History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, and incidentially historical collection pertaining to border warfare and the early settlement of the adjacent portion of the Ohio Valley, Part 132

Author: Caldwell, J. A. (John Alexander) 1n; Newton, J. H., ed; Ohio Genealogical Society. 1n
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Wheeling, W. Va. : Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 728


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The last five were ordained by this church, and the following ministers were licensed by it : Thomas Jones and G. T. Jones. Since its location at Rock Hill, it has been destitute of pastoral labors, in all, about four years, and has received into its fellow- ship about five hundred persons by baptism. Since its organi- zation, the church has dismissed members to form Corinth, Enon and. Moorefield churches, and in part Morristown church, while many have gone to join the church triumphant, and others are scattered throughout the west and among the churches of this state.


About the year 1850, the church built a new, large frame house, in which they still worship, having a membership of about one hundred and fifty, and large congregations.


So far as is known, all of the former pastors of this old church are still living, some actively engaged in their chosen work, while others, on account of the weight of years, arc patiently waiting to be called across the river.


Being located in a rich farming community, its membership is made up of substantial farmers and their families, and exerts a commanding influence in all the regions round about, and will, without doubt, in the future as in the past, let the light of Divine truth shine out over the hills and valleys of that entire region.


HISTORY OF FLUSHING VILLAGE.


The village of Flushing was laid out by Jesse Foulke, No- vember 9, 1813, and named by him. It is situated on the north- west quarter of section 20, range 5, town 9, in what was then the civil township of Union, in Belmont county, Ohio. The first house erected on the present site of the town was built by Reese Bransou, a silversmith from St. Clairsville, in the year 1809, but as the services of a silversmith were not needed by the early settlers, he sold out to a man named Douglass and returned to St. Clairsville, The house built by Branson is still standing, and is occupied by Elihu Hollingsworth as part of his dwelling. Jesse Foulke lived where Isaac Holloway's house now stands. He taught the first schoool, and kept the first store. The first practicing physician was Dr. Jesse Bailey. The first sermon was preached by Michael Ellis (Methodist) at the house of Jesse Brandenburg in 1818. The first church was built by the Metho- dists in 1821.


The town was incorporated February 23, 1849, and had a pop- ulation at that time of 312.


The records of the first election are lost, consequently the first board of officers cannot be given. The population, accord- ing to the census of 1870, was-whites, 195; colored, 11; total, 206.


There are at present (1879) in the town of Flushing 3 dry goods stores, kept by Stephen Hobson, Asa G. Holloway, and J. P. Judkins; 1 hardware store, Joseph Williams, 2 drug stores ; 3 hotels, kept by William H. Holloway, Jacob W. Brown and A. Swanson ; 2 churches, Methodist and Christian ; 1 school house; 2 blacksmith shops, K. K. Kirk and Joseph Farmer; 2 wagon shops, I. J. Walker and J. Krim; 1 tinshop, Henry Hanna; 1 butcher shop, J. A. Vance; 1 tailor shop, S. W. Sipe; 1 saddler shop, E. W. Purviance: 1 post office, E. W. Purviance, postmaster; and 2 milliner shops, Alcinda Krim and Mrs. J. A. Vance.


Flushing is one of those staid, old-fashioned, inland towns that sees wisdom in the fable of the fox and tortoise. What she may do when the iron horse goes neighing through her tun- nel in her southern borders remains to be seen.


GRANITE MILLS.


In the year 1877, John F. Stratton, of Winona, Ohio, put in execution a plan he had cherished for some time, of supplying a want long felt by the people of Flushing and vicinity, by joining in partnership with Chas. Stratton, his brother, and Joseph H. Branson, to erect a flour mill near said village.


