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Mr. James was born in Monroe Township. this county, on the 8th of December. 1837, and is a son of Thomas and Susan ( Springer) James, both likewise natives of this county, the for- mer having been born in Monroe Township and the latter in Loudon Township. The father was a son of Thomas and Phoebe James. the former of whom was born in the state of Mary- land and the latter in Jefferson County, Ohio. where her parents settled in the early period of development in this section of the state. Data already given show that both the James and the Springer families gained early pioneer honors in Carroll County. and here Thomas and Susan (Springer) James were reared and edu- cated under the conditions that marked the formative period of the county's development. After their marriage they lived two years in Monroe Township, and Mr. James then bought a farm in Loudon Township, where he died in 1849, his widow surviving him by several years and both having been zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of their children Morris of this review is the eldest; Margaret became the wife of Josiah Lucas and was a
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resident of Carroll County at the time of her death ; Oliver is a resident of Cory, Clay County, Indiana ; Mary became the second wife of Jo- siah Lucas and remained in Carroll County un- til her death; William was killed while serving as a soldier in the Civil war; Emeline, the widow of Clark Slates, resides at Kilgore, this county ; and Samuel is a resident of Loudon Township.
Morris James was given the advantages of the common schools of his native county and con- tinued his association with the work of the home farm until he was eighteen years of age. when he began an apprenticeship to the trade of blacksmith, in Jefferson County. After there remaining eighteen months he pursued a high course of study by attending Mount Union Col- lege, where he continued his studies at inter- vals for three years. Thereafter he was actively and successfully engaged in teaching in the district schools until he responded to the call of higher duty, by enlisting. on the 20th of August, 1862, in Company I, Fortieth Ohio Vol- unteer Infantry. His regiment became a part of the Army of the Tennessee and he served under the command of General Sherman. He took part in the battle of Franklin, Tennessee. and thereafter was detailed as clerk of court at the headquarters of the commissary depart- ment of the Army of the Tennessee. In this capacity he served until the close of the war, and he received his honorable discharge on the 25th of June. 1865. After his return to his native county he continued to teach in the schools of the county until 1867, and on the 28th of March, 1868, he married Miss Susan Brandt, who was born and reared in Loudon Township, a daughter of Frederick and Eliza- beth (Shawver) Brandt, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Carroll County. In the June following his marriage Mr. James established his residence on a farm of 189 acres. in Loudon Township, a property which he had purchased a short time previously. There he continued his vigorous and successful farm enterprise until 1883, when he sold the prop- erty and opened a general merchandise store at Kilgore. Here he has continued the busi- ness during the long intervening period of nearly forty years, and effective service and fair and honorable dealings have enabled him to command at all times a large and representa- tive supporting patronage, drawn from the sec- tion normally tributary to the village of Kil- gore. In 1890 his only surviving son, Emerson, who had previously been engaged in the retail grocery trade in the city of Pittsburgh, Penn- sylvania, sold his business in the Keystone state and became a partner of his father in the prosperous business at Kilgore, this alliance having since continued, though the business is still conducted under the name of the father.
Mr. James. a man of exceptional intellectual and business ability, has been well qualified for leadership in community sentiment and action. and he served many years as justice of the peace. as did he also as clerk of Loudon Town- ship. besides which he has been a notary pub- lic since 1904. He is a staunch advocate of the principles of the republican party, is affili-
ated with the lodge of Free and Accepted Ma- sons at Unionport, Jefferson County, and he is one of the appreciative and honored comrades of Grand Army of the Republic, at Harlem Springs, of which he has served as commander. Both he and his wife have long been earnest and influential members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in their home village, and he has given effective service as a trustee and steward of this church. Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. James the eldest is Gertrude, who now presides over the domestic economies of the parental home: Emerson is his father's business part- ner, as already noted; Maude is the wife of S. P. Campbell, of Harrison County; Mary is the wife of William E. Shepherd, of Cleveland, Ohio; and Earl died at the age of eleven years.
