History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 92

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

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cellent farmers and representative citizens of the name is Lafayette Busby of German Town- ship. He was born in his present township, February 17, 1878, a son of Samuel William and Mary (Cole) Busby, and a grandson of Bennie Busby.

Bennie Busby married Virginia Harper and located in German Township, Harrison County, Ohio, at a time when there were but few settlers in this neighborhood. He and his wife had the following children : S. W., A. S., B. H., John, Edward, Homer, Stewart, Harper, Lizzie, Amanda and two other daughters. Samuel Will- iam Busby was a farmer of German Township, and spent all of his life there, becoming one of its representative men. His death occurred April 3, 1919, but his wife died July 12, 1907. She was also born in German Township, a daughter of Thomas Cole. The children of Samuel W. Busby and his wife were as follows : Samuel F., who lives in Indiana; Lafayette, whose name heads this review; and J. E., who died June 21, 1913.

Lafayette Busby was reared on his father's farm and while he was attending the district schools, he was also learning how to perform the duties pertaining to a farm. In 1899 he was married to Mary Hosterman, a daughter of Ried and Lizzie Hosterman, and they had one child, Hugh, who married Lucy Mattern. Mrs. Busby died in 1901. In 1902 Mr. Busby was married to Mary Viola Hart, a daughter of A. A. and Alison (Andrew) Hart. By his second marriage Mr. Busby has the following children : Valena May, Marcus L., Melvin, Har- old, Edward, Bernice, Velma and Essie Eleanor.

After his first marriage Mr. Busby lived in Green Township but was in the employ of other farmers. Since 1906 he had lived on his farm in German Township. It comprises 221 acres of land, one-half of it being in German Town- ship and the remainder in Green Township, but the house is in German Township. Here he is carrying on general farming and stockraising, and for ten years he has operated a coal bank. Mr. and Mrs. Busby are members of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church. A hard-working, thrifty man, Mr. Busby has earned all he now possesses through his own efforts, and while doing so has employed such methods of trans- acting his business, and given such faithful at- tention to his civic duties, as to win for him the approbation of his neighbors, and he stands very well in public favor.

DAVID W. SELWAY of Cadiz is member of a family that both in Great Britain and in Amer- ica has been identified with the coal industry for many generations. Mr. Selway has his home some of his business interests, and also farming interests in Harrison County, and as a coal operator and producer has been a well-known figure in the Eastern Ohio fields for many years.

He was born at Tonyrefail, Glamorganshire, South Wales, January 6, 1876, son of Stephen and Ann (Thomas) Selway. His father founded the family in America, immigrating from Wales in 1881, accompanied by his wife and ten children. After landing in New York Stephen Selway came direct to Ohio, and at

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Massillon he and three of his older sons became coal operators. From Massilon Stephen Selway and family removed to Flushing, Belmont County, where he bought a coal mine and con- tinued his operations as a producer in that field until about twenty years prior to his death. He died October 20, 1919, and his wife on December 31, 1912.

David W. Selway was five years of age when brought to America, and acquired his education in the public schools at Flushing, in the Mount Union College at Alliance, and in a Massillon commercial college. While with his father at Flushing he gained a thorough and all around experience as a coal operator, accepting oppor- tunities to familiarize himself with every branch of the business and as a producer he has some important interests in Belmont County.

June 1, 1910, Mr. Selway married Lura Mc- Cune. Mrs. Selway is a member of a very his- toric American family, and in her own life she has vitalized many interests connecting her with historical organizations, church and other social movements. Mrs. Selway was born at Athens, Athens County, Ohio, daughter of Francis Ma- rion and Mary (Parminter) McCune.

The McCune family is of good old Irish stock and was established in the United States by Archibald McCune, son of Martin McCune of Londonderry, Ireland. Archibald McCune after coming to Pennsylvania married a young lady whose Christian name was Jane but whose family name has not been preserved. They lived at Cherry Valley, scene of one of the In- dian massacres that have been described in Colonial history. When the Indians made their attack on the settlement Jane McCune was out in the field with another woman pulling flax. Her two children Nancy and William had been left in the Block House. Her husband Archi- bald was then with the army engaged in fron- tler service. Jane McCune was captured by the Indians and was kept a prisoner by them for three years. After the massacre five other children were born to her and her husband, named John, Thomas, Samuel, Jane and Eliza- beth. Of these John McCune was the ancestor of Mrs. Selway. He married Mary Boyles, daughter of Jacob and Nancy ( Wilgus) Boyles, natives of Germany, and residents of Hacketts- town, New Jersey. From New Jersey John Mc- Cune came west and after a sojourn in Penn- sylvania selected a home in Athens County, Ohio. He was a pioneer settler. acquired land in Ames Township, and was busy with its de- velopment and cultivation the rest of his life. He died in 1815. William McCune, third son of John and Mary (Boyles) McCune, was the grandfather of Mrs. Selway. He married Phi- lura Tracy, daughter of Jonas and Susanna (Curtis) Tracy.

