History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 68

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

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JASPER H. ROUDEBUSH. The career of Jasper H. Roudebush is an expression of well-directed and intelligent industry, of devotion to the best interests of the community, and of promotion of the best tenets of agriculture. His financial standing is indicated by the possession of 354 acres of highly valuable land, located all in one body in Washington Township, a community in which he has passed his entire life and where the people recognize him as a practical agri- culturist and skilled raiser of stock. Mr. Roudebush is a self-made man, and all his pos- sessions have come to him through the exercise of thrift, good management and business sa- gacity.

Jasper H. Roudebush was born February 6, 1875. on a farm in Washington Township. Car- roll County, a son of Mathias and Anna ( Blazer) Roudebush. His paternal grandpar- ents were Jesse and Jane Ann (Poole) Roude- bush, early settlers of Washington Township. and his maternal grandfather was Philip B. Blazer, who was numbered also among the early

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residents of Carroll County. Mathias Roude- bush was born in Washington Township, where he was reared and educated and, following his marriage to Anna Blazer, who was born in Center Township, this county, settled on a farm in Washington Township, where they passed the remainder of their lives. Mrs. Roudebush died when her son was only three years old, Mr. Roudebush surviving until July, 1918. They had but two children: Jasper H. and Philip, the latter of whom is now deceased.

Jasper H. Roudebush acquired his educational training in the district school adjacent to his father's farm and remained on the home place until two years after his marriage, when he bought 110 acres of land in Washington Town- ship. To this he has since added by thrift and industry until he now has 354 acres, all in one body, on which he has modern improve- ments and the best of buildings and equipment. In addition to carrying on general farming, he is successfully raising Shorthorn cattle, hogs and other live-stock, and in all departments of his work operates under modern methods. He has kept pace with the advance in agriculture through the various mediums at the disposal of intelligent students of land culture, and is a valued member of Washington Township Grange No. 1961, of which he was formerly master. He belongs to the Mount Olive Disciples Church, in which he is an elder. Politically a republican, Mr. Roudebush wields a distinct in- fluence in the ranks of his party and for many years was a member of the central committee. Since 1914 he has served in the office of justice of the peace, and in the fall of 1920 was elected County Commissioner. A man of sterling gen- eral worth, he is respected by all with whom he is associated, and represents, in the variety and extent of his success, an example worthy of emulation by the youth of the rising gen- eration.

On January 10, 1900, Mr. Roudebush married Miss Margaret Shepherd, who was born April 6, 1874, in Center Township, Carroll County, a daughter of James and Ann Eliza ( Bothwell) Shepherd, early settlers of Carroll County. To this union there have been born two children: Alma, who is a teacher in the public schools of Carroll County, and Martha, who resides with her parents and is in high school.

JAMES A. MCLAUGHLIN. The late James A MeLaughlin, of Short Creek Township, was for thirteen years one of the successful farmers and live-stock men of his community, and his name is held in the highest esteem in Harrison County, while his own career and the history of his family lend distinction to the pioneer annals of this section of Ohio.

Mr. McLaughlin was born at Adena, Jefferson County, Ohio, November 24, 1849, son of William J. and Elizabeth (Berry) Mclaughlin. His father was born at the old Mclaughlin home- stead near Adena in Jefferson County March 3. 1812. His mother was born near Venice in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, July 15, 1815. They were married October 20, 1840. The par- ents of Elizabeth Berry were William and Jane (McConnell) Berry. Her father was born and

reared in Washington County, where he learned the carpenter's trade in youth, later became a successful operator of a flour mill at Venice, and owned and developed a good farm in that locality, where he spent his entire life. He served more than thirty years in office as justice of the peace. He and his wife were zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he served as an elder for many years. Their children were named John, Mary, Elizabeth, William, Matthew, Prudence and James.

