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Neal Dow (Temp.) .... 36
1884-James G. Blaine Grover Cleveland (elected.)
1888-Benjamin Harrison (elected) Grover Cleveland
1892-Grover Cleveland (elected) Benjamin Harrison
1896-William McKinley (elected) William J. Bryan
1900-William McKinley (elected) William J. Bryan
1904-Theodore Roosevelt (elected) Alton J. Parker
Horace Greeley (D) ... 1,90I 1908-William H. Taft (elected) Jeremiah Black II William J. Bryan
GUBERNATORIAL VOTE.
1810-Return J. Meigs 204
Thomas Worthington 31
1812 -- Return J. Meigs 183 Thomas Scott I43
1814-Thomas Worthington 329
O. Looker 19
1816-Thomas Worthington 483
James Dunlap 179
1818-Eathan A. Brown 574 James Dunlap 186
1820-Eathan A. Brown 364
Jeremiah Morrow 382 1822-Jeremiah Morrow 765 Allen Trimble 244
1824-Jeremiah Morrow
719
Allen Trimble
713
1826-Allen Trimble
1,704
John Bigger 24
Alexander Campbell 6
I828-Allen Trimble
973
John W. Campbell
925
1830-Duncan McArthur (Whig)
923
Robert Lucas (D) 762 1834-Robert Lucas (D). . 1,344
James Findley ( Whig) . 1,259 1838-Wilson Shannon (D) ... 2,090 Joseph Vance (Whig) . . 1.938
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1840-Wilson Shannon (D) .. 2,326 Thomas Corwin (Whig) 2,617
1842-Wilson Shannon (D) .. 2,387 Leicester Kink (Abol) .. 85
1859-R. P. Raney (D) ...... 1,663 William Dennison (R) .2,103 1861-Hugh J. Jewett (D) ... 1,968 David Tod (R) .. 2,262 Thomas Corwin (Whig) 2,388 1844-Mordecai Bartley (Whig) 2,700
David Tod (D) . 2,65I
L. King (Abol) 277
1846-William Bebb (Whig) .. 2,414 David Tod (D) ....... 2,421 Samuel Lewis (Abol) .. 378
1848-John B. Weller (D) .... 2,569 Seabury Ford (Whig) .. 2,525 1850-Reuben Wood (D) ..... 2,269 William Johnson (Whig) 2,286
Edward Smith (Abol) .. 299
1851-R. Wood (D). 1,67I
Sam F. Vinton (Whig) . 1,796 Sam Lewis (Abol) .. . 238 1853-William Medill (D) .... 1,500 Nelson Barere (Whig) . 1,414 Sam Lewis (Abol) . 633
1855-William Medill (D) .... 1,361 Salmon P. Chase (R) .. 1,893 Allen Trimble (Know- nothing) 130
1857-Henry B. Payne (D) ... 1,793 Salmon P. Chase (R) .. 1,91I
P. Van Trump (Know-
nothing) 65
John Brough (R) . 2,929
1865-George W. Morgan (D) . 1,853 Jacob D. Cox (R) ..... 2,503 1867-Allen G. Thurman (D) .2,052 R. B. Hayes (R) ...... 2,549 1869-George H. Pendelton (D) 1,836
R. B. Hayes (R) . . 2,380 1871-George W. McCook (D) 1,831 Edward F. Noyes (R) .. 2,417 1873-William Allen (D) ..... 1,799 Edward F. Noyes (R) .. 2,156 (No returns for balance of governors) 1874-William Allen
1876-Rutherford B. Hayes
1878-T. L. Young 1880-Charles Foster
1884-George Hoadley
1886-J. B. Foraker
1890-William McKinley, Jr.
1896-Asa Bushnell 1900-G. K. Nash
1904-M. T. Herrick
1906-J. M. Patterson
1908-Judson Harmon
1910-Judson Harmon
1863-C. L. Vallandigham (D) 1,952
CONGRESSMEN.
