History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 50

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

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William Heisler became the owner of a fine farm estate of 337 acres in German Township, and was one of the honored and influential citizens of this section of his native county, where both he and his wife remained until the close of their earnest and worthy lives. Their religious faith was that of the Lutheran Church. They became the parents of five children, of whom the two daughters died at birth. Of the two surviving, John T., of this review, is the elder, and the younger, Henry A., is individually mentioned elsewhere in this publication. James, the third son, died when about eighteen months of age.

The cultural advantages that came to John T. Heisler, Jr., in the period of his youth were those of the district schools of German Town- ship and those of Scio College at Scio, this county, and Harlem College at Harlem Springs, Carroll County. His excellent judgment has been shown in his continuous allegiance to the great basic industries under the influence of which he was reared and of which he has be- come a prominent representative in his native county, where he still resides upon the old homestead farm which was the place of his birth. Here he owns a fine tract of 100 acres, and he is the owner also of another farm of seventy-one acres in the same township. He takes loyal interest in community affairs. is a democrat in politics, and he served about five years as a member of the Board of Education of German Township. He is a communicant of the Lutheran Church and his wife was a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

April 30, 1895, recorded the marriage of Mr. Heisler to Miss Flora Ann Yeager, who was

born and reared in Carroll County, her birth occurring November 18, 1868. She was a daughter of Jacob and Emeline (Burrier) Yeager. Mrs. Heisler passed to the life eternal on the 26th of July, 1919, and she is survived by one child, Ethel May, who was born May 8, 1896, is the wife of Roy Kerr, and they reside with her father, Mr. Kerr being associated with the work and management of the farm. Earl Yeager, the second child of Mr. and Mrs. Heis- ler, was born June 26, 1898, and his death occurred February 18, 1911.

ALBERT C. POULSON. The personal character- istics and broad experience of Mr. Poulson have enabled him to achieve distinctive success in connection with farm enterprise in his native county and township, and he is now one of the venerable and influential citizens of the attrac- tive rural community which has represented his home from the time of his birth to the present, his farm being a well improved tract of eighty acres in Nottingham Township. In this town- ship Mr. Poulson was born on the 8th of April, 1847, and he is a scion of one of the county's sterling pioneer families. His paternal grand- parents. John and Susanna (Knight) Poulson, were natives of Maryland, where the former was born April 9, 1763, and the latter on the 16th of November, 1781, they having become early settlers in Nottingham Township, Harri- son County, where Mr. Poulson reclaimed a farm from the forest and where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. Names and dates of birth of their children are here recorded : Nelson, July 1, 1802: Matilda, December 5, 1805; Rachel, April 17. 1809: and Andrew, December 28, 1814. Andrew Poulson was born in Maryland and was young at the time of the family immigration to Ohio, where he was reared to manhood on the pioneer farm in Nottingham Township, in which township he continued his activities as a farmer during vir- tually his entire independent career. He was an upright man, loyal in all of the relations of citizenship, and was of venerable age at the time of his death, as was also his wife, both having been earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. As a young man Andrew Poulson wedded Miss Susannah Garner, who likewise was a native of the State of Maryland. and who was a daughter of Hezekiah and Sophia (Tippett) Garner. her parents having come from Maryland to Harrison County in the pioneer days and having passed the remainder of their lives in Nottingham Township. They became the parents of eleven children. namely : John, James, Julia, Mary, Elizabeth, Susannah, Amanda, Sarah, Edward, Thomas and Nelson. the last named having died when a young man. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Poulson became the par- ents of five children: John, who died when about seventy-four years of age; William, who died in August, 1920; Albert C., the immediate subject of this sketch; Amanda, the wife of Jasper Irons, of Moorefield Township, Harrison County ; and Hezekiah resides in Nottingham Township, more specific mention of him being offered in later paragraphs.

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The Hines District School in Nottingham Township gave to Albert C. Poulson his early educational advantages, and from his youth to the present time he has maintained close asso- ciation with agricultural and live-stock industry in his native township. His political alignment is in the ranks of the republican party, and his wife and daughter hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Deersville.

