History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 118

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

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Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Boyd six chil- dren have been born, namely: W. V .. a street car man in Canton. Ohio, married Bessie True, and they have one child, Virginia : Anna Ma- tilda, who married Charles Owens, died in 1911. at the age of thirty-two years, leaving two chil- dren. Anna Belle and Charles. the former of whom married Benjamin Barker. and has one child. Charles Barker: Daisy Lelia. wife of Henry Merriman, has one child. Blanche Mi- nerva : Jason Roy. of Canton. Ohio, married Jessie Belknap, and they have one child. Helen : Pearl Grace. wife of Joseph Smith, of Canton, has two children. Roy Harvey and Wilson Em- erson : and Harvey Bradshaw. now serving as mayor of Carrollton. married Ethel Long, and they have one child, Kenneth Wilson.

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CRAWFORD D. CARROTHERS may well take satis- faction in the fact that he is the owner of the fine old homestead farm upon which he was born and reared and which, comprising 165 acres, is one of the model farmsteads of Moorefield Town- ship, Harrison County. Mr. Carrothers is a representative of a family whose name has been identified with the history of Harrison County for more than a century and of the children of his parents he is the only one of the number remaining in this county.

Mr. Carrothers was born on his present farm, as previously noted, and the date of his nativity was July 1, 1865. He is a son of Bentty and Ailsa ( Johnson) Carrothers, both likewise na- tive of Harrison County. the father having been born in Nottingham Township, March 14, 1832. and the mother having been born July 10, 1839; their marriage was solemnized June 21, 1860.

Beatty Carrothers was a son of George and Ann (Hastings) Carrothers, natives of Ireland. George Carrothers was born in the year 1784, a . son of James Carrothers, and in 1803 he came from the Emerald Isle to America. He first located in Washington County, Pennsylvania. and there, about the year 1810, he wedded Miss Jane Hall, who was born February 2, 1791. They became the parents of five children- James, John, George, William and Margaret. About the year 1813 Mr. and Mrs. Carrothers came from the old Keystone State and estab- Jished their home in Nottingham Township. Harrison County, Ohio, where be obtained 320 acres of Government land and initiated the de- velopment of a farm from the forest wilds. He was one of the resourceful and successful pio- neer farmers of the county, commanded unquali- fled popular esteem, and here remained until : his death. December 4, 1863. his religious faith having been that of the United Presbyterian Church, as his ancestors were of the religious. seeders who left their native Scotland and es- tablished a home in Ireland. The first wife of George Carrothers died February 2, 1828, and for his second wife he married Miss Ann Hast- ings, who was born in County Fermanagh, Ire- land. May 1, 1798, and who accompanied her parents to America about the year 1820. Of this union were born five children. Four are now deceased: Sarah became the wife of James Wilson ; Beatty. father of Crawford D .. was the next in order of birth; Eliza became the wife of Jackson Kennedy : Mary died when young ; and Christopher went, in 1869. as a mis- sionary to Japan, where later he became a government teacher and is now living on Tapaz Island, Washington. Mrs. Carrothers survived her husband by more than twenty years, was a devout member of the Presbyterian Church, and her death occurred January 14. 1886.

Beatty Carrothers was but four years of age when his parents removed to the farm, in Moore- field Township, which was to continue his. place of residence during the remainder of his long, active and worthy life. his death having occurred September 17. 1917. and his widow be- ing now a resident on home farm, this county. November 26, 1856. recorded his marriage to Miss Martha J. McClintock, who died March 26, 1859. and their only child, Winfield. died the

following June. On the 21st of June, 1860, Mr. Carrothers wedded Miss Ailsa Johnson, who survives him. They became the parents of five children : Johnson R. married Miss Mayme Kenney. and they now reside in the city of Lincoln, Nebraska : George married Anna John- son and they maintain their home at Los An- geles. California ; Crawford D., of this sketch. was the next in order of birth: Sadie M. is the wife of Howard H. Moore, of Washington, D. C. : and William C. died in childhood. Mr. Car- rothers was a member of the Presbyterian Church. as is also his widow.

