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Mr. Secrest has ever taken an abiding interest in county affairs, being a loyal Democrat, and he has very acceptably served his township as trustee for two terms. He and his wife belong to the Lutheran church in Hartford. Their union has been blessed by the birth of three children, Waite L., Guy William and Ralph James.
ROLAND S. FRAME.
A well known citizen of Washington. Wills township, Guernsey county, is Roland S. Frame, who was born December 23, 1844. three miles east of the town of Washington. He is the son of Thomas and Esther ( St. Clair) Frame. The father was born in Guernsey county and the mother in Belmont county, near St. Clairsville, and she came to Guernsey county with her par- ents when a child. Grandfather Moses Frame came to Guernsey county from Fayette county, Pennsylvania, with his parents, Thomas Frame and wife, about 1812 and settled in Wills township. There came with him six broth- ers and their families, William, Jacob, David, John, James and Thomas, all settling in the same locality, and entered large tracts of land. This family is of Irish descent. George Frame escaped from the persecutors, during the famous persecution in Ireland. all members of his family being killed ex- cept himself and two children, and even he was left for dead after an attack on the people of his vicinity, but he recovered and escaped. From him descended the present Frame family and their immediate predecessors. Thom- as Frame, father of the subject, was formerly a fruit grower and when the improved farming machinery first came to be generally used he began selling farming machinery, selling the first reapers and mowers brought into this
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locality. He was a progressive and prosperous man and active in public life, but was not an office seeker, though he filled many appointed positions. He was a Republican. He was a man of clean, upright character, a devout Presbyterian for many years. His death occurred in September, 1873, and his widow is also deceased, both being buried in the cemetery at Washington. Their ancestors, many of them, were soldiers in the war of 1812 and other wars. Seven children constituted the family of Thomas Frame and wife, namely : Roland S., of this review ; Sebastian C., Tyrannus B., Alonzo P., Ottis D., Cornelius A., Mary N. (deceased). Besides the subject, all died several years ago but Alonzo P. and Ottis D.
Roland S. Frame spent his youth on the home farm and received his early education in the common schools, also attended select schools in Cam- bridge, and he began teaching school when only sixteen years of age, in the district schools, later at Senecaville, and was at one time superintendent of the schools at Washington for three years. He was very successful as a teacher, but gave up this line of work to enter the mercantile life, which he has continued to the present time, having opened his first store in 1874. He has became widely known as a hardware and implement dealer, also handles builders' supplies and other lines. He has a large business. He also had farming interests for many years, but has sold his lands and invested in Columbus and Chicago manufacturing concerns.
Mr. Frame was married on December 19, 1864, to Isabelle L. Lowry, daughter of Elijah and Mary (Richey ) Lowry, of Wills township, an early pioneer family and prominent in business, church and social life. To Mr. and Mrs. Frame the following children have been born: Clare L., a dentist of Chicago and organizer of the Frame Dental Supply Company ; Minnie, now Mrs. Charles Thompson, of Wills township; Gertrude, deceased; Rolla St. Clair, a civil engineer with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, located at Pittsburg : Mabel F., now Mrs. Dr. J. H. McCreary, of Byesville, Ohio.
Politically Mr. Frame is a Republican, but independent in local affairs, is active in the party and has filled various positions of responsibility. He was the first Republican clerk elected in Wills township, in 1876, serving in that capacity several years. He was a member of the school board of Washington for about twenty years. He was county school examiner for a period of nine years. In 1879 he was elected as the representative from Guernsey county in the Ohio Legislature, on the Republican ticket, serving two terms in a most commendable manner. He had a place on many impor- tant committees. He has always been a temperance advocate and worker.
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He and his family are members of the Presbyterian church, he being an elder in the same and is a Sunday school worker, and has been superintendent for more than twenty-five years.
WILLIAM SECREST.
One of the grand old men of Valley township is William Secrest, whose long and useful life has been spent in his home community, where he has fabored to goodly ends, not only for himself and family, but also for his neighbors and the general public, and now that the twilight of his age has begun to envelop him he can look backward over a well spent life and for- ward to a glorious inheritance.
