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promises of God and inspires his flock with the same faith in the Supreme Leader, with the result that the congregation is ever faithful and earnest. His leadership has received honorable mention throughout the state. He was for two years vice-president of the southeastern district of the Baptist Young People's Union of Ohio. For about four years he has been moderator of the Cambridge Baptist Association. For three years he was president of the Guernsey County Sunday School Convention. He was active in organizing the Byesville Law and Order League about 1904 and has been chairman of the same ever since. The population has grown a great deal since that time, with a large influx of foreigners, but so well has the town been governed that Byesville is an unusually law-abiding place, with officials chosen not for political reasons but for well known merit. The moral element was active from the first under the leadership of the Reverend Wilson, and had this not been the case the local government might easily have got in the control of the baser element.
Reverend Wilson is an able organizer and in his own church has adopted what he is pleased to call "The company plan," of keeping each member actively at work as part of a small organization or company. This plan has produced great results and has been highly commended not only locally, but has been approved and praised by men of national prominence and leader- ship in the denomination. In the pulpit Reverend Wilson is an earnest, logi- cal and forceful speaker, often truly eloquent. Besides his busy life as pastor and citizen, he is also director of the First National Bank of Byesville, and he has found time to write several books that have received wide recognition. One of them is on "homiletics," especially for the pastor, and is highly com- mended by ministers of all denominations. Another is "Our Responsibilities in the World's Conquest." He has a large and carefully selected library of the world's choicest literature.
At Cleveland, Ohio, in 1907, at the international convention of the Baptist Young People's Union of America, his church at Byesville took both banners, one for the highest grades in Christian culture work, the other for all-around Christian work. For four years the church was awarded the two state banners for the same merits and held the Christian stewardship banner until it became the property of the church. Such records are criterions enough to show the courage, the sound judgment and the great earnestness of Reverend Wilson.
On May 23, 1900, occurred the marriage of the Reverend Wilson to Estella Henry Ferrell, of Dresden, Ohio, the daughter of Henry and Emma (McFarland) Ferrell. She was born near Dresden, and when twelve years
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of age moved to that place, where she attended high school, completing the course there, and made that city her home until her marriage. She is a lady of talent, culture and beautiful Christian attributes and an efficient church worker, and, as president of both the senior and junior branches of the Bap- tist Young People's Union, had much to do with bringing them to their pres- ent state of efficiency. In her the Reverend Wilson has a most earnest and faithful assistant, a competent aid in many branches of church and Sunday school work. She is president of the Woman's Baptist Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the Cambridge Baptist Association.
THOMAS C. CLARK.
By persevering in the pursuit of worthy purpose Thomas C. Clark, well known in railroad circles of Guernsey county and at present freight agent for the Pennsylvania lines at Cambridge, has won definite success in life. He has always stood well among his fellow men and been regarded by those who have met him as most faithful, trustworthy and energetic, meriting the utmost confidence.
Mr. Clark was born at Washington, Guernsey county, September 8, 1852, and is the son of Richard J. and Ann Matilda (Beymer) Clark. Richard J. Clark was born in Maryland and came to Cambridge in 1839. He clerked in the dry goods store of Craig & Bryant here in the early days. After some years he went to Washington, this county, and there he met Ann Matilda Beymer, daughter of Gen. Simon Beymer and wife.
Gen. Simon Beymer came to Ohio from Cumberland county, Pennsyl- vania. He was of German ancestry and his wife, it is believed, was of English descent. The old hotel sign of the Black Bear bore the date of 1806, probably the date when the hotel was established. His license to run the hotel was issued from Pennsylvania. The Beymer family were the first settlers of the locality of Washington. General Beymer was commander of the Fourth Regiment of Ohio Militia for several years after the war of 1812. Mr. Clark has many papers showing that he had a great deal to do concerning the regiment. He was captain in the war of 1812. He kept the Black Bear hotel at Washington, while the National road was the great artery of travel east and west, and his hotel was the stopping place for the stage coaches and travelers from far and near.