From 1803 to 1813 Ohio was represented in the Congressional House of Representatives by Jeremiah Morrow, of Warren county, who from 1813 to 1819 was one of the senators of the state in Congress; from 1822 to 1824 he was governor of Ohio. The members of Congress representing Guern- sey county from 1810 are shown by the subjoined table :
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1809-13, Jeremiah Morrow, of Warren county. 1813-17, James Caldwell, of Belmont county. 1817-21, Samuel Herrick, of Muskingum county. 1821-23, John C. Wright, of Jefferson county. 1823-25, Jolin Patterson, of Belmont county. 1825-27, David Jennings, of Belmont county. 1827-29, Jolin Davenport, of Belmont county. 1829-33, William Kennon, of Belmont county. 1833-35, James M. Bell, of Guernsey county. 1835-37, William Kennon, of Belmont county. 1837-39. Alexander Harper, of Muskingum county. 1839-41, Isaac Parrish, of Guernsey county. 1841-43, Benjamin S. Cowen, of Belmont county. 1843-45, Alexander Harper, of Muskingum county. 1845-47, Alexander Harper, of Muskingum county. 1847-51, Nathan Evans, of Guernsey county. 1851-53, Alexander Harper, of Muskingum county. 1853-55, Wilson Shannon, of Belmont county.
1855-57, Charles J. Albright, of Guernsey county. 1857-59, William Lawrence, of Guernsey county. 1859-61, Thomas C. Theaker, of Belmont county. 1861-63, James R. Morris, of Monroe county. 1863-65, Joseph W. White, of Guernsey county. 1865-73, John A. Bingham, of Harrison county.
1873-77, Lorenzo Danford, of Belmont county. 1877-79, Gibson Atherton, of Licking county. 1879-81, Jonathan T. Updegraff, of Jefferson county. 1881-83, J. D. Taylor, of Guernsey county. 1883-85. J. T. Updegraff. 1885-87, J. D. Taylor, of Guernsey county. 1887-89. J. D. Taylor, of Guernsey county. 1889-91, H. C. Van Voorhis. 1891-93, H. C. Van Voorhis. 1893-95, H. C. Van Voorhis. 1895-97, H. C. Van Voorhis. 1897-99, H. C. Van Voorhis. 1899-1901, H. C. Van Voorhis.
1901-03, H. C. Van Voorhis. 1903-05, H. C. Van Voorhis.
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1905-07-B. G. Davis. 1907-09, James Joyce. 1909-II, James Joyce.
From the eleventh to the twenty-second General Assembly, inclusive, Guernsey, Tuscarawas and Coshocton counties composed a senatorial district. From the twenty-third to the forty-third General Assembly, Guernsey and Monroe counties constituted a senatorial district. To the forty-fourth, forty- fifth. forty-sixth, forty-seventh, forty-eighth and forty-ninth General As- semblies, Guernsey and Coshocton joined in electing senators. From the fiftieth General Assembly, the first under the 1851 constitution, Guernsey and Monroe have composed a senatorial district.
Guernsey county first obtained a separate representation in the lower House in 1812. At present Guernsey county is within the nineteenth senator- ial district, while it is within the fifteenth congressional district of Ohio.
STATE SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES.
Under the constitution of 1802, representatives to the Ohio General As- sembly were chosen annually, at the October election. Senators were elected for the term of two years. The present ( 1851) constitution provides for an election of members of the Legislature every two years, senators and repre- sentatives being elected at the same time and for the same length of term.
In the ninth General Assembly of Ohio, which convened at Zanesville in December, 1810, being the first session held after the organization of Guern- sey county, it was represented, with Muskingum and Tuscarawas, by Robert McConnell in the Senate, and George Jackson and David J. Marple, in the House of Representatives.
Senators.
Representatives.