Mr. Secrest was born a short distance east of Hartford, this township, February 6, 1828, and he is the seventh child of a family of nine children born to Henry and Elizabeth (Spaid) Secrest. Henry Secrest was born August 18, 1785, in southern Pennsylvania and he moved into Virginia early in life, where he married Elizabeth Spaid. She was the daughter of George Spaid and wife and was born in Virginia on July 22, 1790. Her father had been a Hessian soldier, brought to this country by the British during the Revolutionary war to fight in the Continental army. He was captured at the battle of Trenton and was taken to Virginia, where he and a number of his comrades were colonized, and he remained there and married. Three chil- dren were born to Henry Secrest and wife while living in Virginia, John, Abram and George W. This sterling family emigrated to Guernsey county, Ohio, probably as early as 1820, and Henry Secrest entered a tract of land south of where the town of Hartford now stands, becoming the owner of two hundred and twenty-eight acres, which he brought up to a high state of im- provement, having begun life in typical pioneer fashion, when the country was covered with vast native woods through which roamed wild beasts, and even the foot prints of the red men had not been obliterated from the soil. He became prosperous and owned considerable land in addition to his home farm, and he played an important role in the early development of this sec- tion of the country. After coming here six other children were born into his family, namely: Michael, Frederick, Martha, William, of this review ; Elizabeth and Valentine.
William Secrest grew to maturity on his father's farm, which he helped develop, and he has lived to see this vicinity grow from the wilderness to
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its present thriving condition, having taken a prominent part in the same, and it is, indeed, interesting to hear him recount reminiscences of the early days here.
On September 6, 1854. Mr. Secrest was married to Mary C. Buckley, a native of Noble county, Ohio, and the daughter of John Buckley and wife. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Secrest, namely : Noah E. is men- tioned elsewhere in this work : Abram lives in Senecaville; Violet L. married O. F. Hawes, and died in February, 1909; Otis D. lived in Newark until his death, October 15, 1904: Emma L. married Charles Scott and lives between Hartford and Byesville in the north edge of Valley township; George Mc- Clelland, who is mentioned elsewhere in this work, lives on the home place near Hartford: James W. lives northeast of Hartford, where he has a small farm.
The death of the mother of these children occurred on December 13, 1904. She was an excellent woman, a member of the Lutheran church at Hartford, of which her husband is still a faithful member.
William Secrest still lives on his fine farm of two hundred and twenty- eight acres, east of Hartford, which is one of the most desirable places in the township. He has kept it in splendid condition and has been very suc- cessful as a farmer and stockman. This place has been in the Secrest fam- ily ever since it was secured from the government, only one deed having been made to it.
William Secrest has very ably served his township in various public capacities, such as assessor for several years and as trustee several terms. He is a loyal Democrat. When a young man he taught school three win- ters, two terms in Valley township and one in Buffalo township, Noble county. With that exception he has been a tiller of the soil all his life. He is a man whom to know is to accord the highest respect owing to his many splendid characteristics.
JAMES C. HENDERSON.
From the far-off "banks and braes" of bonny Scotland has come James C. Henderson, a highly respected citizen of the vicinity of Hartford, Guern- sey county, and outcropping in his nature are so many of the sterling traits of the typical Scotchman, that we are not surprised to learn that he has not only made a success of his life work, establishing a good home, but that he has won the confidence and good will of all who know him.
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Mr. Henderson was born in Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1861, and he is the son of Philip and Margaret (Crystol) Henderson, a most excellent family. The subject's paternal grandfather was a gallant and brave soldier, serving in the British army in the Spanish Peninsular war, and later in the Crimean war.
