History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 52

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

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the life eternal in 1880. In 1882 Mr. Ramsey married Miss Angeline Hines, who was born October 31, 1831, and who was a daughter of Abraham and Hannah (Carson) Hines, of Har- rison County. From the time of his first mar- riage until his death Mr. Ramsey resided on his fine farm in section 6, Nottingham Town- ship, and he was one of the influential and highly esteemed citizens of that township. He was a prominent worker in the ranks of the prohibition party and held membership in the Christian Church. He died on the 7th of Feb- ruary, 1898, his wife having died several years before.

Robert F. Ramsey was reared to the invigor- ating discipline of the farm, and that he made good use of the educational advantages that were his in his youth was demonstrated in his five years of service as a teacher in the rural schools, as noted in the opening paragraph of this sketch. His record as a farmer in his na- tive township has been marked by the vital progressiveness and the circumspection that ever augur for maximum success and he is a substantial agriculturist and stock-grower whose farm gives ample evidence of his thrift and good management.

On the 15th of January, 1888, Mr. Ramsey was united in marriage to Miss Margaret B. Carson, who likewise was born and reared in Nottingham Township and who is a daughter of David L. and Mary Ellen ( Wells) Carson. concerning whom more specific mention is made on other pages, in the personal sketch of O. K. Martin, who married another of the daughters in this well known family. Mr. and Mrs. Ram- sey have seven children: Florence E., is the wife of Ernest Walker, of Cadiz, this county; Clyde H., who resides at Dennison. Tuscarawas County. married Miss Dora Finical, and their one child, Robert F. II, was named in honor of his paternal grandfather, to whom this review is dedicated: Wilbur C., at home; John R., at home: Hazel O., who married Ross Finical. of Cadiz Township; Martha Bernice, who married Frank Porter, of Cadiz. Ohio; and Helen M., who remains at the parental home. John R. Ramsey was among the fine young men who represented Harrison County in the nation's military service at the time of the World war. He entered service October 6, 1917, and at Camp Sherman, Ohio, he was assigned to Company 12. Third Training Battalion of the One Hun- dred and Fifty-eighth Depot Brigade. With this command he continued in service at Camp Sherman until he received his honorable dis- charge on the 6th of January, 1919.

EDWARD C. HENNEN. Prominent among the prosperous agriculturists of Harrison County, a record of whose lives fill an important place in this volume, is Edward C. Hennen of Cadiz Township, proprietor of a well-kept farm that. with its excellent improvements, constitutes one of the most attractive pieces of property in his immediate neighborhood. A native of West Vir- ginia, he was born May 11, 1878, in Mononga- hela County, which was likewise the place of birth of both his father, Lewis Hennen, and of his grandfather, Alexander Hennen.

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Alexander Hennen, a life-long resident of West Virginia, was twice married. He married first Mrs. Anna (Stoops) Hennen. She died a few years after her marriage with Alexander Hennen, leaving four children, Levi, Elroy, Lewis and Sarah. Alexander Hennen married for his second wife Rachel Russell, and they became the parents of seven children, as fol- lows: Henry S., William, Christopher C., Jo- seph, Matt, Emma and Jennie.

Born January 13, 1854, Lewis Hennen suc- ceeded to the occupation of his ancestors, and was engaged in farming in Monongahela County, West Virginia, until 1904. Coming in that year to Harrison County, Ohio, he was a resident of Cadiz Township until his death in 1908. He married Elzena Clovis, who was born in Monon- gahela County, West Virginia, March 20, 1854, and died in Harrison County Ohio, in 1912. Her father. Jacob Clovis, a farmer of Battell dis- trict. Monongahela County, married first, a Miss Santee. and to them was born one son, Andrew. His second marriage was to Elizabeth Chalfon, and to them seven children were born, as fol- lows: Martin J., Elijah C., Robert S., Benja- min F., Margaret, Elzena and Matt. Mr. and Mrs. Clovis were Methodists in their religious beliefs. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hennen reared three children, namely : Edward C., the special subject of this sketch; Everett S., who died November 10, 1897; and Elizabeth Ona, wife of A. G. Henderson, of Cadiz Township. The par- ents were members of the Methodist Church.

