History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 43

Author: H. J. Eckley, William T. Perry
Publication date: 1921
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mon schools of the locality afforded him his youthful education, and he continued to follow the work of his trade for twenty years, after which he gave his attention principally to the management of his farm in Brown Township, but still retained his residence at Malvern. In this village he has owned and improved various town lots, and has erected and sold a number of houses of good grade. He still gives a general supervision to his farm of fifty acres in Brown township, as does he also to the well improved farm of 100 acres owned by his son Lee, of this review, in the same township. Like his father, Mr. Klotz is a staunch democrat in political adherency, and he served one term as mayor of Malvern. He and his wife are active communi- cants of the Lutheran Church in this village.

On the 16th of June, 1870, was solemnized the marriage of George Klotz to Miss Elida Scott, daughter of Thomas and Harriet ( Weaver) Scott, the former of whom was born in Carroll County, July 18, 1818, a representative of one of the prominent pioneer families of the county, and the latter of whom was born August 10, 1819. Thomas Scott bore the full patronymic of his father, Thomas, Sr., who was born in Scot- land and whose wife, Martha (Harrman) Scott, was a native of Ireland. Thomas Scott, Sr., was a young man when he came to America and established his home in Ohio, where his mar- riage was solemnized, and he and his wife soon afterward established their home on a pioneer farm in Carroll County, where he died at the untimely age of twenty-eight years, leav- ing his young widow with three children: Oli- ver, Thomas, Jr., and Julia. Mrs. Scott later became the wife of Harrison Taylor, and of this union were born four children, Patterson, Will- iam, Martha and Sarah. After the death of her second husband she became the wife of Isaac Reed, and their children were three in number, John, Elizabeth and Catherine. Mrs. Reed was a resident of Warsaw, Coshocton County, at the time of her death in 1875.

Thomas Scott, Jr., was reared under the con- ditions of the pioneer days in Carroll County, and that he made good use of his early educa- tional advantages needs no further voucher than the statement that for the long period of fifty- six years he was a successful and popular teacher in the public schools of this section of Ohio and in Michigan, the closing period of his life having been passed at Coleman, Michi- gan, where his death occurred in 1894. His first wife died at Mineral City, Ohio, in 1863, and was survived by three children, Isabel, Le- ander and Elida. For his second wife Thomas Scott married Miss Mary Harsh, and of this union were born two children, Edwin and John.

Harriet (Weaver) Scott, maternal grand- mother of the subject of this sketch, was a daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Kees) Weaver, who were born and reared in Pennsyl- vania, where their marriage occurred and whence they came in an early day to Carroll County, Ohio, where Mr. Weaver took up an entire section of land near Harrisburg. He later sold this property and removed to Rose Town- ship, where he developed a good farm and where he passed the residue of his life, his widow

having been a resident of Findlay, this state, at the time of her death, and their children hav- ing been twelve in number: Adam, David, Cyn- thia, Mary, Daniel, Solomon, Elida, Rebecca, Margaret, Nicholas, Harriet and Jonathan, the last named having entered the ministry of the United Brethren Church, in which he was finally elevated to the position of bishop.

George and Elida (Scott) Klotz became the parents of four children: George Herman mar- ried Corinne Clark and they became the parents of three children, Isabel Blanche, Margaret El- len and Mary Lois. George H. Klotz is a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and at the time of this writing holds a pastoral charge at Canal Fulton, Ohio. Blanche is the wife of Frank Mick, of Minerva, Ohio, and they have two children, Albert and Bessie, the latter being the wife of Arthur Leyda, of Malvern, and their three children being Frank, Gertrude and Betty. Lee D. S. Klotz, immediate subject of this review, was the next in order of birth, and Harry died in infancy. Albert Mick, son of Frank and Blanche (Klotz) Mick, was one of Ohio's gallant young soldiers in the World war. He left home April 29, 1918, and in the following month crossed the Atlantic and be- came a member of the American Expeditionary Forces in France, where he served as head bugler in a regiment of heavy artillery. He remained abroad for some time after the sign- ing of the armistice and returned home on the 5th of June, 1919.

