History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Part 136

Author: N. N. Hill, Jr.
Publication date: 1881
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STARK, CHRISTOPHER R., second child of Joshua and Silence Rose Stark, married Miss Mary Part- ridge, of Granville, March 12, 1860, which union has been favored with a family of three children- Joshua, born November 20, 1862; Charles, born October 5; 1863; William Tecumseh, born Decem- ber 24, 1867. Mrs. Stark was oldest daughter and second child in a family of four children, whose names were David, Mary, James, and Harriet. Her father, Ebenezer Partridge was a native of Burling- ton, Vermont, born May 18, 1802. Her mother was Lucretia Rice, born in Westford, Vermont, in 1808. Mr. and Mrs. Partridge emigrated to Ohio in the spring of 1834, and settled in Granville, Licking county, where they passed the remainder of their lives. Mrs. Partridge died March 21, 1849. Mr. Partridge's second wife was Marietta Hamilton, of Canaan, New York. Mr. Partridge died November 1, 1873. M .. Christopher Stark was one of the first students of Granville college, being a pupil of Professor John Pratt, in the old brick Baptist church edifice, where the first nucleus was formed in the fall of 1831. He was a mem- ber of the college for some five or six years. In the spring of 1849, Mr. Stark led a company of thirty-two men across the plains to California. Of this company Mr. Stark was both president and commissary. The party was five months on the way, and though they suffered many hardshipsand

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even perils on their way, they all reached their des- tination without any depletion by death or serious casualties. After a residence of nine years in Cal- ifornia, in which Mr. Stark met with great success in business, he returned to Ohio, arriving in July, 1858. He then settled on the homestead west of Granville, which has been his residence ever since. Mr. Stark has for a number of years been engaged in raising fine stock, and upon a number of occa- sions at the county and State fairs has exhibited specimens of very choice Durhams. He is a man above medium height, rather slender, and has a countenance indicative of thought and deliberation. He is a close observer of men and things, has a mind of his own, but very modest in the expression of his opinions. He has inherited very largely the noble mental characteristics of his father. He is a member of the Granville Farmers' club, and his speeches in that body are given in few words, but are always to the point.

HANOVER TOWNSHIP.

SKINNER, JOHN H., a farmer by occupation, was born June 5, 1831, in Hanover township, near where he lives; he is the son of Asa W. and Martha (Haley) Skinner. They came to this county in 1827, from Virginia, where they were born, and settled on a farm about one half mile west of where John W. now lives. Here they reared a family of twelve children, consisting of five sons and seven daughters, the subject of this sketch being the fifth born to them; his parents are dead, the mother having died in 1866, and the father in 1875. Mr. Skinner was married April 2, 1857, to Malvenia Allen, the daughter of Noah and Mary A. (Esstile) Allen and was born Septem- ber 28, 1838, in Muskingum county. Her parents removed from Muskingum to this county, in 1842, and settled in Hopewell township, where they reared a family of twelve children. The result of Mr. Skinner's marriage is eleven children, nine of whom are living, five boys and four girls. One boy and one girl are dead. Those living are: James A., born February 25, 1858; Asa W., Octo- ber 23, 1859; John H., jr., September 5, 1861; Morris A., July 7, 1863; Martha C., February 1, 1866; Noah T. E., May 23, 1868; Harriet Ann, February 19, 1871; Ella Agnes, January 31, 1876; Lisla Blanche, November 24, 1879. 'T'hose dead are Malveina H., who was born April 29, 1873, and died May 27, 1874; infant, born February 6, 1875, died February 11, 1875.

HARTFORD TOWNSHIP.

STOUGHTON, A. D., hardware merchant, born in 1844, in Knox county, Ohio; his father, Lemuel Stoughton, was born in Vermont in 1812; came to this county in 1818; he was married in 1832 to

Miss Emily H. Mead, of this county. She was born in 1814. Mr. Stoughton died in 1875 .. They were the parents of four children, only two. of whom are living. The subject of this sketch: was married in Delaware, Ohio, in 1867, to Miss. Sarah A. Smith, of Delaware. She was born in. 1845. They are the parents of two children: Ermina B., born in Delaware in 1868, and died in: this county, March 20, 1875; Edward E., born. November 5, 1878. Mr. Stoughton removed from this county in 1850, and returned to this county. in 1872. The subject of this sketch began busi- ness in the stove and tin line, in November, 1875, in the old Seymour building, in Hartford, and re- mained in that building until February, 1877, when he removed to his present place of business, on the southeast corner of the public square. In. April, 1877, he took in a partner (J. E. Harrison), when he added to his business hardware and house furnishing goods. In March, 1880, he pur- chased the interest of J. E. Harrison, and now is the sole owner and proprietor of stock, building, and fixtures, and conducts the business himself with the assistance of Mr. E. H. Moore, who is a practical workman in the tinner's line.

