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 193

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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CHARLES MATHER,-The father of the subject of our sketch was born near Glasgow, Scotland. He married Miss Mary Fowler, in 1799. This lady was a native of Loanhead, near Edinburgh. They reared a family of nine children, four sons and five daughters. Two of the sons died at an early age. Mrs. Mather died in 1820, at a place called Pennycuick, nine miles from Edinburgh. In the spring of 1822, Mr. Mather, with his seven children, embarked at Leith Harbor, for America,

arriving at Philadelphia July 1, and from thence he came direct to Smithfield. He resided in the village some four months, when he bought land in Wayne township, some two miles northwest of Smithfield, to which he removed and cleared up a farm, on which he lived until his death, in 1837. Of these seven children four survive, two sons and two daughters. Charles, the subject of our sketch, who is the fourth child, was born at Loanhead, Scotland, in June, 1804. He was an appren- tice, or clerk in a store, some three and a half years before he came with his father to this country. He went with his father on the farm, and worked about four years in helping clear it up. He then engaged as a clerk in the store of William Mat- thews, with whom he remained until 1832, when he went to Cadiz and clerked 'in the store of George Craig, where he re- mained two years. His father's sickness and death called him home, where he stayed until 1840. He then sold his interest in. the homestead to his brother James, and bought the hotel where the Grant House now stands. He and his three sisters run the hotel until the spring of 1842, when he sold out to Nathan MC .. . Kinney. In the fall of 1842, he married Miss Elizabeth Carr, . daughter of Kinsey Carr. He now entered into a co-partner- ship with his father-in-law, Mr. Carr, in the mercantile busi- ness. Their store was in the Blackston block, where they done business until 1847, when they bought Thomas McGrew's entire property, goods, buildings and lot, and removed their stock of goods to the new quarters, where they carried on an active business until 1860, when Mr. Mather, by the purchase of his father-in-law's interest, became sole proprietor of the store, which he still (1879) continues, in the same building. This is the oldest mercantile establishment in the place, and Mr. Mather has been the longest time consecutively engaged in the business of any man in the town. He has a family of six children living, one son and five daughters-Rachel Ann, Emily, Mag- gie, Kate, Elizabeth and William. Emily is married, the others remain at home. In his early years Mr. Mather made two or three trips down the river to New Orleans. In 1832, he went with a boat load of flonr, ran on a sand bank and stove the boat, which filled with water, inflicting serions damage and heavy loss. Mr. Mather has been honored several times by his fellow-citizens electing him to the office of County Commis- sioner, and now, after more than three-quarters of a century, he is still hale and healthy, and as active and sprightly as many a man of fifty, and actively engaged in the mercantile business. His systematic business habits, persevering industry, temperate habits and strict honesty in all his dealings, and their attendant results, teach a lesson worthy of study and imitation by the young who are about to enter upon the busy theatre of lite.

DR. C. W. CLANCY .- The subject of this sketch, Charles W. Clancy, was born in Morgan county, Ohio, and spent the early years of his life on his father's farm. At the age of twenty-two or three he began the study of medicine, and, after graduating at one of the medical colleges of his native state, entered upon the practice of his profession in 1859, at New Alexander, Ohio. He remained there about one year, and then removed to Smithfield, in the same county, where he now resides, and where he has acquired a more than a local reputation as a suc- cessfnl practitioner of medicine and surgery. In Aug., 1862, he assisted in recruiting Company B, of the 52d O. V. I., and after serving as captain of this company for about six months, was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of his regiment and be- came its acting colonel during the remaining two and a half years of its service, excepting a brief period from July 19 to Sept. 25, 1864, during which time he was confined as a prisoner of war at Macon, Ga., and Charleston, S. C. Up to the time of his capture at Peach Tree creek, within four miles of Atlanta, he commanded his regiment in all the important engagements in Sherman's Atlanta campaign, and was three times wounded at. Kenesaw Mountain. After being exchanged he resumed com- mand of his regiment in that memorable march to the sea, and through the Carolinas, and remained in the service until the close of the war.