Washington was first called Beymerstown, named after his family, the
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first settlers. Gen. Simon Beymer and wife were the parents of these chil- dren : John, who was for two terms sheriff of the county; William, Joseph and Conrad, both of whom were stock buyers and drovers; Ellen, who married John Lawrence; Anna M., mother of the subject ; Richard, a saddle and harnessmaker in Cambridge in early times, who was a hotel keeper. Three brothers of the subject's father, Thomas, Stephen and William, be- came well known physicians. Their father was a brick mason by trade.
Richard J. Clark was the son of John Clark, of Maryland. John Clark was in the war of 1812 and was in the battle of Bladensburg. When the National road extended only to Cambridge, he brought his family here in wagons, intending to go to Zanesville, but, being delayed from further progress by bad roads, concluded to stay here.
After Richard J. Clark went to Washington he remained practically there all his life and he became a very prosperous business man. He had a general store, known as the Ark, where he did a big business. He also bought and sold wool and pork and dealt largely in other commodities. IIe often carried large sums of money, sometimes as high as twenty-five thousand dollars, riding over the country at night and day buying food and other commodities to ship east. He bought hogs and cattle by the thousands, during the war. He was a big hearted, generous man, who never refused needed aid, and extended credit of many thousands to those who never could or would pay. He lived up to the Golden Rule far better than most men. He moved to Cambridge during the eighties and spent his later years here. Ile died about 1893. His wife made her home among her daughters after that and lived till March, 1907, dying in her seventy-sixth year, about the same age as Mr. Beymer when he died.
In their family were four sons and five daughters: Otha B. Clark, now of Minneapolis, has three daughters and one son. Harry B., of Ludlow, Kentucky, has two daughters and one son. Erastus died in 1864. Thomas C., the subject, has two daughters and two sons. Mollie, wife of J. M. Porter, lives in Pittsburg, has one son and one daughter. Jennie, wife of Alonzo Burke, now of Milwaukee, has two daughters. Lillian, who married J. N. Todd, of Pittsburg, is deceased. Ellen married R. B. Hoover, then of Washington, and is deceased, and he is in Springfield. She had two sons and two daughters. Dora makes her home with her sister, Mrs. J. M. Porter, in Pittsburg.
Thomas C. Clark lived at Washington until he was about sixteen years old, in 1860. He learned telegraphy at Washington, then went to Pittsburg with Mr. Hoover, who was an operator, and was there three or four years.
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Then he came to the Cleveland & Marietta road, first at Caldwell, then to Canal Dover, where he was agent and operator. He was the first operator to receive by sound at Canal Dover. He then went to Marietta and was train despatcher, then came to Cambridge and became trainmaster. The road changed management a number of times and in 1900 was merged with the Pennsylvania lines. He then became local freight agent at Cambridge which position he still holds.
Mr. Clark is a member of Cambridge Lodge No. 301, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the encampment. He was married in 1872 to Mina St. Clair Crawford, who was born in Brooklyn, New York, but resided in Allegheny when she and Mr. Clark were married. She was the daughter of Robert Crawford. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have four children, namely : Claude St. Clair Clark, who married Sadie Graham, of Kimbolton, and to them were born one son and one daughter, Willard and Mina. Claude died May 19, 1902. Harry Curtis Clark, who lives in Cambridge, married Grace Hare, of Quaker City, and had two sons, Wilbur and Harry. Daisy Belle Clark married George Wilbur Hilles, of Barnesville, and she has three sons, Thomas, Clark and George. Francis Dye Clark married William K. Krepp, Jr., of Columbus, now resides in Pittsburg, and has one son, Kinsman.
Mr. Clark built a large, cozy and beautiful home at No. 224 North Sixth street in Cambridge, where he now resides. He is a large-hearted and hospitable, steady, diligent and reliable man whom everybody likes.
LEWIS F. SALLADAY.
