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HANOVER FIRE DEPARTMENT
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Hanover Fire Company
About 1840 Hanover organized a fire engine company, with A. N. Kinear as foreman, and it flourished well for a few years, but conflagrations being exceedingly rare, the members lost interest in the company, and the organization was gradually dissolved. About 1860 the company was revived, only to pass, however, through a similar experience, which ended in dissolution. The old hand fire engine is still at hand, but somewhat rusty from disuse, and would probably in case of a fire be passed over in favor of the old-fashioned bucket brigade.
Secret Societies of Hanover
The Order of Free and Accepted Masons was organized October 21, 1868, with ten charter members; at this time (1908) has a mem- bership of 69.
Eastern Star, ladies' auxiliary of the Masonic lodge, organized October 25, 1905, with 25 charter members; at the present time (1908) has 55 members.
Dennison Post No. 251, G. A. R., dates back to 1864, following the return of the boys of Co. C., 143d O. V. I. They all become members. The Knights of Maccabees was instituted April 19, 1889.
The order of Lady Maccabees came into being January 29, 1902.
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SANDY SPRING MEETING HOUSE
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A BIT OF ROMANCE
One mile west of the village of Hanover is located the "Friends' Sandy Springs Meeting House." It has been a substantial brick building, erected about 1827, following a log structure of earlier date. Four or five acres of land was donated to the Society about one hundred years ago, as a site for a house of worship, and for a burial ground. More than half of the land is covered with a growth of native timber. Near the eastern border of this tract there are two hickory trees, which really appear as one tree near the ground. They are probably fifteen inches in diameter and sixty feet high, growing with a partial twist one with the other.
The chief interest in those trees is on account of a romance as- sociated with them. Those who are acquainted with the history of the Society of Friends, know that a division of the Society took place in the early part of the second decade of eighteen hundred, each di- vision claiming the name of "Friends," but became distinguished as "Orthodox" and "Hicksites." Previous to the division a young man and a young woman, both members of Sandy meeting, had entered into a marriage engagement, which was to be solemnized by a public marriage in course of time, as laid down by Friends' discipline. While the marriage engagement was pending the division came. The young woman's family going with the Orthodox party, while the young man's family went with the Hicksites. The young woman began to intimate to her bethrothed the impropriety of their becom- ing married, as the two families had become separated in their re- ligious associations, asserting there would be a lack of harmony that was essential to a happy life. The young man could not see that they should break off their engagement, but plead for a fulfillment of the contract. Several interviews took place between the parties without definite conclusion. Finally it was agreed that on a par- ticular day of meeting for worship, when the congregation should be dismissed, they would retire a short distance to a private spot, and determine what should be the final settlement. They met as agreed upon, she more decided in the opinion that the marriage en- gagement should be broken than ever, he pleading for its fulfillment.
In his confusion and embarrassment he had laid hold on two small hickory bushes growing at the spot where they were standing, and was in the act of pleating them together, when the young woman, noticing the act, asked: "What is thee doing that for?" He replied, "If these grow together so would our hearts grow if we
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marry." His pleading availed nothing. Then and there she declared the marriage engagement null and void.
Those small bushes lived and grew, and now after more than three quarters of a century, carry the effects of the pleating given them by the young man, and are trees as described above, and stand as meroials of a broken marriage contract.
The facts in this bit of history were related a few years ago to the writer by a nephew of the young woman, now deceased, but himself a life long member of Sandy Spring meeting.
The foregoing article refers to Hannah Miller, who afterward was married to Jacob Reeder, and the young man in question was Jesse Farington, who afterward attempted to speak in meeting at Sandy Spring, and when ordered to sit down and be quiet, refused, so four men picked him up and carried him out and as they were doing it he exclaimed: "Behold, I am more highly honored than was the Savior. He rode one ass, but, behold! I am carried by four."
THE HANOVER RIFLES.
