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William W. Adams, a retired farmer, residing and votes with the democratic party. Mr. Adams' in Adamsville, Salem township, Muskingum county, children all reside in the county, and he has eleven Ohio, was born in Monroe township of this county, grandchildren. but when about six years of age his parents, George
George P. Adams, farmer, Adamsville, Ohio, has and Christina (Werts) Adams, moved to Salem been familiar with farm work from his earliest township. The father was a native of Virginia, youth, and is now ranked among the prosperous born in Loudoun county in 1788, February 12, and farmers of Muskingum county. He was born in was a son of William Adams, who died in Virginia. Salem township, this county, July 4, 1824, and is George Adams came to Muskingum county in 1807, a son of George and Christina (Werts) Adams, both and at the opening of the War of 1812 went to Vir- natives of Ohio. (See sketch of W. W. Adams.) ginia, where he enlisted in the army. After the George P. Adams was reared on a farm in Salem war he married and returned to Muskingum coun- township and received his scholastic advantages in ty, passing the remainder of his days in Monroe the schools of the same. When twenty-one years and Salem townships. His wife died in 1873, and of age he started out to make his own way in life, he followed her to the grave two years later. Both and first settled on a farm in Monroe township, were members of the Lutheran church. Their family where he remained for four years. He then sold consisted of the following children: Helen, Susan, out and moved to Salem township, where he has William W., George, Elizabeth, Mary, John, Sarah, made his home since. Mr. Adams was married on and Margaret. The father followed agricultural November 7, 1850, to Miss Margaret Green, a pursuits all his life, and became a prosperous man. native of Muskingum county, born September 16, In politics he was a democrat. William W. Adams, 1832, and the daughter of Elias and Betty (Conn) subject of this sketch, was born May 11, 1822, and Green. She was the youngest of the following was reared and educated in Salem township. He children: Francis, who was born January 27, 1827, was married in March, 1852, to Miss Louisa Bain- and who died in Illinois, June 27, 1855; Willard ter, a native of Muskingum county, Ohio, born Oc- C., who was born February 8, 1829, and who died tober 4, 1832, and the daughter of Frederick and in Illinois, December 25, 1867; and George C., who Mariah (Crumbaker) Bainter, both natives of the was born February 27, 1831, and who died Decem- Old Dominion. Mr. and Mrs. Bainter settled in ber 25, 1853. Mrs. Adams' father was born Sep- Muskingum county at an early day, and here the tember 9, 1789, and died June 24, 1862, and her latter received her final summons. The former is mother was born July 16, 1801, and died May 14, still a resident of the county, and is now eighty- 1877. The parents were married in Muskingum eight years old. Mr. and Mrs. Adams became the county in 1826. The father followed farming and parents of eight children, five of whom are now blacksmithing for a livelihood. With the excep- living: Allen, George F., Susan M., Helen, and tion of about four years, Mr. and Mrs. Adams have Ida. Susan is the wife of Robert Scott, Helen is lived on their present farm ever since their mar- now Mrs. George W. Williams, and Ida is the wife riage, and have reared four children : Salina A .. of Mrs. Albert Scott. The sons are prosperous who was born September 30, 1851, and who died farmers of Muskingum county. The children de- in Kansas, January 15, 18SS (she was the wife of ceased were Maria C., Homer, and Cora. Mr. Mr. E. Stotts); Henry A., was born February 22. and Mrs. Adams were consistent members of the 1853, married Miss -- , and is now a farmer in Lutheran church, and were well respected in the Adams township: Elias E .. was born March 4, community. His first wife died September 7, 1867, 1858, and is now farming in Adams township (he and in March, 1869, Mr. Adams married Mrs. married Miss Anna Metcalf); and Carlton who
