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The Pheix Mills were established in 1838, by John O. Cram, and were known for many years as Cram's Mills. They have al- ways been located on the present site, on the bank of the Muskingum River, at the foot of Butler street. The plant was originally con- ducted as a custom mill. It was destroyed by fire in 1856, 1860, and 1900, but each time was rebuilt on a more extensive scale, and provided with better equipment. When Mlr. Torpy became identified with it in 1884. the officers of the concern were: W. L. Ralston, president ; D. B. Torpy, vice-president : and D. R. Greene, secretary and treasurer. The Board of Directors included T. W. Moore and C. B. Hall, in addition to the officers named. The present officers are: D. B. Torpy, presi- dent ; C. C. Torpy, treasurer ; and O. C. Wil- son, secretary. These officers are directors, to- gether with Charles Krigbaum, H. Eberle, and Charles Groves, Mr. Krigbaum is mill-man- ager. The capacity of the mills is 150 barrels per day, and nine men are employed, including Mr. Torpy as president and general manager. It is a water-power mill, and cheapness of pow- er and exceptional railroad facilties are fac- tors in the splendid success achieved. "Guid- ing Star" and "Phoenix Patent" are the lead- ing brands, and are extensively sold in Ohio, West Virginia, and, to some extent, as far dis- tant as Boston, where the product is well known. Five hundred thousand bushels of wheat are raised in Washington County, and the Phoenix Mills are the only ones operated continuously.
Mr. Torpy married Kate McGinty, who was born at Syracuse, New York, and came to Marietta when a child. They have one son, C. C. Torpy. The family are members of the Roman Catholic Church. Mr. Torpy is a
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Democrat, in politics, and in 1888 was a presi- dential elector. He was a member of the City School Board three years. He is vice-presi- dent of the Citizens National Bank, a trustee of the Public Library, and is engaged in the oil business in Ohio and West Virginia.
The subject of this sketch was treasurer of the Royal Glass Works until that concern was sold to the National Glass Company. He is now president of the Stevens Organ Company, and is interested in companies and corporations at different points in Ohio and other states.
ILLIS H. THORNILEY, one of the most progressive farmers and bus- iness men of Marietta township, Washington County, Ohio, was born October 29, 1841, and is a son of Philip Van, grandson of William, and great-grandson of Caleb Thorniley.
Caleb Thorniley came from England to America in 1795, landing at the port of New York, and in July of the same year, came to Marietta township, Washington County, Ohio. He married Mary Alcock, and both died in August, 1807. They reared a family of seven children. namely: William: Samuel; Caleb; Mary: Harriet ; John and Thomas.
William Thorniley was born in England, and after coming to America, farmed during the remainder of his life, in Marietta township, where he died April 20, 1827. He resided on Sand Hill, Marietta township. He married Elizabeth Markham, a native of England, and they reared the following children: Philip Van : Caleb: Augusta E. ( Beswick) ; William ; and Thomas.
Philip Van Thorniley was born December 14. 1799, in New York City, and was reared in Marietta township, where he followed farm- ing all his life. He was a very successful man and became an extensive land owner. Politi- cally he was a Democrat. He died April 26, 1881. His wife, Nancy C. Martin, was born in Tyler County, Virginia, May 6, 1811, and (lied September 5, 1883. They reared the fol- lowing children: William, a resident of Mar-
ietta township; Walter Stanley, who resides in Wayne County, West Virginia, and Au- gusta E .. deceased, who were twins; Thomas IV., deceased ; George W., who died at an early age: Philip V., who also died young; Saman- tha M., wife of Samuel H. Dorman, of Wood County, West Virginia; Willis H .; Irene B., who died young ; and Joseph W. and Willard, of Marietta township.
