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four daughters, and of the sons the youngest was John, Jr., father of him whose name ini- tiates this review. In 1811 John Slates, Sr., came with his family to what is now Carroll County, Ohio, and secured a tract of Govern- ment land in Loudon Township. Here he re- claimed a goodly part of his land to cultivation, and in providing for his family under the pio- neer conditions he worked to a considerable extent at his trade, that of shoemaker. He was one of the sterling pioneers who aided in the initial stages of development and progress in the county and here he remained on his farm until his death, in 1859, his wife having passed away in 1855. Both were earnest communi- cants of the Lutheran Church and in politics he was a democrat of the old school.
John Slates, Jr., was born on the pioneer farm in Loudon Township. March 11. 1821. and he was here reared to adult age, with much of arduous work on the farm and with educational advantages limited to the common schools of the period. Eventually he became the owner of one of the well improved farms in the south- eastern part of Loudon Township, and there he achieved worthy success through his well ordered activities as an agriculturist and stock- grower. He passed the last twenty years of his life in the Village of Jewett, where he died at the age of eighty-four years. and his widow now makes her home with her daughter Hattie. the wife of William Miller. of Loudon Town- ship. Mr. Slates was a staunch democrat in political adherency and was a communicant of the Lutheran Church, as is also his widow. His first marriage was solemnized June 27. 1844. when Miss Nancy Stinger became his wife, she having been born in February. 1821. a daughter of George Stinger. Mrs. Slates died in 1853. her children having been five in number : Oliver. Harvey. Emily (Mrs. Arbaugh), Sarah E. and Herbert. April 20, 1854, Mr. Slates wedded Miss Abby Harner, whose death occurred in 1860, their children having been three in num- ber: Nancy (Mrs. Myers). Samuel and John. September 12, 1865. recorded the marriage of Mr. Slates to Mrs. Eliza Jane (Duel) Walters. who was born in 1833. a daughter of Samuel Duel. Of this union were born five children. The Duel family settled in Lee Township. Car- roll County. in the pioneer days. Of the five children James D., of this sketch, is the eldest; Hattie B. is the wife of William Miller, of Loudon Township: Howard W. resides at Den- nison. Tuscarawas County: Mary is the wife of David Hosterman. of Loudon Township: and Charles W. resides at Jewett, this county.
James Daniel Slates was born in Loudon Township on the 30th of April, 1867, and was reared on the home farm. the while he profited fully by the advantages afforded in the district schools of his native township. He continued his association with farm enterprise until his marriage, in 1891. and thereafter was employed as foreman in connection with construction work on the Lake Erie & Western Railroad, at Jewett. for several years. He then purchased and removed to his grandfather's old homestead farm, of 160 acres, and here he has since con- ducted successful operations as an agriculturist
and stock-grower, the property being one of the excellent farms of Loudon Township. Mr. Slates pays unequivocal allegiance to the demo- cratic party, is an active member of the Grange at Kilgore, and has served since 1915 as libra- rian of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Kil- gore, of which he and his wife are zealous members.
September 5, 1891, recorded the marriage of Mr. Slates to Miss Etta Belle Wenner. who was born in Lee Township, this county, a daugh- ter of John and Rebecca (Slates) Wenner. Mr. and Mrs. Slates have five children, all of whom remain at the parental home, namely : John Wenner. Donna Jane, Lois Winifred, James Merrill and Edith May.
HENRY TOMLINSON manifests in his connection with farm enterprise in Carroll County the same vigor and resourcefulness that have character- ized his activities in other fields of business en- terprise, and he is one of the progressive and highly valued citizens of Loudon Township, where he is now serving his first term as town- ship trustee, an office to which he was elected in the fall of 1919. He was born in Perry Township, this county, on the 25th of November, 1864, and is a son of George and Catherine (Shambaugh) Tomlinson, the former of whom was born in Harrison County, this state, and the latter in Perry Township. Carroll County. Thomas Tomlinson, grandfather of Henry Tom- linson, was born in England and became one of the early settlers in Harrison County. Ohio. John Shambaugh, the maternal grandfather, came in an early day from Pennsylvania and obtained government land in Perry Township, Carroll County, where he reclaimed and im- proved a farm and where he passed the re- mainder of his life, he having been a native of Germany. George Tomlinson became one of the representative farmers of Perry Township, where he settled after his marriage and where both he and his wife maintained their home for many years, secure in the high regard of all who knew them. However. George Tomlinson did a large amount of important work as a contractor and builder, and in this line of en- terprise he had his son Henry as an effective coadjutor, as will be noted in a later paragraph.
