History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Part 118

Author: N. N. Hill, Jr.
Publication date: 1881
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Number of Pages: 826

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FALLSBURY.

GARDNER, JOHN W., farmer, a son of George D. and Sarah Gardner. He was born in Fallsbury township, April 5, 1843. Soon after arriving at the age of manhood, he enlisted in the United States service under captain Lemert, in company A., Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, Colonel Woods command. Mustered into the service Octo- ber 5, 1861 ; they first encamped near Newark, on the fair-ground where they were drilled till about the fifth of February. They were then moved to Fort Donelson, Tennessee, where they were engaged in a fight for about twenty-four hours, from there to Nashville, Tennessee, where they had another fight with the rebels ; next the Snake Creek Gap fight, in Georgia ; from there they marched to Taylor's mountain, they there had an engagement with.

Hood ; from there to the Mississipi river. Their next engagement took place at Helena, Arkansas, with Bragg ; next was at Shiloh, Tennessee, again with Bragg, which took place May 31, 1862; the next fight took place January 11, 1863, at Arkansas Post ; next at Chickasaw Bayou ; were engaged up to Vicksburgh ; there they fought General Pem- berton, remaining forty-seven days, the regiment being there when the rebels surrendered, July + 1863 ; their next fight took place at Warrington ; next Jackson, Mississipi; next Cherokee, Mississipi; from there to Mission Ridge, Lookout Mountain, and Ringgold ; these fights took place in 1864 He then re-enlisted at Woodville, Alabama, February 3d. He then returned home on a thirty days fur- lough. Soon after his arrival home he was taken sick and delayed his getting back to his command till the tenth of May following; they were then engaged in the Kenesaw Mountain fight. The next battle took place at Chickamauga creek ; next Pigeon Mountain, where the subject of this sketch received two wounds ; their next fight was Atlanta, Georgia ; next Sand Town battle, where he received another wound ; there he received a sixty day's fur- lough and came home. When the time expired he again rejoined his command at Hilton Head, South Carolina; from there to Goldsborough, North Carolina ; there they had an engagement with General Johnston ; from thence to Raleigh, North Carolina, while there Johnston surrendered ; from there they marched to Richmond, Virginia; from there to Washington where they passed the review and camped a few days ; they then boarded the train for Parkersburgh, West Virginia; there took a boat for Louisville; there remained until discharged. They were mustered out at Columbus, Ohio and paid off. He then came honfe ; after being home a while he then proceeded to buy and ship stock ; this he continued one season. He then gave his attention to farming which he has continued since that time. January 1, 1869, he married Leonora Denman, a daughter of P. R. and Susan Denman She was born in Perry township, June 26, 1851. After his marriage he engaged in farming for Wil- liam Tilton, where he remained three years. In 1873 he made a purchase of a farm of ninety acres known as the McQueen farm, where he moved and now resides, Mr. and Mrs. Gardner are the parents of four children: Fredie, born October 5, 1869: Carrie, February 15, 1871 ; Eddie, December 29, 1873; Minnie, September 22, 1878. The subject of this sketch was also engaged in the Grand Gulf, Hilton Head, Black River battles.

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP.

GLENN, JAMES P., post-office, Little Clay Lick He is the son of Alexander and Jane Glenn, .. was born December 7, 1857, in Appennoose com

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Iowa. His father was killed in the late war, April 6, 1862. His mother died in a short time after the death of his father. After the parents were dead James McGary, a brother of Mrs. Glenn's went to Iowa and brought the orphan children to Ohio. There were three-one son and two daugh- ters. They were brought to Franklin township, where they were reared. The subject of this sketch was married to Miss Mary Williams, November 3, 1876. They have two children: Martha A., born January 3, 1877; Edward L., born May 27, 1879. Mrs. Glenn is the daughter of Lansing and Cass Ann Williams, and was born January 1, 1855, in Bowling Green township. Mr. Glenn lives in the eastern part of Franklin township on the Newark and Zanesville road, about nine miles from New- ark. Anna one of the daughters that was brought from Iowa, is dead; she died about 1869 or 1870. Catharine R .. the other daughter, is married to Jacob T. Puffer, and is living in Franklin town- ship. They have three children.

