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WRIGHT, MRS. PERMELIA, nce Riggle, Hilliar town- ship, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, August 19, 1829. She was married to Henry B. Wright, April 11, 1847. They remained in Pennsylvania some four years, and then came to Knox county, remaining two years, near Gambier, when they moved from Knox county to Morrow county, where they re- mained for some time, and then moved to the farm on which she now resides. Mr. Wright died September 13, 1878, and left Mrs. Wright with considerable indebtedness, but by judi- cious management she has succeeded in liquidating the claims, and thus saved to herself and family a home. She had a family of six children, viz: Jane, born July 6, 1849, died March 16, 1878; Anne Eliza, July 10, 1851; Ellen, May 25, 1856; Alexan- der H., September 5, 1861; James, July 12, 1864; May, August, 1866. Anne Eliza married John Mahan, and resides in Mor- row county, Ohio; Ellen is a successful teacher. The other children are at home.
WRIGHT, LYMAN D., Wayne township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, born February 27, 1836, was married October 5, 1859, to Ann E. Beers, who was born October 5, 1838. They have two children: V. Adele, born March 23, 1862, and Mary G., born May 19, 1872. Mr. Wright is a farmer, and has always been identified with this township.
The father of Mrs. Ann Wright, John Beer (deceased), was born May 26, 1807, in Sussex county, New Jersey, came to Ohio in 1810 with his parents, and was married to Maria Spurr, who was born January 5, 1811. They had the following chil- dren: Daniel, born December 3, 1829; Viola J., September 3. 1831; Amanda, July 18, 1833; Jacob S., March 31, 1835; and Anna E., October 5, 1838; Daniel died January 31, 1830; Ja- cob, born January 2, 1837; Viola, October 24, 186r.
Daniel Beers, deceased, father of John Beers, was born De- cember 29, 1783, in Sussex county, New Jersey, and was mar- ried to Elizabeth King, who was born September 29, 1781, they had the following children: Margaret, born February 4, 1806; Azulah, March 16, 1809; Ruth, February 16, 1811; John, May 26, 1807; James, September 24, 1815; Hiram, February 12, 1818; Elizabeth, October 27, 1819; Daniel, December 24, 1821;
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Hiram died October 6, 1800; Daniel, April 23, 1822; Viola J., October 24, 1861, and Jacob S , January 2, 1837.
WRIGHT, LEMUEL P., farmer, post office, Frederick- town, born in Wayne township, October 25, 1838, and was married July 2, 1868, to Marilla V. Helt, who was born in Mor- row county, October 1, 1849. They have three children: Carle- ton H., born March 25, 1871; Anna P., October 19, 1874; and Mattie Ruth, December 7, 1876.
Mr. Wright owns a weli improved farm with good buildings. He has been identified with this county from his infancy, and is one of its most active and intelligent men. His father, S. Wright, was born in Herkimer county, New York, July 30, 1811, and died October 31, 1878. He was married to Saman- tha J. Potter, who was born July 12, 1816. They had two chil- dren: Simon D., born February 27, 1836, and Lemuel P., October 25, 1838. Mrs. Samantha J. Wright is now living with her son.
WRIGHT, WILLIAM H., Liberty township, farmer, Bangs, Ohio, was born in Knox county, May 1, 1842, being the son of William and Mary Wright, nee Ransom. He was born in England in 1813, emigrated to the United States about 1837, and settled near Gambier, Ohio, where he yet resides. He married Mary Ransom, who settled in Knox county at the same time. They had twelve children, ten of whom are yet living. The parents yet reside near Gambier.
The subject of this notice was reared on a farm, and edu- cated at the common schools. He enlisted in company B, Ninety-sixth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, in 1862, and was mustered out with his regiment in 1865. He served as a wag- oner, but was in the battles of Arkansas Post, Grand Coteau. Vicksburgh, Spanish fort, at Mobile, and Yazoo Swamp. After his return home he engaged in farming, which is still his occu- pation.
He was married to Miss Sarah A. Freeman October 31, 1866; she is the daughter of Asa Freeman, and was born in Knox county, July 27, 1842. They had three children, viz: Alonzo T., born July 9, 1867; an infant; and Albert, born February 26, 1881.
WRIGHT, VANCE WELLINGTON, Milford township, farmer, was born in Burlington township, Licking county, April 8, 1845. He is the son of L. C. and Rebecca Wright, nce Vance; was reared on a farm, received a common school education, and has always followed farming as his occupation. He is a social gentleman, esteemed by the community a good farmer and an estimable citizen, in comfortable circuinstances. He was mar- ried to Miss Mary M. Beardsley in November, 1867, daughter of Platt G. Beardsley, an early settler of Milford township, and of whom particular mention is elsewhere made.
