History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 83

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

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Richard R. Palmer was born in Monroe Town- ship March 20, 1851, and was married November 30, 1875. His wife was also born in Monroe Township, June 25, 1854, a daughter of William and Nancy (Kerr) Gamble. For many years William Gamble was engaged in farming in Monroe Township, but he spent the last twenty years of his life in Carroll County, Ohio. His first wife was named Isabel Gamble, and she bore him the following family: George, Mar- garet, Martha Jane, Isabel, William and Wil- son, of whom William died while serving in the Union army during the war between the North and the South. After the death of his first wife William Gamble was married second to Ruth Dew and they had two children, namely : Sarah and David Wesley. As his third wife he married Mrs. Nancy (Kerr) Weyandt, widow of John Weyandt, and daughter of Robert and Mary Kerr. The children of his third marriage were Frances Elvina and Jerusha Ellen.

Richard R. Palmer has spent practically all of his life in Monroe Township. Both he and his wife are members of the United Brethren Church. They became the parents of the fol- lowing children : Charles W., who was the eldest born; James Delbert, who was born October 8, 1878, married Sarah Penman; Elsie Lenora, who was born December 16, 1880, married Ed- ward Meese; Roy H., who was born November 18. 1883, married Mary J. Slonaker; Elmer Glenn, who was born June 10, 1886, died Janu- ary 9, 1887; Alice May, who was born December 10. 1887, married R. J. Troutman; Flemming, who was born April 24, 1890, married Dessie Warner and they have one child,-Ruth Eliza- beth; Earl G., who was born December 31, 1892, married Edna Pearl Shields; and Lloyd R., who was born July 2, 1896.

Earl G. Palmer entered the service of his country during the great war, in 1917, and was stationed for some time at Camp Sherman and

assigned to Company B, Three Hundred and Thirty-second Infantry. Going overseas, he was in France but a short time when he was sent to Italy, his being the only regiment to land on Italian soil and from there he was returned safely to his own country and honorably dis- charged. While in the service he was the car- penter of his company.

Lloyd R. Palmer enlisted for service during the same war, in February, 1918, in the Ma- rines, and was stationed on Paris Island. He was sergeant of Company C, Second Battalion, Thirteenth Regiment, United States Marine Corps. His organization was sent overseas, and during the time he was in France Sergeant Palmer was principally stationed at Saint Nezeire. While he is now out of the service he belongs to the Marine Reserves.

Charles W. Palmer attended the schools of Monroe Township, and lived with his parents until he was married to Mary Jenette Penman, a daughter of Robert and Anna (Stubbins) Pen- man, November 29, 1896. Following his mar- riage he began farming for himself in his native township, and continued in that line of business until 1908, when he entered the employ of the Sun Oil Company, and was engaged in pumping oil for eleven years. Then, in the spring of 1919 he returned to farming. He and his wife have three children, namely; Robert Penman, who married Gladys Cables, lives at Dennison, Ohio: Francis Delbert, and Joseph Henry, both of whom are at home. Mr. Palmer and his wife are consistent members of the Plum Run Methodist Episcopal Church.

Robert Penman, father of Mrs. C. W. Palmer, was born in Fifeshire, Scotland, June 30, 1846, a son of Richard and Ellen (Ramsey) Penman, both born in the same shire as their son. Rich- ard Penman was a coal miner in Scotland, where his life was spent. He and his wife had the following children: Richard, who came to the United States about 1880; James, who died in Scotland; Robert, who is mentioned else- where, being the father of Mrs. Palmer: and Ellen, who lives in Tuscarawas County. Ohio.

When he was twenty-one years of age Robert Penman came to the United States, and located in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. After living in a number of places, in 1872 he came to Har- rison County, and was married, and then re- turned to Scotland where he remained for four years. Once more he came to this country, and for the past thirty-four years has made Harri- son County his home. Here he owns 108 acres of land, but he rents his farm and is engaged in digging coal, this having been his occupation since he was nine years of age. He and his wife became the parents of the following chil- dren : Mary, who was born in Scotland; and Sarah, who was born in America. Mr. and Mrs. Penman are members of the Plum Run Metho- dist Episcopal Church.

ROBERT PENMAN PALMER, son of Charles W. Palmer of Monroe Township, Harrison County, though a resident of Dennison deserves mention in this record as one of the gallant soldiers of Harrison County in the World war. He was with the Forty-second or Rainbow Division.

