History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 84

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

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William H. Patterson was a farmer of Wash- ington County, Pennsylvania, until 1903, when he moved to Archer Township, Harrison County, Ohio, at that time buying his present farm of 163 acres of land. In addition to it he owns another farm of 100 acres in the same town-

ship. William H. Patterson was married in 1882 to Zella Work, and she was the mother of George W. Patterson. After the death of the first Mrs. Patterson, Mr. Patterson was married to Laura Denny, and his third wife was Mrs. Lizzie M. Wallace.

The maternal grandfather of George W. Pat- terson, Maj. George T. Work, was one of the distinguished officers of the Union army during the war between the states. Having raised a company of Washington County, Pennsylvania boys, he was made their captain, and rose to be major of his regiment by the close of the war. His wife bore the maiden name of Catherine Denny.

George W. Patterson attended the public schools of West Middletown, Pennsylvania, and came with his father to Archer Township. find- ing plenty to occupy himself on the homestead. until his marriage, when he left home to found a home of his own. On September 20. 1905. he was united in marriage with Nannie Barger, a daughter of S. D. and Martha ( Maffit) Barger. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson have one daughter, Martha.

Following his marriage George W. Patterson began farming in Archer Township and has been so engaged ever since. He carries on a general farming and stock-raising business, and is one of the successful men of his neighbor- hood. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson are members of the United Presbyterian Church of Cadiz.

HARVEY SYLVESTER ULMAN. Some of the most energetic and successful farmers in Carroll County live around Dellroy, one of whom is Harvey Sylvester Ulman, whose farm of ninety- five acres is in Rose Township. Mr. Ulman has not only made an excellent living as a farmer, but has been a citizen of value to his com- munity.

He was born in Brown Township of Carroll County January 17, 1879, son of Adam W. and Mary Jane (Hazlett) Uman. His grandpar- ents were John and Matilda (Fishel ) Ulman, who were also identified with Carroll County, owning a farm in Augusta Township. He died at Malvern. Of their family of six sons and two daughters the second in age is Adam W., who gave part of his active years to farming in Carroll County and is now a mail carrier in Canton, Stark County, where he and his sec- ond wife reside. His children are John Haz- lett and Harvey Sylvester.

Harvey S. Ulman attended country school at Willow Run in Harrison Township until he was seventeen. His schooling was limited to the winter terms, and the rest of the year he did work in proportion to his strength and abilities on the home farm. He continued to assist his grandparents after school days were ended, and his career throughout has been one of commendable industry.

In September, 1900, Mr. Ulman married Mary Jane Haynam, daughter of David and Lydia (Teegarden) Haynam, of New Franklin, Stark County. The Haynams are an old English fam- ily who settled at Youngstown and also in Stark County, Ohio.

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After his marriage Mr. Ulman bought forty acres near Alliance, Ohio, and during the four years he lived there raised a large amount of vegetable truck which he sold in Alliance and other nearby markets. In 1905 returning to Carroll County he bough his present farm of ninety-five acres in Rose Township. He does general farming, but has also specialized to an important degree in breeding Berkshire hogs and Rhode Island Red chickens.

Mr. and Mrs. Ulman's only child Ray Tee- garden died January 7, 1912, at the age of nine months nine days. Mr. Ulman is an in- dependent republican and is a member of the Baxter Ridge Methodist Church. He is also a member of the Subordinate Grange at Dellroy.

ERWIN L. SIMPSON. The Simpson family story began in Harrison County in 1800, with the arrival of John Simpson from Washington County, Pennsylvania. In 1790 he came from County Tyrone, Ireland, to the United States. In Washington County, Pennsylvania, he mar- ried Margaret McElroy. He and his brother James Simpson, came to Harrison County to- gether and they opened the first store in Cadiz. When they sold the business John Simpson lo- cated on a farm in Stock Township. Six sons and three daughters were born to him. The brother James Simpson. was the father of Bishop Simpson, so well known as a foreign missionary.

John Simpson, Jr .. married Margaret Law, who was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1820, and when she was ten years old she came with her father's family to America. Her fa- ther, John Law, married Bessie Linn, and two sons and seven daughters were born to them. John Simpson, Jr., was born in Stock Township in 1814, and his marriage occurred in 1839, and there were nine children born to him, as fol- lows: Mary, Martha, Maggie, Matthew, James. Henry, William, Ella and Frank Homer. The youngest son was the father of Erwin L. Simp- son. The Simpsons were Methodists and re- publicans.