Willis II. Thorniley was born in Marietta township, where he received his preliminary education, and afterward entered the Marietta High School, in 1861. He left school to en- list in Company B, 77th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., November 3, 1861. He served in the Army of the West under General Grant, and was in nu- merous engagements, being wounded in the battle of Shiloh. He served until December 12, 1864, when he was mustered out as a cor- poral. Mr. Thorniley then returned to Mari- etta township, where he resided and farmed until 1882, and then moved to Van Buren County, Iowa, where he resided for a period of 10 years. In the spring of 1892, he returned to Marietta township, where he has since been located. In Iowa he was engaged in stock rais- ing. but is now occupied in general farming. He was one of the promoters of the Mutual Assurance Association of Washington County, organized April 9, 1897. and has since been one of its directors. He was one of the first sub- scribers of the local telephone company, and was among those who agitated the building of the electric railway from Marietta City to the town of Newport.
On September ,12, 1869. Mr. Thorniley married Minerva Beswick, who was born De- cember 22, 1846, and is a daughter of James Beswick of Marietta township. They had the following issue : Paul Van, born, August 13, 1870, and now in Dominion Creek, Klondike. who on January 12, 1892, married Allie J. Keck, a daughter of Joseph A. Keck, of Van Buren County, Iowa ; Thomas B., born Decem- ber 25, 1871, who on April 14, 1898, married Mary J. Olds, a daughter of William Olds, and has two children : William Olds, born January 30, 1899; Philip Van, born July 16, 1901 ; Wil- lis T., born September 14, 1873, who died
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March 10, 1884; Willard J., born October 11, 1875: Myrtle Augusta, born October 21. 1877, deceased July 31. 1897; Frances P., born De- cember 6, 1879: and John A. Logan, born Sep- tember 18, 1886. The subject of this sketch is a Republican in politics, and while a resident of lowa, represented his county in the 22nd General Assembly. He is a member of Perry Newell Post. G. A. R., of Birmingham, Iowa.
HE CORNER FAMILY .- George Corner, with his wife, Martha ( Dum- ville) Corner, their three sons, Mat- thew. William and George, and a son- in-law, Samuel Mellor, together with their respective families, numbering altogether about 30 persons, came from England to Amer- ica in 1795.
They left their homes in Eastern Cheshire, in March, of that year, their purposed destin- ation being the Green River country in Ken- tucky, where they had purchased a large tract of land. They spent nine weeks on the ocean, and the journey from Baltimore to "Fort Pitt." ( Pittsburg), occupied about the same length of time. The greater part of the month of Aug- ust was spent in Pittsburg, from which point they floated down the Ohio River in keel- boats, reaching Marietta in the fall.
They were well pleased with the country, and warmly welcomed by the people; and as they were worn out by long travel, and doubt- less discouraged by the certain prospects of greater hardships to come, they decided to go no further, and accepted the liberal offer made by the Ohio Company to all male settlers of the age of 18 years and upwards.
Accordingly, George Corner, his sons. Matthew and George ( William having died on the way), and Mr. Mellor, settled on lands extending along Wolf Creek Valley, in what is now Waterford township, and in that part of Washington County afterward set off into Morgan County. Here they were soon joined by another son-in-law, John Bacon, and his family, who had followed the others from Eng- land.
The little colony thus formed proceeded with quiet, sober industry, to convert the wil- derness into homes for themselves and their children. They prospered and multiplied, and their descendants are numerous throughout Morgan County and the western half of Wash- ington County, and are found in many parts of the Union.
The family are mainly Methodists and have given several ministers to that denomination. The elders of the emigrant party were converts and followers of John Wesley and soon formed a Wesleyan Church on Wolf Creek. About 1820, this became a Methodist Episcopal Church. George Corner, the father, who died in 1804, gave 40 acres of land for church, een- etery and school purposes, and his body, with those of his wife and many of their descend- ants, rests in the beautiful country graveyard that he had established.
George Corner was a son of William Cor- ner and was born July 9, 1734, in England; he died October 5, 1801. His wife, Martha ( Dumville ) Corner, died October 6, 1803, aged 72 years. Their children were as follows: Mary: Ellen: Matthew; William: George; Martha; Elizabeth; and Sarah-all born in England.
