History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 86

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

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of this review, having been the next in order of birth, and Theresa being the wife of John Stenger, of Loudon Township. Adam Simmons served in various offices of public trust in bis community, including that of township trustee, was aligned in the ranks of the republican party, and both he and his wife were zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he served many years as steward.

Mrs. Mary Catherine (Lucas) Simmons was a daughter of Adam and Rhoda (Larkins) Lucas, both natives of Maryland, where the former was born in 1798, a son of Thomas Lucas, who came to Ohio in 1808 and established the fam- ily home in Jefferson County, where he passed the residue of his life. Adam Lucas was ten years old when the family came to Ohio and was reared to manhood on the pioneer farm in Jef- ferson County. His marriage occurred in Maryland, where he had gone for a visit to the old home of the family, and about a year later he purchased a farm of 181 acres in Loudon Township, Carroll County, Ohio. Here he re- mained until his death, which occurred in 1877, his wife having died in 1872, and both having been active members of the Methodist Episco- pal Church. They became the parents of ten children, of whom three daughters and two sons attained to years of maturity, Mary C. (Mrs. Simmons) having been the eldest of the number.

Jesse T. Simmons was reared on the old home farm which was the place of his birth and re- ceived his youthful education in the public schools of his native township. After the death of his father he assumed the active manage- ment of the old homestead farm, where he re- mained with his devoted mother until about two years after his marriage, his mother having passed to the life eternal on the 14th of Janu- ary, 1900. Mr. Simmons married in the year 1886 and for two years thereafter he remained on the farm which was the place of his birth. He then removed to the farm which had orig- inally been obtained from the government by his paternal grandfather, and on this fine prop- erty, of 240 acres, he has since continued his vigorous and progressive activities as an agri- culturist and stock-grower, the farm being one of the best in Loudon Township. Here he gives special attention to the raising of Durham cattle and fine merino sheep, his flock aver- aging about 200 head, while he has been not- ably successful also in the raising of cattle and swine upon a comparatively equal scale. He is a staunch republican, has taken active and helpful part in community affairs, served one term as township trustee and was for eight years a member of the school board of his dis- trict. Since 1900 he has held the office of stew- ard of the Methodist Episcopal Church called The Simmons, in Loudon Township. He is ac- tively affiliated with the lodge of Knights of Pythias, Amsterdam, in which he has passed the various official chairs.

On the 3d of June, 1886, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Simmons to Miss Prudence Mc- Intire. who was born and reared in Lee Town- ship, this county, a daughter of Samuel and Barbara (Maple) McIntire. Mrs. Simmons

passed to eternal rest on the 17th of July, 1895. Of the children the eldest is Mary A., who is now the wife of George Thompson, of Loudon Township; Martha, David and Theresa remain at the paternal home; and Jesse M. died at the age of fourteen years.

SILAS AUSTIN DAYHUFF. A native of Kansas, descended from Carroll County pioneers, and with most of his life spent in the county, Silas Austin Dayhuff of Harrison Township has been a farmer and promoter of home industry and is one of the most interesting and useful citizens of the county.

Mr. Dayhuff was born in Kansas November 1, 1871. His great-grandfather came to America from Germany and was one of the pioneers of Carroll County, taking up Government land and making a farm out of the wilderness. The grandfather spent all his life on a farm in Carroll County. The parents of Silas A. Day- huff were Reuben M. and Sarah (Need) Day- huff. The former a native of Carroll County after his marriage went out to Kansas soon after the close of the Civil war when Kansas was part of the great western frontier. Two of his sons Silas and Emmett were born in that state. After five years in the west Reuben Day- huff returned to Carroll County and was busily engaged with the responsibilities of a farm of a hundred sixty acres in Harrison Township until he retired. He still lives on the west half of his homestead. The mother died in 1892.

Silas A. Dayhuff grew up on the farm, spent six months each year in the Mount Nebo coun- try school and farmed in other seasons, this being the program of his activities until he was nineteen, and since then all his best efforts have been concentrated along the line of agri- culture and stock raising. At the age of twenty- five Mr. Dayhuff married Hattie V. Price, daughter of James and Thursa Adeline ( Bene- dum) Price of Union Township, Carroll County. Mr. and Mrs. Dayhuff have three children; Vesta Marie, born in 1899, now a resident of Canton, Ohio; Helen Irene born in 1902, a student in the Dell Roy High School; and Will- iam Kenneth born in 1909.

