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a resident until about 1895. After that time he made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Abram F. Stults, who lived near DeLand, Illinois, moving with them to Iowa then to Macon, Missouri, where he died January 12, 1908.
Colonel Haynes married Mary Catherine Pontius, who was born in Green Township, Ross County, a daughter of Andrew Pontius. Her grandfather, Frederick Pontius, was born in 1759, of German ancestry, in Pennsylvania, it is thought. About 1806, accompanied by his family, he came to Ross County, Ohio, locating in Green Township. He pur- chased, in section 11, a tract of land on which a small clearing and a log cabin constituted the only improvements. He placed a part of the land under cultivation, and was there employed in tilling the soil during the remainder of his life. He was twice married.
Born in Pennsylvania, January 15, 1803, Andrew Pontius, the maternal grandfather of Mr. Haynes, was brought up and educated in Green Township, and succeeded to the ownership of the parental home- stead. Industrious and enterprising, he added to the improvements previously inaugurated, and soon after assuming possession of the place burned brick, and from which he erected a substantial house, and in addition erected a commodious frame barn. Late in life he removed to Kingston, but after staying there four years returned to his farm, where his death occurred, February 16, 1879. He married, June 25, 1825, Mary Ann Bitzer, who was born, December 31, 1808, in Fairfield County, Ohio, and died October 25, 1878. Of the twelve children born of their union, eleven grew to years of maturity, Reuben, John R., Frederick B., Peter, Andrew, William Allen, Barbara Ann, Mary Catharine, Eliza Jane, Sarah Melissa, and Ellen Belinda. Caroline Elizabeth, twin sister to Ellen, died at the age of two years. Colonel and Catharine (Pontius) Haynes were the parents of three children, namely: Anna Alma, wife of Abram F. Stults, of Austin, Minnesota; Charles Martin, the special subject of this sketch; and Ella Belinda, who died at the age of fourteen years.
Beginning life for himself at the age of eighteen years, Charles Martin Haynes entered the employ of Schlegel & Loel, jewelers, Feb- ruary 1, 1885, and after completing his apprenticeship remained with the firm until August 1, 1904, gaining skill and experience at his trade. Forming then a partnership with Frank Henn, he has since been actively engaged in the jewelry business on North Paint Street, being junior member of the firm of Henn & Haynes.
On August 24, 1893, Mr. Haynes married Carrie Alice Steele, a daughter of Dr. William Wesley, and Eliza (Minear) Steele, and grand- daughter of Joseph Steele, a prominent farmer and a stock raiser of Pickaway County. Doctor Steele was for many years a well known druggist in Chillicothe. Mr. and Mrs. Haynes are members of the Walnut Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Fraternally Mr. Haynes is a member of Scioto Lodge No. 6, Ancient Free and Accepted Order of Masons; of Chillicothe Chapter No. 4, Royal Arch Masons; of Chilli- cothe Council No. 4, Royal and Select Masters; of Chillicothe Com-
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mandery No. 8, Knights Templar; of Scioto Consistory, at Columbus; and of Aladdin Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Columbus. He also belongs to Chillicothe Lodge No. 52, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; and to Chillicothe Camp No. 4111, Modern Woodmen of America.
DAVID CARRICK ANDERSON. A long life, and one spent in many use- ful and honorable activities, was that of the late David Carrick Ander- son of Concord Township.
His birth occurred in Concord Township October 10, 1824, and he died at his old home March 23, 1908. His grandfather, William Ander- son was a native of South Carolina, spent most of his life as a farmer, and came to Ohio in the very early days. After remaining in the state five years he returned to South Carolina, where he died in advanced years. Of his eight children, Samuel, the third, was born May 17, 1780, in South Carolina. He arrived in Ohio about 1803 and locating in Con- cord Township of Ross County he bought land, and his was one of the first cabins to arise among the trees in that section. In 1824 his log house was replaced by a substantial structure of hewed logs. He devoted his labors for many years to the improvement of his farm and died there August 30, 1830. On November 20, 1806, Samuel Anderson married Elizabeth Edmiston, of Paris, Kentucky. Her family had come to Ohio and settled in Ross County a year before Samuel Anderson did. She lived to be nearly ninety years of age, and for more than seventy years was an active member of the Concord Presbyterian Church, of which Samuel Anderson was a charter member and for a number of years an elder. Samuel Anderson also was distinguished by service in the War of 1812.
