History of Columbiana County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 40

Author: D. W. Ensign & Co.
Publication date: 1879
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Number of Pages: 541

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FRUIT INTERESTS.

The southeastern part of the township, in its soil and local surroundings, appears especially favorable for the cultivation of the hardier varieties of fruit, and large quan- tities are grown annually. One of the largest orchardists is Nathan Cope, on section 24, who has seventy-five acres set with apple- and peach-trees. In the vicinity of Middle- ton village, Byron Cope, George Lower, and J. W. Kinnear have each about twenty acres of land in orchard, and others a smaller quantity. At the village, cider-presses and fruit- houses have been provided, and the shipments of apples, in 1878, by Detweiler & Entriken, amounted to more than four thousand barrels.

There is also considerable land devoted to small fruits, the principal growers being George Lower and Benjamin Harrison, who each have about fifteen acres thus appropri- ated. At East Fairfield the principal orchardists are Robert Martin, Wm. C. Baker, and Job Hustis.

THE PRESS.

All the papers of the township have been published at Columbiana. In 1857, Revs. Kurtz and Quinter began, at Columbiana, the publication of the Gospel Visitor, a German and English monthly devoted to the interests of their society,-the Dunkers. In 1866 the office was removed from Columbiana to Dayton.

In May, 1858, the first secular paper was issued by Black & Watson. It was called the Columbiana Telegraph, and was issued twenty-four weeks.

In September, 1858, C. H. M. Beecher began the Ledger, and was its editor until 1861, when he went to the army. During his absence of six months R. L. King was the editor. Upon Mr. Beecher's return he published the Led- ger a few months, when the presses were removed to Pitts- burgh.

The village was without a paper from that time until April 14, 1870, when the first number of the Independent Register appeared. It was edited by J. M. Hutton for a number of gentlemen of the village, who furnished the office material. He issued but five numbers, when his connection

with the paper ceased. In May the property passed into the hands of the Washington Printing Company, composed of E. S. Holloway, J. B. Powell, J. Esterly, A. Sturgeon, W. R. Knowles, who employed George Duncan as editor, who remained until February, 1871. From that time until September, 1871, R. G. Mosagrove was the editor. The company then sold its interests to Frank M. Atterholt and Noah E. Nold, but after a few issues Atterholt sold his in- terests to E. S. Holloway. The latter and Mr. Nold con- tinued the publication until May, 1872, when Gen. Hollo- way became the editor and proprietor. In April, 1877, he associated with him his sons, John W. and Orlando T., under the firm-name of Holloway & Sons, who are the present editors and proprietors. The Register was enlarged with Vol. II., and again with Vol. VI. It is now a folio sheet, 26 by 40 inches, and is Republican in politics.

The Columbiana True Press was established July 14, 1875, by L. and T. S. Arnold, and is continued by them as an independent sheet. It is a 24 by 36 folio, and has been twice enlarged.

HIGHWAYS.

It is said that the Salem road, entering the township on section 36 and passing out on 19, is the oldest highway in the township, and that what was formerly known as the " Warren Road" was next opened. Some of the other county roads were traveled before the organization of Fair- field. Since that period many good and convenient roads have been provided.

RAILROAD.

On the 1st of January, 1852, the Pittsburgh and Fort Wayne Railroad was opened through the township for the transit of passenger trains. Its general course is from east to west, being deflected north or south from a straight line drawn through the second tier of sections from the north.

At Columbiana a station has been located on three acres of ground, part of which has been set aside for a park. Aaron Pile was the first agent, and was succeeded, Feb- ruary, 1857, by the present agent, A. C. Bell. The tele- graph-office was opened in 1859, and A. C. Bell, Jr., was the first operator. About the time the station was located the Adams Express Company opened an office, which has since been in charge of John E. Icenhour.

In 1873 the present depot building was occupied. The principal shipments of Columbiana consist of live-stock, wool, and fruit. About five hundred passenger tickets per month are sold.

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Estholloway

GEN. EPHRAIM S. HOLLOWAY, son of John and Lydia (Dixson) Holloway, was born in Fairfield township, Colum- biana Co., Ohio, July 27, 1833. He was raised upon a farm, and pursued that calling until 1857. His edu- cation was obtained by an irregular attendance at a dis- trict school during the winter months each year until he arrived at the age of seventeen; but his lack of proper educational advantages were compensated in part by a reso- luteness of purpose, which has been a leading characteristic in all his undertakings. From 1857 to 1861 he followed the carpenter and joiner business.