To the district schools of Moorefield Town. ship Crawford D. Carrothers is indebted for his early education, and he was reared on the farm which is now his place of residence. On the 15th of October, 1890. he was united in mar- riage to Miss Mary B. Dickerson, daughter of James K. P. and Hannah (Moore) Dickerson, the former of whom was born in Athens Town- ship, this county, December 25, 1845, and the latter was born in Moorefield Township, April 29. 1849. During the major part of his active career Mr. Dickerson was engaged in farm en- terprise in Moorefield Township, he having been a representative of one of the prominent pio- neer families of Harrison County. He and his wife. who died February 9, 1917. were zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They became the parents of seven children : Mary B. (Mrs. Crawford D. Carrothers) was born May 16. 1870; Miss Annetta was born March 17, 1874; Margaret H. was born May 30. 1876, and is the wife of Lee Dunlap; William M. was born July 3, 1879, and his death of- curred April 1, 1901; Albert J. was born July 28. 1882, and the maiden name of his wife was Blanche Dickerson ; John F. died in early child- hood : Elliott, who was born January 25. 1804. died while serving as an American soldier in France during the late World war.

Elliott Dickerson was one of the fine sons of Harrison County who entered the nation's mili- tary service when America became involved In the great World war. He entered service July 25. 1918, proceeded to Camp Sherman, and was assigned to Company K. Three Hundred and Thirty-sixth Infantry, Eighty-fourth Division. In the latter part of August he went with his command to Camp Mills. New York, and early in the following month they sailed for France. Shortly after his arrival in France he suffered an attack of influenza, and as a result thereof he died, In Base Hospital No. 3, on the 7th of October, 1918. He sacrificed his life on the altar of patriotism-as fully as though he had fallen on the field of battle-and his death was deeply mourned by his host of friends in his native county.

For twenty-six years after his marriage Mr. Carrothers was engaged in farming in Notting- ham Township, and he then returned to the old home farm, in Moorefield Township, where he has since continued his vigorous and successful activities as a progressive agriculturist and stock-grower. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and he and his wife hold membership in the Nottingham Presby- terian Church. They have five children : Ella

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M., who was born August 17, 1891, is the wife of George W. Beall and they have one child, Francis Wayne. Chester S., who was born May 30. 1893. married Miss Ressie Stevens and they have three children-Elsie May, Ralph Cecil and Harold Love. Elsie, who was born in 1896, died in 1904. Irene was born May 22, 1902, and Bessie M. was born May 21, 1904.

JAMES LAWRENCE WILLIAMS is owner of a farm of eighty-six acres in Rose Township, get- ting his mail on Route No. 1 from Mineral City. A hard worker. he has striven to do whatever he undertook well, and to render efficient service, and as a result he has acquired a fair compe- tency and good standing in his neighborhood.

Mr. Williams was born in Rose Township Oc- tober 9. 1863, son of David Noble and Emma- line (Guess) Williams. His grandfather Will- iams was a native of England. David Noble Williams spent his life as a farmer in Carroll County. where he was reared and educated, be- ing the second in a family of six children. He was twice married, and of his five children James L. is the fourth.

The latter attended school regularly until he was sixteen. the school being in District No. 5 of Rose Township. He grew up on his father's farm of eighty acres, lived there and shared in its work and management until he was thirty- three. when he married and established a home of his own. It was in 1897 that Mr. Williams married Miss Sarah J. Mowls, daughter of John and Louise (Gamble) Mowls of Rose Township. They have three children: Louellice, born in 1898, a graduate of the Dellroy High School and of the Normal School of Kent. Ohio, now a popular teacher at Canal Fulton, Ohio; James Paul, born in 1900, and Oscar, born in 1903.

The first two years after his marriage Mr. Williams looked after the farm of Mrs. Will- fams' father, and in 1900 moved to his present location. He first bought a small place of ten acres and later thirty-eight acres more and Mrs. Williams inherited forty-six acres from ther father. Of this he sold eight acres so that his present farm comprises eighty-six. He does general farming, raising considerable livestock. Mr. Williams is an independent democrat and has responded to the confidence of his fellow citizens by serving a time as supervisor of Rose Township and as a member of the school board. He is a Methodist and his family are Lutherans.

JOHN A. CRAWFORD still retains ownership of one of the fine farm properties of Archer Town- ship. Harrison County, but is now living retired. in the village of Adena, after having been for many years actively associated with farm in- dustry in his native county. He is a representa- tive of one of the old and honored pioneer fam- ilies of this county and is a venerable native son who is specially entitled to recognition in this publication.