1811-Robert McConnell
George Jackson
William Frame
1812-Ephraim Sears
Zaccheus A. Beatty
1813-Joseph Wampler
Thomas Henderson
1814-Joseph Wampler
Thomas Henderson
1815-Abraham Shane
Thomas Henderson
1816-Abraham Shane
Cyrus P. Beatty
1817-David Robb Cyrus P. Beatty
1818-David Robb Thomas Hanna
1819-David Robb
Isaac Grummond
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1820-David Robb Isaac Grummond
1821-Wilson, McGowan Lloyd Talbott
1822-Wilson McGowan Isaac Grummond
1823-Zaccheus A. Beatty Isaac Grummond
1824-Zaccheus A. Beatty Thomas Hanna
1825-Thomas Hanna
William Thompson
1826-Thomas Hanna
James M. Bell
1827-David Robb
James M. Bell
1828-David M. Robb
James M. Bell
1829-Thomas Weston
James M. Bell
1830-Thomas Weston
James M. Bell
1831-Robert Thompson
David Tullis
1832-Robert Thompson
Samuel Bigger
1833-Isaac Atkinson
Samuel Bigger
1834-Isaac Atkinson
John Craig
1835-William Scott
Joel F. Martin
1836-William Scott
Samuel Bigger Isaac Parrish
1837-William C. Walton
Joel F. Martin
1838-William C. Walton
Robert B. Moore
1840-William Scott
William Israel
1841-William C. Walton
Turner G. Brown
1842-William C. Walton
William Douglas
1843-William Armstrong
William Lawrence
1844-William Armstrong
William Skinner
1845-French W. Thornhill
Jesse Meredith Thomas W. Tipton Newell Kennon
1846-French W. Thornhill
1847- Peter B. Ankeny
William Morrow
1848-Peter B. Ankeny
William Morrow
1849-Andrew Ferguson
Mathew Gaston
1850-Andrew Ferguson
1852-John Ferguson
1854-Western C. Sinclair
1856-William Lawrence
1858-Marshall Morrow
Hugh McNeely Alexander Mitchell James J. Grimes Andrew Patterson Thomas Oldham Robert Campbell Abraham Simmons
Hugh Broom Francis Rea
1839-William Scott
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1860-Stephen Potts . James W. Watt
1862-John D. O'Connor Joseph Ferrill
1864-John D. O'Connor . Joseph Ferrill
1866-Robert Savage John T. Clark
1868-William Lawrence Ross W. Anderson
1870-James O. Amos Ross W. Anderson
1872-James O. Amos
Abraham Armstrong
1874-John W. Laughlin
Abraham Armstrong
1876-J. B. Williams
Thomas S. Luccock
1878-J. B. Williams
Thomas S. Luccock
1880-Frank Atkinson
Roland S. Frame
1882-Charles P. Simons
Roland S. Frame
1886-William Lawrence
William E. Bowden
1888-D. H. Mortly
D. D. Taylor
1890-J. L. Meyers
D. D. Taylor
1898-David H. Mortly
James Joyce
1900-J. L. Meyers
W. L. Simpson
1902-J. E. Hurst
W. L. Simpson
1904-Alex. Smith F. T. Eagelson
1906-J. P. Mahaffey F. T. Eagelson
1908- J. P. Mahaffey John McCreary
1910
Thomas A. Bonnell
COUNTY TREASURERS.
The first county treasurer was John Beatty. The records show the fol- lowing to have been elected in the years following 1818:
1819-John Beatty
1845 -- William Abell
1822-George R. Tingle
1847-William Abell
1824-L. Talbott 1849-T. Arneel
1827-Ebenezer Smith 1851-T. Arneel
1829-George Metcalf
1853-Stephen Potts
1831-Hamilton Robb
1855-Stephen Potts
1833-Hamilton Robb
1857-William Borton 1860-Joshua Gregg
1837-Hamilton Robb
1839-William Ferguson
1865 --- T. M. Johnson
1866 -- T. M. Johnson
1841-N. Kennon 1843-N. Kennon
1867-W. A. Lawrence
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1869-WV. A. Lawrence
1888-John O. Couplin
1871-James H. Hatton
1890-John O. Couplin
1872-John Gregg
1892-John A. Bliss
1873-James H. Hatton
1894-John A. Bliss
1875 -- John D. Patterson
1896-T. M. Bond
1877-John D. Patterson
1898 -- T. M. Bond
1878-J. S. Wilkins
1900-R. B. Acheson
1880-J. S. Wilkins
1902-R. B. Acheson
1882-John E. Sankey
1904-Jacob A. LaFollett
1884-John E. Sankey
1908-L. S. Linkhorn
1886-Milton Turner
1910-L. S. Linkhorn
SHERIFFS.
