History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Part 132

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

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PRICE, JARETT, was born in Fairfield county, July 9, 1841, being the son of Nicholas and Ce- lesta Price, who are natives of Maryland and New York. Nicholas was married in 1839 to Celesta Peas, of this county. They had seven children, five boys and two girls, and they are all living ex- cept James H., who died October 1, 1870. Jarett Price was married September 7, 1869, to Miss Mary Harter, of this county. Mrs. Price was born September 8, 1842, being the daughter of John and Marinda Harter. They have two children- Celesta M. and Nicholas E. Celesta was born March 27, 1873, and Nicholas E. September 9, 1874; both are at home with their parents. Jarett Price enlisted November 9, 1861, in company G, Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, under Cap- tain Stewart, Colonel Charles R. Woods command- ing. Was in the battles of Fort Donelson and Pitts- burgh Landing. He went as a private, was taken sick at Pittsburgh Landing; lay sick at that place four months and then returned home. He had enlisted for three years.

LIMA TOWNSHIP.

PRESCOTT, BENJAMIN, post office, Columbia Cen- ter, was born in England in 1814, and was by trade a hatter until he left for the new world, in the

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year 1847. He married Sarah Vaughn, in England. They settled on the place they now occupy, in 1848, and have since resided there. They joined the Presbyterian church soon after settling in the county.

MADISON TOWNSHIP.

PIGG, GEORGE, deceased, was born in North- umberland county, England, in 1798. In 1837 he married Miss Jane Knox, born in the same county in England in 1808. In a few months after their marriage they emigrated to America, and located in Madison township, Licking county, Ohio, on land now owned by George A. Wilson ; remained on the Wilson farm about fourteen years. In 1851 he purchased and moved on the farm in the same town- ship now owned by his son, Charles A. Pigg, where he deceased September 16, 1862. He made farm- ing his principal vocation. His companion is still surviving him, and is living on the home farm, with her son Charles. They reared a family of five chil- dren-Charles A., Isabella, William, George T., and David H., all of whom are now married and liv- ing in Madison township.

PIGG, DAVID H., farmer, youngest son of George and Jane Pigg, was born in Madison township, this county, June 22, 1847. On the twenty-first day of June, 1876, he married Miss Eliza, daughter of James Avery, of Newark. They settled on the farm where they now reside, in Madison township. They have one child, Mary K. At present he is filling the office of justice of the peace of Madi- son township.

MARY ANN TOWNSHIP.

PITZER, JAMES, ESQ .- This well known citizen was a son of Major Anthony Pitzer, once a leading man in military and political circles, and was born in the Hog Run settlement in 1809, and died at his residence on Rocky fork, December 28, 1875, aged sixty-six years. James, as well as his father, gave attention to military affairs, no less than to civil and political matters, and had many friends. He attained to the rank of captain in military affairs, and as a politician had acquired consid- erable local popularity. He was repeatedly elected to the office of justice of the peace of Licking township, and largely enjoyed the confidence of his neighbors and acquaintances.

MCKEAN TOWNSHIP.

PIERSON, J. M., farmer, was born in 1839, in this county; was the son of Nathan and Abby Pierson, who came to this county about 1830, and located in Liberty township. He was married December, 1871, to Jane Cross, of this county, who was born in 1848, in McKean township. The results of this marriage were three children: Artie D., born Jan- uary 27, 1873; Lella L., born March 11, 1874;

Harry R., born September 10, 1877. Mr. Pierson located in Mckean township in 1872. His parents both died in March, 1872, aged seventy-four and seventy-one years.

PRATT, MOSES L., was born June 13, 1801, in Rutland county, Vermont, was the son of Ben- jamin Pratt, who was born August 13, 1777. Benjamin Pratt was the son of Ebenezer Pratt, who was the son of Silas Pratt, who was born Feb- ruary 27, 1722, and who traced his ancestry back to the Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock. The grand- fathers of Moses Pratt-Silas Pratt and Benjamin Whipple-the last of whom was born May + 1727, both served through the Revolutionary war. Silas Pratt was the father of three sons: Ebenezer had three children, and Benjamin was the father of eleven children. Benjamin and family, except Moses L, came to this county in the year 1814, located in Granville township, making the journey by wagon. Moses L., the sub- ject of this sketch, followed his father two years afterwards. He was married August 21, 1825, to Abigail Bigelow, of this county, who was born November 30, 1801, in Battleborough, Vermont, came to Mckean township with her parents in 1824. The results of this marriage were six chil- dren: George B., born June 1, 1826, was married June 25, 1851, to Mary Smith, of this county, and is now living at Granville; is in the furniture and undertaking business; James Edwin, born Novem- ber 17, 1827, was married September 25, 1850, to Maria L. Cross, of this county, and now lives in Bellefontaine, and is a physician; Jane Elizabeth, born August 29, 1829, was married March 21, 1854, to T. H. Odell, of this county, a miller. She died April 4, 1868 ; Moses L., jr., was born October 1, 1831, was married August 1, 1860, to Sarah Alstadt, Champaign county, lives at Quincy, Logan county, and is a physician. John W., born July 19, 1834, was married September 30, 1869, to Maria W. Bigelow, of this county. The results of this marriage were four boys: Edwin B., Ellis C .. Benjamin W., and William A. Redelia was born December 29, 1838; died April 18, 1870, aged thirty-two years. Moses L. Pratt cast his first vote in Ohio for John Quincy Adams, in 1824; has voted the Whig and Republican tickets ever since.