The Tracy family was established in America by Lieut. Thomas Tracy, one of the original proprietors and first settlers of Norwich, Con- necticut, and also one of the early proprietors of Windham, Connecticut. He was born in Eng- land in 1610, and was descended from Egbert, the first Saxon king of England. The family traces its ancestry beyond the Conquest; in reality, the family records go back for more

than a thousand years through thirty-four gen- erations and through the male line of Tracys twenty-three generations. Lieut. Thomas Tracy came over from England in 1636, his first set- tlement being at Salem, Massachusetts, and aft- erwards successively he was a resident of Wind- sor and Saybrook, Connecticut. He was three times married. His first wife was Mary Mason whom he married in 1641, and their first son Jonathan was the ancestor of Mrs. Selway, who stands in the fifth generation from him. Jonas Tracy, great-grandfather of Mrs. Selway, mar- ried for his second wife Susanna .(Curtis) Whaley. Their daughter Philura was born No- vember 10, 1809, and was the grandmother of Mrs. Selway. Philura Tracy, on December 25. 1825, became the wife of William, third son of John McCune. William McCune, who was born in Athens County, Ohio, April 28, 1802, at the time of his marriage took up in his brother Thomas' name 400 acres of Government land and in its cultivation and improvement spent all his married life. His wife died July 1, 1891, and he passed away in April, 1894. William and Philura McCune had the following children : Louisa, born June 6, 1827, died in Missouri in 1916. the wife of John Ross; Seth D., born De- cember 22, 1832, married Sarah Van Dyke, and died in 1893; and Matilda, who married Harold Bowman.

Francis Marion McCune, the other child of William and Philura McCune, was born Sep- tember 12, 1843, and as a young man enlisted in the Union army and served in the Seventh Regiment of Ohio Cavalry. On November 6, 1867. he married Mary Parminter who was born in Morgan County, Ohio, July 12, 1848, daugh- ter of Jewett and Rebecca Parminter, early set- tlers of Morgan County. Jewett Parminter was born in Penobscot County, Maine, in 1809 of English parentage and was a boy when the fam- ily moved to Morgan County, Ohio. Jewett Par- minter for many years lived on his farm in Athens County where he died. His wife Re- becca was a native of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, and related to the Handcock family of that State. Francis M. McCune and wife had five children: Lura, born June 6, 1870; Allen I., born February 11, 1872, a resident of Akron. Ohio; Ada V., born November 13, 1881, wife of Thomas McCune of Athens County ; Francis M., born October 12, 1882, a resident of Athens; and Leon B., born July 14, 1885, also at Athens.

Lura McCune grew up in Athens County, was graduated from the Ames High School and took a preparatory course in Ohio College at Athens. November 1, 1893, she became the wife of Will- iam S. Porter who was descended from one of the pioneer families of Harrison County. Mr. Porter died June 13, 1906. He was survived by two children : Alva E. Porter who was born in Cadiz January 24, 1896; and Francis J. Por- ter, born at Cadiz, January 13, 1902, who on De- cember 19, 1920, married Bernice Ramsey of Ca- diz. Alva E. Porter was educated in the Cadiz High School, Franklin College and Ohio College at Athens, and on May 16, 1918, enlisted at Ca- diz for the World war, entering the Student Army Training Corps at Valparaiso University, Indiana. Later he was transferred to Orono,

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Maine, later to Camp Hancock, and after nine months with the colors received his honorable discharge at Camp Sherman January 18, 1919.

Mr. and Mrs. Selway have one son, David McCune Selway, born February 18, 1911. Mr. and Mrs. Selway are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Selway has always taken a deep interest in church work, and she is a member of Moravian Trail Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

JOSIAH THOMPSON BARRICK is a well known resident of Harrison Township, Carroll County, a prosperous and representative farmer, and comes of a family which deserves a place in the history of this part of Ohio.

Mr. Barrick, whose life has been one of in- dustry and since his majority has been devoted to the cultivation of the old homestead of 120 acres, was born on this farm July 29. 1884. a son of William Clark and Mary Margaret (Ger- man) Barrick. His grandfather, Samuel Bar- rick, came to Harrison Township in pioneer days, later lived in Rose Township, and while he farmed he also followed the trade of car- penter, building many of the houses and barns in his country district. As a cabinet maker he also performed the chief functions of a pioneer undertaker, making the coffins. He was twice married, and had seven children by each wife, two of whom are still living. William Clark Barrick was the second among the children of the second marriage. He lived in Carroll County all his life. was a successful farmer and died September 14, 1917. His widow is still living.

