History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 78

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

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Samuel Richey was born in Cadiz Township March 24, 1850, and was there reared to man- hood on the farm of his father, the late John M. Richey, his educational advantages having been those of the district schools. September 10, 1873, he wedded Miss Martha M. Hedges, daughter of Samuel and Sarah ( Rowley) Hedges, of Cadiz Township, and in the follow- ing year they established their home on the form in Cadiz Township which is their present place of residence, within a comparatively short distance from Cadiz, the county seat. Mr. Richey has long been numbered among the sub- stantial farmers and influential citizens of Cadiz Township, and is now president of the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Harrison County. He is a stalwart in the local camp of the democratic party. and he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church at Cadiz, of which he is an elder. Their home is one-half a mile northwest of that city. on the Moravian road. and their substantial brick resi- dence was erected in 1838 by Thomas Hender- son, the former owner of the well improved farm. Mr. and Mrs. Richey have but one child, William H.

William H. Richey was born on the old home- stead farm in Cadiz Township, which was the birthplace of his paternal grandfather. and the date of his nativity was April 3, 1875. He duly availed himself of the advantages of the public schools of his native county, and in the mean- while gained valuable experience in connection with the productive activities of his father's farm. with the work and management of which he continued his association until 1892. when he engaged in the livery business at Cadiz. He continued this enterprise six years, and he then remored to a farm not far distant from that which he now owns and occupies. To the lat- ter farm. of 125 acres. Cadiz Township. he removed in 1903. and here he is successfully giving his attention to diversified agriculture and the raising of live stock, with preference given to sheep. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party, but he has had no ambition for political preferment, his commun- ity attitude being that of a progressive and public-spirited citizen. He and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian Church at Cadiz.

On the 20th of January. 1897, was solemmized the marriage of Mr. Richer to Miss Emma Dick- erson. who likewise was born and reared in Harrison County and who is a representative of another of the sterling pioneer families of

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this favored section of the Buckeye State. Mr. and Mrs. Richey became the parents of three children : Donald R., who was born January 8, 1898, died on the 30th of July, 1805; Martha Elizabeth, who was born August 5, 1902, was graduated in the Cadiz High School as a mem- ber of the class of 1920; and Samuel D., who was born May 18, 1912, is attending school in the home district.

JOHN M. ELLIOTT has every reason to take pride in his fine homestead farm, and is the fortunate owner of a landed estate of 400 acres in Monroe Township, Carroll County, and his is secure vantage place as one of the pro- gressive and representative exponents of farm industry in his native county. His farm is sit- uated one-half a mile distant from the Village of Dellroy, which is his postoffice address.

Mr. Elliott was born in Rose Township, this county, on the 3d of August, 1860, and is a son of James Blaine Elliott and Mary (Wilson) Elliott, both likewise natives of this county. Aaron Elliott, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in the north of Ireland, of Scotch ancestry, and was there reared and educated. When ten years old he embarked on a salling vessel at Londonderry, Ireland, and voyaged across the Atlantic ocean to the port of New York City with his mother and family. Thence he proceeded to Philadelphia and later to Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he remained a few years. In 1817 he came to Carroll County, Ohio, and became one of its sterling pioneer settlers, where he instituted the reclamation and development of a farm of 163 acres, a Government claim, where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives, his death having occurred in 1857. Of the family of two sons and five daughters James B. was the youngest, and he passed his entire life on the old home farm in Rose Township which was the place of his birth. He was one of the honored pioneer citizens and representative farmers of the county at the time of his death, in 1897, when sixty-five years of age, and his widow attained to the venerable age of eighty. seven years, she having passed to the life eternal in 1917. They became the parents of three sons and one daughter and John M. of this review was the third in order of birth. The parents were earnest members of the Pres byterian Church and the father was a republi. can in his political proclivities.