Mr. and Mrs. Pratt have been married fifty five years, and both living at this time in their eightieth year.

PRESTON, BENEDICT, a farmer and stock maier, was born January 18, 1829, in Newton towest and is the son of Jonathan and Harriet Presten Jonathan came to this county in 1812, kad family, which numbered twelve in all, in All are living except one. Jonathan cut amf timber to build his first log cabin, which

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the southwest corner of Washington township, but in later years he built a log house just over the line in Newton township, where he lived, and where he died September, 1856, aged sixty-five years. He never changed his residence after his first location. Benedict, the subject of this sketch, went to Morrow county in 1853, to live with an older brother, remaining there about three years, then went to Iowa, and came back to this county in eighteen months. He was married October 8, 1857, to Rachel Fringer, of Morrow county, who was born July 10, 1836. The results of this marriage were six children: Harry J., born September 30, 1858, is single and lives at home; Eugene Elwood, died at the age of eighteen months; Lonetta May, born May 26, 1863, is single and lives at home; Ruth Ann, born May 26, 1868; Sylverius S., born October 4, 1872; Zelora, born February 11, 1876. Benedict's mother is yet- living. She was born in 1796, and is now in her eighty-fifth year. She re- tains her memory the same as in her younger days.

PRICE, WILLIAM W., farmer, was born Septem- ber 20, 1838, in Muskingum county. He is the son of John and Jane Price, who came to this State about 1834. They emigrated from Wales, and located in Mckean township in 1855, on the place where William now lives. John Price died October 23, 1878, aged sixty-eight years. Mrs. Jane Price died July 4, 1860, aged sixty years; William was married March 29, 1860, to Catha- rine Eshelman, of this county, who was born Oc- tober 25, 1833, in this county. They have three children, two girls and one boy. Thomas W., born February 7, 1863 ; Clara E., born October 3, 1865; Carrie J., born May 30, 1868, are all living at home. Mr. Price is a general farmer, stock and wool producer. He also has a choice variety of fruit.

MONROE TOWNSHIP.

PAIGE, WILLIAM, physician, deceased; he was born April 19, 1820, in Granville; fourth child of William and Rosetta M. Paige. He began reading medicine about 1842 or 1843, with Dr. Homer Thrall, of Gambier, attending lectures in New York city. He began the practice of medicine with the late Dr. Pratt, of Johnstown; he married Miss Sophronia Buxton, and to them were given three children, two of whom are living: Adel and Wil- liam W. The former married Rev. Daniel Towney; the latter Miss Lucy Stevens, of Johnstown. They have one child : Frank Stevens. Dr. Paige died December 3, 1878, mourned by a large concourse of friends; his wife still survives him, residing in the village of Johnstown. Mr. Paige was one of these genial, pleasant men who make friends where ever they go, and are missed by the entire commu- nity. His son, William, read medicine under his

father, and attended lectures at Cincinnati, where he received his diploma.

