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In the district schools of Short Creek Town- ship John R. Sergeant acquired his youthful education, and at the age of ten years began
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working by the month. For a period of about twenty years he was in the employ of the Kerr family, and during all of this time his work was in connection with farm industry. Shortly after his marriage, which occurred in 1875, he purchased and removed to his present home farm, which formerly comprised 115 acres, but a portion of which he has sold, with the result that the homestead now comprises eighty-two and one-half acres. Though now venerable in years, Mr. Sergeant takes satisfaction in giving a per- sonal supervision to his farm, in a general way, and the passing years, marked by earnest and honest endeavor, have brought to him a just measure of prosperity. His political support is given to the republican party, and he and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian Church at Adena.
June 10, 1875, recorded the marriage of Mr. Sergeant to Miss Martha Shields, a daugh- ter of the late Jackson Shields, of whom specific mention is made in the sketch of his son Harvey on other pages of this work. To Mr. and Mrs. Sergeant have been born five children, Ira mar- ried Miss Ida Moffett and they have three chil- dren, John, Olive and Marie; Eva, who became the wife of Perry Masters, died July 28, 1913; Kersey, who is associated with his father in the operation of the home farm, married Miss Leota Morgan; Mary Ella is the wife of Henderson Moore, and they have had seven children-Thel- ma E., Pauline, Martha (deceased), Mary Emma, Margaret Ellen. John D. and Mildred Lucile; D. Leroy died on the 23d of June, 1899.
LEINARD ROWLAND, of Cadiz Township, who specializes in fruit as a side line with farming, is in the third generation from the Welsh emi- grant, John Rowland. This ancestor had part in the Indian wars early in the nineteenth cen- tury, and almost before the dawn of present day civilization he married in Pennsylvania and brought his wife to the Harrison County frontier, where they worked together to over- come the wilderness conditions.
In 1830 James Rowland, a son of John and who was a young man in Harrison County, married Elizabeth Leinard, and the family name of the wife has been perpetuated in the name of their son, Leinard Rowland. He is one of twelve children born to this family: John, Mathew, Henry, James, Leinard, Jane, Ann Christina, Elizabeth, Rachel, Mary, Margaret and Nancy Ellen. They knew the vicissitudes of life through the reconstruction period follow- ing the Civil war, when there were large fami- lies and all were industrious. When twelve children grow up in one homestead it causes divergent interests when they leave the family shelter, and the Rowlands of that generation scattered to the four corners.
Leinard Rowland was born March 1, 1848, the fifth child in this pioneer household. In 1873 Mr. Rowland married Margaret Mehollin, a native of the same community-Cadiz Town- ship. She was a daughter of John and Eliza- beth Mehollin. For a time they lived in Moore- field Township on the original Rowland farm, the home of the grandfather, John Rowland, and in 1880 they came to the original Mehollin
homestead in Cadiz Township. There are 160 acres in the land, the life time home of Mrs. Rowland, and she died there December 18, 1889. Their children are: Estella Blanche is the wife of Rev. Harry Deeds, residing in Montavista, Colorado, and their children are Paul, Edith, Mary and Ruth. Claude Rowland married Ger- trude Knight and lives in Cadiz. Joseph Row- land married Ola Moore, and their daughter, Golda, is the wife of James Baker. They re- side in Jewett, Ohio, and have two sons, Harry and Charles. Carrie Rowland is the wife of Carl Fulton of Lorain, Ohio. Their children are Syble, Guy, Ross and Nellie. Thomas Rowland, the youngest son, is still at the old home.
On June 3, 1890, Leinard Rowland married Margaret B., a daughter of Aquilla and Moriah (Scott) Tipton, of the Deerville community in Harrison County, Ohio. Their daughter Opal N. is the wife of John Laughlin who reside with him. Their children are Margaret Anna (de- ceased) and Woodrow Wilson. Another daugh- ter, Kate L., is the wife of Guy Carson and their daughter is Edna Irene. Mr. Rowland has seven children in all. In his social life he belongs to the Cadiz Lodge Knights of Pythias, and he votes with the democratic party and has named a son for President Wilson.
For many years Mr. Rowland has specialized in horticulture. He has 1,600 bearing peach trees and 300 young peach trees not yet at the bearing age. In his orchard are 200 plums, 150 apples and 100 cherry trees. The hills and dales of Harrison County are adapted to fruit culture. and Mr. Rowland is a specialist with small fruits of all varieties. He is the most extensive fruit growing specialist in Harrison County.
