History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 109

Author: H. J. Eckley, William T. Perry
Publication date: 1921
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 678

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On the 25th of November. 1909. was recorded the marriage of Mr. Caldwell to Miss Katharine Armstrong, daughter of John and Martha (Trussell) Armstrong, of Belmont County, no children having been born of this union.

SAMUEL D. HENRY. Harrison County, Ohio, enjoys a well deserved reputation as a great agricultural district because of the fertility of the soil, which has been splendidly developed through the efforts and enterprise of such pro- gressive farmers as Samuel D. Henry, who for years has been engaged in agricultural opera- tions in this county.

Mr. Henry was born in Stock Township, Har- rison County, Ohio, September 4, 1875. He is a son of Mathew and Elizabeth ( Miller) Henry. the former born in Washington County. this state, and the latter in Stock Township. Harri- son County. His mother is a daughter of Rossel and Carrie Miller.

Mathew Henry accompanied his parents while he was yet a child. to Harrison County. where they settled and where he grew to man- hood. residing throughout his active years in Stock Township. Mathew Henry was twice married and by his first wife became the father of the following children : Mathew, who served as a soldier in the Civil war; Finley. James. Thomas. Callie, Maggie, Elizabeth and Alexan- der who died a short time after his marriage. After the death of his first wife he married Elizabeth Miller and to this union five children were born : Isabel, Julia, Lawson. and Samuel D. and Nannie M .. twins.

Throughout his boyhood days Samuel D. Henry was a pupil in the district schools of Stock Township and continued to attend school until he was fifteen years old. About this time he started working out on farms on his own account and remained thus engaged until he was twenty-eight years old, in the intervening years exercising habits of thrift which enabled him to acquire a farm of his own. Mr. Henry is now the owner of a compact and well-kept holding of 174 acres of prime land located in Stock Township, and here he has been success- fully engaged since his marriage in general farming operations and stock raising. close. busi- nesslike attention to his work always insuring a ready market for his produce.

May 24, 1904. Mr. Henry was united in mar- riage to Miss Lucy L. Cope, born in Nottingham Township. Harrison County. October 28, 1881. a daughter of Jacob and Amanda (Rose) Cope. Mrs. Henry is a half-sister to Isaac S. Cope.

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Mr. and Mrs. Henry are the parents of three children : Frances Viola, Wilson S. and Willis S., the latter being twins.

Mr. Henry, while not actively engaged in politics, gives a good citizen's attention to all movements calculated to advance the best inter- ests of his native township and county. Mrs. Henry is an earnest member of the Minkville Christian Church, in the good works of which she has always displayed a warm interest.

FRANK R. STEWART. A progressive and pros- perous farmer of Stock Township, Harrison County, Frank R. Stewart displays sound judg- ment and marked ability in his agricultural operations, and in the work to which he is giv- ing his time and attention is meeting with un- doubted success, the greater part of his land being under cultivation, while his improvements · are of a practical and substantial character. A son of the late James Cooper Stewart, he was born, January 28, 1877, in Uhrichsville, Ohio, coming on paternal side of Irish an- cestry, his grandfather, James Stewart, Jr., and his great-grandfather, James Stewart, Sr., hav- ing been born in Ireland, while on the maternal side he is of French lineage, his maternal grand- father, William Mozena, having been a French- man.

James Stewart, Sr., was born, bred and edu- cated in Ireland. Coming with his family to America in 1812, he lived for about a year in New York state, moving from there to Wash- ington County, Pennsylvania. Settling in Har- rison County, Ohio, in 1820, he entered 180 acres of land in Stock Township, and on the farm which he hewed from the forest spent the remainder of his life, dying at a comparatively early age. He was a man of great physical vigor, exceptionally strong. and a great worker. One summer day he cradled seven acres of oats, and when he finished in the evening laid down to rest under a maple tree. He took a severe cold, from which he never recovered, his death occurring a very few days later. To him and his wife. eight children were born, namely : James, Robert, Charles, Thomas, Erasmus, Sarah, Mary and Jane.