PECK, ISRAEL H., retired farmer and stock grower, post office, Johnstown, was born September 30, 1805, in Horton township, Kings county, Nova Scotia, and immigrated to Monroe township, where he now lives. In 1817 he left Nova Scotia and came overland by way of. New Jersey, Pennsylva- nia, through Zanesville, Ohio, and landed where he now lives, in October, 1817. He received his ed- ucation at the district schools. He states that the school-house in which he first attended school had paper windows in it. He has lived where he now lives more than sixty-two years; his father built the house in 1818, and it is still standing, Mr. Peck making it his home ever since he came here. The longest he has been absent at any one time, was six weeks when on a visit to his birth place in Nova Scotia. He married Violet Smith, October 14, 1841; she is a daughter of John and Elizabeth Smith, deceased, who emigrated from Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, in the fall of 1832. Mr. and Mrs. Peck have had seven children: Eugene, born October 10, 1842; Charles L., September 19, 1844; Mary Alice, September 15, 1846; infant son, April 16, 1848; Jane, July 23, 1849; infant son, April 11, 1852; Israel Harris, April 20, 1856. Eugene and Charles enlisted in the late war, and both came home, receiving an honorable discharge; the latter on the fifteenth of July, 1865. Benjamin Peck and Mary Harding, the former born March 25, 1773, and the latter born in 1775, parents of the subject of this sketch were married July 6, 1794. They are of English parentage, the former settling in Nova Scotia during the Revolutionary war. Benjamin Peck died April 23, 1819; Mary, his wife, died October 10, 1856. Mr. Peck has a farm of two hundred and fifty-two acres of land in the immediate vicinity of Johnstown, and is spend- ing his declining years in peace and plenty, re- spected by all who know him. Mr. Peck has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since he was twenty-one years of age, is a member of the Baptist church and a Republican politically.

PHILBRICK, JOEL, farmer and stock grower, Johnstown, Ohio, was born in Gratton, Hillsbor- ough county, New Hampshire, May 29, 1813. His father, Joel Philbrick, sr., was born in Ware, New Hampshire, in 1782. He married Sally Fox in 1809. She was born in Center Harbor, New Hampshire, about 1789. They emigrated to Lick- ing county in 1817. The subject of this sketch married Carrie E. Brown, daughter of Jonathan and Rozilla Brown, who emigrated to Licking county during 1835. Carrie was born July 31, 1824. Mr. Philbrick's father and mother died, the former during the year 1846, the latter February

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18, 1876. The subject of this sketch has had four children, all of whom died in infancy. He ranks very high as a farmer and possesses a large farm under a high state of cultivation. With him farm- ing has proved a success.

PRATT, ELI, post office, Johnstown, was born July 18, 1798, in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and came to Licking in the year 1814. The fol- lowing year (1815), in March, he came to Monroe township, and has been a resident of the township ever since. He was married December 10, 1824, to Mrs. Susannah Munson (nee Jewett), by whom he had four children-Israel, born August 22, 1825, died December 30, 1874; Hector, born February 3, 1827; John, born October 26, 1830; Lucy H., born September 28, 1832. "Major" Pratt, as his neighbors call him, is, in spite of his eighty-three years, yet a vigorous man, and bids fair to become a centennarian. He is foremost in all enterprises which tend to the material interests of Johnstown. Through his efforts the village has a splendid flour- ing-mill, which has all the latest improvements. The Baptist denomination has a church which cost four thousand five hundred dollars, built mainly by his contributions. To such men as he every community owes all of its material prosperity. He is a member of the Baptist church and a Republi- can in politics. His wife, Mrs. Susannah Pratt, died November 23, 1871, and he now resides with his son-in-law, William Ashbrook, esq.

PRATT, BENJAMIN WALTER (deceased), was born in Rutland, Vermont, March 22, 1813; came with his parents to Granville, Ohio, in 1814; com- menced the practice of medicine at the age of twenty-one, under tutilage of Dr. Homer Thrall; commenced practice in Johnstown, Ohio, in 1837. In the winter of 1839-'40 he attended lectures at the Medical college of Ohio, from which institu- tion he received his diploma. He continued to practice in Johnstown until his sickness and death which took place August 21, 1879; was married twice-January, 1843, to Tamar Josephine Tuttle, of Franklin county, Pennsylvania, by whom he had two children; was married again in December, 1852, to Miss Jane M. Bean, of Bennington town- ship, by whom he had four children-three living. The subject of the above sketch possessed a char- acter in which was united two strong peculiarities, quick perception and firmness. This gave him a strong intuitive power that enabled him to grasp the truth of things without going over them in de- tail. He succeeded in all things, not so much be- cause he knew more than his associates, but be- cause his knowledge came to a focus his whole power to a cutting edge, and he could decide what to do, and have it half done before the aver- age man could get ready to begin. Thus he gained

victories in his profession, not because he was stronger, but because his power was quick. He was not adapted to foster slow interests. He be- longed to the spirit of the ninteenth century at the head and front of it. He was accurate and scienti- fic, ranking with the leaders of his profession. He was self-made, and became what he was solely by the force of his own ability and character. In the death of Dr. Pratt, Johnstown not only lost a use- ful man, but a power for good. He was quick to see and combat public wrongs, even at great cost to himself, and it will be a long time before there will be one that can fill his place. He was a man of original honesty and honor. He did not live a long life, but it was a useful, a worthy and even a great one. His system broke down through over- work, and manifested itself by an affection of the brain which produced paralysis.