Hanover Village many years ago boasted the possession of a crack military company, known as the Hanover Rifles. The company was organized about 1833, when military order ran rampant, with sixty members. Edwin Rhodes was the captain and Samuel Fox first lieu- tenant. Captain Rhodes was shortly afterwards chosen major in the militia, and resigning his command of the rifles, was succeeded by Joseph Brown. The company paraded occasionally in showy uniforms of white with red sashes, and was the sensation for seven years. Then military enthusiasm declined and it passed gradually out of ex- istence.
May 30, 1896, the soldiers' monument was dedicated in Hanover cemetery by Rev. Slator and G. A. R. Post at 10 o'clock a. m. Rev. Elder delivered memorial sermon at 2 p. m. in Presbyterian church. Monument cost $200.
July 1st, 1896, well drilled in Hanover cemetery by Leander Mil- ler, 135 feet deep into solid rock, and got 50 feet of water. August, 1896, a windmill erected on said well by Fremont Post, by order of township trustees.
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BIOGRAPHICAL
MR. AND MRS. GEORGE SLOAN.
George Sloan was born in Ireland in 1798. Coming to Hanover in 1824, he started in the mercantile business, and he also owned the flour mill. The next year he married, at Bethesda, Jessie, daughter of Rev. James Robertson, the first pastor of the Hanover Presbyterian church. Soon after his marriage he built the brick house in which they lived all their married life.
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REV. ISRAEL ARCHBOLD.
Rev. Israel Archbold was born November 24, 1807, the eleventh in a family of twelve children, his father dying when he was eleven years old. Soon after becoming of age he left his Virginia home and for a time taught school in Washington county, Ohio. March 1, 1834, he was licensed a local preacher at Marietta, preaching for a time on the Parkersburg circuit in place of a minister who was ill. Sep- tember 25, 1834, he was married to Frances Foster Dana at Newport and in 1857 was appointed to Hanover circuit. He died May 18, 1860, his remains being interred in Hanover cemetery, but were later removed to Woodlawn at Titusville, Pa., where they rest beside those of his devoted wife. Of his marriage was born seven children: William Dana, James Edward, Phebe Maria, Charles Wesley, Mary Elizabeth, John Dustin and Frances Ann. Mr. Archbold was a kind, loving husband and father, a man of great frankness, tender sympathy and unbounded generosity.
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REV. ISRAEL ARCHBOLD
MRS. REV. ISRAEL ARCHBOLD
MICHAEL ARTER.
Michael Arter, pioneer, many years prominent man in Hanover, moved from New Lisbon to the village in 1817. He was tanner by trade, establishing himself in business soon after arrival, and carry- ing on the work until 1849, when he was succeeded by his son, A. R. Arter. Mr. Arter was active in anti-slavery movements, his home being important station on "underground railroad." He filled many positions of trust, was treasurer Sandy & Beaver Canal Co., commis- sioner of his county, and justice of the peace. He was also the first mayor of the town.
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MICHAEL ARTER
LYDIA ARTER
DR. JAMES ROBERTSON
MRS. JAMES ROBERTSON
LUCRETIA ROBERTSON SEYMOUR
FLORA ROBERTSON BROWN
JAMES ROBERTSON, M. D.
Hanover has been the home of one of the most distinguished physicians and surgeons in eastern Ohio, James Robertson, M. D.
Dr. Robertson was the son of the Rev. James Robertson, a Pres- byterian minister of Blair Athol, Scotland, and was born in Perth- shire, May 19th, 1800. The family came to America in 1813. Dr. Robertson studied medicine under Dr. Potter, of New Lisbon, Ohio, and at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia.
He settled in Hanoverton in 1823. In 1827 he married Miss Anna Eliza Scott, the only child of David Scott, of New Lisbon, and formerly of Cecil county, Maryland. She was born June 21st, 1806. Mrs. Robertson was a woman of great culture and fine mental and spiritual endowments. She was the sustaining power of the home, a perpetual benediction. Her quiet spirituality and strong convic- tions were a great force in the family, and left their imprint on every child. "Her children arise up and call her blessed." Dr. and Mrs. Robertson had eight children: Katherine (married John M. Kuhn, M. D.), Strowan S. (who studied medicine and succeeded his father), Lucretia (married James H. Seymour, M. D.), Walter S. (who studied dentistry), Fergus S. (who became a hardware merchant), Flora (married Rev. William Y. Brown, D. D., a Presbyterian minister), Oscar (died in infancy), Janet (married first A. P. Nicholas, and sub- sequently Major Mortimer A. Higley, a banker in Cedar Rapids, Iowa).
