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cery business in Mansfield for sixteen months; he then came to Sunbury. where he engaged in wagon. .making, also has been in the undertaking and fur- niture business; was for a while in partnership with Marble & Payne. In 1864, he enlisted in Co. A, 113th O. V. I., and was with Sherman's .. army on its march to the sea, and at the close of the war was mustered out; is a member of the Galena Lodge, No. 404, I. O. O. F., also the Capital Encampment, at Columbus ; is the owner of some property, consisting in part of three lots and improvements.
C. J. ROSE, farmer ; P. O. Berkshire; is a son of James and Nancy (Gordon) Rose; his father was born about 180S, in Pennsylvania, and came to Roseville, Ohio (named after a settlement of Roses), and moved from there to Sandusky Co., thence to Morrow Co., in 1854, where he now lives. His mother was born about 1810, and had eleven children, eight boys and three girls ; seven of the boys fought for their country in the war of the rebellion, viz., David C., Captain in the 31st O. V. I., who died of typhoid fever ; James M., Henry N., John N., Edward L., Charles J., Alonzo J .; L. M. Cunard (a brother-in-law ). was First Lieutenant in the 31st O. V. I. The subject of this sketch (Charles J.), was wounded Aug. 15, 1864, the ball entering the right side and coming out at the back ; he is now applying for a pension ; all of his brothers were wounded. He was married, Dec. 24, 1869, to Phobe E , daughter of Henry Fisher, whose sketch appears elsewhere; they have one child-Henry C., born March 15, 1871. After marriage, Mr. Rose engaged for awhile in running a general produce wagon ; in 1875, he settled on a small farm often acres, which he traded for with Lucy M. Bard- well ; it is well improved, with a fine house and orchard, the whole amount valued at about $1,700. His trade is that of stonemason, but he is incapaci- tated. for such hard labor on account of the wound.
O. H. ROLOSON, farmer and blacksmith ; P. O. Berkshire; is a son of Jacob and Eliza ( Barker) Roloson ; his father was born in New York in 1800, and came to Ohio in 1803, settle- ing in Pickaway Co., Ohio, and soon after moved to Delaware Co., and settled on Alum Creek, where he remained some twenty years ; he then moved to Brown Township, remaining there until his death, in July, 1871 ; he was a cooper by trade. The mother of O. H. was born in 1809 and died in 1844. Mr. Roloson, the subject of this sketch.
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was born July 11, 1829, in Berlin Township, Del- aware Co., Ohio ; he attended school and worked at coopering until 16, when he began blacksmith- ing with Nathan Chester, of Delaware, Ohio, for four years ; he then worked at Eden for Abrams three winters, and during the summers for J. Sher- man ; he then mined in California for three months, when he returned to Iowa and then smithed for William Graham for ten months; in 1851, he engaged in smithing at Berkshire, Ohio, and, in 1862, enlisted in the 96th O. V. I., remaining three years, serving as Corporal, but was on de- tatched duty most of the time as blacksmith and boss of the repairing company ; on his return, he followed his trade, which he still continues in con- nection with farming twenty-seven acres of land adjoining his residence. Mr. Roloson was mar- ried in 1854, to Lydia A. Robison, daughter of Charles A. Robison; she was born in 1836, in Darby Plains, Ohio; they have nine children- Mary (now Mrs. John D. Lyon), Ella (married to D. Bedlow, of Kingston Township), Clara, (mar- ried T. Reder, living in Kingston), Alvira, Jacob, Lyda, Orlando, Minnie, Ivy. He has been con- nected with the church since he was 14 years of age.