On the 4th of June, 1891, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Poulson to Miss Bertha Gran- ville, daughter of John and Martha ( Wheeler) Granville. John Granville, who was born in Franklin Township, Harrison County, became a skilled stonemason, followed his trade for a number of years at Scio, this county, and then removed to the village of Tappan. likewise in Harrison County, where he and his wife re- mained until their deaths, both having been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They became the parents of nine children : Clara (deceased), Mary, Anna, Jennie, Nettle, Bertha. Wilbur (deceased ), Blanche and Per- ley. Mr. and Mrs. Poulson have two children, both of whom remain at the parental home. Martha Blanche is the wife of Joseph Griffith, who is associated in the work and management of her father's farm, and they have one son, Joseph Cole. Harold, son of the subject of this sketch, as already noted, is a member of the parental home circle.

HEZEKIAHI G. POULSON, younger brother of Albert C. Poulson, subject of the preceding per- sonal sketch, likewise was born on the old homestead farm in Nottingham Township and is numbered among the prosperous farmers of this township. the date of his nativity having been March 7, 1851. and his youthful educa- tion having been obtained in the district schools. As a young man he assumed independent func- tions in connection with the activities of the old home farm, in the management of which he continued until 1901, when he removed to another farm not far distant. There he con- tinued his operations until 1912, when he re- moved to his present farm, which adjoins his father's old home place and which comprises 101 acres.

The year 1900 recorded the marriage of Mr. Poulson to Miss Anna B. Clark, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Locke) Clark, and the one child of this union is a daughter. Vivian L .. who was born September 25. 1904.

ISAAC S. COPE is to be ascribed the prestige of representative position as one of the sub- stantial agriculturists and stock-growers of Not- tingham Township, Harrison County. He is a native son of this township and is a scion of an honored pioneer family of the county. He was born in Nottingham Township on the 21st of . February, 1853, and is a son of Jacob and Martha Anna (Salisbury) Cope, whose marriage was solemnized May 10, 1847. Jacob Cope was born in Harrison County, November 7, 1822, and was a son of Samuel and Jane ( Moore) Cope. Samuel Cope was one of the sterling pioneers of Harrison County, where he passed the greater part of his life In Nottingham Township, and

here he reclaimed a productive farm from the forest wilds. April 11, 1810, recorded his mar- riage to Jane Moore, who was born May 20, 1792. and whose death occurred August 7, 1855. The names and respective birth pates of their children are here noted: Margaret, November 7, 1811 ; Thomas, January 18, 1814; David, June 17, 1816; Martha, August 3, 1818; Samuel, Au- gust 9, 1820; Jacob, November 7, 1822; Mary A .. October 27, 1824; Nancy J., September 27, 1828: Israel, May 8, 1830; and Robert C., De- cember 10, 1832. Samuel Cope was a son of David and Margaret (Brown) Cope, the latter having been a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Brown. The marriage of David Cope and Mar- garet Brown occurred on the 17th of July, 1777, and they became the parents of eight children- John, Elizabeth, Jacob, Grace, David, Caleb, Samuel and Nathan.

Jacob Cope, father of the subject of this re- view, was reared under the conditions of the pioneer days in Harrison County, and as a young man he was employed four years as a farm workman in Short Creek Township. In the early days he utilized a four-horse team in hauling wheat from Harrison County to Dover, Tuscarawas County. From Short Creek Town- ship he finally made his way to Illinois, in which state he remained four years, within which period his marriage was there solem- nized. Upon his return to Harrison County he engaged in farm enterprise in Nottingham Township, where he spent the great part of his life thereafter on the farm now owned by his son Isaac S., of this sketch. In 1847, as previously noted, was solemnized his marriage to Miss Martha Anna Salisbury, she having been born in Fulton County, Illinois, May 22, 1831, a daughter of Albert and Hopeful Salisbury, pioneer settlers of that county. where her fa- ther engaged in farming. The names and re- spective dates of birth of their children are here recorded : Rachel, February 7, 1848; Anna Eliza, November 21. 1849; Mary Jane, April 13, 1851; Isaac S., February 31, 1853; Sarah Margaret, June 12. 1856: Taylor Fremont. April 23, 1858; Philip Randolph, December 14. 1859; Jennison Lane: and Eva Almedia, who married J. C. Johnson, of Cadiz. After the death of his first wife Jacob Cope eventually married Ruth Amanda Rose, and they became the parents of seven children-Ida, Nannie, J. Osburne, Thomas B., Lucy M., Walter M. and Lyle. Both Mr. and Mrs. Cope were members of the Chris- tian Church, as was also the first wife.