Josiah Thompson Barrick is the seventh of ten children, and as a youth he attended the country school at Mount Nebo, and for three years the Dellroy High School. He found duties and responsibilities ready at hand when he reached mature years, and since the age of twenty has had some active part in the manage- ment of the old homestead. He has never married. In 1921 he and his brother-in-law, B. F. Sells, purchased the John Hess farm of 156 acres.

Mr. Barrick is a popular citizen, a man of convictions and great earnestness, and for a number of years has been a local minister. He is a trustee of the Pleasant Valley Church and a teacher in the Sunday School. A prohibition- ist in politics, he was a candidate on that ticket for county auditor in 1916.

DONALD MCGREGOR ELLIOTT. The life of Don- ald McGregor Elliott. one of the successful farmers of Carroll County, has been such as to elicit just praise from those who know him best. He has spent the major portion of his life in Harrison Township, where he lives today. engaged in the pursuits for which nature and training have best fitted him, though for sev- eral years in his early manhood he was also one of the popular teachers of the county.

Mr. Elliott. who represents one of the re- spected old families of Carroll County, was born in Harrison Township August 18. 1884. son of William Cellars and Nancy Flora ( McGregor) Elliott. His father was also a native of Har-

rison Township, and in early life taught school in that locality. The rest of his years were de- voted to farming in Monroe and Harrison town- ships, and he died in June, 1909. Mrs. William C. Elliott, who is now living at Carrollton, was born on the old McGregor farm near Atwood in Monroe Township. Donald McGregor is the old- est of three children. His brother is Joseph Howard Elliott, and his sister, Mary Rebecca, is the wife of Wilford Janson, of Canton, Ohio.

Donald McGregor Elliott completed his com- mon school education in the Mount Nebo coun- try school, was graduated from the Dellroy High School in 1903, and subsequently spent two summer terms in the normal school at Wooster, Ohio. By experience in the meantime he was well qualified for farming and at the death of his father he took charge of the home place, which he now owns, in Harrison Town- ship, on rural route No. 1, out of Dellroy.

In 1910 he married Miss Anna Catherine Tope, daughter of W. S. and Mandane (Camp- bell) Tope. of Monroe Township

JOHN S. MCBEAN, M. D. The late Dr. John S. McBean, of Cadiz, was for thirty-five years a successful physician and a leading citizen of Harrison County. He was born in Cadiz in 1840 and died in that city in 1907. His father, Dr. John McBean, long a leading physician of Har- rison County, was a native of Scotland. born in 1797, and died in Cadiz in 1875. His father. a member of the clan of McBean. married Jessie Campbell, of the clan Campbell, and both died in Scotland when their son John was but a boy. When he was eight years of age the orphan boy went to the West Indies and made his home with an uncle until he had reached young manhood, at which period of life he came to the United States and eventually to Harrison County. Although self-educated, he was a learned man, versed in Greek and Latin and the classics. For a time he was a teacher of the above languages; and even in after years, while engaged in the practice of medicine, he at different times tutored a number of young men who in later life became eminent: among them having been Bishop Simpson of the Meth- odist Church. He read medicine, and began the practice in Moorefield Township, later removed to Cadiz. where he continued to practice and at the same time kept a drug store. For many years he was regarded as the leading physician of Harrison County, if not of this section of Eastern Ohio. In Moorefield Township, Har- rison County, Dr. McBean was married in 1829 to Belinda, the daughter of Henry and Cath- erine Johnson. both natives of Pennsylvania, and they had the following issue: Jane, Will- iam, Catherine L., John S. Mary, Harriet, Julia M., Belinda, Laura and Henry.

Dr. John S. McBean was reared in Cadiz, at- tended the local schools and studied medicine under the guidance of his father. Later he turned his attention to the law as a profession, read law in Carrollton, Ohio. and later when his preceptor was appointed United States Con- sul to Tangier, Morocco, Mr. McBean accom- panied him to Africa in an official capacity and remained abroad for a year, when growing tired

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of that service, he resigned and returned to Ca- diz and resumed his medical studies under his father, at the same time gaining proficiency as a pharmacist. In 1872 he was graduated with the M. D. degree from the Medical College of Ohio, at Cincinnati, and in that year entered the practice of medicine at Cadiz.