David Carrick Anderson and his twin sister were the last born in a family of seven children. He was six years of age when his father died and after that he remained with his mother on the farm, and as his strength permitted participated in its cultivation until he was twenty years of age. It was a primitive log schoolhouse in which he received his early education. That schoolhouse was two miles from home and he walked back and forth night and morning.
At the age of twenty he removed to Frankfort, became a clerk in a dry goods store, and after three years had advanced so far in capability and responsibility as to be able to purchase an interest in the firm and take the duties of partnership. He remained with the firm for three years, and then engaged in the dry goods business for himself. For more than thirty years David C. Anderson was one of the most success- ful merchants of Frankfort, and his business relations extended all over that part of Ross County.
In 1876, with several other citizens, he organized the Merchants and Farmers Bank of Frankfort. He was elected its first president, and two years afterward he sold his stock of dry goods and thereafter devoted his unremitting attention to the bank and his various other business affairs.
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Though quite an old man at the time, he served as a loyal soldier of the Union during the Civil war. Enlisting May 2, 1864, he became regimental quartermaster of the One Hundred and Forty-Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but most of the time acted as brigade quarter- master on General Kinley's staff. He was mustered out of service on September 1, 1864.
In February, 1851, Mr. Anderson married Sarah A. Tulleys, of Frankfort. To their union were born three children: Laura, who became the wife of John Rockwell Entrekin; Clara, who married J. O. Pierce, a Presbyterian minister of Columbus; and Sadie, who died in infancy.
The late Mr. Anderson was a member of the C. W. McNeill Post No. 645, Grand Army of the Republic, and served as its chaplain. An active republican, he was a delegate to various district and state conventions, and always took a liberal share of public duties and responsibilities. His life was spent as a devout Christian and he assisted in organizing the Presbyterian Church in Frankfort, taught its Sunday school for fifty-five years and was superintendent of the Sunday school about twenty years.
Mr. Anderson was an extensive traveler, the means which his well ordered industry had enabled him to accumulate having put in his power the privilege of travel and observation. He visited most of the interesting places in his home country, several times crossed the ocean, and visited in Europe, Asia and Africa.
The last tour which he made was to the Worlds Fourth Sunday School Convention, which was held at Jerusalem in June, 1904, and it was while on this trip that he visited a great many important cities in Southern Europe, Northern Asia and Africa. On account of his advanced age, he being seventy-nine years old and the oldest one of the party, he was accompanied by his grandson and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Entrekin, of Columbus, Ohio. This trip was the climax of his life, as he had always had a desire to visit the Holy Land and Jerusalem, and after he had made this trip he felt that his life's work was finished. But it was with the thought that he had fulfilled his Master's mission, while on this and other trips that he has had, a large collection of rare articles were made and which are now preserved in his old homestead at Frankfort, Ohio.
C. C. MOXLEY. Agricultural conditions in Ross County have changed to such an extent during the past several decades that the enterprising farmer has been compelled to change in large degree his methods of treating the soil. New discoveries have been made, powerful machinery has been invented and new innovations introduced, and he who would reap the most beneficial results from his property must keep himself fully conversant with the changes and developments of the times. Among Ross County's progressive agriculturists, one who has gained a full measure of success, largely through an appreciation of the value of new and improved methods, is C. C. Moxley, whose handsome
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property is located in Paint Township, on Greenfield Rural Route No. 1. Mr. Moxley is not only a skilled farmer, but also deals successfully in stock and real estate, and is as well known in business as he is in agri- cultural circles.