JOHN B. CONAWAY, M. D., a resident of Smithfield, Ohio, was born near Laceysville, Harrison county, Ohio, September 17, 1840. His name is traced with an honorable parentage far back to the Conaways of England and Ireland. His great grand- father moved to Baltimore county, Maryland, one hundred and five years ago. He remained there uutil the year 1800, when he settled in the vicinity of Wellsburg, Va. In 1802, in company with the Hoaglands and Martins, they formed a small settlement near where Hopewell church now stands, the country

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then being almost a wilderness. Beyond the church, on upper Rush run, is the place where these hardy backwoodsmen fought a battle with the Indians. The company was commanded by Captain McColloch, and led on by the intrepid scout, Lewis Wetzel, who gained for them a victory worthy of notice. His grandfather, Michael Conaway, moved to Stillwater in 1805, and was the first resident on that stream. When the war of 1812 was declared, he volunteered in Captain Laferty's company at Steubenville; and joined General Harrison's army early in Sep- tember, 1812 ; and was discharged in the winter of 1814, hav- served honorably during the trying times in all the struggles of this western territory. His father, Aaron Conaway, was born in 1807, and is still living. Dorcas Busby, his wife, is the mother of fourteen children-eight sons and six daught- ers-and is now a healthy woman seventy years of age. But four of his brothers and only two of his sisters are now living. His father was land appraiser; attended convention to form New Constitution of Ohio, and served forty-three years as jus- tice of the peace. When the civil war broke out in 1860, it found the family loyal and ready to do its duty in the coming struggle. In 1862 the three eldest brothers entered the army. The oldest was discharged on account of sickness. The young- est, (Moses Conaway) a member of company H, 126th regiment, O. V. I., after serving faithfully for nearly all his term of three years, and after enduring all the hardships that the 126th was fated, as it were, to endure, and in the last great battle, when victory's flag of freedom was proudly floating over an almost restored country, he fell mortally wounded at the head of his company, and died just as the sun was fading from view on the 21st of September, 1864. And now orderly sergeant Moses Cona- way sleeps in Winchester's quiet city of the dead. The second son, the subject of this sketch, volunteered in company C, 5th Independent Battalion Volunteer Cavalry. At the expiration of that term of service, he, with many others, volunteered as vet- erans, and formed the 13th regiment O. V. Cavalry. This young regiment was immediately put into active service. The war record of this regiment is second to none for the time it was in action, participating in the battles of the Wilderness, Cold Har- bor, White House Landing, Hatcher's Run, Pegram's Farm, Petersburg and Five Forks, Virginia, and in all the battles and skirmishes during the terrible campaign which closed the war. When this regiment entered the field, it numbered 1,040. After enduring the most terrible privations, sickness, hardships and deaths, with undaunted courage and masterly determination, which cost the lives of so many brave men, and is still fresh in the history of the war, but more so in the minds of the three hun- dred who returned to tell the story. He was promoted to sec- ond lieutenant April 30th, and to first lieutenant July 30th, commissioned captain and ordered to duty on the quartermaster's staff, April 14, 1865, and was honorably discharged in July, after the close of the war, taking with him the generous feelings of his comrades in arms, and the respect of all who knew him. He is a self-made man ; having but few of the advantages laid before the many. He is benevolent to a fault ; becoming poor that others might be happy. Diligent study and restless, de- termined effort soon gave him the advantages of a good educa- tion. He studied medicine in Iowa, under the Hon. John Con- away, of Brooklyn. He graduated with honor in Cincinnati in 1868. He educated his two younger brothers in the medical profession. Dr. Conaway is one of the leading physicians in Smithfield, with an extensive practice that extends far into the surrounding country and neighboring towns. He was married to Miss Matilda Picken, daughter of Alexander Picken, of Ot- tumwa, Iowa, October 6, 1868, by the Rev. E. II. Wearing. They have two interesting little danghters, Jessie Florence and Cora Frances.