JAMES C. RYANT, farmer ; P. O. Constan- tia ; is a son of John and Love (Nettleton ) Ryant ; his father was born Nov. 25, 1795, in Connecti- ticut, and came to Ohio in 1816, settling in Berlin Township, where he died in 1869 ; his mother was born Nov. 25, 1794, in New Hampshire, and came to Ohio by ox team in 1816; they had eleven children, six survive; she died in October, 1868. Mr. Ryant, whose name heads this sketch, was born May 13, 1826, in Berlin Township, Ohio, where he has lived most of the time ; he was married, Nov. 5, 1851, to Emma C. Lewis ; she was born April 8, 1828, in Berkshire ; her parents were among the first settlers of the township ; her father was born June 10, 1788, in Waterbury, Conn., and died Nov. 7, 1838; her mother was born in Woodbridge, Conn., March 29, 1799, and was married July 3, 1813; she is still living in Berlin Township, with her son ; her father was the owner of the first mill in Berlin Township; he came to Ohio in 1805, and her mother came in 1811; her parents were both members of the MI. E. Church. Her grandmother lived to be 96 years old ; they have in their house a chair on which her grandmother rode from Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. Ryant farmed in Berlin Township until 1869, when they settled on
their present farm, Sec. 3, of 100 acres. A family of three children have grown up around them ?- Nettie F., who has taught in the Delaware High School ; Eugene L. and H. Love. Mr. Ryant has served as Township Trustee and Assessor ; is at present Assessor of real estate of Berkshire. Mr. Ryant and four brothers have taught school ; his wife has also taught some six years. They are members of the Presbyterian Church.
GEORGE J. ROBERTS, retired farmer ; P. O. Galena ; is a grandson of Ebenezer Roberts, who emigrated from Pennsylvania to Ohio with his family in 1807, and settled in Berkshire Township, Delaware Co., on the old place where Evi Linnabary now lives ; in this family there were five children, three of whom are now living. William, George's father, was born in Pennsyl- vania in 1803. He married Miss Sarah Jackson April1 8, 1830, in Bloomfield Township, Morrow Co., Ohio, where she lived ; she was born in 1807 ; was also a native of Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio when quite small ; after marriage, they settled in Bennington Township, Morrow Co., where George was born April 15. 1831 ; when he was but a child, they moved to Bloomfield Town- ship, and, at the age of 13, to Harlem Township. Delaware Co .; when he was about 18 years of age, they emigrated to Ogle Co., Ill., returning to Har- lem Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, in about two years, remaining there until the death of the father. Mr. Roberts was married to Hester Adams Jan. 4, 1863, settling immediately there- after on his farm of about 200 acres in Trenton Township ; she was the daughter of Elisha Adams. formerly of Pennsylvania, and was born May 16, 1840, in Licking Co., Ohio; they have three children-Ella, Zada and William C. Having sold his farm, in 1856, they settled in Monroe Township, Licking Co., where they lived until the spring of 1873, removing thence to Mt. Vernon. Ohio, and retiring to a quiet life, on account of impaired health ; in 1874, he purchased property in Galena, where he removed with his family. making it his permanent home. Mr. Roberts, in his earlier days, taught school during nine winters with good success. He has creditably filled the offices of Township Trustee and Justice of the Peace ; is a member of the Lodge A., F. & A. M. Himself and wife are members of the M. E. Church, and he is Superintendent of the Sabbath school of that denomination. He owns a fine residence in Galena, which he occupies and enjoys with his family without ostentation. Among his
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possessions we may enumerate thirty-one acres of valuable land near Galena, and a farm of about three hundred acres in Licking Co., for which he paid $53 per acre. This is under a high state of cultivation, with good improvements, and is well stocked.
C. P. SPRAGUE, station agent, Sunbury : is a son of Judge F. B. Sprague, of Delaware Co .; his father was born in Delaware, Ohio, where the American House now stands ; his mother's maiden was Leeds, a daughter of Leeds, a shoemaker. The subject of these notes was born Nov. 7. 1851, in Berkshire Township, Delaware Co .; when 3 years old, he was taken, by his parents, to Oregon, where his father engaged in milling ; in 1868, they returned to Delaware Co., and settled at Sun- bury, where he has since resided. His early days were spent in going to school ; he clerked for some time for Kimball & Armstrong, afterward working one year for Wayman Perfect, in the printing of- fice; he then studied telegraphy, with his brother, who was keeping the railroad office at Sunbury, and Aug. 1, 1877, he took charge of the office, which he still continues. Was married, March 18, 1877, to Ada M. Payne, a daughter of N. H. Payne ; she was born in 1854; they have one child -Mary D.
