History of Coshocton County, Ohio, its past and present, 1740-1881, Part 104

Author: Hill, Norman Newell, jr., [from old catalog] comp; Graham, A. A. (Albert Adams), 1848-; Graham, A. A., & co., Newark, O., pub. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Newark, Ohio, A. A. Graham & co.
Number of Pages: 854


USA > Ohio > Coshocton County > History of Coshocton County, Ohio, its past and present, 1740-1881 > Part 104


Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116 | Part 117 | Part 118 | Part 119 | Part 120 | Part 121 | Part 122 | Part 123 | Part 124 | Part 125 | Part 126 | Part 127 | Part 128 | Part 129 | Part 130 | Part 131 | Part 132 | Part 133 | Part 134 | Part 135 | Part 136 | Part 137


BRYAN AMBROSE, Pike township; postoffice, West Carlisle ; farmer and stock raiser; born in this county, in 1827 ; son of John and Mary I. (Deyarman) Bryan, Mr. Bryan's father came to this county in 1816, from Maryland, died August 19, 1850. Mr. Bryan was married October 6, 1856, to Miss Mary A. Iluff, daughter of Eleven and Louisa Huff. They are the parents of five children, viz : Sarah I., Robert B., Elizabeth E., Louisa, Martha J.


BURCHFIELD EDWARD, Roscoe village ; blacksmith; postoffice, Roscoe; born March 21, 1835, in Jefferson county; son of Andrew Bureh- field, a native of Ohio, of Scotch ancestry. Young Burchfield was raised on a farm until sixteen years of age, when he went to his trade and worked at it until August, 1861, when he enlisted in Company I, Ninety-seventh O. V. I., and served to the close of the war. He was a pris- oner about fifteen minutes at Kenesaw, Georgia. Mr. Burchfield came to this county in 1858 and worked journeyman work two years In 1860 he established a shop and conducted it until his en- lishment in the service of his country. At the close of the war Mr. Burchfield resumed his trade, and has followed it to the present writing. He was married first in March, 1860, to Miss Susan McNabb, daughter of Geo. McNabb, of Jef- ferson township. This union was blessed with six children-Mary, Charles, Martha, George (deceased), Ann and William. Mrs. Burchfield died February 14, 1872, and is buried at West Bedford. Mr. Burchfield was subsequently mar- ried to Mrs. Maragret J. Noble, daughter of Major Richard Landing (deceased), of Coshocton city. This marriage was blessed with three children-Ida May, Lottie, Fay and David.


BUCKLEW WILLIAM, Clark township; far- nie ; postoffice, Helmick; born in Clark township, February 19, 1818; son of Park and Elizabeth (Methany) Bucklew, and grandson of Andrew Bucklew. He owns a farm of 231 acres, in the


southwest corner of the township, where he has lived all his life. He was married, in April, IS48, to Miss Mary Maggs, daughter of Joseph and Eleanor (Stewart) Maggs, of English descent. She was born in Bethlehem township, March 15, 1826. They are the parents of eight children, viz: Elizabeth, born March 10, 1850; Emeline, born October 20, 1851 ; Francis M .. born October 1, 1853; Howard M., born October 21, 1855; Lam- bert (., born April 19, 1858; Joseph O., born Jan- mary 27, 1860; Ida M., born December 26, 1861 (died May 7, 1873), and Lemuel E., born January 9, 1864.


BUCKLEW JAMES, Clark township; farmer ; postoffice, Clark's; born in Clark township, Co- shocton county, April 7, 1844; son of George and Sarah (Purdy) Bucklew, and grandson of John Bucklew. He was married, December 28, 1865, to Miss Catharine Mullet, daughter of Benjamin and Barbara (Zimmermann) Mullett, and grand- daughter of John and Catharine Mullet. She was born in Clark township, December 6, 1843, and was the mother of six children-Melinda, born January 6, 1867 (died June 21, 1879); Cordelia N., born May 17, 1868; Elizabeth M., born August 12, 1870; George A., born December 27, 1873; Ed- ward, born September 25, 1875 (died June 17, 1876); Ella A., born March 3, 1879 (died January 18, 1881).


