Century history of Delaware County, Ohio and representative citizens 20th, Part 108

Author: Lytle, James Robert, 1841- [from old catalog] ed
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: Chicago, Biographical publishing company
Number of Pages: 926

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Mr. Moore is a stanch Republican and has been a prominent factor in county politics for many years. For six years he served in the office of infirmary director and during that time, according to the records, he made many collections. When he was sworn in the insti- tution was $29.000 in debt, and at the end of his administration the debt was not only dis- charged but there was $3.000 in the treasury.

Mr. Samuel A. Moore is a Republican in politics and believes in the honest administra- tion of government. He is opposed to rings and to graft in any form and is in favor of cleansing the party whenever corrupt persons get into office, instead of going over to the enemy. He discovered and exposed the great bounty frauds. He believes in the practice of temperance and has never used intoxicating liquors or tobacco in his life. He honors the "Boys in Blue" of 1861-65 and believes our Government and Flag the best and grandest of any now existing. Such is Mr. Moore's moral and political creed, and in the most im- portant respects there will be few to differ from him.

ILLIAM ROSS PORTER. a rep- resentative citizen of Brown Township, residing on .his valu- able farm of 187 acres, was born April 12, 1845. where he now re- sides, in a building which then occupied the site of his present residence. He is a son of Joseph C. and Margaret ( McCurdy) Porter.

The father of Mr. Porter was born in York County, Pennsylvania, in 1806, where he remained until after his marriage and the birth of two children. In the spring of 1840. he reached Oxford Township. Delaware County, locating one mile north of where he finally settled. He purchased a tract of land but did not retain it on account of flaws in the title. He then came to Brown Township and bought 48 acres, on which stood a log barn and a small brick building which had been used for silk-worm culture. The land was covered with mulberry trees. Joseph C. Porter lived to the age of 87 years. He was a man of im- portance in his community and served both as township trustee and as a justice of the peace. Ilis death took place March 29. 1894. He married Margaret MeCurdy, who was born September 29. 1813, and died March 25. 1898. Their family consisted of five sons and five daughters, namely: Maria Jane. born September 27, 1835. died March 25. 1852 ;. James Alexander, born July 31. 1837, was killed at the battle of Chickamauga, during the Civil War, a member of Company D. One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry : John McCurdy, born Oc- tober 27.'1840, died February 3. 1885: Mar- garet Rebecca, born January 27, 1843. married B. F. Longwell, and died October 8. 1885: William R. : Martha Elizabeth, born May 17. 1847. married James Carlisle, now deceased. and her home is at Mt. Gilead: Daniel Clark. born September 9, 1849. died August 11. 1887. survived by his widow, formerly Jennie Reeves, of Bridgeton, New Jersey: Joseph Ir- vin, born April 1, 1852. married Harriet John- son, formerly of Delaware, but now they re- side in California; Mary Caroline, born July 22, 1856, residing in Kansas, married Rev. Nelson A. Shedd; and Olive Isabel, who was

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born January 19. 1860. married Dr. Stickney and they reside at Kilbourne.

William R. Porter was married June 6, 1900, to Ella Pettibone Moore, a widow with two daughters, Florence and Natalie Moore, whose father. John Moore, had been a resident of Brown Township. Mrs. Ella Porter is the daughter of Hector H. and Mary ( Ilunter ) Pettibone, who came to Delaware from Con- necticut in their childhood, and with the ex- ception of a few years spent their entire lives there. Mr. Porter is a Republican, but has accepted no public office except that of school director. His farm is one of the most desir- able ones within a radius of seven miles of Delaware.

HARLES T. GRANT, a resident of Ashley, Oxford Township, who is now living in retirement, comes of one of the pioneer families of this vicinity. He was born January 28, 1823. in Providence, Rhode Island, and was about six years of age when brought by his parents to Delaware County, Ohio, where he has since lived continuously, although in dif- ferent townships.