JERSEY TOWNSHIP.

SPRINKLE, WILLIAM, farmer, post office address,' Jersey, was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in 1830, the son of John and Barbara Sprinkle. In 1833 his father's family emigrated to Bowling Green township, this county, where William re- mained until 1869, when he moved to Jersey town- ship. He is the fourth of seven children, namely: Maria (Roley), of Licking township; Henry, a farmer, of Allen county, Ohio; Peter, a farmer, of Johnson county, Missouri; William; Catharine (Snyder), Johnson County, Missouri; Mary E. (Poundstone), Newark, Ohio; and Margaret (Orr), of Bowling Green township. December 11, 1857, he was married to Miranda, daughter of Robert and Cornelia (Howell) Reed, of Fairfield county. They have five children-John, Lora E. (Traxler), William Arthur, Walter and Charlie.

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP.

SHAUB, LEAH, was born January 11, 1817, in Lampeter township, Lancaster county, Pennsylva- nia. She remained with her mother, her father having died when she was quite young, until she was about twenty years of age. She married Jacob Shaub Octob. r 27. 1836, and in the spring of 1837 they emigrated to Ohio, locating about one mile east of Newark, May Ist, where they remained about eighteen months, and in December, 1838, they moved to Liberty township, where they have remained ever since. Jacob Shaub, her husband, was born February 15, 1815, in Lampeter township,

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Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. He worked on the farm until he was sixteen years of age, when he served an apprenticeship as a shoemaker at which he spent his evenings and rainy days. When the Shaub estate was settled he fell heir to thirty- seven acres of land, which he disposed of about 1849, and made a purchase of one hundred acres, to which he continued adding until he possessed one hundred and seventy-four acres, which he placed in a high state of cultivation. They had nine children-three boys and six girls-only two of whom are living: Emma, born April 30, 1838; Elizabeth, born April 27, 1839. The latter mar- ried George W. Barstow December 9, 1867, and is living with Mrs. Shaub. Mr. Shaub, sr., died Jan- uary 19, 1878, at an advanced age, loved by his family and respected by all who knew him. He was a member of the Baptist church.

SLIFE, CHARLES, farmer and stock grower, post office, New Way, was born October 26, 1840, in Liberty township. He married Mrs. Ella McNeely May 25, 1876. She was born January 29, 1851, in Liberty township. She married Jacob McNeely in the year 1871. He died September 24th of the same year. Henry Slife, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born July 4, 1816, in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. He immi- grated to Perry county, Ohio, about 1834. He married Catharine Dumbauld. She was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, about 1815. They have five children-Charles, Lydia A., Frederick, David and Samuel. Lydia A. and Samuel are dead. Charles, the subject of this sketch, owns one hundred and twenty three acres of land, one mile north of New Way. They have one child- Maud Marie, born November 29, 1879. Mrs. Marie Myers, mother of Mrs. Slife, was born Feb- ruary 2, 1821, near Zanesville, Ohio. She came to Licking county with her parents, Jacob and Isa- bel Ramey, late of Mckean township. Mr. Slife has traveled in the far west, and relates many inter- esting incidents. He ranks among the enterpris- ing, energetic and benevolent men of Liberty township.

STOCKBERGER, GEORGE F., farmer and stock raiser, post office, New Way, was born in Liberty township, February 6, 1849. He married Roena Warner, September 8, 1867. She was born March 14, 1848. She is a daughter of Daniel and Nancy Warner, of Hartford township, and of German par- entage. John Stockberger, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and married Lucinda Francis. She was born in Liberty township. The subject of this sketch has two children: Nettie, born No- vember 5, 1869, and Warner, born July 10, 1872. Mr. Stockberger's mother died August 1, 1863.

Mr. Stockberger and wife are members of the regular Baptist church. He ranks among the en- terprising, energetic men of Liberty township Politically he is a Democrat. He owns sixty-eigtt acres of land under a good state of cultivation.