BUNN & SON, grocers and confectioners, Main and Sixth streets, Coshocton, Ohio. Alfred Bunn, senior member of this firm, is a native of Sussex county, New Jersey, where he was born, March 13, 1817, and emigrated to Ohio in 1845, locating in this county, in which he resided ten years. He then went to Knoxville, Marion county. Iowa, where he resided eight years. In 1864, he returned to Coshocton county, and in 1877, he, in company with his son David H. Bunn, engaged in the grocery business, which they conducted until 1878, when they sold to Williams & Co., and in July, 1880, they bought back the stock, since which they have been con- ducting the business. They occupy pleasant and commodious rooms in Thompson's block, twenty by sixty feet, and have a first-class stock of staple and fancy groceries, confectionaries, tobaccos, cigars, stove and wooden wares, sugar-cured and and pickled meats, fish, salt, flour, etc.


BURKMASTER PETER, Perry township; post- office. New Gilford; farmer; born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, in 1807; settled in this county, in 1862; son of John and Rachel (Barns) Burk- master, and grandson of Joshua Burkmaster and of Peter Barnes. Mr. Burkmaster has been mar- ried three times-first in 1830, to Miss Mary Nevill, daughter of John and Elizabeth Nevill. This union was blessed with seven children, viz: Rachel, Rebecca, Peter, Sarah, Mary E., Elizabeth


643


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHIES.


(dead), Hester (dead). His first wife died in 1844. Ile married in 1847. Miss Jane Mattock, daughter of Ilenry and Jane Mattock. This union was blessed with two children, viz: John R. and S. J. ITis seend wife died in 1858. He was married in 1861, to Sarah Shaw. Mr. Burk- master's son, S. J., married Miss Martha J. Thorn. They have one child, viz : Anna M.


BURKLEW B. F., Monroe township; was born October 15, 1848, in Monroe township. Ile is a son of W. H. and Martha J (McBride) Burklew, and grandson of Samuel and Hannah Burklew, and of William and Eliza (McKee) McBride. Mr. Burklew was born and bred a farmer, and educated at Spring Mountain acad- emy and Danville high school, of Knox county, At the age of sixty he enlisted in Company I, Fifty-first O. V. I., and served lifteen months in the Atlanta campaign, and under General Thomas, at Franklin, Spring Hill, Columbia and Nashville, where he lost an arm. Since the war, he has spent his time in teaching, farming and selling patent washers. He was married to Miss Sophronia Thomas, in April, 1871, daughter of Uriah and Jane (Crawford) Thomas, and grand- daughter of Eunice and Margaret (Cameron) Thomas. Their children are Emery T., born March 22, 1872; Howard L., May 6, 1874; Wil- liam II., June 17, 1876, and Clyde MeBride Jan- uary 20, 1878.


BURNS WILLIAM, JR., jeweler, No. 402 Main street, Coshocton. Mr. Burns is a native of Cosh- octon; born June 29, 1859, and received his edu- cation in the public schools of this city. He en- gaged in the jewelry business in 1877, (having previously served the required time to qualify himself for this department of business), and now occupies a place in Compton's drug store, where he has a well selected stock of first-class Ameri- can watches, clocks, jewelry, solid and plated sil- ver ware, gold pens, etc. General repairing a specialty.


BURNS & ROBINSON, proprietors of Miner's store, Main street, Coshocton. C. F. Burns, man- aging partner of this firm, is a native of Coshoc- ton, where he received his preparatory education, after which he attended the O. W. U., at Dele- ware, Ohio. Ilis first business engagement was with his father under the firm name of Burns & Son, which continued until his father's deccase, after which the business was conducted in the name of C. F. Burns. In 1877 he engaged in the milling business, at the city mills, under the firm name of Balch & Burns, in which he continued until 1873, when he formed a partnership with L. W. Robinson, and engaged in the grocery business, at their present location, where they oe- cupy com fius rooms, twenty-four by sixty-five fect, and carry a large first-class stock of staple


and fancy groceries, confectionaries, wooden and stone-ware, miners' supplies, and deals in all kinds of country produce.


BURRELL THOMAS H., Bethlehem town- ship; farmer; postoffice, Warsaw, Ohio; son of S. C. Burrell ; was born in 1845. He was mar- ried in 1870, to Miss Amedia Darling of this county. They are the parents of five children, viz : Julia, Charles, Ernest, Bessie and Blanche G. Mr. Burrell owns a fine farm of 150 acres. in the Walhonding valley. He is trustee of the township. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.and F. and A. M.


