpl. July 1, 186:3; m. o. c. Corporal II. 13. Newton, — , c. March 10, j 1802: appd. corpl. June 15, lSOfi; trails, to ! Co . I , Sept . 17, 180-1 , to 96th O . \ . 1 . Nov. 19, 1804; m. o. c. Corporal Thomas G. Buckingham, 21, e. j Sept. 17, 1801; appd. corpl. July 2, 1802; m. o. c. Corporal Edward T. Petty, 20, e. Sept. 17, 1801 ; 111. O. C. Musician Samuel 13. demurer, 30, e. Sept. 17, 1 SOI ; ill. O. C. Wagoner Joseph T. Eagler, 24, e. Sept. 17, j 1 8(1] ; m. O. C . PRIVATES. Archer, Enoch, 50, e. Sept. 17, 1801; dis. ( Jet. 20, 1802; on s. c. d. Bates, Patrick, 19, e. Sept. 17.1801; in. o c. Brothers, Gustave A., 19, c. Sept. 17, 1801: m . o. c. Bates, Lewis, 21, e. Sept. 17, !8G1 : m. o. c. Brooks, Nelson 13., 21, e. Sept . 17,1801; captured May 10. 1863, at battle Champion 1 Hills, Miss.; prisoner of war till Dee. 20. , 180:3; m . o. c. Browning, Aaron J., 20, e. Sept. 17, 1801; prisoner of war; m. o. e. Buckingham, James W., 18, e. Sept. 17, 1 8(11 ; in . O. C„ * lialis, Cyrus, 2:3, c. Sept. 17, 1801; m.o.c. j Brown, George C., 19, e. Sept. 17. 1803: died May 3, 1NG3, at Millikan's Bend. La. Bates. Barnn, 40, e. Sept . 17. 1804; dis. A pril 25, 1 804, on s . c . d . Carter, William T., 21, c. Sept, 17, 1801; ; 111 . o. c. Curry, James W ., 20, o. Sept. 17. 1861: m. o. c. Calland, Robert II., 19, Sept. 17, 1861: m. o. c. Cooper, Azariah, C., 19, e. Sept . 17. 1861; m . o. c. Davis, John 13. 20. e. Sept . 17, 1801; m. 0. c. Dickenson, Isaac, 18, e. Sept . 17, 1801: died March 0, 1802, at Ashland, Ky. Daugherty, Michael, 18, c. Sept. 17 1861; died June 19, 1803, at St. Louis, Mo. Daugherty, James, 24, e. Aug. 5, 1802: died Oct. 1. 1804, at Berwick City, f a. Davis, Joshua M., 28, c. Nov. 7, 1801 ; died May 15, 1802, at Ashland, Ky. Fogle, George, ' 2, e. Sept. 17, 1801; m. < . e. Forbes, Edward, 42, e. Sept. IT, 1801: died Feb. 11, 1802, al Youngs Pt. , La. Earley, Ezekiel, 4:3. e. Sept . 17, 1801; dis. Sept . 19, 1802. on s c. d. Glassner, John L., 20, e. Sept . 17, 1801; rn. o. c. Gebhart, Nicholas, 21. e. Sept. 17. 1801; died Sept. 10, 1802, at Cumberland Gap, Ky. Grant, John II., 19, e. Sept. 17, 1801; died July 23, 1868, al Black River, Miss. Gee, Edmund, 43, e. Sept. 17, 1801; died June 30, 1S04. at Morganza, La. Groves. Smith, 21, e. Oct. 14, 1801; died Aug. 14, 1803. itt Vicksburg, Miss. Glassner, Iliram I)., 18, e. Nov. 7, 1801; trails, to Co. i Sept. 7, 1801; to 90th * > . V. 1. Nov. 19, 1804: m. o. c. Horton, John, 18, c. Sept. 17, 1801; m.o.c. Hickman, Henry, 23, c. Sept. 17, 1801; in. o. c. Harrison, William II 19, c. Sept. 17, 1 SO 1 ; in. o. c llagins, Edward, 18, c. Sept . 17, 1801; in. o. c. Hanson, John, 18. e. Sept. 17, 1801; died Feb. 27, 1802, at Barnesville. Ohio. Hickman, Wesley, 20, e. Sept . 17, 1801; died April 21, 1802, at Louisville, Ky. Haney, Charles, 21 , e. Sept. 17. 1801; m.o.c. Ilickle, Isaac N. ,23, e. Sept. 17. lsdt.di-. Oct. 2, 1802, on s. e . d . I liddlesbaeh, John 11., 50, e. Sept . 17. 1801; dis. Fob. 2, 1804, on s. e. d. Johnson, Samuel, 15, e. Srpi . 17, 1801 ; died March 0, 1802, at Ashland. Ky. Kent, Abram, 20, o. Sept. 17. 1801; m.o.c. Kent, Israel A., 23, e. Aug. 3, 1802. trails, to V. R. C. - . ■ ' - 240 HISTORY OF NOB LTC COUNTY, OHIO. Kermon Josiali P., 29, e. Aus;. 14, 1862; trails, to 90th O. V. I. Nov. 19, 1864; m.o.c. Kays, "William AT., 18. e. Sept. 17,18(51: m. o. c. Larrick, Isaac, 24, c. Sept. 17, 18(51; m. o. c. Lowe, David, 23, e. Sept. 17, 1891; died April 18, 1864, at Cairo, 111. Moore, John, 23, c. Sept. 17, 1.861; ni. o. c. Morris, -Shanegar, 19, e. Sept. 17, 1861; m. ! o. c. Miitheny, James F. , 19, e. Sept. 19, 1861: killed .Way 1(5, 1 80'2, in battle Champion Hills, Miss. McConnell, Abraham, 18, c. Sept. 17, 1861; died June 5, 18G3, at Memphis, Tenn. McDonald, Hugh, 19, e. Sept. 17, 1861; dis. Oct. 12, 1861, by civil authority. Mclntire, Stephen 1)., 23, e. Sept. 17, 18(51: dis. 1862, on s. c. d. Marlow, Isaac, 21, e. Aug. 13, 1862; trans. to Co. I, "Sept. 1864: to 96th O V. I.. Nov. 19, 1804; m . o. c. Milligan, John, 19, e. Aug. 13, 1802; trans. ■ to Co. 1, Sept. 18fi4; to 96 thO. \ . I., Nov. 19, 18(54; m . o. e. Nicholas, Harrison, 27, e. Sept . 17, 1861; J up o. c. Nowall, James T., 20, e. Sept. 17, 1861; j 111. o. c. Oakcy, Benjamin, 18, e. Sept. 27, 1861; dis. May 23, 1862; on s. c. d. Poulton. Marion, 21, e. Sept. 17, 1861; wd. July 12, 186:5, at Jacksonville, Miss.; m. o. c. Pennington, Olho, 4, e. Sept. 17. 18(51; m. o. c. Pringle. William, 28, e. Sept. 17. 18(51; killed May 1(5, ISO-:, in battle of Champion Hills, Miss. Filler, John IV. 19, e. Sept. 17, 1861; died May 28, 18(52, at home, in Noble Co.. Ohio. Porter, Samuel, 18, e. Sept . 17, 1861; dis.’ March 13, 1863, on s c. d. Kosenbiixh, William, 28, e. Sept. *17, 1861; | 111. o. c. Kilby. John W.,21,e. Sept, 17, 18(51; m. o. c. Robinson, James IV., 23, e. Sept. 17, 18(51; dis. Nov. 4. 18(52. on s. c. d. Rucker, Timothy IL, 23, e. Sept. 17, 18(11; dis. May 1 , 18113, on s. e. d . Rucker, Warren, 20, e. Sept. 11, 18(51; in. o. c. Sheppard, Michael, 21, e. Sept . 17, 1861; 111. o. c. Scott, Benjamin F., 21, e. Sept. 17, 1864; 111. o. c. Shipman, David IT., IS, e. Sept. 47, 1861; died March 3, 1862, at home, in Belmont, Co., Ohio. Stirrs, Joseph II., 18, e. Sept. 17, 1861; dis. Oct. 10, 1861, bv civil authority. Stevens, Nathan, 21, e. Aug. 13, 1862; trails to Co. I, Sept., 1864, to 96, O.Y. I., Nov. 19. 18G4; m. o. e. Turner, David. 18, e. Sept. 17, 1861; in. o. c. Willis. John IV., 18, e Sept. 17, 1861; m. o. c. "Whitman, Benjamin F., 18, e. Sept. 17, 1861 ; in . o. c. Willis, Cyrus, 36, e. Sept. 17, 1861; m. o. c. Wise. James, 20, e. Sept. 17, 1861; m. o. c. Wilson, Benjamin, 23. e. Sept. 17, 1861; died July 6, 1863, at Memphis, Tenn. Yoho, James. 23, e. Oct. 14, 1861; trans. to Co. I, Sept. 17, 1864; to Co. E. Oct. 29, 1 S64 ; m . o . c . (ioRI) I { Ft; IMF. NT, O. Y. I. Tito Sixty-third Ohio Volun- teer Infantry was formed by the consolidation of two battalions, known as the Twenty-second and Sixtv-t bird Regiments, Ohio Volun- teer Infantry. The battalion of the Twenty-second was recruited at Ohillicothe ; that of the Sixty- third at Marietta. The order for consolidation was issued January IS, 1S(>2, and the organization was completed on the 23rd of the same month, with John V. Sprague as ( ,’olonel. February I Mb the regiment moved from Marietta toward Paducah, Ivy. February 2 3rd it joined the Army ol I he Mississippi, at Com- merce, Mo. ll was put in a brigade with th(> rwenty-seventh. Thirty- ninth and- Forty-third Ohio Royi- NOnr.K COUNTY IN THK WAR. 241 meats, under Brigadier- General David S. Stanley. It took part in the operations resulting in the sur- render of Island No. 10, in the siege of Corinth ; the engagements at Farmington and Iuka. “October 3rd, the regiment moved into Cor- inth. forming a line in the rear of the outer works on the extreme left. During the night it was placed on the right of Battery Robinett, which oosition it held during the battle on the following day. Before daylight on the morning of the 4th, a picket force from the regiment, moving out the Chevalla road, met the enemy ad vancing to place a battery. The picket drove the rebels back, captur- ing the captain of the battery and one gun. During the engagement which immediately followed, the regiment was much exposed, losing, in killed and wounded, forty-eight per cent of the officers and men in action. There were but three line officers that were not killed or wounded, and some of them were wounded more than once.” Leaving Corinth, November 2, the regiment went to join Grant, in * Mississippi. On the 5th, near Grand .1 unction, it was joined by the bat- talion of the One Hundred and Iwcltth Ohio, which had been con- solidated with it, and which added lnaW'iially to its strength. On the 2 1 1 h o{ December, it joined General Sullivan's command, and on the 31st "‘as in an engagement, at Barker's * i < »s Roads. Repulsing the enemy, und pursuing him to the Tennessee i lover, the Sixty-third returned to t orintli and went into winter quar- j 10 ters, January 9, 1803. The regiment moved in April, with General Dodge's forces, beyond Tuscumbia, Ala., thence returning to Memphis. On the 10th of May it moved to Mem- phis. October IS it joined Sherman's movement for the support of the army of the Cumberland ; from Memphis to Eastport, Pulaski and Prospect, Tenn., where it arrived November 13. Having re enlisted, the Sixty-third left Prospect, January 2, 1804, and were soon after given furloughs. Re- assembling at Columbus, Ohio. Feb- ruary IS, it again left for the front, and was ordered to Decatur Junc- tion, Ala. It took an active part in the capture of Decatur; was in the battle of Resaca, May 14 ; at Dallas, a few days later, and in the battles at Kenesaw Mountain, Decatur and Jonesboro. It went into camp at East Point, Ga., September 10, 1804. From May to this time it had lost in action 158 men. In October it moved north across the Chattahoochee, and entered upon an arduous campaign, suffering from lack of supplies and toilsome marches. The Sixty-third was with Sher- man through Georgia, from Atlanta to Savannah, and took part in all the dangers of that great campaign. January 5, 1S05, it left Savannah for Beaufort, S. and served in the | Carolinas until after Johnston’s sur- I render. May 10th it went into | camp at Alexandria, Ya., and on the 24th was reviewed by the President, General Grant, and others. The regiment was finally mustered out at Louisville, Ky., July 8, 1S(>5} and ■ ■ . •*.<* if-.r'r ■ . ■ 242 1IISTOKY OF NOUI.K COUNTY, OHIO. by authority of general orders was entitled to inscribe upon its banners the names of the following battles: New .Madrid, Island Xo. 10, I aka, Corinth (Oct. 4), Atlanta and Sav- annah. Co. ]), t!3rd Regiment, ( ). V. I. Mustered in Oct. 9, lsr.l, at Mar- ietta, Ohio; three years. Mustered out July 8, 1805, at Louisville, Ivy. CAPTAINS. James Taggart, 29, Nov. 9, 1S61; res. June 23, 1862. William .1. Collitlovver, 27, Nov, 9, 1861; from 112tli (). Y. I.; res. Aug. (i, 1862. Angus McDonald. 32, Oct. 9, 1861; pro. sec- ond lieut. , April 16, 1864; first lieut. Nov. 17, 1864; capt. Feb. 11, I860; m. 0. c. FIRST LIEUTENANT . William C. Thomas, 21, Aug. 12, 1862; appd. first sergt . ; pro. second lieut. June 1, 1863, first lieut. and adjutant Sept. 10, 1864; m. o. r FIRST SERGEANT. William G. Applebee. 22, Jan. 3, 1862; appd. corpl. March 16, 1862, sergt. Jan. 1, 1863, first sergt. Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. e.; vet. SERGEANT. John Ruplc, 24, Dec. 3, 1801; killed Juno 28, 1864, in action Kenesaw Alt., Ga.; vet. James M. Fierce, 42, Nov. 21, 1861; dis. Ike. 9, 1862, at Columbus, Ohio, on s. c. d. James C. Mathony, 19, Dec. 26, 1861; appd. first sergt. Sept. 1, 1861, pro. second lieut. July 24, 1863; 111. o. Dec. 26, 1864, on e. t. s. Ezra Shock, 26, Aug. 14. 1862; from 112th, O. V. I. ; m. o. c. Paulen ^Jones, 21, Aug. 22, 1862; from 1 12th, O. V. 1 . ; m. o. c. Isaac Marshall, 31, Oct. 6, 1802; from 112th (). V. I. : m. o. c. coupon \i,s. Martin Wyrick, 27, Aug. 20 1802; from 112th O . V. I . ; m . o . c . Orlando W . Stuckey, 21, c. Dec. I I, 1861; from 112th O . V . I . ; m . o. c. Nathan Baker, 23, e. Sept. 17, 1862; m. o. ■ June 9, 1866; vet . William A. Brown, 18, e. Nov. 27, 1861 m o. c. Mahlon Brown, 25, e. Oct. 6, 1862; m. o. c PRIVATES. Bell, Ephraim, 19, e. Oct. 8, 1861. Coffee, Worthington, 26, e. Dec. 8. 1861; in. j o. c. Delaney, Benjamin, 10, e. Oct. 1, 1801. Dixon, John M., 31, e. Dee. 27, 1861; dis. June 12, 1862; s. c. d. Coffee, Samuel, 21, e. Dec. 1, 1861; m. o. e. Goodings, Joshua 1!., 19, e. Fell. 6, 1864: died March 2,. 1864, at Decatur, Ala. Hart, Josiah, 22, c. Jan. 10, 1862. x x. Hughes, William E., 22, c. Nov. 27, 1861; t dis. Feb. 4, 1863, of wounds received in battle ( of Corinth, Miss. Hughes, John W., 18, e. Dec. 2. 1861 ; died ; July 17, 1804, at Marietta, Ga. Hawthorn, Samuel, 19, e. Aug. 22, 1864; m . 0 . c . ; vet . Lewis, William, 20, e. Sept. 9, 1861; m. o. I c . ; vet . Lewis, Winchester D., 18, e. Get. 19, 1861; | m o. c . ; vet. Lyon, Michael, 30, c. Feb. 27. 1864; m. I o. c. Mayguckin, William A., 19, e. Oct. 1, 1861; m . o . one. t . s . Marquis, Gallatin S., 18, c. Dec. 8, 1801; ! killed July 22, 1864, in action at Decatur, Ga. McAIunn, David A , 18, e. Dee. 8. 1861; j appd. sergt. June 1 , ls05; m. o. c. McKensie, Bristol, — , Dec. 14, 1861; died Nov. 28, 1862, at St. Louis, Mo. Minck, John, 40, e. Jan. 11, 1862; killed Oct . 4, 1862, battle of Corinth, Miss. MeFadden, James, 25, e. Oct . 5, 1861; pro. hospital steward Oct. — . 1861; capt., Sept 14, j 1862; killed Oct. 4, 1862, in battle of Corinth, Miss. Parrish, Tlmmas W., 18, e. Dec. I, 1861; | appd. corpl June 1, 1864; m. o. e. Heed, John, 18, e. Dec. 25, 1861; di>. Dec. j 18, 1862, on s. c. d. Heed, John M . , 11. e. Oct . 7, 1862: in. o. c . Shuman, Jacob, 22, e. Dec. 23, 1862; in. i 0. c. Shuman, Alonzo J., 18, c. Dee. 20. 1863; I 111. o. c. . xom.i; coi'xrv ix the war. 243 Smitli, William C., 18, e. March 10, 18(!5; m. o. c. Stokes, Zachariah, 2 !, c Jan. 5, 1802; ilis. Jan. 3, 1803. Smith, James K. P., 18, e. Jan. 5, 180-1; 111. o. c. Smith, Isaac, 32, e. Aug. 27, 1802; in. o. c. Smith, Samuel \V., 10, e. Dec. 1. 1801; apjxl. corpl . July 1, 1801; m. o. c. Taylor, William, 27, e. Jan. 12, 1802; m. o. c . : vet . Vansii kle, Andrew, 38, e. Jan. 3, 1802; died March is, 1S02, at Commerce, Mo. W inders David, is, e. Aug. 22, 1802; died Kelt. 20, 1st;:!, at Corinth, Miss. W ilson. Thomas C., 18, e. Jan. 8, 1802; di.s. Jan. 3, 1803, from wounds received in battle ef Corinth, Miss. Wilson, Howard C., — , e. Dec. 30, 1801; dis. Sept. 12, 1802, on s. C. d. Ziler, Joseph IT. 23, e. Aug. 22, 1802; in. o. e. Bell, Hiram, 20, e. Dec. 23, 1803; in. o. c. Company F, 03d O. V. I. Mustered in February 1S02, at Marietta, < )., for three years. Mus- tered out .1 nly 8, 1805. PHI YATES. Caldwell, John, 24, e. Nov 11, 1801; in. o Nov. 1 1 , 1N04, e. t. s. Davis, D. W., 30, e. Nov. 20, 1801; died May 10 1804, at home in Noble Co., ()., of i hronie diarrhea. Eiclier, John, 52, e. Nov. 28, 1801; frans. <> \ . 11. C. April 28. ]SIJ4, by o. w. d. T Srn Reoimkxt. ( ). Y. I. I lie Seventy-eighth \v;ts ptiised by M- lb l.ryyet t, Fsij., of Zanesville lu liu became its first colonel), under >l,r',ial authority from Governor I h unison. The organization was ■ "iii|-!rted January 1 1, 1802, and f' :,|iiary II tin? regiment left bv 1:1,1 ,0>‘ Cincinnati, whence it took 1'.|'>:|~<‘ 'in special steamers for Fort * *' 'tods* in. 1 1 arrived too late to j 1,1 li;u't in llii‘ act ion, Init was as- signed to the duty of caring- for the rebel prisoners and stores. March 1 it marched to Metal handing, on the Tennessee Fiver, and about ten davs later moved with the National forces to Crump’s Landing, thence to Adamsville, to guard an exposed flank of the army at Pittsburgh Land- ing. April 7 it was under tire at the latter place with onlv slight losses. It took part in the move- ment on Corinth, ami after the evac- uation of that place was sent with the Thirtieth Illinois to Jackson, Tenn. There it was transferred from Wallace’s to Logan’s division and sent to Grand Junction. Remaining’ O a month, it moved then to Bolivar, where it made several reconnois- sances and had several sharp skir- mishes. Its next engagement was ;it Spring Creek, six miles from Boli- var. It marched to Jnka, hut did not take part in the battle. Join- ing Grant's forces in the movement on Granada, Miss, and afterward accompanying them to Memphis, it marched with the army toward Vicksburg, taking part tn ront< in the battles of Raymond, Mav 12, 1803, and Champion Hills. .Mav Di, losing heavily' at both places. By the 19th of May the invest- ment of Vicksburg was completed. Outlie 22d the Seventy-eighth par- ticipated in the general charge on the enemv's works with hut slight loss. About the 2 7» t h it was sent with other troops up t he 'i a/.oo River, under General Frank I*. Blair, to look after the reported movement of a rebel force on Vicksburg under General Johnston. The ’latter hav- ' - ■ 244 HISTORY OF NOIH.K COUNTY, OHIO. ing changed Ins line, the command returned to Vicksburg and resumed its place before the city. It was next sent to Bovina, where it re- mained until the surrender of Vicks- burg. July 4 the regiment joined Sherman in his march upon Jackson, Miss. It was left at Clinton, and on the 7th repulsed an attack of the rebel cavalry. lieturning with the army at Vicksburg, it remained there until the latter part of August, after which it was sent out with an expedition to Canton. It was next sent from Vicksburg, with Logan’s division, to Monroeville, La. January 5, 18t>4, the Seventy- eighth re-enlisted, and after march- ing with Sherman on his Meridian expedition, was given a veteran fur- lough. May 1, the regiment re- turned and rendezvoused at Cairo, 111. Thence it proceeded by boat to Clifton, Tenn., and marched to join General Sherman at Ackworth, Ga. June 17 it took part in the attack on and capture of Bushy Mountain. It took part in the battle of lvenesaw Mountain June 27 and in several skirmishes immediately after. At Atlanta, Ji ly 21, the regiment par- ticipated in a .gallant attack, cap- turing Bald Knob, a commanding position. Here it lost two hundred and three men and ollicers. killed and wounded. It participated in the subsequent movements of the armv of the Tennessee until the fall of Atlanta. It then went into camp near that city until about October 15, when it was sent up the railroad to the vicinity of Chattanooga to guard that line of supply against Hood. The Seventy-eighth returned to Atlanta November 13, and on the 15th started with Sherman on the famous “ march to the sea.” After the taking of Savannah, and the march through the Carolinas, up to the surrender of Johnston, the regi- ment accompanied the National forces through Kichmond to ’Wash- ington and there participated in the grand review. It was next sent to Louisville, Ivy., and thence to Colum- J bus, Ohio, where it was mustered I out of the service July 11, 1805. COMPANY G. OKFICEItS. I Captain Peter Gebharl, 52, e. Nov. 13, 1861; res. Sept. 3, 1862. Captain John W. A. Gillespie, 29, e. Dec. 7, 1861; pro. from first lieut., Oct. 6, 1862; in . o . on e . t . s . Captain Iret Rhinehart, 34, e. Dec. 9, 1861; appd. sergt. Feb. 28, 1862; pro. second lieut. Sept. 3, 1862; first lieut. Dec. 19, 1863; capt. | May 10, 1865; m. o. c. First Lieutenant Joseph Miller, 19, e. Nov. 28, 1861; appd. first sergt. Jan. 1 1864; pro. first lieut. April 5, 1865; in. o. c. j First Lieutenant Jesse Patterson, 34, c. Nov. 16, 1861; pro. from sergt.; dismissed j April 3, 1862. First Lieutenant Alfred AYymer, 30, e. Dec. 12, 1861; pro. second lieut. March 23, 1865; 1 first lieut. May 27, 1865; in. o. e. Second Lieutenant Joseph C. Jenkins, 25, e. Nov. 18, 1861 ; dismissed Sept. 11, 1862. Second Lieutenant John R. Edgar, 32. e. Oct 29, 1861; pro. second lieut. March 23, 1805, to first lieut. Co. F, May 10, 1865; in. o . c . Second Lieutenant Cyrus II. Gardner, 20, e. Dec. 9, 1861; appd. sergt. Jan. 1, 1861; pro. second lieut. May 10. 1865; in. o. c. First Sergeant .John R. Hunt, 22, c. Jan. 1. j 1862; appd. sergt. Jan. 1, 18(54, tiist sergt. ii. ! April 5, 1865; in. o. c. .Sergeant James S. Van Meter, 18, e. Nov. 28, 1861; appd. sergt. Jan. 1, 1864; in, o. c.; I vet . . . Nob Li? county rx the war. 245 Sergeant Immer Fowler, 18, e. Dec. 24, Dili : appd. corpl . Jan. 1, 18G4; sergt. .July 23, 1804: m. o. c. ; vet. Sergeant Robert A. David, 18, c. Dec. 3, 1801: appd. corpl. Jan 1, 1864; sergt. June 1, 1805, m. o. c ; vet. Sergeant David IS. fiercer, 17, e. Dec. 3, 1801; appd. corpl. Jan. 1, 1804; sergt. May 10, 1805; rn . o. c. ; vet. Corporal David Wheeler, 20, e. Dec. 20, ls01; appd. corpl. June 2, 1865; m. o. c.; \ ct . Corporal Kelsey Little, 10, e. Dec. 8. 1861; appd. June 2, 1865; m. o. c.; vet. Corporal Charles W . Lindsay, 17, e. Dec. 13, 1861 : appd. June 2, 1805; m. o. c.;vet. Corporal Aaron S. Purkey, 16, e. Dec. 30, 1861; appd. June 2, 1865; m. o. c.; vet. Corporal John A. Gibson, 13, e. Dec. 13, 1 S‘3 1 ; appd. June 2, 18G5; m. o. c.; vet. I’lUVATF.S. Bond. Ezra, 19, e. Oct. 13, 1864; substitute; 111. o. o. Barry, Asa, 18, e. Feb. 6. 1864; m. o. c. Bate, Hannon, 18, e. Jan. 16, 1864; m. o. c. Bigford, Doran, 29, e. Jan. 13,1864; ui.o.c. Beach, Benjamin, 37, e. Oct. 12, 1864; substi- tute; 111 . o. c. Carney, Thomas, 19, e. Oct. 18, 1864;substi- tute; in. o. c. Dixon, Joseph, 19, e. Nov. 21, 1861; absent for \vd . rec. June 27, 1864, in battle of Kene- saw Ml., Ga.; in. o. July 14, 1865, at Col- umbus, Ohio; vet. Fry, William F., 18, e. Dec. 11, 18G1 ; m. o. c.; vet. Fogle. Hiram, 26, e. Dec. 11, 1961 ; m. o. c. ; vet. Fenton, John II., 16, e. Jan. 16, 1862; m. o. C. ; vet. Galehel, Joseph, 22, e. Nov. 20, 1861; m. o. C. ; vet. Humphrey Alexander W., 19, e. Feb. 25, 1 8IH ; HI. o. c. Harmon, Conrad, 21, e. Feb. 25, 1864; m. u <‘. Hart Israel, 28, c. (lot. 0, 1S64 ; ill. o. c. K i nt , William, 18, c. Jan. It), 1864; m. o. c. •0 IN, James, 20, c. Feb, 1, 1864; m. o. e. M. ieer, Caleb M., 39, e. Nov. 16, 1861 ; m. ", c. ; vet. Marlow. Leonard, 19, e. Jan. 25, 1861 ; m. o. c. Miller, William S., 16, e. March 31, 1864 ; m. o. c. Mackey, James W., 21, e. Jan. 8, 1864 ; m. o. c. Robinson, John W., 18, e. Nov. 16, 1861 ; m. o. c. ; vet. Rockwell, William, 26, e. Oct. 11, 1864 ; substitute; m. o. c. Roach, Henry M., 18, e. Nov. 28, 1861 ; prisoner of war since Sept. 4, 1864 ; vet. Starr, Benjamin F. 18, e. Jan. 5, 1864 ; m. o. c. - Stewart, John R., 18, e. Feb. 16, 1864; ab- sent sick at Mound City, 111., May 11, 1865. Shaw, James W., 24, e. Oct. 11, 1864;- sub. stitute; m. o. c. Schwab, Adam, 42, e. Oct. 15, 1864; substi- tute; m. o. c. Trout, Samuel E. , 22, c. Jan. 3, 1862; m. o. c. ; vet. Tilton, Sbubal, 31, e. Feb. 26, 1864; absent sick; m. o. July 24, 1865. Yoxer, Martin, 16, e. Nov. 9, 1861 ; m. o. ; vet. Willoughby, Nathan, 31, e. Oct. 5 1864; substitute; m. o. c. SERGEANTS. Died. James Stills, 34, c. Aug. 20, 1862 ; killed May 16, 1863, in battle Champion Hills, Miss. Frank Porter, 19, e. Nov. 9, 1861 ; killed July 22, 1864, in battle Atlanta, Ga. ; vet. CORPORALS. Joseph P. Cowen, 29, e. Dec. 30, 1861 ; killed Feb. 5, 1864, inaction at Baker's Creek, Miss.; vet. Robert Peacock, 22, e. Dec. 30, 1861 ; killed June 26, 1864, in skirmish at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga. ; vet. PRIVATES. Bale}', Lewis, 22, e. Sept. 12, 1862; killed May 16, 1863, in battle of Champion Hills, Miss. Dennis, John, 27, e. Aug. 20, 1802 ; died March 2, 1803, at Lake Providence La., of disease. Dennis David, 20, e. Aug. 20, 1862; died Feb. 15, 1803, at Memphis, Tcnn. of typhoid fever. Dudley, Israel, 19, e. Jan. 1, 1864; killed Juh 22, 1864, in battle of Atlanta, Ga. ' HISTORY OR NOI1 1. K CoL'NTY, OHIO. 24(5 Geary, Taylor, 18, e. Sept. 10, 1862; killed Feb. 5, 1864, in skirmish at Baker’s Creek, Miss. i lenten, James F.. 18, e Jan. 28, 1861; died Sept. 13, 1864, at Atlanta, Ga. Johnson, Lyman J. 25, e. Feb. 25,1864; died March 21, 1864, at Vicksburg, Miss.; disease. Knight, Arins, It), e. Sept. 12, 1862; died Dee. 28, 1862, at Memphis. Tenn. of disease. Little, William, is. e. Aug. 30, 1862; died at Memphis, Tenn., of brain fever. Mcndinhall, William S., 87. e. Aug. 20, 1862; died 1863, of typhoid fever. Morris, Simon, 23, e. Aug. 20, 1862; died April 14, 1864, at St. Louis, Mo Moore, James A., 21, e. Jan. 8, 1864: died April 14, 1864, at .Mound City, 111. Richeson, Daniel, 21. c. Aug. 20, 1862; died April 11, 1864, at Columbus O Rucker, William, 10, e. Feb. 13, 1864; died March 24, 1864. at Vicksburg, Miss. St. Clair, Samuel, 20, e. Aug. 20, 1862; died May 31, 1863, of wds. ree. May 16, 1863, in battle Champion Hills, Miss. Stout, Enoch M. . 21, e. Feb. 24, 1864; died April 2, 1864, at Vicksburg, Miss. Williams, Aaron IV., 10. e. Aug. 2t), 1862; died Jan. 20, 1863, at Memphis, Tenn. Wheeler, Janies, 10, c Sept. 15, 1862; died June 24, 1863, at Vicksburg, Miss. ABSENT. Butts, Geo. W., 35, c. Aug. 20. 18(i2. Coe, Jonb, 33, c. Oct. 1(2, 1864; substitute. Halley, William, 19, e. Sept . 12, 1862. CORPORA!, S. Discharged. Alfred Lippi 1 1 , 37. e. Aug. 30, 1862: dis. 4lunc 1, 1865. Burnett Johnson, 35, c. Aug. 20, 1862; dis. June 1, 1865. John Geary, 42, e. Sept. 16, 1862; dis. June 1, 1865. Amor Wilcox, 27, e. Aug. 20, 1802; dis. June 1 , 1865. Jacob 5 Olio, 10, e. Aug. 30, 1862; dis. June 1, 1865. George I’. Stoneburncr, 23. e. Aug. 20, 1862; dis. June I, 1865. Abraham Stills, 24, e. Aug. 20, 1862; dis. June 1, 1865. Eden St. Clair, 24, e. Aug 20, 1862; dis. .June 1, 1865. PRIVATES. Atkinson, Hiram, 31, e. Aug. 20, 1862; dis. June 1, 1865. Bond, James F., 18, e. Sept. 12, 1862; dis. June 1, 1865. Brenton, Henry, 27. c. Sept. 26, 1864; dis. June 1, 1865: drafted. Brill, David, 26, e. Aug. 30, 1862; dis. June ]., 1865. Carter, Henry, 33, e. Sept. 20, 1864; dis. June 1, 1865: drafted. Davis, William R., 43, e. Sept . 16, 1862: dis. June 1, 1865. Davis, Samuel, 44, e. Sept. 20, 1864; dis, June 1, 1865: drafted. Dennis. Adam, 22, e. Aug. 20, 1862; dis. June 1. 1865. Dennis, Solomon F., 18, e. Aug. 20, 1862; dis. June 1, 1865. Dickson, Laae, 30. e. Sept. 12. 1864; dis. June 1 , 1865; drafted. Earehart, Alonzo C ., 27, e. Sept. 20, 1864; dis. Junel, 1865: drafted. Finley, Solomon F., 27, c. Jan. 10. 18(14, dis. June 1. 1865. Fry, John Ik, 34, e. Sept 24, 1864: dis. June 1 , 1865; drafted. Fatmaugh. Josiah, 35, e. Sept. 27, 1864; dis. June 1, 1865: drafted. Graham, James. 30, e. Aug. 30, 1862; dis. June 1, 1865. Hagen, Jacob, 26, e. Aug. 20, 1862; < 1 is. June 1, 1865. Ileskelt, Salomon F., 10. e. An. 20, 1862; dis. June 1. 1865. Heath, Wheeler W., 31, e. Sept. 27, 1864; dis. June 1, 1865; drafted. Kneppcr, Jonas, 25, e. Sept. 23, 1864; dis. June 1 , 1805; drafted. Long, Isaac II , 21, e. Aug. 20, 1862; dL J line 1 , 1865. Long, Wm. IF, 18, e. Sept. 20. 1802; dis. June 1. 1865. Looker, Jacob, 40. e. Sept. 23, 1864; dis. June 1, 1865; drafted. McGinitty, ('airy L, 14, c. Sepl. 20, 1864: dis. June 1. 1865; drafted. Peppers, Sampson, 38, e. Sept. 28, 1861: dis. J lino 1 , 1865; drafted. Pierce, David W., 30, e. Sept. 27. 1861; dis. June 1 , 1865; drafted . Robinson, William, 25, e. Aug 20, 1862; dis. June 1 , 1865. - . NOELE COUNTY IN THE WAR. 247 ! Jli inolsart . Joseph, 21, e. Aug. 19, 18(52; dis June 1, 1805. Kavburn, Xelson, 24. e. Sept. 2(5, 18(54; dis. June 1, 1 805; drafted. St. Clair, Reason, 26, e. Aug. 530, 1862; dis. June 1, 1805. Spiker, ('lias. AY.. 25, e. Aug. 29. 18(52; dis June 1 , 1 865. Smith. Ramsey, 558, c. Sept. 21, 1864: dis. June 1. Wi5. Sutteilield, ('has. W., 37, e. Sept. 30, 1864 ; dis. J line 1 , 18(15. Valid vke, Jaeoii, 18, c. Sept. 12, 1864; dis. June 1, 1805. Vandyke. Peter, 20, c. Aug. 20, 1864: dis. J uue ] . 1 ,si)5. 'A jlliams, Samuel, 29, e. Aug. 30, 1804; dis. June 1 . 1 805 . Williams, [.inky, 21, c. Aug. 30, 1804; dis. June. I, 1865. AYysell, William, 24. c. Aug. 21, 1804; dis. June 1, 1805. Waits, Jonathan, 37, e. Sept. 27, 1804 ; dis. June 1, 1805; drafted. Yarn, David 11., 25, e. Aug. 23, 1S62; dis. June 1, 18(55. Non: —These were the original members of this (’om|>;my. No muster out roll on lile ill olliee ol' Ailjmant-CenenU. The casualties are not yiven. Those who were not dEcharaed for cause or died were mustered out .Ian. 1:.’, 1865, on e. t. s.: KIltST SERGEANTS. William Simmons, 21, e. Nov. 1(5, 1861, SERGEANTS. Samuel Halley, 25, e. Xov. 30, 1801. Fred. Roach, 28, c. Xov. 19, 18(51. Peter 15. Lupardis, 31, c. Xov. 28, 1801. CORPORALS. Samuel Fowler, 23, e. Dec. 9, 1801. William J. Anderson, 21, e. Nov. 18, 1801. John I laves, 24, e. Xov. 28, 18151. Michael Stewart, 37, e. Jan. 1, 1802. Owen Morgan, 39, e. Xov. 16, 1861. PRIVATES. Arndt, ('has. W., 25, e. Dec. 13, 1861. Archer, Wilson. 17, c. Dec. 13, 1801. Armstrong, William. 18, o. Dec. 3. 1801. Armstrong, Wilbur F., 20, c. Xov. 20, 18(51. I Jeusley , Henry, 31, e. Dec. 11, 1801. 15'ind, Jeremiah, 19, e. Dec 14, 18(51. R.i'h, (leurge 21, e. Xov. 28, 1801. C.irpenter, Tluimtis, 30, e. Xov. IS, 1801. Carpenter, John C., 17, e. Dec. 9, 1861 . Custic, Jacob, 20, e. Dec. 3, 1861. David. James. 17, c. I)cc. 23, 1861. Ellis. Edward, 34, e. Xov. 16, 1861. Fowler, Win., 24, c. Dec. 9, 1861. Fogle, Elijah, 19, e. Dec. 21, 1861. Gebhart, Sam. II., drummer, 18, e. Nov. 16, 1801. George, Philip, 20, e. Dec. 12, 1801. Gould, Levi, 18, e. Nov. 12, 1801. Gibson, Wilson, 18, e. Dec. 13, 1861. Grimes, William J., 22, e. Dec. 21, 18(51. Gal'fney. Martin, 17, e. Dec. 19, 1861. Hines, (.diaries, 17. c. Jan. 0, 18(52. Hart sell. James P., 1(5. c. Jan. 3, 1862. liickel, Elisha D.. 21. c. Jan. 2, 1862, Ilaltcr. Franklin C., 28. e. Jan. 3, 18(52. Hill, Daniel J., 43, e. Nov. 22, 1861. Johnson, Geo. W., 27, e. Nov. 30, 1861. Johns. Geo. W., 18, e. Nov. 27., 1861. Lindsay, Charles, 42, c Nov, 21, 13(51. Lindsay, Acpiilla. 18, e. Dec. 6, 18(51. .Mercer, Job. T., 46, e. Nov. 10, 1861. Mercer, Thomas, 17, c. Nov. 16, 1861. Mercer, Geo. W., 22, e. Dec. 11, 1861. Mullinix, Owen, 17, e. Dec. 23, 1861. Morris, Lewis, 18, e. Nov. 25, 1861. Morgan. Lewis, 19, e. Dec. 12, 1801. McC'ary, Samuel, 19, e. Xov. 30, 18(51. McFerren, Jno. W . , 21, e. Dee. 5, 1801. Morgan, George W., 17, e. Dec. 0, 1801. Russel, Ebcnezer, 18, e. Dec. 9, 1801. Spiker, Henry, 23, e. Nov. 30, 1801. Stinchcomb, Jno. W., 19, c. Dec. 9. 1801. Savely, Augustus, 21, e. Xov. 21, 1801. Trenncr, Jacob, 20, e. Dee. 9, 1801. Trimble, John, 35, e. Jan. 13, 1802. Vandyke, John, 25, e. Nov. 27, 1801. Weller, Wm. J., 19, e. Dec. 9., 1861 . Yaw, Oliver P., 18, e. Jan. 1, 1862. Company B, 77th (). V. 1. CORI’ORAb. Cornelius Archer. 23, e. Nov. 8, 1861, pro. first limit. 57 C. S. e. troops, resigned March 27, 18(55. PRIVATES. Gray, Cornelius, 18, e. Nov. 11, 1861. W aid, Isaac, 22, e. Due. 2. 18(51, dis March 20, 1805, at Columbus, (). SERGEANTS. Robert M. Kelley, 19, e. Nov. 8, 1801. ' ■ ■ . . 243 IIISTOfcY OF NOlH.E COUNTY. OHIO. nppd. corpl. -Tunc 12, 1863; scrgt., June 1. 1804; trans. to Co. A; ni. o. c. Barnes, Owen, 25, c. Dec. 23, 1861 ; nppd. Dec. 15, 1865, m o. c.; vet. corporals. Edward 1). Keiths. Jabez Osborne, 18, e. Oct. 11, 1861 ; nppd. Feb. 1, 1806, m. o. c. ; vet. PRIVATES. Davis, Martin V., 18, e. Fel). 22, 1804, m. o. e. Delane}7, Geo. W. , 18, e. Feb. 22, 1804; m. o. c. Harper, Wm. A., 21, e. Nov. 15, 1801 ; in. o. c. ; vet. Lee, Samuel A., 18, e. June 8, 1803; m. o. e. Smith, Jas. B., 18, c. Nov. 12, 1801 ; m. o. c.; vet. Davis, Thos. C.-, 19, e. Feb. 18, 1802 ; m. o. e. t. s. Daugherty, Jas. P., 2ft, e. Nov. 22, 1861 ; appd. first scrgt. March 1, 1*04; dis. Dec. 14, 1805 ; Brownsville, Tex.; vet. Long, Jefferson, 29, c. Oct. 29, 1801 ;.m. o c.; vet. COMPANY D. MePeak, David, 23, c. Nov. 8, 1801. Gray, Jesse, 42, e. Nov. 23, 1803. COMPANY II. Cunningham, Wilson, 34, e. Nov. 22, 1801. Carpenter, Samuel, 39, e. Dec. 10, 1801. Hughey, William, 21, e. Dec. 9, 1801. COMPANY I.* Faulk, Isaiah, 18, e. Oct. 29, 1801. „ Moore, Thomas, 22, e. Nov. 10. 1801. Mobley, Jerome, 27, e. Nov. 1, 1861. Madlock, Andrew, 20, c. Nov. 10, 1801. Singer, Jonas, 32, e. Oct. 29, 1801. Wheeler, Allen, 21, e. Dec. 8, 1801 ; dis. March 20, 1805. COMPANY K. SERGEANTS. Tlios. J. Park, 34, c. Nov. 20, 1861. Thos. M. Addis, 23, e. Nov. 8, 1801 ; dis. June 22, 1805. ♦All records lett blank appear on nuister-in rolls, but owing' to loss of records in Adjutant General’s ollice, no flirt her record is found CORPORAL. Michael Lyons, 28, e. Dec. 9, 1861. PRIVATES. Crooks, Thos. K.. 34. c. Nov. 20. 1801. Allen, Anthony, IS, e. Nov. 10. 1801. Calvert, Jno. J.. 31, e. Nov. 20, 1801. Delaney, (’has. W., 24, e. Nov. 25, 1861. Essex, Martin, 30, e. Nov. 8, 1801. Smith, Alexander, 22, e. Nov. 8, 1801. Tuttle, Ezra. Yamal], Israel, 19, e. Dec. 12, 1861 A oho, Job, 24, e. Nov. 20, 1803 ; m. o. c. Masters, Geo., 20, e. Dec. 7, 1801. Mannifold, Jno., 21, c. Dec. 7, 1801. 92d Regiment, O. V. 1. The Xinety-second was organized at Marietta in August and Septem- ber, 1SG2. X. H. Van Writes was commissioned colonel and J>. D. Fear- ing lieutenant-colonel. All the otli- eers were men of experience and courage, and the soldiers were a choice body. The first service was performed be- fore the regiment had been mustered, three companies, A. If and D, being ordered to garrison Gailipolis while the rebels' were driving Light burn out of the Kanawha Valley, and while there made two expeditions into Virginia. The regiment was soon after mustered, numbering 949, rank and file. October T it was or- dered to Point Pleasant, Va.. and soon after to the Kanawha valley, where it took part in the expedition that drove the rebels out of the val- ley. Jn January, 1 S< >3, it moved from t lie Kanawha to Xashvillc, and there, with Crook's brigade, was ordered to Carthage. Tonm. Feb. IT. Crowded upon' miserable transports and many of the men compelled to sleep in the hold, many sickened and . C/\PT. JOHH BROWjv! NOlil.E COUNTY IN THE WAR. 240 died upon the way. After fruit less- j lv chasing Morgan the regiment joined the army at Murfreesboro. June 24; at Hoover’s Gap it took part in its first important engage- j ment. September the 10th and 2oth the Ninety-second was in the heat of the light at Chiekamauga, forming a part of the rearguard that helped to save the army. On the 10th Colonel Fearing was wounded and carried ' from the field, and on the same day Captains Putnam and Frown and Lieutenant Okey were severely wounded. Captain Frown’s wound proved mortal. During the siege of Chattanooga the Ninety-second en- dured great sufferings and trials, par- ticipating in several important movements. At Mission Ridge it was m the fight, behaving most i bravely and losing many men. After ending the pursuit of the retreating enemy, the Ninety -second returned to Chattanooga, where it remained on active duty until Februarv 22, I 1804, when it was ordered with its brigade (Turchins) to Dallas, Ga. At Rocky Face Gap there was. a j fierce struggle with the enemy in which the regiment lost heavilv. Going into camp at Ringgold Gap, the Ninety-second with its division di, 1S05, at 'Washington, D. ('., by Captain Jacob Kline, A. C. M. OFFICERS. Captain William Wheeler, ‘2!), e. July 29, j 1S02; res. Xov. 15, ]S(U. Captain, lira cl ley 1>., Stone, 20, c. Aug. s , IStiC; lirst sergt. Co. (J; pro. second lieut. April (>, 1st!:!; first limit. Co. II.. Ian. 25. Istil; i appil. adjutant June 29. 1 SB-1 ; pro. eapt. Co. i D, Dee. 17, 1SG4; in. o. e. . 250 HISTORY OF xom.n COUNTY, OHIO. First Lieutenant John Brown, 42, c. July 20, 1802; pro. eapl. Co. It, Jan. 1, 1803; died Oct. 7, 1803 in liospl. at Nashville, Tenn., of wd. roe. Sept. 20, 1803, in battle of Cliicka- mauga, Ga. First Lieutenant James M. Joseph. 40, e. July 29, 1802; pro. from second lieut. Jan. 27, 1804; res. Nov. 10, 1804. Second Lieutenant William Gibson, 28, e. Aug. 11, 1802: pro. from sergt. Jan. 24. 1804; to first lieut. Co. F, May 17, 1804; m. o. c. Second Lieutenant Reason A. Ball, 30, e. Aug. 0, 1802; sergt. Co. F, appd. first sergt: pro. second lieut. Co. D, May 17, 1804; m o. c. First Sergeant Robert F. Lowe, 27 e. Aug. 9, 1802; in. o. c. First Sergeant John G. Rownd. 22. e. Aug. 11, 1802: pro. first lieut. Co. C, Jan. 14, 1864; appd. adjutant Jan 12, IS 'jo; pro. capt. Jan. 20, 180.1: res. April 27, 1801. Sergeant John II. Wilson, 20, e. Aug. 11, 1802; in. o. c. Sergeant Charles E. Gray, 24, c. Aug. 0, 1802; 111. o. c. Sergeant John F. Gant, 20, e. Aug. 8, 1802; m. o. c. Sargeant. Highland Barnes, 20, c. Aug. 6, 1802; appd from corpl. May 30, 1801; in. o. c. Sergeant John Copeland, 30, e. Aug. 7, 1802; died Oct. 22, 1803; in liospl. at Nash- ville, Tcnn. of wd. rec. Sept. 20, 1803, in bat- tle of Chiekamauga, Ga. Sergeant Isaac C. LeFcvcr, 30, e. Aug. 11. 1802; dis. Aug. , 1803, on s. c. d. Sergeant Janies Gridin, 38, e. Aug 9, 1802; dis. Jan. 3, 1804, on s. c. d. Sefgeant Joseph Ogg, 19, e. Aug. 0, 1802; appd. sergt. from private; pro. sergt. major May 30, 1801; m. o. r. Corporal John II. Shankland, 19, e. Aug. 0, 1802; wd. Sept. 19, 1803, in huttlcof Chick- amiiuga, Ga. ; in. o. c. Corporal William W. Neptune, 22, e. Aug. 9, 1802; m. o. e. Corporal Thomas K. Amos, 21, e, Aug. 1 1 , 1802; m. o. e Corporal Alex. S. Cunningham, 20, e. Sept . 30, 1802; m . o. e. Corporal George W. Cunningham, 22, e. Aug. 0, 1802; m . o. e. Corporal Cyrus Wendlc, 21. e. Aug. 1, 1802; m. o. c. Corporal John A. Young, 21, e. Aug. 6. 1802; died July 30, 1803, at Nashville. Temi., of chronic diarrhoea. Corporal William Deal, 23. e. Aug. 13, 1802; died March 8, 1803, at Nashville, Tcnn., of bronchitis. Corporal Samuel Mitchncr, 29, e. Dec. 29, 1802; Irans. to Co. B, 31st O. V. I., June 1. 1801; m. o. c. Corporal Elias II. Stillwell, 19, e. Dec. 2, 1802; appd. corpl. May 30, 1861: trans. t > Co. II. 31st O. Y.-I., June 1, 1801; m. o. c. Corporal William T. Eads, 22, e. Aug. 9, 1862; killed Feb. 21, 1804, in action near Dalton, Ga. WACiOXE R. Isaac B. Archer, 23, e. Aug. 8, 1802; in. o. c. PKIYATKS. Allen, Anthony M , 20, e. Nov. 20, 1803: discharged April 12, 1804, on s. c. d. Balldrige, John A , 20, e. Nov. 20. 1803: trans. to Co. C.. 31st (). V. I., June 5, 1861; in. o. c. .{illy 20, 1801. Balldridge, David II., 18, e. Nov. 20, 1803; trails, to Co. C, 31st O. Y. I., June 5, 1801; m. o. c. July 20, 1801. Barnes, Nathaniel B., 19. c. Jan. 4, 1804: trans. to Co. II, 31st O. Y. I., June 1, 1801; III. o. c. Byers. Abram, 19, e. Nov. 30, 1803; trails, to Co. II, 31 st (). Y. I.. June 1, 1861: in. o. c. Bassford, Elijah, 24, e. Aug. 12, 1862: trans. to V. R. C. Jan. 11, 1864. Bartbalow, John IV., 42. c. Aug. 11, 1862; trans. to Y. R. C. Aug. 29, 1804. Brand, Peter, 18, e. Aug. 1. 1802; tra s. to Y. R. (, . July 26, 1864. Barclay, Charles G ., 33. e. July 30, 1862: dis. Oct. 31, 1863, on s. e. d. Bassford, Ezekial. 29, e. -Vug. 12. 1862: died March 2, 1863, in liospl . at Nashville, Tcnn . , of rubeola. Brand, Philip, 23, e. Aug. 1, 1862, died March 1, 11863, in liospl. at Nashville, Tcnn., of rubeola. Brown William II., 19, c. Jan. 1.7. 180:!; died Aug. 30, 1.803, in liospl. at Gallatin, Tcnn., of chronic diarrluea. Butler, John, 18, c. Aug. 1, 1802; died Dee. 8, 181).!, of wd rec. in battle of Mission Ridge, Tcnn . Buckingham, Charles W., 18, e. Dee. 1, 251 NOBLE COUNTY |S63; died Feb. 22, 1804, in liospl. at Chatta- nooga. Tenn., of measles. Ilirion, Sanforll), is, e. Aug. 9, 1862; killed Sept. 19, '186:3 in battle of Chickamau- e;i. (la. Hall. James P., 22 e.. Aug. 6, 1862: killed Nov. 21. is 33, in battle of Mission Ridge, ’ll nn . Humes, Vacliel. is, e. A tig. 6, 1862; in. o. O'. Haines. Swazy, is, e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o <• . Karnes. ( ‘buries IV , IS, e. Aug. 1, 1864; 111 <> e. Hells. Thomas \\ ., 20, e. Aug. 9, 1802: m. 0 ( . Rnmd. Jonas, 19, e. Aug. 6. 1862; m. o. c. I5r<>tl,er*. James F. Of. 19, c. Aug. 6, 1802; m o. C. Cal land, Robert W., 19, e. July 30, 1862; m . o. e. Calland. Horton S., 18, e. Aug. 8, 186.2; prisoner of war: in. o. c. Coe. Ruler, 28, e. Aug. 6. 1862; in. o. c. Cronin. John, 3.1, e. Aug. 6, 1862; m. o. c. Cunningham, Levi, 26, e. Aug. 11, 1862; died Sept. 1. 1S63, at University Place, Term. , of typhoid fever. Curtis, Lucius 13., IS, c. Aug. 1. 1862; trails, to Co. K, April 1, 1S64; m. o. c. Calland, Joseph, IS. e. Nov. 20, 1863, trans to Co. H 31st 0. V. I., June 5, 1861 ; m.o. c. Carter. William II , 19, c. Jan. 22, 1864, trails. io Co. II 33 1st (>. Y. I., June 5, 1 SOI ; m.o. c. ^ Craig. F.dward, 36, e. Dec. 7, 1S63, trans. to Co. 11 :tl>; (). \ . I. June 1, is61 ; in. o. c. Davis, Jnhn \\'., IS, c. Nov. 20. 1863, trans. Co. H 31st O. Y . I. June 5, 1861: nt.o. e. Di l alley, James M., 19, e. Aug. 11, 1862, di' . July 23, 1 so:’, on s. c. d. D..d James, 20, e. Aug. 13, 1862, died 'Lu ll is, |so3 at Nashville, Tenn. of pneu- monia. I. kies. Samuel. 21, e. Aug. 8, 1862. prisoner "f " ar ; m . o, e. U'ml. . William I!., ts, e. Aug. 0 1862. died Ajl i«. Isij.j, at Nashville, Tenn., of measles. I’lrhv S\ h anus. 18, c. Jan. 23, 1861, died June 1,. ism, jn liocp)., at Nashville, Tenn., of ( r\ -ipelas. 1 1> i\ d . A 1 !eii M . , 2 1 , e. A u g. 1 1 , 1 862 ; m. o. c. • IN THE WAR. Fisher, .John, 30, e. Aug. 6, 1862, dis., March 20, 1863, on s. c. d. Grant, Jesse, 18, e. Aug. 11, 1862, died Oet. 24. 1863, at Isolds vi lie, Ivy , of chronic diar- rlnea. Givens, Oliver, 18, e. Feb. 28, 1864; trans. to Co. C 31st O. Y. I , June 1, 1861 ; in. o. c. July 20, 1861. Guiler, Win, 8., 18, e. Jan. 22, 1864; trans. to Co. II 31st O. Y. I., June 1. 1861 ; m. o. e. Hamilton, David, 18, e. Dec. 14. 1863, trans. to Co. II 31st O. A’. 1., June 1, 1861 ; m. o. c. Harding. James E., 18, e. Nov. 20, 1863; trails, to Co. II 31st O. Y. I., June 5, 1861 ; m. o. c. Heddleston, Joseph 13., 18, e. Nov. 20, 1863, trans to Co. II 31st O. Y. I., June 1, 1861, m. o. c. Hartley, Erasmus, 18, c. Nov. 20, 1863; trails, to Go. 11. 31st O. Y. I., June 1, 1861; 111. o. c. Ilagernian, Geo. W., 26, e. Aug. 11, 1862, died March 11, 1803, at Nashville, Tenn., of pneumonia. Hawkins, John, 18, e Aug. 1, 1862; m. o. c. Jones Clark 0., 34, e. Aug. 11, 1862 : m. o. c. Jarvis, Mead, 23 c.Aug. 11, 1862, died March 17. 1863, in liospl. at Carthage, Tenn., of ty- phoid fever. Joseph, Janies W., 18, e. Dec. 31, 1863; trails, to Co. II 31st O. Y. L, June 1. 1861; 111. o. c. Long, William, 26, e. Aug. 12, 1862; trails, to V. 1!. C. J^eek, Jeremiah, 21, e. Aug. 9, 1862; trans. to Co. II 3 1st O. V. I., June 1, 1861: m.o. c. Long, Noah, 22, e. Sept. 30, 1862, dis. Jail 19, 1865 ; on s. c. s. Long, James, 28, e. Aug. 12,1862, dis. March 21, 1861; on s. c. s. Long, Thomas, 24, e. Aug. 12, 1862; m. o. c. Lanam, Thomas, 20, e. Aug, 11, 1862; 111. o. c. McGovern, Thomas, 20, c. Aug. 11, 1862 ; in. o. c. McKitriek, John W., 19, e. Aug. 6, 1862; m. o. e. Moore, Lewis, 2i, e. Aug. 9, 1862; m. o. c. Morris, James, 37, e Aug. 6, 1862 ; m. o. c. Merrill, Asa W., 22. e. Aug. 6. 1862, de- serted Feb. 3, 1863, at Evansville, I nil. . 252 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. Miller, Joseph S , 19, e. Aug. 0. 1802; trails, to V. R. C. March 3, 1805. Matthews, John M., is, e. Xov. 28, 1803; trans. to Co. 1131st, (). V. I., June 5 1805; in. o. c. McKeener, Elias, 24, e. Jan. 2,1864; trails, to Co. 11 31st O. V. I . June 5, 1805 ; m. o. e. Morris, 'Win. II .18, e. Feb. 20, 1801; trans. to Co. C. 31st (). V. 1., .June 5, 1805 ; m. o. e July 20, 1865. Neptune, .John E., 24, e. Aug. 9, 1802; died April 16, 1803. in hospl. at Carthage, Tenn., of typhoid fever. Osborn, William. 19, e. Aug. (i, 1802; dis., Aug. 5, 1803, on s. c. d. Osborn, James G , 23, e. Aug. 13, 1802 ; m. o. c. Osborn, Arclielaus, 22, e. Aug. 0. 1802 ; in. o. e. Rogers, .Tames T., 18, e. Xov. 20, 1863; trans. to Co. C 31st O. V. I , June 5, 1865 ; m. o. c. July 20, 1805. Roster, Win. 15.. 20, c. Aug. 8, 1802, died March 8, 1803, at Nashville, Tenn., of pneu- monia. Robert, Andrew G., 20, e. Aug. 11, 1802; m. o. c. Robbins, Levi, 21, e. Aug. 11. 1862; in. o. c. Scarborough, David M., 19, e. Aug. 0, 1802 ; m. o. c. Shafer, Aaron V., 20, e. Aug. 8, 1802 : m. o. . c. Shafer, Austin C , 19, e. Aug. 0, 1802; in. o. c. Shipley, .John C. , 28, e. Aug. 1 1 , 1802; in. o. c. Sterling, John A., 28, c. Aug. 5, 1802; m. o. c. Summers, John, 24, c. Aug. 11, 1802; 111 . o . c . ♦Swan, Samuel, 27, e. Aug 1802; m. o. c. Swank, Samuel, 31, e. Aug. 1, 1862 , in . o. c. Southers, Samuel M., 21, c. Aug. 11, 1802, died June 10, 1803, in hospl. at Gallatin, Tenn., of heart disease. Stackhouse, .Jacob, 20, e. Tati. 2, 1803; 1 rans. to V. if. C. Xov. 28, 1803. Sellers, Samuel, 22, e. Xov. 28, 1803; trans. to Co. 11 3 1 st O. V. I., June 5, 1805 ; m. o. e. Spencer, Edward 11., 21, e. Xov. 20,1803. trans. to Co. C 31st O. V. 1., .June 5, 1805; 111. o. c. Spencer, Isaac M., 18, e. Xov 20, 1st;:’,, trans. to Co. II 31st, (). V. 1 , June 5, 1805 ; m. o. e. Stephenson, George C., 18, e. Dec. 21, 1803; I { trans. to Co. IT 31st O. V. I., June 5, 1865; 1 111. o. c. , Stephenson, John F., 19, e. .Tan, 2, 1804; trans. to Co. II 31st O. Y. I., June 5, 1805; 111. o. c. Tucker, Isaac M.. 23, c. Dec. 29,1863: trails, to Co. J1 31st O. V. I., June 5, 1805; m. o. c. Tun er, George W., 20, e. Aug. 9, 1802; m. o. c. Thompson, William, 34, e. Aug. 9, 1862; died Oct. 10, 1863, of wds. rec. Sept. 19, 1803, in battle of Chickanntuga. Ga. Van Meter, William E., 23, e. Aug. 9, 1802; in . o. c. Yore, Ellis, 23, e. Aug. 9. 1802; dis. April 23, 1803, on s. c. d. White, Joseph, 22, e. Aug. 11, 1802; killed Sept. 19, 1803, in battle of Chiekamauga, Ga. Wickham, Henry, 22, e. Aug. 11, 1802; killed Xov. 25, 1803, in battle of Mission j Ridge, Tenn . Willson, John, 19, e. Aug. 11, 1802; died J March 22, 1803, in hospl. at Nashville, Tenn., of chronic diarrluea. Wharton, Nathan B., 18, e. Aug. 8, 1802; dis. March 20, 1863, on s. c. d. Walters, Philip, 29, e. Aug. 11, 1802; dis. May IS, 1803. on s. c. d. Wharton, Theodore, 18, e. Feb. 22, 1864; trans. to Co. II, 31st O. Y. I., June 5, 1805; 111. o. c. Wheeler, Edward, 21, e. Feb. 20, 1804; trails, to Co. ('. 31st O. V. J., June 5, 1865 ; m . o. c. Wilson, "William, 19, e. Feb. 20, 1864; trails, to Co. II, 31st O. Y. I., June 5, 1805; 111. o. c. Younger, James C. W., 20, e. Aug. 9, 1802; dis. June 23, 1863, on s. e. d. Young, George W., 23, c. Aug. 11,1802; ni. o. c. COMPANY E. Mustered in Sept. 10, 1802, at Marietta, ()., by Captain Muhlenberg. A. M. for t hree years ; l mistered out June. in, 1S05, at Washington, 1 ) v ( Apt. Jacob Kline. A. ('. M. oi'Kiei'.its. Captain Erwin F. Dudley, 30, e. July 29, 1S02; resigned Xov. 3, lstil. First Lieutenant William C. Okey, 35, e. July 29, 1802, resigned June 4. 1803. . • ' NOBLE COUNTY IN THE AVAIL 253 first Lieutenant, Thomas W\ Morris, 31, e. j.,jy 2!), 1862; pro. from second lieut. June 2:j, ISOI; dis. Xov. G, 1804; on s. c. d. First Lieutenant, William P Kirk, 22, e. Aug. 8, 1862; pro. second lieut. from first sergt . June 23, 1863; first lieut. i>ec. IT, 1864; in. o. o. Second Lieutenant. John Kirk, 38. e. Aug. 8, 1862; pro. from first sergt. June 23, 1863; dismissed Sept. 8, 1864, In g. c. w. SEKGEAXTS. First Sergeants, William II. Greene, 29, e. j July 31, 1862; appd. first sergt. Jan. 1, I860; m. 0. c. George W. . Cooper, 23, e. Aug. 4, 1862; 111. 0. c*. .] oseph 11. Miller, 29, c. Aug. 7, 1862; m. 0. c\ Isaac 11. C Hidden, 22, e. Aug. 10, 1S62; m. 0. c. Henry Galloway, 31, e. Aug 11, 1862; appd. sei ■gt. p O 5 i, I860; 111. 0. c. corporals. Tlioma s II. Sanford, 29, c. Au g. It. 1862; m. 0. c. Elijah L. M. Ball, 27, e. Aug. 5, 1862; 111. Francis G . Cunningham, 29, e. Aug. 11, 1 s02 ; nt. 0. ( George M . Stine, 19, e. Aug. t ), 1802 ; m. 0. c. 'ritoma s V 'iles, 18, e. Aug. 9, 1862; appd. corpl. M; ltd; 1 1, 1865; in. 0. c. Austin D. Palmer, musician, 14, 1 Aug • 4, 1802; m. 0. 1 Ben jamin Davis, musician, 21, e. Aug. 00 1?62; in. 0. c. W AGON Kit. Thomas Moore, 27, e. Aug 7, 1862; m. o. c. rut V ATMS. Canal, Joseph, 35, e. Aug. 15, 1862; in. o. e. ('lark, Jason, 31, e. Aug. 9, 1862; 111.0. c. Craig, William T., 21, Aug. 15, 1862; 111. O I ‘avis, Amos, 20, e. Aug. 8, 1862; 111.0. c. I 'avis, Caleb K., 18, e. Aug. 8, 1862; absent, ■"ink in hospl. at Indianapolis, Ind.; m. o. by o. w . (|. l>a\is, l.evi, 24. e. Aug 22, 1862; 111. o. 0. Davis William, is, e. Aug. 22, 1862; on detaehed duty at Columbus, ()., Feb. 14, 1864; 111 . o by n. \v . d. Dennis, John W., 18, e. Aug. 9, 1862: pris- oner of war; paroled at Exchange Barracks, Columbus, O. ; m. o, by o. w. d. Dyer, David, 29, e. Aug. 2, 1862; in. o. c. Elliott, John W., 21, e. Aug. 9, 1802; 111. o. c. Enochs, Joseph, 23, e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o. c. Enochs, Jesse, 19, e. Aug. 8, 1862; m. o. c. Forshey, Thomas, 20, c. Aug. 22, 1862; in. o. c. Foster, James K., 23, e. Aug. 9, 1802 ; m. 0. c. Glannom James, 42, e. Aug. 2, 1S62; m. o. c. Hickman, Eliah, 20, e. July 30. 1862. Ab- sent, prisoner of war, paroled and exchanged at Columbus, O.; 111. o. by o. w. d. Hutchins, William, 22, e. Aug. 9, 1862; 111. o. c. Hupp, Carey, 20, e. Aug. 6, 1862; 111. o. c. Hupp, Samuel, 23, e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. 0. c. Hupp, William M.. 19, e. Aug. 7, 1862; m. o. c. Jack, David L., IS, e. Aug. 12, 1862; m. o. c. Kudins, Solomon, 31, e. Aug. 9, 1862; m. | 0. c. Lochmiller, Samuel, 23, e. Aug. 8. 1862. | Absent, sick at Camp Dennison, ().; m. o. j by o . w . d . McCurdy, Lucius, 18, e. July 30, 1862; ab- j sent, prisoner of war; m. o. by o. w. d. Matt, Joint D..33. e. Aug. 2. 1862. Absent, i sick at Wasliingtou, D. C. ; m. o. byo. w.d. Morris, Wm. A., 28, e. Aug. 13, 1862; 111. o. c. Ochsenbien, 'William, 22, e. Aug. 0. 1862; m. 0. c. Palmer, James N., 43, c. Aug. 4, 1862; m. o. c. Peeper, Andrew, 37, e. Aug. 7, 1862; m. o. c. Piles, Ithamer, 28, e. Aug. 9, 1862; m. o. c. Kiley, John T., 27, e. Aug. 9, 1862; in. o. c. Hobinson, Josiali, 20, e. Aug. 7, 1862; m. o. c. Ilatser, Philip, 25, e. Aug. 9. 1862; m. o. c. Watting, David, 11, e. Aug. 13, 1862; m. o. c. KII.UCll l.N ACTION. Levi S. Forshey. corpl.. 21, e. Aug. 7, 1862: killed Feb. 25, 1864, in action at Tunnel Hill, Ga. Adam Pitzer, private, 20, e. Aug. 12, 1862; 1 254 HISTORY OF NOISEE COUNTY, OHIO. killed An". 22, 1804, on picket near Atlanta, Ga. DIED. William Pliipps, .sergt. , 29, e. Aug. 10. 1802; died May 1, 1804, at home in Noble Co., O., of wounds received Feb. 25,1804, in action at Tunnel Hill, Ga. Lucius C. Hardy, corpl., 18, e. Aug. 7, 1802; died June 28, 1804, in rebel prison at Andersonville, Ga. ; chronic diarrhoea. Koyal Fogle, corpl., 22, e. Aug. 13, 1802; died Sept. 4, 1804, iu liospl . at Kingston, Ga.; disease. Anderson, Isaac, 27, e. Aug. 9. 1802; died Dec. ", 1804. iu liospl. at Nashville, Tenn.; disease. Harry, James \X., 21, e. Aug. 10, 1802; died April 24, 1803, at Carthage, Tenn.; fever. Barry, John At., 10, e. Aug. 8, 1802: died Aug. 24, 1803, at Gallatin, Tenn . ; chronic diarrlnea. Church, James W., 18, e. Aug. 9, 1802; died Sept. 10, 1803. at Pond Spring Gap, Ga. ; chronic diarrhoea. Clurk, Aurelius, 18, e. Aug. 9, 1802; died April 4, 1805, in Noble Co., O., of consump- tion. Coffman, William, 18, e. Aug. 22, 1802; died March 19, 1803, at Carthage, Tenn.; pneu- monia. Cunningham, Alvin D., 29, e. Aug. 7, 1802; died April 4, 1803, at Carthage, Tenn., of consumption . Davis, Abraham, 22, e. Aug. 8, 1802; died April 5, 1803, at Carthage, of typhoid pneu- monia. Davis, Hubert, 21, e. Aug. 8, 1862; died Nov 24, 1804, in liospl . at Chattanooga, Tenn., of typhoid fe er. Frakes, George, 30, e. Aug 8, 1802; died Nov. 0, 1803, at Chattanooga, Tenn., of brain disease. Frakes, Leonard, 20, e. Aug. 22, 1802; died Dec. 14, 180-1, at Camp Dennison, ()., of chronic diarrlnea. Hicks, John \V., 31, e. Aug. 22, 1862; died ^ Nov. 21, 1803, at Chattanooga, Tenn., of J chronic diarrlnea. Hupp, Franklin, 21, e. Aug. 0, 1802; died April 25, 1803, at Carthage, Tenn., of typhoid . fever. Jack, Michael S., 22, e. Aug. 7, 1862; I died Nov. 9, 1803, at New Albany, Ind., of chronic diarrlnea. I Johnson, Elijah. 20 e. Aug. 7, 1802; died Nov. 29, 1803, at Chattanooga, Tenn., of I wounds received Nov. 25, 1803, in battle of Mission, Tenn. McCurdy, Joshua, 42, e. Aug. 5, 1802: died . April 20, 1803, at Carthage, Tenn., of jaundice. j McIntyre, Clark, 28, e. Aug. 22. 1802: died April 21, 1803, at Carthage, Tenn., of typhoid fever. Mobcrly, John L.. 19, e. Aug. 9, 1802; died April 25, 1803, at Nashville, Tenn., of measles. Racy, Nicholas, 22. e. Aug. 8, 1802,; died March 22, 1803, at Carthage, Tenn., of pneu- monia. Smith, William, 35, e. Aug. 5, 1802; died Dec. 5, 1803, at Chattanooga, Tenn., of wounds received Nov. 25, 1803, in battle of Mission ltidge, Tenn. Ward, Jacob, 18, e. Aug. 0, 1802: died May 14, 1803, at Carthage, Tenn., of typhoid fever. DISCHARGED. Michael Stewart, corpl., 37, e. Aug 7, 1802: dis. Oct. 14, 1803. Dobbins, James, 29, e. Aug. 11, 1802; dis. i May 12, 1803, at Nashville, Tenn. Foster, Robert. 22, e. Aug. 9, 1802; dis. Dec 15, 1803, at Gallatin, Tenn. Glidden, Sydney J.. 25, e. Aug 7., 1802; dis. June 4, 1803, at Carthage, Tenn. Johnson, James P., 43, e. Aug. 1, 1802; dis. March 9, 1803, at Nashville, Tenn. Longfellow. Durbin N.. 19, e. Aug. 11, 1802; dis. July 22, 1803, at Camp Dennison, O. Leonard, Benjamin F., 35, c. Aug. 7, 1802; dis June 10, 1803, at Nashville, Tenn. Tuttle, Perry M., 20, e. Aug. 2, 1802; dis. Aug. 3, 1804, at Camp Dennison, O. TRANSKEliHED. Dienlsbach, Fred W., 20. e. Aug. 10. 1862; pro. com. sergt., Dec. 13, 1803; m. o. r. Caw field, James, 38. e. Aug. 22, 1802; trails, to v. r. c. Dec. 0, 1803. Cooper, John C., 23, e. Aug. 13, 1862: trails, to Co. 11 S pt. 12, 1802; died Dec. 11 1803, in liospl. at Chattanooga, Tenn,. of wounds. Hall, Theodore, 21, e. Aug. 7. 1802: trails, to Co. II Sept. 12, 1802, and m. o. e. Kirby, John, 22, e. Aug. 7, 1802; trails, to Co. II Sept. 12, 1802: in. o. e. Kitts, Payton, 3(1, e. Aug. 7, 1802; trails, to V. R. C. Jan. 28, 1805. , * 255 Nor.I.K COI'XTY IN Meeks, Gideon, 25. e. .Vug. 15, 1802; trails. t<, Go. H Sept. 12, 1802; died Nov. 2d, 1803, | in hospl. at Chattanooga. Tenn. Moberly, Hezekiah. 22, e. Aug. it, 18(12; trans. to V. R. C. Dee. ft, 1*03. Pool. Isaac, 28. e. Aug. 11, 11862; trails, to Go. II Sept. 12, 1862: til. o. c. Sanford. Oliver 15. 28. e. Aug. 11, 1862; trans to V. 11. G. Oct. 20, 1862. Scott. Joel G.. 22. c. Aug. 14, 1862; trails, to V . K. G. Shepard. James. 23. e Aug. 13, 1862; trails, to Go. II Sept. 12. 181)2; appd. corpl . ; sergt . Jail. 1. 1 865; 111. O. C. Stephenson. John, IS. e. Aug. 13, 1862; trails, to Co. II Sept. 12, 1862; killed .May 14. isi;p in battle of Kesaca, Ga. T\ -sou. Ira, 2!), •. Aug. 14, 1862; trails, to C<>. F, 20th O. V. I. June 23, 1862. Van way, Isaac, 22. e. Aug. 11, 1862, trans. to Go. F Oct. 1. 1802; died March 29,1863; at Cartliatre, Tenn., of typhoid fever. Wild, Henry, 22, e. Aug. 9, 1862; trails, to V. R. G. Oct. 29, 1863. Wheeler. Enos, 20, e . Aug. 9, 1862; trans. to V. R. G. Sept. 1. 1804. Perkins, John, 30, c. Oct. 2, 1862; trans. to E 3!st (>. V. I. June 5, 1865; m. o. c. t arter Moses, 41. e. May 4, 1803; trails, to 41s (>. Y . 1 . June 5, 1865. Goodall, Whitman, 29, e. May 10, 1863: trans. to 31st O. V. I. .June 5, 1865. GOME ANY K. Mustered in Sept. !), lSfi2, at Mari- etta, < lor three years. Mustered out dune 10, ls(>5, at Washington, 'I >. ( '. OFFICERS. Captain Tliomas Wilson, 26, c. Aug. 18, 1 sipj ; resigned July 20, 1863. Captain Albert G.. Hughes. 27, c. Aug. 15, 1*02: pro. from lirstlieut. Jan. 25, 1864; in. i » . <• . I'itsl Lieutenant Riley M. .Merrill, 35. c. Aim. 11 1*62; pro. to sergt-major .June 21, I*1'.;!, to lirs I iieul. .Jan. 25, 1804; m. o. c. i itisr sr.Hli KANTS. ' b- irce S. Worstell, 29. e. Aug. 8, 1*62: app i . from sergt. Go. II Jan. II, 1865; m. o. Joshua Garmieliael. 2*, e . Aug. !), 1862; pro. first Iieul. Go. I> Dec. 17, 1864; in. o. c. Till; WAR. SI . KO r; A NTs. Richard blasters, 34, c. Aug. 14. 1862; appd. from corpl. Marcli 1, 1865: m. o, c. Alilton Willison, 25, c. Aug. 14, 1802; appd. from corpl. March 1, 1865; m. o. c. William R. Curtis, 21. e. Aug. 14, 1*62; killed in battle Mission Ridge, Teun., Nov. 25, 1863. Linas Curtis, 22, e. Aug. 15, 1862; dis. March 12, 1863, at Louisville, Ivy., on s. c. d. | Joseph Gardner, 33, c. Aug. 8, 1*62; dis. | Dec. 9, 1804, at Gamp Dennison, D.,oii s.e.d. Charles McConnell. 36, c. Aug. 9, 1802; trans. to V. R. G. Dec. 15, 1863. Jeremiah E. Aukrom, 23, e. Aug. 9, 1862; 111. o. c. Wesley Park, 19, e. Aug. 16, 1802; m.o.c. William L. Morris, 24, e. Aug. 15, 1862: m . o. c. Orrison S. Reed, 22, e. Aug. 15, 1862; in. o. e. James D. McKee, 22, c. Aug. 15, 1862 appd. March 1, 1865; m. o. e. James W . Adams, 23, e. Aug. 8, 1862; m. o. c. Rhebiali Morton, 19, c Aug. 8, 1862; died April 15, 1863. at Carthage, Tenn. Joseph McPeck, 26, e. Aug. 9. 1862; dis. Eeh. 21, 1865, at Camp Dennison, 0., s.c. d. John F. Baker, 29. c. Aug. 1*, 1862; dis. Dee. 18, 1863, at Gallatin, Tenn.. on s. c. d. Daniel Salisbury, 18, e. Aug. 1 1, 1862: died March 4, 1*63, at Nashville. Tenn. William Ki lly, 18, e Aug. 9, 1*62; dis. June 1. 1863, at Nashville, Tenn., s.e.d. William R. S. Davidson, wagoner, 35, e. Aug. 9, 1862. x x. privates — MrsTi nKi) out. Bolton, Evan B., 22, e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o. e. Craig David P., 18, e. Aug. 14, 1862; m. o. e. Craig, Sylvester M., 20, e. July 29. 1861; m. o. c. Curtis, Lucius B., 18, e. Aug. 6, 1862; m. o. c. Gardner, Andrew. 25. e. Aug. 9, 1862; in. o. e. Hiddlcstmi, James, 38, e. Aug. 15, 1862; m. o. e. I lineman, Adam II., 21, e. Aug. 16. 1862 m. o. e. ' , ■ . HISTORY OF NORTH COUNTY, OHIO. 25 G Jolinsou, Louis. 25, e. A u lt. 15, 1802; in. o. c. Lindamood, Edmond, 27, c. Aug. 9, 1802; in. o. c. Lindamood, James: 35, e. Aug. <8, 1802; m. o. c. Lindamood, AI ilo, 19, e. Aug. 9, 1*02: m. o. c. Love, Robert, 2-1, e Aug. 15, 1802; m. o. c. McFadden, Enos, 29, e. Aug. 8, 1862; in. o. c. McPcek, Allen D., 21, e. Aug. 22, 1802; m . o. c. Alillcv, Benjamin, 19, e. Aug 8, 1802; m. o. e. Smith, Josiah, 3 2, e. Aug. 13, 1862; m. o. c. Whittaui, Josiah, 25, e. Aug 9, 1802; m. o. c. Whittam, Perry, 23, e. Aug. f), 1862; m. o. c. DIKIJ. Craig, Elias, 20, c. Aug. 9, 1802; died March 1 , 1803, at N; ashvilJe,. Tenu . Crooks, John 51., 20, e. Aug. 11, 1802; died Sept. 1, 1801, in rebel prison at Ander- sonville, Ga. James, Curtis, 23, e. Aug. 15, 1802; died April 19, 1803, at Cartilage, Tenn. Cash, Josiah, 2u, c. Aug. 22, 1802; died May 2, 1803, at Carthage, Teiin. Connor, Adam M., 22, e. Aug. 22,1802; died Aug. 15, 1803, at Murfreesboro, Tenn. died died died died died Jan. 12, 1804, at Chattanooga, Tenn. Swallow, James M . , 18. e. Aug. 22, 1802; died April 14. 1803, at Carthage, Tenn. Watson. Robert. 22. e. Aug. 9, 1 s(»*2 -. died Oel. 7, 1803, at Chattanooga, 'Penn. Willison, Simon, 21, c. Aug. I I, 1802; died Dee. 13, 1804, at Chattanooga. Tenn. Gibbs, William, 25, e. Aug 8, 1802; Nov. 15, 1803, iu rebel prison at D; n ville Lindamood, -1 ohn G , 18. e. Ai g. 9, killed Sc >t. 14, 1 802, by accident, Mariett Logan, Peter, 20, e Aug. 9, 1802; Aug. 11, 1803, al Nash ville, Tenn Logan, Josepl , 30, e Aug. ,s 1802; May 4, 1803, til ( 'art huge, Tenn Miller, Thom: is, 19, '■ -Vug. oo 1802; May 10, 804, at Louisv ille, Ky Sands, John, c. Aug. O, 1802; April 2, 1808, at Curl ha ge, 'Pen n . Sands, Joshua e Aug. 1 5, 1 802 ; ARSKNT. McFadden, John, 22, e. Aug. 9, 1802. Van Fossen, Thomas, 22, e. Aug. 15, 1802. DISCIIAKI '.HD. Bowers, Josiah A., 20, e. Aug. 10, 1802: dis. I Jan. 10, 1805, at Camp Dennison, (). Crooks, Robert C., 82. e. Amr. 15,- 1862; dis. June 10, 1803, at Camp Dennison, O.; s. i e. d. Crow, Martin, 27, e. Aug. 22, 1802; dis. Feb. 2, 1863, at Charleston, W. Va., on s. c. d. Curtis, Theodore, 19, e. Aug. 15, 1802; dis. Aug. 22, 1804, on s. c. d. Heck, William, 19, e. Aug. 9, 1863; dis. April 21, 1S03, at Xasliville, Term., on s. c. d. Luhue, Giles. 21, e. Aug. 14, 1802: dis. Jan. 31, 1805, at Camp Dennison, O. Miller, Martin, 18, e. Aug 8, 1802; dis. Oct. 29, 1803, at Madison, Iml : s. e. d. Miller, John, Sr., 22, e. Aug. 9. 1802 : dis. June 24, 1803, Louisville, Ivy.; s. c. d. Nieswonger. Frederick, 22, e. Aug. 22, 1802; dis. Nov. 19, 1804; s. c. d. Polcu. Jacob, 20, e. Aug. 18. 1802; dis. .May 27, 1803, at Louisville, Ky.; s. c. d. Shepherd, Moses, 80, e. .Vug. 15, 1802; dis. Aug. 20, 1803, at Gallatin, 'Penn.; s. c. d Spence, James, 23, e. Aug. 15, 1802; dis. Jan. 22, 1803, at Camp Dennison, O.; s c. d. TnANSKKKKKD. Brown, Silas, 21, e. Aug. 9, 1802; pro. to principal musician April 80, 1804; in. o. r. Ivirkbride, Dudley, 22. e. Aug. 11, 1802; trails, to v. r c. Nov. 29, 1804. Bay, James D., 18, e. Aug. 20, 1802; trails, to Co. F, Oel. 1, 1802; prisoner of war; in. o. c. Antill, John II., 28, e. Feb. 4, 1805; trims, to ( 'o. A . 31st ( ). V. 1 . : m. o. c. Burton, Lorenzo, 32, e. Aug. 9. 1802; trails, to Co. A, 81st ( ). V. 1 . ; m. o. c. Inghram, Jacob, 21. e. Aug. 14, 1802; trails, to Co. A , 8 1st O. V . I . ; m. o. e. Linkable, Benjamin. 30, e. Aug. 9, 1802; trails, to Co. A, 81st (>. V. ].; m. o. c. Mahoney, William T.. Is. e. Feb. 15. 1804; trails, to Co. A . 81 s( ( ). V . I . ; m. o c . McCulloch. David, 22, e. May 80, 1804; trails, to Co. \ 81st () V. 1., m. o. e. McPcek, Philip, 22. e. Fell. I, 1805; trails.- to Co. A. Gist (). V. I. ; in. o. r. ' ' ■ ■ XOBLE COUNTY IN THE WAR. Puvne, Daniel G, 21, e. Jan. 28, 1803: trails. (O ( 'll. A, Gist O. Y. I . ; ill. o. c. Paine, James M., 18, e. Jan. 28. 18(53; trails, to (’o. A, 31st < ). Y. I . : in. o. c. Thompson, Jacob, 28, e. Feb. 4. ISIS.!; trails, to Co. A, 31st O. Y. 1 . ; in. o. c. Henry J. Freeman, 35, e. Dec. 21, 18C4 ; trails, to Co. A, 31st <). V. I.; m. o. c. 1 1 til'll Rkuimknt. O. Y. T. The One Hundred and Sixteenth Regiment was organized at Marietta, in August, 1S<>2, with James ;isli- hurn as colonel, and Tlios. F. 'Wildes, lieutenant-colonel. The latter was succeeded toward the end of the war by 'Wilbert B. Teters, of Noble County, promoted from the rank of major. The regiment was ordered to Park- ersburg, September 1 ; thence on the tith to < fallipolis. where it was armed and equipped. September IS and l'J. the regiment was mustered into the service, with the exception of two companies not vet full. October 1P>, tin* regiment moved again to Park- ersburg, whence it took passage to Clarksburg. October 27.it reached Buckhannon, \V. Va.. and was there brigaded with the One Hundred and Tenth, One Hundred and Twentv- second and One, Hundred and Twenty-third Ohio. November 9 it pr iceeded to New Creek. There the measles raged violently, and when the regiment departed, Decem- ber 12, it left 1 10 men in hospital. 1 he inarch was via Burlington and Petersburg to Moorelield, and en nxii, tin1 troops were much annoved by guerrillas. At Moorelield the One Hundred and Sixteenth was posted niih a section of .artillery, and re- mained until damtarv. I’liev were l? ; surrounded by Jones' Cavalrv Di- vision and held until reinforcements arrived. On the lltli it reached I Romney, where it was engaged in ! foraging, drilling and picket dutv. Marclt 17. lStih, found the regi- ! ment at 'Winchester, where it re- mained until the withdrawal of the army from that place in June. .Mean- time it was frequently engaged in | scouting and skirmishing. It moved from 'Winchester through Mercers- burg and Loudon, Pa., to Hagers- town, Md.: thence to Sharpsburg and to Martinsburg, August J. On the 29th of April, ISb-b the One Hundred | and Sixteenth started up the Shenan- doah Valley, under General Hunter. At Piedmont, near Staunton, it found the enemy well posted, charged his | works and reached his fortifications, hut was compelled to retire. Making another charge it drove the enemy from his works. In this engagement the regiment lost 170 men killed and wounded. In June the com- mand was tit Lexington, whence it J advanced toward Lynchburg, en- ! countering the enemy near that place on the IStli, with the loss of i many men. From the ISth to the 22d the regiment was marching day : and night, through deep dust, on the scantiest rations. On the 27th and 2Sth, supplies were received, and on the 29th the troops halted at Ganiev Ford. July 2 the regiment marched to | Camp Piatt, thence took steamer for Parkersburg, where it took the cars and proceeded eastward. At ( berry Run, lift eon miles from Martinsburg, J tin1 railroad was found to be de. ' ■ HISTORY OF XOIJUC COUNT V, OHIO. 258 sfroved. The regiment marched to Harper's Ferry and Sandy Hook, arriving- on the 14th. Hence it was ordered into Loudon Countv, Ya.. to assist in driving Early lVom the valley, duly 11. the troops encoun- tered the rebels at Snicker's Gap. and a spirited light ensued. The rebels were held in check until dark, when the regiment recrossed the river and inarched to Winchester. Thence it fell back through Martins- burg and Hagerstown to Maryland Heights, where it arrived nearly ex- hausted, Julv 2b. * t The regiment reached Cedar Greek August 12, and thence fell back to llalltown. On the 3d of September Sheridan's forces advanced, meeting tiie enemy at Ilerryville. where the One Hundred and Sixteenth was engaged, with slight loss. The regi- ment was in the battles of Opequan and Fisher's Hill. At the latter place it made a gallant capture of a rebel battery. It was next in the battle of Cetlar Creek, October lb. Leaving that place November t). it reached Opequan Crossing on the ISth, and remained guarding the rail- road until 1 lecember 1 b; it then joined the armv of the James and went into winter quarters at Aiken’s Landing. March 2t>, 18b"). the One Hundred and Sixteenth moved and entered into the Petersburg campaign. It engaged in the assault, upon Fort Gregg, and in the pursuit of the rebel armies. At I’lirksvillo the right wing of the regiment was sent out on the Danville Load, while the left wing moved on to Appomattox ( ’. 11. , where Lee surrendered. After the surrender the left wing moved to Lynchburg; on the loth of April, to Ihirkville. where it was joined bv the right wing, and the entire regi- ment proceeded to Lichmond. arriv- ing on the 25th. The regiment was mustered out June 14. with the ex- ception of Companies Laud k. which were consolidated with the Sixtv- second Ohio, their time not expiring until October. June 23, 1S(!.">, tin* regiment was paid oil’ and discharged at Cam p I )ennison, Ohio. I '041 PA XV F. P1UVA 1 KS. Thompson, Freeman (..corpl., e. Nov. 8, 1802; pro. (bet. 41, lsii4, in detached service at q. m. dept., 2nd div.. 24 a. e.: awarded medal of honor by secretary of war for brav- ely at Fort Gregg. Wilson, Richard, corpl. . e. Aug. 10, 1802; pro. to corpl., Oct. 17. 14(52; captured near Romney, Va.,Fcb. 3 0. 1 s-0:>; never returned. -Martin, Robert, corpl.. 40, e. Aug. 10. 1802; captured near Romney, Ya., Feb. 16, 1804, returned to duty .March 17. ls04; wd. at Piedmont, Ya., June ■">. 1804: taken prisoner June 8, 1804. died in prison at Andcrsonville. Jones, Amos S.. corpl.. e. Aug. 14, ls(!2; captured near Romney, Ya.. Feb. 10, 1803!; died in prison from wounds rec'd at llalltown. Smith, George \Y. , corpl. 42, e. Aug. 1S02: pro. to corpl. Oct. 27, 1802; dis. March 41. 1S04; captured at Winchester. Ya.. June In. lsit;5: returned Oct. 4. 1803; captured at llalltown Aug. 20, 1 804 ; died in Salisbury prison, X. ('. Rales, 1 tighton, IS, e. ( Jet . is, 18(52; trails. to ( 'o. 1 1 Jan. 1 , 1 si;:’,. Bell, William 11., 3o, e. Aug. 22, ls(i2 captured at W "ineliester, Ya. . June In, 1804 returned to duty Nov. 24. lsi 1:5 . Rramhal), Robert, 20, e. Aug. 11, 1SU2 pro. to corpl. July, 1S(!4; die d at hospl. Mar tinsburgli. Ya . August 41, P hi:!. Rrokaw, John 1!.. 20. e. Aug. 22, 1802 I rails, to l 'o. II, Jan. 1 . I Slid. Cummings. Joel I!.. 1H. e. Sept. 2, ls<>2; trails. io ( o. G. Jan. 1 , ls'14. ’ X'Ol’LK COUNTY IX TUI; WAR 250 Davis, Alfred \V.. 13, e. Sept. 30, 18(52; trans. to Co. (', Jan. 1, 18(53. Dillon, John, 35, c. Sept. 30. 18(52; captured near Romney, Yu.. Feb. 1<>, 1803; returned to duty June 1, 18(53: pro. enrpl. May. 1805. Fisher, "William, 43, c. Aug. 22. 18(52: cap- tured near Romney, Ya. . Feb. 1(5. 18(53; killed at Lynchburg, Ya., June 18. 18(54. Gregg, Jacob, 24, e. Aim-. 20, 18(52; trans. to Co, 11, Jan. 1, 18(53; died at Annapolis, Aid. , April 23, 1st Jo, from wds. rec. at Piedmont, Ya., June 5, 18(54. Harrison, James. 24, e. Aug. 18. 1802: trans. to Co. 11, Jan. 1. 18(53; died at Pied- mont, Ya., June 0, 1804, from wds. rec. June .1, 18(54. Johnson, Joseph S., 22, e. Aug. 22, 1802; trans. to Co. C, Jan. 1, 18055; wd. at Hatch- er’s Run, Ya., March 31, 1805. King. Fdward S.. ID, e. Aug. 12. 1802; pro. to corpl. March 20, 1804; pro. to sergt. May 10, 1805. King, "William, 23, e. Aug. 12, 1802; pro. to corpl. , and killed at Piedmont, June 5, 1804. King, Silas, 20, e. Aug. 24, 1802: pro. to corpl. Fell. 1, 18(53: wd. al Ilalltown, Ya., •Tuner), 18(11. McCoy, John T., 20, c. Oct. 1, 1802; trans. to Co. II. Jan. 1, 18(13; died at Chamhershurg, Pa., Aug. 1803. Marlin. Henry, 28, c. Aug. 15, 18(52; cap- tured near Romney, Ya., Feb. 1(5, 1803; pa- roled Feh. 17: pro. to corpl. April It, 1805. Matthias, Samuel B., 20, e. Oct. 18, 1802; trails, to Co. II Jan. 1, 18(53 (see Co. II, 110th). Phelps, Jacob, 24, e. Aug. 18, 1802: pro. to corpl. Dec. 31, lsG4. Phelps, John IF, 23, e. Oct. 18, 18(52; trails, to Co. 1 1 , Jan. 1 , 1803. Rake, John, 24. e. Aug. 20, 1802; leans, to ( o. A, Jan. 1, 18153; detailed lo brigade liead- i planers Nov. 23. 18(54. Ray, George, 27, e. Aug. 12, 18(52, cap- tured near Romney, Ya., Fell. 10, 1803: re- turned io duly June (5. 18(53; wd. at Ft. Gregg. Ya . Apr. 12. lN(i5. Rawlings, John, 38, c. Sept. 15, 1802; trails. I" < o. (,. Nov. I, i si ;2 ; taken prisoner at Ce- dar Creek, Ya.. Oct. 10. 1S()|: ,lis. May 10, 1 M!5, by o. w. d . Sehwall, Jacob, 21. e. Aug. It. 1802; died ■0 t 8 Hospital, Harrisburg, Penn., Aug. 255, IMiJ, of typhoid lever. Steed, Jonas A, 24, c. Aug., 1802; captured near Romney, Ya. Feb. 10, 1.803; returned March, 1803; dis. March 21, 1803. Wilson, Samuel, 10, e. Aug., 18(53: captured near Romney, Ya., Feb. 10, 1803; dis. Apr. 3, 1 803. Wilson, James, 20, e. Aug. 22, 1802; wd. at Cedar Creek Oct. 10 1804: sick at general hospl. at m. o. Y olio, Peter, 33, e. Aug. 18, 1S02; died of wounds rec. at Opcquan, Sept. 10, 18(54, Yobo, 1-saac M.. 21, e. Oct. 1, 18(52; trans. lo Co. II, Jan. 1. 1803 (.see Co. II, 110th). Hughes, James F., e. Feh. 13, 1804; killed at Piedmont, Ya., June 5, 18(54. Jolinston, George IV., e. Fehy. , 1804; killed at Piedmont, and died at Staunton, Ya. Martin, Jacob, e. Aug. 15, 1802. Martin, John, e. Nov. 8. 1802. Phelps, Richard T., e. Feh. 21, 1804; killed Piedmont, June 5, 1804. Miracle. Garrison, e. Aug. 22, 1802; killed at Piedmont, June 5, 1804. Carson, James, e. Aug. 22, 1802; died in prison of wds. received at Piedmont. Johnson. George W. , e. March 8, 1804; killed at Piedmont, Ya., June 5, 1804. King, Samuel, e. Jan. 4, 1804. Latch, Charles, e. 18(52; captured at Winchester, Ya.. June 15.1803; returned to "duty Oct. 3. 1803. Piggott, James T., c. 18154; wd. in the head June 5, 1N()4. Shahan, Thomas, e. Feb. 1. 1804. Smith, Joseph, e. Fell. 20, 1801; side at For- tress Monroe at time of transfer. Wilson, Richard, e. Aug. 10, 1802; pro. to corpl. Nov. 1, 18(52; captured near Romney, Ya. , Feb. 10, ls(>3. COMPANY 11. . Mustered in September IS. lsi;2. at (Jallipolis. Ohio, for three years. Mustered out dune Id, lst>5, tit Richmond, \ a. OKI’ ICE Its, Captain W ilbert 15. Teeters. 24, c. June 20. I SOI. August 27, IS02, pro. to capt. from corpl. Co. I, 25, (». V. I.: pro, nia.j. Dec. 27. 18(54; wounded June 5, 1801, in battle of Pied- mont, Ya., and <>et. 10, 1804, in battle of Cedar Creek, Ya.. m. o. r. • ■ . / HISTORY OF NOIST/E COUNTY, OHIO. 260 First Lieutenant., William II. Spriggs, 'll, c. Aug. 20, 1802, dismissed Jan. 15, 1864, by o. g. c. Joseph Purkey, 25, e. Aug. 22, 1SG3, as first sergt. ; wd. June 5, 1804, in battle of Piedmont, Va.; prisoner of war in Ander- souville rebel prison from June 10,1804, to Nov. 19, 1804: pro. capt. .March 26, 1865: m. o. c. Second Lieutenant William L. Moseley, 82, Aug. 18, 1862, as second lieut . ; pro. first lieut. Sept. 8, 1864; capt. March 8, 1865; dis. March 80, 1865, for wounds received Oct. 19, 1864, in battle of Opequan, Va. SERGEANTS First Sergeant Benjamin, F. Sammons, 29, e. Aug. 22, 1862, as sergt. ; appd. first sergt. March 25, 1865; m. o. c. William A. Arnold, 29, e. Aug. 22, 1862, as corpl.; appd. sergt. July 25, 1868; wounded Aug. 26, 1864, in battle of Ualltown, Va.; m. o. c. Samuel B. Matthews, 20, e. Oct. 1, 1862, as private. Prisoner of war from June 15, 1862, to July 9, 1863; appd . sergt. May 28, 1865; trans. to 62d O. V. L, and from Co. F, 116th O. V. I., and m. o. c. Jesse Joseph, 31, e. Aug. 19, 1802, as corpl.; appd. sergt. Jan. 15, 1865; m. o c. Joseph Secrest, 21, e. Aug. 22, 1862, as corpl.; appd. sergt. March 25, 1865; m. o. c. Benjamin C. Drake, 22, e. Aug. 22, 1862, as corpl.; appd. sergt. Aug. 1, 1863; dis. May 23, 1865, for wds. rec. .June 5, 1864, in battle of Piedmont, Va. CORPORA!. S. Benjamin B. Tilton, 30, e. Aug. 28, 1862, as corpl.; wd. and captured June 5, 1861, at battle of Piedmont, Va. ; pris. war; m. o. c. Jeremiah Swain, 18, e. Aug. 22, 1862, as private; appd. corpl. July 25, 1863; wd. at 1 hitcher’s Bun; m. o. c. Samuel Carpenter, 18, e. Aug. 22, 1.862, as priv. ; appd. corpl. March 25, 1865; m. o. c. William II. Williams, 18, e. Aug. 22, 1862, as priv.; appd. corpl. April 25, 1865: m. o. c. Mark L. Ward. 21. c. Aug. 22, 1802, as priv.; appd. corpl. May 1, 1865; m. o. c. Joseph C. Wilson, 21, c. Aug. 22, 1802, as priv.; appd. corpl. June 1, 1803; wd. June 5, 1861, in battle of Piedmont, Va. ; prisoner of war; captured June 10, 1864. at Staunton, Va. ; m. o. e. by o. w. d. Henry T. Johnson, 20, e. Aug. 22, 1862; wd. Sept. 19, 1864, in battle of Opequan, Va. ; trans. to v. r. c. April 11, 1865. Jacob Gregg, 37, e. Aug. 22, 1862, as priv. in Co. F; trans. Nov. 1, 1862; died April 23, 1805, at Annapolis, Aid., of wds. rec. in action June 5, 1864, at Piedmont. Va. John IV. Back ley, 20, e. Aim. 22, 1862, as priv.; appd. corpl. April 25, 1865; m. o. c. WAGONER. William II. Ilesson, 23, e. Aug. 22, 1862; m. o. c. MUSICIAN. George Lamp, 18, e. Aug. 22, 1862; killed July 18, 1864, in battle of Snicker's Ferry, Va.' PRIVATES. Bartlett, Pay an, 27, e. Aug, 22, 1862; m. o. c. Bock, David AT. , 35. e. Aug. 26, 1862; captured June 15, 1864, at battle of Win chaster, Va ; m. o. c. Butler, Nathaniel, 30, c. Aug. 22, 1802; captured Dec. 28, 1862, at battle of Moore- field, Va.; wd. at Ft. Gregg, Va.; hi. o. c. Cain, William V., 18, c. Aug. 22, 1N(12. ; wd. at Piedmont; m. o. c. Catlett, John, 28, e. Aug. 22, 1862 ; in. o. e. Clary, Ilenry C., 18, e Aug. 22, 1862: m. o. c. Crooks, Henderson G.. 27, c. Aug. 22, 1862; m. o. c. Dunial, Jacob L., 21, c. Aug. 22, 1862: in. o. c. Emmons, Wm. J., 21, e. Aug. 22, 1862; in. o. c. Geralds, Joseph, 23. e. Aug. 22. lsG2; cap- tured July 24, 1K04, at battle of Winchester, Va.; m. o. c. Grandon, Matthew, 29, e. Aug. 22, 1862; captured June 15. 1 864, at battle of Winches- ter, Va. ; m. o. e. Gaily, Charles A., 19, e. Aug. 22, 1862; m o. e. Ivyscr, John J., 20, c. Aug. 22, ls-12; wd. June 5, 1864 . in battle of Piedmont, \a.; prisoner of war; m. o. e. Ivyscr, James K. P., 18, e. Sept. 3. 1m'. I ; m. o. c. , ■ . .. . ■ ' , .. XOUf.K COUNTY l.V THE AVAR. Kirkbride, Eli T., 19, e. Aug. 22. 1802; m. i). c. Matthew-.. Elijah J., Ho, e. Aug. 22, 1802; raptured .June Id, 1804, at battle of 'Winches- ter. Yn. : ill. o. C. Moore, Lafayette, 20. e. Aug. 22, 1802; wd Sept. 10 1804; prisoner of war; m. o. c. Moore. Michael ,J., 31, e. Aug. 22, 1802; wd Sept . It*. 1804; prisoner of war; in. o. c. Moral). William, 18. e. Aug. 22, 18112: in. o. c. Morrh. Aaron, 21, e. Aug. 22. 1802; m. o. c. Mott, John M., Is, e. Aug. 22. 1802; ui. o. c. I’owell, Andrew, 22, e. Aug. 22, 1862; in. o. r. Howland, Win. (’., 22, e. Aug. 22, 1862; III. o. e . Kussel, Isaac, 10. e. Aug. 22, 1802: in. o. c. Si crest. Simon, 20, e. Aug. 22, 1862; ni. o. c. Shafer, 1 1 ugh , 30, e. Aug 22, ISO ; in. o. c. Shafer, James 1., 22, e. Aug. 22, 1862; m. o. e. M atson, Yolio, 40, e. Aug. 22, 1862, m. o. c. Westbrook, Wesley J., 44, e. Aug. 22,1862, m . o. e. WharlT, George, 19, e, Aug. 22, 1802;m. o. c. Wiley, Pardon J., 19, e. Aug. 22, 1862; III. o. e. Williams, John W., 20, e. Aug. 22, 1862; in. o. c. AltsKNT AT MUSTEK OUT. Armstrong, .John, 19, e. Aug. 22, 1862; ab- sent in hospl. at Pi. of Kooks, for wds. rec. April 2. 1 8tld , in battle of Fort Gregg, Ya.; m. o. by o. w. d. linker, Henson, 21, e. Aug. 22, 1862; wd. June d. 1 8-155, in battle of Piedmont, Ya. ; m. o. May 20, 1 8ljd , by o. w. d. Craig, Leonard. 18, e. Aug. 22,1862; wd. Sept. 0, 18114. in the battle of Kerryville, Ya.; til. o. by o. w. d, Dal/ell. James M., 22. e. Aug. 22, 1802; pro. to sergt. -major; absent, sick in hospl. at M heeling, \\ . \ a., since March, 1 8 4 ; in o. M;i\ 29, 1 sti.'j, by o. \v. d. Dudley. Jacob, 21, e. Aug. 22, 1802; cap- tured at battle of Piedmont, Yu.; in. o. by o. VN d. Dud b y . J oseph , 26, c. A ug. 22, 1 802 ; prisoner of war. captured June d, 1801. at battle of 1 ’iedini nit , Ya. Gloves, J i ib n A., ltd, e. Aug. 22, 1802; wd. ami captured June d, MU, m battle of Pied- mont, Ya. ; ill. 0. by u. w. d. 261 Groves, Isaac, 18, e. Aug. 22, 1802; absent , sick in hospl. at Washington, D. (J., since Aug. 2d, 1804; m. o. by o. w. d. Hopper, Alvab D., 18, e. Aug. 22, 1862; on detached duty at Columbus, O.; m. o. by o. w. d . James, Wesley J., 18, e. Aug. 22, 18621 wd. June 5, 1804, in battle of Piedmont, Ya. ; prisoner of war, paroled and m. o. at Colum- bus, Ohio, by o. w. d. Matthews. Henry C., 18, e. Aug. 22, 1862; wd. April 2, I860, in battle of Ft. Gregg, Ya. ; absent in hospl. at Pt. of Kooks, Ya.; m. o. by o. w. d. Shepherd. David, 20, e. Aug. 22, 1862; ab- j sent in hospl. at Martiusburg, Ya . ; dis. May ! 30, 1806, on s. c. d . Smith, Joseph, 31, e. Aug. 22, 1862; pris- | oner of war, captured June Id, 1864; wd. April 2, I860, in battle of Ft. Gregg, Ya.; | absent iii hospl. at Fortress Monroe, Ya. ; m. 0 . by 0 . w . d . Spear, Thomas, 23, e. Aug. 22, 1862; pris- i oner of war, captured June 15, 1864; paroled at ! Columbus, Ohio; m. o. by o. w. d. Trimmer, Andrew, 21, e. Aug. 22, 1802, as sergt. ; absent, sick in hospl. at Cumberland, Md . ; nr. o. by o. \s . d. Wharton, Damascus A., 22, e. Aug. 22, 1862, as corpl. ; absent in convalescent camp at Harper’s Ferry, Ya. ; nr. 0. by o. w. d. DISCHARGED. Williams, Reece, 18, e. Aug. 22, 1862, as 1 corpl.; appd. sergt. Aug. 1, 1863; pro. to 1 second Kent , to first lieut. . dis. Xov. 1. 1864, I for wds. rec. June 5, 1864, in battle of Pied- mont, Ya. Chessire, U. J., 29, e. Aug. 22, 1862; dis. April 3, 1865, at Cumberland, Aid. : 011 s. c. d. McBride, William, 21, e. Aug. 22, 1862; dis. June 19, 1806, for wds. rec. June 6, 1864, in battle of Piedmont, Ya. Haney, Zachariah, 22, e. Aug. 29, 1802: dis. Sept. — 1863, at Maninsburg, Ya . , on s. c. d. Hhodes, Jeremiah K., 18. e. Aug. 29, 1862; dis. April 7, 1866, at Columbus, Ohio, on s. e. d. Sullivan, Dexter W., 32, e. Oct 1,lS02;dis. June 12, 1803, at Winchester, Ya., 011s. c.d. Wallers. George, 41. e. Aug. 22, 1862; dis. I860, sit Columbus, Ohio, on s. c. d. 1 ■ 202 IIISTORV OK NOHI.K COUNTY, OIITO, AVIiurfl, Oliver K., e. Aug. 22, 1802: tlis. May ](), 1 SOI, at Harper's Ferry, Va. : on s. c. (1. TliA.NSl'KUUF.l). Morrison, Georye, 21, e. Aug. 22, 1862 ; trans. to v. r. c. Wounlnts, Jacob, 30, e. Aug. 22, 1862; trans. to Co. E, Oct. l'->. I 8(52, and in. o. c. DIKII. Engle, Charles W . , 21 . e. Aug. 22. 1S02 : died Sept. 2, 1863, at naskinsville. Ohio. Gorby, Daniel, IS, e. Aug. 22. 1n<>2 ; died Aug. 27, 1st;:!, at Shepardstown, Ya., typhoid fever. Harrison, Janies, 27, e. Aug. 22. 1S02 : died June 6, 1864, of wds. rec. June 5, 1864, in battle of Piedmont. \'a. Hull, Samuel, 18, e. Dee. 26, 186:!: died Aug. 12, 1804, at Sandy Hook, Md. Garrick, John, JO, e. Aug. 22, 1802; died Sept. 12, 1804, at Savannah, Ga., of wds. rec. June 0, 1804, in battle of Piedmont. \a. Garrick. Benjamin, is. e. Aug. 22, 1802 ; died Oct. 2, 1804, at Frederick. Md., of wds. rec. Sept. :!, 1804, in battle of Berry ville, \ a. McCoy, Stephen 21, e. Aug. 22, 1802; killed June 5, 180-1, in battle of Piedmont, \ a. McCoy, John T., 27. e. Oct. 1, 1802 ; died Aug. 2, I860, at Chamberslnirg, Pa. Mellwee, .Joseph A., 18, e. .March 00, 1804; killed Sept. Ill, 1804, in battle of Opequan. Va. Morris, Apollo, 23, e. Aug. 22, 1802 ; died Jan. 1, 1804, at Salisbury, X. C. I’ethtel, Boherl, 27, e. Oct. 1. 1802; died May 25, 1803, at Winchester, Va. Piekenpaugh, George C.,22, e. Aug. 22. 1802; died Oct. 4. 1803. at Shepardstown. \ a , of typhoid fever. Rich, Solomon. 20. c. Aug. 22, 1802: died July 1, 1804, at Port Republic. Ya., of wds. rec. June 5, 1804. in battle of Piedmont. \ a. Rodgers, James I., Is, <•. Aug. 22. 1802; killed April 2, 1802, in battle of Port Gregg, Va. Stoneking, James A , 22, e. Aug. 22. 1802: died Nov. 30, 1802. at Cumberland, Md. Yolio, Reuben, Is. <•. Feb. 2, 1804; died April 1, 1804, at Marl inshore. \’a , measles. Petty, James II . 32, e. 0(1. I. 1802; lie sorted March 13, 1803, at Springfield, \ a, Vorhics, 'William, 24, e. Aug. 22, 1802; de- serted June 17, 1803, at Orleans Station, B. «fc O. Ry. JUSCJIAUOKD. Swaney, Michael, 25. e. Aug. 22, 1802. lii-xmi its. Archer, Nathan, 18, e. Aug. 21. 1803; trails, to Co. 02, O. V. I. , June 14, 1865, and 111. o. c. Bates. Highton 31., 18, e. Oct. 1, 1862 ; trans. to Co. 02, O. 3’. I., June 14, 1805, and m. o. e. Brokaw, John R., 21. e. Aug. 21, 1802; trans. to Co. 02, O. V. G, and m. o. c. Brown, I.eRoy 1)., 11). e. Feb. 3, 1864; trans. to Co. 62. O. V. G, and in, o. c. Carpenter. .Jacob. 22, e. Oct. 14, 1862: trans. to Co. 02, O. V. I., and in. o. c. Gregg. Jacob G. , 26, e. Aug. 21. ls02; trans. to Co. 62. ( ). V . J., and in. o. c. Kaekley, Alexander I). , is, e Jan. 14, 1804; trans. to Co. 02, O. V. G, and in. o. e. Garrick. Noah. 18, c. March 31, 1804; trans to Co. 452. O V. G, and m. o. c. Moore. Barney. 16, e. Jan. 13, 1804; trails, to Co. 02, O. V. I . . and in. (>. c. .Murdock, Greeiibury, 30. e. Dec. 24. 1803; trails, to Co. 02, O. V. I., and in. o. c. Phelps. John II., 28, e.Oct. 1. 1802: trails. | to Co. 62. ( ) . V. J . , and in . o. c. Smith. Irvin F., 22, e. Jan. 2, 1804; trans. to Co. 02.0. V. 1., and m. o. c. Stephens, A-lmry. 24. e. Jan. 2, 1862; trans. to Co. 62, (). V. I.. and in. o. c. Williams. Elisha 1)., 18. e. Jan. 11, 1804 ; trans. to Co. 02, <>. V. 1 , and m. o. c. Yolio, Isaac X.. 2b. e. Oct. 1. 1802; trans. to Co. 62. o . V. I . . and in . o. c. Moore, Nathan l\., - — , e. Feb. 1, 1861 trans. to Co. 60, <4. V. G. and m. o. e. : wd. llllh Sept., 180-1 . Tiibbv. Isaiah, — , e Aug. 22. 1862; trails, to Co. 62, O. V. G. and in. o. c. llilsT KkoIMKNT, O. V. 1. (N ATKiNAI. < i r Attn). The One Hundred ;tn. in tin* one hundred days’ serv- ice, was composed of the Seven- I leentli I’atlnlioii, from Tuscarawas ' xodi.k corxTV tn tiik war. 203 County; the Fortv-third battalion, from Morgan County; the Ninety- third battalion, tVom Noble Countv, ami one company from the Fifty- eighth battalion, from Hancock County, all troops of the Ohio Na- tional Guard. The regiment was mustered into the service May 0, lXi;4. with t he following ollieers : Oliver 1’. Tavlor, colonel; George S. Cornel', lieutenant-colonel, and Samuel 15. Hugh, major. The regi- ment was immediately ordered to Cumberland, Md.. where it arrived May 12. The regiment moved to Martinshurg, W. Va., and on the 4th ot June companies A. 13, D, F and II were sent up the Shenandoah Valley with other troops with a sup- ply train for Hunter's army, which was then supposed to be near Staun- ton. lint on arriving1 there it was found that Hunter had advanced; however, he was finally overtaken at Lexington on the 11th. The troops remained with the army until it reached the vicinity of Lvnchburg’, then turned over the supplies and proceeded back to Martinshurg, I 1 O’i with many sick and wounded and a train of over one hundred and Jiltv wagons and ambulances; with one i hundred and lilty prisoners and sev- eral hundred contrabands, tliev left the army June 17, and began their return march through a hostile and mountainous country. Tliev were supplied with only three daws' rat ions ol crackers. .Arriving at l.everlv on the cslh they rested two daws, then proceeded to "Webster. The entire distance marched was nearlv live hundred miles. At Webster tliev j took the cars for Martinshurg. where they arrived July 2. Thence tliev marched to Ilainesville, where the remainder of the regiment was then encamped in charge of a corral of one hundred and twenty-five teams and wagons. They arrived in camp at about eight o'clock, p. m., and be- fore supper could be prepared orders were received for the regiment to return to Martinshurg. Reaching that place at daylight the next day and remaining in line of battle until eleven o'clock, the regiment fell back through Shepherdstown and Sharps- burg to Maryland Heights. From July 0 to July S the regiment was continually engaged in skirmishing; after this it went into position in Stone f ort. It afterward aided in defending Maryland Heights until the rebels were driven from the Shenandoah August 25. Tin? One Hundred and Sixty-first was ordered to Ohio, and September 2. 1S<>4, was mustered out at Camp Chase. COMPANY C. Mustered in May 9, 1 s<;4, at Camp Chase, Ohio, for one hundred days, by (’apt. 11. Doyle. Mustered out Sept . 2, 1604, at Camp Chase, ( )hio. OFFICERS. Wm. A. Allen, capt., 27, e. May 3, lsill; 111. o. c. C. J. llanies, first lieut., 39, e. May 3, ISO I ; ill. o. C. Isaac 1*1 1 i 1 pot , second lieut., 38, c. May 2 180-1 : 111 . o. c. .las. M. Shaiiklaml, lirst sergt., 32. c. May 2. 1K04 ; in. o. c. ■la-'. U. If. Smith, sei’gt., 33, c. May 3, 1801, in. o. c. ■ ' HI STOHl" OF NOBLE CO l’ XT V, OHIO. 204 Forshev, Thomas A., "24, e May 2, 1864; m. AVm. II. Wharton, sergt., 24, c. May 2, 1864 ; m. o. c. .Jus. AV. Robinson, sergt., 26, e. Alay 2, 1861 : in. o. c. Jus. 8. Rownds, sergl., 21, e. May 2, 1864 : rn. o. c. AVm. C. Calland, corpl., 20, e. .May 2, 1864 ; m. o. c. AA'm . M. Nowdcll, corpl., 20, e. May 2, 1864 ; m . o. c. AVm. Dailey, corpl., 83, c. May 2, 1864 ; m. o. c. \A’m. II. Piggitt, corpl., 23, e. May 2, 1864 ; m. o. e. Nathan 13. AVharton, corpl., 20. e. May 2. 1864 ; m. o. c. AVm. it. AVilson, corpl., 86, c. May 2, 1864; m. o. c. Geo. .Farley, corpl., 27, e. May 2, 1864; m. o. c. Chas. AAr. Philpol, corpl., 18, e. Alay 2, 1864 ; m . o. c. James Drake, muse., 18, e. Alay 2, 1864 ; m. o. c. .Tno. R. McGinnis, muse., 18, c. Alay 2, 1 864 ; in . o . c . Arthur Dunn, wagoner, 18, e. Al iy 2, 1864 ; m . o . c . J’KIVATKS. Amos, Benjamin, \Ar., 19, e. Alay 2, 1864; m . o. c Bishop, John, 24, e. Alav 2. 1864 ; m. o. c. Baldwin, Francis IP, 22, c. Alay 2. 1864 ; in. o. c. Bell, Joseph, 19, e. Alay 2, 1861 ; m. o. c. Barnes, Ollio, 42, e. Alay 2, 1864 ; m. o. c. Brown, John, 19, e. Alay 2, 1864 : m. o. c. Brock, Nathaniel l>., 18, e Alay 2, 1864; m. o. e. Barnes, Jesse B., 43, e. Alay 2, 1864; m. o. c. Calland Charles, IS, e. May 2, 1864; m. o. e. Cunningham, James, 20, e. Alay 2, 1861 ; 111 . o. c. Courtney, Anthony, 23, e. Alay 2, 1864 ; in. o. c. Curtis, John, 18, e. May 2, 1864 : in. o. e Crooks, Jacoli, 2(i. e. May 2. 1864 ; in. o. e Daily, .John A!., 25, e. May 2. 186) ; m. o c. Delaney, James, 20, e. May 2, I8(M ; in. o c. Davis, Joseph ()., 18, e. May 2, 1861; in. o. c. Farley, Joseph. 19, e. Alay 2, 1864: in. o. e. Gant, .Samuel C., 30, e. Alay 2, 1864; m. o. c. Gant. Joel. 20, e. Alay 2. Is04; m. o. c. Giller, Henry, 18, e. Alay 2, 1864: m. o. c. Gessell, John, 40, e. Alay 2. 1864; m. o. c. Gessell, David, 37, c. Alay 2, 1864; m. o. c. Gessell, Samuel. 38, e. Alay 2. 1864; m. o. c. Hindman, Richard, 30. e. Alay 2, 1864; m. o. c. I lineman, Jesse, 35, e. Alay 2, 1864; m. o. c. Iveut, George, 22. e. Alay 10. 1862; in. o. c. Alcrrill, AVislev, 18, c. Alay 2, 1864; m. <>. c. AlcGirk, Andrew, 27, e. Alay 2, 1864; m. o. c. AIoGuire, Josiah, 36, e. Alay 2. 1864; m. o. e. Alallett, John, 18, e. ALuy 2, 1864; m. o. c. AIcClintock, AVilliam, 27, e. Alay 2, 18(54 ; m. o. c. AIcBride, AVilliarn II., 21, e. Alay 2, 1864; m. o. e. Alessingc-r, AVilliam IX, 23, e. May 2, 1864: in. o. c. O’Neil, Thomas, 22, e. Alay 2, 1864: m. o. c. Osborn, Samuel, 3'X e. Alay 2, 1864; m. o. c. Okey. Richard, 18, e. Alay 2, 1864; m. o. c. Phillips, John II., 21, e. Alay 2, 1 8(54 ; ill. o. e. Phillips. Lewis, 41, e. Alay 2, 1804; m. o. c. Prettyman, James S., 18, e. Alay 2, 1864; 111. o c. Pa cell, AVilliam, 28, e. Alay 24, 1864: in. o. c. Reed, Wesley AV., 39, e. Alay 2. 1864; m o. c. Snyder, Samuel, 36, e. Alay 2, 1864: in. o. c. Shepherd, AVilliam S , 18, c. Alay 2, 1804; m. o. c. Sheldon, James R., 2)3, c. Alay 2, 1864: m o. c. Simons, Alfred 13., 32, e. May 2, 1804; m. o. c. Tilton, Franklin A. 31, e. Alay 2, 1864; in. o. c. Tilton, Isaac L., 26, e. May 2, 1861, m. o. <■ Tilton. J. Bassett, 20, e. May 2, 1804; m. o. <•. Tilton, Luther ('.. 19. e. May 2. 1864: m. o. c. 'rilton. Thoiuas, 20, e. May 2, 1861: m. o. c. o. c. • . XOULK COF.VTY IX T I IK WAK, 265 Tilton, Worthington I)., 86, e. May 2, 18(5-1: III . o. c. Taylor, John W., 26, c. May 2, 1 S(5T ; in. o. o. Wilson, William P., 22. c. May 2, 1864: m. o. c. Wilson, Martin L., 28, e. May 2, 1864; m. o. c. AYhitington, Benjamin, 80, e. May 2, 1864: III. o. c. Weinstein, Christian, 28, e. May 2, 1864: 111. o. c. West, William. 24, e. May 2, 1864: ni. o. c. Waller, Janies. 40, e. May 2, 1864: in. o. c. Youngblue, Jesse, 19, c. May 2, 1864; m. o. e. Youngblue, John H., 25, e. May 2, 1864; in, o. c. Company F. 101st 0. X. (1. Mustered in May 9, 1804. at Camp Chase, Ohio, lor one hundred davs, I »v Captain 11. Doyle. Mustered out September 2. 18(14. at Camp Chase, Ohio. run axi s. Armstrong, John, 24, e. May 21. 1864; m. o . r . Blake, (Urn. 19, e. May 2. 1S64; ill. o. c. Blake. Israel. Jr., 28, e. May 2, 1861; in. (i . c . Blake, Cydnor 4'., 18, e. May 2, 1864 ; in. o. c. Brown, Diehard At., 84, e. May 2, 1864; ni. o. e. Cunningham, Sylvester. 20, e. May 2, 1864; m. o. c. I Wer, Hebron. 82, e. May 2, 1864; in. o. e. (Hidden, Sydney J.,26, e. May 2, 1864; pro. com. sergt.: in. o. r. Headley, Francis K.,27, e. .May 2, 1864; in . ii. e. Hutc hins, Aurelius, 41, e. May 2, 1864; m. O. O . Hardin, Absalom, is, e. May •_> ]S61 . m (> . <* . McKee, Andrew . 21, e. May 2. 1 S6 1 : captured June is, 1S61. a | Fin Casile, Va. ; m o. e. Parker, Welcome, 22. e. Mav 2, 1S6I : in. O. C . Wiley, Dunlap, 20, e. May 2, ]s6|; in. o. c. Wbeeler, Jonathan, 22, e. Alay 2, 1864; in. o. c. Wheeler, Luther, 21, e. Alay 2, 1864; in. o. c. AVheelcr, Allen, 21, e. May 2, 1864; in. o. c. W either, James W. ,28, e. Alay 2, 1864; in. o. e. Webber, Enoch F., 28. e. Alay 2, 1864; in. o. c. COMPANY IF Mustered in May 9, FS64, a t Camp Chase, Ohio, for one hundred days. Mustered out September 2, 1864, at Camp Chase, Ohio. OFFICERS. Capt. William Fowler, 26, e. Alay 2, ]S64: 111. o. c. First Lieut. Benjamin dowser, 87, e. Alay . 2, 1864; m . o. c. Second Lieut . Frederick Secrest, 89, e. Alay 2, 1S64: m. o. c. First Sergt. Win . X. AIcCamllass, 82, e. Alay 2, 1864; in . o. c. Sergt. Isaac X. llickle, 25, e. Alay 2, 1864; m . o . e . Sergt. Lewis Fowler, 87, e. Alay 2, 1864: in . o . e . Sergt. Thomas X. Newton, 41, c. Alay 2. 1864; m. o c. Sergt . George II. Ale Candlass, 34 . e , . May o 1864: 111 . o. c. Corpl . John Halley, 25, e. Alay o 1861; 1)1 . o . e Corpl. . LI i h ne Lippett, 84, e. Alay o 1864; 111 . o. e Corpl . J oseph Davis, 30, e. .May *> 1864; m . o. e Corpl. William Aid.; mghlin. 24, e. Alay o 1861; Ill . 0. c . ( 'orpl, , Abram Vernon. -ii, e. Mi ty 2, 1 S64 ; m . o. c. Corpl . Virgil M. Br utton, ; 22, e. M ay 2. 18(il: in . o . c . Corpl. Charles • Arndt, 28, e. Alay o 1864; m . <>. o Corpl. Lewis Wcstcotl, 1 L e . M ay 2, 1 Sli t ; 1)1 o. c\ Music i a 1 1 , Matthew Me (lea TV, 40, e . Alay 2. 1861; in. o. e. PUIVATKS. Ayers, David, IS, e. May 2, I sli-t : m. o. e. Boohei. Alexander, II, e. May 2. IS6J; m. o. e. ' - HISTORY OF NOIH.E COUNTY, OHIO. 2GG Brown, .James, -11, e. May 2, 1804; in. o. c. Bond, Isaac, 18, e. May 2. 18(34; in. o. c. Browning, Hiram is, e. May '2, 1804; m. o. c. Briekey, Samuel, lit, e. May 2, 1864; m . o. c. Briekey, Jolm, 30, e. May 2, 1861; m. o. c. Collield, diaries, lit, e. May 2, 1804; in. o. c. Courtney, Hubert, 20, e. May 2, 1804; m. o. c. Clark, Lawrence, 20, e. May 2, 1864; m. o. e. Clark, B( •njamin, 20, e. May 2, 180 1 ; ill . o. e. Cope, Jacob, 18, e. May 2 , 1864; ill. o . c. Coffman, , Elijah, 18, e. May 2, 1804 ; m. o. c. David, 11 'arpie, 20, c . May, 2, 1804; m . o. e Downey, Thomas, : 31, e. May 2, 1804; m . c . Downey, Merry man 28, c. May 0 1864; . o. e. Davis, E li, 18, e. Mt ty 2, 1804: m. O. ( 1 hmald, William, 19. e . May 0. 1864 . 0 . c . middle, George A . 37, e. May o 1864 . 0. c. Fowler, William, 33, c • -May 0 1864 o. c. Fry, George, 37, e. M ay 2 , 1804; til. 0 ». c. Fry, Isa; ic, 29, e. M ay 2, 1804; m . O. ( Fowler, John R., 18, c. -May 0 1804 . o. c. Fulton, . John, 22, e. May 2, 1804; 111 . o. c. Fogle, Unfits, 27, e. May 2. 1804; Ill . o. c. Gnant, Alfred, 24, ( . May 2, 1804; Ill . 0. c. Groves, 1 ) a v i 1 1 , 20, i Mat 2, 1804; Ill . 0. c. Glover, William. 22, e . May o 1804 . o. e. Gander, George W ., 28, e. May t) 1804 . o. c. Gray, J ames M., 19, e • May o 1804 . o . c . 1 liekle, ! Isaac, 42, e May 2, ISO 1 ; 111 . 0. c. Hamilton, Abram, IS, i t. May o 1804 i.o. c. Hamilton, Walker, 30, i . .Mat- 0 1804 i. o. c. Johnson , Uriah, 38 \ e. May 2, 1SIM 1; ill Johnson , John, 33, , e. May 2, 1801 [ ; in . C . Johnson , Elza, IS, ( Mat 2. ist; 1 ; m. o . Keller, .James, 18, e. May 2, isof; m. o. e. ICaekley. Noah, 23, e. May 2, 1804: m. o. c. Knight, Hiram, 18, e. May 2, 1804; m.o. c. King, Abram, 20, e. May 2, 1801; m. o. e. J.ippelt, Christopher, 30, e. May 2, 1804; m . o. e. Lyon, Alexander, 36, e. May 2, 1801; m. o. c. Lnusrhliu, James, 19, e. May 2, 1864; in. o. c. MeElroy, William, 29, e. May 2, 1864; in. o . e . McLaughlin. Joseph, 19, e. May 2, 1864; m. o. e. MoGary, Finley, 18, e. May 2, 1804; m. o, e. Mallieny, Scott, 18, e. May 2, 1864; m. o. c. Nicholson, Levi, 19, c. May 2, 1864; m. o. c. Norman, Nathan, 22, e. May 2, 1 04: m. o. c. Piper, Elisha, 22, e. May 2, 1804; m. o. c. Piper, Jonathan, 18, e. May 2, 1804; m, o. c. Bhinehart, James, 20, e. May 2, 1804; m. o. e. Russell, Ezra. 21, e. May 2, 1804; m. o. c. Bussell, John, 19, e. May 2, 1801; in. o. c. Roberts, Stewart, 30, c.. May 2, 1804; ill. o. c. Bolin, James, 19, e. May 2, 1804; m. o. c. Strawd. Jesse, 41, e. May 2, 1804; in. o. c. Stall'er. George, 18, e. May 2, 1804; m. o. c. Simon. James, 29. c. May 2, 1804; m. o. c. 'rutile-, Joel L., 18, e. May 2, 1864; died in Miss. Tuttle, Joel A., 21, e. May 2, 1864; m. o. c Tuttle, Daniel, 19, e. May 2, 1804; in. o. e. Trimmer. James .V., 18, e. May 2, 1804; died at Cheat. Mis. of fever. Wheeler, Harry. 18, e. May 2, 1801; m. o. c. West, Mitehcl. 18, e. May 2, lsOI; tn. n. c. Wood, Elhaimon, 33, e. May 2, 1804; m. o. c. lTG'I'II 1 v I ( 1 1 M ENT, O. V. I. Tiic One Hundred ami Sovenlv- sixtli ( )lti< >, ( olt »ncl I'.dwin ( Mason. \v;ts ofu'ani/.tnl til ( 'amp ( liaso. < ’nl- u 1 1 1 1 uts, (. ) 1 i i o, Si*pLoiti l>ei‘ - 1 , lsGI. . ' NOBLE COUNTY IN THE AVAR. 207 “As soon as the organization was completed the regiment was ordered to Nashville, Tenn.. and assigned to the Second Brigade, Fourth .Divi- sion, Twentieth Army Corps. Soon after its arrival it was detailed to perform provost-guard duty at Nash- ville, and during the siege and battle of Nashville it was in the works; but, with the exception of a few companies under Major Cummings, the regiment was not engaged. Quite a. number of the officers and men were veteran soldiers, and their knowledge and experience gave the regiment considerable reputation for proficiency in drill and discipline. The regiment was mustered out of service at Tod Barracks, Columbus. Ohio, on the 18th of June, COMPANY I. Mustered in September <>. lsOJ, at Camp Chase. Ohio, for one year. Mustered out June IT, 1SG5, at Nash- ville, Tenn. OFFICERS. ('apt. Win. AY. AIcAtackin. 57, e. Sept. 2 1 , 1 s ( i 4 : in. o. c. First Lieut. John llullnnd. 42, e. Aug. 27, 1804; appd. regl’i q’rm'r Sept. 21, 1804; in. o. r. A\' i 1 1 iain II. Bucher, 21, e. .May 12, 1807; in. o. c. Second Lieut. Perry T Nichols, 27, e. September 21, 1804; pro. lir.st lieut. Co. 15 A pril 2. 1807; in. o. e. Alexander Pricer, 83, e. April 3, 1807; m. o. e. First Sergeant Aaron 1 lesson, 88, e. Aug. 28, I Mi 1 ; m. o. e. Sl-U ;u KANTS. Robert W. Hamilton, 11). e. Aug. 7. 1804; pro. second lieut. Co. A March 28, 1807; in. o. c. Thomas \\ . < Ishele, 28, e. Sept. I, 1801; m. Sylvester W. Stockdale, 32, e. Sept. 10, 1S04; in. o. c. James A. Carson, 20, e. Sept. 17, 1804; pro. second lieut. Co. 1> June 8, 1807; in. o. c. Joseph P. Graham, 18, c. Sept. 17, 1804; pro. sergt. major; m. o. r. CORPORALS. Wm. Rhodes, 31, e. Aug. 23, 1804; m. o. e. William II. Hamer, 44, e. Sept. 10, 1801; in. o. e James Williams, 80, e. Sept. 2, 1804; m. o. e. William G. Parker, 24. c. Sept. 13, 1804; m. o. e. James S. Farley, 28, e. Aug. 27, 1804; in. o. e. David Wilson, 27, e. Sept. 12, 1804; m. o. c. John McKehis, 22, e. Aug. 27, 1804; m. o. c. Jacob Savior, 87, c. Sept. 17, 1804: m. o. c. Samuel Ilesson, 23. e. Sept. 39, 1804; m. o. e. Councils S. Bennett, 37, e. Sept. 20, 1804; ni. o. e. MUSICIANS. Thomas. E. Matthews, 26, e. Aug. 27. 1804; ! m. o. e. Janies McLaughlin, 20, e. Aug. 20, 1804; 111. o. c. DISCHARGED. Bon noil, Win. A.. 87. c. Sept. 10, 1804; dis. .May 10, 1807. on s. e. d. Matthews, Levi, 43, o. Sept. 10, 1804; dis. May 10, 3807, on s. e. d. Milton, .Marion, 18, e. Aug. 19, 1804; dis. May 23, 1804, on s. c. d. Tetenish, Jus., 38, e. Sept. 0, 1804; dis. May 80. 1S07, on s. c. d. Winch, Jno. E. , 24. e. Sept. 0, 1804; dis. May 23, 1807. on s. c. d. English, Hugh, 44, o. Sept. 10, 1801; dis. May 20, 1807, on s. c. d. DIED. Coon, Simpson, 31, c. Sept. 13. 1801; died 1 May !), 1807. in hospl.. Nashville. Tenn. Hill, .las. A., 18, c. Sept . 14, ISO 1 ; died Jan. 14, 1807. in hospl., Nashville, Tenn. MePeak, Geo., 24, e. Sept, t, lsiil; died Feb. 17, 1807, in hospl., Nashville, Tenn. Vance, Isaac A., is, e. Aug. 2-1. lsiil; died Dee. 8. lsiil, at JelTcrson Barracks, Mo. Wolf, Jno.. 81, e. Sept. 10, 1801; died -ill e 3. 1S07, in hospl.. Nashville, Tenn. Wilson. David. 27, e Sept. 12. lsiil; . died 1 December 29, 1801. in hospl., Cincinnati, Ohio. o. e. ' ■ . 2GS HISTORY OF No HI.)-: COUNTY, OHIO. IMtIYATKs. Archer, J;is., 27, e. Aug. 28, 1804; m. o. c. Archer, 'Win., 83, e. Sept. 11!, 1 804 ; m. o. c. Hales, Nathaniel, Hi, e. Aug. 28, 1SIJ4; m. o. c. Boyd, Thus., 22, e. Sept. tPinl>er 5, I st;j, at Camp Chase, Ohio, fop one Year. Mustered out .June i I, a t Nash- ville, Tenn. OFFICIOUS. Cap). Allen Floyd, 41, e. July 29, 1804; re- l signed Feb. 10, 1805. Henry IE Crane, e. March 30, 1 805; m. o. e. First Lieut. James E. Phelps, 32. e. Sept. 2, 1804; pro. first lieu t . ; m. o. c. Second Lieut. Simon K. Young, 28, e. Aug. 28, 1804: resigned Feb. 10. 1805. Frederick Roach, 30, e. Aug. 28, 1805 as sergt. ; pro. second lieut. March 28, 1805; in. o. c. - SKUCi HANTS. Samuel F. I took, 39, e. Aug. 27, 1804; m. ; c. James E. Harding, 45, e. Aug. 4, 1804; m. o. c. William G. Stoaks, 20, e. Aug. 30, lsii4; m. o. c. Gilbert W. True, 27, e. Aug. 27, 1804; m. o. c. David L. Adams, 30, e. Oct. 0, 1864; m. o. c. COJtrOHAT.S. Allison Archer, 20, e. Aug. 28., 1864: m. o. c. Allen Berry, 22, e. Sept. 15, 1804: m. o. c. Wallace Foster, 20, e. Sept . 12, 184; in. J o . c . Eckels, William, 18, c. Aug. 27. ls04: m. o. c. Enochs. Ilenry, 20, e. Aug. 2.'. 18(14; in. 1 o. e. Finch, John, 25, e. Aug. 27, 1804: m. o. c. i Finch. Jesse, 18, e. Sept. 0. 1864; m. o. c. Gibson, John B., IS, e. Sept. 10, 1864; in. o. c. Hupp, Lewis V., 31, e. Aug. 27, 1804; m. o. c I jams. Theodore J., 18. e. Sept. 15, 1804; ni. o. c. Jones, Philip, 21, e. Aug. 20, 1804; m. o. c. Lake. Thomas, 20, e. Aug. 31, 1804; m. o. c. Long, Noah, 23, e. Aug. 27, 1804: in. o. e. Lincicome, James, 18, c. Sept. 12: 1804; in. o. c. Lamley, John, 20. e. Aug. 27, 1804; m. o. e. Lamley, Benjamin, 17, e. Sept. 1, 1804; m. o. c. Lamley, Edward, 27, e. Sept. 4, 1804; in. o. c. Mossburgh, Christian A.. 10. e. Sept . 9. 1804; in. o. o. Merry, Andrew J., 18, e. Sept. 10. 1804: m . o . c . Moore. Nathan, 17, c. Aug. 24, 1804: n. . o. e. Mitchell, David, 10, c. Aug. 31, 1864; in. o. c. Mercer, Thomas, 20, e. Aug. 24, 1864; in. o. c. McConnell, Thomas, 18. e. Sept. 3, 1864; m. o. c. Odell. Joseph II.. 18. e. Aug. 20. 1864: m. o. c. Osborn, Theodore, 18, e. Sept. 14. 1864: in. o. c. Poullon, John W., 18, e. Aug. 20, 1864: m. o . c . Poullon, John W., 18, e. Sept. 0. 18(41; m. o. e. Peters. Henley E., 18, e. Aug. 20. 1864; m. o. e. Powell, John, 18. e. Aug. 20, 1864; in. o. e. . ■ 270 HISTORY OF NO P. UK COUNTY, OITTO. Palmer, Jacob, 18, e. Sept. 1, 1804; m.o. c. 1 tucker, Peter, is, e. Sept. 1, 1 80-1 ; m. o. c. Robinson, John A., 22, c. Aug-. 22, 1804; m. o. c. Rinehcart, 'William, is, e. Sept. S, 1 s*>4 : in. o. e. Shanks, Philip. 23, e. Aug. 31, 1804 : m. o. e. Shilling, Thomas, 21, e. Sept. 2, 18(54; m. o. o. Smith, John, lit, e. Aug. 23, 18(41; m. o. c. Shirk, John IV., 18. e. Sept. 3, 1 S04 : m. o. c. Stephens, Benjamin, 534, e. Sept. 1, 1S((4; m. o. c. Shipley, William, 37, e. Sept 4, 1 8(54 ; m. o. c. Thomas, John, 19, e. Aug. 27, 18(54; m. o. c. Wright., Joseph, 22, e Aug. 22, 18(54; m. o. c. Waller, Thomas .1 . . 21, c. Aug. 28, 18(54 : m. o. c. While, John, 18, c. Aug. 31. 18(54; m. o. c. Wickham, Alexander, 21, e. Aug. 12, 18(54; 111 o. c. Wickham, House, 31, e. Aug. 22 1 8(54; m. o. c. Wilson, David, 19, e. Aug. 29, 18(54; in. o. c. Wiekhaui, Jacob, 18, e. Sept. 13, 18(54: m, o. c. West, William M . . 18, e. Sept. 17, 1804; m. o. c. West, John W., 19. e. Sept. 19, 1 8(54 ; m. o. c. Walford, Alfred, 19, e. Sept. 19, 18(54; m. o. c. Company 1), lS-Vni ( ). Y. I. Mustered in Feb. 25, 1S05, at Barnosville, Ohio, for one year ; mus- tered out Sept. 2d, 1805, at Lexing- ton, Ky. OITU'KUS. Capt. Mathias I). Rodecker, — , e. Fell. 4, 18(5.7; m. o. c. First Lieut. George W. Beyrner, — , e. Felt. 4, 18(57; m . o. c. Second Lieut. William ('. Calland, — , e. Feb. 4, 18(57; in. o. e. SK1IO KANTS. Nathan Barnes, 3:5. e. Jan. 23, 18(57; in. o. o. Krasmus I. French. 21, e. Feb. 1(5, 18G7 ; in. o. e. John W. Ilare, 18, e. Feb. 4,1837; tn.o.e. William 51. Nowell, 21, c. Feb. 10, 18(57 Ill . O. (J. William II . Piggalt, 24, c. Feb. 1 1 . 1 807 111 . o. c. COHI’OUAI.S. William 11. BroAvn, 23, c. Jan. 31, 1 807 111 . o. c. Charles Craig, 21, e. Feb. 10, 18(57 ; m . 0. c. Thomas Carter, 21, e. Jan. IS, 1807 ; m . 0. c. John R, .'McGinnis, 17, e. Jan. 27, 18(57 Ill . o. c. Edward 4’. Reed, 22, e. Feb. 2, 180.' i ; ill . 0. (: . George j II. Timauus, 18, e. Feb. 13, 1807 Ill . o. c. Le\ i A illey, 30, e. Feb. 10, 1807; ni. o. c. MUSICIANS. James \\ . Drake, 1(5, e. Jan. 27, 1865 ; m. o. c. Alexander Milton, 27, e. Feb. 7, 1807 ; m. o . c . . DIKIJ . French, William. 10, e. Feb. 7, 1807; died March 27, 48(57, at Camp Chase, Ohio. Fry, .John W., 20. e. Feb. 10, 18(57; died March 9, 18(57, at Camp Chase, Ohio. Xorvil, Richard T., 17, e. Feb . 20, 1807; died March 22, 18(57, at Camp Chase, Ohio. oisciiaIvO urt. Alters, Isaac, 27. c. Feb. 4. 1807; ill’s. Ma\ 19, 18(57, at Lexington, Ky., by o. av. d. Bailey, Wilson S., is, e. Feb. 14, 1805; dis. June 7, lsti.7, at Lexington, Ky., by o. w. d. Butler, George M., 22, e. Feb. 10, 18(57; dis. June 7, 18(57, at Lexington, Ky., by o. AV . ll . Dowell, Charles W., 10, e. Jan. 20, 1807; dis. May 19, 1867, at Lexington, Ky., by o. av. d. Dotson. George V 20, e. Jan. 28, 18(57; dis. July 1, 1807, at Columbus, Ohio, by o. \v. d . Phillis, David W.. 27. c. Feb. 7. 18157; dis. May 29, 1807. at Lexington, Ky. , by o. w . d . Kent. Abraham, 23, c. Feb. 10. 18157; dis May 29, 1807, at Lexington, Ky., by o. w. d. . . Xonr.E COUNTY IN THE WAR. 271 I’WVATKS. Blreher, George, 33, e. Feb. 11, 1805 : in. o. c. Calland, Charles \V. , is, e. Feb. 3, 1805; m. o. c. Calland Richard, is. e. Feb. 7, 1SG5; in. o. c. Calland William C., 21, e. Feb. 4, 1807; in. o. c. Cleary, Edward, 23, e. Feb. 10, 1865 ; ni. o. c. Craig. William, 18, e. Feb. 10, 1865: m. o. c. Curtis. .Tobn W., 10, e. Jan. 31, 18(15; m. o . c . Danford, John 31., 21, e. Feb. 6, 1865; rn. o. c. Forshey, Thomas A., 20, c. Feb. (i. 1805 ; m. o. c. Fry, John, 20, e. Feb. 10, 1805; in. o. e. Guilcr, Henry IT, 10, e, Feb. 0, 1805 ; m. o. C. Loper, Cyrus, 17, e. Jan. IS, 1805; m. o. e. .McGinnis, .James M., is, c. Jan. 28. 1805; m. o. c. .Milligan, James A., 18, e. Feb. 18, 1805: m. o. c. Moore, Jason, 20, c. Fell. 10, 1805 ; m. o. .May 10, 1805, at Lexington, l\v. 31 oo re, 3Iillon, 18, e. Feb. 15, 1805: m.o. c. jMofl it t, Samuel, 30, e. Feb. 10, 1805; rn. o. c. Obey, Richard G., 10, e. Feb. 0, 1805; m. o. c. Peters, Michael 31., 18, e. Feb. 0, 1805; 111. o. c. Robinson, Nathaniel Y., 20, e. Feb. 3, 1805; in. o. c . Shepherd, William, 20, e. Jan, IS, 1805 ; m . o. c. Selby, Joseph F.,10, e. Feb. 0, 1805; in. o. c. Slaats, William T . , 18, e. Feb. 10, 1805 . m . o. e. Slack, Janies T. , 10, c. Jan. 25, 1805; m. o. c. W iley, Franklin, 27, c. Feb. 13, 1805; m. o. e. W cst, W illiam, 21. e. Feb. 10, 1805; m. o. e. IN illey. Lnrin, 23, c. Feb. Is, 1 '•'G5 ; m.o. c. W ilson, John, 18, e, Feb. 15. 1805: m.o. e. W ilson, John 31., 18, e. Feb. 15, 1805 ; m. Company G. ISiixu O. 7’. I. Mustered in Feb. 14. 1 s< ;5. at Ifarnesville. Oiiio. by C:i[»t. Morris, for one year. Mustered out Sept. IS, 1805, at Nashville. Tenn. OFFICERS. Capt. William Bramliail, c. Feb. 14,1805; resigned June 4, 1805. First Lieut. John Bramhall, 31, e. Feb. 14, 1805: resigned June 4, 1805. First Lieut. John Milehell. c. Feb. 14, 1805; pro. first lieut. from second lieut. June 4, 1805; ill. o.'c. SEltO KANTS. Henry W. Ileidleslieimer, 35, e. Feb. 15, 1805; apptd. Man li 2. 1805; m. o. c. Silas J. Gordon. 35, e. Jan. 30, 1805; apptd. March 2, 1805; m. o. c. Samuel 31 < ■ I > ride, 24, e. Jan. if), 1805; apptd. April 10. 1805; m. o. e. Ilarmon P. Smith. 33, e. Feb. 14, 1805; apptd. 3 larch 2, 1805; m.o. c. Patterson F. Yolio, 31, e. Jan. If), 1805; apptd. 3Iarch 2, 1805; m. o. c. conroK.vi.s. Robert F. Dailey, 32. e. Jan. If)-. 1805; m. o. c. Samuel Davidson, 25, e. Jan. li), 1805; m. o. c Russel Glidden. 35, e. Feb. 14, 1865; in. o. c. Archibald C. Lovall, 27, e. Jan. 20, 1805: m . o. c. Stephen Mills, 35, e. Feb. 14, 1805; m. o. c. Zaehariali Swain, 28, e. Feb. 2, 1865; m. o . e . Benjamin L. Wilson. 20, e. Feb. 14. 1805; m. o. e. William Young, 41. e. Jan. 10. 1805: m. o. e. DIED. Archer, Isaac. 24. e. Feb. 14, 1805; died Sept. I, 1805, in Cumberland hospl. Nashville. Tenn . Barnes, Philo \ . , 21. e. Feb. 15. 1805; burned in death while on duly at ammunition department June li). 1805, at Chattanooga, tenn . i Enochs, Isaac, Jr., 25. c. Feb. 18, 1805; o. c ■ HISTORY OF 2fOIJI.lI COUNTY, OHIO. died Mnrcl) 31, 18015, in liospl . at Nashville, ; Tenn . , of diarrhoai . Forshey, Elijah, Hit , e. Fd>. '2, 1 SG."> ; died 1 June 17, 186.5, in hospl. at Louisville, Ky., of diarrlupii. McRride, Abraham, 30, e. .Tan. 31, 1*65; died Aug. 22, 1865, at Carlisle, Ohio, ■while on furlough . Smith, Henry II., 34. e. Feb. 14, 1865; died April 11, 1865, in hospl. at Cleveland. Tenn., : of diarrlnea. Swaney, James, 31, e. Jan. 10, 1865; died i Mard) 21, 1865, at Cleveland, Tenn.. of pneu- monia . Warner, Adam, 23, e. Feb. 14, 1864: died July 12, 1865, in hospl. at Chattanooga, Tenn., i of sunstroke. DISCIIAl’GEO. Farley, Alfred, 3<>, e. Feb. 14, 1865; dis. July 12, 1865 at Camp Dennison, Ohio, on s. c . d . Mallett, lateitts W., 10, e. Jan. 13, 1865; dis. June 30. 1865, on s. c. d. Mills, William N.. 21. e. Feb. 1'. 1865; dis. Aug. 18, 1865, at Cincinnati, Ohio, on s. e. d. Spence, Michael II., 28, e. Feb. 20, 1865; dis. Aug. 18, 1865, at Cincinnati, (>., on s. c. d . tkansI'-i:ui:ki>. James W. Smith, 28, e Feb. .21, 1865: pro. Principal Musician. Mar. 2, 1865; m. o. r. P1UVATES. Archer, Aaron, 20, e. Jan. 31, 1865; m. o. c. Archer, Ambrose, 33, c i \>h. 18, 1865; Ill . o. c. A roller, Nathan, 36, e. F eb. 11, 1805; m . 0. 0. Archer, James, 20; e. F eb. 14, 1865; m . 0. c. Archer, Sebastian, 20, e 1 'eb. 14, 1865; in . o. c. Archer, Thomas, 3 1, e. F eb. 11, 1 865 ; ill.' o. c. Barlow, Zaeliariiili 24, i Tan . 10. 18(15: in . o. c. Be vans, Miles P., 21, e 1 'eb. 20. 1865; in . o. c. Caldwell, Win. M Is, 0. Jan 13, 1865: m . o. 0. Chapman, Abner \r . , 20, e. Jan 13, 1*65; 111. o. c. Cline. D; ivid. 30. e. Fe b. 11 1. 1*6. 5: m . o. c. C rand el, Diehard '] r.. 24. t :. Fel b. 4, is 65 m . o. c. Dunn, Henry, 26, e. Fe! i. 4, 1*65 ; m. o. c. Ed wards , Thomas, • ) • O i , e. F eb. 2 . 1*6' > . ni. o . c. Enochs, Isaac, 4-J, e. Jail • 19, 1*65 • ; m . 0 . c . Enochs, Richmond, 19, e. Jan . 19, 1865; in . o. c. Forshey, Johiij 29, e. Feb. 10, 1*65 ; ill . o . c . Forshey, Thomas, : ;•> e. Feb. 4, 1*65 i ; ni . o . c . Freeman , Joseph, 17, e. Feb. 17, 1865; m . o. c. Grandon, , George, 25, e. Feb. 14, 1865; m . o. e. Grandon. , Stephen, QO , c. Jan. 19. 1865; m .0.0. Grandon, William, H e. Jan . 19, 1865; m . o. c. Harper, Isaac X., 20 , e. Feb . 6, 1865; m . o. e. J harper, Mordica*, 28, c. Feb. 20, 1865; in . o. c. J Iarper, William, 25, c. Feb. 20, 1 865 ; ni . 0. e. Hicks, J allies, 17, e. Fell. . 21. 1865 ; m . 0. c. J J iddlest on , George 0* >. e. Feb. 14, 1865; m . o. e. 1 lughey. John, 35. e. Feb. 20, 1 *05 ; m . o . e . Huicliisoii, Win. T 11, e. Fell . 11, 1865; in . 0. c. lams, Diehard, 44. e. Jan . 19. 1*65 ; m. 0. 0 . King, Sa iinuel, 40, e. Feb . 11, 1*65 ; in . o . c . King, AY m. f.. , 30 i e. Feb . 11. 1*65 ; in . o . c . Kline, I) 'avid, 39, . e. Feb. 14. 1 *65 ; in . o . e . Lawrence Dobel l . I., 20, e . Jan ■ 13, 1805; m . o. c. McBride. .lacob, 20. e . Jan. 19. 1*65 : m . o . o . McBride. Owen, 23 . e . Feh oo 1*65 ; m . e . McCoy. Corniglit. 33, C . Feb. 15, 1865; m. o. c. • • ' - ' xmir.r; cottxty in tiif. war. .McCoy, Conright, 31, e. Pel). 31, 1805; 111 . o. c. MeElfrcsh, Cornelius, 30, e. Pel). Pi, PS (in ; 111. o. c. McPherson, .lames 1! . >3, c. • );U1. 19, 1 S05 : 111 . o. e. Mailed,, Alonzo, 24, e . Feb. 3, 1 S05 ; 111 . 0. e . Mallctt,, Friendly, 20 , e . Feb • 'b 1805 ; 111 . o. c. Mailed, Orrin, 29, c. Feh. 3, 1805 : m . O. C. Miller, George; 38, e. Feb. 20, 1865 ; ill . o. c . Murry, Thomas, 23, e . Feh. 14, 1 805 ; in . 0. , c. Neptune, Eli, 18, e. J an . 13. 1805 : m . o. C. Nicswanger. Win. I)., 24, e. Feb. 15. 1805 : m. o. c. Pepper, Alfred, 23, e. Feb. 4, 1805 ; ill . o. c. Phillips, J no. 11 . , 21 , e . Feb. 4, 1805 ; m. 0. e. Ilobinson, Jno. W., 34, e. J an . 19, 1 805 Ill . o. c. Sands, Alex., 34, e. I1 Vh . 10, 1805 ; 111 . O. CL Slack, Jno. W . , 21 , ( Feb. ii, 1805 ; ni . o . . c. Slusher, Jolui, 30, e. Fe 1). 20, 1805 : m . o. c, Smith, Hen. F., 23. e . Feb. 4, ISO 5; m . 0. c, Smith, Ilenry, IS, e. • Jill l. 31, 186' i; m. 0. c. Smith, Jno. W . , 24 , cv . Jan . 31, 1 805 ; m. 0. e. Smith, Peter (’., 28, e. Jan. 19, 1 805 ; m . o. c. Spence, James, 24, e. Feb. 15, 1 SO' ) : m . o. c, Swain, Othey, 30, e. Fc h. 15. . 180 5 ; 111 . o. c, Swain, Samuel, 24, e. Ft ;b. 15, ISO -5 ; ill . o. c, Taylor, Kd. V., 39, e. Feh. 14, 1805 ; m . 0. c. Taylor, Melville C, 31, , e. I Vb. 14, 1S65 Ill . o. c. Taylor, Richard, 37, (‘ . Feh o 1 805 ; m. o . e. Thomas, Win, 11., 35, c. 4 Vl>. oo 1805 Ill . o. e. 1 odd, ( !eo . W . , 38, e. Feh. PI, 180.1 > ; ill . o , , e. \ anPossen, Jacob, 20 , v , . Feb. 15, 1 865 ; ill . o. e. M esiiicM, .Mallhiiis, is, c. Pel). 2. 1805; m. o. c. Wilson, William, 21, e. Jan. 20, 1865; m. o. c . MiscKi.LAXF.ors List. Besides the companies of which mention has already been made, i there were others containing- Noble County men; but as they had but few representatives from this county the same classification is impracti- cable. When not otherwise desig- nated those included in the list were members of infantry regiments. Company B, Our O. V. C. Mustered in Oct. 15, lSGihat Zanes- ville, Ohio, for three years. Mustered out July 20. 1805, at Lexington, N. C. SKRGHANT. Jno. IV. Morrison, 38, e. Nov . G. 1802; i 111 . 0 . 0 . COKI’ORAI, . Jno, M. Hutchinson, 22. c. Oct. 28, 1802: m. o. c. WAGONER . Win. M Wilson, 19, c. Oct. 27, 1802 ; in. o . c . l’RIVATKS. Clmrcli, James, no record found. Deveraux, Thomas, no record found. Frakes, Rees, 18, e. March 27, 1803 : m . o. c. King, Amiek, 25 , c. Oct. 17, 1802; : capt. March 10, 1805 ; ill. 0. c. Larriek, William, no record found . Moore, . John, 18, < ■.Oct. 11,1804 ; ill. o. c. Mercer, Joseph, 3; 4, e. Nov. 0. 180: 2 ; m , 0. c. Rownds , Rob. M ,, 18, c. Jan. 9, 1803 : in. o. e. Petty, Orange P . , 18, e. Dee. 15, 1803 ; m. o. c. Ahrendl is. Henry, , Co. K, 27 O. V. I C. 1801 ; died 1 in servici A relier, Vincent, Co. G. 60 O. V. I . , C. 1804; ill. i o. 1804. A relier, Elisha, Co. G, 00 O. V. i . , c. ISO | ; 111. 0. 1S04 . Hell, Joseph, Co. I), 63 O. V. I. Hrown, Eber, Co. 1), 9 O. V. C. Brown, William, Co. D, 9 O. V. C 1 I haul. Isaac. 18 ■ . . HISTORY OF MO RLE COUNTY, OI1TO. 274 Briggs, James, Co. D, 174 O. Y. I. Cummings, A\r. IE, (A u. E, 88 O. Y. E I )yc, William A . , Co. L, (>. V. C„ e. 1805; in . o. 1805. Davis, Iliram J. , Co. 1 , 02 O . Y . E Drake, Benjamin, Co. I, 117 (). Y. I. Daily, Smith J . , Co. I 01 AY . Ya. I. ; wd. at Antielam. Duffy, Parker, Co. E, 01 AV.Ya. I. De Long Charles F., 1 Co. I), 74 O. Y . i. Davis, Levi IE, Co. G , 30 O . AE 1 . Elder, James A., Co. 11, 122 O.Y. I., e. Sept. 1802; wd. at battle of the AA ilde mess; m . o. 1805. Engle Henry, Co. At, 9 O. AE C. Fogle, Elisha. Hughes, Aaron, Co. F , 30 Ind. E llei.lcsheimer, 11. \Y . , lieut. Co. E, 01 A\ r. Ya. E Harris, David AE, Co. G, 00 O. AE, e. 1804; m . o. 1804. Hupp, Louis AY, Co. J , 02 O. Y. I. and Co. O , 170 AI O. C. Jones, Jos. AY., Co. IE O. AE E, e. July, 1803; wd. T battle of Perrysburg, Oct. 8, 1803; pro. to sergt; to .second lieut. Johnson, Thomas, Co. G, 27 0. V. I., e. July, 1801; wd. at Big Slutnty, Ga. Kraps, .1. AAE , surgeon 7 O. V. C. Morris, T. II., Co. F, !.) O. V. C. Mercer, John AY . , Co. G, 27 O. AE 1., e. July, 1801; m. o. I860; vet. Marquis, Samuel 15., Co. E, 1-1 111. I., e. June, 1801; m. o. 1802. Moore, Henry, Co. G, GO O. V. I., e. 1804; m. o. 1804. Merry, A. J., e. 1804, Co. G, 170: died at home, June, 1805. McGlaskey, John, Co. G, 00 O. Y. I, e. 1804 ; m . o. 1804 . Newton, John I). 1!., Co. 15. 03 e. Feb., 1802; in. o. July, 180.5, vet. Neptune, John E., Co. — , 02, e. 1802: dietl in 1803 at Carthage, Tetin. Parks, Robert, e. 1802; m. o. 1803. Parks, T. J., e. 1801; wd. at Shiloh; m. o. 1803. Peters, James 51., 9 O. V. C., e. 1*02; killed near Raleigh, N. C., 180-5. Reed, Edward, 27 <). V. I. Shafer, William J., Co. II, 2.5 0, Y I.,e. Sept., 1804; wounded at Franklin, Trim., Nov. , 1804, and taken prisoner; lost leg; dis. from hospital at Nashville, Trim., June, 1805. Sullivan, 'William A.. Co. I 2-5 0. Y. I., e. June, 1*(>1 ; died at Cheats Mt. , Ya. . Nov. 1. Sullivan, Augustine S . , Co. A, 92 O.AE I., c. June, 1801; dis. for physical disability Afay, 1*0:5. Tuttle, Ezra, Co. 15, 77 O. Y. I., e. Aug., 1802; m . o . 1803. Sill, George. Co. II. 02 <>. Y. 1 Steed, Robert, Co. 11, 02 < >. 5'. I. Eoekmillgr. Perry, Co. 1), 9 (). Y. C. Wile}’, Parish, Co. D, 9 0. 5”. C. Wilson, William, Co. P>, 7H (>. 5’. C. Webber, Enoch T.. Co. A. 101 (>. AE I., e. 1804; m . o. e. t. s. Wiley, George T.. Co. K. r»2 ( > . \' . I.,e. Sept., 1804; m. o. June, 1805. Walters, Peter J . , Co. I, 1 II. A., e. June, 1803; m. o. 1805. Winters, David, Co. D, .5 Pa. C’av., e. 1864; in. o. 1*05. Racev, Arthur W., Co. E, 14 111. Yoho, Palric-k, Co. E, 101 AY. A'a . f. Watson, Justus F. , Co. I), 9 0. Y. C. Mitchell, Thomas. Battery K, 1 O. L. A. Farris, Jcrrc F., Battery K, 1 O. E. A. 22n Battery, Ohio Light Aktii.lkry. Mustered in April 1(>, 1 *03, a t Camp Chase, Ohio. Mustered out July 13, 1S()5, at Camp Chase, Ohio. rillVATKS, Eakin, David C., 42, c. Sept. 21, 1804; m. o. c. Evans, William L.. 18, e. July >5, 1 so;? . m. o. May 3, 1805, at Knoxville, Trim. Gebhart, Samuel II., 19, c. July 5, 1803: m. o. e. Grandon, George AY., 21, e. Nov. 15, 1802; in o. e. Deadly, Isaac AAE, 18, e. July <>, 1803; m. o. c. Mercer, Jacob, 18. e. July 5. 1803; m. o. c. McKee, Isaac E., 18, c. Feb. 22. b*04; m. o . c . Ogle, Charles, 18, e. Feb. 22, 18H4; m. I o. e. Ogle, David N.. 21, e. Sept. 21, 1804; m. i o. c. Patterson, George, 18, e. July 0, 1*03; m. I <»• ' ' NOlil.F. COUNTY IN THE AVA14. Patterson, Jesse, JO, e. July 0, 1*00: m. o. c. Kincliart, George 11., 18. e. July 5, 186M ; in . o. e. Simmons. Thomas X , is, c. July 1-1, ISli.j; died March 18, lHO-l, in rebel prison at Kieh- mond , \ a . Still, J. Wesley. 10, e. Feb. 22, 1804; m. o . e . T horl a. Silas, IS, e. July 0. 1803: m. o. c. Willey, Henry, 32, c. Sept. 24, 1804; in. o. e. Willey, Sylvester, 20, e. Sept. 24, 1804; in. (). ('. Yeriain, Frederick, 27, e. Sept. 24, 1804; in. o. e. Company F, 33i> O. \ . 1 . John Caldwell, 24. e. X'ov. 20, 1801; in. o. Nov. 11, 1804, e. t. s. 1). W. Davis, 30, e. Xov. 20, 1861 ; died at home May 10, 1804. Charles Dyer, no record fouud. Benjamin Dyer, 22, e. Xov. 10, 1801; dis. Feb. 0, 1807, s. c. d . Hebron Dyer, no record found. John Eiclier, 52, e. Nov. 28, 1801; trans. to v. r. c. April 28, 1804. John (Hidden, no record found. Simon (Hidden, — , e. Oct. 10. 1801 dis. Abel Hutchins, 23, e. Feb. 15, 1804; in. o. c. Charles J. Knott, 20, c. Nov. 1, 1801; in. o. c. David Martin. — , e. Feb. 10. 1804; in. o. c. William P. Heed, corpl., 21), e. Nov. 21, 1801 ; in . o. c. ; vet . Thomas Stock well, 33, e. Oct. 10, 1801; dis. Sept. 20, 1805; o. s. c. d. Benjamin A. Tilton, corpl., 22, e. Nov. 20, 1 80 1 ; m . o. c. ; vet . Samuel N. Tilton, 23, e. Feb. 15. 1804; in. o . e . Silas Tliorla, no record found. "I in: I JosKiNsvir.i.K IiEitEi.r.ioN. Tim curly part of the Year 1833 was the gloomiest period of the war. 1 )ist rust and doubt filled .the public mind: loss and suH'eriiur had loiur O C5 attended the Federal armies, and '< many who at first had been coidident of a speed v and triumphant victory for the Fnion cause, now began to waver and adopt the opinions of those favoring peace at any price. This sentiment was strengthened and fostered by the busy tongues of I ambitious, stay-at-home orators, who, in Ohio as elsewhere, sought to take j advantage of the situation and pose as leaders of public opinion. Jn i Ohio the year is memorable for its exciting political campaign, in i which C. L. Yallandigham, whose public utterances had caused his arrest and banishment from the North, was one of the candidates for the office of governor; also for organized resistance to the govern- ment, which was attempted in three instances — in Noble, Montgomery and Holmes Counties. The arrest of Yallandigham in May 1833, in Day- ton, led to disturbances on account of which martial law was proclaimed in Montgomery County. The Holmes Countv outbreak was occasioned by an attempt to resist the draft. The Noble County ••rebellion" — the only disgraceful blot upon the military record of the county — preceded all the other occurrences mentioned, taking place several weeks before the arrest of Yallandigham. The following account of the alfair is gleaned from Whitelaw lloidbs “Ohio in the War." the names of the par- ticipants in the rebellion being suit- pressed : In February 1833, Flamen Fall, then Failed Slates district attorney for Southern Ohio, came into pos- - ■ ' - IIISTOKY OF XOI1I.K COUNTY. OHIO. session of a letter written by a school-teacher in Iloskinsville to a private soldier in Company G, Seventy -eighth Ohio Volunteer In- fantry, in which he denounced the administration, expressed opposition to the war, and advised the soldier to desert. The advice was taken, and the deserter found refuge and concealment near Iloskinsville. A deputy United States marshal and a corporal's guard from the One Hundred and Fifteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, were thereupon sent from Cincinnati with orders to arrest the deserter and his friend who had counseled de- sertion. This force returned with the report that they had found the men they sought under the pro- tection of nearly a. hundred citizens of Iloskinsville and vicinity, armed with shot-guns, rifles and muskets, and regularly organized and olficered. “ The captain pleasantly proposed to the deputy United Slates marshal and squad that they surrender and he paroled as prisoners of the Southern Confederacy! ” M arch Id, Lieutenant-Colonel East- man, post commandant at ( .'ihcinnat i. issued an order to Captain L. T, Hake, to report with companies I> and II, of the One Hundred and Fifteenth Ohio, with ten days' rations and forty rounds of ammu- nition, to United States Marshal A. C. Sands, to serve as his posse in making arrests in Noble Countv. They reached Cambridge on the evening of the lsih. and were given all possible aid and information bv the inhabitants. Leaving the rail road and marching across the coun- try toward Iloskinsville, thev were informed while en mule that the people were still in arms and deter- mined to continue their resistance. I jut on their arrival on the afternoon of the 2<>th, they found that the val- iant rebels had deserted the village and concealed themselves in the woods, leaving only a few frightened women and children to welcome the soldiers. The expedition remained three , days, making arrests and searching for those who had been concerned in the previous resistance to the depute marshal. Moses I). I lard v made an affidavit before United States Com- missioner Ilalliday giving the names of sixty-five of those participating in the rebellion. Leaving Hoskins- v i lie, the troops marched to Sharon, then to Caldwell, and thence to Point Pleasant, halting for the night and making arrests at each place. Hav- ing thus covered the disaffected dis- trict, they returned to Cambridge, where they were welcomed at a pub- lic banquet. Subsequently thirtv- five prisoners, thus arrested, wore brought before the United States court in Cincinnati, presided over by Judges Swayne and Leavitt, and arraigned on indictment for obstruct- ing process. Nine of the accused pleaded guilty and were lined and imprisoned. Indictments for con- spiracy were found against ten of those concerned in the demonstra- tion, and three of them were con- victed. sentenced and lined s">00 each. The instigator of the trouble — the teacher who had written the ■ • I NOliLE COUNTY IN THE W A K. let (ci- which caused the soldier to doorl — escaped, as did also many ulliers. making their way to parts unknown. ■•The Noble County /A j>ul >1 /‘can stated that at a meeting- held by the men mi cay ed in the protection of the deserter, resolutions had been passed, deeiariny. first. that the\ were in favor of the Union as it was, and the const it ut ion as it is; second, that they would oppose all arbitrary ar- rests on the part of the Government ; t bird, opposition to the enforcement of t he conscription act: fourth, rec- ommending the raising- of money by contribution for the purchase of arms to enable them successfully to resist a draft, should another be ordered; fifth, the assassination of an obnoxious person. "How these brave words ended has been told. Quiet was restored in the county, and the healthy influ- ence of t In' punishments inflicted was soon manifest in the tone of the com- munity." There is no doubt that the news- pa pm- accounts published at the time were full of error and exaggeration. The " rebellion’" was magnified and its extent over-estimated, so much so, in fact, that even now many people in Noble Count. v and elsewhere have wry erroneous ideas concerning it. Mr. Keid'.s account of the affair is perhaps ns correct as could be ex- ported. Cue of t hose concerned in the so- r;|lh-d "rebellion.'' a reputable and prominent citizen of Noble Town- Mi ip, slates his knowledge of I lie af- fair as follows : u T. AV. Drown was not a school teacher, but a pupil at lloskinsville. The letter which he wrote was to his cousin and never reached him. 11 is cousin had reached home before the letter arrived at his address. The first alleged attempt at an arrest was at a spelling school at lloskinsville. Drown was not there. The soldiers burst open the door and frightened those present who went home with reports that soldiers were in search of Drown, and that he would be killed if found. The next morning, in company with some of my neighbors 1 went to lloskinsville. Arrived there, we found several men with guns. There was snow on the ground and they said they had taken their guns to shoot rabbits. More than half of those present had no guns. AATe waited around the stores and black- smith shop. A stranger rode through on horseback, going north. I did not see him halt or hear him speak to any one. This man afterwards proved to be the Deputy United States Mar- shal. AVhile he was passing- a small squad of soldiers — about five, as nearly as I can remember — were marching armed about three hun- dred yards distant, along the stream east of the town. Thus ended, so far as I know, the demonstration at this time. 1 knew of no organization or oliieers. The statement that there was an organization and a captain, and that they demanded a surrender to the Southern Confederacy, con- tains not a word of truth. The news- paper extract is likewise fictitious." ( fur informant also states that he can bring many other credible wit- . . . II ISTOIIY OF NOIU.K COl'NTY, oil In. nesses acquainted with the affair, wlio would make oath to the same es- sential statements. So I, DIKIIS* JluUMONS. Armv societies had had their re- unions from the days of ’Washington, who organized a society composed exclusively of officers of the devo- lution. The Army of the Tennessee was formed on that model. It and other similar organizations organized at the close of the war have always had their annual meetings, from which all soldiers below the rank of second lieutenant were rigorously ex- cluded. J. At. Dalzell issued his call for a general national reunion, of all ranks of the Union army, to meet in Lansing. Mich., March L 1 WA. For some reason it was a failure. II is next call was for one of sim- ilar character, to meet in Washington City, on the same date of the follow- ing vear. He had industriouslv ex ploitod his novel departure in the daily press, to which he had universal entree, and the rank and file had come to understand his idea quite thoroughly. But the place chosen was a bad one for the experiment, and the reunion of I >7.", was a fail- ure like its predecessor at Lansing. Everybod v now gave over the proj- ect but Mr. Dalzell. Even more earnestly than ever he set about making preparations for •another reunion on- the old plan, and accordingly, in 1 s 7 I . issued his call for a national reunion to be held at Caldwell. ( )hio. September la. DTI. That place then had about four him tired inhabitants, and but a single- line of railway. Air. Dalzell had : learned something from repeated failure, and this time determined to i hold his reunion at home, where he could control it by the help of his old friends. lie was the president and ; secretary. The papers of the whole I Asorth threw open their columns to his readv pen, and he spent the most of that year in writing up his be- : loved project. Letters of encourage- j ment came from near and far, arid the press editorially commended the experiment to its readers in every State. It grew in popularity with j the boys as tliev came to understand it hotter. Air. Dalzell easily pro- cured the passage of bills by Con- j gress recognizing it as national, and a Hording it the useof a large number i of cannon, and any quantitv of inii- ! munition. General Sherman prom- ised to preside. After that all was 1 plain sailing. The reunion came oil in splendid stvle. in the woods west of Caldwell, and Air. Dalzell was happy. General Sherman lent it the iiillu enee of his presence, and indorsed the. idea unequivocnllv in an address of rare power and eloquence. Almost every State was represented, and no one estimated the crowd at less than g.A, 000. It is still remembered as I not only the first, lmt the greatest, national soldiers* reunion ever held, though it has often been imitated since. BIOGRAPHIC. ( I km: a a i, Wm.i.iam II. Enochs, one ol 1 1 le most g'i I ted sons < d Noble ( ’on 11- i tv, and the onlv native of the countv ' ■ . X01U.K COUNTY IN THK WAR. 2 T9 who attained to t lie rank of general in the late war. is now a prominent lawyer and an influential citizen of I ronton. Ohio. I i is parents were Henry and Jane (Miller) Knocks. He was horn near Middleburg. in N ol lie (’oiintv, Mareli 2'9. 