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was born September 16, 1861, and is now residing are living, and the parents are also the grand- at home (he married Miss Mary A. Gaumer). Mr. parents of thirty-four grandchildren. Mr. Aikin Adams is enterprising and progressive, and is one is a member of the Associate church, and has been of the county's best citizens. He takes a deep in- an elder in the same. In politics he was formerly terest in the progress of the county, and extends a a democrat, but since 1856 has been a republican. willing and liberal hand to all enterprises of a He has always been interested in politics, and has laudable nature. He and Mrs. Adams are mem- held offices in his township. Mrs. Aikin was for- bers of the Lutheran church, and in politics he is merly Isabella Reed, born in 1825, and the daughter a stanch democrat. He has ten grandchildren of Robert and Jane (Sankey) Reed. Robert Reed living in Muskingum county and threein the West. was a resident of Jefferson county, Ohio, and later
James H. Aikin, the successful editor and of Guernsey county, and the Reed family is of proprietor of the "Enterprise," of New Concord, Scotch-Irish descent. To himself and wife were Ohio, was born in Guernsey county, in 1854, Jan- born six children: James, Robert, Alexander, uary 20, the son of H. P. and Isabella Sankey Isabella, Jane and Esther. The father died in (Reed) Aikin. The father is now a resident of 1861, and the mother in 1882. The family were Monroe township, Muskingum county, and a all members of the Associate Presbyterian church. farmer. He was born in Columbiana county, Mr. Reed was a republican in later years, and in Ohio, July 15, 1820, and was the second of a the War of 1812. James H. Aikin was born in family of nine children born to the union of George Guernsey county, Ohio, the fifth of twelve children, and Martha (Patton) Aikin. George Aikin was and came to Muskingum county when he was ten born in Pennsylvania of Scotch descent. He mar. years of age. He attended school in Monroe town- ried, and the family settled in Ohio. He was a ship, and later a college in Bloomfield. In 1881 soldier in the War of 1812. To himself and wife he started in business for himself, and took charge were born nine children: Jane, Hugh P., George of the "Enterprise," one of the leading local W., John G., James P., Martha H., Margaret, papers of the county. He has since edited this Mary A. and William (who died when quite young). paper, and made it one of the brightest and most The others are living except Jane. The father set- interesting papers in the county. Mr. Aikin was tled in Columbiana county, and about 1835 or 1840 united in marriage to Miss Mary J. Dew in 1881. moved to Tuscarawas county. Here he followed She was born in Muskingum county, October 25, farming the rest of his life, dying about 1860, was 1858, and was one of the three children of Thomas a member of the United Presbyterian church, and in and Jane (Wallace) Dew. Thomas Dew is a resi- politics a republican. The mother was also a native dent of New Concord, and an early settler of this of Pennsylvania, and of Scotch descent. She died county. To Mr. and Mrs. Aikin have been born a few years ago at the age of ninety-six years. four children: Wilford M., Mary A., Metelwa B., Their son, Hugh P. Aikin, and the father of James and Alma L. (died at the age of eighteen months). H., passed his youth in Columbiana and Tuscara- They are members of the United Presbyterian was counties, and attended the schools of that church, of which Mr. Aikin is a trustee. Mr. time. He settled in Muskingum county, in Sep- Aikin has been mayor of the town, held the office tember, 1864, having previously settled in Guern- of justice of the peace for two terms, and is now a sey county about 1845, where he had married and member of the city council and the board of edu- reared a family. Himself and wife were the par- cation. In politics his sympathies are with the ents of twelve children: George C., resides in republican party. On all questions of public inter- Franklin county, Kas., a real estate man, married, est he has decided convictions, and no one need and has seven children; Susanna J., now Mrs. stand in doubt of his position. Possessed of an James A. Atchison, of Franklin county, Kas., has intensity of nature in every position in which he six children; Martha, now Mrs. Samuel R. Guth- is placed he takes an active interest in carrying rie, of Highland township, this county, has seven out what he conceives to be the obligations im- children; Robert, married and living at Bloomfield, posed upon him, and while he aims to be hon- is the postmaster, and has one child; James H. (our est with his fellows and true to himself and his subject); Mary, now Mrs. William McDonald of convictions, he aims to manifest a kindly spirit Monroe township, has six children; Anna E .; of charity to all.