Mr. Wright came to Milford township in 1870. Charles L. and Lola are their only children.
WRIGHT, JOHN A., Pike township, merchant, post office, Democracy, born in this township in 1847, and was married in 1875 to Inez O'Bryan, who was born in Amity; this county, in 1852. They have one son, Charles E., born in 1878.
Mr. Wright has been connected with the mercantile business from a boy. In 1867 he became a member of the firm of D. P. Wright & Sons, and is now the principal man, conducting and transacting all the business. He has good business qualifica- tions, and keeps constantly on hand a complete stock of general merchandise adapted to his locality, and is having an extensive trade and a successful business.
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WYKER, & VINCENT, dealers in drugs, Fredericktown. They established themselves in the drug business in 1878, and keep in stock a complete line of drugs, medicines, books and stationary.
Dr. Vincent was born in England in 1845. He served an ap- prenticeship for seven years in the drug business in England. He came to America in 1867, engaged in the same business in Cleveland, Ohio, after which he went to Chicago, Illinois, and was engaged with one of the largest houses (drugs and prescriptions), and remained two years and a half, and then came to Mt. Ver- non, where he engaged in the same business and remained there till 1878, then came to Fredericktown, formed a copartnership with John Wyker, and they are doing business under the firm name of Wyker & Vincent. They occupy a large and spacious room on Main street.
They make a specialty of compounding medicines and pre- scription orders. All physicians would do well to give them a call.
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YAUGER, SAMUEL G., Hilliar township, farmer, was born in Morris county, New Jersey, May 1, 1838. He is the young- est son of Samuel H. and Elizabeth Yauger (nee Wolf), who emigrated to Ohio in the spring of 1839, and settled about six miles west of Mt. Vernon. They remained there about a year and then came to Hilliar township and settled on the farm now owned by Joseph Barker, where he lived until 1850, when he moved to Clinton township, where he died March, 1877, aged about eighty years. His aged wife still survives him at the age of eighty-four years.
The subject of this notice was married to Miss Mary A. Mc- Fadden, of Clinton township, April 27, 1862, and the following spring he nioved on the farm on which he now resides. He is a good farmer, social in his manners, and has the confidence and esteem of the community in which he resides. He takes an active interest in the affairs of the country.
He is blessed with a family of five children, two sons and three daughters.
YEISLEY, WILLIAM, Middlebury township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, born in Belleville in 1843, and was mar- ried in 1875 to Nancy Garber, who was born in Riehland county. They have three children --- Eddie, Milo, and an infant (de- ceased).
Mr. Yeisley was in the late war, being a member of the One Hundred and Second regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, and continued until the close of the war. He received an honorable discharge, and since that has been engaged in farming.
YOAKAM, JOHN, Liberty township, pioneer, was born in Randolph county, Virginia, in 1801. In the fall of 1810 his parents, Michael and Roselia Yoakam, came to this county, and remained over winter in Clinton township. In the spring of 1811 they moved to near where Mt. Liberty now stands, and where they lived and died. They had twelve children, ten of whom reached adult age-seven sons and three daughters, four of whom are yet living.
In 1823 the subject of this notice was married to Miss Ma- linda Shinaberry, a native of Pennsylvania. They had ten chil- dren-four daughters and six sons, three of whom are living: Ransom, George W. and Nathaniel A., all farmers, and live in Liberty township. His wife died in 1871. He is now spending
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the remainder of his life with his son Nathaniel A., on the farm on which he settled in 1833.
At the time his parents came, the following families lived in the township, viz: Joseph Higgins, who came in June, 1810; Alexander Dallas, Francis Hardesty, Francis Elliott, Peter Bricker, Francis Blankery, Thomas Fletcher and George Zinn.
Mr. Yoakam spends his time in reading. He has a clear intellect, and remembers recent occurrences distinctly as well as those of many years ago. He has been a hard worker and a farmer by occupation. At the time he came there many Indians still passed through this part of the county. He was a man of muscular strength. Politically, he was a strong Democrat.
Nathaniel A. Yoakam was born in Liberty township in 1843. He is the son of John Yoakam, was reared on a farm, and al- ways followed farming as his occupation. In 1863 he married Miss Rebecca Mckinstry. They had three children, two of whom are living: John and Charles (twins).
Mr. Yoakam is an excellent farmer, and a good citizen.