1S-1-2. He was reared on his father's farm and at- tended the common schools in winter with the advantage, however, of one term at the Ohio University. When I'ort Sumter was fired upon he was a student at the Ohio University, and on the 19th of April, iSCil. he en- listed in Company 13, Twenty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry; soon after lie was promoted to corporal and sent to guard the railroad between Mar- in ta a nd Parkersburg. thence to West Virginia, participating in the numer- ous marches and skirmishes of his command, and the battle of Rich Mountain, lie was promoted to fourth sergeant, and in that rank was mustered out of the service .July 21. 1*01. He at once re-enlisted in Company K. Fifth West Virginia Infantry, an organization composed almost wholly of Ohio men. In Oc- tober he was elected captain of his company, bill owing to his youth the colonel of the regiment refused to I recommend him for a captain's com- j mission, and lie was made first lieu- tenant ol the company. His drill and discipline soon attracted the at- tention o| army ollicers, and be was liv3 it was ordered to Gauley Bridge on the Kanawha, where it remained the greater por- 1 tion of that year, scouting and skir- i mishing through the mountains of that country. August 17, lS03.Capt. Enochs was commissioned lieutenant- colonel of the regiment. Ma v4. 1 S04-. his command broke camp and started toward Louisbnrg. West Va. At i Meadow Bluffs it joined the army under General George Crook, and j crossed the mountains, destroying the ra.il road and bridges. It joined the army under General Hunter at Staunton, Va., and under that general made the raid upon Lvnehburg. In ils endeavor to get into Lynchburg, Colonel Enochs with his regiment charged the breast-works but was re- pulsed and driven back with heavy loss. The Union army was compelled to retreat to the Kanawha Valley. This was one of the longest and hard- est raids of the war. It was. as the general states it. “days and nights of | marching, starving and lighting.” The l regiment remained but a short time 1 in the Kanawha Valley, when it was j ordered to Harper's Ferry and the Shenandoah Valiev. The army start- j ed up the valley, lighting the rebels at Hunker's Hill, Julv lb, 1804. and at Carter's Farm. Julv 20, 1804. and at Winchester, Julv 24. The Union j army was driven north of the Uolo- : mac River and soon became a part of the army under General Sheridan, and under him was in the battles near Halltown, Va., August 22. 23 and 24, 1 8 1 1 4 . At the battle <>1 Berry- . ■ B F(IG. GEfvl. W. H. ENOCHS NOJ5LE COUNTY IN TIIE WAR, 281 vi lie, September 8, 1804. Colonel Enochs' regiment made a brilliant charge on a Mississippi brigade of four regiments, driving them from the lield and capturing a number of prisoners'. At the battle of Win- chester, September lb. 18(54. Colonel Enochs' regiment was in the front on the extreme right of the Union army. Shortly after going intothc light the rebels were found behind stone walls on the opposite side of a deep slough, the regiment waded through and charged the rebels, driving them from their chosen positions until their for- tifications were reached. In this charge Colonel Enochs was severe] v wounded when within one hundred yards of the foil i licat ions, a ball striking him in the head and cutting through a heavy felt hat. lie was supposed to have been instantlv killed, and was left where he fell. During’ the night he was conducted to his regiment, and the next morn- ing was again in command, following the retreating rebels toward Fisher's Hill, which point they had strong] v fort i lied. September 22. ( 'olonel Enochs’ was given charge of the ad- vance, which climbed the mountain and got in the rear of their works before fhev were discovered. When the signal was given, the whole annv charged the lortilications. capturing most of the eneuiv's artillery and routing their army. The regiment under Colonel Enochs participated in numerous other skirmishes up to the halt le of ( 'edar ( reek'. For gallant and meritorious serv- ices during this campaign, ('olonel Enochs was brevetted general, being i the youngest man of his rank in the Army of the Potomac. Duringthis service his regiment had become so depleted that it was consolidated with the Ninth West Virginia, and was afterwards known as the First West Virginia Veteran Infantry. The regiment remained in the valley under General Hancock until near the close of the war, when it was sent to Cumberland. M71. he was married . ■ ■ ' - ■'7 284 HISTORY OF NOIH.E COUNTY, OHIO. to Miss Anna Keeler, of Muscatine. Iowa. They have three children liv- ing, Stella, Fanny and Florence. Coi.oNKt. II.armox "Wilson was horn near Cadi/.. Ohio, March 1.3. 1840. "When thirteen years of age he en- tered the manual labor school at Albany, Ohio, where for two years he supported 1 1 i nisei I* bv his labor mornings and evenings, at eight o c: O cents per hour. At the age of fif- teen, he began teaching winter terms of school in Noble County, using his earnings to defray his expenses in summer at the Ohio University. In the spring of 1801 lie. took his salary for the preceding winter and invested in an outfit to bore for oil on Duck Creek. Failing in this enterprise, he returned to the school room. At the expiration of the Jirst month, al'tei the dismissal of his school in the evening, he wrote upon the black- board, u ( r on c to the //■(//■." That night he walked to Kummerficld, and enlisted in Captain John Moseley's company (I. Twenty-fifth InfantryV. Upon the organization of the com- pany he was made corporal. De- cember 7, 1 SGI, he was promoted to second lieutenant, and assigned to the Seventy-ninth. When this regi- ment was consolidated with the Sev- enty-fifth he was transferred to the Twentieth, and became lirst lieu- tenant of Company I. February 11. 1S(>2, he was made the adjutant of the regiment; October 5. 1SM2, pro- moted to captain of Company F, and to major, January it, 1 8 i I A ; January 11, 1st;;., to I icutena n t -colonel ; to colonel June 20, 18ii5: was mustered out July U>, 1805. Colonel Wilson served with the Twenty-fifth in the West Virginia campaign of 1 SOI. lie was with the Twentieth at Fort Doneison, Shiloh, and Vicksburg, and was with Sherman on " The March to the Sea." and after the bat- tle at Atlanta was in command of the regiment. After tin* dost* of the war he studied law with Attorney- General James Murray, at Sidney, Ohio, where he is now engaged in the practice of his profession. Coi.o.nel Francis M. Shaki.kk. — The people of Noble County take a just pride and evidence a commenda- ble interest in the perpetuation of the names and records of her brave boys, who for four long weary years fought for the maintenance of the patriotic principles taught them by their fathers. Among the number entitled to special mention in this chapter, is Colonel Francis M. Sliak- lee. He was born near Moscow Mills. Morgan County. Ohio, August 80. 1S28. Here his youth was passed attending school and learning the trade of millwright, that being his father's vocation. In 1850 he en- tered the Meadville. Fa., college, be- ing the Jirst student from Noble Count v. In 1 852 he lelt college to try his fortunes in the gold Melds of California. His journey there, which occupied seven months, was one ol adventure, lie visited the Sandwich Islands, and made quite an extended trip into Mexico. Arriving in Cali- fornia. he first engaged in mining, but not meeting with desired suc- cess he turned his attention to ranch- ing, in which he was engaged for two years. In D57 he returned to I Ili ■ Bf^IG.GE^'.C.S. S/\RV6E/\^T >••>* * XoW.E COUNTY IX THE WAR. *- whither 1 1 is parents had immi- .,?.(! in i w.:;. Two years later lie returned to N ol ile ( ountv and began : . i < i ; i n Lf. whirl) he followed success- fully until June 2G Dbl. when he i-nlsted in Company I. Twenty-fifth ( tiiio Volunteer Infantry, and upon R rganization of the regiment was given the position of corporal, lie was with the regiment until some lime after the death of Captain John Moseley. when he received from Governor Todd a recruiting- commission. Returning- to Noble County, he enlisted in Company I. Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was commissioned its captain, lie joined the regiment at Cincin- nati, where, he taught his company the rudiments of a military educa- tion, and from there was ordered to join the army in front of Fort Don- elson. Alter the battle the captain was detailed to guard Loon prison- ers, whom he conveyed to St. Louis. Mo. Fearing- that an attempt to rescue them would be made by the rebel element of the city, he took them to Rloody Island, where his command remained for three weeks. Their sufferings were great, owing to the inclement weather and the inade- quate provisions for comfort. April G Im!2, his regiment was engaged in the battle of Pittsburgh Landing. Cii the second day of tin- light his 'ompany made a gallant charge, valuing possession of one ol the ' nion hospitals, which had been -'apt u red by the Confederates, and »> -ruing a body of Lnion prisoners, " 'he evening of the same dav lie ':i> M‘iil with a detail of lUU men to 285 1111 a vacancy in the picket line. In posting his men he got beyond the lines, and making a mistake in the countersign it was with some diffi- culty that he established his identity. After this battle his regiment was for some time engaged in guarding the base of supplies. During this time he signalized his thii tv-fourth birthday by gallantry in the battle of Rolivar, where Armstrong’s cav- alry of fifteen regiments were re- pulsed and routed. From this time he was with Logan's division and participated in all its battles and skirmishes. On the 12th of May the Twentieth deployed in advance of the Seventeenth Corps, Colonel Shaklee commanding the skirmishers of General Logan’s division. The regiment participated in the battle of Champion Hills, and were placed under such severe lire that it was dangerous for a staff ollicer to ap- proach with orders. Crossing the Rig Rlack. his regiment reached the rear of Vicksburg, and acted as sup- port to the assaulting party on the 21st of May. June 4 Colonel Shak- lee took command of the regiment, which position he Idled with credit afterwards. In January of lsibl the regiment re-enlisted, and returned to their homes on veteran furloughs. During this time he received his commission as major. In April he returned to his regiment. In the battle of Atlanta he had his horse shot from under him, and was in- jured by explosion of a shell. The regiment left Atlanta with Sherman's army, but was detached on the 1 Jt h of December at .Marietta, ■ ■ IIISTOKV OF yom.F COUXTV, OHIO. 2SG Ga., there t lie colonel was detailed to conduct eighty men. whose terms of enlistment had. expired, to Chatta- nooga. Tenn.. to he mustered out. At that time that section was over- run with Mosby's guerrillas. Coin- ing up to the rear guard of the Four- teenth Corps, in command of Gen- eral Davis, he learned that the guer- rillas were harassing our men and that further advance was exceed- ing! v dangerous. lie called upon General Davis, who advised him to halt. The colonel, upon consulta- tion with the men. decided to make the attempt. As soon as he had left the protection of the rear guard he directed his men to cut sticks, which they carried to represent muskets, their arms having been taken from them on leaving the regiment. At Kingston tliev came upon a force of rebel cavalry. The colonel imme- diately deployed his men as skir mishers, and giving his commands in a loud voice, convinced the rebels that it was the advanced line' of a heavy force. The rebels retreated, and he ordered his men to charge, and pursued them for eight miles, when he learned that they had gone into camp. By taking a devious course he got in the advance, and at midnight they went into camp. This illustration is given to show that while possessing other qualifications of an ollicer, he was not lacking in expedients. At this time his health had become so impaired that he ten- dered his resignation, which was ac- cepted November 2.'). l'siif. .lan- uarv, 1st 55, lie was brevet ted lieuten- ant-colonel for “•meritorious ser- vices." After resigning his commis- sion he returned to Middleburg, and ; engaged in merchandizing until Jsiif), when he began milling, in which he is now engaged. April, lsit-f. he was married to M iss Margaret, daughter j ol Alfred Gglo. She died in Feb- ruary of 1 s 7 7. and in December fol- lowing he was married to AI iss Frances Simmerman. Four children were the result of the first marriage — Alfred ( ).. Norville E, Mattie S., and Bertha M. In closing this biog- raphy, it is but just to say that the career of Colonel Shaklce, both as a citizen and soldier, is an unspotted ■ one, and that he is entitled to a prominent position among the oifi- j cers from Noble C’ountv. lie was a rigid disciplinarian, and still retained | the confidence and esteem of his j command. He was regarded bv his ! superior o Hi cers as not onlv brave and daring, but entirely trustworthy. C’or.oxKi. John C. Paxton was born in Gettysburg. Pa., Feb. 22. lS2f. and | died in Marietta. Ohio, Feb. 2C 1881. ! lie began life for himself at the age of ten years He came to Ohio at an early age, and for some years was engaged in the mercantile business at Sharon, where he remained until his removal to Marietta in ISaG. In 1 s 1-5 he wedded Agnes, daughter of j Alexander Greenlee, one of the pio- 1 neers of Olive Township. They had : live children, of whom three survive Augusta .1., wife of M. AV. Down- , ing, an oil operator at Dexter City: | Mary A., wife of D. ('. Blondin, of ' Nebraska, ami Margaret II. wife of Dr. A. E. Osborne, Saida Clara, Cal. 1 Jn 1 > A 7 he married Sophia L. Peed, • 1 ■ ■ LT. COL. F. Jv1.SH/Uf Pennsylvania. who is still Mr. Paxton was a man of ,.r„nLr talent, ready wit and gener- . nature, lie was in Louisiana in ]v,;o. when the vote was carried to (, ;(]■ d"wn the old Hag upon the eap- jjol. and wit iH'ssed the raising of the :P vt id irl Hair in that State, lie has- • , in nth and was soon enlisted r . . r t he o-reat contest. I lo served in pi^hteenth <)hio \ oluntcer In- ; : i n t r v as < jua rter master 1 or a term ot : ;,ii-r niont lis, and at its expiration in August. 1 si il, returned to Mari- ,'ita and recruited a regiment from tlio border counties of Ohio, which entered the service as the Second Virginia -Cavalry, lie was commis- sioned lieutenant-colonel of the regi- ment, Sept. 10. 1 S(L1. and on the resignation of Colonel William M. Holies, was made colonel July IS, 1 sr,2. He proved a bold, persevering and dashing leader, and was spoken of in the highest terms by bis fellow ollieers and bis command. lie left the service in 1803, and after the war ended was heartily in favor of l> bury- ing the [last.” Captains William L., John M. and 11. 11. Moseley. — Captain William L Moseley was liorn in Parnesville. Pelmoiit County, Oct. 23, ls20. The following year the family removed to Summerfield, where they found but one family — that of James W. Shankland. Hero the elder Moseley resided until ltj3t>, when he removed to a farm in the immediate vicinity, lie removed to Enoch in lsl-3, and died in Cambridge in ISM). lie kepi a hotel in Caldwell for quite a time, and was extensively known as a man 287 of strict integrity and great energy. He had a family of seven children, of whom only three are now living — W. L., IE IE and Martha M. (Askey). In 1S4(> William L. was married to Aliss Jane, daughter of James 1 lesson, one of the pioneers of Enoch Township, and soon after set- tled in Middlebnrg, where he fol- lowed his trade — that of a carpenter — until 1802, when he received from Governor Todd a recruiting commis- sion. In company with Colonel Teet- ers he enlisted in Company II. One Hundred and Sixteenth Pegiment. He was mustered into the service as second lieutenant. The regiment was attached to the command of General Crook's, and did service in West Virginia and the Valley cam- paigns. The. captain was with his company in all the battles and skir- mishes in which it was engaged until the battle of Opequan, where he was severely wounded. Soon after he was promoted to Jirst lieutenant and to captain in Eebruary, 1804. He was in command of a company, however, during the campaigns of 18i)4. One noteworthy fact in con- nection with tiie military history of this family is that there were but three sons, and that all were in com- mand of Noble County organizations. John M. was captain of the first com- | pany that went from Noble County : (1,25th). He died at Cheat Moun- tain, in IKI‘,1. Had lie lived he would no doubt have distinguished himself, as he was a brave ollicer. Henry was sergeant of the same company, and alter the death of his brother took command. lie was taken pris- •! ' HISTORY OR NOBLE COT XT V, OHIO, 2S8 oner at Gettysburg on the first day of that battle, and confined, in lab- bey; thence removed to Charleston. S. C.. where, with other ollicers. he was placed under the lire of Union war vessels during the siege. From Charleston he was removed to Mil- len, Ga. 1 Tere he attempted his es- cape. In company with Lieutenant Poach and a captain of a battery, they passed through almost incredi- ble hardships, and when so near Sherman's army that they could hear the bugle calls, they were recaptured and taken to < olumbia, S. ( ’. Twice again he made the effort to escape. On one occasion he got his comrades to burv him iiTthe sand just previous to the removal of the prisoners, but through the perlidy of an Illinois captain, his hiding place was re- vealed, and he was again closely guarded. His last attempt — which was successful — was made while they were being taken to Charlotts- ville. The train stopped in a . swamp; he jumped from the train, took to the swamp, and through the kind- ness of a negro was concealed and cared for until the arrival of Sher- man’s armv. He was a prisoner for twent v-one months. 1 Ie now resides in Orville, Wayne County. After the close of the war William L. re- turned to his home, and in 1 S 7 0 was elected treasurer of the county, and in 1 s72 was reelected. lie served the people with credit. During Hayes' administration he was ap- pointed to a position in the Navy Department, where he remained three years. He now resides upon a farm near Dexter City. As a soldier, ! official and citizen. Captain Moselcv lias met all the requirements of each position. Throughout the countv he is known as one of its valued citizens J and a gentleman of unimpeachable j character. (Attain . Joseph Purkky was born in Sharon. Noble County, ( )ii io. Feb- ruary 22, when he enlisted in Company If. One Hun- dred and Sixteenth, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was chosen orderly sergeant of t.lt© company, the duties of which ollice he discharged with I satisfaction of his ollicers until the j battle of Piedmont, Ya , where he j was severely wounded, taken prison- j er, and started oil for Anderson ville. i While passing through XorthCa.ro- I lina he was again severely wounded ■ 0,4 PT. W. L.^IOSE LEY: XOJU/E cor XT V »-!>t tired. and . ;i :i •. i in A ndersoii ville loi’ eight !'v muni hs. Id' finally succeeded i . ; • 1 1 1 1 lt llic v igilanee of the guards, \:: : ■ i • - jim h1 Ills escape >111(1 returned ■ . , t j • I' nii in a nil v. iik >re dead t ha n \ ■ i.-i iveiiperat ing his health at - hr i-( turned to his eonimand 'auk id second lieutenant, - i.i.ik part in the final struggle ' cidiuinated in Lee's surrender \ pp. unattox. Soon alter, he was n i ado first lieutenant and brevet cap- lam for "gallant conduct in the field." lie was a brave soldier, and weal's his scars and promotions with becoming modestv to this dav. In October, of 1SJ2, during a short absence from his regiment, he mar- ried Miss Augusta, daughter of James Canada v, of the old Olobe Hotel, where lie was a guest in his college days, and where their courtship ripened into Jove. The union has, been indeed a happy one, surrounded hy an interesting group of intelligent children, in whom Captain Purkey takes pardonable pride. Returning home at the close of the war. he commenced the studv of the law with the lion. W . II. Frazier. Alter his admission to the bar he removed to ( ’umbcrlnnd, ( )hio, where ini the past eighteen vears he has ! ir* >si ‘cut rd his profession with suc- • • at t he same time managing large Loirult lira I interests and holding the 1 1 ad ilc hut honorable oil ice <_) I just ice • t he peace. A min,! scholar, a brave soldier, a ‘ • '"'lid law ver and magist rate ; a l'j IX TI1K WAR. 289 genuine gentleman of the old school, respected and trusted by all who know him. the life of Captain Purkey furnishes to the young another ex- ample so frequently seen in American life of what industry and pluck will accomplish without regard to the adverse circumstances of early life. Oaptaix 1. C. I’im.j.ii's was born in West Virginia, April 5, 1837. In lsll the family moved to Guernsey County, Ohio, and the following vear came to what is now Xoble County, lhs youth and early man- hood were spent upon the farm and as clerk in a dry goods store. August 13, LSH1, he enlisted in Com- pany E. Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and upon the organization of the regiment was made orderly sergeant. lie participated in the numerous scouts and skirmishes of the regiment during the winter of i si; 1 and lxf>2 : was in the battle of Louisburgli, and accompanied his command when ordered east to rein- force General Pope, lie was pres- ent at the second battle of Manassas, and was engaged in the battle of South Mountain and Antietain. The regiment was then ordered to join General Rosecrans. at Xashville, Tenn. January IS, 1SS3, he was promoted to second lieutenant and transferred to Company I. which lie commanded at the battles of Cbickaiuauga and Mission Ridge. At the latter engagement his regi- ment formed a part of the column which stormed the Ridge. During the light some of the enemy’s artil- lery was being drawn down the eastern slope ol the Ridge. Captain ' 290 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OriTO. Phillips with a squad captured the guns and drew them back to posi- tion. After this battle the regiment veteranized and returned home on a furlough, at the expiration of which they returned to AYest Virginia, and on the 9th of May fought the battle of Clovd Mountain, Phillips being in command of his company. lie joined General Hunter at Staunton, Ya., and participated in the assault upon the outworks of Lynchburg and endured the suffer- ings of that disastrous retreat to the Kanawha Valley. The command were compelled to march day and night without sleep or rations for more than one hundred miles, and were harassed by the enemy's cav- alry until-the mountain passes were reached. July 24, lxr>4. the battle of Kerns- town was fought, Company K losing twenty-two men of: sixty-one who went into the light. September 3. 1804, the battle of Berry ville was fought. Jn this engagement Cap- tain Phillips was severely wounded. December 30, 4804, he was promoted to first lieutenant, and to captain January 20, 1805. 11 is wounds, in- capacitated him for active service and he was honorably discharged by order of the War Department, Jan. 23, 1X05. During the time Captain Phillips was a member of the regiment he participated in fifty-two battles and skirmishes, never missing a march nor an engagement. After his re- turn from the service the captain engaged in merchandising in Sum- merfield, where lie remained until his i removal to Caldwell, in 1880. In 1870 he married Miss Ella, daugh- ter of Stephen Wilson. Captain AViluam T. Biedexharn, merchant, of ITarriettsville, is among ' the leading business men of the county. He was born in Batesville, Xoble County, in l.S4o. In his boy- hood he acted as a cleric in a store at Louisville'. Monroe County. August 11, 1x02, he enlisted as a private in Company C, One Hundred and Six- teenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry (Captain Arcknoe), and served until discharged by order of the AVar De- partment, June 11. 1805. Entering as a private, he was chosen orderly sergeant ; promoted second lieuten- ant June 15, 1x03; promoted lirst lieutenant January 12, 1805; and •■for gallant and meritorious service " was lire vetted captain to rank from March 13, 1865. lie served as aide-de- camp- and acting adjutant-general on the staffs of Lieutenant-Colonel AVells, Thirty-fourth Massachuset ts ; Colonel Thomas F. AVildes. One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio: .Major Potter, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, and Colonel William S. Lincoln. Thirty- fourth Massachusetts. He was with the regiment in all its engagements except one (Ililltown), and was a gallant soldier and good officer, as the record shows. After the war he came to 1 1 a rriet t s v i He. where he has been engaged in the mercantile busi- ness since August 21, 1X65. lie has been extensivelv engaged in tobacco packing ever since he came to the place; lirst as a member of the linn of Miles K Biedenharn until ]xxf, and since alone. As many as 225 hogs- ' ' ' 201 NOB EE COUNTY of tobacco have been packed in a single vear by the above firm. < ))' late vears the business has been loss extensive. Captain Iliederiharn was married in 18x2, to Fannie Dav- enport. of MashingtonC onnty. 1 hey have one child — George Frederick. Lie i t. Charms J. E.voi.u:. John Fueler came from Susquehanna Count v. Fa., with his family in Rx:S2 to Caldwell, where lie remained un- til ls12. when lie removed to a farm near Macksburg. lie followed his Hade, that of a wagon-maker, in connection with farming, until age compelled him to retire. He is still living in Macksburg. at the good old aire of seventy-nine; his wife died in 1 sy.'i, aged seventy-seven ; both were Methodists in their religions belief. To them were born a family of eight children Elizabeth. William S., Jo- seph T.. Lydia M.. John G.. Charles J.. Nancv J.. and David 11. John died in the service. He belonged to Companv 11. Seventy-seventh Ohio Volunteer Jnfantrv. lie was taken prisoner af Mark's Mills. Ark.. April x. 1st *4. lie died a prisoner of war. Charles J. was born in .Noble Countv in 18:i!>. .Nov. 22. 1 8 c> 1 . he became a member of the same company. lie • list inguished himself at the battle of Shiloh, and at the same time suffered a great injustice from one of those accidental .matters to which soldiers as well as every one else are liable. I lie night preceding the battle he was sergeant of the guard, and re- ported the enemy advancing in force. 1 he report was carried to General Sheri nau, who, disbelieving it . ordered his arrest, for causing what he IX THE WAR. thought to be a false alarm. A few hours later the general learned that Lieutenant Engler's statement was correct, and had his report been ac- cepted and acted upon, the present debatable question as to whether the Union forces were on that occasion taken by surprise would not exist, and many valuable lives would have been saved. As- soon as the facts were known he was released, and in that great battle he wiped out bvhis conspicuous bravery every vestige of the undeserved stigma. At this time the papers had been forwarded to headquarters recommending his promotion to a first lieutenancv.but on the receipt of the information that lie had been arrested, and with no knowledge of the facts, they were destroyed. Some time afterward, however, slight reparation was made by his appointment as second lieu- tenant of his company. He followed the fortunes of his regiment, and was m the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Fallen Timber. Mark's Mills, Little Arkansas, kiltie Missouri River and other minor engagements. In April of 18(4-, lie received a first lieuten- ant's commission, and in December of that year was mustered out of the service, his term of enlistment hav- ing expired. Mis brother Joseph was in Company 1). Forty-second Ohio \ olunteer Infantrv.and was in all tin' battles in which the Fortv- second was engaged. In 1 sib) (diaries J. was married to Miss Mar- garet- < Keller. Tliev have two children — Hurt M.and Mary ( '. Lin ri Nani Henry Ci.ineiunst. i son of Adam and Julia A. Cline- ' ' 292 HISTORY OF XOl clinst. was horn in York County. Pa., January l<;. Is4(>, and came to this county with the family when three years of age. lie was raised on a farm and in July of 1 S<>1 entered the three months' service. At the expiration of his term of en- listment. he returned to his home, and upon the organization of the Seventy-seventh Ohio Volunteer In- fantry he re-enlisted in this regiment and became corporal of Company P>. Tie soon rose to first sergeant, and was finally made first lieutenant of his company. lie participated in the battles of Shiloh. Corinth. Fallen Timber, Little Poc-k, Ark.. Marks Mills, and other lesser engagements. At the battle of Mark's Mills lie was severely wounded in the foot, from which he never fully recovered, al- though he remained with his com- mand until mustered out of the service in the autumn of 18(14. A braver heart than that of Lieutenant Clinedinst never beat under a blue coat, lie did his whole duty un- flinchingly and without a murmur. 11c possessed all the requirements of an ollicer and was better qualified to command than many of his superior officers. 11 is bravery and integrity were never questioned, and he was said to have been one of the best soldiers in the service. He was twice married. His first wife, Miss Almira 'Warren, to whom he was united in fSHCi, died the following year. His second wife was Miss .lane M., daughter of Samuel and Marrilla Hussey. 1 1 \ this union there were three children Man F., Samuel II. and Adam 11. She died 5LF, COUNTY, OHIO. in 1S77. aged twenty-nine years. After his first marriage he settled on a farm, where he died in 1874. aged thirty four years. Fukkmax C. Thompson was born in Washington County. Pa., February 27», lsdti. In the autumn of 1 w>4 the family removed to Xoble County and settled in Stock Township. Shortly after he had passed his six- teenth birthday he enlisted as a private in Company F, One Hundred and Sixteenth Regiment. Ohio Vol- unteer Infantry, and although but a mere boy he was with the regiment in all its marches, skirmishes and bat- tles. and on maiiv occasions he evi- denced a degree of bravery and coolness under lire that would have done credit to a veteran. In the assault on Fort Gregg, April 2. isb.l, he distinguished himself for his pluck and daring. In this engage- ment ('which General Grant in his Memoirs says " was the most desper- ate that was seen at any time in the East") through a perfect tornado of grape and cannister, he and his com- rades reached the last ditch. Ilow to scale the parapet was a question requiring only a moment for solu- tion. I 'sing each othei as ladders they commenced the ascent. Al- most at the top one was shot and fell back into the ditch. Thompson was struck twice with a musket, and fell into the ditch with several ribs broken, but in a short time was again -on the top of the parapet lighting with muskets loath'd and handed him bv his comrades below. Soon the advantage was taken possession oi, and the whole , . NOBLE COUNTY IN THE WAR. 293 annv swept in. and the fort was ours. In appreciation of t li is, " the greatest feat of personal heroism re- corded during the war." Congress voted the "gallant thirteen" med- als of honor. The order under which Mr. Thompson’s medal was bestowed is as follows : War Dep't, Aw’t-Gen kual’s Office, Wasiunutox. May 9, 18(55. Corporal V. C. Thompson, Co. V. Hath 0.: Herewith I enclose a medal of honor to be presented to you under resolution of Congress for distinguished service at Fort Gregg. liy order of the Secretary of War. Very respectfully, E D. Townsend, A. A. G. Thompson participated in the closing events of the war, and wit- nessed the surrender of the Confed- erate army at Appomattox. lie was one of the number selected to carry the rebel Hag's surrendered by Gen- eral Lee to "Washington. They were conveyed by special steamer and were received by the Secretary of War with great ceremony. lie took them each by the hand, and in lan- guage which evidenced his sincerity and gratitude, he thanked them for t he great service they had done their country. On the muster out of his regiment he returned to his home. He had not at this time attained his major- ity although for three long vears he had been lighting his country’s bat- tles. In 1 STo he was elected sheriff of the county, and upon the expira- tion of his term was re-elected. In 1 sth! he was married to Miss Marv Archer. She died in In 79, and in i SS:» he was again married to Miss Amanda Archer, a cousin of his first wife. J>v the first marriage there were six children, only two of whom, Clara and Frank, are living; by the second, two — Lulu and Hugh. Captain John Brown, an officer of : the INinety-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was a Scotch- man by birth, and emigrated to this country. when lie was about eighteen vears of age. He was an industrious and honorable gentleman, identifving himself with all the moral and secu- lar interests of the communities in which lie was located. "When the storm of war broke over his adopted country, it found him an outspoken and staunch patriot, ready to help in any way to preserve the life and unity of the Republic. In 1862 he aided in the raising of a company here at Summerfield that united with other companies at Camp Marietta, forming' the Ninety-second Ohio Vol- unteer Infantry. The company was called Company L>, of which he was elected first lieutenant: and in dune. 1 slid, was promoted to the captaincy of Company II of the same regi- iment. He was a splendid officer. I beloved by all Ins men. ready to share with his men in all the hardships and dangers of an army life in active service. WTiile gallantly leading his company on the dreadful field of Chickamauga, September 19. lSt>:>, he was wounded in the heel or ankle; at the time no thoughts were enter- j tained but that he would get well. He was taken back to Nashville, where, unexpectedly to almost all. he died oil the. it h ol October. 11 is re- mains were brought back to Sttm- i merJield, October Jo, lSti.'I, and ' > ' ■ 294 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. buried in the old cemeterv on the hill. Lieutenant William 11. 1\ii;k was born in Guernsey Gounty, Ohio, in 1835, and came to Sarahsville in 1854. In 18(12 he enlisted as private in Company E. Xinetv-seeond Ohio Volunteer Infantry, IJy virtue of his unimpeachable record as a soldier he rose from a private to the lieu- tenancy of his company, llis regi- ment was attached to the Armv of the Cumberland, and he participated in all the notable battles in which it was engaged, lie was mustered out with his company at the close of the wa*r. and returned to his home in Sarahsville, where he now resides. CHAPTER X VI. CALDWELL. I III. ORIGIN OF THU i OWN - 1 II K SeI.ECTON OF ITS SITE AS THE ('OCNTY SEAT IN ] S.‘)4 — Donation by Samuel Caldwell — Suuvev of the Town Plat — Additions — Tile Controversy Over the County Seat Question Delays the Establishment ok the Town — Sale of Lots in 1S57 — The Erection of the Court I loess — First Build inos Erected — The First Stores — First Settlers — Mercantile and Industrial Interests — List ok Inhabitants in 1N(>2 — Tin. Yii i in: in Its Eaiii.y Years — Tin Contrast which the Present Offer County Bank — Caldwell Buildi.no Woolen Factory — Flouring Mill — T of To-day — Incorporation and Vili.j Caldwell Fair Association — Pf.rsonai A S is recorded in a previous chap- -L- v. ter. the town owes its origin entirely to the selection of its site as the location of the count \ seat. After the vote on the question of re- location was taken in 1 s.54, S.-miucI Caldwell gave bond to the county commissioners to donate for the use of the county a certain specified tract of land in the nort licast quarter of section 3, Olive Township, said tract being t wenly-cight rods in width bv twentv nine in length, and s — I.MPKCn EM ENTS — BUSINESS — TllE XOBLE and Loan Association — Tiie Caldwell he Public School Building — Business Men uik Officers — Churches and Societies — . Sketches. I containing a trifle over live acres Although the tract was duly sur- veyed in the year 1S54, the legal controversy that ensued regarding I hi* location of the county seat, de- layed the establishment of the town for three vears. Decmuher (>, is.54, the count v commissioners passed two orders in reference to this tract, the first authorizing Iv/.ra McKee to cause it to he surveyed into streets and lols, about two and a half acres I being reserved as a public square, . - CALDWELL. 205 and the second as follows: "lie- solved. second, that the name of the town ordered to he surveyed be Cnhl- ny'H The name adopted was very ap- propriate. it being' the name of the owner of the land on which the town was to be located, who was the son of the hirst settler in the neigh- borhood. Caldwell is too voting to possess a remarkable history. Founded in 1857, its growth was very slow until within recent vears. In 1860 its popu- lation was probably not over 125: ten years later, the census gave it •'!18 inhabitants. During the next decade the increase was more rapid, the town having been reached by the railroad, in 1872, and the cen- sus of 1880 showed that 602 persons were residents of the town. Since 1880 the population has nearly, if not cjuite, doubled. The town of Caldwell was sur- veyed and platted December 20 and 21, 1854, by George Dell, deputy county surveyor, for the proprietors. Samuel and Joseph Caldwell. The original plat con- sisted of forty-eight lots, and em- braced eleven and one-half acres, including the public square. .Numer- ous additions have since been made, as follows: Samuel ('aid- well's first addition (lots 40 to 57). surveyed by George Bell. June 20. 1857; ditto, second addition dots 57 to xij), surveved bv (’. I ’uHingnme, October 1. 1850: John M . ( aldwell's lirst addition dots 83 to 01 r. surveyed bv llcnrv Miller, March 20. 1868; .Joseph Caldwell's first addition (lots 91 and 92), surveyed by Ilenry Mil- ler, September 24. 1S6S; ditto. ' second addition dots 105 to 111). ! surveyed by Henry Miller, Decem- ber 7. 1870; J. AV. Caldwell's second addition (lots 93 to 100). surveyed by David Miller, March 8, 1871; Joseph Caldwell's third addition (lots 119 to 125). sur- veyed by Henry Miller, Novem- ber 4, 1871; J. AC. Caldwell's third addition (lots 111 to 119). surveyed by Henry Miller, Octo- ber 30, 1S71 ; ditto, fourth addi- tion (lots 100, 101 and 102), sur- veyed by Henry Miller, Novem- ber 9. 1871; ditto, fifth addition dot 125). surveyed by AATn. A. (fittings, November 21, 1873; David McKee's addition (ten lots!, surveyed by William Lowe, Sep- tember 18. 1873: Joseph Cald- well's fourth addition (lots 126 to 130), surveyed by David Mil- ler, August 14, 1870; ditto, fifth addition (lots 130 and 131), sur- veyed by David Miller, July 6, 1877: J. AV. Caldwell's sixth addi- tion ( lot 132 ), surveyed by AV i Il- ia m Lowe, April 9. 1878; Joseph Caldwell's sixth addition (lots 133 to 143), surveyed by AVilliam Lowe. March 10. 1879; ditto, seventh addition (lots 143 and 144), surveyed bv AVilliam Lowe. April 4, 1879; ditto, eighth ad- dition (lots 145 to 155), sur- veyed bv AVilliam Lowe. May 15. 1879; ditto, ninth addition (lots 155 to 159), surveyed by AVilliam Lowe, Jannarv 9, 1880; David Alc- i Kee's second addition (lots 11 to - ' . IITSTOKY OF XOIJLK COUXTY, OHIO. 2 or, 15), surveyed by William Lowe, 1880; Joseph Caldwell's tenth addi- tion (lot 150), surveved 1 » v i 1 1 - iam Lowe, May 1. lsSO; ditto, eleventh addition (lots Ido to Idd), surveyed by A illiam Lowe. March 20. 1881; ditto, twelfth addition (lot 17"). surveyed bv William Lowe, April d, lssg; ditto, thir- teenth addition (lots 171, 172 and 173), surveyed by I.. I). Merrv. August 25, 1VS2; ditto, fourteenth addition (lots 171 to LSI), sur- veyed by L. D. Merry, Septem- ber 7. 1SS2; A\ illiam IV. Collins' addition (lots 15 to 22). surveyed by David AI il lei% .November 15. 1SS2; ,1. AV. Caldwell’s seventh addition ( lots 181 to 23d), sur- veyed by L. 1). Merry, April 24-, 25 and 2d,. ls83; Joseph Cald- well’s fifteenth addition (lots 237 to 2G3). surveyed bv L. I ). Merrv, May 17, 1883: ditto, sixteenth addi- tion (lots 2d3 to 209). surveved by L. D. Merry, December 7. Iss3; ditto, seventeenth addition (lots 209 and 27"). surveved bv L. D. Merry, July 23, 1885. On the 24th of June, 1857. the county commissioners ordered that lots number 4. 5, b, 7. s. p. in. n. 12. 19, 2". 21. and 24, “as laid out and platted in the town of Cald- well, which said lots are now the 1 property of said Noble Countv." be sold at public auction on the 4lh of July. Is 5 7 The lots were partly disposed of at the appointed time at prices ranging from s4S to s2"0. July 21, |s57. the county com- missioners entered into a contract I with A\ illiam J. Voting and Den- nis 8. (Jibbs lor the erection of a court house by those gentlemen — the first building of anv kind begun in the town. Work was begun soon after and the court house completed the following vear. Meantime a temporary court house was erected bv Ezra McKee — the building now occupied bv llenrv Schafer’s tailoring establishment, on the west side of the square, on the lot across the alley from the county ,ja']._ A\ bile the court house was build- ing the contractors erected a board shanty, where the street now runs, which was occupied as a board- ing-house for their workmen. The brick from which the court house was built were principally made from clay dug from the ground on which the building stands. One of the earliest buildings erected was the house now occupied by Peter Logie. It was built by Randall Ross, and the second store was occupied by him as the office of the ( 'mmhdat't'l Ilcjmljliccin. Lli- jah Stevens, the first merchant in the town, kept store under the print- ing1 office. Near the same time Ful- ton (’aldwell opened a store known as the “Merchants Exchange." on Cumberland street, a short distance south of the corner now occupied by ( ’. Selin fer's si ore. In 1858 James and E. 0. Dudley and 1). S. (iibbs erected a block of stores two-storv frame buildings which are vet standing on the south side ol the square, east of the alley, and between it and the Schafer , ' CALDWELL IN 1 8 8 7. CALPW K.r.T. 297 ! » • i i ! • 1 i n The build ; n now occu- j, 1 , \ P. 1’. Summers as a shoe ■4, was erected bv I)avid Young in |s.ys, and occupied by him as a >add ler's shop. The county offices were ordered moved to Caldwell early in the year ! s;,s . The oil ice rs took up their quarters in tented rooms at different places, until the completion of the court house. .lames Johnson, the li rst blacksmith in the town, built the house on the north side of the square, in which l . A. Mills A: brother now keep a yrocerv. His shop stood just back of where the Eagle Hotel now is. .1. N. Palmer, one of the first set- tlers ol the town, erected the house now owned by Deorge Pice. lie afterward built the Airs. Plain house, the Mrs. Waller house and part of the brick house at the northwest corner oj the square. now owned bv Ilenrv Teener. Idle last named was the first brick building in the place, with the exception of tin* court house. It was erected about 1*130, and was J i rst occupied as a store bv 1 1 diver, a clot hiny merchant, Hiram Dempster, demist, having his office in the rear. I he present residence of J ltd ye Pd'ey was erected in I *.">*-9 bv Ezra McKee. About the same time the house now owned bv Hon. .1. M. D.d/cII was built by Benjamin P. W aller. and soon a Iter occupied bv John 1.. Shaw; Irvin Pel ford. \\ illiam < . < Mow. \\ illiam 1 1 . Frazier and E. C . Dud icy . In wye in. were a molt y the hrM residents ol the place. \\ illiam I d iest iy. la w \ er, came not lony after- ward and erected a bouse and an office on the west side of the square. The first hotel, known* as the “ El- dorado," was a two st'orv wooden building, which stood on the corner where the bank building* now is. it was among* l lie first houses built in the town. It was erected by A. P. Poice and kept by him for several years. Poice was an odditv — a verv credu- lous. unsuspecting*, unsophisticated mortal, who became the butt of many a practical joke perpetrated by the ways of the village. lie went "West, and is reported to have be- come extensivelv enyayed in business there. 1 be second hotel was kept bv J.AV . Boggs in the Deorge Dice building. He moved into the Eagle Hotel in 1 Sbo. The latter building was erected bv William Smith. Boggs and after- ward the linn of Boggs A Daniels continued the hotel business several years. The present Exchange Hotel was built bv James and AYlieelet Stevens, and occupied by them as a store. James Stevens sold out tc AYheelei* Stevens (now a prominent wholesale merchant in Zanesville) and he to Alartin A Ijams. The latter wore succeeded by Tipton A (Hidden. The building was converted into a hotel bv II. IE Moseley and lias been kept successively by him, Thomas Lloyd. Ebenezer Smith. Thomas II. Young, and J. W. Pobin si »n . A hotel was opened about lsijo by Hamilton Wiley in the building e reeled In the I )ml levs. W iley afterward* kept hotel in the Waller ■ HISTORY OF NO HUE COUNTY, OHIO. 20S building, opposite the Exchange Hotel. "Wheeler Stevens was in the mer- cantile business here until about 1863. Richard Graham started a ! store about 1862 in the building now Theodore Rempe’s saloon. Richard Bate was an early mer- chant. R. W. Stewart was the first shoemaker and Benjamin Headley 1 the second. Chris. Shafer was one of the first residents, starting the | first wagon-shop in town. 'l'lie lirst cabinet-maker was L. B. Gratignoy, in the shop now occupied by Thomas Morris, wagon-maker. J. X. Balmer was the first tin-smith, and had his shop where J. F. Steen's store now is. rJ'he. second tin-smith was Henry Balmer. on the corner where the photograph gallery now is. Jacob and Fred Bose kept a bakery and a beer saloon in 1860. The first drug1 store was started by Dr. Hull, on the north side of the square. He was succeeded in 186-1 by F. G. Okey. who is still in the business. As in most new towns, there were a large number of transient residents, and comparatively few of the early settlers remained more than a few years. C. Foster, ex-county treas- urer, who came to the town to reside in August. 1862. gives the following list of heads of families then resident in the place : William Van Meter, county treas- urer. 1 kivid Young, saddler. I.. II. < iratigney. cabinet maker. T. AY. Morris, count v recorder. Samuel B. Evans, blacksmith. Mrs. Atherton. James Stevens, merchant (after- ward cleric of courts i. Chris. Shafer, wagon-maker. Christian Miller, teamster. Jacob and Fred Bose, bakers and grocers. John L. Shaw, editor of the /A - jDlhl ten '•>) . James AY. Boggs, hotel keeper. Joseph Miller.* Abraham Stiers.* stone mason. Bichard Bate, merchant. AYilliam Y. Dve. clerk for AATieeler Stevens. Moses Marsh, laborer (afterward merchant ). AYilliam McKitrick. sheriff. J a be/. Bel ford, attorney. AYillaim Briestley. attorney. Charles J. Jenne, wagon-maker. B. B. Waller.* AYilliam C. Okey.* lawyer. W illiam 1 1 . Era/.icr. lawyer. AY heeler Stevens, merchant. A. B. Boice, hotel kee]>er. J. N. Balmer.* Bichard Graham, merchant. Samuel B. Bug'll, carpenter. Mrs. Fannie Scott. David Seevcr's family. John AY. Tipton, county auditor. Thomas Moore. ID' jamin Headley, shoe maker. A braluim Simmons. ( '. f oster. At that date all the houses were built around the public square, or within a block of it. except three or four. The village was small, muddy. * Then a soldier, tail lm family resided here. . ' . CAi.mvi'.r.L. 200 isolated and ugly--far different from {lie neat and thrifty, pleas- ant and prosperous Caldwell of to- day. • In its earl v vears Caldwell was an isolated and lonely village, and in the wet seasons was almost complete- ly shut off from communication with the outside world. A hack, running three times a week between the town and Campbell's Station, on the Central Ohio Kail road (now the Baltimore A Ohio') furnished the onlv public means of travel between those points, twentv-two miles apart, and also carried the mail. There was also a. horseback mail carried tri-weekly between Caldwell and AlcConnelsville. At first Beverly and Lowell, on the Muskingum River, were the principal shipping points, and from those places also the merchants obtained their freight. Afterward nearly all business of this sort was diverted to Campbell's Sta- tion. No town was ever more sadlv in need of a railroad, and none ever welcomed a railroad project more eagerly than did the citizens ofCald- well at the beginning of the discus- sion about 1 s 7 (j. Since the advent of the first railroad train the popula- tion and business ol the town have increased t hree-l’old. All the best- bu si ness houses ol the town as well as many of the finest residences have been' creeled within roceiit years. I he Odd Bellows' building, three stories. Iramo. on the east side <>! the square was built in I 1 and dedicated duly 1. I S 7 < > . < . Shafers and Daniel Xetiharl's brick blocks, each three stories, on the south si< I of the square, were erected in isjg. William Glidden's brick building, two stories, was erected in iss],and the three-story bank block in lsX2. The town is unusually well sup- plied with stores and shops of every kind. Its mercantile establishments, many of them, would be accounted first-class in a much larger place. Business is on the increase, and the town is prosperous. December 29, 1 ST 1 . the .Noble County Bank was organized by a joint stock company with a capital stock of XJb.OUO. The stockhold- ers were Honorable W . 11. Frazier. Thomas W Ewart, Honorable Will- iam B. Cutler. General Rufus R. Dawes. Edgar P. Pierce and 0. .1. Lund; AT. II. Brazier, president, and E. P. Pierce, cashier. This bank did a successful business until March Is, lsj.'k when the Noble (Bounty Na- tional Bank was organized through the efforts of W. II. Brazier. Edgar P. Pearce, and Thomas \\ . Ewart, with a capital of Sfio.uoO. The stockholders of the National Bank were AY. II. Brazier. Jabez Bel ford. Jacob Cleary, John S. Craig, John Lemmax. Samuel II. Phipps, George A. Smith, 'Thomas AY. Ewart, Ezra McKee, R. P. Summers. Henry Mil- ler, John AY. Scott. Henrv Large, AYilliam AYilkins. Nancy Craig, Sam- uel Lindsey. Cephas Lindsey, Martha Craig. Emma R. Guiler. J. R. Me- Clintoek. John L. Alorgareidge. < >. R. Alorgareidge. AYilliam I. Mere- dith. I lorn B. Lund. J nines M . 1 ’h i 1- pot. Stephenson Trimmer and A\ . AY. Collins. The first board ol ■ HISTORY OF XOTi LE COUNTY, OHIO, 300 directors consisted of AY. II. Frazier. John Lemmax, Henry Large. Ezra McKee and George A. Smith. YY. II. Frazier was elected president ; F. P. Pierce, cashier, and (diaries T. Lewis, assistant cashier. August 2. C. T. Lewis was chosen cashier. I'ice E. P. Pierce,- deceased. Geo. A. Smith was appointed cashier in Afav. 1877, and in June, 1880, was suc- ceeded bv AYilliam A. Frazier, who had been assistant cashier since Feb- ruary, l^Sd. The hank has been well managed and is one of the sound institutions of Noble County. The present officers are AYilliam II. Fra- zier, president; AYilliam A. Frazier, cashier: AYilliam E. Tipton, teller : AY. 11. Frazier, John Lemmax. Ilenry Large, Ch ids. McKee, and James A 1 e- Clintock, directors. The Caldwell Pudding and Loan Association was organized in March. 1885, and thus far has been success- ful and prosperous. The capital stock is 8 100. OOP in shares of slop each. The incorporators were AY. II. Cooley. AY. I ). Guilbert, Stephen Mibs. O. T. Wilde, James A. AIcCoy. and 'Taylor Pivans. 'the lirst officers were AY. II. Coolev, president; ( >. T. AVil.de. secretary, and AY. 1 ). Guilbert, treasurer; Stephen Mills. John Emmons, John AV. Tipton, j r. , T. C. Kane. A. ( ’. Ukey. and John AI. Amos, directors. The Caldwell woolen factory, the most important manufacturing estab- lishment in Xoble ( 'omit v. has been in successful operation since Abac 1. I sS5, under the management of its present proprietors. Push X AlcA av \\ . 11. Push, formerly of Peverly. and T. AI. AIcA'ay of Cald- well. They began building the 'factory in the fall of 1384. Themain building is of brick, two stories high and fifty by one hundred feet, with an extension containing the dve house, twenty-live by fifty feet. The cost of the building was xpuioo. The lower story contains the looms and the hosiery department, while the upper floor is devoted to the carding and spinning ma- chinery. All kinds of woolen goods and hosiery are manufactured. One of the specialties has been a woolen skirt, which obtained an enviable reputation among the trade. The hosiery department has recently been added and is likely to prove very successful. The factory gives em- ployment to about seventy-five hands and manufactures about seventy-live thousand dollars' worth of goods yearly. In January. 1887. extensive im- provements were made, and about 815.000 in new machinery put in. Automatic spinners have been adtled, thereby increasing the capacity fully one-third, and no doubt will materi- ally increase the force of hands. It is not only a great benefit to the town, but to the county as well, as a great deal of the wool used is pur- chased directly from Noble County farmers. AY. II. Push is the son of Joseph Push, who was formerly en- gaged in the manufacture of woolen goods at Penrock. in this county, for several years. l iie Homing mill near tin* P. Z. X ( '. Pail road depot was built in |x75 bv AAdiissen X Kemmor. In H85 it ' V-' ■i 'I CAT DWELT. was bought from G. W. Fogle by 1’. 11 Barrv. the present owikt. who has remodeled it. and put in ma- chinerv for making roller -process Hour. In IS SC !.. II. Harry A: Co. started a knitting factory, putting four knitting machines into the mill. 1 hiring neariv all of the first dec- ado of its existence the village was without a school house. The first srhooi, at tended hy scholars from the lown. was taught in 1S.“»9 hy Joseph l’urkev in tin.1 “old real school house, a half mile west of Caldwell. I* or uianv vears rooins were rented wherever they could be had in the village, and terms of school taught in them. The schoolrooms were changed so irequentlv that it has been truthfully said that the first schools in Caldwell were held “all over town." In May. 1800, S. B. Pugh was awarded a contract to erect a school house tor the sum of yif.joo, to be completed bv Decem- ber of the same year. The school house then erected served until the growth of the village had long since rendered its accommodations wholly inadequate: I n 1880 the corporation, seeing that a new school building was a public necessity, issued bonds and set about the erection of the present school house. The contract "a> awarded to AY. W. MeCov. of Maiietta. in April, lssu. the stipu- lated price being s'j. 5(52. The build- ing' is o| brick, two stories, Iar(|,e and imposing, first-class throughout. It occupies the most elevated site in the town, and speaks more eloquently than words can in favor of the inter- 30 1 est in education and the public spirit which secured to the town so excel- lent a temple of knowledge. The school is now under the able superin- tendence of E. E. Miller, who is also one of the school examiners of the county. The mercantile and industrial es- tablishments of the town were as follows in 1SST : Bank: Noble County National Bank : Win. II. Frazier, president ; Will A. Frazier, cashier. Bakers: William ’Wagner and M. Sha fer. Barbers : G. \Y. Singer A Son. Win. E. 1 loach. Blacksmiths: G. W. Hupp, AY. L. Evans. .John Kirk. Boots and Shoes: Dr. R. P. Sum- mers. lvnoulf A Young (.1. F. Knouff and A. Young). Cabinet-maker: F. II. McGinnis. Clothing merchant : Otto Thal- heimer. Dentists: McCoy A Rowley. Dressmakers: Gibson A Hum- phrey. Crawford A Danford. Dry Goods: ,J. Y\ . Tipton, d. F. Steen. John 1). Elliott A Co. Drugs: F. G. Okev. Wall A Si- mons. Express Agencies: American. Alii ton James; Adams. ( Shafer. Furniture: Peter Fogle. S. A. I .afl'erty. Grist Mill : P. II. Barry. Groceries: 1 . A. Mills A Pro., 1 Thus II. \ oung, George W. Young. Jerome Wehr, Clyde W eight. Peter I i >gie. I lard ware : G lidden A Smith. Kain Bros. ■ HISTORY OF XOBT.1I COUNTY, OHIO. 302 Harness and Saddlery: John Em- mons, G. dNFeO las] lan. Hotels: Exchange. J. AY. Robin- son; Eagle, I). F. Archer; Elk. James Parker; Eureka, S. P. Evans. Insurance Agency: 11. E. Peters. Jewelers: E. J. Nay, J. \Y. Shafer. Knitting Factories: Push, McAay y Co., L. II. Parry 1- 1 i ns. I ). C. Jones, P. Jackson, R. J. Singer, J. ( ’. Pick lord. G. AAA Fogle. T. AY. Ah >rris. Joseph Stillwell. Adolphus Alichael, J. W . Kraps. F. G. ( )key . C J. Jenne, N. AV. Tavloi1. AVilliam Glidden, Hambleton AVilev, Thomas II. Alorris. George Winders. R. Pel ford, Jabez Pel ford. Robert AlcKee. J. AV. Caldwell, P. P. AV id- ler, J. D. AVilev, L. IF Davis. George Allen, AV. S. Archer, A. Simmons. John AYehr, Taylor Pivans, G. A. AYay, AY. P. Teters. James S. Fore- man. 1). S. Gibi)s, E. IF Stillwell. Irvin Pelford. I he town was incorporated bv act of the county commissioners Febru- ary -F is 70. and has since had the following village ollieers: is to. — Trustees, AVilliam IF Fra- zier, cliai) man: C. Foster; John At. Amos, clerk and treasurer. IsTl. — Same officers, and AYeedon 1 Ieadley, marshal. AA’illiam II. Sum mers was appointed trustee Novem- ber 0. rev AY. IF Frazier. resigned. |s72. — Trustees. Jabez Pelford. president; J. Af. Amos, clerk; and treasurer, C. -I. Jenne; marshal. -I. AI. Purlingame. At all election held April s. ]s72, seven t v-li ve votes were east — sixtv- oiie for ami fourteen against making ' CALDWELL. Caldwell an incorporated villa-go of 1 1 1 ( * socoml class. May 3o an elec- tion was liold lor ollieers. resulting' as 1 ol If ) ws : 1 >7 2. — flavor, William Chambers ; clerk. George M. Yarnall; marshal. ,T. M. Pmrlingame; council. ( '. J. .ItMino. ,J. AAA Caldwell. James Elder. A\\ !,. Moselev. I >. S. Spriggs. J. B. 1 Very. W7d. .Mavor. AAHUiam Chambers; clerk:. G. M. Yarnall; street c-ommis- •boner, AV dliam N. Plain ; council. William !.. Moseley. .1. B. Perry. C. ,1. .lemie. -I. AAA Caldwell. AV. 11. Summers. B. S. Allbritain. 1 874.— Afa vor. AVilliam Chambers; clerk, .1. AW Barnes; treasurer, Gilead Ogle; marshal. B. B. AValler; council. B. L. Allbritain, d. AAA Caldwell. .1. B. Perry. AV. II. Summers,.!. AAA AVeems. — — Young. lv7a. — Mavor, AAAlliam Chambers; clerk. AV. E. Tipton; marshal. Thomas Hartford: street commissioner, A. Summers: council, Grafton Corns, J. AAA Weems, .1. B. Perry. ( '. T. Lewis, i . Sha for. ( ! . AAA Fogle. 187b.- Ma vor. AA' illia m AV. Bipley; clerk. AAA E. Tipton; marshal and street commissioner. Thomas Hart- ford; council. G. AAA Eogle, C. Shafer, C. T. l.ewis, John Emmons, J. T. AA hissen. J. AAA Tipton. I s77. — Mayor, AV. AAA Bipley; clerk. M. C. Juiien: street commis- sioner, Thomas Hartford; council, J. AA . I'ipton. J. Emmons, J. T. AATtis- seii. J. 1 hlley. ( Shafer. ( ’. T. l.ewis. H7S — .Mayor, AV. AAA Bipley; clerk. .1. J. McAdams; treasurer. M. * . Juiien; street commissioner and marshal. John M. Hutcheson; council, 303 J. Gilley, J. AAA 'I’ipton. J. K. Knoulf, C. Shafer. James Tarbert. C. T. Lewis. Is 7b. — Mayor, AAA AV. Biplev; clerk. E. Perrv: marshal. J. AI. Hutch- eson ; council. J. AAA Tipton. J. 1A Knouff, J. Tarhert. John Emmons. AVilliam B. Stewart. Irvin Bel lord. 1550. — Mayor. E. 11. Archer; clerk. A. (’. Okey: treasurer. AL ('. j Juiien; street commissioner and mar- shal. J. AAA Smith; council. J. AAA Tipton, J. !A Knoutf. J. Emmons, J. Tarhert, Irvin Belford. (A AI. AAAitson. 1551. — Mayor. E. II. Archer; clerk. A. C. Okev ; street commissioner and marshal. J . AAA Smith; council. J. E. Knoutf. J. Tarhert. J. AAA Tip- ton. 0. Foster. AAAlliam ('hambers, John Emmons. 1552. — ABiyor. E. II. Archer ; clerk. | J. J. AIcAdams; street commissioner : and marshal. J. AAA Smith: treasurer, AE G. Juiien; council. ( ’. Foster, AVilliam Chambers. J. Emmons. J. E. Knouff. J. AAA Tipton, J. Tarhert. 1S83.— Mavor. E. IE Archer : clerk. B. AAA Summers ; council. (’. Foster. J. E. Knoulf. J. AV. 'Tipton, AVilliam Chambers, J. Emmons. 1). S. Gibbs. 1884.-“ Mayor. ATilton James: clerk, C. AI. AA'atson ; treasurer. E. AV. Glidden; marshal. II. B. Mason ; street commissioner, John lIill;coitn- : cil, C. Foster. AVilliam ('hambers. J. Emmons. J’. II. Young,,]. II. M ills, Peter Logic'. 1 nS7>. — Mayor, Alilton James; clerk. G. M. AA'atson; treasurer. T. il. Morris; council, Peter Fogle. J. II. Mills. T. II. A oung, AAA I). G uil- 1 x't't, G. AAA Hupp, J. AI. McGinnis. I sS(; ._ Mayor. ( Foster ; clerk'. ( i AI. AA'atson; treasurer, T. II. Morris; O' ■ ■ ' 304 HISTORY OF NOBI.K COUNTY, OHIO. marshal. F. (4. Thompson; street commissioner, David Dyer; council. • I. II. Mills. C. S. Sargeant, G. W. IIuppi, W . D. Guilhert. .1. Mason Morgan, .1. M. McGinnis. eilURCHFS. M till neb «/ LjHxrnjHil ('lmrch. — Die Methodist Episcopal Church in Cald- well is the oldest in the town. A society was in existence at Olive as early as 1839, and probably earlier, and a small meeting-house was erected in that place, and paid for by Robert McKee. May 27. ls.VJ, Samuel Cald- well made a proposition to donate to the society a lot lor the church it the society would build one in Cald- well. The oiler was accepted; money was raised at once, and the church was built and dedicated during that year. Rev. I. C. Pershing, of the Pittsburgh conference, olticiated at the dedication. At this time the prominent members of the church were John Still. Robert McKee. Dr. Jesse M. Stone, David Jennings. J. W. Tipton. Renjamiu lleadlev. Har- rison Keller and wife. Henry Keller and wife, and others. The society originally belonged to Sharon cio-uit, but in 1872 the circuit was divided and the Caldwell circuit formed. At present the charge consists of ( 'aid- well and Sharon. A mong the early preachers on this circuit were Mor- decai Bishop. Janies Henderson, Thomas Winstanlev. William Tipton, John Hollister,— — Gamble. I). W. Stevens, W. II. Morton . Joseph White and F. W. Yerticon. Tin* pastors at Caldwell have been Revs. D. C. Knowles, M. C. Grimes. F. P. Edmunds, W. A. Davidson, A. C. Ellis, Geo. M. Wilson and II. D. Staull'er. the present incumbent. The present membership is 225. /V< xlnjiri'itin. — 1 he hirst Presbv- terian Church ol Caldwell was or- ganized on Saturday, Julv 27. isos, by Rev. 11. C. Foulke. of Cumberland. Guernsey Countv, Ohio, assisted hv Rev. Samuel Mahalfev. of "Washing- ton, Ohio, and Elder Shaw of the Uutfa lo Church. The original members were Alex- ander Foggs. Marv A. Boggs, William Miller, Sarah Miller, "William Miller, Sr,. John Barclay. Marv A. Foster. Cyrus McGlashan, Marv McAilams. Nancy Hull, Martha McKee, Mrs. E. II. Crusen, John Hull. The first officer was Cyrus McGlashan, who was chosen, elected and ordained ruling elder on day of organization. The church was built in 1 s 7 2 : dedi- cated Julv 13. 1873: is of brick, and cost S4,0on. Rev. L. C. Rutter be- came the first pastor about January. 1 s 7 1 ; Rev. William Galbreath, of Athens Presbyterv was pastor from April. D74, to 1 s 7 < > ; Rev. A. J. Baldridge, of Zanesville Presbytery, was pastor from June. ls78, to IS, so; Rev. T. J. Dague, present pastor, be- gan his labors here in the fall of 1S>3. At present the church has one hun- dred and live members; Sunday- school scholars, one hundred and t went v-iive. A few facts in reference to the liquidation of the church debt will be ol interest and serve to correct some \erv erroneous reports The church, it is true, was in debt when dedicated, but bv the strenuous efforts • ■ • ■ CAT.riW'KLL. 305 ,,f [jpv. 1.. ('. Gutter and others the , 1 1 1 1 o 1 1 1 1 1 was reduced to shot* ; this viun rested 111)011 tin* church for three or four rears with only the interest being paid; t wo years of unpaid in- terest made the debt S6O0. At this point four ot the church trustees David D.wolld. dames ('aim Alex- ander Boggs, and William .Miller’) assumed the debt. By donations from the church members and friends of the church this sum was reduced probably one-third: finally, in LS82, the trustees paid off the remainder and announced the same to the con- gregation. They deserved and re- ceived the hearty thanks of the church. The church is now in a nourishing condition. John McKee, one of the first settlers of this cotn- munit v. was a member of this church ; a!si 1 his wi te. Iliiptisi.- The Caldwell Baptist < imivh was organized by Rev. G. Wr. < hurchili m lstil. The original members were : Levi Davis and wife. William Rummage and wife, John Winders and wife, Mrs. Blake, War- ren l.ippitt, and Mrs. Lewis Smoot. Warren Lippitt. was the first deacon. The church edifice was built in ls61. at a cost of about S 1.200. The pas- tors have been: Revs. (L W. Church- ill. Milton S(jiiihl), Charles Gunter, and A. K. Me( 'all. The latter is now pastor. The memhership is about fort y. SOCIKTIKS. ^ 0 / l . l»v WA L. * D. D. C. M. I he lodge was i"iiioved to Caldwell in lSlil. The charter members were James Dud- lev. J. ( Schofield. W. F. Mclntire. T. W. Morris, WA 1A Reed and Miles Ogle. Two of these are still living — T. WA Morris and Miles Ogle. John C. Headley was the first mem- ber initiated. The first officers were ! Joseph (A Schofield, \ . G.: dames Dudley, Y. G.: "Wilson T. Mclntire, secretary: Thomas WA Morris, treas- urer; William 0. Glines, C.; Daniel I. Chapman, WA; David McGarry, O. G.; J. C. Headley, R. S. X. G.; Thomas L. Hammer. L. S. X. G.; Wesley Thorla, R. S. \A G.: John Graham, L. S. Y. (4. AVhole num- ber of members initiated since the organization, 215: present member- 1 ship, 36; general fund invested, ' S3.O0O. The present officers are C. 1 Shafer, X. G.; John Messed rode, V. G.; G. Foster, recording and perma- nent secretary; C. d. denne. treas- urer. M'ixonir. — Xoble Lodge. Xo. 45‘d, !•'. and A. M., was instituted under a dispensation issued Xovember Is, IsT 1, and chartered October 17, I 1872. The charter members were William JI. Frazier, dames S. Fore- man, David S. Spriggs, William (A O'Key, C. Foster, David Gookins, S. B. Fugli. (A J. denne, 'Robert Mc- Kee, R. L. Allbritain. AY. W. Taylor. | ('. Shafer, dasper McKee and dohn Graham. The J i 1st officers were W. II. Frazier. W. M.; d. S. f oreman, S. WA; David S. Spriggs, d. WA: W. ('. Obey. S. I).; 0. Foster, d. D.: Charles d. denne, treasurer: R. L. Allbritain, secretary; C. Shafer, tyler. The lodge is conveniently located in the Shafer building, and is ■ ■ . HISTORY OF NOJJLK COUNTY, OHIO. 30fi in good condition. The present membership is sixty. Present offi- cers: C. J. '.Inline. AAB M.; J. 13. Mc- Garrv, S. AAB; Otto Thalheimer. d. AAB; Abraham Young. S. I).; I). AL AIcFerren, J. 1).; (’. hostel*, secre- tary; AY. I). Guilbert, treasurer; I). AY i Lev. tyier. Grand Army. — Noble Post. .No. 491, Grand Army of the Republic, was mustered September IS, lss4, with forty -eight charter members, viz.: 0. R. Simons. X. B. AAdiarton, John Harris, Ezra Tuttle, Richard Bond, AY. A. Morris, II. E. Peters, Luther AYheeler. B. F. Bamlev, Ben- jamin Dyer, 0. F. Delong, AY. 0. Alaring, A. E. Brown, F. C. Thomp- son, J. R. Youngblue, A. AY. Racey, Arch AV iley . AY. S. Gibson, X. Cun- ningham, S. Mills, John Eichor. C. S. Sargeant,AY. B. Evans. Bconard Craig, R. C. Downey, G. AY. Rice. J. KB Marlow, J. AY. AYebber, II. Al. Roach, B. B. AYaller, J. AL Dal/.ell. A. C. McKee, Ahlen AYheeler, X. K. Afoore. G. A. Way, A. AAB Crawford, Peter Rucker. Charles Likes, .1 . X. Young- bluc, AAB II. Cooley, David AAdieeler, G. AAB Hupp, D. AAB ley, D. AL Dates, John Gary, B. F. Smith, .1. B Shafer, Samuel AAdieeler. The Post chose the following for its first officers: F. C. Thompson, P. C.; D. A. AYheeler, S. AB (’.; A. -C. Alclvee, J. AB (B; II. IB Peters, Q. Ar.; G. A. AA’ay, surgeon; -J. N. Young- blue, chaplain ; C. S. Sargeant. (). I).; Arch. AAB’ ley, O. (B; Peter Rucker, C>. AB S.; d. AY. Smith, S. AB: A. C. Cooper. A. AAB Racey, C. T. Blake, trustees; .J. AB Dal/.ell, historian. The present officers are the same, i with the following exceptions : Peter A oho is the present surgeon : J. AAB Smith, ad jutant. The present mem- bership is 114. There have been j two deaths (comrades AABdler and Bates), and three transfers. The Post has distributed for the relief of poor comrades SB! 1.91. The Post owns i five shares of stock in the Caldwell Building and Boan Association. Sons of Veteran*. — dames. A. j Trimmer Camp, Xo. 59, Sons of Aet- erans, was mustered at Caldwell, duly 29, 1Sn5. with the following first officers and charter members: ! C. 11. Archer, captain ; AAB IB AYal- ler, first lieutenant: BB A. A f ills, second lieutenant ; C. A". Rice, or- derly sergeant; Stephen Alills. dr., quartermaster sergeant: NB T. Alorris, B. F. Smith, doseph Powell. J. A. AABiarton, A. AAB Fogle, d. ( A Clark. J). NB AABilters, C. d. Kirk. F. B. AABley, C. C. Crouse. O. T. Shafer and IB AB Alareing. The officers in 'the fall of ISSfi were: d. G. Scho- field. C.; Charles Smith, first lieuten- ant: A. AAB Fogle, second lieutenant : ('. AB Rice, 0. S.; S. Alills. Jr., (J AL S. CAUIWKIJ. DISTRICT FAIR. Prior to 1 S84 the fairs held at ( 'aid- well had been individual enterprises on a small scale. In Alav. 1SS-'B a i number of prominent citizens, among* whom were Al ess rs. Fult. Caldwell, David Al filer, J. B. Pugh. John AAB Tipton, 1. Al. Combs. Chris. McKee. AAB AAB Collins and others, organized the Caldwell District Fair Associa- ! tion, which was incorporated in duly j of the* same year. Tin* following I directors were elected : I. M. Combs, , Fult. Caldwell, dohn AAB Tipton, ' CAT/I>WKr.L. 30/ .! u 1 1 i ' >r. David Miller. M . M . Collins. < i , r : . McKee William Long. |);lvid Miller was (‘leeted president, I. M. ( miilis. \ ice president, E. II. .\rcher. secretary, and G. A. Smith., treasurer. No change in ollicers has lien made, except that (A Filter and W ! ). Guilhert have succeeded Me.-vsrs. Archer and Smith as secre- tary and treasurer respectively. The original capital stock' was ala >u t Sf'i.oOO, which has since i i. rn increased to Sl(),()00. Three 1'aiis have been held, all of which have exceeded the most sanguine expectations of the association. The first was held September 23, 24 and 25. 1 s 'A. Grounds were purchased in July, 1883. They are situated a short distance west of Caldwell. There is a fine grove, commodious buildings and a half-mile track that cannot be excelled in this part of the State. The exhibitions have been first-class.- many exhibitors coming from surrounding counties. The attendance has been large and the receipts were highly satisfactory. At the last fair nearly 84,000 in gate receipts were taken in three days, despite unfavorable weather. Through the earnest efforts of the managers the fair has become one of the most prosperous associations of its kind in southeastern ( )hio. Jonathan F. Knouff was born in iTlmoiit County, Ohio, August 28. 1 \\ hen ten years old he moved to u hat is now Noble Count v. his father. Henry Knouff la native of M ar\ land ». set 1 1 ing in I Jen ver Town- Mi ip. where lie followed farming uni il Ins death. The subject of I his not ice received a common school education, and when a young man engaged in teaching, which occupation he fol- lowed for twenty-two years. lie was elected county auditor, and by re-elections served three terms. In 1878 be engaged in the hardware business in Caldwell, in which he continued until April, 1882, when lie ! sold out to Kane Brothers & M right. In February, 1S83, lie purchased the hardware store of Taylor Brothers, and carried on that business until February, Is 80. Originally a free- soiler in polities, helms acted with the Republican party since its organ iza- j tion. In 1858 lie was married to Margaret E. Sproat, a native of Guernsey County. Their children are Angcline, CoraM. and ( diver M. Mr. ! Knouff is a member of the Odd Eel lows' order. A. P. Jennings, the senior propri- etor of the Caldwell J're**, was born in what is now Center Township. Noble County, February 17th. 1 SOT, and when onlv two years of age re- moved with his parents to a farm ! about one and one-half miles north of the site of the present county seat, lie received a common-school and academic education, and early de- voted his attention to teaching, and to mercantile pursuits. In 1854. he was married to Sarah A. Archer, with whom he lived happily until her untimely death in 1 s<>7. In 180s. he was married to Mary A. llellyer, who died in I$s7. in 1801 he was a candidate for County Treasurer, and subsequently for State Senator on tin* Democratic ticket. Each time he was nominated against his wishes, ' 308 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. and the party majority against him was too large to he overcome. In 1875 he was elected probate judge, being the only Democrat elected in the county in that campaign. He was not a candidate for renomination or re-election, lie has three children living — David Alonzo. Bertha May. and Cora. Two — .Mary Viola, and Bosctta A. died after they had reached the years of womanhood. Mr. Jennings is at present not act- ively engaged in business. Judge Jonathan Dilley is an old and well-known citizen, lie was born on the Potomac River in Vir- ginia, about thirty miles from Wash- ington, in the year 180!). 11 is early life was spent in Shenandoah County. Ya. In 1839 he came to Ohio, and in 1841 to Cumberland. Guern- sey County, where' he clerked in the store of John K. Boyd. In 1843 lie removed to Samhsville and engaged in the mercantile business, at the same time dealing in tobacco, lie continued a resident of Samhsville for twenty -seven years. In 1m!!> he was elected probate judge, and in the following year lie removed to Caldwell, and entered upon the duties of his office. In J *72 he was re-elected to the same ollice. lie has since served two terms as deputy probate judge. He married Mar- garet Nicholson, and is the father of live children. Judge Hilly is a Re- publican, and a member of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church. John AW Tii-to.n, the oldest mer- chant in Caldwell, and for many years one of the most prominent citi- zens of the county, is a native of Harrison County, Ohio. He was born December 28. 1825. 1 1 is father was Rev. V illiani Tipton, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The family consisted of two sons and four daughters. The other son. Thomas W., studied law, and was admitted to the bar. After practicing his profession fora time in his native State he went to Nebraska before the war, and from there went into the army as a chaplain. On the forma- tion of the State government he was elected one of the first United States Senators from Nebraska, and served with honor in that position for eight years. John W. Tipton received a com- mon-school education, and at the age of fifteen began earning his own liv- ing as a clerk in the store of Joseph Hare, at Fairview, Guernsey County. Here he remained about five years. i acquiring in the meantime a thorough i knowledge of the mercantile business and forming those habits in life which ! have since made him successful as a business man. In 1854, prior to the founding of Caldwell, Mr. Tipton came to Noble County, and located at Olivo, becom- ing the partner of John Welir, in the mercantile business. This relation continued until 185s, when having been nominated and elected county auditor Air. Tipton left the store to assume the duties of that position. Subsequently he was twice elected to the same office. lie was an able, efficient and popular officer. After the close of his third term as auditor he formed a partnership with William W. Glidden, and kept a general store H. ® ' ■ ■ ■ ■W„ CALmvKr.r,. 309 where the Exchange Hotel now is. Mr. ( Bidden retired after t wo years, and Mr. Tipton has since carried on business alone. In 1 S70 lie built his present store, and removed his stock ot e-cods to it. He has one of the best stores in the county, and does an' extensive business. Two of his sons. .i. \V. and Charles K.. assist him in the busine >s. During- the war Mr. Tipton warmly espoused the ITiion cause, and served as a member of the military commit- tee of the countv. lie takes a deep interest in the affairs of his town and countv, and is an honored and useful citizen. He is one of the leading members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Tipton was married, in IMS, to Miss Elizabeth J. Ilichards, of Guernsey County. Ilis children are William E., John AY., Charles F., Frank M.. Edgar Ik, "Mary and Lizzie. David Miller, one of the most prominent and enterprising business men of Caldwell, was born in Beaver Township, in 1845. Ilis grandfather. AVilliam Miller, was one of the early settlers of this township, to which he came with his family, which consisted of his wife and one child, William, •li\. in the spring of 1833. The elder AVilliam was of English birth, and eame to this countrv in 181(1. lie first settled in Mary land, from whence he removed to this county. William, dr., lather o! David, was a man of prominence; betook an active part m the organization ol the countv, and \va< ipiite prominent Iv identilied "i’h local politics. He married Miss 8a rah. daughter ol dob 11 I ’err V, whose dale ol settlement in Beaver dates i back to 1826. He reared a family of I six children, Henry, David, Ann E.. Oscar. Edgar and Ellen, all of whom are living. David was reared on the farm; he obtained a. good English education, and commenced life as a school teacher. He studied survey- ing, and for two terms occupied the office of county surveyor. In 1880 he was elected sheriff. He tilled the office acceptably to the people, and was re-elected, serving two terms. About this time he became quite ex- j tensively engaged in real estate and building. Ilis operations were ex- tensive, and it is said that during | this time he did much to advance the interests of the village, lie was prominent in the organization of the Caldwell District Fair Company. In fact, he was in some wav connected with almost every enterprise having for its object the advancement of the village interests, lie married, in 1806, Aliss Alary E. Boach, of Beaver, to whom have been born three child- ren— Clara. Berta and A Valter. George A. Smith, who for many vears was one of the prominent busi- ness men and financiers of Caldwell, was born in Olive Township in 1835. Ilis father, Sliobul Smith, came from Alartha's Vineyard in 1817, and was one of the pioneers of the county. George A. was for a number of years a merchant in Dexter City. In 1S73 ! lu1 was elected county treasurer, and ! the year following came to Caldwell. In IS7* he became tin* cashier of the Noble Count v National Bank, which position he retained until ill-health ibligcd him to retire. Chrysostom foster, the present ' I ■ . ' ■ -310 HISTOKY OF XO1H.10 COUNTY, OHIO. mayor of Caldwell, is among th-e old- est residents of the town, having come here in 1802. He was born in Washington. Pa .Jan. 2. 1840. When live rears old his parents came to j W heeling and in 1853 to Belmont ' Countv. Ohio. In 1850 the family removed to Batesville. The elder Foster' was a shoemaker ; he died at j Quaker City in 185S, leaving five children: Charlotte, Hannah, Chry- sostom, Mary M.,and D. A. The lat- ter went into the service in 1801, in the Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer Infan- try, and served through the war. j lie died in 1874 from disease caused by a wound received from the burst- ing of a torpedo at Fort McAllister in 1 SO 4. After coming to Caldwell. Mr. Foster was for a time the clerk in the office of the county treasurer; in 1805 he was elected county treasurer and by re-election held the ollice until 1*70. Since that time he has been in the mercantile and liven’ business in Caldwell. He is a prom- inent Republican. In 1801 he mar- ried Cynthia -1., daughter of Abra- ham Simmons, at that time one of tin* leading' citizens of Noble Countv. Five children have been born of this union, three boys and two girls. W. I). Cuil belt, t he present count v auditor, was born in Guernsey Coun- ty in 1 844. 1 1 is fat her. 1 1. F. G uil- bert, was a farmer and removed to the western part of the State about 1840. The subject of this notice re reived an academic education, and in 1 809 came to South Olive, wherein' was (in gaged in salt making and the I manufacture of staves until his elec- tion to the office of county auditor in 1881. He was re-elected in 1884. and is still discharging the duties of his ollice. Mr. Guilbert is a Repub- lican, and takes an active interest in political matters. Timothy Cleveland was born in Maine and settled in Beaver Town- ship in 1 S 10. lie married Miss Sarah W. Bierce, who was a native of the same State1. They had a family of seven children, three of whom, Mary T. (Gal ek Frank G., and Thaddeus S., are living. The latter was born in Somerset County, Ale., August 81, 1818. He has been twice mar- ried. II is first wife was a Pennsyl- vania ladv; his second wife was Aliss Alary, daughter of AVilliam Dement, a Virginian, who was one of the pioneers of A V ills Creek. Monroe County, where he settled in 1S06. lie was prominent in the early affairs of that region, and carried the first mails from AVheeling. A\ est \ a., to Cincinnati. Ohio, in a canoe. He was possessed of a good education, and for Years was a prominent mag- istrate and an influential citizen. By the last marriage there were three children: AVcllington, Benjamin and Henry d. The latter was born in Calais. Ohio, in 058. He came to Noble County in l88o, settling in HI k. In lssr, he was elected sheriff, which position he now (1887) holds. He married Miss Emma A., daughter of Thomas Foster, of Summerfield. Benjamin B. Waller was born in Guernsey County in 1828. and came to Noble Countv in 185s. He was a carpenter by trade', but after CALDW ELI. 311 | jiis removal to Noble lie became indent died' with political matters, and held several oliicial positions. For maiiv years he was postmaster of the village, receiving his first appoint- ment in lstib; reappointed in 18(o, and held the ofiice until September. 1 885. From 1S72 to ISIS he was depute sheriff. In 1803 he was com- missioned county recorder ; was re- eleeted and commissioned in 1800. In August of 1 s 1 1 1 he enlisted in Company K, Thirtieth Ohio Volun- teers; was wounded at the battle of South Mountain, and discharged for disability February 5, 1803. II is death occurred March 22, 18S0. Mr. "Waller was married in 181-7 to Aliss Margaret Stuart, who was born in llelmont County, Ohio. He was a valuable citizen and an exemplary member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Olive Lodge, Independent ( >rder of < )dd Fellows, and Noble Post, (irand Army of the Republic. V. 11. Push was born in llelmont County, Ohio, in Isis. In the spring of 1853 the family came to Xoble ( 'ounty n nd settled in Ren rock, where the elder Push built a woolen mill, which he operated until 1805, when lie removed to McConnelsville. In 1n75 V. 11. assumed control of the .McConnell mill at McConnelsville, which he operated very successfully until 1880, when lie purchased the Island mill at Peverly, Ohio. In 1 8Sii, to obtain increased facilitiesand better power, he removed to Cald- well. and in company with P. M. Mc\ ay. established the Caldwell woolen mills. Mr. Push is the pio- neer woolen manufacturer in this sec- tion, and having been reared to the business, no one is more conversant with its details than he. He married Miss Ella Carroll in 1S73. They have two children, I .ester and Media. BIOGRAPHIC. t i no eAi.mvEi.r. family. The name of Caldwell has been conspicuous in the annals of Duck Creek Valley from the earliest history of that region, to the present day. The progenitor of the Noble County Caldwells was Robert Caldwell, a native of Chester County, Pa. He was a man of much natural abil- ity and of great force of charac- ter. these traits being inherited from his Scotch-Irish ancestors. He served as a. teamster in the Revolu- tionary "War, married and settled in Pennsylvania, and in 1705 emigrated to the Northwest Territory, settling in Washington County, Ohio, where were then the chief settlements in the territory. He explored this sec- tion of the county, and by the advice of General Putnam, made a selection of the land on which he afterward located. In the year 1808 he came up the west fork of Duck Creek with his sons and began an improvement on the present Caldwell farm. He was, therefore, among the earliest pioneers of the valley, and the first to make a clearing where the town of Caldwell now stands. Robert Caldwell died in 1831. II is wife's maiden name was Jane Fulton, who was also a native of Pennsylvania, and a niece of Robert Fulton, the pioneer steam navigator. Their children (several of whom were born o 1 ■ - 312 mSTOlIV OF NOBLE COUNTV, OHIO. in Pennsylvania), were "Robert, .John, Joseph. Sam'uel. Hiram, Jane. Polly, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Matilda and Nancy. The sons a re all dead except Joseph. They were all prominent farmers, and resided in Noble ( ’ounty. Of the daughters, Jane married Rod- ney Severance, and died in Morgan County. Roily manned James Logan, remained in Pennsylvania, and died there. Elizabeth, the widow of David Archibald, is still living in Noble County. Rebecca (deceased) was the wife of John Noble. Matilda, the wife of John Brownrigg, is still living in Noble County. Nancy bwame the wife of Samuel Price, and died in Morgan County. Joseph Caldwell, the oldest Jiving resident of the county, was born in Cavwood. "Washington County, Ohio, in the year 17JS, and came to what is now Noble Countv in Lsi>9. lie has witnessed the transition of a wil- derness to one of the fertile and pro- ductive regions of this section of the State, and in his person typifies many of the causes which have produced this great change. Beneath his observation, like a grand panorama, the forests have disappeared and fer- tile fields have taken their place. \ illages and hamlets have sprung lip as if by magic. The iron horse rushes over the same route that he traveled when a bov bv blazed trees through an almost impenetrable for- est. To-dav lie lives in the full pos- session n| his mental faculties, one of the last sur\' i vors of a race the like of which will never lie seen again. Ilis youth and early manhood were passed upon his father's farm, where he shared the privations of a pioneer family. At the age of twentv-six he married Miss Margaret, daughter of David Mclvee. Avhose personal his- tory will be found in the chapter devoted to Noble Township. Shortly after their marriage the young coll- ide commenced life upon the farm where he now resides, which is a part of the tract entered by his father in ISos. and which at the time was unimproved with the ex- ception of a small field where is now the Caldwell school-building. Like his brother Samuel, he identified , himself with nearly all the initial 1 events in the history of this section of the county. He was one of the pioneer salt-makers of the Duck Creek' Valley, and was one of the parties who sank the second well bored in tin* valley; in this well petroleum was discovered, and it can be said to have been the lirst oil well in the I nited Stales. rlhe life ot Joseph Caldwell has been compara- tively uneventful. Ilis experiences ■ have not been unlike those of most of the pioneer farmers of his time. \Vi t h him t he i ilesi deration has been the ■ wel fare of his family and the ac- <|iii silioti of that pried t‘S S le gacy. a n unsullied repul a t i oil - ami 1 the fill 1 fruit ion of lib ; dr: sir. rs has been att ained. His an ;ed lie Ipmect was 1.01 n near Si; 1 II 1 V \ ill, w ashil llgloll Co imt v, ( diio. in til e \ « •ar 1 s| a i. Sin e has been him a w lie in all I he it term implies. a in 1 III e motl ier < it four children : R hod. a A . | < ollA ,. Mi Iton. Ruth i< >1, ;ey | and 1 J( >se| ill. ■ CAT.PWF.LL. The latter resides on the farm where he was horn in 1843. lie married Miss Melissa, daughter of delterson (Hidden, one of the pioneers of Olive Township. Samuel Caldwell was in his life- time one of the most active, prom- inent and best-known citizens of the county, lie was horn near Lower Salem, Washington County. Ohio, in 1800, came to Olive Township with his parents, and passed the re- mainder of his days on the farm entered by his father. Brought up as a pioneer farmer’s son and sub- jected to the rigid discipline of that life, he had few educational advan- tages, though, perhaps, more than many of the youth of that day en- joyed. lie attended school for one term in Marietta, and soon afterward finished his education in the pioneer schools o 1 the township. He was active, as a young man. in all the sports ol the early days, lie held some offices in the State militia, and was widely known as “Colonel,” though he never attained to that rank. lie followed farming and stock-raising and was successful in those pursuits. He was one of the leading citizens in advocating the formation of Noble Countv and in securing the county seat at Caldwell. Lor the latter purpose he donated several acres of ground to the count v. He may justly he regarded as the lounder of the town, which .was named after him. He was a prom- inent member ol the Democratic party, hut nmcr sought or held anv important office. He was once a candidate for representative to the Ol o OLD legislature from Morgan County, but his party was defeated and he failed of an election, although he ran in advance of his ticket, lie was a member of no church, hut was a strictlv honest, just. God-fearing man. who was universally respected, lie died in He was married in 1827 to Sarah Brownrigg, who was horn in AYcstmoreland County, England, in 1 S' ' 1 . and came to this connin' with her parents about 1817. Of this union ten children were horn: William II.. Jane (Ogle). Joseph (deceased). Fulton. Mary, who died voting: Sarah (Mclvee') and Marv (Young), twins; Happy (Arc- Keel, John W. and Hannah t Bel- ford). All live in Noble Countv, except William B. and John AY., who are located in western Dakota, and Hannah (Belford) in Toledo. A\ diliam 1 L Cald well, the oldest of the children l of t 8a n i uel Caldwell, was horn on the h omestead. and re- sidei d in the county until about ISso. For t went v years he was probably the most e xtensiv e dealer in live stoc k in the count v F niton Ca id well. now a prosperous farmer and a lea' ding citizen, was horn on flu * ( ’aid" ■ell homestead in 1 S3: ’>. He was brought tip a farmer. and has fe >1 lowed that occupation principal! v. His < ■ducational train- ing was sue h as o ther youth of his day < ffitainei 4 while ■ attending at the old log scl hool-hoitse and its sue- eessi or, "the ■ old r ed school-house. lie was eng; iged in mercantile husi- ness fi air i >r li Vi “ ve a rs. a nd 1 < >r a I a >u t t Wo yea rs was a siock-hii ver and dro\ •er. Wi til the se exceptions he ■ HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. '.14: has devoted his time and attention to fanning, stock-raising and dairy- ing. For ten years lie lias been en- gaged .in the dair\r business, keeping an average of ti I'tv cow's and raising Jersey stock of high grade. Ife was married in 1 S< '■< ». to Ruth IF. daugh- ter of Robert McKee. They have but One child, < diaries C. Mr. C’ald- i well is a member of the Masonic order. Tie was among the first oil operators in the Duck Creek Held, and, as is elsewhere shown, was the ! means of bringing this field to the attention of oil men. lie took a prominent parr in securing the two railroads of Noble Countv, probable doing as much to forward those en- ; terprises as any other man in the county. Ife has also been identified with many other important under- takings calculated to advance the interests of the town and countv. He is enterprising and public-spirited and bears an honorable name in the community, where he has always resided. Tn connection with his brother. J. V . Caldwell, he has an interest in western land and in a stock ranch. These brothers sent to the Black Hills in i S 7 < ‘> the first steam sawmill ever operated in that region. This mill was set up at Dead wood, and it was but a brief time before it had many competi- tors. CHAPTER XV OLIVE. OltO ANIMATION AS A ToWXSIHI’ OK Morgan COUNTY, I Sit) -- l»KORG AN IZ ATK LX IN 1X51 — DESCRIPTION 01- ITS BorxDAKII.S — Xamks ok Tax-paykks IX 1S-2I5- — Vai.i ation and Tax ok tiik Towxsun*. in that Ykar — Xkw England Settlkks — Tin; Pi ox i-:i:i is — Tiik.ii! Xamks. Nativities, ami Characteristics — Robert (’ai,i»\vk.i.i. a x i > Otiikus — Samkki. Ai.i.kn. tiik Pioneer Mii.ua: ok tiik. Vai.i. ky — .Judge Cl. A UK — ( ’APT MX Bi.AKK — S( ill ii k Fit ii; — Early and Pro.mink.xt Fam ii.iks — AVlI.I - I A M Mil, I, Kit. TIIK Ol.HlsT M.\soX IX TIIK Cm NTRY — EaIII.Y INDUSTRIES — DlSTII.- i.kriks — Oj.d-Time Farming Implements — Reminiscences ok ax Eaui.y Settler — An Eari.y .Sciiooi. — Oi.ivk. tiik Oldest Vii.i.agk — Its Origin, Growth \ni> 1 > i CLINK — OTHKR Vll.I.AOKS — Sun M," MoKXDsVII.I.K. Sol 'III Ol.lVK AXI) DlTII.KY — ClIURClIKS. / \LIVF was organized as a town- V ' ship of Morgan ( 'ountv in Din. In 18a 1 t he commissioners of Nuble < 'oil ill y alterod and established its houndiiries, making them as follows: "Commencing' at the .southeast corner of section Ji>. in township nttmher <» of range thence north to the northeast corner ol said town- ship niimher (I of range 0; thence w est along said township line to tin- northwest corner ot the east hall ol V - . . . o ltv];. :is . , , t , 1 1 1 1 in said township number ((Miter of sections number f>. S, j 7, -ji i. •_>;) ; 1 1 1 d . -j lo tin* south west (•oi lier of the east hall of section -hi in said townslii]) number rga n i/.ed .1 line ■>, IS 1 •!. from a part of lhdValo Township, which was erected in ISO*. The Guernsey ( 'ountv line, prior to the erection of Morgan ('ountv in 1S19. ran east and west through the center of what is now Olive Township. The orig- inal Olive Township probably ex- tended westwardly and northwardly several miles. .No description of its b< iimdaries can be found. The following is a list of the hold- ers of real estate in Olive Townslii]) in 1 Wd. taken from the 3 [organ ( oi 1 1 1 1 \ tax ihi])lieate for that year: i'heodoeius Armstrong, Samuel .Vi- len, John Allen, dames Archibald. W illiam Boon. Thomas I Jo \ d's heirs. William llovd. William Bell. Israel I Make. 1 !"ti jamin I Hake. Simeon lllake. Hoberl ('aldwell. John ('aldwell. Baae ( 'unningha m. Sherebiith Clark. A urelitis ( 'lark, d osepli I.. ( 'lark. Bane Devore. I.evi 1 )a \ is. d oseph I 'avis. ( diaries I );• \ i s. William Free. Matthew Crimes’ heirs, delferson * •’( ddell. I )eimi> < iillbs. dollll < Hid- d'-:i s heir>. W illiam (Hidden. A lex- 'U'ler Cn-eidee. Isaac Hill. Klishil H.o ) e heirs. I >a v id 1 1 iileliins. Sfcph ‘ !l Hllii lolls heirs. Joseph I I lilt'll d ' Hollis 1 1 m eld iis. I hiniel I I I’eiiins, I hi vid 1 1 itssev. dailies Hatch. Tames Hughes’ heirs. Will- iam dacobs. Hollis James, dames Kyle. Lewis Keith. Samuel Long. Jonathan Long. Joseph Mathenv's heirs. David Met tarry. William Mil- ler, Samuel McWilliams. John .Noble, W illiam Ogle, James Ogle. Edward Parrish. Edward Perkins. William Perkins. George Padgett, John Pid- cock. John Rhodes. James Rainer. Israel Spencer. Michael Shriver, Shubal Smith. J.ewis Shirley, John Shirley. George Shirley. Elisha Spen- cer. John Smoot. Lewis Smoot, Sam- uel Shaw. Peter Shackle, William Scoggan. Thorla W McKee, James Tuttle. Alary Tuttle. William Tilton. Hebron Tilton, Benjamin Tilton. Jo- seph Tilton, Jr.. Davis Tilton, Eliza- beth Wagoner, John Wiley tof Bel- mont i. Thomas Wilev, James Webber. James S. Warren, William Warren. John Wiley, Benjamin Wickham. John Wickham. Jr.. I Yederick Verkin. X umber of acres. O.bdW- ; value, SB dT-’. ; total tax on land and houses, Aloft. 7J. Included in the foregoing list were the inhabitants of six half- sections and six full sections now be- longing to Sharon Township. Verv few names on the foregoing list are those of non-residents. The township was much larger in territory then than at present. This list may be regarded as an authentic record of the pioneer settlers of Olive Town- ship in i he year 1W6. By far the greater number of families came from New England, chiefly from Maine. A lew came before t lie war of ! > 1 1\ and the res! immediately after its close. Thev were nearly all poor, but generalB intelligent, lion - TirsTORY OF XOHT/B COUNTY, OHIO. 316 orableand honest. Few of the families \ moved directly to Fuck Creek from New England, but most of them came here after spending' a few years with- in the present limits of Washington County. No part of Noble County I had worthier and better citizens ! among its earlv settlers than the | Township of Olive. The population was also permanent, and the present ! inhabitants of the township are mainly the descendants of the pio- neers whose names are given above : and of those who moved in a few years later. Nearly all of the first settlers located along the West Fork of Duck Creek, and that part of the township was considerably improved before much land was taken up else- where. Robert Caldwell, a Pennsylvanian, came from Washington Countv, Ohio, and in lSoti settled upon the farm on which the town of Cald- well is buiit. lie was one of tiie very first settlers in Olive Township, and the name of Caldwell has been conspicuous in the annals of Duck Creek Valley ever since he settled here. Joseph Caldwell, son of Robert, now living in the village of Cald- well, was born on Duck Creelc, m Washington County, near where Cay wood now is. in 1 70S. and has spent his long life in this valley, lie is now the oldest resident of Olive Township. lie has a number of relics of the olden time, among which is a carpenter’s vise which his fat her obtained when a . wagoner ill Pennsylvania during the time of the Revolutionary War. Mr. Cald- well stopped at a tavern for the night, and during the night the Hessian troops were passing con- tinually. In the morning when he arose he saw a couple of Hessians sitting upon a log. eating their breakfast. Mr. Caldwell and two other men went toward them, but the Hessians immediately ran. in their haste leaving behind the vise, which he secured, and which has since been kept in the family. Samuel Allen, the pioneer miller of the valley, was the next settler below Wiley. Joseph Matheny, who came from the vicinity of Marietta, settled near Allen. Others who lived further down the creelc were Joseph Chapman. Richard and Oil- lias Doane and the Hutchinses, all of whom came before 1812. Sherebiah (’lark was one of the most prominent earlv settlers of the valley. He came from Kennebec County. Me., where he had pre- viously served as a representative to the Massachusetts Legislature before Maine became a State, lie was a man of wide views and good intel- lect. In religion he was a Pniversal- ist. lie came here with a family of grown up children, in His. His sons. Joseph and Aurelius, resided in the township. On the organization of Morgan County in ISP.b Shere- biah (Jarlc became one of the asso- ciate judges of that county, in which ollice he served for three years. Judge Clark died in 1 S.~>2 and his wife in Is.'.J. Their children were Aurelius, Joseph. Zippornh. Louisa. Elvira and I *< >lly. Hollis Hutchins, from Maine, was . i OLIVE. 317 ;i Ilevolut ionary soldier, and was among the lirst settlers, llis sons were •! olin. 1 1 ol I is 1 )a vid. .1 < iseph and Daniel, all of whom lived in the count v and reared families. Captain Simeon lilalce was one of the earliest settlors in the valley. lie was a native of Maine, and one of the earlv immigrants to the West. Deserved in humeral Wayne's expe- dition against the Indians in 1 AM •>. IJe lived near where Dudley now is. The earliest mill in the township, and in all probability the earliest in the countv. was erected at the local - it \ since known as Socmn, as early as IS12, bv Samuel Allen, assisted by the few scattering settlers then in the vallev. Although the mill was usual lv inactive a part of the year, owing to scarcity of water, it was a great convenience to the set- tlers. and for many years did a good business. A sawmill was also in operation at the same place, erected about the same tame with the grist- mill. A few years later William Free put in brush, and by the aid of the drift easily constructed a dam a, short distance above Allen’s mill. 1 1 is mill was in operat ion onlv a few years, and u never amounted to much.” William Free, who lived above Socum, was one of the earlv justices of the pence in the township. He was a smart man, but unscrupulous, it is said that he was sent to the penitentiary Ibr stealing; and that when a resident of Washington County he was once publicly whipped at Marietta for some of- fense, before the whipping-post had been abolished. It is also said that Free was not his name, but Hamil- ton ; and that alter he received his whipping, he shouted. "I'm free 1 I'm free! " and called himself Free ever after. Joseph Tilton and his sons, Joseph W.. Benjamin and Davis, all lived together on a half-section in the western part of the township. Hebron Tilton, a relative, lived on a quarter-section ajoining. His chil- dren were Matthew, Alden IF, Freeman, Smith, 1 i n f i is, Eliza. Re- becca and I )iadema. William Tilton was born in Ken- nebec County. Me., duly Id. 17d<>. and is now living in Jefferson Township, past ninety six years of age. He is probably the oldest man in Xoble County. Mr. Tilton settled in Olive Township with his family soon after the Avar of Is 12, and resided here until recently. Simeon Tuttle was an early set- tler on the west side of the creek, and died here in ISld. His family remained in the township, and some of the name are still here. In iSlg ( diaries Davis and his sons, Charles, .Joseph, Levi, and Enoch, and his daughters, Sarah (Cunningham), and Kiioda (Morris!, came from Maine and settled in the southern part of the township. All lived here and reared families, and their descendants are. still numerous in the countv. Enoch moved to the northern part of the State. Mrs. Cunningham is still living, in Kan- sas. The Davises were all leading members of tin* Baptist Church, and good citizens. ' HISTORY OP NORLE COUNTY, OHIO. 31 S John Glidden. a native of Maine, came from Washington County, Ohio, and settled on Duck (’reek about 1814, where he died a few years later, lie was a doctor, hav- ing studied medicine under I)r. dett. at Marietta, but it is not known that he practiced his profession after coming here. lie was the father of Sidney and John Glidden. still living in this township. Silas Thorla, from Massachusetts, brought his family to his new home, where Olive now is, in E81<>. lie had been here for about two years previously, engaged in salt-making. Mr. Thorla was a man of good gen- eral information, and by profession a surveyor. He was one of the early justices of the peace, and served also as countv surveyor of Morgan County. Jlis son. J’en jamin Thorla. who came into the Duck Creek Val- ley when a small hov, is still living at Olive, and has a vivid recollection of pioneer times. George Padgett. Edward Wheeler. Allen Woodford, and Charles Chan dler were all Mew Englanders, and resided on section Hi in early years. W illiam Miller, noted as being at the time of his death the oldest Mason in the Hinted States, settled early on the farm where the Cald- well Hair Grounds now are. lie came from County Antrim. Ireland, and was a worthy man. Ilischildren were Jane. Ann. .lames. William. Mary and Margaret. .James lives on part- of the old place. William Mil- ler was born in ( Aunty Ant rim, Ireland, .1 line ti, I 7 s •' 5 . and died at the home of his son, near Caldwell, February 8, 1*82, aged ninetv-eight years, lie came to America in 1812. and to Ohio in 1 sis, settling first in Columbiana County and afterward on the farm wheie he died. lie married Mary Reed, of New Jersey. He was a weaver bv trade, but fol- lowed fanning after coming to Ohio. In religion he was a Presbyterian. Mr. Miller was made a Master Mason in 1801. a Royal Arch Mason in lso-1. and a Knight Templar later. The Ogles were another Irish family. ’William. James. Robert and George were brothers. All were early settlers and good citizens. The Perkinses. Edward and IV ill- iam. lived on Duck Creek, and were worthy representatives of the uni- versal •' Yankee nation." Edward removed to West Virginia, but Will- iam remained in the township until his death. In ISIS James Webber, from Vienna, Me., moved to the town- ship with his family, consisting of his wife and eight children, and set- tled where South Olive now is. The journey was made with a wagon and occupied eight weeks. The family moved into a log cabin, surrounded by a small clearing, which had been made by a former occupant. Mr. Webber died here about thirteen years later. He was tin* father of eleven children. William, the eldest, lives in this township. Robert and John are also living in the West. William Webber was born in lSott. and well remembers the journey across the mountains from New England to t he Ohio wilderness. Mr. Webber states that at the time of . i ■ ' t OLIVE his arrival a road had been cut out through the township From the Olive sail works to Marietta, but had not been improved. In 1 s 1 -t William and Hannah "Warren came to Marietta from Massachusetts, and a Few years later settled on Warren's Run. near South Olive. 'William Warren was a de- scendant of Oeneral do.seph M ar- reti. who Fell at the battle of Hunker Hill. 1 1 is sons who came here were William, now a resident ot Marietta: A. 1.. now in Iowa; and James S.. who died in * dive Township in 1SS<‘>, at the age of eightv-one vears. His daughters were Sophia. Priscilla. Nancv and Caroline. Caroline ( Web- ber) lives in this township and Sophia in Indiana. Silas Tborla and Dennis Gibbs wme the first justices ol’ the peace in olive Township, Morgan County. Thev were commissioned August is. Is It*. Tliorla resigned September 4. 1 >2 l ; Gibbs served until the expira- tion oF his term. The early township elections were held at Gibbs' house, near the present site of Dudlev. Dennis Gibbs was among the ear- liest settlers and most prominent citizens oF the township. In 1 sift he was justice of the peace, and From 1 $21 to 1 82<‘> he was one of the com- missioners oF Morgan Countv. lie was a native of Cape Cod, Mass.. and came to Olive Township in I >14. set- tling three miles south of Caldwell, lie was a carpenter by trade, and coming to Ohio without means, was obliged to leave his wife and two small children alone at home and go to distant points to work at his trade HID to obtain money with which to pay for his land. 11 is industry and good management enabled him to secure a competency, in spite of nianv draw- back's and hardships. Ilis wife was Mary Dudley, who was born in Maine, of Quaker parentage. OF their children, only two are now liv- ing in Noble County-— "Mrs Julia Tilton and Judge Dennis S. Gibbs. Dennis Gibbs removed to Lowell, Washington County, where he died in 1>72, at the age of eighty-two. lie was originally a 'Whig, but be- came a zealous abolitionist and one of the projectors and managers of the Underground railroad. In relig- ion he was first a Methodist, and af- ! terwards became a member of the Christian church and a preacher of that denomination. Ilis house was the meeting-place for the early Meth- odists of the township. Dennis Gibbs built and operated the first carding mill in this section. In com- pany with others he helped to build the first -school-house in the neighbor- hood. Judge Gilman Dudlev was one of the earliest settlers and foremost cit- izens. lie was born in Maine in 171*3, settled in Ohio in 1S17>. and resided in the State until his death. December*), lSTJ. He was a soldier in the war of 1>12. In 1823 he mar- ried Mrs. (Hidden, lie was not onlv a pioneer as regards settlement, but also in all the reforms of the day. alwavs for the right and against wrong. He was capable and honest and filled manv positions of trust and honor. He retired tin unusually I bright and intelligent family, most HISTORY OF XOIir.F COUNTY, OHIO. 320 of whom were school-teachers. The children were Erwin C., Edwin. .James, Mary. Ruth and Maria. The family trace their ancestry hack to the Dudleys of Dudley ( 'astle. Staf- fordshire, England. 1 siaiel Spencer and his brother Elisha, 'William Waggoner and Michael Shriver were early settlers in the same neighborhood. The Spen- cers came from Pennsylvania. Israel carried on distilling for some years. Elisha moved west. William Wag- goner died hereabout 1 -S3tJ. Michael Shriver operated a still. Whiskv making was one of the most profit- able. of the early industries, and many engaged in it. In ls:E» live distilleries are known to have been in operation in the township, the two already mentioned and those of Is- rael Plaice. Isaac Devore and A\ i 1 1 - in m Free. Xehemiah Spear soon afterward engaged in the same bus- iness. i A well-known old settler was Eben- ezer Cunningham, who died in is, 11. at the age of sixty -one years. lie was a soldier of the war of 1312. 'and as is stated on his tombstone, "one of the survivors of the flagship Eaw- ence, under ( 'onnnodore Perry. at the battle of Lake Erie. September 10, 1813.* Cunningham was a carpenter and millwright. lie built and kept in repair many of the pioneer grist-mills that were run by horse power. James Eowe was the name of the lirst settler at or near Olive. He was attacked bv a lit while crossing the creek, fell into the water and was drowned, in the Slimmer of IMP As a specimen ol the manner in which some of t lie pioneers did busi- ness. the following contract between Samuel Caldwell and David Corbv. for the construction of a sawmill, is presented, fix* document, however shaky its orthography mav appear in these days, was sulliciently strong and binding : "An article of an agreement made and entered Into bv David Corbv of the first part of Noble Township Morgan Countv < >hio A Samuel ( 'aid- well of the Second part of Olive Township A County A State afore- said. the S/7 Corbv doath on his part agree to build these/ Caldwell A sow Mill and grist mill forebav he is To take the timber from the Stump The timber is to be got out in first rate Stile, The [toasts of the Lower part of the Mill to be 12 by 12 inches Spuair, he is to Eraim the Mill A put in the running Ceers in first rate workmen Like manner lie further agrees to make a mill that will Saw as fast as anny other man can with the Same head of or if he dont he is to Have nothing for (lowing S/7 work, the S/7 gorby is to have the timber hewed bv the 2 7)1// of June next A the mill Fraimed by the lirst day of August next And The mill redy to Saw l>\ the lirst of Nov. Next " the S/Z ( 'aid well death on his part agree to Pay The S/7 gorby one hun- dred Dollars As soon as the Mill per- forms as lie has Agreed to make her perform the S/Z Caldwell is to do all the bawling A to Furnish Plank for The forebay and other uses about the mill allso Erases. 2 Shiite Pieces tim- ber for Saw gate \\ e have boalh here- ¥/ 1 ' * OLIVE. f ?»21 unto set our Hand and Seals this 1) of May AI)I s3<> 1 )avid Goitnv (Seal) Samvel < 'Ai.Dwn.r. (Seal) Attest W I LLTAM LaNAM.” The mill was duly erected and ■■ she performed ” satisfactorily to the owner and the millwright. A paper in the possession of Ful- ton Caldwell leeords the fact that on the 2 s 1 1 1 of June. H28, a school meeting was held at the house of John Rhodes for the second dis- trict. Samuel ( Tidwell was appointed clerh ; John Wiley .William Miller and Joseph Caldwell, directors. and II iram Caldwell, treasurer for the district. 1 1 was also agreed that a school-house should be built "at the southwest corner of the east half of the northeast quarter of section L in township f> and range 9, said land belonging to Hiram Caldwell." On the same paper are \arious endorsements showing that corn was used instead of currency in building the school-house. For the year 1S27 the directors received from Sherebiah Clark. Joseph Tilton and II. Hutchins, trustees of section lb seven bushels, three pecks and four quarts of corn. In 182-8 they received from I). F. Harper, J. Scog- gan and II. Hutchins, trustees of the school section, an order for fifteen bushels and twenty- four quarts of corn. In 1 829 they received an order for 8 poo, and si. ‘.in m a year not mentioned. April ti, lsjo, “ I deceived of Joseph II ut chins t hirtv- eight and one ball bushels of corn.'" John Wiley and Samuel Caldwell received eight bushels •* for drawing said corn:" Samuel Caldwell eight bushels, for cutting school-house log's; John Wiley, six bushels. ** for chink- ing and daubing said house.-’ and Joseph Caldwell, six and one-half bushels u for making clapboards for said house.” In 1848 Socum school district ( Xo. -f) in this township had twentv- four families living within its limits who came principally from the State of Maine, and were among the early settlers. The head* of these families* were David - Mc-Garry, John ('aid- well, Joseph Schofield, John Clvmer, Henry Woolf. Zephaniah /oiler, John Camden. Thomas Rogers. Aurelius Hutchins, Francis Blake, Simeon Blake, Dennis Gibbs, Boling Hatton, Joseph Hutchins. Harrison Cellar. Levi Friel. Michael Kellar, Mrs. Woodford. Mrs. Woodward, Ebenezer Phipps, W. F. McIntyre, Gilman Dudley, and two others. Boling Hatton was the grand- father of Frank Hatton, of the Bur- lington 1 Taii'l'ri/e. late Assistant- Postmaster-General. He died June 1, IS 74-, at the age of ninety-live. He was an 1812 soldier and one of the pioneers of Duck Creek Valley. The old road to Cambridge, which crossed the creek at Caldwell, near the present residence of Fulton Caldwell, was used as a race-course in the early years. An accident which occurred in 189,7 put an end to the sport. A young man named Thomas Tavlor, a general favorite in the neighborhood, was thrown from his horse where C. Foster's * l-'rura a panurravli in tin- Hi imlilican, January 1 i:>, 1ST’,. ■ 322 HISTORY OF NOI3LK COUNTY, OHIO. house now stands, and striking head foremost upon a fence was rendered insensible. lie did not regain con- sciousness, but died twenty-four hours later. Prior to 1840 Joseph Schofield had a carding and spinning mill at Socum, run by horses in a tread-mill, similar to that now used in sawing wood. He did a brisk business for some years, latter John Clymer had a water grist-mill on tin* site of the old Allen mill. The early settlers, and particularly the Xew Englanders, used oxen chiefly in plowing and other kinds of farm work. The plows were called “ hog nosed," and were constructed from a forked stick, shaped into some semblance to a mold-board and cov- ered with strips of iron. Many of the plows used in this township were made by Joseph ( 'aldwell, still living, James Davis doing the iron work. Hoes, forks and similar implements were very rude implements made h\ blacksmiths. Among the early blacksmiths of the township were dames Davis, who worked in Olive, and Frisbv Davis, both Yankees; dames and Matthew .Garvin, from Pennsylvania, and James Hopper from Belmont ( lountv. April 22, fell, a petition was pre- sented to the commissioners of Guernsey County, for a road from Cambridge "to strike Buffalo Fork of Will's Creek at or near the mouth of Muddv Fork, thence on the same direction to strike the south bound- ary of Guernsey County, at or near the center of the sixth township of the ninth range." 1'he viewers met “at the house of Thomas Stewart, innkeeper." on the first Monday in April and viewed tin* same. The plot was signed by dames Cloyd. Daniel Bean and William Talbot, viewers; George Archer and John 'Waller, chain bearers, and Lewis Waller, axeman. October 2H, 181s, on petition of Bobert Caldwell and others, the com- missioners of Guernsey County ordered a road to be surveyed " to commence at or near the twelve-mile tree on the road from Cambridge to the Washington County line; thence nearly a south course to Benjamin Thorla's, on Duck ('reek; thence to Bobert Caldwell's, to intersect the Xew Philadelphia road, to the 'Wash- ington County line near Captain Blake's." dames Thompson, Esq., Martin Crow and John Keller were appointed viewers, and George Alet- calf. surveyor. In the commissioners' journal of Guernsey County, under date of dune 1. lsis.it is recorded that " dames Archibald""' presented the petition of himself and the other trus- tees of Olive Township in behalf of the citizens of township (!. range Ik praying thatsaid township be organ- ized agreeably to an act to incorpor- ate the original surveyed townships; and the board being satisfied that there arc twenty electors in said township, ordered an election for trustees of the school section and a treasurer, to be held at the house of Samuel Allen, the last Saturday of June, 181s.*’ ship. Archibald lived in wlmt i" now Sharon Town- . ■ , ' OT.IYI , John AVilev. Samuel Allen. David Hutchins. Doan and Chapman, An- thonv Perkins. Joseph and Levi ( 'hapinan. I iob«*rt < dird. and others were among the lirst settlers ot the tow nshi|>. John \\ ilev settled on tin* present Shafer farm, west ot Caldwell, in ! s ] o. He was horn on the Susque- hanna Liver, near 1 Iarrislmrg, Pa.; came to Ohio in 17J5, and located at ( 'i dar Narrows, above Marietta, where he remained until lie came to Duck ( reek. His father, William Wiley, was a pioneer settler where Sharon Village now is, and died in 1 si ft. John Wiley married in Washington County, Charity Severs, a native of Massachusetts. They both died on the homestead farm, near Cah.l well. Mr. Wiley at the age of ninetv-two and his wife at the age of seven!: v-three. Their chil- dren were William, John, Abraham. David. Thomas. Jacob. James, Ham- ilton. Pollv. Ann ( Marshall. i, Betsey (Cray). Margaret (Moreland), and ■Charity A. (Wood lord ). Mrs. Wood- ford is the only one now living. All lived to have families except John and Polly. David, Thomas, James and Ann died in this county. The others lived here many years and then went west and south. Thomas "Wiley was horn in "Wash- ington County in lSd'J. and came with Ids parents to this coimtv. After attaining his majority lie entered Mo acres of land where Archibald Wilev now lives. There he remained until 1S<51. when he removed to the old homestead ol Ills lather, where he died in I Slit). 323 He married Maria Scott, a native of Pennsylvania, who was horn near Hagerstown. Aid. She died in ISIS. Thev had eight children — Emeline, Delilah, Archibald, Eliza J. (de- ceased), Margaret (deceased). Tames, Dunlap and Alary E. Those living are all residents of Awhile County. Archibald AViley served in Company 1. Twenty -fifth Oli.o A’olunteer In- fantry, from June • 2(1, ISM. to August 2b, 1 8b J. James enlisted m the Fourth Battalion, six months’ cavalry, August 1, 1803, and was mustered out with the company. Dunlap was in the hundred days’ service. James AY. AViley, born in 1841, has spent most of his life in this county, lie is now a guard in the Ohio penitentiary at Columbus, and has held the position since June 1. lssO. lie married Lachel A. Alath- eny in 1.80s. "They have, five chil- dren living, one deceased. Archibald AViley lives on the land entered by bis lather, and is a prom- inent farmer, lie was born in Olive Township, September 14, 1835. lie was reared a farmer and lias fol- lowed tn at occupation chiefly. lie received a fair common-school edu- cation, and by natural aptitude and shrewdness lias been successful in life, and has an enviable reputation in the community. He takes a deep interest in polities and is a firm Re- publican. lb1 went as a private in the lirst company raised in Noble County --- Company 1, Twenty-fifth Ohio A’olunteer Infantry — serving from June 2(5, ISM, to August 2*5. ISM. Ainonir other enmigeinenls C O O A Q ' ' _ 324 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. lie was in tin? battles at Allegheny Mountain. Slaughter Mountain, \ a.. Second Hull linn, and Gettysburg. In the last named battle he received two slight wounds; his regiment was in the thickest of the light, and at its close only seventy-live men were left uninjured and uncaptured, a sec- ond lieutenant commanding. Mr. Wiley was captured, but being left asleep among the wounded, escaped. After the battle he was employed in hospital service until the following Christmas, when lie rejoined the reg- iment at Folly Island. S. ( '. There, on the reorganization of the regi- ment, he was transferred to the Sev- enty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served until mustered out. After his return. February 1(5, 18(55, he was married to Mary E. Frown, whose parents were early settlers of Noble County. Mr. and Mrs. Wiley have no children. Captain Simeon Flake, one of the earliest pioneers of Duck ( 'reeky came from New England to Washington County, and thence, in IS lit, to the farm, on which he lived and died. There was a large family. The sons were Benjamin, Israel. Alfred. Simeon (still living in the West), Francis; the daughters, Mahala. Sybil, Lucinda, Frances and Fovina. Israel died in this township, in 1*73. at the age of seventy-four. lb* married Elvira Clark, a native of Maine, and after her death was wedded to Triphena Tomlev, of Washington County. He had a family of twenty children: Nicy, Moses. Sardine. Polly, Olive, Oliver. Alfred, .Joseph. Elvira, Israel, Jr.. Martha, David, Asenath, Alula- line,‘Cydnor T.. by his first wife. The offspring of the second marriage were: Julius A., Josiali. Jasper F.. Ilortense and J ulia A. Fenjamin also lived and died in this township, and reared a large family. The Flakes were worthv people, generally Fniversalists in be- lief. Captain Simeon Flake died in 183d. He was a native of Providence, P. I. Ilis wife, ace Fovina Feck, came from Providence. IF I. He was one of the early militia captains In his relig- ious belief he was a Free-Will Faptist. John Caldwell, one of the earlv settlers, was a native of Pennsylvania and a member of the Caldwell familv elsewhere mentioned. Ilis son. David, who lives on the homestead, was born in 1830. In 18(51 he married Adelaide Sanford, by whom he has had one child — Oct-avia M. Andrew C. McKee, son of Dr. William McKee, elsewhere men- tioned. was born in 1S43. After receiving a common-school educa- tion, in 1S51* he began the stud\ of medicine, under his father's tuition. In 18(54 he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Sixty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was dis- charged at the expiration of his term of service, lie is a- member of Noble Post, Grand Army of the Republic. In 18(55, Mr. McKee married Serene E. Daniel, of Caldwell. Three chil- dren Cora M.. Fura N., and Helen M. Since his marriage he has been engaged in. farming. Thomas McKee, soil of Alexander McKee, was born in Noble 1 own- ship, in 1834, and remained at home ' OI.IYE. until i860. when he married Susan ( )gle, of Olive Township. Bv this union he has had five children, all still living — Gilead A., Morris. .Joseph ()., Leoda L. and JohnAAk M r. "McKee has followed farming and stock-raising. One of the pioneers who came prior' to 1812 was Elisha Harris, from Fauquier County. Ya. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and had served three "tours” in the army. He and his sons were noted hunters and trappers. 1 1 is wife died at the age of over one hundred years. Among his children were Stephen, .Morgan, George and Elijah. All ex- cept Elijah settled in Enoch Town- ship. where their descendants still remain. George was a successful and widely known hunter. Stephen moved to "West Virginia, where he is still living at an advanced age. Elijah remained on the old home- stead in Olive Township, lie died in 1844. He married Elizabeth How- ell. also a native of Virginia. She died in 1*82. Their son. David A., now occupies the farm. He enlisted in 1862. in Company K. Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged in December of the same year on account of wounds received at Antietam. Joseph Tilton and his wife and three sons came from Martha’s Vine- yard, M ass., to ( Mive Township about 1818. His sons were Benjamin, Joseph AY. and Davis. Joseph AV. married Alary 1). Fund, of AYashing- ton Countv. and reared nine sons and two daughters. He was a Pres- byterian. and one of the carle school- teachers. lie died in 1870. His widow lives on the homestead with her son, Franklin A. Allen AYoodford and wife (nee AYoodruff) with a family of five children came from Connecticut to Marietta in 1817. Five children were afterwards born to them, and all are still living, viz.: Andrew. Evdia A. - (AA’ heeler), Aranda M.. Helen (Col big), 1 lurry. Alary t AViley), William, Hiram, and Elvira and El- mira (twins). The family came to Olive Township in ISIS, where the parents died some years later. Aranda M. AYoodford, a prominent farmer, lived at home until his marriage with Mercy AY heeler, by whom he had eleven children. II is wife died in 1S81, and he afterwards married Elizabeth AIcAVilliams. One child has been born of this union. Air. Woodford is a member of the Baptist church. In 1825 Benjamin Weekley. with his wife tend eight children, came from Belmont County and settled in this township. Of the family, two sons and two daughters still live in Noble County, and two children are deceased. In 1885 Benjamin's father. William AYeekley. originally from A'irginia, came here from Belmont County. AVilliam AYeekley died in 1856, and his wife in 1848. Benja- min died in 186(5; his wife in 18-18. AVilliam AYeekley, the oldest son of Benjamin, was born in Belmont Countv in 1n16. In 1 866 lie married Margaret Harris, and settled on a farm adjoining his father’s. He is the father of eight children by his lirst wife, four of whom arc living. Airs. AYeekley died in 1856. In 1857 II I STORY OF NOIil.K COUXTV, OHIO. 3 lie married Miss ( '. B. Archer, of this township. To them have been born six children. ( teorge Week ley, son of William, was born in 1 ^ 1 A. He is at present one of the infirmary directors of the county. He married Emily Archer, and is the father of six children, five of whom are living. , All of the family arc Methodists. Levi Weekley was born in Bel- mont County in 182-1. and came to Olive Township with the family in 1825. In ISA's he married Maria Fogle. To them have been horn eight children, five of whom are liv- ing;. Mr. Weeklev is engaged in farming. The family are Method- ists. 