History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 49

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

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trustee of Cadiz Township. In November, 1916, he was elected a member of the Board of County Commissioners, the duties of which office he assumed in September, 1917, and in November, 1918, he was re-elected, his second term begin- ning in September, 1919, and his re-election in- dicating the high popular estimate placed upon his services in this important position. He is affiliated with the lodge of Free and Accepted Masons at Cadiz, and his son Joseph C. also holds membership in this lodge. as does he also in the Chapter of Royal Arch Masons at Bristol, Tennessee. Mr. Haverfield was reared in the Presbyterian faith but attends and supports Asbury Chapel, Methodist Episcopal, of which his wife is an active member.

Mr. Haverfield was united in marriage to Miss Mary McElroy, who likewise was born and reared in Harrison County, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Young) McElroy. Mr. and Mrs. Haverfield have had three children : Mabel Fay died at the age of six years; Joseph Craig, who is now engaged in the piano business at Cadiz, married Miss Elizabeth Metcalf, and they have three children-Sterling Wood, Joseph Craig, Jr., and Robert Metcalf; and Grace Elizabeth is the wife of Oliver Ruckstuhl, of Harrison County.

WILLIAM T. WILSON stages his progressive enterprise as an agriculturist and stock-grower on the fine old homestead farm in German Township, Harrison County, that figures as the place of his nativity. Here he was born on the 18th of December, 1876, a son of Robert D. and Sarah C. (Barnhouse) Wilson, the former of whom was born in Loudon Township, Carroll County, Ohio, April 9, 1842, and the latter in German Township, Harrison County, December 19, 1842, she being a daughter of William and Sallie (Kelly) Barnhouse. William Barnhouse was one of the representative pioneer farmers of German Township. The family name of his first wife was Beatty, and they became the par- ents of three children-John, William and Eliza. Of his marriage with Sallie Kelly were born three children-Nancy B., who became the wife of George M. Harrah; Sarah C., who is the mother of the subject of this sketch, and Clo- rinda Jane, who died in childhood.

Robert D. Wilson is a son of Rev. Thomas Wilson, who was born near Cannonsburg, Wash- ington County, Pennsylvania, and who became a pioneer clergyman of the United Presbyterian Church in eastern Ohio. He engaged also in farming in Loudon Township, Carroll County. whence he came in 1850 to Harrison County and purchased the farm now owned by his grandson. William T. Wilson, of this review. Here he remained until 1880, when he removed to Annapolis, Jefferson County, where he passed the remainder of his long, earnest and worthy life, secure in the high regard of all who had come within the compass of his be- nignant influence. He was the father of four children-James B. and Robert D., twins; Martha J., who first married James Wilson and after his death became the wife of David Ryder: and Ewing, who died from an attack of measles while serving as a Union soldier in the

Civil war, his older brothers likewise having been in service in that conflict for the preserva- tion of the Union.

Robert D. Wilson was a boy at the time when the family home was established on the farm in German Township, where he was reared to manhood, his educational advantages having been those offered in the common schools of the locality and period. On the 10th of May, 1864, he enlisted for one hundred days in an Ohio regiment that gave effective service in the Civil war. He participated in the battles of Snicker's Gap and Harper's Ferry, besides many skir- mishes and other minor engagements, and re- ceived his honorable discharge on the 10th of September, 1864. After the close of this patri- otic service he returned to the old home farm, and here he continued to hold secure prestige as one of the representative agriculturists and stock-growers of German Township until Octo- ber, 1915, when he retired and removed to Annapolis, Jefferson County, where he and his wife have since maintained their home, Miss Nannie J., the elder of their two children, being still with them, and William T .. the only son, remaining on the home farm.

William T. Wilson had no lack of youthful fellowship with the sturdy activities of the home farm, and in the meanwhile he profited by the advantages offered in the district schools of German Township. He continued his active alliance with the management of the old farm until 1903, in January of which year he went to Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, and took a cleri- cal position in the freight offices of the Pan- handle Railroad. There he remained until Sep- tember 21, 1915, when he returned to his native county and assumed the active supervision of the old home farm on which he was born. his parents removing to Annapolis in the following month. On the place he has since erected the commodious and attractive modern house which is his place of abode, and which is equipped with an individual electric-lighting system. He is the owner of a fine landed estate of 218 acres, and causes it to bear maximum tribute in both agricultural and live stock departments, as he is significantly energetic and progressive in his methods and policies. He and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian Church at An- napolis, as do also his parents, and his political support is given to the republican party.

