History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 46

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

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Jobn Calvin Mallarnee gained his early edu- cation principally in the schools of Tuscarawas County, and remained at the parental home until he had attained to his legal majority. Thereafter he found employment at farm work, and after his marriage. in 1872, he rented a farm in Cadiz Township, Harrison County. where he remained six years. Thereafter he was similarly engaged one year in Moorefield township and the next year in Athens Township. He then, in 1880, purchased a farm in section 23. Nottingham Township. and here he re- mained as one of the progressive agriculturists and stock-growers of the township until his death. on the 12th of January. 1900. his widow passing away March 17. 1913. He became prominent as a grower of high-grade sheep, of which he had some of the finest in Nottingham Township. and on the old home farm his son George M., subject of this review, is well main- taining precedence in this special field of indus- trial enterprise. Mr. Mallarnee was originally a democrat, but when his convictions led him to oppose the liquor traffic he transferred his allegiance to the prohibition party, of whose cause he continued a staunch supporter until the close of his life. both be and his wife having been members of the Presbyterian Church.

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On the 25th of January, 1872, was solemnized the marriage of John C. Mallarnee to Miss Eleanor Mckibben, a daughter of George and Eleanor (Morrison) Mckibben, and she was about seventy-six years of age at the time of her death, in 1913. They became the parents of two children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the older and the one surviving. the younger son, John Calvin, Jr., having been born September 22, 1878, and having died April 21, 1884.

George Mckibben Mallarnee, as already noted, was four years old at the time the fam- ily home was established on his present farm, into ownership of which he came at the death of his parents. He early gained practical ex- perience in connection with the activities of the home farm, and thus was well fortified when he began his independent enterprise as an agriculturist and stock-grower on the old home place, which he has maintained at high standard and which comprises 160 acres of the excellent land of Nottingham Township. His early education was gained in the schools of this township, and has been effectively supple- mented by self-discipline and active association with the practical affairs of life. His political allegiance is given to the republican party, and he and his wife hold membership in the Pres- byterian Church at Deersville.

On the 14th of September, 1898. Mr. Mallar- nee wedded Miss Dessie Titus, who was born in Nottingham Township September 12, 1877. and who is a daughter of Marion and Louisa (Reynard) Titus, both likewise natives of this county, where the former was born August 17, 1854, and the latter on the 1st of November, 1857, in Franklin Township. Mr. Titus was one of the substantial farmers and honored citizens of Nottingham Township at the time of his death, in 1881, and his widow survived him by nearly a quarter of a century, her death occur- ring January 5, 1905. Both were active mem- bers of the Presbyterian Church at Deersville. Mrs. Mallarnee is their only child. Marion Ti- tus was the only child of Uriah and Sarah (Garner) Titus, sterling pioneer citizens of Harrison County. Uriah Titus was born Janu- ary 8, 1813, and died July 28, 1875; his wife was born November 25, 1817, and died January 4, 1907, when eighty-nine years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Mallarnee have six children :

Louella Gertrude, Wilma Frances, Walter Raymond, Ma- rion Calvin, Helen Virginia and Alice Geneva. Louella Gertrude was graduated from the Deers- ville High School, later attended Franklin Col- lege at New Athens, and has been a student also in the Ohio State Normal School at Athens, where she intends eventually to complete the full normal course, she being (in 1921) a suc- cessful and popular teacher in the district schools of Nottingham Township. Wilma Fran- ces, the second daughter, is a member of the class of 1921 in the high school at Freeport.

LEWIS E. PERKINS, a dependable merchant and public-spirited citizen of Freeport, is a man who has won his present high standing through his own honorable methods. He was born in Belmont County, Ohio, April 8, 1860, a son of

Stephen and Mary E. (Denny) Perkins, and grandson of Jacob and Sarah (Taylor) Per- kins, the last two being natives of Belmont County, where Jacob Perkins was born in 1804. He was a farmer of Flushing Township, that county, but about 1876 moved to Guernsey County, Ohio, where he died in 1884. His wife passed away in 1872, before he left Belmont County. They had the following children : Nancy, David, Stephen, Lydia, Mary, Elizabeth, Jacob, Eli, Hannah, Eliza and Lewis. All were members of the Society of Friends and very fine people, noted for their integrity and up- rightness of life.

Stephen Perkins was also born in Belmont County, Ohio, February 23, 1839, and his wife was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, January 11, 1834. They were married August 24, 1854. She was a daughter of John N. and Rosanna (Tillman) Denny. For many years Stephen Perkins was a farmer of Flushing Township, Belmont County, where he died November 14, 1898, his wife surviving him until January 12, 1910. when she, too, passed away. The chil- dren born to them were as follows: John N., Francis T., Lewis E., Rosanna (deceased), George E., Mary E. and Armintha E ..