The building was erected during the summer of 1878. The material used, a micacious sand stone taken out of the approach to the railroad tunnel just south of the town of Flushing. Size, 30x40 feet. Height, 37 feet to the cves. Engine house, 25x30 feet. Engine, 60 horse power, with Compton's auto- matic cut-off governer. Working speed, 150 revolutions per minute. Capacity, two run of wheat buhrs and one chopper, the former grinding 15 bushels per hour and the latter from 50 to 60. Mr. Stratton's inventive genius furnished this mill with


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a corn sheller and tolling machine, which work admirably, and had not death interposed it is confidently believed he would have made this mill the most perfect in the state, His surviv- ing partners are striving their best to realize the ideal of the deceased. The enterprise is a very laudable one in which the citizens are deeply interested, and it is hoped they may prove eminently successinl.


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF FLUSHING TOWN- SHIP.


GEORGE BROKAW was born in Pennsylvania, March 22, 1784. His father, George Brokaw, Sr., was a soldier under General Washington in the Revolution, and emigrated to Ohio in the year 1800, bringing his son with him, then 16 years of age, and settled on Shortcreek, in what is now Harrison county. Here the subject of this sketch was reared, and innured to all the harships and vicissitudes of early frontier life. Their principal breadstuff was corn, reduced to meal by being pounded in a wooden mortar burnt out of a stump,the instrument used being an iron wedge fastened in the end of a convenient stick. When they raised wheat they were obliged to pack it on horseback through the woods to Maj. Mccullough's mill in Va., a distance of fifteen miles, often taking two days to make a trip. In 1806, Mr. Brokaw married Mary McCullough, by whom he had 11 children-7 boys and 4 girls. When the war of 1812, broke out, he enlisted, served under Generals Wadsworth and Harrison at Sandusky, and participated in the stirring scenes of that cam- paign. At one time he was placed as guard over a wagon load of corn that the General intended for his own use, but when the hungry soldiers wanted corn Brokaw told them to "take all they wanted." For this he would have been court-martialed but for the order superceding Gen. Wadsworth by Gen. Harrison. In the spring of 1813, he was discharged on account of sickness, and on the way home was obliged to wade the Killbuck through the ice, got the ague and came near dying, but finally reached home where by careful nursing he recovered without the use of drugs, and although at this time (March, 1879), 95 years of age, he never took any "doctors' stuff," or wore a pair of boots. During the summer of 1813 he moved to Flushing township, Belmont county, where he had previously purchased land, covered by the primeval forests, and by dint of industry he succeeded in clear- ing out a large farm and rearing a large family. Purchasing the land adjoining he was enabled to give his children each 50 acres of land on the occasion of their marriage as a dower, where they now live in the enjoyment of comforts unknown to the early pioneers. A scene has frequently been enacted on the Brokaw farm, which is perhaps sui generis without a parallel in Bel- mont county. George Brokaw would blow his horn and call around him his seven sons; then in obedience to orders each would hitch up his team to his plow and led by the father, eight plows traversed the same field, each driver wearing a red "wam- mus." Again, in splitting rails, seven mauls wielded in unison, and after the worm had been laid by the father, seven sons laid up the fence. As the farms were contiguous all the farming operations were performed in the same manner, In religion Mr. Brokaw was a Presbyterian, and in politics a Democrat, and all his sons have followed faithfully in his footsteps. So firm were his political convictions that for six consecutive years he cast the only Democratic ballot in Flushing township. Mrs. Brokaw died July 15, 1851, and although twice married since, he survives all three of his wives, and bids fair to live to cele- brate the 100th anniversary of his birth.


ISAAC BROKAW, the fourth son of George Brokaw, first saw the light in Flushing township, March 3, 1818, where he has lived all his life, following the occupation of a farmer. Married Nancy H. Armstrong June 4, 1846, and reared a family as fol- lows: George, Mary Jane, Joseph G., Martha, and David L. Mr. Brokaw is recognized as the most enterprising and public- spirited man of the name.


ISAAC HOLLOWAY, the only son of Nathan Holloway, of Staf- ford county, Va., was born December 27, 1805, Removed to Belmont county, Ohio, in December, 1827. On his arrival he engaged in teaching, which he followed fifteen months, and then engaged in general merchandizing, which business, together with farming, has occupied his time and attention until the present. Ho married Miss Harriet Sheets in April, 1831, by whom he had four children, three of whom are still living, viz .: I-48-B. & J. Cos.


