History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 98

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

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On August 5, 1888, Mr. Douglass was united in marriage with Sarah D. Lafferty, a daughter of Joseph and Mary ( Bethel) Lafferty, and into the household thus established seven children have made their advent, namely: George C., of Moorefield Township, who married Bessie Porter, and they have had five children, Estella, who lived but six years, Harry, Roy, Edwin, and Agnes, who died at the age of six months; Joseph C., of Freeport, Ohio, married Iva Hus- ton and has three children, Beatrice Irene, WII- bur Huston, and Mary Marguerite; Charles H., of Holloway, Ohio, married Emma Wharton: William R., of Moorefield Township, married Estella Porter, and has two children, Marion, who died in childhood, and Charles William; Mary L .; Frank L .; and Delbert L. Mr. Doug- lass is a member of the Methodist Church, while Mrs. Douglass worships with the Baptists.

Charles H. Douglass, the third child of the parental household, served as a soldier in the World war, entering the army on May 26, 1918, and being sent directly to Camp Gordon. On July 15, he started for Camp Merritt, New Jer- sey, and on July 21 went to Hoboken, New Jer- sey, from whence, on July 23, he sailed for France. Arriving at Liverpool, England, on August 3, he remained there with his company two days, from there going to Winchester, Eng- land. On August 9, he sailed with his command from Southampton, England, for Havre, France, from whence he proceeded to Aignan. At Grand, France, he was assigned to Company C, Thirty- Ninth Infantry, Fourth Division, in which he served until gassed and taken to a hospital. He subsequently took part in the drives at St. Mihiel on September 9 and 12, and on Septem- ber 19 was relieved, and spent the following six days in the woods. On September 25, he again went with his company to the front, re- maining until relieved, on October 5, for the night. Returning to the front with his division on October 6, he remained until the engagement of October 11, when he was gassed, and placed

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in Base Hospital No. 64, from there being later transferred to Base Hospital No. 52. Leaving there on November 15, C. H. Douglass ar- rived at Cholet. France, on November 11, Ar- mistice day. He was afterward stationed at different places, including Lucey, Tout, Bulles, and Ernst. On March 18, 1919, his division was reviewed by General Pershing at Kaiser- sesch, Germany. He subsequently traveled through Belgium, across the ruined battlefields, and visited a number of cities of Germany, among others having been Clotten, Bruttig. Co- chen, Coblenz, and Bullam. On July 24, 1919, he sailed from Brest, France, on the "Mount Vernon," for the United States, and on August 1, arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey. Proceeding to Camp Sherman, he was there discharged on August 8, 1919, and returned home.

JOHN F. DICKERSON is the owner of a fine farm of 17714 acres, in Moorefield Township, Harrison County, and in addition to having prestige as one of the substantial and success- ful exponents of agricultural and live-stock in- dustry in his native township he is a repre- sentative of an honored pioneer family whose name has been one of prominence in Harrison County for more than a century.

Mr. Dickerson was born in Moorefield Town- ship, on the 9th of January. 1868, and is a son of Joshua R. and Rebecca (Dickerson) Dicker- son. Joshua R. Dickerson was born in Athens Township, this county, September 2, 1842, and his entire life was passed in his native county, where his death occurred September 29, 1899. He was a son of William and Jane (Lafferty) Dickerson, and his father likewise was born in Athens Township, on the 17th of October, 1815, he having been the last to survive of the sons of Joshua Dickerson, who was one of the very early settlers of Harrison County. William Dickerson devoted his entire active life to farm industry and was a venerable citizen of Moore- field Township at the time of his death. As a young man, in 1838, he married Jane, a daugh- ter of Samuel Lafferty, of Moorefield Township, and they became the parents of eight children, of whom Joshua R. was the second in order of birth. Mrs. Dickerson died in the year 1864, and Mr. Dickerson later married Mary McMil- lan, after whose death he wedded Margaret Bartow, who survived him by several years. He was a zealous member of the Nottingham Pres- byterian Church from his youth until his death.

