History of Knox County, Ohio, its past and present, Part 120

Author: Hill, N. N. (Norman Newell), comp; Graham, A. A. (Albert Adams), 1848-; Graham, A.A. & Co., Mt. Vernon, Ohio
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Mt. Vernon, Ohio : A. A. Graham & Co.
Number of Pages: 1096

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CHALFANT, JAMES, Wayne township, retired farmer, post office, Mt. Vernon, born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in 1827, and was married in 1849 to Margaret Statler, who was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania. They came to Knox county in 1856. They have the following children: John S., born January 22, 1851; Charles A., January 5, 1853; William B., July 10, 1858; Ellen, November 3, 1860; Walter I., May 18, 1864; Emery W., September 21, 1866; Joseph G., April 5, 1875, and Mary B., July 24, 1855, who died November 11, 1862.

CHANNELL, HENRY, Miller township, farmer, post office, Homer, was born in Randolph county, Virginia, Janu- ary 22, 1824. The Channell family, of which he is a descend- ant, emigrated from Ireland to South Carolina, but at what date is not known. The parents died in South Carolina. They left four sons, viz: Aaron, John, Joseph, and Jerry. Aaron went to sea as a sailor and was never heard of afterward by the family.

The three brothers came to Randolph county, Virginia, and subsequently John and Joseph, with their families, came to Ohio and settled in Licking county, being among the first set- tlers. Jerry remained in Virginia. His descendants are now quite numerous in that State.

Joseph, grandfather of the subject of this notice, married Judith Hodge, a native of Scotland. They had a family of six- teen children, twelve of whom reached maturity. The de- scendants of these children are now numerous and are scat- tered throughout the West.

Isom, the father of the subject of this notice, was one of the sixteen children. He enlisted three times in the War of 1812. His first and second terms of service were of short duration. He served seven months in the last enlistment. He went to Virginia and there married Eve Harper, and in 1829 returned to Ohio and settled in Burlingham township, where he died in 1845. His wife survived him until March, 1877. She died with her children in Missouri. They had nine children, five of whom are living.

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Mr. Channell spent his youth on a farm in Licking county. In 1858 he came to Miller township, where he has since residcd, being among the most influential and esteemed citizens. In 1843 he married Miss Jane Crusen, a native of Licking county, Ohio. They had five children, three of whom died young. The living are Aaron and Hattie, the wife of Greenbury Sher- man.

CHANCEY, JAMES B., Fredericktown, was born in New York in 1834, was brought to Ohio when three years old, and was married to Martha A. Brown, who was born in this county in 1837. They have six children, viz: Cora B., born February 23, 1859; Mary D., November 10, 1861; Joseph H., November 8, 1863; Ellen R., December 10, 1865: Carrie B., November 13, 1867, and Adda F., December 28, 1869. Mr. Chancey is a painter by trade, and has been engaged in that business for twenty years.

James B. Chancey was a soldier in the late war, and a mem- ber of company H, One Hundred and Forty-second regiment Ohio national guard. IIe served out the time of his enlistment, and received an honorable discharge. Mrs. J. B. Chancey's father, Samuel Brown, deceased, was born in Virginia in 1798, and was married to Nancy Carter, who was born in Virginia in 1800.

They came to Ohio in 1831, and located in Berlin township. They had the following children, viz: Mary E., boin in 1829; James, in 1831; Daniel, in 1833; Jefferson, deceased; Martha, born in 1837; Joseph, in 1838; George, in 1842, and Susan, in 1845.

Samuel Brown died in 1847, in Berlin township. He was a farmer by occupation, and a worthy member of the Protestant Episcopal church, and an honored citizen. Mrs. Nancy Brown is now residing with her son, James H. Brown, in Michigan.