Educated in the district schools of Monon- gahela County, West Virginia, Edward C. Hen- nen acquired a thorough knowledge of agricul- ture while working with his father, and for many years was actively employed in agricul- tural pursuits in his native county. Desirous of finding better opportunities for favorably fol- lowing his favorite pursuit, he came to Harrison County, Ohio, in 1904, locating in Cadiz Town- ship, where he has since met with genuine suc- cess as a general farmer and stock raiser. He has a finely improved farm of seventy-eight acres, and in its management displays much ability and good judgment, each year adding improvements and increasing its value. In the winter seasons for the last four years he has successfully operated a coal bank, a paying proposition thus far.

Mr. Hennen married August 27, 1902, Nevada Maple a daughter of John and Catherine (Throckmorton) Maple, and they have five chil- dren, Lew Roy, Robert M., Elizabeth E., Mar- garet E. and Mildred Lee. Religiously Mr. and Mrs. Hennen are members of the Cadiz Meth- odist Church. Fraternally Mr. Hennen belongs to Cadiz Lodge No. 130, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In politics he is a republican.

ALBERT Q. ARBAUGH, the present postmaster of the village of Jewett, Harrison County, has been long and prominently identified with busi- ness affairs in this village, is a native son of the county and has the distinction of being a representative of one of its sterling pioneer families.

Mr. Arbaugh was born in Rumley Township, Harrison County, on the 24th of December,

1859, and is a son of Levi and Elizabeth (Reid) Arbaugh. Levi Arbaugh likewise was born and reared in Rumley Township the date of his na- tivity having been October 28, 1825. He re- ceived the advantages of the pioneer schools, assisted in the reclaiming and improving of his father's farm and eventually became one of the successful and representative farmers of his native township, where he remained until his death, at the venerable age of seventy-four years. He was a son of John and Rosanna (Wentz) Arbaugh, both of whom were born and reared in Maryland, where their marriage was solemnized. John Arbaugh's father was Will- iam Arbaugh, who likewise was a native of Maryland, was of German lineage and served as a patriot soldier in the War of the Revolu- tion. John Arbaugh and his wife continued their residence in Maryland until about the year 1820, when they came to Harrison County, Ohio, where he purchased a pioneer farm of 160 acres in Rumley Township. He reclaimed this land, in section 6, into a productive farm, and was one of the substantial and honored pio- neer citizens of Rumley Township at the time of his death, both he and his wife having been earnest communicants of the Lutheran Church. Their children were nine in number: Sarah, Margaret, Lovina, Lydia, John, James, Adam, Levi and Catherine.

On the 23d of December, 1858, was solemnized the marriage of Levi Arbaugh to Miss Eliza- beth Reid. daughter of Hugh and Margaret (Fulton) Reid, who were pioneer settlers in Archer Township, Harrison County. Hugh Reid was born and reared in Pennsylvania, where his marriage to Margaret Fulton was solemnized on the 6th of June, 1830. His father, John Reid, was a native of Ireland, whence he immigrated to America when a young man, and he was a resident of the old Keystone State at the time of his death. Hugh Reid and his wife con- tinued their residence in Archer Township until their deaths, and their names merit preserva- tion on the roll of the honored pioneers of Har- rison County. They became the parents of six children, whose names and respective dates of birth are here recorded: Elizabeth, June 4, 1831; William, March 30, 1834; John, May 16, 1836; David A., June 16, 1838; and Hugh Nel- son and Mary. twins, April 21, 1841.

Levi and Elizabeth (Reid) Arbaugh became the parents of three children : Albert Q., the immediate subject of this sketch; William R., likewise a resident of Jewett; and Ilenry N., a prosperous farmer in Rumley Township. Mrs. Elizabeth Arbaugh, a devoted communicant of the Lutheran Church, was summoned to eternal rest in 1885, and in April, 1889,. Levi Arbaugh contracted a second marriage, when Miss Louisa Hilbert, of Defiance County, became his wife. No children were born of this union.

Albert Q. Arbaugh was reared on the old home farm and gained his early education in the dis- trict schools of Rumley Township. Later he completed a course in the Duff Business College in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and on the 1st of January, 1885, he purchased the gen- eral merchandise stock and store of B. N. Win- ings at Jewett, and also became postmaster,

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serving five years. In 1889 he received his sec- ond appointment, serving over four years. In 1887 he erected a substantial building for the accommodation of his large and prosperous mer- cantile business, and about the year 1894 he sold the stock and business and turned his at- tention to the insurance business, in which he has since continued, though the major part of his time and attention is required in connec- tion with his effective service as postmaster at Jewett, a position to which he was appointed in August, 1915, and of which he has since contin- ued the incumbent. In 1913 he was appointed county superintendent of taxes, in which office he served sixteen months, with characteristic efficiency and acceptability. He owns a 100-acre farm adjoining the village on the south, and qualifies as a farmer and fruit grower. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party, and both he and his wife hold member- ship in the Presbyterian Church in their home village.