Otho S., born January 30, 1832, living in Flushing township and practicing law; Annie M., born December 25, 1833, mar- ried Thomas Atebison, and removed to Iowa about 1868; Na- than, born October 6, 1837, engaged in mercantile business in Belmont county, Ohio. Mrs. Holloway died in 1847, and Mr. H. married Ann Eliza Norton in May, 1850, who still shares his fortunes with him. He served as justice of the peace fifteen years and one term in the State Senate in 1858-9. He is now in his seventy-fourth year, and is regarded as one of the solid men of the county. He has in Flushing township 1,400 acres of land under cultivation, and in Belmont county 2,300 acres; also 1,000 acres in Iowa. Has at the present time 2,600 head of me- rino sheep, and ships annually from 10,000 to 11,000 pounds of wool.


ISAAC KIRK-Born February 20, 1795, in Chester county, Pa. In 1796, his father moved to Fayette county, Pa., and in 1812, to lands near Flushing, Belmont county, Ohio, entered by Hen- ry Carver, in 1810. He married Mary Crozier October 11, 1821. Children born : Kersey, April 26, 1826 ; Jephtha, September 14, 1828; Lamira, April 14, 1832. His wife having died he lives with his son Kersey, who married Mary E. Pickering, February 4, 1856, by whom he had four children, viz: Howard T., Linna, Sherman and Jesse M.


MARK KIRK-Born May 26, 1811, in Lancaster county, Pa. In 1823, his father, Lentulies Kirk, removed to the village of Flushing, where he learned the blacksmith trade with his father, which trade he has followed ever since. He married Emily Brock, March 9, 1837. Of this union but one child survives, Jesse B. Kirk, of Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Kirk dying, Mark married Lucinda McPherson. Children-Marion Benson, born April 11, 1848 ; Francis A., born June 4, 1851; James M., born June 18, 1854 ; Henry M., born May 2, 1863. M. Benson and James M., although reared on the farm, have received a liberal education, graduating with honor, and are known as successful teachers and accomplished gentlemen.


J. V. WEBSTER, M. D .- Born Jannary 13, 1841, near Harris- ville, Harrison county, Ohio; attended Hopedale Seminary about two years, then went to Somerton, Belmont county, in 1862, to study medicine with Dr. Schooley, where he remained four years, when he married Minnie B. Whitaker, in 1866, and moved to Flushing, where he engaged in the practice of medi- eine, and one year thereafter opened a drug store and combined the sale of drugs with the practice of medicine and surgery. Dr. Webster has but one child, named Ella T. Webster, now twelve years of age. Comparatively young in years, with a large circle of friends and an increasing practice, Dr. Webster's career promises to be a useful and prosperous one.


KERSEY K. KIRK, second son of Joshua Kirk, was born June 28, 1849. At the age of two years his father moved to Flushing and engaged in blacksmithing, the son learning the trade in his father's shop. He married Miss M. L. Wilson, October 13, 1871. His children's names are as follows : Walter J., born August 16, 1872; Bessie, born December 4, 1874, and Annie G. Kirk, born December 9, 1876. Mr. Kirk still carries on the business of blacksmithing in the village of Flushing and is known as an in- dustrious and competent workman.


DAVID CONROW was the fourth son of Darling Conrow, of Frederick county, Va., who removed to Ohio in the fall of 1804, and settled two miles southeast of Finshing, where the subject of this sketch was born September 1, 1813. At the age of 24 he married Anna Hall, November 2, 1837. To them were born Joseph and Thomas H. Conrow, Joseph dying at the age of 30. David Conrow, by industry and economy, has acenmulated a competence, and by probity and fair dealing earned the respect of his neighbors. In 1876, having noticed the bad influences under which homeless children are reared, he conceived the idea of securing a home for them in a public building. He at once agitated the matter, spending his time and money treely to for- Ward the project. He wrote and circulated petitions to the county commissioners to appropriate funds for the erection of a suitable building. During the fall ot 1877 it was submitted to a vote of the people, and resulted in a majority of 2,300 for the "Children's Home." We think it is not too much to say that the success of the enterprise is largely due to the forethought and lively interest manifested in the Children's Home by David Conrow, its originator.


