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CARROLL J. C., Lafayette township; boot and shoe manufacturer ; born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1847, and came to this country in 1856: was married, in 1872, to Miss Agnes MoCune. They have had four children: Thomas, Maggie, an in- fant, and Charles. Mr. Carroll took an active part in the late war, going out in company H, Eightieth O. V. I., and served with that regiment fifteen months, and served three years in the regular army afterward; was census enumerator of this township in 1880, and is an enterprising and skillful workman.
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CARSON JAMES, Keene township; farmer; born in Steubenville, Ohio, December 11, 1818; son of John and Ann Carson; grandson of James and Esther (Reed) Carson and of James and Ann Swain, His father's family consisted of four children: Esther, William (deceased), Sarah and James. At the age of three he was brought to Coshocton county, and remained here till 1854, and then went to California and spent five years in Bute and one year in Sierre county. He next moved to Virginia City, Nevada, where he engaged in the lumber business about two and a half years, then returned to Coshocton county and has followed farming here since.
CASSINGHAM J. W., county auditor; was born June 22, 1840, in Coshocton city; son of George F. and Elizabeth (Wilson) Cassingham. His paternal ancestry is English, and his maternal Irish. Mr. C. began business as clerk in the county treasurer's office, in 1857, where he re- mained until 1868, when he engaged in the grocery business, firm name of Cassingham & Crowley. This firm dissolved in 1874, when Mr. C. engaged in the coal business, firm name of Prosser & Cassingham. Mr. C. withdrew from this firm in the spring of 1881, From 1872 to the present time he has been partner in the Coshocton Paper Company. Mr. Cassingham was elected to his present office, auditor of the county, in the fall of 1881. He was married November 5, 1863, to Miss Caroline, daughter of Samuel and Julia (Crowly) Lamberson. They are the parents of two children, viz: Charles L., and George W.
CASSINGHAM GEORGE F, was born April 19, 1812, in Kent county, Ireland; son of Thomas and Phebe (Ford) Cassingham ; came to America in the fall of 1818, and located in Muskingum county, Ohio, where they remained until the okl gentleman's death. He had eight sons and four daughters, viz: Thomas, Richard, James, John P .. Henry, William, Ford and George F., the subject of our sketch. The names of the four daughters are as follows: Phobe, Elizabeth, So- phia and Mary Jane. In 1833, George F. came to this city, and engaged in shoemaking. In 1845, he was elected justice of the peace, and, in 1846, recorder, and hell both offices nine vears, and, in 1879, was again elected justice of the peace, which office he now holds. Esquire Cassingham was married May 23, 1835, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Wilson. They became the parents of four children, viz: Julia (deceased), Sarah, Mary Jane and John W.
CASTEEL THOMAS, Perry township; post- office, West Carlisle; born in Pennsylvania, in 1799; son of Jesse and Sarah Casteel. Mr. Castecl has been twice married ; first. in 1819, to Miss Rutha Dicken. His first wife died in Sep-
tember, 1836 They had ten children, viz: Amos, Dareus (deceased), Jessie, Eliza E., John W., Urias, Perry, Druzilla, Etha and Ruth. In 1836, he married Susannah Bottomfield, daughter of Henry and Rachel ( Flagle) Bottomfield. They have seven children, viz: Rachel. Jackson, Jacob (deceased), James M. (deceased ). Sarah, Susan and Thomas. Mrs. Casteet has lived in this county fifty-six years, and has been in the town of Coshocton only once in all that time.
CATON GEORGE R., White Eyes township; farmer; postoffice, Chili, Ohio; born December 18, 1831, in White Eyes township; son of Thomas and Mary (Ringer) Caton; a native of Pennsyl- vania, but came to White Eves township among the first settlers of the township; George R. was brought up in the township. Mr. Caton was married in February, 1855, to Miss Lucinda, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Hughes MeCol- lum, formerly of Pennsylvania. They became the parents of nine children, viz: Franklin, La- fayette, Mary Alice, married to Michael Sherman, now residing in White Eyes township, Sarah Jane, Thomas J., Elsworth C., James L., George W., Solemma Bell and U. S. Grant. Mr. Caton has succeeded well as a farmer, having a good home for a large family.
