History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Part 148

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

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HAMILTON, WILLIAM DOUGLAS, was born in Scot- land, May 24, 1832. He emigrated to this country in 1838, and settled in Muskingum county, near Zanesville. He was educated at the Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, and subsequently studied law at the Cincinnati law school, graduat -. ing in the class of 1859. At the opening of the. Rebellion he was practicing law in Zanesville, but he abandoned his profession and raised the first three years' company in that part of the State. He was assigned to the Thirty-second Ohio infantry, and served through the West Virginia and Shenan- doah campaigns but, fortunately, was at home on recruiting service when his regiment was surrendered at Harper's Ferry. In December, 1862, Captain Hamilton was directed by Governor Tod to recruit the Ninth Ohio cavalry, and of this regiment he was appointed colonel. He served in the Atlanta campaign, on the march to the sea, and in the cam- paign of the Carolinas. His military services ex- tend over a period of four years-one with infantry and three with cavalry. He was made brevet brigadier general for gallant and meritorious servi- ces rendered during the campaign ending in the surrender of the insurgent armies of Johnson and Lee. General Hamilton, after the close of the war, married Miss Sarah Abbott, of Zanesville, and soon after removed to Newark, where he was en- gaged actively in business for a number of years,

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principally in the coal trade and in iron manufact- ures of various kinds. While a resident of New- ark he, in 1872, was elected a presidential elector, casting a vote for General Grant for President of the United States. He was an elder in the First Presbyterian church, of Newark, superintendent of the Sabbath-school, and by lectures, addresses, and otherwise, sustained all moral movements that tended to enlighten, elevate and improve mankind. His influence was always on the side of right, truth, justice, freedom, humanity and religion. General Hamilton removed from Newark to Chi- cago, where he was in business several years, and is now living at the Ogden furnace, in the Hocking valley. He is a gentleman of intelligence, charac- ter, and general information, and is widely and fa- vorably known, and has the faculty of making friends wherever he is known, and among those whose acquaintance he makes.

MOORE, R. P., stock dealer, Newark. - David Moore and Elizabeth, his wife, great-grandparents of R. R. P. Moore, were married in 1760, near Gettysburgh, Pennsylvania. David Moore died there June 19, 1803, in the sixty-eighth year of his age. His widow, Elizabeth, emigrated to this county soon after the death of Mr. Moore, with her two sons, settling near Utica, where she raised her large family, nearly all of whom lived to the age of manhood; nearly all of them became mem- bers of the Presbyterian church.

Samuel Moore was born September 12, 1762, and died in Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, June 7, 1798.

Joseph Moore was born June 16, 1765; became a farmer; moved to Licking county, settling on the Mt. Vernon road, near Newark. He afterwards moved to Eden township, where he raised his fam- ily of six children-three boys, David, James, and Joseph, and three girls, Eliza, Margaret, and Ma- riah. All grew to manhood and womanhood, and all became members of the Presbyterian church, married and raised families.

Joseph Moore died April 10, 1859, at the house of his daughter, Mariah White, at West Liberty Logan county, Ohio, in the ninety-fourth year of his age.

William was born April 17, 1767, and died March 1, 1816, aged forty-eight years. He was a farmer by occupation.

Patrick Moore was born December 6, 1769. He settled on a farm near Utica, where he lived until his death, July 15, 1856.

David Moore was born April 17, 1772. He settled in Newark, where he was one of the first merchants. He was the founder, and. for many years the owner, of the Mary Ann furnace in Mary Ann township. He was an elder in the Presby-

terian church in Newark many years. He died ca his farm, near the city, April 29, 1865.

Thomas Moore was born October 23, 1876. He died December 18, 1806.

John Moore was born January 8, 1779. He died on his farm, near Utica, in May, 1865.

Archibald Moore was born April 6, 1781. He died November 26, 1806.

Doctor Robert Moore was born April 29, 1785 He died at Mt. Vernon, November 20, 1829.

