History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 59

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

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SAMUEL M. DUNLAP is numbered among the prominent representatives of farm industry in Short Creek Township, Harrison County, and is a member of one of the oldest and most honored pioneer families of this county. His grent-grandfather, Adam Dunlap, Sr., was born in Ireland, where he was reared to manhood and where was solemnized his marriage to Miss Rebecca Work. They became the parents of six sons and six daughters. Adam Dunlap erme with his family to Ohio in the year 1812, when he made settlement in the present town- ship of Athens, Harrison County, where initi- ated the reclaiming of a frontier farm in the midst of the forest wilds. He and his wife en- dured the full tension of the pioneer life and continned their residence in Athens Township until their deaths, both having been charter members of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church in their home community. His political support was given to the democratic party, and he was influential in local affairs in his com- munity. Mr. Dunlap died September 22, 1830, and his widow passed away May 20, 1846.

Robert Dunlap, grandfather of Samuel M., was born in 1794 and thus was about eighteen years of age at the time when he accompanied his parents to Harrison County. He married Mary Pattison, a daughter of Hugh and Nancy Pattison, who immigrated to America from Ireland and established their home in Pennsyl- vania, where the death of Mr. Pattison oc- curred shortly afterward. Robert Dunlap re- claimed a productive farm in Athens Township, was a leader in community affairs, was influ- ential in the local ranks of the democratic party and served in various township offices. He died March 2, 1860, his wife having passed away September 29, 1852, and both having been zeal- ous members of the Presbyterian Church. Their children were seven in number-Adam, Hugh P., Samuel, Nancy, Rebecca, Mary and Robert.

Adam Dunlap, Jr., father of him whose name introduces this record, was born on the old homestead farm in Athens Township October 2, 1820. He was reared under the conditions marking the pioneer period in the county's his- tory, and in February, 1845, he wedded Miss Margaret McFadden, who was born in Cadiz Township, a daughter of Samuel McFadden, another of the sterling pioneers of the county. After his marriage Mr. Dunlap was engaged in farm enterprise in Cadiz Township about twenty years, and he then removed to a farm In Athens Township, where he became the owner of a valuable landed property of 200 acres. His first wife died in 1863, and June 27, 1874, Mr. Dunlap married Sarah Jane Dickerson, who died about eleven months later. Mr. Dunlap was a staunch democrat, and held various local offices of public trust, and he was an active member of the Presbyterian Church at New Athens, as was also the wife of his young manhood, as well also as was his second wife. Adam and Margaret (McFadden) Dun- lap became the parents of five children-Robert, Samuel M., Mary, Elizabeth and Andrew J. Both daughters were young women at the time of their deaths. Robert and Andrew J. Dunlap became successful farmers and substantial citizens of their native county, and Samuel M. is the immediate subject of this review.

Samuel M. Dunlap was born in Cadiz Town- ship, Harrison County, November 19, 1847, and received his youthful education in the schools of Cadiz and Athens townships. In the mean- while he gained practical and valuable experi- ence in connection with the affairs of his father's farm, with the management of which he continued his connection for twelve years after his marriage, which occurred in 1876. Thereafter he farmed on rented land in Athens Township, and in 1889 purchased his present excellent farm of about 400 acres in Short Creek Township. He has made many improve- ments in the place, including the erection of a large and attractive farm house, and is known as one of the substantial and enterprising agri- culturists and stock-growers of his native coun- ty, with special attention given to the raising of fine Shorthorn cattle.

Mr. Dunlap is a loyal supporter of the prin- ciples for which the democratic party stands

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of the Presbyterian Church at Cadiz. He is a sponsor, and he and his family are members stockholder and director of the Harrison Na- tional Bank at Cadiz.

On the 16th of March, 1876, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Dunlap to Miss Anna R. McFadden, who was born and reared in Athens Township, a daughter of the late John J. McFadden and a sister of John C. McFadden, in whose sketch on other pages of this work is given adequate record of the family. Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap have five children-Grace, George D., Edwin J., Adam M. and Carrie Esther. Adam M. married Miss Edith Lamborn, and they have two children, Wilbur Samuel and Richard Adam

GEORGE W. DUNN, who holds the responsible position of stock collector from the clay shop to gloss wire room in the modern pottery of the Albright China Company at Carrollton, was born at Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, August 1, 1866, and is a son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Cary) Dunn. Mr. Dunn was a child at the time of the death of his father, who was superintendent of a steel rolling mill at Steubenville, and the widowed mother, a native of the State of West Virginia, was a resident of Columbiana County, Ohio, at the time of her death, she having been a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She was the mother of four children-Robert, George W., Elmer and Flora Ella.

