History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 122

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

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By his first marriage. Mr. Hess had two chil- dren: Harry S., a resident of Canton, Ohio; and Florence. the wife of Herbert Widder. of Willoughby. this state. Mrs. Hess died July 20, 1896. and in 1900 Mr. Hess married Ella J. Ma- ple, who was born in Union Township, daugh- ter of James and Janet (Lotz) Maple, and granddaughter of John and Mary ( Moody) Ma- ple. Four children have been born to this union : Naomi. who is a popular and efficient teacher in the public schools of the country districts of Carroll County: Perry Linn, who resides at home and assists his father in the work of the farm; Dorothea Janette, who lives with her parents and attends school : and Ray Mont who died at the age of two years. fit- teen days.

Mr. and Mrs. Hess are consistent members of St. John's Lutheran Church, in which he has served for some years. A friend of education. Mr. Hess has also been a member of the school board, and has likewise served his township very efficiently as township trustee. having filled that office for three terms. In politics he is a democrat. His only social membership is with Petersburg Grange. in which he has nu- merous friends and in the work of which he takes a great interest.

JAMES C. MAYES has had the practical expe- rience and the fortifying prerequisite of scien- tific study that insure him a maximum of suc- cess in his enterprise as a fruit-grower in his native county, and there is certain to be a marked measure of leadership on his part in connection with this special field of industrial enterprise, with which he has here been identi- fied for a number of years but in which he is preparing to amplify and advance his produc-

tive service, on one of the fine farm estates of Loudon Township, Carroll County. He was born in this township, on the 12th of July, 1876, and in both the paternal and maternal lines is a representative of sterling pioneer families of this favored section of the Buckeye State. He is a son of Joseph and Hannah (Seaton) Mayes, both likewise natives of Loudon Township. where the father was born on the same farm as was his son James C., who is an only child. The paternal grandparents were James and Elizabeth (Gray) Mayes, the former a native of County Donegal, Ireland, and the latter of the city of Berlin, Germany, their marriage having been solemnized at Baltimore, Maryland. In 1811 Elizabeth Gray accompanied her par- ents, Nathaniel and Mary Gray, on their im- migration to America, and the family home was established in Pennsylvania, not far distant from the city of Baltimore, Maryland. Both the Mayes and the Seaton familles settled in Carroll County. Ohio, in the early pioneer days, James Mayes having purchased about 500 acres of land in Loudon Township and the village of Amsterdam being now on a part of this exten- sive estate. which Mr. Mayes purchased from the man who had obtained the tract from the Government. The parents of James C. Mayes came into possession of the ancestral homestead farm of the Mayes family, in Loudon Town- ship, the same comprising 180 acres, in section 20. Here Joseph Mayes proved himself an able and successful agriculturist and stock-raiser. He remained on the farm until 1884, when he re- moved with his family to the Village of Amster- dam, where he owned an attractive residence property, as well as other realty, but his death there occurred on the 4th of September of that year. His widow survived him by more than thirty years and was of venerable age at the time of her death, on the 21st of December, 1916, both she and her husband having been earnest mem- bers of the Presbyterian Church and having commanded high place in the esteem of the peo- ple of their native county. James C. Maves as- sumed the active direction of the fruit culture on the old homestead and for a long term of years he rented the part of the farm that was given over to agriculture. He continued to re- side at Amsterdam until the spring of 1920. when he removed to the farm, where he is preparing to specialize, on a constantly expanding scale and in a thoroughly scien- tific way. in the raising of fruit. including apples, pears, peaches, plums and berries of select types and varieties. His early education was acquired in the public schools, principally those of Amsterdam, and in his native county his circle of friends is coincident with that of his acquaintances. He served for a number of years as clerk of the village council of Amster- dam, is a member of the Presbyterian Church in that village, of which he and his wife are zealous members, his political allegiance is given to the republican party. and he is affili- ated with Amsterdam Lodge No. 373. Knights of Pythias, in which he has passed the various official chairs.

On the 21st of January. 1917. was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Mayes to Miss Hollis Alex-

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ander, who was born in Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio, a daughter of Jesse and Rachel (Bell) Alexander. Mr. and Mrs. Mayes have a fine little son, Paul, who was born April 17, 1918.