CHANDLER, HENRY, deceased, Clay township, was born in Essex county, New Jersey, January 9, 1806. He was mar- ricd at an early agc. His wife, Susan C. Chandler, was born September 18, 1799. Their children were Sarah E., born De- cember 9, 1830; Mary B., January, 9, 1832; Elmira V., May 27, 1833; Henry M., October 21, 1834; William H., May 25, 1836; Maria F., June 26, 1838; Henrietta W., November 9, 1839; David J., May 30, 1841; John W., May 13, 1843. All are liv- ing except Mary B., Henry M., Maria F., and John W.

CHANDLER, DAVID J., shoemaker, was born in Clay township, August 30, 1841, was married December 5. 1865, to Margaret Finncy. They have five children. viz: Susan M., Charles H., Edward F., William M., and James B. He was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, being a private in company C, Fifty-first Ohio volunteer infantry, and the only Knox county man in the regiment.

CHAPIN. L. H., mechanic, Howard township, post office, Howard. He was born in Union township, August 19, 1844. His mother died in 1854, and at this time he went to B. Sim- mons' in Coshocton county, and farmed there four years. He then returned to Millwood and remained there two years. In 1861 he enlisted under Captain Walker in the Forty-third Ohio volunteer infantry. He was in the battle of Corinth in 1862. and at Iuka, Mississippi. They made a charge, called the end- ways charge, on the rebels where a portion of the troops crossed the river on pontoons.

Ile served his time and received an honorable discharge. In 1869 he was married to Sarah Baker and lived at Spring Moun

tain a year, then removed to Union township, remained there four years, and then came to Howard. They have five children, Fenton, Elmer, Oliver, Salona, and James.

CHAPMAN, JUDGE STEPHEN, Mt. Vernon, deceased. Among the early settlers of this county, was Stephen Chapman, who in after years became a man of note, and was honored and trusted by his fellow citizens. He was born in Saybrook, Con- necticut, on the twenty-fourth of April, 1783. His parents came to Ohio and located at Marietta in 1794, when Stephen was only eleven years of age. Grandfather Chapman was an old and intimate friend of General Rufus Putnam, who induced him to take that step. He was to erect a block-house at Mari- etta, and was to keep within it nine soldiers for the protection of the settlers in the neighborhood, for which the Government was to reward him by two large tracts of land lying within what is now Washington county. Mr. Chapman complied with the wishes of the general in every respect. For the sol- diers he substituted his own sons, nine in number, Stephen making one. The Government compensated him with two tracts of land situated one on Duck and one on Bear creek. In 1806 Mr. Chapman, the subject of this sketch, came to and settled in Mt. Vernon, and opened what was then called a "trading station," keeping a little of everything that could be bartered for a little money, deer skins and furs. The currency at that time was "mixed." He was a friend of the red man, and considerable trading was carried on with them. This sta- tion was continued for some time.

December 25, 1808, he married Mary Walker, a sister of Mr. Joseph Walker, one of the proprietors of Mt. Vernon. In 1811 he purchased and moved on the farm on Dry creek, where he resided up to the time of his death, making a continued resi- dence of fifty-eight years. During a part of the War of 1812 he was engaged in collecting and wagoning provisions for the sustenance of the soldiers stationed at Milan and Sandusky.

In 1813 the people of the county became alarmed at rumored Indian raids, and several block-houses were erected in the county. Mr. Chapman aided his neighbors to erect one on Dry creek, on the Hardesty farm, better known in latter days as the Carey farm, to which his family was removed, where they remained a short time for safety and protection.

Judge Chapman was a man of more than ordinary ability and sound judgment, and was honered and respected by his neigli- - bors and acquaintances throughout the county. In 1817 he was elected a justice of the peace for his township, as his com- mission, signed by Governor Temas Worthington, and dated February 15, 1817, shows. A vacancy occurring on the asso- ciate judges bench of the county, Governor Ethan Allen Brown appointed him to fill that vacancy, and on the thirtieth of Oc- tober, 1819, signed his commission as associate judge. During the session of the legislature in the winter of 1819-20, he was elected associate judge for a full term, Governor Brown signing his commission on the twenty-sixth of February, 1820. These three old commissions are in a good state of preservation, and are kept as relics of the past by the family. Although by no means a robust man, yet he was a person of strong nerves and athletic, and enjoyed the best of health. He died full of honor and full of years, October 4. 150g, in the cighty-seventh year of his age.

