History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 129

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

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November 15, 1906, recorded the marriage of Mr. Birney to Miss Phoebe A. Heavilin, daugh- ter of Henry Heavilin. Mr. and Mrs. Birney have six children, whose names and respective dates of birth are here noted : Dorothy Marie. June 27. 1908; Beulah Elizabeth, August 6, 1910; Elmer Wayne. March 27. 1912: Carl Henry, November 20, 1913; Irene Frances, May 4. 1916; and Roy Wendell, November 23, 1918.

HENRY HEAVILIN has been a resident of Har- rison County from the time of his birth, which occurred in Stock Township August 3. 1849. and he is a son of Isaac and Susannah ( Bricker) Heavilin, sterling pioneers concern- ing whom adequate record is given on other pages, in the sketch dedicated to Frank M. Ileavilin. He whose name introduces this para- graph was reared to the sturdy discipline of the farm, and in his mature years he has not severed his association with the great basic in- dustries of agriculture and stock-raising. of which he continues a successful exponent as the owner of one of the valuable farm proper- ties of Archer Township. His initial experi- once in independent farm enterprise was gainel in Cadiz Township, in the rural schools of which he acquired his youthful education. In 1STS he removed to his present homestead farm. which comprises 184 acres, and the many im- provements which he has made on the place. including the erection of the commodious and attractive house and other farm buildings, give evidence of the thrift and prosperity that have attended his well ordered activities as one of the substantial farmers of his native county. He has always shown loyal interest in and given support to measures and enterprises ad- vaneed for the general good of the community. and while he has had no ambition for political activities or public office he is aligned as a staunch supporter of the cause of the republican

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party, both he and his wife holding membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church.

The Centennial year, 1876, was that which marked the marriage of Mr. Ileavilin to Miss Hannah E. Palmer, daughter of Michael and Phoebe ( Campbell ) Palmer, then residents of Archer Township and both now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Heavilin have six children: Susan is. the wife of George Shultz and they have three children-Rosa, Ralph and Leona. Michael P' .. who resides at Scio, this county, married Miss Jane Gotschall. Phoebe is the wife of Wilbur B. Birney. Ora is the wife of John McCullough, and their three children are Chester, Duane and Beulah. Isaac E. married Miss Delma Salmon, and their one child is a daughter, Pauline. Martin A. married Miss Eva Dutton. and they have one child. Clyde HI.

JOHN ALVIN MOORE owns and resides upon the fine old homestead farm, in Moorefield Town- ship, Harrison County, that figures as the place of his birth, the date of his nativity having been July 31. 1872. His secure hold upon popu- lar confidence and esteem in his native county is well vouchsafed by the fact that he is serving as township trustee, the duties of which office he assumed on the 1st of January, 1920. He is a son of Albert and Sarah ( McFadden) Moore, the former of whom was born July 7, 1841, and the latter May 13, 1844. she having been a daughter of Samuel and Margaret McFadden. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Moore was solemnized June 13. 1867, and they became the parents of three children, of whom John A. of this review is the youngest; Margaret, who was born May 4, 1868, is the wife of John A. Barricklow, of Flushing, Belmont County ; and Mary F., who was born December 2, 1869, died on the 31st of May of the following year.

Albert Moore was reared to manhood on the old homestead farm now owned by his only son, and passed his entire life in Harrison County, where he became one of the representa- tive farmers and citizens of Moorefield Town- ship, held various local offices of public trust and was influential in community affairs. His death occurred January 27. 1901, and his widow passed away on the 13th of January, 1907. both having been earnest members of the Presbyte- rian Church and having commanded secure place in popular esteem. Albert Moore was a son of John and Elsie (Johnson) Moore, and was a representative of a sterling pioneer family of Ohio. John Moore was born in Jefferson County. this state. August 4, 1809, and his par- ents, Robert and Mary ( Armstrong) Moore later came to Harrison County. where they passed the remainder of their lives. John Moore was reared under the conditions of the pioneer days -in Jefferson and Harrison counties-and his wife, who was born October 6, 1811, was a daughter of William Johnson, who was a very early settler in Moorefield Township, Harrison County. John and Elsie (Johnson) Moore be came the parents of three children : Mary (Mrs. Jackson Ray), Johnson and Albert. After his marriage John Moore purchased the farm now owned and occupied by his grandson, John A., subject of this sketch. and here the family home

was maintained several years in a pioneer log house, which he later replaced with a substan- tial brick house. This latter building, with all its contents, was destroyed by fire in 1866, and in the same year Mr. Moore erected the com- modious and attractive house which now stands on the place. which is known as Grand View Farm and which contains 158 acres. Here John Moore remained until his death, on the 14th of May. 1874.