Sarah, now Mrs. Calvin Taylor, of Franklin coun-
Hugh P. Akin, Sago, P. O. Muskingum county, ty, Kas., has three children; Elizabeth M., now Ohio, is one of the substantial farmers of Monroe Mrs. John S. Franklin, of Monroe county, Iowa, township .. His father, George Akin, came from has one child; John A. is at home; Emma L. and Ireland, was a Protestant Irishman, and but a boy Esther R, at home. The first nine children were when brought here by his father, who was a pio- born in Guernsey county, and the last three in Mon- neer settler of Columbiana county, Ohio, coming roe township, Muskingum county. These children between 1807 and 1812, and first settling in Wash-
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ington county, Penn., where he resided some years. enjoys the respect of his fellow-citizens, and has He cleared up a farm in the wilderness of Ohio held the office of township trustee. He has the and brought his wife and children-William, John, reputation of being one of the best citizens, is a George and Margaret. He died about 1825 or moral, upright man, and is now seventy-two years 1826. George Akin was reared on his father's of age and has all his life been an aid to the farm in Pennsylvania, and was a young man when moral and religious welfare of the community in he came to Columbiana county, Ohio. He was a which he lives. Mr. and Mrs. Akin are the grand- soldier in the War of 1812, and served with Com- parents of thirty-five grandchildren, and two modore Perry on Lake Erie. He married Martha great-grandchildren: Susan J., married James Patton, daughter of Hugh Patton, a pioneer set Atchison, a farmer of Franklin county, Kas., and tler of Jefferson county, Ohio, from Pennsylvania, has six children; Martha H., married Samuel and of Irish descent, his father coming from Ire- Guthrie, of Bloomfield, and has seven children; land. To Mr. and Mrs. Akin were born ten chil- George C., married Detta Jenkins (he is a dren: Jane, Hugh P., John, William, George W., farmer of Richmond, Franklin county, Kas. ) and Eliza H., Mary A., Martha, James and Margaret. has seven children; Mary I., married William Mc-
Mr. Akin settled in Jefferson county after mar Donald, a farmer of Monroe township, and has riage, and lived for about seven or eight years seven children; Robert M., married Mary McMil- there, when he moved to Columbiana county and len (he is a farmer and postmaster at Sago) and resided for eight years, then moving to Tuscara- has one child; James H., married Mary Dew (he was county, where he remained the rest of his life. is the editor of the "Enterprise," of New Con- Both Mr. and Mrs. Akin were members of the cord, Ohio), and has three children; Sarah M., Associate Presbyterian church. He lived to the married Calvin Taylor a farmer of Franklin ripe old age of eighty-one years, and died on his county, Kas., and has three children; Lizzie N., farm in Tuscarawas county, Ohio. Hugh P. Akin, married John Franklin, a farmer of .Monroe their son, was born on his father's farm in Jeffer- county, Iowa, and has one child; the rest of the son county, Ohio, and received a common- children are at home. The Akin family descended school education. November 4, 1845, at the age from good old pioneer stock. The eldest brother of twenty-five, he married Isabel S. Reed, daugh- of Mrs. Akin, James Reed, was in the Ninety- ter of Robert and Jane (Sankey) Reed. Robert seventh regiment, Ohio Volunteer infantry, and Reed was from Lancaster county, Penn., and an served in our great Civil war until killed at the old pioneer of Jefferson county, Ohio, but moved battle of Mission Ridge. to Guernsey county, where he lived the remainder