CATON A. S., Roscoe postoffice; merchant, of the firm of Moore & Caton, White Woman street; born June 28, 1852, in Berrin county, Michigan ; son of Andrew Caton, American born, of German ancestry. When one year old he came to this State with his parents, and settled on a farm in Marrow county, and after a few removes, settled in Knox county, At seventeen years of age, he began teaching school and taught two years. Ife then entered the Ohio Wesleyan college, at Dela- ware, and attended three years. On leaving col- lege, in company with his brother-in-law, settled on a farm in West Bedford township, where they remained one year, when they exchanged the farm for the buikling and stock of goods owned by A. Pettit, and continued the business at the place named above. This firm has been very successful. notwithstanding their having had no previous mercantile experience. Their business has increased largely in the last few years. Mr. Caton was married September 11, 1874, to Miss Dottic Moore, daughter of William Moore, of West Bedford township.
CHADWELL JAMES T., Linton township; farmer; born in Tuscarawas county, July 25, 1825; son of George and Ruth (Taylor ) Chadwell, both grandfathers were English born. Ifis grand- father, Thomas Taylor, was brought to America as an English soldier, during the revolutionary war, but deserted the ship before he landed and swam ashore. He was the only one of three to reach the shore. His grandfather, John Chad-
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well, settled in Virginia. His father, born in Loudon county, Virginia, came to Jefferson coun- ty in 1814, when sixteen years okl, and afterward moved to Tuscarawas county, where James was raised. In 1850, April 6, Mr. Chadwell married Miss Sarah, daughter of James and Magdalena (Minnick) Updegroff, born in Carroll county, and at five years of age was brought to Tuscarawas county by her parents. Their children are Mary (Welker), Jane (Marlatt), Samantha (Marlatt), Phœbe (deceased), Maria (deccased), and Ella May. In 1853 Mr. Chadwell moved to Ross coun- ty, and lived there eleven years. He spent the summer of 1865 in Tuscarawas county, and has resided in Linton township since. He entered military service in May, 1864, as a member of Company F, One Hundred and Forty-ninth O. N. G., serving four months.
CHAMBERLIN O. P., Linton township; born in Lafayette township, May 1, 1842. Ilis father, John G., emigrated from Vermont about 1838. His mother, Gertrude Shaffer, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Shaffer, was born at Albany, New York. He was married February 7, 1861, to Miss E. J. Moore, daughter of Rev. John and Rosanna Moore; born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. Her grand parents were Joseph and Eliza (Glenn) Moore, both of Irish nativity, and Henry and Jane (Lyle) Donnell, of Virginia birth. Mr. Chamberlin has two children, Olive P. and Gertrude R. He enlisted February, 1862, in Company K, Eightieth O. V. I .; mustered out September, 1865. He participated in the siege of Corinth, battles of Iuka and Corinth, siege of Vicksburg, battle of Mission Ridge, and Sher- man's engagements in Georgia. In 1873 he moved to Linton township, and has lived here since.
CHALFANT H. M., farmer; Washington township; postoffice, Dresden; born in 1840, in this county. His father was born in 1807, in what is now Perry county, and came to this county with his father in 1808. He was married in 1830 to Miss Delilah Hayes, of this county, who was born in 1813. They are the parents of eight children, five of whom are living. H. M. Chalfant, the subject of this sketch, was married in 1861 to Miss Elizabeth Mossman, of this county, who was born in 1840. They are the parents of seven children, viz: D. A., Lena L., Sybil J., John C., Mary L., George W. and Ina M.
CHANEY JONATHAN, Pike township; post- office, Frazeysburgh, Muskingum county; farmer and stock raiser; born in this county in 1850; son of Emanuel and Margret (Ashcraft)) Chaney, and gradson of Joseph and Elizabeth Chaney. He was married in 1876, to Miss Mary E. Moran, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Moran. They are the parents of two children, viz: Flaura B. and Charles E.