Like the majority of the farmer's sons of his day and neighborhood Lewis E. Perkins alter- nated attending the district schools with agri- cultural labor and learned to be a practical farmer, but did not take to this calling and when a young man became a clerk in a store in Belmont County owned by Isaac Holloway. In 1892 Mr. Perkins moved to Harrison County, and for ten years was a clerk for Goodman, Hibbs & Company at Piedmont, but left that firm, bought a store at Deersville, Ohio, and conducted it for two years. In 1907 he opened a general store at Freeport, where he has re- mained in business, and his eldest son, Law- rence E. Perkins is now associated with him. This store is first class in every respect and a nice business is carried on with the people of Freeport and the surrounding country.

On November 6, 1884, Mr. Perkins was mar- ried to Miss Alice B. Murphy, a daughter of James A. and Lucretia G. (Tracy) Murphy. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins became the parents of the following children: Lawrence E., who was born October 5, 1885, married Blanche Pugh, and they live in Freeport, where he is in busi- ness with his father. Forrest L., who was born August 28, 1888, married Minnie Rowland, and their first child, Roland L., is deceased, but they have two others, Rodney L., who was born December 21, 1917, and Dorothy I .. who was born September 1. 1919. The family live at Wheeling, Ohio, where he has a civil service position. Fred J., who was born January 21, 1897, is a graduate of the Freeport High School. .He taught school for two years and then took the classical course at the University of Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1919 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and is now a stu- dent at the Western Reserve University of Law at Cleveland, Oblo, and belongs to the law firm of Pfieffer & Fults of Cleveland. During the great war Mr. Perkins entered the service,

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but was discharged soon thereafter on account of heart disability.

JOHN MAHOLM SHARON. Among the repre- sentative men of Harrison County is John M. Sharon. president of the Harrison National Bank of Cadiz, who has been identified with the banking history of this section of Ohio for .many years. He was born in Cadiz. July 16, 1849. the son of the late Joseph and Eliza J. (Maholm) Sharon, and grandson of James Sha- ron. who was an early settler of Jefferson County. Ohio.

Joseph Sharon was born in Smithfield, Jeffer- son County, while his wife, Eliza J., was born in Harrison County, the daughter of John Ma- holm who came to Harrison County in 1804 or 1805. Joseph Sharon was educated in the com- mon schools and at Franklin College. He was admitted to the bar and entered the practice of law at Cadiz, continuing until 1874, when he went to California, and he died in that state in 1877. His widow died in Cadiz in 1882.

John M. Sharon was reared in Cadiz and was educated in the common schools and at Frank- lin College, and began his independent life as a clerk in a general store in Cadiz. He began his banking career in 1874 as teller in the Har- rison National Bank. In March, 1880, he was chosen cashier of that bank. and in 1910 was elected president. His identification with the Harrison National Bank extends over a period of forty-six years, and he has witnessed the growth of the institution into one of the lead- ing banks in Harrison County, in which growth he has been an important factor. As president of the bank Mr. Sharon is a member of the American and Ohio Banking Associations.

He was united in marriage in December. 1883. with Mary, the daughter of David and Laura ( Phillips) Cunningham. and to them have been born two sons, Fred and John C.

John C. Sharon is a graduate of the Cadiz High School, the Ohio State University and of Western Reserve University, of which latter he received the LL. B. degree with the class of 1914. He entered Camp Sherman in 1917 and on June 1, 1918. was commissioned a second lieu- tenant and sent to France and assigned to the Sixteenth Regiment, First Brigade of the First Division, and served at brigade headquarters until the armistice was signed. Returning to Cadiz, he resumed the practice of law. In April, 1917. he married Helen M. Krieger. of Columbus, Ohio. He has been the attorney for the Harrison National Bank since 1915. He is a member of Cadiz Lodge of Masons.

Fred Sharon was graduated from the Cadiz High School, spent three years at Washington and Jefferson College, and in 1909 entered the Harrison National Bank as teller. For the past three years he has been assistant cashier. In the fall of 1919 he married Bessie Barriclow of Cadiz. He is a member of the Cadiz Lodge of Masons.

JAMES J. KANE. It was on St. Valentine's day. 1850, that James J. Kane first took up his residence in Cadiz, his father before him being a native of the community. William Kane was

born in 1813, in Cadiz Township, and in 1838 he married Mary Gray, a daughter of Jeremiah and Abigail (Taylor) Gray, of Meigs County. The grandfather, James Kane, was a very early resident of Cadiz Township, and his children were James, William, Elizabeth, Martha and Margaret.