Among the well-established and well-known of his life. Both Mr. and Mrs. Reed were mem- exponents of the jewelry trade in New Concord, bers of the Associate Presbyterian church, and Mr. Ohio, will be found William Alexander, who is Reed was a ruling elder for many years, and also respected alike in social as in commercial circles. associate judge of the court in Guernsey county Like many of the prominent citizens of the county under the old constitution. He was married he hails from Pennsylvania, his birth occurred in twice. His first wife died, leaving one child, Mary Washington county of that state in 1838, and was C. He then married Jane Sankey, and by her be- the oldest of five children born to Matthew R. and came the father of seven children: Jeannette, Martha (Sawhill) Alexander. His grandfather, Susannah, Isabel, Hester, James, Robert, Alex- William Alexander, was a native of County ander. Robert Reed lived to the age of sixty-two Downes, Ireland. Matthew R. Alexander was also years, and died in Guernsey county, Ohio. After a native of Washington county, Penn .. born in his marriage Mr. Akin settled in Guernsey county, 1816, and was reared to agricultural pursuits which Ohio, where he lived for eighteen years. In 1864 occupation he followed for some time. However, he came to Muskingum county and bought a farm after coming to Muskingum county, he was engaged of 152 acres, where he has since lived. Both in carpentering and the mill business. He was Mr. and Mrs. Akin are members of the Associate married in his native county and after coming west, Presbyterian church, and Mr. Akin has been ruling in 1842, he settled in New Concord where, with the elder for many years. To them have been born exception of five years spent in Cambridge, he twelve children: George C., Susan J., Martha H., passed the remainder of his days. He was formerly Robert M., James H., Mary I., Anna E., Sarah M., a Democrat, later a Whig, and during the latter Lizzie N., John A .. Emma L. and Ruth E., all of part of his life was a strong Republican. He died
whom are living. Robert received a business edu
on his farm about three miles from New Concord cation at the Commercial college at Zanesville. in 1889. He was a successful business man and James attended the college at Bloomfield, Ohio, left a fine farm in Guernsey county. In religion and is now editor of the New Concord "Enter- he was formerly a seceder but subsequently became rise." In politics Mr. Akin is a republican. He a member of the U. P. church. His wife, the mother p
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of our subject, died in New Concord in 1856, when was born to this union, but he died in infancy. forty years of age. They were the parents of five Mrs. Alexander passed away in 1874. In May, children: William, Neely, Joseph, David C. and 1875, Mr. Alexander married Miss N. M. Milone, Matthew'S. All of these sons served in the Civil daughter of Barney and Malinda Milone, of Guern- war-William in Company A, of the Fifteenth Ohio sey county, Ohio, of which the daugliter was also a Volunteer infantry, Neely and Joseph in Company native. To the second union has been born one A, Forty-sixth Ohio infantry, and David and son, W. Ray. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander are inem- Matthew 'in the Eighty-eighth Ohio infantry. bers of the M. E. church, in which he is one of the Neely saw much hard service, and was killed at the official board, and they are classed among the rep- battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862. He was born in resentative citizens of the county. He is deeply Washington county, Penn. Joseph Alexander was interested in all enterprises of a laudable nature wounded in the same battle, but recovered and was and is a liberal supporter of educational and relig- promoted to the position of first sergeant. He died ious undertakings. In politics he supports the in front of Vicksburg in June, 1863, of typhoid- principles of the republican party and held the pneumonia. Both were single men. David and position of mayor of the town for some time. He Matthew enlisted in 1863. Matthew first entered has been a member of the school board. Socially the army and went into battle before enlisting but he is a Master Mason, a member of Cambridge after coming home, in 1863, he enlisted. He was Lodge No. 66, and he is also a member of Harrison with the Sixty-second regiment for about eight post No. 468, of New Concordia.