The first five years after his marriage Mr. Dayhuff rented a farm, made considerable progress in that time, and since 1900 has lived at the old homestead and now owns eighty acres of that property. He has done much to im- prove as well as cultivate the land, and aside from his work as a farmer he has for the past ten years been superintendent of road construc- tion for Harrison Township and has helped place this district in line with advanced stand- ards of modern highways He is a member of the Farmers Exchange of Carrollton, is a re- publican in politics, and is treasurer of the Methodist Church at Dell Roy.

THOMAS S. TINLIN. Among the substantial farmers of Carroll County who have established an especially creditable record in agriculture and in citizenship, is Thomas S. Tinlin, who is carrying on extensive operations in Fox Town- ship. His has been a career of constant ad- vancement from small beginnings and one which

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is typical of self-made manhood. During his rounding out, Mr. Tinlin has found the time, ability and willingness to serve his fellow-citi- zens in a number of public offices, and as farmer and official has well won the material rewards and the high esteem which are now his.

Mr. Tinlin was born in Ayreshire, Scotland, December 3, 1855, a son of James and Jenette (Scott) Tinlin. His parents, worthy Scotch people, emigrated to the United States in 1863, settling at once in Fox Township, Carroll County, where the mother died in July, 1880, the father continuing to be engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death in December, 1891. Mr. Tinlin the elder was a man of industry, and this trait combined with his thrift and good management served to win him a full share of prosperity. He and his wife were the parents of the folowing children: William, who died in June, 1915; James, who is engaged in agri- cultural operations in Fox Township; John, who is deceased; Mary, deceased, who was the wife of James N. Thompson, of this township; Ellen, who is the wife of James Allman, of Bergholz, Ohio; George, a resident of Carroll- ton ; Thomas S., of this notice; Margaret, who died in 1863; and Andrew, who died in 1900.

Thomas S. Tinlin attended the Scroggsfield district school in Fox Township and was reared on the home farm, on which he resided until his marriage in 1877. At that time he moved to Wattsville, where he operated a sawmill for two years. then returning to agricultural pur- suits in Fox Township, where he purchased a farm of forty acres. He centered his ener- gles in cultivating this tract for three years, after which he sold it and bought another farm of eighty acres, in the same township. This was his home place until 1915, when he sold out and bought his present farm of 200 acres, three- quarters of a mile north of Wattsville, in Fox Township, about 160 acres of which are under cultivation, the remainder being in timber. Mr. . estant Episcopal Church.

Tinlin carries on diversified farming and is a man of practical ability, progressive ideas and sound judgment. He is a member of the board of directors of the Methodist Episcopal Church. For six years he served as township clerk, and at present is serving his tenth year as assessor of Fox Township. In politics he is a republican. Mr. Tinlin belongs to East Township Grange, and is interested in handling fire and life in- surance, a field in which he has built up a profitable business as a side line to his farm- ing activities.

On October 10, 1877, Mr. Tinlin married Miss Jennie M. Andrews, who was born in Jeffer- son County, Ohio, daughter of George and Eliz- abeth (Groves) Andrews, natives of that county. To this union there have been born the follow- ing children : Lillie G., who married John W. Johnson of East Liverpool, Ohio, and has two children-Hilma and Eldon ; Florence, who mar- ried Walter Polan of Bergholz, Ohio, and has one son-Leland ; Catherine, who married Ray Tetlow, and resides in Huron County, Ohio; Mattie, who married Leonard Newbolt of Me- chanicstown, and has had four children-Vera, Ralph, Thomas and a son who died in infancy ;

and Lewis, of Wattsville, who married Georgie King and has two children-Gene Laverne and Thelma.

JAMES A. LAWRENCE is a man whose character, ability and worthy achievements mark him as one of the representative citizens of his native county, and here he is the owner of Orchard Hill Fruit Farm, which he has made a model center of successful and scientific fruit-culture. He has precedence as one of the most progres- sive agriculturists and horticulturists of this section of the Buckeye state, his fine farm prop- erty being situated in Lee Township, Carroll County, and he being a representative of a fam- ily whose name has been closely linked with the civic and industrial history of the county for nearly eighty years.