In October, 1861, he enlisted in the army as a private soldier in Company F, 41st Regiment Ohio Volunteer In- fantry, and in the organization of the company was by a unanimous vote of the same elected first lieutenant. Early in December he was required to take command of the company, which he retained until relieved, by promo- tion to the command of the regiment, early in the Atlanta campaign in 1864.

During four and a quarter years of service he was almost constantly on duty with his company and regiment, and of the fifty-eight engagements in which his regiment partici- pated, among which were Shiloh, Siege of Corinth, Perry- ville, Stone River, Woodbury, Chickamauga, Brown's Ferry, Bald Knob, Mission Ridge, Rocky-face Ridge, Resaca, Pick- et's Mills, Adairsville, Cassville, Kenesaw Mountain, Chat- tahoochie River, Peachtree Creek, Jonesboro', Franklin, and Nashville, he participated in fifty-four. On the 28th day of July, 1864, in front of Atlanta, he was selected by his brigade commander, Gen. William B. Hazen, to lead an assault upon a strongly posted line of the enemy, which had been attempted on the day previous by Gen. Gross's brigade, assisted by a battery, but failed after considerable loss. The-assault was made across an open field through a marsh, a distance of about four hundred yards. Gen. Hol- loway, with one hundred and fifty picked men from his regiment deployed as skirmishers, dashed across the field through the marsh and into the enemy's lines, capturing twenty-eight prisoners, with a loss of but two men.

He was commissioned first lieutenant Oct. 10, 1861;

captain, Sept. 8, 1862; major, Nov. 26, 1864; lieutenant- colonel, March 18, 1865; and colonel, May 31, 1865. Upon the recommendation of Maj .- Gens. Samuel Beatty, Thomas J. Wood, David S. Stanley, H. G. Wright, and P. H. Sheridan, he was appointed and commissioned a brigadier-general of volunteers by brevet, to rank as such from March 13, 1865. Gen. Beatty, in addressing Gen. Lorenzo Thomas, Adjutant-General United States Army, upon the subject, said :

" I have the honor to invite your attention to the following brilliant record of Col. E. S. Holloway, 41st Regiment Ohio Veteran Volunteers, and respectfully recommend his promo- tion to the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers by brevet.

" Col. Holloway entered the service as a private on the 10th day of October, 1861, and was soon after commis- sioned first lieutenant, and served in that capacity during the siege of Corinth. He commanded a company in the campaign through Northern Mississippi, Alabama, and Middle Tennessee, and in the Kentucky campaign under Gen. Buell. He was commissioned captain on the 8th of September, 1862, and served in the campaign against Mur- freesboro' and Tullahoma, under Gen. Rosecrans, in 1862 and 1863, and in the Atlanta campaign under Gen. Sher- man. He commanded the regiment in the campaign through Northern Georgia and Alabama, and in the retreat from Pulaski to Nashville. He was commissioned major on the 26th of November, 1864; lieutenant-colonel on the 18th of March, 1865; and on the 31st day of May, 1865, he was commissioned colonel, but could not be mus- tered in consequence of the regiment being reduced below the minimum number. He has participated in the battles of Perryville, Stone River, Picket's Mills, Franklin, and all the skirmishes and battles in which his regiment has been engaged, and was severely wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, June 21, 1864, while advancing the skirmish line. Col. Holloway has served constantly with his regiment at the front since its organization in 1861, and is a strict discip- linarian and an excellent officer, and I recommend that this rank of honor so justly earned may be conferred upon him."

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In indorsing the recommendation of Gen. Beatty, Gen. Stanley said : " As commander of the 4th Army Corps I have, for the last year and a half, known Col. Holloway. I fully concur with the recommendation of Gen. Beatty, and commend him to the government as a gallant, energetic, and meritorious officer."

After the long service with his regiment, on its return to Ohio to be mustered out of service, and on the eve of muster-out, the officers called upon the colonel and pre- sented him with the following testimonial, signed by cvery commissioned officer of the regiment:

" FORTY-FIRST OHIO VET. VOL. INFANTRY.

" CAMP CHASE, Ohio, Nov. 25, 1865. " Col. E. S. Holloway. " 41st O. V. V. I.

