History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 132

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

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Philip Witten was born in Tyler County. Vir- ginia. January 20, 1815. and his wife, Ann Gard. was born in 1832. After he reached manhood he moved into what is now West Virginia, and con-

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tinued to live there until his death, which oc- curred September 2, 1876, being all of that time engaged in farming. His wife passed away Oc- tober 10, 1916. Their children were as follows: John, Theresa and Owen, of whom the daugh- ter is deceased.

John Witten attended the schools of his lo- cality, and began farming in West Virginia, where he continued to live until 1908, when he came to German Township, Harrison County, and bought 122 acres of land on which he has since resided. Here he is carrying on a general farming and stockraising business, and takes pride in keeping his property in first-class condition.

On November 17. 1887. Mr. Witten was mar- ried to Amanda Leggett, a daughter of Robert D. and Mary ( Birch) Leggett. Mr. and Mrs. Witten lost their only chikl. Bessie, when site was four and one-half years old. the little one dying of scarlet fever. Mrs. Witten is a con- sistent member of Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church. Both she and Mr. Witten have many friends here as well as in their old home in West Virginia.

ALLEN L. ADAMS. It is said of Allen L. Adams, the Cadiz insurance man, that when he was treasurer of Harrison County he was the young- est man to be elected to that office. He was elected in 1910 and re-elected in 1912, showing that the people of Harrison County had con- fidence in his executive ability, notwithstanding his youthfulness. Before his election as county treasurer Mr. Adams had served six years as postmaster at Laceyville. He was born Novem- ber 5. 1879, in Nottingham Township, and has always lived in Harrison County.

Allen L. Adams is a son of Albert B. and Em- ily J. ( Crawford) Adams, the father a native of Stock and the mother of Franklin townships. She is a daughter of Edward Crawford. of Franklin. Percival Adams. the grandfather, was born September 10, 1820, in Harrison County, but his father, Thomas Adams, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1790, and always lived near Pittsburgh until 1815, when he located in Har- rison County. Thomas Adams married Char- ity Blair, and that was the beginning of the Adams family in Ohio. On March 27, 1845, Per- vival Adams married Mary J. Downs, a daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Mckinney) Downs. Mr. Downs was a native of Carroll County, while his wife came from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Their children are John F., Al- bert B .. Richard W .. Thomas B., James B., Eliza J. and Margaret B. Adams.

In its early history the Adams family were Methodists, and they were given the educational advantages of the day. Albert B. Adams spent his entire life as a farmer in Stock Township. Ilis children are: Harry E .. Allen L .. Mary J. ( wife of Joseph Walker) and Cloyde P. Adams. A. L. Adams supplemented his common school education with five years of study in Scio Col- lege, and for a few years was a teacher in pub- lie schools. In the meantime he completed a course of study in a business college, and was employed for some time in Pittsburgh.

Since completing his service as treasurer of Harrison County Mr. Adams has remained in Cadiz, where he conducts a general insurance business, dealing in stocks and bonds and doing something with real estate. His experience as county treasurer gave him a wide acquaintance with the citizens of Harrison County. On Sep- tember 10. 1913. Mr. Adams married Rosa Belle Pettay. a daughter of Elihu and Mary Jane ( Rowland) Pettay. Their children are Allen Leslie and Sterling Pettay. They are members of the Methodist Church in Cadiz.