JAMES STOCKWELL, boots and shoes. Sun- bury ; is a son of Willard S. and Nancy (Jack- son ) Stockwell; his father was born in New York, and raised in Vermont ; he was of. Scotch descent and came to Ohio about 1835, settling in Geauga Co .; he died about one year after his settlement ; he experienced all the hardships of pioneer life, often working hard during the day and bringing home with him a coffee-sack full of hay, at night, as the proceeds of his day's labor, to feed his cow ; his mother was a cousin of Gen. Jackson, and his grandmother (by his father) when a small girl, and carried water to the wounded soldiers, during the battle of Bunker Hill ; she lived to the ripe old age of 105 years, and could read without spec- tacles up to the time of her death; when she was 105 years old, she carded, spun and knit socks, on which she took the first premium at the county fair. Mr. Stockwell was one of a family of eleven children, and was born Feb. 3, 1822, on his father's farm, in Vermont; when 13, he came with his parents to Ohio; his father was very poor, and died when he was young, which left him to do for himself; at the age of 15, he began shoemaking, with Daniel D. Mead, which he con- tinued for two years ; he began as a journeyman,
at the age of 17, in Kingston Township, where he remained five years. In 1844, he was married to Permelia Rosecrans, a daughter of Jacob Rose- crans, of Pennsylvania ; she was born Sept. 14, 1821 ; they soon afterward settled in Berkshire, where he carried on his trade for eighteen years. In 1861, he moved to Sunbury, where he has since carried on his trade, enlarging it, until he now employs two hands ; he has added to his bus- iness the sale of custom-made boots and shoes, and is one of the leading dealers in this line in Sun- bury. He has four children -- Miranda, Mary (deceased), Stella (who married John Watson, ed- itor of the Centerbury Mirror) and Joy, living on his father's farm and making a specialty of stock- raising. Mr. Stockwell has a house and two lots in. Berkshire, besides the present house he occu- pies, the store now occupied by Blakely Bros., and farm of 100 acres, in this township.
PROF. G. K. SHARPE, teacher, Sunbury ; is a son of Samuel and Eliza Sharpe ; his father was born in 1827, in Fairfield Co., Ohio, and is a farmer and a cabinet-maker; the latter business now occupies his whole time; he lives in Picker- ington, Ohio, and both he and his wife are mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; three children have been born to them, two of whom are still living, viz., Mary E., living at home, and the subject of this sketch, who was born Feb. 27. 1854, in Fairfield Co., as was his father; in 1869, he attended college at Lancaster, Ohio. where he remained three years, teaching in the mean time. After completing his education, he taught one year at Center Village, Delaware Co., and in 1874 came to Sunbury, where he has since remained, and has occupied the position of Principal of the Schools. He was married, June 1, 1876, to Miss Cora B. Mosher, a daughter of Dr. Mosher : they are both members of the Methodist Church at Sunbury ; he has been a member since he was 15 years of age; he is also an active worker in the temperance cause, and is a member of Sparrow Lodge, No. 400, A., F. & A. M.
J. V. SPERRY, farmer; P. O. Berkshire ; is a son of Albert and Matilda ( Vernon) Sperry; his father was born in Knox Co., Ohio, in 1815. where he has always remained; his wife was a daughter of Isaac Vernon ; she was born June 13, 1820, in Knox Co .; Mr. Sperry, the subject of these notes, was born June 3, 1846, in his moth- er's native county, where he remained engaged in farming until 1874, when he merchandised at Bangs, same county ; in 1875, he sold and came
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to his present farm of 100 acres. Mr. Sperry was married Oct. 25, 1870, to Armada Rees, daughter of Theophilus Rees, of Licking Co .; she was born Sept. 11, 1850; this wedding was celebrated by Rev. C. N. Harford, of the Baptist denomination ; they have two children by this union-Rees, born July 13, 1872; Gracie A., June 15, 1876; they are both members of the Baptist Church in Sun- bury.
