History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 39

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

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ENOS D. STATLER, a prosperous general farmer and stock-raiser of Rumley Township, owns and operates 208 acres of very valuable land that he has in a high state of cultivation. He was born in Monongahela County, West Virginia, July 11, 1867, a son of John W. and Anna B. (Moore) Statler, grandson of Jacob Statler and great-grandson of Jacob Statler, the latter be- ing one of the pioneers of Monongahela County, West Virginia. He settled near Dunkard Creek, on a stream that was known as Jake's Run, and when a postoffice was established at this point it was called in his honor, Statler's Post- office. The elder Jacob Statler met with the fate of a number of the early settlers of this country, having been killed and scalped by hos- tile Indians, this atrocity being perpetrated on his own land.

Jacob Statler, the younger, was born on Jake's Run, and there he spent practically all of his life. He married Bettie Walker, and their chil- dren were as follows: Sarah, Plezie, Catherine and John W. The family belonged to the Chris- tian Church.

John W. Statler was born in Monongahela County, West Virginia, August 3, 1841, and his wife was born in the same county. She was

a daughter of Daniel and Priscilla (Tenant) Moore. Daniel Moore, maternal grandfather of Enos D. Statler, was a farmer of Monongahela County, a heavy landowner, and lived there all his life. His children were as follows: Gilbert B., Jacob R., Nimrod A., Anna B., Sarah Mar- garet, Eliza Jane, Rebecca, Luama and Ida Bell. Like the Statlers, the Moores belonged to the Christian Church.

Until 1900 John W. Statler was engaged in farming, but during that year he left Monon- gahela County and went to northern Nebraska, where he is still living. His wife died in 1917. Their children were as follows: James Newton, Enos Daniel, Mary Elizabeth, Priscilla Jane, Sarah Margaret, Rebecca, Newman Benson, Jacob Peter, Thomas and Lloyd. Mr. Statler, together with his children, belong to the Chris- tian Church, and during her lifetime Mrs. Stat- ler also belonged to this denomination.

Growing up in his native county, Enos D. Statler learned farming as well as gained the literary instruction furnished by the district schools. While still liying in Monongahela County he commenced his undependent farming, and continued it until 1897, When he moved to Wayne Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, and there he continued farming until 1910. He then sold and moved to Rumley Township, Har- rison County, buying his present farm of 208 acres. He has been eminently successful in all of his operations, and has gained a well- deserved reputation as a general farmer and stock-raiser.

In 1889 Mr. Statler was united in marriage with Sarah Tenant, a daughter of Nimrod A. and Margaret J. (Lemley) Tenant. Mr. and Mrs. Statler became the parents of the follow- ing children : Claude C. is a commercial instruc- tor in the Wheeling High School. Lonnie L., who is a veteran of the great war, is a teacher in the South Hill High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He married Grace Strader and they have one son, Robert Allen, born Septem- ber 4, 1920. Ray C., who is a graduate of the Elliott Commercial College at Wheeling, West Virginia, is now a commercial teacher in the Wellsburg, West Virginia, High School. Emma E. and Frank are both at home. Frank grad- uated from Germania High School, Jefferson, Ohio, in 1921. Mr. and Mrs. Statler are mem- bers of the Baptist Church.

Lonnie L. Statler entered the service Decem- ber 20, 1917, and was assigned to Battalion A, Sixty-fourth Coast Artillery. On July 4, 1914, he sailed from Hoboken, and landed at South- ampton, England, and from there went on to France, serving with his company until the signing of the armistice. He was returned to the United States February 23, 1919, and was discharged and returned home. Having done his duty to his country in time of war, he has quietly returned to it to give it just as valuable a service outside of the army. This country needs, and will continue to need, young men like Mr. Statler, who have taken part in a great undertaking and through the broadening effects of contact with other men and countries have learned of the advantages of their own and are prepared to continue to defend them

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to the utmost. In his present work of guiding the budding intellect of his pupils Mr. Statler is rendering his country just as important a service as he did when he wore its uniform, and it is safe to say that none who come under the influence of this brave young veteran will fail to carry with him into his after life some- thing of the real Americanism which enabled the "Yanks" to hold back the hordes of the enemy and finally vanquish them.