On the 14th of January, 1903, Mr. Wilson . was united in marriage to Miss May Groves. daughter of Samuel and Mary E. (Copeland) Groves, of Jefferson County. and the names and respective birth dates of the three children of this union are here recorded, all of whom were born at Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania : Robert G., December -15, 1903: Oscar. February 3, 1907; and James Carl, December 12, 1908.

DAVID HOOBLER. The genius of success in connection with farm industry has been defi- nitely shown in the career of this venerable and honored native son of Harrison County, and he still maintains his home on the fine farm on which he was born in German Township. the date of his nativity having been January 5, 1835. He is a representative of an honored

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pioneer family of Ohio, his father, Michael Hoobler, having been born in Cumberland County, Maryland, and his mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Shultz, having been born at Harper's Ferry on the Potomac River, Virginia, the date of her birth having been October 8, 1794. She was a daughter of George and Elizabeth (Shoemaker) Shultz. George Shultz served as a patriot soldier in the War of the Revolution, and after its close he finally came to Harrison County, Ohio, in 1804, and became one of the very early settlers in what is now German Township. The first night after the family arrived at their future home, in the midst of the forest wilds, a bear paid an un- welcome visit to the little family group, the tracks of the animal having been in evidence the following morning, not only around the primitive log cabins but also the prints of its paws were to be seen on the window sill. Adam Hoobler, paternal grandfather of the sub- ' ject of this review, likewise became one of the early settlers in German Township, and the Shultz and Hoobler farms were among the first productive tracts developed in this now opulent section of the county.

As a young man Michael Hoobler established his home on a small farm in German Township, but he gave the major part of his time to his trade, that of shoemaker. His wife attained to the remarkable age of one hundred and two years, two months and twenty-nine days-a rec- ord of longevity that is said never to have been equaled by any other resident of Harrison County. On the one hundredth anniversary of her birth more than 1,800 persons assembled at the Hoobler home to pay tribute to this noble and venerable pioneer woman. Both she and her husband were devout members of the Ger- man Reformed Church. They became the par- ents of nine children-Susan (remained un- married until her death), Jacob, John, George, Rachel (never married), Samuel, Andrew and David, Mary Anna, who died in youth. Of the number only David, Andrew and Samuel are living in 1921.

David Hoobler early began to aid in the work . of the home farm, and the common schools of the locality and period afforded him his youth- ful education. His entire active career was marked by close association with the work and management of the farm which is now his place of residence and the ownership of which he re- tains. He is still alert and vigorous of mind and body, but the active management of the farm is now vested in their one surviving child. Kinney V., of whom more specific mention is given in later paragraphs. Mr. Hoobler has always shown loyal interest in community af- fairs, is a democrat in politics, has long been a zealous member of the Reformed Church at Germano, as was also his wife. Mrs. Hoobler died September 27, 1920.

In 1874 Mr. Hoobler was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Leavengood, who likewise was born and reared in Harrison County, and who was a daughter of the late Jacob and Catherine ( Miller) Leavengood. Mr. and Mrs. Hoobler became the parents of two children-Ira S. and

Kinney V. Ira S. was born October 15, 1875, and died October 9th of the following year.

Kinney V. Hoobler, the one surviving child of the honored subject of this review, was born February 23, 1883, and is indebted to the public schools of German Township for his early edu- cation. He has remained continuously on the old homestead farm which was the place of his birth and since 1906 he has had active manage- ment of the place in an independent way. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and he and his wife hold membership in the Reformed Church at Germano, in which he has served as a deacon.

On the 9th of November, 1904, was solemnized the marriage of Kinney V. Hoobler to Miss Ollie B. Narragon, daughter of Irvin and Christina E. (Barnhouse) Narragon, of German Town- ship, and the one child of this union is Howard E., who was born May 10, 1909.