Dr. Robertson was said to be "che best known man in the county." He was a man of fine physical presence and vigor, of great professional skill and devotion, and had a very warm heart. He was specially prominent in the anti-slavery movement before the civil war, his house be a station on the famous "Underground Rail- road."
Dr. Robertson was active in the temperance reform. He was faithful in the support of the church. While contributing liberally to other denominations, he was a thorough Calvinist and Presbyterian in doctrinal belief, and one of the most regular attendants upon the ministration of the Gospel.
The lavish, warm-hearted hospitality of Dr. Robertson and his wife was appreciated by the clergy, and his home was often spoken of as "the Presbyterian Minister's Hotel."
His professional life in Hanoverton covered a period of over forty years, and was characterized by a kind regard for those to whom sickness was a double burden -- the poor. His reputation as a phy- sician and surgeon caused him to be frequently called in consultation
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within a radious of forty or fifty miles, and occasionally to greater distances. He was tireless in his professional work. During a season of epidemic of malignant fever, which occurred one winter, he is said to have gone for six weeks with scarcely any sleep, excepting what he got in his sleigh while hurriedly driven from patient to patient. "A vision of this grand hero comes to my mind," writes a friend, when I read of Ian MacLaren's Doctor of the Old School." Like him, James Robertson was Scotch, and like William MacLure he proved that "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
Dr. Robertson died in 1868 in the triumph of his faith in Christ. Two years later his devoted wife joined him in the Heavenly Home. They sleep together in the family lot in Grove Hill cemetery, Han- overton, Ohio. Only two of the family are living at this date: Mrs. Seymour and Mrs. Brown, both of Philadelphia, Pa.
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GEORGE VOGLESONG'S OLD HOME
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REV. GEORGE VOGLESONG.
MRS. REV. GEORGE VOGLESONG
REV. GEORGE VOGLESONG.
Rev. George Voglesong, one of the landmarks in the early Metho- dism of Ohio, was a resident of Hanover for nearly half a century, being known in his time by nearly every man, woman and child throughout the community for miles around.
He was born January 3, 1818, at Oxford, Adams county, Pa., and removed with his widowed mother and her family of eleven children to Columbiana, Ohio, in 1838. In 1844 he was licensed to preach and in 1856 was ordained an elder by Bishop J. R. Ames at Salem, O.
Rev. Voglesong became useful in the church and active in its every department, especially in that of revival and camp meeting work, for which he became well known and popular throughout eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
Rev. Voglesong was married in 1840 to Mrs. Ann S. Kuntz, who proved a faithful companion and helpmeet through fifty-seven years of married and ministerial life. Mrs. Voglesong's parents were Mr. and Mrs. William Hillerman, Puritan Quakers, who moved from Philadelphia, Pa., to New Lisbon, when she was quite young. Here her marriage with Rev. Voglesong took place.
After marriage the family home was taken up at Hanover and here they lived until 1889, when they moved to Elyria.
In May, 1890, Rev. and Mrs. Voglesong celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at Elyria, on which occasion were present all of their seven children, there having never occurred a death in the family to that date.
The decease of Mrs. Voglesong in April, 1897, was the first break in the family circle, this followed two years later by the death of Mrs. Mary Lawrence, a daughter, at Chanute, Kan. Rev. Vogle- song died in 1901, and was the third of the family to fall before the reaper, Death, his age being nearly eighty-four years. Mrs. Vogle- song at the time of her death was also nearly eighty-four years old. Both the parents and deceased daughter are buried at Elyria.