GEORGE A. HILLIGAS is doing well his part in maintaining the high prestige of the family name in connection with civic loyalty and the furtherance of farm industry in his native county, and is one of the successful agricul- turists and stock-raisers of Short Creek Town- ship, Harrison County, where he is the owner of a well improved farm of 210 acres, not far distant from the old homestead on which he was born and reared. He is a son of Francis A. Hilligas, and data regarding the family his- tory may be found on other pages, in the sketch of another son, Charles C.

Mr. Hilligas was born in Short Creek Town- ship on the 19th of July, 1883, and here the district schools fortified him in youthful edu- cation. His loyalty to his native county is un- limited and is shown alike in his earnest sup- port of measures and enterprises tending to advance the general welfare of the community as well as in his energy and careful manage- ment in the furtherance of the great basic in- dustries of agriculture and stock-growing, of which he is a prominent exponent of the younger generation in Short Creek Township. He has made no effort to enter the arena of practical politics but is a staunch supporter of the principles and policies for which the repub- lican party stands sponsor.

On the 22d of December, 1909, Mr. Hilligas was united in marriage to Miss Loraine Rep- part, who likewise was born and reared in Short Creek Township and whose father, Thomas F. Reppart, is the subject of an in- dividual review in this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Hilligas are popular figures in the social life of their community, and enjoy welcoming their many friends to their attractive home, which is known for its hospitality and good cheer. They have two children-Ralph Paul and Agnes Marie. Mr. and Mrs. Hilligas are members of the United Presbyterian Church.

LLOYD L. CARSON is numbered among the able representatives of farm enterprise in Notting- ham Township, Harrison County, and is a young man who has found in his native county a field of industry that challenges his best efforts and offers him the best of opportunities. He was born in Nottingham Township June 1, 1885, and is a son of Albert O. and Lydia E. (Milliken) Carson, concerning whom adequate record is given on other pages, in the personal sketch of another son, William J.

The district Schools of Nottingham and Green Townships afforded Lloyd L. Carson his early education, and he remained on his father's farm in Cadiz Township until the year 1904, when he returned to Nottingham Township, which

has since continued the stage of his successful activities as an agriculturalist and stock-grower, his farm comprising 102 acres of fertile and productive land and the place being kept at high standard under his vigorous management. He is a republican in political allegiance, and he and his wife hold membership in the Chris- tian Church at Minksville.

On the 9th of December, 1911, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Carson to Miss Julia L. Fulton, who was born and reared in Nottingham Township and who is a representative of a well known pioneer family of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Carson have no children. Mrs. Carson is a daughter of Ellis and Isabel (Mallernee) Ful- ton, both likewise natives of Harrison County. Ellis Fulton was born in Nottingham Township on the 18th of May, 1849, and is a son of Wil- liam and Elizabeth (Pugh) Fulton, the former of whom was born in Chester County, Pennsyl- vania, and the latter was born in Nottingham Township, Harrison County, Ohio, where her father, David Pugh, was a pioneer settler. William Fulton was a son of Philip Fulton, who came from the old Keystone State to eastern Ohio In the early pioneer days. He and his son William, who was then a boy, walked from Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, to Notting- ham Township, Harrison County, and with the axes which they carried on the trip they felled trees and prepared the logs for the erection of the cabin that was here to serve as the family domicile. After the primitive dwelling was made ready for occupancy the father and son re- turned to Steubenville, and shortly afterward the entire family came to the new home in the midst of the wilds of Nottingham Township, where was vigorously carried forward the de- velopment of the land that has remained in possession of the Fulton family during the long intervening years and which continued to be the home of Philip Fulton and his wife until they passed from the stage of life's mortal en- deavors. Their children were ten in number- Philip, Alexander, William, John, Jane, Julia, Eliza, Mary, Hannah and Sarah.

William Fulton grew to manhood on the pioneer farm and with the passing years be- came one of the substantial representatives of farm enterprise in Nottingham Township, where he accumulated a valuable landed estate of about 500 acres, and where he and his wife remained until their deaths. Mrs. Fulton was a member of the Christian Church. They be- came the parents of eight children: John C., William P., Alexander, Scott, Ellis, Hannah (died in early childhood), Rachel and Louisa. The sons William P. and Scott entered the Union army when the Civil war began, William P. having served as a member of the Ninety- eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Scott was likewise a member of an Ohio regiment, and was mortally wounded in the battle of Jones- boro, Georgia.