GUY R. RINEHART. Public official, able busi- ness man and excellent farmer, Guy R. Rine- hart holds a position that many envy, and stands among the dignified representatives of Carroll County, and especially those centering in Rose Township where he owns 150 acres of land and farms 210 acres. He was born in this township, August 13. 1885, a son of James Henry and Caroline (Wanner) Rinehart, and grandson of David Rinehart, who came to Rose Township at an early day, and bought the homestead now owned by his grandson. He married Elizabeth Snyder, and they had four sons and one daughter. James Henry Rinehart lived on his father's farm and was a successful selling agent for the Walter A. Wood Machine Company of Glenns Falls, New York, manufac- turers of agricultural implements, and acted as general agent for the company out of the Cleve- land, Ohio, office. He was a county commis- sioner of Carroll County two terms. His death occurred in 1895, but his widow still survives him. Of seven children, Guy R. Rinehart is the fifth in order of birth.
Until he was fourteen years old Guy R. Rine- hart attended district school Number 9, Rose Township, and then for two years was a stu- dent of the Magnolia High School. At the age of sixteen years he began operating the home farm, and has remained on it ever since, later acquiring ownership of it. He carries on a general line of farming, and is recognized as one of the prosperous agriculturists in this part of the county.
In 1914 Mr. Rinehart was united in marriage with Grace Elizabeth De Ford, a daughter of A. F. and Olive ( Houze) De Ford of Dell Roy, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Rinehart have two chil- dren, namely : James De Ford and Kenneth Stanley. Mrs. Rinehart was graduated from the Dellroy High School in 1906, and taught district schools Number 8 for three months, the Scroggs Field school for two years, in Fox Township, the Queensboro school for eight months, in Monroe Township, and the Middle Run school in Brown Township, for two years when she married. Active as a republican Mr. Rinehart has served as township clerk, and member of the school board. He is vice presi- dent of the Tri-County Mutual Life Insurance Company, and is also serving on its board of directors. The Lutheran Church of Waynes-
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burg holds his membership, and he is a gener- ous supporter of it. The position of the Rine- hart family, and especially that of Guy R. Rine- hart and his wife, can not be over-estimated, nor can the Importance of the strong influence every member of it has exerted on the history of Carroll County.
HARVEY H. COGSIL does not claim Carroll County as the place of his nativity but he is a scion of one of its most prominent and influen tial families of the pioneer epoch, and to-day he owns and resides upon the fine old home- stead farm of the family, in Loudon Township, this place being consistently designated by the title of "The Oaks," and being one of the model farm estates of this section of the state. Har- vey Cogsil, grandfather of him whose name initiates this paragraph, was born near Rox- bury, Connecticut, on the 17th of April, 1798, his parents, Truman and Civil (Hawley) Cog- sil, having passed their entire lives in that sec- tion of the Nutmeg state, where the Cogsil family, of English origin, was founded in the colonial period of our national history As a young man Harvey Cogsil made his way to Virginia, and there was solemnized his mar- riage to Miss Mary Vincel, who was born in Loudon County, that state, in 1801, their mar- riage having occurred in 1820, and they having remained in the Old Dominion commonwealth until 1838, when they came to Ohio and estab- lished their home on the fine old farm now owned by their grandson, Harvey H., of this re- view. Harvey Cogsil became the owner of a very large landed estate in this county, and also owned 2,000 acres in Missouri. He was one of the most liberal and progressive men of his day in Carroll County, was strong and loyal in all of the relations of life, and his splendid initiative powers were shown In his becoming the virtual founder of the Carroll County Agricultural Society, of which he was the first president and to the success of whose fairs he contributed much in the earlier period of its history. He was associated with James Huston and Ephraim Eckley in the promotion and construction of the first railroad to enter Carrollton, this line having extended from the judicial center of Carroll County to Oneida, this county, and having been known as the Carrollton & Oneida Railroad. Mr. Cogsil served as president of this railroad and in many other ways he gave his influence and tangible sup- port to measures and enterprises that had much to do with the social and material advance- ment of this now favored section of the Buck- eye State. He continued his residence at "The Oaks" until his death, which occurred March 12, 1885, his wife having died June 30, 1876. Of their seven children Harvey L., father of Harvey H. of this sketch, was next to the youngest of the five sons.