Lee Dell Scott Klotz continued his studies in the public schools of Malvern until he had com- pleted the curriculum of the high school, and thereafter he taught thirteen winter terms in the district schools with marked success. In the meanwhile he completed a course in civil engineering through the medium of a leading correspondence school, and thereafter he en- tered the service of the Whittaker Fireproofing Company at Malvern, an important industrial corporation now known as the Whittaker-Greer Fireproofing Company, and he is now the vigor- ous and efficient superintendent of the large and modern manufacturing plant of this com- pany, in connection with which he has shown marked technical and executive ability, as his official position and preferment clearly indicate. For two years he was associated in the opera- tion of a planing mill at Malvern, under the firm name of Buell & Klotz, and he finally sold his interest in the business to his partner. In politics he is found aligned as a loyal democrat, and he served seven years as mayor of Malvern, in which municipal office he gave a most re- sourceful and progressive administration. His civic loyalty has further been exemplified in his service as a member of the municipal water board and member of the board of education, the while he is essentially one of the most popu- lar citizens and business men of his native vil- lage, where he owns a beautiful, modern resi- dence on Main Street, this attractive home hav- ing been erected by him in 1907. Both he and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church.

On the 24th of December, 1900, was solemn- ized the marriage of Mr. Klotz to Miss Verda Olive Hemming, who was born in Augusta

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Township, Carroll County, on the 20th of Oc- tober, 1878, a daughter of George and Mary (Harsh) Hemming. Mr. and Mrs. Klotz have three sons: George Chester, who was born January 13, 1904, is a member of the class of 1923 in the Malvern High School ; Forrest Hen- ning, who was born December 10, 1905, is a member of the class of 1924 in the local high school; and Lee Dell Scott, Jr., was born Feb- ruary 28, 1918.

George W. Hemming, father of Mrs. Klotz, was born in Harrison Township, Carroll County, September 8, 1844, a son of Richard and Lydia ( Harsh) Hemming, both natives of Pennsyl- vania, where the former was born in Washing- ton County, March 18, 1823, he having been about eight years of age at the time when his parents came to what is now Carroll County, Ohio, in 1830, and settled in Harrison Town- ship. Richard Hemming was a son of Richard and Eleanor (Leggett) Hemming, the former having been born in the State of Maryland in 1787, a son of William and Sisson (Stephens) Hemming, whose marriage was there solemn- ized, the father having been a native of Eng- land and having become a resident of Wash- ington County, Pennsylvania, in 1796. There he remained until 1830, when he became one of the pioneers of Carroll County. Ohio, where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. Richard Hemming developed one of the excellent farms of Harrison Township, and there he died March 23, 1859, his widow passing away February 25, 1849, and both having been earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the while his political support was given to the democratic party. Their children were Mary, William, Eleanor. Richard, Jr., and Jesse. Richard Hemming, Jr., grandfather of Mrs. Klotz, was a boy at the time of the family removal to Carroll County, and he continued to reside on the old homestead farm, of which he became the owner, until his death, both he and his wife having been of venerable years when they passed to eternal rest and both hav- ing been earnest communicants of the Lutheran Church. Their marriage was recorded March 4, 1844, and they became the parents of nine children-George W., Sarah E., Elias R., Enoch N., Abraham H., Daniel W., Mary C., Clara M. and Julia A. Mrs. Hemming was a daughter of Elias and Sarah (Summers) Harsh, who were early settlers in Harrison Township, where they remained until their deaths.

George W. Hemming passed the period of his childhood and youth on the old home farm, a part of the large tract that had been obtained by his grandfather in the early days, and his educational advantages were those of the schools in Harrison Township. He became not only a successful farmer but also prominently identified with lumbering operations, as the owner of a saw mill. He gave his attention to the latter enterprise for fifteen years and for twenty-five years operated a threshing machine. In 1888 he engaged in the hardware business at Carrollton in company with his brother Enoch, but in 1890 he sold his interest in this business and resumed the operation of a saw mill. He passed one summer in the State of

Kansas and after his return to Carroll County was for three years engaged in brick manu- facturing at Carrollton. For the next two years he operated a saw mill, and he then engaged in the hardware business at. Malvern, where he also bought and sold feed. Later he was asso- ciated with F. E. Hoffee in the general mer- chandise business at Malvern, under the firm name of Hoffee, Hemming & Son, and he and Mr. Hoffee erected the three-story brick build- ing now containing the leading bank of Malvern and also a clothing and shoe store. In 1910 Mr. Hemming sold his interest in the business and property at Malvern and for two years thereafter he was superintendent of the Rich- ards Lumber Company in Upshur County, West Virginia. Later he became a successful real- estate dealer at Canton, Ohio, and since 1918 has lived virtually retired at Malvern. He is a democrat in politics and he and his wife are communicants of the Lutheran Church.