NELSON T. HINES, who is one of the prosper- ous and representative farmers of Nottingham Township, Harrison County, was born in this township on the 27th of June, 1858, and is a scion of pioneer stock in this county on both the paternal and maternal sides, the names of both families having been long and worthily linked with the history of this favored section of the old Buckeye State. Mr. Hines is a son of Jehu W. and Jemima (Garner) Hines, both likewise natives of Nottingham Township, where the latter's parents, James and Keziah (Shannon) Garner, settled in the pioneer days, Mr. Garner having here improved one of the excellent farms of the early days, and both he and his wife having been active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Their children were eight in number : Harrison, Timothy, Eliza- beth, Jemima, George, Abbie Ann, Nelson H. and Theodore.

Jehu W. Hines was born in Nottingham Township in the year 1826, and here he held status as one of the substantial farmers of the county at the time of his death, April 28. 1863. He was a son of Joseph and Anna (Poulson) Hines, who were pioneers in Nottingham Town- ship, where they remained until their deaths and where the father reclaimed and developed an excellent farm. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hines became the parents of seven children-Rudolph, Kingley, Wesley, James, Jehu W., Nancy and Sarah Ann. Rudolph Hines, the founder of the family in Harrison County, was a son of John Hines, who came with his family to America in the colonial days from Germany. Rudolph Hines served as a soldier with the patriot forces in the War of the Revolution, and in 1814 came with his family to Ohio and settled in Harrison County, where he remained until his death, at the patriarchal age of ninety years. his children having been twelve in number. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Huff. was venerable in years at the time of her death.

Jehu W. and Jemima (Garner) Hines became the parents of two children, of whom the sub- ject of this review is the elder. the younger being Anna E., who is the wife of Wesley Hines, of Delaware County. Ohio. After the death of her first husband Mrs. Hines became the wife

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of Levi Mallarnee, of whom mention is made in family sketches on other pages of this volume, and both attained to advanced years, three chil- dren having been born of this union-James G., Edward L. and Ruth Jane.

Nelson T. Hines gained his early education in the district schools of Nottingham Township, and he was a lad of twelve years when he was taken into the home of his maternal grand- father, with whom he remained until he mar- ried and initiated his independent career as farmer in his native township, where he has been established as a progressive agriculturist and stock-grower since the year 1883 and where he owns in addition to his fine homestead place of 106 acres another excellent farm, comprising seventy-nine acres. He is a republican in po- litical allegiance, and he and his wife hold mem- bership in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Deersville.

On the 5th of September, 1883, was solemn- ized the marriage of Mr. Hines to Miss Har- riet S. Hefling, who was born in Washington Township, this county, and who is a daughter of Noah and Jane (Mccullough) Hefling. Mr. and Mrs. Hines became the parents of three children, the first, a daughter, having been born June 30, 1884, and having died the same day. Clarence Alexander, who resides in the City of Canton, Stark County, was born August 21, . 1886. He married Miss Fodie L. Stamm, and they have one child, Clarence N., born August 25, 1917. Ray Waterman Hines, the younger son, was born April 22, 1890, and he too re- sides in the City of Canton. He married Miss Hazel E. Stamm, and they have three children, whose names and respective dates of birth are here recorded : Maurine Estella, April 20, 1912; Robert Frank, November 28, 1914; and Ray N., March 28, 1918.

Noah Heffing, father of Mrs. Hines, was born in Washington Township, Harrison County, on the 2d of February, 1813, and he continued his residence in his native county until his death, on the 4th of December, 1886. He passed his entire active life as a farmer in Washington Township and was one of the substantial yeo- men and highly esteemed citizens of his native county. His first wife bore the maiden name of Martha Hearn, and they became the parents of four children, the youngest of whom, Mary, died in early childhood; John L. was born July 12, 1840; Louisa was born in December, 1841; and Joseph S. died while in service as a soldier of the Union in the Civil war. After the death of his first wife Noah Hefling married Miss Margaret Stewart, and they became the parents of three children-James, who was born in 1848, and who is now deceased; William S., who was born in 1850, and who is now a resi- dent of Corning, Iowa ; and Albert, who died in childhood. The second wife died, and the third marriage of Noah Heffing was with Mrs. Jane (Mccullough) Cunningham, widow of William Cunningham, to whom she bore four children- Mary Elizabeth, Emma Jane, Isabel Frances and Margaret Ellen. Mrs. Jane (Mccullough) Heffing was born July 6, 1821, and was eighty years of age at the time of her death. Noah and Jane Hefling became the parents of four

children, whose names and respective dates of birth are here made a matter of enduring rec- ord : Martha, July 18, 1858; Alexander, April 17, 1860; Harriet S. (wife of the subject of this review), December 22, 1862; and Alice, April 13, 1864.

