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Biographical Record
OF THE COUNTIES OF
Harrison and Carroll., Ohio,
CONTAINING
Biographical ^ete^es of promii^er^t at)d F(e presto tatiui? Qitiz^s, apd of fflapy of tl^ £arly S^ttl^d pamilies.
ILLUSTRATED.
CHICAGO:
J. H. BEERS & CO. 1891.
I Preface.
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THE importance of placing in book form biographical history of representative citizens both for its immediate worth and for its value to coming generations — is admitted by all thinking people; and within the past decade there has been a growing interest in this commendable means of perpetuating biography and family genealogy.
That the public is entitled to the privileges afforded by a work of this nature needs no assertion at our hands ; for one of our greatest Americans has said that the history of any country resolves itself into the biographies of its stout, earnest and representative citizens. This medium, then, serves more than a single purpose: while it perpetuates biography and family genealogy, it records history, much of which woidd be preserved in no other way.
Many of the prominent families of Harrison and Carroll were settlers in this region long before these counties were formed. Ohio was included in the "Northwest Territory" until May 7, 1800, when it was erected into a separate Territory, and by act of Congress passed April 80, 1802, it became a State. From the counties of Washington and Jefferson, Harrison and Carroll claim their descent. Washington, which was the parent county — having been estab- lished by proclamation of Gov. St, Clair July 27, 1788 — included all Eastern Ohio, its western boundary being the Scioto River, on the south, and the Cuyahoga River, on the north. Jefferson County, taken from Washington, was established by proclamation July 29, 1797.
Harrison County, named after Gen. William H. Harrison, was formed February 1, 1813, from Jefferson and Tuscarawas, the latter having been erected March 15, 1808, from Muskingum, which was established March 1, 1804, from Washington and Fairfield. Carroll County, named in honor of Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, Md., the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, was formed January 1, 1833, from Columbiana, (erected May 1, 1803, from Jef- ferson and Washington), Stark (which became a separate county January 1, 1809), Tuscarawas, Harrison and Jefferson.
In presenting the Commemorative Biographical Record to its patrons, the publishers have to acknowledge, with gratitude, the encouragement and support their enterprise has received, and the willing assistance rendered in enabling them to surmount the many unforeseen obstacles to be met with in the production of a work of this character. In nearly every instance the material composing the sketches was gathered from those immediately interested, and then sub- mitted in typewritten form for correction and revision. The volume, which is one of generous amplitude, is placed in the hands of the public with the belief that it will be found to be a valuable acquisition to the library.
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ON. JOHN A. BINGHAM is a native of Mercer, Pa. , and was born January 21, 1815. After studying at
J'JAW^&M^t^M*, V an acatlem.v ne spent two ^j^P^^^lv' yeai'8 in a Priutiug office' ^Sb^_ and then entered Franklin
College, Ohio, but poor health pre- vented him from advancing to grad- uation. He entered upon the study of law in 1838, at Mercer, Penn., under Hon. J. J. Pearson and Hon. William Stewart, and at the end of two years he was admitted by the courts of Mercer County, Penn., to the bar, in March, 1S40, and in 1841 In tlic liar of the several courts of Ohio. He dili- gently and successfully practiced the profession. In 1 854 he was elected as a Republican represent- ative to the XXXIVth Congress, from the Twen- ty-first Ohio District, and was a member of every subsequent Congress, from the Twenty-first and the Sixteenth Obio Districts, except the XXXVIIIth Congress, until March 4, 1873.
In politics he was originally a Whig, and took part in the campaign that led to the election of the log-cabin and hard-cider candidate, William Henry Harrison, the hero of Tippecanoe, and grandfather of the present chief executive of the United States, Gen. Benjamin Harrison. Later he became a delegate to the National Whig Convention in Philadelphia in 1848, and there-
in declared that we should have " in the United States no more slave Territories; no concpiest of foreign territory, and would demand the maintenance of freedom, and the protection of American industry." In 1864 Mr. Bingham was appointed a judge advocate in the army, serving six months in that capacity, which he resigned by reason of his appointment by Presi- dent Lincoln to be solicitor for the United States Court of Claims, which latter office he resigned March 4, 1865, when he became a member of the XXXIXth Congress from the Sixteenth Ohio District. Mr. Bingham served as special judge-advocate in the great trial of the con- spirators who were tried for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, etc. Immense labor devolved upon him during this difficult and protracted trial, and for eight weeks his arduous duties allowed him but brief intervals of rest. He occupied nine hours in the delivery of the clos- ing arguments, in which he ably elucidated the law and the testimony in the case, and con- clusively proved the guilt of the conspirators. Mr. Bingham's success in this great trial at- tracted general attention, and awakened a wide- spread curiosity to know his history. Soon after the close of the trial, a correspondent of the Philadelphia Press, having expressed the deep interest he had felt in arriving at a well- founded conclusion as to " the guilt of the pris- oners and the constitutionality of the court," proceeded as follows:
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" Grant me space in your columns to give expression to my most unqualified admiration of the great arguments, on these two main points, presented to the court by the special judge ad- vocate, Gen. John A. Bingham. In the entire range of my reading, I have known of no pro- ductions that have so literally led me captive. For careful analysis, logical argumentation, pro- found and most extensive research; for over- whelming unravelment of complications that would have involved an ordinary mind only with inextricable bewilderment, and for a literal rend- ing to tatters of all the metaphysical subtleties of the array of legal talent engaged on the other side. I know of no two productions in the Eng- lish language superior to these. They are liter- ally as the spear of Ithuriel, dissolving the hardest substances at their touch; as the thread of Dsedalus, leading out of labyrinths of error, no matter how thick and mazy. Not Locke or Bacon were more profound; not Daniel Webster was clearer and more penetrating; not Chilling- worth was more logical. I feel sure that the author of these two unrivaled papers must pos- sess a legal mind unrivaled in America, and must be. too, one of our rising statesmen. But who is John A. Bingham, who, by his industry and learning displayed on this wonderful trial, has placed the country under such a heavy debt of obligation? He may be well known to others moving in a public sphere like yourself, but to me, so absorbed in a different line of duty, he has appeared so suddenly, and yet with such viv- idness, that I long to know some, at least, of his antecedents."
Upon which the editor remarked: "The question of our esteemed correspondent is nat- ural to one who has not, probably, watched the individual actors on the great stage of public affairs wTith the interest of the historical and political student. We are not surprised that the arguments of Mr. Bingham before the mili- tary commission should have filled him with de- light. It was worthy of the great subject con- fided to that accomplished statesman by the Government, and of his own fame. When the
assassins of Mr. Lincoln were sent for trial be- fore the military court by President Johnson, the Government wisely left the whole manage- ment to Judge Holt and his eloquent associate, Mr. Bingham, and to the latter was committed the stupendous labor of sifting the mass of evi- dence, of replying to the corps of lawyers for the defense, of setting forth the guilt of the ac- cused and of vindicating the policy and the duty of the executive in an exigency so novel and so full of tragic solemnity. The crime was so enor- mous, and the trial of those who committed it so important in all its issues, immediate, contin- gent and remote, as to waken an excitement that embraced all nations. The murder itself was almost forgotten by those who wished to screen the murderers, and the most wicked theories were broached and sown broadcast by men, who, under cloak of reverence for what they called the law, toiled with herculean energy to weaken the arm of tho Government, extended in time of war to save the servants of the people from be ing slaughtered by assassins in public places, and tracked even to their firesides by the agents and friends of slavery. These poisons of plausi- bility, blunting the sharpest horrors of any age. and sanctifying the most hellish offenses, re- quired an antidote as swift to cure. Mr. Bing- ham's two great arguments, alluded to by our correspondent, have supplied the remedy. They are monuments of reflection, research and argu- mentation: and they are presented in the lan- guage of a scholar and with the fervor of an orator. In the great volume of proof and coun- ter-proof, rhetoric and controversy that forever preserves the record of this great trial, the ef- forts of Mr. Bingham will ever remain to be first studied with an eager and admiring interest. That they came, after all that has and can be
said against the Government, is rather an in- I .
ducement to their more satisfactory and critical
consideration. For from that study the Ameri- can student and citizen must, more than ever, realize how irresistible is Truth when in con- flict with Falsehood, and how poor and puerile i are all the professional tricks of the lawyer
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when opposed to the moral power of the pat- riot."
In Congress Mr. Bingham has had a distin- guished career, marked by important services to the country. In the XXXVIIth Congress he was earnest and successful in advocating many important measures to promote the vigor- ous prosecution of the war, which had just be- gun. Returning to Congress in 1865, after an absence of two years, he at once took a promi- nent position. Upon the formation of the joint committee on Reconstruction, December 14, 18G5, he was appointed one of the nine mem- bers on the part of the House. He was active in advocating the great measures of Reconstruc- tion, which were proposed and passed in the XXXIXth and XLth Congresses. The House of Representatives having resolved that Andrew Johnson should be impeached for "high crimes and misdemeanors," Mr. Bingham was appointed on the committee to which was entrusted the im- portant duty of drawing up the Articles of Im- peachment. This work having been done to the satisfaction of the House, Mr. Bingham was elected chairman of the managers to conduct the impeachment of the President before the Senate. On him devolved the duty of making the closing argument. His speech on this occa- sion ranks among the greatest forensic efforts of any age. He began the delivery of his argu- ment on Monday, May 4, and occupied the at- tention of the Senate and a vast auditory on the floor and in the galleries during three successive days. At the close of his argument, the im- mense audience in the galleries, wrought up to the highest pitch of enthusiasm, gave vent to such an unanimous and continued outburst of applause as had never before been heard in the capitol. Ladies and gentlemen, who could not have been induced deliberately to trespass on the decorum of the Senate, by whose courtesy they were admitted to the galleries, overcome by their feelings, joined in the utterance of ap- plause, knowing that for so doing the sergeant- at-arms would be required to expel them from the galleries. The history of the country re-
cords no similar tribute to the oratorical efforts of the ablest advocates or statesmen. From so long and well-sustained an argument it is im- possible to select particular passages which would give an adequate idea of the whole. The following historical argument for the supremacy of the law will always be read with interest, whether as an extract or in its original setting: "Is it not in vain, I ask you, Senators, that the people have thus vindicated by battle the supremacy of their own constitution and laws, if, after all, their president is permitted to sus- pend their laws and dispense with the execution thereof at pleasure and defy the power of the people to bring him to trial and judgment be- fore the only tribunal authorized by the Consti- tution to try him? That is the issue that is presented before the Senate for decision by these Articles of Impeachment. By such acts of usur- pation on the part of the ruler of a people, I need not say to the Senate, the peace of nations is broken, as it is only by obedience to law that the peace of nations is maintained and their existence perpetuated. Law is the voice of God and the harmony of the world.
It doth preserve the stars from v/rong,
Through it the eternal heavens are fresh and strong.
" All history is but philosophy teaching by example. God is in history, and through it teaches to men and nations the profoundest les- sons which they learn. It does not surprise me, Senators, that the learned counsel for the accused asked the Senate, in the consideration of this question, to close that volume of instruction, not to look into the past, not to listen to its voices. Senators, from that day when the inscription was written upon the graves of the heroes of Thermo- pylfe: ' Stranger, go tell the Lacedemonians that we lie here in obedience to their laws,' to this hour no profounder lesson has come down to us than this: that through obedience to law comes the strength of nations and the safety of men. No more fatal provision ever found its way into the constitutions of States than that contended for in this defense, which recognizes the right of a single despot or of the many to discriminate
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in the administration of justice between the ruler and the citizen, between the strong and the weak. It was by this unjust discrimination that Aristides was banished, because he was just. It was by this unjust discrimination that Socrates, the wonder of the Pagan world, was doomed to drink the hemlock because of his transcendent virtues. It was in honorable pro- test against this unjust discrimination that the great Roman Senator, father of his country, de- clared that the force of law consists in its being made for the whole community.
" Senators, it is the pride and boast of that great people from whom we are descended, as it is the pride and boast of every American, that the law is the supreme power of the State, and is for the protection of each by the combined power of all. By the constitution of England the hereditary monarch is no more above the law than the humblest subject, and by the Con- stitution of the United States the President is no more above the law than the poorest and most friendless beggar in your streets. Tbe usurpations of Charles I. inflicted untold injuries upon the people of England, and finally cost the usurper his life. The subsequent usurpa- tion of James II. — and I only refer to it because there is between his official conduct and that of this accused President the most remarkable parallel that I have ever read in history — filled the brain and heart of England with the convic- tion that new securities must be taken to restrain the prerogatives asserted by the crown, if they would maintain their ancient constitution and perpetuate their liberties. It is well said by Hallam, that the usurpations of James swept away the solemn ordinances of the legislature. Out of those usurpations came the great revolu- tion of 1688, which resulted in the dethronement and banishment of James, in the elevation of William and Mary, in the immortal declaration of right.
" I ask the Senate to notice that these charges against James are substantially the charges presented against this accused Presi- dent and confessed here of record, that he has
suspended the laws and dispensed with the exe- cution of the laws, and in order to do this has usurped authority as the executive of the na- tion, declaring himself entitled, under the Con- stitution, to suspend the laws and dispense with their execution. He has further, like James, issued a commission contrary to law. He has further, like James, attempted to control the appropriated money of the people contrary to law. And he has further, like James, although it is not alleged against him in the Articles of Impeachment, it is confessed in his answer, at- tempted to cause the question of his responsi- bility to the people to be tried, not in the King's Bench, but in the Supreme Court, when that question is alone cognizable in the Senate of the United States. Surely, Senators, if these usurpations, if these endeavors on the part of James thus to subvert the liberties of the people of England, cost him his crown and kingdom, the like offenses committed by Andrew Johnson ought to cost him his office, and subject him to that perpetual disability pronounced by the people through the constitution upon him for high crimes and misdemeanors. * * * I ask you, Senators, how long men would deliber- ate upon the question whether a private citizen, arraigned at the bar of one of your tribunals of justice for a criminal violation of the law, should be permitted to inter j>ose a plea in justification of his criminal act that his only purpose was to interpret the Constitution and laws for himself, that he violated the law in the exercise of his prerogative to test its validity thereafter at such day as might suit his own convenience in the courts of justice. Surely it is as competent for the private citizen to interpose such justification in answer to crime in one of your tribunals of justice as it is for the President of the United States to interpose it, and for the simple reason that the Constitution is no respecter of persons, and vests neither in the President nor in the private citizen judicial power. Can it be that by your decree you are at last to make this discrimination be- tween the ruler of the people and the private citizen, and allow him to interpose his assumed
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right to interpret judicially your Constitution ami laws? Are you solemnly to proclaim by your decree:
Plate sin with gold. And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks; Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it?
" I put away the possibility that the Senate of the United States, equal in dignity to any tribunal in the world, is capable of recording any such decision, even upon the petition and prayer of this accused and guilty President. Can it be that by reason of his great office the President is to be protected in his high crimes and misdemeanors, violative alike of his oath, of the Constitution, and of the express letter of your written law enacted by the legislative de- partment of the Government? I ask you, Sena- tors, to consider that I speak before you this day in behalf of the violated law of a free people who commission me; I ask you to remember that I speak this day under the obligations of my oath ; I ask you to consider that I am not insen- sible to the significance of the words of which mention was made by the learned council from New York; justice, duty, law, oath. I ask you to remember that the great principles of consti- tutional liberty for which I this day speak have been taught to men and nations by all the trials and triumphs, by all the agonies and martyrdoms of the past; that they are the instruction of the centuries, uttered by the elect of the human race.
" I ask you to consider that we stand this day pleading for the violated majesty of the law, by the graves of a half million of martyred hero- patriots who sacrificed themselves for their country, the Constitution and the laws, and who, by their sublime example, have taught us that all must obey the law; that none are above the law; that no man lives for himself alone, but each for all; that some must die that the State may live; that the citizen is, at best, but for to- day, while the commonwealth is for all time; and that position, however high, patronage, however powerful, can not be permitted to shelter crime to the peril of the Republic." [Copied verba-
tim from ''Tin- Fortieth Congress of the United States" by William H. Barnes.]
In 1861 Mr. Bingham declined to accept an appointment by President Lincoln to be United States judge for the Southern District of Florida. In May, 1873, Mr. Bingham was appointed, by President Grant, envoy extraordinary and min- ister plenipotentiary to Japan, which responsi- ble position he held for twelve years, and the result of his beneficial mission is well known to the public.
ELFORD J: BROWN, president of the Farmers & Mechanics National Bank, Cadiz, is a native of the town of Brownsville, Penn., born January 16, 1832, of English extraction, his grandfather, Basil Brown, having come from England to Pennsylvania.
Basil Brown, father of Melford J. , was also a native of Brownsville, where he grew to man- hood and married Nancyr Johnson, a member of an old Pennsylvania family, and by her had seven children, all of whom, save one, are liv- ing. In 1844 the family moved to Cambridge, Ohio, where the father carried on a hotel until
1851, in which year he was killed by an acci- dent at the age of fifty years. His widow, after his death, continued the hotel business up to the time of her decease, which occurred in 1888, when she was aged seventy-nine years.
Melford J. Brown, the subject of these lines, is the only one of his father's family living in Harrison County. His boyhood and early youth were spent under the parental roof, his educa- tion being obtained at the common schools. At the age of eighteen he moved to Zanesville, Ohio, where he learned the silversmith's trade, and for three years followed the same. This occupation, however, not agreeing with his health, he, in 1851, entered a dry-goods store at Moorefield, Ohio, and there remained until
1852, when he proceeded to Washington, same State, where he followed the same business until 1853, in which year he came to Cadiz,
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entering the dry-goods house of William Hogg. In 1855 Mr. Brown accepted a position in the Harrison branch of the State Bank of Ohio as teller and book-keeper, gradually rising to the position of cashier, and at the organization of the Harrison National Bank was appointed its cash- ier. Here he remained sixteen years, at the end of which time he established the Farmers & Mechanics Savings & Loan Association, which was afterward, in 1880, organized into the Farmers & Mechanics National Bank, of which he is the worthy president. In 1865, while an officer of the Harrison National Bank, that in- stitution was robbed, he and his wife and four children being gagged, and the keys of the vault, etc., obtained.
In 1855 Mr. Brown was united in marriage with Martha, daughter of John Robinson, of Harrison County, her parents having come here at an early day from Pennsylvania. To this union four children were born, all sons, viz. : Charles O. F., cashier of the Farmers & Me- chanics National Bank; C. D. , a medical prac- titioner in Arkansas City, Kas. ; C. E., proprie- tor of a gents' furnishing store in Cadiz; and M. R., at home. Mr. Brown is at present presi- dent of the Berea Grit Oil & Gas Company of Cadiz, and of the Peoples Building & Loan Association; he is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and has for twenty-five years been treasurer of same; is also a member of the K. of P. at Cadiz, and he is a Republican.
J (AMES MOORE, mayor of Cadiz, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, February 17, / 1843, a son of John and Ellen (Campbell) Moore, both descendants of Scotch an- cestry, who moved to the north of Ireland at an early day. The father, who was a farmer and land owner, sold his place and came to America, in 1848, with his wife and three children, viz. : James, Mary W. (now the wife of Abram How- ell, residing in the west part of Nottingham Township, Harrison County), and Jane Moore (who died in Buffalo while the family were en
route to their new home). The father died at Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, while they were on their way to Harrison County. After his death the rest of the family in their affliction proceeded onward to Harrison County, and here commenced to make a home for themselves in Nottingham Township. The widowed mother, now seventy- five years of age, resides with her son, who with true filial piety has never left her. The subject of our sketch grew to manhood on the farm, attending the common schools, and in August, 1862, he enlisted in Company C, Ninety-eighth O. V. I., under Capt. John A. Norris, serving till Jane 10, 1865, He partici- pated in the engagements at Perryville, Chick- amauga, Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge, was in the Atlanta campaign, and at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, after which he was laid up sick at Vining Station, Ga. , in army hos- pital, this being his only absence during his term of service. He was also in the battles of Resaca and Jonesboro (near Atlanta), besides many other minor engagements; was present in the " march to the sea," and was through the Carolinas. In his first battle Mr. Moore had his gun shot out of his hands by a minie-ball going through the butt. During his entire term of serv- ice (except while sick, as mentioned) he did not have his clothes once off a single night. Receiv- ing an honorable discharge, he returned to Cadiz, June 10, 1865, and, being desirous of improving his education, he entered the college at Hope- dale in September, same year, and subsequently he taught school. In 1 869 he entered the arena of politics, and being nominated for sheriff on the Democratic ticket, he was elected by a ma- jority of 166. In this office he served with honor for two years, then began reading law under Judge Pierce, and September 12, 1876, he was admitted to the bar, since when he has been recognized as one of the leading lawyers of Cadiz. In 1885 he was nominated on the Democratic ticket for representative of the State. He was justice of the peace three years; is one of the soldiers' relief commissioners for Harrison County, appointed by the court. In
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18S5 he changed his side of politics, becoming a Republican on the pension question. In 1888 he was elected mayor of the city, and is still in office, proving one of the most popular mayors Cadiz has ever had.