On Christmas day of the year 1883 was sol- emnized the marriage of Mr. Arbaugh to Miss Margaret A. Spence, who was born at Germano, this county, in July, 1862, a daughter of Henry and Martha (Aiken) Spence, of whom incidental mention of more specific order is made in con- nection with other personal sketches appearing in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Arbaugh have four children : Clara F. is the wife of Frank B. Groves, an attorney of Cadiz, Ohio, and they have one child, John F. Martha E. is the wife of Harry M. Mansfield, Assistant Real Estate and Claim Agent of the W. & I .. E. Railway at Canton, Ohio, and their one child is a daugh- ter, Margaret E. Albert Byron is an attorney, in practice in association with the well-known law firm of Herbruck & Black of Canton, Ohio. He was educated in the Jewett High School and at Ohio State University. Arthur H. is with the Labell Iron Company of Steubenville, Ohio.

GEORGE A. DUNLAP is making in his native county an excellent record as a representative of the pedagogic profession, and is at the time of this writing superintendent of the public schools of the village of Jewett, Harrison County, where his academic and executive abil- ity has brought exceptional efficiency in all de- partments of the school work, his progressive policies having the loyal support of the people of the community. Mr. Dunlap was born in Cadiz Township, this county, and is a son of John A. Dunlap, of whom individual record is made on other pages of this volume, so that a repetition of the data is not required in this connection.

The district school locally known as the Pike's Peak School in Cadiz Township afforded to George A. Dunlap his preliminary educational discipline, and thereafter he completed a pre- paratory course at Franklin College, in which institution he continued his studies in the regu- lar academic or literary department until his graduation as a member of the class of 1905. when he received the degree of Bachelor or Arts. A year after his graduation he became a member of the corps of instructors in his alma mater, and he continued his successful service

as a teacher in Franklin College for three years. During the ensuing three years he was super- intendent of the village schools of New Athens, Harrison County, and he then resumed his peda- gogic service at Franklin College, where he re- mained three years. The following three years marked his efficient service as superintendent of the public schools of Hopedale, Harrison County, and in the autumn of 1918 he accepted his present position in which his administration has proved most effective and popular. He has high standing as one of the enthusiastic and successful representatives of his profession in his native county, he is a republican in politi- cal allegiance, both he and his wife are active members of the Presbyterian Church in their home village, and he is affiliated with the lodge of Free and Accepted Masons at Cadiz, the while both he and his wife maintain member- ship in the chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star at Scio.

On the 24th of January, 1908, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Dunlap to Miss Anna D. Dickerson, who likewise was born and reared in Harrison County and who is a representative of one of the honored and influential pioneer families of this county, she being a daughter of Dr. Albert and Ella (Dickerson) Dickerson. Doctor Dickerson died in 1903, and his widow married J. F. Adams and residents of Stock Township, Harrison County. Mr. and Mrs. Dun- lap have a winsome little daughter, Vivian M., who was born February 26, 1909.

FRANK M. SMITH. While Frank M. Smith was born August 22, 1864, in Stock Township, he is able to trace his direct lineage to Daniel Smith, who was born in Maryland in 1774, afterward living in Pennsylvania and coming to Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1818, and three years later lo- cating in Stock Township, Harrison County. He married Elizabeth Perigo, and their children were: William, Job, Marie, Harriet, Millie, James, Joel, Jesse, Nathan and John. When Daniel Smith came to Stock Township he en- tered a section of land, and with the help of his sons he improved it. He was a life-long democrat and an early day member of the Meth- odist Church, which he helped organize in the community. He died July 14, 1856, and his was the first grave in Pleasant Valley Cemetery.

It is through the oldest son, William, that F. M. Smith is descended, and while the educa- tional advantages of William Smith were lim- ited to fifteen days in school, he applied him- self diligently to a course of self-instruction, finally becoming one of the best informed men in his community. On August 31, 1826, he mar- ried Margaret, a daughter of Richard Parker, who was an early settler in Stock Township. Their children are: James, Harriet, Sina, Richard. Daniel, Margaret. David, Hannah and Simeon-Hannah and Simeon being twins. While the ancestry had been democratic, Will- iam Smith was a republican, although he never sought political preferment.

