History of Coshocton County, Ohio, its past and present, 1740-1881, Part 132

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


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assigned to the command of Company C. of the same regiment, and remained in command until the close of the war. He participated in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Winchester, Fisher's Hill. C'edar Creek, Locust Grove, Virginia, Monocacy, Mary- land, siege of Petersburgh, capture of Rich- mond and surrender of General Lee, and many other engagements. He was mustered out of the service in June, 1865, and returned home to begin a quiet life. He was married September 28, 1865, to Miss Emaline Thompson, daughter of James and Jane A. Thompson, who are both de- ceased. She was born November 19, 1843, and became the mother of seven children, viz: Ar- della J., born November 14, 1866, died Novem- ber 24. 1868; Alonzo O., born November 7, 1867: Halley B., born February 17, 1869; Harry G., born April 19, 1870; James O., born November 12, 1871. died March 2, 1876; Florence B., born December 28, 1872; Emma O., born May 29, 1874; William born May 11, 1877, and Ma- rion, born September 16, 1880. He is proprietor of the Bakersville woolen mills, and also teacher of the Bakersville school.


STONEHOCKER DANIEL, White Eyes town- ship; farmer; born in White Eyes, in 1820; son of Jacob Stonehocker, who was a native of Vir- ginia, and emigrated to this State in 1812, and settled in Tuscarawas county ; moved to White Eyes about 1816, and located on the farm where his son Daniel now resides. His father married Elizabeth Winklepleck, of Pennsylvania. They had eight children, Daniel being the only one now living. The subject of this sketch married Miss Mary Sherid, of Tuscarawas county, who was born in 1828, in the same county. They have three children, George, Jacob and Elizabeth, all of whom are living at home. Mr. Stonehock- er has always lived on the place where his father first settled. His father died at the age of seven- ty-one years, and his mother, at the age of fifty- five years.


STONEHOCKER WILLARD W., White Eyes township; physician ; a native of the township, and born in 1855. His father, Jacob J., was born in White Eyes in 1816, and married Sarah Win- klepleck, May 18, 1851. They became the parents of the following children: Jessie M .; Jacob, de- ceased; Michacl; John E., died October 1871; Ellen, Hester and Harriet. Willard's grand- father, Jacob Stonehocker, was married to Eliza- beth Winklepleck. They were both natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. Stonehocker came to this county in 1816, and was one of the earliest set- tlers. Willard W. attended the Columbus med- ical college two years, graduated March 3, ISSI, and expects to practice medicine as his profes- sion, but has not, as yet, selected a location.


STORM NICIIOLAS. Mill Creek township; farmer; postoffice ,New Bedford ; born in 1828 in this township. His father, John Storm, was born in 1777 in Kentucky. He was married in 1803 to Miss Ellzabeth Slonaker of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. She was born in 1784. They came to this county in 1819. He died in 1863; she died in 1854. They were the parents of thirteen children. The subject of this sketch was married in 1846 to Miss Judah Stull of this county, who was born in 1828 in this township. They are the parents of nine children, six of whom are living.


STOVER ARCHIBALD, Monroe township; was born September 24, 1829, in Monroe township, Coshocton county, Ohio; son of Michael and Phœbe (Dickey) Stover, grandson of Michael Stover, and grandson of John Dickey. He was brought up on a farm, educated in district schools and Spring Mountain high school. At the age of twenty-one he began the tinner's trade under Charles Harmany of Holmes county, and served three years. Ever since the completion of his apprenticeship, he has worked at his trade in Spring Mountain. July 1, 1880, he was appointed mail carrier between Spring Mountain and Hel- mick for four years. He was married to Miss Kittie Pettit in November 1864, daughter of Joshua and Mary (Brillhart) Pettit, and grand- daughter of Samuel and, Susannah (Whiteshell) Brillhart. Their children are Emily, Logan, Winfred, and Harry Clide.