CHANEY S. F., Pike township; merchant; born in 1854, in Muskingum county, Ohio; came to this county in 1860. He was married in 1879 to Nancy E Forrest, of this county. She was born in 1842, in this county. They are the parents of one child-Otto Clay. He bought an interest in the store of L. V. Cox, in 1878, who died in March, 1879. In the same year he pur- chased his interest of the heirs, and now contin- ues the business alone, dealing in dry goods, groceries, hats and caps, boots and shoes, queens- ware and notions. Sole agent for Rambo's woolen goods.
CHAPMAN DR. BARZILLAI W., Adams township, Bakersvilie, Ohio; was born October 2, 1835, near Washington, Pennsylvania; son of Richard and Catharine (Updegraff') Chapman, who were the parents of thirteen children, nine sons and four daughters. The father was of Irish and the mother of German descent. Dr. Chapman was brought up in Washington county, Pennsyl- vania. At twenty years of age, he began reading medicine with Dr. Solomon Beers, of Newcomers- town, Ohio. He began the practice of his pro- fession at New Albany, Ohio, in May, 1858. In 1862, he went to Morristown, where he remained until 1864, when he came to his present residence. He was first married, December 20, 1855, to Miss Mary A., daughter of Samuel and Isabella (Major) Spencer. By this union he became the father of three children, viz: Alexander L., who died March 30, 1859, Isabel C. and Lucinda B. Their mother died January 5, 18 -. The doctor was married, April 10, 1873, to his present wife, Miss Catharine, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Win- ger) Zimmerman, natives of Bern, Switzerland. They are the parents of one child, viz: Edwin B., born August 16, 1874. The doctor's grandfathers, to the fifth generation, have all borne the name of " Richard." He has a relict of his grandfather which is here given, verbatin: "That Richard Coppmann and his wife, Sarah Coppman, alias Patterson, are Protestants, regular members of this congregation; honest and sober and free from scandal or ground of church censure known to us, is, by order of session, certified at Castleblaney, county Monaghan, Ireland, September 12, 1783, by James M. Attley, District Minister."
CHASE LESLIE, Clark township; hardware merchant ; postoffice, Clark's ; born in Bloomfield, Coshocton county, June 22, 1857 ; son of John and Rebecca (Lewis) Chase. He learned the tinner's trade with Mr. D. St. John, of Cardington, Mon- roc county, Ohio, and worked . in his employ for three years; then came to Bloomfield and en- gaged in the hardware business in the fall of 1876, in which he has been engaged since. In connec- tion with his store he has a tin-shop, in which he carries on his trade, paying particular attention
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to roofing and spouting. He does a fair business, both in hardware and at his trade, and is an ac- commodating, practical business man. He was married October 18, 1878, to Miss Emma Duncan, daughter of William and Fannie (Elliott) Dun- can. They have one child, Fannie, born May 30, 1880.
CHURCH JOIIN R., Monroe township; wax born November, 1850, in Tiverton township; son of Benjamin S. and Margret E. (Cox) Church; grandson of Lemuel and Elizabeth (Simmons) Church, who are natives of Fall River, Massa- chusetts. Mr. Church lived in Tiverton Center till the age of twelve years, when he went to farming and attended country school. Ilis edu- cation was completed in the Spring Mountain academy. At the age of twenty-one he began teaching, which he has followed in the winter seasons ever since. Mr. Church is a thriving young farmer and resides at present in Monroe township, Coshocton county. He was married to Miss Rachel A. Bantum, October 25, 1876, who was born in 1851, daughter of John and Eliza- beth (Easter) Bantum, and granddaughter of John and Anna Bantum, and of George and Elizabeth Easter. She was educated at Warsaw and Spring Mountain, is a member of the Evan- gelical church. They have two children, Robert V., born December 10, 1877, and Nelly, born October 6, 1880.