GRANVILLE TOWNSHIP.

GEORGE, JAMES W. He was born in Licking county, February 27, 1842; he is the son of Adam and Elizabeth George. His father died October, 1841; his mother died September, 1863. The subject of this sketch was a member of the Eigh- teenth regulars, and served three years in the late war. He was married to Mahala C. Bucklew, April 2, 1872; she was born in Holmes county, Ohio, October 6, 1840. She is the daughter of Rees and Anna Bucklew; her father died when she was nine years of age; her mother died in 1864.

GOODRICH, STEPHEN G., was born December 17. 1790, in Simsbury, Hartford county, Connecticut, and came to Granville, Ohio, in the fall of 1812, purchasing the farm upon which his son, Moses Goodrich, now resides. He served a short time in the War of 1812, and at the expiration of his term of service, returned to his farm, where he lived until his death, which occurred August 14, 1865.

GRIFFITH, WALTER, was born in Wales, in 1769. He emigrated to America, landed in New York in 1796. He married Mary Hughes, in 1801 or 1802, of New York, born in Wales in 1776. They set- tled in Oneida county, York State, remained until 1815; then he with his wife and six children migrated to Licking county, Ohio, and settled in Granville township, on the farm now owned by their son, Griffith Griffith, where they remained until deceased. His wife died in 1835- he in 1848. His vocation was farming. They reared a family of eight children, viz: Griffith, Timothy (died), Mary, Eleanor (died), Esther, Margaret, Anna, and Samuel (died). He was a consistent member of the Congregational church.

GRIFFITH, GRIFFITH, son of Walter and Mary Griffith, was born in Oneida county, New York, March 30, 1803. He came with his parents to Ohio in 1815, who settled on a farm in Gran- ville township, Licking county. He was reared a farmer, and has followed that as his vocation. He married Anna Weeks, daughter of Joseph and Mary Weeks, in 1838. They settled on the old Griffith homestead in Granville township, where he is still living. His wife died in 1861. They reared a family of four children: Ann M., Jane A., Mary E. (died), and William W., who is living with his father on the home farm. He married Ella Jones, in 1873. Their union has resulted in four children, one son and three daughters.

HARRISON TOWNSHIP.

GIBBONEY, SAMUEL G., was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, August 25, 1816. He is a tailor by trade. In 1837 he came to Ohio and located in Kirkersville, this county, where he has since been carrying on the business of tailoring. On October 9, 1840, he married Miss Malvina Austin, born December 30, 1818, daughter of Silas Austin. By this union he reared four chil- dren: Florence, Issadore, Melva and Silas A. All are now living except Silas A., who was killed on the fourth day of July, 1864, at the battle of Ruff's Mills, Georgia. His wife died April 6, 1863. Mr. Gibboney served about four months in the late war, and was discharged at the expira- tion of his term of enlistment.

The following is a copy of a letter sent to Mr. Gibboney by Captain Simpson, after the death of his son, Silas A. Gibboney:

CAMP TWENTY-SEVENTH OHIO INFANTRY, NEAR CHAT- TAHOOCHIE RIVER, GEORGIA, JULY 6, 1864. )

Mr. S. G. Gibboney:

SIR .- I have a painful duty to perform in making known to you the death of your son, Silas A. Gibboney, of company C, Twenty-seventh Ohio infantry, who was killed while the regi- ment was making a charge on the rebel works near Ruff's Mills, Georgia, July 4, 1864.

In the death of your son we have lost a youth of promise and worth. As a soldier there was none superior, always ready tor any and every duty. A murmur was never known to pass his lips. He was a true soldier; as a man he was honest, up- right and generous. He was an honest, patriotic, and a true lover of his country. He was in the front rank of his company when the fatal ball struck him, passing through h's body. He was by my side when he tell, but my duty being wi h my com- pany. I could not stop. I think he never spoke after he was struck; he was killed instantly.