Of the family yet living (1908) are two sons and four daughters, these being C. E. and J. W. Voglesong, and the Mesdames Georgia L. Cauffman and Sarah E. Jackman, of Elyria; Mrs. Emma H. White, deceased, St. Louis, Mo., and Miss Ellen F. Vogelsong, Philadel- phia, Pa.
Rev. Voglesong was an honored member of the Masonic fra- ternity, and knowing the ritual by heart, was depended upon by his lodge to officiate at the funerals of the order, as well as at other
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public ceremonies. He was also a member of the I. O. O. F., having attained rank of a past grand.
Mrs. Voglesong, as was her husband, was also a pioneer in Methodism, always active in the good word and work of the church, her zeal knowing no bounds and her influence for good among those of her acquaintance being most wonderful.
DANIEL VOGLESONG.
Daniel Voglesong, born Oxford, Pa., November 19, 1808. Died, Hanover, O., February 25, 1859.
Catharine Christ, his wife, born Abbottstown, Pa., October 13, 1813. Died, Hanover, October 1, 1889.
Married June 30, 1830, practically all of their wedded lives passed in Hanover.
Mr. Voglesong was an ardent temperance advocate and foremost in anti-slavery movement, his home a noted station of the "Underground Railway." Mrs. Voglesong was known as the Good Samaritan of Hanover, in sickness and trial of neighbor or friend, always there to comfort, help and cheer. Each Christian's tide as long as life re- mained, each child of Hanover was remembered.
Her sister, Susan Crist, came to Hanover with their widowed mother, Elizabeth Crist, when she was ten years of age. In 1841 she was married to Matthias Johnson. To this union was born two sons and two daughters. Lizzie Johnson was united in marriage to Macajah Woolman and Addie to Slyvester Armstrong, both now living near Beloit. Her sons, David and Charles, are both deceased. She died March 26, 1908, in her eighty-fourth year.
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DANIEL AND CATHERINE VOGLESONG
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HOME OF DANIEL VOGLESONG
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PLYMOUTH STREET
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PROF. ISRAEL P. HOLE
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MARY MILLER HOLE
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MR. WILLIAM GORE.
Mr. William Gore was born January 1, 1812, and married Anna Keith, October 10, 1833. She was born in Hanover, July 11, 1817, in a log house on Sloan's corner. To this union were born eight child- ren-Henderson, Frank, Emeline, Caroline, John, Pheba, Charley and Agnes. Mr. Gore was one of the first school teachers in Hanover. He died January 11, 1861. Mrs. Gore then married William Johnson.
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PROF. WILLIAM AND ANN GORE
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EBENEEZER HUDSON McCALL.
The subject of this sketch was born February 26, 1841, at Inde- pendence, Washington county, Pennsylvania. He taught the grammar department in the Hanover schools for several years. In January, 1864, he enlisted in Co. C, 80th O. V. I .. and served beyond the close of the war. Entered the service as private; later was appointed ser- geant and closed his service as adjutant of the regiment. Served in the Atlanta campaign, taking part in the engagement at Fort McAl- lister, Salkie Hatchie; also the capture of Columbia, the battle of Bentonville, N. C., and the surrender of Johnson. Later the regiment was sent down into Arkansas, and from Little Rock, in August, 1865, they were sent north for final discharge.
He was married September 2, 1868, to Miss Emily M. Hull, daugh- ter of George Hull of Oneida. Their children are pleasant, capable, honorable-three daughters and two sons. He is a member of the G. A. R. and of the Loyal Legion.
Mr. McCall is a good conversationalist, is quite a reader, has trav- eled much and remembers well. Their home is one of unusual hos- pitality, and the family life is beautiful. Reside in Oneida.
H. C. BRECKENRIDGE.
H. C. Breckenridge came to Hanover in the fall of 1854, and was engaged to teach school the ensuing winter, the term beginning about November 1 and ending middle of the following June, receiving for his salary the princely sum of $38 per month. He taught two years, the first year in the old Presbyterian church on hill, the second in school house that was burned.