The son, James C., lived in Scotland until he was nineteen years of age and there received his education, which was somewhat meager owing to the fact he was compelled to begin working in the coal mines when eleven years of age, and he has followed this line of endeavor ever since. About 1880 the family came to America and located in the suburbs of Pittsburg, Pennsyl- vania, and for many years the subject made his home in Allegheny county, that state, engaged in coal mining. In 1893 he passed the examination for mine foreman and started in as a fire boss. About 1896 he was promoted to the position of mine boss, and in 1901 he was made superintendent of a mine in Pennsylvania for James W. Ellsworth & Company. He was later with the Pittsburg Coal Company as mine superintendent. All these positions of im- portant trust he filled to his credit and to the entire satisfaction of his em- ployers. In 1909 he came to Guernsey county and became superintendent of Walhonding mine No. 2, for the Cambridge Collieries Company, where he is giving his usual high-grade service, having charge of about two hundred and eighty men. He not only understands all the phases of mining, but is a good judge of human nature and handles his men in such an able manner as to get the best possible results and at the same time retain their good will.
Mr. Henderson was married first to Catherine Honeymen, daughter of Robert and Margaret Honeymen, of Scotland, and to this union were born a large family, eight children, now living, namely : Robert, Catherine, Helen, Mary, Jessie, Dewey and Shafter, the last two twins, and Charles. The wife and mother passed to her rest in 1907, and he was again married in 1909 to Ada Belle Sethman, of Pennsylvania, who was born and reared near Smithton, Westmoreland county, and is the daughter of John Sethman and wife. Her father was a soldier in the Civil war.
Mr. Henderson has a brother, Philip R., who is in the United States army. He fought in the Spanish-American war and was wounded at the battle of El Caney, and saw considerable hard service. He has been a soldier twenty-three years and a most faithful one.
While living in Pennsylvania Mr. Henderson took part in the public affairs of his community and served as school director. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, while his wife belongs to the Baptist church ; but
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the former is broad-minded in his religious, as well as other views, and he helped build the Methodist church in his neighborhood in Pennsylvania and several of his children belong to that denomination.
ROBERT B. MOORE.
The long, eventful, useful and strenuous career of Robert B. Moore, one of Guernsey county's honored and well known citizens, has been fraught with much good to those with whom he has come into contact, and is well worthy of detailed mention in a work of this nature. He has lived to see, from his infancy to his old age, the gradual development of this community and has taken part in the same in a manner that has proved him to be a man of progress. He was born in Cambridge, this county, on February 9, 1836, and he is the son of James B. and Amanda ( Abbott) Moore. This family is of Scotch-Irish descent, the paternal grandparents, Andrew and Margaret ( Bins) Moore, having come to America sometime prior to the Revolutionary war. The father, James B. Moore, was born in Washington county, Pennsyl- vania. The Abbotts were of high rank in England, and, like the Moores, always ranked among the best families in their communities. Amanda Ab- bott, mother of the subject, was a guest at the inaugural ball of George Wash- ington. and her costume and jewels worn on that occasion became the prop- erty of the son and are highly prized. Upon coming to America the Moores first settled in Maryland and the Abbotts in Virginia and were among the "F. F. V.'s." The Moore family emigrated westward to Guernsey county, Ohio, as early as 1806 and were among the earliest pioneers of this section, being prominent and influential in social, civic and business affairs here, and played an important role in the development of the new country. The father conducted a tannery for years, later engaging in the hotel business, conducting the Eagle hotel, located on what is now Wheeling avenue, between Sixth and Seventh streets, Cambridge (on the north side of the street). He was a popular host and well known to the traveling public, this town being a prominent station on the old National stage route. He was a busy man and was successful. He was known as an upright, genial gentleman, a man ad- mired and respected by all. His death occurred at the advanced age of eighty- five years, his widow preceding him to the grave in 1873. These parents had two sons, Robert B., of this review, and Charles H., who is now deceased. During his life he was prominent in the public life of the state. The parents
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were adherents of the Presbyterian church, as the Moores and Abbotts were before them, and James B. Moore was a Republican in politics.