Mr. Crawford was born in Archer Township. on the 6th of October, 1846, and he is a scion of families that were founded in Virginia in the colonial period of our national history. His fother, Thomas Crawford, was born in Brooke County. Virginia, on the 3rd of December, 1804, and both his paternal and maternal grand-

parents likewise were natives of the old Do- minion State. Thomas Crawford was a son of Edward and Mary ( Wiggins) Crawford, and in the early part of the nineteenth century they became pioneer settlers in Archer Township. Harrison County, Ohio, where they established their residence in a primitive log cabin and girded themselves to bear the burdens and hard- ships of frontier life. It was in the year 1806 that Edward Crawford instituted the develop- ment of a farm in the midst of the forest wilds of Harrison County, where he reclaimed a large tract of land and became one of the sub- stantial and influential men of the pioneer com- munity. He was a stalwart advocate of the principles of the democratic party and both he and his wife were zealous members of the Pres- byterian Church. Of their twelve children six were born prior to the removal from Virginia to Harrison County. and the other six were born on the old pioneer homestead in this county. Mr. Crawford's death occurred in 1831, and his widow passed away in 1864, at a venerable age.

Thomas Crawford was an infant at the time when the family home was established in Archer Township, where he was reared under the conditions of the early pioneer days and where he assisted in the work of the home farm until he was about nineteen years of age. He then went to Cadiz, the county seat, where he learned the blacksmith trade, to which he gave his attention for fifteen years. He then re- sumed his association with farm industry, and he continued to reside on his fine homestead farm, in the eastern part of Archer Township. during the remainder of his long and useful life -a man of sterling character and a citizen of loyalty and liberal spirit-one who commanded the high regard of all who knew him. The old home farm is that now owned by his son John A .. his entire landed estate having comprised 220 acres. He honored Harrison County by his worthy life and achievement and his death oc- curred in 1893. He was unfaltering in his al- legiance to the democratic party and both he and his wife held membership in the Presbyterian Church.

In 1829 Thomas Crawford married Miss Jane Kelly, daughter of Hugh Kelly, of Cadiz, and she was still a young woman at the time of her death. She was survived by four children- Hugh, Edward. Isabella and Thomas.

On the 5th of March. 1839, was solemnized the marriage of Thomas Crawford to Mrs. Eleanor (Ginney ) Forbes. widow of Joseph Forbes and a daughter of Robert Ginney, who was an early settler in Carroll County. Mrs. Crawford passed to the life eternal in the year 1889, five children having been born to the second mar- riage, namely : Jason, Robert F., John A., Eliz- abeth (died in 1864), and James F.

John A. Crawford gained in his youth a full quota of practical experience in connection with farm enterprise, and his early education was obtained in the district schools of his native Township. He remained with his parents on the old home farm until their death, and there he continued his independent activities as an agriculturist and stock-grower until the death of his wife. since which time he has lived re-

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tired at Adena, where he resides in the home of his older son, Dr. Homer C. The old home farm, now comprising 1261/2 acres, is now under the effective management and control of his younger son, John R. Mr. Crawford is a staunch advocate of the principles of the demo- cratic party, but has never had any desire for the honors of public office. He is an active mem- ber of the Presbyterian Church at Cadiz, as was also his wife.

In September of the Centennial year, 1876, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Crawford to Miss Margaret M. Campbell, who likewise was born and reared in Carroll County and who was a daughter of the late James and Cath- erine (Huston) Campbell. The supreme loss and bereavement in the life of Mr. Crawford came when his devoted wife was summoned to eternal rest, her death having occurred on the 9th of August, 1910. after their companionship in the pleasant home had continued for nearly thirty-five years. Of the two children the elder is Dr. Homer C., who is a dentist by profession and who is engaged in practice at Adena, the maiden name of his wife was Vergie Townsend, and their three children are Margaret A., Ray- mond C. and Georgia. John R., the younger son, is still a bachelor and he has, as previously noted, active charge of the old home farm.

OTTO EICK. The opportunities given the Car- roll County farmers to acquire more than a competence are many, for not only is the soil fertile, but the transportation facilities are ex- cellent and the agriculturists can market their produce rapidly and profitably. One of them who has taken advantage of these opportunities is Otto Eick of Harrison Township, who owns and operates a farm of seventy-eight acres of land. He was born at Sherodsville, Carroll County, February 9, 1860, a son of John and Martha (Belknap) Eick, and grandson of Peter Fick, who, after his marriage to a Miss Jen- nings in New Jersey, drove overland to Orange Township, Carroll County, with a wagon, and lived on the farm he bought there, and he and his wife both passed away on their homestead. They had seven children, of whom John Eick was the youngest. On March 22. 1869, John Eick moved to Harrison Township on a 160- acre farm he has bought and there he rounded out his useful life. passing away July 5, 1903, his wife having died in 1900. They had five children, Otto Eick being their first born.