Isaac S. Cope found his early youth diversi- fied by attending the district schools of his native township and assisting in the work of the home farm. He was a young man when he began independent operations as a farmer in Nottingham Township, where he has continued his active and successful association with agri- cultural and live-stock industry during the long intervening years. He is the owner of a well improved and valuable landed estate of more than 300 acres, and is one of the substantial and influential citizens of the community in which he has resided for the major part of his life. He is a republican in politics, and he served six years as township trustee, besides

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having been for an equal period a member of the School Board of his district. He and his wife hold membership in the Christian Church at Minksville.

In 1875 Mr. Cope was married to Miss Lydia Melissa Carson, who likewise is a native of Not- tingham Township and a representative of a well known pioneer family of Harrison County, she being a daughter of the late William and Elizabeth ( Wells) Carson. Mr. and Mrs. Cope have six children : William J. is the subject of an individual sketch following. in this vol- ume; Harry F. married Miss Elizabeth Compton and they reside in Nottingham Township; John H. wedded Miss Ada E. Wallace, and their home is in Nottingham Township; George F. married Miss Anna L. Fulton and they reside in New Philadelphia, Ohio: Lulu Olive is the wife of John Fulton, of Nottingham Township; and Etta Belle is the wife of Ralph M. Rose, of Nottingham Township, their one child being a son, Alfred Clyde.

WILLIAM J. COPE, who is now numbered among the progressive farmers of Stock Town- ship, Harrison County, was born in Nottingham Township, this county, February 14, 1876. and is the eldest of the children of Isaac S. Cope, in whose personal sketch preceding this is given adequate record concerning the family. William J. Cope is indebted to the district schools of his native township for his early education, and in that township he made his first essay into the domain of independent farm enterprise. In December, 1911, he re- moved to North Township, where he was en- gaged in farming for the ensuing five years, and in March, 1917, he removed to his present farm in Stock Township, where he is meeting with distinctive success in his vigorous and well directed activities as an agriculturist and stock- . raiser. He takes loyal interest in public affairs of a local order, is a republican in political allegiance and he and his wife hold member- ship in the Christian Church.

October 20, 1898, recorded the marriage of Mr. Cope to Miss Mary Margaret Rogers, daughter of Barrett and Harriett (Poulson) Rogers, of Nottingham Township, and of this union have been born nine children-James Glenn, John B., Harold S. (died in early child- hood), Wilbur Herman. Mary Olive, Nellie Mil- dred, Samuel Taylor, George William and Anna Florence.

RALPH M. HARDING has had the active man- agement of the hardware business established by his father in the village of Jewett, Harrison . County, since the death of his honored father in 1916, and is one of the progressive young business men and popular citizens of his native county. He was born in German Township, Harrison County. on the 13th of July, 1893, and is a son of John W. and Louisa (Helter) Harding, the former of whom was born in Loudon Township, Carroll County, Ohio, and the latter at Port Washington, Tuscarawas County. John W. Harding was reared and edu- cated in Carroll County, where his father, Philip Harding, was a prosperous farmer, and where

he himself became independently engaged in farm enterprise in his native township. From Carroll County he finally came to Harrison County and established himself in the hardware : business in the Village of Germano, German Township. There he continued in business un- til 1900, and the following year he passed at Jewett. He then removed to Scio, this county, where he established a prosperous furniture and undertaking business. He sold the stock and business three years later and then returned to Jewett, where he opened a well equipped hardware store, to the management of which he gave his attention until his death, on the 20th of May, 1916. His first wife died in 1904, and their only child was Ralph M., of this re- view. For his second wife Mr. Harding wedded Mrs. Addie Bond, who survives him. No chil- dren were born of this union.

In the public schools of Jewett Ralph M. Harding continued his studies until his gradu- ation in the high school, and he then became actively associated with the hardware business of his father, of which he has had the active management since the death of the latter and in connection with which he has shown marked business acumen and progressiveness, with the result that the enterprise has been signally prospered under his control. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in their home village, and he is affiliated with the lodge of Free and Accepted Masons at Scio, the Chapter of Royal Arch Masons at Cadiz and the lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Jewett.

In September, 1912, was solemnized the mar- riage of Mr. Harding to Miss Golda Umbour, daughter of John B. and Alma Umbour. of Jewett, and the one child of this union is a fine little son, John Howard.

