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S. HILTON BUKER, M. D.
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grandfather came to Coshocton county about 1810 and in the carly part of the nineteenth century engaged in teaching, which profession he followed for about forty years. Ile died about 1850 and is buried in the cemetery at Otsego.
The father, Decatur Buker, was born near Franklin Station. Coshocton county, September 11. 1825, and spent his early boyhood and youth in Franklin township. He was a self-educated man and for seventeen years was engaged in teaching, most of this time being spent in Muskingum county. About 1845 he took up farming and stock-raising. The last thirty years of his life, however, were devoted to the settling of estates and other notarial business. He was a gifted orator and was in great demand to render cam- paign speeches. In politics he was a stanch republican and held various township and county offices. His religious faith was that of the Methodist Protestant church. He was a man among men and was justly accorded a place among the prominent and representative citizens of Coshocton and Muskingum counties, for he belonged to that class of men whose enterpris- ing spirit is used not alone for their own individual good but for the pro- motion of public prosperity. He was revered and honored wherever known and his death, which was occasioned by a runaway on August 3, 1899, was deeply regretted by many friends and acquaintances as well as by the mem- bers of his own household. The wife and mother was born near Otsego and her people were among the pioneer settlers of this section of the state. Her death occurred in 1904 and her remains were buried by the side of her hus- band in the cemetery at Otsego. Their family numbered six children, namely: Mary, who became the wife of J. D. Phillips and died at the age of twenty-four years; Charles W .. who wedded Mrs. J. Sprague, of Warsaw, and is on the homestead; Sarah, the wife of J. D. Phillips, of Beaver City, Nebraska; AAlbert L., who is a traveling salesman of Ogden. Utah: S. Hilton. of this review; and Rose, who makes her home in Coshocton.
Dr. Buker of this review acquired his education in the district and graded schools of Ot-ego and pursued a collegiate course in Adrian, Mich- igan, graduating from that institution in 1884. He was then engaged in teaching for one year in Muskingum county. At the same time he took up the study of medicine under Dr. Walker, of Plainfield, after which he en- tered the Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati, graduating in 1887. In April of that year, just after he had celebrated the twenty-second anniversary of his birth, he located for practice in Spring Mountain, succeeding to the prac- tice of Dr. Winslow. His practice is already large and is constantly increas- ing, for he keeps in touch with the most modern and advanced ideas of the medical profession and is now the beloved family physician in many a house- hold. He was formerly identified with realty interests but on account of the demands of his profession had to abandon that field of labor. He still. however, owns considerable real estate in Jefferson township, Coshocton and Spring Mountain.
It was in 1888 that Dr. Buker was united in marriage to Miss Linnie E. Dawson, who was born in Mount Vernon. During the time that the Doctor was pursuing his studies in Cincinnati, Mrs. Buker was attending an
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art school in that city and it was there that they became acquainted. Their marriage has been blessed with four children, two sons and two daughters, Emerson Dawson, Wallace Hilton. Helen Lucy and Mary Evelyn. The last named died October 16, 1908. The eldest son has been given excellent edu- cational advantages. He has pursued a high-school course in both Coshocton and Warsaw and has spent one year in the college at Hiram, Ohio, and after completing his course in the latter institution he expects to take up the study of medicine.
The Doctor gives his political support to the republican party. He has taken a deep and active interest in many public enterprises. Ile was one of the organizers and is the heaviest stockholder in the Coshocton Telephone Company, was one of the organizers of the Warsaw Bank and was a member of its first directorate and is also financially interested in the Otsego Oil & Gas Company. At the age of twenty-one years he became identified with the Masonic fraternity, joining the blue lodge at Plainfield. After locating in Spring Mountain he was elected master of the lodge here. He belonged to the chapter in Coshocton and has attained the Scottish Rite degree in the lodge at Columbus. He was one of the organizers and a charter member of the Knights Templars in Coshocton. He likewise belongs to the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows at Killbuck and to the Maccabees tent at Walhonding. while in the line of his profession he organized and became a member of the American Society of Physicians & Surgeons. He was for- merly an active participant in political cireles, acting as township treasurer for fourteen years and he also served for several years as committeeman of the township and member of the school board. He was reared in the faith of the Methodist Protestant church but on account of his wife's relations with the Disciples church, he has since become identified with that denomina- tion and is now serving as deacon and treasurer of the church and he also rendered valuable assistance in the erection of the new house of worship at a cost of four thousand dollars. The address and declaration of principles of the Disciples church were written in the home of Mrs. Buker's grandmother, Mary Dawson, and her father was one of the first ministers of that denomina- tion. The Doctor is a man of charming personality. well liked in both pro- fessional and social circles, and he and his estimable wife are held in high regard by their numerous friends and acquaintances.