John Alvin Moore attended in his boyhood and early youth the Science Hill District School, in Moorefield Township, and he has remained continuously on the ancestral farmstead, which has brought forth its increase from year to year under the ownership of three generations of the Moore family and which be himself has maintained as a center of progressive and suc- cessful enterprise in the important domain of agricultural and live-stock industry. He has kept the farm up to high standard and has made numerous improvements on the place since it came into his possession. He has taken loyal interest in everything pertaining to the well being of his native township and county. is liberal and progressive in his civic attitude. He is a democrat in politics and is serving as township trustee as noted in the opening para- graph of this review. Both he and his wife hold membership in the Nottingham Presbyte- rian Church.

June 11. 1896. recorded the marriage of Mr. Moore to Miss Estella Fulton, who likewise was born and reared in Harrison County. and of the four children of this union three are living-Norris K., Paul F. and Sarah Martha. Stanley. the second child. died when about sixteen months old. Mrs. Moore is a daughter of John C. and Sadie (Cordner) Fulton. the former of whom was born in Nottingham Town- ship. Harrison County, May 16, 1840, a son of William Fulton. the family name of whose wife was Pugh. Mrs. Sadie (Cordner) Fulton was born in Belmont County. Ohio, May 16. 1840. a daughter of John Cordner, who owned and operated a pioneer woolen mill in that county. John C. Fulton secured his early education in the common schools; but he was a close student and great reader all his life and secured a well selected library and he became a remarkably well-educated man. During his early manhood he taught school for many years, and even after he was engaged in farming he taught a number of terms. During the last few years of his life Mr. Fulton lived retired, in the City of Cadiz, where his death occurred October 2. 1919. his wife having passed to eternal rest on the 1st of November, 1898. They became the parents of four children-William E., John E .. Luella and Estella. The elder son, William E .. was killed by a falling tree. when he was eighteen years of age.

LEONARD R. COPELAND was born in Franklin Township. Harrison County, Ohio, on the 10th of October. 1850, is a representative of a family that was founded in this state in the year 1805 and the name of which has been concerned with civic and industrial affairs in Harrison County for fully ninety years. In his vocation

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as a farmer in his native township Mr. Cope- land is in every sense upholding the high stand- ard of the family name, and his homestead farm comprises 160 acres of the excellent land of Franklin Township.

James Copeland, father of him whose name initiates this sketch, was born in the State of Maryland, August 7, 1801, and .in 1805 his father. John Copeland, came to Ohio and pur- chased a small farm property in Jefferson County, where he reclaimed his land from the forest and where he continued to reside until his death, in 1840. his widow, whose maiden name was Isabelle Leach, having survived him by a number of years and their children hav- ing been nine in number. They held member- ship in the old-time Seceder Church and in politics John Copeland was a democrat. James Copeland was reared on the pioneer farm in Jefferson County and there he continued his active association with agricultural pursuits until 1830, when he came to Harrison County and established his residence on a farm in Franklin Township. There he resided until 1854, when be removed with his family to a farm in Washington Township. Here he de- veloped his farm into consistent productiveness and became one of the substantial men of the township. His death occurred April 30, 1859. and his widow was one of the most venerable pioneer women of this township at the time of her death, in 1904. John Copeland, father of James, was a native of Ireland and he and his wife were sterling pioneers of Jefferson County, Ohio, where they remained until their deaths. their children having been John, Samuel, William, Thomas. Joseph. Archibald. James. David and a son who died in infancy. James Copeland came to Harrison County in company with his brother Thomas, and they purchased and began the reclamation of eighty acres of land. in Franklin Township. their association in farm enterprise having continued until they married and established individual homes. James Copeland, a man of strong mentality and well fortified opinions, was a staunch advocate of the principles of the democratic party, and both he and his wife were zealous communi- rants of the United Brethren Church.