Harvey L. Cogsil was reared and educated in Carroll County and was about thirty-two years of age when he removed to Muskingum County, where was solemnized his marriage to Miss Rose Snively, whose death occurred about the year 1870, Harvey H .. of this sketch. being the only child of this marriage. The father
was born November 17, 1832, and he continued his active association with farm industry until he retired in 1915 and now lives in Adamsville, aged eighty-nine years. For his second wife he married Alice Vincel, who is now deceased, and they became the parents of five children : Maude is the wife of James L. Browning, of Frazeys- burg, Muskingum County; Frank is a resident of Cleveland and John of Zanesville, Ohio; Bruce maintains his home at Pittsburgh, Penn- sylvania; and Mabel is the wife of Bruce Vin- cel, of Muskingum County.
Harvey H. Cogsil was born in Muskingum County, on the 27th of December, 1867, and was about three years of age at the time of his mother's death. He was then taken into the home of his paternal grandfather, in Loudon Township, Carroll County, where he was reared to manhood and where he has remained until the present time, save for a period of three years passed in Muskingum County, and three years in the village of Amsterdam, Carroll County. He was afforded the advantages of the public schools, including the high school at Adamsville, and from the estate of this Grandfather Cogsil he inherited 175 acres, this being the fine old homestead on which he was reared and on which he now resides. He is one of the leaders in modern farm enterprise in Loudon Township and is a citizen who com- mands unqualified popular confidence and good will.
In March, 1892, Mr. Cogsil wedded Miss Flora Fawcett, who was born in Loudon Township, a daughter of Alexander and Helen (Kneen) Fawcett. Alexander Fawcett was a native of Carroll County and his wife of the Isle of Man, off the coast of England. After his mar- riage Mr. Cogsil was for three years engaged in the general merchandise business at Am- sterdam. and he then returned to the farm, which is improved with modern buildings and which is the stage of his successful activities as an agriculturist and stock-grower. He is a stalwart in the local ranks of the democratic party but has had no political ambition as ex- pressed in desire for office. His wife is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Kilgore. They have three children : Charles married Miss Anna Shambaugh and they . reside at Lamartine, this county : Alexan- der married Miss Dorris Wallace and is in the life insurance business at Canton, Ohio: and Orin, who resides at Lamartine, married Miss Ethel King. their only child being a daughter. Eleanor.
GEORGE NOBLE has been a resident of Carroll County from the time of his birth, is a repre- sentative of a sterling pioneer family and is now one of the venerable and honored residents of Lee Township, his entire active career hav- ing been marked by close and effective alliance with farm industry. He was born in Lee Township. on the 17th of December, 1847, and is a son of William and Jane (Tripp) Noble. whose marriage was solemnized August 10, 1843. the bride having been a daughter of Job and Rebecca ( Kelley) Tripp, of Cannonsburg. Pennsylvania.
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William Noble was born in East Bethlehem, Washington County, Pennsylvania, on the 12th of February, 1808, and was one of the most venerable men of Carroll County, Ohio, at the time of his death, in 1901. His parents, Will- iam and Eliza (Scarlott) Noble, were born and reared in County Leitrim, Ireland, where they were wed and whence they immigrated to Amer- ica in 1796, the father becoming a pioneer farmer in Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1818, his widow having sur- vived until 1854. and both having been earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They had ten children-Catherine, James, Da- vid, Thomas, Mary, William, John, Richard, Robert and Eliza.
William Noble, Jr., was reared in his native county and was eighteen years of age when he came to Ohio, in 1826. At Youngstown he served an apprenticeship to the trade of stone and brick mason, and he followed the work of his trade in eastern Ohio until 1837, when he went to Iowa and found employment at his trade in various new towns along the Missis- sippi river in that state. After his return to Ohio he became actively identified with agri- cultural industry in Carroll County, and with the passing years he accumulated a valuable farm property of 353 acres, in Lee Township, this county. He gained a large and well mer- ited success in his vigorous and resourceful ca- reer and was one of the prominent and honored pioneer citizens of Carroll County at the time of his death, his wife having preceded him to eternal rest, and both having been active mem- bers of the Presbyterian Church. He was a democrat. Of the four children the eldest, William T., is deceased, George, of this review. was the second in order of birth, and David and James are residents of Lee Township.
