History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 65

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

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John William Poulson was reared and edu- cated in his native county, as previously stated, and there he became not only a successful farmer in Wayne Township but also gave effec- tive service as a local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church. About the year 1914 he and his wife removed to the State of Arkansas, where he is now engaged in farming near Wheeling, besides continuing his earnest church service, both he and his wife being specially zealous in the activities of the Methodist Epis- copal Church. They became the parents of nine children : Josephine is the wife of William F. Clark and they reside in the State of Mis- souri; George L., of this review, was the next in order of birth; Charles R. is a clergyman of the Methodist Church and at the time of this writing holds a pastoral charge at West Salem, Wayne County, Ohio; Emma M. is the widow of Dr. M. J. Skiff and lives at Northeast, Ohio; Omar B. is a pastor of a Methodist Church at Altoona, Pennsylvania; William Arthur resides at Canton, Ohio; Jennie is the wife of Thomas Carpenter, of Bellville, Richland County, Ohio; Herman remains at the parental home; and Mary died in early childhood.

George L. Poulson gained his early education in the district schools of his native county and supplemented this by attending the high school at Somerton, that county. He remained at the parental home in Belmont County until his marriage in 1895, and for two years thereafter he found employment on the fine dairy farm of Dorsey Brothers in Washington County, Penn- sylvania. For a time thereafter he was asso- ciated with the operation of a saw mill at Loydsville in Belmont County, Ohio, and in 1901 he rented a farm near Scio, Harrison County, where he conducted a successful dairy business during the ensuing five years in partnership with his brother-in-law. Thomas S. Wood, of whom individual mention is made on other

pages, their alliance in this field of enterprise having continued thirteen years. In 1906 Mr. Poulson purchased and established his home upon his present farm, which he has brought to a high standard of productiveness and on which he continues his successful dairy busi- ness, with the Village of Scio as the principal market for his products. Mr. Poulson is a re- publican in his political proclivities, and he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Hanover, Ohio.

November 12, 1895, recorded the marriage of Mr. Poulson to Miss Hattie A. Wood, daughter of Mahlon and Rebecca (Turner) Wood, of Bel- mont County, of whom more specific mention is made on other pages, in the personal sketch of their son Thomas S. Mr. and Mrs. Poulson have five children-Clifford E., Grace Leah, Mary, Dean Allen and Veda. Clifford E. Poul- son was one of the gallant young men who represented Ohio in the nation's military ser- vice in the late World war. He entered the service in May, 1918, at Columbus, Ohio, and ten days later was sent to Camp Dix, where he was stationed about two weeks. He was then sent to Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, to receive training for service as railroad fire- man, and later he received instruction in rifle practice at Fort May, Virginia. In September, 1918, he sailed for France, where he served first with the One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Engi- neers in the railway department of military activities and later with the One Hundred and Eighteenth Engineers at Le Mons, and he con- tinued in active service until September, 1919, when he returned to his native land and shortly afterward received his honorable discharge at Camp Dix, when he was not yet twenty-one years of age. He is now associated with the activities of the home farm.

JOSEPH H. PORTER. Farm enterprise in Athens Township, Harrison County, finds a re- sourceful and progressive representative in the person of Mr. Porter, who was born in Jeffer- son County, Ohio, March 2, 1881, and who is a scion of a pioneer family of the old Buckeye State. He is a son of Nathan M. and Ella R. ( Herney) Porter, both likewise natives of Jefferson County, the former a son of Nathan and Nancy ( Andrews) Porter, early settlers of that county. The paternal grandfather of Nancy (Andrews) Porter was an officer of the Continental Line in the War of the Revolution.