CHAPMAN. DAVID, Milford township, farmer and car- peuter; was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, in 1822. His father's name was Martin was a native of New York , his

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mother (Henrietta Wright) was a native of Connecticut, both being of English descent. They were married in Ashtabula county, Ohio, and remained there six or eight years. They went to Upper Canada, remained about eight years and then returned to Ashtabula county, and thereafter succesively lived in Holmes, Tuscarawas, and Coshocton counties, both parents dying in the latter county. They had a family of twelve chil- dren, six yet living. The subject of this notice is the third child. When about nineteen years of age he went to the car- penter trade, and followed it until 1877. In 1844 he married Miss Margaret King, a native of Pennsylvania. At the time of his marriage he was poor, and, as he says, "his wife no better off." He had also to support his parents principally from the time of his marriage until their deaths. Thus he had to strug- gle against adverse circumstances. In 1858 he moved to Miller township, and resided there until 1868, when he pur- chased the farm of one hundred and forty-six acres in Milford township on which he now resides. He went in debt on this farm four thousand five hundred dollars, but by industry and good management he has paid this amount. Mr. Chapman is a hard working man, a good citizen and neighbor.

By his marriage they had seven children, six of whom are iving, viz .: Alonzo, a carpenter by trade, who enlisted in com- pany C, Forty-third regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, February, 1864, and was with Sherman from Chattanooga to Savannah, participating in all the conflicts in which his company was en- gaged until their discharge; William B., was a member of the same company, enlisting at the same time, and was also with the company and regiment until its discharge; Julia, married Benjamin Hunter; Jane, married Robert McCune; Mina, and Belle, live at home; Malissa died young.

CHASE, PHILANDER, D.D., deceased. Rev. Philander Chase, D.D., first bishop of the diocese of Ohio, was for a num- ber of years one of the most prominent men of Knox county, He was born in Cornish, New Hampshire, December 14, 1775- He was descended from Aquila Chase, who came from Corn- wall, England, in 1640, and settled at Newbury. His grandson, Dudley, father of the bishop, settled on the Connecticut river and founded the town of Cornish, New Hampshire, where the bishop was born. His parents were plain, pious people, living on a farm, devoted members of the Congregational church, and young Philander adopted their religious views early in life. Philander intended to chose his father's vocation, but the course of events, says his biographer in the "American Cyclopedia," seemed plainly to indicate that a different career was before him. A severe injury to one of his limbs confined him for a long time to the house, and after much reflection upon his position and prospects, he resolved to prepare himself for college and the ministry of the gospel. He entered Dartmouth college in 1791, and was graduated in 1795. At the time of his graduation Phi- lander Chase was a Congregationalist, but having met with a prayer book of the Episcopal church, he examined and studied it with great care, and was led to the conviction that he ought to enter the ministry of that church, Leaving his home in New Hampshire, he set out for Albany, New York, where he was kindly received by the resident Episcopal minister; and after a course of study in theology, he was ordained in St. George's church, New York, in May, 1798. For several years he devoted himself, amid many privations, to missionary labors in western New York.

Rev. Philander Chase, in 1805, with wife and children, re-

moved to New Orleans, where, for six years, he was zealously engaged in organizing the Protestant Episcopal church, in which he was successful. In 1811 he returned to the north, and for six years was rector of Christ church, in Hartford, Connecticut. Deeply interested in the religious condition and prospects of the great west, and being full of missionary zeal and enterprise, he, in 1817, went to Ohio, and set about planting and enlarging the Episcopal church in that then young and rapidly growing State.

