History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 2

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

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At Cadiz on April 8. 1875, Mr. Hollingsworth was united in marriage with Belinda, a daugh- ter of the late Dr. John McBean, long a lead-

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ing physician of Cadiz and Harrison County, and a native of Scotland. His father, a member of the McBean clan, married Jeane Campbell, of the Campbell clan. To the marriage of Mr. Hollingsworth two sons were born, Henry and Donald, both of whom died in early chud- hood. The wife and mother died March 30, 1918, at the family homestead in Cadiz.

JAMES HUSTON. A publication of this order exercises one of its most consistent and import- ant functions when it enters memorial tribute to honored pioneer citizens whose lives and labors have lent dignity and honor to the com- munities which the publication represents. Thus there is special satisfaction in being able to present a review of the career of the late James Huston, who was one of the sterling pioneers and early merchants of Carroll County and whose character and ability made him a worthy leader in community affairs.

Mr. Huston was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, on the 17th of April, 1813, and was a son of John and Rachel (McNaughton) Huston. In the old Keystone State he received his youthful education and he was seventeen years of age when he accompanied his parents to Carroll County, Ohio, where the family home was established on a pioneer farm near Mechanicstown, his parents having there passed the remainder of their lives. In the earlier period of his residence in Carroll County James Huston was engaged in farm enterprise in Fox Township, where later he engaged in the opera- tion of a grist mill. Finally he established a general merchandise business at Mechanicstown, where he continued the successful enterprise until 1853, when he engaged in the same line of business at Carrollton, the county seat. There he developed a large and representative busi- ness in the mercantile line, besides becoming a leading grain dealer of the county. In 1868 he purchased a hardware store at Carrollton, and this he conducted in partnership with his son Vincent E., under the firm name of J. Hus- ton & Son, until 1886, when he retired from active business, his death having occurred on the 2d day of January, 1887, and in his passing the county having lost one of its most honored and revered pioneer citizens. Originally a democrat in politics, Mr. Huston was among the earliest and most loyal supporters of the cause of the prohibition party, and in all of the relations of life he exemplified the finest sense of personal stewardship and the finest type of character. Through his own ability and efforts he achieved substantial and worthy suc- cess, and no one man had more influence in furthering the business prosperity of Carrollton than did he. For the accommodation of his mercantile business he erected the store now occupied by the Carrollton laundry, and later he erected the substantial and attractive brick block which perpetuates his name and memory. In addition to his alliance with the hardware and general merchandise business he was asso- ciated with James Hayes in the ownership of a well equipped clothing store. His old home in Carrollton was situated on the lot on which his daughter Emma (Mrs. Fawcett) later erected one of the finest modern houses in the

city, the same being her home at the present time. Mr. Huston took loyal interest in all things pertinent to the communal welfare and was liberal and progressive in his civic attitude. Both he and his wife were zealous members of the Presbyterian Church.

In the year 1838 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Huston to Miss Christine Emsley, who was born in England, on the 2d of January, 1819, a daughter of Thomas Emsley, who came with his family to America and remained for some time in Washington County, Pennsylvania, whence he finally came to Carroll County, Ohio, and engaged in farming near Mechanicstown, where he passed the remainder of his life. Mrs. Huston passed to the life eternal on the 31st of December, 1881, and her memory is revered by all who came within the sphere of her gentle and gracious influence. Mr. and Mrs. Huston became the parents of three children : Amanda became the wife of Cyrus A. Shober and was a resident of Carrollton at the time of her death, September 4, 1868, her only child, Emma, having become the wife of a Mr. Ruh- man and having become the mother of one daughter, Harriet, who is the wife of Charles H. Woodworth and who has one daughter, Jannet Ruth. Emma, the second daughter, was reared and educated at Carrollton and after the death of her first husband, J. V. Cellars, she became the wife of Robert Crozier Fawcett, who was long associated with Vincent Huston in the hardware and clothing business at Car- rollton and whose death here occurred in 1910, his widow remaining in the fine home which she erected, on Second Street, southwest, and having long been a gracious figure in the rep- resentative social life of the community in which she has resided during the greater part of her life. Vincent Emsley Huston, only son of the subject of this memoir, well upheld the honors of the family name in connection with civic and business affairs, and was one of the lead- ing merchants of Carrollton, as senior member of the firm of Huston & Fawcett, at the time of his death, March 26, 1894.