James Stewart, Jr., was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1809, and at the age of three years came with his parents to America, being six weeks in crossing the ocean in a sailing vessel. He completed his education in the rural schools of Stock Township, which were then supported by subscription. Turning his atten- tion to agriculture when young, he bought the farm now occupied by Robison B. Stewart, and was there employed in tilling the soil until his death. December 28, 1878, putting a part of its 128 acres under culture. He married Jane Pat- terson, who was born in Ireland in 1811, and came with her parents to Ohio in childhood. Her father, Samuel Patterson, came with his wife and children to America about 1812, hav- ing a tedious voyage of six weeks on the broad Atlantic, and a few months after landing in New York came to Stock Township, Harrison County, Ohio, and having taken up land from the Government began the improvement of a homestead. While thus employed, he was acci-

dentally killed while working in the timber, a log rolling over him, causing injuries from which he died. To him and his wife, whose maiden name was Jane Kelley, seven children were born, David, Joseph, William, John, Sam- uel, James and Jane. Both Mr. and Mrs. Sam- uel Patterson were devout members of the Presbyterian Church, James Stewart, Jr., and his wife, Jane (Patterson) Stewart, were the parents of nine children, as follows : David, who spent the larger part of his life in Kansas, died there in 1900; John, of Akron, Ohio; Samuel, formerly of Carroll County, Ohio, spent his last years in California; Jane Anna, who married Wesley Ferrel; James C., father of Frank R .; Calvin T., formerly of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, is not living; Elizabeth married Josiah Thompson ; Frances became the wife of Byron Anderson; and Robison, a well known farmer of Stock Township, married Rebecca Jane Fisher. Both parents were active members of the Presbyterian Church.

A native of Stock Township, James Cooper Stewart was born on the home farm May 10, 1842, and there grew to man's estate. The life of a farmer not appealing to him, he entered the employ of a railroad company at Uhrichs- ville, Ohio, and was accidentally killed in the Dennison Railroad Yards, at Dennison, Ohio, on April 15, 1882. He married Mary Mozena, who was born in Uhrichsville, Ohio, April 19, 1842, a daughter of William Mozena, a native of France. They left two children, Thomas, a resident of San Diego, California; and Frank R. The mother died August 25, 1881.

After the death of his parents, Frank R. Stewart came to Stock Township, Harrison County, to live with his aunt, Mrs. Catherine Anderson. On attaining his majority, he began farming on his own account, and has met with highly gratifying results. His fine farm of 103 acres is well improved, and amply supplied with all the machinery and equipments neces- sary for carrying on general farming after the most approved methods. He makes stock rais- ing a part of his work, and finds it a paying branch of agriculture.

Mr. Stewart married, March 22, 1899, Eliza- beth Taggart, a daughter of Samuel and Mar- garet Taggart, and their pleasant household has been brightened by the birth of eight children, namely : James Russell, who died in childhood; Robert S .; Margaret; Alvin T .; Catherine; Anna ; Charles and Harold. Mr. and Mrs. Stew- art belong to the Presbyterian Church at Deersville.

OKEY L. GERMAN is another of the native sons of Carroll County who is here making an excellent record in connection with progressive farm industry, and the stage of his operations in the old homestead farm, in Monroe Town- ship, on which his birth occurred, the date of his nativity having been March 16, 1894, and he being a son of J. R. and Martha C. (Ander- son) German, both representatives of well known pioneer families of this section of the Buckeye State. J. R. German likewise is a na- tive of Carroll County, and has been continu- ously identified with farm enterprise in this

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county from the time of his youth, the founders of the German family in this county having come to Ohio from Virginia about the year 1826.

Okey Leroy German continued his studies in the public schools of Carroll County until he was graduated, with the honors of his class, in the Dellroy High School, in 1914. Thereafter he continued his alliance with farm enterprise until his marriage. in 1917, and since that im- portant event in his career he has gained stand- ing as one of the most progressive agriculturists and stock-growers of the younger generation in his native county, where he owns his well im- proved farm, of 105 acres. Mr. German makes a specialty of raising registered Duroc-Jersey swine, and is giving much study and experi- mentation to this feature of farm industry, his progressive policies being such as to insure to him cumulative success, and he being a careful and appreciative reader of the leading farm papers. He is an active member of the Farmers Exchange at Carrollton, is a republi- can in his political proclivities, and both he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church in Rose Township, which is on rural mail route No. 1 from the Village of Dellroy.

The year 1917 recorded the marriage of Mr. 'German to Miss Mary A. Shotwell, daughter of John W. and Rose (McCourt) Shotwell, of Union Township, and the two children of this union are Evelyn Fay and John A.