H. ARNOLD, editor and proprietor of the Cadiz Sentinel, is a descendant of one of the pioneer families of Harrison County, Ohio. In 1810 Comfort Arnold, a widow with two sons and four daugh- ters, came from Pennsylvania and settled north of Cadiz in the woods, but died in Archer Town- ship in 1856, at the age of ninety-eight, the mother of the following named children: Will- iam, born in 1798; Comfort, wife of Jonathan West; Aneka, wife of James Mehollen; Frances,
married to Charles Conaway; wife of
Ross, of Richland. William Arnold, father of our subject, was about twelve years of age when brought from Pennsylvania by his mother, and when fourteen years old engaged in the manu- facture of gunpowder for the soldiers in the War of 1812, making 500 to 600 pounds each winter, which he conveyed by night to Steubenville. He cared for the farm while his brother and brothers-in-law were in the army, he being too young to serve. He received his education in the log school-house of his day, but was an apt scholar and for thirty-six years after reaching maturity served as justice of the peace; he also became colonel of the State militia, as well as quartermaster-general, and was very popular in his section. In 1833 or 1831 he chose for his wife Miss Jane C. Hoyt, a daughter of Jesse and Sarah Hoyt, and a native of New York. The Hoyts trace their ancestry to Simon Hoyt, who came from England to Massachusetts in 1638. The death of William Arnold took place in 1874, in Cadiz, at the age of seventy-six years, he hav- ing been preceded by his faithful wife in 1872, at the age of sixty-six years. To this couple have been born seven children, viz. : John Hoyt, who died in Kansas in 1855, while in the employ of the Government as a surveyor; Mary A., wife of
John W. Simmons; Sarah, who married James Knox, of Cadiz, and died in 1869, in Washing- ton, Guernsey County; Jesse, employed in the second auditor's office at Washington, D. C. ; William H., the subject of this sketch; George, at Columbus, and Jennie, a public school teacher in Portland, Oregon.
The following sketch is from the pen of Maj. H. B. Lacey, a prominent citizen of the county:
" William Arnold. The subject of this paper was born in Fayette County, Penn., in 1798. Early in the present century his father died, and the widowed mother, in 1810, removed with her children to Ohio, and settled about one mile north of Cadiz. When war with England began in 1812, the elder sons of Mrs. Arnold entered the army, leaving William, now fourteen years of age, her main dependence. While the war lasted he was busied with farm work during the season suitable for the same, but in the winter engaged in making powder which he disposed of to the Government. A few years later his brother, Rezin Arnold, was elected sheriff of Harrison County, and William became his deputy; he served also in the same capacity with some of Rezin' s successors. With his deputyship, under his brother Rezin, began his residence in Cadiz, which continued to the date of his death. He died in 1874.
" It was while thus acting as deputy sheriff he acquired his extensive and exact topographical knowledge of this county, and laid the founda- tion of that knowledge of the law in the admin- istering of which he afterward gained honor- able distinction. He was elected justice of the peace for Cadiz Township, and continuously re- elected till he had served thirty-three consecu- tive years.
" His genial and courteous demeanor seemed especially attractive to those seeking union through the marriage ceremony, and it is proba- ble he united in wedlock a greater number of persons than were so united by any other person resident of the county.
" He owed his chief distinction to his numer- ous legal decisions. So well was his legal acu-
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men known and favorably recognized, that it was but seldom an action was commenced in the Common Pleas Court, when the cause of action came within his jurisdiction. Thomas L. Jew- i'tt, known in his time as one of the ablest law- yers of Eastern Ohio, declared that the legal decisions of Justice Arnold, so far as they per tained to his office, could not be bettered by one of the highest attainments in the law. This high position he attained by cool, unbiased judg- ment and conscientious recognition of the de- mands of law and justice. His decisions were rendered without fear or favor. Official re- straints removed, however, he became the benev- olent, obliging, public-spirited citizen.
" No measure proposed for the benefit of Har- rison County or the town of his residence was too insignificant to gain from him a respectful hearing, and having examined and approved it, thenceforth it had his active and valuable support.
"No man ever came to him for advice, and they were many who came, who did not get the benefit of his best judgment. The legal opinions he rendered officially for the statutory fees were not a tithe of the equally valuable ones he freely gave without reward. He was not a cap- italist, but capital, whether in real or personal estate, was always indebted to his wise counsel and publio spirit."
William H. Arnold was born in Cadiz, Ohio, and was educated in the common school. While yet a boy he entered the office of the Sentinel, then owned by Charles N. Allen, and served an apprenticeship at, the printing busi- ness. At the age of twenty- two he became as- sociate editor of the paper, and three years later, in 18(35, bought the Journal, of which he has since been the main owner and editor, hav- ing largely increased its' circulation and in- fluence.
In 1800 Mr. Arnold married Lydia, daugh- ter of Hon. Joseph R. Hunter, of Cadiz. The Hunters came to Cadiz about 1830, and here they died. Mrs. Lydia Arnold passed away February 28, 1880, leaving four children, viz. :
Hunter,, a student at the National University, Washington. D. C. : Mary, a student at the University of Pennsylvania; Grace, who died at the age of four months, and Louise, attending school in Cadiz. In 18SS Mr. Arnold took, for his second wife, Caroline, daughter of James Thompson, and to this union has been born one child, Edwin.
If CEAIG MOORE, cashier of the First Na- tional Bank of Cadiz, was born two miles \ east of that city July 24, 1854, and comes of an early settled family of Harrison Coun- ty, his grandfather, a farmer, having come here as early as 1800. William Moore married Sa- rah Cory, and died in 1848. His son, John, the father of our subject, was born in this coun- ty, was reared a farmer, and in 1830 married Elizabeth McCullough, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Lyons) McCullough, who shared his life trials and life pleasures until 1850, when she departed this life at the early age of thirty- six years, the mother of nine children, as fol- lows: Sarah; David O., M. D., in Bloomington, 111. ; WTilliam A., boot and shoe merchant; Beat- ty, a druggist; Mary, wife of Thomson Craig; Alice, now Mrs. R. W. Barricklow; Nannie, now Mrs. A. N. Hammond; Joseph, M. D., in Omaha, and I. C, our subject. The father died February 2, 1883, at the age of sixty-nine and one-half years; after the death of his first wife he had been twice married, his second wife being a sister of his first, and named Sarah J. ; she died June 14, 1S74. The third wife, Phebe (Gray), still survives. Mr. Moore was for sev- eral years township trustee, and for forty- three years was an elder in the Presbyterian Church, of which church the mother of our subject was also a devout member. Beatty Moore was a soldier in the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth O. V. I. , was in many battles, but came out at the close of the war uninjured.
I. C. Moore, the subject proper of this sketch, came to Cadiz with his father in 1808, and here was educated at the high school, graduating there
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with first honors in 1871, then he entered Frank- lin College, in which he remained until three months of graduation, when he went into busi- ness in 1873. In 1874 he entered the private bank of Rezin Welch & Co., which, in 1884, was consolidated with the First National, of which Mr. Moore became cashier. He is also treasurer of the Building & Loan Association of Cadiz, and vice-president of the Library Association. On November 14, 1878, Mr. Moore married Miss Anna E., daughter of D. B. and Martha C. Welch, and one son has come to brighten their fireside, Barclay Welch Moore. Politically Mr. Moore is a Republican, and in religion he is a Presbyterian. Socially he stands in the front rank of the community in which he lives, and as a business man is unexcelled in Harrison County.
q-EORGE A. 'CREW, auditor of Harrison County, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, April 5, 1838. His father, Ferris ,i Crew, was a native of Virginia, born of French extraction, his ancestors having come to America at an early date. Ferris Crew followed the vocation of farming, and in Caroline Coun- ty, Ya. , married Miss Eliza A. Terrell, daughter of Samuel Terrell, a descendant of one of the oldest settled families in the State. Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Ferris Crew came to Ohio, first locating in Jefferson County whence they moved to Belmont County, and finally came to Harrison County, in March, 1839. A short time after arriving here Ferris Crew died at the early age of thirty-five years. His widow remained on the homestead until 1 8 18, when she was married to Ezekial Hanna, of Harrison County. On February 17, 1S82, when aged seventy -four years, she died in Hope- dale, Harrison County, at the home of her son, George A. She was the mother of five chil- dren by her first marriage, of whom two only survive: George A. (our subject) and Mary Ann (wife of Z. Z. Courtright, of Freeport
Township, Harrison County). No children came to bless her second marriage.
George A. Crew received his preliminary education in the district schools, but at the age of twenty-one years sold his interest in the homestead and entered Hopedale College, Har- rison County, where he studied some two years, and then began teaching. After a short time, however, he relinquished this profession and en- tered mercantile business as a clerk, but in a short time, resolving to do business on his own account, he bought out his employer: he then carried on a general store for about five years at Hopedale, and about eight years at Cadiz Junction, at which latter place he was appointed postmaster. In 1877 he returned to Hopedale, where were better facilities for the education of his children, of whom mention will be made further on. At Hopedale Mr. Crew continued in the general merchandise business until 1884, when he was elected auditor of Harrison Coun- ty; he then removed to Cadiz, the county seat, with his family. While serving his first term as auditor, a change in the law extended his term almost one year, and in 1887 Mr. Crew was re-elected, and is still holding the position. He has always been a Republican, and in addi- tion to the office of auditor has been honored by his party with several minor positions. This statement completes the history of Mr. Crew's political career, and it now becomes necessary to briefly give his military record. In 1804, at the last call for troops to aid in the suppression of the Rebellion, Mr. Crew closed his store and entered the one-hundred-days' service, in Com- pany H, One Hundred and Seventieth O. N. G., and was appointed orderly sergeant. The regi- ment was stationed for a time at Washington City, then was sent to Harper's Ferry, and then to the Shenandoah Valley. In September, 1804, Mr. Crew was mustered out and returned to Hopedale and resumed business. The mar- riage of Mr. Crew took place June 5, 1802, at Hopedale, with Miss Sarah J. Hanna, daughter of JohnM. and Louisa (Perry) Hanna, and born near Beech Spring, Harrison County. Her
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parents were life-long residents of the county, the father having been born in the same house in which his daughter Sarah first saw the light, and his grandparents having been among the pioneers. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Crew was blessed with four children, viz.: Ferris T., of Cadiz; Ada Louise, now Mrs. Dr. P. M. Sharp, of Cadiz; Anna Virginia; John A., who died in 1880, in his thirteenth year. Mr. Crew stands to-day one of the best known citi- zens of the county, and most highly respected in Cadiz. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the G. A. E., and with his wife, of the Presbyterian Church. He is a self-made man, as far as financial success is con- cerned, and his course through life is worthy of the emulation of the rising generation.
J. McCOY, clerk of the courts of Har- rison County, was born in Athens Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, Novem- ber 25, 1850. His father, John McCoy, was also a native of that county, but his grand- father, Thomas McCoy, was a Virginian, who immigrated to Ohio while it was yet in a com- paratively wild state, and in Athens Township, Harrison County, both he and his wife passed from earth. John McCoy, was born on the farm where he now resides. In 181(5 he mar- ried Miss Eliza Walker, daughter of John and Eliza Walker, and a native of Harrison County, Ohio. She bore him twelve children, of whom nine still survive, all living in Harrison County, except one, Vincent W., who is engaged in the practice of medicine in Morgan County, Ohio.
M. J. McCoy remained at home until twenty years of age, and received his education at Franklin College, spending his vacations and leisure time on the farm. At twenty years of age he began teaching, and continued in that profession for several years, two of them being spent in Belmont County, Ohio. Politically Mr, McCoy is a Republican, and in the fall of L887 he was elected clerk of the courts of Har- rison County, entering upon the duties of said
office in February, 18S8, his term expiring in February, 1891; was re-elected to the office November 4, 1890, term expiring February, 1894 In 1878, in Smithfield, Jefferson Coun- ty, he was united in marriage with Isabella De Armond, daughter of David and Isabella Ar- mond, formerly of said county, now deceased, and to this union five children have been born, viz. : Launa B. , Iva May, Lela, Hortzell Ray- mond and Harold J. Mr. McCoy is now a resi- dent of the town of Cadiz, Harrison County. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias.
f( D. WORTMAN, M. D., a popular physi- ^ I cian of Cadiz, was born in Muskingum %JI County, Ohio, in 1824, a son of Lot and Margaret (Metzlar) Wortrnan, the former of whom was a native of New Jersey, and by occupation a farmer; the latter a native of West- moreland County, Penn., born of German ances- try. In 1808 the parents came to Muskingum County, where they made a home in the forest. Here they lived till 1839, when the father joined the "silent majority," at the age of sixty years, the mother following him in 1860, having ever since her husband's death remained on the home place. They were the parents of twelve children, only three of whom are living: J. D., in Harrison County; J. W., a dentist in Zanes- ville, Ohio, and John, a farmer in Kansas.
J. D. Wortman remained at home until fif- teen years of age, attending the academy and other educational institutions, and then became a teacher, which profession he followed for some time in Ohio, Kentucky, Alabama and Missouri. While thus employed he took up the study of medicine, which he zealously prosecuted, finally taking a course at the Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, where in the class of 1852, he graduated. For six years he practiced in Washington County, Penn., and in 1858 he came to Cadiz, where he has since been successfully engaged in the practice of his chosen profession. The Doctor made a trip to the gold fields of California in 1850, crossing the Isthmus of Pan-
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ama on foot, both going and returning, for after mining in the "New Eldorado" for, a short time, failing health compelled him to retrace his steps homeward. While coming up the Missis- sippi, the boat on which he was a passenger struck a snag one night, causing her to split and sink, whereby 140 people were drowned. The Doctor clung to the wreck, and two or three hours later he was rescued. In 1885, his health having become impaired, he made another trip to California (Southern), returning the fol- lowing year much benefited by the change. Dur- ing the War of the Rebellion he joined as assist- ant surgeon, August 21, 1862, the Seventy- eighth Regiment, O. V. I., serving until Feb- ruary, 1803, when he resigned on account of disability, and returned home.
In 1860, at Cadiz, Dr. Wortman was mar- ried to Miss J. P. Jamison, a native of Harri- son County, a daughter of Barkley and Marga- ret Jamison, who came to the county in early days. By this union three children were born: George B. , Mary and Emma R., all at home.
:\ILLIAM T. SHARP, M. D., of Cadiz, Harrison County. Every profession has its prominent men; some made such by long membership, and others by their proficiency in their calling. The sub- ject of this sketch is made conspicuous among Harrison County's physicians, both by the length of time devoted to the calling and by the eminent success he has made of it. Many a man mistakes his life's work, yet by earnest ap- plication makes a partial success; but it is only when natural tact is coupled with an ambition to succeed that anything like eminence is reached in any vocation.
Dr. W. T. Sharp is one of those men who may be said to have chosen well. Possessed of a kind and sympathetic nature, a keen sense of discrimination, a natural taste for the various branches of the medical profession, he has by years of study and practice risen to the honored rank he now holds. Such men are a credit to
any community, and it is a pleasure to pen the following brief sketch of himself and family:
The Sharp family are of English extraction, ^ the grandfather of our subject. William Sharp, by occupation a farmer, coming to America at an early date — probably as far back as the Revolutionary times. Of his children, John Sharp, was the father of our subject, and he, too, followed agricultural pursuits. He was among the pioneers who came came to Harrison County, Ohio, where he married Miss Catherine, daughter of David Thompson, of Cadiz Town- ship. In 1834 John Sharp and his wife re- moved to Holmes County, Ohio, where, at the advanced ages of eighty-two and seventy-nine, respectively, they now reside. They are par- ents of nine children, as follows: William T. , our subject; David, now a farmer of Holmes County, Ohio; John, in Millersburg, Ohio; James, a minister of the United Presbyterian, faith, located at Sidney, Ohio; George, an at- torney at law, at Millersburg, Ohio; Samuel, M. D., of Oregon; Martha (Mrs. John T. Max- well, of Millersburg, Ohio; Mary, Margaret and Joseph, on the old home place in Holmes County.
Dr. W. T. Sharp spent his early years on a farm, and like many of the young men of that age had his first schooling in one of the old log cabins then so common, being the excuse for a school-house. When seventeen years of age he entered Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio, and later graduated at a college in Guernsey County. He then began the study of medicine under the guidance of Dr. John McBeau, of Cadiz, and after some time spent in preliminary reading, he entered Jefferson Medical Col- lege of Philadelphia, from which he graduated in March, 1859. He at once returned to Cadiz, where he formed a partnership with his old preceptor, which continued until December, 1864, when Dr. Sharp began for himself, open- ing a drug store in connection with his practice. Prior to the dissolution of his partnership with Dr. McBean, in 1862, as assistant surgeon of the Ninety-eighth Regiment, O. V. I., he went
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to the South, where he spent thirteen months in the field service in Kentucky and Tennessee, and then returned to his home, where he has since devoted his entire time to his profession, being the longest practitioner in the city of Cadiz. On October 12, 1859, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Carnahan, of Harrison County, and to this union six children have been born, viz.: John Clarence, M. D., in New York City; William Lee, a farmer in Harrison County; Preston McCready, one of the well- known dentists of Cadiz; Caroline Martha, Mrs. C. A McCann; Mary Belle (Mrs. W. H. Brink- erhoff), and George Cunningham, at home. The Doctor is a member of McCready Post, G. A. R. He united with the United Presby- terian Congregation of Cadiz, Ohio, while Dr. W. T. Meloy was the pastor, and is now an elder in that congregation.
ARGARET McCREADY, widow of Rev. Jonathan Sharp McCready, was born near New Athens, Harrison Co., Ohio, a daughter of William McFarland, who was a native of Ireland, and was only nine months old when brought to this country by his parents. Robert McFarland, grandfather of Mrs. McCready, also a native of Ireland, of Scotch extraction, married Elizabeth Ferguson, and together they came to Taylorstown, Penn., in 1794, and some years later to Ohio. Three children were born to this pioneer couple, viz. : One that died in infancy: Mary who died in Harrison County, in her eighty-seventh year, and William. The last named, in 1824, pur- chased of the historic Joseph Huff a piece of laud near New Athens, Ohio, whereon he lived the rest of his life. In 1823 he married, in Belmont County, Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew and Martha Henderson, and a native of Penn- sylvania, to which State her parents came at an early date. Of this union ten children were born— four sons and six daughters — all but two of whom are living: Andrew, Mary, Martha and Elizabeth (twins, both deceased), James,
William, Margaret, Robert, Nancy and Sarah. In 1876 the mother passed from earth at the age of seventy-six years, followed in 18 iS by the father when eighty-three years old. He had led a busy life. Beginning a poor boy, but en- dowed with a great desire to learn, he per- severed and improved every opportunity, bo much so that at the early age of thirteen he be- came teacher, a profession at which he made a marked success. His ability not being passed unnoticed by his fellow-citizens, he was sent to the State Legislature to represent his district. He did not seek political preferment, and never asked a vote; was associate judge for a long period, and for years was a director in the Har- rison National Bank of Cadiz.
In 1850 Margaret McFarland was married at New Athens, Ohio, to Rev. Jonathan Sharp McCready, and they then settled in Cadiz. He was born near New Galilee, Beaver Co., Penn., April 15, 1828, a son of Hugh McCready, who was a farmer and died in Pennsylvania. Jona- than S. McCready attended an academy" at Dar- lington, Penn., and later Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio, where he finished his classical course. He had determined upon the ministry for his life work, and finished his education for the same, at Cannonsburg, Penn.. in 1855. He was first a minister in the Seceder Church, and later in the United Presbyterian. In 1856, immediately after his marriage, he took charge of the congregation at Cadiz, in which charge he remained until August 14, 1862, when he enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth O. V. I., and served under Gen. McClellan. He was made captain of his com- pany, and at the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864, he was wounded in the arm by a rifle ball, which rendered amputation necessary. He died, however, while on his way home on Sep- tember 7, his wife, from the time she could reach him, being present with him to the end. He was buried at Cadiz, having devotedly given his life for his country at the early age of thirty- six years. Since his death his widow has re- sided on Main Street, Cadiz.
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Mi J, S. McFADDEN, deceased. One of the p— • I most prominent families of Harrison
1 County is the one now under consider. f) ation. From the early coming to the
county of its first representative to tbe present date, the name McFadden has been inseparably combined with tbe various enterprises of tbe county, and few, if any, have so largely con- tributed to its progress and upbuilding.