Frank H. Simpson as a young man made the most of his educational advantages, and all of his life was spent on a farm in Stock Town- ship. On December 17, 1883, he married Phoebe Taylor, a daughter of Samuel Taylor of Tus- carawas County. The Taylor family is of Eng- lish descent, and they were pioneers in Tuscarawas County. Samuel Taylor married Melissa Laken, and their children are: Edwin, deceased : Phoebe and James. Mr. Taylor voted the democratic ticket. and his family are Metho- dists. When Mr. and Mrs. Simpson were mar- ried they settled in Stock Township, and their children are: Edwin, Nora, Mary, Annie, Me- lissa and Margaret. Mr. Simpson died in 1906, but Mrs. Simpson survives him. She is now the widow of Elmer Brown. Tuscarawas County.

Erwin L. Simpson was born March 10, 1885. and he has always lived on the farm in Stock Township. In addition to his common school advantages he attended Tappan High School and Scio College. In 1907 he married Sarah Fulton, a daughter of Philip and Belle ( Hines)

Fulton. They lived six years in Uhrichsville, where he was employed as a shipping clerk in the wholesale grocery with McGovern Brothers. With that exception Mr. Simpson has always lived on the farm, and he lives there now. His livestock specialties are registered Berkshire hogs, Red Polled cattle and Shropshire sheep. He is a frequent exhibitor at local fairs and at the West Virginia State . Fair at Wheeling.

Mr. and Mrs. Simpson have one daughter, Helen Isabelle. They are members of the Pleasant Valley Methodist Episcopal Church, and are always interested in any movement for the betterment of the rural community.

JOHN H. MELANY. On the "Ocean to Ocean Highway," in Monroe Township, Harrison County, Mr. Melany is the fortunate owner of a fine farm of 187 acres, which figures as the stage of his progressive activities as one of the representative agriculturists and stock-growers of his native county. He is a leader in his community and has served as trustee of Mon- roe Township, an office of which he was the incumbent for three years.

Mr. Melany was born in Monroe Township, this county, July 11, 1854, and is a son of John R. and Martha (McMillan) Melany, the former of whom was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, May 4, 1815, and the lat- ter of whom was born in Ireland, about the year 1816, she having been about three years old when, in 1821, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick McMillan, came to America and estab- lished their home on a pioneer farm in Monroe Township, Harrison County, Ohio, where they passed the remainder of their lives. Mr. McMillan died in August, 1843, and his widow's death occurred in 1852. John Riley Melany was a son of John and Sarah (Quigley) Melany, whose marriage was solemnized in Pennsyl- vania. John Melany was born and reared in the old Keystone State, whence he came with his family to Ohio in an early day and be- came a pioneer settler in North Township, Harrison County, where he reclaimed a good farm and where he continued to reside many years. He finally sold the property and re- moved to Franklin Township, where he and his wife remained until their deaths. Both were members of the Presbyterian Church and he was a democrat in politics. John Riley Melany was reared and educated in Pennsylvania and was twenty-five years of age when he estab- lished his home in Harrison County, Ohio. Here his marriage occurred on the 24th of Au- gust, 1848, and he and his wife settled in Mon- roe Township, where they remained until 1866, when they removed to Franklin Township, where he continued in farm enterprise until his death, on the 18th of March, 1889, his wife hav- ing survived him by several years and both having been earnest members of the Presby- terian Church. Mr. Melany was a staunch democrat and was a citizen who ever com- manded high place in popular esteem. Of the children the eldest is Susannah, the wife of Jewel E. Hillyer; Miss Ellen resides in Frank- lin Township on the home farm; Elizabeth is

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the wife of George W. Crim; Addison Q., who married Margaret Downs, is deceased; and John H.

In the district schools of Monroe and Frank- lin townships John H. Melany acquired his early education, and in the meanwhile he con- tributed his quota to the work of the home farm. This association continued until the time of his marriage, in 1888, when he began independent farming in Franklin Township. About 1890 he removed to a farm in Monroe Township, near Bowerston, and in 1892 he pur- chased and established his home upon his pres- ent farm, which comprises 187 acres and the general appearance of which marks him as an enterprising and progressive exponent of agri- cultural and live-stock industry. He is a staunch advocate of the principles of the demo- cratic party and, as previously noted, served three years as township trustee. He holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church, as did also his wife, whose death occurred in 1907.

In 1888 Mr. Melany was united in marriage to Miss Mary Ella Carmack, who likewise was born and reared in Harrison County and who was a daughter of George and Emma (Adams) Carmack. Mr. and Mrs. Melany became the parents of four children, of whom two survive the loved and devoted mother : Jessie, now de- deceased, married Edward K. Price: Harry Floyd, who is engaged in farming in Tuscara- was County, married Etta Coe and they have one child, Pearl; George, who is associated with his father in the work and management of the home farm, married Miss Rella Fowler and they have a fine little son, Kenneth Edgar; and Etta Bell died at the age of four months.