Like his father. Dr. John S. won high stand- ing in his profession and was regarded as one of the eminent practitioners of his day in Har- rison County ; while as a citizen his course in public affairs left nothing to be desired.

In 1876 Dr. McBean married Georgia, the daughter of George W. and Anna Scott of Co- lumbus. She died in 1883, leaving one son John G. McBean.

In 1886 Dr. McBean was united in marriage with Alice, the daughter of Martin S. and Mar- tha (McKee) Kennedy. and to this second mar- riage was born one daughter-Martha Hollings- worth McBean, who married Robert Brokaw, of Cleveland, and to their marriage one son has been born, Robert Burns Brokaw, and a daugh- ter. Anne McBean Brokaw.

Dr. Moses Kennedy's father was Michael Ken- nedy, born in Ireland in 1759 and died in 1846. married Margaret Thompson in 1784. Margaret Thompson was born in 1760 and died in 1837. They had three children. Ann, Isabella and Moses.

Martin Snyder Kennedy was born in the brick house built by his father in Green Township on January 25, 1832, and died in Cadiz on Sep- tember 11, 1903, being buried in Cadiz ceme- tery. His father, Dr. Moses Kennedy, was born in County Down, Ireland, on December 24. 1797. the youngest of three children and only son born to Michael and Margaret ( Thompson) Ken- nedy. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, and when nineteen vears of age he came to the United States as surgeon of the vessel on which he sailed. He came to Harrison County and entered the practice of medicine at his home in Green Township. about four miles out from Cadiz, where he died April 7, 1857. He was a successful physician. a kind hearted, sociable and generous man, and held the con- fidence of his patients and the respect of his fellow citizens. He married in July. 1920. Catherine. the daughter of Martin Snyder. an early settler in Harrison County. The maternal grandfather of our subject. named Martin Sny- der, was a native of Germany. where he was born in 1728, and at the age of eighteen he left the fatherland to seek his fortune in the new world. Arriving at New York, he remained there a short time, then proceeded to Pennsyl- vania, where he married Catherine Amon, and took up his home in Adams County.

Martin Snyder, Sr .. came with his wife and family in 1800 to the new state of Ohio and settled in the woods on a section of land where is now Green Township, Harrison County, and they had to blaze the trees to mark their path. At that time even where Cadiz now stands the country was a vast forest of wilderness. and the stalwart pioneer family experienced all the adventures, dangers and hardships incident to those times.

Their children were Martin, Henry, Eve, Eliiz- abeth, Katherine, Adam, John, Mary and Mota- lena. all of whom, save Martin, lived to be over seventy-five years of age. A cemetery had been laid out on part of the old homestead, where the grandfather settled and he was the first to be buried therein. He and his family were mem- bers of the Lutheran Church and it was his in- tention to put up a church building on his farm, but death intervened. In 1810 this venerable pioneer passed away at the age of eighty-two years. His wife died in 1821, age sixty-two years, and was laid by his side.

Martin S. Kennedy was one of the most re- liable men of the community and held the re- spect of all who knew him. He was a farmer. occupying the Doctor Kennedy place and lived there with his family until the year 1870, when he removed to Cadiz to live. He and Joseph Clark were partners in the lumber business for several years later, Mr. Clark retired. selling his interest to his nephew, Oliver Clark, and this firm was known as "Clark & Kennedy Lumber Yards" He sold his interests to his partner in 1900. retiring to go into the real estate business. Mr. Kennedy also had a host of friends. He had a quiet, happy disposition, with a good word to say of all his acquaint- ances. Good nature was in every lineament of his countenance. He was kind-hearted and al- ways ready to do a good act for a friend. He was also interested in oil properties. He mar- ried in 1859 Martha McKee. daughter of James and Sarah (Lewis) McKee. She was born on November 14. 1839. and died July 3, 1882. Martha McKee Kennedy was a noble Christian woman. an ornament to society. always kind and sympathetic. ready to assist the sick and the distressed and loved for her virtues of heart and mind.

After their marriage they settled on part of his grandfather Snyder's farm in Green Town- ship. Harrison County. Among the early set- tlers of Harrison County none were more iden- tified with the growth and prosperity of it than the McKee family. The founder of the family came to America in 1815, and settled in Red- stone. Pennsylvania. His family consisted of twelve children, Robert. the father of James McKee. who was married in 1806 to Rachel Wills. They soon after came to Ohio, and set- tled in Harrison County where they died. He was a strong whig in politics and was an ar- dent supporter of that party. In early life both himself and wife were members of the Presbyterian Church. but soon after marriage they joined the Methodist Church, in which faith they both died. He and wife now sleep together in Bethel Cemetery.