In 1837 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Copeland to Miss Mary Ann Walters, who was born in Carroll County, Ohio. a daughter of Leonard and Rachel ( Ruby ) Walters, who re- moved in an early day from Jefferson County to Carroll County. their children having been Thomas. Joseph, Mary Ann. Catherine, Martha and Maria. Mr. and Mrs. James Copeland be- came the parents of nine children: Thomas W .. who was born in Franklin Township. August 25. 1838, married Mary E. Ramsey. and they became the parents of six children. He was one of the representative farmers of Franklin Township at the time of his death. He served as a member of Company C. One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. in the Civil war, was wounded in action at the battle of the Wilderness, was captured by the enemy and was held as a prisoner of war until De- comber 25. 1864. when he was released. the following April having been marked by his re-

turn to his home. Matilda, the second child. died young. John C. enlisted in response to President Lincoln's first call for volunteers, in 1861, and became a member of the Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he continued in active service, with the Army of the Cumber- land, until he was captured by the enemy, on . the march to Atlanta. He was held in Ander- sonville Prison until the close of the war and upon his return to Camp Chase, at Columbus, Ohio, he was struck down, supposedly by a highway robber. his injuries being such that he died soon after his insensible body was found, his remains being interred in the Na- tional Cemetery at the Ohio capital. The names of the other children are here recorded : Rachel E., Maria. Isabel, Leonard R .. Samuel S. and Nancy Elizabeth.

Leonard R. Copeland found his early youth diversified by work on the home farm and at- tendance in the district schools of Franklin and Washington Townships. He remained at the parental home until his marriage, in 1884. when he engaged in farming in Tuscarawas County, which continued as the stage of his activities until 1904, when he returned, with his family. to Franklin Township. Harrison County. where he has since been a successful agriculturist and stock-grower. his present farm having come into his ownership in 1914. He Is a republican in politics and his wife is an active member of the United Presbyterian Church. They gave three of their sons to the nation's service in the late World war. and each of these fine young men saw service over seas.

October 9, 1884, recorded the marriage of Mr. Copeland to Miss Isabel Carson. who was born in the City of Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania, and who was about one year old at the time of her mother's death. She was then taken into the home of her aunt. Mrs. Jane Moore, residing near Tippecanoe. Harrison County. Ohio, where she was reared to adult age and was given the advantages of the public schools. Mrs. Cope- land is a daughter of Joseph and Jane (Ham- Hin) Carson, who were natives of Ireland, where their marriage was solemnized. Upon coming to America the parents established their home at Pittsburgh. where Mr. Carson engaged in the mercantile business in a small way. he having been a resident of Uhrichsville. Ohio. at the time of his death, and his children hav- ing been three in number-John. Catherine and Isabel. Mr. and Mrs. Copeland have eight chil- dren-William Harvey. George M .. Marietta. Oscar Thomas. John C., Cleda Ethel, James Alexander and Idella May. William Harvey Copeland, who is engaged in farming in Monroe Township, married Miss Laura Conaway, and they have three children-Margaret. Wilma and Lloyd. George M. Copeland, who is now at the parental home. entered the nation's service May 30. 1918, and was stationed at Camp Gordon until the 27th of the following July. when he sailed for France. There he served as a mem- ber of Company I. Sixteenth Infantry. First Division, with which he participated in the his- toric battles of Saint Mihiel. September 12-19. 1918: and the engagements of Meuse-Argonne,

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September 30 to November 9. With the same division of the American Expeditionary Forces he later served as a member of the army of occupation in Germany. He landed on the shores of his native land September 5, 1919, and with his command participated in the re- view of the overseas troops in the City of Wash- ington, District of Columbia. At Camp Meade, Maryland, he received his honorable discharge September 24. 1919. Marietta, the eldest daughter. is the wife of Harry Patterson. of Harrison County, and they have one child, Ethel. Oscar Thomas Copeland, who married Miss Hattie Yarnell and now resides in Tappan, likewise gave gallant service in connection with the World war. He entered service April 29, 1918, and at Camp Sherman, Ohio, was assigned to Company C of the Three Hundred and Eighth Engineers. Eighty-third Division. With his command he sailed from Hoboken, New Jersey, on the 4th of the following month, and the disembarkment occurred in the port of Liver- pool, England, his arrival in France occurring June 18. With his original organization he lived up to the full tension of the great conflict. as he took part in the great battles of the Aisne-Marne offensive, July 29-August 6: those of the Vesle sector, August 6-18; Oise-Aisne. August 18-September 9; and the Meuse-Argonne offensive, from September 26 until November 11. After the signing of the armistice he was with his command in Germany from December 13. 1918, to May 4, 1919, and on the 13th of July. 1919, he sailed from France for the United States, his honorable discharge having been received at Camp Sherman, on the 7th of