The son Richard P. Smith, who died Febru- ary 17. 1907, was the father of F. M. Smith. He was born July 20, 1832, and while he had a common school education he was always con-

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sidered a well informed man, making a spe- cialty of mathematics. He was always a farmer in Stock Township. On November 2, 1853, he married Mary Jane, a daughter of Samuel G. Miller. She was born April 16, 1834, and died February 20, 1910. Her father came from Lan- caster County, Pennsylvania, as a young man to Harrison County. In his early life Mr. Miller was a miller, but after coming to Harrison County he became a farmer. The children in the Miller family were: John, Mary Jane, Eliz- abeth, Margaret and William. The parents were members of the German Lutheran Church, but later Mr. Miller became a member of the Han- over Presbyterian Church and his children be- came Methodists.

The children born to Richard P. Smith are: Samantha E., John M., Jason B., Frank M. and Emmett E. Smith. In his generation Richard P. Smith reverted back to the democratic party, although his father was a republican. He served the community as township trustee, treasurer and assessor, and it was his pleas- ure to give to his children a common school education and to have one son become a doctor of medicine.

Frank M. Smith attended Scio College, and for five years was a teacher in the public schools of Stock Township. He is a farmer and stockman today, with sheep as his specialty.

On September 16, 1896, Mr. Smith married Violet Hastings, who is a native of Guernsey County. She is a daughter of the Rev. Joseph and Eliza Jane (Ripley) Hastings, the mother a daughter of Andrew Stephen Ripley. Rev. Joseph Hastings was a Methodist Protestant minister of Guernsey County. He attended the seminary at Antrim, and was in the ministry many years. He died in 1906. and Mrs. Hast- ings now lives in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. The children in the Hastings family are : Adolph, Violet, Carrie and Veda. The grandfather, James Hastings, came from Ire- land. He married a Scotch woman, Mrs. Sarah Johnson, whose maiden name was Story. He met her in Philadelphia. They came from Philadelphia to Guernsey County in a wagon, and they were among the pioneers of that com- munity. Their children were: George, John, Margaret, Sarah Jane, Joseph and William.

The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Smith are: Arthur H. Smith, a graduate of the Cadiz High School and a student in Ohio State University in Columbus, and Donald M. Smith, a student in the Cadiz High School. The family are members of the pleasant Valley Methodist Epis- copal Church, and for a full century the im- mediate circle of Smith relatives have been in the community there.

J. ALLEN SMITH, of Green Township, has gained an enviable reputation as a successful breeder of Shorthorn cattle and he is also rec- ognized as one of the progressive farmers of Harrison County. He was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, May 7, 1859, a son of John V. and Ann (Thompson) Smith, and grandson of James Smith. James Smith married a Miss Rankin, and they had the following children :

Hugh, William K., John V. In religious faith he and his wife were Presbyterians.

Losing his father when he was a lad, John V. Smith was taken by an uncle to Pennsylvania, and there reared, but after he reached man- hood's estate he returned to his native state of Ohio, and spent the remainder of his life in Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, developing into an extensive farmer and breeder of blooded Shorthorn cattle. He and his wife had the following children :. J. Allen, Melvin T., Laura Esther and Oren. The Beech Spring Presbyterian Church held the member- ship of Mr. and Mrs. John V. Smith.

Mrs. John V. Smith was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, a daughter of John and Esther ( Francis) Thompson. John Thompson was a farmer of Jefferson County, Ohio, for a number of years, but later moved to Illinois, where his death occurred. The children of John Thomp- son and his estimable wife were as follows: Hugh, Ann, James, Elizabeth, Amanda, Ella, Margaret, William and Alexander. The Thomp -. son family belonged to the United Presbyterian Church.

J. Allen Smith attended the district schools of his neighborhood, and when he had attained to his majority he began farming on his own ac- count on the homestead in Jefferson County, but following his marriage he moved to an ad- joining farm. Still later he moved to Green Township Harrison County, and in 1910 bought the farm which is known as the "Wabash Stock Farm," which he sold in September, 1920, to the Hudson Coal Co. Mr. Smith, like his father and grandfather, has always been a breeder of blooded Shorthorn cattle, and had about twenty- five head of registered stock, which he sold when he disposed of his farm.

On December 21, 1882, Mr. Smith was united in marriage with Violet J. Eagleson, a daugh- ter of Andrew and Sarah M. (Simpson) Eagle- son. Mrs. Smith died April 6, 1919, leaving two children : Everett E., who married Elsie Black and has one son, Chester Allen; and John W.