Among the citizens of Jackson township, Guernsey county, the late Lewis F. Salladay was for many years well known and influential. He was born on his father's farm. three-quarters of a mile west of Derwent, in Valley township, the son of George and Mary ( Spaid) Salladay, whose record is given more at length in this volume. Lewis F. Salladay grew to manhood on his father's farm, where he lived until the time of his marriage. In 1876, he was united in marriage with Mary Johnston, a daughter of Jesse L. Johns- ton. She was born and raised on a farm near Blue Bell, in Valley township.
After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Salladay moved to a farm three miles west of Derwent, on the Clay pike, in the northwest part of Valley township, where they lived for ten years. Then Mr. Salladay sold his eighty-acre farm, and bought one hundred and sixty acres in the southwest
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part of Jackson township, a short distance west of Harmony. Here Mr. Salladay lived to the end of his days, following farming and stock buying. Four children were born to him, Clovis, Warren, Blanche and one who died in infancy. He was not an office seeker, but was for several years the trustee of Jackson township. Both he and his wife were members of the Methodist church at Claysville, and he was a great lover of his home and family, where he found his greatest pleasure. When he first moved to his Jackson township farm it was nearly all in woods and totally unimproved, but he built a house and cleared the land, and in 1888 he built the larger house which is now the homestead.
Mr. Salladay's death occurred in 1905, and for the next year the family lived at the old home. Mrs. Salladay now lives in Perryopolis, Pennsylvania, with her son Clovis, who is a minister in the Methodist church. Blanche married Pearl Gregory, and lives near Rix Mills, Ohio.
Warren Salladay married Sylvia Gregory in August, 1906. She is the daughter of John and Mary Gregory, and was born and reared in Richhill township, Muskingum county, Ohio. Warren Salladay bought out the other heirs, and now owns the home which his father established in Jackson town- ship and the entire farm of one hundred and sixty acres. He has one child, a bright little son, Lewis, born in July, 1907. Warren Salladay is a member of the Odd Fellows at Cambridge, Ohio. He and his wife are members of the Methodist church at Claysville, Ohio.
The Salladay family has been one whose members have been upright, honorable and substantial citizens of Guernsey county, and Warren Salladay is a young man who fully exemplifies the family characteristics. He has been successful in his farming, and has many friends in the community.
JAMES B. STEWART.
A leading citizen of Cambridge township and one of the well known men of Guernsey county is James B. Stewart, a man of marked business enterprise and capability, who carries forward to successful completion what- ever he undertakes. He has long been an important factor in business, educational and social circles of the county and his success and popularity are well deserved, as in him are embraced the characteristics of an unabating energy, unbounding integrity and industry that never flags.
Mr. Stewart was born June 8, 1867, in Cambridge township, this
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county, and he is the son of John and Margaret (Starkey) Stewart. The father is a farmer and still resides in this township, where he is highly respected and where he has labored to goodly ends. The mother died when the son was a mere child.
James B. Stewart was educated in the common schools of Cambridge township and was graduated from the Cambridge high school in 1882. He was reared on the home farm and when old enough participated in the general farm work when not attending school. He returned to the farm after leaving high school and remained there until 1890, when he began teaching school, and he has been one of the county's popular and progressive teachers ever since, except for a period of about four years-so popular with both pupils and patrons that he taught for seven years in his home district, No. 10, Cambridge township, and after that long period of faithful service he voluntarily retired from the district. The remaining years he has taught in the schools of Cambridge, Center, Jackson and Jefferson townships.
Mr. Stewart was married on September 16, 1887, to Cora B. Johnston, a lady of strong characteristics and the daughter of John A. and Jane B. (Smith) Johnston. Mr. Johnston was a progressive farmer of Cambridge township and his death occurred in 1900; his widow survives. To Mr. and Mrs. Stewart five children have been born, namely : Charles W., a student in the electrical engineering course of the Ohio State University; J. Edgar is a student in the agricultural department of the same university; Celia M. is a student in the Cambridge city schools: Mary F. and J. Storkey.
The Stewart home is located about four miles northeast of Cambridge in Cambridge township, and their farm of two hundred and forty acres is one of the best in the township, being well kept, well improved and under a high state of cultivation. The dwelling is a commodious, modern and attractive one, being elegant in all its appointments and furnishings, and the other farm buildings are also models of convenience and adaptability. Every- thing round about is in perfect order, and the beautiful lawn around the residence is evidence of the refined taste of the proprietor of this valuable and desirable country place.