Moses Moore was born April 6, 1788. He was a cabinet-maker and manufacturer of coffins, until his death in Newark. He died in April, 1863-

David Moore and Hannah Kirkpatrick, parents of R. P. Moore, were married at Utica, November 4, 1819. They settled on a farm near the village, where they had a family of nine children, eight of whom were raised to years of maturity. There were four boys-Robert P., Joseph S., James W., and David M .; and five girls-Lydia A. Mary J. Eliza H., Nancy A., and Elizabeth. Mr. and Mrs Moore were consistent members of the Presbyte- rian church and Reformed Presbyterian church Mr. Moore, no matter how hurried in business, always found time for morning and evening devo- tions, singing, reading the scriptures and prayer. Mr. David Moore died on the morning of April 30, 1868, at six and a half A. M., whilst Rev. Henry Hervey was engaged in prayer. Just as the min- ister uttered the words, "and now our Father in Heaven, we commit the spirit of our friend to Thee." He was seventy-seven years of age. His wife died at her daughter's, Mrs. O. M. Wylie's, in Springfield, Ohio, December 26, 1874, in the eighty-third year of her age. She was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in July, 1792, and was the youngest and last survivor of eight chil- dren of Robert and Nancy Kirkpatrick. They came to Utica, this county, in 1809. She was married in 1819, and, with her husband, enjoyed an exceedingly harmonious life-forty-eight and a half years.

ROSECRANS, WILLIAM S .- General W. S. Rose- crans is a son of Crandall Rosencrans, formerly of Homer, in this county, and was born in Kingston, Delaware county, Ohio, December 6, 1819. He graduated at West Point in 1842; entered the en- gineer corps and served as assistant professor of engineering at West Point in 1843-47, and had charge of repairs at Fort Adams, Rhode Island, from 1847 to 1854, when he resigned because of ill health. General Rosecrans was engaged in civil pursuits after the restoration of his health, un- til 1861, when, upon the breaking out of the Rebel- lion, he entered the military service again, first as aide to General McClellan. He was soon appoint- ed colonel of Ohio volunteers and brigadier gen-

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eral in United States army, and commander of the department of Ohio. General Rosecrans com- manded, in 1862, a division at the siege of Corinth; was made commander of the army of the Mississippi, and of the army of the Cumberland, and won the battle of Stone River. He was defeated at Chick- amauga in 1863, and relieved of his command. In 1864 he had command of the department of Missouri, and was made brevet major general United States army in 1865; resigned in 1867, and was appointed minister to Mexico in 1868, but was recalled in a few months. General Rosecrans has since 1868, given his time and talents to civil pur- suits, and was elected a member of Congress from San Francisco in 1880. The very popular and greatly esteemed Catholic bishop of Columbus, who recently deceased, was a younger brother of General Rosecrans. The father of the general, and of the bishop, was for many years one of the active politicians of Licking county.

The following document is now in possession of Mr. Montgomery, in the quaint handwriting and orthography of General Washington. Mr. Mont- gomery is by marriage a descendant of the Le- marts, his wife being a direct descendant of Lewis Lemart. The Lemart family were long residents of this county, and well known. The paper is a power of attorney from General Washington to Mr. Lemart to collect rents, and reads as follows: " I hereby empower Mr. Lewis Lemart to recieve such rents as are due to me upon the tract on which he himself lives, and which lyes partly in the county of Fauquier, and partly in Lou- doun. I give him the same power with respect to my other tract on Goose creek, near Mr. Robart Ashby's-and I author- ize him to make distress for. the annual or Transfer Rents which are reserved to me by the Leases-and this he is in a more especial manner to do from such persons as are about to remove from off the Land-He will see by the Leases (for I have it not in my person at this moment to make out the accts. for each man individually), for many years they have been sub- ject to the payment of Rent, and he will make no allowances save such as appear by Receipts from myself, Mr. Lewis Wash- ington or any public officer, by way of deduction without fur- ther authority from me-He is not to detain any money which he recieves under this power in his hands longer than can well be avoided, but shall transmit the same to me with an acct. of the same, from whom and when recieved, as soon as possible- For his trouble in all these acts and doings, and in full compen- sation for all his expenses, I hereby agree to allow him five per Cent for all monies which he shall actually pay into my hands or to any other person by my order-This power to remain in force till revoked by me.

Given under my hand at Mount Vernon, this roth day of April, 1784. Go. WASHINGTON.

THE BLACK HORSE TAVERN.