ANDREW H. BAKER. Residing on the old Baker homestead in Archer Township, Andrew H. Baker is proving his worth to his com- munity as a farmer and good citizen. He was born on his present farm October 10, 1867, a son of Martin V. Baker, who was also born on this homestead. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Sarah J. Henderson, was born in German Township, Harrison County, a daughter of Andrew Henderson. Until 1886 Andrew Henderson, who was one of the pioneers of German Township, continued to be one of its progressive agriculturalists, but in that year he moved to Iowa, taking all of his family with him with the exception of Mrs. Baker, and there he spent the remainder of his life. The children born to Andrew Henderson and his wife were as follows: Robert, Samuel, William, James, Rebecca, Sarah, Mary, Susan and Eliza- beth. He belonged to the Presbyterian Church.

The paternal grandfather, Otha Baker, was born in Maryland, and his second wife, who was the mother of Martin V. Baker, bore tne first name of Mary. They had the following

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children : Otha, Sheridan, Evan, Martin V., Abraham and Elizabeth, and they, with their parents, all belonged to the old Bethel Metho- dist Church of this neighborhood. Coming to Harrison County at an early day, Otha Baker was one of the pioneers of Archer Township, where he entered 320 acres of land from the Government, and this land is still owned by his descendants.

Martin V. Baker was reared on this home- stead entered by his father, and became the owner of 280 acres of it, and here he rounded out his useful life. He and his wife became the parents of the following children: Andrew H., whose name heads this review ; Jennie, who married Charles Thompson ; and Mary, who died at the age of nineteen years. Mr. and Mrs. Baker early connected themselves with the old Bethel Church.

Andrew H. Baker was sent to the schools of his home district and the Brown School on the edge of Green Township. Remaining at home and assisting his father in operating the home- stead, he inherited it and now owns 272 acres of as valuable land as can be found in the county, and on it he is raising diversified crops and livestock, and is doing a large and profitable business.

In 1892 Andrew H. Baker was united in mar- riage with Frances Kent, a daughter of Dr. W. W. Kent, and they have two children, namely : Donald C., who married Virginia Hanna, lives near his father and is giving his attention to farming a portion of the home- stead; and Isabel Frances. Like the other members of the family, Mr. Baker, his wife and children, belong to the old Bethel Methodist Church, which has for them all so many mem- ories connected with their family and others, some of whom have become members of the Eternal Church.

CHARLES M. BUSBY. Rumley Township, Har- rison County, claims Mr. Busby not only as one of its native sons but also as one of its pro- gressive and representative business men. He owns and resides upon his farm of 125 acres near the village of Jewett, and is a director and vice president of the Jewett Creamery Com- pany and has been an active member of The Harrison County Fair Board for many years.

Abraham Busby, Sr., grandfather of Charles M., was born eighteen miles distant from the city of Baltimore, of English and Scotch descent. The Busby family is an old one in England, where many men of the family were promi- nent in the law and in educational matters. Dr. Richard Busby, of this family, was for years head master of Westminster Schools, serving in that capacity under two kings and under Crom- well, and, next to Arnold, of Rugby School, he was regarded as England's most famous school- master. His bust is in Westminster Abbey. The family in England were members of the Friends' Church, and the American ancestors of the family came to this country to escape religious persecution. They settled in Baltimore, where the great-grandfather Busby acquired land, part of which later became the site of the Court House.

Abraham Busby, Sr., married in Maryland in 1815, Deborah Kemp, who was born in Mary- land, of English descent. The Kemps in England were also members of the Friends Church and, like the Busbys, came to America seeking re- ligious liberty. The Busby family stood for the union of states as against secession and slavery, and in politics were democrats. Abra- ham Busby, Sr., served as captain in the War of 1812, and for his services as an officer in that war acquired a land grant in Archer Town- ship. Harrison County, upon which he settled soon after the close of hostilities between the United States and England. After coming to Harrison County he and wife became members of the Methodist Church, and worshipped at Bethel M. E. Church in Green Township aud at Jewett, Ohio. Abraham, Sr., served for many years as a justice of the peace in Archer Town- ship, and became prominent, locally, as a com- poser of music. He and wife became the parents of the following children: Joshua, Sheridan, John, Elizabeth, Amanda, Benjamin, Abraham, Jr., Deborah, Edward, Shadwick and Van Buren, all of whom are now deceased with the single exception of Abraham, Jr., who is now in his ninety-sixth year.