George W. Dunn gained his youthful educa- tion in the public schools of Steubenville and Irondale, Jefferson County, and in the latter place he finally found employment in the brick yard of William Lacey. Later he went to East Liverpool, Columbiana County, where he gained his initial experience in the pottery industry. Later he became a stockholder and active execu- tive in a pottery in the City of Akron, where he remained from 1894 until 1909, during six months of which latter year he was employed in a leading pottery in the City of Columbus. On the 1st of October, 1909, he accepted a position with the Carrollton Pottery Company. and after holding a position as foreman with this company about five years he assumed, in 1916, the position of foreman of the clay de- partment of the pottery of the Albright China Company, and is now stock collector from the clay shop to the glossware room, where his technical and executive ability come into effec- tive play and where he is known as an efficient and popular official.

Mr. Dunn is a loyal supporter of the cause of the republican party, is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church.

In 1895 Mr. Dunn wedded Miss Elizabeth Brooks, who was born and reared in Colum- biana County, Ohio, and they have two chil- dren : Edith gained her early education in the public schools at Akron and is now (1920) a student in a leading conservatory of music at Ithaca, New York; Georgette, who completed her studies in the Carrollton High School, is now the wife of Harvey A. Gottschall, who is

associated with a representative brokerage firm in the City of Cleveland.

TAYLOR F. COPE. None can gainsay that the marked success attained by Mr. Cope in con- nection with farm industry in his native county has been the result of energetic and well di- rected efforts on his part, and no native son of Harrison County has profited more fully by the practical experience gained in early associa- tion with agricultural and live-stock enterprise. He is one of the representative farmers and progressive citizens of Nottingham Township, and his secure status in popular esteem has been shown in his being called to local offices of public trust, including that of county com- missioner.

Mr. Cope was born in Nottingham Township, Harrison County. on the 23d of April, 1858, and is a son of Jacob and Martha Ann ( Salis- bury) Cope, the former of whom was born in Harrison County October 7, 1822, and the latter of whom was born in Fulton County, Illinois, May 22, 1831, her parents, Albert and Hopeful Salisbury, having been pioneers of that county. Jacob Cope was a son of Samuel and Jane (Moore) Cope, who were honored pioneers of Harrison County, where the father became a substantial farmer in Nottingham Township. Samuel Cope, who was a son of David and Margaret (Brown) Cope, was well fortified for the heavy burdens that fell to the lot of the early settlers in Harrison County. and here he and his wife remained until the close of their long and useful lives. They became the parents of ten children, namely: Margaret, Thomas, David, Martha, Samuel, Jacob, Mary A., Nancy J., Israel and Robert C. .

Jacob Cope was reared and educated under the conditions that marked the pioneer days in Harrison County, and as a young man he went to Illinois, where he remained four years and where his marriage was solemnized. Upon his return to Harrison County he engaged in farm- ing in Nottingham Township, and there his first wife died. She was a devoted member of the Christian Church. The names of their children are here recorded : Rachel, Anna Eliza, Mary Jane, Isaac S., Sarah Margaret, Taylor Fremont, Philip Randolph and Jennison L. For his second wife Jacob Cope wedded Ruth Amanda Rose, and they became the parents of seven children : Ida, Nannie, J. Osburne, Thomas B., Lucy M., Walter M. and Lyle. Mr. Cope was venerable in years at the time of his death and his widow survived him by several years, both having been active members of the Christian Church.