BURT JAMES M .. retired ; postoffice, New Comerstown. He was born in Orange county, New York, December 11, 1810; was married April 15, 1834, to Mary Ann Bradner, who was born December 20, 1813, in the same county, and emigrated to Ohio in 1836. They left their home October 24, arrived in Coshocton county November 9; located first in Bedford township, and remained there till April, 1837, then bought in this township, and was a citizen here forty-one years. He was elected justice of the peace in 1844, and was elected representative in the State legislature in 1848, and re-elected, serving two terms. In 1850, he was elected associate judge, and continued to hold this position till the con- stitution abolished the office. He was elected a member of the board of equalization from this and Tuscarawas counties, in 1859-60. He was clected a member of the senate in 1865, re-elected in 1871. They had twelve children, viz: Marga- ret, now Mrs. Carhart, of New Comerstown ; James B., of this township ; Martha A. (deceased), was married to Perry Keller, and died in Fred- ericktown, Knox county, on her twenty-ninth birth-day; Daniel, (deceased); Caroline, (deceased); Harriet, now Mrs. Rodgers, of this township; Clara, (deceased); Louis P., resident of this town- phip; an infant son and daughter, (deceased) ; Mary, (deceased); William, now resident of New Comerstown, civil engineer and operator.


BURT J. B., Lafayette township; farmer; postoffice, West Lafayette; was born in 1837, on what is now the fair grounds; was married in 1865, to Miss Margaret Bell, of this township, and they have had five chiklren: Perry E., Mary. Jennie, Carrie (deceased, in February, 1877,) and James R. Mr. Burt was elected jus- tice of the peace, in 1875, his commission bear- ing date April 12. He and his wife are mem- bers of the Baptist church-Mr. Burt since 1856, and Mrs. Burt since 1866; he has been a deacon in said church since 1866. Mr. Burt owns 200 acres of land in this township, and is one of its representative men.


BURT L. P., Lafayette township; farmer; was


614


HISTORY OF COSHOCTON COUNTY.


born in this township, the 3d of February, 1856; son of Judge Burt; was married the 15th of Oc- tober, 1870, to Miss Frances C. Conaway, of Adams township. They have had four children : an infant (deceased), Nellie Bell, James Lewis and Charley Conaway. Mr. Burt lives on his farm of 138 aeres in this township, and owns 200 acres in Chase county, Kansas, He is super- visor in this township this year. Mr. Burt and his wife are members of the Baptist church.


BUSBY AARON, M. D., Crawford township; Chili; born in Caroll county, Ohio, 1844; son of John W. Busby and Ann (Murryman) Busby, both natives of this State. Dr. Busby was mar- ried in 1866 to Rebecca B. Wallace. They have a family of five children; Earl W., Carrie, Grace, Clyde and Wade. The doctor began practicing at Tippecanoe, Harrison county, Ohio, remained there two years, and then located near Perrys- ville, Coral county, Ohio, and came to Chili in 1878, where he is now practicing.


BUSH N. C., Perry township; postoffice, Mo- hawk Village; farmer and stock raiser; born in this county in 1841 ; son of John and Anna (Cle- get) Bush; married in 1861 to Miss Susanah R. Almae, daughter of John and Mary Almac. He married December 22, 1866, Miss Louisa Cullison, daughter of Ephraim and Harriet Cullison. They have one child, viz: Alma. He enlisted in 1862 in Company A, Ninth Ohio Cavalry, (Captain Sims), Colonel Hamilton (commanding), Army of the Cumberland. Mr. Bush was engaged in the battle at Cumberland Gap, siege of Knoxville, Jonesborough and Aikin This gallant regiment had the honor of fighting the last engagement prior to Johnston's surrender, which occurred near Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Colonel Ham- ilton was promoted by General Grant for gallant conduct during this engagement.