1810 -- Thomas Knowles
1825-William Allison
1826-Adam Clarke
1828-Adam Clarke
1876-William McKitrick
1878 --- William McKitrick
1880-John N. McGill 1882-John McGill
1884-Hugh McDonald
1886-Hugh McDonald
1888-William H. C. Hanna
1844- Needham
18.16 1848
1850 -- L. Birch 1852-L. Burris 1854-L. Burris 1856 --- Mathew B. Casey 1858-Mathew B. Casey 1860 -- Alexander Johnston 1862-Alexander Johnston 1864-William Stewart 1868-William B. Barnett
1870-William B. Barnett
1872-William H. Hanna
1874-William P. Hartley
1830-Andrew Metcalf 1832-Andrew Metcalf 1834-John Beymer
1838-Joseph Bute 1840 --- John Beymer 1842-John Beymer
1890- William H. C. Hanna 1892- Mason 1894-John C. McMillen 1896-John C. McMillen
1898-J. B. Dollison 1900-J. B. Dollison 1902-Ira H. Watson
1904-Ira H. Watson 1906 -- H. K. Moore
1908-H. K. Moore
1910-J. S. Berry
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CLERKS OF THE COURT.
From imperfect records of elections the following is as near a list of clerks as can now be clearly given (C. P. Beatty was first) :
1851-W. M. Farrar 1890-Alfred Weeden
1854-W. M. Farrar
1893-Henry M. Dungan
1857-Thomas Lanfesty 1895-A. B. Hall
1875-Robert Hammond 1898-A. B. Hall
1878-J. P. Mahaffey 1901-Andrew J. Linn
1881-James R. Barr 1904-Andrew J. Linn
1884-James R. Barr
1907-Elza D. Trott
1887-Alfred Weeden
1910-Elza D. Trott
Cyrus P. Beatty, Zaccheus P. Beatty, Cyrus P. Beatty, Moses Sarchet, Thomas W. Peacock and George McLaran, served up to 1851, in this order of succession.
In the olden days in this county, the following was the court crier's an- nouncement :
"Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye, all manner of persons who sue or implead, or stand bound by recognizance, or have otherwise to do before the honor- able court of common pleas of Guernsey county, let them draw near, give their attendance and they shall be heard, for this court is now open. God save the state !"
ASSOCIATE JUDGES FROM 1810 TO 1851.
Jacob Gomber, Robert Spears, Thomas B. Kirkpatrick, William Frame, James Leeper, Thomas Henderson, Elijah Bealle, George Metcalf, David Tullis, William Skinner, Turner G. Brown, William Thompson, Stewart Speer, Joseph D. Tingle, Robert Marshall, Robert Reed, Zadock Davis.
These associate judges were elected for a term of seven years.
COUNTY AUDITORS.
Beginning with 1824, the auditors of Guernsey county have been as fol- lows :
1824-Robert A. Moore 1832-Robert B. Moore 1826-Robert B. Moore 1834-Robert B. Moore
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1838-John Hersh 1840-John Hersh 1842-John Hersh 1844-A. Armstrong
1846-A. Armstrong
1848-William Endley 1850 -- Ruth
1852- Ruth
1854-William Endley
1856-Joseph D. Tingle
1896-William P. De Hart
1859-J. M. Carson
1899-William P. De Hart
1862-Francis Hammond
1864-Francis Hammond
1866 --- Francis Hammond
1868 -- A. A. Taylor
1906-Daniel A. Wallace
1870-Francis Hammond
1908-W. D. Deselm
1910-W. D. Deselm
COUNTY RECORDERS. .
The first recorder was Robert Johnson.
1834-John Ferguson 1879 -- Rodolf Thomas
1837-Jacob G. Metcalf
1882-Rodolf Thomas
1840-William Smith 1885-J. K. Casey
1843-William Smith 1888-J. K. Casey
1846-C. Armor 1849-C. Armor
1891-William F. Pagett
1894 -- William F. Pagett
1852-Moses Marsh
1897-John C. Crossen
1856-Moses Marsh
1900-John C. Crossen
1864-Moses Marsh
1903-F. P. Arnold
1867-P. T. Suitt
1906-F. P. Arnold
1870-P. T. Suitt
1908-C. S. Stockdale
1873-H. B. Huffman
1910-C. S. Stockdale
1876-H. B. Huffman
1876 -- J. K. Brown 1877-W. E. Bowden 1878-W. E. Bowden 1880-John C. Beckett 1882-John C. Beckett
1884-John C. Beckett
1886-Thomas Smith
1888-Thomas Smith
1890-J. E. McClelland
1902-William P. De Hart
1902-Daniel A. Wallace 1908-Daniel A. Wallace
1872 -- Francis Hammond 1874-J. K. Brown
COUNTY SURVEYORS.