Nathan M. Porter was reared and educated in Jefferson County and there continued his activities as one of the substantial farmers of Wayne Township until 1892, when he came with his family to Harrison County and estab- lished his home on the farm now operated by his elder son, the immediate subject of this review. He made numerous improvements on the place after it came into his possession, and here he remained, as one of the highly esteemed citizens of the county, until his death, which occurred June 14, 1914, when he was fifty-eight years of age, his widow now maintaining her home in the Village of New Athens, this county, where she is a member of the United Presby- terian Church, as was also her husband during

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the entire period of his residence in the county. Of the three children Joseph H., of this review, is the eldest; Martha V. died February 2, 1911; and Nathan Audley now resides in the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Joseph H. Porter acquired his rudimentary education in the district schools of Wayne Township, Jefferson County, and later continued his studies in the district schools in Athens Township, Harrison County, he having been eleven years of age at the time of the family removal to the latter county. His higher edu- cation was gained through two years' attend- ance in Franklin College at New Athens and by his attending Valparaiso University at Val- paraiso, Indiana, for one year. In the latter institution he completed a course in telegraphy, and after thus becoming a skilled operator he entered in 1904 the Signal Corps of the United States Army, in which he served two years as a telegraph operator in the Philippine Islands. He received his honorable discharge from Gov- ernment service in 1907 at San Francisco, Cali- fornia, and thereafter he was for the major part of the time in the telegraphic service of the Pennsylvania Railroad until June, 1914. After the death of his honored father he as- sumed active charge of the home farm, which comprises 103 acres and is one of the well im- proved and valuable places of Athens Township. His youthful experience well equipped him for independent activities as an agriculturist and stock-grower, and his governmental and railway service have further fortified him in the success- ful handling of his business affairs. He is one of the alert and progressive young farmers of Harrison County, and he and his wife have made their attractive home a center of gracious hospitality. Mr. Porter is a republican in po- litical allegiance and is affiliated with the lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Cadiz. His wife is a member of the United Presbyterian Church at New Athens.

In 1915 Mr. Porter was united in marriage to Miss Nora Hawthorne, daughter of James and Margaret (Rogers) Hawthorne, of Colum- bus, Ohio, and they have a fine little son, James Nathan, who holds distinct dominion in the pleasant home.

Mr. Porter is a scion of a family that was founded in America in the colonial days and that has given soldiers not only to the War of the Revolution but also to the various other wars in which the nation has been involved.

RICHARD M. ADAMS is a popular representa- tive of a family whose name has been closely associated with civic and industrial affairs in Harrison County since the year 1815, and in the personal sketch of his eldest brother, John F., on other pages of this work, is given ample record concerning the family history, so that repetition of the date is not here required, even were the prescribed limitations of the pub- lication such as to make such indulgence pos- sible in this and many similar cases.

Richard M. Adams, who is now numbered among the substantial farmers of his native county, was born in Stock Township, this county, August 27, 1853, and is a son of the late

Percival Adams who was long numbered among the prosperous farmers and honored and in- fiuential citizens of that township. The district schools of his native township afforded to Rich- ard M. Adams his early educational advantages, and on the home farm he gained thorough and practical experience which has been of inesti- mable value to him in his independent enter- prise as an agriculturist and stock-grower. He continued his activities as a farmer in Stock Township until April, 1889, when he removed to his present homestead farm, which comprises 143 acres and about seventy acres of which are situated in Stock Township, the remainder, on which is the family residence, being in Notting- ham Township and all being in one body. The political allegiance of Mr. Adams is given to the republican party, and he and his wife hold membership in the Asbury Methodist Episcopal Chapel in Cadiz Township.

January 16, 1889, recorded the marriage of Mr. Adams to Miss Mary Alma McCleary, who was born and reared in Nottingham Township, and who is a daughter of Joseph and Margaret ( Bush ) McCleary, the former of whom was born in 1837 and the latter in 1842, her father, John Bush, having been an early settler in Harrison County. Joseph McCleary passed the greater part of his life in Harrison County, as he was a child at the time of the family removal to this county, where his parents, James and Lydia (Rogers) McCleary, became pioneer settlers. Their other children were David, Ross, Ruth Ann and Louise. Joseph McCleary was one of the venerable pioneer citizens of Harrison County at the time of his death, March 19, 1917, his wife having passed away December 20, 1897. They became the parents of ten chil- dren : Kate (died in infancy), Mary Alma, Luther Martin, Ella May, Percival, Lydia Eliza- beth, Frank Everett, James L., Walter Howard and Marion Floyd. Mr. and Mrs. Adams have two children. Ethel Agnes is the wife of Fran- cis B. Merryman, of Cadiz, this county, and they have three children-Harold Eugene, Flor- ence Irene, and George Howard. Madison Paul married Miss Dessie Hazel Garner, and they reside in Nottingham Township.