Charles Tilson Grant is of Revolutionary stock on both sides of the house, the Grants and Whipples having come to this country during colonial days. He is a son of Aaron, Jr., and Dianna ( Whipple ) Grant, a grandson of Aaron, and great-grandson of Ebenezer Grant. The last named was the first of the family to come to America, having come from Scotland, where the family was prominent back to the time of the deadly feuds that ex- isted between the Grants and McPhersons. Ebenezer Grant came to this country prior to the Revolutionary War, in which two of his sons served, John being a drummer and Bryer a fifer. Both served under General Warren in the battle of Bunker Hill and were in other memorable struggles. Ebenezer was twice married, having three sons, Bryer, Jabez and John by his first wife, and four by his second, namely: Rhodes, Eliphaz. Aaron and Rufus.

Aaron Grant, Jr., left Rhode Island in Oc- tober, 1829. in company with his family and his brother-in-law, James Whipple, whose fa- ther. Reuben Whipple, had previously moved west and located in what is now Peru Town- ship. Morrow County, then Delaware County, on a farm which is still in the family, it being owned by his grandson, Frank Whipple. Mr. Grant, upon arriving at Sandusky City, Ohio, employed a wagoner named Morris to haul them and their possessions to Delaware Coun- ty. They made the journey with a five-horse team, and at places was obliged to go ahead and cut a way through the timber. It was a memorable trip, in which they met some In- dians and killed game in abundance. Jason Whipple having a new cap gun, one of the first guns of that pattern made. Aaron bought a farm of 100 acres of Israel Daggett, but as the puncheon had been taken out of the cabin on the place, they rented a double cabin of Milton Van Duser, on the opposite side of the road. This place had been unused for a time and wild turkey filed through it in search of corn. The Indians had been on the place the previous year, and two camp grounds on the farm are still discernible.

Charles Tilson Grant was reared on his father's farm in Brown Townshp, which he helped to clear. Ile attended an old log school. taught by Cynthia Finch, two miles distant from his home. He followed farming on the home place, having bought out the other heirs. and lived there until in the nineties, when he retired from active business and located in Ashley. He sold the farm in 1903.

February 17, 1861, Mr. Grant married Diana Hibbard, who was born January 6. 1842. in Morrow County, and was a daughter of Lucius Hibbard. She died July 12. 1905. leaving two children-Horace Plum and Mary Emma. Horace Plum, born April 8, 1862. lives in Ashley. Ile married May Perfect and had a son. Leon, and formed a second union with Daisy Gano; Mary Emma, second child of Mr. and Mrs. Grant, born July 12. 1866. married Eugene Watters and has a daughter Shirley. Politically, Mr. Grant is a Dem- ocrat and served as infirmary director three

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years. being elected in face of overwhelming odds. He was formerly a member of the Pa- trons of Husbandry.

OHN WASHINGTON NASH, who was, for many years, one of Delaware County's substantial men and honor- able and upright citizens, acquired and left intact a valuable farm of 148 acres, situated in Berkshire Township, and ad- joining the city of Galena, on the west. Mr. Nash was a Virginian and was born in the capital city of Richmond. September 14, 18:7. son of John W. and Martha ( Green) Nash. His grandparents were natives of England.

The parents of Mr. Nash both died when he was about 10 years of age, but he con- tinned for about seven years longer to reside at Richmond. and then accompanied a family named Shaffer, to Delaware County. For some time he continued to live with this family, and assisted them in getting settled. , identified since 1866.

but later engaged in farm work throughout Delaware County. After his marriage, in 1841. he rented a farm for one year and then bought what was known as the Williams farm, containing 148 acres. This property he al- ways retained and continued to improve it as long as he lived. He also acquired other farms and became known as a capitalist and financier. He owned stock and was a member of the Board of Directors of both the Sunbury and Westerville banks. During the larger part of his life he was engaged in general farming and stock-raising. Mr. Nash was a man of exemplary life and he was held in the highest esteem by all who knew him. At vari- ous times and when his fellow citizens de- manded it. he accepted the duties of public of- fice, and he ever proved a faithful, efficient and valuable official. In his political views he was a Democrat.