STOVER A. J., Monroe township; was born in November, 1835, on the farm where he now lives, in Monroe township. He is a son of Mi- chael and Phæbe (Dickey) Stover, who are na- tives of Rockingham county, Virginia, and grandson of Christopher and Catharine Stover, and of John Dickey. The Stovers are of Ger- man descent, and the Dickeys Irish. Mr. Stover enlisted in Company I, Fifty-first O. V. I., in Sep- tember, 1861, and served under Captain J. Crooks, Colonel Stanley Mathews and General Nelson. He was first lieutenant during the 100- days' service. He was married, in May, 1870, to Sarah J. McNeil, daughter of Archibald and Sarah (Bucklew) McNeil, and granddaughter of Archibald and Mary McNeil, and of Samnel and Hannah Bucklew. Their children were Lizzie L., born June 2, 1871: Oraz, born October 27, 1872: Marion C. and Jane Z, twins, born Octo- ber 5, 1880.


STROUSE JOHN, farmer ; Tiverton township; postoffice, Walhonding, Ohio; born December 13, 1820, in Berks county, Pennsylvania. He came to this county in 1834, with his parents. His father died in January, 1872. His mother also died in 1872. They were the parents of nine child-


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ren, the subject of this sketch being the seventh. He was married in 1848 to Miss Fretta Brown, of Holmes county, who was born in 1827, in C'olum- biana county, Ohio. They were the parents of six children, three of whom are living, viz: Northana C., Sarah E. and Lydia. He was mar- ried in June, 1862, to Miss Barbara Brown, sister of his first wife, who was born in 1835. They are the parents of eight children, six of whom are living, viz: Aaron. William L., Edward, Uriah W., Lola M. and Arrilla.


STROUSE GEORGE, SR., farmer; Tiverton township; postoffice, Gann, Knox county; born in 1819, in Pennsylvania. He came to this county with his father in 1834, who died in 1872 His mother also died in 1872. They were the par- ents of ten children, the subject of this sketch be- ing the oldest. Ile was married in 1844 to Miss Lavina Camp, of Holmes county, who was born in 1821, in Columbiana county. They are the parents of nine children, viz: Uretta M., Anna C., Mary J., Elmira, James K., Charles A., George L., Johnson and Taurus E., deceased.


STUART MRS. EDY, Bethlehem township; was born in May, 1802, in Belmont county, Ohio. Her father, Robert Giffen, was of Scotch descent, and came to this country in 1807, and located in New Castle township. His daughter Edy was married in 1824, to Mr. Matthew Stuart, who was born in 1802, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a blacksmith; came to this county in 1825, and was engaged to superintend the construction of the Ohio canal. He also assisted in the con- struction of the Milan and Huron canal, and built several divisions of the Walhonding canal. He was engaged extensively in the United States Government improvements of the Ohio river. He constructed the levee at Cairo, Ilinois, now an important military post. He also aided in the construction of several railroads. Mr. Stuart emigrated overland to California in 1849, leaving his family in Coshocton. After spending a few years in that State, he returned home, and located near Columbus, Ohio. He died October 5, 1862, aged sixty years,


Mr. and Mrs. Stuart became the parents of five children, viz: Robert, born May 12. 1825; Caroline, born May 6, 1826; Carmelia, born July 28, 1832; Ewing, born in 1838, died Jannary 3, 1841, and Columa E., born January 5, 1844. Rob- ert Stuart was employed as a receiver of public moneys in the general land office at Olympia, Washington Territory. He was married to Miss Abby H. Hunt, of Boston, Massachusetts, She was of Puritan ancestry and a graduate of Tre- mont college. After graduation, she accepted a 'ford L. attended the public schools until nineteen, position as bookkeeper in a large manufacturing , when he entered, as a student, in 1876, the Ohio establishment. The firm failed and she went to Wesleyan university, and remained one year. In Springfield, Massachusetts, and engaged in busi- '1877 he formed a partnership with his brother,


ness. In 1866, she sailed to San Francisco, Cali- fornia, to take charge of the office business of a relative, which position she held for five years, when, on account of failing health, she was com- pelled to go north. She went to Washington Territory, and became acquainted with Hon. Robert G. Stuart, and was married to hin,


After marriage, she volunteered to reply to all letters of inquiry received in regard to the terri- tory and its advantages. During the summer of 1875, she wrote a pamphlet of sixty pages, des- cribing the territory. The Legislature published 5000 copies of the pamphlet for gratuitous dis- tribution. Caroline Stuart was married April S, 1851, to Sammuel Denman, who was born in New Jersey, and came to this county in 1832. They became the parents of two children, viz: Mary Stuart Denman, born May 17, 1852; and Charles Lyon Denman, born in 1854, Carmelia Stuart was married July 28, 1832, to Mr. Francis Wolf, of this county.