Robert B. Moore grew to maturity and was educated in Cambridge, and later attended Madison College at Antrim, Guernsey county, for two years, thus receiving a good education for those early days. When seventeen years of age he began work for himself in whatever way he could make an honest dollar. For a time he drove a team, hauling coal from the mines to the retail trade in Cambridge. When eighteen years old he went to California, in the gold fever days, having borrowed the money with which to go, making the trip by way of the isthmus of Panama. He worked in the gold mines of California for five years and met with much success as a prospector. He re- turned to his old home in 1857 and soon afterwards went to Jackson, Ten- nessee, where he remained until the beginning of the Civil war, when he sold out and came back to Cambridge. He again went to California in the winter of 1861, making the trip by vessel, as he had previously done, and he re- mained in the Golden state until 1873. For several years he was again in the mines, and he engaged in the hotel business in Nevada City until his return to Cambridge, Ohio, where he has since been engaged in the general insur- ance business. For twenty-five years he was state agent for the Phoenix Insurance Company of New York, having supervision of the states of Ohio and West Virginia. He was regarded by the company as one of its most trusted and valued employes and he did much to increase its prestige in this territory.
Mr. Moore has been twice married, first in California, in May, 1869, to Josephine C. Johnson, who lived only about eighteen months after her mar- riage. His second marriage was solemnized on June 21, 1873. to Tillie J. March, of Grass Valley, California. To this union one son was born, Chauncy Abbott Moore, a noted musician, who makes his home in Paris. France, being a great success in grand opera. He obtained his musical edu- cation in Chicago and Paris, under the best music masters of the Old World. and he has since traveled all over Europe and America, appearing in the principal cities of both countries, and his company will tour America in the season of 1910-II. Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Moore visited their son in Paris in 1907 and spent three months on the continent. Mrs. Moore was called to her reward in September, 1907, soon after her return from abroad.
Politically, Mr. Moore is a Democrat, and is well informed on all public questions and issues and is a strong partisan. He is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to the Cambridge Commandery, Knights Templar; he is also a member of the Cambridge Lodge of Benevolent and Protective Order
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of Elks. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, the Moore family hav- ing been Presbyterians from earliest records. Probably no man in Ohio has a wider acquaintance among business men than Mr. Moore. For a period of twenty-five years he has traveled to all parts of the state in the capacity of state agent for the insurance company mentioned above, and, owing to his jovial disposition and his genteel demeanor, he is always a most welcome guest wherever he goes. He is a man of sterling integrity and has a high sense of honor. He is now living practically retired, giving only supervision to his general insurance business. He retains an active interest in public mat- ters and the growth and development of his home city, where he has been a prominent factor for so many years. He is a man of fine intellectual attain- ments, sterling integrity and an optimist by nature.
CARSON B. DAVIS.
While yet young in years, Carson B. Davis has proved that a large mea- sure of success can be achieved within a short period of time if the proper methods are employed and close application made. He comes from one of the good old families of Guernsey county, his birth having occurred in Cambridge township, on January 9, 1870, the old Davis homestead being two miles east of Cambridge on the old National road. He is the son of John W. and Mary A. (Able) Davis. The father was a native of Muskingum county and the mother of Guernsey county. The elder Davis came to this county in 1835, and during the early part of his life he was engaged in farming and for thirty years later was in the livery business in Cambridge. He was a man of fine personal qualities and of high integrity. His death occurred in February, 1900, his widow having survived him until May, 1903. Her father, William Abel, was a prominent man in the county, and, although a strong Democrat, he was elected treasurer of Guernsey county, a Republican stronghold.
Carson B. Davis was educated in the public schools of Cambridge and as a young man he was employed in the county surveyor's office under O. M. Hoge during several years while he was city engineer and by private study fitted himself for a civil engineer. In 1902 he was employed as chief engineer, by the company that constructed the Cambridge and Byesville car line, was with this company while the line was being constructed and continued in its employ until 1908. Then he was elected county surveyor of Guernsey county. his record while in the service of the construction company having attracted
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widespread attention to him, and he became known as one of the most efficient civil engineers in this section of the state. He made such a splendid record as a public official that he was re-elected for a second term as county surveyor in November, 1910. Being an expert in his line, his services are in great de- mand. He is also resident engineer for the state highway department and now has supervision of the state work in the county, and is giving eminent satisfaction in this connection.
