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per acre. At that time there were about 150 acres wife hold membership in the Baptist church of improved, and he immediately moved upon it, and Zanesville. Socially Mr. Galigher is a member there received his final summons in 1881. To Mr. of the I. O. O. F., Muskingum lodge No. 128, and and Mrs. Galigher were born eight children: Mar- he is also a member of the G. A. R., Hazel post at garet, wife of L. D. Dillon, resides in Knoxville, Zanesville. Politically he is a republican. His Tenn .; Richard, resides on a portion of the old first vote for president was in 1866 for Gen. U. S. homestead; one died in childhood; Charles H. Grant, and his last for W. H. Harrison. Mr. (subject); Bettie Deitz resides on a portion of the Galigher's son, Louis F., is a member of Battery old homestead; Ella, wife of David Tipton, re- C, First Regiment of Light artillery, National sides in Omaha, Neb .; Annie, wife of Charles Bell, guards, and is gunner and corporal.
resides in Columbus, Ohio, and Mrs. Ida Burgess N. T. Gant is a wholesale gardener, farmer is a resident of Columbus. Mrs. Galigher was a and dairyman, and is the owner of over 300 acres worthy and exemplary member of the Baptist of land near the city of Zanesville. One hundred church at Zanesville, and died in 1873. Mr. Gal- and fifty acres, which are located about two and a igher was a member of the A. F. & A. M., Amity half miles from the city, are devoted to stockrais- lodge No. 5, Zanesville. The maternal grand- ing as well as to coal mining, the yield being am- father of our subject, Richard Lee, came to Ohio ple to help supply the citizens of Zanesville, as in 1800, and upon arriving here entered what is well as the surrounding country with coal. Mr. now West Zanesville, his family residence standing Gant was born in Loudoun county, Va., May 10, where the round house of the B. & O. R. R. com- 1822, his mother, Edith Tolbert, being a slave pany now stands. This land was then purchased at and the property of John Nixson. Her second $2.25 per acre, and Zanesville was then only a husband was a Mr. Gant, and in 1844, having been boat landing. Mr. Lee became quite wealthy, al- freed by the will of her master, she came with Mr. though he had started a poor man. He reared a Gant and her son, the subject of this sketch, who large family, and many of his descendants are re- also had been freed, to Muskingum county, Ohio. siding in and around Zanesville. He was with W. In Mr. Nixon's will it was also stipulated that they H. Harrison against the Indians, and participated should have their expenses paid to some free state. in many desperate battles. He died in 1850 at N. T. Gant's mother only enjoyed her freedom quite an old age. Grandmother Lee died some a short time, for in 1846 she departed this life. years afterward at the age of ninety years. Charles Her son was first married in Virginia, May 11, H. Galigher was born in Zanesville, and received 1844, to Miss Maria Hughes, who was born in his education in the common schools, this being Virginia and was a slave of Miss Jane Russell, about the first of the free school system in Ohio. from whom Mr. Gant purchased her freedom. He has always shown a marked preference for She died in this county, October 1, 1877; after agricultural pursuits, and this has been his prin- having borne her husband twelve children. Eliza- cipal occupation through life. In 1864 he joined beth (wife of Robert Manly), Sarah (wife of Dr. Company E, One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Ohio Norton), Maggie (wife of George W. Potts), Nel- infantry, and went immediately to the front, par- sen T. (at home), being the only ones now living. ticipating in the battle of Fredericksburg, Md. On January 10, 1879, Mr. Gant was united in He was discharged in Zanesville in 1865, after marriage to his second wife, she being Miss La- coming home. He then resumed agricultural pur- venia Neal, a native of the state of Virginia. To suits with his father on the home place, and in their union one daughter has been born: Lulu. 1866 was married to Miss Clara Brenhots, daugh- When Mr. Gant first came to this county he en- ter of Louis and Sidney (Patterson) Brenhots, both gaged in gardening for Theodore Converse and for natives of the Keystone state. Mr. and Mrs. five years remained in his employ, at the end of Brenhots were the parents of five children: George which time Mr. Converse died and Mr. Gant began W., Charles, Rebecca, Louis (was accidentally business for himself. When he first came to this