October 10, 1866, recorded the marriage of Mr. Hemming to Miss Mary E. Harsh, who was born in Augusta Township, Carroll County, January 28, 1849, a daughter of Abraham and Phoebe (Cook) Harsh, the former of whom was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Feb- ruary 23, 1815, and the latter of whom was born March 10, 1823. Abraham Harsh was a boy at the time of the family removal to Carroll County, and here he passed the remainder of his life. George W. and Mary E. Hemming became the parents of four children : Lillian is the wife of Charles Tellett, and they have one son, Shelby; Verda is the wife of Lee D. S. Klotz, the immediate subject of this sketch; Eva is the wife of Eli Elder, of Carroll County, and they have two children-Richard and Mary Elizabeth. Richard Perry, the second and only son, is now engaged in the real-estate business at Carrollton. He married Rose Downs, of Rose township, and they have three children-Vivian, Gwendolyn and Mary Ellen.

JOHN C. PATTON. The Patton family is one of the old ones of Harrison County, dating back as it does in this neighborhood to August, 1817, when the farm now owned by John C. Patton of Rumley Township was entered from the Gov- ernment by his grandfather, Joseph Patton, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Harrison County for the purpose of acquiring land. Hav- ing entered his farm, he began to develop it and lived on it the remainder of his life. His wife, Sarah (Burns) Patton, was also born in Pennsylvania, and they had the following chil- dren : Margaret, Sarah, Anna, Mary, Cynthia, John, Joseph, Mckinney, James and David. They were all Presbyterians.

On the maternal side John C. Patton belongs to the Rutan family, as his mother was Sarah A. Rutan. She was born in Louden Township, Carroll County, Ohio, a daughter of Daniel and Margaret (Carr) Rutan, and a granddaughter of Peter Rutan and his wife, Elizabeth (McAl- rath) Rutan, whose children were: Joel, John, David, Alexander, Daniel and Isabel. Of these children Daniel Rutan was the father of Mrs. Patton, and' both he and his wife were born in Ireland, but he traced his ancestry back

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to France, from which his people were driven at the time of the terrible persecutions of the Huguenots. For many years Daniel Rutan was engaged in farming in Louden Township, Car- roll County, Ohio. During the war between the states his house was one of the stations of the "I'nderground Railroad," as he was an ardent abolitionist.

David Patton spent his entire life on his farm of 180 acres, where he was born in September, 1823. and where he died in 1892. His widow survived him many years, not passing away until in April, 1918. Their children were as follows: Margaret, who was born in 1856, mar- ried Samuel Thompson and died in 1887, leaving two children, David P. and Forrest Scott: Sam- uel R., who was born in October, 1857, married Laura Finicum, and has two children, Jesse Raymond and Samuel Willard; and John C., who was born on his present farm July 15, 1865. Both David Patton and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church.

John C. Patton was educated in the district schools of Rumley Township, and while he was receiving his scholarship training he was also learning how to conduct the farm which he now owns. Here he lived until the spring of 1900, when he moved to Jewett and made it his home until April, 1907, when he returned to the farm. For a year while living at Jewett he was engaged in conducting a mill. His farm now comprises 202 acres of very valuable land, and he is carrying on a general farming and stock-raising business on it, and is making a great success of his undertaking, for he is a practical agriculturalist and knows how to make his efforts count for much. In 1896 he was elected one of the commissioners of Har- rison County, and held the office until 1903, discharging its obligations faithfully and well.

In April. 1892, Mr. Patton was united in mar- riage with Mary Jones, a daughter of John and Sarah (Naylor) Jones, of Wayne Township, Jefferson County. Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Patton became the parents of the following children : Oma, who graduated from the Jewett High School and the Ohio University at Athens, Ohio; and George O., who is a graduate of the Scio, Ohio, High School.

The Patton homestead has not only been in the possession of the Pattons since 1817, but there has never been any incumbrance upon it. and each owner has done his part to in- crease its value, so that it is now admittedly one of the best rural properties in this part of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Patton are very well known and universally liked, and they and their children are numbered among the valued members of the Presbyterian Church at Jewett.

WILLIAM L. FINICUM, who is engaged in a mercantile business at New Rumley, is one of the substantial men of Harrison County, and belongs to one of its old-established families. He was born in Rumley Township June 25, 1847, a son of Nicholas P. T. and Margaret ( Leas) Finicum, and grandson of William Finicum, who was a native of England.

Many years ago William Finicum came with his wife, Avis, and their four children to the

United States and first located in Pennsylvania, but later moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, where he lived until the close of his life. The children of William Finicum were as follows: David, Thomas. William, Mark, Nicholas P. T. and several daughters whose names are not known.