FRANK A. SPRINGER. That farming can be made one of the most satisfying and agreeable occupations of existence, that perseverance, in- dustry and good judgment transform an indi- vidual's dreams into realities, and that integ- rity and fair-mindedness are among the most valuable of human assets, are facts illustrated in the career of Frank A. Springer, the owner of a valuable farm in East Township, who is serving his second term as a member of the board of township trustees.

Mr. Springer was born near Lisbon, Ohio, Oc- tober 26, 1859, a son of John and Elizabeth (Hoffman) Springer, and a grandson of Peter and Katie (Gossert) Springer, early settlers of Columbiana County, this state. John Springer was born at Hagerstown, Maryland, and was a lad when brought to Columbiana County, where he met and married Elizabeth Hoffman, a native of Trenton, New Jersey. Following their mar- riage they settled two miles west of Lisbon, and there rounded out their careers as agricultur- ists, the father dying February 16, 1885, and the mother January 25, 1897. They were people highly respected in their community, and the parents of four children : Emma, who died as the wife of the late Clark Thomas; Catherine, who died as the wife of the late Alvin Lee; Louisa, the wife of Robert Pike, of Columbiana County ; and Frank A.

Frank A Springer received his education in the public schools of the rural districts, and after attaining his majority remained for five years on the home farm, where he worked for his father. He then went to Cleveland and for a time was employed as conductor on a street railway, following which he came to East Town- ship, Carroll County, and farmed for a few years. He returned then to Columbiana County for three years, but came back to East Town- ship at the end of that time and bought an eighty-acre farm in section 16, on which he carried on operations for two years. Renting his farm, he went to Alliance, Ohio, where he secured employment with the Cassidy Furniture Company, but after three years came back to his farm in Fast Township, where he has since been busily occupied as a general farmer and a raiser of Red Polled cattle. Mr. Springer has a set of modern buildings on his property and numerous up-to-date improvements. He is pro- gressive and enterprising in his methods, and is justly accounted one of the substantial and reliable members of the farming element of Car- roll County. He likewise is the owner of a well-cultivated and valuable farm of seventy and one-half acres in Franklin Township, Co- lumbiana County.

In October, 1889, Mr. Springer married Miss Ida E. McCrea, who was born at Summitville. Ohio, a daughter of John and Mary (Ott) McCrea, the former a native of Columbiana County and the latter of Sandusky County, Ohio. Mrs. Springer is a graduate of the nor-

mal school at Canfield, Ohio, and prior to her marriage taught school in the country districts for four terms. One son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Springer: John M., who had three months of special training for the heavy artil- lery service during the World war, but had not been called into active service when the armis- tice was signed, and is now his father's assist- ant on the home farm. The family belongs to Bethseda Presbyterian Church. Mr. Springer was township assessor for three years, and is now serving his second term as a member of the East Township board of trustees. His pub- lic service has been efficient and conscientious and through it he has further substantiated his position in the confidence and good will of his fellow-citizens.

ISAAC ATKINSON. The influences and the ac- tivities which gained for Isaac Atkinson the term "father of Carroll County" are discussed fully in this history. Something should also be said of his family, since several of his de- scendants are still living in Carroll County.

Isaac Atkinson was a son of Stephen and Mary Atkinson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The other children were Thomas and Matthew. Long before the organization of Carroll County Isaac Atkinson was proprietor of the Peter Bohart estate, and had distinguished himself as a progressive member of the community by building a grist mill, oil mill, installing a card- ing machine, and the power for operation of this machinery was secured by one of the old- fashioned tread mills, motion being given to the wheel by the feet of the oxen. Later a woolen factory was added, steam power was introduced, and the entire industry was de- stroyed by fire on September 20, 1843. It is said that Isaac Atkinson agitated for the for- mation of Carroll County for at least six years before his wish was consummated.

Isaac Atkinson married Hester Jones. They were the parents of twelve children: Robert J., Mary, Margaret, Matthew, Hester Ann, Sarah Jane, Maria Lou, Thaddeus S., Annie W., Isaac T., George Ray and Mary. The only liv- ing son is Isaac of Denver, Colorado, and the only living daughter is Mrs. Lou Stilling of Kenton, Ohio.