killed) and Clara. Mr. Brenhots was one of the county he had only 50 cents in money, but by per- first undertakers and cabinet makers of Zanesville, sistent endeavor and by the exercise of sound busi- was quite successful, and accumulated considerable ness judgment and principles, he is now wealthy. property. He died in 1886 at the age of eighty- He recently sold twenty acres of land to F. M. two. His wife still survives, and is past the age of Townsend for $20,000 for a park, which is now one eighty. Both were reared Quakers. Mr. Galigher's of the finest in the state and is called Gant park union was blessed by the birth of two children: in honor of its former owner and one of the coun- Louis F., at home, and Adelia, attending school. ty's most worthy citizens. Mr. Gant has always Mr. Galigher has filled a number of local positions been mindful of his financial interests and has in a creditable and satisfactory manner, having driven many a shrewd and profitable bargain. No been township clerk and school director. He and man living is more devoted to his family and
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friends and he has given all his children good col-
Theo. F. Gault, druggist of New Concord, Ohio, legiate educations and they repaid him by indus- and one of that town's successful, enterprising trious application, his son, Nelson T., being ex- business men, was born in Washington county, ceptionally bright and promising. His daughters Penn., on April 6, 1850. His parents, William are intelligent women and are well versed in music. and Louisa (Lyle) Gault, were natives of Wash- He has always been deeply interested in the wel- ington county, Penn., the former born about 1805 fare of Zanesville and has done as much as any or 1806 and the latter about 1811, and they were citizen in the county to develop her resources and married in their native county. William Gault to further her interests. His career points its was one of six children, who were named as fol- own moral and has few parallels in the history of lows: John, Mary, Jane, William, Samuel and "men of mark" among the colored people. He David. Mrs. Gault was the daughter of Moses and his wife and a number of his children are and Sarah (Kerr) Lyle, natives of Northampton members of the Methodist Episcopal church on county, Penn., and was the eldest of eleven chil- South street, Zanesville, and of this church his dren born to this worthy couple. They are named first wife was also a worthy member.
as follows: Louisa, Mariah, Ezra, Rucina, Sar-
Fred S. Gates has steadily and surely made issa, Eliza, Harriet, Sarah, Aaron, Ellen and Will- his way to the front in the profession of law dur- iam. Mr. Lyle removed with his parents to ing the fifteen years of his practice in Muskingum Washington county, Penn., when two years of age county, and his reputation and record are first and there attained his growth and was married. class for integrity and trustworthiness in all mat- William Gault remained in his native county until ters intrusted to him. He is careful and pains- grown, was there married and there reared most of taking in all pleadings and court proceedings and his children. In 1859 he emigrated to Muskingum for clearness and accuracy the legal instruments county, Ohio, settled on a farm within a half mile drawn up by him can not be excelled. He was of New Concord, in Union township, and there born in Zanesville, December 25, 1854, his parents, engaged in merchandising, which he continued un- M. V. and Mary (Fell) Gates, being also natives til 1862. At that time his son, who was in the of this county, born in the year 1826. The father business with him, enlisted in the army, and Mr. was a contractor and builder by occupation until Gault sold out, subsequently purchasing a large five years since and many of the handsomest and farm near Otsego, this county. He was the owner best buildings in Zanesville and the surrounding of this at the time of his death, which occurred in country are monuments to his skill. He is now June, 1865, in New Concord. He died very sud- devoting his attention to farming and as a tiller of denly the night after Abraham Lincoln was assas- the soil is no less successful than as a contractor sinated. He was a strong Union man, and was an and builder. In the public schools of Zanesville active supporter of the republican party. In re- Fred S. obtained a practical education and in 1872 ligious and educational matters he was also very graduated from the high school, after which, for active, and was prominently identified with the two years, lie followed the calling of a pedagogue. Presbyterian church. He was prosperous in a He began his legal studies in 1873 in the office of business way, and what he accumulated in the way F. A. Seborn and in 1876 was admitted to the of this world's goods was the result of his own in- bar, and has ever since been a practicing lawyer of dustry and enterprise. He was a well informed this city. The interests of his clients are regarded man, and was well posted on all the current topics by him as of the first importance, and he is re- of the day. Mrs. Gault died in September, 1878, garded as a conservative and prudent counsellor, in full communion with the Presbyterian church. whose advice can readily be relied upon. He has They were the parents of nine children, who are a large civil practice and he is regarded as one of named in the order of their births as follows: Mil- the most capable members of his profession in the ton (died in 1874, when about thirty-five years of county. He has always