A more respected citizen than Henry S. Mc Faddeu probably never lived in Harrison Coun- ty. His influence was felt on every hand, his death universally regretted. On the morning of July 4, 18S8, at the age of seventy five years, ' the summons came, and a kind and loving heart was stilled forever. His aged father and mother had preceded him to the grave, the former in 1861, at the age of eighty-two years, and in 1866 the latter, who for many years had been totally blind, followed her husband. The fol- lowing obituary appeared in the Steubenville Gazette soon after the funeral of Mr. McFadden:
" Born in County Cavan, Ireland, the son of Samuel and Lydia (Stafford) McFadden in 1813, he came with his father's family to America when only seven years of age, settling in Philadelphia, where his boyhood days were spent. Like many of the Scotch-Irish immi- grants of that day, the elder McFadden was poor, but with the characteristic energy of his race he set to work to build up for himself a position then always awaiting the energetic man in the new world, beginning as a peddler and extending his trade until it reached by wagon team to the western borders of Pennsyl- vania, and became very profitable. In this he was assisted by his sons, George and Henry, the former dead just twenty years, the latter the subject of this sketch, who has now entered into rest. But before this Henry had the business education of a factory boy, and that any other schooling was necessarily limited is evinced by the fact that when but sixteen years of age he drove and conducted the business of a four- horse peddling wagon through the mountains and wilds of central and western Pennsylvania,
a region whose topography became so impressed upon his mind that to his last days he referred to it as to the highways of Harrison County.
" In 1831 Samuel McFadden came to Cadiz, bringing Henry with him, and there opened a general store, leaving the son in charge while he returned to Philadelphia and brought out the remainder of the family in 1832. This estab- lishment continued in the McFadden name un- til 1875, a period of forty-four years, during most of which time the subject of this sketch was the active business spirit, entering into partnership with his father previous to 1840. and forming the head of the firm in subsequent partnerships after the death of his father, in 1861, until, with his son, H. H. McFadden, now of the Steubenville Gazette, he permanently withdrew, and, as above noted, finally retired from the mercantile business in 1875, leaving it to the remaining partners, Messrs. Kinsey & Mansfield. Without detracting from the de- serts of others, it is but the truth to state that, during his lifetime Mr. McFadden did a more extensive general trade than any other man in the history of Harrison County, the transactions in which he was engaged in a strictly legitimate business way amounting to millions of dollars, his house being for many years the heaviest wool-buying and pork-packing establishment in the county, in addition to its extensive general mercantile business, in which it also took the lead . During this almost half century the McFad- den house earned a most enviable reputation for business integrity, that time can not efface until the generation that dealt with it has completely passed away. In all those years, though there were times of trouble and disaster, for such are sure to come with all who embark in trade, never once was the McFadden name dishonored until at last it was a synonym for promptness and upright business honor and honesty through all the region where the trade of the house ex- tended; no man has a better heritage than this. From the start of the Harrison Branch of the State Bank of Ohio Mr. McFadden was one of its main stays, and for years was a director, re-
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taming his position in the directory when it was reorganized in 1S64 as the Harrison National Bank, an institution whose phenomenal success has for years been the subject of comment in the newspaper and business world. He con- tinued as a director up to the time of his death, being re elected during his last illness, and for the past dozen years was vice-president of the bank, where his ripe business experience was recognized as a decided factor in its success.
" Mr. McFadden was married December 6, 1842, to Frances Isabella, daughter of Charles M. and Elizabeth (Karg) Poore, a native of York County, Penn., where she resided at the time of her father's death, in 1 832, the widow subsequently removing with her family to 51c- Connellsville, Ohio, where the marriage took place. On that occasion Hon. John A. Bing- ham, then a young attorney of Cadiz, acted as groomsman, and the friendship of the long ago between the two young men has since so grown and strengthened with the passing years that latterly they were almost inseparable until the rude hand of sickness and death now has snapped the cord in two. This union, which proved a long and happy one, the forty-fifth an- niversary having been celebrated last December, was blessed with eight children, all of whom reached adult age, and seven of whom, with their mother, survive, the only break heretofore in the family being the death of Charles Poore, the oldest child, October 7, 1866, aged about twenty-three years. And in the years when this family was being reared there was no happier nor more pleasant home anywhere, nor one where the parents more exerted themselves to please and gratify without overindulging their children, a home full of bright recollections that nothing can ever efface. The surviving children are Henry H, of Steubenville; Fannie, wife of J.J. Hanna, of Kansas City; Belle, wife of 0. W. Kinsey, of Oakland, Cal. ; John F., of Columbus; George E., of Fresno, Cal., and Lizzie T. and Sam F., unmarried and at home. Two sisters survive Mr. McFadden: Mrs. Jane Johnson, of Marion, and Mrs. Margaret Craig, I
of Cambridge. Two others have passed away in recent years: Mrs. \V. L. Sharp, of Steu- benville, and Mrs. J. R. Hunter, of Cadiz.
"His was a nature that reached out with a warm grasp and took in all generous and good that came in its way; hence his friendships were many and warm, and his place will be hard to fill in many hearts, not only in his own home circle, but wherever his way was cast. Benev- olent in spirit and generous to a fault, he took pleasure in giving all his life to those things that appealed to his ever open heart as worthy; yet seldom did he err in judgment, and he ex- perienced in full the blessing of going aright, though measured by the world's standard it was with too lavish a hand. Yet in all those years he never felt a want that he had not the means to till, and in his last days had a competence for himself and household, and he has filled a meas- ure of usefulness that would not have been, had he suffered his open nature to become obscured by the hardening spirit of the world. Though his early advantages for schooling were few, the general knowledge he possessed was remark- able, his mind being a veritable storehouse of valuable information, and there was scarcely any subject broached, however abstruse, that he could not discuss intelligently. From his earli- est to his latest years he was a persistent reader, and what he read he never forgot, though seemingly making no effort to memorize. In this he was remarkable, and it has been truly said that had it not been for his childlike mod- esty, peculiar to himself, he would have pushed to the front in political life, his interest in pol- itics always being great, in the old days as a Whig and since the dissolution of that party as a Democrat. Another remarkable trait of char- acter was his forgiving spirit; though at times wounded sorely by business or political friends, and no one felt such thrusts more than he, he never held resentment and was always ready to forgive and forget, even going so far as to quietly protest when the gauge was taken up in his behalf on such occasions. And now that he is gone, it must be admitted his plan was
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right; he leaves a community where he lived more than a half century, and all his neighbors mourn, while not an enemy or one who wished him harm is among the number. It is good so to die when a man full of years and fitted as he for the sickle of the grim destroyer. Uniting with the Presbyterian Church early in life, he has for many years been one of its most stead- fast supporters, though his religious charity was so great it acknowledged the good of all de- nominations. His Christianity was not so much advertised as some, but it was none the less real, for it was the Christianity of a long lite nobly spent in the daily service of God and duty to men. Five years past the Psalmist's limit, the Lord has taken him to that full fount- ain of restful happiness which the Christian knows has been prepared for the people of God." The following resolutions were adopted July 17, 1888, by the board of directors of the Har- rison National Bank, Cadiz, Ohio, on the death of Henry S. McFadden, vice-president of the bank:
Whereas, It has pleased the Supreme Ruler in His all-wise providence to remove from us our associate and vice-president of this bank. Henry S. McFadden, who was a director in the Harrison branch of t tie State Bank of Ohio from January 1. 18SS, until its re-organ- ization as the Harrison Xational Bank in 1 *(>.">, and had since continually occupied the position of director in the new organization until the day of his death, the 4th day of July, A. D. 1888,
Therefore, resolved, That while we bow submis- sively to the decree of Him who doeth all things well, yet we feel that in his death we have lost an associate and friend on whose wise counsel it was always safe to act. one who. while strict in the enforcement of every rule of business, surrounded the driest details of our routine work with the sparkle of friendly inter- course. His Christian forbearance embraced not only the errors and shortcomings of his associates anil friends, but his mantle of charity was broad enough to cover all mankind.
Resolved, That in the death of Mr. McFadden the community has lost its foremost citizen. His natural intellect, coupled with a business experience of fifty years, had so expanded his mind that he was enabled to comprehend instantly the wants of the community, and bis enlightened public spirit induced him to re- spond liberally in the furtherance of all public and charitable enterprises.
Retolved, That we tender the widow and family of the deceased in their great bereavement our deepest sympathy, and can say by way of consolation that, while they are called to live in the shadow of their sor- row, they will still have the bright and living example of the dead husband and father to point them the way and light their darkened path.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be pre- sented to the family of the deceased, and spread on the minutes of the Board of Directors.
The Poore family traces its ancestry to the twelfth century, the time of William Kufus, and came to America from England in 1635, set- tling in Newburyport, Mass. This first comer was John Poore, a Puritan. The next descend- ant of this family, of whom we have any knowl- edge, was John Poore, the grandfather of Mrs. McFadden, who established in Philadelphia the first female seminary in America, and, perhaps, the first in the world. He was a graduate of Harvard University, a church worker, and the leader of one of the first Sunday-schools estab- lished in Philadelphia, in 1791.
Charles Merrill Poore, the father of Mrs. Mc- Fadden, resided in York County, Penn., where he was engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1832, when, in Baltimore, Md., he died of cholera. He was a man of marked piety, and the founder of the first Sunday school at York, Penn. He married Elizabeth Karg, whose parents had come from Brunswick on the Rhine. She died in Harrisburg, Penn., in March, 1858. Mrs. H. S. McFadden was born December 29, 1820, and was some seventeen years of age when, with her widowed mother, she came to Ohio and made a home at McConnellsville. . The old McFadden homestead in Cadiz, which was built in 1862, still shelters Mrs. McFadden and her daughter and son, Lizzie T. and Samuel F. The family are prominent in religious circles, being members of the Presbyterian Church, .Miss Lizzie being also a member of the VY." C. T. U. and W. F. M. S., and is one of the of- ficers of the W. F. M. Society of St. Clairsville Presbytery.
Samuel Fleming McFadden is now engaged in the grocery trade at the old stand where his father did business. He has spent a number of years in the West engaged in the printing busi- ness, which he had learned partly in Cadiz and partly with his brother, Henry H., in Steuben- ville. In 1886 he returned to his home in Cadiz, where he has since resided.
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OBEBT LYONS, deceased. The beauti- fill town of Cadiz has a just right to be V proud of her financial institutions, of which none stands higher in the confi- dence of the public than the present banking firm of J. B. & B. Lyous, founded in 1855 by their father, the late Bobert Lyons, whose prestige as a successful financier gained for him a wide celebrity and an honored name. He was in his lifetime one of the best known business men of Harrison County, in every respect self- made, having commenced life with barely a dollar, but by indomitable perseverance and scrupulous integrity he became one of the lead- ing citizens, financially and socially, in the county. Mr. Lyons was a native of Pennsyl- vania, born December 14, 1803, and when a lad of some fifteen summers he came to Cadiz, where he entered the arena of commercial life as a clerk, in the employ of his half brother, the Hon. Daniel Kilgore. After several years of service as such, a copartnership was formed with Mr. Kilgore, under the name of Kilgore & Lyons, doing a general merchandise business, which firm continued till 1847. In this year was organized the first bank of Harrison County, the Harrison branch of the State Bank of Ohio, and Mr. Lyons was chosen cashier of this insti- tution, being the first cashier in the county, remaining as such till 1855. Being an exceed- ingly active man, Mr. Lyons rapidly expanded his business, and in 1855 he established the banking concern now carried on by his sons.
In 1 832 Mr. Lyons became united in marriage with Miss Ann Bowland, who bore him five chil- dren, three of whom are yet living, residents of Cadiz, viz.: J. B., Bichard and Mrs. D. B. Welch. The mother of these children dying in 1814, Mr. Lyons chose for his second wife, Mrs. Anne W. Allison, of Washington County. Fenn., who some years later departed this life leaving no children. In August, 1887, Mr. Lyons followed her to the grave at the patri- archal age of eighty-four years. Politically he was a Bepublican, and in religion a member of the Presbyterian Church.
y, ICHABD LYONS, junior member of the \^f( banking firm of J. B. & B. Lyons, Ca-
V\, diz, is the second son of Bobert Lyons, born in that town August 21, 1840, and has, therefore, been identified with the place throughout his entire life. He was educated here, and while yet a young man entered his father's bank, where he early acquired the habits and knowledge of business which became the foundation of his present prosperous stand- ing in the world of finance. He has risen by his own individual efforts, by his characteristic probity, and by his well-known ability to the position of one of the most successful business men in Cadiz. Socially he is universally re- spected and remarkably popular, and no other citizen of Cadiz has a wider circle of friends and acquaintances.
Mr. Lyons still enjoys an Arcadian life of celibacy, and makes his home with his brother- in-law, Mr. D. B. Welch. Politically he is a Bepublican, and in religion is a Presbyterian.
DAVID CUNNINGHAM was born in Har- rison County, Ohio, March 1, 1837. His grandparents were among the early set- tlers of the county, coming from Penn- sylvania in 1813, and bringing with them their son John, the father of our subject. They set- tled near Cassville, and here it was he grew to manhood, and here, also, he married Miss Nancy Sharp. David Cunningham, after passing through the common schools in the country took a classical course at Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio, graduating therefrom in 1S57. He then began fitting himself for the profession of law, studying under Hon. John A. Bingham; in 1859 he was admitted to the bar, and has since been a member of the legal fraternity of Cadiz. In 1861 he enlisted in Company B, Thirtieth O. V. I. , and was soon after chosen captain, in which capacity he served until 1863, when he was promoted to the rank of major. He participated in the battles of South Mountain, Antietam and Second Manassas, also at the sieges
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of Jackson and Vicksburg. In the latter siege his regiment led the famous charge, in which in three hours 45,000 rounds of ammunition were tired, and fully one third of the regiment fell. In October, 1S63, he was honorably discharged, on account of failing health, and returned to Cadiz, where, in 1865, he was elected to the office of prosecuting attorney, and was re elected. In 1871 he was elected to the Lower House of the State Legislature, in which he served one term. His practice as a lawyer has been a most success- ful one, and it now extends to the supreme courts. In 1865 he was chosen a director of the Harri- son National Bank of Cadiz, and is now presi- dent of said institution. On May 1, 1866, the Harrison National Bank of Cadiz was robbed of some $250,000. Maj. Cunningham, on this occasion, led the pursuing party, which, in Jef- ferson County, captured the robbers and returned the larger part of the money. In 1859 Maj. Cunningham married Miss Laura Phillips, who has borne him six children.
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,\ILLIAM THOMAS WOOD, one of the best known business men of Cadiz, Harrison County, was born in Shrop- shire, England, in October, 184S, and when three or four years of age was brought to America by his parents, who first located in Media, Conn., from which point they moved to Pittsburgh, whence they came to Harrison County, Ohio, when our subject was about thir- teen years old. William T. was educated in the common schools of Cadiz. He learned the trade of tin and coppersmith, which vocation he followed about four years, and then went into the grocery business, as a clerk for S. F. Fergu- son, with whom he remained nine years. In 1879 he entered into partnership with Reese Firby, in which he continued about three years, when the firm name was changed to Wood & Moore. About the month of March, 1884, the firm was dissolved, and Mr. Wood entered into business on his sole account, in which ho has met with the most gratifying success.
In February, 1875, Mr. Wood married Miss Amanda W. Laizure, a native of Harrison County, daughter of Elijah Laizure, and this union has been blessed with four children: Fred, Edith, Robert and Ralph. The Laizure family are highly respected, and Elijah was the pioneer blacksmith of Harrison County. His death took place in 1884, and that of his widow some four years later. Mrs. Wood has a sister married to Michael Conoway, of Stock Town- ship, Harrison County; another sister is the wife of Dr. Scott, of Philadelphia, and still another sister is the wife of Capt. Heddiugton, in Frank- fort, Kas. Two brothers of Mrs. Wood, Charles and Willliam, reside in Fargo, Dak. In 1SS7 Mr. Wood built his present substantial and pleasant residence on Main Street, Cadiz, and this home is a model one.
T OHN CONWELL, one of the best known k. I and most worthy of the citizens of Cadiz, %^i Harrison County, is a native of the town, born in 1827. His father, Hiram Conwell, was a Virginian, descended of Scotch people, who immigrated to America in the days of Crom- well. By trade Hiram was a brickmaker, and the brick of which Harrison County Court- house is constructed were made by him. In or about the year 1S30 he descended the Missis- sippi to New Orleans, but as he never returned, it is believed he died of the cholera, which was prevalent about that time. Ho had married, in Ohio, Miss Mary Cady, who bore him some seven or eight children, of whom two, John and a brother residing in Ottawa, Kas., are the only survivors. Some years after her husband's disappearance Mrs. Conwell married Joseph Forker. and spent the remainder of her life in Harrison County, dying in Cadiz, July 8, 1865, at the age of seventy-five years. By her second marriage she became the mother of three chil- dren, two of whom, Isabella Belinda Forker (married to John Shauff over thirty years ago) and Henry G. Forker (unmarried) reside in Cadiz; the third child, Mary Jane Forker, was
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married to Dr. C. Thomas, twenty -six years ago, and resides in Des Moines, Iowa. Her mother, .Mrs. Margaret Cady, died in Cadiz in May, 1864, aged one hundred and three years; she had resided for many years in Harrison Comity. coming here when Mrs. Conwell was a small child, and being one of the first settlers of Har- rison County.
John Conwell, whose name appears at the head of this sketch, being but a boy of four years when his father left for New Orleans, made his home with his mother until 1841, when his stepfather. Joseph Forker, died, and one year later our subject became bound as an apprentice to the trade of tailor. He had just about com- pleted his apprenticeship when the Mexican War broke out, and he responded to the call for vol- unteers by enlisting in a company formed at Cadiz, but being rejected he entered the regular army and proceeded to the scene of the conflict* He served until the close of the campaign, tak- ing part in all the battles and in the advance on the City of Mexico, in one engagement receiving a slight flesh wound in the leg; he was promoted to sergeant of Company C, Fifth Regiment, U. S. Infantry. On his return to Cadiz Mr. Con- well resumed his trade until 1849, in which year he joined B company which was en route over- land to California, but fever and ague compelled his return, after gold mining for a short time. In 1851 he found himself once more in his native town, and, having recovered from his indisposi- tion, he again embarked in tailoring. Before going to Mexico he had been betrothed to Mary J. Gordon, a native of Ireland, who came to America when ten or twelve years of age, and in October, 1848, they were married. Seven children were born to them, viz.: Jessie L., in Cadiz; Fannie May, deceased:' William Henry, who died at the age of five years; Charles Em- mett. in Cadiz; Minnesota, now Mrs. Holmes, in Harrison County; Caroline, now Mrs. Kennedy, and Ella, now Mrs. Pierce, both in Cadiz. In November, 1886, the mother passed from earth, at the age of fifty-eight years, and December 15, 1888, Mr. Conwell married, for his second
wife. Mrs. Elizabeth McConnell, of Cadiz, Ohio.
At the breaking out of the War of the Re- bellion our subject enlisted in Company I, Thir- teenth 0. V. I., to serve his country for the sec- ond time in his life. The regiment was ordered to West Virginia, where it was sent in pursuit of Gen. Garnet's forces, Confederate Army, which were in retreat after the battle of Roaring Run and Carrick's Ford, to Greenland Gap. On that march Mr. Conwell received an injury from which he has never fully recovered. For some time he lay in hospital at Parkersburg. W. Va., and on sufficiently improving in health, he re- turned to the army where he remained about two years more. He then re- enlisted, this time in the One Hundred and Seventieth O. V. I., One- hundred-days men, and was encamped near Washington, taking part in the various battles of the Shenandoah Valley, including those of Snicker's Gap. Kernstown and Winchester, and then retreated to Maryland Heights, in which retreat Mr. Conwell narrowly escaped capture. During part of this military experience he was on detached service, and in the latter enlistment he was quartermaster of the Seventieth Regi- ment, serving for a time as captain. On his re- turn home from the seat of war, he once more took up his old vocation of tailoring, which he still carries on in connection with farming, being the owner of a fine property located about a mile from Cadiz. He is one of the proprietors of the Cadiz Gas Works, of which he is president; is also president of the glass works, which he helped to build, and he put up the opera house in connection with Mr. M. J. Brown, of the Farmers «.V Mechanics National Bank at Cadiz, Mr. Conwell overseeing the work. He is a member of the G. A. R., and in 1SS8 he was appointed at Columbus, Ohio, on the staff of Gen. John P. Rea, commander-in-chief of the G. A. R.. resigning in 188V); is also a member of the I. O. O. F. ; politically he is a stanch Demo- crat. His elegant home in the town is located on Lincoln Avenue, and the many capacious rooms are very ornate, having been decorated by
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his talented daughters iu both oil painting and crayon work. His youngest daughter, Mrs. Ella Pierce, is a graduate of the Cincinnati College of Music.