.July. John C. Copeland, who is now associated once more with the affairs of the home farm, entered military service July 24, 1918, and there- after he was stationed at Camp Sherman, as a member of the Three Hundred and Thirty-sixth Infantry. Eighty-fourth Division, until October 20. 1918, when he sailed with his command for the stage of war. He was with his com- mand in camp at Liverpool, England, at the time when the historic armistice was signed. and he arrived in a home port on January 31, 1919, his discharge having been given, at Camp Sherman, on the 14th of the following month. Idella May, the youngest daughter, married Frank Anderson, of Uhrichsville, and now re- sides at Dennison, Ohio. Four children of Mr. and Mrs. Copeland are at the parental home.

SAMUEL GARFIELD HITCHCOCK. After making a variety of experiments a number of the more progressive farmers of Harrison County have found it more profitable to specialize on certain strains of stock, and concentrate their efforts to produce extra fine quality, rather than to strive for quantity. One of these men is Sam- nel G. Hitchcock, of Franklin Township, who has made a well-deserved reputation for himself as a breeder of Poland-China hogs and blooded Shorthorn cattle.

Samuel Garfield Hitchcock was born on his present farm, June 14, 1881, a son of Samuel Hitchcock, and grandson of John Hitchcock. The birth of John Hitchcock took place in Cadiz Township. He was married to Sarah

Kelly, born in Moorefield Township, this county. After their marriage they began farming in Cadiz Township, but while his children were still small, he moved to Franklin Township, Harrison County, and bought the farm now owned by his grandson, Samuel Garfield Hitch- cock, and there he lived until his death. His children were as follows: Samuel, Johnson, Mary and Isabel, the last two being deceased.

Samuel Hitchcock was born in Cadiz Town- ship, Harrison County, Ohio, on April 28, 1840, and was brought to the farm in Franklin Township when a child of two years. There he did general farming and stockraising, and owned 241 acres of land. His children were as follows : John S., who is deceased; Samuel Garfield, whose name heads this review; Olga Mabel, who lives with her father; and Ernest. who lives at Levettsburg, Franklin County, Ohio. Mrs. Hitchcock died in 1901 firm in the faith of the Christian Church, of which she had long been a devout member, and her hus- hand and children also early united with this church. She bore the maiden name of Nancy J. McGill, and was a daughter of John and Nancy ( Auld) McGill. Mrs. McGill was a daughter of Stewart and Rebecca Auld, and Mr. McGill was a son of Thomas McGill, who spent his life in Ireland. John McGill, also born in Ireland, came to the United States in young manhood. and located on a farm in Franklin Township, Harrison County, Ohio, which comprised eighty acres, all of which were covered with heavy timber when he bought it. His death occurred on this farm in 1869. The children of John McGill and his wife were as follows: Thomas, who died March 18, 1920: Sarah, who was second in order of birth; Nancy J .. who was Mrs. Samuel Hitchcock ; Robert, who is a farmer of Franklin Township: and Stewart, who lives in Oklahoma. The McGills were Presbyterians.

Samuel Garfield Hitchcock went to the Weaver School in Franklin Township, and learned to be a farmer. Since 1917 he has owned the 241 acre homestead, and on it he is doing a general farming and stockraising business. and as before stated is giving special attention to breeding pure bred Poland-China hogs and blooded Shorthorn cattle.

In 1905 Mr. Hitchcock was united in marriage with Lura M. Price. a daughter of Benjamin F. and Mary ( Barkley) Price. A complete sketch of the Price family is given elsewhere in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock have three children, namely: Mary O., Samuel B. and Mabel E. The Hitchcocks are members of the Christian Chapel Church, and take an ac- tive part in its good work.