Nicholas P. T. Finicum was born at Amster- dam, Ohio, and his wife was born in Jefferson County. Ohio, a daughter of Jacob and Eliza- beth (Zimmerman) Leas. Jacob Leas was born in Germany. from whence he came to the United States in 1810 and located on a farm in Jeffer- son County, Ohio, which property is now owned by a grandson. Jacob Leas has the following children : Leonard, Jacob, William, Eliza, Maria, Sophia and Margaret. The Leas family all be- longed to the German Lutheran Church. but later on in life some of the children affiliated with the Presbyterian denomination.

In 1838 Nicholas P. T. Finicum came to Rum- ley Township, and this date marks the founding of the family in Harrison County. He located on the farm now owned by C. Gotshall, and it continued to be his home until his death in 1881. His wife passed away in 1876. The chil- dren of Nicholas P. T. Finicum were as follows: Eliza, William L., Jacob and Erzilla. Both Mr. and Mrs. Finicum were steadfast in their sup- port of the faith of the Lutheran Church and were members of it for many years.

William L. Finicum made the best of the ad- vantages afforded him by the schools of his district, and laid the foundation of a practical education. He continued to work on the home- stead until he was twenty-five years old, and at that time went to West Virginia and spent eighteen months there. Returning to New Rum- ley Township after his trip he went into the mercantile business, and has conducted a gen- eral store at this point ever since, building up during the intervening years a dependable trade in the surrounding country. He has a small farm near New Rumley, and is interested in operating it in addition to caring for his store.

In 1869 Mr. Finicum was united in marriage with Margaret Shambaugh, a daughter of Philip Shambaugh, and they have the following chil- dren : Samuel K., who married Hattie Ott and lives at Canton, Ohio; Edward W., who married Della Arbaugh, has two children, Mildred May and Mary Margaret, is in business with his father and for the past ten years has been postmaster of New Rumley ; Clarence L., who married Edith Richley, has one child, William L .. and lives at Sewickley. Pennsylvania; and Harry P., who married Philus Crawford, lives at Indiana, Pennsylvania. The Methodist Epis- copal Church of New Rumley holds the mem- bership of both Mr. Finicum and his wife, and he has served it for a number of years as one of its trustees. Mr. Finicum is a Mason and belongs to the Blue Lodge of Scio, Ohio. Aside from holding the office of trustee of Rumley Township he has not entered public life, but he is regarded as an authority upon many sub- jects and those appreciating his good common sense and mature judgment often go to him for advice and seldom regret taking it, for his

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ideas are excellent ones, and he knows human nature and the motives which actuate men.

DAVID T. BARRICKLOW may well take satisfac- tion in the fact that in Cadiz Township, Harri- son County, he is well upholding the industrial and civic prestige of a name which has here been prominently identified with farm enter- prise for many years, both his father and his uncle, Henry Barricklow, having been numbered among the leading exponents of farm industry in this township, and the present finely im- proved farm of the subject of this review having been bequeathed to him by the uncle just men- tioned.

David T. Barricklow was born on his father's old homestead farm in Cadiz Township Janu- ary 19, 1879, and is a son of John D. and Mary (Dunlap) Barricklow. John D. Barricklow continued to give his personal supervision to his farm until 1906, when he removed from the place to the village of Flushing, Belmont County, where he and his wife have an attrac- tive home. He still retains ownership of his farm and takes pride in keeping it up to the best modern standard in all departments.

John D. Barricklow was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, November 6, 1828, a son of Frederick and Nancy (Dugan) Barricklow, whose marriage was solemnized in 1826, the latter having been a daughter of John and Catherine (McClelland) Dugan. Frederick Barricklow was born in New Jersey, a son of Henry Barricklow, and the genealogy of the family is traced back to Holland origin. As a young man Frederick Barricklow removed to Pennsylvania, where his marriage occurred, and thereafter he resided in Fayette County, that state, until 1832, when he came with his family to Harrison County, Ohio, where he purchased the farm later owned and occupied by his son John D. Frederick Barricklow here died in 1858, at the age of sixty-three years, and his widow survived him many years, her death hav- ing occurred October 17, 1881, when she was eighty-one years of age. They became the par- ents of five children-John D., Henry, Alex- ander, Margaret A. and George W.