Robert Jones Atkinson, a son of Isaac, began his career as a clerk in Carrollton, later was a member of the Legislature, and evidently went to Washington, D. C., where he served as third auditor in one of the departments until his death February 25, 1871, at the age of fifty- one. He was a democrat in politics, a Mason and a Presbyterian. He married Matilda Jack- son, daughter of Kendall and Nancy Jackson. She was born December 18, 1820, and died at Carrollton November 17, 1899. She was the mother of six children: Stephen Eugene, who died December 2, 1916, at the age of sixty-seven, was educated in Washington, D. C., was a graduate of Columbian College, for a time was in business at Steubenville, Ohio, and in 1878 went out to Helena, Montana. He was cashier of the First National Bank of that city and in 1889 became one of the pioneers of Great Falls, Montana, where with his brother Frank

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he established the Cascade Bank and until his death nearly thirty years later was its presi- dent. He made that one of the oldest and most substantial institutions in Montana. He never married. Charles, the second of the family, has for over forty years been connected with the Treasury Department at Washington. He mar- ried Ida Cudlip and three children were born to them: Ethel, Isabel and Eugene, the last now deceased. Frank, who was associated with his brother at Great Falls, Montana, died in July, 1918, at the age of sixty-three. The three daughters, Emma. Hester and Matilda, are all living at Carrollton at the fine old home which was erected by their mother.

VERNON JOHN COGSIL. In addition to being aligned among the vigorous and successful rep- resentatives of farm industry in his native township, Mr. Cogsil is known for skill in the work of the veterinary profession, to the prac- tice of which he gives no little attention. He is a scion of a well-known family whose name has been worthily linked with the history of Carroll County for more than seventy years. The paternal lineage traces back to Truman Cogsil, who was born near Roxbury. Connecti- cut, of English parentage. He married Civil Hawley, and they passed the remainder of their lives on their farm near Roxbury, both having been communicants of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The names of their children were as follows: Harvey, Anson B., Elizur, Hawley, Mary, Almira, Nancy, Harriet, Sarah and Ann. Harvey Cogsil, great-grandfather of Vernon John of this sketch, was born near Roxbury, Connec- ticut, April 17, 1798, and as a youth he made his way to Virginia, where he met and married Miss Mary Vincel, who was born in Loudoun County, that state. in 1801. Their marriage was solemnized in Virginia in the year 1820, and in that state they continued to reside until 1838, when they came to Ohio and established their home in Carroll County. Here Harvey Cogsil purchased 400 acres of land in Loudon Town- ship, and later he added to the area of his landed estate in this county. besides becoming the owner of 2,000 acres in the state of Missouri. He made his Carroll County property one of the best farm estates in Loudon Township, and here he remained until his death. March 12, 1885, his wife having passed away June 30, 1876, and having been a devout member of the Lutheran Church. Harvey Cogsil was one of the influen- tial and honored men of the county, was one of the founders of the Carroll county fair and was actively concerned in the building of the Carrollton & Oneida Railroad, which was the first railroad to enter Carrollton. He was a leader in the local councils and activities of the democratic party. The names of his children are here recorded: Oliver, George. John T., Harvey, Anson B., Antoinette and Mary F.

Of the children named above Oliver figures as the grandfather of him whose name initiates this sketch. He was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, and as a youth gained a due quota of pioneer experience in Carroll County, Ohio, where he became one of the prosperous farmers of Lee Township and where he passed the re-

mainder of his life, as did also his wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Algeo. Their son John T. was born in Perry Township, this county, and passed his entire life within the bor- ders of his native county. As a young man he married Miss Margaret A. Lawrence, who was born in Lee Township, this county, a daughter of Richard and Anna (Park) Lawrence, natives of Ireland and early settlers in Carroll County. After his marriage John T. Cogsil settled in the eastern part of Lee Township, where he contin- ued his successful farm enterprise until 1898, when he purchased a farm of 160 acres in the western part of the same township. On this farm he continued to reside until his death, February 9, 1917, and his widow still remains on the homestead. Of the two surviving chil- dren the subject of this sketch is the elder. and Edna O. is the wife of William Algeo, of Lou- don Township.