John M. Elliott passed the period of his childhood and early youth on the old home farm, assisted in its work during the summer seasons and attended the district school during the winter terms until he was fourteen years of age. Thereafter he continued his studies in a well ordered select school in the Village of Dellroy until he had attained to the age of eighteen years. Thereafter he completed a short course in the Hagerstown Academy, and he put his acquirements to practical test by teaching one year in the district school at Mingo, Prairie Township. He taught the next year in the Willow Run District School in Harrison Township, and his successful peda-

gogic career included also one year of service in a district school in Rose Township. After his marriage, in 1883, he continued to be en- gaged in farm enterprise on the old homestead until 1898, and in the meanwhile utilized eighty acres of the place in his operations. From this nucleus, with the increasing financial prosperity that has marked his course as a vigorous and progressive representative of farm enterprise, he has gradually added to his holding until he now has a valuable property of 400 acres, all well improved and devoted to diversified agriculture and the raising of excellent types of live stock. Mr. Elliott is a stockholder in the First National Bank of Carrollton, and as one of the popular and substantial citizens of his community he has been called upon to serve as trustee of Mon- roe Township and as a member of the School Board of his district. He is a staunch advocate of the principles of the republican party and has always been ready to lend his co-operation in the furtherance of enterprises projected for the general good of his home community and native county.

The year 1883 recorded the marriage of Mr. Elliott to Miss Margaret D. Davis, who like wise was born and reared in Carroll County, a daughter of William and Harriet (Parr) Davis, of Monroe Township. In conclusion is entered brief record concerning the children of Mr. and Mrs. Elliott : Raymond Davis, who was born in 1886, is now a resident of Whittier, California. Lorin S. married Miss Zella Pearl Brown, who died in April, 1916. Their two children are Arthur Francis and Margaret Esther. Winona is the wife of Ralph Downes, of Magnolia, Carroll County, and they have two children-Genevieve and Margaret Ellen. Paul, the youngest of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Elliott, has to his honor a splendid record of service in connection with the nation's partici- pation in the late World war. He entered ser- vice at Carrollton on the 29th of April, 1918, and after having passed three weeks at Camp Sherman, Ohio, was sent to Camp Merritt, New Jersey, where he became a private in the Head- quarters Company of the Three Hundred and Thirty-second United States Infantry. On the 8th of June, 1918, he sailed with his command for the stage of conflict. He landed at Liver- pool, England, and proceeded thence to South- ampton, and he arrived at Havre, France, on the 17th of June. His initial training and ser- vice in France was in the Chaumont district, and there he was assigned to the Regimental Band, the Three Hundred and Thirty-second Infantry having become a part of the Eighty- third Division of the American Expeditionary Forces. The regiment was sent to Turin, Italy, and thence to Verona, and it then proceeded with the forces sent to repel the Austrians in Trentino, in which district he remained until October 24, 1918. It next participated in the great Treviso drive against the Austrians, and in this action the command marched 100 miles in ten days, crossing the Plave River to Undine in Austrian Baden. After this expedition the regiment was sent to Montaigne, France, and finally it returned to Treviso, where it was sta-

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tioned at the time of receiving news of the signing of the historic armistice, which brought a termination to the conflict. With his regi- ment Mr. Elliott then proceeded to Geneva, Italy, and on the 31st of November, 1918, the command set sail for the United States. The members landed, en route, at Gibralter, and Mr. Elliott was thus permitted to visit and view the sights of that great English stronghold. He landed in the port of New York City on the 14th of April, 1919, remained ten days in the national metropolis, and finally returned to Camp Sherman, Ohio, where he was mustered out on the 5th of May, 1919, as a musician. In the Regimental Band he had played the alto horn. While in Italy he made three visits to the City of Rome,-on one occasion to take part in the concert given by his Regimental Band in honor of President Wilson. and on the other two occasions to pay similar tribute to other distinguished persons, his regiment acting as escort at these notable events. The varied experiences which Paul Elliott met during the period of his service in Europe will ever re- main as an interesting chapter in his life his- tory, and his record of patriotic service is one that will reflect enduring honor on his name.