YOUNG, WILLIAM MITCHELL, jeweler, South Main street, between Vine and Gambier streets. Mr. Young is a native of this county. He was born about two miles west of Fredericktown May 31, 1830. When about ten years of age his parents removed to Mt. Vernon, and placed their son, Wil- liam, in the public schools, where he received a thorough educa- tion. His first business engagement was with Mr. C. H. Strie- by, in the jewelry business, with whom he remained about two years, and then engaged with Mr. Joshua Hyde, with whom he finished"his trade, after which he formed a partnership with his late instructor, and for twelve years the business was carried on under the firm name of Hyde & Young. At the expiration of this time (in 1868) he bought out his partner's interest. Since then he has conducted the business as sole proprietor. He car- ries at all times a full stock of fine gold and silver watches, clocks, jewelry of all grades, and solid and plated silverware. He also attends to watch, clock, and jewelry repairing in a style equal to the best establishments in the State, and on the shortest notice.
Duting his partnership with Mr. Hyde, Mr. Young enlisted in company A, Nineiy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, and was commissioned first lieutenant, and served with the regiment about eight months, when he resigned and came home, remain- ing about eighteen months. He then entered the service again and was commissioned major of the One Hundred and Forty- second regiment Ohio National guard, Colonel William Cooper commanding, in which he served the full time for which the regiment was called-one hundred days.
On the fourteenth day of October, 1852, Mr. Young was mar- ried to Miss R. W. Ward, of Mt. Vernon. Five children were born to them-three sons and two daughters.
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Mr. Young is one one of Mt. Vernon's most prominent busi- ness men, prompt in all his business engagements, and, in a social point of view, is highly esteemed for his many good qualities. His parents were of the old pioneer stock, who aided in rescuing the county from its wilderness condition.
YOUNG, MICHAEL, Pike township, farmer, post office, North Liberty, born in Stark county in 1842, and was married in 1866 to Mary Eley, who was born in this county in 1831. They have one son, William J., born in 1872.
Mr. Young is a strong advocate for the Democratic party, ' and was reared and educated in that faith.
YOUNG, JEFFERSON, Wayne township (deceased), born
in Holmes county, and was married in 1867, to Eliza Jane La- fever. They had the following children: Clarence Ray, born in 1869; Cora I., in 1871; and Clyde, in 1874.
Mr. Jefferson Young died October 23, 1879, in Middlebury township, Holmes county, Ohio.
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ZIMMERMAN, FREDERICK J., of Mt. Vernon, was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, on the twenty-fourth day of June, 1807, and died in Mt. Vernon. Early in the fall of 1816 his father and family removed to Mt. Vernon and settled in a . log house, then situated where the residence of Mrs. John Ir- vine now stands, in the second ward. His father, Mr. Gotleib Zimmerman, died in this city February 22, 1845. For many years old Mr. Zimmerman kept tavern where Mr. T. B. Mead's grocery store now is. This old tavern building was removed, and Mr. Montgomery Brown erected a large brick building on its site. No doubt many old citizens remember the "Zimmer- man tavern." Like others of the old gentleman's nationality, Mr. Zimmerman dearly loved his pipe or a good cigar. At that early day tobacco was a luxury not easily obtained; but the old gentleman was equal to the emergency, as his son Frederick vouched for, as he had made many a horseback trip to Lan- caster, an older settlement, to procure the weed his father loved so well. At the time the Zimmerman fainily came to Mt. Ver- non, 1816, there was only one brick house in the village. That one now forms a part of the pleasant family residence of Mr. Joseph M. Byers, corner of Gay and Vine streets. The brick house on the corner of Mulberry and Vine streets, now occu- pied by Mr. O'Connor, was at that time in the course of erec- tion, its walls having reached the second floor. That was the second brick house erected in Mt. Vernon.
Mr. F. J. Zimmerman was a saddler and harness-maker by profession. He was postmaster in this city for some five years, under the administrations of Pierce and Buchanan. Mr. Zim- merman in 1846 built the house on East Front street, and dwelt therein up to the time of his death. He was married July 7, 1835, to Miss. Sarah Colopy, of this city. Miss Colopy was born in Virginia. Her parents came to Ohio, and settled in Miller township, and afterwards removed to Mt. Vernon. Seven children were born unto Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman, six of whom are still living. 'Three reside in this city, one in Jackson, Mich- igan, one in Chicago, and one in Mt. Holly, this county.