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He was born at the home of his parents in Monroe Township September 8, 1897. He was not yet twenty years of age when he volun- teered and enlisted April 17, 1917, at Dennison, Ohio. He received his early training at Camp Perry, being assigned to Company K of the old Fourth Ohio Regiment in the Thirty-seventh Division. August 16, 1917, he was transferred to Company H of the One Hundred Sixty-sixth Infantry in the Forty-second or Rainbow Di- vision. October 8, 1917, he left Hoboken, New York, on the "Peoria" for France, landing at Brest, and after some intensive training with the Rainbow Division he was placed on the Luneville sector from March 11 to 22, 1918; Bacarat sector March 25 to June 20th; on the Champagne-Marne defensive from July 15th to July 18th; took part in the Aisne-Marne offen- sive from July 27th to August 3rd; was in the Saint Mihiel campaign from September 12th to 16th; in the Woevre sector from September 25th to 30th; and in the Meuse-Argonne battles from October 10 to November 7, 1918. June 18, 1918, he was gassed and hit by shrapnel, and was in hospital recovering from these in- jurles three weeks. During his service he was in France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Germany, and was with the Army of Occupation in Germany for six months.

In April, 1919, he left France on the Levi- athan, landing at New York April 29th, and received his honorable discharge at Camp Sher- man May 16, 1919, more than two years after his enlistment.

June 3, 1919, Robert Penman Palmer married Gladys Cable of Dennison, daughter of Lee and Callie Cable.

HARRY J. JOHNSON. With the increasing de- mand for all farm products, there has come a corresponding added value to the work of those who are devoting thelr talents and time to the cultivation of the soil and the develop- ment of the agricultural resources of the country. Ohio has furnished some of the best examples of what the intelligent man of today can do as a farmer, and one of these men of Harrison County worthy of special mention in this respect is Harry J. Johnson of Archer Township.

Harry J. Johnson was born in Moorefield Township, Harrison County, Ohio, February 18, 1879, a son of George and Mary (Dowdel) John- son. George Johnson was born in Belmont County, Ohio, and became a farmer of Moore- field Township, Harrison County, but later moved to Cadiz Township, this same county. After two years he made another change and for eight years was engaged in farming in Short Creek Township, leaving it for Athens Township. After two years in Athens Town- ship, he moved back to Short Creek Township, and there he remained until his death, which occurred in April, 1909. His wife died some years before him, passing away in April, 1895. They were consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The children born to George Johnson and his wife were as follows: John

William, Jennie, Louisa and Alice, who are de- ceased, Robert, Harry J., George, Edward, Golda and Charles.

Harry J. Johnson attended the district schools of Harrison County, and at the same time he learned the essentials of farming under his father's care. As a young man he began farming in Cadiz Township, and remained there for three years, when he moved to his present farm of ninety-three acres in Archer Township and here he is carrying on general farming and stock-raising with very gratifying results, both to himself and his neighborhood.

On November 8, 1899, Mr. Johnson was united in marriage with Jennie Chaney, a daughter of Nathan and Nancy Chaney of Franklin Town- ship, Harrison County. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have one child, Chester F., who was born Au- gust 3, 1901. Both Mr. and Mrs. Johnson be- long to the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which they are held in high respect, as they are elsewhere, for they are people of fine character- istics and deserving of all the confidence they inspire.

ROBERT H. MOGUIRE, a trustee of Monroe Township, and one of the successful farmers of Harrison County, is a man who stands very high in popular esteem. He was born in Mon- roe Township, October 1, 1865, a son of Sampson and Elizabeth (Crumley) McGuire, and grand- son of James McGuire. James McGuire and his wife Nancy (Beatty) McGuire were born in Ireland, from which country they came with their family to the United States in 1818, but she died soon after their arrival here. They located in Green Township, Harrison County, Ohio, and Mrs. McGuire is buried in that town- ship. Later James McGuire moved to Monroe Township. His . two children were: Sampson and Eliza, the latter of whom died unmarried.

Sampson McGuire was born June 15, 1815, in Ireland, but his wife was born in Monroe Town- ship, Harrison County. April 27, 1824, and she was a daughter of Dr. James and Jane (Pru- vine) Crumley. Doctor Crumley was one of the early physicians of Harrison County, and he was one of the active members of the Plum Run Methodist Episcopal Church. His wife be- longed to the church of that denomination at Tappan. The children born to Doctor Crumley and his wife were as follows: Elizabeth, Mar- garet, Jane and Isabel.