JEREMIAH WININGS resides upon the fine old homestead farm in German Township, Harrison County, that figured as the place of his birth, and here he has added to the family name new laurels in connection with the progressive agri- cultural and live-stock industry, which has here enlisted the attention of members of this family since the pioneer days. On his present farm Mr. Winings was born August 8, 1850. a son of John and Susan (Wagner) Winings, both like- wise natives of German Township, where the former was born on the 26th of March. 1817. a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Baker) Winings. Jacob Winings was a son of John Winings, who came to Harrison County from Pennsyl- vania very early in the nineteenth century, ob- tained 160 acres of Government land in German Township, reclaimed a farm from the forest wilds, and here passed the residue of his life. both he and his wife having been honored pio- neer citizens of the county at the time of their deaths. It is interesting to record that the land which John Winings thus obtained from the Government is now a part of the fine estate owned by his great-grandson. Jeremiah Win- ings, subject of this review.

Jacob Winings likewise gained a full quota of experience in connection with pioneer farm en- terprise in Harrison County, and after a stage line was established through this section he conducted an old-time tavern or inn on the stage highway, the same having been a popular place of entertainment for sojourners passing along the stage line. Jacob Winings and his wife were venerable in years when they passed from the stage of life's mortal endeavors, and their names merit place on the roll of the sterl- ing pioneer citizens of this section of the Buck- eye State. They were earnest members of the Lutheran Church. The names and respective birth dates of their children are here recorded :

Jacob, October 23, 1815; John, Jr., March 26, 1817; Peggle Ann, December 18, 1819 (died in early childhood) ; Henry, December 3, 1821; Peggie and Barbara Ann (twins), September 24, 1823; Polly, December 17, 1825; Jacob H., July 29, 1828; and Catherine Ann, August 27, 1830.

John Winings, Jr., father of him whose name initiates this sketch, was reared and educated under the conditions that marked the pioneer era in the history of Harrison County, and, like his able forebears in the county, he gave close and productive allegiance to farm industry and stock dealing in connection with which sub- stantial prosperity attended his jearnest en- deavors. He was one of the prominent and highly esteemed citizens of German Township at the time of his death, October 18, 1884, his first wife having passed away February 12, 1859. Both were zealous communicants of the Lutheran Church, as was also the second wife. Mrs. Susan (Wagner) Winings was a daughter of John Wagner, who was born in Germany and who became an early settler in eastern Pennsylvania, whence he went forth as a patriot soldier in the War of the Revolution. After the close of this conflict he became an early settler in Jefferson County, Ohio, whence he later came to Harrison County and settled in German Township. His children were twelve in num- ber : Reuben (died in early childhood), George, Levi, Daniel, John, Henry, Drusilla, Polly, Rachel, Susan, Sallie and Katie. John and Susan (Wagner) Winings became the parents of six children, whose names and respective dates of birth are here noted : John E., March 23, 1839; Jacob, September 5, 1841 : Henry, May 22, 1843: Mary Elizabeth, March 10, 1845: Samantha Jane, September 12, 1847; and Jere- miah, subject of this sketch, August 8, 1850. After the death of his first wife John Winings married Elizabeth Shoemaker, who was born March 3. 1919, and who survived him by sev- eral years, no children having been born of this union.

Jeremiah Winings was reared on the old homestead which has ever continued his place of abode and which to him is associated with most gracious memories. After having profited by the advantages afforded in the district schools of German Township he attended the normal school at Hopedale and Richmond Col- lege at Richmond, Jefferson County. He has thus been well fortified in both mental powers and practical knowledge in carrying forward his activities as an agriculturist and stock- grower, and in this section of Ohio are to be found few finer farms than this well improved and valuable landed estate. The present build- ings were erected by Mr. Winings,-the fine farm house in 1893, and the large barn in 1890. On November 1, 1920, he sold 200 acres of his fine farm, including his splendid residence and barn, to the Apex Coal Company of Cleveland, Ohio. A man of intellectuality and mature judgment, Mr. Winings is well fortified in his political conviction and is a staunch supporter of the cause of the republican party. He nat- urally takes loyal interest in all things touch-

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Ing the welfare of his home county, and while he has had no desire for official preferment he gave three years of effective service as a mem- ber of the German Township Board of Educa- tion. He and his wife and son are communi- cants of the Lutheran Church, and the family is one of prominence and distinctive popularity in German Township.