The Black Horse tavern of Newark was among

the early and best known hotels in Newark. It was established in 1807, by Mr. John Cully, an energet- ic, active business man, who came here from west- ern Virginia. This famous tavern stood at the head of East Main street, directly north of the Park house, and just across Main street from it. For about thirty years it was managed by Mr. Cully, and may be said to have been the leading ho. tel of Newark during most of that time. The judges of the supreme court while on their annu. al circuit always stopped with "mine host" of the Black Horse, as did also the lawyers belonging to other counties of the State who attended our courts, and most of the travelling public did likewise. The Black Horse had the reputation of furnishing the best dinners to be had in town, and the landlady did as much at least, to give popularity and attract business to the hotel, as the landlord. Mrs. Cully lived to be more than an octogenarian, and died in the spring of 1867. The pall-bearers ont he occasion of her funeral on the way to the cemetery decided to form a pioneer society, and through its instrumen- tality preserve and put on record the facts of early-time history, known to such pioneers as Mrs. Cully, before they all pass to the shadow land.

Mr. and Mrs. Cully had a large family of chil- dren, both sons and daughters. The sons have all deceased; three of the daughters are still living, all widows: Mrs. J. M. Taylor, Mrs. J. I. Mooney, and Mrs. David Moore, whose, husbands were for many years prominent business men of Newark. One of the daughters became the wife of Judge Corrington W. Searle, a leading and well known member of the Newark bar, who is elsewhere no- ticed. Both are dead, but a number of children survive them, one being the wife of Hon. John O'Neil, of Zanesville, formerly a member of Con- gress.

MUSTER ROLL OF CAPTAIN LEVI ROSE'S COM- PANY of infantry, in the Third regiment of Ohio, commanded by Colonel Lewis Cass, in the War of 1812:

Levi Rose,

Eleazer C. Clemons,

Oren Granger,

John Reese,

Asa B. Gavit,

Knowles Lennel,

Lester Case,

Thomas Spellman,

Justin Hillyer,

Elias Gilman,

George Avery,

James Alexander,

Sylvanus Mitchell,

Timothy Spellman,

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Christopher Avery.

Leveret Butler,

Milton Brown,

Arunah Clark,

Justus Cooley,

Elijah Fox,

Thomas Ford,

Claudius Graves,

Benjamin F. Gavit,

Titus S. Hoskins.

Oren B. Hayes,

Hezekiah Johnston,

John Kelley,

Hugh Kelley,

Benjamin Lennel,

Seth Mead,

John Martin,

Campbell Messenger,

David Messenger,

David Murdock,

Augustine Munson,

Owen Owens,

Calvin Pratt,

Elijah Rathbone,

Theophilus Reese,

Ormond Rose,

James Shepherd,

William Thompson,

David Thompson,

Cotton Mather Thrall,

Alexander Thrall,

Joel Wells,

Spencer Spellman,

Rowley Clark,

Harry Clemons,

William D. Gibbon.

The officers of the company were:

Levi Rose, captain. Sylvanus Mitchell, lieutenant,

Eleazer Clemons, ensign.

Oren Granger, first sergeant.

John Reese, second sergeant.

Timothy Spellman, third sergeant.

Asa B. Gavit, first corporal.

Knowles Lennel, second corporal.

Lester Case, third corporal.

Return J. Meigs commissions Levi Rose as cap- tain, June 1, 1812. Signed, Return J. Meigs, gov- ernor, and Jeremiah McLean, secretary of State. Great seal of the State affixed at the Grand Camp of the First Army of Ohio, on the western bank of Mad river.

MUSTER ROLL OF A COMPANY OF MOUNTED VOLUNTEERS under the command of Captain Grove Case, of the Fifth regiment, Second brigade, and Third division of Ohio militia, War of 1812: Grove Case,

William Stedman,

William Holmes,

Lester Case,

James White,

Simeon Avery,

Ethan Bancroft,

Frederick Case,

Timothy Case,

Gabriel Critton,

Matthew Critchett,

Archibald Cornell,

Benjamin Carpenter,

Julius Coleman,

Cornelius Elliott,

Elisha S. Gilman, Joseph Holmes,

Josiah Grave,

Titus Knox,

Campbell Messenger,

John Mays,

Jesse Munson,

Levi Phelps,

Worthy Pratt,

John H. Phillips,

John Parker,

Helan Rose,

Lemuel Rose, jr.,

Caleb Randels,

Justus Stephans,

John Sinnit,

John Wells,

Joseph West,

Amos Wilson.

This company was called into the service on the

emergency occasioned by the surrender of General Hull at Detroit, in August, 1812.

CHILDREN'S HOME -On page 281 brief men- tion is made of the Children's Home of Licking county. Since that was written, the Home was opened and is now in successful operation.