FRANKLIN H. MISER has resided in German Township, Harrison County, since his boyhood and has become one of the prosperous farmers and representative citizens of this township, where he has a well improved farm of 163 acres, which is given over to well diversified agriculture and the raising of approved types of live stock.

Mr. Miser was born in Salem Township, Jef- ferson County, Ohio, and is a scion of well known pioneer families of that county, where both his parental and maternal grandparents were early settlers. He is a son of David and Harriet (Johnson) Miser, both likewise natives of Salem Township, where the former was born December 29, 1822, and the latter on the 10th of December, 1833, a daughter of Thomas John- son. Samuel Miser, father of David, developed one of the excellent pioneer farms of Salem Township, and there he and his wife remained until their deaths. David Miser was reared on the old home farm and gained his early educa- tion in the pioneer schools. He continued his active association with farm enterprise in his native township until 1878, and on the 8th of January of that year he came with his family to Harrison County and established a home on the farm which he purchased in German Town- ship. Here he continued as one of the pros-

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perous farmers and highly respected citizens of the county until he passed from the stage of life's mortal endeavors in the year 1896, his widow having passed away on the 15th of March, 1912, and both having been consistent members of the Presbyterian Church. They be- came the parents of six children-John W., Mary (deceased), Annetta (Mrs. Henry Courtwright), Franklin H., Samuel R. and David A. (died July 7, 1889).

Franklin H. Miser gained his rudimentary education in the district schools of his native township and was about ten years old at the time of the family removal to Harrison County, where he continued his studies in the district schools of German Township. His present homestead farm has been the stage of his ac- tivities as an agriculturist and stock-grower from the time when he initiated his independent career when a young man, and he keeps the place of 163 acres up to the best standard in all ways.

October 27, 1892, recorded the marriage of Mr. Miser to Miss Margaret Scott, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Miller) Scott, and she passed away April 24, 1905, no children having been born of this union. In November. 1906, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Miser to Mrs. Mary O. (Roberts) Tedrow, widow of John C. Tedrow, whose death occurred in November, 1903. The two children of Mrs. Miser's first marriage are Clifford W., who was born August 9, 1900, and whose death occurred September 24. 1903; and Blanche Isabel, who was born July 17, 1902. Mrs. Miser is a daughter of E. W. and Eleanor May (Hall) Roberts, who became the parents of four children-Mary O., Clara Jane, Bertha May and Leonard L. After her divorce from her first husband. Mrs. Roberts became the wife of Samuel P. Skipper, and the one child of this union is William Raymond. Leonard L. Roberts, youngest child of the first marriage, was eventually legally adopted by Samuel P. Skipper, the second husband, and he has since borne the name of Leonard L. Skipper. For the past twelve years he has maintained his home with Mr. and Mrs. Miser. Leonard L. Skipper was one of the Harrison County boys who made admirable record in connection with America's participation in the World war. He entered service June 27, 1918, at Camp Sherman and was assigned to the One Hundred and Fifty-eighth Depot Brigade. Later he was transferred to Company G, Three Hundred and Thirty-fourth Infantry, and on the 6th of Octo- ber, 1918, was assigned to Company M, Three Hundred and Sixty-second Infantry. He sailed for France on the 3d of the preceding month, and with his command was in service in the front-line trenches for a period of thirteen days in the Ninety-first Division, on the Argonne front. On the 25th of April, 1919, he was assigned to the Third Company, First Training Battalion, One Hundred and Fifty-eighth Depot Brigade, as preliminary to discharge from ser- vice. Arriving in his native land, he received his honorable discharge on the 1st of May, 1919. Mr. and Mrs. Miser have one child, Clarence Arthur, who was born June 21, 1907.

SAMUEL R. MISER, a brother of Franklin H. Miser, a review of whose career is given in the preceding paragraphs, was born in Salem Town- ship, Jefferson County, Ohio, on the 22d of June, 1868, and his early activities and educa- tional advantages were precisely similar to those of his brother. He owns and resides upon an excellent farm of 101 acres, adjoining that of his brother in German Township, Harrison County, and has long been known as one of the progressive farmers and business men of this township. In connection with farm enter- prise Mr. Miser has operated a threshing ma- chine, a clover huller and a saw mill, and he still continues to do a considerable amount of threshing each season, besides which he has been a successful salesman of farm implements and machinery and also of high-grade fertiliz- ing products. He is a republican in politics, and he and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian Church at Annapolis, Jefferson County.