After a year's labor in Ohio a diocese was formed embracing the entire State, and he was elected its bishop, and was conse- crated in St. James' church, Philadelphia, February 11, 1819. Amid many and peculiarly severe trials, says his biographer, Bishop Chase persevered in his work. He established a clas- sical school at Worthington soon after coming to Ohio, and conducted it personally until 1822, when he moved to Cincin- nati to take charge of the college then recently established there, and remained about two years, serving as president of said in- stitution.

It soon became evident to Bishop Chase that in order to the successful and permanent establishment of the Protestant Epis- copal church in Ohio, and in the west, measures must be taken promptly to educate men on the ground for the service of the ministry. Accordingly, with the approbation of the Protestant Episcopal convention of Ohio, although opposed by many Epis- copalians in the older States, he resolved to visit England and solicit donations toward founding a college and theological sem- inary in Ohio. He embarked in October, 1823, arrived safely in England, and, although he at first met with opposition, soon overcame it, and was unusually successful, collecting about thirty thousand dollars for his object. After his return in 1824, the Bishop purchased eight thousand acres of land situated in Knox county, took the initial steps to establish the projected college and seminary upon it, and perpetuated the names of the two generous Englishmen (Kenyon and Gambier), whose mu- nificent donations so largely aided the bishop in his grand en- terprise, by giving the name of the former to the college, and that of the latter to the site of the seminary and college, and which also became the name of the prospective village estab- lished there.

For a time, says the authority heretofore quoted, everything went on prosperously; but difficulties and disputes having risen between the bishop and some of the clergy about the disposal of the funds received from England, and other matters connected with his administration of the college and the diocese, he re- signed his jurisdiction in September, 1831, and the general con- vention the next year gave their assent to this step, and Bishop McIlvaine became his successor.

Bishop Chase, now removed to Michigan, seemingly intent upon the life of a pioneer missionary bishop. There he re- mained until 1835, when he was elected bishop of the recently formed diocese of Illinois. Again he visited England in be- half of Christian education in the west, and collected about ten thousand dollars towards purchasing land and founding a col- lege. Jubilee college, at Robin's Nest, Peoria county, Illinois, owes its foundation, in 1838, to this second effort, and here the venerable prelate spent the remainder of his life. The first com- mencement of Jubilee college took place in July, 1847, and its subsequent career has evinced the perspicacity of Bishop Chase in providing for the future needs of the Episcopal church in the west.

Bishop Chase was an exceedingly active and laborious man, and, though not very learned, had great diplomatic talents, and

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intuitive knowledge of human nature, great shrewdness, and ac- complished an amount of good ten fold greater than many in- comparably his superiors in scholastic knowledge. Keenly sagacious in reading character, quick to avail himself of oppor- tunities, full of zeal and determination, unwearied in laboring for the cause of religion and the interests of the Protestant Epis- copal church, Bishop Chase left his impress upon the western country, and deserves honorable mention as the pioneer bishop. He published in two volumes "Reminiscences of his life and la- bors," " Plea for the West," "Defense of Kenyon College," and other works.

Bishop Chase was one of fourteen children, eight sons and six daughters. Dudley Chase, one of his brothers, was long a member and sometimes speaker of the legislature of Vermont; also chief justice of that State, and United States Senator. Another of his brothers was the father of the late Salmon P. Chase. Four of the brothers were graduates of Dartmouth college.

Bishop Chase's first wife was Miss Fay of Bethel, Vermont, who became the mother of two sons (George and Philander) both dead. The latter married a daughter of Hon. Bazaleel Wells, of Steubenville, Ohio, and died young, of consumption. Mrs. Chase died at Worthington, Ohio, in 1818.

Bishop Chase married his second wife, Miss Sophia May In- graham, of Kingston, New York, at Zanesville, July 19, 1819, Rev. Dr. Morse officiating. Four children were born to them, viz: Dudley, a clergyman of Philadelphia; Henry, in business in Chicago; Philander, deceased, and Mary, wife of Rev. J. S. Chamberlain.