"SIR: The time has arrived for us to part. Before we separate, however, permit us to express the deep sense of the obligations we are under to you for the courtesy and kind- ness you have always shown us in all our social and official relations, and to bear testimony to your gallantry on the field of battle, your care and consideration for the sick and wounded, and to assure you of our lasting friendship and regard. You go back to civil life with the prayers and good wishes of the many whose fortunes you have shared during the four long years of the rebellion. They wish you prosperity, happiness, and honor in the future; they are proud of your record, and proud of the record the regiment has maintained under your command ; they will emulate your example in the future, and ever regard the honor and interests of their country more than life itself; they will refer to the great battles and cam- paigns in which they have been engaged with no greater pride than they will with gratitude for their long-tried comrade and commander, and now ere they part from you, they tender you the homage of grateful hearts, and beg leave to subscribe themselves through every fortune your sincere friends."

A day or two later, after all had again returned to civil life, the late officers of his command presented him with further testimonials in the shape of a fine gold-headed cane and superb editions of Hume's and Macaulay's " His- tories of England," Bancroft's " History of the United States," and Scott's " Poetical Works." The presentation was made by Brevet Lieut .- Col. McCleary in a short ad- dress, which was responded to by Col. Holloway, who had been taken entirely by surprise, in a few words expressive of his heart-felt thanks for the parting testimonials he had received. The enlisted men of his regiment had a short time previously presented him with a solid silver set of four pieces, costing $150, as a testimonial of their regard for him as their commanding officer.

On returning home from the army he resumed the carpenter and joiner business, which he followed until the first of March, 1868, at which time he was appointed superintendent of the Enterprise Agricultural Works, which position he held until September, 1873.

In November, 1871, he purchased a half interest in the Independent Register office, and in addition to his duties as superintendent of the Enterprise Works, took editorial charge of the paper. In June following he purchased his partner's interest (Mr. N. E. Nold), and has since that date owned and controlled the paper now published under the firm-name of E. S. Holloway & Sons.

In politics he has been a life-long Republican, and has taken an active and influential part, both in his county, district, and State. In 1873 he was elected as representa- tive in the State Legislature, and re-elected in 1875. Of his career in the General Assembly, Senators W. P. How- land and R. G. Richards write us :

" Hon. E. S. Holloway was elected a representative of Columbiana County in 1873, and re-elected in 1875, thus serving in that capacity for four years. During that time there was not a more faithful and conscientious member in that body. He was known and admitted to be one of the most useful and able men of the Sixty-first and Sixty- second General Assemblies.

" In the Sixty-first he took a leading part on the standing committees of insurance and public printing, and was ap- pointed on the following committees of investigation : to investigate and report upon the conduct of the officers of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans House at Xenia; also as

to the necessity of providing further protection to burial- grounds; was chairman of a committee to investigate and report on the management of the Ohio penitentiary under the administration of Col. Junis. During the progress of the investigation Gen. Holloway displayed the qualities that gave him his reputation and rank in the military service ; for, despite all the obstacles with which the oppo- sition endeavored to obstruct the course of the investigation, he conducted the work with indomitable will and unflag- ging zeal, and, although in the minority on the committee, set forth in his report facts that could not be successfully contradicted, and laid open to the General Assembly the errors and weaknesses of that administration, which brought about a willing reorganization on the part of the opposition, and saved to the State that important institution from gen- eral confusion and extravagance. The labor was so severe that the general's health failed him, and he was on that account confined to his room for nearly two weeks.

" Then came what is known as the Wood County Investi- gation. A large and persistant lobby had for two sessions infested the State capital, for and against the removal of the county-seat of Wood County from Bowling Green to Perrysburgh. The Perrysburgh party were at last victorious, but it was openly charged that corrupt measures had been used, that money had been tendered and taken by some of the members, for either withholding their opposition, or favoring removal. Never in the history of the State was there a more heated contest, more bitter feelings, and harsher language used in the course of legislative investigation than upon that occasion. Night after night, for over two weeks, the examination of witnesses continued, interspersed with frequent sharp and bitter contests as to rulings, etc. A report was finally reached, finding several guilty of attempts to bribe some of the members, and part of the committee, of which Gen. Holloway was one, made a report recom- mending the expulsion of certain members. Thus, with courage and a high sense of honor, he maintained, with a few others of his associates on that occasion, the regard and dignity due the Legislature of a great State.