James and Elizabeth ( Slosson) Rose, who were natives of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Nash had four children, two of whom died in infancy. The two daughters who reached maturity were Ann Eliza and Mary Oliver. The former was born February 27. 1845, and married Samuel Fancher. She died August 21. 1898, and was laid to rest in Grundy County, Illinois.

Miss Mary Oliver Nash was born on the old home place, in the old log house, July 25. 1850. In 1855 her father built the present frame residence, a commodious structure of ten rooms, and he made all the other improve- ments which have served to increase its value. Miss Nash rents the farm of 148 acres, it be- ing her own property. She is interested also in

several local enterprises, owning stock which has proved excellent as an investment. Miss Nash was educated at Galena and com- pleted the High School course there. She is a valued member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Galena, with which she has been

HARLES C. COWGILL, residing on a well-appointed farm near the city of Delaware, in Brown Town- ship, comes of a prominent okl family of Delaware County. His grandfather. Daniel M. Cowgill, Sr., was born in Connecticut and was the first of the family to come to Ohio, settling in Delaware County in 1811. His father was of English birth. and came to the United States with his two brothers. Ile acquired several hundred acres of land south of Delaware, in Delaware Town- ship, and in the following year joined the American army for service during the War of 1812. He later sold that farm and located on one of 75 acres across the line in Brown Town- ship. His wife's maiden name was Finley. and she died very young.

On September . 21, 1841, Mr. Nash was married to Sarah Ann Rose, who was born near Daniel M. Cowgill, Jr., father of Charles C .. was born in Delaware Township. Novem- ber 7. 1827. and has lived in Delaware County Galena, Ohio, February 20, 1820, and who died July 9. 1897, surviving her husband from March 30. 1893. She was a daughter of ! all his life, except the past twelve winters,

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which he has spent in California. While here he resides among his children. Upon first leaving his father's home he was for three years located on a farm east of Alum Creek in Berlin Township. after which he purchased what has since been his home place, a tract of 130 acres on the Sunbury road. He also purchased the farm on which Charles C. Cow- gill now lives, the latter having bought it of him in 1903. He had other tracts which have been divided among his children. He mar- ried Eliza Allgire, who was born near Canal Winchester, in Fairfield County, Ohio, and they became parents of six children : William L., who died at the age of 21 years: John MI .. of Delaware: Charles C .: Mary Louisa, wife of David Lackey, residing near Cheshire : Celina Cora, was the wife of Frank Ferguson. who died in 1907, and lived in Van Wert County : and Clara J., wife of Wallace Fergu- son, who lives on the old home place. Politi- cally, Mr. Cowgill is a Republican. In 1864 he enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty- fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at Delaware, and was in the 100-day service.

Charles C. Cowgill was born one mile south of his present place, in Berlin Township. Delaware County, Ohio, March 31. 1856. and received his educational training in the district schools and at the Delaware high school. He remained on the home place until he was 23 years of age. In 1879 he came to his present farm which he rented until 1903, when he pur- chased it as mentioned above. It contains 115 acres, on which he has erected a comfortable residence and made most of the improvements. Ile follows general farming and dairying and has always met with satisfactory results.

October 28, 1879. Charles C. Cowgill was united in marriage with Maggie Darrah, who was born three miles east of Sunbury, in Delaware County, and is a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Young) Darrah. Three chil- dren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Cow- gill: Herbert R., born July 3. 1884, who is a machinist in Delaware; Homer E .. born Feb- ruary 15. 1886; and Paul S., born April I. 1889. Mr. Cowgill casts his vote for the can- didates of the Prohibition party. He is a mem-

ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Delaware. His fraternal connection is with the Patrons of Husbandry.