JOHN H. HENDERSON, who is successfully en- gaged in the real-estate and insurance business at Scio, Harrison County, is one of the repre- sentative citizens of this village and served sev- eral years as clerk of its municipal government. He was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, Novem- ber 17, 1872, and is a son of Oliver W. and Mar- garet (Guiney) Henderson, the former of whom was born in Ireland on the 12th of March, 1844, and the latter was born in Archer Township, Harrison County, Ohio April 15, 1846. Oliver W. Henderson was a lad of about fourteen years when the family immigrated to America in 1858, and his father William Henderson, set- tled on a farm in Cadiz Township, Harrison County, Ohio, where he remained the greater part of the time during the remainder of his life, he having been for a short period a resi- dent of Carroll County. He and his wife were active members of the Presbyterian Church.

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They became the parents of five children- Sarah, Jane, Oliver W., Joseph and Bell.

Oliver W. Henderson was for a time engaged in farm enterprise in Jefferson County, but the major part of his active career was devoted to farm industry in Harrison County. He is now living retired, and he and his wife reside in the home of their younger son. the subject of this review. The elder of their two children is William A., who is a resident of Scio, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson are earnest members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he has held the office of elder for fully thirty years.

John H. Henderson acquired his preliminary education in the district schools of Stock Town- ship, Harrison County, later attended the pub- lic schools at Cadiz, and in 1894-5 was a stu- dent in Scio College. As a young man he be- came associated with the general store con- ducted by the Davis Store & Mining Company at Redfield, Perry County, Ohio, and he con- tinued in the employ of this concern about three years. From 1898 to 1905 he conducted a gen- eral store at Smithdale, Harrison County, where he also served as' postmaster, and from 1905 to 1910 was engaged in farming in Stock Town- ship, this county. In the latter year he estab- lished his residence at Scio, where he has since been engaged in the real estate and insurance business, in which his progressive policies and honorable dealings have gained to him a sub- stantial and prosperous enterprise and a repre- sentative clientage. He is a republican in poli- tics and he and his family hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Scio, in which he has served as a member of the official board and of which he is a trustee at the time of this writing. He gave several years of effi- cient and valued service as village clerk of Scio and as a member of local and county Board of Education and has taken deep interest in all things touching the welfare of his home com- munity. At Scio he is affiliated with the lodge of Free and Accepted Masons: at Cadiz he holds membership in the Chapter of Royal Arch Ma- sons; and he is identified also with the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Masonry at Steuben- ville, Jefferson County, as well as with the Scio Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

On the 23d of March, 1898, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Henderson to Miss Anna L. Buxton, who was born in Stock Township. Harrison County, a daughter of Campbell and Mary E. (Smith) Buxton. Campbell Buxton who has long held prestige as one of the repre- sentative farmers of Stock Township, was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Septem- ber 1. 1847, and he was about five years old when his parents, Haddon and Julia Ann (Mc- Crea ) Buxton. came to Ohio and established their home on a farm in Stock Township. Har- rison County. in 1852. Here Campbell Buxton was reared to manhood and eventually became owner of the old homestead farm, which he developed into one of the valuable properties of Stock Township. December 21. 1874, recorded his marriage to Miss Mary E. Smith. daughter of James P. and Ann (Cramblett) Smith. and of this union were born two children-Anna L. and Earl C. The parents are specially zealous

members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson have three children : Robert Buxton Henderson is in the employ of the Timkin Roller Bearing Company at Canton, Stark County. He was graduated in the Scio High School and was a member of the Student Army Training School in the city of Columbus during the winter of 1918-19. Mary Margaret was graduated in the Scio High School as a member of the class of 1920. Elizabeth Virginia is at home.

