History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 126

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

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John W. Reed was reared on the old home- stead farm which was the place of his birth and gained his early education in the common schools of the locality. He inherited a part of the large tract of land accumulated by his fa- ther. who gave to each son a farm of forty acres. John W. purchased an additional tract of eighty acres, besides the forty acres which he eventually gave to Thomas Tool, who has been reared in his home. Mr. Reed became a stalwart supporter of the cause of the republican party. though his father had been a democrat, and he gave liberal support to the Lutheran Church, of which his venerable widow has been a lifelong communicant.

On the 2d of April, 1862, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Reed to Miss Nancy Miller. who was born in Monroe Township, Carroll County, October 26. 1832, a daughter of Jacob and Jennie ( Morley) Miller. Mr. Miller was born in Pennsylvania, in 1796, and his wife was born in the state of New York, in the same year. He was a son of Abram and Rebecca (Eprite) Miller, natives of Germany and pio- neer settlers in Pennsylvania. Jacob Miller and his wife came to Carroll County about the year 1824 and he took up government land in Mon- roe Township, where he reclaimed a productive farm from the forest wilds, the old place being now known as the Scott Wright farm. On this old homestead Mr. Miller died in 1857, his wife having passed away in 1854. Both were zealous communicants of the Lutheran Church. They became the parents of nine children: Mary married a Mr. Lewis and was the mother of Walter Clark Lewis, mentioned elsewhere in this work; Abram. Isaac, Jacob, Andrew, Ruth. Jane, Sarah, and Nancy, the last named being the only one of the number now living.

Mr. and Mrs. Reed became the parents of five children : Charles married Margaret Hunter and they now reside in the state of Colorado, their two children being Ethel and John. the latter having been in the nation's military serv- ice in the late World war and having been with the American Expeditionary Forces in France from September 18, 1918, until the summer of 1919. Ruth is the wife of William Dieringer. and they have one son, Herman. Flora is the wife of Dr. Albert E. Wagner, of Paris, Ohio: Miss Margaret remains with her widowed mother; and Laura is the wife of John Buck, of Union Township, Carroll County, their one child being a son, Charles.

HENRY BUEL, an honored member of one of of the sterling pioneer familles of Carroll County, has resided at Malvern from the time of his birth and is now nearing the age of three

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score years and ten, so that it is evident that few citizens of the village at the present day can claim so prolonged and continuous residence here. For thirty-six years Mr. Buel was asso- ciated with the operations of the planing mill and business owned and conducted by his brother Frederick, and he is now living retired, save that he finds recreation and vitalizing energy through his application each season to the fine gardens which he maintains on his home prop- erty, which comprises about four village lots and which has been his place of residence fully forty years. He is a son of the late David Buel, and adequate record concerning the fam- ily is given on other pages of this volume.

Henry Buel was born at Malvern on the 16th of November, 1845, and here he received his early education in the schools of the period. As previously intimated, the major part of his active career was marked by his association with the industrial enterprise conducted by his brother, and he has always taken lively inter- est in everything touching the welfare and ad- vancement of his native village and county. His political support is given to the republican party and his religious faith is that of the Lu- theran Church, of which his wife likewise is an earnest communicant.

Mr. Buel was too young to be eligible for mili- tary service at the inception of the Civil war, but before its close he had opportunity to mani- fest effectively his youthful patriotism. On the 11th of January, 1862, he enlisted in Company A. Eightieth Oblo Volunteer Infantry, and his total period of service covered about eighteen months. His assignment was changed from Company A to Company K, of the regiment above mentioned, and with the latter he served until the expiration of his term of enlistment. Later he re-enlisted in Company A. One Hun- dred and Ninety-Seventh Ohio Volunteer In- fantry. this company having been the last to leave Ohio prior to the close of the war. Mr. Buel took part in the siege of Corinth and a number of skirmishes and other minor engage- ments. and remained with his last regiment until victory had crowned the Union arms and the war came to its end. He has long main- tained active affiliation with the Grand Army of the Republic.