SHERMAN W. MCKIBBEN is a representative of a sterling pioneer family of Moorefield Town- ship. Harrison County, where he is now a progressive young agriculturist and stock- grower, as the owner of a well improved farm of 100 acres. He was born in this township. on the 24th of September, 1894, and is a son of William and Lydia S. (Porter) Mckibben, both likewise natives of Harrison County. George Mckibben, grandfather of William, was

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. one of the most venerable citizens of Moorefield Township at the time of his death and had been a resident of that township for many years, he having there developed a good farm. . He was born in Jefferson County, Ohio. Sep- tember 15, 1804. but was reared principally in Belmont. He was a son of Richard and Sarah ( Brocaw) MeKibben. Richard Mckibben was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. in 1742. and was there reared to manhood, his father having there settled upon immigrat'ny from Ireland, his native place. About the year 1790 Richard Mckibben came with his family to Ohio, and after remaining a short time in Jefferson County he removed to Belmont County. later he resided for a time in Harrison County, and he was a resident of Morgan County at the time of his death. in 1825. Upon coming to Ohio he entered a large tract of land, and he and his family had a full share of experience in connection with life on the frontier. The family name of his first wife was Coulter. that of his second wife was Robinson, and Saran Brocaw became his third wife. eight children having been born of the last union. namely : Richard. Joseph, Samuel, Thomas, William, Re- berca. Jane and George.

George Mckibben was reared under the con- ditions of pioneer life in Ohio and in 1828 he married, the family name of his wife having been Brashers and she died within a short time after the birth of their only child, Jesse. who eventually established his home in the State of Illinois. In 1830 Mr. Mckibben wedded Miss Martha Brocaw, and they became the par- ents of two sons, George and John. . Mrs. Me- Kibben died within a comparatively few years after her marriage and for his third wife Mr. Mckibben chose Miss Eleanor Morrison, who became the mother of three children-William. Eleanor and Richard. After the death of his third wife Mr. Mckibben married Jane Bealle. who died in 1887.

John Mckibben. son of George and Martha ( Brocaw) Mckibben, was born in Athens Town- ship. Harrison County. January 27, 1833. Janu. ary 3. 1856, recorded his marriage to Miss Isa- belle McMillan, who was born in the same township, October 6, 1829, a daughter of Charles and Rosanna (Gilmore) McMillan, who came from Ireland to America in 1806 and who be- came pioneer settlers in Harrison County, Ohio. Two years after his marriage John Mckibben removed to Moorefield Township, where he be- came the owner of a farm in section 31 and where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives, both having been members af the Nottingham Presbyterian Church and his po- litical support having been given to the repub- lican party. John and Isabelle Mckibben became the parents of six children-George. John C .. Mary E., Sarah B., William and Thomas C. .

> Sherman W. Mckibben gained his early edu- cation in the public schools of his native town- ship and he remained on the old homestead farm of his parents until his marriage, since which time he has been engaged in independent farm enterprise in his native township, where he is the owner of an excellent farm of 100

acres, as previously stated in this context. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and he and his wife hold membership in the Nottingham Presbyterian Church.

On the 30th of June, 1915, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Mckibben to Miss Jennie Hamilton, daughter of Salathiel M. Hamilton. Mr. and Mrs. Mckibben have four children- Sherman, Esther, Ernest and Helen. - FERNE

ROBERT E. MCCAULEY. In the sketches of Smylie F. and Robert Forbes McCauley appear adequate data concerning the sterling pioneer family of which Robert Emmett Mccauley is a popular member of the younger generation in Harrison County. He was born in Monroe Township. this county, May 26, 1878, and, with the exception of one year passed in the Village of Jewett, this county, he has been continuously identified with farm industry in his native township from the time of his boyhood He is a brother of Smylie F. McCauley, in whose in- dividual record is given due information con- cerning their honored father, the late Booth MeCauley.

Robert E. McCauley did not lack for invigor- ating discipline in connection with the activities of the home farm, in the work of which he began to aid when he was a boy, and to the public schools of Monroe Township he renders tribute for his early education. Since his mar- riage he has become an independent exponent of farm enterprise and is the owner of fifty- three acres, his attention being here given to properly diversified agriculture and to the rais- ing of good types of live stock. He is a demo- crat in politics and his appreciative loyalty to his native county is shown in his liberal and progressive civic attitude.

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History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 129

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