I with the company mourn his loss as irreparable. He was so young, so brave, always at his post in times of danger. He died as a true soldier wishes to die, facing the enemy.

You have the heartfelt sympathy of myself and the company.

He was buried near Ruff's Mills, Georgia. I had a box made for him, and sent part of the company to attend to his burial. His grave is marked with a head-board, Silas A. Gib- boney, company C, Twenty-seventh Ohio infantry; killed in battle July 4, 1864-

If you think of removing your son to his home I will lend

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you all the assistance in my power. I will close hoping to hear from you soon. Yours with much respect, JAMES T. SIMPSON.

Captain company C, Twenty-seventh Ohio infantry, First bri- gade, Fourth division.

HARTFORD TOWNSHIP.

GRANDSTAFF, WILLIAM, farmer, born in 1816, in Muskingum county. He was married in 1841 to Miss Elizabeth Day, of Delaware. She was born in 1820, in this county. She died in 1846. They were the parents of three children-Mary J., Louisa, and Truman. He again married in 1848 Miss Barbara Day, sister of his first wife. She was born in 1823. They are the parents of seven children-Maria (deceased), born in 1849; Eliza- beth, born in 1850; Frank P. (deceased), born in 1852; Jackson (deceased), born in 1855; Laceann, born in 1857; Viola, born in 1860; Douglas, born in 1864.

GRANDSTAFF, A. J., farmer, born in 1829, in Muskingum county, Ohio, came to this county in 1831, with his father, Jacob Grandstaff. Jacob died in 1863, aged seventy-eight. His wife died in 1871, aged eighty-two. They were the parents of ten children; A. J. is the youngest; he was married in 1855 to Miss Lucinda Saddler, of this county. She was born in 1833, in Pennsylvania. She died in 1869. They had four children, two of whom are living. Franklin and Willie are deceased. Elonora and Victoria are living. He again married in 1870 Miss Isabella Williams, of this county.

GRAVES, A. G., stock dealer, born in 1815, in this county. His father, C. L. Graves, was born in Granville, Massachusetts, in 1792; came to this county in 1803. He was married in 1813 to Miss Lida Rose, daughter of Hiram Rose, of this coun- ty. She was born in 1794, in Granville, Massa- chusetts. He died in 1875; she in 1872. They were the parents of seven children. The subject of this sketch is the second. He was married in 1844 to Miss Emeline Graves, of this county. She was born in 1817. She died in 1858. They were the parents of four children. He again married in 1869 Miss Rhoda Lincoln, of this county. She was born in 1833. They are the parents of five children. C. L. Graves was the second settler in Hartford township. There was nothing but woods in the township when he came.

HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP.

GUTRIDGE, GEORGE W., post office, Brownsville. -He is a farmer, and is also engaged in the saw- mill business. He is the son of E. and Mary Em- ily (Lampton) Gutridge, and was born February 28, 1848, in Hopewell township. His parents have always lived in this county. His father was born on the place now occupied by the subject of this sketch. The Lamptons were the first settlers in

the western part of Hopewell. Mr. Gutridge was married August 1, 1867, to Hortense Brown, the daughter of George and Eliza (Iden) Brown. She was born June 7, 1849, in Hopewell township. Her father was born in Hopewell, but her mother came from Loudoun county, Virginia, when but a small girl, and settled in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Gutridge have six children living, and one dead. Those living are, Cary C., born May 17, 1868; Edgar F., born August 10, 1869; Estella M., boorn May 7, 1871; Samuel M., born August 6, 18;6; Emma E., born September 10, 1878; An- drew Ray, born March 18, 1880. Francis J. was born July 19, 1874. The latter died May 21, 1875.

JERSEY TOWNSHIP.