Noah Heffing was a son of John and Louisi- ana (Stone) Heffing, the former of whom was born November 29, 1777, and the latter on the 19th of March, 1773, the names and birth-dates of their children being here noted: Fielding, December 26, 1799; Louisa, April 1, 1802; Kath- erine, March 15, 1805; John L., May 15, 1807; Wesley, November 20, 1809; and Lucy and Noah, twins, February 2, 1813.

JOHN A. DUTENHAVER, a young man of fine in- tellectual attainments and marked administra- tive ability, is proving himself one of the specially popular and successful representatives of the pedagogic profession in his native county and at the time of this writing is giving effec- tive service as principal of the public schools at Malvern, one of the attractive villages of Carroll County.

Mr. Dutenhaver was born in Brown Town- ship, Carroll County, on the 9th of December, 1889, and is a son of William and Elizabeth (Koontz) Dutenhaver, both likewise natives of this county, the father having been born in Rose Township, in 1850, and the mother in Brown Township, in 1857. William Dutenhaver was a son of John and Magdalene (Seips) Dutenhaver, who were natives of Germany and whose first place of abode in the United States was in Pennsylvania, whence they came in an early day to Carroll County, Ohio, and settled on a pioneer farm, in Rose Township, where they passed the remainder of their lives. Bene- dict and Dorothy (Mutchler) Koontz, maternal grandparents of the subject of this review, were born in Switzerland and Alsace, respectively, and their marriage was solemnized in Ohio, Mr. Koontz having been a young man when he immigrated to America and his wife having been a child when her parents came to this country. Mr. Koontz became a substantial farmer in Brown Township, Carroll County, where he and his wife passed the residue of their lives and where both died in the same year.

William Dutenhaver was reared to manhood on the old home farm of his father, in Rose Township, and was afforded the advantages of the schools of the locality and period. In addi- tion to gaining a full quota of youthful experi- ence in farm enterprise he also learned the shoemaker's trade, to which he devoted more or less attention for a number of years, though his primary vocation was that of farming, in connection with which he achieved a generous measure of success. After his marriage he pur- chased the old homestead, but about two years later he purchased and removed to one of the excellent farms in Brown Township. In 1889 he took possession of another farm, in the same township, and there he continued his well or- dered activities as an agriculturist and stock- grower until he was called from the stage of life's mortal endeavors, his death having oc-

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curred July 2, 1919. He was a man of fine character and worthy achievement, commanded unqualified popular esteem, was a democrat in his political proclivities, and was a zealous communicant of the Lutheran Church, as is also his widow, who remains on the home farm. He is survived by three children-Dorotha, Iva and John A. Dorotha is the wife of Charles W. Peters and they reside on a farm near Pekin, Carroll County, Iva and John remain with their widowed mother.

John A. Dutenhaver may well consider him- self fortunate that he was reared under the conditions and influences that mark progressive farm industry in this favored section of the Buckeye State. He attended the district schools of Brown Township and later was graduated in the high school at Malvern. Thereafter he at- tended the Mount Union Normal School and the academy at Wooster, and after this pre- liminary fortification he finally was matricu- lated in Wooster University, in which institu- tion he was graduated as a member of the class of 1916 and from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Science. After teaching two years in the district schools of Brown Town- ship Mr. Dutenhaver was for two years super- intendent of the public schools of East Sparta, Stark County, and in the year 1916, which marked his graduation in the university, he became a teacher in the public schools at Mal- vern, where he has held the office of principal since 1918, with a record of distinctive success along both academic and executive lines. He is earnest and progressive in his professional work, which was Interrupted when he responded to the call of patriotism and entered the na- tional service in connection with the World war. He entered the service on the 21st of June, 1918, and was assigned to Camp Sherman, where he received his preliminary training in military affairs and where he received promotion to the rank of.corporal. Later, by reason of his abil- ity as a scientist, he was assigned to the chemi- cal warfare service, at Edgewood Arsenal, Mary- land, where he continued in service until he received his honorable discharge January 3, 1919, whereupon he resumed his work in the village schools of Malvern. He is a staunch ad- vocate and supporter of the principles of the democratic party, is a communicant of the Lutheran Church, and his name is still enrolled on the list of eligible young bachelors in his native county.