Joshua R. Dickerson was reared on the old home farm of his father, received the advan- tages of the common schools of the locality and period, and after his marriage he became the owner of an excellent farm. of 158 acres, in Moorefield Township, a property to which he later added an adjacent tract of forty acres. He made good improvements on this farm and in connection with his successful farm enter- prise he was for a number of years engaged in the buying and shipping of live stock. He was influential in community affairs, held various local offices of public trust, was a democrat in politics, and both he and his wife were zealous members of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church. March 10, 1864. recorded the marriage

of Mr. Dickerson to Miss Rebecca Dickerson, who was born October 16, 1843, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (McFadden) Dickerson, of Athens Township. Mrs. Dickerson passed to the life eternal on the 22d of December, 1888, and her husband survived her by nearly eleven years. They became the parents of five chil- dren-Clara J., John Edward, Mary E., Will- iam and Sarah E.

John Edward Dickerson gained his early edu- cation in the district school known as the Pop- lar school, in Moorefield Township, and he con- tinued to be associated with the work of his father's farm until the time of his marriage. in the summer of 1895, when he established his residence on his present well-improved farm, which in its productiveness and general appear- ance gives evidence of his thrift and prosperity as an exemplar of agricultural and live-stock enterprise. He has had no desire for political activity or public office, but is a loyal and pro- gressive citizen and is affiliated with the demo- cratic party.

On the 22d of August, 1895, Mr. Dickerson wedded Miss Alavan Mauderly, who was born in Perry Township, Tuscarawas County. Ohio, on the 14th of February, 1874, and who is a daughter of Joseph and Deborah (Paxton) Mau- derly. Her . father was born in Switzerland. March 14, 1828, and his death occurred April 3. 1901, his wife having been born December 3. 1830, and having passed away April 27, 1883. Joseph Mauderly was reared and educated in his native land and was a young man when he came to the United States, where he established his home in Tuscarawas County, his entire active career having been marked by his asso- ciation with the work of his trade, that of wagonmaker. He was a communicant of the Lutheran Church and his wife held membership in the Baptist Church. They became the par- ents of nine children, whose names and respec- tive dates of birth are here recorded: Sarah Elizabeth, March 4, 1858; Mary E .. August 10. 1860; Casper, February 10, 1862; Samuel, July 2, 1864 (died the following day) ; George, June 29, 1865 (died December 20, 1918) ; Isaac B., July 30. 1866 (died September 14, 1866) : John. May 19, 1868 (died the same day) ; Joseph, May 14. 1869 (died March 24, 1874) : and Ala- van, February 14, 1874. Mr. and Mrs. Dicker- son have two children-Byron Connard, born May 3, 1898, and Mary Evalyn, born October 21, 1907. Byron Connard Dickerson married Feb- ruary 16. 1921, Helen Todd, daughter of Elmer and Rosa (Crawford) Todd, of Moorefield Township.

CHARLES S. MOORE. Standing prominent among the intelligent and enterprising farmers of Harrison County is Charles S. Moore. of Moorefield, owner and manager of a farm ad- joining the village. A skilful agriculturist. he has toiled diligently in his efforts to improve his property, and as a farmer and stock raiser has met with marked success. A native of Harrison County, he was born, May 14. 1865. in Moorefield Township, a son of Johnson and Emily (Slater) Moore, for many years pros- perous and esteemed members of the farming

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community. Neither of his parents are living, his mother having died in April, 1909, and his father on October 11, 1911. Further parental history may be found on another page of this volume, in connection with the sketch of John M. Dunlap.

Bred and educated in Moorefield Township, Charles S. Moore was brought up by a father who was well versed in the mysteries of agri- culture, and naturally became familiar with all of its branches at an early age. Selecting the occupation of his immediate ancestors, he re- mained on the home farm until ready to as- sume the responsibilities devolving upon the head of a household. Moving to the village of Moorefield after his marriage, Mr. Moore con- tinued the management of his farm of 100 acres, and also ran a livery business, building up an excellent patronage in the latter industry. In addition to carrying on general farming after the most approved modern methods, Mr. Moore has been especially interested in the breeding and raising of thorough bred Short- horn cattle, although he has recently disposed of all of his registered stock.

Mr. Moore married first, in July, 1896, Anna Hopkins, a daughter of Thomas and Sophia (Green) Hopkins. She passed to the higher life in 1900. Three children were born of their union, namely : Harold H., now (April, 1921) a student at the Byron W. King School of Elo- cution and Defective Speech at Pittsburgh train- ing for teaching; Edith, who died in infancy ; and Helen A., a graduate from the Wallace School in Columbus, taught school for a time in Moorefield Township and in April, 1921, a stu- dent in the Clifton Sanatorium Nurses Training School, at Clifton, New York.