GEIGER, ISAIAH, was born in Jersey township February 16, 1840; the son of Jacob and Elizabeth Geiger. His grandfather emigrated to this county from Virginia in 1805, when his father was six weeks old, and first settled in Licking township. Upon attaining his majority, Mr. Geiger worked two years at farming in Franklin county; then February 17, 1863, went west, where he remained nearly four years, spending two years in Sonoma county, California; engaged chiefly in herding on a Spanish grant, and nearly two years among the Sierra Nevada mountains in the mining camps Aurora and Boda, mining, teaming, etc. Return- ing to his native county with one thousand three hundred dollars, he has since led an agricul- tural life; was married in 1868, to Henrietta, daughter of Columbus Kent. Mr. Geiger is a leading member of the Univeralist church, of Cale- donia Lodge No. 416 of the Masonic order, and of the Central Jersey Grange.

LICKING TOWNSHIP.

GILLILAND, REUBEN, post office, Hebron, was born May 6, 1809, in New York State. He is the son of David and Anna Gilliland, who came to this county in 1817 and located on Big Licking, on the old Hand farm. David's family numbered eight, all living except Ambrose, who died in 1879 at Prairie City, Kansas. David died in 1835, aged fifty-five years. Anna, his wife, died in 1879, aged ninety-three years, and was the oldest lady in the township, at her death. Reuben, the subject of this sketch, was married May 7, 1829, to Margaret Geiger, of this county. They have had ten chil- dren; four are dead and six living; all married. Rebecca and Elizabeth are living in Hardin county, Valentine and Mary Ann in Hancock county, John in Franklin county, and Ambrose in Illinois. Mar- garet died November 1, 1875, aged sixty-six years Reuben was married again to Harriet Snelling. d this county, November 2, 1876. Mr. and Mrs Gilliland have been members of the United Bred ren church at Jamestown over forty years. Thut

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of Reuben's sons were in the late war, two serving five years as volunteers; the other one, three years. They enlisted in the Eighty-second regiment, and were in several hard fought battles. They all returned home safe, and are now living in Franklin and Hancock counties.

GRAY, GEORGE, was born April 7, 1790, in the State of Maryland. He is the son of Hezekiah and Nancy Gray. His father was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, under General La Fayette, whose grandfather came to the United States with Lord Baltimore. George, the son, was married to Sarah Mitchel, of Maryland, October 10, 1816: The re- sult of this marriage was seven children: Mary, Sarah Ann, Barrack, George, Joseph, John H. and Marinda; all are deceased except Marinda, who married Townsend Tavener, of Licking county, who is a farmer. His first wife died November 15, 1834; married again June, 1838, to Mary Men- ser, of Licking county, who was born April 20, 1799, in Pennsylvania. The result of this mar- riage was two children-Jane and Benton. Jane married John Hurse, of this county, and is a far- mer. Benton married Jennie Spurgeon, of Mus- kingum county, and lives with his parents. Mr. Gray served in the War of 1812 under General Winder four years; was in the battles of Bladens- burgh, Indian Head and Pautuxen. He moved to Licking county in 1833, and settled on the farm he now occupies, of some one hundred and sixty acres of land, in Licking township. Mr. Gray was one of the four who built the first Methodist Epis- copal church of Jacksontown, Licking township, n 1840, and has remained a devoted member of the church ever since. He was one of the first rustees of the church, and is now in his ninety- irst year ; is yet able to walk to church, which is one mile.

GREEN, ISAAC, post office, Hebron, was born April 15, 1845, in this county. He was the son of Theodore and Elizabeth, who came to this county in 1805. He married Mary Comisford, of Hebron, who was the daughter of Paris P. Comisford, who came to this county in 1835 and ocated at Newark. Isaac Green has one child, Rosa M., who was born September 15, 1877. Mrs. Green is a member of the Roman Catholic church t Newark.

GREEN, NIMROD A., son of H. S. Green, was orn May 6, 1837, in Paris, Fauquier county, Vir- Inia. When two years old he came with his pa- ents in the spring of 1839 to Ohio, and settled in 'erry township. He remained with them until he ras twenty-one years of age, when he went to pwa, and remained there until the breaking out of late rebellion, when he volunteered and went

into the service as a Union soldier. . He was in the war until it closed; afterwards came back to this county and married Miss Amanda E. Miller, of Elizabethtown, Perry township. She was born in Muskingum county, near Adams Mills. They have three boys: Adonis, born March 18, 1868; Lester, born May 14, 1870; and Arthur, born April 23, 1873. Mr. Green's occupation is that of car- riage making. He is an active business man and a respectable citizen.