supported the principles age), Margaretta (died in 1882), Albert G. (now of the republican party and in 1887 was the at- residing in Columbus, Ohio, and is chief box clerk torney for the city of Zanesville. He has shown in the postoffice department), Ada S. (died in 1890), his approval of secret societies by becoming a mem- William P. (who is engaged in the drug business ber of Moxahala lodge No. 144, of the I. O. O. F. in Columbus), Mary (died in 1878), James L. (re- and Phonix lodge No. 388, of the K. of P., of which sides in Zanesville and is a member of the firm of he is a charter member. On April 28, 1878, his Wilhelm, Speer & Co.), T. F. (subject), Ellen (who marriage with Miss Anna Taylor was consummated, died at the age of four years). Two of the sons, the latter being a native of this county. They have A. G. and W. P., were in the Civil war, in the Sev- two children: Fred S. Jr. and Harold T. Mr. enty-eighth regiment Ohio Volunteer infantry, and and Mrs. Gates are members of the Trinity were in a number of engagements. The former Methodist Episcopal church.
served as lieutenant, and the latter as a private.
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The father of these children was prominently identi- in Somerset county, Penn., but in 1809 he moved fied with the affairs of the county, and was well to Washington township, Muskingum county, and and favorably known all over it. Theo. F. Gault settled seven miles above Zanesville on a farm on continued in Washington county, Penn., until about the Muskingum river. In 1824 he moved to nine years of age when he came with his father to Salem township and here died in September, 1859, Muskingum county, Ohio, and he supplemented a The mother, who was of German descent also, died common-school education by attending the high in Salem township in 1874. They were the parents schools of New Concord. After the death of the of the following children: Lydia (deceased), was father the children took the means that were left the wife of David Shirer; Catherine (deceased), and embarked in the drug business, our subject was the wife of V. Shirer; William (deceased); gradually purchasing the business. He was with Esther, the widow of V. Shirer, resides in Adams his brother, W. P., until December, 1882, when township, this county; Jacob (deceased); Gideon he bought his share, the latter going to Columbus. (deceased); Rebecca (deceased), was the wife of Early in life Mr. Gault was interested in bands, John Wimer: Daniel Jr. (deceased); Lebanon, who and was leader of the New Concord Silver Cornet is residing in Guernsey county, this state; George band for some time. He is a wide-awake, thor- is now living in Mercer county, Penn., and is a oughgoing business man, and for the past ten Lutheran minister at Greenville, that county ; Jona- years has been in business for himself. He is not than (subject); Charles, residing in Douglas married. Mr. Gault is an active republican in his county, Kas., Jesse residing in Illinois and political views, and has held the office of city Anthony, who died in the army. The parents of councilman. He was a delegate to the Chicago these children were worthy members of the Luther- republican convention in 1884, and is at present a an church. The father was a democrat at an early member of the county executive committee. He day but later became a whig. He was an honest, is prominent in the political affairs of both county upright citizen, and a man universally respected. and state, and is interested in schools and churches, He was in comfortable circumstances and at his being in sympathy with the Presbyterian church. death left a good farm. Jonathan Gaumer was Mr. Gault's sister, Ada S. Gault, is a lady whose educated in the district schools of Salem township memory will remain green in the minds of the and in 1840 he started out to make his own way in brave "boys in blue" who enlisted from Muskingum life. He taught school for about five years but county, long after her body has moldered to dust, afterward worked at the carpenter's trade and ran a for she was an indefatigable worker for their inter- carding mill for some time. After this he began ests during the war. Since then she had taken a farming and continued to till the soil until leading part in all soldier reunions and all public 1883, when he sold out and settled in Adams- affairs of that kind, and was loved and honored by ville, where he now resides, retired from all. The soldiers of this county will ever remem- the active duties of life. Mr. Gaumer was mar- Ada Gault. She was born at Cross Creek village, ried in 1846 to Miss Mahala Barrett, daughter Washington county, Penn., and died on January of John and Rachel (Heskett) Barrett, and a 25, 1890. She had a class in the Presbyterian native of Adams township, Muskingum county, Sunday school and was a member of the church, Ohio, born July 6, 1824. She was the third having united with same when quite young. She in order of birth of six children: Amelia A., was a noble Christian woman. Mr. Hannah J., Thomas, Nancy J. and John.