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NEWARK TOWNSHIP.

PRICE, THOMAS D., born May 19, 1826, on the farm on which he now lives, in Newark township. He was married to Sarah J., daughter of Maurice Jones, of Newton township, June 4, 1855. They have eight boys-Ira M., Asa E., Eber S. Mark E .. Enoch J., Milo B., Orlo J., and Homer C. Mr. Price has followed farming, giving, bis attention more particularly to the raising of Merino sheep and fruit growing. His education was obtained mostly at the district school, with two terms at the academy; also by teaching several winter terms of district school. This was followed by close read- ing and study, which has made him a diligent stu- dent of nature in all its bearings on his calling and business. He is an earnest advocate of education, and has made provision to give each of his boys a liberal education. The eldest, Ira M., having com- pleted his course at Denison university, is now teaching in Des Moines (Iowa) university; Asa E., after attending university awhile, died December 4, 1877; Eber S. has been at school two years. Re- ligiously, Mr. Price is a Baptist, belonging to the Welsh Hill Baptist church. He takes a decided interest in Sunday schools, and the moral and re- ligious training of children. He is positively op- posed to the use of liquors and tobacco, neither of which are ever allowed in his house. He believes in providing for his family plenty of good books and papers, and encourages his boys to spend their spare time in storing their minds with useful knowl- edge. Edward Price, his father, was born in Wales in 1797. He settled in Newark township in 1824. He was married to Mary Pittsford in 1825. They had two sons, Thomas D. and Josiah W. Edward Price died December 26, 1878.

PRICE, ISAAC .- He came to this country in 1833, and settled in Columbus for about eighteen months, when he removed to Newark, and remained about

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nine years, when he removed to the northern part of Newark township and settled on a farm contain- ing one hundred and seventy-five acres, where he has since resided. He is the son of David and Margaret Price, and was born in Breckinshire, South Wales, in May, 1803. He was married to Ann Jane Davis, June 26, 1841. She is the daugh- ter of John and Jane Davis, and was born in Bal- timore, August 10, 1825. Mr. Price has nine children; Mary, John, Martha and Mamie are dead; John D., William T., Frank I., Margaret A., and Martha J. are living. Margaret married Samuel A. Davis, of Newark township, May 5, 1870. They have three children-William, Milo and Maud.

CITY OF NEWARK.

PACK, MRS., MARY, Newark. She was born in Belmont county, Ohio, December 17, 1826. She is one of a family of five children; her father, Thomas Hyde, was born in Maryland, and died in Belmont county, Ohio, January 22, 1851, at the age of forty-five years; his wife died August 23, 1867, at the age of seventy-seven years. Mary Hyde was married to Shelton Pack, December 24, 1852. She is the mother of five children: John W., born April 1, 1853; Elida, February 22, 1855; Martin L. W., January 22, 1860 ; Lizzie, March 28, 1862; Rosa, December 11, 1866. Mrs. Pack's great- grandfather, William Hyde, came from England when twenty-one years of age; he died February, 1828, at the age of sixty-five years; his wife died some three years previous to his death, at about the same age. Mrs. Pack lived on the farm form- erly owned by her grandfather, near Fairview, Bel- mont county, until 1871, when she moved to Barnsville. Since April 13, 1880, she has lived with her son John, in Newark. Her father had one brother, John, and three sisters, Mary, Sarah, and Margaret. Her son, John W. Pack, followed farming until he was nineteen years of age; he then learned telegraphing in an office of the Balti- more & Ohio railroad company. This he fol- lowed some two years, but on account of ill health was compelled to give it up. He then learned printing, which he followed about the same length of time, and since then has been fireman on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. He was married December 2, 1879, to Katie Linskey, of Bellair, Ohio. Her father, Patrick Linskey, was one of the early settlers of that place.

PAIGE, JOSEPH, was paper hanger and kalso- miner; was born in Granville June 29, 1844. He is the son of Joseph Paige, sr., who died Decem- ber 3, 1874, at the age of seventy-nine years. The subject of this sketch, at an early day of his life, learned the above business, which he yet follows. When the civil war broke out he enlisted July 28, 1863, in company E, Fifth United States colored

troops, and he was in the battles of Petersburgh, Fort Fisher, Richmond, Wilmington, Deep Swamp, Virginia, and several other engagements; he has seen many hardships of soldier's life. He was married October 26, 1862, to Sarah Berget, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio. They are the parents of seven children: Mary, Clara, Wymon, Rosa, and three who died in infancy.