John Mclaughlin, founder of the family of that name in southeastern Ohio, was born in Cecil Township. Washington County, Pennsyl- vania, and married there Miss Anna Johnson. In 1801 he became one of the earliest settlers in Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, where he and his wife endured the circum- stances of the frontier while he was reclaiming a farm from the forest wilds. He was an honored and influential citizen of the county and for seventeen years was a member of the Lower House of the Legislature, having a rec- ord of sixteen consecutive years in that office. He impressed his ability upon the legislative record of the period and was the first to suggest and urge the establishment of a state asylum for the deaf and dumb. He and his wife were revered pioneers of this county. They were United Presbyterians. Their family of chil- dren were Eliza, Polly, Nancy. Peggie, Anna, William J., John, James M., Jane, Catherine and Samuel R. Samuel R. was distinguished by a brilliant intellect, being only twelve years old when he gained admission to Franklin Col- lege at New Athens.

William J. Mclaughlin was reared and edu- cated in Smithfield Township, Jefferson County. Virtually his entire active career was devoted to farming, with a high degree of success and accompanied with the responsibilities of an in- fluential citizen. He was a republican, and he and his wife were members of the United Pres- byterian Church. His death occurred in Janu- ary, 1894, while his wife passed away December 28. 1898. The names and respective birth dates of their children were: John M., January 8, 1843; Jane, December 25, 1845; William G., April 25, 1847: James A., November 24, 1849; Samuel, March 24. 1854; and Martha, October 8, 1856.

The late James A. Mclaughlin during his youth acquired a fortifying experience in con- nection with the work of the old home farm, and at the same time profited by the advan- tages of the district schools. In his native township as a young man he commenced farm- ing for himself, and during the long intervening years gave unwearying industry and allegiance to the production of crops and live-stock, with a degree of success merited by his labors and good judgment. The scene of his farming en- terprise continued in Jefferson County until 1907, in which year be removed to Short Creek Township and for the next six years was en- gaged in partnership with his sons William W. and Wilmer M. in farming and live-stock opera- tions. In 1913 he and his son Wilmer M. be- came partners in the operation of the old Ladd

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farm, and he so continued until his death on February 14, 1920. During his time the part- nership became notable for the successful breeding of registered black-top Spanish Ma- rino sheep and registered Jersey cattle.

Mr. Mclaughlin was a republican, though he never sought or held public office. He and his family were United Presbyterians and at the time of his death he was an elder in the Harris- ville United Presbyterian Church.

February 26, 1874, Mr. Mclaughlin married Miss Sarah A. Barkhurst. She was also born and reared in Jefferson County. Her father, William Barkhurst, was of pioneer stock. Mr. Mclaughlin was bereaved of his devoted com- panion of more than thirty years on February 22, 1906. The memory of her kindly personality is deeply cherished in Jefferson County and by her children and grandchildren in Harrison County. Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Mclaughlin Ella May, born February 29, 1876, is the wife of George T. Davis and has three children, named James Howells, Sarah Catherine and Martha. Mary E., who was born January 10, 1879, is the wife of Rev. Herbert Haldy, a clergyman of the Society of Friends. They have two children, Helen Avien and Jose- phine A. The sons of William Wilson and Wilmer M. are accorded special mention in these pages. Jennie B., who was born May 1, 1886, died July 3, 1891. Russell H., the youngest, was born November 16, 1888. married Miss May Rogers and has two children, John Howard and Martha Marie.

WILMER M. MCLAUGHLIN, of Short Creek Township, Harrison County, is recognized as one of the successful and representative farmers and stock-raisers and is a son of the late James A. Mclaughlin, of a prominent pioneer family of Jefferson County and whose connections with the life and affairs of that county and also with Harrison County are reviewed in the preceding sketch.

Wilmer M. Mclaughlin was born in Belmont County, Ohio, November 19, 1882. He was reared in that county and educated in the schools of Belmont and Jefferson counties. In 1907 he came with his father and other mem- bers of the family to Short Creek Township, and he and his father and brother, William W., engaged in farming and the stock business in partnership, their partnership being continued for six years, until terminated in 1913. The son Wilmer M. and his father continued part- nership relations in farming and stock-raising on the old Ladd farm until the death of his father in 1920. Since then Wilmer M. McLaugh- lin has continued the operation of this well known stock farm and is one of the recognized authorities on pure bred cattle and sheep in that section of the state.

He stands for all that is best in citizenship, and is an honor to his community, is indus- trious. and has exemplified the quality of fair dealing and consistency in his relations both to business and the fundamental religious prin- ciples of life. He is a member of the Harris- ville United Presbyterian Church and a repub- lican in politics.