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ELIHU HOLLINGSWORTH was the son of Levi Hollingsworth, and first saw the light in a small log house one and a half miles west of Flushing January 12, 1813. At the age of 18 Elihn went to learn the trade of hatter with his brother. Remained three years. July 11, 1839, he married Lydia Ann Fisher, and set up business on his own account in the town of Belmont. Children born : Mary L., March 20, 1842; David A., November 21, 1844; Lovina A., March 2, 1849; Benjamin F. born April 21, 1840, and died June 1, 1863. He removed to Flushing May 1, 1847, where he followed his business three years, and then engaged in general merchandising. In 1867 he retired from business, and now lives on his income, having during his active life by industry and energy, accumulated a competence. Mr. Hollingsworth, with commendable zeal and public spirit, has kept a meteorological record from April, 1857, up to the present time,


JOHN K. NORTON, Sr .- Born April 25, 1801, in Cumberland county, Pa. In 1810, his parents came to Ohio and lived oue year just where the west end of the Steubenville bridge now stands. On October 22, 1822, he married Mary Ann G. Hopkins, eldest daughter of William Hopkins, of Mt. Pleasant, Ohio. The children now living are : Ann Eliza, Sarah N., John Kerr, and Mary O. E. Norton. In 1829, Mr. Norton moved to Florence, Washington county, Pa., where he kept a temperance hotel, the first experiment of that kind ever tried in that section of the country. In 1844, he shipped from Washington county, Ohio, the first hogshead of tobacco from that county to Marietta, Ohio. In 1847, he kept a hotel in St. Clairsville. A temper- ance house was at that time regarded with disfavor by the trav- eling public, but Mr. Norton and his estimable lady persevered and won a place in public esteem. After various removals Mr. Norton settled in Flushing township, Belmont county, where he now lives. His son, John Kerr Norton, resides with his parents.


SMITH HIRST-Born February 2, 1809, in Loudon county, Va. His father, David Hirst, removed to Jefferson county, near Mt. Pleasant, Ohio. Educational facilities being quite limited in those days, a boy was considered quite proficient when he had mastered Comly's spelling book and Jesse's arithmetic. Young Hirst made the most of his opportunities and was considered a good scholar. In 1850, he married Phoebe Wilson, of Chester county, Pa. His wife having died, he married in 1856, Lydia Hoge, daughter of John Van Pelt. In 1847, he bought one hun- dred acres of land in the south west corner of Wheeling township, where he now resides. Mr. Hirst is a man of studious habits and through extensive reading has accumulated a fund of infor- mation not not often secured by a man whose lite has been spent on a farm.


JAMES B. SHEETS is a son of Otho Sheets, of Hampshire county, Va., who moved to Ohio in 1825 and reared a family of seven children. James B., the only one now living in Belmont county, was born in 1830, and on June 4, 1862, married Lamira Kirk, daughter of Isaac Kirk, of Flushing township. In 1869 he rent- ed his farm and moved to a smaller one near the village of Flush- ing, where he now resides.


JOHN A. HOBSON, M. D., the second son of Thomas Hobson, of Richmond, Jefferson county, O., was born July 2, 1849. At the age of 18 young Hobson attended the Friends' school at Mt. Pleasant, and at 20 went to Chester Hill, Morgan county, Ohio, to study medicine with Dr. Smith Branson. Attended lectures at the Miami Medical College (Allopathic) of Cincinnati, where he graduated in 1872; married Martha H. Branson June 27, 1873; has at this time three children living, Bertha, Emmina Ger- trude, and Anna S .; practiced medicine eighteen months in Washington county, and then removed to Flushing, November 23, 1873, where he continues to practice medicine and surgery acceptably to a host of admiring friends.