S. SHERMAN BUCEY. Having when young ac- quired a practical knowledge of the various branches of agriculture, S. Sherman Bucey se- lected the independent occupation that has brought comfort, happiness and wealth to un- numbered thousands of the world's industrious workers, and the results of his years of labor prove conclusively that he made no mistake in the choosing of a vocation, his home farm in Stock Township being under a good state of cultivation, and highly productive. He was born, March 18, 1867, in Wells Township, Jeffer- son County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood.

His father, Dallas Bucey, was born in Jeffer- son County, Ohio, of pioneer ancestry. Select- ing the occupation in which he was reared, he was actively engaged in general farming in Wells Township, his native county. for many years. Moving from there to Jewett, Ohio, in 1914, he has since been an esteemed resident of that place. He married Sarah Ellen Taylor, a daughter of Hiram Taylor, and into their home ten children made their advent. as follows: S. Sherman : Anna ; William Albert; Clarence. de- ceased; Cora : Howard; Blanche: Carl; and Louisa. deceased. Both parents are identified by membership with the Methodist Church.

Educated in the district schools of Jefferson County, S. Sherman Bucey grew to manhood on the parental homestead, as a boy and youth assisting in the manual labors incidental to farm life. Becoming thoroughly initiated into the intricacies of agriculture. he settled in Stock Township, Harrison County, about 1894, where he began life for himself as a farmer. Subsequently moving to Washington Township, Harrison County, he continued there a farmer

for fourteen years. Returning to Stock Town- ship, Mr. Bucey assumed. possession of the farm which he now owns and occupies, and began adding to the improvements previously inaugur- ated. Going to New Philadelphia, Ohio, in 1917, he remained there two years, but since his re- turn, in 1919, to Stock Township has devoted his energies to the management of his valuable farm of 106 acres, and is meeting with most desirable results as a general farmer.

Mr. Bucey married, in 1888, Hattie Barkus, a most estimable woman, and they became the parents of three children, namely : Odessa, wife of Edward Selaway; Harry, who married Laura Ervin, has one child, Lester: and Neona, who died in childhood. Mrs. Hattie Bucey died in 1894. Mr. Bucey subsequently married for his second wife Jennie Stevens, and of their union one child has been born, Florice, who married Orville De Witt, and has five children. Lucille. Richie, Clara. Grace and Helen. Mr. and Mrs. Bucey are active and faithful mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

SIMON P. BECKLEY. Farm industry in Car- roll County has found a vigorous and effective exponent in the person of Mr. Beckley. who is the owner of a large and well improved landed estate in Lee Township, though he has deeded a considerable part of his farm property to his sons. the remainder of his land being rented and his home being now in the attractive village of Harlem Springs, where he is living virtually retired. though he still has general supervision of his farm properties and other business in- terests.

Mr. Beckley was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, on the 9th of December, 1859, and is a son of John and Susanna (Reigle) Beckley. He was a mere boy at the time of the death of his parents and was reared in the home of Syl- vester Moorehead, of Jefferson County, his early educational advantages having been those of the local schools and farm work of all kinds having become familiar to him in his youth, so that he was well fortified when he initiated his in- dependent career as an agriculturist and stock- grower. For four years after his marriage, which occurred in 1883. he resided on the farm of his father-in-law. in Lee Township. Carroll County, and he then purchased a farm near Amsterdam. that Township. There he re- mained ten years, and he then rented a farm near Harlem Springs, where he remained two years. He then traded his farm near Amster- dam for 160 acres in section 22. Lee Township. He established his home on this latter place and made numerous improvements of substan- tial and permanent order. There he continued his farming operations until 1911, and the fol- lowing two years he resided at Harlem Springs. He next passed two years at Carrollton, and since that time he and his wife have maintained their home at Harlem Springs, where they own an attractive residence property. In the home farm are comprised 240 acres, and in addition to this Mr. Beckley became the owner of an additional tract, of 200 acres, in another part of Lee Township, where his wife owns a farm of 120 acres. Of his landed estate he has

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deeded 262 acres to his two sons, and the re- mainder of the land he rents to good tenants. Mr. Beckley is found arrayed in the ranks of the republican party, and he served one term as trustee of Lee Township. Both he and his wife are active members of the Presbyterian Church of Harlem Springs and he is a member of its Board of Trustees.