A severe injury, caused by being thrown from his carriage, hastened the aged bishop's decease, and a few days, after he sank quietly to rest. His death occurred at Jubilee college, in Peoria county, Illinois, September 20, 1852, in the seventy-sev- enth year of his age.

CHAUNCEY, CORYDON, Fredericktown, barber, was born in Berlin township, Knox county, in 1837. He was married in 1865 to Mary Roberts, who was born in Mt. Vernon in 1838. They have three sons, viz .: Frederick E., born in 1866; Charles N., born in 1870; Burr Roberts, born in 1874. Mr. Chauncey is the leading barber of Fredericktown. He keeps everything very neat, and is a type of the perfect gentleman.

CHRISMAN, HARVEY, Milford township, farmer and far- rier, was born in Rockingham county, Virginia, February 24, 1828. His father, Benoni Chrisman, came to Knox county with his family, in 1837. He located in Milford township, where he had previously purchased a quarter section of land, and remained there until 1879, when he went to reside in Homer, Ohio. He married Annie Kratzer in Virginia, who died in 1879. Mr. Chrisman died in the winter of 1880. They had ten children. Those living are are Harvey, Joseph, Burtley, George, Reuben, Catharine (wife of Lemuel Buxton), and Sarah. The deceased are Benoni, Martha, and Susan. The subject of this notice was the oldest son, and it therefore devolved upon him to assist his father to clear up the farm, and in consequence his educational advan- tages were limited; but he acquired sufficient to enable him to transact business. He remained at home until he was about twenty-three years of age. Mr. Chrisman began life with but little aid. He determined to obtain for himself and family a home. About 1851 he came to his present home, and has suc- ceeded in obtaining two hundred and fifty acres of good land, and is one of the leading farmers of Milford township. His

farm is under good cultivation. He was married twice. His first wife was Miss C. Hall. His second wife was Miss Sarah E. Jaggers, daughter of Silas Jaggers. They have eleven chil- dren, and as they get married he assists each one by giving him one thousand dollars. Their names are Ellen A. (wife of N. J. Coe), Flora P. (wife of Marcus Riley), Josephine, Oscar Caroline, Emma, Elizabeth, Martha, Frank, Edith, and Mary'

CLARK, ABEL, deceased, Jefferson township, born in Green county, Pennsylvania, November 18, 1792, where he lived until he arrived at the age of eighteen years, when, in company with his brother, came to Ohio, locating in Carroll county about 1810. During the time he remained there, he married Mary E. Burtnett, which event occured in 1815, who was born in Green county Pennsylvania, July 21. 1792. In 1822 he moved with his family to Knox county, locating in Harrison township, where he remained until 1836, when he moved to Jefferson town- ship and there entered a farm of one hundred acres, upon which he erected a hewed log house. He carried on farming for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Clark became the parents of nine chil- dren, four of whom died in infancy. The other five children were: Michael Clark, born June 17, 1818, killed at Fort Donel- son; Priscilla, born December 3, 1821, died August 24, 1880; Josiah, June 14, 1823, died in 1868; Nancy, January 2, 1825; Amos, January 31, 1834, all of whom have died except Nancy and Amos. Mrs. Abel Clark died August 27, 1851, aged fifty- nine years. He married again in 1853, and his second wife died in 1872. Mr. Clark became the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land in Jefferson township and died in January, 1870, in the seventy-eighth year of his age.

CLARK, AMOS, Jefferson township; farmer and stock- raiser; son of Abel and Mary E. Clark, was born in Harrison township, Knox county, January 31, 1834. In 1836 his father moved to Jefferson township, locating on Military Land lot No. 2, four miles east of Jelloway, where the subject of this sketch was reared and received a common school education. He remained with his father, farming until 1858, when he bought sixty acres of the home place, and continued to farm the balance of his father's farm in connection with his own. This he continued until 1860, and then purchased the balance of the home farm, making in all one hundred and sixty acres. In 1866 he bought one hundred and nine acres of land in Jefferson township, adjoining Ashland county, for the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, which he owned for three years, and then sold it to Conrad Snider for the suni of twenty-four hun- dred dollars.