STRATTON, DAVID, farmer and stone cutter, post office, New Way, was born in Weybridge township, Addison county, Vermont, September 17, 1808. When he was six years of age his pa- rents, David and Eunice Stratton, immigrated to Granville township, this county. In the spring of 1826 they moved into Mckean township. He married Adelia Critchet, December 31, 1837, and moved and purchased fifty-five acres within a half mile of New Way, Liberty township, where he has made his home ever since. Mrs. Stratton was born July 10, 1818. She was a daughter of Mat- thew H. and Sarah Critchet, of Granville .town- ship. Mr. and Mrs. Stratton have had three chil- dren: Elvira, born November 24, 1843, married April 15, 1880, to Seth L. Woodworth, and resides in Arcola, Illinois; Albert, born April 6, 1851, mar- ried Victoria B. Hildreth, December 18, 1878, and resides in Pataskala, this county. Mr. Stratton says he well recollects seeing the red man of the forest surround the school-house in Granville town- ship during school hours and make all manner of grimaces, either to scare or create a laugh. A large dog, belonging to him or some of the schol- ars, took after the Indians, and they rode away with their usual whoop. He relates incidents of shooting wolves, of seeing bear, deer, and all other wild game.

LICKING TOWNSHIP.

SMITH, RICHARD, was born February, 1810, in Licking county. He was married to Christina Bow- man, of this county, April, 1829. They had seven children: Martha, born January, 1830, died seven months afterwards; Samuel, born November, 1831, died six weeks afterwards; Andrew, born Novem- ber, 1837, was married to Mary Jane Padgett, of this county, died March, 1872, aged thirty-five years; Mary Jane, born January, 1840; married to A. Carlisle, of this county; died March, 1868, in her twenty-eighth year; Henry C., born May, 1843; married Amanda Stotler, of this county, and re- sides in West Jefferson, Madison county; John A., born in 1849; married Minerva Marvin, of Frank- lin county, and lives on the old homestead with his mother; Solomon, born September 18, 1845; mar- ried Elizabeth E. Odel, of this county, October 10, 1869; his wife was the daughter of John and Clarinda Odel, of Fairfield county. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Jacksontown. They have no children and live on the farm bordering the lakes of Licking township. Richard Smith located en

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the farm known as the Island farm, near Summit reservoir. He lived on this farm about forty years, and helped to build the Ohio canal and reservoir. He died May 10, 1871, and his remains are en- tombed in the cemetery near by his late residence. He was a member of the Campbellite church for a number of years. He was a very unfortunate man in this life. He was at one time burnt out and left almost penniless and without any help. He was a man of energetic, industrious character, honest in all his transactions, and by judicious management was able to leave his children a home. He was never known to use any profane language; was a man of good judgment; always voted the Whig and Republican ticket.

STEWART. JOSEPH B., SR., son of Robert and Margaret Stewart was born June 16, 1791, in Ches- ter county, Pennsylvania; went with his parents to Ohio county, Virginia, in the spring of 1795; re- mained there with them till he was sixteen years old; he then came to St. Clairsville, Belmont coun- ty, Ohio, in 1807, where he learned, and worked at, the hatter's trade till 1819, when he returned to Ohio county, Virginia, and married Miss Margaret Wallace, of the same place, daughter of John and Margaret Wallace, and sister of Elder Charles Wallace. Came to this county in 1807 as a fur trader, there being but few small houses and a blacksmith shop in the place-the shop stood between where Newkirk's and O. G. King's stores now stand. He, on different occasions, rode his horse into the water-pond, the water being mid-side to his horse, where the court-house now stands. He travelled through all northwestern Ohio buying furs. It is stated that once, while travelling, he stayed all night with a family by the name of Moore, on Boag's creek, who were all murdered the next night by the Indians, whom he met the next morning but was not molested by them as he was a fur trader. Said he was in Granville when the buildings were mere huts. He removed his fam- ily from Ohio county, Virginia, to this county in 1834, and settled in Licking township, his family then consisting of Adaline, born March 31, 1820. She was married to Samuel Hupp, of this township, and has four chidren; Margaret Jane, born May 21, 1821. She was married to Har- rison Griffith, of this township, and has three chil- dren; Robert, born December 23, 1822. He married Mary Meredith, of this county, and has no children; William, W., born September 11, 1824; married Mary Wilcox, of Fairfield county, Ohio, March 29, 1857, and has eight children; Mary, born August 22, 1826, and remains single-these were all born in Virginia. Joseph B. Stewart, jr., was born May 7, 1834, in this county, married Mary Foxgrave, and has one child. He still

resides on the old homestead in Licking township, and is a well-to-do farmer. Mr. Stewart, sr., after Settling in this county, was engaged principally in farming but had carried on other business previous- ly to this in Ohio, and was for seventy-four years an active business man. Mr. Stewart and wife were both of Scotch descent, and belonged to the Presbyterian church, also most of the family, every one of whom votes the Democratic ticket. Mr. Stewart was a remarkable man, having under- gone a great many hardships and privations inci- dent to pioneer life, having on one occasion started from his home in Virginia for Ohio with nothing on but his buckskin breeches, moccasins and buck- skin roundabout, as it was called in those days. Mr. Stewart died February 26, 1879, aged eighty- seven years, eight months and ten days. Mrs. Stewart died August 4, 1878, aged eighty years, two months and nineteen days.