In 1883 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Beckley to Miss Martha A. Gotschall, who was born in Jefferson County but reared and edu- cated in Carroll County, where her parents, Samuel and Betsy A. (George) Gotschall, estab- lished their home, in Lee Township. when she was a child. Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Beckley the eldest is Samuel S., who is one of the progressive farmers of Lee Township. He married Miss Odessa Marshall and they have three children-Robert M., Homer S. and Freda. a fourth child, Mary C., having died in infancy. Sarah Bell is the wife of Charles W. Kail, of Perry Township, and they have one daughter, Leona. James Ralph, who is a representative farmer in Union Township, married Miss Hazel Greeg, and they have three children-Ralph, Helen and Kenneth.

GEORGE WILLIAM LONG. If concrete evidence is demanded as to the ability and progressive- ness of Mr. Long as a representative of agri- cultural and live-stock Industry, there is no necessity for making further investigation than that implied in a general survey of his present fine farm property, in Loudon Township, Car- roll County, where he is the owner of a valuable tract of 137 acres, of which about seventy acres are utilized for agriculture, the remainder for pasture and meadow, save for the portion that is still in timber. He was born in this town- ship, on the 8th of September, 1871, and is a son of Whiting and Martha (Stenger) Long, the former a native of Loudoun County, Vir- ginia, and the latter of Loudon Township, Carroll County, Ohio, where their marriage was solemnized. William Long, the paternal grandfather, passed his entire life in Virginia, and the maternal grandfather, George Stenger, was one of the early settlers in Loudon Town- ship, Carroll County. After his marriage Whiting Long purchased a part of the farm of his father-in-law. and this he made one of the productive places of Loudon Township. He re- mained on this homestead until his death, in April, 1909, his first wife having died in 1879 and his second marriage having been with Miss Margaret Ruff, who was born near Dellroy, this county. Of the children of the first union the eldest is Mary, who is the wife of Frank Carter, a resident of western Canada: George W., of this sketch. was the next in order of birth; Sarah A. is the wife of Edward Weir, of Me- chanicstown. Carroll County ; Elmer C. and Elgie were twins, the former being a resident of Bergholz, Jefferson County, and the latter having died in infancy : John is a substantial farmer in Loudon Township. No children were horn of the second marriage of Whiting Long.

George W. Long gained his youthful educa- tion in the district schools, which he attended principally during the winter terms, and he was

but fifteen years old when he began to work by the month, as a farm hand. He thus contin- ued to apply himself until the time of his mar- riage, in 1898, and thereafter he was similarly employed about one year. He then removed to the farm of his father-in-law, and later he farmed on rented land until 1905, when he pur- chased thirty acres of his present farm, the adjoining tract of 107 acres having been pur- chased by him in 1911. He has erected mod- ern buildings on his farm and has otherwise brought the place up to a high standard, in consonance with the many fine farms to be · found in this favored section of the old Buckeye state. Prior to his marriage he had supple- mented his education by a business course in the college at Scio. The Kilgore Grange num- bers Mr. Long among its loyal and valued mem- bers, he is a republican in politics, and he and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian Church at Kilgore, of which he is serving as treasurer.

November 23. 1898. recorded the marriage of Mr. Long to Miss Oella B. Sawvel, who was born in Harrison County, a daughter of Will- iam E. and Margaret (Brown) Sawvel, the parents having been born in Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Long became the parents of four chil- dren. of whom two are living: Martha Mar- garet is a popular teacher in the public schools of Carroll County ; Evelyn died in infancy. as did also the next child. a son; and George William, Jr., remains at the parental home.

NELSON E. SLATES. The Slates family was founded in America in the colonial period of our nation's history. Frederick Slates having immi- grated to this country from his native Germany and having established his home in Virginia, where he passed the remainder of his life. His son Adam was born and reared in London County, that state. and there he married Miss Savilla Winner. their children having been five in number: George, William, Mary (Mrs. Wal- ters), Elizabeth (Mrs. Sawvel), and Solomon. Adam Slates died when his son William was still a boy, and his widow later became the wife of John Snow. William was born in Lou- doun County, Virginia, near Harper's Ferry, De- cember 29, 1823. and was there reared to the age of sixteen years. He then came to Ohio, where he found employment at common labor, and after returning to his native state he was employed one year by his stepfather. He finally left the Old Dominion state and came again to Ohio, where. in 1847, he purchased a farm of 150 acres in Loudon Township. Carroll County, the place having been land that had been obtained from the government by Jacob Gotschall. January 15. 1814, Mr. Slates coming into possession of the original deed or warrant, which bears the signature of President James Madison. this document being now in posses- sion of his son Nelson E .. who owns and resides upon the old homestead farm, which now com- prises 146 acres and is one of the valuable prop- erties of Carroll County. To his original home- stead William Slates added, with increasing prosperity, until he was the owner of a fine landed estate of 363 acres. He remained on

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the home place until his death. August, 1894, and was one of the reliable, upright and hon- ored pioneer citizens of the county at the time when his long and useful life came to a close. His widow survived him by fourteen years and passed to the life eternal in November, 1912. both having been zealous communicants of the Lutheran Church and Mr. Slates having been a loyal republican in political allegiance. He was a thoroughgoing farmer and made the best of improvements on his property. the while he stood forth as one of the successful and repre- sentative agriculturists and stock-raisers of Loudon Township.