October 5, 1856, he married Sarah C. Heyet, a daughter of Jacob H. and Mary E. Heyet, born in Ashland county, December 3, 1839. After his marriage he located on the old farm, which he had purchased of his father, where he remained until 1871, and then moved on a farm of one hundred and forty acres adjoining him, on the southwest, which he purchased in the same year, where he at present resides. May 13, 1864, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-second Ohio volunteer infantry, in company F, under Captain Cummings, and served until the second day of September of the same year, when he was honorably discharged and mustered out at Columbus, Ohio. He then returned home, where he remained until the twelfth day of October of the same year, when he enlisted in the Ninth Ohio cavalry under the command of Killpatrick, where he served until June 7, 1865, when he was honorably discharged and mustered out of service at the United States hospital near

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Columbus, Ohio. He then returned home, and procecded to business as usual. Mr. Clark is at present engaged in the insurance business in connection with farming, being a stock- holder in the Jelloway Insurance company, and president of the same. Mr. and Mrs. Clark are the parents of six children, viz: Mary E., born September 30, 1857, married J. W. Rice September, 1877, and resides one mile west of Greersville; Jesse E., September 12, 1859, and died August 31, 1864; Emma F., June 10, 1862, and died September 6, 1864; William W., Au- gust 16, 1866, and died September 26, 1867; Henry W., Au- gust 16, 1868; John B., February 21, 1870. Only three chil- dren are living,

Mr. and Mrs. Clark are members of Wesley chapel of Jeffer- son township.

CLARK, T. L., Mount Vernon, a native of Stuben now Yates county, New York, where he received his education in the district schools, was born June 11, 1811, and when fourteen years old engaged with his brother to learn the millwright trade with whom he served seven years, after which he served four years as a mechinist, and was one of the partners of the firm under the firm name of Clark & Huston, manufacturers of engines and mill machinery, in which he continued until 1836. After this he engaged at the millwright business, which he followed until 1841. He then came to Mt. Vernon where he engaged with the firm of C. & E. Cooper as draftsman and machinist. He remained in this capacity until 1848 when he became a partner under the firm name of Coopers & Clark, in which he remained until 1858, when he took charge of the Koko- sing Iron Works for C. P. Buckingham for one year, when he went to Detroit and engaged in building grain elevators for Dr. Clark and continued with him until the summer of 1864, when he returned to Mt. Vernon and took charge of the mechanical de- partment of Coopers' establishment in which he remained until 1868. He then went to Kansas City to superintend the State Line machine shops, but not finding things as he expected and as was represented, he returned after a stay of three months. He then engaged with H. & F. Blandy, of Zanesville, as superintendent of their works in Newark where he remained until the spring of 1876, when he leased the Kokosing Iron Works and conducted them two years, since which he has operated in patent grain shovels for unloading cars of bulk grain in elevators. This in- vention relates to machinery for unloading grain in bulk from cars, and consists of a shaft which extends parallel with the line of cars to be unloaded, and is automatically reversed in its revo- lutions and to which scoops are attached by means of ropes for drawing the grain from the cars as the shaft revolves in one direction and allowing the scoops to be returned as it revolves in the opposite direction. This is a great labor-saving inven- tion, and does its work more expiditiously and successfully than any former invention.

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History of Knox County, Ohio, its past and present, Part 120

Author: Hill, N. N. (Norman Newell), comp; Graham, A. A. (Albert Adams), 1848-; Graham, A.A. & Co., Mt. Vernon, Ohio Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Mt. Vernon, Ohio : A. A. Graham & Co. Number of Pages: 1096

Author: Hill, N. N. (Norman Newell), comp; Graham, A. A. (Albert Adams), 1848-; Graham, A.A. & Co., Mt. Vernon, Ohio
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Mt. Vernon, Ohio : A. A. Graham & Co.
Number of Pages: 1096