JOHN BURNET .- The subject of this sketch was born in Wash- ington county, Pa., March 13, 1798, came with his parents to Smithfield township in 1803, and helped clear up the farm near the village, where they settled. Ile was married, first to Sarah Updegraff, in 1840. They were both of the same age. Mrs. Bur- net died March 2, 1858. His second marriage was to Eliza Gar- retson, October 22, 1863. Mr. Burnet has lived seventy-seven years within a quarter of a mile of the place where his parents first settled. Ile has always been a consistent member of the Friends' church and an honored and highly respected citizen ; has been a quiet and unostentatious man, and now reposes in the evening of his life in the full enjoyment of all his faculties, calmly awaiting the summons to call him hence.

BAZALEEL HAMMOND .- The great-grandfather of the subject of our sketch emigrated to this country in the colony that cam

over with William Penn and settled in Philadelphia, where he married and lived through life. He had a son, James, who was the grandfather of Bazaleel. This son James moved to Adams county, Pa., where he married and reared a family of five chil- dren-four sons and one daughter-George, Thomas, James, John and Elizabeth, of these sons George, James, and John, came at an early day to Jefferson county. George came in 1800, and settled in Smithfield township, about one mile west of the village of Smithfield, on the farm now owned by Nathan Hammond. James who was the father of Bazaleel was married March 13, 1794, to Miss Elizabeth Latshaw and moved to Smithfield town- ship in 1801, and settled on a farm, some two miles west of the village, which is now owned and occupied by the subject of our sketch. He reared a family of thirteen children, seven sons and six daughters, Peter, Mary, James, John, Thomas, Elizabeth, Jacob, Phoebe, Daniel, Bazaleel, Catharine, Rachel, Sarah Ann. Of these, James, John, Thomas, Mary and Catharine are de- ceased. James Hammond died in 1849, and his wife in 1863. Bezaleel, our subject, was born December 5, 1809, on the old homestead, which he now owns and occupies. He married Louisa Hurford, January 8, 1845. By this marriage, they rear- ed a family of six children, three sons and three daughters, Hugh, Emma, Jacob G., Leander J., Eliza, Asenath. Two of these, Jacob and Leander are deccased, Hugh, is married, the others still remain with their parents. Mr. Hammond devotes a good deal of attention to raising Ayrshire cattle. He has taken great care in securing thorough bred stock from Canada, and a herd of more beautiful cattle are seldom found. For further de- tails see American herd book.

WILLIAM TALBOTT was born in Smithfield township, on the noted Perrin Run, December 24, 1824. His parents, Jonathan and Mary Talbott, were natives of Pennsylvania and emigra- ted to this vicinity in 1821. His father's principal business was teaching school. He died in 1861 ; his wife died in 1840. Wil- liam Talbott has followed farming during his life, and owns the old Talbott homestead. He was married to Miss Anna C. Kelley in 1875 ; has but one child, a son. Mr. Talbott now re- sides in the village of York.

JOHN GOODWIN .- The subject of this sketch is the son of Gid- eon Goodwin and Rachael Pierce, and was born September 18, 1798. His father was born in Chester county, Pa., about the year 1776. His mother was a native of Frederick county, Va., and was born about the year 1779. John Goodwin, our subject, was a native of Virginia, and came to Mt. Pleasant when about 18 years old, in company with his father's family, and while there engaged in the tailoring business with his father, and con- tinued with him for three years. He then married Miss Eliza- beth Croley, of Virginia, and moved to Smithfield. This union was blessed with ten children, one daugther and nine sons. Of that number six are still living. His wife, after journeying through life with him for fifty-six years, was called home, leav- ing him to mourn her departure. He resided in Smithfield six- teen years, then settled in York, in 1838, where he now resides. He has held several offices in the county, has held the office of justice of the peace for thirty-six years, which position he still continues to fill ..