HARLES S. McCOY, postmaster at Ca- diz, Harrison County, was born in Harri- son County, Ohio, January 1, 1858, and is a son of William H. and Margaret A. (Welling) McCoy. William H. McCoy was a son of William and Jane McCoy, born in Can- nonsburg. Washington Co., Penn. , August 22, 1832, and when young came with his parents to Carroll County, Ohio, where the latter ended their days. In 1857 William H. removed to Harrison County, where for a short time he worked on a farm. Being a man of good edu- cation and a collegian, he for a number of years taught school, chiefly in Harrison County. On August 8, 1862, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth O. V. I., and was commissioned second lieutenant; he was wounded in action, and for years subsequently suffered from an injured eye. Having received his dis- charge March 14, 1804, on account of his disa- bility, he returned to Cadiz, Harrison County, and was twice elected county auditor. Under President Grant he was appointed postmaster at Cadiz, but, his health failing from the fatigues and hardships of war, he fell a victim to that fell disease, consumption, and on September 19, 1884, he passed from earth, aged fifty-two years. He had been very active in the Repub- lican party, and for years served as county school commissioner and township trustee, and was also for some time a member of the city council of Cadiz. In all of his various posi- tions he was very efficient, and met with univer- sal approbation. He was a Knight Templar, a member of the I. O. O. F. and the G. A. R., and of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The marriage of William H. McCoy took place on March 24, 1857, with Margaret A. Welling, a native of New Rumley, Harrison Co., Ohio, and a daughter of William and Margaret Welling,
the former now a resident of West Carlisle, ('"shocton Co., Ohio, and the latter deceased. To the marriage of William H. and Margaret A. McCoy were born six children, viz. : Charles S., William J., W. Raleigh, Harry, Mary, and Edward (the last named being now defeased). Mrs. Margaret A. McCoy is still a resident of Cadiz.
Charles S. McCoy received his education in the schools of Cadiz, and on quitting school became a clerk in a book store at Cadiz, where he remained several years, and then became assistant postmaster under his father, which position he held until the latter's death. On October 1, 1SS4, under the administration of President Arthur, he was appointed postmaster; he served through the Democratic administra tion of Grover Cleveland, and March 21, 1889, under President Harrison was re-appointed. Of course it will be easily seen that Mr. McCoy has always been, what he is now, a stanch Repub- lican. The marriage of Mr. McCoy took place May 20, 1880, at Cadiz, with Miss Cora J. Houser, daughter of Wilson and Nancy J. Houser, of Cadiz, and one child was born to this union, but which died while yet in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. McCoy are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Cadiz; he is a member of the K. of P., S. O. V. and I. O. O. F. Mr. McCoy is recognized as a first-class business man, and has proven himself to be an efficient official. He has gained and retains the respect, of a host of friends, and stands a promi- nent figure in the social circles of Cadiz.
RS. MARGARET WELSH, the sub- ject of this sketch, was born in Archer || Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, in Janu- ary, 1816. Her father. Francis Gil- more, was a native of Ireland, and while yet a single man came to America, where he met and married Miss Sarah McBride, who at that time was a resident of what is now Harrison County, Ohio. She was also a native of Ireland, and had accompanied her parents to the New World,
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settling in the aforementioned county. Her parents, soon after the marriage of tbeir daugh- ter, removed to the place where they died.
Francis Gilmore and his young wife made their home on the farm, and here they shared life's joys and sorrows until March 30, 1840, when the wife closed her eyes to earth, aged almost fifty years. She was the mother of seven children, of some of whom the following is a brief record: William is deceased; Mar- garet is the subject of this sketch; John is in Oskaloosa, Iowa; Thomas and Samuel are also in Iowa. Throughout his busy life Mr. Gil- more was a farmer and stock-dealer, and one who by hard work and continual effort had to make his own success.
Margaret Gilmore remained at home until 1833, when she was united in marriage with John Welsh, a son of Samuel and Catherine Welsh, and born November 20, 1S08, in Penn- sylvania. His parents came from Ireland to America, making their home in Pennsylvania, and when John was yet a mere boy they moved to what is now Archer Township, Harrison Co. , Ohio, where he grew to manhood, inured to the hardships of a pioneer life. After their mar- riage Mr. and Mrs. Welsh settled near the old home place, where they remained seven years,and thence removed to another place on which they re- sided until 1874, when, desiring to rest from the arduous labors of the farm, they came to the town of Cadiz, and built the pretty little cottage where Mrs. Welsh continues to reside, and from within whose walls his spirit returned to its Giver, No- vember 10, 1881. Politically he was a Demo- crat, but not a strict partisan, always letting his better judgment dictate the casting of his ballot, and for many years he was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He was a progressive man, and a good citizen, one possessing a large circle of friends. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Cadiz, as is his widow. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Welsh are as follows: Samuel, now in Missouri; Jason, in Iowa; Sarah Jane, widow of John Adams, liv- ing in Archer Township, and Amanda, wife of
Samuel F. Ross, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church at New Philadelphia, Ohio.
DAVID B. MOORI shoes, Cadiz, Han in Carroll Count
AVID B. MOORE, dealer in boots and Harrison County, was born ty, Ohio, December 9, 1834, a son of Thomas L. and Mary (Barnett) Moore, the former a native of Wash- ington County, Penn. , born December 9, 1800, and the latter born in Ireland in 1796, coming with her parents to America. Thomas Moore, grandfather of our subject, also a native of Ire- land, came to America soon after the Revolu- tion; his son, Thomas L., who was a farmer, came to Carroll County, Ohio, in about the year 1820. To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Moore were born nine children, of whom six are living, three in Harrison County, viz. : Keziah, wife of Isaac A. Lawrence, in Cadiz Township; Ann, wife of Capt. Andrew Smith, in Cadiz; and David B. The mother of these children dying, the father took for his second wife Mrs. Jane Palmer, a widow, by which union one child, now dead, was born. Mr. Moore moved from Carroll County to Guernsey County, and thence, in 1879, to Harrison, where he resided on a farm in Cadiz Township until his death, which occurred in 1882, when he was aged eighty-two years. He was a prominent abolitionist and a Republican, and a member of the United Pres- byterian Church.
The subject proper of this biographical record received a common-school education, and remained at home until his marriage in 1860 with Miss Miranda, daughter of Benjamin and Nancy Price, of Carroll County, Ohio, by which union were born two children: Carrie G., wife of Dr. Jesse Osborn, of Mount Pleasant, Jefferson Co., Ohio; and Mira L., who died in infancy. The mother of these children de- parted this life July 8, 1887, at the age of forty- six years; she was a most estimable woman, be- loved by all; was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz, and had been for several years leader of the choir in a church at Hagerstown,
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Ohio. After his marriage Mr. Moore remained on the farm for some years, and in 1S81 removed into the city of Cadiz, where he opened a boot and shoe store, which he carried on up to the time of his wife's death, when he sold the busi- ness, but in the following December reopened, doing now an excellent trade in the same line. Mr. Moore has made a success of life, and is highly honored for his upright principles. He is an elder in the Presbyterian Church; in pol- itics a Republican.
R. TIPTON, one of the well-known citi- zens of Cadiz, was born in Green Town- ship, Harrison Co., Ohio, August 19, 1846, and is a son of John M. and Jane Tipton, born in Harrison County, Ohio. His paternal grandfather, Edmund Tipton, was a captain under Commodore Perry, the hero of Lake Erie, and was one of the founders of the first Methodist Episcopal Church in his section. About 1813 or 1814 he came to Harrison County, Ohio, and bought a half section of land in Green Township, and from him the Tiptons, of Harrison County, are descended.
On November 12, 1867, Mr. Tipton married Miss Mary Swan, eldest duughter of Thomas and Nancy Swan, of Cadiz, and to this union have been born six children, three of whom are liviug and three deceased. The living are Bertha, John and Frank, at home. The deceased are Claude, the eldest, who died in August, 1886, at the age of seventeen; Carrie, who died aged about three years; the third died in infancy.
In April, 1864, Mr. Tipton enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventieth Ohio National Guards and took part in the battle of Snicker's Gap, and stood beside Harvey Haverfield, when that young comrade was shot in the temple by a minie-ball and killed. On one occasion he heroically rescued Maj. Judkins from drown- ing, that officer having sunk twice while in the Shenandoah River, which the troops were cross- ing after a repulse. Mr. Tipton is a member of McCready Post, G. A. R., and makes his home
in Cadiz, where he enjoys the respect of a large circle of acquaintances.
C. R. Tipton, from boyhood, has been a lover of horses, and early began breaking, buy- ing and selling, and soon turned his attention to training trotters. He was the first to import into Harrison County fine stock from Kentucky, and has developed some very fast, animals, in- cluding Belle Brasfield (2:20), Kate Campbell (2:25), Harry Robertson (2:20), Captain Douds (2:265), Hi Wilkes (2:20), Charlie Tip- ton (2:27|), and many others. Mr. Tipton is still in the business, and is now also engaged with Clark's Horse Review, traveling all the time in its interest, his extensive acquaintance with breeders and trainers enabling him to do good and extensive work, which is enhanced by his familiarity with the pedigree of all the better families of blooded stock throughout the United States.
J (AMES THOMPSON. This well-known | citizen of Cadiz, Harrison County, well I represents the first quarter of the nine- teenth century in his section. He was born in Cadiz Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, March 3, 1818. His father, David Thompson, was a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, whence, when a lad of nineteen, he came to America in 1792, settling near Chambersburg, Penn., where he became a farmer. In his native land he had learned the trade of a weaver, but this he entirely discarded for the more pleasant pursuits of agriculture. He soon met, loved and mar- ried Miss Martha Gift, a native of Pennsylvania, of German parentage, and some time after his marriage he was chosen keeper of the Franklin County Infirmary, which position he held some five years. In the meantime his aged father. Joseph Thompson, who had come with him to America, died in Pennsylvania, and David and his wife removed, in 1814, to what is now Har- rison County, Ohio, where he purchased, at six dollars per acre, 260 acres of land situated about one mile north of the town of Cadiz. The place
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was but partly improved, and much hard labor did they expend upon it to bring it to the high state of cultivation, in which they left it at their death. In 1843. having reached the age of sixty -live years, the faithful wife closed her eyes for the last time on earth. She had borne ten children, named as follows: Joseph, deceased; Elizabeth, Mrs. William McFadden, residing in Iowa; Mary, Mrs. Joseph McFadden, in Cadiz Township; David, deceased; John, who died in Washington County, Iowa; Katherine, Mrs. John Sharp, of Holmes County, Ohio; Martha, deceased wife of Adam Dunlap; Rachel, Mrs. S. Atkinson, in Holmes County, Ohio; James, our subject, and Sophia, Mrs. John Hitchcock, deceased. After the death of his wife Mr. Thompson made his home with his son James, until his own summons came in 1868, when, at the extreme age of ninety-six years, he too was called from earth. Himself and wife had been many years members of the Union Reformed Church.
James Thompson, a farmer's son as he was, had earl)' in life to bear the yoke of labor, aid- ing to improve and build up the farm. His opportunities for a school education were lim- ited to the meager facilities afforded by the old log school-house. In 1848 he married Miss Margaret, daughter of William and Mary (Grabb) Croskey, of Harrison County, the for- mer of whom had come to the county when a lad of seven years. His father, Robert Cros- key, moved to Ohio from Washington County, Penn., in 1812, and settled in the woods of what is now Green Township, Harrison County, and there "not a stick of timber had been exit by white men within five miles. ' ' Robert was an Irishman by birth, and had come to make a home in the New World, landing at Williams- port, Md. , on the day of the celebrated ' ' Boston Tea Party," which led so directly to the Revo- lutionary War. In Jefferson County, Ohio, Williani Croskey married Mary Crabb. In 1ST:!, at the age of seventy-eight years, he died, and since then the widowed mother has made her home with her son, John, on the old farm,
and although crippled some fifteen years ago by a fall, and now eighty-nine years of age, she enjoys comparatively good health. She is the mother of nine children, viz. : Robert, deceased; Margaret, Mrs. James Thompson; Henry, in McLean County, 111. ; Anna, Mrs. John Clifford, in Green Township, Harrison County; Mary, Mrs. George McFadden; Sarah, Mrs. Thomas Groves, of Jefferson County; John; one that died in infancy, and William.
After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Thomp- son made their home in Cadiz Township, on the old Thompson homestead, until 1889, when, feeling that younger hands should guide the plow and perform the labor of the farm, they came to the town of Cadiz, where they pur- chased and improved a beautiful home, situated not far from the Presbyterian Church, of which they are both members. The record of their children is as follows: Mary Emma died at the age of sixteen years; Martha Elizabeth is now Mrs. A. W. McDonald, of Pittsburgh, Penn. : Anna Caroline is Mrs. W. H. Arnold, in Cadiz; David is deceased. This aged couple, re- spected by all, loved by many, having for more than forty years sailed together on life's ocean, are now patiently awaiting the time when the all- seeing Pilot shall guide their bark into the harbor of rest, whose waters wash the shores of Eternity.
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Martin Snyder, grandfather of Mrs. Mary Jamison, was a native of Germany, and when a young man came to America many years ago. In Pennsylvania he married Catherine Amon, who bore him the following named children, all now passed away; Mary, Eve, Henry, John, Betsy, Marklena, Kate, Adam, and Martin
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(father of Mrs. Jamison). Martin Snyder, Sr. came with his wife and family, in 1802, to the then new State of Ohio, and settled in the woods, on a section of land where is now Green Town- ship. Harrison County, and they had to blaze the trees to mark their path. At that time, even where Cadiz now stands, the country was a vast forest wilderness, and this stalwart pio- neer family experienced all the adventures, dangers and hardships incident to those times. The grandfather died here in 1810, at the age of ninety years, and the grandmother in 1821, aged seventy years.
Martin Snyder, father of Mrs. Jamison, was born about the year 1775, and in 1802 came with his parents to this section of the country. In the following year he was married to Ruth, daughter of Samuel and Nancy Tipton, and born, in 1779, twelve miles from Baltimore, Md. The mother died in that State, and the father and his family came, in 1802, to Jefferson County, Ohio, where he carried on farming, and died at an advanced age. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Snyder settled on a part of the old homestead, where a section of land, two miles west has been entered by his father. Here they reared their family and cared for his aged parents. His father he saw carried to the grave, and he himself followed him April 12, 1819, at the early age of forty-four years, his death be- ing the result of a fall from his wagon. He was a strong Adams Whig in his political convictions. A hard-working man, he was much missed in the little community in which he had lived, where his knowledge of veterinary surgeiy was of much service. After his death his widow car- ried on the farm, and cared for the aged mother (Mrs. Snyder, Sr.) until she was called from earth in 1821, at the age of about seventy years. The mother of Mrs. Jamison still continued to remain on the farm until March, 1850, when she, too, was summoned to " the better land," at the age of seventy-one years. She was the mother of eight children, as follows: Catherine and Martin, deceased; Mary (Mrs. Jamison); Samuel, deceased; Amon and Jacob in Green
Township, Harrison County; Nancy and Zacha- riah, deceased. A cemetery had been laid out on a part of the old homestead, which the grand- father settled, and he was the first to bo buried therein. He and his family were members of the Lutheran Church, and it was his intention to put up a church building on his place, but death intervened. His son, Martin, the father of Mrs. Jamison, was also a Lutheran, as were all his children save one, who joined the Methodist Episcopal Society.
On July 13, 1837, Mary Snyder was married to Walter Jamison, and they then at once came to Cadiz Township, to the farm, where are still residing Mrs. Jamison and her son, William Walter. Until the following December they lived in an old house which had been built by a man named Furney, and they then occupied a new one which they had in the meantime erected, the one still standing. The first habitation in the vicinity was erected by one Henderson, a squatter, guide, etc., who arrived in the latter part of the eighteenth century. In 1802 John Jamison (father of Walter) came to Ohio to enter land, and stayed with Henderson, of whom he some time later purchased the land of which he (Henderson) was then possessor. On the death of John Jamison (who at one time was owner of 650 acres), this property passed into the hands of his son Walter, who here died, July 1, 1883, at the age of eighty- three years, having been born P'ebruary 24, 1801 . His remains lie buried in the cemetery at Cadiz. Mr. Jamison was for many years a member of the Presbyterian Church; in politics he was a stanch Democrat, was a member of the Board of Equalization, was frequently trustee, and had served his county as coroner. His widow is now four-score years old, and in the enjoyment of good health. They were the parents of four children, viz. : Martin S., in Cadiz, Harrison County; Jane A., now Mis. G. W. Glover, of Columbus, Ohio; Ruth Ellen, who died at the age of five and a half years, and William Walter.
William Walter Jamison was born in 1849, in Cadiz Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, and
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received his education at the common schools, be- ing brought up to farm life. He is an uncompro- mising Democrat, and has been frequently hon- ored with positions of trust. He is a director of the Harrison County Agricultural Society, of which he was president three years, declining re-election, and several times he was judge of election. He is now owner of the old home- stead farm of 130 acres, part of w:hich lies within the corporation of the town of Cadiz, and here, with filial affection, he cares for his hon- ored widowed mother. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
THE PORTER FAMILY. About three miles south of the town of Cadiz, reside two brothers, Samuel T. and Robert Porter, who are the representatives of one of the old pioneer families of Harrison County. Their father, James T. Porter, was born in Washington County, Penn., near Can- nonsburg, and was a son of Robert Porter, of Scotch-Irish descent. Robert Porter served through the Revolutionary War, and his son, John, served through the War of 1812, also volunteered and went to Canada, where he par- ticipated in several severe battles.
The maternal grandfather of our subjects was Samuel Porter, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Harrison County, Ohio, in 1802, and in partnership with his brother James, bought a section of wild land, where Samuel made a home in the woods. At that time Cadiz consisted of a blacksmith shop only, and the nearest settlements, comprising a few log cabins, were about three miles off. Samuel lived to see many of the remarkable changes which have since taken place in the county, having lived to the remarkable age of one hundred and five years. In Pennsylvania he had married Sarah Burns, who was born August 15, 1786, and who died in 1*30, the mother of the following named children: John, James, Smiley, David, Samuel, Jane, Polly. Elizabeth (the mother of Samuel
T. and Robert Porter ). all now deceased; Nancy, who died in infancy, and Irwin and Sarah, who are still living and have never married. The last two named own and reside on the home- stead farm, which is considered one of the best in the county. They have led industrious lives, and their industry and economy have accumu- lated considerable wealth; have always lived in peace and friendship with every one, and are highly esteemed throughout the entire vicinity. They are members of the Presbyterian Church. Samuel Porter, who had early learned saddle and collar making, was the only person following that vocation in the county, and of course found patrons from miles around. In politics he was a Democrat. His death took place August 2, 1869.
James T. Porter passed his early days in Washington County, Penn., and there learned to be a tanner. He came to Harrison County, Ohio, in the early part of the present century and located on a farm not far from the present residence of his sons, Samuel T. and Robert. On March 31, 1812, he married here Miss Eliza- beth Porter, who was born in Pennsylvania, April 1, 1794, and who was a daughter of Samuel and Sarah Porter. This union was blessed with ten children, named as follows: Polly, Sally, Elizabeth and Samuel, all of whom are deceased, and Samuel T. and Robert, of whom this sketch has chiefly to treat; Elizabeth (the second), Jane and Rebecca, deceased, and Margaret (still living). The father of these children passed to the grave, February 24, 1836, at the age of fifty years, and the mother followed May 4, 1863, at the age of sixty-nine years one month and four days. In- politics James T. Porter was an Old-line Whig, of the Adams School.
Samuel T. Porter learned from his father the tanner's trade, which he followed until a short time after his father's death, when he gave it up. His brother, Robert, was reared to farming and managed the home place. He in later years, in partnership with his nephew, John Christy, engaged in the business of rais-
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ing and dealing in Spanish sheep, having fre- quently bought and sold sheep at from twenty to one hundred dollars each. In 1868 Samuel T. and Robert came to their present place, where they have ever since resided, their home being cared for by a niece, Maggie Morris, who has been with them since she was seven months old. They are both Democrats, and for nine years Samuel T. was school director of his dis- trict. The family belong to the Presbyterian Church, and are most widely known and highly esteemed in the county. They may well be classed among those who by hard work and en- terprise have greatly advanced the prosperity of Harrison County.