WILLIAM A. BLACK. The life history of Wil- liam Black, Cadiz Township farmer, reverts back to Clarion County, Pennsylvania, where he was born November 29, 1874, a son of William and Lucinda (McKissick) Black. The mother was born in Lawrence County, Pennsyl- vania. She is a daughter of Henry and Lucinda McKissick. Mr. Black bears the name of his grandfather, William Black, who was a con- tractor in eastern Pennsylvania.
As a young man William Black, Sr. entered the army as a Civil war soldier. He was out three years in the heavy artillery a part of the time stationed at Fortress Monroe. After the war he farmed in Clarion County and In Law- rence County, Pennsylvania. He died in Law- rence County, March 17, 1876, and his wife died there July 26, ten years later. Their children were George M., who died March 2, 1903; John H., Samuel P., David H., Frank L. Marian and Edmond R.
As a young man in Pennsylvania Mr. Black attended public school in Lawrence and Fayette counties. When he settled into business for himself it was as a driller and contractor in the oil fields of Pennsylvania, and he continued operations there until 1917, when he came to the farm in Cadiz Township, Harrison County, that he had bought as an investment four years previously. There are 222 acres in the farm-
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stead and besides remodeling the farm building he built a modern house for himself and family.
While Mr. Black had been a mechanic in the Pennsylvania oil fields, he has settled into the methods of a thrifty farmer in Harrison County. The farm improvements are of the best, and he is engaged in general farming and livestock production. He is a breeder of thoroughbred Jersey cattle, and has plenty of pasture for them.
On August 28, 1994, Mr. Black married Lilliam M. Hibbs, of Fairview, West Virginia. She is a daughter of Thomas and Huldah (Husted) Hibbs, the father a native of Marion County and the mother of Taylor County, West Virginia. The children are: Faye, Glenn A., Ed- ward H., Joseph J., Emma L., Benjamin F. and Doris Louise Black. Mr. Black and his sons Glenn and Edward are members of the Masonic Lodge, Mr. Black belonging to Lodge No. 153, F. & A. M., Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, while Glenn and Edward belong to Lodge No. 171, F. & A. M., Cadiz. Mrs. Black and her daugh- ter Faye belong to the order of the Eastern Star.
Thomas Hibbs, of Marion County, West Vir- ginia, is a farmer and still lives there. He served through the Civil war. His children are: Wilbert, Bertie, Lillian (Mrs. Black), and Howard, who died in 1913, in California. The mother died in 1880, and Mr. Hibbs later mar- ried Rhody King. They have a daughter, Ethel. The family are Methodists, as are also the Blacks.
TIPTON J. QUEEN was an honored member of a family whose name has been significant of prominence and influence in Carroll County for virtually an entire century, and in all of the relations of life he well upheld the prestige of the name which he bore. He was a resident of Carrollton, the county seat, at the time of his death, August 3, 1919, and his sterling character and worthy achievement make most consonant the entering of a memorial tribute in this history.
Tipton Jonah Queen was born in Fox Town- ship, Carroll County, October 3, 1858, and was a son of Jonah and Catherine ( Robb) Queen, the former of whom was born in Fox Township on the 12th of September, 1823, and the latter born in Jefferson County, Ohio, August 15, 1825, she having been of German and Irish lineage. Jonah Queen was a son of Samuel George and Mary (Hesser) Queen, both natives of Virginia, where the former was born June 3, 1790, and the latter on the 5th of September, 1792, their marriage having been solemnized in Loudoun County, Virginia, in March, 1820. Within a short time thereafter occurred their removal to Ohio, where they became numbered among the early settlers of what is now Fox Township, Carroll County. Samuel G. Queen here pur- chased the Government land, 160 acres, which had been originally taken by Samuel Morgan, and the young couple established their home in a primitive log cabin, the while Mr. Queen set himself vigorously to the task of reclaiming his land from the forest. He later secured 240 acres of Government land in the same township,
the deed to the same bearing the signature of President Andrew Jackson, and he was one of the most vigorous and successful of the pioneer farmers of Carroll County. He remained on the old homestead until his death, in May, 1840, and his widow survived him by more than forty years, she having been nearly ninety-two years of age at the time of her death, June 21, 1884. They became the parents of two sons and six daughters. The ancestral homestead is still held in possession by the family. Samuel G. Queen was a volunteer soldier in the War of 1812, and after his death his widow received a pension as well as a grant of land in recognition of this patriotic service on his part.