Ellis Fulton was reared and educated in Not- tingham Township, and in that township he has devoted his entire active career to farm enter- prise, his well improved rural estate comprising 450 acres of excellent land of his native town- ship. His wife is a daughter of the late Lewis

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C. and Lovina (McFadden) Mallernee, and they have five children: William E. married Miss Lulu Walker and they have two children- Myrtle and Howard. Lewis Craig Fulton first married Miss Rena Pugh, who is survived by two children-Vesta Gail and Roger Paul. Mrs. Fulton died in 1915, and for his second wife Lewis C. Fulton married Miss Nora Raber, the one child of this union being Harry Lewis. Julia is the wife of Lloyd L. Carson, of this review. Anna is the wife of George Cope. John married Miss Lulu Cope, and they have two children-Velma Belle and Ellis.

ALVIN O. FINICAL and his next older brother, James I., who is a bachelor, are associated in the ownership and management of a fine farm of 378 acres in Stock, Archer and Cadiz town- ships, Harrison County, and are representatives of a well known and highly honored pioneer family of the county, where their paternal grandfather established his residence nearly four score years ago.

Alvin O. Finical was born in Cadiz Township, Harrison County, December 24, 1869, and is a son of John and Martha (Irwin) Finical, whose marriage was here solemnized in April, 1856. John Finical passed away on the 4th of February, 1899, and his widow still remains on the old home farm. Her parents came to Har- rison County many years ago, and later became pioneer settlers in Iowa, where they passed the remainder of their lives.

John Finical was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, April 4, 1829, a son of Isaac and Margaret (Anderson) Finical, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania, of pioneer German stock, and the latter of whom was a daughter of Robert Anderson, of Washington County, Pennsylvania. His father, a native of Ireland, was a gallant soldier of the Continental line in the War of' the Revolution. Isaac Fini- cal came with his family to Harrison County, Ohio, in 1831, and here he continued his associa- tion with farm enterprise until his death, which occurred in Cadiz Township, when he was seventy-five years of age, his widow having passed away in 1885, at the venerable age of eighty-eight years. They became the parents of nine children: Eliza May (Mrs. William Spiker), Margaret (Mrs. Alexander Hender- son), Jane (Mrs. William Miller), Frances C. (Mrs. David Steward), Mary E. (Mrs. Calvin Rodgers), Rachel (died in childhood), Robert, John and Thomas.

John Finical was about two years old when the family home was established in Harrison County, where he was reared and educated under the conditions of the middle-pioneer period, and where as a young man he was for a number of years a successful teacher in the district schools. After his marriage he settled on the farm in Cadiz Township which continued as the stage of his activities during the re- mainder of his long, worthy and useful life, and he was the owner of 378 acres at the time of his death. Mr. Finical was a staunch aboli- tionist in the period leading up to the Civil war, and was allied with the republican party from the time of its organization until the close

of his life. His widow still survives him, as previously noted, as do also five of their ten children : Milton Beecher Finical is a resident of the State of Kansas; Lizzie Margaret, who became the wife of John P. Ross; William H., who resided in the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- vania ; Thomas A., who was a resident of the State of Kansas, are all deceased; James I. and Alvin O. are associated in farm industry in their native county, as stated in the opening paragraph of this review; Martha V. married Ernest Carson; John died in 1905; Nellie V. married R. W. Reynard; and one child died in infancy. Mr. Finical was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,' as is also his widow.

The district schools of Cadiz Township afforded Alvin O. Finical his early educational advantages, and from his youth to the present time he has continued to be actively associated with farm industry in his native township, his removal to his present farm having occurred shortly after his marriage, this being one of the well improved and ably managed farm prop- erties of Cadiz Township. He is a republican in political allegiance,' takes a lively interest in community affair's as 'a loyal and public- spirited citizen, and he and his wife hold mem- bership in Asbury Chapel, Methodist Episcopal, in their home township.