September 18, 1912, Mr. Mclaughlin married Miss Matilda McFarland, who was born in Short Creek Township July 26, 1893, daughter of James T. and Hattie (Lynn) McFarland. Her father was a native of Cadiz Township and her mother of Short Creek. Mrs. McLaugh- lin was educated in the district schools of Jef- ferson County and in the Harrisville Higb School, and is a member of the Harrisville United Presbyterian Church. She is a most es- timable woman, wife and mother, and an earn- est helpmate to her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Mclaughlin are the parents of a daughter and a son, Sarah Marie, born August 14, 1916, and George William, born December 29, 1919.

JOHN S. EVANS. It would be difficult to find a family more representative of the solid re- liable qualities deemed so desirable in a neigh- borhood of hard-working. thrifty and loyal Americans than that bearing the name of Evans, of whom John S. Evans of Archer Township, Harrison County, Ohio, is a worthy member. He was born at Covington, Kentucky, in 1870, a son of George Evans, and grandson of Hugh Evans, both of the last two being natives of Lannasanna, North Wales. Hugh Evans was a minister of the Methodist faith, who died in North Wales when forty-five years of age. In addition to discharging his ministerial duties he owned and operated a woolen factory in his native place. Hugh Evans was the father of the following children : Anna, Mary, Margaret, Ellen. Jane. William, Richard, John, George and an unnamed infant son.

George Evans, who was born in 1834, was reared in North Wales, and there was married to Jane Jones, who was born in North Wales in 1838, the marriage taking place in 1861. As a young man he learned the bricklaying trade, but did not find the opening he desired in his own land, so decided to seek his fortune in another. About 1865 he came to the United States, bringing with him his wife and one child. They stopped for a short time at Troy, New York, from whence they made their way westward as far as Cincinnati, Ohio. A few months later they made another change when they went to Covington, Kentucky, and that city continued to be their home until 1870, when they went to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and dur- ing the short time they lived in that city George Evans was employed on the construction of the old Postoffice Building. In 1871 he came to Cadiz. Ohio, and there he assisted in erecting the mill, and set the first steam engine in it. About 1875 he and his family returned to Eng- land. but he came back to the United States by himself in 1884, and after three months spent at Cadiz. Ohio, getting things ready for them, he sent for his family, who then joined him. From then on he continued to reside in Harrison County. He and his wife had the following children : Mariam Jane, who married James Mattern; Anna, who married Asbury Freshwater; John S., whose name appears at the opening of this review: William, who mar- ried Clara Mealey: George, who was fifth in order of birth; and Ellen. who married Charley N. Raynard. George Evans died in October,

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1913, and his widow in June, 1916, both as devout members of the Welsh Baptist Church.

John S. Evans followed his father's example and learned to be a bricklayer, and worked at his trade for a number of years, and during that period did some contract building. For the past nine years, however, he has been en- gaged in farming and also deals in stock to some extent. His ninety-five acres of land are well cultivated and devoted to a general line of diversified crops and the raising of some stock.

On November 2. 1892, John S. Evans was married to Margaretta Osburn, a daughter of John and Sarah (Amspoker) Osburn, of Archer Township. Mr. and Mrs. Evans have two chil- dren : Susie Alice, who married Oakley Hen- niss, and has one child. Ellen; and Sarah Margaret, who married Benjamin H. Findling, and has one child, Dorcas Winnifred, who was born October 28, 1916.

JAMES S. GILLOGLY has shown no indirection or uncertainty in the management of his sub- stantial farm industry, and has gained the maximum returns from his well improved farm of 160 acres in Short Creek Township, Harri- son County.

Mr. Gillogly was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, on the 21st of December. 1862, and is a son of Andrew J. and Eliza (Grim) Gillogly, both of whom were born and reared in that county, where the father devoted his entire active career to farming enterprise, save for a period of three years spent in similar activity in the State of Illinois. Both he and his wife were venerable citizens of their native county at the time of their deaths, and both were consistent members of the Baptist Church. To them were born eight children-Mary Anna, William (died in childhood), Arbelle, James S., Spencer, Flora Jane, Laura and Andrew Perry.