The only election record found of county surveyors in this county is the following, but several others have evidently served :
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1810-George Metcalf, by appoint- 1877-Robert McKahan
ment. 1880-Jonathan W. Garber
1838-John Kennon
1840-Charles Carroll
1850 -- Mr. Dougherty
1852-Mr. Morton
1862 -- J. Cosgrove
1895-William B. Webster
1898-William B. Webster
1868-David Thompson
1904-C. B. Davis
1871-Robert McKahan
1910-C. B. Davis
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
1826-William Scott
1827-William Lowry
1830 -- William Lowry
1831-William Robinson
1832-Isaac Parish 1870- McCleary
1834-Robert Campbell
1837-Robert Reed
1838-Samuel Lawrence
1839-A. Laughlin
1840-James Wharton
1841-Samuel Lawrence
1842-Alex Laughlin
1843- McMahon
1844 Mitchell
1845 Bell
1849-J. Lyons 1850-Danford, Stranathon
1851- Sankey
1852 Spear
1853 Robins
1854-Robert Wilkins 1856-Benj. L. Mead
1857-Alexander McCoy
1861-Henry McCartney
1862-M. Morton
1864-Henry McCartney
1865-M. Morton
1867-Henry McCartney
1868-Jonathan Rose
1869 -- William Brown
1873 ---- McCleary
1874-Jonathan Rose
1875-Thomas C. Mackey 1876- Reed
1877 -- Pat Lochary 1878- - - Roseman 1880-Pat Lochary 1881-A. M. Nicholson 1882-John Shipman 1883-J. B. Hartley 1884-A. W. Nicholson 1885-John Shipman 1886-J. B. Hartley 1887-George Watson 1888-John Thompson 1889-John T. Beggs 1890-George Watson 1891-John A. Thompson 1892-John W. Graves 1893 -- James Kaho
1894-Samuel R. Smith
1883-Jonathan W. Garber
1886-Mr. Hester
1889 -- O. M. Hoge
1892 -- O. M. Hoge
1865-J. Cosgrove
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1896-James Kaho
1905-James C. Orr
1897-Samuel R. Smith
1908-Elias D. Stone
1898-Jed Williams 1910-Elias D. Stone 1900-Samuel Smith -Willard B. Johnston -Lafayette Temple
1902-John T. Beggs
1904-L. P. Moore
The above is not a complete list, but as nearly so as records of this date will disclose.
INFIRMARY DIRECTORS.
For many years this office was known as the poorhouse director.
1842-John Barton
1843 Smith
1844 Sproat
1845- Barton 1882-James B. Gibson
1849 -- J. Hastings 1850 Leeper
1851 -- M. Frame
1852 --- Withrow
1853- - Leeper
1854-M. Frame Samuel Dunn
1888-Alex. Speer 1889 ----- Spencer
1890-John H. Robinson
1891 -- Alex. Speer 1892-H. M. Beymer
1893 -- James H. Robinson
1894-James Shaw
1896 -- R. W. Lowry
1898-Samuel L. Johnson 1899 -- R. W. Lowry 1900-Robert Burris
1902-John C. Anker
1904 -- W. C. Leonard
1905 McCleary
1908-A. G. Ringer 1910-J. H. Bond
1876 -- Kester 1877 -- James McClanahan
1878-J. S. Gander 1880-James McClanahan 1881-J. S. Gander
1883-Alfred Skinner
1884-David L. Mackey
1885 -- James B. Gibson 1886 -- - Spencer 1887-Isaac McCullom
1856-Samuel Dunn
1857-Moses Frame (To 1862 no record) 1862-M. Zahnizer
1864-John R. Forsythe 1867-E. Finley 1868-S. Brown
1869-William H. Hoover
1870-E. Finley 1871- Cunningham 1873 -- E. Finley 1874-George A. Mooney 1875-J. S. Gander
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PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
The first prosecuting attorney was Samuel Herricks, at organization.