Growing to manhood in Harrison County to which he was brought in childhood, Sampson McGuire became a farmer of Monroe Township, and at the time of his death owned 188 acres of land. He passed away July 6, 1879, and Mrs. McGuire died September 4, 1905. She was his second wife, his first one having been Nancy Hoover. By his first marriage Sampson McGuire had the following family : James H., who died in 1881; Adam, who lives at Scio, Ohio; and Nancy, who married J. A. Price, lives in Nebraska. The children of his second mar- riage were as follows: Bell Ann, who died when small ; Margaret, who married E. A. Phillips; William B., who is deceased; Catherine, who married N. A. Smith; David C .; John C .; Rob-

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ert H .; and Dr. Samuel B., who lives at Dover, Ohio. Mrs. McGuire belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Robert H. McGuire attended the district schools of his native township, and while doing so learned the details of farming from his father. He remained at home until his mar- riage after which he located on his present farm of 115 acres, and here he has since carried on a general farming and stock-raising business. He has remodeled his residence, putting in electric lights, steam heat and making it thor- oughly modern in every respect, and he also built the barn. Since 1920 he has been serving Monroe Township as a trustee and has saved the taxpayers some money by his care of their interests.

On June 16, 1892, Mr. McGuire was united in marriage with Anna Johnston, a daughter of Joseph E. and Hannah (Smith) Johnston. Mrs. McGuire is a sister of G. H. Johnston. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. McGuire are as follows: Nina Deane, who married Eugene Bower, lives in North Township, Harrison County, and has two children-Elsie May and Robert Eugene; Nora Verne, who lives at Pitts- burgh, Pennsylvania, is in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad; and Samuel Robert, who is at home. Mr. McGuire is a man who takes a deep pride in his farm and his premises show that he knows the value of neatness and effi- ciency. His buildings are modern and well- kept, his fences are maintained in good order, and his soil is cared for so that it produces banner crops. Many of his methods of farm- ing are 80 good that they have been adopted by others in the neighborhood and he is recog- nized as an authority on agricultural matters.

JOHN W. MORGAN has signalized his energy and productive ability through many years of successful association with farm industry in Harrison County, where he is the owner of a well improved farm in Stock Township, the property giving ample evidence of the thrift and good management that have attended its varied operations. Mr. Morgan has here con- tributed his full quota toward making Harrison County one of the best and most productive agricultural sections of the Buckeye State.

Mr. Morgan was born in Belmont County, Ohio, on the 1st of January, 1855, and there he was reared to adult age, his early associations having been those of the home farm and his educational advantages those of the local schools. He is a son of Thomas and Catherine B. (Allen) Morgan, both natives of the old Keystone State, the former having been born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he was reared and where he served in his youth an apprenticeship to the trade of cabinetmaker. He finally came to Belmont County, Ohio, and engaged in farm enterprise in Wheeling Town- ship, where both he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives, both having been ac- tive members of the Presbyterian Church, in which Rev. Moses Allen, father of Mrs. Morgan, was a clergyman who rendered long and zealous ministerial service. Thomas Morgan died about

the year 1867 and his widow survived him by a number of years. They became the parents of nine children-Moses A., Thomas Newton, Maggie J., William R., Martin Luther, Cassie E., John W., Millie Florence, and Elmer E. Thomas N. and William R. were gallant young soldiers of the Union in the Civi war, the former having served three years and having been killed in battle.

Reared to the sturdy discipline of the farm, John W. Morgan early gained appreciation of the dignity and value of productive agricultural and live-stock enterprise, and his good judg- ment has been shown in his continuous identifi- cation therewith. He remained at the parental home until he initiated his independent career as a farmer, and on the 19th of August, 1879, was solemnized his marriage to Mary Elizabeth Layport. In connection with this important event in his career, Mr. Morgan purchased his present home farm of ninety-two acres, which had been originally owned by John Layport, grandfather of Mrs. Morgan, and to the value of which he has added by the installing of many improvements and by maintaining the place at the maximum stage of productiveness during the long intervening years. On this fine rural domain Mrs. Morgan was born June 19, 1853, a daughter of William Layport, the latter having likewise been born on this old homestead and the date of his nativity, June 12, 1805, showing that his parents were numbered among the earliest settlers in Stock Township, Harri- son County. It is virtually assured also that John Layport, father of William, was born in Cadiz Township, this county, where his father, George Layport, settled when this section of the state was on the very frontier. John Lay- port was one of the first to institute the de- velopment of farm property in the midst of the forest wilds of Stock Township, where he endured his full share of the hardships and herculean labors that fell to the lot of the pio- neer and where he lived and labored to goodly ends. The maiden name of his wife was Mary McCain and they became the parents of eight children-Caspar, Nancy, George, John, WII- liam, Abraham, Isaac and Anna.