Taylor Fremont Cope was reared to the sturdy discipline of the home farm and profited by the advantages offered by the district schools of his native township. From his young man- hood he has been actively engaged in farm en- terprise in Harrison County, first in Notting- ham Township, where he remained until 1898. when he removed to Cadiz Township. . There he remained three years, at the expiration of which time he established his residence upon his present farm, which comprises 134 acres and is one of the model places of Nottingham

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Township. Mr. Cope has made many excellent improvements on this farm, including the erec- tion of nearly all of the farm buildings that now give evidence of his distinctive thrift and prosperity. In connection with diversified agriculture he raises good grades of live-stock, with special attention given to breeding the large type of Poland-China swine. Mr. Cope is a republican in his political allegiance. and has been one of the loyal and influential men of his township in connection with community affairs. Here he served six years as township trustee, for a similar period held the office of township treasurer and six years of service were given as a member of the school board of his district. Further evidence of his personal popularity and the high estimate placed upon his ability and civic loyalty came when he was elected a member of the Board of County Com- missioners, in which capacity he served from September, 1909, until September, 1913, with a record that reflects honor upon him and that was marked by his supporting of measures that proved of marked benefit to the county and its people. Mr. Cope and his wife hold member- ship in the Christian Church.

June 1, 1878, recorded the marriage of Mr. Cope to Miss Jane Estella Johnson, daughter of the late Benjamin H. Johnson, to whom a memoir is dedicated on other pages of this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Cope had three children : D. Frank, who now resides at Cadiz, is engaged in the selling of most all kinds of machinery, touring through different parts of the country, married Miss Frances Haverfield, and they have two children,-Isabel and Taylor F. The sec- ond child, an unnamed son, died in infancy. Martha, who remains at the parental home, is a successful and popular teacher in the schools of her native county. She taught three years in her home district, and in 1921 is teaching in the schools of Cadiz City.

FRANK B. GROVE, of Cadiz, who is a practic- ing attorney at the Harrison County bar, has also had political preferment, having served as prosecuting attorney and as a deputy in the office of the clerk of courts and as clerk of Harrison County. He entered the office as deputy clerk in 1903, and in 1905 was elected clerk, and re-elected in 1908, In 1914 Mr. Grove was elected prosecuting attorney of Har- rison County and served two terms as prose- cutor. He supplemented his education in com- mon schools by attending Franklin College at New Athens, graduating from there in 1900 with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy, and he then spent three years as a teacher in the pub- lic schools of Harrison County.

Frank B. Grove was born January 28, 1879, in Short Creek Township, Harrison County. His father, Frank P. Grove, came from York County, Pennsylvania, but the mother, Nancy (Mitchell) Grove, was born in Cadiz Township. She is a daughter of Rudolph and Nancy (Faral) Mitchell. Rudolph Mitchell was one of the pioneer farmers of Harrison County. While his ancestry came from Pennsylvania, F. P. Grove grew into manhood in Harrison County, and as a young man he worked as a

carpenter. He became an expert as a builder of winding stairs in the days when all wood turning required the skill of a master instead of being turned out by machinery as it is today. He died in 1915, but his wife still lives in the county. Mr. Grove was a Civil war soldier, serving three years in the One Hundred Twenty- sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. and he was in all the engagements of his regiment until he was wounded at Spottsylvania Court House.

The children born to Frank P. Grove were: Janet, wife of Charles W. Field; Jesse M., Ella M., Clara E., wife of John C, Smith; Lauretta B., wife of W. F. Livingston; and Frank B. Grove.

Except when holding official position Frank B. Grove engaged in the practice of law since graduating from Franklin College. In 1908 he married Clara E. Arbaugh, a daughter of A. G. Arbaugh, of Jewett. They have one son, John Francis Grove.

Mr. Grove is a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge, and he holds a membership with the Sons of Veterans in Cadiz. The fam- ily belongs to the United Presbyterian Church, and he is serving as one of the Board of Trus- tees. He is a director and stockholder in the Harrison and Jefferson Telephone Company_ As legal adviser he is in touch with all of the business interests of the community. There were twenty-seven members in his graduating class from Franklin College, and he was the second honor student in literary attainment. Few men are better acquainted with the history of the community. Mr. Grove has always lived in Harrison County.

W. ALFRED JOHNSON is a representative of one of the very appreciable number of sterling pioneer families identified with the Society of Friends who early settled in Harrison County, and he and his wife are members of the gentle and benign religious organization mentioned above, Mr. Johnson being a birthright member. He is the owner of a fine little farm of twenty- five acres in Short Creek Township, and in the productive enterprise of the same he finds ample demand upon his time and attention.