On the 17th of December, 1891, was solemn- ized the marriage of Mr. Finical to Miss Olive V. Adams, who was born in Stock Township, Harrison County, October 18, 1871, a daughter of John F. and Amanda (Barger) Adams, and they have five children-Dora D., J. Clark, Ross A., Clara Isabel and T. Nelson. Dora D. is now the wife of Clyde Ramsey, of Dennison, Ohio. Ross A. is one of the sterling young patriots who entered the nation's service when America became involved in the great World war. In September, 1917, he went forth with the first party of young men from Harrison County and was assigned to membership in the Three Hundred and Thirty-second United States Infantry, at Camp Sherman, this regiment be- ing a part of the Eighty-third Division. Within a short time he was transferred to the Veteri- nary Corps of this division, and on the 29th of June, 1918, he landed in France. There he continued in active service until the signing of the historic armistice, when he went with his command into Belgium, later being for a time in Luxemburg, and thereafter being as- signed to service with the Army of Occupation in German. In November, 1919, he returned to the United States, and after his discharge from the army returned to the home farm.

JOSEPH B. DUNLAP, of Cadiz Township, was born October 28, 1864, in Athens Township. He is a son of Hugh P. Dunlap and has the same lineal descent as R. K. Dunlap, whose sketch has already been written for the Carroll and Harrison Counties History. His education was secured in the Cadiz Township Public Schools, and his life activity has been agricul- ture.

On September 30, 1906, Mr. Dunlap married Mary Thompson, sister of Emmett Thompson,

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and her genealogy appears in this work. Her death occurred September 5, 1920. Her home was the Thompson family homestead, where the Thompson relatives have lived for more than a century. Agriculture and the live stock in- dustry claim the attention of Mr. Dunlap.

D. W. KAIL, one of the progressive farmers of Rumley Township, and superintendent of the Rumley Township roads, is a man who has de- voted a large amount of his time and energies to public matters, and is responsible for many of the improvements of this region. He was born in Rumley Township, November 6, 1857, a son of Hance W. and Elizabeth ( Bricker) Kail, and grandson of Jacob Kail. one of the pioneers of German Township. The children of Jacob Kail were as follows: Samuel. Fred, George, Enoch, John, Hance W., Lovina and Lucinda.

Hance W. Kail was born in German Town- ship, March 11, 1828, and his wife was born in the same township, a daughter of Henry and Mary (Smith) Bricker. Henry Bricker was an- other of the pioneers of German Township. and his children were as follows: Lucinda, Eliza- beth, Julia, Enoch and George, the last named giving up his life in defense of the Union dur- ing the war between the states. Hance W. Kail was one of the successful farmers of Rumley Township, to which he moved in young man- hood, and which he made his home until his death, September 20, 1917. Mrs. Kail is also deceased. They belonged to the United Breth- ren Church. The children born to Hance W. Kail and his wife were as follows: George, D. W., Heba, John, Mary and Ida.

D. W. Kail attended the country schools of his native township, and from childhood was engaged in farm work. During his young man- hood he began farming, and he was also for ten or twelve years engaged in operating a threshing machine. Until 1914 he was actively occupied with farming, but since then he has lived adjoining the corporation of Jewett, but still holds his farm of 102 acres of valuable land. For the past five years he has been su- perintendent of the roads of Rumley Township, and also does much work for the county, par- ticularly in the building of bridges. He has been quite important politically and has held the offices of assessor of Rumley Township, and that of constable, being in the latter for twenty years.

D. W. Kail was married to Amanda Cogan, a daughter of Joseph and Lea Cogan, of Perry Township, Carroll County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Kail became the parents of the following chil- dren : William, who is deceased; Bertha, who married John A. Shambaugh; Jessie, who mar- ried S. M. Shambaugh, and has the following children, Wilma, Harry, Merrill and Arthur ; Charles, who married Maude Pratt; Asa. who married Effie Heidy; Grover, who married a Miss Wood; and Perry, who is also married. Mr. and Mrs. Kail are members of the United Brethren Church of Rumley. Having spent his life in Rumley Township, it is but natural that Mr. Kail's interest in it should be strong or that he takes a pride in the work he has been

able to accomplish in its behalf. A friend to good roads, he has done much to bring about the improvement of those under his supervision, and has plans for further development along the lines already followed.

ARTHUR L. PURVIANCE is one of the live busi- ness men of Harrison County, who is engaged in merchandising at Jewett, and the policies he is pursuing are such as to win for him the confidence of his community and the respect of his competitors. Mr. Purviance was born in Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, December 5, 1883, a son of William Purviance, and a grandson of Nathan Purviance, a farmer of Smithfield Township during the earlier days of Jefferson County.