CHARLES D. SNYDER. deceased, was one of the representative farmers of German Township, where he owned and occupied the pleasant old homestead house in which he was born on the 30th of October. 1859. and in which he died on June 8. 1920. He was a son of Adam and Mary M. (Angel) Snyder. the former of whom was born in Maryland December 25. 1796, and the latter was born in Rumley Township. Harrison County. In the year 1827. John Lawrence Sny- der, grandfather of him whose name initiates this paragraph, made the long overland trip from Maryland to Ohio in the early days, the original journey having been made by bim on horseback, and he became one of the pioneer settlers and farmers of German Township, Har- rison County. where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives, their children having been seven in number -- Henry. George. Samuel. Adam, Anna. Elizabeth and Mary. Adam Sny- der gained experience in connection with pioneer life in Harrison County and became one of the substantial farmers and representative citizens of German Township, where he owned an ex- collent farm of 140 acres at the time of his death. June 14. 1868. The family name of his first wife was Shuss, and they had six children . - George. Jeremiah. Catherine. Mary Ann. Sarah and Margaret. the last named having died in early childhood. After the death of his first wife Adam Snyder married Miss Mary M. An- gel, who survived him by a number of years and passed away in about 1879. aged fifty-nine years. The names and respective dates of birth of their children are here recorded : John L .. September 29, 1840: Iliram. February 2, 1845; Samuel. November 1. 1851 : James H .. August 5. 1853: Josephus. April 16. 1856: Charles D .. October 30, 1859: Maria, date of birth not en- tered on family records: Eliza Jane. October 7. 1841 : Matilda. April 29, 1850; Amanda. Decem- ber 24. 1842 (died in early childhood) : and William, who was born February 2. 1844. and died as a small child. Of these children it was given to John L. to render gallant service as a soldier of the Union in the Civil war. He en- listed in the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. with which he con- tinued in active service three years and took part in many engagements, including the battles of Antietam. Cold Harbor and the Wilderness.

Charles D. Snyder gained his youthful educa- tion in the district schools of German Township and save for a period of nine years. during which he resided in the village of Germano, this county. he remained continuously on the old

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homestead farm which was the place of his birth and of which he owned seventy acres, his brother Josephus owning and occupying the ad- joining seventy acres, likewise a part of the orig- inal farm. He was always ready to give his loyal support to measures advanced for the wellbeing of his native township and county, was a republican in political affiliation, was a member of the German Reformed Church at Germano, and his widow holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church.

On the 16th of June. 1881, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Snyder to Miss Martha Jane Harding, who was born in Carroll County, Ohio, a daughter of Philip and Mary (Lucas) Harding. Philip Harding was born in Carroll County May 26. 1832. and his wife was born at Kilgore, that county, January 18, 1828, their marriage having occurred February 19, 1857. Mr. Harding was engaged in farm enterprise in his native county up to the time when he tendered his service in defense of the Union. He enlisted in 1863, as a member of an Ohio regiment, and was still in the service at the time of his death, July 29. 1865. about the time when the great Civil war came to its close. His widow survived him by a quarter of a century and was sixty-two years of age at the time of her death, July 3. 1890. Their two children were John, deceased, and Martha Jane ( Mrs. Charles D. Snyder). Ade- quate data concerning the Harding family and its connection with the pioneer annals of Car- roll County appear in connection with the per- sonal sketch of Ralph M. Harding on other pages of this work, so that repetitions is not required in the present review. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder became the parents of seven children-William O .. Jesse Philip, Mary, Emmett, Earl E .. Helen and Wilma. William O. married Miss Minnie Roberts, and they became the parents of three children, Harry. Frank and Lena, the first named having died in early childhood. Jesse Philip Snyder married Miss May Slater, and they have four children-Ruth, Martha, Leona and Dorothy. Mary, the eldest daughter, is the wife of Earl McCombs. and they have one child, John Allen. Earl E. Snyder married Miss Min- nie Winnings and they reside on the home farm, and have a son, Charles Alben. Earl served as one of the gallant young soldiers who repre- sented Harrison County during the nation's participation in the great World war. He en- tered the service on the 5th of October, 1917, and was stationed at Camp Sherman until the following February, when he was transferred to Camp Forrest, Georgia. In the following April he proceeded with his command to New York City, and on the 19th of that month he sailed for France. With the American Expe- ditionary Forces in France he served in Com- pany A, Sixth Infantry, Fifth Division, and he gained his full quota of experience at the front. In the battle of Verdun he was wounded in the right thigh, and his injury necessitates his re- maining in hospital for some time. He arrived in his native land December 24, 1919, and he received his honorable discharge at Camp Sher- man on January 27, 1920.

JOSEPHUS SNYDER, brother of Charles D., whose personal sketch immediately precedes this, with due record of the family history, owns and resides upon seventy acres of the old home- stead farm upon which he was born, in German Township, Harrison County, the date of his nativity having been April 16, 1856. He profited by the advantages offered in the district schools of the township and his entire adult life has been marked by close association with agricul- tural and live-stock enterprise on the old home- stead, of which he owns seventy acres, as above noted, his farm having been greatly improved under his direction, including the erection of good buildings. He has shown no desire for political activity or office, but is a loyal advo- cate of the principles for which the republican party stands sponsor, and he and his wife are zealous members of the German Reformed Church at Germano.