C. C. Moxley was born near Leesburg, Highland County, Ohio, May 5, 1870, and was six years of age when he was brought to Ross County by his parents, John K. and Lida Moxley. His father, a native of Ken- tucky, fought as a soldier of the Union during the Civil war, being a sergeant in the Forty-Eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He fought throughout the period of the war, and when he received his honorable discharge it was with a record for bravery and faithfulness of which any man might be proud. At the end of his military service he returned to his Ross County home and again engaged in farming and here continues to make his residence, being now seventy-five years of age. Mrs. Moxley died May 6, 1915, she having been a native of the Empire State. There were three children in the family, but only two survive at this time.
C. C. Moxley was reared on his father's farm in Paint Township, securing his education during the winter terms in the district school of his locality. He remained with his parents until he was twenty-nine years of age, at which time he was married, and started his independent career on a rented farm near Bainbridge. There he resided until 1904, making many improvements and saving his earnings, and in the year mentioned was able to buy the farm on which he now lives, a tract of 136 acres. This he has brought to a high state of cultivation, and on his premises may be found grades of stock of all kinds. Few men, in so short a period of time, have made better use of their opportunities, and he is ranked as one of the most systematic, progressive and substan- tial agriculturists of his township. Several years ago Mr. Moxley began dealing in live stock, merely as a side line, but this he has built up to be one of the most important branches of his business. While so engaged he became interested in real estate, and having a profound faith in the future of his community invested some capital in property in the locality. He has been the medium through which some important realty transactions have been consummated and is an important factor in handling farm realty.
Mr. Moxley was married January 25, 1899, to Miss Ida Middleton, who was born on the farm on which she now lives, in 1874, and edu- cated in the Ross County schools, a daughter of A. P. and Caroline Middleton. They have one daughter, Gladys, born in 1900, who is now attending the Greenfield High School. Mr. Moxley and family are mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Greenfield. He belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, at Greenfield; the Knights of Pythias, Bainbridge; the Modern Woodmen of America; and the Sons of Veterans. A stalwart republican, he has long been active in politics and for years has been central committeeman of Ross County from Paint Township.
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ROBERT REED is a widely known citizen of Ross County. He and his good wife for a number of years have dispensed a generous hospitality and a real service to the local and traveling public at the Palace Hotel in Adelphi.
Mr. Reed is a native of Ross County, born at Kingston May 9, 1874, son of Nelson and Elmira (Marman) Reed. These parents were also natives of Ross County. For a number of years Nelson Reed owned and worked the old Hill farm in Ross County, and then retired to a com- fortable home in Kingston, where he died at the age of eighty-eight. His wife lived to be seventy-five. Many of the older residents of Ross County have pleasant memories of Nelson Reed. He is especially remembered for his powerful physique. In fact he was long considered one of the strongest men in the community.
Robert Reed was the thirteenth in a family of fourteen children. Daniel and Rebecca are now deceased; Sarah is the wife of George Brooks; William is a farmer at Frankfort; Samuel is in Adelphi; Anna is the wife of Cliff Scott of Columbus; Ella is the wife of P. D. Brown of Chillicothe; Nan is the wife of Y. Randall; Emma is the wife of George Disk, a merchant at Yellowbud, in Ross County; Tom and Harry are deceased.
Mr. Robert Reed was educated in the public schools at Kingston and from an early age has shown a capacity to do things well and is there- fore properly recognized as a successful man.