Mary, who was born November 26, 1755, and died in Waterford, Ohio, May 24. 1835, was the wife of Samuel Mellor, who died in Waterford. July 30, 1825, aged 76 years. They had seven sons and five daughters, namely : El- len, born February 12, 1757, married John Brentnell, and remained in England. Her son, John Brentnell, Jr., came to America and mar- ried his cousin, Maria Bacon. Matthew was born October 16, 1759. and died in Indiana, about the year 1836. His first wife was Han- nah Ilorsman, to whom he was married in 1789, and who died in London, England, leav- ing three children. On July 4. 1805, he mar- ried Ann Ashcroft, in Waterford, Ohio. She died January 31, 1831, at the age of 55 years. leaving three sons and three daughters. George married Ann Clark, in England. and settled in Morgan County, Ohio: he had a son and a (laughter, born in England, and other children, born in this country. Martha died in 1795. in
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Baltimore : her husband was a Mr. Percy, who remained in England. Sarah was born Sep- tember 8, 1775, and died in Waterford, Ohio, February 25, 1852. She was the wife of John Bacon, who was born April 22, 1764, and died in Waterford September 9, 1854. They were married November 9, 1794, and had five sons and eight daughters, all born in this country.
William Corner, second son of George and Martha ( Dumville) Corner, was born October 23, 1761, in Cheshire, England. He died of a fever, July 16, 1795. in the mountains of Penn- sylvania, before the family had reached Pitts- burg. His widow, Mary ( Broadhurst) Cor- ner, was the daughter of Thomas and Mary ( Percival ) Broadhurst, of Bosley, Cheshire, England, where she was born October 10, 1764. She continued the journey to Marietta, with the rest of the party. There she re- inained, although the eldest of the children was under 12 years of age, and mother and all were debarred, by sex or age, from profiting by the Ohio Company's offer. In 1796 the mother married Capt. Israel Stone, of Rain- bow. Ohio, a widower with a large family. He was born at Rutland, Massachusetts, July 15. 1749. and died July 13, 1808, at Rainbow. She afterward made her home with her son. George Corner, of Cornerville, where she died July 8, 1825. In 1799 she united with the First Con- gregational Church, of Marietta, and most of her descendants have been Congregationalists, while the other branches of the family were Methodists. The children resulting from the two marriages of Mrs. Stone were as follows : George, Sarah, Mary, William, Ann Maria, Edwin and Emma, Corner ( the last of whom was born on the voyage, and died at the age of two weeks ) : and John Broadhurst Stone.
George Corner, son of William and Mary ( Broadhurst ) Corner, was born in Cheshire. England, December 12, 1783. and died De- cember 20, 1844. in Cornerville, Ohio. In 1795 he was placed in the family of Gen. Rufus Put- nam, where he remained until his marriage, in 1807. From General Putnam he learned sur- veying and made considerable use of such knowledge in after life. In 1809 he moved his
family from Marietta to lands on the Little Muskingum River, which he had purchased be- fore his marriage, and for the next 20 years devoted himself to the development of his farm, making two visits to England in the meantime. Ile was early joined in his location by his brother. William Corner, his brother-in-law. James Flagg, and later, by his cousins, Thomas J. H. Sandford and John Broadhurst, from England. The place, from the first, was known as "Corner's Settlement," in accordance with the usage of the times. After the erection of the mills, in 1830, the place assumed the name of "Corner's Mills," which was also according to custom. Since the death of its founder, in 1844, it has been known as "Cornerville." In connection with Richard and Stephen Alcock. his neighbors in America, as in England, he built, in 1820-1830, the "Clay Bank Mills," on the Little Muskingum River. These consisted of a gristmill and sawmill, and for a number of years were operated quite successfully, sup- plying the needs of an extensive territory.