A. P. TAYLOR, physician. Sunbury ; was born in 1849 on his father's farm in Franklin Co., Ohio, where he remained mostly until manhood ; at the age of 15, he began teaching school, which em- ployed his time during the winter months and farming during the summer ; he began reading medicine when 18 with G. W. Holmes, of New Albany, which he continued for three years ; he then attended three terms of lectures at the Cin- cinnati Eclectic Medical College, where he gradu- ated in 1871. Oct. 2, 1871. he was married to Mary E. Miller, a daughter of Reuben F. Miller ; she was born in 1848, and was one of three chil- dren ; her father makes a home with them, her mother being dead ; they have two children- William Howe, born Sept. 6, 1872; Essie R., May 3, 1875 ; Dr. Taylor has made his own way through life, and enjoys a fine practice. The father of Dr. Taylor was born in the State of Virginia, April 8, 1821, and was carried on horseback by his mother, the same year of his birth, to this State, a distance of over three hundred miles ; their settlement was made in Franklin Co. where he remained until Dec. 9, 1879, when he departed this life; he was a member of the Predestinarian Baptist Church about thirty-seven years, was bap- tized by Elder Lock, near the town of New Market, Va., and while there on a visit soon after, he was called and ordained to the work of the ministry, and remained faithful until the day he died, preach- -ing his last discourse about two weeks before his decease; his death was very sudden and unex- pected, resulting from a congestion of the whole system; he leaves a wife and six children, four sons of his first family, and a son and daughter of his last. The mother of Dr. Taylor was a daugh- ter of Truman Perfect, of Kentucky; she died in 1856, and was the mother of seven children.
THOMAS VANFLEET, miller. Galena ; is a son of George and Christiana ( Bidlock ) Van- fleet ; his father was born in 1796, in Pittston, Luzerne Co., Penn., and came to Ohio on foot in 1818, in company with G. D. Nash, when he en- gaged in carpentering and distilling at Galena.
In 1852, he died ; his wife was a daughter of Hileman Bidlock ; she was born in 1804, and came to Ohio in 1820 with her parents by team ; she was a descendant of the Puritans. They had seven children, all of whom live in Berkshire Township except one. Mrs. Vanfleet died in 1873. Thomas Vanfleet was born Oct. 10, 1823, in Galena (then Zoar), and has spent his life at this quiet little village ; his younger days were spent in attending school and farm- ing; at the age of 17, he began working at the joiner's trade with Warren Allen, continuing one year ; he then worked for Sterns one year, and for John Culhison one year; in 1846, he again worked for Sterns ; in 1847, went to South- ern Illinois, and engaged in making fan-mills for Thomas Phillips, of Cincinnati ; in 1848, he went to Kentucky, and engaged in the same business at Smith's Mills, Hopkinsville, for a short time, when he went to Tennessee, and followed the same business at Port Royal, Montgomery Co. While in Kentucky, Mr. Vanfleet was quite an intimate friend of Gov. Powell. In 1849, he bought a team at Smith's Mills, Ky., and went to Springfield, Mo., where he engaged in making fanning-mills, in partnership with Thaddeus Sharpenstine, continuing until 1852, when he re- turned to Ohio, and on May 12, 1852, was mar- ried to Elizabeth Perfect, a daughter of William Perfect. She was born in 1825, in Trenton Town- ship. By her he had four children-Lucy and Jay, deceased ; Kate and Charlie, living. After marriage, they went to Missouri, where he was engaged in setting up his business at fanning- mills, and in May, 1853, they returned to Ohio, and bought a farm of Hill's heirs, and farmed that two years, afterward selling, and took a trip through Missouri, Iowa and Wisconsin, and then returned and engaged in the mercantile business with Ira Derthick ; also in milling, continuing near two years ; they then divided the property, Mr. Derthick taking the store and Mr. Vanfleet the mill. The wife of Mr. Vanfleet met with a ter- rible accident, which ended her life. She was standing near an upright shaft, when her clothes became entangled, crushing her in a manner to cause death almost immediately ; it was a melan- choly occurrence, and one the community did not soon recover from. He was again married in. 1863, to Lucy E. Carpenter, a daughter of Robert Carpenter, of Berkshire Township ; she was born in 1832; by her he had four children-Neilie, Frankie, Jim and Carpe. He owns a saw and
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grist mill at this place ; the grist-mill is so as to be run by both steam and water ; has also forty acres of land in Berkshire Township. He is a a member of the School Board ; also of Galena Lodge, No. 404, I. O. O. F., and has held office in same. Faithful and reliable in all the relations of life, and of robust constitution, he bids fair for many years more extended usefulness in the coun- ty and in the town where he resides.