GREEN, THEODORE, son of Andrew and Mar- garet Green, was born October 19, 1805, in Maine. He came to this county in 1812, and was mar- ried February 27, 1830, to Elizabeth Malone, of this county, but a native of Maine. They had twelve children-six dead and six living. Those living are all in sight of each other on lands left to them by their father. Mr. T. Green died February 13, 1868, aged sixty-three years. Mrs. Green died February 20, 1877, aged sixty-six years, the death taking place at the house of her son, James A. William Green, the subject of this sketch, was born in March, 1842, and was married to Mrs. Mary Ireland, of Licking county, in 1861. They have one child, Andrew, born February 2, 1862, who lives at home. Theodore Green came here when there were but few in the present county, and by hard work and good financiering he was able to leave each of his children a home. He was honest, upright in all his transactions, and was highly respected by all his friends and neighbors.

MARY ANN TOWNSHIP.

GLOVER, GEORGE M., farmer, born in Mary Ann township, May 14, 1852. His parents came from Hardy county, Virginia, in the year 1818, and set- tled in Mary Ann township. They remained there till the year 1879, when they removed to Newton township, where they are now living. They were of English descent. Mr. Glover is one of eleven children, four boys and seven girls, nine of whom are now living, two girls having died. He, together with his brothers, Franklin, John, and William, are now living in Mary Ann township, upon a portion of Mr. Solomon C. Smith's farm.

MCKEAN TOWNSHIP.

GOSNELL, DANIEL, was born 1799, came to this county in 1814, with his parents. He was married in 1822 to Naomi Preston, of this county, who was born in 1803, in Washington county, Pennsylva- nia. They had fifteen children, seven living at present-Chester, Abraham, Anna, Joseph, Ada, Jesse, and Philander; all have been married and are living in the county. Daniel Gosnell died in 1874, aged seventy-five years. Chester Gosnell was born in 1825, in Mckean township; he was mar- ried March 26, 1863, to Margaret Winner, of this

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county, who was born in 1845, in Mckean town- ship. Results of this marriage, two children, Elze- nia, born 1865, and Semers, born November 9, 1868. Mrs. Naomi Gosnell is at present living with her son Chester, where she, with her husband, first located. Everything being a dense forest at that time, they cleared away the timber to build a cabin. They were subject to the hardships of pio- neer life. Mrs. Gosnell remembers when there were but one or two cabins between Sylvania and Chatham. She retains her memory the same as in her younger days. She is now in her seventy- eighth year.

GOSNELL, PETER, farmer, was born in 1802, in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, and is the only one living of the family of Daniel Gosnell, who came to this county in 1814, and located in Mc- Kean township in 1815. Daniel Gosnell died at the age of eighty one years; Sarah, his wife, died at the age of eighty-six years. They built their first log cabin in the woods, cutting away timber enough to get a clear spot. Peter, the subject of this sketch, was married in 1825 to Anna Preston, of this county, who was born in 1804, in Pennsylva- nia. Results of this marriage, nine children, all living except one. Erilla, born 1826, was married in 1844 to George Bowers, of this county, a farm- er; they had five children; two deceased. Ellen, George, and Sarah Anna are living. Elizabeth, born in 1827; John, born 1829; Sarah, born 1832; Bernard, born 1834; George R., born 1836; Daniel, born 1839; Anna M., born 1841; Mary, born 1847; all married and living in Mckean township, except Daniel, who is living in Union county. Mr. Gosnell died November 7, 1874 aged seventy years. Peter has two grand- children . living with him; Lorenzo H. Gleson, who was born in 1852, and Clara A., who was born in 1856. Mr. Gosnell cast his first vote in 1824; he has always voted the Democratic ticket.