Mr. Stewart and his family are very busy people; in addition to the care of their large farm, with its abundant crops, numerous herds and flocks, Mr. Stewart continues to teach school and his sons and daughters are students at the universities and advanced schools. For many years Mr. Stewart has also been an extensive wool buyer during the wool season; he is also agent for the Armour fertilizers, and the DeLeval cream separator, in all of which he has an extensive business. He is a very busy and successful man,
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turning to success whatever he undertakes, and yet he finds time to mingle with his friends and neighbors in a social way. Politically, he is a Democrat and an active worker in the party, taking a deep interest in public matters. He is a member of the Democratic county central committee, and almost invariably represents his township in county, district and state conventions, and he has served as a member of the county board of elections. He is a member of the Rock Hill Grange, the Patrons of Husbandry and is master of the Grange, and county deputy in the state Grange organization. He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and are active in church and Sunday school work. Mr. Stewart was superintendent of the Sunday school for a number of years and he continues to be a teacher in the school. He is a man of many fine traits and qualities, a man of unimpeach- able character and he stands high in the estimation of his fellows. It is such citizens as Mr. Stewart that bring advancement to any community along all lines.
WILEY OSCAR MOORE.
One of the leading young men of Guernsey county is Wiley Oscar Moore, proprietor of the Cambridge Herald, known throughout this locality as both a journalist and educator of a high order of ability. United in his nature are so many elements of a solid and practical nature, which during a series of years have brought him into prominent notice and earned for him a conspicuous place among the enterprising citizens of the county of his resi- dence, that it is but just recognition of his worth to herein set forth conspicu- ously a record of his life and achievements.
Mr. Moore was born September 11, 1876, in Wood county, West Vir- ginia, and is the son of Joseph D. and Jane C. (Johnson) Moore. The par- ents were residents of Liberty township, Guernsey county, at that time, but the son was born while his parents were on a visit to the maternal grandparents at the old home in Wood county, West Virginia. The parents moved to Noble county, Ohio, in 1888, where they remained until 1894, when they re- turned to Liberty township, Guernsey county. The father has always been a farmer, and he now resides two miles northwest of Cambridge, where he and his faithful life companion are spending their declining years in serenity and in the midst of all the comforts of life. This family are faithful mem-' bers of the United Presbyterian church, and are active church and Sunday school workers.
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Wiley O. Moore, of this review, grew to maturity on the home farm, and was educated in the country district schools. After spending two terms at Scio College he entered Muskingum College at New Concord, Ohio. Thus well equipped for his life work, he began teaching in 1896 in the country dis- trict schools, and he continued very successfully for fourteen years, becom- ing one of the best known educators in the county. His services were always in great demand, for he was popular with both patrons and pupils, being an entertainer as well as an able instructor in the school room. He always kept abreast of the times in his work, was progressive, thorough and painstaking. Six of the fourteen years were spent in the district schools and eight as super- intendent of schools, five years of the eight at Washington, and while super- intendent of the schools there he organized the Washington summer school. which proved to be very popular and which he conducted with much success for five summers. From Washington he went to Senecaville and was super- intendent of the schools there for three years, closing with the school year 1909-1910. He has both a common-school life certificate and a high-school life certificate, a very unusual acquirement for one not a college graduate. As a superintendent he is a splendid organizer, soon having in operation a splendid system that works for the general harmony and good results from both teachers and pupils.
Notwithstanding his very commendable services as an educator, Mr. Moore believed a larger field of usefulness existed for him as a journalist, and on August 10, 1910, he purchased the Cambridge Herald, which he is very ably and successfully conducting as a Republican organ, advocating clean politics and upholding the basic principles of his party, being himself an ardent Republican and always deeply interested in public affairs, believing that an active interest in all public matters is the duty of all good citizens, his motto being "to do all the good one can to all the people possible." He has never been an office seeker, but has served the public as one of the county school examiners, being first appointed in 1906, and reappointed for a second term of three years in 1909. He has brightened the appearance of the Herald very materially, not only in mechanical appearance, but in the strength of its edi- torials and the crispness of its new columns. Its circulation is increasing and its value as an advertising medium rapidly growing. Under his capable and judicious management, its future success is assured and it is taking its place as one of the important molders of public opinion in eastern Ohio.