The following extracts from the Newark Ameri- can relate to this institution, and furnish the neces- sary information in regard to the opening exercises:

"The 'Licking county Chirdren's Home' was formally open- ed with music, addresses and religious exercises, on Tuesday afternoon, December 21, 1880. Many friends of the institution were present, participating in the exercises; entering into the enjoyment of the occasion; interchanging congratulations, and giving hearty expression to the kindly feeling that pervaded the assembly, all being in such beautiful harmony with the time, the place and the occasion.

"The arrival at the Home, in carriages, from the infimary, of the twenty-five homeless ones their reception by the kind. sympathetic friends present, each one eager to take charge of one at least-and their introduction, one by one, into the warm rooms of the Home, presented scenes most touching; impressing themselves upon many minds from which they will not be erad- icated while life shall last; but remain among the hereafter mem- ories to be cherished on the other side.

"The Home now accommodates twenty-five homeless, friend- less waifs, with room and accommodations for fifteen more- forty in all.

"It was an interesting sight to see the little band of children, chilled as they were after their ride across the country, march in one after another into this, to them, cozy home. Their names, ages, and the places from which they were sent are given as a matter of interest and historic value :

"Jesse Reichter, aged five years, from Franklin township; James Reichter, three years, Franklin; L. W. Batrick, nine years, Newark; Rolson S. Patrick, seven years, Newark; Charles Patrick, five years, Newark; Orra Tanner, two and a half years, Newark; Walter B. Wyrick, six years, Newark; George Downing, four years, Monroe; Russel Moore, two years, Granville; Harris Tipton, five years, Union; Robert E. Sparks, ten years, Eden; George W. Rose, twelve years, St. Albans; Jesse Cook, nine years, Newark; Frank Irwin, ten years, unknown; George Jewell, two years, Union; Benjamin Baker, four years, Franklin; John Twigg, eight years, Newark; Nora Tanner, two and a half years, Newark; Mertie Jones. three years, Harrison; Maggie Downing, Monroe; Lillie Put- nam, six years, Madison; Mary E, Vail, seven years, St. Albans; Anna Twigg. Ten years, Newark; Rosa M. Battic. five years, Mckean.

"Mrs. Sutton was appointed matron, and her adopted daugh- ter and Mrs. Bower assistants."

The following officers of the Licking Agricul- tural society were elected November 13, 1880, for the year 1881: William Veach, president; J. Willis Fulton, vice-president. Directors for three years: L. B. Wing, David Barrick and Andrew Berry. To fill a vacancy, A. J. Cady.

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LEMERT FAMILY THE .* The ancestors of this fam- ily were probably from Alsace, Germany, and settled in Pennsylvania about the year 1760, afterwards my grandfather migrated to Loudoun county, Virginia, where he died about 1780. His wife died in Co- shocton county, Ohio, early in the present century. Lewis Lemert, the grandfather, was born in Penn- sylvania, accompanied his father to Loudoun county, Virginia; afterwards settled and married in Fau- quier county, Virginia, to Elizabeth Glasscock. They raised six sons and one daughter. Lewis Lemert died in 1817. His widow and family came to Dresden, Muskingum county, Ohio, in the au- tumn of the same year, and I think, raised the first house in Dresden. The names of the sons were Thaddeus, Laban, Beverly, Leroy, Ferdinand, and Abner. The latter the only one surviving. The daughter's name, Minerva. The widow and younger children removed to Licking county, Perry township, where they owned a considerable body of land, and laid out the village to which she affixed her own name (Elilzabeth). She erected a meeting- house at her own expense, dedicated to the use of the Disciples, of which she became an active and zealous member. She manifested a great amount of energy and business tact, and filled well her part in pioneer life, and died in August, 1834, in the fifty-seventh year of her age. Thaddeus died in Dresden, in 1820.

Laban was largely identified in the early history of Dresden, in building it up and giving it material prosperity. He was twice married and his children and grandchildren are actively engaged in business at the present time. Beverly settled in Jackson township, Muskingum county, having three daugh- ters and four sons, three of whom perished in the army. Ferdinand married a daughter of Jonathan Cass, a niece of Lewis Cass, and died leaving two sons, one of whom was killed at the battle of Arkansas Post; George, the older brother, served as captain in an Ohio regiment through the war, and is now living in Kansas. Colonel Leroy Lemert owned and cleared up the farm adjoining Elizabethtown, in this county, a part of which is now occupied by the writer. He sold goods in the village and lived on the farm quite a number of years, was commissioner of the county, and was a candidate on the Whig ticket in 1849, against Colonel Alward, his successful competitor on the Democratic side.