CLARK JOHN, Tusearawas township; farmer ; postoffice, Coshocton ; was born April 28, 1814, in Fawn towhship, York county, Pennsylvania. He came to his present farm residence about the year 1863. Mr. Clark was married January 1, 1866, to Miss Mary Ellen, daughter of John and Lucy (Swaringum) Morgan, of Lafayette town- ship. This union was blessed with one chikl, John James, born October 29, 1868. Mr. Clark has by honest industry possessed himself of a good farm, from which he realizes a comfortable living for himself and family.
teaching. Mr. Clark owns a fine farm in Bethle- hem township, and is esteemed by all his neigh- bons. He and his wife are prominent members of the M. E. Church.
CLARK JAMES W., Franklin township; far- mer; born in Linton township, November 17, 1829; son of James Clark, born in 1811, and grandson of William Clark, a pioneer of this county. He has always lived in Linton and Franklin townships, except a year spent just across the Muskingum. Taught school nine years, beginning in 1850; then opened a store in Maysville, which he conducted for six years, then engaged in farming; married in 1853, to Mary Ann, daughter of Henry Piper, of Muskingum county. Of his eleven children, only four sur- vive, 'viz: William Albert, Elizabeth Olive, Richard Oliver and Stella Ann. Walter, in 1877, at sixteen years of age, was drowned while bath- ing in the Muskingum river. Nancy Janc. died in 1878, of consumption, aged eighteen years. The other children died young.
CLARK WILLIAM W., Franklin township; farmer; born in Tuscarawas township, April 18, 1813; son of Willian and Naney (Valentine) Clark. His father, born in 1775, came to Tus- carawas township from Virginia before 1809, was a soldier in 1812, and died May 11, 1842. His family consisted of Margaret (McCleeary), Hugh, James, Nancy (Bainter), John, Elizabeth (Pres- ton), William W. (the subject of this sketch). and Samuel. Only the youngest three now survive. Mr. Clark married Dorotha N., daughter of Sylvester and Hannah (Snyder) Preston. Her father emigrated with his family from New York in 1838. She was the youngest of eleven child- ren, viz: Sarah ( Bouton), Zerah, Robert W., Zachariah S., Lewis B., Otis A., Joseph W., Har- riet (Wilcox), Mary J. (Wilcox), Julia .1. and Doro- tha, Mr. Clark has had eight children, fourof whom survive, viz: James P., Elizabeth P., Hannah, Jane (MeCollough), of Guernsey county, Mary Catharine (Emler).
CLARK JOHN, Bethlehem township; farmer; postoffice, Warsaw, Ohio; son of Samuel Clark : CLARK WILLIAM M. Franklin township; farmer; born in Linton township, June 27, 1825; son of James, and grandson of William Clark; one of the earliest settlers of the county; emi- grated from Maryland, and moved to Franklin township in 1864: was married February 12, 1850, to Rebecca A. Bryan, who was born in Franklin township, and is the daughter of Stephen K. Bry- an. Their family consists of six children, viz: Martha Jane, Mary, James, Stephen, John and Thomas. was born in this county, in 1813. His father came to this county in 1810 or 1811, and was of Irish descent. Ile was one of the oldest citizens of Coshocton county. When he came to the county, he found it a wilderness, with here and there a cabin, surrounded by a small lot of cleared land. He was county commissioner two terms, and served as justice of the peace in his township for a number of years. John Clark was married February 3, 1842, to Miss Elizabeth N. Skillman, who was born in New Jersey, in 1819. They be- came the parents of eleven children, viz : James CLARK BENTON, Jackson township; farmer: postoffice, Roscoe, Ohio: son of Archibald and Sarah (Hogland) Clark ; was born September 29. A, Mary W., Margaret J. (deceased), Thomas, Isaac M., John A., Anna C, Emma, Lizzie and Edward E. Lizzie follows the profession of 1837, in this county. His father was of Irish de-
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scent, but was born and raised in this county. His mother was of English descent, and was also born and raised in this county. They were among the oldest pioneers of the county. Mr. Clark was raised on the farm, and has always followed that occupation. He was married in 1857, to Miss Elizabeth Thompkins, of this county. They became the parents of four children, viz : Henry, Archibald, James and Adam. Mr. Clark owns a fine farm in the Walhonding valley.