MEREDITH M. BARRETT not only has secure status as one of the representative farmers and venerable native sons of Harrison County, but he is also a member of a family whose name has been most prominently and worthily asso- ciated with the history of this county since the opening decade of the nineteenth century. This is shown by the following quotation, which re- fers to his paternal great-grandfather: "In 1803 Arthur Barrett, the elder, came to Ohio, passing through the section on which the town of Cadiz now stands, and on which at that time was a solitary log cabin. Following an Indian trail and cutting his road through the forests, he reached the forks of Brushy Fork, and here, in Cadiz Township, he entered 640 acres of land in one tract and 320 acres in another. Here he erected a log cabin, and on this land he passed the remainder of his life, which came to its close in 1828, he having been a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal Church." This pio- neer ancestor was born in Virginia in 1743, and to the frontier home in Ohio he brought his wife and their large family of children. of whom there were ten-Nancy, Susan, Hannah, Rachel, Sarah, Thomas, Arthur David. Enos and Isaac.

Arthur Barrett, Jr., grandfather of the sub- ject of this review, was born in Virginia in 1780, and thus was a youth of about twenty- three years when he accompanied his father to Ohio. He married Miss Mary Huff. daughter of William Huff, who was an early settler in eastern Ohio and who became well known as an Indian scout and fighter, as was also his brother Joseph An Indian chief made the boast that he had taken ninety-nine white scalps and that he intended to take the one hundred. Joseph learned of the chief's boast. The old chief was found sitting on the roadside by Jo- seph Huff. who afterwards said: "I saw him ( the chief) sitting by the road. and saw his pipe fall out of his mouth." That was the last of the old chief. Mr. Barrett continued as : farmer in Cadiz Township until his death in 1845, his first wife having died in 1814. the mother of four children-Meredith, Lewis, Will- iam HI. and Mary Anna. After the death of his first wife Arthur Barrett married Miss Eliza- beth Wolf. and they became the parents of four children-Louisa. Enos. John and David. Mrs. Barrett survived her husband by more than forty years and passed to eternal rest in 18S7. both having been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

William H. Barrett, son of Arthur' and Mary ( Huff) Barrett, was born in Cadiz Township. Harrison County. on the 10th of June, 1812, and

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on the old homestead he was reared to man- hood, his educational advantages having been those of the primitive subscription schools of the pioneer days. In his youth he learned the hatter's trade, which he followed several years at Cadiz and Salem. Thereafter he developed a prosperous business in the buying of live stock, which he drove overland to the market in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After his marriage he remained on the old homestead farm in Ca- diz Township until 1845, when he purchased and removed to a farm in Nottingham Town- ship, where he became the owner of a fine property of more than 300 acres and where he became specially successful in the breeding and raising of sheep. He continued as one of the substantial farmers and honored and influential citizens of Nottingham Township until his death. May 4, 1891, about one month prior to the seventy-ninth anniversary of his birth, both he and his wife having been earnest and faith- ful members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In this connection it is interesting to record that his father's second wife, Mrs. Elizabeth ( Wolf) Barrett, offered the first prayer in the original Rankin Methodist Episcopal Church, besides there making the final prayer before the church was abandoned by the congregation, which took possession of the new edifice.

On the 25th of May, 1837, was solemnized the marriage of William H. Barrett to Miss Eliza V. Betz, who was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, on the 22d of June, 1817. a daughter of William and Eliza (Veers) Betz, who were honored pioneers of that county, where Mr. Betz reclaimed and developed a productive farm. Both he and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church. They became the parents of seven children-Rebecca, Eliza V., Parmelia, Margaret, Lucinda, Brice and Mc- Courtney. Mrs. Barrett passed to the life eter- nal at the age of seventy-nine years. Of the children Meredith M., of this review, is the eldest; and the names of the others are here recorded : Marion B .; Mary E .: Mrs. Henry Haverfield: Brice W., who became a clergy- man of the Methodist Episcopal Church and died shortly before his graduation in the col- lege at Mount Union. Ohio, in 1866: Margaret E., Mrs William Birney : Emma E., Mrs. Samuel Crawford : William Fletcher, a resident of Colo- rado: and Flora M.