In 1902 Mr. Moore married for his second wife Mrs. Ella Fulton, widow of George Fulton, and daughter of William H. and Julia ( Hedges) Smith, and they have one daughter, Mary Mar- garet Moore. By her first marriage Mrs. Moore had one child, John Verne Fulton, who married Mary C. Moore, and has four children, Grace, George, Gladys and Ralph. Mr. and Mrs. Moore are consistent members of the Nottingham Pres- byterian Church. A public spirited citizen, ever interested in local affairs, Mr. Moore served one term as trustee of Moorefield Township, and at the present time is a member of the township school board.

CHARLES AND EDGAR LONG. One of the old and important families of Monroe Township, Har- rison County, bears the name of Long, and the Long homestead that is now owned and oper- ated by Charles and Edward Long, has been in the family for ninety years. It comprises 105 acres, and is accounted one of the best farms in this part of the county. Charles and Edgar Long, brothers, were both born here, the for- mer on September 17, 1874, and the latter on January 16, 1886, and are sons of Jobn A. and Elizabeth (McCullough) Long.

James Long, the paternal grandfather, was a son of David Long and was born in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, August 8, 1808, and died in October, 1863. He married Isabel Mccullough, who was born in Cross

Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohlo, in 1814, and died in October, 1884. They had children as follows: Jane, Lucilla D., Asbury, David, Hugh M., Isabel A., John A., Charles W., James A., Cunningham and Hudson, all but three living to maturity. About 1830 James Long and his wife came to the Long homestead in Monroe Township. His father, David Long, had bought the property from Jacob Reed, who had secured it from the Government, and it has never since been out of the Long family.

John A. Long, father of Charles and Edgar Long, was born on the farm above mentioned, September 17, 1845, and died November 24, 1917. He grew to manhood on this farm and spent all his life here except the two last years, when he lived retired at New Philadelphia, Ohio. He married Elizabeth Mccullough, who was born in Monroe Township, Harrison County, March 21, 1848, and died July 22, 1891. Her parents were David and Rachel (Strong) Mccullough. the former of whom was born in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, and the latter in Union Township, Tuscarawas County. David Mccullough was a farmer in Monroe Township for many years. He died in September, 1896, surviving his wife since 1873. They had the following children: Harriet. Catherine, Jane, Elizabeth, Margaret and Alexander. The fam- ily belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church. To John A. Long and his wife three sons were born : Charles, Frank M. and Edgar. Of these, the eldest and youngest live on the old home- stead which they own in partnership. Frank M., who was born March 1, 1876, lives at Con- neaut, Ohio. He married Myrtle Houk and they have one child, Ruth. John A. Long and his wife were active members of the Plum Run Methodist Episcopal Church.

Charles and Edgar Long attended school in Monroe Township. They have always lived on the home place and are partners in all their business undertakings. In addition to the homestead, they own another large body of land in Monroe Township containing 273 acres. They are extensive farmers and stock raisers and both are men of vigor and enterprise, have a wide acquaintance in the county and are highly respected wherever known.

On March 17, 1915, Charles Long was mar- ried to Blanche A. Culley. daughter of Frank O. and Julia (Sprankle) Culley. Mr. and Mrs. Long have three children : Julia E., who was born January 7, 1916; John C., born Septem- ber 8, 1918, and Frank E., born Mav 5, 1920. Edgar Long is unmarried.

Charles Long is interested to some extent In politics and for the last three years has served as a trustee of Monroe Township. He belongs to the Masonic Lodge at Leesville, Ohio.

JOSEPH A. FRIEND. An intelligent, hard-work- ing, successful farmer of Monroe Township, Harrison County, is found in Joseph A. Friend, who owns and carefully cultivates over 131 acres of valuable land and also raises a fair amount of stock. Mr. Friend is an experi- enced farmer, his training in this line of work beginning in his boyhood.

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Joseph A. Friend was born in Monroe Town- ship, Harrison County, Oblo, January 31, 1858, and bears the name of his paternal grandfather, Joseph Friend, who was a well-known farmer at one time in Pennsylvania. The parents of Mr. Friend were Milton and Elizabeth (Swinehart) Friend. His mother was born in Carroll County, Ohio, and was a daughter of Adam and Mary (Thomas) Swinehart. Milton Friend was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio in early manhood, married in this state and passed the greater part of his life as a farmer in Tuscarawas County and died there. He and wife were good people, faithful mem- bers of the Dunkard Church. They had the fol- lowing children : Solomon W., David A., Emma Della, Elizabeth, Joseph A., Samuel M., Sarah E. and Milton A.