ELLIS W. PURVIANCE, P. M., came to Flushing when three years of age, having been born in Jefferson county, April, 1828. From the year 1831 till 1845 Ellis assisted his father in the mer- cantile business; attended the Friends' Seminary at Mt. Pleas- ant during 1847-8-9. After his return from school he went into the harness business, which he still continues; served as mayor of Flushing for 1869 and 1870. In 1874 he was commissioned post- master of Flushing, having served as assistant postmaster for the four years previous.


DANIEL WILLIAMS .- Joseph Williams resided in Urochland township, Chester county, Pa., where Daniel was born July 13, 1813; removed to Belmont county, O., in 1808; married Martha Schofield, August 1, 1838, and went to housekeeping for himself. In 1853 his wife died, having borne him three children, two of whom are living, Joseph and Edith S. In 1854 he married Hannah F. Cook, and moved to a farm half a mile east of the village of Flushing, where he still resides. Mr. Williams is now living with his third wife, his last marriage taking place August 22, 1871.


DAVID BRANSON Was born February 23, 1827; was reared on a farm, and married Sarah B. Holloway October 30, 1850, and moved to the farm he now occupies in the spring of 1851; bas six daughters, one of whom is married to Dr. John A, Hobson, of Flushing. Mr. Branson has devoted considerable time to sheep raising, but lately has reduced his stock, having at, the present time about 600 head.


HIRAM HOWELL, the fourth son of John Howell, was born April 18, 1822. His father emigrated from Loudon county, Va., in 1805 and located about one and a half miles south of the present town of Flushing; returned in the spring of 1806 and brought his father's family out. Floating down the Mononga- hela in a flatboat they landed opposite Whceling, and proceeded westward to occupy the cabin prepared for them. Hiram was born on the old homestead, and still occupies a portion of the original entry. In 1845 he married Eliza, daughter of Robert Kirk. Children-Joshua, J. G., and Jennie Howell. His wife having died, he married Martha Howell in 1852, by whom he had five children-Alice, Albert, Laura, Addison and Estella. Joshua, eldest son of Hiram, was killed at Spotsylvania Court Honse May 10, 1864.


JOHN C. HOWELL, eldest son of Benjamin, who was the eldest son of John Howell, was born June 17, 1841, in Union town- ship; enlisted in Company B, 126th Ohio Infantry; taken pris- oner once, but escaped; discharged July 2, 1865; married Es- ther Sheppard; has two children living; occupies the house that was originally built by John Howell in 1815.


STEPHEN HOBSON was the son of Joseph Hobson, of Jeffer- son county, born in April, 1830. In 1831 moved to Flushing, Belmont county, Ohio. Young Hobson was engaged in the tanning business for his father until 1852, when he sat up busi- ness for himself. Married Margaret Baily Sept 3, 1857. Names of children, Rebecca, Edward L., Joseph F., Aliee and Mary S. In 1864, commenced the mercantile business in Flushing, which he still follows. Does a business of about $15,000 annually in general merchandise, besides dealing in wool to the amount of 50 or 60 thousand pounds.


ROBERT RUSSELL .- Samuel Russell, of Loudon county, Va., came to Belmont county, O., in 1804, and entered the southwest quarter of section 2, R. 6, T. 10, where he rearcd a large fam- ily and died at the advanced age of 95 years and 6 months. Here Robert was born, March 26, 1829. Married Elizabeth Per- kins in January, 1852, and still occupies the old homestead.


RUTH BETHEL, widow of Edward Bethel. Children, Mary J. (married J. W. Syphers), Geo. W., Abner and John (dead), Mattie H. (married Thos. F. Brown), Harriet A. (married Jacob W. Brown), Addison R. and Ella E. still remain at home.


ALFRED BETHEL .- James Bethel came to Flushing township in 1805, and in 1809 located on the farm now occupied by bis son Alfred, who was born Jan. 5. 1819, and has lived in the township all his life. Married Margaret Mackall Oct. 12, 1842. Had eight children, four of whom are living-John A., James O., Jesse B. and Thomas F. Mr. Bethel has 367 acres of land under good cultivation, and like most thrifty farmers in Flush- ing is engaged in wool growing, and has at present about 400 head of merino shcep.