ARTHUR SMITH MOORE.
Arthur Smith Moore, vice president of the Fountain Dry Goods Com- pany, belongs to that class of men who seem to regard difficulties and obstacle- as an impetus for renewed effort, for he allows nothing to brook his path if it can be overcome by persistence and determination. Moreover he possesses the modern spirit of enterprise as manifest in commercial circles at the present time. Mr. Moore is a native of Roscoe, his birth having occurred there July 23, 1879. He was reared in the home of his father, James W. Moore, in
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Coshocton, and pursuing a publie-school education left the high school to enter the Ohio Wesleyan College. He was also for a time a student in the Oberlin (Ohio) College, but ceased his efforts in the educational field in his junior year in order to enter business in Coshocton. He has been identified with the mercantile pursuits of the city sinee 1904. Ile had. however, worked in the business from his boyhood days. during the periods of vacation and at other times, and his training was a thorough and practical one. In 1904 he was chosen vice president of the Fountain Dry Goods Company and has since remained as the second officer, taking an active part in the executive management and control.
Mr. Moore is a valued member of Coshocton Lodge, No. 376. B. P. O. E .. and of the Methodist Episcopal church. Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise he has voted with the republican party. He is an alert, energetie young man, who keeps in touch with the city's interest along lines of material. social and moral advancement. and at the same time in his busi- ness career he is making that steady progre -- which results from close appli- cation and the best utilization of opportunities.
ALONZO MILLS HENDERSON, M.D.
The practice of medicine and surgery in accordance with modern methods and advanced ideas finds a worthy exponent in Dr. Henderson, of Roscoe. He was born in Carrollton. Carroll county, Ohio. March 4. 1837. his parents being William II. and Mary (Storey) Henderson, the former a native of Ireland and the latter of New Derry, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. The father came to the United States in his boyhood days with his parents, who settled near Millersburg. in Holmes county, Ohio, and in early manhood learned the stonemason's trade, which he followed throughout his active life. He removed from Carroll county to Tiverton township, Coshocton county, and subsequently to New Castle township. where his death occurred. John Nel-on Henderson, a brother of our subject, served in the Civil war as one of the boys in blue of the Eightieth Ohio Regiment and died in the battle at Corinth, Mississippi.
Private schools afforded Dr. Henderson his educational privileges. When thirteen years of age he was permanently crippled through an attack of typhoid fever. When about sixteen or seventeen years of age he began clerking in a general store in Walhonding. and in July, 1864, came to Coshocton, where he secured a position in a store. His leisure hours were devoted to the reading of medicine under the direction of Dr. J. B. Inghram, of Coshocton, and Dr. M. Johnston, of Roscoe, and in 1867 he entered Starling Medical College, from which he was graduated with the class of 1869.
Dr. Henderson located for practice in Wills Creek in this county and there remained for nineteen years, at the end of which time he took up his abode in Roscoe, arriving here January 1, 1887. With the professional inter-
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ests of the town he has since been identified, and a large general practice has brought him a goodly measure of success.
Dr. Ilenderson has given his political support to the republican party since its organization, and at the present time is serving as township treasurer and also as pension examiner, while for sixteen years he was a member of the school board, the cause of education finding in him a stalwart champion. At the present writing in 1908, he is the candidate of his party for county coroner.