Politically, Mr. Davis is a Republican and is always active in public mat- ters, believing it to be the duty of all good citizens to take an active interest in public affairs and see that the best men are placed in the public offices.
Mr. Davis was married on November 17. 1903, to Etta M. McCollum, daughter of James and Asenia (Johnston) McCollum, well known in the farming community of Center township. This union has been without issue.
The Davis residence, a comfortable and neatly kept one, is at No. 730 Gomber avenue, Cambridge. Mr. Davis is a member of the local lodge of Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, also the Eagles. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church and are active in church work. They are popular among a wide circle of friends here and wherever they are known.
JOHN W. CALE.
One of the honored veterans of the great war of the Rebellion who effi- ciently served his country during its dark days in the sixties is John W. Cale, of Lore City, Guernsey county, a man who has served his country well, both in times of war and times of peace, and who has long ranked among the leading business men and influential citizens of the locality.
Mr. Cale was born on April 17, 1843, in Jackson township, Guernsey county, Ohio, the son of George and Margaret ( Wilson) Cale. The father was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, and came to Guernsey county with his parents, George and Rachel (Cross) Cale, when the son. George, father of the subject of this sketch, was only eight years old, in 1824, and entered government land and began the work of clearing the lands and erecting a home in the forests, with but little other company than Indians and wild game. They were of the hardy pioneer stock and became prominent in the affairs of the times. George Cale, the father, grew into sturdy manhood, and fol- lowed the vocation of his father, a farmer. He prospered and became a
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large land owner and sheep raiser, one of the first extensive sheep raisers in the county. When he began sheep raising and for years afterward, the sheep pens and sheds were adjacent to the home, so that the wolves might be kept away from the sheep at night. He was always a Republican, different from all his ancestry, and was strong in the faith of the doctrines of the party, being of an old Virginia family. He was prominent in the affairs of the community and foremost in all movements calculated to advance the best interests of all the people. He was a man of little education, and, realizing the lack of it, he was careful in the education of the children of his family. He had but two children, a son, John W., the subject of this sketch, and Margaret, now Mrs. John R. Secrest, a farmer of Johnson county, Kansas, and a member of a prominent pioneer family of Guernsey county, Ohio.
The father, George Cale, in addition to general farming and sheep- raising, was also an extensive tobacco grower, his farm products being hauled to Zanesville for market. He was a prosperous man along all lines, his large land holdings developed fine veins of coal underneath, and his coal royalties made him a prosperous man. His wife, Margaret Wilson, was of Scotch-Irish descent and was born a few months after her parents, James and Margaret Wilson, came to America and settled in Guernsey county, Ohio, where they ever after resided.
The Cales are of Revolutionary stock. The great-grandfather, who was also George Cale, was a Revolutionary soldier, and his son, John, grand- father of the subject of this sketch, was a soldier in the war of 1812.
George Cale, the father of the subject, died on June 16, 1907, at the age of ninety-four years, his wife having preceded him by almost twenty-five years, her death occurring in July, 1887, and both are buried in the Seneca- ville cemetery. At the time of the father's death he had held to his lands longer than any person then living in Guernsey county.
John W. Cale spent the years of his childhood and youth on his father's farm and attended the district schools. He early manifested a fondness for trading and commercial pursuits. He attended the Cambridge high school for two years, preparing himself for teaching, and at the age of twenty-one he began teaching school in the home district school. When the Civil war broke out he enlisted in the Union army as a member of Company D, One Hundred and Seventy-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in 1863. The regiment was later consolidated with the Forty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served in the Army of the Cumberland and saw hard service covering a period of fourteen months.
Mr. Cale was married December 28, 1865, to Harriet J. Rose, daughter
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