STOTLER, JOHN M., was born October 2, 1849, in Muskingum county, the son of Daniel and Christina Stotler. He was married to Mary Ruby, of this county, October 5, 1871. They have three children: Jessa E, Clara Elizabeth, and George E. Jessa E. was born August 5, 1872; Clara E. May 14, 1874; and George March 24, 1878.

SWISHER, ISAAC, was born February 18, 1807, in Licking township; was the son of Jacob and Phoebe Swisher. Jacob Swisher came to this county in 1803; Phoebe Green (his wife) came in 1800. Jacob was married in 1805, and was the father of eight children. Isaac, the subject of this sketch, was married June 27, 1830, to Sarah Ca- rothers, of this county. Their only child died at the age of six weeks. Sarah Swisher died April, 1831, aged twenty-three years. Isaac was married again September, 1831, to Sarah M. Woodruff, of this county, who was born May 2, 1809. Results of this marriage, ten children, six of whom are living at present : Ann, Abraham, Jacob, Harmon, Isaac, Rachel, Sarah, William, Mary Jane, and Nancy Ann. Ann is single and lives at home; Jacob is married and lives in Indiana; Isaac is single and lives in Iowa; Rachel was married to Burress Morland, of Coshocton county, and lives at Akron; Sarah was married to Owen Clark, of this county; they have four children: Armina Bell, Edwin L., Artametia, Roy W .; all are at home with their parents. Mrs. Sarah Swisher died December 21, 1879, aged seventy-one years. Isaac has always lived where he now lives, has always been a farmer, and is now in his seventy-fourth year.

SUTTON, MRS. NANCY .- This veteran pioneer woman died at the old homestead upon which she had lived about seventy years, in Licking township,

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June 7, 1874, at the great age of ninety-seven years and some months. She was the widow of the late Jehu Sutton, to whom she was married about the beginning of the present century. Mrs. Sutton was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1777, and removed to this county in 1804. They were a robust, vigorous pair of pio- neers, admirably adapted to pioneer lite, and led lives of great industry and usefulness. Jehu and Nancy Sutton were Baptists, and were kind, neigh- borly, good citizens, and discharged their duties faithfully. Jehu Sutton died in 1865, aged about eighty-five years.

LIMA TOWNSHIP.

SNABLY, WILLIAM, farmer, post office Columbia Center .- He was born in St. Louis, April 25, 1834. He was a son of William and Eliza Snably, who came from Pennsylvania about 1829. He is the seventh of a family of eight children. He re- mained at home until he was severteen years old, when he struck out for himself. He followed farming, and in 1859 he went to Tennessee, and when the war broke out was conscripted into the Southern army, where he served one year and then deserted and came over and joined the Union forces, where he served until the close of the war. After receiving his discharge he cate to Ohio, and settled in this county, and, in June, 1866, he was married to Maggie Huttman, of Columbus. After his marriage he settled in Lima township. Mr. and Mrs. Snably have six children-Rosa, Willie, Anna, Sarah, Lena, and Frank.

SMITH, SEYMORE, farmer, post office Pataskala .- He was born in Seneca county, Ohio, in Novem- ber, 1848. He is a son of William and Mary Smith, who removed from Franklin county about 1844, and in 1866 they moved to Fairfield. He is the second of a family of four children. He re- mained at home until he was married, in the fall of 1872, to Grace A. Price, of Fairfield county. After his marriage he settled in Franklin county; in 1873 he moved to Fairfield county, and in the spring of 1876 he bought and moved to his present farm.

SWISHER, J., post office Summit, was born in Hardy county, Virginia, in 1808. He is the son of Philip and Catharine Swisher. Philip Swisher died in 1859; he came to Ohio in 1827, and set- tled on the present homestead. J. Swisher married Miss Dorothy Howser, in 1833, the daughter of John and Dorothy Howser, formerly of Fairfield.

MADISON TOWNSHIP.

STANBERY, BYRON, farmer .- He was born in Madison township, October 16, 1824, and is the youngest son of William Stanbery, deceased. He served eighteen months in the Mexican war. Mr. Stanbery is a single man and follows farming. He

lives about two miles east of Newark in Madison township. His father died in 1872, aged eighty- four years; his mother died the same year at the same age.