On the 3d of July, 1867, Dr. Henderson was married to Miss Henrietta Lynch, of Coshocton, and unto them were born three children, of whom two are living: Hattie A., the wife of Archie Clark, who is en- gaged in the livery business in Coshocton; and Nellie, at home. Dr. Hender- son and his family attend the Methodist Episcopal church, and for nineteen years he was a member of the official board. His progressive citizenship, his political activity, his professional ability and his social qualities have gained him a foremost place in public regard, and he now has a very wide and favorable acquaintance.
J. T. ORR.
J. T. Orr, a successful agriculturist residing in Bedford township, is a native of this township, his birth having occurred on the 30th of September, 1860. Ilis parents, William and Elizabeth (Treadway) Orr, were also natives of Coshocton county. The grandfather, Alexander Orr, at an early day took up his abode on the farm on which our subject now resides, there making his home until the time of his demise. William Orr spent his entire life in this county and after attaining man's estate took up blacksmithing and farming. At one time he conducted a shop at Warsaw but in later years resided on his farm, and met with a highly gratifying and well merited measure of prosperity in all his undertakings. He started out in life empty- handed and through his unaided efforts won the competence that enables him to give each of his children a good farm or its equivalent in cash. A re- publican in his political views, he held a number of township offices and was recognized throughout the community as a public-spirited, upright and honorable citizen. He died in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal church and his remains were interred at Bedford, while his wife also passed away in this county. Their family numbered eight children, as follows: Two who died in infancy; Elizabeth, who is also deceased; Olive, the wife of John G. Johnson, an agriculturist of Bedford township; Frank, a merchant of Craw- ford county, Kansas; J. T., of this review: W. E., who follows farming on the old home place in Bedford township; and J. J., an agriculturist of Jack- son township. Coshocton county.
J. T. Orr was educated in the district schools of his native township and remained on the home farm until twenty-four years of age, assisting his father in the work of the fields. His present place comprises one hundred
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and sixty acres of valuable and well improved land and in connection with the work of general farming he also breeds draft horses, both branches of his business returning to him a gratifying annual income. Hle has erected a commodious and substantial residence and all necessary outbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock, and is recognized throughout the community as a progressive and enterprising agriculturist. He is also the owner of a coal mine which is proving a good source of revenue.
In 1886 Mr. Orr was united in marriage to Miss Pauline MeCurdy. of Coshocton county. who has two brothers practicing medicine in Coshocton U'nto this union has been born one child. Nellie, who attended school at Wooster and Oberlin and is now a music teacher.
Mr. Orr gives stalwart allegiance to the men and measures of the re- publican party and has served as trustee for six years and as a member of the school board for fifteen years, the cause of education ever finding in him a stanch champion. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Presbyterian church, with which his wife and daughter are also identi- fied. Having resided in this county throughout his entire life, or for almost half a century, Mr. Orr is widely and favorably known here and moreover has gained the regard and esteem of all with whom he has come in contact by reason of his genuine personal worth and unfaltering integrity.
JOHN ED. ARONHALT.
In the front rank of the columns which have advanced the civilization of Coshocton county the Aronhalt family has led the way to the substantial development, progress and upbuilding of the section in which they have so long made their home, and John E. Aronhalt is a worthy representative of the name. He was born on a farm in Lafayette township, January 2. 1854, a son of William S. and Rebecca (Roadruck) Aronhalt, both of German descent and numbered among the very earliest settlers of this part of the Buckeye state.
John Ed. Aronhalt is one of a family of eight children, five sons and three daughters. he being the third in order of birth. He was reared to farm life and acquired his education in the district schools. After reaching years of maturity, he engaged in farming on his own account, first in Virginia. township, while later he spent one year in Jackson township, prior to his removal to Lafayette township. He eventually took up his abode in Coshoc- ton in what is known as the Aronhalt and Trovinger addition to that city. and here he has become a prominent factor in the life and work of this enterprising little city. He installed and operated for two years the first elec- trie motor mining machine for the Morgan Run Coal Company, and for four years was weighmaster for the Wade Coal Company. During the five succeeding years he was traveling salesman for the Singer Sewing Machine Company and has to his credit the sale of ninety-six machines in eleven months. Accompanied by Mrs. Aronhalt and their youngest daughter he went
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to Olympia, Washington, in October, 1902, and was engaged in the con- struction of electric railways in that city and for a few months was prospect- ing in California, but in the fall of 1903 he returned to Coshocton county and engaged in farming on what is known as the Denman farm near the city of Coshocton, while one year later he took up his abode in his present home on Cambridge road. and is the owner of some fine horses. Among his stock may be seen the well known animal, Maizie V., with a track record of 2:20.