Jonathan Gaumer. In the space allotted in this Barrett was a native of Loudoun county, Va., but volume it would be impossible to give a detailed settled in Adams township, Muskingum county, in account of the career of this gentleman, but it is 1821. His wife, who was also a native of Londoun only just to say that in his walk through life his county, Va., died November 26, 1853, and Mr. course has been marked by honesty, industry and Barrett followed her to the grave in 1862. They a manly, independent spirit. He is a native of were members of the Baptist church. During the Washington township, Muskingum county, Ohio, War of 1812 Mr. Barrett served as captain of a born June 24, 1822, and was the eleventh child company. Mr. and Mrs. Gaumer are the parents born to Daniel and Hannah (Boughman) Gaumer, of eight children-three sons and five daughters: the father a native of Virginia, born April 10, 1781, Thomas M. is married and has three children, all and the mother of Pennsylvania, born in 1785. sons, (he is now editor and proprietor of the The paternal grandfather, Jacob Gaumer, was a "Champain Democrat," Urbana, Ohio); Charles N. native of Germany and came to this country at an is married and resides at Mansfield. Ohio, (he is early day. He served under Washington in the editor and proprietor of the Richland county Revolutionary war and was drum-major in the army. "Shield and Banner," Mansfield, Ohio, and is serv- Daniel Gaumer, father of subject, was a soldier in ing a second term as representative from Richland the War of 1812. He had passed his youthful days county Ohio); Hannah J., now Mrs. Buker, resides
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in Monroe township; Rachel V., now Mrs. D. R. several occasions he served on the democratic exec- Palmer of Zanesville; Daniel H., a well-known utive committee of Greene and Muskingum coun- resident of Zanesville and the editor and proprietor ties, and was a presidential elector on the Cleve- of the semi-weekly and daily "Signal" (he served land ticket in 1884. In 1888 he was an alternate one term as representative in the Ohio legislature delegate to the St. Louis convention. In 1887 he from Muskingum county, and one term as senator was elected representative from Muskingum county from the Muskingum and Licking counties sena- to the sixty-eighth general assembly. He was a torial district); Martha and Mary (twins), the former working member of the house, and represented the the wife of J. M. Dean, of Xenia, Ohio, and the democracy of Muskingum county so creditably that latter a teacher in the Orphan's Homeat that place; in 1889 he was nominated for state senator from and Cidda A., who is now Mrs. S. H. Barr, of the joint fifteenth and sixteenth districts composed Zanesville. Mr. Gaumer has given his children of Delaware, Licking, Muskingum and Perry coun- every advantage for a good education and all of ties, and elected by a good majority, of which the them have taught school except one. Mr. Gaumer respective counties gave the following: Licking, had three brothers in the Civil war: Lebanon, Jesse 1,438; Muskingum, 240; Percy, 308; total 1,986, and Anthony. Jesse was wounded twice. Mr. reduced only by Marshall's majority of 353 in Gaumer was formerly a whig in politics but he is Delaware county to 1,633, the largest majority now a democrat. During Cleveland's administra- given any candidate from this district since the tion he held the office of postmaster at Adamsville, war.