June 7, 1876, recorded the marriage of Mr. Winings to Miss Minerva Leas, who was born in Salem Township, Jefferson County, April 1, 1855, a daughter of the late William and Eliza- beth (Miser) Leas. Of this union were born two children-John Leas Winings and Clyde Blaine Winings, the latter having been born December 8, 1886, and his death having oc- curred August 21, 1889. John Leas Winings was born January 6, 1878, and after having been graduated from the high school at Ger- mano he completed a course and was graduated in the Oberlin Business College. Except for the two years of his absence at school he has remained with his parents on the ancestral homestead, and he is his father's efficient co- adjutor in the work and management of the fine farm.

RALPH M. WOOD, an automobile dealer of Cadiz, was born in that city on December 31, 1880, the son of William F. and Amanda (Laizure) Wood. William T. Wood was for many years actively connected with the business interests of Cadiz and community. He was born October 3, 1848, at Grinshall Grove, Shrop- shire, England. He is a son of Robert Wood and his wife. Ann (Owens) Wood, of Shrop- shire, England. John Wood. of the next genera- tion was a wool buyer through Ohio in its early history. He lived at Putney Bottom, now called Grove Creek. When he retired from the wool business he moved to North Adams, Massa- chusetts, and died there.

Robert Wood was a cabinetmaker, and in 1862 he located in Cadiz, ending his days there. When he first came to Cadiz he worked for J. W. Gillespie in the furniture trade. Later he became a manufacturer of furniture. He had two sons, William T. Wood and Frederick, the latter dying in England at the age of four years.

While living in England Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Wood were members of the Church of England -Episcopalian, but in Cadiz Mrs. Wood united with the Methodists. In 1868 W. T. Wood en- tered the grocery store owned by Samuel Fergu- son as a clerk, remaining ten years in the post- tion. Later he clerked in other stores until 1879, at which time he formed a partnership with Regin Furbay in a grocery store. Three years later Mr. Furbay disposed of his interest to J. H. Moore, and Wood and Moore were part- ners for a time. Finally Mr. Wood bought the partner's share and has continued the grocery, hardware and queensware business alone. As clerk and proprietor he has been in the grocery business more than half a century.

Aside from his mercantile business Mr. Wood is president of the Third Equitable Building and Loan Company of Cadiz. He is also president of

the Cadiz Electric Light and Power Company. In 1875 he married Amanda Laizure, a daughter of Elijah Laizure. Their children are: Fred C. Wood, who has mining interests and lives in Denver, Colorado. Edith, wife of S. A. McCool, lives in Kansas City, Missouri; and Robert and Ralph M., of Harrison County. Mr. Wood is a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge, and with his family is a member of the Methodist Church in the community.

When he had completed his studies in the Cadiz Public Schools Ralph M. Wood entered Bliss Business College in Columbus in 1907, and graduated there. His first business rela- tion was with the First National Bank of Cadiz as a bookkeeper, where he remained ten and one-half years. In May, 1919, he became cash- ier of the First National Bank of Hopedale, in Harrison County, where he continued about one year, since which time he has been handling the Dodge Brothers automobiles, he controlling one-half of Harrison County for the sale of that car. He still maintains his residence in Cadiz.

On June 7, 1917, R. M. Wood married Alberta, daughter of W. A. and Minnesota (Conwell) Holmes, and they have one daughter, Edith Jean. Mr. Wood is a Blue Lodge and Chapter Mason of Cadiz, and a Knight Templar of Steubenville.

BENJAMIN E. HARRISON. In connection with his ownership of a fine farm of 100 acres in North Township, Harrison County, Mr. Harri- son has in his possession the original patent or deed to the property, the same having been issued by the Government to Emanuel Hen- dricks, bearing date of December 10, 1827, and bearing the signature of John Quincy Adams, who was then President of the United States. This ancient document is on old-time sheep- skin parchment and is an interesting historical object.