'William Cain and family came from Pennsylvania, to Ohio at an early date. They reared nine chil- dren, two of whom are living in Noble County — one in Sharon Town- ship and one in Olive. Nathaniel Cain was born in Morgan Conn tv in 182b. At the age of seven- teen ho began learning the cab- inet-maker's trade with .lames ITellvor. and followed that business for twenty-live years. He has since been engaged in farming. In ls4<> lie enlisted in the Mexican war. but was discharged two weeks after his enlistment. in 1847 lie married Rebecca Willev. Of their seven chil- dren six are living— William II., Valentine 11.. Sarah -I.. Catharine (Whird), Mary A., and Eli/.a belli (’. ( 1 Ieddlostoii ). Mr. Cain lias served as township trustee and in other local olliees. David 1 ladcl i IT is an old seltier, * and a verv worthv citizen. He was born in County Down. Ireland, in 1813. At the age of seventeen lie came to America with two brothers, landing in Quebec. In l8-‘>o he came to Olive Township, where he entered eighty acres, which is now a part of the farm of Samuel Ackley. The place was then unimproved. Mr. Badcliff worked alone until 1S37. lie then married .lane Miller, of Noble Township. Tliev had seven children, four of whom are living— William, who married Eliza Shrivel* (who is now deceased ). Martha (Davis), Ann (Willey) and David If. Mr. Pad- cliff is a Eniversalist and a Mason. Samuel Ackley, a representative farmer, was born in Licking Countv. Ohio, in 1831. and in the same year came to Olivo Township with his parents. He remained at home until 1-S52, when, with eight or ten others, including the* McKees, he left for California, crossing the isthmus. The journey occupied about forty-one days. Mr. Ackley remained in Cali- fornia live years, and while there worked most of tin* time in the Nevada mines. Returning to Noble Countv he bought the farm on which he now lives, and in 18.58 returned to California for a vear to settle up some land interests. In 18<>1 he mar- ried Melinda Ogle, of this township. Six children were born of this union, one of whom died in infancy. Those living are Francis W.. W. Walton. Charles M., Alma and Bertha. His wife died in 18 S3, and in the follow- ing vear he married Sarah Met tarry one child, ( Kale. Mr. Ackley is a I Tiiversalist. Basil Morgareid.gr was born in ’ OUV K. t* ( )li \(* Township in 1835. lie followed farming, and in tin* later years of Ids lift* was in the mercantile business at Caldwell, and afterwards at Dudley, being two vears in each place. He died in 1 8 s?,. Mr. Alorgareidge was a member of Sharon Lodge, free and Accepted Masous. and of the l niver- -alist church, lie married Asenath I Hake, in 1 ■''ah. who is still living m Dudlev.and owns the store property. Three children are living — Edgar. Oliicand Mary. Edgar was manned to Marv d. Hutchins, in 1882, and lives (tn a part of the Hutchins place. Joseph Parrish, one of the eleven children of Edward Parrish, who located in Sharon Township, in 1819, was born in Pelmont County in that year, and came to Morgan (now Noble) County with bis parents when but three months old. In 1849 he was married to Haney Povd, daughter of one ol the earlv settlers. Iiy this union he had two children, one of whom is living— AViley Par- rish, who served in the late war in Company I), Seventh Ohio Volun- teer Cavalry. Mrs. Parrish died in HUT. and in 1 8 7 < * lie married Mary IE Eowe, of Sharon Townshi]). To them were born two children, one of whom is living — Stella. Ilis second wife having died, in 188(1 Mr. Parrish married Kate Smoot, also of Sharon Township. Mr. Parrish is a prominent farmer. The familv be- long to tlu' Methodist church. He was reared on the farm of his father, received a common-school education, and has devoted his life to farming, and is oin* of ilie reputable citizens and I a rmers of t he townshi]). El win T. Couch enour was horn in Olive Townshi]) in 1847, and is a farmer, living upon the homestead where Ids father settled. In lsTl lie married Nancy J. Elliott, of tins county, by whom he lias had two children — Jesseand Minnie At. The former died at the age of four years. Mr. Gouchenour is a member of the Methodist church. Nathan J. Ramsey was horn in Pennsylvania in 1425. In 183(1 he came to Harrison' County. Ohio, and in 1848 to Olive Township. In the following year he manned Margaret Steen: two children — Mary A. (de- ceased) and David. The latter mar- ried Hannah Francis and resides in < Hive Township. The first Airs. Ram- sey died in 18(18. and in ls(l4 Air. Ramsey married Ellen Gore, who died in 1878. In the following year he married Hannah J . Hutchins. The family are members of the Disciples' church. Air. Ramsey lias served sev- eral years as townshi]) trustee. Alartin I). Poling was horn in Guernsey County in 1823. In ls47 he married Martha Alclvee. a mem- ber of one of the old Noble County families. They have five children — Ezra. Alary. Abbie (Davisi. David and Ira. AH'. Poling is engaged in farming. Eston AV. Daniel was horn in Lou- don County, Va.. January 5. isof). lie came to Pelmont County. Ohio, at the age of seven years, thence removed to Prooklield Township, now in Noble County, in 1887, and began the work of clearing and im- proving a farm. He remained in Prooklield seventeen vears. In 1488 ' HISTORY OF XOlil.K COUNTY, OHIO. 32S lie married Elizabeth Edwards, of Eelmont Count y, who died in lss2. Of their live children, three are still living. Serene, his daughter, is the wife of Andrew C. McKee. William J loss was born in West- moreland County in ls35. and in 1849 came to Ohio with his parents. 'Clement and Jane Ross. who settled in Sharon Township, William lived in that township twenty Years, and in Jackson Township eleven years, coming to his present farm in Olive Township in 1880. Mr. Ross has followed farming, and at present is devoting much attention to hor- ticulture, making a specially of small fruits. He was one of the first in Noble Countv to intro- duce strawberries and raspberries, and has been successful in their cult- ure. In 1 85(1 he manned Nancy Ann Heir, of Morgan County. They have had eleven children, ten of whom are living. Mr. Ross is a member of the Presbyterian church. In politics he is a Republican. Reserved as coun- ty commissioner in ls75-S, and was instrumental in furthering the adop- tion of an improved system of roads in Noble ( Aunt v. John and Susan liaga came from Allegheny County. Pa., and settled in Sharon Township in isgo. Mrs. liaga died in is.")."). Mr. liaga in 1 s T- R at the age of seventy-four. Their son Paul married Caroline < ooper. whose parents, Solomon and Mary Cooper, came from Hampshire County. \\ . \ a... in 1831. Mr. Cooper settled at Sarahsville, where lie followed bin- ning. May 1. I > R>. ibetanncrv was burned and M r. ( ooper died May "M. from over-exertion at the fire. His widow is still living. II. J. liaga. son of Paul liaga. is a resident of this township. Henry R. Seaman, the son of Mil- ton Seaman, once a wealthy and prominent merchant of MeConnels- ville. was born in Malta. Ohio. Novem- ber 1. 1S29. He went to California in 1 s.")2. In 1 s;>:> he returned to Mc- Connelsville and there married Miss Mary A. Porter, by whom he had three sons and two daughters. After being in the mercantile business in McConnelsville several years, in 1st; 7 he removed to Sharon, where he fol- lowed the same business. In 1871 he removed to Caldwell, where he died September 4. 1SS2. Aaron Haines was born in Jackson Township in 1827: his parents were early settlers in that locality. In 1849 he married Hannah, daughter of Rev. Renjamin Plake. The latter is said to have been the first white child born at Marietta. They have four children. Mr. Haines is a mem- ber of the Masons. Odd f ellows and Grand Army of the Republic. He enlisted in 189 1. in Company E, Six- tv-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry: served one year, and was discharged on account of partial blindness. John \Y. Green was born in Woods- licld. December I 1. 1849. His father, William R. Green, was a native of Maine and a seafaring man : he came to Monroe County. Ohio, when twen- t \ -four years old : died in hospital dur- ing t lie late war. John W. Green en- listed in December. I Si’>2, in Company G, Sovent v seven! h Ohio Volunteer Iiifnntrv. and was discharged in 1 r . . Or.IYK. 320 December, 1S(>5. He was in engage- ments at Little Rock. Marie's Mills. •Tonkins' Fern', Spanish Fort, I>lakely and Mobile; was an order! v cn spe- cial and dangerous duty. He is a member of the (fraud Army of the Republic and a Republican. Air. Green was married in isso to Sarah •I. Lam]), of Aliddleburg. Children: Carrie AL, Isaac AL. Chauncy F. and Ada F. lie isa farmer and carpenter. AVilliam Tilton, one of the few pioneers still living, was born in .Maine in 1 Ton. In 1S1.0 he removed to Olive Township, where he entered ItiO acres of land. lie married Xephorah. daughter of dodge Shere- biah Clark. Their children were Lovina, Sherebiah (A. Asenath. Albert, Joseph (A. Benjamin B. and AVilliam. Air. Tilton is a Republi- can and a strict Baptist. lie now lives with his son Albert, near Dexter City. On the present Tames Ogle farm Jefferson (Hidden kept a small store, as far back as LSIo, for a short time. This was probable the earliest mer- cantile establishment in the township excepting Robert Me lute's-, at Olive. David Radcliff. a settler of I s;]o, has favored the writer with mam interesting reminiscences. He re- members when t her** were onl v three wagons in his neighborhood, and few. if any more, in the township. These wagons were owned bv Michael Mor- rison. Sr.. \\ illiam Scoggan and his Son John, and James A iy hi ha Id. Thev were1 la rge cum 1 irons a 11 a i rs. repuiri n g lour or six horses to draw them, and were known as IVnn>\ Ivania road wagons. The lirst winnowing mill was brought to the township by Hebron Tilton and John Bell, and jointlv owned by them. It was sold by Afnr- duck A Jenkins, who lived near ATcConnelsville. In the fall of 1S3T Allen Stevens, who lived on Aleigs Creek, near AlcConnelsville, brought the lirst threshing machine into the township. He first came to Benjamin Thorla's. and thence to David Radcliff. The machine was run by treadmill or "endless chain” power, one horse only being used. The voting people in early times had to resort to many expedients in order to be decently and becomingly dressed. Few could afford anything better than homespun and homemade garments. Incidents are related of voting men borrowing a suit, or a part of a suit of clothes in order to make a favorable impression when calling upon some particular lady friend. Frequently young men went barefooted, carrying their shoes in their hands until near their destina- tion. in making such calls. The lirst justices of the peace in this township, after its reorganiza- tion as a part of .Noble County, were John (A Headley and Jonathan D. Gibbs. The former mitered upon the duties of his ollice Julv 7. I S .A 1 . and t lie la Her J uly IT. I sf> 1 . The earliest school in the town ship, and perhaps I he earliest in the county, was taught in the Socum district, as earlv as Isp;. The T an- koe set 1 lers had not been here long be lore thev erected a school-house and sought to provide instruction lor ' 330 HJSTOJJY OF XOW.F, COFXTV. OHTO. their children. i'iic old log scliool- iiotise stood on the present Me A tee fiirin. then the land of .lose])!i Hutch- ins, Jr. Among the early teachers were Barnabas Crosby. Asa Bur- lingame. and Joseph Westeott. The scholars came from a 1 1 the country from three to four miles around. < )j.ivk. To one unacquainted with the his- tory of the place, it would scarcely seem possible that the dilapidated and antiquated village of Olive, now bearing- within itself till the evidences of decav, was once a most prosper- ous and thrifty town. Vet such is the fact. But since the votinger vil- lage of Caldwell sprang into being, growing steadily and substantially. O O i i Olive has been its steadily and as constantly declining. Two small stores and a blacksmith’s shop are all that remain in the wav of commercial and industrial interests. And the streets of the village, which once resounded with the tread of able lawyers, editors and politicians, are now as silent as those ol (fold- smith's " Sweet Auburn." Long before any town started here — ;is early as 1S2<>- Robert McKee opened a store and engaged in the mercantile business, tit lirst in a very small way. Prior to that time all the settlers of the vicinity had been accustomed to go to Marietta for the few articles of merchandise used in their lamilies. McKee's goods were brought from Bartlesville, through tlu- woods, on pack- horses, a .distance of t hirt \ one miles. I Iritjamin 'I liorla. who frequently made the trip to bring goods to Mr. McKee, says there were but four houses be- tween Olive and Barnesville. and that the road, for the greater part of the distance, was a mere path through . the woods. JPobert Ale Kee continued the mercantile business main* rears. | ami accumulated a good property. His son David succeeded him in the store. A’ot long after McKee’s store was started, a postoiiice. doubtless the first in Koble County, was established at Olive and supplied with a weekly mail from Marietta. Robert McKee was postmaster. The old office is } now discontinued. The town of Olive, Robert McKee, proprietor, was surveyed and platted bv John K. Taller, surveyor of Mor- gan C Aunty, in Rein i-uary, is: 19. The plat was recorded July 1 r, lsvi. Ro bert McKee’s additi Oil t lots 13 to 21 i was made in 1 SAT. anti 1 Jasper AR-Kf re's at Idition 1 1 ot s 21, 22 and 23) in 18' n. Among those who first located in the village were Dr. William McKee. John Headley and Krishy Davis. Janies Davis, from Washington Countv, started the first blacksmith shop, and in a few rears nearly every variety of business usually carried on in country villages had its represen t- a l i ve. The buying of tobacco ami hauling it to the river for .shipment became an important business in Olive. Rob- ert McKee was the lirst shipper. A second store was opened bv John and Joseph Wehr. the third !>v .lames MrOuiie; Joseph Mein* sold out to J. W. Tipton. The business OLTVK o o • >.) 1 of the place was very large, com- pared with its population, as with t lie exception of Sharon there was no important trading point any- where in the territorv now form- ing the western portion of fNToble County. The first tavern was started by Benjamin Thorla. where he now lives. He continued the business many years. Another tavern was started a little later. The only mill ever in the place was a steam flouring mill, erected by James Met ’une. It is still standing but disused. The old Methodist church, in which the first court was held, in 1X51, is still standing, now degraded to the use of a cow stable. Plainly, the glory of Olive lias departed. The village of lUatrom was laid out by Oeorge Pell, surveyor, for Joseph Schofield, proprietor. March 25, 1 s40. This place never grew to magnificent proportions, and only a few dilapi- dated houses mark its site. Even its name has passed away: and. instead of high-sounding Matrom." plebeian ••Socum" has taken its place. So- eum " is supposed to have been de- rived from Souk 5- in. which title was fastened upon the place on account of the bibulous and wliiskv selling habits of its inhabitants. Socum once had stores and whiskv shops and some other kinds of busi- ness. 'The first mercantile establish- ment was opened bv llenrv Wolf soon after the town was laid out. From I >5o to I sr.s Sidnev (Ridden kept >1 < ire | here. \\ i ls< m IE Mein tire was a not her earl v merchant. ( )| late Socum has been going down hill, and it now appears not far from the bottom. Mounds vide was laid off into twelve town lots by Isaac Davis. The plat was recorded Mav 21. 1XU1. The place never attained to the rank of a village*, ft was best known as " Fid- dler’s (freen.” from Unfits Ilall. now in Indiana, who lived here, had a small mill on the creek, and whiled away all his spare time drawing a “ concord of sweet sounds ’ from his violin. IMonndsville has now barely a half- dozen houses, scattered along t he road for such a distance that some have suggested “ Stringtown ” as an appro- priate name. The building of the railroad, and the consequent trans- fer of business to South Olive, effect- ually blighted its prospects. ‘The first store in the place was started by Abraham Voting in Im>5. and in the following vear WE P. "Warren became bis partner. They were succeeded bv WE 1). Ouilbert. who removed to South Olive on the com- pletion of the railroad to that point. ri lie village of South Olive was surveyed and platted August 15. 1 s 7 1 . bv David Miller, survevor. for Welton P. Ostrander, proprietor. The original plat contained thirteen lots. Four additions have since been made by William Kirkbride, increas- ing the number of lots to fortv-live. The first building erected was the railroad depot, and in it WE D. Ouil- bert opened the first store. The next was erected by Rice A Martin and occupied as a grocerv store. i lie postolliee was established with WE . . _ 332 HISTOKY OF NOTICE COUNTY, OHIO. I) Guilberf.-as the first- postmaster. Guilbert. Gouchenour A: Moore and Peter Tavior are among the ex-mer- chants of the village. The present population is about twenty families. The business is rep- resented by O. .1. Wood. E. A. Da vis and William K irk bride, general stores; Leslie ('rooks, sawmill and planing mill ; Richlieu Bedford. black- smith. In 1883 the grist-mill at this place was burned, involving a loss of sev- eral thousands. The building was first erected as a tobacco packing house by Gouchenour & Guilbert. It was converted into a mill bv Jacob Purcell in 18-SO. The stopping of tli e salt works, the dving out of the oil excitement, and the burning of the mill, all have had an injurious effect upon the prosperitv of the vil- lage. A new industry has just been started — the first organized effort of the kind in flu? countv — and bids fair to be successful. The South Olive Creamery ( ’ompanv was organ- ized September Pi. 1x80 with a, capital of x.yooo, and the erection of a building at once begun. The stockholders are David Gouehenour. •John Stevens. .1. K. Haines. Charles Huffman and -John Swavne. Simi- lar-enterprises are verv successful in other parts of the country, and it is to be hoped that this industry will prosper hero. I hidley. a Hag' sta! ion on I he ( A M. railroad, is a hamlet of modern growth, containing about a dozen buildings. The first store was started hero in the railroad depot in 1x71 bv J. P. Arnold. About six years later village lots were laid oil. William Graham, who succeeded Arnold in the mercantile business, built the first house, excepting that owned bv Sylvester Cunningham, which has been standing for years. The next building erected was the Cniversalist church. The grist-mill and sawmill of Edgar Alorgareidge was built by him in 1 ss.y At present C. L. Harris carries on the mercantile busi- ness here i William Tuttle has a blacksmith shop, and Sylvester Cun- ningham a cabinet-maker and wagon- maker’s shop. enritcii KS. South ( )h i'i Me thod okI I’roti -s/iint ('h urch. — 1 This church was organized bv Rev. George Willis. The house of worship was erected in 1881 at a cost of about- SHOO, on a lot donated bv William Kirkbride. The mem- bership was small at drst. but there is now a large congregation. The pastors have been Revs. Schuman. Orr. Wert and Raker. A i in I hi riiiiin i/ Bajrftxf Chltrfh. — This congregation is an old one. the first organization having been in I We In 1813 the church was reor- ganized and culled New Harmony. Elder William Davis was chairman of l lie lirst council and <1. W. 1 Cake of the second. The organizing mem- bers were : Rev. Joseph S. Clark, pastor: Hollis Hutchins, clerk ; John I I utehins. John Morgareidge. Robin- son Sanford. Joseph I 'ax is. Joanna Hutchins. Betsey Davis, Jane San- ford, R lux la 1 1 utehins and John Cun ningham were members of Harmony U >M 1 or.ivi:. 333 cliurcli, and -Joseph Davis, Levi Da- vis, Betsey Davis. Dorothy I’uttle. TJhoda Ann Davis ami Susan Tel- man', original members of Aew Har- mony church in 1843. The present church, a frame building thirty-live by forty -live feet, was erected in 1*53, at a cost of about Si, 200. The cliurcli now has 112 mem- bers, and the Sabbath school fifty scholars. The pastors have been: lie vs. Joseph 1,. Clark. If. II. Blake. John Skinner. (1. AY. Glass, Henry Lyons, L. McPherson, II. Lyons, AT. A. Blake. .1. S. Covert. Jesse Lieur- ance, -I. Hurlbert. William MePeek. J. G. Whittaker. Tl. M. Prince, AYilliam Me Peek and ,1. G. Whit- taker. f ru rcrtsuhC Church. — The Uni- versal ist church at Dudley was built in 1*78, and dedicated August 2b of that year. It is a frame building thirt\ by forty feet. Among the leading members who assisted in building the church were: AYilliam Cunningham, Alden Tilton. AYilliam Spear. Moses Blake, d. L. Bowlands, Ansel Blake, dames Ogle, -lames AYarlen, AY. P. AYarren, Samuel Ack- ley, David Badclilf and David Bad- cliff, second. .At the time of the or- ganization there were about one hun- dred members, but the number has been considerable reduced since, owing to various causes. Bev. d. A\ . Ale AI asters, who has preached for many years in the neighborhood, has been the only regular pastor. There were many who favored the I niversalist faith among the earlv settlers. Conspicuous among these \vere Gilman Dudley, dolin Allen, Israel Blake. Aurelius Clark. -Joseph ('lark, Daniel "Tuttle, Hebron Tuttle and I )avid Badcliff. Joseph ( dark' preached in the woods on Daniel "Tuttle’s farm ( where AA illiam Spear now lives), as far back as lSJo, and the Pni versa lists have had preach- ing' more or less regularly ever i since. f nil' ll Urcthrcn Church. — The Olive Chapel Inited Brethren church, in the western part of the township, was erected in 1871). It is a neat and commodious frame build- ing. There was preaching in this neighborhood for some vears before the meeting-house was built. "The congregation is not large, but good i interest is manifested. . ■ CHAPTER X\ III. CENTER. ORGANIZATION Ol-’ Til h ToWNSHIl’. 1S.“)1 — Fills'!' El.IA TIOX — Ciiaxoks OF BoI NDAIIV — Pro ’ nickh Skttt.krs — Pi ns r Entry or Land — Baths' Miu. — IIorsk Mii.i.s — I{ km in is CKXCKS RY 1 , F V I DKVOI.I, OK Till. I OUXTliY Skttlkhs — Union Towxsmi* Orgaxu/ki 1 r I X TICKS — OXKX AS WllISK Y-DK IN KKIiS — Township War Rkcord — Tm: Toiiacco Skat — Fouxdkd ix 1829 — Origin of iti i- CAXTUjK AXU IxiM'STR 1AT, — FlRK AND Ace / I ENTER TO WNS1 1 1 1' was erect- V_R ed by the county commissioners May 1, 1851, “so as to include and be composed of t lie following terri- tory, to wit : “Commencing at the southeast corner of section thirty -eight.'" in township number seven, of range- eight; thence north along the section line to the northeast corner of sec- tion four, in said township seven, range eight ; thence west along the township line to the northwest corner of section two, in township number seven, and range number nine; thence south along the section line to the southwest corner of section thirty-live, in said township number seven, and range number nine; thence, east along the township line to the place of beginning, contain- ing t hirty sections."1 The lirst election in ('enter town- ship was held on the 12th of July, 1851, in obedience to an order ol the common pleas court, passed June 4N ix 1S22 — Tax-I’Aykks in is:’,:! — Oi.h-tfmi: - Corn IIuskixgs — Family Skktchks — Tin: I x DFsiiiv — Saraiisvii.i.k, thk Oi l) County : Xamk — Tin; Growth of tiik Town — Mkr- IDKXTS — SCHOOI.S — OllURCHFS — I ODGKS. 20. 1851, for the purpose of choosing one justice of the peace. Daniel Pettay was ejected to the office, and was duly qualified on the 23d of July. Sections M2 and MM of Enoch Town- ship formerly belonged to Center, from which they were set off June 0. 1855. And on the Md of September, 1855. the northern half of section Ml, in township 7. range S, was taken from Enoch and attached to Center. The following may be reckoned among the early settlers of the town- ship, though some came much later than others: Arthur Morrison, John Rryan. James Watson. Isaac 1 laves, John Keller. William Davidson. Samuel Anderson. Jonathan King. W illiam Shields. .Jeremiah I!. Ilrown. Ephraim Rates. Daniel Rates. Isaac Rates. John McGarry, Jonas Rail, Janies Noble, and James Dye. James W atson died in Gallia County. Isaac Haves died in the West, John Keller in Iowa. Jonathan King in the west- ern part of the State; Daniel and Isaac' Ra tes moved to Indiana. James Noble and James Dye died in the OENTKK, West. All tli<‘ others, so far as is known, died in Noble County. The first entrv of land in the town- ship was made in I sou. on section Id. by Ephraim 1 Hates. James 1 )ye mad* ‘ the next entry of land. lie came from Oreene County, Pa.. and also s* ettled in tin * towns! iip in 1 son. He removed to Illinois. Ep iliraim Pate s and his sons were anion"- the earliest settlers of Noble Countv. He was horn in New Jer- sey Mav 24. 1744. He served in the Kevohationarv war, and was one of the first settlers west of the Allegheny Mountains in Fayette Conn tv, Pa. lie died in Sarahs- vi Me -January 2. 1884. JJis wife. Susannah, lived to an advanced age. Their children were Isaac, who lived many years near Sarahsville, but died in Indiana ; Pollv, who married .John Yorhies, and lived in Noble County: 'William, who settled in Cuernsey County, and thence went west: Anna, who married William I )illey , and lived in Cleveland, Ohio ; Timothy, one of the pioneer settlers of Seneca Township; Ephraim, also lived in Seneca Township; Daniel and Ezekiel, who lived in Center Township. Ephraim Hates, Sr., had one of the earliest orchards in this part of the country, and some of the trees planted ly him are yet standing, lie built the first mill in the township — a “corn-cracker" of a rude sort, but a great convenience to the settlers nevertheless. The mill was in opera- tion in 1 s 1 4. Ezekiel Hates, son of Ephraim, was the* founder of Sarahs- ville. .John and Amos Pates, sons of Ephraim, were drafted into the serv- ice, in the war against (treat Pritain. soon after their arrival. Before Hates' mill was erected the people of the township depended ; mainly for their flour and meal upon two horse mills, owned respectively by Elisha Fogle and 'Thomas Barry, and situated only a short distance apart, in the southwestern part of the township. Isaac Pates erected a mill upon his farm, which was so arranged that it could be operated by horse-power when there was a scarcity of water. After the early mills had all fallen into ruin or disuse, a steam mill was erected at Sarahsville bv a company of citizens at a cost of S4.0U0. The company sold out to Frederick Se- crest and the mill was burned. Mr. Seerest then erected a grist-mill and sawmill, which he still owns. .Jacob Hates was born in what was then Cuernsey County, in 18Io. In 1815 his lather, Isaac, removed to the farm now owned by William McWilliams, where he was the first settler. He died in the township in 1888. lie was a very reputable man and reared a family of eight children, ills wife, whose maiden name was Jane Davidson, was a native of West Virginia. Her parents wore among the pioneers; four of tin' family reside in the township. Shortly after the Indian war Dan- iel Devoid! and family emigrated from Washington County. Pa., to I Selmont Count v, Ohio. In Ml the family, consisting of wife and six | children — John, Isabella. Nancy, ■ ■ ■ 1 1 1 STOl! V OK N015LE COUNTY, OHIO. 830 Detsev, Diehard and Rachael. came to what is now Xoble ( 'omit v. and settled in (Center Township. Here he purchased from government 1 it) acres of land for which he paid 82 per acre, that being the price of government land at that time. < )n this farm the elder Devolld died at the extreme old age of ninety-two. Levi Devolld was born in f ork Township. Belmont County, Ohio, in lsO-k and came to Noble County with his parents. At the time of his father's emigration he states that the nearest neighbor in the north was Mr. Ephraim Bates, who came about the year 1.812 and settled where the fairgrounds noware in Sarahsville. Mr. Devolld further states that in 1 SIT there was only one road in the township, called at that time (ls14) the Federal Road; all points north or south from this road had to be cut through. Marietta and Zanesville were tin* nearest pla- ces from which supplies could be obtained. In 1 Sin Mr. Devolld says that he packed Hour to Marietta on a horse for which he obtained si. ho per hundred. Til 1S2S he married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Deter Smith, who settled in the township about 1814. Levi Devolld is probably the old- est resident of the township, having resided here continuously since 1814. lie has been one of the pushing, .energetic citizens, and has prospered accordingly. lie has always been a farmer, and for a time was also engaged in buying and selling live stock, carrying on the tanning; bus- iness. etc. When the Devollds located here, i their nearest neighbor on the west was dames Lowe, about where Olive now is: on the east. James Archer, at Bast Enion ; on the northwest Benjamin Tliorla. at Belle \ allow and other pioneers of I hick Creek Val- iev ; and on the south. Elisha Harris. According to the personal recollec- tion of Mr. Levi Devolld. in the fall of 1814 all f hat portion of Guernsey County which now forms the town- ships of Noble. Olive. Sharon and Brookfield, voted together in one election precinct. Daniel Devolld brought the kettles which were used in Tliorla and McKee’s salt works, which were established the year that he came. The Devollds were fond of huntingand were successful woods- men. Levi Devolld, soon after be- coming of age. made a trip through the wilderness to the lake, finding few whites and many Indians in that region. A tannery was started by . Levi Devolld, in the southwestern part of tin1 township about 1848. and was in operation for about eight years. In connection with it Afr. Devolld man- ufactured boots, shoes, harnesses, etc. Some rascals stole about Shoo worth of stock, and caused him to abandon the business. In the southwestern part of the township • were, the following early settlers: Ambrose Merry. David De- volld, Thomas and Benjamin Barry. The McGarrys were among the most prominent early families. The father, John McGarry. was an Irish- man, who moved to Ohio from the vicinity of Philadelphia. His sons Samuel. David. I feed and were ■ A . ' . CEXTIUi. John. Samuel read law. became probate judge and was a prominent man in the early history of the county. David died on the old homestead. David McGarry, one of the best known citizens of' Center Township, was born October 19, 1ST,), within the present limits of Center Town- ship. lie passed his early life amid the scenes of pioneer days, clearing land and farming. 1 1 is educational advantages were verv limited, vet through self-cultivation he became well informed. In 1843 lie manned Catharine Richey. Seven children were born of this union — John ( ’.. Thomas 11., Andrew, Jane, George M., Margaret and Frank. All are living except Jane, who died in in- fancy. Mr. McGarrv was one of the foremost men in bringing about the organization of Xoble Countv, and spent much time and labor in effecting that result, lie was an active Democrat until the formation of the Republican party, then joined that organization and remained a firm supporter of its principles. In 1847 he was elected treasurer of Union Township, an officii which lie held nine years. In 1871 he was nominated to represent Noble < 'omit v in thi‘ legislature. I!. F. Spriggs, Democrat, was his opponent. The result of the contest was a tie vote. Ill March. 1872. ;i special election was held and Mr. Spriggs was elect- ed. In lssu Mr. McGarn was- ap- pointed census enumerator for ( 'enter Township. lie died March 7. lssl. George M. MeGarry is a prominent larmer ol ( enter T< iwnship. Township 7 of range 8 of the original survey was organized as Union Township in April, 1822, bv order of the county commissioners of Monroe County. Prior to the formation of Xoble County the territory now included in the limits of Center Township belonged to Xoble Township, Mor- gan County, and to I nion Township, Monroe County. Union Township was the seventh township of the eighth range, and its territorv now forms portions of Center, Marion, Stock and Enoch. James Archer was lister of Union Township in 1822, and the amount of its county tax, together with that of Enoch, was only 828. In 1X23, the total tax for Union was 837.34. Daniel Rates was collector. In 1824 the tax was 840.29, Oren Lane, col- lector. In 183)3 the following persons were owners ol real estate in the eastern portion'" of Center Township, then Union Township, Monroe Countv. John Clevenger, section 19, 83 acres, value 8l,|4, according to the tax duplicate for that year; "William ( a pell, section 17, *2 acres, 8Io3; John and James Lnnani, section 21, M acres, 8lo|; Lemuel Anderson, section s, 87) acres. 848; same, 7>o acres, s,n; Daniel Ackley, section 31. i!i) acres, sit.7; Jeremiah llrown, section 7), 80 acres, 8|o7>; Isaac Rates, section 7. 122 acres. 1 1 ; 7 ; same, section s, ;|| acre's, s!2; ,Iohn Rail, section Is. Itili acres, sltui; JTlu‘ llMinrs 1*1 I ;irl> l;l Y |»;i\ rt*S ill ( lit- 1 11 plil! of f Vl if »*r will lie tin 1 in I in ttir cSiapli ri|r\ dicel In ,\ olilc T(»\\ llsllip. . HISTORY OK NOUUC COUNTY, OHIO. 338 1 homas J >ol is. .John Bvant. Georg'e Jonas Ball,' section Is, lbb acres, $;i27 ; Matthew Ball, section 5, 40 acres, $40; Daniel Ball, section 7, 127 acres, $1 TO ; same, section 5,40 acres, $40; Eli Curtis, section 7, M acres, sin) ; same, section s, S3 acres, $lo4; David Davis, section 20, 82 acres, $102; James Gibson, sec- tion Is, 100 acres, $2o, S2 acres, $03; Levi Keller, section 0. 82 acres, $93; Jesse Lanam. section 31, 3o acres, $32; Philip McWilliams, grist-mill and saw-nidi. $2oo ; Elisha Morris, section 20. so acres. $103; Jacob "McCollum, section 23. 103 acres, $200; Sanford Morrison, sec- tion 0, 7<> acres, $so ; Ambrose Merry, section 30, S3 acres, $05; Andrew Nicholson, section Is, 100 ; acres, $2 IS; John Iloberts, Jr., sec- tion 28, 81. acres. $103; John R. Stone, section I s. S2 acres, S 123 • James Stranatluin, section 17, SO acres, $100; Andrew -Sec rest, sec- tion 19, 105 acres. $200; William Stretchberry, section 7, 4o acres, $50; Nathan Wickham, section 31. 55 acres, $00; William Willey, sec- tion 7, 100 acres. $2< *< '. At that date I’nion Township was one of the richest and most popu- I Ions townships of Monroe County. Its valuation was as follows; Ileal estate, $lo,300 ; personal property, $0,953 ; town propert v, $423 ; total, $17,0)31 ; total tax. $193 91. Among the owners of personal property in township 7. range 3, in 1333, were the following, in addition to those already named : i j Chinch. Robert Crawford. "William Davidson. Benjamin Lain, Cramlin Kerens, Henry Ilaughton. Jonathan King, .Meshack King. Adam Kindel ("Kendall '), Robert Large, Nathan Lincicum. James Lemmax. Brooks Lanam, John Lanam, Andrew Mill- slagle. Balaam Merrow, Ai'thur Por- ter, Daniel - Retta v. Thomas Young, W illiam Roberts, George Ross, John Stewart, Weakfield. John Sni- (ier. Benjamin Street, John Stone. Benjamin Teachenor, Tin s. Walker. Hugh WYiybrandt, Benjamin WTolf. The early settlers in 1 he immediate vicinity of Sarahsville were Ephraim Bates. .John Jones. Isaac Bates and Daniel Bates, all prior to 1829. Jonas Ball, from Alleghany Coun- ty. Md.. settled in 13 Is west of Sarahsville on the farm adjoining that on which his son, James Ball, now lives. Jonas Ball was a soldier in the Whir of lsl2. James Ball, an ex-county commissioner and a promi- nent citizen, has lived all his life in the township, and has a vivid recol- lection of the pioneer scenes among which he was reared, lie recalls the time when the cjuntry was so full of wolves that sheep had to be penned up securely every night, or some of the Hock was almost sure' to be miss- ing in the morning. In the neigh- borhood where Mr. Ball lives were the following early settlers: James Noble, James Dye and Levi Lyons. Matthew Ball, entered Hid acres near Sarahsville, and settled upon t he tract in lsls. He died a lew years later, lie was a man of means, hav- ing been 'successfully engaged in the 0 ■ . CEXTEK. 339 » . 1 1 1 1 1 i n a n « 1 milling' business in Alary- Pin d I x*t'< ii'c lie came to Ohio. His M»n Jonas died hero. ]’\vo other sons, | );i n iel and John, also settled here. The former died in Iowa and the latter in Illinois. Janies and 1 loorgc Dye were early settlers, (merge had a mil! on the oh! Met deal s' farm on the road from II ira m si any to Sarahss'ille. It was a small atl'uir, and was erected by Joim Farley, millwright, as early .as 1 I've sold to Cramlett and he to James Met dears'. James ])se originally osvned the farm on svhich the ( diildren's Home is located. He became quite svealthv, sold oul and mos'ed ss'ith his sons to Illinois. Dye and his sons ss'ere till hunters. In the svinter they made enough monos' on the furs ss'hieh they captured to enter It'd) acres of land svli ere Rochester nosv is. They alssays ke] >t about a dozen hounds, and hunted and trapped throughout the surrounding countrs'. James N obh‘ seas also a trapper, and a versT successful one. In some svav he incurred the enmity of the younger I 'yes, ss- ho commit ted mans' depreda- tions upon his properts’, and on one occasion lired Indicts through his door. After years of hiss ing he suc- ceeded iu lodging some of them in jail. Klias (iilpin. a Marylander, ss ho married a sister of Jonas Rail, and Jonas (iilpin, his son, svere also among ; he noted hunters. Allied Morrison and his brothers. < " orge. Arthur and Sanford, and „ ' I " ' i i lather, John Morrison, came to i Id' township about 1M s, from Mars laud, (leorge removed to Illinois. The others remained here, and left numerous descendants. Abraham Aides' and Andress' Nich- olson were early settlers in the svest- j ern part of the tossmship. Tss'o of Andress' Nicholson's brothers, Joint i and Thomas, also settled in the county. Andress' AIcCollum, one of the I early justices of the peace, a man of prominence and ability, lived in the : eastern part of the tosvnship. II is i descendants are still here. I Joseph Davidson, a AHrginian, | came in lsio.and svas the pioneer on the farm nosv osvned by William Arnold. He married Jane Cooper, who came from Alarvland. "They had a family of nine children, all of whom svere born in this counts'. Flisha Fogle, a native of Pennsyl- vania. came with his father Jacob to Center i’osvnship about ISIS. He ! married Miss Afiranda Alert's* and reared a family of ten children, live boys and five girls. The elder Fogle entered a farm on section 20 He svas by trade a miller, and for a time operated a. horse mill ss'hieh was one of the first. FJislia entered land | ad joining his father's where lie lived until he died, aged seventy-three years; he was a mil I ss rig 1 1 1 and larm- J er. and an honest, svorthy citizen. Thomas Fogle, was born in Center Tosvnship in lSJo. He married Miss Matilda Peggs. Air. Fogle is a pros- perous farmer and an enthusiastic ! pisciculturist. He broods the Her- man carp, and is the pioneer in this industry in t he county. A ml rosy Sec rest, svhere Hugh Cox nosv lives, svas an early settler, and ■ - :i40 HTSTOItV OF XOIU.K COUNTY, OHIO. manufactured gunpowder which lie ■ sold to the pioneer hunters for miles around. lie reared a large family, all of whom moved west. Thomas’ Gourley settled near Se- crest and died here. lie was a Chris- tian and a good citizen. He was twice married and reared a large family. In early years Isaac Bates had a distillery and a saw-mill, lie had also a yoke of large oxen which he used to draw logs to his mill, lie taught the oxen to drink whisky, using a coffee-pot to pour it down their throats. When the roads were muddy and the load seemed to go hard. Bates would bring out his coffee-pot, the oxen would eagerly elevate their heads, receive their dram, then pull with courage and strength renewed. o o At the old-time huskings it was customarv to divide the corn-heap iido two parts, and the buskers into two parties, each of which chose a “captain.” Whichever party first finished its task would lift their leader upon their shoulders and at- tempt to cany him around the heap, the other side at the same time at- tempting to prevent this. The vic- tors also challenged men from the other side to wrestle, and frequently there was an interesting contest, which sometimes terminated in a light. Whisky was always furnished freelv and abundantly at these gath- erings. The Sal lad ays, who bought out James Dye. on the Children’s- Home J'aijn, were a prominent family. Elias settled in Guernsey ( ounty, and Joseph and George in Center down- ship. None of the name now live here. George resides in Illinois. James Stranathan. now living in Senecaville. settled quite earlv on the Henry J. Young farm. While at work clearing on that place he was ! severelv injured in handling heavv I *- logs, and has never entirel v recovered. Calton Berry, youngest child in the family' of Ambrose Berrv. was born in Belmont County. Ohio, Sep- tember “7, i M 7, and died June “7, ls7v The elder Berry immigrated from the State of .Yew \ ork to Bel- mont County in the spring of 1S17. The journey was made bv wagon. The family consisted of nine chil- dren— 1 i.11 f ns. Bouse. Benson, Calton, Samantha, Baranda. Amanda. Bet- sey, and Hannah — all horn in Yew A ork State excepting Calton. For a time lie was employed upon the national pike, then being constructed, and in 1 S 1 v> came to this township, settling south of Berrvopolis, where he lived until his decease, which oc- curred in isii-l, at the age of ninetv- four. He was a typical pioneer, and it is said that he had the first bear- i ing orchard in what is now Noble ! County. The "Merry family are ! noted for longevity ; his father-in- | law died at the age of one hundred I and six ; his second marriage occurred j at the age, of one hundred and 1 two. Calton Along entered his first tract of land on section “!*. in ix:>7. 1 He erected his cabin, and. like many other pioneers, found, when his land I was surveyed, that his house was on [ the wrong side of the line. ( >n this I farm lit- lived until lie died, ex peri - i encing the trials and privations inei-- ' CENTER. to life in a new country, lie was < >! (1 i yet l to li ml other employ- nient. in order to support his family ami pa v tor his land. I he Mus- kinyum River improvements were then being constructed, and upon the locks lie worked until the farm began to yield a return for the labor invested. Although his education in books was limited to four days in a subscription school, still, b\ reading and observation lie acquirer! a fund of valuable knowledge. lie was a consistent member of the Christian church, which he joined at the age "of twenty five. In political belief he was originally a Whig. II is last presidential vote was cast for Hayes. August If, 1830, he was married to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Benja- min Weekley. By this union there were eleven children — Mary. Mar- garet, Sally. Josephus, Andrew J., j Abby. J.evi I)., Ada, Maria, Jacob M.. and Benjamin II February 21, I >33, Mrs. Merry died, and in 1864 lie married Mrs. Isabella McWilliams. Two children Rufus K. and Wil- liam 1 ). — were the children bv this marriage. ( )f the children, five were teachers — Levi I Ada. Maria, M illiam 1)., and Jacob M. Andrew J. was a member of Company G, ( bn Hundred and Seventy-sixth ( bdo \ oluntrcr Infantry, and died •I mu* 23. 1 >r,5. Levi I)., the present comity surveyor, was first elected in l~>l. and re-elected in ISSf. He 'Harried Sue L. .Wyman. of Seneca- ' 'll- : i hi or children, all hovs. Su u n i e 1 Anderson, from \ irginia, e one !:> Ileluiout ( dl 1 1 1 1 v . a II (1 thence hi 1M7 to a farm two miles east of i 31 1 Sarahsville. He was the father of Dr. Anderson, of Sarahsville. Will- iam Si retchberry. and Jacob Daily were early settlers in the same neigh- borhood. Arthur Morrison came to this countv about 1S30. He was born in Loudoun County. Ya,. 1700. He went to Cumberland, Md., about 1810, and in 1830 settled in what is now Xoble County, where he bought a fa nil and remained until Ids death in 1875. He was a prominent citizen, and reared a family of six sons and two daughters. Only one of the children — Andrew — is now living in this county. 11 is son Joseph married Jane, daughter of John McGarry. one of flic pioneers, and reared two sons — David M. and Charles. The father was a thorough and successful farmer. He took a deep interest in political matters. He served as justice of the peace for many years, lie died in 1883. Of his sons, i he elder is the present probate judge of Xoble County. Charles is a farmer of Center Township. Both are enter- prising men and good citizens. James X. Hedge, one of the sub- stantial farmers and prominent citi- zens of (’enter, was horn in Belmont Countv. Ohio. March 12, 1S30. In 1802 he came to this township and bought the farm where he now resides, and which attests his skill and thrift. For thirteen years he has served his fellow townsmen as trustee, besides otliciating as infirm- ary director one term. He married Miss Hannah, daughter of Henry Moore, ol Indiana: live children — three sons and t wo daughters. He , n 3 42 HISTORY OF XOHT.K COUNTY, OHIO. is a worthy member of the Christian church. In 1823 Samuel Stewart and fam- ily (consisting of wife and three boys William, Allen and Phillip), came from Belmont County and settled on a new fa rm in the township of Sharon, where the elder Stewart resided until his decease, which occurred in 1845. 1 1 is wife, nee Rebecca Me Grew, is still living at the advanced age of ninety-two. In 1*42 William came to Sarahsville, and is at this time the <6 oldest living resident of tiie village. He was born in Belmont Countv in 1821. II e has been a successful business man, a reputable citizen, and a. worthy member of the Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal church lie has been twice married. II is first wife was Matilda Boyd; his present wife, Mrs. Mary E. Day, he married in 1882: Two children — Horton O., and Harry C. In 1838 David Gray, with his family of eight children, removed from West Virginia to Noble County, and settled on Dog Bun. Noble Township, where he purchased one hundred acres of unimproved land. On this farm he remained until his death, which occurred in his eighty- first year. He was in every respect a worthy citizen. The old home- stead is owned by his son. ('lark IT, the present ellicient superintendent of the County Infirmary. .Joseph Bussell, a native of Fred- erick County, Va., came to Belmont County, Ohio, where ho died in 1 s20. His, widow. Elizabeth Bussell, came to what is now Noble Countv in 1828. She died in I >87. The fam- ily consisted of nine children. Mrs. Bussell not only assisted in clearing the farm, but worked at weaving and spinning. Frequently the food of the iamily consisted of “roasting ears” : of corn ground on a grater. The hand-mill and •‘hominy block” were also brought into use to furnish a substitute, for meal. John Bussell, i who was born in Belmont County. February 2. 1818. has lived in this i county since lie was ten years old. ! He has been a deacon in the Baptist church several years. Elijah I ’helps was one of the j pioneers of Guernsey C’ountv. John IF, a son, was born in Maryland in 1 S28. and when a child, removed with the family to Harrison County. Ohio; thence to Tuscarawas and to Noble County in 1850. In fsi;2 he enlisted in Company II. One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio' Volunteer Infantry and served until the close of the ! war. Robert Bobertson. from Loudoun : County. Va., settled in Belmont County in 1828. The family con- sisted of the parents and ten children. In 1887 they settled in Center Town- ship, where Daniel Robertson now resides. Here the elder Bobertson died. Daniel was born in 1814 and has been a resident since 1887. He | married Elizabeth Haves, whose parents were early settlers in Bel- mont ( kmnty. Frederick Sec rest was born in Guernsey County. < > 1 1 i< >. in 1S24. and came to Noble County in 1*55. Mav 2. 1 SOL lie enlisted in Company 1 1. One 1 1 ui id red and Sixty first ( Hilo Volunteer Infantry, and was made . . CKNTKK. 343 >**coii(l iioutenant. He was lionor- ; * 1 >J \- discharged at Columbus. Sep- i * a iibci"-. 1 8 * 1 4 . ll'1 bin! I the in ill at Sara hsvilk*. In political and relig- ious belief he is a Republican and a Method ist. I ’em Kemp was born in Morrow ('o!int\,and came to Noble County in i s;,i i. In 1 s < ; 4 he enlisted, and was assigned to the One Hundred and Thirty-second Indiana Regiment. 1I<- served until the close of the war and was mustered out- at Indianapolis Mav s. ISOS. He is now proprietor of the Sarahs.ville mill. Francis H. Perry was a member of Company l'\ Thirtieth Ohio Volun- teer Infantrv. lie enlisted in 1 8 <> 1 ; became a veteran in 1804; was taken prisoner at Atlanta, Ga., and confined in Anderson vi He. After his release he rejoined his regiment. He participated in many of the promi- nent battles of the war. among them the second battle ot Manassas. Antie- ta m. South Mountain, .Mission Midge and V icksburg,' beside fifteen other minor engagements. He was dis- charged August 13. 18(55. at Little Rock. Ark. Hugh Cox was born in Ireland, from whence he emigrated to the State of Maine, where lie lived until his removal to this countv. He bought the farm on which his son Hugh now resides and there resided until his decease in 18,5. He was a success lul and prosperous farmer and accumulated a well won competency. Ills son Hugh owns one of the largest (arms in this section and is one of the thrifty and successful agriculturists ol the township. Abijah Rossiter came from Penn- sylvania to Guernsey County about 1813. where his father, Samuel, entered a tract of laud. Abijah was ' a soldier of the ’War of 1812. In 1843 he came to Noble County and settled where James now resides. Here the i old people died at advanced ages, the i father aged sevent v-two, the mother, sixty-five. Thomas was born in Guernsey County, in 1821. and has been a resident of the county forty- three years. Daniel I’ettay. a native of the ; province of Quebec, was born in 1791). In 1S25 he came to Belmont County, where he remained six years, when he removed to what is now Noble County. He settled near Sarahsville. The senior Pettay was a minister, and was beside a lawyer : and teacher, which vocation he frequently followed. Possessed of varied attainments, he was regarded as an oracle in most matters, lie was an ardent politician, and at- tached himself to the Whig party, and was one of the prominent lead- J ers in the anti-slavery cause, and one of the projectors of the underground ! railroad in Noble County. .John Miller was from Pennsyl- vania. and in an early day settled ! near Lexington. Noble County. lie died at the age of eighty-six. Isaac. '■ one of the sons, married Miss Jane Moore, and reared a family of four children. "William. .John and Henry Miller were in the service. William and dohn were in the Seventy-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantrv. Henry I was a member of Company I. ' ■ 344 HISTORY OF XOI’.r.K COUNTY, OHIO. Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Inl'an- try. John was taken prisoner at the battle of Shiloh, and died at Tvler. Tex., in l I’hilip Mc\V illiams was one ol’ the early settlei's of renter Township. He was born in Ireland and came to this country in 1704. He I fist set- tled near "W heeling, but in conse- quence of the destruction of his crops : by storms, he remained but a short time, removing to Richland Town- ship, Guernsey County, in ISOS, when he entered land near Gibson's Sta- tion. In 1833 he came to Center Township, and bought the farm now owned by his son, "William McWill- iams, upon which he lived the re- mainder of his life. He was the father of twelve children. The elder McWilliams was a representative farmer and a prominent citizen. lie was the first treasurer of the countv. and in every respect a Christian gen- tleman. William McWilliams was born in Guernsey County in lsgii. and came to Xoble with his parents, lie is one of the leading farmers, and has held the office of county commissioner. lie married Miss Louisa McComb They have live children. Allen Rutherford came from Xew York in 1S37, and settled in Marion Township, whence he removed to j tin' place where he died, lie had a family of seven children,. Two of his -sons, Robert and James, were i members of the 4’wentv-lifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; the latter never ret urned. William Davidson came from West Virginia in ISJffi and settled on sec- tion 1(5. Two sons, Robert and Joseph, came with him. The latter still resides in the township. He has been identified with the county for sixty years. S. C. Rogers was born in Wash- ington Countv. Ohio, December lb. fs3s. llis father. John W. Rogers, came from Pennsylvania in early life, a l’nl settled on the Muskingum River, lie reared a family of ten children, lie was a soldier in the Mexican war. After his decease his widow moved to Xoble County, where she died in 1*85. S. C. Rogers en- listed in Company I, Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in 18SAKAnsvir.i,E. Sarahsville, in addition to the dis- tinction of having been the first eountv seat of .Noble County, can also claim the honor of being one of the oldest villages in the count v. It was surveyed and platted June 19. 182b. by benjamin Thorla. for the proprietors. John 1 tevolld and Ezekiel Hates, and the plat was recorded in Morgan County. September 28, 182b. Additions have since been made as follows: by Samuel Aikens. in 1841. and by James M. bou nd, in 1851- surveyed by George bell. June 25, 1851. The latter addition, consist- ing of nearly seventeen acres, was made to provide for the expected immigration to the place consequent upon the location of. the countv seat there. Sarahsville was named bv John Ih volld in honor of his wife. John Cevolld was the oldest son of Havid I levolld. an early settler in t he town - vhip. I le was t la* first merchant of SaraliNville. keeping a small stock- of goods in u cabin which stood near I he > 1 1 1 • ( >| ( i . \\ . 1'a v lor s store. I levolld s cabin was the first building erected in Sarahsville, excepting only ■ the two-story brick house in the lower part of the town, which was erected by Ezekiel bates as early as 1825. Devolld was not very successful in the mercantile business and discon- tinued it after a few years. The i second merchant was Janies liownd, ■ who had a store on the lot now occu- pied by AY. b. Kirk. In partnership with him was a man named Shank- land. Henry J. bou nd succeeded his father in business, both did a large business. Next came Ilenry "Taylor, and later benjamin E. Young and G. AY. "Taylor, the latter still in business. George bichev had an early store and for a time was in partnership with Henry Taylor. Other merchants have been Jonathan Dillev, Jonas and Samuel Hanford, Thomas and AYilliam Young, and others, most of whom di, and 2 W in lssu. A small school-house was erected in the village about 1 s to, afterwards replaced by the building destroyed in the lire of lsS4. The present school building was erected in 1 s < 0 , and cost about S2.0U0. Tin 1 school, m two departments, is in charge of II. B. Willi ants, principal. At about live o'clock' on the after- noon of the 20th of August. 1 SS4. lire broke out in the heart of the . business portion of Saralisville. and before its progress could be stayed, nearlv every place of business in the town was destroved, with the excep- tion of G. W. Ta vlors store. In all, about, thirty live buildings were burned, including stores, dwellings, stables, etc. Among’ the most \ a 1 - ! liable structures destroved. in most cases with nearly their entire con- tents. were one (try goods store, one grocery. Hester's hotel, two drug stores, the school-house and the Ma- sonic hall. At least ■'<25. Olio worth of propertv was burned, and there was only about stt.ooo insurance on the whole. This lire was a serious blow to the business interests of the town, and the people have not yet fully recovered from its effects, though new buildings are constantly rising to replace the old. Saralisville has also been the scene of several painful accidents in recent vears, and one occurrence in partic- ular was startling and terrible. May ! 4, lsso. the boiler of the engine in James Herron's saw mill exploded, killing Mr. Herron. Edward Ilill, Nathan Butler and Lewis Bates, all men witii families. Lafayette Tut- tle had a leg broken, and was other- wise* badly injured. Following are the names of the principal business men and firms of Saralisville in 1 s§(i : General merchants: G. AV. Taylor, Mrs. E. Hanford. ( ’. H. Snyder, gro- cery J. W. Smith, G. L. Hcllyer. Druggist: Joseph Johnson. Planing mill : -T. II. 1 hint ing. Grist-mill and saw-mill: Frederick Secrest. proprietor: Kemp A Son. lessees. Shoema ker : L. AN ea ver. Blacksmiths : AN". It. Kirk, A. X. Dilley. Wagonmaker and undertaker: \V. I’ettay. Hotels: Joseph Mercer. Mrs. Will- iam Van Meter. CEXTKR. 6 4 i I’ll vsieians : W. S. Sprigs. -I. D. A i< Iridic. Milliner: Fannie Robinson, cil i I a • 1 1 is. Sar'thsi'W,' JA thodist lijuxcopitl Chur' 7/.-— This church was probably founded as earlv as the town of Sarahsville. if not earlier. 'J'lie first meeting-house erected bv the con- cregation stood at the old Xieholson eemeterv, south of the town. Later the congregation met in the town in a church (erected for the Presbyter- ian denomination, about 1 s f5 or ISLd, but never occupied by them) which served for its accommodation until ls7>). Then tlie present house of worship, a neat frame building with steeple and bell, was erected. Among tin,1 early members of this church were Thomas Parry and "William Shaw, leaders; John Jker, Ander- son d carls. Thomas Gouney Andrew Nicholson. Daniel Pali's. -Jeremiah Pi'own. Alfred Morrison. Philip McWilliams. Thomas Large, -James Rownd. George Pichev, Ilenrv Tav- lor, and their families. The church now has a membership of lots. and there is in connection an interesting Sabbath school having about one h u nd i •oil pupils. The * Free Methodi sts o f S sir; ihs- vi lie have reeentlv org ;n n i/e <1 and are about to erect a elm re ■h. IF, ■v/, 7/(0/ Melodist ( '// Hi "eh. Die Wesl, ■van Methodist ( ’ 1 1 1 1 rc ■h at Sarahsville was organized in IS ILL and the house of w< irship i. a small frame building, creetoi 1 the foil OW ing year. A UK mg 1 he on r 111 s( me ml lers Were Philip McWilliams ; Hid w ' il'e, Alfred Morrison and wife, and George Richey and wife. The first preach- ers were George liichey and Joseph Markee. Other early preachers were liichard Horton and If van Thompson. The church has maintained regular preaching eversince it was organized. Formerly it had quite a large mem- bership. but death and removals have so reduced the number that at present there are only about thirty members. / Yi d.siiut lldl Jfethorf 'xt 1* rotestu id ' Church. — X ear the county infirmary in the north western part of the town- ship. a church belonging to the Cum- berland Presbyterian denomination was erected as early as 1SJ5 through the efforts of George and Joseph Salladav. For a number of rears preaching was maintained by that denomination ; but the church having become reduced in members, the United brethren next organized and occupied the building. Recently the .Methodist Protestants have organ- ized, and in 1 $S5 they erected a neat and commodious frame building to take the place of the old church. They have about seventy members. The present pastor is Rev. Salisbury Dollison. The Methodist ('hureh. — there is a Methodist church near the line of the western part of the township. The original organization was Meth- odist Protestant, and by that denom- ination the house was built about 1 S ; ; 1 . Thomas W . Parry was the chief organizer of the church. Recently the church has dropped a part of its name, becoming simply "Methodist." The membership is small. ■ 0 i , . % . HISTORY OF NOIJI.K COUNTY, OHIO. 343 1' )‘C(h‘ /' / rl'mht / L l ititt'il /> iwth I'di ( 7nu‘r/i . — The Fnited Hrethren of Fredericksdale have maintained an organization for a number of years. In 1SS4 they erected a neat frame building in which the congregation now worships. The membership is small. The congregation was organ- ized about 1 333, and among its lead- ing members were the Kessner. Ryers, Rurton and Hates families. r.ODOK. Olive Lodge. ,\ o . 2 ] o. I ree and Accepted Masons of Sarahsvillc. was chartered December 1. 1351. The charter members were -I. V. Hop- kins, ML M.: L. S. Dilley. S. ML; J. H. Heaton. J ML; Al. Heat tv. 1 ). Gay. William Tracy. AY. IL Gay. James Morrison. The lodge is in a fairly prosperous condition, has a good lodge room and is out of debt, notwithstanding the fact that the hall and all of its contents was destroyed in the lire of 1SS4, only the lodge record being saved. The present ollicers are Dr. AV. S. Spriggs, AV. M.; Wm. J. Johnson. S. ML: Win. Price. .1. ML; J. AV. Powel- son, S. D.; Levi Davis. J. D.; J. T. Davis, secretary; Ezekiel Dve. treas- urer; ML IL Kirk, tyler. The Noble County Agricultural Society was organized in 1352. Its incorporators were Levi Devolld, ML Stewart, John McGarv, Jonas Hall. Samuel and Jonas Hanford. Fred. Secrest. James Hull, and others, whose names wore not obtainable. The first meeting ot the society was hold in Sarahsville, in the autumn of 1 352. Hiram Hanford was the lirst president. Present ollicers are AV. S. Spriggs, president: J.AV. Pettay. vice- president and treasurer: Joseph John- son. secretary. RIOG R .\ PI IIC A L. 1 1 o x . AVii.i.iam J. A orxo. — Hon. AVilliam J. Voung. one of the promi- nent and. successful men of Noble County, was born in a little village called Lippit's Factory, six miles from the city of Providence. H. L, in the year 1315, March '27. His father. AVilliam Aoung. was a manufacturer of cotton goods, and was an operative in the first cotton ma mi factory erected in the Hnited States. His father was of Scotch nativity, and the progenitor of the Moling family in this country, whither he immigrated some time before the war of the Revolution, set- tling in Rhode Island. In 1325 AA i Il- ia 1 1 i removed to the “ Ohio country ’’ with his wi IV and seven children. He settled in what is now Stock Town- ship, where he entered a section of land. The early life of the family in the new country was replete with privations and hardships, which was attributable, in a: measure, no doubt, to their being destitute of any knowl- edge of pioneer life or agricultural operations. AAilliam J . at the time of the family's emigration, was a strong, robust lad of ten years; he was pos- sessed of a large amount of vitality, and even then evidenced the posses- sion of those i|iialities which in after years contributed so largely to his success. Fp to th(' age of twenty- two he had formed no definite plans for the future, turning his atteut ion to whatever venture presented itself, ; i CKVIKK. and invariably lie was successful. He was principal I v engaged. however. in farming and stock dealing during liis residence in .Stock, where he lived until 1*45, when he removed to Sarahsville, where he engaged (piite largely in merchandising and the tobacco trade. In the latter lie was very successful, lie was a man of sound judgmentand keen perception, with confidence in his own ability, and all his undertakings were finan- cial successes. In a few years he found himself possessed of a compe- tence, which afforded him an oppor- tunity for relieving the wants of his less fortunate neighbors, and for a time he did an extensive business as a, broker, and it can be said to his credit that he never took an advan- tage of a distressed debtor. Shortly after the erection of the county he began to take quite an active interest in political matters, and soon became one of the leading1 members of the Whig element of the county. I : pon the formarion of the Republican party he joined its ranks, but in 1 S ( ; 1 lie became a pronounced Democrat, and was an influential member of that organization until his decease, lie was not a politician, however, in the present definition of the term; he did not court political preferment. Ids efforts were solely for what he deemed to he for the best interests ol the people, lie was one ol the leading spirits in what is now known as the People's Convention, held in Sarahsville, in 1*5], which was the first political movement of promi- nence after tin1 erection of tin1 County of Noble. 340 During the war of the Rebellion he took a deep interest in the cause of his country. Ilis money and time were always at command in the fur- therance of any war measure or in the raising of volunteers. Neither did he forget the “brave hoys in blue" after they had left their homes, but with a fatherly care he looked afcer the interests of their families. In 1S7J lie was elected on the Democratic ticket to represent Noble County in the convention to revise the State constitution. As a member of this convention lie evidenced that tact, judgment and sterling good sense which were the salient features in everything lie undertook. Judge L. D. Campbell, of Hamilton, Ohio, one of the prominent members of that convention, spoke of him as “one of the useful and efficient members of that body." dir. Young was married, in 1 sJfi, to Miss Jane McCann. The result of this union was a family of thirteen children, of whom ten are living: Simon lv.. Martha i Dudley ), Klizabeth (Dan ford I, Mary 1 1 jams). Sarah i McGuire). Nancy (Perry i. Jane (Finleyi, Ella (I jams i, Charles and Maria (Frown ). William J. Young was in main respects a remarkable man. physi- cally as well as mentally, and had he had the advantages of education and the adventitious aids accessible in an old country, would have made his name illustrious in almost am1 call- ing. ill* was possessed ol a large amount of versatility. While lie ue\ er si udied law. he was a lawyer. I le never had the benefit ol a Irisi- noss education, either theoretical or . HISTORY OF XOTJLK COUNTY, OH TO. 350 practical; still, he was a business mail in all that the \v ml implies. Uneducated, still but few men had a larger share of general information. He was line! v poised : his brain was as massive as his body. lie was a man of powerful physique and line presence. Socially he was extremely affable and agreeable, and never faded to interest a large circle of listeners. He had a large personal following, which was attributable largely to his broad charity and kindness of heart, and his death, which occurred May 25. lss2, was everywhere regarded as an irrep- arable loss. Henry J. Young was born at lappet's Factory, B. I.. October 12, 1810, and came to what is now Noble County with his father's fam- ily in 1825. 11 is youth and early manhood were spent in the wilds of the new county. 1 1 is father was in limited circumstances, and he learned to relv upon his own resources at an early age. By dint of energy and economy he acquired a sum sulli- cient to purchase forty acres of new land, and soon after ( 1 s 4 2 ) he married Miss Mary A. Davidson, who is a native of Washington County, Fa. In 184(5 he removed to the farm, where he now resides. Mr. Young has been engaged in farming and dealing in tobacco, and is one of the most successful men in the county. In his religious alliliations he is a .Meth- odist, and for a. time was a local preacher. lie has roared a family ol ten children, seven of whom are liv- ing; all have received liberal educa- tions, three of the sons being colle- gia tes. Thomas >1. Young was born at 1. ip- pet's Mills. R. I.. in 1813. He was the eldest of the family of William Young, and immigrated with the family, in 1825, to what is now Noble County. In 1835 he married Miss Mary Stotsburg, and commenced life on a small piece of new land, which he improved, lie was successful in business as a stock dealer, merchant, and in the tobacco trade; in the latter he was quite largely engaged. He was in trade in Sarahsville until 187(5. In 1857, through the perfidy of a partner, lie lost heavily, lie died on his farm, in ( 'enter, in 1 885. I Ie was a kind father, a generous friend, and a worthy citizen. 1 1 is children were: Adeline (Spriggs), Mary A. (Alexan- der), Margaret (Teeters'), Isabella (Michaels'), Ellen (Young), Thomas ][., Arnold, Edmund, and Dora. THK BROWN FAMILY. Jeremiah Eateman Brown was one of the prominent early settlers, lie was born in New York State, of Scotch- Irish parentage. He served in the "War of 1812, and after its close removed to Pennsylvania and thence to Ohio, locating at Zanes- ville. where he worked in the first glass factory ever established west of the Alleghanies. About ls-_>i> he settled within the present limits of Center Township, Noble County, on a piece of unimproved land which he entered from the government. lie married Miss Nancy Oillotte. and reared a large and respectable family. Ue was a warm Enion man during ' ’ CKN'TKl. 351 tin- Into war. and at the time when the Morgan raiders were spreading terror through Ohio, though then over seventy years of age, he shouldered Ids Sf|uirre) rifle and joined in the pursuit of the guerrilla hand. Mr. Brown died in Gple of ( )h io. Jeremiah Bateman Brown died in 18S0. while on a visit to his former home, lie was a farmer and lived the greater part of his life in Center Township, removing thence to AVest Virginia, in his later years. Ills widow is still living. BkKoy D. Brown, A. AT., Bn. \). Among the many prominent educa- tors whom Xoble County has fur- nished to the State and country, the gentleman whose name heads this article, stands preeminent. LcBoy I ). Brown was born in Center Town- ship, Xoble County, November 3. I STS, and his boyhood was passed amid the rugged but beneficial influ- ences of farm life. At thcearlv age of fifteen years, in the darkest daws of the Bebellion, he became a volun- teer soldier, and for two vears bravely bore his part in the stern discipline of civil warfare. lie took part in many engagements, serving under Crook, Sheridan and Grant, and. was wounded while with Sheri- dan in the valley of Virginia. At the close of tiie war he returned to the farm, and by teaching one vear and attending school the next, man- aged tc lit himself for the Ohio AVes- levan University, which he entered in 1 8b 9. From this institution, after several intervals of teaching, he was graduated in the regular classical course. Having decided to make j teaching his life-work, he devoted | himself closely to his pursuit and gained an excellent reputation as a teacher in eastern Ohio. In due time he was called to the Miami Valley, and became distinguished as a teacher and organizer. He held HISTORY OF XOiU.E COUNTY. OHIO. the position of superintendent of schools in the rite of Hamilton, and proved both popular and eflicient in that capacity. He is a close observer and a hard student. 1 1 is character- istic energy is shown bv the fact that he studied law and was admitted to the bar in the midst of his profes- sional duties. Since 1S7M Mr. Brown has visited many of the best schools in various parts of the Baited Slates andt'an- ada, and in IS, so he lravele ! i i- I it ] N >:] he was not it i nal ed b v the I >< mo cratic } >it rt v . and elected >tuo com tnissioner of common >ehoo!>. bv a handsome majority. 1 1 ; s laiiors to i m jirovc the educa i iottal i list it t; t ion> ol the State have* been indeiat ter IN- and l ave brought good residts. I he excellent educational exhibit. m-M to the New ( )rlea its Ex jiosit loa. u m - j r. • pared under his direct ion. and w< m for him the highest praise. In redo - nit i< hi of his scliola rsln p he fas n eei ved t he decree ol l)oet«*ro! 1‘i, « >soph v. lie has eonl ri bute.i u,., • \ valuable articles to prominent edu- ca l ioiia! journals. In a published sketch of Mr. 1 II I UY II • irell I' t liese I'1 Ilia I k - t "As I I : e bend o ! t i le ( I , n I -< ■ > a n , j -\ sti in he ha- j n i i\'ei 1 hi . : 1 i . ..-lit '•! 'id r. ;lTld the >e||inii- o| ( )|i;ii \\o|' never III a better condition than time A t vai ioii- I imes hi, . .1 ol> I. 1 — ,. he has been honored will) important ollices in educational conventions and organizations, and he is now the president ol the department of super- intendence of the National Educa- tional Association. As a vocation, he holds that teaching should lie so well remunerated as to induce the noblest young' men and voting women to adopt it as a life-work. Only thus, he thinks, can the new pro- fession assume its true place among the callings of men ; and to the end that it may assume such a place, he is willing to give to it the greatest energy and the best thought of his life."" ( i overnor Joseph B. Eorakcr, as a mark of his confidence in the integ- r t v. capacity and public spirit of Mr. Brown, appointed him as a mem- ber Mr. I Irown was married M -- f.stlier Emma ( label, of 1 ’• ' ‘hio. | hree children have ' 1 h i.- union. 1 1 e and his w i le s of the Methodist Epis I heir home' is always "1 " 1 1 ’ ■ " : ' : ‘ 1 ' Is. and ( heir hands ao a ' • . ' ■ d\ to do a n \ good 'si ate." t % • l.l \ ' CF.NTKK. .! . . i , ,, ii. Drown. ex-probate judge. . in ini in ( ••liter 1 < >wnsli i p in D4n. i b w ;i> reared on a farm, attended !i,r common schools, and tor a Jew t,-nns was a student at Ohio I ni- versitv. Athens. Ohio. For twelve vears he taught in the schools of Noble . County, and during seven years of that tune was principal of the Iiatesville schools. While there he served its justice of the peace and as county school examiner, being’ tw ice chosen to the former oifiee and once to the latter. In 1878 he re- ceived the Democratic nomination for probate judge, and was elected. lie was re-elected and held the oHi.ce for two terms. This, in a strongly Re- publican county, is sufficient evidence of his popularity. Judge Drown has been a resident of Caldwell since the fall of lsJS. He is a member of the Odd Fellows and of the Masonic order, lie was first married, in lsOd, to Miss Louisa Maria Knox, of this county. She died in fssl, leaving lour children: Oscar E.. Ida M., Oa rev I. and Miles E. In 1SS^ he married Mrs. Maria I >. Carr, daughter of M illiam J. Young, formerly one of the prominent business men of the eoiinty. fwo children have been horn "I this union Guv R. (deceased ). and Simon K. Tin: T.wr.oK l AMir.v. Ill M 1 A t.oli. f • 1 ii i lien t nierciiant s of the nut v. is a iiativu ‘ ol Mol’; Lfantown, V; • T he I'amils r< •moved t. ) Ohio in D H.sr III ingin Senecaviile, ( 1 uernsev ( , Ii. .nut \ At the age of sixteen •in \ commenced life as ; i clerk in a store. In 1845 he came to Mount Ephraim, where he engaged in gen- eral merchandise and the tobacco business. In ls.51 he took charge of a. co-operative store in Freedom, and while here was elected comity audit- or and was the second auditor elected by the people. Upon the expira- tion of his term he removed to Sarahsville. -where he resumed the mercantile business, in which he was successfully engaged until 1878. when he retired from active business. During his commercial career he was an active, energet ic business man. and a gentleman whose name was a svno- j nvm for integrity and moral reeti- i tude. He identified himself with all | measures pertaining to the moral j welfare of the people, and was a 1 worthy and influential member of the Method ist Episcopal church. lie ; reared a family < If seven children: Elizabeth (’Young), Xorvall. John | \\\, George W.. Susan < Saltgaver). Melville E. and Thomas II. Xorvall. the eldesr son. as will be seen from 1 he civil list, was elected auditor in | 1805. During the war he was in j command of a companv in the regti- { lararmy. He served with credit until the latter part of lSiH. when he was forced to resign his commission by reason of physical disability. George ML Taylor, son of Henry Taylor, was born in Senecaviile, Guernsey Gount'y. ( >hio. in 1841. lie received such advantages for educa- tion ;ts were a Horded by the common schools of that dav, and at the age of eiiditoen eommeneed life as a teacher. He lor some time. followed hut it not Ins vocation borne- wholly ' 354 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. congenial toliis tastes, he entered the store of his father as a clerk, and ac- quired a thorough knowledge of the business. For many years he was a member of the firm of Henry Taylor Ar Son, and upon the retirement of the elder Taylor succeeded to the business, in which he has since been engaged. 'While paying strict atten- tion to his business, Hr. Taylor has interested himself in all matters of public import pertaining to his town- ship and county. For many years he has been a leading member of the board of education of 8a rah s- yille. Perhaps he is best known as a worthy and sincere Christian gen- tleman, who practices in everyday life the tenets of his faith, lie is a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in him all re- ligious and charitable enterprises find a generous friend and patron. Polit- ically, he is a Republican, but never an aspirant for political preferment, nor a politician, in the usual acceptation of the term. In 1884 he was sent as alternate to the national conven- tion at Chicago. In lsS3, and again in 1885 he was the unanimous choice of the leading Republicans of the county for representative, and was persistently urged to accept the nomi- nation, but declined the honor. On numerous occasions he has repre- sented his party at State conventions. In 1 SP>7 Mr. Taylor was manned to Miss Mary, (laughter of Dr. ]S:oah Hill, of Senecaville, Ohio. Seven chil- dren have been born to them : Lillian IF, Myra V.. Candace IF, I’essio lb, Mary IF. Oeorge IF and Henry Deli ass. JOHN W. ROBINSON. The Robinson family are of Eng- lish extraction. Richard .!. Robin- son, the lather of the gentleman whose name heads this article, was born in Virginia in H12. where he grew to manhood and married Miss Fancy Hook, lie acquired the trade of millwright, and was also skilled in wagon making. In 1854 he re- moved to Noble County, settling in l-'a.ra hsville, where he died in 188(5. aged seventv-three years. John AM. Robinson was born near Winches- ter, Ya., January 28. H43. Early in life he evidenced a decided apti- tude for mechanics, and when but a mere child was able, with the few rude tools at his command, to con- struct almost anything, from a toy wagon to a miniature steam-engine. Ills youthful imagination was highly wrought up by some telling him that huge fortunes awaited him if he could discover ‘•perpetual motion." He immediately commenced a series of experiments with wheels, buckets, elevators, etc , only to have his hopes blasted by the information that tin- same experiments had already been made by others, and that he was laboring with an impossibility. At the age of sixteen his mind was directed toward educational matters. 1 1 is facilities were, of course, quite limited, but by the aid of private tutors he studied history and the classics. He entered the Marietta College, but ill health prevented him from pursuing a collegiate course. In ls(‘>g he began life as a teacher at i East Fnion. Noble County, where he 1 taught one term. The war was in progress, ;mhio \ <>1- unteer Infantrv. as a private soldier. At the expiration of a year he was detailed as clerk in the Commissary 1 )epart mcnt. where he remained tint il honorahlv discharged by special order of General Hooker, when he returned to his home and resumed his former vocation. II. is profession, ! however, then as now. was illy remunerated, and not wholly conge- | nial, and he next turned his attention to the introduction of improved text- books for schools, and tor four years j he traveled the eastern part of the State as the representative of Ingham A Bragg. Cleveland. Ohio, at which time traveling agents in this capacity j were discontinued by the “publish- I civs’ compact." lie next engaged in the drug and hook business in Sarahs- ville, but the business was too slow and tedious for one so impulsive and energetic, and he removed to Indian- apolis, where he became associated with Messrs. Martin A Hopkins, State agents for the Northwestern Life Insurance Company of Milwau- kee, as a solicitor. In this, as in other enterprises, he was successful, and in two vears we find him occu- pying the responsible position of special agent for the same companv, working in Indiana, Kentucky, and Michigan. In this depart m imt he soon evinced his marked abililv as an insurance man, and as evidence of their appro ciation of his services the companv offered him the State of Kentuckv. which he accepted. 1 or one vear he took the sole charge of the business. Being ambitious to control the larg- est agency the company had. lie associated himself with General B. Ii. Cowen (Assistant Secretarv of the Interior during General Grant's ad- ministration), taking, under the firm name of Cowen & Robinson, the States of Ohio and Kentuckv. This connection was highly successful, and continued for nearly four years. Gen- eral Cowen retiring. Under the able management of Mr. Kobinson. the eompanv's business has not only been built up from SI, 500, (loo to over s4.00o.ooo. but has commanded the confidence and patronage of the best men in the State; and it can be truly said that no agency is in a more healthy and prosperous condition than this. Cue of the officials of the companv, in speaking of Air. Robinson, savs: “Mr. Robinson has been in the employment of our companv for many years, and is likely to continue in such employment much longer. We have found him a thoroughly competent and reliable man and we commend him to you as a gentleman who enjoys our confidence." Decem- ber 24, 1S<>7, Mr. Robinson was mar- ried to Miss Olive B. I )il lev. of Sarahs- ville. He resides in Louisville, Kv. The career of Mr. Robinson is one worthy of emulation. Starting in life with only his natural resources as his capital, he has. by individual effort, acquired an enviable position in the business wot Id. and the esteem and regard of all his acquaintances. HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. 35<‘> Charles C. Davidson was born in Noble County, Ohio, February 24, 1844. lie worked on his father's farm while a bov. attending school during the winter months. When nineteen years old he entered the Ohio University at Athens, Ohio, where he pursued his studies so vig- orous! v that at the end of two years failing health sent him again to his fa- ther’s home. Here, under •private teach- ers, he con- t. i n u ed h i s studies and completed the course begun at col lege. For the first f e w y e a r s his teaching was in the schools n e a r his home Dur- 1 n g early his were i n e s e yea rs bilities recog- nized, and ins services were e a g e r 1 y sought at the various institutes and in the normal schools. In 1871 he was appointed school examiner of Noble Count v, and with signal suc- cess he filled this position until called to the superintendency of the Quaker ( it V schools. To identifv himself more olosclv with the professional teachers of Ohio, he completed, in 1 s 7 . the clas- sical course of study at the < )hio ( ’mi- tral Normal School, and in this vear obtained a life certificate' from the State Foard of School Examiners. In 1 S 7 * > he took charge of the public schools of New Lisbon, where he remained for nine years, winning for himself and the schools an envi- able reputation. Desiring a wider lield of labor, he e hose A I i i- ance, and in his new held h as added new lustre to his fame as an educator. 1 1 is success as su per intend- ent of the schools in this latter place w as e v i - deuced in the fact that tlu' I loardof Edu- cation. unsol- icited on his part, at the end of the li r s t y (' a r elected him for two years, at a greatly advanced salary. The results of his ell’orts are a largelv increased attendance in the schools, with a correspondingly increased interest, and a visible improvement in ‘•methods;" a pub- lic school librarv <>l a thousand volumes from the best authors; the purchase of the rtiralnl college and j its valuable grounds as the building ' CEXTEli. suitable for the imperat ive needs of ihc citv ami which, when remod- eled, will lie one "I the lincst school I in in lines and sites in the State. In 1 ssi; tiie Ohio I niveisity con- ferred upon him thedegreeof Master of Arts, and most worthily was the horn ir bestowed, for vears he has been a memhm' of both the State •achers' Association and National Department of School Superintend- ence. holding1 various offices in both; and for the past two vears has acted as secretary of the National Associ- ation of Sehool Superintendents. HON'. W 1 1,1,1 AM VAX METER. Hon. "William Van Meter was born in Belmont County in IS10. lie learned the trade of a carpenter, a vocation he followed for a live- lihood until his removal to Mount Kphraim in lSd-f. From Mount Kphruim he came to Sarahsville, which was afterward his home. For many years he was engaged in mer- chandising in dilfcrent parts of the county, lie identified himself with the best interests of Sarahsville. and tilled many positions ol' trust and responsibility, lie filled the ollice of county treasurer for two terms. In 1 s i I lie was elected to the represent- ative branch of the legislature. lie served on the State Hoard of Fipial- i/alion. In Is.Vi he was married to M i>s Sa rah A . Stewart, who was born in I ’hiladclphia. Ha., in 1S2J, and 1 'u me to this county wit h her parents in I s . 1 1 . Six children were born to 'hem: Maggie < Danford). dolin W., Herman \\ . . Met lellan, I. call (John- Ml" s and I lamillon \\ . M r. \’an 357 Meter was a Democrat in political belief, and in every wav a worthy citizen. THE ISAM. FAMILY. Mathew Ball, one of the prominent I pioneers of Center Township, was a native of "Wales, where he was born in 1745. He came to this country shortly after the lievolutionary War; he first settled in Allegany County. Aid., where he followed tanning and milling: he was successful in business, and accumulated what at the time was thought to be a com- petency. With the desire no doubt of bettering the condition of his family he came to Noble County, and in ISIS entered l<50 acres of land near where is now the village of Sarahs- ville. < )n this farm he lived until his decease which occurred Dec. 27. 1821 ; he reared a family of nine children — Mathew. Jonas, John, Daniel. I.vdia (Gilpin), Alary (Biddle) Susan (Yor- hies), Anna and Julia. Jonas was born in Maryland in 1701, and came to the new country with the family. He married Miss Amy Archer, and was the first settler on the farm now owned bv Air. Clay Young. lie was 1 a typical pioneer in the fullest sense of the term, strong, robust and res- olute, and possessed of unlimited confidence in his own resources and 1 his ability to conquer success under such adverse circumstances. He had a full share of pioneer experiences, a narration of which would sound to tin* present generation more like fic- tion than fact, lie was obliged to market the produce of the farm in i Marietta, a distance of nearlv fifty .. ' - . - IIISTOliY or Xdlil.E COUNTY, OHIO. miles over roads that at this time would bethought to be impassable: on one occasion he took a load ol pork to Marietta, which he sold for $1.50 ])er hundred, but despite the obstacles, which would have dis- heartened one less courageous, he was successful in life and at one time owned over 1.200 acres of land. Hut few men did more than he in the development of the county, and the name of Jonas Hall will always be accorded a prominent place among the pioneers of Noble County, lie died Oct. 9, 1875, aged eighty-three years; his wife died in 1805, aged sixty-three, lie had a familv of twelve children, four boys and eight girls. James was born in Center Dec. 10. 1810; his youth was passed on the farm of his father, sharing the hardships of a pioneer family ; his rec- ollection of the carle davs is vivid; he recalls many incidents that took place in his boyhood that illustrate pioneer life in Center. The follow- ing is related to show what the pioneers were compelled to endure, and something of the earlv life of our subject. In ls:-}5, just before harvest, the family got out of wheat, and thev were obliged to cut the ripe spots: the sheaves after being suflicientlv dried were threshed with flails, cleaned with a sheet and riddle. On this occasion the wheat was boiled in a tea-kettle with a little maple sugar to render it more palatable. On this unwholesome diet they subsisted for two davs. .Many other experiences might be given, but this will suffice as an illustration. Like his father, he began life upon a new farm, and is entitled to a prom- inent place among the pioneer farmers of the county. He married Miss Anna Salladav in 1814. She was born in Buffalo Township in 1824. They reared a family of six children — Lmilv (Russell), Israel, Martha (Downey), Angeline (Cox), Jane (Newton) and Annie. . CHAPTER XIX. SHARON. Organization ok tiii; Towxshii* — Samiei. Sailor, the Hunter, an Early Pioneer — the Archibald Fa.mii.y Make a Setti.emext IX 1813 — Anecdotes of Sailor — How Hi-: Defended His Neighbor's Hokse — llow IIe Akkiyed Late at a Kaising — Hi nting — The Widens. Longs and Others — Attempt to Locate the County Seat ok .Morgan Near Sharon — Reminiscences of Early Days — The Horse-Mii.i.s — -The Post-Hoy — Coknty Officers. QUA 110 X TOW X S 1 1 I P was 03 erected by the county commis- sioners Ray 1. 1851. so as to include and be composed of the following territory, to-wit : “Commencing at the southeast corner of the west half of section 32. in township number fi of range num- ber 9; thence north through the center of sections 32. 215 2U. IT. s and 5 to the northeast corner of the west half of section 5, in said town- ship number <; and range 9; thence west along township lines to the northwest corner of section 3, in township number < thence south aloiu the southwest corner of section 34 in said township and range; thence east along t he township lines to the place of beginning, containing 27 sect ions. v Samuel Sailor was a pioneer and a well-known character. He first located south of Sharon, prior to 1817). and built a camp, making bis living bv limiting. He used tosav tljat lie was here seven weeks with- out seeing a human being. He came from Washington ( Hunt v. Pa. After he had made a small improvement and range 10; section lines to he brought -his wife here, and they lived alone in the woods, remote from any neighbors. Air. Archibald, who came in 1S15, entered the land on which Sailor had squatted. The two were unable to agree as to the amount which Sailor was entitled for his improvement, and went to law to settle the matter. The trial was held in Cambridge, this territory then belonging in Guernsey County, and the disputants and witnesses walked there, nearly thirty miles, each carrying his rifle. Sailor re- moved to what is now the western part of Sharon Township, where he died in 1 >7 1 , aged about eighty-eight years, lie was a large man, physi- cally ; tall and strong, with no superfluous llesh. He was a verita- ble backwoodsman, rough and un- couth in appearance, but honest, kind-hearted and obliging. The fol- lowing incident, related by Air. AVilliam Long, who had the story from the old mail's lips, will serve to illustrate bis bravery and neighborly kindness: After Sailor settled in the western part of the township his nearest neiiihbor on the south was a Mr. ;::>!) ■ ■ , \ 360 HISTORY OF XOIJI.K COUNTY. OHIO. Brown, who lived with his family at the forks of Olive Oreen Creek, 1 about Jive miles distant. One day Sailor saw two suspicious characters i near his own home. On interrogat- ing' them, he received unsatisfactory replies, and the men departed in the direction of Brown's cabin. Know- ing' that Brown was away from home, he took his gnu and followed them, satisfied that they meant mis- chief. Arrived at his neighbor’s, he pushed open the door and discovered the two tramps seated at the table partaking of a meal which they had compelled .Mrs. Brown to supply, while she was waiting upon them. ; nearly frightened to death. A glance revealed the situation, and as I one of the men arose from the table, ! and assumed a hostile attitude, Sailor knocked him down and quickly threw him out of the door. The other was treated in the same 1 manner. Sailor then barred the door and remained during the night at his neighbor's cabin, guarding it against the possible return of the i vagrants. But the latter were evi- dently satisfied, and did not care to run the risk of another encounter with Sailor's powerful lists. On one occasion Sailor had a raising, and of course had to have whisky. He was quite fond of that beverage himself. 1 1 is friend, Samuel Bong, knowing this, made him prom- ise that he would not open the keg until the day of the raising. Sailor went ‘to Archer’s distillery, in the •vicinity of Bast Onion, and brought back a, keg of whisky on his slioul dors. readied Mr. Bong's cabin in the night, and asked for some- thing with which to open the keg. Mr. Bong reminded him of his prom- ise, but Sailor persisted, and opened the keg. lie still had about eight miles farther to walk, but took up his burden and started for home. He did not arrive until two o'clock in the afternoon. By that time the building was up; but the whiskv was none the less welcome on account of the delav in its arrival. Sailor was one of the best hunters that the country afforded. lie killed many bears, deer and wolves, and took delight in the pursuit of them. He said that he once shot three deer, without moving from his trades, as fast as he could load and lire. The deer, instead of fleeing when the first one was shot, came towards him. 11 is explanation of the matter was that the echo of the report of his rifle, Hung back by a hill opposite, sounded like the report of another gun, and drove the ani- mals toward him Among the earliest settlers were the Archibalds, Wilevs, Boones, Bongs and Smoots, who located near where Sharon now is. The present western part of the township was little settled early, and for years improvements progressed very slowly in t hat part of the township. William Wiley died in 1 s 1 ( ; and his remains were the first that were buried in the old graveyard at Sha- ron.”' His sons, .lames, William, and Thomas, all lived here. John, 'I In* scrnml buried thru* was :m inlaid ehild <*1 Williuin Seojggan, and (In third, the wile of Mat tliew < J rimes. STI ARON. ■ mot her son. lived near Caldwell and 1 1 ; 1 1 1 an earlv liorse-mill. lie was soim-thing of a hunter and once killed a large hear near where Alex- ander 1 1* lull's now lives. Betsey, wife of •• Hilly " Boone. and Annie, wife of .losliua Clark, belonged to the same family. All were worthy people and reared large families. Thomas WTIe\. of another lamily, rami' from Belmont Count y and set- tled south of Sharon, lie was orig- inal! v from Pennsylvania. His de- scendants are still here. His sons were .John, Samuel and Thomas; and his daughters, Jane, Margaret Marv and Agnes. James Archibald was born in Ireland, married in Pennsylvania, and came from Belmont County, set- tling south of Sharon in 1815, and his was probably the first family that made a permanent location in the township. The sons were John. l>avai, William. James and Elza. W iiliam. horn in 1 sou, is still living, and a resident of the township, and is among the few that remain of the origin 2 to I ’belie Bulan, who is ■~t i * 1 living. I-.lza and his brother William are the only survivors of 361 the family, which consisted of live sons and one daughter. The Archibald family left Belmont County, one mile west of St. C’lairs- ville. on the 26th of Alarch. 1815. and reached their new home on the 5th of April. They started with a wagon, and a part of the wav had to cut their own road. They left all but the two front wheels of the wagon on the wav, and •marked the trees along the route so they would know the way back. James Archibald had one of the lirst orchards in this region, and peo- ple came from distant points to pro- cure the fruit, which was then a great luxury. Air. Archibald and John McKee procured the trees at Beipre. on the Ohio Kivcr. They went with an ox-team and were two days' going and returning. They brought back three hundred trees. AYilliam Boone was a pioneer on the present farm of Samuel Eakin. He sold out to Alexander Greenlee, and moved awav. Greenlee came from Helmont County and remained until 1848. when he sold out to Eakin. Greenlee married a Miss AEmpiis. Alfred Smoot. Esq., is one of the old residents, and his recollections of pioneer events have added much to the interest of this chapter. Air. Smoot was horn in Fauquier County. Ya., I )ecember 25. ISii'i. In 1817 he came to Ohio with the family, his father. Lewis Smoot, settling near tin' present town of Sharon. His father cleared and improved the farm on which he died in ls5<>. Alfred worked at McConnelsville. ■ HISTORY OF NOIH.1 COUNTY, OHIO. when a }Toung man. ami in 1S8(> re- turned to Sharon Township, settling on a farm, from which he removed to his present residence in Sharon in 1S70. lie has had three wives and is the father of nine children, six of whom are living, lie has held the offices of justice of the peace and notary public. Until the formation of Morgan C’ountv the southern half of the pres- ent township of Sharon belonged to Washington County, and the north- ern half to Guernsey. Buffalo Town- ship, Guernsey County, originally included the northern portion of Sharon Township. Manchester and Olive Townships, erected in 1 ss 1 0, included the present territory of this township until Noble County was made. When Morgan County was erected a hope was entertained of getting the county seat located on what was afterward (lie Edward Parrish farm. The land was then owned b\ Isaac Hill. Land was cleared and logs were cut on the present Joseph Parrish farm with which to build a temporary court house. Pour different parties made land entries, taking up an entire sec- tion. on which it was proposed to locate the seat of justice of the county. Subsequent events verified the axiom of Burns : “The 1 lost laid plans of mice and men Gang aft ajrley." The firstschool-house in t lie town- ship was a log building, which stood in or near the old graveyard in Slniron. A not. her early school-house was built on .lames Kvle's farm. Among the early teachers were Eli/.a Kyle. Thomas Wiley and Peter Ack- ley. A long the waters of Olive Green was a favorite hunting-ground for the pioneers. Hunters frequently came here from Zanesville and other distant points. The pioneers were strong, hearty, good-natured, honest people, who made the best of everything: and, "preserving an even temper in the midst of hardships." as Horace ex- pressed it. them enjoyed themselves ! well, even though the wilderness was ; their home. " Frolics " of every sort — log rollings, h askings, raisings. ; etc.. — were largely attended, and everybody worked with a will and with cheerfulness. There were no drones, and none that were unwill- ing to assist a neighbor who needed help. After they had completed the task undertaken, the voting men would engage in wrestling and jump- ing matches, try to play practical jokes on one another, and in other wavs seek to make things agreeable and pleasant. Whisky drinking was practiced by almost everybody, but there was seldom any drunkenness or exhibitions of evil temper. James kvle settled in lSli.com- ing front Belmont County, lie died here at an advanced age. 1 1 is chil- dren were Eli/.a (Bell), -lane (Morri- son), Rebecca (Smith) and Lucinda 1 (Kusan). Eli/.a was an curly school- teacher. Among the early settlers of the township were several families that wore Gormans or of German de- scent. Among these were Jacob I Hawk, Samuel Anthony and other 362 0 . SHAROX. A i! t i ion vs — F a cob. I la rmoii, (io >rge, {'onnui. John and Boston Hannon — lac-tih and Boston stall living-; Pot or Pit-Icon paug-h and his sons. Pot or. John. Jacob. Adam and George, the hitter still living- here; the Swanks and some others. The Germans wore all industrious, honest citizens and were generally success- ful farmers. The Pennsvlvania Germans were among- the first settlors in the west- ern part of the township Among them wore John Shuster, the Anthonys, and Klingensmiths. Of t ho last named family, all died, except the mother, a few years after they came. From lsn to 1S20 the settlement progressed quite rapidlv. several new families coming each vear. A sec- ond period of settlement began after Congress passed a law allowing- an entry of forty-acre tracts. It is believed that the last fort v-acre tract in this township was entered bv James Kano, where William Shepard now lives. riiomas Boyd, of Irish descent, came from Belmont Countv, settling about IMS on the farm now occu- pied by his son Robert, and was a prominent early settler. Arthur Boyd, born in I s; now resides <>n the homestead farm of his fa t her. An old resident states that there "ere no loads in the vicinitv of Shaion in I M 7. Tin; nearest ap- l'i'"ne|i to a road was a path which led through the woods from Thomas \\ iley s to Samuel Fong’s. 'Flic First road through the township was the opo OB-) so-called Center road, from McCon- nelsvilie to A\ oodsfield. Elisha Spencer settled south of Sharon, on land now owned bv Airs. Kelly. Ills brother Israel lived in Olive Township. Both sold out and removed. Robert Lowe, who married Rebecca Boyd, is still living where he settled cpiite early. 1 1 is parents located at Olive, among the first set- tlers on Duck Creek. 'William Bell first settled and made a small improvement near Caldwell, afterwards removing to this town- ship. He was mi Irishman His sons, William, David, and John, also lived here. James Scott, from Belmont County, settled prior to 1S25 on land now owned bv William Long and John Keyser. lie had several sons, none of whom now remain in the town- ship. Peter Walters, the Harmons, and Lewis Shirley were early sett lers. The last operated a horse-mill in early years, which he sold to Richard Lyons. James Biglev located early where his son Joseph lives. Michael Morrison, from Belmont County, was an early settler where his son Michael lives. Among the earliest settlers in the western part of the township were tin1 Brownriggs. Walters and Pickcn- paughs. who came soon after 1 M 7. John Brownrigg, whose son John is still living, was an Englishman who came to- the township with his family early. There were no early grist-mills in t he township except horse-mills. Of these Lewis Shiilev, in the south HISTORY OF XOIH.K OOFXTY. OHIO. -36J part of the township, had the first. I Ie also operated a distillery. -lames Glenn had a horse-mill at Sharon. Afterward Isaac Parrish and El- d ridge Woo t ton each erected steam ilonring'-miUs at Sharon. James McGlashan liatl a carding machine in operation on Olive Green Greek i as early as lS‘!e. lie afterward brought his machinery to Sharon, . bought out Glenn's horse-mill and substituted carding-mili machinery. The first blacksmith who located in the vicinity was "William Scoggan, ! who lived south of Sharon. lie came from Guernsey County. lie kept a negro who used to drive his team, hauling salt to Parnesville from McKee's salt work's at Olive. ; Scoggan left the country and his friends never heard from him. When Samuel Long and wife came to this county All's. Long rode upon a horse, which also carried the house- hold stuff of the family. Air. Long walked the entire distance. Shortly after their arrival here Mr. Long took his horse and returned to Pelmont Countv to bring out a spinning wheel. It was cold weather and there was snow on the ground. Jfefore starting on the return trip he was given Mime luncheon and a piece of lighted punk-wood, flic then universal substitute for matches. When Mr. Long desired to rest and eat his -dinner, he kindled a lire in the trunk of a dry tree by means of the punk, and after warming, eating 1 his dinner and feeding his horse, resumed his journey. Ib- found it no easy thing to carry a spinning- wheel on horseback, but he succeeded i and brought it safely home. Mr. Long worked at shoemaking for Samuel Sailor, the pioneer hunter, and was paid in bear meat and venison. Long was no hunter him- self. but used to relate with a good deal of interest how he shot his first and only deer. He was at a raising after a good fall of snow, when the sun came out brightly and the snow began to melt. At once all the others who were present left their work, seized their guns and started for the woods, knowing that the conditions were favorable for secur- ing some venison. Xot to be out- done, Long went with the rest to the woods. lie had not proceeded far when he saw a tine deer, and immediately he had a severe attack of *t buck ague." a disease which often attacks amateur hunters. He was so excited that he scarcely knew what he was doing; but he final his gun and, the deer fell. Xot stopping to see whether he had killed the deer, he again loaded and fired: then approaching, found that the animal was dead. When the hunters re- turned. some of them unsuccessful, he was much congratulated on his skill as a marksman, but declared on his part that it was only by good luck that his aim had been true. When Sharon postolliee was estab- lished in |s;!u but two newspapers were taken among all the pat- rons ol flu' ollice. Peter Acklev received weekly a copy of the Lon- don J'all Mull ( ’ii'.’ Ih. and John Lyons, the Pit tsburgh G/oak/bo/ AJ- roratc. Many times Hie mail came without bringing a letter for. any- 7. James Caldwell was the lirst postmaster and is still in office. PERSONAL. Francis ‘ Aduddell was born in Guernsey County Jamiarv 1. 182'd. II is father, who was a soldier of is 1-2, was born in .Baltimore, Md.; his mother was a native of Ireland. The family came to Noble County in 1820 and Francis has since lived on the same farm. Mr. Aduddell was married in 1803 to Ellen Lyons, of this county. They have had eight children, four of whom are living, ' Thomas, Annie F.. Melton and Harley. Winlield Archibald was born in Sharon Township in 1S7>7>, and is a farmer. In politics iie is a Democrat. II is grand father. Archibald, was born in Ohio; his maternal grandfather in Virginia. 1 1 is father, born in Sharon Township in 1827, died in 1877). 1 1 is mother was born in Guernsey County in 1827), and is still living. They reared four children. George A. Bell is descended from a family of pioneers. II is grand- father was a soldier of 1812. II is father was born in Belmont Countv in 18o-L and in 1827 married and set- tled in Manchester Township, Mor- gan County, where George A. was born May I'd, 183s. lie is one of a familv of ten children, seven of whom are living. lie was married in 1 Sdo to Rachel M. Daniel, of Cahl- „ I i IlISTOKY OF XOIii.l'. COUNTY, OHIO. 30 G well; children: Thaddeus II. and Nettie I. The fa.mil v are Presbyte- rian ami liepublicans. Robert Pell is of Irish and Scotch descent. Both his grand lathers were j in the Revolutionary 'War. His par- ents were both born in Belmont County, whence his father removed to Morgan County in 1837. His mother died in 1837. and his father came to Xoble County in Ison. Robert was born in Belmont County in 1 S3 7, and came to Morgan County with his parents. He was the oldest of live children, the others being Agnes A., Mary J , Nancy (who married Oliver lveyser), and Alice. Mr. Bell is a farmer. He has served as justice of the peace. He is a Dem- ocrat in politics. W. 1>. Boyd, a prominent farmer, was born in Sharon Township in I Sail. Mr. Boyd has 3GG acres of land, and is largely engaged in breed- ing line stock. Mr. Boyd was mar- ried in 1875 to Helen L. Carr, of Sharon. They have two children. He is a Democrat and a member of the Methodist Protestant church, to which his wife also belongs. Joseph Bigley was born September 30, lSMI, and resided on the farm which his father entered in 1821. I I is parents were* natives of Pennsyl- vania; his father was a soldier in the War of 1812. and came to this town- ship from Belmont County. The family consisted of four daughters and two sons, all living except Jacob, j who died in 1N44. Joseph was mar- ried in 1858 to Catharine Ijams, of this e< )imt v ; children : James I . (deceased), John R., Mary M., Wiley i II., Jefferson A\ .. Amv C.. Joseph V. and liettie M. Mr. and Mrs. Biglev are members of the ( liristian < 1 lurch. Mr. Pigley's father died when he was but seven vears of age and the widow and family were left to brave the hardships of pioneer life alone. The mother was a brave woman, well fitted for her position. She once killed a large rattlesnake alone and unaided, and on another occasion killed a deer; the animal, pursued by dogs, jumped into the creek; she seized a rail, threw it upon his horns and drowned the deer, by getting upon the rail and holding his head under water. John Brown was born in Belmont County in 1815, and has been a mer chant and farmer during life. For- merlv he was in the mercantile busi- ness at Xewburg, in this county, where he did a large business, buying- and shipping tobacco to Baltimore. He has been twice married and is the father of nine children, all of whom are living. William Brown was born in Bel- mont County, in 1 sJ2. 11 is father and mother were also born in the same county. They came to Xew- burg, Noble County, and thence to Sharon Township. William enlisted in the Ninth Ohio Cavalry and served during the war. taking partin the battles ol Pig ('reek Gap. Tcnn.. siege ol Knoxville; Athens, I* lorence and Decatur; Rousseau raid; East Point, (la., Atlanta, Jonesboro'. Nashville. Aiken, ( 'olumbia. Favet te- vi lie. Rockingham, Avervsboro', Pen- tonville and Raleigh. Mr. Prown was married in 1 s 7 1 to l.iz/.ie Dye; \ a . ' i "I1 children : Emmet. Norn, Minnie. j )nra and Fulton. lie is n Republican. Mrs. Frown is a member ol the Bap- tist church. John Brownrigg and I'aniilv came iVoiu England and settled in this township among the early pioneers. Hr. died in l>5i!. Mary Brownrigg, daughter ot John, married George Walters, whose pai'ents came from Pennsylvania to Belmont ('ounty. (.corre Walters settled in Sharon Township. lie followed farming-; died in I slip, his wife in lv<>2. Peter • I. Walters, son ol (.feorg-e, was born in Sharon Township, dune T, Is3s, and is now a farmer in Noble Town- ship. He married Theresa A. Brown, daughter of Edmond (4. Brown and granddaughter of Dexter Brown, an early settler, who came from Rhode Island. Edmond (4. Brown married Elmv McFerren. whose parents came from Pennsylvania and settled in Noble Township in i s FT Edmond G. Brown died in 074; his widow is still living. Peter d. Walters was enrolled as corporal of Company I, hirst Ohio Heavy Artillery, dune 24, I si;.",, anil served until duly 25. 1805, when Ik i was discharged at K n ox- v i 1 It*. Tonn. B. F. Burlingame was 1 torn in Noble 4 'ownship, October 1 (!, 1880, and is tin.- son ol one of the early set 1 lers who came from Rhode I '.land. M r 1 !ui lingame is a Rcpub- lieali in politics, and has f ollowed farming and shoemaking as his occu- | >a t i< ms. 1 le was man ied in 1 St! 1 to 8.i rah d . La rly. a na l i ve of 1 reland. and has one son. — Sidney. d allies ( aid well, mercha nt ; at ( )li ve Green, was born near the site of the : town of Caldwell in 1 SAO, and is one of a, family of nine children, seven of whom are living. He has fol- lowed farming and mercantile pur- suits. He is perhaps the oldest postmaster in Noble County, having- served it) that capacity for thirty-one years. He is a Republican, and with his wife belongs to the Methodist Protestant church. He has been married twice, first to Mary J. Long, of Wyandot County, Ohio; and sec- ond, to Agnes Parrish, of Olive Township. Mr. Caldwell is the father of six children, all living- except one da lighter. John J. Delaney, a, prominent farmer, was born in Monroe County, Ohio, May 19, 1 S A 1 . He was one of twelve children, eight of whom are still living. His father came from Pennsylvania and his mother from Maryland. Mr. Delancv has followed farming. He is a Republican in poli- tics. He was married in ls.42 to Miss Cordelia Wilson, of this county ; chil- dren : S. Ellsworth. Ulysses S. (de- ceased), Frank L., John 11., Urilla T. and Sarah I . Samuel Danford. Sr, was born in New Jersey in 1 774. Ills wife was a native of Virginia. They were mar- ried in Belmont! 'ounty, ( )liio, in 1 800, and reared sixteen children. Samuel Danford, dr., of Sharon Township, the twelfth of these children, was born dune 28. 1818, in that portion of Monroe County now forming a part of Noble. He was married in IS4o to Jane Adair, who died in Juno, 1 ''4(1; again in December, lsRI, i to Isabella Humphrey, who died in 0 ( 30S HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, ONTO. January. 18(54; ami a third time to Maria- Delaney, in April, 1804. Mr. Dan ford is the father of eleven children, of whom seven are living, lie signed the temperance pledge at the age of eighteen, and never broke it. lie was formerly a Whig, but has been a Republican since the formation of the party. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and has held several church and township ollices. James Dan ford was born in Marion Township, Noble County, in 1833. II is father, a native of Virginia, and his mother, who was born in Penn sylvan ia, were early settlers in that township, and reared six sons and Jive daughters. Mr. Dan ford mar- ried Margaret A. Kapple, of Morgan County, and is the father of four sons and two daughters. He is a Republican, and a Past Master in the Masonic fiaternitv. Ralph Essex was born in Mus- kingum Countv in isos, and came to Noble County in 1820. 1 1 is wife, a native of Scotland, was born in 1X20. They were married in 1S41, and reared four sons and four daughters. Ralph Essex, Jr., the seventh child, was born September JO, 1X50, on the farm where he now resides. He received a common-school education, and has followed farming. In 1SS1 he married Phema M. Phelps, of Morgan 'County. They have one child --—Jennie C. Mr. Essex is a Republican. ISoth he and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal church. Throe of his brothers were in the late war; two wore shot, one of them fatally. Frank M. (till was born in Sharon in 1 x.52. and educated at the Acad- emy in his native' place, and has fol- lowed teaching. Mr. (fill was mar- ried in 1S7S to Sarah Davidson, of Hiramsburg, and has two children. He is a Democrat. Mr. Gill served as school examiner for nine consecu- tive years. Conrad Harmon, of German de- scent, was born January 27, 1843. II is grandfather Hannon came from Germany about 1771, and served in the Revolutionary "War. receiving a wound at the battle of Germantown, lie died in Morgan Countv. Con- rad's father was born in Pennsylva- nia, and is still living. Conrad Har- mon entered the service of the United State's in 18(12, in Companv K, Twentv-lifth Ohio Volunteer Infan- try, and was discharged August 25, 1 X03, having participated in the bat- tles of Fredericksburg, Chancel lors- ville and Gettysburg. Re-enlisting in Company G. Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer In fa.nl rv. he served until July 25. 1 sii5. In 1 spy he married Electa, W. Robinson, who died in 1871. In 1x73 ho married Mary E. Thompson; children : Charles. D., John F.. Hannah E., Owen G. and (tiner II. (twins). Mr. Harmon is a farmer by occupation and a Repub- lican in politics. Rufus P. James was born in Mus- kingum County in 1*20. and is of W elsh and Irish descent. Ilis father was a soldier in the Whir of 1 s 1 2. Mr. Janies has been twice married, and is the father of ten children, live by each wile, of whom six are still living, Dr. Frank James being the 1 o'. . \ I ' SI [ A RoN. on 1 child unmarried. Mr. James belongs to the Baptist church, and is a Republican in politics. The Kevsers are of English and German parentage. The lather and mother of Andrew Keyset* were born in Pennsvl vania and were early set- tlers in Belmont County. They had live sons, all now living except Oliver, who was a representative to the legislature from Noble County and a draft commissioner during the Rebellion, lie died in 1882. Another brother. John, was in the legislature at the same time with Oliver. Andrew Keyset*, of Sharon Town- ship, was born in Belmont County in 1 S 1 5 . In ISM? he married Miranda Euellen.in Belmont County, bv whom he had eight children, live of whom are living — Jesse, Isaac, Oliver, John and Jacob. Mr. Key- set* is a Democrat and a Method- ist. Oliver Kcvser, son of Andrew Keyset*, was born in Sharon Town- ship in 1X47 and has followed farm- ing. In 1 s 7 5 he was married to Eida Bell; children: Elbe A., Nora B. (deceased). Nellie I!, and Herbert II. Mr. Kevser belongs to the Methodist Protestant church and his wife to the IVesbvterian. Isaac Keyset* was born in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1 s 1 7. He settled in Noble County in 1X114. and is now engaged in farming. He was mar- ried in 1X7)0 to Miss Monica Porter- field, of Belmont Countv. Their children are live sons and one daugh- ter. Pour ol them are still living. One of t he sons is six feet and eight inches in height. Mr. Kevser and 24 309 wife are Presbyterians. lie is a Democrat in politics. Isaac Keyset*. Jr., was born in Belmont. County in 1S44 and came to Xoble County with his parents. He was married in 1x01 to Eliza- beth I jams. Their children are Anna Albertine and Andrew J. Mr. and Atrs. Ivevser are members of the Christian church. In politics he is a Democrat, lie served as land appraiser in 1880. Samuel Long was a prominent early settler, a titan of intelligence and an exemplary citizen. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1780, and was of Scotch descent lie came to Ohio with his parents, who settled in Belmont County about 1800. In 1x10 he married Man Abiev and soon afterward settled near the site of the town of Caldwell, where he remained a short time, then removed to the farm in Sharon Township on (which he died in 18(58. His first wife died in 1824. She bore six children (three sons and three daugh- ters). In 1825 Mr. Long married Mary elephant, of Morgan County; she also had six children (live sons and one daughter). She died in 1852, I and in 1853 Air. Long married Han- nah Read, of Muskingum County, who survived him a short time. William Long, second child of Samuel and Alary (Olephant) Long, was born in this township ( Ictober 28, 1827, and is a prominent and success- ful farmer. He has been identified with every public interest calculated to promote the welfare of Noble County, and is a friend and encour- age!* of education and religion, lie L~\ I . 370 HISTORY OF XOHr.R CORN' TV, OHIO. has served in several township ollices. and has held the oflice of county commissioner two terms. MY. Long is a Republican and a member of the Methodist Protestant Church. lie has been married three times — lirst, to Mary Ross, a native of Pennsyl- vania, who died in 1870; second, to Lucretia Phipps, of this county, who died in 1870 ; and in 187*, to his pres- ent wife, nee Mary .1. Pell, of Noble County. Mr. Long is the father of nine sons and three daughters, all liv- ing except two daughters (Mary ,T. and Sarah K.) and an infant son. On the farm of Mr. Long is a frame barn, built in 1821 by George Morrison, which is believed to be the oldest in Noble County. Robert Lowe is an old resident. Jle was born in Virginia in August, 1S03; came to Washington County. Ohio, and thence, in 181-1, to what is now Noble. During life he has been a farmer. Jle was married in 1 821 to Tiebecca Poyd. and is the father of eight sons and four daughters ; eight children are still living. Mr. Lowe is a Democrat and a Methodist. John Lowe was born in Noble County in 1S30, and is a farmer, lie was married in 1857 to Margaret J. Hannan; children: Orris (died at the awe of twentv-six), Mare E., and Wil- lard. Mr. Lowe is a Democrat. James Lowe, son of Robert, was born September 18. 1*21), on the farm where he now lives. lie married Catherine Amelia O'Donovan, from London, England, and is the father of four sons and four daughters. Three of the children are dead Philip C., Rosa J. and Mary R. (Par- rish). Mr. and Mrs. Lowe are mem- bers of the (Methodist Protestant church, in which he has held several offices. He is a Democrat. Alonzo P. Lowe, son of Robert Lowe; was born December 3, 1811*. lie married in 1885, Anna S.. daughter of William McGee, of Noble Township, and has one child, Lulu Pelle. Mr. Lowe is a Demo- crat and a farmer. Joseph E. Marquis, merchant at Sharon, is the son of John E. Mar- ! qnis, a prominent citizen, whose parents were among the early settlers, and Mary Penan, his wife, lie was born July 3, 1S54, and has followed mercantile pursuits. For twelve years he has served as postmaster at Sharon. Mr. Marquis is a Demo- crat. and a member of the Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows. He was manned in 1875 to Yenora E. Gill, of Sharon, and they have five children: Carrie May, Frank M., Herman IL and Bernard P. (twins), and Lillie M. Mr. Marquis is a Methodist ; his wife a Presbyterian. A. II. McFerren, a prominent i farmer, was born in Noble County May 1<*. 1811*. lie was educated at Sharon Academy, and followed teaching several years. He is a Democrat, and has served as clerk and assessor of the township. In 1872 Mr. McFerren married Lydia ! E. McKee, whose grandparents were among the earliest settlers of Sharon 'Township, ile is a member of the Masonic Lodge at Sharon. The McKee family is represent- ed in Sharon Township bv Will- i him McKee, who was born on ■ "V j SI! A ROM. Duck Creek. in Noble township, in H25. (See sketch oi the Alclvee la m i I \ in Xobl(> 1 ownshi]).) lie is a I hunocra t in pol it ies, and a successful farmer. Mr. McKee was married in ! s;, l . to Maria Gird, and is the father of seven children, live of whom are living. William M. Morrison is of Scotch and Irish descent. 1 1 i s lather, a nat ive of Marvland, came to Pelmont ( 'omit v in 1817. ami thence to this township. The elder Morrison was the father of ten children. William M.. the ninth child, was born in 1823. on the farm where he now lives. lie has followed fanning. In 1850 he married Martha Gaston, of Knox County. They have but two chil- dren living. Robert A. died in 1*52, in his second year; Joseph F., in I Sdb, aged seven years; Asa. V., in 1875, aged fifteen vears; Charles M., in 1883, aged thirty years. Two others died in infancy. Mr. Mor- rison and wife belong to the Presbv- terian church, in which he is a deacon. In politics lie is a Demo- crat. Charles Nichols was born in Elk Township, Noble County, in 1804. His father was a native of this county, and his mother was born in Ireland. Mr. N. is a farmer, and a Democrat in politics, lie was mar- ried in I ss:> to Annie Stout, of Shar- on 4 ownshi]). They have one child. Ernest 1. Edward Parrish, a prominent earlv sett I er. was born in Mary land in 1 7 s 1 . and came to this township from Rel- I I ion t County in is pd, arriving on the l'dth of August Edward Parrish I 371 was the father of lion. Isaac Parrish, a lawyer and member of Congress, whose biograph v appears elsewhere; and of William Parrish, who served as sheriff of Morgan County. The family consisted of six sons and five daughters. Stephen Parrish, a prom- inent citizen. is a member of the same familv, and was born January 2d, is lit. He has -followed blacksmith- ing. farming, and stock-dealing. Mr. Parrish was married to Ann Floyd in 183d, and is the father of six sons and three daughters. Robert, the oldest, volunteered in the Fourth Iowa Regiment of infantry, and was honorable discharged after two years of service, lie died at Grand Junc- tion. III., while on his way home. Mr. Parrish is a prominent Democrat. Thomas AY. Parrish was born in McConnelsville, ( )hio. in 1843. 1 1 is father, William Parrish, son of Edward Parrish, who settled in !, Sharon Township in 18 10, was then serving as sheriff of Morgan County, which office he held from 1841 to 1845. T. AM. Parrish has followed j farming and the mercantile business, lie enlisted February 12, lstlg, in Company D. Sixty-third Ohio Volun- teer Infantry, and by re-enlistment' served until the close of the war. and was discharged at Louisville, Kv.. Julv 8. l s()5. lit* was in the engage- ments at New Madrid. Island No. lo, I uka . Corinth, siege of Vicksburg. Resaca. Lookout Mountain. Atlanta, and ot her bat t Ies of Sherman’s march to tin' sea. lie is a Republican, a member o! tin* Methodist Episcopal church, and of the Grand Arniv ot tin' Republic and Odd Fellows. lie n f 372 HISTORY OF NORTH COUNTY, OHIO. was married in 1 s 7 7 to Susannah B. Wiley, of Sharon; children: Helen M. and Henry S. J v i ley Parrisii, son of Stephen and Anna, Parrish, was born in the vil- lage of Sharon in 1811. He was engaged in fanning until 1872 when he met with a severe accident by which he was rendered lame, lie has since been engaged in making- brooms and brushes, lie was mar- ried iu 1 s r» 2 to Miss Ellen On of Zanesville; children: Robert W.. Ira L., and Stephen R. Mr. and Mrs. Parrish are Presbyterians. He is a Democrat and a member of the Masonic order. He has served in several township olliees. The father and mother of Samuel Patterson were Pennsylvanians, and came to Morgan ( Runty , < )hio, where thev were married. IJ is mother's maiden name was Hannah L. Davis. Mr. Patterson was the fourth of ten children, five of whom are living, lie was born in 1S4S in Sharon Township and is a farmer and car- penter. In 1872 he married Sarah Fidora Swank, of Olive Green ; children: Tempest ME, Charlie, and Maple F. Mr. Patterson is a Dem- ocrat; his wife is a Baptist. Adam F. Pickenpaugli was born in ISIS. 11 is father, a native of Pennsylvania, came from Virginia to Ohio and about 18:1b married .lane Phillips, of Guernsey County, by whom he had nine children. The grandfather of Adam settled in Noble Countv in 1825. lie was killed by the falling of a limb from a tree while at work in his Held. Adam K. Pickenpaugli was married in 1.875 to Miss M. J. Tidrick who died in 1884. He is a Republican, an Odd Fellow, and a Baptist. Four of his brothers were in the war of the Rebellion, and two of them. George 0. and Jonathan R., died of typhoid fever while in the service. Samuel F. Rock, a prominent farm- er, was born in Dresden. Musking- um County, in 182b, and is of German and Scotch ancestry. Bv occupation lie is a farmer, saddler and harness maker. In 1847 he married Mary Elmira Archibald, a native of this countv. She died in 1855. ami in 1S05 he married Sarah F. Emmons, a native of Belmont County. Three children were born of the first marriage — Hannah F. (deceased), Susan F.. and Marv L. Mr. and Mrs. Rock are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, lie has served as steward, class-leader and superintendent of the Sabbath school. He was an Abolitionist and is a Republican. Mr. Rock enlisted in 1804 in (’apt. Floyd’s companv. One Hundred and Seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, served until the close of the war and was honorably discharged. He was in the battle of Nashville and other noted engagements. Rev. Randall Ross was born in Westmoreland County. Pa., in 1818. and came to Sharon in 1848 to take charge of the Sharon and (’umber- land Associate Reformed churches (afterward Ended Presbvterian ). About 1851 he founded Sharon ( ’ol- lcge, which ho taught until the out- break of the war. For some time he edited the Jtublt- . * o, ■ I ' si i u:ox. 1-1/11,1 1 county newspaper. In 1S31 he went into the army as a private in the Sixty-second Ohio \ olun- teer Infantry. A fter serving1 about eighteen months he was appointed chaplain of the Fifteenth Regiment with which he served until the close of the war. lie went to New Con- cord. O uernsey ( ’utility, and thence to Missouri, where he died in 1ST7. Robert Rowland is from an early Morgan County family. 