1833-Isaac Parrish
1873 -- J. O. Grimes
1837-William W. Tracy
1875 -- J. C. Steele
1839- - Gaston
1877-J. C. Steele
1841-Nathan Evans
1881-M. P. Patterson
1843 Ferguson
1884-John M. Locke
1845- White
1887-J. H. Mackey
1849-J. O. Grimes
1890-J. H. Mackey
1851
Skinner
1893-J. H. Mackey
1853- Buchanan
1896-John H. Locke
1856-John M. Bashfield
1899-A. L. Stevens
1857-Francis Creighton
1902 -- A. L. Stevens
1861-Francis Creighton
1905-C. S. Sheppard
1865- Taylor
1908-C. S. Sheppard
1867-M. Barnes 1871-J. O. Grimes
1910-B. F. Enos
PROBATE JUDGES.
Among the probate judges of this county are these :
1851-James De Long 1886-John H. Weger
1854-James De Long
1890-N. H. Barber
1857-J. C. Ford
1895 -- W. H. Gregg
1869-W. H. Dougherty
1900 -- W. H. Gregg
1875- Buchanan
1905-H. W. Luccock
1878- Kennon
1910-H. W. Luccock
1881 -- L. P. Hossick
CORONERS.
The first coroner of Guernsey county was Joseph Smith, by appointment, when the first officers were selected at organization. From 1822 they have been these :
1822-Thomas Lenington 1830-John Dixon 1825-Thomas Lenington 1832-William Israel
1827-Otho Brashear 1834 -- Thomas Mccullough
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1838-Samuel Marshall
1881-J. H. Sarchet
1840-Edward Daugherty
1885-J. H. Sarchet 1887-J. H. Sarchet
1842-David Needham
1844- Scott
1889-J. H. Sarchet
1850 Burris
1891-J. H. Sarchet 1893-J. H. Sarchet.
1852 Johnson
1854-Ben. Cole
1895-Ed. M. Dougherty
1856-George B. Leeper
1897-Ed. M. Dougherty
1860-L. T. Bonnell
1899-Doctor Vorhies
1862-Alexander H. Milligan
1901-Doctor Vorhies
1864-John Leeper 1871-Isaac A. Oldham
1905-W. B. Yeo
1873-William B. Rosemond
1907-W. B. Yeo
1875-William B. Rosemond
1909-A. G. Ringer
1877- Forsythe
1910-A. G. Ringer
1878-J. H. Sarchet
1903-W. B. Yeo
CHAPTER VII.
MILITARY HISTORY OF THE COUNTY.
No generation will look back with shame at the military record of the loyal old Buckeye state. Her early pioneers were men of undaunted courage and bravery ; they were the people who saw the receding forms of the savage red men as they bid a long farewell to their vast and beautiful hunting grounds and wended their way toward the setting sun, to far beyond the "Father of Waters." They were descendants of the brave and patriotic men who de- clared and finally gained their independence over the mother country. Then it is not strange that, when assailed by traitors at home and outlaws on our southern borders, the people of Guernsey county rallied around the flag, which by their devotion and sacrifice has come to be revered as no emblem on the earth, save the cross of Christ alone, is honored in this the close of the first decade in the twentieth century.
Guernsey county, however, was settled but little in the days of the last war with Great Britain (that of 1812-14) and not even explored when the Revolutionary war was being fought, hence the part it took in these struggles was almost entirely precluded. Yet, there were numerous soldiers of the war of 1812, who afterward became sturdy pioneers here on Guernsey soil and assisted in opening up the county. Also, there were some who had served in the great war for independence who found their way to these green, glad solitudes, when but few white men had looked upon these fair and fertile hills and dales.
Thus the conflicts in which the brave men of this county took an active part may be stated as being the war with Mexico, the great Rebellion, from 1861 to 1865, and the Spanish-American war of 1898, when, over the sinking of the warship "Maine," and the inhuman treatment given to her subjects on the isle of Cuba, Spain was humbled from her once proud throne and given to understand that America stood for justice and liberty, cost what it might.
Before passing to the military history, proper, of this county, the reader is invited to read the following history of a Revolutionary soldier, who at one time resided in this county and whose bones are now entombed within this soil.
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GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO.
A REVOLUTIONARY CHARACTER.