In an early day William Kane was a com- mon laborer in Cadiz, spending much time as a teamster, and as a young man he lived for a time in Steubenville. In 1846 he returned to Cadiz. His children were: Rebecca O., the wife of George Marple; Margaret; William H. H .: James J .: Mary Martha, who was the wife of William McGrew, both now deceased : Elizabeth P. is the widow of Fred Carman; and Jessie Lee Kane. The Kane family are Methodists. Miss Margaret Kane is the oldest living telegraph operator of the Western Union Telegraph system today, having spent forty years at the key board, and she is one of the very few pensioned operators.

As a young man James J. Kane learned the tanner's trade, and in 1877 he bought the Cadiz tannery, operating the business forty years. While he still owns the plant, it is no longer in operation. Along with running the tannery Mr. Kane has managed a farm and operated a coal bank which has been profitable to him. He is a great lover of horses and at one time and another he has owned some good ones. In re- cent years the horse fancier has turned his at- tention to other things because of the uncertain market for them.

On August 19, 1874, Mr. Kane married Ida McMillan, of Deersville, Harrison County. She is a daughter of R. N. McMillan. Their son. Henry Scott. married Bernice McCroba, and their children are Henry Scott. Jr .. and Berton McCroba Kane. They live in Carnegie, Penn- sylvania. Margaretta Kane is the wife of C. C. Pickering and lives in Cadiz. Their children are James and Anna.

Mrs. Kane died June 19, 1911. and on April 2. 1913. Mr. Kane married Florence, a daughter of George and Isabelle Brown. They are mem- bers of the Methodist Church in Cadiz.

ROPERT R. MOORE. a retired farmer and old soldier. is one of the most respected citizens of Harrison County, and is living in ease and com- fort at Freeport, although in former years he was very actively connected with extensive agri- cultural operations in this part of the state. He was born in Nottingham Township, Har- rison County, November 20, 1839, a son of Rob- ert A. Moore, and grandson of Robert Moore.

Robert Moore was born in Ireland in 1771 and died February 1. 1835. His wife. Mary (Arm- strong) Moore. was born in 1771, and died No- vember 22. 1831. In 1793 Robert Moore came to the United States, first settling in eastern Pennsylvania, but two years later he moved to Jefferson County. Ohio, ten miles west of Steu- benville, where the family spent several years, and then moved to Harrison County, Ohio. Here Robert Moore bought 160 acres of land in Moore- field Township, on a portion of section 13, and made it his homestead. His children were as follows: Samuel, who was born in Ireland in

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1793; and Robert A., John, William, Jane, Mar- garet and Mary, all of whom were born after the family had come to America. In religious faith Robert Moore was a Protestant, and he worshiped in the Union Church of his locality.

Robert A. Moore, father of Robert B. Moore, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1803, and died on his farm in Nottingham Township in September, 1877. His wife, Mary (Peacock) Moore, was born in Maryland September 19, 1803, and died September 7, 1864. She was a daughter of Neal Peacock. The children born to Robert A. Moore and his wife were as fol- lows: Mary Ann, Susanna, Eli P., William C., Eliza J., Robert B., Julia A., Thomas, and Hi- ram N., who died when small. Mrs. Moore also belonged to the Unlon Church of the neighbor- hood.

Robert B. Moore attended the district schools of Nottingham Township and was reared to a farm life. In the war between the states he es- poused the Union cause, and August 9, 1862, enlisted in Company C, Ninety-eighth Ohio Vol- unteer Infantry, and had a remarkable record, participating in the following engagements : Perryville, Kentucky, October 8, 1862; Grays- ville, Georgia, November 8, 1863; Buzzard Roost Gap, Georgia, May 8, 1864; Resaca, Georgia, May 13-16, 1864; Rome, Georgia, May 15, 1864; Dallas, Georgia, May 27 to June 4, 1864; Kene- saw Mountain, June 9-30, 1864; Kenesaw Moun- tain, general assault, June 27, 1864; Nickajack Creek, Georgia, July 2-5, 1864; Peach Tree Creek, Georgia, July 19-20, 1864; siege of At- lanta, Georgia, July 28 to September 2, 1864; Jonesboro, Georgia, August 31 to September 1, 1864; Bentonville. North Carolina, March 19-21, 1865, and he also was with General Sherman on his famous "March to the Sea" and in the Grand Review at Washington. He received his honorable discharge on June 1, 1865, having been in the same organization during all of his period of service.