In the township which is now his place of residence George Noble was reared on the old home farm of his father, and his educational advantages were those of the common schools of the locality and period. He has never cared to deflect his course from the vocation under the influences of which he was reared, and has been successful in his independent activities as an agriculturist and stock-grower. After his marriage, in 1869, he established his residence upon the farm of 124 acres that had been willed to him by his father, and this place is now one of the well-improved and specially well-ordered forms of Lee Township, its location being in section 3. Mr. Noble has not only bent his energies to worthy achievement in his chosen sphere of enterprise but has also been loyal in his communal spirit and action, as shown in his support of measures projected for the gen- eral welfare. In political matters he votes in accord with the dictates of his judgment and his conscience, and his hold upon the esteem of the people of his native township is indicated by his having served one term as township trustee. besides which he has held the office of township assessor. He and his wife are zealous members of the Presbyterian Church.
On the 13th of October, 1869, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Noble to Miss Thursie Jane Cogsil, who was born in Loudon Township, this
county, a daughter of the late Oliver and Jane (Algeo) Cogsil, the former a native of the state of Indiana and the latter of Lee Township, Carroll County, where her parents were pioneer settlers. In conclusion is entered brief record concerning the children of Mr. and Mrs. Noble: Jane is the wife of John Algeo, of Lee Town- ship; Oliver resides at Massillon. Stark County ; Lillie is the wife of Hamlin Guess of Lee Town- ship; Harvey resides at Alliance, Stark County ; Robert maintains his home at Columbus, Ohio's capital city: Corralie is the wife of Charles Knox, of Lee Township; Lycurgus is the wife of John Tinlin, a farmer in Lee Township; Bessie is the wife of Ralph Maple, of Carroll- ton ; John is at Alllance. Stark County ; Ralph remains at the parental home and has active supervision of the farm: Lydia and her hus- band, Ray Maple, likewise remain at the old homestead farm: Charles is associated with farm enterprise in Lee Township; and Marion died at the age of twenty-two years.
MRS. CHRISTINA RINEHART is one of the land- owners of Rose Township, and her valuable farm of 146 acres of land is in fine condition. She is the widow of Valentine Rinehart, who was born at Waynesburg. Stark County, Ohio, April 1. 1841, a son of David and Elizabeth (Snyder) Rinehart, the former of whom was born in Germany, but came to the United States in young manhood. and settled in Stark County, where he was married. Later on they came to Carroll County, and located in Rose Township. They had three sons and one daughter, namely : George, David, James. Sarah Ann Finebrock, and they are all now deceased. Valentine Rine- hart attended district school Number 9, Rose Township during the winter months until he was a young man. He first married Mary El- sass of Rose Township. and she died without issue. As his second wife he married Christina Grosse, a daughter of James and Elizabeth (En- gle) Grosse of Waynesburg. Stark County. Mr. and Mrs. Rinehart became the parents of eleven children, all of whom are living. namely: Lu- rena Belle, who married Frank Long of Waynesburg, and they have seven children : Arthur Ellsworth, who is unmarried: John Francis, who married Lillian Barber of Fox Township, has four children; Emma Loretta, who married Clarence Daum of East Canton, Ohio, has one child : Alice, who married Charles F. Houze of Canton. Ohio, has two children: George, who married Cora Garner, lives at North Industry, Ohio: James Valentine. who married Irene Carl of Robertsville: Sarah Eva, who married John J. Van Voorhes of Sandy- ville. Ohio, has two children; William McKin- ley. who married Lula Wetzel, has one child and lives at Dellroy, Ohio; and Homer and H. Wesley, both of whom are at home.
Valentine Rinehart spent his life on the farm now owned by his widow, and carried on gen- eral farming, and was also a stock dealer, buying and selling cattle and hogs, and shipping to the Pittsburgh market. He was also a buyer of wool, and was a man of many interests. In politics he was a republican, and he was a mem-
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ber of the school board and supervisor of his township.
Four of the Rinehart boys registered under the selective draft during the World war. James Valentine was called into the service April 2, 1918, and was sent to Camp Sherman for five months, where he was made a member of Company E, Three Hundred and Thirty-Sec- ond Regiment, as a private. As a member of the Eighty-Second Division he was sent to New York, from whence he sailed for Brest, France. and landed there in October. 1918. He was in action at St. Mihiel, and other offensives until the signing of the Armistice. In the spring of 1919 he sailed from Bordeaux, France, for New York city where he participated in the great peace parade, and was then sent back to Camp Sherman, and mustered out May 30, 1919.