JOSEPH C. BUTLER, who owns and conducts a well equipped furniture and undertaking estab- lishment in his native City of Carrollton, is a representative of a family whose name has been prominently and worthily associated with the history of Carroll County for more than a cen- tury, and on other pages of this publication, in the sketches of his older brothers, William F, and George J., appear adequate genealogical records, so that a repetition of the data is not demanded in the present connection.

Mr. Butler was born at Carrollton on the 18th of December, 1854, and here be acquired his early education in the public schools of the period. At the age of eighteen years he be-

came a clerk in the retail mercantile store of Isaac Crumrine, and in 1882 he here established himself in the furniture business, as an expon- ent of which he has since conducted one of the leading enterprises of the kind in Carroll County, the undertaking department of the busi- ness having been added in 1887 and its equip- ment throughout being of the most approved modern type. For the accommodation of his substantial business Mr. Butler utilizes a build- ing with a frontage of thirty-two feet and a depth of 132 feet.

Like other representatives of this well known family Mr. Butler is a staunch supporter of the principles of the republican party, but he has never consented to hold public office save that of a member of the City Council. In the Masonic fraternity his maximum York Rite affiliation is with the local Commandery of Knights Templar, and he has received the thirty-second degree of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, besides being affiliated with the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mys- tic Shrine. He has been an appreciative stu- dent of the history and teachings of this time- honored fraternity and has passed official chairs in various Masonic bodies with which he is identified. Mr. Butler has been a loyal supporter of the prohibition cause and both he and his wife are zealous members of the Pres- byterian Church in their home city.

In 1878 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Butler to Miss Cora Ebersole, daughter of the late John and Susanna (Hewitt) Ebersole, of Carrollton, and of this union have been born the following children : Cree is the wife of Sam- uel Pool, of Carrollton. Washington is associ- ated with his father's business. John was for a number of years a clerk in the local mercan- tile establishment of his uncle George J. Butler. The maiden name of his wife was Blanche Henry and their two children are Joseph and Edress, besides which they had a twin son and daughter who died in infancy. Florence, who was for some time employed in a newspaper office at Carrollton, later served as deputy clerk of the court and is now cashier in the Carroll- ton office of the American Railway Express. She married Charles E. Mills, an attorney of Akron, Ohio. Erma, who formerly held a clerk- ship in the Carrollton postoffice, besides having been a popular teacher in the schools of her native city. She now holds a position in the offices of the American Express Company of Carrollton.

JOHN T. HEISLER, JR. In the annals of Ger- man Township, Harrison County, the name of Heisler appears as one of significant promi- nence, for here the original representative of the family settled more than a century ago, when this section of the Buckeye State was vir- tually a forest wilderness. In successive gen- erations the members of this sterling family have here continued as vigorous and successful representatives of farm industry, and have stood exponent of high-minded and loyal citizen- ship.

John Thomas Heisler, Jr., named in honor of his uncle, the late John Thomas Heisler, to

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whom a memoir is dedicated on other pages of this volume, was born on the fine old homestead farm which he now owns and occupies in Ger- man township, and the date of his nativity was April 3, 1869. He is the elder of the two sur- viving children of William and Sarah (Maple) Heisler. The father was born on the old home- stead now owned by his son John T., Jr., in German Township, and the date of his birth was March 23, 1834. In 1868 William Heisler wedded Miss Sarah Maple, who was born in Rose Township, Jefferson County, in the year 1831, a daughter of Aaron Maple, who was a pioneer settler in that county. John Heisler, father of William, was born on the same an- cestral farm as was the son, and was a son of Henry and Catherine Heisler, who came from Pennsylvania and became very early settlers in German Township, where the father ob- tained large tracts of Government land and re- claimed a farm from the wilderness, he and his wife having here passed the residue of their lives. John Heisler was born July 6, 1806, and passed his entire life in German Township, where he likewise became a successful farmer, the closing period of his life having been spent on his farm of 160 acres, where both he and his wife died when well advanced in years. The maiden name of Mrs. John Heisler was Anna Maria Bear, and she was born October 29, 1809. They became the parents of eight children- Henry, Jacob, Susan, William. Elizabeth, John Thomas, Margaret and Lucinda.

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History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 49

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