Mr. Johnson was born in Short Creek Town- ship on the 24th of April, 1867, and is a son of William C. and Judith C. (Stanley) Johnson, the former of whom was born near George- town, Short Creek Township, May 24, 1833, and the latter was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, a daughter of John Stanley, Jr., a pioneer settler in that county. Micajah Johnson, grandfather of him whose name initiates this review, was born and reared near the historic old City of Richmond, Virginia, in which com- monwealth the family was founded in the co- lonial days, and he became one of the pioneer farmers in Short Creek Township, Harrison County, where he lived and wrought to goodly ends and commanded the fullest measure of popular esteem. He contributed his quota to the civic and industrial development of the county and he and his wife, whose maiden name was Edna Ladd, were zealous members of the Society of Friends, in the faith of which they were reared. They became the parents

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of six children-Judith D., William C., Jona- than, Mary T., Elizabeth A. and Thomas Elwood.

William C. Johnson passed his entire life in Short Creek Township and became not only one of its prosperous farmers but also served many years as a minister of the orthodox organiza- tion of the Society of Friends, he having con- tinued as a zealous, able and faithful minister of this church from about 1876 until his death in 1901, his widow having survived him but a short period, as she passed to the life eternal in 1903. Their children were the following : Edith, Ellen H., Anna M. (died in 1898), W. Alfred, Ida, Charles Ross (died at the age of three months), and Franklin S.

W. Alfred Johnson gained his early educa- tion in the district schools of his native town- ship, and thereafter he pursued higher studies in Scio College and also in the college main- tained under the auspices of the Society of Friends at Damascus, Mahoning County. As a young man he engaged in independent farm enterprise in his native township, and he still owns an attractive little farm, as already noted. though he has devoted his attention mainly to the manufacturing of evaporated corn since the year 1903. The output the first year was about 150 gallons, and from this modest Inception the enterprise has expanded until the annual output is now about 1,500 gallons. Mr. Johnson has had no desire to enter the arena of so-called practical politics, but is well fortified in his political views and is independent in his voting. supporting principles rather than parties. He and his wife hold membership in the Friends Church at West Grove.

In 1892 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Johnson to Miss Elizabeth Whitten, daughter of William and Elizabeth Whitten, of Jefferson County. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have no chil- dren, but they delight in welcoming into their pleasant home not only their many friends of their own generation but also the children and young folk of the community.

CHARLES L. SCOTT, of the Scott-Wright Com- pany In Cadiz, is a citizen of Harrison County from choice, his birth occurring July 5. 1865. in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. He is a son of David C. and Martha ( Price) Scott, the mother a daughter of Benjamin and Tacy (Gore) Price. Benjamin Price was a Meth- odist minister.

The grandfather, William Scott. and the grandmother, Nancy ( Rush) Scott, were natives of Somerset County. Pennsylvania, William Scott was a lawyer, a member of the bar in Somerset County. and he practiced law there for many years. His son David C. Scott was born there, and April 19. 1861. he enlisted in Company A of the Tenth Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry-a Civil war soldier. For three months he was a member of this reserve regi- ment. and was then regularly mustered in to the U. S. Army, giving three years to the serv- ice. He went through the Peninsular campaign with General McClelland. and was wounded at Fredericksburg. He was also in the battles of Gettysburg, the Wilderness and Antietam.

For four years in the reconstruction period following the Civil war Mr. Scott engaged in contract railroad construction, and his next business venture was at Rockwood, Pennsyl- vania, where he engaged in the lumber trade. For four years he was United States Internal revenue collector. His first business introduc- tion to Cadiz and community was in 1887, when he joined his brother A. W. Scott in the sale of clothing and shoes. After a time he located in Minerva. Ohio, remaining there seven years in the sale of clothing. He finally returned to Cadiz, but in a short time retired from business and returned to Somerset County, Pennsylvania. His children are: Charles L., May, Margaret, James B. and Nancy.

Charles L. Scott had educational advantages in Somerset County, and he later attended Beth- any College. When he was but sixteen he be- gan teaching. and continued for four years as a teacher. While teaching his vacation periods were spent at college and finally he spent two full years in Bethany College. In 1886 Mr. Scott engaged as a clerk with his uncle in the clothing and shoe store, and in 1890 he went to Minerva with his father. In December, four years later, they bought the business of the uncle and returned to Cadiz.