ZOLMAN, JACOB, Middlebury township, deceased, born in Frederick county, Maryland, February 16, 1783, and was married July 20, 1806, to Elizabeth Kerbe, who was born in Frederick county, Maryland, November 5, 1782. They bad four children born to them in Maryland, viz: Mary, born July 22, 1807; Aryann, January 16, 1809, Ephraim, August 14, 18II; and Susannah, born Fol-ruary 4, 1814. They came to Ohio about 1815, where the following children were born, viz: John Zolman, born January 1, 1816; Jacob, October 3, 1818, and Philip, October 3, 1818; being twin brothers; David, Feb- ruary 3, 1820; Philip, July 11, 1822, Lewis, August 18, 1827; Elizabeth, April 8, 1831. The following have deceased: Philip died April 15, 1820; John, December 15, 1835; Jacob, June 14, 1860; Mrs. Elizabeth Zolman died January 20, 1863; Mary Ann Zolman died January 20, 1876, at the residence of her brother, Lewis Zolman.
ZOLMAN, LEWIS, Middlebury township, farmer, post
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office, Fredericktown, born in Knox county, August 18, 1827, and married to Abigail Curtis, who was born June 5, 1827. They had the following family: Lafayette, born October 12, 1850; Susan, June 3, 1852; Deborah, October 25, 1854; Jacob, October 23, 1856; Mary E., July 29, 1859; Lodema, July 19, 1861; Louisa, September 29, 1863. Susan, died December 28, 1863; Abigail Zolman died March 2, 1877, in this township and county. Deborah Zolman was married to Baskin Bailes, now of Morrow county, Ohio; Lafayette married Lavina Mowery. Mr. Zolman has been for years one of the energetic men of this township.
ZOLMAN, JAMES, Berlin township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, born in Berlin township in 1853; was married in 1877 to Mary Norris, who was born in Ashland county in 1857. They have one daughter, Sylvia Belle, born April 29, 1878. Mr. Zolman has always been identified with this town- ship and is an enterprising farmer. His father, Jacob Zolman,
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was born in Middlebury township, in 1818, and was married in 1838 to Mary Ann Heron, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1813. They had six children, viz: Rebecca, born in 1839; Ephraim, in 1841: Nancy Jane, in 1843; Samuel, in 1846; Jacob (deceased), in 1850, and James L., in 1853. Rebecca was married to David Richard, and they reside near Bangor; Ephraim resides in Morrow county.
Mr. Zolman worked on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad when it was graded and was superintendent of a working force. He was a soldier in the late war, being a member of the Sixth Michigan battery. In an engagement that took place about half a mile from Atlanta he was wounded in the right leg, and still carries the marks of the wound with him. He served nearly four years in the army and was honorably discharged in the State of Michigan. He was in forty-seven conflicts and engagements, his last battle being at the British Cross Roads, where he had a very narrow escape.
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The following historical matters and biographical sketches were not received by the printer in time for insertion in their proper places:
ELECTION, MT. VERNON, 1880.
The municipal officers of Mt. Vernon, elected in April, 1881, were as follows :
Calvin Magers, marshal; Colonel William C. Cooper and Dr. B. Scott, board of education ; Otho Welshymer, street commissioner; Samuel H. Peter- man, First ward; J. H. Branyan, First ward; H. Y. Rowley, Second ward; W. C. Culbertson, Third ward ; John H. Ransom, Fourth ward; John Moore, Fifth ward, members of the council.
Charles W. Doty, justice of the peace for Clinton township.
THE DUNKARD CHURCH, BERLIN TOWNSHIP.
The German Baptist church, Dunkard, of Berlin township, is located near Anknytown, Knox county, Ohio. It was organized about November 22, 1824, by John Moltzbaugh, elder. The following were some of the first members: Abe Leedey and wife, Jacob Leedey and wife, Daniel Leedey and wife, Daniel Hetrick and wife, Joseph Hetrick and wife, John Long and wife, Jacob Frederick and wife,
Jacob Garber and wife. Among some of the earlier members were: John Moltzbaugh, Daniel Het- rick and Jacob Garber.
About 1842 Henry B. Davey and Abraham H. Leedey were elected to the ministry. Since that time the following have been elected and preached in the church: Henry Keller, Henry Hess, Abner Fiddler; William Murray, son of James Murray, who came here from Stark county.
They built a frame church, forty by sixty feet, in 1858. It was neat, comfortable and convenient, but everything plain, nothing extravagant in finish, although they are abundantly able, but humble people. It was dedicated by Elder John Moltz- baugh, assisted by H. P. Davey and Daniel Hetrick.
They are very plain and practical people. They have prospered and multiplied until they have, from this congregation, established a congregation in North Liberty, Pike township. They have bought a lot, and intend to build a church this summer, (1881). The present membership is about one hundred and sixty. It is known as the Owl creek congregation of the German Baptist church. The church building cost about twelve
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hundred dollars. They have an organized Sabbath- school at North Liberty.