1 1 is father was horn in Pennsylvania in 1805. and his mother in West Virginia in hi:!. They came to Morgan County about IS id. The family consisted of six sons and six daughters. Robert, the lift h child, was horn in Sharon Township in 1 843, and is a farmer. He married in 1873 Susannah Shus- ter, of Morgan County; children: I.osia ( ’., Charles S. and Clara 11. Mr. Rowland belongs to the Demo- cratic party. Hugh Shields was horn in Berkeley County, Va., February 2, ISO}). His parents were natives of the same State. His father, a soldier of Is 12, came to Ohio soon after 1830. In 183d Hugh Shields entered at gov- eminent price (SI. 2.1 per acre), eight y acres of land where he now lives. The country was then wild and prim- itive. Mr. Shields has followed farming all his life. He wasmarried in Belmont Countv in 1833, to Mary Bowman, and is the father of seven sons and two daughters. Four sons and one daughter are still living. ( leorgc Shields was horn in Sharon Township in 18.1!;. In 1 s 7 » i he mar- ried Miss Addie Over. I’hev have two children living- Mary R. and 373 Oakev Owens. Both he and his wife belong to the Methodist Epis- copal church. Matthew Steen, of Sharov, is of Irish descent. 1 1 is grandfather lived, it is supposed, to the age of one hun- dred and four years. The father of Matthew was horn in Pennsylvania in 1800 and died in Sharon in 18S5. The family came to Noble County in 1847. James 11. Stewart was born in Noble County in 1831. In 1858 he married Mary J. Coulter, and. they have three children. The Stewart family were pioneers in Belmont County, living there in a fort while hostile Indians still roamed through the country, frequently having Bonis Wetzel as their guest. The family came to what is now Noble County in 1824. The father of James 11. was a soldier of Is 12. The Stout family came from New Jersey to Belmont County and thence, in 1820, to the vicinity of Olive Creen. One of the family married Christina Matilda Ann Har- mon. and reared five sons and three daughters. Enoch, one of the sons, died at Vicksburg during the siege. George Edward Stout was born in 18()U and lives on the homestead farm. In 1SS0 he married Cordelia Baker, of Brookfield Township: children ; Emil. Florence and Rydia Francis. Mr. Stout is an enterpris- ing farmer, a Republican and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Levi Millard Stout was born near Olive Creen in 1813. Ills grand- father was an early settler, a nativ< ' 74 HISTORY OK XOBT.K COUNTY. OHIO. of Now Jersey, who came to this township in 1820 from Belmont County. lie was married in lxiin to Clarissa, D. Gooden, of ( ) 1 i v e Town- ship. They have had six children : Happy N, Charity R. ('deceased) Thirsa 1., Albert AL. Alta L. and Florence E. l’hilip Swank was born in 1828 in the house which he now occupies. 11 is father, who was a soldier of 1812, was born in Belmont County; his mother, ou-e Harriet Paul, in Penn- sylvania. They had twelve children, of whom Philip was the fourth. He married Hannah Dye in 18-1-7. They have had seven children, of whom five are living. Air. Swank is a Democrat. He and wife belong to the Methodist Protestant church. J. AAL Swank, a well-known mer- chant. is a representative of one of the early families. His grandfathers were from Pennsylvania and his maternal grandfather served in the War of 1*12. The maiden name of his mother was Barbara Picken- paug'h. She was married in 1X2J. , I . AY. Swank, the third of ten chil- dren. was born in Sharon Township in 1N29 and has followed farming and the mercantile business. He is a Democrat in politics. In 1850 lie married Jane Brownrigg, of this township. They have had live chil- dren. Their daughter Lillian mar- ried James Arnold and died at the age of nineteen. Mis. Swank' is a 1 » a p t ist . T lie breeding' of deer is a feature of Mr. Swank's business, lie lirsl obtained black' failed deer from Nebraska; but on trial, found that ! the climate did not agree with them. ! Afterward, obtaining cotton -tailed deer, he was very successful in j raising them. They run with the | cows and are easily domesticated. ! At present he has thirteen on hand. John AY. Swank was born in Mor- | gan Count v, in 185X. His father was ; a native of Belmont County. John AY. was married in 1S82, to Alary Archibald, of this township; chil- dren : Clara E., Laura Addle and Flora Mabel. Mr. Swank is a Demo- crat. Solomon AAbdters was born in .Bel- mont County, in 1x25. His father and grandfather were Pennsylvani- ans. and the latter served in the Rev- olutionary AAbtr. II is father was born in 1X01, and came to Belmont County about 1x05. In lsg-1 he married Mary Ann Montgomery, in Belmont Coun- tv, and in 1 xgil settled on land which he had entered, in the present town- ship of Sharon. Solomon A\ alters is by occupation a farmer and miller. He is a Democrat politically. Mr. AYalters married Alary K u n t /. of this township, in 1850. She died in 1X70. having borne seven children, of whom two are deceased. Peter Walters was born June x, 1x17. on the farm where he now lives. II is fat her, a native of Belmont Countv. came to this vicinity and married Zillali. daughter of Samuel Sailor, the pioneer of the township, bv whom he luul seven children, live of whom arc living. Peter Walters married Harriet K mil/., of this coun- tv. in I Mill. They are members of the Baptist church. Mr. AYalters is a Republican in politics. a 1 ■ ■ ■ SIIARO.V. .1 ,i nil's i!. AVigginton. hotel-keeper ; i j Sharon, was horn in Frederick ( mnt v, \ a., May '2a, is:',!. 1 1 is par- ctils wi'iv natives of \ irginia, and his grandfather served in the Revo- I hi ioiia rv War. Mr.AVigginton volan- t.-rivd in 1 lie 1 nion army, in 1 S(> 1 . in the Fourth Kentucky Infantry, and served through the war. partici- pating in the liattleof ( ’ 1 i ic- lea ma u lt;i , I lie sirge of \ ' i< • k si )U !' g, ttltd OtllCl’ engagements ol less prominence. .1 u I \ :’,o. lie was captured while crossing the ( 'hattahoochee River, on the Sherman raid, and taken i to Andersonville prison, where he i sull’ered indescri liable misery and cruelty. At Fa fa vet te, Ga.. he was wound- i ed in the right hand, and also in the neck, lie was exchanged in .June, 1 stio. and honorably discharged on the 1 1th of that month. In lStiO he came to Noble Count v. In 1^70 he" i married Kii/aheth II. Bickett. of this county. They have four children living, and one deceased. Those liv- ing tire' Willie Wilbert, Winlield Scott. Mary Briscoe unci Charles Culver. Mr. Wigginton is a Repub- lican. William W dev, one of the pioneers i oi Noble Countv. wtts a native of I Vunsy 1 vania. and served in the AN nr of the Revolution. About the close of the war he was obliged to lice with his lamilv to escape mas- sacre by the Indians. In tin* vettr l'uis lie ca me to what is now Noble * oiinly. lie was a weaver bv trade a lid set t led « m a t raet of la ml now "Wiled 1 1 \ Mr. Shafer, southwest of < aldwell. Altera residence of four years he moved to Sharon Township, settling on a farm now owned bv -John E. Marquis, one-half acre of which he gave for burial purposes. 1 1 is death occurred in lSlM, and his was the first grave in the little cemetery. II is son. Thomas Wilev. was born in 1 7‘.*5 ; after the death of his father he removed to a small farm three miles southwest of Sharon. He married Elizabeth Fogle." They had nine children, seven of whom grew to maturity. The mother died in 18eS, aged sixty-one, the father in 1 s 7 1 in the seventy-sixth year of his age : he was a farmer and a Democrat in politics. William Wiley, grand- son of the pioneer, was born in Sharon, lie acquired the trade of a carpenter, which he followed for many years. lie married Miss Xancv Bigley. II a has had seven children, two of whom are dead. Politically hi' is a Democrat. dacob W. Wiley, a descendant of one of the early settlers, was born in this county in 1 825. 11 is grand- father was among the first settlers of tin* Duck Creek Valley, coming to Ohio from Pennsv dvania. Iledonated the land for the old graveyard at Sharon, and his remains were the first buried there. Jacob was the third of a family of ten children, lie is one of the representative farm- ers of the township, owning 2b» acres of excellent land. lie was married in lstb to Francena Galla- tin, of Morgan Countv. Thev have had two sons and four daughters, of whom the following are living: Jeremiah T., Jerusha Rb, John ( ’. and Nancy J. The lamilv belong to v J l ■ HISTORY OF NOBI.K COUNTY, OHIO. 370 the Methodist Protestant church. M r. "Wiley is a I temocrat. Frederick Verian is ;t grandson of Frederick Verian. an early settler, and was born in -lackson Township, .Noble County, in 1S37. 11 is father was a native of Pennsylvania and in early times used to make guns from the “raw material.” drilling the barrels and making the lock and stock' himself. Frederick learned this trade. In is -1-7 lie came to Sharon, and for the last fourteen years has carried on the drug busi- ness here. He enlisted September 21, 1S01, in the Twenty-second Ohio Light Artillery and served until duly 13, 1S05. In 1 stilt he married Nancy E., daughter of Samuel Wiley, of Sharon Township; children — Lizzie E. .L, William E„ Mary W„ Kate. Samuel F., Charles E.. Cora L. and Susannah .1. Kate married Samuel Wallace and died in 1S8-L The others are living. Mr. Verian is a I iemocrat. Frederick Ycrian, Sr., was an early German settler. He was for some years engaged in operating a grist- mill and saw-mill. He injured his foot by stopping on a nail, the leg was amputated and he died from the effects of the operation. His son .John was a gunsmith and learned his trade in Zanesville. Sharon V-ii.i.aok. Sharon, an old and once nourish- ing village, was laid out March 22. 1S31, under the proprietorship of Pobert Put lierford and Edward Par- rish. The original plat fourteen lots. The first building erected within the present limits of the town of Sharon was a log school-house, built on the corner where the Masonic Hall now stands, prior to 1S23. Later a brick school house was erected on the same ground. A church was also erected by the Pres- byterians about 1823. Rev. Robert Rutherford, one of the proprietors of the town, was the first postmaster. An office was established through Ids efforts in 1830. It was on the mail route between Parnesville and McConnels- ville, and was supplied with a weekly mail. The first settler in the village was a man named Smith, a carpenter, who was only a brief resident. lie built the house in which John Hoggs now lives. Isaac Parrish built one ol the first houses. Rev. Robert Rutherford, pastor of the Presby- terian church, was an early settler, locating here before the town was laid out, as did also Edward Parrish. Other early merchants wort* Isaac Parrish, who started the first store of importance; "Wiley A Parrish (Thomas \\ i ley and John Parrish), benjamin Manifold, William Enlev, and John Moore. The latter came from Chandlersville, and kept store on the corner where Frederick 1 urine's drugstore now is. Eldridge Wootton, Peitben Israel, and Elijah Stevens wore among former mer- chants. The latter once had two stores here at the same time. About ls|o Sharon was a busy place and trade was flourishing. Pork packing was carried on quite extensively by eontaiiHM I \ SH A I'OX. Reuben Israel and John and Isaac ; Parrish. Israel also dealt largely in tobacco. lie was started in trade here by Dr. ( 'aid isle, of Pelniont County, and was a very successful merchant. Isaac Parrish erected a steam Houring-mill in 1S40, which was probable the earliest steam-mill in the countv. Eld ridge AVoott-on erected a steam saw-mill and grist-mill soon after. Isaac- Parrish did a large bus- iness for those days. He projected a railroad, and had several miles of it graded. Among the residents of the village in 183d were James Ilopper, who 1 was a blacksmith, and settled here in 1832; Isaac Paxton, cabinet-maker ; Isaac AfcAIunn, shoemaker; Samuel Marcjuis, who conducted a tannery ; \ ernon Stevens, who also had a tan- nery : Eldridge AVootloii and Pen- jamin Manifold, merchants; AVarren Timberlake, who had a pottery ; and Nelson Timberlake, wagon-maker. , The first tavern was kept bv Isaac Paxton. Sharon now has two general stores, both of which do a large bus- iness. They are kept bv Steen A Parrish and Joseph E. Marquis; 1* rederick \ ertan is the druggist: •lames A\ igginton. hotel-keeper: Sol- omon Walters, proprietor of Sharon mill; Ren hen Mc(«lashan and James Kirlc, saddlers ; .lohn A erian, T. M. A erian, Robert Nichols and J oil n Al. I’oggs, blacksmiths; dames (iill. wagon-maker ; William Shepard and Ezekiel IVdicord, cabinet- ma leers. The town has two churches and I two lodges. In 1880 its population was 204. The town of Sharon has long been prominent in an educational wav, and is noted for its good schools. An institution known as Sharon Col- lege was started by Rev. Randall Ross in 1S52, and for many years was a flourishing school, in which the languages and higher brandies of education were taught. Here many received the foundation for a good education. Many of the pupils became successful teachers in the schools of the surrounding country. The school was largely attended and had a good reputation. Rev. Ran- dall Ross was succeeded after several years by Professor Smith, and lie bv AfcMillan and Ryan. The latter was the last teacher. The school has not been in session since 1875. The building is now the school-house of the district school. It was erected by subscription solelv for the use of the college. ( 11 1'KCll KS. Preshytcrnut. — The first church od i lice in Sharon was erected about 1823, by the Presbyterians and I idled Presb vteria ns. I'lie old church building is still standing, and is now a residence owned bv Airs. Harriet McDonald. 'The t wo con- gregations continued to worship in this building until about 1 s.35, when the union ol the churches was dis- solved. In I s3s three churches were built ill tin1 town Presbyterian, I nited Presbyterian and Methodist Episcopal. The lifted Presbyte- rians maintained their organization HISTORY OF XOIJI.H COUNTY. OHIO. 070 o ( o until al>out 1ST!). Their first, pastor was Rev. Stephen L. Halt, who was succeeded by Rev. Randall Ross and others. When the eon invitation dis- banded most of the members joined the Presbyterian church. The pres- ent church edifice was erected in 1880. Among the early ministers wei'C Rev. John Arthur, Rev. Robert Rutherford, Rev. Charles < harlot and others. John Marquis and his family and Alexander Greenlee were leading early members. 2[tl ov/ A 'jt/xmpal . — The first church edifice was erected bv this denomination at Sharon in 1S38. The present church was erected in 1870, at a cost of St. -ton. The pres- ent membership is seventy-five. The present officers are James Richer, leader; R. K. Nichols. David Fore- man and John Crimes, stewards; S. F. Rock, John K. Marquis and F. F. Foote, trustees. The soviet v was organized many vears before any church was erected. Am on it1 the pioneer members wore John Rid- cock. Andrew and Levi Rurkev. Ren- jamin Rarn house, Samuel Allen. It. Hatton (the grandfather of Frank Hatton, iate postmaster general 1, James Gird. John Scroggins, William Kirkpatrick’, Isaac McMunn and Thomas Garlington. I.cvi Rurkev was the lirsl class leader. ]\/(t nchcxi<:i‘ lin pi (*1. ( . This church was organized as earlv as 1830. and was then in Manchester Township, Morgan Countv. Rev. Mr. Gabriel, was the first settled minister. Among t he early members were Jacob Hawk. James Carvin, and Joab Railcv and ( ieorge Walters, and their wives. Carvin and "Wal- ters were deacons for manv vears. The first meeting-house was a log building; the second a frame, and the present a frame. The second church was destroyed by fire. The church is still flourishing, though with a less membership now than formed v. Oh. re 1' /'/ Onjtrruui Church. — The early historv of this church is involved in obseuritv. It is proba- ble, however, that it had an exist- ence previous to 1820. Nothing is now known of the original members or first officers. In 1S31 John Mar- quis, John Lyons, and Reter Eckley. were elected elders. In 18:-] 7 the names of Renjamin Manifold and teeter Fckley are given. The first church edifice was completed in 1830. It was a frame structure 3o.\T)5 feet. The present building was completed in 1882. It stands on the site of the old church, and its cost was sl.itoo. It appears that the society had no regular pastor until 1837. Among the supplies the names of Revs. William Wallace and Robert Ruth- erford are frequently found. In March. 1837, Rev. John Arthur was elected pastor, and served until 183)8. 1 1 is successors were Revs. N. P. ( 'ha rlot'te, William Reid, J. R. ('aid- well. Mathew R. Miller. Watson Russell. Samuel Mahatfev. k. ( '. Rutter, William M. (lalbraith and A. liuldridgo. The present member- ship is eight v. wit h a Sabbat h school attendance of one hundred. In the carl v da vs : he church was ca red lor ov the Hoard ol Home Missions, but tor manv vears it has been self-support- ■:> ■ SHATCOX. 370 Tin,1 present pastorate. that of 1‘i-v. Thomas .1. I )aguo, began Octo- i ,/• r 1. lss:;. During this time ! won! v one ineiiiliers have been added. and the societv is in a very prosperous condition. 1.01)0 KS. .1 J snti / r. Sharon Lodge, Ao. 13d; L. and A. M.. was instituted March gi>, 1 s4 d, with the following charter members and first ofiieers : Rev. Pat- rick’ K. Met 'ue. V . M. ; l)i'. Jesse M. Stone. S. W. ; Samuel Fowler. -I. \V . ; R. M. Leland. Oliver Keyset*, Robert Thompson, Conway Oarlington and Jesse Stewart. Of these, 15. M. Le- land is the only survivor, so far as is known. The past masters have been Rev. Patrick K. AlcCue. Dr. Jesse M. Stone, Robert Thompson, Ste- phen Purl ingame. Josiah 1 lurli ngume, Dennis S. Oibbs. David ( Aiken, P. M. Leland. •!. P. Gill. Stephen Par- rish..1. 1 )a n lord. William Lowe. D. 11. Schofield. R. Purlingame and Ross Elder. The lodge once had over one hundred members, but manv have w ithdra wn. joining newer lodges. The present membership is sevent v-four. 1 lie lodge is in good financial condi- t ion, and owns a good t wo-storv build- ing containing the hall, which was built m IMG. at a cost of sl.-tOO. The present ollicers are Ross Elder, W. •M.; George E. Willev. S. \V. ; ■ I hoiuas Love. J. \\ . ; Richard Pur- llllgaille. S. D. ; Joseph \\. Jones, J. 1^: A. II. Mel- erren, secret arv : I bonus Poyd. treasurer: Alfred Smoi a . ty lor. < hhl /' ' I hnrs. Gem Lodge, X o. '>•>-, 1. ( ). ( ). I .. Sharon, Ohio, w as instituted Julv '23. Is73. with the following charter members: — Fred; crick Verian. John Aikin. George A. Pell. A. F. Pickenpaugh. E. W. Dan- iel. George Walters. James IF Stewart, James Thompson. John Preston, Joseph W. Jones and John E. Marquis. The lodge now has fortv members and isnn a flourishing condition. - It owns one of the finest halls in Noble County — large and well furnished. The officers in < )cto- ber, 1 SsiJ. were T. W. Parrish. X. G.; Win. Verian. P. G.; Thomas Povd. treasurer : James Kane, sec- retary. PIOGR API11CA L. Tin-; IjKow Milan family. John Prownrigg. Sr., was one of the prominent earlv settlers of what is now Sharon Township. He was born in England, where he married. Five children were there born to them: Elizabeth, William. Sarah. M ary and John. In IMS he immi- grated to this country with four of his children. Elizabeth, the eldest, remaining in her native* place, the mother having died. The family landed in Paltimore. Md.. thence tliev came to Pittsburgh, and from there to Steubenville, Ohio, in a Hat boat. Here the family spent the win- ter, tlx* boat being their home. The following spring they vovaged to Marietta and from thence to the place where the familv now reside. I lore t he elder Prownriggentered bid acres of land. He was a thorough and energetic farmer, and soon after his arrival built a. log house, Jt‘>.\ fo. and two stories in height. In lsgii. ' •• ■ HISTORY OR NO I! UK COUNTY, OHIO. 3 SO the year following' his settlement, lie built a barn which was the admira- tion of the pioneer farmers for miles around. This structure, the walls of which are still standing, was one hundred feet in length; tire floors were puncheon and are still in good repair. lie died in 1 >v>fi. aged eighty - four years. He was an Episcopalian in religious belief, and for many years one of the leading citizens of the township. ( )f his children. John. Jr., is the only one living. lie was born in England. May In, 1S()7. and is one of the few who have witnessed the transition of a wilderness to a fertile and productive country. He remained with his father until his decease, at which time he received 240 acres of the paternal estate, lie has been a thrifts and prosperous farmer, and at one time owned 1,1 no acres of valuable land, lie savs that when his lather settled in Sharon. tiiatSilus Sailor was their nearest neighbor, and that lliev occupied his stable until they could erect a cabin. He married in lsg',1 Miss Matilda, daughter ot Robert and dune ('aid- well. Four children were the result of this union: .lane (Swank). Eliza- beth (Ellison i. who died in lssj. M illiam and Sarah < Kildrowi. Will- iam. the only son, was born in Sharon Township and resides on the homestead farm. He married Miss Nancy (L. daughter of Samuel and ■lane Norris. They have six children: Emma (donesi. Lewis M.. Marv (Roz- mani, John ML, May and Lillie. The fertile fields and substantial im- provement'- attest Mr. Rrownrigg's skill and success as a farmer, lie is a member of the Masonic fra- ternity and a pronounced Demo- crat. CHAPTER XX. MARION. Oiiicinai. Towns ii ir Okcanization — Tax-Payees in ISHo — M akton Township Kkk< ti:i> IN 1851 — Kvlil.Y Sk.TTLK.Ks — Till. PlON KICKS FJIOM DkI.AWAKK — OlT) SkTTI.KIJS StII.I. . Livino — 'I'm Imsii Sktti kmk.nt — Names ok tiik Pionkkii Ikisii and Scotch Sktti.kks — Puominknt Eaiii.y Fa.mii.iks — Moses Horton, the Foi ndkk ok Scm- MKIiKIKI.I) — I)l!A\VK.UKS AND DlSCOV I5AOKMKNTS — EnTEIU'KISK AND iNOKSTKY — Emily Schools — Lkxi.noton. an Extinct Vili.aok — Ginskno Dtooinu — Dkkk Hi n’itno — A Novel Markiaok Cekkmoxy — Pkksonal Mention — The “ I) etch Indians" — An A.mksino Thial — The Vili.aok ok Fkkkdom — Scmmekkiei.d — Its Eaiii.y Sktti.kks — Indi sticks, Merchants. Etc. — Gkowtit and Pkouiikss — Ciu kcii es — The Undekokoind Railroad. IOR to the organization of | Xohle County, the territory of Marion Township was included in Union and Seneca Townships. Mon- roe County. The former was organ- ized in 1S22. and included township 7 of range S. The latter was first erected in 1 s 1 A. but did not extend west to the county line, as it was 1 afterward made to do. In 1 St >< > a description of its boundaries shows that Seneca Township embraced township 7 of range 7. The twelve eastern sections of Marion therefore came- from Seneca Township, and the twelve western ones from Eldon Township. Amoim the names of owners of O real estate appearing on the tax duplicate of Monroe Count v in 1 ST! 1 were the following whose lands lav within the present limits of Marion: (ieorge Drown, section 24. 1<>2 acres, Slsf; Samuel Craig, section 13, township 7. range 7. SI acres; .Joshua Craig, dr., section J. same township and range, S2 acres, value appears on the Enoch Township lax Slob; Michael Panford, section f, so acres : dames Eemmax. section 11, 7S acres, spy ; same, section 12. 7s acres. Sits ; William Osborne, sec- tion lb. St) acres. si'o. These names duplicate, the reason probablv being that the owners of the lands described resided within that township, which as then constituted was the sixth township of the eighth range. On the Union Township tax duplicate for the same year were the names of the following owners of real estate in the twelve sections of the seventh township of the eighth range, now included in Marion: Joseph Archer, section 22, S". acres, spam .Joshua Craig, section 13, l»i2 acres, si si ; Michael Panford, section 1. so acres. Eli; Alexander Franklin, section 12. so acres, sloo ; William I Ieiddleslon, section 11. Si acres, sloo; dames l.emmax, section 21. U>+ acres, sls2; W illiam MeClintock, section 12. Ids acres, s2 io : William Osborne, sec- tion 12, loo acres, slid; same, y list ■ ■ . IIISTOKV OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. 3S2 acres, Sll; John O'Neill. section 11. IS acres, 857 ; William (4. Shank- land, section 24. 153 acres, 8192; Frederick Squier, section 24, 1 < >4 acres, 82<»2 : Hugh Waybrant, sec- tion 15, 7(3 acres, 899 ; William Young, section 22, si acres. 892. In that portion of the township taken from Seneca, Township (sec- tions 25 to 30 inclusive of township 7, range 7), were the following' own- ers of real estate in 1833: George Acred, section 31, 139 acres. 8158; Svlvanus Baldwin, section 31, 25 acres, 828 ; Ananias Banum. section 32,30 acres, 834 ; Gornelius Bryan, section 30, 170 acres, 8325; John Bryan, section 20, 72 acres, 819o : James Brown, section 25, 4o acre's. 850; Barnabas Crosby, section 25. 81 acres, 8101; Thomas Cochran, section 33, 72 acres. 881 : Nathaniel Cape! I, section 32, 130 acres, 8182; William Oalland. section 32. 130 acres, 8182; Joseph Calland. section 25, 40 acres, 850; same. 81 acres, 8101 ; Barnabas ( 'rosby, section 30. 07 acres, 884 ; Samuel Dan lord, sec- j tion 35. 142 acres. 8297 ; same, sec- tion 30, 100 acres, 81,;1 : Timothy Cle.vela.ml, section 31. 33 acres, 838; I Bobin Carpenter, section 35, 71 acres, 8 — j Morris Dan ford, section 35, 72 acres, 89o; same, 71 acres, j 880; Peter Dan lord, section 35. 71 acres, 880 ; Moses Delaney, section 20, 1 50 acres, 8 1 82 ; same, so acres. 8100; Peter Dan ford's heirs, section 35, 142 acres, 8101; John Franklin, section 30, 50 acres, 874 ; David Far- ley, section 34, 73 acres, soo; Arch- elans lango, section 31, 81 acres. 802 ; Moses lloiton, section 32,208 . acres, 8310; same, section 20. 70 acres, 803 ; George 1 1 arris, section 30. 101 acres. 8203; William Kent, section 20, 313 acres. 878(5; same, 1 mill. 8150; James McYiekar. sec- tion 3< i. 177 acres, 8282; James Osborne, section 31, 139 acres, 8105; William Philpot, 1 mill. 880; Alex- ander Porter, section 3o, 215 acres, 831o; James Porter, section 30,50 acres, 872: Lemuel J tucker, section 28, si acres. 8 1 < 1 1 ; same, 81 acres, 8147; James M. Bownd, section 20, 81 acres, sill; Lemuel Pucker, sec- tion 2s, 31 acres. 81<*1 ; Tssachar Schofield, section 33: 72 acres. 881 ; Thomas Taylor, section 32. 01 acres, 880; Nicholas Trode, section 33. 72 acres, 889 ; David Watson. 103 acres, 83<>0. The foregoing tax-list- — -the earliest on file in Monroe Countv - would indicate that the country about Summerfield was already well settled in 1s33. Marion Township was erected by tin1 county commissioners, May 4, 1851. "so as to include and be com- posed of the following- territory, to- w i t : "Commencing on the seventh range line of the southwest corner of section 31. in township number 7 of range 7 ; thence east along said township line to the southeast cor- ner of section 25 in said township number 7 and range 7: thence north along the section line to the north- east corner of section 3(> in said township, number 7 and range 7 : thence west along said township line to t lit' northwest comer of section 3(5 in said township, number 7 and range 7 ; thence south along the sev- C8 ’ O 0 . I , . tUAUlOX. cii I ) i range line to the northeast cor- ner of sect ion 1 in township number 7 of range s; thence west along the s ; i i < I township line to tin* northwest corner of section 3 in said township nntnher 7 and range s; thence sont h alone' the section line to the south- west corner of section 22 in said township number 7 and range >* : thence east along section lines to the seventh range line; thence north to the place of beginning: containing t went v- h ntr sect ions." |>avid West, a native of the State of 1 tola ware, now eighty two vears of ag'e. resides in Eairview. Guernsey Gonntv. Mr.- West states that he came to the place where Summer- lield now is on the lath of Mav, 1812. It was all a wilderness, not a stick of timber had been cut. lie remained hut a short time, then returned to Barnesville, where he remained four or five years. lie then returned to what is now Sttm- merlield, where he worked at his trade (shoemaking) and clearing up land. After his family had grown up. In* removed to Guernsey County. Other settlers, who came origi- nally front Delaware, wore .Nathan- iel Oapoll. Ananias Batumi, Aivhe- laus Lingo. "William Lingo, James Shankland. Asa Barton. Thomas Cocdtran, and William Burcher. Idlest* were mainly men of limited education, but well able to defend themselves in an argument. Nathan- iel < apell was especially gifted in this direction, as wort* also two of his sons. William and .James. The latter was a man of much more than ordinary ability, and in public 1 1 is- 383 missions or in the pulpit was able to hold his own with an\ opponent. Among the oldest residents now liv- ing in Summerlieid and vicinity are Mary ( ’apell. now the widow of Rich- ard Horton: Elizabeth Lingo, widow of James Osborne: Mary Shankland. widow of Liston Pretty man. now living with her mother, the widow of James Shankland and John Shank- land. on the old homestead. Joshua "Wolf was an early settler on the Tavlor farm, near Lexington, lie kept tavern. His place was a great resort in early times. Many shooting-matches were held there. "Wolf also followed blaeksmithing. II is father. John "Wolf, a veritable backwoodsman, was an early settler at Lexington and had a blacksmith shop there. The Irish sttlement began in 1817. In that vear came Moses Horton, who bought the land on which the town of Summerfield now is. and a few vears later laid off some lots where the road from Zanesville to Sunlish on the Ohio River and the Barnesville and Marietta road crossed each other. He prophesied that it would become a large town. "Yes," said "William Earheart. deeming his ideas rather visionary, "when the Ohio River comes to it." Though Mr. Horton's hopes have not been fully realized, the town is now second in the county, and has a railroad instead of a river connecting it with larger places. About the same time with Horton came Joshua ( 'raig, George Acred, Hugh O'Neill, Thomas franklin. Patrick Peppard, W illiam Osborne, O • ■ 3 Si iiistoi; v of xonr.i. county. omo, Sam ue] Osborn and James Osborn with their mother and their sisters. Mary, Kitty and Betsey ; 'William Me Clintock. John Franklin. Alexander Franklin, James Lemmax. Eliza Large and live sons and one dattgh- ter came in February of ls2P. Hugh W aybrant. John Wavbrant and Thomas Tackaberry. J alter came William ( Taig, "Wyndham Sparling. Joim Clearv, Edward ( deary, Thomas Burns, Anthony Filmy, (Tumlin Ferris and Joseph Milter. A few of the early settlers became discouraged and left, but the most of them stuck bravely to their work and made good homes for themselves and their families. George Acred. Fa I rick Peppard. Thomas facka- berry, Thomas Burns and John Wax - brant, of the Irish settlers, became dismasted and returned to Pittsburgh. it is difficult to understand how men and women, accustomed as many of them had been to the ways of luxury and civilization, could patiently endure the hardships of pioneer life and withal enjoy them- selves therein. But that they did there is abundant evidence. They were industrious and diligent work- ers, and w ielded the axe or t lie grub- bing hoe with sturdy hands, inspired and encouraged by the hope that in this wav only could they win tor themselves a farm and a home. The Irish were looked upon with a good deal of suspieion by their neigh- bors, who came from Maryland. \ ir ginia and other Eastern States. I hi' caused them tooling closely together and to render all possible assistance to one another. Their characteristic energy, enconomy and thrift were displayed in such a manner as to con- vince the native Americans that they had come to stay, and were able to hold their own in the struggle for existence. I hey were all Protestants and friends to religion and educa- tion. They early established and maintained subscription schools, and as far as they were able, gave their children the ad va ntages of education. The work of improvement went for- ward rapidly and almost without exception the Irish settlers thrived and prospered. Their influence is still felt, and their descendants are a most worthy class of citizens. Moses llorlon early started a small store for the sale of ammunition and tea. Powder and lead (which was molded into bullets), were indis- pensable articles. Squirrels were so abundant that boys and men were obliged to turn out and shoot them to prevent the total destruction of their cornfields. Louis 'Wetzel, the noted pioneer hunter, is said to have patronized Horton's store on one occasion. Tea was about the only luxury in which the Irish indulged. Among the early comers were a lew Scotchmen — William Calland. Robert ( 'a I hind and Matthew Woods. They were rugged, sturdy men, and prospered well. Robert. James and Elizabeth Calland. wife of James Brown of Sum i imr held, and Kitt v C. Swain, children of these Scotch pioneers, a re •'till living. 1 lie pioneers after a lew years began raising wheat, which they marketed in Zanesville, forty-live to lilts- miles distant. Many a load was o > ■ MARION. 385 there at forty cents per bushel, but bettor prices soon prevailed, and t he farmers en paged more extensively in raising it. At one time in the town of Summerlield, it took a bushel of wheat to purchase a pound of codec. The Irish settlers of Marion Town- ship were excellent citizens. They were men of intelligence, thrift and enterprise. One of their number, Hugh O'Neill, was a school-teacher, and organized a subscription school soon after the settlement began. He taught successfully for many years, winning the esteem and love of his pupils. He was one of the best of the earlv teachers. The school-house was on the land now owned by Fawcett Craig. Another early school-house stood on M uses Horton's land. Hr. John Hanford was the first teacher in Summerlield. Stephen F. Miner, son of J lev. John Miner, then pastor of the Methodist church in Summer- lield. was one of his pupils. He has since been a presiding elder, and is now located at Chardon, Ohio. Among the early settlers was one Frenchman, a man named TeEhodes, a stout, strong man, rather eccentric in his ways. It is said that he built a tobacco house about thirty feet square and dove-tailed others on to it until it had a, large capacity. After a few years he removed with ids familv. Fli/.a Large, a widow with a fam- ily of five sons and one daughter — Robert. I liomas (step-son), Samuel, Henry. Richard and Ann (Craig), came from Canada in lNgs. The family were originally from Queens County, Ireland. Mrs. Large bought 100 acres of land, which is now owned by her son Henry and John Lemmax. Henry is the only one of the family living in the county. She was a lady of ordinary ability and a kind Christian woman. She died in 1S03. Richard Large, a cabinet-maker, and Samuel Johns, a blacksmith, were among the early residents of Freedom. Some of the old settlers of the township who are still living, are Samuel Osborne, aged eighty-six, and his wife, nee Martha Horton, eighty- three; Wyndham Sparling, eighty- two ; Thomas Horton, seventy; Henry Large, seventy-one; John Cleary, seventy-eight ; Henry Craig, seventy-eight. Jonathan Hamilton came to this county from F’elmont very early and died soon after. 11 is widow is still living, aged eighty- nine, active and in good health. Of Lexington little now remains except the memory. Yet it was a trading-point of some importance long before Summerlield came in to being, and was probably the oldest projected village in the county. In early years, a man named Finch had a store there; John Wolf, a black- smith shop, and John Miller a tav- ern. I n 1S33 the owners of “ town lots ” in Lexington wore Martin Crow, "William Caldwell. John M iller, David Rose. William C. Shankland, David Sutton, William Sutton and William Sutherland. I James W. Shankland, who had . O' ■ HISTORY OR NOH LIC COUNTY, OHIO. 380 previously been in the mercantile business for a short time in Sum- merftehl, started the (irst store of importance in Lexington. John Itownd was in business with him for awhile, first as clerk and then as partner.' Shankland kept store at Lexington many years and dealt ex- tensively in tobacco. After quitting the mercantile business (about 1S50), he converted all the town lots into a farm, and “ Lexington ” ceased to be. An old resident states that Lexing- ton was projected as early as ISIS by Thomas Emery and Jacob Young. They were unable to pay for the land, and some years later .lames W. and William G. Shankland bought a half section, including the site of the town, and kept store there, moving their goods from Summerlield. Jesse Moseley, a brother of Charles Moseley, was an early settler. lie was a native of Tennessee, and for a time lived in the family of the father of Andrew Johnson. Lie was born in 18GG and died in 1S85. He was a mechanic, and was favorably known to many of the old settlers of the region. William Kent on the Stevens' farm, near the Monroe County line, had an early grist-mill run by water. Many of the earlv settlers had hand-mills. Kent was one of the earliest settlers in the county, and wascontemporary with the Enochs and Archers, on the East Fork of Duck Creek. II is house wits a favorite stopping place for travelers in early years, it being the only improvement for many miles. It was also a rendezvous for hog I dealers for miles around; here thev j received their droves, and weighed | them, if they were not successful in “ lumping them oil’.’’ as it was called. The manner of weighing hogs in those days was to put them singly into a ! sling arid get their weight with steel- O C o yards. Sylvanus- Eahlwin was an early Yankee settler about a mile 1'tom Summerlield. The Ealdwins did much weaving for the neighbors. Sylvanus was a shrewd, keen little fellow who was an adept in butcher- ing, and prided himself upon his skill in that line. A little farther on, a small improvement was made by a man named Plumer. who sold out to the Osborns, who still occupy the farm. James Lemmax came from Pitts- burgh in 1818, and bought L'»0 acres from William and David Sutton. In 1820 he located upon his land and | remained four years, then rented it and returned to Pittsburgh, where he remained until September, 1S30. lie i then came back to his farm and there I remained until his death. lie worked I hard and so managed as to secure a ! piece of land for each of his children, lie was a man of more than ordinary ability and energy, accomplishing what he undertook; a man of rather peculiar mechanical genius, a worker in either wood or iron; would imi- tate in either .stone, leather, wood or 1 iron anything he saw or took a notion to do. llosea King came about 1S1G. He had seven sons, all of whom are death j Some prospered well and the others MAKI0X. made a living’. Robert Crawford, who came about ISIS, was called •• the squatter.’' It was his custom to begin an improvement, erect a cabin and then sell out his right to some new-comer. Land was then s2 per acre. A settler could enter 100 acres to he paid for in three payments. If he found himself unable to pay for the whole, he could take eighty acres instead. Digging and marketing ginseng or “sang,1- as it was called, was one of the chief industries among the early settlers. This article and wolf- scalps were their main sources of revenue. Catching wild turkeys in pens afforded an easy method of sup- plying the family with game. One side of the log pen had an opening to pass under, following up a trail of corn scattered both outside and inside the pen. The birds, when inside, looked upward for means of escape, and seldom crawled out as they came in. It is said that Mrs. Capell once undertook to get some turkeys out of a pen, talcing two in each hand. When she had secured them, they undertook to fly, but she pluckily hung to them unjil they became entangled in the bushes, and her husband came to her assistance. On one occasion a hunter named McBride, who lived live or six miles away, was chasing a deer past the house of James Lemmax. Mrs. Lem- max saw if, and sent a bulldog in pursuit. The dog caught it as it was attempting to leap a fence, and with the assistance of Mrs. Lemmax, kept the deer down until her son came with a butcher knife and. dispatched it. Mrs. Lemmax was considerably bruised and her dress torn bv the struggling- animal. When the hunt- ers came up she tendered them the deer, but they refused to accept it, saying she deserved the prize for her pluck. Henry Craig, still living, savs lie helped t-o raise the first cabin in Sum- merfield. Of Hugh Way brant, an early jus- tice of the peace, the following anec- dote is related: Soon after being commissioned, he was called upon to perform a marriage ceremony. Being somewhat nervous and not fully posted as to the necessary form, but still with an idea that some form of xirearinr/ was necessary, he got through with the marriage some- thing after this style: “ Do you take this woman for your wife?” “Ido.” “ Do you take this man for your hus- band?’' “I do.” “Then if you ain't manned 1 ” The Danfords of Uoble County are very numerous, and also very worthy citizens. They are descended from three brothers — Samuel, Will- iam and Ambrose Danford, who came from New Jersey to Belmont County, and thence to what is now Marion Township very early. William was a soldier of 1812, and died in the service. Samuel was a prominent and influential man among the early set- tlers. lie was a successful farmer and acquired a comfortable property. He was tlnj father of lift eon children Morris, Michael, Peter, William, Samuel, Benjamin. Rachel, Rebecca, Sarah, Kliza belli, Lucretia, Ranee, . ■ 388 HISTORY OF NOUr.K COUNTY, OHIO. .Mary, Hannah and Ruth. Samuel Danford, Jr., was horn near Summer- field, in 181s. and is now one of the prominent farmers of Sharon Town- ship. lie married, first, Jane Adair, bv whom he had three children — Catharine, James MT . and John S. Rev. James AV. Danford, of the Methodist Episcopal Conference, is now stationed at Dexter City, lie was born in Belmont County, whither his father had removed soon after Ids marriage, lie learned the carpenter's trade in early life, but became a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, lie married Mary Mitten, and is the father of four chil- dren. Samuel Danford, his wife and four children came to the farm now owned by Peter R. Danford, in 1S00. In 1812 they left and returned to Belmont County, not wishing to lie so far from civilization during the war. The family returned to the old place about 181 T. Ihe father died in lSJ5,and the mother in 1871. She was a member of the Methodist Epis- copal church, and the Danford resi- dence was the preaching place for the neighb >rhood. Lucretia Danford was born in Belmont Countv in 1817. P She lived on the home farm until about fifteen years ago, when she bought the place on which she now lives. She has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church since she was twenty years of age. Tliad- dcus Shepherd's wife is a niece of Lucretia Dan ford, and has lived with her from infancy. Peter R. Danford, son of one of the early settlers, was born in Marion Township in 1810. lie remained at home until 1>02. when he married .lane D. Cleary. By this union he has live children, all living — Lorenzo C., Alice M., .John E., Hiram R. and Dempsey R. The family are mem- ' hers of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr Danford is a prominent i and successful farmer. Peter. II. Danford was born in 1 sf-7. In 1872 he married Rosalia Cleary; children: Luella AL, Ann E., Irene and Edgar R. Jin is a farmer and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Charity Martin (nee Danford) was i bom in Belmont Countv in 1823, and in 1825 came to Marion Town- ship with her parents. In 1812 she married John 11. Martin. Six chil- dren were born to them — Silas, Eheul, Morris D., Peter, John A., and Simeon F. Four are still living, three on the homestead. John II. Martin died in 1855. The family are members of the ( 'hristian church. Michael Danford was born in Belmont County. October 0, 1802. lie was the son of Samuel and Fancy i Danford. His father came to Bel- mont County in 1708, and there married Fancy Methency, August 20, 1800, and came to what is now Isolde County in 18"7. In 1818 he j was compelled to return to Belmont County on account of Indian troubles, returning to Noble County in the year HI 7. Michael never : married. He came in 1 i is child- hood to what is now Noble County and lived and died there. He com- menced first in teaching school, I investing his very small wages in MA KION. 3 SO government lands, which he would lease for improvements. These lands became valuable in alter life. Own- ing a large amount of lands, he was ! more or less interested in 1 arming, but his principal business was loan- | in<- money, discounting paper, etc. His entire life from early childhood was strictlv moral. lie had no well- defined Christian faith. At one time in early life he joined the Methodist Episcopal church, but did not feel at home and soon withdrew, and never joined any other church or sociotv of any kind. lie was a man of strong and logical mind, anti had many eccentricities. lie died in his sixty -seventh year, possessed of a considerable amount of wealth, of which he made no. disposition. 11 is last sickness was short and his death unexpected. He never he'd any very important offices — never seemed to have any desire or anxiety for what he termed trifles. Samuel Hanford, son of Peter Dan ford, a resident of Hew Jersey, was born December 2b. 1774. and on tlx* 20th da v of August, ISof), was united in marriage to Xancv Math- eney, in Helm out County, Ohio Their union was blessed bv the birth •9 of seven sons and nine daughters, all of whom, with one exception, lived to the estate of manhood a nd woman- hood. About the year 1S13 Mr. Hanford removed to what is now M; trion Township, this countv, the country then having only here and there a cabin. After a short sojourn here lie was compelled, on account of the Indians, to move back to llel- mont County, where he staid until , the Indian trouble was passed; then returned to this county, where he was an extensive farmer and land- owner, and where he died in 1 84.5. Morris Hanford, the oldest son of Samuel and Xancy Hanford, was born in Belmont County, August IS, 1 SOI . and, being the old- est of the family, had to brave the hardships and privations incident to frontier life. When but twelve years old he traveled from Captina Creek in Belmont ( Aunty, to their home on Glach' Creek, this county, alone and through the unbroken forest, the dis- tance being twenty-five or thirty miles. When fourteen or fifteen rears old he and a younger brother staid alone all winter in the cabin on Glady, to take care of the stock, while the family were in Belmont County. Under these sturdy influ- ences he grew up to manhood, and married, on the 2d day of January, 1823, Amney S. Alford, of Monroe Countv, who bore him three sons and two daughters, two of whom are now living— Simeon, in Jackson Township, and Charity (Martin), in Marion. Mrs. Hanford died on the 8th of January, 1835. He was after- ward united in marriage to Eliza Hinton, on the 2<>th of January. 1 SB 7, which union was blessed by three sons and three daughters. Three of these children arc living — Sarah, Samuel T. and Peter 11. Seven of his children lived to the age of maturity, four sons and three daugh- ters, six of the number being school- teachers, notably the eldest son, Silas, who made teaching a business for eight years. Three of the sons 390 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. have been class-leaders in the Aleth- odist Episcopal church. Morris Danford was a plain man of honesty and integrity, unassuming in manner and quiet in disposition. 11 is counsels were much sought after, and his precept and example always tended to do good and keep peace, lie was much interested in public education, and for many years the burden of the school business of the township fell on him. For many years lie performed the duties of jus- tice of the peace, for twenty years was trustee of the township in which he lived (Marion), and was chosen infirmary director, and helped to institute the present County Infirm- ary. In politics he was a Whig, until the formation of the Republican party, after which he was a, stanch liepublican and abolitionist. In religion he was of the Disciples’ or Christian faith. A kind husband and father, he always tried to incul- cate in the minds of Ids family that a good character was more to be desired and sought after than any other earthly attainment. His name was a synonym for honesty and purity; his word was regarded equal to his bond, and he acquired a repu- tation for correctness and painstak- ing in the details of business which is equaled bv few and excelled bv none. He was cautious to a- fault, and has been heard to say that he never paid one cent of law costs or one cent of interest in Ins life, lie died on the 93d dav ol March. ls-73, at the age of seventy-one, after a vein' energetic and useful life. Captain John Drown, whose biogra- in Dumferline, Scotland, in IMS. At the age of sixteen he eniisted in a regiment of Scotch Highlanders, and then received the military education which he utilized to such good advantage in after time. In I *39 he came to this country and settled in Poughkeepsie, AC V., where he fol- lowed his trade, that of a linen weaver, lie married in Philadelphia Pa., a Miss Farlow. She died in Steubenville. Ohio. In St. Clairs- ville he made the acquaintance of Miss Matilda McConnell, a native of that village, whom he married for his second wife. About lSo2 he came to Noble County and purchased a farm near SummcrJfield. In 1893 he joined the Ninety-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and upon its i organization was commissioned first lieutenant. June following ho was promoted to a captaincy. At the | battle of Chickamauga he was se- ! verely wounded in the foot and died in Nashville. Team., October 5, 1S93. Had he lived he would have distin- guished himself. He was brave to ; rashness, and one of the most thor- i oughly drilled officers in the service. The Kings, from Pennsylvania, were among the first settlers, .lohn King lived and died in this town- I ship and reared a family of ten chil- dren. "William Kent and familv came from ( liven e County, Pa., settling in lsl5 on the farm now owned by Samuel Ste\ens The place was par- tiallv cleared earlier. They were i the parents of nine children, four of ■ . ^/MjO Y~V*^Lf* tZ&£L^yC~ 'T'c£ MARION. 391 whom were born here. Three are still living — Sarah (Heed), John, who lives in Monroe County, and Mary A. 'William Kent was a promi- nent man, and held the office of justice of the peace. lie died in 1S56; his wife, Ann, in 1846. Moses Horton, with his wife and nine children, came from the city of Dublin to what is now Marion Town- ship in 1817. They afterward had two children. Of their sons. Thomas and 'William are living. The latter is a physician it? Southern Indiana, near Cincinnati. The daughters were Ann (O’Xeill), deceased; Martha (Osborn), Susannah (Crow), Jane (Graham), and Rebecca (McWill- iams). The two oldest sons, Joshua and John, after coming here, re- turned to the east on foot. On their arrival in New York City they wrote to their parents, stating that they were well and had enjoyed the trip, but that they did not expect to remain in the city long. Ko other word was ever received from them, and to this day the family are igno- rant of their fate. Mrs. Horton died in February, 1863, and .Moses Horton in March, 1x63. They were among the most prominent of the pioneer settlers. Thomas Ilorton, the only son now living in Xoble County, was born in Dublin. Ireland, in 1816, came to America with the family, and resided on the home place for a series of years in the first brick house erected in the county, now replaced by a frame. In 1x13 he married Miss Marinda Todd, for- merly from New York, and is the father of eight children, seven living: Thomas A. (deceased), John (a mem- ber of Company 1), Forty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the late war), Dorothy A. (Roberts). Weathea M. (Xowell), Cenioretta (Haines), O'Xeill and "William J. The family are members of the Free Methodist church. Robert C. Horton, son of Richard Horton, was born in Marion Town- ship in 1X43.* lie is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a farmer. In 1870 he married Mary Barnes, of Summerfield; children: Alberta, Eugene, Robert E., Hubert 13. and William C. Hugh O’Xeill and family were among the early settlers, locating on the farm now owned by Samuel Crawford. John O’Xeill. born in Ireland, came to this township with his parents, married Ann Ilorton in 1X21, and died in 1861. lie was the father of nine children, two of whom still live in the township. He was an upright, honorable man, whose word in business transactions was all that was required ; a successful farmer, and accumulated some prop- erty. The Osborns of this township were among the early Irish settlers, com- ing originally from Countv Donegal. The family consisted of Samuel Osborn, Sr., and six children — -Mary, William, James. Samuel, Catharine (Crawford) and Elizabeth (Fearus). Of these, two are living, both in this township. The family left Ireland in 1817. The father died in 1820, six week's after coming to this coun- try. James Osborn, born in Ireland in o '1 302 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. 179S, came to America with the fam- ily, and located with them in what is now Marion Township, when all ay as wilderness. In 1830 he married Eliza Lingo. Their children now living are Samuel M., Archelaus and Hester A. (Calland) in this county, and Ellen (Wilson), Kansas. The father died in 1SS3. ITis widow is still living, with her son Arche- laus. The latter was born in 1810, and in 1802 enlisted in Company L>, Ninety-second Ohio Volunteer In- fantry, and was mustered out at the expiration of his term of service. He was in the battles of Chickamauga, Mission Hidge, the Atlanta cam- paign, through the Carolines, etc. In 1807 he married Eliza M. Hamil- ton. Six children — live living, viz.: Anna L., Luella, James IE, Charles E. and Hattie 11. Samuel Osborn, Sr., was born in Ireland in 1800. and came to this country with the family. In one fall he walked from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, and thence to Ohio, where he entered the land on which he afterward located ; then back to Pittsburgh, and again to this town- ship. Such feats of pedestrianism would be considered marvelous in these days, but the pioneers were a hardy race and not afraid to encoun- ter hardships. In 1829 he married Martha Horton. His children were I Iluth (Panics), Dorinda (Lcmmax), living, Ann'.). (Taylor) and Mary E. (Anderson), deceased; Susannah (Peyett), William and Rebecca. William Osborn was born in 1813. ' In 1802 he enlisted in Company I), Ninety-second Ohio Volunteer In- j | fantrv. lie was discharged on sur- geon's certificate of disability after one year in the service. In 1W2 he married Lillie II. Earhart, of this countv. Four children living — Al- bion E., Mattie II., Mary A. and Dora II. The Osborns are Free Methodists. Samuel Craig, a native of Ireland, j came to America about 1818. He j settled in this township on the farm now owned by Fawcett L. Craig, who was born on the place in 18-13. In 1871 E. L. Craig married Catherine | Me Girt, of Scotch descent ; children | — Emma li., George W. and Nellie i -J. Mrs. Craig is a member of the ; Methodist church. Mr. Craig is a j successful farmer. In 1818 Nathaniel Capell. his wife and family of six children came to this county from Delaware. They afterward had one child. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Dir. Capell died in 1S55; his wife, in 1853. Diary | Capell, widow of Richard Horton, I was born in Delaware in 1S09, and came to Ohio with her parents. She was married in 1829 anti is still living on the farm where she then settled. Dir. Horton was a farmer, and for the last twenty-live years of his life a minister in the Wesleyan Dlethodist church. He died in 1878. Dlrs. Horton is the mother of ten children, six of whom are living — one in Vir- ginia and live in Noble County. She is one of the few remaining early set- tlers to whom pioneer life was a real- ity. Her children in this county are Maria (Calland). D loses 1., Nathaniel, James E. and Robert C. Joseph Calland was born in Dura- °( r MARION. 393 fries, Scotland, in ITS:!. lie canu* to America in lsld and entered land just east of Sunmierlield. where he died in 1832. lie built the house now occupied bv Nancy and .Rachel l)a nford. He served as township trustee several years, llis wife died in 1 ss2 in her ninety-seventh year. They had eleven children, six of whom came to this county, live now living'- Elizabeth ( I’vown), Summer- field ; Nancy (Ogg), Indiana; Cath- erine (Swain), Center Township; Robert. Mai ion Township; James, Stock Township. Robert Calland. an old resident, was born in Scotland in 18o8, and came to this country with his father's 1 familv. In 1832 he married Nancy i Capell, who bore ten children, four ' of whom are living — Nathaniel C., Mary E. ( M iller), I Iorton S. and A V i 1 1 jam 15. His first wife died in 18.VI, and Mr. Calland married Mary Bal- dridge (Tee Stewart ) They had four i children, three of whom are living — Jennie (Horn), Nevada 15. ("Williams) ' and Friend Milroy. Mr. Calland has been a very prominent citizen and has served in the following offices: County commissioner, deputy United States marshal, township trustee, justice of the peace for twenty-seven years in succession, trustee of the church, cemetery and temperance hall. He has been a local preacher in the Methodist church about thirty years, and class leader and exhorter for over li ft v years. Joseph Caliand came to this town- ship with his lather's familv. He married Ariana Ogg, of Belmont County, and was the father, bv this ; marriage, of Robert \Y.. Joseph and Elizabeth (Bell), all still living. Mrs. Calland died in 187)0. Mr. Calland afterward married Lucy Stanley of 'Washington County, who bore four children, one of 'whom is living — Diantha (King). Mr. Calland is a prominent farmer and a representa- tive citizen. J osc-ph, his son. enlisted in 1803, in Company 1), Ninety-sec- ond Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was transferred to the Thirty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, after the mus- ter-out of the Ninety-second, and served about six weeks longer. Robert W. Calland was born in Marion Township in lsJ2. In 1802 lie enlisted in Company 1), Ninety- second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until mustered out June 10. 180b. He was in the battles at Hoover's (Jap, Kenesaw Mountain, Chickamauga. Mission Ridge, the Atlanta campaign, Savannah, and through the Carolinas. lie followed farming until 1878, and has since been engaged in the hardware busi- ness at Sum merliehl. The family a re members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Cidland belongs to the Oram! Army of the Republic. lie was married in 1800 to Mary E. Wilson They have two children— , lames W. and Joseph 1 1. William McClintock and family came from Ireland to Pittsburgh in 1812. There Mr. McClintock found employment in a brewery. Ib* re- mained in Pittsburgh nine years, and in 1S22 removed with his family to 100 acres of land in this township, which he had entered two years pre- viously. The country was then a ' 301 HISTOKY OF N’OIU-E COUNTY, OHIO. wilderness, and the family, unaccus- i tomed to such a life, found existence | full of hardships. Hu 1 1 he v succeeded in gaining a. good home. They had two children born in Ireland and four in this country. The family were ; Methodists. Mr. McClintock died in 1832; his wife in 1845. -Janies McClintock, the only survivor of the J family, was born in PittsDurgh in 1S1T. In 1830 he married Catharine Lemmax. They had ten children: Jonas 11., Elizabeth (A mos), deceased ; 'William' W., Sarah (Rownd), Mai- : garet (Donelly), Martha (Pliilpot), Mary (Washington). Samuel I)., Alice and Emmett, deceased. Samuel D., the third son, was born in 1S51. In 1881 he married Oil ie Mason, of Monroe County, and they have one child — Clyde E. He was in the mer- cantile business at Freedom for about two years, but is now farming. John and Marv Franklin came from the vicinity of -Dublin, Ireland, and settled in Pittsburgh. In 1822 they came to this township, whence they returned to Pittsburgh. In ls33thev located on the farm now owned by Mrs. Pen jam in Franklin. Cenjamin was born ip Pittsburgh in 1821. and came to this county w.tli his par- ents. He died in 1ST*;. He married Jane E. Hopper, of Pelmont Count v, in 1 84-7, and was the father of Mary A. (Cleary), deceased : "William II., John 11., Robert I ). and Ellen E., living. -John 11. Franklin was born in Pitts- burgh in 1825, and came to this town- ship with his parents i n 1 833. I n 1813 he married Hannah J. Wharton ; children, nine, all living: 8wa/.ev I)., Mary E. (( 1 idler), Samuel K., Martha i A. (Carnes), George W.. Sarah G. (Carries), "Winfield S., James A. and Robert E. Mr. Franklin learned the blacksmith's trade and followed it for fifteen years, but for about twenty years has been a farmer. Thomas Franklin was one of the enterprising and energetic settlers of "Young Ireland.'5 lie came to this country from “Erin’s Isle” about ISIS, and after remaining in Pitts- burgh about six years, settled on what is now section 11 of Marion Township. He settled in the woods, cleared his farm, and proved a suc- cessful farmer. Hone of his family are now living, lie was the father of six children. Alexander, his third son. married Alary Amos in Pitts- burgh. and was the father of Alary (Alason) deceased; Violet (Summers), Caldwell; Alargaret- (Lemniax), Free- dom; Elizabeth. Rosa P. (Gulick), and John A. The latter was born in 1837 on the farm he now owns. In 1832 he married Matilda Danford. Their children are Alary IE, Maggie E., Homer W., -John Ah. Wilbur, l.i/zie, Violet, Cliff and Edna J. Gassawav Trott and wife came from Alar via ml to Carnesville in 1824, and in 1823 removed to the farm in this township on which Mrs. Trott still lives, lie died in May, 1883. The family were Alethodists, and well-to-do as farmers, and made lifea success. They stood high in the esti- mation of the community in which they resided for their acts of benevo- lence, and never were called upon in vain for favor or assistance, but al- ways met demand with a hearty re- sponse. ° ■ ■ ' MAKIOX. 395 John M. Rowed. for many years one of the prominent business men and best known citizens of Summer- field, was born in Rarnesville in 1,814. In 1828 he came to Summer- field and entered the store of his brother-in-law, Mr. Shankland, as clerk. In 1S30. during the cholera epidemic in "Wheeling-, he went to that place and engaged in making coffins, turning out thirty to forty j per day. In 1834 he returned to I Summerlield, where he opened a cabinet-maker's shop, continuing in that business for about six months, lie then went to Lexington and went into partnership with Mr. Shankland as a general merchant. He continued in Lexington until 1844, then again returned to Sum- merlield and opened a store on the [ corner where the Summerlield hotel now stands. About two years later he built the. store now occupied bv ; Ilownd A Paulk Lie continued to do business at this location from 1847 to 1873, buying' his goods in Haiti- more during the greater part of the time. Jle was in active business j Worn 1828 to 1873, nearly forty six years, and bore an enviable reputa- tion lor honor, honesty and fair dealing. In the days of the anti- slavery agitation his place was an l nd ergrou nd ra ilroad depot, and h i ni- sei I a very act ive and efficient official of that road. < )n one occasion his son. .lames S., then a boy, went to i he rag bin to gel some walnuts which he had hidden there and was sur- prised and badly frightened when he discovered a burly, black negro in the bin. The boy was rushing out of the store in alarm when his father caught him, pulled him back and told him nnder no circumstances to tell anyone what he had seen. He then sent the boy to school, promising to explain things on his return. Mean- time, the negro was removed to other quarters. • Mr. Ilownd was one of the best friends-of the Union cause in Noble County. He was a member of the State Military Committee, and was active in raising and equipping troops for the field, spending liberally his time and money for that purpose. It is an undisputed fact that he spent more for the cause of his country during the Hebei lion than any other man in Noble County. He also lost fully 88.000 from the deaths of cus- tomers in the army, who went away indebted to him. Two of his sons were in the service and were gallant soldiers. Mr. Uownd was a public- spirited citizen, a thorough and suc- cessful man of business, and through life possessed that priceless gift, an unsullied reputation. He was mar- ried in 1 S4< ) to Martha A. Gibson, a native of Maryland, and was the father of seven children, who reached mature years. The oldest son, John (f., now deceased, was a member of Compan v C. Ninetv-second < )hio Vol- unteer Infantry, and served until his company was mustered out. Enter- ing the service as first sergeant, he rose to the rank of first lieutenant ; James S., also a soldier in the late war, is now senior member of the mercantile lirm of Ilownd A Pauli, in Summerlield. The other children I are Ann E. (Mechem). Kansas; Mar- I Q ■ ■ 390 HISTORY OF NOIH.K COUNTY, OHIO. tha Y. ("Williams), Summerfield ; ; Maggie E. (Ilvde). Kansas; Thomas W.,E mily IE (deceased). Tin* mother died in 1SSU, and the father, Febru- ary 20, 1S8E James S. Iiownd, one of the enter- prising and representative business men of Noble County, was born in 1842, and has followed mercantile pursuits. In 1804 he enlisted in the hundred days’ service. In 1870 he married Sarah E. Hall, of Quaker parentage. They have three children: Minnie E., John II. and James T. James McYickar and family came to this township in 1828 from Hamp- shire County, \ a. lie was a mem- ber of the Presbyterian church, and his wife was a Lutheran. He died in 1843 and his widow in 1856. Thev had seven children, one of whom died in infancy. Henry F. McYickar was born in Hampshire Countv, Ya., in I 1822, and came to Ohio with his parents, lie is a leading farmer. The family are members of the Cum- berland Presbyterian church. Mr. McYickar was married in 1844 to ( ’atharine Ward, of Guernsey ( 'omit v; children: Elizabeth (Okey). Drueilla (Rich), Kate (Guiler), Elmer, H. Grant, Lindlev E. and Josie. "William Philpot came to America i about 1802. lie first settled on a sec- tion of land, with two others, where the* town of Belmont now is. His health becoming impaired, lie entered the employ of James Barnes, propri- etor of Barnesville. and sold for him the first goods ever sold in that i town. II<‘ had previously been a merchant’s clerk in Ireland, and understood the business, f rom 1830 to 1847 he was in business in Suin- merlield. 1 Ie died in 1 804. James M. Rownd came to Suni- merlield after his sons located there. He was the father of Samuel, James Q., John M . and Ilenrv. Samuel IIo wild started a tannery, and car- ried on harness making in Summer- field. He removed to Iowa. James Q. settled on a farm and had a pot- tery. Henry carried on the mercan- tile business in Sarahsville, and John M. was in the same business in Lex- ington and Summerfield. Peter Barnes and family came from Belmont County in 1833, and settled on 100 acres of land which tliev bought ol! William Philpot. lie died in 1801 and his wife in 1S5S. They had eight children, of whom three are living — Abel, Lenox and Yachel ; the two last named live in Springfield, Ohio, as does also their sister. Mrs. A. Davis. The family were Methodists. Abel Barnes, the oldest son, was born in Harrison Countv, Ohio, in 1814. and came to this county with his parents. In 1840 he married Catharine Brown of this county: children: Margaret A. (Davis). Khoda E. (Gant), Nathaniel B., Adam C.. Peter F., George !>., Abel W., Allen W\. and James S. Several of the children live in the West. James S. is a county sur- vevor in Kansas. Mr. Barnes and w i fe are Met Ik tdists. William Craig and family came from Montreal. Canada, in 1837, and settled in this township. They 1 brought live children with them and * Sec hioyniphy I’liilpot limiily, this chapter. o ' _ MARION. 39 7 one was born afterward. Mr. Craig died in 18.95 and his wife in the same year, only two days later, lie was a leader in the Methodist church. Two of the children are living in Missouri and two in this county — Mrs. Jacob Guiler and Mrs. David Campbell. Elizabeth, the oldest child, married liev. .Joseph 11. Stewart, of Marietta. She died in 1801, leaving one child, Posa J. (Campbell). Joshua, the next child, was born in 1821, and died in Kansas in 1873. Mary J., born in 1820, is the wife of Jacob Guiler. Martha C. was born in Canada in 1828. In 1873 she married Henry Cleary, who died in 1883. In 1880 she married David Campbell, a retired capitalist. Margaret, born in 1833, married William II. Harper, and lives in Missouri. Emma, born in 1837, also resides in Missouri, and is the wife of Elijah Cleary. William II. Craig, son of John I). Craig, was born in IS! 5. in Marion Township, and is engaged in farm- ing. lie was married in 1870 to Ann E. Kent, of this county, and by this union has had three children, none now living. Francis A. Wharton was born in Pennsylvania February 20. 1813, and when a boy emigrated with his par- ents to the neighborhood of Harnes- ville, where lit' married Miss Amelia Fames, and where he resided until 1 838, when he removed to the head- waters of Duck ( reek, three miles west of Summcrlield, in what is now Marion Township. Mr. Whar- ton was not only one of t he early settlers of the county, but one of its j substantial and respected citizens. He was a thrifty businessman and a zealous Christian. At the age of twenty years he joined the Methodist Episcopal church, and soon after was licensed to exhort. lie became a local preacher about 1839, and for forty years he faithfully performed the duties assigned him. His charity was proverbial, and while he was a fearless defender of the right he never gave offense to those who dif- fered from him in opinion. He died < fetober 1 1, 1879, " without having a known enemy in the world,” and it is but just to say that no one held a larger share of public esteem. His j sole aim in life seemed to be to ben- efit others, and it may be truly said j he was a blessing to the poor. II is wife (familiarly known as Aunt Amelia) survives him and resides on the old homestead. Of a family of eight children, live are living. Arthur Wharton was born in this township in 1832. At the age of nineteen he enlisted in Company I, Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infan- try. and served four years, being in the battles at Cheat Mountain, Green- brier. Cross Keys. Honey Hill, and a number of skirmishes. lie was wounded in the right shoulder in a skirmish at Cattle Creek. S. C., and 1 at Honey Hill was wounded through the hand. He was on detached serv- ice for hospital duty about a year, and January 3, 1mK>. was discharged : on a surgeon's certificate of disabil- ity. In 1 837 ho married Mary E. (’al- ter; children: llertha X., deceased : Emery ( )., Alva < 1 ., Adda M., Min- nie O., Ina J. and Arthur F., o • 1 . 398 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. living’. Mr. 'Wharton is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church ; occupation, farming and stock deal- ing. Henry Floyd, horn, in Pennsylva- nia in 1 S 13, came to this township when twentv-six years of age. and ! still resides here. He married Rebec- | ca Hanford and has six children living. lie has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church fifty-four years and his wife has belonged to the same church sixty- one years. John Cleary and his wife and one child came from ( Cincinnati to Marion township, in 1842. They afterward j had ten more children. The family belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Oleary died in 1879. John W. Chiary was born in lsf>G. In 1879 he married Mary -V. Rather- ! ford. Their children are Angie E.. Edward D. and Euolla E. Mr. Cleary is a member of the Methodist Epis- copal church. Timothv Cleveland was a native of Maine, and a pioneer settler of Noble County. lie married Sarah AY. Pierce, in 1817, and with his wife and one child located at an .early date a mile south of Summeriield. He was a prominent and worthy citi- zen, and a true type of the enterpris- ing pioneer. He was the father of seven children by his first wife, two of whom are living— Mary ((fail), of Columbus, and Thaddeus S., of Mon- roe County. 1 1 is wife died in 183.7. In 1839 he married Margaret Dement, of Monroe County. They had two children, of whom one survives — Frank ({., the popular landlord of the Cleveland Hotel, at Summeriield. Timoth v Cleveland died in 1 Mid, and his widow in 1875. Prank (4. Cleveland was born in 1840. and lived with his parents until 1 Mil. when he enlisted in Company 1, Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infant- ry, and becoming a veteran, served until the close of the war. lie was in the battles of Shiloh, Vicksburg, Champion Hills, the Atlanta cam- paign and Savannah. After the war he engaged in tobacco-packing in Monroe County. In 1878 lie came to Summeriield and engaged in the hotel business. In 1882 he bought the Elk House and changed the name to the Cleveland Hotel. He married | Sarah Greenelteh in 1805; children: Charles (dead), Ella, Alary. Edna J., Forrest T., Hattie, Fred and Rose. Richard D. Cleary was born in 1843. He married Alary A. Frank- lin in 18d7; children: Joseph F„ AYilliam T). and Edward Ik His wife, a member of the Alethodist Episcopal church, died in 1872. In 1877 ALr. Cleary manned Caroline Cox, of this county, and their chil- dren are Annie. Alice and Richard D. Air. Cleary is an honorable, pros- perous and successful farmer, as was also his father above mentioned. Matthew AVest, born in Kings County, Ireland, in 1827. came to America to seek his fortune at the age of fourteen, and in 1812 located in Marion Township. Alter working t.wentv years as a farm laborer he bought: land of \Y illiam Hanford, and began work for himself. His lirst j purchase was 1 3(1 acres, but he added I to if from time to time until he ' $ &t£ MARION. owned 7 234- acres, all the result of ] l is own industry and economy. Ho has given 1327> acres. In 1 s-‘>4 lie married Martha Shook' ; children : Eliza A. (Dan ford), AVilliam IJ., Jane M. (Thomas), and John A. 'Flic family are members of the Protestant Episcopal church. Mr. AVest is one of the leading farmers of the town- ship. At one time, when refused credit for a chip hat in Ereedom, he said he would some day be able to buy all the merchants there, and his success has verified the prediction. Lewis J. AToore was born in Marion Township in 1 *42. At the age' of seven years he was bound out until he was twenty to Andrew .J. Moore. In August, 1S<>2, he enlisted in Com- pany I). Ninety-second Ohio Volun- teer Infantry, with which he served until the close of the war, participat- ing in several noted battles. Liston II. Pretty man was born in Sussex County, Del., in 1*17. and came to this township in 1*44. He married Alary Shankland in I *47>, and to them was born one child — James S. Mr. Prett-yman was a farmer, and a member of the Methodist Epis- copal church, lie died in 1*83. Ilis widow resides on the farm with her son. James S. Prettyman was born in 1*4<5. At the age of twenty years he went to AVest Virginia, where he was in the mercantile business. In 1*72 he returned to Ohio, and for eleven years was engaged in the same business in Carlisle, and has since been farming, lie was married in 399 1*72 to Emma A. Penn, who died in 1**1. They had two children, of whom one is living — Frank. In 1**7) he married Miss Eliza Philpot. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. AYvndham Sparling, with his wife and one child, left Ireland for Amer- ica June 1. 1*49. Peaching this country he came to Ohio, and pur- chased of Lemuel Moore eighty acres of partially improved land, situated near Ereedom. for 81 1 per acre. Soon after lie engaged in teaching school, which, like farming, was new worlc to him. In the fall he went to work to put in a crop of wheat. Paying a horse and borrowing1 a shovel plow from a preacher who lived near, he set to work on a six- acre Held. The horse did not under- stand the language of his driver, and Air. Sparling had a serious time among the stumps. The first of lus wheat was up before the last was sown, let he secured a. bountiful crop In the work of cradling wheat and chopping down trees he found great dilliculty, but dually learned the process. Once when making fence-rails he selected gum-trees, and worked upon them for a dav before lie discovered that that was not the kind of timber to use for rails. AYvndham Sparling was horn in Limerick'. Ireland, in l*o7>. In 1819 he landed in Philadelphia and imme- diately came to this township. He purchased eighty acres of land, to which lie has since added eight v- eight acres. lie was married in his native land in 1*23. and had by this union two sons, one of whom is liv- ’J . 400 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. i no- in Washington Count v, Ohio. J I is first wife died in 1851, and in the hollowing1 year lie married Mrs. Alexander, of Jlelmont County, who died in ISOS. In Ispi Mr. Sparling married Mrs. Ford {lice Campbell). ]\Fr. Sparling is a Poyal Arch Mason, lie is proud of being1 an American citizen, and though cherishing an affection for his native land, has no desire to return to it. His son, Dr. John Helton Sparling practiced for a time in this county. Wyndham Sparling has been a school director * for twenty-four years. lie also t served many years as a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal church, and as superintendent of the Sabbath < school, tilling those positions with ; credit to himself and profit to church and school. William Finley came from Penn- sylvania when a young man, and settled in Seneca Township about 1825. lie was a worthy, industrious pioneer, and used to claim that he \ had cleared more land than any man he ever knew, except Aaron Morris. In 18:12 he married 1’achcl Glover, whose parents came to the county about the same time that Mr. Finley did. Among his pioneer experiences was hauling grain to the Muskingum Diver, forty miles, over poorly con- structed roads, selling it at from j twenty-five to forty cents per bushel, and taking the larger part of the 1 proceeds in trade. Alter living in Seneca Township thirty-five years, in 18(10 he removed to Center Town- ship, and thence in 1870 to Wayne County, Iowa, taking with him his younger children. His wife died in 1 ST s and he in 1SS0. The grand- father of \\ illiam Finlev and his brother, aged nineteen and twentv- one years respective! v, came to America from Ireland just before the Devolution. Landing in New York without means, they there sep- arated, and the identitv of the two families was never certainly fixed, except that the family of Patrick Finley had a similar legend. James M. Philpot was born in this township in 1810, and has followed farming most of his life, though he was in a store several vears. In 1875 he married Martha C. McClintock; children: Shepard 15, Clifford M. and Emily. Mrs. Philpot is a mem- ber of the Method ist Episcopal church. Mr. Philpot is engaged in farming and stock-raising. Stephen Wilson was born in Cuernsey County, Ohio, in 1821. In 1 825 his parents removed to Belmont Countv, and in 18J5 Stephen began learning the harness-maker’s trade in St. Clairsville. serving six years and seven months. In 1841, at the age of twentv-one, lie engaged in busi- ness for himself in Parnesville, where he remained until 185S. In 1845 he married Sarah Ann, daughter of Colonel Benjamin Mackall, a very prominent man. and by this union had eleven children, six of whom are living — Mary, Charles F., Emma i Miller’), Ernest. Harriet A. and Annie. In 185s Mr. Wilson came to Summerlield. where he has since fol- lowed harness and saddle making and tanning. He is one of the best informed citizens of Noble Count v. being a diligent reader, a close ob- i | ' ' MARION. 401 server, and a man of excellent mem- ‘ orv. He served as justice of the j peace several years in Barnesville, and lias been notary public for ; twenty-two years in Koble County. 1 1 is daughter Mary was one of the six ladies that were commissioned notaries public in isxf), and held the csliice one term. The law under which she was appointed was afterward do- ; dared unconstitutional, but she con- tinues to do the work for her father. The familv are Methodists. Patrick Dates was born in Seneca. Township, Guernsey County, in 1841. lie remained at home until 1861, when he enlisted in Company 1). Forty second Ohio Volunteer In- fantry, and served three years, being mustered out with the company. He was in engagements at Middle Creek, Chickasaw Mountain, the Vicksburg campaign, and back to l Vicksburg' with Banks in his Bed River expedition. In Jx67 he mar- ried Mary E. Hughes, of this county, and bv her had two children, both deceased. His wife died in 187'*, and in 1SS1 be married Mary Morris. They have had three children, two of whom are living — Amanda and Maggie. Ezekiel Earley was born in Greene County, Pa., in the year 1810, came to this State with his father, in the year 1815, who settled about three miles south of Sunimerfield. On the 17th of September, 1st; I. he volun- teered in Captain James II. Biggs’ company, under the leadership of its gallant colonel, J. A. Oar Held. He was with the regiment in its battles and marches one year, when his health 20 failed him and lie was honorably discharged from the service on the 17th day of September, 1862. He returned home, but his health was so broken that he died in a few years, lie had two noble boys that lost their lives in the service — Henry and Sylvanus. George Gregg was born m Vir- ginia, .in 1800, came to Ohio at an early date and settled in Beaver Township, then Guernsey County, and afterward married Sarah Trip- lett. of Belmont County. Of their seven children live are living, three in this comity: Ellen 4. (Cline). Isaac and William. Mrs. George Gregg died in 1 8*0 ; Mr. Gregg in 1885. "William Gregg, born in Beaver Township in 1832, came to Marion Township in 1867, and is one of the prominent farmers. He was married in 1857 to Isabel Walker. An amusing incident of the early days was a trial held before 'Spuire Bound, soon after lie became a jus- tice. A family settled near Summer- field whose nationality was unknown, and whose ways of getting a living did not favorably impress their honest neighbors. The family were called by the settlers “ Dutch Indians." on account of their swarthy complex- ions. They were low, ignorant and thievish. Their presence became obnoxious, and the hoys of Summer- field determined to drive them awav. One night several of them went, and after shouting, singing and making considerable noise around the shanty of the “ Dutch Indian.” tore down part of his stable, leaving his old horse inside with a beam stretching i I O' 1 . 402 HISTORY OF XOP.LE COUNTY, OHIO. across from one side to the other, upon his back, so that lie could neither go forward nor backward. While performing the mischief the boys imitated the voices of Eli Cur- tis and Ids sons Asahel and Liberty (one of whom had an impediment in his speech). The Curtises, though entirety innocent, were arrested. The boys who had been engaged in the scrape went to the trial to see fair play, having determined to confess their guilt if the case went against the Curtises. The trial lasted a long while, and the broken and unintelli- gible English of the 1 )u tcli Indians” excited much merriment. The Cur- tises were cleared without the aid of the real culprits, but the story after- ward leaked out. One of those who was foremost among the mischief- makers has since been a presiding elder of the Methodist Episcopal church in ^Northern Ohio. The “ Dutch Indians ” left the neighbor- hood soon after the trial took place. Freedom (Whigville P. O.) is a small village about four miles from Summerfield, in a northwesterly direction. About the year 1841 An- drew Somers, an itinerant shoemaker from Massachusetts, came into the neighborhood and worked from house to house, carrying his kit of tools with him. In 1842 ho purchased a lot from Samuel Large, upon which he erected a small one-story frame house, in one corner of which he had his shop, lie was an honest Christian man and reared a respectable family — nine children. Freedom was laid out in i s Id on the lands of W illiam keeper and Samuel and Henry Large. John Lemmax bought a corner lot of half an acre and built a frame store and dwelling, intending to engage in the mercantile business with Charles Ilare as his partner. Hut. investing in tobacco, he lost all his capital (sr.GO), and abandoned the business for two years and went to work at his trade as carpenter. Then the tlrm of Lemmax A' Franklin began business in a small way. hauling a few groceries and notions from Zanesville to their store in a two- horse wagon. In the next year they began purchasing their stock in Pittsburgh. About 1S50 they began dealing in Baltimore, to which place they also shipped large quantities of tobacco. About is."),'! a company was formed among the wealthier Irish farmers of the neighborhood, and a store started. After the stock had been subscribed, the projector declined to act as man- ager a ml Henry Taylor was put in charge. The business was not suc- J cessful and lasted onlv a few Years. Lemmax A Franklin continued bus- iness until fsi!S, when they sold out to John E. Culiek, the present owner. Lemmax still continued in the buy- ing and shipping of stock for several years with success and prolit. William Rice, a blacksmith, setup a shop near the site ol I reedom a bout 1 sJ2. Hi' was an excellent work- man in both iron and steel, and made hoes, axes and other tools which were considered the very best. Such a reputation did lie gain that he and . his two sons were kept constantly i, ,f MAIUOX. 403 busv ill their shop. Reuben "W oo*l. his son in law. came at the same time, lie was a carpenter, hut not finding much work in that line — log’ cabins being' the style of dwelling most in use — lie turned hisattention to farm- ing with poor success. (Rice died here and the family sold out and removed.) About 1830 Rev. 'William Deeper, of Irish parentage, a Methodist preacher, bought the Rice farm. lie was regarded as eccentric in both actions and doctrine, and after a time it was seen that he was insane. He died in the asylum. Many of the early settlers came to the township, attracted by the cheap lands, after living several years in Belmont County. The business of raising tobacco was introduced by Marvlanders and Virginians in Bel- mont County, and was brought hither from Belmont. In early years tobacco was a most profitable crop, and was one of the industries that enabled the farmers to obtain money to pay for improvements, and also their store bills. Barnesville was the principal trad- ing-point for the early settlers. Zanesville, Wheeling and Marietta also were occasional 1 v visited. Zanes- ville was the principal grain market until the completion of the Central Ohio Railroad in LS53, after which wheat was shipped from Spencer's Slat ion. William Earhart came to Summer- field from Barnesville in ls33 to take charge of the horse-mill andcarding- mil! of William Rhilpot. In ls4ohe and his brother began building a I steam grist-mill at the place since known as Steamtown. Afterward Samuel Rownd bought the interest of one of the Earharts. The mill | was enlarged and machinery added [ for carding and spinning wool. A fter this Joseph Davidson and John j Franklin began blacksmithing and making axes, acquiring a reputation as excellent workmen. The place began to take on the appearance of a village. Later Dr. R. R. Summers practiced medicine a few years. IJe 5 next started a store. Steamtown j flourished for a period, producing jeans and other woolen goods, but if : went into a decline, and now neither 1 mill, store nor shop remains to mark the place. In 1S70-71 an expensive but val- uable improvement was made in the township — the construction of a macadamized road from Summerfield to theeounty line, near the Baltimore ifc Ohio Railroad. It was built under a law levying a tax on real estate for two miles on each side of the road. It was bitterly opposed, but J i nail v ! carried through. The turnpike cost over 81oo.ni ii i. About thirteen miles of the road is in Noble Count v. This part is a toll-road. The remainder, leading to (Juaker City, was built bv Guernsey County. Thaddeus Shepherd, one of the later settlers of the township, located here in 187 G. He was born in Bel- j mont County in 1853, and in lsTfi married Kancy Elizabeth Dan ford: three children: Emmet E., Emma L. and Ray J). Mr. and Mrs. Shep- I herd are members of the Methodist I Episcopal church. ■ ' 401 TliSTOkY OF NOTH S L'MM 10 1 ; FI K CD. The town site of Summeriield is the highest land occupied by a town in the State; and it is said that the i eminence northwest of the town is ! as high as anv land in Ohio. Tlie | location commands a view of some | of the most beautiful scenery in this section, and is in all respects as pleasant and healthful a spot as can be found in Xoble County. The town was laid out in !>27, on the land of Moses Horton, and was named in honor of Rev. John Sum- merfield, a noted pioneer Methodist preacher. Moses Horton, the founder of the - town, emigrated to America from Dublin, Ireland, in Is 17. After a journey of six months they arrived at the present site of Summeriield, then I Seneca Township, Monroe County. Mr. Horton entered four hundred acres of land, stretching across the i divide between Will's Creek and Duck Creek, built a cabin on the Hack Creek slope, and entered upon the work of a pioneer settler. There were then in the neighborhood, or arrived within a year. Dr. Joshua Craig, Nathaniel Capell, Thomas Cochran. Hugh O'Xeill. William Gal- land, and Samuel and James Osborn. Joseph, father of Robert Cal land, arrived from Scotland in lSl'T These families comprised most of the set- tlers living near the headwaters of the two creeks. James W. Sliankland was the first settler and the lirst merchant in the village, lie came here on the 27th of March. 1s27. lie erected the lirst dwelling in the place, in connection ! F COUXTY, OHIO. with his brother-in-law, Charles W. Moseley, both of whom married Rownds, and the house was occupied by the two families. Later, Moselev. who was a bricklayer bv trade, erected another house. Captain W. L. Moseley, now of Enoch Township, was the lirst male child born in Sum- merfieki. Sliankland and Moseley built a grist-mill and a carding-mill just back of where J. II. Phil pot's house now stands, which were run by horse power, and furnished meal and rolls to the neighborhood. A part of the machinery for the card- ing-mill was taken from a disused mill formerly run by Moses Horton. During the same year William Lingo erected the second house in the place. He was for a time J. W. Shankland's partner in the store. In 1828 Samuel Rownd settled in the place, and started a tanyard and saddler’s shop, lie followed this business until 18.7s. lie then sold out to Stephen Wilson, of Rarnes- ville, and removed to Iowa. Rownd was elected justice of the peace, soon after his arrival in Summeriield, in the following n md manner: All the older men in the village having refused to be candidates, the voting men drew lots to see who should be elected. The lot fell on William Calland, but as lie refused to serve, Rownd was prevailed upon to permit his name to be used, and was accord- ingly elected. David West opened and kept the lirst hotel in 1828. in a log house on the southwest corner of (truss street. In the same year Obadiah Lloyd built a log house and a shop and 1 MARION. began business ns a blacksmith. Jesse Moseley came to the town and erected a house in the same year. Soon afterward Pemberton Bevan opened a hotel on the southeast cor- ner of the square. In the spring of 1830 William Philpot bought out James W. Shank- land and took' possession of the store, grist-mill and carding-mill. S. B. Philpot came to Summer- Held in May, 1830. According to his recollection, the inhabitants of the place then were as follows: Charles \\ . Moseley, proprietor of a carding-mill ; Leonidas llescott, his assistant: Samuel II. Rownd, tanner; John P. Bevan kept a. house of enter- tainment ; David West, now of Pair- view, Guernsey County, shoemaker; 'William IJ.eiddleston, now living in Jefferson Township, teamster; Rev. John Minor, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church : Peter Barnes, cab- inet-maker; "William Philpot. mer- chant, succeeding James W. Shank- land. The houses were log buildings, among them several cabins of round logs. What is now the rear portion of Mr. Phil pot’s store was erected by his father in the fall of lS3o, and was the Jirst brick building in the place. William Philpot followed the mer- cantile business from Who to 1817. S. Ii. Philpot took an interest in the business in 1813. and has since fol- lowed it. He is the oldest merchant in the town and probable the oldest in the county. Charles I hire engaged in the mer- cantile business in this town in 183 1, and soon became successful and 405 prominent, lie represented Xoble County in the legislature two terms. In 1844: John M. Rownd engaged in i the mercantile business, in which he continued until nearly the time of his death in 1884. The three estab- lishments of Philpot. Hare and Rownd were for many years the most important m the town. Moses Horton, the founder of Sum- merfield. died in 1803. Of his sons, 'William was a successful physician for many years ; lie removed to the West in 1871. Thomas was a con- ductor on the Underground railroad in cintr-lellum days. Richard, who died in 1S78, was a prominent min- ister of the Wesleyan Methodist church. In 1830 the population of Summer- Held was fifty-two. In 1847 the ‘•Ohio Gazetteer'’ estimated the population at eighty. At that time the place consisted of three stores and about twenty dwelling houses, clustered about the two cross streets. The village grew slowly until 1883, when the completion of the Xarrow- gauge railroad — which enterprise was largely aided by Summerlield men — gave an impetus to its in- crease in population and business. In 1870 the town had 470 inhabitants; in ls.80, 435. Summerlield was formerly an im- portant point for the tobacco indus- try, and large quantities of leaf tobacco were bought, packed and shipped every season. Summerlield was one of the most wide-awake and patriotic villages in I (his part of Ohio in the time of the 1 late war. Company 1. Twenty-lift h HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. 400 .Regiment, Oliio Volunteer Infantry, the first company that was mustered into the service from Noble County, in 1 SGI, was organized in the town. The town and township were never required to submit to a draft, but on the contrary their citizens were always found active and ready to raise their quotas and prepare the troops for the field, also to provide for the comfort and support of the wives and children of the gallant volunteers. The village has always manifested commendable interest in educational matters. The first school-house, a log structure of the typical pioneer fash- ion, was erected in 1828. This re- mained in use until 1848, when a brick building was erected on the hill, which was used until 1875. The town, having been constituted a sepa- rate school district in 1872. erected in. 1S75 a line, large school-house, which was then the best in the county, and is now excelled only bp the Caldwell school building. Nor- mal schools, in charge of experienced teachers, have usually been main- tained during a portion of each year since 1840. The first was taught in the fall of that year by William Wheeler and C. Clark, both of whom afterward enlisted in the War of the Rebellion. Since Summertield came into Noble County the town plat has been en- larged by the following additions: William Horton's first addition, 1855: Moses Horton's third addition, sur- veyed 18 1-0, recorded 1S54-; William Horton's second addition Hots 40 to 45), surveyed in I s ;*> 7 ; ditto, third addition (lots 45 to 78), 1S5S; Rich- ard Horton’s addition (lots 78 to 78), 1858; Thomas Gibson’s addition (live lots and one outlet), 1800; ditto, sec- i ond addition (three lots), 1842 ; Wtll- | iam. Horton's third addition (lots 7S to 87), 1803; John 41. Rownd's addi- i tion (eighteen lots), 1870; north side ; addition, by Stephen Wilson, 1874. The business interests of Summer- j lield, at the beginning of the year ! 1887. were as follows: General merchants : S. 15. RhilpotA I Co..Rownd A Pauli, Faber A Danford. Druggists: John T. Dew, Dr. Sam- uel Drown. Grocer: John II. Phil pot. Boots and Shoes: Frank Meek. Hardware: R. W. Cal land. Hotels: Cleveland Hotel, F. G. ; Cleveland ; Summerlield House, Nel- i son Kean. Harness-maker and Tanner: Ste- | phen Wilson. Harness maker : William J. Em- ! mons. Blacksmiths: William IT. Wilson, Kirk Brumle. Shoemakers: A. B. Foster, John Robinson. Cabinet-maker: John Williamson. Wagon-makers : Samuel Osborn, (’lav Bishop. Tinsmith: T. II. Bircher. Steam llouring-mill : James Buell. Planing-mill : R. F. ( ) ' Neill. Pbvsicians: A. A. Staats, W. R. Taylor. I )ent Cl : J . R. McG innis. Population, over live hundred. SummeiTicld is a neat, well-built, j pleasant village, and its people are i enterprising and wide-awake. e» ■ ' MARION 407 SOCIETIES. Mason !r. — After working about a year under dispensation, Summer- field Lodge, X o. 425, F. A X. XI., was chartered October 20, 1800. with the following officers and charter members: Georoe AVI Mason, AV. AT.; Stephen AVilson, S. AV; John A. Franklin, J . AV.; AVilliam Danford, John C. Farr, AVyndham Sparling-, Charles Craig, AVilliam Collins. AVashington Brown. John Bramhall, Henry AV. lleiddleshcimer, John Kirk. The lodge now has fiftv-one members, owns a good and conven- ient hall, and is in good condition. The present officers are: A. A. Slants. AV. XI.; J. R. Barnes, S. AV.: Reed AViJliams, J. AV.; John AVill- iams, treasurer; C. AV Farley, sec- retary. Summerlield Chapter, Xo. 122. R. A. X T . , was chartered September 14, 1 870. Following are the names ol the charter members and first officers: J. B. AVilliams. 11. R.; Ste- phen AVilson. K.; R. B. Summers, S. ; AVilliam Gibson, James Parker. Isaac A hi nyer, G. G. "Waters, J. R. Barnes, AVilliam Danford. AVvndham Sparling, J. A. Franklin, Benjamin Dotson. Charles Hare. Richard Gib- son. The chapter has now over fifty members, and is prosperous. The present officers are : John AVill- iamson, II. P.; A. A. Slants, K.; B. Dotson, S. ( > /‘inn/ Ann //. — John Brown Post,'" No. no4, G. A. R., was chartered * Niuiicil iu Imnorol' ( ii|itnin .) < >h n lirown, of tlio Niin ly-si eonil Ohio \ oluntoi r Ini. miry. who wont lioin Smutum-lii-lil, wns wouinloil, utnl ilioU li-om liis Injuries. January 21, 18S5. The charter mem- bers were AVilliam R. Pauli. AV. J. Emmons. J. II. Shankland, A. R. Phillips, Thomas K Amos, J. R. Barnes. J. II. AVilson, Arthur AVhar- ton. R. AV. Calland, R. G. Bell, J. S. Rownd, Charles AV. Farley, J. S. Prettyman, I. C. Phillips, Otho Barnes. A. J. Lucas. F. G. Cleveland, Carey -II up]), and AVilliam Craig. Arthur AVharton was the first com- mander. and still holds the office. The other officers in November, 1886, were as follows: J. II. Shankland, S. V C.: AV. II. AVharton. J. AL C.; J. R. Barnes, adjutant; J. S. Prettv- mmi, Q. XL; Dr. At. A. Slants, sur- geon ; C. AV Farley, chaplain ; AAX11- iam J. Emmons. O. 1).; Otho Barnes, O. G.; A. J. Lucas, S. XL: T. K. Amos, Q. XL S. The ])reseiit mem- bership is fi fly-three. cnuncHKS. Summer field _J/ < (hoc/ ost JCp/scojwd ('/lurch. — A Methodist class was organized as early as 1SPJ in a school-house which stood on land now owned by Fawcett Craig. Philip Green was the first preacher and Nathaniel Capell the first class- leader. Among the early members were the Callands, Cochrans. ( a pells, Craigs, Osborns. Rownds, Shank- lands. Hortons. Philpots, and others, in fact nearly all of the earlv set- tlers. A\ hen a school-house had been erected in Summerlield that became the meeting place, and so continued until about ISfio, when a small brick church was erected. In lSdgcamea great revival, and (lie Xlethodist church gained a hold which il has r ' ■ 408 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. never lost in SummertieM and vicin- ity. Tn 1855 the present church building replaced the old brick meeting-house. The church now has over 185 members. The Wesleyan Methodists organ- ized and built a church on the lull about 1840. The building was torn down about 1802, the congregation having disbanded. The Free Meth- odist society was organized by Rev. Travis, an Englishman, about 1807, and erected a church on South Main street. J. M. Rownd was among the most active in Ibis movement. Following are the names of some of the pioneers of that part of the townshiptaken from Monroe County, who have no representatives in the township at this time : Sand ford Rhodes, John R. Stone, i John Wolfe, George Brown, Anthonv lvelrov, Nathaniel Wakefield. F. Rhodes, Robert ( Jrawford, Archelaus Lingo, Syranus Baldwin, Annins Banum, Nathaniel Capell, Cruntirn Beams, Geo. Acred, Wm. Rice, Wm. Alexander, Thos. Cochran. Robt. Devorell, John ami Hugh Way brant. A FOREST ROMANCE. “This narrative possesses a strong 1 1 O local interest, inasmuch as some of its scenes are laid in the countrv about the headwaters of Will's Creek, and therefore in Marion Townshij). Noble i County. The hero and heroine of the story are Albert Maywood and Rose Forester, or the ‘ Forest Rose,' the names of course being fictitious. Lewis Wetzel is one of the most prom- inent personages in the drama. “According to this narrat ive, t lie Maywood family, in which Rose For- i ester was an adopted daughter, set- tled near the southeastern corner of Belmont County, on Captina Creek, as early as 1789. In the spring of 1792 the Indians burned the Mav- wood cabin, killed all the May wood family except Albert, who was absent at the time, engaged in his favorite pursuit, hunting, and took the For- est Rose prisoner. The young man chanced to fall in with Lewis Wetzel in the woods, and the two, returning together, made the horrible discoverv. Albeit's father, mother, brothers and sister were killed and scalped, and Rose, his betrothed, was stolen away ! Wetzel and Maywood at once entered upon the pursuit of the Indians, de- termined to avenge the murder and rescue Rose. “They found and followed the trad, but in the vicinity of where Summertield now is, as the descrip- tion would seem to indicate, all trace was lost. Wetzel searched the creek, but discovered no trades, owing to its limestone bottom. But, on search- ing farther down, he found tracks, where the bottom of the stream was muddy, but leading up the creel r instead of down. This puzzled him greatly, until at length he discovered the imprint of a knee on the muddy bottom. This mark showed to his practiced eye that the Indians were barling down tin at era in . and that one hail stumbled over some obstacle. A little more search revealed the camp of the 1 ndians. “ The captors of Rose were three Iluronsand a white renegade. The locality of the camp is traditionally said to be a hillock or mound on the ' HAKIOX. 109 Widow Martin's t'linn. It was now almost evening, and during the night Albert resolved to make known his presence to Itose. who was tidal to a stake, and looked weary and fa- tigued. Wetzel tried to dissuade him, hut the lover was determined. Creeping near, he cautiously made the noise of a whip-poor-will. At the first sound an Indian raised his head, but was deceived, and went to sleep again. At the second call Rose raised her head, and at the third nodded, for she well knew the sound which they had often used as a signal when playing together as children. “Daylight next morning was agreed upon as the time for an attack by Wetzel and Maywood. They fired together; one Indian and the white renegade fell : the remaining Indians took to cover, where they both soon fell victims to Wetzel's rifle. Rose was rescued and happy in the arms of her lover; but not for long. A party of t wenty or more savages capt- ured both the lovers as they were eating a meal of venison shot and cooked by Albert. The latter was soon rescued by Wetzel's ingenuitv, cutting the thongs which bound him to a stake by means of a knife fast- ened on a long pole. Rut Rose was lost, and a longaml vain search failed to reveal any trace of her. Rut. a Iter undergoi ng count less perils and dangers, Albert and Wetzel recovered her a I ter a desperate battle at Stand- ing Stone, in the Hocking Valiev. She had been adopted into the tribe, and was in their garb when found, but her heart was si ill t rue to Albert , and they soon were happily wedded." IlFMIXISCEXCKS OF Sl.AVERY I) AYS. COXTIUBUTEl.! BY JOHN LEMMAX. In 1838 the discussion of the evils . of slavery began to attract general attention. The settlers in the vicin- ity of Summerfield held meetings in school-houses, and debating societies | discussed the topic. The term abo- litionist was at that time regarded as most-opprobrious bv a large por- tion of the people. At a meeting in Carlisle the resolution, “Slavery is j an evil and should be abolished," > was discussed, and the debate at- I traded so much attention that one ! of the inhabitants of that locality | challenged the Irish of Summerfield and vicinity to meet and discuss the question with the citizens of Carlisle I and others from Woodslield, whose opinions were pro-slavery. The | Irish, who were largely abolitionists, | accepted,- and named Summerfield as the place of meeting. Carlisle ob- jected on account of distance, and finally A'ew Lexington scliool- j house was settled upon as being the most convenient intermediate point, j The disputants were Richard llor- j ton. William Horton, William Capell and John Lemmax. in the allirma- j tire; and Lawyer Archibald, Gutli- j rie, Walton, and Congressman Mor- ' r is in the negative. Three judges j were appointed to decide upon the i merits of the argument, two of whom were known to be of pro-sla- verv sentiments. Of course the debate attracted great attention. It begun early in the eveningand lasted until between 1 and d o’clock in the morning. The debate was l earnest and animated, and at its eon- ■ 410 HISTORY OF NOIJLK COUNTY, OHIO. elusion the judges gave tlieir decision unanimously in l'avoi' of the affirma- tive. This result served as a cjuietus to further discussion, and when it became known that there were abo- litionists in what is now the eastern part of Noble County, a branch of the Underground railroad was soon organized for the safe-conduct and assistance of fugitive slaves on their way to Canada, from neighboring Southern States. In the vicinity of Stafford were two men — Benjamin Hughes, a Yankee and a farmer, and W illiam Steel, a merchant, of Irish nativity — who were known to he true friends of the colored race. It is said that tStecl was boycotted — to use a modern term — and his business injured, he cause of his sentiments. These and Thomas Large, an Irishman who resided near Sarahsvillo; William Wilson, Alexander Franklin. Moses Horton and Nathaniel Capell were the most active agents'”' of the Un- derground railroad. The method of operation was to receive and care for the fugitives, secreting and feeding them until they could be sent for- ward to anot her station. Those who were suspected of harboring runaway slaves had to be very cautious in all their movements, as there were usually plenty of informers, who. actuated either by malice or the hope of a reward, would not hesitate to give information against them. Whenever any agent received a eon- *To the fni'Cifoinjr name- many others iniyhl be nthled. Church Tuttle, of Miibllcburtr, tt Yankee ol' enterprise and intelligence, was in particular a very ellieient rndciytrouiid railroad ollicial. Also Jas. Tuttle.— Ki>. j signment of the human chattels, his lriends who were members of the ; organization (and the Underground ' railroad company was well organ- ized) endeavored to keep him in- ; formed of the movements of his ene- mies and of slave-hunters. From this vicinity the runaways were assisted on toward Senecaville, Guernsey’ Countv. where they were received by George Richey and other I otlicers of the railroad. Richev was a minister of the Gospel and a linn friend of the persecuted race. Robert Calland, a Scotchman, was a very ardent and fearless abolition- ist. and took an active part in the agitation of the slavery question. At- one time the abolitionists were ! threatened with the most humiliat- | ing punishments ; but this only i served to intensify the excitement. Postmasters refused to deliver anti- slavery papers to their subscribers, [ Summerlield furnishing an instance of this kind ; and in many ways were : the abolitionists annoyed and perse- cuted. A bout 1 sis Thomas La rge brought to Alexander Franklin a colored man with wife and child. The negro had 1 once before attempted an escape, but had been captured and returned by a | man named Bonar. who appears to ! have been employed as a slave hunter. The negroes were hidden for a few days uni i I it was thought that the I wav was clear, when Ihonias 1 lorton ' started to lake them on to the next j station. On their way they heard a crackling of brush, and the colored people became much alarmed, lear- ! ing that Bonar was in search of them. o . M \RION. 41 1 The man handed Ids child over to 1 lorton, sa ving he would sell his own life as dearly as possible, for he knew that if recaptured he would be sold and taken to the far South. Fortu- nately the fugitives were not mo- lested, Bonar having a wholesome fear of the Irish abolitionists, who would have subjected him to very rough treatment in case of an encounter. There were several citi- zens of the countv who closely watched the movements of the Un- derground trains — some from Marv- land and Virginia, and one man from South Carolina, who would have readily assisted slave-owners in the recovery of their property. A Mary- lander used to make his boasts that he had often knocked down negro wenches, and seemed to think it was something to be proud of. Another from South Carolina, who had been a slave-driver, used to exasperate the abolitionists bv describing the pun- ishments which he had in dieted upon the slaves. Such men were of course on the alert to discover something against the abolitionists ; out in spite of their watchfulness manv slaves were assisted on their way to Canada and freedom bv the Cnderground railroad, and 1 here were few instances in which negroes were captured or taken back. In I s Id. Fetor M. Carner. Creigh- ton I orraine and Moulecai Thomas, while aiding some slaves to esca pe at llelpiv on the Ohio, were surprised by a pai'ty of slaveholders just as t hev were getting out of tin1 skill'. The slaves were returned to bondage and Air. Carner and his companions arrested and placed in jail at Par- kersburg, Ya. The claim was made that they were beyond low water mark, and therefore on Virginia ter- ritory Thee were kept in jail for several months, and then the case was brought to trial. A verdict, however, was not reached, and they were again confined. Governor Bartlett, of Ohio, interested himself in the matter and asserted that their arrest was in vio- lation of the constitution of the United States, and a scheme to kid- nap citizens of Ohio, whom they thought to be abolitionists. They were again brought to trial, Ohio being represented bv lion. Samuel F. Vinton. The court held that thev were on Ohio territory when captured, and therefore not amenable to the laws of Virginia; they were consequent! v released. TIllC 1’UII.l’OT i- am i i.y. * AVilliam Philpot, the progenitor of the Philpot tamilv in this country, was born in Dublin. Ireland, in the vear 1777: his parents were of En- glish parentage, and wore sturdy and intelligent people ol the middle class. Thev gave their son the advantages ol a good education. Evidencing an aptitude for mercantile pursuits, he was apprenticed to a merchant with whom he remained seven years. Two vears after the completion of his in- dentures. 1 SOg, he came to America, in companv with two of his friends; thev settled in Belmont County and located a section of land where is now the village of Belmont: here he re ma i ned ten vears. clea ring land and farming. lie led a drearv, isolated % O' . ' 412 HISTORY OF NOHI.R COUNTY, OHIO. life, acquiring experience in pioneer life which he utilized to good advan- tage in after time. About lSldhe went to Barnesville ; where he entered the employ of Janies Barnes, the founder of the village, and fo.r him established the lirst store in the vil- lage. lie was the lirst postmaster and was identified with nearly all the initial events in its history. lie was engaged in mercantile pursuits as clerk and proprietor until 18J0, when, with his family of wife (nee Until llulse) and eleven children, ho came to Summerlield, then a little hamlet of perhaps a. dozen families, lie bought the business of James 4V. Shankland, the pioneer merchant of the place, and for seventeen years he did a successful business in land, to- bacco and merchandise, and was not only one of the prominent and suc- cessful business men of the countv, but also an esteemed citizen. "While in Bartlesville lit1 united with the Meth- odist Episcopal church and remained loyal until death, lie died in JSG4. II is children, all of whom were resi- dents of the place and idem tided with its history, were Ellenor (Wilson). Eliza. Biowinl. .Maria. Matilda, (StiJ- ler), "William 1 1., George, Shepherd B.. Sarah A. (Ilare), Isaac, John II. and Samuel, six of whom are now (1887) living. Shepherd B. was his father's suc- cessor in business. lie was born in Barnesville in 181b. lie grew up in his father’s store, obtaining some education from the subscription schools of that time. At the age of I wen ty -four he became a partner, a nd in 1847 sole proprietor; for many ! years has been one of the largest i merchants in the county. Bor fortv- : four years he has done business in S Summerfield. and for thirty three years has dealt extensively and quite j successfully in tobacco, lie has ; enjoyed in a, very great degree the confidence and esteem of his fellow- i townsmen, and in evidence it may be stated that for twenty-two years he has officiated as township treasurer. During- the war he did good service in the cause of his country in the formation of military companies, and 1 his time and monev were always at command in the furtherance of any war measure. In his religious and political affiliations he is a Methodist and a Republican. In 1844 he mar- ried Miss Emily, daughter of John Allen, a Virginian, who settled here in Is In. Mrs. Phil pot was born in j Virginia, and is the mother of nine children — Charles WL, Buth E., James A 1 ., Laura, William 11.. Ada M. (Rader). John Roscoe and Euella ( Ritchey). John Lk.mmax. — It is always a i pleasure to sketch the career of a ! prominent and successful man of business, who has attained his posi- j tioii in life solely through his own ! well-directed industry, his ’persever- ing efforts and his unswerving ium- j estv. Such a man is John Lemmax. i lie was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., December do. 1 s20. 11 is father was | of Welsh and his mother of Irish descent. In the spring of 1821 the family came to Ohio, settling in the : vicinit v of SummerJield, where they remained until 1>2.‘>. Becoming dis- i satisfied with pioneer life, they then c> v ■4*1 MAIUOX. returned to Pittsburgh, and con- tinued to reside there until Septem- ber, 1 s30, when they returned to. the farm in what is now Noble County, which was thenceforth their perma- nent home. In Pittsburgh the sub- ject of this notice attended school, and being an apt scholar, received the rudiments of a sound education in the common branches. After his removal to the farm. John was put to work, and all of Ids attendance at school after he was elttven years of age, amounted to but fourteen days. Money was scarce, and it was diffi- cult to make both ends meet ; there- fore the services of our subject were necessary to contribute to the fam- ilv's support, there being live chil- dren younger than himself, lie had no money except what he earned himself, bv working out among his neighbors, and what lie could save in this way lie devoted to the pur- chase of hooks, lie also borrowed and read all the hooks he could obtain in the neighborhood. Early in life lie became ’possessed of Ilrainard's “ Life Among the Indians," Rollups “Ancient History " (eight volumes), and the works ol Josephus. He took part in the pioneer debating societies and thus strengthened his knowledge; and acquired experience in public speaking. In Ins sixteenth year he began learning the ea rpenter's trade1, ret u ru- ing t e » the farm to assist in busv sen- sons. During the lirst year at this work' he received df per month; the; second venr lie began at sld per month, and his wages were' increased le> sis for the second month. In this 413 way he continued to work at his trade, receiving from sgo to sr>S per month. Afterward he began taking contracts, hiring a man and working himself. In his nineteenth year Mr. Leminax went to Ydoodsfield and made arrangements tea enter the law- office of Edward Archibalel as a stu- dent. Ills father hearing of this, and having a" strong prejudice against law vers, persuaelcel John to abandon his intention. This Mr. Lemmax always regretteel, and believes that lie made a serious mistake. Early in life he necame a pro- nounced temperance man, and has j ever since remained a linn advocate of the doctrine of total abstinence, lie joined a temperance society at Summcrlield, and soon became prom- inent among its workers. At the solicitation of Mr. S. II. Pownd, president of the society, he visited different places in Morgan, Washing- ton and Guernsey Counties to make temperance addresses. On one occa- sion, in the winter of is II. lie was sent to a place about eight miles dis- tant to deliver ;m address. Arriving there he found the church in which lie was to speak so lull of people that it was with difficulty that lie forced his way to the pulpit. He became confused and forgot his subject. A 13 i bio lay upon the pulpit, and open- ing it. Mr. Lemmax read the first words that met his eve: “What is man t hat t lion art mind fill of him !" Diking this as a text, and beginning Ins remarks with tin; history of ancient Greece, he talked with ease and freedom for an hour and three- quarters. < hi looking at his watch + 1+ IIISTOII Y OF XOBt.E COUNTY, OTIIO. lie again became embarrassed and made an apology- I'oi* speaking so long', but was urged to continue. He circulated the constitution and by- laws of bis society, and was gratified in obtaining eighty-six signatures. After several earnest invitations, he again visited the same place and lec- tured, this time securing sixty-eight more names. Mr. Lemmax continued to work at his trade until 18+5, and in the meantime had saved between scop and 8700. ile then made arrange- ments with Charles Hare, of Sum- inerlield, to start a store in Freedom. Mr. llare advised him to invest in tobacco, and he did so. The result was the loss, in the fall of ls+(5, of $800. Returning from Baltimore to Freedom, he again engaged in build- ing. IJe also bought hogs and made some money on them. In 18-18, in partnership with A. Franklin, he bought a small stock of goods in Zanesville and again embarked in the mercantile business Two years later he increased his stock' largely, buying in Baltimore, and was soon doing a successful business. He again began buying tobacco and continued that business for thirtv years with varying success, some- times gaining and sometimes losing heavilv bv his operations. In lstj-l r> his losses were about 8-8,000. It required thirteen years to recover this amount. Ile dealt extensivelv in hogs and cattle for several yea in. In 181 S he began buying and feed- ing hogs. marketing them at home. Four years later he begun shipping hogs, and this business he continued i successfully for twentv-four Years. He began dealing in cattle in lx.Vl, both buying and shipping, and con- tinued twenty-live* years, then quit shipping. During this time he handled an average of 8.5oO hogs | and two hundred head of cattle per I year, wit h a satisfactory profit, and in I the meantime gathered up 5+8 acres i of land, four hundred of which were cleared. II is many business interests kept him too busy to devote much attention to fanning, and he used much of his land for pasturage. In business matters he wasted no words but was always fair and honorable, ; and never would he take advantage of another's ignorance in order to secure a profit for himself. For a period of twenty years he handled about s;,o ooo worth of live stock, tobacco and merchandise per tear, without failing to meet every obliga- tion promptly. This gave him a pres- tige as a buyer that hut few have, and a credit that answered instead of larger capital. Frank in avowing his sentiments; bold, fearless and consistent in main- taining them, Mr. Lemmax laid the foundat ion of a character of sinceritv and honor, which amidst the vicissi- tudes, the prolits and losses of busi- i ness transactions, the shocks of polit- ical change's and the scurriiitv of partisan warfare, has never been shaken or tainted with insincerit v. In the possession of these attributes, beyond the reach of ca vil or question, is to he loll ml the secret of that inalienable attachment which today exists among the vast body of bis i friends and fellow-citizens. and which ' ! MARION'. 415 has followed him throughout his business career. Here lie wishes to offer a grateful tribute of respect to the names of three of his friends who stood by him in the darkest hour of his mercantile career: To M orris Hanford, who furnished him $3,50<> ; to John O'Neill, who fur- nished $2,500 ; and to "Uncle” Sam- uel Craig, who furnished s2,3oo at six percent, payable at his pleasure, on his individual note without secu- rity. These sums were used in the liquidation of his indebtedness entailed by the losses on tobacco in 1804 and 1805. Mr. Lemmax was married in 1840 to Margaret, daughter of Alexander Franklin, one of the early settlers of Marion Township. They have reared lour children — Mary Rose, now the wife of Charles Craig, of Marion Township; Violet J., Lillie W. and John A., single and residing at home. The family are all members of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics Mr. Lemmax is a firm, uncompromising Republican, and for many years has taken a. deep and intelligent interest in both local and national political affairs. Earlv in life he became an adherent of the Whig party. In September. Is to, he attended a Democratic mass meet- ing at Carlisle, addressed b\ leading Democratic politicians of Monroe County. After they had finished, -John McMahon took the platform on the V log side, and made a telling speech, lion. -Joseph Morris, repre- sentative in Congress, who was one of the speakers present, went home with Mr. Lemmax and spent the ! night at his father’s house. In con- versation with him, the question was asked, What would take the place of i bank-notes Morris replied. "Sub- j treasury notes.” On being asked what they were, he admitted that he j did not know. ‘•'Well, it is not good policy to destroy the bank-notes u n - | less you have something better to ! take their place.” Mr. Morris said: "John. 1 am afraid you won't make a good Democrat. To be one, you must stick to the party, right or j wrong.” And John did not become ; a Democrat. He voted first for Henry Clay, and acted with the Whig and Free-soil parties until the campaign of John C. Fremont, since ; which time he has been a Republican. | Mr. Lemmax has been several times a. delegate to State conventions, lie was a delegate to the National (’(in- vention of 187(5. lie was the first delegate to propose Haves' nomina- tion, and, in a conference of the Ohio delegation, secured the passage of j a resolution pledging a, solid vote for him, and that no delegate should vote otherwise without first con- ferring with the remainder of the delegation. Mr. Lemmax held the office of county commissioner one term and declined a renomination. Jle was a candidate for represen ta- I live to the legislature in 1884. but : was defeated by a small majoritv. owing to the hostility of the Green- ! back element, who at this time were ! energeticallv preaching the doctrine . ‘ ‘ ‘ of "Jiat money." claiming it as the j “ poor man's motiev.” Mr. Lemmax vigorously opposed this craze and I look a decided stand for resumption , 41 < IUSTOKY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. and a stable currency. No took a ; prominent part in securing the exten- sion of the B. Z. & C. Railroad, from Moodslield to Zanesville, sul (scribing liberally to further the scheme, giving it much of his time and attention for over a year, besides furnishing a building for a depot at his own ex- pense. The road runs through his land for a mile and a half. After the completion of the road, on the -resignation of one of the directors, he was unanimously chosen to fill the vacancy and has since been thrice chosen to till the same position. In thespringof 1883, with twelve others who paid a like sum, he advanced §2,000 to secure the opening of the j road and the running of trains. Me I has had contracts for furnishing the road with over four hundred thousand, feet of trestle timber, besides a large j quantity of cross-ties. Mr. Benimax has been a stockholder and director of the Noble County National Bank at Caldwell since its organization, lie has held the office of postmaster, at Freedom (Whigvillc Bostollice), for twenty eight years, without any complaints from patrons or the De- partment. 