James Alexander Lawrence was born on his father's old homestead farm in Lee Township, this county, and the date of his nativity was April 7. 1855. He is a son of Richard and Ann (Parke) Lawrence and a grandson of James . and Mary (Noble) Lawrence, who were born and reared in Ireland and who established their home in Lee Township, Carroll County, Ohio, in the year 1843. James Lawrence here pur- chased a tract of land and developed the same into a productive farm. On this old home- stead he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives, and their names merit a place of honor on the roll of the sterling pioneers of Carroll County. The maternal grandparents, John and Margaret (Fee) Parke, were early set- tlers in Trumbull County, this state, and there continued to reside until their deaths. James Lawrence contributed his full share to the civic and industrial development of Carroll County and was one of its venerable and honored pio- neer citizens at the time of his death, in 1876, his political allegiance having been given to the democratic party and both he and his wife having been devout communicants of the Prot-

Richard Lawrence was born in County Lei- trim, Ireland, January 26, 1826, and thus he was about seventeen years of age at the time when the family home was established in Carroll County, Ohio, where he became a prosperous ex- ponent of farm industry, stood exemplar of the best type of citizenship and where he continued to maintain his home, in Lee Township, until his death, March 25, 1897, his widow having passed to the life eternal on the 19th of August. 1899, and both having been zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Harlem Springs from its organization in 1849. Of their children the eldest is Mary, who is the widow of David Noble and who resides at Harlem Springs, this county ; James A., of this review. was the next in order of birth; John P. died in infancy ; Margaret, the widow of John Cog- sil, resides in Lee Township; William died at . the age of twenty-nine years; Lillian is the wife of Henry C. Schwartz and they reside in the city of Cleveland : Cora Bell died at the age of nineteen years; Richard A. is a resident of Car- rollton ; Helen I. is the wife of James Brown, of Lee Township, and resides on the old home- stead.

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James A. Lawrence was reared on the home farm and after having profited fully by the ad- vantages of the public schools he continued his studies in Harlem College, at Harlem Springs. Thereafter he was for eight years a successful teacher in the rural schools, and after his mar- riage, which occurred when he was twenty-two years of age, he established his residence on one of his father's farms, in Lee Township. Eight years later, in 1881. he purchased from his fa- ther a farm of forty-five acres, to which he has since added until he now has a splendidly im- proved and valuable farm estate of 140 acres, all in one hody with the exception of twelve and one-half acres. situated on Elkhorn Creek, in Lee Township. His Orchard Hill Fruit Farm is one of the show places of the county, with its fine orchard of fifteen acres. In this or- chard are 700 apple trees. 250 peach trees, and cherry, plum and pear trees to the number of about sixty. Mr. Lawrence has made a close study of horticulture and brings to bear modern scientific methods in the management of his or- chard, from the fine products of which he re- ceives substantial financial returns. He has been a member of the Ohio State Horticultural Society since 1895 and has attended and made exhibits at many fruit shows and county fairs. He is a member also of the American Pomo- logical Society, and attended its meeting when it was the collective guest of the Ohio State Horticultural Society. in the city of Columbus, December 1-3, 1920. In the autumn of 1920 Mr. Lawrence exhibited at the Carroll County Fair fifty varieties of fruit from his fine orchard. and he has done much to raise the standard of fruit culture in this section of Ohio. His or- chard is situated at an elevation of 1,350 feet above sea level. with the most effective of drain- age and with a soll that conserves prolific yields of fruit of the best type. The orchard has been visited by many of the country's leading pomolo- gists and fruit-growers. In all other depart- ments of his farm enterprise Mr. Lawrence has shown the same energy and progressiveness and has taken deep interest in furthering the indus- trial precedence of his native county. His civic loyalty has been on a parity with his successful personal achievement, and he is a staunch ad- vocate of the principles of the democratic party. He served seven years as clerk of Lee Town- ship; from 1890 to 1900 he was land appraiser of this township: and in 1881-2 he was assessor of personal property in the township. From 1884 until 1915 he was a member of the school board of his township: he was for two terms a member of the county election board: and was appointed by Governor Cox for three years as a member of the county board of assessment or complaints. He was the only man in Carroll County who received 100 per cent in the civil- service examination for district assessor of real estate. Ile served three years on the jury com- mission of the county, and he has served a number of times on juries, including the federal grand and petit juries at Cleveland. In 1911 he was his party's candidate for representative of Carroll County in the state legislature. and though the normal republican majority in the county is from 1,200 to 1,400 votes, he was