Abraham Busby, Jr., was born in Archer Township on January 28, 1826. He has spent all of his life in Archer and Rumley townships, and now, and for the last twenty years has made his home with his son, Charles M. He married Sarah, the daughter of William Stahl, a pioneer of Rumley Township. She was born in Rumley Township on December 25, 1829, and died May 5, 1900. She was a member of the Lutheran Church, while her husband is a mem- ber of the Methodist Church. To them were born the following children: Susanna, who mar- ried Albert Royer, a retired farmer now residing at Greenville, Pennsylvania; James William, a carpenter, residing at Kissimmee, Florida, since 1913; Prof. Elmer D., who has been an in- structor in different prominent colleges for over thirty years, and is still engaged in educa- tional work, residing at Minneapolis, Minnesota ; and Charles M., the subject of this sketch.

Charles M. Busby was born in Rumley Town- ship on the 22d of May, 1867. He was reared on the home farm in Rumley Township, and gained his early education in the district schools, after which he attended the high school at Jewett and was for one year a student in Scio College. He taught school one year and there- after was engaged in farm enterprise in Rumley Township until about the year 1893, when he established his residence in the village of Jewett and engaged in the manufacturing and sale of ice cream. He continued the enterprise until 1917, when the business was reorganized and became the Jewett Creamery. Mr. Busby was one of the organizers and incorporators of the new company and is its vice president at the present time. For fully a quarter of a century he has purchased concessions for the serving of food and beverages at picnics held within a radius of twenty miles of his home, and has had similar concessions at various county fairs. Thus he has gained specially wide acquaintance- ship in this section of Ohio, and his popularity

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is of unstinted order. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and he is chair- man of the County Central Committee. He and his wife are communicants of the Lutheran Church at Jewett.

On the 14th of August, 1889, Mr. Busby was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Rutledge, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Lewis) Rut- ledge. Benjamin Rutledge was born in the State of Maryland February 2, 1822, and his wife was born in Cadiz Township, Harrison County, on the 5th of February, 1826. Benjamin Rut- ledge was a child at the time his parents established their home in Harrison County in 1828, and here he followed for many years the trade of wagon-maker, his home having been on a small farm in Green Township. His chil- dren were as follows: Mary Margaret, Sarah Ella and Henry Parker died in childhood; James and Frank were the next two in order of birth and Martha was the seventh child; Milton was born June 18, 1860; May Bell, March 22, 1862; Samuel, September 21, 1864 (died in childhood) ; Ella, September' 14, 1866; and Minnie (Mrs. Busby), March 7, 1867. To Mr. and Mrs. Busby have been born five children, all of whom are living except the eldest, their names being here entered in the respective order of their birth : Harry R., Myrtle Marie, Sarah, Paul and Carrie. Harry R. Busby entered the nation's military service at Camp Sherman on the 1st of Septem- ber, 1918, and there he contracted influenza, which resulted in his death on the 1st of the following month. Myrtle Marie Busby became the wife of Roy Dennis and they have three children-Margaret, Charles and Florence.

JUNIUS C. FERRALL. In every cursory survey of the activities of those who have wielded large influence in the furtherance of the civic and material advancement of Carroll County and its attractive judicial center, the vigorous little city of Carrollton, it becomes evident that few have exerted so strong and benignant prog- ress-making influence as Judge Ferrall, whose loyalty has been not merely that of sentiment but also that of constructive action. His in- terests have been varied and important and as one of the leading citizens of Carroll County, as well as a scion of an honored pioneer family of this favored section of the Buckeye State, he is entitled . to special recognition in this publication.