At the expiration of his army service Mr. Moore returned to Harrison County and went on a farm in Nottingham Township. On Feb- ruary 12, 1873, he was united in marriage with Hannah H. Colvin, born in Freeport Township, September 16, 1852, a daughter of Samuel and Susanna (Sears) Colvin. Samuel Colvin was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Janu- ary 12, 1791, and his wife was born near Free- port, Ohio, May 1, 1820. He had been previ- ously married. to Dorcas Brown, and by her his children were as follows: Dorcas, Thomas, William, Rebecca, Turner G., and Catherine. His children by his second marriage were: Sam- uel, Lafayette, Harriet, Delight, Emma, all of whom are deceased; Hannah and Frank C., a minister of the Presbyterian Church residing at Columbus, Ohio. Samuel Colvin was a soldier of the War of 1812, and following its close he came to Harrison County, Ohio, from Pennsyl- vania, being one of the pioneers of the county and developing into a prosperous farmer and successful business man. For three years he served as a commissioner of Harrison County.

For the first five years after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Moore lived on a farm in Freeport

Township, but then moved to the old farm in Nottingham Township which continued to be their home until 1905, when they retired and came to Freeport. They have one daughter, Anna Maude, who married Edgar Snyder, of Freeport. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder have two chil- dren, Frances M. and Robert M. Mr. Moore belongs to the J. S. McCready Post, G. A. R., of Cadiz. Both he and his wife belong to the Presbyterian Church of Freeport, and have been active in promoting its good work. Like his father-in-law, Mr. Moore has served his county as a commissioner, his period of service being from 1884 until 1890. It would be diffi- cult to point out finer people than Mr. and Mrs. Moore, or ones more typical of the best element in this part of the state. During their pro- ductive years they worked hard, and now that they feel they can take life easier they occu- py themselves with benevolent enterprises and church work, and are held in the highest regard by all who know them.

J. BEECHER ROGERS made an excellent record in his administration as district manager for the Midland Mutual Life Insurance Company of Columbus, Ohio, with headquarters at Cadiz, and he developed for this corporation a sub- stantial and representative business in his as- signed district.

Mr. Rogers was born at Pali, now Newtown, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, April 14, 1869, and was a son of Joseph G. and Hannah M. (Car- son) Rogers, both natives of Nottingham Town- ship, Harrison County, Ohio, where the former was born March 20, 1831, and the latter June 23, 1836-dates that denote that the families were early settlers in this county. Warner and Eliza- beth Rogers, paternal grandparents of the sub- ject of this review, not only reclaimed a pio- neer farm in Nottingham Township, but the grandfather also owned and operated a grist mill on Brush Fork Creek. He and his wife were active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and their children were eight in num- ber: Joseph G., Nelson, William, Elijah, War- ner, Jr., Wesley, Pamelia and Hester Ann. Mrs. Hannah M. (Carson) Rogers was a daughter of Elijah and Margaret (Mahaffey) Carson, and the former's father, John Carson, was one of the very early settlers in Harrison County.

As a young man Joseph G. Rogers learned the shoemaker's trade, and to the same he de- voted his attention until 1854, when he yielded to the lure of the gold excitement in California and made his way to that state. He sailed from New York City to the Isthmus of Panama, across which he made his way on foot, and then proceeded by steamboat up the coast to California. He met with fair success in his quest for gold and continued his activities as a gold miner in California for six years. In 1860 he returned to the old home in Harrison County, and in 1862 he here wedded Miss Hannah M. Carson. Thereafter they resided about six years in Tuscarawas County, and they then estab- lished their home on a farm in Cadiz Township. Harrison County, where the father long con- tinued his successful activities as an agricul- turist and where he continued to reside until

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his death, November 22, 1905, his widow having passed to the life eternal on the 2d of June, 1917, and both having been earnest members of the Church of Christ. They are survived by four children : Iona M. is the wife of John Mor- ris, of Harrison County ; E. Carson has been for twenty years a resident of the city of Colum- bus, Ohio; J. Beecher, of this review, was the next in order of birth; and Lida M. is the wife of Charles Bowman, of Stark County.