On November 29. 1807, George Corner was married, at Marietta, Ohio, to Susanna Burlin- game, daughter of Christopher and Susanna ( Putnam) Burlingame. She was born June 5, 1790, at Rutland, Massachusetts, and died April 4, 1864, at Cornerville, Ohio. Their children were as follows: Henry Hurst ; Re- becca Burlingame; Ann Maria; Persis Rice; Sarah Flagg; George Sandford; John Broad- hurst: Melville Rufus; Mary Stone; Edwin Locke : Susan Burlingame : and Elizabeth Put- nam. Henry Hurst Corner, born February 17. 1809. and Rebecca Burlingame Corner, born October 22, 1810, died in childhood. Ann Ma- ria Corner was born November 3. 1812, and died November 18, 1845. She was married Sep- tember 6, 1836. to David Chestnor Racer, who was born December 19, 1805. and died August 9. 1891. Persis Rice Corner was born October 27, 1814, and died December 27, 1881, at York, Nebraska. She was married April 13. 1838, to Albert Barstow and removed to Jowa, where her husband died. Sarah Flagg Corner was born November 20, 1816, and died April 29. 1865. She was married April 6. 1836, to
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Thomas Percival Flagg, and moved to Dela- ware County, Ohio. George Sanford Corner was born January 26, 1819, and died April II, 1902. His whole life was spent upon the farin where he was born. For nearly a score of years, it was his annual cus- tom to make a trip to the New Or- leans markets, with flatboats loaded with the products of the farm, as river traffic was then conducted. He also built, in the old "boat vard" on his place, a great many flatboats for himself and for others, and old boatmen still remember many improvements which he made in their construction, which were widely adopt- ed by river men. On March 12, 1848, he mar- ried Emeline Putnam Blancett, who was born December 22, 1829, and died April 19. 1878. John Broadhurst Corner, son of George and Susanna ( Burlingame ) Corner, was born July 7. 1821, and resides in Petersburg, Virginia. On November 26, 1843, he married Mary Ma- ria Miner, who was born November 7. 1825. and died August 1, 1847. On December 16, 1849, he married Mary Eliza Flagg, who was born October 17, 1829. Melville Rufus Corner was born August 30, 1823, and died Novem- ber 18, 1876, at Lincoln, Nebraska. On Oc- tober 17, 1844, he married Lydia Rood, who was born June 25. 1825. She married. for her second husband. Dr. S. D. Hart, of Mari- etta, Ohio. Mary Stone Corner was born No- vember 27, 1825, and is living at Eddyville. Iowa. On November 1, 1849, she was married to John Legett, who was born March 9, 1827. in Waterford, Ohio. and died at Eddyville. Iowa. Edwin Locke Corner was born Decen- ber 22, 182-, married Mary Ann Wood, Sep- tember 6. 1858, and moved to Oregon, where he now lives at Portland. Susan Burlingame Corner was born January 8. 1830, and died September 12, 1891. She was married April 17, 1851. to James Mackey, who was born De- cember 12, 1814. and is deceased. For many years Mr. Mackey was a deacon and trustee of the Little Muskingum Congregational Church, and his wife was a devoted worker in church and Sunday-school. Elizabeth Putnam Cor-
ner was born February 27, 1832, and was mar- ried, March 4, 1855. to Mariner Rood, who was born March 10, 1821, and lives at Corner- ville.
Capt. James Flagg, a blacksmith and farm- er, was born May 17, 1779. in Springfield. Massachusetts, and died August 21. 1854, at Cornerville, Ohio. In 1843 he was instrumen- tal in organizing the Little Muskingum Con- gregational Church. at Cornerville, of which he was a deacon until his death. On December 4, 1863, he married Sarah Corner, who was born May 15, 1785, in Cheshire, England, and died January 21, 1868, at the home of her son Thomas, in Delaware County. Ohio. Their children were as follows: Edna Partington : William Corner; Gershom James; Thomas Percival; Susan Corner; Catherine Putnam: Emma and Edwin; Sarah Maria; and Mary Eliza. Edna Partington Flagg was born in 1805, and died in 1868, in Delaware County. Ohio. She married Silas Richardson. Will- iam Corner Flagg was born in 1806, and died near Lowell, Ohio, at an advanced age. In 1830 he married Valeria Hays, of Newport. Ohio; his second wife was Elizabeth Sherfick. Gershom James Flagg was born in 1808, and died in 1865. in Paulding County, Ohio. His first wife was Margaret Cisler; his second. Elizabeth Ann Cisler; and his third, Mary Wright. Thomas Percival Flagg was born in 1812, and died in Clayton, Ilinois. He first married Sarah Flagg Corner, and his second wife was Mrs. Carrie J. Jones. Hle lived in Delaware County, Ohio. Susan Corner Flagg was born August 18, 1818, and died January 29, 1877. She married David C. Racer. Jan- uary 30, 1848. as his second wife. The next daughter, Catherine Putnam Flagg, who was born in 1819, and died in 1854, was the wife of James Rood, and left one daughter, Char- lotte, who married Rufus Rowland, and lives at Hutchinson, Kansas. Emma and Edwin, twins, were born in 1822, and died in infancy. Sarah Maria Flagg was born in 1826, and died in 1853. She was the first wife of Mariner Rood. Mary Eliza Flagg was born October
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17, 1820, and lives in Petersburg, Virginia. Her marriage to John Broadhurst Corner oc- curred December 16. 18.49.