Irwin Porter, uncle of Samuel T. and Robert, was born March 8, 1814, on the farm where he still resides, and from this place both his parents were borne to the grave. He is one of the wealthiest men in the county, and is noted for his honesty, uprightness and benevo- lence. He gave to the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz two thousand dollars, to build a parson- age, and also two hundred dollars to the United Presbyterian Church of Cadiz, toward the erec- tion of a parsonage. In rjolitics he has been a life-long Democrat.
NDEEW J. REA. Within a few years of a century ago there was born in what is now Harrison County one of its most prosperous and influential citizens, by name Joseph Rea, father of Andrew J. Rea, the subject proper of this sketch.
John Rea, the father of Joseph, was one of the pioneer ministers of the Presbyterian faith in this county, and it was he who organized the churches of that denomination in Cadiz, Beech Spring, Crab Apple and Nottingham, all of which are still in a prosperous condition. He was forty-live years pastor of Beech Spring Church. Mr. Rea was a native of Ireland, hav- ing been born in Tullow, County Carlow, to Jo- seph and Isabella Rea. At the age of nineteen years he came to America, where his education
was mainly obtained, and in 1793 he married Elizabeth Christie, of Westmoreland County, Penn. , who bore him nine children — seven sons and two daughters. He died in what is now Green Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, where for years he had lived and labored, passing from earth at the patriarchal age of eighty-four years.
Joseph Rea, son of the above, was, as above narrated, a native of what is now Harrison County, born in that portion now known as Green Township, September 20, 1796. He re- mained at home until of age, when he married, near New Athens, Miss Jane, daughter of John and Mary McConnell, and also a native of Har- rison County, of which her father was one of the early settlers. For the first five years after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rea re- mained in Green Township, and then moved to Moore field Township, locating, in 1824, on the farm now owned by William Pickering, remain- ing there six years, thence moving to the farm in Cadiz Township, on which the Widow Kid- well now resides, and, in 1837, came to the farm which he purchased from Joseph Shotwell, and there spent the remaining days of his life. They were the parents of seven children, viz. : Elizabeth, widow of John Lafferty, residing in Cadiz Township; Mary, Mrs. Samuel Dunlap, in Nottingham Township; John, in Kansas; An- drew Jackson; Martha, on the old home place; and William and Joseph (both deceased). In 1859 the mother died, at the age of fifty-nine years, and in April, 1S62, the father followed her to the grave. He was one of the prominent and most active Democrats in Harrison County, and served his district in the House of Repre- sentatives two terms — from 1832 to 1838. He and his wife were both members of the Presby- terian Church.
Andrew J. Rea, the subject proper of this biographical sketch, was born in Moorefield Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, in November, 1826, and spent his boyhood days on the farm, sharing in its general duties. His school ad- vantages were very meager, being limited to instruction received in the old log school-house
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of bis day. In March, 1856, be was married to | Miss Mary, daughter of John and Elsie (John- s'ml Moore, and a native of the same township as her husband. The Moore family were de- scended from Irish ancestry, and came to this county early in the present century. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Rea came to Cadiz Township and settled on the farm where their home has since been made, and where were reared their children, whose record is as follows: Martha Elizabeth is now the wife of George Hol- liday, of Moorefield Township; Elsie J. is living at home; Joseph died at the age of fourteen years; Lenora resides at home; John M. is be- ing educated at Franklin College. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Rea is on the "Clay Pike," four and a half miles west of the county seat. They have for many years been members of the Presbyterian Church of Nottingham; politically Mr. Rea is a Democrat, zealous in the interests of his party, and, although he resides in a strong Republican district, has held the office of county commissioner. Socially the Rea fam- ily rank high, and of them all speak in compli- mentary terms. Mr. Rea is a progressive citi- zen and a pleasant companion, one whose record has never been tarnished.
■ EORGE McFADDEN. Harrison County , abounds in prominent families whose J records may well be perused by those to ** come, who therein can not fail to find splendid examples of thrift, progress and hon- esty well worthy of emulation. To the citizens of southeastern Ohio the mere mention of the name McFadden suggests, almost invariably, the idea of respectability, intelligence, enter- prise and hospitality, for all of which they are noted, it being a marked exception to the gen- eral rule when aught else is the case with this family. Within the confines of the county now under consideration, are found quite a large number of families bearing the aforementioned name, all, more or less, directly or indirectly, connected by ties of consanguinity, and all
tracing their lineage to the little Emerald Isle, from whose green shores so many of America's best citizens have come.
The subject of this sketch is the grandson of one John McFadden, who was born in the city of Dublin, Ireland, where he remained until nineteen years of age, when he sought a home in the New World, settling in the State of Penn- sylvania, and a few years later he was united in marriage with Miss Sharpe, daughter of Col. George Sharpe of the United States Army. In the year 1800, in company with the Jamison family, he entered one-half of Section 4, in what is now Cadiz Township, and began at once to make preparations for the reception of his family, whom he had left temporarily in Penn- sylvania, and for whom he soon after returned, coming with them back to Ohio in 1801. It is needless to repeat the story of their settlement; how their primitive home was but an old log cabin, around which at night the ferocious wolves did prowl, with their oft-repeated fiend- like howls, seeming to protest against the inva- sion of their forest home; or how, gradually before the sturdy woodman's ax, the clearing grew larger and larger, and the waving wheat or the swaying corn took the place of the giant trees, whose ashes now enrich the soil from which they sprung. Years came, went and brought their changes; sons and daughters were born to the pioneers and grew to maturity, and at last, upon the same farm, where their first Ohio home was made, the aged father and mother closed their eyes to earth after a life well spent. Their children were Samuel, George, John, Joseph, Mary (Mrs. James Sharp, of Cadiz Township) and Margaret (Mrs. Edward Lafferty, of Athens Township), all of whom have in their turn followed to the grave. Of these children John was born in Pennsylva- nia in the year 1788, and, consequently, was some thirteen years of age when he came with his parents to Harrison County, and grew to manhood a pioneer boy, frequently being lost in the woods, into whose solitudes he would often wander too far. Upon reaching manhood he
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chose, as a wife, Miss Mary Dunlap, the daugh- ter of Adam and Rebecca Dunlap, of Harrison County, her family also being pioneers who had come to said county from Maryland. After their marriage they purchased a farm of one hundred acres of one Samuel Gilmore, who had entered the land, and, removing thereon at once, never moved from it until the)' passed from earth. In 1857 the father laid down life's cares at the age of sixty- nine, and one year later the mother closed her eyes to earth, also aged sixty nine. To their union twelve chil- dren were born, viz. : Adam, deceased; John J. and Samuel R., in Athens Township; George, our subject, in Cadiz Township; Margaret, widow of John McFadden, in Cadiz; Rebecca, de- ceased; Mary, Mrs. William Hamilton, in Cadiz; Sarah, deceased wife of John Porterfield, of St. Clairsville; Jennie, deceased; Esther, Mrs. Phillips, of Nebraska; Rachel, Mrs. William Hamilton, of Belmont County, and Elizabeth, who died at eleven years of age. Both father and mother were members of the Union Church. George McFadden, the subject proper of this memoir, in his boyhood attended the com- mon schools of the county and aided in the gen- eral duties of the farm. In 1860 he chose as life's partner Miss Mary, daughter of William and Mary Croskey, of Green Township, Harri- son County, they having come as pioneers to said township (the father, William Croskey, died there, the mother, now a woman of eighty- nine years, survives). The father and mother of our subject being dead, and there being no one save a brother to share in the duties of the farm, the newly wedded pair came at once to the place, and thereon have since made their home and reared their children, of whom they have had four, by name William, Mary Eliza- beth and Emma, all still at the home of their parents, and an infant, unnamed, deceased. On July 17, 1873, the brother Adam, who had never married or left the home place, died at the age of fifty-eight years. The house in which our subject now lives was erected by him in 1880, and is the third dwelling built on the
place, which consists of 227 acres situated some two miles from the town of Cadiz, on the Cadiz and Athens pike. Mr. and Mrs. McFadden are members of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz; politically Mr. McFadden is identified with the Democratic party.
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ENRY BARRICKLOAY, a prosperous farmer of Cadiz Township, Harrison County, was born in Fayette County. Penn., March 10, 1829. His grand- father, Henry Barricklow, came to America from Holland, and first settled in New Jersey, where his son, Frederick, was bora and married to Miss Nancy Dugan, a native of Fayette Coun- ty, Penn. After their marriage they came to Harrison County, to make a home, and here they passed the remainder of their lives. They had a family of five children (of whom four are now living), viz. : John D. and Henry, in Cadiz Township, Harrison County; Alexander, in Athens Township; Margaret A., deceased, and George, also in Athens Township. The father died on the farm in Cadiz Township; the mother died in 1881, at the advanced age of eighty years.
Henry Barricklow grew to manhood on his father's farm, sharing in its general improve- ment, and upon reaching manhood went to the Far West, where, in the State of Missouri, he entered for himself and brothers two sections of land. Returning to Cadiz he settled, in 1871, on the farm where he now resides, and on which part of the improvements, which are ample and good, are his own making. In October, 1878, he married Miss Mary Henderson, of Jefferson County, Ohio, but no children have been born to them. Mr. Barricklow' s farm lies about three miles northwest of Cadiz, near the County Infirmary Farm, and consists of 182 acres. Po- litically he is a Democrat, and in religion is associated with the United Presbyterian Church at Cadiz. Our subject is a business man, wide- ly known and esteemed.
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IiOHN D. BARRICKLOW, oae of the well- ^ I known and prosperous farmers of Harrison ^J) County, was born in Fayette County. Penn., November 6, 1828. His grandfather. Henry Barricklow, and his father, Frederick Barricklow, were both natives of New Jersey. whither the ancestry had come from Germany. Frederick Barricklow was a young man when he moved to Pennsylvania, and here he remained until coming to Harrison County. In 1826 he was wedded to Nancy, daughter of John and Catherine (McClelland) Dugan. Mr. Dugan was a native of Ireland, from which country he came at an early age; his wife was of German extrac- tion. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Bar- ricklow located in Fayette County, Penn., and in 1832 they came to Ohio, where they purchased the farm now occupied by J. D. Barricklow. Here they reared their family, and enjoyed the blessings of life, the respect and esteem of their acquaintances, and the mutual blessings flowing from married life till 1858, when the father died, at the age of sixty-three years. He had always carried on agricultural pursuits, and was re- garded as one of the successful followers and devotees of Ceres. Politically he was a life-long Democrat, taking a lively interest in tho affairs of his party. Mrs. Barricklow survived him till October 17, 1881, when she, too, joined the ' 'silent majority," at the age of eighty-one. She was the mother of five children, viz. : John D. , our subject; Henry, in Cadiz; Alexander, in Athens Township; Margaret A., deceased, and George W. , in Athens.
John D. Barricklow grew to manhood on the parental farm, having the advantages of common schools of his county. He being the eldest in the family was placed in charge of the duties of the farm, which he discharged in a most satis- factory manner. In 1S59 he took a prospecting tour through the AYest, visiting the principal cities and States, remaining absent until 1803, when he returned to Cadiz Township, where he has since resided. Soon after his return he was married to Mary, daughter of Adam and Martha (Thompson) Dunlap. For the first dec-
ade after their marriage, they lived in Athens Township, and here Mr. Barricklow took an active part in the recruiting of troops and sup- porting the principles of the North. In 1871 he removed to the home place, where he has ^since resided, and which, by hard work, coupled with judgment and shrewd business sagacity, he has increased from a farm of 167 acres to one comprising about 400. The children born to our subject and wife were as follows: Nancy Ellen, Mrs. John Ross, in Athens Township; John A. and Maggie A., at home; Martha E., deceased ; Frederick H. ; Carrie G. ; David T. ; Mary E. and Frank J., all at home.
In politics Mr. Barricklow has always been a Democrat, and has been honored by his town- ship with many offices of trust, the duties of which he always discharged with perfect satis- faction to the people. After his removal to Cadiz Township he was nominated for land appraiser, but as the party was in the minority, he was de- feated. Himself and family are members of the Presbyterian Church at Nottingham, in which they take a prominent and active part. Mr. Barricklow is widely and prominently known, being one of the pleasantest and most entertain- ing of hosts. The family are among those earliest identified with the advancement of the count}-, and the present generation are fully maintaining the high record of their ancestors.
[\ S. HAVERFIELD was born October
2, 1838, in Cadiz Township, Harrison
Mj' Co., Ohio, on the farm where he now
resides, a son of John and Nancy
(Richey) Havertield, both natives of Harrison
County, former born on the same place as his
son.
James Havertield, great-grandfather of our subject, is supposed to have been born in Penn- sylvania of English extraction, and in 1798 he came to Harrison County, where in time he passed from earth. His son, William, grand- father of W. S., was a native of Huntingdon County, Penn., where he remained until 1798,
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in which year he came with his parents to Ohio, and here purchased the farm where W. S. was born and still lives. In Pennsylvania William Havertield married Elizabeth Stitt, a native of the same State, and they then came to Ohio, where both died, he in 1858, at the age of eighty- four years. They were the parents of ten chil- dren, only one of whom is now living. William Haverfield was a soldier in the War of 1S12 He was remarkably strong in his convictions of right and wrong, and is said to have been the first one in his neighborhood to banish whisky from the harvest field. In those early days the beverage was considered indispensable in farm labor, and many refused to work without it, but Mr. Haverfield was firm in his determination, and came off victorious, for ere long his neigh- bors, appreciating at last his idea of right, one by one followed his example. For many years he was a justice of the peace.
John Haverfield, son of William, in his boyhood experienced all the hardships incident to pioneer life, and shared in the arduous duties of the farm. In 1836 he was married to Nancy, daughter of Thomas Richey, a resident of this county, whither he and his wife had come from Ireland. To Mr. and Mrs. John Haverfield were born seven children, as follows: W. S., Eliza Jane (Mrs. R. A. McCormick, in Cadiz, Ohio), Alvin, an unnamed infant, and John (all three deceased), Mary (now living with her aged mother) and Jessie (Mrs. John S. Thompson, in Carroll County, Ohio). On May 9, 1873, the father died at the age of sixty-two years; his life had been a busy one, and in the political struggles of his country he was particularly act- ive. He was an earnest advocate of freedom, and during the "underground railroad" sys- tem of ante-bellum days he was a strong worker; in fact many poor colored fugitives feasted and slept at his house. During the Civil War he aided largely in the raising of money and sup- plies for the "boys in blue," and in the recruit- ing of troops. He was a man of progressive ideas, one who made his influence felt in his community, and having a wide circle of ac-
quaintances he left many friends and will long be remembered. His widow, now seventy-three years of age. hale and well preserved, makes her home on the old farm with her daughter Mary. W. S. Haverfield, the subject proper of this biographical sketch, grew to manhood on the farm in Cadiz Township, his education being received at the common schools of his county. In 1865 he was united in marriage with Miss Mary, daughter of Alexander Haverfield, who died in Harrison County, and to this union were born four children, as follows: Clara A., Fred E., John A. and George C, all living on the home farm, which is situated one mile west of the town of Cadiz. In 1804, responding to his country's call for aid to suppress the Rebellion. Mr. Haverfield enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventieth O. N. G. , serving 100 days in the forts near Washington and in the Shenan- doah Valley, after which he returned home. He is a worthy representative of a worthy pio- neer family, of whom all speak in the highest terms. Mr. Haverfield is a Republican.
DAVID OGLEVEE, one of the prosperous, | retired agriculturists of Cadiz Township, ' Harrison County, was born in Moorefield Township, Harrison Co. , Ohio, May 10, 1837. The paternal grandfather came to the county from Pennsylvania in an early day, and his son William, father of David, was born in Athens Township in 1810. When a boy he (William) moved with his parents to Moorefield Township, where he was reared on a farm, at- tending the common schools of the district. In 1830 he was married to Susanna, daughter of John Price, of Big Stillwater, Belmont Co., Ohio, whither her parents, who were by birth English, had come in an early day. After mar- riage Mr. and Mrs. William Oglevee settled in Moorefield Township, and reared their family of eleven children, of whom the following is a brief record: John lives in Morgan County, Ohio; George is deceased; Agnes is the wife of
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Archibald Hammond, of New Athens, Harrison County; David is the subject proper of these lines; Hugh is in New Athens; Elizabeth is the wife of D. S. Lantz, of Belmont County, Ohio; Jane died in Kansas; James is deceased; B. Frank lives in Cadiz Township; Annie is de- ceased; Sadie is the wife of O. R. McFadden, in Athene Township, Harrison County. The mother died in 1878, at the age of sixty-eight years, and the father August 1, 1884, when aged seventy- six years. He was in all respects a self-made man, having commenced life poor, making his success entirely by his own individual efforts, and at his death he was in a position to leave each of his surviving children a good farm. Politically he was first a Whig, and afterward a Republican, and he and wife were members of the Presbyterian Church in Nottingham Township. David Oglevee, whose name appears at the opening of this biographical sketch, received a good common-school education, and shared in the general arduous duties of the home farm. In October, 1866, he was married to Miss Jennie, daughter of William and Mary Ramsey, of Har- rison County, who carried on farming in Not- tingham Township, but later came to the town of Cadiz to live retired. John Ramsey, father (if William, was aiming the early settlers of Harrison County, coming from Pennsylvania. William Ramsey was a young man when he came to the county, and here married Miss Mary, daughter of John Hines, another of the early comers to the county. After marriage our sub- ject and wife remained on the farm in Moore field Township until April 1. 1889, when they purchased a home on Grant Street, Cadiz, and are here now living in peaceful retirement. No children blessed this union, but their home has been cheered by the presence of a niece, Sadie O. Lantz, who brightens and gladdens their path in life. Politically Mr. Oglevee is a Republican, but has been no office seeker. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and are much esteemed far and wide. His farm of HH acres of prime land is situated some five miles east of Moorefield.
OHN CRAWFORD was born in Archer Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, November 29, 1816. His father, Edward Crawford, was a Virginian by birth, grew to man- hood in Brooke County, W. Va., and married Mary Wiggins, daughter of Edward and Charity Wiggins. The maternal grandfather, Alexan- der Wiggins, was of Irish parentage, his parents having come to America, where he was born; he died in Virginia. For a number of years Ed- ward Crawford and wife remained in Virginia, and in 1806 came to Ohio, settling, March 9, on a farm of one-quarter section of wild land, which he had entered, and which has since con- tinually remained in the family's possession. At first they were obliged to " camp out" in the woods, as the log house was but partly finished. From this place they never moved, and in 1830 or 1831 death called the father, when he was aged seventy years. The mother survived many years, and it was not until she had reached the advanced age of ninety-four years that she passed from earth. She was the mother of twelve children, viz. : Ellen, deceased wife of James Hagerty; Mary, deceased wife of James Harper; Alexander, who died in Carroll County; Thomas, of Archer Township, Harrison County; Isabella, deceased wife of William Welch; Charlotta and Josiah, both deceased; Nancy, widow of William Lewis, Holmes County, Ohio; Margaret, deceased; Elizabeth, widow of Joseph McGonigal; John, in Cadiz Township, Harrison County; Harriet, widow of Mathew McCoy, of Archer Township, Harrison County.
John Crawford grew to manhood very much as do other pioneer boys, and in 184'J chose, as life's partner. Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Prudy Hedges, and they then set- tled on the old home place, where they remained until the aged father and mother were carried to the grave. It was in 1877 that death claimed the mother, who at the age of about fifty years laid down life's burdens. She had borne six children, namely: Mary, deceased wife of Ham- ilton Lisle, of Archer Township, Harrison Coun- ty; Samuel E., in Cadiz Township, Harrison
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County: Alexander, on the home place; Harriet, who died in 1S7S: Mattie, Mrs. John Holland, of Cadiz, and Maggie, still at home, unmarried. In November, 1882, leaving the farm of 330 acres in the charge of his son, Mr. Crawford purchased his present place, situated about one mile from the city of Cadiz, where, with his daughter, Maggie, he now resides, his home having been cared for by her since the death of the wife and mother. Politically Mr. Crawford is a Democrat, but has never held office of any kind, preferring to give his undivided attention to his home and farm. He is a well-known and esteemed member of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz, Harrison County. Now a man of seven- ty-four years, and well-preserved for his age, he is widely known and respected throughout Harrison County.
liOSHUA DICKERSON. Here and there, ^ I scattered through the townships of Har- \UI rison County, may still be found a few of its pioneers, once stalwart men, but now fast faltering under the weight of years, only waiting to enter the " valley of the shadow." Such a one is the subject of this brief sketch, whose life has been chiefly spent in Harrison County, within whose borders he first saw the light November 9, 1808.