CLARK S. B, Jackson township; born in this county, in 1839; son of William and Hannah Clark, and grandson of Samuel and Rachel Clark; married, in 1863, to Naney E. Boring, daughter of Kinzy and Margaret Boring. Mr. Clark is the father of five chidren, viz: Wil- liam C., H. K., Marion, Wealthy and Milton. Postoffice, Rosco.
CLARK JOSHUA, New Castle township; farmer; postoffice, New Castle; was born Febru- ary 10, 1808, in Harrison county, where the town of Harrisville now stands, and which was, at that time, in the woods. He is the son of John and Mary (Boothe) Clark, who were the parents of ten children. His father was Welsh and his mother of English descent. They were Quakers, from the neighborhood of Philadelphia.
He came to New Castle township, with his father, when he was eighteen years old, and set- tled on the land now occupied by the village of New Castle, and, about three years later, his father laid out the village of Liberty (now New Castle).
At the age of twenty-one he married Miss Mary Given, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Barr) Given. She was raised on Wheeling creek, near Wheeling, West Virginia. They then moved to Morrow county, Ohio, and settled in the woods; but their stay here was short, on ac- count of the seareity of food and labor, being three miles from the nearest settlement where they could obtain the necessaries of life. While there they lived in a cabin with a fire-place in one end, the backwall and chimney being but six feet high, and were therefore in danger of attacks from wolves. They lived the first week in this cabin without its being daubed, and the snow fell about ankle decp.
He attended eleven raisings and log-rollings during the first two weeks of his sojourn in that place. At the expiration of about six months they had consumed about all the provisions they had brought with them, and then began to think it time to move, so they returned to New Castle township, Coshocton county, where he is still living.
He is situated nearly two miles southwest of New Castle, at the headwaters of the Wakatomica on a well improved farm of about 500 acres. He
has been twice married. His first wife bore him four children, viz : William, Love M., Allen and Elizabeth. William resides near East Union, Coshocton county ; Love married William War- ton, of Butler township, Knox county; Allen is a farmer of Jackson township, Knox county; Elizabeth is the wife of Jesse Mercer, of Jackson township, Knox county. He was married a sec- ond time to Miss Eleanor Wilson, on the twen- tieth of June, 1841, daughter of William and Rebecca (Melick) Wilson, granddaughter of James and Rebecca (Jones) Wilson; also of John and Eleanor Melick. She was born January 28, 1813, in Somerset county, Pennsylvania.
This union resulted in eight children, viz: Thomas (deceased). Rebecca, Joshua, Martha, Charles H., Robert H., Hannah S. and Samuel Me. Mr. Clark relates that when his father was mov- ing to this county, they came to Coshocton on Sunday, and had to cross the river on a ferry boat, and that the whole town came down to the river to help them across, and that in ferrying the cattle across they had a good deal of trouble, some of them jumping overboard and swimming back. Among those of the village that turned out to assist them, were Mr. Adam Johnson and Colonel Williams. He also relates, that on ar- riving in New Castle township, after two days heavy driving from Coshocton, they moved in a house with one or two other families, and lived two weeks there, until they could build one of their own, and that there were about twenty per- sons in all occupying the house during those two weeks. On the farm where he now lives stands the trunk of an apple tree, that measures ten feet, three inches in circumference, that the seed or sprout had been planted by Johnny Appleseed, who then lived upon the Mohican. The trunk is about seventy years old, and in one specially fa- vorable season, bore 140 bushels of apples.
CLARK NATHAN, Pike township; postoffice, West Carlisle; farmer and stock raiser; born in this county in 1839; son of Manley and Mary Clark. He was married in 1860, to Miss Mary E. Magruder, daughter of IIczakiah and Sarah A. (Lake) Magruder. They are the parents of three children, viz: Rollen, George V.and Iva J. The subject of this sketch died in 1870. His widow still lives on the home farm, together with her daughter and two sons, surrounded by all the necessary comforts of life. Mrs. Clark's father died in 1858, her mother in 1850. She is the oldest of a family of five children.