JOHN S. STEWART. While the career of the late John S. Stewart belongs rather to the past than the present of Carroll County, he having passed away thirteen years ago, he is worthy of remembrance because of the wholesome les- sons taught by his well-spent life. Starting with no adventitious aids, with nothing to de- pend upon but his innate ability and steadfast resolution, he made his career a success, dis- charged all the duties of citizenship and father- hood, and passed to his final rest followed by the unfeigned regrets of the entire community of his home locality in East Township.

Mr. Stewart was born at Alexandria, Ohio, in January, 1869, a son of James and Rebecca (McCray) Stewart. James Stewart was born in Ireland and as a child was adopted by an aunt, with whom he came to the United States and settled in Columbiana County, Ohio. Later he went to Pennsylvania, where he secured em- ployment as a clerk, and was married in that state to Miss McCray, a native of Columbiana County, Ohio. His fortunes being later bet- tered, Mr. Stewart went to Alexandria, Ohio, where he established himself in business as a merchant, but eventually disposed of his inter- ests there and moved to East Township, where he engaged in farming until his retirement. His declining years and those of his worthy wife were passed at Augusta, Ohio, where both died.

John S. Stewart was educated in the district schools and was reared to the pursuits of farm- ing. Following his marriage he resided on a farm which he rented from his father, in East Township, while be built a house on another property which he owned. When the new home was completed, he occupied it and continued to engage in farming in that community for nine years, then selling out and purchasing another farm, of 117 acres, which was well improved. There he passed the rest of his life in indus- trious and successful farming operations, and died February 14, 1908, since which time the property has been operated by his widow and children. In politics Mr. Stewart was a repub- lican and was an ardent advocate of the prin- ciples of his party. He was very public- spirited and took an active part in the affairs of the township and county. He was a hard worker and a man of strict integrity, his word being as good as his bond, and his attachment to the faith of the Bethesda Presbyterian Church was sincere. He was fraternally affil- lated with the Knights of the Maccabees at Augusta, in which he had numerous friends, as he had also among his fellow members in the Grange, to which his widow belongs. Mrs. Stewart is a woman of much ability and nu- merous accomplishments and is greatly re- spected in the community in which her home has been made for so many years.

On December 1, 1892, Mr. Stewart was united in marriage to Miss Anna Niswonger, who was born near Summitville, Columbiana County, Ohio, October 24, 1867, a daughter of Jonathan and Catherine ( Williard) Niswonger, the for- mer a native of Maryland and the latter of Columbiana County. The grandparents of Mrs. Stewart were John Niswonger and his wife, formerly Miss Nancy Wiseman, and John and Elizabeth (Lindersmith) Williard. Five chil- dren were born to Mr. and Mrs. Stewart: James N., who is at home and carries on opera- tions on the farm; Mabel R., the wife of Floyd Baxter, of Minerva, Ohio; and Earl, Walter and Grace E., at home.

WILLIAM MANSFIELD HOOBLER has by energy, circumspection, progressive policies and fair and honorable dealings built up a substantial gen- eral merchandise business at Mechanicstown, Carroll County, and is known and valued as one of the loyal and public-spirited citizens of the community. He was born at Jewett, Harri- son County, Ohio, on the 9th of October, 1874, and is a son of Alonzo D. and Mary Elizabeth (Mansfield) Hoobler, the former a native of Harrison County and the latter of Blooming- dale, Jefferson County. John and Sarah (Mil- ler) Hoobler, paternal grandparents of William M. Hoobler, were natives of Jefferson County and representatives of sterling pioneer families of this section of the Buckeye State, as were also the maternal grandparents, William and Harriet (Harrah) Mansfield, who were born and reared in Harrison County. Michael Hoob- ler, great-grandfather of William M., was born in or near Harper's Ferry, Virginia, and his father was a patriot soldier of the Continental Line in the War of the Revolution. Michael

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Hoobler and his wife, whose maiden name was Catherine Shultz, were numbered among the early settlers in German Township, Harrison County, Ohio, where they endured the trials and labors of pioneers and where they remained on their farm until the close of their lives.

After his marriage Alonzo D. Hoobler settled on a farm near Jewett, Harrison County, and in that locality he has maintained his home during the long intervening years. He is now one of the venerable native sons still residing in Harrison County, where his birth occurred in the year 1851, and his wife passed to eternal rest on the 27th of April, 1899.