His grandfather, Thomas Dickerson, had been one of the early comers to what is now Harrison County, arriving on Christmas day, 1800, and settling on land now included in Cadiz Township, near where the Dickerson Church now stands. He cleared a portion of this, and in the spring planted a field of corn. As soon as the land was thrown open for a settlement, he "entered" a section of it, and remained thereon to build a home, working at his trade, that of blacksmith. Having been born in Fayette County, Penn., he there grew to manhood, and married Miss Mary Curry, who came with him to Ohio, to share the trials of a forest home. She became the mother of ten children, all of whom have passed away. The
parents were spared to reach an advanced age, the father being called first, at the age of ninety- live; the mother for a few years had been totally blind, and some two years after her husband's decease, she followed to the grave, being then over ninety years of age.
Barrick Dickerson, one of their sons, was born in Pennsylvania, and was brought by his parents to Harrison County. He learned of his father blacksmithing, at which he worked for a number of years. In Harrison County he married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of William Holmes, and a native of West Virginia, born near Wellsburg. Her brother had come to Cadiz Township some years previously, and was learning blacksmithing of Thomas Dickerson, when, being seized with fever, he sent for his sister Elizabeth to come and care for him. Thus was brought about the meeting which resulted in the marriage as related. Some time afterward they rented land in Coshocton County, same State, and a few years later they removed from there to the northern part of the State. Not pleased with this, however, Mr. Dickerson re- turned to Harrison County, and there spent a year in the milling business. His land in Co- shocton County, which he had retained, he now traded for the farm on which his son Joshua re- sides. In 1822 he was elected sheriff of Har- rison County, and consequently had to remove into the town of Cadiz, leaving the farm in the care of his son Joshua and a cousin, who worked it. While he was filling the position of sheriff, a notorious gang of horse thieves and counter- feiters were infesting the country from Wheel- inor, Va., to the lakes. Several suspects had been arrested, and Sheriff Dickerson, having been sent to the northern portion of the State to take depositions, while there contracted fever, from which he died. His home had been cheered by the birth of nine children, viz. : Joshua: Susannah deceased, wife of Edward Lafferty; Polly, died in infancy; Thomas, de- ceased; Polly (second), now Mrs. Harrison Shot- well, of Glenville, Ohio: Jane, Mrs. Ira Crum- ley, in Washington Township, Harrison County;
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William Wilson, in Athens Township; Eliza- beth, deceased wife of Daniel Clemens: and Baruch, who died in infancy. In political faith Barrick Dickerson was a Whig, and besides be- ing elected sheriff, he was nominated for com- missioner in opposition to William Henderson. He was a marksman of considerable ability, and was captain of the first rifle company in the county. His widow survived until 1830, when, at the age of sixty years, she also died.
Joshua Dickerson was sixteen years old when his father died, and about one year later he went to the home of his uncle, Aaron Mercer, in Short Creek Township, Harrison County, to work in a woolen factory, and here spent four summers, the winters being occupied in a flour- ing mill. From this mill, which was an old- fashioned one, containing but one run of buhrs, in one winter were produced some 1,300 bar- rels of flour, which was retailed to the families of the surrounding country. In 1834 Mr. Dickerson married Miss Elizabeth Crumley, whose parents had come to Harrison County from Virginia, but some five years afterward she died, leaving no children; for his second wife our subject married Mary Elliott, who was born December 10, 1820, and who still survives. Her parents were Samuel and Nancy (Grimes) Elliott, both of whom died in Belmont County, Ohio, the father when she was eight years old, and the mother two years later.
Joshua Dickerson and his wife, after their marriage, came to an old log house on the farm where they have since lived. The old house is still partly standing, although long years ago they moved from it. To them eight children were born, whose record is as follows: Aaron died of consumption at the age of thirty years. Barrick died in 1804 when aged eighteen, the result of exposure in the 100- days' service; Thomas resides near Flushing, Ohio; Sarah Elizabeth and Theodore live at home; Samuel died when three years old; Hiram resides near Athens, Ohio; Charles is in Colorado. Polit- ically Joshua Dickerson was originally a Whig, casting his first presidential vote for John Q.
Adams, and upon the forming of the Repub- lican party he identified himself therewith. He has creditably filled various township offices, and was supervisor for four years. Theodore Dickerson, his son, now thirty-two years of age, is overseeing the home farm, which he has never left. Sarah E., the daughter, has also clung to home and parents, and now cares for the gen- eral household.
HAUNCEY DEWEY* was born near Nor- wich, Conn., March 27, 1796, and died at his home in Cadiz, Ohio, February 15, 1880. He was of New England parent- age, being the son of Eliphalet and Rachel (Hyde) Dewey, natives of Connecticiit, who re- moved from that State to Otsego County, N. Y. , in 1798, and thence, in 1836, to Cadiz, Ohio. The father of our subject was a farmer by occu- pation, and a participant in the struggle for colonial independence. He died at Cadiz in 1837, his wife surviving him. This lady was a lineal descendant of Chancellor Hyde, of Eng- land, and was remarkable for her many virtues and accomplishments. She died in 1847.
Up to his eighteenth year the subject of this sketch divided his time between the claims of the home farm and the modest country school, which the neighborhood afforded, working in summer and attending school in winter. At this period in Mr. Dewey's life the hardships in pioneer life in New York State had not by any means ended. The country was in a rude and unculti- vated state, and attention was absorbed in sub- duing its rough features and preparing it for the plow. The country had not made sufficient progress to warrant much attention to polite learning, and hence it is not surprising that when Chauncey Dewey aspired to a classical course, he should meet the disapproval of his father — a disapproval, however, which could not successfully combat the earnest determination of
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the son. To recite the early experience of Mr. Dewey would be to repeat a story familiar to American ears, and which forms a part of the history of every self-made man of our times. But from this time he was perhaps more literally the carver of his own fortune, since the means with which he prosecuted his studies, preliminary to entering college, were accpiired by a vigorous use of the ax, cutting and selling wood off the home place. By this means he completed his academic course at Hartwick Academy, in Ot- sego County, N. Y., and at length matriculated at Union College, Schenectady, graduating in 1820. After quitting college he commenced his preparation for the bar, under the auspices of Samuel Starkweather, Esq., a prominent practitioner at the bar of Cooperstown, N. Y.
Believing that the West afforded better op- portunities to young men than could be obtained in the East, he accordingly made his way to the young State of Ohio, finally locating in the vil- lage of Cadiz. There he completed his law studies under the supervision of Gen. W. B. Beebe. He was at length admitted to the bar, where his legal acquirements and natural adapta- tion to the profession soon placed him at the head of the bar of his county. For a short time Mr. Dewey was professionally associated with Hon. Benjamin Tappan, who resided in Steu- benville. In 1836 he formed relations with Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, the great war secretary under Lincoln's administration. The firm of Dewey & Stanton lasted until 1842, when the firm was dissolved, and Mr. Stuart B. Shotwell became his partner, and continued to bear this relation until 1849.
When the partnership between Mr. Dewey and Mr. Stanton was formed, the latter was a very young man, and it was while under the direc- tion of Mr. Dewey that he inculcated the habits of industry which formed so great an element in his subsequent success as a lawyer and public man. There is no question that Mr. Stanton placed a high value on the association with Mr. Dewey, and when he became secretary of war he ofttimes sought the advice of his intimate
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friend and former partner on many state ques- tions of great importance. Mr. Dewey was most active at the bar between* the years 1830 and 1840. He had been gradually withdrawing from practice since 1840,and when elected presi- dent of the Harrison Branch of the State Bank of Ohio, in 1849, he had practically withdrawn from the practice of law.
Mr. Dewey and the Hon. Daniel Kilgore were the pioneers of the banking business in Cadiz, and their success was so pronounced as to excite a spirit of emulation among the business men of that town. The consequence vvas the establishment, from time to time, of banks in Cadiz, so that at the period of Mr. Dewey's death there were no fewer than five banking in- stitutions in the town. This circumstance con- ferred upon Cadiz the distinction of being the greatest banking town of its size in the United States. He was continued as president of the Harrison Branch of the State Bank until its business was wound up in 1865, when he super- intended its conversion into the Harrison Na- tional Bank of Cadiz, of which he was elected president, and filled the position until his death.
In the latter years of his life Mr. Dewey was interested as a shareholder and director in the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad, and was particularly active in pushing the con- struction of that portion of the road known as the Stenbenville & Indiana Railroad, and was one of the first directors of the same. The construction of the Cadiz Branch was mainly due to his efforts. Mr. Dewey was a member of the Jefferson Fire Insurance Company of Steu- benville, of the Franklin Insurance Company of Wheeling, and of the Amazon Insurance Com- pany of Cincinnati. He was also originator of and interested in the iron works at Wheeling, W. Va., formerly known as Dewey, Vance & Co , and at the present time the Riverside Iron and Steel Works.
Prior to the organization of the Republican party Mr. Dewey acted with the Whig party generally, but was never in any sense a parti- san, and this liberal spirit distinguished his en-
tire connection with the Republican party up to the time of his death. While he cherished party principles and consistently voted for them, he often exercised a judicious discrimination in favor of personal merit. Mr. Dewey was never a candidate for political preferment, except on one occasion, in 1841, when he was chosen to the State Senate by the Belmont-Harrison Dis- trict. He resigned before the close of his term. His resignation was caused by a sensitive feel- ing over the result of the intervening guberna- torial contest between Wilson Shannon and Tom Corwin. Mr. Dewey was not in sympathy with the popular sentiment as expressed in that elec- tion, and found it consistent to resign. He took an active interest in the presidential campaign of 1840. The principal issue involved was the celebrated Van Buren sub-treasury project, a measure which Mr. Dewey decidedly opposed. His strong feelings on this question led him into an active participation in the canvass for William Henry Harrison. He made speeches through out southeastern Ohio, which, it is said, had much to do with influencing popular sentiment in that part of the State.
For a period of forty years Mr. Dewey oc- cupied a position in his community which was as remarkable as it was unique, and which could be sustained in the person of a single in- dividual only by the most remarkable combina- tion of qualities. As president of the Harri- son Branch of the State Bank of Ohio, and sub- sequently of the Harrison National Bank, he established a State reputation as a financier, and made the bank one of the leading fiduciary institutions in the State. His standing in this particular rendered him the most compe- tent adviser in financial transactions in that part of the State. There was, perhaps, not a single enterprise of any considerable mag- nitude established in Harrison County that the advice and counsel of Mr. Dewey was not first sought. Mr. Dewey stood confessedly at the head of all philanthropic and charita ble movements in Cadiz, and dispensed with an unstinted hand a large portion of the am-
ple means, which a long and successful busi- ness career had enabled him to amass. While Mr. Dewey was not one of the earliest settlers in Harrison County, he was pre-eminently one of the pioneers and promoters of its business in- terests. In this regard, however, it is impossi- ble to separate him from his contemporary, Hon. Daniel Kilgore.
Mr. Dewey married, in 1823, Miss Nancy Pritchard, daughter of John Pritchard, one of the pioneer settlers of Harrison County, and had issue ten children, of whom the following is a re- cord: Eliphalet (who resided in Texas), Harriet E. , Henry and John Henry are all deceased; Orville C. resides in Wheeling, W. Va. ; Mrs. Mary P. Moffett and Martha are both deceased; Clara is the wife of C. M. Hogg, of Cadiz, Ohio; Charles P. and Albert are both real estate deal- ers, in Chicago, 111. Mr. Dewey's home was a very pleasant and happy one, and all, both old and young, rich and poor, delighted to visit it. Mr. Dewey was a very benevolent, Chris- tian man, a member of the Presbyterian Church.
An incident in Mr. Dewey's life, not men- tioned in the above biographical memoir, is the accident he received, whereby he was badly lamed, and from which he never fully recovered. He was en route, on one occasion, to Steuben- ville, to deposit money in the bank there, when he was thrown from his buggy and dragged a considerable distance, which accident nearly cost him his life, he being confined to the house and obliged to use crutches for two months. On another occasion he slipped on the ice, injuring the ligament of the hip bone, which accident also necessitated the use of crutches in walking. The confinement to the house, owing to these accidents, kept him weak, and was naturally very distressing to a man of his active, thorough business habits.
Mrs. Nancy Dewey, widow of Hon. Chauucey Dewey, was born near Uuiontown, Penn., Octo- ber 27, 1S04. John Pritchard, her father, was a native of Maryland, and of Welsh descent. Her paternal grandfather was also a native of Males, and died there when his son John was a
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mere child. The latter was yet but a lad wheu his mother died, and he was then taken and reared by his uncle, Charles King. His brother was taken by friends to the West Indies, and his sister married one John Rice. John Pritch- ard, upon reaching manhood, became a black- smith in Pennsylvania, and in 1798 married Sarah Bronifield, a daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Bromfield, of Pennsylvania, the former of whom was an extensive farmer. In 1807 the couple, coming to Harrison County, Ohio, set- tled on a wild piece of land near Cadiz, which at this time contained but a few houses, and around which the wolves, panthers and other wild animals of the early days were still plenti- ful. Many a poor farmer, who could but illy afford to lose stock, had his cattle, sheep or other domestic animals carried off by these fero- cious denizens of the forest. The Indians were also numerous, and would come in parties to trade with the white pioneers, bringing many beautifully-worked articles, such as moccasins, ornamented with many colored beads and por- cupine quills, and belts made of snakeskin, all painted and woven together, and profusely decorated with beads, etc. The squaws would have their papooses strapped on boards, and carried on their backs, and when tired, would stand papoose, board and all against some con- venient tree. Baskets the Indians used to bring in for trade in large quantities, tied onto their ponies in such numbers that it was difficult to decide whether ponies or baskets were walking along the road!
Some time later Mr. Pritchard removed with his family into a large brick building, sup- posed to have been the first in the township, which stood where is now the Harrison Na- tional Bank building. Here the family kept hotel, and here it was that in 1823 Nancy Pritchard was united in marriage with Chauncey Dewey, who at this time was a young lawyer, struggling to make his mark in life and rise in his profession. Mr. Dewey had come to Cadiz in 1820 or 1821, and one year later was ad- mitted to the bar. In 1840 the couple removed
to the home, in the beautiful suburb of the town, where they shared life's joys and sorrows until death separated them, and where the widow now resides. Mrs. Dewey's father was a soldier in the "War of 1812, while in the West; he was a blacksmith by trade, a hotel keeper, a mer- chant and a private gentleman. Her eldest sister, Mary, was the first wife of Hon. Daniel Kilgore.
JiOHN M. RICHEY. As the woodman in clearing his land leaves here and there some stalwart elm or oak, which long years after stands alone in the midst of some green and fertile field, a solitary representative of the past; so the relentless reaper, Death, in his grim harvest of men, has spared here and there a pioneer who forms a connecting link be- tween the past and the present.
The subject of this sketch is one of the very few remaining native pioneers of Harrison County, his life running back to the first decade of the century, having been born in what is now Cadiz Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, November 2, 1808. His father, Thomas Richey, was born in Ireland, where he married Mary Clifford, and together they came to America about the year 1795. For ten years they made their home in New York City, and then in 1805 came to what is now Harrison County, Ohio, where for a time they lived upon a piece of land be- longing to an Irishman, who in their native country, had been a neighbor, and by whom they had been induced to come to Ohio. Shortly afterward, however, they secured for themselves a one-quarter section of wild land, and moved thereon, cutting away the trees and brush that they might erect a log cabin. Some time afterward Mr. Richey built a saw- mill on the place, and turned his attention to the man- ufacturing of lumber, which at that time was very much in demand by the new settlers who were now constantly coming into the county . In 1823, at the age of fifty-three years, the mother died, having borne ten children, as fol-
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lows: Margaret, the late Mrs. Melliken, of Allen County, Ohio; Mary, the late Mrs. James Haverfield, of Harrison County; Jane, the late Mrs. Joseph Watson, of Harrison County; Sam- uel, in Harrison County; John M., the subject of this sketch; Sarah, the late Mrs. Nimrod "Wagers, afterward Mrs. John Weaver; Thomas, in Cadiz Township; Nancy, now Mrs. John Haverfield, in Cadiz Township, and two who died in infancy; all being now deceased except- ing John M. and Nancy. The father survived the mother some thirteen months, and in Sep- tember, 1824, followed to the grave. Both were members of the Associate Reformed Church, which they had joined under Rev. William Taggart, pastor.
John M. Richey from his early boyhood was compelled to labor. He had in the winter a few weeks to devote to the acquiring of such meager knowledge as the early schools afforded, and at the age of sixteen years he engaged to work on a neighboring farm, for one George McFadden, with whom he remained six years. Mr. McFadden had living with him a young niece named Anne Gilmore, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Collins) Gilmore, and a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, whence she had come to make her home with her uncle in Harrison County, when but three years of age. [For genealogy of the Collins and Gilmore families see conclusion of this sketch.] A mutual at- tachment soon sprung up between the young people, which, in 183-1, resulted in marriage at Middletown, Penn, whither they had gone, the bride being too young to marry under the laws of Ohio. They returned to Ohio, intending to settle on a farm, which by his own efforts he had earned, but Mr. McFadden would not suf- fer them to depart, so with him they made their home until the death of the uncle, when they were placed in possession of the farm on which he (our subject) was born. Some two years later they removed to it and built a house. Here they remained thirty -one years, and here some of their children were born, grew to manhood and womanhood, and married.
At last, concluding to give up the active duties of the farm, Mr. and Mrs. Richey re- moved, in 1877, to the town of Cadiz, where, three years later (in 1880), the faithful wife was called from earth, at the age of sixty-three years and six months. Their children, ten in number, were the following named: Mary, de- ceased wife of Samuel McFadden; Ruth, Mrs. Craig Gilmore, in Illinois; George, deceased; Eliza Jane, Mrs. Samuel McFadden, in Cadiz Township; Arabella, Mrs. James McFadden, also in Cadiz Township; Thomas J., a farmer, in Cadiz Township; Robert Gilmore, married to Susan C. Dickerson, living in Missouri; Samuel, a farmer in Cadiz Township; Martha, and one deceased in infancy, the latter two being twins. Martha was united in marriage, in 1876, with Charles, son of John Osburn, of Archer Town- ship, Harrison County, and one child has blessed them, named George R., born January 30, 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Osburn are members of the Pres- byterian Church at Cadiz, and he is associated with the Knights of Pythias, Uniformed Rank. The winter following his wife's decease, Mr. Richey came to make his home with his daugh- ter, Mrs. Osburn, and her husband. Here he is still to be found, and, although a man past four score years, he is hale and hearty, and re- markably well preserved, both in mind and body. Politically he is a Democrat, having helped to elect Andrew Jackson in 1832, but has never sought or held office. [His brother, Samuel, was for six years county commissioner,, and his brother, Thomas, was treasurer for two years, lacking but two votes of re-election.] For many years Mr. Richey has been a mem- ber of the Presbyterian Church, as was also his beloved wife.
Thomas J. Richey, son of John M. , was born July 5, 1845, and grew to manhood on the farm, attending the common schools. Septem- ber 4, 1868, he was married to Margaret, daugh- ter of Samuel McFadden, of Cadiz Township, Harrison County. Her father died in 1863; her mother now resides in Athens Township, Harrison County. They remained a few months
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in Archer Township, and then removed to the old Richey homestead in Cadiz Township. In 1885 Mr. Richey made a trip to Missouri, but not being pleased with the country, he returned to Cadiz, and moved upon his present place, where he has since resided. The following named children have blessed their union: Sarah Alice, born November 8, 1869; R. Chauncey, born June 22, 1S74; Mary B., born July 11, 1876; Florence, born January 7, 1880, and Craig Hamilton, born May 25, 1884. In 1864, when nineteen years of age, Mr. Richey enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Seventieth O. N. G. , which proceeded to Washington and the Shenandoah Valley, where he participated in the several engagements of that year, including Snicker's Gap and Winchester, besides many skirmishes, but was fortunate enough to escape being wounded. Receiving an honorable dis- charge, he returned home. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church at Cadiz. Genealogy of the Collins family : Ann Work- man married Glasgo, and begat four children, viz. : Letitia, Agnes, Joseph and Ann Jane. Glasgo died, and the widow married David Col- lins, and begat rive children, viz. : John, Martha, Elizabeth (died), Elizabeth and Ruth. Leti- tia married Jacob Wilson; Agnes married James Thompson; Ann Jane married George Moore; Joseph married Miss Simington. John Collins married Ellen Patterson; Martha married James Boland; Elizabeth married Robert Gilmore; Ruth married George Mc- Fadden. Robert and Elizabeth Gilmore begat five children, viz. : Ephraim, John, Arabella, Ann and Joseph. Ephraim married Juliann Dennison; John died; Arabella married Theo- dore Jennings; Joseph married Lettie A. Brady; Ann married John M. Richey, and begat ten children, viz. : Mary, Ruth, George, Eliza Jane, Arabella, Thomas, Robert Gilmore, Samuel and Martha, an infant unnamed and George, de- ceased. Robert Gilmore married for his sec- ond wife Maria Pilgram, and they begat James T., Thomas, Lawrence H., B. F., Robert C, Elizabeth and Rachel. James T. married
Catherine Luire; Thomas married Sarah Det- weller; Lawrence H. married Jane Forwood; B. F. married Charlotte Yard; Robert C. married Miss Patterson; Elizabeth married Sidney Lafferty, and Rachel married John Arm- strong. Martha Boland had two children, viz. : Robert and Ann — Robert died; Ann married Robert Lions and begat three children, viz. : James B. , Richard and Martha. Martha Bo- land married John Maholm, and begat three children, viz. : Eliza J. , Martha M. and James B. John Collins and Ellen, his wife, begat five children, viz.: Patterson, David, Jane, Elizabeth and Ellen. Ann Jane Moore and George begat sis children, viz. : Robert, Nancy, Ruth, Mary, John and Ann Jane.