BUTLER FELIX, New Castle township; was born in New Castle township, Coshocton county, Ohio, September 10, 1810; son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Severns) Butler, who came to Musk- ingum County in 1795, and remained there until the following year, when he came to Coshocton county and settled near the junction of the Tus- carawas and Walhonding rivers, where he re- mained three years, he then removed to New Castle township, where he remained until he died at the advanced age of eighty-four years. He is a grandson of Joseph Butler, who came to Coshocton county in 1801, from Monongahela county, Virginia. The name of great grand- father Butler was either Joseph or Thomas; was a native of Ireland, and was killed in 1740, in Virginia, by the Indians, at which time his wife and son James were taken prisoners by the Indi- ans. The wife escaped the second night, but James was kept eighteen months, when he was


released by treaty, Benjamin Butler, an uncle of the subject of this sketch, in company with Joseph Walker, laid out the town of Mt. Vernon, Knox county, in 1805. He was married in 1852 to Miss Nancy Farquahar, daughter of Enoch and Nancy (Moore) Farquahar, and granddaughter of Samuel Farquahar, who came to Mt. Vernon in 1807, from Frederick county, Maryland.


BUXTON LEONE, New Castle township; was born in New Castle township, January 1, 1859; daughter of Thomas and Mary (Butler) Buxton, granddaughter of Thomas and Frances Buxton and James and Elizabeth (Rodehaver) Butler, and great-granddaughter of Thomas Butler. Her grandfathers were both soldiers in the war of 1812. She has one brother and two sisters, viz: James, Constance and Mary.


BUXTON N. W., Perry township ; postoffice, West Bedford; born in this county in 1842; son of Noah and Katharine Buxton, grandson of Thomas and Frances Buxton. He was married in 1862, to Miss Hannah Mikisell. Mr. Buxton is the father of six children, viz: J. W., G. B. (dc- ceased), N. D., Warner W., Mary V., Marion and Sarah H. Mr. Buxton's father was one of the early settlers of this county, and still lives, enjoy- ing the fruits of his early toil.


BUXTON JAMES, Jefferson township; post- office, Warsaw ; was born in Jefferson township, Coshocton county, August 13, 1844; son of Thomas and Mary (Butler) Buxton, and grand- son of James and Elizabeth (Rodehaver) Butler, who settled in Tuscarawas county, in 1804. He lived on the farm until the age of twenty, then began clerking in a store in Walhonding, for N. W. Buxton, and continued two years. He then engaged as clerk with James Foster, of Warsaw, and remained with him two years; returning to Walbonding, he clerked a year and a half for J. S. McVey, after which he engaged in bridge building for three and a half years, then returned to James Foster's and clerked six months. IIc then engaged with Nickols & Gamble in mer- chandising in Warsaw, and has been there near three years. In 1864 he drove 1,200 sheep to Val- paraiso, Indiana, and from there went to Cedar county, Iowa, remaining one year. He is a kind, genial young man, highly esteemed and well adapted to business.


BUXTON M. W., Jefferson township; born April 15, 1830, in Coshocton county, at East Union ; son of John and Elizabeth (Todd) Buxton (distant relation of ex-governor Todd). Mr. Bux- ton lived in East Union till about the age of nine years, when his parents took him to the farm, where he lived till the age of eighteen, when he engaged in various kinds of words grubbing, clearing and farming on the shares for three


-


- -


-1


A JR.STEWART


CARRIAGE SHOP.


' D M'Kisson Dals,


CARRIAGE SHOPS OF JAMES R. STEWART, MULBERRY STREET, COSHOCTON.


647


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.


years, when he went into the grocery business with his uncle, Thomas Buxton, for two years; after that he followed farming in Union county awhile, then moved to Knox county, then back to Coshocton county; was butchering and mer- chandising some time; then began taking con- tracts for stone work for county bridges, etc., at which he was very successful. Mr. Buxton was married, in 1853, to Miss Lorinda Butler, daughter of James and Elizabeth ( Rodehaver ) Butler. Their children are James B. and John M. James mar- ried Miss Malinda Trout and resides in Knox county. John is reading medicine under Dr. Russell, in Mount Vernon. After the death of Mrs. Buxton, he married Miss Cadence C. Buxton, in 1862, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Butler) Buxton, and granddaughter of James and Eliza- beth (Rodehaver) Butler, and great granddaugh- ter of Thomas Butler. William T., Olive, Mary E., and Gertrude E., were the names of their children.