Andrew Eagleson, father of the late Mrs. Smith, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, January 21, 1830, and his wife was born in the same county, a daughter of James and Violet (Scott) Simpson. The grandfather, Henry Ea- gleson, was a farmer and miller of Green Town- ship, Harrison County, Ohio, who married Eliza Host. and their children were as follows: Alex- ander, William, Dool, Andrew. Elizabeth, Amanda and Jane.

Andrew Eagleson was engaged in farming in Illinois for a short time, and was living there when he died. December 4. 1862. Mrs. Eagle- son and the children returned to Green Town- ship, Harrison County. Ohio, in about 1863, and there Mrs. Smith was reared. She was the eldest of her parents' children and was born in Harrison County, Ohio. The other children are: William S. and James Elmer, who were born in Illinois. The Eaglesons were also Pres- byterians. Mrs. Smith's death was a blow not only to her family but her neighborhood, for she was a lady of beautiful, christian charac- ter, and she left many warm, personal friends to mourn her untimely loss.

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JEREMIAH J. ARBAUGH made an enviable rec- ord of successful achievement in connection with farm industry in North Township, Harrison County, where he remained on his well improved farm of 120 acres until the spring of 1920. He then removed to the village of Scio, where he is now living virtually retired, although still retaining ownership of his farm, the excellent buildings and other improvements of which were installed by him.

Mr. Arbaugh was born in Rumley Township, this county, July 15, 1850, and is a son of Will- iam and Anna (Gotschall) Arbaugh, the former of whom was born in North Township and the latter in Rumley Township, both families hav- ing settled in Harrison County in the early pio- neer days. Mrs. Anna Arbaugh was a sister of the father of C. W. Gotschall, in whose personal sketch, on other pages, is given adequate record concerning the family. Daniel Arbaugh, grand- father of the subject of this sketch, became one of .the pioneer farmers and substantial citizens of North Township, where he remained until his death, both he and his wife having been ear- nest communicants of the Lutheran Church. They became the parents of nine children, namely : Edward, David, Jacob, William, Daniel, John, Rachel, Malinda and Elizabeth. William Arbaugh became a skilled workman at the trade of stone-mason, and he likewise became one of the successful farmers of Rumley Township, where he and his wife maintained their home until their deaths, when well advanced in years, both having been zealous communicants of the Lutheran Church. They became the parents of ten children: Joshua, Christina, Jeremiah J., Mary Matilda, William S., Samuel, Margaret, Emma, Anna and Oscar M.

Jeremiah J. Arbaugh gained his early educa- tion in the schools of Rumley Township, where he continued to aid in the work of the old home farm until he married and initiated his inde- pendent career as a farmer in Rumley Town- ship in 1872. There he remained eight years, at the expiration of which he established his home on the farm which he now owns in North Township, and on which he continued his vigor- ous and successful enterprise as an agriculturist and stock-grower until his removal to Scio in the spring of 1920. He is a republican in poli- tics, and he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church.

April 18, 1872, recorded the marriage of Mr. Arbaugh to Miss Mary E. Markley, who was born in Rumley Township and is a representa- tive of one of the old and honored pioneer fami- lies of Harrison County. She is a daughter of Mathias and Rebecca (Stevens) Markley, both of whom were born and reared in this county. where the father became one of the substantial farmers of Rumley Township, which continued his place of residence until his death. The names of the children of his first marriage are here recorded : Catherine Elizabeth, Mary El- len, Eliza Ann and Henrietta Jane. After the death of his first wife he married Sarah Jane Shambaugh, and they became the parents of seven children : George, Clara, William, Mar- garet. Daisy, Sadie and Myrtle. Mr. Markley and both his first and his second wives were

consistent communicants of the Lutheran Church.

Mathias Markley was a son of Daniel and Catherine (Everhart) Markley, and a grandson of Mathias and Catherine (Arnold) Markley, who were born in Somerset County, Pennsyl- vania, and who came from the old Keystone State to Ohio and settled in German Township, Harrison County, in 1806. Mr. Markley obtained from the government 320 acres of wild land, and in the passing years he here developed a productive farm. Finally he removed to Holmes County, and there his death occurred about 1845. Daniel Markley was born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, in 1796, and thus was a lad of about ten years at the time of the family removal to Ohio, where he was reared on the pioneer farm in Harrison County. He became a prosperous farmer in Rumley Township, where his death occurred in 1842. His children were: David, John, Mathias, Mary, Eva A., Sarah and Elizabeth.

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History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 52

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