William Layport passed his entire life on the old homestead farm in Stock Township, where his death occurred in the year 1866. On the 10th of May, 1849, he married Miss Jane Laughridge, who was born in Jefferson County. Ohio, November 24, 1824, a daughter of Edward Laughridge, who was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, September 10, 1803, and whose death occurred in Green Township, Harrison County, Ohio, June 16. 1889. His parents, Edward and Margary (McConnell) Laughridge, immigrated to America in the year 1809, and within a short period thereafter they established their home in Jefferson County, Ohio, whence they removed to the western part of the state a few . years prior to their deaths, their children hav- Ing been eight in number. Edward Laughridge developed and improved one of the fine farms of Green Township, Harrison County, where he remained until his death and where his widow continued to reside until she too passed

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to the life eternal. Edward and Margaret (McConnell) Laughridge became the parents of eleven children-Jane, Joseph, Margaret, Thomas, Robert, Edward, Elizabeth, Nancy, John, William and Samuel. Mrs. Laughridge died August 26, 1868, and Mr. Laughridge later married Susannah, a daughter of John Cona- way, of Stock Township, two children having been born to this union-James H. and Susan- nah. The religious faith of the family has long been that of the Presbyterian Church.

William and Jane ( Laughridge) Layport be- came the parents of five children-Edward, who became a clergyman of the Presbyterian Church ; Mary Elizabeth, who is the wife of John W. Morgan; Robert B. Layport; William F., who likewise became a minister of the Pres- byterian Church; and Perry, whose vocation has been that of farming. Upon coming to Harrison County, Edward Laughridge first settled in North Township, whence he later re- moved to Green Township. where he continued his residence as an honored pioneer citizen until his death.

Mr. and Mrs. Morgan have two children: William Thomas, who is engaged in farming in Louisiana, Caldwell County, married Miss Hazel Bechtelheimer and their child, Dorothy Louise, now resides in the State of Louisiana; Orville Allen, the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Morgan, remains at the parental home and is associated in the work and management of the farm. He married Ruth Gough July 30, 1920, and they have a daughter, Francis Evelyne Morgan, born May 1st, 1921. John W. Morgan is a demo- crat in his political allegiance and his wife is a devout member of the Presbyterian Church, in the faith of which she was reared.

FRANK WOODS FISHEL has spent all his life in Harrison Township of Carroll County, and his friends and neighbors recognize in him a man of substantial industry and thrift, one who has improved his opportunities and achieved a comfortable home and farm, and altogether proved worthy of his American citi- zenship.

Mr. Fishel was born on the homestead where he now lives November 14, 1881, son of James and Mary ( Woods) Fishel. His father was four years old when the grandfather died in Washington Township of Carroll County. James Fishel lived as a farmer in Washington and Harrison Townships, and died in 1907, one of the highly respected citizens of his com- munity. His widow is still living. Frank W. Fishel is the youngest of their children. His brothers are Lawrence of Chicago and Charles of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and his only sister is Mrs. Maud Hudson of Dellroy, who is the mother of two children, Mary and Charles.

Frank W. Fishel grew up at home, attended country school at Mount Nebo, and graduated from the Dellroy High School in 1901. He took two summer normal courses in the Ohio Northern University at Ada, and before getting down to farming as a permanent vocation he taught in his home school of Mount Nebo and also in District No. 1 of Rose Township. Since

his marriage his tasks and duties have been on the old homestead, where he has 140 acres de- voted to general farming and dairying. Mr. Fishel is a good business man, and besides his farm interests is a stockholder in the First National Bank of Carrollton. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Dellroy.