1 1 KNiiv Barge, one of the success- 1 ful financiers and early settlers of ! Marion "Township, was born near the city of Dublin, .July 21, NIT. Mis parents, George and Fliza Barge, were farmers, and came to America in 1825. They landed in Quebec, i where the elder Barge died some ; three weeks alter his arrival, leaving the family in rather destitute eiF cumstances. They removed to Mon- treal, where they lived about three i months. Thence they went to a lit- tle village calk'd Beaver Bhun, near .Niagara Falls, where Mrs. Barge bought a. piece of land, and where Henry found employment as a bov- of-all-work in a store. A sister of Mrs. Barge, Mrs. Dr. Craig, had set- tled near Summerliehl some time in 1818, and by her advice Mrs. Barge disposed. of her little property and came to the new country in Febru- ary of 1828, with her little family of six children. She entered from gov- ernment eighty acres of land near the village of Freedom, which she improved and on which she resided until 1831), when Henry became the owner. The early life of Mr. Barge was one of toil and hardship.. At the ago of sixteen he made his initial effort in business by taking a job of splitting rails at thirty-one cents per hundred. At eighteen he began life as a farm laborer at §8 per month. These facts, although seemingly trivial, show what can be done from small beginnings. By dint of indus- try and close economy he accumu- lated a, sum nearly sufficient for the purchase of the homestead farm, which he bought in 1831b On this farm, which' he still owns, he laid the foundation of his fortune. Never at one time has he owned more than 155 acres. The life of Mr Barge has been a busy and suc- cessful one, in fact it may be said that, considering his opportunities, no resident of Noble Countv has been more so. lie has devoted his time to farming, tobacco raising and loaning his net earnings, and is ©. MARKIN', thought to be the wealthiest man in the county. Many are curious to know how it was possible for him to acquire so line a competency under such adverse circumstances. 1 1 is answer to the question is, “By the rigid practice of industry, economy, promptness and the avoidance ol debt,'’ and we might, add. shrewd management and a desire to excel. Mr. Large is quiet and reserved in manner, and possessed of no dis- tinguishing characteristics, except- ing his financial ability and his extraordina rv mathematical acqu i ce- ments; his gift in this respect is wonderful, and like that of Pascal and Colburn, is a. Cod given faculty, as his education was almost wholly cohlined to that school in which the teachers are observation and expe- rience. In politics he is a Republican; in religion a Methodist, although not a member of any church. lie is classed among the foremost men of the county in wealth, brains and intelligence. Mr. Largo was married early in life to Miss Maria, daughter of Ed- ward (’leary. She was born in King’s Countv, Ireland, in 182“ She has been to Mr. Large a help- meet in all that the word implies. They have had nine children : Marv A. (Me( dinloek), .John. Sarah .1. and Emma (died in inl’anev). Eliza IE. Clara I. (Cniler), George E., Emma J. and .Joseph 1 1 . 1 1 ox. L. W. Eini.ky, one of the prominent agriculturists and repre- sentative men of the countv, was born near the village of Ml. Ephraim, 417 | Xoble Countv, Ohio, March 11,181-1. j Like most other farmer bovs of that I day, his opportunities for education were quite limited. He succeeded, however, in obtaining a good English education, and at the age of eighteen commenced life as a teacher. Soon after he enlisted as a private soldier in the Eighty -eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered into the United States service with the regi- ment, which for the greater portion of the time was stationed at Colum- bus and Cincinnati, Ohio. The last year of the war he was detailed as clerk at the headquarters of the northern department, commanded bv Generals Hooker and Ileintzlemein. He remained in the service until tiie close of the war. when lie resumed his former vocation. In 1807 he began merchandising in Sarahsville, which he followed successful I v for six years, when, in consequence of failing health, he sold put his stock and engaged in farming in Center Township, where he remained until the purchase of the farm on which he now resides, in Marion Township, to which he removed in 1880. Mr. Pin ley has been quite prominentlv identified with State and conntv pol- itics. In 1870 he received the nomi- nation for auditor of the countv on the Democratic ticket , but the count v being largely Republican, he was defeated bv .1 . E. K noulL In lSs:> he was again compli- mented by a nomination for repre- sentative, and was elected bv a haild- i some majority over one of l lie strong- I esf men in the Republican ranks. In ! the legislature Mr. Einle\ made an o . 418 HISTOliY OF NOBLF COUNTY, OHIO. enviable record, and in 1885 was renominated, but t he question of the election of a United States senator being prominent in the canvass, and the Republicans having a majority of about three hundred, he was defeated by Hon. T. C. Williams by a small majority. While a member of the legislature he framed several import- ant measures; notably among the number were two affecting railway corporations, one an amendment of the law governing liens, the other a law compelling railroads to use “spark arresters” to prevent fires along their lines. Rut perhaps the most valuable bill introduced by Mr. Finley was one providing' for the clothing of the indigent poor in the various eleemosynary and penal insti- tutions of the State, which passed both houses with but little opposition. While comparatively a young man, but few gentlemen in the county have a larger personal following, or wield a stronger influence in matters of public import. lie is possessed of marked social qualities, which, with an unexceptional record as a business man and politician, gives him a con- spicuous place among the best citi- zens of the county. In ^November of 1 8f!fl Mr. Finley was married to Miss Jane, daughter of lion. William J. Young, whose biography will be found in the chap- ter devoted to Center Township. The union has been blessed with six children, three boys and three girls, all of whom are living but one. 1 > / / CHAPTER XXI BROOKFIELD. Organization — Boundaries — Original Extent — Characteristics of tiif, Early Set Terrs — New England Inferences — A Permanent Population — Tin-: “Federal Trail” — First Settlement Made in 1800 hy the Dye Family — Pioneer Reminis- cences— Judge William Ranxells and Other Pioneers — A Favorite Hunting- Ground — Settlement Progresses Slowly — Experiences of an Early Family — A Peculiar Industry — The Manufacture of Castor Oil — Land Owners in 1826 — Valuation and Taxes f.»r that Y ear — Personal Mention — Early Schools — Early Manufacturers — A Novel Saw-mill — The Settlers on Bates' Branch — History of a School District — The First Postoffice — Family Sketches — Brook fi eld C iiurc h . ~) BOOKFIELD was one of the y original townships of Morgan County, organized in 1S10. The corn inissj oners of Noble County, May 1, 1851, altered its boundaries, making' them as follows: “ Commencing at the southeast cor- ner of section 3a in township number 7, of range 10; thence north along' the section line to the northeast cor- ner of section 2, in said township and range; thence west along said town- ship line to the northwest corner thereof; thence south along said township line to the southwest corner thereof; thence east along said town- ship line to (lie place of beginning — containing thirty sections.” "When organized in 181b, brook- field was a full township, containing thirty-six sections. A row of sections on the east are now included in Noble Township. With the exception of the Dues and a few other families from Penn- sylvania and Virginia, nearly all I he pioneers of the township were New England Yankees, chiefly from Mas- sachusetts, and a large number from Worcester County. They were intel- ligent. thrifty citizens, friends of churches and schools, and were gen- erally permanent settlers. Their posterity have inherited their char- acteristics, and the well-improved farms and high moral tone of the people generally, shows that the I inhabitants of the township are j worthy sons of their worth v sires. Probably no township in the conn tv has had a more permanent popula- tion than Prooklield. The greater portion of the farms are still in the I possession of the descendants of the - original settlers. The earliest route of travel through the township was the so-called Ked- I eral trail, said to have been made bv a portion of St. Clair’s armv. who were unable to obtain boats for trans- portal ion to Fort Washington. The trail began at Crave ('reck, on the Ohio li'ver, and running westward I crossed Dye’s Fork of Meigs Creek, 419 . 420 HISTORY OF NORM: COUNTY, OHIO. near Renrock. then divided, one branch passing through Bristol Township, Morgan County, and cross- ing the Muskingum River at Gays- port. The first permanent settlement in the township was made in 1800. by the sons of Ezekiel Dye. Dye's Fork; of Meigs Creek, takes its name from this family, and the "Dve set- tlement” was well known to the pioneers of the territory now form- ing the counties of Guernsey. Mus- kingum, Morgan and Xoble. Ezekiel Dye, Si’., was a native of Xew .Jersey, and a soldier in the Revolutionary War. lie came to Ohio from Penn- sylvania. and m 1804 followed west- ward to Clrillicothe the path known as the old Federal trail, seeking lands on which to locate. lie was best pleased with the .Meigs Creek loca- tion, and entered several hundred acres, situated in the vicinity of Ben- rock, upon which he and his sons located and pa.ssed their lives. They were good citizens — honest, industri- ous and straightforward men; cour- ageous and hardy, well lifted to en- dure the hardships of pioneer life. Ezekiel Dye. Sr., came in lSuT to the lands which he had purchased; but his sons, Thomas, Ezekiel, Vin- cent, William, John and Amos, came the year before and inaugurated the work of improvement. Their nearest neighbors were on Duck Creek and in the vicinity of Cumberland, and on the Muskingum River. The Dves were all young men. and at the time of their coming' only Thomas was married. He and his father located on the farm now owned bv John L. Reed. Thomas' first wife was Xancv Davis. He married again after her J decease, and was the father of a large family. Benjamin Dye, born in 1810. j is still living. lie is the son of Thomas and Xancv Dye, and is said to have been the first white child born in Brookfield Township. Ezekiel Dye, Jr., settled on the j east side of the creek on a farm ad- joining his brother Thomas’. lie married Xancv Sprague, lived and ; died here, and reared a large and respectable family. William, his i brother, lived near the others, in Muskingum County. John, another brother, married Catharine Sears, and settled on the creek, above the farms of Thomas and Ezekiel. Amos Dye married Sophia Dye. of Wasli- | ington Countv, resided here some i vears, then returned to Washing- ! ton County, where he died. Two daughters of Ezekiel Dve, Sr., came to this township with the family, j but returned to the East after a few t years. The second wife of Ezekiel Dye, Sr., was Sarah Paul; she bore twelve children, of whom two, Fir- man and Elizabeth (Maxwell) of Morgan County, are still living. Joseph. Lewis, James and Firman were the names of the sons. Vincent Dye, son of Ezekiel, Sr., was born in Westmoreland County, Pa. lie married Anna Waddle, whose parents came from Pennsyl- i vania and located in the vicinitv of ; Cumberland early in the present century. To them were born thirteen i children — E. ,)., Isabella, Elali, | Janies, Elizabeth, Melinda, Cassie, I .Miner. Madison. Weslev, Johnson, ■ ISROOKKiKLO. 421 Robert ami Polly. Of these. E. J., Elali, Miner, Isabella, Elizabeth, Melinda ami Cassie are still living, only E. J. Dye in Noble County at present. E. J. Dye was born in Brookfield Township November 10, 1812. In 1830 he married Malml a Smith. Three sons and six daughters were born of this union. Two of the daughters are dead. Johnson L Dye. one of the sons, enlisted in Com- pany B, Sixt v-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, October 22, 1801; re-en- listed January 1. 1SG4. lie was in the engagements at Winchester’, Deej) Bottom, Chapin Farm, Peters- burg, Appomattox, etc. After being mustered out at the close of the war. and remaining at home a year, he went to Kansas and thence to Fort Saunders, I )ak. The family Iras never heard from him since, and it is supposed that he was killed by the Indians. E. J. Dye is a fanner and stock-raiser, lie is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and has served eighteen years as justice of the peace. lie had all the experi- ences incident to life in the back- woods, and remembers when the whole township was sparselv settled. When he was a boy his father used to send him into the woods to hunt for cows, tying a bell upon him so that* he might be found in case he lost his wa v. When the Dyes came to Brook- field they were obliged to go to Waterford, on the Muskingum, for milling. Salt was very hard to pro- cure, and very high. Much of it used in the southern Ohio settle- ments was brought across the moun- tains on horseback by means of pack saddles. "Alum salt"’ was salt, mixed with red pepper, that it might be used more economically. The first mill in the neighborhood of Benrock was a horse-mill, owned by Thomas Dye. There were no early water-mills in this part of the town- ship. Judge William Bunnells was born in Tygart’s Valley, Va., in 1769. "When thirteen years of age he went to Washington County, Pa., with his parents. In 1796 he manned Bhoda Bush. In 1809 he entered the land on which J. V. Bunnells now lives and in the following year moved his family to it. lie was one of the very earliest settlers of the township, and the family had all the varied expe- riences of pioneer life. Judge Bun- nells was the father of eleven chil- dren, ten of whom reached mature years. lie died in 1856, his wife in 1S64. lie was a man of more than ordinary intelligence and good judg- ment. J. V. Bunnells was born in Brook- field Township, on the old homestead, March 2. 1815, and is therefore among the oldest residents of the township. At the age of twenty-six he married Miss Laura Bav, who died in 1845. One child was born of this marriage. In 1846 he married Miss Bacliel Falls. Four children were born of this union, two now living. Mr. and Mrs. Bunnells arc members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. John Bunnells, son of the above, enlisted in 1862 in the Ninth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and served until ■ 422 IJISTOKY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. February, 1 S<»5. He was killed while on a scouting- expedition, neat* Winns- boro, S. C. J. F. Rannells was born on the homestead in 1M9. In 187S he mar- ried ZNItss Sarah Allison, They lmve three children. Mr. Kannells and wife belong to the Presbyterian church. Jacob Jordan and his sons, Adam and Peter, were among the earliest settlers near the township line in the vicinity of lliramsburg. Henry Ham- ilton. a brother-in-law of Jacob Jor- dan, was an early settler in the same neighborhood. While this was still a part of Guernsey County, elec- tions were held at the house of the Jordans. Jacob Jordan, a Revolutionary soldier, came to this township in IS 10 and left it in IMS. 1 1 is son Peter was born in Greene County, Pa., in 1797, came to this county when young, and died in Prooldleld Township in lSiis. He married Ra- chel Albin, whose father, James Albin, was a Revolutionary soldier. Mrs. Jordan was born in Virginia in 1791. She died in 1 SSI. Peter Jor- dan came to tin; farm on which John Jordan now lives in 1S14. The whole country was then very wild, and bears, wolves and panthers inhabited it. Mrs. Jordan brought from Guern- sey County a willow sprout which she used as a riding whip, and on reaching her home stuck it in the ground. It grew into a tree and is now about seventy years old. and fifteen feet in circumference. John Jordan was born in Prookfield Town- ship 1 )ecomber 23, 1S23. In is 1.7 he married Nancy .Downey, a native of Buffalo Township. They have five sons and four daughters. Of their sons P. D. J< mlan is a merchant, postmaster, notary and a railroad agent; S. S. Jordan is a farmer and carpenter: W. F. Jordan, telegraph operator and railroad agent: G. C. Jordan is a farmer in Illinois; J. I). Jordan is in the store of his brother, P. D. Jordan. John Jordan has always followed farming. Dye’s Fork of Meigs Creek was once a favorite hunting-ground for I . r ® . the Indians. When Ezekiel Dye, Sr., began his clearing, he was vis- ited by two Indians. As he saw 1 them approaching, he heard them muttering in their own language, and from their looks and tones he concluded they were not at all pleased at his intrusion. lie feared they might attack him and kept a | firm hold upon tin* handspike with which he was at work until his vis- itors had departed, intending to use it over their heads in case of hostile demonstrat ions. ’When the Dyes came to the coun- ! fry, they had to go to Duck Creek, ! Bates Fork and Waterford to get \ help to raise their cabin. When the I first barn was raised, settlers were summoned from many miles to assist. They came a dav in advance of the raising, and remained three days before thev had finished their work. A few years after the Dyes came I James Lyons, who settled on the creek two miles from Renroek. Soon after he came here all his daughters died of consumption. II is sons were i J ames, Joseph and -John. . ■ TSKOOKFIKLT). 423 Until after the 'War of 1 SI 2 settlers came in very slowly. All the early arrivals chose farms upon the creek's. When Morgan County was organ ized in 1 S 1 0 settlement had so far advanced as to make Brookfield one of the most populous townships of the county. But it was years later before all the land in the township was taken up. Henry Hamilton, a native of South Carolina, was among the earliest set- tlers, locating about ISOS on the farm now owned by Adam Hamil- ton. lie married Sarah Jordan. Six of their children are living. lie died in IS SO. Clark E. Green and his brothers. Oliver and David, were among the early settlers. The former was killed by the kick of a horse. Oliver was accidentally shot by .Tames Hunter while hunting. The charge entered his head, killing him instantly. David Green was born in Spencer, Mass., December 27, 1797, and was probably the oldest man living in the township. He died May 21, 18*7. In 1823 lie married Augusta Brown, in Massachusetts. She died in 1842, having borne one child — Edward. In 1844 he married Mary Pearson. Their children are David .1. and Mary A. (twins), and Lewis II. Ed- ward and Lewis IL. were in the service in the late war. Mr. Green first came to Ohio about 1*20. He came through in a two-horse wagon. While on the way he had the mis- fortune to lose his pocket-book at a tavern. He recovered the book, but a chock on tin* Marietta bank which it contained was gone. He succeeded ! in getting the money on the check bv notifying the officers of the bank, lie remained in Ohio about a year, cutting cord-wood near Duncan’s | Falls, for salt works upon the river. He took his pay m salt, which was then worth §1.50 per bushel. After i his marriage (August 21, 1823.) he returned to Ohio and located where he now lives. A few years later he erected a mill for the manufacture of castor oil. The machinery, invented by himself, consisted of an inclined plane and a beam worked by horse power. As the beam was drawn over the inclined plane the oil was pressed out. There was a great demand for it, and Mr. Green traveled about the country with a horse and wagon, selling it. At one time in Newark, Ohio, before breakfast, he sold enough oil to pay for forty acres of land. II e also sold oil by the barrel in Zanesville and other places. He ; continued this business about ten j years. An acre of land would pro- duce eight or ten bushels of beans, and one bushel would make about a gallon and a half of oil. The beans were dried in buildings similar to tobacco barns. Mr. Green also erected one of the early saw-mills of the township. Air. Green has been a member of the Baptist church about sixty-two years, and for over fifty years has been a deacon. lie has 1 been justice of the peace, and held the office of township treasurer twenty years, lie lias been a successful farmer, and has done much to intro- duce new and improved breeds of stock. 1 le has also made some inven- tions which he has patented. He is . 424 HISTORY OF XOIiLE COUNTY, OHIO, gifted with true Yankee ingenu- ity. David -1 . Green was horn in Brook- iield Towusliip, December 7, 184-7). In ISO* lie married Mary A. Fair- child, who died in 1881. Their chil- dren are Charles I .. David IF, Ilenrv O. and Duel la FI. In 18s:3 Mr. Green married Miss Mary Wilson. He is largely engaged in farming and breeding line stock, cattle, hogs, sheep, etc. He has held the ollice of township trustee, is a member of the Baptist church, and also of the Masons and Odd Fellows. Following are the names of the owners of lands and houses in .Brookfield Township (township S, range Kb in 1820, taken from the tax- duplicate of Morgan County for that yea r : Michael Archer. Andrew Ault, Joseph Amberrv, John livers, Ilenrv Brindlev, Giles Briggs, Asa Burlin- game, Itiehard 0. Bond’s heirs. James Bates, J oil n Barkess (BarkhurstM), Joseph Bell. Horace Blanchard. Linus Bacon. William Bates. Joseph Black- burn, Samuel Byers, Findley Collins. Elijah Collins, 1 )aniel ( ’ u r t is. Stephen Chariot. Janies Craig. William Camp- bell, Vincent Dye, Ezekiel Dye, Ezekiel Dve, Jr.. Thomas Dye. John Dye, John Draper, Ciiai les Downev, Thomas Downey, Robert F rakes, Henry F rakes, James Guy. (’lark E. Green. Oliver W. Green's heirs, Presley George, Henry Hamilton, James Hunter. Henry II miter, Silas Hurd, Erastus Hoskins, Jacob Jones, John Join's. Adam Jordan. Abraham Lett, Alexander Love. Boberl Lan- sing, Ja Dies Lyon’s heirs, Joseph Lip- pitt, Thomas X. Muzzy, William McElroy, James McElroy, Ilenrv McElroy. Janies McKee, Thomas McCleary, Hugh X ickei'son. John Prouty. Russell Prouty, William Rannells, James Robinson (of \ i r- ginia), James Robinson, John Ricliev. Cyril Richardson, William Springer, Solomon Schemmerhorn. Xatlian Smith. Francis Scott. Elcazer Spoon- er, John D. Spark. Richard Tliorla, Daniel Whitmore, Thomas WTha rton, Andrew Wharton. ( 'liristopher West- cott, Janies W atson. \ alue of real estate. S! 1.142; total tax on real estate, si 1 1.42. Asa Burlingame was a Yankee, and a prominent early settler. He held the ollice of justice of the pence and was also a school-teacher. Sev- eral of his descendants are living in the township. Benjamin Brindley was an honest and industrious backwoodsman, and lived to a ripe old age. Horace Blanchard came from Massachusetts in 1 s I b, settled in t he southwest part of the township, and there kept hotel several veals: Daniel Curtis, also from Massachusetts, about the same time. He was noted for his musical ability. He went west and died there. One of the first schools was taught in the old bean house, without floor, on Linus Bacon's farm. The earlv teachers there were Thomas X. Muzzy, Xancy I larkness, James Warren, Israel Jordan, McAllister, and John M. Foster. Jotham Sprague, from Massachu- setts. located near 1 1 iramsburg and died there. lie was a lawyer, or . P.ROOKFIKI.D. pettifogger, but had little legal busi- ness. Thomas N. Muzzy was an influ- ential man among the pioneers, anil through his elForts several New Eng- landers were induced to try their fortunes in the Ohio country. The New Englanders, accustomed to hills, were not so averse to locating upon them as were the Pennsylvanians and Virginians, who sought to obtain bottom lands. Alexander Love married a daugh- ter of Judge Rannells. and lived on an adjoining farm. lie was a line man. His widow is living in Cum- berland at an advanced age. "William and James MoElroy lo- cated in the central part of the town- ship. Thev were shoemakers, and plied their trade at their homes. '"'James Robinson came from Vir- ginia and located on a farm adjoin- ing 1 Iora.ce Blanchard's. John Richey came from Wheeling. lie was a prominent cit izen, and served several years as a. justice of the peace. Jacob Jones was the successor ol Y\ illiani Rates, the pioneer settler on Rates’ Rranch. He had a brother John, who settled near Jiiramsburg. Jones died here and his large family went to Indiana. Abraham Lett and .lames Dve were colored men who had formerlv j been slaves. Set free by their mas ' tors, they entered land adjoining the | Muskingum County line, and ended I t heir days t here. Henry Hunter located near the center of the township about IS12. and near him his sons. James and Ilenry. Silas Hurd, from Massa- 425 chusetts. located on a farm adjoin- I ing Hunter's. He married a sister of Captain Hill, of Zanesville. The family were noted for their musical ability, and for their interest in edu- | cation. Several of them were suc- cessful teachers. The earliest school attended by the people of the southwest part of the township was within the present limits of Morgan Count v. Among the early teachers there were Ross, Jordan, and David Green. December 4. 1S1<>, a petition was presented to the commissioners of Guernsey County, asking fora road, to commence at Cambridge, to in- tersect the State road to Marietta. The petition was granted, and view- ers appointed to meet at the house of William Rannells the second Monday’ of January. 1 Nil. Robert Lattu and William Rannells gave bond for the cost that might arise from viewing said road. The township had twentv or more male inhabitants above twenty-one year’s of age in 1817. The law re- quired that number before trustees could be elected for tin* school sec- tion. August 4, 1 S 1 7. on petition of Abraham Jordan and others, an elec- tion was ordered for that purpose, to be held at the house of Jacob Jor- dan. August 25. All the early ('lec- tions were held at the same place, the first being held June 25, lsid, lor the purpose ol choosing justices and other township oilicers for Ruf- I’alo Township. Guernsey ( ounty. in I which Rrookdold was then included. I n tin' ('astern part of t he town- I ship schools were taught for several I - I i. HISTORY OF JNOBLK COUNTY, OHIO. 420 years in old buildings and deserted cabins. The first school-house where the pupils from this part of the township attended was built at 1 lira ms burg. Asa Burlingame, Nancy Ilarkness and Moses Hardy were early teachers. The last was one of the best teachers in this part of the country. Jle was a New Eng- lander. The Downeys, a numerous family, were among theeariv settlers. Mcr- riman Downey is among the old resi- dents of the township. The early manufacturers of the township were not extensive. Henry Hamilton had a sawmill which ran a few years. Bussell Prouty con- structed a saw-mill which was a curious specimen of Yankee inge- nuity As the stream on which he desired to locate it was too small to furnish sufficient . water-power, he built an aqueduct, bringing water from another stream, and thus in- creased the volume of water. “Humph! M'giit as well try to cany the water in your hat,” was the sarcastic comment of one of his neighbors, a man named Bartlett, when he saw what Prouty was try- ing to do. Prouty, however, had his own ideas and his own way of doing things, and nothing short of a total failure would convince him that he was wrong, lie lirst started a store, then built a saw-mill, and alter the failure of these engaged in the maim- facture of castor oil. 'Henry Hamilton was the proprie- tor of one of the early horse mills. It was run bv two horses, and thev went “ round and round.” An old resident says a mouse could eat the meal about as fast as it came from the mill. A woolen-mill was put in operation near .Ren rock about 1841. A man named Bigger was the proprietor. He sold out to Mr. Bush. The old mill is no longer in operation. Joseph Bush began operations at the Ren rock woolen factory in 1853. Jle carded, spun and made cloth for the whole surrounding country, lie carried on the business for fifteen years or more, then turned it over to his son, W. II. Bush, who ran the factory for three years, selling oil' his machinery on account of scarcity of water to run it. W. II. Bush afterward was engaged in the same business at McConnelsville and at Beverly, and is now one of the pro- prietors of the Caldwell woolen-mill. The first store at Ren rock was started about 1845, by a Mr. Bozman from Morgan County. The post- office was established some years later. The place now contains two stores, a blacksmith shop and the postoffice. From published reminiscences by Dr. Charles Draper, of Cumberland, a native of Brookfield Township, we gather the following items relative to settlers on the Bates branch of Buffalo Fork of Mill's Creek. 1 The earliest settlement in the vicinity was made within the present limits of Guernsey County. A man named May entered eighty acres in 18<>(>, on the present Covert farm near Cumberland. He was followed by Esquire Fattev, Thomas Bay and others. The latter located where o ' 4 I TSROOK I' lET.T). Cumberland now is in 1M2. Thom- as K. Muzzy, of Massachusetts, arrived June 2S, 1814. and on the 4-th of duly (Mitered land adjoining the Bays in this township, lie not only began improving- his land at once, but speedily erected and put in operation a grist-mill and a saw-mill, which was the first in the neighbor- hood. He taught the .first school, organized the first Sunday school, and laid the foundation for the first church and the first temperance soci- ety in the valley, lie was an 1M2 soldier. He named Spencer Town- ship. Guernsey County, after Spen- cer, Mass., where he was born. lie died at the age of ninety-four. William Rannells was one of the first associate judges of Morgan County, and in the absence of the presiding judge acted as president judge at the first term of court held at McConnelsville in lSl'.h Became from Pennsylvania, and settled on land now owned bv his son Joseph. He was a man of enterprise, intelli- gence and good judgment . He was an active member of the first church, and an exemplary cit izen. He erected the first frame barn in Brookfield Township, and at an earl v date built a brick house. Dr. Ziba Bindley, a son-in-law of Judge Rannells. located where John- son Allison now lives. He was the first physician in the township, and among the first in the present county, and is believed to have been skillful and successful, lie removed to the West many years since, and died at an advanced age. Colonel Linus Bacon, from Massa- 427 ! chusetts, located in 1 sit* on lands now owned by his son David. He ; was noted as a musician and a scholar. He taught several winter i schools. Jle died in 1S(>4. William Bates, after whom the Bates branch is named, is believed to have been the first settler on the creek, preceding Muzzy, Rannells and ot ti- ers by a few years. lie came from Pennsylvania and was a true woods- man. lie was especially noted as a bear hunter and is believed to have killed more bears than anv other pioneer of the neighborhood. He was rough in manner and not popu- ; lar among his neighbors. Claiming to be the oldest settler on the creek he sought to run the affairs of the neighborhood. His mark upon hogs was to cut off both ears close to the , head. He sold out to Elijah Collins in 1S29. Andrew ’Wharton, from Wheeling, W. Va., settled in Hie vallev in 1M0. He was a prominent man and was the first justice of the peace in Brook- field Township, holding the office from 1 MU to 1822. lie was also the first merchant and the first post- master. in 1820-d he was one of ! thecommissioners of Morgan < 'ounty. He lived on the Hurrah farm, now owned by 'William Stranathan. He died about 1 M.T Russell Proutv came in the spring of 1 Sib. settling on lands now owned by the widow Prout v. He was from Spencer, Mass A peculiar industry was started by him — a mill for the manufacture of castor oil. lie in- duct'd his neighbors to raise beans i for him, and the business became so c> ■ 428 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. extensive that several hundred acres were planted annually. The in- dustry was profitable not only to Mr. Prouty, but also to those from whom he purchased the raw material. In 1844 he engaged quite largely in bee-culture. In f Sad. on account of ill health, lie revisited Massachusetts, where he died soon after his arrival. In 1817 John Draper (father of Dr. Draper, of < 'umoerland t settled on a. farm adjoining Front v. lie made the journey from Massachu- setts in a one-horse wagon and was twenty-nine days on the way. lie purchased a tract upon which a cabin and a small improvement had pre- viously been made bv Pev. James Moore, a Presbvterian clergyman, and the first minister of the valley. In 1821 Mr. Drapin' erected a frame barn and in 1 N : > 1 a brick house, both of which are still standing. In 1824 he brought the first Durham cattle to the township. lie named Brook- field Township a fter 1 5 rook field. Mass., where lie formerly lived. He died in 1877 at the age of eighty-nine yea rs. James Watson came from Massa- chusetts and settled in 1 s 1 7 just be- low where the Baptist church now stands. lie returned to the Past alter a brief residence. John and James (linn, Irishmen, came to the present Bakin farm earlv. They were weavers bv trade. They moved west several years since. The editor is indebted to Mr. ( ). B. Hunter for the following items of history relative to Ins school district: The present Walter Downev farm was entered by llenrv Brimllev, i who came from Virginia in lsl5. After obtaining a title to the land he turned it over to his son Ben ja- min, who cleared and improved it. The latter was a peculiar man, and spent much of his time in hunting, in which he was quite successful, lie died quite early and John Brind- ley took possession o 1 the estate. The John Hamilton farm was entered by John Parkhurst. It was cleared and farmed for many years by Henry Teener, whose son Henry now Jives in Caldwell. John Ham- ilton’s father was a noted hunter. The farm of William Jordan was first1 occupied by him. but he did not enter the land. A man named Dil- Jey. knowing that Jordan was mak- ing arrangements to secure it. went to the land office in 1 sd2 and entered it. Jordan obtained the deed by selling a horse to Dillev. This was the last land entered in the district, and perhaps the last in the county. The farm owned by Newton Alli- son was entered bv Adam Jordan, who came from Creme County, in Pennsylvania. He lived upon the place until his death, after which the farm was sold to William Strana- tlian, and by him to Joseph Covert. On this farm was erected the first school-house in the district. The school was taught by John Hunter, brother of Samuel Hunter. The windows were made of greased paper, and the door of clapboards. One end of t lie room was all taken up by a huge fireplace. That part of the farm lying north of the road was entered by Robert Pausing, from Vermont. . BROOKFIELD. 420 The farm now owned by the widow Green was entered by Cyril Richardson, from Spencer, Glass. Here Clark Green lived and erected the earliest tannery in this part of the eonnt \ . The farm now owned by Mrs. Glass was also entered by Richardson, and sold to Oliver Green. Thomas Connor, I)r. Stone. Esquire Worley. George Dickerson and Moses Glass afterwards owned the farm successively. Eleazer Spooner entered land in 1810. (See notice elsewhere.) Mr. Spooner was a good citizen, and always took an active interest in public schools, churches and Sabbath schools. The farm now conducted by Mr. Ti’ott was entered by Thomas X. (Muzzy in 181 0. The farm known as the Thomas X. "Muzzy farm was entered by him in lsl4, and was the first land entered in the district. Mr. Muzzy came through from (Massa- chusetts with a team, and after reaching Cambridge was obliged to cut a road the rest of the wav, his wife driving the team. 11 is son Ed win bought the farm, sold it to Samuil Hathaway, and he to II. C. Hunter. The farm of Jacob Archer was entered by, James "Marshall, from Pennsylvania. The farms of J. S. Morgan and II. C. Hunter were entered by Clark Green, from Massa- chuset l s. The Taylor farm was entered by James Me Elroy in lMa. lie sold lo his son William and from him it was purchased by John Tavlor, the present owner. The Janies Hunter farm was en- tered by a man named Clark, who soon sold to Jonas Beemis. Beemis sold to James Hunter and his heirs sold to the present owner. IIenrv Hunter came from Pennsylvania and entered a tract of land in 1814. He was one of 1 he first ruling elders of the Buffalo Presbyterian church at Cumberland. When the Hunters came, the nearest postolfice was at Chandlersville. After the death of Henry Hunter the farm was sold to Samuel Hunter. He operated the lirst threshing machine in this sec- tion, and people came for miles to see the wonderful machine. (Mr. Hunter is still living on the farm and has lived in Muskingum, (Morgan and Noble Counties without once moving from the place. Judge Francis Scott was one of the prominent early settlers. In early years he was one of the three associate judges of (Morgan Countv. lie was born in County Donegal, Ireland, in 1781, and came to Penn- sylvania with his parents when young. He migrated west to Brooke County, W. Va , and was there married in 1 son to Miss Mary Meek. He came to Ohio about 1 8 1 < > and located in .Jefferson County, but returne 1 to West Virginia after a brief residence, and thence went to "Washington County, Pa. In 1 8 1 s he removed to Brookfield Township, where he lived the remainder of his life, lie was the father of six sons and two daughters. Judge Scott was accustomed to market his oats in Cambridge at 12.1 I cents per bushel, carrying them I 430 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. thither on a pack-saddle. Tie was remote from neighbors and all the surroundings were of the wildest character. He kept a few calves which he was obliged to fasten in a pen at night to keep them from the wolves. Often he went out to drive the wolves away, and was scarcely back to the house before they would return again. John W. Scott was born on the farm where he now resides, Novem- ber 11, 1822. and has always lived in the township. He is one of the prominent and progressive farmers of the township. ITe is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church and has held the office of township trustee ; also, township treasurer, lie was married in 1849 to Miriam Thompson, and is the father of six sons, all living but one. Mr. Scott was formerly a Whig and is now a Republican. Sylvester Scott, son of Judge Francis Scott, was born March 24, 182a, on the farm where he now lives. He has followed farming as his principal occupation. In 1848 he married Susannah Thompson, a na- tive of Guernsey County. Three children have been born to them, of whom two are living, a, daughter and a son. The oldest daughter married Edward Partlett, and died in 1ST'!. 'The second daughter mar- ried John l>cckctt, and lives at home. The son lives on a part of the old homestead. The familv belong to the Methodist. Protestant church. Mr. Scott was formerlv a Whig, and is now a Republican. Finley Collins, an early settler, after coining to Ohio, first worked at the salt works near Chandlers- ville. A few years later came his father. Elisha Collins, and his twin brothers, Elijah and Elisha. Thev also had a half-brother named John. Finley Collins made a great deal of | maple sugar in earlv times, which he marketed at a good price. In 1810 Finley Collins married Margaret Shull. Their children were Sarah, John 0.. Mary, Hannah, Michael. Maria. Ira, Jacob. Silas, William and Margaret. .Sarah (Smith), Maria I (McClelland), Ira, William and Mar- garet (Dunnick) are living. At one time Mr. Collins was in the service of the government against the Indians. John C. Collins was born Septem- ber 4, 1813, on the farm now owned by William Collins. In 1848 he mar- ried Sarah II. McLces, a native of Muskingum County. They have had eight children. Margaret J. (Me Cleary ), Hannah, Eoudema (Trimble), Sarah E. (Miller) and Charles S. are living; Amanda A., Mary C. (Taylor) and John Frank- lin, dead. Mr. Collins died in 188.",. He was a Universalist in religion, and was well posted on all current affairs. He was one of the early abolitionists of this region. Four of the daughters have been teachers. George A vers. a native of one ol the Soul 1 lern Slat es, was hoi •n about 18 11. 11 e came to ( 1 uernsev ( Jountv with his ] )a rents, ; and there ma rried Nancy 1 Irannon, who bore ■ seven children. six of whom are living. lie died in 1 883 , and his wife in 1870. D avid Ay< ■rs, son of George, ■ ' miooKFiKi.n. 431 was born in Noble Township in 1844. In ISO!* he married Miss Alwild Willey. Their children are Luella and Willie. Mr. Ayers served in the late war in the One Hundred and Sixty-first and One Hundred and Ninety -fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, lie is a successful farmer, and a member of the Methodist Protestant church. He has served as justice of the peace. James Eakin was born near Get- tysburg, Pa., m 1807, and came to Harrison County, Ohio, in 1SP>. In 1S30 he married Miss Elizabeth B. Foster, and in 1830 settled on his present farm. He has held the ollice of county commissioner six years, and was justice of the peace nine years. He has been a member of the Presbyterian church fifty-six years. John Moore, the first justice of the peace in this township after the organization of Noble County, en- tered upon the duties of his office November 18, 1851. Isaac M. Combs, a prominent farmer, was born in 1839 on the farm now owned bv John M. Combs. In 1 8<> 1 he married Agnes B. Squier. Children : Frank IT, Odell S., John E., Estella F., Albert, Charles S., Cora M. and Fred. Mrs. Combs died in 1884. She was born in Penn- sylvania and in early life came to Guernsey County with her parents. Mr. Combs deals largely in stock' and is prominently identified with the in- terests of the township. He is an active Republican. Samuel Jewett was an earlv settler in the western part of the township. lie was a Yankee and removed to Iowa after residing here some years. Jesse George was a, revolutionary soldier who settled and died in the southern part of the township. Presley George located near Thorla. He came from Massachusetts and manned Alary, daughter of Hugh Nickerson. He emigrated to Iowa in 1840.' His son Melvin, then two j years of age. is now a Congressman from that State. Richard Thorla, one of the pion- eers of the township, was born in Newburyport, Mass., October 13, 171)1. "When he was a child his parents removed to New Hampshire, where he lived until 1815. In that year in company with William Mc- Allister and family he came to Mari- etta. In 1817 he married Camilla McAllister and settled on the Ohio River, about a mile above the mouth of Duck Creek. In 1818, with two of the McAllisters — William and his son James — he visited Illinois, going down the Ohio and up the Mississippi in a pirogue as far as the mouth of the Kaskaskia. They were not pleased with the country or the climate and started for home, cross- ing the Wabash at Vincennes and making their way toward North Bend. Before they reached the Ohio "William McAllister died and was buried by bis son and son in-law in Hartford, Ohio County. Ind. The younger McAllister anti Thorla even- tually reached home, though sull'er- iim' yTeatlv from disease caused by the malarious climate to which they had exposed themselves. In 1MJ 1 Thorla entered a tpiarter section of [ . ■ msTOuv or xouu: countv. oiito, 432 land on Dye's Fork, in Brookfield, and in 1828 removed to it with his wife and family of two children, lie died in IS at* at the aye of sixtv- eight; his widow died in 1S7S, aged eighty six. Their children were Elvira, who married Seth Andrews, and was the mother of Prof. Martin R. Andrews, of Marietta; Caroline, who married John Jamison; Mary, wife of Simon Nickerson, now living in Oregon; F. W., who lives on the [ home place; A. II., who married Martha Stevens; Ik* enlisted in No- vember, ISO l, in Company I. Sixtv- second Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served three years. A. II. Thorla occupies a part of the homestead farm. II is children living are Mag- gie,'Minnie and Richard V. F. VL Thorla, a farmer and distill- er, was born .May 22. 1882, in Brook- field Township. He married Sarah | A. Stevens and is the father of Silas. Ellsworth, Florence, Linda. George McAllister and Milo. Thomas Thorla, the grandfather | of F. W. and A. II. Thorla, was born in New England in 1748. He served as a soldier throughout the Revolu- tionary War. Thi'ce of his sons hav- in'’' come to Ohio, he lollowed them, arriving in Marietta with ids aged 1 wife about 1828. Hi* lived at Olive some years and died in December, | l Sba. John Murphy, son of Daniel Mur- j phv, a native of Ireland and now a resident of Bulfalo Township, was born in Bulfalo Township in ls|J. In 1 St»h he married Lena Gregg a nd in 1872 settled in Brooklield. Mr. Murphy is the father of three chil- dren, one of whom is living, lie is a farmer and a member of the Pres- byterian church. George V . Gander was born in Muskingum County. January 7 G. W. Gander married Miss Cindrella Hicks, who was born in Guernsey County. They have six daughters and two sons. Mr. Gan- der located on his present farm in 1 802. lie is a successful- farmer and stock-dealer. In ls(!4 he enlisted in Company II, Cue Hundred and Sixty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until honorably dis- charged. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Renjamin C. Lukens was born in Maryland in lsf2. 1 1 is father and grandfather lived in Harford County in that State. In 1883 he married Miss Louisa W. Smith, of his native State, and about six years later came to Brookfield Township, settling on an unimproved farm. He is the father of live children, four living — B. S., Cumberland. Ohio; John (A, Kansas; Joseph F. (a graduate of Ohio Fniversitv. Athens, lsbfj), superintendent of schools, Lebanon. Ohio ; Li/./.ie 1 1. (A rrick ), Ucinersville, Ohio. Joseph F. was in the late war, served under General Thomas and was taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry. Mr. Lukens is a Republican and a member of the Methodist Protestant church, lie. was living at Baltimore at the time tin* first railroad was put in operation be- I tween that place and Ellicotl's mills. ' ■ BROOKFIELD. Tiie cars were drawn by one horse, upon wooden rails. John B. Dye, son of Thomas Dye, was born in Brookfield Township, March 20, 18:12. In 1802 he mar- ried Margaret Elder. They have one child — Elmer X. Mr. and Mrs. Dye are members of the Methodist Protestant church. In politics he is a Democrat. David Elder and wife (/me Eliza- beth Veil) came to the present Elder farm about 1810. II is children were Mary A., Julia and Margaret, born in Pennsylvania, and David, Vance 1ST. and Eliza A., born in Ohio, .lulia and Mary are dead. Mr. Elder died in 1873 and his wife in 1881. They were members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Elder held the offices of township trustee, township clerk and justice of the peace. Jason Tilden was born near Bel- fast, Me., in 1805. II is parents settled in Muskingum County, Ohio, in 1817. -Jason was brought up in the family of John Draper, an early settler and prosperous farmer in Brookfield. In 1830 he married Jane Richey, a native of Virginia. Both he and his wife died in 1 ss3. They had eleven children, five of whom are living. The first mail route between Mc- Oonnelsville and Cambridge was established in 1827 or 1828. Jason Tilden was the first mail-carrier. A man named Johnson was the con- tractor. There wore then but live offices between McConnelsville and Cambridge. One of them (at W har- ton's) was in Brookfield Township. The mail was carried once each week. 28 433 Eleazer Spooner was born in Oak- j ham. Worcester County, Mass., June 28,1794. A number of the earlv settlers of Brookfield were from the ! same county. In company with Clark E. Green, 'William Watson and Cyril Richardson, he came to Brook- field Township in 1 S 1 G. lie was a shoemaker, and brought the tools of i his trade with him. lie worked at 1 farming in summer and at I i is trade in winter. He entered 100 acres on section 3. and in 1818 erected a | cabin. In the following year he married Isabella Beach, who is still living at the age of eighty-six. They had one son and ten da ughters ; live of the daughters are yet living. Mr. Spooner sold a part of his farm quite early, taking his pay in install- ments, some of which were as low as twenty-live cents. He died April 19, 1 8 s 4 . He served as township trustee nineteen years. James Bartlett and his wife, whose maiden name was Raney Knowlton, removed from Massa- chusetts to Upsher County, W. Va.. about 1810. After twenty years’ residence there he removed to Brookfield Township. He died January 11. 1808, in Spencer Town- ship, Guernsey County. Ilis widow died in 187(5. They had ten chil- dren, most of whom were born in Virginia. Seven d.iughters are yet living. Henry I). Bartlett, born in 'West Virginia, came to Brookfield in 1 830. In 1 840 he married Sarah Throckmorton. lie reared a family of ten children, eight of whom are living. In 1874 he removed to Washington County, where ho died o 1 . 434 HISTORY OF XOr'.I.K COtTNTY, OTltO. March 23. 1SS0. James Bartlett was born in lx.50 on tlie farm where he now lives. He has held the offices of township trustee ami jus- tice of the peace. In 1872 lie mar- ried Celinda Burlingame. They have six children — Sarah Alice, Fran- cis, Florence, Harriet, Susan and Edward Henry. John Allison was born in 'Wash- ington, Pa., in 1X10. In 1810 he removed to Cumberland, Ohio, and thence to the farm in Brooldield Township, where he died. In 1X52 he manned Nancy Johnson, who died in 1857, having born three chil- dren, two of whom are living. In 1802 he married Mrs. Rebecca Hat- ton [nee Bartlett). He was a member of the Presbyterian church. He died in 1.8S0. His sons, J. J. and J. F. Allison, are prominent farmers, and members of the Presbyterian church. J. J. Allison was born in Spencer Township, Guernsey Coun- ty, in 1853. In 1880 he married Miss Mary Green. J. F. Allison was born in Spencer Township in 1X55. Henry Hunter, a native of Ireland, was an early settler on the farm now owned by Miles B. Hunter. Five of his children are yet living: Samuel, Nancy, Margaret, William and Eben- e/.er. The family came to the town- ship about ixH. Samuel Hunter was born in Butler County, Pa., in 1800, and has resided in the township since the family located here. He married Eliza Chapman and is the father of eight children, seven of whom are living. Rev. Joseph Tlirap, well known to old residents, was born in Baltimore County, Md., October 10, 1770. and died in Muskingum County. Ohio, May 12. 1x00. He joined the Method- ist Episcopal church early in life. In 1 702 his parents removed to the vicin- ity of Morgantown, W . Ya. In 1700 Joseph responded to a call for volun- teers to protect the frontier settle- ments against the Indians, and served for six months under Captain Dent. For this service lie received a land war- rant for 1.00 acres. In 1x03 he mar- ried Jemima Van Camp, who died in 1807, in the eighty-fifth year of her age. In 1801 he came to Ohio, following an old Indian trail up the Captina, across 'Will's Creek and onto the Muskingum. lie settled where Aashport now is and raised a crop of corn. The following September he brought his wife from Virginia, and in 1805 removed to kicking Countv. In 1X10 he settled in the southwest part of Muskingum County, where he continued to reside until his decease. For nearly sixty years he preached the Gospel without any fixed remu- neration. lie was the father of twelve children, eleven of whom reached mature years, and eight a rest ill living. Two are ministers of the Methodist Protesta n t eh ureh — Rev. J oel Th ra p. of Adrian, Mich., and Rev. Israel Tlirap, of Coshocton Countv. Rev. Joseph Tlirap was licensed before leaving Virginia. In 1805 he helped organize a Methodist church in lack- ing County and in April, IxoG, the first, quarterly meeting in that vicin- ity was held at his cabin. On the organization of the Methodist Prot- estant church he attached himself to it and adhered to it through life. p ■ ' 'BROOK'FITCT.D. 435 Jolin A. Thrap was bom in Muskingum Township, Muskingum County, January 17, lSLv;. In 1842 lie married Catharine, daughter of Judge Francis Scott, of Brookfield, and settled in this township in the following year, lie is a prosperous farmer and a worthy citizen, a .Re- publican and a member of the Meth- odist Protestant church. He is the father of two children, only one of whom is now living. John Taylor, a native of Ireland, first located at Philadelphia, then moved to Ilolmcsburg, Pa., where he lived four years in a house belonging to James Ruchanan, afterward Pres- ident. lie settled in Brookfield Township in 1838 and died here in 1SC2. The first school-house in the town- ship was a, log cabin on section 4. Among the early teachers of the township were Erastus Hoskins, Mary Brown, Josiah Burlingame and Asa Burlingame. RELIGIOUS HISTORY. Brookfield Ihtjtllxf Church. — This church was organized February 8, 1825, at the residence of Ezekiel Dye, Sr., Rev. James McAboy and Rev. William Reese, officiating' min- isters. The original members were William Smith, Catharine Smith, Fanny Tilclen, Sarah Dye, Harriet Swank and Charity Rond. During the first year the following persons joined: Ezekiel Dye, Sr., Augusta Croon, Ruth French, .John Braugh- ton, Elizabeth Rates, John Dille, Horace Blanchard, Clarissa Blanch- ard, Lenna Dalman, Rebecca 'J'al- bert, Hannah Kirkpatrick. Mary Downey, Mary George, Michael Archer, Jacob Paul. Elizabeth Paul. David Green. Mary Ann "Wharton, Lydia At. Moler, Caspar Moler, Eliz- abeth Moler, Jacob French, James L. Delong, Agnes Delong, Peggy Downey, Lucy Richardson. Mary Bond, Joseph Taylor and Prestlev .George. William Smith was chosen the first deacon in August, 1S25, and James L. Delong church clerk. James L. Delong was clerk until Ls5(>. and was succeeded by Edward F. Green until 1861. when David Delong was chosen clerk. The lat- ter holds the olfice at present. In May, 182(5. Joseph Taylor was the i first delegate to the Baptist Mission- j ary Society, which met in Zanesville. A meeting-house about thirty feet square, of hewed poplar logs, was built on the site of the present house in the spring of 1 82<5. The first annual meeting of the Meigs' Creek Association was held May 2(5 and 27, 1S2G, in this building, when it was only partly completed. The floor was not laid, and the sleepers served as seats. This association afterward met with the Brookfield church at the following times: August, 1831; August, 1838; August, 1847, and August, 1*05. In 1871 the church was dismissed from the Marietta, (formerly the Meigs' Creek) Associa- tion, and August 28, 1872. united with the Zanesville Association. The latter association met with R roolc field church in August, 1877 and 18S, 1839. TIh* fol- lowing have served as deacons: William Smith, Brest ley Georgiy Welcome Ballou. David Green. John Smith, Thomas Moore, Edward F. Green, Josiah B. Knowlton. Harri- son B. Dye and David Delong. From the organization to the present time the church has had 1-00 members. The present membership is eighty-five. David Green. Sr., eighty-nine years old, is the only person still living and holding a membership since the first year of the existence of the church. The present church building was begun in the spring of 1*10, and the society took possession of it late in the fall of 1817. BIOGRAPHIC. JOHN GUAY. One of the most remarkable char- acters that ever lived in Noble County was John Cray, of Brook- field Township. Although he was an early settler in the county, it is not to his name as that of a pioneer that most interest attaches. Far more important arc: the facts that made him celebrated, causing In’s name to be the theme of talented writers both of poetry and prose, and giving’ un- dying lustre to his simple, common- place life. He was the last surviving soldier of the American army in the Revolutionary War. John Grav* was horn near Mount Yernon, A a., dan nary 6, 17(H, and spent his boyhood in that vicinity. II is parents were poor and he was brought up to a life of toil and hard- ship. The same' poverty was his con- ♦Km* the facts contains! in this sketch we arc indebted to a pamphlet written and published b\ I Inn. .lames M. I )alxcll. ■ IJ1J00K FIELD. 437 cl i t ion throughout Ji is long1 life. The lij'.st day that he ever worked out lie was employed by George "Washing- ton at Blount Vernon. He seems to have been a favorite with the Father of his Country, who frequently shook hands with him and addressed to him encouraging words. He was the oldest of a family of eight chil- dren, and on his father joining the patriot army in 1777 he became the chief support of the family. Fre- quently the Grays were obliged to depend upon rabbits caught by John and his brother as their only meat. At one time John worked a week at ploughing for two bushels and a half of corn. 11 is father fell at the battle of White Plains, and in 1781, John, at the age of eighteen years, volun- teered and served until the close of Ihe war. being present at the surren- der of Cornwallis. He was in a skirmish at Williamsburg, and was one of 150 men sent on the dan- gerous but successful expedition of Major Ramsay. After the war he returned to the vicinity of Mount Vernon and resumed work as a day laborer. At the age of twenty lie married Nancy Dowell and moved to Morgantown, Va. lie was a western pioneer and lived at Dilley's Bottom and Fish Creek dur- ing the days of border warfare with the Indians. 11 e came to Ohio while it was yet a territory. The year 1S29 he settled in Noble County, where he passed the remainder of his days, lie married his second wile, Nancy Ragan, at the Flats of Grave Creek. He again married in Ohio, but survived his wife and all his children except one. He spent the last years of his life at the home : of his daughter, Mrs. Nancy McEl- roy, and died on the 29th of March, 1808, being in the one hundred and iifth year of his age. The records | of the pension office at 'Washington prove that he was the last surviving pensioner of the Revolution. No pension was obtained for him until 1867, when, through the efforts of Hon. John A. Ringham, a bill was passed by Congress giving him sJOo per year to date from July 1, 1866, as long as he lived. John Gray was a man of spare and bony frame, live feet eight inches high, broad-chested, with a head that was well-shaped and massive. He had but one bad habit — he chewed tobacco for nearly one hundred years, lie was a man of exemplary : character and sound religious faith. He was a member of the Methodist church for nearly eighty years. In the later years of his life his hearing and- sight became impaired and he was obliged to resort to crutches, lie warmly sympathized with the Union cause during the late war. and i lamented the course of his native State. Quietly, peacefully, as he had lived, the last of the Revolution- ary veterans sank to rest amid the | rural scenes which he loved so well. No proud monument adorns his rest- ing place, but it is to be hoped that the public-spirited citizens of Noble Count v will some da v see that an ap- i propriate memorial stone is placed there. 'J he 1 i‘i hi Juiniihj.— Samuel i Trimmer was born in New Jersey ) ■ 438 HISTORY OF NORI.K COUNTY, OHIO. and when a child immigrated with ids patents to Pennsylvania. I J is father, Paul Trimmer, was a soldier of the Revolution and participated in several notable engagements. He fol- lowed the sea for several years and died about 1830, aged nearly one hundred years. His wife was a sister of General Anthony ’Wayne. Samuel Trimmer was a farmer, a very worthy citizen and an exemplary member of the Presbyterian church, as was also his wife. He died in 1847, aged fifty- seven. Stevenson Trimmer was born in Washington County. Penn., March 11, 1815, and October 14. 1 s43, was married to Miss Ann McAdams. His worldly effects at this time in- ventoried one horse and 825 in money. After his marriage he be- gan life as a farmer on leased lands, and ' by his industry and thrift he prospered and soon acquired the nucleus of a competency. In 1852 he came from Pennsylvania to his present farm, which originally con- sisted of eighty acres of unimproved land, which by repeated accessions now contains 420 acres, highly im- proved. In lssg Mrs. Trimmer died. Her only child. James A., enlisted May 2, 1SM4, in Company II., One Hundred and Sixty-first Ohio Volun- teer Infantry, and died in hospital at Cumberland, Md.. June 9,1804. in his twentieth year. He was an estimable young man, a member of the Presbyterian church and a good soldier. In 1885 Mr. Trim- mer was again married to Mrs. Malinda Butterbaugh. In religious and political aiiiliation Mr. Trimmer is a Presbyterian and a Republican. For six years he has served the county as Infirmary director, receiv- ing the suffrages of both parties. He is an elder in the Cumberland Presbyterian church and every worthy cause finds in him a warm friend and patron, lie is one of those liberal, public-spirited gentle- men whose identification with any community is always productive of good. Five orphan children have been the recipients of his generosity, and throughout the entire county he is known as one of the most | respected citizens of Brookfield Town- I ship. CHAPTER XX.II. STOCK. Erection of the Township in 1851 — Its Boundaries — Early Settlement ox tiie East Folk — The Enochs, Chows, Ghaxdoxs, Morrises and Archers — The ('now Family and the Indians — Three Giiu.s Kilted — Adventures ok Ten ah (now — Other Early Pioneers — The Last Indian Cami* ox Sailor's Hex in 1812 — Religion of the Pioneers — Larue Families — Relics ok the Ahohigines — Early Mills- First Brick Houses — Huntino Adventure — The Yankee Settlers — First Orchards in tiie Township — Hardships of the Year 1810 — Early Township Organization — Taxpayers of 1833 — Asa Barton — Practical Jokes — Early Schools — German Settlers — Villages — Carlisle — East l nion Churches. rpHE commissioners of .Noble j -I- County, on the first of May, ! 1851, erected Stock Township, mak- ing its boundaries ns follows: “Commencing on the seventh range line at the southwest corner of section 32 in township number 0 of range No. 7; thence east along the j section lines to the southeast corner j of section 20 in said township mini- j her 6 of range 7; thence north along section lines to the northeast j corner of section 3b in said township and range; thence west along the j said township line to the seventh j range line; thence south along tiie | seventh range line to the northeast corner of section 25 in township 7. I rangeS; thence west along section i lines to the northwest corner of sec- j lion 27 in said township number 7 1 and range 8; thence south along section lines to the southwest corner of section 3 in township number 0 and range S; thence east to the | northwest corner of section number j -1 in saitl township number (! of ramie 3; thence south along the section line I to the southwest corner of section IT in said township number (! of rangeS; thence east along the sec- tion line to the seventh range line; thence north, along the seventh range line to the place of beginning — containing 23 sections.'’ The first election in this township was held on the 12th of July, 1851, in obedience to an order of court, for the purpose of choosing one justice of the peace. Ken ben M ood was elected, and on the 7th of August fol- lowing he qua! died and entered upon the duties of his office. March 7. 1851, on petition of four- teen persons, sections 25 and 31 of Elk Township were annexed to Stock Township, by order of the county commissioners. On the East Fork of Duck Creek, in the year 1800, was made one of the earliest settlements within the limits of Noble County, by families that had previously lived on Wheel- ing Creek, in (ireene County. l‘a., and in western Virginia, near "Wheel- ing. These families were nearly 440 HISTORY OF NOJSI.K COUNTY, OHIO. and intermarriages. They were the Enochs, Crows, Gramlons and Morrises. Following' them a few years later came the Archers, a nu- merous family. Elisha, Henry, Enoch and Jesse Enochs were brothers. Their fa- ther’s name was Enoch Enochs, and he also settled on Duck Creek after his sons had been here some years, lie removed to the vicinity of Har- rieltsville and there died in 1 8 -'15. lie was in the Indian 'wars in West Vir- ginia and eastern Ohio, and also a soldier of 1812. Enoch Enochs, Jr., married Margaret Tice, and lived near llarriettsville. In 1878 lie re- moved to Tyler County, AY. Ya., where he died in LS80. Elisha Enochs and his brother Jesse lived in what is now Stock Township. There were several daughters of Enoch Enochs, Sr., who married be- fore coming to Ohio, and nearlv all settled in this vicinity. Hannah was the wife of Henry Grandon ; Eliza- beth married Isaac Morris; Rebecca became the wife of James Archer; Rachel, the wife of Erederick Crow; Sally married Jesse Davis; Lydia was the wife of Nathan Linoleum; Phebe married Joseph Archer and Amy married Matthew Grave- Elisha Enochs was one of the most prominent pioneers. He settled on Duck Creek near where the village of Carlisle now stands, in the vear 1800. The Enochs were of German *Tli<'SO piiiticiilius were obtuiiiiMl from Henry teller, of Fast Union, a descendant of- the Kuoclis family, and are doubtless correct. We have re- ceived statements from other pari ies, which vary from t lie above in some pari ieulars. II n. descent. Elisha married Nancv Archer. At the time of their settle- ment, their nearest neighbors were fifteen miles distant. The Indians I still occupied the country as a liunt- | ing-ground. and it abounded in game ! and fish of all kinds. Elisha Enochs i manufactured powder in a small I way, doing, all the work by hand, and the settlers for miles around came to him to purchase it. On the morning after the family arrived in their new home they found them- selves short of provisions, and Air. Enochs shot a young bear on the ground whore Carlisle now stands, to supply them with meat. The Enochs were veritable frontiersmen, and quite a number were killed or scalped by the Indians. Elisha and Nancy Enochs reared a large family which became scattered through Ohio and farther west. Their son Henry was born Ala roll 27, 1S07. and is believed to have been the first white child born in the township. Like all frontiersmen, be early became accus- tomed to the use of the gun and lived almost entirely in the woods, doing very little farming. He mar- ried Jane Afiller, and entered land on AI iddle Creek near M iddlcburg, where he remained until about ISIS, when he removed to Lawrence County, Ohio, where lie died April 2,1880. He reared a large family. Live of his sons were in the late war, and the family was represented in almost every important campaign of the Rebellion. The sons who were in ; the' service were John AI., a captain; Elisha, corporal: AY. 1 1 brigadier- I general; A. O., captain; and Cltim, ■ /Ar: i £? '4 STOCK. 441 lieutenant. The Enochs were nearly all Methodists. In politics they were "Whigs and Republicans. Elisha Enochs, Sr., was the lirst justice of the peace in the old township of Enoch, in Monroe County, which was named after the Enochs family. He was treasurer of Monroe County in 1827-8, and one of the county commissioners in 1n29. lie was a Methodist class-leader forty years or more. Toward the end of his life he became blind. Enoch Enochs, Sr., was somewhat noted as a hunter, lie was a man of great ingenuity, especially as a gunsmith, lie also made bedsteads and other kinds of furniture. The Enochs generally were men of strong physical development. Bernard Grandon settled on the creek. IT is sons were Enoch, Mat- thew, "William and Bernard, all of whom lived here and reared families, and their descendants are still here. "William Grandon was a true type of that now extinct race — pioneer backwoodsmen, lie was rough and uncouth in appearance, and unculti- vated in speech and manner; but, for all that, a warm heart beat be- neath the hunting shirt of the old pioneer, and he was a true man. He could easily be imposed upon, for he had a childlike faith in human nature. Every man was his friend until he abused his confidence. He was strong physically, and verv industrious. He accumulated a com- fortable property, but lost nearly all ot if and became Jinanciallv embar rassed through his kindness in giving surety for his friends and neighbors. The brick house erected by Grandon was the lirst in the Duck Creek region. Isaac Morris, whose descendants still live in the county, came with the Enochs and the Grandons. He ! was a most worthy man — somewhat peculiar in some tilings, but very honest -in everything, lie settled on the creek above Carlisle. The farm is still in the Morris name. The following incident of pioneer life, although it did not occur in this county, is a part of the history of a family who were among the earliest settlers of Stock Township, and whose descendants are still living in the county. On "Wheeling Creek, Greene County, Fa., lived the family of Jacob Crow. In the vicinity of their cabin the settlers had erected a block-house for their defense, which was known as Ryerson's Station. In the spring of 1791, on Easter Sunday, four of Crow’s daughters started to walk to the station. The day was warm and pleasant. "When about half way there they met their brother Michael, on horseback, it being his custom to visit the block- house once or twice a week, to learn the news. lie tried to persuade his sisters to return home with him, but they decided to go on. Abo.*.t twenty rods farther there was a large rock by the side of the road. "When three of the girls reached this rock, three Indians stopped from behind it and stopped them. The youngest girl, Tenah Crow, then about ten years of age. was about lift eon rods behind i t he others, and on seeing the I ndians. f ■ Ip; ; -142 HISTORY OF NOI.1LK COUNTY*, OHIO. & supposed them to be negroes, and felt no alarm. Approaching them she discovered her mistake and was also captured. The Indians led them up a hill nearly a mile distant, and then halted to hold a council. The girls, believing that they would be killed, also talked with each other and de- cided to try to escape. They agreed to start, all at once, and run in differ- ent directions. They accordingly ran. Tenah had gone but a short distance when a tomahawk struck her on her back and knocked her down upon her hands and knees. As she arose she saw one of her sisters struggling with an Indian. She ran a short distance to a hollow, or ravine, which she followed down to her home in safety. The news was told and men soon gathered for the purpose of pursuing the Indians. Sufficient force was not collected until the next morning. Then search was made and two of the girls were found lying near together, both scalped and dead. A trail of blood 1 eel to the spot where the other sister lay. She was scalped and bleeding, but still alive. She was taken home where she died nine days later, having been unconscious all that time. Tenah Crow afterwards became the wifc""bf John McBride, who owned the land on which Carlisle no\v is, and died in Isolde County. Martin, a brother of the murdered girls, after being a pioneer in Penn- sylvania and Virginia, settled and died in the vieinitw of Carlisle As might be expected he was a life long enemy to the red man. II is brother I rederick settled in the w*estern part of .Monroe County, where he died. The Crows were contemporaries with Martin and Lewis Wetzel and were i with them on some of their noted | expeditions. Mart in Crow once had j part of his ear shot off bv an Indian. | Frederick Crow had his arm broken by a shot -from an Indian's rifle. John Crow*, their brother, was killed by the Indians. Martin was em- ' ployed as a hunter to kill meat fer- tile surveyors of the first seven j ranges of townships in Ohio. lie ■ owned the Israel Dan ford farm near ! Carlisle. lie married Elizabeth Cack- lcr, a sister to the wife of James Farley. Peter Crow and Mrs. John A. Smith are his children. James Farley married Man* Cack- ler, and John Aisswonger married her sister Susan. The remainder of ; the Cackler family settled on the 'Western Heserve. The three men- tioned were married in Pennsyl- vania. Matthew* Gray settled on the creek, | and his descendants are still in the | county. He was strong physicallv, I and as a neighbor good-natured and 1 obliging. Aathan Lincicum was an early settler of the township. 11 is son James is still living. John Mc- | Bride, who settled where Carlisle -now* is. was an early settler and a very industrious and active man. II is sons were William and John, better known as “ Jack.” The latter j went to California, where he was ; killed by a well caving in upon him. James Archer, of Irish descent, I came from Greene County, Pa., 1 where lie was born in 1779, and set- ■ . . STOCK, 443 tied in Stock Township, on the East Fork of Duck Creek, in HOD. With him lie brought his family of six sons and live daughters. They came on horseback, cutting their own road a portion of the way. Soon after their arrival, a heavy freshet raised the waters of the creek to such an extent that their cabin was in immi- nent danger of being1 washed away. The family took refuge in the loft of their cabin and kept warm by keep- ing coals in a kettle. James Archer and several of his sons were success- ful hunters. James. Jr., served in the War of 1812. His father hauled goods from Earnesville for Robert McKee, at Olive. lie made the first trip with a wagon, cutting his own road. The sons of James Archer were James, Joseph. Mi- chael, Simon, Jacob and Nathan. James married Rebecca Enochs and spent bis life in this county. lie was the father of ten children. Joseph married Phebe Enochs, a sister of James’ wife. They had thirteen children. Michael married lihoda, daughter of Rerun rd Gran- don, and was the father of thirteen children. Simon married Rlioda, ! daughter of Henry Enochs, and had fifteen children. Jacob married Sally G random He was the father ' of twenty-three children bv two' i wives. Nathan married Rebecca Morris. They had thirteen children. From these families are descended the Archers, who are numerous in j Ohio and throughout the West. The daughters of James Archer. Sr., ! were Nancy, wife of Elisha Enochs; Rachel, wife of George II upp ; Polly, ; wife of John Moore; Elizabeth, wife of George Harris; and Susan, wife of John Tribble. The last named lived in West Virginia. The others all lived in this vicinity. The males of the Archer family all settled in the same neighborhood and remained here until they died. Their descend- ants In many instances still occupy the land which they entered. The Archers, as well as many others of the early settlers, managed to secure farms for all of their children. Jacob McCollum, one of the early settlers, remained only a few years, then sold out and moved west. Among the early settlers of Stock Township was William Young. lie emigrated to this section with his family in the fall of 1825. and entered a section of land near East Union. He was born in Rhode Island. His parents were of Scotch nativity, and came to the Tinted States some time before the Revolu- tion. The children of 'William Young were Celia, Thomas J., William J., Mary A., Henry J.. Robert, George, John Q. and Amic, only three of whom arc now living, Henry J., John Q. and Celia Reenter. William Smith, who lived on the East Fork, was quite an early set- tler. and a most excellent man. His wife, who lived to be nearly a hun- dred years old. was an admirable type of the pioneer woman, and was much esteemed. The family came from Helm out County to Malaga, Monroe Countv, and thence, some vears later. lo I hick ( 'reek. Smith became well-to-do, and retired a large familv. - . HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY. OHIO. 444 The early settlers of this township were among t lie earliest in the coun- tv. They were located along the East Fork of Duck Creek and its branches, and, beginning about three miles below Carlisle, they were Enoch Grandon, Jacob Sailor. Enoch Enochs, Elisha Enochs. John Mc- Bride, Martin Crow, Isaac Morris, the Archer and Enochs families, Jacob Archer, Simon Archer, Mi- chael Archer, Joseph Archer. James Archer and Jacob McCollum. John McBride was one of the earliest settlers, and erected one of the earliest mills in the settlement. 11 is wife was Tenah Crow, sister of Martin < 'row, the hunter. Sailor’s Bun, a stream flowing into Duck Creelc, about two miles below Carlisle, is so named after Jacob Sailor, an early settler on this stream. Jacob Sailor’s wife was Esther Crow, a sister to the Crow girls, who were killed by the Indians near Wheeling, in 1791. On Sailor’s Bun was the last Indian camp in this part of the country. It was occupied by a party of Indian hunt- ers in 1812. Xono were ever seen here after that year, all deserting the country to engage in war. Jacob Sailor is said to have built the Jirst hewed log house on the creek. lie sold out to William Smith prior to Isdo, and removed to 1 ndiana. Smith came from Monroe County. James Earley, one of the early pioneers, was born in South Carolina in 1777. His parents removed to Virginia .when he was (ptite young, and thence to Greene County, Ba. There, in the, year 1800 he married Mary Cackler, who was born in 1 783. They had eleven children : Susannah. William, Isaac, Elizabeth, Ezekiel. Xanc-y. Silas, Isaiah, Joshua, Annie and Joseph. The last four were born in Monroe (now Xoble) County. The family came to this county in 1815, and after being here about two years brought out their father and mother, David and Mary (Aiken) Earley. James Farley was a thorough tem- perance man — such were rarely found in early years, when whisky was a popular beverage. The family were prominent Methodists and he was class-leader many years. He died May 7, 1854, in his seventy- seventh year, and his wife in 1859, at the same age. Silas Bariev, a well-known old resi- dent, was born in Greene County. Ba., in 1814, and came to Ohio with his parents when ten months old. In is;’,:! he married Elizabeth Bhodes, by whom he had seven children: James S., who died at the age of three vears; Susannah (Bodecker), George Wh. Mary M. (first married to a Calland and second to’lleiddle- ston), Charles Wh, Joseph II. and Henry Wh Mr. Earley followed farming for several, years, but for twenty years has been engaged in butchering in SummerJield. Bor fifteen years he has also dealt in live stock and farmed also. The familv are members of the Method- ist Episcopal church. Mr. Barley has been a licensed local preacher in the church for forty years and has preached far and near. lie preached in Olive, before Caldwell was pro- pi 1 . STOCK. 445 an earnest one. Three of his sons — George, Charles Wesley and Joseph — were in the late war, Wesley serv- ing three years. Among' the earlv settlers there was just as wide a divergence of religious belief as exists to-day. There were men of all creeds and of no creed. The family of Elisha Enochs were noted Methodists, and one of the sons, Abraham, was one of the most celebrated backwoods preachers in this region of countrv. lie was ec- centric, awkward, uncultured, plain and blunt in his speech, and yet ear- nest anti effective. Through the efforts of Elisha Enochs, James Farley and Isaac Morris, the earliest church in this part of the country was organized. The first generation of Archers were Catholics, and most of them held to that faith for many years. Michael Archer remained through life one of the pillars of the Catho- lic church. 11 is brothers, Simon and Nathan, were also Catholics. Three other brothers — James. Joseph and Jacob — became Methodists. Their sisters were all Methodists. Michael Archer was the founder of Sr. Mi- chael’s Catholic church. Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the early settlers was the size of the families which thev reared. One example will suilice. In seven families near Carlisle were over ninety children. 'Die names of the heads of the families and the num- ber of their children, as nearlv as can now be recollected, were as fol- lows: Elisha Enochs, It! children: John McBride, 10 or more; Isaac Morris, 11; James Farley, 11; Mar- tin Crow. 10; Eli Curtis. 14; Daniel Mallett, 17. About ISIS, Nicholas Gasaway erected a small mill. It was at first arranged only to grind corn. It was of a primitive style. The mill- stones were obtained near Summer- field. John Biven put in a bolt, and the mill was arranged so that wheat could be ground. Eli Curtis and Asa Barton had horse mills early. Many of the early settlers had hand-mills. Many of the early settlers wore garments of deerskin, and some are ; yet living who recall the days when I “buckskin breeches” and moccasins were in fashion. Barnesville was the nearest trading point until ( Hive, and afterward, Summerfield, came j into being. Powder was a much needed article, squirrels being so j numerous that raising corn was impossible, unless the farmer or his I bovs spent a good deal of time in shooting them. James Archer made powder for the use of himself and neighbors. Eli Curtis built the first brick )* house in the township, in the vear 1K2S. John Biven did the carpenter ! work for him. In those days a. brick I building was looked upon as an un- i precedent eel piece of extravagance. Martin Crow, Enoch Gramlon. William Smith and John McBride erected brick houses from 1 s:*cl to 1 sji). Janies Archer (of Joseph) erected the first brick house near East I 'n ion about IMF The following was related to tin* writer bv an old resident : Q ) HISTORY OF NOTH.K COUNTY, OHIO. 446 Among the earliest settlers and pioneer hunters ol:' the East Fork were Martin Crow and Enoch Enochs, who lived in the vicinity of Carlisle, and hunted through all the surrounding country. Crow was a veritable backwoodsman, skilled as a hunter and trapper, lie was hired by the month by the elder Enochs to hunt and kill fur-bearing animals and beasts of prey, and so great was the revenue derived from the sale of the skins and the bounties paid for the scalps of certain animals, that his employer found the business quite profitable. In one of their .hunting expeditions Martin and Enoch got a bear in a sink-hole, in which there was three or four feet of water. A log lay across the pool of water, and Martin, in attempting to cross upon it, by some means lost hisfooting and fell, corning down, astride of the bear's back. Here was an unpleasant situ- ation, but the old hunter was equal to the emergency. Taking a firm hold of the bear’s neck on each side, he kept the animal’s head upright to prevent being bitten. The water was not so deep that Martin could not stand on the bottom, but the bear was swimming, and .Martin held on and rode him around the pool several times. Enoch, standing and watching the performance, dared not lire at the bear for fear of wounding his companion. Martin at length succeeded in getting the bear's head in a favorable position, and ordered Enoch to lire. The latter blazed a, wav, his shot took effect, and the hunter was speed ilv released from his unpleasant predicament. was Eli Curtis, a wide-awake, pro- gressive man. lie came from Massa- chusetts in LSI*;, and was one of the first, in the township to occupy a hill farm. About the same time came Sylvanus Baldwin. Other Yankee settlers who came in 1S20, or earlier, were Asa, Eli and Jonas Barton, John Biven, Ezra Curtis and Jona- than Curtis, the father of Eli. Dan- iel Blake, from Maine, was a shoe- maker, who settled early near Carlisle. lie committed suicide by taking la udanum. Eli Curtis had an early horse-mill, also a distillery. In 1S20 John Biven, from Massa- chusetts, settled on the farm where his son Jesse S. Biven now lives. He was a man of intelligence, and served many years as justice of the | peace. Jle was also a local preacher j of the Methodist Episcopal church. Among the methods adopted b v the early settlers for obtaining mon- ey with which to pay for their lands, were the making and selling of maple sugar; digging and marketing ginseng and snake-root; killing wild turkeys and deer and disposing of their carcasses in Marietta. Some also derived considerable revenue from bounties paid for wolf scalps, and from the sale of the skins of animals. The early settlers had no orchards, and to obtain apples thev went to the Yankee settlement in the vicinity ! of Lower Salem. Washington Coun- ty, getting a supply in the fall and paying for them with maple sugar I in the following spring. Martin The first of the Y ankee settlers ■ STOCK. 11 7 Crow and -Joseph Archer, probably, had the lirst orchards in the town- ship which were planted ]>rior to 1820. John Biven set out trees in 1.S20 which lie brought from Barnes- ville. Some of them are still living and producing’ apples. One of the trees once bore a hundred bushels of apples in one year. At least, there were over eighty bushels by actual measurement, and it was estimated that not less than twenty bushels had been fed to the hogs before the harvesting began. Asa Aisswonger was born in Greene County, Pa..- in 1811. J I o came to Ohio with his father, John A isswonger, and family in 181 J, arriving and settling where Carlisle now is, September 13. Mr. Aiss- wonger has probably lived longer in Stock Township than any other man now living. His father died in 18;’, o. lie was the father of eight children, four of whom are still living, all in this county — Mary (Miller), Susan- nah (Barnes), Asa and John. About 1 s 1 0 the road district ex- tended from Carlisle to "Woodsfield. A road had then been “bushed out'’ between those two points, and there was a trail leading to where East Union now is, and thence to Bates' mill. The year 1810 was unusually se- vere upon the early settlers. There was some frost every month in the year. The scanty crops were ren- dered still less than usual, and manv families were compelled to depend largely upon game for food. In 1818, on the 2d oi Februarv, came the heaviest fall of snow ever known I in Ohio. From sunrise to sunset twenty-six inches fell. Then came a heavy thunder storm and rain, clearing off cold. A crust formed 1 upon the snow thick enough to bear a horse. The snow remained until May. "Wolves were very numerous and troublesome for many years. Silas Farley, whose father came to the township in 1 815, recalls hearing a disturbance among the cattle of his uncle, Martin Crow. J I is father went out to investigate, and the cat- tle lied, great! v frightened, into Mr. Crow's yard. There if was discov- ered that a heifer had been attacked ! and badly torn by wolves. It was very rarely that they touched cattle, but sheep had to be guarded constantly. March J. 1822, the commissioners of Monroe County erected the town- ship of Franklin, composed of the sixth township in the seventh range. Twelve sections of the present town- ship of Stock were therefore includ- ed. and two of the present township | of Elk. The genesis of Stock Township i is as follows: Sections 25 to 36 inclu- sive, of township 0, range 7. for- merly belonged to Franklin Town- ship, Monroe County; sections 1. 2. 3, 11, 12, 13 and 1J, of town- ship (!, range 8, to Enoch Township. Monroe County, and sections 25, 2d. 27. 3-1, 35 and 3d, of township 7, range 8, to Union Township, Monroe ( 'omit v. In the Franklin portion of the township were the following owners 1 of real estate in 1833. as is shown bv ■*< 1 . . ■ 4 IS HISTORY OF XOBLF COUNTY. OHIO. the Monroe County tax duplicate for that year — the earliest now on record : John Riven. Asa Barton. Daniel Blake, Eli Curtis, Ezra Curtis, Jona- than Curtis, Benjamin Eorsbey. John Gill ear) or, .Nicholas Casa way, Enoch Grandon, Joshua Richardson. James Bo wnd, James M. Rownd, "William Smith, Thomas Stockwell, Bulats Merry. In the six sections which came from Union Township were the fol- lowing’ property owners in the same year: Nathan Archer, James Archer, Sr., Joseph Archer, Michael Archer, Jacob Archer, Simon Archer. James Archer, Jr., George Brown, Martin Crow, "William Campbell, David' Cunningham, Henry Enoch’s heirs, James Farley, Thomas Lannm, Isaac Morris, John Nisswonger's heirs, Ruth Osborn, Patrick Reppard. Will- iam G. Shankland, James Tuttle, William Young. Jn the sections which formerly be- longed to the old township of Enoch, the taxpayers were as follows : Elisha Enoch, Jesse Enoch, Nathan Arch- er, Bernard Grandon, William Smith and John McBride. The foregoing names embrace those of all the landholders of the township in 18 Jo and are an authen- tic list of its early settlers, with an occasional non-resident among them. Jesse Davis, who lived near Ilar- riettsville, was a brother-in-law of Isaac Morris. Davis was no hunter, but Morris was very successful with the gun. One day David solicited the aid of his brother-in-law in ob- taining a supply of wild meat for the family. As they were going down a hill on James Farley's farm, Davis saw an object some distance ahead, and pausing asked, “"Who in this ; neighborhood has a black cow “Nobody," returned Morris. “But there is one ahead.” “ Where U ••Right down there," said Davis, pointing with his finger. Morris' eyes "rested for a moment on the "black cow," then his gun was quickly brought to his shoulder, and an instant later a huge black bear was struggling in the throes of death. In a small log building below 1 Carlisle. James Rownd taught school in the winter of 014. Mulholland. Mitchell. Atkinson. Robert Craw- ! ford and David Rowe were other early teachers. Other ea rly schools were taught in the old log meeting-house near Car- lisle. Later a log school-house was l ° built on Nicholas Gasa way’s larm, where Church Tuttle was the first teacher. Carlisle has long main- tained excellent schools. The pres- ent school-house is a large two-story building. On the 1 i i i 1 west of Carlisle, in Old. Nathan Lincicome killed the last elk ever seen along the creek. Soon after the Enochs and the Grandons. Thomas and Solomon For shev and David Sutton settled above Carlisle. They left the country in early years. Among the present inhabitants of the township are about forty-live German voters. They are thrifty and industrious citizens and have made commendable progress since . f STOCK. 449 their coining. The German immi- gration began about 1840. The township contains someoi the most valuable and best improved farms in Noble < ounty. The history of the Archer family has been so fully detailed elsewhere in this chapter that farther mention of an v other member of the family is unnecessary. Martin V. Archer was born on a farm adjoining the one where he now resides in 1840. 1 1 is father. Elijah, reared a family of ten children, nine of whom are j living: Martin V., Nancy G. (War- 1 field), Sebastian, Robert, Ehoda (de- ceased), Matilda, Martha (Bates), William, Charles. Mary 0. (Crumb). Martin V. lias been twice married ; bis first wife, Tabitba J. Shipley, died in ISOS; one child— Nancy E. (Coleman). 1J is second wife was Miss Sarah -1. Riddle, whom he married in 1809. Thev have an adopted son, Cassius M. Carpenter, an intelligent and worthy young man. Mr. Archer is a stock-grower, and resides on the farm first settled by bis Uncle Will- iam. lie is a worthy member of the Catholic church. Absalom Archer was born in N'oble County in 1820. lie married Miss Rlioda, daughter of George Swane}', a soldier of the War of 1812. They had a familv of seven children: Isaac, Adaline, George W., John, Nancy A., Andrew J. and Aaron. Isaac was a member of Company G, One Hundred and Eighty-sixth ( )liio Volunteer Infantry, and died in the service. Adaline was twice married, first to llarvev Smith, who died in the army, a member of Company 29 G, One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Her sec- ond husband was Thomas McGovern. George AY. married Alary AYaklev. John is dead; Nancy, deceased. Aaron was born in Stock in 1844, married Aiiss Dorcas C. Riddle. They have four children: Isaac, Columbia* A., Arthur and Sarah N. Air. Archer belonged to Company G , One Hundred and. Eighty-sixth Regi- ment. He was at ( ‘hattanooga, Term., and was injured by the explosion of an arsenal, in which six were hilled. John Enoch, grandson of Elisha Enoch, the pioneer, was born in Stock Township, November 28,1829. His father, Abraham, was born in 1810 and now resides in Riley < 'ounty. Kan. John Enoch married Aiiss Alartha AJorris, in 1850. They have four children: James L., Nancy A. (AlcOalley), Elizabeth C. and Charles AI. Air. Enoch was a mem- ber of the One Hundred and Nine- ty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out in June, 1805, on account of disability. He is a prominent member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and a re- spected citizen. Daniel Bates was born in 1802 and married in 1827 Aiiss .lane Iled- dleson. They reared a family of six children. About 1827 lie entered 2,lo acres of land in Stock Township, upon which lie still resides. He has officiated as township trustee, lie and ids wife were among the original members <>l the Pleasant II ill Alethodist Episcopal church. Isaac I5at.es was born near Saralis- ville, Noble County, in 1829, and was ■ . 450 HISTORY OR NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. married in 1840 to Miss Hannah Lowe. She died December 5. 1884. April 4. 1886, Mr. Bates was again married, to Mrs. Harriet Diddle. Mr. Bates was a soldier in the Mar of the Rebellion as a private in the One ilundreth and Ninety-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Mr. Bates owns a portion of the old homestead and is one of the prosper- ous farmers of the township; is a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he has been a steward for twenty years. John lying was born in West Vir ginia. in 1800. He came in 1815 and settled on what is known as the Smith farm, in Stock Township; he became the owner of five hundred acres of land near East Union. He died in 1877, aged seventy-seven years. His wife died in 1870. Their children were Samuel, Nancy, John, Elijah, Xelson, Hannah. William and Martha. Samuel was born in 1825, and married in 1847 Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Snyder. They have twelve children: Martha, John W.. Rachael J., James S, Melissa, Albert. Charles IE. Robert S., Abra- ham, Josephine, Ruth A. and Lucy B. Samuel enlisted in the One Hun- dred and Eighty-sixth Ohio Volun- teer Infantry, Company G, and was discharged September, 1805; is a prosperous farmer and a good and valuable citizen. Michael Riddle was born m Fayette County, Ha.. September 0. 1S13. In 1816 his parents, Moses A. and Mary, moved to Mississippi, raised a crop and gathered it. The Indians became very hostile, and they were compelled to leave everything they ! had. They came to Ashland. Ohio, | where he entered 100 acres of land. In 1820 the family removed to the ! vicinity of Sarahsville. Noble County, Ohio; thence to Middleburg, where the elder Riddle was elected justice I of the peace. The location not being r a satisfactory one, the family returned { to Ashland, Ohio, in 1833, where he bought 160 acres of land. In 1839 he moved to Holmes County. Ohio, ! entered eighty acres of land, and in 1841 returned to Noble County, I Ohio; and after several changes, settled near Fulda, where he lived until he died, in 1847. 1 1 is wife died in 1857. Both were exemplary J members of the Christian church. Michael Riddle, son of Moses A. Riddle, was married May 7. 1840, to i Miss Susannah Lindcicome. Eight 1 children have been born to them — Mary A. (Grandon), Phebe E. (Mor- rison). Sarah J. (Archer), Cordelia (Archer). Michael, Jr. (died February 19.-1887). Almond, Leonard, Martha A. (died March 12. 1861). Mr. Rid- dle commenced life in a pioneer cabin, and on a farm of forty acres. To this he made additions, until he I now owns 203 acres of valuable land j which is unincumbered. He has al- ways taken a marked interest in educational matters. Both he and his wife are worthy members of the Christian church. Nathan Lindci- come, the father of Mrs. Riddle, | came from Eastern Virginia, and | settled in Noble County, Ohio. lie bought forty acres of land near East Union, and lived there until iiis de- I cease, which was February 28, 1845. STOCK. 451 lie was in the War of PI 2. and was a noted hunter. lie killed the last hear that was ever seen in Noble Countv, near the residence of 1\ I r. Kiddle. dames ( 'alland came from Scotland to this county about lslfl with his parents, Joseph and Elizabeth. Thev settled near Smnmerlield. where the eldei' Calland died in ls.32. Ilis wife lived until 187‘d, when she died at the remarkable age of ninetv-four years. They were prominent Methodists, dames Cal- land manned Miss Ara A. Ogg. Ky this union there were three children — Ilobert, Mary E. (Wilson) and Sarah E. (Kell). Mrs. Calland died in 1 84 S, and in 1853 he was again married to Miss Lucy Stanley, 'they had four children- - 1 )iantha A. (King). Clement (dead). Mary C. (dead). Crana (dead). Soon after his first marriage Mr. Calland sold his farm near Smnmerlield, and bought tlx? place he now owns in Stock, lie is a member of the United brethren church, in which organization he is a local preacher. Joseph ( alland. Jr., was married in 1808 to Miss Hester A. Osborn. They have three children — "Wilbur, Lillie and Eliza A. November ii. 1803, Mr. (’alland enlisted in the Ninety-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was with Sher- man in his “ march to the sea. and all the engagements in which his regiment participated but one. lie luis served his fellow townsmen a> trustee; is a member ol the Melliod ist Episcopal church and theOrand A mi V of the I feptlbl ie. llenrv W. 1 Icidelsheimer, mer- chant at Carlisle, was born in Ger- many in 183<), and came to Noble County in 1 s5o. where he has since resided. lie enlisted in August, 18(11, in Company G, Seventh West Virginia Infantry. lie was pro- moted to second lieutenant in Sep- tember, 1S02; resigned in February, 18(14; re-enlisted in (March, 1805, in the One Hundred and Eighty -sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and was discharged in October, 18*15. Mr. Ileidelsheimer is among the most prominent merchants of the county. Philip Snyder, still living at the age of eighty years, came from Ger- many in 1833, and after living some years in "Wheeling, removed to this county in 1S4<>. He began right in the woods, but. succeeded in securing a good farm, good buildings, a line orchard, etc., as the reward of his industry. He has been married twice. II is first wife was the mother of. Mary, Catharine. John, llenrv, Matilda and Elizabeth. In 1843 lie married Eva. daughter of John Schoeppner. Henry Snyder was born in 1840 on the farm where he now resides. In 1873 he married Mary, daugh- ter of John Stenernagel ; children: Alexander and Antonia. Mrs. Sny- der died in 188(1, and in 1883 he married Eva. daughter of Valentine Vogel, of this county; children: Leonard. Kosa. John liramhall, son of Robert UramlialU was born in llelmont County, Ohio, in 1 S33. |]js lather was a native of Columbiana Countv, thence removed to llelmont, where he died ;n 18 12, leaving his widow - . 452 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY. OHIO. and live children: 'William, Edward, ( Cornelia A., Robert (who died in the armv) and John. John came to this countv in 1842, and was married in 1853 to Miss Sarah A. King'. They have a family of eight children: j ’William R., Robert L., Marv A., Martha (Thompson), Ida. (Hare), j Minnie. John W. and Charles F. Mr. Bramhall was a member of Company G, One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Regiment, holding the I position of first lieutenant, and he was mustered out of the service in June of 1805. lie has served his fellow townsmen as trustee for two terms, besides tilling' several minor j offices. At this time he is one of the magistrates of the township. For thirty years he has been a. worthy member of the Masonic fra- ternity. John G. J. Smith came from Monongahela County, Ya., about 1849 and settled at Carlisle, where he resided until 1S75, when he removed to Monroe County. Ind., where lie owns a line farm of 420 acres. His children were Louisa (Rhodes), Caroline ("Williams),' Irwin, Mary E. (Stevens), Harriet (Curtis), Columbia (who was twice married, ! first to Church I lesson; she then became Mrs. William McConnell); Haney and Adelaide (both died in infancy), I lelen (Mc( 'oiinell), ( 'harlcs, Ida (if age) and 1 ret. The elder Smith was a thorough- j going farmer and held many town- 1 ship positions, which he Idled credit- ably. lie was a pronounced temper- ance man and a worthy member of : the Methodist Episcopal church, i Irwin was a private in the One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio Volun- teer Infantry. Iret was born in 1851. and in 1872 married Miss Marv J. Price; two children: Alice L. and Mary L. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. John Hesson, son of "William lles- son, was l>orn in 1S26 and came to Xoble County in 1 847, settling near Carlisle. His father came in 184f> and settled near Middleburg, where he remained about fifteen years, when he returned to Belmont, where he engaged in the milling business. After about five years he returned to Xoble and purchased a farm near Carlisle, where he resided until his decease, in 1882. leaving his widow and seven- children. John Hesson was married Xovember 4, 1847, to Miss Louisa Tuttle, of Monroe County. She died in 1868. and in 1872 lie was again married to Miss Maria Mallett. lie was a member of Company E, Thirty -sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and for disabil- ity was discharged in the fall of 1862. G. C. Van Fosen was born in Bel- mont ( h>uniy,Ohio, in 1 S38, and came to Xoble -County in 1843. In 1858 he married Miss Sarah, daughter of Joseph Foreshey. They have eight children: Martha (Slack). George B., Joseph, Amanda (Crum), Willard, (Jiarles, Samuel and Silas. Mr. Van Fosen is a worthy member of the Masonic and Odd Follows' organiza- tions, and a successful farmer. Richard Warfield came from Mon- roe CountyVo Xoble in 1>32. He married Miss Xancy, daughter of . STOCK. 45£ "William Smith, in ls:;2. and reared a family of eight cliildren: A\ illiam S., Janies, Jolm, Nelson, Mary A. (Dailey), Sarah E.. Lydia J. and Mathias. The elder "Warfield was a teacher and physician, lie also fol- lowed 1] is trade, that, of silversmith and stone-mason, lie was beside a practical surveyor and farmer. lie died in 1850, aged fifty-two years. James "Warfield, married, in 1855, Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Nathan Archer. They had a family of ten children: Mary, Emoretta. Francis A., Cordelia J. (Crum), Charles E., Sarah E., Richard O.. Nancy Til., Ida Estella, Cary E. Mr. Warfield is a progressive farmer and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a very reputable and valued citizen. John Mason was born December 2, 1822, in Greene County, Pa. In 1820 the family removed to Belmont County, Ohio. In his father's family there were twelve children: William, Henry, Elisha, Mary, Eliza, George, James, Sarah Jane, Samuel, Rachel, Francis M. and John. The elder Mason was a farmer, and served in the War of 1812. lie was a member of the Christian church, and died in IS05, aged seventy years. Rachel, his wife, was born in 1 TlJ3, and died in 1881. John Mason, Jr., came to Noble County in 1 S-1 7, and settled on land entered by his father. Remar- ried M iss Sarah, daughter of James While, of Monroe County. They had four children, three of whom are living: William ( ., James M., Emilv A., Albert L. (deceased). Mr. and I Mrs. Mason are members of the i Christian church, in which he has been an elder. lie aided in the j organization of the Mt. Pleasant Christian church, and lias contrib- uted largely to its support. He takes an interest in educational matters, and contributes to their welfare and support. Mr. Mason is a large landholder and a prosperous farmer, and one of the substantial citizens of the county. Miles Mallett was born in what is now Stock Township in 1819. lie : began life poor, but by industry and good management he has accumu- lated a fine competency, and owns nearly one thousand acres of land, lie married, in lS-ff. Miss Margaret Heiddleston, and reared a family of ten children. Joseph was born in 18.7-1, and at the age of twenty-one was married to Miss Marv McVeigh. He is a prosperous farmer. Joseph Michel came to this town- ship from Wheeling in 1842. He first bought forty acres, but after- ward added to it 105 acres. He ! died in 1 SSI at the age of seventy-nine. His children were John, Catharine (Ileil), Elizabeth (Miller), Mary (Hill), Barbara (de- ceased), and Joseph (deceased). John Michel was born in Wheel- , ing, W. Va., in ls:'>9, and came to this county with his parents. In J 80(3 he married Eva, daughter of J ohn I >. 1 1 ill. Their children are: Catharine (Miller), Henry, Leonard. A lexander. < )tt ilda. Joseph. Marv A. 1 . 1 and Edward. Mr. Michel resides on theold homestead, which he bought in ! 1800. 1 1 e has since added 107 acres. . 454 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. Joseph C. Kean came from’ Penn- sylvania in 1832, and settled near "Woodslield, Monroe County, live years later he removed to Morgan County, where "William. J. was horn in 184:0. The elder Kean was a stone- mason by trade, lie married Miss Eva Draper. Their children were: John T., "William J., Isaac P. (de- j ceased), George O. (deceased), Janies J>., Albert Ah (died in infancy), and Perley B. "William J. was mar- ried in 1805 to Maria Cavanaugh. They have three children: Mary P>. (McAuley), George 0.,a teacher, and Charles M. In June of 1801 Mr. McKean became a, member of the Tweutv- iit'th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served four years. He was engaged •' o y | in the battles of Cheat Mountain, second battle of Manassas, Chancel- lorsville, Freeman's Ford. Culpeper Court House. Fredericksburg, Get- tysburg, Jacksonville, and several " „ I minor engagements also. John T., Isaac P., James B. and Perley B. were also in the service. Mr. Kean came to this county in 187-4. In 1SS0 he began merchandising at Carlisle. He has followed various vocations — steamboat ing, farming, etc. By trade he is a stone-mason. Carlisle. Carlisle is an old and pleasantlv located village, situated in a rich ' farming district. Though remote from railroads, it is still quite an im- portant trading point. The village w as laid out in t he year 1838, on the lands of John McBride and Fnoch Archer. It was surveyed by Dr. Richard Warlield. Prior to the platting of the town. James Tut- tle had kept a small store here. He sold out. and Otis O. Lewis succeeded in business about the time the town was projected. Lewis also kept hotel for several years. Benjamin L. Mott, a merchant, was another early settle]1. Solomon Wolf, a blacksmith, located here several years before the village was founded. In early years whisky was sold abundantly in Carlisle, with its usual deleterious results. Long before the town was laid out, there was a postoffice at Gasa way's mill above the town. Later it was moved nearer to Carlisle, and then into the village, and called Berne. James Major, a shoemaker, was an early settler. "William Driggs oper- ated a tannery for live or six years, and was succeeded by Lawrence & lleiddleston and S. J. Curtis. In later years J amosCapell built a steam grist-mill, which was afterward de- stroyed by lire. Succeeding Mott in the mercantile business were Moses Morton, James Boyd, Samuel J. Boyd, B. F. Penn, who came about 1840, and is still a resident of the place, and II. "V . llciddlesheinier. In 1880 the population of Carlisle was 157. In former years a huge amount of tobacco was packed in this place and shipped to Baltimore. Few ot the merchants found the business profit- able when long cont inued. The business interests of < arlisle in the lull ol 1 s.so wore as loliows: II. W. I leiddlcsheimer, R, W. Smith, a 1 - ' _ STOCK, 455 general merchants ; AYilliam J. Kean, Mack Heil, grocers; Richard lams, hotel proprietor; "William McBride. Gideon McBride, blacksmiths ; Henry Johan ning, wagon-maker ; Alack Heil, shoemaker; AYilliam Collins lias a grist-mill about a mile from the village. East Uniox. East Union was laid out by Henry Archer. The survey was made April 9, 1850, by Charles Burlin- game. The original town 'plat con- tains four acres and eighty -four rods. Additions have since been made, in 1S59 and lsjO, by the same pro- prietor. Ilenry Archer started the first store in 1849. lie continued busi- ness until 1855, then sold out to Allen Elovd. Floyd built the first- store after the town lots were laid off. James Archer, of Joseph, start- ed the next store. Among later merchants have been Archer tv Har- ris (John J*. Archer and Asaaman Harris), Archer A Phillips (Ilenry Archer, of Joseph, and li. F. Phillips), and Thomas McGovern. The first blacksmith was John Jordan. Jacob Crow came soon after. The post-office (McCleary) was established about 1859, with Allen Floyd as the first postmaster. About the same date agrist-mill was erected by a stock company, and for several years did a successful busi- ness. It has since changed hands several times and is not now in operation. Tobacco dealing was a leading in- dustry in East Union in its earlier years, but it became unprofitable. The village has never had a liquor shop or a saloon. In 1880 the popu- lation was 210. The village has a i good two-story school-house and j. maintains a good school. The business interests of East Union were as follows in the fall of 1880; Thomas A P. J. McGovern. I Harris A Archer, general merchants; Edward Hunt, shoemaker, postmas- ! ter; Sebastian Archer, proprietor of saw-mill and planing-mill; IF Covert and James Johnson, blacksmiths; 1 >r. G. T. Tingle, physician; James A. j Davison, Airs. E. Stone, hotel-lceepers. CI-rUKCIIES. Carlisle JUcthcxl 1st Episcopal j C/turc/i. — The Carlisle Methodist ! church is the oldest in the county. A class was formed prior to 181.3, with Elisha Enoch as leader. He afterward became an exhorter in I the church. The Enochs, James and Joseph Archer, Isaac Alorris, James Farley, John Riven and ! others, with their families, were j among the leading early members, j Isaac Morris and James Farley I served as class-leaders. The first meetings were held in a log cabin, but prior to 1820 a hewed log church was erected, which was occupied until 1837. when the present brick church was erected at Carlisle. The church is still nourishing, with | a good membership. In early years the circuit in which Duck Creek was ' included embraced all the territory 1 between the Ohio and the Muskin- gum Rivers, excepting Zanesville and Marietta, extending north to ! the National Road. It was in charge O . - ■ ■ HISTORY OF NORTE COUNTY, OHIO. 456 of two preachers, who were allowed onlv two days of rest in four weeks, and preached almost daily at some point. They were four weeks in making the round of the circuit. A preacher received $100 per year, if a single man, and $200, if married. Rev. J. B. Finley was among the earliest of the circuit preachers. Other early preachers were William Knox, Smothers, Waterman, Edward If. Taylor, Nathaniel Tittle, Peter Taylor and John Swazey. East Zhi'iort M> thodlct Church- — A class of the Methodist Episcopal de- nomination was organized as earlv as 1833. The first meetings were held in a log house on the farm of James Archer. The early members were Joseph Archer, James Archer, Sr., James Archer, Jr., James Arch- er (of Joseph) and their wives, with others. Among the earlv preachers in the neighborhood were John Hare, John Taylor and Edward Taylor, known as “Father” Taylor, a noted revivalist. A meeting house was erected as early as 1840, replaced in 1800 by the present church in East lTnion. The organization went down a few vears later; and about 1874- the Free Methodist societv organized and bought the church. They now have quite a flourishing church. Mount Tulor Churches. — The Methodist Episcopal church at Mount Tabor was organized at the house of John Wells in 1836. Soon after, a graveyard was laid out and a meet- ing house of hewed logs erected, 'l’he house was burned in lS54and replaced by the present edifice, frame building. Of the original members only Asa Nisswonger and wife are now living. Silas Farley was the first class-leader. Other early members were John Wells, Gersham Aforron, John Huffman, John Barnett and their wives. The present membership is about thirty- live. Among the early preachers were Revs. Edward FT. Taylor, John Swazey, Jeremiah Phillips, David Cross, X. C. Worthington and Lud- ' well Petty. The Free Methodist church at | Mount Tabor was organized in 1875 by Rev. William II. James, of Mich- igan. There were nine original members. The church was built- in 1876 at a cost of about $600. The present membership is about thirty. St. Mo 'Intel s Church. — St. Mi- chael's Roman Catholic church was established in 1841. The building, a brick structure, was erected in that year through the efforts of Michael Archer and under the direction of Rev. Father Murphy. Michael Archer and his brothers. Simon and Nathan, with their families, con- stituted the original membership. Other early members were the Dovles, McCunes, Cullens, limp- nesses and others. Prior to 1841 the settlement had been visited by Fathers Reed. McCallion and Finley. Since the church was built the pastors have been Fathers Murphy, Cramer, Brummer, Kluber, l.uttig and I la- dung. It is in tht> same pastorate with St. Mary’s at Fulda. St. Mi- chael's now has about seventy mem- bers. a ' ■ . _o// v ls//asJ <* STOCK. 457 BIOGRAPHICAL. “ P> k n x y Pi:xx, the father of Ben- jamin F. Penn, the subject and writer of this sketch, was born in the State of Maryland, October Id, 1774. He was twice married, his first wife being a Miss Redmond, by whom lie had seven children: Caleb, Reason R., Charles K., Greenburv V., M ancy. Ellen and Ann. I J i s wife died about 1*20. In 1822 he married Miss Rhoda Anderson, born August 31, 1791. By this marriage he had two children: George \V., born November .8, 1825. and Benja- min F., born June 8, 1.832, in the County of Anne Arundel, Md. In the year 1832 my parents emi- grated west, and settled near the town of Fairview, Guernsey Countv, Ohio. There they lived a happy family till my father died, April 17, 1840, leaving the family without a home. All our effects did not amount to more than 8150 in value. On account of our scanty means, my mother was unable to keep house, • M v brother George went to Middletown to learn the saddle and harness trade under his brother Greenburv, and mother and I became dependent upon rela fives and friends. In this wav we lived in Guernsey and Belmont Conn ties till 1 843, .when we went on a visit to relatives in Knox Countv. The same year my brother left Mid- dletown and came to Carlisle Noble County, to clerk for Moses ('. Mor- ton, who had a. store here. I lived with an uncle in Knox County, w ork- ing on a farm in summer, doing chores and going to school in w inter. Prior to this time I had labored under many disad vantages in my efforts to obtain an education, one of winch was my frequent removals from one school district to another. I have, in my school years, from eight to thirteen, attended all kinds of country schools, good, bad and indifferent, held in all kinds of houses, from a log cabin with greased paper for windows and split saplings for seats, with other corresponding accommodations, to a brick building of small dimensions and planed boards for desks. Though a diligent student, it is not to be wondered at that I left school with but a small stock of scientific lore. ‘•In 1845 1 went to Middletown, to live with my half-brother and go to school. Soon after my arrival I determined to visit my brother at Carlisle, and on the 9th of November, on Sunday, I started on foot, arriving the same evening about dusk, having traveled twenty-six miles, tired, hun- gry and w ith six and a quarter cents in my pocket, this being mv entire capital. My brother wished me to remain near him, and the following Tuesday succeeded in getting me a situation as clerk and errand boy in 4. E. A C. A. Bovd's store, for which I received my board and clothes. I remained with them till the fall of 1840, when my brother procured me a situation with William McPherson of Carlisle, as clerk and errand-boy, for which 1 received 8fo per year; at the close of the year 1 had due me of this salary 825. In the winter of 1840-7 mv brother caught a severe cold, which resulted in quick consump- ’ 45 s HISTORY OF NOIH.K COUNTY, OHIO. lion, and lie left Carlisle about the first, of April and went to his half- brother's at Middletown, where he lingered on till July 7, IS! 7. when he died, and was buried beside his father in the cemetery at Fairview. lie had been a father to me while in Carlisle, and his loss was more than that of a brother. 1 was left a boy of fifteen, without a protector, without a guide; ; but, thanks to the early training of a religious mother, I was enabled to j shun the vices and resist the tempta- tions of which Carlisle had an abun- dant stock. After leaving William McPherson 1 clerked for d. E. A C. A. Boyd eight months, then for John II. Wharton for one month. I j then left Carlisle and joined mv mother, at my uncle's, near Som- erton. Belmont County. My mother and I now made arrangements to j take a house in Fairview, where we j were to reside. It was my intention at this time to study medicine with James Warfield. We accordingly moved to Fairview in June, 1848, and I commenced going to school preparatory to entering upon mv medical studies. In a few months we found it impossible, with our limited means, to carry out our de- sign, so we gave up our house and returned to Knox County again. We visited among relatives two months, when, becoming tired of doing noth- ing, I set about looking for work". 1 succeeded in getting- a clerkship in the store of William Peed, of Mt. Vernon, who sold out two months after, leaving me again in the cold. I returned to my relatives and staid with them during the winter, having- no permanent, home, going to school with the children of the relative with whom I was staying, and changing my place of abode frequently. In the spring of 1S49, being anxious to obtain employment. I wrote to B. B. Mott, of Carlisle, asking for a clerk- ship in his store; receiving a favora- ble'reply, I. started at once. After clerking for him three months, I en- gaged with Elias Ayles to learn the tinner’s trade, thinking 1 should like to be a tinner. “After six months he failed, and 1 was again out of employment. In a few days I entered John II. Whar- ton’s store again, in which I remained four months; then, to accommodate a friend in want of a place, 1 gave up my situation to him. and found em- ployment with 11. L. Mott once more. This was in the spring of 1 .850. After staying with him three months I engaged with ( A. Boyd, who in the fall of 1850 left Carlisle and went to Macksburg. ’Washington County, I going with him as partner. We staid there about nine months, when, for want of a store-room, Mr. Boyd went to Beverly, buying out my in- terest. I remained with him as clerk. A month after his removal to Beverly 1 was sent to Carlisle on a collecting- tour, and while there was solicited by S. J. Boyd to come and clerk lor him. More on account of some other attractions than the salary offered, 1 engaged with him. going back to Beverly to report proceedings. In a few days 1 returned and entered upon mv duties as clerk for S. J. Boyd, with whom I remained till the fall of . ' STOCK. 459 for clerking- — never more than 812.50 per month. In the hill of 1853. having accumulated bv wages and trading the sum of SOuO. 1 entered into part- nership with Mr. Boyd in the mer- cantile business. “On the 10th of October, 1853. I married Martha Enochs, daughter of Abraham and Mary Enochs. A lira- ham being- the son of Elisha Enochs, one of the pioneers of the East Fork of Duck Creek. II is wife's maiden name was Nancy Archer. They had eleven children, eight boys and three girls. The boys were Henry. Abijah, Abraham, Simon, Cornelius, Samuel. Isaac and John ; the girls were Cynthia, Susan and Nancy. Abraham married Mary Me Unde, whose father. John McBride, was one of the old pioneers, and whose mother was one of the Crow girls who were attacked by the Indians on Wheeling Creek, as’related elsewhere in this work, and her two sisters slain. The children of John McBride were "William, John, Martin, Jacob, Michael, George. Susan, Nancy, Christine, Marv and Elizabeth. Abraham and Marv Enochs bail nine children: John, Biclmiond. Benjamin and Edward: Martha (wife of the subject of this sketch). Marv. Christine. Nancy and (Margaret. Martha was born near Carlisle, January 28, is.'i-f, where she resided until her marriage. She, like myself, had labored under manv dif- ficulties in obtaining but a limited education. She has been a faith ltd member of tin- Methodist Episcopal church since she was eleven years of age. Soon after otir marriage we settled in Carlisle, ami in August, 1854, 1 purchased S. J. Bovd's in- terest in the store, thereby contract- ing a large debt, one that staid with us for ten or twelve years. I bought considerable tobacco, had manv ups and downs in my mercantile career, sometimes suffering losses I feared I could never recover from; but bv be- ing hard to discourage, diligent in mv business, and having in S. J. Boyd a constant and untiring friend, I finally succeeded in ridding myself of my debts. While I continued in the mercantile business, twenty years in all, I prospered. 1 had at one time a branch store at Cameron. W. Ya. In the time I was in active business I have had live partners — Leonard ( )rme, J. C. Phillips, P. C. McGovern, A. B. Phillips and J. S. Prettyman. and nine clerks — L C. Phillips, John Penn. David Gordon, B. E. Phillips, P. ('. (McGovern, George Neiswanger, Israel Archer, J. S. Prettyman and Jesse Lanam A\re have been blessed with three children : Billa A., born July 28, 1854: Sadie E . born Novem- ber 1. 1858. and Ella, born February 10, 1 S94. “Mv mother came from Knox Countv in 1854, and made my house her home until she died, March 7, 1801. Her remains lie in the ceme- tery at Fairview. “November 14, 1872. Billa A. was married to J. S. Prettyman. She and her husband resided in Carlisle. Two children were horn to them — Franklin E. and Willie B. April 29. I.8S1, Billa A. died, leaving her hus- band with two small children, and on the loth day of the following I September the youngest child. Willie . HISTORY OF NOT5IYE COUNTY, OHIO. 4')0 I P., followed his mother to the angel land. Both mother and son were buried in Carlisle cemetery. Sep- tember ft. 1SS2, Ella was married to R. W. Smith. They have two chil- dren: one boy, Frank P., and one girl. Grace. On the 25th of Febru- ary, 18S3, Sadie E. was married to A. Mr. Barnes. She died June 24. 1883. She was buried in the ceme- tery at Carlisle. “I have been associated with a company organized to test the terri- tory in the vicinity of Carlisle for oil. The company was organized some two years ago. VFe leased several thousand acres of land, and put down four test wells, all of which were failures. “ 1 own seven hundred acres of land besides the fifteen acres belong- ing to my town residence. 1 have been school director for some twenty years; postmaster for four vears ; and treasurer of the township more than twenty years. With one ex- ception, I have always voted the Republican ticket.” It is but justice to Mr. Penn, and to those who know him best, to add that but few men stand higher in the public esteem in all that is essential to good citizenship. Commencing life at- the bottom round of the lad- der, he has won success solelv through his own personal efforts in all the departments of life, lie is one of those gentlemen whose iden- tification with any community is always productive of good. Stkiuikn M. Akciifi:. son of James and Cynthia Archer, was born June 28, 1838, on tin' land entered and owned by his grandfather, near the ! site now occupied by the town of East Union, Noble Countv. Ohio. 1 1 is father, eldest son of James. Sr., was born in 1805, and came to Ohio from Greene County, Pa., when four years of age. He married Cynthia Morris, who was born in 1809, a grand-niece of Robert Mor- ins, one of the signers of the Declar- ation of Independence, and daughter of Isaac Morris. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he zealously labored as exhorter and preacher for many years, doing much good for the church in those early times. He died August 14, 1850. J I is wife survived him several years. She also was an earnest Christian, and on the 5th of March. 1884. fell asleep in the hopes of a happy resurrec- tion. A local newspaper says: “Died, March 5, 1884. Mrs. Cyn- thia Archer, wife of Rev. flames Archer. She raised a family of thir- teen children — seven boys and six girls. The loved and loving sister, wife, mother and friend died where womanhood's morning sun touches the evening star, while the shadows were falling toward the west. She had passed on life's highway the stone that marks the seventy-fourth year, four months and twenty days, but being weary for a moment, she lav down by the wavside, and using her burden for a pillow, fell into the dreamless sleep that kissed down her evelids still. Vet. after all. it may be best ; the end of each and all, and every life, no matter it its every ■ STOCK 461 hour is rich with love, and every moment jeweled with a joy. will, at its close, be a sad and deep and dark mvsterv. This tender woman in every storm of life was brave, but in the sunshine she was vine and flowers. She was the friend of the poor. She left all spite and malice far below, while on her forehead fell the golden dawning of a grander day. She sided with the weak, and with a willing hand gave alms with a kind heart, and with the purest hands she faithful! v discharged all her duties. She added to the sum of human joy, and were every one for whom she did some kind and loving service to bring flowers to her grave, she would sleep beneath a wilderness of flowers. She leaves a family of six children, and two brothers and many friends to mourn her loss.'’ They had thirteen children — sev- en boys and six girls. The bo vs were George AY.. John AY.. Stephen M., Isaac 15.. James, Jonas and Rob- ert, of whom Stephen Al. and Isaac J>. are living. The girls were Ame- lia, Sophia, Celia. Elizabeth, Cath- arine and Cynthia, of whom Ce- lia and Cynthia are still living. Stephen M. married Rachel, daugh- ter of Cyrus and Lucinda Afatheny. May T, 1 857. Sin1 was born July 29, 1840. Their children are Lucin- da L., born February 18. I s5s. died June 20, ISAS; Alary K., born March 2, 1859, died August 19. Is59; Mar- tin I!., born August 2(5. lSbO, mar- ried Arabella A., daughter of Joseph and Caroline Rutherford. October 29, 1 881, by whom he has t wo children (RertieMay, born September 11,1883, and Jessie Rosa, born May 10. 1885). lie is a Marion Township farmer. Alilton AY. was born March 19. 1802. He has taught several terms of school, but is now engaged in the mercantile business in East Htiion, where he lias a good store-room filled with a fine selection of merchandise. Odell was horn April 11, IS 04, died September 21, 1S04; Martha, horn December 15, 1805, died March 12, 1807 : Xeal. horn- December 5, 1807. died May 20, 1808; Rosa, born July 0. 1 809, is a teacher; Cicero AL, born August 12, 1871, and Esther L. and Eastman AY, twins, born September 9, 1872 ; Ste- phen M. born October 17, 1S80. Air. Archer received one hundred acres of land from his father’s estate, hut his father afterward becoming some- what involved. lie paid §1.000 for him, which was near one-half the value of the land inherited. To the tract men- tioned he hasadded from time to time, until he now has four hundred acres of as line agricultural and pasture lands as can be found on the East Fork of Duck Creek, a stream noted for the fertility of the soil in the country bor- dering on its banks. As an example of thrifty farming we will give one in- stance told us by Air. Archer. In 1871 he bought one hundred acres of land, and borrowed the money of William J. A oung to pay for it, going in debt SGJHJP, and paying ten percent inter- est. In four years he had his land paid for. and was out of debt. AY hen we remember the panic of 1>72 this is a remarkable example of success- ful financiering under adverse condi- tions, which requires sound judgment warn HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. 402 and keen penetration. He has been somewhat extensively engaged in dealing in stock, horses, cattle and hogs, for many years, and is one of the few who have made money at it. lie tells a good story of one of his early deals : “When I was about fifteen years old,” says lie. “my father sent me out one day to look up some fat hogs four or five miles from home. I chanced upon a man who said he had three for sale. Dismounting and going to his lot, 1 found three verv fine hogs, which would weigh, as i judged, 250 pounds, or upward. 1 inquired the price. After much hemming and hawing, he wanted me to make him an offer. 1 told him I would give him 812 for them; he said he could not take it; he had de- cided that nothing less than slo would buy them. I told him 1 would not give it, but 1 would split the difference with him and give him $9, which he finally consented to take, and 1 drove the hogs home.” In .1802, in partnership with Xaa- man Harris, he engaged in the mercantile business in Hast Union, but .went out in 1800. lie has bought tobacco since 1800, aver- aging, he thinks, sixty-five hogs- heads per year. Mr. Archer, like most men of his age, had very few educational advan- tages in his youth, but judging by the facility with which lie attends to his varied business interests, lie im- proved them to their utmost. He is not only a liberal supporter of schools, but an earnest advocate of advanced thought in all literary and scientific departments. Upon his 1 center table we found, beside the Bible, Darwin's complete works, a j noted orthodox paper and the Boston ; Inv< xti/julor. In politics he is a Repub- | liean, yet charitable in his strictures ! upon parties and policies. Mr. Archer occupies the old homestead, the home of his father and grand- father, theiniildings of which are in a remarkable state of preservation, though standing for half a century; bv having good foundations and by a liberal use of paint they seem little the worse for wear. II is has been a busy and a useful life. Beginning as j a poor boy, by industrvand economy | he has accumulated considerable j wealth, and while ids varied business ' transactions have brought him in i contact with men of all classes, vet so honorable have been his dealings I with his fellow-men, that he has the esteem and confidence of all who know him. Thomas McGovern was born in County Cavan, Ireland. October 25, 1841. II is father, Patrick McGovern, came to this country in 1830. In 1839 he returned to his native country, i but in 1842 he decided to make the United States his future home, and with his family came to Guernsey County, Ohio, where, in company with his brother-in-law. Peter Cornyn, he engaged in making macadamized roads, llediedin Bellefontaine, Ohio. September 25, 1845, leaving his wid- ow, nee Marv McGuire, whom he married in 1831. in very limited cir- i cumstances, with the care of seven children — Margaret. Bridget, Mary, Terrence, Thomas, Ellen and P. C. With her family she removed to STOCK. 463 whi.it is now least I n ion , Noble Countv, where she died September , lo, 1 865. The early life of Thomas was attended with many hardships; his education was limited to a few week's at the district school in winter. His twenty-first year lie signalized by enlisting’ in Company lb Ninety- second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, lie participated in every battle and skirmish in which his regiment was engaged up to July, lS5, when he rejoined his com- pany. He was in the battles of Hoover’s Gap, Cliicka manga. Mission Ridge, buzzard’s boost, Kesaca and other minor engagements. He was mustered out of the service in June. 1*65, and returned to his home For several years he was engaged in •- fanning, but owing to ill-health he abandoned the farm and in company ; with his brother. F. (’.. he went into trade. The brothers did a successful ! business. In 1**7 the firm was dis- solved. P. C. retiring. In December, 1*69, he was elected justice of the peace and has served continually ever since. November 3ft, 1S65, he was married to Mrs. Man A. Smith, daughter of Absalom Archer. I>\ this union there was one child, lihoda F. In 1*73 Mrs. McGovern died, and in 1*74 he was married to Mrs. Sarah 11. Archer, daughter ol Charles Price. One child was born to I hem. Homer, who died July 3n, I 8 1 6. In August following Mrs. McGovern died and in December, J*7S, ho w as unitedjn marriage with i Miss Mary, daughter of Andrew Mc- Intee, of County Cavan, Ireland. By this marriage there have been live children : Thomas V.. Maggie A.. Mary A., Mart ha F. and Clara F. In his religious and political convictions he is a Democrat and a Catholic. Two of his brothers, Terrence and Patrick Ck, were in the service, the former in the Twentieth Ohio Volun- teer Infantry, the latter in the Eight- eenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Ter- rence was captured at Atlanta, Ga., and for five months was a prisoner of war at Andersonville. P. C. was taken prisoner at Nashville, Term. He escaped bv capturing his guard, whom he brought into camp. At the close of the war the boys re- turned to their home. Terrence is now a resident of Minnesota. tii r: is ai;.\ r.s family. Abel Barnes, one of the early set- tlers of Noble County, was born in Freeport, Harrison County. Ohio, October 33. 1*14. lie was of English descent. IJis wife, nee Caroline Brown, whom he married in Sum- merfield, December 34. 1*39, was ot Scotch extraction, and was born near Culpeper Court House. Loudoun County, Va., Ma\ 31. 1*15. They had a family of seven sons and two daughters : — Nathaniel ]>., Adam. Peter 1., George B., Allen \V .James S., Abel W., Margaret A. and Blioda F. Nathaniel B.. the eldest of the family, was born in Marion Town- ship, near the village of Summer- Held. March 2*. 1*11. In 1871 he married Miss Sarah F.. daughter of John and Nancy Floyd. They have ■ 404 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. two children — Edw;ml W. and Kola; the former was born in 18.79, the latter in 1**5. Adam, the second son. was born in 1840. lie was a member of Com pany II. One Hundred and Eighty- sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He married in Missouri, in 1873. Miss Nancy Garrett, a native of South Carolina. They have five children. He is a prominent business man of Mexico, Audrain County, Mo. Peter F. was born in 1*18. lie married Miss Jeanette Dalrymple in Greene County, Ind. They have four children. George P> , the fourth son. was born in IS "A Abel V was born in 1*7)3. and married Miss Ida 'Warren, of Washington County, Ohio, lie is a farmer. Allen W. was born in 1*50. and married Sadie E., daughter of P. P. Penn, in Feb- ruary, 1**3. She died June 24 of the same year. James S. was born j in 1859, and married Miss Fate, daughter of George and Jane Burches. He is one of the promi- nent business men of Pratt, Pratt Countv, Kan. He is a graduate of. the Muskingum College, and for several rears was a teacher. lie was for some time county surveyor of Pratt County. The eldest daugh- ter, Margaret, was born in 1*41. She is now the wife of Partholomew Davis, a well-to-do farmer of Greene County, Ind. They have four chil- dren. Hhoda E. married in 18(55 J. F. Gant, and resides in Wishing- ton County. They have a family of eight children. Nathaniel B is one of the representative men of Noble County, lie is a Eepublican in poli- tics. For nearly five years he served his fellow-townsmen as trustee, and in 18S5 was elected county commis- sioner, which position he now holds. In religious belief he is a Methodist, and has officiated as steward, dis- trict steward and trustee During the war he was a member of Com- pany D, Ninety-second Ohio Volun- teer Infantry, from which he was transferred to the Thirty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company IF lie was in the service for nineteen months, and participated in all the engagements in which his regiments participated. He is a prominent member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Post of Summerfield. Mr. Barnes is the possessor of a fine farm near Carlisle, which is his home. He occupies an enviable position among the best men of the county, and is regarded by those who know him as a man of unim- peachable integrity, and is well qual- ified for the responsible position he occupies. j ■ CHAPTER XXIII. SENECA. Organization in 1 s.“>l — Seneca as a Township of Guernsey County — Kim i. and Township — Real Estate Owners in 1 n:;o — Pioneer Setti.ers — .Timothy Bates — His Mint, and Distillery — IIow the Distillery Served as a Meeting- House — Reminiscences — Killing Bears — An Early School — How a Wheat Field was Harvested by Moonlight — Wolf Scalps — School Section — First Store — Sketches of the Pioneers — Hunting and Going to Mill — First Post- offices — Adventures of Abraham Rich — Family Sketches— Mount Ephraim — First House, the "Moss Tavern ” — Early Stores and Industries — Churches of the Township. CIMIIE county commissioners, May j J 1, 1851, made the following- order relative to this township: “ Seneca Township altered so as to include and he composed of the fol- lowing territory, to wit : (’ommenc- j ing for the same at the southeast ! corner of section 30, in township ' number S, range number S ; thence north along the seventh range line to the northeast corner of section 18 in said township and range ; thence west along section lines to the north- west corner of section 18 in said township and range; thence south along the range line to the southwest corner of section 31, in said town- i ship and range to the place of begin- ning, containing 24 sections.'’ Seneca was one of the live origi- nal townships of Cuernscv Count v, erected hv act of the county commis- sioners, April 23, |sl(). No descrip- tion of its original boundaries can now lie found, but it was doubtless very large in territory, including a considerable portion of the present counties of Isolde and (luernsev. The "0 . .jo township was not in existence mam- years, new ones being organized from its territory under various names. It, does not appear on the tax duplicate for 1830. but afterward a township called Seneca was organized, which appears on the tax duplicate for 1843. Richland Township, Guernsey County, was erected .July 9, 1810, and an election for two justices of the peace and other township officers was ordered to lie held at the house of Samuel heath, on Saturdav, the 28th of the month. What the lown- shiporiginally included is not known, owing to tin' absence of anv record. In 1830, Iiichland embraced town- ship S, in range d, and parts of town- ship 1, range 1, and township 1, range 2, of the military lands. The owners of real estate in that portion of Richland Township now embraced in Seneca, were as follows in 1 s:;i), as shown in the tax dupli- cate for t hat yea r : Abraham Rich, section 30, 17s acres, value 8280; same, section 31, 89 acres, stoo, and St* acres, s;io; > -> . ' HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. 46 o Julius Rucker, section 23, 1ST acres, $214; Tiniotliv Bates, section 24. 1(30 acres, *201 ; same, section 13, so acres, *140 ; Ephraim Bates, section 14, TO .V acres, *100; John Casner, section 14, 70 acres, $10(); Daniel Craft, section 30, ITS acres, *243: Thomas Campbell, section 24. 15S acres, $170 ; Moses Campbell, section 24,70 acres, *S0 ; George B. Craft, section 13. So acres, *100; David Craft, Sr., section 20. 70 acres, $8<>; Samuel Dan ford, section 25, SO acres, *01: Hiram Danford (still living), section 25, SO acres, *01 ; James Findley, section IS, IGo acres, $218; same, section 17, 320 acres, $437; James Harris, section 13, 160 acres, $201; David I). Jennings, sec- tion 31, SO acres. $00 ; same, SO acres, $00; George Keller, section 28,158 acres, $170: John Kelly, section 21, 80 acres, $100; James Law. Jr., sec- tion 13, SO acres, *146; John .Mill- horn, section 14, 150 acres, $200; same, section 15. 70 acres. $08; Cable Murray, section 36, So acres, $100 ; Aaron Morris, section 32. 70 acres, $120; Jonathan Morris, sec- tion 21, 150 acres, $217 ; John Miley. section 21, 159 acres, $200; Henry M orris, section 31, *0 acres, $00 : Margaret Nicholson, section 25, 160 acres, $201 ; same, section 30, 162 acres, $221 : George Secrest, section 10, 177 acres, $202; 'William St ran- atha.n, Jr., section 13, 160 acres, $182; William Stranathan. Sr., sec- tion 25, 160 acres, $218; John Stevens, section 10, *8 acres, $118; Joseph 'Torrence, section 1.3, 160 acres, $1*2; John Timouy, section 2o, 70 acres, $01 ; Jacob Thompson, section 17, 320 acres, *437: same, section IS, 176 acres, $200; Dennis Timony, section 20, 70 acres, $01 : Jacob Thompson, section 16, *0 acres. $100 ; Aaron Yorhies. section 28, 15S acres, $180; Benjamin Wil- son, section 13. 160 acres. $218. One of the earliest settlers and , most prominent men was Timothv Bates. He located in what is now Seneca Township about 1805, and was probably the earliest permanent settler of the township. His father. Ephraim Bates, and several of Tim- ! othy’s brothers were pioneers in other parts of the county, and are elsewhere mentioned. Timothy Bates and his brother Isaac came from Captina Creek, near the Ohio River. i as soon as they dared venture into the wilderness, on account of the Indians, and entered land on section 21. They were probably here with ; their families in the year mentioned. Timothy Bates was born in Pennsyl- ! vania in 1778. and from his earliest years was familiar with the scenes of pioneer life. He built a mill soon after he came, in what is now Wayne Township, which was among the earliest in the county. He also had i a distillery and did a thriving busi- ness. He lived to sec the country, which he entered when it was a wil- derness, well peopled and prosperous, | and departed this life June 15, 1869. ; ILis wife's maiden name was Ruth Moore, a native of Pennsylvania.. 'They reared a large family. The names of their children were Susan (Rucker), living; Folly (Rucker), living; Abigail (Stotts), deceased; i Bethel, living; Bovina (Danford), 1 ■ . ' SENECA. 467 Luana (Kent). Barua, deceased ; Anna (Moore), living ; Ruth (Bower- sock), deceased ; Timothy, living', and Lafayette, Elizabeth and Nancy (Hague), deceased. Timothy Bates, Sr., was an enterprising and success- ful business man, and by his indus- try accumulated a good property. In addition to farming, milling and distilling,' he bought hogs, which he drove to Baltimore, making them swim across the Ohio River. lie was a member of the Christian church and sometimes preached llis distillery was a large building, and in the loft among the whisky barrels, early religious meetings were held, the barrels of whisky serving in place of pews and pulpit. A strange place for divine services it would be in these days, but then the people saw no impropriety in bringing whisky and religion near DO i O together. lion. Bethel Bates, son of Timothy Bates, is one of the oldest native res- idents of Is obi e County. lie was born March It), 1809, on the same section of land where he still resides, and was brought up in the then thinly settled country after the manner of the children of the early settlers, wearing buckskin breeches, his feet covered by moccasins in winter and bare in summer. In early life he assisted his father upon the farm and in the distillery. Since becom- ing of age he has followed farming and dealing in stoclc, and has been very successful in his various under- ! takings. In 1 SB 1 he married Mary Ann Meiglien, daughter of John Meighen, an earl\ settler who came from Fayette County, Pa., and lived and died in Seneca Township. They have reared twelve children: Abraham. Hugh, Rebecca, Harriet, Simeon. Lewis, Patrick, Herman, Rosaline, Luana, Susannah and Bethel. All are living except Lewis, who was killed by a boiler explosion in a saw-mill at Sarahsville, in the 1 spring of 1880. Four of the sons were in the service in the late war — Abraham, Lewis, Patrick and Her- man. The descendants of Mr. and Mrs. Bates are very numerous. They have 111 grand and great- j grand children. Mr. Bates is well and favorably known throughout the county. He served as township treasurer and member of the school board many years. He was elected to the legislature in the fall of 1870 and served two winters. He was formerly a Whig and is now an earnest Republican. When Bethel Bates was a bov lie went with his father, his uncle Eph- raim and Benjamin Parley, who had discovered some bears in a hollow tree and wished to secure them. Bethel was assigned to the dutv of holding a big dog bv a strap while the others cut down the tree. The dog was very anxious to get away and when the tree fell the boy let him go. As soon as the tree fell a bear jumped out ; the dog attacked it. but the bear soon put an end to his an- noyance. striking him a vigorous blow with his paw and knocking him over into a hollow. Ephraim Bates then shot the bear. By the time he had his gun reloaded another bear crawled out of the trunk of the tree ■ HISTORY OR NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. 408 and lie also shot. it. This took place near Mr. Hates' present home. The earliest school-house in the Bates neighborhood was on the creek north of the present residence of Bethel Bates. Tames Tuttle was an early teacher there. Timothy Bates' mill and distillery were visited by the early settlers for many miles around. The mill was in operation as early as 1815. Peo- ple came twenty and thirty miles to iret wliiskv from the distillery. The method of hauling it was to harness a horse between two poles, or “skids,” one end of which rested on the ground. The barrel of whisky was then rolled upon the poles, and held in place by wooden pins placed in auger-holes bored through the poles. This improvised vehicle was dignified by the name of car*. To show the difference between then and now — in 1830, 100 acres of land belonging to Timothy Bates had an assessed valuation of 8291. In 1 886, 305 acres belonging to Bethel Bates, in the same section, were valued at $(1,200; and thirty- i I six acres in an adjoining section of Marion Township, with the same owner, were valued at $1,020. ] )an iel Meade and his wife Hannah were among the early settlers of the township. They were Methodists, and were opposed to whisky drink- ing. Temperance men were rare in those days. Meade resolved one year that he would have his wheat : harvested without the aid of whisky. He therefore invited his friends to come on Monday morning and assist j him in the work. Some of his neigh- i bors, hearing of his intention, got together on Sunday night, and by the aid of whisky, and the light of the moon, harvested the entire field before morning. In 1811 the commissioners of Guernsey Bounty voted to allow $2 for every scalp of a wolf over six months old-. Many of the pioneers derived considerable money from the killing of wolves. March 0, 1 815, "William Thompson presented a petition from residents of township 8. range S, for the elec- tion of trustees for the school section. The petition was granted, “there being twenty electors in said town- ship. ” This shows that the town- ships of "Wayne and Seneca were considerably settled as early as 1815. Prior to 1838 a small store was kept on Abraham Bieh’s farm by Abraham Brown. This was the first mercantile establishment in the township, and it was but a small affair. Seneca Township abounds in good farms and comfortable homes. The land is well improved and product- ive. In 1870 the population was 982 ; in 1 sSi ), 1,004. The State Poad was cut out through this township by the Car- penters of Monroe County. Opos- sum Bun was named by them from the fact that they killed an opossum on that stream. Barncsville was the nearest trad- ing point in early years. Later the people went to Cambridge and Wash- ington to trade. James Finley, a Pennsylvanian, SEN EC A 469 was an early settler. lie was an honest and worthy citizen. 1 1 is grandson, Milton, lives on the old homestead. An early school was taught in the house of Abraham Rich by Enoch Marpolc. Levi Keller taught school when a young man on the west line of the township. On the present Craft farm was an early school-house. Another was built early on Opossum Run, in the present limits of Wayne Township. Enos Reinhart, Isaac Q. Morris, Moses Morris, Jeremiah De- bolt and Janies Mellon were early teachers. There were several early horse- mills in the settlement. Abraham Rich and Jacob Thompson had saw- mills early. J acob Thompson came to the town- ship about 1815. Ilis children were Robert, John, Elijah, Abraham. Jacob, David, Poll}’ (Frame) and An- nie, wife of Abraham Rich. Jacob Thompson. Jr., settled and died in Seneca Township. The others lived in the vicinity. Jonathan Morris, a pioneer of Sen- eca, Township, was born in Greene County, Pa. lie married .Miss Ann Richards, and in the spring of 1817 settled in what is now Seneca Town- ship. lie was largely identified with the early history of that section, and for twelve years was a magistrate. He had a family of seven sons and three daughters — Jonathan, Henry. Aaron, Moses. David, James. Isaac Q., Sarah (Moreland), Jane (Stevens') and Hannah (Moser), all of whom are dead except Isaac. He was born in Pennsylvania in IMG. He acquired ! the trade of a tailor, but afterward turned his attention to teaching. He married .Miss Catherine Ivackley. They had a family of seven children. Mr. Morris was appointed the first clerk of courts of Noble County, and was subsequently elected to the posi- tion, serving three years. He was I engaged in merchandising for cight- i een years. He served as justice of the peace for twenty-one years. For a time he was heavily engaged in the tobacco trade. He has been a busy and enterprising man and a valuable citizen. Abraham Rich erected a frame house in 1826. It was then the only building of the kind for miles. It is still standing, and is now occupied by his widow. Soon after Abraham Rich came into the township a fat hog belong- i ing to him wandered from home, and in the evening, attracted by its squealing, he went out and found it in a ravine, with a part of its fore- shoulder eaten oil, but still living. I Near the hog stood a large black bear. Mr. Rich had no gun, but he j approached near to the bear; the two looked steadily at each other; then Mr. Rich moved off in one direction and the bear in another. ; The next morning he got the hog ! part way home, and the next evening, on going to the place, found the bear again. This time he was prepared for him, and as the bear was rearing to spring over a fallen tree, he shot him. The bear rolled over into a hole where a tree had been uprooted. Rich fired another sh >t, and on ap- proaching found the bear dead. , ■ HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. 470 hollow poplar tree, where the hear took up his quarters for the winter. Leaving the bear there tillChristrnas he went with Levi Keller and John Rich to secure him. They cut the tree, the hear sprang out unexpect- edly, and in their excitement all three fired at him without injuring him. Abraham Rich reloaded and fired a shot which injured the bear’s back, and after a considerable fight the animal was killed. The first postoffiee (Batesville by name) was established at Timothy Bates’ mill prior to 1S30. There was a weekly mail carried between Barnes- ville and McConnelsville. The only paper taken in the vicinity of Mount Ephraim was the St. Clairsville Ga- zette, of which Levi Keller was a subscriber. He had a box nailed on a free, into which the carrier dropped his paper. 'William Van Meter was the first postmaster at Mount Eph- raim. Jacob Thompson, James Finley and the Morrises were among the earliest settlers. There were several families located on Opossum Run at an early date. Levi Keller, one of the few pio- neers of IN obi e County who are still living, was born on "Wheeling Creek, about ten miles from 'Wheel- ing, in 1705, on the ltitii of Septem- ber. At the age of five years he came to Ohio, his father, (feorge Keller, sett ling in Belmont Oountv. He learned the blacksmith's trade in that county, and in Ism came to what is now .Noble County and en- gaged in teaching school in Buffalo Township. In 1821 he erected a house on the Smoky Fork of Buffalo Creek, in Center Township. In 1827 he removed to the vicinity of Mount Ephraim, where he still lives. He has followed farming and black- smithing. At the age of twenty he married, in Guernsey County. Eliza- beth Shafer, a native of Loudoun County, Ya., who is still living. Hr. Keller was the first clerk of Sen- eca Township, and has held other offices, including that of justice of the peace for six years. He reared a large family — Mary Ann (deceased), Dr. John Keller,* Jane (Yorhies) (dead), George, Isaac, William (died in the army at Cairo. 111.), Margaret (Kackley), Caroline (deceased), Eliz- abeth. Levi. Simon (deceased). Benjamin and John Keller, broth- ers of Levi, also settled in Noble County, the former in Seneca Town- ship and the latter in Center. They removed to the West. A glance at the township records of the school section shows that in 1819 "William Morrison, Janies Fin- ley and "William Lowry were sworn into office as trustees of the school section in township S of range S. The same records show the names of Archibald McYicker. 1S20; Matthew Scott, 1821; Richard Coen. H2I; .John Yorhies, 1822 (a brother of Ephraim and .Aaron): Jonathan J. Morris, 1823: Jacob Thompson, 1825, and others. Some of those named resided in what is now AVayne Township. ♦See mcilical chapter. On another occasion, late in the fall, Air. Rich tracked a bear into a ' . SI', N EC A . 471 Tn 1821 Matthew Scott, John Meighen, Richard Coen and Jona- than Morris were the lessees of the school section. The Rich family are among’ the early and prominent families of the township. For their history the reader is referred to the family his- tory in this chapter. David Watson and family came from Fayette County, Pa., and set- tled in Noble County about 1810. Their children were Ann, James, ; John, Rebecca (Delaney), Sarah (Williams), Ann T. (Morris), Rachel (Yoho), Cynthia ("Wilson), all of whom are deceased. John, second son of David "Watson, was born in Pennsylvania in 1701, and settled in Seneca Township with his parents. He married Ellen Yoho, and died in 1873. Children : David, Margaret (first married Wilson and then Yoho), Yoho, Rebecca (de- ceased), Mary, Rachel (Pethtel), J’arbara (Stockdale) and Nancy (de- ceased). David, oldest son of John Whitson, was born in Seneca "Township, August 15.1815. In 1834 he mar- ried Charlotte Skinner, of Monroe County. "Their children are John. Angelina, Emily J., Justus F., AVill- iam. Clark M., George. Caroline, James R., Alonzo II. and blesses G. The family settled in 1852, on the farm which they now occupy. Thev are members of the Methodist Epis- copal church, and Republicans. Justus!'. Watson enlisted November 11, 1862, in Com pane D, Ninth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry,' and was mustered out at the expiration of his j term of service, July 20, 1865, serv- ing in the Atlanta campaign, the march to the sen, and all the cam- paigns of the regiment, Mrs. David Whitson died in 1881, and in 1882 Mr. Whitson married Alary E. Sfew- ; ard, and by this union has had three I children, two of whom are living — Cora and Garfield 13. John V. Watson, a leading farmer, was born in Seneca Township, in 1836. In 1857 he married Jane Mosser. Children : Jane A. ("Mur- phy), Martha A. and Savannah J. Aaron Yorhies, the oldest son of John Yorhies, the pioneer of Wayne "Township, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1791, and came to Ohio with his parents about 1805. lie served in the Whir of 1812, and served in the (juartermaster's department, and in 1814 married Polly Dailey, a native of Yirginia. Their children were John, Phebe and Eli, dead ; Stephen, Keziah (Hook), Aaron, Peter, Josiah. Nathan and AViliiam, living ; Pollv, deceased. Airs. Yorhies died in 1840 and in 1841 he married Pollv Shafer, who died in 1845. lie afterward married Margaret Gordon, who bore four children: Nancv J. (Alathenev), Sarah E., Eliza, and Mal tha (Shafer). Aaron Yorhies died in 1861; his widow in 1875. The familv were members of the Alethodist Episcopal church. Aaron Yorhies, fourth son of Aaron and Polly (Yorhies), was born April 24, 1827. lie remained at home until twenfv-one years of ago. lie went to Iowa and remained a vear, and in 1s5<) went with others 472 1 1 1 STORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. there embarking in the hirst boat that Commodore Vanderbilt ran be- tween the isthmus and the “ Golden Gate.” lie returned to Ohio in 1854, and in 1850 was married to M iss Rebecca Saluda. The)' had one child, Lily J., who died in infancy. Mrs. Vorhies died in 1 860, and in 1862 Mr. Vorhies married Emily Mi ley. To them were born seven children, live of whom are living: Hi lev S., Annie, Mary Elizabeth, Joanna and Aaron I). The family belong to the Methodist church. Mr. Vorhies has been very successful as a, fanner and stock-raiser and is one of the influen- tial men of his township. Stephen P. Vorhies, third son of Aaron Vorhies, was born in this township in 1822. In 1845 he mar- ried Jane Keller. "Their children living are Vincent, -John W., Mary (Williams), Seth and Sadie M. Mrs. Vorhies died in 1878, and in 1 87'.* ho manned Alary Yoho. Mr. Vorhies has lived in the county nearly all his life and has followed farming. Ephraim Vorhies, a. brother of Aaron, was the first settler in the vicinity of Mount Ephraim and was the founder of the village, which was named after him, also a mound- shaped elevation near the town. 1 1 is brother Aaron located about a mile northeast, on the farm which his son Aaron still occupies, about 1815. They were worthy men and good citizens. Peter Vorhies. one of the promi- nent farmers of Center Township, was born on the old homestead in I >20 ; his early life was spent upon the farm, lie received a good common- school education and for some years was engaged in teaching; farming. | however, has been his occupation. lie j removed from Seneca to Center in 1870. lie married, in 1851. Miss Alary, daughter of Rev. Jonathan Williams; they have two children: William L. and Elmer E. H< ■ is a Republican and a. AlethoJist. andone of the board of Infirmary directors. Prominent among the early set- tlers were, the Finleys, from Fayette County. Pa. In 1814 James Finley entered nearly five hundred acres of land in this township. 1 1 is grandson, M-il ton, now lives on the old home- stead. He was the father of John, Eliza (Atwell), -fane (Riggs). Ebene- zer, Rachel (Dennison), William, James, Alary A (AfcCune), Rebecca (Sawyer), by his first wife. His sec- ond wife was Alary Melvibben. lie died in 1861 and she in 1879. John Finley, oldest son of James, was born in ISOS, lie married Emma Stout. Three of their children are living — Cynthia (Gregg), Milton and Eliza- beth (Crossen). John Finley died in 1872. ATi Iron Finley enlisted in 1864 in Company R. First Ohio Cavalry, and served until mustered out Sep- tember JM, 1865. Isaac AVilson settled in this town- ship in Isis. 1 L is descendants still remain in the county, in Seneca and Center Townships. Among the early settlers were the Coen family. William Coen came from Pennsylvania at a very early date and was one of the pioneer shoemakers of tins region. His son William, born in Pennsylvania in .1797, was among the earl) settlers SEXKCA. 473 \ of Seneca Township, lie married Elizabeth Brooks in 1 SI sand wastin' father of William, dames. Martha, Joshua, Rachel. Samuel. Mary (Miley), Richard, Benjamin, Elisha, Jacob and Sarah J. ( Aleighen). lie aft- erward married Martha Johnson for his second wife, and was the father of Elizabeth (Milev'i. deceased. Nan- cy, Eetitia, Rebecca (Snyder), and John, deceased. William Coen, the father, died in 1875. George Sec rest and family came from Frederick county. Va.. about 1821. He entered land in section 10. His children were Joseph. Henry, Sarah (Gather). Annie (Salada), Spade and Mary (Cline). Henry Sec rest, the second son, was born in Virginia in 179(5, and came to Ohio when about twentv-1'our years of age. He died in May, 1882, and his wife in June, 1882. Their children were Henry, John, "William. Eliza- beth (deceased), Ann (Strong, de- ceased), Sarah (Laugh! in), Eliza (Murphy), Amy (Moorehead), Cath- arine (Thomas), Maria (Steel), Rachel (Helper). William Secrest, born in 1820, married Willeann Wood, a natire of Pennsylvania, in 1851. Children: John IE. Frederick, W illiam. Cath- arine. Sarah (Sawyer), Jacob X.. Anna E. and James E. The family belong to the Christian and Meth- odist Episcopal churches. John C. Sawyer, of Wayne Township, married Sarah Secrest in GSo. 'They have two children. Havid S. Craft is one of the few pioneers still 1 i \ ing. He is one of the prominent and influential citi- ! zens of the township and has been tin elder in the Christian church since 1840. Air. Craft is of German descent, and was born in Redstone Township. Fayette County, Pa .Jan nary 8, 1802. His parents, Benjamin and Elizabeth Craft, were pioneers in that locality. In March, 1S24, Air. Craft came from Pennsylvania to the place where he now lives. The family were eight davs upon the journey, which was attended with many hardships. The Ohio River was very high, and crossing it was attended with difficulty. Air. Craft brought two cotvs, which swam the river. AVhen he reached Eeatherwood Creek with his one- horse carryall, he found I he waters greatly swollen and it was difficult to keep the road. But with the assistance of a neighbor he was enabled to reach his new home in safety. After arriving at this loca- tion he had to prepare a place and erect a cabin. Air. Craft now lives in the third house built on the same spot. He is the father of eleven children now living, all of whom are married— -seven daughters and four sons. Six of them live in N’oble County. Air. Craft has a vivid rec- ollection of early times, their hard- ships. labor and enjoyments. His wife died in 1882. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Beard. The Ward family were among the earliest pioneers in the territory now forming Wayne Township. Edward Ward, son ol John AVard. was born in that township in lsoS. and is probably the oldest native born citizen of Noble County now living. . 474 IT 7 STORY OF NOJiUK COUNTY, OHIO. ocrat. a consistent Christian, and a After the death of his father, in HI S, j he went to Perry County, Ohio, i where he remained live years, work- ing as a tanner during a portion of the time. lieturning home, he worked a while upon the National. Road. In IS20 he married his first wife; Mary Morris. To them were horn nine children — Sarah A. (Irvin), John, Rebecca (Graham), 'William A,, Betsey (Arnott), Mark, Mary J. (McCoy, dead), Harvey and Alice (Watson). The family are members of the Presbyterian church, and 'William A. is a preacher of that i denomination. lie went from Wood County to the late war and served over four years, holding the rank of first, lieutenant. Mark enlisted in the One Hunched and Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He was in the battles at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Atlanta, etc. Edward "Ward has followed farming for many years. lie is a very well- preserved man and writes a legible hand without the aid of glasses. His first wife died, and he after- ward married Mrs. Shafer. John Miley was born in 1S01, in Virginia. He came to Ohio in 1811 with Abraham Rich, and first resided in Buffalo Township. In 1828 lie married Elizabeth Kacklev, a native of Virginia. Eleven chil- dren) were born of this union: Sarah A. (Keller), George, Jane (Larrick), Isaac, Emily (Vorhics), Hannah (Graham, deceased), Jeremiah, Will- iam K ., Eliza (Craft), Mary E. (de- ceased), John F. Mr. Miley died in 1 88 J. He w.is an unswerving De in- most excellent man. lie served as Infirmary director several terms. His widow lives on the old home- stead with. her son, 'William K. The latter was born in 1843. In 1370 he married Mary I. Rich. They have one child, Lettie. Norman Miley was born in "Wayne Township in 1839. He married, first, Elizabeth Coen, who died in 1879. Children: Florence S., Richard F., "William 11. and John Edgar. In J SSO he married Jane Stevens. Children: Bion II. and Martha. The family are members of the Meth- odist Episcopal church. One of the oldest residents and best informed citizens of the town- ship is Hiram Hanford. He was born in Belmont County in 1802, and settled in 1823 on the farm which he now occupies. lie has the only stone house in the township. In ls20 he married Rachel Groves. Fourteen children were born of this union, all of whom lived to be men and women, except one, who died in infancy. Their names were William, Jonas, Samuel, Isaac and David (twins), Lewis, Nancy (Hathaway), Elizabeth (Lashley), Joseph. John IF, Bathsheba (Hiatt), Peter and Rachel R. (Shepherd). Mrs. Hanford died in 1305. In the same year he mar- ried Mrs. Da nford (no White), a native of Jefferson County. Air. Hanford is a member of the Method- ist Episcopal church. He has served twenty years as township trustee. When he came to the township, Mr. I);in lord bought eighty acres of 1 land of Jacob Dailev. lie has since ■ SEN RCA 475 owned, all told, over one thousand acres. The story of one land entry is here given. Shortly alter the War of 1812, when he was fourteen rears of age, lie and his brother entered 100 acres of land. At that time there was a great scarcity of money, and in order to relieve those who had entered lands and had not been able to make the Jinal payment, a law was passed through the instru- mentality of General Harrison, to divide all tracts entered by a north and south line through the center, and permit the settler to take his choice of the two lots, and by paying fifty dollars in addition to the first payment, secure title to eighty acres. A limited time was set for the pay- ment, and in order to take advan- tage, Mr. Da nford rode from "Wash- ington Township (then Wayne Township), Belmont County, across swollen creeks, through the wilder- ness to Marietta. He was about a week on the trip, but reached Mari- etta: in time to save the land. This tract he sold to Lemuel Rucker and it is now owned by Isaiah 1 tucker. Isaac Hanford was born in 1826. He married Lydia Hathaway, of Noble County. They had four children, two of whom are living — Sumter and Elijah S. .Ben jamin Casner and family came from Randolph County. Va., in 1825. and settled on the place now owned bv Jacob 1 olio’s heirs. He died in 1845, and his wife. Lli/.abeth, in 1 812. Of the fa mi ly of nine chil- dren, only one is now living in Noble County- Adam Casner. He was born in Randolph County, Ya., in 1805, and has lived in Ohio since he was twenty years of age. In 1831 he married Ann Rich. They had one child — Sarah A. (Coen), who lives in Indiana. His first wife died in 1832. and in 1841 he married Susan Meek. Their children were Elizabeth (Law) and Solomon (de- ceased). Mrs. Casner died in 1845, and in 1857 he married Elizabeth j Carson. Four children were born of this union — Margaret (Richey), A lined ia, Diary E. (deceased) and Benjamin. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Casner has served as township trustee several years. He followed wagon-making in early years, and was also quite a noted hunter. Abram Hanford settled in 182(1, near where Bethel Bates now lives. He bought eighty acres of Mr. Timothy Bates for $300, partly im- proved, and afterward entered eighty acres at government price. Mr. Hanford was born in Belmont County in 1807. In 1829 hemarried Lavina Bates. To them were born eleven children, four of whom are de- ceased. "Those living are Eli, Eliza- beth (Roe). Luana (Groves\ Isaiah, Ambrose, Nancy (Groves) and Ro- len. Mr. Hanford was elected com- missioner of Guernsey County just prior to the erection of Noble County. Mrs. Hanford died in 1 8'H. Mr. Hanford has always followed farming, and has been very success- ful. His grandson is the present county clerk. Rolen Hanford was horn in 185 1. In 187*1 lie married Nancv Wilson. Children: Dora B., ' HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. -l-Tfi Alice M., I J envy A. Garfield, Stella J . and I Jlanche. John Groves was horn in Belmont County in 1811. In 1837 he settled in Noble County, on the place which he still occupies. Mr. Groves was married in 1831 to .Matilda Smith. They had ten children: Mary, Samuel S., Lewis, Rosanna (Rucker), Smith, Jonas, Julius R. (present county commissioner), Eliza E. (Danford). John F. and Martha. Smith Groves was born in 18-10. In 1801 he enlisted in Company D, Forty-second Ohio Volunteer In- fantry. lie served about two years and six months, and died in hospital at Vicksburg. The family are mem- hers of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Groves bought forty acres when lie came to this county; he now owns 100. Hiram Groves, whose parents were early settlers, was born in 1830, and has followed farming, lie married Amanda J. Carter, of Center Township. Mr. Groves is a Republican, and has served three terms as township assessor. Josephus Groves was born in Sen- eca 'Township in 1838. Jn early life lie worked on the farm and taught school. In 1.S00 he married Mary E. Carter, of Center Township. Children: Iliram E.. Zoe M., Irena B. and Hudson d. Mr. Groves is present township trustee. The fam- ily arc members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Julius R. Groves was horn in Sen- eca Township in lX-l-L In ls he married Miss Nancy Danford. of Ibis township. Their children are i Ambrose E. (deceased), Isonia M., | Rosa E. and Jasper R. The family | are members of the Methodist Epis- copal church. Mr. Groves was re- elected in the fall of 1880, to serve a { second term as county commissioner, and is the only commissioner for several years that has held the office two terms, lie is an earnest Repub- lican, and his continuance m office j at this time is a sufficient proof of his popularity. John C. Shafer was born in Lou- doun County, Ya., in 1813, and came to Ohio with his parents. Ilis father’s name was Conrad. John C. married Mary Kennedy, of this county. He j lias followed blaclcsmithing and farming. Children: Ann M. (Nich- olson), David L., Mary C. (Carter), Margaret J. (Beatty), Martha 1. (Bates). David L. Shafer was born in 18-15. In 1805 he married Mar- tha Yorhies. Children : Charles IE, John ML, Margaret IT, Iliram, George ML, Mary, Bertha, Garfield and Nancy. Mr. Shafer is a prom- inent farmer. The family arc members of the Methodist Episco- pal church. MLlliam ML Rhodes, who died in IS 8-1, was an early settler, and a prominent citizen. He was born near Washington. I). (’.. in 180-1; removed to Noble C. unity from Bel- mont County in IsJs, and soon after married Ann Rich. To them I were born eleven children, live of ! whom are living lane (Seercst), George R.. Lydia A. (Deliver). Will- iam 11. and J eremiah R. Ilis first wife died in Did. and in 1 s 1 s he i married Cynthia A. Morris. They . SKXKCA. 477 had ten children, all still living, four of them in Noble Countv. viz.: Ann (Maker), Fremont, Brough and Down- ey. 11 is wife died in 1882. He was a member ol tbe Methodist. Episco- pal church. For several terms he held the olfice of Infirmary director. George IF Bhodes was born in Noble County in 1S31. At the age of fifteen he went to live with Mi- chael Tribbv, to learn the shoemaker’s trade, and remained with him until twenty-two years of age. lie then engaged in business for himself at Mount Ephraim, his present location. In 1S55 he married Leah Van Meter. Children : Tallitha C. (Hazard), (Mag- gie (H ellyer), and Cleopatra. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which Mr. Bhodes is a trustee. He is justice of the peace at (Mount Ephraim. Daniel Van Meter, a native of Vir- ginia, married Margaret Dougherty, of Guernsey ( 'minty. They had nine children. (Mr. Van Meter died in 1833, and in 1840 the family settled in Mount Ephraim. Leah, wife of George B. Rhodes. Ks. They came from Frederick Countv, Ya„ near Winchester; he was a black- smith and farmer. The family be- ' 478 flTSTOKY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. loiced to the Methodist Protestant O church. (Names of the children : Thomas and Hannah, deceased ; Ly- dia (Moore). .John, Elizabeth (Par- rick), "William Ik, Moses J., Mary (Imlay), \ irginia (Roberts), James, Samuel. Larina ( Imlay ), Eliza ( Powd- er) and Pevi. Most of the children live in Iowa. Mrs. Conner died in 1853. Severn Conner died in 18(57. John Conner was born in Freder- ick Countv, A a., in 1823, came to Ohio with his parents and now re- sides in Seneca Township, lie mar- ried Elizabeth McLaughlin in 1845. Children: Simon, Nancy and As- bury, deceased; Martha (Dollison), William. George, Mary (Thompson), Emma (Hrunner), Silas and Alice (twins), Chiistopher and McGuire. Mr. Conner is a Republican and a prominent and influent ial citizen. He is also a thorough temperance man. He has held several township offices and served, as county commissioner one term. 1 1 is son William eidisted in 1 St 5 4 in the One Hundred and Six- ty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served until the close of the war. John Conner says of the pioneer experiences of the family: “"When we came to this county we came in a, wagon drawn by four horses, camp- ing out at night. AVc forded nearlv all the streams, and all came near being drowned while crossing the south branch of the Potomac. Our wagon floated down the stream for some distance with all of us in it ex- cept the driver. Arrived here, we built a. cabin, hung a < j 1 1 i 1 1 before the door at night, slept on the floor and cooked in the yard by a log lire. The howling of wolves could be heard all around at night.” Daniel Higgs, born in Virginia, in 1813, came to the vicinity of Seneca- ville in 1833. He married Jane t in- lev. Seven of their children are living. Their descendants are quite numerous in this vicinity. In 1840 Samuel Gibson and family came from Pennsylvania and settled on the farm now owned by James IV. Gibson. Their children were Phebe A., deceased; Sarah J .( Barber), James W., Wesley, Mary E. (Turn- baugh), Margaret L. (Shaw), Samuel. Martha (Anderson) and Hannah (Lav head ). living. Mrs Gibson died in 1 s i ; 7 ; Air. Gibson in K7S. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. .Tames W. Gib- son. born in 1834, came to Ohio with his parents. In 1855 he married Susan Finley. Children: Franklin E.. deceased; George Ik, John L, Alice K. (Keller), Alary .Land Nellie IP The family are Alethodists. Air. Gibson has been township as- sessor several terms, lie is a promi- nent farmer. Samuel lk Gibson, son of Samuel Gibson, enlisted in Company lk Fir-4 Ohio Cavalry, and served about nine- teen months, being mustered out wit h the company at Columbus, Ohio. September 1 3. 1 835. Morris I). Spriggs was born in Washington County. Pa., in 1800. and came to Belmont County. Ohio, when twentv-four wears of age. lie was a tailor by trade, but after- ward followed farming. lie re- moved to Guernsey Count v. in 18-11, and to Seneca Township the follow- . SKXECA. 479 ing ye;u‘. He was one of the promi- nent citizens of tin' township. Mr. Spriggs is now a resident of Wayne County, 'll. lie married Catha- rine Pool, and reared eight sons and two daughters. But two of the family are now living in Xoble Countv — Dr. Spriggs, of Sarahsville, and David S., of Caldwell. Another son is a prominent attorney of W’oodstield. Mount Ejmikaim. Mount Ephraim, the only village in Seneca Township, is situated on the McConnelsville and Barnesville road— the earliest route of travel through the township, and is a mile and a half north of the Beliaire. Zanesville & Cincinnati Railway. The village had a population of 107 in 1 880. and of 1 (52 in 1 S70. The village was platted in 1828 for Ephraim Yorhies, proprietor. The first addition on the southwest was made soon after, and in 1841 lots 33 to 41 were added by the same proprietoi . The first house in the place was a double-log building, erected by Ephraim Yorhies, and occupied by him as a tavern stand. The house was known throughout the surround- ing country as the ** Moss Tavern, v from the fact that the spaces be- tween the logs wore filled with moss, instead of mortar. The house is still standing and is now the residence of L. A. Garrett. The second building in the place was opened as a store in 1 839 by Crawford Glover, lie did not re- main long, but was succeeded in the mercantile business bv Asburv Gar- diner. a minister of the Christian church, who increased the stock of i goods and also helped to build up I the church. He turned his attent ion to tobacco, and for several years did a flourishing business as a tobacco packer. Gardiner was succeeded in the store by Brad field A Barnes. Bradshaw was a clerk. They did an extensive business in tobacco. John Harris, the grandfather of Ex-Judge I Brown, managed the store for them. This firm sold out to Isaac Q. Mor- i ris. the first clerk of courts of Xoble County, who continued the mercan- tile business and tobacco packing until the close of the war. Mr. j Morris still occupies the building. About this time Henry Taylor en- gaged in the mercantile business and tobacco-dealing. He was succeeded by Herman Ehlrich until after the war, when financial stringency put an end to the business. The first blacksmith was Levi Keller, still living, who located near the town in lsgj. Joseph Davidson and Absalom Shirk were earl v black- smiths in the village. The former is still living, in Center Township. The first wagon-maker was Harvey 1 1 unter. An Englishman named Henry Steel operated a tannerv for about thirty years in the village, and was quite successful. The tannerv has never since been in successful opera- t ion. A man named YVright. a verv earl v set t ler, was the lirst shoemaker. Xext came Michael Tribby, suc- ceeded by G. R. Rhodes. Esq. * . t 480 HISTORY OF NO I', UK COUNTY, OHIO. The business men of Blount Eph- raim at the beginning of the year 1 ss 7 were as follows : AY. .1. Shafer and C. C. Craft, merchants; Nelson Shafer, hotel-keeper; George Kel- ler, blacksmith; John AV. AVilliams, John Brokaw, wagon-makers; G. lb Rhodes. George AV. I hilrvmple, shoe- makers; Dr. John Keller, Dr. M. 11. Neville, physicians. CHURCHES. The churches of Seneca Township are the Christian and Methodist churches at Mount Ephraim : the Coen Methodist Episcopal church, in the northern part of the township; and the Bates Ilill union church, the last free for all denominations except Mormons. It was erected in 1885. Services are regularly held by the Disciples and Methodists. Rev. AY illiam Danford is one of the ollicia- ting clergymen of the Methodist Episcopal persuasion. 11 cth odist Ejj t xco pa l Ch >/ rch . — 1 he Methodist Episcopal class at Mount Ephraim, was organized prior to 1830, and first met in school-houses and cabins. Among the early mem- bers were, Joseph Graham, class- leader ; Benjamin Keller, Aaron Vor- hies. Adam Smith. Thomas Nichol- son, Sr., Abraham Rich, George Sha- fer, Aaron Morris, John Rich, James Beatty, Richard Coen, Abraham Mi- ley, Irvin Kennedy (local preacher), Conrad Shafer, Henry Morris and Levi Lyons. A frame church was erected in 18-14, on the site of the present. Tin? new church. JSx 1(5 feet, was erected in l.sso, at a cost of $1,800. The present mem- bership is 120. The present pas- tor is Rev. Hunter, of Sarahs- ville. Boles Ridge llBhodlC Itjnscojxd Chvrc/i was organized in ISST, bv i Rev. AVilliam Danford. The origi- nal members were, J. II. Wilson : and wife, II. Bates and wife, John Meighen a.nd wife, and others; class- leaders, J. Meighen, E. E. Danford; stewards. J. 11. Wilson and E. II. Danford : trustees, Isaac Danford, Eli Bates and Patrick Bates. The ) church edifice was erected in 1885 at a cost of 8800. It was built for a union church, free to all denomina- tions ; during the winter follow- ing its erection a revival of great in- terest took place, conducted by J. Meighen, and Rev. William Ran- i ford. After the close of the meet- ings a class was formed under the leadership of Air. Meighen. In the autumn of 1SSG the class was strengthened by the addition of the j Glady society, and the church is now without connection with other ap- ; pointments. It has a membership of fifty ; Sabbath-school, fifty -six pu- | pils; pastor. Rev. Morris Elovd. lit. Kjthro.ua Ch risttoa Church. — The church of Ghrist. or Christian church, at Mount Ephraim, was par- ! tially organized in the fall of 1839, by John Burnett, evangelist, and Timothy Bates, a local preacher. In June. 1840. an organization was ef- fected by George B. Craft and John Baird; Enos Rinehart and Levi Glo- vin' were the lirst elders. David S. ; Craft was ordained elder in 1810, and still holds that office. Among the original members were, Enos Rine- SEXECA. 481 hart, Levi Glover and their wives, j Timothy Bates, Margaret Glover, Margaret Dobbms and manv others. In 1842 a meeting-house of hewed logs, some 30x35 feet in dimen- o ' sions, was erected.^. Ephraim Vor- liies donated the lot for the church and graveyard. In 1870-80 the pres- ent church was built at a cost of about 8 1,500. It is a frame build- ing 30x40 feet. The present mem- bership is about thirty-seven. The pastors have been Revs. Asbury, Gardiner. (Earles Van Vorhies, John Flick. — Harvey, John Moody. Joseph Thomas, Berkley Boulton. J. W. Arnold ; David S. Craft and John Wilson, are the present elders. THE KICII FAMILY. The Rich family are of German and Scotch extraction. Jacob Rich, the progenitor of the family in this count ry and the father of the pioneer Abraham Rich, was born in Germany and came to America with a brother about 1740, settling in Massachusetts, where the brothers separated never to meet again. Jacob removed to Greene County. Pa., and settled upon the farm, where he died, lie was a successful man and acquired a well won competency. 1 Ie married a Miss Craft. Their children were Thomas, George, Daniel, David. John, Abra- ham, Peter, Ann, and Catherine. Abraham was the youngest of the family and was born in Greene Coun- ty Pa., in 1792. ’When two years of age he was taken to Miami County. Ohio, with his brother’s familv. There he remained only a short time when he was taken by anotli- 31 er brother back to Pennsylvania. II is brother returned by wav of Columbus and Zanesville, swimming the Muskingum River at the latter place, with Abraham upon his back. Where Zanesville now is there was then but one log cabin. In isio he came with his brother John to what is now Buffalo Township, jXoble County, where lie remained a short time and had many rough experi- ences. Jle was drafted in the War of 1812, but before reaching the seat of war. peace was declared. In 1813 he married Annie Thompson and. settled in Seneca Township. By this union he was the father of ten children, five of whom are living — Jacob, William. Thomas, Abraham and Me- hitable. His wife died in 1844; she was a member of the Presbyte- rian church. After her death he vis- ited the place of his childhood in Miami County, Ohio, and in 1848 he married Mrs. Catharine Stevens (nee Johnston). Their children were Johnston, Jessie. Louis and Catha- rine. Abraham Rich, Sr., was a hunter in early years. lie was a successful farmer and a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He died in 1873. 1 1 is widow still lives upon the homestead. He entered in Seneca. Township Ido acres of land, on sections 20 and 31, to which he added until he had 432 acres in this county and 270 acres in Guernsey Countv. In many respects he was more than an ordinary man. He was of medium height, but possessed of an iron constitution and wonderful en- durance; lie was t hought to be a man <> • ' HISTORY OR NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. 482 of excellent judgment and unspotted integrity. lie was a peacemaker, and was consulted on all import- ant matters, lie was one of the early Methodists, and contributed liberally to religious and educational projects. lie built saw-mills and insti- tuted many substantial improve- ments, especially the opening and development of roads. lie died in 1873 and was buried on the old farm. He had a family of ten children: James, Ann, Rebecca. Jacob, 'Will- iam, Mary, Thomas, Abraham, Mehit- able and Elvira A. The latter died in infancy. Jacob, the oldest son of Abraham Rich now liv- ing, was born in a log cabin in Seneca Township in 1824. Early in life he was inured to all the priva- tions and hardships of pioneer life. After the death of his mother he was the eldest of the children, and the care of the family devolved upon him. In this school of toil and hard- ship he was reared. At the age of twenty-six he married Miss Jane, daughter of Abraham Mi ley, one of the pioneers of this township. 1 1 is ’children are Mary I. (Miley), Will- iam IE, Rachel (Talbott), and A bra- I ham M. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which Mr. Rich has been class-leader for forty years, Mr. Rich commenced upon 120 farm. The land was only slightly improved, all of which he was in debt for. To this he added from time to time until he was the owner of 600 acres of valuable land. In 1862-3 he made an extended trip to the far West, visiting Nebraska, Colorado, Nevada. Utah, Oregon, Washington Territory, Idaho, Mon- tana, Eritish America and California. He traveled over 3,000 miles and had some lively adventures. On one occasion he was captured by Indians, and came near losing his life. On the Borsha River his boat was cap- sized, and by bis presence of mind and courage he rescued some of the party that otherwise would have been lost. He had a similar expe- rience on the Platt River, where he again came near losing his life. The culmination of his misfortunes was a shipwreck on the Pacific Ocean. lie is a Republican in politics, and one of the representative men of Seneca Township. CHAPTER XXIV. NOBLE. Organization of tiie Township — Metes and Bounds — Early Elections and Electors — Poll Book List for 1850 — Taxes in 1822 — Ax Early Indian Trail — Formerly a Part of Buffalo Township — The Memorable Election of 1816 — The Family of John Noble, Senior — Difficulties of Pioneer Life — Thf. “Cold Plague” — Mention of Early and Prominent Families — Joseph Liititt — Ax Irishman's Trick — A Bear Story — Progress of Improvement and Settlement — Early Schools — Personal Sketches — Villag Belle Valley and Aya — Churches. es — Hiramsburg, Hoskinsville, Rochester, -]\TOI3LE TOWNSHIP was organ- j -1 N ized in ISIS. At that date it became a township of Morgan Conn- tv, and so continued until the forma- tion of Noble County. May 1, 1S51, the county commissioners changed the boundaries of the township, mak- ing them as follows: “Commencing at the southeast corner of section 34, in township num- ber 7, of range 9; thence north to the northeast corner of section 3, in said township number 7. range 9 ; thence west along the township line to the northwest corner of section 1, in township number 7, of range 10 ; thence south along section lines to the southwest corner of section 3b, in said township number 7. range 10; thence east along the township line to the place of beginning; contain- ing' thirtv sections.” At an election for township otli- eerx which was held in Noble Town- ship, Morgan County, on April 3. 1820, fori v-three votes were polled. Andrew Millslagie, Asa Burlingame and Joseph Franklin acted as judges of election; and Josiah Burlingame and John Fogle, clerks. For justice of the peace, Peter Fogle had thirty- live votes and 'William "Ralph eight. The names of the voters were Charles MeKennv. James McKee, Elijah Day, Samuel Isolde, James Noble, John Davis, Alexander McKee (still living), George Dye, David Devolld. "William Hamilton, Isaac Warpingba, Samuel Halley, John McKee, Jonas Ball, Linus Moore, Lambert Newton, Daniel Ball, John Noble, Elly Moore. John Clowser, Michael Fogle, Benjamin Thor la, Benjamin Severance, Jacob Fogle, Robert Ilellyer, Charles Poston, Ephraim Bates, John McGarry, John Ralph, Solomon Brown, Joseph Lippitt, Sylvester AVestcott, Isaac Covalt, John Eogle, Josiah Burlingame, Joseph Frank- lin, Andrew Millslagie. Asa Burlin- game, I ’('ter Fogle, Armstrong Johnston, Ezekiel Hates, "William Ralph and James ! )ye. At the general election held on October JO, 1820, Asa llurlingame, Andrew Millslagie and Peter Fogle acted as judges ot election; and 1 4 84 HISTORY OF N0IH.B COUNTY, OHIO. Josiah Burlingame and Sylvester Westcott, as clerks. Only twenty votes were cast. For governor, Ethan A. Brown had eighteen votes; Robert Means, two. For representative to the legislature. Alexander McConncl, two; William M. Dawes, fifteen; Amzi Stanley, three. For representative in Con- gress, David Chambers, twenty. For county commissioner, David Fulton, fifteen ; Andrew 'Wharton, j live. What can be said of the political enthusiasm of that day, when an election for a justice of the peace called out more than twice as many voters as an election for State officers? From the tax-list of Noble Town- ship for the year IS'22, made out by Josiah Burlingame, lister, and Lam- bert Newton, appraiser, it appears that the township contained ninety- six property holders, and ninety-nine horses and one hundred and four neat cattle were listed for taxation. Upon this list appear the following names in addition to those upon the poll-book for ls20: Richard Albury, Amos Bates, Benjamin Barry, James J iarry. Ed ward Beck, Andrew B raw ton. Dexter Brown, Benjamin Cox, J arret t ( Jox, Ezekiel Cole. Richard Chillcott, Daniel Devolld , John Devolld, Samuel Dennis, "Thomas I )avis, Walter Downey, 1 )avid F rakes, Robert Brakes, George Brakes, Lemuel Fowler, Royal Fowler ( Ft ill living), Jacob Fogle, ( 'a Ivin Franklin, John G riswold. John George, Samuel ( iookins, ( leorge O llellyer, Joshua 1 lolster. John Jones, Jeremiah McMahan, John Mead, Martha McKee, John i Moore, David McGarrv, Andrew j Millslagle. Lambert Newton, Jo- j seph Poston, Charles Parsons, Jane Ralph, William Rees, Joseph Reed, John Reed, Sr., James Reed, William Smith, Jr.. William Seevors, John Seevers, Benjamin Severance, Jr., 'William P. Willey and Enos Wheeler. Along the West Fork of Duck Creek was an Indian trail which had evidently been much traveled by the red hunters prior to the settlement of the valley by white people. The stream seems to have been a favorite resort for the elk. deer and buffalo, and was doubtless an attractive hunt- ing-ground for the Indians. The buffalo paths, in many places deeph worn into the earth, were distinguish- able long after the white settlers came into the valley. For some years prior to the War of 1S12, the Indians devoted themselves to the destruction of the larger wild ani- mals of the forest, apparently for the sole purpose of thwarting the white hunters, as they left the car- casses to rot upon the ground. The Duck Creek Valley was frequented by the Indian hunters almost up to the time of the war, but never alter its close. Mr. John Noble, who came to his present farm in 1812, states that an Indian camp, evidently erected only a few years previous, i was then standing on the bank of the creek, a short distance above his present residence. Buffalo Township, Guernsey ( Aun- ty, was organized in 1810, and then ■ sumo included all the northwest part of the present County of Noble, extend- in'1' south to the old line of ‘Washing- ton County, In 1S10 Olive Town- ship was formed from part of Buffalo. AVe have no description of its boundaries, but it probably in- cluded the greater part, if not all, of Noble. In 1819 Noble Town- ship, Morgan County, included town- ship 7 of range 9 of the original survey. Old residents recall an election that was held at the house of the Jordans, in the vicinity of where lliramsburg’ now is, in 1816. This being the first election, the event was celebrated in a manner charac- teristic of the pioneer days. Some enterprising citizens succeeded in getting a barrel of cider from some point on the Muskingum Diver, and after “ doctoring ” it to their satis- faction with stronger liquors, put it on tap on the day of election. Cider being an article which the settlers of Duck Creek seldom had an oppor- tunity of tasting, all partook freely, and as a consequence, nearly every man there became gloriouslv ine- briated before the day was over. The more sober ones placed their intoxi- cated neighbors upon their horses, and started them toward home, some of them sitting, or rather lying, upon their horses, as inert, and apparently as lifeless as bags of meal. The first entry of land on the West Fork of Duck Creek was made in 1800 by a man named I lain, near where Belle Valley now is. Richard Fletch- er made an entrv of land in the year. The McKees came in 1811. and the Nobles in IS 12. John Noble, a Pennsylvanian by birth, settled in 1812 on the farm which his son John now occupies. A family sketch will be found else- where in this chapter. In the early years, the settlers found it very difficult to beep stock of any kind. Aside from the danger that it might be destroyed by wolves or bears, there were other obstacles to encounter. Cattle died of murrain in large numbers. On the bottoms along the creek cattle were permitted to run at large, get- ting their own living at ail seasons. Many wintered on the bunch grass found along the creek, without ever being fed at all. Hogs were also allowed to pick up their living as best they could in the woods. John Noble, Sr., brought a herd of twenty- live young hogs to his farm when he settled here, but the first season the bears made such havoc among them that but three were left. The old hogs were usually strong enough to defend themselves from theircnemies, but young swine were never safe. The climate was by no means healthy. A variety of chills, known as the “cold plague” attacked mam , and those suffering from this disease found it impossible to get warm. Many died. Bleeding was then con- sidered the sovereign reined v for nearly all the ills that Hesh is heir to, and that process doubtless hastened the exit of many invalids from the world. Bichard Fletcher was an early settler on the creek, on land now owned by James Carr. II is . 486 HISTORY OF NOB L1C COUNTY, OHIO. wife, Jemima, was an Enochs, a daughter of the pioneer settler of that name. Charles McCune and John Reed were both Irishmen and early set- tlers. Reed was a very worthy citi- zen. He came in 1813. I Lis sons. Joseph, John and James, lived here and reared families. Joseph Lippitt was one of the few pioneer settlers that had money, lie was considered a rich man in his day. He bought and settled upon a whole section of land north of where Belle Valley station now is. lie was from New England, and had the trading faculty which is popu- larly supposed to be inherent in all Yankees. In early days lie kept a few goods at his house, and would give a yard of muslin for a day’s work. His father had an interest in a cotton-mill in one of the Eastern States. Mrs. Lippitt was a woman of good judgment and shrewdness, and was an excellent manager. Lip- pitt died here, and after his death the farm wTas sold, and the family be- came scattered. The Lippitt family were among the very earliest per- manent settlers in the township, and among the earliest on Duck Creek. Solomon Brown, a blacksmith, was among the early settlers. For a number of years he made salt on the creek, on a part of the John Noble farm. The well was 130 feet deep. A deer-lick near the spot had been much frequented before the country was settled. Lambert Newton was a Yankee who lived where his son Lambert now resides. Joab, another son, lives on part of the old Lippitt farm. There were many eccentric and peculiar characters among the early residents. Such an one was an Irish- man named Crawford. One day he came to John Noble, who, then as since, was an excellent, thrifty, or- derly farmer, and wished to obtain some seed-corn. Mr. Noble sent him to his corn-crib, and told him to help himself to any that he liked, except some choice speckled corn, which Mr. Noble had placed by itself for his own use. Later, it was discovered that the speckled corn had all been removed by Crawford, who had piled some ears of the common variety in its place, and that the Hibernian was retailing among the neighbors what he called “a very i'oine arti-kel of calico cor-rn.” Another Irishman came to Mr. Noble to borrow a scythe in the days when those instruments were scarce and valuable. Not wishing to lend, Mr. Noble told him he hadn’t any. The Irishman’s shrewd- ness then became apparent. “But,’' said he. “ didn’t I see it hanging up ( ” “Well, go and take it then, but be careful of it,” returned Mr. Noble. “And where will I lind it, sort” asked the borrower. Andrew Brawton was the first set- tler where Hoskinsville now is. He and two other New Englanders made the first clearing there at an early date. Ben jamin Thorla, from New Eng- land. settled where Belle Valley now is. Some of the early elections were . ■ NOBI.K. 4ST hold at the house of Jarrett Cox. Later they were lield at li is brother Benjamin’s. John dowser, a Virginian, settled where his son Benjamin now' lives. John and Thomas Davis, Virgin- ians, settled in the north part of the township. Their descendants are still numerous here. Lemuel Fowler, a New Englander, was among the early settlers. His son, Royal Fowler, still living (lt>SG), is among the oldest residents of the township. John McKee was commissioned justice of the peace Hay 1. 1817, two years prior to the organization of Noble Township and Morgan County. His authority was derived from Guernsey County. Ilis com- mission, record of which still exists in Morgan County, expired May 1, 1820. Peter Fogle, the first justice chosen in Noble Township, was com- missioned April 24, 1820. Benjamin Severance, a Yankee, and his sons, Benjamin and Rodnev. were early settlers near lliramsburg, Rodney was for some years engaged in the making of salt on the Muskin- gum River. The Fogles were a numerous and respectable family. They were natives of Virginia, but came here from Washington Countv, Pa. There were three brothers, Jacob. Michael and Peter, who settled in the same neighborhood. Jacob and Michael came first, and a vear or two later Peter settled on the farm where he lived and died, lie came about lsls. lie was the first justice of the peace in the township, and held the ollice about twenty years, lie 'was also an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, lie died in 1875, at the age of eighty-nine years. The Fogle brothers were all married before they came to Ohio. Jacob lived I and died in Noble Township. His ! son Jacob still lives here. He and ; Mrs. Mary Merry Caldwell, are the only children of Jacob Fogle now living" in the county. Michael moved from Noble Township to Enoch, and died there. He left no family. Peter Fogle was twice married. Ilis first wife was Eliza- beth Salliday, and their children were Mary, Eliza, Sarah and Mar- garet, all living, the oldest two in this county. For his second wife he married Phebe Stevens. Their children were Rachael (Rucker), who lives on part of the homestead ; John, Illinois; Lucretia, Kansas: Anna, dead; Annary, Vinton County, Ohio; James, Colorado; George, Kentucky, and Peter, Cald- well. Peter lived on a farm until 1879, and then engaged in hotel- keeping in Caldwell. Since 1880 he has been in the business of undertaker and furniture dealer in Caldwell, owning a large and fine store. He has a German Bible, printed in 1590, which has been in the Fogle family nearly three hundred years. Joseph, Calvin and Nathan Frank- lin were early settlers and good men. Calvin had an early mill, run by horse-power. Joseph was a wagon-maker. He built and ran a mill near lliramsburg station. ' . . HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. 488 George, Robert and Thomas Hell- yer were curly settlers. George was a tailor. The others were stone- masons. Robert was the first aud- itor of Noble County. Joseph, Zaclmriah and Wesley Cooper lived in the north part of the township and operated a dis- tillery. Samuel Thompson, a tanner and Methodist preacher, was a somewhat eccentric character, who lived in the same neighborhood. Richard Thorla was another early distiller. Among other interesting memont- o o bil'ia in the possession of George Burlingame, of Belle Valley, is a tax receipt signed by treasurer of Morgan County. It is dated Sep- tember 10, 1S35, and shows that Josiah Burlingame’s tax on 166 acres of land was one dollar, ninety- six cents and nine mills, and his tax on personal property, one dollar, eighty -foui' cents and eight mills. The valuation of the land was then $179. It is the present Chris. McKee farm, one of the best in the valley. In 1816 Josiah Burlingame and family were living on the present farm of Chris McKee. The bears and panthers were still frequently found in the valley. On one occa- sion,. Mrs. Burlingame was away from home, and a neighbor by the name of Kdmond Burton was staying with Mr. Burlingame. In the night, they heard loud noises proceeding fj’om a pig-pen near the house. Sur- mising the cause, Burlingame seized a large hand-spike and Burton an axe, the only one about the house, and proceeded to investigate. They j found a large bear attempting to ; devour one of the pigs. Mr. Bur- lingame used his weapon with I such good etFect upon the bear that he finally caused him to desist; but Burton was so alanned by the fierce actions of the bear, that he did not attack him. and he was allowed to make his’ escape. I Andrew Millslagle was an early | settler, and served in the War of IS 12. After the war closed, farms were taken up and occupied quite rapidly, although times were very hard for poor people. There was a great scarcity of money, and those who were compelled to hire it were obliged to pay exorbitant interest. But settlers came pouring in from Pennsylvania, Virginia and Belmont County, so that it was not long be- fore all the land was taken up, and the work of cleari ng and improving it was inaugurated. There has been steady and constant progress ever since. The township now contains many fine farms, good residences and a thri fty populal ion. In the western part of the town- ! ship is one tier of sections running from north to south which belonged to Brookfield Township, before the erection of Noble County. Among | the early settlers in this part of the township was Hugh Nickerson, | father of Sparrow Nickerson, who ! settled on the farm now occupied by the latter, in 1817, coming from Massachusetts, lie was a prominent [ man, and served eighteen conseeu- I live years as justice of the peace in I Brook held. . NOIJT.K. 489 •nr Rev. Sparrow Nickerson says that when he came to the township with his lather. .John Noble was the near- est settler east of him. The West- cotts, Scotts and Rrowns were the nearest neighbors. Mr. Nickerson used to go, when a hoy, to Benjamin Bay's mill, on "Will's Creek, eight miles distant, passing only three houses on the way. In the spring of the same year Christopher "Westcott, from Rhode Island, settled on the farm now occu- pied by liis son, Lewis C. Westcott. Dexter Brown, also from Rhode Island, settled in is 17. lie was one of the commissioners of Morgan County, 1833. II is son Andrew now owns the farm. Erastus Hoskins, after whom Iloskinsville was named, came from Connecticut in I SIS. lie was an influential citizen and in the early years was colonel of a regiment of the M. organ militia. lie repre- sented his county in the legislature two terms, 1831-2 and 1832-3. The following item was published in the Republican in 1871: “ An old log barn standing on Alex- under McKee's farm, one mile north ol Caldwell, was erected in 1811, bv Daniel Bates and George Dye. Many of the hands who helped to raise it came up from the Marietta settle merit, thirty miles distant. After j the barn was completed. Bates and Dye both enlisted and served through the War of I St 2 IT Dye was badly wounded in an engagement with the I Jritish and the I ml ia ns." Samuel Noble was born in Lycom- ing County, Pa. lie came to Ohio in 1805, and afterward to the farm where he passed the remainder of his life. lie died in 1875 at the age of seventy-eight years. He was an i honest man and led a useful life. Miss Mary F. Brown, a native of Rhode Island, taught the first school near Iloskinsville in 1820, where she settled with a brother and a sister in 1818. She died in 1883 in the ninety- seventh year of her age. She taught school a number of years and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for sixty-four years. According to the recollection of an old resident, the first school in the vicinity of Caldwell was taught bv "Walter Stevens on the McKee place. A space between a couple of corn- cribs served as the school-room in fair, warm weather; but -when the open air became unsuitable, the school adjourned to the house. Josiah Burlingame was an early settler and a prominent citizen, a surveyor by profession, lie came to I Ohio from Rhode Island, and in 1814 located in this township, in 1815 he married Sarah Noble, a sister of the’ venerable John Noble. He was county commissioner of Morgan County from 1827 to 1832. He reared a large family, all of whom are now widely scattered. A re- union of the Burlingame family at Belle Valley, in the fall of 1883, was an interesting occasion. George Burlingame, one of a fam- ily of nine brothers, all living but ! one (Samuel), was born January 21. j 1829. In 1800 he married Miss E. | .!. Cotree of this county. They have j one child, Alta, now Mrs. Frank L. i Green, of Belle Valiev. Mr. Bur- . HISTORY OF NOB RE COUNTY, OHIO. 490 li iigam e was i'onuei'ly ;i Whig, and is now a Democrat. lie lias served as county surveyor, and was town- ship assessor six terms. He has been engaged in the mercantile business at Belle Valley since 18S4. Sylvester Westcott is among the oldest residents of the township. He was born in Providence, H. L, in 1815, and has resided in Ho bio Township since 1817. He married Vary A. Wheeler in 1840, and is the father of three daughters. He has a vivid rec- ollection of the early da}'s, and of the difficulties under which the early sett lers labored. Hew David Gorby was born in Ohio County, W. Ya., in 1810, and has resided in Noble Countv since his parents settled here in 1884. II is maternal grandfather took part in the Revolutionary War, and after- ward assisted in suppressing the “whisky insurrection” in Pennsyl- vania. Mr. Gorby is a farmer, mill- wright, and minister of the Free Methodist church. He has recently been engaged in developing a line mine of carbonate iron ore, which* with coal, renders his land valuably He married, first, Mary Mason, and second, Eliza N. Hunter. Robert R. Hanford, a representa- tive of one of the earlv and prom- inent families of Isolde Countv, was born in this county in June, 1888. In 1850 he married Marv A. Grove, of this county. Their children are Ellis J., Eliza A. and Arizona R., living, and Osceola C., deceased. Mr. Hanford is a Republican. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. lie served as justice of the peace of Morgan County six years, and, alt hough living in a Democratic town- ship, was chosen township assessor by seventy-five majority. Mr. Dan- ford was in the late war as first lieu- tenant of Company E, Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, resigning in 1S02, on account of rheumatism. In 1 8 d 4 he was in the One Hundred and Sixty-first Ohio Volunteer In- fantry, in the one hundred days’ sen ice. David D. Jennings, who for fifty years was a prominent citizen of this township, was a pioneer on section 31, Center Township. He was orig- inally from western Pennsylvania, where he married Miss Ruth Wright. He was a successful farmer and ac- cumulated a line competency, under rather adverse circumstances. It is related of him that the first win- tin' after his arrival in Center he was obliged to thresh grain with a flail for one-half the straw, in order to provide food for his only cow. lie was one of the pioneers of the Methodist church of the county. Eor many years the “ meetings ” were held at his house, and all religious projects had in him a firm friend and patron. lie died April 88, 1879, aged eighty-three years, lie reared a familv of ten children — four boys and six girls. John McCleary was born in 1889, in this countv, as now constituted. His father was a drummer boy in the War of 1812, and his grandfather was killed in the same war. John MeClearv enlisted September, 18(11, in Company K, Thirtieth ( )hio Yolun- ' ■ NOBLE. 401 teer Infantry, and was discharged in September, 1805. He participated in the battles of Carnifex Ferry, Vicksburg, Jackson, Mission .Ridge, Chattanooga, and the engagements during the •'march to the sea." "William 1\ Willey. one of the early settlers of what is now Noble Township, was a native of Penn- sylvania, and came to this county about 1870. His first location was on a small tract of land which he 1)0 light from his brother-in-law, George Dye. lie was identified with the township as a pioneer farmer, and was one of the early and prominent members of the Protest- ant Methodist Episcopal church and helped to build one of the first churches of this society, lie mar- ried Sarah Dye, and had a family of thirteen children, eight of whom were born in Pennsylvania. William, one of the sons, was born in 1822; he married in 1840 INI iss Ruth, daughter of Daniel Belford ; they have had live children. George 'Willey was born in Penn- sylvania, in 1804, and came with his parents to Noble County about 1817. lie was a carpenter by trade, and several years after his immigration bought a mill near Eelle Valiev, which he operated until 1848, when he removed to Hoskinsville. and en- gaged in trade. He died in 1850. In 1828 he married Miss Xancv West cot t. They had seven children. Sylvester, one of the sons, was born in 1805. In 1804 he enlisted in the Twenty-Second Ohio Light Artillery and served until the close of the war. He and his wife, uca Ellen Moore, 1 are members of the Protestant Epis- | copal church. J. W. R. Newton, a prominent farmer and a leading citizen! is the son of an early settler. Ilis father, a native of Maine, came to this township in 1818. Mr. Newton was born in. 1834. In 1856 he married Miss Mary McKee, and is the father of j two sons and one daughter. His wife died in I860; in 1S85 he married Mrs. Elizabeth Sipe. Mr. Newton is a Republican. J. C. Campbell was born in Noble Township, in 1832, and is by occu- pation a farmer and merchant. Ilis father, a native of Ireland, settled near Philadelphia, in the latter part of the last century, removing thence to Ohio. He died in Noble 'town- ship in 1847. On his mother’s side Mr. Campbell is of German descent, i J. C. Campbell was married in i860 to Martha Noble. He has always been a Democrat. For six years he served as postmaster at Hoskinsville under a Republican administration. Samuel McFerren was born in Pennsylvania in 1776. In 1830 he settled in Noble Township, where he died about ISOO. lie married a Miss Needham, whose father, J. Need- ham, settled in Morgan County. Mr. ! Needham was the only survivor of a j family of several members. The rest were killed by the Indians on their way from Pennsylvania to Ohio. Richard C. McFerren is of German | and English descent. Ilis father, a native of Pennsylvania, settled in 1808, in Jeilerson County, Ohio, where Richard was born in 1821. In - 492 IIISTORV OF NOU Mi COUNTY, OHIO. 1835 he came to the vicinity of IIos- | k i 11s vi lie, where he has since resided, engaged in farming. Mr. McFerrcn was married in 1841 to Louisa Jen- nings, and is the father of two sons and three daughters, all living and all married. He is a Democrat in poli- tics, and a member of the Methodist church. lie served as township treasurer fourteen years. Harrison Jones is of Irish and Welsh descent. His father, an 1812 soldier, was born in Pennsylvania. He was an early settler in Muskin- gum County, Ohio, where the sub- ject of this notice was born in 1821. In 1840 Mr. Jones settled in Noble Township, where he has since resided, lie married Anna McKee, a native of this township, in 1845. They have have had four children, two of whom, Joseph and Margaret, are still living, both married. Mr. Jones is a Methodist and a Democrat. lie has held some township olliees. His maternal grandfather was a soldier of the American Revolution. Joseph W. Jones, son of Harrison Jones, was born in Noble Township, October 6, 1S4G, and has resided in this vicinity. He was educated at Sharon College, and was a teacher for some years., lie is now engaged in the mercantile business at llos- kinsville. Mr. Jones is a prominent Democrat. He has served thirteen years as justice of the peace. In I STO he married Tryphena R. Walters, daughter of the late John I!. Wal- ters, of this county. Thev have two daughters living and one deceased. Elijah Fogle, a descendant of one of the old families of this county, was born in Noble Township in 1842. Jn 1861 he entered the service of his country in the Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was in the engagements at Fort Donelson and Pittsburg Landing. In ls62 he was honorably discharged by reason of poor health. In 1865 he married Maria Oliver, of Center Township: six children living, one deceased. Peter J. Walters was born in No- ble Township in 1838. His father was born in Belmont County, and came to this township quite early. The family consisted of nine chil- dren, six of whom arc living. In 1865 P. J. Walters married Miss Teresa A. Brown, of this township. They have one child, a son. He is a mem- ber of the Baptist church, and of the Republican party. lie enlisted in June, 1863, in Company J, First Ohio Heavy Artillery, and served for two years, being honorably dis- charged at Knoxville, Tcnn. L. W. Palmer was born in Chester i County, Pa., October 14, 1835. 11 is parents were natives of the same county; came to Harrison County, Ohio, in 1838, and to Noble County in 1839. The subject of this notice has always followed farming. He was married to Nancy Harkins in 1836, and has had seven children, all living, except one — Lydia J. He is a Republican and has held several township olliees, although the town- ship is Democratic. L. C. Westcott was born in 1820, on the farm where lie now resides. 1 1 is father was among the early set- i tiers, coming from Rhode Island, and I settling here in 1816. L. C. West- NOliT.K. 493 colt married Cordelia F. Howland in 1844, and is the father of live chil- dren, all living. lie is a farmer and a Republican. AV F. Jordan is a descendant of one of the pioneer families. Roth his. father and his mother were born in this county. Mr. Jordan was born in 1854. In 1877 lie married Mary E. Glass, who died in 1878. In 1881 lie married Maggie L. Archibald. They have had three children, two of whom are living. Mr. Jordan is sta- tion agent and telegraph operator at Belle Valiev. Thomas Racey is of English and German descent. Ilis father, Jmn- don Racey, was born in Frederick County, Abe, and his mother, nee Susannah Barnhouse, in Loudoun County, Va. They were married in Ilai •rison County. Ohio, and came to Noble County in 1828, settling on Duck Creek. Landon Racey was a farmer and school-teacher. He died in this township in 1855. Of his children six sons and two daughters are living; George A., Arthur AV.. Thomas and Rosanna (Gain) live in Noble County; Rachel (Engle), in Morgan County; James E., in Alis- souri ; Peter A., in Kansas : and Sam- uel, in Iowa. Thomas Racey was born on the line of Jefferson and Har- rison Counties in 1820, and has re- sided in Noble County since 1828. In early life he followed teaching. He is now engaged in farming and the insurance business. He is a Democrat, and a deacon in the Pres- byterian church. He has served as just ice 'of tin1 peace. He was mar- ried iu 1817 to Matilda A. Marquis. and is the father of seven children, four of whom are living. P. D. Jordan is a descendant of one of the early families and is a son of John Jordan, of Brookfield Town- ship. Mr. Jordan has resided at Ava since 1877 and is engaged in mercan- tile business and farming. He was married in 1807 to Sarah A. Fair, of AVashington County, and has three children living, one deceased. He is a member of the Baptist church and a prominent merchant at Ava. B. AV. Clark was born in AVashing- ton County in 1843. Ilis father was a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother of Guernsey County. His grandfather was an 1812 soldier. B. AV. Clark came to Noble County ! at the age of three years. He is a Republican and a prominent farmer. In 1803 he married Sarah A. Buckey. They have six children, all daugh- ters. In 1804 he volunteered in the One Hundred and Sixty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until honorably discharged in September. 1804. Elijah Davis, second, was born in Virginia in 1810, and came to Noble Township with his parents in 1822. and has since resided here. In 1831 he married Mary Buckey, whose father lost his life in the AVar of 1812. They have had two daughters and nine sons. Six of the children are yet living. Five of the sons en- listed in the Union army in the late war. Eli Davis, son of Elijah, was born November 2, 1840, on the place where he now lives, lie enlisted when seventeen years of age, and served until 1805. 11c was first with ’ 1 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. 494 the One Hundred and Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and ward with the One Hundred and Ninety-fourth, until the close of the war. lie was married in 1ST3 to Mary Russell. They have had five children; four are now living. In politics lie is a Republican. Bartholomew Davis was born in 1821 on the place where he now- lives. lie married Hannah Cox, and is the father of eight sons and four daughters. Benjamin I', and Thomas J. were in the service in the late war, the former in the Twenty- second Ohio Battery, and the latter in the Sixty second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Benjamin was captured, and died of starvation after seven months in Libby prison. Benjamin dowser was born Oc- tober 29, 1827, on the farm where he now resides. His parents were from Virginia, and came to this township about 1820. In 1853 Ben- jamin dowser married Sarah An- derson. They have had two sons and six daughters. Five of the daughters are still living. Three of them are married — to E. C. AVest- cott, I. L. Archer and W. L. Archer, respectively. Mr. Clowser was in the service in the late war as first lieutenant, in Company 11. One Hundred and Sixty-first Ohio Vol- unteer Infantry. He is a Republi- can and a member of the Methodist Protestant church. John Russell was born in Belmont County, February 2. 1813. His parents were Virginians, and emi- grated to Ohio about ISOO. In 1820 the family came to Noble County, settling on the farm where John Russell now lives. The latter was married in 1837 to Nancy Anderson, who died in 1851. In 1853 he mar- ried Rachael Anderson. Re is the father of ten children, seven of S whom are living. Two sons, Joseph and Ezra, were in the late -war. The former enlisted in the Seventeenth Illinois Infantry, and served in that and other organizations until the close of the war. Ezra served in the One Hundred and Sixty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Mr. and Mrs. Russell are members of the Bapt ist church. He is a Republican, and a man of excellent reputation. AV. II. Secrest was born in Hart- ford, Guernsey County, and his parents were natives of the same county. The family came to Noble County in 1854, and settled in Noble Township. AV. B. Secrest married Fannie AATstcott in 1870, and is the father of three sons and one daughter. He is a member of the Methodist Protestant church, and a Republican in politics, llelias held the cilices of township clerk and church trustee. AAL II. II. Burlingame is of New England descent, and was born in Noble County in 1838. His father came from Rhode Island to the vicin- ity of 1 1 iramsburg in 1818. AV. 11. II. Burlingame has followed farming and mercantile business, lie enlisted in October, 18(11, in the Sixty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served four years. He was wounded at Fori Wagner, and saw much active service. John R. Corby, son of David Six tv- first after- F ' ,1 NOBLE. 495 Gorby. an old resident, was born January 23, 184S. II is father set- tled in Noble County in 1823, being then fourteen years of age. J. R. Gorby has been engaged in farming and the lumber business, lie spent some time in Illinois and Alabama. Remarried Rebecca Davis, in Illinois. Mr. Gorby is a Republican, and a mem- ber of t he ]\f et 1 1 o( 1 i st Epi scopa 1 c-h u re 1 i . lie has held several township offices, and is now serving as a county com- missioner. John Preston, of Belleville, was born in Belmont County in 1837, and came to Morgan County in 1840. In 18G1 he enlisted in the Seventy- seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was in the engage- ments at Pittsburg Landing, the battle and siege of Corinth, the bat- tie of Holly Springs, and many others of less note. In 1804 he set- tled at Sharon, and engaged in shoemaking. In 1875 he came to Belle Valiev, where he still follows his trade. Mr. I’reston is a Demo- crat in politics, and in 1807 was a candidate for the office of county auditor. Y. E. Harkins, of the firm of Harkins & Co., merchants, Belle Valley, was born in Noble County in 1850, and lias followed mercan- tile and other occupations in Belle Valley and vicinity since attaining his majority. He married Miss Emeline Ginn, of Noble Township, in 1880. In politics he is a Demo- crat. Tie is tin* present postmaster at Belle Valley. James Stevens, ex-clerk of courts of Noble County, is tiie son of Elijah Stevens, formerly of Morgan County, and was born June 4, 1830. The family, consisting of James and five sisters, settled m Sharon Township m 1847. In 1857 James began the mercantile business. He is at present a member of the firm of Harkins A Co., Belle Valley. In 1857 he mar- ried Miss Mary McMahon, and in 1870 was again married, to Miss Sarah A. Tolbert. One child was born of this union, and is now deceased. Mr. Stevens is a Methodist, and a Democrat, He was elected county clerk in 1802. Joseph Parmiter was bom in Bris- tol Township, Morgan Countv, in 1818. 11 is parents came from Maine, and were among the pioneer set- tlers of that locality. In 1885 he came to Belle Valley, where he fol- lows his trade, carpentry. He mar- ried Elizabeth Shuster in 1841, and is the father of two sons and two daughters, lie is a Democrat, and a member of the Christian church. J. B. Perry is of Scotch descent, 1 1 is grandfather was a brother of the father of Commodore Oliver II. Perry, of naval renown. Both his grandfathers were in the Revolution- ary War, and his father served in the War of 1812, and was on board the brig “Enterprise5' when she captured the English vessel, “Boxer.” J. B. Perry was born in Bhippsburg, Me., January 10, IS 1 0. and is one of a family of five sons and live daugh- ters. The sons all became sea-faring men. One of Mr. Pern's brothers was a celebrated sailor, and twice circumnavigated the globe. J. B. Perry came to Noble Counts in ' 406 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. 1846. In 1848 he married Olive Blake, of Olive Township, a repre- sentative of one of the early fam- ilies. They had a son and a daugh- ter, both of whom are dead. Mr. Perry is by occupation a farmer and a mason. lie is a member of the Congregational church. lie served fifteen years as clerk of Olive Township and the same length of time as postmaster at South Olive. VILLAGES. The villages of Noble Township, although numerous, are small and un- important. They are Iliramsburg, lloskinsville, Rochester, Belle Val- le)' and Ava. Iliramsburg was named for its founder, Iliram Calvert. The survey was made by John F. Talley, Novem- ber 5, 1836. The original plat con- tained twenty lots. An addition was made by the same proprietor in 1838, and another in 1858. Samuel Stevens was a merchant here before the town was laid out. Harrison P. Larry built the first house in the village, and kept store here a number of years. The building remained standing un- til 1886. lie was succeeded by Wakefield A Shaukland, Iliram Knight, Fortune Galbreath, Asa Burlingame and others. Charles Lukens established an early store. Asa Burlingame kept the first hotel, and was the first postmaster. The office was established about 1845, and supplied with a weeklv mail from Cumberland. Stevens A McClure engaged in the mercantile business in 1847. The Jinn consisted of John Stevens and George McClure. George McClure a nd his son. George A., have continued the business up to the present. Jacob Jordan was the pioneer | blacksmith of the village. There was, ! however, a blacksmith here long be- ! fore the village was projected. His , name was Jacob Stoneking. lie owned the land on which the village is, and sold it to Calvert. Among the early settlers of Iliramsburg was Reason Calvert, lie bought wood ashes at live cents per bushel, from which he made pot- ash. The potash was sold to refiner- ies and converted into pearl-ash. lie also manufactured castor oil and linseed oil. In ISS6 the business interests of ! Iliramsburg were as follows: George j A. McClure, J. W. Murphy, general I stores; Ilenry Shadlow, blacksmith: i Eli Covert, cabinet-maker, j The village of lloskinsville, E. E. Parrish, proprietor, was platted by John F. Talley, in February, 1S30. The plat was placed upon the Mor- gan County records October 2'2, 1840. The place was named in honor of Colonel Erastus Hoskins. He was the first postmaster. Hos- kihsvillo postoliicc was established prior to 1830. In that year it was supplied with a weeklv mail from McConnelsville and Barnesville. The first house in lloskinsville. i after the projection of the town, was erected hv James Needham, a shoe- ; maker. The first store was started by a man named Saveall. As a vil- lage the' place never realized the am- bitious expectations of its founders. t ■ ' Iloskinsville now contains about ten houses and two stones. The merchants are J. "W. Jones and J. C. Campbell. Rochester was laid out as a village by Samuel Aikens, surveyor. May 4, 1 S-fl . Robert .llellyer was the pro- prietor. In September, 1S45. he made an addition to the town plat. The growth of the place has been so slow that no other enlargement of its boundaries has been necessary. There is scarcely enough of the place to warrant its being dignified by the name of a village. It contains one small store and a postoffice which goes by the name of Xobleville. Belle Valley is a hamlet of about a dozen houses, and owes its origin to the Cleveland A Marietta Railroad. It was laid out on the farm of Ben- ton Thorla, The first store was started by Mr. Thorla in 1872. The post office was established in the same j year, with Mr. Thorla as the first \ postmaster. The business of the place is represented by Harkins A •Stevens and Burlingame A Green, general merchants; Manly Barmiter. o'l'ocer ; .John Preston, shoemaker; and .Newton Bros., proprietors of a steam flouring-mill, erected in 1880. There are two hotels, kept by George Burliimame and Greenberrv Davis. O «- and one church, Methodist Protest- ant. Belle Valley is a telegraph station on both the Cleveland A .Ma- rietta and the Ik, /. A C. Railroads. The village of Belle Valiev (Ben- ton Thorla., proprietor) was surveyed and divided into lots in 187a, by "William Lowe. Ava, a railroad station in the northern part of the township, has I also been built since the completion of the C. A M. Railroad. It con- tains three stores, kept bv P. D. Jordan. Amos Pryor and D. F. Stottsbury. II. Burlingame has a cooper shop, and Albert Davis, a | blacksmith shop. A steam grist-mill ! is being erected by George Stewart. There is one church — Methodist Episcopal. Ava was laid out as a village of twenty-two lots April 10, 1873. The survey was made by William Lowe for Levi Glover, the proprietor. CH OKCIIES. llrgons Chapel Methodist T* rotc-st- ant Church. — This church is situat- ed at Iloskinsville. The Methodist Protestant congregation was organ- ized in 1820. Previous to that time the (Methodist Episcopal denomina- tion had organized a society and held services in the neighborhood. In 1820 Revs. Cornelius Springer and Jacob Myers organized a Methodist Protestant circuit. The first preach- ers on the circuit were Jacob Mvers and Daniel Gibbons. The Iloskins- ville congregation met in dwellings and in the school-house until 1833, when a brick meeting-house was erected on the site of the frame church in which the congregation i now worships. Among the oriental ! members of the church wore Erast us Hoskins, Edward Parrish, Francis Scott. William Willey, Lambert. Newton, Marv Brown. Sylvester Westcott. 1 Iue'h Nickerson, and I others, most of them belonging with I their wives and families. The pres- ■ . 49S HISTORY OF NORLB COUNTY, OHIO. ent membership is about 150. The Sabbath-school lias about one hun- dred scholars. The present pastor is Rev. AY. L. AY ells. It is believed that the earliest Sabbath school in the county was organized in the Tloskinsville neigh- borhood. About 1825 a school was opened under the superintendency of Colonel Erastus Hoskins. It was then under the Methodist Episcopal denomination. The Methodist Episcopal class men- tioned in connection with thehistory of Regan's chapel was organized in the fall of ISIS, by Rev. Abel Robin- son, missionary. Francis and Mary Scott, Erastus and Lydia Hoskins, and an unmarried lady whose name is not recalled, were the original members. Erastus Hoskins was the first leader. Joseph Reed, Benjamin Thorla, Sylvester AYestcott, AYilliam AVilley, Lambert Hew ton and their wives joined soon after the organiza- tion. Abel Robinson, Archer McEl- roy, John Graham, John Coleman, AYilliam Tipton, Thomas McCleary, Isaac Rannells, Cornelius Springer and two others were the preachers prior to J 828. Valley Chajxl JA thodixt IV rnf estant Church. — The Methodist Protestant church at Belle A Talley was organized in 1883, and the house of worship erected in the spring and summer of the same year, at a cost of about $1,500. The congregation wasatfirst composed of about lift ecu members, partly from Union church. The mem- bership is now nearly one hundred. Rev. Mb L Wells is the present pasl or. Cumberland l^rexbyteruut Church. — The Cumberland Presbyterians have maintained an organization in i Iliramsburg and vicinity for several years. They met for a few years in ! the Methodist Episcopal church, and about 1870 purchased the old Bap- tist church, where they still continue to worship. The congregation is small. The Baptist church was built about 1850, principally through the j means and influence of the Lippitt family. Its membership diminished to such an extent that the congrega- tion was no longer able to support regular preaching and the church was given up. TUB m'kKK FAMILY. Xo name is more conspicuous in the annals of Hoble County than that of McKee. The family were not only among the first in the coun- i ty in point of settlement, but •were | also pioneers in almost every import- ant public enterprise ever under- taken in the county. The McKees were of Irish descent, and came to Ohio in the latter part of the last century, from Lycoming County, Pa. The family consisted of David McKee, his wife and sev- eral children. They remained a num- ber of years in Washington Coun- ty, in the vicinity of Marietta, and in 18<>f) came up the A Vest Fork of Duck Creek, settling on the farm near Caldwell, now owned by Alex- ander McKee. They were among the very earliest families in the val- ley, and for several years had bid few neighbors and no trading point near- er than Marietta. The father died in f'1 ‘j - NOr.LTv 490 1815, and the widow and her children were left to get along as best they | could in the arduous labor of pioneer farming. Mrs. McKee died in 1848. There were nine children in the fam- ilv. most of whom were born in Pennsylvania. Their names were John, Hubert, William, David, James, Alexander, Annie (Caldwell), Margaret (Caldwell) and Ezra. John was a farmer, a prominent citizen, and passed his life in Noble County. He died in 1874, at the age of eighty-live. Pobert was the pio- neer salt-maker at Olive, and was a leading business man in this section for many years. He was born in Lycoming County. Pa., December S. 1791, and came with the family to Duck Creek in 1 809. I Ic* stamped his name on all the prominent events in the early history of what is now Noble Comity. He was the discov- erer and pioneer salt-maker of the vallev, a business which he continued until the competition of the various salt works on the Muskingum reduced the price to fifty cents per barrel. 'While drilling some of the first, wells, he was obliged to go to Marietta to get bis tools repaired. After the salt business became unremunera- tivo be built a log structure in Clive, where for many years he did a successful business as a merchant; bis was the first store within the present limits of Noble County, his nearest competitor being at Ilarnes- villo. His first stock of goods was packed in on a horse from Baltimore over the mountains. Ho was also the first to handle tobacco, in which lie engaged (piitc extensively for | many years. He was a man of deep religious convictions, and built the first church in the county ; in this en- terprise he evidenced bis accustomed liberality. After deciding to build a church, lie deputized a man by the name of Peter Lady to solicit sub- scriptions. After several weeks, Lady reported . 845 as the sum collect- ed. McKee, disappointed by the lack of interest in the matter, said to him that if lie would return the money lie would build the church himself, which he did. The date of erection, as near as can now be ascer- tained, was 1828. About 1855 lie began to feel the weight of advanc- ing years and retired from active business, and devoted bis attention to bis farm, and loaning the accumula- tions of former years. He died of Bright’s disease September, 1863. He was married in 1813 to Miss Putli Tliorhi. She died in 1880, and in November of the same year be was again married to Elizabeth "Willey, who died in 1SS7. By the first mar- riage there were six children: Mary A., Margaret (Morse), Susannah (Ogle), David, Rlioda (Bowed) and Martha (Ogle). By the second, sev- en : Columbus. Leonard, "William. Robert, Ruth E. (Caldwell), Jasper and "Worthington. Robert McKee was a man of great foresight, enter- prise and industry, and his name, where known, was a synonym for integrity and honor. No man was more prominent in the early history of Noble than be, and no one is held in more grateful remembrance by t lie people. "William removed to New York 1 1 ■ _ 500 HISTORY OF NORTH COUNTY, OHIO. State when a young man. and spent the greater part of his life there. lie died in Indiana. David was engaged as a boatman on the Mississippi Kivcr and died of cholera at Little Rock, Ark., when a young man. James was a farmer and resided near IIos- kinsville. lie died at the age of eighty-seven. Alexander is still liv- ing on the old homestead. lie was born in Marietta in 1708. lie mar- ried Rhoda Thorla and reared a family of six sons. Annie became the wife of John Caldwell and lived and died in Xoble County. Mar- garet married Joseph Caldwell and is still living. Hon. Ezra McKee was one of the best and most influential citizens of Xoble County, the establishment of which lie was among the foremost in securing. He was born in Wash- ington County in 1802, and came to the county with his parents. His educational advantages were limited to four months’ schooling, but a good mind, sound judgment and keenness of observation made up for this defi- ciency. In 1S25 he married Abbie AVestcott and purchased the farm adjoining the old homestead. His children by this union were Delia (Davis), Martha (Polling), David and Sylvester, all living. II is wife died in 1 800 and he married Almay West- cott, a cousin of his first wife. She was one of the early school-teachers of the county. To them were born four children — Manly, who died when one year old ; Mary (Newton), deceased; Christopher and Manly. In 1887 Mr. McKee was elected to the legislature from Morgan County, i in which his township was then in- cluded ; and again in 1850 he was chosen to fill the same position. Dur- ing the succeeding session of the legislature, the project of the erec- tion of Xoble County, which had been constantly agitated for five or six years preceding, was brought to a successful consummation. He was not only instrumental in securing the organization of the county, but he was also among the foremost of those who sought and finally succeeded in making Caldwell the county seat. He erected the first building in Cald- well, which was used as a temporary court house He served about twen- ty years as justice of the peace. Both in public and private life he was re- garded as an able, honest, honorable man. He died April 1,1870. His widow resides with her son Chris- topher. David E. McKee is the oldest son of Hon. Ezra McKee. Jle was born in Xoble Township, August 15, 1 800. He is a quiet, unassuming man, and sustains an excellent reputation for probity and intelligence. Mr. McKee has contributed to the press some poetical effusions of more than ordi- nary merit, lie was principally en- gaged in farming until 1802, when he went with his brother Christopher to flic Pacific coast, where they re- mained for three years, engaged in mining and ranching, in which thev were quite successful. In 1807 he married Margaret Powell, of AViscon- sin, whoso paternal great-grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier. Her great-grandmot her on her father's side lived to be one hundred and four 3 ' . . NOBI.];. 50] years old. Mr. and Mrs. AlcKee have three children: Burton, Abide and Lawrence. Mr. McKee is a Demo- crat. Jle lias held the offices of township treasurer and land ap- praiser. Christopher McKee, one of the leading farmers and most prominent citizens of the county, was horn in Noble Township in 1S10. lie spent his boyhood on the farm, receiving a common-school education. In 1SG2 he went to Oregon in a party of twelve men, among whom was his brother David. This journey occu- pied about three months. Mr. McKee driving an ox-team. On the Pacific coast he engaged in mining for a time, and afterward went to Idaho, lie remained at Centerville in that territory until June, 1803, engaged in packing supplies to the miners, lie next went to the southern part of the territory, where David and he located a mine, which they worked until the fall of 1865. The mine proved a good one and yielded manv thousand dollars’ worth of ore, but owing to the cost of living and of working it, they could save but a small part of their earnings. During one winter the snow was so deep that it. was piled up six feet higher than their cabin. The brothers left for home in September, 1865, on horseback and reached here in No- vember. On the way they were caught in a Pocky Mountain snow storm, and rode all day through the blinding snow, arriving at night at Port Ilalleck. do feed their horses they paid seventy-five cents per pound for corn and twenty-five cents per pound for hay. At the sutler’s Mr. McKee bought a pound of crack- ers, a box of sardines, and a small bottle of bitters, for which he paid 815. In December. 1865, he married Miss Martha A. Scott. They have had four children — Louis AAL (de- ceased), Irvel Iv., Cora B. and Alir- ley. Mr. AlcKee lias followed farm- ing, and has also been engaged in various other enterprises, lie has furnished the C. & M. Railroad Com- pany with over five million feet of lumber, and is still engaged in sup- plying timber to that road, and the B.. Z. A 0. In 1877 he again went west to the Black Hills; but after an examination of that region, con- cluded to settle down to farm life. Air. AlcKee is a public-spirited citi- zen, an enterprising, sagacious and successful man of business, and his worth is appreciated in the com- munity. John Nohlh, Sk.. was a native of Lancaster County, Pa., and his father served through the Revolutionary AYar as a soldier from that State. The family were among the early immigrants to Ohio, and located in AVashington County, where they remained several years. In 1811 Air. Noble came to what is now Noble Township, Noble County, and se- lected land in the valley of the AVest Fork of Duck Creek. He began an improvement, erected a camp on the bottom, in which lie and his sons, Samuel and James, passed the win- ter, their sister Polly keeping house for them. In 1812 the whole family moved to their new home and took up their abode in a cabin made from ' ' ■ ■ . . mSTOliV OF NOBLE COUNTV, OHIO. nS >2 the logs of sugar-maple. The family ! came in wagons, through the track- ! less woods, following along the ; ridges. John Xohle, Sr., was an in- dustrious honest man and a worthy citizen. lie died in ISM 1 at the age of sixty-eight years. His widow died ! in 18 JO. They were the parents of seven children — dames, Elizabeth (Reed), Sarah (Burlingame), Alary (Bates), Samuel, Rachel ( Reed) and i John, all now dead except John. James, the oldest son. was a man of great force of character, and was a j pronounced anti-slavery man, when the word “ abolitionist” was regarded only as a term of reproach. John Xohle, son of the pioneer above mentioned, was born in "Wash- ington County in J SOgf, and is to- day one of the best informed men ! regarding pioneer events that it has ! been the pleasure of the writer to meet. He is a remarkably well- preserved man, and in spite of his I four-score and five years, is still as active as many a man of sixty. Having been accustomed to hard work from boyhood, even now lie 1 busies himself chiefly in the per- formance of self-imposed tasks about the farm, lie ranks among the best of the many excellent farmers in Noble County. Mr. Xohle has lived in three counties — Guernsey, A lor- J gan and Xohle, without moving J from the homestead to which he came in 1812. He was a member of the first board of county commis- sioners elected in Noble Countv in 1851, and has alwavs been an active, public-spirited citizen. In his deal- ings with his fellow men he has j always been found obliging, upright and honest. II is thrift and diligence have gained for him a competence, and throughout his long life he has enjoyed that greatest of human possessions — an unsullied reputation. AH. Xohle was married in 1825 to Rebecca, daughter of Robert Cald- well, a prominent early settler. After more than half a century of happy wedded life, Airs. Xohle quitted the scenes of this earth- ly career in October, 1S7S. Two children were born of this union — Samuel, now a resident of Richland County, AV is., married to Aliranda Ackley, daughter of an early settler of this county; and A [art ha J., now Ah's. James Carr, residing on the homestead. James Oahu, the subject of this notice, was a leading farmer and a prominent and successful business man. James Carr was born in Brooke County. AV. Ya.. in 1824. He was the second child and the oldest son of a family Of eight chil- dren. His father’s name was Joseph Carr and the children were Mary (AV heeler), James, Joseph (who died in West Virginia). Eliza J. (llearld) whose husband died at Pittsburg Landing while in the service of his country; Sarah A. (Kirk), Rarmelia (AATteeler) and Alaria (Alorgareidge). The mother, whose maiden name was Eliza ATcCleaiw, died in 1833, and Mr. Carr afterward married Xancv AVheelcr. by whom he had seven children : Elizabeth, Lemuel X., Ellis C. (deceased), Julia A. (Kwoks), Henrietta (Gallatin). 'Tay- lor and Ethelinda (Balderson). Of NOBLE. the sons, Lemuel, who now lives in Cumberland. ( )hio, was a soldier in the One Hundred and Twenty- second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was a prisoner at Anderson vide for eight months. Ellis was also in the - service and received a wound from a piece of shell. Although he served through the war. lie died immediately after reaching home. The Carr family came to Ohio in 1835, settling in Bristol Township, Morgan County. The father was a farmer, and died in 1878. His widow is still living with two of her chil- dren upon the homestead. James passed his boyhood upon the farm until 1812, when lie started out to make his own way in the world. He went first to Belmont County and thence to Allegheny City, Pa. He remained in Pennsylvania two years, driving through the country selling clocks and "Bee-palaces." In 1S11 he got the “ western fever.” and emi- grated to Iowa and from there to California. He located at Sig- ourney where he was engaged in the mercantile business and the loaning of money, doing a very suc- cessful business. Here, in 1 S 1-7, he married Miss Helen L. Pinkerton, who bore three children. Inez Iowa (deceased); ( 'harles S., who is married and resides in Xelsonville, Athens County ; and 1 lelen S. f Boyd i. Sharon Township. Mr. Carr’s first wife died January 20, I S5G. In 1857 Mr. Carr returned to Ohio, and bought the farm now owned by Mr. Lovell, in Malta Township, Mor- gan Colinly. In the following year he married Miss Martha J. 503 .Noble. They continued to reside in I Morgan County until ISOS, and from that time until his decease made their home with Mrs. Carr’s father, the venerable John Noble. Mr. Carr was prospered admirably in his business relations, his good judgment, courage and tact serving him in good stead. Although he was an invalid for several years before his death, he maintained his native cheerfulness undisturbed. Thankful for the favors which, for- tune granted him, he rejoiced that he was no longer under the necessity of a continual striving after the “al- mighty dollar.” He was one of the prime movers in organizing and se- curing a charter for the Noble County Bank, and was identified with other important home enterprises. lie was a man of good general information, a fluent conversationalist and of agreeable social qualities. He died January 31, 1887, and was buried with Masonic honors. IB.v. Spakrow Nickekson.- — Col. Hugh Nickerson, the father of the venerable pioneer whose name heads this article, was of Irish descent, and was born in Chatham, Barnstable County', Mass., in 1782. He was a man of intelligence and ability, and during the AYar of 1812 commanded a regiment of infantry. I’ lie Nick- I erso.n family at this time were sea- faring people, an occupation to which Mrs. Col. Nickerson was very averse, and fearing that her sons, as they grew up, would resort to that occu- pation for a livelihood, persuaded | her husband to immigrate to Ohio. , In the spring of HI 7 the family, ■ ► ' - fl - 504 HISTORV OF NOlit.K COUNTV, OHIO. consisting of the parents and live children — Mahala, Eliza, Sparrow. Lurana and Joseph — left their native town by vessel for Baltimore, Md.; thence they came by teams across the mountains to Pittsburgh, Pa., where. they embarked on a flat-boat for Marietta. The journey was with- out incident worthy of mention, and on their arrival, the boat was traded for a Chickasaw horse. From Mari- etta they came to Mrs. David Mc- Kee’s, where the family remained un- til a rude cabin was prepared for their reception on the farm now owned by his son, Sparrow. They had to find their way by blazed trees, and lim- ing the winter suffered greatly from exposure and poverty. The cabin was without a chimney, door, loft or floor, and frequently wild animals would come close to the house. Their surroundings were such that had it not been for the mother, who was a resolute woman, the family would undoubtedly have returned to their eastern home. The return of spring brought partial release from pioneer hardships. The father found employment at his trade, that of a carpenter, in Zanesville, and in this way supported his familv and paid for his land. He built for Augustus Hoskins the lirst frame house erected in what is now Noble Township, lie was a man of force and stamina, and identified himself with earlv church history, lie was a Method- ist in belief, and was one of the organizers of the Methodist Protest- ant church, and with others, founded the Brooklield library, which was probably the first in the county. 1 1 is wife, nee Bebeeca Blanchard, was born in Boston, where she lived until her marriage, in 1803. Her children, aside from those above mentioned, were Hugh, Rebecca, Simon and Celestia. The father died in 184-6; liis wife in 1835. Rev. Sparrow Nickerson was born in Chatham, Mass., March 7, 1812. lie was reared on the homestead farm, and being the eldest son, was denied the limited advantages for education afforded by the occasional subscrip- tion schools of that day. but in that other school, in which the teachers are observation and experience, he has been an apt pupil. By extensive reading, aided by a retentive mem- ory. he has acquired a fund, of val- uable knowledge. In political be- lief Mr. Nickerson was originally a AY big, and advocated the election of James G. Birney for President. Next he became a “ Free Boiler, ” and was nominated, in 1S45, for lieutenant- governor of Ohio. On the forma- tion of the Republican party he joined its ranks. He is now, how- ever, a Prohibitionist, and has been the candidate of this party for sen- ator and representative. In ante helium days he was an abolitionist, and on that ticket ran for State treasurer. In 1S50 he was ordained for the ministry, and for two years was a circuit preacher. In 1835 he married Miss Helen Byers ; by this marriage there were three children : Joseph, Thomas and John ; the latter was a member of the Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served through the war. 1 1 is second wife, Miss Betsey lawyer, was born near / ■ ’■ ' NOBLE. St. Albans, Vt.. in 1S1.5, and came to Ohio in 1 SittJ. She is the mother of six children: Elizabeth (Allen). Levi M., Sarah M. (Bell), Simon S. Hannah 11. (Love) and Hugli G. Sarah M. is deceased. Mr.-Nickerson is atypical pioneer, and but few men have attained to a greater share of public esteem than he. He is now enjoying the full fruition of a well-spent life, and in a few more years will leave to his family that priceless legacy, an un- spotted reputation. Cteokge E. Geodes. — This gentle- man, one of the prominent citi- zens of Noble Township, was born in Manchester Township, Morgan County, Ohio. March 0, 1833. His father, James Geddes, was one of the early settlers of this township, was born in Philadelphia County. Pa., in 17SS, moved to Columbiana County, Ohio, about the year ISoo. and from thence to Morgan Countv, Ohio, in 1817. He was of Scotch parentage, and was a soldier of the ’Whir of 1812 with Great Britain. lie served under Gen. "William II. Harrison, and died in 1858. George E., the subject of this nar- rative, stalled in life a poor boy, with poor health, having inherited by nature a very frail constitution. By industry, economy and good bus- iness habits, he has placed himself among the most successful fanners of the county. lie received a good English education, having1 studied surveying and tin1 higher mathe- matics; followed teaching from 185-1 till Js(>2; was elected justice of the peace in Noble Township in 505 1859, and re-elected in 1802. On July 1, 18(13, he was commissioned, by Gov. Todd, captain of Company 11. First Begiment Ohio Militia, and on September J, 1803, was commis- sioned as lieutenant-colonel, by Gov. Todd, of the First Begiment Ohio Militia. In 1878 he was the Green- back candidate for Congress in the Fifteenth Congressional District, composed of the counties Monroe, Morgan, Washington. Athens and Noble. Ills name has frequently been mentioned in connection with offices of trust and responsibility in the county. In 1855 Mr. Geddes was married to Miss Mary A. Brown, a lady of rare good common sense, and of excellent family, but handi- capped, like her husband, with a frail and weak constitution. Her father, Ed ward G. Brown, came from Bhode Island. Two sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. Geddes: James Ken- non and Edmond Burns. James K. married Miss Irene T oung, of Clmnd- lersville, Ohio ; Edmond B. married Miss Effie M. Bummer, of Lowell, Ohio. Both of these young men are surveyors and civil engineers, who have become conspicuous in their profession. George E. was raised and educated a State-rights Demo- crat, but the late civil war. with its threatened disintegration of the l nion, revealed to him the fact, that t he right of a State to withdraw from the Fnionat pleasure, was fatal to a general government. He is now a strong Protectionist, believing it to be the duty of the general Govern- ment to foster, encourage, develop and protect our home industries. ■ ■ 506 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY", OHIO. lie is an extensive reader, well versed in the politics of our country. Progressive in thought, lie stands well abreast in all the political, social and religious reforms of the country. Though raised a Methodist, lie be- lieves strongly in the decrees and or- dinations of God. Socially, Mr. Geddes is gentlemanlv and agree- able. George Alonzo McClure. — George McClure, father of the immediate subject of this biography, was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., in 1823; his father, William McClure, was a soldier in the War of 1812 and his paternal grandfather served in the War of the Revolution. He was a staff officer and distinguished himself in many of the hard-fought engagements of that great struggle. After the war, Congress gave him. in consideration of his service, a tract of land, where Frankfort. Ky., now stands. This land was occupied by squatters, who __ disputed his claim. Serious complications arose and he finally lost the property. William McClure immigrated to Ohio in 1827. and set Med near Gays- port, Muskingum County, where he resided until his decease in ls.87. He was twice married; his first wife was a Miss Anderson; two children were born of this union: George and William. William went to California in an early day; he was a thrifty business man and acquired a large property in real estate. George was : born in Pennsylvania and came to Ohio with his parents. lie was i reared in Muskingum Countv and when a boy entered the emplov of Chapman A Stevens, with whom he l remained several years. In 1817 he came to Iliramsburg and engaged in merchandising under the firm name, Stevens A McClure. The firm did a successful business until 1855 when Mr. Stevens retired. 