RICHARD PURVIANCE .- The subject of this sketch was born in Smithfield, on the same farm where he now resides, June 15, 1832. He is the son of Richard and Deborah Purviance. Rich- ard Purviance was a native of Fayette county, Pa., being born there in 1785. Ilis wife, who was Deborah Clapp, was a native of the state of New York, where she was born July 15, 1799. Their marriage took place April 20, 1819. They reared a fami- ly of five children, three of whom are now living, Alfred J., Joseph W. and Richard. The farm that Richard now resides on is the old Purviance homestead. His father inherited this farm from James Purviance, Sr., grandfather of our subject, and cleared every foot of it himself. Richard Purviance Was married to Miss Ellen Hunter, March 3, 1863. She was a native of Virginia, and danghter of Nathaniel Hunter. Their family consists of one child only.

N. M. NAYLOR was born October 8, 1832, in Smithfield town- ship, one mile north of York, on the farm owned by J. H. Hunt. His father, J. S. Naylor, was born in the city of Baltimore, and and came to Ohio in 1809, and settled first on Melntire creek. J. S. Naylor was married to Miss Jane MeGrew in 1823. They reared a family of nine children, tive of whom are now living, Eliza A., Nathan M., Samnel G., William B. and Oliver P. Nay-

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lor. N. M. Naylor, our subject, was married to Miss Alice El- lieott, January 1, 1870, by Rev. W. R. Kirkwood. His family consists of two children, Elizabeth Ann and Olive Isabel. The farm Mr. Naylor resides on, is known as the Hammond farm, being originally entered by that gentleman. It contains two hundred and two acres, well adapted to farming and grazing. It is now owned by his brother Samnel Naylor.

ISAAC BARKHURST, son of William and Nancy Barkhurst, was born in Smithfield township, May 3, 1806. His father and mother were natives of Maryland. Mr Barkhurst was married to Naomi Moore, in 1824; she died soon after. His second wife was Isabel Muncy. They were married in 1833, and have reared a family of twelve children, three boys and nine girls. Mr. Barkhurst now resides on his farm in Smithfield township, containing 74 acres. . He owns other farms. His second wife having also died, he married Miss Hannah Marshall, Septem- ber, 1835. William Barkhurst, father of Isaae Barkhurst, served in the war of 1812.

JOHN CROW was born in Wayne township, Jefferson county, March 15, 1822. His father was a native of Washington coun- ty, Pa., and was born in 1800. His mother was born in West- moreland county, Pa., in 1793. The family consisted of four sons and four daughters ; James B., John, William, Margaret J., Samuel, Mary A., Rachel, Matilda and Elizabeth Sarah. John. the subject of our sketch, was married to Susannah Pyle in 1850. They reared a family of seven children, Sarah J., Anna E., Ellsworth T., Rachel Minnie, Cora, John B., Margaret T. and Ruth I.

AUGUSTUS CARTER, son of Joshua and Sarah Carter, was born December 17, 1826, near Gossett's mill, Smithfield township. His father was born in Baltimore county, Maryland, in 1794. His mother was born in Pennsylvania in 1793. They emigrated to Ohio in 1812, and settled on the farm now owned by Isaac Barkhurst. Henry Carter, grandfather of our subject, canie also to this county with his son Joshna. Joshua Carter died December 27, 1873, and his wife died September 9, 1868. Au- gustus Carter was married to Miss Ruth Tipton, November 6, 1856, by Rev. Petty. Mr. Carter now resides on his farm two miles west of Smithfield. It contains 160 acres of choice land, well improved and well adapted to grain raising and pasturage. Cadwallader Evans, grandfather on his mother's side, entered this farm from the government. Mr. Carter has the patent deed. The farm is known as the Carter Homstead.

