History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Part 126

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

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MEYERS, F. R., grocer, born in 1836, in this county. After becoming of age he worked in a saw-mill as engineer, six years, when he was drafted into the nine months service, entering company H, Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, Colonel Charles Wood commanding. He was in the en- gagement at Arkansas Post; from there the com- mand was sent to Young's Point, where they lay until March 1, 1863, when he was sent to the general hospital, having contracted a dangerous disease of the heart, from which he is still suffer- ing. He was honorably discharged from the service on the eighth of July, 1863. He was married in 1857, to Miss Sarah Eirp, of this county, daughter of Caleb Eirp. Miss Eirp was born in 1842. They are the parents of three children, two being married. After leaving the army he was engaged in selling notions on the road until 1876, when he engaged in the grocery trade in Appleton.

BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP.

MATHEWS, ISAAC, dealer in carriages, harness, etc., born in 1822, in Knox county, Ohio, came to this county in 1841. He was married in 1843, to Miss Martha J. Hunter, of this county; she was born in 1825, in this county. They are the parents of nine children: Marquis L., George W., Colum- bus D. (deceased), died in the army, being a mem- ber of the Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry; Caroline, Sarah M., Martha J., Isaac (deceased), Mary J. (deceased), William G. Mr. Mathews is engaged in the sale of carriages; made princi -

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pally in Cincinnati and Dayton. He began the business four years ago, when he also began the sale of factory made harness. He enjoys a large trade and gives good satisfaction.

EDEN TOWNSHIP.

McWILLIAMS, G. S .- William McWilliams, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, came from Ireland about the time of the Revolutionary war, in which he fought on the American side. After the close of the war he settled near Wheel- ing, West Virginia. His oldest son by his second wife was called John McWilliams who was born in 1795, and came with his father to Belmont county, when he was about four years old. He married Lydia Furgenson. Soon after their mar- riage they came to Knox county on a sled. They were accompanied by a dog, which became dis- satisfied soon after they reached Knox county, and one evening he set off for his old home, making the entire distance of one hundred miles in less than one night. They settled in Knox county, where, in 1830, G. S. McWilliams was born. In 1856 he married Martha Rice, whose grandfather, Thomas Rice, spent his life in Pennsylvania, at Rice's landing on the Monongahela river, where Thomas Rice, Mrs. McWilliams' father, was born January 8, 1809. He started in the world with an axe which was his only capital. He soon acquired a wagon and two good horses. In 1831 he married Martha Simpkins, and about four years after their marriage they came to Ohio in what was then known as a Pennsylvania schooner wagon. Mr. Rice was compelled, on account of the high life of his horses to procure a saddle and ride horseback almost the entire distance. They settled in Knox county, where, in 1838, Martha Rice was born. After her marriage with Mr. McWilliams they lived in Knox county until 1866, when they became residents of Eden township, this county, where they now reside in a home, which, for comfort and beauty, is not surpassed in the township. They are the parents of three children: James A., Thomas R. and Anna, who are all yet at home.

FALLSBURY TOWNSHIP.

MORAN, WILLIAM, farmer, post office, Fallsburgh, was born in St. Mary's county, Maryland, August 19, 1805, and remained with his parents until the age of ten years, when his mother died, and his sister took him to Baltimore, where he was raised among strangers. While there he learned the shoe- maker trade. He then set out to work journey work. This he continued until April 28, 1827, when he was married to Rachel Flaharty, who was born in Harper county, Maryland, February 17, 1806. After his marriage he continued in Mary- land, working at his trade until 1834, when he came to Ohio with his family, landing in Mus-

kingum county, where he remained about four years. He then moved to Fallsbury township, where he remained about four years, and moved to Van Wert county, remaining there about four years. He then moved back to Licking county, making a purchase of a farm of eighty acres, where he lo- cated and continued to live until 1861, when he sold his farm and purchased the farm formerly owned by Rake Straw, where he then moved, and now resides. By their union they became the par- ents of twelve children, seven sons and five daugh- ters, eight of whom are living. William Moran had five sons in the late Rebellion; Thomas Moran en- listed in 1864 and died near Arlington Heights, Virginia; William, John and Joshua Moran all en- listed in the Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, company A.

MYERS, JONATHAN W., farmer, post office, Per- ryton. He is a son of Lambert and Mary Myers, and was born in Carroll county, Ohio, August 30, 1837. In 1844 he was brought to Licking county by his parents, who located in Fallsbury township, where he was raised. After attaining his majority he was employed to work by the month and by the day among the farmers; this he continued to do until his marriage, January 10, 1863. He married Miss Teressa Baughman, daughter of William and Mary Baughman. She was born in Fallsbury township, August 30, 1838. After his marriage Mr. Myers removed to and farmed his father-in- law's place about two years and a half; he then moved to Hanover township. and farmed W. Bar- rick's place about five years; he then purchased the old homestead in Fallsbury township, where he moved, and now resides. Mr. and Mrs. Myers are the parents of ten children, eight sons and two daughters, eight of whom are living.