In 1877 Mr. Snyder was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Lanora Smith, daughter of Henry and Sarah (Stenger) Smith, both natives of Loudon Township, Carroll County, and the lat- ter a daughter of George and Sarah ( Harner) Stenger. From his native county Henry Smith finally came to Harrison County, where he be- came one of the successful farmers of Rumley Township, his children being five in number- Emma J., Sarah Lanora, Monroe, Jacob Heber and George Henry. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder have a fine family of nine children: Charles Ross married Miss Bernice Berry, and they have one child. Martha Marie: Edna P. is the wife of Ralph Smith, and they have one child, Mildred Isabelle; Elmer H. married Miss Frances How- art, and their four children are Emma Maude. Sarah Lanora, Mildred M. and Joseph; Glenn married Miss Odessa McConahey, and their one child is Dorothy E .; Merton H. wedded Miss Emma Yenna, and they have two children. Har- old E. and Thelma; Keller married Miss Maude Wagner, and their one child is Wayne Kenneth: Raymond married Miss Nora Thompson, and they have a son, Loren; Ermil married Miss Goldie Cox, and they have one child, Ileen; and Anna Marie, who is the wife of Ward Bower. has one son, Ward Keith, and a daughter. Kath- lyn Fae.

SAMUEL L. CRISSINGER has resided for nearly half a century in his present attractive home in the village of Malvern, Carroll County, where he is now living retired. after having been a successful contractor and builder of this com- munity for forty-five years, with standing as one of the skilled carpenters of his native county. Special honor is his also by reason of the service which he gave as one of the brave defenders of the Union in the Civil war.

Mr. Crissinger was born in Brown Township. Carroll County, May 16. 1842, a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Lindersmith) Crissinger, who settled as pioneers in that township upon com- ing to Ohio from their native state of Pennsyl- vania. The father developed a good farm of eighty acres, and here he remained until his death in 1884, at the age of eighty years, his wife having passed to eternal rest in 1862. He was a republican from the time of the party's

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organization until the close of his life, was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his wife held membership in the Presbyterian Church. They became the parents of ten chil- dren-George, Wilson. Eliza, Cecily, Julia, Will- iam. Samuel L., Gerion, Polly and Elizabeth.

Samuel L. Crissinger remained on the old home farm until he was nineteen years of age. and in the meanwhile profited fully by the ad- vantages afforded in the common schools of the locality, besides which he attended the high schools at Malvern. He was nineteen years old when he left the parental roof to respond to President Lincoln's first call for troops to aid in the preservation of the Union. In 1861 he en- listed in the Third Battery of Ohio Light Ar- tillery, with which gallant command he served nearly four years and took part in many im- portant engagements, including the battle of Pittsburg Landing. the siege and capture of Corinth, the various battles of the Vicksburg campaign, the almost continuous fighting in the Atlanta campaign during a period of nearly three months. the battle of Nashville, and the repelling of Hood's invasion of Tennessee. He continued in service until the close of the war, duly received his honorable discharge, and ar- rived at the paternal home on the 1st of Au- gust, 1865.

Mr. Crissinger is a republican of unswerving loyalty. and has served as a member of the vil- lage council and also of the school board of Mal- vern. He is affiliated with the Knights of Pyth- ias, has been for fifty-two years a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is an ap- preciative and valued member of Mckinney Post. Grand Army of the Republic. in the city of Canton. He and his wife hold membership in the Christian Church.

In 1865 Mr. Crissinger was united in marriage to Miss Sarah A. Reed, who was born in Car- roll County June 10, 1842, a daughter of Robert and Mary ( Baughman) Reed, early settlers of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Crissinger have two sons: Lorenzo Edwin, who is associated with a leading industrial corporation at Malvern, mar- ried Miss Leona Tolton. and they have two children-Esther and Carl. Loren. the younger son, who was afforded the advantages of the Northern Ohio University at Ada, is a skilled chemist and pharmacist and is now superin- tendent of the Columbus Pharmacal Company in the capital city of Ohio. The maiden name of his wife was Jennie Capper.