April 14. 1868. recorded the marriage of Mr. Buel to Miss Almira H. Liggett. who was born in Harrison Township, Carroll County, Septem- ber 28. 1845. a daughter of Nathan and Wini- fred (Masters) Liggett, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Liggett came to Carroll County in the pio- neer days, and here he died about the year 1855. aged thirty-eight years, his widow having long survived him and having been seventy-one years of age at the time of her death, in 1894. They became the parents of six children-Mary Jane. Ellen, Almira H., Hannah, Amanda, and Samantha. Of the number only Mrs. Buel and her sister Amanda are living at the time of this writing. in 1920. Mr. and Mrs. Buel have one daughter. Winifred, who was born February 1, 1869, and who is the wife of Herbert A. Coomb, their home being in the city of Chicago, Illinois. They have two children-Ray Willard, and Lu-

cille, the latter being at the parental home: Ray W. married Frances Frey and they have a little daughter. Madaline.

DAVID O. RUTAN, who is now living retired in the city of Carrollton, has long been one of the influential and honored citizens of his native county, of which he has served as treasurer and which he has represented in the lower house of the state legislature. He has been active not only in public affairs but has also contributed his quota to the advancement of farm industry in Carroll County, and for many years he was one of the leading buyers and shippers of wool from this part of the state,

Mr. Rutan was born in Perry Township, Car- roll County. August 16, 1843, and is a repre- sentative of a family whose name has been identified with the history of this county for more than a century, his paternal grandparents, Peter and Elizabeth Rutan having settled in the southern part of the county in 1818, in the portion of the county that was at that time in- cluded in Harrison County. Of their six chil- dren Alexander A. was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and was a boy at the time of the family removal to Ohio. He was reared on the pioneer farm of his father, in what is now Car- roll County. and eventually he came into con- trol of the old home farm. on which he remained until his death, in 1881, when seventy-five years of age. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Wortman, was born in New Brunswick, Canada, and was a girl when she accompanied her parents to Carroll County. She survived her husband by several years and was a resident of Carrollton at the time of her death. Of the eight children David O., of this sketch, was the fifth in order of birth.

The rural schools of his native township af- forded Davod O. Rutan his preliminary edu- cation, which was supplemented by his attend- ing Rural Seminary, at Harlem Springs, and Scio College. In 1864 he enlisted. for a term of 100 days in Company I, One Hundred and Fifty-Seventh Ohio Infantry, of which he was made a corporal, an office in which he served until he was mustered out, September 2d of the same year. In January, 1865, he re-enlisted, in Company A, One Hundred and Eighty-Sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he con- tinued in active service until the close of the war, the regiment having been a part of the Army of the Cumberland. His brother, James S. was first lieutenant in a Pennsylvania regi- ment in the Civil war. and thereafter served as я member of the Pennsylvania senate, as United States marshal and as collector of the port of Pittsburgh. He was tendered, by Presi- dent Grant, appointment to the office of United States consul at Florence. Italy, but declined this honor. Another brother, Samuel M., was a sergeant in the Ninety-Eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and in the battle of Chickamauga re- ceived a severe wound.

After the close of the war David O. Rutan resumed his active association with farm enter- prise in Carroll County, and he developed and improved one of the model farms of Perry Township, where he remained until his removal

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to Carrollton. He became one of the most ex- tensive and well known buyers and shippers of wool in Ohio, in which field of enterprise he initiated his activities in 1871, and his opera- tions in the succeeding years having involved the handling of fully 15,000,000 pounds of wool. He still continues his association with this im- portant line of business, in connection with which his reputation has ever been of the highest.

Mr. Rutan has been an active and influential figure in the councils and campaign service of the republican party in this section of the state and became specially zealous in the furtherance of candidacy of late President William McKin- ley when the latter made his initial campaign for Congress. In 1889 Mr. Rutan was elected treasurer of his native county, by a splendid majority, and in 1897 he was elected to repre- sent the Carroll-Harrison district in the Ohio legislature. Mr. Rutan was one of the execu- tors of the estate of Samuel J. Cameron, in which connection he had financial control of the Carroll Republican from the time of the death of Mr. Cameron until the property was sold to the Standard Publishing Company. Later he purchased the Carroll Free Press, of which he retained control three years, at the expiration of which he sold the paper and business to the Standard Publishing Company. He is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity and with McAllister Post, No. 212, Grand Army of the Republic, at Carrollton. Both he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church in their home city and he has given many years of service as a member of its board of trustees.