STASAL, GEORGE, farmer, was born in Germany, December 19. 1826; came to Fairfield county. Ohio, in 1838, with his father's family. Stayed there some eight years, then moved to Licking county, and located in Newark township. His father, Nicholas Stasal, died previous to this. The subject of this sketch was married December 30, 1848, to Elizabeth Harriman, daughter of Samuel Harriman. 'They are the parents of six children- John, Dorothy A., Catharine, Mary Margaret, George H., and Charles. Arnold, Abbie, and Louise are adopted children. In 1857 Mr. Stasal moved to Newark, and went to work as a day laborer. During his stay in Newark, some twenty years, he drayed some sixteen years. In April, 1868, he bought one hundred acres of land some five miles east of the city, where he now lives.

MARY ANN TOWNSHIP.

SMITH, JOHN C., farmer, was born in Orange . county, New York, August 14, 1835, and was brought to Licking county not long afterwards, his father locating in Mary Ann township, where he was reared and still remains. On Janu- ary 1, 1861, he married Charlotte A. Bebout, daughter of Solomon and Mary Bebout, of Eden township. She was born May 17, 1842. They have two children: Oliver A., born November, 1862, and Virgil C., born November, 1867. After his marriage he purchased a farm of his father, where he now resides. He and his wife are con- sistent members of the Disciple church of Eden township.

MCKEAN TOWNSHIP.

SCALES, WILLIAM, was born January 3, 1811, in Maine, was the son of Sylvester and Hannah Scales, who came to this county in 1826, locating first in Granville township then removing to Mc- Kean township, in 1827. They had eight chil- dren. William Scales, the subject of this sketch, was married in 1832, to Susan Eddleblute, of this county, who was born in 1813, in Alleghany county, Virginia. They had six children: Lu- cretia T. was born December 29, 1833, and was married to John W. Jourdan, of this county, and is now living in Columbus; M. M., was born June, 1835, and was married to George W. Blanchard, of this county, and lives in Fredonia; L. B., was born June 10, 1841, and was married to A. E. Valentine, of this county, and is now living at home and is a farmer. Mrs. Scales died October 12, 1875, aged sixty-two years. Mr. Scales bes lived on the farm, where he now lives, since s831.

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He has been trustee, treasurer and assessor of the township a number of terms. He is now in his seventieth year, and has good health and is able to do a great deal of work. Mr. Scales' mother lived to be ninety-six years old. She was born in 1779, died in 1874, and was the mother of eight children.

SHAFFER, PERRY, was born August 24, 1845, in Licking county, and is the son of Aaron and Susannah Shaffer, who came to this county in 1825, from Holmes county. Aaror. Shaffer was born August 25, 1802, in Pennsylvania. Susannah Shaffer was born August 11, 1805, in Pennsylvania. They were the parents of eight children-seven living at present. Aaron died in 1867, aged sixty. five years. Perry, the subject of this sketch, was the first man in Bennington township to enlist for three years in the late war. He enlisted Septem- ber 16, 1861, in company H, Seventy-sixth Ohio. He was under Captain Wright, and in the battles of Fort Donelson and Pittsburgh Landing, under Grant. He was discharged November 25, 1862, on account of injury received at Fort Donelson. He was married in 1867 to Mary Gosnell, of this county. They have two children: Nettie M., born April 4, 1869, and Luna E., born June 5, 1876. They located in Mckean township in 1869, and where they now live, in 1872. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, Liberty chapel.

SPELLMAN, TIMOTHY, was born August 3, 1791, at Granville, Msssachsetts, and came to this county in 1805, with his parents, who located in Granville township. He enlisted in the War of 1812, at Granville, under Captain Rose, and in General Hull's division. He was in the battles fought on Lake Erie, and was present at General Hull's sur- render. He was married in 1812 to Abbie Graves, of this county. They had four children: Merrick, Melvina, William and Almond. William is dead. Losing his first wife, Abbie, in 1818, he married, in 1819, Cvrintha Wheeler, of this county, who was born in 1797, in Massachusetts, and came to this county in 1815, with her parents. The result of 'Timothy's last marriage was nine children: Electa, Hannah, Lucinda, Franklin, George, Har- riet, John, Louisa and Lewis. Four are deceased. George, Louisa and Lewis are living in this county. Lewis was born March, 1839, in this county, and was married in 1867 to Abbie Wheeler, of Wash- ington county, who was born in 1839. The re- sult of this marriage was five children: Harry, born February 1, 1869; Uretta, April 27, 1870; Julia, August, 1871; Carrie, January 27, 1873, and Mary, May, 1874; all living. Mr. Lewis' wife died in April, 1877, aged thirty-nine years. Lewis was born on the farm where he now lives, and has

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History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Part 136

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