William Mansfield Hoobler is indebted to the schools of his native county for his early edu- cation and passed the period of his childhood and early youth on the old home farm. After his marriage, which occurred in the year 1897, he continued his active association with farm enterprise for six years, and then removed to the village of Mechanicstown, in Fox Township, Carroll County, where he opened a general store. From a comparatively insignificant beginning he has developed a large and important busi- ness, and his establishment is well equipped in all departments, the stock of general merchan- dise being large and diversified and so selected as to meet all normal requirements of the sub- stantial and appreciative patronage. It may incidentally be noted, as showing the modern facilities of the store, that here may be found a goodly line of automobile supplies and accesso- ries, in addition to the general stock of mer- chandise customarily provided in such estab- lishments. Mr. Hoobler is liberal in supporting measures tending to advance the best interests of the community, is a republican in political adherency and he and his wife are zealous mem- bers of the Presbyterian Church in their home village, Mrs. Hoobler being the organist of this church. Mr. Hoobler is affiliated with the lodge of Free and Accepted Masons at Augusta, the chapter of Royal Arch Masons at Carroll- ton, and with the allied organization, the Order of the Eastern Star, in which his wife and daughters likewise hold membership.

On the 30th of May, 1897, Mr. Hoobler wedded Miss Edna Belle Scott, who was born at Kil- gore, this county, July 27, 1872, a daughter of James M. and Elizabeth (Mclaughlin) Scott, the former a native of Carroll County, Ohio, and the latter of Washington County, Pennsyl- vania, where she was born April 1, 1844. Mr. and Mrs. Hoobler's children are: Claire Elizabeth, who was born in December, 1898, is the wife of Joseph Parks; Thomas, of Altoona, Pennsylvania ; Mary Mansfield remains at the parental home; Margaret Scott is with her eldest sister in Altoona, Pennsylvania ; and Pau- line Jeanette remains with her parents. Mrs. Hoobler received excellent educational advan- tages, including a course in the Muskingum Col- lege of Music, in which she developed her dis- tinctive musical talent, with the result that she has been specially successful as a teacher of both vocal and piano music.

. James M. Scott, father of Mrs. Hoobler, was born and reared in Carroll County, a son of

Robert G. and Elizabeth (Steeves) Scott, the former a native of Washington County, Penn- sylvania, and the latter of New Brunswick, Canada. The parents of Mr. Scott were pio- neer settlers in Carroll County and here he was reared to vigorous young manhood, a status that was his at the time when the Civil war was precipitated on the nation. His patriotism was shown in his prompt enlistment as a private in the Eightieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was assigned to special duty with the signal corps during a period of eighteen months and then resumed service with his regiment, in which, by faithful and gallant service, he won promo- tion to the office of major. He led his command in many engagements, including a number of the important battles marking the progress of the great internecine conflict, was with Gen- eral Sherman on the historic march from At- lanta to the sea and continued in active service until the close of the war, when he received his honorable discharge, with the rank of major. After the war Major Scott was engaged in the general merchandise business at Kilgore, Car- roll County, for seven and one-half years. He then sold his stock and business and removed to Jefferson, Harrison County, where he con- tinued in the same line of enterprise until be established his residence in Harrison County. In 1880 he was elected auditor of the latter county, in which office he served his term of three years. He was then re-elected, but his death occurred shortly afterward, on the 9th of November, 1883. His widow soon afterward left Cadiz, judicial center of Harrison County, and resumed her residence at Jefferson. Nine- teen years later she removed to East Liverpool, this state, and three and one-half years there- after she became a resident of Pittsburgh, Penn- sylvania, in which city she has since maintained her home with her youngest daughter.

On the 20th of August, 1863, was recorded the marriage of James M. Scott to Miss Elizabeth Mclaughlin, who, as previously noted, was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, April 1, 1844. She is a daughter of James Patterson Mclaughlin and Mary (White) Mclaughlin, both likewise natives of that county. Records of the family would indicate that Thomas and Elizabeth ( Moorhead) Mclaughlin, parents of James P., were born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, the former having been a son of James and Margaret (Mitchell ) Mclaughlin. James R. White. maternal grandfather of Mrs. Scott was a soldier in the War of 1812, the maiden name of his wife having been Jane Ross. The various family names of kinship indicate fully Scottish origin of unmistakable order. Both the Scott and Mclaughlin families were founded in Carroll County, Ohio in the '408. Here James Patterson Mclaughlin died on the 8th of August, 1848, his father, Thomas, then becoming guardian of the children. Mrs. Mary ( White) Mclaughlin later became the wife of James Forsythe, of Loudon Township, Carroll County, in 1859, and Mrs. Elizabeth (McLaugh- lin) Scott thereafter remained with her mother and stepfather until her marriage to James M. Scott. Of the children the eldest is Jessie C., who resides at Mechanicstown. Carroll County;

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Edna B. is the wife of William M. Hoobler, the immediate subject of this review; and Nina S., who, with her venerable mother, resides in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is the widow of Frederick G. James.