In March. 1895. Mr. Scott took charge of his father's business, and two years later he bought it. The enterprise was continued as a clothing and shoe store, and in 1910 it was organized as the Scott-Wright Company and dry goods, car- pets and rugs, etc., have been added to the stock. Mr. Scott also owns a one-half interest in the Canaga-Scott Company, a general store in Scio.

In 1891 C. L. Scott married Nettie, a daugh- ter of Henry C. and Sarah McClure, of Mans- field. Ohlo. Their first child, Martha. is de- ceased. and they have twin daughters, Mary and Margaret. Mr. Scott is a member of the Masonic Blue Lodge and Chapter of Cadiz and the Commandery at Bellaire. He is also a mem- ber of the Eastern Star. The Scott family are members of the Christian Church in Cadiz.

MILO V. COURTRIGHT has gained secure van- tage ground as one of the progressive and rep- resentative business men of his native county and is a partner in the Carrollton Milling Com- pany. In connection with the Carrollton Milling Company he has been a forceful factor in devel- oping one of the important industrial industries of the county. He was born in Center Town- ship, this county. November 24. 1865. and is a scion of a family whose name has been identified with the annals of Ohio for more than a century. His grandfather. Isaac Courtright, was born at Beaver Falls, Beaver County. Pennsylvania, July 8. 1814. and was four years old when his parents came to Ohio and established their home in Columbiana County, whence ten years later they removed to Jefferson County. where they endured the full tension of strenuous pioneer life and where they continued to reside until their deaths. Isaac Courtright was the eighth in a family of twelve children born to Jobn and Mary (Clarke) Courtright, who were natives of New Jersey and who established their resi-

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dence in Pennsylvania in the opening years of the nineteenth century, their home having been in Beaver County, that state, until they came to Ohio in 1818.

Isaac Courtright was reared under the con- ditions that marked the early pioneer period of Ohio history and early became dependent upon his own resources. He first came to Car- roll County in 1822, but three years later he left the county, to which he returned after the lapse of an additional five years. July 5, 1835, he married Miss Sarah Norris, who was born in New Jersey and who was young when she accompanied her parents to Ohio. The young couple established their home on a pioneer farm in Union Township, Carroll County, but in 1838 they removed to Center Township, where he de- veloped and improved the fine farm, about two miles distant from Carrollton, on which he passed the remainder of his life. His wife died April 22. 1885 and he passed away at the vener- able age of seventy-five years, honored by all who knew him. Both were zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in poli- tics he was a republican, having served in various local offices of public trust. He was one of the venerable pioneer citizens of Carroll County at the time of his death. Of his five children the only one who attained to maturity was James, father of him whose name intro- duces this review.

James Courtright was born in Union Town- ship, Carroll County, and he passed the period of his childhood and early youth on his fa- ther's farm in Center Township. That he made good use of his educational advantages is shown in the fact that for several years he was a suc- cessful teacher in the district schools. How- ever. he never faltered in his allegiance to the basic industry of agriculture, and continued as one of the representative farmers of Carroll County until about five years prior to his death. Upon retiring from the farm he and his wife removed to Chicago Junction, Huron County, where the latter died in 1914 and where he passed away February 19, 1909. The maiden name of his wife was Barbara Cook, and she was born in Washington Township, Carroll County, in 1840. Both were earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his po- litical affiliation was with the republican party. They are survived by three children : Ida, born November 10, 1863; Milo V., the immediate sub- ject of this review ; and Martha, born Decem- ber 12, 1878.

Milo V. Courtright found the first twenty-six years of his life compassed by the influences of the home farm, and in the meanwhile he profited fully by the advantages offered by the public schools of his native county. At the age of twenty-six years he established himself in the timber business, with headquarters in the city of Carrollton, and two years later he turned his attention to the buying and shipping of grain, in which he continued independent oper- ations six years. In 1900 he became associated with Harvey J. W. Courtright and engaged in the flour-milling business, under the firm name of Courtright & Courtright. Later the business was consolidated with that of Perry O. Mc-

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History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 59

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