James McKee was born February 11. 1811. in Archer Township. He spent his youth in at- tending the district schools, using a clapboard with the alphabet marked on as primer. and as- sisting his parents in various duties on the farm. November 24. 1834. he was united in marriage to Sarah Lewis, horn 1814, died 1906. daugh- ter of Joseph Lewis. a resident of Pennsylvania. After marriage they settled on the farm on which Mr. McKee died and which he labored

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so much to bring to the high state of cultivation which it had reached at the time of his death.

His children were Mary, Hanna, Rachel, Mar- tha, Jobn, Henry, Joseph, Amanda, Robert E., Eliza, Adeline and Anna Rebecca. In politics Mr. McKee was a strong and enthusiastic repub- lican and was a hearty supporter of Abraham Lincoln and the principles which led to the forming of that party. A member of the Metb- odist Episcopal Church, the same as his wife, they were both ready and willing to bear their full share of the burdens of life and duty, and were ever foremost in church work. On May 8, 1886, he passed away, leaving his children and dearly beloved wife to mourn his decease. He was buried at Cadiz. The family are well known and highly respected.

Mrs. Sarah McKee's father, Joseph Lewis, was born October 31, 1769, in New Jersey. At an early age he married Rachel Canby, a resi- dent of Pennsylvania. The young couple com- menced housekeeping immediately in Pennsyl- vania. Their family of children was a large one and were named Jesse, Jacob, Joseph, Eliza- beth, David, Vernon, Lydia, Rebecca, Ester, William, Rachel, Sarah and Hannah. Joseph Lewis was a whig in politics and he and his wife were Quakers in religious matters but the children were all Methodists.

Joseph Lewis died September 4, 1853, and was buried at Bethel, Harrison County. His wife died September 1, 1852, and was burled at Bethel also. The eldest two boys, Jesse and Jacob Lewis, with their families left Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1817, came to Har- rison County, Ohio, where with their brother Joseph, who came later, they each bought a farm in Green Township where they lived the remainder of their days. In 1829 the parents with Joseph and family and Sarah and Hannah, came to Harrison County, remaining there as long as they lived.

The American ancestor of this branch of the Lewis family was David Lewis, a Revolutionary soldier who came over from England and set- tled first in New Jersey, then in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and finally in Delaware County, Delaware. He married in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1755, Lydia Vernon, who was born in 1735. Their son Joseph who was born October 31, 1769, and died September 4, 1853, married Rachel Canby who was born in 1768 and died in 1791.

The children of Martin S. Kennedy and wife were as follows: Frances Isabelle, deceased ; Mrs. Mary Alice McBean; John Franklin, de- ceased : Moses James McKee, Catherine and Anna Genevra, the two latter deceased.

Mrs. McBean is a member of Moravian Trail Chapter, D. A. R., and is eligible to the Society of Colonial Dames.

MACK C. BOWER is showing his versatility through his continued service as telegraph oper- ator at the O. B. tower of the Panhandle divi- sion of the Pennsylvania Railroad Lines, near Bowerston, Harrison County, a position which he has held since 1903, and by giving his effec- tive supervision to his excellent farm, which comprises 153 67/100 acres and is situated in

close proximity to the office in which he is telegraph operator. Mr. Bower purchased this farm in 1910 and has made many improvements upon the same, Including the erection of the modern house in 1914, and the substantial barn in 1916. He is a scion of one of the representa- tive pioneer families of Harrison County, where the village of Bowerston perpetuates the family name, and in the general history, as well as numerous personal sketches in this work, will be found interesting data concerning the family.

Mack C. Bower was born at Bowerston, in Monroe Township, this county, on the 23d of May, 1885, and is a son of David T. and Amanda J. (McBeth) Bower, both likewise natives of Monroe Township, where the former was born May 14, 1850, in the village of Bowerston, where he and his wife now maintain their home. Mrs. Bower is a daughter of John and Mary (Web- ster) McBeth, who continued to reside on their farm, in Monroe Township, until their death, Mrs. McBeth having passed away July 27, 1858, and her husband having survived until July 22, 1863; both were earnest members of the Pres- byterian Church. The names and respective dates of birth of their children are here re- corded : Nancy, February 21, 1834; Maria, May 21. 1836; Robert C., October 8, 1838; David J., June 10, 1841; William H., September 30, 1843, died of typhoid fever, at Nashville, Tennessee. November 5, 1862, while serving in the Civil war, as a member of Company K. Ninety-Sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry ; Margaret A., May 10, 1846; John W., February 9, 1849; Amanda J., July 26, 1852; and Mary C., October 18, 1856.

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History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 92

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