" During the Sixty-second General Assembly he was made prominent on the committees on penitentiary and reform schools ; was chairman of the committee on retrenchment, and saved to the State by one act alone $7000 annually, in abolishing a needless office that had been little less than a sinecure for years.

" It was during this term that General Holloway unearthed the outrageous abuses practiced by the parties in charge of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans Home at Xenia, which resulted in the reorganization of that institution. Although maligned and misrepresented, he stood firmly by his guns until he accomplished what brought that favored institution to a condition better than it had ever before enjoyed.

" The General was the author of several measures that will eventually result in great good to the commonwealth and in the interests of justice and humanity ; among them was a bill providing for district reform prisons. The bill gave evidence of great labor and research ; it provided for inter- mediate prisons where those found guilty of minor felonies could be confined, where those young in years and crime could be separated from older and confirmed criminals ; thus giving an opportunity for their reformation. Without extending this sketch to greater length, it is due General Holloway to say, that he is a man whose love of country, whose sense of duty and whose abilities are of such a character and of so high an order, that in whatever position he may be placed, his services would be valuable and satis- factory to all those who, like himself, have the greatest good to the greatest number as their object."

In April, 1877, he was admitted to the bar, in Columbus, Ohio, and commenced the practice of law Nov. 1, 1877, and is rapidly building up a lucrative practice. On the 29th day of April, 1852, he married Miss Margaret Windel, of Fairfield township, who was one year his junior. There have been born to them five children, as follows: John W., Orlando T., Theron W., Owen B., and Carrie, four of whom are living, Theron W. having died at the age of two and one-half years.

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FRANKLIN.

FRANKLIN, occupying the western border of the tier of southern townships in Columbiana, was originally numbered township 14, in range 4, but, by the accession in 1832 of a portion of Wayne township, lies now partly upon range 3, and partly also in township 13.

Its boundaries are Hanover and Centre townships on the north, Carroll County and Washington township on the south, Wayne and Washington on the east, and Carroll County on the west.

The Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railway passes through the township between the southeast and northwest corners, and finds en route two stations,-Summitville and Millport.

Water-courses abound, but they are trifling, and as mill- streams are of no value. The surface of the country is undulating, and in some parts hilly. It is an excellent agricultural region, and possesses, like the entire southern portion of Columbiana, a healthful climate.

Coal is found in many places, but is not mined for ship- ping save at one point, on the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad, where the Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal Company have a small interest.

EARLY SETTLEMENT.

The first settlements in what is now Franklin township were made upon the eastern row of sections, which were, however, not included within the limits of Franklin until 1833, being previous to that date a portion of Wayue town- ship. There, in 1804, Wm. King settled upon section 7, having passed over from Maryland. Of Mr. King and other early settlers upon that portion of what is now Franklin, mention will be found in the history of Wayne township.

Wm. Laughlin was the first settler in what was early known as Franklin township. He came in from Pennsyl- vania in 1805, and located upon section 11, where Wm. R. Linn now lives. The next settler was Philip Willyard, of Frederick Co., Md., who with his wife and two children settled in November, 1805, upon section 12, where his son John now resides. Mr. Willyard lived upon his place four weeks before he found out that there was another settler in the township truct, and when he did learn that he had a neighbor in Wm. Laughlin, he was doubtless cheered into the conviction that there was a little less loneliness than he looked for. Fortunately for them, although winter had set in, the weather was not very severe, and so, being compelled at first to sleep on the floor of their rude log cabin, before the opening in which a quilt, instead of a door, did duty, they managed to get along without serious inconvenience.

Upon the place settled by Win. Laughlin, it is said, Anthony Wayne camped one night with his troops, and the spot whereon he pitched his tent is still pointed out, and

the little stream upon whose banks he then rested is called Camp Run.