Judge Junius C. Ferrall was born in Harrison Township, Carroll County, on the 6th of Decem- ber, 1851, and is a son of Edwin and Mary A. ( Huston) Ferrall, the former of whom was born at Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, December 29, 1821, and the latter of whom was born May 6, 1831. The parents were residents of Carrollton at the time of their death, the father having passed away March 7, 1913, and the mother on the 6th of August, 1918. Hon. Edwin Ferrall was nine years of age at the time of the family removal from the old Keystone state to Carroll County, Ohio, where he was reared to adult age and where his early education was obtained in the common schools. He was a son of James Ferrall, who was born at Lynchburg, Virginia, and who later became a resident of Pennsylvania and whose first visit to the Ohio wilderness was

made on a hunting expedition, in which he gained trophies of deer and other wild game. After returning to Pennsylvania he there mar- ried Susanna Snyder, and it was the year 1829 that they established themselves as pioneers on a farm near the present village of Mechanics- town, Carroll County, Ohio. From this place, in Fox Township, they later removed to Harri- son Township, and there they passed the re- mainder of their lives, Mr. Ferrall having been a prominent pioneer merchant and farmer in this section of the state. James Ferrall was a staunch democrat and served as a member of the first board of commissioners of Carroll County, besides having been otherwise influential in community affairs. He had four sons and two daughters, and the names of the sons were Edwin, Calvin, John and George.

Edwin Ferrall was reared on the pioneer farm in Carroll County, and as a youth he here proved his constructive energy in connection with the basic industry of agriculture. In 1850 was solemnized his marriage to Miss Mary A. Huston, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth ( Howey) Huston, who established their home in Carroll County in 1828. Mr. and Mrs. Ferrall became the parents of four children, of whom Judge Junius C., immediate subject of this review, is the eldest, the other children being Robert J., Lannes L. and Anson E. Edwin Ferrall became a man of prominence and dis- tinctive influence in Carroll County, and as a young man, in 1857, he was elected sheriff of the county, an office in which he served two consecutive terms. In 1873 he was elected to the state senate on democratic ticket, was prominent democrat and was one of the most venerable and highly honored citizens of Carroll- ton at the time of his death in his 92d year.

As a boy, in 1862-3, Judge Junius O. Ferrall gained an appreciable experience in connection with the newspaper business, as he was em- ployed within these years in the offices of the Carroll County Union, the Carroll Union Press, the Carroll Free Press, and the Carrollton Courier. For a short time thereafter he was a clerk in the mercantile establishment of Isaac Crumrine, and later he held a similar position in the general store of McCullough & Ferrall, of which firm his father was junior member. The father finally purchased his partner's in- terest in the enterprise, which was thereafter continued under the title of E. Ferrall & Son until the autumn of 1872, when Junius C. Ferrall, the junior member of the firm, went to Rockyford, Colorado, and became bookkeeper in a general store which supplied the requirements of men on neighboring cattle ranches. In 1874 Judge Ferrall returned home, but soon after- ward he accepted a position as traveling sales man for the wholesale mercantile house of C. Atwell & Company, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He remained thus engaged until the spring of 1879, when he returned to Carrollton and formed a partnership with James T. Smith, with whom he was associated in purchasing the general merchandise business here previously conducted by Charles Rukenbrod, James T. Smith and John Couch. The firm of Smith & Ferrall con- tinued the business until the autumn of 1880, when Mr. Ferrall purchased his partner's in-

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terest and assumed full control. He continued the enterprise until 1887, when he was elected judge of the probate court of Carroll County, as candidate on the democratic ticket. To in- sure the proper management of his mercantile business he at this juncture admitted William M. Shepherd to partnership, and after having served two terms as probate judge he purchased his partner's interest in the business, of which he continued the executive head until March, 1898. As a leader in the local ranks of the democratic party Judge Ferrall was a candidate for presidential elector in 1884, and in 1897, he again led a "forlorn hope," as democratic can- didate for state senator.

Judge Ferrall virtually initiated his special activities in the furtherance of the industrial and commercial advancement of Carrollton when he became one of the organizers of the Carrollton Granite Brick Company, and later his progressiveness and liberality were further shown by his becoming one of the incorporators of the Carrollton Electric Light Company, of which he continues the active general manager to the present time. He was one of the pro- moters of the first telephone line established in Carroll County, in 1898, and became an official of the Carroll County Telephone Company. In 1890 the company sold its equipment and busi- ness to the Bell Telephone Company. Judge Ferrall is vice president of the Cummings Trust Company and a director of the Scio Bank Com- pany, of Scio, Harrison County. He has shown marked initiative and administrative ability, as well as liberality, in the promotion of measures and enterprises that have been of great value in furthering the progress of his home city and county, and has been one of the most enthusi- astic in the promoting of the "Greater Carroll- ton." His enthusiasm has been potent in the commercial awakening of Carrollton, and he well merits the unqualified esteem in which he is held in his native county. Member of United Presbyterian Church and Knights of Pythias Lodge.