CLYDE F. WARREN is claimed by his native county as one of its vigorous and successful younger exponents of farm enterprise, and in January, 1919, he established his residence upon his present well-improved farm of 101 acres in ('adiz Township. Harrison County. Here he is giving his attention to diversified agriculture and the raising of approved types of live stock. and on his farm he erected his present commo- dious and attractive residence, which is of the bungalow style of architecture and which adds to the picturesqueness of the countryside in Ca- diz Township. Mr. Warren takes a lively in terest in all things pertaining to the communal welfare, is affiliated with the Lodge of Free and

Accepted Masons at Cadiz, and he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church in that city.

Clyde E. Warren was born in Franklin Town- ship, Harrison County, on the 20th of January, 1883, and is a son of James and Elizabeth ( Havnar) Warren, both likewise natives of this county and the latter a daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Mitchell ) Havnar. Joseph Havnar was born in Monroe Township, this county, a son of Dominic Havnar, who came from Pennsylvania and became an early settler in Harrison County, he and his wife having been residents of Mon- roe Township until their deaths. Joseph Havnar followed the carpenter's trade and also became a successful farmer in Cadiz Township, where he and his wife died, both having been members of the Presbyterian Church. Their children were seven in number.

James Warren was born in Green Township, Harrison County. a son of James and Eliza Jane ( Emfield) Warren, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Harrison County, Ohio, where their marriage was solemnized. James Warren, Sr., was a physician by profes- sion and became a pioneer practitioner in Jef- ferson County, Ohio, as did he later in Harrison County, where he and his wife passed the rest of their lives. Their son James was reared and educated in Green Township. and eventually be- came the owner of a fine farm of 212 acres in Cadiz Township, where he continued as one of the representative farmers and honored citizens of his native county until his death in 1918, his wife having passed away in 1902. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church, from which in later years he transferred his membership to the Methodist Episcopal Church. They became the parents of seven children: Craig W., indi- vidually represented on other pages of this work ; Clara, wife of William C. Edwards; Carrie, wife of Howard Heaston: Laura and John. twins. the latter of whom died at the age of twenty-one years: Clyde E., the immediate sub- ject of this sketch; and Harry H .. the maiden name of whose wife was Martha Dickerson.

Clyde E. Warren acquired his youthful educa- tion in the district schools of Franklin and Short Creek townships, and he continued his association with farm activities until 1910. when he became a mail carrier on one of the rural routes extending from Cadiz. He continued in this branch of the Government mail service un- til the 1st of September, 1918, and in January of the following year. as previously stated in this article. he established his home on his pres- ent farm.

On the 221 of October. 1902, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Warren to Miss Ella Holmes, daughter of George B. and Ada ( Meek) Holmes, of Harrison County, and the one child of this union is a fine little son, Clyde Spencer.

LEONARD STUBBINS. In his long and success- ful career as an exemplar of farm industry Mr. Stubbins has applied himself vigorously and closely, with full recognition of all that is im- plied in the ancient aphorism that "he who by the plow should thrive, himself must either hold or drive." Ile is now the owner of a fine lit-

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tle farm of seventy-five acres in Monroe Town- ship, Harrison County, and in addition to his farm activities he operated for thirty-one years a threshing outfit in this section of the county. He has worked at the blacksmith trade to a greater or less extent, has been associated with operations in various oil fields, and after hav- ing served as a valiant young soldier of the I'nion during the Civil war was for twelve years in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- pany, his position having been that of section foreman during three years of this period. Thus it becomes evident that his career has been ac- tive and productive in the fullest sense, but with advancing years he is abating his active labors and enjoying the rewards of former years of earnest endeavor, his attractive home being sit- uated on the Ocean to Ocean Highway.

Mr. Stubbins was born at West Chester, Har- rison County, Ohio, on the 20th of October, 1848, and is a son of Rev. George W. and Elizabeth (Clifford) Stubbins, his father was born in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, and became a pio- neer clergyman of the United Brethren Church in Ohio, besides having followed the trade of blacksmith, at which he was a skilled workman. He passed the major part of his life in Harrison County, and here his death occurred in 1865, his wife having survived him by a number of years. Their children were seven in number-Thomas Benton, Rachel, Urthie, Adaline, Leonard, James and George.