Samuel G. Queen was a son of Jonah Queen, who was born in County Donegal, Ireland, May 5, 1753, and whose wife, of German descent, was born April 16, 1767. As a young man Jonah Queen immigrated to America and be- came a farmer in Loudoun County, Virginia, whence he finally came with his family to Ohio and became a pioneer settler in Columbiana County. where he and his wife passed the re- mainder of their lives. His loyalty to the land of his adoption was significantly shown by his gallant service as a patriot soldier in the War of the Revolution.
Jonah Queen II, father of the subject of this memoir, passed his entire life in Fox Town- ship, where he long held prestige as one of the leading farmers of the county, and it may con- sistently be said that no citizen had higher place in popular confidence and esteem in Carroll County. His fine stock farm, comprising 320 acres, was by him made one of the show places of the county, and he gave special attention to the raising of Spanish Merino sheep, Shorthorn cattle and Clydesdale horses. He made the best of improvements on his farm, and the fine old brick house on the place is one of the landmarks of Fox Township at the present time, the build- ing having been erected in 1863. Mr. Queen was a republican and served in various local offices of public trust. Both he and his wife were zealous members of the Methodist Epis- copal Church. He passed to eternal rest August 10, 1892, and his wife did not long survive him, her death having occurred November 8, 1895. Concerning their children, all now deceased, the following data is available: Mary E., born September 5, 1849, died November 20, 1868; Samuel George, born December 26, 1853, died August 8, 1885; William E., born July 2, 1856, died October 15, 1862; Tipton J. is the subject of this memoir; and Willietta, born August 18, 1862, died May 29, 1890.
Tipton J. Queen, the last to survive of the above mentioned family of children, was reared on the old home farm, to the ownership of which he succeeded upon the death of his par- ents, and in his youth he received the advan- tages not only of the public schools but also those of a veterinary college of Toronto, Canada. In the management of the old homestead he well upheld the prestige of his father as a progressive agriculturist and stock-grower, and he remained on the farm until 1904, when he was elected county sheriff and removed with his family to Carrollton, the county seat. He
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retained the office of sheriff five years, and there- after remained at Carrollton until his death. In this city he erected a fine residence of mod- ern type at 55 Southeast Second Street, where his widow still remains, and the valuable old homestead farm is still retained in the posses- sion of his wife and children.
Mr. Queen was vitally concerned in all things pertaining to the welfare and advancement of his native county, and here his circle of friends was coincident with that of his acquaintances. He gave his allegiance to the republican party, was affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, his widow and daughters being members of the adjunct organization, the Order of the Eastern Star, and his religious faith was that of the Presbyterian Church, of which Mrs. Queen like- wise is a devoted member.
September 25, 1882, recorded the marriage of Mr. Queen to Miss Alma Green, who was born in Fox Township, Carroll County, January 17, 1864, a daughter of George W. and Catherine (Lindersmith) Green, the former of whom was born in Jefferson County, Ohto, May 7, 1819, and the latter In Columbiana County, November 3, 1821. George W. Green was seven years old when his parents established their residence on a pioneer farm in Fox Township. Carroll County, and here the parents, George and Susan (Ferguson) Green, passed the remainder of their lives. George W. Green was one of the pros- perous farmers of Fox Township, and there his death occurred in June, 1891, his devoted wife having passed away in August of the preceding year. Of their sixteen children seven are liv- ing at the time of this writing, in 1920.
To Mr. and Mrs. Queen were born the follow- ing children : Catherine, the widow of Edwin L. Booth, resides at Carrollton, her two children being deceased; William Barrett died in in- fancy : Mary E. is the wife of John Westfall, of Carroll County, and they have one son. Tipton Marshall; Samuel David, who is now back in his home county, served nineteen months as a member of the Three Hundred and Forty-Eighth Infantry in the period of the nation's participa- tion in the World war, was made sergeant of his company and was in an officer's training camp in France, ready to go to the front when the signing of the historic armistice brought the war to a close; Elizabeth has prepared her- self for business by attending a leading com- mercial college in the City of Cleveland ; Byron Tipton and Owen Burgett, twins, died in in- fancy; and Martha Irene remains with her widowed mother, whose attractive home is known for its gracious hospitality.