E. COWLES, M. D., physician and surgeon, residing at Ostrander, was born near Bell Point. Delaware County, Ohio, August 6, 1862, and is a son of Homer J. and Julia A. (Bean) Cowles.

During his active years the father of Dr. Cowles engaged in farming. He is now a resident of Pittsburg. For some fifteen years he was clerk of Concord Township and also served as a justice of the peace. He is a men- ber of Edinburg Lodge, Odd Fellows. of Os- trander, being past grand of the same. The mother of Dr. Cowles was a daughter of Hi- ram Bean, a resident of Scioto Township, who was a son of George Bean. The latter was born in Virginia and settled in Scioto Town- ship in 1817. He founded this pioneer fam- ily in this section. The parents of Dr. Cowles had nine children. eight of whom grew to ma- ture years, as follows: Samuel J., residing at Findlay. Ohio: G. E .. residing at Ostrander : Olive S., who is deceased : Orva A., who mar- ried N. H. White, residing at Delaware : Frank H., residing at White Sulphur. Ohio: Ora E .. who married J. C. McCrea. residing at Dela- ware: Fred H .. residing at Dayton : and Oma A., who married William H. Miller.

Dr. Cowles belongs to a pioneer family of Delaware also on the paternal side. His grandparents were Samuel J. and Parthenia (Ackerman) Cowles. The grandfather was born in New York and he was brought to the Western Reserve by his parents who were among the earliest settlers of Concord Town- ship. He acquired a part of the okl farm and lived in Concord Township until his death. when almost 91 years of age. His father at one time owned the property on which the old Mill Creek mill stood.

Dr. Cowles was educated in the public schools of Bell Point. His medical reading was done under the supervision of Dr. J. H.

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Field, a well-known practitioner of Ostrander, after which he attended lectures at the Co- lumbus Medical College, where he was grad- uated in 1889. He located at Ostrander. where he enjoys a large and lucrative practice. He keeps closely in touch with the advance of medical science and is a member of both Delaware County and Ohio State Medical Societies. He has taken a more or less active interest in county politics and in 1907 he was elected township treasurer. For three years he served as a member of the School Board of Ostrander village. He be- longs to Lodge No. 348. Knights of Pythias. at Ostrander.

Dr. Cowles married Hattie, daughter of James S. and Rebecca A. Seymour, residents of Findlay, Ohio, and they have one son. Dor- ence S. Dr. and Mrs. Cowles are members of the Baptist Church, of which he is treasurer and a trustee. He occupies a leading place among the representative citizens of Delaware County.

ORIDON MCALLISTER, whose large and well-kept farm is situated in Thompson Township, resides in a comfortable home at Richwood. which he has occupied for the past six years. He was born near Sunbury, in Trenton Township. Delaware County, Ohio, November 13. 1851, and is a son of Jesse N. and Emily ( Gildersleeve ) McAllister.

Mr. McAllister is of Irish-Scotch ancestry. His grandfather, Abdul McAllister, was born in Pennsylvania and was one of the pioneers of Delaware County. Jesse N. McAllister was born also in Pennsylvania and was II years old when he accompanied his parents to Trenton Township. Delaware County, where he was reared and where he subse- quently married. When his son Coridon was two years old he moved to Thompson Town- ship. where he bought a farm of 72 acres, on which he lived until within 18 or 20 years of his death, when he moved to Claybourne Township. in Union County, where he owned

two farms. He died August 3. 1901, in his 8Ist year. In politics he was a Republican and he served as trustee of Thompson Town- ship. Of his three children, two grew to ma- turity, namely: Coridon and Henrietta, the latter of whom married George Hancock of Richwood.