Mr. Aronhalt was married in 1877 to Miss Minnie E. Miller, a daughter of Isaac W. and Sarah ( Morgan) Miller, of Lafayette township, by whom he has two daughters: Mertie, the wife of George Conley; and Vernal, at home.
Mr. Aronhalt served as assessor of Tuscarawas township for nine years and on the 1st of August, 1907, was appointed United States ganger. He is a republican in his political views and takes an active interest in all public matters, his aid and cooperation being sought in every movement calculated to better community interests. His fraternal relations are with Fidelity Lodge, No. 135. K. P., while his religious faith is indicated by his member- ship in the Methodist Episcopal church. Widely known, his life history cannot fail to prove of interest to his many friends and it is therefore with pleasure that we present this record of his career to our readers.
JAMES L. ROGERS.
The list of the leading citizens of West Lafayette contains the name of James L. Rogers, one of the representative and honored citizens of Coshocton county. His record as a soldier and as a business man has been so honor- able that he has gained the confidence and good will of all with whom he has been brought in contact, and now in the evening of his days he can look back over a life well spent, for he is now living retired, deriving a good financial income from three hundred and fifteen acres of rich and valuable land in Lafayette township.
Mr. Rogers was born in Harrison county, Ohio, February 19, 1840. a son of Joseph and Mary (Burkhead) Rogers, both of whom were natives of Maryland, the former born in 1806 of English descent, and the latter born August 28, 1807, of Scotch descent. The parents took up their abode in Harrison county at an early day, removing to this state from Maryland in a covered wagon. The father was a miller by trade but after coming to Ohio he engaged in farming and began life here in true pioneer style, living for some years in a log cabin. Both are now deceased, the father passing away in 1882, when he had reached the age of seventy-six years, while the mother died in 1864, at the comparatively early age of fifty-seven. Their family numbered ten children : Actie, deceased: Maria Jane, the wife of Robert Bell, of West Lafayette; Wesley M., who was wounded during his service in the Civil war and died in 1893; Elizabeth, who has departed this life; Parmelia, the wife of William Finney, of Ohio; James L., of this review; Nancy, who wedded George Sproul and died in 1906; John B., of Uhrichsville, this state;
MR. AND MRS. J. L. ROGERS.
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William N .. a resident of Tuscarawas, Ohio: and Hannah, the wife of John Milliken, of Kansas.
James L. Roger-, the subject of this review, was reared on the home farm and remained under the parental roof until he attained his majority, when he offered his services to the government during the Civil war, becom- ing a member of Company F. Ninety-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was organized in Harrison county in August. 1862. He served for two years and ten months, and took part in many of the hotly contested engagements of the war, these including the battles of Perryville, Chickamauga, Mission- ary Ridge, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Peach Tree Creek, Rome. Georgia, Bentonville, North Carolina and many others of minor importance Ile was also with Sherman on his celebrated march to the sea and after traveling over five thousand miles he participated in the grand review at Washington. Ile was commissioned second lieutenant and mustered out at Cleveland, Ohio, having made a most honorable and creditable military record.
Following his return from the war James L. Rogers resumed agricultural pursuits in Coshocton county, operating rented land for a few years. He, with his wife, then purchased the farm which he still owns, this comprising three hundred and fifteen acres of rich and improved land situated in Lafay- ette township. For many years he followed farming and made a specialty of raising and feeding stock but his energy, economy and careful manage- ment in former years now enable him to put aside busine-, cares and he is living retired in a pleasant and modern home in West Lafayette. deriving a good income from his landed possessions.