Mary Corner, daughter of William and Mary ( Broadhurst ) Corner was born Febru- ary 5. 1787, and died at Yankeeburg, Ohio, September 27. 1852. On February 23. 1806, at Marietta, Ohio, she married Whittington Williams Whitney McGrath, who was born May 3. 1779. in Maryland, and died November 22, 1813. at Marietta. On January 26, 1816, she married, for her second husband, Oliver Woodward. Jr., of Yankeeburg, Ohio, who was born September 30. 1780, in Vermont, and died at his home February 20, 1853. Her chil- dren were as follows: Mary Broadhurst Mc- Grath, born February 5, 1807, who married John Broadhurst August 16, 1824, and died in Barlow township; William McGrath, born April 19, 18II, who married Mary Ann Howe. and moved to McConnelsville, where both died ; Harriet Corner MeGrath, who was born Oc- tober 8, 1813. and died in Barlow township; Caroline Amelia Woodward, born in 1816, who married Henry Barstow: Emma Maria Woodward, born August 25, 1819, who, on October 18, 1849. married Benjamin Patter- son Roach, and died in 1894: Vesta Elizabeth Woodward, born in 1821, who married Merit Bvard: Persis Clarinda Woodward, born in 1824. who married Jacob Cooper : John Broad- hurst Stone Woodward. born in 1827. who married Mary Ann Cain; and Edwin Corner Woodward, born in 1830, who married Lucy Carver.
William, second son of William and Mary . ( Broadhurst ) Corner. was born February 3, 1780). in Cheshire, England, came with his par- ents to America, in 1705. and died August 17. 1878, at Cornerville, Ohio. On November 21. 1811, he married Sallie Maxson, who was born March 4, 1792, and died December 16, 185.4. On July 7. 1857, he married Mrs. Lucinda ( Minot ) Wright, a native of New England. Their children were as follows: Henry Will- iam; Erwin Sallust : Lucy : Julia; Celinda ; and Mary Elizabeth. Henry William Corner was born October 26, 1812. On February 9. 1837, he married Lucinda Rob. He lived many
years at McConnelsville, later, at Cornerville, and removed to Kansas about 1879, where he and his wife died. Erwin Sallust Corner was born in ISI44, and dietd the following year Lucy Corner was born March 19, 1816, was married to James Franklin Anderson, moved to Cheshire, Meigs County, Ohio, and died there. Julia Corner was born in 1817, and died in 1819. Celinda Corner was born Janu- ary 17, 1822, and married John Percival Sand- ford, February 7, 1844. They live in Corner- ville, at the old Sandford home. Mary Eliza- beth Corner was born December 20, 1864. She was married, November 15. 1852, to Benjamin Posey, and moved to Williams County, Ohio, where Mr. Posey is a prosperous farmer.
Ann Maria Corner, daughter of William and Mary ( Broadhurst ) Corner, was born Jan- nary 8. 1791. In 1810, she married Richard Miner, and died the following year.