E. WESTERVELT, farmer; P. O. Galena. Prominently identified with the leading men of Galena is Mr. Westervelt, one of the old pioneers of Delaware Co .; he is a son of Matthew and Mary (Lenington) Westervelt; his father was born in New York, and emigrated to Ohio in 1317, settling in Franklin Co., where he engaged in carpenter- ing, working under the "old try rule;" his wife was born in New York, and was of English descent. The subject of these notes was born July 13, 1813, near Poughkeepsie, N. Y, and was brought by his parents to Ohio as above, settling in the forests and among wild animals. When 25, he came to Delaware Co .; engaging in mercantile business at Galena, in partnership with Charles Brown for three years. In 1853, he began the nursery business, and continued it in connection with a vineyard until 1876. when he engaged in farming, which he still continues. Was married, in 1840, to Jane Brown, sister of E. Brown, of Delaware ; have four children-Mary (married Dr. Holmes, a physician in Florida); Martha (now Mrs. Denison, living in Delaware); John, at home ; Charles (deceased). Mr. Westervelt has held a number of township offices ; he has been an active worker in the temperance movement ; he and his wife are members of the M. E. Church, in which he has been class leader and steward, and has been Superintendent of " Sunday schools ;" he has always given his aid to the improvement of the town.
C. W. WEBSTER, merchant, Berkshire; is a son of C. R. and . Mila ( Fowler) Webster; his father was born in New York, and moved to Knox Co. with his people when 6 years old ; his mother was a daughter of Elijah Fowler; she was born in Massachusetts ; C. W. Webster was born, Feb. 27, 1843, in Knox Co., Ohio. Sept 11, 1862, he enlisted in Co. F, 121st O. V. I., and was in the service three years. He suffers from the effects of a sickness with typhoid fever; he receives a pension. Mr. Webster engaged as clerk for J. W. Foot, of Berkshire, and also farming until 1869, when he bought Foot out, and now continues the
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business of dry goods, and general notions. In 1874, he took charge of the post office, and still remains the Postmaster. He is now in partner- ship with Gibson & Finch. He is at present Justice of the Peace and Township Clerk, and is administrator of the John Longshore estate, and guardian of the Leonard Hough heirs. Was mar- ried, Oct. 4, 1866, to Libbie Smith, daughter of John R. Smith, one of the pioneers of this county ; she was born Ang. 18, 1846; they have had five children, four living -- Lula, Loren, Gertrude and Edna ; one deceased, Holly, who died Oct. 4. 1868. They are members of the M. E. Church, of which he is class-leader and Sunday-School Superintendent.
DAVID WEYANT, farmer; P. O. Sunbury ; is a son of David and Elizabeth (Baker) Weyant ; his father was born on the banks of the Hudson River in New York, and came to Ohio early ; his mother was also born in New York ; they had seven children, five of whom survive. Mr. Weyant. the subject of this sketch, was born Aug. 9, 1825. on a farm on Licking Co., where he remained until 1869; in his younger days, he and his brothers would take turns in going to school and working on the farm ; his father was in moderate circum- stances, having but $80 and one. horse when he came to Ohio; in 1849, Mr. Weyant began run- ning a thrashing machine, which he continued for five years ; he was engaged for seven years in a saw and grist mill in Licking Co., and is at pres- ent running a thrashing machine and making it a success. Mr. Weyant was married in 1846, to Martha Denty, a daughter of John Denty; she was born April 22, 1831, and died March 5, 1830; they had two children-Laura A., born Oct. 14, 1850; Florence, born June 10, 1854. Laura Weyant, a niece, is living with them. Mr. Wey- ant moved to Delaware Co. in 1869, settling where he now lives on a farm of 166 acres, which he bought of George Grist, and for which he . paid $17,000, cash ; this is one of the finest and best improved farms in the county, and is well adapted to stock-raising, which he makes a specialty; on this farm now stands a barn which was the first frame barn built in the township. Mr. Weyant has been no office-seeker. He hired a substitute for $750 during the civil war. His wife was a member of the M. E. Church at Sunbury.