STUDOR JOHN, Franklin township. Mr. Stu- dor's parents, Jacob and Catharine (Erhart), emi- grated from Alsace, France, near Strausburg, to this township, in 1885. His father, born in 1806, had served in the French army seven years John is the sixth child of a family of seven, as follows; Magdalene (Trottman), of Linton township; Elizabeth (Beek), deceased ; Jacob, of Muskingum county ; Catherine B. (Mayer), of Coshocton ; Caroline, Jolin and Mary Ann (Hohn), of Mus- kingum county. He is a farmer, and was mar- ried April 9, 1869, to Elizabeth Hershman, by which marriage he has four children, viz: Jacob Edward, Milton Elmer, Plenna Allen and Estella Vern.


STURGEON C. L., Coshocton, Ohio; of the firm of Sturgeon & Selby, merchants, 424 Main street. Mr. Sturgeon was born October 21, 1855, in Mount Holly, Knox county, Ohio; son of Will- iam Sturgeon, who was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, January 22, 1824, and Mary (Baker) Sturgeon, born near Danville, Knox coun- ty, Ohio, November 23, 1829. She died Novem- ber 2, 1868. Her grandmother was a Talbot, and was in the direct line from the Earl of Shrews- bury. Her immediate parents were Pennsylva- nia Germans. William Sturgeon's parents were natives of Pennsylvania, of English and Scotch ancestry. His father died at the age of eighty- two years, and his mother at sixty-six. William Sturgeon and Mary Baker were married October 17, 1854, and became the parents of seven chil- dren, viz: Cliff' rd L., Melville S., Clara Victoria, Ada E., Elmer E., Lizzie I. and Charles W. Clif-


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Melville S., and his present partner, firm name, Sturgeon Brothers & Co. In the spring of ISS1 the above firm was formed, Melville S., withdraw- ing.


E. O. Selby, of the above firm, was born in Knox county, Ohio, May 30, 1857; son of Profes- sor J. B. and Isabel (Sturgeon) Selby, who were the parents of eight children, viz: Milton Clif- ford and Charles, deceased, and Walter L., E. O., Mina B., Lillie M. and Oscar E., living. The five were born in Knox county, and the others at Spring Mountain, Coshocton county, where their father was principal of the Spring Mountain academy for a number of years prior to his going West, where he died in 1871. His widow and children, excepting E. O., are now on the farm which he purchased there. E. O. was clerk in a store and bank in the West prior to his locating in Coshocton.


SQUIRE J. S., Jackson township: farmer; postoffice, Roscoe; born October 24, 1846, on the farm on which he now resides. When about eighteen he went into a drug store as clerk, at Worthington, Indiana, where he remained two years. In May, 1864, he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Fortieth O. N. G., and served four months. He was elected justice of the peace of Jackson township in the spring of 1880, which office he now holds. In 1876 he was elected a member of the board of education for his township, and held the office three years. He was married January 19, 1869, to Miss Sarah Anne, daughter of Garret Snedecker, of Jackson township, but a native of Knox county. They became the parents of four children, viz: Emma E., Nora, James William, and Lucretia.


SUMERS JOHN, Lafayette township; farmer; postoffice, West Lafayette, Ohio, son of John and Margaret (Mitchel) Sumers; was born April 8, 1852, in Zanesville, Ohio. ITis parents are of German descent. He came from Zanesville when four years old and located in Coshocton, remain- ing two years. He then removed to Linton town- ship with his parents, and remained eight years; then removed to Oxford township, remaining five years. His parents then returned to Zanesville, and he has since remained in Lafayette township. Mr. Summers was married, September 13, 1872, to Miss Melissa Loos, of this county. They are the parents of three children, viz: William, de- ceased; Asa, deceased, and Leona.