Thomas Ferguson was one of Franklin's early settlers, the place of his location being on section 9, where Wil- liam Davis resides (in Carroll County). Upon that same portion of Franklin (afterwards set off to Carroll County) Robert Smith, from Pennsylvania, settled upon section 9 in 1815. Before that time there were but few settlements in that part of the township, and of that period and the social condition of affairs a daughter of Robert Smith, now living with the family of William Davis upon the farm set- tled by her father, retains lively and distinct recollection. Their nearest neighbors were Hugh McElroy and his mother (a widow), who settled upon section 9 some time previous to 1815. James McQuilkin was a settler upon section 3, and west (in what is now East township, Carroll County), the few settlers were William Winder and Samuel Reeder, members of the Society of Friends. In the south, one of the earliest settlers was Jacob Marietta, who came from Maryland.

John Morrison, whose grandfather, Douglass, fought at Culloden and settled in America at an early day, came to Columbiana County shortly after 1800, and assisted in building the paper-mill of Beaver* & Coulter, on Little Beaver, near what is now East Liverpool. In 1814 he located in Franklin township, and thence removed later to Hancock County. James B. Morrison, who was born in 1790, resided twenty-five years in Franklin township, lived subsequently twenty-five years in Wayne township, and now resides at New Lisbon. Contemporaneous with him, in 1814, in Franklin township's early settlement, were William Loughlin, Philip Willyard, John King, John Mc- Elroy, James McQuilkin, Thos. Ferguson, Samuel Brown, Adam Knauff, Adam Custard, Jacob Hackathorn, - Lucey. Shortly after 1814 those who came in were Wil- liam Phillips, James Anderson, William Knepper, James Smart, Thomas Coney, Hugh Linn, and Jabez Coulson, the latter being one of the earliest justices of the peace.

Samuel Brown settled in 1807 upon the place in section 10 where William Linn lives ; James Anderson, in 1806, on the farm next north of the Willyards, and, north of that, William Knepper. Thomas Fife entered a quarter on sec- tion 1, and leased it to George McVey, a half negro. Moses Gillespie entered a quarter on the same section, and hired his brother-in-law, Anthony Dunleavy, to work it. Adam Custard, from Maryland, settled on section 2; John Morri- son on section 10; John Brannon, of Pennsylvania, on sec- tion 14, now occupied by D. Lockard ; - Lucey on the same section ; and James McQuilkin on section 3.

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HISTORY OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY, OHIO.

Mathew McGuin entered section 2 in 1812, because at that time there was upon it a school-house, which was erected when section 2 was still government land, and Mc- Guin thought it an easy way to get a house for nothing. Thomas Cooney located on section 11 at an early day, and on the same section John King entered the quarter now owned by John Cooney, and sold it to Adam Knauff.

William Laughlin, the first settler, was also the first jus- tice of the peace, and performed his first marriage ceremony on behalf of Henry Hull, of Wayne (the bride's name is not at hand), who paid the squire three bushels of corn for doing the job. Laughlin put up on Brush Run, sec- tion 13, a grist-mill, popularly known as a " thunder-gust mill," which he built with his own hands, and in which he caused a hand-bolt to perform a lively duty.

Dwelling upon the office of squire, it is worthy of note that Mr. John Willyard served as justice of the peace- with an intermission of but one year-from 1828 to 1875, a period of forty-six years.

Salt was one of the luxuries of the time when Franklin was first settled, and $5 per bushel were gladly paid for it when it could be obtained, which was neither often enough nor in sufficient quantities to meet the demand. "Pack- ing" salt over the mountains on horseback was a business much followed in those days by enterprising men, and, until the discovery of salt on Yellow Creek a few years later, was attended with profit. Franklin sent a number of her brave citizens into the service during the war of 1812, but of those who went out only the names of Daniel and John Lindesmith and Mawrey Kountz can now be recalled.

John Clark, an early settler, lived on a fork of Yellow Creek in a ravine, and with his family found shelter one winter against a large log over which they had spread a bark roof. This was their habitation until spring, and an uncomfortable one it was, but they struggled bravely through the cold season until spring set in, when a log cabin gave them better comfort. Flint and steel served in those days the purpose of matches, and often settlers would go a long distance to borrow a firebrand from a neighbor to start a fire when flint and steel were wanting.

James McQuiikin, who learned his trade with David Ehrhart, of Hanover township, was the first blacksmith in Franklin, and presumably a good one. Thos. Ferguson was the first shoemaker, and the families of Philip and Mary McQuilkin the first to use looms.

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History of Columbiana County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 40

Author: D. W. Ensign & Co. Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Number of Pages: 541

Author: D. W. Ensign & Co.
Publication date: 1879
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 541