JOHN M. REED, who maintains his residence and business headquarters at Carrollton. is one of the successful buyers and shippers of live stock in his native county and is a young man who has made an admirable record in this im- portant field of enterprise, to which he has given his attention since 1913. besides which he has developed a real estate business of very appre- ciable proportions. He was born in Loudon Township, Carroll County, June 9. 1889, and is a son of James and Selma ( Miller) Reed, the former of whom died in the year 1895, after
having become one of the prosperous farmers of Carroll County. Mrs. Reed later became the wife of David Nevin, of this county, and both are now deceased. John M. Reed is the younger of the two children of his parents, and his sister, Frances, is the wife of James Smeltz, a farmer of Carroll County. The maiden name of the first wife of James Reed was Fawcett, and their one child, Bessie, died young.
John M. Reed is indebted to the public schools of Carroll County for his early educa- tion, and as his stepfather was a dealer in live stock he was enabled early to gain practical experience in this field of enterprise. In 1913 he established his residence at Carrollton, where his energy and progressiveness have enabled him to develop a large and substantial business in the buying and shipping of live stock, his operations extending into counties adjacent to Carroll County. He owns and occupies a very attractive modern residence on East Main Street. and is one of the popular young business men of his native county. After the death of his mother Mr. Reed's stepfather married Miss Mildred Donaldson, and with them the stepson continued to maintain his home until the time of his marriage. Mr. Nevin died in 1914, and his wife also is deceased.
Mr. Reed married Miss Lois Fisher, who was born at Smithfield, Jefferson County, Ohio, February 21, 1895, a daughter of Charles and Ruella (Plunkett) Fisher. now residents of Carrollton. Mr. and Mrs. Reed have one child. James David, who was born August 18, 1913. Mr. Reed 'takes loyal interest in community affairs and is a republican in politics.
WALTER J. HENDERSON is the owner of one of the many admirable farms that mark Archer Township, Harrison County, as a center of pro- gressive and prosperous industry along agri- cultural and live-stock lines, and his popularity and prominence in his home community is shown by the fact that he is now serving as township clerk, besides having previously held the office of township trustee and that of member of the township school board.
Mr. Henderson was born at Leesville, Carroll County, Ohio, on the 13th of July, 1870, but has the distinction of being a representative of one of the honored pioneer families of Harrison County. He is a son of John C. and Mahala P. (Fisher) Henderson, the former of whom died on the 31st of January. 1919, and the latter died October 8, 1877. Of the children of this union the eldest is Hester Virginia, who is the wife of Ephraim Thompson. of Warren, Trum- bull County: James Homer, who was born July 1, 1868, died October 14, 1905, the maiden name of his wife having been Ida Worstell : Walter J .. of this review, was the next in order of birth: Susie Rebecca is the wife of Joel Cramblet. of Stock Township, Harrison County : Robert H. married Miss Gertrude Welsh, and they now reside in the City of Pittsburgh, Penn- sylvania.
John C. Henderson, who achieved marked success as a teacher and civil engineer, was horn in North Township, Harrison County, July 21. 1839. and was a son of James and Susanna
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(McClintock) Henderson. James Henderson was born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, September 10, 1813, and was four years of age when his parents became pioneer settlers in Harrison County, Ohio. He was a son of John Henderson, who was born in Ireland and who came with his parents to America when he was sixteen years of age. Upon arriving in this country he ran away from his parents, who made a futile search for him and who finally returned to their native land without him. Many years later one of his brothers came to the United States, and through him he measure- ably renewed the family associations of his childhood. After eluding his parents, in a boy- ish spirit of adventure, John Henderson made his way to Maryland, in which state was even- tually solemnized his marriage to the doubly orphaned daughter of George Henderson, who had bequeathed to her a large amount of prop- erty, she having been in the home of her uncle at the time of her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson removed to Indiana County, Penn- sylvania, and later became early settlers in Rumley Township, Harrison County, Ohio, where Mr. Henderson purchased a large tract of land and improved a fine farm. There his death occurred in February, 1862, and his widow survived until May 13, 1877. They be- came parents of four sons and seven daughters, nearly all of whom remained in Harrison County.