G. W. WELLS, farmer ; P. O. Galena ; was born Sept. 14, 1811, in Luzerne Co., Penn., and came with his parents by ox team to Ohio, in 1818, settling in what is now Morrow Co. for two years ; they then moved to Genoa Township. His
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father, Abraham, was born in Luzerne Co. Penn., and died at the age of 73; his mother was a daughter of a Mr. Dixon, of Pennsylvania ; they had nine children. The son, G. W., remained with his parents until married ; he helped to build the first schoolhouse in Genoa Township ; was put up without nails ; he can well remember the slab seats and greased-paper windows; his sister taught in an early day at 75 cents per week. Mr. Wells married, Feb. 2, 1833, Margaret, a daughter of John Williams, of Virginia ; she was born in September, 1809; they lived on the old home- stead until 1868, at which time they bought prop- erty in Delaware City, where they moved for the purpose of educating their younger son ; they re- turned to Galena in 1869; he has been engaged in the stock business for thirty years ; also in grain and flax seed ; he shipped during one fall thirty- six car loads of flax-seed from Lewis Center; in Angust, 1878, he entered a partnership with Dr. Utley in the general drug business, at Galena, which he still continues ; the business is managed by Dr. Utley and Charles, the son of Mr. Wells ; he has had seven children, four living -- Clark (now in Missouri, and is a farmer ; was in the war), James (living at home with his father, and mar- ried Lucy, a daughter of W. H. Allen, deceased), Nathaniel (is in Columbus, Ohio, and is engaged in the organ and sewing-machine business), Mary (married Dr. Utley, she died June 1, 1878). Mr. Wells has served as Justice of the Peace in Genoa Township eighteen years, and of Berk- shire three years; and has held the offices of Treasurer and Trustee of Township for years ; has also been Notary Public and followed auctioneering for twenty-five years. He and his wife have been connected with the M. E. Church for thirty years ;
he is a member of the Sparrow Lodge, No. 400, A., F. & A. M., and Chapter of Delaware; also of the Galena Lodge, No. 404, I. O. O. F. Mr. Wells has made rails at $5 per 1,000; cut three-foot wood at 25 cents per cord, mowed grass at 50 cents per day, cradled wheat for $1 per day ; he has watched deer-licks at night and killed many of the animals; has built pens to keep the wolves away from their stock; when he settled with his father in Genoa Township, their first night was spent in a roofless cabin, and when they awoke in the morning they found three inches of snow on their beds ; his father made a loom for a man and received in pay a fatted hog. MRS. SARAH WIGTON, farmer ; P. O. Berkshire; is a daughter of James and Catharine (Slack ) Chadwick ; her father was born in Lon- don, Eng., and emigrated to America when a young man. Mrs. Wigton is one of ten children, and was born Aug. 27, 1832, in Oxford Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, where she remained until 1857. She was married, June 23, 1852, to Will- iam A. Wigton ; he was born March 4, 1828; they farmed in Oxford Township until 1857. when they bought .156 acres in partnership with his father. one of the old pioneers of Delaware Co .. who died Aug. 1, 1879, at the ripe old age of 99. Mrs. Wigton's husband died April 18, 1873: they had seven children, five of whom are living -- Charles D., married Nov. 4, 1879, to Rose E. Loren, a daughter of J. Loren ; Ella E., Emma A., William Perry, Frankie A., Eugene (deceased in 1855) and Mary I. (deceased in 1861). She is a member of the M. E. Church, at Berkshire Corners; Charles is also of the same denomina- tion, at Sunbury. They now own 176 acres of well-improved land in Berkshire Township.
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