PARKINSON, JAMES C., carpenter; he was born in Reading, Perry county, Ohio, October 27, 1823. When he was thirty-one years old he was married to Miss Tamson P. Mann. She was born in Chester county in 1829. Shortly after marriage they removed to Newark and located. They are the parents of eight children: Ida I., born Jan- uary 20, 1855, married to Joseph A. Taylor; Will- iam H., born April 23, 1857 ; Charles E., Septem- ber 20, 1867 (died at the age of twenty two months); Frank E., September 1, 1859; James A., April 12, 1864; Andrew J., July 2, 1866 (died Sep- tember, 1866); John E., July 1869 (died March, 1870); Robert F., March 13, 1872. The subject of this sketch was first engaged in printing seven years; afterwards followed farming three years; he then worked for Daugherty twenty years as day laborer, but for the past five years he has been fol- lowing carpentering and slating. He is an expert blacksmith; his son, William H., is a telegraph operator and is in the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad company. Ida I. is the wife of Joseph A. Tabler, an engineer on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. Mr. Parkinson's mother was a pio- neer of this county and died September 12, 1877, aged seventy-eight years.

PARKINSON, WILLIAM M., stone mason, was born in Somerset, Perry county, Ohio, July 14, 1830. His occupation in early life was chair making ; he next learned the carpenter trade; his eyesight fail- ing, he then engaged in his present occupation. He was a soldier in company H, Ohio volunteer infantry, Thirty-first regiment, and was in several hard battles; he was discharged June 29, 1865, on account of disability; has seen many of the hard- ships of army life. Mr. Parkinson was married to Miss Kate Steckel, October 30, 1877, who was born in Virginia in 1840. They have two children: John Webb, born November 28, 1878; Joseph Andrew, November 16, 1879. Mrs. Parkinson's mother is now living in Somerset at the age of seventy-nine.

PARSHALL, E. O., conductor Baltimore & Ohio railroad, son of David and Elizabeth Parshall, was born in Putnam, Muskingum county, October 10, 1845. He remained with his parents until his marriage to Lizzie W. Hagelbarger, September 24, 1874. She was born December 4, 1847, in Jeffer-

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son township, Coshocton county, and is the daughter of Jacob and Catharine B. Hagelbarger. Mr. Parshall removed to Newark December 4, 1874. He went to breaking on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad in 1873, and served in this capacity until November 1, 1876, when he was promoted to the position of conductor on a freight train. He has given entire satisfaction to the company ever since his first engagement with it. He resides in East Newark, on Grant avenue.

PHILLIPS, P. S., Newark, builder and contractor. -- He was born near Jolleytown, Green county, Pennsylvania, October 21, 1852, being the oldest child of Simeon Phillips. His mother, Elizabeth Phillips, died January 13, 1864. Mr. Phillips remained with his father on the farm until December 25, 1872, when he came to Newark, where he now resides. He learned the carpenter trade, and makes that his business during the sum- mer season; while in the winter, he teaches school. He taught his first school in a log school-house, near his old home, in 1871. He has been teach- ing since 1874, in Licking county, during the winter months. Mr. Phillips is highly esteemed by all who know him. He is a deacon in the Congregational church of Newark. By industry and economy he has succeeded in building for himself a nice residence on West Church street, where he makes his home with his tenant, Mr. M. R. Scott, editor and proprietor of the Newark Banner.

PIERCE, ERMINA, residence Lockport, daughter of William and Lavina Francis, was born Decem- ber 11, 1837, in Hanover township. Her parents came to this county in 1817, and were married in 1819. Mrs. Pierce's grandfather was in the Revo- lutionary war, her father was a soldier in the War of 1812, and her husband and brothers were in the late Rebellion. She was married to Stephen H. Pierce January 3, 1856. As before stated, Mr. Pierce was a soldier in the war. He enlisted in the service for three years in company L, First Iowa cavalry. Before his term of enlistment ex- pired he was discharged on account of ill health. He died in Linn county, Iowa, December 31, 1864, leaving Mrs. Pierce with two children: Franklin A., born November 13, 1856; John R., born November 2, 1860. Franklin was married February 20, 1879, to Mary C. Henry. John is in the employ of the American Union Telegraph company, and is located at Indianapolis, Indiana. He has been telegraphing since he was thirteen years of age.

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History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Part 132

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