ALEXANDER S. THOMPSON .- Hugh Thompson, father of our subject, was married to Miss Elizabeth Scroggs, January 19, 1815. They were both natives of Cumberland county, Pa. The. sub- ject of our sketch was born August 4, 1817, on the farm on which he now resides. He was married to Miss Jane Bootes by Rev. William P. Bried, November 23, 1848. They have reared a family of four children, all boys. James Lorimer, the oldest, is a United Presbyterian minister, located at Whitinsville, Mass. The others, H. M., W. H. Thaddeus and A. Lincoln, remain at home. Mr. Thompson received his education at the schools of the neighborhood.

JACOB PARKINSON .- Jacob and Mary Parkinson were natives of Maryland, and came to Ohio in 1814. The following is his family record: Jacob Parkinson was born October 10, 1787 ; Mary Keller was born November 8, 1793; John Parkinson was born September 24, 1815; Thomas, born February 19, 1817 ; Joseph, born September 8, 1825; William, born June 14, 1827; Daniel, born May 7, 1829 ; Edward, born May 11, 1832; Louisa, born August 9, 1814; Nancy, born November 22, 1830 ; Eliza- beth, born June 20, 1834. The father died in 1865, aged 78; the mother died in 1876, aged 83. Of the above named chil- dren, John was born in Smithfield township, on the farm now owned by Barkhurst Bros., near York. He has remained thus far in single blessedness, being now in his sixty-fourth year. He owns one of the finest farms Smithfield township can boast of, containing 225 acres, well improved.

JOSEPH PARKINSON was born September 8, 1825, on the farm now owned by John Parkinson. He was married to Miss Eliz- abeth Ann Betton in 1854. They reared a family of seven chil- dren, four sons and three daughters-Junius L., Serena M., Wil- liam H., Mary E., John, Edward W. and Julia A. Parkinson.

DANIEL PARKINSON was born in Smithfield township, on the farm now owned by John Parkinson. He was married, first, to Miss Mary McMillan, daughter of James McMillan, of Bel-

mont county, in the year 1864. She died in 1867. His second marriage was to Mrs. Elizabeth A. Mitchell, daughter-in-law of Rev. Benjamin Mitchell, of Mount Pleasant, July 22, 1870. Mr. Parkinson came to the farm on which he now lives in 1864, known as the Cuppy farm. The old log house standing on the farm near the one in which Mr. Parkinson now lives was built by the Cuppys about the year 1798, and is in a state of good preservation. He has two children, one by each wife, Robert D. and Mary Jane.

JAMES B. KING .- The father of the subject of our sketch, Sol- omon King, was born on the eastern shore of Maryland and married Miss Sarah Grimes. He emigratedat an early day to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He and Samuel Ekert built a small boat and run themselves down the Ohio river to Warrenton, Mr. King then located at Mount Pleasent, where he worked at the tinning business for several years. From Mount Pleasant, he went to Washington county, Ohio, and located at a small place called Plymouth, where he died at an advanced age. James . King, our subject, was born near Mount Pleasant, October 5, 1812, and was married to Miss Mary McCance, daughter of Man- son McCance, in 1835. They have reared eight children Nath- an King, born February 23, 1836; Sarah, born January 10, 1838; Job S., born November 8, 1839, Elizabeth J., February 16, 1842; Charlotte, born December 9, 1843; Susannah, born February 9, 1847 ; G. W., born March 29, 1849 ; Hannah E., born October 26, 1856. Mr. King resides on his farm of seventy-five acres on Piney Fork.