J. Beecher Rogers was an infant at the time of his parents' return to Harrison County, where he was reared to manhood, early began to assist in the work of the home farm, and attended the district schools of Cadiz Township, a dis- cipline that was later supplemented by a course of study at Scio College. He put his scholastic acquirements to practical test by entering the pedagogic profession, and for eight years he was a successful teacher in the district schools -principally during the winter terms, during which period he took a business course at Scio College. Thereafter he was associated, as a partner of his father, in the operation of the home farm until the death of his father, in 1905, and he continued as manager of the place until 1911, when he removed to the city of Ca- diz and engaged in the insurance business as district manager for the Midland Mutual Life Insurance Company of Columbus, Ohio, and con- tinued so until his death on November 13, 1920. His political allegiance was given to the repub- lican party, and he and his wife hold member- ship in the Church of Christ.

June 21, 1894, recorded the marriage of Mr. Rogers to Miss Nannie E. Cope, daughter of Jacob and Amanda Cope, of Nottingham Town- ship, and to them were born two children : Alma Bernice, who was born June 11, 1895, is the wife of Harry C. Smith, of Monmouth, Illinois; and Celia Gregory, who was born May 22, 1906, is a student in the Cadiz public schools.

SAMUEL A. WEBB owns and resides upon a part of the fine old farm which figured as the place of his birth, has well upheld the honors of the family name, both as a loyal citizen and vigorous and successful farmer, and is a repre- sentative, in the fourth generation, of a family whose name has been worthily identified with the history of Harrison County for more than a century. Mr. Webb was born on his present farm, in Athens Township, Harrison County, on the 22d of November, 1873, and is a son of Jacob W. and Sarah (Dickerson) Webb, both likewise natives of Athens Township, Harrison County, where the respective families became established in the early pioneer days. Jacob W. Webb was born November 8, 1833, and vir- tually his entire life was passed on the old an- cestral farmstead which was the place of his birth and in the operation of which he became one of the substantial and influential exponents of agricultural and live stock industry in Har- rison County. He was reared on the conditions of the middle-pioneer period in the history of this section of the state, and here he lived and wrought to goodly ends until the close of his long and useful life, his death having occurred on the 21st of October, 1898. On the 18th of

October, 1860, was solemnized his marriage to Miss Sarah Dickerson, who was born September 24, 1835, and who survived him by nearly a decade, her death having occurred on the 8th of March, 1907. Mrs. Webb was a daughter of John and Eliza (McFadden) Dickerson, her father having been born in Harrison County on the 30th of August, 1809, a son of Joshua Dick- erson, who came from Pennsylvania to this county in 1800 and became the founder of one of the honored pioneer families of this section of the state. Jacob W. and Sarah (Dickerson) Webb became the parents of nine children : John (deceased), George, Emmet, Sherman, Clayton, Martha, Samuel A., Mary (deceased) and Grace (deceased). Mr. Webb was a democrat in po- litical allegiance, was influential in public af- fairs in his community, and both he and his wife were earnest members of the Presbyterian Church, earlier generations of the Webb family having been affiliated with the Society of Friends.

Jacob W. Webb was a son of John Webb, Sr., who was born at Bridgeport, Pennsylvania, Feb- ruary 5, 1806, a son of Jacob and Hannah (Kirk) Webb who married in Pennsylvania and who there remained until 1809, when they came to Ohio and settled on a tract of wild land in what is now Athens Township, Harrison County. The stone house erected on this pio- neer farm by Jacob Webb, Sr., is still standing and is one of the venerable landmarks of the county. Jacob Webb, Sr., reclaimed much of his land to cultivation and on the old homestead his death occurred in 1833, his widow having survived until 1858 and having been eighty- three years of age at the time of her death. They became the parents of twelve children : Sarah died unmarried; Esther became the wife of Joseph Huff; Edith married John Major; Hannah became the wife of Cyrus Holt; John, grandfather of Samuel A., of this sketch, was the next in order of birth; Mary married Rob- ert Eanos; Jacob died in Illinois; Ann became the wife of John Perrego; Ezekiel and Joseph remained in Athens Township until their death; Robert became a resident of Illinois; and Phoebe died at the age of seven years.

John Webb was reared on the frontier farm and with the passing years became one of the prominent farmers and influential citizens of Harrison County. November 11, 1830, recorded his marriage to Martha, daughter of Col. Jo- seph Holmes, of Short Creek Township, Har- rison County, where she was born January 8, 1811. John Webb remained actively associated with farm enterprise until the spring of 1885, when he and his wife removed to the village of New Athens, where his death occurred January 15. 1893, and that of his wife on the 9th of the following September. They became the parents of two children, Joseph and Jacob W., both now deceased. John Webb developed one of the fine farm properties of Harrison County, his estate having comprised more than 300 acres. He was a staunch democrat, and served as township supervisor and in other positions of local trust. He and his wife held membership in the Meth- odist Church at New Athens.

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History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 46

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