September 6, 1870, recorded the marriage of Mr. Rutan to Miss Anna H. Ebersole, who like- wise was born and reared in Carroll County and who is a daughter of the late John Ebersole and Susan ( Hewett) Ebersole. Mr. and Mrs. Rutan have three children-Arthur A., Helen F. and Sarah O. Helen is the wife of James C. McKalip.

HENRY CLARK GAMBLE. Among breeders of pure-bred livestock in Carroll County, Henry Clark Gamble ranks as one of the leaders. Some years ago he ceased handling grade stock alto- gether, and believes that the best pleasure and the best profit can be derived only from handling the best of pure-breds and his farm records for several years are convincing proof of the sound- ness of his judgment.

Mr. Gamble, whose home is in Rose Township, was born on the homestead where he now lives March 23, 1867. His people have lived in this section of Ohio since pioneer times. His grand- father Solomon Gamble came from Pennsylvania to Harrison County, Ohio. where he married Anne Young. Their son Solomon Young Gam- ble was born in Harrison County, and was thir- teen years old when the family moved to Car- roll County and located on a farm of 163 acres, where the grandfather died in February, 1880, and the mother in 1879. Solomon Young Gam- ble is still living and has been a prosperous farmer all his life. His wife died February 8. 1894. The family consisted of three sons and three daughters, Henry C. being the third in age.

During his boyhood he was permitted to at- tend the winter sessions of school District No. 1 in Rose Township, and he learned farming by practical experience at home. He finished his school work at the age of eighteen, and since then has been engaged in farming either for himself or for others.

January 13, 1895, he married Miss Mary Han- nah Wear, daughter of Cyrus and May Wear of Mapleton. She died December 25, 1897, leaving one son, Charles Clark Gamble, who was born in 1896 and is now living at Canton, Ohio. On March 1, 1899, Mr. Gamble married Emma Burke, daughter of William and Susan (Shaf- fer) Burke. Mr. and Mrs. Gamble have seven children : John Desmond, born in 1899; Ralph Bryan, born in 1901; Floyd S .. born in 1904: Mary Myrtle, born in 1907: Alice Winona and Annie Laurie. The son, John Desmond, mar- ried Hazel Farber. of Lindentree. Rose Town- ship, and has a daughter Hazel Marie.

After his first marriage Mr. Gamble rented a quarter section of land in Rose Township. but after farming that for two years returned to the old homestead in 1898 and now owns 140 acres, divided into two farms. He has been singularly successful as a stock farmer, and is regarded as one of the largest breeders in the county. His stock consists of pure-bred Berk- shire hogs, Jersey and Short Horn cattle, and Delaine registered sheep. He is a member of the National Delaine Sheep Association and a mem- ber of the National Grange at Atwood. He is now central committeeman of the democratic party, and is in his third consecutive term as township trustee. He was also elected four terms for a term of three years each as a mem- ber of the Carroll County Fair Board. He is a director of the township school board.

ROBERT A. MCLAUGHLIN, whose death occurred July 29, 1909, was a representative of one of the well-known and highly honored pioneer fam- ilies of Carroll County and in his earnest and well-ordered life he well upheld the prestige of the name which he bore. As a native son of Carroll County and as a man of sterling char- acter and worthy achievement, he merits a me- morial tribute in this history.

Mr. Mclaughlin was born in Lee Township, Carroll County. June 22, 1859, and is a son of William L. and Jane ( Anderson) Mclaughlin, the former of whom was born on the old home- stead farm, in Lee Township, January 12, 1823, and the latter was also born and reared in Car- roll County. James McLaughlin, grandfather of William L., was a native of Scotland and came to America about the middle of the eighteenth century. the remainder of his life having been passed in Washington County, Pennsylvania. He married Margaret Mitchell and they became the parents of nine children. James McLaugh- lin took part in the French and Indian war and also the War of the Revolution.

Robert Mclaughlin. father of William L., was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Feb- ruary 16, 1782, and there, in 1810, was solemn- ized his marriage to Nancy Lindsay, who was born December 19, 1786. They became the par- ents of eleven children, all of whom were horn

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in Carroll County, Ohio, where the parents es- tablished their home in 1810-the year of their marriage. Robert Mclaughlin reclaimed a farm from the virgin forest and became one of the honored and influential citizens of Carroll County, in the organization of which he assisted. He served in various local offices, united with the republican party at the time of its organi- zation, and did well his part in the initial stages of development and progress in this sec- tion of Ohio. He was one of the honored pio- neer citizens of Lee Township at the time of his death, February 5, 1869, and his widow passed away on the 24th of February of the following year.