Until he was eighteen years old Otto Eick attended the Swamp school in Harrison Town- ship during the winter terms, and always made himself useful on the farm, where he remained until he was twenty-two years old. For the subsequent two years he operated his father's homestead. and then moved on his present farm. where he has lived ever since, being occupied with general farming. He has other interests and is a stockholder of the First National Bank of Carrollton. Very active as a republican, he has been elected on his party ticket to several offices. in 1909 becoming county commissioner for a two-year term. and being elected to suc- ceed himself for another two years, and he was also elected township treasurer of Harrison

Township. The Presbyterian Church of New Harrisburg holds his membership, and he is well liked in it as he is elsewhere in his com- munity.

Mr. Eick was married to Elizabeth Hess, a daughter of John and Christine (Vance) Hess. of New Harrisburg, Ohio, and they have one son, John H., who is at home, married Blanche Conway of Carrollton, and they have one son. Samuel Otto. An excellent farmer and good business man Mr. Eick has made a success of his work, and won approval as a public official.

ROBERT TAYLOR MONTGOMERY is the owner of one of the fine farm estates of Loudon Town- ship, Carroll County, where he has 200 acres of the exceptionally fertile land that has made the county the stage of successful agricultural enterprise. He was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, January 14, 1864, and is a son of John H. and Emeline ( Henderson) Montgomery, the for- mer of whom was born in the Bacon Ridge dis- trict of Jefferson County and the latter was a native of Morgan County, this state. After their marriage the parents established their home on a farm on Bacon Ridge, Jefferson County. and there the father died in 1879. the mother surviving him by nearly a score of years and passing to the life eternal in 1898.

Robert T. Montgomery is indebted to the schools of his native county for his youthful education and there he was reared to the sturdy discipline of the home farm. He is the elder of the two children and his sister, Martha Jane. is the wife of Ezra Peterson, of Jefferson County. March 11, 1891, Mr. Montgomery was united in marriage with Miss Elzan Peterson, who was born July 6, 1859, daughter of John and Emily J. Peterson, and reared in Loudon Township, Cadroll County, his record being that resided on a farm of 156 acres in his native section of Jefferson County for one year. He then traded that property to his brother-in- law, Joseph Scott Peterson, for the farm of 200 acres which was his wife's old homestead and his present place of residence and which he has made one of the model rural estates of Loudon Township, Carroll County, his record being that of a progressive and successful agriculturist and stock-grower and a liberal and public-spirited citizen. Their only child, Martha Grace. is the wife of Durell C. Algeo and they remain on the home farm of her father, Mr. Algeo being ac- tively associated in the work and management of the farm. He was born in Loudon Township and is a son of George and Salina ( Miller) Algeo. Mr. and Mrs. Durell Algeo have two children-Gladys Marie and Leona Grace.

Mr. Montgomery is a democrat in his politi- cal proclivities, is an active and influential member of the Amsterdam Grange. of which he is a director, and he is assistant classleader in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Amsterdam

WILLIAM F. MARTIN. Varied business inter ests carried on over a long period of years give William F. Martin a place of prominence in the affairs of Georgetown, Harrison County. His home and business headquarters are at that village. and he is still engaged in the poultry buying and commission business. He is a ster-

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ling citizen, especially interested in church work, and properly enjoys the esteem of the community.

Mr. Martin was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, October 9, 1853, son of Jonathan and Eliza (Spence) Martin. A complete outline of the family history is given under the name George A. Martin, a brother of William F. Martin. The latter was about sixteen years of age when the family moved to Harrison County. His early education had been acquired in the schools of Jefferson County, and he also at- tended school for a time from his parents' new home at Georgetown in Short Creek Township. His work became an increasing factor in the parental home and he assisted in the labors of the farm until attaining his majority, when he began farming as a croper. For about four- teen years Mr. Martin gave his attention princi- pally to the teaming business. Since retiring from that enterprise he has been a buyer of poultry, his buying facilities reaihing out all over Short Creek Township and he ships large quantities of eggs to market from Cadiz. For a number of years he has also bought and sold veal calves.