William M. Rinehart was called into the serv- ice at Carrollton, in July, 1918, spent three weeks at Camp Sherman as a member of Com- pany F, Three Hundred and Thirty-Fifth Regi- ment, and sailed from New York city for Liver- pool. England, which port was reached in five days. From England he was sent to France and was in action until he was taken sick and sent to a base hospital, where he was still confined at the time the armistice was signed. He was mustered out at Camp Sherman. March 23, 1919.
LINAEUS SLATES was born in Loudon Town- ship. Carroll County. December 21, 1860, and is to-day numbered among the substantial farmers of Perry Township, this county, with secure standing as one of the prosperous, progressive and highly esteemed citizens of his native county. His father. the late William Slates, who became one of the substantial farmers of Loudon Township, was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, near Harper's Ferry, December 29, 1823. a son of Adam and Savilla ( Winner) Slates, both natives of the Old Dominion state. where were born their five children. of whom William was the second son. After the death of her first husband Mrs. Savilla Slates became the wife of John Snow, and they remained in Virginia until their deaths. William Slates. who was a boy at the time of his father's death. remained in Virginia until he was six- teen years old. when he made his first visit to Ohio, whence he returned to Virginia. About a year later, however, he returned to Ohio, and in 1847 he purchased a farm of 150 acres in Loudon Township, Carroll County. He even- tually became the owner of a valuable farm property of 363 acres. in this county, and here he remained until his death. He was a staunch republican and both he and his wife were ear- nest communicants of the Lutheran Church.
June 1, 1847. recorded the marriage of Will- iam Slates to Miss Mary Hosterman, who was born in the immediate vicinity of Kilgore. Car- roll County. on the 1st of November, 1827. a daughter of Peter and Catherine (Shell) Hos- terman, sterling pioneer settlers of this county. Her children were nine in number, namely : Franklin. Minerva, two who died in infancy ; Samantha, Arminthia. Linaeus, of this sketch. Nelson E., and Laura.
Reared on the old home farm which was the place of his birth, Linaeus Slates profited by the advantages offered in the village schools at Kilgore. In 1881 he married, and thereafter he and his wife resided at Kilgore for a period of six months. He then removed to one of his father's farms, in Perry Township, and later he purchased this place, which comprises 166 acres, twenty-five acres of the tract being still covered with a fine growth of native timber, and the remainder of the farm being given over to well ordered agriculture and stock-raising, in which Mr. Slates has achieved distinctive success. He has had no desire for political activity but is a loyal supporter of the cause of the republican party and takes consistent interest in all things touching the communal welfare. Both he and his wife are active communicants of the Luth- eran Church.
In July. 1881, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Slates to Miss Lydia Shawber, who like- wise was born and reared in Loudon Township and who is a daughter of Amos and Adeline (Wrikeman) Shawber. the former a native of Loudon Township. Carroll County, and the lat- ter of Jefferson County. this state. Amos Shaw- ber was a son of Jonathan and Lydia ( Roser) Shawber. both likewise natives of Ohio. within whose borders the respective families were founded in the early pioneer period. Mr. and Mrs. Slates have three children : William Roy married Miss May Carles and they now reside in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ; Jesse Lloyd married Miss Nellie Lotz, their home be- ing in Harrison Township, Carroll County, and their two children being Loren Lotz and Harold Linaeus: J. Donald. the youngest of the three children, remains at the parental home.
SAMUEL B. McGAVRAN. B. S., M. D. No name stands higher among the professional men in Harrison County and eastern Ohio than that of Dr. S. B. MeGavran, whose life has been de- voted largely to the work of alleviating the suf- ferings of humanity, not only as a regular prac- ticing physician in the county of his nativity but as counsellor and sympathetic friend of those who need friends most.
Dr. S. B. MeGavran was born near the town' of Conotton. Harrison County. Ohio. November 25. 1847, son of William H. and Elizabeth (Brown) MeGavran. His mother was a native of Pennsylvania, of Irish descent. His father. William H. MeGavran. and his grandfather, William MeGavran. were born on the same farm in Harford County. Maryland. on which his great-grandfather. John McGavran. native of Ireland. had settled in 1755.
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