On the 1st of June. 1847. was solemnized the marriage of William Slates to Miss Mary Hos- terman, who was born at Kilgore, Carroll County, November 1, 1827. a daughter of Peter and Catherine (Shell) Hosterman, sterling pio- neer settlers of this county. William and Mary Slates became the parents of nine children : Franklin, who was born July 23, 1848, was a representative farmer of Loudon Township at the time of his death: Minerva was born Octo- ber 2, 1850, and died In childhood : the next two children died in infancy; Samantha was born March 4, 1855, died young. as did also Armin- thia, who was born March 5. 1858, and died at the age of six years; Linaeus was born Decem- ber 21, 1860, and resides upon his excellent farm. in Perry Township: Nelson E .. whose name in- troduces this article, was the next in order of birth: and Laura, who was born June 18, 1866. is the wife of Henry Steves, of Loudon Town- ship.

Nelson E. Slates was born January 5, 1864, on the old homestead farm which is his present place of residence, in Loudon Township, and to the public schools of his native county he is indebted for his youthful education. He con- tinued his association with the activities of the old home farm until his marriage. in 1890, and for the ensuing three years he lived on the farm of his father-in-law, near Amsterdam. this county. He then returned to the old home place, and he now owns 146 acres of the landed estate accumulated by his honored father. Here he has gained secure vantage-ground as one of the progressive and successful agricul- turists and stock-growers of the county. special attention being given to the raising of registered short-horn cattle. He has not been self-cen- tered but has shown a loyal interest in all things touching the communal welfare. the while he has high place in popular confidence and esteem, as indicated by the fact that he has served two terms as trustee of his native town- ship and is now a member of the board of county commissioners, in which he is serving his second term, by re-election in the autumn of 1920. He is a stalwart republican, is an active and valued member of the Kilgore Grange, and he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Kilgore. he being a member of its board of trustees.

October 13, 1890, recorded the marriage of Mr. Slates to Miss Oella B. McGary, who was born in Loudon Township. a daughter of James and Dorinda (Scott) McGary. the former like- wise a native of that township and the latter

of Jefferson County, this state. Mrs. Slates passed to the life eternal on the 3d of August. 1900, and is survived by five children : Pearl is the wife of Thomas E. Chambers, of Scio, Harrison County ; Dora is the wife of Harvey D. Chase, of Tulsa. Oklahoma : Thomas and Robert remain at the paternal home and are associated with their father in the activities of the farm; and Mary is the wife of William Patterson, of Canton, Stark County.

In October, 1904, was solemnized the mar- riage of Mr. Slates to Miss Josephine Wag- goner. who was born in Perry Township, a daughter of Hiram Waggoner and a representa- tive of an old and honored family of Carroll County. No children have been born of the second marriage.

MORRIS JAMES. The vital principles, policies and procedures that conserve success in connec- tion with the basic industries of agriculture and stock-raising are more readily designated and described than they are of practical appli- cation. The man who really succeeds in this all-important domain of productive enterprise is to be honored and admired, for his service not only furthers his own sturdy independence but is of far-reaching communal and general value. Among the many substantial and repre- sentative exponents of farm enterprise in Car- roll County is Morris James, who is one of the venerable native sons of the county, a repre- sentative of a sterling pioneer family. and who now rests from the vigorous labors and dis- criminating thought and action that gave to him a large measure of success in his many years of active identification with farming. He finally retired from the farm and thereafter showed his versatility and resourcefulness by achieving equally noteworthy success as a mer- .chant. His son is now associated with him in the conducting of the well equipped general store at Kilgore. and the junior member of the firm now relieves his father of the more active management of the business ..

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History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 109

Author: H. J. Eckley, William T. Perry Publication date: 1921 Publisher: Number of Pages: 678

Author: H. J. Eckley, William T. Perry
Publication date: 1921
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 678