That William L. Mclaughlin profited fully by the advantages afforded in the primitive pio- neer schools is shown by the fact that at the age of twenty-two years he became a teacher in the local schools and that he succesfully fol- lowed the pedagogic profession five years. He finally came into ownership of the old home- stead farm on which he was born and there he continued his well ordered activities as an agri- culturist and stock-grower during the remainder of his active career. He was of venerable age at the time of his death, as was also his wife, and of their ten children, Robert A., of this memoir. was the eldest. William L. McLaugh- lin married, in 1854, Miss Elizabeth McAllister, whose death occurred May 1, 1858, and who was survived by one daughter, Elizabeth. Octo- ber 13, 1858. recorded the marriage of Mr. Mc- Laughlin to Miss Jane Anderson, and of their children nine are now living, Robert A .. Am- brose E., Sheridan B., Horace T., James R .. Samuel C., William D., Viola J., Ella F. Both Mr. and Mrs. McLaughlin were earnest mem- bers of the United Presbyterian Church and in politics Mr. McLaughlin was a staunch republi- can. he having served in various local offices, including that of township trustee.

Robert A. Mclaughlin passed the period of his childhood on the old home farm which had originally been owned by his paternal grand- father, and there he continued to reside until he had attained to the age of twenty-five years, his educational advantages in the meanwhile having been those of the public schools of Lee Township. He learned the carpenter's trade, and to this he gave his attention until he was chosen manager of the Bergholz Telephone Company at Carrollton, a position of which he continued the efficient incumbent until his death. His political allegiance was given to the re- publican party and he was an earnest member of the United Presbyterian Church, as is also his widow. she having been chief operator in the Carrollton office of the Bergholz Telephone Company since October. 1904.

On the 30th of September. 1884, was solemn- Ized the marriage of Mr. Mclaughlin to Miss Sarah Jane Scarlott, who likewise was born in Lee Township and who is a daughter of Stephen and Letitia (Fawcett) Scarlett. both natives of Lee Township, where the respective families settled in the pioneer days. The pater- nal grandparents of Mrs. McLaughlin were William and Elizabeth Ellen Scarlott, and her maternal grandparents, Alexander and Bessie

(Riley) Fawcett, were natives of Ireland, they having been well known pioneer citizens of Car- roll County at the time of their deaths. In conclusion of this memoir is given brief record concerning the children of Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Laughlin : Lela J. is the wife of Ernest Favri, of Carroll County, and they have five children- Herman, Harry, Sarah, Helen, and Robert. Bessie is the wife of Roy George, and they have two children-Ralph and Leonard. Grace re- mains with her widowed mother in their pleas- ant home at Carrollton. Harry F., who was born in Fox Township, Carroll County, October 6, 1895, was graduated in the Carrollton High School as a member of the class of 1913. In the same year he took a position in the offices of the Cummings Trust Company, of Carrollton, and he was thus engaged until October 6, 1917, when he was called into the nation's service in connection with American participation in the great World war. He was assigned to the medi- cal detachment of the Three Hundred and Thirty-second Infantry, and was at Camp Sher- man. Ohio. until June. 1918, when he went with his command to New York City, where. on the 13th of June. he sailed for France. He landed in France on the 23d of the same month, and previously had received warrant as a sergeant first class, Medical Department. On the 22d of November, 1918, he was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Sanitary Corps, and he re- mained in active service in France until July, 1919, the 15th of that month having recorded his arrival in the port of New York City. On the 5th of the following month he reecived his honorable discharge, and on the 1st of Septem- ber. 1919, he was made secretary of the Cum- mings Trust Company. in which position he served up to September. 1920, when he was elected cashier of The First National Bank of Carrollton, which is rapidly growing with suc- cess. He is independent in politics and is affili- ated with the Masonic and Odd Fellows frater- nities. July 28. 1917, recorded the marriage of Harry F. Mclaughlin to Miss Florence E. McCully, daughter of P. O. McCully, of whom mention is made on other pages. Of this union two children were born, Harry, Jr .. who was born September 1. 1918, while his father was in service in France, and whose life shall con- stitute a memorial to the loyalty and patriotism of his youthful sire. and Retha Virginia, born August 7, 1920.