months in 1862, and participated in the battle of Muskingum county boasts no resident more Antietam. After the death of his first wife, who worthy of mention than James B. Alexander, who was a worthy member of the U. P. church, Mr. is a prominent blacksmith and a much esteemed Alexander married Miss Mary A. Scott, and they citizen of New Concord. He was born in that reared a family of nine children: John H. (de- town on July 21, 1859, and is a son of Matthew ceased), James B. (see sketch), Samuel M., Mattie R. and Mary A. (Scott) Alexander, being one of E., Andrew H., Charles S., Margaret J., Mary B. nine children, all living but one, born to his father's and Ida M. William Alexander passed his boy- second union. These children were named as fol- hood days in the village of New Concord, and when lows: John (died in 1861, when three years of age), twenty-two years of age enlisted in Company A, James (subject), Samuel M., Andrew H., Mattie Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer infantry as a private. He E., Charles S., Mary B., Ida M. and Margaret J. participated in the battle of Shiloh, Stone River, The father, who was a devout member of the Liberty Gap, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and United Presbyterian church, died in 1889, but the on the Atlanta campaign, Rocky Face Ridge and mother, who also holds membership in that church, Resaca. He was wounded twice at Pine Knob, is residing in Guernsey county at the present time. Ga., on June 14, 1864, once in the arm and again [For further particulars of parents see sketch of in the side. He was confined to the Cumberland William Alexander. ] Until ten years of age James hospital at Nashville, Tenn. He then came home B. Alexander resided in the town of New Concord, July 18, on a thirty days' furlough, and at the end and after that, until he was seventeen years of age, of that time he joined his regiment at Lovejoy sta- he was in the country. At that age he went to tion, south of Atlanta, about September 16. After Antrim, where he learned the trade he is now fol- this he was in the battles of Franklin, and Nashville lowing, and in 1879 he came to New Concord, where which were the last engagements in which he partic- he has been engaged in business ever since. He is ipated. At the battle of Nashville, on December wide awake and enterprising, and is one of the town's 4, 1864, he was mounted orderly and was knocked most thoroughgoing business men. He was married . senseless and his horse killed under him by an ex- in 1881 to Miss Ella M. Smith, a native of Muskin- ploding shell. He was discharged at San Antonio, gum county, born on June 25, 1859, and the sec- Tex., and remained in that state and in Louisiana ond of nine children, all now living, born to John for about four years afterward. About August, and Susan (Zellers) Smith, the father a native of 1869, he returned to New Concord and here has Muskingum county. born about two and a half made his home ever since. Owing to his wounds miles from New Concord, and the mother a native and hard service he has not been a strong man of Maryland. The grandfather, William Smith, since the war. He has followed his trade, that of was one of the oldest pioneers of the county. The jeweler and watchmaker, for many years, and has above-mentioned children were named as follows: excellent judgment concerning everything relating Adrien J., Ella M., William O., Hiram H., James to the trade in which he is engaged. Mr. Alexander M., John B., Spencer W., Maud M. and Warren. was married first in April 1873 to Miss Mary F. Mr. Smith died in 1890. He was associated with Ambler, a native of Guernsey county, Ohio, and the United Presbyterian church. To Mr. and the daughter of John Ambler. One child, Rolfe, Mrs. Alexander have been born two children, both
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sons-Matthew R., whose birth occurred on June night. In the meantime he had become so chilled 15, 1882, and J. O., born December 31, 1889. Mr. that he never recovered but died soon after. He and Mrs. Alexander are members of the United was born at Martha's Vineyard, Mass., in 1762, Presbyterian church, and he is a trustee in the was a well-known man of his day, and one of the same. He is a member of the public school board, early blacksmiths of Wayne township. His worthy and a young man who is interested in all worthy wife had died a number of years previous, at the public enterprises. He is active in politics and is age of seventy-five years. They were among the a strong supporter of republican principles. He very early pioneers of Wayne township. Their has been mayor of the town, and has been a mem- only child, James Allen Jr., was born at Martha's ber of the city council two terms. As a business Vineyard, in 1782, grew to maturity there and man he takes the lead in his line in the neighbor- married Miss Cynthia Cottle, a native of the same hood.