James Henderson remained with his parents until October, 1838, when he married Miss Susanna Mcclintock, of Monroe Township. Thereafter he followed the trades of carpenter and cabinetmaker at Hanover, Harrison County, until 1857, when he purchased and removed to a farm in that vicinity. There he passed the remainder of his life, his death having occurred November 1, 1889, and his widow having sur- vived him by a number of years. Both were members of the Presbyterian Church and he was a democrat in politics. Though not a seeker of such preferments, he was called upon to serve in various offices of local order. His wife was a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Fisher) Mcclintock, the former a native of County Cork. Ireland. Mr. Mcclintock and his wife were married in Harrison County and here passed the remainder of their lives on their farm in North Township, their children having been ten in number.
John C. Henderson gained his early education in the common schools of Harrison County, and supplemented this by a thorough course in New Hagerstown Academy in Carroll County, where he fitted himself both for teaching and for prac- tical work as a surveyor. He followed the pedagogic profession with marked success for nearly thirty years, and also did an appreciable amount of important surveying service. He passed the closing years of his life on the old Schaffer farm in Harrison County. He was a staunch democrat, was affiliated with the Masonic fraternity and was a member of the Presbyterian Church. A man of noble character and high intellectual attainments, he made his life count in worthy achievement and ever commanded the high regard of all who knew
him. At the age of twenty-three years he wedded Miss Hester Fisher, of North Township, and she died January 4, 1865, her only child having died on the 5th of the following Novem- ber. April 2, 1866, recorded the marriage of Mr. Henderson to Miss Mahala P. Fisher, a sister of his first wife, and, as previously noted in this review, her death occurred in 1877, men- tion having also been made of the children of this union. Mrs. Henderson was, like her bus- band, a devout member of the Presbyterian Church. In 1879 Mr. Henderson married Miss Sarah, a daughter of George McPeck, of Archer Township, and she survives him, no children having been born of this marriage.
Walter J. Henderson was but seven years old at the time of his mother's death and was but two years old when his parents returned from Carroll County to Harrison County, where he was reared to manhood and where he has re- sided continuously in Archer Township save for a period of three years passed in Cadiz Town- ship. In addition to the advantages of the pub- lic schools he attended Scio College one term. and was for a similar period a student in Franklin College at New Athens, besides which he had the privilege of being reared in a home of distinctive culture and high ideals. He is now the owner of a well improved farm of 131 acres and is one of the successful exponents of agriculture and live-stock enterprise in . Archer Township, the while he has secured vantage place in popular confidence and esteem and is leader in community affairs. His po- litical allegiance is given to the democratic party, and he and his wife are active members of the Ridge Presbyterian Church.
On the 13th of February, 1895, was solem- nized the marriage of Mr. Henderson to Miss Eva M. Dosson, daughter of Alexander and Margaret (Shambaugh) Dosson, of Harrison County, and they have five children-Mahala C., Earl B., Joseph S., Gladys R. and Ralph Cle- ment. Mahala C. is the wife of |Frederick Greer, of Cadiz, and now resides at Holliday's Cove, West Virginia. They have three children -Lloyd A., Ida Elizabeth and Mary Margaret.
LEWIS McPECK has the satisfaction of having under his immediate control the fine old home- stend farm of his honored and venerable father. John E. McPeck, of whom individual mention is made on other pages of this volume, so that further review of the family history is not here required. He whose name initiates this para- graph is well upholding the prestige of the fam- ily name in connection with farm industry in Archer Township, Harrison County, and is pro- gressive and enterprising as an agriculturist and stock-grower, with a farm that affords ample opportunities for successful achievement.
Mr. McPeck was born in Cadiz, this county. but was only about eighteen months of age when he removed with his parents to the farm where he now lives, and where he has spent all of his life with the exception of seven years following his marriage. After having profited by the advantages of the district schools in Archer Township he attended Scio College one year and Franklin College at New Athens for a
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similar period. From his youth to the present time he has been actively associated with farm enterprise in Archer Township. For seven years after his marriage, which occurred in 1900, he conducted operations on a farm situ- ated on the Cadiz and Jewett turnpike, and in the spring of 1908 he returned to his father's farm, of which fine property he has since had the active control and management. The farm comprises 187 acres and is equipped with good buildings and other high-grade improvements. Mr. McPeck is a republican in political allegiance and he and his wife are zealous mem- bers of the Ridge Presbyterian Church, in which he is serving as an elder, besides which he has held other official preferments, including that of superintendent of the Sunday school.
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