J. MADISON LONG, one of the leading farmers of Carroll County. owns a fine farm of 213 acres of land in Center Township. He is recognized as one of the practical agriculturists of this part of Ohio and many of his operations are watched with interest. and his methods are adopted by those less progressive than he. Mr. Long was born in East Township, Carroll County. March 29. 1860. a son of John and Angeline ( Heston) Long, and grandson of Martin Long, born in Washington County. Pennsylvania. who came to Ohio at an early day and settled in Augusta Township. He was married to Elizabeth Harsh and they became the parents of three sons and four daughters, of whom John Long was the eldest. Martin Long died in 1888, his wife hav-

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ing passed away in 1884. The family have been associated with farming interests for genera- tions. John Long was born in Augusta Town- ship, in a little log cabin, but came to East Township after his marriage. He and his wife had eleven children, of whom all but one are now living, and of them all J. Madison Long was the second in order of birth. John Long died in 1910, but his widow survives him. She was born in 1840.

Growing up on the farm, J. Madison Long assisted his father in operating it and during the winter months attended the country schools in District No. 6, East Township. When he was nineteen years old he left school and devoted all of his time to the farm until he reached his majority. He then began working for him- self. and for the next nine years received an average of $16 per month, and of that time only. was idle for two weeks, and of that period was sick for one week. He was ambitious and man- aged to attend high school for a year. Mr. Long then entered a different field of action and for five years and three months was en- gaged in clerking in a men's furnishng store at Augusta.

In 1888 Mr. Long was marred to Flora S. Crawford, a daughter of John T. and Hannah (Shaw) Crawford, and they became the parents of three children, namely : John C., who is at home; Lawson C., who is at home: and Ange- line, who is Mrs. Frank Johnson, of Carrollton. After his marriage Mr. Long settled on a farm of eighty acres in Center Township which he had previously purchased, and added to it two and one-half acres. Subsequently he made sev- eral purchases of thirty. twenty-five and one- half and seventy-five acres, and now has 213 acres all in one piece. His first wife died in 1905 and Mr. Long was married to Mary Leeper, a daughter of William and Margaret (Masterson ) Leeper, of Leesville. Ohio.

In addition to general farming, in which he has been very successful, Mr. Long has other interests and is a stockholder of the Farmers Exchange of Carrollton. Very active in the democratic party, he served as trustee of Center Township for two years and as a member of the Board of Education for fifteen years. In 1920 he ran for representative of his district on his party ticket, but was defeated, although he ran 1,500 votes ahead of his ticket on account of his personal popularity. Long a member of the Presbyterian Church of Carrollton, he is now an elder of it. All that Mr. Long possesses today he has made himself, and he deserves great credit for his perseverance and industry. While he has achieved a very gratifying success, he has accomplished that which is much better. won appreciation from his fellow citizens be- cause of his many praiseworthy characteristics.

GEORGE THOMPSON is one of the oldest resi- dents of Carroll County, and still lives on a fine farm which his energies developed near Jewett in Loudon Township.

He was born in Harrison County, Ohio, Feb- ruary 23. 1833, son of Andrew and Jane (Sloan) Thompson. His father was born in County Armagh, Ireland, of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and

was brought to America by his widowed mother, who settled with her family in Harrison County, Ohio, in 1830. Jane Sloan was born in County Tyrone. Ireland, daughter of William and Mary (Sloan ) Sloan. William Sloan made two trips to the United States, first locating at Smith- field. Ohio. After being there a few years he went back to Ireland for the purpose of getting the money due him for several years of service in the English navy, but was unsuccessful, and soon returned to America and settled in Harri- son County and later in Loudon Township of Carroll County, where he died. Andrew Thomp- son and wife after their marriage lived for a year near North Rumley, Ohio, and then bought land in Loudon Township, where he lived until his death on February 14, 1864, and she passed away February 10, 1853. Of their children George Thompson is the oldest; Mary, deceased, was the wife of William Waggener; Sarah died at the age of eight years; Elizabeth, of Harri- son County, is the widow of Joseph Barr; and William, Robert and Andrew are all deceased.

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History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 126

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