ALBERT WAGNER. In his character and his worthy achievement the late Albert Wagner honored the county in which his entire life was spent and in which he was a scion of a family there established in the pioneer days. He be- came one of the substantial exponents of farm enterprise in Carroll County, was for ten years the efficient and popular superintendent of the Carroll County infirmary, and he passed the closing years of his life at Carrollton, where he died on the 1st of March, 1917, in the at- tractive residence which he erected on Pros- pect street, his widow having sold this property in the following year and having then pur- chased her present fine home place, at 378 South Lisbon Street.

Albert Wagner was born in Carroll County on the 18th of March, 1859, a son of Isaac and Mary Ann ( Hidey) Wagner, who here passed their entire lives, the father having been a car- penter by trade but having been engaged in farming in Perry Township at the time of his death, his political support having been given to the democratic party and both he and his wife having been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They became the parents of four children-Albert. Nannie, Ida and Lillie.

Henry and Susannah (Abel) Wagner. grand- parents of the subject of this memoir. were sterling pioneers of Carroll County.

Reared to the sturdy discipline of the home farm and afforded the advantages of the public schools of his native county. Albert Wagner eventually became the owner of a well improved farm in Center Township. one mile north of Carrollton, the county seat. There be contin- ued his successful enterprise as an agricultur- ist and stock-grower until 1897, when he was chosen superintendent of the county infirmary and farm, of which he continued the able execu- tive head for ten years. Upon his retirement from this position he returned to his farm. where he remained ten years, at the expiration of which he retired and established his home at Carrollton, where he passed the residue of his life. as previously stated in this sketch. His political allegiance was given unreservedly to the republican party, he was affiliated with the Knights of the Maccabees, and his religious faith was that of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which his widow likewise is a zealous member.

On the 13th of November, 1884, was solemn- ized the marriage of Mr. Wagner to Miss Elsie Smeltz, who was born in Union Township. Car- roll County, August 1. 1859. a daughter of Peter rnd Nancy (Norris) Smeltz. both likewise na- tives of I'nion Township. where the former was born in 1832 and the latter in 1834. Mr. Smeltz became one of the representative farmers of his native township. where his well improved form was about a mile distant from that on which he was born, and his death occurred in 1808. his first wife having passed away in 1876.

Both were earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and his political views were in consonance with the principles of the repub- lican party. Peter and Nancy (Norris) Smeltz became the parents of six children-Wiliam, Catherine, Marion, Elsie, Electa and Grant. The second marriage of Mr. Smeltz was with Margaret MeCort. and they became the parents of three children-Ross, Bessie and James. Pe- ter Smeltz was a son of Louis and Catherine ( Harpel ) Smeltz, who came from Washington County, Pennsylvania, and became pioneer set- tlers in Carroll County, Ohio, where they passed the remainder of their lives. William and Mar- tha (McCommas) Norris, maternal grandparents of Mrs. Wagner, likewise came from Washing- ton County, Pennsylvania, to Carroll County, where they contributed their share to pioneer development and progress and where they main- tained their home until the close of their lives. Mr. and Mrs. Wagner became the parents of two children, of whom the first, a son, died in in- fancy. Isaac Ralph, the surviving son, was born in Perry Township, October 18. 1889. and gained his early education in the public schools, including the Carrollton High School. For a time he was employed in the freight office of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad at Carrollton. He then went to the city of Akron, where he was in the employ of the Goodyear Rubber Company until he connected himself with the Timpkins Company, manufacturers of vehicle springs, with which concern he is now traffic manager for one of its manufacturing plants, in the city of Canton. Stark County. He is affili- ated with the Masonic fraternity, including the Knights Templar. Is a republican in politics and he and his wife hold membership in the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, in the faith of which he was reared. On the 4th of August. 1916, Mr. Wagner was united in marriage to Miss Lois Moore, of Carrollton, she having been graduated in the Carrollton High School and later in the Detroit Conservatory of Music. Her father. the late Charles Moore, was a well known citizen of Carrollton.

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History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 84

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