1 n 1869 he was succeeded by his son. George G. McClure, who has since that time done a highly successful busi- ness. George McClure was a thorough business man and a valuable citizen. He was twice married; his first wife was Miss Susan T. Gibbs. Two chil- dren were born to them: Francis L., who died young, and George Alonzo, lie was born in Iliramsburg, October 13, 1851. He grew up in his father's store, and received a thorough educa- tion in books, and a practical busi- ness education. He is one of the rising young business men of the county, and is highly esteemed not j only for his sterling honesty and business enterprise, but the advanced position he takes on all questions in which the moral Or religious welfare of his community is involved. In politics he is a Prohibitionist, in reli- gion a Methodist. He married, in 1872, Miss Marv B. Davidson, grand- daughter of Philip lhirlingame. a pioneer settler of Rhode Island; they have two sons and three daughters. . ■ 'l CHAPTER XXV. WAYNE. Election — Its Boundaries Described — T.\xi*ay?rs of 1830 — .Tohefii Reeves — John Volumes — Tiie First Permanent Resident of the Town siiip — The Wards — Bryans — Bursons — Yonos — Carpenters — Laws — Richeys — Lowkeys — Men den- iialls and Other Early Settlers — Thompson’s Mill — Early Religious Meet- ings. BEFORE the erection of Noble 1 County, the territory of the present Township of Wayne was included in Biehland. Beaver and Wright Townships, Cuernscy ( 'ounty. It contains four sections belonging to the United States Military Dis- trict, which is all of the military lands in Noble County. The township was .erected by the commissioners of Noble County. May 1, is. Vi, with boundaries de- scribed, as follows : “ Commencing- for the same on the seventh range line at the south- west corner of section 31, in town- ship number S, of range T; thence east along the south line of said township to the southeast corner of the west half of section 25 in said township ; thence north to the cen- ter of sections number 25, 2(>, 27. 2S, 20 and 30 to the north lino of said township; thence west along the north line of said township to the seventh range line; thence south along said seventh range line to the northeast corner of section 20 in the f i ist township of the seventh range of military lands in the Zanesville district; thence west to the north- west corner of section 10, in said I township number 1 and range 1 as aforesaid : thence south to the south- , west corner of section 22, in said township number 1, range 1 on the Ludlow line; thence west along said Ludlow line to the northwest corner of section tj, in township number S of range 8; thence south to the south- west corner of section 7, in said township number 8 and range S; thence east to the southeast corner of section 12, in said township num- ; her S and range 8; thence south along the seventh range line to the place of beginning — containing 25 sections.” On the 3d of March, 1852, by act of the county commissioners, six half sections wore taken from "Wayne and annexed to Beaver Township. -June 19, 1851, the court of com- mon pleas for the County of Noble passed the following order : ‘‘It appearing to the court that the Township of Wayne is a newly set-off township, and that it is with- out any justice of the peace, it is therefore determined bv the court that two will he a suHicient number of justices of the peace for said town ship; and the court do further deter- mine that the voters of said township . 50 S 11JSTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. proceed, on the 12th day of July, 1851, to elect said justices of the peace; and it is further ordered that the clerk of this court forthwith transmit a certified copy of this pro ceeding to the trustees of said town- ship.” . In accordance with this order, an election was held, and Janies Iiich a nd Abner "Williams were chosen the first justices of the township. Rich qualified on the 1st of August, and Williams on the 7th of the same month, 1851. The following owners of real estate within the present Township of Wayne were taxed on the Richland Township duplicate for 1830. This list gives the names of all land own- ers in the first twelve sections of township 8, range 8, at that date: Jesse Rrown, section 8, ICO acres, valued at 8218; Henry Cramer, sec- tion 3, 150-1 acres. 8273 ; Joseph Fin- lev, section 7, 174 acres, 8238; Will- iam Gladden, section 11, 15S acres, 8288; same. 158 acres, 8288: Eliza- beth Hammond, section 11, 158 acres, 8210; John Hague, section 12. 159 acres, §289; John haw. section 11. 80 acres, 8140 ; William how rev, sec- tion 8, 159 acres, 8217; same. 159 acres, §517 ; Thomas haw, section 11,80 acres, 8140; John Mendenhall, section 1, 75 acres, 8102 ; Isaac Men- denhall, section 1, 75 acres, 8102; William Morrison, section 9, 157 .acres, §178; John Millhorn, section 5. 157 acres, 8214 ; same, 1.00 acres, 8137 ; Albert Strong, section 5, SO acres, 8109; Thomas St ranathan, sec- tion 5, so acres, 81o9; Alexander Sprout, section 4, 151 acres. 8270; j same, 1514 acres, 8270; Robert Thompson, section 0. 177 acres, 8403: same, 177 acres, 8403 ; James Thomp- son's heirs, section 8. 100 acres. 8255; • same, section 7, 334 acres. 801, and 100 acres. 8255; William Thompson,. | section 0, 88 acres, 8120; same, sec- i tion 5. 7S acres, 8108. Joseph Reeves was probably the I first white man who made his home • in the northern part of Xoble Coun- 1 tv. He came here near the close of the last century or about the begin- ! ning of the present . He remained but a few years when he was driven out through fear of the Indians. After the country became somewhat, set- ; tied he returned and became a resi- , dent of the township. It is said that he frequently went with the Indians on their hunting expeditions and that he had a personal acquaintance with Tecumseh, who gave him a powder horn; this horn is still inpos- i session of the family. John Vorhies was the first per- manent resident of the township, and, if the date fixed by his descendants is correct, the first in the county. As ; nearlv as can now be determined the date of his settlement with his fami- ly was in 1802. Relocated on land now owned bv Millhorn and others. His children were Aaron, Deborah, Daniel, Isaac. John, William. Eph- raim. Dolly and Susan, all of whom are dead. Aaron and Ephraim were earlv settlers of Seneca Township. Mount Ephraim was named for the latter. In the year 1807 Edward Ward and familv came from Pennsylvania I and settled in this township, lie ' ■ 509 died in 1848 in the eighty -third year of his aire. His widow lived to be ! • j nearl y one hundred years old. "With j them came also their son John and his family. John AVard served in the AVar of 1812 as first lieutenant, j He took several English prisoners near Sandusky, and among them was a silversmith who engraved Air. AVard's name upon the hilt of his | sword. The sword is still in posses- sion of the family. The guard of it is of silver. Air. Ward died in 1818. 11 is son Edward is among the old residents of Seneca Township. An- other son, Joseph, lives in AVood County, Ohio. Cornelius Bryan and his sons, James and John, were among the earliest settlers. John Perry came a little later. Joseph Burson was an early settler and a prominent citizen. It is said that Wayne Township was erected through his influence. Burson had a store upon his farm as early as 1825. lie also had an early grist- mill. “ AVilliam Thompson's mill,” on Seneca Fork of AVill’s Creek, is mentioned in a road petition to the commissioners of Guernsey Coun- ty in 1815, and was probably the earliest mill in the vicinity. He lived on section (!, in the western part of the township. Jacob A oho, whose descendants are still in the county, settled at the j forks ot the creek in 1805. A log house erected by him in that vear is still standing with the date upon it. Hubert Carpenter, son of Joseph Carpenter, an early settler of Seneca , Township, located on Seneca Fork of AV ill's Creek, prior to 1812. John Ferris was among the pioneers. The place on which he settled was afterward occupied by Amos Day. James Law settled in this town- ship about 1809. lie purchased 18o acres. of land, on which he made a good improvement. He died in this township. He was the father of twelve children, who lived to mature years and had families, but only three are now living. David Law, of Beaver Township, manned Alaria, daughter of Amos Day, an early settler. They have six children living. John Hague came to this town- ship as early as 1812, and died here about twenty years later. II is son Joseph is still living. There were still some Indians in the country when the family came. In 1809, Thomas Bichey, with his wife and two children, settled upon ICO acres of land where his son An- drew now lives. Air. Bichey was a native of Ireland, lie first settled in Fayette County, Pa., and thence re- moved to Jefferson Countv, Ohio, lie died in this township at the age of seventy-four years. AVhen he came the entire region was a wilder- ness. He was a leading farmer, and by continually adding to his land, at his decease he owned about six hun- dred acres. He was a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, to which his family also be- longed. Andrew Ttichey was born in Sep- tember, 1821, on the farm where he ■ . 510 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. now resides, lie is a prominent farmer and breeder of sheep. Mr. Richey was married in 1850, to Helen 0. Hammond, of Jefferson County, Ohio. Six children have been born of tin's union : Melville. George M., Charles W.. Carrie, 1 Iarry 13. and Lucerne A. The family are j all connected with some branch of the Methodist church. George Rich- | ey, brother of Andrew, has been a j minister for forty years. William Low rev came from Fay- ! ette County, Pa., in 1810 or 1811, and settled on a half section of land, j where his son. Rev. "William D. Low- j rey, now lives. The family began housekeeping in a cabin without a floor, and with a table made of puncheons. In 1820 Air. Low rey built the house at present occupied by his son. lie was a prominent citizen, and served as justice of the j peace and county commissioner sev- i eral terms, lie was also an elder in the Presbyterian church until 1835, and afterward held the same ollice in the Cumberland 'Presbyterian church. He died in ISO l, at the age of eighty- one years. He was an earnest anti- slavery man ; a "Whig, then a Repub- lican. William 1). Low rey was born De- cember 22. 1815, on the farm where he now lives. Jn early life he taught I school and in 1810 was ordained a j minister of the Cumberland Presby- terian church, and has been in the ministry of that denomination ever since. In 1818 he married Lydia Ann Vernon, of Monroe County; children: Fzbon F., Catharine S., W illiam C., Lydia A. and Tyndall W. John Vorhies, Joseph Reeves and Jacob Yoho, were among the pio- neer settlers of the township. Jacob Yoho built a log barn in 1805, which is still standing, with the date upon it. On one occasion, Daniel and John Vorhies. were out hunting for rac- coons with a dog and axe. They chanced to come across larger game and treed a large bear. One of the boys went to Joseph Reeves after a gun. while the other remained to keep watch of the bear. When the bear saw that lie was guarded only by one boy, he endeavored to descend from the tree. The boy cut a withe, and bv lashing the flanks of the bear succeeded in keeping him treed until his brother returned and shot him. Timothy Bates hunted a good deal in early years. Once he shot a bear, removed the entrails, bent down a sapling and placed the bear upon it. The tree righted itself and the bear assumed a very natural position, looking as though he was alive and rearing upon his hind legs. Joseph Reeves’ girls came across him while hunting for their cows and re- turned home much frightened. Isaac Mendenhall was a pioneer settler. On one occasion he and another hunter were after a buck with dogs, wounded the animal and li nail v got him at bay. To get out of his way Mendenhall climbed a voting tree. The tree was too slender to bear his weight, bent over and threw him upon the neck of the in- furiated animal. lie clung to the deer and threw him down. Finally his companion came to his relief . . WAYNE. 511 and killed the deer. Mendenhall's clothes were nearly torn from his bodv in the struggle, and lie was severely injured. The early religious meetings of the township were held in a double log barn belonging to John Vorhies. An old resident says he has often seen among the congregation half a dozen or more young boys dressed only in a linen shirt. September 3, 1S10. a petition was presented to the commissioners of Guernsey County for a road, "to commence on the headwaters of the Seneca, and thence down the same, by Cornelius Bryan's, Jacob Yoho's, etc., to the town of Cambridge.” Elijah Stevens, John Carpenter and Frederick Miller were appointed viewers, and Elijah Beall surveyor. Hon. Thomas C. Williams, the pres- ent representative of Noble County in the legislature, was born in At' ayne Township, on the farm he now occupies, May 13, lsls. His father, Abner AVilliams, was a native of New Jersey, and one of the early settlers of the county. Ilis mother was a native of Virginia, and was the mother of nine children: Alvin, Lydia B. (I hay), Amy S. (Kin/.ie), Louisa M. (Brill ), Edith G. (Stoneburner), Phebe E. (Stoneburner), Aaron AY, Annie E. and Thomas C. Aaron AY was a member of Company G, Seventy- eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died in Memphis. Tenn. Alvin AY is a farmer of AVayne, and Amv S. and Annie E. are deceased. Thomas 0. was reared on the home- stead farm and received a, thorough common-school education, .lie read law with the intention of making it his life's profession, but the death of his brother necessitated his return to the farm, since which time he has de- voted his energies to agriculture and politics. He has identilied himself with all matters of public import and holds a foremost position among the best citizens of the county. In the legislature he is regarded as an efficient member. He married, in 1870, Miss Mary J., daughter of AVill- iam Henderson, of Guernsey County, Ohio. They have a family of three children. Isaac AT. Hanford, the present clerk of courts of Noble County, is a son of Eli Hanford, and was born near Mount Ephraim, Seneca Town- ship, April 11, 1850. Adverse cir- cumstances gave him only small edu- cational advantages; lie attended the common schools and worked on a farm to pay his expenses. For sev- eral years he was a successful teacher. He then turned his attention to mer- cantile business, and from H8J to 1SS7 was a merchant at Jvennons- burg. He served three years as post- master at Kennonsburg, and was township clerk for six Years. In 18S0 he received the Bepublicah nomina- tion for clerk of courts of Noble County, was elected, and is now dis- charging the duties of that office, lie married Margaret M. Stitts of AVavnc Township. Her father was a soldier in the Enion army in the late war and was killed at Vicks- burg. To Air. and All's. Hanford have been born live children; Carl S., and Charlotte, dead: Clyde E., Birdie May and Eli, living. HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. 512 Charles Arndt came iron) Wash- ington County. Pa,, in ls3G and set- tled near Sarahsville. where he en- tered 1G0 acres of land, to which lie added eighty acres, lie disposed of his farm and removed to Greenwood in 1801, where he died in 1804. lie followed the vocation of a carpenter and cabinet-maker, lie was an ex- emplary man and an elder in the Presbyterian church. David, a son. was born in Pennsylvania in 1831. lie learned the trade of a car- penter, which, in connection with undertaking, he followed many years. 1.S59 he married Betsey, daughter of Edward Ward. They had. four girls and one boy; a daughter, Alice, is a teacher of repu- tation. Texana is a graduate of the deaf and dumb institute of Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Arndt, like his father, is a very reputable citizen. For three ! years be Inis been trustee of the | township. In his religious belief he j is a. Presbyterian, in which he is an elder. 11 is brother was a lieuten- ant in the Eighty-eighth Ohio Volun- teer Infantry, and died from disease contracted hi the service. Charles, j another brother, was a member of ! the Kinetv-first Ohio Volunteer In- I fan try extraction. Abraham Thompson was born in Guernsey County. In 1801 he en- listed in Company 11, Sevent v -eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he sowed until the close of the war. lie was wounded l>v a shot through the leg at Atlanta, and Gen. M. D. Leggett carried him from the field to the hospital, a distance of nearly two miles. Mr. Thompson is almost blind from the effects of dis- ease contracted in the service. John Mile}', a son of one of the Xoble County pioneers, was born in Center Township in 182s. lie is a Republican, a farmer and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. In 1851 lie married Mary Coen, of Seneca Township. Their children are: Martha E., Abraham V. (deceased). Richard B. (deceased), Charles W., and Eva L. George V. Robinson was born in Beaver Township. In 18*11 he en- listed in Company F, Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until July S, 18t>4, when he was dis- charged on account of disability, lie was captured at Chickamauga and held a prisoner at Richmond and Dan- ville for over seven months. The family are of German ' . . 01 [AFTER XX Y I. ELK Elk Township in 1822 — Taxes in Early Years — Original Extent of Territory — Alteration of Boundaries in 1851 — Property-Holders in 1883 — Pioneer Set- tlers— The Davis Family — Frederick Miller — His Eccentricities — The Pryors — The Enochs — Matthew Gray — The Crums — Other Early Settlers — First German Settlers, 18 55 — Thrift and Enterprise— Croitown — IIaiiriktts- yille — The Village Founded by Moses T. Spencer in 1889 — Its Progress and Present Status — Societies — Churches. ] pLK TOWNS FIIP is first men- J tioned upon the records of Mon- roe Comity in the year 1822, when •Isaac Davis was appointed lister. The amount of county levy in the township for that year was *10. In 1828 Matthew Gray was col- lector for the township, and the tax amounted to S15.65. In 1821- the tax was si 1.45; Matthew Rogers, collector. No description of the boundaries of the township is found except in the commissioner's journal for 1836, when they were as follows: Ben-inning1 at the southeast corner of section 13 in township 5 of range 7; thence west four miles; thence north six miles; thence east four miles; then south six miles to the place of beginning. The township, therefore, embraced all of its present territory except t he 1 wo northern and foursouthern sect ions. The t wo north- ern sections came off Franklin Town- ship, and the lour southern ones were taken from Washington Countv. The commissioners of Noble Coun- ty, May 1, 1S5I. alien'd I la1 boun- daries of 17 1 k Township, making t hem as follows : 83 i “Commencing at the southeast corner1 of section IS in township number 1 of range number 7 ; thence north along the section line across township number 5 of range number 7, to the northeast corner of section 13 in township number 6 of range number 7; thence west along the section line to the seventh range line; thence south along the seventh range to the southwest corner of section 36 in township number 1 of range number 7 ; thence east along the section line to the place of beginning — containing 82 sections." This township formerly included sections 25 and 81 of Stock Town- ship, which were transferred to the latter by order of the county com- missioners, March 7, 1851. Moses Spencer was t he first justice of the peace in this township after tin1 erection of Noble County, lie qualified for entering upon the duties of his ofliee August 28, 1S51. From tin1, earliest tax duplicates found on lile in the auditor's ollice in Morgan Countv — those for the year |S88 — the following list of holders of real estate in Elk Town- 3 HISTORY OF NORTH! COUNTY, Oil 10. 514 ship in that year is obtained. This j is, therefore, an authentic record of . nearly all of the pioneer settlers of j the township, together with the number of acres owned by each, and the value of the same in 1833: George Bonar, section 29, 102 acres, 8182; David Bonar, section 28. 102 acres, §182; William Brown, section 23, si acres, §92; Shadrach Burton, section 30, 07 acres, §71; Jesse Dennis, section 32. 139 acres, §139; Enoch Enochs, section 30, 79 acres, §99; Matthew Gray, section 20, 157 acres. §210; James Lloyd and Joseph Rickard, section 32, 189 acres, §175; Frederick Wilier, section 29, 101 acres, §200; Wine Hood, section 35, 110 acres, §182; Isaac Worstel, section 21, 80 acres, §100. Number of acres, 1,152; valuation, §1,781. Among the owners of personal property in the township in 1833 are found the following names, which do not appear on the foregoing list : John Brown, David Crum, Jesse Davis, Kinsey Davis, Isaac Davis, Widow Enochs, Hiram Forshey. John Forshey, John Forshey (2d). Wealthy Ingraham, Francis Miller, George Miller, Michael Martin, John Pryor, Samuel Pryor, Seneca Fletcher. John Bake, Jacob Bake. Janies Sweeny, Moses T. Spencer, Philip Boon, Francis Ferrell, John West, Oliver Ingraham. The total tax of the township was as follows: On real estate, §19.47: on personal property, §21.28; total, §10.75. In the same year Janies Young, on section 13, of township (5, range 7, was taxed for KB acres, valued at §227, in Franklin Township. Prior to 1812 Jesse Davis and family, from Pennsylvania, settled in this township. His children were ca (Mrs. James Sweeny), Bach el (Mrs-. Francis Miller). Polly (Mrs. Emanuel Hupp), Annie (Mrs. Ilcnrv Pryor) and Louisa (Mrs. 'William | Enochs). The fami.lv became scat- tered, and now has but few repre- ! sentatives in the county. Frederick Miller was a veritable pioneer — a backwoodsman and a hunter, lie had served in the Indian War, and had the pioneer’s hatred for the red race. He always wore a hunting shirt, and carried knives at his belt. When he. became too en- feebled to walk, he procured a mule, which he rode for years, lie was very eccentric, and had an unvary- ing price for everything he sold, which, was not regulated bv the mar- ket quotations. Ho always asked thirty-three and one-third cents per bushel for corn, fifty cents per bushel for wheat and a ,Lii’ penny " bit per j pound for meat. He would sell i only to those who needed supplies, and never to a speculator. lie was the father of Francis Miller, who died in this township. Samuel Pryor came to this town- ship at an early date. The Pryors were of German, origin and had lived on Gaptina Greek before coming here. Samuel was the father of Eli- i jah, John, Henry. William, Many ! Nancv, Sarah and Elizabeth. Ilrnr\ is the only survivor. lie lives in Minnesota. William died in this Kl.K. township in 1 SS< ‘> apc-d sixty-eight years. Isaac Pryor settled in this town- ship in 1827, near Uarriettsville. lie was the father of Margaret, Jane. Lila, Maria. John and Howard. John is still living Moses T. Spencer, from Maryland, was one of the most prominent of the early settlers, lie and his broth- er-in-law, Jonas Lovett, lived near Uarriettsville and owned the land on which the town is situated. The town was laid out by Spencer and named for his youngest daughter, lie built a, saw-mill on the creek and afterward a grist-mill, the first in the township. Spencer and Lovett had more means than most of the early settlers. Both were leading Method- ists. The Crums of this township are of German descent. 'William and David Crum were brothers and pio- neer settlers. The Rake and Ingraham families were among the early settlers. None of their descendants are now here. The descendants of Jesse Dennis still live in Noble and Monroe Counties. Enoch Enochs, a brother of Elisha Enochs, the pioneer settler at Carlisle, was among the early settlers of this township. 1 1 is father, Enoch Enochs, Sr., served in the Indian wars and the War of ,1812. He came with his son to this township and died here in 1835. Enoch. Jr., from his eight- eenth vear to middle: age was a keel- boatman and a steamboat hand on the Muskingum and Ohio. lie was a large man physically and a thorough backwoodsman, lie lived j in Noble County until 1 S7s. when he j removed to Tyler County, YV. Ya.. ■where he died in LsSG, at the age of eighty-five. Matthew Gray was the pioneer j settler where Uarriettsville now is. I The log house which he built is still standing. An elk was killed near ; the spot on the day of the raising. This circumstance is said to have giv- en the township its name. Matthew Gray sold out to Moses T. Spencer and removed to I’awpaw Creek. His i son Jesse lived in this township sev- eral years. The first blacksmith shop near Uarriettsville was started by Charles Lloyd in 1835. James Lloyd, from England, en- tered land in this township in 1S30 and in 1832 moved hither with his family. His son Charles, of liar- riettsville, is among the oldest res- ! idents of the township. Charles Lloyd was born in Chesh- ire, England, in 1811. lie came to this country in 1827 and to this town- ship in 1832. In early life he fol- lowed blacksmi thing. lie is an expert and ingenious mechanic and has invented several articles, some of which have been patented. After working at the blacksmith’s trade twenty-one years lie engaged in the mercantile business, which he still follows. In 1837 he married Sarah Booth, of Belmont County, who died in 1885. Six of their nine children are living: John, Thomas, Edward, J. F. M., Hannah and Lydia A. Thomas was county recorder for one term. He married a daughter of Hon. W. il. Frazier. Mr. Llo\d is ' . HISTORY OF Kom.lO COUNTY, OHIO. 510 an Odd Fellow and a. Hinson, also a \ member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Charles Lloyd, of Harriet tsville, j has in his possession the horns of the last deer killed in the township. It was shot by his father, James Lloyd. James Llovd kept the first tavern in the neighborhood of Ilarriettsville. He also sold goods long before there was any store in the village. J Lis wife was a woman of good business qualifications, and she attended to the store. Joseph Fickard, an Englishman, came to the township in 1830. His children, Jacob and Ann. are both dead. Oliver Ingraham lived on the creek above Ilarriettsville in 1830. Hone of his descendants remain. William Ilrown and hisson John lived on section 23, and were prominent Methodists. Shad rack Burton, an early pioneer, left the country years ago. He went to California and it is supposed that he was murdered on his way home. Isaac Worstel lived on the place next above the Lovett farm. IJ’e removed after several years’ residence. As an example of how the pioneer justices of the peace transacted legal business, we give a copy of a receipt found in an early justice's docket. The name of the justice does not ap- pear on the receipt. The document is as follows, I'erbctlun, et literatim: “March the 2-1 — 1828. “Bceecved of Thomas Tavlor Eight Dollars and forty Eightcents it being the remaining llallance of a .Judge- ment against him on my Docket in favor of John Brown. (Signed) “John Brown.” John Forshey was a prominent early settler and for several years served as justice of the peace. Peter -Crow and Silas M. Bon an are among the oldest residents of the township. Adam Crum, a native of Germany, was a soldier in the 'War of the Revo- lution : he was wounded at the bat- tle of Bunker Hill. At the close i of the war he settled in Pennsvlva- i nia, from whence he immigrated to Monroe County, Ohio, in ISOS. Two of his sons. David and 'William, were I pioneers in what is now Elk Town- ship. David married Miss Mary, daughter of Martin Crow, a German, who settled near Carlisle; he had Jive sons and five daughters; the latter were massacred by Indians, an 1 account of which is given in the chapter devoted to Stock Township. David settled in Elk, and is said to have taught the first school in the township and was one of the early trustees. He had seven sons: George, James, Martin, Henry, W illiam. Mi- chael, and David. George married Agatha Roc, and is one of the pros- perous farmers of the township; he has a family of four sons and three daughters: Peter D., J. Martin, 'Will- iam T., George I., Mary E., Louisa J. and Susan V. J. Martin is a prominent young teacher and a very worthy young man. Henry had four sons: William, James, Philo, and Henry, Jr. James is the only one of ) the family living in Elk. William ' ELK. entered land near Fredericlcton and for many years was a magistrate. David Donar, a soldier of the War of 1812 and one of the pioneers of : this township, was born twelve miles above Wheeling, W. Ya., in 17b*;. lie settled four miles above Ilarri- ettsville on land which he entered from government. The country at this time was almost a wilderness. Marietta was the nearest trading point until Summerfield became a ble to supply the demands of the set- tlers. lie took an active part in the politics of the township, and was one of the judges of the first township election, and held nearly all of the township offices. He was an earnest Christian and aided largely in the building of the Road Fork Baptist church. He had a familv of five chil- dren: Silas, Isaac, Vincent, Nancy and Jasper. Silas, the eldest, was born in 1S23, and married in 1815 Miss Freelove A. Grey. lie has always resided on the old homestead and is a worthy citizen; his family of eight children are named as fol- lows: Sarah E., Louisa J., Mary M.. Celestial A., Sylvester W.. George M., Savannah and Albert M. Isaac, the second son of David, was born in 182-1; was twice manned : by his firsl wife, Miss Ellen Jones, he had four children: Olive, Florence, Isaac W. and Marv O. Isaac removed to Kan- sas. In 1810 he went to California, “sailing round the horn.'’ I > v occu- pation he is a teacher and farmer. Vincent Ronar was born in 1825 and died in 1880. He married Margaret i Hardy in 1851 ; she died in I 857. Of a family of four, onl\ one, Elizabeth, I is now living. In 1800 he was again married, to Emih Brown, by whom he had eight children: Ilenrv S., Nancy A., Jesse, Charles, Mary, Adoniram J.. John NI , and Laura Ik Vincent was one of the leading citizens of the township, holding all of the offices in the gift of his fellow citizens. - He built the Iload Fork Baptist church. He was a prosperous farmer and always resided on the homestead farm. Ills wife owns the residence and is an excellent Christian lady and an efficient Sabbath-school worker. She was the daughter of Hon. Jesse Brown and Elizabeth Brown, of Monroe County, Ohio. Nancy Bonar was born in 1833 and married Albert Rogers in 1850. She moved to Iowa in 1865, thence to Missouri in 1800, where she now re- sides. They have seven children : Francis, Margaret Ik, Newton R.. Otto C., James, Lydia J., and David. Jasper was born in 1835, and married Mary Leonard, of Marietta, in 1805, and moved to Fulton County. Orig- inally he was a teacher, but is now a prosperous farmer. lie has a family of three children : Albert, Tilla and Belle. The first and last named arc graduates of Granville College. There were few settlers in the township in 1S30, and of the few families then here, scarcely a half dozen have any representatives now. The growth of the township was very slow until 1830. Since that date many Germans have come in, and their enterprise and industry have added largely to the wealth of the township and the development of the countrv. Over one-third of i ■ ■ . HISTORY OF NOIU.K COUN'l'Y, OHIO. 518 the inhabitants of Elk are either Ger- man or of German descent. John llowald is said to have been the iirst German settler of the town- ship, not including ” Pennsylvania Dutch.” He was not properly a German, but a native of Switzer- land, as was also Jacob Ilohrer, who came soon after. Jlowald obtained a title to his land in 1830, buying from "William Cantwell. Ke lived on L. L. Lovett’s present farm. 1 low- aid came to Pittsburgh in 1826; thence to Captina and this township, lie died in 1864. He was a wagon- maker by trade. It is said that he brought the iirst 'wagon into the township. The names of his children were Mary (Lindewood), Jeremiah, John, Joseph and Louisa (Lovett), all living except Mary. John llowakl and Jacob Hohrer have already been mentioned among the first German settlers of the township. They were followed with- in a few years by Leonard Schenck, C. Siebach. Adam Helm, Michael l'eltner, from Pavaria ; Peter Gruber, from Prussia; the Uldmans, from Alsace; Christian Eppler. from Sax- ony, and John and Henry Weppler. all of whom are now dead. Is earl v all have descendants in the township. Almost all these early comers were Protestants. John Smithberger, a Prussian, who came in 1842, was the first German Catholic. Since 1S50 (he Catholic population has been largely increased by immigrants from Pavaria, Hesse Cassel and other Ger- man provinces. The. Germans were attracted to this township by the cheap lands. much still remaining unentered at the time of the first arrivals. IN’ earl v' all came from cities, a large number from Pittsburgh, having been in the country long enough to make a little money and learn something of the English language. Thev were all poor at the start, and it was only by the practice of the most rigid econo- my that they were able to pay for their small farms — generally forty acres each — of unimproved land. But time and industry soon added to their possessions : all made a living and some became wealthy. As an example of German pluck and perseverance, let us take the case of John Smithberger. He came to America in 1840 and resided for a time in Pittsburgh. In 1841 he ■went to Marietta to enter the land on which his son, William Smithberger, Esq., now lives. Finding that the land office had been moved to Chillicothe, he set off for that place on foot, secured his pat- ent and returned to Pittsburgh. In 1842 he moved with his family to Elk Township. He planted his Iirst corn on a small clearing in the j woods, preparing the ground with a mattock, as he had no plough. Many times he carried a half bushel of corn on his shoulders three miles, to have it ground at a neighbor's hand-mill, i Mr. Smithberger died in 1859. Three sons and three daughters came to this township with him. the sons and one daughter being unmarried. The names of these children were John, Peter, William. Elizabeth (Long), Catharine (Ilothfuchs) and I Margaret (Most). . William Smithbergcr, Esq., is one of the leading business men and most prominent citizens of the town- ship. He was born in Prussia, in 1825, and came to America with his father’s family in 1840. ITe came to Elk Township in 1812 and remained one year, lie then went back to Pittsburgh, learned the machinist's trade, and followed it five years. He next engaged in the mercantile business in Pittsburgh. In 1 >53 he returned to this township, where he has since resided. He has been a successful farmer, and since 1874 has been in the mercantile business. In 1 SCI he began buying and packing tobacco, which business he still fol- lows. lie has held the office of jus- tice of the peace since 185s _ which is sufficient proof of the high esteem in which he is held by the citizens of the township. He is a leading Catholic and donated the lot and built St. Henry's church. Mr. Smith- berger was married in Pittsburg]), in 184'd, to Theresa Fauth. They have reared a family of eight sons and four daughters, all of whom are still living. John AY. Evans, a native of AYest Virginia, removed from Monongalia County, in that State, to what is now Elk Township, Noble County, in 1S3C. lie was born in I “DO and died in 1S74. 1 1 is wife, Nancy, born in Maryland, in 4 70S, died in 1870. AVhen the family came their neigh- bors were few and far apart. It was a common thing for a settler to go live or six miles to assist a new- comer in raising his cabin. Corn- meal was made bv menus of a. crater oi’ else with a hand-mill, there being few mills of any importance nearer than the Muskingum Piver. People were often for weeks without bread- stuff of any kind in their houses, living on potatoes, pumpkins and roasted ears. There was little mar- ket for any kind of produce. Mr. Evans carried his wheat to Marietta on horseback and sold it for fifty cents per bushel. AVheat was thrashed with a flail and winnowed by hand. Dressed pork brought only 82. 50 per hundred pounds. Squirrels, wild turkeys and raccoons and sometimes deer, made fearful work in the corn- field. which had to be watched con- stantly in order to secure a crop. Flour was only used on rare occa- sions. Dudley Evans, still a resident of the township, was born in Marion County, AY. Va.. January 23, 18:34, and has a vivid recollection of pio- neer days. He received his first schooling in a log cabin with greased paper windows, one end of the house entirely occupied by a huge fire- place. In his early years he followed school-teaching. Mr. Evans has served as township assessor several terms. Andrew Ilolschuh. one of the early German settlers, was born in Hesse Darmstadt, January 3, 1>12. lie came to America in 1828. and to Elk Township in 1839. He died in 1882. II is wife, nee Sophia Schenk, whom he married in 1837, came to this country with her parents in 1833. AY hen Mr. Ilolschuh came to the township, the country was still new and very wild, lie sometimes went I fifteen or twenty miles to mill, and ■ ' HISTORY OF NOIH.K COUNTY, OHIO. 520 ten miles to a store. Often lie was called to assist in raising cabins five or six miles distant. Living was I very frugal, and at times the family ! subsisted for several days without i bread, eating potatoes, roast in g-ears and pumpkins. Mr. IJolschuh was a Lutheran, and one of the founders of that church in this section of the county. 1 Lis son, Adam Ilolschuh. at present one of the township trus- tees, was born May 7, 1855, and is a farmer and a 'prominent member of the Lutheran congregation. In 1883 he married Caroline, daughter of Jacob Ullman.one of the pioneers of the township. They have two chil- dren— a son and a daughter. "William Masters came from Guernsey County in 18-15, and set- tled on an unimproved farm. It is said that he drove the first four-horse team that, ever came down the Last Fork of Duck Creek, from Carlisle 1 to 1 1 arriettsvil le. The wagon was a j covered one, with a Jersey bed. and attracted great attention, many hav- i ing never seen anything of the kind before. The settlors, after viewing the wagon to their entire satisfac- tion, assisted Mr. Masters in opening j a road from Ilarriettsville to Master- ton, Monroe County. This was in the year 1837. William Masters died in 1S53. 11 is son Diehard is still a resident of the township. Diehard Masters was horn in Guernsey Coun- ty, May 11, 1829. and is a farmer In- occupation. August 15, 1802. lie en- listed in Company K, Ninety-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served until mustered out June 10, ; 1805. lie has held the oilices of i | class-leader and trustee of the Meth- odist Episcopal church. Isaac Pryor came from Belmont County to this township quite earlv, and remained here until his decease, in 1800. John Pryor, born in Bel- mont County in 1815, came to this township at the same time. lie has been a deacon in the Baptist church. He married Elizabeth Cousins in 1S-J9, and is the father of nine chil- dren. seven of whom are living. J. C. Wernecke is one of the most prominent and successful business men of the county. lie came to Har- rietsville in 18-1-9. In the fall of that vear he engaged in the mercan- tile business in which he still contin- ues. In 1850 lie purchased 10u acres of land adjoining the village, on which he has since laid out an addi- tion to Ilarriettsville, which he has built up quite extensively. lie is one of the largest tobacco merchants in the county and has the leading gen- eral store in Ilarriettsville. carrying a much greater variety and a much larger stock than is usually found in countrv stores. Mr. Wernecke has alwavs given a hearty support to edu- cational and religious interests, and is a leading member of the Lutheran church. John N. Van Lessen, son of John Van Lessen, was horn in Belmont County in ISJO, came to this county with 1) is parents in 18-1-1 and has re- sided here ever since. His father entered land in Stock Township, lie reared six children, live of whom are now living. J. N. Van Lessen entered the Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer 1 nfantrv in ( )ctoher, 1 802, and served . ET.K. 521 about eleven months. March 2. 1865, lie enlisted in the One Hundred and Ninety-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged Octo- ber 4, 1S(J5. He participated in the Vicksburg campaign and other noted movements. He is a thrifty farmer, and has served as township trustee for eleven years. He mar- ried, first, Rebecca Barnes ; and, sec- ond, Mrs. Catharine "White (nc<- Mor- rison). Two children were born of the first marriage and ten of the second. Lloyd L. Lovett, one of the prom- inent farmers and best citizens of Elk Township, was born in Alle- gheny County, Md., February 10, 1S3T, and came to this township in 1854. lie located on the farm of John Howald, the German pioneer, whose daughter, Mary Ann Louisa, he married in 1856. He has resided on this farm ever since, and has ad- ded to the old homestead until he now has 352 acres of good land. Mr. Lovett is the father of eight children: Carey E. (Rote), Lola N. (Kirchner), Elmer E., John '1'., Will- iam E., Mary A., Ernest S. and Nel- lie R. Mr. Lovett has served as township trustee four terms, lie is a leading member of the Methodist Episcopal church and has served as trustee and steward of that organ- ization for twenty years. Nelson C. Lovett, son of John Lovett, was born in Allegheny County, Md., in 1840. and came to this county in |S57. In ls(!0 lie married Cynthia S. 1 1 allet t , of Wash- ington County. They have one child, a (laughter. Mr. Lovett enlist- ed in June, 1861, in the Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged in December, J S62, from disability caused by a wound, lie was in many severe engagements. After being wounded at the second battle of Rail Run, he was captured and paroled, lie was left on the field two days without -food or care and was two days more in the ambulance before reaching the hospital at A lex- andria, Va , where lie could receive treatment. He was among the best of the many brave soldiers furnished by Noble ( Vanity. Pete)' Crow is a son of Martin Crow, a pioneer prominently men- tioned in the history of Stock Town- ship. lie was born in that township November 6, 1814, and has followed fanning. In 1835 he married Sarah, daughter of Samuel Pryor. Their children were Sarah, Samuel, George W., William II., John WV and Francis M., of whom . onlv George and William are living, the former in Michigan and the latter in this town- ship. Peter Crow settled on his present farm when it was entirely unimproved. He at first bought a piece of land f< r 8100 and afterward entered 160 acres at government price. He now has a good and well- improved farm. He has served as township trustee, assessor and land appraiser, and has been a leading member of the Methodist Episcopal church for many vcars. lie was married the second time in 1868 to Mrs. Mary Dye, >u<‘ McPherson. John Lee. Sr., was born at **Cas- sel on the Fulda," Germany, in 1 788. In 1836 the I'amilv embarked for ■ HISTORY 01’ .NOH L1C COUNTY, OHIO. 522 America and after an uneventful voyage landed' in Baltimore, Md.; thence they moved by teams to i Pittsburgh, Pa., where he and three of his sons found employment in a j glass factory. In 1830 they came to what is now Elk Township, where the elder Lee located a quarter sec- tion of land one half mile northeast of the village of Ilarriettsville, where he I resided until his decease in 1871. He was a thrifty farmer and a valued citizen. His wife, nee Martha A. Braham, whom he married in 1SJ7, died in 1852, at the age of eighty-three. Their children were Henry A., John, Christian, Barbara, Benjamin and ’William. Henry, the elder was born in Braden burg, Her- j many, in ISIS. He followed the fortunes of the family, and in 1S40 married Miss Elizabeth Enochs, daughter of the pioneer whose history is given elsewhere. Twelve children were the result of this union : "William, Louisa, John, Martha, Frederick, Mary, Bussed, Sarah, Henry'll., Hannah E.. Edgar Earl wine and Albert S. lie is a prosperous farmer and one of the most extensive tobacco growers in this region. William, son of llenrv Lee, was born in 1841, and married Jane Carmichael in 1S<>4. Their children are Arminda C., Ellsworth, Columbus, Emerson B., Marv E . Billa A., Wilbert, Evert, William, Floyd and Clarence. William is one of the prominent citizens of the township and is a large tobacco grower. Louisa was born in 1S-12, married Thomas Pvles, who at the age of sixteen entered the service as a member of the Kinetv-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infant- ry. Their children are William II., W esley, Minnie. Mary, Xancy, Martha, George, Thomas, Arthur and Bertha. They reside in West Virginia. Martha Lee became Mrs. Frank Shaffer. He died in 18S4. He was a soldier in the late war. Frederick Lee is a resident of Ritchie County. W. Va. 1 fe married, in 1ST!), Miss Mary A. llaught. They have seven children : Verne, Henry 1)., Alverdc, Clinton T., George AY., Preston and Dessie. Mary Lee married William, son of the pioneer, Frederick Miller. Their children are Arthur W.. Ada M., Ilarkass and John. The children of Russell Lee and his wife, Caroline (Miller) — are Lily, Wesley, Willard, Francis, Alberteen, Martha and Kora P>. He resides on the old homestead. Sarah Lee became Mrs. Philetus Miller. Their children are Winona, Tunny, Mary, As cl I ie and llenrv W. Henry II., one of the rising young farmers of Jackson County, W. Va., married Flora A. Thompson. Their children were Hebert, Walter and Henry. Hannah E. married W. J. Kelby. They have one child, Sheila. Albert S.. young- est child of Henry Lee, is a promis- ing vounu' teacher and bids fair to become a useful citizen. Martha Lee, daughter of John Lee, Sr., was born in 1820. She manned Charles Huffman and reared a family of eleven: Margaret (died in lsito), Martha (Williams), Barbara (died, 1S50), John W., Frank, James B., Miles S. (died in 188'i), Bovina B. . ' \ - (Morris), lMiilo T., Allen (died in 1 s T A ) and Ernest. Edgar Earlwine Lee was born near Ilarriettsville, Ohio, in 1 S ( > 1 . lie re- ceived an academical education, and at the aye of eighteen began teach- ing' and is one of the prominent teachers of the county. Me takes an active interest in political matters and is at this time (1S87) clei’k of the township. lie is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and an efficient Sabbath school worker. In 1880 he was married to Miss Mannie A., daughter of Vin- cent and Emily Ilonar. Mis future is full of bright promises. James Carmichael, merchant at Cfumtown, was born in Monroe County, August 11, 1833. II is father and grandfather were both early settlers in that county, near Stafford. The latter. James Car- michael by name, was the son of a Revolutionary soldier; he was a prominent citizen, a justice of the peace and a local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal church. Sam- uel L., the father of the subject of this notice, was born in Virginia and came to Ohio with his parents about 1820. lie is now a resident of Elk Township, and is eightv-thrce years of age. For some years he was engaged in the mercantile business with his son. James began the mer- cantile business in Crumtown in ls(!3, with a capital of Sbo. Me has since erected a good store and does a prosperous business, lie was mar- ried in 1853 to Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Richey, of this county. Solomon and Elizabeth Murrey came to I’elmont County, about 1811. The wife died in that county in 1889. In 1817 the father removed to Franklin Township, in Monroe County, where he died two years later. Of the family of four sons and two daughters, only two sons survive. One of 1 lie sons, James L. Murrey, is a prominent farmer of Elk Township, lie was born in Rel- mont County in 182G, and was brought up amid the scenes of pio- neer life. In the winter of 1818-1) he taught school, and for twelve succes- sive Arbiters followed the same occu- pation. excepting in 1853-1 when he was in the "West. In 1855 lie mar- ried Margaret Sill, and settled on a part of his present farm. Mr. Mur- rey served one term as justice of the pence. He has been class-leader of Mt. Tabor Methodist Episcopal church over twenty years. IV. G. Williams was born in I’el- mont County in 183(1. lie has fol- lowed milling and farming, lie en- listed in the Twenty -seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in July, 18G1, served three years, then re-enlisted in the same regiment, and was mus- tered out in J illy, 18G5. At Atlanta he was wounded in the arm. lie has served as township clerk and trustee. Sebastian Shafer, born in Ger- many in 182-1, came to America in 1 817, landing in New York April 15. After working a year at mining in Pennsylvania, he came to Ohio, and thence to Noble County, where he engaged in wagon-making, which trade he slill follows, lie sent to Germany for his brothers, Charles . ■ ' HISTORY OF XOBMC COUNTY. OHIO. 524 and Christian, and liis sister, Caroline, who came to this country in 1853. In J 8-114 lie married Barbara., daugh- ter of John Lee, of this county. Their children are 'William II.. Freder- ick, Martha L. (died in 1STS, aged twenty-six), John. Alexander, Me- linda, Lydia, George B. M. and Hammond O. "William IT., born in 1850. followed the wagon-maker’s trade and carpentry for some time, but for the past twelve years has been engaged in boot and shoe making, and is at present the lead- ing man in Harriettsville in that busi- ness. lie married Lucinda Eppler. They have live children, born as fol- lows : Arthur L.. September 19. 1ST5 ; Ora O., March 2s, 1 STS ; Augusta 0., December 28, 1879; llenry I.. Sep- tember 17, 18s 1 ; Myrtle L., March 7, 1883. Frederick, the second son of Sebastian Shafer, married Mary F. Bowlinger; John married Sarah M. Eppler; Alexander married Margaret Huffman ; Melinda is the wife of John Crow; Lydia married AT. M. Alar- tin, son of Dr. AT. G. Martin. Se- bastian Shafer has served as town- ship trustee, and as trustee and pres- ident of the Lutheran church. lie was school director for fifteen years, and is an earnest friend of religion and education. Eredericktown, or Crumtown, is a village of a f< ov houses in the north- ern part of the township. The first store was kept by “Deb” Alott as early as 1854. Mott was succeeded by a man named lleidieheim- er. Both were tobacco merchants. James Carmichael is the present merchant. The village was laid out on the land of ATilliam Crum, a prominent citizen and justice of the peace for many years. The place was named for Frederick Miller. Elk is the I name of the postoliice. Eredericktown was laid out as a village Afay 8. 1854. The plat, con- sisting of nineteen lots, was made by i Charles Burlingame, county survey - ; or. for ATilliam Crum, the pro- prietor. Its location is in the north- west quarter of section 29. of town ship 5, range 7. On the county seat removal ques- tion. Elk cast her influence in favor of Caldwell and virtually decided the contest. The Sarahsville adherents disputed the vote, and said more bal- lots were returned than there were voters in the township. Affidavits were procured from every school district, certifying to the number of I qualified electors, and the honor of Elk was triumphantly vindicated. James Alitchell. now of Jefferson Township, was then justice of the j peace and performea effective service in the interests of Caldwell. ILvkrikttsyi i.i.k. Harriettsville is an old and pleas- antly situated village on the East Fork of Duck Creek. It. has long : been a trading point of importance and its merchants are still enterpris- ! ing and progressive. The village was laid out by Aloses T. Spencer in ls39 and c<>. sisted of twenty-three lots upon two streets. The survev was made bv Mitehel At- kinson. surveyor of Alonrne County. November 5. 1870, J. ( '. A\ ernecke s . . i:r,K. addition was surveyed by David .Mill- er. This addition consists of twenty- one lots, lying- north of the original plat. The village was named for Moses T. Spencer's daughter Harriet, who was the first postmistress. The first- house was built by .Job Smith on the lot now occupied by Herman AVer- necke. This was a frame building. Smith erected the house, hoping to induce a shoemaker to come here and locate, but did not succeed. Joseph Matt- and David Slack, do- ing business under the lirm name of Slack. Watt A: Co., started the first store about 1 s 15. in one end of the present building of J. ('. AVerneckeA Son. They also dealt in tobacco. They failed after a few years and in 1840 were succeeded by J. C. Wer- necke, who has continued business ever since. During the lirst ten years of the village the population grew to about a dozen families. In 1840 David Slack kept hotel where W. T. Died enharn's store now stands. Later Uhlman A Drooks opened a store there. Thcv were succeeded by Richard C. Miles. Miles A Oblinger. R. C. Miles. Miles M Diedenharn and AY. T. Diedenharn. A great t|iian- ti tv of tobacco has been packed annually over since the village was begun. Two J'rcnehmcn, names unknown, were among the early settlers of the place. ( >ne was a shoemaker and the other a hatter. < hie. in attempt in"’ to cross tin' crt*ek on tin* ice, O broke l h rough ; the ot her attempt ccl to rescue him, and both were 525 1 drowned. This took- place at the upper end of the village. 1 1 a rriett sville contains at present 130 inhabitants. The business men of the place are as follows: General merchants and tobacco packers: -1. C. AYernecke A Son. AV. T. Diedenharn. Grocer and druggist: Charles Lloyd. Druggist : Samuel Cooley. Hotel-keeper: C. F. Shafer. Saw-mill and grist-mill: Lee A AVilson. Blacksmiths: Myers A Pry or. Harness-maker: Herman Kirchner. Shoemakers: Henry Shafer, Au- gust Voigt. 1 tD O Physicians: A. Martin, J. AY. Drock, J. If. AVilliams. 01)0 FKLI.OWS. Noble Lodye. — Xoble Lodge, No. | 503, JJarricttsville, Ohio, wasinstitu- . ted December 4. 1 STD. with the fol- lowing charter members: Dr. William G. Martin. G. A. AVilson. C. F. Shafer, Herman Kirchner, L. L. Lovett, Samuel Cooley ( ,’harles IJovd, 11. Schenck, (4. AV. True. Sebastian Shafer, and Edward Pvles. The present membership is twent v-seven ; value of lodge property, 8572.20; present oflicers : Dr. J. AV. Brock. Xoble G rand ; C. II. Lee, Y iee-( 1 rand ; Lewis Darker, treasurer; G. 11. AYeck backer, recording secretary ; •lohn Darker, permanent secretary. CIIIKCUKS. J\l < / bod f.v/ I'.joxeotud ( 7/ Htu'h. — A class was organized in the vicinilx of Ha rriet t sville as earl v as 1S32. Moses T. Spencer and donas Lovett with ' HISTORY OH NOB LK COUNTY, OHIO. 5 20 their families were leading members. Jonas Lovett was class-leader from the organization until his death (1808). Meetings were held in a log school-house near Uarriettsville until 1858, when a new school-house was built. In 1809 the present church was completed and dedicated in the month of February. The building cost about si, 100. The present mem- bership is about fifty. The Methodist Episcopal church near Crumtown was organized under t he leadership of Peter Crow. The first church erected was in 1830, of hewed 'logs, with a log pulpit and a plank floor. Mordecai Bishop was sent as a missionary the following year. 1C o further data ha ve been fur- nished. Catholic. — St. Henry’s church, Roman Catholic, is located in Elk Township, two miles east of I Iarrietls- ville. The congregation was organ- ized in 1808, and in the same year, through the efforts of William Sinith- berger, Esq., the society was supplied with a frame church edifice 25x4-0 feet, and which cost 81,800. The original members were "William Smithberger, John Smithberger. Da- vid Burkhart, Jacob Lang, Si'., .Jacob Lang, Jr., and John llerbst. Prior to the formation of this church the Catholic families of the neighborhood — about a half dozen in all— were occasional! v visited bv the resident priest at Fulda. Of late the congre- gation has greatly increased and the present membership is forty-five fam- ilies or about three hundred souls. There are seventv-fi ve Sabbath schol- ars. For ten Years a Catholic school has been connected with the church. The school is taught during six months of the vear and instruction is given both in German and in English All of the members of the church are either Germans or of German de- scent. The resident pastors have been as follow's: Rev. E. L. Fladung, Rev. L. Grimmer. Rev. John M. Ryan, Rev. L. Ac wm ever and Rev. John B. Gaudier, the present pastor. The priest of this congregation also has charge of the church at Hol- man’s, in Washington Countv, about fifteen miles distant. A new church will soon be built at St. Henry's, as the present is too small for the large and growing congregation. B apt Ah— Road fork Bn pt i st c hureh. near Elk Postoffice, was organized in November, 1857, bv John Abies, J. D. Rilev, Henry Lyons and Rev. Mr. Mattock. The first deacons were Thomas Lenington, "William McPeek and Isaac \Y. Bonar. Ffist members: David Bonar, Silas Mc- Bonar, David Tripp, James Crum and John Skinner. The congrega- tion worshiped for two years in the district school-house, and in 1859 erected a frame church, 30x42 feet, at a cost of 8800. The build- ing has since been repaired and improved by the addition of a good bell, an iron roof, etc. The membership is sixty-five, and the average number of Sabbath school scholars slightly larger. The pastors have been Revs, llenrv Lvons, John Sleplecns, John Covert, William Mc- Peek, Nathan Crook’s, Mungo Tavlor and J . L. ( 'uuningham. St. 'Johns /icn njcl teal ('hureh. — Tit.K. TJ us congregation was organized in 1842, with the following members: Leonhard Schenk, Michael Sebaeh. John Ilowald. Jacob Rohrer, Chris- tian Epler, Henry Enoch, Michael Eshelman, Peter Gruber, Peter Ilart- wich, Andrew llolschuh. John Lee and Henry Neuhart. The lirst church building was a log structure, built in 1842. The present church was erected in 1857, and is a frame structure 30x4o feet. The lirst pas- tor was Rev. Schreiner, succeeded by Pevs. Turner, Uirsch, Z wicker, Buesser, Rosencrans and others. Present membership, seventy. Sab- bath school attendance about ninety. BIOGRAPHICAL. J. C. W krneckk, son of Diedi'ich Ilenry and Frederica Charlotta Liza- beta (Galbernagle) Wernecke, was born in \rorden by Osnabruck, king- dom of Hanover, Germany, Decem- ber G, 1818. and was educated in the common schools ( Volkschule). At the age of fourteen his ambition was to become a professional teacher, and to obtain the means necessary to prosecute his studies he taught the small scholars, ranging in their ages from six to ten years. He was thus enabled to obtain private instruction in music and other branches not taught in the common schools at that time. At the age of eighteen he passed a successful examination and was licensed to teach. Shortly after, a teacher in the seminary re- ceived an injury to one of his eyes, and had to give up his place. Mr. Wernecke was invited to lill the vacant chair. Upon inquiry he ! found that he must take charge of nearly 150 pupils. This was a responsibility he did not like to assume, and as many of his friends were preparing to emigrate to 1 America, he decided to cast his lot with theirs and try what fortunes or misfortunes the New World had in store for him. He accordingly left Germany in May, 18:17, and reached Xrew York in July. In August of the same year he went to Savannah, Ola. A short time after his arrival at Savannah he was pros- trated by fever, from which he did not recover until the following March. In May of 1S38 he returned to X e w York, remaining a few da vs in the city. He took a trip up the Hudson to Ilondout. At Roscndale he got employment in a cement quarry, where lie remained till the spring of 1839, when the company employing him suspended, and he was thrown out of employment. By the advice of a friend in Balti- more, Md., he left New York and went to that city. From Baltimore, in company with Judge John Daven- port, he came to Barnesville, Ohio. 1 Finding no employment here, he visited J. F. Bidenhorn at Malaga, Monroe County, Ohio. Ho had known Mr. Bidenhorn in Germany. “At this time,” says Mr. 'Wernecke, ! “I had barely fifty cents in the world.” Here he attended an En- glish school for a few months, then entered J. F. Bidenhorn's tobacco house. The next year ho was so j fortunate as to obtain a situation in * a store as a clerk. He was taken in j as a partner in HIT. In Ma\ of ■ IK 528 HISTORY OF NOR 18J-9 lie married Mrs. Sarah Nep- tune, daughter of Albert and Sarah Lambert. She died in 1858. Five children were born to them, two of whom died in infancy. The others are Herman A., who married Alber- tine Weilitz, and is in business with his father at Ilarriettsville ; Charles T. married Jane Finney, and resides in Montana, and William G. married Hester Dickison, and lives in Ilar- riettsville. In the fall of 18-19 he formed a partnership with Theodore Bening- haus, and moved to Ilarriettsville, Noble County, Ohio, where lie con- tinues to reside with his youngest son. Tn I85S Mr. Beninghaus died, after which he set up in business for himself. In 1852 or 1853 Mr. Conrad Shank- burg came from the city of New York to cleric for Mr. AMernecke. lie married Lydia Jane Neptune, the stepdaughter of Mr. AWrnecke, by whom he had three children: Al- bert, Rupert and Frantz. In 1873 Mr. Shankburg took his two oldest sons to Germany to be educated there. Albert is still at Heidelberg, studying medicine. Rupert came home in 1880. The two youngest sons are now with their father. Airs. Shankburg died in 1872. Jn 1880 Air. Shankburg left Mr. Wernecke, with whom he had been in business for several years, and went to Ala- rietta, Ohio, and engaged in the wholesale grocerv trade, and later to Sioux Oitv, Iowa, where he has a prosperous business. * Air. AVornecke married, in 1800, Mrs. Temperance Ogle, daughter of :.F COUNTY, OHIO. ' ] Butler and Chloe Wells, who died January 19, 1885. By this marriage lie had one daughter, wife of A. AY. Sutton : she resides in Kentucky. Air. AVernecke has 205 acres of line agricultural and 'pasture lands near the town of Ilarriettsville. He has a large and convenient store room in town, filled with a line assortment of merchandise, and in addition to j his line family residence owns several ; houses and lots. He has handled every year, since 1819, 250 hogsheads ! of tobacco, and has on hand now : (April, 1SS7) some twenty thousand dollars’ worth. In 1870 he laid out the addition to the town of Ilarrietts- ville, improving the town very much. He was postmaster from 185(1 to 1880. He was an old-line Whig until the organization of the Repub- lican party, with which he affiliated, and with which he has acted ever since. lie has long been connected with the Lutheran church, and con- tributed hugely in building the Ger- man Lutheran church near Ilarrietts- ville, of which he has been secretary and a member of the financial board of the societv. lie has been school director also, and treasurer of the township for a number of years. IBs life has been a busy and useful one; by industry and economy he has acquired much wealth. In his varied I business transactions he has assoc i- j ated with men of all classes, yet no i man is more highly esteemed for his I integrity and correct business habits ' than he. AVii.i.tam Smith iskuokr was born in the Rhine province of Prussia, Sep- tember 12, 1825. lie was the young- KI.K. estchild of Johannes and Anna Maria i Smithbcrger. lie had three broth- ers: Nicholas, John and Peter, and three sisters: Elizabeth, Catharine and Margaret. .1 Lis mother died when he was six years old. In IStO his father emigrated to the United States. All the children, except Nicholas, came with him. They came to Pittsburgh about the 1st of August, William being at this time fourteen years of age. In the same year he was apprenticed by his father for a term of three years to James and John Smith, machinists, of Pitts- burgh; after serving about nine months he learned that a machinist must have considerable capital to set up a' shop of his own ; that there were other trades fully as lucrative and which required much less capital ; he therefore engaged with a cabinet- maker, who failed seven weeks after, his employes losing their wages. In the meantime his father lmd charge of a flock of sheep belonging to a Mr. Spriggs, who had a slave plantation near Wheeling, W. Va. William vis- ited his father, who advised him to go to Elk Township, Monroe County, Ohio, at which place his father owned eighty acres of land, which he had entered some time be- fore at the government land cilice. The following spring he came to Ohio, as did his father, brother John and a sister. William helped to fell the first, tree and assisted in build- ing a dwelling-house; “then came hard times,’’ savs Mr. Smithbcrger. “Profiler John and 1 often carried a hall bushel of corn l<> a mill located three! miles from us, and ground it 31 529 bv hand. In our straitened circum- stances corn bread was a luxury.” During the first year on the farm, John married, and William, not lik- ing the rough life afforded bv the backwoods, begged his father to allow him to go hack to Pittsburgh; ■permission being granted, he engaged in the city with Manner Dennie. as gardener. One dav, while walking along the street, he met his old boss of the machine-shop, to whom he had been apprenticed, and endeavored to pass him without attracting his no- tice ; but it seems t he recognition was mutual, for coming up he accosted j William, inquiring where he had been and what he was doing. Will- iam made a clean breast of it, re- counted his wanderings and hard- ships, and finally consented, after many solicitations, to go back to the shop; here he remained till lhLT. In the spring of 1SJ7 he entered into partnership in the retail grocery I trade with his brother-in-law, Jacob Kothfuehs, the linn being Ttothfuchs 6z Smithberger, on the corner of Seventh and Smith Mold streets. Pitts- burgh, and continued in the business till 1 S5J. In May, 1 SL9, lie married ; Terrece Eauth, by whom he has twelve children: William (E, mar- j l ie* I Catharine Purkhart, is a farmer I and resides in Elk Township, Noble County; Anthony, married Mary Epler, lives in Monroe Countv, and is a farmer; Terrece married Peter Zwiek, a Monroe County farmer; Justina married Matthias Zilles, April 12, U>7. a merchant of heha- > non, Monroe Count v; Thomas J. is in Dakota; Isidore married Terrece 530 HISTOKY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. Burkhart, is a farmer of Noble Coun- ty; Ad aline A., Martha M.. Edward W., John S., Alexander I), and Gregory are still at home. In 1853, on account of failing health, Mr. Smithberger was advised to move on a farm; accordingly in 1853 he came to the farm upon which he has since resided, clearing the land and adding fine improvements as circumstances made it possible, until it is now one of the best improved farms in the township, lie began packing tobac- co in 1861, and has handled about seventy-five hogsheads a year, and has now on hand some $5,000 worth, lie has nearly six hundred acres of good agricultural lands, mostly in Noble County, on which are three good dwelling-houses, besides barns, tobacco-houses and numerous other outbuildings necessary to carry on his business and in which to store his grain ; he has been engaged in merchandising since 1371; he has a good store-room filled with a fine selection of goods. Mr. Smithberger is a member of the Catholic church. lie took an active part in building the Catholic church near Ilarricttsville, contrib- uting liberally of his means to this purpose and in support of its society. In politics he is a Democrat. The esteem in which he is held by the people of Elk Township is evidenced by the numerous positions of trust they have conferred upon him, viz.: School director and member of the board of education since 1858, town- ship trustee, twice clerk of the town- ship, treasurer of the township for five years, assessor of personal prop- erty for two terms, and land ap- praiser of the township in 1870, and justice of the peace for thirty years. His has been a busy and useful life. A poor boy, without money and without influential friends, by his energy, industry and persever- ance lie has overcome the many diffi- culties to prosperity, and attained not only wealth but the respect and con- fidence of his fellow-men, and now, seated under his own vine and fig- tree, he dispenses a free-handed hos- pitality to all. CHAPTER XXVII. JEFFERSON. Erection of the Township — Originally Included in Enoch and Aurelius Townships — Pioneer Settlers — David Ares’ Tavern — The Cholera Epidemic — Reminis- cences of an Old Settler — Family Sketches • — Dexter City — Its Origin and Growth — A IS eat and Enterprising Town — Business Men, Societies, Churches. ETC. — JIlDDLEBCRG — ACCOUNT OF ITS Y. 1834 — M idi ilebuiig Schools. IT E FEE R SON TOWN S 1 1 IP was u erected by the commissioners of Noble County, May 1, lml. with boundaries described ns follows: “Commencing on the seventh range line, at the southeast corner of section 24, in township number 5, of range S; thence north along the seventh range line to the northeast corner of section 24, in township number 0, of range S; thence south along section lines to the northwest corner of section 23, in township fi, ran ire S; thence south along the section line to the northeast corner of section 34, in township n. range 8; thence west to the northwest corner of said section 34; thence south to the southwest corner of said section 34; thence west along the township line to the northwest corner of town- shipNo. 5, rangeS; thence along said township line. to the southwest cor- ner of section 0 in said township number 5 of range 8; thence east to the southeast corner of said section 0; thence south to the southwest cornei1 of section 8. in township num- ber 5, range S; thence east to the southeast corner of section 0, in township number 5, of range S; aui.y Industries — Silt: of the Village in thence south to the southwest corner of section 15, in township number 5, of range 8 ; thence east to the southeast corner of said section; thence south to the southwest corner of section 23 in township number 5, range 8; thence east to the place of beginning — con- taining 23 sections.” Before Noble County was formed the northern portion of Jefferson Township belonged to Enoch Town- ship, Monroe County, and the south- ern portion to Aurelius Township, Washington County. The ragged outline of the western part of the township is a result of a compromise between those who favored and those who opposed the formation of Noble County, the zig-zag line leav- ing some of the prominent dissatis- fied ones in Washington County. Jefferson is one of the hilliest and most uneven townships of the county. The surface is chiefly drained by the Middle and East. Forks of Duck Creek and numerous small tributaries. The streams of the western ' part of the township How into the West fork <>l Duck ( reek. Of late years Jefferson Township 31 ■ HISTORY OF NOBLK COUNTY, OHIO. has proved one of the most prolific petroleum fields in this part, of Ohio. Coal is abundant and of fair quality. David Ales was probably the first settler within the territory now form- ing' Jefferson Township. He lived on the East Fork on the present Joseph Stevens farm. A stream known as Ales’ Run, is still called after his name. Ales came from New England. II is house was a favorite stopping place for travelers on the old Barnesville and Marietta State Road, and was the onlv house of entertainment for many miles, lie died here. None of the name are now left, but some of his descendants of the third and fourth generations still live in the township. The inhabitants along the creek were visited with the cholera epi- demic, some time between 1S30 and 18J0. David Ales, who had been down the Ohio River on a boat, was the first victim, dying before he reached home. 11 is wife died soon after, and her death was followed by that of Henry Lowe, Ales’ son-in law, and all his family. Henry Mur- duck, Charles Clark, William Gray’s wife, and others living in the same neighborhood. A few had the dis- ease and recovered. Samuel S. Neptune, one of the old- est residents on [Middle Fork, came to his present farm in 1S3G. The set- tlers of the township were then very few and most of them lived near the creek On a farm below Middleburg lived Amos Spencer, who came from Monroe County, and took up land which had previously been occupied by Henry, son of Francis Ilupp. Hi- ram Hupp owned a tract adjoining. The Hupps were once numerous. A few of the same name still remain in the township. Henry and Hiram Hupp lived on farms below JMiddleburg in 1S33 and had small improvements. Henry Hupp sold out to Amos Spencer. Baxton Wells was an early settler and died here! Ilis farm was on the creek below JMiddleburg. lie was large and very strong and of good intelligence. lie had several sons and a large number of daughters who were noted for their good looks and lady-like manners. The girls received such names as Lucinda, Dorinda, Malinda, etc., until the sup- ply of “ Rindas” gave out, and the last two daughters received less un- usual names. Next below Wells’ farm lived a German named Christian Huffman. On the west side of the creek was John Miller, who was a blacksmith by trade. These were Mr. Neptune’s neighbors in 1S3G. To get enough i men to assist him in raising a cabin he had to go five miles. There were no early settlers among the hills in the northeastern part of the township where several thrifty Germans now | have good farms. The old settlers on t he creek were I good-natured, but improvident and i unprogressive. They did not want the country to become thickly settled , and predicted that it never would be. The wish was father to the thought, as thev desired to have the hills lor a range for the little stock which thev kept : and by allowing the eat- | ih1 to run at large, the} were spared . .JEFFERSON. (lie trouble of building fences and keeping them in repair. All the early settlers did more or less hunt- ing. Idecr and wild turkevs were abundant, and wolves were occasion- ally seen. The land along the creek was timbered with a heavy, dense growth of large trees. Henry Enochs, son of Elisha Enochs, one of the pioneers of the East Fork, was an early settler south of Middleburg. lie died in Law- rence County in 1SSG. His son. 'Will- iam II. Enochs, a brigadier-general in the late war, and now a prominent lawyer of fronton. Ohio, was born on the farm south of Middleburg. John Hall, from Tew England, settled on the East Fork', soon after the War of 1812. He had served as a teamster in that war. lie married a daughter of David Ales and lived in the same neighborhood. James S. Hall, his son, is among the oldest residents, having lived on his present farm since 1S3G. At that date there were very few settlers on the ridges. Mr. Hall, in his younger years used to go to mill in Marietta and Lowell. Marietta was the nearest trading point for all the early settlers, and there they traded maple sugar, deer skins, venison, etc., for salt and gro- ceries. Most of the travel was on horseback. Pack-saddles were used in place of wagons for carrying goods. Except the State Load from Parnesville to Marietta which led r/'/r Carlisle, Middleburg and Salem, there were no early roads through the township. George Hupp, of Pennsvlvania. of German origin, came to the township among the very first settlers. His wife was Each el Archer, one of the Archer family who settled in the vi- cinity of Carlisle about DIO. They j had two children when they moved to this locality. One of the charac- ters who frequented this part of the country in . early years was an old hunter know as Mull Evan. Indians had not entirely left the countrv when Hupp came, and on one occa- sion Eyan terrified the family by ap- proaching the cabin in the night and | giving a loud war-whoop. Hupp seized his gun. and would have soon ended the fun had not Eyan made himself known and begged him not to shoot. George IIupp died early'. II is children were N'ancy. John. Philip and Elizabeth, deceased ; , buy, Cynthia, Henry, Rachel and George, living; Daniel, deceased. Henry and George still live in this township. Mrs. Hupp married Peter Earns after the decease of Mr. Hupp, and had I several children. George Hupp was born in 1S21 and brought up amid the scenes of pioneer life. lie was married in 1ST3 and located on his present farm in the same year. Ilis wife’s maiden j name was Elizabeth Grove, and she was born in West Virginia. They have reared eight children, six of ’ whom are living; Susannah (A, George AY.. Harriet J. (deceased). Al- fred ()., Nancy E., Daniel 1). (de- I ceased), John B. and Eachel A. Air. Hupp has served as township trustee, lie is a member of the Methodist i Episcopal church, in which his father j was an exhort or. William Ileiddleston is the oldest ' I 534 JIISTOKV OF NOISLE COUNTY. OHIO. man in the township, and one of the few early settlers who are still liv- ing'. He was born in Scotland. Jan- nary 1, 1703. After coining to Summerlield and living- some years in that vicinity, he came to his pres- ent farm about 1 832. Mr. Ileiddle- ston says this was then the most thinly settled region between Sum- merfield and Marietta. In early years he drove a, team to Zanesville, Wheeling and Marietta, hauling goods for the merchants of this sec- tion of country. The roads were very bad, and he always took an ax along in order to cut out fallen trees from the track, and frequently found a use for it. Tie married Martha McClintock, whose father, William McCiintock, was an early settler near Summerlield. For his second wife he married Miss Cowles. lie is the father of fifteen children, ten of whom his first wife bore. Mr. Ileid- dleston is a remarkably well pre- served old man and is still strong both mentally and physicallv. An old log school-house stood on the present William Heiddleston farm about fifty years ago, and was the earliest in the neighborhood. Alfred Ogle was an early teacher. The early schools were few, owing to the scattered condition of the set- tlement, and the children of the pio- neers generally grew up with limited educational advantages. Hezekiah Cousins, who lived to be upward of ninety years of age, was an early settler on the creek. Wcslev Luke lived in the southern part of t he township. James Clark came quite early. The western part of the tow u- j ship had few early settlers. There were many transient squatters, who j abandoned their locations after a I y ear or two, and left in search of more promising fields. Thomas Morris and family came from England in 1830, and settled on the farm which John F. Morris, Esq., now owns. Here he had one of the i early grist-mills run by horse-power. I Andrew Morris, a brother of Thomas, came a little later. Humphrey Pedicord was quite an early settle)- on the farm now occu- pied by W. Warren. James Mitchell is one of the old i residents. He has been living in the vicinity of his present home since | 1837. ' John llesson, who now lives in Lawrence County, settled in this township quite early-. Benjamin Ilin- | ton lived north of George Ilupp, in 1843. Peter Gray was an early resi- dent upon the present Shafer place. James Whitmore and Thomas Tur- ner settled about 1840 on the farms where they- died. George Ilupp, Sr., was one of the early hunters. He killed several ; elk, many deer, and once shot a pan- ther. He also tanned and made i powder, which he sold to the early | settlers. Philip Craig, an easy-going, hon- J est man, somewhat peculiar in his ways, was among the early settlers, lie was something of a hunter, and left the county after it became too thickly settled to suit him. In the same neighborhood lived two early settlers, each by the name of Samuel | Dugan. David Ward lived anil ■ .TKFFERSOX. died south of t lie Ileiddleston farm. George Gillespie lived near. Philip Kitts cleared the Watson farm above Middleburg. lie owned the land on which the village is. and .sold it to Church Tuttle and Liberty Curtis. Henry Woods, an Englishman, was the first blacksmith of the town- ship, and was an unusually good workman. He lived on Ales’ Run. in the southern part of the township. Church Tuttle, the founder of Middleburg, was a Yankee and a most excellent man. He was shrewd, intelligent and possessed excellent judgment. He was an early aboli- tionist, and was identified with the Underground Railroad, being one of its most active agents in this section. He served as justice of the peace a number of years. From here he went to Washington County, and recently died in Marietta. Wesley Neptune came to Middle- burg in 18J5. For over forty years Mr. Neptune has been a resident of this section, and has been one of its prominent and progressive cit izens. Samuel S. Neptune was one of the pioneers of this part of the township. He located a farm near Middleburg, obtaining his deed from the govern- ment. He was a worthy citizen. He married Miss Marv Pickering, a Qua- keress, and reared a family of eight children, six of whom are living. Elias P. Neptune, a son, was born in Monroe County, and is one of the thrifty farmers of the township: he owns the Andrew Morris homestead. Thomas Morris, whose name is prominently mentioned elsewhere in this chapter, was a native of England, | and came to this country with his ! family, which consisted of his wife and four children: Andrew, Marga- ret. John F. and Jane, in the early part of 1830. For a few months they stopped in Virginia, where a daugh- ter, Ann. Was born to them. Christ- mas day, 1830, witnessed their arrival in Jefferson Township, then a new I and sparsely settled region. Air. J Morris had entered a quarter section of land, the deed of which, signed bv Andrew Jackson, is now in posses- sion of his son, John F. On this i farm the elder Morris lived until his decease in 186J. He was a man of more than ordinary intelligence and a leader in all matters. He served in many minor official positions, and was very generally esteemed.- llis wife, whose maiden name was Jane Fair- brother, was the mother of ten chil- dren. six boys and four girls. John F. was born in England in 1826. He and a brother, Arius, are the only \ sons residing in the county. John F. resides in the old homestead. He is thought to be one of the oracles of I the township, having been a resident j for over a half century. He married Aliss Cynthia Carmichael, a native of ; the township. They have eight chil- dren living. Andrew Alorris was born in Lan- cashire, England, in 1797 and emi- ! grated to this country in 1829, and first settled near Germantown, Pa., where he found employment at his trade, that of a weaver. He came to Jell'erson Township in 1830, and set- tled on the farm now owned by Elias I Neptune, on which he was the first ■ 530 HISTORY OF NOIH.K COUNTY, OIHO. settler, and where he lived until his decease. lie married, in 1827. Miss Jane Ilampson. She was born in Lancashire in 1S*>7. They reared a family of five children, three sons: John, William and Thomas, and two daughters: Mary A. and Elizabeth. The pioneer life of Mr. and Mrs. Mor- ris was replete with privations and hardships. About 1S33 Christian Huffman, a native of Germany, settled on Middle Creek, where he died. His children were Henry, Charles, John. Will- iam, Louisa and Levina. Charles, ’William and Louisa (Pryor) are still living in the county. Mr. Huffman was the first of the native German settlers in Jefferson and Enoch Town- ships. The immigration to the latter township did not begin until 1833. T. II. Tarleton is one of the old soldiers of Noble County, lie was a member of Company!, One Hundred and Seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteer ! Infantry, and served with credit until his muster out. lie is one of the reputable citizens of Middleburg and a worthy man. A. A. Clymer. one of the promi- nent business men of Dexter City, was a native of Muskingum County, and came to Xoble County when a young man. settling near Caldwell. In 1873 lie removed to Dexter Citv, and in company with Mr. McKee opened a store of general merchan- dise. In 1 S 7 S the co-partnership was dissolved. Mr. ( ’I vmer cont inning the business until his decease in 1>H. Since this time his sons, Charles and G. W. Clymer, have successful! v con ducted the business and are consid- ered to be among the most extensive and prosperous merchants in this section of the county. Charles, the senior member of the firm, was born in ’Washington County, Ohio, and is a young man highly esteemed as a correct and successful business man. One of the conspicuous and famil- iar names in this section of the countv is that of Samuel Hussey, who for many years was known as one of the most successful farmers and stock growers in the valley. He was born in Maine, in 1S03, and came to Wash- ington County with his parents when a. lad. The elder Hussey was a small farmer and Samuel remained with him, as w;js the custom in those days, until he had attained his majoritv. when he commenced life for himself as a farm hand. For a time he was engaged in boating on the Ohio between Marietta and New Orleans. After he abandoned the river he came to Jefferson Township, and bought the farm on which he died. He was a worthy citizen and a suc- cessful farmer. He was twice married; his first wife, Miss Elmira Warren, died in 1843. In 1844 he married Miss Manilla, a sister of his first wife. 1 i v the first marriage there were two children. Joseph and Elmira, by the second a son and daughter, Oscar and Jane, both of whom are deceased. John J. Coi'p was one of the pio- neers of this region. lie was of En- glish parentage and birth, and came to this State with his parents when a lad of nine years, and settled in Marietta. In 1S35 he came to what is now Jefferson Township. While he was not the pioneer on the ■ ■ .) EFFERSOX 537 farm on which he lived so many years, he was in reality the first settler. A man by the name of Doan had entered the land and made some slight improvements, but being unable to “payout," INI r. Corp pur- chased his interest and improved the property. Mr. Cor]) was a repu- table citizen and a man of strong religious proclivities. For over a half century he was a local preacher; he died in 1SS4. A daughter, Mrs. Hutchinson, resides on the home- stead. Dexter VC Sullivan, whose identi- fication with Dexter City is given in this chapter, and after whom the place tabes its name, was one of the first settlers and a conspicuous person in its history, lie is one of those brave, self-sacrificing men who per- iled their lives to preserve what the pioneers had won. In 1802 he be- came a- member of Company 11, One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. At the battle of Winchester lie was taken prisoner and confined at Libby and Hello Isle for two months, where he contracted disease which rendered necessary his discharge on -lime 13, ls<>3. The life of Diehard S. Deal pre- sents an excellent illustration of what can be accomplished by perse- verance and economy under adverse circumstances. In 183-1- he came to Bartlesville, found employment on a farm, where he worked for three years, his compensat ion for the time being £20 per year. From Barnes- ville he came to Summerficld, where he ultimately became a dealer in to- bacco. Thence he removed to Colo- rado, Noble County, where he en- gaged in merchandising and tobacco. In 1809 he came to Dexter Citv, where he built the first mill, which he operated for ten years. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for forty years; has officiated as class-leader and steward. The Morgareidge family were among the early pioneers of the county. Thev came from the State of Maine and settled on a farm ad- joining the present site of Dexter City, in 1811. Burnham Morga- reidge, who was four years of age at the time the family came to Ohio, died on the farm where he settled. His widow is still living. Their family consisted of nine sons and four daughters. Bariev C. Morgareidge was born November IS, 1837. and lias followed railroading and other occupations, lie first married Elizabeth Davis, who died in ls71. leaving five sons and two daughters. Ilis second wife was Charlotte B. Magee, who died in 1885, leaving one child. Flora Belle, who died in infancy. Jan- uary 19, 1887, he was again married to Mrs. Maria Yoemans, of Washing- ton County. In ISbl Mr. Morga- reidge entered the service in Com- pany K, Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was mustered out as ser- geant at Atlanta. Oa., September 2'k I 8b f. Among other battles, he was in the following noted engagements: Second Manassas, South Mountain. Antictam, Vicksburg and Jackson, Miss. At the latter place he was de- tailed as sergeant, in charge of Divi- . HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. sion Commissary, where he remained until mustered out. lie is a member of tiie Methodist Episcopal church, Masonic and Independent Order ( )dd Fellows organizations, also the Grand Army of the Republic. He is a Re- publican, and assistant inspector- general of the Grand Army of the Republic in Ruble County. S. S. Morgareidge, son of Burn- ham Morgareidge, was born in Ruble County, in 18-17. and has followed various occupations. In 1870 he married Cora M., daughter of E. P. Sullivan. They have one child, Mary A. Mrs. Morgareidge is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Morgareidge is an Odd Fellow, a Mason and a Democrat. Frederick A. Morgareidge, son of Burnham Morgareidge, was born in Noble County, October 18. 1881. lie followed farming until 1802, and in February of that year entered the service in Company Iv, Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. lie was in the second battle of Bull Run. Octo- ber 25, 1863, lie was discharged on ac- count of physical disability, occa- sioned by sickness. lie is a Repub- lican, and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He is at pres- ent a tinsmith in Dexter City; was postmaster eight years and nine months. Mr. Morgareidge married Rachael Cunningham. Children: Robert JM . , Salome A., Maggie P., and George AY '., (deceased), Ohio C., William A., Rosilla (’., Rece F., Charles II. and Mary R., living. Henry S. Williams, a native of Maryland, and a machinist by trade, removed from his native State to Cincinnati, and eventually to Noble County, where he engaged in oil production. He enlisted in Com- pany I, Sixty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was chosen second lieuten- ant and promoted to captain. He was shot in battle, and died live days later. • Ilalsee Williams, born April 3, ISIS, is a machinist by trade. In 1S71 he married Asenath Webber, who died in 1878, leaving one child — Henry Burton. He married for his second wife Emma Farley. Children: Julia A., J. W. and Frank Howard. Mr. 'Williams is class- leader in the Methodist Episcopal church, is a Republican and an Odd Fellow. In 1827 I. F. Wilson, a native of Virginia, settled near Summeriield. He died March 6. 1S83. II is son, W. M. Wilson, was born in Noble County. September 16. 1813, and has followed farming and milling. In 1862 he joined Company B, Ninth Ohio Cavalry, in which he served until the close of the war. He served under Burnside at Knox- ville, and under Kilpatrick from the battles of Atlanta and Savannah un- til the close of the war. He married, in 1866. Mary F., daughter of Judge Jonathan Dillev. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are members of the Meth- odist Episcopal church. Mr. AY i Ison has been marshal of Dexter City, and is now a member of the town council. Josiah A. Bower, son ot John and Sarah 1 Me Peek) Bower, was born in Guernsey County, January 26. 1886, and removed with his parents JEFFERSON 539 to Washington County when nine years of age. lie worked at farm- ing and also taught vocal music until August 10, 1 S < > 2 , when he enlisted in Company K, IS inety -second Ohio "Volunteer Infantry; was discharged on account of physical disability January 10. 13(55, after participating in the battles of Chickamauga, Mis- sion Ridge and other engagements. In 1858 he married Rachel A., daughter of Vincent "Worst ell, of Elk Township. They have three children: William Irwin. Edward Orville and Agnes Loella. The elder son is a teacher, and the younger, the agent of the Standard Oil Company at Macksburg. Mr. Rower is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. lie and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal church. They keep the well-known and popular hotel at Dexter ( ,’ity. S. J. Donaldson, of Dexter City, was born in Washington County. Pa., in 1831. His parents, John 11. and Delilah (Johnson) Donaldson, both natives of Pennsylvania, re- moved to Muskingum County. Ohio, in 1830, and to Noble in 1800. Came to Dexter City in D75. Mr. Donaldson enlisted in August. 1803, in Company A, Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served till the close of the war. He was in the battles of Port Gibson and Ray- mond, and in several skirmishes. At Raymond he was wounded and taken prisoner; was removed to Libby Prison, and after his release therefrom was never fit for full service. He is a Republican, a mem- ber of the Grand Army of the Re- public, and a member of the Inde- I pendent Order of Odd Fellows. He has served as town marshal. In 1851 he married Nancy Callendine, who died in 1SS-1. For his second ! wife he married Nan Dyer. Three boys and three girls were born to the first wife, and one boy and one girl to the second. Minor M. Dye was born in Law- rence Township, Washington County, in 1844, and is a stock dealer by occupation. He enlisted in Com- * pany Jv, One Hundred and Seventy- fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Sep- tember (5, 18(54, and was discharged ! July 10, 18(55. Daniel N. Drown, merchant at Dexter City, was born in Washing- ton County in 1838. lie enlisted in September, 18(51, in Company L, First Ohio Cavalry, and was honor- ably discharged in March, 18(53. He married Phcbe Cay wood in 18(54, and is the father of two children. Dexter Citv. The town site of Dexter City was laid off into lots August 5, 1870, by R. W. St. John, surveyor, for Hiram | Flanders, proprietor. David McKee's first addition (lots 20 to 33), was sur- veyed by George Dell. February II, 1871: his second addition (lots 33 to 41), March 12, 1875; John Smith- son's addition (lots 41 to 49), April IS. 1 s 7 ( > ; J. J. Sh river's addition (seven lots), surveyed by William Lowe, December 29, ls77; l . J. Cheshire's addition, surveyed April 2o, 1882, bv R. W. St. John. A i part of the land on which the town . 540 HISTORY OF YOlil.K C'Or.Vi V, OHIO. is built lies m Jackson Township, but the greater portion is in JeJl'er- son. The town was named after one of its well-known residents, Dexter AAL Sullivan. Prior to the location of the town there were two houses here — the residences of It. S. Deal and I)r. T. M . McAViy, and a steam grist-mill owned by It. S. Deal. The mill was built by James Rowland, Sr., about 1S53. The first, building was a dwelling erected by Dexter W. Sullivan, in 1871. Mr. Sullivan afterward built another house and in it kept hotel for several years. He was the first hotel-keeper in the place. The first store was opened by David McKee, in 1871, in the build- j ing now E. P. Sullivan’s store. The ; second store was Campbell & Brown’s, and the third, Thomas La Mott’s hardware store. The first . postmaster was Oscar \Y. Hussey. The office was established in 1872. The town was built up by the railroad, which was completed to this point in the summer of 1871. Dexter had a rapid growth, attain- ing nearly to its present size within three years of its origin. The town is now an incorporated village, hav- ing' one church, a good school build- ing and a population of about 850. It is pleasantly situated, well built, and is a good business place. In the fall of 1880, the principal establish- ments of the town were as follows: ' E. P. Sullivan, Stallings Bros., C'lynicr Pros., general stores. Mug rage Pros., tinsmiths. © © J . AY. K raps, druggist. J. AY. Danford, furniture dealer and undertaker. 1). X. Brown. M. Pucker, grocers. William Barber, saddle and har- ness-maker. S. J. Donaldson, barber. J. AY. Bower, hotel. AYm. Wilson, C. Pice, steam grist- ! mills. Chas. Ramsey, blacksmith and livery stable keeper. Dr. J. AY. Praps, Dr. 8. G. AAT’sh- ard. physicians. The town was incorporated in 1SS2. SOCIETIES. Odd Fellows. — Dexter City Lodge Xo. 190, Independent Order Odd Bellows, was instituted August 22, 1871, with the following charter : members: G. J. Lund, Albert Tilton, Aaron Haines, L. J). AYebber, AY. IV AYarren. James Burton, O. AY. ILus- i sex and John P. Sammons. The lodge now has a good membership and is prosperous. It owns a good hall and the building in which it is located, the whole being worth at least 81.500. The present < Olivers are P. B. AYarren, Noble Grand: J. II. Bernard, A ice-G land : E. Al. John- son. recording secretary ; E. A. Davis, permanent secretary; G. AA . Clvnier, treasurer. Grand Arnnj. — John AT. Moseley Post, No. 170, Grand Army Repub- lic, at Dexter City, was instituted July 8, 1884. by P. P. Brown, S. Ah 1 C., Department of Ohio, with the following charter members: AAL L. Moseley, P. C. : J. AL Baker, SA'.C. ; P. C. M ugrage, J . A . C. : J . AV . k ra | is, Surg. ; Aaron Haines. Chap.; S. J. .IKFFKRSON. 5 + 1 Donaldson, O. I).; M. AI. Dye. (). G. ; 8. G. ATishardyQ. AI. ; .1. I). Xewton, A <1 j t. ; D. AT. Sullivan. S. XF. : .1. A. ] lower, R>. AF. S. ; AT. IF Stewart. M. Ogle, E. Bramball. Daniel Ross. I). A. Brown, Samuel Barber, F. G. Cunningham, John Carroll, James Colti eld, Hebron Dyer, J. I . l'air- hurst, TV. J. King, F. X. A lug-ra ge, J. E. Shuman, 15. B. Tilton. J. AT. ATebber, Nathan B. Wharton. Jona- than Wheeler, E. F. Webber. The Dost is now in good condition with forty-seven active members. The present officers are F. G. Cunning- ham, B. C. ; Jonathan Wheeler, S.Y. C. ; George Wiley, J. Y. C.; William McEl fresh, Q. AF.; B. B. Tilton, Adjt. ; S. G. Wishard. Surg. ; P. C. Mu- grage, Chap.; S. J. Donaldson, 0. D.; John Green, 0. G. C'lIl’liGU ES. Dexter 7J/ t thod > xf Dp / xcopt.d Ch urch . — The Methodist Episcopal church at Dexter City was organized in 1872. The first service was conduct ed by Rev. Luther Timberlake in the school-house. The first class "was small and Xathan B. ATharton was its leader. The church edifice, a frame building 30x45 feet, was erect-- ed about the year 1S74, at a cost of about $1,200, during the pastorate of Rev. A. D. McCormick, and dedi- cated under Rev. X. C. Worthington. The church now has ninety-eight members. Its present officers are Rev. B. IT Forsythe, pastor; T. I). Mooney and II. I ). ATilliams, leaders; E. B. Sullivan, steward; Adam Shri. ver, E. B. Sullivan and Xaaman Archer, trustees. j\D (hit ehu / c/ AI nr(j Chnxtwn Church. — A meeting-house was erected by the Christian denomination near AFid- dleburg in 1870. Aleetings were held in the neighborhood some years earlier. The church is now without a pastor. Owing to the removal of its leading members, the church has now onlv a small membership. The house was erected during the ministerial labors of Revs. Cash and Singer. The Morrison family were among the most active in organizing the church. AIinnr.Kinno. Middleburg, a small but enterpris- ing village, is situated on Middle Creek, in the northern part of Jeffer- son Township. It was laid out about. I S44, by Church Tuttle. The south- ern part of the village was laid out by Joseph Moredick. Church Tut- 542 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. tie was a native of Vermont, and came to Middleburg from the vicin- ity of Carlisle, where his parents were early settlers. Among the early settlers of the village were Jesse Reinard, who worked for Tuttle; Irvin McKinney, who erected one of the first houses, and worked at shoemaking; William Miller, also a shoemaker; Eli Pick- ering, a carpenter, and others. Rein- ard afterward worked at blacksmith- in and was succeeded by Samuel Marshall. Church Tuttle was the first mer- chant and the first postmaster, a post- officebeing established soon after the village was founded. He was justice of the peace for several years. Tut- tle engaged quite extensively in to- bacco packing, which finally resulted un profitably. Charles lleidlebach was also a tobacco merchant for sev- eral years, and after him Alfred and Felix Ogle. Over four hundred hogs- heads per year were once packed in Middleburg. Alfred Ogle, who represented Mon- roe County in the legislature in 1856-8, in partnership with Felix 0y the first, union there was one child, Cora M. (Mug-rage); by the second, two: Mattie C. and Ernest E. CHAPTER XX \ 111 JACKSON. Organized in 1819 — Chance of Name — PmsT .Justices of in 18:26 — Aaron Hughs tiie First .Settler — Hunting AND OTHER DETAILS OF Pi ON EE It LIFE — RkasONER's I, UN — SLOW Settlement — An English Colony Arrives in 1817 and Doubles Adventures — Seventeen Inmates of One Cabin — The Early Schools — Politics in Early Years — Dei.i.AIaking by Sprague’s Narrow Escape — Shot by an Indian- — Stores Olive Green Townshib, the Peace — Taxpayers Adventures, Progress of The Population — Their E A It LI EST Fa M I LIES — tii e K e iths — Wilder and Business Interests — Churches. FIVE GREET TOWNS I II 1\ named a fter its principal stream, was one of the original townships of Morgan County, organized in is 10, and then embraced as at present, a full congressional township. A few years later, on account of the politi- cal complexion of the township, its name was changed to .Jack-son, It is the only township in the county whose boundaries were not changed alter the erection of Noble County in 1851. .Jonathan Hughs was commissioned justice of the peace for Olive Green Township, August. 18, 1819. and served a full term. Moses GrandstafT was commissioned justice October 21, 1819. Those were the first magis- ( rates in the township. The following list, copied from the Morgan County tax duplicate, gives the names of all owners of real estate in Olive Green Township (township 5, range 9), in the year 1.80d, and mav therefore be regarded . .TACK SOX. 545 as a complete list of the pioneer settlers of the township at that date : William Allison. William liar- ton. James Britton, Henry Carroll. Joseph Carroll, Aaron Carroll, William Carroll, Peter Cadwell, Wiry Cadwell, Ebenezer Cun- j ningham, Jarvis Eddleston. John Farley, Aaron Hughs. Jonathan Hughs, George Johnson, Henry Gore, Jacob Jordan, Peter Keith, Benjamin Keith. George Lcgg, John and Thomas Merritt. William the pliant, William Poach, John B. Ripley's heirs, Wilbur Sprague's heiis, Abraham Secrest. Thomas Taylor, John Taylor. Peter Taylor, David Wallace, David Wilson. Num- ber of acres, JJIJS; value of land and houses, $4.44!) : tax on the same, $4-1.20. Aaron Hughs was probably the first settler of the township. He was a native of Hardin County, Abu. and a thorough backwoodsman, lie came to Ohio in 1S04, and located on AVill’s Creek, in Guernsey County. After making considerable improve- ments there, he sold ont and removed to what is now Center Township. Morgan County. He sold his prop- erty on Will’s Creelc for $500, and the money was stolen from him soon after, while lie was stopping at a tavern. He lived two years on Olive Green Creek, in Morgan Comity, then sold out his improvement for $150, and with $S(> of this, made an entry of the land in Jackson Town- ship, on which he lived and died. The year of his settlement in this township was either I till or IH 2. 35 1 lie was chiefly engaged in hunting and trapping, and was expert in the use of the rifle. Equipped with a gun and a pocket compass and ac- companied only In' his faithful dog, he was at home anywhere in the forest. lie killed deer and sold venison hams at twenty-five cents each ; got 82 and upward for the scalp of each wolf killed ; and from skin, bounties and meat made more money than any pioneer could who devoted himself sold) to farming. Hughs killed four large buck elk after coming to this township, and His son James killed another. These were the last elk ever seen in the western part of the county. Aaron Hughs had a family of seven sons and live daughters. The names of his children were Phebe, Josie, Polly, Lucy, Rebecca, James. Amos, Gabriel, Aaron, Jonathan, i William and John. Of these Gabriel is the only one now living in the county. AVilliam, Joint and Lucy still survive, and are residents of Iowa, Gabriel Hughs was born in Hardin County, Va.. in 1801, and has resided in Ohio since he was three years old. He has had far more experience in dealing with the world than usually falls to citizens of a new country ; also more extensive acquaintance with the dillicullies and hardships that pioneers have to encounter. Air. Hughs is still vigorous and healthy and delights to narrate his early ad- ventures. For fifteen years he ped- dled bells for the Keiths, traveling through northern Ohio and parts of Indiana. At Jirst he went on horse- ■ HISTORY OF NOB UK COUNTY, OHIO. 540 buck : then as business grew better, with a wagon. The bells found a readv sale almost everywhere and the business was profitable. Mr. Hughs has owned and conveyed a very large amount of real estate during Ids lifetime. In his boyhood Gabriel Hughs fol- lowed hunting with as much enjoy- ment as that occupation afforded to his father. Once his father shot and killed an old bear not far from his home, and the cubs which accompan- ied her. ran up a tree. Returning home for an ax, lie went back to the place where the dead bear lay, at- tended bv his sons, Amos and Gabriel, and his brother Jonathan. The cubs were seen on the ground but ran up a tree as the party approached. The tree was soon felled and four cubs were secured — three alive and one dead. Gabriel took a cub m bis arms to carry home. After he had walked some distance the young bear became uneasy, manifested a desire to get down, and finally bit its cap- tor. Gabriel threw it down and kicked it to death. One of the cubs was kept until three years old, be- coming verv tame so that it could be led about by a rope around ils neck. J\Ir. Hughs finall y sold it for s3 and a pen-knife. When a boy of sixteen, Gabriel Hughs was accidentally shot by Tim- othy Gates while the two were deer- lmnting. The boy was shot in the face and his jaw broken. 1 1 is com- panion carried him to the nearest cabin, where he remained until the next morning, when he was carried home on a quilt and featherbed. He was five miles from home when the accident happened. Mr. Hughs still carries the scar. Jonathan Hughs was a brother of Aaron, and came to the township a few years Inter. He married in Mus- kingum County, settled in Guernsey County and came thence to Jackson Township, where he served many years as justice of the peace. 11 is children were Sarah, Leah, Eli/a. Mary, Rebecca, Abraham and James. Reasoner’s Run derives its name from a hunter named Reasoner. who came from Guernsey County, built a camp on this stream and remained here for some time hunting and trap- ping. This was long before the township had any permanent set- tlers. The settlement of this township was of slow growth. Many pioneers were afraid of hill-farms, thinking the land worthless, or nearly so. and therefore this region had few attrac- tions for them. The township is now well improved, and the farmers generally are prosperous. In 18.17, the arrival of several En- glish families nearly doubled the pop- ulation of the township. The mem- bers of this colony were Peter Tay- lor and his family, his brother John, a bachelor, Thomas Taylor, with a largo family, Peter Cadwell and his family, together with his brothers, Richard, John and James, single men. two sisters, Margaret and Alice, and their mother, Mary Cadwell. Peter Gore and one son and t wo daughters. In all there were over thirty persons. Three only of these immigrants are now living — John Taylor, of ( 'rooked -HI' ' JACK SOX. 547 Tree; Mary Keith (nee Taylor), of Keith’s, and .James Taylor, son of Thomas, now in Illinois. These English pioneers left Liver- pool on a sailing vessel, and were sixty days on the ocean. They land- ed at Philadelphia, and after remain- I ing about two weeks making prepara- tions for their journey into the west- ern wilds, started for Pittsburgh in two road wagons, each drawn by six horses. At Pittsburgh they bought a flat-boat, loaded themselves ; and their goods upon it, and started i down the Ohio, some of the men rowing a part of the time to make better speed than the current afford- ed. They were intending to go to Cincinnati, then in the “ far 'West,” but falling in with one of the Keiths at Marietta, were led to aban- don their purpose, through his ac- j count of the cheap and fertile lands 1 yet unentered in .Jackson Town- j ship. Accordingly, they sold their j flat-boat at about one-half its original cost, and all came to the township and began the difficult and laborious i task of subduing the forest and male- | ing themselves a home. Their inex- perience caused the dilliculties and hardships of pioneer life to assume mammoth proportions: but relying upon the old maxim, “Where there J is a will there is a wav," they betook themselves bravely to their unfamil- iar tasks, and soon had their cabins and clearings made and in good order. During nearly a vear Thomas Tav- lor and his wife with their ten chil- dren, John Taylor, the bachelor, and Peter Taylor, his wife and two chil- dren all lived in the same cabin. In the dav time thev could get alone' quite conveniently, as some mem- bers of the family were usuallv out of doors at work, but at night they found their quarters to be rather close. Thomas Taylor settled on Pig Run the year after he came, and there lived and died. J I is sons were John, Thomas, Peter and James. .John amassed a good property, and died on Pig Run. Peter Taylor’s children at the time of his arrival were John and Mar- garet. A son, Peter, was born later, and is still living in the West. John Taylor, oldest son of Peter Pavlov, Sr., was born in England, January 1, 1814, and is still living, lie has been a resident of Jackson Township since 1817, and is a worthy and respected citizen. His uncle John, who was one of the pioneer immi- grants, died a bachelor. Peter Gore was a widower when he came to this country. He lived on the creek, near the old Hughs’ farm. His children were Henry. Mary and Ellen. .James Cadwell, after his marriage, settled where John Wilson now lives. Peter Fern- ley came from England a few years later, married one of the Cadwell girls and settled in the township. James Pritton, another Englishman, came to the township soon after the Taylors. He was an elder] v man, and died shortly after his arrival. One day as he was out with a neigh- bor looking through the woods, chancing to hear a cow-bell, he said in all seriousness, “ 1 was not aware t hat vou had a church here." , - HISTORY OF KOIiRK COUNTY, OHIO. 548 According to the recollection of John Taylor, the Ilughscs, Keiths, Carrolls, AYilbur Sprague and his family, the Merritts. and perhaps one or two others, were all that had set- tled in the township prior to 1817. Marietta was the nearest trading place for these pioneers until Robert McKee opened a store at Olive, and Colonel Enoch S. McIntosh (still liv- ing) another at Ludlow. Rainey's mill at Macksburg was the only con- venient mill, and that was often stopped for want of water. About 1829 a horse-mill was erected at Peter Taylor’s; Ebenezer Cunning- ham. who lived near where Dexter City now is. and John Morgareidge were the millwrights. George Carroll, a fine old man. who had served his country in the Revolu- tionary "War. came from AY 'ill's Creek, in Guernsey County, and entered three quarter-sections of land on Reason er's Run. lie used to say that at the battle of Brandywine he and another comrade were the sole sur- vivors out of all his regiment. His sons were Henry, Joseph, William and Aaron. A few representatives of the Carroll family still remain in the township. Lewis Waller was an early settler, and lived on the school section. He was originally from Pennsylvania, but came here from Will's Creek. His brothers, Jesse, David, John and William, lived for a time on Big Run. Most of the Wallers went west. The Merrills also came from Will’s Crock", and were intermarried with the Waller family. Daniel Merritt married Jane Waller, and John Mer- ritt married Polly. Moses Grandstaff, one of the first justices of the peace, was only a brief resident of the township, lie mar- ried a sister of Lewis Waller. Jona- than Hughs, for many vears the magistrate of the township, was a fine man and a leading citizen. Instead of encouraging litigation for hisown emolument, he always sought to have his neighbors settle their disputes without resorting to legal measures. Many a dispute brought before him was amicably adjusted bv the Squire's friendly advice without trial. The Squire lost his fees, but that did not trouble him if he could make two enemies friends. AYilbur Sprague, son of one of the AYashington County pioneers, came to the township about 1814, and set- tled on a farm adjoining that of Aaron Hughs. His adventures in the Indian AY ar are elsewhere men- tioned. George Legg came about the same time, and made an entry of eighty acres. He was a Airginian. and a shoemaker by trade. Tjik Kkitiis. — Peter and Benjamin, were among the most prominent early settlers. They came about 1817, and took up farms. They were Pennsylvanians, and had lived on Tick Hill fora short time before re- moving here. Both were blacksmiths and bell-makers. Benjamin was the grandfather of AY. B. Keith, Esq. The Jordans were early settlers on AY ill’s Creek, about five miles from Cambridge. Afterward he removed to the headwaters of Duck ■ . •TAt'KSoX. 540 Creek, near Iliramsburg, where their descendants still remain. Jacob was the father, and he came to Jackson Township. Tie had nine sons and two daughters. Jacob and Isaac (twins), Elijah and David, were among Ins sons who resided several | years in this township. Charles Moore and Jeremiah Mil- son, were among the first teachers in the township. Probably the first school-house was built near the west- ern line of the township. An earl v school was taught in a cabin in the Hughs and Gore neigh- borhood. MiHiums was the name of the teacher. Soon after a school was taught by a man named Wickham, in a cabin on Deasoner's Run. At an early date a log school-house was erected on the school section. Jacob Miller, who lived in the school section, was an early black- smith, and a good workman, but in- tern iterate. The honor of having cast the first o Republican or anti-Dernocratic vote in Jackson Township is claimed by several. Gabriel Hughs says that Nathan Shockley (who lived as a squatter on Deasoner's Dun) was the first Whig voter and for many years the only one. John Taylor was an early justice of the peace. George Raker was a justice of the peace and a leading citizen for many years. Until 1S2S the township was a political unit — solidly Democratic. The (lad wells. Taylors, and other English settlers alter becoming nat- uralized, voted against the Jackson- ians, and thus the political strength 1 of the latter was somewhat modified. It is related by one of the prominent earl v politicians that as lie saw sev- eral anti-Jackson Englishmen aju preaching the polls in a body on election day, he cried with an oath. Here comes the British army ! " David Wilson, who married a Car- roll. was an early resident, and lived on Deasoner's Run. John B. Ripley was among the first settlers. II is descendants are still here. Hiram Ripley, his son. lived in the township several years, then moved away. David 'Mailer lived a number of years on the Wilson farm. He had a large family, most of whom went west. His brother Lewis was also an early resident of the township and died here. John and Thomas Merritt were among the earliest settlers on Big Run. James and David, sons of Thomas, are still residents of the township. William and Daniel Roach first settled on the Muskingum Diver, afterward removing to Big Dun. William was killed by the falling of a tree, some years since. The early settlers found it very dif- ficult to procure suflicient salt for their use. On one occasion Peter Cad well went to Olive with three bushels of wheat. This he sold to Thorla & McKee for one bushel of salt, Mr. McKee stating that he did not particularly want the wheat, but Would take it to oblige Mr. Cad well, since he had brought it so far for the purpose of trading it. William Allison was an early set- HISTORY OF XOBI.F COUNTY. OHIO. 550 t ier in the southern part of the town- ship. on a farm adjoining that of Thomas Taylor. John Farley lived on Fig' Run, and at one time operated a little horse-mill there. Among the early settlers of the township were Peter and Benjamin Keith, from Pennsylvania, the former a soldier of 1812. They took up a quarter section of land, which is still in possession of their descendants. They were blacksmiths and bell- makers. They made many bells, which were sold to the early settlers for miles around. Peter was twice married — first to Miss Dickey, by whom lie had four children : Benja- min. Robert, Elizabeth and John; and. second, to Miss Man Taylor, who bore eight sons and two daugh- ters. Mr. Keith was a very devout man, and through his efforts an early church was erected at Keith’s. Philip AY. Keith, next to the oldest of the children of Peter and Alary Keith, was born in Jackson Town- ship in 1827, and resided in the township until 1.S73, when he re- moved to Dexter City, his present home. lie was for a time engaged in oil-producing. Air. Keith married .Miss Mary A. Shinn and is the father of two children: Charles AY. (de ceased) and Henrietta, lie is a member of the Methodist Protestant church. The great-grandfather of Pardon C. Keith was a soldier in the Revo- lutionary AYar and spent his fortune for the patriot- cause. Ilis grand father was an early settler near Bev- erly, and his lather a pioneer of Jackson Township. Pardon Cook Keith was born at Keith's in 183-1. In 1857 he married Elizabeth AYii- son, who died in 1851), leaving one child — AYilliam Elvin. In lSGU he married Susan Coffee. Children: Clara F., Leon AY.. Alary E., Lewis, Charles, AYillard (_).. Orien AY., Asa A., Pardon E. and Raymond C. Air. Cook is a Democrat and a member of the Odd Fellows and Alasons. lie has held the office of justice of the peace and other township trusts. AV. B. Keith, a well-known citizen, was born September 11, 185b, on the farm which he now owns and where Iris parents and grandparents lived before him. Ilis grandfather, a native of Pennsylvania, entered the land and reared his family here. AY. B. Keith is a Democrat, and a member of the Odd Fellows' Lodge and En- campment. Hi* has served as justice of the peace for seven years. In 1883 he married Sarah A. Reed, of Sharon, and thev have one child — Harry AY. John B. Sprague is a descendant of one of the early pioneers of AYashington County, who came to Ohio when the settlers were in con- stant peril from the Indians. Ilis father, Wilbur Sprague, a native of Hew York, came to Ohio at the age of fifteen, and lived at the fort or block-house in the vicinity of where Beverlv now is. One morning when milking he was surprised by nine Indians, eight of whom fired at him. One bullet hit lus back and passed ent'irelv through his body, carrying a. brass button from his garments | ahead of it. This took place near . the entrance of the garrison. He was carried into- the fort by his uncle, lie recovered after two years of suffering. He married and settled in Jackson Township among its early pioneers. J. Ik Sprague was born in ISIS, on the farm where he now lives. In IS Jo he married Har- riet. Tliorla. Children: Violetta, Eliza, I’hebe M., Sarah S. and Benja- min W. John Smithson, or Squire Smith- son, as he is familiarly known, was born one mile below Macksburg. Washington County, in 1828. He Avas reared, as a farmer, which avoca- tion he lias since followed. Although he is not a politician, he has given proper attention to political matters. In 13S0 he was elected county com- missioner. serving one term of three years, lie is a worthv member of the Free and Accepted Masons. He lias been twice married. His first wife was Miss Adeline L.. daugh- ter of James Dalton. She died in 1 s 7 1 . For his second wife he married Hiss Jane J., daughter of John Hutchins. By the first marriage there were two boys and five girls; by the second, one son. Angus McDonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1829, and came to America with his parents in 1832, arriving at Olive Green Creek August 10. Mr. McDonald has followed farming, and is a min- ister of the Christian church. He married Rachel Stevens in 18.12, and they have seven children living. Mr. McDonald enlisted October 9, 1801, in t he Sixt v-third Ohio Vol- unteer Infantry; veteranized in Jan- I uarv, 1803, and was mustered out a j captain at the close of the war. He participated in the battles of Hew Madrid. Island Ho. 10. sieges of | Corinth and of Vicksburg, Decatur. Resaca, Kingston, Kenesaw. and in Sherman's inarch to the sea. At Decatur, Ga., he was twice wounded. Few Xoble County soldiers have a better military record. Reuben Simons, son of a Revolu- tionary soldier, settled in 1835 on i the farm which he still occupies. He was born in ’Washington County, Ohio, in 1805; married Esther Wells in 1829, and is the father of seven children, five of whom are still liv- ing: Thomas (deceased). Patience ! (deceased), Alfred, Content, Antlia, Mary and Serene. Mr. Simons has been a member of the Christian ; church from early manhood, ills i father was a pioneer at Marietta, and while in company with It. J. Meigs (afterward governor), was shot and severely wounded by an Indian. David It. Way was born in Jackson Township Xovember 5, 1810. His parents were natives of England. Mr. Way has followed farming. He was married in 1S00 to Rebecca J. Smith, of Sharon Township, and their children are Cora, Charles and Emmet. Mrs. "Way is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Way is a Republican and a member of the Patrons of Husbandry. William M Way was born in 1802, on the Way homestead. 1 1 is father died suddenly in 1880, while on his way from Dexter City to Marietta. In 1S85 W M. Way married Man - " : 'i'1 I-' . ■ I > 5o2 HISTORY OK NO I? Reed, daughter of Isaac Reed, of Sharon Township. They have one child— Catherine A. Edward E. \\ ay was born in 1851; married Tucy Mathews in 1872. John Delaney was born on ’Will’s Creek and came to Jackson Town- ship in 1835, when one year of aye. Ilis father cast the first Wing vote that was ever cast in the township. There were other Whig's, but until the advent of Mr. Delaney they were not permitted to vote. In 1858 John Delaney married Elizabeth Mitchell. Children: Ada, Eoyd and Margaret. William IIenrv Mayguckin, mer- chant at Ridge, Jackson Township, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1.843, and came to Jackson Township with his parents in 18-10. He has fol- lowed farming, and for nine years has been engaged in the mercantile business. In 1830 he married Mar- tha E. Willis, of Jackson Township. Their children are .Mary ( ’. and ( 'lara W. The lam ih\ belong to the Meth- odist church. .Mr. .Mayguckin en listed in October, 1801, in Company J), Sixty-third Ohio Volunteer in- fantry, and served three years. He was never absent from duty for a- day, and never asked for leave of absence, lie was in many noted engagements, among which were New Madrid, the battle and siege of Corinth, Decatur. Resaea, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, etc. Philip M. Smith was born in 1 S21). His ancestors were from New Eng- land and his paternal grandfather and one son were drowned in the sound of Martha's Vineyard. Ilis father and his grand fat her, Hilton, r.n COUNTY, OHIO. came to Steubenville, Ohio, in 1810, and thence to Olive Township. Mr. Smith lias been a farmer and a mer- chant. In 1 854 he went to Cali- I fornia, where he remained live years. | In 1803 he married Margaret Tavlor. Jler father. John Taylor, settled in i this township in 1810. They have one child — Miiiie Ji. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Smith is a Republican. George 11. Nichols is a descendant : of an old family, his grandparents I having settled in Ohio about 1820. He was born in Beverly, Washington County, in 1857, and for several years has been a successful teacher in No- ble County. JTe also works at car- : pentrv. Air. Nichols is a Republican, | but lias served as township clerk in Jackson — a sufficient proof of bis popularity. Robert M. Kelley was born in Sharon Township in 1812. Ilis father was a natbe of .Maryland. At the age of eighteen, in October, 1801, Robert enlisted in Company K, Sev- enty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infant- ry, and was honorably discharged after serving four years and seven months. He was at Pittsburg Land- - ing, luka, Corinth, Holly Springs, Little Rock, White River, Mark's Mill, Saline River, Mobile, and in many other engagements. He lost bis health in the army, and his j sight became seriously impaired. In ISOS he married Martha E. Foreman. Children: Elmer J., horn lsi;<), died I SSi ) ; three infant hoys, now de- ceased. Mr. and Mrs. Kelley are members of the Methodist Episcopal I church. ■ JACKSON. Mill] Ion A. I.oolc was born in No- ble Countv in IS5s. 11 is father was a native of .Massachusetts, and his mother of Maryland. They came to this countv from Guernsey. Mahlon has been a teacher and a farmer. In ISfiO he married Venora (’. Dixon of Washington County. Their children are Elza M. and Elsie M. Mi-. Look is a Bepublican. and has been town- ship cleric. lie is at present the teacher at Crooked 'Live (November, lSSd). Philip Pitzer was born in Prussia in 1 S3 -Jr ; came to 'Wheeling, AA . Va., in 185 1 , and to Noble County in 1 SG J . In 18()2 he enlisted in Com pan v E, Ninety-second Ohio A'olunteer In- fnntry, served three years and was discharged in 1 S<>5. He was at Chickamauga, where his garments were riddled with bullets, at Hoo- ver’s Gap. Pesaca, Marietta, and in the Atlanta campaign and the march to the sea. lie married Melissa 11. Lovett, of Ilarnettsville, and is the father of six children, four of whom arc living. Oscar Mathews came to Crooked ’Free in 1S<>5. from Morgan County. His parents came in ISMS from Lou- doun County, Va., to Center Town- ship in Morgan County, where Oscar was born. 1 1 is fat her was a school- teacher for thirty years. The sub- ject of this notice is a carpenter by trade. He is now postmaster and merchant at Crooked Tree. Three of his brothers were in the late war and have since died from wounds and other disabilities incurred in the serv- ice. Oscar married Eliza .lames, of Washington Countv, in lsiig. Chib (iron: Eva. Benjamin L., Jennie and Lottie P. Mr. Mathews is a Pepub- lica.n, and has been township trustee. Angus Bell was born in Olive Township, May 13, JS3M. His par- ents and grandparents were among the early settlers of Noble County. 11 is father,, born in Fayette County. Pa., in 1 v'0-f , married and settled in Noble County in 1825. Angus Bell has followed farming, teaching and the mercantile business. He has fol- lowed the latter occupation at Keit h's since 1S05. In 1807 he married. Mary A. Hughes, of Morgan County. Chil- dren: Ida AV. and Amon Edward. Mr. Bell is a Bepublican and an Odd Fellow. He has been postmaster at Keith’s since 1809. -1. AV. Tilton came from Martha's A inevard. Mass., and settled at Three Folks, Olive Township. 11 is son. Isaac L. Tilton, now a farmer in this township, •was born in Olive Town- ship, June 19, 1837. He enlisted in lSb-L in the hundred days’ service, in the One Hundred and Sixty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was honorably discharged at the expira- tion of his term of service. In ism; he married Serena S. Simons. They have one child — Arthur L. Mr. and Mrs. Tilton are members of the Chris- t inn church. Bev. George AA’illis was born in Licking County in 1813; his father, who was a native of Pennsylvania, came to the State in 1812; in Isis the familv removed to Washington ( Aunty, Ohio, where they settled upon a tract of unimproved land. Here the mother died in 1 S ( > ‘ > . the father in ls7M. They were subjected . ■T ' a, IT IIISTOKY OK N01JLE COUNTY, OHIO. to the hardships of the early times and suffered many privations. The elder Willis was a great hunter and had many thrilling adventures. One night he heard a goose make a peculiar noise; taking his ax. he went out and seeing some large ani- mal, which he supposed was a neigh- bor's dog, he killed it on the spot; an examination revealed the fact that it was a large panther. Rev. George Willis was married in 1S35, to Mi ss Christiana Skipton, and came to tins township in 1858; for over fifty years he has been a minister of the Gospel. He has also served his townsmen as trustee for six years and as magistrate for twenty-one years. 11. S. Willis came to Jackson Town- ship in 1858. lie was born in 1851, in Washington County, Ohio, lie has followed school-teaching and farm, ing. In 1 s 7 ( ; he married Sarah E. Mincks of Jackson Township. Chil- dren : IN ell ie lb (deceased), Lillian j\I., Letha A. (deceased), Harry II. and Freddie H. Mr. and Mrs. Willis belong to the Methodist Rrotestant church. Sidney J. (Hidden was born in Washington County in 1837. II is parents and grandparents were among the early settlers of Olive Township. Sidney enlisted in Au- gust, 1S02, in Company E, Ninetv- second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and after serving eighteen months re-cn- listcd in the One Hundred and Sixty- first Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was in several noted engagements. In 1803 he married .Nancy McKit- rick. They have eight children. Walter Shinn was born in Jackson Township in 1805 and is a farmer. 11 is parents and grandparents were Virginians. 1 1 is father came to Ohio, settled on Will’s Creek and thence came to Noble County. There were i nine sons and three daughters in the family. M. Ib Hanford is a son of Samuel Hanford, of Sharon Township, and was born in 1856. Since 1883 he has j devoted himself to the practice of veterinary surgery. lie is the only surgeon of the kind in this section. He married Lizzie Stevens, of Mor- gan County, in 1876 and they have ! one child — Minta. Hr. I). is an Odd Fellow and a Republican. James Willey, the oldest of a family of thirteen children, was born in Pennsylvania, in ISIS, and came with his parents to Noble Township in 1819. He has followed milling and farming. In 1841 he married Emily, daughter of Eenjamin Thorla, of Noble Township. Children : Will- iam McKee, Rhoda, Elizabeth, ben- jamin 11. and Jesse P. Elizabeth died in 1880, at the age of thirty-jive. Mr. Willey is a Democrat. Roth he and his wife belong to the Univer- sal ist church. James Long was born in Washing- ington County, Ohio, in 1846. His father was born in Washington Countv, Pa., and his mother in Washington Countv. Ohio. In Feb- ruary, 1864, James Long enlisted in Company K. Seventy-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was in manv battles and skirmishes. At Mark's Mill, on the Saline River, in Arkansas, In* was captured and taken to Camp Flood. Tyler, Tex.. ■ - JACKSON. 555 where lie suffered the hardships ol prison life for ten months. He was discharged at Columbus. Ohio, in 1800. In 1872 lie married Pliebe Merritt, of Jackson Township. Children: Virgin M. and Alvah II. Mrs. Long is a member of the Chris- tian church. Mr. Long is a farmer and a Democrat. John M. Da nl’ord was born in Monroe Countv. March 30. Dll. and came to Jackson Township. Noble County, in 1807. February 0. 1805. he enlisted in Company D. One Hundred and Might v-lifth Ohio Vol- unteer Infantry, and was honorably discharged at the close ot the war. In 1800 lie married Delia 0. Mitten. Children : George W.. Oscar S.. Mary M., Joseph W., John T.. Charles M. (deceased), James T., Forrest C. deceased), Ohloe Ik. Sarah and Sherman. The family are mem bers of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Dan ford is a Repub- lican and has served as township trustee. Abner J. Davis was born at South Olive in 1838. His father, a native of Maine, was a soldier in the IVar of 1812. He married Lucinda May - hew, a native of Martha's Vineyard, whose father, Frederick Mayhew, was a landscape painter and sailor. The family came to Ohio in 1834. A. J. Davis married Margaret Tutors in 1800. They have had ten children, seven of whom are living. Benjahiin 1L Parrish, son of Ste- phen Parrish, of Sharon Township, was born in Sharon Township in 1847 and is a farmer by occupation. In 1873 he married Phebe Ivevser, of : Sharon Township. Of their six chil- dren live are living: Janies IL. Isaac S.. Richard S.. Sarah A. and BelvaA. Church Benjamin Morris was born in Noble County in 1859. His par- ents and his grandparents were early settlers in the county, and his father is now a merchant in Beverly. The subject of this notice has fol- lowed fanning and the mercantile business. In 1877 he married Nancy E. Hughes, of Morgan County. Chil- dren: Jesse M., Minor P.. Nellie B. and Bertha. Mr. Morris is a Republi- can. lie has been township treasur- er and is a member of the Odd Fel- lows John Misel was born in Guernsev County, in 1818. His father, John Misel, was a German, an early settler * in that county, and a soldier in the War of 1812. John Misel is a farm- ! er in Jackson Township. lie mar- ried Harriet Delancey in 1S39 and is the father of fourteen children, three of whom are dead. James Ogle, a native of Ireland, and his wife Ann (Dixon), who was born in New York State, were among the early settlers of Olive Township. Mr. Ogle was assessor of Morgan County two terms. He was the father of ten children. Benjamin C. j Ogle, now of Jackson Township, was born in Olive Township in 1S27. and 1 is a farmer. In 18(>2 he enlisted in the Ninth Ohio Cavalry, Company B, and served until his discharge at the close of the war. He was pres- ent at the siege of Knoxville: at the j rebel surrender at Cumberland Gap ; in the skirmishing at Nashville; in ! the Rousseau raid and Atlanta siege ; n 550 1I1STOKV OK NOI’.KK COUNTY, Oil to. with Sherman in his raid and the “march through Georgia. ’’ John S. Mincks was boni in Jack- son Township, April 10, 18-15; son of Iliram and Eliza (Shipley) Mincks. the former a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter of Maryland, lie is a prominent and influential citizen; has served in varionstownship offices - — trustee, assessor, etc. — and is the j present justice of the peace. He is steward of the Methodist Episcopal church, and superintendent of the Sabbath school. March 17. 1$(>7. he married Alary, daughter of Ales- ; tor Hardin, of Jackson Township. . They have had two children : Irvin E., living, and Emmet Otes. deceased. About 1835 James Parley and Peter Keith opened a store near the present hamlet of Keith's. Jonathan Gibbs was their clerk. This was the I lirst store in the township. About ten years later Amos Smith opened ! a store where Angus Pell now lives, and there has been a store at Keith’s ever since. P. M. Poland kept store several years about a quarter of a mile further down the road. After Amos Smith came P. AY. Keith, John Pay, George Paker, Dye A Tilton, Yarnall Bros., Baker & Keith, and Penton Paker, success- ively. The Behind store was success- j ively conducted by Behind, -I. 0. Tilton A Co., 1). K. Paxton, S. G. | .Iordan and Pell A Keith, the last named firm consisting of Aligns Pell, ! P. G. Pell and Adam Keith. This firm began business in 18(15, and in 1 8 ( > ( 5 removed to the present location. Alter fourteen years, the firm changed to Pell A Hughes (Angus Pell and J. P. Hughes). Since 1881 the style of the firm has been Bell A Alorris (Angus Bell and C. B. Alor- ris). Theirs is now the only store in the place. Keith A Cunningham opened a store in 1881. and were succeeded by Charles Phillis, who went out of business in 1885. The postoflic-e at Keith's was es- tablished about the year 1835. A steam saw-mill was built in .1 855. and. in 1881 a grist-mill, by P. AY. Keith. These mills are still operated, and have been owned by P. C. Keith since 1873. About 18-H Asa Lang started a small store near where Oscar Alat- thews now is. Xext came AYilliam Alorris, where John AY. Taylor now is. He was succeeded by Thomas Alorris. Dr. AYilliam Boyd built the store now kept by -I. P. Davis. Tay- lor A Sons succeeded Bovd and also Alorris. Afterward the firm became P. S. Taylor, then Taylor A Smith, succeeded by John A\ . Taylor. P. S. Taylor carried on the mercantile business for ten years where J. B. Davis now is. The first blacksmith at Crooked Tree was John Black. The present one is Ithanier Alartin. AYesley AY. Peed, saddler, lived here for twenty- live years, then moved to Aforgan ( ’ountv. The shoemakers are Albert and AYilliam ATcKendrie. Elijah, their father, lived here and worked at the same trade several years. Crooked 1 ree postolliec was estab- lished about 18i>o. .lames P. II. Smith was the first postmaster. The little village of Jacksonville . .TACKSQX. > i (Crooked Tree postollicei wasJaid out by James It. Steadman. The sur- vey was made bv < 1 eorge Bell. May 25* Is .VI. Dungannon, a projected village on section 30 of township 5. range 0, was laid out by Nathan II. Essex. Geoi‘V(- Bell made the survev June 17. O' » 1850. The name of the "city" does not appear either on State or county maps, but the place survives as Ridge postoifiee. A store is kept at this point by AY. 11. Mayguckin. The stores in Jackson Township, January 1. JSST, were as follows: AYilliam II. Mavguckm. Dungannon (Ridge post office) : Bell V Morris, Keith’s; J. R. Davis. John AY. Tatdor, general merchants. Crooked Tree; Oscar Matthews, grocer and postmaster, Ci'ooked Tree. ciiukchks.- Three Methodist Episcopal churches - — Crooked Tree. "Williamson's and Shafer’s — the Haines Knited Breth- ren church and the Methodist Prot- estant church at Keith's, are the churches of Jackson Township. Uii i/ri/ Jji'cthvi'ii Church. — . I esse 1 faines was the founder of the United Prethrcn church, and AY. AY. Stringer one of its early prominent members. The organization is an old one, and the church one of the old-fashioned log buildings. The present member- ship is small. J\I cth 0(1 1 C h.pt ■srojxd ( 'h urchrst.- — -A Methodist class was organized and met at Peter Taylor's for many years. About Isis a log meeting-house was erected at ( rooked free. In IS72 the present frame church. 32 by ! 50 feet, was erected at a cost of about $1,400. "The present member- ship is about fifty. Among the lead- j ing early members of this church j were Elias Rainey. Samuel Poone. AYilliam P. Davis. Shubal Smith, Daniel AYagner. Samuel Hale. Rev. John S. Corpand their families. Dan- . iel AAbigner, John and James AYaller. AATorthington Tilton and AY. AY. Reed i are among former class-leaders. Phil- | ip Smith has been leader for twenty years. The AAblliamson Methodist Episco- pal church had a log meeting-house erected at about the same time the Crooked Tree log church was built. About 1871 the present church was dedicated. It cost about $l,20o. The present membership is about seventy-live. This church is named for Samuel AVilliamson. an early and prominent member. Jere Smith, John Mincks, Andrew Martin and ■ AAdlliam Rainey wereeaily members. Jere Smith. J. M. Smith ami Andrew Martin were early class-leaders. 'The Shafer Methodist Episcopal church was an old log building, re- cently replaced by a small frame house. Samuel Shafer. William Dar- rah, Samuel Johnson, Enoch Swig- ley, the A Hortons and others were early members, Samuel Shafer and Samuel Johnson being anions' the most prominent. The present mem- bership is small. This church is on the MountOlivccircuit. The( 'rooked Tree and AA'illiamson churches are on t he Dexter ( 'ity circuit. Method, .si / * rot' *•/ 1, id ('hurch. — A Methodist Episcopal class was organ- ized very early in the vicinity ol’ ■ 558 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. Keith's, and ;i log meeting-house was erected as early as 1 83d. A bout 1 8(12 the congregation became Methodist Protestant. It was fully organized April 17, 18(14, by Rev. < leorge AA’ illis. The orig- inal members were -Jacob Foreman. Elizabeth Foreman. Peter and Matil- da Brown, A\ . P>. and Sarah Reanev, May Keith, Adaline Cutler, Philip AV. Keith, Mary Keith, Samuel and Lucinda Sailor, Mordecai Ghrist, George and Christiana Willis and John and Path llaga. The first trustees were W. P. Iteanev, Samuel Sailor and Philip AAb Keith. The succession of pastors has been Revs. George Willis, Wm. Sears, Ogle, Anslcy Blackburn, Win. Sears. P. S. Welch, AVilson. McKiever, AVm. Betts, John Clark, J. B. McCormick, AV. 11. Gay, -John Baker, S. A. Fish- er, M. Ab Shuman and T. J. A\’est. First church edifice built in lS05at a cost of about 8f)00; present mem- bership, sixty-four; Sabbath school, forty-five. ODD FELLOWS. Keith Lodge.- — Keith bodge, Wo. 460, Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, was instituted October 14. 1870. The charter members were Adam Keith, P. C. Keith, John Hughs, George Baker, Thomas AV. Phillis, David Bell, William Donaldson, A. AV. Willis, Peter Gore, William Pea- ney and Shubal Hutchins. The lodge now has about eighty mem- bers. The hall was built in 1884 at a cost of about si, 300. The lodire- room is neatly and well furnished and the lodge is prosperous. The present value of the entire lodne property is not far from *3,000. The ■ present officers are Benjamin Dan- lord, IS. G.; Gilead McKee, V. G.; Abraham Shrivel*, secretary; -lames Foreman, P. S., and AV. B. Keith, treasurer. 'BIOGRAPHICAL. AAHlllam E. Way. the first of this name to settle in Xoble Countv. was born in England and came to the Pnited States in 1820 with his fami- ly of wife and two children, a son and a daughter, lie landed in Nor- folk. Aba., thence came to I hick Creek, AVashington County, Ohio, where he followed his trade, that of a IJack- ! smith, until his removal to AA’ood County, Va., where he died in 1846. He was an honest, industrious man of unquestioned integrity, and highly j esteemed for his sturdy manhood; { the daughter died in 1820. The son, Edward T., was born in England in 1812; his youth and early manhood were passed amid the rough experi- ences of pioneer days, and in early life he learned to rely on his own efforts. The family were poor, and for a time he lived with Peter Taylor, a farmer j of Jackson Township, doing the work upon the farm, for which he received one-third of its product. In ls.33 he entered forty acres of land, selling the only piece of property he had, a horse, to make the first payment. This in- vestment may be called the initial effort of his life, and formed the sub [ structure of a successful business life. He erected a cabin, cleared his little j farm, and as lie prospered bought - ‘ , JACKSON. 559 more land, until ho became the own- er of a tine estate of six hundred acres. The year following the first purchase, 1934;, he married Miss .Eliz- abeth Haney. The young couple were destitute of what would now be called the necessaries of life: their home was scantily furnished; a small stand did service as a table; this memento of pioneer times is still in possession of the family. The farm work was done with the rude imple- ments of that time, the grain was cut with a sickle, thrashed with a flail, winnowed with a hand fan, and ground at a horse-mill ; despite these obstacles they thrived 'by the practice of rigid economy and hard labor. Ton years after their marriage Mrs. Way died, and was laid to rest in the Taylor cemetery. Mr. Way’s second wife was Miss Ann, daughter of Edward and Mary Ellison. By this marriage there were nine children : Elizabeth, David it., Mary A., Aba- ga.il, Edward E., Henry, Sarah E.. Emily J. and William M. Elizabeth, the eldest of the family, was twice married. Her first husband was Bind- ley Garnall ; her second, James Shel- don. David E. married Jane K. Smith ; Mary A. became Mrs. John C Hale ; Aba gall married W. 11. 11. Hussey and resides in California ; Ed- ward E. married Miss Tacev E. Mathews; Henry married Ada, line Taylor; Sarah E. became Mrs. George Boon; Emily J. married Elvin Haney, and William M., Marv Heed. Mr. Way was a prominent and successful farmer, a worthy citizen and the per- sonification of integrity and honor; his word was as good as his bond.’1 On one occasion he borrowed 85,000 I on his ” promise to pay.” He iden- tified himself with all the interests of the community, and exerted a marked influence on the moral wel- i fare of those with whom he was as- sociated. He was a worthy member of the Methodist church. His char- : ity was proverbial and no one ever- left his door hungry. He died at his home in Jackson Township, Decem- ber 20, 1879. IIev. Jeke.miait Phillips, the old- est Methodist preacher in Ohio, is of Xew England ancestry. His 1 parents, Ananias and Abigail (Pitch- i er) Phillips, removed from Hew Hampshire to Saratoga County, X. V., where Jeremiah was born May 3, 1799. The family removed to Wash- ington County, X. V., and in 1823 decided to go further west, and the subject of this notice went in quest of a location. He selected and pur- ! chased a small farm near Mead vi lie, Pa., and thither the family removed. There Mr. Phillips had for his neigli- j bor John Brown, afterward famous in our history, and formed a strong friendship for him. In 1X30 Mr. Phillips entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal. church, in which he has been a faithful, earnest, suc- : cessful worker. He had a deep and powerful voice and was an effective i sermonizer, probably among the I best of the pioneer preachers in west- ! ern Pennsylvania.. 1 1 is lirst. circuit labors required him to travel about 280 miles every four weeks, through I a tough, mountainous country, the j bridle path leading through un- j bridged streams and miles of unin- ■ / 560 HISTORY OF NOIil.K COUNTY, OHIO, habited woodland. II is circuit was that of Connellsville. Pa., and Ids salarv *100 per year, lie preached j thirty-three limes every fon r weeks, and rarelv missed an appointment, lie studied boohs of theology as lie , rode from one place to another, lie | soon gained the sobriquet of “ rl he \ A !>ol it ion 1 ‘readier," and never ceased to labor for the freedom and eleva- | tion of the colored race. From Con- ! nellsville he was sent to Parkersburg, in western Virginia, and there, in the i slaveholders’ own country, continued ! with unabated energy fearlessly to denounce the “institution.” While on the Harrison circuit, in Virginia., in J 834-, he married Arab Courtney, of Irish descent. Her womanly cour- age and Christian patience cheered him in his dangerous and < 1 i llicnl t worlc; and with him she shared the joys and sorrows of life until called peacefully away, October 14. Iss3 She was the mother of ten children, who reached mature years. Mr. Phil I i] is continued to labor in the Master's vineyard in Virginia and Pennsylvania until 1844. when he came to Cambridge. Ohio. The unpopularity of his opinions and ut- terances on the slavery question were among the causes that brought him to this State. A fter laboring at Cam- bridge. Mr. Phillips was assigned to Sharon. In 1S46 the family removed to Summerlield : and. in 1S47. to a farm in the wild and then sparsely settled country near Mount Tabor church in Stock Township. Is obi e County. In 1S73 he sold the farm and removed to his present residence near Dexter City. Since '1864 he has held a superannuated relation to the church.' but has continued to preach at intervals. His mental faculties are still clear, and in all respects he is a remarkably well-preserved old man. He has probably ridden 1:25. out) miles on horseback, preached 14,000 sermons, and the influence of his work has added to the church be- tween lO.OoQ and 15.000 members. To him belong all the “ honor, rev- | erence and good repute" that follow ! faithful service. . CHAPTER XXIX. EPOCH. Organized as a Township of Monroe County in 1822 — Early Taxes for the Township — Property Holders in 1883 — Rk-oro ANtz ation of the Township in 1831 — Change of Boundary' — Derivation of the Name — The Pioneer Settlers and How They Lived — Hunters and Hunting — Anecdotes — Early Elections — Early Mills — The German Settlement — The Pioneer Germans — How They 31 an aged to Pay for Lands — Hardships and Difficulties — Economy and Thrift Bring Prosperity — Later German Settlers — Newhurg — Its Rise and Decline — Fulda — Its Origin and Growth — Mercantile — Schools — Churches — St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church. TTVPOCII TOWNSHIP is first .JLJJ mentioned on the records of Monroe County in 1S22, and was doubtless organized in that year. It embraced original township 6, of range S, or portions of the present townships of Enoch. Stock and Jef- ferson. In 1S22 the county levy for Enoch and Union together was $28. In 1823 t lie amount of the tax duplicate of Enoch was $17.30. ; Samuel Powell was the lister, and , was allowed $2 for his services. In i 1824 the total tax for the township was $19.40; Elisha Enochs, collector. j In 1833 the tax was $42.53 on real estate and $35.39 on personal prop- j erty; total, $77.92. Valuation for the same year: real estate, $3,781 ; per- I son a I property, $3,140; total. $0,927. : The following names of property i holders in Enoch "Township, in 1833, appear upon the Monroe County tax duplicate for that year:* *Wc lmvc here pi von the names of only tho.se whose land lay within the present limits of the township. Those hrlonyiiur elsewhere tiro (liven in the histories of t.lie townships in which the lands are now included.- Hn. David Cunningham, section 31. 98 acres, value $111; same, 1 mill, $80; William Craig, section 27, 80 acres, $91; Stephen Harris, section 8, 80 acres, $100; Francis Headley, section S, 80 acres, $100; George Harris, section 18, 97 acres, $f(i6; Francis Hupp, section 28, 97 acres, $100 ; same, section 35 (in Jefferson), 159 acres, $1.82; same, section 27, 00 acres, $08 ; Philip Hupp, section 27, 50 acres, $57 ; Samuel Powell, section 7, 95 acres, $119; Isaac Powell, sec- tion 18. 90 acres, $120; James Powell, section 18, 90 acres, $120; James How- land, section 31, 29 acres, $55 ; Pobin- son Sanford, section 31, 29 acres, $55; David Taylor, section 27, 51 acres, $57. The following were owners of per- sonal property in Enoch Township — in its entire territory — in 1883, in addition to those already named :* John Armstrong, Obed Ackley, Samuel Craig, Jeifries Cunningham, ‘Many of I ho persons mimed amonjr the owners of personal property wore residents within the present limits of Stoek Township. 80 501 ' HISTORY OF XOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. .502 "Washington Cunningham, Ebcnezer Cunningham, Elisha Enochs. 1 hairy Enochs. Wddow Enochs, "Widow Gran- don, Philip Gates. Enoch Grandnn, Hiram Hupp, Alexander Hupp, Henry Hup]), Daniel JIupp, Morgan Harris. John McMillen. William McBride, John McBride, George McClure. James Howland. James McClure, Mary Rufus, Alexander Sweeney, George Sweeney, Barton "Wells. William Young, Richard "Warfield. Enoch Township was named Tor Elisha Enochs, who was one of its most prominent citizens. lie located on section 1, below Carlisle, and was one of the first settlers on the East Fork. He held the office of justice many years. He was also treas- urer, and afterward commissioner of Monroe County. On the lstof May. 1851. the county commissioners established the bound- aries of Enoch Township as follows: “Commencing at the southwest corner of section 31 in township ii and range 8; thence east along said township line to the southeast corner of section 33 in said township and range ; thence north along the section line to the southwest corner of sec- tion 27 in said township and range; thence east along the section line to the southeast corner of said section 27 ; thence north along the section line to the northeast corner of section 10 in said township and range; thence west to the northwest corner of said section 10; thence north to the northeast corner of section 4 in said township and range; thence west along the township line to the northwest corner of said township : number (i and range 8; thence south along said township line to the place j of beginning: containing twenty-two sections.'1 The first justice of the peace in Enoch Township, after the formation of Xoble County, was Alfred Ogle, who qualified April 15, 1851. June 6, 1855, on petition of Jona- than Echelberrv and twenty-seven others, the county commissioners or- dered that sections 31, 32 and 33 be struck from Center Township and attached to Enoch. September 3, 1855, on petition of Abraham M. Bryan and others, the northern half of section 31, township 7, range 8. was attached to Center. I The township contains a great | number of never-failing springs of i pure water. There is an abundance 1 of coal of good quality, but so far none has been mined except for local I supply. A seven-foot vein has been worked for years on the Hohman farm. The township derives its name from the Enochs family, who were pioneer settlers on the East Fork of Duck Creek, near Carlisle. "While the township retained its original i boundaries, Elisha Enochs was one of its foremost citizens. The Harrises were among the early settlers in the western part of the township, where their descendants still live. Morgan, Stephen and ; George Harris were the sons of Eli- I jah Harris, a pioneer of Olive Town- | ship. George Harris was considered a good hunter in his day. lie lived on tin' farm now owned by bis son. i Sampson. Morgan lived on the 1* • . ENOCH. farm now owned by Allred Harris. Stephen Harris, still living in West Virginia, at the age of eighty-nine, settled on the August Dimerling j farm. George Harris had a camp on Middle Creek prior to lsl-2. He left it and went into the war against ; Great Britain. A stream which ran past his camp is still known as “ George's Hun.” George Harris was a very skillful hunter. He was able to imitate the noise made by a deer with such accuracy as to deceive the animals themselves. He would secrete him- self and repeat the call until the deer had approached within easy shooting | distance, then his rifle would speak with fatal results. On one occasion he had been away from home, and on his return was informed by his wife Betsy that a bear had killed one of his hogs. She knew where the car- cass of the hog lay, and George promised to get up early in the morn- ing to hunt for the bear. Knowing the habits of the animal, he felt sure the bear would return fora breakfast of pork. Betsy, equally as interested in the destruction of the bear, routed her husband out long before day- break, and they proceeded together to the spot where the dead hog lay. The bear was there, too. and as he stood up erect at the sound of ap- proaching footsteps, Harris shot, and wounded him fatally. Samuel, James and Isaac Powell were brothers, who settled early in the western part of the township. Samuel was a prominent man, and held the olli.ee of justice of the peace 1 early. He sold his farm to Robert I 563 Lowe, who in turn sold to "William Manifold. Samuel Powell died in Wisconsin. He was a preacher in the I nited Brethren church. The wife of Samuel Powell was Hannah, daughter of Elijah Harris, Sr. Her sister Ann was the wife of Isaac Powell. Francis Headley, who sold out to Henry Miller, had a good improve- ment on the creek where he was an early settler. Tie went to Iowa, where he died. Philip Hupp, another early resi- dent, went west, and is still living. Daniel Hupp lived on the creek. lie was a brother of George Hupp, an early settler of Jefferson Township, and a brother-in-law of Francis Hupp. Ephraim had a brother Manasseh, who delighted in playing practical jokes. By some means he became possessed of the rattle of a rattle- snake, and once when out in the huckleberry bushes, produced it and began shaking it in order to have some fun with “Eph." The latter, hearing the noise, asked what it was. to which Manasseh replied. . Eph, here’s a rattler I ” Manasseh afterward related the incident in his own inimitable wa v, and declared that “Eph” jumped as high as the tops of the bushes around them. "William Craig and Francis Hupp were among the earliest settlers on the “little creek’’ — Middle Creek. Francis Hupp was rough but honest. He was a leading Methodist. He gained a large amount of properly, and was highly respected. II is son Ephraim was something of a char- . 504 HJSTOttY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. actor. On one occasion lie went to ! Zanesville to enter a tract of land, and was asked where it lay. ‘‘Lays jest up alongside of dad’s big med- der.” “ But what range and town- ship is it in \ " “ I don't know wlmt i townshi]) it's in, but it is the - — - best range you ever saw : ridge ; weeds and pea vines up to your waist! ” or words to that effect. David Cunningham was a pioneer ; on the place where Captain Moseley now lives. He had one of the early horse-mills of the county, which was in operation several years. Ilis sons, Washington and Jefferson, occupied the farm after him. Both are now dead. Robinson Sanford was a Xew England Yankee, a shrewd, intelli gent man. Ilis son Dwight was justice of the peace several years, and one of the early probate judges of the county. James Rowland, a prominent, early settler, lived in the southwest corner of the township. He was an earnest i Democrat and always alive on polit- ical subjects. The early elections of Enoch Town- ship were held on the creek known as Otters! ide, on the Rice farm. The Rices were pioneers, who came here front Marion Township — William Rice and his sons 'William. Harrison and George. Lcbbeus Eordyce was one of the prominent early sell lers of this town- ship. He came from WaynesImrg.Pa , where he was born in 1 767, and where he passed his youth and early man- hood, and where he also studied law and surveying; lie became a practi- cal surveyor and came to what is now Beaver Township about 181b : he surveyed the village of Batesvilleand in ISoS removed to Enoch Townshi]*. where he purchased a large tract of land near the present village of Fulda, which lie afterward sold to German settlers. He became one of the prominent and influential citizens of that region. Jabez Bedford, after- ward a prominent lawyer and his son-in law, lived with him for many years, and with him began the study of the law. Mr. Fordyce lived in Enoch until his decease, which oc- curred in I860. He had a family of ten children, only four of whom, Clar- rissa (Bedford). Abigail (Rathbone), Mary (Dearth) and Lebbeus, are now living. John Smith was an early settler in the northern part of the townshi]*. James Linoleum is an old resident, in the same locality. Morgan Harris built a grist mill on Middle Creek, on the farm now owned by Chris. Rice, as earl y as 1 S3G. It. was a small affair, but neverthe- less very useful. John Wickham was a prominent, early settler in the northern part of the township. lie removed to Iowa with his family. He had an early horse-mill. John Cunningham, in the southern part of the townshi]*, had an early distillery, which was well patronized. He left thccountry and was never again heard from. Charles W. Moselev, a native of Tennessee, was reared in Winchester. Ya. He came to Summerlield, Ohio, about 1825, and erected tin* first cabin there, lie was a bricklayer A . ENOCH. i)G5 and plasterer. lie settled in Enoch Township in 1S40. lie was the father of Captain "William L. Mose- ley, of this township. Tie was a- good man, but somewhat excitable, lie was a firm Methodist, and was the leader of the first class formed in ! Summeriield. Wesley Neptune saws be once found Mr. Moseley praying for grace to keep from whipping one of his neighbors, who was a pro- nounced secessionist. James Moore, a shoemaker, who came from New York City, was the first settler on the place now owned by Moses Armstrong, in the western part of the township. James Arm- strong, father of Moses, came from Belmont County, and purchased the place of Moore in 1841. The German settlement began in 1837, and has steadily progressed i ever since, until now the native-born Americans, descendants of the early ; settlers, are comparatively few in the township. The German settlement began in the vicinity of Fulda. It has since spread over nearly all of Enoch Township, and over portions of the neighboring townships of Stock, Elk and Jefferson. Valentine Weaver, or “Felty” Weaver, as he was called, was the first German to secure title to apiece of land in Enoch Township. He was a Protestant from Bavaria, but all the other early comers were Catho- lics. They came principally from the German state Kurhessen (Ilessc-Cas- sol). Few came directly from Ger- many, but most of them had been in the country a few years, working at various occuput ions in dillerent cities, 1 so that they had become somewhat acquainted with the English language and also with American customs. The tax list of 1S33, elsewhere given, will show that at that date the ter- ritory now comprised in Enoch Town- ship had very few settlers. Those few had been here, some of them for twentv vears, but their improvements were so small and so far apart that the township was practically a wil- derness. Its surface is rough and very hilly, and though the soil is good, the country was not of the nature to attract the native pioneers, and thus the scarcity of settlers is accounted for. But when the pioneer Germans came and found land cheap and abundant, to be procured either at first hand at government price, or very cheaply when purchased from those who then owned it, a new epoch began in the history of Enoch Township. The first settlers wrote to their friends scattered here and there in Germany and America, and advised them to come. And soon there was a thrifty settlement of in- dustrious, frugal and prosperous peo- ple. Soon they had religious serv- ices and schools, and their prosperity has been steady and constant ever since. The township is now among the most populous in the county, and most of the citizens are property owners and have good, comfortable homes. In fifty years, the German settlers haveaccomplished more than the same number of native Ameri- cans would have accomplished in a century. All tlu* pioneers of this race were poor at the start, and came here with barely enough money to HISTOKY OK NOBr.K COUNTY, OHIO. 566 enter forty or eighty acres of land. Hut they were all diligent ■workers, and thoroughly versed in the art of economy. Thev lived upon corn- bread and the simplest food, and were unceasing in their efforts to im- prove- the condition of their prop- erty. Many of them were unaccus- tomed to farm work, and to all, the work of farming new land was a new experience. But all made a living, and many acquired large estates. Buying piece after piece of land, and paying for it in small installments; j assigning' every member of the fam- , ily, boy or girl, work suited to their age, making every cent count, almost eveiy German prospered in spite of disadvantages and obstacles which would have been insurmountable to a less courageous people. Jno. Ilolnnan and Leonard Schoepp- ner came to America from Hesse in 1835. Mathias Sehockling, a French A isatian, came to this country earlier. In the year 1S37 these three, with “Felt.y” Weaver, made a settlement in Enoch Township, all bringing their families in that year except Schoeppner. Weaver located on sec- tion 4, Sehockling on the same sec- tion, Hohman on section 9, and Schoeppner on section 8. John Schoeppner came from Wheeling to the farm on which his son Leonard lives in 1837, and built a house, to which he removed his family in the following year. In the second vear he met with a serious misfort- une, getting his leg broken. II is children were Eve (Snyder) and Leonard, lie died in 1S75 in his eighty -seventh year. In 1889 Valen- I tine Sailing and. John Warner came from Philadelphia and settled in the southern part of the township, near Middleburg. In 1810, also from Philadelphia, came August Dimer- ling, Francis Ebert and Michael Blake. Other early German settlers, without regard to date, some of them as early as those already men- tioned. were two by the name of John Hill, John Gharst, who died in 1885, aged eighty-five years, John Yaeger, John Michael, Adam Shafer, Michael Shott, John Arnold, Joseph Miller, Henry Huffman. Nicholas Holliman, Ferdinand IIupp, Henry Hupp, Philip Snyder. Conrad Craft, Joseph Crum, and others elsewhere mentioned. From 1810 to 1850 immigration was largest. Probably sixty or seventy families located in the town- ship and vicinity during that period. Some became discouraged and left after a few years of struggling in the wilderness. But by far the greater number stuck to their work with true German perseverance, and by hard work made themselves good homes. The early settlers found game quite abundant, and it formed no unimportant part in the scant list of household supplies. As soon as they had been here long enough to learn the process, or in three or four vears after their coming, most of the Germans engaged in raising tobacco, deadening the trees and burning off the leaves, then plowing the ground if it could be plowed, and if not, digging it over with a hoe. The virgin soil thus treated yielded good crops. The tobacco industry is Mill IhkJ ENOCH. 507 an important one to the fanners of the township. For their tobacco ■market, in early years, they went to X e w Lexington, Colorado, Summer- ; field and Middleburg. Of late Fulda lias become an important tobacco- packing village. Nearly every farmer had a patch of flax, which was worked by hand into linen and linsey-wool- sey goods for family use. At first there was a great scarcity of horses, and those who were so fortunate as to own them “changed work" with their neighbors who had no teams. Oxen were also used to some extent in farm work. There was also a scarcity of wagons, which were in- deed well nigh useless in a country without roads. It was a frequent sight to see a farmer going to mill car- rying a grist upon his shoulders. I3ut in an incredibly short time the Ger- mans equipped themselves with every requisite for successful farming, made roads, built school-houses and a church, and attained such prosperity as only persevering industry, rigid economy and well-directed efforts can win. The leading idea of the Germans who came here was to make a home and enjoy the blessings of liberty. They bravely endured toil and hardship, inspired by the thought that their sons and daughters would grow up in a country where the people make their own laws and are not subject to burdensome taxes to keep up a large standing army and add to the wealth of petty princes and rulers. John Ilohman, called Doctor Ilohman, came to the township with his family in 1 SAT, removing from Wheeling, lie had some knowledge of medicine, and pract iced for several years in the German settlement. : His sons, Joseph, Magnus and John S., then single men, came to the township with him. Another son, Maurice, came in 1 815. Dr. Ilohman induced many Germans to come by writing to them of I he advantages of the country. 11 is son, John S., be- came a very prominent business man. Joseph Ilohman is still a resident of the township, and one of the few remaining- early settlers. Adam Tlrahler was born in Ger- many in 1810, and came to this country in 1837, and settled near Wheeling, W. Ya. In 1ST5 he came to Fulda, where he followed farm- ing and his trade, that of a. carpen- ter. lie owned eighty acres of land, a part of which now belongs to his son, John. lie was a devout Cath- olic. lie died in 1873, his wife in 1871. John, son of Adam, was born in 1837, in Wheeling, W. Ya. He married, in 1859, Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Mary Shaub. They have had twelve children. He has filled all the ollices in the gift of his fellow townsmen. For twelve vears he has been a magistrate, and for twelve years he has been post- master. lie is a worthy member of the Catholic church. The first German school in the township was taught in a log school- house, which stood near Hupei's. Maurice Ilohman and John Grass I were the first German teachers. English was also taught in the neighborhood. Joseph Cleary wasan ! early teacher in the English schools. r O ■ SOS HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY', OHIO, New burg was once a ]>laeeof some | pretensions, supporting a store, a tavern, a blacksmith shop ami other industries. Now it consists of about half a dozen houses, and lias no j stores, and no business except John S. barker's wagon shop. The build- ing of the railroad removed the business to Dexter City. The first store in Newburg was started about 1847, by Eber Brooks and John Brown, the former furnish- ing the capital and the latter having- charge of the business. For ten years or more Brown (now living in Sharon Township) did considerable business, dealing in general merchan- dise, a nd buying and shipping tobacco to Baltimore. Later, James Thomp- son carried on the mercantile busi- ness. A. J . Ogle commenced in 1 SCO, and continued six years. George A. Smith, was the last merchant at Newburg. South Olive postoftice (Truman Ransom, postmaster) was removed to Newburg in 1802, and remained there until removed to the present i location after the completion of the ; Duck Creek Railroad. r John S. Barker kept hotel several I years. For ten or twelve years he j was engaged in the manufacture of I O O wind-mills here. Daniel Sanford and son, Robinson, came from Maine, and settled near j Dexter City about 1817. Robinson Sanford was a well-known old settler and an honest, honorable man. lie j was a leading member of the Bap- tist church. lie died in 1 S 7 » ! . His children were William, IMiear (1st), Dwight F., Gabriel, Salome, l’hear i (2d) and Mary. Dwight F. Sanford was for many years a justice of the peace. In 1854- he was elected pro- bate judge and. held that office at the time of his death in 1S50. lie was born in Maine in 1813. lie married Lucretia A. Ogle and was the father of thirteen children. Dwight L. Sanford was born in this township in 1837. He took part in the pursuit of Morgan in Ohio. In 1SG0 he married Martha A., daughter of Matthew Scott, of this county. Children : Stephen A., G. B. McClellan. Ida B. (deceased), Lafayette, Susan (Hosier), Winfield, Edward, Wayne, Samuel J. and Frank. Mr. Sanford resides upon the old homestead. He has held various township offices. James Besson came from Belmont County quite early, and settled on the place now occupied by Solomon Ilesson. The latter was born in 1 828 in Belmont County, and has resided on his present location ever since the family came to the county. James Ilesson was the father of eleven children, all still living: Eliza A. (Hupp), John, Elizabeth (Hupp), Jane (Moseley), Matilda (Clark)! Sarah (Sullivan), Nancy (Ilciddleston), Lucinda (Archer), George, Francis and James. Cephas Lindsey, son of Samuel Lindsey, was born on the place which he now occupies in 1843. II is father came to Ohio from Bed- ford County, Pa., in 18lo. when but four years of age, his parents locat- ing in Belmont County. Samuel Lindsey was a farmer and died in this township in 1880. He ' ENOCH 500 and liis •wife (nee Margaret Hart) were the parents of seven children, three of. whom are living: James, Cephas and Elizabeth (Moore). Samuel Lindsey served as post- master about thirty-two years. Ilis father, James, was a Revolutionary soldier. Cephas Lindsey married Jane Moore in LOGO. Children: Martha A., Margaret and E Mi e 13. He owns and occupies the old homestead, a good farm, iris brother Janies was in the Forty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry for three years and in many severe engagements. Rufus Merry settled on the place now occupied by his son, Ambrose, about ISIS. Ilis father, Ambrose, came to tlie county about the same time. They came from New York State. Rufus Merry was the father of nine children, several of whom are yet living. He was a member of the Christian church. He died in 1877. Leonard Schoeppner came to this township at the age of sixteen years. He took the old homestead of his father at the age of twenty-three, and has added to it until he now has 260 acres of well-improved land. He was married in 181-5 to Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Miller, anti is the father of twelve children. He is among the oldest German residents of the township. August Dimerling, Sr., a native of Germany, came to this township from Philadelphia about 1809. Ilis sons, John and August, are promi- nent farmers of the township. John 1). IJill, a native of Ger- many, came lo this conn tv in |84o, and began clearing and improving land. He first bought a piece of land about a mile and a half from the present farm of his son, John I)., afterward selling it and making sev- eral subsequent purchases* He died in 1881, at the age of seventy years. Ilis widow is still living. Their children were John (deceased), Cath- arine, Leonard, Barbara (deceased), Eva and John B. John B. Hill was born in 1850, on the farm where he now resides. In 1872 he married (Mary F. Rausch. They have eight children: Rosa, Aloysius, Joseph, Eva, Gertrude (de- ceased), George, Peter and Ottillia. Mr. Hill has a well-improved farm of nearly 200 acres and the best barn in the township. He raises line slice]), .lie has served as justice of the peace for six years. lie is a supporter of the Catholic church, and he and his father contributed liber- ally toward building the new church at Fulda. He was the chief petition- er for the graded road from Fulda to Caldwell, and is prominent in every worthy enterprise. Leonard Ilill, son of John D. Hill, was born in Enoch Township in 1842. In 1806 he married Mary Michel. Children: John A., Eliza- beth, Henry, Leo (deceased), An- drew, Leo, Annie, George (deceased), Caroline and Louie. Mr. Hill bought eighty acres where he now lives in 1801, and has since added ninety- three acres, besides making extensive improvements in buildings, etc. lie has made a specialty of raising hogs and graded shorthorn cattle. He is a support er of the Cat holic church. ' , HISTOIJ V OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. 570 .Anthony Kress, who died in D83, came from Germany in 1S3S, and about two rears later removed to this township, beginning with forty acres of land. lie was the father of eight children, six of whom are liv- ing. Michael Shott came to Monroe County when twelve years of age, and resided there until 1815, when he settled in this township on the farm now occupied by his son John, lie is one of the prominent German farmers. In 180s he removed to his present home, formerly the old Fran- cis IIupp farm. G. C. Ehlerman, of Fulda, is one of the most enterprising business men of Xoble County, lie came from Germany in 1SG6, at the age of nine- teen, and settled in Miltonsburg, Monroe County, where he clerked in a store, having previously served an apprenticeship at that business in his native land. In 18GS he came to Fulda and entered the employ of John S. Ilohman. lie afterward bought the latter's stock of goods (Mr. Ilohman having failed for a large amount), and has since done a large and successful business. lie also purchased M r. Hodman's tobacco warehouse and began dealing exten- sively in tobacco. The warehouse and its contents were destroyed by lire in May, 18SG, involving a loss of $10,000. Mr. Ehlerman has since erected a new building, the best of the kind in eastern Ohio. He has also a large and commodious store, an elegant residence and seventy-live acres of land. He packs from 200 to 300 hogsheads of tobacco per year and deals extensively in wool, hand- ling about so,0(io pounds annually. Mi-. Ehlerman is a Catholic. He is at present servingas township trustee. He was married in 1873 to Mary E., daughter of John S. Ilohman, and has six children: Mary, Julia, Fred- erick, Cecilia. Christian and Ernest. David Harper, father of Abraham Harper, came from Pennsylvania and settled in Guernsey County about 1820. In 1S33 he removed to Stock Township, and about 1852 to the vi- cinity of Dexter City, where he died in IS 75. His children were Phoda (de- ceased), John J., Elizabeth i deceased), Isaac A'., Abraham, George W., 'Will- iam P. (a member of the Seventy- seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, killed at the battle of Saline). Mi- chael (a soldier in the same regi- ment). and Mary A. The father was a school-teacher for many years. Abraham Harper was born in Stock Township in 1^37. In 1857 he married Amanda, daughter of Obed Ackley, an early settler. Chil- dren : Columbus M., Mary E. (Matli- env). Mr. Harper has served in various township ollices and is at present a justice of the peace. The family belong to the Christian church, Joseph Smith and family, from Chester County, Pa., settled on Olive Green Creek in 1824, and about 1833 removed to Xoble Township, where he died in 1SG0 at the age of eighty- three. Air. Smith was the father of four children: Thomas G., John, Joseph and Margaret, lie was a preacher of the baptist denomina- tion. His son John, now a resident ■ . ENOCH. 571 of Enoch Township, came to Ohio with his parents. In 1337 lie mar- ried Mai’v J. Cain, daughter of Will- iam Cain. Children : Elizabeth C.. Land on R., Wan Buren and Joseph L. Mr. Smith is a prominent farmer, having two hundred acres of land, which he purchased and improved himself. 1 1 is children all reside in this county. He has served as town- ship trustee. IBs maternal grand- father, Thomas Green, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. John Boyd, son of Thomas Boyd, was born in Belmont Countv in 1819. Bis father, a native of Pennsylvania, came to Ohio when a boy, married Agnes Mdey in Belmont ( 'minty, and in 1 822 settled near the1 present town of Sharon. Bis children were Mary (Archibald), Bcbecca (Roberts'), Mar- garet, Nancy (Parrish), Ann (Par- rish), John, Miley and Robert — of whom Ann, John and Robert are living. John Boyd settled on his present farm in 1841, beginning with seventy - eight acres, and adding to it until at one time he owned 930 acres, part of which he has since given to his sons. Mr. Boyd was married in 1841 to Margaret Shepard, daughter of George Shepard, of this countv. Their children are Thomas, George, Robert (deceased), Sarah E. (de- ceased), Lafayette, Theodore and John N. Mr. Boyd follows fanning and the raising of line stock. The family are members of the United Presbyterian church. W illiam .McBride was born in Pennsylvania, and came to Harrison County about lSlC. In 1833 he rc- ; moved to Enoch Township, and entered two hundred acres of land whore his son Martin now resides: lie ! lived upon ids farm until Ids decease in 1871. By his first marriage there 1 were four children : John. Mary A. (dead), Samuel and Martin. Martin was born in Carlisle, in 1832. He married in 1856 Miss Jane Swainey. They had two children, Abigail and Uriah. The former died in her eight- eenth year; the latter married Miss I Alice Davidson. Mr. McBride en- listed December 25. 1S01, in the Twentieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer | Infantry, lie was engaged in the following battles: Port Donelson, Shiloh, Port Gibson, Vicksburg. At- I lanta, Ga., Corinth, and many of the [ minor engagements. At Atlanta he was hit by rebel bullets eight- een times. He was on detached service as a sharpshooter, being one of the best marksmen in the regi- j ment. He served Ids term and was honorably discharged, lie is a rep- resentative of one of the oldest i families in the county, and is an honorable and useful citizen. Pm. da. The survey of the village of Fulda was made by Charles Burlingame. June 5, 1801. The original plat con- tains six acres and ninety-three I square rods. The village is called after a town in Germany of the same name. The land oil which the lirst lots were laid oil was owned by John Braider. John 8. Hohnian sold several lots about the same time. Ollier additions have since j been made. The land on which the ■ HISTORY OK NOJ5UE COUNTY. OHIO. 57 2 town stands was entered by Isaac Mori'is and afterward owned by Frederick Spencer, his son-in-law. The first store was started before the town was laid out, about 1855, by Ilciddlesheimer it llohnian (II. W. Ileiddlesheimer and John S. lloh- nian). The business was afterward continued by J. S. llohnian'1' alone until 1 S 7(5, when lie failed with liabili- ties of $140,000, causing heavy losses to many. 1 1 e dealt largely i n tobacco and live stock. During the war his mercantile business alone amounted to $50,000 a year. lie removed to the A Vest and is now in Kansas. G. C. Ehlerman began business in Fulda, in 18t>7, for J. S. llohman. In 1870 he bought Ilohman’s stock at assignee's sale, and has since done a large business for a country mer- chant. lie is also extensively en- gaged in packing and shipping tobacco. After the village was laid out Francis Fischer bought a lot and erected the first house. lie carried on the saloon business, which his willow still follows, and was also engaged in brewing for several years in a small way. John S. llohman was the first postmaster. The office was not established until several years alter the village was projected. The first blacksmith was John Noll, who still resides in the place. The first shoe- maker was John Diegmiller. Fulda is situated upon one of the highest elevations in the count v. *In 1*57 llohman also star fed a store at Knsodale, now called Kiev’s Mill, which was run for a low cars. The location is pleasant and health- ful. From the .town a line view can be had of some of the most attractive ! natural scenery in Ohio. The business interests of the place in 1880 were as follows: G. C. Ehlerrnan and J. B. Arnold, general store. John Noll and John Braliler, Jr., blacksmiths. Feter Johnson, wagon-maker. All's. Bosold, hotel. James T. Brown, physician. Fulda contains the best church in the county. It is in a special school district and has a large frame school- house, built in 1884 at a cost of i $1,200. The school is in two depart- ments. Both English and German are taught. o CHURCHES. The churches of Enoch Township. : aside from the Catholic church at Fulda, are a Methodist Episcopal church, in the northern part of the township; a Fnited Brethren church in the western part, and a Christian church in the northwestern part. Of these the Methodist Episcopal church j is the oldest, the present church edi lice I being the third that has been erected since the formation of a class. The United Brethren church was erected about 1850. It is one of the few log churches still left standing in Ohio. The Powells and the Harrises I were among the early members. Breaching was had in the neighbor- hood over lifty vears ago, at the house of ‘Squire Powell. The Chris- tian church was organized more recently. ENOCH. 573 KEV. DAMIA.X JOSEPH TCrXBEK. The history of St. Mary’s cluirch and the life of Father Kinder are so inseparably connected that neitlier is complete without the other. To t lie upbuilding of this society he gave a life of passionate earnestness and self-sacrificing effort. 11 is devotion to its interests and the spiritual and temporal welfare of his people has been rarely excelled. Like his Master, his life was spent in doing good. Ills abnegation and entire disregard of liis personal welfare were the primary cause of his early death. He was born December 20, 1837, at Fulda, II esse-Cassel, Germany. His father was an intelligent gentleman of the middle class, who died when Damian Joseph was a small boy. In his youth he evidenced a studious disposition, which was fostered by his mother. He entered the seminary at his native place, where he obtained a thorough classical education. In 1857 he came to America, and. hav- ing decided to make the ministry a life's vocation, entered “ Mt. St. Mary’s of the West,” at Cincinnati. Ohio, where he was ordained in June of 1 SCO, by Most Uov. .1. B. Purcell, archbishop of that diocese. In -Inly of the same year he was given the Fulda church, with the adjoining missions in Monroe, Washington and Noble Counties. All his visits to the different points of his parishes were made in the saddle, and it can be said of him, as of the early mis- sionaries, that “ the saddle was his chair and his bod.” Continuous rid- ing in the saddle over rough roads caused hernia, which was the pri- mary cause of his decease. In 1805 he was relieved of the missions in Monroe County, and in 1871 of the missions at Harriet tsville and Fox's settlement. There still re- mained, however, a great deal of horseback riding for him to do; his disease grew worse, and attended with more danger. One day in February, 1SS3, he started for Cald- well; the roads were in a terrible condition; his business he thought to be imperative, as he had collected a fund for the relief of poor people in Europe (whose country had been devastated by floods) which he de- sired to remit at once. He arrived in Caldwell, but was there attacked with strangulation, from which he died February 20, 1S83, in the forty- sixth year of his age. lie was visited during his illness by lit. Itcv. Bishop Watterson, who, despite the condition of the roads and the inclemency of the weather, attended the funeral and witnessed the grief of his spiritual children, to whom he had been a father and teacher. 1 1 is pastorate embraced a period of twenty- -three years, in which time he built the present church edifice and a parochial resi- dence and school, and brought the congregation to its present perma- nence and prosperity. A beautiful monument, erected by his congrega- tion, marks his resting-place. Al- though dead, he still lives in the hearts of those he was associated with. He is remembered by all who knew him as a Christian gentleman, whose great kindness of heart and the all-absorbing love he possessed . . 574: II1ST0KY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. for tlie woi'k lie was called to do cut short his earthly existence in the prime of life. St. J/n/v/h Catholic Church. — “The Congregation of the Immaculate Con- ception of St. Mary" was organized about ISfO. Some seven years pre- vious to this time (1833) a party of German immigrants from Wheeling, AY. Ya., had settled in the vicinity of Fulda, upon government lands. This little band formed the nucleus for what lias since become one of the most prosperous Catholic societies in this section of the State. For sev- eral years they were denied all re- ligious advantages, but about 1840 a clergyman made his appearance among them, occasionally holding divine services in neighboring log- cabins and log barns. Nine years after, Rev. J. Framer, of Miltons- burg, visited them. For seven years he made semi-monthly visits. During this time he began the erec- tion of a small church building, which was dedicated by Rt. Rev. J. B. Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1853. In 1858 Rev. J. B. Brummcr was appointed ; he was the first resi- dent pastor; he remained until lSGo, when he was succeeded by Rev. 1). J. Klu her, who ministered to the spiritual wants of the congregation for over twenty -three years. To him the society is largely indebted for its present size and permanence. In 18G3 a school building was erected, and three years later a pas- toral residence. The latter was quite pretentious for that time, and cost §2,5o0. By this time the first church struct- ure had become entirely inadequate for the wants of the congregation, so arrangements were made for the building of a new one. It is rather an imposing structure, of brick, GO x 1 2o leet, and cost si 9,4-08. The corner-stone was laid May 31, 1874, by the reverend pastor, by permission of the ordinary. The new church was finished in 1875, and dedicated in August of that year by Rt, Rev. S. II. Rosecrans, who at the time was bishop of the diocese of Colum- bus. Ohio, and who preached the dedi- catory sermon. The following reverend gentlemen o o honored the pastor with their pres- ence: Very Rev. .LB. llemsteger, Y. S., Revs. Schelhamer, Fladung, Schleicher, Buss and Ryan. In 1884 Rev. Ed. L. Fladung was called to the pastorate, and, seeing the neces- sity of extensive improvements, be- gan at once the building of a new residence. The brick and stone of the old church were used, and the old parsonage taken as a residence for the teacher. The church was over- hauled— new ceiling, altar, etc. The entire cost, including the building of pastoral residence, the new altar, re- pairs on the church and other im- provements, was about §4, 70o. The church is the finest structure of the kind in the county. Interest at- taches to the names of the original members of this congregation. Some of the more prominent ones were John Schoeppner, Sr., John Adam Schafer, Philip Schneider, Adam Braider, Melchior Black and others. The succession ol pastors has been Revs. J. Cramer, J. A. Brummcr, 1 >. . . M \ w. | ±\ • H* •*>. -V x. ENOCH. J. Klubor, J. G. Luttig* ami I".. L. Fladung. The present member- ship is 125 families, or about 7 < >0 souls. The parochial school has about 125 pupils. Owing to the very able administration of Father Fla- dung, both church and school are in a very flourishing condition. John P>. 11 ii. l. — John D. Ilill, the father of the subject of Ibis notice, was born in Hittlebach. Ifessen, Germany, in 1S10. In 1831 he came to this country in company with John Schoeppner, and together they settled in Wheeling, AV. Va. In 1838 Hr. Hill came to Foble County and entered forty acres of land in Enoch Township, returning to Vir- ginia. where he worked one year to obtain money with which to enter another forty. Afterward he sold his purchases and bought eighty acres, upon which he resided for many years, lie died in April of 1880, aged seventy years. lie mar- ried Hiss Ottillia, daughter of John Schocppncr, who was his fellow pas- 575 senger from Germany and one of the first German settlers of Enoch Town- ship. lie had a family of seven children: John. Oatharina, Anna Ik, Leonard, Barbara, Eva and John JL The latter was born in 1850 and married, in 1872, Hiss Hary F. Rausli. and has a family of eight children: Rosa. Aloysius, Joseph. Eva, Catherine, George, Peter and Ottillia. He is one of the leading German farmers of the county, own- ing the old homestead, to which he has added seventy-five acres, making a fine farm of 237 acres, under good improvement and with good build- ings. For some time he has made sheep-growing a specialty. Like his father, he is a Democrat in politics and a Catholic in religion. Both have been generous supporters of church enterprises, and aided in the erection of St. Hary’s church. John Jh has for six years been a justice of the peace, lie is a pros- perous farmer and an esteemed citi- zen. CHAPTER XXX. BEATER. Pioneer Sf,tti.ers — Laroki.y from Mahyi.axd — Their Condition and Characteristics — Adventures ivitii Bears and Panthers — I low “Whisky Run” got its Name — “Frolics” — John House’s Milt, — Mention of Early Settlers — Anecdotes — Or- ganization of Beaver Township, 1 810 — Tax-Ltst in 1 s:j0 — The Boundaries of the Township as Established in ISA 1 — Change of Boundary— Early Merchants — Family Sketches — Early Schools — Bate.syii.le — Its Origin and Growth — A Neat and Thrifty Town — Churches, Schools, Lodges, etc. rpiTE first settlement in the town- JL ship was made by the Reed family, elsewhere mentioned, and by Thomas, John and Joseph Carpenter and John Tyrrell as early as 1810. The Carpenters came from Virginia. They reared families and died in the township. In early years they were noted hunters. Tyrrell afterward moved east. Richard and Matthias Crov were among the first settlers. The family became widely scattered. Pearly all the pioneers came from the old States of Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania — by far the great- er number from Maryland. Few of them were blessed with a surplus of this world's goods. They had their own way to make, their own fortunes to achieve. Their experience did not differ from those of the generality of Ohio pioneers, and no remarkable events marked the history of their lives. They were honest, worthy people ; neighborly, kind-hearted and obliging: generally men of strong religions convictions but of limited edueat ion. The old settlers found the country heavily timbered and wild game abundant. There were turkeys and deer in plenty; many wolves and a few bears and panthers. Samuel Carpenter, crossing within a mile of Batesvillo, heard a sound which he at first took to be the cry of a human being in distress. Tie answered ; the cry was repeated several times, and the sound came nearer. Then he understood that it was not a man but a panther that was approaching him, and made all haste to his home. At another time John Joy, on his way to the home of the Carpenters, saw peculiar tracks on 'Whisky Run. They led into a cave or cleft in the rocks, and he — bold even to rashness — crept in to see what was there. Discovering nothing, he came out and proceeded on his way. The Carpenters and John Tyrrell, on be- ing told of the tracks, went with Joy to examine them. Tyrrell at once pronounced the tracks to be those of a panther. They also discovered that new tracks, leading away from the rocks, had been made since Joy left, and the. wide spaces between them showed that the animal had made tremendous leaps in leaving 1 1 ' . BEAVER. 5 t ( the spot. The settlers of the neigh- borhood gathered, end with their guns followed the panther a long dis- tance, but did not succeed in killing him. Whisky Run is very appropriately named. In early years dacob (.’] me- dia st, George Peters and Michael Upmever each had distilleries along the stream, a short distance apart. Farther down James Eagon had a distillery. John House, on Reaver Forky also had an early distillery. Whisky came nearer being a legal tender than almost any other article except money, and the latter was very scarce. The price of whisky was from 25 to 371 cents per gallon, and a gallon of whisky was the equiv- alent of a bushel of corn. Though whisky was almost universally used as a beverage, yet habitual intoxica- tion was rare. A man who would not offer to treat a neighbor who called at his house was at once set down as mean and stingy. In earl v years almost every species of labor was performed by “frolics” — gatherings of the neighbors for raising, grubbing, log-rolling, chop- ping, splitting rails, harvesting, etc. On these occasions there was great rivalry to see which man would per- form the most labor. The women also had their gatherings for prepar- ing flax for spinning, for quilting, carding, etc. These gatherings were always most enjoyable for all the participants. In 1S12 John House and family came from Greene County, Pa., ac- companied hv House's brother in-law, Thomas Rail. They came with teams, cutting their own road from Leather- wood Creek. James Eagon had set- tled in 1*11 on the farm next below where House located. John House served as justice of the peace for eighteen years. Prior to this, Ed- ward Roll, who lived tin Leatherwood Creek within the present limits of Guernsey County, had held the same office for the township. John House built a log-mill upon the creek as early as 181 if, and afterward erected a saw-mill. The grist-mill was after- ward twice rebuilt, and the last one erected is still standing. Mr. House died in 1850. Nathan House, born in Greene County, Pa., in 1810, has lived in Beaver Township since IS 12, and has a vivid recollection of the hardships and experiences of pioneer life. Some years after James Eagon came to the township, his brothers. Jesse and Bernard, came out from Pennsylvania and settled, bringing also their father, Bernard Eagon. John Delong was among the first settlers, coming prior to LSI 2. lie located at the forks of the creek. I Lis sons, Thomas, William and Na- than, lived here a fter him. Nathan Mills, from North Caro- lina, came about 1S12, and lived in the township many years. Some of his children went to the western part of the State; he made them a. visit and died while coming home. The Peed family was among the pioneers — J ohn Peed and his sons, James and Thomas, live* 1 and died in the township. John Ross, a Pevolut ion ary sol- dier, came quite < 'arly and 1 was miller . HISTORY Of NOHLT: COUNTY, OHIO. at House’s mill for seven years. He had seven sons, who scattered to various parts of the country. Francis Miller and Moses Ball, early settlers, were soldiers in the War of 1812. John Starr settled in the town- ship in 1811, and remained until his death. Tie was an upright and honorable man and a leading Meth- odist. His sons, John and James, also lived here. Nathan Mills lived on the Wys- carver farm early. John Crov and James Edgar lived on a farm to- gether. They came soon after 1812. John Joy and his sons, Absalom and Amos, were among the pioneers of the township. They came from the vicinity of Wheeling, and before coming to Beaver lived a short time in Seneca Township. After a num- ber of years they removed to Federal Creek, in Morgan County, where the village of Joy was named for them. John (’line, an early settler on the creek below Batesville, was the first blacksmith in the settlement. 11 is son Peter afterward worked at the same trade in Batesville. In 1821 Isaac Cooper came from Virginia, bringing his family and his household goods in a two- wheeled cart drawn by two horses hitched tandem. 11 is son, W. K. Cooper, is now a carpenter in Batcs- vi lie. In ISIS William W. Finley came from Belmont County with his famil v and bought a farm, on which his son- in-law, -lames Peed, laid out the village of Batesville, which for many years was known as Williamsburg. lie had a family of eleven children, seven of whom are now living. lie died in thetownship in 1830, his wife in 1S7J. at the age of eightv-five. The second daughter, Margaret, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1S11. She married James Heed, who came to the county about 1827 or 182S-. lie followed teaching for a livelihood. Tic was the first store- keeper of Batesville; bis stock (Sldo) was hauled from Wheeling, A’a.. in a one-horse "wagon. He did business for about five years, when he bought a farm in Buffalo Township, where he lived until 1S32, when he removed to Senecaville. In ISA 2 he purchased the farm now owned by his son, Syl- vester, in Center Township. Here he lived until his decease, in May of 1S72. Tie had a family of six children: Lovina (Bich), Ellen A. (Yorhies), Isabella (Williams), Caro- line (Arndt), Rebecca A. and Sylves- ter. Mr. Reed was a good citizen and an exemplary man in all respects. In politics he was a Republican; he belonged to the Methodist church. Jacob Brown, a native of Virginia, came from Belmont County to this township in 1819. Ilis son, Squire Brown, born in 1S07, is among the old residents of Batesville. William Williams, Robert Smith. George Whetsel, Thomas and Moses Ball. Nathan Beals, John House, Phillip and Daniel Wemlall, John Joy, William Finley,- John (’line. John Starr, George Morgan, Francis Miller, William Murray, John De- long, Edmund Gallagher, John Jef- fries, settled in thetownship as early as 1S2<>. . P.EAYKH 579 Timothy Cleveland, an enterpris- ing', intelligent, honest Yankee, came from Maine. and settled north of Batesville prior to 1S20. lie raised apple trees from the seeds. Some of the trees he distributed among his neighbors, who set them out. Many of them are still producing fruit. Mr. Cleveland removed to the vicinity of Summerlield. It is related of John House, the early magistrate of the township, that he kept no docket, but recorded his transactions on slips of paper, which he stuck into the cracks in the walls of his dwelling-, lie was a very honest and worthy man — and the same may be said of his son. Nathan, who is still living. John S. Jeffries was born in 1703. In 1815 he emigrated from Chester County, Pa., and settled on the farm on BeaverCreek. where he died in 1872. lie was a man greatly esteemed in the community, where he spent the greater part of his long life. He left a large number of descendants. Beaver Township was established ,1 une 3, 181(5, from part of Seneca and Oxford Townships, Guernsey County. The township was reorganized on the formation of Noble County in 1851. On the petition of twenty-two in- habitants of township 8 in range 7, on the 2d of .June, IS] 7, the commis- sioners of Guernsey County ordered an election to he held at the house of Philip Wendell for I he purpose of choosing trustees for the school sec- tion. This record probably shows nearly the whole number of male citizens then residents of the town- ship. July 20, ISIS, David Gray applied to the commissioners of Guernsey County for a lease of the school sec- tion in township S of range 7. Mi- chael King. William Thompson and Samuel Bogers were appointed ap- praisers. On the tax duplicate of Guernsey County for the year 1830 (the oldest now on record), are the names of the following owners of real estate in Beaver Township, with the number of acres owned by each and the val- uation of the same. The list may therefore be regarded as an authentic record of the early settlers of the township: Thomas Arnold, section 0, JO acres, value $55 ; Isaac Atkinson, section 15, 70 acres, si 00 ; same, 79 acres, $100; Jesse Bailey, section 0, 01 acres, $87 ; Timothy Bates, section 31. 1J5 acres, $108; same, 115 acres. $198; Moses Ball, section 32. 127 acres, $203; Thomas Ball, section 20. 158 acres, *1S0; William Benton, section 10, 150 acres, $213; Charles Buev and N. Dawson, section 15, 79 acres, sOO; Joseph B arson, section 32, 198 acres, $115; same, section 33. 79 acres, $111 ; Loftus Beal, section 29, 79 acres, $100 ; Isaac Cooper, sec- tion 15. 79 acres. $100; Michael Creighton, section 15. 79 acres, $100; Joseph Carpenter, Jr., section S, 10 acres, $01; Joseph Carpenter, Sr., section 8, 110 acres, sis 7; Matthias Ci'ov, section 10, 159 acres, $217 ; same, 23 acres, $31, and 23 acres, $3 1 ; Bichard (Toy, section 1, SO acres, $120; William Campbell, sec- tion 5, 159 acres, $253; John Car- penter, section 9, 100 acres, $29 1 ; John Cline, section 21, 159 acres, . ' ■ 580 hJsToby op noble county, omo. $281 ; Allen Cook, section 24, 1044 acres, $143; Thomas Carpenter, sec- tion 26, SI acres, $S5 ; Michael Dun- ham. section 32. 58 acres. $07: Peter Dan ford, section 25, 160 acres, $182; Isaac Depew, section 24, 33 acres, $40; same, section 18, 71 acres, $9S ; Amos Day, section 34, 130 acres. $177; William Edgar, section 11, 160 acres, $218; Jesse Edgar, section 27. 158 acres, $251; Bernard Edgar, sec- tion 27. 160 acres, $218; same, 160 acres, $218, and 156 acres. $284; James Finley, section 14. 79 acres. $89 ; Samuel Eordiee, section 4, 50 acres, $80 ; Libheus Eordiee, section 2, 40 acres, $46; Ann Flood, section 4. 1 59 acres, $238 ; John Flood, sec- tion 4, SO acres, $120; Edmund Gal- lagher, section 10, 142 acres, $194; same, section 17, 158 acres, $216; James Gourley, section 4, 110 acres, $167; John House, section 21, 159 acres, $289 ; James House, section 23, SO acres, $91 ; Samuel Hastings, section 15, 79 acres, $100 ; John S. Jeffries, section 3, 161 acres, $257 ; William Jeffries, section 32, 64 acres, $80; Absalom Joy, section 34, 70 acres, $87 ; John Mounts, section 2, SO acres, $91; Nathan Mills, section 32, 864 acres, -'<118; same, 924 acres. $106, on section 33; John Martin, section 22, 79 acres, $100; William Purdy, Jr., section 6, 80 acres, $85; John Perry, section 28. 79 acres, 885; Nathaniel Idles, section 11, 160 acres, $225; Joseph Patton, section 2, 40 acres, $46; John Reed, section 12, 104 acres, 8142; James Reed, section 5.159 acres, $217; same, section 6, 53 acres, $73; John Heed, section 6, 52 acres, $6i>; John Rhine, section 28, 79 acres, $100; William Smith, section 5, 794 acres, $100; Hubert Smith, section 14. 794 acres, $91; John Stewart, section 33. 45 acres, $6)2; same, ' 69 acres, $126; John Starr, section 33, 128 acres, $233; same, section 26. 81 acres, $111; Gideon More, section 24, 52 acres, $71-; Jonathan Warne, section 24. 10 acres, $25; Daniel Wend all. Sr., sec- tion 15, 794 acres, $108; Thomas Winteringer, section 9, 160 acres. $291 ; Itebecca Williams, section 20, 794 acres, $90; Daniel Wendall, Jr., section 26, SI acres, $110; Isaac Wood, section 25, 160 acres, $182; William Waterhouse, section IS, 30 acres, $40; Isaac Waggoner, section 10, loo acres, $137 ; John Walsh, sec- tion 22, 79 acres, slop; same, 79 acres, $100. and 79 acres, $100. To- tal number of acres, 13.809; value, $20,396; total tax, $208.52. The following persons were taxed as merchants in Beaver Township. Guernsey County, in 1830: John Hall, capital $500; "William Smith, $900; Diehard Elliott and James Heed, $300; Abraham Brown, $2o0; John Berry, $50 ; Blackstone & Price, $1,000. The following were the owners of lots in "Williamsburg, in 1830, accord- ing to the tax duplicate for that year : Abraham Brown, Gcoigc Cline, Abraham Cline, Robert Carpenter, John Elliott, Richard Elliott. I.ibbeus Eordiee, William Finley, William Grant, William Gray, Andrew John- son, Zephaniah Johnson. William Jones, John Merrew, Joseph Mor- rison, John Piles, George Peters, ■ ■ f • ( ■ ; •: ' ■ Simeon Rhinehart, Samuel Rogers, Jr., Joseph Reed. Isaac Waggoner. Adam AYiemer and Thomas AYinter- inger. The boniularies of Beaver Town- ship, as established by the commis- sioners of Noble County. Alay 1, 1851, were thus described: “Beaver Township, altered so as to include and be composed of the following territory, to wit : Com- mencing for the same at the south- east corner of section 1. in township number S of range 7 ; t lienee north along the range line to the northeast corner of section 0 in said township and range; thence west along said township line to the northwest corner of the east half of section 30 in said township and range; thence south through the center of said sections 30, 20, 28, 27.20 and 25. to the south west corner of the east half of said section 25 in said township ; thence east along the township line to the place of beginning: containing 27 sections.” Samuel Gebhart was the first jus- tice of the peace in the township after the organization of Noble County. He entered upon the duties of his office November 11, 1S51. On petition of AVilliam II. Eagon and twenty-four others, on the 3d of March, 1852, the county commis- sioners ordered that the following territory be taken from AYavne 'Township and attached to Beaver: The west half of sections 25, 2<> and 27 ; and the east half of sections 31, 32 and 33. John Mali, who is mentioned on the tax list of 1830 as a merchant, ' kept store on his farm near the pres- ! cut line of Guernsey County, lie ! came from one of the Southern States and was in comfortable .cir- cumstances. After Quaker City was founded, the store was removed thither by his son Isaac, who be- ! came wealthy and prominent. Isaac Ilall died in 1 sSG. John and James Ileed were prob- ably the first permanent settlers of the township. They were from New I Jersey, and settled in 1804. James B. Need lives on the farm entered by his grandfather. His father was born on the same farm in 1808 and died in 1809. He was thrice married and was the father of seventeen children. James B. Need was born April 6, 1837. and has followed farming and stock-dealing. Tie was married in 1858 to Harriet C. Bowler of Bel- mont County. Their children are Alary Arilla and Clara Alice. Air. Need and family are members of the Alethodist Episcopal church. He is a Democrat and has held several township offices. Joseph Carpenter, the pioneer, was a native of Virginia, and for two years served in the Revolution- ary AVar. He lived near Alounds- ville. and he and his family encoun- tered many dangers from hostile Indians. lie came to Belmont County, Ohio, about 1800, and a few years later removed to this township, where he died in 1849. II is son Robert was born in Virginia in 1790. and came to ( )hio with the family. He was a pioneer settler on the farm now owned by his son, 582 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. J. Wesley Carpenter. lie died in 1881. lie was a, member of the Methodist church for thirty - five years. He was prominent as a farmer and stock-raiser, and excelled in raising1 tobacco. J. W. Carpenter was horn in • Beaver Township, August 31, ISIS, and is among the leading farmers and breeders of line stock. Since 18S3 lie has been engaged in breed- ing line Merino sheep and graded Poland-China hogs. Mr. Carpenter is a leading member and office)' of the Methodist Episcopal church, lie married Mary M. Garvey, of this county, in 1873, and has three sons and three daughters. Daniel Wendall was a Virginian, of German descent, lie moved from Shenandoah County. Va., to Ohio in 1810, settling with his family on the farm now occupied by his son Har- rison. Philip Wendall, an older brother of Daniel, had settled in the township some years previously. Harrison Wendall was born in Vir- ginia and came to this county with his parents. ITe aided his father in clearing up the farm on which he now lives, lie married Melissa. E. Hopkins, of Batesville, in 1811. Chil- dren: Lucy, Daniel, William and Mary (deceased), Joseph. John K., Charles, Franklin and Hattie. Mr. and Mrs. Wendall belong to the Lu- theran church. Samuel Wyscarver, from Greene County, Pa., settled in this township in 1828, and his son Jacob in 1S30. The latter is one of the leadi im- fa mi- c3 crs of the county. Hi* made his first purchase of land (seven Ly-t hree acres) in 1 813. To this he has made addi- tions, so that he now owns about one thousand acres of the best land in the county, lie has upon his land live dwelling houses and the best of im- provements. In 1839 Mr. Wyscar- ver married Bhoda, daughter of Dan- iel ’Wendall, an early settler. They have" had t welve children, eleven of whom are living. Samuel Hastings, from Frederick County, Va., was of Irish descent. He came to Belmont County in 1822, and two years later entered the land on which his son Hiram now lives, and removed to it in the fall of J821 cutting his way through the wilder- ness. Having built a cabin, the fam- ily moved in before there was any floor or chimney ; afterward he made a floor of puncheons and built a chimney of sticks and mud. When Mr. Hastings entered his land at Marietta he had only 81.50 left, and with this he purchased three bushels of wheat. Until a crop could be se- cured the family lived chiefly on corn bread. In spite of hardships and difficulties he succeeded in secur- ing by his labor a comfortable home. Mr. Hastings died in 18(13 in his six- ty-sixth year. He was one of the organizers of the Lutheran church at Batesville and was a friend of public improvements. He was the father of two sons and two daughters. II iram 1 Listings, a well-known and prominent citizen, was born on the farm where he now lives, April 23, 1829. Ilehas held several township and church ollices, and is an active, energetic and respected citizen. William Deal came from Calvert ' - ' ’/ < '■ ' . ; > • - 1 ■ 1 ■ ■ »• UEAV Eli. 5S3 County, Aid., about 1835, and settled on the farm now owned bv John II. Deal. Jlewastbe father of two sons and eight daughters, Mine of his children are still living. Mr. Deal died in 1880 in his eighty fourth year, lie was a leading Methodist and an anti-slavery man. John II. and William are his sons. The for- mer was a captain of militia during the Morgan raid. James Lowrey was born near Win- chester, A7 a., in 1811, and came in 18-15 to the farm on which he now resides. He is a blacksmith by trade and for many years had the only shop in his neighborhood. In 1831 he married Sarah Hall of Jlelmont .County. They have had nine chil- dren, seven of whom are living, lie is a 1’epublican and has held several township oliices. Lewis Hunt, a prominent farmer, is the son of Henry Hunt, and was born in Belmont! 'ounty in 184-1. lie came to t he farm he now occupies in 1845. He lias followed fanning and stock-raising and dealing in stock and wool. In 18(15 he married Julia xY., daughter of James M. Griffin, of this township. They have had three children. Air. Hunt is a member and officer of the Methodist Episcopal church. AVilliam Douglas was born in Ire- land in 1792, and died in Noble County in 1S71. He settled in Penn- sylvania and there served in the War of ls]g. He came to this township in 183)3. He held several township offices and was justice of the peace, lie was elected to the legislature in 1812. lie was an earnest friend of churches and schools, and a leading Methodist. lie was the father of twenty-one children by two wives. Seven are still living. Vachael Doug- las, a prominent farmer, was born in Beaver Township in 1833. lie mar- ried Sarah A., daughter of James P. Peed, in 1853, and has three children living." Mr. Douglas is a Methodist, lie has served in several township offices. AVilliam Douglas, son of AVilliam, Sr., was born in this township in 1840. In 1S03 he married Sidney A. Finch of Belmont County. They have four sons and eight daughters, all living. Mr. Douglas has held several town- ship offices and is a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal church. Richard Coultas came to this town- ship in 182S, from Pennsylvania. He died in 1872 at the age of eighty-two. His son Robert is one of the success- fid farmers of the township. He married, in 1847, a daughter of AVill- iam Dement, one of the pioneers of Monroe County, who carried the mail from AVheeling to Cincinnati in 1810-15. John Hague, from FayctteCounty, Pa., settled in AVayne Township about 1812, and died about 1842. His son, Joseph, came to this county when about eight vears old, and has since resided here. He is now eighty-one years old. Taylor Hague, of Bea ver Township, was born in AVayne Town- ship in 1831. lie married Margaret, daughter of Thomas Marlow, and they have four children living. Thornton I). Petty is of Virginian parentage. 11 is father and mother came from Jefferson County in that '''lag ■ . 584 history of Noisr State, settling in Beaver Township in 1821. T. I). Petty is one of a family of eight children, two of whom are dead. He* was born Feb- ruary 14, 1832, and is still living on the farm entered by his father. In 1858 he married Eleanor I). Harris, of this township, who died in 1876. They had one child: Mary Emma, who is living. Mr. Petty is a Re- publican. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. End well Petty, well known in this county as a minister of the Meth- odist Episcopal church, was his brother. II is mother was a cousin of General Robert E. Lee. Isaac Cooper, a native of Virginia, settled in. this township in 1824. lie was born in the Shenandoah Valiev in 1790. He died in Vinton County, Ohio, in 1882. He was a substan- tial farmer and a worthy citizen, lie was the father of Sarah (Hast- ings), William lv., Isaac V., Azariah 0. and Francis E., two of whom, Azariah C. and William K., reside in this county. Azariah C. Cooper was born in Beaver Township in 1841. lie was reared on a farm and learned the carpenter’s trade. In 1861 lie en- listed in Company I), Forty -second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served four years. In 1883 he was elected county treasurer, and was re- elected in 1885. He married Miss Eucy Gcbhart, and is the father of eight children. lion. Abraham Simmons was for many years a prominent citizen of this township and countv. He was born on the eastern shore of Marv- .E COUNTY, OHIO. land in January, lslO. In 1833. when a lad of seventeen, he came to Barnesville on foot, and after remaining there a short time, he be- came a resident of Batesville and fol- lowed the tobacco business. lie was afterward quite extensively engaged in the mercantile business. Mr. Simmons was a thoroughly self-made man. At the age of sev- enteen he had never attended school; but by his own efforts he became well informed and a good man of business, lie was a Republican and took an active part in politics. In 1856-7 he represented Guernsey County in the legislature and was regarded as an able and ellicient member. In 1S6S-9 he was State senator from the Fourteenth District, composed of "Washington, Morgan and part of Xoble Counties. From 1861 to 1865 he was treasurer of Xoble County. Every worthy pub- lic interest found in him a zealous friend. lie was one of the most prominent and active members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and took a deep interest in religious mat- ters. lie married Xancy, daughter of 'William Anderson, of Beaver Township, in 1839, and reared seven children. Two of his sons gave their lives in defense of their country: William (’.. the elder, died at Bolivar, Tenn., in I 862; Thomas \ . was cap- tured near ( ’umherland Gap, and died at Belle Isle prison in 1864. Soon after the death of Thomas, a daugh- ter. Rachel, was thrown from a horse and killed. The loss of these children was a severe blow, from the effects of which he did not recover. ' Mr. Simmons died April 2 7. 187“). Three of his children are living: Mrs. C. Foster, Clarence C. and Anna (Glidden). George Robert Atkinson, mer- chant, is the second of a family of seven children born to Mr. and Mrs. George I!. Atkinson, who were natives of eastern Virginia. George It. came to Ohio with the family in mont County. He taught school in early life, but since arriving at man- hood has been engaged in the mer- cantile business. In 1879 he was elected to the legislature from Bel- mont County. In 1S81 he removed to Batesville, his present location, lie is a Democrat, and has recently been appointed postmaster. In 1874 he married Mary Wendall, of Bates- v i lie, who died in 1877. In 1882 lie married Viola M. Feed, of this township. They have two children: Mary C. and Carrie L. Frank M. Atkinson was the third son of George B. Atkinson, who came from eastern Virginia, lie was born in Boston, Belmont Count v, Ohio, in 1837. In 1S82 he married Josephine Sharkey, of Batesville, who died in the same year. Mr. Atkinson was a man of rare ability as a speaker, and of the most agree- able social qualities. Hon. F. i\I. Atkinson, for manv years one of the most prominent and enterprising business men of the county, was a native of Belmont County. He came to Batesville in 18(59, and built up a nourishing business as a merchant. lie was : one of the principal organizers of the I Batesville bank, and was its first president. For several vears he was greatly interested in railroad mat- ters. lie served as president of the Cincinnati, Wheeling A New York Railroad, and secured the extension of that road to Campbell's Station. He was a Democrat in politics, and in 1880-1, served as State senator from the Nineteenth District. D. C. Goodbart, merchant, is of Virginia parentage. 1 1 is father and mother were born and married in Loudoun County, Va. II is father settled in Muskingum County, Ohio, in 1835. D. C. Goodhart came to Batesville in 184(5. Helms followed tailoring and the mercantile business, and is at present engaged in the latter. He married, first, Mary zV. Van Horn, of Monroe County, who died in 1853. By this union he had two children, both of whom are deceased. For his second wife he married Mrs. Mary A. Sullivan, of Batesville. Children: Willeann, wife of Jerome Shively; Emma L., and Jerome Henry Clay. R. A. Fowelson, merchant, of Batesville, was born at Sarahsville in 1854. II is father, a native of Penn- sylvania, settled here in 18,50. com- ing from Guernsey County. R. A. Fowelson taught school previous to entering the mercantile business. In addition to his business he is also studving law. lie married Maria E. Douglas in 1873, and tiny have three sons and one daughter. William Wells was born in Penn- sylvania, February 24, 1825. and came to Guernsey County, sell ling near Quaker City, lie married Lliz- --- . HISTORY OF NORTH COUNTY. OHIO. >86 abeth Iligby, in 187S; three children of this union are living: In 1880 lie married Sarali McCune; they have three children. Mr. Wells is a Dem- ocrat and a member of the United Pr esby t er i an cli u rc h . An earlv log school-house stood near what is now the south end of the village of Patesville. A man named Reinhart and Cookson Al n r- rav were early teachers there. Ma- t i Id a, Wendall was among- the early female teachers. Beaver is the best and richest agri- cultural township in Noble County. The surface is drained by Beaver Fork and its tributaries. The bottom lands are wide, rich, and productive. Away from the streams the surface is hilly, but everywhere the soil is good and under a high state of culti- vation. It bears every appearance of being a thrifty agricultural region; yet a dark cloud has been thrown over the prosperity of the township. Many of the wealthy citizens are financially embarrassed, and some have become bankrupt. In lSOLTJ the wealthy farmers living within two miles (on either side) of the *- Summerficld and Batesville turnpike were taxed heavily for the building of that road. This drain was met, though not always uncomplainingly. But there came before the people a greater project — the building of a railroad; the extension rut Bates- ville of t he old Eastern Ohio, or '■ Cal- ico,” road ; the heaviest propertv holders invested largely; the rail- road enterprise was a failure, and the affairs of the company are still in confusion. Many rich and promi- nent farmers were also interested in a grange co-operative store, which failed, causing serious losses. These have been serious blows to the prog- ress and prosperity of the town and | township. But with such a soil and such an intelligent, enterprising popu- lation as Beaver has, it requires only time to adjust the difficulties and re- store a healthy financial condition. George T. S. Patterson enlisted in j the Twenty-second Ohio Battery of ; Light Artillery, and was mustered into the service dune 6, 1 s <3 3 . and re- mained on duty constantly with the battery until July 15, 18(38. when he was mustered out of service. When he enlisted lie was fifteen years of age, and was a resident of Batesville. lie entered the West Point Baited States Military Academy July 1. lSfiS, and graduated June 11. D72; assigned as second lieutenant in the Fourteenth United States Infantry; regimental quartermaster from April 23, 1S70 to June 3<>, 18St»; promoted first lieutenant March 15, L8S3. At the present time he is first lieutenant Company A. Fourteenth Infantry, stationed at Fort Townsend, MU T. II. M. 1 loach enlisted in Company G, Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Batesville, in November, jsiil. lie was in the engagement at Fort Donelson, Tenn., and partici- pated in all the battles in the South, under Grant, Sherman, McPherson and Logan, up to the 4th of Septem- I her, 1S(>4. lie was then made a | prisoner of war and sent to Ander- i sonville, Ga.. where he remained in 1 prison for eight months, being re- I leased at the close of the war. l'liere ■ ' . ’ are inscribed <>n tlie banner of bis regiment thirty-six battles and skir- mishes, among which the following arc the most noted, and in all of them Mr. Roach participated : Fort Donelson, Pittsburg Landing, Cor- inth, Iuka, Vicksburg, Raymond. Jackson, Champion Hills. Kenesaw Mountain; Atlanta, July 22 and July 2S, lStiJ. On the 22d of July, in front of Atlanta, the Seventy eighth Ohio was engaged, the Rebels being massed in their front and mak- ing repeated charges, determined to cut through and annihilate the Seven- teenth Army Corps; but they were repulsed and driven back just as many times as they made assaults. The regiment’s loss in this one en- gagement was 125 men. pATESVi iM.K. Batesviile is a thrifty and prosper- ous village, situated on Beaver Fork of Will's ( 'reek, in the midst of one of the best agricultural regions in south- eastern Ohio. The town is neatly built and contains a far greater num- ber of good buildings than are often seen even in much larger places. The main street is the Summerlield and Batesviile turnpike, with good sidewalks on each side. The general appearance of the place betokens that the people have good taste and an enterprising disposition. Batesviile was formerly called Williamsburg. It was so named from its founder, William Finley, who settled in the township as earlv as 1x18. The name Batesviile was lirst, used to designate an early post- office, kept at Timothy Bates’* mill, near the present line of Wayne and Seneca Townships. The location of the office was afterward changed to Cornelius Bryan’s, where Lewis Croves now lives, and thence to Batesviile after the latter had become something of a village. The town was platted as early as 1827, Lebbeus Fordyce, surveyor, but for some years there were no stores or houses of importance. The first house was built by Nathaniel Piles, who also kept the first tavern. Ills house stood on the lot now oc- cupied by Elias Welir's residence. The first store was established about 1S2S, by Richard Elliott and James Reed, who came from Pipe Creek, near the Ohio River. Abra- ham Brown had a small store in 1830. lie remained but a short time. After Elliott A Reed, the next mer- cantile establishment of importance was that of Abner Johnson, who for several years did a prosperous busi- ness. Johnson first kept store on the creek about four miles below Batesviile, serving as clerk fora man named Blackstone.f who owned the establishment, but lived at Mount Pleasant, Jefferson County. At Batesviile he carried on business for William Shankland, of Barnesville. Besides conducting the mercantile business, he bought and packed large quantities of tobacco. Prior to 1S35 Benjamin Davenport and Frederick * Timothy Hates was a Whijr. After Jackson bewail turning Whirrs out of office and appoint- ing democrats, he became indignant, and sent in his resignation as postmaster. i Probably t he linn of HlaeUstone & Price, listed as merchants oil the tax duplicate of INK). HISTORY OF NOB HR COUNTY, OTTIO. 588 Biedenhorn. in partnership, started another store. They had a good trade and remained many years. They also bought tobacco and carried on the business of pork-] lacking on quite an extensive scale. Davenport was from Barnesville,Biedenhorn was a German. Among later merchants have been ‘the Ilochspringer brothers and the Atkinsons. Tlie latter are still among the prominent business men. Thomas AYinteringer, a bachelor and a Inin ter, who was not fond of work, but had a penchant for trading and “swapping,'’ was among the early settlers of the village, and lived in a hewed log house which he erected, lie had previously lived on a farm below the town. Peter Cline was the Jirst black- smith. lie sold out to Samuel Geb- iiart, who followed the business many years. “ .Jerry ” Brown, a large, fat, good- natured fellow, famous as a squirrel- hunter, was the Jirst shoemaker in the village, lie was better at hunt- ing than in his trade. One of the earliest industries of the village was a tannery, started about 1N30, by Adam AYiemer. After a few years he sold out to George and John Dillon, who carried on a prosperous business for many years, finally selling out and removing to Missouri. lieu ben Carpenter, who worked at carpentry and cabinet-making, erect- ed the first brick house in Bates- ville, about ls37. It is now owned by Frank ( 'Incas. The present resi- dence of Harrison AYemlall — at the ; lower end of Main street, almost in the village — was erected by his father, Daniel Wend all, in 1S30, and was among the first brick structures in the township. Henry AYehr, a tailor by trade, settled in the place in 1831. For some years he ran a horse-mill, which was’ liberally patronized. It was no unusual thing to see twenty farmers there at a time, awaiting their turns ■ with their grists. Mr. AYehr erected the second brick house in the town. It is still standing, and isnowowned by Daniel 0. Goodhart. Elias AYehr, son of Henry, is the oldest resident of the village. Michael Ilendershot, a hatter, came to the town in 1835, and is still a resident. He followed his trade a number of years. He is now an aged man, but still remarkably active. The town grew very slowly, and made but little progress during the Jirst twenty years. James M. Bobinson was the first cabinet-maker, lie died in the town. Batesville is among the largest of the villages in Noble County. In 1870 it had a population of 213; in 1880, 309. The present population is nearly 500. The First National Bank of Bates- ville was organized in December, IS7J, with the following board of directors: F. M. Atkinson, AY. E. Gibson, Iliram Hastings, 11. F. AIc- A’ickar, J. C. Israel, AY. JI. Atkinson and I!. F. Carter. Capital, sOo.ooO. The first ollicers were F. M. Atkin- son. president; AY. F. Gibson, vice- I president ; and A. B. Spencer, cash- . B75AVER. 58 ft ier. AY. II. Atkinson succeeded ]\[r. Gibson as vice-president ; and on tlie death of F. AT. Atkinson was chosen president, in which capacity lie st ill serves. J. C. Israel succeeded W. IT. Atkinson as vice-president, and holds that position at present. AY. AY. El- liott. the present cashier, succeeded A. P. Spencer. The present board of directors consists of AY. II. At- kinson, G. R. Atkinson, FT. Hasting-, II. F. Me YickarAY. Iv. Cooper, B. F. Carter and J. C. Israel. The Homing-mill in Batesvillc, one of the best in this region, was built in 1871 by a joint stock company, at a cost of over 812,000. It is first- class in all respects. In 1877 a telegraph line was built from Batesvillc to Spencer Station, and has since been operated by the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Com- pany, a special arrangement with that corporation. It was a private enter- prise of the citizens of Batesvillc. The principal capitalists interested were ihe Atkinson brothers. Henry Miller and the First National Bank. About the time the town was laid out, a log- school-house was built. Lebbens Ford ice was the first teacher in the village. Next a small frame building, containing but one room, was erected. It was soon found too small for the school, and in 1 SAB the present school-house, a two-story frame building, was erected at a cost of about 81,500. 'This is now too small for the wants of the school, and the lower iloor of Temperance Hall is now being used as an addi- tional school-room. The schools of the town are well conducted. The business interests of llatesville early in the year 1887 were as fol- lows : General merchants: Carter A At- kinson, I). C. Goodhart, Shivelv Bros., Al. E. Powelson. Tin and hardware: G. R. Atkin- son (postmaster). Cigar manufacturers: -Gallagher Bros., Dickerson Bros. Grocer: II. M. Roach. Ilarness-maker : S. T. Van Meter. Shoemakers: J. II. Morgan, Thom- as Morgan. Blacksmiths: Alfred Shepard, T. P. Doudan, AY. II. Goodhart. Wagon-maker: T. P. Osier. Flouring-mill : Beaver Mill Com- pany. Bank: First Rational ; AY. II. At- kinson. president. Physicians: Dr. T. S. Rosengrant, Dr. Frank James. SOCIETIES. Sons of Tew pem nee. — The oldest temperance society in Ruble County is the Williamsburg Division, No. 231, of the Sons of Temperance. It was instituted June 10, 1817, and since that time no regular meetings have been missed excepting two or tliree. "Michael II undershot is the only charter member, holding an undisturbed membership since 1817. In 1S5S a two story hall was built at a cost of 81,5(10. The so- ciety is still nourishing, with a membership of thirty. The char- ter members of this division were A. Simmons, AY. B. Stotler, Al. 11 undershot, .John ( km nor, John ('.Al- ton, James Watkins, J. K. Casey, J. . ' tio-i -nun J'iil'p 1 r i 1 i . ■ i <*■ *U It " ■ i HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. 590 churches. M. Joseph, Carolus Judkins, .David Mercer, 11. Davenport and Joseph Stillwell. The present officers are Lucv A. Cooper, VY P. ; James Roach, ANY A. ; AV. C. Atkinson, P. ANY P. ; G. "\V. Roach. F. S. ; Flora At- kinson, treas. ; Capitola Roach. R. S. ; Maggie Cooper, A. P. S. ; Mat- tie Roach, C. ; Frank "Wen dal I, A. C. ; P. Osier, O. S. ; Sallie ^Atkin- son, l. S. ; AY. K. Cooper, chap- lain. Odd Fell ou's.- — Batesville Lodge, Ao. 3S2, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was instituted August 23, 1860, with the following charter members and first officers; AY. G. Duffy, Noble Grand ; Chalk Mercer, Vice-Grand: P. A. Petty, recording secretary; AY. lv. Cooper, T. D. Pet- ty, V. T. Mercer, J. T. Mercer* Ct. H. Cline, Isaac Hay. I. 11. YanAEeter, E. AVehr, Isaac Kagon, George AVys carver, Isaac Kavlor and AV. Miller. The lodge room, over the F irst X a tional Bank, is valued at Si, OuO. The present officers are John AI. Dicker- son, Noble Grand ; Edward Douglas, Vice-Grand ; G. AV. Roach, recording secretary; AY. K. Cooper, permanent secretary ; Hiram Hasting, treas- urer. Son a of Veterans. — AVilliam C. Sim- mons camp, No. 130, Sons of Veter- ans, was organized September 20, 1886, with ten charter members : G. R. Carter, captain ; John 11. Morgan, lirst lieutenant ; J. E. House, second lieutenant; Thomas AJ.organ, John House, I*1 rank House, NY. A. Cline, A. E. ( dine, II. AI. Roach and David Whitson. In November, IsSO. there were thirteen members. The Methodists here, as elsewhere in the pioneer settlements, were among the first religious denomina- tions to organize and hold regular services. For many years there was preaching at private houses. Near where Jacob AYyscarver now lives a log .meeting-house, free for all de- nominations, but oftenest used by the Methodists, was erected prior to 1825. Soon after 1831, the Methodist church edifice was erected. A class had been formed many years earlier. The Methodist church is still pros- perous. with a good membership. Lutheran. — Mt. Hope Evangelical Lutheran church, of Batesville, was organized by Rev. AVilliam G. Keil, in 1828.- The original members were John ('line, Samuel Hastings, Isaac Cooper, AVilliam Finley, Robert Stewart, Daniel AVendall, George Peters, Abraham AVeimer, AVilliam Gladfelder, Peter Gladfelder, Sam- uel Collifiower, George Cline and Daniel Finley. The first church edifice, a log building, 2-1x30 feet, was erected in 1833. The present church (frame, and 30x40 feet), was erected in 1858 at a cost of Sl,so0. The pastors have been Revs. AVilliam G. Keil (until 1842), Peter P. Lane, I. Sells, Thomas Corbett, Logan Gil- breath, John K. Booker. AVilliam Gil- breath, G. AV. Miser, J. AV. I lower, E. Alinter and J. B. Miller. Pres- ent membership, 24; Sabbath school scholars, 30. St. Marfe /Lima n ('at/iohe ( '/mreh. -The first congregation (called St. Dominic's) was organized about IMP . BEAVER. 501 by Rev. Edward Fenwick, a native of Marvland. wlio was one of the first priests who labored in this sec- tion. Among the original members were Edmund Gallagher, Colonel John De Long, John S. Jeffries and others. In 1825 a log church was erected, being 2(>xd0 feet in size. In 1850 a brick building, 45x85 feet, took its place. Its cost was about §8,000. The pastors have been Revs. James Reid, James Quinlan, William Murphy, Edward Brummer (who built the present church), J. M. Jacquet, Joseph Fallen, T. Howe, C. M. Ileery and J. (t. Montag (1.880. present pastor). The church has four hundred members; Sabbath school, eighty scholars. In 1810 the Dominican lathers bore the cross into Ohio, near the present town of Somerset, where mass was said by Bishop Flaget in 1812. lie found them already pro- jecting a church. The Catholics of Beaver Township were attended in their spiritual wants from Somerset for a long time. If Chapel. — This church is located in the northeast part of Beaver Township, and was organ- ized in 1822 with the following mem- i hers: Jacob A rick and wife, James Reid and wife, John Stewart and wife, Daniel Mead and wife. Mary O. Potter, L. Petty. Sidney Petty, Cloe A. A rick, John Arick. Mary Reed, Joseph Stewart and Cyntha Stewart. James Reed was the first class-leader. The first sermon was preached by Lu dwell Petty in 1828. The first church was of logs. It was erected in 1S2S by volunteer labor. The present edifice was built in 1857, and cost about §2,000. The succes- sion of pastors has been Revs. Green, j Rucker, Waddle, Drummond, Brown. Murray, Graham, Tipton, Callender, I )empsey, McLeanv, Mills. Cook, Tay- lor, Peter Taylor, At hey, Minor, Tay- lor, Reaper, Ilair, "Wharton. Devin- na, Magee, Petty, Cross, "Worthing- ton, Hamilton, Jackson, Mapple. "Watters, McGinnis, Cowen, Dallas, Cortright, Ellison, Perahing and others. Present membership, eighty ; Sab- bath school attendance, forty. CHAPTER XXXI. BUFFALO. Erection — Early Settlers — Owners OF Milevs — Jacob Grerr — Joux Drake "TT is recorded in the journal of JL the commissioners of Guernsey Count v that, on the nth of J une, 181 0, “a petition of sundry inhabitants of the county was presented, praying for a, new township to be set off, to be called Buffalo Township.” The petition was granted and the town- ship erected, an election being or- dered at the house of Jacob Jordan 23d of June, for the purpose of choosing two justices of the peace and other township officers. Buffalo Township, as then constituted, in- cluded a large territory, besides a part of Guernsey County, Buffalo. Brookfield, and Noble, part of Cen- ter, and the northern half of both Sharon and Olive Townships were included within its limits. Andrew Wolf was lister for the township in 181 Land James Dillon in 1812. By the formation of Morgan County in 1XH) the extent of the township was much reduced, and the erection of new townships in Guernsey Countv still further ‘•curtailed its fair pro- portions,” so that in 183o Buffalo embraced only township S of range !i of the original survey. The town- ship remained a full congressional township until Noble County was formed in is.M, which left the first Real Estate in 1830 — Abram Itioir — Tim — Other Early Settlers — Kelirtous. [ twelve sections of the township in Guernsev and the remainder in I Noble. As a subdivision of Noble Conn tv, Buffalo Township was erected by the county commissioners May 1, 1S5L, with boundaries as follows: “Commencing for the same at the southeast corner of section 36 in township number S of range U; thence north along said township line to t he northeast corner of section 13 in said township and range; thence west along the section line to the north- west corner of section IS in said township and range; thence south along said township line to the south- west corner of section 31 in said township and range; thence east along the said township line to the 1 place of beginning: containing twen- ty-four sect ions.” June 19, 1851, the common pleas court, then in session at Olive, or- dered thatan election for two justices of the peace be held in the new township of Buffalo on the 12lh of July, 1.851. If two justices were elected in accordance with this order, but one qualified, as only one name appears recorded, that of John Stev- ens, duly 26, 1851. I le, therefore, was the first justice of the peace in i t he new township. BUFFALO, 50:’( This township was surveyed by John Leaver in 170b. and divided into sections by William It. Putnam in 1805. Among the earliest settlers were Abraham Loo her, an 1812 soldier, John Ivacklow George It. Johnson, I George Itich and John Rich, Thomas Kicholson, Samuel Kackley, Isaac j Kackley, John Drake, John Larrick. Jacob Larrick and Joseph Dyson. Most of these came from Virginia. George and John Rich came from Pennsylvania and Thomas Kiehob son from Jefferson County. Settle- ment began about 1812. The owners of real estate in Buf- falo Township are thus given on the \ tax duplicate of Guernsey County j in 1S30; and, as no earlier list could lie found, it is given here as the ! earliest authentic record of the property-holders of the township: Abraham Rug her (Booher?) sec- tion 3-1, 85 acres, valued at 8115; Michael Crow, section lb. 100 acres, 8218; Robert Campbell, section 32, 80 acres, 880; John Drake, section 31, 100 acres, 8218 ; Joseph Dyson, section 32, 100 acres, §218; Samuel Findlcjr, section 32, 100 acres. 8218; William Fry, section 2b, 100 acres, 8218 ; llosea B. Fink, section 28, 103 acres, 8222 ; Jacob Jackson, section 17,80 acres, 8100; Henry Jackson, section 17, 80 acres, slop; same, section lb, 80 acres, 880; George Johnston, section 17, 100 acres, §518; same, section lb, < i } acres, 8b; same, section 18, 102 acres, 8221 ; George R. Johnston, section 34, 70 acres, 8102; same, section 27, so acres, §118; .John Johnston, section 17, 031 acres, 8s(>; Isaac lvackley, sec- tion 20, 101 acres, 822-1; Samuel Kackley. section 33, 83 acres, §b5 ; George Kackley, section 33, 83 acres, §95; Elizabeth Kackley, section 31, 105 acres, 8225 ; Levi Lyons, section 35, 101 acres, §225 ; Caspar Larrick. section 17, 100 acres, §218; Jacob Larrick; section 22, lob acres, §289 ; same, section 17, 951 acres. §102; same, section 27, 159 acres, 8217 : same, section 28, 98 acres-. 8131; Amos La/.ear, section 32, 101 acres, 8219 ; Hugh McCoy. 1 03 acres, §222 ; George Rich's heirs, section 35, 103 acres, §223; same, 103 acres. §222 ; .John Robbins, section 7, 100 acres, §301; same, section 7. 100 acres, §21S : same, section 20, 159 acres, §210: same, section 20. 160 acres, §291; George Spade, section 11,80 acres. §91; Jacob Salliday, section 20. 103 acres, §222; Elias Salliday, section 35, 103 acres, 8222; Jacob Sec rest, section 21, 82 acres, §129; same, section 21. 103 acres. 8297 ; Jacob Shriver, section 19. 1531 acres. §209; same, section 19, 100 acres, §218 : Abraham Thompson, section 28, 160 acres, 821S; same. 102 acres. 8221 and 02 acres, 882; Jacob Thompson, section 27, 100 acres. 821s; Henry Trenner, section 31. 80 acres. §100; same, 100 acres, §291 ; William Williams, section 32, So acres, §100. Total acreage of the entire township (30 sections) in 1830, 11,791; value, §19,140: total tax, §192.93. The following owners of land in township s, of range 9, appeal* upon the Richland Township tax duplicate lor 1830: m ' 501 HISTORY OF NOISf.K COUNTY, OHIO. John Rich, section 25, 100 acres. $218; same, section 30, 100 acres, ' $218: Nathaniel Rilev, section 25, I SO acres, $01. Probably the first white men who j resided within the present limits of \ Buffalo Township were Abraham Rich, Abraham Milev and John Mi- ley. They came in the spring of 1 S 1 0, built a camp, made a small clearing, raised a few potatoes and lived there through the winter, sub- sisting chiefly on potatoes. In the following year they were joined by John and George Rich, brothers of j Abraham. Abraham and John Milev settled in Seneca Township a | few years later, and remained until ! they died. Abraham Rich, who was j only a boy when he came, remained in Buffalo Township until he was nineteen years of age, when he mar- ; ried and settled in Seneca Township. [ John Rich, soon after he settled, I lost a couple of horses. After searching all around in vain he heard of some horses that had swam the ! Ohio River in Moundsville, and went in search of them. He went back to his old home in Greene County, Pa., and found them there. They had found their way home through the almost trackless wilderness, alone and unaided. George Rich, one of (he earliest pioneers, was a native of Virginia, lie died in ISIS. II is children were Sally, Ann, Jane, Polly and Jere- miah. Jane and .Jeremiah are still living-. The latter is among the oldest native residents of the town- ship. lie was born on the farm where lie now lives, in 1815. He i married Bovina, daughter of James Reed. Three of their children are living. Mr. Rich taught school in early life, lie has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for fifty years. John and Abraham Rich were noted hunters. They kept dogs and Runted through all the surrounding country, killing many bears, wolves, wild cats, panthers and deer. Alien these three pioneers were here alone in 1810, they were expect- ing friends out from Pennsylvania, and of course were anxious to wel- come them. For fear that the new- comers might lose their way, they blazed trees toward Washington, Guernsey County, and in the other direction toward Barnesville, that they might have no difficulty in had- ing the camp. Jacob Gregg came from Washing- ton County, Pa., about 1S0G, and set- tled in this township, entering 160 acres of land, lie died about 1S53 at a ripe old age, leaving six chil- dren, four of whom are still living. His son Uriah was born in this coun- tv in 1810, and resided in the counts during his lifetime. He served as township clerk and treasurer, and was a member of the Methodist Prot- estant church, lie died in 1861, having accumulated a comfortable property, though he began life with but an axe. Of his children, four are living, all in this county. Three of the sons were in the army. Sam- uel was in the Forty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died at Camp Chase, Ohio. .Jacob B. served in the One Hundred and Sixteenth ■ ■ l BUFFALO. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and James M. in the One Hundred and Sixty- first Ohio Volunteer Infantry. John Mi ley was born in Virginia in 1801. About 1812 lie came to Buffalo Township wit'll his mother, brother and sister. His father died in Virginia. His mother married George Rich after coming here. Isaac and George Miley are still liv- ing. George Miley was born in Seneca Township in ls.JO. He was reared a farmer, and has followed that occu- pation. In early years he hauled wheat to McConnelsville and Zanes- ville, and marketed it for fifty cents per bushel. Mr. Miley has served as township trustee and assessor, and is a member of the Lutheran church, j He married Rebecca Finley in ] 8.13. Children : William II. (dead), Charles I II. (dead), James M., Thomas R.. Jessie Belle, Mancil and Mary E. John Drake came to the township about 1812. He was born in Fred- ! erick County, Va., in 1 772, and in 1800 married Sarah Kackley of the same State. Their children were Nancy, who married Stephen Ilickle 1 and died at the age of seventy; ! Elisha, Buffalo Township, and Eliza (Williams), Mt. Ephraim. Elisha Drake was born near Winchester, Ya., in 1808, and came to Ohio with his parents. In 188G he married Re- becca Clark, a native of Guernsey County. Their children are John W., Benjamin C., Sarah M., William (deceased), Lydia J., Eliza E. and Mary A. (deceased). Elisha Drake died in 1871. His widow is still living. Benjamin C. Drake was born in Buffalo Township, in 1839. He taught several terms of school and on the 22d of August, 1802, enlisted in Company 11. One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, lie was promoted corporal and after- ward sergeant. He was in all of the engagements of his regiment until June 5, 180-1, when he was wounded and taken prisoner at Pied- mont, Va. He was first wounded by a piece of shell in the right thigh. The regiment charged through the rebel works and he was again wound- ed in the ankle. After the regiment left, he was captured by Mosbws guerrillas. He was taken to Staun- ton, Va., and thence to Richmond. At Staunton, while getting on the cars, he fell and broke his leg. He remained at Richmond, subsisting1 on prison fare, until he became a mere skeleton. In September, 180-1, he was exchanged and reported at An- napolis. He received a furlough, and May 15, 1S05, was discharged at Camp Chase, Ohio. In 1895 he mar- ried Eliza J. Ilalley. Children : Charles A., Joseph B., John V., Eaton A. (deceased), Lillie A.. Estella, Mary M., Elisha E. and Sarah. Mr. Drake has served as justice of the peace two terms, lie is a member of the Lutheran church. Among those who came from Vir- ginia about 1812 were Levi Lyons, John Kackley, John Drake, George R. Johnson, Abraham Boolier and Samuel and Isaac Kackley. most of whom had families at the time of their settlement here. They had been neighbors in Virginia and came ' : 596 HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO. together, or nearly at the same time, to Ohio, and settled in the same neighborhood. Levi Lyons was born near Harper's Ferry, Ya. lie married Rachel Kack- ley. Their children were James, Margaret, Jacob, Benjamin, Eliza- beth and Rachel. lie was afterward twice married — first to Elizabeth Spillman, and second to Lydia A. Rhodes. Of the second marriage two children are living : William and Sarah J. Benjamin Lyons was born near Hartford, Guernsey County, in 1810. and came to this township with his parents about two years later. He married Mary E. McCarty, and they had seven children. Mr. Lyons was in the mercantile business at Roches- ter, Xoble County, from 18J9 to 1857, and has since been a farmer. Thomas Nicholson was an early settler. His sons were Andrew, Simon, John and Thomas, all of whom settled in the vicinity. Andrew lived in Center Township ; Simon in Seneca, and the others in Buffalo. John Gregg, whose father was an early settler, was born in Bulfalo Township, in 1 822. He married Nancy Morris. Eight children were born of this union, four of whom are living. In 181 6 Jacob Shriver, from Greene County, Fa., came to the township and built a cabbi. March 17,1817, lie arrived, with his family, on the place now owned by Noah Shriver. He died in ls-L‘5. 1 1 is children were James F., John, Mar\ A., Jacob. Elizabeth, Joseph and Noah. Andrew AN'. Clark and family, j from AYashington County. Pa., came to Ohio about JS16. lie was born j in 17S<: and died in ISiR. He mar- ried Sarah Lawrence, and was the father of Margaret. AYilliam. John, Robert. Barbara, Alexander. James, Sarah J.. Samuel L., Martha A. and Andrew "AY., four of whom are dead. Andrew was in the army, and died during the war. AYilliam Clark, who died in 1880, was born in 1S12. He married Mary Ann Clark, and was the father of six children. The family are Methodists. Jacob Larrick came from Virginia to Belmont County about 1817. and about two years later settled in Buf- falo Township. lie died in IS 17. Of his children only James II. lives in Xoble County. Jacob Larrick had an early grist-mill, operated by horse- power. also a saw-mill. Stephen Ilickle was a native of Virginia. II is son Stephen, who was born in 1801. died in IS 78. Isaac XL Ilickle enlisted in the Forty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry in Septem- ber, 1861, and served until October, 1862, when he was discharged by reason of disability. In May, lOi-L he again volunteered in the One Hun- dred and Sixty-first Ohio A’olunteer Infantry, and served until the regi- ment was mustered out. In the fall of the same year he re-enlisted and served until the close of the war. Joseph Graham, a native of Vir- ginia, was a pioneer settler of Guern- sey County, near Scneeaville. lie married Folly Glover, and was the father of ten children. Samuel Gra- ham was born in Seneca Township in 1 s29. In 1852 he went to Cali for- - > , . ilia, where he remained eleven years. In 1 SfH lie married Hannah, daugh- ter of John Miley. Children: J. S., Margaret S., Curtis and Charles A. Mrs. Graham died in 1ST3, and Mr. Graham afterward married Rebecca Ward. He has served as township trustee, and, in 1 SS<>, was the Demo- cratic candidate for Infirmary di- rector. lie is a leading farmer and stock-raiser. Samuel G. Clark, a leading Meth- odist, and a class-leader for many years, was born in is 17, and died in 1879. 1 1 is parents were Benjamin and Nancy (Finley) Clark. Joseph I!. Clark was born in Guern- sey County in 1830. In 1801 he married Margaret E. Conkle. Air. Clark was formerly engaged in the mercantile business and is now a farmer. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He has served six years as fn Urinary direc- tor. One of the early school-houses of the township was built on the land of George B. Johnson. It was of round logs, with a bark roof, clapboard door and puncheon floor. George lvack- ley was an early teacher. Mdhochrt Jijuscojxd Church. — A Methodist class was formed as early as 1820 and met in private houses and school-houses until 1811, when a brick meeting-house was erected in the eastern part of the township which is still in use. Abraham Hich was the first class-leader. Jeremiah Ivich, st-ill living, held the office later; also Jacob Hich, now of Center Township. A number of the early members joined the Mount Ephraim church when it was organized. A great revival in 1832 added largely to the membership of all the Meth- odist churches in this section of the State. Among the early members of the Buffalo church were Thomas Nicholson, Si'.. John Hich, Abraham Hich, James McConnell, Bollard Stevens, James Stevens. McCoy and others; one of the results of the revival of 1832 was a large number of local preachers. Among those who served in that capacity in Buf- falo and Seneca Townships were John Hich, Abraham Hich, John Booher, William Lowrey, Elijah Mill- horn. William Thompson, James Thompson, Hebert Thompson, John ‘ Thompson and others. ■ -