Henry Tomlinson is indebted to the public schools of his native county for his early edu- cational discipline, and in his youth he gained also a valuable experience in connection with farm industry. At the age of nineteen years he found employment in connection with lum- bering operations near Dellroy, this county, and later he became associated with his father in work at the carpenter's trade at Sherodsville, this county. As contractors and builders they erected many houses and other buildings in the village. and they continued their successful ac- tivities as contractors during a period of fully twelve years. Henry Tomlinson then went to Dennison. Tuscarawas County, where he did construction work in connection with the open- ing of a coal mine for the Davis Coal Company. in which corporation he became a stockholder. In 1893 he retired from his alliance with this company, and in 1896 he became associated with
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John B. Rammage in the purchase of the Twin City coal mine in the vicinity of Dennison. Two and one-half years later he made a lease of his interest in this mine, and for six months thereafter he was engaged in repair work for the Panhandle Railroad, at Dennison. For some time he was associated with his brother George W. and a man named Schofield in the bottling of carbonated water and other soft drinks, at Dennison, and the failing health of his parents then led him to return to the home in Carroll County, where he remained with his parents on the farm until the close of their lives. He then returned to Dennison, where he continued his activities as a contractor and builder about five years. On the 25th of March, 1909, Mr. Tom- linson established his residence on the William Arbaugh farm, of 164 acres, in Loudon Town- ship, Carroll County, this property having pre- viously been purchased by him. In 1911 he bought fifty-four acres of timber land, in Perry Township. and from this tract he obtained 230,000 feet of timber. He now utilizes the land for pasturage purposes. In his vigorous farm enterprise Mr. Tomlinson gives special attention to the raising of registered Percheron horses, registered Poland-China swine, fine Delaine sheep, and registered Hereford cattle, besides which the farm shows several hundred chickens and is a center of successful poultry enterprise.
Mr. Tomlinson is a thoroughgoing republican and is well fortified in his political convictions. While a resident of Sherodsville he served two terms as a member of the village council, and, as before noted, he is now serving as trustee of Loudon Township. He is a valued and ap- preciative member of Kilgore Grange, and is serving on its financial board. He and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Kilgore,. In October, 1891, Mr. Tom- linson wasc united in marriage with Miss Eliza- beth Morgan, who was born in Stark County, Ohio, a daughter of Thomas and Jane Morgan, both natives of Wales. She died November 13. 1917, and left three children: Corinne is the wife of John Mooney, of Dennison, Tuscarawas County ; Dremond, who is associated with his father in the work and management of the home farm, married Miss Jessie Smith and they have one child, Willis; and Catherine is the young- est member of the attractive home circle.
WILLIAM SAMUEL BINGER has relied almost entirely on his own ability and energy in mak- ing for himself a place of independence in con- nection with the productive activities of life, and is to-day numbered among the substantial and representative farmers of Loudon Town- ship, Carroll County, where his progressive ac- tivities as an agriculturist and stock-raiser are staged on the fine old Joseph Wood farm, of 237 acres. He was born in Perry Township. this county, on the 26th of September, 1871. and is a son of Mathias and Rebecca (Gotschall) Binger, both natives of Harrison County. this state, where the respective grandparents were early settlers John and Mary Binger, and James and Eva Gotschall. After his marriage Mathias Binger settled on a farm in Perry Township, later he resided for some time in
the State of Wisconsin, and he was a resident of Plymouth, Indiana, at the time of his death, his wife having died about the year 1900 and William S., of this review, being the eldest of the three children. The second, Homer. died when about eight years of age, and the third, Alonzo, is a resident of Uhrichsville, Tuscara- was County.