On the 27th of September, 1877, was solem- nized the marriage of Judge Ferrall to Miss Emma M. Simpson, daughter of Alexander and Eliza ( Latta) Simpson, of Carroll County. In conclusion is entered brief record concerning the children of Judge and Mrs. Ferrall : Ida A .. who was born February 9, 1880. is the wife of Harvey S. Allen, of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, and they have three children-Mary M .. James F. and Ralph W. Edwin S .. who was born in June. 1881, is now executive head of the E. S. . Ferrall Company, wholesale and retail dealers in grain, feed and building supplies, at Canton, Ohio; he married Miss Vern Beatty and they have had four children-Emma Elizabeth, Junius B., Robert and John Edwin, the last mentioned being deceased. Esma A., who was born in March, 1885, is the wife of George Spanagel, of Canton, Stark County, and they have four children-Marian Elizabeth, Emma Louise, Jane Fredericka, and Pauline Ethel. Mary Latta is the widow of John H. Ransberger, late a member of the firm of McCarty, Arm- strong & Ransberger, of Canton, Ohio.

HON. ROBERT G. KEAN. Standing prominent among the eminently capable and intelligent men who have been active in the administration of the public affairs of Carroll County in the past is Hon. Robert G. Kean, a valued and highly esteemed resident of Carroll, now living retired from all business or political cares. A native of Carroll County, he was born, April 25, 1844, in Washington Township, a son of John Kean, Jr., and grandson of John Kean, Sr.

Born and reared in Ireland, John Kean, Sr., married in early manhood, and soon after that important event was impressed into the British army. After serving therein for two or three years, he deserted, and came on a sailing vessel to America, the land of promise. Locating In Washington County, Pennsylvania, he taught school for awhile, and there, in 1814, was re- joined by his wife and children. Migrating with his family to Ohio, he lived a short time in Salem, from there coming to Washington Township, Carroll County, where he leased a tract of land, and in addition to farming taught school, having the distinction of being the first teacher in the county. Subsequently moving to Bergholz, Jefferson County, he resided there the remainder of his life. He was a democrat in politics, but not an office seeker. To him and his wife, whose maiden name was Mary McNiel. nine children were born, some in Ireland and some in Ohio, their names being as follows: Mrs. Jane Kelley, Mrs. Rosanna Sweany, John. Jr .. Mrs. Mary A. Miller, Francis, Mrs. Isabel Fulton, Mrs. Matilda Wallace, Daniel, and William.

John Kean, Jr., was born in County Antrim, Ireland, came with his mother to America, and after joining his father in Pennsylvania came with his parents to Ohio. Growing to man- hood in Carroll County, he was educated in the rural schools, and while assisting in the pioneer task of redeeming a farm acquired a thorough knowledge of the various branches of agricul- ture. After his marriage he lived on rented land until 1832. when he purchased the 160 acres of land subsequently owned by his son John, and the 160 acre tract in section 2 now owned by his son Robert, both tracts being located in Washington Township, Carroll Coun- ty. where he resided until his death. September 19, 1847. He was a republican in politics and a member of the United Presbyterian Church.

John Kean, Jr., married, in 1827, Jane McMaster, who was born in Washington County. Pennsylvania. December 5. 1809, and died on the home farm, in Washington Township, Carroll County, Ohio. March 4. 1906. Her parents, George and Elizabeth (George) MeMaster, came to Ohio in pioneer times from Washington County, Pennsylvania. Ten chil- dren were born to John Kean. Jr .. and his wife, namely : James, Mrs. Mary Donaldson, Mrs. Elizabeth MeClellan. Mrs. Christian Stephenson, Mrs. Matilda George, Mrs. Hannah Crafts, Mrs. Isabel Carey, John, a farmer in Washington Township. and Robert G., the subject of this brief sketch, and William. who became a Pres- byterian minister.

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History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 2

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