MYERS, WILLIAM H., farmer, post office, Perry- ton, was born in Carroll county, April 24, 1842, was brought to Licking county by his parents when a child, his father locating in Fallsbury township. At the age of twelve years his mother died; he still remained with his father until at the age of twenty years his father died, leaving him without a home; he was then employed to work by the day and month among the farmers. He continued thus en- gaged for about five years. Since that time has made his home with William Baughman.

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP.

MOTHERSPAW, SAMUEL-Mr. Motherspaw's father, Daniel, was one of the old settlers of Lick- ing county, and was born in 1786 in Pennsylvania. He came here with his uncle, Henry Benner, in 1810, and first settled on the North Fork in New- ton township. In 1812 he enlisted in the war, and served under General Harrison. He married

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Christina Feazel, who was born in Shenandoah county, Virginia, and came to Licking county in 1805. By this marriage there were six children, three boys and three girls, only two of whom, Sam- uel, and his twin-brother, John, lived to the age of maturity. Samuel was born June 21, 1825, and has always lived in this township. He was mar- ried November 11, 1847, to Mary Ann Swisher, who was born in this township. Their children are Sarah Alvira, wife of Harvey' Cooperider, born October 22, 1848, Elenora, H., wife of James M. Dusthimer, born May 30, 1851; Sevilla Christina, wife of Samuel Parr, born June 28, 1853; Mary Louisa, born June 14, 1855, who died when five years old; Emma Victorine, born May 23, 1858, who also died young; and John W. L., born July 10, 1864. Mr. Motherspaw and wife are members of the Lutheran church, as was his father before him. He moved to his present residence, the old Armstrong place, thirteen years ago, and ex- pects to make it his home during life. In addition to general farming Mr. Motherspaw pays special attention to the raising of thoroughbred Spanish registered sheep.

MOTHERSPAW, S. J .- The subject of this sketch, one of the young farmers of Franklin township, was born November 27, 1850. He is the son of John and the grandson of Daniel Motherspaw, who came here in 1810, from Pennsylvania. His maternal grandparents, John and Eva Feazel, were among the few earliest settlers of the township, moving from Shenandoah county, Virginia, in Oc- tober, 1805. Mr. Motherspaw has two sisters, Lu- cinda, and Amelia, the wife of Horace M. Coulter. He was married September 16, 1875, to Anna Rebecca Fravel, the daughter of Aaron and Isabel Fravel, of Shenandoah county, Virginia.

GRANVILLE TOWNSHIP.

MALLORY, LUTHER, deceased, was born in Ver- mont, October 9, 1794. He migrated with his par- ents, Luther and Aseneth Mallory, to Licking county, Ohio. They arrived at Newark October 9, 1809; remained until February 10, 1810; then moved on a farm in Granville township, now owned by Andrew Deets, where they remained until de- ceased. He was reared a farmer, and followed farming, fruit-growing and grafting fruit trees as his vocation. He married Elizabeth Metcalf in 1821, born in 1803; daughter of James and Mary Met- calf. They settled in Granville township, where they remained until he deceased in 1864. His wife is still living. They reared two children: Aseneth, married George Kline, and John O., born May 10, 1825; married Nancy Vanatta, and lives in Granville township on the Cherry Valley road.

MOORE, CYRUS, deceased, was born in Litch-

field county, Connecticut, July 22, 1786. He migrated to Licking county, Ohio, in 1809, and located in Granville township, making his home with his brother, Frederick Moore, who migrated from Granville, Massachusetts, to this county, with the colony in 1805, and settled on Loudon street, Granville township, where he purchased and im- proved a farm. Mr. Moore worked on a farm for Jesse Munson and others as a laborer for several years. In 1812 he purchased the land or farm now owned by his son, Samuel R. Moore, on Lou- don street, Granville township, on which he made improvements. January 11, 1816, he married Sarah Morgan, of Muskingum county, Ohio, born in Georgetown, Delaware, September 30. 1793. They lived in the house with his brother until the following spring; by this time he erected a cabin on his land, in which they moved, and lived for several years, when he built a large and more convenient dwelling house where they passed the remainder of their days. His com- panion departed this life October 11, 1868. He deceased August 18, 1869. He served in the War of 1812. They reared a family of four children: Eliza, born September 21, 1817; Samuel R., June 8, 1819; Lucy M., November 16, 1829, and died November 20, 1855; Nira A., born August 24, 1837. The father of David Moore migrated to Licking county in 1817 or '18, where he deceased in 1841, aged eighty-nine years. .