Mr. Breckenridge says the two years spent in Hanover were about the most pleasant of his life, and that he always looks back to the time with pleasure. Numerous of his pupils have made suc- cess in life.
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EBENEZER HUDSON McCALL
PROF. J. C. BRECKINRIDGE
PROF. A. M. STEVENSON
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JESSE SINCLAIR
MRS. JESSE SINCLAIR
JESSE AND EMILY SINCLAIR.
Jesse and Emily Sinclair were married September 7th, 1826. Of their union were born five children-Edward, Mardica M., Mary E. Sinclair Brown and Rhoda A. Sinclair Gamble.
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DAVID ARTER.
David Arter, son of John and Catherine Arter, was born in Em- metstown, Maryland, March 10, 1803, and came to Lisbon with his parents in 1805. Five years afterward the father died and left his wife and six children with small provision for their support. There were no public schools then, and educational advantages were very limited. He served an apprenticeship of five years at the cabinet making trade, and then started for Detroit, which was then the far west. There he spent four years working at his trade, returning each year to visit his widowed mother, walking to and from Cleve- land, then a small village. At the earnest solicitation of his mother, to have him near her, he left Detroit and settled in Hanover, then supposed to be a promising town. He entered the dry goods business, and by his energy and industry succeeded in establishing a pros- perous business.
In 1832 he married Charlotte, daughter of Judge Laffer, of Sandy. ville. This was a very fortunate marriage, and for more than fifty years they lived happily together in the home they built during the first year of their married life. His wife was a member of the church, and in 1838 he also united. Their house was a preachers' home, and they were zealous supporters of the Methodist church in all its departments.
Charlotte Laffer Arter was born January 1, 1811. She was the daughter of Judge Henry Laffer, of Sandyville. Of strong Christian character, a devoted wife and mother.
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DAVID ARTER.
CHARLOTTE LAFFER ARTER
HENRY AND ELIZABETH McCANN.
Henry and Elizabeth McCann, numbered with the oldest settlers in Hanover. Mr. McCann was a carpenter by trade. They had ten children-Alphuer, Angeline, now Mrs. Hill; Thomas, Jason, Chat, now Mrs. Crum; George, Frank, Cora, Laura, now Mrs. Walter Well- men and Wililam.
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HENRY McCANN
MRS. HENRY McCANN
WILLIAM LOCKARD.
William Lockard was born in Lisburn, Ireland, in 1810. He came to America with his father in 1816, and a year later located in what is now Hanover,and which has ever since been the family home. The present residence, now occupied by Mrs. Laura Ramsey, a grand- daughter, stands on the same spot where the first rude hut was erected more than ninety years ago.
Mrs. Lockard was married in 1833 to Sarah, daughter of John and Ann Maloy McBride, who was born April 13, 1813. Twelve children were the product of this union. Mr. Lockard died May 15, 1899, and that time there were living five sons, three daughters, thirty- five grandchildren, and sixteen great-grandchildren.
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WILLIAM LOCKARD
MRS. WILLIAM LOCKARD
LOCKARD'S OLD HOME
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LOUIE LOCKARD VINCENT
MRS. GEORGE W. VINCENT.
Louisa Lockard Vincent, youngest daughter of Sarah and William Lockard, was born in Hanover, Ohio, in the year 1845, and died April 12, 1905. Louisa Lockard was married to George Vincent, they spending most of their married life in Alliance. After Mr. Vincent's death, Mrs. Vincent returned to her parent's home in Hanoverton. There she resided at the time of her death. Mrs. W. S. Ramsey, of Hanoverton, Lorenzo Vincent, of Cleveland, and Mrs. George Hanford and Georgia Vincent, of Alliance, are her children.
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LUCIEN L. SHOEMAKER.
Lucien L. Shoemaker was born at Richmond, Virginia, March 16, 1816. His parents were of Quaker descent. They emigrated to Ohio in 1829, and settled a short distance north of Newgarden, and after days of hard labor cleared a small place in the dense forest and erected a small log house, which is still standing at the present time, and is used as a corn crib.