SWIGART JAMES HI .. farmer; White Eyes township; born in Harrison county in 1824; son of Joseph Swigart, who was the father of three children ; James is the only one living, and he was left fatherless at the age of three years. In 1846 he married Miss Rozena Hamilton, of Tus- carawas county. She was a native of that county,


and was born in 1829. They have five children : Mary E, born 1848, and is married to Henry Swigart; Elisha A., born in 1850, is married to Althea Ewing. the daughter of Daniel Ewing, of this township; Margaret, born in 1854, and Wes- ley born in 1861, are both single and live at home. Mr. Swigart lived in Harrison county un- til he was twenty years ef age. In 1844 he moved to Tuscarawas county, and came to White Eyes in 1862, and he is now the largest land holder in the township.


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TAFE LEWIS, Coshocton; proprietor barber shop, opera house block, Main street; born Oe- tober 19, 1850, in Germany; son of Philip Jacob Tafe. Lewis remained at home until seventeen, working with his father, in a jewelry store, and going to school. In 1867, he came to America, landing in New York City, and immediately went to St. Charles. Missouri, and learned his trade; remained two years; then went to St. Louis, and remained six years; then came to Dennison, Ohio, four years, working at his trade all the while. In January, 1879, he came to this city, and established his present shop. Mr. Tafe was married, June 2. 1879, to Miss Ida Eliza Rolley, daughter of Daniel Rolly, of Trenton, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, This union was blessed with, three children, one, Elvira, dead, and two living, Oscar L. and Victoria C. Mr. Tafe is doing a good moderate business.


TALLMADGE HENRY, Jackson township; Roscoe postoffice ; born in this county, in 1832; son of Joseph and Frances Tallmadge, and grand- son of Moses and Rebecca Tallmadge; married, in 1854, to Mary Williams, dangliter of Lewis and Rebecca Williams. Mr. Tallmadge is the father of ten children, viz: Sarah A , Rachel, Benjamin, Rebecca F., L. E., Rosa J., Mary S., William H., James H. and Hannah C.


TAYLOR LYMAN, farmer; postoffice, Warsaw; born in 1855, in this county. His father, John Taylor, was born in 1818, in Muskingum county, Ohio, and was married to Miss Sabina Dennis, of Knox county, who was born in 1821. They are the parents of six children, the subject of this sketch being the fourth. Ile was married in 1878, to Miss Sylvia Frederick, of this county, who was born in 1859, in this county.


TAYLOR JOHN. Jefferson township; born October, ISIS, in Jefferson township, Muskingum county, Ohio; son of Samuel Taylor, who was elected captain in the war of 1812, and served under General Miller and Colonel Heath. He enlisted in Allegheny county, Maryland. and served his country with distinction. Hismother was Mary Taylor, born in Hartford county, Mary- land. His parents came to Muskingum county


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in 1814. He is a grandson of John and Hannah Taylor, and Ezra and Elizabeth (Brown) Taylor. He was educated in the old log school-house, yet standing on his farm. Mr. Taylor filled the office of county commissioner six years, justice of the peace, fifteen years, and land appraiser, one. In 1824 he came with his father to Coshocton county, being his father's only child, he lived with him till his father's death. He was married May 12, 1842, to Miss Sabina Dennis, of Knox county, daughter of Philip and Elizabeth (Horn) Dennis, natives of Pennsylvania. Their children were Samuel, deceased ; Dennis, Mary; Elizabeth, deceased ; Arminda, Lyman, Norman and Clara. Mary married David Walker, deceased, and ro- sides with her parents; Arminda married Joseph Haines, a farmer of Bedford township; Lyman is a farmer in Bedford township, and Married Syl- via Frederick; Clara is at home, single. Both of Mr. Taylor's grandfathers were patriots in the revolutionary war, and served under Washing- ton. His grandfather Taylor served seven years, was taken prisoner five times and wounded once, in the breast, where he carried an ounce ball for a number of years, the extraction of which finally caused his death.