FAMILY OF EPHRAIM MUNSON .- Ephraim Mun- son, was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, early in the eighteenth century, and married Comfort Cur -- tis. Their children were as follows: Jesse, born December 5, 1740; Jerod, born 1742; Margery, born 1744; Ephralm, born 1745; Thaddeus and Comfort, twins, born 1747; Hannah, born 1749; Adah, born 1751.

Jesse Munson .- His wife, Miriam, was born in Granville, Massachusetts, October 27, 1746. Their children were as follows: Lydia, born Janu- ary 18, 1768; Lovicy, born August 16, 1769; Miriam, born June 29, 1771; Comfort, born April 23, 1773; Adah, born July 16, 1775; Jesse, jr., born November 12, 1777; Jeremiah, born May 27, 1780; Claricy, born June 9, 1782; Augustine, born September 30, 1783. Lydia married Timo- thy Rose. Their children were as follows: Claricy, married Samuel Baneroft ; Samantha, mar- ried William Stedman; Lovicy, married C. Dickin- son ; . , married William Clemons; Timothy, married Matilda Mead; Samuel, married Twining; Almira, married H. L. Bancroft.

C. Dickinson married Lovicy Munson in 178 -. Their children were as follows: Cromwell, Jesse, Alpheus, and Comfort.

Samuel Clark married Miriam Munson in 178 -.

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Their children were as follows: Delilah, married James Alexander; Miriam, married Thomas Spell- man; Rawley, married Martha Patch; Matilda, married Henry Clemons; Miletus, married Mary Parsons; Nancy, married - Havens.

Jasper Marvin married Comfort Munson in 179 -. Their children were as follows: Susan, married Judge Walden in 1810; Comfort, married Goodrich in 1812; Sylvanus Marvin, born in 1799 ; Comfort, widow of Jasper Marvin, mar- ried Landon. They had one son, Mun- son Landon, born in 1803.

Justin Hillyer married Adah Munson in 179 -. Their children were as follows: Rhoda, married Elijah Hunt; Adah, married Jotham Clapp; Sarah, married C. K. Warner; Justin, married Bathsheba Howe; Truman, married Lovicy Rugg; Orlena, married E. C. Wright; Virgil, married Richards; Horace, married Graves; Lydia, married J. N. Fassett; Lewis, married - - ers; George, married Ring. - Rog-

Jesse Munson married Hannah Hubbard. Their children were as follows: Claracy, married E. Abbott; Lucy, married L. D. Mower; Jasper, married Harriet Hubbard; Hannah, married Da- vid Putnam.

Jeremiah Munson married in 179 -. Their chil- dren were as follows: Lorenzo, married .. Jeremiah, married Susan Reed; Jerusha, married Elias Fassett; Francis, married - -; George, married Cook. Jeremiah married for his second wife Harriet Warner, who is yet living in Newark, at the age of eighty-seven; they had one daughter, Martha.

Augustine Munson was born September, 1783, and married Polly Mead (who was born February 22, 179-), May 26, 1812. Their children were as follows: Mary, born June, 1813, and married By- ron Hayes, December 25, 1835'; James Alexander, born February 4, 1815; Gustavus Adolphus, born September 11, 1816, married Almena Conklin, November, 1841; Lucien B., born September 20, 1818, married Mary Ann Ackley, February, 1855; Lorinda, born November 30, 1819, married Rollin C. Jewett, May, 1842; Marion M., born Septem- ber 24, 1822, married Emma C. Culbertson, July 25, 1850; Micajah T. Williams Munson, born March 27, 1826, died March, 1850.

MUNSON, CAPTAIN M. M., was the son of Gen- eral Augustine Munson, and was born on the old homestead, on Centerville street, Granville town- ship, September 24, 1822, and intermarried with Miss Emma C. Culbertson, July 25, 1850. He has been most of his life engaged in agricultural pursuits, and was for many years an efficient officer of the Licking County Agricultural society. Cap- tain Munson has lived most of his life in Licking

county, the exception being a number of years that he spent in Miami county, Ohio, where he conducted a newspaper. Captain Munson was patriotic during the late rebellion, and raised a company for the Union army, which he com- manded while his health permitted. He is at present a member of the State board of equaliza- tion, and has always been a very popular gentle- man. Captain Munson is an intelligent, energetic, enterprising, upright, useful, industrious man, and an exceedingly affable, genial gentleman, who has "troops of friends."