Joseph A. Friend attended school in three counties, Harrison, Carroll and Tuscarawas, a part of the time while remaining at home and afterward, while working for others. He was a strong, sturdy and independent youth and was only fourteen years old when he started out for himself. He worked on farms in the home neighborhood and still farther away until his marriage in December, 1883, after which he carried on farming in Carroll County for five years. For business reasons he then moved to Canton, Ohio, where he resided for fifteen years and then resumed farming in North Township, in Harrison County. June 23, 1915, he settled on his present farm in Monroe Township. where he owns 131 acres. He devotes his land mainly to general farming but does not neglect the stock feature of his business.

In December, 1883, Mr. Friend married Mary Brower, who was a daughter of Peter and Re- becca (Tripp) Brower. Three children were born to that marriage, namely: Clarence E .. and Elizabeth R. and Mary Ellen, twins, the latter of whom died when eighteen days old. Elizabeth R. is the wife of Russell Hine, and they have one son, Joseph F., and live at Can- ton, Ohio. The mother of the above children died and on June 14, 1893, Mr. Friend married Eldora M. Gundy, daughter of Michael V. Gundy. Mr. and Mrs. Friend are members of the United Brethren Church. Mr. Friend is one of the good, reliable men of his community and can be depended upon to take the right course in all matters affecting the welfare of his neighborhood.

CLIFFORD S. HEAVILIN, one of the progressive farmers of Monroe Township, owns and operates 122 acres of valuable farm land, and is recog- nized as one of the representative men of Har- rison County. He was born in this township, February 22, 1857, a son of Ephraim M. and Sarah A. (Thompson) Henvilin, and grandson of Adam Heavilin, one of the pioneers of Stock Township, Harrison County, Ohio. He married Lucinda McCain and their children were as fol- lows: Stephen, Benny. Ephraim M .. James. William, Fener. Eliza Jane, Susannah and Clarinda. In religious faith Adam Heavilin and his family were Methodists.

Ephraim M. Heavilin was born in Stock Township, Harrison County, Ohio, and his wife

was born on the farm in Monroe Township now owned by their son, Clifford S. Heavilin. She was a daughter of Stephen J. and Lucinda C. (Conkey ) Thompson. Stephen J. Thompson was one of the early settlers of Monroe Township. and bought his farm from the man who had entered it from the government and received the first deed of transfer for the land. When Mr. Thompson came to take possession of the place he stopped at a sugar camp near his house and obtained some live coals with which to start his fire, and that fire thus lighted was kept burning for over sixty years. The children born to Stephen J. Thompson and his wife were as follows: . James, Elizabeth C., Mary and Sarah A.

Living at home until his marriage, Ephraim M. Heavilin then began farming on his own account, selecting Monroe Township as his per- manent home and there he spent practically the remainder of his life and became the owner of 110 acres of land. He and his wife became the parents of the following children : Clifford S .; Jasper S., deceased ; George M., deceased ; Lewis lives in Cadiz, Ohio; Ephraim died young; Al- thea A., lives in Medina County, Ohio; Homer F., deceased; and his twin brother Sanford S. lives in Medina County, Ohio. The family all belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Clifford S. Heavilin attended the schools of Monroe Township and has always lived in this neighborhood and devoted himself to farming. He owns 122 acres of land, and devotes it to general farming and stock raising.

On December 25, 1879, Clifford S. Heavilin was united in marriage with Lucy L. Chaney, a daughter of Henry William Chaney, and they became the parents of the following children: William E .; Jesse L .: Emmett died when a young man; Mary J. married Elgie G. Newell ; Iva M., and Pearl Ann. Mr. and Mrs. Heavilin are consistent members of the United Brethren Church. For the past two years Mr. Heavilin has been a director of the First National Bank of Bowerston, Ohio, and for eight years he has been president of the Mining Safety Device Company of Bowerston. For fifteen years he was a member of the township board of edu- cation, and for one term was township trustee. A man of the strictest probity. he has lived up to the highest conceptions of Christian man- hood, and deserves the esteem in which he is held by his neighbors.