While never a radical partisan Mr. Martin gives his support to the republican party, and in community affairs takes a loyal interest. Outside of family and business his deepest inter- est has been in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Georgetown. He has been an active member since he was seventeen, and since he was eighteen has sung in the church choir. He has filled various lay offices in the church and is now a steward and trustee. and at intervals during a period of twenty years has been super- intendent of the Sunday School, an office he still holds. He has been active and zealous in all work promoting righteousness morality and temperance.

August 17, 1875, Mr. Martin married Dora Lamb, who was born April 23, 1858, daughter of Lemuel B. and Mrs. Kate (Brooks) Lamb. He was a Civil war veteran in Company C of the First Regiment, West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, serving four years. He resided in Georgetown from the close of the war until his death, being a city postmaster for twenty- seven years, merchant for forty-five years and county infirmary director two terms, township trustee two terms, and was also township treas- urer for several years, a and was a general depository and banker for the community. Mr. Martin was a republican in politics and his re- ligion was with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Her mother was born January 17, 1838, and died March 15. 1887. The married life of Mr. and Mrs. Martin continued for a little more than a quarter of a century until Mrs. Martin's death May 26, 1901. To their union were born the fol- lowing children : Clyde A., born May 22, 1878, a resident of Akron, Ohio, married Bessie Hughes; Carl W., born August 30, 1880, and died August 28. 1881; and Katie L., who was born January 19, 1883. Katie is the wife of Emmet C. George of Georgetown. and their children. Mr. Mar- tin's five grandchildren, are Frank Earl, born March 22. 1902, Nellie, born March 4. 1904, Willard A., born March 20, 1906, Howard W.,

born January 12, 1909, and Harry L., born January 1, 1912.

On October 6, 1903, Mr. Martin married Sadie Mclaughlin, who was born and reared in Short Creek Township, Harrison County, daughter of William Gilmore and Minnie (Livingston) Mc- Laughlin. Her father was born April 25, 1847, in Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and attended Franklin College after leaving the common schools. He has been justice of the peace in Short Creek Township since 1879, and is still acting as such. He takes an active part in all public movements as well as moral and religious movements. The mother of Mrs. Mar- tin was born September 19, 1848, in Monroe County, and died at Georgetown, Harrison County, May 17, 1918. She was a student in Franklin College, a prominent teacher for years and an active Christian worker. Both parents were active in the United Presbyterian Church. They were married June 27. 1872, and the Mclaughlin children were: Clyde L., born May 28, 1873, and died January 22, 1881. Sadie M., was born December 3, 1874, Genevra H., born November 29, 1876. died July 11. 1918, survived by her husband, Clinton Dickerson, and two children, Evelyn and Nellie, the latter the wife of Jack T. Boone. William Sewell, born De- cember 30, 1878, married Martha Watson and his children are Raymond. Leonard, Stanton, Clinton. William and Mary. Ralph M., born October 21, 1883, married Lillie Cunningham and has two daughters. Virginia and Margaret. Lida. born August 14, 1885, is the wife of War- ren Reichard and was the mother of Genevra now deceased, Elizabeth, Marjorie and Howard Gilmore. Pearl K., born December 10, 1888, is unmarried and lives at home with her father in Georgetown and is active in the Springdale Friends Church as a minister of that faith.

William Gilmore Mclaughlin devoted his years to farming in Jeffersan and Harrison counties until 1916, when he removed to George- town. He is a son of William J. and Elizabeth (Berry) Mclaughlin. His father was born in Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, in 1812, and his mother in Washington County, Pennsyl- vania, July 15, 1815. Elizabeth Berry was a daughter of William G. and Jane ( McConnell) Berry. The parents of William J. Mclaughlin were John and Anna (Johnson) Mclaughlin, who were married in Washington County, Penn- sylvania, in 1801 and became pioneers of Jeffer. son County. Ohio, where John Mclaughlin achieved prominence and for seventeen years represented the county in the Ohio Legislature. William J. Mclaughlin spent his entire life in Jefferson County, where he died January 15, 1894, and his widow on December 28, 1898. The children of William J. Mclaughlin and wife were William G., James A., Samuel. John and Jennie. Jennie became the wife of James L. Hawthorn, and Martha married Alexander Haw. thorn. and died in 1895.

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History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 118

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