HANOVER TOWNSHIP.

McDANIEL, GEORGE W., post office, Claylick, a farmer by occupation, the son of Bartholomew and Sarah Ann McDaniel, was born March 11, 1838, in Muskingum county. His parents came to Mus- kingum county from Maryland at an early day and settled in Licking township; here he reared a fam- ily of eleven children, consisting of seven sons and four daughters. The subject of this sketch was married March 19, 1861, to Naomi Brown, the daughter of John C. and Elizabeth Brown. She was born March 28, 1835, in Bowling Green town- ship, near Brownsville. Her father was born in Bowling Green township and her mother came from Pennsylvania. They were married in 1832, and settled in Bowling Green township, where they reared a family of eight children, consisting of four sons and four daughters. Mr. and Mrs. McDaniel are the parents of three children-Louisa A., born December 22, 1861; John W., born December 6, 1867; Franklin O., born May 27, 1871. Mr. Mc- Daniel lives in the southern part of Hanover town- ship, about two miles and a half southeast of Clay- lick post office.

McVICKER, JOHN, post office, Hanover, dealer in patent medicines .- He was born January 17, 1836, in Perryville, Ashland county. He is the son of Jonathan and Sarah (Buchanan) McVicker. He came to Hanover March 3, 1846, and has since lived here. He was married December 19, 1858, to Augusta Fletcher, the daughter of John and Sarah Fletcher. She was born in 1836, in Madison township. By this marriage they have five chil- dren: Lizzie, Earnest, William Walter, Nellie and Irene. Mr. McVicker served a term of three years in the late war, in company E, Twelfth Ohio volunteer infantry. He was first under Captain Legg, and after his resignation he was under Cap- tain John Lewis, of Xenia. He was mustered into the service June 22, 1861, and mustered out July 1I, 1864. The enlistment took place June 18, 1861. He participated in some of the more im- portant battles during his term of service. The first being at Skery Creek, Virginia, July 7, 1861 ; at Colfax, September 10, 1861 ; at the second battle

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of Bull Run, August 27th ; at Frederick City, Mary- land, September 12th; at South Mountain, Septem- ber 14th; at Antietam, September 17th. After the last named battle the Twelfth regiment came back, and took the Kanawha valley which had been oc- cupied by the confederates. This was in the fall of 1861, and in December they went into quarters at Fayetteville. Here they remained until May, when they were attacked by the confederates whom they drove back a distance of twenty-five miles. After this the regiment to which Mr. McVicker be- longed, was called back to Ohio to participate in the defence of that State against Morgan's raid. After capturing one thousand five hundred of Morgan's men, and handing them over to the proper authorities, they returned to Fayetteville, where they remained until 1864; then they started for Dublin depot, within six miles of which place they had a skirmish, and were successful in driving the rebels beyond the depot. The next day the fight was renewed at New River Bridge. The Twelfth regiment, during this time, was under Colonel Carr B. White, while the rebels were under Breckinridge. The Federals were commanded by Crook, and the confederates by Jenkins. Mr. Mc- Vicker also participated in the battle at Lynch- burgh fought by General Hunter. The rebels were commanded by General Earley. This was a hotly contested fight, resulting in the falling back of the Union soldiers.

MINER, GILFORD, post office, Hanover .- He was born March 21, 1851, in the western part of Mus- kingum county. He is the son of John and Mary Jane Miner. When quite small he went to live with his Aunt Prinda Ann Billby ; here he stayed until his marriage, which occurred February 16, 1869. He married Miss Maria Enyart, the daugh- ter of John and Anna Enyart. She was born in this county in the house in which she now lives, January 10, 1843. Her father was born in this county August 6, 1805, and her mother in Penn- sylvania, May 11, 1816. She with her parents came to this county in 1827, and settled in Gran- ville township, remaining about two years, when they removed to Hanover township, where they have since lived. Mr. Enyart died in 1853, Sep- tember 3, and Mrs. Enyart died in 1864, April 10. In 1861, December 5, Mrs. Enyart married Jacob Miley, of this county. He was born in Virginia. The subject of this sketch lives three miles north- east of Hanover, on a farm containing one hun- dred acres.

HARRISON TOWNSHIP.

MONTGOMERY, REV. ALEXANDER, was born in Philadelphia, January 1, 1777. His father, Cap- tain William Montgomery, was a brother of Gen- eral Montgomery, of revolutionary fame. He re-

ceived a classical education and became a minister of the Methodist church. He was a resident of this county in 1808, served one campaign in the War of 1812, and died in Harrison township, Sep tember 3, 1866.

HARTFORD TOWNSHIP.