defeated by only ninety-eight votes. He made a spirited campaign, in which he gave special emphasis to his desire to bring about measures for the raising of the standard of the public schools in the county, especially the rural schools, and his personal popularity and secure hold upon the confidence of the people of the county were significantly shown in the results of this election, even though he met defeat. Even the brief statements made in this article show that Mr. Lawrence has almost constantly concerned himself with the public affairs of his home county, and he is a progressive and repre- sentative citizen whose benignant influence has touched many phases of the communal life. He is one of the leaders in Straw Camp Grange No. 1204. Patrons of Husbandry. of which he served four years as master, and which he rep- resented as delegate at the meetings of the Ohio State Grange at Columbus in 1919, and at its meeting at Cleveland in December. 1920. On January 20, 1920, he was sent by the County Farm Bureau to appear before the State Tax Commission in Columbus as representative of the county in opposition to re-appraisement of real property at that time.

A specially potent work that has been done by Mr. Lawrence in connection with moral and spiritual influences has been in connection with his membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has held all of the lay offices of the church of this denomination at Harlem Springs, of which he is now a steward. besides being recording steward for the Harlem Springs circuit and a trustee of the district parsonage. at Steubenville. He served many years as su- perintendent of the Sunday school. has been a delegate a number of times to represent his cir- cuit at the annual lay conference. and in the autumn of 1919 he was chosen a lay delegate from the North-East Ohio Conference to the General Conference of the church, at Des Moines, Iowa, in May. 1920. In the spring of 1919 he was appointed a Minute Man, and in July, at- tended the Centenary Celebration at Columbus of the Methodist Episcopal Church: and also assisted his pastor very materially. in the Cen- tenary Financial campaign. His wife likewise has been zealous and influential in various de- partments of church work.

On the 30th of April. 1877. was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Lawrence to Miss Mina M. Oliver, who was born in Trumbull County. Ohio. October 10, 1858. a daughter of Charles and Mary ( Parke) Oliver, the former a native of Holland and the latter of Ireland. Charles Oliver left home as a boy of eleven years. en- tered upon a seafaring life and he had circum- navigated the globe several times before he left the sea and established his home in Trumbull County. Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence have three children: Mary Blanche is the wife of Edward C. Shaffer. of Trumbull County : Ho- mer K. is one of the successful farmers of Lee Township; and Albert W. remains at the par- ental home and is associated with his father in farm enterprise. The fine home of the Law- rence family is situated about one mile east of the village of Harlem Springs, which is the postoffice address. One of the highest ambi-

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tions of Mr. Lawrence and his wife has always been to make their home one of Christian hos- pitality, culture and cheerfulness, in which friends would always find a welcome, and from which the needy would never be turned away empty. They have always insisted that any person's life must be looked upon as a failure, who does not leave the community in which they have lived, and the world at large, some better for their having lived in it.

WILLIAM JAMES DONALDSON. For many years connected with the agricultural history of Car- roll County, William James Donaldson is now taking life somewhat more easily, and maintains his residence on ten acres of land in the vicin- ity of Scroggsfield, and is recognized as one of the representative citizens of Fox Township. He was born in Fox Township, April 3, 1845, a son of Richard B. and Mildred (Donaldson) Donaldson, natives of Florida, New York, and Schenectady, New York, respectively. The pa- ternal grandfather was Rev. John Donaldson, and the maternal grandfather was William Don- aldson, and both were very early settlers of this part of Carroll County.