GOSNELL, JOHN W., was born October 30, 1829, In Mckean township; is the son of Peter and Anna Gosnell, who came to this county in 1814, from Pennsylvania. John W. was married in 1855 to Elizabeth Barrack, of this county, who was born May 24, 1837. Results of this marriage, two chil- dren; Laura F., born December 23, 1856, and Le- nora D., born February 12, 1858. These young ladies yet live at home. Mr. Gosnell is a shoe- maker by trade; carried on the business fifteen years, then moved on a farm west of Fredonia, where he now resides. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church-Liberty chap- el. They have always lived in Mckean township.

GOSNELL, ELEAZER, farmer, was born January 8, 1852, in Mckean township; was the son of Joshua

and Susan Gosnell. He was married October 2, 1873, to Amanda Rhodes, of this county, who was born April 29, 1852, and is the daughter of Cassel and Mary Rhodes. They have one child, Mertie Mary, born November 1, 1878. Mr. Gosnell has always lived in Mckean township, and is a farmer by occupation.

GREENWOOD, THEODORE, was born in 1837, in Clark county; was the son of Jewett and Matilda Greenwood. Jewett Greenwood was born in 1806, in Vermont; came to this county in 1822 with his par- ents; was married in 1831 to Matilda Woolford of this county, who was born in 1803, in Virginia They had eight children. Theodore, the subject of this sketch, was married in 1866 to Julia Ann Fraker, of this county; they have no children, but have adopted a girl, who is living with them. Mr. Greenwood located in Mckean township in 1870. He enlisted in company I, Forty-fourth infantry, from Clark county, October, 1861 ; was under Gen- eral Rosecrans, and in the battles of Louisburg. Green Mountain, Green River, Meadow Bluff, Ai- legheny Mountain, where Floyd was defeated, lo- ing twenty pieces of heavy artillery. He returned home in 1863.

MONROE TOWNSHIP.

GREEN, NOAH, farmer, post office, Johnstown, was born May 11, 1811, in Monroe township. He is the third child and first son of George and Diadema Green, who were the first settlers in the township, Mrs. Green, who is still living, giving birth to the first white child born in the township. The subject of this sketch is the oldest living male child now living in the township of Monroe, May 31, 1830. Mr. Green was married to Miss Olive Crawford, by whom he has had two children, Lavina (born, married, and living in Coles county, Illinois). She was born April 12, 1831, and Mar- garet, born June 29, 1833, and died January 23, 1879. Mr. Green has seen the country grow from its in- fancy, and is yet a well preserved and vigorous man, able to make a hand in the harvest field. which he did during the harvest of 1880. The mother of the subject of this sketch was Diadema Green, whose family were the third who moved into Monroe township. Washington Evans was first, Charles Green second, and the third was George Green, husband of Diadema Green (whose maiden name was Willison), was born on the eleventh day of January, 1788. She was married when about the age of sixteen years. Her husband came to Monroe township about 1807, and pur- chased eighty acres of land, paying at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, located in Raccoon town, and on which the Indians cleared from three to five acres. Great que tities of relics have been found in this vio

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Grandmother Green states that she remained alone or three weeks in the midst of about three hun- red Indians whilst her husband was cutting and freshing his crop of wheat near Lancaster, Fair- eld county. She says there were three Indians :wo of whom were called Indian Joe and Indian ieorge, the other she does not recollect his name), ame to kill her husband and his brother Charles ; er husband taking down his rifle, on their ap- roach, went out to meet them but instead of their howing any hostile disposition they were inclined be remarkably friendly, using the following anguage: "Indian no kill white man, Indian 'hite man's friend." She speaks highly of this ribe of Indians, the Wyandotts, and delights in elating incidents that occurred in an early day. he is the mother of seventeen children, fourteen f whom lived to become mothers and fathers. he is making her home with her youngest daugh- er. She still owns about thirty acres of land, so hat she is not dependent upon any one for a suh- istence.

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History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Part 118

Author: N. N. Hill, Jr. Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Number of Pages: 826

Author: N. N. Hill, Jr.
Publication date: 1881
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 826