James S. Gillogly is indebted to the public schools of his native county for his early edu- cation, and there also was staged his first in- dependent enterprise in connection with farm- ing. He became the owner of one of the excel- lent farms of Greene County, and there con- tinued his residence until 1907, when he sold his property in the old Keystone state and pur- chased his present homestead farm in Short Creek Township. The original purchase was a tract of 127 acres, to which he has since added until he now has a productive and well kept farm of 160 acres, devoted to diversified agri- culture and the raising of good types of live- stock. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party, and he and his wife are active members of the United Presbyterian Church at Harrisville.

The year 1895 recorded the marriage of Mr. Gillogly to Miss Dora L. Smith, who likewise was born and reared in Greene County, Penn- sylvania, where her father, George Smith, was a prosperous farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Gillogly became the parents of four children : Gail died on April 9, 1917, at the age of twenty-four years; and the surviving children are Straus James, who married Florence Mulvihill, of Cadiz Township; Leona, who married Craig

Seibert, of Short Creek Township; and Howard. Straus James, the elder son, represented his home county in the national military service in the late World war. On the 25th of July, 1918, he entered service at Camp Sherman, and on the 9th of the following September he embarked for the stage of war. He landed in Glasgow, Scotland, on the 22d of the same month, pro- ceeded thence to Southampton, England, from which port he sailed for France. He landed at Havre and in the American Expeditionary Forces he was assigned to Company C, Three Hundred and Sixty-second Regiment of Infan- try, Ninety-first Division, his original assign- ment having been to Company E, Three Hun- dred and Thirty-sixth Infantry, Eighty-fourth Division. He took part in the final drive of the allied forces in Belgium, and was in the front lines at the time when the historic armis- tice was signed and brought hostilities to a close. On the return to his native land he arrived in the port of New York City on the 11th of April, 1919, and on the first of the following month he received his honorable dis- charge at Camp Sherman, Ohio.

JOHN J. DUSWALD passed his entire life in Harrison County, was reared to manhood in North Township, and received the advantages of the local schools of the period. With the passing years he so directed his activities as to become one of the representative farmers of Rumley Township, and as a citizen of sterling character and worthy achievement he held in- violable place in popular confidence and esteem. He remained on his farm until his death, De- cember 31, 1915, and his status in the com- munity was such that a tribute to his memory and a brief record of his career find consistent place in this history.

Mr. Duswald was born in North Township, this county, on the 25th of April, 1847, and was a son of James and Sarah (Shook) Dus- wald, the former a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the latter of the State of Maryland. In his youth James Duswald re- ceived excellent educational advantages and gave considerable time to the study of medicine. He was a young man, however, when he aban- doned the plan of preparing himself for the medical profession, and a radical change was made in his course when he adopted a seafar- ing life. In his voyages as a sailor he visited Palestine and the leading ports in Europe and Asia, and he was still a young man when he came to. Harrison County, Ohio, where his marriage was solemnized, and where he engaged in farming in North Township. He was a man of broad views and fine intellectual ken, and was influential in community affairs. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, while his wife was a member of the Lutheran Church, and they were well advanced in years at the time of their deaths. They became the parents of four children-John J., subject of this memoir; Sarah Amanda, Mrs. Frank Ram- sey ; Mary A., Mrs. William Holmes, and Thomas W .. who married Ellen Corbett and he is now deceased.

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John J. Duswald spent his early life working on farms in North Township. In about 1869 he began saw milling, and continued in that work until about 1883. In that year he engaged in farming in North Township on his own ac- count, and in 1887 he came to the George Sham- baugh farm in Rumley Township. Following the death of Mr. Shambaugh, his father-in-law, in 1904, Mr. Duswald bought the farm, on which he passed the remainder of his life and on which his widow and their only surviving son still maintain their home. On this fine farm of 180 acres Mr. Duswald made many excellent improvements, including the erection of a large and modern barn and all other buildings except the two houses on the place. He was a man of energy, enterprise and good judgment, and in his farm industry he won substantial and well merited success. He never sought public office but was loyal and liberal as a citizen. He was a democrat in politics, and held member- ship in the United Brethren Church, as does also his widow. John J. Duswald served in the Civil war in the Thirteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, from February, 1864, until the close of the war, he having been mustered out July 4, 1865.