TAYLOR DENNIS, Jefferson township; was born in December, 1845, in Jefferson townspip, Coshocton county; postoffice, Warsaw; son of John Taylor, who was a native of Muskingum county, and Sabina (Dennis) Taylor, who was a native of Knox county. For further ancestry, see his father's (John Taylor's), biography. Mr. Taylor was brought up on a farm, and educated in district schools. He lived at home with his parents until the age of twenty-two, when he married Miss E. A. Porter, in December 1867, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Dean) Porter, who was born in January, 1856. The following children were born to them: Emma, born October 80, 1868; John P., February 20, 1572; J. W., June 8, 1875; Iva M., September 1, 1877, and Mary M., October 30, 1879. Mrs. Taylor is a granddaughter of Samuel and Mary (MeCurdy) Dean, and of Eliz- abeth Wilky.


TAYLOR E. T., Virginia township ; born Sep- temiber 17, 1819. son of Ebenezer and Margaret Taylor; married in 1841 to Louisa Walraven. Mr. Taylor has eleven children, viz: William, May, Mary Jane, John P., Caroline, Louisa, San- uel B., James HI., Margaret L., Claro 1 , and John I'. Postoffice, Dresden, Muskingum county.


ried September 20, 1860, to Miss Ellen, daughter of Washington and Georgiana ( Fisk) Burt. They are the parents of five chiklren, viz: Elmer B., died in infancy; Annie M., Amy B .; Ada K., died in infancy, and Nellie. September 20, 1861, Mr. Taylor enlisted in Company E. Fifty-first O. V. I. Hle was appointed fourth sergeant, and be- eame first sergeant and followed the fortunes of the Army of the Cumberland until after the bat- tle of Lookout Mountain, when his regiment veteranized. On application Sergeant Taylor was appointed third assistant engineer in the navy, but before being mustered in he deelinod the position, and was assigned to duty under Provost Marshal Wisewell, where he remained until October 3, 1864, when he was honorably discharged.


TEALE WILLIAM, Jackson township; born on Santa Cruz Isle, in 182%; son of Martin and Mary A. Teale; settled in Coshocton county, in 1837; married in September. 1863, to Catherine Loder, daughter of Aaron and Rebecca Loder. Mr. Loder is the father of five children, viz: Ida J., William, Franklin, Etha, AAlberta. Mr. Teale is engaged in farming and stock raising. Post- office, Roscoe.


TIDBALL N. R., Coshocton; butcher; of the firm of Shaw & Tidball, 440 Main street: born in Belmont county, in 1836: son of attorney John C. Tidball, who came to this eity in 1848, and died in 1863. N. R. was married first in 1865, to Miss Amanda, daughter of Jefferson Brelsferd, a farmer of this county. Their children are : Annie M., Frank B., Elizabeth, Stella .A., and Addash. Mr. Tidball enlisted first in Company A., Sixteenth O. V. 1. (three months men) and re-enlisted in Company H., Eightieth O. V. I., December 2, 1461, and resigned in July, 1863, on account of ill health. He enlisted as a private, but was com- missioned second lieutenant in each company named above and captain of Company D., One Hundred and Forty-third O. N. G. Mrs. Tidball lied in February 1563, and is buried at Coshoe- ton. Captain Tidball's second marriage was in Angust, 1880, to Miss Sarah F., daughter of R. F. Baker. of this city. Captain Tidball was super- intendent of the yards of the penitentiary two vears, under Governor Hayes.


TIMMONS JOHN, Coshocton; carpenter and contractor : was born December 25, 1813, in Lin- ton township. He is son of William Timmons, American born, of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Young Timmons was raised on the farm until about fifteen years old, when he began the wagon making trade and worked two years, then returned to farming for two or three years. after which he went to his present trade with James Williams.


TAYLOR HIRAM A,, engineer in Coshocton iron and steel works; was born September 20, 1838 in Hollingsworth, Lancashire county, Eng- land; son of John and Maria (Dainkrey) Taylor. In 1814 he accompanied his parents to America, who located in Coshocton. Mr. Taylor was mar- |On completing it, he worked for some time in


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Franklin township. In the fall of 1862, he en- listed in company C, Ninth O V. I., and served to the close of the war, being in one engagement three or four days after Lee's surrender. On his return home from the war, he resumed his trade in this city, which he has successfully followed to the present. Mr Timmons was married. in Jan- uary, 1862, to Miss Resilva Williams, daughter of Thomas Williams, of Linton township. This union was blessed with three children, two de- ceased and one living-Simon W. Timmons