THE HEDGES FAMILY. In the year 1S00 Samuel Hedges came from Virginia to that part of the then Far West which is now known as Cadiz Township, Har- rison Co., Ohio, and cleared a portion of land which he had procured from the father of Judge Agnew, of Pennsylvania, who had entered it. Here Mr. Hedges planted an orchard, and then returned to his Virginian home, where he re- mained until 1803, in which year he once more came hither to finally make his home. This land is known as the Hedges homestead, and on it the descendants of Samuel are now living: Samuel Hedges married, in Virginia, Prudence Dunlap, a native of that State, and together, on horseback, they came to Ohio, crossing the Ohio River on the ice. While in this State the first time he had erected a log-house, but the ravages of time or the depredations of the wan- dering Indians or hunters had destroyed the doors and windows. Nevertheless, into this but partly finished house the family moved in mid- winter. Some time after coming to Ohio it be- came necessary for the husband to return to his old home in Virginia, so, bidding his family farewell, followed by his dogs he recrossed the river on horseback, intending to hurry back be-
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fore the ice should break up. A sudden thaw and rain caused him to hasten his return, but already he had tarried too long, for, when he reached the river bank he found the stream filled with floating ice. What was to be done? There was neither bridge nor ferry anywhere near. He thought of his wife and little ones far away on the other side, and resolved to make the hazardous attempt to swim his horse across. He urged the steed forward, and then began a struggle for life. The brave animal fought gallantly against the huge blocks of ice that in their resistless force carried horse and rider farther and farther down the stream. The dogs faithfully followed their master, until at last, exhausted, they sank beneath the surface. The strength of the horse was fast failing; would he, too, succumb to the mad stream ? A thousand thoughts passed through the rider's brain. He regretted his rash attempt, but it was too late to turn back. Urging on his fal- tering steed he saw the bank get nearer and nearer, until at last it was reached; the coveted side was gained, but the poor beast had done his last work; he had served his master well, and, lying down upon the bank, never rose again. Continuing his journey alone, on foot, through the wilderness, Mr. Hedges finally reached his home, where he found his loved ones safe.
In 1812 he erected on his farm what is sup- posed to be the first frame barn in the county, and it still stands upon a watershed of the farm so that the rain which falls upon one side of its roof falls away to join the waters of the Mus- kingum at Marietta, while from the other side it flows to the Ohio, near Wheeling. The fam- ily never moved away from their Harrison Coun- ty home, and here it was that in 1850 death separated them, taking first the mother when aged sixty-seven years. She had borne ten children, all of whom save one have since passed to the silent majority; the one survivor, " Aunt Rachel" (as she is called), already having passed the three-score and tenth milestone of her life, resides upon the old home place, where her childhood was spent. In was in 1865 that
the aged father followed his wife to the grave, at the patriarchal age of eighty-two years.
One of their sons, Samuel Hedges, Jr., was born in 1825, and in 1851 he was united in mar- riage with Mrs. Sarah Welsh, nee Rowley, who was born in Carroll County, but reared in Harri- son County. Her father, Luther Rowley, came to what is now Carroll County, Ohio, about 1828. He mingled considerably in local politics, and for a time was one of the county commissioners. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Hedges came to the old Hedges homestead, and here were born their live children, named as follows: Mat- tie, now Mrs. Samuel Richey, in Cadiz Township, Harrison County; Luther R., also in Cadiz Township; William P., on the home place; Mary E., now Mrs. William Boyles, in Cadiz Township, and John D. , who died of consumption. In 1886 the father was called from earth. His had been a life of hard work, and much of the clearing of the farm was done by him. Politically he was a Democrat. Since her husband's decease Mrs. Hedges has resided with her son, W. P. She was born in 1827, and is consequently now six- ty-three years of age.
W. P. Hedges was born in 1858, and at- tended the common schools of his township and the town of Cadiz. In 1879 he married Miss Susan, daughter of Aaron Ross, of Harrison County, and they then settled near the home place, on the same section, and after the death of his father they came to the old house, where they now reside. Of their union two children have been born: Rachel and Samuel. Mr. Hedges is a member of the Prohibition party, and is connected also with : the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz. The farm at the time of the death of Samuel Hedges, Jr. , contained some 500 acres, which after being divided among the children, left but 167 acres at the original farm. The house, which is a large and commo- dious one, is situated one mile northwest of Cadiz. It is built almost entirely of woods grown upon the farm, and is finished in fine walnut. A well-known landmark stands upon the farm, the "Standing Stone," a large mon-
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umental stone, some thirty feet in height. Tra- ditions says it was by some mysterious means brought there and erected to mark the grave of an old Indian chief.
B. HINES, county recorder, is a de- scendant of one of the oldest families of Harrison County, Ohio, and was born in Nottingham Township, February 2, 1854. His father, John R. Hines, is a farmer by vocation, and in January, 1853, was married in Nottingham Township, to Elizabeth Christy, daughter of Robert and Jane Christy, all na- tives of Harrison County. To this union were born ten children, of whom eight are still living, three in Harrison County, viz. : our subject, in Cadiz; J. Henry Hines, doctor of dentistry; and Mrs. Belle J. Fulton, all married; the re- maining five reside in Iowa, including one daughter, Mrs. Charles Starwaltz, of Murray, Clarke County, and one, Laura, at home with the father in that State. The mother of this family was a truly noble Christian woman, who reared her children in the way they should go, and died at the age of forty-five years, three months and thirteen days, in Murray, Iowa, where the father still lives at the age of sixty years, and to which place he removed from Stock Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, in Novem- ber, 1879. He has been a leader in the Meth- odist Episcopal Church for many years.
John Hines, the paternal great-grandfather of our subject, was a native of Westmoreland County, Va., but in 1804 removed to Steuben - ville, Ohio, and in 1807 to within five miles west of Cadiz, Ohio, purchasing a farm on the Moravian road. His son, William, the grand- father of our subject, was but four years of age when brought by his parents to Steubenville. Albert B. Hines led an uneventful life until about the age of eleven, when he was afflicted with an attack of that dread disease, cerebro- spinal meningitis, which carried away a younger brother, but from which Albert B. recovered after two years of suffering. He then resumed
his life upon the farm, sharing its toils and duties until nineteen years old, when, feeling that his strength was inadequate to the require meuts of a successful farmer, he relinquished agriculture and for one year attended " Ground Hog" Seminary in Cadiz Township, under the instruction of M. B. Adams, a county examiner. He then, in 1874, entered Hopedale College, where he remained one year, but, his health continuing to fail, he in 1875 began teaching at Elk Run District. He had taught about a year when he began to realize that he had not fully recovered from the disorder with which he had been afflicted, his left foot failing in the performance of its functions. In the meantime, however, he had turned his attention to the study of medicine, and in 1877 returned to Hopedale College, but at the end of a month, his foot trouble having become more serious, he caused an examination to be made, when it was pronounced by the physicians that he was suf- fering from partial paralysis of the sciatic nerve. He then realized that he could never practice actively as a physician, and resumed teaching. By 1878, however, he had lost the use of hie lower limbs entirely, and was obliged to ride to and from his school. But he was possessed of great determination, and manfully held to his duties until 1880, when he was com- pelled to cease in the performance of them, as he had grown gradually worse and worse. His sufferings had been simply excruciating, and it was only by the exertion of almost superhuman will-power that he was able to keep up at all. Some fifteen times he had submitted to the cau- terizing of his back and limb with an iron heated to whiteness, the operations lasting thirty minutes each, and after the burnings the pain was much more intense than during the operation.
In 1879 the parents of Mr. Hines moved to Iowa, and in January, 1880, he received word that his mother had died, when he at once re- moved to the Far West, where for some time he herded cattle, hoping that open air would prove a benefit, but he was frequently thrown
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from bis pony, owing to bis disabled condition, and was of course unable to re-inount. Being thus obliged to relinquish herding, he turned his attention once more to teaching, and, with the aid of a wheel-chair as a means of locomotion, was able to teach two summers. He then, in
1883, sold his herd of fifty cattle and returned to Harrison County with his sister Belle J., wife of Philip Fulton, with the intention of making a short visit only, but he was elected township clerk of Stock Township for one year, and subsequently was induced by the entreaties of friends to enter the mailing department of a card and novelty house in Cassville. In 1885 he received the nomination on the Republican ticket as candidate for the office of county re- corder, to which position he was triumphantly elected, receiving more ballots than any other nominee for any office in the county. He filled his term with so much satisfaction to all con- cerned that he was re-elected in 1888, again running far ahead of his ticket, and is now filling out his second term.
In the fall of 1882 Mr. Hines had made the acquaintance of Miss Laura E. Laughlin, daughter of Hugh C. and Emeline Laughlin, of Jewett, Harrison County, and on October 16,
1884, they were married. One child, Walter A., was sent to bless this union, October 30,
1885, Since taking up his abode in Cadiz, to which point his official duties have called him, Mr. Hines has established a side business in card and novelty manufacturing, which has con- tinued to thrive until the present day. Mr. and Mrs. Hines are highly esteemed members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
K. McLAUGHLIN. Few, if any of the citizens of Short Creek Townshirj, Harrison County, are better or more fa- vorably known than S. K. McLaughlin, or " Sam," as he is usually called. His father. James McLaughlin, was born on the old home- stead near Adena, Jefferson Co., Ohio, and was the second son and sixth child in the order of
birth of four sons and five daughters. He was reared in a very primitive manner. His knowl- edge was almost wholly self acquired, and so earnestly did he improve his opportunities that he acquired a liberal education, and was a man "well read" at the time of his death. He took an active interest in public life, being a Whig and later a Republican. He may also be classed as having been an Abolitionist, ever hoping and striving for the liberation of the race in bondage. He was an efficient elder in the United Presbyterian Church of Piney Fork, and once represented his congregation at the General Assembly in Philadelphia. He was the prime mover in securing new public schools at Adena, and encouraged all other worthy movements in his vicinity. He married Miss Sarah J. Kerr, a native of Harrison County, Ohio, and eldest daughter of Samuel and Annie (Smith) Kerr. Nine children were born to their union, one of whom died during childhood; the others being as follows: William B., living at Adena, Ohio; Ann E. (Mrs. Lewis Bernhard, in Harrison County); Mary E. (Mrs. William Courtright, in Frank] into wn, Ohio); Nancy J. (Mrs. J. C. McNary, in Unionport, Ohio) ; Sam- uel K. (our subject); Sarah A. (Mrs. H. W. Parks, of Hopedale); Joseph S., at home; Mary Emma (Mrs. R. G. Dean, in Omaha, Neb.). On August 25, 1865, Mr. McLaughlin died in his fifty-second year, and since her husband's decease Mrs. McLaughlin has remained at the old home, where they first settled after marriage, and where she, now seventy-three years of age, is peacefully awaiting the call from earth.
One step farther back in t he genealogy of the McLaughlin family takes us to John McLaugh- lin, who came to Ohio in 1801, built a cabin and raised a small crop of corn, and in 1802 brought his family, settling in Jefferson County. In his early manhood John McLaughlin served the Government as a spy on the Indians, between Pittsburgh and Wheeling. After coming to Ohio he purchased some land of John Johnson, a brother-in-law, who had purchased it at twelve and one-half cents per acre. It was in an en-
tirely wild state, and covered with dense forests, in which all sorts of game abounded, and where the howling wolves made terrible the nights of the pioneers. John McLaughlin was a man of more than ordinary attainments for those days, and soon after his coming to Ohio he was elected a member of the State Legislature, and served in that capacity eight years. He was then elected to the State Senate, in which he served eight years, making sixteen consecutive years of serv- ice; he was intimate and associated with Will- iam Henry Harrison, John C. Wright and Char- lie Hammond in the Senate. The sessions were first held at Zanesville, and later at Chillieothe, and thence were changed to Columbus. Mr. Mc- Laughlin was a member of the " call session" of 183*2 to settle the State line between Ohio and Michigan. He was the founder of Adena, securing the post office for that place, and giv- ing it its name. At the time of his death he was an elder in the United Presbyterian Church, and a member of the session of Piney Fork. He was also for many years a justice of the peace, and beyond all doubt was, during his life, the most prominent man in the district. He was born in "Washington County, Penn., No- vember 4. 1774, and died November 10, 1860, in his eighty-seventh year. About 1799 he married Miss Annie Johnstone, who died June 6, 1S49, having borne thirteen children.
S. K. McLaughlin, with whom we have mainly to deal, was born in Adena, Ohio, Sep- tember 12, 1846, and grew to maturity at the home of his parents. He first attended the com- mon schools, and at eighteen years of age en- tered the McNeely Normal College in Hope- dale. While in attendance here his father died, necessitating his return home, where he assisted his mother in the care of the farm. He soon passed a satisfactory examination, securing a " first-class" certificate, and for seven consecutive winters was a teacher in the public schools of Harrisville, No. 5, and Adena, spending his sum- mers at home on the farm. On May 22, 1872, he married Miss Mary Belle Snider, a native of Green Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, daughter
of Samuel and Hannah Snider, and soon after their marriage I hey located on the old Hurford homestead, adjoining the one on which they now reside. The following year they removed to Adena, Jefferson County, where Mr. McLaugh- lin taught the village schools, and while there built what was then the finest residence in the village. Iu 1875 they came back to Harrison County, to their present place, on which they built their large and commodious house iu 1SS8. This dwelling is not only one of the pleasantest in the township, but its hospitable doors have ever the "latch-string out." Of their union four children have been born, namely : Charles Johnson, John Orin, Hannah Lucretia and Samuel Parks. Mr. McLaughlin is a member of the United Presbyterian Church of Cadiz, and in politics is a stanch Republican. For many years he served as trustee of Short Creek Township, and in 18S2 represented it in the Congressional Convention, which met at St. Clairsville, and spent one full week in session without making a nomination. Mr. McLaugh- lin is one of the most highly esteemed citizens of Harrison County; he is genial, large-hearted and progressive, in all of which virtues he is fully equaled by his most estimable wife.
l,OHN H. HAMMOND, of Cadiz, is a na- ^. I tive of Harrison County, Ohio, and was (J born January 21, 1822. His father, Alex- ander Hammond, was born in Washington County, Penn., and was a son of Robert Ham- mond, a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, born in 1765. In 1785 Robert married Jane Cassell, who was born iu County Down in 1764, and both were descendants of soldiers who fought under Oliver Cromwell, and later settled in the northern part of the island. Robert and his wife came to America at an early day, and after a residence in Pennsylvania he came *o Ohio and settled iu Belmont County, where he died in 1845 iu his eightieth year, his widow following him to the grave in 1852 in her eighty-eighth year, both members of the Seceder Church. To
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the union of Robert and Jane Hammond were born ten children in the following order: Mary, July 30, 1788; Alexander, May 16, 1790; David, June 26, 1792; William, August 2, 1794; Mar- tha, July 8, 1795; Elizabeth, October 24, 1797; Esther, February 1, 1801; John, March 10, 1803; Robert, March 20, 1805, and James, May 13, 1808.
The second-born of the above enumerated children, Alexander Hammond, came to Harri- son County, Ohio, in the year 1809, learned the trade of cloth fuller, and in 1812 married Eliz- abeth Hanna, daughter of Samuel Hanna, who was born in Westmoreland County, Penn. , in 1763, and married Elizabeth Duncan, who was born in Scotland in 1766. Samuel Hanna came to Short Creek Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, in 1801, before the Territory had been admitted to the Union. After marriage Alexan- der Hammond made his home in Harrison County on a farm of fifty acres, and built a fulling-mill in Short Creek Township, which mill he operated for twenty years, when he returned to farming, having purchased a farm of 160 acres of Joseph Gill. Later he dis- posed of this property and purchased prop- erty in Harrisville, where he resided until his death, which occurred in 1874 in the eighty-fourth year of his age, he dying on the same spot on which he camped the first night he spent in Harrison County. His life had been a busy one, during which he had undergone many pioneer hardships; but he was a patient, prudent and industrious man, and was well to do generally. He was a member of the Liberty party, and was once its candidate for State rep- resentative; he was also a strong Abolitionist; his home was a station on the " underground railroad," and many a slave found shelter under his roof, and his horses and carriage were used in transporting them to Canada. A member of the Seceder Church, he once received a rebuke from its officials for listening to a sermon by a brother in-law, an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Hammond lived to the advanced age of ninety-three years, and
died in 1S86, the mother of eleven children, six of whom are still living, three of them in Har- rison County, viz. : Esther, widow of R. P. Hanna, who was murdered or lost on a steam- boat in the Ohio River; Margaret, now Mrs. S. J. Hawthorne, of Harrisville, and John H.
John H. Hammond made his home with his father until twenty-five years of age, clearing up the farm and doing other work necessary to improve what may be called a pioneer settlement. He received his education in the old-fashioned log school-house, but was by no means a dull pupil and acquired a very fair education, absorb- ing everything in the way of learning within the limited scope of his teachers' knowledge. In 1845 he was married to Miss Agnes E., daughter of David and Elizabeth Carrick, of the town of Cadiz, early settlers of Harrison County, of which Mrs. Hammond is a native. David Carrick was a veteran of the War of 1812, and he and his wife died at an advanced age in Cadiz, in the cemetery of which city their remains were interred. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Hammond have been born two children: Alexander James and Anderson N. , both now engaged in mercantile business at Cadiz.
In 1868 John H. Hammond removed to Harrisville and engaged in the dry-goods trade, but in 1872 came to the town of Cadiz, where he has since made his home. Here he engaged in the hardware business, joining his son, An- derson N. , who had established the store in 1868, but in January, 1889, the father sold his interest to the son' and retired from active employment. John H Hammond proved his patriotism by enlisting, in September, 1862, in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty sixth O. V. I., and was assigned to the Army of the Potomac, with which he took part in a few light engagements, holding the rank of second lieutenant until, prostrated by fever, he was compelled to resign and return home. But the fire and ardor of patriotism was not by any means quenched within his breast, and in 1864, on the call for one hundred-davs' men, entered
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Company F, One Hundred and Seventieth O. N. G. , and went to help hold the forts at Wash- ington, and at the close of his term again re- turned to his home. Mr. Hammond, in politics, has always been a Republican, and he and wife are members of the United Presbyterian Church.
Alexander J. Hammond, in the dry-goods business at Cadiz, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, August 14, 1846, and remained on the home farm until seventeen years of age, when, in the spring of 1864, he enlisted in the service of his country in Company C, Ninety-eighth O. V. I. He proceeded to Chattanooga, Tenn. , where he joined Sherman's army on its march to the sea; he was at Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, and in other engagements, and in August, 1865, was honorably discharged, and returned home. For a short time he at- tended the academy at Savannah, Ashland Co., Ohio, and then for a few months engaged in clerking. In the meantime he made a trip to the West, and on finally coming back to Cadiz engaged in the hardware business in partnership with his brother. Withdrawing in due time,he for a year acted as book-keeper for a company of mineral prospectors on the Big Sandy River. In 1878 he opened his present extensive dry- goods establishment, in which he has met with well-merited success.
In 1870 Mr. Hammond was married at Cadiz to Miss Charlotte Hunter, daughter of J. R.and Letitia(McFadden)Hunter,and a native of Cadiz. This felicitous union has been blessed with two children, Percy Hunter and Helen. Politically Mr. Hammond is an out-and-out Republican, both by heredity and principle, and has served about ten years as clerk of Cadiz Township. He is a member of the G. A. R. ,and of the United Presbyterian Church of Cadiz, being its Sabbath- school superintendent for sixteen years. Mrs. Hammond is a member of the Presbyterian Church. He is a self-made man in every par- ticular, and is generally and favorably known throughout the county, while his immense stock of dry goods bears a reputation that attracts custom from all the country surrounding Cadiz.