CAMPBELL THOMAS, (deceased), was born May 21, 1816. in Steubenville, Ohio; attended school while a boy until fifteen years of age, when, with his father, he settled on a farm in Adams township, this county. In 1832 he entered Frank- lin college, and remained two years. In 1835 he came to this city, and spent the first year clerk- ing and teaching school. In 1838 he entered, as a student, the law office of James Matthews, and was admitted to the bar March 4, 1841, at Steu -. benville. In 1842 he commenced the practice of law in this city, and was elected the following year to the office of prosecuting attorney, and was re-elected for the two succeeding terms, serving six consecutive years. In 1852 he was elected probate judge, being the first judge under the new constitution of the State, term of office, three years. In 1866 he was associated with R. M. Voor- hes, firm name, Campbell & Voorhes, attorneys and counselors at law. Judge Campbell was mar- ried August 5, 1841, to Miss Martha Wallace, of Mifflin county, Pennsylvania. This union was blessed with six children, two of whom, John and Patrick Steel, died at Corinth, Mississippi. Those living are, Dr. James Campbell, married to Miss Maggie Crimm, of Dennison, Ohio, and now residing in Iowa county, lowa; Mary Jane, married to Robert A. MeKelley, of Upper San- dusky; Isabelle, married to Dr. Robert H. Brad- ley, now a resident of Marshal county, Illinois, and William F., residing in Iowa county, Illinois. Judge Campbell died very suddenly on Wednes- day morning, July 6, 18SI. Up to the time of his death he was in his usual health. He had been at work about his office table the same morning. A moment before the final summons he walked to a front window, looked out and re- marked upon the probability of a rain-fall during


the day, and then turned and stretched out his hand in the direction of a chair, when he sud- denly fell to the floor. Charlie Hunt, a law stu- dent, was the only person in the office. He hast- ily stepped into the hall and called to Mr. Bargar, who was in the next room. Mr. Bargar and Mr. Triplett in an instant were at the side of the pros- trate form. Hiscollar was loosened and the body straightened to an easy position, but by the time this momentary work was done there was no sign of life. The vital spark had fled with his fall to the floor, so quickly, perhaps, that no sensa- tion of pain came to the body before the spirit had flown. Life went out as suddenly as the fight of a candle is extinguished.


CARHART J. M., tanner and leather dealer, of the firm of J. & H. Carhart, Main street, Ros- coe; born May 10, 1841, in Roscoe; son of John Carhart (deceased). J. M. was raised in his na- tive village. At eighteen he went into the dry goods store of J. G. Stewart as clerk, and re- mained until April, 1861, when he enlisted in Company 1, Sixteenth O. V. I. (three months' men), and served to the close of his enlistment. In September of the same year he enlisted as musician in Regimental Band Fifty-first O. V. I., in which he served about ten months. In July, 1863, he re-enlisted in Company M, Ninth O. V. C., and was appointed first sergeant of the com- pany, and, subsequently, commissioned second lieutenant, which office he resigned in March, 1865, on account of the lop of the left eye. He engaged in the present firm December 6, 1874, which does a general tanning business, and deals extensively in leather of all grades. Lieutenant Carhart was married February 8, 1864, to Miss Emily C. Taylor, of Roscoe. They are the par- ents of three children-Estella, Gertrude and John E. Carhart.


CARNAHAN WILLIAM, Coshocton: farmer; was born February 24, 1829, in White Eyes town- ship; son of John and Sarah (Marshall) Carna- han. Sarah Marshall's grandparents (Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell), were killed by the Indians, in Washington county, Pennsylvania. Her sister was taken prisoner, by the savages, and kept four- teen years, but escaped, on an armed vessel, at Quebec, disguised as a soldier. John Carnahan, father of William, came to White Eyes town- ship, in 1826, being one of the eight who were the only inhabitants of the township. He assisted to organize the township for official and election purposes, and also was one of the first justices of the peace. Esquire William Carnahan owns the old homestead on which he lived forty-five years, but, in 1874, he built his present residence, corner of Orange and Eighth streets, which he has oc- cupied to the present time. He was elected justice of the peace, in 1864, and served until his


28


G4S


HISTORY OF COSHOCTON COUNTY.


removal from the township, having been elected four times. Ile was married May 22, 1850, to Miss Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Thomas Miller, of Holmes county. Mary Alma is their only child.