His first wife was Ella Benedum, daughter of Frank and Mary Elizabeth (Hough) Benedem. She died in July, 1918, leaving two children. James David born in 1908, and Myrta May, born in 1911. On July 31, 1919, Mr. Fishel married Sylvia Gamble, daughter of William Melville and Olive Jeannette (Long) Gamble of Rose Township.

JOHN T. HEISLER passed his entire life in Harrison County, was a representative of one of the honored pioneer families of German Township, and here his entire active career was marked by close and effective association with farm industry. In all of the relations of life he well upheld the honors of a family name that has been prominently linked with the civic and material development and advancement of Harrison County since the early pioneer period and his character and achievement render most consonant the memorial tribute here entered.

John Thomas Heisler was born on the an- cestral Heisler farmstead, in German Town- ship, and the date of his nativity was April 25, 1843, and in this township he was the owner, at the time of his death, of a fine farm of 190 acres. His death occurred April 9, 1902. On the old Heisler homestead was born John Heisler, father of John T., and he was a son of Henry and Catherine Heisler, who came from Pennsylvania to Harrison County very early in the nineteenth century, as shown by the fact that here their son John was born on the 6th of July, 1806. Henry Heisler here be- came the owner of about one section of wild forest land, which he obtained from the Gov- ernment, and he reclaimed one of the excellent pioneer farms of German Township, and he and his wife remained on the old homestead until their deaths. John Heisler passed his entire life in German Township, and was here the owner of a valuable farm of 160 acres at the time of his death, when well advanced in years. He married Miss Anna Maria Baer, who was born October 25, 1809, and she likewise attained to venerable age. They became the parents of eight children : Henry, Jacob, Susan, William, Elizabeth, John Thomas, Margaret and Lucinda.

John Thomas Heisler was reared under the conditions marking the later pioneer period in the history of Harrison County and profited by the advantages of the common schools of the locality. From boyhood to the time of his death he was actively identified with farm enterprise in German Township, and his earnest and well ordered activities not only brought to him gen- erous prosperity but also contributed the Indus- trial advancement of his native county. He was a man of superior intelligence, of well forti- fied opinions and of sterling attributes of char- acter, so that he naturally commanded and merited popular confidence and good will. He

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was an earnest communicant of the Lutheran Church, as was also his first wife and is like- wise his widow.

In 1876 Mr. Heisler married Miss Emma Wiles, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wiles. Mrs. Heisler and her infant son died in 1877. On the 18th of September, 1878, Mr. Heisler wedded Miss Martha Jane Shultz, daughter of Hiram and Maria (Sproll) Shultz, of North Township, and she still makes her home with her son James B. Of this union were born six children : James B., who remains on and has active management of the old home farm; Emma A., is the wife of Walter Lowmiller, of German Township, and they have three chil- dren : Eunice, Esther Marie and Martha ; Bertha Jane remains on the old home place; Sarah L. Howell, also on the old home place; Margaret A., wife of Herman Polen, and mother of four children : Charles, Anna, Nellie and Vern Lee; and Wiliam V., who married Miss Ruth Dye, and they became the parents of two children : Catherine (deceased) and Edith Naomi. After the death of his first wife William V. Heisler wedded Mrs. Anna Stewart, who survives him and who remains on the home farm. They had no children. After the death of the honored father, the sons James B. and William V. as- sumed associate management of the home farm, and this arrangement continued until William married and left the place, which has been under the active and sole supervision of James B., save for a brief interval during which William V. again gave temporary cooperation.

GEORGE W. PATTERSON. The name of Patter- son is one of the best known ones in Archer Township, where it is borne by several of the leading men, and it stands as a synonym of what is best in American citizenship. One of its representatives in this part of the county is George W. Patterson, who was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, May 25, 1883, a son of Hon. William H. Patterson, county commissioner of Harrison County, and a wealthy farmer of Archer Township.

The Patterson family was founded in this country by the great-great-grandfather of George W. Patterson, who, with his son, James Patterson, left County Down, Ireland in 1787, and upon reaching America, settled in Wash- ington County. Pennsylvania. James Patter- son was reared in the new home, and here his life was spent. He married Mary Miller, and they had a large family, among whom was John Patterson, grandfather of George W. Pat- terson. John Patterson was born on his fa- ther's farm in Hopewell Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. December 6, 1822, and in this same house his son. William H. Patter- son. was born, September 9, 1855. The wife of John Patterson was Jane McClelland, a daugh- ter of Thomas McClelland.

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History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 83

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