On the 29th of May, 1873, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Duswald to Miss Mary C. Shambaugh, who was born and reared in Rum- ley Township, this county, and who is a daugh -. ter of George and Matilda (Hazlett) Sham- baugh, both of whom were born in Pennsyl- vania. George Shambaugh was a boy of about four years when he came to Rumley Township with his parents. His father, who likewise bore the name of George, was born in Perry County, Pennsylvania, in 1787. The original American progenitor was George Shambaugh. who was born and reared in Germany and who was one of the early settlers in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he became a man of wealth and influence. The George Sham- baugh who was the grandfather of Mrs. Dus- wald married Mrs. Elizabeth (Brown) Wirt, a young widow who was born in 1777, a daughter of Michael Brown, who was of German lineage. In 1817 George Brown came with his wife to Harrison County, Ohio, and obtained a large tract of Government land in Rumley Township, where he reclaimed a productive farm from the forest wilds and where he remained until his death, September 4, 1867, his wife having passed away many years previously. They be- came the parents of four children-Philip. Michael (died March 20, 1863). George (father of Mrs. John J. Duswald). and Margaret (wife of Samuel Hazlett. both being deceased). George Shambaugh had served in the War of 1812, and one of his uncles, Jacob Shambaugh, was a youthful soldier in the Continental line in the War of the Revolution, he having been a boy when he entered the service and his duty having been principally that of military teamster.

George Shambaugh, father of Mrs. Duswald, was reared under the conditions marking the pioneer days in Harrison County, and eventu- ally he became one of the successful exponents of farm industry in Rumley Township, where

he and his wife died when venerable in years, both having been earnest members of the United Brethren Church. They became the parents of nine children : Sarah J. became the wife of Mathias Markley and is now deceased; Jacob and Susannah died in early childhood; Isaac B., deceased, was a Civil war veteran; George W. is a resident of the State of Kansas; Mary C. is the widow of the subject of this memoir; Michael L. maintains his home in Nebraska ; Andrew J. is a resident of the State of Louisi- ana ; and Daniel S. lives in Nebraska. It will thus be noted that of the immediate family Mrs. Duswald is now the only remaining repre- sentative in Harrison County. She. like her parents, holds membership in the United Breth- ren Church. George Shambaugh was twice married, wedding for his second wife Susana Bradley. She lives in North Township, Harri- son County.

In conclusion is given brief record concerning the children of Mr. and Mrs. Duswald : George J. remains with his widowed mother on the old home farm, and of him more specific mention will be made later: Sarah M. is the wife of Ott W. English, of North Township, and they have two children-Florence M. and Clyde: Charles W. died in early childhood; Edna E. is the wife of L. J. Duncan, and they reside in the State of Texas; Bertha M. is the wife of John Dunlap, of Wellsville, Columbiana County, Ohio, and they have two children-George A. and Mary Vivian; and J. Wilbur died in child- hood.

George J. Duswald was born in North Town- ship March 2, 1879. In addition to receiving the advantages of the public schools he com- pleted a commercial course at Scio College, this county, and he has since remained on the home farm, of which he assumed the active management upon the death of his father. In connection with diversified agriculture he is a successful stock-grower and gives special atten- tion to the breeding of Aberdeen-Angus cattle.

DAVID M. KAIL. Some of the former ener- getic agriculturists of Harrison County are now living in retirement, but the work which they accomplished still stands as a monument to their industry and good management. One of these substantial retired farmers of German Township is David M. Kail of Germano. He was born in German Township, Harrison County. Ohio, a son of Uriah and Maria (Miser) Kail. Gabriel Kail, his paternal grandfather, was the pioneer of the family in Harrison County. Born in Pennsylvania, he left his native state in young manhood and journeyed westward to Ohio until he reached Harrison County. Buying a farm in Rumley Township, he continued to live on it until his death, which took place in 1850. A wagon- maker by trade, he alternated working at it and farming. His second wife. Elizabeth De Vore. was the grandmother of David M. Kail, and they had the following children: Gabriel, Hiram. Steven, Joseph, Uriah, Lucinda, Anna, Tabitha and Phoebe.

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History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 68

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