William S. Binger gained his rudimentary education in the schools of his native town- ship, and when he was a lad of ten years he was taken by his father to Browntown. Green County, Wisconsin, where he attended the pub- lic schools four years. His father departed and left him at Browntown, and his mother soon came for him and returned with him to Carroll County. For two years thereafter he was em- ployed on the farm of Emanuel Sawvel. near Rumley, Harrison County, and after meeting with an accident that resulted in the fractur- ing of the bones of one of his legs he passed several months in the home of his uncle, Joshua Arbaugh, at Scio. Harrison County. There- after he continued to be employed, principally at farm work, by the month and the year. until 1902, when he married Miss Margaret Gotschall, who was born and reared in Loudon Township. Carroll County, a daughter of Daniel and Eliza ( Wood) Gotschall, the former a native of Har- rison County and the latter of Loudon Town- ship. Carroll County. After his marriage Mr. Binger established his residence on the home- stead farm of his wife's parents, and here he has since been successfully and vigorously giv- ing his attention to diversified agriculture and the raising of cattle, hogs and Delaine sheep. He is a democrat in his political views and he and his wife are zealous members of the Evan- gelical Lutheran Church at New Rumley, in which he is serving as a member of the Board of Trustees. They have three children-Harold, Mary and Marjory.
CHESTER REDMAN WORLEY. It is not given to every man to own his birthplace, but such is the good luck of Chester Redman Worley, one of the energetic young farmers of Carroll County. whose fine farm of 140 acres is located in Rose Township. Here he was born in 1892. a son of Owen E. and Florence ( Redman) Wor- ley. The family is an old one in this region. the great-grandfather having conducted a hotel at Morges, Rose Township. after he came to Carroll County from Pennsylvania. John V. Worley, the grandfather, lived in Brown Town- ship, this county, where he died in 1901, having been a farmer all of his life. He married Abi- gail Snyder, and they had four sons and four daughters, of whom Owen E. was the fifth in order of birth. He developed into a farmer, bought the 140-acre farm now owned by his son, and operated it until he retired, locating then at Magnolia, where he and his wife are now enjoying the comforts of life. Chester R. Wor- ley is their only child. Politically he is a re- publican, and has held a number of the town- ship offices. having been a member of the School Board of Rose Township. They are both very popular. and the success of the elder man is
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being reflected in the life and work of the younger.
Chester R. Worley attended the schools of Districts Nos. 6 and 3 until he was seventeen years old, and then in 1912 he took a short course in the agricultural department of the Ohio State University, and returning home, has been engaged in farming ever since. He mar- ried Emma Wetzell, a daughter of Christopher and Caroline ( Warner) Wetzell, of Rose Town- ship, in 1914, and they have one son, Roscoe Ellsworth. Mr. Worley finds it expedient to belong to the National Grange at Magnolia, and benefits from his association with his fellow members. The Lutheran Church at Magnolia has his earnest support, and he has been a member of it for some time.
If more of the young men of the rural dis- tricts could be induced to do as Mr. Worley, devote themselves to an agricultural life, a wonderful advancement would be seen in this industry. The man who has been born and bred on a farm has the love of the soil ingrained in his being. Having spent his life in a neigh- borhood he understands its needs and possibili- ties and can advocate and support those meas- ures which will be most beneficial to it. and at the same time gain a competency of fair proportions. Carroll County has a number of these young men interested in farming, and this is one of the reasons for its present prestige.
JOHN H. STENGER has effectively proved his success-winning powers in connection with farm industry in his native county and township and as a scion of the third generation of the Stenger family in . Carroll County, the family, in fact, having been founded in this section of Ohio, in Harrison County, in the year 1798.