CLARK WILLIAM, Perry township, New Guilford postoffice; born in this county in 1828; son of Joshua and Mary Clark, and grandson of William and Elizabeth (Barn) Giffin, and of John Clark; was married in ISGI to Miss H. L.
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Veatch. daughter of Ellis and Elizabeth Veatch. They have nine children, viz: Elmer V., Walter HI., Harriet E., Duette, Mary E., William H., T. F., Sylvia M. and Charles H.
CLEMMENS W., Coshocton; carriage black- smith, West Main street; was born July 11, 1841. in Mt. Vernon, Knox county. He is son of Wil- liam Clemmens, a native of Virginia. Young Clemmens was apprenticed to his trade, at about the age of fifteen, to William Sanderson. When about twenty-one, he came to this city and worked as a journeyman with E. McDonald. In 1875, he established his present shop, and is doing a good business in all kinds of carriage-smithing. Mr. Clemmens was married, April 5, 1861, to Miss Mary Taylor, daughter of John Taylor, of this city. They have had five children, two of whom, John William and Allie May, have died, and three, Cora Belle, Clarance Carl and Elith Lu- vane, are living.
COCHRAN JAMES, Jefferson township; born in East Union, Coshocton county, Ohio, De- cember 4, 1838; son of Caleb and Anna (Duncan) Cochran, and grandson of William Cochran and Matthew Duncan. His grandfather, Duncan, came to America, at twelve years of age, and set- tled in Maryland. His father was born Febru- ary 5, 1806; died September 28, 1877. His mother was born, February 29, 1812, in New Castle township.
He enlisted in Company D, Sixteenth O. V. I., April 15, 1861, under Captain McClain, and served three months; then enlisted December 1, 1861, in Company F, Eightieth O. V. I., under Captain Metham; went into camp at Camp Meigs, then to Camp Jackson, at Columbus, Ohio; from there he went to Cincinnati; thence to Fort Holt, Ky .; thence to Paduea, thence to the rear of Corinth, and assisted in the siege; thence to luka, Missis- sippi, and took part in the engagement there; thence back to Corinth, and assisted in the two days' fight between Rosecrans and Price; thence to Holly Springs, and to Memphis, Tennessee, where they took charge of the division train and guarded it to Forest Hill; thence to Helena, Arkansas, via Memphis; thence four miles below, and went into camp on a sand bar to arrange for the Yazoo Pass expedition, and after taking part in the expedition came back to the sand bar, and from there to Young's Point, Louisiana; thence to Hardtimes landing, on the Mississippi; thence via Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hills, Black River, to a position in the rear of Vicksburg. He remained here forty-eight days; thence via Memphis and Chattanooga to the bat- tle of Mission Ridge; thence to camp near Chat- tanooga; thence to Bridgeport, Tennessee.
Ile then came home as a recruiting officer, and on the 9th of May, 1861, returned to Huntsville,
Alabama, thence to Resaca, and thence to Atlan- ta, and to the sea with Sherman ; to Richmond, Virginia, and from thence to Washington, and at- tended the grand review ; thence to Louisville, Kentucky, and to Columbus, Ohio, where he re- ceived his discharge, August 28, 1865. He lilled all the stations from private to captain, was cho- son aid-de-camp for General Rice, also acting as- sistant inspector general for General James. He engaged in farming in the spring of 1866, and in 1867, went to Illinois, and engaged in teaming, and in the spring of 1869, came to Warsaw and began hotel-keeping, where he remained until the spring of 1875, when he took a trip to Cali- fornia, and visited many places along the Pacific coast and the Pacific railroad, being gone about fifteen months. On his return he again engaged in hotel-keeping, and remained in business until November, 1880. He was married July 1, 1866, to Miss Ada Hayes, daughter of John J. and Su- san (Lochary) Hayes, and granddaughter of Wil- liam and Agnes (Sheridan) Hayes, and Patrick and Sarah (Martin) Lochary, and great-grand- daughter of Joseph and Nancy (Moore) Hayes, and John Lochary, and finally, great-great-grand- daughter of Anne (Nixon) Hayes. Lulu Gracia, born February 15, 1872, is their only child.
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