September 6th, 1838, Mr. Shoemaker married Amanda Hesser at Augusta, Carroll county, Ohio. They made their wedding journey on horse back. To the union were born two children-Mrs. A. J. Henry of Salem, Ohio, and Mrs. Sarah Wirt, of Indianapolis, Ind.
After moving to Hanover, where they lived a number of years, Mr. Shoemaker organized a band, which kept together for eighteen years, and was rated as one of the best bands of today. Mr. Shoe- maker died a few years ago, but Mrs. Shoemaker, at the age of eighty- eight, is still living at the home of her daughter in Salem.
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LUCIEN SHOEMAKER
MRS. LUCIEN SHOEMAKER
THOMAS BAXTER.
Thomas Baxter came to Hanover from Pittsburg in 1843, being induced to do so by his friend, Charles Atwell. He commenced the tin and stove business in the building with the large porch in front, opposite Icke's Hotel, (building afterwards owned by McCrea as a cabinet shop). Later he built the house now owned by Taylor Tem- ple. When he arrived in Hanover the canal was being built, and it was quite a prosperous town.
Mr. Baxter moved to Salem in 1859, disposing of his business to Vineca & Pritchard.
He was at different times a member of the school board and of the town council, and took an active part in the town affairs. Was one of the building committee when the school house on the hill was built. He died in Mansfield, Ohio, 1893, at the age of eighty-four years. His wife died six months later in the same year. To them were born eight sons-three of them have since died. The others, with one exception, live in Mansfield, Mr. Emett Baxter living in Cleveland, Ohio.
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MR. AND MRS. THOMAS BAXTER
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CAPT. A. R. ARTER.
A. R. Arter was the third son of Michael Arter, Hanover pioneer, and early in life learned the trade of a tanner, taking charge of his father's tannery. Married Mary, daughter of Elimalech Swearingen, in 1845. Assisted in organizing 18th Ohio Battallion in 1863, and was commissioned a captain by Governor Todd. At call of Gov. Brough, May 1864, this battallion reported at Columbus, and with part of 69th battallion organized and formed the 143rd Ohio regiment, and was mustered into service May 13, and dispatched to Washington city, where it was assigned to Gen. Hawkins' division, 22d army corps, Capt. Arter being assigned full command of Fort Slocum, an import- ant army point. Later his command was assigned to the 10th army corps, and placed in entrenchments around Richmond and Peters- burg, where it remained in active duty until relieved and was mus- tered out of service. Of his marriage union seven children, six sons and one daughter were born. One son, Leonard, born 1846, was also a soldier in the Civil war, he dying in 1870.
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A. R. ARTER
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T. J. ARTER.
T. J. Arter was born in Hanover, July, 1831, where he resided until his death, December 30, 1906. On July 7, 1849, he was married to Sarah Charity Whitacre, who was born in Minerva, Stark County, April 4, 1831. To them were born six children, Mrs. D. M. Marsh, Mrs. E. C. Norris, Mrs. C. H. Newman, O. W., J. C. and J. J. Arter.
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T. J. ARTER*
MRS. T. J. ARTER
EDWIN DUTTON
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MRS. EDWIN DUTTON
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DR. JOHN J. YATES.
Dr. John J. Yates was son of George and Elizabeth Burns Yates, born at Tarrytown, Pa., January 18, 1813. Married Eliza Jane Alex- ander at Lisbon, March 26, 1835, taking up residence in Hanover. Studied medicine with Drs. James Robertson and Abel Cary, and began practice at Minerva. Returned to Hanover 1843. His wife died in 1844, and in 1850 he wedded again, his second wife being Mar- garet, daughter of Hugh King, of Franklin Township. Six children, four daughters by the first and two sons by latter marriage, were born of the unions. The second wife died in Hanover, February 11, 1896. Dr. Yates' death occurred at the home of his son, John Newton Yates, at Salem, July 31, 1902.
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