Henry William Chaney, father of Mrs. C. S. Heavilin, was born in Monroe Township, Har- rison County, Ohio. and his wife, Mary J. ( Borland ) Chaney was born in the same town- ship, being a daughter of James Borland. The grandfather of Mrs. Heavilin, Joshua Chaney, was one of the very early farmers of Monroe Township, and became well known in Harrison County. Henry William Chaney lived all of his active years in his native township, but the last few years of his life were spent at Denni- son, Ohio. He and his wife had the following children : Lucy T., Mary Bell. Ada Jane died when young, James B., William H. lives in South Bend. Indiana. Olive B., Loris died when young. Jessie D., Loren L. and Alpha A. The

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Chaneys were all United Brethren in religious faith.

William E. Heavilin, eldest child of Clifford S. Heavilin, was born in Monroe Township, where he attended school and learned to be a practical farmer under his father's watchful supervision. He remained at home until his marriage, which occurred April 20, 1904, when he was united with Jennie Fisher, a daughter of Ozias and Mary (Wyandt) Fisher. For the first eight years following his marriage, William E. Heavilin worked in the oil fields, and then returned to farming, and for the past four years has lived on his present farm of 206 acres where he is engaged in general farming and stock-raising. He and his wife belong to the United Brethren Church. Their children are as follows: Florence, Lucile, Hazel and Francis, all of whom are living except the eldest. Like his father William E. Heavilin stands very high in public esteem, and takes a pride in his township and county.

ARTHUR F. MILLHORN, who is one of the pro- gressive farmers of Franklin Township, Harri- son County, was born in this township, on the 3d of January, 1878, and here he has made for himself the opportunities that have enabled him to win distinctive success in connection with farm industry. He is a son of Thomas and Sarah Jane (Guthrie) Millhorn, whose marriage was here solemnized in the year 1875, and who became the parents of six children-James P., Arthur E., William, Anna B., Charles and Mary E. Mrs. Millhorn was a daughter of James Guthrie, who was one of the pioneer settlers of Harrison County. She passed to eternal rest on the 4th of April, 1884, and for his second wife Thomas Millhorn wedded Miss Mary M. McMillan, daughter of James McMillan, an early settler in Monroe Township, this county. Of the second marriage was born one child, Zelma Edna.

Thomas Millhorn was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, on the 15th of October, 1853, and his father, James Millhorn, was born in Jeffer- son County, this state, where his father settled in the pioneer days, upon coming to America from his native Germany. The father of James Millhorn was a Republican in politics and was a member of the Presbyterian Church, as was also his wife, their children having been four sons and four daughters. James Millhorn was reared in his native county, where was solemn- ized his marriage to Miss Margaret E. Chaney, and their children were six in number-John, Mary, Henry, Thomas, Ruth J., and Adolphus S. Mrs. Millhorn's death occurred in 1867, and later Mr. Millhorn married Miss Rachel West, the children of the second union being three in number-Ellen, David and Harry. James Millhorn became a substantial farmer in Green Township, Harrison County, and now resides in Princess Ann, Maryland. His political support has been given to the republican party.

Thomas Millhorn acquired his early educa- tion in the rural schools and was but fourteen years of age when he became a wage-earner, as a farm workman. He depended entirely upon his own resources in making his way forward

to the goal of independence and prosperity, and in the course of time he became the owner of one of the excellent farms of Franklin Town- ship, this homstead having comprised 130 acres and having been made by him the stage of suc- cessful agricultural and live-stock industry. He was one of the substantial and highly esteemed citizens of Harrison County at the time of his death, in 1897, and his widow survived him by several years, both having been earnest mem- bers of the Presbyterian Church at Deersville and his political allegiance having been given to the republican party.

Arthur E. Millhorn is indebted to the district schools of Franklin Township for his youthful education, and he continued his association with the work of the home farm until the death of his father. He was about nineteen years of age at this time, and for eight years thereafter he was employed by the month as a farm hand. Since that time he has been actively engaged in independent farm enterprise, in connection with which he has achieved unequivocal suc- cess. In 1913 he purchased his present home farm, which comprises ninety-seven acres of well improved land, in Franklin Township, and situated on the Ocean to Ocean highway. In addition to this home place, upon which he has made many improvements, Mr. Millhorn is the owner also of another tract, of forty acres, in section 32, Franklin Township. He is a vigor- ous and enterprising agriculturist and stock- grower, and in the live stock department of his farm industry he gives special attention to the raising of sheep. He is interested in all things pertaining to the communal welfare, is a repub- lican in politics and he and his wife hold mem- bership in the Christian Church at Tappan.

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History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Part 98

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