The present elders of this church are William A. Murry and Henry Keller. They have never adopted a salary system, but are a generous and hospitable people, are always ready to assist their needy. In this respect they are an example to many other churches and Christians.
ACKERMAN, L. B., insurance and notary public, was born in Middlebury township; reared on a farm, attended district school until fifteen years of age, then attended a select school at Chesterville, Ohio, taught by Professor J. B. Selby, after which he was a student at the Fredericktown high school for one year; he then engaged in teaching, his first term was in Berlin town- ship; he continued teaching for a series of terms; he taught in Johnsville, Waterford, and Fredericktown; in the latter town he was superintendent for one year. In 1879 he engaged in insur- ance, notary public, and collecting; in these he has been very successful. Mr. Ackerman has taken quite an active part in local politics; he has always been identified with the Democratic party; he is not a selfish party man, but promulgates the true principles of the party. He was married in 1871 to Miss Ella Cook, of Dalton, Wayne county, Ohio. They have four chil- dren, viz: Ida C., William A., Ernest Virgil, and Edith E. Mr. Ackerman moved to Fredericktown in 1877. He purchased property here in 1879, located on Sandusky street.
His grandfather, John Ackerman, sr., was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, in 1756; he came to Knox county, Mid- dlebury township, in 1811. He was married to Amy Barton; they had four children-John, Abraham, Catharine, and Mary. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. His son, John, was married in 1829, to Ida Cook. They had nine children- Stephen C., Morgan, Rachel, Louis B., Amy Ann, Leander, James Harvey, and two deceased. . The Ackerman family were among the early settlers of this county.
ADAMS, JOHN, common pleas judge, was born on Decem- ber 11, 1824, at Mt. Vernon, Ohio. He was a farmer's son, and the experience of his boyhood and youth were such experiences as befall almost any farmer's boy whose father has only the wealth that comes of hard toil, in every day, in every season. He "learned to labor and to wait;" for as soon as he was old enough he took part in the labors of the farm, and for the ful- filment of such hopes and aspirations as come to the ambitious and capable boy he had to wait until the opportunity for grati- fying them could be made. He attended school first at Martins- burgh, and afterwards at Kenyon college. Subsequently he en- tered Jefferson college, in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and graduated there in the spring of 1847.
After leaving college he commenced the study of law, reading with Hon. John K. Miller, at Mt. Vernon. In 1850 he was ad- mitted to the bar in Mt. Vernon, and at once commenced the practice of his profession there. At first he practiced alone, but at the end of a year he formed a professional partnership with Mr. Dunbar. Eventually this partnership was dissolved, and subsequently he associated himself with his former precep- tor, Hon. John K. Miller. He prospered well in his profession and gained a practice that was large and lucrative.
In politics he is a Democrat, and has acted steadily and con-
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sistently with that party. In 1871 he was a candidate, on the Democratic ticket, for judge of the court of common pleas for the district of Mt. Vernon, and was elected by a large majority. He took office in 1872 for a term of five years. His course while on the bench has fully vindicated the wisdom of those who elevated him to the position. To high abilities and fine attainments he joins the strictest integrity, a judicial impartiality which nothing can swerve, and a regard for principle which all recognize and appreciate. At the expiration of his first term, in 1876, he was again nominated and reelected to the position he so eminently adorns, by a respectable majority. He is hon- ored and esteemed as the right man in the right place; and the fact that his high and responsible station was awarded to him because of the sterling characteristics belonging to his nature, and the high attainments which he acquired through his own almost unaided exertions, is a fact that must be gratifying to himself no less than encouraging to all men who are struggling and aspiring within the circle of his influence. He was married on the sixteenth of May, 1860, to Julia Huxford, of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Three giris and one boy, have blessed the union.
BANNING, ANTHONY, deceased .- Among the old settlers whose names have figured conspicuously in the history of Knox county, was Anthony Banning. Connected with the business, the growth and prosperity of the county at every period of its history after the first, and concerned as he was in various indus- trial pursuits, in commercio! operations, in temperance move- ments, in church affairs, in political actions; as his name has been widely known in legal history, his memory is worthy of more than a passing notice.
"Judge" Banning as he was called more frequently than "Parson," notwithstanding his monument states that he was a Methodist preacher sixty years, was born in Talbot county, Maryland, May 13, 1768, and was the only son of James Ban- ning, a proprietor of much consideration and influence, who had but two children-the son, James Mansfield Anthony Ban- ning, and a daughter who married Benjamin Chew, of Phila- delphia, chief justice of the State of Pennsylvania, a lawyer of much distinction and a man of great wealth, who was a bosom friend of Washington, and whose family were his most intimate associates.
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