From the age of two years until 1882. Coridon McAllister lived in Thompson Town- ship. He then spent one year at Richwood and then moved back on the farm, where he remained until 1900, when he moved to Dela- ware, for two years, but later returned to Richwood. Mr. McAllister makes a specialty of sheep-feeding on his large farm of 450 acres, 400 of which he has under cultivation. He buys in the fall, feeds and sells in the spring, his dealings reaching from 1.200 to I 300 head. He has a sheep barn with dimen- sions of 52 by 120 feet with 18-foot posts, which he built in 1893, and another barn 44 by 84 with 25-foot posts, and this barn has a wing 24 by 48 feet. and he has a 300-ton silo. He also feeds some cattle and hogs and grows corn, hay and wheat.

Mr. McAllister married Jennie E. Adams, who is a daughter of Simeon and Elizabeth Adams, of Richwood. They have a family of six children, as follows: Margaret, who is a teacher in the Akron, Ohio, public schools ; John. residing at Richwood: Frederick, resid- ing at Delaware : Leah, who is a student in the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware : and Timothy and Helen, at home. Mrs. Mc.Al- lister is a member of the Presbyterian Church. to which Mr. McAllister gives liberal sup- port. He is a man of public spirit and good citizenship.

5 ARRY W. JEWELL, B. A., senior member of the law firm of Jewell & Benton, prominent attorneys at Dela- ware, was born in Porter Township. Delaware County, Ohio. November 19. 1872, and is a son of Warren S. and Laura A. (Moody) Jewell.

Mr. Jewell's grandfather. Harrison Jew-

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ell, was born in New Jersey and came to Ohio at an early day, settling at Utica, in Licking County, where he acquired farm property and became a man of substance. Warren S. Jewell was born on this farm. in 1842. completed his education in an academy at Granville, Ohio, and then engaged in a mercantile business in Hilliar Township. Knox County, for a few years, but in 1865 purchased and moved on a farm of 300 acres in Porter Township. For years he has been extensively interested in the Delaine sheep growing industry, keeping 300 head and taking pride in having one of the finest flocks in the State. In polities, Warren S. Jewell is a Republican and he has served in township offices for years. He is a mem- ber of East Liberty Lodge, Knights of Pyth- ias. He married Laura Moody, who is a daughter of Rev. William Moody, who was one of the pioneer preachers of the Christian Church in this section. They have had five children, namely: Eva. who married Levi Blacklidge of Porter Township: Harry W .: Walter M., residing in Knox County: Mary. who married Charles Bone, of Licking Coun- ty : and Clifford W., residing in Porter Town- ship. Mr. and Mrs. Jewell are leading mem- bers and generous supporters of the Christian Church in Centerburg, Ohio.

Ilarry W. Jewell attended the district schools of Porter Township until he was four- teen years of age and then entered the Cen- terburg High School in Knox County and went from there to lliram College, where he was graduated in 1895, with the degree of B. .A. Ile then entered the law office of McElroy & Carpenter, and he was admitted to the Bar in 1897. He practiced alone until March 12, 1907, when he formed a partnership with B. P. Benton, of Delaware, and the firm has forged rapidly to the front, at present occupy- ing a leading place in the profession at Dela- ware. In politics, Mr. Jewell is a Republican and ever since attaining manhood he has taken a deep and intelligent interest in public mat- ters. lle has been a prominent factor in his party. exerts a wide influence, and in 1908 was put forward by his party as its nominee for Congress. He is largely identified with busi-

ness interests in this section, is vice president of the Cook Motor Company and is one of the directors of the First National Bank.

Mr. Jewell was married in 1895 to Mamie E. McGuire, who is a daughter of John Mc- Guire, of Centerburg. Ohio, and they have one son. Arthur Raymond, who was born July 7. 1896. Mr. and Mrs. Jewell are members of the Presbyterian Church, Mr. Jewell being a member of the board of trustees. He is senior warden of Hiram Lodge, No. 18, F. & A. M., at Delaware.

HARLES II. STALEY, who has been a resident of Concord Town- ship for the past 45 years, was born July IT, 1850, at Cincinnati, Ohio. and is a son of Vincent and Isabel Staley.