Edwin Corner, son of William and Mary ( Broadhurst ) Corner, was born in Cheshire, England, June 16, 1793, and died March II, 1881, at Columbus, Ohio. On November 19, 1820. he married Rachel Howe, who was born March 10, 1803, and died March 10, 1835. Her children were as follows : William Merrill, who was born in 1822, at McConnelsville, and died in 1900, at Cleveland; and Elizabeth and Eliza, both of whom died in infancy. On Oc- tober 7, 1835, Edwin Corner married, for his second wife, at McConnelsville, Belinda Con- vers Devol, who was born December 31, 1806, and died February 20. 1874, at Columbus, Ohio. The offspring of the second marriage was as follows: Edwin Cook, born in 1837, and Charles Benjamin, born in 1842, both of whom died in childhood; Alice Belinda, born in 1839, who, in 1862, married Louis William Brown, of Athens, Ohio; and Cassius Clay, born in 1845, who married Sarah Carlisle, and and resides in Columbus.
John Broadhurst Stone, son of Capt. Israel and Mary ( Broadhurst ) ( Corner ) Stone, was born September 16, 1797, at Rainbow, Ohio, and died April 13, 1880, at McConnelsville, where he had made his home. He married, first. Selina Bosworth, and his second wife was Sarah Taylor.
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ILLIAM A. DEVOL, a well-known, prosperous and respected farmer of Adams township. Washington County, Ohio, was born on his present farm February 23. 1834. The Devol family originally belonged to Tiv- erton, Rhode Island, and there Daniel Devol, the great-grandfather of William A., was born. In 1795, a marriage license was issued at that place, by Justice Tillinghast Atly, to Allen De- vol and Ruth, daughter of John Bennett, of Tiverton. This document is a valued posses- sion of William A. Devol.
Soon after his marriage, in 1795, AAllen De- vol brought his young wife to Washington County, Ohio, and they first located in Water- ford township, but later removed to Adams township, where Simeon, the father of Will- iam A., was born, in 1800. Simeon was a farmer and also ran a flatboat on the river. He supported the Democratic party, and was a leader in agricultural movements. He be- longed to the Christian Church. He married Ruby Sprague, daughter of William and Ex- perience ( Buck) Sprague, who was born in the old block-house in Waterford township. in 1795. They reared a large family, as fol- lows: Emeline, who married John C. Farns- worth, Silas, who was drowned in the Mus- kingum River, when a baby of two years ; Ruth, who married Pierson Jaquett, of Adams town- ship, and whose second husband was A. Gor- rell: Lucena, who married Benjamin O. Sprague, and whose second husband was Will- iam A. Howell; Rhoda and Simeon, deceased ; William A. : Experience, deceased : Betsey, de- ceased, who was the wife of Marshall Coffey ; and Adelia, who married Irvin Hall, and re- sides at Coal Run.
William .A. Devol has followed farming all his life and his property of go acres, located within five miles of Lowell, is one of the best cultivated farms in Washington County. For a number of years, he was prominent in Grange movements. In politics. he has been a lifelong Democrat. On September 25. 1859. he mar- ried Catharine Angle, a daughter of Peter and Mary C. ( Perkins ) Angle, who was born June 3. 1840, in Watertown township. They are
the parents of three children, namely: Eva E., born August 2, 1860, who married Russell . i. Humiston, and resides in Waterford township; Roscoe G., born October 19, 1863, who mar- ried Carrie Ilagerman, a daughter of George W. Hagerman, and resides on the home farm ; and Howell S., born December 17, 1868, who is the popular postmaster of Equity, Ohio, hav- ing been appointed by the late President Har- rison.
Peter Angle, the father of Mrs. Devol, was born in 1817, and died in 1897. He was a na- tive of Pennsylvania, and came to Washing- ton County when 18 years of age. He married the widow of James Woodmansee, of New London, Connecticut, where she was born. on August 20, 1812; she died in January, 1877. They had the following children: Catharine, who became Mrs. Devol : Joseph W., born Oc- tober 16, 1841; George W., born April 30. 1843: Louisa J., born September 13. 1845; Nancy A., born November 15. 1846; Charles, born June 20, 1848, who died in infancy; Er- mina Ellen, born October 23, 1849. who died m infancy; John H., born in February, 1851 ; Peter R., born May 18, 1853: and Isabel, born August 15, 1856.
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