Mr. Stenger was born in Loudon Township, Carroll County, on the 21st of August, 1862, and is a son of John and Helen (Sarbaugh) Stenger. the former of whom likewise was born in Loudon Township and the latter of whom was a native of Virginia. George Stenger, grandfather of John H. Stenger, was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, March 4, 1791, a son of William Stenger, who was born in Germany and who became an early settler in the State of Pennsylvania, where he passed the remainder of his life. as a farmer. At the age of seven years George Stenger accompanied his widowed mother and the other children of the family to Ohio, where settlement was made in Harrison County, in 1798. In that county he was reared to manhood amid the scenes and in- fluences of the frontier, and in 1821 he became a resident of Loudon Township, Carroll County, where he developed the productive farm that continued to be his place of residence until his death, in January, 1873, he having followed the trade of Cabinetmaker prior to removal to Car- roll County. The family name of his wife was Harner and she was born in Pennsylvania, in 1798. Of their fourteen children two died in infancy, and most of the others attained to years of maturity. Mrs. Stenger preceded her husband to the life eternal, her death having occurred in 1863. They contributed their share to the earlier development and upbuilding of
Carroll County and their names merit high place on the roster of the sterling pioneers of the county.
John Stenger was reared on the old home farm in Loudon Township, gained his early education in the common schools of the locality and period, and his entire active career was marked by successful association with farm en- terprises in his native township. Here his death occurred April 9, 1885, his wife having passed away on the 24th of February of the preceding year, and both having been earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of their children the eldest is Sarah E., who is the widow of Robert G. Gordon and who resides in Loudon Township; John H., of this sketch, was the next in order of birth; and Mary is the wife of Elmer Roof, of Loudon Township.
John H. Stenger was afforded the advantages of the public schools of the Village of Kilgore and he remained with his parents on the old home farm until their deaths. After his mar- riage. in 1887, he continued in charge of the home farm for a time, and then removed to the farm of 160 acres which his wife had in- herited from her father. Here they have since maintained their home, and the area of the place is augmented by their ownership also of an. adjoining tract of eighty acres the farm being one of the well improved and well ordered landed estates of Loudon Township, where Mr. Stenger has been notably successful in his vig- orous activities as an agriculturist and stock- grower. He is a republican, has been for many years a member of the School Board of his district. is an active and influential member of the Amsterdam Grange, which he has served as treasurer, and he and his wife are zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Simmons Ridge, in which he has held various official positions, including that of steward, of which he is the present incumbent.
On the 3d of November, 1887, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Stenger to Miss Thirsa A. Simmons, who likewise was born and reared in Loudon Township, and who is a daughter of Adam and Mary (Lucas) Simmons, the Sim- mons family being honored in the perpetuation of the name in Simmons Ridge, in the immedi- ate vicinity of which the old family homestead is situated. Mr. and Mrs. Stenger have three children : William, who married Miss Hazel McIntire, is a progressive farmer in Loudon Township; and Bert M. and Mary Helen remain at the parental home.
JOHN HENRY FAWCETT is a scion of the fourth generation of the Fawcett family in Carroll County and in all of the relations of life he is upholding the prestige of a family name that has been one of prominence in the annals of this county for more than a century.
John and Letta (Armstrong) Fawcett, great- grandparents of him whose name initiates this review. continued to reside in County Ferman- agh. Ireland, until 1816, when, with their chil- dren, they severed the ties that bound them to their native land and set forth to establish a new home in America. where they were des- tined to have a full share of pioneer experi-
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ences in what is now Carroll County, Ohio. From New York City Mr. Fawcett set forth on foot for Ohio, and upon his arrival in the pres- ent Carroll County he entered claim to a one- half section of Government land, in the town- ship that later was to bear the name of Union. He brought to bear his versatility and re- sourcefulness in meeting the requirements of the frontier region, and the first dwelling which he provided for his family was of the most primitive type. Scanty was the provender of the home at times, but with the development of his land this sturdy pioneer gained in pros- perity. and the hewed log house which he erected as soon as possible. continued to be the family domicile until 1837, when he erected on the home farm a substantial brick house which long remained as one of the landmarks of this county. Mr. Fawcett was one of the strong, resolute and upright men who did much in furthering the normal development and pro- gress of the county in the pioneer days and he remained on his original farm until his death, in 1838, when he was about seventy-five years of age, his wife having died in the preceding year, and both having been for many years zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Their children were seven in number : Elizabeth Riley. Letta Grace, Jane Atwell, Ann McCourt, Dorinda Brooks, Charles and Alex- ander.