Anderson N. Hammond, formerly partner in the hardware business with his father, John H. Hammond, was born in Short Creek Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, in 1848. His early man- hood was spent on the home farm, and his edu- cation was completed at the college in Fulton, N. Y. In 1866 he settled in Cadiz and became a clerk in the post-office and in the hardware store of Harrison & Haverfield. In 1868 he and his brother bought the hardware department, which he and his brother conducted conjointly until 1873, when his brother withdrew and the father came in as a partner, as already related. In 1870 A. N. Hammond was married in Cadiz, to Nancy Jane, daughter of John Moore, and this union has been crowned by the birth of three children, viz.: Mabel J., Mary B. and John C. , all at home. Mr. Hammond has long been connected with the Cadiz Gas Light Com- pany, and for ten years has been its superintend- ent and secretary. He is also secretary of the Oil & Gas Company, and was one of the orig- inators of oil and gas prospecting in Harrison County. He is secretary of the Equitable Build- ing & Loan Association, and is also engaged in fire insurance, being agent for several respon- sible companies. In politics he is a stanch Re- publican, and he and his wife are members of the First Presbyterian Church of Cadiz.
J|OHN C. LYONS, one of the old and well- known citizens of Monroe Township, Har- I rison County, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Butler County. His father, Thomas Lyons, was also a Pennsylvanian by birth, and a son of William Lyons, who was a native of Ireland, and, emigrating to America at an early day, served as a soldier in the Revolu- tionary War, receiving a rifle ball in the hip, which ball he carried until his death, the sur- geon being unable to extract it. He afterward came to Harrison County, Ohio, and resided here for some years prior to his death, which occurred in Morgan County. Thomas Lyons grew to manhood in his native State, and for
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many years was an extensive lumberman, float- ing bis lumber down the Allegheny Eiver in huge rafts to Pittsburgh, which at that time was little more than a village. He furnished under contract all the scaffold poles, and much of the material used in the construction of the lirst prist in at Allegheny. He married Menie Lowrie, a native of Scotland, who, when a child, em- igrated with her parents to America. She was a sister of Walter Lowrie, who served as secre- tary of state in President J. Q. Adams' cabinet (it is thought), and resigned his position to ac- cept the secretaryship) of the Foreign Mission- ary Society, which position he held until his death. About 1820 Thomas Lyons came with his family to Ohio, and located in Harrison County, near where Tippecanoe now is, where they took up a tract of land, and locating there- on began its improvement. Like other settlers they lived in a log cabin, and cleared their patch; later, they removed to North Township, Harrison County, and some years later to Car- roll County, where they passed the remainder of their days.
John C. Lyons is the second child of six sons and four daughters. His early life was spent at home with his parents, with whom, when a lad, he came to Ohio, and vividly does he re- remember the Indians who lived near them. The journey to Ohio was made by river to Steu- benville, and thence overland. They were among the first settlers here; the country was a wilderness, and the woods were full of deer, wolves and bears. The region was thinly set- tled, and long distances intervened between the cabins of the settlers. John C. Lyons received the limited educational advantages common to the period, in the log school-house with its stick chimney and roaring fireplace, the rude benches of split logs, and the single desk which ex- tended around the room on pegs driven into the log wall. Here the pioneer children were fortunate if they could attend school for a few weeks during the winter period, when the school was supported by the subscriptions of those who had children to educate. Amidst these scenes
ho grew to maturity, assisting his parents in the duties of the farm until he was twenty three years of age, when he married Susanna Forbes, a daughter of one of the pioneers, and they lo- cated on a farm in Monroe Township, commenc- ing life for themselves. Here they resided many years, and then removed to Bowerston, where Mrs. Lyons died February 8, 1883, the mother of four children, of whom but one, a daughter, is now living. The only son, John F. enlisted in Company A, Eightieth O. V. I., proved a brave soldier, and participated with his regiment in most of its campaigns and marches. He contracted an illness while in the service, from which he never recovered, and he died in 1865 at Resaca, Ga. Our subject is a cousin of the lamented Gen. Lyons, who fell in the Missouri campaign. Mr. Lyons is a Dem- ocrat, politically, and has served many times as township trustee, although he has never sought office. In 1886 he was united in marriage with Miss Jennie Coons, a native of Licking County, Ohio, and a daughter of James M. and Mary Ann (Vandorn) Coons, early settlers of that county. This union has been blessed by one child, James C. Mrs. Lyons' father is a na- tive of Virginia, and when a lad of about five years he came to Franklin County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood. His parents were among the early settlers there, and made the journey overland on horseback, or " packing," as it was then called. He married Mary Ann Vandorn, whose parents had emigrated to Ohio from New Jersey. She died April 22, 1873, aged fifty-one years; Mr. Coons is still living, aged seventy- two years. Mr. Lyons owns 320 acres of fine land in Monroe TowDship, and twenty acres in the edge of Bowerston. He has been an inde- fatigable worker, but has now retired from the active duties of life, and is living in ease on the competence that has come from his early indus- try. Mr. Lyons can truthfully say that in all his life he has never drank enough intoxicating liquor of any kind to feel the effects thereof, has never used tobacco, and he challenges every man, woman and child in the world to say they
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ever heard Lira swear a profane oath; he has never had occasion to call a physician to pre- scribe for hiru, as yet, and he is his own lawyer as well as doctor.
V AMUEL S. HAMILL, ex-sheriff of Har- rison County, is a native of Monroe Town- ship, Harrison Co., Ohio, born June 22, 1840. His father, Samuel W. Hamill, was a native of Ireland, born in County Antrim about the year 1787. He grew to manhood in his native land, then about 1820 immigrated to America, and for about seven years resided in New York, where, in 1824, he married Eliza Graham, a native of that city, and a daughter of George and Eebecca Graham, the former a native of New York, and the latter of Ireland. In 1827 they came to Ohio, first locating in Carroll County, at Leesville, and after a stop of a few months there, they located on a tract of land in Monroe Township, Harrison County, in the spring of 1828, purchasing the land from the patentee. The country was in its newness, and bears, wolves and deer roamed at will through the forest, viewing with distrust this encroachment upon their native domain by these Bturdy settlers, who braved the dangers and endured the privations of a frontier life, and claimed the virgin soil as their heritage. Mr. and Mr. Hamill lived in a primitive log cabin, cleared a patch of land, and raised their first crop of wheat; the threshing was done with a flail, and the wheat sold for twenty-five cents per bushel. This farm was their last earthly home, Mr. Hamill dying September 20, 1870, and his worthy wife February 28, 1870, at the age of seventy-three years. During his resi- dence here Mr. Hamill served his people as justice of the peace, and took an active interest in the advancement of the country, particularly in educational matters, serving for years as a member and clerk of the school board. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Hamill has been blessed by eight children, of whom four still survive, viz.: Rebecca J., Mrs. William B. Edwards,
of Plymouth, 111.; Catherine A., Mrs. Edward Greenlus, of Tuscarawas County, Ohio: Sam- uel S., and Lindley M., of Monroe Township.
Samuel S. Hamill, whose name heads this sketch, and who is the sixth child in the order of his birth, spent his early life upon the farm, and grew to manhood surrounded by such scenes as fell to the lot of the average pio- neer boy. He was first taught the rudiments of an education in a little log building, dignified by the title of school-house, whose furnishings were benches split from logs and a single desk extending around the side of the room, sup- ported on pegs driven into the wall. The old- fashioned "ten-plate stove" threw out a fierce heat, and the fuel was supplied and cut by the older pupils. Here for a few months during the winter period the pupils were taught the rudi- ments of an education, the teacher being paid by per capita subscription, and by being "boarded around." Our subject remained with his par- ents, assisting them at the duties of the farm, until after he had attained his majority, then November 1, 1861, he enlisted as a member of Company C, Forty-third Regiment, O. V. I. He was mustered into service, and in the spring of 18(52 his regiment was attached to the Army of the Mississippi, under the command of Gen. Pope, participating in the battle of New Madrid and the capture of Island No. 10, and in the spring of 1862 was with Gen. Halleck's advance on Corinth. During his term of serv- ice Mr. Hamill contracted a disability, which, becoming chronic, he has never recovered from. He was in the hospital some time and placed on detached duty, and was honor- ably discharged on account of physical disa- bility, at Memphis, Tenn., July 4. 1863. Re- turning to his home, he entered the academy at New Hagerstowu in the spring of 1865, and re- mained there the following year. Then, devoting his attention to agricultural pursuits, he en- gaged as a teacher in the public schools during the winter for the following three years. He con- tinued at farming until January, 1872, when he entered upon his duties as sheriff of the county,
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to which position he had been elected on the Republican ticket the fall preceding. He filled the position satisfactorily, and discharged the duties so creditably that at the expiration of his term of office he was re-elected, serving un- til 1876, then returned to the farm, and has since resided thereon. He has held various township offices during his residence on his farm, among them those of assessor, trustee, and, in 1880, appraiser. On March 21, 1872, he married Miss Mary E. Heller, a native of Mon- roe Township and a daughter of Henry B. and Mary A. Heller, early settlers of Harrison County, and this union has been blessed by three children: Wilfred W., Robert E. and Nannie Edna. "Wilfred W. is now attending the Scio (Ohio) College. He devoted himself so assiduously to his studies that before attaining the age of sixteen years he had passed a successful examination before the county board of examin- ers, and was granted a certificate. In the spring of 1879 Mr. and Mrs. Hamill located on their present place, he now having 180 acres in Mon- roe Township. Mr. Hamill raises a large amount of stock and grain, and is particularly interested in fine horses.
Samuel S. Hamill is one of five brothers who were in the Union army during the Civil War, and was the first man to volunteer from Monroe Township for the three years' service. | His eldest brother, Wallace S., enlisted in Com- pany A, First Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry, and died in camp, in August, 1861. Another brother, Robert Emmet, enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regiment, O. V. I., was wounded at the battle of the Wilder- ness, survived the war and died from the effects of his wound at Sibley, Kas., November 9, 1884. The second eldest brother, Benjamin G., was residing in Kentucky at the outbreak of the war; he enlisted and served in the Ken- tucky State Guards six months, and returning to his home he enlisted in the one-hundred -davs service; he was commissioned lieutenant of Company D, One Hundred and Seventy-eighth O. N. G. ; he died near Lawrence, Kas. , Sep-
tember 20, 187G. Lindley M. served as a cor- poral in Company B, One Hundred and Seven- tieth Regiment, O. N. G.
J(ACOB JAR VIS, county surveyor and deputy sheriff of Harrison County, was born in Kirkwood Township, Belmont Co., Ohio, in January, 1815. His father, Philip Jarvis, a native of Baltimore County, Md., moved from there, about the year 1811, to Belmont County, Ohio, where he entered a farm and married Mary Barnett. of Baltimore County, Md. ,who bore him eight children, four of whom are now living, one in Fairview, Guernsey Co., Ohio, two in Missouri and one (our subject) in Harrison County, Ohio. The mother died in Belmont County in 1S55, at the age of sixty-six years, and shortly after that event Philip Jarvis moved to Harrison County, where he died at the residence of his son, Jacob, in 1866, at the age of eighty-one years. The paternal grandfather of our subject, also named Philip, was a native American of German descent, as was also the maternal grandmother, the great- grandparents on both sides having been born in Germany. Jacob Jarvis, of whom this biographical memoir treats, remained on his father's farm in Belmont County till twenty-eight years of age, during four years of which time he worked as a sawyer in a saw- mill. His education was re- ceived in the common schools and at the college at Antrim. Guernsey Co., Ohio, where he studied surveying, and then returned to the farm and saw-mill. In 1845 he moved to Moorefield Town- ship, Harrison County, where for four years he worked in summer time on his father-in-law's farm, teaching school in winters. In 1849 he was elected to the office of county surveyor, and in the spring of the following year he came to Cadiz Township, where he has since made his home, having been eighteen years a resident of the town of Cadiz. Mr. Jarvis was married in Harrison County, Ohio, October 6, 1842, to Eliza M.. daughter of Ezekiel O'Brien, of
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Moorefield Township, Harrison County, and four children have been born to them, viz. : Frank, in Tuscarawas Count)-; Mary, Mrs. Samuel Mc- Counell; Jennie, Mrs. A. Quigley, and Eliza A., Mrs. John Perry, the three last Darned being residents of Cadiz.
Mr. Jarvis has been surveyor of Harrison County fourteen successive terms of three years each, such is his well-merited popularity; for twenty years he has acceptably rilled the posi- tion of deputy sheriff, and for thirty almost consecutive years he has been secretary of the Harrison County Agricultural Society. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Cadiz, of the I. O. O. F. and the F. & A. M., and in politics was originally a Henry Clay Whig, becoming, subsequently, on the forma- tion of the party, a stanch Republican. He is the author of the only wall map of Harrison County ever pmblished (1862), and has in his possession four large books tilled with survey records of the county. Widely known and highly esteemed, Mr. Jarvis justly deserves a prominent place in this Commemorative Record.
f/AMES AND AUGUSTUS PORTER. But ^ I few families within the borders of Harri- \J son County have been connected with its agricultural advancement longer or more devotedly than the one concerning which this sketch is written. The first of the Porter fami- ly to come to Ohio were two brothers, James and Samuel, who, about the year 1802, settled in what is now Cadiz Township, Harrison Coun- ty, some three and one-half miles south of the county seat, on land which has never since passed out of the family possession, and on which Irwin Porter, Sr., now resides. Their father was John Porter, thought to have been a native of Pennsylvania. The family were origi- nally Irish people, who came to America in the early part of the eighteenth century.
James Porter was born in Washington Coun- ty, Penn., about 1766, and although he dis-
tinctly remembered the Revolutionary War, yet was too young to participate therein. An older brother, Robert P., however, bore arms in sup- port of the colonies in that sanguinary struggle. James was a farmer, and after comiug to Ohio continued in that calling until his death. At the time of the brother's coming Cadiz con- tained but a few scattered houses, and the near- est neighbors were several miles distant. They purchased a section of land, of which some previous comer had cleared a few acres, and at once set themselves vigorously to work to make a home. Samuel Porter was by trade a saddler, and turning his attention to that busi- ness, left the general work and clearing of the farm to James. In 1807 James Porter was married to Miss Margaret Ogilvee, a native of Maryland, and daughter of John Ogilvee, of Irish descent, who had married an English woman. James, with his young wife, carried on the farm until 1836, when, having passed his three-score and ten years, the husband was called to rest from his labors. His life had been filled with hardships, but had been re- warded with success. His widow survived him until 1852, when, at the age of seventy-five years, she, too, passed from earth. Their chil- dren, six in number, were as follows: Joseph, Elizabeth, John and Ann, all deceased, and James and Augustus, now residing together in Cadiz Township.
James and Augustus Porter never left their parents while they lived, and have never sepa- rated one from the other. James was born Au- gust 29, 1818, and Augustus, February 18, 1822. In their boyhood they attended the common schools together, shared the general duties of the farm, and upon the marriage of an elder brother the entire care of it fell upon them. In 1880 they purchased the so called old Sharp Farm, which adjoins and partly lies in the cor- poration of Cadiz, and moved upon it, still re- taining, however, the old home farm. The new farm was somewhat out of repair, but under their skillful management it has been equipped with large, handsome and commodious
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buildings, at the same time the old place has been kept fully up to the times.
Neither of the brothers has ever married, and their business relations have ever been as one. Their business affairs have prospered, un- til to-day they rank among the wealthiest farm- ers in the county. Politically they are Repub- licans, James having filled the office of town- ship trustee. Well known by nearly every one in the township, James and Augustus Porter are recognized as substantial, honorable men, and good citizens.
HE WELCH FAMILY. A commemora- tive record of the noble army of pioneers of Harrison County and their immediate descendants would be most incomplete were prominent mention not given of the dis- tinguished family of Welch, a name that has become the synonym of progressiveness in every- thing tending to the welfare of the county at large.
Daniel Welch, the progenitor of the family settling in an early day in what is now Green Township, first came to the Territory of Ohio in 1801. In the following year he revisited Wash- ington County, Penn., whence he had come, and after a brief sojourn returned to his new. wild home in Ohio, bringing with him his wife (whose maiden name was Elizabeth Wait) and his then small family. Here he entered two sections of land near the present site of Beech Spring Church, For many years he was a justice of the peace, and was a member of the first Con- stitutional Convention, convening then at Chilli- cothe, November 1, 1802. This honored pio- neer died at the age of fifty-six, the father of a numerous family, of whom the eldest son, John, died in the War of 1812 of camp fever. Eight sons and two daughters lived to old age, viz. : Sons — Daniel, Rezin, Benjamin, Pressley, Jacob, William, Cyrus and Samuel; daughters — Mary. who became Mrs. Jacob Voorhes, and resided in
Millersburg, Holmes Co., Ohio., and Rhoda, who became Mrs. John Mansfield, and a resident of Jefferson County, Ohio, all being now dead, leaving numerous descendants scattered far and wide from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
The first sermon ever preached by Rev. John Rea, the pioneer Presbyterian in eastern Ohio, was delivered in Mr. Daniel Welch's horse-mill, located on what is now known as the Scott - Simpson Farm; and the first Presbyterian Church building erected in Harrison County was located on his land, on the farm now owned by Dwight Black. The present cemetery for the Beech Spring Church was donated by Mr. Welch to the congregation, as well as the ground for the first church.
Rezin Welch, the third son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Wait) Welch, was born near Miller's Run Church, Washington Co., Penn., April '27, 1795. and when a lad of seven years he was brought by his father to near the present site of the Beech Spring Church, in Green Township, Harrison County. His early education was necessarily limited, the schools and everything pertaining to them in pioneer days being very primitive. Leaving home at the age of sixteen years, Mr. Welch was apprenticed to learn the saddle and harness business, which he completed and worked at as a journeyman in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. In the year 1818 he was married, by Rev. Obediah Jennings, at Steubenville, Ohio, to Eliza Bayless, and the young couple immediately located in Smithfield, Jefferson Co., Ohio, where he established him- self in the saddle and harness business. In those early days, when money was not to be had, he had to trade his goods occasionally for cattle and horses, which, in order to convert, them into cash wherewith to replenish his stock in the shop, he was compelled to take to the then Far East, ' ' away over the mountains. ' ' This became introductory to a much more ex- tensive business in droving, and afterward he became familiarly known in Harrison, the ad- joining counties, and in western Pennsylvania, as a buyer of horses. From Smithfield he
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moved to Cadiz, in the spring of 1833, where he established a dry-goods store, in company with his brother William, in the upper room of what was then the hotel kept by John S. Lacey, and now known as "The Globe," Mr. Welch continuing his droving interests until 1853. Age coming on him, however, and feeling able no longer to pursue the arduous labors of a drover, he opened, April 10, 1855, a private banking house, under the name of Rezin Welch & Co. (the "Co." being his son, D. B. ), of which firm he remained a member up to the time of his death, which occurred November 24, 1881, when he was in his eighty-seventh year. His first wife died in July, 1S42, and his second (whose maiden name was Maria Bayless), whom he married in 1846, survived him a few years, dy- ing in 1886. His children are Maria, now Mrs. Walter Butler Beebe, of Columbus, Ohio; Eachel Ann, now Mrs. William R. Allison, of Steubenville, Ohio; Caroline, now Mrs. Thomas C. Rowels, of Topeka, Kas. ; David Barclay, of Cadiz, Ohio, and Eliza, now Mrs. Rev. H. Parks MacAdam, of New York Mills, N. Y. Rezin Welch was, politically, an Old-time Whig and a Republican, and in religion he was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
David Barclay Welch, son of Rezin and Eliza (Bayless) Welch, was born in Smithlield, Jefferson Co., Ohio, November 23, 1830, and in the spring of 1833 he made his debut in Cadiz, with his parents. Here he received a fair common school education, such as the then yroung town afforded, which was supplemented with an attendance of three terms at Franklin College, New Athens, Harrison County. Several years of his boyhood and youth were passed in droving with his father, and, like many of the young men of to-day, he started from home in the twenty-first year of his age, to seek his fortune. Arriving at St. Louis, Mo., he there attended commercial college, and afterward found employment as book-keeper for a whole- sale grocery at Pekin, on the Illinois River. After remaining there about a year, Mr. Welch returned home on a visit, and, having con-
tracted malaria, was pursuaded by his father to remain in Cadiz. During the following year or two he was engaged in the live-stook business, in partnership with Mr. Tom George (now of Des Moines, Iowa), the firm being familiarly known as "The Mammoth Sheep Company," such title having been suggested, doubtless, by the magnitude of the business transacted by two young men. Financially, the company was only tolerably successful, their greatest gain being in experience, and in the restoration to health of our subject. This copartnership hav- ing been dissolved, Mr. Welch became associated, in the spring of 1855, with his father in the banking business, the style of the firm being Rezin Welch & Co. This partnership existed until the death of the father in 1881, when the son continued the business (having with him as a partner