After their marriage Richard B. Donaldson and his wife settled near Cadiz, Ohio, and for a time he worked on the turnpike for fifty cents per day. Later he bought a farm, on which Scroggsfield now stands, and after he sold this land he moved to Washington Town- ship, to a farm just across the Fox Township line, and there both he and his wife passed away. Five of their children survive, namely : Samuel, who lives in Center Township; Mitchell who lives in Washington Township; William James, whose name heads this review ; Jennie, now living in Carrollton; and David, also living in Carrollton. Henderson, John, Mary, Millie, and Richard are deceased.

Growing up in his native county William James Donaldson attended its rural schools. Loyal to his government, with the outbreak of the war between the North and the South, he espoused the Union cause, and December 3, 1863, gave practical proof of this by enlisting in Company M, Sixth Ohio Cavalry, and was as- signed to the Army of the Potomac. He par- ticipated in many of the principal engagements of his regiment, including those at Wilton Rail- road, Davies House, Vaughn Road, Gravely Run, Boydon Plank Road, Stony Creek Station, Hatches Run, Dinwiddie Courthouse, Jettersville and Appomattox Courthouse, where occurred the surrender of General Lee. Following that Mr. Donaldson was on patrol duty in many counties of Virginia, was one of the color guards of the regiment, and was honorably discharged August 7, 1865, at Cleveland, Ohio, after which he returned home. A brother, Richard B. Don- aldson, was a member of the same company, but after an engagement at Saint Mary's Church, he was missing and no trace of him has ever come to light. Another brother, John P. Donaldson, was in the eastern army, and was wounded at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, by a gun- shot wound in the thigh. Still another brother, Henderson Donaldson, enlisted and was sent to the front, but got no further than Baltimore,

Maryland, before the surrender of the Confed- erate forces, and he was therefore honorably discharged as sergeant.

On January 19, 1869, William J. Donaldson was married to Christiana Andrews, who was born in Fox Township, November 26, 1849, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (George) Andrews, natives of Virginia and Fox Town- ships, respectively, and granddaughter of Robert and Sarah (Ramsey) George, very early settlers of Fox Township. Robert George was one of the first judges of Carroll County. He entered a large tract of oil land, and was a man of con- siderable importance. Strong in his disapproval of slavery, he maintained one of the "stations" of the "underground railroad." For three years following his marriage Mr. Donaldson lived on his father's homestead, and then left Washing- ton Township for Fox Township where he owned a farm. Until 1908 this farm was his home, but in that year he sold it and moved to the property owned by his wife in the village of Scroggsfield, where they now live. Mr. and Mrs. Donaldson became the parents of the fol- lowing children: Sheridan and Newton, both of whom reside in Fox Township; Mary Eliza- beth, who is Mrs. Emmet Shane, her husband being a merchant of Scroggsfield; Agness, who is Mrs. Frank Scarlett of Dillondale, Ohio; Sa- rah, who is Mrs. William McClave of Bergholtz, Ohio; Anson, who lives in Washington Town- ship; Everett, who died at the age of sixteen years; Harper, who lives at Albuquerque. New Mexico; Lemoyne, who was killed in an acci- dent, September 6, 1919.

Always active in the republican party Mr. Donaldson has served as township trustee, as- sessor and been otherwise honored by his fel- low citizens. Zealous in the Grand Army of the Republic, he has long been a member of Harlan Post Number 624 and is now serving as chaplain of it. The United Presbyterian Church has him on its membership rolls, and he gives it a generous and effective support. Having spent his life in Fox Township, Mr. Donaldson's interests are naturally centered in this neighborhood. He can recall with pleasure many interesting incidents of the earlier days, and compare those times with the present with the gratifying knowledge that he has been con- nected with much of the constructive work of this part of the county, and that his influence has been exerted in favor of law and order and moral uplift.

JOHN CROSS is one of the sterling citizens of Monroe Township, Carroll County, where he re- sides upon his well improved farm on rural mail route No. 1 from Sherrodsville. He was born and reared in this township, the year of his birth having been 1852, and of the honored family of which he is a popular representative adequate record is made on other pages, in the personal sketch of his brother James N.

Mr. Cross gained through early experience a deep and enduring appreciation of the dignity and value of honest toil and endeavor. for he was but a boy when he began to lend his quota to the work of the home farm. He has never severed his allegiance to the basic industry of

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History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 86

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