Vernon John Cogsil was born in Lee Town- ship, November 15, 1881, was reared to the in- vigorating discipline of the farm and his early educational advantages included those of the high school at Carrollton. He has never found It expedient or a matter of desire to falter in allegiance to the great fundamental industry under the benign influences of which he was reared, and he now resides on the old home- stead farm which his father purchased in 1898, as above noted. He is the owner of an addi- tional tract of 120 acres, in Lee Township and has a third interest in another farm of 140 acres, likewise in Lee Township. He is one of the vital and successful representatives of farm enterprise in his native county, is progressive and loyal in his civic attitude, given his al- leglance to the republican party, holds member- ship in the Washington Hall Grange, and he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, as is also his widowed mother.

The month of June, 1910, recorded the mar- riage of Mr. Cogsil to Miss Carrie Haldeman, who was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, a daughter of Richard and Phelina (Brogan) Haldeman, the former a native of Carroll County and the latter of Columbiana County. Mr. and Mrs. Cogsil have no children.

JAMES NOBLE, of Lee Township, Carroll County, owns and resides upon a part of the old homestead farm which was the place of his birth, and he is a representative of one of the worthy families whose identification with the history of Ohio had its inception nearly a cen- tury ago. Mr. Noble was born in Lee Town- ship November 30, 1851, and is the youngest of the four children born to William and Jane (Tripp) Noble. The eldest of the four children was William T., who is deceased: George and David are residents of Lee Township.

William Noble was born in East Bethlehem. Washington County, Pennsylvania, on the 12th of February, 1808, and was an honored and venerable pioneer citizen of Carroll County at the time of his death, in 1901. He was a son of William and Eliza (Scarlott) Noble, who were born and reared in County Leitrim. Ireland. where their marriage was solemnized and whence they came to the United States in 1786.

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The father became a pioneer farmer in Wash- ington County, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1818, his widow surviving until 1854, and both having been active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They had seven sons and three daughters.

William Noble, Jr., was eighteen years old when he came to Ohio, in 1826, and at Youngs- town he learned the trade of brick and stone mason. He continued to follow his trade in this section of Ohio until 1837. and thereafter at various towns along the Mississippi river in Iowa. After his return to Ohio he developed a fine farm estate in Carroll County, bis farm property, in Lee Township, having comprised somewhat more than 350 acres. In his youth he assisted in constructing a bridge across the Ohio river at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and both in Ohio and the West he did a large amount of constructive work at his trade. He died on the 11th of July, 1891, his wife having passed away on the 3d of the preceding September. Their marriage occurred August 10, 1843, Mrs. Noble having been born in Pennsylvania, October 31, 1809, a daughter of Job and Rebecca ( Kelley) Tripp, of Cannonsburg, that state. In politics Mr. Noble was a democrat, but was not strongly partisan in connection with local affairs of pub- lic order. Both he and his wife held member- ship in the Presbyterian Church, and they were kindly, generous and upright folk who com- manded the high regard of all who knew them.

James Noble found the period of his child- hood and youth compassed by the invigorating environment and discipline of the home farm, and in the meanwhile he did not neglect the ad- vantages offered in the local schools. He has remained continuously on the old homestead, 153 acres of which he received as a heritage from his parents, and this farm is the stage of his activities as an agriculturist and stock- raiser. A considerable acreage of excellent tim- ber remains on the farm. and of the rest meadows and pasture land take up all but thirty acres, which latter area is given to agri- culture. In addition to managing his farm Mr. Noble has given more or less attention to work at the carpenter's trade for a long period of years. He is aligned in the local ranks of the democratic party, has served as a member of the election board, and has shown lively inter- est in the communal welfare. Both he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episco- pal Church.