Leonard Stubbins was a child at the time when the family home was established in Har- rison County, and his early educational ad- vantages were those afforded in the common schools of the period. He was but sixteen years old when he manifested his youthful patriotism by enlisting for service in the Civil war in 1864. He became a member of Company H, One Hun- dred and Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer In- fantry, with which he took part in the battles of Murfreesboro and Nashville, Tennessee, and Kingston, South Carolina, as well as numerous skirmishes and other minor engagements. He continued in service until the close of the war and received his honorable discharge in July, 1865. After the close of this military service in defense of the Union Mr. Stubbins returned to Monroe Township, Harrison County, but soon afterward entered the employ of the Penn- sylvania Railroad Company, as noted in the opening paragraph of this article. The greater part of his active career has been given to farm enterprise, and his only son now assumes the greater part of the active supervision of the home farm, on a part of which he resides. Mr. Stubbins is a republican in politics, and is an appreciative and honored member of the post of the Grand Army of the Republic at Bowerston.

The year 1868 recorded the marriage of Mr. Stubbins to Miss Isabel Cornelius, daughter of the late Richard and Maria (Tinney ) Cornelius, of Harrison County, and the one child of this union is Frank, whose home is on the old farm. as previously noted. Frank Stubbins married Miss Rebecca Wolfe, and they have four chil- dren-Walter. Joseph, Vernie and Frederick.

HERBERT C. CLOSE, one of the prosperous gen- eral farmers of Rose Township, Carroll County. deserves special credit for his success, for he has earned it through his own efforts. As a youth he learned the carpenter trade as well as farm- ing. and has relied upon his diligent work in both occupations to rear and provide for his family and achieve home and property.

Mr. Close was born near Dellroy in Monroe Township February 29, 1872, son of Thomas and Susannah (Wilkins) Close. His grandfather was James Close, an early settler in Carroll County, who was both a farmer and carpenter. He married a Miss Thorley. and they had four sons and five daughters. The oldest son was Thomas Close, who spent his active life as a farmer in Carroll County but is now living re- tired at Moultrie in Stark County. His family consists of five sons and one daughter, third among them being Herbert C. Close.

Mr. Close during his youth attended school regularly. although he also worked on the home farm. His first school was in district No. 4 of Rose Township, but after the age of twelve and up to eighteen he attended the Oneida School. Having a genius for mechanics, he readily acquired a practical knowledge of the carpenter trade, and he has done a great deal of building work in Carroll County, and when the duties of his farm are not too heavy be occasionally responds to the call for a first-class carpenter.

In 1904 he married Miss Rose Davy, daughter of A. G. and Sarah (Little) Davy. After his marriage he lived in Dellroy a year, worked steadily at his trade, and his first independent farming was done on a rented eighty acres in Rose Township. In 1909 he acquired sixty acres. constituting his well improved and valuable homestead today, and has farmed with profit and success. He has acquired some other business interests and is one of the dependable, upright and industrious citizens of his community. Mr. Close votes for the man rather than the party. and is a member of the Emanuel Lutheran Church of Rose Township.

GEORGE WHITTAKER. The late George Whit. taker, of Stock Township, was one of the ex- tensive and well-to-do agriculturists of Har- rison County. A son of the late William Whit- taker, he was born in North Township, March 6. 1857, of Irish ancestry.

His paternal grandfather, James Whittaker, was born and bred in the Emerald Isle. Im- migrating in early life to the United States, he came directly to Harrison County, Ohio, and. settling in North Township, entered a tract of Government land and soon began the pioneer la- bor of improving a farm from the wilderness. in his labors meeting with good success. To him and his wife, whose maiden name was Arabelle Patterson, tive children were born. as follows: William. Thomas. James, Jane, who married William Scott, and Christianna, who became the wife of Joshua Jackson. Both parents were members of the Methodist Church.

William Whittaker was born on the parental homestead in North Township. Harrison County. and there spent his entire life. passing away

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in 1899. He succeeded to the occupation of his father, and was engaged in agricultural pursuits during his active career. He married Elizabeth Fisher, who was born in Rumley Township, Harrison County. Ohio, a daughter of George Fisher, a well-known farmer. George Fisher was twice married, by his first wife having nine children, William. James, George. John. Agnes. Temperance, Susan, Martha and Elizabeth. By his second marriage he had two children. Thomas D. and Rebecca J.

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History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 132

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