August 28, 1902, he married Miss Bessie Dunn. Mrs. Reed was the fourth daughter in a family of eight children, seven daughters and one son, born to James and Martha (Smith) Dunn of Portsmouth, Ohio. A brief record of her sisters and brother is as follows: Nora, wife of Henry Burgess of Portsmouth; Molly, wife of Ed Ridgehouse of Wheel- ersburg; Sarah, wife of Frank Wheeler of Ironton; Eunice, wife of J. Higgins, of Ironton; Nellie, wife of Bert Tope of Oak Hill; and James Dunn of Portsmouth. Mrs. Reed was reared and educated at Portsmouth. Her maternal grandfather, James Smith, came from West Virginia and was an early settler at Oak Hill, Ohio. He lived to be ninety-eight years of age, while her grandfather Dunn reached the venerable age of ninety-two. The Palace Hotel, of which Mr. and Mrs. Reed are the proprietors, is the leading hostelry of the town. Mr. Reed has shown the qualities of the affable and genial landlord and everyone who comes to his house is pleased with the service rendered and becomes a lasting friend of the Palace. Mr. Reed is affiliated with the Order of Eagles at Chillicothe and with the Cornplater Tribe of the Improved Order of Red Men at Adelphi.
MRS. BENJAMIN WALKER, whose home is at Gillespieville in Liberty Township, is a member of a very old and prominent family of Ross County, and her own lifetime of fully three quarters of a century has been spent within its limits.
Her maiden name was Jones. She was born in Liberty Township, on the Londonderry Pike, April 16, 1841. Her parents were Jacob and
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Elizabeth (Clayton) Jones. Jacob Jones, who was born in New Jersey, was the youngest in a family of eleven children, their father being ' Thomas Jones. Thomas Jones brought his family to Ross County at a very early day, and was one of the leading settlers in influence as well as in time in Liberty Township. A large number of the Jones name and relationship located in that section of Ross County, and the place of their location was long known as the Jones Settlement. Members of this large and prominent family acquired land from the Government, and went through all the hardships attendant upon making homes in the wilderness. Jacob Jones grew up in that community and married Elizabeth Clayton, who was also a native of Liberty Township. They spent the rest of their years on the old homestead established by Thomas Jones, and there Jacob managed the cultivation of about 300 acres. He was prosperous and a man of no little influence in his community. The lasting influence of the Quaker religion in that section can be traced in an important degree to members of the Jones family, and Jacob Jones was one of the leaders in that church and did much to upbuild and strengthen the influence of his denomination. For many years he held an office in the Friends Church, in Liberty Township. Jacob Jones and wife were the parents of four children: Mary, now deceased, married Thomas Schooley; Hope, deceased, married S. Haddle; Rebecca is now Mrs. Benjamin Walker; Margaret, deceased, married Joseph Clyde.
Miss Rebecca Jones grew up on the old homestead in Liberty Town- ship, attended the district schools, and was quite young when she was first married. On June 10, 1860, she became the bride of Mahlon L. Dixon. To their marriage were born seven children: Eugenia, now deceased, who married Ezeriah Peecher; Homer, who lives with his mother; Edgar, a resident of Seymour, Indiana; Edna, wife of Jeremiah Ratliff of Liberty Township; Walter; Fulton, of Dayton, Ohio; and Auretta, deceased, who married Elmer Steigler.
After the death of Mr. Dixon his widow married in October, 1878, the late Benjamin Walker, a well known resident of Ross County, who . died in 1898. Since his death Mrs. Walker has occupied the old home near Gillespieville.
After her marriage to Mr. Dixon they lived for a number of years on Salt Creek, in Liberty Township, and at the time of his death they had a farm of 400 acres. This farm was subsequently sold, and Mrs. Jones then removed to Londonderry. The late Mr. Dixon was a very active church man and also stood high in political circles. Benjamin Walker was an active Quaker, and in politics a republican. Mrs. Walker is a birthright Quaker and has always been one of the active members of the Friends Church in her community.
CALEB CASE ALLEN. In the annals of Ross County, no name holds a more noteworthy position than that of the late Caleb Case Allen, who dur- ing the middle part of the last century, was a prominent figure in the business life of Chillicothe, contributing largely toward the development and advancement of its highest and best interests. Coming on both sides of his family from honored New England ancestry, he was born, July 11,
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1814, in Westerly, Rhode Island, a son of John Allen. His grandfather, Joseph Allen, born April 27, 1756, died January 20, 1830. He married Sarah Tillinghast, who was born April 13, 1760, and died March 26, 1852. Sarah (Tillinghast) Allen, the grandmother of Caleb Case Allen, was a descendant in the fifth generation of Elder Pardon Tillinghast, the emi- grant ancestor, the line being continued through the following named ancestors: Pardon Tillinghast, John Tillinghast, Benjamin Tillinghast, and Sarah Tillinghast.