The parents of Mr. Staley were both born in Germany. The mother, while still Miss Isabel Smith, came to America and to Pitts- burg. Pennsylvania, with her sister, Mrs. Hartkorn. The father accompanied his par- ents to Muskingum County, Ohio, and later became a clerk in the Galt House, at Cincin- nati. He was married in that city and moved to Delaware in 1857, and became manager of the Wilson Hotel at Sulphur Springs. where he remained until his death in 1861. His widow subsequently married John Sutley, who dlied some 13 years ago, since which time she has resided at Columbus. She is now 87 years of age, and comes of a long-lived fam- ily, her father living to be 90 years old and her grandfather. to be 95 years. Vincent Staley and wife had three children, two sons and one daughter, namely: Charles H. : Jo- sephine, who married Michael Moran, is a widow and resides with her mother; and Frank, residing at Ostrander, who married Elizabeth Chambers.

Charles H. Staley has given his main at- tention through life to agricultural pursuits. Ile has lived 51 years in Delaware County, six of these in Liberty and the remainder in Concord Township.

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In 1872, Mr. Staley was married to Mar- garet Lorvery. They have had seven chil- dren, namely : Frank, who married Ida Jones . Mary, who married William Hannah, and re- sides at Indianapolis: Harry, who married Laura Soller, and resides in Marion County, Ohio; Minnie, wife of Clarence Smale, resid- ing in Delaware County: Eve, who married Burton Andrews, and resides in U'nion Coun- ty: Edward, residing at Zanesville, where he married Rose Huff (he served in the Span- ish-America War and spent three years in Cuba ) : and Josephine, who resides at home.

Mr. Staley is affiliated with the Democratic party and has been active in township and county politics. He has served two terms as township trustee and two terms as township treasurer. He is a representative citizen of Concord Township and few are better known.

ILLIAM H. McWILLIAMS, a leading citizen of Berlin Town- ship. resides on his farm of 82 acres on the Cheshire turnpike road. was born in Washington. New Jersey, and is a son of Marshall and Clar- issa ( Smith ) MeWilliams.

The father of Mr. MeWilliams was born in New Jersey, and when he took possession of the land which his son now occupies, in 1840. it was covered with a dense forest. His original purchase was of fifty acres and he erected the first board house in this section. He added to his land until he owned 120 acres. Until the issues of 1861, he was a strong Dem- ocrat, but after that year he was identified with the Republican party until his death. which took place in 1876, at the age of 74 years. His father. John McWilliams, was born in Ireland and he founded the family in New Jersey. Marshall MeWilliams married daughter of Rev. Jonas Smith, who was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Me Williams was born and reared in New Jersey. The children of Marshall MeWil- liams and wife were as follows: Smith, re- siding in Berlin Township: Henry, John. Ly-

dia J., who married Edgar Gregory, residing in Berlin Township: William 11., Ann, who married a Mr. Moore, residing in Michigan : Marshall G., residing at Urbana. Ohio; and one other that died in infancy.

William H. Mc Williams remained at home giving assistance to his father until he was 22 years of age, when he enlisted in Company G, Forty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer In- fantry. In 1862 he was taken prisoner and was confined on Belle Isle for 14 months. finally being paroled and subsequently exchanged. He returned to his regiment and was honorably discharged at Camp Harker. East Tennessee. near Nashville, after three years of military life. He then returned home after his mar- riage in 1868, and engaged in farming a short distance from the home place, coming to the present farm after his father died, where he has resided ever since.

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Century history of Delaware County, Ohio and representative citizens 20th, Part 108

Author: Lytle, James Robert, 1841- [from old catalog] ed Publication date: 1908 Publisher: Chicago, Biographical publishing company Number of Pages: 926

Author: Lytle, James Robert, 1841- [from old catalog] ed
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: Chicago, Biographical publishing company
Number of Pages: 926