Meredith M. Barrett found in the Ramsey school in the home district the advantages that inured to effective educational advancement in his youth, and he recalls that one of his early teachers was Kersey Kinsey. while later he con- tinued his studies in district school in Notting- ham Township, his birth having occurred on the old homestead in Cadiz Township on the 19th of August. 1838. He was a young man when he initiated his independent career as an agri- culturist and stock-raiser on the farm which is still his place of residence and which com- prises 112 acres of the excellent land of Not- tingham Township. From the time of his mar- riage he has remained continuously on this farm. save for an interval of two years. He has always taken loyal interest in community affairs and has supported measures projected

for the general good along both civic and ma- terial lines. He served two years as trustee of Nottingham Township, and was for thirteen years a member of the school board of the township. He and his wife have long been zealous and honored members of Asbury Chapel (Methodist Episcopal), and in the same he served more than fifty years as class leader. His political views have been well fortified, and are indicated in his unfaltering allegiance to the republican party.

On the 2d of September, 1862, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Barrett to Miss Sarah Amanda Christy, who likewise was born and reared in Harrison County and who is a daugh- ter of the late Robert and Jane (McCleary) Christy. Mr. and Mrs. Barrett have four chil- dren : George W., a resident of Tuscarawas County : Carrie, the wife of John Rea, of Har- rison County ; Frank V., who now has active charge of the old home farm married Miss Ella Mallernee. who is deceased, and who is sur- vived by three children-Veda, Benjamin B. and Olga : and Olive is the wife of Joseph S. Webb, a farmer in Harrison County.

JOHN C. MCFADDEN. With the exception of a short residence in Green Township, John C. McFadden of Athens Township has always lived in one community. He was born March 31, 1850, and is a son of John J. and Esther (Clif- ford) McFadden. The father died February 7, 1897, and the mother, December 12, 1907, and both came of pioneer stock in Harrison County. The American branch of the McFadden family dates back to 1760, when John McFadden was born in Ireland.

When he was a young man of nineteen John McFadden came from Ireland and established himself in Washington County, Pennsylvania. In a short time he married a daughter of Col. George Sharpe, of the United States army and in the year 1800 he came with others to Cadiz Township. Harrison County. It was then ter- ritorial days, so that the McFadden family belongs to the pioneer element in society. In the following year Mr. McFadden brought his family from Pennsylvania to Ohio. Their chil- dren were: Samuel, George, John, Joseph, Mary and Margaret.

It was John McFadden that continued the family name in Harrison County. He was sev- enteen when he came with his parents from Pennsylvania to Ohio. He married Mary, a daughter of Adam and Rebecca (Work) Dun- lap. They were pioneers in Harrison County, having come from Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Eleven children were born in this generation: Margaret, Adam, Rebecca, Mary, John J .. Sarah, Samuel R., George, Es- ther, Rachel and Jennie. The McFaddens of that day and generation were consistent mem- bers of the Union Church, although later the family is connected with the Presbyterian Church in New Athens.

John J. McFadden, fourth son of John, was born in Cadiz Township, Harrison County, Oc- tober 21, 1820, and his time of life was when great strides of advancement were being made in civilization. His school days were in the

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time of the log school house with a huge fire place, and when the New Testament and the National Speller were the text books in use in the community. On February 28, 1844, J. J. McFadden married Esther, a daughter of John Clifford. Mr. Clifford was from Ireland. Their children were: Mary, Margaret Jane, Rebecca Ann. John C., George D., Edward S., Sarah, Adam and the Rev. Samuel W.

From the beginning the McFaddens have voted the democratie ticket, and John J. Mc- Fadden was several times elected to office and was treasurer of Athens Township for thirty consecutive years.

On January 6, 1876. John C. McFadden mar- ried Mary Evelyn, a daughter of Adam Dicker- son. Their children are: Edna and Cora E., the latter the wife of H. F. Warne of Washington, Pennsylvania, and their children are John Hi- ram and Florence Esther. Walter J. McFad- den married Mabel Anthony, and they have one daughter. Ruth. They live in Sioux City, Iowa. Jane D. is the wife of A. C. Warne. They live in Washington, Pennsylvania. Howard W. Me- Fadden married Ella May Kirkpatrick, and their children are Mary Evelyn and Helen Irene. Charles McFadden married Zada Moore.

Mrs. Mary Evelyn McFadden died in 1890, and on January 30, 1900, John C. McFadden married Mary Allce, a daughter of John T. and Sarah M. (Jackson) Harris. For 140 years there have been McFaddens in the United States who know themselves to belong to one parent stock, all descended from the Irish immigrant, John McFadden.

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History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 65

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