NOBLE LEWIS. - The subject of this sketch, was born February 3, 1839, in Warren township, Jefferson county. He is the son of William and Anna Lewis. His father, William Lewis, was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in 1769. In 1801-2, he ran produce boats from Pittsburgh to New Orleans. This proved to be a successful business and was his first start in the world. About this time he married Miss Anna Parsons, of Fayette county, Pennsylvania, but formerly of the state of Dela- ware. He then emigrated to Jefferson county, and settled on the farm now owned by Noble Lewis, now known as the Lewis homestead, and reared a family of nine children, five of whom are now living. He died on the old homestead at the age of 83. His wife died at the age of 63. Mr. Noble Lewis was the young- est of the family, and was reared a farmer and educated at the neighboring schools. He was married to Mary E. Parr, Feb- ruary 23, 1867. He has reared a family of two children. . Al- though he has two good farms in Warren township, he resides with his family in Smithfield, but looks after his farming inter- ests himself.

N. HAYNE .- Daniel Hayne, the father of the subject of our sketch, was born on the eastern shore of Maryland in 1763 and emigrated to Virginia when about 21 years of age, and followed farming about five years on Castleman's run. During the time he lived in Virginia he did a good deal of hunting in Ohio, and made frequent visits to Jacob Holmes, who lived where David Comly resides. In 1802 he married Polly Stoneman, and moved to Ohio. After living at several places he finally settled on the farm where our subject, N. Hayne, now lives. He remained on this farm until his death, in 1864, in the 102d year of his age. Mrs. Hayne died when only fifty-one years old. They reared a family .of twelve children, nine sons and three daughters. Our subject, N. Hayne, married Phoebe Morris November 28, 1839. They have reared a family of seven children, four of whom are still living. Mr. Hayne resides on the old homestead farm of 263 acres choice land, weil improved.

JAMES DAVIDSON was born in Wayne township, January 14, 1828. His parents, John and Mary Davidson, were both na- tives of this state. His father was born in 1798, and is now deceased, his mother still survives in her 73d year. Mr. James Davidson, the subject of our sketch, was married to Miss Mary J. Buchanan in 1848. They have reared a family of five chil- dren-Arabella, Lou, Carrie, Nelly and George Davidson. Mr. Davidson enlisted under C. W. Clancy in Company B, 52d Reg- iment O. V. I., in August, 1862. He served three years and, participated in several of the severe battles of the war, and was honorably discharged in 1865.

ROBERT HENDERSON .- The parents of the subject of our sketch were natives of Ireland, where this son was born October 14, 1802. The family emigrated to America in 1804, and settled in Washington county, Pennsylvania, where they remained until

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1814, when they removed to Smithfield township, Jefferson county. Robert Henderson, Sr., died in 1836, and Robert Hen- derson, Ju., died March 11, 1873. Of a family of six children, but two survive, R. F. and William Henderson. These two sons reside on the same farm and in the same house where their grandfather and their father lived. This farm was a wilderness when purchased by Mr. Henderson, and cost him $2.75 an acre.

JOSEPH HASTINGS .- James Hastings, the father of Joseph Hastings, was born in Ireland, about the year 1773. When about eighteen years of age he came to America and stopped at Wilmington, Delaware, where he learned the boot and shoe making trade. He afterwards did journeyman work at the same business, in Philadelehia. He married Martha Black. From Philadelphia he removed to Washington county, Pennsyl- vania, where the subject of our sketch was born, November 20, 1807. Here he was engaged in farming near Beallsville, till 1813, when he moved to Ohio, and settled on the farm now owned by Joseph Hastings, in Smithfield township, where he remained till his death in 1830, aged fifty-seven years. Joseph Hastings, the subject of our sketch, who now owns the property, was married to Miss Ruth Brown in 1832. They reared a fami- ly of nine children, seven of whom still survive. Of Mr. Hast- ing's sons, three served in the war of the rebellion. John W. Hastings enlisted August, 1862, in company B, 52d O. V.I., un- der Col. C. W. Clancy, and served three years. Stephen B. Hasting was out in the hundred days service, 126th Regiment Ohio National Guards; took the measles at Fort Delaware, was sent home and died in eight days afterwards at Bloomfield. Jas. D. Hastings was also out at the same time, in the same regiment.

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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 193

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

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