MILLER, C. L., post office, Croton. Stock and agricultural implement dealer. He is agent for C. Aultman & Co.'s new buckeye mower. reaper and self-binder, Sweepstakes Thresher. Canton Monitor engine, and general dealer in all kinds of agricultural implements.

MILLS, W. L., breeder and shipper of thorough- bred Merino sheep. Mr. Mills is the owner of one of the largest flocks of registered sheep in the State, having nearly five hundred on hand He finds ready sale for all he raises. He is a genial, pleasant gentleman, and is very pleasant to deal with.

HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP.

MYERS, JACOB. Mr. Myers lived within the present limits of Licking county more than seven- ty years. He was born in the Monongahela coun- try, in Western Virginia, in 1793; was brought with his father's family to the Licking valley ir. 1801, who first located near the mouth of the Rocky fork, and a few years afterwards moved to the Little Bowling Green.

During the War of 1812 Jacob Myers performed "a tour of duty," and made a good soldier. While on the march to the frontier, the regiment encamped a night at Delaware, and he was there for the first time stationed to do sentinel duty, with instructions to fire upon any man who at- tempted to enter the encampment without giving the countersign. One of the commissioned offic- ers, thinking it would be interesting to know how the boy, Jacob Myers, would perform sentinel, un- dertook to pass the lines, thereby testing his fideli- ty to his trust. Jacob hailed him the requisite number of times without getting any response, and the officer still advancing, he discharged his mus- ket, severely wounding him. For this act he was court-martialed, but it being in proof that he had only obeyed orders, was acquitted.

Many years afterwards a Methodist preacher was announced to preach, one day, in the old lo church near which Jacob Myers lived, and, being a Methodist, he attended the service. The preach- er, while in the pulpit, saw in Jacob Myers a coun- tenance that was not utterly strange to him, and the latter thought the features of the preacher were those of a man with whom he was not wholly un- familiar; but neither remembered the time, place. nor circumstances under which they had thus mu- tually become familiarized to each other. Upon

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the announcement to him of the name of Jacob Myers, the veteran pioneer preacher, Rev. Jacob Hooper, at once recalled to mind the boy-soldier that was tried for shooting an officer at Camp Del- aware, in 1812; and Jacob Myers then remember- ed Lieutenant Jacob Hooper, who was a member of the court-martial that tried and acquitted him! The two soldiers that day had a joyful meeting at the old log church on the Flint Ridge!

Jacob Myers lived the life and died the death of an honest man, a patriot, and a Christian. He died at his residence in Hopewell township, Febru- ary 3, 1873, at the ripe age of eighty years.

JERSEY TOWNSHIP.

MARTIN, LEWIS .- The venerable Lewis Martin, the first settler of Jersey township, was a native of New Jersey, and died in Jersey township, Febru- ary 2, 1872, at the age of eighty-three years. He was a first-class pioneer, exactly adapted to life in a new country, and was moreover a man of irre- proachable character, a valuable citizen, an accom- modating neighbor, a just man, who sustained a good reputation among all who knew him, and whose Christian character was always good.

MARSH, I .. C., carpenter, born in Jersey town- ship, January 26, 1833. His parents, Edwin and Elizabeth (Thompson) Marsh, moved to this town- ship from Morris county, New Jersey, in 1832. He was raised on his father's farm, learned the carpenter and joiner's trade from him, ard has since followed it in this vicinity, residing in Jersey. He was married March 20, 1855, to Jane B. White- head, the daughter of Silas and Sarah Whitehead, by whom he has six children: Henrietta C., Marion Frances, Adeline W., Bertha Vinton, Eleanor Gertrude, and Lulu Dell. Mr. Marsh enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Ohio national guards, company A, and completed his term of service. Not a member of his company was lost from the time of leaving to the return to Camp Chase.

MEAD, ALFRED, born at Fort Ann, Washington county, New York, January 16, 1809. When young, Mr. Mead's occupation was working on the canal. In 1831 he went to Newark, New Jersey, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits. In Octo- ber, 1848, he came to this township, where he has since resided, leading a farmer's life. He was mar- ried in 1837 to Helen Collins, a native of New Jersey. Of their ten children seven survive- Isaac, Morris, Alfred, Chauncey, Pierson, Orville, and Mary. Two of his boys, Isaac and Alfred, participated in the great civil conflict of our Na- tion, Isaac enlisting in Madison county, in the Ninety-fifth Ohio volunteer infantry, and Alfred in the Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, compa-

ny H, in 1861. The latter was wounded at Love- joy; came home on a visit, but returned before he had recovered from the effects of his wound, and served till the close of the war.

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History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Part 126

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