TINGLE JOE R., Franklin township; born in Franklin township, April 29, 1855; son of Eldred D. and Elizabeth Tingle, and grandson of John Tingle and of James Rice. His father, a car- penter by trade, was born in Guernsey county, and moved here about 1845. His mother was born in Franklin township. He is the youngest of three children, viz: Anna. John and Joseph. When abont nine years old he moved to Tusca- rawas township, on what is now the Moore farm, two miles south of Coshocton. There he re- mained till some time after his mother's death, which occurred December 14, 1867; then spent two years at Kenyon college, Gambier, Ohio. At fifteen he began railroading, as brakeman on the Pan Handle road, and after three years spent here he went on the I., B. and W. railroad, be- tween Indianapolis and Peoria, for a year. Re- turning to Coshocton, he worked in the steel works about eighteen months at an iron lathe, and then was employed as fireman on the Pan Handle road till December, 1876, when he turned his attention to farming and stock raising. He was married February 29, 1876, to Sadie Tingle, daughter of John Tingle, a physician of Cam- bridge, Guernsey county, and has two little chil- dren, viz : Edna, and Atta Rice.


THOMPKINS JAMES M., Tuscarawas town- ship; Canal Lewisville postoffice; carpenter; born September 22, 1832, in Rappahannock county, Virginia; son of James and Mary, and grandson of Jonathan Thompkins and William Bailey. James M was raised on the farm. He came to this county in 1847, and first located in Jackson township, from which he removed to Jefferson township. In 1870 he was appointed superintendent of county infirmary, which po- sition he held for two years. On leaving the in- firmary, he moved to Warsaw, and came to his present residence in 1876. In 1872 he learned the carpenter trade, which he has followed to the present time. Mr. Thompkins was married Au- gust 1, 1857, to Miss Mary Chambers, daughter of John Chambers, of Bedford township. Her mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Maston. Their children are: Isaac E., Charles E., Sarah M., W. Frank, Alice Lutilla and William Allen.


THOMPSON JOHN, Bedford township; mer-


chant: postoffice, Tunnel Hill; born in 1817, in Muskingum county, Ohio; came to this county in 1819, with his father, William R., who was born in 1774, in Hampshire county, Virginia. He was married in 1795 or 69 to Miss Sarah Tay- lor, of the same place, who was born in 1781. They came to Muskingum county in 1809. He died in 1850. She died in 1860 They are the parents of seven children, the subject of this sketch being the fifth. Ile was married in 1845 to Miss Elizabeth Sheppard, of Zanesville Ohio, who was born in 1825. They are the parents of five children, three of whom only are living, viz : Thomas W., George E. and Willard S. Mr. Thompson was a member of the Thirty-second O. V. 1. He entered the army August, 1861, and was discharged in 1864. He was taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry, and remained in prison five months. He was in the Seventeenth Corps, under General McPherson, and was in the battles at Vicksburgh and Atlanta, and in several lighter engagements.


THOMPSON GEORGE, Jefferson township; born in Washington township, Coshocton county, May 21, 1828; son of Joshua and Emily (Will- iams) Thompson. His father died when he was but twelve years of age, leaving a widow and large family for him to care for, he being the eldest child. The labor of bringing up the younger brothers and sisters devolved princi- pally upon George, as did also the .care of the farm. At the age of eighteen he went to West Carlisle to learn blacksmithing with A. H. Ly- "ons, and served one year; then went to Roscoe and worked two years with William Thomas; then went to West Bedford and worked at ma- chine making seventeen years; then to Midberry, and on account of ill health his time was divided between the farm and shop for seven years. He married March 28, 1859, Miss Mary Haynes, daughter of Henry and Margaret (Martin) Haynes, and soon after moved to Illinois, and re- mained three years, working at his trade. He then came back to Coshocton county, where he has successfully applied his time to his trade to this time. Mrs. Thompson died in 1869, and three years afterward he married Miss Mary Severns, daughter of William and Hannah (Treadway) Severns. Flora B .; Endora M., de- ceased; Mary M. and Louvina I. were the children of the first marriage, Millie B. and Mina A. of the second marriage.




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