John D. Barricklow was reared to manhood on the old home farm, where he remained until 1859, when he made an extended tour through various western states. In 1863 he returned to Cadiz Township and resumed his active associa- tion with farm industry. Soon after his return be here married Miss Mary Dunlap, daughter of Adam and Mary (Thompson) Dunlap, and for ten years thereafter he was engaged in farming in Athens Township. In 1871 he re- moved to his father's old home farm in Cadiz Township, and he added gradually to his hold- ings until at the present time his broad acres number 800, much of which is good coal land. Mr. and Mrs. Barricklow are zealous members of the Presbyterian Church, and his political allegiance is given to the democratic party. John D. and Mary Barricklow became the par- ents of nine children : Nancy Ellen (Mrs. John Ross), John A., Maggie A., Martha E. (de- ceased ), Frederick H., Carrie G., David T., Mary E. and Frank J.

David T. Barricklow was reared and edu- cated in Cadiz Township, and from his youth has been closely associated with farm industry in his native county. His fine farm of 182 acres lies adjacent to that of the county infirmary, and is one of the valuable rural estates of the county. His uncle Henry, to whom a tribute is given in following paragraphs, bequeathed to him this fine farm and was eighty-six years of age at the time of his death.

Mr. Barricklow has traveled about the coun- try extensively, visiting different states, and while in Minnesota he purchased land in the Red River Valley, which he still owns. In 1907 he was married to Pearl Lofton, and to them was born one son, John D., who was born Jan- uary 19, 1908. He resides with his father and attends the Cadiz schools. Mr. Barricklow has prospered in his business and is now one of the substantial men and taxpayers of the county. Besides his inheritance from his uncle, Henry Barricklow, he has accumulated considerable means and he has invested in high-class se- curities.

HENRY BARRICKLOW was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1829, and was one of the honored pioneer citizens of Harrison Coun- ty, Ohio, at the time of his death. He was a child of about three years at the time of the family removal from Pennsylvania to Harrison County, and here he was reared to manhood on the pioneer farm of his father in Cadiz Town- ship. In 1871 he settled on the farm now owned by his nephew, David T., where he made many improvements and where he continued to reside until his death. He was a man of ability and sterling character, and ever commanded the high regard of all who knew him. His political faith was that of the democratic party, and he and his wife held membership in the United Presbyterian Church. In October, 1878, Mr. Barricklow married Miss Mary Henderson, of Jefferson County, but no children were born of this union. Mrs. Barricklow died January 20, 1912. They had a deep affection for their nephew and heir, which affection was fully reciprocated.

SAMUEL K. MCLAUGHLIN was for many years actively identified with agricultural enterprise and the raising of live stock in Harrison County, where he improved one of the finest farms in Short Creek Township. He remained on this model rural estate until 1899, when he removed to Cadiz, where he now holds prece- dence as one of the buyers and shippers of wool in this section of his native state, the family name having been identified with Ohio history for more than a century.

John Mclaughlin, grandfather of him whose name introduces this review, came to Ohio in 1801, and in the following year he established the family home in Jefferson County. He had previously gained more than a usual amount of frontier experience, as he had served the Government as an Indian spy through the wild country between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Wheeling, West Virginia. He purchased a tract of heavily timbered land in the midst of the

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forest wilds of Jefferson County, and there in- stituted the reclamation and development of a pioneer farm, the land having been originally secured by his brother-in-law, John Johnson, at the rate of twelve and one-half cents an acre. Of this resourceful pioneer an interesting rec- ord has been previously published, and from the same is reproduced the following data, which is well worthy of perpetuation : "John Mclaughlin was a man of more than ordinary attainments for those days, and soon after com- ing to Ohlo he was elected a member of its Legislature, in which he served five years as a member of the House of Representatives. He was then elected to the State Senate, in which he served twelve years. In the Senate he was intimately associated with Gen. William Henry Harrison, John C. Wright and Charles Ham- mond. The sessions were first held at Zanes- ville, later at Chillicothe and finally at Colum- bus, which was made the permanent capital of the commonwealth., Mr. Mclaughlin was a member of the 'call session' of the Legislature in 1832 to settle the dispute relative to the boundary line between Ohio and Michigan. He was the founder of Adena, Jefferson County, securing the postoffice for that place and giving the village its name. At the time of his death he was an elder in the United Presbyterian Church and a member of the session of Piney Fork. He was for many years a justice of the peace, and, beyond all doubt, was during his active career the most prominent and influential man in his district. He was born in Washing- ton County, Pennsylvania, November 4, 1774, and died November 10. 1860, in his elghty- seventh year. About 1799 he married Miss Annie Johnson, who died June 6, 1849. Their children were thirteen in number."

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History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 43

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