He was an active and energetic business man, strongly interested himself in schools and public improvements, and the general well-being of the society in which he lived, gave liberally of his means for religious purposes, especially for the building up and establishing the organization of

Disciples of this place. He was an ardent politi- cian of the Henry Clay school of politics. He left five children-two daughters and three sons: The writer married in 1853, Dr. McCann; Am- anda E. married Judge William Beckham, of Na- poleon, Ohio, and died in 1871; Henry C. resides on a farm adjoining Napoleon; Beverly W., after serving as captain of company A, in Seventy-sixth regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry, removed to Kansas, where he is now practicing law; George L. was discharged from the army an invalid; he married, but died in 1872, leaving a widow and four children; Abner resided in this county until 1854, living on a farm one mile north of Elizabeth- town, and preached considerably for the Disciple church for a number of congregations. He was exceedingly zealous in the cause, and untiring in his energy to the promulgation of the distinguish- ing tenets of the church.

He was an earnest advocate for prohibition of the sale of intoxicating liquors. His earnest efforts in behalf of temperance had much to do in foster- ing a public sentiment against the selling of liquors in our village, to make it uncomfortably warm for any person to make the attempt. In 1854 he moved to Henry county, Ohio, where he purchased a section of land in the woods, where he exhibited his indomitable energy in clearing it up, and drain- ing it, making a very fine farm which he sold a few years ago; and following his pioneer instincts, he removed to southwestern Kansas, where. he has been carrying on farming to a considerable extent. Minerva married William S. Brown, and lived in, the old homestead in the village, and possessed the strong traits of character of her mother. Her use- ful and benevolent life commanded the love and esteem of all who knew her. She died in 1864, leaving a son and daughter. The son died soon after he came out of the army. Fanny married J. P. Seward, and lives in the old brick house built and occupied by her grandmother. Twelve of the grandsons enlisted in the army, seven of whom gave their lives for the maintenance of the Union.

ERRATUM:

A few errors were observed in the work after the forms had gone to press. It is absolutely im- possible to make books of a historical nature per- fect. The utmost care has been taken to avoid any errors, and where any were noticed they have been corrected in this erratum:

Page 12, first paragraph, first and second line,

*Contributed by Elizabeth A. McCann.

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Lakes Erie and Michigan should read Lake Erie, and Michigan.

Page 132, first column, third paragraph, fifth and sixth lines, L. Hamer Giddings should read Major L. Giddings; Thomas Hamer should read Thomas L. Hamer.

Page 116, second column, fifth paragraph, fourth line, Bezaleel Williams should read Bazaleel Wells.

The history of county surgeons, on page 287, is somewhat imperfect from Thomas H. Bushnell to the end. The following list, with time of service, is given by way of correction: Thomas H. Bush- nell served from 1828 to 1835 ; William Anderson, 1835 to 1839; Timothy S. Leach, 1839 to 1847; Julius C. Knowles, 1847 to 1850; James R. Ander- son, 1850 to 1854; David Wyrick, 1854 to 1856; John W. Wyrick, 1856 to 1857; James Johnson, 1857 to 1858; Z. H. Druman, 1858 to 1865; G. I. Spring, 1865 to 1867; A. R. Pitzer, 1867 to 1874; George P. Webb, 1874 to 1881.

On page 282 it is stated that St. Louisville was

laid out by John Evans in 1840. It should read was laid out in 1839, by John Bell and Stepbes Ritter.

Chapter LXIII, on page 545, should read LXVIII.

Page 532, date of Dr. Wilson's death" should read 1872.

Danner, M. F., on page 658, should read Dan- ner, M. L.

The Baptist church in Bowling Green township, mentioned on pages 403 and 495, is not now an appendage of Friendship church.

The Baptist church in St. Louisville has now a neat frame church, erected about 1874 at a cost of eighteen hundred dollars.

Page 610, first column, third paragraph, second line, 1815 should be 1814.

Page 644 should read 646.

Page 811, first column, tenth line from bottom, 1850 should read 1880.

Page 817, Hailton should read Hamilton.

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History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Part 148

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