Mr. Moore is a member of the Ohio State Teachers' Association, the Eastern Ohio Teachers' Association, and he is a member of the executive committee of the County Teachers Institute, and a member of the executive
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committee of the State Association of County School Examiners, and he has been very active in all state and local educational matters, his influence being generally recognized in all these associations.
Mr. Moore was married on July 3, 1900, to Mary E. Taylor, daughter of Thomas S. and Margaret ( Mc Williams ) Taylor, a farmer of Liberty town- ship and a highly respected family. Mrs. Moore grew to maturity in her native community and has a good education. This union has resulted in the birth of three children, Helen V., Mabel F. and Wallace O. Mrs. Moore was a teacher in the schools of Guernsey county prior to her marriage, and, like her husband, was popular and progressive. Mr. and Mrs. Moore are members of the First United Presbyterian church of Cambridge and are active in church and Sunday school work. Mr. Moore is an advocate of healthy, sane athletics among students and young, advocating whatever is for the general good of the youth.
SAMUEL C. CARNES.
Though yet young in years, Samuel C. Carnes, of Cambridge, has made a very commendable advance in one of the most exacting of professions and is rapidly pushing his way to the front ranks in a community long noted for the high order of its professional talent. He was born March 17, 1882, in the city where he still resides, and he is the son of Samuel S. and Mary (Ferbrache) Carnes. The father was born in Pennsylvania and the mother in Guernsey county, Ohio. Both families were early pioneers and influential and prominent in their respective communities, taking an active and promi- nent part in the general development of the localities where they resided. Samuel S. Carnes was a farmer and became prosperous ; he was a man who stood high among his friends and acquaintances and whose reputation was never assailed. His death occurred in September, 1895, the family having moved to Cambridge some years previously. His widow still resides here.
Samuel C. Carnes grew to maturity in Cambridge and attended the common schools here, graduating from the Cambridge high school in 1900. Being ambitious to acquire a higher education and take up the study of law, in the fall of the year mentioned he went to Denver, Colorado, and entered Denver University and spent two years there, in the regular academic course. He entered Cornell University at Ithaca, New York, in the fall of 1903. where he spent one year, then entered the Columbian University at Washington, D. C., where he completed the course in law and was given the
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degree of Bachelor of Law, in June, 1907. Thus exceptionally well equipped for his life work, he returned to the Buckeye state and passed the Ohio bar examination in December of that year, and he immediately began practicing in Cambridge and he was successful from the first and is now enjoying a very liberal patronage and has a rapidly growing clientele.
In the summer of 1909 the Republican party nominated him as their candidate for city solicitor of Cambridge In November of the same year he was elected to this office, and he has discharged the duties of the same with signal ability and success, winning the hearty commendation of all con- cerned. He is profoundly versed in the law, is cautious, painstaking and is an earnest and forceful speaker before a jury, having natural qualities which make him a strong advocate and a safe counselor. He is recognized by all classes as a young man of fine attainments and sterling qualities.
Mr. Carnes is a master Mason and while in college he was a member of the Kappa Sigma Greek-letter fraternity.
On November 12, 1908, Mr. Carnes was married to Elizabeth Craig, daughter of Samuel A. and Della ( Gregg) Craig. Both the Greggs and Craigs were prominent pioneer families and both are yet active in business and prominent in the social, educational and church life of this county and city. Mrs. Carnes is a lady of culture and many estimable traits, which render her popular with a wide circle of friends and acquaintances, like her husband, they being regarded as among the best young people of Cambridge in every respect. They are members of the First United Presbyterian church of Cambridge and prominent in the social life of the city.
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