The son Charles was born in County Fer- managh, Ireland, in 1799, gained his early education in his native land and was a vigorous youth of seventeen years when he accompanied his parents to the United States and loyally girded himself to bear his share of the burdens and responsibilities of the pioneer farm in the forest wilds of Ohio. In 1820 he wedded Miss Margery Brooks, who was born in Ireland. about the year 1800, and who was sixteen years of age when she came to America. After his marriage Charles Fawcett remained on the old homestead farm. in Union Township, until 1857, when he removed with his family to Iowa and became one of the pioneer settlers and farmers of Cedar County. where he remained until his death. in 1873, his widow surviving until 1882 and both having been consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Fawcett was originally a whig in politics but united with the republican party at the time of its organization and ever afterward was a staunch supporter of its cause. Prior to his removal to Iowa he has served several years as justice of the peace in Union Township. His children were eleven in number : Nancy Grace, John, Dr. Henry. Letta (Mrs. Kneen), Rebecca (Mrs. Butler). Alexander A., Dr. Charles, Dorinda (Mrs. Teter), Thomas, Margery (Mrs. Moore), and James. Of the sons Thomas and James served as soldiers of the Union in the Civil war. and Alexander A.
Alexander Armstrong Fawcett was born in Union Township, Carroll County, May 16, 1829, and was there reared to manhood under the conditions and influences of the pioneer days. He remained on the old home farm until his marriage, in 1855, on the 1st of February of which year Miss Ellen Kneen became his wife,
she having been born in Loudon Township, this county, In September. 1829, a daughter of Wil- liam and Mary (Kenyon) Kneen, natives of the Isle of Man. William Kneen and his wife came to the United States about 1820, and upon coming to Ohio they first located in Cleveland. Later they removed to the vicinity of New Rumley, Harrison County, whence they shortly afterward came to the present Carroll County, where, about the year 1825, Mr. Kneen pur- chased a slightly improved farm of 165 acres, in Loudon Township. For this property, in section 7, he paid $500. He reclaimed and de- veloped the farm and there he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. In their declining years they were cared for with earn- est solicitude by their daughter Ella. Mrs. Ella Fawcett was born on the homestead farm, as were also all of her children, and here she died in April, 1906, her husband passing away in May of the previous year and the memories of both being revered in the community in which they long lived and wrought to goodly ends, their religious faith having been that of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Mr. Faw- cett having been a republican in politics. Of the children the firstborn was Mary, who be came the wife of J. W. Reed and who died when a young woman; William C. is a civil engineer by profession and now resides at Mar- tin's Ferry, Belmont County ; Ella and John H. remain on the old home farm, in the ownership of which they are associated with their brother William C .; and Flora is the wife of Harvey H. Cogsil, a prosperous farmer in Loudon Town- ship.
John Henry Fawcett, to whom this review is dedicated, was born on the farm which is his present place of residence, and the date of his nativity was April 21, 1864. After having at- tended the district schools he continued his studies two years in Harlem College and one year in the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Dela- ware. When twenty-five years of age he went to Iowa. where he visited for some time with kinsfolk and thence, in company with his sister Ella, he went to Los Angeles, California, in which state they remained a few months. In the following year they again went to that state. and on this occasion remained nine months. After his marriage, which occurred in 1892. he and his wife maintained their home at Kilgore, Carroll County, about three years. during the major part of which time he was clerk in a mercantile establishment. There- after he assisted in the management of his fa- ther's home farm and then moved to another farm owned by his father in Loudon Town- ship. After the death of his mother he re- turned to the old farm upon which he was born, and here he has since remained, as one of the progressive agriculturists and stock- growers of his native county. As before stated, he is associated with his brother William C. and sister Ella in the ownership of this fine farm of 160 acres. He is a stalwart advocate of the principles of the republican party, and has been active in public affairs in Loudon Township, where he served two terms as town- ship treasurer, where he has been township
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trustee since 1918, and where he has repre- sented the township as a member of the County Board of Education from the time of its or- ganization. He is affiliated with Kilgore Lodge No. 342. Knights of Pythias, and is an active and valued member of Kilgore Grange, in which he holds the office of overseer in 1921. He and his wife are zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Kilgore. and he is serving as a steward of the same.
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