CARR MICHAEL B. (deceased), Linton town- ship; born January 18, 1824, in Massachusetts; son of James and Hannah Carr; when about twenty-one years old, moved to Linton township; here married Jane Glenn, born January 4, 1830, in Jefferson county, daughter of John and Jane (Lamb) Glenn. Mr. Glenn was born in Wash- ington county, Pennsylvania, and moved from Jefferson to this county in 1832. Mr. Carr was a shoemaker and followed his trade in Plainfield, except four years-1849-53-spent in Ottawa, un- til he moved to the farm where Mrs. Carr now resides, in 1866. He died March 13, 1875. His children are John Calvin (deceased), James C., Sarah A., William B., Hannah J. (Jones), Thomas, Ward, Clark M., Sarah C., Mary Bell, Elizabeth A., Elias Glenn, George M., and Bertha Alice. Four of his sons are school teachers. James C., the oldest has taught nine years; he was married April 3, 1872, to Eliza J. Tedrick, daughter of Reed and Amelia Tedrick, and has three children, Charlie Reed, Earnest M. and Mary Belle.


CARR E. C., M. D., Coshocton, Ohio, Main street. Dr. Carr was born April 17, 1850, in East Union, Coshocton county, Ohio; son of Dr. James G. and Eliza (Bond) Carr, of English and Irish ancestors. He received his education in the pub- lic schools of the county, Newcomerstown high school and Mt. Union college. His first profes- sion was school teaching, which he followed three years. In 1872 he began reading medicine with his father. He was graduated in the science of medicine in the spring of 1875. His first pro- fessional practice was at Millersburg, Holmes county, with Dr. Pomerene; after which he prac- ticed at Holmesville until April, 1881, when he came to Coshocton, Ohio. Dr. E. C. Carr was married July 6, 1875, to Miss Anna M., daughter of Thomas and Eliza ( Holmes) Jack, of Pitts- burgh, Pennsylvania. They are the parents of three children, viz: Jas. G., Eliza H. and Emma P.


CARR J. S., M. D., Clark township; postoffice, Clark's: born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, March 19, 1825; son of Thomas and Orpha (Seaward) Carr, and grandson of John and Maragret (Mc- Guire) Carr, and Eli and Ellen Seaward. His father's ancestors were from Ireland, and his mother's parents were Puritans. His father was a minister of the M. E. church ; was admit- ted to conference in 1820, and remained in active service until 1848, then served as supernumerary until 1856, when he died. Mr. Carr began the study of medicine with Dr. A. E. Bassett, of Por- tage county, Ohio, in 1846, and, after reading


three years, he attended lectures at the Western Reserve Medical College, of Cleveland, Ohio, and, in the spring of 1849, began practice in East Union, Coshocton county, where he remained five years, then moved to Bloomfield, where he has had a successful practice since. He enlsited during the war in Company I, One Hundred and Sixty-sixth O. N. G., in the capacity of assistant surgeon, and was also appointed as assistant sur- geon in Twenty-sixth O. V. V. I. He has been thrice married, the first marriage being on the 12th of April, 1849, to Miss Caroline E. Bond,. daughter of Jonas and Elizabeth Bond, who was born July, 21, 1826, and died July 3, 1851. She was the mother of one child-Edmund C., born April 17, 1850, who is now a practitioner of med- icine. Mr. Carr's second marriage was on the 8th of January, 1852, to Anna McCaughan, daughter of A. and Ann McCaughan, by whom he had one child-James Mc., born October 14, 1852, died February 4, 1863. His last marriage occurred February 15, 1858, with Elizabeth B. Stover, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Story) Stover, and granddaughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Stover, and Ephraim and Jemimah (Clark) Story. She was born in November, 1824, in Canterberry, Conneticut.


CARROLL RICHARD, Linton township; shoe- maker; residence, Plainfield; born March 11, 1820,. near Belfast, Ireland; son of Richard and Martha (Hobson) Carroll. His mother's parents were Quakers, but she was converted to Methodisni when eleven years old. His father was weigh- master of the grain market at Belfast and land- steward of the large estates of Stephen May. Mr. Carroll learned the shoemaker's trade in Belfast and conducted a large trade there. In 1856, hc emigrated with his family to Plainfield, and has carried on his trade there since. He entered ser- vice, September 6, 1864, in company F, Fifteenth O. V. I., performing detailed duty in Sherman's eastern campaign, and was discharged June 8, 1865. In 1842, he was married to Jane Russell, born at Port Adoun, Ireland, daughter of James Russell. Their children are Margaret Janc (Ted- rick), John. Sophia C., Richard, Sarah Flora, Anna B. (deceased), and Thomas Benjamin (deceased).




Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.