LEVI STARKEY, EsQ., soon of William Starkey, of Montgomery county, Maryland, who came to Ohio in 1831, had four sons and four daughters. Levi was born December 25, 1832, and married Susan Ellis, daughter of Elisha Ellis (the less), and now lives near the town of Flushing, where he deals out justice to his neigh- bors in the capacity of justice of the peace, having been elected to that office in April, 1878. Mr. Starkey has taught school for


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twenty-five years, and served as township clerk continuously for eleven years.


GEORGE S. LATHAM .- John Latham lived in Loudon county, Va. ; married Lacy Ross and emigrated to Behnont county, O .; had three sons and six daughters. The third son, George S., was born August 21, 1823, in Belmont county and reared on a farm in Harrison county. He married Elizabeth Clevenger, September 4, 1844, and moved to Belmont county. He has one daughter now living in Iowa. His mother drew a pension, be- ing the widow of a soldier of the war of 1812, and died Novem- ber, 1877, at the advanced age of one hundred years. He keeps about 250 head of sheep.


HENRY CASH .- Jonathan Cash came to Ohio in 1803, and in 1809 moved to Kirkwood township, in Belmont county, Ohio, where he married Mary Stotler, October 23, 1822. Henry, our subject, being the second child of this marriage, was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, August 11, 1826; moved to Stillwater in 1830. He married Eunice Brown, January 19, 1848, and had by her three children. He afterwards married Belinda Tracy and had two children. Mr. Cash was married three times, his third wife being Rebecca Wilkins by whom he had five ebildren, all living. He has 360 acres of land and keeps 200 head of sheep.


JOSEPH WILLIAMS-Born in Flushing township, October 16, 1845. He went to the Friends' Academy at Mt. Pleasant during the winter of 1863-4, also the Westtown boarding school of Ches- ter county, Pa., in 1866. In 1868, he went into partnership with Ephraim Holloway in the hardware and grocery business. Dis- solving partnership with Mr. Holloway he now carries on the business himself. In 1874, he married Gulie Purvianee, who died April, 1877.


THOMAS C. HAMBLETON-Born on his father's farm in Flush- ing township, in 1813, and still lives on the same property. He married Edith Harlan, November 9, 1837, by whom children were born as follows : William K., June 9, 1839; Mary, June 12, 1843; Harlan E., June 18, 1841 ; Samuel, Jannary 1, 1846.


SIMPSON BETHEL, son of John Bethel, of Harrison county, was born December 29, 1828. He married Francis Clemens in 1852, and moved to a farm a mile and a half northwest of Flushing. In 1875 he bought a farm of one hundred acres in the southeast corner of Flushing township, where he now resides. The chil- drens' names are as follows: John C., Mary E. and Anna L. Bethel.


LEWIS C. DYSART-Born in Shenandoah county, Va. ; came to Ohio in 1827 ; remained with his father on the farm until mar- ried. In January, 1848, he married Ann Ellis, daughter of Eli- sha (the greater) and moved to Roek Hill village and clerked two years and a half for Joseph Morris, in a dry goods store. He was commissioned postmaster of Kennon at Rock Hill in 1870. He commenced the dry goods business in 1871, which he still continues.


LUKE VOORHIES, M. D .. the fourth son of Inke Voorhies, of Perth Amboy, N. J., was born February 17, 1822; came to Cadiz, Ohio and entered the office of the Cadiz Sentinel; assisted in es- tablishing the Holmes County Farmer ; studied medicine with Dr. John Price, of Cadiz, O .; May 1, 1844, he married Margaret Lafferty and moved to Knox county, thence to Flushing, Belmont county, in 1845. In 1849, he went to California and in 1852, re- turned to Ohio. In 1857, he engaged in farming. In 1864, he moved to Rock Hill and engaged in mercantile pursuits in ad- dition to his practice. He has five children living, Clarissa J., E. Stanton, Robert C., Charles H. and Oscar C. Voorhies. The doctor still lives at Rock Hill, but has added law to his many professions.




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