Benjamin Edgar Harrison was born in the township that is now his place of residence, and the date of his nativity was October 5, 1869. John Harrison, of Yorkshire, England, was one of the first English pioneer settlers in North Township, Harrison County, where he established his home in 1816 and where he secured a tract of Government land. In 1823, however, he returned to his native land, and there his death occurred about ten years later, when he was seventy years of age, his wife likewise having died in England, where he owned an excellent farm of 114 acres, in York- shire. Joseph Harrison, son of John. was six- teen years of age when he accompanied his father to Harrison County in 1816, and here he assisted in the reclamation of the frontier farm. He returned to England in 1823, but in 1826 he again came to Harrison County, where he developed a productive farm in North Town- ship, and where he continued his residence until his death, April 13, 1878. He was first a demo- crat and later a republican in politics, and his earnest religious faith was that of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church. He was a man of ster ling character and marked ability, and he con- tributed his share to the civic and industrial

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development and progress of Harrison County. In 1828 he wedded Miss Ellen Hartley, whose father, Christopher Hartley, came from Carlton, England, and became a pioneer farmer in Har- rison County. He remained in North Township until his death in 1864. at the venerable age of eighty-six years, and his widow was seventy- eight years of age at the time of her death in 1867. Their children were seven in number. Mrs. Harrison died in 1853, at the age of forty- seven years, and was survived by two sons, John and William C., a third son. Joseph, hav- ing died in 1847, at the age of seven years. In 1857 Joseph Harrison married Sarah Heron. who long survived him and whose death oc- curred in 1890, when she was seventy-seven years of age. Mr. Harrison served as township trustee and was otherwise influential in com- munity affairs, with high place in popular con- fidence and esteem.

William C. Harrison, son of Joseph and father of the subject of this review, was born on the old family homestead in North Town- ship October 29, 1837, and in this township he passed his entire life, which was marked by continuous and successful association with farm industry. As a boy and youth he attended school at Richmond, Jefferson County, where for some time his roommate was Gen. George A. Custer, who met his death in the historic Indian massacre that perpetuates his name, a personal letter from General Custer to William C. Harri- son being one of the prized family heirlooms at the present time. In 1863 Mr. Harrison and his wife established their home on the farm in North Township which continued to be the stage of his activities until his death, in 1912. He made excellent improvements on this place of 166 acres, and he was one of the representative farmers and influential and honored citizens of North Township, where he served two terms as township trustee. He was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was a re- publican in politics and his widow. who now resides with her youngest daughter at Dennison, Tuscarawas County, is a devoted communicant of the Lutheran Church.

In the autumn of the year 1860 Mr. Harrison married Miss Elizabeth Ann Waddington, who was born in Harrison County December 4, 1841, and who is a daughter of William and Ann ( Wallace) Waddington, whose marriage was solemnized in this county in February, 1839. William Waddington was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1815, and came to America in 1835. His wife was born in Pennsylvania and. as be- fore intimated, was a resident of Harrison County at the time of their marriage. They subsequently established their home on a farm in Tuscarawas County, where they passed the remainder of their lives. They became the par- ents of ten children-James. Elizabeth, John, William Henry, Mary Jane, Sarah, Amos. Isaac. David Fillmore and Elmer. Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Harrison the first born was Elmer, who died at the age of eighteen months; Mary is the wife of C. Melvin Liggett, a farmer near Leesville, Carroll County ; Anna is the wife of Frank Mccullough, of Richmond,

Jefferson County ; Hannah died in infancy ; Ben- jamin Edgar, of this review, was the next in order of birth; Laura is the widow of Homer Porter and resides at East Springfield, Ohio; William W. is a resident. of Denver, Colorado; Grace is the wife of Ross Stewart, of Carroll- ton, Ohio: Joseph is specifically mentioned in an appending personal sketch: and Florence is the wife of Chester Adrian, of Dennison, Ohio, where her widowed mother resides with them.

Benjamin Edgar Harrison, who is more fa- miliarly known by his second personal name, gained his early education in the district schools of North Township and supplemented this by a commercial course of one year at Scio College. From his boyhood he has been con- tinuously associated with farm industry in his native township, and his successful activities include a well ordered dairy business. His po- litical allegiance is given to the republican party, and he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Scio, where he is also affiliated with the lodge of the Knights of Pythias. He is alert and progres- sive in his farm enterprise and as a citizen takes deep interest in all things touching the welfare of his native county.

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History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 78

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