Mr. Rogers was married April 15, 1867, the lady of his choice being Miss Harriet Burt, who was born in Lafayette township. June 14, 1845. a daughter of James MI. and Mary 1. (Bradner) Burt, both of whom were natives of Orange county, New York, and made the overland journey from that state to Coshocton county in 1836. Here the father entered a tract of land from the government and engaged in farming. He also took a prom- inent and active part in political circles, serving for two terms in the legis- lature and for a similar period in the senate. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Burt numbered twelve children, seven daughters and five sons. but the latter are now deceased. Both the father and mother have also passed to their final reward, the former passing away March 7, 1893, and the latter on the 25th of October. 1899.
The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Rogers has been blessed with four chil- dren, two sons and two daughters. namely: Joseph B., who graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan College and died October 25. 1901: Margaret, the wife of Rev. S. L. Stewart, of Mansfield, Ohio: Anna M., at home; and Louis B .. who died when four years of age.
Mr. Rogers is independent in his political views, voting for men and measures rather than adhering to party ties. IIe and his wife are devoted and faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he has filled all the offices, while his fraternal relations are with the Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Rogers has ever been ready to lend his aid and in-
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fluence in the cause of every good movement for the progress and advancement of the community, and now at the age of sixty-eight years he is enjoying in retirement the accumulation of a profitable, successful and honor- able carcer.
JOSEPH TREDWAY.
Joseph Tredway, who follows farming in Jefferson township, owning a tract of land comprising two hundred and ninety-five acres, has now passed the seventy-second milestone on life's journey, and his entire life has been passed in Coshocton county, so that he is thoroughly familiar with its history. He was born on the farm which is still his home, July 23, 1836, a son of Thomas and Ollie (Severans) Tredway, the former born in Harford county, Maryland. August 18. 1799, while the latter was born in Monongalia county, Virginia. The paternal grandfather of our subject was born in England and emigrated to the new world with his father, who died at sea. The son then continued the journey to this country alone. He had before leaving his native land learned the whitesmith or edged tool trade.
Thomas Tredway, the father of our subject, was reared to farm life in Maryland and came to Coshocton county in 1817 when a youth of eighteen years. He eventually located on a farm on the Walhonding river, which is now known as the Joseph Warren place. Later he took up his abode on the farm which the son now owns. This was at that time covered with timber but with characteristic energy the father undertook the work of clearing the land and he also erected a small log cabin, having neither doors nor windows during the first winter that it was occupied by the family. The father also took a deep interest in the improvement of the country, and despite the fact that he had much work to do on his home place he assisted in the erection of the church, which is still standing near the village of Mohawk. He was a very devoted member of this church for forty-two years, and each Sunday was found in his place at the service and also at the weekly prayer meeting. He spent almost his entire life on his home farm and for a long period was engaged in general agricultural pur-nits. He replaced the log cabin with a brick residence, which was one of the first to be built in the neighbor- hood. Tle was an old-time whig and upon the organization of the new re- publican party gave his support to its men and measures. He was highly respected in the community and at his death, which occurred May 15. 1881. the community mourned the loss of one who was much beloved and respected. The mother preceded him to the home beyond many years previously. her death occurring in 1840. and their remains lie buried in Blooming Grove cemetery. Their family numbered nine children: Mahala, Elizabeth. Mary and Sarah, all of whom are now deceased; R. H., a retired farmer: Crispen, who has departed this life: Joseph. of this review; and John and James H., also deceased. After the death of the wife and mother the father married a second time, this union being with Mrs. Mary ( Dennis) Clarke. by whom he
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had three children: G. S., of Coshocton: Frank, a resident of Springfield. Ohio; and William Harvey, deceased.
Joseph Tredway was educated in a log schoolhouse in Jefferson township and was reared to farm life. Hle shared with the other members of the family in the hardships and privations which had to be endured, owing to the unsettled condition of the country. He assisted in the development and improvement of the home farm until the outbreak of the Civil war, when he enlisted as a member of Company G, One Hundred and Forty-second Regiment, and going to the front did valiant and loyal service but was dis- charged on aceount of disability.
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