He was renominated for state senator in the and he has held other positions in his township. same district in the campaign of 1891, and through He and Mrs. Gaumer are members of the Lutheran a loss of democratic votes to the people's party church and are esteemed and respected citizens. and democratic stay-at-home votes the result They have a fine residence in the town of Adams- showed him but one plurality on the face of the ville.
returns. The two members of the election board
Hon. Daniel H. Gaumer was born on a farm of Licking refuse to certify to the returns for sen- near Adamsville, Muskingum county, Ohio, No- ator from that county, and as a result no certificate vember 11, 1857. His forefathers were among the of election was issued to either candidate, and his pioneer settlers in that part of the county, where competitor, Hon. George Iden, from Licking both his father and mother are yet living. His county, was sworn in as the representative from grandfather, Daniel Gaumer, came to Zanesville the district, his party having the majority in the from Somerset county, Penn., in 1809, and chopped state senate. Mr. Gaumer's record both as repre- his road through the woods from Zanesville to sentative and senator is one which has made him Washington township, where he entered from the known throughout this and adjoining states, and government a farm, on which Mr. Gaumer's father, is a subject of pride to his friends and constitu- Jonathan Gaumer, was born, June 24, 1822. He ents. Mr. Gaumer is a democrat from the crown afterward moved to Salem township with his of his head to the soles of his feet, and personally parents, and now resides in the village of Adams- and through his journal one of the ablest expo- ville. Educated in the district and village schools nents of democracy in Ohio. He is honest, aggres- near and at Adamsville, and living his earlier sive and reliable, popular both as a friend and foe, years on the farm, in early manhood Mr. Gaumer for as a fighter he is open and outspoken, and it is took up the occupation of school teacher. He rap- this very frankness that makes everybody like him. idly rose to good rank as an educator, his last He is one of the most successful men who ever years as such having been put in as superintendent entered the political arena in this county, and that of schools at Marseilles, Wyandot county. Having he is deservedly popular at home is attested by his accumulated a little capital, the savings from his rapid official and business advancement. Decem- salary as teacher, and having a desire to enter ber 24, 1882, he married Miss Emma Kennedy, of journalism, in February, 1882, purchased a half- Marseilles, Wyandot county, Ohio. interest in the Xenia "Democratic News," at the
Daniel G. Geyer is counted as one of the promi- same time naturally turning his attention to poli- nent farmers of Union township, Muskingum tics. During his comparatively short residence in county, Ohio, residing about two miles from New Xenia, his services as a political manager were Concord. He was born in Highland township, recognized and highly appreciated by the leading the son of Daniel and Charity (Bond) Geyer, and democrats of Greene county. In 1883 he sold the the seventh of a family of ten children named as "Democratic News," and acquired an interest in follows: Peter (who died in the fall of 1891. His the Zanesville daily and weekly "Signal." Jan- family live in Highland township); Ruth (de- uary 16, 1889, by purchase of the interest in that ceased); Martha (deceased); Joseph (deceased): newspaper concern of James T. Irvine, lie became Steven (deceased); James (who is living in High- sole proprietor and editor of the "Signal." O" land township); Daniel G. (subject); Elizabeth
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(deceased); Sophia S. (the widow of William farmer of Rich Hill township, and married Nancy Grummon, see sketch); and Samuel J. (living in Cabean); William B. (who died in 1889, was a Highland township). The father settled in Union man of family and left a wife and three children. township, this county, when only twelve years of His first marriage was to Sevilla Childs and his age, but was a native of Pennsylvania. The family second to Mariah Gregg. Two of the children are records can be found at the home of Samuel J., in from the first wife); Margaret (who is the wife of Highland township. He lived in Union and High- I. Bell, of Norwich); John N. (who died at the land townships and held a membership in the age of twenty-one years); Mary C .; Emma (who Methodist Episcopal church, dying in 18 -. Dan- is the wife of Jacob Galligher, of Union township. iel G. Geyer, his son, was born November 2, 1833, They have one child. Her first marriage was to and attended the Bloomfield schools. At the age J. H. Bell, and she had three children: Clara V., of twenty-five he started out for himself, and Walker L., and Nathan T. Her first husband shortly after married Mary Hatfield, the daughter died in 1870, and she married the second time in 1873); and Nathaniel W. (who lives in Sandusky).