Elder Pardon Tillinghast was born in England in 1622, and came to America in 1643, just after attaining his majority. A man of energy and enterprise, he settled in Rhode Island, and as a merchant and a preacher, he figured conspicuously in the early history of the Provi- dence Plantations. It is said that he built the first dock and the first warehouse there, and he is also accredited with having been the first merchant to establish trade between Providence and foreign ports. He lived to a venerable age, dying January 20, 1718. The maiden name of his wife was Lydia Taber.
Pardon Tillinghast, born in Providence, Rhode Island, February 16, 1666, married Mary Keech, and settled at East Greenwich, Rhode Island, where his death occurred, October 15, 1743. John Tillinghast, born in 1690, married Phoebe Green, and died October 21, 1777. Judge Ben- jamin Tillinghast, born in 1776, died July 18, 1817, while yet in the prime of life. The maiden name of his wife was Sarah James. Their daughter, Sarah Tillinghast, married Joseph Allen, as mentioned above.
John Allen, father of Caleb Case Allen, was born at Exeter, Rhode Island, October 7, 1785, and was there brought up and educated. Set- tling permanently in New York, he established himself in business at Batavia, where he resided until his death, September 28, 1855. The maiden name of his wife was Honor Maria Howard. Her father was for many years engaged in foreign trade, and one of his vessels, the Prude, was destroyed by the French during the War of 1812, and his descendants should have received a part of the fund paid out as French Spoliation Claims. Mr. and Mrs. John Allen reared six children, as follows: John Howard, George Weaver, Sarah Ann, Honor Maria, James T., and Caleb Case. John Howard Case, the first born, was graduated from West Point. He established a military academy in Oxford, Maryland, and later established one at Chillicothe, which was discontinued about 1859. George Weaver Case, who made his home in Columbus, was the author of the homestead law enacted by Congress.
Obtaining his early education in the schools of Westerly, Rhode Island, and at Batavia, New York, Caleb Case Allen came to Chillicothe in early manhood, and ere many years had passed he had attained a position of note among the citizens of influence and prominence. While living in Batavia, he was actively interested in military affairs, serving as captain of a company of militia attached to the One Hundred and Sixty-fourth Regiment, Sixth Brigade, Twenty-seventh Division of the Militia of the State of New York. In Chillicothe Mr. Allen established a prosperous business as a hardware merchant, and for a time published Vol. II-29
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the Chillicothe Intelligencer, one of the leading papers of the city at that day. He also published the Scioto Gazette for a number of years, which was the leading newspaper of the township at the time of the war. He also published a temperance paper. He made extensive investments in city property, and built the Allen Block. Influential in politics, he was one of the organizers of the republican party, and in 1857 was the candidate for his party for secretary of state. He died at a comparatively early age, his death occurring July 11, 1858.
On July 12, 1841, Mr. Allen married Mary Inglish, who was born March 9, 1814. Her father, James Inglish, born at Shippensburg, Penn- sylvania August 9, 1768, was an early settler of Chillicothe, and one of its pioneer lumber dealers. He married, February 7, 1799, Rachel Wood Sadler, who was born on the eastern shore of Maryland, Septem- ber 12, 1776, a daughter of William and Frances Sadler. Mr. and Mrs. Allen reared five children, namely : Myrtle Maria, who died at the age of twenty-six years; William Inglish died at the age of seventeen years; James Howard, who died at the age of thirty-one years; Caleb Augustus, died at the age of forty-three; and Mary Etta Trimble, the only member of the family now living.
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