place. He went with his wife and four children
Edgar W. Allen needs no special introduction to Ohio in 1815 with James Allen Sr., and with the to the people of Muskingum county, Ohio, for he latter settled in Wayne township, where he resided was born in the city of Zanesville on June 9, 1841, on a farm until his death in 1847. His wife sur- and since about 1866 he has been a member of the vived him until 1861, and died when seventy-eight bar of this county. His father, Leander Allen, years of age. He developed the coal deposits on was born at Martha's Vineyard in 1804, and died his farm and in an early day supplied the Third in Zanesville in 1882. He was for some twelve Street foundry of Zanesville with coal. Of the years an ocean sailor, and a portion of that time children born to James and Cynthia (Cottle) Allen, was master of a vessel. The Allen family came to four sons and one daughter grew to mature years: Muskingum county, Ohio, in 1815, being among Leander (deceased); Adolphus, served in the reg- its pioneer settlers, and here they at once identi- ular army of the United States, and died from fied themselves with its interests. The wife of Le- cholera at Wheeling, W. Va. ; John C., for many ander Allen, Mary A. Barton, was born in Wayne years a leading business man of South Toledo, township, this county, in February, 1818, and Ohio, still resides in that city and is now about here still resides. Edgar W. Allen was educated eighty-two years of age; Lois, married Jonathan in the schools of Zanesville, and in 1862 entered Smith, of Muskingum county, and died in Blue upon the study of law, soon after which he was Rock township, this county, about 1889, leaving admitted to the bar, and at once began practicing four sons and two daughters: James B., who in his birthplace. This calling has occupied his moved to Decatur, Ill., in 1859, enlisted in the time and attention ever since, except from 1870 to service of the United States, Illinois Volunteer In- 1874, during which time he was clerk of the courts fantry in 1861, was wounded in the battle of Pitts- of Muskingum county. He is a republican, the burg Landing and bled to death; Leander. the measures of which party he supports on all occa- eldest of this family, was born at Martha's Vine- sions. December 18, 1873, Miss Jane W. Demp- yard, Mass., August 4, 1804, and at the age of sey, of Lawrence county, Ohio, became his wife, eleven years came with his parents to Zanesville. and by her he has two children: Stella E. and Ed- He had a great desire to become a sailor, and when gar D. He was made a mason of Lafayette lodge sixteen years of age ran away from his home and in 1862, and is now a member of Cyrene Com- walked the entire distance to Philadelphia. He mandery No. 10, of which he is prelate, and is a traveled to New Bedford, Conn., and there engaged member of Muskingum Lodge No. 28 of the I. O. as a sailor on a whaling vessel and put to sea on a O. F. He and his worthy wife are members in three-year cruise in the Pacific ocean. The follow- good standing of the Methodist Episcopal church. ing twelve years of his life were spent upon the high George A. Allen, Zanesville, Ohio. In the seas, becoming during that time master of the year 1815 James Allen Sr., with his wife Lois ship and visiting various portions of the world. Allen and their child, James Allen Jr., emigrated At one time he was severely wounded and left for from Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., and dead upon one of the New Zealand islands. He located in Zanesville, Ohio, where he kept tavern was found by the savages, who, instead of practic- until 1819. He then removed with his family to ing their canibalistic rites common to the inhabit- Wayne township, located on a farm near Fairview, ants of those islands, employed crude science and and there carried on farming and blacksmithing. nursed him back to health. Some months later This he followed until a short time prior to his his vessel again visited the island to obtain a sup- death, which occurred in 1848, in a peculiar man- ply of fresh water, and he supprised his old com- ner. He was engaged in husking corn, and when panions by appearing before them fully recovered. apparently as well as ever, he was suddenly and again shipped with them. In 1832 he stricken with blindness and wandered about in the abandoned the sea and returned to Zanesville, cold until discovered by neighbors during the where he became a painter and an early business
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