May 28, 1801, marked the marriage of Mr. Noble to Miss Susan Lawrence, who was born and reared in Lee Township and who is a daugh- ter of James and Jane (Plant) Lawrence, na- tives of Ireland and early settlers in Carroll County. Mr. and Mrs. Noble have three chil- dren : Grover C., who is now associated in the work and management of the home farm, was one of the sterling young men who represented Carroll County in the nation's military service in the World war. In June. 1918. he became a member of Company B. Three Hundred and Ninth Engineers, and with his command he salled for France in the following September. He remained in active service in France until the armistice brought hostilities to a close, and

returned to his native land in June, 1919. Gladys, the only daughter, is the wife of Ed- ward Griffith, of Burgoon, Ohio, and they have two children, James Joseph and Helen Lucile. James Paul, the youngest of the three children, remains with his parents on the home farm.

H. WORTHINGTON BIRNEY has brought to bear both practical experience and scientific methods in connection with farm Industry, and is today numbered among the progressive and representa- tive agriculturists and stock-growers of Monroe Township. Harrison County, where he owns a well-improved farm of 160 acres, this place he- ing adjacent to the old homestead farm on which he was born and the date of his nativity having been October 11, 1867. He is a son of William Alexander Birney and Emma (Spiker) Birney, the former of whom was born on the farm now occupied by his son, H. Worthington Birney, of this review, and the mother was born in Cadiz Township, a sister of Marion W. Spiker. In whose personal sketch. on other pages of this work. are given adequate data concern- ing the Spiker family. Hugh and Anna (Reynolds) Birney, grandparents of the subject of this sketch, were ploneers of Monroe Town- ship, where the grandfather entered 180 acres of Government land, in the year 1826. and where he reclaimed a productive farm from the forest wilds. The Government deed to this property. signed by President John Quincy Adams, is still in the possession of the family and is a valued heirloom. Hugh and Anna Birney were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and were honored and venerable pioneer citizens at the time of their deaths. They became the parents of five children-William Alexander, Reynolds, Robert, Jane and Joanna.

William A. Birney was reared to manhood on the pioneer farm. received the advantages of the common schools of the locality and pe- riod and continued his residence on the an- cestral farmstead until 1894, when he removed to the state of Iowa, where his wife died in the following year and where he continued his residence until his death, in 1915. when well ad- vanced in years. Mr. and Mrs. Birney were earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Concerning their children the follow- ing brief data are available: H. Worthington, of this sketch, is the eldest of the number: Ma- rion Lafayette died in young manhood; Frank Howard died in early youth; Earl J. resides at Washington, Iowa : Robert N. died in child- hood : Homer Clare is a resident of Washing- ton. Iowa ; Anna Elizabeth is the wife of Har- vey Finney and they reside at Ainsworth, Iowa ; and Clyde resides at Washington, that state.

H. Worthington Birney supplemented the training of the district schools by attending Scio College, one of the excellent educational institutions of Harrison County, and thereafter he was for one year a student in the agricul- tural department of the Ohio State University. On the 21st of September, 1893. he was united in marriage to Miss Cora Rosena Jobe, daugh- ter of Richard Watson Jobe and Sarah Jane ( Pettis) Jobe. Mrs. Birney received her educa- tion at Scio College and at Ohio Wesleyan Uni-

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versity. Since their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Birney have continued their residence on the old Birney homestead farm, which he has made a center of vigorous and successful agricultural and live stock enterprise and which is one of the model farms of Monroe Township. Mr. and Mrs. Birney have no children. They are mem- bers of the Plum Run Methodist Episcopal Church, are popular factors in the representa- tive social life of their home community, and Mrs. Birney is a member of the women's aux- illary of the Sons of Veterans, her father hav- ing been a gallant soldier of the Union in the Civil war, in which his record was virtually that that marks the general history of his regi- ment, the Fifty-Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he was a member of Company G. Richard W. Jobe, father of Mrs. Birney, was born near Kansas City, Missouri, and his wife was born at Deersville, Harrison County, Ohio, a daughter of Robert and Sarah (Hout) Pet- tis. the former a native of the Isle of Wight, England. and the latter of the state of Vir- ginia. Richard W. Jobe became one of the representative farmers of Franklin Township, Harrison County, where his death occurred in 1912, and his widow still maintains her home in this county. Mr. Jobe was a son of John and Catherine (Miser) Jobe, members of families whose names early became identified with the history of eastern Ohio. He was a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. as is also his widow. Of their two children Mrs. Birney is the elder, and Mary Lenore is a successful teacher in the city of New York.

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History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 122

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