December 25, 1893, recorded the marriage of Mr. Miser to Miss Magdalena Maple, daughter of George and Anna (Maple) Maple, of Mooretown, Jefferson County, and they have four children- Essie, Jay D., Roy E. and Harry R. The only daughter, Essie, is the wife of Walter Snyder, and they have two daughters, Elsie and Wilma Maxine.

ANDREW PALMER was born in the State of New York on the 10th of October, 1850, and he was ten years old when he was sent from the old Empire commonwealth to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where he was made the adopted son of David and Mary Magdaline (Temper) Palmer, in whose home he was reared to man- hood, the while he was afforded the advantages of the public schools, his fosterparents having in the meanwhile established their home on a farm in Harrison County. He remained with his fosterfather until his marriage, in the year 1872, and he then engaged in independent farm enterprise in Nottingham Township, whence he later removed to Washington Township, where he farmed two years. He then returned to Nottingham Township, where he has since con- tinued his activities as a substantial agricul- turist and stock-grower and where he owns an excellent farm of eighty-three acres. He is loyal to all civic responsibilities, is a republican in politics and he and his wife hold membership in Bethel Chapel (Methodist Episcopal) in their home township.

On the 4th of July, 1872, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Palmer to Miss Rachel Yarnall, who was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, September 16, 1851, a daughter of Aaron and Harriet (Poulson) Yarnall. Aaron Yarnall was born November 12, 1815, a son of Aaron and Mary Ann (Bell) Yarnall, and Mrs. Harriet (Poulson) Yarnall was born May 26, 1813, a daughter of James and Elizabeth Poulson. Aaron Yarnall, father of Mrs. Palmer, came to Harrison County about the year 1857, and en- gaged in farming in Nottingham Township. He and his wife passed the residue of their lives in this county, and both were earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They be-

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came the parents of ten children, whose names and respective years of birth are here recorded : Elizabeth, 1837; James, 1839; Ziba, 1841; John, 1843; El1, 1845; Sarah Jane, 1847; George, 1849; Rachel, 1851; Asbury, 1854; and William, 1855 (died in infancy). Aaron Yarnall, Sr., grand- father of Mrs. Palmer, was born in Washing- ton County, Pennsylvania, in 1783, and in 1811 he came with his family to Harrison County, Ohio, where he purchased 160 acres of land in Nottingham Township and became a pioneer farmer. Here he remained until his death in 1851, and his widow passed away in 1857. both having been active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They had nine children, namely : Ziba, William, Aaron, Eli, Colver, John, Nelson, Lydia and Mary A.

Mr. and Mrs. Palmer became the parents of eight children : John M. is a farmer in Notting- ham Township; William T. is individually men- tioned on other pages of this work; Hattie died in early childhood; Alice M. is the wife of James Walker; Bertha R. is the wife of Joseph B. Rogers; Mary is the wife of Elmer Tarbett; and Harry and Wesley are still members of the parental home circle.

RICHARD L. BRADEN, who belongs to one of the well-known families of Harrison County, is conducting a blacksmithing business at Jewett. He was born in Short Creek Township, Harri- son County, on June 14, 1859, a son of Joseph Braden and his wife, Isabel Sharp, natives of Pennsylvania and Ireland, respectively. Joseph Braden was a miller by trade, and after coming to Harrison County at an early day conducted the Warfell Mill in Short Creek Township until his death in 1878. His wife died some years before him, passing away in 1861. They be- longed to the Presbyterian Church and took a very active part in its work in their community. Their children were as follows: Margaret, W. F., Richard L., Laura, who married Newton Johnson and is deceased, and one who died young.

The boyhood and youth of Richard L. Braden was passed much like that of any normal lad of his time and locality. In those days parents believed in teaching their children to be useful, and from a very early age he assisted about the mill and at home, and in the winter season went to the Red Hill School in Cadiz Township. When he was old enough he began learning the blacksmithing trade, and has continued to work at it all of his. life, now owning his own shop at Jewett, to which place he moved in 1883. He has a large trade in blacksmithing and horse- shoeing, and is recognized as an expert in his line.

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History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 50

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