William Purviance was born in Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, and there he was married to Nancy Polen, born at East Spring- field, Jefferson County, Ohio, a daughter of Peter and Anna Maria (Graham) Polen. After being engaged in farming in Smithfield Town- ship for a time William Purviance moved to Salem Township, the same county, and is still living on his farm. He and his wife became the parents of the following children: Arthur L., Walter, Edward, Harry, Frank, Lucy, Paul, Earl and Pearl. The family are all members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

The maternal great-grandfather of Arthur L. Purviance, William Polen, came from Virginia to Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1828. His wife bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Peg. One of their sons, Peter Polen, became the maternal grandfather of Arthur L. Purviance, and he was born in Virginia March 28, 1822, and died January 21, 1901. His wife was born November 27, 1829, and died May 5, 1911. Prior to his marriage Peter Polen began farming in Salem Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and con- tinued his farming operations in that township the remainder of his life. Peter Polen and his wife had the following children: James R., Mary, Daniel, Edgar (who died at the age of twenty-six years), William, Lucinda, George, Nancy (mother of Arthur L. Purviance), Ruth, Sarah Rosetta and Rosie (twins who died at the age of three months), Charles and Luther. Like the Purviance family the Polens all be- longed to the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Arthur L. Purviance not only attended the schools of his district, but took a commercial course in a business college at Steubenville, Ohio. In 1908 he established a general store at Jewett, and has since been engaged in conduct- ing his business, expanding with each year in a normal and healthy manner as a result of his good management.

In 1908 Mr. Purviance was married to Grace M. Johnson, a daughter of J. B. Johnson, and they have one son, William J. Mr. and Mrs. Purviance belong to the Presbyterian Church of Jewett and he is on its official board. Mr. Purviance is a Mason and belongs to Scio Lodge A. F. & A. M.

GEORGE S. SHULTZ, who is one of the vital and successful representatives of farm industry in North Township. Harrison County, bears the full patronymic of his grandfather, George S.

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Shultz, Sr., who was one of the sterling citizens and honored pioneer settlers of this county, where he continued his association with agri- cultural pursuits until his death. His wife was a member of the well known Hoobler family, which likewise has pioneer distinction in this part of the Buckeye State.

He whose name initiates this review was born at New Rumley in Rumley Township, Har- rison County, October 26, 1871, and is a son of George W. and Rosanna (Lyle) Shultz, the for- mer of whom was born in German Township and the latter in Rumley Township, this county, a daughter of William and Jane (Lewis) Lyle. George W. Shultz was yet a boy when he in- itiated an apprenticeship to the trade of wagon- maker, in which he became a skilled workman, his three years' apprenticeship having been served in Carroll County. Thereafter he en- gaged in the work of his trade at New Rumley, Harrison County, and in 1862 he left his wife and their three children to tender his aid in defense of the Union. He thus subordinated his personal interests to the call of patriotism. enlisting in the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served two years and eleven months, or until the close of the Civil war. He participated in the many engagements in which his gallant command was involved, including the historic battle of the Wilderness, the battle of Cold Harbor and the siege of Petersburg. After having thus made a valiant record as a loyal soldier Mr. Shultz returned home and resumed the work of his trade at New Rumley. Later he turned his attention to the carpenter's trade, in which he long controlled a prosperous business, and he continued his residence at New Rumley until his death, at the age of seventy-five years, his wife having passed away when about eighty- three years of age and both having been earn- est members of the United Brethren Church, while he was affiliated with the Grand Army of the Republic. Arthur L., the eldest of the chil- dren, married Miss Margaret Donaldson, and was sixty years of age at the time of his death; John W. married Lydia Slutz, who is deceased, and he maintains his home in Canton, Ohio; Mary J. died when about fifty-nine years of age; and George S., of this sketch, is the young- est of the number.

The public schools of New Rumley afforded George S. Shultz his early educational advan- tages, and as a youth he began working with his father at the carpenter's trade, to which, as a competent artisan, he continued to devote his attention until 1900, when he became a farmer in Archer Township. His wife died the fol- lowing year, and he then removed from the farm to New Rumley, his former home, and in December, 1902, he contracted a second mar- riage. For the ensuing four years he was en- gaged in farm enterprise in Stark County, and since that time North Township, Harrison County, has been the stage of his progressive activities as an agriculturist and stock-raiser, his present farm, which he purchased in 1919. comprising 102 acres. His political support is given to the republican party, and he and his

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History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 39

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