In the Guernsey Weekly Times of January 21, 1904, there appeared a sketch by Col. C. P. B. Sarchet, of a Guernsey county boy, James Rimer Wil- liams, of Salina, Kansas, who died on January 2, 1904. There is some history connected with this family that we will give. His grandfather, David Wil- liams, came to Cambridge, when a young man, from Scotland, with his brother-in-law, Robert Nicholson, in 1817. He was by trade a weaver, but for some years he was a bar-keeper at the old Tingle tavern in Cambridge. There he became acquainted with Catherine Brown, who was a working girl at the same tavern, and they were married in Cambridge, January 13, 1825. Her father was a keeper in the old log-gaol, the first county jail. After their marriage they settled on a farm in Jackson township. James P. Williams, father of James Rimer Williams, was the oldest son of David Williams. He married, in Jackson township, Sarah Peodvin, daughter of Nicholas Peodvin and Sarah O'Harer. She was their only child. Nicholas Peodvin was a cousin of James Bichard, grandfather of the writer, and came to Cambridge along with the French Guernsey settlers in 1807. After the death of Nicholas Peodvin, James P. Williams and his wife came into the possession of the Nicholas Peodvin farm in Jackson township, which he afterward sold, about 1864, to Hon. J. W. White, and purchased the William Rainey, Sr., farm in the same township. From this farm he moved to Kansas. White sold the farm to Jonathan Gander, and it became known for many years as the Gander farm. The Rainey-Williams farm is now in the possession of the heirs of E. R. Nyce. Connected with the William Rainey family was Andrew Whit- tier. He died at the remarkable age of one hundred and twenty-four years, being born in Germany in 1716, dying in 1840. He was buried in a grave yard located on the banks of Wills creek below Byesville. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. The last we have heard of his place of interment was that the creek was undermining the bank of the graveyard, and that the bones of this old hero, whose foreign blood he was ready to shed that this great free republic might live and become what it is, the greatest nation of the world, were about to be washed down Wills creek.
About the time of the report referred to by Colonel Sarchet, the patriotic people of Jackson township and Byesville village removed the bones of Whit- tier to the old Cambridge Baptist cemetery, where they are duly marked with a monument, inscribed with his wonderful age of one hundred and twenty- four years.
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GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO.
SOLDIERS OF 1812.
Guernsey county was represented in the war of 1812 by three companies of militia, commanded respectively by Capt. Simon Beymer, Capt. Absalom Martin and Capt. C. P. Beatty. We have recently come into possession of the names of the members of these companies, which we publish below, as a contribution to the history of the county. Few, if any, of the present genera- tion know anything about the experiences of their ancestors in eastern Ohio, during that war. Few know that Guernsey county, sparsely settled at it was in 1812, sent so many soldiers into the field. The following two companies were in the detachment commanded by Col. Robert Bay :
CAPTAIN BEYMER'S COMPANY.
Simon Beymer, captain
Jacob Thomas
Stewart Speer, first lieutenant
Nehemiah Williams
Henry Beymer, second lieutenant
Argus Morris
David Slater, sergeant
Thomas Brannon
Andrew Dougherty, sergeant
Ezekiel Bates
George Wines, sergeant
William Cook
Robert Ewings, sergeant
Ichabod Dilley
William Beymer, corporal
Elisha Evans
David Moore, corporal
Henry Llewellyn
Nicholas Baumgardner, corporal
James Lard
Frederic Beymer, corporal
James McConnell
William Englehart, corporal
Samuel Shevel
Alex. Barton, corporal
William Satterfield
John Bickham
William Smith
Findly Collins
John Vanpelt Charles Bircli Ford Barnes
George Dye James Hawkins
William Chance
Levin Lewis
Joshua Clark
Andrew McGowan Joseph Reed
Abraham Dilley Peter Fry
Frederick Saltsgayer Jolın Sickman Henry Steers
Joseph Lyn
Robert Lancing John Rainey
Daniel Bates
William Sherman
David Dougherty
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GUERNSEY COUNTY, OIIIO.
Moses Steppenson Thomas Smith Andrew Sickman
Presley Sickman Moses Wright
CAPTAIN MARTIN'S COMPANY.
Absalom Martin, captain
William Kerns
Wyatt Hutchinson, first lieutenant
Henry Davis
James Sherman, second lieutenant
James Everett
John Bratton, sergeant
William Hanna
George Sudden, sergeant
Lewis Lambert
Thomas Mullen, sergeant
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