of William and Jenneat Hatfield. Mary was reared by her uncle, Andrew McDonald, of Con- Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Geyer were the parents of cord, and died eleven months after her marriage at seven children: Charles, Anson W. (who married the age of twenty-three years. Our subject's sec- Jenetta White, daughter of Alexander White, of ond marriage occurred in 1863, and was to Mary Highland township, now deceased, his widow is C. Hines, they are the parents of a large family, living in Barnville. They have one daughter, In 1864 he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred Grace May); Logan, Eugene (who married Lena and Sixtieth Ohio Volunteer infantry, and was Blair, of Cambridge, Ohio. He is a school teacher attached to the Army of the Potomac with Sickles and attended Muskingum college: They have one as commander. Some of his principal engage- son Harold F.); Maggie D., (at home); Carry A. ments were at and near Parkersburg. He and Harry H. Mrs. Geyer is a member of the suffered much from exposure, and was discharged Methodist Episcopal church, is very charitable and September, 1864, at Zanesville. The same year interested in all church work.
he settled near New Concord with his wife, on a John Milton Given, a popular druggist of farm of 128 acres, and upon which he yet resides. Chandlersville, Ohio, well known for his honesty, He is the seventh owner of the place, it having energy and intelligence, was born in Muskingum been opened by a man named Reasoner, at an early county, Rich Hill township, Ohio, October 15, day. He is busily engaged in farming and stock- 1847. He was the third in order of birth of five raising, and has built a comfortable house and children born to Andrew and Jane (Dixon) Given, barn on his farm. Mr. Geyer is a republican in the father a native of Washington county, Penn. politics; socially he is a member of the G. A. R. The latter came with his parents to Muskingum Hanson post No. 168, Ohio, division of New Con- county, in 1814, when but four years of age, and cord, and holds a membership in the Methodist with them settled in Rich Hill township. After Episcopal church. He takes a very active part in growing up he became a farmer and followed that all church and school work and has been school occupation all his life. He was of Scotch-Irish director of Fox Creek. Mrs. Geyer was a daughter descent. His death occurred in 1872, and his of Nathan and Delia (Brelsford) Hines. The father worthy companion followed him to the grave in was a native of Virginia. born in 1803, and lost 1880. John M. Given grew to manhood on the his parents at the age of twelve years. He grew farm, secured a fair education in the common to maturity and married in his native state, then schools, and began business for himself as a drug- moved to Ohio and settled at Marquand Mills, gist in 1872. This he has followed ever since and where he reared his family. About 1850 he moved with unusual success. His stock is valued at to Rich Hill township, went from there to Illinois, $1,500, and embraces everything in the line of three miles from Peoria, but remained there only pure drugs, chemicals, medicines, cigars, etc. six months when he returned to Muskingum county, Special attention is paid to the prescription depart- Ohio, and settled on the farm that was known as ment, and all orders in this line are filled with the the St. Clair farm, There he resided until his utmost care and accuracy. In March, 1879, he death, April 1, 1886. He was a worthy member was married to Miss Alice Crumbaker, daughter of of the Methodist Episcopal church and held the O. H. P. Crumbaker, and the fruits of this union office of deacon. He was greatly interested in are two children: Kenneth James Cary, Florence politics and voted the republican ticket. Mrs. Mary, Although a democrat, Mr. Given is not a Geyer's mother, formerly Delia Brelsford was strong partisan, and votes for the man regardless born in 1799, and died October 9, 1871. She was of party. He has a pleasant home and is sur- a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and rounded by the comforts of life. He is a member a hard worker in the same, and was the mother of of the I. O. O. F. lodge.
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